THE OSCAR www.BankDentistry.com 613.241.1010 The Ottawa South Community Association Review l The Community Voice Year 44, No. 10 October 2016

Brewer Pond Naturalization: 25 YearsSee Story on OnPage 5

PHOTO BY TOM ALFÖLDI. COMMUNITY CALENDAR Sat, Oct.1st-9th, 9:00-16:00 Annual Biology Butterfly Show, Carleton Sunday University Nesbitt Building October 2 Sat, Oct. 1, 10:00 - 12:00 Workshop on the Ecology of Brewer Pond, 11am-2pm Brewer Park at Windsor Park Sat, Oct. 1, 19:00 Concert “Café Piaf Encore!” Southminster Sun, Oct. 2, 11:00 - 14:00 OSCA Fall Fest at Windsor Park Wed, Oct. 5, 12:00 Doors Open for Music (DOFM), Bach’s Sinfonias, Southminster Sat, Oct. 8, 19:00 Concert “Cosmopolitan Bach” Fall FestBest Soup, Jam, Pie, Southminster Bread & Preserve Contest! Wed, Oct. 12, 12:00 DOFM Hubbard’s Cupboard, Southminster (bring to the park by noon) BBQ, Pumpkin Sales, Raffles Sat, Oct. 15, 10:00 - 14:00 Flowering Rush Removal with RVCA and Bouncy Slide (courtesy of Tracey Arnett), City Stream Watch, Brewer Park & more! See www.oldottawasouth.ca for details. Sat, Oct.15, 16:30 Music at Trinity “Five Mystical Songs” and “Songs of Travel” Sat, Oct. 15, 19:00 Concert “Ken Harper Trio” Southminster Sun, Oct. 16, 9:00 - 12:00 OSCA Cardboard Challenge, Firehall Mon, Oct. 17, 19:00 Meeting of the OOS Garden Club, “Don’t Stop Yet—Fall Tasks” Firehall FCPEGRCTV[ Wed, Oct.19, 12:00 DOFM Songs Of Autumn, Southminster Fri, Oct. 21, 19:00 Sofya Gulyak in Concert, Southminster 5CVWTFC[ Sat, Oct. 22, 19:00 Concert “Eru-Era Funk” Southminster 1EVQDGT Wed, Oct. 26, 12:00 DOFM Miniatures And A Monolith, RORO Southminster Fri, Oct. 28, 19:00 - 21:00 Howloween Party, Wag &, FGXGPVQRGPVQVJQUG  VKEMGVU 3WKPPņU#$%$TGY Sat, October 29, 19:00 Concert “Heavenly Händel” Southminster /QLQ2JQVQ$QQVJ Sat, Oct. 29, 20:00 - 23:30 OSCA Hallowe’en dance party, Firehall 6JG1NF(KTGJCNN 5WPP[UKFG#XG Sat, Oct 29, 21:00 GOOD2GO Rock N Roll Halloween Bash, 6KEMGVU+PHQCV House Of TARG YYYQNFQVVCYCUQWVJEC To see the latest listings, go to the online calendar at www.oldottawasouth.ca Page 2 The OSCAR l October 2016

NEWS Porch Sale

Throughout Old Ottawa South many treasures, bargains and even items John and David Osborne take a moment to relax during sales on Seneca free for the taking could be found during this year’s annual Porch Sale. Street. PHOTOS BY ED KUCERAK

(Above and below) Bargain hunters comb through boxes and bins in search of the best deals throughout Old Ottawa South.

Many free items could be found throughout the community. The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 3

NEWS Clambake 2016 – To bake or Not to Bake?

PHOTOS BY TOM ALFÖLDI. By Cindy MacGloghlin cast. partook in the scavenger hunt, played Which just goes to show, the most The kids were certainly not phased. soccer and continued the tradition of important ingredient in the clambake That was certainly the question on “I love this weather for the clam- trying to build the largest possible is not the fire or even the food, it is September 17th, the date of the 38th bake,” my daughter exclaimed. “It’s glowstick necklace. the people (and, okay, maybe the annual Brighton Beach Clambake so much fun to play in the rain!” Despite the valiant efforts of the tarp). when 20mm of rain was in the fore- So, as the heavens opened, the kids fire crew, we decided, for the first Thanks to everyone who volun- time in over 10 years, to abandon the teered their time to make it another fire. But we still welcomed lots of success. And a special thanks to new neighbours and chatted to old Panago, Life of Pie and House of ones over clams, sausages, corn and TARG, all of whom donated prizes beans to the background music of for the scavenger hunt. Russell Levia. See you next year, rain or shine!

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NEWS Marcel Belanger, Gardener By Bruce Grant the Printing Bureau and I worked there for 35 years. Inky fingers at “I like to see things grow; it all first, management jobs later on. started when I was eight years old. For twelve years I had a catering We lived in Saint-Ulric-de-Matane business too. It’s not just gardening ; on the Gaspé Coast and we had I like to cook and serve and I like to a big kitchen garden. Mostly we eat too!” grew roots, - carrots, beets, turnips, Asked about the hat, Marcel potatoes, - like that, and we put them switches into Spanish as he tells me in our cold cellar for the winter. about his travels in Cuba, Mexico When I was eight, my parents gave and Spain. An adventurous traveller, me a corner of the garden and told he has figured out, as I have, that me to take care of it. If you don’t you don’t have to be fluent in every grow, you don’t eat.” language; with your first two or three My meeting with Marcel is at the hundred words you can go anywhere Brewer Park Community Garden and meet the people straight on. He where I’m doing a small construction likes to go. project and Marcel is tending his Marcel is eighty years old, married gardens for some hours every day. to an anglophone for fifty years. “I’m So, I see him regularly and I see a here in the garden for three or four story that should be shared. Marcel hours every day. If I spent all that “How is that they say, a busy mind is a sane mind. I don’t know if I’m sane, is also the President of the garden’s time sitting at home, I don’t think I but I’m busy.” Marcel Belanger, accountant, printer, caterer, gardener, world Association. would be married fifty years!” traveller. PHOTO BY BRUCE GRANT “We have private plots here for “How is that they say, a busy families and plots for donations. We mind is a sane mind. I don’t know if donate to the Centretown Emergency I’m sane, but I’m busy.” Brewer Park Community Garden Food Centre and to the May Court Marcel Belanger, accountant, Hospice on Cameron Avenue, printer, caterer, gardener, world (BPCG) is seeking help to file our carrots, beets, turnips, potatoes and traveller. taxes for 2014/15 tomatoes. Last year we gave away 132 kilos.” Bruce Grant, retired Engineer, “I started out as an accountant, Layabout, is a resident of Old BPCG is a non-profit corporation (T2). but that only lasted six months. Too Ottawa South Any assistance would be much appreciated. boring: credit, debit, blah blah blah, Contact us at: sitting at a desk all day; I went to [email protected] Retired? Semi-Retired? This Is Would You Like To Try Singing? For You! Join Voca Sol, Ottawa’s Daytime Choir in Old Ottawa South! with Choir Mistress Extraordinaire Lee Hayes! Music and community can improve your health, and extend your life. Singing is one of the best stress reducers, and this choir is FUN! Be creative within the safety of numbers, and with the guidance of a well-rounded and experienced teacher. Lots of camaraderie and laughs! No musical training necessary; Voca Sol is taught by ear. About Voca Sol And Where: Voca Sol is a daytime choir of about 35+ people. We meet every Thursday from 1:30-3:00 pm at the Wesleyan church, corner of Sunnyside and Grosvenor. The repertoire is a mix of Folk, Jazz, and Gospel, with a few surprises thrown in! You can join anytime. It's pretty casual, and we have a social aspect as well. There's no need to be able to read music, but scores are available. Because a lot of our members are seniors, the attendance is a bit more relaxed than most choirs. We learn new songs all the time, so it's easy to jump in. It usually takes about 2-3 months to catch up with the songs in circulation, and I provide mp3s to help you learn at home. Just show up on any Thursday to check us out. The only ‘audition’ is just to see what your range is, or if you are tone-deaf (rare occurrence). If you like what you see and hear, then join us! About Lee: Lee Hayes is an award-winning songwriter, and CFMA nominee. You may remember her from her Malaika and Cantarra days; two all-female vocal groups from the Ottawa region. Lee is a Master harmony arranger and Ottawa’s premiere vocal instructor. Contact: [email protected] • www.LeeHayes.ca The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 5

Brewer Pond Naturalization: 25 Years On PHOTO BY TOM ALFÖLDI.

By John Bond the Pond. You can see a couple of old ment site by an organization called along the inner city stretch of the bicycles and what may be a shopping Capital Region ReLeaf. Some of the Rideau. All thanks to the vision of You walk down the path through cart sticking out above the surface of tree planters brought their kids with the people of Ottawa South. Brewer Park, along the side of the the water. There’s one small stand of them. Some of those kids now have After twenty-five years, it’s time to Tennis Club by the soccer field. Up smallish trees on the far side of the kids of their own. (Maybe it’s time tip our hats to ourselves for a job well ahead is the rise formed by the flood Pond, and beyond the Pavilion, one for some more plantings?) done. Hidden in a little corner of our control dyke that went in the early or two little specimen trees. Other Over the years since, thousands of neighbourhood sits one of the over- 1980s. To your right you can see the than that, not much but a forgotten trees have been planted in the Pond looked treasures in the city. A spot baseball diamonds in the distance. and under-utilized wasteland. Shame area. It was recognized by the City surrounded by urban development You’re approaching the pump-house really. as the hub of its Greenways program where we can go and stroll, listen to now. Climbing the rise to the top of and received a substantial grant from bird song, catch the occasional scent the dyke. That’s the way it was in 1990. By the Federal Government in 2000 as a of sweetgrass and listen to the rustle You look down towards the Pond the fall of 1991, things had begun to Millenium Project. of the wind through the trees. and the River beyond. The first thing change. In September, the Environ- More important than this though, All in all, better than a hardscrab- you see is a barren, dry and dusty ment Committee of the Community was the incredible commitment of ble parking lot and scorched lawn I parking lot. A faint scent of gaso- Association (ECOS) undertook the local folks to transform the area into think. It’s a pretty special spot. Go line wafts up from the few transport first of what turned into a decade of the lush, wildlife friendly stretch take a walk around the Pond. Maybe trucks parked there. The hard-packed plantings and naturalization proj- of the Rideau River corridor it now we can even think about a bit more sand and gravel. ects. In this first planting, almost a is. Home to waterfowl and beavers, planting. It would be nice to get a The whole area is scorched, mowed hundred local residents pitched in to songbirds, hawks and snapping brand new generation involved. lawn extending all the way around plant a variety of indigenous trees turtles, the Brewer Pond is now an and shrubs rescued from a develop- important natural zone and habitat Tree Fest Ottawa Fall Tree Festival - Until October 15th - at Brewer Park By Christine Earnshaw Tree Fest Ottawa Fall Tree Festival Why Brewer Park? festival, visit: www.treefestottawa. The festival brings people together Brewer Park is a special and org Trees are an invaluable part of to celebrate trees and connect people unique place in the city. The Christine Earnshaw is a co-founder our city. They are essential to our to urban nature. It is being held over park is surrounded by vibrant of Tree Fest Ottawa health and the biodiversity that the course of six Saturdays from neighbourhoods as well as Carleton enriches our environment. However, September 10th to October 15th. University. There are many special trees in Ottawa, as in other cities, The festival includes guided walks, features in the park, including the are under threat from invasive presentations, photography exhibits, community garden and biodome, species, urban intensification and kids’ activities, food and drink greenspace for recreation, and indifference. The City of Ottawa is vendors and more. Each Saturday the Rideau River. The festival is currently developing an Urban Forest is organized by theme so that the taking place in the vicinity around Management Plan to better protect activities planned for the particular Brewer Pond, which was restored the city’s urban forest. Several day have a common thread. October in the last couple of years and has organizations and citizens’ groups are 1st is Ecology Day and one of the been transformed into a flourishing working endlessly to protect existing main attractions is a workshop on wetland. The location fosters trees and plant additional ones. As the ecology of Brewer Pond led relaxation and nature appreciation. a way to address the issues facing by staff from the Rideau Valley By programming activities, trees and to support ongoing efforts Conservation Authority. Workshop workshops, art displays, etc., the to promote a healthy urban forest, participants will be encouraged to park becomes a large outdoor a group of friends came together get right into the pond (with chest classroom and play area for people in 2015 to form Tree Fest Ottawa, waders) to net fish as a means to to visit, share knowledge and better a community-based initiative to assess fish stocks. October 8th is appreciate the benefits of the urban celebrate trees and inspire citizens Health Day and Earth Day Canada, forest, greenspace and connecting to to take action to create a greener, one of our partner organizations, will nature. healthier city. be setting up an enormous Pop-Up For more information about In September 2015, Tree Fest Adventure Play area with “loose Tree Fest Ottawa and the fall tree Ottawa produced its first large- parts” - tires, cardboard boxes scale outdoor photography exhibit and other materials to foster featuring images and perspectives unstructured, outdoor, creative A bridge of opportunity of eight people ‘tree specialists’. play. On October 15th, festival The exhibit was displayed outdoors goers can join in to plant trees, Morning & Lunch Preschool Program remove invasive species from at Lansdowne Park for two weeks. ages 2.5 to 4 years Alongside the exhibit, there were the pond and connect with tree- a few workshops, guided walks, focused organizations working a concert, a film screening and a to protect and enhance our Afterschool Program speaker event. The mini ‘festival’ urban forest. Admission to the children 4 to 11 years was well received, which motivated festival is free, and we hope to us to plan an even bigger festival this attract people from all parts of ______…children learning through active investigation. year. the city to learn about trees and enjoy themselves in a beautiful 63 Evelyn Ave. (off Main St. near Pretoria Bridge) natural setting. www.rainbowkidschool.ca Tel: 613-235-2255 Page 6 The OSCAR l October 2016

CHRISTY’S CORNER Fall Happenings By Christy Savage, OSCA together and get creative. us to achieve our goals. Executive Director Led, and originally envisioned by Our Board of twenty, as well as Rebekka Roy, OSCA’s International our seven Committees and five Cardboard Challenge is run in part- Sub Committees, keep things like: Fall is upon us and we’re excited nership with The Imagine Founda- Communications, Programming, about a number of very important tion, in inviting children and families After 4, Planning and Zoning, Traf- community events. all over the globe to use recycled ma- fic and Safety and Finance running terials, cardboard and a little imagi- smoothly. Everyone has something to Fall Fest Sunday October 2nd, 11:00 nation to build something amazing. offer and it is in our collaborative ap- am-2:00 pm at Windsor Park We’ve had some really intricate and proach that we are able to grow and Every year Brenda Lee leads a people together. exciting projects in the past. And we strengthen as an organization. This number of our wonderful Special Running an event is very detailed invite you to join us. Space is limited helps us to continue to strive to meet Events Committee volunteers in and we couldn’t do so without having so please remember to register for community need. planning and organizing our annual established clear guidelines and task this free event online. We are always open to new com- Fall Fest. This is one of OSCA’s lists. Brenda Lee has been a driv- mittee members and excited by the largest and most popular events with ing force behind that. In December Volunteering in our community- ideas and knowledge that each new an obstacle course, barbecue, raffle, Brenda will be stepping down as the OSCA needs you. volunteer brings. Please consider live music and more. Please refer to Chair of the Special Events Commit- Canada is one of the international joining one of our committees. I’m the article in this month’s paper, by tee in order to give someone else a leaders in Volunteerism; a tradition happy to provide more information Brenda Lee, about the event for more chance to provide strong leadership of which we can be proud. Moreover, and introductions. Feel free to email details. And don’t forget to bring and support to this very engaged and our community is one that is very ac- me directly at osca@oldottawasouth. your best soup, jam, bread, pie or dynamic group. This is a call out to tive in giving back. From individuals ca preserve to our competition. any of you out there who want to (some of whom OSCA was able to One Committee I did not mention meet great people, and join a dynam- honour at this year’s AGM) to groups is the Special Events Committee. International Cardboard Chal- ic and very fun group either to assist like the Windsor Pups, The Green Chaired by Brenda Lee, the commit- lenge- Sunday October 16th 9:00 with running events, lead events, or Dreamers, The Committee for Refu- tee has a number of sub-committees am-noon to consider Chairing the Committee. gee Sponsorship and many more. who work very hard to run over 12 For our 5th year running, this event Please contact me for more informa- Volunteerism is also behind much of events every year. Our goal is to is a great way for families to get tion [email protected]. what makes OSCA special, and helps strengthen the community and bring

OSCA PRESIDENT’S REPORT Traffic Safety

By Linda Hancock, Our neighbouring communities are OSCA’s Traffic & Safety Committee. OSCA President becoming busier too – and, as such, As the City of Ottawa continues to we seem to have significantly more encourage more people to walk and traffic passing through, and within, cycle to the core of the city, we all As I write this column it is almost our community. have a role to play in keeping people mid-September and it still feels like With the children back to school, safe. The tragic death of Nusrat summer during the day. In the early our community comes alive just Jahan, age 23, while cycling along morning and evenings, the little bit before 9:00am and after 3:30pm. the Laurier bike lane was a sombre of coolness in the air begins to tell a The time that the children are head- reminder that life can change in a rules of the road when we are cy- different story. Once again, the glori- ing to or from school, and off to second. It also brought back memo- cling, walking or wheeling. We need ous, warm summer days will be left after school activities, seems to ries of another sad and tragic death to encourage the City to design our behind and the beautiful fall colours be at roughly the same time as the a little closer to home. Old Ottawa streets so that they are safer for all. will surround us. rush hours begin. In a recent survey South resident, Meg Dussault, 56, We need to pay attention to what One of the great things about being conducted by OSCA, the participants was killed in a very similar accident other cities do – especially cities that in a central community like Old Ot- listed traffic volumes and pedestrian on July 30th, 2013. Our thoughts go are considered safer than ours. We tawa South is that the changing of the safety as a major concern that OSCA out to the family of Ms. Jahan as they can adopt a “Vision Zero” policy – a seasons doesn’t seem to change our needs to continue to address. The deal with their loss and to the fam- worldwide movement that considers activity patterns all that much. The most significant contributing factors ily of Ms. Dussault who must go on all traffic fatalities and serious inju- people of our neighbourhood always were identified as cars running red without her. ries to be preventable. The premise seem to be out and about – perhaps lights, traffic congestion and speed- Safety truly begins with all of us. is that the only acceptable number of because we can walk, cycle and ing. If traffic and safety is a topic of We can slow down and be aware traffic deaths and serious injuries is wheel to lots of great places. With interest/concern to you, please feel of our surroundings while we are 0 – a very good vision for all to work the completion of Lansdowne, we free to contact me at President@ driving. We can be aware of cyclists towards. have a steady flow of traffic coming oldottawasouth.ca and I will put you and pedestrians and give them the Enjoy the fall in Old Ottawa South and going from all parts of Ottawa. in touch with Brian Ure, Chair of space they need. We can follow the and stay safe!

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OSCA A Dangerous Business By Brenda Lee-Heilmann pro and con list, I just showed up and punches, rally from failures, rejoice join. Take that step out your front was voted in. in successes, I found my voice (in door...that is the moral. “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, I knew nothing, and I mean noth- many, many ways), found myself, The Special Events Committee going out your door. You step onto ing, about what I was signing up found friends and community and has need more than ever for new the road, and if you don’t keep your for. I didn’t speak for the first four a place to expand my horizons and members. Three members who have feet, there’s no knowing where you months, I listened to them talk about stretch what I thought myself ca- contributed for many events and might be swept off to.” Robert’s Rules of Order and won- pable of. The memories I have of years are stepping down…a big thank J.R.R. Tolkien dered to myself who this “Robert” these years are beyond value, the you to Ilona Peltz, Nancy Brunet and was. But slowly I learned, I spoke people I have met and worked with a very big thank you to Julia Moren- This is a true story, (all the best ones up, I found a place for myself and and served are innumerable, and the cy who has never lived in OOS but are), of a young woman who joined a realized that I would never care about changes that happened to the young loves it enough to have been a part of group and found more than she was bylaws, and infill, and zoning the woman I once was are beyond mea- special events for over 12 years. looking for, changed, grew and be- way I probably should, and that was sure. I have a sense of self that I did I will be stepping down as Chair of came an older woman with memories ok. I could contribute to program- not have before and I know that these the Special Events Committee, will to last a lifetime. ming and special events and fundrais- years of volunteering are part of what still be a member of the committee, Yes, that woman is me and 18 and ing. The Board was big enough to shaped that. but will be leading fewer events and half years ago, I had what Dr. Phil encompass all kinds of people and all So, what is the moral of the story? lessening my role. New adventures describes as a “Life Changing Mo- kinds of interests, and we each had …for there always is one. and experiences call to me and I must ment”. Many of you know this story, an important role to play. I wasn’t The moral of the story is simple: away. but for those who don’t… read on. always on the Board (I have joined, giving to others is wonderful in that Much like Bilbo Baggins handing My friend Anne Marie Corbett quit and rejoined four times… just it changes not only your community the ring to Frodo, our stories of Spe- called me up one afternoon and said call me Celine Dion), but I have but also you. Join a group, make a cial Events have begun to fade and to me: “Hey, the OSCA Board has always been involved in some way change, take a chance; it benefits you it is time for a new story. Will it be two spots still open, the AGM is with Special Events or Programming. and your neighbours more than you yours to tell??? Contact osca@oldot- tonight, we should join.” In a fit of To say it has been wonderful all the can even begin to imagine. Don’t be tawasouth.ca to find out how you can spontaneity that was, and still is, very time would be a lie, but to say it has hindered by second thoughts, pro and become a part of the new chapter of unlike me (and very un-hobbit like I been life changing would not. I have con lists, worries of your inability to the OSCA Special Events Story. might add), I said “Sure, let’s do it.” learned organizational skills, how to be useful. Join for an hour, join for With no forethought, no research, no juggle things, how to roll with the one event, join for many events, but

Fall Fest is Sunday, Oct. 2nd at Windsor Park PHOTO BY ALESSANDRO FABBRI, WHITE LASH PHOTOGRAPHY

Thanks to OSCAR’s many volunteer writers and distributors for helping get the news By Brenda Lee-Heilmann selection of games to try out for kids of all ages. There will be both family I have always loved the fall season, friendly games, and games for those to you! but this year especially I embrace the interested in more challenging fare. The OSCAR is a self-supporting newspaper, thoughts of cool nights, bright co- And of course, the food contests, loured leaves, blue skies and warm, the ever popular and competitive paid for entirely by advertising, and reliant on cozy sweaters. This summer I felt food contests with amazing prizes volunteer contributors and distributors. quite a bit like the Abominable Snow donated by local businesses. Man in the Bugs Bunny cartoons This year we will have categories Thanks to the Dairy Queen for exclaiming ” Sheesh, it’s hot out”, of Best Soup (meat and vegetarian), while I wiped the sweat off my drip- Best Pie, Best Jam, Best Bread and contributing to our community through ping forehead. Best Preserve. Please bring your its support of the many Of course the other reason I em- entries to the park by noon, clearly brace the season is the annual OSCA labeled. If bringing soup please bring OSCAR volunteers. Fall Fest. This year it will be held on a full pot for us to hand out to others Sunday, Oct. 2nd from 11-2 at Wind- and also please remember that we sor Park. will have burners so you can bring With a bouncy obstacle course do- your pot cold if you like and we will nated by Tracy Arnett, live music by heat it up. Darcy Middaugh, games, scavenger Judging takes place at 12:30. hunts, BBQ, raffle prizes, Yummy Planning is still taking place as I Cookies treats, crafts, face painting write this article; so don’t be sur- and more, it is going to be a very fun prised if there is even more to see on day. the day. New this year join the “To Die For See you on Oct. 2nd where we will Games” crew as they offer demos all gather in our warm sweaters, and Dairy Queen, 1272 Bank Street of some of the newest, and most fun bring in the fall. 738-7146 games out there. They will have a Page 8 The OSCAR l October 2016

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ZONE B2: Craig Piche (Coordinator), Pat Eakins, Hayley Atkinson, Leslie David Chernushenko, City Councillor 613-580-2487 Roster, Sandra Garland, John Callan, Diana Carr, Caitlin. ([email protected]) ZONE C1: Laura Johnson (Coordinator), the Williams family, Josh Rahaman, Main Number (24 hrs) for all departments 3-1-1 Jesper Lindeberg, Declan and Darcy McCoy, Bruce Grant, and the Woroniuk- Community Police - non-emergencies 613-236-1222 Ryan family, Bryan and Anneka Dallin O’Grady, David Fisher. Emergencies only 9-1-1 ZONE C2: Craig Piche (Coordinator), Alan McCullough, Charles and Phillip Serious Crimes 613-230-6211 Kijek, Kit Jenkin, Michel and Christina Bridgeman, Melissa Johnson, Ottawa Hydro 613-738-6400 the Littlewood Family. Streetlight Problems (burned out, always on, flickering) 3-1-1 ZONE D1: Mary Hill (Coordinator), Emily Keys, Gail Stewart, Gabe Brewer Pool 613-247-4938 Teramura, Oliver and Claire Waddington, the Sprott family, Joan-Foster Jones. Brewer Arena 613-247-4917 ZONE D2: Janet Drysdale (Coordinator), Caitlin, the Adriaanse family, Anna City of Ottawa web site - www.city.ottawa.on.ca Chernushenko, Jacqueline Littlewood, the Rand family, Aidan and Willem Ray, the Stewart family, and Mary Hill. ZONE E1: Brian Tansey (Coordinator), Karen Wolfe and Curt Labond, Norah INDEX Hutchinson, Steve Adamson, the Sanger/O’Neil family, Robert Trotter. ZONE E2: Mary-Ann and Jim Kent, Glen Elder and Lorraine Stewart, the OSCA 2,6,7 Hunter family, the Brodkin-Haas family, Allan Paul, Christina Bradley, MUSIC 14-16 Caroline Calvert, Larry Ostler, Chris Berry and Frida Kolster Berry. ZONE F1: Carol and Ferg O’Connor (Coordinator), Jenny O’Brien, the Stern POLITICAL 11-13 family, Ellen Bailie, Paloma and Liliana Ruiz, Peter Kemp, Malachi Winter, the Goutte family (Joshua, Leo and Alina), Walter and Robbie Engert. FILM 20 ZONE F2: Pierre Guevremont (Coordinator), Paulette Theriault, Torin and SECOND THOUGHTS 25 Konstantine Assal, Judy and Pierre Chamberland, Luc and Sydney Grenier, Mary Johnston, the Walker Family, the Polkinghorne Family, The Kushner FOOD 28 Family. ZONE G: Larry Ostler (Coordinator), Cindy MacLoghlin, Bernard and POETRY 29 Simon, Luke and Robin Eriksson, Gillian Hurd, Joanne Monaghan, Susan LIBRARY 32,33 McMaster, Steve Mennill. AROUND TOWN 33 Echo Drive: Alex Bissel. Bank Street-Ottawa South: Tom Lawson, Paula Archer. MARKETPLACE 36 Bank Street-Glebe: Larry Ostler. CLASSY ADS 36 Other: Maya. The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 9

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The OSCAR welcomes letters on subjects of interest to the community or in response to previous articles. All letters must disclose the name of the writer, as well as their address. Letters may be edited for length, clarity, and libelous statements. The opinions of the writers are not necessarily those of the newspaper or its editor. Email your letters to [email protected]

Re: Mayor’s Report- Lansdowne Park

To the Editor,

In his September 2016 column, Mayor Watson criticizes those city councillors who were critics of the Lansdowne project for showing up to have their picture taken at its grand opening. The mayor is being uncharitable. The joke in my circles is that he would attend the opening of a letter if he knew there would be cameras on hand. He is the last person who should criticize anyone for appearing at a photo op.

Sincerely, Dennis Gruending

MCCOY’S MUSINGS Digitization of The OSCAR is Done

By Brendan McCoy

The digitization of the OSCAR archive is complete. More than 30 years of community look. Choose a year at random. newspapers beginning in Choose the year you were born, 1974, previously only partially or the year you moved to this available, or not at all unless community. The papers are full Brokers Diane Allingham & Jennifer Stewart 613-725-1171 you physically took them out of surprises. Looking through the of the storage boxes. Almost papers I found a local academic 240 issues, comprising more had written a story for the paper than 6500 pages (including as a child, and another article OSCA program guides) have by an old university friend. been digitally photographed and See what you can find at www. made into PDFs. That is a lot of oldottawasouth.ca/oscar/oscar- fascinating community history. archive. I encourage everyone to have a

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NEWS Carleton-River Footbridge Design Funded Hog’s Back Bridge. “The project also includes the design for a new pathway adjacent to the Trillium Line [O-Train] between the anticipated eastern landing point, the NCC’s Eastern Rideau River Pathway, and the Confederation Heights employment node,” says Samuel Roberts of the city’s trans- portation planning branch. “This would provide a great route for cyclists getting from Heron Park or Sawmill Creek to Carleton Uni- versity or further north and help them avoid the Dunbar Bridge,” comments Alex deVries, vice president, Citizens for Safe Cycling. And the sentiment is echoed by Linda Gama-Pinto, president of Heron Park Community Association who regularly cycles from Heron Park to Carleton via Bronson and is “never comfortable with cars and trucks often coming off the Airport Parkway at 80-plus kilometres per hour.” She says, “Would I cycle fur- ther for a safer route across the river? Patrice Robin, visiting from Saint- Sauveur, says the proposed footbridge across the Rideau River at Carleton Probably.” would be a most useful connection. PHOTO BY JOHN DANCE “A footbridge across the Rideau River would bring a whole new set of cycle connections to Carleton announced federal infrastructure Although the idea is in the “ulti- By John Dance University,” says Old Ottawa South funding will support the planning mate cycling network” of the city, resident Frances Woolley, who com- of a new footbridge spanning the no funding had been targeted for To the delight and surprise of mutes to Carleton University by Rideau River at Carleton and Vincent consideration of this project until – at many, especially those with links cycling or skating. “In particular, it Massey Park. earliest - after 2031. However, within to Carleton University, the recently would take cycle traffic off the heav- Ottawa Centre MP Catherine ily used canal pathways, and divert it McKenna’s announcement of $156 to the less heavily used river path- million for Ottawa infrastructure, way. A footbridge would particularly $775,000 is earmarked for “design improve cycle connections to areas of a new Rideau River multi-use south of the Rideau River.” A gastro pub crossing linking Carleton Univer- “Having a multi-use path and sity to an existing NCC pathway bridge at this point will offer an at- by the Fraser running on the east side of the tractive and safe alternative to what Rideau River.” brothers is currently a very unpleasant walk or “The proposed crossing will ride along the Airport Parkway and certainly add to the safety of pedes- Just steps over the bridge Dunbar Bridge,” notes Capital Ward trians and cyclists while offering Councillor David Chernushenko. students, faculty and staff access “This would create an excellent link to the NCC pathway and a very to a number of paths and expand the fine park,” says Carleton Presi- city’s active transportation network.” dent Roseann Runte. “It will at the The proposed site for the foot- same time provide an entry to the bridge near the existing O-Train campus for visitors and commuters bridge would require a total span Weekday LUNCH who cycle or arrive on foot every about half that of the Adàwe foot- day. It is wonderful to see the city bridge connecting Sandy Hill and and federal government work- Vanier or the proposed Fifth-Clegg weekend BRUNCH ing proactively to serve best the Canal footbridge, so this should interests of the community and the reduce construction costs. environment.” & DINNER nightly. While the design work is scheduled Current north-south linkage for completion by April 2018, “It is across the river is only possible via too early to forecast an implementa- the O-train or on one of three diffi- tion date because the project cost cult bridges: the dangerous Dunbar and funding source for construction (Bronson) Bridge, the Heron Road are still to be determined,” says Mr. Workers Memorial Bridge with its Roberts. But the planning is a vital FRESH SEASONAL awkward stairs or the more distant first step. SIMPLY DELICIOUS CHECK OUT THE OSCA WEB SITE

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OCSB TRUSTEE’S REPORT “Putting Students First” By Kathy Ablett, Trustee spiritual theme, “Sent to Be the Good Stay tuned for a future update on this News” and School Council Co- remarkable young woman and her Welcome Back Chairs, Heather Duggan and Tanya mission. Now that you have had a chance to Smith encouraged parents to get settle in to a new school year I would involved with the Immaculata Parent Corpus Christi News like to extend a very warm Welcome Council. As was the case at Immaculata, Back to all of our returning students We have an excellent staff at Im- Corpus Christi’s school population and also to those of you who are new maculata and they are there to guide has also grown. We received several to our system. Returning to school is you through another successful aca- new registrations over the summer down any barriers that might prevent an exciting time to meet new friends demic year. Their support is invalu- and are happy to add to our com- youth from becoming physically and begin new activities. able as they ensure that every student munity. Beyond our commitment active. Given both our proximity Over the summer months our care- achieves success. to academic excellence in all areas, and long association, the GNAG ap- taking and trades staff worked tire- The next time you are at Immacu- this year Corpus Christi students will proached us to help further develop lessly to prepare schools for the first lata you may want to have a look at be working hard on learning about the opportunities for fitness within day and coming school year. We are the newly upgraded large gym floor. mindset and how when we change our community. This will be our 4th very proud of the work accomplished Over the summer, it was refinished our thinking, we can sometimes im- session of enjoying the programs this year in cleaning and preparing with new game-line painting as part prove our learning. through the Youth Fit grant. Our the schools for our students. of a program to update competitive This year, Corpus Christi has gyms in high schools. It is the pride partnered with St. Patrick’s Home students will enjoy yoga, dance, and boot camp activities this fall at lunch Immaculata High School News of MAC’s Athletic Department! to build an intergenerational rela- recess in our gym. The 2016-17 school year is off to a tionship with our students and the great start with an increase in student Immaculata Student Running for residents at the Home. Some of the In closing, I would again like to population and new students show- Missing and Murdered Indigenous residents have been working hard to welcome you back to a new and ing their MAC pride with an opening Women and Girls provide the music for our upcoming th exciting school year. Please read your week scavenger hunt. A very well Immaculata student, Jennifer Thanksgiving Liturgy on October 6 . school newsletter for information attended Meet the Teacher Night Tenasco, was featured by CBC and We look forward to the many excit- on upcoming activities. As always, I was held on Wednesday, Septem- our school board with the follow- ing possibilities that this connection look forward to attending these excit- ber 14th featuring a performance ing story: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ offers! ing events and meeting our students by members of Immaculata’s High ottawa/indigenous-running-ottawa- Last year, the Glebe Neighbour- and parents. School Band and, the new Principal, teen-tenasco-1.3743478 hood Activities Group (GNAG) If, at any time, I can be of assis- Norma McDonald, gave an overview Immaculata held a dress down day received a prestigious grant to help tance to you please do not hesitate to of Immaculata’s School Innovation with proceeds donated to her cause young people develop active life- call me at 613-526-9512. Plan for Student Achievement and – the Kitigan Zibi Annual Walk/ styles and healthy attitudes around Well-being. Chaplaincy Leader Leah Run for Missing Indeginous Women. nutrition, fitness and sport. One of Daly shared our school board’s new The run was held on September 17th. the goals of the program is to break

MAYOR’S REPORT How your City Budget Works By Jim Watson, Mayor Process Made Simple: inform the creation of the proposed A printable info-graphic that de- budget, your feedback will be con- As we prepare for the nation’s excite- scribes the budget and consultation solidated in a report and provided to ment and attention to fall upon Ot- process and highlights when and how Council during the budget process. tawa as the centre of celebrations for residents can have their say. The tool will remain live until the Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, it is budget is tabled on November 9th. easy to forget the complexities and Budget Planning Tool - Citizen To ensure your opinions are heard, fiscal discipline required to build an Budget Consultation: I encourage you to attend a public affordable, caring, sustainable, and This online tool provides you with consultation that will be take place prosperous city. the opportunity to play the role of from mid-September to mid-October. One of our guiding principles as a politician or administrator and deter- For a schedule of public consulta- Council this past year is to find the mine what areas of City services and tions or online consultation tools, balance between being prudent and programs require increases, decreases visit Ottawa.ca to have your say in transparent with taxpayer dollars in or status quo funding, and gives you Budget 2017. the present while making the neces- the opportunity to provide comments. sary investments to ensure our city’s To show the impact of your deci- The Homework Club enduring prosperity. sions, the tool will also show how In order to shed light on the budget your changes will affect the budget All Girls * Only Girls process and how these decisions im- rate and your individual property Academics, Arts & Yoga taxes. pact your individual property taxes, Affordable, Quality, After-School Care the City of Ottawa has developed new and innovative tools available in These budget tools will help you 3:30-5:30 pm ** Grades 1-8 the Understanding Your City Budget better understand how your tax dol- Tuesdays are Conversational Cafe French at Stella Luna section of Ottawa.ca and includes: lars are spent. It’s also an opportu- Fridays are Yoga with Surround Circle Yoga Studio nity to express your views on how How your City Budget Works: property tax dollars will be used and Register NOW for September to take part in the decisions City staff A four-minute video that uses plain On the Sunny 2nd floor of Southminster United Church language and easy-to- understand and Council are faced with when graphics that describe the develop- developing and approving the annual Supervised walking from Hopewell ment of the City budget. budget. The 2017 simulated budget exer- Call 613-818-3006 Get Involved in the Budget Pro- cise is a pilot project. Although the 15 years Academic Support & Quality After-School Care feedback received will not directly cess - The City of Ottawa’s Budget Excellent Local References Page 12 The OSCAR l October 2016

MP’S REPORT Constituency Updates By Catherine McKenna, MP vital parts of our city, while making all Muslims in Ottawa Centre and it easier and safer to bike and walk around the world had a very happy Over the past few months your across Ottawa. I am working closely and blessed Eid. federal government has been hard with my provincial and municipal at work, and as your MP for Ottawa counterparts to ensure shovels are in Governor General’s - Sovereign’s Centre, I wanted to take some time the ground before the end of 2017. Medal for Volunteers to report to you on some of what has On September 6, 2016, I was been accomplished. We are working 100 Wellington delighted to attend the Sovereign’s hard during the Fall session of Parlia- (former U.S. Embassy) Medal for Volunteers ceremony, Recently, as the co-chair of the Ot- ment which began on September 19. On August 18, I joined Minister hosted by the Governor General of Foote to launch consultations on Canada, His Excellency the Right tawa South Sponsorship Group, he helped raise $70,000 to resettle a Syr- Fifth-Clegg Footbridge the use of the former U.S. Embassy Honourable David Johnston. The ian refugee family, and has devoted On August 23, I made an impor- located at 100 Wellington Street. Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers countless hours to committee meet- tant announcement that 57 transit It was amazing to see how excited recognizes the exceptional volunteer ings and fundraising events. infrastructure projects totaling nearly Canadians are about the potential for achievements of Canadians from We truly have amazing volunteers $156 million will be getting under- 100 Wellington Street, and I know across the country in a wide range of in Ottawa Centre. Please consider way in Ottawa through the Public many Ottawa Centre residents have fields. nominating someone you know for Transit Infrastructure Fund, which is taken the time to share their views for At this event I was proud to see this recognition. a new federal infrastructure funding the future of this site. I look forward Robert Taylor, who lives in Old Ot- program. to seeing the results of this public tawa South, join three other volun- Keep in Touch with Us As part of this fund, $10.5 million consultation process this Fall. teers from Ottawa Centre (Evelyn We want to hear what issues are in federal funding will support the Greenberg, Brenton MacDonald important to you, so please feel free construction of a footbridge at Fifth Reducing Mail Outs and Norman Morrison) receive this to get in touch with our office at 613- Avenue in the Glebe and Clegg Street During my campaign, I talked prestigious medal. For decades, 946-8682 or Catherine.McKenna@ in Old Ottawa East. Getting federal about reducing mail outs and find- Robert has been involved in efforts to parl.gc.ca. And don’t forget to follow funding in place for this footbridge ing new and exciting ways to engage increase interfaith activity, dialogue us on Facebook at McKenna.Ottawa was one of my campaign commit- with the people of Ottawa Centre. So and understanding in his community. and Twitter @CMcKennaOttawa! ments, and I am thrilled to have far, I have held Facebook chats on been able to follow through on this local riding issues, set up pop-up of- promise. The project will connect fice hours throughout the community, and convened three town halls on issues important to residents of the Catherine McKenna, MP riding. To enhance communication Ottawa Centre with Ottawa Centre residents, I have Working for you! launched a new e-newsletter. You can sign up for my e-newsletter on my website at: http://cmckenna.liberal. Community Office ca/email-updates/. 107 Catherine Street Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 0P4 Tel: 613-946-8682 Eid-al-Adha Fax: 613-946-8680 On September 12, I had the honour McKenna.Ottawa of visiting the Ottawa Mosque with @CMcKennaOttawa Prime Minister Trudeau and Ottawa www.CatherineMcKennaMP.ca area MPs to celebrate Eid-al-Adha with members of the Muslim com- munity. It was a wonderful service and Local MP and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, here with Mayor Prime Minister Trudeau spoke Jim Watson, MPP Yasir Naqvi and Councillor David David Chernushenko, of how diversity is Canada’s greatest announced $10.5M for the Clegg-Fifth footbridge on August 23rd. strength, regardless of our faith, cul- PHOTO BY JOHN DANCE ture, or country of origin. I trust that

MPP’S REPORT Making Electricity More Affordable for Our Community By Yasir Naqvi, MPP in Ottawa, we are growing and That is why I am pleased to share expanding as well. While economic with you that our government has Over the last few years, Ontario’s analysis projects more economic announced important action to economy has emerged and recovered growth in our province, families in reduce the cost of electricity bills for from the impact of the global our communities are telling us that families and businesses, in addition recession, growing by 6.1% and they have yet to feel the impact of the to reducing northern, rural and creating 600,000 new jobs. Locally recovery in their everyday lives. remote bills even more. Ontario’s electricity system is cleaner and more reliable today than ever before, creating a range Further, as a result of investments in of health and economic benefits. grid and distribution network, our An independent assessment has electricity system is far stronger and estimated savings of more than $4 reliable. billion per year in health, financial, However, our government and environmental costs associated recognizes that these important with smog and pollution due to the investments have resulted in high elimination of coal-fired electricity electricity costs for the average generation. In fact, according to the Air Quality Health Index, Ottawa did Continued on pg. 13 not have any smog days this summer. The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 13

COUNCILLOR’S REPORT Canal Crossing Signals Major Shift in Active Transportation Trend By David Chernushenko, major announcement would have • Cycling tracks along Heron, Councillor been about widening a highway connecting Bank St. to these new or building a bridge exclusively BRT corridors. designed for driving. It’s a change • Two new pedestrian crossings I took a great deal of pleasure in the of significant symbolic and practical of Queen Elizabeth Dr., at recent federal government funding value at a time when we need to take Commissioner’s Park and at Queen announcement that chose to highlight urgent action to address physical Elizabeth Place. and use as its backdrop the site of inactivity and the resulting public • Rideau River Western Pathway a new pedestrian/cycling bridge health epidemic, as well as the construction, lighting and park renewal of the northwest corner over the Rideau Canal. Pleasure climate crisis about which I often linkages. of Old Ottawa South — between in knowing this bridge will be of write. • Design funding for completion Bronson Pl., Colonel By Dr., Seneca enormous value to local residents I’m glad we now have three levels of the Trillium Pathway from St. and Sunnyside Ave., plus a and visitors, and in realizing that of government aligned in our vision Carling Ave. to Dow’s Lake, with three-block section along Seneca it represents an important shift in of a city that makes it more and more a signalized crossing at Prince of extending south to Grove Ave. and priorities from the three levels of appealing to get around by active and Wales Dr. encompassing part of Glen Ave. and government supporting it. public transportation. Grove near the Brewer Arena. The The Fifth-Clegg Bridge is proof Aside from the bridge, many other Brewer Park Reimagined existing infrastructure — watermain, that the importance of “active projects were announced, including There have been musings in sewer and road — has reached transportation” is finally being a wide range of enhancements to the the media about the decreasing the end of its useful life and needs widely recognized. More and more Confederation and Trillium (O-Train) popularity of smaller, older urban upgrading. people are telling us they would lines, improvements to multi-use arenas, and a potential shift away A public information session to walk, cycle and roll more for work, pathways, extensions of many paths, from such costly (to repair) single present the preliminary drawings is fun or exercise if governments built new cycling tracks, and widened rinks in favour of multi-pad suburban planned for later this fall. infrastructure that makes it appealing shoulders on rural roads. rinks. While I understand the to do so: safer, convenient and more Specifically of interest to residents challenge the city faces, I will do my Cruising the Canal pleasant. Essentially, when we of Capital Ward and of Old Ottawa utmost to preserve neighbourhood- On a misty September day, 80 provide viable alternatives to driving, South: scale arenas and pools. I see a future Capital Ward residents participated more of us will choose to get around • Design of a new multi-use path scenario in which Brewer Park in a cruise along the Rideau Canal by these other means. When large and crossing over the Rideau River and its facilities are substantially on Ottawa’s first solar-powered numbers of people do that, we as a between Carleton University and redesigned to make better use of electric boat. They heard from guest society benefit from improved public Confederation Heights alongside the the space, by consolidating roads speakers on a variety of topics related health, increased public security, Trillium line, allowing pedestrians and parking to create more space to energy efficiency, renewable reduced pollution and greenhouse gas and cyclists to avoid the Airport for fields, arena(s), a pool and even energy production in the city, electric emissions, and more vibrant streets Parkway and Dunbar Bridge. a gym. We will consider these vehicles and the progress of Ottawa’s and spaces. • Construction of an underpass along possibilities as part of a Brewer Park Energy Evolution — a renewable The federal government making a the Rideau River at the south end of Reimagined exercise later this fall. energy transition plan. You can big deal out of emphasizing active Billings Bridge, allowing east-west Email [email protected] to be watch footage and interviews at transportation and public transit as pathway users to avoid the daunting added to the mailing list. capitalward.ca. cornerstones of its infrastructure level crossing at Bank St. projects is in itself a big deal. • Design of the Bus Rapid Transit Infrastructure renewal in NW Some will think this shift doesn’t Councillor David Chernushenko, (BRT) corridor from Billings Bridge OOS go far enough (while others 613-580-2487, David.Chernushen- to Bayshore via Heron and Baseline The City of Ottawa is undertaking decry it as going too far), but [email protected], www.capitalward.ca Rds., including cycling corridors. preliminary design work for the remember that, not long ago, this

MPP’S REPORT Continued household and business. I have had (delivery charges) to these areas. including: we can. conversations with constituents in Small businesses in our • The removal of the Debt Collectively, these measures would the community who have shared the communities can now use their Retirement Charge from residential result in significant monthly cost same concerns. I am pleased that the electricity bill savings to invest in bills since January 1, 2016 is saving savings to help Ontario families government is committed to taking their future, or, pass the savings onto the average family $70 annually manage their own household budgets. these concerns seriously and helping their consumers by lowering prices. • The Ontario Electricity Support The rebate of HST will represent with the cost of everyday living. Larger businesses will also reap the Program helps eligible households - about $1 billion in tax cut - savings That is why the Ontario benefit of our plan as the Industrial particularly low-income families and returned to families and small government has introduced Conservation Initiative (ICI) will be seniors on a fixed income - reduce businesses on their bills. legislation that will assist individuals, expanded by lowering the threshold the cost of electricity by applying a I am happy to share that this plan families, farms and businesses of for participation and allowing monthly credit directly to the bill. represents one of the single largest all sizes with their electricity bills. eligibility beyond existing customer • The Ontario Energy and Property actions to reduce costs for electricity This legislation, if passed, would types. When fully implemented, Tax Credit saves qualifying consumers in the province’s history. eliminate the provincial portion of participating industrial customers individuals up to $993 per year, with Meanwhile, it keeps us on track to the HST (8%) on residential, farm could find cost savings of up to a maximum of $1,131 per year for return the budget to balance in 2017- and small business electricity bills as 34%, depending on their ability to qualifying seniors. 2018 and it maintains the clean and of January 1, 2017. This amounts to reduce peak electricity consumption. • The saveONenergy Home reliable system that we have invested the typical Ontario household saving Conservation programs delivered Assistance Program helps income- in. about $130 annually. By providing by local distribution companies will eligible consumers manage their direct, on-bill savings per month, also continue to provide significant energy costs by providing home Please contact my office if you have Ontario families will have access to programs tailored to specific business energy efficiency assessments and any questions regarding the energy additional disposable income to save classes and needs. The expansion energy saving measures at no cost. savings programs offered by the On- or spend, based on the household’s of the ICI program will empower • Even though electricity rates are set tario government and how you could priorities. Eligible rural ratepayers businesses to manage their electricity by the independent Ontario Energy qualifyat [email protected]. would also receive additional relief, costs in a way that best supports their Board, not the government, we are org or 613-722-6414. You can also resulting in average savings of about growth. taking these important steps to help learn more by visitingwww.ontario. $45 per month or $540 per year. This It is important to note other reduce electricity bills across the ca/energy. is a necessary relief to help offset measures that can help reduce board. Therefore, our government is the higher cost of supplying power electricity bills remain in place, taking action to reduce prices where Page 14 The OSCAR l October 2016

If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On! By Nadine Dawson collaborators. Thomas Morley, the most popular composer of secular Shakespeare knew the power of music in Elizabethan England, and a music - to soothe Orsinio’s love- contemporary of Shakespeare, likely sick heart, to taunt Malvolio for composed “It Was a Lover and His his misplaced affection, to trace Lass,” which is found in As You Like the scorned Ophelia’s madness, or It. In 1612, Robert Johnson II wrote foretell Desdemona’s tragic death at “Full Fathom Five,” which is sung by the hands of her lover. Ariel when greeting the survivors of Just as Shakespeare’s words have the shipwreck in The Tempest. lived on, so too has music inspired Rounding out the program will by his writing. To commemorate be a selection of music inspired the 400th anniversary of the great by Shakespeare’s words in the Bard’s death, Cantata Singers of 400 years since his death. Three Ottawa, under the direction of major works will be featured: Andrew McAnerney, is performing Vaughan Williams’ evocative Shakespeare in Song, a concert “Three Shakespeare Songs;” jazz- featuring 500 years of music inspired legend, George Shearing’s settings by an enduring love affair with this of Shakespeare’s poetry and plays great man of words. entitled “Music to Hear,” and “Songs In the concert will be popular from Shakespeare,” written for music of the day that Shakespeare the Stratford Festival by Canadian ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY NADINE DAWSON included in his plays. In Twelfth composer and recipient of the Order out: “Let the sky rain potatoes! Night, Feste baits Malvolio with ‘Ah of Canada, Harry Freedman. Let it thunder to the tune of are available at the door, or may be Robyn,’ by William Cornysh, a song What tribute would be complete ‘Greensleeves’!” purchased in person at The Leading lamenting the lady who, alas! loves without perhaps the most famous Come, enjoy an afternoon of choral Note or Compact Music. To purchase another. Henry IV Part 2 features piece associated with Shakespeare? music in a beautiful setting, and tickets online, or to find out more the rousing drinking song, “Un jour Vaughan Williams’ beautiful choral celebrate the power of Shakespeare’s information about Cantata Singers of vis un foulon,” by the prolific and arrangement of “Greensleeves,” words to delight and inspire artists Ottawa and its 53rd season, please versatile Renaissance composer, which is referenced in Merry and audiences alike! visit canatatasingersottawa.ca. Orlando Lassus. Wives of Windsor, is sure to please Shakespeare in Song will be The concert also contains music audiences - though perhaps not as performed on Sunday, October Nadine Dawson is a resident of Old said to have been written especially much as the excited Falstaff, who, 30th, at 3:00 pm, at St. Joseph’s Ottawa South, and a member of for Shakespeare, by his musical titillated by Mistress Ford, cries Church, 174 Wilbrod St. Tickets Cantata Singers of Ottawa

Seventeen Voyces’s 20th Season: The Ten Commandments To Be a Highlight By Margret Brady Nankivell that is often overlooked or forgotten. sentations are the director’s selec- wealth and social status. The bibli- The choir is also well known for its tions of music to match film plots, cal part of the story involved the Seventeen Voyces, Ottawa’s superb presentations of silent film classics, moods and cinematography. Last building of massive sets in northern chamber choir, is celebrating its 20th such as Joan of Arc, Phantom of year, for example, he selected the Santa Barbara County, California – a anniversary in 2017. Founded by Old the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre rousing music of Carl Orff’s Car- site known for its huge sand dunes. Ottawa South’sGMSOHouseGROscarNov16.pdf Kevin Reeves, the 1 2016-06-07Dame, and 9:19Nosferatu. AM mina Burana to illustrate Ben Hur. The set included four 35’ tall Pha- choir specializes in playing music At the heart of these popular pre- The movie event, which included raoh statues and 21 sphinxes − all of Seventeen Voyces, the Ot- which were buried by shifting sands tawa Choral Society, and after the filming and were only re- St. Matthew’s boys’ and cently rediscovered by archeologists. girls’ choirs, resulted in Seventeen Voyces’s subscription sold-out performances. In series opens at St. Matthew’s on another stroke of genius, in Saturday, December 3, with Welcome 2012, he paired Duruflé’s Yule, a concert that includes Marc- Requiem with Joan of Arc, a Antoine Charpentier’s “Messe de 1927 film that starred Maria Minuit” and Christmas music that Falconetti. goes back centuries. Andrew Ager, This year’s three-concert who has composed music for the subscription series features choir, is the organist. A second per- Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 The formance will be at Ashbury College C Ten Commandments, featur- Chapel. M ing Handel’s oratorio Israel The subscription series will con-

Y in Egypt, with presentations clude with the rarely performed at St. Matthew’s Anglican Venus & Adonis, a short opera by CM Church in the Glebe on two Baroque composer John Blow, on MY nights − Friday, February 24 Friday May 26th and Saturday May

CY and Saturday February 25 27th at Southminster United Church. at 7:30 pm. Guest perform- The 1683 opera is considered the CMY ers are the Cathedral Choir earliest surviving English opera and K of Men & Boys and Ottawa a precursor of the far better-known South’s organ virtuoso Mat- Dido & Aeneas by Henry Purcell, one thew Larkin. of Blow’s pupils. Soprano Bronwyn Extremely popular upon Thies-Thompson will play Venus its release, the two-part film with baritone Joel Allison assuming tells the story of the Exo- the role of Adonis. The choir will be dus, followed by a sort of accompanied by the Ottawa Baroque morality tale of two broth- Consort and Makin’ Moves, Ottawa ers in modern times. One children’s dance theatre. brother faithfully follows For information, tickets, subscrip- the commandments and the tions and patron packages, visit other breaks all of them in www.seventeenvoyces.ca. an effort to achieve great The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 15

MUSIC Rideau Chorale to honour the souls of the dead with Fauré’s Requiem By Debbie Rose best-known works include his Pa- organ. The text of the final move- Tickets for each performance are vane, Requiem, nocturnes for piano, ment, In Paradisum, is taken from the $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and Rideau Chorale, under the direction and the songs Après un rêve and Order of Burial. Most of the text is in $10 for students. of the exceptionally talented Roland Clair de Lune. Latin except for the Kyrie, which is For further information and up- Graham, is rehearsing enthusiasti- Between 1887 and 1890, Fauré in Koine Greek. dates, including upcoming news cally to hit all the right notes for the composed his Requiem in D minor, Fittingly, Rideau Chorale’s first about a future Rideau Chorale opening set of performances for its Op. 48, which focuses on eternal performance of Fauré’s Requiem will website, and the possibility for online second season. rest and consolation. He revised the take place at Southminster United ticket sales through Eventbrite, The first offering will be two per- work in the 1890s and completed Church on Wednesday, November 2, please visit the Rideau Chorale Face- formances of Fauré’s Requiem, with it in 1900. The first version was 7:30 p.m., the evening of All Souls’ book page at www.facebook.com/ orchestra and soloists. The timing of performed in Paris for a funeral mass Day, or Day of the Dead, a time rideauchorale/. these concerts is significant in that in 1888. In 1900, the final score when we remember those who have Rideau Chorale is also looking for the first one takes place on All Souls’ was reworked for full orchestra and died. The prayers chosen for that day sponsors for its concert program. If Day and the second near Remem- premièred in Paris during the Exposi- remind us that we are joined with all you are interested in contributing, brance Day. A Requiem, or “act of tion Universelle. The full orchestral Christians, those who have died and please contact Jennifer Strachan at remembrance”, is a musical composi- version of the Requiem was also those with whom we share the hope 613-263-0637 for information on tion set for a Mass for the repose of performed at Fauré’s own funeral in of resurrection. It is also associated program sponsorship/advertising, as the souls of the dead. 1924. with All Saints’ Day (November 1) well as other concert details. Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), a The composition comprises seven and Halloween. Come and experience Rideau Cho- French composer, organist, pianist movements: Introit et Kyrie, Offer- The second concert will take place rale as it soars to new musical heights and teacher, was one of the foremost toire, Sanctus, Pie Jesu, Agnus Dei, on Sunday, November 13 at Gatin- this season! French composers of his genera- Libera me, and In Paradisum, and eau’s Église Saint-François-de-Sales, tion and his musical style influenced is scored for soprano and baritone 3:00pm, at 799 Rue Jacques-Cartier, Debbie Rose sings soprano with many 20th-century composers. His soloists, mixed choir, orchestra and in Gatineau. Rideau Chorale.

Family Friendly Messiah Concert at St. Matthew’s By Neville Nankivell choirs of St. Matthew’s and orchestra Anglican Studies Program at musical director who will conduct will be about half the length of Ottawa’s Saint Paul University. It the concert, says that while geared Handel’s popular Messiah concert George Frideric Handel’s classic but will focus on the life of the Messiah especially to a young audience, “it will be staged as usual at St. still feature its best-known arias and (Jesus as the Messiah called Christ), still will be suitable for all ages to Matthew’s Anglican Church in the choruses. It will also be a freewill the original libretto by Charles enjoy”. Glebe in November. But this year offering − donations at the door. Jennens (scriptural text from the Another twist is that he will it will be different: a short-version, A highlight of this hour and a King James Bible), and interesting conduct in an 18th Century period family-friendly Saturday afternoon quarter version of the traditional facts about Handel and how he costume that Handel might have performance. pre-Christmas concert will be a created this spiritual gem. worn. Starting at 3:00pm on November narration by The Rev. Professor The choirs at St. Matthew’s have 19, the concert by the combined Kevin Flynn, an honorary assistant sung the Messiah oratorio for more Neville Nankivell is a long-time St. at St. Matthew’s and Director of the than 20 years, but this is the first time Matthew’s parishioner and a member for the shortened children’s version. of its Communications Committee. Kirkland Adsett, the St. Matthew’s St. Matthew’s Messiah Concert Sat. Nov. 19, 3pm. No Intermission St. Matthew’s Anglican Church 130 Glebe Avenue Information: 613-234-4024 www.stmatthewsottawa.ca No tickets sold for this event - Freewill donations accepted

Concerts By The Canal A Southminster Music Production French Overture along with the Roland Graham, Artistic Director composer’s rarely-heard 15 key- Saturdays at 7 pm board Sinfonias. October 1 – November 19 Adults $20 / Students $5 at the door Oct 15 – Ken Harper Trio Fall Series Pass $100 / Fall Series Explore the boundaries of jazz Pass + $160 with a mixture of original compo- Information: www.Southminster- sitions and modern classics inter- UnitedChurch.com preted in the free style.

Oct 1 - Café Piaf Encore! Oct 22 – Eru-Era Funk Acclaimed cabaret singer Pandora A ferocious seven-piece groove Topp tells the Édith Piaf story, at outfit performs a contemporary once disturbing and enchanting, of- fusion of Neo-Soul, Hip-Hop and fering an intimate glimpse into the Tribal Funk. human experience through the lens of a 20th-century icon. Oct 29 – Heavenly Händel Isabelle Lacroix sings G. F. Oct 8 – Cosmopolitan Bach Handel’s sublime and seldom-per- J. S. Bach does Europe! Series Ar- formed 9 German Arias for voice, tistic Director Roland Graham plays violin and continuo. the famous Italian Concerto and Page 16 The OSCAR l October 2016

What’s up at Trinity Anglican Church By Brenda Small annual Christmas Bazaar. Mark month there is sung matins, morning sacred music. From the renaissance Saturday, November 5, 9:30am - prayer, at 8:00am and sung evensong polyphony to English romantic Messy Church 2:00pm on your calendar. You’ll find at 4:00pm. Additionally, each music while including some of the Join us for Messy Church, an all- delicious baking, jam & jelly, soups Wednesday from noon to 1:00pm, best music the German and French ages active worship with storytelling, as well as tables full of wonderful Rev. Arran Thorpe offers a bring- repertoire has to offer, and from songs, arts and crafts, food and a sewing, knitting, Christmas items your-own lunchtime Brown-Bag time to time modern composers, the lot of fun. The Fall Messy Church, and gifts for your family and friends. Bible study focusing on readings choir nurtures a long lasting tradition The Prophet Jeremiah, is Saturday, You’ll be able to stock up on a for the upcoming Sunday. Everyone of choral music that enhances the October 1, 4:30-6:00pm. winter’s supply of reading at the is welcome; no Bible knowledge worship at Trinity. The choir always On October 15th at 4:30pm, as book table. There are activities for required. welcomes new members. If you wish part of the Music at Trinity concert children and Frosty’s Café for a tasty to join the choir and get a uplifting series, baritone Norman E Brown and lunch. Seniors’ Luncheon experience please contact the Music pianist Frédéric Lacroix will offer a There is a Seniors’ Luncheon on Director, Fabien Tousignant fabien. tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Services the last Thursday of each month [email protected]. The music. The recital will feature the There are two communion from 11:00am to 1:30pm, a chance choir rehearses Thursday evenings famous Five Mystical Songs, The services at Trinity each Sunday. for seniors to get together for music, from 7:30pm - 9:00pm and on Songs of Travels and many more. The 8:00am service is a simpler, food, fellowship and fun. The choir Sunday morning at 9:00am for the Admission is made by freewill more contemplative spoken service. has resumed its activities and is 10:00am service. offering. The 10:00am service each Sunday eager to tackle another year of features hymns, anthems and a sacred music making at Trinity Anglican For more information, call Trinity Frosty’s Fair communion celebration. There is Church. Over the last couple years Church, 1230 Bank St., at 613-733- There is a buzz of activity as we Sunday school for children at this it worked very hard at expanding 7536 or visit www.trinityottawa.ca. get ready for Frosty’s Fair, Trinity’s service. its repertoire to include musical On the Third Sunday of each gems from the great composers of

Music at Trinity: Area Worship Services A Tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams By Fabien Tousignant, Location Times Artistic Director

Sunnyside Wesleyan Church Sunday Worship Ralph Vaughan Williams was an 58 Grosvenor Avenue Services at 9:00 am and English composer who was born in (at Sunnyside) 11:00 am, Children’s 1872 and died in 1958. He was one of the most influential composers program offered during in England of the early 20th century. worship services. He was a prolific composer and wrote a total of nine symphonies, operas, ballets, chamber music and St Margaret Mary Mass Sunday at 9:30 numerous vocal works both secular Catholic Church and 11:30 am. and sacred. He studied composition 7 Fairbairn (corner of with Hubert Parry and through him Sunnyside) one can trace the lineage of choral composers in the English tradition up to William Byrd and Orlando Ralph Vaughan-Williams. Trinity Anglican Church Holy Eucharist at 8:00 Gibbons. He also studied composi- 1230 Bank St am and 10:00 am with tion with Charles Villiers Stanford, composer chose for this setting four Charles Wood and Maurice Ravel. poems Easter, Love, The Call and (at Cameron Ave) Church School & Choir. Some of his best known orchestral Antiphon by the Anglican priest and compositions include the Fantasia poet George Herbert (1593-1633) Southminster United Church Sunday Worship & Kids on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and from his collection entitled The Temple: Sacred Poems. The first 15 Aylmer Avenue Church at 10:30 am. The Lark Ascending. Along with Percy Dearmer, he was the editor poem Easter is divided into two parts (at Bank & the Canal) to a new hymn-book, The English hence the reason for two separate Hymnal published in 1906. He quali- songs. The second collection of songs fied the process of being exposed to that will be performed are Vaughan so many tunes to be highly educa- Williams Songs of Travel. It is a tional. Vaughan Williams also had a collection of nine songs inspired by deep interest in English folk music the poetry of Robert Louis Steven- and would travel to the countryside son found in his collection of Songs collecting and writing the songs he of Travel and Other Verses. The would hear in various locations. first eight songs were premiered in Without this work, many of those London in 1904 and published in two songs might not have survived as oral separate books. The ninth song was traditions died out. published only after the composer’s The recital on October 15th will death. The cycle, as its title suggest, feature, amongst other works, two explores themes of travelling and collections of songs composed by adventure from a British perspective. Vaughan Williams. The Five Mystical Songs, were composed between 1906 The concert will be on Saturday and 1911 for baritone voice with October15th 2016 at 4:30pm at various accompaniments all by the Trinity Anglican Church (1230 Bank composer. The version with piano ac- Street @ Cameron) with Norman companiment is the one that will be E Brown, baritone and Frédéric used for this concert although these Lacroix, piano. Admission is by songs were premiered with a choral freewill offering. and orchestral accompaniment. The The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 17 Page 18 The OSCAR l October 2016

NEWS 10th Annual Hopewell Ave Block Party PHOTO BY ED KUCERAK

By Ed Kucerak felt it was important for the neigh- ally value that,” said Chris Barrett. Room event. bours to know each other, and that it Over the years the party has A special thanks goes out to all Located between Seneca and Sloan, would add to the overall well being become more and more popular. In the volunteers and the participants the annual Hopewell Ave Block Party of the community. addition to delicious potluck food who made this year’s block party took place on Saturday, September “The net enjoyment of living in and desserts, highlights this year, a success. Check out all photos on 17th. Hopewell residents Chris and a neighbourhood goes up when we despite the rain, included a variety the block party’s website. www. Heather Barrett started up the annual actually know our neighbours and show of songs and dance while kids hopewellparty.ca. fall event ten years ago because they spend some time with them. We re- of all ages participated in an Escape

Bike Rally to Celebrate Back to School

Young cyclists enjoyed a beautiful ‎ride from Windsor Park to the Arboretum during a bike rally held September 11th.

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NEWS Philip Clarke Golf Classic - ‘A Tournament of Hope’ PHOTO BY KAYLEA GROOVER

By Lorraine Cornelius the end of the day, some expecting to • Rob Marland Realty A cheque will be presented at its win lowest foursome, others happy to • Utopia Landscape and Design sister event, An Evening of Hope, on Three and a half years ago, Philip settle for most honest golfers. With • The Urban Shed Company November 24th in the Horticulture Clarke, a much-loved member of our the dulcet tones of the Carl Daniel • CANA Windows and Doors Building at Lansdowne Park. Tickets community, passed away from lung Quintet setting the mood, everyone • Hunt Club Honda for the event can be purchased online cancer. On September 15, his family, tucked into a delicious meal of chick- • Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling at www.aneveningofhope.ca. friends, neighbours and colleagues en and ribs served up by Chef Mike. Club (OTLBC) gathered at Falcon Ridge Golf Club Before the presentation of awards, • Shoppers Drug Mart (Jeff Kelly Organizers would like to thank all to honour his memory and to raise raffle prizes and silent auction items, Drugs) the volunteers and the staff at Falcon funds for Lung Cancer Canada at the it was time to talk about Philip. His • Railway Association of Canada Ridge Golf Club for helping to make 2nd Annual Philip Clarke Golf Classic friends spoke about his loyalty and • Eastwood Construction this event such a tremendous success. – ‘A Tournament of Hope’. sense of humour, his dedication to • CH2 Architecture Inc. Please join us next year for the 3rd The club house was filled with his community, and most of all, his Annual Philip Clarke Golf Classic laughter and friendly banter about love for his family. As one friend All of the money raised at the -‘A Tournament of Hope’… a fun the day of “great golf” ahead as pointed out, it says a lot about Philip Philip Clarke Golf Classic will go time for a worthy cause. people wrangled their foursomes that although he’s been gone for three to support Lung Cancer Canada. together. No doubt there were some years, he can still get so many people accomplished golfers at this event, to come together for a good cause. but it was clear this was a fun tourna- Philip was committed to raising ment where everyone was welcome funds and awareness for lung cancer. to play…regardless of experience. A big thank you goes out to all those Those who joked that they only hit who supported this golf tournament the links once or twice a year - if and helped further his efforts, includ- that - seemed relieved the tournament ing this year’s tournament sponsors: would be played in best ball format! On such a gorgeous day with the • RBC Dominion Securities - Plati- warm sunshine beckoning, everyone num sponsor was excited to get out on the course • CN - Silver Sponsor for one last blast of summer. After a • Annis O’Sullivan Vollebekk Ltd. tasty barbeque lunch, the horn sound- (AOV) ed and a parade of golf carts drove • CarCanada/Celebrity Chrysler off to their respective tee-off holes • Low Murchison Radnoff LLP for a shotgun start. There were plenty of specialty holes along the way to keep things interesting like “the longest drive”, “closest to the pin” and “hole in one”. And, thanks to the Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowl- ing Club, golfers got a chance to use a tennis racket and ball to try to get closest to the pin on Hole #14. Those who didn’t feel they were on top of their game benefit- ted from “helpful golf accesso- ries” like the Golden Tee, which allowed the golfer to tee up their ball anywhere on the fairway until the tee breaks. Also popular was the Magic String, extending any shot an extra 10 feet. It was a joyful crowd that made their way back to the clubhouse at Page 20 The OSCAR l October 2016

FILM REVIEW One World Film Festival

“Searching for Dragons,” featuring a personal journey from the Arctic to Panama, is by Ottawa filmmaker Dan Guildford. By Tony Wohlfarth Spring had its world premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Festival wraps up on Sunday, October 2 at SAW Film Festival. Representatives from Oxfam Gallery (67 Nicholas Street). Two films are being The 27th One World Film Festival Features Docu- Canada, the United Nations High Commission screened: Nalau (about the 1943 tragedy in the mentary Films & Talks about Syrian Refugees, on Refugees along with a leading academic will Canadian arctic in 1943) and Searching for Drag- Indigenous Rights, Mining by Canadian Multina- discuss the continuing humanitarian crisis which ons (featuring a personal journey from the Arctic tionals, Migrant Workers and the fight for racial stretches from Aleppo to Jordan to Turkey, Greece to Panama by Ottawa filmmaker Dan Guildford). equality. and throughout Europe. Guildford will conduct a Master Class on filmmak- Introducing the event, One World Festival On Saturday, October 1, the focus shifts to ing. publicist Zoe Mallett said “Since 1989, the One the situation facing migrant workers in Canada. Festival Publicist Zoe Mallett (a lifelong resident World Film Festival has screened many outstand- Migrant Dreams, a new film directed by Min Sook of Ottawa South) will be on hand during the fest. A ing documentaries and offered audiences in Ottawa Lee, looks at the plight of temporary foreign work- film programmer with 7 + years of experience with meaningful opportunities to learn more about ers who come to Canada from Mexico, the Philip- OWFF, Mallett is well known within the Ottawa urgent global issues. The 2016 edition of the Festi- pines, Indonesia & Jamaica to pick our fruits and film community. val promises to be one of the strongest yet. It’s an vegetables. Set in Leamington, Ontario, the film Films screening at the three days of the OWFF event that anyone interested in compelling stories reveals the dark side of how Canada treats seasonal include: from Canada and around the world will not want to agricultural workers. Migrant Dreams was a crowd Thursday, September 29 18:15 Rigoberta Menchu: miss.” favourite at the 2016 Hot Docs Film Festival in Daughter of the Maya (61 minutes); 20:00 When Events get underway on Thursday, September May. (A trailer can be seen at: www.migrant- Two Worlds Collide (100 minutes) 29th, with a film about Rigoberta Menchu, a panel dreams.ca/synopsis) The panel discussion after Friday, September 30 18:15 Another Kind of Girl on indigenous rights, and a 2nd film about the fight the screening features the filmmaker, Min Sook (36 minutes); After Spring (102 minutes) to save the Amazon rain forest in Peru. Talks by Lee, along with Chris Ransaroop, from Justice for Saturday, October 1 12:30 Migrant Dreams (90 leading indigenous rights and non-governmental Migrant Workers. minutes); 15:00 Citizens of Nowhere (52 minutes) organizations wrap up the evening’s events. Following the panel discussion, there will be a 18:15 Quitte le Pouvoir (46 minutes);19:15 The On Friday, September 30, the focus is on the screening of Citizens of Nowhere, about the plight Black Panthers (115 minutes) Syrian refugee crisis. Another Kind of Girl is a of the estimated 250,000 Haitians who face dis- Sunday, October 2 11:00 Nallau (76 minutes) series of seven short documentary films made by crimination living in the Dominican Republic. 13:30 Searching for Dragons (72 minutes) refugee children. Following the short films, a new On Saturday evening, the focus shifts to issues Interested in participating? Doc film buffs can feature length documentary film,After Spring, of sexual violence and racial equality. The evening attend one (or more) programs for only $15 ($12 shows the uncertainty facing two families who begins with a Question & Answer session on The for seniors and low-income) per program. Or, buy remain stranded in a Jordanian refugee camp. After Ghomeshi Effect. The criminal trial of the former a complete Festival Pass for $50 ($40) for all four CBC host triggered a wave of reflection on the days of programs. issue of consent and on how the judicial The One World Film Festival takes place at Susanne Ledbetter system treats women who experience Library & Archives Canada. Evening events get sexual violence. This discussion will underway at 17:30 and daytime events at 11:30. A Bookkeeping Services be followed by a screening of Quitte le complete program is available at http://oneworld- It all adds up. Pouvoir, a film about the popular mo- filmfestival.ca/ bilization in Senegal in 2012 to replace While visiting the WEB site, readers can check Tel: (613) 297-7590 Email: [email protected] the country’s President. This will be out the “I Dreamed of Africa” charity auction, followed by the screening of The Black where you can bid for a safari package for 2 to Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution – the Zulu Nyala Game Lodge in South Africa. For . Member of IPBC a feature length film about the history of further information, readers can contact Festival . Quick Proadvisor the Panthers. Following the screening, Publicist Zoe Mallett at [email protected] or . Simply Accounting . CBC host Adrian Harewood will con- on Twitter (#OWFF2016). Over 15 years of experience vene a panel discussion on anti-racism activism and links to Tony Wohlfarth is an Ottawa-based freelance film the Black Lives Matter writer and critic. He covered the 2016 Tribeca movement. 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Little by Little: Green Dreamers Update By Winnie Pietrykowski build a greener, lovelier Old Ottawa South. As we move into October a famil- iar anticipation takes hold. After a A Lot on the Go long, hot and humid summer, we At the writing of this article Green find ourselves adapting once again Dreamers are preparing to plant to cooler temperatures and observing hundreds of bulbs up and down Bank ever more keenly how our daylight is Street, many acquired from the Na- receding, how the sun arrives more tional Capital Commission and over a slowly and leaves that much quicker. 100 from a private donor. Be sure to With cooler evenings and more check out next month’s OSCAR for temperate days, gardening is often at an update on this 2017 initiative to its most pleasurable during Septem- celebrate Canada’s 150th Anniversary. ber and October. There is less to do In June, Green Dreamers as- in the way of turning soil, weeding, sumed responsibility for the garden composting, mulching, and watering beds outside the Sunnyside Branch and more in the way of trimming, Library. Respecting the traditional thinning, transplanting, and planning. planting patterns of John Lubrun, This past September the Green who retired after 30 years of public Dreamers of OOS transplanted pe- service (OSCAR June 2016), Green rennials from Judy Flavin’s and Peter Dreamers weeded, pruned and faith- McCourt’s side garden on Rosedale fully watered under the watchful eyes Avenue to the public garden beds at of Christine & Mike Bradley who Sunnyside & Bank. After a summer coordinate our activities directly with of abnormally dry weather, it was dif- the library. I think we can all agree ficult for new growth to take root and that the garden was spectacular this to flourish at these two sites. With the summer, first came the poppies and help and generosity of neighbors like then the gigantic sunflowers, some Judy and Peter, however, we are once over 8 feet tall. Sublime! again hopeful that these two beds Over the last 10 years our OOS will expand into the green buffers garden beds have had very little Green Dreamer Christine Bradley at the Sunnyside Branch Library beside this busy intersection needs. routine maintenance. In order to one, very magnificent, sunflower. PHOTO BY MIKE BRADLEY And much to our delight there are sustain healthy growth, the soil needs more transplants waiting in the wings to be replenished and so a big part Site and to Collin, Catherine, Kris- The Sunnyside Rain Gardens so to speak, preferring to “winter” in of our work this last two years has tina and Brian who helped shovel the On June 22, Brian Ure (our very their current locations and to move been to turn, weed and compost. In surprisingly light, dry compost into own Green Dreamer horticulturist) early in 2017. The generosity of fel- early May, Green Dreamers spread buckets and then up and over into the provided a detailed overview of the low gardeners never ceases to amaze compost at Glen, Grove, Ossington & back of the Dodge Ram. With two to Sunnyside Rain Gardens to the City us! As Green Dreamers we continue Cameron. A special thank you to Bar- a bucket, the lifting and dumping was of Ottawa. This overview included an to be optimistic about working with bara and her husband Tom who drove manageable and not nearly as heavy inventory of plants currently standing neighbours and local businesses to their Dodge Ram to the City’s Trail as one might imagine. Total cost for in the gardens, possible alternatives a pick-up load (925 kg) was to species not doing so well and the $28.50. request for a status report regarding By early June, the City of Ot- the contractor’s commitments for the tawa delivered two truckloads summer. of mulch for garden beds at Due to summer holidays, feedback Sunnyside, Glen, Grove, Oss- from the City was sporadic and by ington and Cameron. There’s September it looked as if the rain something magnificent about gardens were coming along fine, watching Green Dreamers although in need of plant restoration shovel, wheelbarrow and spread in certain pockets. mulch! We do it with gusto and Recently, however, we learned that resolve, each of us doing what “some adjustments to the grading we can, according to our ability of the rain gardens are necessary to and levels of energy. There is meet the City’s accessibility guide- something energizing about lines. More specifically, the sloping spreading mulch to prevent the of the rain gardens adjacent to the encroachment of weeds and to sidewalk is a bit too steep. The bot- retain soil moisture. It seems to toms of the rain gardens need to be signal the end of one stage and raised to allow for a flatter slope from the beginning of another. the sidewalk to the side. There isn’t enough room here “This will mean removal of the to mention the many characters plantings, the placement of some breathing life into the “Green additional biomedia and replanting Dreamers.” There’s Camilla, a (including replacement of any plants tireless gardener and one of our that didn’t make it).” most optimistic and cheerful The Green Dreamers are com- co-workers; Brian Tansey whose mitted to working with the City to enthusiasm and energy contin- make this pilot project a success. ues to inspire; Jill who shows We hope to have more news on the up like clockwork, digs without rain gardens in the weeks to come. gloves and sometimes in flip- Stay tuned. Check out www.oldot- flops; there’s Nora & Jo who tawasouth.ca/oos/adopt-a-garden for turn up in a “pinch”; Kristina, updates. Joan, Martha, Sarah Jane, Sue, Tim and more. You, all of you, make the Green Dreamers work. Thank you. The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 23

Chair of the OS Committee for Refugee Sponsorship Given Medal for Volunteers

Canadian Governor General David Johnston presented Robert Taylor, Chair of the Ottawa South Committee for Refugee Sponsorship with the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers at a Ceremony in Rideau Hall on September 7th.

Photo by Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall © OSGG, 2016

Urgent Appeal for Donations for New Refugee Applications! Simply Unique A fantastic two day sale and By Georgina Hunter refugee family start a new life in exhibition of fashion, fibres, Ottawa,” says Robert Taylor, chair of supplies, demonstrations, the Committee. workshop information and The Ottawa South Committee for more! Refugee Sponsorship (OSCRS) is This third refugee application will sponsoring another refugee family only take place when funds are in Nov. 5th and 6th, 2016 from Syria as well as a single Syrian place. man. As with all refugee applications, Sat 10-8, Sun 10-5 The paperwork is complete for this this talented physician’s life is in our The Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Ave. young man, who is from a persecuted hands. Free Admission minority group, and has already fled Putting a dollar value on his head the country. His sponsorship has and his son’s head may seem unreal Free parking available at Corpus Christi School three partners: Statistics Canada em- to readers, however, that is the reality. ployees, Trinity Anglican Church and Their happiness and stability hangs Presented by the Ottawa Valley Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. The precariously like a thread and is will ovwsg.com Committee is now actively planning only cost us $25,000. for his arrival. Members have already Financial donations will be grate- met with his mother, stepfather and fully received and tax receipts will sister, all of whom are already settled be provided. Please make cheques in Ottawa. payable to Trinity Anglican Church. Along with this first new refugee Be sure to write on the memo line: to application, a second one is in the Syrian refugees. Mail the cheque to: FEATUREDSALES REPRESENTATIVE PROPERTIES works. Trinity Anglican Church, 1230 Bank Focused54 Excellence ROSEDALE in Real Estate This time the Committee is part- St, Ottawa, ON K1S 3Y3. OLD OTTAWA SOUTH nering with the Mennonite Ottawa You can also drop off a monthly AVENUE Well designed and well built 3 bed, 2.5 bath semi located just Church, who prepared the refugee or one-time donation at the church on Bank Street at Cameron Avenue, one block from Canal. Main fl oor features a large kitchen with application, and submitted it through granite counters & living room area with gas fi replace. Second their National Mennonite Central from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on Tues- fl oor has master retreat, laundry and two additional bedrooms. Committee. days to Thursdays. Basement is fi nished offering that extra space! All this plus an This second sponsorship is a Do you have more time than $895,000 extra deep and professionally landscaped back yard! Christian family that consists of a money to donate? If yes, the Com- widowed grandmother, her widowed mittee welcomes volunteers who 53 BLACKBURN are available to donate their time. daughter and her two teenage sons. AVENUE SANDY HILL Volunteers are welcome to contact The family fled Syria for Lebanon. Main level features a renovated kitchen and a dining room that This second refugee family are chair, Robert Taylor at r_taylor@rog- leads to a sunken living room. Second fl oor with two bedrooms fortunate to have relatives already ers.com. Drivers, ESL teachers, and and family bathroom and a den overlooking the lower living area! in Ottawa. The relatives eagerly and translators, or those simply able to Third fl oor master retreat with ensuite bath and balcony. The lower anxiously waiting for their arrival to roll up their sleeves and assist where level has a bathroom and a family room with fi replace and access $575,000 SALES REPRESENTATIVE Canada. They are looking forward help is needed are all welcomed. 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Now the family of six has with inside access and private landscaped yard. sponsorship in Canada. This father, a almost doubled in size! neurologist, is a widower. His pedia- The Committee pitched in to trician wife died in Syria. welcome these newcomers to Ot- The Committee would really like tawa. Since the new relatives rented to sponsor him; however, it lacks the an unfurnished house nearby the SALESSALES REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE Focused Excellence in Real Estate funds to do so. 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IN THE GLEBE St. Matthew’s Treasures Auction

“Barn with Cows” by C. March Platt. “Woman Looking out of a Window” by Jean-Paul Drouin.

By Margaret Nankivell cottages and a four-week stay at a print used for auction promotional Also featured is a Boutique Florida Gulf Coast condominium materials, will be offered in the Sales Room, where people can buy St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in the (within the period December 2016 to live auction. We are grateful for the stunning sterling silver jewellery, Glebe’s triennial Treasures Auction January 2017). artist’s permission to use his work. china, pottery and crystal at great will be held on Saturday, October Unlike most auctions, St. Also available are paintings by prices and the inimitable Silver 29, from 11 am to 5:00 pm. The Matthew’s does not charge a Canadian war artist Robert Hyndman Vaults that sells fine silver, jewellery auction is one of the most fun events “Buyer’s Premium” (usually 17%) and other important Canadian and crystal. This year, the silent held in Ottawa. This year’s auction making purchases at this sale even painters, including Kent de Condé, auction bazaar in the church hall will will raise money still needed for more reasonable. Rita Bryanski, Gabriel Joseph Gely, display Canadiana and fine English the church roof and for the FACES The church has received some Wilma Pinkus, James Barbour and furniture, as well as some lovely rugs refugee program that is committed to superb works of art by notable Mary Pfaff, as well as a couple of and many other fine items. supporting several families over the Canadian and European artists. These signed prints by the late skater Toller We have also received some next several years. include a limited edition print entitled Cranston. musical instruments, including a The auction provides a great “Skunk Cabbage” by Arthur Lismer The popular arts café will be back handsome Kawai digital piano, a opportunity to purchase lovely gifts and Nicholas Hornyanski, a copy and many art works will be available flute and two accordions, and will and bid on vacation properties and of which is held in the National Art for viewing at the back of the church. offer musical and live entertainment other items such as dinners and Gallery collection. Ottawa South Musical entertainment (between the opportunities − such as concert and theatre tickets. This year we are artist Simon Brascoupé’s joyful “Two exciting live auction segments) will theatre tickets. offering stays at least three Canadian Hummingbirds”, a limited edition include an interlude with harpists Registration will cost $20 for adults Susan Sweeney Herman and Janine and $10 for students (preregistration Dudding of Acacia Lyra, some jazz at www.stmatthewsottawa.ca or interpretations by St. Matthew’s at-the-door). The price includes musical director Kirkland Adsett on nibblies, admission to the tea room, piano, and “a capella” singing by and a glass of wine or other beverage the Glebelles, many of whom sing (ID may be required). for your home in St. Matthew’s choir. ElegantCertified Colour Consultant Strategies and Canadian Certified Staging Professional “Make the most of your home” Home Staging – show your home to its best advantage when selling Colour Consulting – refresh your living space without fear Room Makeovers – enjoy your home every day BUSINESS Nancy McPherson, BA (Hons),CCSP 613-286-5414 DIRECTORY [email protected] www.elegantstrategies.com

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SECOND THOUGHTS Philosophy for Pluralists By Richard Ostrofsky rhetorician has persuaded them to be- And suggestions have one other lieve. But at the same time, we must important property which make them How can we think and write without accept some form of pluralism. We different from statements: Unlike making truth claims – without insist- must accept that people are entitled the statement, a suggestion cannot ing that one opinion is right while the see things from their own perspec- be negated or contradicted. If I tell others are wrong? And if we can’t, tive and to frame them with the most you not to think about a polka-dot how can we avoid dissing others, and congenial or convenient model, and giraffe, I have just suggested that you seriously pissing them off? to articulate them with their pre- do so. You probably weren’t thinking Even the most hedged and quali- ferred concepts. Short of brute force about giraffes at all, before that last fied statement seems to assert a and persecution, we have no way to sentence! And though a suggestion writer incurs a burden of justification, ‘truth’ of some kind. Even when one tell them they are wrong to do so. cannot be negated, it can be opposed but not a burden of proof. The latter wants to make a thoughtful, nuanced The upshot is: If we are going to do or countered with an alternative sug- would be impossible. The former statement, the grammar of language philosophy, or any kind of serious gestion which may be every bit as is relatively straightforward. I can forces us to make a truth claim and thinking, and then argue our results worthwhile and valid. I can suggest give any number of reasons why I to back it with our reputations. Such to others, we must learn to do this in to my wife that we go out for dinner, think the Earth is roughly spherical claims start debates, and sometimes a new way. or suggest that we stay home and eat and why it is advantageous to think fights, when someone else puts forth Nietzsche was right that “there are what’s in the fridge. These sugges- this way. I have yet to hear of any a contrary claim. Or, when there is no facts, only interpretations,” – that tions oppose one another, but they are advantage to the contrary idea of a overwhelming power on one side or when you get right down to it, even equally reasonable. They exclude one flat Earth beyond a certain love of the other, truth claims may lead to the sensory evidence of your own another in the sense that we can’t do eccentricity for its own sake. inquisitions, book burnings and ex- eyes must be interpreted by a human both simultaneously. But we could do In conclusion, then: Philosophy for ecutions. If you believe that you hold brain with its learned concepts and one tonight and the other tomorrow; pluralists is not to be imagined as a ‘the truth,’ then those who disagree its ideas of what to expect. But his and a different couple might choose quest for universal, timeless truths. with you must be guilty of dangerous now-famous dictum over-states the differently than we do – without be- First, it is the search of an individual cognitive pollution. Or, you might case: Interpretation is seldom a free ing illogical in any way. With sugges- for a satisfactory, personal worldview find yourself accused of such a crime. act of cognitive power. When you’re tions, the law of non-contradiction – a cognitive and existential strategy, In the extreme case, they might burn driving your car on a crowded street, breaks down! a personal way of making sense of you at the stake, as they did with Jan you’re likely to kill someone or get Now, the suggestion of this OS- one’s world and living in it. Second, Hus or Giordano Bruno. Or just serve killed yourself if you don’t read your CAR column is that philosophy and it is a discourse of worthwhile and you a lethal drink, as they did with changing situation correctly: the other genres of thoughtful discourse justifiable suggestions to others: a Socrates. other cars, the pedestrians, the road are concerned with justifiable sug- basis for public debate and dialogue. Even without these social hazards, markings and the traffic signs. Your gestions and not with true beliefs. By itself, it will never be what Plato, there are problems with truth claims, act of interpretation is also an attempt When I write, I try to be aware that Augustine, Kant and so many others and with the whole idea of ‘truth.’ at understanding; and though inter- I may have intelligent, sensitive, had hoped: the cognitive foundation A first problem is with language pretations may differ, and often do, well-meaning readers who deeply for a stable social order. For that, we itself: As Lao Tzu said, and every they need to work reasonably well disagree with what I’m trying to say. will need to seek elsewhere; and I writer knows, “The Tao that can be for the people who make them. They This piece itself may serve as an suspect that our only hope may be told is not the true Tao.” You cannot have to keep you in touch with your example. I have no way to prove that the general desire (if there is one) for capture reality fully and accurately reality and provide a decent grip. what I am saying here is ‘true’ – i.e. a climate of personal integrity and in a net of language, no matter how Our statements, accordingly, are that Plato’s notion of absolute truth mutual respect. hard you try. A second problem is more like suggestions, than like truth no longer has a place in philosophy. that people have different perspec- claims. Both to ourselves and to oth- Nor, when I write a column on self- Richard Ostrofsky, formerly of Sec- tives, legitimately different points ers, we suggest that things are a cer- organization and what I’ve called ond Thoughts Bookstore in OOS, now of view toward the same physical tain way – e.g. that it is raining, and the eco-Darwinian paradigm, can I lives in Montreal near his daughter object depending on what they fear that we need an umbrella. If we say prove to a believer that God does not and grandchildren, but still writes it might do to them or what they are that such a statement is true or false, exist. The best I can do in either case his monthly column for OSCAR on planning to do with it. A shark in we are speaking loosely, because is to suggest my own preferred way whatever catches his interest. www. your swimming pool will be per- what one person calls ‘rain’ is only a of understanding and try to ‘justify’ secthoughts.com, reostrofsky@gmail. ceived quite differently from a shark trifling drizzle for someone else, or a this preference – i.e. explain to the com at the aquarium. Adults may have storm that keeps some third person at hostile reader why I think as I do. very different feelings about dogs, home until it’s over. I can tell you what I think, and set depending on whether the first ones Suggestions are neither true nor forth the considerations that convince they saw as children were cute and false; they cannot be proven or refut- me, without expecting that these will cuddly or fierce and threatening. ed but must be justified or discredited necessarily convince you. Finally, when we want to work with in a completely different way. A sug- What I am saying, then, is that the or describe something, we may have gestion may be helpful and appropri- a choice of models or paradigms to ate or merely useless and distracting. work with. No one would bother with It may be friendly and disinterested quantum mechanics to analyze the or self-serving and manipulative. It physics of a roller coaster. But some may be warranted or presumptuous: people choose to see the embryo as one may have standing to offer the a reincarnated soul, others as a new suggestion or one may not. God-given one, others as a mind- When I write a piece like this one, less cluster of cells and hardly much or simply make a statement (e.g. that of anything yet. We can argue what the summer just ended has been the the laws of abortion should be, but hottest on record) I am suggesting it is nonsense to ask who is ‘right’, that you believe something. In this because there’s no way to settle this way, every statement can be consid- dispute. ered as a suggestion – a suggestion So here is the problem: On one to think in a certain way. But the For a comprehensive overview, hand, we do not want to say that suggestion to go for a coffee or for a please visit our web site: all opinions and beliefs are equally beer cannot be treated as a statement. valid: that ‘truth’ is only a politi- The statement, accordingly, is seen www.sandyhill.ca or call cal concept – what the majority of to be a special case of suggestion: Nathan Gurnham at (613) 832-1717 people believe, an orthodoxy that the a suggestion with a potential truth- authorities prescribe, or what a clever value, either true or false. Page 26 The OSCAR l October 2016

HEALTH AND WELLNESS Fitness for New Moms By Susan McDonald Begin by contracting your pelvic shoulders back and down, allowing stronger. You can practice pelvic tilts floor for a series of 10 x 1 second your shoulders to fall as far from the after you finish nursing as you are Have you just had a baby? In the list contractions. Follow with contrac- ears as possible and squeezing your cuddling with your baby. of your new priorities, you’ve prob- tions where you hold your pelvic shoulder blades together. Release to Your body has gone through so ably placed many things higher than floor contraction for a longer period normal position and repeat. many changes since becoming a fitness routine, and we can’t blame - begin with holding for about 3 This exercise will remind you pregnant, and it continues to do so you. However, if you’ve ever been seconds and work your way up to 10 to correct your posture, open your in the weeks after your baby arrives. active, you know when you exer- seconds. chest and strengthen your upper and By focusing on these three areas and cise, even just a little, you feel great. To be sure you›re doing them cor- middle back at the same time. Try to incorporating some simple exercise, When you stretch your tired, achy rectly remember: complete 10 repetitions a few times a you’ll help reduce tension and relieve muscles, when you take care of your • Don’t hold your breath day, while you are watching televi- some pain. Of course, the most im- body and give yourself permission • Don’t tighten your tummy, thighs sion, sitting at the computer or even portant thing in these first few weeks to carve out the important ‘me time’ or buttock muscles when feeding; once a good latch and is spending time as a new family, but that you crave, it’s better for you, and • Don’t squeeze your legs together breast feeding is established, you there’s nothing wrong with wanting your baby. can practice this exercise as baby is to feel better also! If you’re beginning to feel recov- Try to complete 10 short and 10 snuggled in your arms. When you’re ready to begin exer- ered post-birth, you may be excited long contractions a few times a cising again, find some classes to join to get active again, but many forms day, remembering that pelvic floor Your Abdominal Muscles: in. FITMOM offers Mom and Baby of exercise aren’t recommended muscles fatigue easily. If you need We know that core muscles are af- and FITWOMAN classes at South- until after 6 weeks postpartum. And to, complete fewer contractions more fected during pregnancy, but we also minster United Church in Old Ottawa even when you think you’re ready, often in the day to prevent fatigue. know that they don’t just go back to South. You can find more informa- you’re body isn’t likely to be ready what they were like pre-pregnancy tion or check our schedule at www. to get back to running or to a fitness Your Shoulders the moment baby arrives. fitmomottawa.com. class, even if it’s made especially for Your tired shoulders really do Give pelvic tilts a try. Begin by moms, like FITMOM classes are. take the brunt of so much both dur- lying on your back with your knees Susan McDonald lives in Old Ottawa Instead, in those first few weeks, here ing pregnancy and with a newborn. bent and feet flat on the floor. Inhale South. She is an experienced certified are some exercise recommendations Between growing bellies, feeding to fill your belly with air. Exhale personal trainer and an expert in the for three areas you CAN focus on: and holding a new baby, and the poor while pulling your belly button area of pre and post-natal fitness. She posture that often comes with all of towards your spine and slightly roll- is the proud owner of FITMOM Ot- Your Pelvic Floor that, your shoulders are always hard ing your hips towards your ribs, but tawa, where she has offered prenatal Your pelvic floor muscles have lost at work. not lifting your hips or glutes off the fitness, mom and baby fitness and elasticity during pregnancy and you Try simple shoulder rotations to re- ground. Release and repeat. boot camps for women in Old Ottawa will likely need to recondition these lieve some of the stress. Begin by in- Try to complete 10 repetitions a South, New Edinburgh and Ottawa muscles, regardless of the type of haling and lifting your shoulders to- few times a day. Work up to 20 or West for more than 5 years. delivery you’ve had. wards your ears. Exhale and roll your 25 repetitions as you begin to feel

The Importance of Asking Questions a sister and a brother on either side, different level. In our case, it meant we each had one can only imagine the challenges Who’s responsible? Was it mine, or the spot light shone on us for a few our parents had trying to keep a was it someone else’s responsibility moments. The simple rule we agreed lid on at the dinner table, let alone to formulate a meaningful question? upon was that we could take as much communicate to the hired men who The marvellous thing about a good time as we needed to say how we lived in the little house down the question is that it shapes our identity felt about one thing or another and lane, employed as helpers during the as much by the asking as it does by no one could interrupt or interject haying and harvest seasons. the answering. Questions can make with a comment or a curiosity. Turns out my older sister was a or unmake a life. Over the years at Bragging was encouraged, as was “squeaky wheel”. In my memory, the yoga studio, I’ve gotten pretty saying something humbling about she was the one who not only asked comfortable sitting in a circle sharing ourselves, or sharing a few words of most of the questions but she also my feelings and asking others about gratitude. It was and continues to be seemed to have all the answers! theirs. Being authentic and speaking a very special time, a heart-warming I learned at an early age what it from a soft place in my heart has and transformational experience for was like to sit silently with words allowed others to do the same. everyone, speakers and listeners unspoken in my throat. This became A few years ago, I conjured alike. my modus operandi … wanting to up the courage to initiate a circle At Surround Circle Yoga we PHOTO BY LEN WARD be asked how I felt about things, and conversation around our familiar are starting up a NEW Centering at the same time being afraid of what dinner table. Initially, a lot of Circle… called Radiance On & Off By Maureen Fallis, Surround might come out of my mouth. Would eyebrows were raised and there was the Mat. Held on the first Friday Circle Yoga it be the ‘right’ thing, would it be some easing away from the table evening of every month beginning clever or even relevant? from my young nieces… but over in October, we will come together to There is nothing I like more than What I would have given for my time, we all looked forward to the practice the art of asking questions to be asked a question that makes parents, or my favourite Auntie to moment when we entered into a and listening intently for hidden me stop in my tracks; to breathe, to ask me what lit me up, made me dialogue. messages. There will be an eclectic sense how the question impacts my happy, or dragged me down? Instead The thought-provoking poet David mix of movement, meditation, music physical body, and to take time to the words I remember hearing when Whyte, writes about what we should and poetry. respond intuitively from a relaxed I’d go home for family gatherings be asking ourselves – especially state of being. So why do we rush were, “So, when did you arrive when we least want to confront To find out about our programs to ask questions and expect an and when are you going back?” our own answers. He says, “A real and private sessions, please call immediate response or avoid all Innocent as they were, these words conversation always contains an 613-327-4627 or email maureen. together asking an intimate question? left me feeling marginalized, vacant invitation. You are inviting another [email protected]. Check out When I was a kid growing up on a and essentially passed over. It was person to reveal herself or himself, our beautiful revised website www. big prairie farm, I really don’t ever unfortunate because this might have to tell you who they are or what surroundcircleyoga.com. recall being asked my opinion on been a rare occasion to learn and they want. To do this requires anything. Being a middle child, with appreciate one another on a whole vulnerability.” The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 27

NEWS Come Celebrate 70 Years of Fair Trade by Visiting Ten Thousand Villages By Ute Gerbrandt artifacts and an extensive assortment ber of whom are from Old Ottawa trade is a direct experience with the of imported fair trade food items. South. To name a few, Pierre Chet- artisans – the majority in Bangladesh Did you know that the Ten Thousand “Festival” sales have been held at the elat, Jane Heintz Grove, Catherine being women. We also visited other Villages is credited with being the Church for almost 40 years during Montgomery, Martha Wiebe, Pipa artisans groups in India, Nepal and instigator of the “fair trade” concept November weekends. On Saturdays Wiens and myself (Ute Gerbrandt). Kenya.” and movement and that it was begun the tea room serves homemade soups What motivates us and many, many So keep in mind that you individu- by a woman back in 1946? This year such as cabbage and beet borscht, other people to volunteer? A few ally and as families can make a dif- it is celebrating its 70th Anniversary. homemade bread, freshly baked examples:Martha Wiebe (OOS ference in the lives of impoverished Edna Ruth Byler visiting relief sweets, assorted sandwiches, etc. volunteer since 1990) said: “It was people by purchasing fair trade items work of the Mennonite Central Com- These are served, of course, along a consciousness-raising opportu- for others and yourself to enjoy. You mittee (MCC) with her husband in with Villages fairly traded coffee and nity for us – especially for my two can buy knowing that the money Puerto Rico saw poor women selling tea. The proceeds from the Tea Room daughters (then aged 8 and 9) and you spend will give many people their beautiful handmade needle- go to serve the needs of the local myself, learning about fair trade and throughout the world a chance at work very cheaply to earn money to poor through giving to the Ottawa the importance of producers receiv- lifting themselves and future genera- feed their families. Edna felt great Food Bank while proceeds from the ing fair compensation for their labour tions out of poverty. sympathy for them, given her experi- sales are reinvested in the Fair Trade and their products”. Mark your calendars now to come ence during the great depression of program for needy artisans in the Jane Heintz Grove said: “Since the to the November Weekend Festival the 1930s and decided to buy some developing countries. early 2000’s my son Ben and I typi- Sales and, if possible, participate in of this extraordinary needlework If you are not be able find a suit- cally volunteered for the same shift some of these special events. at a fair price for herself and other able gift or you are looking for a gift in the tea room and also helped with For information see: Facebook. friends back in the USA. Back at for someone who is too far away, the cleanup crew. As a youngster com/VillagesOttawa; Twitter@Vil- home in Akron, PA, she started to sell another option is a financial contribu- Ben had so much fun helping in the lagesOttawa. the women’s needlework to family, tion in the name of the intended re- kitchen. We learned a lot about fair friends and neighbours. Given their cipient, toward a variety of projects. trade together”. Ute Gerbrandt has been an OOS very positive response, she started These may include buying farmyard And I, Ute (and my deceased resident off and on for 42 years and selling it in more faraway loca- animals, contributing toward educa- husband Leonard [1941-2010]) have still enjoys living here. Great neigh- tions and went back several times to tion or healthcare, etc. These gifts are been involved since 1982. “We really bours make great neighbourhoods. Puerto Rico to buy more needlework administered through MCC and they learned about fair trade when we always at a fair price. Mennonite are eligible for a tax receipt. lived and I worked in Bangladesh Central Committee soon realized the This year, to help celebrate the Ten (1984-86) while Leonard, artist and development assistance value of this Thousand Villages 70th Anniversary art teacher volunteered as artistic effort to help the poor – buying and of Fair Trade a special event will be counselor for various groups produc- selling crafts at fair wages helped held at the Church on the opening ing crafts for export and local con- them out of their poverty and enabled date, Friday November 4th starting sumption. Our appreciation for fair them to improve their lives directly at 3:00pm. The first 70 customers and not through a relief hand-out. will receive a small gift and enjoy MCC, the relief and development a piece of anniversary cake and arm of Mennonite Churches, helped coffee. Around 6:00pm dignitar- Edna Ruth to travel to other develop- ies, including Ottawa Mayor Jim ing countries to find more products Watson and Ward Councillors, will for fair price buying and selling. arrive. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm a Now, 70 years later, Ten Thousand Sausage Barbeque will be served by Villages as it was renamed in the Ottawa’s Seed to Sausage General 1990s from Self Help Crafts, is going Store, 729 Gladstone Ave. Ad- strong. Proceeds in 2015 in Canada vanced purchase of tickets for the and the USA provided $7.5M in fair sausage and cider is recommended; wages, enabling more than 3,000 cost is $5/person or $20 for a artisans and families to experience family. Reserve them by e-mail at an improved life. In Canada more [email protected]. Speech- than 3,000 volunteers are involved in es and awards start around 6:30pm. specially organized sales and in help- Make sure you come early to have ing in 36 stores, including the one in a chance for the initial 70 customer Ottawa at 371 Richmond Rd. gifts, door prizes and presentations. So how can you Ottawans living in There will be many photo ops with Old Ottawa South participate in this dignitaries and volunteers. Fair Trade movement? You can shop Again this year, there will be a at the 371 Richmond Road Villages repeat of the popular “Fairly High store throughout the year, buying fair Tea” on Friday Nov 18th with three trade products, including food items. sittings at 1:00pm, 2:30pm and You can visit the Weekend Festival 4:00pm. Book your tickets early for Sales during the month of Novem- this special event – $15 for adults ber 2016 at the Ottawa Mennonite and $5 for children – reserve them Church, 1830 Kilborn Ave. Shop- by email from fairtrade.hightea2@ ping there Fridays from 3-8pm and gmail.com. Saturdays from 10am to 4pm – Nov Keep in mind that the work for 4&5, Nov 11&12, Nov 18&19 and these sales – including unpacking, Nov 25&26 will help poor impov- setting up and taking down the erished artisans in many countries. displays, serving in the tea room as At the Weekend Festival Sales you well as all the special events held can find a huge collection of incred- at the Festival sale – are carried out ibly beautiful handmade crafts and entirely by volunteers, a num- Page 28 The OSCAR l October 2016

TASTY TIDBITS FROM TRILLIUM BAKERY My Seven-year Itches By Jocelyn LeRoy My Third Itch was stuck there like glue for eight she cut out little pieces of slate and This was a group of events in months. wrote on them. She found a lovely Most of you dear readers have our kitchen. When it started to fall old picture frame by the roadside; noticed that Trillium Bakery has a apart, we had to struggle through My Fifth (and Latest) Itch she painted it and made it into new look. reconstruction. When a two-ton oven After recalling these events, I the blackboard that advertises our It’s only the fifth change of our got stuck in the doorway, it gave us viewed with some trepidation the breakfast, lunch and supper items. interior in 36 years; that works out to more than a moment of angst. As did thought of swapping things all Working with materials at hand, on one every seven years. the arrival of our huge brick oven in around for fun and modernity. This a tight budget and timeline, Karen Lately Karen, of our sister store a truck from Arnprior’s oldest baker. summer I had a couple of anxiety used her many talents and skills to Alta Vista Flowers, was itching It was a big pile of bricks and a few attacks at the LeRoy cottage in create this refreshing change. to see a little modernity added to sheets of metal. It was up to us to Algonquin Park before the big We’re still tweaking behind the the bakery, that is, revamping our figure it out. We did; our livelihood transition / big surprise awaiting my scenes to maximize the functionality rustic décor and signage. She forged was at stake. return. And yet, the more I thought of movement, placement, flow and ahead, knowing I might resist any And then, one fateful day, there about it, what could possibly go order. We are also mindful of Health big changes, and she dropped a few was the Big Bang: an implosion of wrong? Department requirements such as hints, not so many that I would balk. the carefully assembled ancient brick My first step into the bakery took installation of “sneeze-guards” over I decided to gingerly jump on board, oven. Remember that the laundromat my breath away. “It’s so different. the muffins, cookies and everything mentally, after taking a trip down was adjacent to Trillium. Its dryer I like it. A lot.” My immediate else on display. We aim to satisfy memory lane. vents were stuffed with insulation, impression: more spacious. You can those customers with dietary creating negative air when all the see everything you need to see when concerns that their goods are right My First Itch washers and dryers and our oven you enter. There’s more room by the where they expect them to be. And Mike and I decided to put in a new were going full-tilt, and one day cash register. An imaginative table Mike has spent hours trying to place floor. This meant ripping up seven there was a huge implosion. An epic, in the centre displays our specialty our well-used corner cupboard. It’s layers of ancient tiles; we chipped at sooty mess covered Trillium’s walls, breads and preserves. If you look now storing dozens of pie boxes and broken tiles and inhaled the stink of floor, ceiling and bread racks. We straight ahead, there’s a framed is mostly out of sight. old glue and flooring. Every inch of paid $1,200 for design and $5,000 for blackboard. On top of the old hutch Here’s what some of customers our old bakery became coated with fabrication/installation of a custom- shelves and cupboards sits a real have said: “It’s bigger.” “Oh, you’ve fine dust. Not fun! made air vent that adjusted the birch log and driftwood, topped with downsized.” “It looks cleaner.” (No, pressure by automatically opening autumn leaves, berries and burlap not cleaner, but more spacious.) My Second Itch and flapping annoyingly when ribbon – a beautiful touch indeed. “You’re trying to confuse me.” At our landlord’s insistence, our necessary. No more bangs, big or Thank you, Karen! With help from “Change is good.” “Have the owners magnificent lilac bush was chopped small. floral designer Brenda, and Karen changed?” “Where did you put my down and our surrounding garden and Mike’s boys shoving furniture muffin?” My favourite: “Oh, good, was paved over. All to increase the My Fourth Itch into place, she achieved a great new you’ve brought the rocking horse parking space for his laundromat. Our fourth change was the Big look. There is a balance between back.” Trillium suffered the wrath of the Move, moving the whole store to the rustic and the modern – the Kudos to Karen, Brenda, Jake, neighbourhood for years because 1181 Bank St. It took us more than signage, for example. Before the Alex and Mike! “their” lilac bush was destroyed in a year to recover from it: regroup, transformation, I had worried that the name of greed, none of it ours. find things, install venting, shelving, Karen would have bolted when she Jocelyn LeRoy is the owner/manager flooring, and, worst of all, get saw my list of more than 100 signs of Trillium Bakery in Old Ottawa

GMSOlderOpenGROscarNov16.pdf 1 our 2016-06-21 former address 3:58 PMoff Google. It used for all our products. Instead, South since 1980. TRILLIUM RECIPE Crabapple Jelly

It’s crabapple time. If you come upon a tree, pick a bagful. It makes the most delightfully delicious jelly for cheese and crackers, poured over baked brie, an accompaniment to chicken or turkey, and, of course, good old peanut butter and jelly. This recipe is excellent,

C making a jelly the colour of rubies.

M Ingredients Y 4 litres crabapples

CM 7 cups water (to cover the crabapples)

MY Directions CY Remove stems and blossom ends.

CMY Clean. Cook for 20 min. K Strain through cheesecloth and let drain overnight into a large pot or bowl. Measure 1 cup juice to 1 cup sugar. Bring to boil slowly. Cook for 8 to 10 min. Remove scum and pour into sterilized jars.

Tips Cover apples with water to a depth of only 1 in. above the apples. Do not squeeze pulp of straining apples. Test for setting point. If there is too much water, boil longer. Add the juice of ½ to 1 lemon to the boiling jelly. The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 29

POETRY The Heart is a Muscle SOIRÉE DE By Colin Morton The heart is a muscle CONSULTATION It has to be strong Go to the club every week PUBLIQUE Give it a workout Work it out If you can 26 OCTOBRE 2016 Give it a rubdown

Projet d’ouverture d’une école élémentaire If the heart were strong as steel catholique pour les secteurs Vieux Ottawa Sud, It would be stainless Vieux Ottawa Est et Le Glebe Rub it down and it would shine Give it a rubdown Un comité de parents appuyé par le Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre- Rub it on stone If you can Est (CECCE) convie les parents des secteurs Vieux Ottawa Sud, Vieux Ottawa Give it a sharp edge Est, Le Glebe et les environs à une soirée de consultation publique. Cette soirée a pour objectif de sonder la population sur l’intérêt d’ouvrir une école If the heart were a knife élémentaire catholique pour les enfants de la maternelle à la 6e année. It would be deadly You would hone it and sheath it Au cours de cette séance de consultation, les membres du groupe de travail Keep it hidden qui étudient présentement la possibilité d’ouvrir une nouvelle école, vous You’d feel safe just knowing expliqueront les détails du projet. Une période de questions a aussi été It was on you planifiée pour que les personnes présentes aient la chance de faire part de leurs questionnements et commentaires. But the heart is a muscle One day it will fail you 26 octobre 2016, à 19 h Give it a workout a rubdown Keep it sharp Amphithéâtre de l’Université St-Paul But don’t think it will save you 223, rue Main, Ottawa (ON) K1S 1C4 It’s only your heart From the book “How to Be Born Again”, Vous êtes aussi invités à suivre la page Facebook «Projet école élémentaire published by Kingston’s Quarry Press. catholique Vieux Ottawa Sud/Est» à l’adresse www.facebook.com/projet ecolevieuxottawa pour rester informés en temps réel des avancements du projet. POETRY WANTED! Merci de votre appui! Submissions of original poems by Old Ottawa South PUBLIC writers are welcome. Please send up to 3 poems, no CONSULTATION more than 30 lines long, and a 1-line bio to the Editor at

EVENING [email protected] OCTOBER 26, 2016 Proposal to Open a French Catholic Elementary School Serving Old Ottawa South, New Signs by Windsor Park Old Ottawa East and the Glebe

A parents’ committee supported by the Conseil des écoles catholiques du By James Hunter Centre-Est (CECCE), is inviting parents in Old Ottawa South, Old Ottawa East, the Glebe and the surrounding areas to a public consultation event. The purpose of the consultation is to gauge interest in opening a French Catholic Warning to dog walk- elementary school for children in junior kindergarten to 6th grade. ers (and others): Ottawa Community Housing has During the consultation, members of the parents’ committee currently studying erected new signs near their the possibility of opening a new school will give an overview of the project. high-rise building adjoining There will also be a question period for attendees and an opportunity to Windsor Park. This grassy share comments. area is marked as a dogs on leash area with a $120 fine October 26, 2016, 7 pm for contravention. This is in contrast to the rest of the Saint Paul University Amphitheatre park which is generally an 223 Main Street, Ottawa (ON) K1S 1C4 off leash dog area.

You can also follow the “Projet école élémentaire catholique Vieux Ottawa Sud/Est” page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/projetecolevieuxottawa for updates on the project. Thank you for your support!

4000, rue Labelle, Ottawa (ON) K1J 1A1 613 744-2555 ecolecatholique.ca Page 30 The OSCAR l October 2016

COMPUTER TRICKS AND TIPS Who’s in Charge of My Computer, Anyway? Part 1 By Malcolm and John breakfast. There was quite an outcry sentence of the 20-odd-page contract so frequently. It might be more ap- Harding, of Compu-Home that some revenue should be gener- that you agreed to when you signed propriate to concern ourselves with ated by charging a subscription fee, up for every single one of these the questions of whether it is likely but the honchos at those services – services, then you are the only person that Facebook would ever do that, A few weeks ago I Googled a retail email providers, social media sites on earth who realizes that within that and what would be the fallout if it item, just to see how much it might and the like – displayed an enormous friendly and often jocular legalese are did. What would it take to make you cost. There seemed to be a few inter- patience; they waited until we were conditions that render you absolutely cancel your account? esting choices at walmart.ca and so all well and truly hooked before helpless in the event that something I looked at them for a few minutes, inserting the thin edge of the adver- happens that you don’t like. If you do Next issue: What are some of the and then forgot about it . . . or at least tising wedge. I remember a Rogers read it and you’re not satisfied, sim- things we can do to re-assert our I tried to, until reminders and adver- representative laughing at me and ply don’t sign the agreement and just control over our online activities, and tisements for that item (a tabletop being unable to hide it some years as simply you can’t have that service. just how effective are they? food warmer, if you care) started ago, when I asked her how much was The fact is that most people are appearing at least daily on my Face- the monthly cost of my subscription willing to put up with ads in order Go to compu-home.com/blog for an book and email pages. These were going to be reduced to compensate to satisfy their daily fix of email and archive of our columns (including ads not only from Walmart, but other for the fact that my email pages were keeping up with their friends online. this one) and lots more tech-related suppliers too. The barrage is continu- now suddenly festooned with adver- On the other hand, many might have articles. There is a space right after ing, weeks later. You have probably tising. problems with some of the related each item for you to make comments had a similar experience. The providers are perfectly within online privacy and control issues if and suggestions, and ask questions. This phenomenon can be best de- their rights to modify these services they were aware of the extent of the You can even sign up for automatic scribed as “No more Mr. Nice Guy.” however they choose, for a couple of implications. For example: there are updates. Have a look at compu-home. Many of the online services’ share- reasons: First, as long as the service those who believe that Facebook has com/blog soon or call us at 613- holders spent their first few years is free it belongs exclusively to the the right to use photos or text that 731-5954 to share your opinions and tearing their hair and wondering provider in all respects and the sky is you have posted, for other purposes. suggest subjects for future columns. how there could ever be a glimmer the limit in how the look and feel of We don’t actually know whether or Our email address is info@compu- of future profit in people emailing the site can be changed. Second is the not that is true because a) we are not home.com. one another and broadcasting photos legal dimension. If you are the only lawyers and b) the terms and condi- of cute kittens or what they had for person on earth who has read every tions of the use of Facebook change

ABBOTSFORD AT THE GLEBE CENTRE Whatever the Weather By Julie Ireton “SnowGo”. This program aims to able to seniors, because it’s “good to was able to help out 27 clients with subsidize and hire companies to know they don’t have to pick up the the SnowGo program. Their catch- No one enjoys shovelling snow, but remove snow at the homes of low- shovel to dig themselves out and it ment area runs between the Queen- for some Ottawa seniors, getting help income seniors over 55 as well as helps them stay at home longer.” sway to the north, Hunt Club Road removing snow from their steps and people with disabilities. Before the snow begins to fly, to the south, the Rideau River to the driveway can mean the difference be- “We appreciate it. It definitely it Kirsten O’Brien at Community Sup- east and Fisher Avenue to the west. tween living independently and going takes the anxiety away,” said Judy port Services at Abbotsford, has been Judy Katz said her mother and into residential care. Katz whose father benefits from the busy contacting seniors who used the father only speak Cantonese, which The City of Ottawa funds agen- SnowGo program. “It gives him the program last year and those looking is an added obstacle so she acts as the cies, including The Glebe Centre’s freedom to go out whenever he wants for snow removal this winter. go-between. Community Programs and Support to.” “Some of the families are so ap- “This contractor provides continu- Services at Abbotsford, to provide Katz said she wants to help spread preciative of their parents being able ity for my dad, even though there’s the word that this program is avail- to stay home longer,” said O’Brien. no subsidy he also provides lawn care “It allows them to maintain their in the summer too. independence, by being able to get out to appointments without Abbotsford is your community sup- any risk trying to do it all them- port centre for Adults 55+. We are selves.” the community programs of The The SnowGo subsidy is avail- Glebe Centre Inc., a charitable, able to individuals who have not-for-profit, organization which a yearly gross income below includes a 254 bed long term care $31,500 or for families and home. Find out more about our ser- couples with less income than vices by dropping by 950 Bank Street $39,500 annually. (the old stone house) Mon- Fri 9-4 “But some people we assist pm, telephoning 613-230-5730 or by have incomes lower than $7000,” checking out all of The Glebe Centre said O’Brien. facilities and community programs She takes in applications and on our website www.glebecentre.ca. asks for statements of earnings to make sure the clients meet the necessary criteria. Then O’Brien contacts pre-approved, vetted snow removal companies who will provide the service. “It depends on their needs,” said O’Brien. “Some people wish just to have their driveway cleared. Others need their steps, sidewalk cleaned.” Last year, the Abbotsford team The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 31

NEWS 2016 Grand Market Supports African Grandmothers By Jenny Wilson are hopeful for their grandchildren’s future, and are advocating for human Ottawa grandmothers supporting the rights and protection for themselves. Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) And Canadian grandmothers have Grandmothers to Grandmothers pledged to continue their support of Campaign are putting the finishing these heroic women. touches to a major fundraising event. Catherine Bell, a realtor and Last fall’s ‘Grand Market’ was so member of the One World Grannies, successful that it is moving this year together with her business partner to a bigger venue — the Horticulture Pauline Bogue, are especially pleased Building at Lansdowne Park. The that their agency is sponsoring this date to circle on your calendar is year’s Grand Market. “It’s com- Sunday, October 30, from 9:00 am to munities helping communities, even 3:00 pm. though we are an ocean apart,” says The event is organized by One Catherine. All of the local grand- World Grannies and supported by mother groups and the grandmothers 14 other grandmother groups in the of Africa are grateful to Royal Lep- region. Items for sale will include age Team Realty for their generous collectible treasures, art, pottery, tex- support. Joyce Pagurek and Jenny Wilson of the Capital Grannies with tiles, beautiful crafts, food and plants. At last year’s Grand Market, the some of the goods their group is selling at the Grand Market. Children’s toys, games, books, gently collaborative efforts of area grand- PHOTO BY BERNARD PAGUREK used clothing, handmade beds and mothers raised close to $18,000 for clothing for the family canine, and the cause, and hopes are high for a other orphaned children they have date, this Canadian fundraising much more will also be on offer — at substantial increase this year as a taken into their homes. The scale movement has raised in excess of ridiculously low prices. There will be result of the larger venue at Lansd- of personal and societal upheaval is $25 million in support of grassroots home-made treats at the Sweet and owne. We hope to see you there! staggering — in sub-Saharan Af- initiatives in Africa, such as HIV Savoury Café as well, and tarot card For more information on the rica alone, there are over 15 million education, food and medicine dis- readings by Grandmother Moon. Grandmothers Campaign, visit young people orphaned by AIDS and tribution, home-based health care, The year 2016 marks the 10th an- stephenlewisfoundation.org or email nearly 26 million people living with income-generating projects, and niversary of the launch of the SLF’s [email protected]. HIV/AIDS. school fees and uniforms. Grandmothers to Grandmothers In response to this crisis, 240 Grandmothers in Africa, supported Campaign to support African grand- Jenny Wilson is a resident of OOS grandmother groups have sprung up for the past decade by their local mothers. These women have lost and a member of the Capital Gran- across Canada since 2006, including community-based organizations and their adult children to HIV/AIDS and nies. 23 in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. To the SLF, are transforming their lives, now care for their grandchildren and Page 32 The OSCAR l October 2016

SUNNYSIDE LIBRARY PROGRAMS Sunnyside Branch turn for help should you need it. out, meet people, procrastinate, play Engineering and Design that engages Ottawa Public Library Tuesday, October 18, 2:00-3:30pm games, explore your artistic side, or the community in discussions of 1049 Bank Street, Ottawa just be! Open to all 13 to 18 yrs. timely and innovative ideas in 613-730-1082, Block Party / Ça dé “bloc” (Family Tuesdays, 4:00 – 5:30pm engineering, design and technology. Adult Services, ext 22 program) September 13 – December 20 Wednesday, 6:30 – 7:30pm, Children’s Services, ext 29 Building Boom: show off your October 5 architectural creativity with Lego®. Understanding Mental Health CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS Archiboum! Architectes en herbe, à This workshop explores the topics Science Cafés with Carleton vos Lego®! Drop-in / Programme of mental health and mental illness, University Maker Mondays / Lundi créatifs portes ouvertes the issue of stigma, and discusses Explore science through Science (Ages 8 & up / Âgés de 8 ans et plus) Fridays, 3:30 – 5:00pm / vendredi, effective ways of promoting mental Cafés offered by Carleton Play, build, create, cut, fold, knit, 15h 30 – 17h wellness. We create healthy and University’s Faculty of Science. draw & so much more with our September 16 – December 16 / 16 interactive discussions that focus on Each café begins at 6:30pm with a 20 new low-tech mobile maker station! septembre – 16 décembre learning positive coping strategies minute talk by a scientist followed / Joue, construis, crée, découpe, and learning lifestyles that help by a 40-minute open question and plie, tricot, dessine et pratique une Block Party / Ça dé “bloc” PA day increase mental wellness. answer period. Come and join us for foule d’autres activités avec notre special Online Registration Required a lively discussion around a scientific nouveaue poste mobile de creation à Friday, October 7, 1:00-5:00pm / Tuesday, October 11, 4:00 – 5:30pm issue of the day. Be prepared to be faible technicité! vendredi le 7 octobre, 13h – 17h informed, engaged and even amused, ADULT PROGRAMS as Carleton’s professors share their Babytime Home-Schoolers’ Happening scientific discoveries with you. For babies and their parents or Join us for an afternoon of board The Writing Workshop Wednesdays, 6:30 – 7:30pm, October caregiver with stories, rhymes, songs games, LEGO, cards & fun for home- An opportunity for writers of fiction, 12 & 26 and games. 0-18 months. Drop In. schooled children and their families, non-fiction, poetry, and experimental Tuesdays, 2:15pm (30 min.) happening every week! Drop-in / forms to gather. Our emphasis will Conversation en français September 13 - October 4 Programme portes ouvertes be on developing works-in-progress Improve your spoken French and October 18 - December 6 Thursdays, 12:00 – 3:00pm / Les for publication. The workshop will meet new friends in a relaxed setting. jeudis, 12h – 15h provide writers with encouragement Intermediate level required. Toddlertime September 15 – December 8 / 15 and constructive criticism from their Thursdays, 6:30 – 7:30pm, For toddlers and a parent or caregiver septembre – 8 décembre peers. Author/Facilitator: Michael F. September 15 – December 15 with stories, rhymes, songs and Stewart: http://michaelfstewart.com games. Ages 18-35 months. Drop In. CHILDREN’S BOOK CLUBS Monday, 6:00 - 8:00pm, October 17 Ebooks and More: Drop-in Help Please choose only Tuesday or Sessions Thursday for each session. Mighty Girls Book Club English Conversation Group Drop in with your device to Tuesdays, 10:15am (30 min.) A children’s book club focussed Practice English and meet new troubleshoot or to learn about September 13 - October 4 on exploring brave, strong and friends in a relaxed and friendly different types of digital content October 18 - December 6 intelligent girls in books. Previously environment. Beginner level you can download from the library OR called the Mother-Daughter Book welcome! website: ebooks, audiobooks, Thursdays, 10:15am (30 min.) Club, mothers or other special Tuesdays, 5:30 – 7:00pm magazines, movies, music and more. September 15 - October 6 women are encouraged to accompany September 13 – December 13 Fridays, 3:00 – 5:00pm, October 7 October 20 - December 8 their child. Ages 7-12. Registration. & 21 Tuesdays, 6:30 – 7:30pm, October 24 Knit & Knatter Family Storytime (Bilingual) Have you always wanted to learn to Weekly Drop In Meetings for 2017 Stories, rhymes and songs for Cover to cover Book Club knit or improve your skills? Come Projects children of all ages and a parent or Share the enjoyment of reading to Sunnyside and bring your knitting As the 150th anniversary of caregiver. selected books with other 9 to 11 needles and yarn to begin or share Confederation in 2017 draws near, Drop in. year old boys and girls. your project. Enjoy conversation and some Canadians are suggesting we Contes, comptines et chansons pour October title: The Tale of Desperaux a cup of tea while you knit! Drop-in. mark the occasion with projects les enfants de tous âges et un parent by Kate DiCamillo Wednesdays, 12:30 – 2:30pm, large and small, focused on our past, ou gardien. Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:00pm, October October 12 & 26 present or future. A workshop for Programme portes ouvertes. 26 people to discuss, brainstorm or work Wednesdays 10:15am / mercredi Conversations Among Canadians on their projects. 10h15 (30 min.) Club de lecture en français pour les In this program, we will continue to Saturdays, 10:00am – 12:00pm, September 14 – October 5 / 14 enfants / French Book Club for Kids share our experience, knowledge, September 24 –December 14 septembre – 5 octobre Do you like reading in French? Join reflections and ideas relevant to life October 19 – December 7 / 19 our French book club for kids and in Canada, past, present and future, ADULT SPECIAL PROGRAMS octobre – 7 décembre a significant adult. Ages 8 – 10. doing so with a sense of community Registration. among Canadians and with others in Book Launch at Sunnyside Silly Saturdays at Sunnyside / On Aimez-vous lire en français? Venir à the world. Join local author Ilse Zandstra at her s’amuse les samedis à Sunnyside notre club de lecture en français pour Wednesdays, 2:00 - 4:00pm, book launch. Ilse’s new children’s Each week there will be board les enfants et une adulte important. September 14 – December 14 book “Hubert and the Great Pigeon games, Lego, crafts or another Âgés 8 – 10. Inscription Race” tells the story of a 13 year old activity. / Chaque semaine il y Mondays, 6:30 – 7:30pm, October 17 A Word in Arabic boy living in Holland in the early aura des jeux de société, Lego, du Les lundi, 18h30 – 19h30, 17 octobre Join us once a month to learn a few 1950’s. bricolage, ou une autre activité. Drop words in Arabic while discussing Wednesday, October 5, 4:30-5:30pm in / Programme portes ouvertes. TEEN PROGRAMS Arabic culture and customs Saturdays, 1:00pm (180 min.) throughout the Middle East. Get a Author Visit with Nadia Bozak Les samedis, 13 h (180 min.) TAG (Teen Advisory Group) taste of this fascinating language Join Nadia Bozak, local author, September 17 – December 17 / 17 Attention Sunnyside Teens! Join our and culture, shared by a diverse English professor, and creative septembre – 17 décembre new Teen Advisory Group and have a population of 420 million people on writing instructor, as she discusses say in which programs, activities and earth. her newest book, “Thirteen Shells”. Baby Talk (for parents & babies services will be offered to youth and Wednesday, 6:30 – 7:30pm, Thursday, October 13, 7:00-8:00pm 0-12 months) also help plan and implement them. October 5 Join us for an interactive session Ages 14-18. To join, stop by the Windows 10: the good, the bad, the on how your baby communicates branch or apply at Ottawa.ca Ingenious Talks (Faculty of ugly and what you can do every day to Fridays, 4:00 – 5:00pm, October 21 Engineering & Design, Carleton If you find Windows 10 confusing, or build their speech and language University) just want to know more about what’s development. Learn about speech and Totally Tubular Tuesdays Ingenious Talks is offered by hidden, this session is for you. language milestones and where to An open, inclusive, fun place to hang Carleton University’s Faculty of Thursday, October 20, 6:30 – 8:00pm The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 33

SUNNYSIDE LIBRARY PROGRAMS LinkedIn Intermediate for Business ADULT BOOK CLUBS Second Friday Adult Book Club third Friday of the month. A special session for small business Meet new people and join in October title: The Black House by owners. Attendees need to have a European Book Club stimulating discussions on selected Peter May LinkedIn personal profile. Join us for the ultimate armchair titles in a friendly and relaxed Friday, 2:00 – 3:00pm, October 21 Thursday, October 27, 6:30-8:00pm travel around Europe. The European atmosphere every second Friday of Book Club is offered in partnership the month. Newcomers are welcome. Sunnyside Adult Book Club Techno Buddies with European Union National October title: “All My Puny Join in stimulating discussions Learn Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) Sorrows” by Miriam Toews on selected titles in a friendly and Snap Chat, and Twitter with the help in Ottawa to promote European Friday, 2:00 – 3:00pm, October 14 relaxed atmosphere on the last Friday of a teen volunteer authors and their works. A book title of the month. Wednesday afternoons in October, from an EU country is selected for Mystery Book Club October title: “The Bride of New Time TBD discussion each month. Newcomers Do you enjoy reading mysteries? France” by Suzanne Desrochers are welcome. October title: TBA Share the enjoyment of good Fridays, 2:00 – 3:00pm, October 28 Wednesday, 6:00 – 8:00pm, mysteries in a relaxed atmosphere. October 19 Join us for discussion usually every

AROUND TOWN The Shopper’s Drug Mart located at Sunnyside and Bank has chosen The Ottawa Orchid Society meets every third Sunday from Sept to May, Hospice Care Ottawa as their charity of choice for Growing Women’s from 1:30 pm to about 4:00 pm, at the Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Road. Health Month. This fundraiser will run until October 7th. Customers will Please renew your membership ($25). Beginner classes sometimes available, be able to donate to Hospice Care Ottawa when they make a purchase. With for details pls check in Spike www.ottawaorchidsociety.com/spike_list.html. only about 60% of our program funding being provided by the Provincial Sunday, September 18 Ron MacHatton from the American Orchid Society Government, we rely on the generosity of others to continue providing our will present “Dendrobiums Demystified”. Lots of pictures and growing tips charitable programs. Our four key Hospice programs; Day Hospice, Home for the various parts of the Dendrobium family. In addition, we will have Support, Residential Hospice and Family Support counseling enhance the Crystal Star Orchids selling plants. quality of end-of-life care and provide comfort to over 1,300 people annually at no charge. For more information about Hospice Care Ottawa visit www. Ottawa Quakers hold a largely silent Meeting for Worship, Sunday mornings hospicecareottawa.ca or call 613-591-6002 ext. 23. at 10:30am, 91A Fourth Avenue in the Glebe. Newcomers welcome!

Reach Canada Celebrity Auction: Amazing silent and live chances to Ottawa StoryTellers Present: win. Wednesday, Nov. 2 —5:30 pm Reception, 7:00 pm fine dining and the • “The Great Wildfire of August 1870.” 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 11, at auction. St. Elias Centre, 750 Ridgewood Avenue. Tickets and information: The Tea Party, 119 York St. With Ruth Stewart-Verger & Murray McGregor. Reach Canada—Equality and Justice for People with Disabilities (www.reach. Pass the hat donations accepted. ca or 613-236-6636.) • “Gilgamesh” with Jan Andrews & Tom Lips. 7:30 pm on Wednesday, October 19, at Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave. To purchase tickets go to: Friends of the Farm Used Book Drop Off October 22 from 10 am to 3 pm. www.artscourt.ca/events Save your books and re-gift them for a great cause. Please note we do not • “What the devil?! Matching wits with Ol’Nick.” 7:00 pm on Tuesday, accept magazines, textbooks, or encyclopaedia. Drive up to Bldg 72 CEF October 25, at The Tea Party, 119 York St. With Anne Nagy & Phil Nagy. Arboretum, east exit off Prince of Wales roundabout. 613-230-3276 www. Pass the hat donations accepted. friendsofthefarm.ca Friends of the Farm October 16 Guided Tree Tour. From trees to us, what Child Care Connection meeting . Are you a parent looking for home trees offer, historically and in modern times, free and open to the public, daycare? A caregiver with space in your daycare? Come to a Child Care register at [email protected], donations kindly accepted http://www. Connection meeting on Monday, October 17th at the Ottawa Public Library friendsofthefarm.ca/events.htm#trees Sunnyside Branch (1049 Bank St) from 7-8 pm. For more information regarding this meeting or other meetings around the city please go to www. Rock N Roll Halloween Bash featuring GOOD2GO + Road Haus. ccprn.com or call 613-749-5211 Ext. 24. Saturday, October 29th House Of TARG (1077 Bank St across from the Mayfair Theatre ) $8 at the door. Doors open at 9pm. Pinball, Perogies and Homes for the Holidays, November 18 – 20. Mark your calendars for this Rock N Roll. House Of Targ has a fine selection of beers both domestic and annual tradition! For the last 13 years the Homes for the Holidays tour has imported. been held to raise funds for Hospice Care Ottawa. It is a three-day tour of eight exquisite homes decorated for the season by some of Ottawa’s top Southminster United Church Christmas Bazaar. On Saturday, November florists. Ticket buyers will not only gain access to the beautiful homes but alto 12, from 9:00 am until 1:00 pm you are cordially invited to attend the to our two special stops; the Holiday Pop Up Shop and Gingerbread Village. Southminster United Church Bazaar, 15 Aylmer Avenue at Bank St. Please Get a head start on your holiday shopping at the ever popular Holiday Pop enter by the Galt Street door. There will be jewelry, collectibles, baking, jams Up Shop at the Irish Ambassador’s Residence. It’ll be filled with splendid and jellies, gift baskets, handicrafts, Christmas decorations, purses, books, gift items from local shop vendors and specialty foods. Also delight in our a kids only gift area, a cake walk, silent auction and other tables of interest. festive Gingerbread Village Builder’s Bake-Off where you can vote for your Coffee will be served from 9:00 am until 11:30 am and the luncheon will favourite gingerbread creation while sipping cider and stocking up on holiday be available from 11:30 until 1:00 pm. Bring family and friends and enjoy finds in the Handmade Emporium held at the May Court Club/Hospice. Southminster’s Christmas spirit on November 12th. All funds raised will support the programs and services Hospice Care Ottawa provides at no charge to those living with a life-limiting illness. Ticket The Log Farm is a unique historical farm that is one of the area’s forgot- booklets will go on sale October 13. They are $50 and will be available ten treasures. We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a fall Open through several vendors and online. For a list and more information visit House every weekend to October 30th from 9 am-4 pm. During the open www.hospicecareottawa.ca or call 613-260-2906 ext. 222 house admission is by donation. Come and join us for a casual self-guided tour of the Bradley original 1850’s homestead. See how a family of 11 would Just Voices Choir is on the lookout for new members! Just Voices is a have lived on their family farm. Take a stroll through our historic buildings community-oriented activist choir in Ottawa. We use our voices to celebrate and visit with our barnyard animals. Have a look at the carpentry and black- life, inspire social change and contribute to movements for social and smith shop filled with tools of trades. Take a walk through our beautiful sugar environmental justice, peace, racial and gender equality, and struggles against bush trails and you will be sure to enjoy the nature that surrounds us. Join violence, war and poverty. We seek to challenge the status quo through us in the Visitor’s Center for homemade goodies, coffee and cold drinks and engaging and energizing music, and we encourage the wider community check out the work of local artisans. Pack a picnic lunch and stay for the day. to join us in raising our voices and opening our minds to the possibility Phone 613-825-4413. Web site: https://thelogfarm.com of a better world! Do you love to sing? Are you passionate about social and environmental justice? Consider joining Just Voices! We meet every Annual Christmas Bazaar at St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church, Wednesday (Sept-June) from 7-9 pm at the Bronson Centre, 222 Bronson Saturday, November 5, 2345 Alta Vista Drive (by the fire station) from 10 am Avenue. See: www.justvoices.ca to 2 pm. Lunch from 11:30 to 1:30. Bake room, Clothing boutique, Jewelery, Handicrafts, Plants, Books/CD’s, The General Store. Page 34 The OSCAR l October 2016

LANDSCAPING Prepare Now for Your Spring Garden By Jay Ladell they are toddlers, buy them a child- and leaves into soil. Plus, they help to are not sure-footed or comfortable sized rake so they can join in with increase the amount of air and water climbing a ladder, consider hiring a Putting your garden to bed for winter you before they figure out that raking in the soil. . licensed contractor or invest in cov- will give you a huge head start come is work. Your young children can Timing is everything when it ers for your eaves troughs. spring. You will reap the rewards of learn why some leaves change colour comes to planting flowering bulbs. The final few steps of putting your a healthier garden, protect your home in the fall and why others stay green. Plant them in late fall, before the first garden to bed take place after the against water damage and when you Instead of bagging your leaves for frost, to prevent them from becom- first frost. Remove the dead annuals plant flowering bulbs now, you can the city to pick up and compost, con- ing fodder for the squirrels. But buy that provided you with fall interest. eagerly anticipate their blossoms next sider getting a mulching mower or your bulbs when they first go on sale Another important lesson for your spring. an attachment to your lawn mower. to give you the best selection. While children is to show them how to put Fall is a great time to be outdoors Spread the mulch out on your garden crocus (croxoamia), daffodil (narcis- away your garden tools at the end of in the fresh fall air. If you have and grass. This will speed the com- sus) and tulips (tulipa) may first come the season. When you clean, sharpen children at home, spending time with posting. This layer helps suppress to mind, for variety, try the winter and oil your tools before winter stor- them in the garden is a great place weeds and fertilizes the soil as it aconite (eranthis) or the ornamental age, they will be ready to go in the to teach them some life lessons. To breaks down. onion (allium). While you are water- spring. start with you can teach them the old Did you know that it is a great ing the bulbs, turn your hose towards Lastly, purchase de-icing spreads adage of ‘nip it in the bud’. For the idea to leave a four to six centimeter your trees and shrubs and give them that will not damage your interlock- fall garden, this means pull all weeds layer of leaves over top of the mulch? a good watering. This will help them ing bricks or plants. I look forward before they go to seed. By doing this That is because the leaves provide from becoming stressed over winter. to writing my spring maintenance you will show them how it’s best to food and shelter to some wildlife. With your last watering completed, column for you in the spring. In the take proactive steps to prevent more Think of how you will be helping the it’s time to put away your hose. This meantime, I wish you a wonderful work in the future. While you are chipmunks, toads, earthworms, and will prevent water from entering your winter. at it, remove all seedpods from any insects and also saving yourself some home and causing potentially expen- Send your topic ideas to oscar@ remaining perennials or shrubs that work. Plus, some moths and butter- sive damage. First drain your hose landscapeottawa.com or visit: www. self-seed. This way they can see how flies deposit their pupae in the leaves. and bring it inside. Also, turn off landscapeottawa.com some plants reproduce. Come spring, the earthworms, moths the faucets. Disconnect rain barrels Most of us have great childhood and butterflies become food sources and ensure downspouts are empty Jay Ladell is an award-winning land- memories of jumping in the huge for the birds. The remaining worms and placed at least a meter from the scape designer, industry certified- piles of leaves that our parents become free garden labour. They feed foundation (grading away from the installer, and member of Landscape worked so hard to rake. Invite your on the mulch and leaves and their house). Another way to prevent water Ontario and owner of Ladell Land- children outside with you to help. If castings become a great fertilizer. damage is to clean fallen leaves scaping & Gardens. Worms also break down the mulch in downspouts and gutters. If you DESIGN DILEMMAS 5 Reasons for 3D Design By Vanessa Riddell I believe even designers and builders can benefit from 3D images. It really Recent technologies have improved 3D rendering just streamlines the process and leaves so expertly it can be difficult to tell the difference less up to chance as a design outcome from a photograph. And because technology has can be more accurately assessed. It made it easier to use, 3D design is now becoming allows one to see if something will an industry standard. Which is great, seeing a actually fit into a space and it enables project come to life with a 3D image gives clients the designer to fix things digitally, far a way to understand and get a feeling for a new quicker and more efficiently than once design. Not everyone can imagine or envision a the building process has begun. So space before it is built from 2D images. for those of you who may wonder if 3D design is right for you, here are 5 reasons why I think it is a good option.

1. 2D design; floor plans and elevations, can Graphic by Vanessa Riddell be difficult for some people to understand because these changes have already been or then visualize the end result from. A 3D addressed during the design process with rendering is a very clear understanding of efficient design software. what a space will look like in the future with 5. 3D rendering and design saves money and the right perspective, light patterns and even allows clients a better handle on their budgets scale because placing people into the model is as most kinks have been ironed out during the possible. 3D visualization phase. A better understanding 2. When using 3D design software, designs of the design mixed with being able to make can change and evolve during meetings with quick and efficient changes leads to less architects or designers, either with fly through problems with the design which then leads to video or multiple perspective views. Efficient less problems during the building stage. This programs make changing paint colours or any all then leads to a more streamlined approach of the other multiple little details involved in to designing space, which saves time and a project, just a click of a button away. Think money. about the time and money saved as opposed to remaking an entire model apartment or scale Of course nothing can substitute for great design, model. but 3D rendering can definitely improve and 3. 3D rendering can be very useful to help design streamline the process. review boards understand how new design will fit into an environment and relate to other Vanessa Riddell is a designer living in OOS. structures. Vanessa uses Auto Cad and 3D software to help 4. 3D rendering and design saves time because her clients develop better designed spaces. You can less changes have to be made once the project reach her at: [email protected]. 613-866-6604 is under construction, which can be very costly, The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 35

OOS Business Participates in Event to Benefit Local Cancer Support Programs

By Jennifer Mielke “My Canadian-made designs are functional so they can be worn by Fashion designer and cancer women during all phases and types survivor, Colleen Kanna will take of treatment when comfort and part in an upcoming event to ben- mobility is a concern, and fashion- efit the Ottawa Regional Cancer able so they can be worn beyond Foundation. this time,” Says Colleen “My Colleen Kanna knows how tops feature an easy access front when life hands you lemons, you closure, necklines that provide make lemonade. She is founder adequate coverage and protection, and designer of coKANna De- and armholes and sleeves that are signs, a line of stylish adaptive generously cut for comfort. The clothing created primarily for fabric is an easy care bamboo knit; women undergoing breast cancer all important features for women treatments. She is also one of going through treatment.” many artists who will be taking Her website was launched part in the upcoming charity fund- earlier this year www.cokanna. raiser The Art of Hope, benefiting myshopify.com and her designs the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foun- can be found online or at local dation. It is an evening dedicated shows. to local arts, music and fashion Colleen feels honoured and ex- from across the National Capital cited to be a part of this wonderful Region and participants have been fundraising event for The Cancer touched by cancer one way or Foundation. another. “I spent a lot of time at the In 2010 Colleen heard the Foundation’s Cancer Survivor- words, every woman fears; “You ship Centre during my treatment have breast cancer.” Married, with and recovery. Their coaching and a young daughter; Colleen pushed wellness programs really got me through her treatments with through the tough times. It was incredible determination. During my home away from home. I feel her treatments, she struggled to it is so important to give back to find fashionable yet comfortable, the community that helped me functional adaptive clothing. With through my cancer experience. the limited mobility from chemo- The Art of Hope is a great way to therapy, surgery, and radiation, make this happen.” and all the appointments requiring The Art of Hope will be held on countless changes, she wanted a the evening of Thursday, October top that was easy to slip on and off 13th at the Software distributor, without lifting her arms up over Kivuto Solutions event space; The her head. Annex in the Byward Market. It At the same time Colleen, a will include dance performances, chartered accountant and vice live music, art exhibit, artist dem- president of finance, decided she onstrations and fashion show. needed to find a career that ap- Tickets are on sale for The Art pealed to her creative side. She of Hope. To see all participants took a leap of faith and created involved and or purchase tickets, coKANna Designs. please visit their website www. In addition to filling a need in vixensvictorious.ca. adaptive clothing, her business also gives back to the community Jennifer Mielke is Co-Executive by donating a percentage of its Director of Vixens Victorious sales to local breast cancer pro- grams and services. Page 36 The OSCAR l October 2016

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door 28”. I’d accept two 30 inch ------Found. Corner of Riverdale and Wanted doors if no 28” are available. I’d 3.5 bedroom, 2 bath house in OOS Avenue Rd, set of Mazda keys simply cut the larger door to fit. 613- available for the month of December. including remote. Call with a Looking for 2 parking places around 730-2352 Quiet street, close to the canal and description of other items on ring. Riverdale Avenue between Bank and Bank St. Please get in touch if Fred 613-730-3096. Sunnyside. Please contact Amarou or For Rent interested: [email protected] call 1-514-315-5739 (Note that this is a long distance call). Notice ------House For Rent. Three bedroom Found Looking for two old fashioned house on Fentiman Avenue available interior 6-panel doors like for rent from January to July 2017. Would the person who bought an those originally installed in this Great location between Riverdale Found: A pair of binoculars in our IKEA bed on Ossington at the garage neighbourhood. The panels are and Bristol Avenue, close to Windsor Hopewell Avenue yard. To retrieve, sale please contact Janice or Richard stacked one on top of the other, all Park and Brighton Beach. $2000/ please e-mail [email protected] at 730-0373 to get the necessary in a single column. (NOT like new month+utilities. Please call 613-234- with description. hardware which we forgot to include. 6-panel doors that are split in two 8596 for more information or email ------columns). One door 30” and second [email protected].

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Butterfly Show University Fall Open House. This is Progress on constructing Car- or engineering grads. A new Post- Don’t you love free activities for your opportunity to tour the campus leton’s new Health Sciences Build- Baccalaureate Diploma in Account- your family? From Oct. 1 to 9, Car- and learn about the programs and ing continues. Work is on schedule ing is open to graduates of any bach- leton is hosting its Annual Butterfly services available. for completion in July 2017, with elor degree program in any discipline Show. Open House dates: the first classes expected to be held and delivered entirely online. The nine-day show features 1,300 Saturday, Oct. 22 from 10am to inside next fall. For a complete list of new pro- butterflies, representing 41 different 3pm: Engineering and Design, and There are new and revamped grams and initiatives at Carleton species worldwide. Science programs at the undergraduate level this year, read our story at carleton. Opening hours are 9am to 4pm in Saturday, Oct. 29 from 10am to including: the new Bachelor of In- ca/our-stories/story/whats-new-at- the Nesbitt Biology Building on Uni- 3pm: Arts and Social Sciences, Pub- formation Technology: Information carleton-university-this-fall. versity Drive. On the weekend, lines lic Affairs, Sprott School of Business Resource Management, a joint degree will close at 3pm due to the high Register at: admissions.carleton.ca/ program with Algonquin College; Carleton Corner is written by volume of visitors. Though admis- openhouse. and a redesigned Bachelor of Com- Carleton University’s Department sion is free, donations are welcome. munication and Media Studies. of University Communications. As University weekend parking rates Back to School New graduate programs include your community university, Carleton will apply. The start of the academic year is the Master of Entrepreneurship, a has many exciting events of interest always an exciting time at Carleton. new degree stream in the Technol- to Old Ottawa South. For more Fall Open House This year, we welcomed more than ogy Innovation Management (TIM) information about upcoming events, Prospective students and their five dozen new faculty and many program. This stream has a business please go to carleton.ca/events. parents are invited to the Carleton new students. focus and is open to business, science The OSCAR l October 2016 Page 37

House of PainT Festival: Hip Hop Culture Celebrates Under the Bridge By Ed Kucerak

Situated under the Dunbar Bridge in Brewer Park is the home of the House of PainT Festival, one of Ottawa’a largest growing urban arts events. An estimated 10,000 people participated in the four day event (August 25 - 28) to experience and celebrate hip hop culture consisting of dance competitions, concerts, graffiti art, workshops and academic talks.

Left: Vibrant and colourful graffiti art is on display underneath the Dunbar Bridge in Brewer Park. Right: Yusso, a rising star in Ottawa’s music scene, articulates real life experiences, emotion, and thought-provoking lyrics during his performance. PHOTOS BY ED KUCERAK

FINANCIAL PLANNING Saving Is Good... but It’s Not Investing By Bob Jamieson, CFP of 35 years, you would end up with some of this money into investments Bob Jamieson, CFP, www.edward- about $785,000. (These hypothetical with growth potential. jones.ca/bob-jamieson, is a member It’s a good thing to have some sav- examples are for illustrative purposes Saving and investing — that’s a of Edward Jones, Canadian Investor ings. When you put the money in a only and do not reflect the perfor- winning combination. Protection Fund low-risk account, you can be pretty mance of a specific investment. They If you would like to review your sure it will be readily available when also do not include any transaction approach to your long-term goals, you need it. Nonetheless, “saving” is costs or fees.) and how investing will let you reach not “investing” — and knowing the This enormous disparity between them, please give me a call at 613- difference could pay off for you far the amounts accumulated in the two 526-3030. into the future. examples clearly shows the potential Think about it this way: Saving difference between “saving” and “in- is for today, while investing is for vesting.” Still, you might be thinking tomorrow. that investing is risky, while savings You need your savings to pay for accounts carry much less risk. And it your daily expenses, such as grocer- is certainly true that investing does ies, and your monthly bills — mort- involve risks — investments can lose gage, utilities, and so on. In fact, you value, and there’s no guarantee that might even want your savings to in- losses will be recovered. clude an emergency fund containing Nonetheless, if you put all your three to six months’ worth of living money in savings, you may actually expenses to pay for unexpected costs, incur an even bigger risk — the risk such as a new furnace or a major car of not achieving your financial goals. repair. In fact, a savings account might not These are all “here and now” even keep up with inflation, which expenses — and you could use your means that, over time, you will lose savings to pay for them. But in think- purchasing power. ing of your long-term goals, such as Ultimately, the question isn’t post-secondary education for your whether you should save or invest — children and a comfortable retirement you need to do both. But you do need for yourself, most individuals typi- to decide how much of your financial cally can’t simply rely on their sav- resources to devote toward savings ings — they’ll need to invest. Why? and how much toward investments. Because, quite simply, investments By paying close attention to your can grow — and you will need this cash flow, you should be able to get growth potential to help achieve your a good idea of the best savings and objectives. investment mix for your particular To illustrate the difference between situation. For example, if you find saving and investing, let’s do a quick yourself constantly dipping into your comparison. Suppose you put $550 long-term investments to pay for per month into a savings account short-term needs, you probably don’t that paid hypothetical 2% inter- have enough money in savings. On est. After 35 years, you would have the other hand, if you consistently accumulated about $330,000. Now, find yourself with large sums in your suppose you put that same $550 per savings account even after you’ve month in a diversified investment paid all your bills, you might be portfolio that hypothetically earned “sitting” on too much cash — which an average of 6% a year. At the end means you should consider moving Page 38 The OSCAR l October 2016

The Colours of India

PHOTOS BY ANANT NAGPUR By Anant Nagpur I had seen them in 2008. It made me no impact. As a matter of fact when realize that something doesn’t have I landed in Frankfurt on the way to On July 29th, 2016, I went to India to change in order to retain what life Bombay, I was looking for my gate (Bombay/Mumbai) after 8 years was like before. Changes took place when I saw the information counter away, and came back on August 12th. where it was necessary and where it and asked for the gate for Bombay, I was just amazed how much things was warranted. and the lady said to me, “I am so glad have changed, but also how some For me Bombay will be always you said Bombay. It is such a beauti- things stayed very much the same as Bombay; changing to Mumbai had ful name—why change to Mumbai?” I replied to her that people find all sorts of reason to change. Bombay has changed left, right, and center: Come see what’s on the menu high-rise buildings all over, as high as 110 stories, including Trump Tower (under construction). Also the new Bandra -Worli sea link, Star%ng considered one of the modern won- come to the market, market comes ders of the world, an engineering to you’). I found it so wonderful marvel connecting western sub- October 10 and simple. On a daily basis mostly urbs of Bombay to South Bombay ladies of the house draw “Rangoli (downtown). Daily Art” designs, either with coloured In Bangalore I was taken by some chalk or coloured powders. They of the simplicities of daily life in a 11:30 -­‐ 2:30 pm are so prominent during festivities city very beautiful in its own way. like Diwali and are so remarkable. Some of my photos will justify They do not follow any books or what I am saying. At least a few building a better community any guides but do it just from pure times a day, vegetables and flower one bite at a time imagination. What else I saw was this vendors walk in the neighborhood cow coming and munching fruits and Glebe Community Centre announcing what they are carry- vegetables left on the corners, almost 175 Third Avenue ing, and you just stop them and going door to door. Nobody chased buy your vegetables and flowers 613-­‐233-­‐8713 GNAG.ca the cows and the cows don’t chase (it is like saying ‘if you cannot anybody, they are doing their daily bit of activity. Nobody knows where ACADÉMIE WESTBORO ACADEMY they come from and where they go A truly bilingual school / une école parfaitement bilingue — destination unknown. I have seen very colourful houses in St. John’s information session Newfoundland, Iceland, and in open house Ireland. But talk about vivid colours november 12th in Bangalore and Mysore City, it is beyond belief, you’ve got to see them open house to believe them. It is simply extraor- november 14th dinary. If we were to do so here in 9-11am and 1-3 pm Ottawa, chances are we would be ticketed by by-law officers. But it is their way of life in India, just like we have ours, but they do bring the tour- ists just like in St. John’s. My brother and family said don’t take another eight years to come, come sooner, and I said quoting an old Bollywood song, “Phir Milenge chalte chalet” (meaning “we meet again as we go”) and he and his wife smiled and said, “Phir Milenge chalte chalet”. And that was my little trip to r.s.v.p.: WESTBOROACDEMY.COM India.

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NOTES FROM THE GARDEN CLUB Photograph Your Flowers Like a Pro By Carole Love filters one can capture images of fish or frogs in a pond where otherwise Anne Johnston, an award-winning one might see only a reflection of the photographer, shared her love of sun. photography as she explained some Anne likes to vary the aperture to characteristics of good photographs control the depth of field. With a larg- including lighting, depth of field, and er aperture the background tends to composition. She had tips suitable for be a little blurry so the attention is on both novice and more experienced the flower; a small aperture such as photographers. f22 will show fine detail—although Anne said one did not need a it takes a little longer to capture the top-of-the-line camera to take great image. Anne uses apertures of f8/f9 (Left) Flower stamens resemble spider legs in motion. flower photos. A simple point-and- for many shots. (Right) Sharply focused image of housefly, the insect a little off centre for shoot or phone camera—if given to Anne finds flowers centrally interest. PHOTOs BY ANNE JOHNSTON a pro—can take good photos. The positioned somewhat boring. Anne goal is to see the beauty and interest mentioned the rule of thirds: she time. (Anne showed shots with an an avenue to creativity. of the flowers and to find the drama. imagines a grid with the lines divid- unwanted fence; after she reviewed However, as one becomes a master of ing the image into thirds—top and them she had re-composed. This was The next meeting of the Old Ot- the basics, one may want specialized bottom and left and right. It seems less effort than the time-consuming tawa South Garden Club, entitled equipment that can produce different the human eye is tailored to find the process of editing with software.) “Don’t Stop Yet—Fall Tasks”, will effects. Anne herself loves the new, intersection points most interest- As to post processing, Anne advised be on Monday 17 October 2016 smaller digital cameras that offer ing. Also, it is better if the horizon making a copy of the original as with (N.B.: third Monday) at 7.00 p.m. at interchangeable lenses and are lighter is high or lower down versus in the corrections one may lose resolution. the Old Ottawa South Community than SLR cameras. Tripods are help- middle. Simplicity was another of One can crop images, correct insect Centre (The Firehall), 260 Sunnyside ful with almost any type of photogra- Anne’s precepts for composition. She damage in flowers, and adjust light- Avenue when Master Gardener Mary phy and come with different features. likes close ups, perhaps of the centre ing to punch up contrast. Enlarging Reid will remind us that, although it’s Some can get the camera close to of a poppy. Anne takes her photos photos will change the edges and one fall, there are still tasks to do in the the ground; with others the camera from different angles and sometimes may lose part of the image. garden. Mary will prompt us of the can be tilted up and down and turned chooses a bug’s eye view, shooting It takes time to build skills—but “must-dos” and “nice-to-dos” now almost every which way. A remote a blossom from below. For long- hopefully one has a lot of fun in to ensure that our gardens re-appear control can allow one to position stemmed flowers, such as roses, a learning. One can get ideas from in the spring. Note: There will be oneself to move a stray leaf or stem vertical view may help keep the focus magazines and different websites and a plant sale at the break—please away while not moving the camera to on the flower at the top. Odd number there are courses. Anne has taken a remember to bring potted and labeled blur the image. groupings (one, three or five) tend multitude of photos and still feels she plants. Anne said lighting is the most to be more pleasing to the eye than is learning. Photography for Anne is important factor in photographs. pairs. Photographers look for a story. Most of Anne’s interesting flower One time Anne focused on a single photos were taken near sunrise or at curling petal using a macro lens. dusk when the light is coming from When Anne saw a flower part that the side. Anne prefers this softer looked like an arm, she focused on light as it allows for showing three it, positioning it a little off centre. In dimensions, warms colours and adds another photo she captured stamens more life. (Anne records the times that resembled spider legs in motion. she takes her photos.) As to how to Anne caught a single tulip standing alter lighting conditions, Anne said tall in all its majesty among other F ESTIVAL this could be done with lens filters, tulips. Anne photographed a housefly diffusers, or reflectors. Anne showed on a flower several times to capture off her home-made diffuser which a focused image and used a diffuser she could hold to remove harsh to control the light—again the insect sunlight from a plant. Reflectors on was not dead centre. Anne suggested the other hand can redirect light onto looking at the details of every flower a plant. For an evening shot in low to find the points of interest. light, Anne had held a garden light to Anne customarily takes more than illuminate the flower. With polarizing one photo and reviews them at the INTIMATE COLLECTION

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