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Weekly. Vol. -, No. /b We are Westmount March 3, .,-1 Plans revealed for permanent closure of Summit Circle

BD L4A?77= SC77=7D Councillor Cynthia Lulham, commissioner Lulham obtained a government March 10, 2015, p. 1). of Parks and Sustainability, told the Inde - grant for the city last year to pay for half the “This grant and Lulham’s work to move The permanent closure to traffic of one pendent last week. $800,000 cost of the project (see story the project forward is what’s now making third of Summit Circle is about to become it possible,” Trent said. reality. The northern section is to be inte - The current condition of the asphalt grated into Summit Woods as a primary Training for the north paving has deteriorated to such an extent footpath this summer – some 25 years af - that it would otherwise cost the city $1 mil - ter the idea was first proposed. lion to replace it for traffic use, he states in “Instead of a road, there will be a grav - the letter. Integrating it into the urban for - elled winding foot path,” Mayor Peter est would save the city $600,000. Trent wrote in a letter mailed to all West - mounters this week. Details outlined This stretch of paved road was closed off “The permeable pathway will be ser - experimentally in 2009. It was in 1990, pentine and hug the rock face [rising to the however, that Trent launched the idea as a south] to showcase the natural beauty of “trial balloon” to create a continuous urban the stone,” Lulham said. forest linking Summit Woods with Westmounter Frank Philpott was The plan calls for removing the asphalt Belvedere Park down the north side of the training on his cross country skis from the seven-meter wide roadway be - mountain to Ridgewood and Forest Hill in March 5 on the upper field at King tween Oakland Ave. to the west and 15 George (Murray) Park. He was to be . travelling, a few days later, to Summit Circle to the east and replacing it Tenders are expected to be called as soon Moosonee, on the banks of James Bay with a four-meter wide gravel footpath. as possible so the work can start in June, in northern Ontario, where he was to The current guardrails, light standards and join a group called “Ski with the Cree.” benches will disappear. The reclaimed He said he would be eating traditional land bordering the pathway will be natu - Letters p. 8 Cree food, living for part of the time in ralized by the planting of Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 17 a teepee and skiing on ice-encrusted tall prairie grass and 75 in - continued on p. 15 surfaces. Photo: Ralph Thompson B Open House Saturday 12-5pm EXTRAORDINARY Three dog walkers, 2 dogs hurt lives here in Summit Woods melée LIZA KAUFMAN Certified real estate broker BD L4A?77= SC77=7D call at 12:15 pm found three complainants 514.232.5932 had been trying to break up the skirmish. lizakaufman.com Efforts to separate nine dogs involved Dogs are allowed off leash on the summit in a fight in Summit Woods February 25 until April 15. ended with two professional dog walkers When all was sorted out, it was the Icône Condominiums – 1155 Ville-Marie (Downtown) Starting om $209,076+GST/QST and a woman with a single dog reporting woman walking her single dog who suf - Sales oce located at 1231 rue de la Montagne. injuries to their hands and to two dogs. fered what was reported to be the most B.514.934.1818 C.514.912.1482 In describing the incident, Public Secu - serious of the injuries. She had a deep [email protected] sothebysrealty.ca rity officials said patrollers responding to a tooth puncture on the top www.baudinet.ca SOTHEBY’S INTERNATIONAL REALTY QUÉBEC LK | REAL ESTATE AGENCY continued on p. 11 Also open Monday to Friday 11 to 6 pm

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Climate change event Mar. ), Montrea Pemier Viability of outdoor rinks, a ‘hot topic’ Home Furnishing CONSIGNMENTSore for Earth Hour event at Vic Hall CALL FOR CONSIGNMENTS Furniture, Mirrors, Silver, China, Lighting, Decorative Accessories BD L4A?77= SC77=7D winters to come? “It’s a hot topic,” he said, views of Jupiter as it appears at its closest Not using it... moving.... pun unintended. There’s a difference be - point to Earth during March. redecorating... renovating What’s happening with this winter’s tween weather, on a day-to-day basis, and Among some of this year’s 20 exhibitors 514-564-3600 fluctuating temperatures and lack of climate, “which is what you expect,” he ex - are the Concordia Greenhouse Project, the e-mail your photos to:[email protected] snow? plained. Blue Dot Project of David Suzuki, which www.galeriem.ca Answers and a long-term outlook on The environmental impact on climate the city of Westmount signed on to last 8160 Devonshire Rd. Mt-Royal H4P 2K3 outdoor skating rinks, in particular, are ex - change is the main thrust of Earth Hour year, and Eco-Action programs from Nat - TOGETHER WE MAKE CONSIGNING EASY! pected to be forthcoming in a keynote ad - being marked around the world on the ural Resources Canada on geothermal dress at the city’s 8th celebration of Earth same date. Its symbolic lights-out period heating and grey water systems. Hour. The event takes place at Victoria from 8:30 to 9:30 pm is a way to create The city’s Urban Planning department Hall Saturday, March 19, organized by the awareness of the negative effects of light will provide information on storm man - Healthy City Project. pollution on human, animal and plant life agement, Hydro Westmount on lighting Lawrence Mysak, a Westmount resident and the repercussions of climate change, and electrical savings, Public Works on and McGill emeritus professor of Atmos - according to Moffat, an astrophysicist. environmental programs and Public Se - pheric and Ocean Studies, will discuss curity on security and aging. “Outdoor Hockey Rinks and Climate Event presentations With Westmount entertainer George Change” and provide perspective on what Plans for this year’s Westmount event Bowser as emcee, the event takes place is “the warmest winter we’ve ever had,” include a family workshop on bees, short from 6 pm to 10 pm. It includes short 48" said event coordinator Tony Moffat. talks on birds by Bird Protection Quebec speeches from Councillor Cynthia Lul - $498 and on the relationship between monarch ham, commissioner of Parks and Sustain - Hockey rink study butterflies and dwindling supplies of milk - ability, MP for NDG-Westmount Marc Gar - Mysak, a former hockey player and now weed. There will be a continuous screen - neau and local provincial legislator Jacques a skier, told the Independent he plans to ing of the environmental film Watermark . Chagnon. present findings from a hockey rink study Weather permitting, a “star gazing” ses - conducted by his students that show evi - sion will be facilitated in Westmount Park dence of changes in winter and long-term by the Royal Astronomical Society of trends, such as this year’s warm spells. Canada. Members will guide citizens in Is this year an anomaly or a harbinger of the use of telescopes to obtain “up-close”

Graffiti results in widespread damage A private house on Abbott sustained a east and south walls of the Château “substantial” amount of damage from graf - Maisonneuve at 4998 de Maisonneuve but fiti overnight February 23-24, Public Secu - the tags were different. More graffiti was rity officials said. The entire length of the reported February 26 on a new fence at the north wall and garage alongside a lane had rear of 76 York covering an area 25-to 30- been defaced by the black paint. More feet long and four feet high. black graffiti was also discovered on the M

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Before laying blame re: why a percentage of infrastructure work Montreal Children’s port for children’s literacy is critical. Do - virtually always fails to meet scheduled nations allow the branches to continue to underspending... performance milestones. For example, library little but does provide free access to books, programs, Before faulting Westmount’s infrastruc - some typical reasons include adverse big things and community outreach services. ture planning and its Public Works de - weather conditions, late delivery of neces - The independent, not-for-profit Mont - That is why the MCL board of directors partment for underspending of the infra - sary material from a supplier, inadequate real Children’s Library is the little library wishes to thank the following for their val - structure budget, it would be worthwhile to timely effort from other involved entities that does big things for little kids. Founded ued support of our recent fundraising determine how Westmount’s performance and labour action during union negotia - 87 years ago, its start is owed to Elizabeth events: in that respect compares with correspon - tions with a contractor for some of the in - Murray from Westmount who believed Bridge Luncheon – Mountainside ding performance in similar cities else - frastructure work. that every child should grow up with United Church, Alvéole, Carole Levinson, where in Canada. For reasons as outlined John Dorey, Victoria Ave. books. Heather Gibbons and the MCL honorary below, it is virtually inevitable that every When Elizabeth discovered that the board. city’s annual infrastructure budget will al - A note would have Fraser Institute’s librarian, M. de Crève - Pool tournament – Forum Sports Bar, ways be underspent. been nice coeur, had set apart a section for children’s Dale Carnegie and Acklands Grainger. Accounting rules dictate that the annual reading but lacked the funds to purchase 2016 art calendar – Cheryl Braganza. So there I was February 24, sitting on a infrastructure budget must include all pay - books for it, she contacted the Local Coun - Whisky-tasting workshop – Fondation very comfortable chair at the Westmount ments to be made within the budget year cil (later the Montreal Council of Women) MacDonald Stewart (use of Maison For - Public Library having a wonderful read. in accordance with planned or contractu - for assistance. A committee, chaired by get), Ouidram Whisky Tasting and Simply How was I to know that someone had ally scheduled performance milestones for Maysie MacSporran, took up the challenge Wonderful catering. smashed into the rear bumper of my car all of the year’s foreseen infrastructure and raised $3,000 for new books. Thanks Looking forward, there will be a jazz (which was parked in the parking lot) with work. However, on a statistical basis, past to their efforts and community generosity, benefit concert on March 9 at the Upstairs such force as to create a major dent. history will typically indicate with absolute the Montreal Children’s Library (MCL) was Jazz Bar and Grill. Reserve at 514.931.6808. Perhaps that person was sitting beside certainty that a certain percentage of the opened in the Fraser Institute in 1929. Thank you to Joel Giberovitch, the talented me earlier on or maybe he or she had been overall infrastructure work will always fall Since then, the library has served chil - jazz duo, Renée Yoxon and Chad Linsley, at the YMCA across the street having a short of meeting the milestone schedule dren and their families in 20 different lo - and Babar Bookstore for their kind spon - workout. for payments to be made within the budget cations. Today there is a branch down - sorship. I will never know as no one left a note. year. Additional underspending may be in - town, in St. Michel and in Little Burgundy. Theresa Coffey, member of the Sam Beitel, Abbott Ave. curred if the budget includes a fund for As it was 87 years ago, community sup - Montreal Children’s Library board contingencies. of directors There are many unpredictable reasons Batshaw Children Needing Homes WESTMOUNT Sisters close, also competitive

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All types of roofs BD M4?@:= C. B4??D chase medical equip - and brickwork ment, sponsor re - After being officially granted charitable search awards and (514) 572-4375 status last fall, it’s full steam ahead for the support programs (450) 687-0094 Friends of the MUHC, a new volunteer that enhance patient group. care. [email protected] “We’ve been ready to go since Novem - Reford said the aux - Ron Edwards Sr. & Ron Edwards Jr. ber,” Andrea Usher-Jones, a Friends board iliaries of the six Serving NDG for 50 years memb e r res po n sible for communications, merged hospitals (the said in an interview with the Independent . Montreal General, the “Up to now, we’ve been ‘friendraising,’ but Royal Victoria, the now we can fundraise.” Montreal Children’s, Despite some initial birth pains, Usher- the Montreal Neuro - Jones and Friends board president Lesley logical, the Montreal Reford, both Westmounters, said they are Chest Institute and very enthusiastic about the road ahead. the Lachine Hospital) “Our motto is ‘all hands on deck.’ We’re re - lost membership and 25 years of experience. ally hands-on,” Usher-Jones pointed out. orientation in recent Able to meet all of your Construction “We would like to see people becoming years, leading to a Friends of the MUHC president Lesley Reford, left, and board member and Renovation needs. involved from the community,” Reford concerted move to Andrea Usher-Jones, seen here on January 28 in Reford’s home, would like Call us to book your Brick, Concrete, added. create a new central - to see more people from the community involved in the new MUHC group. Bathroom and Basement projects. According to a page on the MUHC web - ized organization. cording to Reford and Usher-Jones, the site, the group’s functions include raising Two other MUHC units, the Cedars Chest Hospital auxiliary has officially shut [email protected] money for the health centre as well as pro - Cancer Centre and the MUHC’s Research www.kbgroupeconstruction.com and handed over its remaining funds. Sev - moting the hospital’s image in the com - Institute, will also be benefiting from the eral of its members have also joined the Contact us @ 514.359.5328 munity. Money raised can be used to pur - Friends’ efforts, they added. So far, ac - new organization. RBQ# 8361-4172-01 The Children’s Hospital’s auxiliary did Shearer cont’d. from p. 13 the same in December and transferred We all need electricity! $10,000 to the Friends. Shearer and her sister Athole did attend movies, but suffered from a bi-polar dis - They said that a special effort has been Montreal High School for Girls in down - order and did not have a comparable made to ensure that appointments to the town Montreal. amount of success. Friends of the MUHC’s 16-member board Shearer’s time in Westmount was draw - A third sibling, Douglas, became a are done in a manner that equitably rep - Master Electricians ing to a close before World War I when her highly successful sound recording engi - resents the former auxiliaries. They also father was forced to sell his interest in his neer in Hollywood and won seven Acad - Serving Westmount for over 60 years wished to dispel the time-worn notion that company as well as 507 Grosvenor. Dykyj emy Awards for his work. 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The illustrated Summit Circle plan is to be included in Mayor Peter Trent’s letter. Image courtesy of the city of Westmount Plan calls for service road, view-point, 20 new trees

Removable bollards will now block off east face under way on Belvedere Rd. near be solved by maintaining a service road. cont’d. from p. 1 the gravel pathway at both ends. Côte des Neiges Rd. and the city’s Public The idea was met by some opposition digenous trees. Would a bike path be included? No, Works depot. from local residents and lay dormant The new path will also serve as a service Trent replied. “We don’t allow bikes in The permanent closure of Summit Cir - thereafter. road for fire trucks and waterworks vehi - Summit Woods.” cle is the second phase of the program to Trent recalled last week that in closing restore the Summit Woods area. This in - Summit Circle permanently, the city has cles and others to access hydrants and Viewpoint to be created other water installations. A major Montreal cludes reforestation, rehabilitation of nat - been using a parallel strategy to that fol - water main lies beneath. There is also At the east end, just north of the last ural drainage, rejuvenation of paths in the lowed in the 1970s when the city closed off some hydro infrastructure. house at 15 Summit Circle, the city will cre - woods and elimination of extraneous trails de Maisonneuve (then Western Ave.) Bollards – some lighted, others bearing ate a mini look-out, being called a “view- that intrude into vegetation and bird habi - through Westmount Park. reflective tape – will delineate the path, point.” This will have a low stone wall sim - tats in the protected nature reserve (see The idea, then as now, he said, was to Lulham explained. “We don’t want any ilar to the view-point in King George story February 3, 2015, p. 1). close the road temporarily to see how peo - (Murray) Park, Lulham explained. ple liked it. Since 2009 when Summit Cir - trucks going off the cliff.” *+ years and counting She said the plan had been approved by “We will lop off a few trees and remove cle was temporarily closed off, little oppo - the fire department. The last time a fire some invasive ones to provide a view of When Trent as a city councillor initially sition has been received, he said. truck was known to have required access to without cutting any trees.” floated the idea of closing off Summit Cir - the area was during a brush fire in the The removal of invasive trees and other cle at the council meeting of November 5, woods two summers ago. At that time, vegetation throughout Summit Woods is 1990, he was quoted in news reports saying Electronic Independents available firefighters had had to cut a chain used to among rehabilitation measures of the that “the main hitch” to the plan lay in Enjoy the Indie at supper time prevent entry to the closed portion (see summit area. This began last summer closing off access to emergency vehicles on Tuesdays! Sign up by writing us: May 14, 2013, p. 3). with the naturalization of the mountain’s and two fire hydrants. That, however, could offi[email protected]. 16 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – March 8, 2016 Stewart and Hildebrand: Sensory architecture

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Although different in In one display window, three beehive subject, material and technique, both wicker baskets or skeps tinted earthy gold, artists create a sense of space that invites brown and black reminds the viewer of the viewer in. the fragility of the bees’ habitat. Evoking mankind’s symbiotic relationship with Nature revisited bees, Stewart conveys the interdependence Stewart’s exhibition entitled Cleave, a of nature and culture. This thought-pro - Path in the Wilderness features a magnifi - voking exhibition continues until Satur - cent 16-foot by 18-foot wall hanging. Com - day, March 12 at 4001 de Maisonneuve posed of over 11,000 leaves moulded from Blvd. Penelope Stewart – A detail of “Cleave, a Path in the Wilderness” beeswax, ochre oak leaves interspersed with golden maple ones create an arresting Tools of the trade “It is a Complicated composition. 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Montreal’s executive committee. zlev, Lauren Dobrin and Phyllis Ellis. Social Notes The evening featured Westmounter Local residents noted included Mitzi Do - from Westmount Clarence Epstein , director of the MSARP brin and her sons Ronnie and Lewis Do - for the past 10 years, who attended with his brin (there with his wife Rosalie Jukier), and Beyond wife Karen . Epstein is the senior director Naomi and Eric Bissell, Etty and Ralph Bi - V7?>=:54 R768?4B7 of urban and cultural affairs at Concordia enstock, Miriam Rolland, Charlene and was recently named to the Canadian Weiser , and Rhoda and Robert Vineberg. Cultural Property Export Review Board. Seen chatting with fans was media star Amidst wonderful bronzes – a cow by He also heads MSARP, a global initiative to and super chef Ricardo Larrivée, there with artist Joe Fafard, a huge horse by Barry reclaim artwork stolen by the Nazis. his wife Brigitte Coutu . Enjoying the pres - Flanagan and an abstract piece by Sorel Et - Guests were treated to a preview of entation were Lillian Vineberg and Morris rog – the Canadian Friends of Hebrew Stolen , a documentary about Max Stern, Goodman, Fernanda and Sydney Ivanier, University (CFHU) held a reception at the produced by Henry Less of HLP Partners Janice Arnold, Angela and Ralph Lipper Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Novem - films, who came in from Toronto with his and Sara and Irwin Tauben . ber 23. wife Sissy Federer . Guests squeezed in line to enjoy the “An Evening in Tribute to the Max Stern Committee members of the eve in - healthy kosher sushi provided by Blossom Art Restitution Project” (MSARP) was cluded Westmounters Karen Etingin, Eve - catering, which also served trays of fried packed. Guests’ cars were whisked away by lyn Bloomfield-Schachter, Sylvia Vogel, egg rolls, small hamburgers and lemon valet Bob Perras’ team, which moved them Carol Koffler and Amy Kornik , along with chicken in charming Chinese boxes. quickly out of traffic. Paula Blitstein, Karen Levine Cohen, The event was to sensitize people to the Simon Bensimon , executive director of Bernard Grant, Monette Malewski, Lillian making of the film, according to organiz - CFHU, welcomed guests, including Shiller and Robin Turack. ers. Manon Gauthier, member of the city of The program notes thanked Iris Ami - Clarence Epstein, left, and Simon Bensimon.

Ralph and Angela Lipper. Photo courtesy of CFHU. Manon Gauthier, left, and Monette Malewski. From left: Ricardo Larri vé e, Sissy Fede r er, B rigit t e Cou ture and Henry Less.

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BD V7?>=:54 R768?4B7 As I often see Westmount Y instructor Véronique Pourcelet in great work-out clothes, I was interested to hear that she had attended a red-carpet party in LA with her husband, who works in the music industry. What fun it must have been to attend the glamorous Grammys! I was intrigued to discover her range of style, so here it is.

Style ulous black one at the Grammys. This past outfits with a few possibilities, usually neu - Do you see more “work-out” clothes being holiday season, I opted for some winter- trals such as black and white, with some worn everyday? How would you describe your white outfits. I like to accessorize with more dramatic coloured pieces to add a Yes I do. I see more leggings and yoga personal style? modern and vintage necklaces. punch. I pack a lot but usually wear every - pants worn every day and to travel in. thing. And I always bring lots of acces - I actually have several styles. I wear “clas - If you had a choice, where would you live, Many designers are putting out sories; shoes, bags and jewelry. sic with an edge,” that is, skinny pants, money being no object? leisurewear; they are comfortable and pointy shoes and “tribal-style” pearl ear - functional. But, as a group fitness instruc - I would keep a pied-à-terre in Montreal, What do you think of today’s fashions? rings along with colourful handbags. I also tor and personal trainer, I spend half my spend springs in Europe, winters in Palm I love the come-back of the Bohemian like to wear trendy – fur vests, leather days wearing work-out clothes, so I am Springs and Laguna, California, as well as fashion – flared pants, block heels, boho pants and skirts, as well as tight-knit happy to change out of them. dresses. And sometimes I go “Bohemian,” the Caribbean and summers at my coun - tops and hats, cat-eye make-up, but am putting on flared jeans (which are now the try home in Magog. not very fond of all the mixed-up prints – I find them messy and not pulled together. “in” look anyway!) with peasant blouses What is your favourite flower? Do you have and large hoop earrings. flowers in your home? What is your favourite way of dressing? I adore many flowers – tulips, irises, pe - In the summer, I love to wear colourful onies, orchids. I find sunflower and laven - long dresses and bright tops. But by the fall der fields breathtaking. I always have an or - I am into knitted tops and turtleneck chid in my bathroom and fresh or potted sweaters with textured pants and skirts. flowers in my home. And in the winter, I wear leather, suede, Who would you invite to a dinner, if you velvet and fur. I also love leopard and polka could invite anyone from any era? dot prints. My great grandparents, Chris Martin of On weekends, what do you like to wear? Coldplay, Salvador Dali, Jim Morrison of On weekends I am usually in the coun - The Doors, Robert Downey Jr. and Ernest try and the Bohemian in me comes out – Hemingway. I like to wear my torn, faded jeans and Who are your favourite designers? furry booty slippers. I like Max Mara coats, Emilio Pucci When you have to dress up for a party, what prints, Bulgari coin jewelry, Betsey John - do you choose? son’s fun and witty clothes, and designer Long dresses or skirts, palazzo pants or Trina Turk. jumpsuits. I have a great purple and a Do you travel a lot? How do you pack? beautiful turquoise one. And I wore a fab - I am travelling more and more. I pack

Photo: Ralph Thompson Véronique Pourcelet photographed at her home on Rosemount Ave, January 12. WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – March 8, 2016 – 19

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