The O•S•C•A•R© The Community Voice of Old Ottawa South Year 34 , No. 3 The Ottawa South Community Association Review MARCH 2008 Old Ottawa South Takes First Annual Shinny Championship By David Wylynko ports history was made February 9th as Old Ottawa South captured the first- Sever Capital Ward Cup on the outdoor ice at Heron Park. The shinny tournament – hockey played outdoors without equipment – took place on Hockey Day in Canada, an annual national event that celebrates our country’s love of the game. The Old Ottawa South Moose – a team of minor hockey coaches and casual players – went undefeated throughout the sudden death, winner-take-all tournament, overcoming the Glebe in the first game, then advancing to the final to beat Ottawa East for the Cup. The four-team tournament also included the host team from Heron Park, completing the four areas of the Capital Ward. Stellar play by ace forwards Kelly Hembruff and Todd Saunders powered Old Ottawa South to victory, skating circles around many opposing players – Cont’d on page 20 Brett, Glen, Sion, Kelly, Todd and David Old Ottawa South Winter Carnival 2008 Go to page 14 for article by Lisa Drouillard and for more photos go to pages 2, 25 and 47. Page The OSCAR - OUR 34th YEAR MARCH 008 Winter Carnival Old Ottawa South Style Photos by Mary Anne Thompson MARCH 008 The OSCAR - OUR 34th YEAR Page 3 CONTRIBUTIONS The OSCAR The OTTAWA SOUTH COMMUNITY Contributions should be in electronic format sent either by e-mail to ASSOCIATION REVIEW [email protected] in either plain text or WORD format, or as a printed copy delivered to the Firehall office, 260 Sunnyside Avenue. 60 Sunnyside Ave, Ottawa Ontario, K1S 0R7 www.OldOttawaSouth.ca/oscar SUBSCRIPTIONS PLEASE NOTE: THE OSCAR HAS NO FAX Moving away from Old Ottawa South? Know someone who would like THE OSCAR PHONELINE: 730-1045 to receive The OSCAR? 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All letters must disclose the name of the writer, as well as the address and phone number. Lettters 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] or leave in print at the Firehall. Access to NCC Pathways Rideau Gardens Info hile I agree with John Dance ‘s point (Letters to Editor, Feb 2008) lenn McKibbon (letter to the editor, Feb 2008) hoped that about accessibility to the NCC pathways in our community...... “someone can enlighten me “ about the Rideau Gardens. When Wthere may be a better long term solution in some situations. For Gour family moved to Riverdale Avenue in 1947 the gardens still example...we need Bank Street Bridge to be abutted at both ends by a existed. At that time Main Street stopped at Riverdale and Avenue Road spiral staircases down on to the pathways ie. at both north and south ends... did not exist. The area in between, from Riverdale to the Rideau River just like they have at Laurier and MacKenzie Bridges. There is definitely was a market garden. I don’t remember the raspberries that Glenn recalls room for these staircases just under the bridge supports or off to one side. but we picked rhubarb growing untended near the water’s edge. Within a Staircases will help people to be able to get on the pathway without having few short years the gardens were replaced by the new development. My to cross Col By or Queen Elizabetn Driveway. older brother was the first Ottawa Citizen carrier in that development The NCC needs to do an analysis of the potential for spiral staircases and labelled his route Little Siberia due to the wintry blasts. We swam at down to the NCC Pathway network, all across the City. ( It is the NCC Brighton Beach but only in the early summer as our parents feared that who have been trying to increase use and thus the safety of their pathway the warm water of late summer might be conducive to the contagion of network. So....!) polio. Over the past several years I have tried a few times to persuade both NCC and City staff to put this into their planning agenda for consideration. What Peter Tobin I get in reply is each party ‘blaming’ the other for the inaction. Winther Ave. Sheesh ! Brian Tansey Willard Street Send your A Response About Corks comments to [email protected] Dear Mr. Galigan, or drop them off at the Firehall, n response to your letter regarding my January article, “Get to Know 60 Sunnyside Avenue. Screw Caps,” first let me say thank you for caring about wine. I’m Ialways happy when people do. The point of my article was primarily to say, as you said, “that a screw cap can be a perfectly acceptable way to stopper a bottle of wine.” A screw cap is no longer a sure sign of poor quality wine, which is not to say that we should turn our noses up at cork.