FEBRUARY 2011 A Voice of Riverview Park VOL.3 NO.1

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When your community association comes knocking: The story of Nazish Ahmad

By Carole Moult themselves to her and informed her of local events. hen your next- door “The people in the community neighbour is the seem to care and take an interest president of the in each other,” Nazish added, as Wcommunity association, and you she spoke about the positive in- have your family’s support for volvement she and her husband your participation in joining, it is have experienced since moving hard to turn down the opportun- here in August 2009. Jamil is ex- ity to become a Director when tremely busy as a mining consult- you hope to give back to the new ant, but very much appreciates community into which you have the sense of community in River- just moved. And so it was with view Park, and in particular the Nazish Ahmad. way people recognize and chat When Nazish and her husband, with their neighbours as they Jamil Hassan, moved into River- walk down the street. Moreover, view Park with their daughters moving into a first home after Samah and Aliya it didn’t take condominium living can some- long for them to realize that the time it took for them to find just Continued on page 11

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Family pictures of Nazish Ahmad, Jamil Hassan (inset), and their daughters Samah and Aliya. the right house was well worth the wait. “As the girls began to grow up and we really needed a larger place, we started to look for a new home. We had been living in a condominium downtown. It took a year and a half to find a place we really liked, but this was a good choice,” noted Nazish. Moreover, it wasn’t very long after Nazish and her family ar- rived at their new place in River- view Park that they realized that theirs had, in fact, been an excellent decision. Next- door neighbour, Karin Endemann, had arranged with the former owner’s daughter to have her homemade tea biscuits put in the refrigerator for their arrival, Tim Mark, a Neighbourhood Watch coordinator, came over to their house to welcome the family and advise them of the program that had been set up in the community, and families with children readily introduced FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 3

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www.figure8.ca Skate Specialists Page 4 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010 Are we losing our forest? By Carol Richenhaller Many people walk these paths outside. There is a growing aware- daily. In the winter, the snow on ness of what Richard Louv has onstruction will start this the trails is always well-compacted called Nature Deficit Disorder. year on the Hospital Link the morning after a snowfall. Movements like No Child Left road, the city’s prelimin- People walk to work at the hospi- Inside and the National Wildlife Cary budget tells us. This road will tals, they ski and snowshoe, they Federation’s Be Out There pro- connect the General Hospital ring walk their dogs, and some just gram are starting to awaken the road to Riverside Drive through walk for peace and quiet. Indeed, world to the problems created the Alta Vista Corridor. this area is truly a focal point of when children fail to experience Riverview Park residents know why many families call Riverview nature. this corridor as our local forest. Park their home, as much a part Perhaps before the bulldozers The corridor close to Alta Vista show up to take down our wooded is a buzzing field of flowers and land, we should give the city plan- wildlife activity in the summer. ners a tour of the forest so they Further east, a forest of buck- can see what will be destroyed and thorn, maple, spruce and sumac demonstrate a more holistic cost/ have provided play places for gen- benefit analysis to constituents. erations of Riverview kids. Every Then maybe Ottawa will be more child has a story of a fort they inclined to keep our diminishing built, a bird hike they took, a fox natural spaces available for people they met, the day they froze their Cut swath through trees in the woods of all ages to enjoy. toes tobogganing on Cloudmaker north of the hospital in Riverview The road is a $55 million budget hill or followed their boat down Park. Photo Credit: Colin Hine item. If you want to see this road the rushing spring stream. And taken off the budget, the city is even most recently, skated on a of our community as our schools, inviting budget input throughout magical makeshift pond in the parks and other such infrastruc- February. Their website homepage forest that happily arose due to tures. has information on how to have late fall flooding. Riverview school teachers are your say. Additionally you may Our children have grown up in fond of taking their classes on contact the Riverview Park Com- Cardinals in a traditionally beauti- these woods. Some families have nature walks in these woods. The munity Association (RPCA) at ful winter scene. mapped and named the many students love it, especially those [email protected] to find out Photo Credit: Carol Richenhaller paths that criss-cross the woods. who have few opportunities to get how you can get involved. Gratitude and fortitude By Heather Swail social housing townhouses and We have fought against closing ily, all of the people in the house low-rise apartments. Our three schools and big developments and the driver of the car got out ere in Riverview Park high-rise apartments house many and roads that threaten to pass safely. As many of us stood in we have no pretensions. new Canadians. Most people through our one large green- the cold looking at the sodden, We get our coffee at who try to find us can’t – River- space. We have a feisty com- charred mess of what used to be HTim Horton’s, our milk at Hasty view Park is a warren of circling munity association and a great the Johnsons’ home, we thanked Mart and our shwarmas at Pizza streets squeezed between a hos- local paper. We have people who God, Allah and the Creator for Boyz. We live in now relatively pital complex and the poetic look out for each other – for the having the Johnson family with small, circa-1950 ,1 1/2 - and two- Industrial Avenue. How could aging neighbours who were first us. Neighbours ran over with storey homes, built by families we be pretentious? We would be owners, the new young families blankets, shoes, and yes, coffee when children shared rooms laughed out of the Park. and the kids who shoot hoops on from Tim’s. the Coronation Woods basket- The Johnsons are spending the ball court. We are musicians 2010 Christmas holidays in a new and educators, electricians and home on the old site in a neigh- government workers. More and bourhood they truly love. They more of our community now are a wise family. They have told comes from different countries many of us that a house is noth- all over the globe. The little park ing but the people inside; that by the woods hosts moms in hi- family foundations are made only jabs, dads in tunics and kids of stronger by crises and challenges. every colour. In the flush of 2011, may we all A community is defined by not be thankful for our neighbours only people but events. In Oc- and neighbourhood and aware of tober, 2009, the community was just how fortunate we are. Smile rocked early one Sunday mor- to passersby, lift a hand to a cour- ning just when a young man – teous driver at the Tim’s drive- finding one of the few straight- through, introduce yourself to aways in the Park – hit 80 km in the sledders on the Trans Alta Riverview Park children slide down toboggan hill. his weaving car and crashed into hill, even smile at the clouds of Photo Credit: Chris Wightman the Johnsons’ home, tearing out crows flying over the Coronation and a mud room was what hap- the foundation and hitting the Woods. pened to your living room when What we have in Riverview Park natural gas line. The house and the dog ran through. We live in is gumption and compassion. car exploded into flames. Luck- FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 5

Jiseikan Aikido Kangeiko – cold weather training By Marie-Claire Dubé newed focus, but what, This event also gave us a chance to Photos – Norm Dimock exactly, have we all share our thoughts and impressions learned? about Kangeiko. With each personal t’s 4:30 am. I stum- There was a great account, we listened, laughed, com- ble from bed into deal of hard work, of miserated, and delighted in our joint the night, a ghost of course—warm ups, accomplishment. Isorts, gliding from room repeated frontward And that, perhaps more than the to room, preparing for and backward rolls, physical training itself, is what gives the last of seven early- and the drills associat- all its meaning to the word tradition, morning Aikido classes. ed with various tech- as it applies to Kangeiko. Like all The house is dark and niques. During prac- traditions, Kangeiko is steeped in quiet, but it is not emp- tice, the dojo came social interaction. Naturally, during ty. Its stillness offers up alive with the sounds such an intense week of training, the sounds, shadows, and of people taking falls and count- challenge has become more mental focus is on practicing both familiar spaces that my senses do ing out sets. We practiced familiar than physical. and new Aikido techniques, but it is not perceive during the techniques, and were reminded of During Kangeiko, both junior and through social interaction that anec- day. I drive to the dojo. In the frigid the importance of getting the basics senior belts had numerous occasions dotes are told, that our identity as a air, sounds are muffled, and vapors right. Some of us were introduced to train with one another. This was group takes shape, and that attitudes funnel up from sewer grates and to new techniques. We all had an beneficial for everyone concerned, and values are passed on. chimneys. There is not much traffic opportunity to better our skills. This as it provided an opportunity to try Kangeiko requires dedication, adap- at this hour, and I am heartened by year, Sensei (our teacher), invited us out the various techniques on stu- tation, commitment, and persever- the beams of light that dart out from to make an effort to observe—to dents of varying build and stature. ance. It is a challenge to our bodies the occasional vehicle. We need to observe how a technique should be All the junior belts appreciated the and souls, and an opportunity to test know we are not alone. I silently executed, as instructed; to observe patience and thoughtfulness of the our determination. It also elimin- thank those who rise early every day how our fellow students executed it; senior belts in these circumstances. ates any illusions we might have to prepare the city for the rest of us. and, most difficult of all, to observe They patiently endured the junior about our own personal abilities. The sole car ahead of me pulls into our own selves, as we practiced. We belts’ poorly—or badly—executed But it also leaves us energized, and the dojo parking lot: a fellow practi- were urged to “just do it”, and re- techniques, and generously shared ready to enter the new year filled tioner! Every morning for a week, we minded that it is by living something their insights and have all left our respective homes, that we really understand it—more understanding. scattered as they are throughout the than by listening, watching, or even The week was not reading. all toil and tur- Most of us spent moil. There were the week try- also plenty of op- ing to acquire a portunities for mental image of socializing. Stu- each technique dents had the op- being studied. tion of sleeping at As the week the dojo, which progressed, and made both getting as that men- up early and show- tal image be- ing up, somewhat came somewhat easier. Evenings at the dojo were with resolve. We realize that its im- sharper, we filled with chats, lively discussions, pact extends to every aspect of our worked harder and stories that brought everyone lives. Why else would we all, with- at recreating closer and built camaraderie. At the out exception, have shown up every the technique as end of the last class, we enjoyed a morning, bleary-eyed and numb? directed. Some communal breakfast. The food was Why else would we all, without ex- city, and congregated here to attend succeeded, while others learned that delicious, and the conversation, ception, already be looking forward Kangeiko. a tired body cannot always replicate both entertaining and enlightening. to next year’s Kangeiko? Kangeiko, which translates roughly what the mind’s eye sees. No mat- into “cold weather training”, is a mar- ter—once rested, perhaps we will tial arts tradition that originated in finally be able to execute the moves Japan. It involves a period of intense in a way that demonstrates our new- practice that is scheduled in the ear- found understanding. We all know ly morning and usually extends over now that the point is not necessarily a period of one week. Practitioners achieving a goal, but perhaps enjoy- welcome it as an opportunity to re- ing the process… of not achieving it. vitalize and invigorate the body, and During the course of the week, many to restore the soul. Typically, Kange- of us also realized the importance of iko takes place around New Year, a relaxing both mind and body. Being time recognized by most cultures as stressed and tensing up is not con- being particularly auspicious for re- ducive to carrying out effective and newal. fluid movements. It is also very ex- This year—2011, according to our hausting. The more senior students Western calendar, and Lunar Year have learned this lesson well, and 4709 (the Year of the Rabbit) if you remember to relax and breathe as follow the Chinese zodiac—our they go through their paces. They Kangeiko ran from January 9-15. Ac- manage their energy, metering it cording to the I Ching, in “the year out in a way that will allow them to of the Rabbit, without concentration, get through Kangeiko without ex- you will fail.” The past week has def- pending every ounce of energy by initely been an exercise in concentra- mid-week. Nor do they dwell on tion, setting the tone for a year of re- their aches and pains. To them, the Page 6 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

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Love conquers all they say And I will luve thee still, my Dear, medieval legend, Valentine wrote a Till a’ the seas gang dry. note to his prison master’s friendly (Robert Burns, “A Red, Red Rose”) daughter. He signed it, “Love, from your Valentine.” by Bill Fairbairn Subsequently the love from within prison walls spread across generations t appears the Internet is being of cultures with usually anonymous used increasingly for Valentine’s valentine cards and gifts sent par- Day love messages. An estimated ticularly by boys and girls. That was I15 million e-valentines were sent in fine except when one did not receive 2010. a card as happened to me until I met For the uninitiated, St. Valentine’s my wife. Day comes round every February 14, Valentine’s crime had been to per- celebrating love and affection. The form wedding ceremonies, secretly day is named after one or more third listening all the while for the steps century Christian martyrs named of Claudius’s soldiers. Apparently them. plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (the Valentine. Records tell us Pope Gel- Claudius aspired to having a big army. Jump forward to 2011. more things change, the more they asium I introduced it in 500 AD. He expected men to volunteer to join. Along comes the Internet within stay the same. The St. Valentine love interest goes Many men just did not want to fight modern society and with it free greet- Would that a mating season might back to February 14, 270, when Valen- wars. They did not want to leave their ings and more new traditions built spread openly to nations large and tine, a priest in Rome, was imprisoned wives and families. So Claudius decid- on old traditions that must leave card small allowing the United Nations to during the persecution of Christians ed not to allow any more marriages. companies fuming. Or, from a less find a way to spread peace and to con- under Roman Emperor Claudius II. Young people thought his move was commercial point of view, quoting quer war without a wedding ban and Before his execution, according to a cruel. Valentine was certainly one of novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, marching soldiers. About the RPReview community newspaper Riverview Park Review is a non-profit community newspaper paid for Submission formats solely by advertising. It is published five times a year. It is distributed free to Contributions can be e-mailed to [email protected] in Microsoft Riverview Park homes and businesses. Word or RTF. Please do not format your documents. We may edit for gram- Support our advertisers mar and brevity. Photographs may be e-mailed in jpeg format to rpr.editor@ Please support our advertisers. Get to know the persons and companies who gmail.com. All photographs must be accompanied with the name of the pho- serve you. Let them know that you saw their advertisement in Riverview Park tographer and a caption describing the subject. Review. This newspaper could not be prepared without their support. If you Got an opinion to share? Please send letters to [email protected] Your know of anyone providing a service in the community, please tell them about name, address and phone number is required for verification. Riverview Park Review. Email rpr.advertise@ gmail.com advertising informa- tion. All profits will be made available to worthwhile community projects. Please remember to recycle this newspaper. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE OPINIONS PUBLISHED IN Riverview Park Review ARE THOSE OF THE AUTHORS AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF Riverview Park Review.

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Letters to the Editor

I was left in awe Hello Mr. Hume and those at Mr. Hume’s Council Office

By Catina Noble By Heather Dunlop

t was early spring of last year wonder if you could help on this hill for generations and it Alta Vista? Where will it connect the first time that I picked me. I have seen the Phase I, would be a real shame if access to to the hospital ring road? I’m not up a copy of the Riverview II and III of the AVTC and this simple childhood pleasure is convinced that this hospital link IPark Review paper from Demp- II have a few questions that the no longer available because of a 4 is really necessary but if it has to sey Community Centre. I glanced plan does not seem to address. lane road between it and them. be, could it not be put through through the paper and the first My son (age 9) and I live near the 2. Many, many people use the the empty lots adjacent to the article that cut my attention was location of the proposed hospital woods and hydro line right of way Veteran’s Hospital (where Valour about something called “The link that is intended to be a 4 lane for walking on a summer’s even- Drive meets Alta Vista Dr) and Printer’s Devil” by Bill Fairbairn. road connecting Riverside Drive ing, skiing and snowshoeing in then widen the road that already I read the entire article twice. I to the hospital ring road at the winter and dog walking all year. runs from Valour Drive towards was in awe with the chosen words, General Campus of the Ottawa Will the design of the hospital the hospital? I almost never see the humour and just the entirety Hospital. link provide for the continued traffic on this road. Looking at of the article itself. I took note of My questions are these: use of this land for this type of GoogleMaps, surely we don’t who wrote the article so I would 1. Are you aware of the sliding hill recreational use? It seems to me need another road through the remember if I came across that located just across the ring road that this is exactly the kind of same little piece of land! I think same name again. Little did I from CHEO, next to the steam free form experiential activity the Feds could be convinced to know at the time, that Bill was generation plant? If you go there that we need in today’s hustle and relinquish some of this property journalist for many years and is a on a Saturday or Sunday winter’s bustle world and we should be that they never use instead of staff writer at the RPR! afternoon, you will meet many building this kind of space into running a new 4 lane road right It was the issue after the first parents and their kids out having our communities rather than cut- through rare and vanishing park- one I read that I started writing a great time. Can you tell me if ting them out. land. articles for the RPR. I have regu- this sliding hill will be preserved 3. Lastly, could you tell me exactly It just seems like we’re going in lar contact with Carole regarding in the course of building the hos- where the hospital link will run? the wrong direction on this one. my own articles and deadlines. In pital link? This is my son’s great- Will it abut the old Veteran’s one of my emails to her I shyly est concern. People from the Hospital land or will it run clos- Sincerely, put in the comment that I hoped neighbourhood have been sliding er to Cluny? Where will it cross Heather Dunlop someday that I would be able to meet Bill Fairbairn and how much I admired his work. A few Ottawa mayor turns up for the fun more issues have come and gone since then. Now when I grab the Winter carnival itself shoots and scores! latest issue of RPR I look for my work first (the adrenaline of see- by Carole Moult (St. Aidan’s) Scout Troop, who or- them to give back to the commun- ing my own name in print keeps ganized the campfire so that ap- ity in which they live. me energized on life for at least a beautiful winter day! A preciative groups of people could The RPCA Parks, Recreation and week!) and then I check for all of great crowd! A wonderful sit on bales of hay, warm their Environment Committee, after Bill’s articles. I admire his choice January 30 Riverview Park fingers and their toes and roast months of planning, supported of words, admire his style, hu- CommunityA Association Winter marshmallows. The scout troop the event with hot chocolate and mour and envy all the travelling Carnival! also brought snowshoes to train marshmallows, hot apple cider, he has done. Thanks to Chris Khoury and Chris others in the skill of using them. and bags of chips. They also or- I do not have a single stamp on MacAvoy, who had shovelled and And, a great big thank you to all ganized a range of fun games with my own passport yet as I just got flooded the Balena Park rink the who attended this decade-old enticing prizes. The committee it in the spring. I would love the night before, the ice was perfect. RPCA tradition. Counting was consists of co-chairs Pam Clayton opportunity to sit down and meet Thanks also goes to the tremen- difficult; however there appeared and Chris Mark, plus Kim Fisher, the man with the words, Bill! dous job done by the 101st Ottawa to be about 150 people in attend- Janina Nickus, Louis Comerton ance over the two-hour event. and Carole Moult. Exceptional WHAT WE DO, WHO WE ARE, AND WHY The crowd included Mayor Jim photographers Orrin Clayton Watson, who enjoyed a cup of hot and Bill Fairbairn captured many WE NEED YOU! apple cider as he mingled with the happy faces with their digital cam- The Parks, Recreation and We meet monthly except in the happy folk in Balena Park. eras. Environment Committee of Summer. Members of the scout troop were Sean Dowd expertly looked after the RPCA:- the first to arrive to arrange the the Shoot to Win game. He has • Organizes the twice per year WE bales of hay and get the camp- been in charge of this activity for clean-up of the 6 parks in our NEED NEW MEMBERS. fire burning. Scout troop leaders the past several years and also area - Spring and Fall TO CONTINUE WITH Dan McCarthy and Bill Woodley skated and volunteered at the Ba- • Works with the City on park THE SOCIAL ACTIV- supervised scouts Aidan, Benja- lena Rink since it opened. It was improvements, e.g. play struc- ITIES WE min, Dylan, Allyson, Sarah, Dan- felt he was the perfect person for tures, landscaping, etc. NEED VOLUNTEERS iel, Jordyn, Daniel, Benjamin, looking after this game. • Organizes community social TO HELP AT THESE and Matthew, while the 11 to 13 Karin Keyes Endemann, president activities, e.g. Annual Skating EVENTS. year olds worked enthusiastically of the RPCA, welcomed all par- Party and bi-annual Fall Social. on the requirements of a winter ticipants and invited them to • Watchdog of our environ- If you enjoy the RPCA social scouting badge. The carnival also enjoy all that had been organized ment, e.g. graffiti, crows, litter. events and can help us please allowed these scouts to work on for them. Other RPCA board of contact [email protected] or some requirements for both their directors assisted where needed to At present we are a committee phone 613-523-4339. leadership and citizenship badges. help make the carnival the success of six These badges dutifully require it was. Well done everyone! Page 8 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010 FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 9

Vincent Massey Public School Grade 8 students take action to improve their com- Vincent Massey Public School sports results munity Intermediates of Ottawa, Peter Hume and to ceived a t-shirt which said Ravens by Muhammed Hamza Aziz the residents of Russell Heights January, 26th , 2011 Volleyball Tournament Champs themselves. Our project will un- BY: YUSuf MOHAMED in gold letters. We are very proud With lots of resolve and a SPEAK fold over the next few months BY: MOHAMAD fANOUS of our Vincent Massey Bulls! UP grant between now and the end of the By: Lequay FLint S.O.L.E is a group of grade eight school term. We welcome the Boys Basketball: students from Vincent Massey community’s support and sugges- Here is some sports news The boys basketball team had Public School trying to make tions. If you have any suggestions from Vincent Massey Public three try outs to form their a change in our community. please don’t hesitate to contact School, brought to you by Yusuf 2010/2011 boys basketball team. Mr.Mckean’s entire grade eight us at [email protected] Mohamed, Mohamad Fanous, The boys won on Thursday class are proud to call themselves or (613) 733-5955. S.O.L.E (Stu- and Lequay Flint, three students January 20th 2011 game against members of S.O.L.E( Student On dents On the Leading Edge) we in Ms.Swail’s Grade 7 class. Featherston Public School. The the Leading Edge) and are very are very excited about our Speak team will be coached by Mr. Mc- excited to share their more recent Up grant and hope we are able Boys Volleyball: Kean! good news. We are working with to have a positive impact on the Vincent Massey Public School the Russell Heights commun- community. came in first place in this year’s Girls Volleyball: ity. Our proposal includes: fix up 2010/2011 volleyball tourna- So far the girls volleyball team had the Brown House; have snow re- Learning about different re- ment that was held at Long- two tryouts and had one more on moval done properly; manage the ligions in Ms. Shiau’s class fields- Davidson school in January 20th 2011. The team will garbage bins; and, have the gravel This project was a great oppor- Ottawa,. The players re- be coached by Miss Molina! swept up in the spring. We would tunity for me and my friends also like to make the back paths Hassan Tfaili, Ayoub Mohamed, Girls Basketball: lit up more with brighter better Jibril Ali and Adi El-Sammak to So far girls Basket lights. To help us set our ideas in teach other people about our reli- Ball team had three motion we decided to apply for a gion, “Islam”. Although we knew tryouts to form their “Speak Up” grant . This Speak Up a lot of information about Islam, 2010/2011 team. The grant was for one thousand dol- we still got to learn some excit- team will be coached lar. The hard work we put into ing and new facts that we did by Miss Molina! our applications paid off, we were not know before. We also had a rewarded with a provincial thou- great experience working on this Lets Go Bulls!!!! sand dollar grant from “Speak project since all of us were really Up”. With this grant we are going interested on this topic.Truly, if to work with the Russell Height I had a chance to do this project community and follow up on our again, I would. goals. To solve our other problems Muhammed Hamza Aziz SPRING REGISTRATION 2011 we have written letters to the city Page 10 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

The Ottawa Hospital Community Advisory Committee Top items your pharmacist wants you to know! 1. Personal Health Information time to call around to see if that age your time with refills!! do reviews with Protection Act – sign your product is available. individuals taking consent forms 7. ONTARIO RESIDENTS 65 more than three 2. Know your drug names – gen- 3. MEDICINES BOUGHT IN AND OVER ARE ENTITLED medicines (not just seniors). You eric shortages are rampant ARE APPROVED TO ONTARIO DRUG PLAN can do it once a year, or after a 3. Medicines sold in four-walled FOR SALE IN CANADA. BENEFITS (ODB) – but you hospitalization. Ask for it! It’s pharmacies in Canada are ap- If you buy your drugs at a phar- have to follow their rules! valuable information for you to proved for sale in Canada macy in Canada, you can be as- • First fills are restricted to a 30 take control of your own health! 4. A written Rx is a legal docu- sured they are legitimate. IF day supply ment. you buy your Rx medicines in a • Refills, if available, can be filled 11. INSTRUCTIONS ARE 5. Marketing is very crafty. store in Mexico… or if you buy up to 100 days worth DESIGNED ON A 24 HOUR 6. Think ahead and order refills your Rx’s on-line… there is no • Rx’s must be 85-90% complete CLOCK! one or two days ahead. guarantee they are legitimate. before a refill will be paid for A drug company extensively tests 7. Ontario Drug Benefit have Some internet pharmacies claim • ODB does allow a one-time medicines to determine how long rules to follow to be Canadian, but aren’t at all. annual 100 day vacation supply they will stay in the body at active 8. Know your prescriber Be careful. Be smart. Buy what if you leave the province for an levels. In general, “twice a day” 9. Invest in a pill splitter you need here from a four-walled extended stay means every 12 hours (“not” one 10. Take advantage of med re- licensed pharmacy. • probably 90% of medicines at breakfast and at lunch). “Four views available on Rx are covered by times a day” means every 6 hours; 11. Instructions are designed on 4. A WRITTEN Rx IS A ODB. Some have restrictions “three times a day” means every 8 a 24 hour clock LEGAL DOCUMENT. on them (“Limited Use”), and hours…or as very close to this as 12. Pharmacies must use safety- NEVER add or change an order some Rx’s are not paid for by possible. We have to work with- seal vials but you don’t have to from a doctor. Once the phar- ODB. Almost always, an al- in lifestyle, so ask to be sure. Do 13. Take advantage of the Orange macy receives the Rx, the phar- ternative can be found. Ask medications “have” to be on an Drop program macist or technician may ask your pharmacist to contact the empty stomach? Yes, when it says you to sign or initial parts of it. physician with suggestions if so, to maximize the amount the 1. The Personal Health Informa- They have the right to write on the Rx is price-prohibitive for body receives. Do they “have” to tion Protection Act (2004) pro- the Rx… but until you are asked, you. be on a full stomach, when it says tects you and your health infor- don’t write on it yourself! • generic substitution is manda- “take with food”? Usually this mation. Other than other health tory. If you don’t want a gen- is more to protect you from un- care professionals, who do you 5. MARKETING IS VERY eric, you can have it, but ODB wanted reflux, or ulcers, or nau- want the pharmacist talking to CRAFTY !! will only pay the generic price sea. If they are once a day, does it about your medicine? That per- It is a wise idea to read packaging and you must pay the differ- matter what time of day? Ask to son might be someone who picks carefully, and ask questions when ence. find out! up prescriptions (Rx’s) for you, or you are not sure. Vitamin D has • if your income is <$16,018 comes in for medication lists or always been Vitamin D3, but re- (single) or < $24,175 (couple) 12. PHARMACIES ARE OB- receipt printouts and should be cently companies have changed you can apply for a year-round LIGED TO USE SAFETY- someone you trust. Pharmacies their packaging. Ibuprofen is $2 co-pay. If you qualify, you SEALED VIALS have Privacy Policy / Consent for pain, for fever, and for arth- have to be the one to ask for ….but you are not obliged to take Forms available. Another rea- ritis, but looking at packaging it. Pharmacies keep those ap- them! These push and turn vials son to fill these out is to ensure you may be led to believe only plication forms in the stores. are designed to protect children that the people you do not want the tablets are good for arthritis, from accessing medicines. If you to have your information do not and only the gel-caps are good 8. KNOW YOUR PRESCRIB- have trouble with the vials and get it! When there is a change in for migraines. Marketing is the ER! If you are at the hospital tend to leave them open all the your life – a marriage, a divorce, “art” of finding the best words (emergency or hospitalized) and time, ask for the alternative. You you become widowed, let the to catch your attention, in order you do not know the Doctor that are entitled to ask for the non- pharmacy know. to sell you an item. Read list of writes your prescription, ask him/ safety seal vial. Every pharmacy contents. Ask the pharmacist to her to neatly print their name on carries them; the request just has 2. KNOW YOUR DRUG guide you through the marketing the back of the Rx. The Rx must to come from you. NAMES! mayhem and simplify the explan- have the name of the prescriber Generic shortages are rampant ation of products. in order to be filled. 13. GET RID OF YOUR OLD now, and it has been an ongoing OR UNUSED OR UNNEED- issue for a year. The reasons 6. THINK AHEAD - ORDER 9. INVEST in a PILL SPLIT- ED medicines!! are complicated, but everyone REFILLS A DAY OR TWO BE- TER if you have medicines that Bring all your unneeded, unwant- is encountering the same prob- FORE YOU PICK THEM UP! need to be cut in half! ed, unused, expired Rx and over- lem. You might find your Rx Does it really take 20 minutes, A pill splitter costs around $8 an the-counter (OTC) meds, even is filled with a different brand an hour, a day to fill an Rx? Not helps to you get more accurate empty inhalers, to the pharmacy every month. Sometimes the necessarily, but pharmacy teams doses of your medicines; invest for disposal. It does not matter same medicine in two different have to estimate wait times based in a pill organizer. Ask your phar- where you bought them. Remove strengths might be dispensed on the number of Rx’s ahead of macist which organizer system your name and Rx number from using two different brands. yours, anticipated interruptions would be best for you. the labels first. Leave the prod- When a specific drug product of phone calls, stops to do needed ucts in the vials. The pharmacy cannot be found, the physician Rx counseling with Rx pickups, 10. TAKE THE PHARMACIST continues to take used syringes needs to be contacted to suggest billing issues and stock prob- UP ON THE OFFER TO DO A and sharps back too – BUT they an alternative. When you drop lems. Order during the week if MED REVIEW must be in the approved sharps off your Rx, ask if supply is an possible. You don’t have a choice Ontario Health, through the containers. The ORANGE issue. Pharmacists might need with new Rx’s but you can man- ODB, will pay pharmacists to DROP program has made these FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 11

The Ottawa Hospital Community Advisory Committee

Department of Patient Ad- Winter Carnival, where they Continued from page 10 vocacy Continued from page 2 joined people of all ages roasting This Department of Patient Ad- marshmallows around the camp- containers widely available to times bring a new dimension vocacy receives, investigates, and fire, skating, and enjoying warm pharmacies to give out at no with regard to owning property, follows up on concerns, com- cups of hot chocolate. charge, so ask for one if you use however Nazish and Jamil have plaints and compliments that pa- On Tuesday evening, January needles/lancets. found that they have wonderful tients and their families may have 25th, Nazish was one of thirty neighbours living on either side about their care. The Depart- Neighbourhood Watch members of them, who are more than will- (Based on a Presentation ment is open weekdays 8:30 a.m. who participated in a Home Se- ing to help or offer home-owner by Pharmacist Shelley M. to 4:00 p.m. After hours, you can curity Audit Presentation spon- advice whenever they require it. Stepanuik and reprinted leave a phone message and it will sored in part by the RPCA. And As the mother of two daughters, be answered on the next business just like the other residents who with permission from the family life and the girls’ interests day. If you have a concern, please attended the session, she found Senior Citizens Council keep Nazish extremely busy once first discuss it with a member that the police volunteers pro- (SCC) newsletter, she arrives home from work each The Sen- of your health care team, your vided valuable information. day. Weekends are also occupied ior Sentinel, thanks to Pro- nurse, your treating physician, or When Nazish Ahmad first with her daughters’ endeavours gram Director Kay Freeman. your clinical manager. If you feel moved into Riverview Park with as they become more interested Interested in joining the that your concern has not been her family it was the tree-lined in outside activities. addressed, then you should con- streets that she initially found SCC? Call 613-234-8044. ) “My two daughters are in French tact the Department of Patient so appealing, however it didn’t Immersion at Vincent Massey Advocacy. Raising a concern take very long for she and her School. Aliya will be nine this with Patient Advocacy will not family to realize that their new coming month and Samah is six, affect the care provided to you neighbourhood had much more The Ottawa Hospital and while my older daughter or your family. TOH is commit- to offer than just that. Now as (TOH) Community Ad- is enjoying learning to play the ted to providing the safest, high- Nazish participates in events piano and going to lessons each visory Committee (CAC) est quality of service and needs such as those sponsored by the week, my younger daughter looks your feedback. You can reach the RPCA, she realizes that there forward to playing soccer over at By Helen McGurrin Department of Patient Advocacy is a lot more to this community the local community centre.” by phoning 613-798-5555 x13377, than its roads and avenues, but of Work for Nazish is with the Fed- ew Website – Access- or email patientadvocacy@toh. equal importance are all the great eral Government, where she has ible and User Friend- on.ca people who live and work along spent over ten years conducting ly them. On January 17th, The Ottawa research and evaluation studies. N TOH Overcrowding Fortunately, Nazish Ahmad and “As a young student I liked to Hospital launched its new web- TOH bas been operating at over her family still feel that her deci- find patterns in numbers and the site (www.ottawahospital.on.ca) 100 percent capacity for months; sion to join the Riverview Park relationships between them,” Each page has three icons: Maps the reason is that 16 percent of Community Association was noted Nazish. & Directions; Accessibility; and its beds are occupied by patients indeed a wise one. Thank you Later as a student at McMaster Display. Clicking on Display, who no longer require specialized Nazish for taking your valuable University in the city of Hamilton the viewer can adjust font size, tertiary care but continue to re- time to be on the Board of Direc- where Nazish grew up, she ob- contrast colours, and use other quire some care be it rehabilita- tors. tained an undergraduate Degree options to make the screen tion, or long-term. Consistent in Mathematics and Computers, more readable for vision prob- overcapacity is unsustainable; it CORO VIVO OTTAWA and both a Masters Degree and lems. Each page has a “Patient & causes long waits in Emergency, presents Armonia Rinas- Ph. D. in Economics. Obviously, Visitors” Heading with SEARCH delays in surgeries, high rates cimentale: European Mad- with credentials such as these, options to access information of infection, increased stress rigals from the 16th and Nazish is extremely well qualified you might need. I browsed on staff. Plans are to develop a 17th centuries. for the work that she does. through TOH’s Cancer Program; regional bed registry of all hospi- When asked about her hobbies it is informative, well organized, tal beds in the Champlain LHIN Sunday February 20, 2011 at and interests outside of work, easy to use, no matter what type area. A registry will facilitate the 2:00 p.m. Tabaret Hall, Univer- Nazish smiled and replied just of cancer and what part of the transfer of patients no longer re- sity of Ottawa, 550 Cumberland as many other parents would do, cancer journey you or your loved quiring TOH’s specialized care to St. Adults $15, free for children “Right now my hobbies and in- one may be on. Special thanks to other care facilities. 14 and under. Tickets available terests are my kids.” Paula Doering, Vice-President of at Leading Note, at the door As the spring weather arrives, TOH’s Cancer Program and her or by calling 613-841-3902 www. Thank You Emergency De- Aliya and Samah will soon be able team, which included cancer pa- corovivoottawa.ca partment Staff to ride their bikes, while Nazish tients, for this very helpful web- Despite long waits and ever- will again enjoy walking with site material. increasing volume of patients, them throughout the community. I have had many positive com- IMPROVE Moreover, it won’t be very long TOH’s website is a work in ments from people in my com- before they are once again going progress and the Department of munity about how kind, atten- YOUR to be able to visit both Balena Communications will continue tive, caring and compassionate and Riverview Parks. to manage and update it. You were all the Emergency Depart- HEALTH! Over the past year and a half, the can also link to TOH on TWIT- ment staff during their stay in family has also enjoyed events TER, FACEBOOK, and You Emergency. Your kindness and Become a put on by the Riverview Park TUBE. Congratulations to all compassion is very much appre- Community Association, such as who worked on it. I look forward ciated. Thank you one and all. distributor to future development that will when they helped organize the allow patients to access to their You can contact me at hbmcgur- Celebration of Hope Carol Sing of the Health Records and become [email protected] in December and more recently active partners in their care. participated in the Riverview RPReview Park Community Association Page 12 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010 Riverview Park son’s theory Music saved his father’s life on the front lines by Bill Fairbairn

collection of musical in- tured his father before he be- he opened Bake Rite at Pine bakery to lose weight. “My fath- struments in the home came a prisoner-of-war camp Falls. Soon he was playing music er had me rack loaves straight of Dieter Hollweck takes leader in England. “My dad told from two to three in the mor- from the oven and deliver theA Riverview Park man off on one curious fellow who asked ning before work in his bakery. bread. I lost 20 to 30 pounds a marathon of memories of his what he had done in England Among his customers for bread, and became the thinnest boy in father Hans. telling him he had built the Brit- jam busters and donuts were school.” Hans took professional musical ish roads!” future Manitoba Premier Ed Hans, like many veterans, spoke training with a degree in the Hans, before the war, had Schreyer and future Assembly sparingly of the war. “Music was German Air Force before World sought to leave Germany. After of First Nations Chief Phil Fon- his survival skill and real occupa- War II. He had risen to lead his repatriation to Germany taine. He baked an anniversary tion,” says Dieter, whose grand- trumpeter and assistant con- he endeavored to leave again cake for the Hudson Bay Com- mother worked as a chef in the ductor in the air force orchestra with Argentina or Australia in pany with its emblem in mar- kitchen of one of Bavarian King when battle duty on the Russian mind. In 1953, having founded zipan. He unsuccessfully tried Ludwig II’s string of castles. front then in occupied Calais, and trained seven orchestras he to teach Dieter to play a violin “Hans must have had a lot go- France, diverted his musical ca- sailed to Canada instead. His he had carved from wooden ing for him against the odds,” reer. wife Anna, a dress designer, and soap crates when a prisoner, but reflects Dieter’s wife Maggie, “I believe music saved him from son Dieter, followed him by ship ended the lesson by banging it who is also German-born and the horrors of the Russian front to Quebec City three months down on his son’s head. “Even- can converse in French, English and when sheltering in a Calais later. tually I played for another tu- and German. bunker. Music, in his heart, was “The amazing thing is that he tor,” says Dieter. “My father was “I met Maggie on-line five his survival skill,” says Dieter. brought almost a score of music- severe but his performance as a years ago,” Dieter discloses. “At “He was commander of troops al instruments with him. They one-man band playing five in- our ages we were not going to when word spread that Calais were his pride and joy,” says struments at weddings was just dances any more. We get along would be the Allied D-Day tar- Dieter, pointing out an accor- vundabar. He must have had in friendly Riverview Park.” get. It was, of course, the beach- dion with mother of pearl but- more than 2,000 songs in his es of Normandy and not Calais tons. After Hans turned down a head.” that were frontally attacked.” musical job in Montreal because To illustrate his father’s severity Dieter seeks to confirm that a of the low salary offered him the Dieter remembers when, at age Canadian soldier may have cap- family traveled to Winnipeg and 15, he was made to work at the ARMENIA FLOORING INC Visit us at our New Location 800 Industrial Ave. Unit 17

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Capital Ward Walks will capitalize on your familiarity with our community

by David Chernushenko transit use, and on minimizing areas within the mixed-use part Councillor for Capital Ward neighbourhood traffic and air pol- of the site, to traffic circulation City of Ottawa lution in the context of the City and calming, parking, building of Ottawa’s Official Plan and the design (including locations and ife is interesting for a rookie Transportation Master Plan. heights), and to the integration of councillor! There are many On the Environment Committee, Lansdowne with the surrounding people to meet, proced- I lend my expertise to issues of neighbourhood. As a member of Lures to learn, meetings to attend energy conservation and genera- the Design Review Panel, I hope and reports to read. Now that I’m tion, water supply, wastewater and to be able to influence the final more or less up to speed, I want solid waste treatment and dispos- design in ways that benefit Capital to tell you what’s keeping me busy al, and environmental protection, Ward and the city as a whole. at City Hall. But first, I want to along with the administration and Because of these varied respon- share my idea for Capital Ward maintenance of open spaces, trees sibilities, and because the resi- Walks as a way of tapping into lo- and the urban forest. dents of Capital Ward are so en- cal knowledge. As one of six city councillors and gaged in their community, I’m You, the residents of Riverside five public representatives on the happy to have four dedicated staff and other neighbourhoods, have brand-new Board of Health, I members supporting my work. excellent insight into how we can help oversee City programs and They are here to answer your calls responsibilities, she is my office’s strengthen the urban core. I’ve services in the areas of health pro- and emails, to advise me and to point of contact with the River- devised Capital Ward Walks as an tection, health promotion, disease help me represent your concerns side community. You can reach alternative to sitting down with and risk factor surveillance, and at City Hall. her at 613-580-2424 ext. 27441, or people to hear what you have to injury and disease prevention. Pierre Sadik, who has many years [email protected]. Anouk say. Instead, I want to explore I believe the most effective way of experience in working with Hoedeman is providing her exper- our community with you on foot, to fight crime is to address the elected officials at all levels of tise as my Communications Ad- so you can show me what works underlying causes, so I am a strong government, has joined my office visor, developing my website and and what doesn’t, and share with supporter of Crime Prevention as Senior Policy Advisor. Council- other tools to help me reach out me firsthand your vision for a Ottawa and happy to serve on its lor’s Assistant Catherine Henry is to the community. more liveable city. I intend to lead board. This agency helps make a great carry-over from Council- As your Councillor, I welcome monthly walks in different areas communities safer through col- lor ’s office. She has your questions, comments and of the ward, each with a theme laborative crime reduction initia- an excellent knowledge of local suggestions on how I can best or objective. Some of the walks tives that range from support for issues, so I am grateful she will serve you. will be in French, and we’ll video keeping youth in school to proper continue working for the resi- David Chernushenko key stops when possible and post lighting in public spaces to com- dents of this ward. Anne Lemay Councillor for Capital Ward short summaries online for those munity partnerships with the po- also has previous experience as a City of Ottawa who can’t participate directly. lice. Councillor’s Assistant, and is in- 613-580-2487 Watch my new website, www.cap- The Rideau Valley Conserva- dispensable to keeping our office [email protected] italward.ca, for details about up- tion Authority is also a good fit running smoothly. Among other www.capitalward.ca coming Capital Ward Walks, and — clean drinking water, natural please let me know if you have shorelines and sustainable land ideas for themes or issues we can use are important to the Rideau explore. River watershed, which includes But back to City Hall. I am Capital Ward. This inter-munici- thrilled to have been appointed pal environmental protection and to the Transportation Committee, advisory agency works with local the Environment Committee, the municipalities, government agen- Ottawa Board of Health, Crime cies, special interest groups and Prevention Ottawa, the Rideau the public to protect the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, Valley’s natural resources. and the Lansdowne Park Design I am especially pleased to be on Review Panel. the Lansdowne Park Design Re- As a member of the Transporta- view Panel. In this role, I am pro- tion Committee, I welcome the viding input on improving the opportunity to make recommen- redevelopment plans for the site. dations to Council on encour- We are paying particular atten- aging walking, cycling and public tion to the urban park, to public Page 14 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

Planning and Development Update From the Riverview Park Community Association

The Planning and Development Update from the Riverview Park Community Association: Alta Vista Corridor, Bus Garage and More

By Kris Nanda along Industrial Avenue and direct it to Belfast Road instead Chair, RPCA Planning and Development Committee RPCA Board members attended a January 10 meeting of the Com- munity Working Group, convened by Councilor Peter Hume, to re- he Riverview Park Community Association (RPCA) and its ceive an update on Belfast Road access project design, the planned Planning and Development (P&D) Committee continues to Environmental Assessment and the sound and air quality monitoring follow developments of interest in the local community (e.g. for the bus station. The RPCA has endorsed the alternate access theT planned Alta Vista Transportation Corridor, and OC Transpo route, which is scheduled to be the subject of an Open House on Bus Garage on Industrial) and other areas of the City which may af- February 10. fect Riverview Park residents either directly or indirectly, such as the Lansdowne Live project. It has also been building links with other Barring unforeseen consequences or complications, construction of community associations in Ottawa, such as those represented by the the alternate route to Belfast Road is still scheduled to be completed Federation of Citizens Association (FCA) of Ottawa-Carleton. At by September 2011, when buses are expected to be using the new ac- the same time, the RPCA is working to ensure implementation of cess route. Until then, buses entering and exiting the garage facility improved pedestrian and cycling infrastructure in keeping with the will continue using Industrial Avenue as a temporary measure. priorities set out at its October 2010 AGM as well as providing input into the City’s 2011 budget. A relatively new item of interest to River- Supportive Housing at the Perley Hospital view Park community members is the proposed construction of an eight-storey office building for the federal government on Terminal The Perley and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre (PRVHC) Board is Avenue, adjacent to the train tracks, a potential place of employment planning to build 139 seniors’ housing apartments in two residences on to which local residents could walk or cycle. the Perley Rideau grounds, with supportive and assisted living servi- ces available within the residences and to homes in . A Alta Vista Transportation Corridor – Hospital Link 5-storey residence will be connected to the current health centre at the main entrance and a second 3-storey residence will be located ad- The detail design work associated with the 1.2 kilometer Hospital jacent to . Design work is continuing to finalize building Link section of the controversial Alta Vista Transportation Corri- permit applications to the City of Ottawa. The RPCA is now a par- dor (AVTC) between Riverside Drive and the Hospital Complex has ticipant on the Perley-Rideau Community Liaison Committee which been ongoing. The city’s draft 2011 budget released on January 19, met in May 2010 and October 2010. Following City approvals of the 2011 calls for $5 million in 2011 to allow for prerequisite modifications building permits, a series of six tender packages will be issued over and relocation of existing infrastructure in advance of the actual con- the next few months to enable the project to begin by March 31st, struction of the roadway to the Hospital. The remaining $50 million 2011. The Russell Road 45-unit seniors’ housing residence will be the is forecast to be spent in 2012 for the actual road construction itself. first to begin construction. In the meantime, the RPCA has invited the PRVHC Executive Director and CEO Greg Fougere to attend an The controversy around the AVTC link relates to its costs (nearly upcoming Board meeting. $46,000 per metre), whether it will resolve the traffic congestion issues instead of merely shifting the traffic to another “choke point” Terminal Avenue Office Buildings (Trainyards) and the loss of much-used greenspace, including woods and a tobog- ganing hill. There are also questions about its necessity at this time, The RPCA has provided comments on the proposed 8-storey federal it is rumoured that the adjacent lands on the site of the National office building at395 Terminal Avenue – approximately 130 metres Medical Defence Centre the Link is supposed to service may not be east of the intersection with Sanford Fleming (Canada Post Process- available for redevelopment until 2022.) ing Plant). Development is expected to be completed and substan- tially occupied by 2013. The tenant is apparently going to be Canada In 2008, the RPCA wrote City Council to express concerns about the Revenue Agency (CRA). The 269,100 square-foot (25,560 square- (AVTC) as described in the Hospital Lands Area Plan. The RPCA metre) building – is the first component of a planned overall total of has opposed the plan to have the AVTC meet Alta Vista Drive at 1.1 million in square feet of commercial office space in the Trainyards grade, in part as this would only shift the congestion from one section Complex which is expected to be built over the next five years. of Alta Vista to another. While the location at 395 Terminal Avenue is currently separated from the Via Train station and Transitway by VIA train tracks, the RPCA The RPCA is asking the City to remove the $5 million funding por- has pointed out the need to have access to transit via the pedestrian tion for the project in budget 2011, on the basis that the money would tunnel or bridge which would traverse the tracks. The terms of the be better used for other more pressing needs such as repair of existing Trainyards rezoning approved in 2001 require “the improvement and roads and to implement the Pedestrian Plan that the City approved utilization of an existing below grade pedestrian connection between in 2008. the employment centre to the Ottawa Train Station or the construc- tion of a new link” upon completion of approximately 50% of the of- RPCA Board members received an update on AVTC landscaping and fice space. This additional access route would validate the claim in the tree planting at the January 26 Alta Vista Planning Group (AVPG) project’s January 2011 Formal Design Review document which the site meeting and have been assured they will be included in any further is “well-served by the bus Transitway at Hurdman Station and Train consultations on project details. Station.” The RPCA Board is supportive of the proposed project in principle and is advocating that the necessary infrastructure be put in place to encourage pedestrian and cyclist access to the property and OC Transpo Bus Garage Facility on Industrial Avenue to meet the 25% transit modal share (i.e. percentage of people using transit to access the business complex) upon which the rezoning was RPCA Board members took part meeting of the Community Work- premised . ing Group that Councilor Peter Hume convened on January 10 to A proposed 6-storey 125,000 square-foot office building at 455 Ter- receive an update on the planned alternate access route – advocated minal Avenue - originally scheduled for completion and substantial by the RPCA - that will eliminate westbound morning bus traffic on occupation by 2011-- remains on hold for now. FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 15

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Continued from page 14 From the President’s Chair by Karin Keyes Endemann are right in our backyard – and More information on plans for the Trainyards is available at www.ot- President, Riverview Park Com- they require dedicated and fo- tawatrainyards.com. munity Association cused attention to ensure that the best interests of Riverview Park Wellspring Ottawa Facility ell winter has finally are considered during all phases arrived and while you of their development (more de- Work on the new Ontario Regional Cancer Foundation facility and are out shovelling tails on these issues can be found offices (the MAPLESOFT Centre) near the corner of Alta Vista Drive Wthe snow or skating on the canal, in Kris Nanda’s report in this and Caledon Street, adjacent to the Cancer Survivors Park is on sched- the RPCA has been busy keep- issue). I am happy to report that ule to be completed before April 1, 2011. Some finishing touches and ing track of all the new develop- our P&D committee and the landscaping will be done before the summer and the centre will of- ments in our neighbourhood. You Board of Directors are on the case ficially open to the public in Fall 2011, and will house approximately will be interested to know that we - working diligently to represent 20-25 staff. The Cancer Foundation will launch pilot programs at the recently had a meeting with the Riverview Park and make sure centre to addresses the emotional, practical and psychological needs bus garage folks and the City to that these developments don’t of cancer survivors and their families. review the plans for the new exit affect the peace and quiet of our road onto Belfast. All is proceed- lovely neighbourhood. However, Enhancing Pedestrian and Cycling Access ing well and we are pleased with we can always use more hands to progress. The environmental as- make our workload a bit lighter. The Riverview Park community will be getting several new sidewalks sessment is currently underway So if you feel strongly about these this year, including a 1.25 kilometer sidewalk which will run from 419 and we hope that the new exit issues or would just like to help, Industrial Avenue (just east of Alta Vista) to 715 Industrial Avenue road will be started sooner rath- please just give us a call or send (near Russell Road) . Meanwhile, the Industrial Avenue Multi-use er than later. This will move the an email. Pathway between Riverside and Alta Vista was paved in December articulated buses off Industrial, I also hope you were able to come – final touches are expected later this year once the snow clears. (In which will reduce the noise and to the RPCA hosted Winter Car- the spring of 2011, the City will return to widen Industrial Avenue to pollution experienced by our nival last Sunday. A great time include a continuous eastbound right turn lane.) community. Once the new exit was had by all and we were able The RPCA also has again raised the raise issue of plowing the walk- route is in place, a second round to catch up on all the news from ing/biking path between Hurdman and Lees stations, this time via the of noise and pollution record- our wonderful neighbours who we City’s Roads and Cycling Advisory Committee (RCAC) and with local ings will take place to determine have not seen in quite a while. councillors. what, if any, impact the buses will As I put another log on my fire-

have on our quality of life. This place, I notice that some of my Proposed Multi-use Pathway between Coventry Road and will then be followed by negotia- thoughts are starting to turn to Transitway tions about mitigation efforts. If summer and those glorious sunny you would like to hear more about days, sitting on the back deck with The City of Ottawa report recommending a multi-use (pedestrian/ this massive project you can join good friends and neighbours. This cyclist) bridge over the Queensway between Coventry Road (near us for a Public Open House to brings to mind, two new (and very the Ottawa Stadium) and the transit Train Transitway Station was review the plans for the new exit exciting) events which are coming scheduled to be submitted to Council for approval in February. This road, which has been tentatively this summer to Riverview Park draft 2011 budget provides $8.8 million to cover construction of this scheduled for Thurs. Feb. 10th, – the first ever Riverview Park bridge. This facility was first identified as a project in the mid-1990s 2011, 18:30-19:30 OC Transpo Garage Sale slated for Saturday as a means of promoting pedestrian and cycling usage between des- Dispatch Building 740 Industrial 4 June 2011 and the creation of tinations such as facilities such as the Train Transitway Station, the Avenue. Please refer to our web- a community garden in partner- VIA Rail Station R and the nearby Ottawa Stadium and offices along site for the time and place (www. ship with the Trinity Nazarene Coventry Road. The RPCA has taken part in the Public Consulta- riverviewpark.ca). Church. Are there any gardeners tion Group (PCG) for the project to try to have the path linked In addition to the bus garage, I out there who would like to share up with the future tunnel multi-use link (pedestrian/cyclist) which would like to mention a few other their expertise with us? is planned between the Via Rail station and the Ottawa Trainyards development projects which will Finally, I would like to remind you Complex (and which could ultimately link up with paths along Indus- have an impact on our commun- that our association is run solely trial and Alta Vista.) Additional details are available at www.ottawa. ity and which the RPCA is track- by volunteers and our only source ca/train-coventry. ing. These include the planned of funding is membership fees. So expansion and building develop- I hope you will consider taking More information on some of these project proposals can be found at ments at Trainyards, the proposed out a membership for 2011. Your the City of Ottawa website at: http://www.city.ottawa.on.ca/residents/ Perley Hospital expansion, the contributions will certainly go to planning/index_en.html. The RPCA welcomes your input on these Alta Visa corridor plans, the Well- a good cause…..your community. proposals and any other potential developments in the area. spring Maplesoft House and, a bit I wish you and your family a safe further away, the Landsdowne de- and healthy winter – and warm Kris Nanda chairs the P&D Committee of the RPCA. Committee velopment. These developments thoughts of the summer to come. members and representatives from other neighbouring Commun- ity Associations take part in the Alta Vista Planning Group (AVPG) meetings which Councilor Peter Hume periodically hosts to discuss Community Open House Meeting local development proposals of interest. Come and hear the latest news about the If you are interested in joining the RPCA P&D group or would like Articulated Bus Garage further information, you may contact Kris Nanda at al2kris@yahoo. Thursday, February 10, 2011 18:30-19:30 ca. For more information on this and other activities in Riverview OC Transpo Dispatch Building Park, please see the RPCA website at www.RiverviewPark.ca. The 740 Industrial Avenue contact email for RPCA is [email protected] Page 16 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

Community Bulletin Board

How to Sell your house & ART LENDING 7th ANNUAL CARE- get Maximum Value FOR CHOCOLATE A FREE SEMINAR February 15-16: At Art Lend- March 15-16: At Art Lending BRUNCH & COMPE- ing of Ottawa, one may rent or of Ottawa, one may rent or buy TITION Wednesday, February 16, 2011, buy original fine art at reasonable original fine art art reasonable On Saturday, March 19th, 2011, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. prices.Local artists. prices. Local artists. In addition 400 guests will meet for the Canterbury Community Centre First Unitarian Church Hall, to the regular members' exhib- sweetest fundraiser of the year 2185 Arch Street, 30 Cleary Ave. February 16: ition, the March show will fea- at the Centurion Conference 7:00pm-9:00pm and February 17 ture the work of Brian Gallup and and Event Center – 170 Col- :10:00am-9:00pm. Sheila Turner Whelan. March 16: Part I -Making the Most of the onnade Rd South in Ottawa! Selling Process, Free admission. For info: 613-224- 7:00pm-9:00pm and March 17: Starting at 10 a.m., guests will be Matt Tobin, P.Eng., MBA, Real- 8028 or www.artlendingofottawa. 10:00am-9:00pm. Free admis- treated to a delectable brunch, com sion. Info 613-224-8028 or www. tor live music, a silent auction with artlendingofottawa.com Part II -Staging your house for items donated by local business- Maximum Appeal, es, and finally the opportunity Josee VanDromme, VanDromme Friends of the Farm to vote on the establishment Designs BUS TOUR that makes Ottawa/Gatineau BEST chocolate dessert. Take Seating is limited. To reserve a Heritage Sugar Shack Outing home containers will be avail- seat, please call Matt Tobin at March 8 Depart 9:30 a.m. return 6:00 p.m. able to ensure everyone gets the 613.795.1236 or e-mail- Take a luxury bus to Rigaud, Quebec, about 45 min. from Montreal, most out of the chocolate com- [email protected] to the Sucrerie. Explore the heritage of the French Canadian pioneers petition! Walk-up attendees welcome (sub- and savour authentic Quebecois specialities. A horse-drawn sleigh The event sold out for the past 2 ject to seat availability). Refresh- will take us from the parking lot to the Sucrerie. Visit the “boiling years so be sure to pick up your ments will be served. barn” and the bakery on your way in. Package includes: free parking at tickets early. Call Carefor at the Agriculture Museum parking lot, transportation to and from the 613-749-7557 x2180 to purchase Ballroom Dance Sucrerie, and the cost of your heritage meal. FCEF members $120.00 your tickets NOW! Others $132.00. Early registration discount available. Practice at Dempsey 1000 Islands & Two Castle Tour (Carefor is a not-for-profit Community Centre. Health and Community Servi- ces agency located at 760 Belfast Friday evenings 8 to 11:30 pm Road, next to the Trainyards.) $6.65/person at the door. Please call 613-247-4846 for in- formation. February 4, 11, 25, March 4, 11, 25, April 1, 8, 15 Friends of the Farm

Used Book Drop Off Days individual lectures $12 FCEF mem- February 5 & March 26 10:00 a.m. - bers 3:00 p.m. $15 non members Walk in Specials Your used books would be greatly lecture series $40 FCEF members appreciated for our used books sale $50 non members on June 18 & 19. 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Bldg. 72, Monday Location: Bldg 72, C.E.F., east off Arboretum, C.E.F. east off Prince of Pizza with 4 toppings Prince of Wales traffic circle Wales traffic circle Small $8.99 Medium $11.99 Craft & Bake Sale Tuesday April 5 Large $14.99 April 9 & 10 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Designing a Garden by FREE Gaston Tessier An incredible selection of items to Gaston will talk about designing a Tuesday choose from and don’t forget to pick new garden on an empty lot as well large pizza – 4 toppings up some delicious baked goods. as redesigning an existing garden Location: Building 72, C.E.F., east which has either been neglected for 15 wings, large Chef Salad off Prince of Wales traffic circle a while or needs major changes. He 4 cans pop & 1 order garlic sticks will go through the different steps $28.85 Rare and Unusual Plant Sale that should be considered before May 8, 9:00a.m.- 1:00 p.m. planting as well as what to plant and Entry Fee: Food Bank Donation or where it should be planted. He will $5.00 relate his personal experiences of Wednesday Get everything you need for your having moved to different areas and Large Pizza – 3 toppings garden from the many specialty growing conditions. 4 cans of pop growers and nurseries gathered for 2 garlic sauce this event. Master Gardeners are Tuesday April 12 available to answer Sustainable Gardening by $18.95 your questions. Gillian Boyd Location: parking lot beside Tropical Gillian will talk about how she Greenhouse on Maple Drive. learned to make a colourful self-sus- Delivery Available taining garden that needs only basic Gardening Lectures, Tours & maintenance and provides interest Now Open under new management Workshops and colour throughout the year. She Spring Lecture Series will explain her own do's and dont's, 248-8111 The following four lectures are avail- show pictures and share tips and 1577 Alta Vista Drive able individually or as a series. ideas. FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 17

Cora’s St.Laurent - where destiny and business coincide! By Carole Moult was coincidentally a woman also dence deserved further explora- they attended Laurentian Uni- named Jocelyne Beauchamp. versity in Sudbury. With the two ome would call it fate, des- “It would never have occurred to ladies maintaining their friend- tiny or a good hunch. Others me to choose a restaurant for a ship over the years from the might say it was intuition, business,” commented Jocelyne days when Jocelyne was working Sinsight, or instinct. Either way, recently, however, completely on her Bachelor of Arts Degree the customers of Cora’s Restau- satisfied with her delicious meal, and Mirielle was taking a Degree rant on St.-Laurent Boulevard a curious Jocelyne Beauchamp de- in Translation, it seemed quite are extremely happy that Joce- cided to check with Cora’s Head natural that Jocelyne approach lyne Beauchamp and her business Office with regard to franchise Mireielle. partner Mireielle Campeau relied opportunities. Such a coinci- tion she felt. Imagine her total “Jocelyne asked me if I would be on any of the above to make their surprise then, when the Head Of- Cora’s Breakfast and Lunch the fice receptionist for Cora’s also Continued on page 33 wonderful eating- place that it is identified herself as a Jocelyne today. Beauchamp. Fate or destiny- it Eight years ago when Jocelyne was hard to say. Beauchamp was working for the As time progressed it appeared provincial government, she knew that not only was the concept that she wanted to try something an excellent one, moreover it different and pursue a career seemed that this was almost a where she would have the oppor- sign for both the career change tunity to work and interact more and the business opportunity with the public. It was this in- that was meant to be. Thus began terest in changing careers where the story of Cora’s Breakfast and a story of coincidences initially Lunch at St. Laurent Blvd. and began. Belfast Road. The first Cora’s Breakfast and Funding was the first part of Lunch in Ottawa opened about getting the business venture off ten years ago, and it was during the ground, and support for this a chance visit to one of these Ot- Jocelyne Beauchamp and Mireielle came along in the form of Mirei- tawa franchises a couple of years Campeau with eggs that will make elle Campeau, a long-time friend later that Jocelyne Beauchamp their way into a Cora’s Special. of Jocelyne’s from when the two The real Cora as a younger woman. noticed that the franchise owner Photo by Bill Fairbairn lived in the same residence while Photo Credit: Bill Fairbairn Page 18 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

Obituary JIM GILLESPIE, the man Paul Martin called “sir” By Bill Fairbairn Money was scarce for everyone there so Dad grew up knowing Paul Martin and Alex Trebek were the value of a penny. The family’s two bright young students when life revolved around St. Francis Jim Gillespie, a retired teacher . Dad was an al- who lived in Riverview Park for tar boy from age eight and served more than 50 years, taught them mass every day before going to English at University of Ottawa school. School was about an hour High School. away by foot. It was a private Gillespie, who died on January 5, boys’ school and we found out aged 89, once recalled for me that that if Dad was from the Gor- the former prime minister was bals and went to a private school he had been a scholar boy. These were boys whose fees were paid by private donors. They had to be bright. For those who knew Dad, he was not only bright, and witty, but also loved learning. On a trip to Scotland last year, Jim with his late wife June on the Digby ferry in August 2008. with his daughters and son in law Ian, we heard previously untold Training, and subsequently into a beer it would be a Labatt’s. Dad stories of what life was like for him the arms of June, the woman he graduated from Western in 1950 as a youngster. He grew up dur- loved for 65 years. They were mar- and Dad, June and now four chil- ing the Depression, in a city that ried June 3 1944, with June’s cous- dren headed to Teachers’ College depended on shipbuilding, and in Valerie, as matron of honour, in Toronto. when the Depression hit, all ship- and her husband Keith Clark, as In 1951 he accepted a position at building stopped. He told us how best man. Keith remained Dad’s Ottawa University High School in 1934, at his school, St. Aloysius, best man until Keith’s death in and his family started life in Sandy Jim Gillespie is survived by chil- the students were brought down 1997. Hill. As children we had a beauti- dren Ron, Clare, Brenda, James to the gym to listen to a radio an- After the war Dad chose to emi- ful life. We have memories of our and Anne, 15 grandchildren, three nouncement. Everyone was quiet parents, putting us into the tub great-grandchildren and other rela- when the principal turned on the for a wash, then Dad drying us off tives in Canada and Scotland. radio and they heard the prime and putting us into our pajamas. an excellent debater in English minister speak. He announced We had nightly concerts, singing and French and a member of the that work would restart on the songs and telling stories before student council. Jeopardy game- ship the Queen Mary. Work had bedtime. show host Trebek had a good been halted by the Depression. Our house was a social meeting mind and was always among the The Queen Mary was being place as well as a party place and top three in class. built in the docks of Glasgow so dancing was a big part of our par- “Yes,” he replied to my question, everyone knew that there would ents’ lives. We remember learn- “all the boys called their teacher be 1,500 jobs. Dad told us how ing to dance by standing on Dad’s ‘sir’ in those days. Some still do.” he walked home that night after toes and moving to the sounds of Eulogy by his daughter Brenda school and everyone was out on the big band era. at Immaculate Heart of Mary the streets celebrating. In 1958, we moved to 1534 Chom- Church During World War II, Dad was ley Crescent, where Dad lived, James John Gillespie was born in one of the troops that sailed on until last May. Dad was raised 1921, in Glasgow, Scotland, in an the Queen Mary from South- in a crowded city so gardening, area called the Gorbals. It was a ampton to New York. This jour- Circa 1944 as a member of the RAF lawn work, and anything mech- poorer part of the city comprised ney would take him to London, anical was foreign to him. We mostly of tenement housing. Ontario, for Commonwealth Air grate to Canada. As a veteran, he were thankful for neighbours chose to be funded for a univer- like Larry Brown, John O’Neil sity degree rather than take cash. and Ross Thompson, who always The scholarship money was not helped out Dad. He was also for- enough to feed a growing family, tunate that Mom’s father had so he had to work while at- been a house builder and that she tending university. He worked for Labatt’s during those years and, Continued on page 30 as a result, whenever he ordered

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Too Soon to Go Home A ROSE IS “A QUARTZ” OF COURSE! ow overwhelming it home allows you to regain By Ash Charania feels to be released your strength with no wor- JULIET: from hospital but ries regarding medications, ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Valentines Day is highlighted with a big heart drawn around the 14th of Feb- Hnot feel able to manage alone security, food preparation or Thou art thyself, though not a Mon- ruary–if you are of the romantic heart at home! It can be quite isolation. Healthcare Staff tague. persuasion. When St Valentine comes frightening. For this reason, is available 24 hours a day. What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor to my mind I don’t think of fl owers, Oakpark Retirement Com- There’s an emergency call foot, idge Homes hearts or chocolate.Oak As a gemologist Par kin Residence 221008 Finals munity has become a popu- button in every suiteC laand r Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part training, I think PINK, I think Rose lar choice for short term bathroom and physiotherapy Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! Quartz. stays and convalescence. It on site. The mineral compound of Quartz is 2 What’s in a name? that which we call has been a home away from Keeping active for health and parts silicone and 1 part oxygen. The a rose home for many people who personal well-being is a com- color pink in the Rose Quartz is usually have recuperated from sur- mon attitude among the resi- By any other name would smell as gery or illness here, feeling dents of Oakpark. They do sweet; comfortable, secure and re- not allow mobilityC221008-023.tif issues to So Romeo would, were he not Romeo C221008-044.tif C221008-064.tif spected.C221008-023.tifstop them from keeping busy. call’d,C221008-044.tif C221008-064.tif In an elegant but relaxing Oakpark has generously sized Retain that dear perfection which he environment, with caring owes and friendly staff , the tran- Continued on page 36 Without that title. Romeo, doff thy sition between hospital and name, And for that name which is no part of thee C221008-023.tif Take all myself. C221008-044.tif C221008-064.tif The Best In From Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 1600 Continued on page 27  Retirement C221008-023.tif C221008-044.tif C221008-064.tif C221008-023.tif C221008-044.tif C221008-064.tif  Living!          C221008-023.tif JuniorC221008-044.tif students C221008-064.tif      at Riverview !     Alterna-     tive School     are making        a thousand !      paper cranes in    t5XP#FESPPN preparation for t0OF#FESPPNXJUI%FO     C221008-074.tift0OF#FESPPN C221008-123.tiftheir perform- C221008-145.tif   t4UVEJP4VJUFT ance of the t5XP#FESPPN  t4UVEJPT play Sadako t0OF#FESPPNXJUI%FO  and the Thou-  C221008-074.tift0OF#FESPPN  C221008-123.tifsand Paper C221008-145.tif    Cranes. The   t4UVEJP4VJUFT    t4UVEJPT cranes will be       !     all colours and         !     sizes as shown !                by some of the       students. Supportive  Photos by Karen t5XP#FESPPN     MacGillivray t0OF#FESPPNXJUI%FOt5XP#FESPPN t5XP#FESPPN C221008-074.tift0OF#FESPPN C221008-123.tif C221008-145.tif t0OF#FESPPNXJUI%FO t4UVEJP4VJUFTt0OF#FESPPNXJUI%FO C221008-074.tift0OF#FESPPN t4UVEJPTC221008-074.tift0OF#FESPPN C221008-123.tif C221008-123.tifC221008-145.tif C221008-145.tif t4UVEJP4VJUFT t4UVEJP4VJUFT   t4UVEJPT t4UVEJPT     • Suites from $2,600       $POWBMFTDFOUBOE3FTQJUFTUBZTBWBJMBCMF !              t5XP#FESPPN t0OF#FESPPNXJUI%FO C221008-074.tift0OF#FESPPN C221008-123.tif C221008-145.tif t4UVEJP4VJUFT t4UVEJPT  

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Nine-year-old nails national photo prize By Chris Wightman photography competition. test details at the magazine’s web- asking and learning. Almost every Luke learned about the national site and started photographing day he would wander through the e knew the call was due competition during a visit to the everything in sight with an old garden looking for something new any day, and the look on newly reopened Museum of Na- hand-me-down camera. At fi rst and interesting to photograph. my face must have said it ture last spring. Included with the I thought it would be a passing Hall. As I met my nine-year-old son new exhibits was a display of the phase but weeks later he was still We spent a lot of wonderful even- Luke Wightman walking down winning photos from last year’s at it. He started asking me for ad- ings together last summer com- Knox Crescent that fall day after competition. He was determined vice on how to make them better paring photos. I showed him how school, he saw the proud smile on to enter the next competition and and I saw he was quickly pick- a small change in aperture, com- my face and he knew he had done have his photo on display too. ing up on the basics and steadily position or shutter speed could it. Minutes earlier I had received improving. I fi gured he was ready improve a photo. Every week he the call — he had won top prize He immediately got all of the con- to trade in his toy camera and was making better and better in the youth category of Canadian make use of a better one, so I lent photos. Geographic magazine’s national Continued on page 32 him mine and he kept shooting, One summer evening after we had

Luke’s winning photo. Photo Credit: Luke Wightman Luke with his winning photo. Photo Credit: Chris Wightman

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Balena Park – Soccer Heaven by Mark Zamparo these are taken at the first festival. The uniform kit – jerseys, shorts he Ottawa Internationals and socks – can be purchased using Soccer Club (OISC) has the registration form and has been been in existence since the same kit for the last 10 years 1973T and serves the former city since we encourage reuse and re- of Ottawa area. The club oper- cycling. The player only has to sup- ates a hugely successful Develop- ply cleats, shin pads and their own ment Soccer Program (DSP) for water container for each practice children aged 5 to 11 and there are and game. Cleats and shin pads are about 1,000 children enrolled in mandatory since this is stated in this program. DSP is a neighbour- the OSA insurance policy. hood-based program whereby the For many years, Balena Park has club endeavours to have as many also been the home for the OISC’s children walk or bike to their Boys Mini Competitive teams’ park. To achieve this, DSP has 19 games and practices. These U9 to neighbourhood parks of which Ba- U11 teams play 7-aside soccer and lena Park is one. This year, OISC are the young stars of the club and is attempting to have Girls under a joy to watch. Similar to DSP, with 9 team (players born in 2002 and whom they share the park, they 2003) on Tuesdays and Thursdays play from May 16th until the end and a Boys under 7 (players born of the summer. in 2004 and 2005) on Monday and DSP has had many parents at- Wednesday at Balena. tending these practices and games As several key locations fill-up and over the years many mothers quickly, we encourage all parents to has asked for a similar program. For register their children early in the a number of years, OISC has had a DSP program. Since it also helps highly successful Women’s Soccer the club in consolidating teams, we and Fitness program and, this year, offer a discounted or “early bird” the club is proud to announce the fee as a further incentive to register introduction of a 7v7 Women’s Rec- early. reational league. Both programs Each player receives a new “Fair will be held on Saturday mornings Play” (i.e., not made using child at the club’s new artificial turf fields labour) soccer ball at the first prac- located at École Secondaire Franco U5 Internationals soccer player. tice. There is also a team picture Cité and Hillcrest High School, Photo Credit: Antica Corner and individual picture included and both on Smyth Road. Page 22 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

AVTC (Hospital Link)Alternative By François Allard very quiet and non-polluting. o we really need to A loop with spend $55 million on a stations every yet another road? Why 400 m would Dbuild another queue into the serve the Ot- city core? Fifty-five million dol- tawa Hospital lars could buy a complete Pod- and develop- car transit system that would ments in it’s sur- take passengers to any station roundings. It at the push of a button. Think could also serve elevator ride without sharing patrons along with strangers but with seats Riverside Drive for everyone (and horizontal in- offering no wait, stead of vertical travel). These convenient ser- Podcars guideways will not pre- vice to Hurd- vent pedestrians from crossing man station. In their path like busy roads do the future, the because they can be cheaply system could elevated leaving green fields be extended to connect the Such a desirable service would this system is transit, the fed- for everyone to enjoy. They are rest of the University of Ot- make money instead of costing eral and provincial govern- also electric vehicles so they are tawa Campus and the city core. money in frequent maintenance ments would contribute 2/3 of and seasonal repairs like roads the money, so Ottawa would be do. spending between $9 million Speaking of money, a Podcar and $19 million on the project, system like the ULTra’s in- saving between $38 million and stalled at London Heathrow $44 million! Airport costs between $7 mil- So I think that given this tran- lion and $15 million USD per sit system is better in so many mile (1.6 km). The loop that respects, we don’t really need is being proposed is less than to spend $55 million on yet an- 6 km long so between $27 mil- other road. This alternative "ULTra PRT - www.ultraprt.com" lion and $57 million. And since would be better for the city.

Lower Hydro Bills For Your Family

The Ontario government wants to help your family budget because we know that we need to work hard together to get through challenging times. The government is providing your family with a 10% reduction on your electricity bills, starting January 1st, 2011 for the next 5 years. Due to different billing cycles, the benefit may not show up until your May bill but will be retroactive back to January 1st. The government has made the long-overdue investments in electricity system infrastructure that were needed to make sure the lights stay on. We are creating a clean, modern, reliable energy system that is attracting investment and creating jobs. The following is an example of the impact the Ontario Clean Energy Benefit will have on monthly electricity bills:

Dalton McGuinty, MPP Ottawa South 1795 Kilborn Avenue Ottawa, ON K1H 6N1 T: 613-736-9573 | F: 613-736-7374 [email protected] FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 23

Hospital Link will be one of Canada’s most expensive roads By Sherry McPhail investment in the Hospital Link over the years include a shorter, But the hospital itself has never prepares the ground for a road cheaper route to the hospital he release of its draft explicitly supported the road, nor running the full length of the cor- through Valour Drive for alterna- budget January 19 con- shared information to help calcu- ridor, encouraging car commut- tive access if needed, and rapid firmed the City’s inten- late employee commute routes, ing over mass transit. shuttle service to get hospital tionT to spend $55 million on the making it impossible to know employees and non-emergency controversial 1.2 km road linking how much staff would use the “The building of this link makes patients to and from nearby tran- the General Hospital ring road to road or if other transit options the building of some form of sit stations. Riverside Drive. would be preferred. roadway through the entire cor- ridor much more likely,” says “Removing this road from the Road designers blame the high “With the plan calling for a new Riverview Park resident Stewart budget would allow ample funds cost of what is called the Hospi- at-grade intersection and traffic Bailey. “The present alignment of to implement the City-approved tal Link on the nature of the sub- lights at Alta Vista, we fear that the road, the cost, and the four- Pedestrian Plan,” says Kris strate, as well as complex road, the traffic congestion problem lane railway underpass all hint at Nanda. “That’s only $3.5 million, rail and Transitway crossings. is not being resolved,” says Kris it.” and it would benefit the entire Nanda, chair of Riverview’s Plan- city. There would be plenty left But with a cost of almost $46 ning and Development commit- Riverview Park community as- over to fix aging infrastructure, million per kilometre, this 2-lane tee. “It would only shift a few sociation president Karin Keyes like the already postponed re- road will be about twice as expen- blocks.” Endemann feels that while most pairs to the bridge between Main sive per kilometre to build than of the City’s new budget shows and Smyth over the Rideau.” it cost to widen the multi-lane So if it’s unlikely to reduce traf- a commitment to both restraint 401 through greater Toronto, and fic, the hospital isn’t asking for it, and improved services, this road For Keyes Endemann, “if big about eight times what it cost to and it’s unreasonably expensive is a notable exception. budget needs to be spent, it twin the mountain-bound Sea-to- in times of austerity, why is this should move the city closer to its Sky highway for the Vancouver road being built? “Not only is it disproportion- Smart Growth goals, not further 2010 Olympics. ately expensive, but it does noth- away. Sure, we’ll have one of the The proposed Hospital Link lies ing to enhance liveability in our most expensive roads in Canada, And the $55 million figure doesn’t at one end of the Alta Vista Trans- city,” she says. “Liveable cities but will anyone be getting any- include the money already spent portation Corridor, which runs plan for the long term, invest in where faster or smarter?” on consultations, design or the from Riverside to Conroy Road. good public transit, likelihood of cost overruns. A proposed road running the en- encourage walking and tire length of the AVTC was the set aside ample natural Councillor Peter subject of an unsuccessful appeal spaces. There are lots Hume supports the link, which is by a coalition of Ottawa residents of progressive ideas out premised on reducing traffic on and community groups, but is so there that we could be Alta Vista Drive and Smyth Road far not an active project. looking at.” and providing faster access to the Ottawa Hospital General campus Many Riverview Park residents Some progressive ideas for employees and visitors. are concerned that making a large put forth by residents

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Riverview Alternative

ELECTION 2010 Democracy in action at Riverview Alternative School

By Karen MacGillivray, Learning Support Teacher Members of the “Books for the Li- Members of the “Mad Science” Riverview Alternative’s chief cus- With student reporters brary” Party make their speech. Party make their speech.: todian, Kevin Robb, is a treasured member of the school staff. Help- Pictures taken by Steven Evans rade 5 students have ing to create exciting learning been learning about the environments and build resource rights and responsibil- rooms, solving simple to the most Gities of citizens living in a dem- complex computer problems, pol- ocracy. In order to appreciate ishing the floors until they shine, more fully what it means to live and agreeing to be interviewed in a democratic society, students by eager student reporters, he is a man of many talents and never wanted to take part in a real life too busy to help out teachers and experience in which their opin- students alike. ion was solicited and considered Photo Credit: Karen MacGillivray valuable, differences of opinion were respected and accepted, and of view on the issue. Six differ- like minded individuals were per- ent groups (or “parties”) were mitted to organize. Mrs. Mac- Riverview students vote in the formed based on the content of Gillivray created the following school wide election.: student speeches. “Parties” then scenario for the students: combined the best ideas in their “Our school has been given a An excited student is ready to make on the different ways the grant members’ speeches to form one $1000.00 grant to be used for her mark! money could be spent. Each stu- clear and specific message to the the benefit of the whole school. dent wrote a campaign speech, in On what should the money be Here is what we did…. We held persuasive perfect paragraph for- Continued on page spent?” a class brainstorming session mat, expressing his or her point 26

Hawthorne Public School OC Transpo helps Hawthorne students skate safely $2,000 to Hawthorne students by Laurel Sherrer in October 2010 for other sports equipment such as volleyballs, ew regulations from soccer balls and an electronic the Ontario Physical scoreboard. and Health Associa- Last year, they generously spon- Ntion (OPHEA), make it manda- sored the purchase of 40 pairs tory for all students and staff on of snowshoes so that Hawthorne school skating field trips to wear students, many of whom are new helmets, whether they are experi- Canadians and experiencing their enced skaters or not. This caused first winter, could enjoy the snow staff and students at Hawthorne and a winter sport. Public School to worry about dis- The students, staff, and parents advantaged students being left are very appreciative of OC out of skating field trips due to Transpo’s support of their school. Students from Hawthorne Public School enjoy a skat- the cost of helmets. ing field trip at a local arena. A generous donation of That was until Mr. helmets from OC Transpo has allowed Hawthorne to Dan Lepage, chairman comply with new safety regulations. of the Fitness and Well- ness Department at OC Transpo, was able to describe the situa- tion to his members and ask for their help. They enthusiastically MDT Pharmacy Limited approved a donation of 20 helmets (at $35 each). Mr. Lepage and the Fitness and Well- ness Department also donated more than FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 25

Surround Circle Yoga For overall health & happiness ~ breathe By Maureen Fallis, Surround Circle Without a lot of practice, being breath, our whole being quickly (pranayama) to clear and cleanse Yo g a asked to ‘connect’ to the breath blossoms into full aliveness. the body and mind, in order to and to identify particular sensa- Breathing is fundamental. For maximize the benefi ts of the e can learn a lot by tions in the body may seem as the energy-generating process of practice. If you are interested in paying attention to remote as visiting a distant cous- metabolism to proceed properly developing a keener awareness our breath. in. If you felt a general or even every cell of the body requires a of your breath, body and mind, WBefore you read on, may I invite a diff use sense of your breathing, constant supply of oxygen. At the please go to www.surroundcircley- you to try this experiment? With this fl eeting awareness is cause for cellular level, the process of tak- oga.com for class schedule. You your eyes open and your mouth celebration! ing in oxygen and giving off car- are most welcome to call 613-730- closed, breathe in through your It is one thing to understand the bon dioxide is called cellular res- 6649 for a free consultation re- nose for a count of fi ve, pause and importance of breath and it’s piration, a process intimately tied garding private therapeutic yoga. hold your breath for a count of another thing to learn how to to the absorption of nutrients, fi ve, and then close your eyes and breathe optimally. the elimination of wastes, and the breathe out through your nose for For thousands of years, the phil- oxidation of fuel into energy. Sus- a count of fi ve. Give it a try ten osophy of yoga has held that con- taining a free-fl owing breath for more times. trol of “vital breath” is the key to the duration of a yoga p Stretch Did you notice any particular sen- good physical health and to calm, ractice stimulates cellular respira- … your body sation or tension in your body, clear thinking. What we know tion and increases the metabolism … your mind specifi cally in the area of your from science today is that there is throughout the body, uplifting the … your spirit shoulders, your belly, or your a direct correlation between the health of every cell. mouth? Did it become easier or ability to breathe freely and our Not so coincidental, the breath more challenging is also intimately When you make with each breath? tied to the mind and a promise to And now for an- emotions. When practice yoga, other ten breaths, the mind is agitated you open yourself to following the same by anger, or fear, the the gifts that yoga offers, breathing pattern breath grows rapid, gifts that benefit every but this time keep- shallow and irregu- aspect of your life, ing your eyes closed lar. When the mind including health, throughout the ex- is calm and focused, well-being, and joy! ercise. Finally, for the breath fl ows one last set of ten slowly and smooth- breaths, breathe ly. Understanding Group or Private naturally without the relationship of Classes any counting or breath and men- Beginners holding; breathing tal state is a key Welcome! rhythmically in and component of yoga out. Photo Credit:Tom Alfoldi practice because How do you feel? Do it works both ways. you feel more energized or more overall state of health and hap- By regulating the fl ow and qual- relaxed? Are you able to discern piness. The importance of the ity of breath, the emotions can Southminster whether you were breathing into breath can simply be seen from be brought into balance and the United Church your belly, into your ribs and/or what happens when it is taken mind made calm and clear. 15 Aylmer Avenue into your chest? Lastly, was it away. We could survive for weeks Learning to master the breath, 613-730-6649 easy to stay connected to the sen- without food, days without water, this vital life-giving force of [email protected] sations of your breath or did you but we would perish in minutes energy known as prana, is one of become mentally or emotionally without oxygen. Yoga teaches us the essential elements of yoga. At distracted throughout the exer- that the converse of this idea is Surround Circle Yoga, we practice www.surroundcircleyoga.com cise? true. Nurtured by a free-fl owing conscious breathing techniques Simple ways to stay motivated by Catina Noble did that week to work to- them in your wallet or purse, • Goals Checklist-Write down wards your goal. or bulletin board or even the your goal. Make a list of all ith everyone’s crazy • Phone a Friend- Call a friend fridge. When you have a few the steps that need to be done schedules it easy to or meet with them for a cof- moments when you are feel- in order for you to reach your get into a funk where fee. If you can’t meet up or ing a bit down, you can take goal. As you complete each Wwe feel as though we are not mo- call, text them your list of them out and look at them. step, cross it off the list. Then tivated and have nothing left to goals and when you want This will remind you of what treat yourself with coff ee with give. Here are a few simple ways them done by so they can you want and help motivate a friend, a new book or what- to keep you motivated. Why ask you about your goals to you to take the next step. ever else catches your fancy. don’t you take a few moments to keep you on track. You can do • Picture It-Find a picture of • Try to go over your goal list give them a try, after all you have the same for them, it will be what your goals/dreams rep- at least once a month so you nothing to lose! easier for you to stay on track resent. Keep the picture on can see your progress and • Keep a Journal-Write in it at if you someone to help you the fridge or somewhere else make notes of the next step least once a week. Writing stick with it! where you will see it fre- you need to make your goals down at least one thing you • Write Down Your Goals-Keep quently. a reality! Page 26 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

Music lives on at St. Aid- be spent on a trip to the swim- We believe the grant money Continued from page 24 ming pool. First, a lifeguard can should be spent on a mad science an’s Anglican Church teach us water safety and maybe performance in your class. First, Riverview electorate. Six cam- cool water tricks. Second, you can it would be so interesting to see paign speeches were delivered by From Diane Jones get lots of exercise because swim- things that explode into thin “party” representatives. ming is very active. Third, we can air; wouldn’t it be cool? Second, Each student produced a cam- ouglas George Timms, have lots of fun on the waterslide! EVERY SINGLE class would get paign poster or a radio or tele- the former Choir Mas- In conclusion, we think that we to choose a workshop like cells, vision commercial to try to per- ter at St. Aidan’s Church should all vote for spending the mad science machines, bugs, suade Riverview students to Dpassed away Tuesday, January 4, grant money on swimming be- black and blue oceans, and many vote for their idea. These were 2011. He worked with Margaret cause it will be a great opportun- more. Third, if the kids ask how shown immediately following the Heighton, the former organist in ity for the whole school to go on the scientists do some of their speeches. Students listened and the 70’s. At his funeral, January 8, a trip to the swimming pool. stuff, they will find out how they watched carefully. They evalu- the Reverend Linda Hill referred Magic Show Party Speech by can do experiments and then ated the messages they saw and to Hymn 307, Hassan, Hussein, Justin, and Jo- maybe the kids can do it at home. heard. Then they cast their vote “When Long Before Time”: siah In conclusion, we think that we on how they thought the grant We believe the grant money should all vote for spending the money should be spent. Grade “The Singer comes to us to should be spent on a magician grant money on a performance 5 students counted the ballots sing it again, to perform magic tricks at the from a mad scientist because you carefully and declared the win- our God is with us in the school. First, magic is amazing, can learn so much from mad sci- ner. The Riverview Alternative world now as then.” and it appeals to all ages. Second, ence, and it will blow your mind School Council agreed to give the a magician can do brilliant tricks away with mad excitement! students the $1000.00 presented Doug Timms’ gift, of sharing the like making things disappear Gym Equipment Party Speech by in the scenario to allow them to joy of music in worship, is now or pulling a rabbit out of a hat. William and Morgan participate in the activity of the being carried on by Tea Mamal- Third, the magician might teach We believe the grant money choice of the majority. Students adze, the Organist and Choir us a magic trick so we can do it should be spent on new gym were overjoyed! Director at St. Aidan’s Church. on our family and friends. In con- equipment, including big bouncy Here are the six campaign The St. Aidan’s choir, on January clusion, we think that we should balls for the whole school. First, speeches. 23, 2011, sang “The Voice of my all vote for spending the grant the gym equipment we have now Hip Hop Lessons Party Speech Heart” by Rodney Williamson, money on a magician because it’s is old and worn; we need to get by Beth and Shawn the resident composer. He based really fun to watch a magic show some new soccer balls, new We believe the grant money the song on Reverend Linda’s ser- in real life, and we will be enter- skipping ropes, and other stuff should be spent on hip hop les- mons. tained! plus get something new like big sons for the whole school. First, Books for the Library Party bouncy balls. Second, the stu- hip hop lessons are fun and great “Guide my actions from Speech by Bella and Gracie dents will get more exercise and exercise. Second, hip hop is so Heaven above We believe the grant money be fit. Third, kids will have more easy you will be dancing in no May they reflect your holy should be spent on more books fun with the new equipment and time with awesome dance rou- love for the school will play more with it. In con- tines. Third, you will be able to Echo the voice of my heart.” library. First, books can help our clusion, we think that the grant impress your friends with your education by helping us learn money should be spent on new amazing hip hop skills and per- All are welcome to carry on Doug interesting facts about things gym equipment for the form anywhere. In conclusion, Timms gift of music at St. Aidan’s we have never heard of before. whole school because it’s the we think that we should all vote Church. The choir meets every Second, kids always enjoy read- right thing to do! for spending the grant money on Thursday at 10:00 am., 955 Win- ing new books, and each class Can you guess which party won hip hop lessons because if you gate Drive, Ottawa, ON. For will have fun choosing some the election? It was Swimming know how to do hip hop, you will more information, please call the books they can add to the library. Fun! be a pro dancer! Church Office at (613) 733-0112; Third, teachers will enjoy read- A special thank you to Mrs. Bey- Swimming Fun Party Speech by [email protected]. www.stai- ing new books to their students. ers, math teacher and computer Tyrique, Ola, Farhia, and Kawtar dans-ottawa.org. In conclusion, we think that we whiz extraordinaire, for helping We think the grant money should should all vote for spending the us film our radio and television grant money on books because commercials and showcase our books are good for everyone! talent in the election power point Mad Science Party Speech by shown to the whole school as- Shahar, Andrew, Mahdi, Francine, sembly. Abbey, Kathy, Jessie, and Rhoen

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Dempsey Community Centre

Put on your dancing shoes and try ballroom dancing with Paul! Continued from page 19 due to trace amounts of titanium, By Catina Noble and still come to the Friday night He mentions that I really should iron, or manganese. The color in this dances at Dempsey. He mentions come out and see his practices crystal quartz is somewhat photosen- recently had the opportunity that the atmosphere has changed and mentions the next one is in sitive and subject to fading. The first to sit down and ask questions a lot over the years at Dempsey. just two days. I have had a good crystals were found in a pegmatite to Paul about his background Years ago live bands used to play time interviewing him and tell (very coarse grained igneous rock) Iand how he got into teaching ball- and they even had a reclining him I will be there. near Rumford, Maine, USA. Most room dancing in the first place. stage. I am not sure what preconceived crystals on the market today come Paul was all smiles as he sat down notions I had but I was very im- from Brazil. Although Madagascar and got ready for the interview. pressed from the moment I en- exports a gorgeous Rose Quartz with Paul has been teaching ballroom tered the dimly lit gym. To the the most amazing intense pink hue. dancing since 1972, for thirty left and right of the gym were eight years and he teaches at the tables set up with candles, they Something to note: Rose quartz Dempsey Community Centre. I were different coloured strobe is the corner-stone for the heart mentioned that was before I was lights and the mood was just very Chakra. Its energy is essential to even born. Paul just laughs. Right comforting. Paul was at the back self-fulfillment and inner peace. away I like his sense of humour. in the centre playing the music, The soft soothing vibration the I ask Paul how he got interested encouraging everyone and hav- Rose Quartz comforts and heals in dancing to begin with. It turns ing fun himself. I quickly count any wounds the heart has accumu- out Paul went to high school in Paul Peter. a total of sixteen couples that lated. People who feel they have Europe. Over in Europe when you Photo Credit:Catina Noble are either on the dance floor on not experienced the true essence are in high school dancing is ac- talking quietly by candle light. I of love gravitate to this stone to tually mandatory. I was surprised I wonder what type of people and check in with Paul and he won- access the inner realms of their but found that fact interesting. why they come to his ballroom ders what I think. I tell him how heart. It is a stone which enables In high school dancing was con- classes and dances. I ask Paul impressed I am, he smiles and I joy of living with the love that sur- sidered part of Social Education and he says people come because think he enjoys my reaction. rounds you. and therefore was compulsory. his classes are not affiliated with I take a half hour just to watch The Rose Quartz is said to inher- Paul enjoyed dancing and took it any particular school, it is very couples dance. They dance to it dynamic intensity and healing for three years in high school. inexpensive compared to places, the cha-cha, waltz, jive, rumba power and manifest a calm vibra- A friend saw an ad for a ballroom people are more comfortable, and even the tango! Some of the tion within the stone. It is said dance teacher and thought Paul people come for the exercise (dan- couples have just started learning that Rose Quartz symbolizes uni- might be interested. Paul wanted cing is good cardio), for the social and some couples even compete. versal love and has metaphysical I point out a couple and tell Paul qualities that heal a wounded heart that they glide on the dance floor with its gentle and calming salve. like the ice skaters when they Most people I encounter tend to perform in the Olympics. Paul wear the stone close to their heart, tells me that they compete and on a necklace with the stone easily touching their skin. This method they are really good. Everyone aligns the vibrations of the stone at the practice comes from many and the heart, hence starting the different cultural backgrounds. process of healing. I once placed The majority of women are wear- several small samples stones in ing heels. All the couples are a glass and drank from it. (I was dressed like it is a night out on told that the essence of the min- the town or a date night. I watch eral would infuse into “my being”) for about an hour in total and It really comes down to what you not once did I see anyone step want to believe and how much you on someone else’s shoes. At one want to believe in it. point Paul even takes a few steps Whether you choose to go with on the dance floor to set up a chocolate and flowers or a piece of routine of line dancing and to en- jewellery to gift that special some- courage the crowd. I watch Paul Paul the ballroom dance teacher spinning the tunes. one in your life, remember, Cupid in amazement, there is no ques- .Photo Credit:Catina Noble will be watching with bow and ar- tion about it, and he looks like row ready. to see how they dance in Can- aspects, the classes and practice a professional, is comfortable, ada so he took the international is a couple’s night out and it is a at ease and has style. He knows Sudoku Solution exams, the interview and then good way to meet other people what he is doing and he does it he began teaching. He taught with similar interests. There is well. I have enjoyed myself and for several years for the Fred As- no particular age bracket for ball- ask Paul if there is anything else taire dance studios, as well as at room dancing and Paul mentions he would like to add for the inter- high schools for the school board that he has a couple that comes view and he says “If you want to and taught at the Arthur Marie with their grandchildren. Paul dance, stop thinking about it and School of dance for five years. teaches ballroom dance level one get up and try it. No one wakes Paul says one of the reasons and two as well as the dance prac- up one morning just knowing why he likes teaching ballroom tices that are held at Dempsey what to do. Take it one step at a at Dempsey is because his class every Friday night. Paul asks me time”. For further information or is not affiliated with any other if I have ever seen ballroom dan- to sign up for classes please drop dance schools. That means stu- cing. I smile, feel guilty and men- by Dempsey Community Centre dents can take courses at Demp- tion that I have only seen it a bit at 1895 Russell Road or call 613- sey or with another dance school on television and not in person. 736-9855. Sudoku on page 31 Page 28 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010 Poet’s corner he Review’s staff hap- cards into place and record your UNDERGROUND EXTIRPATE pily feel a sense of re- trips then place them in our April newal these days. There edition to tell us what you learn by Catina Noble by Catina Noble isT energy for our paper as people of far flung places. step into place to bring local stor- Perhaps the kitchen and radio I want to let go and be in the dark Your voice creates ies to you our readers. Thanks to or I-pod are the extent of your From all the footprints that travel A shiver of the new vol- travel this spring. A regular read- Throughout my days with Dread that clumps unteers and er and local baker has told me of Constant nagging and promises My throat, drowns Directors. the joys of slow cooking and in- I could not fill during my lifetime. The heart with A year ago tense satisfaction at baking daily Tepid tears of the muse for loaves. The feel of flour, water, When the Fog comes it is worse Yesterdays that I this space salt and sugar are a tangible de- Then in the dark and I Try to forget was the cries light. The anticipation and vis- Wonder why the clear days But they cling for help ual satisfaction at risen loaves, Taunt me like a salvation To my soft from Haiti. the smell of the yeast at work fill They know I cannot possibly touch. Body with claws As these our neighbour’s home with a lov- That are sharper needs continue we are drawn to ing delight. I am reminded that Underground, here in the dark Then the butcher’s read and hear about displaced it is the etymology of the word It feels like drops of poison are Blade- and lost lives in the Rio area of “Lady” from Olde English (hlaef- Kissing my skin softly and Yet no matter Brazil, Queensland in Aus. Down dige) the mistress of a household I welcome them any day over The moment if Under and in Pakistan. Our own or “one who kneads bread” (OE The Fog that makes me chase it. Your voice is swollen Rideau River took a life hlaf) that ties us to some satisfy- Available or not this winter too. As happy as we ing traditions. I am drawn to- Chase it knowing it cannot be caught I want it are that frozen waters allow skat- wards unleavened breads some But only do it because I have And I need to ing on the Canal and at Balena prefer gluten free loaves and my No control over my body Have it feed and Dale Parks, we alert you to a own early specialties of potato And its will to carry That pathetic addiction warning of thin ice in winter and bread and Irish soda bread have Forth to leave words of explanation. I crave- spring. On the shores of Lake given me pleasure in the kitchen. I tell myself Ontario I saw ice pans like those So my muse for February is that To let everyone know that I This will be in Newfoundland. As a boy these all our readers all enjoy the end of Asked for them every day The last time rafted ice flows were a mighty winter, the lengthening of days; And was continually denied Just this once draw. Kids, be careful at your safe play, safe travels and lux- As if my life held no importance Until tomorrow. play. Comfort at winter play in- urious indoor activities. Please I turn each piece of paper- creases our joy and health. This write about these and share with Dow’s Lake Skate winter we sought out the perfect us in our next edition. Enjoy a Knowing this is all I can do It provides relief from thoughts of helmet liner, a thin toque for our few poems. by Sean Dowd boys winter bike rides. My son Ugly moments that denied me The happiness and peace has a goal to ride his bike to Vin- Held fast Within that I shall forever seek. cent Massey every day of grade 8 to left and right and so far so good. Read a poem arms pinned tightly about how winter riding has long Winter Bike Riding DEUCE cold steel slices been a tradition in our family - 40o wind chill - Jan 14, 2004 and I cry out! from earl days at VM. by Catina Noble High school kids have just writ- by Sean Dowd we play on Dow’s Lake ten semester one exams and the Similar to an addiction marks are arriving this week for Snows fell One would seek professional help a torture I was born to those courses. Good luck with days past (passed) for the spring semester’s new classes roads cleared Constantly the rules are changing free’d of these bonds and work hard at all of your goals. at last I struggle and try to keep up. I might still fly There are breaks to come. it’s cold and I NAC, If the closest thing to a warm can ride my bike Sometimes it is so sweet and ful- Ottawa U., beach retreat that you experience at minus 20 (degrees C) filling Fifth, is the comfort of your bathtub snow is firm and crisp As if the right amount of sugar and Bank, then lie back in hot water with the bike grips the road Cream have been added to create an Bronson tunes from CBC radio 2, have a and crunches well England tea fit for a celebrity. and back to Dow’s Lake cool drink and heat yourself up over with thoughts of all the trips that salt and sand As other instances it is as yet held our kids and families are about Bitter as the poison that once in place by to embark on. It will soon be I pick up Rowan Fought a character in the form of schedules tight - reading week for the University mask him in a scarf An apple because it’s appearance- gripping gloves and teeming and College kids and many of we make for home bids for treats them will travel to warm climes. toqued and helmeted Was quite deceiving just I play here with you both I have a boy off to training camp we ride As yours continues to be. not one hundred metres from for Rowing in Georgia in a week. Decades have come and the Beaver Tails The March Break for elementary a summer joy Gone, this still remains and High school kids will see we enjoy a chance to glide Hillcrest HS students and staff all the year round Like it is controlled by nature to dance in winter sun off on an exchange to Germany Itself and must stay with you and France. So charge up those To complete my existence in vain my grace filled children batteries and tuck those memory I grab my pen to let go. FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 29

Short Fiction white wide angled drifts splay Happy Chinese New Year in sunbeams which court living by Diane Stevenson Schmolka rooms where our cat weaves them *How To Read Dead Embers everybody…. (dedicated to the memory of Rob- if to describe observations around his body ert Graves) by Arze Chahine makes them absolute poetry a hologram cylinder rolling of real life under flannelette bedding by Diane Stevenson Schmolka he bold and reckless Tiger what is there when to see his eyes dartboard pits in flight gives way to the charm- grass babies squalor you red might not mean hot nor blue ing, tasteful Rabbit, on while I step out to pick up mail cold February 3rd. Bringing a kinder, crystals spear my eyes to teach me a child strapped T if to notice a blade of sword grass gentler Rabbit from lying beside it how to tangibly navigate a first clue to aconvict’s future it’s olive green-ness which cuts retreats back to a darkened hall How many times have we heard into shafts of sun then cold cases never die until solved ourselves over the past year say it labels it as real so it is each year, whether or not suspended in night air become was a crazy year? Full of change, means to name it differently when El Nino has held sway archived stacks of old chapbooks and heart ache! It was a hard year seen this house celebrates with cracks poetry mostly obscure and mis- for most! That is what the Tiger through opera glasses from fractals, icicles of light understood did. Brought lots of change. Some a second story window a landscape of a season within code words cleverly disguised good, and lots bad. brands it as something else a frame work of delight But the year of the rabbit will be perhaps make-believe? steps to uncover them must be a very placid. The presence of dissected from a perp’s early the rabbit gives us all the ability if to hear madrigals in a crowded Poems Written Feb. 20, 2005, at a life and crimes as a scholar to avoid conflict, leap over ob- auditorium Concert of Brahms and Weil Songs. analyses a poet’s work means each coincidental harmony Mezzo-soprano: Donna Klimoska. stacles. Also to restore harmony is combined with synthesized sweat St Luke’s Anglican Church, 7:30 like word games poets play in our lives. and textured phrases mixed with P.M. is a perp’s pilgrim’s progress What does this mean for us? The a panoply of fabrics 1. Daemerung easy enough to become trapped year will be full of energy, and changes when experienced the moon, not yet set by left brain assumptions optimism. Great for business. when alone with headphones your but in this pew, still dark with no results Also for new beginnings. The discover new is early evening just more escherisms year to fallow your dreams! With definitions of voice colour text she sings from memories this it shall bring great rewards. of many nights the map lies in repeated themes Again Happy New Year every- pacing rhythm, comparison does it transport you out of body…. grief into joy with or without her governing orb not to common logos xoxo or do you simply give it a new title her age-a threaded coat of beauty but to new constructions with has lifted this lullabye new tools Arze Chahine does naming mean a change of loss Your Astro Advisor of light sound touch microscopic vision even vice-versa might be when will all of it fall to silence? a nose for vowel odors more perverse I hope-not before I , too clench of consonants pass. to describe millions of perspectives Diane Stevenson Schmolka breathe stanzas honest attempts to name dance each phrase while you love creation death Alte Liebe vocalize each word just might, while never absolute the wolf mates for life paint each motive achieve no more than fiction is this what Candidus means? but it can when engaged then you will hear the fragments of carry you from sorrow singing he tries loyalty, his old intentions are as honest as bread, deeds and sagas People born in the but allusions become keys to discovery Year of the Rabbit Fedora’s Box the only faithfulness for him,in remember Ulysses truth are articulate, tal- by Diane Stevenson Schmolka is to his pen this addictive career path is urgent ented, and ambitious. whatever he means because these spirits impact They are virtuous, before you really knew me each molecule, every cell reserved, and have people knew my fedora his mate, frail sustenance with or without our knowledge its broad curved brim and pleated will flee under such radical works excellent taste. Rabbit crown obsession. continue to ignite our fires. people are admired, begged no questions trusted, and are often but when your eyes became Diane Stevenson Schmolka *a Fedora poem financially lucky. They sun in my windowless office O Kuhler Wald are fond of gossip, but from that once protective felt are tactful and people emerged a volcanic cone I need no lyrics born the year of the the stress rehearsal of tenderness her voice is dark wood Rabbit are generally became a fedoral case this is the true oasis of the world you are now where I can kind. hang my hat when I am empty in the oxbow lakes our marriage and all around me are badlands will make I seek her forest I have no choice where ancient trees have withstood you blew my cover storms, worms and fire in her forest I have peace

Winter in this House Diane Stevenson Schmolka by Diane Stevenson Schmolka Verzagen the only images this work finally cold snow has stayed can create is another song. Page 30 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

Alta Vista Cooperative Nursery School

Alta Vista Co-Operative Nursery School open house

By Fraser Thom many children and parents that and interactive activities for the will be available in early Febru- have passed through the doors of children. The school also pro- ary and anyone interested in at- lta Vista Co-operative the school. Deanne Clarke, Nan- vides a JK/SK afterschool pro- tending can visit the website at Nursery School will be cy Titley and Jennifer Clarke have gram with buses received directly www.avcns.com, email at avcns@ having an Open House been a constant at the school and from Vincent Massey school. magma.ca or call Deanne at 613- inA March and are inviting anyone the comfort and warmth they The date for the open house 733-9746. in the Riverview Park and Alta bring to the program is immedi- Vista communities to attend. ately felt as you enter the school. The Alta Vista Co-operative The school offers programs for Nursery School (AVCNS) has toddlers, pre-schoolers and JK/ been operating in Riverview Park SK children and all programs are for over 25 years and is enjoying designed to get the most out of their 20th year at their current lo- the children and includes physic- cation at 480 Avalon Place in the al, creative and artistic aspects. Trinity Church of the Nazarene. For toddler’s aged 18 months AVCNS is a special place that to 2.5 years, there is a morning provides excellent education and program led by toddler teacher care for the children of River- Jennifer Clarke who has been view Park and Alta Vista aged 18 with the school for20 years. Pre- months to 6 years. Equally spe- schoolers aged 2.5 and older can cial are the three women who participate in either a morning or over the last 13 years have worked afternoon program and teacher together to touch the lives of Nancy Titley develops many fun

went along, they also started an Nancy, Kate and Deanne. Photo Credit: Fraser Thom Continued from page 18 annual ritual of attending the Grey Cup games, be they in the Taking a Break Is Important For Caregivers had inherited his talents so that east or west. Others joined in and she could fix most things. with Keith’s son, Allan with CBC The Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County in collabora- When remote controls came into Sports, the Grey Cup experience tion with Carefor Health and Community Services will be presenting everyone’s lives, Mom was the got more memorable as the years the public education seminar “Respite: What? Me? Take a Break?” one who looked after changing went by. After Keith died our on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Perley channels. You could give Dad an sister Anne joined in the yearly and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre, Lupton Hall. Opening remarks English word and he could tell ritual, followed by others, and will be provided by Mrs. Melané Hotz, a family caregiver and advo- you what language the root word now the Amigos, as they are now cate as well as presentations by representatives from the Community came from and what it meant in called, continue the tradition set Support Coalition, and Carefor Health and Community Services. A Greek or Latin but, until the end, down by Dad and Keith. They guided tour of the Guest House located on the grounds of the Perley he could not use a television re- are already planning their trip to and Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre will also be included. Cost of mote control. Vancouver for the 2011 Grey Cup. $10 includes parking and refreshments. Pre-register at 613-523-4004 In 1962, Dad took a teaching job Dad was fortunate to have had a to reserve a seat. with External Affairs and we went very full life; one he kept saying Respite is taking a short break, time off from the daily routine of on a journey that would influence was a blessing. We were blessed caring for a family member, or direct support for specific needs. It the rest of our lives. Those two to have him in our lives for so can be offered in different ways, and in different locations – in your years in Kenya opened our minds long. home, in an activity centre, or in a centre for a longer stay. Virtually to life beyond Ottawa. Although My siblings and I would like to all caregivers agree that they do a better job of caring for their loved we never had a lot of money, Dad thank all of you, who were part of one after they have taken a break. Respite options can result in fewer was able to make sure that we Dad’s life in different ways, since crises, a delay in admission to long term care, increased quality of life, saw quite a bit of East Africa and you were a blessing for him and and fewer emergency room visits. South Africa. On our way home us. For more information on Alzheimer’s disease or the programs offered we took in the Middle East as We would especially like to thank by the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County, visit www. well as several European coun- his sons in law, Ken, Ian, and alzheimer-ottawa-rc.org or call 613-523-4004. Help is available. You tries. Tom, and his daughter in law Lee, don’t have to go through it alone. The Alzheimer Society is here to Dad’s and Mom’s love of travel for all their support, especially help. continued and when Dad retired after Mom died. Our mother in 1983 they went around the spoiled Dad, and did everything world including a visit to India for him, so after her death we and a personal visit to see Mother needed to assist Dad. He appreci- Teresa in Calcutta. ated all the work we did for him, Dad also loved sports and loved but also knew that this required to talk to everyone, especially time away from our spouses. We his grandchildren, about sports. are grateful for their patience and Dad’s big sports passions were love. Scottish football (soccer), and To all of you, we thank you for Canadian football, in particular your presence and, as Dad always the Ottawa Rough Riders. Dad, said when leaving, “God bless”. and his best man Keith Clark, FOOTNOTE: Some of Jim Gil- had season’s tickets to the Rough lespie’s former students provided Riders’ home games and they at- a guard of honor at his crowded tended every one. As the years church memorial service. FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 31

Book Review An enchanting trip down memory lane by Bill Fairbairn the tarts, danishes, the wonder- perience was not the best at the ful whole wheat and white breads Journal in a 60-year media career. How many of our readers remem- and the fantastic raisin loaf were I remember a folly of mine when ber the fantastic displays in Frei- everyone’s favourites. The vast assigned to cover speed skating man’s Department Store on Ri- array of cookies was extraordin- between Chinese and Canadians. deau Street? Or the famous five ary and, of course, those to-die- This was an evening event so my or ten cent chocolate malts on for cream puffs.” photographer and I went to the the store’s main floor? His personal reflections are not venue in the evening to be met Hugh McCord has a special place just a mirror of licking his lips with cold and semi-darkness. Please for Freiman’s in his book Per- over bygone days. His experiences Photographs were impossible as sonal Reflections of Ottawa Past. working for Birks the jewellers on ghostly skaters sped by. It was my support His mouth must also have wat- Sparks Street, of Charles Ogilvy’s first experience of speed skating ered recalling Woolworth’s lunch Department Store, Union Station and of Balena Park, now almost our counter next door where one and Benny Benoit the barber are my backyard in Riverview Park could be served soup, sandwich, prominent. The Ottawa Journal, where I came to live. The upshot advertisers apple pie and a chocolate milk- where he started work in 1957 was that an Ottawa Citizen pho- shake for under a dollar. as a first-year apprentice fetch- tographer, who had shot a train- They Hugh, who grew up in Ottawa ing coffee and assorted goodies ing session that afternoon when East and attended Lady Evelyn for 55 men as well as running off the sun was shining, came up pay Public School, Glashan Public proofs of the news set up in lead with a centre fold of wonderful School and the Ottawa Technical type by linotype operators, is coloured photographs the next for High School, had the experience covered. This was the age of hot day. No wonder my editor asked of 12 years in the publishing and metal typesetting at a time when me if I knew it got dark at night! this graphic arts business to help him a compositor earned more than Lucky for me Hugh never knew write this his first book. many lawyers thanks no doubt to of this or else his reflection would paper Another of his favourite food a strong typographical union. have been one of embarrassment places now gone, but which many Reviewing this Journal reflection for me in his fine collection of will remember, was The National comes easy to my mind since I short stories. For those who Bakery on Bank Street. was the Journal’s photo editor for lived in Ottawa in the 1940s and He writes of its wares: “The de- a short time in 1980 after I left 1950s this book makes for an en- licious meat pies large and small, the CBC in Montreal. My ex- chanting trip down memory lane helped by lots of archival photo- graphs. 135 pages published by Baico of 294 Albert Street

SUDOKU Easy as 1-2-3 (or is it?)

To complete the puzzle: 1) all rows must contain the digits 1 to 9 only once. 2) all columns must contain the digits 1 to 9 only once. 3) each of the nine boxes must contain the digits 1 to 9 only once. Sudoku Solution on page 27 Page 32 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

Computer Tricks and Tips

Continued from page 20 A few useful websites washed a basket of fresh strawber- by Malcolm and John Harding, of with it. David Pogue (see below) technology/ and read his blog at ries, we noticed a bright colourful Compu-Home recently interviewed David and http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/ beetle crawling around in them. It Barbara Mikkelson, the found- was spectacular and Luke knew he www.snopes.com is the first web- ers, sponsors and caretakers of Closer to home, I am a big fan of had stumbled upon an interesting site I’ll recommend, for its abil- Snopes, and you can read some www.ottawa.ca for its thorough subject. Again he asked to borrow ity to expose the nonsense that of their fascinating experiences yet navigable and readable ap- my camera and he started taking passes for so-called informa- at: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes. proach to all facets of life in our pictures of the beetle. The first tion in email these days. I have com/2010/07/15/at-snopes-com- city. You can pay a parking tick- few shots were already good. The a very curmudgeonly attitude rumors-are-held-up-to-the-light/ et, find a recreation programme, metallic colours and low evening regarding all of those messages avoid road construction sites, sun were perfect. He knew he had that friends forward to me with If the whopping 88 characters of contact your councillor, attract an opportunity for a great entry jokes, pseudo-scientific warnings the above address is a bit over- or avoid black bears (your choice) for the competition, but trying to and political diatribes. I realize whelming, you could simply go and, perhaps most importantly, focus on something so small that that people are just being helpful to http://tinyurl.com/25ofsy7 in- learn how to make an origami was moving so fast was the tough when they inform you that there stead and read the very same page. liner for your compost bin. One part. will be two moons on August That’s because I converted the potentially useful resource at the Then the beetle climbed from 27 and NO ONE ALIVE TO- original to this shorter version at Ottawa site is the maps, which are the strawberries onto an apple. DAY WILL EVER SEE THIS www.tinyurl.com This nifty free up to date with new city streets Now we had it where we wanted AGAIN!!! Furthermore, just like utility allows you to condense that don’t yet appear on Google it. I picked up the apple and kept my redneck friends, I would be web addresses by simply pasting Maps, Mapquest or your GPS. turning it so the beetle was al- outraged to learn that refugees the original into a box and click- ways facing the camera and Luke to this country are handed huge ing one button. Once you have shot and shot, desperately trying sums of money by the federal taken that simple step, you can Malcolm and John Harding are to focus on the eyes of the beetle government that are far in excess send your friends the much more owners of Compu-Home, as- — the sweet spot for any portrait. of what the average pensioner manageable substitute. sisting home and business com- Finally he had a good one. He got will ever see. It is amazing to be puter users. the shot. informed that: cats will suck the The above-mentioned New York Luke’s prize-winning photo and breath out of babies; rice thrown Times columnist David Pogue is Be sure to visit our new web site the other winners of this year’s at weddings is dangerous to birds; one of the best at keeping us up for an archive of our Columns. competition were published in elephants are afraid of mice and a to date in the world of technol- www.compu-home.com the December 2010 issue of the duck’s quack doesn’t echo. For- ogy. He isn’t condescending, and magazine. They will again be on tunately, all of the above “facts” he does have a serious side, but Write to harding@compu-home. display at the Museum of Nature are untrue and if your well- he takes his subject with a grain com or phone 613-731-5954 to dis- this spring and will travel to other meaning correspondents had of salt and pokes a bit of fun at cuss computer issues, or to sug- Canadian cities throughout 2011. taken a moment to check out the foibles of the industry. You gest future columns. Use this quick link to see Luke’s this garbage at snopes.com they can find his columns and videos at photo on the Canadian Geograph- wouldn’t be clogging your Inbox http://www.nytimes.com/pages/ ic site: http://goo.gl/S1uCk.photos. Skate safely please! By Catina Noble socks be pulled up pass the wear warm hats, mitts, scarves, (Adapted from the City of Ot- height of the skate to lower the snow pants, sweaters, jacket tawa website www.ottawa.ca/resi- t is that time of the year chances of developing a blister etc. dents/health/living/injury_pre- again, skating season has from the side of the skate rub- • Be careful! Mae sure to watch vention/youth_safety/recreating/ begun! The Rideau Canal bing on bare ankles and lower other skaters around you in skating_en.html. Iopened up recently and so did legs. case they fall or bump into you. many of the City’s outdoor skat- • Dress warmly! Skaters should ing rinks. Here are a few things to keep in mind when you and your children are heading out to get your ice on!

• Children under six years of age should wear a helmet in case they fall. • Make sure that your skates fit you properly, not too big, not too small. • Skate laces should be laced up completely and the laces should not be too tight or too loose and you should NOT continuously wrap around the ankle. • Wear warm socks and have the FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 33

Neighbourhood Watch

Riverview Park Watch hosts presentation on home security By John Neale, Neighbourhood hesitate to smash a car window Many of the tips offered by Steele also had some sobering words Watch Area Co-coordinator, River- for a toonie lying on the console. and Bileski seemed like common about garage door openers and view Park West He cautioned people not to leave sense, at least in retrospect! For alarm systems. Finally, if there is valuables inside the home in a example, everyone knows that a suspicious person on the street bout 25 people braved place where they are clearly vis- you must make your house look who appears to be casing your cold temperatures to at- ible from an outside window. By like you’re home when you’re ‘hood, Steele and Bileski urged tend a presentation on the end of the 45 minute presen- away and that it’s important to participants to call the Police. conductingA a practical home se- tation, participants had a pretty have a neighbour check your Since it’s not really an emergency, curity audit on Tuesday, January good idea of how to make their house and clear the mail, shovel you don’t need to call 9-1-1. You 25th. Hosted by the Riverview home unattractive to burglars. the walk or mow the grass. Steele can call 613-230-6211 and a police Park Neighbourhood Watch car will still likely be dispatched and the Riverview Park Com- to investigate. Everyone left munity Association, the event the session with a grab bag full was held at the Church of of good information includ- Christ on Chomley Crescent. ing the “Home Security Audit Presenters included Mr. Jor- Guide” packed with enough dan Steele and Mr. Jeff Bileski, tips to help transform a home both volunteers with the Ot- into a miniature Fort Knox, tawa Police Department and with a little help from the local specialists in loss prevention. hardware store of course! Steele and Bileski encouraged For more information on Home the audience to “think like a Security tips, don’t hesitate to thief” as they reviewed the call the Ottawa Police inquiry main vulnerabilities of a typical line at 613-236-1222. Your local home. Basically a thief is after Neighbourhood Watch Block the most reward for the least Captain can also generally help amount of risk. Part of the you to obtain appropriate infor- solution is to not tempt thieves mation to help you to protect to break and enter in the first your home. place! A drug addict will not

a single parent of three teen-aged cover of the magazine Motivated, the Raspberry for Lucie con- Continued from page 17 children she bought a defunct ‘because she defines the word “re- tinue to be very popular, while interested in investing in a busi- snack bar in the Saint Laurent dis- invention”. Now, with over five the Cora’s Special, an egg based ness venture, and I suggested why trict of Montreal. It wasn’t very thousand employees in one hun- dish, is probably the most asked don’t I be your business partner?” long after her modest restaurant dred and twenty locations, Cora for plate. Even oatmeal porridge added Mireielle, since she too, as opened however that Cora could is a wonderful example of a self- is available for those who like it! luck would have it, had also been see the wise-ness of changing the made business woman,’ the maga- “We’re very proud of our team,” interested in making a serious ca- snack bar concept into making zine is quoted as saying, where Jocelyne and Mireielle noted re- reer change after being a transla- breakfasts her speciality. It wasn’t the interesting strategies she in- cently, “with customers frequent- tor for over twenty years. long either before her success- corporated can also be found on ly telling us that they can tell the Owning a Chez Cora or Cora ful little eatery became much line and are a fascinating read. people at Cora’s are really enjoy- Breakfast and Lunch Restaurant too small because of her ability Jocelyn and Mireielle have a pic- ing their jobs.” however, is not just about hav- to successfully satisfy the wide ture of a smiling young Cora on “I also like the fact that people ing enough money to buy a fran- variety of requests coming from the way into their restaurant, and meet their friends here, frequent- chise. In fact, a few months later her enthusiastic customers. New like Cora’s three children, Joce- ly planned but often not,” Joce- with the process of ownership in dishes were inspired from family lyne’s two and Mirielle’s three lyne added. the works, the two ladies found traditions, her children, and sug- have ‘transitioned’ through the “We each brought to the business themselves working once again gestions from those enjoying the business over the years. A niece our own experience,” the two on their education, albeit a dif- exceptional breakfasts, and in has worked part time since the ladies concluded, and for a busi- ferent kind, when for six weeks February of 1990 Cora opened restaurant opened and is still ness that opened, yes, on Friday Jocelyne and Mireielle studied a new location in Laval on Saint there. However their four young the 13th of 2003, Jocelyne Beau- and were trained in owning and Martin Boulevard. grandchildren, two each, are still champ and Mirielle Compeau hands-on managing a Cora’s The three children ran the origin- quite a bit too young to be put to have done extremely well. Breakfast and Lunch franchise. al Cote-Vertu restaurant, while work at Cora’s. One server, Anne Fate, destiny or a good hunch, in- “Our training took place in Mont- Cora took over the new estab- well known to all Cora custom- tuition, insight, or even instinct; real where we did everything. We lishment, and quickly branched ers, also began on the first day in we will never know for sure. learned each station, working out to owning a third, then five June 2003. What we do know however, after one week as a server, one week as more Chez Cora Déjeuners. To- A total of thirty-six staff work eating a great variety of delect- hostess, one week as a cook, and day the Cora family includes over at Cora’s on St. Laurent Blvd., able meals at Cora’s, is that what- one week as a fruiter. We also fol- one hundred and fifteen franchis- with the need for about twenty ever it was it worked really well. lowed seminars at Cora’s Head es in eight of the provinces, with on Saturdays and Sundays. The Thank you to the two owners of Office in Ste.Thérèse; then we the walls of each displaying the Fruit Station alone has three Cora’s Breakfast and Lunch at had to pass various exams before images of many of the popular people working at it on the week- 1530 St. Laurent Blvd., Ottawa. ever opening our location in June breakfast creations. end since fruit is served on every It is wonderful to have you here 2003. Recently Cora Tsouflidou, who plate. Their delicious crepes, like with us in Riverview Park. But the story of Cora Tsouflidou has won many awards, was on the the Strawberry Satisfaction and herself goes back to 1987, when as Page 34 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

Libraries Library Alta Vista Library

Winter Programs/ Programmes PROGRAMS OFFERED AT Homework Club d’hiver THE ALTA VISTA LIBRARY Get tutoring and help with home- 1910 St-Laurent blvd PROGRAMMES OFFERTS A LA work after school. Help is avail- MARCH BREAK / CONGÉ DE BIBLIOTHEQUE ALTA VISTA able in math, reading and science in Toddlertime MARS French and/or English. Offered in Tuesday, January 18 to February 22, Rock-Creations / Créations du ton- partnership with E.A.G.L.E. Center. 10:15 AM (30 min.) nerre PRE-SCHOOL/PRESCOLAI- Ages 7-18. Stories, rhymes and songs for babies Rock crafts for kids. Ages 6-12. RE (Bilingual) Wednesdays, 4:15 p.m. and their parent(s) or caregiver. Registration. / Bricole avec des ro- (120 min.)* 18-35 months. ches. Babytime February 2, 9, 16, 23 Pour les 6-12 ans. Inscription. Stories, rhymes and songs for babies March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Storytime Monday, March 14, 2:00 pm - 3:00 and a parent or caregiver. Ages 0-18 April 6, 13, 20, 27 Wednesday, January 19 to February pm months. May 4, 11, 18, 25 23, 10:15 AM (45 min.) Wednesdays, February 2-February Club de devoirs Stories, rhymes and songs for pre- Rock out with Billings Estate!/ 23, April 13 –May 18 , 10:30 a.m. (30 Reçois du tutorat et de l’aide avec schoolers and their parent(s) or care- Découvre la paléontologie! min.) les travaux scolaires. De l’aide dis- giver. Ages 3-5 Discover why palaeontology rocks ponible avec les mathématiques, la this March Break! Did you know Toddlertime lecture et les sciences, en français Babytime that Billings Estate was home to Stories, rhymes and songs for babies et/ou anglais. Offert en partenariat Wednesday, January 19 to February Canada’s first official palaeontolo- and a parent or caregiver. Ages 18-35 avec E.A.G.L.E. Centre. Pour les 23, 11:15 AM (30 min.) gist? Explore some of Elkanah Bill- months. 7-18 ans. Stories, rhymes and songs for babies ings’ findings, learn about fossils and Mondays, January 31- February 21 (Bilingue) Les mercredis, 16 h 15 (120 and their parent (s) or caregiver. 0-18 make your own to take home. Ages , April 11 –May 16 , 10:30 a.m. (30 min.)* months. 6-12 Registration./Savez-vous que le min.) 2, 9, 16, 23 février premier paléontologue officiel du 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 mars Frontier College Reading Circle Canada, Elkanah Billings, a vecu à Storytime 6, 13, 20, 27 avril Saturday, January 8 to June 25, 2010, Billings Estate? Venex découvrez Stories and rhymes and songs for 4, 11, 18, 25 mai 2:00 PM (60 min) la paléontologie et apprendre com- preschoolers and a parent or care- Volunteers will help your child to ment faires votre propre fossiles. giver. Ages 3-6. Swinter love books and become a better Pour les 6-12 ans. Inscription. (Bilingual) Tuesdays, February 1-Fe- The cure for the winter blahs? Cele- reader through stories and games. Tuesday, March 15, 10:00 am - 10:45 burary 22, April 12 –May 17 , 10:30 brate summer instead! Ages 13-17. Ages 5-11 ans. am a.m. (45 min.) Saturday, February 12, 2:30 p.m. ( 90 Please contact the branch for regis- Contes min.)* tration details at 613-738-0619. Teaching Rocks Contes, comptines et chansons pour Learn how to do petroglyphs or rock les enfants d’âge préscolaire (3-6 ans) No love here Homework Help with the art with Aboriginal Experiences. et un parent ou responsable de gar- Sick of sappy love stories? Watch E.A.G.L.E. Center Ages 6-12. Registration. de. love-free movies tonight! Ages 13-17. Saturday, January 8 to June 8, 10:00 Wednesday, March 16, 10:00 am - (Bilingue) Les mardis, 1er février-22 Monday, February 14, 6 p.m. (120 AM ( 120 min ) 11:30 am février, 12 avril-17 mai , 10 h 30 (45 min.)* Develop your skills in math and sci- min.) ence. Presented by E.A.G.L.E. Cen- Under a Rock / Anguille sous Teen Advisory Group ter for Grade 1-10. roche Join the Teen Advisory Group (TAG) Ages 6-15 ans. What’s hiding in your backyard? to earn community involvements Please contact the branch for regis- Ages 6-12. Registration. / Qu’est- SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR hours and help design programs for tration details at 613-738-0619. ce qui se cache dans ton jardin? CHILDREN/PROGRAMMES teens at the branch. Ages 14-18. Pour les 6-12 ans. Inscription. SPECIAUX POUR ENFANTS Fridays, February 25, April 1st, April Mystery Lovers Book Club Thursday, March 17, 2:00 pm - 3:00 29, May 27, 4 p.m. (60min.)* Adult pm Homework club Come join us the first Monday of Get tutoring and help with home- every month. Newcomers work after school. Help is avail- N.B. Registration for winter Mondays, Jan 3, Feb 7, March Welcome to Canada! The Ottawa able in math, reading and science in programs starts on January 5./ 7, April 4, May2, June 6, 6:30 Public Library can help you learn French and/or English. Offered in L’inscription pour les programmes Share the enjoyment of good English, prepare for the driver’s test, partnership with E.A.G.L.E. Center. d’hiver commence le 5 janvier./Re- mysteries in a relaxed atmos- citizenship test, find information Ages 7-18. gistration for March break programs phere. Join us for discussion. about education, family issues, hous- (Bilingual)Wednesday, 4:15 p.m. (120 starts on February 9./ L’inscription ing and other settlement services. min.)* pour les programmes du congé d’hi- Adult English Conversation February 2, 9, 16, 23 ver commence le 9 février./ Programs Group. All programs offered in partnership March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 followed by an * require registration. Tuesdays, 6:30 PM (90 min.) with Lebanese Arab Social Services April 6, 13, 20, 27 / L’inscription est requise pour les Improve your English and meet new Agency. Call Loubna Mansouri 613- May 4, 11, 18, 25 programmes suivis d’un *. The ad- friends in a relaxed setting. 668-5594 or e-mail lmansouri@lassa. Club de devoirs dress of the Alta Vista Library is This program is offered in partner- ca to register or book an appoint- Reçois du tutorat et de l’aide avec 2516 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa and ship with the Economic and Social ment. les travaux scolaires. De l’aide dis- the phone number of the Alta Vista Council of Ottawa-Carleton ponible avec les mathématiques, la Library 613-737-2837./ L’adresse de la Storytime in lecture et les sciences, en français bibliothèque Alta Vista est le 2516, Groupe de Conversation en Mondays, January 3 to et/ou anglais. Offert en partenariat promenade Alta Vista, Ottawa et Français March 28, 10:30 am avec E.A.G.L.E. Centre. Pour les son numéro de téléphone est le 613- Mercredi à 6:30pm (90 min). Family / Famille 7-18 ans. 737-2837. Ouvert à tous et tous les niveaux de Call 613-668-5594 or send an email (Bilingue) Les mercredis, 16 h 15 (120 français sont la bienvenue. to [email protected] to register. min.)* Program registration will be done Ce Programme est offert par Le Con- 2, 9, 16, 23 février on-line only. Ottawa Public Library seil Économique et Social d’Ottawa Health Awareness 2, 9,16, 23, 30 mars cards are needed to register on-line. Carleton Adult / Adulte 6, 13, 20, 27 avril Children’s library cards are required Tuesday, January 11, Feb- 4, 11, 18, 25 mai for registration of children’s pro- ruary 8, March 8, 2:30 pm grams./ L’inscription des program- Everything you want to know about mes est faite seulement en ligne. Les health awareness. SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR cartes de la bibliothèque publique To register call 613-668- TEENS/PROGRAMMES d’Ottawa sont requises pour l’ins- 5594 or email Loubna Man- SPECIAUX POUR ADOLES- cription en ligne des programmes souri at [email protected]. CENTS et les cartes de bibliothèque des en- fants sont requises pour l’inscription aux programmes d’enfants. FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 35

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Alta Vista Branch raphy Demonstration de Steven Galloway. 2516 Alta Vista Drive Seniors from the Chinese com- Réunion portes ouvertes sur Register: www.biblioot- munity will demonstrate la tawalibrary.ca the art of Chinese calligraphy Networking 101 technologie Or call 613-737-2837 x28 using brush pens. Learn how to improve your net- Des employés seront sur place Learn how to create simple Chi- working pour Adult Programs nese characters. skills for free. This session will présenter les dernières arrivées Thursday, February 3, 12:00 p.m. teach you technologiques de la BPO : des French Conversation Group (2 hrs.) what you need to know, and offer livres Improve your spoken French class téléchargeables, des bases de don- in a relaxed setting. This group Knit 2 Together time to practice what you have nées, is for those at an intermediate Love to knit? Bring your needles, learned. Bibliocommons ainsi que des or- level. yarn and Entrepreneurs, business owners dinateurs Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. (90 min.) good cheer. We knit for the pleas- and de technologie d’assistance. February 1, 8, 15, 22 ure of it. job seekers are all welcome! Le samedi 5 mars, 13 h (180 min.) March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Registration Tuesday, Feb 15, 7:00 p.m. (90 April 5, 12, 19, 26 Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. (90 min.) min.) Un atelier d’écriture May 3, 10, 17, 24 February 5, 19, March 5, 19 Apprenez l’art de la nouvelle par April 2, 16, 30, May 14, 28 Sleuth Hounds des Computer Tutorial Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. (90 min.) Share the enjoyment of good déclencheurs visuels. Utilisez le Learn basic computer skills and February 10, 24, March 10, 24 mysteries schéma get April 7, 21, May 5, 19 in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us narratif pour structurer votre tra- answers to your questions. This for a vail. one-on-one session will help you Comm’un-Tricot discussion. Présentation par l’auteure Michè- learn how to use the library cata- Vous aimez tricoter? Apportez Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. (90 min.) le Vinet. logue, vos broches, February 17: Any title by Maj Inscription. access the Internet, send e-mail votre laine et votre bonne hu- Sjöwall Le lundi 7 mars, 18 h 30 (120 min.) and meur. and Per Wahlöö use databases. Registration. On tricote pour le plaisir. Inscrip- March 17: The Whole Truth Creative Writing Workshop Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. (30 min.) tion. by David Baldacci. Learn how to write great short February 2, 16 Les samedis, 10 h 30 (90 min.) April 21: Any Ali Reynolds title stories March 2, 16, 30 5, 19 février, 5, 19 mars by J.A. Jance. with visual prompts and the use April 13, 27 2, 16, 30 avril, 14, 28 mai May 19: Any Carlotta Carlyle title of May 11, 25 Les jeudis, 18 h 30 (90 min.) by Linda Barnes. an easy structure. Presented by 10, 24 février, 10, 24 mars local author Michèle Vinet. Tutorat d’ordi 7, 21 avril, 5, 19 mai Destination: Turkey Registration. Acquérez des connaissances de Join Al Sangster on a visual tour of Thursday, March 10, 6:30 p.m. base Poets’ Corner Turkey – (120 min.) en informatique et obtenez des Share your love of poetry with a fascinating country rich in his- réponses à vos questions. Cette others. tory and Strategies for Healthy Orna- session Read your own poems and share culture. Registration. mental Plants individuelle vous aidera à vous comments. Please bring copies of Friday, March 4, 2:00 p.m. (60 Master Gardeners Lee Boltwood servir your work for the group. Regis- min.) and du catalogue de la bibliothèque, tration. Ann McQuillan will share their accéder à Internet, envoyer un Mondays, 6:30 p.m. (90 min.) Technology Open House expertise courriel February 7, March 7 Staff will be on hand to demon- and show you how you can have a et utiliser les bases de données. April 4, May 2 strate the thriving Inscription. OPL’s latest technology: down- city garden. Bring your questions! Les mercredis, 10 h 30 (30 min.) Tuesday Book Group loadable Registration. 2, 16 février Join us for a discussion of the best books, databases, Bibliocommons Thursday, March 31, 6:30 p.m. (90 2, 16, 30 mars in non-fiction: Great Books (first and min.) 13, 27 avril series). assistive technology computers. 11, 25 mai Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. (90 min.) Saturday, March 5, 1:00 p.m. (180 Continued on page 36 February 8, 22, March 8, 22 min.) Book Banter April 5, 19, May 3, 17, 31 Share the enjoyment of good books Infusions littéraires in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us Partagez avec nous le plaisir des for a discussion. livres Thursdays, 2 p.m. (60 min.) dans une ambience détendue. Feb 3: A Pigeon and a Boy by Joignez-vous à nous pour une dis- Meir Shalev. cussion. Mar 3: Carolan’s Farewell by Les mardis, 14 h (60 min.) Charles Foran. 15 février : La petite fille qui aimait April 7: The Outlander by Gil trop Adamson. les allumettes de Gaétan Soucy. May 5: The Girl with the Dragon 22 mars : Les chiens et les loups Tattoo by de Irène Némirovsky. Stieg Larsson. 19 avril : Une belle mort de Gil Courtemanche. Chinese New Year Callig- 17 mai : Le violoncelliste de Sarajevo Page 36 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

Libraries

(120 min.)* ses de données, Bibliocommons the beautiful game to their kids. Continued from page 35 February 2, 9, 16, 23 ainsi que des ordinateurs de tech- The duties of a soccer referee are March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 nologie d’assistance. pretty straight forward: enforce April 6, 13, 20, 27 (Bilingue) Samedi 5 mars, 13 h. Money Smarts the rules of the game; control the May 4, 11, 18, 25 (180 min.) This is a 2-part series, presented game; act as time keeper; keep Club de devoirs by the record of the score; ensure the Reçois du tutorat et de l’aide avec Continued from page 37 RBC South Keys branch. It would safety of all the players; and es- les travaux scolaires. De l’aide be ideal for first-time home buy- play soccer. Many of their soccer pecially at the recreational level, disponible avec les mathémati- ers, for team mates from way back, are ensure that the kids have an en- ques, la lecture et les sciences, en newcomers to Canada, and for all still their close friends. joyable and positive experience français et/ou anglais. Offert en who Since 1988, the Ottawa Inter- and develop a love for the game. partenariat avec E.A.G.L.E. Cen- want to learn about banking and nationals Soccer Club has grown If you want to become a soccer tre. Pour les 7-18 ans. managing their money. by leaps and bounds. It has grown parent or even better still a soc- (Bilingue) Les mercredis, 16 h 15 Ages 15+. Registration. from having a 100 or so players cer referee, check out the Ottawa (120 min.)* Monday, 6:30 p.m. (90 min.) to a club with a few thousand Internationals web site at www. 2, 9, 16, 23 février April 11: Everyday Banking and players. The Internationals are ottawasoccer.com/contact.php 2, 9,16, 23, 30 mars Buying Your First Home now one of Ottawa’s largest and It could turn out to be a life 6, 13, 20, 27 avril best organized soccer clubs. The changing experience for you and 4, 11, 18, 25 mai Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. (90 min.) Internationals have many pro- your kids, just like it has for me April 12: Managing Your Money grams for both males and females and my kids! of all ages: a basic developmental SPECIAL PROGRAMS program for kids aged 5 to 11; a FOR TEENS/PRO- Continued from page 19 youth recreational program for GRAMMES SPECIAUX Ukrainian Pysanky youths aged 12 to 19; a youth common areas that encourage so- POUR ADOLESCENTS Learn the traditional art of competitive program; an adult cialization and so residents gath- Ukrainian Easter recreational program and an elite er informally to share thoughts, egg painting. Registration. program. play cards, or just see “what’s go- Homework Club Saturday, April 16, 1:00 p.m. (180 As the club has grown over the ing on”. Organized activities that Get tutoring and help with min.) years its’ need for more playing range from Swing’n’Sway Dan- homework after school. Help fields, more coaches, more vol- cing, chair Yoga, keep-fit exercis- is available in math, reading and unteers and more referees has es, art classes, live entertainment, science in French and/or Eng- Newcomers / Nouveaux ar- grown. You no doubt read in the excursions, and special events fill lish. Offered in partnership with rivants December 2010 edition of the the calendar. E.A.G.L.E. Center. Ages 7-18. English Conversation Group Riverview Park Review that the When it’s time to return home, (Bilingual) Wednesdays, 4:15 p.m. Practice your English language Ottawa Internationals have re- short term guests say what a won- (120 min.)* conversation cently completed the construc- derful time they’ve had. You will February 2, 9, 16, 23 skills and meet new friends in a tion of two state-of-the-art soc- leave Oakpark feeling well and March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 relaxed and cer fields’ right here in Riverview capable, and always carry happy April 6, 13, 20, 27 friendly environment. This pro- Park at Hillcrest and Franco-Cite memories of your stay. Even bet- May 4, 11, 18, 25 gram is offered high schools. ter – you will have made new Club de devoirs in partnership with Somali Family In 2004, I registered as an Ot- friends to keep in touch with and Reçois du tutorat et de l’aide avec Services. tawa Internationals club referee, receive invitations to future spe- les travaux scolaires. De l’aide Registration. as a way to help the club as it con- cial events! disponible avec les mathémati- Mondays, 6:00 p.m. (90 min.) tinues to grow. It is a way for me ques, la lecture et les sciences, en and to help other parents introduce français et/ou anglais. Offert en Tuesdays, 1:00 p.m. (120 min.) partenariat avec E.A.G.L.E. Cen- tre. Pour les 7-18 ans. (Bilingue) Les mercredis, 16 h 15 PROGRAMS OFFERED (120 min.)* AT THE ALTA VISTA LI- 2, 9, 16, 23 février BRARY 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 mars PROGRAMMES OFFERTS A 6, 13, 20, 27 avril LA BIBLIOTHEQUE ALTA 4, 11, 18, 25 mai VISTA

Technology open house Staff will be on hand to dem- SPECIAL PROGRAMS onstrate the OPL’s latest tech- FOR CHILDREN/PRO- nology: downloadable books, GRAMMES SPECIAUX databases, Bibliocommons and POUR ENFANTS assistive technology computers. For teens and adults. Homework club (Bilingual) Saturday, March 5, 1 Get tutoring and help with p.m. (180 min.) homework after school. Help Réunion portes ouvertes sur la is available in math, reading and technologie science in French and/or Eng- Des employés seront sur place lish. Offered in partnership with pour présenter les dernières arri- E.A.G.L.E. Center. Ages 7-18. vées technologiques de la BPO : (Bilingual)Wednesday, 4:15 p.m. des livres téléchargeables, des ba- FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 37

From soccer parent to soccer referee by Louis Comerton in a recreational soccer league In 1989, our seven year old son, learned to cope being run that summer by the Philip, also started playing soccer with winning ay, way back in 1987, Canterbury Community Associa- with the Ottawa Internationals. and losing. when our daughter tion. Anna had lots of fun playing Over the next 10 years, my wife Our kids came Anna was only eight soccer that summer. She learned and I lived the lives of full-time to embrace the Wyears old, she asked me if girls the basics of the game. She made soccer parents. We drove our beautiful game were allowed to play soccer, as lots of new friends. In addition, kids to practices, games and tour- and in the pro- she had only ever seen males play my wife and I had lots of fun as naments, here there and every- cess embraced soccer on TV. novice soccer parents. where. We washed dirty sweaty an active healthy lifestyle. During soccer clothes week in and week those years, our kids made many out. We enjoyed the thrill of new friends as did their parents. watching our kids learning to play Today, our adult kids are still very the beautiful game. We watched physically active and continue to as our kids improve their game skills, learned to be team players, Continued on page 36

The first Ottawa Internationals girls soccer team 1991. Photo Credit: Louis Comerton

I told Anna: “Yes, girls can play In 1988, the Ottawa Internation- soccer and girls can do anything als, our local area soccer club, boys can do!” Anna replied by formed its first girl’s soccer saying: “Then, I want to play soc- team: an Under-8 team. Anna cer!” joined that team with a number Aerial photo of the Ottawa Internationals two new soccer fields in So right away, I registered Anna of her new found soccer friends. Riverview Park. Photo Credit: OISC website Page 38 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010 Great things youth can do By Peter Lougheed Minister, Emmanuel United Church

Do young people care about the world these days? Prob- ably just as much as any other age group does. In fact youth Digging an irrigation ditch by hand. can be far more idealistic and Photo Credit: Mary Fee willing to give of themselves when they make a connection with another person or com- munity. So we see young people signing up for an Alternative Spring Break with a school or church or community group. The week may contribute in Soccer (Iain and a friend). Photo Credit: Russ Pastuch some small way to a new home or school or clinic in a distant corner of the world, but there is often a long-lasting im- Hard labour, Big Smiles. Photo: Mary Fee pact on the life of the one who thought he or she was the helper.

Adults and youth of the Emmanuel United Church community have been involved in these service learning trips for a number of years. A long term rela- tionship with a church community in El Salva- dor has led to fruitful exchanges, supportive Part of the crew on break (1). Photo: Lynn Gullins relationships as along- Reunion with friends from a previous visit. Photo Credit: Russ Pastuch side our Salvadoran friends we have built houses, irrigation systems, participated in educational, health and youth pro- grams, and acted as election observers. We have learned how hard others must work to survive and how decisions we make in Canada affect the health and the economy of our neighbours.

Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” We feel greatly enriched in these opportunities to be connected to the world beyond Why we were there. Photo: Lynn Gullins Part of the crew on break (2). Photo: Lynn Gullins our familiar borders. If you have never been part of such an experi- ence, I encourage you to give it a try or find some other way to sup- port these ventures with your resources.

Sign at the build. Photo: Lynn Gullins

A hard life. Photo Credit: Russ Pastuch FEBRUARY 2011 Riverview Park Review Page 39

Riverview Alternative School

Riverview Alternative School's Build- ing Club is organized by parent volunteer Sandra Koch. Students enjoy Know your rights. being creative You have the right to choose your own repair shop. with all kinds of building materi- WeWe als, especially on some of our 1504 A Michael St. very cold winter days! WorkWork Belfast St. Laurent Blvd. ForFor Photos taken by O Sandra Koch YourYY localO CertifiedUU First Repair Shop 1504A Michael Street Tel: (613) 741-5686 Ottawa, On. Fax: (613) 741-7833 K1B 3S1

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David McGuinty

Member of Parliament / Député

Ottawa South / d’Ottawa-Sud

My Office provides information on the services offered by Mon bureau vous renseigne sur les services offerts par le the Government of Canada, including: gouvernement du Canada, notamment:

  The Canada Pension Plan / Old Age Security le Régime de pensions du Canada / la Sécurité de la vieillesse  Guaranteed Income Supplement  le Supplément de revenu garanti  Immigration Matters  les demandes de renseignements relatives à la citoyenneté

  Citizenship Inquiries les questions d’immigration  Canadian Passport / Consular Affairs  le passeport canadien / Affaires Consulaires  Business Opportunities / Grants & Funding  les occasions d’affaires / les options de financement

  Student Loans / Taxation Issues les prêt aux étudiants / les questions sur l’impôt If I can ever be of assistance to you, on any federal matter, Si jamais je peux vous aider, n’hésitez pas à contacter mon bureau. please do not hesitate to contact my office.

David McGuinty, M.P. / Député Constituency Office / Bureau de Circonscription 205-2141 chemin Thurston Drive Tel / Tél: (613) 990-8640 Email / Courriel: [email protected] Ottawa (Ontario) K1G 6C9 Fax / Téléc: (613) 990-2592 Web Site / Site Web: www.davidmcguinty.com Hard Work—Dedication—Public Service Travail acharné—Dévouement—Service à la population Page 40 Riverview Park Review FEBRUARY 2010

“We are so happy with the job you did selling our family home. You and your team are consummate professionals while being down-to-earth, friendly people. Your online presentation of the house was wonderful. The topnotch home inspector that you hired prior to putting the house on the market was invaluable, especially when it came to our nal negotiations. His thorough report gave us a clear picture as to the condition of our home before negotiations got underway, and it certainly helped us gain a better nal price. Thank you and your team for your courtesy, professionalism, accessibility and wisdom. You made the entire selling experience a pleasure and we cannot recommend you highly enough!

On a nal note, and on behalf of the Harris family, thanks for giving back to the Ottawa community. Your charitable work demonstrates the genuine, giving kind of person you are. We're delighted to have followed your many charitable projects and events that make this city a better place to live. You're an inspiration as a corporate citizen.” Tracy Arnett Broker of Record The Harris Family

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