glebe mpor October 3, 1997 glèbereportOctober 3, 1997 Vol. 25 No. 9 Will Bronson expressway affect Q. E. Driveway? BY PAT STEENBERG Bronson Expressway. beth and Colonel By Driveways to quest that they be informed about Moving more people out of cars The meeting was organized by the one-way routes. Despite repeated events relating to the Airport and onto public transit and encour- City Centre Coalition, a group of questioning, however, the Commis- Parkway- corridor. aging development and growth in- eight downtown community asso- sioner could not say what, if any, To add your name, call Mr. Tuna- side the Greenbelt are two princi- ciations that have joined together to plans were in place to absorb the cliffe at the Regional Municipality ples forming the philosophical fight the Expressway. The Coalition additional traffic once Parkway ca- of -Carleton. If you wish to framework for our Regional Official has challenged the legality of pro- pacity doubles. He did acknowl- make a contribution to the City Plan; however, they are often ig- cess the Region used to gain ap- edge that congestion on Bronson Centre Coalition send a cheque to nored when Council actually makes proval for the Airport expansion. would increase. Community Association. its decisions. As a result, the Ministry of The names of those attending will To be informed of the Coalition's Proposed changes to the Airport the Environment and Energy be forwarded to the Regional Trans- activities, call Pat Steenberg at Parkway and Bronson will open the increased the environmental portation Department with a re- 233-2245. route to commuter traffic, double assessment requirements for pro- its capacity and transform it into a posed construction of access ramps campaigner honoured major north-south expressway. at . Since then, the Cattle Castle A rapid rail alternative is a vi- Coalition has re-reviewed the Aberdeen Pavilion, Wallis House, able, realizable and affordable al- environmental assessment criteria Booth Barn Complex, and Pooley's ternative. A substantial part of the required and will likely request Bridge and Mill Race. In addition, infrastructure, such as rail lines that the project be further redesig- Mr. Cullingham has made signifi- and underpasses, are already in nated in order to allow for a proper cant contributions by serving on place and the cost of a realistic pi- environmental review. the Council of Heritage Organiza- lot project is roughly the same as tions of Ottawa, as president, the that of constructing the Hunt Club Transportation consultant, Bob Historical Society of Ottawa, the and ramps. Although Ridely, and Regional Planning and Cultural Leadership Committee and this option is included in the Offi- Development Commissioner, Nick the Local Architectural Conserva- cial Plan it has not been given the Tunacliffe, spoke about proposed tion Advisory Committee (LACAC). visibility it merits. consultations with the downtown Mr. Cullingham is the producer of Recently, more than SO local communities on the impact of the talking up series of audio cas- residents attended a meeting at the changes to the and sette guides to heritage tours of the Glebe Community Centre to find out Bronson Avenue. Particular con- St. Lawrence, Ottawa and Rideau more atout this issue and what they cerns were raised about the possi- Rivers and a contributor to Ottawa, could do to halt the progress of the ble conversion of the Queen Eliza- A Colour Guide, (Formac Publish- Gordon Cullingham ing). Cassette sets of the tours may OPEN HOUSE Glebe resident, Gordon Culling- be purchased by calling 236-2502. Cullingham is one of 135 Central Park To present and receive input on the ham, has been honoured by the On- Gordon Final Design for the tario Heritage Foundation under its individuals honoured under the the cleanup Oct. 5 Glebe Community Centre second annual Heritage Community program that recognizes local con- Sunday October Renovation Recognition Program. He received tributions and commitments in the 5, 2-5 pm, help and cultural *make our park safe and beautiful. the award at the October 1 City areas of built, natural Tuesday, October 7, 1997 heritage. In announcing the names Drop by, even if you only have an Council meeting. 7:30 p.m. of recipients, Joanna Bedard, Chair hour to spare. Bring garden gloves Gordon Cullingham is recognized Glebe Community Centre for his dedicated work to preserve of the Foundation, said, "The ac- and clippers if you have them. We Main Hall plan to trim undergrowth starting built heritage in Ottawa and for his complishments of this year's recip- at the west end and working to- Agenda scholarly research and promotional ients are impressive. Locally, wards O'Connor Street. We will 7:30 - Review of Plans efforts on behalf of local water- these individuals are cornerstones 8:00 p.m. - Presentation of Plans ways. His long-standing commit- of heritage conservation. Provin- also be clearing behind the wetland 8:30 p.m. - Discussion & Comments area. Coffee and donuts will be ment to architectural conservation cially, this program provides a For more information, call Grant Peart, showcase achievements." provided. Project Manager, 244-5300, ext. 4043 is evidenced in his defence of the for their Next Deadline Central Park flooding problem addressed October 27, 1997 The City of Ottawa will be in- that it flooded almost immediately. end of Patterson Creek. stalling drainage in Central Park A doctor raised concerns about the The new drainage system will INSIDE west Bank effects of standing water on of Street this fall in re- public eventually be connected directly to Letters 5 sponse to concerns raised by park health, and drainage tiles were in- the Lyon Street sewers. The Central users. stalled in 1912, draining the water Park Renewal Committee is raising GNAG 7 into The park, which regularly floods Rosebery Avenue sewers. money to help fund the connection Feature 19 in the spring and fall, has been Pictures of the park suggest that and restore the park landscaping, scarred by both the high water these were fairly effective, until in and is currently looking for spon- Election '97.... 21-26 level and the heavy trucks and recent years the clay tiles became sors and volunteers. Please call Schools 27-31 pumps used to drain it. New clogged or broken. 234-6418. drainage pipes will collect the wa- Improved drainage will facilitate New benches are also being in- Quote of the month ter and drain it to the west end of tree and landscape planting, and stalled. Previous benches lifted What moistens the lips and what the park, where it will be pumped should allow year-round use of the out of the ground in the winter brightens the eye? into the Lyon Street sewer system. park. Tiles have already been in- when the wet ground froze. The new What calls back the past, like the Central Park was built in 1911 stalled in the park east of Bank benches are set on concrete pads, rich pumpkin pie? and historical research has shown Street to drain the area around the that "float" above the frost layer. Whittier The Pumpkin NEWS Glebe Report October 3, 1997 2 Motorcycles & speed-guns trap speeders on Bronson Quality. It's as important in diamonds as in anything else you own.

And quality showsin a fine diamond, a home, or an automobile. Quality in diamonds is determined by the 4C's: Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat-weight. Cut is the precise formula for cutting a diamond to allow the maximum amount of light in. Color refers to the different gradations from exceptional white to yellowish. Quality is also determined by Clarity, the degree to which a diamond is free of interior and exterior inclusions. Finally, there is Carat- weight, the size of the diamond. Your jeweler is the expert where quality diamonds are concerned. He can answer your questions on quality and can show you BY IAN HASSELL pecting motorists Onto Fourth Av- quality diamonds in On Tuesday, August 19 the Police enue. There, they awaited their all price ranges. Your jeweler under- were out in full force trapping what tickets, often five or more cars at a stands how important quality is to must have been hundreds of time. Lots of motorcycles were on you in anything you own. speeding motorists and red light hand to take care of the occasional runners on Bronson Avenue. The driver reluctant to 'pull over. Police, armed with a tripod- It was an exciting event for the mounted speed gun and several neighbourhood, and the Police DAVIDSON'S JEWELLERS SINCE 1939 hand-held ones, strode boldly Onto seemed to be in good spirits, but the roadway to direct the the motorists weren't: 790 AT THIRD unsus- OTTAWA, CANADA K1S 3V6 Will the beat go on? PHONE (613) 234-4136 FAX (613) 232-9764 Some Glebe merchants are con- veyed these concerns to Brian Ford, cerned that they do not see 'Skate,' ow% Chief of the Ottawa-Carleton Re- 4famtir 4cYour guide to diamond value. Senior Cst. Gary Schuiteboer, on the gional Police Service. Bank Street Beat in the Glebe as Chief Ford, in his response to much as they would like to. The McKeen's fax, states that he will merchants say he is often pulled maintain his commitment to the from the beat for other duties, so he Bank Street Beat (Glebe) and that he is no longer a daily presence. And, will maintain this community po- SOFTWARE DESIGN & SYSTEM SUPPORT since Skate has asked to be reas- lice position even if Skate is reas- signed to pursue new career oppor- signed. He says that occasions when tunities, what is the future of com- Skate has been required elsewhere munity policing on Bank Street? have been rare. Database and Web Page Design Training Troubleshooting Doug McKeen, of Glebe Apothecary Skate was unavailable for com- Software Installation Configuration and the Glebe Business Group, con- ment.

email: [email protected] "Florence the lost cat JAMES HALLS (613) 236-2013 "Florence," the tabby that wan- in the Glebe looking for her we were dered away from her home on Third comforted knowing that someone Avenue, is now at home again and would care enough to take her in if for that we are all very thankful. she showed up at their door. The pruning crew at Central Park We feel much credit for her return To everyone we spoke with or as- should go to the many citizens of sisted in her safe return, a very the Glebe with whom we met during sincere thank you. We also want to our search for her. thank the staff we dealt with at The We want to thank everyone we Home Society of Ottawa-Carleton for spoke with in the Glebe for being so their help. friendly and showing so much con- The Smith/Boutilier families. cern and compassion when ap- proached at their homes, busi- nesses, and on the sidewalks. "Flo- rence" appeared at the back door of her residence at four in the morn- ing three days after wandering off. She had obviously been fed and well cared for, as we thought she would be, if seen by anyone in the com- Photo: M. C. Wheeler munity When walking the streets This hard-working crew worked on the Central Park cleanup September 27 3 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 NEWS Planter boxes beautify Glebe BY BARBARA HICKS assistance from some local business A vote of appreciation to the owners and other helpers. Thanks THORNE e3 CO. Planter Box Gardeners! Perhaps by to Ruth Hemsley for the marvelous now everyone living in the Glebe, or riot of colour at Glebe and Lyon, a garden and gift store passing through the Glebe, must Dale and Joan Loveridge for the hill have noticed that the large con- of dark red impatiens at Glebe and Percy, also to Laurette Glasgow, crete/or wood boxes at many of the Th Annual Glebe corners look very handsome Yvette Hazzard and the Community Garden Clean-up during flower season in the sum- Living Class, George Hiemstra, Eliz- mer. These boxes have been abeth Lee, Caroline Mackenzie, SALE planted and cared for by volunteers Penny Stanford and Eleanor Stan- in our community since the City of field. Your work has really im- Ottawa stopped doing the work sev- proved the look of our neighbour- 20% off eral years ago. There are still a few hood! sad boxes that have never been cho- A new planter box coordinator is all regular prices sen (poor wallflowers as one might needed for next year. The job only plus many in-store specials say) so next year please offer to consists of preparing two or three help us with the rewarding task, we articles for the Glebe Report ask- aim for 100% coverage! ing for volunteers and then phoning October 14-26,1997 This year, a special recognition to people. Please call Barbara Hicks Stephanie Montgomery who looked at 236-3275 or Joanna Dean at 237- after the boxes on Bank Street with 9767 if you are interested. 802 Bank Street 232-6565 Friends of the Farm FLOWER LANDSCAPE PAINTING s or -ReElisieveci icAssot-ie Two 8-Week Flower and Landscape Painting 4.7,1 Workshops sponsored by the Friends of the Farm Try a Classes held by Janet Agulnik, a well-known non-invasive, drugless Ottawa artist and teacher therapy to reduce pain & stress and promote relaxation. Saturday Classes (All levels) from 1 - 4 p.m. C,oyered by most Extended Health Care Plans Oct. 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6

Thursday Classes (All levels) from 9 a.m. - 12 noon Oct. 30, Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27, Dec. 4, 11, 18. Classes to take place in the Cafeteria/Meeting Room (613) 850-8021 Building # 72 (in the Arboretum) Course Costs: Members $85, Public $100 Call the Friends Office 230-3276 to book the dates of your choice. FOR YOUR ONE STOP SHOPPING IN THE GLEBE INNISS PHARMACY 769 BANK ST. (AT SECOND AVENUE) TEL.: 235-4377 FAX.: 235-1460 picx ap yoar FREE galloween Bag% for yoar little tricX or treaten Reminder: stay influenza free, get your flu shots in October & November

Get your body winterproofed Solo Care Bonus size 480m1 $6.49 Jamieson Monistat cream or ovules $12.99 Photo: John Stephenson B Complex - 50 90's $8.99 Vitamin C 500rng 120's $4.99 Tractor at the Agriculture Museum, Experimental Farm. Benylin Cough Syrup 100m1 $5.99 Zinc Lozenges 60's $4.99 Swiss Herbal Calcium 500mg 100 tabs $3.79 Vitamin E 400iu $8.99 Echinacea 500g 60's $12.99 HEATHS & HEATHERS FOR Kodak Photo SPRING & FALL Ask a doctor? Check out your free October finishing Friends of the Farm Sponsored Readers, would you like to read copy of Family Health Care Capture your ghosts Seminar about some current medical issues Counselor for important and goblins on film Speaker. Lois Addison Bedrock 24exp. $8.99 Dr. Ron healthful advice and savings Gardeners in the Glebe Report? Weiss would like to respond to topics Wednesday, October 8, 7 - 9 p.m. Cafeteria/Meeting Rm. Bldg. fi 72 suggested by you. Write to him c/o the Glebe Report, 690 Lyon SINCE THE TURN OF TIIE CENTURY THIS IIAS BEEN in the Arboretum (Free Parking) Street, A A A ""ATION Tickets at the door or in advance Ottawa, K1S 3Z9. OPEN: WE ACCEPT: Call 230-3276, Friends of the MON-THURS 8:30-6:00 PM VISA Farm Office to reserve FRIDAY 8:30-7:00 PM MASTERCARD SATURDAY 9:00-6:00 PM Members $5, DEBIT CARDS Non-members $7.50 CLOSED SUNDAY TO ALLOW STAFF FAMILY TIME & MAJOR DRUG PLANS Views expressed In the Glebe Report are those of our contributors. We EDITORIAL PAGE reserve the right to edit all submissions. October 3, 1997 4 Get involved and vote Voters in Capital Ward are blessed with a variety of candidates to glebeti consider in the November municipal elections. Take the time to study the platforms the candidates have submitted, attend the All-Candidates P.O. BOX 4794, STATION E Debate Wednesday, October 22 at Glebe Collegiate and vote for the OTTAWA, ONTARIO, K1S 5119 candidates you have chosen on Monday, November 10. Our regional ESTABLISHED 1973 council, city council and school boards will be as good as we decide. TELEPHONE 236-4955 Given the increasing responsibilities of regional council, (80 per cent The Glebe Report is a monthly newspaper. We receive no government of the property tax dollar will be spent by regional government), this is grants or subsidies. Advertising from Glebe and other merchants pays one of the most important local elections us. facing our bills and printing costs. 6700 copies are delivered free to Glebe Young people, ready to cast that first vote, should consider working homes and copies are available at many Glebe shops, for a local campaign. Pick candidate, pass your out leaflets, get in- Library, Brewer Pool and Glebe and Ottawa South Community Centres. volved! A subscription costs $14.98 per year. To order contact our Business Our election on profiles pages 21 to 26 are current as we go to press. Manager. We hope to list the French-language school board candidates in Novem- ber. Thanks, Skate ACTING EDITOR: Susan Jermyn 236-2790 ADVERTISING MANAGER: Judy Field 231-4938 (Before 8:00 PM) Skate, the Glebe community's friendly officer on the beat, tells us he BUSINESS MANAGER: Sheila Pocock-Brascoupé 233-3047 has run out of to things write about. (Can you imagine that Skate could CIRCULATION MANAGER: Christian Hurlow 238-3572 be at a loss for words?) EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Margie Schieman Since November 9, 1990, Skate has written about shoplifting, boister- ous parties, Neighbourhood Watch, auto and bike theft all topics rele- STAFF THIS ISSUE: Sally Cleary, Susan Carson, Anne Donaldson, Judy vant to community policing. As he said in 1990, the Beat Officer is Field, Eva Golder, Christian Hurlow, Mary Kovacs, Meredith Olson, Judy more personal and accessible than the officer in the cruiser. Although Peacocke, Melissa Pilon, Hélène Samson, Margie Schieman, Ellen he has put away his keyboard, you will still encounter him on the beat, Schowalter as approachable and as talkative as ever. Thanks, Skate! Giving thanks LEGAL ADVISERS: Russell Zinn, Peggy Malpass At Thanksgiving, families come together, often traveling far, to renew DISTRIBUTION STAFF: Cheryl Casey, Courtright Family, Marjorie family ties and celebrate. As the feature on National Family Week George, Geoffrey Gordon, Gary Greenwood, Carolyn Harrison, Brian and says, take the time to nurture your family, whatever its form might be. Marjorie Lynch, Deborah McNeill, Nadia Moravec and Peter Williams. As acting editor, while Inez pursues new challenges, I am very thankful for the help of the terrific team at the Glebe Repot-4 Sally, ADVERTISING RATES ARE FOR CAMERA-READY COPY. Margie, Judy, Meredith and all the proofreaders. Thank you all. The Glebe Report is printed in Renfrew, Ontario by Runge Newspapers S. J. Inc. The next Glebe Report will be out November 7. Monday October 27 is our deadline for copy and advertising.

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As politicians that 'improving' the Hopewell Avenue a collaborator in this Airport Parkway is an expensive Public School fight, I see it was worthwhile noting dead-end 'solution' to peak-hour Grand Reopening Ceremonies my view that the ramps at Hunt bottlenecks and that commuter use Club and Walldey are not the core of the existing Transitway and CP issue; as I see it, the core issue is rail-line would be a far more cost- Thursday, November 6, 1997 keeping the current 2-lane ex- effective and durable solution. As 7:00 p.m. pressway from to Sun- a first step, though, the hidden nyside Avenue from growing into a agenda that appears to be driving 4-lane expressway to serve com- the building of the ramps, widening Following the official ceremonies muters. Everyone agrees that the of the Dunbar Bridge, and the there will be tours of the school current 2-lane expressway is Lester Road extension to the Air- adequate for non-peak-hour use; port Parkway must be brought out and refreshments. peak hour use is another story. into the open. The challenge will be success- David Gladstone Special welcome to Hopewell Alumni. Clarification from The Pantry Come back and see the beautiful, new Hopewell. Editor, Glebe Report, during "closed" hours. It is the To clarify information about The place where GNAG's morning play- Pantry in the last issue of the Glebe group eat the snacks their care- For more information Report I offer the following. givers bring. And Icnitters, GCA The Pantry is legally a concession members, poets, cooks and Celtic about how you can be part and pays the rent set by the City of musicians assemble here on various of the excitement, please call Ottawa. 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Source: Real Estate Board of Ottawa-Carleton, CREA CAPITAL COLUMN Glebe Report October 3, 1997 8 Last 'Capital Column' from Watson ings. Five years ago, I established cident, but just as bad Market Anne Scotton, along with Brian the Whitton Awards as a small Value Assessment. Our community McGarry represented Capital Ward gesture to recognize some of these was hardest hit when MVA was in- on the Ottawa Board of Education unsung heroes. Too often we take troduced. Despite my efforts and during my first term, and Anne was for granted the work that these those of dozens of others, MVA was a delight to work with. fellow neighbours put into various bought in by regional government, Jim Kennelly is the Chair of the By activities. Take a moment the next and many of our fllow citizens are Separate School Board and the Om- Councillor J time you're in the Glebe Community suffering financially as a result. budsperson at Carleton University. Jim Watson Centre to look at the plaques with Young people far too often we Since the Separate School Board had the names of the Whitton Award spend more time telling young no local trustee, Jim took on the re- This month's column will be a winners from the past five years. I people what not to do than what sponsibility with great enthusiasm think you too will be impressed I have with little different than most others, as they can do. worked and determination, and I thank him with this is my final column as your their efforts. young people to try and provide for his guidance and friendship. CITY STAFF City Councillor. As you may know, more and varied activities for teens Lynn Graham, a fellow resident of The City staff that work in our to get involved with. The indoor Ottawa I to run for of South and your OBE Trustee have decided Mayor community, whether it be plowing in the November 10 munici- skateboard park at Lansdowne Park for Capital Ward, is a real pillar in Ottawa the streets, running the Library or pal elections, and as such my six was a huge hit and now we have an the community. Her dedication to operating the Glebe Community years as Councillor for Capital outdoor one. The Youth Café is also the school system is unwavering Centre, the pool or arena at Brewer, Ward are quickly coming to an end. a great idea, sponsored by GNAG and it was a pleasure to work with are also tremendous contributors to centre. I thought that I would use my final and run in the community her and I wish her well with the our community. I thank all of them column in the Glebe Report as an Parks I was pleased to partici- challenges that lie ahead. for help and guidance over the opportunity to thank many people, their pate in the opening of a new park And Brian McGarry, our first di- years. It hasn't been easy being a and to reflect on some of what our Sylvia Holden Park; the renaming of rectly elected Regional Councillor. public servant in recent years, community has achieved over the and the tot lot in honour of Lionel Brian is a true gentleman gener- I don't suspect the financial pres- past five or six years. Britton; and the never-ending issue ous and thoughtful all of the time. THANK YOU sures will make it any easier in the of how to revitalize Central Park. He has been a great role model for There is always a great risk in future, but their contributions are My thanks to those who have put me and I want to thank him for his thanking people by name, because important to our neighbourhood. much time and effort into revitaliz- public service - nine years at the you inevitably leave someone out. CHALLENGES ing our community parks. school board and three years on The Glebe Community Association Over the years the Glebe has As I flip through back issues of Regional Council. His contribu- is one of the finest community as- risen to several challenges and the Glebe Report, I see so many im- tions will be missed, but I know his sociations in the city, and I have more often than not they saw vic- ages and memories Great Glebe presence in the community will been honoured to work with GCA tory rather than defeat. Garage Sale; street parties; the Ex still be with us. executives since 1991, both as a Lansdowne Park is always a topic (good and bad memories, but in re- To all of those individuals who resident of Capital Ward and as the of great interest to the residents of cent years, cleaner memories!) sci- have put their names forward for area City Councillor. During my the Glebe. Working with the Glebe ence fairs and plays at Glebe, my seat on Council, I say thank you terms, I have worked with the fol- Community Association and OSCA, I Mutchmor, Corpus Christi and First and good luck. All of the candi- lowing presidents: Beatrice Raffoul, was pleased to help bring to a suc- Avenue schools; church bake sales, dates are extremely competent and Jim Foster, Diane McIntyre, and cessful conclusion the never ending and bazaars; the Snowflake Special; have much to offer our city and most recently John Kane. Also, a Aberdeen pavilion saga. We were Winterlude at Dow's Lake and so community. big thank you to all of the past and able to save the historic Cattle much more all wonderful memo- present Glebe Neighbourhood Ac- Castle, add about five acres of green ries of a wonderful community. My Finally, my thanks to you, the tivities Group representatives space, and even see the building thanks to Inez Berg, at the Glebe residents of the Glebe, for support- they are a wonderful group to work make a profit! Much more has to be Report, her volunteers and prede- ing me as your City Councillor in with their dedication and pa- done to improve the overall bottom cessors for publishing such a great good times and bad. It has been an tience amazes me. My thanks also line of the park, but we are well on community newspaper and for al- honour to represent the area I, too, to the Glebe Business Group for our way to better relations with our lowing me the opportunity to con- call my home. My sincere thanks. their contributions to ensure a neighbour to the north. tribute to it. healthy and vibrant commercial Our Community Centre is an im- FINAL THANKS CAN I HELP? sector along Bank Street. To all of portant asset to the Glebe. When it I want to express a final thank Jim Watson, 111 , these people and their respective and the Old Firehall were threat- you to my fellow elected colleagues Ottawa, KIN 5A1, Tel: 244-5367, executives, board members and vol- ened with closure last year, the two who I have enjoyed working with in Fax: 244-5651, E-mail: unteers, I say a big thank you. communities rallied and over 1,200 Capital Ward. ad [email protected] Community association volunteers people attended a rally to tell the are the true unsung heroes of any City what they thought of the community. They attend countless Brewer Park mega complex meetings, City thanks, but no thanks. We still community Hall and SOLD school board committees, and are have a battle to secure funding for often on the firing line from others the renovation, but thanks to com- COLDWOLL and they do all of this without a munity support our beloved build- BANKCIR penny of remuneration, and at all ing was saved. times with little thanks. Commu- Traffic and transportation issues Expect the best' nity associations have been my eyes are a real concern to the Glebe. and ears in the community, and I This community pioneered traffic have enjoyed attending all but two calming in the 1970s thanks to COLDWELL-BANKER of the GCA monthly meetings since people like Sylvia Holden and John FIRST being elected. Leaning and now it is the envy of OTTAWA REALTY VOLUNTEERS many other communities. Ed Ronsyn, CD, B.A., M.ED OFFICE: 728-2664 Above and beyond the community The Regional Council decision to association members, the Glebe is push for the Bronson Expressway, Sales Representative RES: 233-7869 blessed with hundreds of people the off ramps and the twinning of who volunteer for all sorts of ac- the Airport Parkway, is wrong and tivities from plant exchanges to that will be a major battle for sev- !ULTIMATE SERVICE' hockey, soccer and baseball leagues eral communities to engage in. We keep our promises, or you don 't keep us. to river cleanups and tree plant- MVA no not Motor Vehicle Ac- 9 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 NEWS CISV offers international friendships National Night on by BY MARLOW WILSON put the chil- Imagine waking up in a room full dren of one country. Each one was of other children from France, different: Guatemala had a pinata, Guatemala, Sweden, Hungary, Turkey did some really neat danc- Turkey, and Germany. Then ing, Germany put on a funny play, spending the whole day with them, and we Canadians did a skit about playing games and getting to know the railway. each other even though some of Each country made a dinner or a them do not speak much English. dessert as part of National Night. In July I went to a CISV village in The Italian and French groups gave Norway. CISV stands for Children's us a candlelight dinner with two International Summer Villages. It types of spaghetti and paté. Our is a charitable, volunteer-run or- Canadian group served baked beans ganization that works for cross- and Kraft dinner! Then we gave ev- cultural understanding and world eryone maple syrup candies. peace. CISV is really special. I am re- ally going to miss all the friends I At the village I met 11-year-olds made. Apart from having lots of from around the world. For the fun, I learned that language is not a first couple of days we played name communication barrier and that we games. We soon learned that lan- are all the same inside. guage was a barrier that is easily Up goes the CISV flag. Eleven-year-olds from France, Hungary, Italy, overcome. At first I only really Guatemala, Turkey, Brazil, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Norway and Canada CISV Ottawa is putting on an In- talked with the Atnericans and (the Glebe!) attended the village in July. formation Night in November. In other fluent English speakers but addition to villages, the chapter after three days I learned that fun winter, and we spent several went about cleaning the camp. We sponsors international inter- meant the same thing no matter how months getting ready. played a game or activity planned changes for 12-16 year-olds, sum- you said it. The village was held in a school by our leaders. After lunch we had mer camps for 13 to 15 year-olds, free I went to the village in Norway building. 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Sawchuk who, having lived else- Street, says his observations By He also interviewed Marie Lynn, where for many years, has returned suggest that "fewer people are Clyde who has lived in the same house on to the Dow's Lake home on Kippewa using bicycles today." Certainly, Sanger Renfrew since August 1922 can Drive where she grew up. She told the number of bicycles being sold anyone beat this record of 75 the group how, as a child, she used in North America has declined years? She told him that her broth- to play in Booth's lumber yards since a peak in 1991, which means This is the time of year for con- ers attended classes at Glebe Col- despite the "No Trespassing" no- "there is a declining entry into the fessions, by students and the rest legiate in its opening year, and tices. market" and he thinks it also means of us, in answer to the old question, produced clippings of reports one Ian adds: "These meetings have less use. Why, oh why? The popu- "What I Did in My Summer Holi- of them had written of school events provoked me to read a tremendous lation is aging, he says, and "more joyously for days." Well, some of us the Ottawa Journal. amount." So the Glebe Historical and more people are intimidated by frittered away our summer (and our Not content with this work, he Society has begun to gather momen- car traffic." He has had several bank balance) in going to the Yukon went to the National Archives, which he was tum. A fourth meeting will have conversations during or putting a roof on a log cabin in where the insurance maps covering told of family members having "a the Georgian Bay. Not so Ian Mc- the Glebe in 1902, 1912 and 1922 taken place on September 30 and one hopes more treasures will negative experience." To an aging Kercher, who must have heard lots show clearly the gradual filling in come to cyclist, these are sad words to hear. of odd summer tales from students of the avenues between these light. when he taught at Glebe Collegiate. He spent this summer keeping his LOUIS CARNEAU PERRY ELLIS GUSTI MANHATTAN DEUX PAR DEUX ROBIN word. Back in March I quoted at length from a letter he wrote urging the creation of a Glebe Historical Soci- FOR LIMITED TIME ONLY ety, and hoping we could form a group keen enough to gather some of the treasures photos and anything else that people tucked away in shoe boxes or their basements and the treasures simply kept in peo- ple's memories. In response, eight to ten pcople have met three times at his Fourth Avenue house, and the bravest have committed them- selves to particular efforts. 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FAIRLY TRADED HANDICRAFTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. Welcome to the world of Ten Stephen Wambua practice his craft. Thousand Villages a world known He will be joined by Richard I to you formerly as SelfHelp Crafts Masila, the manager of the Kenya of the World. The new name Crafts Cooperative Union, a group of at reflects the belief that villages are seven carvers' cooperatives. Friday, October 10 still a place where artisans create authentic handicrafts. Richard comments that the two significant 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. By selling their handicrafts, Ten benefits of working with Thousand Villages helps crafts Ten Thousand Villages are the con- people provide food and education sistent orders and the practice of Carleton University is having an for their families and helps these paying part of the agreed-upon information day with sessions CARLETON threatened villages survive. Each purchase price when the order is This UNIVERSITY village represents a unique group placed. ensures steady work on Academic Programs, Career and keeps artisans from going into of people. Multiply the village idea Planning, Study Skills, Financial by 10,000 and it represents the debt when purchasing raw materi- world you are helping to build als. Assistance, Student Services Çj If you can't make it in to meet when you buy from Ten Thousand and Resources. Great draw prizes, including first-year tuition Villages. Stephen and Richard on our first On October 31 (6-9 p.m.) and weekend, you can still come to the November 1 (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.) when rest of our sales every Friday (6 - For more information and registration forms, you walk into the Ten Thousand 9 p.m.) and Saturday (10 a.m. - 4 ,frd%fg,fl- call (613) 520-2600 Ext. 1671 Villages sale site at Ottawa Men- p.m.) in November. We will have k-rffr4 or check the Carleton University Web site nonite Church, 1830 Kilborn Av- dozens of other Kenyan carvings for at www.carleton.ca enue, you will enter a small piece you to choose from, along with hun- of a Kenyan village where you will dreds of other Jiandicrafts from be able to watch master carver over 30 countries around the world. For children who are home alone Alzheimer Societ Being at home alone at lunch time together and discuss how to stay or s op on placement issues and after school is a fact of life for safe. The Alzheimer Society offers a day of placement; and adjustments a growing number of children, as A child needs to know who to call workshop entitled Placement Issues after placement. the number of families with both when help is needed. A designated and Alzheimer Disease a three- November 6, 13, and 20 are the parents in the workforce and the adult (parent, neighbour, or rela- part series for families. Local dates for the workshops. number of single parent families tive) should always be "on call" for professionals give presentations on Information is available at 722- continue to increase. emergencies. On Your Own de- topics such as: When, where & how; 1424 and cost is $20. The If parents have to leave children scribes the difference between application process; preparing the workshops take place at Carleton unsupervised for short periods, emergencies, like fire and injuries, AD person; how to choose a facility; - Lodge. they should make sure their chil- and problems, like being locked dren have the skills to cope with out. Boredom, loneliness and get- emergencies and understand the ting along with siblings are also rules about having friends over, discussed. preparing snacks, doing chores etc. Copies of On Your Own are avail- On Your Own, a workbook by the able for $7.49 from the Canadian Ottawa Saskatchewan Safety Council dis- Institute of Child Health, 885 Centraide TUTOR CENTRE tributed by the Canadian Institute Meadowlands Dr. E., Suite 512, Ot- United Way of Child Health, is designed for tawa ON, K2C 3N2. Ottawa-Carleton Excellence in Education parents and children to read Information: 224-4144. Study Skills Workshops Additional workshops to start Oct. 18 for 6 weeks! Mark Dermer, M.D., C.C.F.P. We continue to offer: Richard Family Physician Individual Tutorials Group Tutorials 194 Main St., Suite 207 ESL & FSL Patten (above Nelson Medical Pharmacy, Academic Assessments across from St. Paul's University) All ages. Ali grades. All subjects. MPP Député Certified teachers. Ottawa Centre Accepting new patients - 1251: ) by appointment (i567 200 First Avenue (at Bank) 1292 Wellington 232-4817 Our highly, qualified lean: provides professional 722-6414 fax 722-6703 guidance to students of all ages. 1 5 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 NEWS It's our children who are dying BY FIRE INSPECTOR sound means to get out of the house DAVE CRANIDGE (if you don't tell them, they won't Would you be willing to give your know). Too often we find children children 30 minutes if it could save in closets and under beds because their lives: imagine losing your they did not know how to react to child to something that is control- the alarm! lable, preventable, and only takes MAKE A FAMILY ESCAPE PLAN minutes a week to remedy. NOW LOEB754 Bank Approximately 80% of all fire Teach your children two ways out deaths occur at home, and it's of every room in the house, and children under the age of five who where to meet with you outside (a are at the highest risk. On average meeting place). And practice this more children under the age of 5 with them, even at night when it's die because of fire than adults 20- dark. 64. Three times more! Cooking is FIRE DRILLS the leading cause of home fires, and Conduct practice fire drills with smoking materials are the leading your family, and monitor their re- cause of home fire deaths. action, noting what they did prop- CAUTION erly and what needs to be improved Never leave a stove unattended; if upon. you leave the kitchen - turn off the IT COULD NEVER HAPPEN TO stove! Use the back burners and ME turn pot handles inwards (so young And don't think that fire won't hands can't reach them). Designate happen in your house. If the over the kitchen as a danger area and do 4000 people (many children) who in not allow your children to play died in fires in North America there. Supervise when they begin 1995 where around today, they cooking, explaining all safety pre- would tell you differently. PROTECTION cautions. Keep your smoking ma- "If fire strikes, I'll be able to get terials in a locked cabinet out of my children out!" This is a common you re- reach of children. Before from parents. What hap- all butts statement tire for the evening ensure pens when: they're with the baby- out, and store them in a etc. are sitter, you can't get to them, you're covered metal container. TESTING overcome by smoke, or if they're at Test your smoke detectors a sleep over? Be responsible, if not monthly, and install fresh batteries for yourself, for your family. yearly; a good time is right now, Teach them fire safety today. SHOPPING? during fire prevention week, or Fire prevention week runs from clocks in the when you change the de- fall. Oct. 5-11, and the Ottawa Fire TIME partment is setting up information And most importantly spend time booths in various malls throughout with your children. Explain to the city, armed with pamphlets, for them what a smoke detector is and videos and information. So look what it does. Sound the alarm for us in your local mall, or call the them and teach them that this Ottawa fire department. Please support our advertisers Recipient of the Ministers Award for Achievement Outstanding Re-elect 4tot as TRUSTEE Provolhi S,Mv Hic, fe,b for '13 OTTAWA-CARLETON PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD Interior/ Exterior Live The Glebe & Dow's Lake are now part of Quality Workmanship Zone 9 (Capital & Bruyère-Strathcona Wards) Fully Insured English-Language Public District School Board No.25 Two Year Guarantee Year Round Sen.rice and let For your FREE estimate J- c quiicime pledges to: call: James Cleary 7224375 Speak out for public live. education Spend tax dollars wisely If your clothes catch fire- Help students attain DON'T MINI high standards STOP STOP, Make school board D tO ovetrhe8egrovoeunrtdo& We can't determine the length of our life. DROP ROLL But through thoughtful financial planning, amalgamation work snmotehser the we can deterrnine the life of our earnings RoLL and assets. It's called estate planning and it can save you taxes and estate fees, pre- Zves Imiam is experienced: ,,\711P pare your family for retirement and even Ottawa Board of Education Trustee, 1994-1997 Ifl maintain the worth of a farnily business. Muriel Rands Resident of Capital Ward for 19 years I'll build a financial plan, including OBE parent Ri estate planning, that you can live with. VVhy? Because you're worth Imes-buns Municipal elections will be held on November 10 more. To find out how, call Group ibtfhw HtvrafistoRE Lynn Graham Campaign: 730-3366 (phone) me today at 742-8018. 12raharn(&obe.edu.on.ca NEWS Glebe Report October 3, 1997 1 6 Lifesaving skills at Abbotsford Would you know what to do if will teach the skills of cardiopul- someone near or dear to you had a monary resuscitation, artificial heart attack, choked or sustained a respiration and choking in their life-threatening injury? Your ef- CPR course. And on Tuesday, Octo- forts could save a life! Abbotsford ber 28, from 1 - 4 p. m. they will Senior Centre, located at 950 Bank present the Lifesaver course which Street, is offering two courses this includes wounds, burns, poisoning, October to help anyone 55 plus to rescue breathing and choking. To be prepared for such an emergency. register for one or both of these On Tuesday, October 21 from 12:30 programs, call 230-5730. - 4:30 p.m., St. John's Ambulance Fall Harmony luncheon Abbotsford Senior Centre, located talented seniors' barbershop group. at 950 Bank Street, is hosting a Fall Bring your friends and enjoy this Luncheon on Friday, October 17 at special fall event! Tickets are $8 12 p.m. After a delicious meal of for members and $10 for non-mem- baked ham and all the fixings, en- bers of Abbotsford and must be joy the harmonious tones of "The purchased by October 10. Call Ladies of the Day," a fun-loving and 230-5730 for more information.

ART IN THE HALL 50 Local Artists Information: 230-9990 Saturday & Sunday, November 8 & 9 10 a. m. - 4 p.m. The Glebe Community Centre Artists: To participate, call 230-9990 or pick up application at GCC.

ELECT 10 NOV 1997 ÉLISEZ REGIONAL COUNCILLOR CONSEILLER RÉGIONAL

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Capital Ward needs leadership in Regional Council. Le quartier Capitale a besoin d'un dirigeant au conseil régio- Its billion dollar budget attests to Regional Govern- nal. Son budget d'un milliard de dollars témoigne de l'impor- ment's impact upon our lives. tance qu'exerce le gouvernement régional dans nos vies. I seek your vote, please, to: Je recherche votre appui afin: combat property lace hikes de combattre les augmentations d'impôt foncier simplift local government de simplifier le gouvernement local encourage growth and jobs. d'appuyer la croissance et les emplois. Experience: Expérience: Regional & Ottawa councillor Conseiller régional et municipal (Ottawa) Ottawa Police Commission Membre de la Commission de police d'Ottawa National biotechnology association president and CE0 Président-directeur général de l'Association nationale de Federal public servant biotechnologie Fonctionnaire fédéral Glebe Community Association president Président de l'Association communautaire du Glebe

Our family has lived in Notre famille habite le quar- Faxaélécopieur: 235-5170 Capital Ward for 21 years. Email/C.E.: [email protected] tier Capitale depuis 21 ans. Telephone/Téléphone: 235-5179 http://magi.comt-Nal 1 7 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 NEWS Foster Parents Plan celebrates 60 years of supporting children For Canadian students, back-to- like her have an opportunity to school shopping is as much a part complete their education and es- of returning to class as reading, cape the confines of village life. INEZ BERG writing and arithmetic. Education is one of the many ac- Finda, from Guinea, will also head tivities supported by Foster Par- back to school in September; her ents Plan in Guinea and 40 other for City Council journey will be difficult and won't countries around the world. include a stop at the mall for new To fulfill its mission of achieving clothes. lasting improvements in the quality Her trek to school each day takes of life of deprived children in de- more than four hours and she must veloping countries, Foster Parents start out at 5 a.m. to make it on Plan provides support and relief time. The road Finda travels is programs in health care, habitat slippery and rocky, and recent tor- enhancement and economic devel- rential rains have gouged deep ruts opment in the path she follows. This year, Foster Parents Plan Finda's road is hard but celebrates 60 years of effective through the efforts of Foster Par- child-centered aid and relief ac- ents Plan not impossible. tivities around the world. Founded in 1937, Foster Parents Canadians play a leading role in Plan has operated in Guinea since supporting Foster Parents Plan ac- 1988 where it currently sponsors tivities. 19,000 school children. Through projects such as literacy "We place a great deal of empha- centres, marketable skills training, sis on educating Guinean women," fresh-water well and bridge con- says Carole Wilding, National Di- struction and outpatient health rector, Foster Parents Plan. "Guinea clinics, the actual number of people currently has one of the lowest per- who benefit indirectly from Cana- centages of educated women in West dian support is at least one million. Your community candidate But the Africa." need continues. 'There are & Caring: Wilding adds that education of- many more children like Finda who Involved Over 22 years as a Capital Ward resident Inez Berg has fers Guinean women better knowl- need help. Their will is strong and edge of birth control and health their minds are keen. They just volunteered in: Glebe care, information on need a chance. Co-op Playgroup Guides and Brownies education's Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group importance and an to If you would like to become a opportunity Mutchmor P.S., First Avenue P.S., Hopewell P.S., contribute to family's Foster Parent or find out more their income. Canterbury H.S. Through the efforts of about Foster Parents Foster Par- Plan, please 10 years as Area Director, Glebe Community Association ents Plan, Finda young call and women 1-800-387-1418. Co-founded the City Centre Coalition (1997) to safeguard March of Dimes central Ottawa neighbourhoods from excessive traffic. Leadership & Integrity: physical Michael Elliott, Regional Director disabilities. As editor of the Glebe Report for 10 years, Inez Berg has of "This Ontario March of Dimes in Ot- generous contribution will consistently shown leadership and integrity in covering key is go tawa, thrilled to receive a dona- a long way to serving our clients community issues. She has provided a forum for tion of $10,000 from the Ottawa in the community," said Michael Civic and political issues Quadriplegic Society. Elliott. "We help to purchase Businesses Founders Paul Seguin and Father wheelchairs, crutches, braces and Schools Students Libraries Amour established the Quadri- al sorts of devices to assist indi- Arts and cultural communities plegic Society 25 years ago and viduals with physical disabilities." Recreation and sports groups remember that Ontario March of Ontario March of Dimes, estab- Seniors Churches Ecumenical outreach Dimes was able to help them start. lished in 1951 to fund research to "They provided us with office find a cure for polio, now provides Inez is a community builder who brings people together. supplies, typewriters and support programs and services to adults to get us up and running," said Paul with physical disabilities regard- Commifted: Seguin. "It's a pleasure to pay back less of the cause. As your full-time City Councillor, Inez Berg will work with you and some of that original investment "Donations are vitally important for you to: now." to our organization" said volunteer Maintain vibrant, balanced communities with a healthy The Ottawa Quadriplegic Society Zora Jackson. "The generous gift commercial and residential mix. is closing its operations as other from the Ottawa Quadriplegic Soci- Seek input and consensus on city initiatives affecting our organizations provide similar ser- ety will make a big difference to communities. vices and assistance to adults with our community." Keep key city services in the face of increasing fiscal pressure and provincial downloading. Maintain the safety and tranquility of our neighbourhood streets in the face of expansion of regional roads. R.J. Vézina Drywall Contracting Comments? Questions? Support! Stucco Come and meet Inez Berg Drywall Taping and Plastering Campaign Kick-Off at the Firehall 260 Sunnyside Ave. Metal Partitions Sunday October 5, 1-3 PM Acoustic Ceilings Telephone: 233-6063 Fax: 230-7697 (819) 684-8986 HEALTH Glebe Report October 3, 1997 1 8 October is Breast Health month BY THE CANADIAN CANCER detection is the best method for However, if you discover a lump, state-of-the-art equipment, which SOCIETY, ONTARIO DIVISION saving lives. The Canadian Cancer contact your doctor immediately. delivers very low dose radiation Society recommends women Breast cancer is one of the lead- that Screening is the best way of de- (equivalent to two hours sunlight), ing types of cancer in Canadian over 40 do Breast Self-Examination tecting breast cancer in women over are safe and effective in early de- women. It is estimated 18,600 new (BSE) each month, even after 50. Screening consists of a mammo- tection of breast cancer. cases of breast cancer will be diag- menopause. The majority of breast gram, regular physical examination BE INFORMED nosed in 1996 in Canada lumps (80 per cent) are discovered Call or drop by your local Cana- and there by a health professional and BSE. will be 5,300 deaths as a result (in by the woman or her partner. dian Cancer Society office for in- Ontario 7,100 new cases and 2,000 Usually, pain is not a symptom of Mammograms are usually not formation on Breast Health. You deaths). breast cancer. Unusual sensations painful. Some may be uncomfort- can also arrange for a free Breast There are four major risk factors in the breasts should be checked able because of the compression of Health presentation for you and of breast cancer: Being a woman; in- out by a physician. Most lumps the breast between two plastic your friends business associates or creasing age, particularly women found in breasts are not cancer. plates. Mammograms done with new service club on ways to protect over 50; previous breast cancer, yourself. and a strong family history of Call the Cancer Information Ser- breast cancer (mother, sister, vice at 1-800-263-6750 to find out daughter). October is Breast Health Month more about breast cancer and ser- Early detection of breast cancer Take responsibility for your own Breast Health vices available in your communi- saves lives. Women over 50 should Get a mammogram every two years if you are 50 or over uty. have a mammogram every two years. Do Breast Self-Examination (BSE) every month Ask your doctor about your risk

All women should have regular Have your breasts checked by a health professional every year of breast cancer and how to do physical examination of their For more information, call your local Canadian Cancer Society office. Breast Self-Examination (BSE). Contact the Ontario breasts by a trained breast health CANADIAN soat-rt Breast Screen- CANCER CANADIENNE professional such as a physician or SOCIETY DU CANCER ing Program at 1-800-668-9304 nurse practitioner. The cause of and find out if you should have a breast cancer is unknown early mammogram. Roll up your sleeve Influenza, commonly called the older, and, patient-care staff CHRIS flu, is caused by a virus. For most - Residents and CANDIDATE FOR people having influenza means of long-term care facilities. CITY OF OTTAINA feeling sick for a week or more and If you are in a high risk group, COILIPICIL is accompanied by chills, fever and see your doctor by the end of VOTE general malaise. Headaches, muscle November to receive the influenza aches and pains, and a feeling of vaccine. It may save your life. If I VVILL VVORK VVITH THE CONIMUNITY SO THAT in DEVELOPMENT PROTECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT" extreme fatigue or tiredness are you provide care to anyone these CALL ME AT 230 4648-EMAIL [email protected] ME AT 230 0232 common. A stuffy nose, dry groups, see your doctor to discuss I KNOW MY WAY AROUND CITY HALL influenza vaccine at a - my membership in Ecovision (coalition for the environment), Ottawa East hacking cough, and sore throat are receiving the Community Association allowed me to work for the community in oity hall also usual. But for people in high reasonable cost. - my profession in architecture let me work for business in city hall risk groups, influenza can cause This year the following people are DURING MY TERM IN OFFICE -I move my council office to the ward so people can access during the day severe, life-threatening illness. encouraged to receive the Pneumo- -We can establish a process for development in this community that will If you are a high risk group, vac- coccal pneumonia vaccine from allow all residents to look forward to new projects with anticipation instead of concern. Townhouses should not be permitted in the Glebe. cination is your best protection. If their family doctor, free of charge: Please come and visit us, drop in for a chat or just browse when you or a family member are in one All residents of long-term my campaign office is in your neighbourhood of the following groups, you should care facilities. visit my web page htV1/Www.cyberusecal-ojelivhomepage.htm and fil out a questionnaire th at will give us an idea of the receive the influenza vaccine. The People older than 2 years of character of as- comranity Ontario Ministry of Health is pro- age, with a chronic medical condi- viding the influenza vaccine free of tion. charge to: During the fall and winter, there People with chronic heart, lung are things that all of us can do to or kidney disease; try to stay as healthy as possible. - People with asthma, diabetes, Eat a variety of foods, including THE GLEBE APOTHECARy severe chronic anemia, cancer, im- fruits and vegetables, drink plenty MEDICINAL CHEMISTS ; PHARMACEUTICALS AND HEALTH 14IV in- mune disorders (including of fluids, and get enough rest. A Health Outcomes Pharmacy Dedicated to Meeting Patient's Needs fection); Wash your hands often. Be smoke 778 Bank Street (Between Second & Third) Children and adolescents (6 free. Stay home when you are ill, so Tel: 234-8587 months to 18 years of age) treated you don't spread germs. for long periods with ASA products For more information, call the such as Aspirin and other brands; Ottawa-Carleton Health Department People 65 years of age and Flu Information Line at 724-4228. SUPER SPECIAL Highest Quality guaranteed fast developing close attention to detail! Dr. Joan A. Craig 24 Colour Prints Dr. Robert W. Crook GENERAL FAMILY DENTISTRY Receive your Second Set of Prints for only 990 Fiffh Avenue Offer period: October 1/97 to January 18/98 Court Applies to immmin 21 Fifth Ave Colour print film, full frame at time of developing 99 234-6405 Not applicable on half-frame, panoramic, advanced Photo System, or black and white Not in conjunction with any other offer. 1 9 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 FEATURE National Family Week ren Celebrate the strengths of your family BY GUS FRASER We know that relationships do not One activity tamilies have fun NEW When you think of the word take care of themselves. It is with is making a family crest. Take qtt DELHI "family," what thoughts come to important, then, to celebrate our a large piece of paper and draw the INDIAN CUISINE Feast on the finest Indian mind? Our concept of family has families, and that is the idea outline of a crest or shield. Draw a delicacies in an deism, warm aod friendly atmosphere. changed over the last few years. The behind National Family Week. vertical line down the middle and "Thefood tasted too good not to tr-aditional family you might have Sponsored since 1985 by Family two horizontal lines so you have be fresh,_authentic andpropet cooked, witb much of st thought of - two parents, two chil- Service Canada, an association of five squares inside it. Have family prepared to order dren - is now in the minority. social service agencies, the week or in pairs draw Ans Deslleisay, The Ottawa Citizen, members singly October 24, 1996 Today, we recognize a variety of seeks to promote the positive pictures in the squares to LUNC.BEEON BUFFET family forms such as blended aspects of family life. As the week 7.95 (MONDAWRI)AY) represent the following: DAM DINNER SPECIALS for two from families, extended families, single right before Thanksgiving, National A family activity you enjoy 29.95 683 BANK at Clemow to the Glebe and two-parent families and family Family week, October 6-12, gives doing together. 237-4041 concepts defined by their own us the opportunity to honour our A tradition that is important Lots of Free Panting on own lot members which fit none of the own families and their strengths. in your family. above. This year's theme reinforces this One thing the family could do However, it is not the form of the concept to build family - friendly to improve itself. family that matters so much as the environments at home, in the A contribution each family strengths in the family which have neighbourhood and in the member makes to the family. grown through the nurturing and workplace. A family belief that is support of its members. In our During this week, as a family important. 103 Fourth Avenue at Bank Street increasingly complex society, member, why not commit yourself Underneath, write what is, or 238-5031 when many of us are so busy, it is to promoting family well-being could be, a family motto that all -Now easy to take our family for granted. throughout the year? believe in and practice. Tape the The modern family has been There are numerous ways to crest onto the fridge door or other compared to a mini - corporation, celebrate your family. Activities suitable place, for everyone to see. in which the communication that that all family members can share passes as intimacy, in reality, has in are popular. Remember the to do with keeping the " business" object is to have fun and to feel that running - "Is the cat fed?", "Have "family togetherness" feeling. It Nr* you carried out the garbage?" and could be something like setting so on. With all the distractions of time aside to play a game, read, our modern age, not the least of make popcorn or walk around the Unibed Way which is television, it is harder to neighbourhood. It could also be a Centralde live together and maintain warm, bit more involved, such as doing a Ottawa-Carleton close relationships. family tree.

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FRANCHISE CUSTOM DESIGNED ADDITIONS MAJOR RENOVATIONS OPPORTUNITY ATTIC & BASEMENT RENOVATIONS KITCHEN & BATHROOM RENOVATIONS CUSTOM CEDAR DECKS Exciting new location for owner operator. INTERLOCK PATIOS & DRIVEWAYS Full training and support system. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: $75,000 plus inventory architectural design & permit drawings building permit & minor variance procedures expert construction For appointment, call wriften guarantees Monday to Friday 224-1414 www. gordonconstruction.com 594-8888 ill:11:1; "Your Nutrition Source" 58 Main Street at Hawthorne Special Advance Vote par anticipation City of Ottawa Vote City-Wide Ville d' l'échelle de la ville When: October 23,24 & 25 Quand : Les 23,24 et 25 octobre , Where: City of Ottawa - Elections Office Où : Ville d'Ottawa - Bureau des 1447 élections MUNICIPAL ADDRESS/ ADDRESS OF VOTING PLACE/ 1417. avenue Carling Hours: October 23 & 24 ADRESSE MUNICIPALE/ ADRESSE DU BUREAU DE VOTE 12:00 p.m. - 9:00 Heures : Les 23 et 24 octobre 12 h - 21 October 25 1833 RIVERSIDE DR. FAIRCREST APARTMENTS, 1833 / h Le 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 1833. PR. RIVERSIDE APPARTEMENTS FAIRCREST, 1833, PROMENADE RIVERSIDE 25 octobre 10 h - 18h For Who: All electors qualified to vote in 1801 RIVERSIDE DR. RIDEAU PARK TOWERS, 1801 RIVERSIDE DRIVE/ Pour qui :Tous les électeurs qui ont le the City of Ottawa Municipal 1801, PR. RIVERSIDE TOURS RIDEAU PARK, 1801, PR. RIVERSIDE Elections droit de voter aux élections 1785 RIVERSIDE DR. FROBISHER PLACE CONDOMINIUMS, 1785 RIVERSIDE DR./ municipales de la ville d'Ottawa 0 1785, PR. RIVERSIDE CONDOMINIUMS FROBISHER PLACE, 1785, PR. RIVERSIDE 1551 RIVERSIDE DR. RIVERSIDE APARTMENTS, 1551 RIVERSIDE DRIVE 97 1551. PR. RIVERSIDE APPARTEMENTS RIVERWOOD, 1551, PR. RIVERSIDE 97 MUNICIPAL4 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS C:1 1490 RIVERSIDE DR. RIVIERA CONDOMINIUMS, 1490 RIVERSIDE DRIVE ELECTIONS (73 MUNICIPALES MUNICIPALES 1490, PR. RIVERSIDE CONDOMINIUMS RIVIEF&A, 1490, PROMENADE RIVERSIDE

190 RIVER CLUB 11 APARTMENTS, 190 LEES AVENUE - 0T9 Vote par 0T9 Advance 190. AVENUE LEES APPARTEMENTS RIVER CLUB II. 190. AVENUE LEES anticipation Voting Day 180 LEES AVENUE RIVERVIEW APARTMENTS, 180 LEES AVENUE Quand : Le samedi 1 er novembre 1997 180, AVENUE LEES APPARTEMENTS RIVERSVIEW, 180, AVENUE LEES When: Saturday, November 1, 1997 Où : Piscine Brewer, 350 QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE DRIVEVVAY PLACE APARTMENTS, 350 QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE Where: Brewer Pool 216, avenue Hopewell 216 Hopewell Avenue 350, PROMENADE REINE-ELIZABETH AFFARTEMENTS DFtfVEWAY PLACE. 350, PROMENADE REINE- ELJZ,4BETH Heures : 10 h - 18 h Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. 567 CAMBRIDGE Si S. KING% DAUGHTERS Aps,RTMENTS, 567 C.AMBROGE ST. SOLFFH qui : Tous les électeurs qui ont le 567, FtUE CAMBRIDGE SUD APFARTEmINTS KING'S DAUGHTERS, 567, FtUE CAMBRDGE SUD Pour For Who: All qualified electors within droit de voter dans le quartier 0T9 Capital ward. 1455 CLEMENFINE ayb. CLEMENTINETOWERS APARTMENTS, 1455 CLEMENTINE BLVD. 0T9 Capital. 1455, BOUL. CLEMENTINE AFFARTB1EN1-S CIBlENTINE TOWERS, 1455, BOUL CLB1ENTINE Unless you are a resident of the listed A moins d'être domiclié(e) à l'une des addresses you will vote at Brewer Pool. 1144 ROO

All residents of the listed addresses you 1144, AV. ROCKINGHAM APPARTEMENTS ROCKINGHAM, 1144, AVENUE ROCKINGHAM la piscine Brewer. Tous les résidants dont will be able to vote within the identified l'adresse figure sur la liste iront voter au dwelling. bureau de vote indiqué. V,477.00NNAV 55 PLUS TIME TO FOLLOW YOUR INTERESTS LE TEMPS DE POURSUIVRE VOS INTÉRÊTS ET DE S'OCCUPER AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR BUSINESS! BUS TRIPS - worry free travel to relaxing and DE VOS AFFAIRES. informative places. Visit the heritage town of Perth - October 22 - $20 EXCURSIONS EN AUTOBUS. Rendez-vous sans tracas à des endroits Stroll about in Merrickville - November 5 - $20 reposants et instructifs. Information 244-5300 extension 4112. Visitez le village historique de Perth, le 22 octobre (20 $) WORICSHOPS at the Heron Seniors' Centre - Rendez-vous à Merrickville, le 5 novembre (20 $) 247-4802 Renseignements : 244-5300, poste 4112 Create a Keepsake Scrapbook Album - A series of 5 workshops to help you organize your photos and create CLUB VIE ACTIVE an attractive acid-free album to preserve your memories. October 8 to Profitez du grand air dans un milieu sain, sécuritaire et divertissant! November 5. $20 plus $40 supply fee. Joignez-vous au programme de randonnées les lundis, mercredis et vendredis jusqu'à la fin de novembre. Aromatherapy - A wonderfully fragrant alternative to many of the Renseignements : 798-8734 chemical preparations we use in our daily lives. October 31 $10.

55 Alive - Driver Refresher - Update your driving skills with this BAIN VITALITÉ 50 + innovative two day course for mature drivers. November 3 and 5 $20. Cette activité offerte à la piscine de la Basse-Ville comprend 15 minutes de Memory Fitness Over 50 - Tips on overcoming absentmindedness, natation suivies de 30 minutes d'exercices légers, puis de 15 minutes strategies for remembering everyday details and techniques for d'activités de votre choix. remembering other things. November 26. $15. Les lundis, mercredis et vendredis. HERITAGE LECTURE SERIES - "New England's Legacy in Ottawa", Renseignements : 244 4406 "Building the " and "Christmas Traditions and Winter Customs in Ottawa 19th Century" arc the tapies that will be featured LEÇONS DE NATATION 50+ November 5, 12 and 19 respectively. $5 per lecture. Développez votre confiance de nageur, perfectionnez votre style ou votre Information, call 247-4802. endurance en vous inscrivant au programme de leçons pour les 50 ans et THE CITY SLICKERS TRAVEL CLUB - offers monthly seminars on a plus aux niveaux débutant ou avancé, A-la piscine de la Basse-Ville. wide range of travel topics of interest to the mature traveller. Seminars Renseignements : 244-4406. will be held at the Heron Seniors' Centre. October 21, 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Experience the romance of Northern Italy. RÉGAL et CAUSERIE The City Slickers' Travel Club visits the La Garda Lake district, an area of Un cercle qui se réunit une fois par mois (le 4e lundi du mois) pour le spectacular beauty, temperate climate and lush Mediterranean vegetation. lunch dans des restaurants de la région afin d'entendre des conférences Cost: $ 3. Information: 247-4965. données par des personnalités ou des professionnels de la communauté. Si vous hésitez à vous joindre au groupe, venez participer à une rencontre... JOIN THE ACTIVE LIVING CLUB'S FALL IIIKING PROGRAMME! vous y prendrez goût! Pour de plus amples renseignements, composer le Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until the end of November. 244-5300, poste 1 - 4113. Information: 798-8734. 21 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 NEWS Seventeen Voyces starts premiere season with Thirteen Strings BY ISABELLA GRIGOROFF colourful baroque pieces. Ottawa's newest choir, Seventeen The first performance takes place Voyces, is offering a musical feast at 4:00 p.m. at St. Matthew's of baroque masterpieces in three Church, at Glebe Avenue west of exquisite concerts that make up its Bank. premiere season. This chamber choir of 17 talented Ottawa singers, Subscriptions for the 1997/98 under the direction of Kevin Seventeen Voyces concerts are $30 Reeves, starts off the season with not $40 as announced previously Thirteen Strings on Sunday, Novem- by mistake ($25 for seniors and ber 2 to perform Dixit Dominus by students). Tickets are the door are: Georg Friedrich Handel. $15 for the first concert ($12 for "This work is a terrific example seniors and students) and $12 for of Handel's virtuosity as a young each of the other two concerts ($8 composer," notes Reeves, who has for seniors and students). All con- enjoyed bringing together some of certs will be held at St. Matthew's Ottawa's finest vocal talent to per- Church in the Glebe. For informa- form mainly challenging and lion, call 236-3170. SOCCER SKILL DEVELOPMENT Try Scottish country dancing for youth under 10 years (born in 1988 or later). You don't have to have a partner, at Glashan School (29 Arlington Sponsored by Ottawa Royals Soccer Club. Program will run on wear a kilt, or be a Scot. The music Street, next to the Voyageur Bus Wednesdays, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. from October 15 to December 17 is lively, and the dancers are Station). For more information call at Mutchmor School gym. friendly. Just bring your curiosity Elaine Hoag 233-8571 or Barbara For information contact and enthusiasm to our Beginner Munro 232-1930. 'There will be no Mike Reynolds at 231-6379 or Marion Clark at 567-0640 Classes at 7:30 on Monday evenings class Thanksgiving Monday! Elections '97 English-language Public School Board Trustees Finally, if more is to be expected board and standing committee from our children, so too must our meetings at the OBE. I have been teachers be held to professional chair of both the Education and standards of excellence. I support Management Committees of the stricter hiring and evaluation cri- board and I am a member of the Lo- teria, as well as changes to union cal Education Improvement Commit- rules and salary scales in order to tee, which is provincially mandated break out of the cycle of teaching to plan school board amalgamation mediocrity. Related to this, I in Ottawa-Carleton. strongly feel that schools and to be During my term at the OBE, I have principals, themselves, need worked with parents in Capital accountable for their student and Ward to: teacher performance, and therefore prevent repeated increases in would encourage the opportunity LYNN GRAHAM class size for parents to change schools if it Over the past three years, I have retain programs for students TAYLOR WENTGES wasn't measuring up. had the privilege of representing with special needs, in spite of bud- I am running for school board In terms of my own background, residents of the Glebe and Dow's get cuts trustee because I am deeply wor- prior to moving to Ottawa I worked Lake on the Board of Education. I ensure no increase in taxes in ried that many of our children are for the Japanese Ministry of Edu- am asking for your support once the OBE budget in all three years of graduating from grade eight unable cation as a junior high school again, so I may be elected as trustee my mandate to read a library book, and graduat- teacher. In addition, I served as a for Zone 9 (Capital and Bruyère- make the Hopewell renovation a ing from high school unable to consultant with the Organization of Strathcona Wards) on the new Ot- reality write an essay or business letter. American States (OAS) in Washing- tawa-Carleton Public School Board press for student voice in board Schools are becoming more violent ton, DC and as a democratic devel- i.e. English-Language Public Dis- decisions, and and drug-prone, in a system where opment expert with the United Na- trict School Board No. 25! OAS in Haiti. I possess a promote policies which benefit insufficient incentive and powerful tions and I cur- pledge to: public education. unions encourage many teachers to Master of Arts degree, and help students attain high stan- just go through the motions. In a rently work as a consultant at the dards John, my husband, and I have highly competitive world, this is Department of Foreign Affairs manage tax dollars responsibly lived in Capital Ward for over unacceptable. while working on my Ph.D. speak out for downtown needs in nineteen years and we have three As your trustee, I would empha- With my international experience the new district school board teenagers, all educated in the OBE. size high standards of achievement I have seen with my own eyes how make amalgamation work for all Andrew has just graduated from for students stressing the basics poor education standards and re- students across Ottawa-Carleton Lisgar, Anna is at Glebe Collegiate of math, reading and writing while sources can lead to economic and - pressure the province for Ot- and Jeff is at Laurentian High at the same time encouraging well- social hardship, be it in Haiti, the tawa's fair share of education School. I believe passionately in a balanced exposure to the arts and Philippines or the ghettos of funding, and strong public education system physical education. My next pri- Washington, D.C. In short, I believe argue for a proper balance be- which allows all our young people ority would be to lobby for an end in standards of student excellence, tween local and provincial deci- to reach their full potential. to education funding cuts, directly full and equitable funding, and sion-making. to the Minister and indirectly better teaching. A high school Since my election to the OBE in I hope I can count on your vote on through our MPP. At the same time, diploma from Ontario must mean 1994, I have had a 100% attendance November 10. Information: 730- I would emphasize equitable per something again. record for all regularly scheduled 3366. student funding across all schools. Information: 730-0418. Elections '97 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 22 Ottawa Mayoralty Candidates pollution in the City of Ottawa by introducing electric vehicles where appropriate for municipal transportation. Robert Gauthier has demonstrated that Electric Vehicles are not only pollution- free but economical as well. PARTICIPATION Museums, swimming pools, skat- ing rinks and other public facili- ties and services should be avail- able at no charge to everyone. And Ottawa Valleyb'sEnviro°nmentatirl City Hall should be user-friendly! Shopp: Clean air, safe streets, easier ac- ROBERT G. GAUTHIER cess to goods and services, greater Nataral cloning EXPERIENCE participation in the community are a Cotton gemp Robert Gilles Gauthier brings a esential for the people of Ottawa. '33 A complaint often heard is that + 100% BeeS-wa.x. broad and varied background in in- proclactS dustrial and municipal construc- parking conditions are not tion, industrial and commercial conducive to conducting efficient % A.romatDeraPY marketing. He is the founder/ and profitable business. I will G6 publisher of The National Capital propose two-hour on-street parking er6./.? News established in 1982 and a during business hours. founder-director of the CAR Clean Since the activities of municipal )36)3/68 Air Ride Corporation, established government have largely been taken in 1990, providing conversion of over by regional government, I pro- fossil-fuel-burning automobiles to pose that the luxurious City of Ot- electrical and solar-energy systems tawa City Hall building on Sussex and equipment Street be sold. ENTERPRISE Your vote can make a difference. Concerned about the environ- On November 10, elect the Mayor ment? Robert Gauthier would take for all the people. Information: immediate action to reduce 736-0841.

consultation must begin in the community, not at City Hall." With the move to one-tier gov- ernment likely before the next 'municipal election, Watson outlines his vision of the future. Watson's vision amalgamates the seven urban and suburban centers into one strong, dynamic city, al- lowing the four rural townships to decide their own future, with ser- vices delivered by whatever makes the most community and economic JIM WATSON sense. Leading the City of Ottawa into Watson talks about partnerships. the 21st century and representing Neighbourhoods need to have the City's interest in discussions greater control over how local on one-tier government are the facilities like community centres, primary objectives of Jim Watson, rinks, libraries and parks operate. candidate for Mayor in this fall's "Two of our best-run and-used municipal election. community centres are run by the As City Councillor for Capital communities they serve, at a lower Ward, Watson developed a reputa- cost to all taxpayers. Partnerships tion as a clear thinker - someone between government and the people who gets things done. Cooperation can work to everyone's benefit" and consensus-building are the Watson focuses on working to- hallmarks of his work at the com- gether to ensure Ottawa is well- munity level. His mayoral cam- positioned for the challenges of the paign looks to the future preparing future. "The next City Council and ourselves and our communities for Mayor will help usher in the new The inevitable change and opportunity century and lead the transition to a centre of the acoustic universe that awaits us. new form of governance and we can Watson has seen the pain, frus- only do it with the help of our tration and amdety that City Hall, communities and Ottawa's citi- with its obsession for rules and zens." regulations and weathervane Information: 563-2000. decision-making causes its ink*****Orkink-A Music Lessons, Instrument Sales, repair's, Recordings, Books, citizens. "Spending and taxes must Advice be controlled and relief given to the RAYMOND LOOMER 1111 beleaguered property taxpayers. 59 , Box 1381 Bank St., near Sunnyside Thoughtful and meaningful budget Station B, Ottawa, K8P 5R4 730-2887 2 3 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 Elections '97 Regional Council Candidates for Capital Ward Barter has acquired the experience rials and parking lots? This is the leton University. in the federal, provincial, regional, model that the Bronson expansion Team Builder - Someone municipal, community and business serves; as does a Regional Govern- committed to working with the arenas. ment structure which is heavily community. For more information please call weighted towards satellite com- BRONSON/PARKWAY Ed Barter's campaign office at 567- munities. We can stop the Bronson We have had one success with the 5050. Expressway, just as we stopped the announcement that Ontario will do Carling Extension, by voting for an environmental assessment of the strong voices to represent core Hunt Club Interchange project. communities on Regional Council. This will delay the Hunt Club in- ED BARTER And we can demand that one-tier terchange for a brief time. How- For the last 25 years, Ed Barter reform be restricted to the urban ever, the battle continues and Capi- has dedicated himself to the devel- communities within the Greenbelt, tal Ward needs someone at Regional opment of the community. Ed is the or require a 2/3 majority vote at Council who can work with all lev- former Area Chairman of the Heart Regional Council on region-wide is- els of government. Quality of life and Stroke Foundation for St. sues. Fifty-one per cent majorities in Capital Ward cannot be sacri- George's Ward. In 1990, Ed Barter don't work when one side is the ab- ficed just so those south of the ward was granted from the Regional Mu- solute loser. It simply pits one can save a few minutes of driving nicipality of Ottawa-Carleton an community against another. time. SAFETY award for Recognition of Excellence PROVINCIAL DOWNLOADING With downloading from the for Community Services. In April Core communities require strong representation on Regional Council province we need to set our priori- 1991, Ed Barter was nominated for DOUCET an environmental award for leader- CLIVE because provincial downloading of ties. The presence of safety offi- de- ship and hard work for the removal I've decided to run because the services without compensating fi- cers in our neighbourhood is a is crucial. The Bron- to crime. An expansion of of a large gravel parking area at Al- coming election nancial resources will affect the city terrent us in the policing should be a gonquin College (Colonel By Cam- son Expressway threatens core disproportionately welfare, community pus) and having it reinstated into same way that the extension of Car- health and social housing needs are priority. to ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT greenspace. Ed Barter was also the ling Avenue down Glebe Avenue highest in the core. With the support Fortu- A prosperous community is a re- driving force behind "If It Concerns Pretoria did in the 1960s. of Capital Ward and the City Centre stopped by the inter- sult of a solid business community. the Community It Concerns You!" a nately, it was Coalition, I would like to be that under the Regional government needs to be ag- notice of the proposed sale of Al- vention of the community strong voice on Regional Council. spirited leadership of individuals gressive in attracting new business gonquin College (Colonel By Cam- Information: call: 237-9684. We face an even to Ottawa-Carleton. We want the pus). This flyer was to encourage like John Leaning. From graduates of our universities and our elected representative to come greater challenge today. to Orleans, colleges to have employment up with a number of scenarios for Aylmer to Barrhaven now ring the choices in our region. this 9-acre site (Immaculata High satellite communities and control LESS GOVERNMENT School). Ed Barter also informed central neighbourhoods the We must move toward less gov- the residents of Robinson Avenue Regional Council. I've watched interests of our inner city communi- ernment by the year 2000. The and Strathcona Avenue Heights challenge in downloading is to about Regional Executive's decision ties comfortably outvoted on issue ac- maintain quality services while to make the Lees Avenue Snow after issue with road widenings, zones to living within our means. While Dump permanent The Snow Dump cess ramps and no parking But Bronson faced with downloading at the OSSB, has been removed. Ed Barter was serve commuters. the than a we kept our taxes the lowest in the also the driving force to defeat a Expressway represents more it goes to the very heart region. I want to bring that experi- council decision to construct a traffic issue: region that we JIM KENNELLY ence to Regional Council. large building adjacent to Lans- of the kind of city and Leadership Currently serving I want to work with you in Capital downe Park and Holmwood want for ourselves and our children. - Avenue. & URBAN his as of Ward. I ask for your support on PRIORITY LIST BALANCE SATELLITE fourth year Chairperson INTER ESTS the OSSB the school board with November 10. -Promoting economic development Do we want to move towards a the lowest taxes in Ottawa-Car- and small businesses to create jobs Information: 523-4886 world class city that has a more leton, elected terms as OSSB for all. three densely populated core with a dy- trustee, for six years represented Transportation Issues: OC namic mix of businesses, resi- an area which included Capital Transpo, Commuter Rail, opposi- dences and the arts? Or do we want Ward. Sue Raven tion to Bronson Avenue widening, clusters of downtown high-rises, Problem Solver - Professional speeding on Main Street, bicycle various freeways, arte- Physiotherapy Clinic lanes. served by career as Ombudsperson for Car- Regional Reform. Main Street Medical -Senior Housing Building Maintaining a safe and secure 194 Main St., Suite 205 community. Elect Élisez 567-4808 Ed Barter's broad experience November 10 ranges from the transportation, Personalized Assessment planning, social and private busi- ness sectors to the senior, housing Treatment & Education and environmental issues. Ed Jaime Marulanda No Waiting List for Early Morning And Your vote counts! Counsellor Conseiller Late Afternoon Appointments Available

Your Capital Ward Choice Covered by WCB, PSHCP Quartier Capital Ward & Extended Health Care Insurance Elections'97 Glebe Report October 1, 1997 24 Regional Council Candidates for Capital Ward The role of all government is ef- (September 19th) outlined Ontari- fectively about sharing the Globe o's heavily regressive taxes. In with millions of other species and summary, Ontario is: billions of other humans. But if we taxing us with increasing disre- want sustainability, our consump- gard for our ability to pay; tion of ecological goods and ser- grabbing part of the munici- vices must be below the carrying palities' property tax base and capacity of the Globe. making them do more; and Unfortunately in RMOC's official undermining local government plan, humans don't exist. RMOC democracy. has a corporate policy of on-going For all these reasons, I totally consumption of the land. It is oppose increases to our too high literally destroying our principal property tax burden and will work DAVID McNICOLL asset, the land. ROBIN QUINN on your behalf to reduce it. WORKING FOR A SUSTAINABLE As well the OP guides us towards Capital Ward needs continuing I continue to resist the Region's SOCIETY the addition of 300,000 humans, all leadership on Regional Council to unnecessary and harmful $1.9 mil- It has been approximately eight without any ecological goods and overcome these major problems: the lion expenditure on the commuter years since I first asked local gov- services. The only operational highest property taxes in Canada ramps at Hunt Club and the Airport ernment for a comprehensive master plans in the OP are for new and yet declining services; Ontario Parkway (my letter, September environmental strategy. Despite my houses, roads and water/waste downloading; Market Value As- Glebe Report). credible my sources, references services. There are no master plans sessment in a new guise; and too To promote and safeguard our have been buried without real de- for the economy, the environment, many local governments. cultural, physical, and social envi- bate. It has been a frustrating ex- energy supply and conservation, Regional government's importance ronment, we need to nurture in- perience that has led me to two governance etc. In short the plan becomes obvious when we realize vestment for jobs and growth. current initiatives: leads us towards disaster, through its annual billion dollar budget is Similarly, to build ongoing com- I am now a candidate for Regional ignorance. twice that of the eleven other Ot- munity funding, government, busi- Councillor in Capital Ward to tawa-Carleton municipalities com- ness and individuals could con- broaden the debate. I WANT CITIZENS' NEEDS BACK IN THE OFFICIAL PLAN bined. If we had one local govern- tribute to organizations like the I am considering an appeal to the ment, the Regional Finance Com- Community Foundation of Ottawa- Ontario Municipal Board of the The corporations of Ottawa and missioner's recent report indicated Carleton. Business and individuals entire Official Plan to clarify the Ottawa-Carleton do not represent comprehensive do annual savings of $98 million. receive tax receipts and thus re- relationship between our gov- your needs, nor they approach any necessary global The Region estimates Ontario's place the load upon the progressive ernment and the citizens. income tax base. OUR OFFICIAL PLAN IS reality. I want to change that. download as a net additional cost in A PLAN OF DEATH My "community" contains all 1998 of $82 million, minimum. I hope this outline helps per- you vote with I have called our new Official species and the land resources that Complex legislation empowers re- suade to entrust your Plan for the Corporation of the Re- could keep you alive. If you are gional councils to revise assess- me. To obtain more information, gional Municipality of Ottawa-Car- serious about sustainable develop- ment policies. Assessors are mak- read letters, etc., please see my ad, leton (RMOC), "implicitly a plan of ment and the environment, then ing the rounds. Results could hurt visit my website, Email, fax or global death." Let me try to give thought to voting for me. locally. telephone me. Information: 235- explain. Information: 730-5434. My Ottawa Citizen letter 5179. Regional Chair Candidates for Ottawa-Carleton Congratulations! BOB CHIARELLI PETER CLARK 733-4747 741-1100 Germain Carrière, Executive Vice-President of Lévesque Beaubien Geofffion (LBG), is pleased to announce the appointment of Louise Tardif as Vice-President. Is your name on the voters' list? The voters' list for Ms. Tardif, tvho has served as an municipal elections is available for viewing at all local Investment Advisor since 1986, municipalities in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa- manages more $70 million of Louise Tardif Carleton. individual investors and small corporations assets in the Ottawa FCSI, CIM region. Ms. Tardif also co-manages LBG's Ottawa branch of 15 investment advisors with more than $600 million in assets under management. LÉVESQUE ON NOVEMBER 10, 1997 Ms. Tardifs appointment as BEAUBIEN ALEXANDER Vice-President is associated with her 11111 ELECT mandate to oversee initiatives and GEOFFRION issues common to both LBG and INTERIORS Lévesque Securities offices in Ottawa. (613) 236-0103 Baths. Rec Rooms. COLIN McSWEENEY Watch for Ms. Tardif on 1-800-567-6585 "Ce soir, en couleurs" beginning Carpentry. Paint & FOR CITY COUNCIL September 17, 1997 on Radio Canada Paper. Ceramic and Candidate for Capital Ward from 18h30. 19h00. more. Meticulous LBG has been advising Canadian and Canedien Investor Protection Fund European investors since 1902. work & great prices! Campaign Information 239-1793

Lévesque Beaubien Geoffrion 50 O'Connor Street, Suite 1602 Ottawa, Ontario KIP 6L2 Dan 739-3361 bar 25 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 Elections '97 Ottawa City Council candidates for Capital Ward CHRIS JALKOTZY luiowledge of the area and some of youth, people who are physically or developmentally challenged, new- I will move my council of- its related issues. comers to our community, as well as fice to the ward. People need to be I am a candidate supported by the programs able to have access to their council- Ottawa Civic Action Party, which is and activities for senior citizens and lor during the day. Having a place running on a pro-business/ pro- youth employment where the councillor and informa- community platform. It is time our programs. I am a long time resident of Capital as such, I am tion on what's happening at City municipal government stops wast- Ward and Thus I Hall are available will give the ing taxpayers money. Our vision is one of you. am committed to community a chance to question and to increase services and replenish ensuring that the government take offer solutions. depleted reserves without cutting into consideration our lifestyle, We can establish a process valuable services or raising taxes. our neighbourhoods and our well in its for development in this ward that This will include restructuring the being decisions. will allow all residents to look for- current system of government to a As President and Editor of Eco INEZ BERG Latino, the most read local newspa- 10 ward to projects with anticipation. 'one-tiered' system, where the mu- Editor of the Glebe Report for per edited in Spanish and English, I years, providing a focus and forum I will sponsor community meetings nicipality and region are amalga- where developers and community mated. This will also include pri- know the positive role multicul- for community issues and news turalism, recreation and employ- Lived, worked and raised a family can come together to plan the way vatization efforts made in some projects will be proposed and as- areas of the government. The new ment play in making our community in Capital Ward since 1975 place to sessed. At the end of three years system would rule out some of the a friendly and attractive A founding member & teacher live and to do business. Glebe Co-op Playgroup we will have a mechanism for pro- duplication in services we now I will represent Capital Ward in Volunteered at Mutchmor, First ject development that will include receive, thus saving valuable all parts of the community. taxpayers dollars. Excess dollars decisions concerning the future Avenue & Hopewell Schools Glebe and Ottawa South community Recipient of OBE award for long- My campaign has a mobile can then be reinvested into our growth in centres and the proposed changes to term service at First Avenue P. S. office. My campaign office will city, providing our move from neighbourhood to neigh- business and community. We will the Strand Hall, and I will commit Volunteered with Guides & myself to ensuring that all our Brownies, Glebe Neighbourhood bourhood. People will be able to finally treat the taxpayer and new pick up a pamphlet, stop and chat. businesses as investors in our city community centres continue to play Activities Group, House league their essential role in making our I have developed a commu- and welcome their comments and hockey and many charities. and peaceful nity questionnaire. At the end of ideas, providing the growth and city an attractive 10 years as Area Director, Glebe place to live. Community Association the campaign the results will be prosperity that people expect when I will fight to reduce to a bare available to all. I hope that with investing in any great project. Whitton Award Recipient 1992 minimum the expansion of the Air- - Recipient of Ottawa Centre this questionnaire we will have a I have been involved in many port Expressway and I will ensure Canadian Leadership Award 1995 better idea about what's good in the different facets of this community, community and what's missing. The including coordinating a Hallowe'en that safeguards are in place to Co-founder of City Centre Coali- protect us from pollution and noisy questions are about transportation, safety watch. I have volunteered tion (1997) traffic. Member of Glebe Community Cen services, environment etc. This is for Habitat for Humanity as a As your elected Councillor, I will tre Renovation Working Committee an example of the broad forms of canvasser. I have coordinated a money fight to reduce our tax burden. I I am running for City Council consultation I will use if elected. charity casino that raised Practiced architecture in for the Carl Gillis Scholarship at propose the reduction of unneces- because I feel strongly that: and the delivery of this ward for 15 years; in addition Carleton University. I coordinated sary grants - Our neighbourhoods should get funding to where it is needed the the community centres they need I have represented community and the Carleton University Shinerama most, back in our communities. I environmental concerns at City Hall campaign, which raised more than Our residential streets and will fight hard to keep tax in- heritage roadways should not and the region for the last eight $55,000 for Cystic Fibrosis. I have years. volunteered two consecutive years creases at zero, to reduce property become clogged with high speed taxes and to reduce the City's debt. President of Ecovision, pre- for a local Terry Fox Run. I have traffic from expanded regional Information: 565-1345. roads. Our city streets should be sented papers on urban costs, pub- been Director of Media Relations safe and well maintained for all lic participation, proposing options for the Carleton Cup, a fun - Our communities should be con- to collector lanes, sprawl, new triathalon that raises money each MOMENTUM sulted before major city initiatives roads, Bronson widening etc. year for Cystic Fibrosis. ATHLETICS COMMUNITY SERVICE Craig Watson - 237-2527. are undertaken 3rd Anniversary Our city and region are entering a Vice President of Civic Forum period of critical change. It is cru- Vice President of ATSOG OPEN HOUSE Member of the Board of Ottawa- cial to choose a Capital Ward City Saturday, October 18, 1997 Councillor who knows our ward well East Community Association 10am to 4pm and understands what healthy AWARDS communities need Habitation Magazine: Out- standing House of the Month 10:30 - 11:46 am Master Aerobics Class Coping with the excessive "INSTRUCTORS JAM'' provincial download to municipal- Dec/Jan 1988 Whitton Award, 12:00 - 1:00 pm Fitness, Flexibility & ities and the coming government 1995, for Body Fat Test restructuring will require team- environmental issues. wIth FRANCOIS GAGNON, Information: 230-4648. KINESIOLOGIST work. I will continue to work with 1:30 -2:30 pm Self Massage Seminar constituents, community and busi- *********************** voth BRIAN SUDLETSKY, RMT ness associations and City and Re- JAMIE MARULANDA (REGISTRATION REQUIRED) WATSON I to you as gional councillors to ensure fair CRAIG bring my experience a 3:00 -4:00 pm Myths & Facts : STRENGTH I am currently employed with the former member of the City of Ot- TRAINING AND NUTRITION, representation for Capital Ward WEIGHT ROOM ORIENTATION. and central Ottawa in the future Carleton's Students' Association as tawa's Department of Recreation one-tier government. Maintaining Director (Vice-President) of Aca- and Culture where I learned that vibrant communities with a healthy demics. In addition I hold the po- keeping in touch with our commu- commercial and residential mix is a sition of trustee of CUSA Inc., a nity and being truly concerned priority. corporation with an annual about the needs of my fellow resi- I welcome you to my Campaign operating budget of over 1.8 million dents are the values that make for Kick-off on Sunday, October 5, 1:00 dollars. During the past five years an accountable and sensitive mu- 858 BANK STREET AT 5TH AVE. LOWER LEVEL 3:00 PM at the Old Ottawa South I have lived in the Heron Park, nicipal government. I have vast ex- Firehall, 260 Sunnyside Avenue. Ottawa South and Glebe regions of perience in implementing com- 237-4747 Information: 233-6063 this ward, giving me experience and munity programs aimed at children, Elections '97 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 26 Ottawa City Council candidates for Capital Ward Main Street, noise on Riverside Tim is the recipient of the Carleton verse places where people can live, Drive or the proposed renovation of University Honour Award for work and study. Given the many the Glebe Community Centre, your Community Service and has been - impending changes affecting local City Councillor must be sensitive to recognized for his volunteer con- government, I will be a Councillor all issues. As your City Councillor tributions to the Terry Fox Foun- who ensures the integrity of our I shall listen to your concerns and dation, the Tay-Sachs and Allied communities and neighbourhoods seek your input before I vote on any Diseases Run for the Kids as well as remain intact." issue. the United Way. Phone: 237-3597 Balancing the interests of the I look forward to having the op- Ward is a challenge Santaguida portunity to meet you and discuss looks forward to. "Maintaining our your ideas for City Council. If you parks, community centres and other have any questions please feel free services, while making sure they to call me at 239-1793. continue to be affordable and ac- cessible is but one of our con tinu- ing challenges as a community. COLIN MCSWEENEY Another is ensuring small busi- My name it Colin McSweeney and nesses, face an environment that is I am running for City Councillor on supportive and recognizes the live- November 10th. I would appreciate liness they add to our neighbour- a few minutes of your time to intro- DOMENIC SANTAGUIDA hoods." duce myself and ask for your sup- Santaguida says providing acces- port on election day. Ottawa-Capital Ward has a long history of providing exciting races sible, expedient and efficient ser- My wife, Erin McClement, our 2- vices should be a priority of the year-old daughter, Madison, and I for Ottawa City Council. The can- didacy of Domenic Santaguida City of Ottawa and he will work to- have deep roots in Capital Ward. TIM PORTER wards this. Erin grew on Brighton should once again put the Capital up Avenue City Council affects our lives and we were married at St. Margaret race on the "ones-to-watch list." Domenic Santaguida is the Chair more than any other level of Gov- Mary's Church by Father Francis Santaguida, a Clarey Avenue resi- of the Glebe Business Group, sits on ernment on a day-to-day basis. The McEvoy. As a boy I sang in the St. dent and proprietor of the popular the Glebe Conmmunity Association City is responsible for Fire and Matthew's Boys Glebe fixture, Vittoria Trattoria, Board and on the Glebe Community Church Choir. Emergency services, administering Since I was 11, I have worked at the says this experience makes him Centre Renovation Committee. He our parks and snow removal among Ottawa Ex working my way up to an suitable to represent the varied has attended Glebe Collegiate and other things. On November 10 make elected member on the Board of Di- interests of the Ward. the University of Ottawa. He has your voice heard. Help elect a City rectors. My family and I "Capital Ward is a mixture of operated Vittoria Trattoria since have lived Councillor who will listen, and act 10 of the 13 years in longtime homeowners, tenants, stu- 1991 and currently lives in the past the Ward for you. Tim Porter stands for and I have operated a small busi- dents, and businesses. Over the Glebe with his wife Stacey Nininger community-based action and input. years this compatibility has made Santaguida. ness here for the past 11 years. My To ensure that our communities company, 'C & M Delivery,' pro- our neighbourhoods vibrant and di- Information: 234-2021. are not lost in the one-tier, mega- vides home delivery of groceries city shuffle we must have checks from four area stores (Loblaws and and balances. One of Tim's solu- English-language Separate Independent Grocer). My client tions is a Citizens advisory panel base consists of over 400 house- Board designed to ensure Community As- School Trustee holds in Capital Ward giving me an sociations and concerned parties vative Trustee must be willing to excellent opportunity to learn have access to the decision making meet regularly with the new par- about local issues and concerns. process. ents advisory councils to discover Capital Ward is made up of five the issues affecting each individual unique We need a home grown answer to neighbourhoods: Heron one-tier government that addresses school in his/her ward. A truly Park, Old Ottawa South, The Glebe, both efficiency and community innovative Trustee must be willing Ottawa East and Riverside Drive. building, while ensuring that our to visit and talk with students in While these areas share many simi- downtown communities are not individual schools, and find out lar concerns, I understand that controlled by suburban what they feel are the programs each Council- community has special needs. lors. that work and those that do not. A VVhether it's a speeding problem on Accountability is important; Tim JEFF MORRISON truly innovative Trustee must not Porter offers a new perspective on The Ottawa-Carleton Separate be afraid to look beyond the bor- accountability. Tim will strive to School Board will be confronting ders of our own community and find SANDY HILL take the politics out of City Poli- tough new challenges this year. out what ideas have worked in other tics. City Council is not about Amalgamation, reduced funding, areas. A truly innovative Trustee CONSTRUCTION philosophical or partisan debate, must be willing to fight for the re- The Neighbourhood Specialists and labour unrest will force the it's about ensuring the proper op- Board to rethink many of its past tention and-possible expansion of eration of our City. Making sure policies and operating practices. programs that make a difference in such as the streets are plowed and our However, I believe that with new the lives of our students, parks are safe and well-maintained challenges come new opportunities, religious visitations, peer coun- will take precedence over aimless and that is why I am putting myself selling, special education and adult debate. forward as your candidate for education programs. I feel that I Tim Porter is an honours graduate School Board Trustee. can provide such innovation. of Carleton University's faculty of Even though the provincial gov- I would be amdous to hear from , I you about your thoughts on these, NI Political Science. He has involved ernment has reduced the role of himself in Carleton University, school boards across Ontario, I be- or other issues affecting the You Can Appreciate holding the position of Director of lieve that an innovative, forward- students of the Ottawa-Carleton Our Quality & Service Communications with the Carleton looking team of Trustees can make a Separate School Board. However, I University Students' Association. difference in the quality of educa- hope that you will be able to make 565-5223 He has also worked with the Uni- tion for the students of the Ottawa- your voice heard on November 10 Committed To Excellence versity on its Process Redesign Carleton Separate School Board. and in doing so, hope that I will be . Member Of BBB & OCHBA initiative, becoming the first stu- However, School Board Trustees able to count on your support. http://www.sandy-hill.on.ca dent to work in such a capacity. cannot do this alone. A truly inno- You may falVtne at 565-5353. 27 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 SCHOOL NEWS Hopewell plans celebrations BY NANCY BICKFORD Soleil will entertain the Primary "It's hard to believe it's the same division with her pal Fergus; Ju- place!" nior students are planning a spirit You hear that a lot inside the day and the intermediates, well, halls of Hopewell school. The reno- we'll just have to see what they have vation that wrenched our entire in mind. Clive student body out of the community The evening will see an official for one whole year has given us a ceremony with performances by the beautiful facility that will serve Hopewell Band and the Primary Doucet our community for decades to come. Choir. There'll be speeches (short Congratulations to everyone who got ones!) to recognize the invaluable Regional Councillor it done on time. contribution of many in our com- Now all that's left to do aside munity and further afield who from a very long list of finishing made our renovation possible. The is celebrate! plan is to have students participat- The first in a series of festivities ing in all aspects of the evening, was the Opening BBQ which due to from ushers to tour guides to re- rain, turned into an Open House freshment tables. This is their with tours of the school. Hundreds school and they are keen to share turned out to hear the Hopewell their excitement with all of us. Concert Band, wander the building and enjoy refreshments sponsored We are extending a special invi- by Starbucks, Glebe Loeb and tation to all Hopewell Alumni to Hopewell School Council. Two come on back to Hopewell that night beautiful cakes, with Pegasus motif and help us remember the good old in school colours, disappeared very days and celebrate the new. If fast as the crowds poured in and you'd like to volunteer to help with "Together we can; enjoyed the view from the inside. the official reopening, or just want Next will be the official opening details about what's happening / Care for the core, event, Thursday, November 6. November 6, please call Nancy Daytime events are being planned Bickford at 730-2082; we'll get you V Support responsible restructuring, for and by the students. Marie involved. / Fight provincial downloacEng." Hopewell happenings Clive Doucet - BY NORMA STANSBURY among parents, and we are here to Welcome back to another great answer any questions. The Princi- Bringing Government Home Where You Live! year in fact, probably the greatest pal, as well as staff members, are ever - of Hopewell Happenings. At also on the Executive. FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO HELP, PLEASE CALL 237-9684 the beginning of the year I like to At the beginning of each year I remind Hopewell parents of the also try to recruit a Cub Reporter to Hopewell School Council. You are help me out with this column. I automatically a member of the need an Intermediate (or very am- School Council if you have a child bitious Junior) student who may or children in Hopewell, and you have journalistic aspirations, or are invited to attend our monthly who just likes to collect informa- Member by invitation: meetings which occur (unless oth- tion and write, who respects dead- CANADIAN-INDEPENDENT group of funeral homes. erwise stated) on the 2nd Tuesday lines, and whose writing I can read, of each month in the Library, at to act as a sports and/or arts KELLY FUNERAL HOMES 7:15 p.m. The School Council is the columnist. If this interests you, or c,L._Xetiy _ Owner place to voice your opinions, learn if you and a friend would like to more about our education system, tacIde it together, please give me a and meet other parents and teach- call. That's Norma Stansbury at ers. An Executive is elected from 730-1954.

585 , Ottawa Serving the National Capital Region since 1954 235-6712 Canadian-Independent Note: Members must be Canadian Owned and Operated Independent of International Funeral Industry Conglomerates.. SCHOOL NEWS Glebe Report October 3, 1997 28 Corpus Christi: Together we are one BY LUCILLE PUMMER patTols, sports organizers, re- Sandra Herrick; Veronique Lafleur; the library to see the latest bul- TOGETHER WE ARE ONE porters for a student newsletter, Kathryn McMullan; Sandra Sloan; J. letins and outstanding news items. As a school community we took as and members of the library and re- P. Spessot; and Carol & Ian Tait, for NORTEL PIONEER our theme, Together We Are One cycling club. We wish to thank the assisting in the parking during the MAP PROJECT We hope to enhance all the good parents who during the summer met Exhibition. Your support in this At the end of June, 1997 we were things we have been doing over the many new families in the commu- endeavour is outstanding. For accepted by Nortel for their Canada past years, and thereby, to reflect nity and talked to them about our those who are new to our school, Map Project thanks to Mary Jessop to the greater community the atti- philosophy of education and the this project, initiated by Jim who prepared the request. We were tudes, values and beliefs that make type of work we do to prepare young Ovens, has funded a computer, among 200 schools across Canada us a unique Catholic school. Our people to take on an active role in software, sports equipment, cur- selected to receive the Map of theme is based on a song written by the community and the church. riculum material and manipulatives Canada. This is a special map 5.5m a teacher in Manotick to raise SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR \ over the last few years. x 8m that is painted on the play- VOLUNTEERS awareness and funds for the Chil- A very special thank you to the ground. Nortel provides the large dren's Wish Foundation. The text The School Council members have Playground/School Yard Committee, plastic template of the map, all the highlights cooperation, respect, been very busy organizing the cal- i.e., Brian Jacobs (chairperson) supplies to paint it and a package empathy, teamwork and good com- endar of activities for the year as George Centen, John Gibbens, J.P. of Curriculum Ideas. The goal of on munication skills. At our first well as working the parking fund Spessot for cleaning up the school Nortel is to provide an opportunity school gathering we made a com- raising project during the ten days yard on Labour Day, for checking for elementary school children in mitment to be a strong supportive of the Exhibition. We wish to ac- on the play structure and for Canada to gain a better understand- community that reflected the be- knowledge these parents who have trimming and pruning the bushes. ing of geography with a tangible liefs and values of a Catholic com- donated many hours to this project. NOONTIME SPORTS method of learning through games munity. Thus we know that we, the We wish to extend our special The students and staff wish to and challenges involving geography, Corpus Christi School community, thanks to Kevin Figley who coordi- thank Carol Laginski for volunteer- mathematics and language skills. are off to a great start and a very nated the parking fund raising ing to supervise the noon-hour Thanks to all our volunteers, we busy year. project during the Exhibition and sports. Thanks to her generosity, have a colourful map painted on our Our enrolment has increased spent many hours out on the park- we were able to start the Intramural school yard. again this year bringing us up to ing lot. We also want to thank the Sports on the second day of school! Everyone October is 300 students. was ready volunteers who helped during the This is a wonderful bonus for the UNICEF Month to take on the academic challenges ten day period whether it was nice students. Not only have the teams presented to them on the first day weather, not so nice or pouring been organized, they can now read a of school. We can guarantee you rain! They are: Mary & Bob Cano; news bulletin prepared by Eric that we have enthusiastic young Ruben Castro; Lynn Clark, Patricia Berrigan who volunteered to be the people for many have eagerly ap- Figley; Lynne and John Gibbens, Sports Editor for the year! Check plied to be Kindergarten helpers, Brian Jacobs; Johanne Heffernan; the Sports Bulletin Board beside Ed BARTER

Elect as Regional CounciHor Capital Ward. ED BARTER needs your input and concerns about property taxes, Regional Reform, proposed widening of Bronson Ave. spending, police patrols and increased vehicular traffic in your neighbourhood. As Regional Councillor, Ed BARTER will represent your views and concerns.

Call Ed BARTER if you have any concerns regarding Regional Government. Your vote on November 10 for Ed BARTER is a vote for results not rhetoric.

Ed BARTER"s Priority List kr Promoting economic development and small businesses to create jobs for all. Ed Barter, property and M Transportation Issues small business owner in the ward for over 25 years. OC Transpo Ed also has a transportation Commuter Rail operations/planning background. Opposition to Bronson Avenue Widening Speeding on Main Street ED BARTER Bicycle Lanes CAMPAIGN OFFICE 166 Main Street kr Regional Reform Ottawa, Ontario *1' Senior Housing K1S 1C2 k Maintaining a safe and secure Community TEL/FAX: 567-5050 Pager: 786-6008 29 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 SCHOOL NEWS High notes from First Avenue SPORTS & SPINAL INJURY CLINIC

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UM. 111111111M MD's OHIP covered First Avenue cross country team line-up. Bernie Lalonde, M.D. Robert Gauvreau, M.D. PHYSIOTHERAPY extended health BY J. C. SULZENKO Loucks, principal of First Avenue, SPORTS AND ALL THAT welcomed the initiative and hopes Eleanor Cox, B.P.T. coverage At 8:00 a.m. you may see over 50 there will be more opportunities to 1095 Carling Avenue, Suite 101 Ottawa, Ontario KlY 4P6 Tel: (613) 729-8098 First Avenue students from Grades showcase the creativity of First Av- 4, 5 and 6 running enthusiastically enue students in this way.... Who some 1800 metres around Patterson knows, perhaps beetles, bats and Creek three times a week. They butterflies in belfries will be next! make up First Avenue's cross Invest in your Oh, the geese have now all returned of Ontario country running team, aiming to to their usual high ground at the future! win at the OBE's City Wide Meet at school. All but one, which ended Mooney's Bay Terry Fox Facility. up in the Library, along with Fa- IMPROVE YOUR GRADES has this Martin Boudrias coached ther and Mother Goose! Many qualified tutors available to come to the home effort for the last six years since and provide students with assistance in any subject he came to teach at the school. He NOON HOUR ACTIVITIES RESUME from grade school through university. We also believes, based on past perfor- By the end of September, a provide remediation for Attention Deficit Disorder. mance, that First Avenue athletes num- ber of noon hour activities will be can hope for 2 3 spots in top to the in full swing at the school. They Call for information... 599-8531 20 runners on October 8. First Av- include Junior Choir and the Inter- staff assisting him this year AFFORDABLE RATES enue net club. Building on last year's are Sylvie Quessy and Sheila Mur- successful program, two students phy. Good luck team! from the RETURN OF THE GEESE University of Ottawa's basketball team will coach Last year's graduating Grade 6 players NOVEMBER 10TH ELECTION DAY from grades 4 classes, with the help ,of teacher to 6, so that it's all one big slam Merle Haltrecht-Matte and parent dunk! volunteer Debby Clarke, created a PREVIEW-WINTER SPORTS flock of papier mâché Canada Geese EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE to suspend above the main floor It's never too early to search for For Ottawa's Future! halls of the school. The geese so those too-small skates or skis. impressed parent Claudia McKeen This year's equipment exchange in- "As a two-term member of city council, Jim Watson has worked she invited some of to that them volves First Avenue, Hopewell and hard for the Glebe. As Ottawa's mayor, he will continue to work summer at her business, the Glebe Mutchmor Schools and plans are in hard for our Apothecary. This 'migration' was interests." the works for an early November - Beatrice Raffoul not for the traditional reasons, of sale. You will be able to bring out course. First Avenue's geese mi- all your outgrown sporting goods grated to Bank Street, so that the and find, perhaps, some real bar- students' art project could be seen gains in return. Please watch your off school premises by the wider school's information notes for con- community. Claudia suggests that firmation of the location, dates and local businesses should be open to instructions for dropping off mer- displaying such artwork. John chandise and for the sale itself.

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Drop in between 7:00 p.m and 9:00 p.m. Monday, October 6, 1997 at the store: 517 Sussex Drive Share refreshments with your neighbours and enjoy 10% off our colourful, comfortable clothing Phone: 523-4886 for kids...and parents too! Web: www.netcom.ca/-sumner/kennelly/capitalward.html For more information call Lynn at 562-2679 or 730-3905. 31 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 SCHOOL NEWS Active students give GC! school spirit LEADERSHIP CAMP Hasan, Jeannie Hunter, Linda John- '97 - '98 is to keep Glebe spirit I got in." On the Council, Hilary has From September 10 to 12, forty son, Marc Lilly, Anthony Lovink, high, to take a few big ideas and taken on a wide variety of tasks of Glebe's student leaders Janet Marshall, Tony Mikhael, Brett attended turn them into big events; "not just ranging from School Council Stu- the annual "Cumberland Chiquitas Miller, Victoria Nutting, Anne the Semi-formal. But to make this dent Rep. To Dance Coordinator. Leadership Camp." For three days Rimes, Ginette Roche, Brent year memorable for every one." Remember last year's Semi-formal? and two nights these exceptional Rouleau, Robert Sharkey, Sue Smith, What advice does Maran have for What does Hilary like most about students learned about each other, Hulda Solomon, and Beth Stewart. new students? "Get involved early. Glebe? "The people, such a diverse coordinated student activities, and In addition to the many new faces, Keep trying different activities and accepting group. Glebe is a developed much trust and respect Brenda Sheedy has chosen to simply until you find ones that fit your place where you can be who you for each others' talents. Integral change her name; she is now Brenda interests. And (with a laugh), at- want to be and still be participants of the camp were the accepted." Boyd. tend Students Council events be- Hilary also appreciates the variety eight student team-builders GLEBE COLLEGIATE STUDENT cause they're REALLY GOOD!" Matt Andrews-Harris, Hilary Clark, PROFILES and number of activities at Gd. As Ben Comeau, Kaia Hurst, Barb Mac- Periodically the Glebe Report- will HILARY CLARK leader, she will work to organize an Laren, Alex Milne-Curruthers, feature profiles of students attend- From "Minor Niner" to OAC Stu- exciting year with lots of fun Maran Stern and Mike Swinburn. ing Glebe Collegiate. Two of the dent Council Co-Prez seems a very events. Remembering the spirit that The students presented seminars most prominent students are "fea- long way, but for Hilary Clark the flowed when the whole student body which included the topics of com- tured" this month. Maran Stern and time has just flown. Super-busy formed the BIG 75th in the snow, munication skills, leadership Hilary Clark share the responsi- Hilary has been involved every step Hilary hopes to help us capture styles, group dynamics, and trust. bility of being Student Council of the way - in music, sports and that feeling again. One of the many highlights of the Presidents; both are exemplary as drama as well as in Student Coun- "Get involved" is Hilary's advice trip was a visit from Mr. Pat students and active members of the cil. to this year's new students. In- McAlpine, a teacher from St. Paul's community. It is hoped that by Hilary came to Glebe from Broad- volvement makes school an exciting High School who performed an up- presenting these profiles the com- view Public School and got involved place. Fun is important and so is lifting presentation explaining why munity will develop a greater un- in student life immediately. "A getting an education. The trick is to each high school student leader is derstanding of those students who couple of friends were trying out balance the two. This is a challenge special. pass by their doors on their way to for Grade 9 Student Council rep. for all students and, with univer- and from school each day. one lunch hour. I didn't have any- sity in her plans, Hilary is working Other advice included the need to MARAN STERN thing else to do so I tried too -- and hard at it. smile more often. Smiles, he says, "Co-prez," Maran Stern is one are "Gladvertisements for your committed Glebite. Although she face." The grand finale was Mr. successfully auditioned for Arts ATTENTION: PARENTS OF GLEBE STUDENTS McAlpine's singing of "(You are Canterbury, never really Maran Would you like to know more about what happens at Glebe? the) Wind Beneath my Wings." This considered going anywhere but special teacher reminded students Do you have questions about the school environment, course selection, Glebe. "My brother, Gabe and all semestering, sports, co-op, scolarships, etc.? that they are the "wind beneath the his friends were here and I came to If so, do come to our informal information evening! wings" of their teachers. so many music nights and special The forty students who attended events here that it just seemed nat- "Glebe Pot Pourri the camp have returned to the city ural". on with a plan to make this school year What does Maran like best about Thursday, October 23, 1997 at 7:30 p.m. one of the best! her chosen school? "At the risk of NEW STAFF MEMBERS Our principal, staff and guests will speak, then address your repeating a cliché, our diversity is Glebe Collegiate has been inun- questions. We meet at Glebe, in the second floor staff room. our strength - dated with a bunch of new teachers and then there's our For additional information contact Sheila Selley (234-9274) or excellence! Glebe is who are adjusting to a whole new strong in John Longair (231-2881) and environment. Because the Ottawa sports, drama, debating, music THE GLEBE COLLEGIATE PARENT ASSOCIATION Board budgeting and staffing robotics. Not that it wouldn't be good if we weren't so good at every- meetings continued well into July, thing, but winning is just kind of many of Glebe's exceptional teach- fun." ers retired or were to transferred Maran has been involved with the different school without the e 4 oppor- Student Council throughout her ft tunity to say "Good-bye." If you high school years but this year is T are curious as to where some of the Lansdowne different. "Before, it was a matter 7' Animal once familiar faces have gone, of organizing individual events, please inquire at the main office of now the job is to weave everything Hospital Glebe Collegiate. Staff members together." She appreciates being on T. Zarkechvari D.V.M., M.S. new to Glebe Collegiate include: the team with Hilary Clark, Mike 281 Sunnyside Ave. Peter Everett (Vice-Principal), Swinburn and the rest of the (corner of Bank & Sunnyside) Penny Bardsley, Cindy Collins, Council, particularly since there Alana Cote, Andrew Cumberland, are so many new faces and new 730-2460 Michele Doran, Heather Evans, Rana ideas this year. Maran's goal for Monday to Friday 9 7 Saturday 9 4

Fleurs, Arbres, Flowers, Trees, LINDSAY et Plantes de soie. and Silk Plants. A. MACLEOD Décoration intérieure Interior Design Lampes Tiffany Tiffany Lamps BARRISTER & SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC eRgo A`ct AR] S® Suite 4, 137 Second Avenue Dominique Bretin Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2H4 381 ch. Montreal Rd Décoratrice - Designer Vanier, Ottawa, On. Tel: (613) 741-0211 Tel: (613) 237-4880 Fax: (613) 237-7537 K1L 6A8 Fax: (613) 741-0212 BOOKS Glebe Report October 3, 1997 3 2 Erica Jong explores matriarchal history enormous curse on the more than the unification of the patriarchal telling, a valiant attempt at imitat- five thousand year spectrum of the voices by the Old Testament writer, ing what Jewish scholars have done By history of the Jewish people. The except in the case of contemporary for centuries, particularly with the Sharon Holocaust, she decides, is impos- Sara, we are reminded of the Bibli- Talmud, which combines legends Abron sible to view in isolation. Twenty- cal matriarch Sarah and her direct with laws to provide a road map for eight-year-old Sara is more inter- Drache descendants Rebecca, Rachel and Biblical exegesis. ested in the God of the Jews than Leah. Erica Jong has broken new ground she is in Hitler, yet this century Jong deserves great admiration with this female construct in the has parachuted the Holocaust out of for accomplishing such a fictional guise of a modern novel. Like Fear INVENTING MEMORY: proportion. If Jews were to be seen challenge, the constant shifting of of Flying which gave readers (both A Novel of Mothers and only as victims, then hadn't Hitler narrative voice. Her arrangement of male and female) a fearless view of Daughters really won? Sara's mission is to the novel into four stories severed sexuality, Inventing Memory offers By Erica Jong, ruminate on the kind of God the into multifaceted short chapters a fearless female point of view on Harper Collins, 316 pages, Jews had chosen to be chosen by. woven together by Jewish proverbs the art of the novel, for which the $35.50 (cloth) In her own dialogue with this God and sayings provides a moralistic precursor is the Old Testament. she concludes: "Jews delight se- tone which is essentially reminis- What legacy do mothers pass on to cretly in the harshness of their God cent of the Bible. Erica Jong's other novels include: their daughters? Erica Jong's most the way the English used to think As modern scholarship has re- How to Save your Own Life (1977), recent novel, her sixth since Fear they were virtuous for having no vealed that the Bible was written by Fanny: Being the True Story about of Flying, 1973 (and I mention this central heating. The God of the at least four authors (male), so Jong Fanny Hacka bout-Jones (1980), because so many readers have not Jews is a sadist who required his has contrived to have her matriar- Parachutes and Kisses (1984), moved on to read her entire oeuvre) people to be masochists. Or so it chal novel written by at least four Serenissima: A Novel of Venice addresses the very topic she has sometimes seemed." feisty, independent women, with (1987), and Any Woman's Blues been obsessed with since that first But this heady philosophizing in- the result that Inventing Memory (1990). Her works of non-fiction novel, consistency in human be- dulged in by a great-granddaughter becomes a highly unusual novel. include: Witches (1981, 1997), The haviour which allows for personal does not take place in isolation. I would call this current effort a Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry freedom, dedication to the past, Sitting in the quiet of the New York curious hybrid which is a com- Miller (1993) and Fear of Fifty which enables individual growth, Jewish archives, she hears the voice pendium of philosophy and story- (1994). and the creation of the unique of her great-grandmother Sara while the structure of one's place Sophia setting the record straight: in the world community remains "Heresy!" she reprimands this intact. twenty-eight-year-old, "The whole Inventing Memory is a great- point of the story of Job is that God granddaughter's discovery of this does not want to be worshipped obsession which is outlined in a only in good times." She deliberate chronological account encourages young Sara to learn to parallel to the linear narrative of accept what she cannot change, i.e. the Old Testament. to accept Jewish surrender as the Great-granddaughter Sara Sky- ultimate Jewish paradox and Clive Wyndham, born in 1978, trained as greatest strength. With her great- a historian and gainfully employed grandmother whispering in her ear, by the prestigious Council of Jew- young Sara records her maternai Doucet ish History in New York, has access ancestors' stories (both the good Conseiller Régional to a family archive of diaries, let- and the bad) into a tapestry which ters, photographs and newspaper she calls Dancing to America. This clippings which she attempts to is her way of trying to put a weave together as if she were the personal stamp on the convoluted sole writer of her own historical histories of her own mothers. context, only to learn that alas she The colourful pasts of great- is not . . . grandmother Sara Sophia (1888- For fourth-generation Sara, the 1998), grandmother Salome (1912- picture is discordant. She is weary 2000) and mother Sally Sky (1947- of reading about Jewish pessimism 1989) allow young Sara to unify and views the Holocaust as an their voices in a manner similar to

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( Lorna E. Tener, Ph. D., Psychologist POUR TOUT RENSEIGNEMENT, OU POUR AIDER, VEUILLEZ APPELER 237-9684 108-858 Bank St., Ottawa, ON 238-4971 In the Glebe since 1989 j( 3 3 Glebe Report October 3, 1997 CHURCH NEWS THE GLEBE CHURCHES WELCOME YOU The season of thanks CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT (Roman Catholic) BY DUNCAN SCOTT KENNEDY and church groups begin to meet Fourth Avenue at Percy Street 232-4891 0 Praise the Lord. again. Father Joe Le Clair, Pastor With all my heart I will praise To some, of course, autumn is not Rev. Anthony O'Sullivan in Residence the Lord (Psalm 111) a happy time. It means the winter Masses: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9:30 AM Autumn means many different is close at hand. Another cold or- Saturday, 9:00 AM 4:30 PM things to us. To some it is the most deal is ahead. Sunday: 8:00 AM 9:30 AM 11:00 AM 8:00PM beautiful season of the year ar- No matter what autumn means to (Elevator Access for the handicapped. Loop system for the rayed in bright red, yellow and or- us, there is one thing about it that hearing impaired) ange leaves on trees, framed be- we should never forget. Autumn is FIFTH AVENUE FREE METHODIST CHURCH tween blue sky and green grass. the season when we celebrate Fifth Avenue at Monk Street 233-1870 To some autumn is the time of Thanksgiving. Our minds, hearts Minister: Rev. Stanley J.T. Hanna harvest - the reward for planting and spirits turn to God in grati- Sunday Services followed by months of careful nur- tude. God has provided everything Worship Service 11:00 AM Evening Fellowship 6:30 PM ture. Fruit, vegetables and grain we need: material needs, social Sunday School: Youth & Adult 9:45 AM; Children's 11 AM are gathered and stored for the needs and spiritual needs. Through FOURTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH winter months ahead. Jesus Christ God has given us a Fourth Avenue at Bank Street 236-1804 To some autumn is the beginning purpose for life and the hope for an Minister: E.J. Cox of a new year. Schools, colleges and eternal life. We should never for- Sunday Services: Morning Worship 11:00 AM universities begin again. Students get, during autumn or any other and teachers return to their class- season, to give thanks. We are so GLEBE-ST. JAMES UNITED CHURCH rooms. Many organizations start a truly blessed! Happy Thanksgiv- 650 Lyon Street 236-0617 fresh season after the quiet times ing! Minister: Rev. Jack Nield of summer. Congregations become Duncan Scott Kennedy is minister New Ventures in Celebration 9:30 AM (Family Service) more active. Sunday schools, choirs of St. Giles Presbyterian Church. Worship 11:00 AM plus Christian Development Program (ages 3-13) Glebe-St.James bids ST. MATTHEW'S ANGLICAN CHURCH pastor farewell Glebe Avenue near Bank Street 234-4024 Hymn Sing at Rector: The Rev. Canon Lydon McKeown Assistant Curate: The Rev. Janet Smith Fourth Ave.Baptist Holy Communion: 8:00 AM You are invited to a 'Fall Hymn Choral Eucharist & Church School: 10:00 AM Sing' at Fourth Avenue Baptist Choral Evensong: 7:00 PM (first & third Sundays) Church on October 19 at 7:30 p.m. Weekday Eucharist: Thursday 10:00 AM An evening of special music and Counselling by appointment 234-4024 lively singing is promised. (Handicapped accessible from parking lot. Loop System) THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) PUTYOURBESTFOOTKOWNARD! 91 A Fourth Avenue 232-9923 Clerk: Betty Hurst October 19, 1997 Sunday Service: 10:30 AM Starts at 10:00 a.m. Regional Munidpatity of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOSHeadquatten OTTAWA CHINESE UNITED CHURCH 600 Bank Street 594-4571 le Fu sizes Rev. Ng. mande hit': entire Minister: Otto Co-worker: Rod Bennett family! Sunday Services: Sunday School 9:30AM Join in and Cantonese/Mandarin & English 11:00 AM Werld make \ATJK a difference! OTTAWA DEAF FELLOWSHIP Total Communication Fifth Avenue at Monk Street Minister: Pastor Dick Foster Sunday Services: Worship 11:00 AM Sunday School 9:45 AM October is UNICEF Month ST. GILES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Bank Street at First Avenue 235-2551 Photo: Kate Green Minister: Rev. Duncan Kennedy Glebe-St. James United Church Youth Coordinator: Colleen Smith bid Ann McKeown farewell Sunday Service: Worship11:00 AM Church School 11:15 AM September 21. Ann, who has been a pastor of the congregation for seven CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION AND ST. NICHOLAS years, is shown presenting her (ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA)55 Clarey Avenue 236-5596 wooden cross to hang in the newly- Clergy: The Rev'd Fr Andrew Morbey 523-1928 decorated lounge. The Rev'd Dr Symeon Rodger 725-9215 The Rev'd Fr Lionel Dixon VIGIL 5 pm Sat HOURS 9:30 & DIVINE LITURGY 10AM Sun RESTORATION WOODWORKS PRAYER SERVICE (Moleben/Akathist) 10AM Tuesdays VESPERS 7PM Wednesdays LITURGY 7AM pursdays Furniture & Woodwork Refurbishment EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH (Hispanic Ministry) antique restorations Bank St. at Fourth (Fourth Avenue Baptist) furniture repair/refinishing Pastor Rev. Pedro Morataya 741-0628 interior carpentry and painting Sunday Service: 3:00 PM Wed. Prayer Meeting 7:30 PM

discounts NOW for NikOVC\3.. seniors Q.)-0 Consider volunteering now that you have retired. your community. Call the CS2' Make a difference in 567-5149 ittt Volunteer Centre at 789-4876. If you have news call the Editor at 236-4955 or write to the Glebe Report, P.O. Box 4794, WORDS Station E, Ottawa, KIS 5119. Glebe Report October 3, 1997 34 South branch library news Connect@the Library campaign BY FILENTE MERRITT strengthens OPL skies, of you came out In spite of gray gray gray many to help support our BY JEFFREY SIMPSON The OPL Board is working to en- Giant Sale of previously used books. It was a fun and successful event with Throughout November, there will sure that our users are part of the both staff and volunteers enjoying time spent sifting through old books and be something new at the Ottawa information age. In particular, the chatting. We thank all of you for your continued presence in our endeav- Public Library, including the Ot- board is trying to fund Electronic ours and hope to have some ERAC stations for your research pleasure to tawa South Library. show for our combined efforts in the near future. Resource and Access Centres The books, the CD-ROMs, the In- (ERACs) in all eight As you have noticed, Susan Townley is very pregnant and will be going on library ternet access, the children's pro- branches. In an information-based maternity leave at the end of September. We trust you will join us in wel- grams, the dedicated and knowl- coming Judy Aranoff as Susan's replacement in the Children's Section early economy, these centres are particu- edgeable staff none of that will larly important for youngsters and in October. change. But to keep those precious UPCOMING EVENTS AT SOUTH BRANCH adults with no access to computer assets, the Library will be asking Dorothy Speak will be reading from Object of Your Love on Thursday, Oc- and information networks in the each adult user to make a voluntary tober 9 at 7:30 p.m. home. While the library tries to financial contribution to help pre- Mairuth Sarsfield will be reading from No Crystal Stair on Thursday, expand and upgrade its technology serve those services. When adults November 13. for the electronic age, it also needs CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS borrow material from the Library to strengthen its book collection, Sat Oct. 25. 2:00 Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble; explore the world of in November, they'll be receiving a particularly in such areas as job witchcraft with Lucie Dufresne. Ages 8 to 12. Pre-registration; pamphlet asking users for a finan- seeking and consumer health. 45 minutes. cial contribution. "The book will be with us for Saturday stories and films. For 4- to 7-year-olds, Saturdays at About 40,000 residents of Ottawa many years to come. But just as li- 10:30. use the public library each week. braries have made room on the Storytime for 3- to 5-year-olds. Mondays at 10:15 and Wednesdays But costs are rising, technology shelves for videos and talking at 2:15 p.m. Starting in November, storytime will be Monday keeps changing and the library's books, so they are now making room and Thursday at 10:15 and Wednesday at 2:15. budget, which comes largely from for CD-ROMs and Internet access," Time for twos. Stories and films for two-year-olds, Wednesdays at the City of Ottawa, is declining. said board chairman David Daub- 10:15. November 5 to December 10 inclusive. Pre-registration. The OPL Board won't know for a few ney. Bebes en la biblioteca. Babytime in Spanish. Songs, music and months how much it will lose in Last May, the OPL conducted a rhymes. This 30-minute program is held in the Library and city grants for 1998, but early in- two-week pilot project seeking vol- presented by local families. Mondays at 9:15. dications suggest the loss could be untary financial contributions at Pumpkin, Pumpkin. Guess the weight of the pumpkin and win it in time as much as $1 million. The li- the Alta Vista Branch. The re- for Hallowe'en. For up to 12-year-olds. Draw will be held on brary's overall budget is about sponse from users was positive, Saturday, October 25. Good luck, Bonne Chance, Buena Serta. $14-million. with many explaining that they were willing to make contributions For pre-registration and further information, please call us at 730-1082. GZOWSKI FUNDRAISER OCTOBER 30 because they felt so strongly about Dorothy Speak reads at Ottawa South maintaining the city's library sys- Library October 9 That's why the Ottawa Public Li- tem. Encouraged by that feedback BY I-IÊLÈNE MERRITT Reviews of Dorothy Speak say of brary Board has launched the Con- from Alta Vista, the Board decided By now you may know I belong to her work that her stories show nect@the Library campaign. The to launch a city-wide appeal a book group. My book group "directness, shrewdness, OPL is seeking funds from founda- throughout the month of November friends are a flexible, tolerant compassion, and a marvellous tions and private companies. On at all seven branches including the bunch of women who are overloaded ability to create characters the October 30, a $150-a-plate Ottawa South branch, the Main Li- with work, house cleaning, setting reader actually cares about," and fundraising dinner will be held at brary downtown and the bookmo- up small businesses and other that her prose "has a spare and the Chateau Laurier with Peter bile. activities we'd rather not think elegant cadence, rich with the Gzowski as the guest speaker. In explaining the rationale for about all the time. Out of ten yearning that fills her characters." (Tickets can be purchased by call- the Connect@the Library campaign, yearly meetings, I get to attend Certainly all of us were ing 598-4002.) And in November, Clubb said, "The Ottawa Public Li- only five or six and I've usually transported to a bleak landscape of an appeal will be made to users brary is the one place in the city managed to read the designated splintered emotion: we all felt the throughout the library system. where everyone, regardless of age titles only three or four times a despair, the sorrow, the confusion "The Library is facing increasing or income, has free access to an in- array of books and infor- year. I have the best of intentions . . This was Dorothy Speak's gift to challenges to maintain current credible to en- and always look forward to what the us: her words evocative of the services as well as pressure to offer mation resources. We want continues to literary world has to offer but stories of women we've known, new ones," said chief librarian sure that the library somehow, the tyranny of the listened to, consoled, perhaps even Barbara Cubb. "Information tech- meet community needs into the nex-t millennium . . . and still remain everyday prevails and I manage, women we've been. nology is influencing the way we in once again, not to be adequately For a brief while, five women work, learn and do business. De- that special place mentioned the prepared for the oldest known library motto: a last Monday of friends, co-conspirators in an mographic and lifestyle changes are every month. My friends and I house of healing for the soul." meet occasional evening away from the bringing new users with new needs. in each others homes. Some of us Jeffrey Simpson af- routine of daily obligations, were And all this is happening at a time is national have husbands and children who transported into the lives of when governments at all levels are fairs columnist for the Globe and pace, unseen about the house. characters vulnerable, appealing restructuring and tax support is Mail and a member of the Ottawa At a recent meeting we decided, and real. declining." Public Library Board. since we hadn't come prepared, to We're fortunate enough that read aloud "Eagle's Bride," one of Dorothy Speak, whose stories have the stories from Object of Your Love been compared to those of Alice Glebe Dental Office by Dorothy Speak. Munro and praised by Margaret And so we started. Dr. Khaled Hashem D.D.S. First Faith, Atwood as "straight-from-the- BOARD MEMBER, MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA then Lorraine, then Elizabeth shoulder tales about passion gone BRACES TEETH WHITENING (Christine desisted: she was wildly astray," will be reading for WISDOM TEETH EXTRACTION exhausted and rocked herself into a us from Object of Your Love at OPL ROOT CANAL TREATMENT state of complete relaxation while South Branch on Thursday October CROWNS, BRIDGES, DENTURES listening to Speak's words read 9 at 7:30 p.m. AVAILABLE EVENINGS / EMERGENCIES aloud) and finally myself took We hope you'll be able to join us 738(A) Bank St. (at Second Ave.) turns at reading parts of a longish and, like Christine in her rocking 232-2222 Emergencies: 232-2610 short story. chair, relax and just listen awhile. This space acts as a free community bulletin board for Glebe residents. Drop off your GRAPEVINE message at the Glebe Community Centre inclu- ding name, address and phone no. 'For Sale' items more than $1,000 not accepted. GRAPEVINE FOR SALE FOR RENT NOTICES NOTICES YAMAHA CLARINET $200. 234- * GARAGE FOR RENT now to end of HUMANE SOCIETY 1998 Calendars ASHBURY COLLEGE ANTIQUE 6385 after 4. April, 60 Renfrew Ave. 567-5137. on sale. Call 725-3166 ext. 333. FAIR Nov. 7, 6-10 p.m., Sat. Nov. 8, 20 GAL. AQUARIUM exc. cond. CHILDCARE $10 or $12 incl S & H. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. & Sun. Nov. 9, 11 Includes stand, fluorescent light, GLEBE FAMILY HOME CHILD LUNCHTIME READINGS: Valerie a.m. - 5 p.m. Adm. $8 at door. filter, heater, water conditioner, CARE, a licensed day care agency Knowles reads from her book Weekend Pass $12. Discounts for $125. Call Sylvie 232-7107, 9 - 4. needs people to provide care in Strangers at Our Gates at the Ot- seniors & students. Info: 749- SOFA BED double, exc. cond. their own houses in the Glebe to tawa Public Library, Main Branch, 5954. Black/grey,brown/beige stripe. Pd children registered with us. You noon Oct. 16. ELMWOOD SCHOOL ART FAIR $800, asking $350, 232-8325, eves. will be working with a licensed day INFERTILITY FORUM by Infertil- Fri. Nov. 7, 8-10 p.m., Sat. Nov. 8, HAMSTER 5 mos. old. Accessories care agency w. 25 yrs exp. Info: ity Awareness Assoc. conference 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. Nov. 9, 11 a.m. available. 594-3899 eves. Katharine Woodland at 233-1597. Sat. Oct. 18 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., St. -5 p.m. Tickets $6 at door. Dis- BUNK BEDS, Amisco brand, LOOKING FOR AFTERNOON Paul's University, 223 Main St. counts for seniors & students. Info: converts to L shape, red, mattresses childcare? Will pick up from Speakers incl. physicians & psy- 744-7783. incl. $300; cub uniform sz. m, incl school. Fun & loving atmosphere. chologist. Free monthly drop-in COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES shirt, hat neckerchief, woggles & References, Christine 235-6067. 11 meetings. Next meetings: Oct. 29 & Ann. Gen. Meeting Mon. Oct. 27, 1 cub book $30; Tae Kwon Do - 6 p.m. Nov. 26, RMOC Billings Rm. 7 p.m. Nicholas St., Suite 422, Open House Uniform, kid size, incl. jacket & NOTICES Info: Kelley 860-2273. 5-6 pm, meeting follows. pants $25. Ph: 236-1935. FALL HYMN SING AT FOURTH Ave RAILFARE 20 at Algonquin Col- FREE PUBLIC SEMINAR: maximiz- * TWIN BUNK BED SET (Sears) w. Baptist Church cor. Fourth & Bank lege, Woodroffe Campus, Oct. 18 & ing your brainpower through medi- mattresses, ladder, solid maple- Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m. 19. Model railroad show. Adults tation. Tues. Nov. 4, 7:30-9:30p.m. $300. Phone 233-2203. PUMPKIN & APPLE SALE by Glebe $6, teens & seniors $3, children 5- at Westin Hotel. Info: David Tran DFtAWING BOARD/TABLE, large Coop Nursery School Sat. Oct. 25, 9 12 $1. Free parking, handicap ac- 744-7592 or 831-8933. sturdy, adjustable slant. $35. 236- a.m. - 2 p.m. at Lyon & Third. cess. Open Sat. 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. VOLUNTEERS 5967. Pumpkins all sizes, kids can paint & Sun 10 a. m. to 5 p.m. ARE YOU A HOPEWELL ALUMNI? their pumpkin. Info: 233-9708. GAELIC SOCIETY presents: Oct. Would you like to take part in the EMPLOYMENT WANTED *OTTAWA CHORAL SOCIETY 22, Bierne Dancers, Nov. 26, pot Grand Reopening of Hopewell EXCELLENT CLEANING LADY evening of "Hymn Tasting" w. Noel luck 6:30 foll'd by Annual Mtg. & School? Do you have time to volun- avail. Call Tereza at 237-6523. Edison, John Fraser & Wesley War- entertainment. (bring your favorite teer? Please call Nancy Bickford LIVE IN HOUSE SITUER ren. Sun. Oct. 19, 4 p.m. St. dish) Dec. 13 Christmas Ceilidh w. 730-2082. All welcome! conscientious non-smoking mother Matthew's Church, Glebe at Bank. Merivale Accordion Band. Newcom- SISTERS OF CHARITY Health Ser- & daughter will lovingly safeguard Tickets at door $15, students & ers welcome! Orange Hall, 41 Rose- vice seeks volunteers to serve cof- your Glebe home. 599-5181. seniors $12. .- mount Ave. 8 p.m. Adm $2. fee, greet patients & socialize w. them EMPLOYMENT * SQUARE DANCE BENEFIT for ROCKCLIFFE PARK SCHOOL days, evenings & weekends. Orientation & training CARETAKER, exper'd needed for 4 Peace & Environment Res. Ctr, first BOOKFAIR w. thousands of new & provided. hours on Sun. afternoons, Glebe St. timers Hallowe'en Square Dance. used books, signing authors, Info: Mireille Roy, 782-2761. James United Church, 236-0617. Exp. dancers welcome. Sat. Nov. 1. tearoom & raffle Oct. 24, 25, & 26. CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH HELP WANTED by children's Doors open 6:30 p.m., lessons at 7 Info: 747-0657 or 746-0303. ASSOC. Ottawa/Carleton Branch, consignment shop, full time help p.m., dancing at 8 p.m. Food, ART BY JOAN BEAVIS at Foyer urgently reqs. volunteers for visits (may incl. weekends). must be games, prizes, $6 adv., $8 at door. Gallery, Nepean Sportsplex, 1701 & support activities. 737-7791. mature, flexible, friendly, St. Giles Church, Info: 230-4590. Woodroffe Ave. to Oct. 26. Open AGORAPHOBIA & PANIC Volun- responsible & prepared to WINE AUCTION '97 for Ottawa Art Tues., Wed., Thurs.- 5 - 7 p.m. & teer Association offers you home demonstrate self motivation & Gallery & Arts Court Foundation at Sat., Sun from noon to 4 p.m. companion support. For assistance initiative. Apply in person w. Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave. RUMMAGE SALE SOUTHMINSTER or to volunteer call 729-6761. resume at Boomerang kids, 1056 Wed. Nov. 12, 6 p.m. Tickets $20 United Church, Galt St. entrance * WINDOWS '97 EXHIBITION by Bank St., Oct. 14, 15 & 16, 10 - 2. adv. $25 at door. Info/tickets 233- Fri. Oct. 17 - noon to 6 p.m., Sat. Carol Taylor. Decide whether the CAREGIVERS WANTED in Brussels 8699, or 569-4821. Oct. 18 9 a.m. to noon. figures are inside or outside. Oct. (Belgium) close to universities. FROSTY'S FAIR BAZAAR Sat. Nov. WORLD WALK, Oct. 19 starts 10 24 - Nov. 4 at World Mosaic, 767 Free room & board in nice apt. to 8, 9:30 - 2:30 , nearly-new clothes, a.m. at RMOC HQ Lisgar St., 8 km Bank St. student or woman, companion to a handcrafts, bake table, silent auc- walk/roller blade route, displays & WANTED healthy, elderly lady (82). French tibn & more. Trinity Anglican entertainment. Call 232-3569 ext. PARKING SPACE, close to Bronson. speaking, help in meal prep'n, days Church, 1230 Bank St. 247. Deborah 234-2399. free. Call Christiane, days 233- FALL RUMMAGE SALE, Glebe St. SOUTHSIDE PRESCHOOL now reg- USED BIKE TRAILER with stroller 3252 or evgs 730-1277. James United Church, 650 Lyon St., istering 2, 3, 4, or 5 mornings a attachment, 730-2494. Sat. Oct. 18, 9 12. * UNFURNISHED 1 OR 2 BR apt. in HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION - week; 9 - 11:30 a.m.; 2 afternoons a Glebe by looking for paid telephoners to find * CHESS WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN week; 1-3:30 p.m. Southminster mature prof. woman (w. volunteers for February campaign. starts mid Oct. lessons from chess- Church 730-5819. car & cat), non-smoking only, 234- 1495. Evening work from home, Nov. - Jan. master Peter Ferguson; rated/ ca- BLOOD DONOR CLINICS at 85 sual chess games. LITTE TIKES WORKBENCH in good Call Judy 733-2096. Knowledge of Plymouth, Mondays 12:30 - 8, chess basics condition. Call Liane 563-0571. req'd. Info: Rochelle Tuesdays 9 - 5 or by appointment Handelman at 234-4032 (h) or 951- 236-0199. 8388 (w).

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Fall Workshops The Glebe Community Centre still has Fall Flea Market space for their excellent workshops! Don't be disappointed, register today 18 or call 564-1058! Saturday, October 1000 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. *Adult Pottery Workshops * Family Holiday Craft Workshops * Family Holiday Baking FREE ADMISSION! HALLOWE'EN PARTY 542 YEARS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. For further information, please call 564-1058 Games, haunted house, fortune telling, delicious treats & much more!! (Tables are still available - register today!)

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