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Glabar Gazette Spring 2020 Page 3 Spring 2020 Glabar Gazette Thank you to the office of Councillor Theresa Kavanagh for We are all in this together printing this edition. A message from the Glabar Park Community Alliance It’s difficult to reflect on season at the Kingsmere change. The City of the past few months, or Rink, where lead operators Ottawa has announced plan even a few weeks Adam Norman and Curtis that the Spring Giveaway into the future, when a Thorne had a core group of Weekend will not take global pandemic has us volunteers to keep things place in June, so the Save the date all very much focused on running smoothly. At Great Glabar Park Garage the present. The Alliance Winter Fun Day, residents Sale is postponed, too. Summer Fun Day decided to go ahead with enjoyed horse-drawn sleigh But we also want to Community spirit writ large – in chalk. LAURA NEVILLE/GLABAR PARK. Saturday, August 15 our Spring newsletter—we rides. We’re also seeing Kingsmere Park report some positives: we produce and publish the small steps towards 2074 Benjamin Ave are hearing stories of Glabar Gazette twice a improving traffic along the Stay connected to your community neighbours helping Annual General Meeting year— because we want to Carling and Woodroffe neighbours and residents The Glabar Park Here is the 2019/2020 Lopez and Siobhan Theresa Kavanagh, of the Glabar Park keep communication with corridor. doing what they can to Community Alliance is a Board of Directors: Quinlan-Steele. publishes a weekly Community Alliance the community open group of volunteers that newsletter at Tuesday, October 6 We’ve highlighted the date support our essential Trent Gray-Donald To keep up on the latest during this organizes special events, www.baywardbulletin.ca. Ottawa Seventh Day for the Summer Fun Day workers, whether it be (President), Adam Norman community news, Adventist Building B unprecedented time. operates the Kingsmere You can also request to and the possibility of a new beating pots and pans on (Vice-President), Robert bookmark our website, 2200 Benjamin Ave We did our best to Park rink and represents join The Glabarhood name for Kingsmere Park. their porches or sewing Sladden (Secretary), Steve www.glabarpark.ca, like capture a good few the community on local group on Facebook—a Of course, with the COVID- masks. Let’s keep those Aubry (Treasurer), Berny the Glabar Park central place to post months in Glabar Park. initiatives. We also keep 19 situation as it stands, good things going. Latreille, Ben Dennerley, Community Alliance page relevant neighbourhood- We had an amazing residents informed of these are subject to Curtis Thorne, Janice on Facebook, or reach us related messages. proposals, actions and Vriend, Josh Zuckerbrot, by email at decisions that could Mohammed Zaid, [email protected]. affect the neighbourhood. Traffic along the Carling and Woodroffe corridor Rebecca Spence, Rocio Bay Ward’s city councillor, The Carling Woodroffe Assessments are currently the City’s transportation Rescue Coalition is calling conducted on a one-off and traffic management These ducks missed the memo on physical distancing. SARA LEE/GLABAR PARK. for a comprehensive basis, the group says, and divisions, the Coalition traffic study that takes are missing the overall presented some small into account recent impact that the sum of alterations that could Inside this issue: development projects and these projects could have improve the situation in ensures resident safety is on local traffic. There are the short-term. They also DID YOU KNOW? Renaming Kingsmere 2 a major consideration in already considerable proposed a major change Park the approval process. spillover problems, most that would require action GLABAR comes from two family notably at Fairlawn and from the National Capital names, "Glatt" and "Achbar". A short but sweet season 2 Formed in response to the Lenester, with motorists Commission but could Glabar Park was built in the late at the Kingsmere Rink redevelopment proposal detouring through ultimately re-route a 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s—much of it for the northwest corner neighbourhoods that have significant amount of Fun days ahead… we 3 of Carling and Woodroffe, a high density of schools, traffic away from the area. by a firm called Glabar Realty that hope! the Coalition includes seniors, and pedestrian was founded by businessmen E. representatives from the and bicycle traffic. Ideas were put on the Meyer Glatt and A.L Achbar. Celebrating 60 years on 3 Woodroffe North, table for City staff to Benjamin Avenue Carlingwood, Woodpark, In a videoconference on consider and follow-up on. Glabar Park and April 7 with Bay Ward Solutions will take time, Stay connected to your 4 Whitehaven community Councillor Theresa but the group says they’re community associations. Kavanagh and staff from in it for the long haul. Page 2 Glabar Gazette Spring 2020 Page 3 Renaming Kingsmere Park Fun days ahead… Bay Ward Councillor the number of women we hope! Theresa Kavanagh is who run and are elected On Saturday, January 25, working on a project to to office. Her office also the Glabar Park rename Kingsmere Park to noted that there are “very Community Alliance honour Ottawa’s third few parks in the city hosted the annual Winter female mayor. Jacquelin named after women.” Holzman was the Fun Day at Kingsmere councillor for Richmond There is already an Park. It was an afternoon Ward (now Bay Ward) from application before the of horse-drawn sleigh 1982 to 1991, then City to rename the rides, crafts, skating and served as mayor from Harmer Pedestrian Bridge marshmallow toasting. 1991 to 1997. She is a in Kitchissippi after Ms. Volunteers served up hot former resident of Glabar Holzman, in recognition dogs and hot chocolate, Park and still has family in of her community service and Bridgehead provided the neighbourhood. and advocacy work. the coffee. Celebrating 60 years on Benjamin Avenue Councillor Kavanagh wrote Lorry Greenberg Park, on Be sure to join us for the It started with a post on “I bet you have a lot to 18. The Ottawa winters in an Ottawa Citizen op-ed Castlewood Avenue, is Summer iteration on The Glabarhood Facebook share about our surprised them and they earlier this year that one of also named for a former Saturday, August 15 group announcing a neighborhood,” one wrote. eventually coaxed some in the biggest gaps in Ottawa mayor who lived (weather and public milestone. Ricarda her family to move to municipal politics remains on Lenester Avenue. When asked for her health developments Thierfeldt’s daughter wrote warmer climates. But reaction to these permitting). By popular that her mother had lived Thierfeldt married and Her office also noted that there messages, Thierfeldt demand, the Alliance is in the same house on settled here, adapting to admits, “I didn’t know my are “very few parks in the city planning to bring back Benjamin Avenue for 60 the cold by embracing daughter wrote that.” named after women.” Mighty Molecules, a years and would love to winter activities like skiing. bouncy castle and connect with her But she was happy to Her own children learned A short but sweet season at the Kingsmere Rink complimentary ice cream. neighbours online. connect by phone with the to skate and swim at Fun days are great ways Glabar Gazette and share community rinks and pools. In response, many Glabar The 2020 rink season was on hold when outdoor wouldn’t usually have consider signing up for to meet new neighbours. some memories that way. Park residents shared their Thierfeldt had the same short but amazing, with temperatures crept up. supervised hours. In next season. Keeping the For more details, visit street address and number Thierfeldt moved with her next door neighbours for the majority of volunteers After freezing rain and comparison, there were fieldhouse open is a www.glabarpark.ca closer of years in the community. husband and daughter to 43 years and they were like returning from previous snowfall hit during the 1158 skaters logged in requirement for the City to the event date. years. While several first week of January 2019 and 694 skaters of Ottawa to provide the Glabar Park in 1960 and family. Her daughter still individuals pitched in ad 2020, volunteers logged in 2018. (See the boards, lights and other the subdivision was far lives in Ottawa but keeps in hoc, special thanks are powered through difficult table on page 3 for more equipment for the rink. Rink recap by the numbers from complete. touch with childhood due to those regulars who conditions to clear both stats). This is also a great “But there were so many friends who’ve since Jan. 5 to Feb. 22, 2020 made our community rink rink surfaces and the opportunity for students young families – so many moved away. “Her friends possible: Adam, Curtis, first day of skating was Rink opens and closes for skating. live in Kingston and While the time and work requiring community children,” she recalls. Andy, Ben, Christian, January 5, 2020. of the 2020 volunteers service hours. Days the rink was closed due to weather, repairs 12 When her daughter started Vancouver now, but they Elaine, Jeff, Krista, Lucas, are greatly appreciated, or other unfavourable conditions. school, there were four had a such wonderful time Michelle, Stephanie and The City of Ottawa there were still a few Contact Adam Norman at kindergarten classes at D. here.” Ted. THANK YOU TO requires community rink days that a lack of [email protected], or Hours, on average, that the rink was open and 25 EVERYONE for your operators to record the volunteers meant the by phone/text at supervised per week.
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