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100,000 People Watch Santa Claus Parade Ottawa South Community Association Review Volume 16 Number 3 December 1988 100,000 people watch Santa Claus parade by Rose Fitzpatrick The parade, sponsored by the Meanwhile, Patty’s Place Pub on Donations will be accepted until Ottawa Professional Firefighters Bank Street, one of the parade’s big- Christmas at the fire station nearest One of the sure signs that Christmas Association, collects toys and cash gest corporate sponsors, raised to you. Our local fire station is #10 at is coming is the Help Santa Toy donations which are given to the Sal- $9,400 through their fund raising ef- Fifth Avenue and O’Connor in the Parade winding its way through our vation Army to distribute to the less forts, up from last year’s $8,600. Glebe. downtown streets. fortunate at Christmas. This year marked the eighteenth Chairperson of the parade, Jim annual parade. There was something Bloom, said there were over 100,000 there for everyone to enjoy, but it was people lined up on the parade route. clear that the main attraction was The parade was a great success the jolly old fellow himself, Santa with $46,300 in cash donations and Claus. approximately 20,000 toys collected. Adult crossing guards given go-ahead by Jeanne Aleluia of work consist of about 3 hours per day as follows: 8:15 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.; The Adult Crossing Guard 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; 3:15 p.m. to programme has finally been ap- 4:00 p.m.. The job could be done on a proved. Two intersections in the regular, part-time, or supply basis. Hopewell School area are now Salary is $6.20 per hour. Individuals eligible for guards - Bank & Sunny- must be prepared to undertake free side, and Riverdale & Sunnyside. training by the Ottawa Police The Ottawa Board of Education Department, and St. John’s Ambu- is in the process of staffing the posi- lance. tions, and is advertising first in the If anyone in the community is in- Marty Hodgins of Patty’s Place in the old Bytown Fire Brigade schools and community centres near terested in the positions, they may engine after the parade. the locations involved. obtain application forms from the The O.B.E. is looking for people Ottawa South Community Centre who love children, have good vision (The Old Firehall, 260 Sunnyside), and judgment, and enjoy being out- the Hopewell School office, or from First High School doors in all kinds of weather. Hours Jeanne Alyluia, 233-1558. Health Centre opened The first Ottawa-Carleton school-based Health Centres Ottawa South traffic school-based Health Centre for across the Ottawa-Carleton Sexuality Programs opened on region. problems addressed November 15 at Ridgemont High "We know that the school set- School. The drop-in style health ting is a comfortable, familiar en- By Margaret Biggs Community Centre and Windsor Centre will provide educational vironment for young people," says Park. and counselling services on Ron Lynch, the OBE’s Superinten- A group of concerned Ottawa South Alderman Rob Quinn and sexuality each Tuesday evening dent of Student Services. "In this residents met in late October an OSWATCH representatives partici- from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. The centre, way more young people will have again in early November to discuss pates in the discussions and it was which will provide completely better access to information on traffic problems in the triangle agreed to hold a public meeting in the bilingual services, will be staffed topics such as birth control and bounded by Bank Street, Sunnyside third week of January to seek a wider by two public health nurses and sexually transmitted diseases." Avenue and Riverside Avenue. range of views and to discuss possible a physician. The Health Centre will em- One of the main issues discussed remedial measures. Prior to the Ridgemont High School, phasize education and counsell- by the group was the speed and public meeting, discussions will be (2597 Alta Vista Drive,) was ing on a wide variety of lifestyle volume of traffic travelling along held with experts at City Hall and a chosen as the first of five high issues such as decision making, residential street such as Belmont discussion paper prepared identify- school health centres because of assertiveness, self-image and Avenue. ing key problem areas and possible its location and because of the relationships. For example, concerns were solutions. support of Ridgemont school offi- Funding for the Health raised about the safety of pedertrian If you are interested in working cials, the School Advisory Com- Centre is being provided by the s crossing at the Belmont-Bellwood on this issue please contact Ross mittee and elected Ministry of Health with staff from and Belmont-Riverside intersec- Hornby (231-5354) or Margaret representative in the area. The the Ottawa-Carleton Regional tions, particularly given the large Biggs (235-8720). Confirmation of other school sites, expected to Health Department. Space is number of children travelling to and the date and venue for the public open in the new year, will provide provided by the Ottawa Board of from Hopewell and St. Margaret meeting will be given in the January a wide distribution of similar Education. Gary Schools, the Ottawa South issue of OSCAR. Ottawa South writer gets a new high Alcoholism rate increases by Pratyaya Hamilton comedian Dave Broadfoot of CBC’s The rate of alcoholism in Canada dents are frequently alcohol-related, Royal Canadian Air Farce. has increased 157% since 1960 as in- with snowmobiles, an estimated 24% Ottawa South ultra-marathoner and Sri Chinmoy uses weight lifting dicated by the latest statistics from of all collisions were alcohol-related free-lance writer Dave Blaikie was to inspire people to reach their own the Addiction Research Foundation and in pedestrian fatalities, 32.5% among 12 prominent Canadians to lofty goals. His remarkable lifts have of Ontario. There are about 600,000 were alcohol-related. receive the Lifting Up the World inspired countless people to take up alcoholics in Canada and about Besides the social costs, the cost award in Toronto recently. The physical fitness and to challenge 215,000 in Ontario. to human happiness is extensive. The program, established by U.N. Peace themselves to go beyond their Alcohol-related social costs due suffering of alcoholic families is not Meditation leader and fitness advo- preconceived limits and find joy in to excess use of health care, reduced restricted to the person or persons af- cate Sri Chinmoy, honours in- self-transcendence. Alternating be- labour productivity, law enforce- flicted with a disease of substance of dividuals for their outstanding tween his left and right arm, Sri ment, and social welfare reached $6.4 alcohol, the relatives and friends of achievements and for inspiring Chinmoy, who weighs only 150 lbs. billion for Canada and $1.8 billion for alcoholics need help too for alcohol- countless others to reach their and is 57 years old, lifted in total over Ontario in 1984. related problems. highest goals. Besides receiving 2700 lbs. In his own words, "I am In 1985, alcohol-related traffic of- Al-Anon Family Groups of Ot- awards for "lifting up the world," doing these lifts with the physical fences accounted for 62% of all traffic tawa is a support system that has recipients are lifted themselves — body but the strength and power are offences under the Criminal Code sprung up along side of Alcoholics literally! Using a specially con- coming from within — from an inner and 92% of all people charged for traf- Anonymous to help the families and structed platform, Sri Chinmoy source. I am not competing with fic offences under the Criminal Code. friends of alcoholics who also need actually lifted each participant up in anyone. I am simply trying to give In 1985, there were 880 divorces tools to cope with the disease of al- the air with one arm. people joy. with "addiction to alcohol" given as coholism. Al-Anon of Ottawa has a After being lifted, Blaikie said, Former recipients of Lifting Up the reason for marriage breakdown. history of nearly 40 years in provid- "I’m speechless. It was an experience the World awards include world This represents 3.2% of all divorces. ing the experience, strength and beyond words... Sri Chinmoy has champion boxer Donny Lalonde, In 1985, the highest rate of hope to people in trouble with al- touched me very very deeply. This is gold medallist Carl Lewis, tennis women drinkers in Canada in 12 cohol. There are about a dozen groups a moment I will always treasure." pros Ramesh Krishnan and Ilie Nas- years was reached with 7.5 million for teenagers, too. At weekly meet- Others who were honoured in- tase, grammy award winner for women aged 18 years and older ings, the members offer fellowship, clude ballerina Karen Kain, silver 1988 producer of the year Narada having stated they used alcohol at spiritual guidance, and hope to one medalist Egerton Marcus, Great Michael Walden and former Under that time. In 1984, the number of another. Call Al-Anon at 725-3431 Lakes swimmer Vicki Keith, Secretary General of the United Na- female alcoholics reached 33% of all for a meeting near you if alcoholism Ottawa’s ultra-marathon champion tions, His Excellency Mr. C.V. alcoholics in Canada, numbering is tearing your family apart. Barbara McLeod, and writer- Narasimhan. 167,000. Women accounted for 28% of all cases treated in Canadian hospitals for alcohol-dependence syndrome, (4,529). Women accounted for 12% of all disability pensions received for alcohol-related condi- tions, based on 1986 figures.
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