June 2006

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New Edinburgh Community Alliance ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Stanley Park. Sketch by Martha Markowsky Tuesday, June 13, 7:00 pm Stanley Park Fieldhouse Initial “Rockcliffe Landing” Public

Come and hear about the latest developments in parks, property and traffic. There's lots to catch up on. Consultation Set for June 27 And then, enjoy some light refreshments! On Tuesday, June 27, local resi- significant contribution to most prominent landscape archi- dents and community organiza- Canadian architecture. tects and did CLC’s landscape tions will have the opportunity “We want Rockcliffe Landing plan for its Glenlyon Business All Burghers welcome. to meet the team of consultants to be a showcase community for Park in Burnaby, B.C., along Become a NECA member. assembled by Canada Lands 21st century urban life and are with several federal projects in Company (CLC) to develop a thrilled to have been able to Ottawa. vision and plan for the new, sus- attract a team with such talent In addition, CLC is hoping to tainable community to replace and experience to help us deliv- have engaged the services of the Rockcliffe air base, dubbed er” said Jim Lynes, Acting CLC consultants in the areas of trans- NEW EDINBURGH “Rockcliffe Landing”. President and CEO. “What exact portation, municipal engineer- The design team is expected to lead master planning and design “We want Rockcliffe Landing to be a showcase of the new community, carry out community for 21st century urban life...” public consultations, prepare urban design and architectural guidelines, incorporate sustain- form the redeveloped communi- ing, sustainable design and ecol- able development practices and ty takes will depend on a variety ogy before the June 27 meeting. COME TO THE obtain City of Ottawa approvals. of factors, including the results The June event will also be the In May, CLC hired Kuwabara of extensive consultations with launch of the public consultation COMMUNITY PICNIC!! Payne McKenna Blumberg local residents and community process, which according to Architects (KPMB), Greenberg stakeholders, and the imagina- Barry Padolsky, will be “the Consultants, Phillips Farevaag tion of the involved urban plan- most exemplary public consulta- Smallenberg Landscape ners, architects, developers and tion process this region has Architects, and Barry Padolsky homebuilders.” seen.” Architects as primary consult- Ken Greenberg is one of There will be an open house ants for the planning and urban Canada’s leading experts in from 5 to 7 pm, with presenta- design phase of the project. urban design and has worked on tions by the team beginning at 7 Bruce Kuwabara, who will be the Regent Park master plan in pm. There will also be a forum SUNDAY JUNE 11TH 2006 leading this team, was recently Toronto, the East River Lower for community groups and indi- AT STANLEY PARK selected as the recipient of the Manhattan Plan, and the “Big viduals to provide input. For 2006 Royal Architectural Dig” in Boston, among many more information, refer to the (near Fieldhouse and playground) Institute of Canada (RAIC) other major urban plans. Greg Canada Lands Company web- 11AM- 2 PM Gold Medal in recognition of his Smallenberg is one of Canada’s site: www.clc.ca. There will be music, games and fun! Everyone welcome! In this issue... Bulletin Board ...... Page 43 CRICHTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL Breezy Bits ...... Page 44 Annual General Meeting Burgh Business Briefs ...... Page 14 Crichton Cultural Community Centre programs ...... Page 22 Monday, June 11, 7 pm For the Birds...... Page 36 Stanley Park Fieldhouse Memories of the Burgh ...... Page 27 Summer Reading list ...... Page 25 Come and join our team. Its a fun Vive La Francophonie!...... Page 8 way to meet your neighbours! Page 2 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 NECA Your NECA Representatives 2005-2006 President Barbara Benoit, 749-5904 [email protected] Secretary Pauline Bogue, 742-6966 [email protected] Island Lodge Liaison Gemma Rick Findlay, 747-8081 [email protected] Traffic Calming Kerr John Jarecsni, 741-9905 [email protected] Treasurer Gemma Kerr, 745-7928 [email protected] President Reports Gail McEachern, 749-8420 Development & Heritage Catherine Mirsky, 741-8967 [email protected] Friends of NE Park Thanks to all of you who turned Bridge and the cemetery and, David Paget, 746-8341 [email protected] out to help with the Park Clean- with this in mind, to provide David Sacks, 740-0650 [email protected] up and our first River Day the design guidelines for future Ex officio: weekend of May 13-14. I would development. While many of the Jonathan Blake, 842-9792 [email protected] Intensification also like to take this opportunity comments submitted by the Ed Browell, 457-9941 [email protected] Friends of NE Park Chair to voice appreciation for the community at the two Open many people who use the park Houses have been addressed in Michael Histed, 741-1660 [email protected] Neighbourhood Watch regularly throughout the year the document, height restrictions Joanne Hughes, 745-2742 [email protected] CCCC Program Co-ord. and try to keep it clean as they on new buildings are more limit- Daphne Hope [email protected] Past President go. ed than I would have liked. Kim Illman [email protected] Community Council Chair The Sculpture Trail along the This year’s NECA AGM will Andrew Kerr [email protected] Webmaster river bank envisioned by Colin be held on Tuesday June 13 in Jacques Legendre, 580-2483 [email protected] City Councillor Goodfellow, Heather Matthews the Field House at the corner of Cindy Parkanyi, 745-8734 [email protected] New Edinburgh News and their team is starting to Stanley Avenue and Dufferin become a reality. A location in (see notice on page 1). Note that Johan Rudnik,749-2811 [email protected] CCCC President our park, near the tennis courts, the location is different from last has been selected for the first year. This is your chance to meet NECA installation. The sculpure, which some of your community’s vol- Fee Change Proposed is owned by the Art Bank, will unteers, find out more about be put in place this summer. what we have been doing this MEETINGS: The Beechwood Design Plan year, and join us for refresh- to NECA By-law All Welcome is now almost completed. The ments afterwards. I hope to see The New Edinburgh annual fee. Plan is intended to assist preser- you there. Community Alliance (NECA) Section 2.2 of NECA’s By-law All members of the com- vation of the village character of Best wishes to everyone for an has charged an annual member- states that any proposed change munity are welcome at the Beechwood between St. Patrick enjoyable summer. ship fee of $10 per family for a in the membership fee can only monthly meetings and are number of years. However, this become effective after confirma- encouraged to volunteer year the Board of Directors are tion by a vote of the members. wherever their interests lead considering a proposal that the Accordingly, the proposal to them. If there is an item you fee be eliminated, partly because reduce the membership fee to the revenue contributes very lit- zero will be voted on at NECA’s would like to have discussed, tle to NECA’s operating budget, AGM on June 13. please call Gemma Kerr, but also to place NECA on the Unfortunately, the change will President at 745-7928 to same footing as our other local not work retroactively. This have it put on the agenda. associations. Neither Crichton means that we will have to For the forseeable future Community Council nor charge the $10 fee to attendees meetings will be held on Crichton Cultural Community at this AGM in order that the Mondays at the Fieldhouse, Centre charge their members an votes be legally binding. 193 Stanley. Changes will be posted on bulletin boards at the Fieldhouse and 200 Crichton. The meeting date is the third Monday of every month at 7:30 pm:

June 19, 2006 No meeting July & August September 18, 2006 June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 3 Letter to the Editor: NEW EDINBURGH NEWS is published five times a year Kudos to the New Edinburgh Players by the New Edinburgh Community Alliance Dear Editor, time but this particular evening ily literacy program builds par- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 74038, Ottawa, K1M 2H9 I recently attended The New was a fundraiser for ALSO. ent’s confidence so that they can Publication dates: Oct. 1, Dec. 1, Feb. 1, April 1, June 1 Edinburgh Player’s production ALSO is a small, community- better help their children with Deadlines: Sept. 10, Nov. 10, Jan. 10, March 10, May 10 of Oscar Wilde’s play The based, not-for-profit literacy reading and homework Editor: Cindy Parkanyi, 13 Avon Lane Importance of Being Earnest. program that has operated in Thank you to director Ingrid Tel: 745-8734, Fax: 745-4766 What a bonus to have this fine downtown Ottawa for the past McCarthy and the New group in your area! My two twenty-four years. The money Edinburgh Players for a great E-mail: [email protected] friends and I certainly were raised from events such as this night of entertainment and your Advertising Manager: Pierrette Tousignant, 741-2582 treated to a fine evening of com- helps with the adult and family generosity. Three other evenings Distribution Manager: Charles Wesley-James, 746-7060 munity theatre. We, and the rest literacy programs. The adult of the run were also dedicated Business Reporter: Jane Heintzman, 741-0276 of the audience of the MacKay program provides sustained one- fundraisers for other local non- Breezy Bits Editor: John Jarecsni, 741-9905 United Church hall thoroughly on-one teaching in an informal profits, MacKay United Church, Printed in Renfrew, Ontario by Runge Newspapers, Inc. enjoyed the Player’s production environment. People are helped St. Bartholomew’s for Harmony of Wilde’s satiric take on the with the basic reading, writing House and the Bale, Amethyst British upper crust. and math skills that they need Women’s Addiction Centre. Not only did we have a good for work and daily life. The fam- Anne Martin Notes from the Editor’s Desk By Cindy Parkanyi provided much needed continu- aspect of a community paper is As the publishing year draws to ity during the changeover, not to the community itself. New a close, and summer is upon us, mention writing a good part of Edinburgh is a vibrant, dynamic I feel it is a good time to relate to each issue. Thank you Jane, you and engaged community, and you my experiences as editor of are a godsend! the quantity and quality of the our community paper. Many of you may have noticed submissions to the NEN reflect Although daunting at first, I as well, that there has been a that fact. I always had plenty of have enjoyed every minute of definite re-energizing of the interesting, pertinent and timely the experience. Each time the Breezy Bits. This is due to the articles for each issue. paper is “put to bed” I feel a ter- perseverance of John Jarecsni. Looking towards next year, I rific sense of accomplishment. Who knew he would turn out to encourage everyone to keep up And I thank my lucky stars for be such a gadfly? the good work. The NEN is your the ‘“team” who make this com- Charles Wesley-James and paper, and I, for my part, will munity paper tick. his hard-working delivery team continue to endeavour to create As you may know, this year ensured that each issue was “on a lively forum for community we added a designated the street” and in the mailboxes issues, discussions, events and Advertising Manager, none without delay. relevant information. other than Pierrette Of course, the most important See you in the Fall! Tousignant. Some of you know her from the New Edinburgh Newsstand, others from her work bringing seniors into the information age. It is because of her efforts that I was able to pro- duce record-sized issues without losing my sanity. I would be remiss in not men- tioning the tireless effort and support provided by Jane Heintzman. As a long-standing member of the NEN team, she Page 4 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 attached. This affects dispro- http://www.ottawa.ca/city_hall/cr It is my intent to hold a consul- portionately Ontario’s largest ime_prevention/index_en.html. tation session specific to Ottawa City cities. Moreover, the tax itself is CFB Rockcliffe – Rideau-Rockcliffe in the Fall. Councillor one that is recognized to be Consultations Start-up In any case, this Bylaw will not ‘regressive’, that is; it does not The Canada Lands Corporation come before the current Council Jacques reflect ability on the part of the (CLC) will launch its communi- for a vote. Formal public hear- taxpayer to contribute. It is part ty consultation activities on June ings (at standing committees) Legendre of my job as your representative 27. Residents are invited to the and Council decision are expect- to try to keep the taxes that you Aviation Museum to begin what ed in February or March 2007. Reports pay as low as possible while must surely be a very important More information is available maintaining the quality of life dialogue. on the City’s web site or by call- that residents of Ottawa expect I will establish a special ‘cor- ing my office. Property Assessments and fixed”. One can hope that the and want to protect. I under- ner’ of the Rideau-Rockcliffe Parking Hours Changed on the Ombudsman’s Report Provincial government will take stand that. It is a task that has web site as an information cen- Stanley Everyone in New Edinburgh action. become increasingly difficult as tre for CFB Rockcliffe issues. Visitors to the Governor’s Walk will be aware of the very critical The really bad news is that this Province has solved its fis- Look for the excellent article by Retirement Residence on report “Getting It Right”, issued whatever the Province does with cal difficulties in an inappropri- Jeffrey Thiessen, “Rockcliffe Stanley had requested that the by Ontario’s Ombudsman, Mr. respect to fixing the way MPAC ate manner and continues to Base: Principles for Sound on-street parking regulations be André Marin, on the Provincial functions will not really fix the avoid that fundamental problem. Development” from the front changed to allow for a more rea- government’s Municipal biggest problem with property I encourage you to contact our page of the May 2006 issue of sonable visit with a family Property Assessment taxes in Ottawa. Ontario is the provincial representatives the Manor Park Chronicle. member. The 1-hour signed Corporation (MPAC). The only province in the country to regarding both of these matters. Check too for regular updates on parking had been put in place to ombudsman said that MPAC “is have loaded so many services Crime Prevention Forum upcoming meetings. discourage all-day parking by suffering from a credibility cri- (such as general welfare assis- On April 8, I was happy, as A new Comprehensive workers at DFAIT (Dept. of sis” - that taxpayers were “not tance, public housing, public Board Chair, to preside as Crime Zoning Bylaw for the City Foreign Affairs & Int’l Trade) happy”, and “with reason”. The health, ambulance services) on Prevention Ottawa (CPO) held Work on this project has been from the complex on Green good news was that the the property tax. A graphical it’s first event – a Community underway since the amalgamat- Island and from the Pearson Ombudsman considered that representation using 2001 data Crime Prevention Forum, at St. ed City adopted its new Official building. It was felt that relax- “many of the problems that have from Statistics Canada, illustrat- Paul’s University. The purpose Plan (OP) in 2003. There was a ing the parking limitations to 2- caused this discontent can be ing the extent of the problem, is of this forum was to receive requirement to bring zoning into hours, along Stanley between input, from community partner conformity with the new OP. As Keefer and Queen Victoria, organizations, as CPO develops well, the current zoning regime would not give rise to previous a comprehensive City-wide is a collage of the zoning param- problems as this stretch of road strategic action plan to address eters of the previous 11 local is likely too far from DFAIT to crime and victimization issues municipalities. The overview be attractive to those employees. in Ottawa. Over 150 partici- briefing that I have received I thought that it was important to pants heard from Mayor Bob indicates that the new zoning contribute to the quality of life Chiarelli, who underlined the Bylaw will do little more than of our senior citizens by accom- importance of adopting a pre- ‘harmonize’ in common lan- modating this reasonable vention approach in Ottawa; guage what had previously been request. from Christiane Sadeler, described in zoning jargon. Of Jacques Legendre Executive Director of the course, “the devil is in the Councillor, Rideau-Rockcliffe Waterloo Community Safety details” and it remains to be and Crime Prevention Council seen if my initial impression is You can communicate with me who shared the lessons learned borne out. The draft Bylaw will at (please include a telephone over the last decade in that be made public this month number): municipality; and, from Police (May). City staff has scheduled City of Ottawa Chief Vince Bevan, who report- information meetings (presenta- 110 Laurier Avenue West ed on the results of a recent sur- tions followed by Q&A) in June. Ottawa ON K1P 1J1 vey of citizen concerns in Those closest to the New Tel: 580-2483, Fax: 580-2523 Ottawa on the issues of crime Edinburgh are: E-mail: and community safety. June 7 – City Hall [email protected] For more information about June 12 – Jim Durrell Com’y Web Site: Crime Prevention Ottawa, you Centre www.rideau-rockcliffe.com are invited to visit the website at June 13 – St Laurent Complex June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 5 nity safe: all those currently associated Join the New Edinburgh with New Edinburgh’s Neighbourhood Watch Update Neighbourhood Watch as a Neighbourhood Watch, in par- By Louise Palmer you are on vacation Block Captain ticular all of you Block Captains Over the past four years, New • Remember to stop newspa- Help us distribute flyers or get for your efforts in spreading the Edinburgh has developed a pers so they do not build up the word out about meetings word. A special thank you also vibrant Neighbourhood Watch on your door step (a clear sign Attend meetings on issues goes to Constable Tom Mosco program during which we have you are not home) important to the safety of our for his continued dedication to seen some excellent movement •Be aware of your surround- community. the safety of our neighbourhood. downwards in terms of crime mostly opportunists looking for ings while biking or hiking Make suggestions to your statistics. This however, does an easy target. along bike paths. Avoid dark, Block Captain on topics you Have a safe and relaxing not mean that we can now sit Constable Mosco announced or heavily overgrown areas if would like for future meetings summer! back. On the contrary, we still the District Neighbourhood possible. If it doesn’t feel Finally, we would like to thank require considerable effort to Watch Meeting is taking place right, don’t do it! maintain the momentum we on June 7th at 7:30 p.m. at 380 Following these simple tips will have generated. Springfield Road (next to the help, however, if you see a crime Our Community Officer, library). All Neighbourhood in progress or wish to report a Constable Tom Mosco reports Watch members are invited to stolen bike: our area has had a very good attend. The guest speaker for • Call 911 if a life-threatening response to the Home Security this evening is Constable Kevin emergency or crime is in Inspection Program offered by Birmingham, Business Owner, progress Ottawa Police Services. You can Home Security Evaluation • For all other emergencies (e.g. find out more by visiting their Program. This will be an stolen bike) call 230-6211 website at: http://www.ottawapo- informative meeting. Bring a •For the Rockcliffe lice.ca under CRIME PREVEN- friend along. Community Police Centre call TION or by calling Ottawa Now is also a good time to 236-1222 ext. 5915 Police Services at 236-1222 ext. remind you of a few good, but Keep all these numbers handy. 5915 to make arrangements for easily forgotten, summer tips. Your Neighbourhood Watch this free service. If you are inter- Here is what you can do to keep member guide includes a sticker ested in crime stats for the area, you, your family and communi- for your fridge. If you don’t they are also listed on the above ty safe: have one yet, contact your Block website under Neighbourhood • Keep your cars locked, even Captain. If you recently moved Watch “Central East” district. in the driveway to New Edinburgh or do not There are recent reports of vehi- •Keep your garage door know who your block captain is, cle thefts in our area as well as closed. It takes less than a please call Neighbourhood theft of property from home- minute to steal a bike from an Watch Director, Mike Histed at owners’ garages in particular. open garage 741-1660 and he will assist you. This most often occurs where •Have a trusted neighbour So what can you do to help? garage doors have been left watch your property, pick up There are many ways in which open. Remember, criminals are the mail, mow the lawn while you can help keep our commu- Page 6 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 And She’s Off! Elizabeth May Seeks Leadership of the Green Party By Jane Heintzman Jim Harris will not seek re-elec- short term “issue of the hour” multi-cultural communities.” tional issues facing the country, As most readers are by now tion at the party’s national con- and offer no long term vision for She has already enlisted an from the plight of family farm- aware, Elizabeth May, the vention here in Ottawa from the country or the environment impressive line up of supporters ers to the growing population of Burgh’s most celebrated civic August 24th-27th. To date, the in the decades to come. from all regions of the country poor and homeless, the tenuous and environmental activist and only other declared candidate Not surprisingly, because of and of all political stripes, livelihood of many remote, one- recent recipient of the Order of for leader is David her long career as a vigorous including independent Manitoba industry communities and the Canada, threw her hat into the Chernushenko, Deputy Leader environmental crusader, she is Senator Mira Spivak; Jim Harper government’s “increas- political ring in early May when of the party who made a strong particularly concerned at the MacNeill, Secretary General of ingly Bush-like stance” in the she officially launched her cam- showing for the Greens (over Harper government’s abandon- the World Commission for realm of foreign policy. paign for the Leadership of the 10% of the popular vote) in the ment of Canada’s Kyoto com- Environment and Development; In her spare time (!?), Green Party of Canada. Just last two elections in Ottawa mitments and its recent budget former NDP Member of Elizabeth has recently launched over a month earlier, she had Centre. cuts to federal environmental Parliament Ian Waddell; and her latest publication, How to stepped down as Executive Elizabeth took the plunge into programmes. (With characteris- New Edinburgh’s own Stephen Save the World in Your Spare Director of the Sierra Club of politics primarily out of a sense tic irony, she has referred to the Woollcombe, a former Canada, and speculation about of intense frustration with the Prime Minister as a “carbon Progressive Conservative candi- her future plans had been rife in agendas of the mainstream polit- copy-pun intended” of President date in the federal election of the media. ical parties in Canada, agendas George W. Bush!) 2000. The celebrated wildlife Current Green Party Leader which are largely focused on the Even more distressing from artist Robert Bateman has Elizabeth’s perspective is the signed on as Honorary Chair of lack of effective critical her campaign, and her foray into response from the opposition politics has received the blessing parties, whose preoccupation of Canada’s leading environ- with avoiding an early election mental guru, David Suzuki. has in her view muted their If elected party leader, attacks on the new government’s Elizabeth is determined to make policies on the environment, the Greens a serious force to be social policy and foreign policy. reckoned with on the Canadian Her aim is “to blow the roof off” political stage, as they are Elizabeth May - Saving the this passive acceptance of the already in many countries in the world in her spare time... directions of the Conservative European Community, and to government, and to re-engage an “rock this country’s politics in a Time,” (Key Porter), which is active debate on issues of long- way that nothing else ever has.” essentially a citizen’s guide to term importance to the country. If her past performance is any effective activism, replete with Elizabeth cast her lot with the guide, we’re in for lively and entertaining stories of her own Green Party because she interesting times, and we can career as an activist ranging believes it “is Canada’s best predict as a matter of certainty from her adventures in the hope to inspire Canadians now that if she succeeds in her cam- Amazon with Sting and Gordon disillusioned with politics,” and paign, the environment won’t be Lightfoot to her encounters with in particular, to engage young “Missing in Action” in the next such political veterans as the people in a party and a cause federal election as it has been in late Dalton Camp and former that they can support with recent campaigns! When the Prime Minister Paul Martin. enthusiasm. She is convinced time comes, she plans to seek a Best of luck, Elizabeth! Many that the Greens are poised for a seat in the House of Commons of us in the community are major breakthrough on the on her home turf in Cape delighted to have a breath of national scene, where they field- Breton. fresh air on the political scene, ed a full slate of 308 candidates But nor is she content with the and in the words of your cam- in the last election and captured perception of the Greens as a paign announcement, “a pas- close to 5% of the popular vote. “one issue” party, critically sionate voice for planetary sur- Elizabeth’s initial aim is to important though that issue may vival, for social justice and for greatly increase membership be. Elizabeth plans to draw peace.” and involvement in the party, inspiration from “the social jus- and her campaign will be tice vision of Tommy Douglas Readers who would like to sup- pitched “to youth, to disillu- (and) the community empower- port Elizabeth’s campaign or to sioned voters, to women, to ment economic ethic of get directly involved, can check environmental and civil rights Monsignor Moses Coady” her website at activists, to progressive business (founder of the Antigonish www.elizabethmay.ca or call 1- people and progressive union Movement in the 1920’s) to 888-EZ-GREEN (39-47336). members, to First Nations and to tackle the whole gamut of members of Canada’s vibrant social, economic and interna- June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 7 Annual Spring Park Cleanup Report on 100 Landry Hearty Crew Gets the Job Done Public Meeting By Rick Findlay vided to be able to make any On April 4 a public meeting kind of judgement. Still others organized by the South of were just disgusted by the scale Beechwood group (SOBE) took of the proposed towers. place regarding the proposed Mauril Belanger urged SOBE development at 100 Landry. to be part of a “super-group” or Attendees included Alex alliance of associations (includ- Munter, Mauril Belanger and ing NECA and the Rockcliffe air Paul Benoit as well as about 75 base groups) for strategic rea- local residents. No City council- sons and to build a regional plan lors attended. that includes transportation, The meeting was a good airing recreation and infrastructure of citizen concerns, mainly considerations as well as com- focusing on the environmental munity design. He called for a cleanup plans; the absence of public meeting with city plan- information about possible envi- ners and city public officials. ronmental and health impacts; Alex Munter talked about the the extreme height of the pro- expected consolidated zoning posed towers; the absence of bylaw and urban design guide- design information; and, of lines (as relevant as density course, traffic implications. guidelines). He said we need to There is a 22-week review see the site plan because it is the (l to r) Carol and Peter Gusen, David Horley, Ed Browell, Cecile Latour, Ernie Smith, and period underway (a second one, basis for the zoning discussion. Councillor Legendre participated in this year’s annual park cleanup. Cecile Latour and after an initial 22-week review) The condo owners at 40 David Horley have volunteered to organize next year’s spring cleanup. under the Environmental Landry have engaged a lawyer Assessment Act concerning site to help them, who urged people school property are subject to cleanup. The Ministry of to take time to get more facts school board regulations. In Environment would also require and information and to be strate- these cases the Ottawa Police a pubic hearing process for the gic and not to “vote” on what Service has been delegated cleanup plans, if the proposal they want to see happen at the agent status for the property. goes ahead. Some in the audi- site without having all the facts. The same trespass guidelines ence said they would really like Because the meeting ran out of By Constable Thomas Mosco etc. often go unreported. apply to school board properties. to see the site cleaned up once time and the organizers did not and for all and so the “just say get the “vote” they had hoped to Make the Right Call Calls concerning individuals If disturbances are detected in no” strategy to the proposed have, the plea for more time to Make the Right Call is an gathering in parks, consuming your parks or school properties development was perhaps not get facts and to be strategic won Ottawa Police communications drugs or alcohol are rarely please call Ottawa Police and the way to go. Others said there the evening. program that focuses on call pri- reported. Make the Right Call. was too little information pro- ority recognition by the general The City of Ottawa has guide- public. The most obvious recog- lines for the type of activities nition is the emergency or the 9- that can take place in parks dur- 1-1 call. For other police assis- ing legal hours of operation. tance calls 230-6211 and police Individuals contravening the reports 236-1222, ext. 7300. guidelines can be charged This communications program and/or removed from the park. works well to a degree. The Ottawa parks officially close at community recognition of 11:00 PM. Individuals found in events that should be brought to these park areas after that time the attention of the police is can be charged and/or removed required. Incidents of vandal- from the park. ism, graffiti, suspicious activity Individuals gathering on Page 8

SORRY, I DON’T SPEAK FRENCH ! Par Paul Brûlé Dunton (1963) à la Loi sur les dynamique, à l’intérieur du Le dernier livre du journaliste langues officielles (1969) à la fédéralisme canadien. Graham Fraser, Sorry I Don’t Loi 101 au Québec (1978) aux Par contre, avant que nous Speak French, récemment paru stratégies du gouvernement puissions affirmer que le défi de chez McClelland & Stewart est Chrétien au lendemain du la langue a été relevé, beaucoup un livre à la fois révélateur et référendum de 1995. reste à accomplir, notamment dérangeant. Le bilan de la stratégie linguis- dans le domaine scolaire : les Révélateur, parce que la ques- tique est peu reluisant : de écoles pourraient être jumelées tion linguistique demeure tou- moins en moins d’institutions via Internet ; plus de pro- jours au cœur de l’expérience francophones et anglophones grammes d’échanges universi- canadienne. Fraser est d’avis travaillent étroitement ensemble taires seraient bien accueillis ; le que, tant et aussi longtemps ; au niveau universitaire le français devrait être considéré qu’elle n’est pas réglée, les liens français est toujours considéré comme une langue comparable fragiles qui nous unissent se comme langue étrangère ; des à l’anglais. Partout dans les désagrégeront et le pays que millions de dollars sont encore endroits publics, les citoyens nous connaissons, éventuelle- dépensés annuellement pour unilingues devraient pouvoir ment, s’effondrera. aider les fonctionnaires fédéraux accéder aux nouvelles technolo- Dérangeant, parce l’auteur à réussir leurs tests linguis- gies. nous informe qu’après plus de tiques. Qui plus est, dans les Bref, l’auteur nous invite à 40 ans d’efforts pour essayer de entreprises culturelles et les retourner au réalisme de Lester résoudre cette question, le ONG, les efforts pour améliorer B. Pearson qui a su reconnaître Canada anglais refuse de recon- la situation ne sont guère plus la valeur essentielle d’une naître qu’il y a un problème. brillants. société francophone pleinement Graham Fraser amorce son Mais tout n’est pas négatif : intégrée au Canada. Ne pas livre en rappelant les efforts grâce à l’évolution de nos poli- savoir mesurer toute la portée de déployés pendant plus de 40 ans tiques linguistiques, le Québec a cet enjeu risque de compromet- de bilinguisme officiel, en allant quand même réussi à se trans- tre l’avenir du pays. de la Commission Laurendeau- former en une société

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Note du rédacteur : Le Journal NEN offre aux résidents de la communauté un forum pour présenter des idées diverses sur des sujets courants. Les opinions présentées ici ne reflètent pas nécessairement la position de l'équipe NEN. June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 9 Le Chapeau de Noce The Wedding Hat Par Pierrette Tousignant autres étaient pressés de repren- By Pierrette Tousignant day I was sorting my mother’s Ma mère avait choisi pour son dre une vie normale. Ce qui à For her wedding, my mother had personal effects. I found it mariage, un costume bleu pâle cette époque se traduisait par chosen a pale blue tailored suit meticulously wrapped in a draw- accentué de souliers noirs et fonder une famille. accented with black shoes and a er of her cedar chest. Sixty years d’un chapeau noir lui aussi. Au Le jour du chapeau avait été large brim tulle hat. The com- had gone by since the day of the mur du corridor allant vers les suivi de douze jours de baptême, memorative photo of the event photograph. chambres, la photo commé- d’une messe des anges, de neuf was, for many years, hanging And what sixty years! The morative de cet évènement pen- mariages, d’un service funèbre discretely in the upstairs corri- photo was taken in 1946. The dra discrètement pendant et plus. Autant de célébrations dor leading to our bedrooms. war was over. The men were plusieurs années. heureuses et de services émou- I have always liked that photo back home. Many injured or J’aimais cette photo dont, des vants par leur peine silencieuse. especially since only the newly- crippled for life. Some deranged quatre personnages, on ne pou- L’acceptation de l’inadmissible, weds were perceptible despite as well. The others were eager to vait distinguer clairement que la résignation devant l’incom- the presence of a person on resume a normal life. In those les nouveaux époux. La jeune préhensible. either side of them. The bride in days, that meant start a family. épousée en tailleur pâle, la photo Entre les visites officielles à her pale tailored suit, the photo The day of the hat was fol- étant en noir et blanc, coiffée de l’église, il y avait eu le quotidi- being in black and white, wear- lowed in church by twelve chris- ce chapeau si élégant, au bras de en….qui s’allongeait de travail, ing this amazing hat and holding tenings, one mass of the angels, cet homme plus grand, mais pas and one funeral service. Many très grand. Tous deux souriants. happy celebrations and emotion- Lors de mes nombreuses al services…lived in acceptance escapades au grenier, j’avais un of the unacceptable, in resigna- jour ouvert une très belle boîte tion of the incomprehensible. ronde à rayures rouge et or et Between the official visits to j’en avais sorti le mystérieux the church, daily life took over chapeau…Ce qu’il était beau ! her time. The days stretched by Une toute petite calotte avec des work, domestic chores, laundry pinces en velours pour le faire and ironing till late on Monday tenir sur la tête, et ce très large nights, care to the infants of bord, droit, raide et diaphane en which a new one came each voile noir cerclé de velours. Il de tâches domestiques, de soins arms with the groom, taller than year, three meals a day for a m’allait presque. J’avais quatre aux nourrissons qui naissaient she but not much taller. table for two, then three, and ans. Hélas, ma carrière de man- chaque année ; de lessive et de On one of my numerous incur- progressively filled at all corners nequin s’est vue écourtée le jour repassage, de repas trois fois par sions to the attic, I had discov- by hungry growing children. où la propriétaire du chapeau jour et pour une tablée qui se ered a beautiful round box with After dinner, see to the home- m’a fait comprendre par une fes- remplissait…puis les devoirs red and gold stripes all around it. work of the older ones to, over sée bien d’aplomb, qu’on ne se scolaires des plus grands et Opening it, the mysterious hat years, the youngest. pavanait pas avec les chapeaux finalement des plus was revealed. What a beauty! Fortunately, there were the des autres ! petits….heureusement, il y avait What a find! I tried it on instant- small concerts on Sunday after- Je n’avais plus revu ce cha- les petits concerts du dimanche ly…the shallow headpiece noons when she would give us peau jusqu’au jour où faisant le quand elle s’assoyait au piano et almost fitted me! And the large moments of serene eternity by tri des effets de ma mère, je l‘ai nous donnait un moment d’éter- transparent rigid brim circled becoming musician again. She trouvé emballé avec beaucoup nité très douce…quand, par la with black velvet gave an air of would sit at the piano and with de soins, dans un compartiment complicité de Chopin, Schubert royalty to the four year old the complicity of Schubert, de son coffre de cèdre, soixante et Schuman, elle nous chu- parading among the usual disor- Schumann and Chopin would ans s’étaient écoulés depuis le chotait que la vie pouvait être der of the place. Alas! My mod- whisper in music that life could jour de la photo. plus belle….Qu’il y avait un eling career saw an abrupt end- be better…that there is an else- Et quelles soixante années ! ailleurs plus élevé…Que la cul- ing when the proprietor of the where which is higher up…that C’était 1946. La guerre venait ture, c’était beau… hat entered the scene and made Culture is Beautiful! de finir. Les soldats étaient de J’ai rangé le chapeau et en it quite clear by a steady spank- In silence I put the hat back in retour au pays, enfin ceux qui silence je suis repartie…j’avais ing that one does not parade its place. I left. The message avaient survécus. Beaucoup d’é- compris. wearing someone else’s hat! understood. clopés, de dérangés aussi. Les I had not seen this hat until the

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[email protected] webpage: mauril.ca Bureau de circonscription/Riding Office 504-168, rue Charlotte Street Ottawa (Ontario) K1N 8K5 (613) 947-7961 Téléc./Fax: (613) 947-7963 Page 10 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 which she managed to retain despite the rigours, trials and Letters from Lesotho Helping Lesotho tragedies with which she was By Jane Heintzman Shelagh Rogers, and was imme- confronted during her three and By Penney Place me that he (the driver) was fine. From late January to early April diately captured by the idea of a half month mission. As is evi- The School at Mahlekefane Good thing as the ride up and of this year, Stanley Avenue resi- throwing her hat into the ring as dent in these letters, Penney lost January 29 – February 3 through the pass was at 3090 her heart to the people of metres with rock slides, water dent Penney Place worked as a a volunteer. Her initial contact I left Pitseng at 7:30 am with an Lesotho, particularly the chil- careening over the road, steep volunteer at five schools in with Help Lesotho swiftly estab- immensely heavy pack – stuff dren, and she has committed to hills and hairpin turns. Lesotho, Southern Africa, offer- lished the fact that Peg was in for the week plus sleeping bag returning to the country next We arrived in one piece at Ha ing much needed assistance, fact a close neighbour just and therma-rest. Fortunately, it January to continue her work Lejone at 9:30 am and I discov- guidance, supplies and general around the corner on Keefer was a bright sunny day. I had to with Help Lesotho and catch up ered that I would have to wait moral support to the teachers, Street, and thus began a deepen- wait in London for ½ hour but with her beloved Basotho until 4:30 pm for the 4x4 to con- students and families in those ing involvement with the group finally landed a taxi heading for communities. which culminated in Penney’s friends. tinue up the mountain to Ha Lejone. It was a decent Mahlekefane. What a long, hot, Penney worked under the aus- Lesotho adventure this winter. Because of the inevitable enough van with one woman, pices of Help Lesotho, an organ- Because of her background as space constraints in the NEN, very weird day – and to top it all three men and me. Then the off, I had forgotten my book! ization founded by another well a teacher, Penney’s talents were we are able to publish only a few woman got off and I was left known New Edinburgh resident, channeled into the country’s of Penney’s wonderful letters in …… with the men – and one of them Transport in the 4x4 up the Dr. Peg Herbert, an Ottawa edu- threadbare school system, where this issue. To give readers a taste was drunk. … the driver assured cator who was inspired in part she was assigned to assist four of her experience and to tempt mountain left at 4 pm and my by her friendship with Sister primary schools and one high you to read on, we have chosen Alice Mputsoe, a member of the school, a formidable challenge to publish extracts from her FACTS ABOUT LESOTHO journals which describe two of Sisters of Charity and principal in any circumstances, but one Population: 2 million the most memorable projects of St. Charles High School in greatly compounded by cruelly Human Development Index undertaken during her stay in Seboche, Lesotho, to take action limited resources, deteriorating Ranking: 145 out of 177 Lesotho: the renovation of a to assist this destitute corner of school buildings, lack of ade- countries ranked classroom at the elementary the world. Help Lesotho(HL) is quate toilet facilities, a primitive Life Expectancy at Birth school in Mahlekefane, a des- now a rapidly growing (and often harrowing!) trans- (2003): 35 perately poor, remote communi- Canadian registered charity portation system and communi- Unemployment Rate: 45% ty high in the mountains, and which draws on public, private cation difficulties resulting from Incidence of HIV/AIDS: 3rd Penney’s efforts to relieve the and volunteer resources to the language barrier. While the highest in the world, with esti- misery of the impoverished address the devastating impact majority of the Basotho people mates ranging up from 25% to Lehemane family. The remain- of HIV/AIDS, poverty and gen- have some English, it is often 55% in the mountainous ing letters will be posted on the der inequality in Lesotho. To quite limited. regions. Over 30% of the chil- community website date, more than 6000 children, Penney recorded her experi- dren in these regions are (www.newedinburgh.ca), and we many of them AIDS orphans, ences in Lesotho in a series of orphaned. • Involve your School hope that interested readers will have been assisted by HL proj- lengthy e-mails to her family Ethnic Majority: Basotho (Contact: follow her story and get a true ects. and close friends. Her accounts, (Bantu) [email protected]) sense of the enormous chal- Shortly after the death of her which she kindly agreed to share Language: Sesotho • Sell or buy Calendars lenges facing this small country, beloved husband Tom last with the NEN, are detailed, Religion: 80% Christian (Contact: but at the same time, the February, Penney happened to colourful and replete with the Major Challenges: Poverty; [email protected]) extraordinary warmth and hear Peg interviewed by CBC’s characteristic wry humour HIV/AIDS; Lack of Natural • Support a Project, individual- resilience of its inhabitants. Resources; Hunger; Drought; ly or in a group (Contact: Declining Population; Lack of [email protected]) Resources to Support/Improve Volunteer (Contact: the Education System [email protected]) • Drop off or Mail a Donation Help Lesotho to HelpLesotho, 11 Keefer www.helplesotho.ca Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1M Mission: To mitigate against 2J9 (Tax Receipts available for the effects of HIV/AIDS by donations of $15 plus) promoting education and youth Check the website leadership development (www.helplesotho.ca): All con- Project Objectives: tributions are welcome, rang- • Raise public awareness of the ing from the modest ($20 will crisis situation in Lesotho purchase a sweater to protect a To twin schools and build one- child from winter cold) to the on-one relationships between substantial ($5000 will feed an Canadians and the people of entire school of 75-120 chil- Lesotho dren for a year). • Develop simple, low cost, accountable, locally based and Portraits of the Children of championed projects in Lesotho Lesotho Check the Home Page at • Promote gender equity; www.helplesotho.ca for a link HIV/AIDS awareness, testing to the striking portraits of artist and prevention among youth in Marie O’Neill. To purchase a Lesotho painting or commission a simi- • Foster hope and motivation in lar portrait as a fundraiser, con- the children tact [email protected]. • Support Lesotho teachers and Funds raised through portrait schools with programs, sales go to the school or proj- resources and volunteers ect of your choice. • Develop leadership, good Local Twinned Schools governance and a sense of • Rockcliffe Park Public civic responsibility among School and Guardian Angel young people in Lesotho Primary School, Pitseng, How to Help Lesotho • Sponsor an orphan ($450 • Elmwood School and Cdn./year) St.Charles High School, Seboche, Lesotho June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 11 am strong or I would have been help her. She is a lovely little like. I have lost my heart to this thrown out several times! What girl and just broke my heart. I little girl – and you will too a ride – but it really was a great will try to get her another nice when you see her smile. I have view even if it wrecked my little outfit just for fun. some pictures that I’ll try to hair!!…….. I really like this school – it is send as my camera has been ‘M’e/ Mathato/Penney another very poor one but I like adjusted to take smaller ones. I Later in February, Penney and the staff. They are upbeat and should also mention that her fellow HL volunteers Ray caring and enthusiastic. The Reitumetse, who is in Grade and Bruce returned to school is not overcrowded but is One now, did not attend school Mahlekefane in a rainstorm, in pathetic condition and needs a before as she was looking after laden with supplies for their ren- lot. Am waiting on this as this her baby brother. She was an ovation project. In the course of school could fold due to low eight year old looking after a the next few days, they built numbers (160 in all) and a new three month old when her moth- benches, made lap boards, gave government school built nearby. er died. At some point she was the classroom a fresh coat of ….. taken in by the grandmother and white paint and even touched up Well, today is the 15th and I I am not too sure how many oth- have survived – it was an ers are living together in that Penney heading off to school...in the Kingdom of the Sky. the doors and window frames extremely busy day - I left my family but there doesn’t seem to pack got put in the pickup bed on as they are jammed in and with a coat of bright blue. hut at 7:30 and returned at 5:30. be a father in the picture….. along with about four men. We write on their laps… Also, I am Penney also commissioned the One of the things I did that was Reitumetse came in her new forded streams, avoided people going to buy (with my donated creation of school bags for the good (for me and for her) was denim dress, shoes and sweater and animals and did something money), plastic mats for the kids children which proved to be a take Reitumetse to London and and really looked great. She is to the two front wheels before who have to sit on the floor. The great success. The project at outfit her with her uniform and really thrilled. I’ll bet tomorrow every steep ascent - and there Gr. 6’s have pathetic benches Mahlekefane is ongoing, as the all the aforementioned items. she’ll wear her new uniform. I were many! My pictures will that hopefully we can repair. community is planning to build Her outfit is a jean jumper with have become quite friendly with never be able to capture the feel- This building needs a cement another room to be used as both pink trim, a pink shirt with long the staff at Raphoka and many ing of Lesotho – this country floor, a paint job and new bench- classroom and community sleeves and pink socks. She is of them would like to write to really is the Kingdom in the Sky. es (no room for desks until a room. With Penney’s help in fill- the cutest thing and in the way someone in Canada. … Mahlekefane is about 3200 new building is constructed). ing out the forms, they have things work around here, the Lots of love, metres high with mountains all Actually, two, as the tent is applied to Help Lesotho for dressmaker who will make her Penney/Mum/Mathato (which around but lots of space – no hopeless and is either stifling funds to do the roofing. uniform (ready by tomorrow) most of the kids call me, by the feeling of claustrophobia like in hot or freezing in the winter. I Reitumetse Lehemane lives next door and will take it to way) Austria. really don’t know how they all February 14 her. As well, she will take all the The school is desperately poor. manage – it’s filthy! The kids’ March 12 ….My upsetting event today clothes over to Reitumetse’s The children get porridge at books, notebooks and supplies …Today, Tuesday, I walked a (and by the way, after I finished house and tell the grandmother breakfast and “papa” for lunch all get lost and dirty (only a few million miles – literally and fig- my last missive, two more what’s up. from the World Food Program have backpacks) so I am going uratively. I went to Raphoka, teenagers turned up at my door The toiletries will stay at (UNICEF I think). The school to see if the Home Ec School in then to Reitumetse’s house (at needing school fees! – it is never school and they will teach her buildings are a complete disaster Hlotse could make bags or 7:30 am), then to Pitseng HS, to ending) was meeting a six or how to take care of herself. We with one building with a dirt maybe get them made in Canada the Mission, back to high school seven year old girl in rags who got this special stuff for her floor which houses about 140 - dark colours and sturdy materi- and then home. I have never has just started at Raphoka hands and feet but as well, the kids in three grades – three al. Most kids are using flimsy seen poverty and despair like I School. She has big, brown, people here cream their bodies teachers all talking at once! plastic bags…. very sad eyes and hands and feet every day with Vaseline or the Grades 1-3 are in the tent – just I stayed in a rondavel belong- with big cracks. She is filthy and Continued on page 12 crammed in but at least they ing to a friend of the principal is a very unhappy little girl. have desks and/or benches. The and while basic, it was very Reitumetse Lehemane is an kids in Grades 4 and 5 sit on the clean and had thin lino on the orphan who lives with her dirt floor or fight for a few bro- floor. Many have dirt floors still grandmother. This woman is an ken chairs or cans to sit on. and it continues to amaze me alcoholic – as the teachers say, a Grade 7 is in a building of its how they keep the kids so clean! drunkard who can’t look after own with desks (supplied by My ride back to Pitseng was as herself, let alone this little girl. Help Lesotho) and they have usual - eventful! The 4x4 never Tomorrow, I will go to London standardized exams to pass so came so by 10:15 am I was fed at noon with another teacher get special treatment! up and when a pickup came by from the school to order this Bruce and I are working on a (a contractor), Lipaleso hailed it child a school uniform (a dress short-term plan (long-term, the and I jumped into the open truck and a sweater), buy socks and government needs to build two bed with my stuff .. It is too bad shoes and some special cream to new buildings at Mahklekefane) that I was totally unable to take try to heal her hands and feet. which is to have Ray (another pictures as I was holding on for The school will arrange to have volunteer) make masonite dear life – this is not a figure of her wash when she arrives in the boards for the children to write speech – it is true. It’s lucky I morning and get Grade 7 girls to Page 12 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 Continued from page 11 for the three little girls who are I am going to hire a Class 7 saw today at this child’s home in Class 1 and their food will be girl who lives nearby to help the and I am not at all yet recovered. organized at school. It doesn’t three girls in the morning with A teacher from Raphoka and I seem right for just Reitumetse to their washing and smearing went to see the living conditions have a uniform and shoes while (Vaseline) and teach them how of Reitumetse and her family her cousins do not. The other to wash their uniforms, undies and it was just awful. child at home will have to be and socks. I don’t think anyone There are 11 people living in cared for by her mother. Now, washes anything in that house. one small, filthy rondavel. They the baby! One of the teachers at There is a stream at the bottom have no mattresses or furniture, the school has offered to take of the hill in her village where no food and just some scrappy this child and when I went to the people can wash clothes. I think blankets. Reitumetse’s little mission to talk to Sister Vitalina I’ll buy blankets for everyone baby brother is one year old and and the grandmother (who looks (or the older guys will just take looks about three months – the after animals there), Sister V. them) and winter clothes will be teacher thinks he is dying. He is made the point that if the baby next. given only some porridge to eat. died there would be big trouble … Back to the high school to see if the Sisters had any ideas Reitumetse and her baby brother Retselisitsoe. There are 11 people living in one small, filthy ron- about the Lehemane family and davel. They have no mattresses or furniture, no was told that they have tried to school before we were and she girls, baby needs, babysitter help the grandmother for many had the baby fairly decently (while teacher is at work) and food and just some scrappy blankets. years and nothing has worked. If attired. His undershirt was filthy the Gr. 7 kid for helping the lit- they give her food she just trades and torn so we took that off and tle girls wash in the morning. I The others are the grandmoth- – good point. The grandmother it for beer, her other daughters the teachers wanted to put the have ordered uniforms, bought er’s children (3) and grandchil- didn’t come to work by the way (nearby I guess) take any cloth- new sleeper on him so he did tracksuits and toiletries and dren (6 +baby) and are living so no input from her. ing they give her and she is kind look really cute. He looks like organized a couple of high like animals. They appear to I was sent to Sister Juliet who of a lost cause – very sad but Reitumetse with big, wide-set school girls to help me buy and have given up. The grandmother will speak to Sister Superior there is not much I can do there. eyes. Grandmother says she can- carry in the blankets. I will buy drinks and does little to care for (who hired Reitumetse’s grand- I took the two cousins to the not cope with him – it is too winter jackets before I leave… the kids. A daughter works and mother) and they will all put shop in the afternoon for shoes much, she has no money etc. Lots of love two young boys (12 and 14?) their heads together to come up and socks and they will get She straps him to her back each Penney/Mum look after cattle – the other adult with a plan. Grandmother can- school uniforms later this week morning and there he stays till (almost everyone loves to call sons do nothing. Reitumetse and not be trusted with money or or next. she gets home late at night – me Penney now!!) her brother are orphans so there even a voucher at the store but The grandmother has been usually drunk I gather. She is March 23 is a pretty good chance that the maybe something can be sent a note from the school to very thin and a sad, defeated Hi All, baby is HIV+. worked out through the mission. bring the baby there at 8am person. …… The last installment on the There are many things to con- (Sisters of Charity). Or, another tomorrow and we will go to the Our trip to the hospital was Lehemane family left with the sider and the plan for now is that avenue is to talk to the chief doctors office or clinic or what- somewhat of a nightmare... We teacher waiting to get permis- I will provide clothes and food about the baby. ever it is…The school is being had to wait quite a bit but then I sion from the family and the incredibly co-operative and it is spotted the Canadian doctor chief of the village to take the because they are a very caring (had dinner there and once used baby. The letter was written and staff and happy that some help is her internet) and just jumped the stamped by the chief and lo and available. .. queue. This was not really fair, behold, Reitumetse turned up at Well, Grandmother was at but the baby was screaming as school this morning with the he was starving until we found baby in her arms and said that some bananas and went out for Grandmother said to bring him milk for him. The baby, who is and give him to the teacher. one year old weighs 5.2 kilos Pointe finale! So that was that. (11.44 lbs) and is HIV+ in the Fortunately, I was going up to doctor’s opinion. He cannot be Raphoka in the afternoon and tested until 18 months as the test was able to get them set up checks an antibody count and financially. Help Lesotho will until 18 months some of the distribute the grocery money mother’s antibodies are still in quarterly in voucher form and I the child. divided up the rest into However, a file has been envelopes and just doled it out opened, he has some medication today!! I am sure this is for the for a cough, another appoint- best and am really happy that ment for shots and will start the baby will get the care he ARV medication soon. We visit- needs. He is the cutest thing you ed social welfare and the way it ever saw and I am going to give works here is that the family the teacher Tom’s old 35mm signs a paper to say they cannot camera to take pics of him to care for the child, the chief of send me….. the village is part of this agree- Saturday - Lipalesa and I went ment and then social welfare to London this morning and agrees that someone responsible bought 10 blankets for the can look after the orphan. So Lehemanes and I managed to that is the plan and the teacher, get 10% off – I am not usually who happens to be Tsekeli good at bargaining so was Nkokana’s mother, will take the pleased with something. We baby…. delivered them to the kids’ I have been to see Maseisu home.. and gave them to one of (Help Lesotho employee) who the aunts. On Friday, I had deliv- handles the money at this end ered 24 hand-knitted hats (from and I can give her what is need- some women in Canada) to the ed on a quarterly basis – starting Class 1 kids at Raphoka which April 1 conveniently- and she meant that Reitumetse, Polo and will distribute it to the teacher at Malefa each had one….. Raphoka… The money will be divided up Read On at into breakfast and dinner for the www.newedinburgh.ca! June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 13 Don’t Touch That Dial - Without Counting to Ten: 10 Digit Dialing Comes to Area Codes 613 and 819 By Jane Heintzman result of the rapidly diminishing the extra 3 digits adds a maxi- Beginning on June 17, residents supply of telephone numbers in mum 1.4 seconds to local calls of Ottawa/Gatineau who forget this part of the world and the (considerably less than having to add the three digit area code requirement to delay “area code to sit through the recorded mes- (613 or 819) to their local calls exhaust” until about 2010 in the sage!) He has a number of will be greeted by a recorded 613 zone and considerably important reminders to those of message (in both official lan- longer on the Gatineau side. us making the transition this guages) politely reminding them Under the current seven digit summer: that 10-digit dialing will soon be system, numbers that are Ensure that stationery, busi- required throughout the region. assigned in the 613 zone can’t ness cards and promotional Kids and caregivers alike enjoy the fun at the New Edinburgh As of October 21, 2006, the be used across the river in the materials (including NEN Playgroup at MacKay United Church. system will be mandatory and a 819 region. Moving to 10 digits advertisements!) include a com- seven digit slip will get you a will thus free up a supply of new plete 10 digit number; New Edinburgh Playgroup: recorded reminder to hang up numbers on both sides, and fore- Check to make sure that alarm and try again. The transition to stall the requirement to intro- monitoring devices are pro- We’ll be back in September 10 digits, which occurred sever- duce new area codes in our grammed to accommodate 10 The New Edinburgh MacKay Horses…). al years ago in the Toronto area, region. digit dialing; Playgroup meets in the MacKay An activity is often planned at Update fax machine group United Church hall every Halloween - outings in the past calling lists to include 10 digit Monday and Friday, September have included a visit to numbers; through June. It provides a Saunder's Farm. This past fall Programme speed dialers and great opportunity for moms, was a trip to the Experimental auto dialers for local 10 digit dads, and caregivers to meet and Farm, where the children calls; and socialize, and for children to enjoyed seeing the animals. At Ensure that local numbers and learn and play in a safe, super- Christmastime, we had a visit lists on personal computers are vised atmosphere. As a cooper- from Santa, who handed out a updated to include the full 10 ative playgroup, all members are new book to each child. digits. expected to take part in the run- Members also participated in a With luck, the transition will ning of playgroup: setting out food drive to help those in need be as seamless as it reportedly and putting away toys, cleaning in the community. In June we was in the Toronto area, and the up after snack time, following will have a year-end picnic in will also take place in the 450 Glenn Pilley, the Canadian good news is that the 10 digit the church’s rules for opening Stanley Park. and 514 zones in the Montreal Numbering Administrator at system will have no impact on and locking up the space, etc. This year was an especially area, and in the 519 region in Science Applications the cost of a local call. Readers Each member also has the busy one for playgroup – either south western Ontario. International Corporation with questions or concerns responsibility of providing we advertised ourselves too The move to 10 digits in the (SAIC), a local engineering about the process are welcome snacks for snack time two or well, or else the neighbourhood National Capital Region is a firm, unofficially estimates that to call Canadian Numbering three times during the year. is just bursting with new babies. Administrator Glenn Pilley at Playtime is largely unstruc- Even after increasing our regis- 613-563-7242, Extension 317. tured – the toys are set out and tration limit, we still had to cre- (For readers who, like me, had the children head for their ate a waiting list. It is with great no idea that a “Canadian favourites. Toys have been regret that we have to turn inter- Numbering Administrator” donated over the years and oth- ested parents away, as we know (CNA) existed in Canada, the ers purchased with registration how playgroup can be a real life- CNA is an authority regulated funds, resulting in a good-sized, saver – especially during the by the CRTC which serves as a diverse collection. The play long, dark winter months! neutral third party dispensing kitchen is a big hit, as is the The New Edinburgh MacKay numbers to the now numerous slide. The costumes and ride-on Playgroup has met in the Church telephone service providers in toys are also popular. Snack is hall for several years now. It is a the country.) typically served mid-morning, wonderful resource in the com- then the last 20 minutes or so are munity for new moms, dads and spent as circle time, where, after caregivers to meet others and the toys are put away, everyone share in the experience of rais- joins in singing songs. Very ing little ones. Playgroup mem- popular among the toddlers is bers are very grateful to Sleeping Bunnies (and Sleeping MacKay United for its contin- Cheetas, and Sleeping ued support. Page 14 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 BURGH BUSINESS BRIEFS

- By Jane Heintzman - Lester’s Barber Shop: And (close to Birch). After horrifying This Fall, George Sabbagh will On the Seventh Day, He.. me with a wonderfully deadpan add a whole new dimension to Cut Hair! report on the mini-subdivision the Personal Training business In recent months, there has been that was slated for the site (it he has operated since 1998. On no Sunday rest for Lester Clark wasn’t April 1st, but close October 2, he plans to release whose shop is now open seven enough to it!!), Roger Boult the first edition of his new pub- days a week, including Sundays explained that the cemetery has lication, George The Personal from 10:00 am to 4:00 launched a multi-year project to Trainer Lifestyle Magazine, a pm.According to Lester, the clean up the scrub along magazine pitched to both men Sunday opening has been Hemlock, drain the area and re- and women who aspire to a extraordinarily popular, with seed it with a row of pines. The healthier lifestyle in all its business occasionally so brisk cemetery fence line will also be dimensions: physical, psycho- that a single barber may have extended along the full length of logical, spiritual and financial. trouble keeping up with the the property. Articles will range across a parade of shaggy clients. With Sadly, a major impetus for the broad spectrum of topics from the arrival of the hot weather project was the rampant dump- George’s current domain of per- when the younger crowd will be ing of garbage, clippings, dis- sonal training, muscle building Christina Lubbock of Voice Matters. Photo: Peter Glasgow getting their buzz cuts in prepa- carded Christmas trees and mis- weight loss, meditation and tance in a number of areas, on Springfield Road and at ration for camp and summer cellaneous detritus into this healing, to finances, travel, including travel writing, so if MacEwen Gas Stations through- jobs, Lester, Eli and Julius are bushy area, a problem which entertainment, law, politics, there are any keen travel diarists out the city. Good luck, George! expecting even more action at cemetery employees have been yoga, pilates, sports and inter- out there who would like to We wish you every success with the shop at 13 Beechwood. unable to control through friend- views with high profile person- share their experiences, give your new publication. Watch for some interesting ly persuasion. A sad commen- alities. George a call at 613-748-6925. Voice Matters news from Lester’s bench in our tary indeed on our civic mores, In addition to his own contri- The magazine, of which While the vast majority of us October issue! and the more so in a city like butions in the realms of his George will serve as both Editor have, at some point in our lives, Ottawa which has a regular and expertise, George has assembled and Publisher, will appear twice made a conscious effort to Beechwood Cemetery annually in the Fall and Spring. Many readers may have noted, comprehensive waste collection a group of writers for the new improve our minds, bodies and régime. publication, most of whom are George has a roster of interested (perhaps less frequently) souls perhaps with alarm, the minia- advertisers lined up for the first ture clear cut operation on the George The Personal current or former clients of his by seeking instruction in the personal training business. At edition, and is receiving assis- mastery of an athletic or body border of the Beechwood Trainer: From Pumping tance on the technical side of the Cemetery on Hemlock Avenue Iron to Publishing the time of our interview, he was building activity, a musical still on the hunt for more assis- publication trade from one of his instrument or a game of mental supportive clients. While this is dexterity such as bridge or George’s first foray into the pro- chess, my guess would be that duction of a broad-ranging gen- few us have given much thought eral interest magazine, he has in or attention to what may well be fact two previous publications our most vital God-given instru- under his belt: George The ment: our voice. Personal Trainer’s 12 Tips on Crichton Street resident Burning Fat (2002) and George Christina Lubbock is a notable The Personal Trainer’s 5 Tips on exception to that rule. For Building Lean Muscle Mass Christina, a fine voice is a great (2003). gift and a powerful instrument. As of the release date in In her view, the cultivation of October, copies of George The the quality of one’s voice and Personal Trainer Lifestyle the effectiveness and authority Magazine will be available at with which one uses it, is of the New Edinburgh Newsstand enormous importance in all on Beechwood Avenue, at the aspects of life, be it in the Board Maximum Convenience Store Room or the Show Room, on the

North America’s Fastest Growing Automotive Sevice Association !"#!$$%&'()'%"#%*#+%,)-#!./,'&(R$#1%$)#23'44/5#!6)%.%)'7/#8/&-"'&'("R$#+/)9%,3'": 8-,%6:-#;"/#$)/.#*%,#?($)#("5#!&&6,()/#!6)%.%)'7/#@'(:"%$'$ June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 15 hustings, in the class room, at confers a significant competitive grounding in the basic tech- the lectern or the pulpit, or sim- edge in almost any field of niques of breath control, dynam- ply in one’s daily dealings with endeavour. While there are ics and projection which are at friends, family and acquaintanc- many established public speak- the root of both the singing and es. And indeed, if you give it a ing courses out there, Voice the speaking art. moment’s thought, it is most Matters will be somewhat While Voice Matters’ lessons often the well modulated, unique in the emphasis which it will be tailored to the specific sonorous voice, not the shrill gives to voice quality (Daffy needs and interests of individual nasal twang or the dull mono- Duck vs. Paul Scofield) in com- or group clients, broad areas of tone, that will catch our atten- bination with the other aspects concentration will include tion, move us to act or convince of public presentations. breath support, resonance, pitch us of an argument. Christina herself has a magnif- (“pitch it low” is her credo!), Inspired by a growing convic- icent voice which is entirely up articulation, projection (can you tion that the whole realm of to the challenge she intends to be heard at the back of the class- voice quality and articulacy of put to her students, whom she room or meeting hall?), voice speech is seriously undervalued hopes will learn how to use their modulation, pauses and empha- (and indeed at risk) in our fast- voices to “Captivate, Persuade sis, grammar, and even posture paced society, Christina is in the and Command Attention.” and general deportment. process of launching Voice Coincidentally, she is the moth- Because most of us carry the Matters, a new consultancy er of the CBC’s incomparable baggage of a lifetime of accu- business which offers training in Shelagh Rogers whose mel- mulated speech habits, good, the techniques and tricks of lifluous voice is known and bad and ugly, Christina is pre- improving both the quality of loved in countless households pared to tackle these in her one’s voice and the way in throughout the country, so per- coaching sessions, both to rein- Katie and Bryson Collins of Bryson Farms. which it can be used to best haps genetics is of more than force and refine our strengths, progresses, the return of its found themselves progressively advantage, whatever one’s age, passing importance in shaping and to help us to overcome our extraordinary variety of fresh, squeezed out of the existing aspirations, interests or profes- the vocal equipment with which idiosyncrasies. (In the latter cat- certified organic produce to Byward and Parkdale Markets sion. we start out. egory, she includes a range of local markets in our region. As by vendors selling produce Perhaps you’re preparing to Christina comes to her new misdemeanors from “Nose always, Bryson’s colourful trucked in from large grocery deliver an important speech, vocation with a considerable Talker” to Shrieker, Lazy Lips, booth will be a fixture at the companies and sold at discount take part in a public debate, per- wealth of experience in public Speech Tic, Foghorn and Parkdale Market on prices. At Lansdowne, all pro- fect your sales pitch, hold your speaking, most recently through Speedometer- know them all!) Saturdays and Sundays from duce will be locally grown with- own in a meeting or attend an her work as Chair and subse- Watch for further news about August through to October. in a radius of about 100 kilome- all-important job interview. In quently Executive Director of Voice Matters, but in the mean- Throughout July and August, ters of Ottawa, and if the prices all cases, it is Christina’s firm WaterCan, a charity founded time, interested readers can drop Bryson’s will also have a spot in are a little higher, the fresh, conviction that how you com- by her late husband Michael Christina a line at christina.lub- the new Lansdowne Park earthy taste will be well worth it. municate your message- the tim- Lubbock, and familiar to many [email protected] to get more Farmer’s Market for which The Lansdowne market, which bre and tone of your voice, the Burgh residents through the details about her voice training Ottawa Council gave its will feature locally made crafts clarity of your enunciation, the work of its Honorary President, services. Best of luck Christina! approval in April. as well as fresh produce, opens The Lansdowne market is a up on July 2 and will run once a phrasing and emphasis with Margaret Trudeau. The Bryson Farms which you convey your ideas instruction of a rigorous choir two year pilot project instigated week each Sunday until the With the arrival of summer by the Ottawa Farmer’s Market end of October. and opinions- is a critical ingre- director early in her career also comes the welcome return of dient of success, and one which equipped her with a solid Association, a group represent- Bryson Farms to our corps of ing local growers who have Continued on page 16 advertisers and, as the season Page 16 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 Continued from page 15 On one memorable occasion, Beauchamp (a resident of fecund wetland. An important haps as early as this Fall. Many Organic Buyers Beware: Prince Charles (himself a seri- Crichton Street), Christopher aspect of the project is to thanks to Routeburn owner Bryson Farms’ Stuart Collins ously committed organic grow- Weller and Donald Clysdale impress upon the community the Robin Fyfe for supplying the offers a word of caution to shop- er) reportedly requested an travelled to Göteborg, Sweden richness and value of urban wet- sketch of the renovation which pers at these summer markets: organic spinach salad when vis- (all expenses paid!) to attend the lands of this kind, and a marsh accompanies this column. iting Rideau Hall- in February, conference and to present their website has been established as while many growers have Canine Touch and Tell jumped on to the “organic” in the depths of winter. project and action plan to a jury one of the instruments for Undaunted, Stuart and company of international environmental achieving this objective. For a Most of us may think of canine bandwagon, in Stuart’s experi- massage as a relieving therapy ence, many of these have a less handpicked the most tender experts. Their proud science snapshot of the extraordinary spinach leaves from their green- teachers, Michael Leveillé of variety of natural life at the for our beloved companions than rigorous understanding of when they get old and stiff, or the requirements involved in a house production and the result Educarium (who was the origi- marsh, and an update on the was apparently fit for a prince. nal inspiration behind the proj- activities of this admirable perhaps when they are recover- genuine organic label. If you’re ing from a painful surgery. seriously committed to buying Laura Bush in her turn ect) and Clint Monaghan of group of young environmental- expressed wild enthusiasm JVCS, accompanied the group ists, check out: While these are indeed among organic (and justifying the pre- the conditions for which mas- mium price that may go with it), about Bryson’s organic beets, so on its Swedish adventure. Just as http://www.macounmarsh.brave the Farm’s reputation seems to we went to press, the exciting host.com . sage can be a lifesaver, vastly his advice is to ensure that the improving the animal’s comfort produce has the certified organ- have spread all the way to White House. and mobility, and often fore- ic imprimatur, which of course, stalling or reducing the need for is Bryson’s hallmark. While Bryson’s home deliv- ery list is very nearly full to medication, there are many The big news from the Farm other conditions occurring at all this year is heirloom tomatoes, bursting, Stuart confirms that there is always room for a few ends of the age spectrum for loads of heirloom tomatoes, in which massage may be a helpful fact close to 200 different vari- more in our area, which is among its well established option. eties. Last year’s amazing crop If your pooch is aggressive, inspired Stuart and Terry to try beats. So don’t miss out on the riches of the Ottawa Valley sum- inattentive to commands, nerv- yet more new tomato varieties, ous or skittish, Sandy Benoit and they have also ventured into mer: give Bryson’s a call at 819-647-3456 or sign up on and Sylvia King of Canine a new Asian specialty, edible Touch and Tell can often make gourds. Another first at Bryson’s their website at http://www.brysonfarms.com. a positive difference through a in 2006 is organic hydroponics course of regular massage which which is reportedly all the rage Macoun Marsh Project a helps to relax and focus the ani- in California, the flagship U.S. Second Place Winner in mal, and to improve its confi- state for large scale organic pro- International Competition! dence. Over the years, they have duction. Stuart is also enthusias- Congratulations to the team of also worked with numerous tic about a new biodegradable Grade 6 and 7 students from show dogs and agility compan- mulch which is being introduced Educarium and Jean Vanier ion dogs, warming them up for this year as a partial replacement Catholic School who are collab- trials and working out the kinks for plastic mulch. The product, orating on an ambitious project and tension after the event. which is composed of a predom- to document and preserve the Educarium’s Macoun Marsh Team jumped at the chance to com- This spring, the Canine Touch inantly cornstarch base, is wide- biodiversity of the Macoun pete in the Volvo Adventure Competition in Sweden. and Tell Team (which includes ly used in certified organic Marsh in the southeast corner of not only Sandy and Sylvia, but growing operations in Europe. news arrived that the team was Casa Acores Variety (The the Beechwood Cemetery. Their awarded second prize in the Foam Shop): Sandy’s splendid Guide Dog It would not be an exaggera- project, which has been written Jet) have been busy at events tion to say that Bryson’s reputa- competition and returned with a Transformation is up in recent editions of the handsome award of $6000 (US) Underway throughout the region, appear- tion as a producer of superb NEN, was selected from among ing at the Bytown Dog organic produce is now world to advance their work on the Since we first reported on the 300 submissions from 43 coun- marsh project. Congratulations future of this neighbourhood Obedience Show in Manotick wide. In addition to supplying tries as one of the ten finalists in and the Arnprior Canine the majority of Ottawa’s finest to all on a truly impressive landmark in our February 2006 the Volvo Adventure showing on the international issue, Routeburn Urban Association Show in mid-May, caterers and restaurants (both Competition, an international and conducting a Wilfrid’s and the Rideau Club stage and a well-deserved dis- Developments has now taken environmental programme tinction! possession of the property, and workshop/canine massage have “Bryson’s Greens” salads organized by Volvo Car demonstration at NutriChem right on the menu), Bryson’s In its investigations to date, the has embarked on a thorough Corporation in partnership with Macoun Marsh team has identi- renovation of the exiting build- Pharmacy in Westboro on May produce is a staple in the the United Nations 27. kitchens of Rideau Hall, 24 fied no fewer than 879 species ing, including the demolition of Environmental Programme in the marsh area, an impressive a somewhat lopsided two storey At the end of the month, they Sussex Drive and Stornaway, (UNEP). took part in the Canadian Guide where countless luminaries and tally but a drop in the bucket of section. Once completed, In mid-May, team members the estimated 5500 species that Routeburn plans to lease the Dogs for the Blind Walkathon in heads of state have sampled its Jessica Walsh Moreau, Alex Andrew Haydon Park where Jet legendary flavours. are believed to be present in this 2400 square foot commercial Zylka, New Edinburgh’s Katie space to one or two new busi- no doubt found himself among nesses, so we can look forward many other distinguished alum- “Girl” looked forward to her sessions and was always to reporting on their arrival, per- ni of the School. This month the team will participate in the happy to be there and meet her therapists. The first benefit I noticed was increased mental alertness and muscle suppleness when the session was completed. The massage, combined with a series of exercises tailored to my dog’s condition to be done at home, in my opinion significantly improved “Girl’s” general well-being, flexibility, muscle strength, activity and enjoyment of life during the year in which she was receiving treatment I wish I had had access to this sort of treatment earlier in my dog’s life. Joan Bulger, Ottawa June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 17 Make sure to register for the drinks, coffee and tea. And oh they make it our shirts, and tournament as soon as possible, yes, desserts, which include savouring each cooling mouth- as Paul anticipates the roster bumbleberry shortcake and a ful in a “slow race” with our will be full by the end June. very rich brownie for the hard companions to see who can fin- In the meantime, lobster lovers core sweets/chocolate lover. ish last. Happily for true ice can prepare to don their white While the shop has retained cream aficionados, Mackay bibs for the Pub’s Lobster Fest essentially the same layout as Street’s Piccolo Grande, the from June 12 to 18. Fight fans Delish, Heather has somehow gelato capital of the neighbour- should watch the Pub marquis found time from her labours on hood, is within easy walking for notices of its increasingly Albert Street to carry out a com- distance, and offers an array of popular pay per view showings plete makeover, including the close to 20 different flavours for of ultimate fighting and boxing installation of a brand new tile all ages, tastes and moods. matches. floor and a fresh paint job. Best Maria reports that mango and The Scone Witch Arrives at of luck Heather. We look for- raspberry is a particular 42 Crichton ward to seeing more of you favourite of the younger crowd, To the great delight and relief of around the neighbourhood, and while chocolate and bacio the many scone lovers in the wish you well in your new chal- (hazelnut) and bourbon vanilla community, not to mention the lenge as the captain of two are popular picks among their hungry hordes in the Lester B. ships! adult companions. You can also Pearson Building, Heather Piccolo Grande: It’s Gelato quench your thirst (?) with a Matthews is planning to open Weather At Last! delicious milkshake made with the doors of the new Crichton For most of us, the return of the gelato of your choice. For Street Scone Witch by the end summer heat is closely associat- the fat conscious in the crowd of May. Store hours will be ed with indulging in a luscious who prefer the chill without the 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Tuesday ice cream cone, spinning the to Saturday, and all of the tradi- cone to catch the drips before Continued on page 18 tional Scone Witch fare on the Jet looks on as Sandy Benoit works with a canine client. Albert Street menu will be avail- Kinsmen Craft Market in If your canine companion is able, with the exception of the Manotick on Saturday, June 3, suffering from an ache or pain, full brunch (eggs, fruit, greens, and the following week on June an irregular gait, less than per- scones, special jams- a treat well 8th, (6:00-8:00 pm), they will be fect posture or a chronic behav- worth the short trip downtown). part of a spa evening (for dogs iour problem, give Sandy and For readers who may not have of course!) at Barks and Bubbles Sylvia a call at 762-8869. had a chance to visit the original Pet Grooming Salon at 246 New Edinburgh Pub: Albert Street location, the Scone Britannia Street . Charity Golf Tournament, Witch repertoire includes (of To Sandy’s great delight, Jet Sunday, July 23 course) scones in an astonishing number of different and deli- was officially certified as a It’s time to be tuning up your cious varieties, “scone witches” Therapy Dog after a somewhat golf game for annual Burgh (sandwiches prepared with grueling testing procedure in summer classic, the New scones), “meal witches” (scones late April. Certified therapy Edinburgh Pub Charity Golf served with various hot mixtures dogs and their handlers pay vis- Tournament. This year’s event and salad), homemade soups, Maria and Juzer of Piccolo Grande. Photo: Peter Glasgow its to acute care hospitals, chron- will take place on Sunday, July ic care and rehab facilities, long- 23 at the Pineview Golf term-care facilities, and retire- Course, and as in past years, all ment residences, where clients proceeds will go to the Juvenile or residents can benefit immea- Diabetes Foundation. surably from their benign and Paul Williams reports that last gentle presence, both physically summer’s winner was Pub regu- in terms of lowered blood pres- lar Gilles Souligny, who may sure and reduced breathing and perhaps have profited from the heart rates, and psychologically absence of previously reigning through the reassuring boost that champ Frank Tonin. Frank a loving canine grin or lick can was obliged to miss the match afford. (While Jet ultimately because of a 25th wedding passed the test with flying anniversary (wise move colours, Sandy had a tense Frank!!), but generously con- moment wondering whether he tributed prizes for the occasion. would obligingly surrender Frank is hoping to be back in the Webster, his favourite toy, to the running this year, however, so evaluator: he did!) the competition is heating up. Page 18 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 Continued from page 17 office is in 200 Rideau Terrace) surface layers of the skin. cream, Piccolo Grande has a has begun the practice of cel- A full course of treatment is tasty variety of sorbets. lulite acupuncture, a painless, 10-12 sessions of 45 to 60 min- If you’re in the market for a non-surgical procedure to utes each, and while there are slightly more balanced meal, reduce the cellulite deposits variations among individuals Piccolo Grande serves home- which tend to cling so tena- depending upon factors such as made soups (reportedly a ciously to the hips and thighs of age and lifestyle, results are gen- favourite with regular clients) many women. Like Facial erally visible by the 4th or 5th and freshly made sandwiches on Rejuvenation Acupuncture, session- so there’s time to go for nine grain bread, as well as fresh which was described in a previ- it before the July 1st long week- coffee, lattes, espressos, hot ous issue of the NEN, cellulite end! Interested readers should chocolate, iced tea and iced cap- acupuncture is based on the give Chad a call at 613-850- puccino glacé. principles of traditional Chinese 4775 or check out his website Despite the store’s compara- medicine, and involves the for more details: tively modest size, Maria reports insertion of tiny, disposable nee- http://www.vitalitynaturopath- that Piccolo Grande can com- dles into a series of acupuncture ic.com/cellulite.html. fortably accommodate larger points. Burton’s Dive Service groups (30 to 40) using the four For a variety of reasons, even Looking for an adventure this outdoor tables along with the the most rigorous régime of diet summer? You may want to bench and tables inside. Last and exercise may fail to elimi- check out the introductory scuba summer they played host to a nate these fatty deposits which diving courses offered by number of birthday party gather- produce a characteristic dim- Burton’s Dive Service here on ings (easy to see the parent logic pling effect on the skin. Beechwood Avenue. Store behind that one!), and teachers Frequently these deposits are Manager and Diving Instructor at nearby Ashbury College who found in areas of decreased cir- Bill McLean reports that periodically bring large groups culation such as the back of the Burton’s has recently revamped of hungry boarders for an ice thighs on which many of us sit many of its programmes, includ- cream and/or chocolate treat. for much of the day. Decreased ing the beginner’s programme to Residents of neighbouring New lymphatic circulation is appar- which many of the lessons Edinburgh Square are also regu- ently also a contributing cause learned at the more highly lar clients. of the build of fat in the cells. skilled, technical level are now Regular hours at Piccolo Cellulite acupuncture works to being applied. Grande are Monday to Friday, overcome both of these factors Besides enthusiasm and a Photo: Peter Glasgow 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, Saturday, by enhancing blood circulation sense of adventure, there are few Burton’s Dive Service offers diving courses for those seeking more adventure in their lives. 10:00 am - 8:00 pm and and increasing metabolic activi- prerequisites for the Sunday, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm. ty in the areas where fatty Introductory level diving course. evenings of combined class- and an introduction to wetsuits, As the summer unfolds, howev- deposits have accumulated. The only absolutes are: room and pool training session, as well as to a number of new er, Juzer and Maria may extend Once the acupuncture process • A medical form filled out by totaling 9 hours in class (in skills such as underwater navi- these hours to accommodate has done its work, the results a physician prior to class Burton’s store at 196 gation. The second day of Open those in need of an evening gela- can be maintained through • A reasonable degree comfort Beechwood) and 9 in the water Water diving is normally con- to fix, and indeed, Maria notes stretching, massage and exer- and competency in the water, at the nearby Lowertown Pool. ducted at the wreck of the that even now, if hungry clients cise. including an ability to tread Classes are small (a maximum Conestoga near Cardinal (just are still on the doorstep, she will According to Chad, the results water for at least 10 minutes of 6-8 divers) and the ratio of East of Prescott). Each dive is a continue to serve them after the of the procedure include not • A minimum age of 12 years students to instructors is at most minimum of 20 minutes and in official closing time. We wish merely a marked improvement (though 12-14 year olds can 3:1. Scuba equipment (air tank, this case, the ratio of students to them both a long and successful in the appearance of the skin, investigate the possibility of buoyancy compensator, regula- instructors is strictly 2 (buddy gelato season! but also significant health bene- Junior Certification). tor) is provided by Burton’s for pairs are used):1. fits such as the detoxification of Each course begins with an in the duration of the course, but Once you’ve run (or dived) the Vitality Naturopathic: tissues, stress relief, the gradual students must provide their own gauntlet and received a Introducing Cellulite class Orientation Session to elimination of fat and cellulite, review and complete paperwork, snorkeling equipment, including Certification Card (which Acupuncture and improved metabolic and cir- mask, snorkel, fins, boots, Burton’s regards as only a It’s bathing suit weather folks go over class schedules and fees, culatory function. Needless to receive text books and hand outs weight belt and lead weights. “license to learn”), there are and for most of us over the age say, it’s a good deal cheaper, Once novice divers are thor- many more challenging of about 30, the prospect of and ask questions. These ses- safer and less invasive than cos- sions generally take place about oughly comfortable with their Burton’s programmes through revealing the winter’s ravages is metic surgery, and reportedly newly acquired diving skills, the which to hone your skills and at least a little daunting. But two weeks prior to the start of more effective than the wraps, the course work. certification process concludes perhaps become expert in cave help for some may be close at scrubs and creams on the market with a series of 5 Open Water diving or exploring wrecks. To hand, as local Naturopathic The next stage is where the fun which work exclusively on the starts. It consists of a series of 6 dives in the St. Lawrence River. get all the details and find out Doctor Chad Sheehy (whose The first of these, which takes the summer schedules and fees, place in a protected area in the check out Burton’s website at Brockville/Prescott region, con- www.burtonsdive.com. Let the sists primarily of a skills review summer adventure begin! June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 19 Danny’s Bar and Grill supporters of neighbourhood activities, and generously Visitors to Danny’s Bar and stepped in to offer a gift certifi- Grill at Springfield Road and cate to the organizers of the Beechwood will find that the recent Rideau River Clean Up restaurant has received a full which took place on Mother’s blown facelift this spring, Day, May 14. Many thanks for including the installation of your support, Tony and Fadi, brand new wall coverings and a and our best wishes for a busy Dr. Thomas Kral Dr. Brigitte Mehlhorn dividing wall creating two din- and successful season in your ing areas. At the beginning of newly renovated quarters. May, Danny’s also introduced a popular Lebanese Luncheon Business Bits Buffet from 11:00 am to 3:00 A warm welcome to two of our pm, Monday to Friday. new advertisers whom we look For a modest $9.95 plus tax, forward to profiling in our you can fill your plate with such October issue. Life Organic is a Lebanese favourites as tab- new local business which deliv- bouleh, hummus, fattoush, and ers organic produce, coffee and lentils; pile on the salads, dairy products right to your including potato, pasta and bean door. Tasha Kern, who co-owns salad, and top it off with the hot the business with her husband, meal of the day, be it lasagna or makes a point of buying from perhaps baked kibee, served as a local organic suppliers (even her layered dish with top and bot- fair trade coffee beans are roast- tom layers of kibee (crushed ed in nearby Almonte!), and you bulgur wheat) and a tasty ground can tailor make your own list or beef and onion filling in the set up a standing order on line at middle. As the mother of two www.lifeorganic.ca or by phone large young adult males, it took at 613-745-6868. very little time to discover that a If you’re like me and have heaping buffet is the only afford- sundry bits of scratched up and able option for a family outing or disabled furniture needing to a restaurant, so Danny’s new attention, Burgh resident Louis luncheon spread is looking Hutchison offers a Furniture good. Repair, Restoration and Danny’s co-owners Tony and Refinishing service and can be Fadi Debz continue to be strong reached at 613-850-6707.

Photo: Peter Glasgow Danny’s now offers a Lebanese Luncheon Buffet on weekdays, and you can top it off with a refreshing brew from ‘on tap’. Page 20 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 In the Works at MainWorks Bill Murray to Exhibit By Liza Mox ten-day mission to document from art college in England in 'Obliquity' at CCCC Karen Bailey, a MainWorks ‘behind-the-scenes’ army per- 1981, Karen has worked full- artist since 2001, paints people. sonnel - medical or catering time as a professional artist. The For the last two and a half years staff - those workers often over- rigorous discipline of calligra- July 8 and 9 she has focused on people at looked when it comes to mili- phy, heraldic art and illumina- Join Bill Murray in the won- cards, depicting the original work - waitresses, hairstylists, tary art.” The paintings she pro- tion prepared her for many art derful CCCC Dufferin art, will be available individu- and.... military personnel. duces will be included in a trav- forms. Karen has designed the Exhibition Hall for an exhibit ally, and in specially priced Recently, Karen was selected to eling exhibition of military art in portrait side of the Governor of his unique pieces. Bill's lat- sets. be a military artist by the Dept. 2007. Adds Bailey, “To have General’s Academic Medal for est series explores the abstract After sixteen years in the of National Defense. been selected is a great honour.” Her Excellency Adrienne world through spatial relation- Ottawa advertising and design “This summer I’ll be sent on a Since returning to Canada Clarkson, worked as a court- ships. Employing the relief industry, Bill finally made the room artist for Global printing method of linoleum- transition to full-time artist in Television, and illustrated seven cut block printing, composi- January, 2005. By pursuing a books for Appletree Press, UK. tions are created where no two B.F.A. in graphic design from Twice she has received the pres- areas of ink ever touch, yet a Iowa State University, he tigious Elizabeth Greenshields sense of depth is created received an additional year of Grant for drawing and painting. through the careful arrange- From 2003-2005 she was ment of the elements, implying appointed Artist-in-Residence overlapping solids with the use for Elmwood School. of white space. This particular Presently, it is the challenge of series is the largest Bill has yet painting large acrylic canvases produced. Each print measures of workers in the service indus- 22 inches by 30 inches, and is try (servers, hairstylists and typically produced in small chambermaids) that interests editions of no more than six- Bailey most: teen prints. “While transporting the view- Other art which will be on er to a familiar interior setting display at Bill's exhibition will (we have all experienced being include a series of 11 by 15 served in a restaurant or having inch, three-colour prints based our hair cut at a salon), attention on the themes of women's is drawn to the importance and fashions from the 1940s and the complexity of the common- '50s. Also on display will be a study, which complemented an place. Through my paintings I series of smaller, 6 x 6 inch already robust program with an celebrate the patience and perse- prints (Flora & Fauna) which extra year of art history, pho- verance of these workers.” are a combination of black tography, and studies in relief Intimist, colourist and lino-print and hand applied printing. “Petula I” by Karen Bailey, Acrylic, 30 x 30, 2005 draughtswoman, through her watercolour. "I have been greatly influ- art, Karen Bailey seeks to repre- Besides limited-edition enced by artists and designers sent beauty, honesty and most prints, greeting cards and note from the late nineteenth-centu- importantly, humanity. ry to the present. Poster makers During the summer months like the Beggerstaff Brothers, you’ll find Karen’s smaller Lucian Bernhard, and Henri works at Blink Gallery in Matisse produced incredibly Majors Hill Park (across from evocative pieces using the the National Gallery, at the foot fewest intrinsic elements nec- of the Alexandra Bridge). essary. More contemporary October20-22, visit the artists such as Michael Schwab MainWorks Open House. and David Lance Goines have View her work at www.karen- evolved this art form in a way bailey.ca. that cross-pollenates advertis- ing with art." Bill currently works in his New Edinburgh studio with the help of his girlfriend Manon Alexander, at 142 Avon Lane. June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 21 thankfully it seems a long way CCCC June Update off!), plans are underway for a Fall Fundraising Auction, Many thanks to all who attended in 2004 and 2005. For the first Cocktails for Crichton, to be the Centre’s Annual General time this year, Lumière will held at the Centre on the evening Meeting on Sunday, April 30, have the professional guidance of Saturday, October 14. Tickets and special thanks to our of an Artistic Director, and we for the Auction, which we hope Member of Parliament Mauril are delighted that the creative to make an annual event, will be Bélanger and his wife energies of Maureen Shea, all inclusive (no food or drink Katherine, who sacrificed the founder of the Grasshoppa tokens this year folks!), and we pleasures of a glorious spring Dance Exchange, (profiled in are aiming to have a substantial afternoon to take part in this this issue), will play a central and exciting collection of items yearly ritual. role in Lumière 2006. for auction to appeal to all tastes It is perhaps a measure of their As Chair Johan Rudnick and interests. Watch for details commitment to the work of the reported at the Annual General about the Auction in the October CCCC (and engagement in the Meeting, the continuing uncer- edition of the News, but in the endlessly interesting adventure tainties of our legal situation meantime, mark your calendars of its evolution!) that all of the have added impetus to our for October 14. Anyone interest- incumbent Board Members are efforts to re-examine and rede- ed in helping us to solicit goods returning to duty in 2006. We fine our community/ arts model and services from area business- are also delighted to welcome for the Centre, and to flesh this es (or to offer contributions) is two new members to the fold, model out with sufficient clarity welcome contact our Auction both of whom are residents of and detail to form the basis for a Committee Chair Alex New Edinburgh. Marion viable operational plan for the MacDonald through the Centre Haunton, a lawyer for the fed- next stages of our development. at 745-2742. eral government and longstand- In the coming weeks, the Board On the legal front, at the time ing supporter of the Centre, will have intensive discussions, of writing we were awaiting a The Crichton Cultural Community Centre is a mem- joins us as a full Board member, guided by professional facilita- court decision on how to pro- and Jennifer Barbarie, a for- tors, to stake out this vision for ber-based volunteer charitable organization striving ceed with the motion to sell the eign service officer, will begin the future. building and whether or not The to maintain 200 Crichton Street as a public resource her term as an Ad Hoc member. Thanks in large part to the School of Dance should provide to support and encourage artistic, cultural, and com- We look forward to working energetic efforts of our documents related to their with them both, and are most Operations Sub-Committee munity development. It was created with the objec- receipt of public funds that were grateful to them for volunteering Chair John Jarrett, combined used for capital improvements tive of preserving the Crichton School, both as a her- their services in the interests of with the ongoing professional to the building. Once the deci- itage building and in its historic public function as a building a vibrant community guidance and assistance of com- sion is rendered, we expect to be and arts centre at 200 Crichton. munity volunteers Toby community centre. moving into the discovery phase As you will see in this issue, Greenbaum, Alexandra Reid of the proceedings. preparations for Lumière 2006 and John’s son Chris Jarrett, To get involved, provide input, volunteer time, or Notwithstanding the frustrating- are proceeding apace, and our the renovation projects made ly slow progress through the enquire about using our community room, please indefatigable Community possible by our $76,000 grant courts, the commitment of our contact the Community Facilitator. We encourage Facilitator Joanne Hughes is from the Ontario Trillium legal team at McCarthy drawing on the lessons of her Foundation will soon be under- Tétrault remains outstanding, you to pre-register for courses or special features by recent consultations with lantern way. Stay tuned for news of our and we are deeply grateful for calling the relevant contact number. festival organizers in Victoria exciting facelift when we return all their efforts on behalf of the and Vancouver to make this an in the Fall (or better still, drop in Centre and the community at even more exciting and memo- and see the work in progress!) large. rable event than its predecessors Speaking of the Fall (though We encourage you ALL to • thick and pliable wood from CCCC Office Saturday come in costume – fancy masks, your garden – willow, etc Joanne Hughes August 12 International costumes, circus, •glass jars (clean, any size, no Community Facilitator butterfly and fairy wings, king labels or lids) #307-200 Crichton Street and queens - let your imagina- •thin wire tion soar! •glue guns and glue, craft Ottawa, Ontario K1M 2006 Remember, the flat route in paint brushes 1W2 lantern installations and fanci- Stanley Park makes it an acces- •Styrofoam meat trays Ph:(613) 745-CRIC ful themes to be explored. sible event for seniors and •wooden skewers (2742) Please participate in the festi- strollers. In 2005, many com- • decorating items – stickers, Fax: (613) 745-4153 val by carrying your own munity members invited friends tissue paper, buttons, ribbon, lantern. In July and August we and family for Lumière parties • tea lights Email: [email protected] will open our Lumière studio and picnics. We will remain www.crichtonccc.ca where you can come and attend open until 11 pm this year so To participate in the festival a lantern making workshop. At that more people will be able to please contact the CCCC office at 745-2742. We ask people to pre-reg- our workshops you will have enjoy the event. Look for our ister for courses and spe- Mark your calendars! The the choice of building and deco- free lantern making table at the Lumière Festival is a magical cial features so that we rating your own lantern (choose Crichton Community Council event that you will not want to have some idea of num- from a variety of lantern types) Family Picnic on June 11! miss. Perfect for people of all or working on some of the com- Just a reminder - a lot of the bers and can be adequate- ages (please leave your pets at ly prepared. munity lanterns that will be fea- supplies needed are those found home). Starting at 6 pm, there tured at the festival. We are also in your basement, garage and Unfortunately, programs will be amazing lantern installa- able to offer Lumière lantern garden. We are looking for may be cancelled if there tions to see and fabulous per- workshops (at our location or donations of: is insufficient registration. formers to watch. This year per- yours) or lantern supplies for •concrete reinforcing bars It is important for us to formers will be acoustic so keep organizations. Additionally, an eye open for some interest- (rebar) have a contact number in lantern making parties are avail- •gaffer tape the event of a class can- ing performer collaborations. able at the CCCC. Call 745- With the help of artistic direc- •plastic zap straps cellation. 2742 or in June check our new • bamboo – this can be from tor, Maureen Shea, Lumière website at www.lumiereot- Drop-ins are welcome, but 2006 will have new and exciting your garden, blinds, plant please call ahead to con- tawa.com for workshop details. posts firm. Page 22 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 23 CCCC’s Lumière Festival Crichton Cultural Community Centre Programs CCCC Yoga Circle Gets an Artistic Director Yoga at the Community Centre, on the second floor of 200 Crichton The CCCC is thrilled to be col- and since her first contact with Street, is in a bright character room with large windows, natural laborating with Maureen Shea the company in 1999, they con- Summer Programs 2006 light, hardwood floors and endless height. who will be joining us as the tinue to influence her work. IYENGAR deeper changes through regular Artistic Director for the 2006 As a performer, Maureen music and choreography and Method, which will help you Irish dance lessons are avail- Bring your own hand drum and This practice is a precise form of practice. Lumière Festival. The CCCC is Fitness & Wellness presently dances for choreogra- take you through a dynamic to achieve a stronger more able to girls and boys of all percussion instruments. Hatha Yoga that brings physical Mondays 7:30-9:00 pm mandated to provide community phers Sylvie Desrosiers (catch CARDIO KICKBOXING warm up followed by 20 min- flexible body and gain a richer ages. Irish dance is an excel- awareness and mental focus. The (ends June 26/resumes Sep 11) members with meaningful expe- the World Première of Flots at Carolle Laliberté utes of cardiovascular work sense of body awareness. lent and fun way to strengthen postures are taught step-by step rience in the development of a the Canada Dance Festival June (613) 263-0539 and 20 min of strength exercis- and develop skills in music, with students correcting and HATHA cultural project, from which 3 at 7:30 pm in the NAC Studio) Mondays & Wednesdays tempo and rhythm, improve adjusting their movements as es. Learn to use fitness balls, Gaby has studied Pilates in This yoga has been known as the community members can garner and Marc Boivin (in collabora- (ends June 14/resumes Sep 7) physical coordination and to they learn. Props, such as belts, weights and toning bands to Canada, the U.S, and Antigua classic style of postures. The experiences through community tion with Andrew Harwood’s 6:00-7:00 pm learn about the Irish culture blocks, and blankets help to sup- enhance muscular core since 2000. “Gaby is an emphasis is initially establishing based collaborative art projects. AHHA productions). She creates $9/class through its tradition of dance. port participants, provide safety strength, balance and postural extremely positive person who the fundamental aspects of yoga and tours her own work, most and maximize benefits. The yoga improvements. imparts the essence of Pilates by focusing on breath, alignment notably, ‘City project’ which has A mid to high intensity kick- SING, DANCE & PLAY practice develops strength, flexi- in a straightforward and and gentle movement. This been performed in theatres, boxing inspired cardio work- Caroline Elson bility, balance and alignment FITNESS FUSION: instructive manner. Her sense allows students the opportunity school auditioriums and on the out for Ages 15 to a fit 60+, THE FELDENKRAIS® (613) 282-7905 leading to stillness and well- REJUVENATION OF BODY of humour creates a warm and to establish a firm foundation streets. ‘City project’ is interest- this total body workout will METHOD Wednesdays 10:00 -11:00 am being. Practices are non-compet- AND SPIRIT inviting atmosphere where one with their own level of flexibility ed in the relationship between strengthen and tone muscles Jill Ogilvie $100 for 10 weeks itive and adapted for each indi- Louise Lettstrom-Hannant, feels at ease and predisposed and ability. The use of a set of movement reasearch and social while burning fat. (613) 742-8262 (ends June 7/returns Sep 13) vidual. The founder is Sri B.K.S (613) 747-1514 to learning. Her classes leave postures, each performed indi- action and includes audience Mondays 11:00 -12:00 pm, KATHARINE ROBINSON Iyengar, now 87 years old and Mondays 9:00-10:00 am, you with a renewed level of vidually, means that participants participation. Wednesdays 6:00-7:00 pm SCHOOL OF HIGHLAND This program is for toddlers (1 still teaching at the institute he Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 am energy and positive outlook can maximize the benefits. Each (ends June 28/returns Sep 18) DANCING to 3 yrs.) their parents or care- founded over 30 years ago in Maureen instigated the (ends week of June 5/resumes for the day!” - Joy posture is performed in three $72 for 8 weeks, or Katharine Robinson, Director, givers. This class is fun and Pune, India. Iyengar Yoga has Grasshoppa Dance Exchange in week of Sept 11) vanderZwan. stages : preparation, elongation Maureen was introduced to $10 drop-in (613) 733-2206 interactive and begins with a been called “meditation in 2002 and has led and participat- $110 for 13 sessions, or $10 and retraction. Students are dance through the Margaret ed in countless Hops and Dance drop-in STRETCH & STRENGTH Saturdays 8:30 - 10:00 am song circle, some interactive action”. Morris Method a spirited 20th ® strongly encouraged to find their Farms in Ottawa as well as in Alex MacDonald The Feldenkrais Method will Wednesdays 7:00-8:30 pm singing, dancing to music, Tuesdays 6:00 - 7:30 pm century modern dance form own level of ability and work Toronto, Montreal, The focus here is functional (613) 562-4858 help you to reconnect with Saturdays 12:30-1:30 pm with instruments or other Levels 1 & 2 including technique and improv- from that point to increase their Massachusetts and Italy. Please fitness beginning with a 15 Tuesdays 6:00-7:00 pm, your ability to move with ease, Special Workshops props, and exploring some tra- Tuesdays 7:30 - 9 pm isation. She attended Canterbury strength. The overriding princi- see www.artengine.ca/grasshop- min extended cardiovascular Thursdays 6:00-7:00 pm, through a natural, exploratory The Katharine Robinson ditional childhood games. Levels 2 & 3 (returns Sep 12) High School, graduating from ple is that there is only move- padance. Five Hoppenings will warm-up, moving into a fusion Saturdays 10:00-11:00 am learning process and learn how School of Highland Dancing Thursdays 9:00 - 10:30 am the Dance Department in 1989. ment with breathe. take place during the Canada of Pilates, yoga postures and (ends June 29) to make any activity easier, offers classes in highland Visual Arts Gentle (returns Sep 14) In 2001, she graduated as a sco- Dance Festival from June 5-9; strength exercises. Use exer- Summer session Tues/Thurs more effective, and more dancing, a traditional Scottish Thursdays 7:00 - 8:30 pm larship student from the for info on times and locations: FITNESS: EARLY BIRD cise balls, weights, and toning only July 4 - Aug 17. enjoyable. dance form. The school has KUNDALINI (starting September 14) Professional Modern Dance FIGURE PAINTING AND This yoga was designed for the www.canadadance.ca. WORK-OUT bands using a variety of Fall session starts Sept 5. several professionally quali- KNITTERS YOGA Performance Training Program Dance DRAWING householder, those who live in As an arts educator, Maureen Louise Lettstrom-Hannant, breathing techniques and bal- $126 for 14 weeks fied teachers, who train both Now for something completely at The School of Dance. John Jarrett the world, who have families and toured her performance project, (613) 747-1514 ance exercises. No drops ins. recreational and competitive different for knitters, crocheters, Maureen has subsequently (613) 594-0182 jobs and who want to balance the ‘Social movements’ in rural Mondays, Tuesdays, BALLROOM DANCE dancers of all ages. Depending spinners, and textile artists. Get travelled and trained with [email protected] inner and outer world. It is a schools throughout Ontario as Thursdays (ends week of June This year marks the 16th Please call the office (745- on their interests and goals, up off your comfy chairs and s-t- numerous inspiring movers in Wednesdays 9:30 am - yoga that fits the busy lives most well as ‘Les Arbres’, a perform- 5, resumes week of Sept 11) anniversary of this unique 2742) if you are interested in dancers are prepared for annu- r-e-t-c-h. This is a gentle hatha contemporary dance technique, 12:30 pm (ends June 14/ of us lead. A typical Kundalini ance project that explores cultur- 7:30-8:30 am class that combines dance, attending a ballroom dance al examinations of the yoga class, with lots of stretches improvisation, contact dance resumes Sep 13) yoga class includes movement al roots with the Grade 6 stu- $110 for 13 sessions yoga and movement exercises class at the CCCC. B.A.T.D., competition, chore- for the hands, arms and shoul- and experiential anatomy meth- $40 for six classes and breathing focused on the dents at Gabrielle Roy School. to improve strength, flexibility, ography and performance. ders. Everyone is welcome, and ods. These include: Peter central nervous system, deep She is on the MASC roster and Louise will share her favorite balance and co-ordination. IRISH DANCE LESSONS In this workshop the model everyone benefits from stretch- Boneham (Le Groupe Dance Music relaxation and meditation. has had contracts with Learning with the Taylor School of Irish will sustain a pose over two ing and breathing. Students Lab), Sylvie Desrosiers, Andrew Participants can feel the effects Through the Arts. YANG STYLE TAI CHI Dance sessions for a total of six wanting more challenge can Harwood and Nancy Stark Suzanne Taylor T.C.R.G of releasing the prana or inner Maureen teaches Pilates Larisa Gerol DRUM CIRCLE hours. This will permit partici- work to their own level. Smith. Bread and Puppet (613)761-6260 energy during the class. It is through the Pilates Space. (613) 722-4416 Nancy Porteous and pants to complete a painting or Theater are a major influence, Wednesdays, 7:00-8:00 pm [email protected] Corinne Davison to do a number of sketches or effective, efficient and easy. www.tayloririshdance.com Those who practice it say they CRICHTON CULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTRE (new session July 5 - Aug 23) [email protected] drawings. Tuesdays 9:30-10:45 am 8 week session, $95 Thursdays, 7:15 - 8:15 pm Fridays, 8:00-9:30 pm can feel changes in the body and (ends June 13/resumes Sep 12) BOARD OF DIRECTORS (ends June 15/returns Sep 14) (resumes Sep 2006) psyche within one class and PILATES MAT CLASSES The system known as the Tai 14 week session/ $168.00 $4 a night Jennifer Barbarie, ad hoc [email protected] CCCC YOGA CIRCLE Pre-registration Carol Burchill [email protected] ***NEW*** Chi Exercise was developed Colin Goodfellow [email protected] Gaby Lefebvre hundreds of years ago. It was Once you have seen the schedule and programs that best (613) 830-6495 proved to be the most Ellen Goodman [email protected] Volunteer Positions suit your schedule e-mail your preference to ccccyo- Marion Haunton [email protected] [email protected] advanced system of body exer- Thursdays 11:30-12:30 am, cise and mind conditioning We welcome your participation; Every lantern Face painters – Paint magical and enchanting [email protected]. Leave your contact information and Jane Heintzman, Secretary [email protected] Fridays 9:30-10:30 am ever to be created. made will help Ottawa shine! images on children and adults. Some experience the instructor will respond to your request with program John Jarrett [email protected] CCCC Office: (starting September 14) Postering - We have beautiful posters waiting preferred. details. You can also contact individual instructors: Alex MacDonald [email protected] Joanne Hughes $90 for 8 week session Tai Chi encourages the fulfill- Vicki Metcalfe, Treasurer [email protected] to be put up all over Ottawa & Hull. Put them Site Decorator – Assist on event day by help- Community Facilitator ment of the individual person up at your work place, school, community cen- ing to decorate the Lumière site. This entails Barbara Young Iyengar Yoga 728-8647 Bethann Robin [email protected] #307-200 Crichton Street Pilates consists of a series of and helps to tone and strength- tre, grocery store or church. hanging lanterns, arranging installations, [email protected] Johan Rudnick, Chair [email protected] precise, rhythmic, fluid move- en body, improve concentra- Ottawa, Ontario K1M 1W2 Lantern Maker - Attend a volunteer lantern preparing performance areas and putting up sig- Carol West [email protected] ments achieved through a har- tion, coordination and balance. John Yasbeck Kundalini Yoga 747-8111 making workshop and then make star lanterns - nage. Phone: 745-CRIC (2742) mony of breath, concentration [email protected] Ex Officio: these can be made at the centre or at home. Fire Safety – Be responsible for setting up the Fax: 745-4153 and control. The practice of Tai Chi helps to NECA - Gemma Kerr [email protected] fire safety equipment and signage along the BJ Porter Knitter’s Yoga 728-4638 Email: [email protected] discipline individuals to be Sponsorship - the Festival needs to raise funds CCC - Penney Place [email protected] Lumière route. [email protected] www.crichtonccc.ca Gaby teaches the Ron Fletcher healthy, kind and intelligent, to to cover festival supplies and performer fees. MainWorks - Karen Bailey [email protected] Pilates Mat exercises where be responsible for assisting Approach potential sponsors to secure festival Translator - Translate Lumière promotions and Prabhat Hatha Yoga 744-4809 MainWorks - Karen Rasmussen [email protected] you're being lead through a others to reach the same levels funds. media releases from English to other languages. [email protected] For more information flowing, continuous workout of achievement. To contact CCCC Board call 745-CRIC (2742) Festival Promoters –Help promote the festival Media Assistant - Contact media to get about the Centre or with the Fletcher precision by disseminating brochures at other large events Lumière listed on PSAs, community calendars Join us to discover the wonderful joy and long lasting programs call 745-2742. benefits of practicing yoga whether you are new or Crichton Cultural Community Centre Board meetings take and percussive breathwork. Larisa Gerol is an experienced like Canada day. and to get print/radio/TV publicity To register for a specific experienced. place on the 1st Sunday of the month at 4:00pm. These meetings You will gain an understand- instructor who studied for 5 Lantern making table assistant – Help chil- program please call the ing of the proper form and years with Master Don Yee. To volunteer, contact Sally Deline at 745-2742 are open to the public. instructor. dren and adults make their own lanterns at the technique of the Pilates festival. or email [email protected]. Page 24 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 Homeopathic First Aid for Summer Be a Good Doggy at the Safe and Natural Ways to Treat and Heal your Family CCCC It is time for summer and there bites, bees stings, poison ivy, healing ability of the person so We know that New Eddies adore that is based on respect is nothing quite like the endless bumps, cuts and bruises, aller- that his/her organism may be their canine friends and so we • Learn to speak “Doglish” warm hours of a beautiful sum- gies, campfire dangers, etc. fully restored back to health. welcome Chantal Mills and her • Learn how to prevent com- mer day spent playing at the Homeopathy is a system of Through this workshop, the obedience classes to the com- mon problems and eliminate park, swimming at the beach, medicine that functions accord- student will learn which reme- munity centre. Chantal will be existing ones boating at the cottage, or adven- ing to the Law of Similar dies/potencies are most effective teaching during this summer and • Learn about pack leadership turing at the campsite. Although Resonance. That is: Any sub- for the given seasonal affecta- in the fall. • Learn how to have a reliable the great outdoors brings much stance capable of creating symp- tion and/or situation. In addi- Chantal’s professional training dog that comes when called joy and excitement into our toms in someone that is healthy, tion, we will include tips, at the Canadian Canine Training • Build your dog’s confidence lives, it does not come without can cure those same symptoms advice, and preventative meas- Academy, her lifetime experi- • Gain reliable on-leash control its risks and potential dangers, in someone that is sick. ures for using other natural ther- ence with animals, and her vol- of your dog especially for children and the Homeopathy acts to gently and apies in different situational/sea- unteer position at the Ottawa •Meet new friends elderly. Time for sunshine also effectively remove the shock sonal occurrences. Humane Society have prepared •Have fun! means time for sunburns, bug and then stimulates the internal her to work with dogs as a train- June 17 , 1:00 – 3:00 pm er and as a canine behaviour In fact, there are many great $15/person consultant . Chantal has 10 years reasons to take this course! Instructor: Heather of experience in teaching and in Chantal’s says “my goal dur- McKenzie, Doctor of Guidance and this has also pre- ing the Basic Obedience course Homeopathic Medicine and pared her to work with those two is to help you establish yourself Medical Heilkunst legged animals on the other end as the leader AND develop the Location: Room 307, Crichton of the leash. willingness in your dog to fol- Cultural Community Centre. In Chantal’s classes, both you low you. You want your dog to and your dog will be her stu- be obedient with an enthusiastic For further information, dents! attitude!” Email: These are the exercises cov- [email protected]. Why take Basic Obedience? • Build a bond with your dog ered during the Basic Obedience course (dog must be at least 6 months old): • Heeling on a loose leash •Sit from heel • Long sit stay •Long down stay •Sit from the down •Stand Stay •Sit from the stand • Recall (Come command) •Finish (Return to heel) • Watch (Focus command) •Free (Release command)

Handouts are given after each class, and of course, you are expected to do your homework. Classes are limited to 6 dogs. Each dog must be approved for the group classes. Chantal also offers Puppy Kindergarten classes, (for dogs under 6 months of age), advanced obedience and agility training. For more informationabout summer and fall dates and regis- tration, contact Chantal at [email protected].

Chantal Mills Professional Dog Trainer & canine behaviour consultant Ottawa and the region 296-dog-e (3643) June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 25 Summer Reading suggestions from Books on Beechwood Here are some new and note- Vena Cork is a wonderful new worthy books for those who are Another new release of great discovery. Thorn is described Rockcliffe Park Branch looking for a challenge: interest and appeal but in a very as a compelling, dark-hued psy- 380 Springfield Road 745-2562 Non-Fiction different vein, is Stumbling on chological thriller, and is fol- Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. lowed by The Art of Dying, both Children’s Programs Calling all Super Heros Our own Elizabeth May's new This renowned Harvard psy- very satisfying reads. Toddlertime Join the TD Summer Reading book, How to Save the World in chologist explores the human Mondays, June 12-26 Club “Quest for Heroes. your Spare Time will make ability to imagine the future and The Various Haunts of Men by 10:30 am (20 min.) activists of us all, and none too our capacity to predict how Susan Hill, another wonderful Introduce your child to the Adult Programs soon. much we will like it. new mystery discovery, intro- pleasure of words through Join the Rockcliffe Park Book duces Chief Inspector Simon books, songs, and action The Weather Makers by Tim Chats. Drop in and share the A different kind of book, Silver Serrailler. Pure in Heart con- rhymes. For ages 18-35 enjoyment of great books in an Flannery is a timely look at cli- a translation from Spanish by tinues the series and does not months. Registration in person mate change and its implications informal relaxed atmosphere. local author Pablo Urbanyi (a disappoint. or by phone. Everyone is welcome! Book and will give everyone a reason Canadian/ Argentinian/ Magician Magic to become an activist. chats are held in the branch at Hungarian) is a Kafkaesque Old Filth by Jane Gardam is a Tuesday, July 25, 7 pm 7 pm. satire about an ape called Silver, superb book by this wonderful (45 min.) Graham Fraser, another of our who is taught to be "human". author: Filth is an acronym for Join Chris Pilsworth for an June 15, The Lost Garden by illustrious local authors has Failed in London, try Hong evening of magic. Bilingual. Helen Humphreys recently released Sorry, I don't Fiction Kong. It is the story of a barris- Ages 4 and up. Speak French, a thoughtful ter who was a Raj orphan and is examination of the state of bilin- I won't think of mystery reading a truly special book - very mov- gualism in the country and a as a guilty pleasure. It beats tel- ing and memorable. convincing assertion of its evision especially in the sum- importance as a unifying force mer. Here are some of our picks: For young adults in Canada. A standout is Cyrano by Geraldine McCaughrean which is a charming retelling of this classic story.

Peter and the Starcatchers is a fantasy just out in paperback which is a delightful, swash- buckling adventure for the mid- dle reader.

The terrific author Kate Dicamillo's Tale of Despereaux, winner of the Newbery medal is also available in paper back and is certain to become a classic. Also, by Dicamillo, is The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane about a china rabbit who is vain, shallow and does not know how to love. We journey with him through hobo camps, garbage heaps and a fisherman's net to discover the true miracle of learning to love again and again.

Along with new books we have also made some changes to our website; you can now use our 'Book Orders' section to search items that we have in stock or can bring in. Found what you want? Order it online! Start at Looking for some local history? Take a stroll down memory lane www.booksonbeechwood.on.ca with this recently published gem by local historian Martha or call us at 742-5030. Edmond. Available at Books on Beechwood. Page 26 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 are full. Penny has been an incredible member of the com- munity not only in her volun- teering for anything going but her constant support of New Edinburgh and its residents. I refuse to say an ‘official’ good- bye, but would prefer to think of it more as we are letting Manor Park borrow her for the time being! Penny, thank you so much. After four years (I think!) as president I will be standing down and letting a new face take By Kim Illman one day you DO NOT want to over Council. At press time, we Finally the bliss of summer has miss!! Every year the Picnic had not yet voted in a new leader truly arrived and the Burgh is a seems to be the unofficial call to but I know that whoever takes mass of floral profusion! I’m summer with lots of games, fel- over will do a great job for New pleased to say that some of that lowship and catching up on who Edinburgh. I want to personally colourful display is due to the is doing what over the lazy hazy thank Jill Hardy who has been success of our Annual Plant days. So pack your favourite the best support to me over the Sale. Mary Grainger did a nibbles and please join us at past few years. She keeps me in great job organizing this event Stanley Park (the playground line, tells me the truth (regard- despite recovering from knee and fieldhouse) from 11 am to 2 less of whether I want to hear it surgery (bad fall on the canal pm, new time too as we hope to or not!) and has become one of this past winter!). Mother accommodate those of us need- the dearest friends I know I will Nature wasn’t that kind but that ing our Sunday afternoon ever have. Jill, I can never say didn’t stop you from coming snooze. I meant the toddlers of thank you enough, maybe we over to the park and picking up course! should get some butterfly tat- your baskets and petunias. For As with many, summer is the toos? Without question the best all the volunteers, and those of time to put business aside and part of being on Council is the you who supported the plant enjoy our long days as we relax friendships I have made. I know sale, a huge thank you! The with the warmer weather. For I have received so much more money raised goes right back Council it is also a time for Kim Illman, seen here at the recent Plant Sale, is stepping down than I gave. Thank you also to into the community starting on some change. Council will be from Crichton Community Council after many years of dedica- each member of Council who June 11 when we will be hosting losing Penny Thompson, who tion and a long list of successful events. Thank you, Kim! have given so much to New the June Family Picnic. This has been a long standing mem- Edinburgh and continue to do so come forward to get involved in forward to fresh faces as well as year we have a new patch of ber and will be leaving due to with their generous hearts. This the various groups in the Burgh. wonderful ideas on how to con- folks who are mixing things up her move last year to Manor is a lucky place to live. The response from the last New tinue to make our community and adding some new events, as Park. Penny is now chairperson And finally, a BIG THANK Edinburgh News was so encour- the envy of Ottawa! well as the location, to bring us of Manor Park Council, add YOU to all of you who have aging and I think we can look Have a lazy and safe summer, a great family day out. This is work and family and her hands Kim Illman June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 27

Reprinted from an earlier issue from a great swamp near of the New Edinburgh News. Thomas MacKay, Promoter Prescott which was crossed by By Bruce Grant three and a half miles of rail laid The story of the Bytown & on wooden trestles. Prescott Railway is an interest- Bytown & Prescott Railway The other story has it that the ing part of our local history, and between Toronto and Quebec, his mills. bridge at New Edinburgh was its most influential promoter clearly an unsatisfactory solu- The laying of track began on not completed on time and pas- was Thomas MacKay, the tion for the long term. The rail May 20, 1854 at Prescott, sengers had to make their own "Laird of New Edinburgh". connection which had been pro- advanced to Kemptville by way across to Bytown. Elliot MacKay, who owned extensive posed before the riot would now August 9, Billings Bridge on finds that the bridge was com- mills at Rideau Falls, found his help to support Bytown’s chance December 7, and Bytown on pleted on time in December, but business hampered by the limi- to become the permanent capi- Christmas day, 1854. There the flood in the next April shift- tations of river transportation. tal. have been some popular stories ed it off its piers. While it was His lumber mills were forced to In 1851, contruction started about the railway which proba- being repaired, the local press close in winter because no logs while the Bytown shareholders bly are not true. One story, made the least of this setback by could be shipped in nor lumber describing the bridge as not yet shipped out. In summer, ship- finished. The bridge was back ping by barge was slow and in service when the official expensive. The nearest railway opening ceremonies took place was fifty-five miles away in on May 10, 1855. Prescott where a connection That celebration was probably could be made to the the finest hour in the railway’s Ogdensburg Railroad for ship- history, for its years of operation ping to Montreal and American were marked by losses, bicker- cities. ing, foreclosures, and finally, In 1848 groups of business- take-over. One annual meeting, men in Prescott and Bytown in 1863, had to be quelled by the proposed to build a line between militia after the police found them, although they clearly did themselves unable to keep the not possess the resources to do peace. The official opening was it. BY 1850, however, they had a fine hour of triumph for a charter from the government MacKay as well, and his last of Canada and financial support great accomplishment, as he from the two towns in the form died six months later on October of share purchases to be paid out 9, 1855 at Rideau Hall. of property tax revenues, by spe- Bytown & Prescott locomotive. Photo: Ottawa Archives The trains continued to run cial permission of the govern- argued over the location of the repeated in some local histories through New Edinburgh until ment. The influence of MacKay terminal. John Asquith in his says that the line was completed about twenty years ago. Now a must be presumed in these Recollections of New by laying three miles of wooden row of stone piers in the river, favourable arrangements, as he Edinburgh said of MacKay – track, due to a shortage of funds. daubed with rudely lettered was a member of the Legislative “He was a ruddy faced, forceful This is disputed in a history pub- graffiti are the last remains of Council of Canada. man, who, when he had an lished by the Bytown Railway Ottawa’s first railway. Bytown’s boosters in 1850 had objective, generally managed to Society and written by S.R. a new reason to support the proj- reach it.” MacKay, in his force- Elliot who went back to contem- Bruce Grant was one of the ect. A year earlier, a rioting mob ful way, with the help of his son- porary sources for his research. founders of the New Edinburgh in Montreal had burned down in-law John McKinnon, presi- Elliot finds that the iron rail News in 1976 and an active the parliament building, and dent of the company, saw to it was available, although it was member of the community for now the capital would alternate that the line ran through New not paid for, and considers that many years. He now lives near Edinburgh and terminated near the wooden rail story comes Peterborough, Ontario.

422 MacKay 613 • 742 • 3169 Page 28 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 The Kings of the Kilburn High Road A Play by Jimmy Murphy anyone who questions the lie always lurks just below the sur- Produced by SevenThirty that is his life. He is particularly face. Productions savage towards Maurteen The action of the play devel- Review by William Beddoe (David L. McCallum), a big, shambling mess of a man whose ops slowly, the tension in the The Ottawa theatre scene is room almost unbearable as the growing. The Great Canadian self-loathing is palpable, at times almost painful to watch. four wait, talking of nothing or Theatre Company is building a lapsing into uncomfortable new, bigger home for itself, Maurteen is attempting to go on the wagon to curb his tendency silences punctuated by Jap’s Third Wall Theatre is establish- flashes of rage. With Joe’s ing itself as a professional alter- towards domestic violence when drunk. He will fail. Shay (Don arrival and the sudden infusion native, and new companies are of large quantities of alcohol the springing up all the time. One of Laflamme) is pragmatic – he has accepted his lot in life and has situation degenerates quickly. the main problems facing these Between Git’s attempts to get smaller companies has always them all singing Irish rebel bal- been finding suitable perform- lads, the recriminations and ance venues for their work. One accusations pile up quickly, cul- of the newest of these small minating in Git’s harrowing nar- companies, SevenThirty ration of the truth of Jackie’s Productions, has adopted a cre- death, and the ultimate dispersal ative approach to solving this of these sad, bitter men. problem – by performing their plays in bars. SevenThirty’s If this all sounds unrelentingly Artistic Director, John P. Kelly, bleak, it is, and yet at times quite staged his first production, savagely funny as well. The cast Eden, at the Mercury Lounge, is excellent (despite a couple of and has followed that up with fluctuating accents), anchored his latest show, Irish playwright by Brault’s ferociously intense Jimmy Murphy’s The Kings of performance, and the way they the Kilburn High Road, at play off each other’s rhythms another Byward Market water- makes it quite believable that ing hole, The Pour House. they have all known each other for a very long time. Director The setting is entirely appro- John P. Kelly, himself a recent priate, as the action all takes long abandoned the dream of immigrant from Ireland, clearly place in a private room over a returning to Ireland, while Git understands these characters pub in a predominantly Irish (Jerome Bourgault) is a bit of a very well, and the end result is a area of London. Five friends, lost soul – he is decent and unas- very powerful evening of the- who all came over to England as suming, but he lets himself be atre. young men some twenty-five bullied by Jap and blots out any years earlier – intending to make misgivings he may have with The staging in the bar, in spite their fortune and then return to alcohol. These four wait anx- of the uncomfortable seats, less- Ireland as “kings” – gather for iously for the arrival of the final than-perfect sight lines, and spill the wake of their friend Jackie, member of their old gang, the noise from the street worked the sixth member of their circle. “big man”, Joe. Joe (Brian well for this show – and being Jap, played compellingly by Stewart) is the exception to the able to sip a pint of Guinness Pierre Brault, is a seething mass rule – he is a successful busi- throughout was certainly a of anger. He tries to maintain a nessman. Joe plays his role well bonus! However, it is to be façade of success and self-confi- – buying round after round of hoped that one day Ottawa will dence (he scrimped and saved to drinks and reminiscing about the actually have theatre spaces buy a really nice suit to fool old days – but it’s clear he is where talented artists like Kelly everyone when he goes home only slumming for the day and and SevenThirty Productions for a visit), and viciously attacks his contempt for his old friends can practice their craft. June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 29 Discover a Classic: The Third Wall Theatre Company By Sarah Anson-Cartwright theatre space (although its usual What does Ottawa have in com- home is the Arts Court Theatre mon with places in the South of at Daly and Nicholas Streets). France, Italy and Greece? We Three years ago, Christ Church have our own amphitheatre right Cathedral was the venue for downtown, outside the front sold-out audiences for T.S. doors of the National Gallery. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral. Better still, the amphitheatre Beckett was played by William will be the outdoor home to the Beddoe, of Avon Lane. most intense of Greek dramas, Brecht’s Mother Courage and Medea, for two weeks in July. Her Children was produced at St A story of jealousy, revenge Paul’s Eastern United Church in and murder, Medea is the Sandy Hill. The arch, witty and upcoming production of the perfectly costumed The city’s newly professional theatre Misanthrope by Molière was company, Third Wall Theatre. presented in the intimate Studio The company is led by the Leonarde-Beaulne at the Photo: Ryszard Mrugalski, Zoom Exposure young and ambitious James University of Ottawa. (left to right) Ryan Hardy, Sarah Robertson, Linda Machand, Larry Swain, Janet Uren. Richardson. When James The Capital Critics Award was arrived in Ottawa after studying given to Third Wall last Importance of Being Earnest drama in Newfoundland, he November for best professional found a dearth of classics in pro- production, for Greek. It was the duction. Over the past five years, first time that a non-GCTC/NAC New Edinburgh Players Impress Wilde Fans he has filled that gap with verve show has claimed the prize. By Barbara Benoit The two young men the duties exacted from one after and élan. “The Third Wall Theatre cer- For the New Edinburgh Players’ (Algernon, played by Tom one’s death, land has ceased to “It’s the best theatre in tainly does not suffer from any spring play this year, director Blazejewicz, and Jack, played be either a profit or a pleasure. It Ottawa,” says Barbara Benoit. of sense of inferiority,” wrote CBC Ingrid McCarthy chose Oscar by Ryan Hardy) were a convinc- gives one position and prevents Noel Street, “We never miss a Radio’s Alvina Ruprecht, in Wilde’s The Importance of ing pair of young boulevardiers one from keeping it up. That is Third Wall production. It’s clas- 2003. “It undertakes the most Being Earnest. The play (first devoted to the art of living (“My all that can be said about land.”). sic theatre, but not just the hoary difficult plays of the English performed in 1895) is a gem of dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite The smaller roles were also old chestnuts. The plays are cho- language repertoire one can English comedy – and Ingrid the sort of thing one tells to a aptly portrayed. Linda sen with a lot of intelligence, imagine… Third Wall Theatre is gave us a gem of a production nice, sweet, refined girl. What Marchand as the middle-aged and produced with great imagi- doing some very daring things, that played to enthusiastic and extraordinary ideas you have governess, Miss Prism, and nation and style. We also like the and we need that spirit in sold-out audiences in the audito- about the way to behave to a Larry Swain as the elderly vicar, intimate scale. Theatre in a Ottawa.” rium of MacKay United Church. woman!”) Dr. Chasuble delivered a portrait small space is very involving. What James Richardson prom- Ingrid has been the backbone The two young women of a charmingly absurd, deeply The Chairs this spring was out- ises, and always delivers, is “a of the company throughout its (Gwendolyn, played by Sarah inhibited, latent romance. standing.” good night out” - and at very 27 year history, as both director Robertson, and Cecily, played York Davis as Lane and At a time when the NAC reasonable ticket prices ($15- and, almost invariably, produc- by Marah Shields) effectively Barbara Merriam as Merriham English Theatre is launching an $20 a show, or a three-show sub- tion manager. In the company’s combined cutthroat determina- portrayed the serving classes in all-new, all-Canadian season scription for $45 this current first decade, when it was still tion with social elegance and their full dignity, and, as he has and the GCTC has a Canadian season). Discover for your- based in Crichton School, she romantic winsomeness.(“Well, I in the last several productions, mandate, Third Wall is present- selves. Watch for details on produced two plays a year: a am really only eighteen, but I York introduced each act with a ing world classics - from Oscar Third Wall’s next season, to be murder mystery in the fall and a always admit to twenty when I musical interlude of appropri- Wilde’s The Importance of announced in early June. comedy in the spring. She was go to evening parties.”) ately light songs of the period. Being Earnest to Chekhov’s The For tickets for Medea, July 13- often a cast member as well. Janet Uren as Lady Bracknell If you still haven’t seen a New Seagull, from Christopher 29 at the National Gallery’s This was her second production caught the spirit of the play per- Edinburgh Players production, Hampton’s Dangerous Liaisons Amphitheatre, call the Third of Earnest for Burgh audiences. fectly, as a social dictatrix mark next April on your calen- to Strindberg’s Miss Julie. Wall box office at 236-1425 or As Wilde saw it, “Lying, the immensely enjoying the exercise dar right now, and check the And Third Wall does not order tickets online at telling of beautiful untrue of her privileged status (“What New Edinburgh News for always present in a traditional www.thirdwall.com. things, is the proper aim of art,” between the duties expected of details. but Earnest is more than beauti- one during one’s lifetime and “If you want to help the the- fully untrue: it is beautifully atre, don’t be an actor, be an nonsensical. From the opening audience.” - Tallulah Bankhead lines (“Did you hear what I was playing, Lane? “I didn’t think it Sarah Anson-Cartwright is a polite to listen, sir.”) the play member of the Board of Third builds from one absurdity to the Wall Theatre Company, and fell next, and the actors rose amply in love with theatre thirty years to the occasion. The spirit of fun ago...and Third Wall keeps that with which they infused the spark alive. action was deeply infectious. Page 30 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 The Bard in the Burgh: Shakespeare comes to New Edinburgh Park By Jane Heintzman approval, but watch for posters, evolved into an established pro- Over the years, New Edinburgh newspaper ads or check out the fessional troupe, performing an Park has been the venue for Fools’ website at www.fools.ca. average of two full productions countless picnics, parties, plant The Company of Fools is a each year in addition to three sales, community gatherings, well known local theatre compa- annual events: a 12th Night rollicking games of soccer, ny originally established in 1990 Celebration at the fourth stage Frisbee, baseball, fly ball and by two University of Ottawa of the NAC; Valentine’s Day tennis, and more recently, the graduates, Margo MacDonald Sonnet deliveries throughout the haunting spectacle of the and Heather Jopling. Inspired by Ottawa region, and The Ottawa Lumière Festival in late August. the Elizabethan players who Theatre Challenge, a madcap This year, if all goes according entertained outdoors at the event in which the competitors to plan, The Company of Fools Globe Theatre, Margo and are given 48 hours to write, hopes to bring its Torchlight Heather recruited a group of rehearse and produce a new Shakespeare Series production young performers and took to play. This year’s play was to be of The Two Gentlemen of Verona the streets with their own brand based, however loosely, on an to our park on the Civic Holiday of antic Shakespeare, operating eclectic trio of inspirations: a weekend, Friday, August 4 and on the general theory that newspaper headline, a toy and Saturday, August 5. The “Shakespeare should be seen the title of a Serbian play. The arrangements remain to be con- and not read”. Fools were up to the challenge In the summer of 2002, the ground as a primary school firmed pending City of Ottawa The Company has since and emerged as the distin- company launched its teacher to bear in the prepara- guished winners of The 2006 Torchlight Shakespeare tion of workshops for local ele- Rubber Chicken Award, beating Series, bringing its distinctive mentary schools. out 12 other local theatre com- brand of light-hearted, interac- According to Louise, the pop- panies for this coveted prize. tive and highly physical ular performances in the park The Fools have performed in Shakespearean theatre to parks are suitable for all ages, and cities throughout the country throughout the region from indeed children are among the from Halifax to Victoria, and are Manotick to Stittsville, includ- most enthusiastic audience regular participants at local ing nearby Strathcona Park in members, often returning night Festivals, charity functions and Sandy Hill. This year the com- after night to enjoy the action. private events. They have also pany has a special impetus to And action there is, as the Fools’ developed an active programme add New Edinburgh Park to its are far from cerebral theatre, of workshops in local elemen- performance roster, as troupe using puppets, clowns, slapstick tary and high schools, an out- member Louise Hayden, offi- and highly interactive tech- reach activity which they have cially the Fools’ Costume niques to engage and entertain dubbed, appropriately enough, Coordinator and unofficially its their audiences. Needless to say, “Fools in Schools”! Happily, faithful Jack/Jill of all trades, is in the park setting there are no two of their members will take a resident of the Burgh. intermissions; performances part in the 2006 Lumière Louise’s involvement with the begin at 8:00 p.m. and unfold Festival on August 12th as they Fools began in the summer of seamlessly for about an hour did in 2005, and readers with 2003, not long after she emigrat- and a half. Admission is young children can look forward ed from Britain. Her offer to vol- absolutely free, though contribu- to encountering them at the unteer with the company was tions to support the Fools, a not- Ottawa Children’s Festival, May greeted with a request to pro- for-profit registered charity, can 31st to June 4th. The troupe has duce costumes - 10 costumes be made on a pass-the-hat basis a small core group of six mem- within a space of three weeks! and are, of course, very wel- bers, including Artistic Director She came through the ordeal come. Scott Florence, with additional with flying colours (probably This year’s production of players recruited for particular literally!) and has since been an Shakespeare’s comedy Two performances. active member and supporter of Gentlemen of Verona, directed the troupe, bringing her back- by Richard Gelinas, is described on the Fools’ website as “a delightful comic romp filled with all of Shakespeare’s favourite elements: mysterious woods, love triangles, damsels in distress, damsels not in dress- es, dukes, outlaws and of course, a dog.” (Of course a dog, if it’s here in the park, though in this case, the role is to be played by a puppet.) When we went to press, the company had not yet obtained City permission for the use of New Edinburgh Park, but Louise is optimistic that the plan will go ahead, so watch for the posters and don’t miss the chance to take in the Bard by torchlight and revel in a warm summer evening right here in the Burgh.

June 30th, June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 31 Amazing Literacy Happening in New Edinburgh on June 17 By Anne Martin everyone and we really put the to their local bookstore to give On June 17, The Amazing money we raise to good use. support. Literacy Race will be in your We help our adult learners The race starts at 10:00 am neighbourhood. Come to your acquire the literacy skills that June 17 at 153 Chapel Street local independent bookstore are so vital for everyday life (Chapel and Rideau) and ends and cheer on the teams as they and the workplace. With the at approximately 1:00 pm at complete a fun literacy activity family literacy programs, we Stanley Park fieldhouse. For and race on to the next book- believe that parents are the first more information call ALSO store on their map. The partic- teachers. By offering a variety (Alternative Learning Styles ipants are supporting ALSO a of family activities based on and Outlooks) 233-8660. downtown non-profit literacy popular children’s books, we agency that offers adult and build parental confidence. family literacy programs. That way, the parents feel “This is our major fundraiser,” more able to help their children says Isobel Bisby, manager of with reading and homework.” the ALSO program. To get involved, people can “Last year was such fun for either sign up for the race or go

Last year’s Amazing Book Race participants kept up the pace. Proceeds go to literacy programs in the region.

Join us for the Second Annual Amazing Book Race June 17, 2006 • teams of 4 people race on foot and by bus to various checkpoints including bookstores and sponsor organizations in Ottawa • Teams perform various literacy activities before heading to the next checkpoint • The first team back wins the race. • The event ends with a barbecue/buffet, awards celebration and an inspirational talk by a celebrated children’s author • Registration for each team is $100, if your team raises $400 the registration will be waived. So join the race. We’re waiting to hear from you... Isobel Bisby, Anne Martin and Jean Fleming For more information call 233-8660 or email [email protected] Page 32 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 less than help in the campaign to benefit a talented employee, and The Little Residence That Could-And Did! I proposed to take the challenge By Mary Albota, R.N. es an excellent tenor voice. The A particularly enjoy when Alain Ambery, who called a general on to Corporate. I was not disap- Let me phrase this delicately. I project in question revolves and I practice in the stairwell meeting. pointed. Indeed, I was delighted am a "seasoned" health profes- around the tenor. because of the good accoustics. The question was put as to with the speed at which our Vice sional, and as such, am certainly Tenors are a rare breed. As a Heads, in the persons of Mrs. whether the residents might President of Operations, Mr. aware that there is a notion pop- soprano, I am one of a nameless Lucille Barrow, Miss Beryl wish to raise the funds for an Pierre Lefebvre, implemented ular in some quarters, that life horde, whereas when our the financial steps. We were well for older adults in a retirement singing server opens his mouth, on the way to success. residence is at best boring, and the reaction is one of delight In the meantime, our aspiring at worst, the end of a downhill tinged with awe. We sing togeth- singer was heard by a represen- slide. Not so, we at The er in the University of Ottawa tative of the Canadian Opera Edinburgh would hasten to Choir, and with the Choir have Company who was attending a assure you, not by a long shot! been privileged to perform on church service at which he was Residents at The Edinburgh more than one occasion at the singing, and an invitation to labour under the peculiar con- N.A.C. Our tenor's name is come to Toronto in July to viction that they are interesting, Alain Paquette, and he began to attend classes ensued. No mean discerning, socially active and sing as a choirboy at St. Brigid's accomplishment for a develop- yes….relevant, in spite of not Church. As his voice developed, ing talent! being able to gad about as easily he assumed the role of cantor, As is often the case at The as in years past. Residents have and later joined the University Edinburgh, this evolved into a demonstrated these qualities group under the direction of resident and staff effort. While time and again in the unique and Professor Laurence Ewashko. In the bulk of the donations were important projects they have short order he was recruited by Tenor Alain Paquette of The Edinburgh. Photo: Peter Glasgow from the residents, nursing staff accomplished, the most recent Opera Lyra. Oh, to be a tenor! and their families played a part of which bears recounting. Alain commenced voice stud- Ince, or Miss Babs McLaren are arts bursary so that our develop- as well. We had one month to Our community is composed ies less that two years ago with wont to pop out the doors to ing tenor might take advantage accomplish our objectives. A of people who traditionally have Sylvia Larass, who until recent- offer advice, to applaud, or of an important opportunity to letter from the Council was cir- enjoyed and supported the arts. ly worked from her studio in St. request an encore. broaden his artistic horizons. culated and the donations began Entertainments are often provid- Bart's Church hall. Voice train- Through Prof. Ewashko, the True to form, they loved the to arrive in Mr. Ambery's apart- ed from within at resident ing as we know requires prac- Choir was offered the opportu- idea, and lively discussion took ment, often simply pushed request, using our Home talent tice, and it is not uncommon on nity to do a singing tour to place as to ways and means. Mr. under his door. Resident fami- pool. We are fortunate to have entering the dining room at The Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Ambery, Mrs. Margaret Rowan- lies were eager to participate on staff a chef who sings, who Edinburgh, to be treated to Verdi Kiev in The Ukraine in June of Legg, Mr. Fred and Mrs. Mary being familiar with the staff and indeed has a "jobette" as a pub or Rossini emanating from the this year, and Alain was invited Sherwood, Mrs. Joyce Bryant, their musical efforts, and they entertainer, a nurse manager dish station in the kitchen where to take part. Enter here the resi- firmly advised that the funds set were generous. who plays piano, a director who Alain is busy at work. Residents dents of The Edinburgh. aside for educational purposes The project culminated with sings, and a server who possess- in the apartments near stairwell A server's take home pay is not last year be preserved as such. the presentation of cheques from excessive, especially when the Their sage reasoning was that the Resident Council, from The server is contributing at home. the funds for University be Retirement Residences Group As Director, I was aware that the available as priority one for the Corporate, and from the staff, residents had made plans last future, if and as needed. which when added to the year to set aside certain funds to The decision was taken to fund amount saved by our tenor, was help our young man with the an arts bursary through private sufficient to cover his expenses fees for his proposed entry into subscription to allow for the on the Russia tour. The award the music programme at Ottawa Russian tour, and the residents was made at a gathering in The University - the goal for which with great enthusiasm, set about Edinburgh penthouse on April the task of raising the approxi- 5th and our singing server sang for September 2006 he is saving. However events transpired rendering this plan in mately $4,500. needed to cover his gratitude with a little all likelihood redundant. When I the trip. Not to be outdone in the Mozart. As Miss Edna West was was made aware of this, I took efforts to accomplish this wor- overheard to say at the presenta- the information to the Resident thy objective, I felt that our own- tion, "The Edinburgh, in more Council, in the person of ers, The Retirement Residences ways than one, looks after its Council president Mr. Peter Group in Toronto, could do no own!" June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 33 News from Rockcliffe Park Public School Those Mighty By Julie Vanderschot dedication and commitment. Moms are at Lots of exciting things are hap- The RPPS Wind Warriors par- pening at RPPS. ticipated in the City of Ottawa it again! On May 2, the Netherlands’ Earth Day Wind Turbines com- It’s time once again for those Ambassador Mr. Karel de Beer petition on April 22 at the R.A. fearless females of the Burgh presented RPPS Principal Denis Centre. The challenge consisted and beyond to hit the soccer Delorme with the solid sterling of building a wind powered tur- pitch (sometimes more literally silver trowel that Queen Juliana bine that could produce enough than we would like). So come used to lay the cornerstone of electricity to turn on a light bulb. on out and join in the fun! We Queen Juliana Hall in 1952. Our enthusiastic group which meet every Monday evening The ceremony took place at the competed against 22 other proj- throughout the summer and ambassador’s residence on ects captured three awards: first early fall, rain or shine, from Manor Road and was attended place for maximum voltage; 6:45 pm to 8:00 pm at the by six current RPPS students second place for school spirit; Rockeries (on Hillsdale Ave in who have Dutch heritage and by and third place for light wind Rockcliffe). Drop-ins are very several former students who start. Congratulations! welcome. Two upcoming events are You don’t need experience, noteworthy for the community. you don’t even need to be a On June 13, RPPS will be hold- ... as did the RPPS Junior Girls Basketball team. mom. What you do need are soc- ing its second annual “Jump cer cleats and some steam to Rope for Needy Schools” blow off. Bring the kids to cheer fundraiser. Students will be you on for a change... seeking pledges from friends Soccer Update For more information, call and neighbours to sponsor their Cindy Parkanyi at 745-8734. rope skipping activities. All By Julie Vanderschot are committing their time and monies collected will be given The Rockcliffe Park Public energy as well as to the follow- to students in needy or beacon School soccer field and the ing volunteers who helped get schools. (Applications for these Rockeries/Hillsdale field are the program up and running: grants can be submitted to the getting plenty of use these Valarie Egan, Caryn Kewell, school principal.) days! Rockcliffe Park Sarah Oliver, Joy Chow, Lindenlea House League Jacqueline Guarisco and On May 26 there was a slide Soccer is well underway with a Alexandra Wood. presentation on Guardian Angel record 257 children between Please note that at this point, Primary School, our twin school the ages of 4-15 participating! all PeeWee, Junior and in Lesotho, Africa. Parents and This year we have 19 teams Intermediate teams are full. All RPPS Junior Boys Basketball students were invited to come playing in four divisions on those who registered by the team took the gold... and learn about the lives of our Saturdays and weeknights. A deadline were put on a team and were present in 1952 when the students' pen pals from two vol- special thanks goes to the 33 we were also able to accommo- Queen visited the school. unteers who have recently coaches and nine referees who date many late registrants. returned from Lesotho: Peg Rockcliffe Park hosted the Herbert of Help Lesotho and OCDSB North East Regional Penney Place, a resident of New Basketball Championships for Edinburgh who spent many !"#$%&'()*(+,-%.,/ both the girls and boys divisions weeks working with staff and 0$%.1&.&,(2##3451%51 on April 4 and 5. The RPPS students at Guardian Angel. Junior Boys and the Junior Girls RPPS students presented a #"" #$$%&'()'*"#'+"#&+)()'* teams both won the gold medal cheque for the Guardian Angel #"""",)'#'$)#- .(#(/0/'( 12/1#2#()%' at their respective tournaments, Primary school that will be used marking the first time in years #""""1/2.%'#- #'+"$%21%2#(/"(#3 to purchase two cows. The cows #"""".0#-- 4&.)'/.."$%&'./--)'* that RPPS has been awarded will graze behind the school and both banners! Players and par- provide milk for the children !"#$%&'()*#+,)'-) 7)(8#9:;<9=>? ents wish to extend their thanks twice a week. to Coach Sean Moran for his .)/#012'3-456 @&A8#9:;

Home Sitter Available July 2006 Annual visit to Canada. Looking to rent a furnished home in the New Edinburgh, Lindenlea, Rockcliffe Park, Manor Park area for July. Preference for a 3 bedroom home. Contact: Andree Mongeon at 276-2044 or email: [email protected] or Julie Mongeon at 948-9293 (Mon - Wed) Page 40 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006

committees to deal with food, aback, I replied in the negative, Kids Helping Kids Benefit Concert housework, security and even but explained that Canada pro- discipline. They are assisted by vides refuge to people who flee By Flora Liebich musicians, all trained in the young people are helping to dis- local volunteers, or volunteers war. I provided the examples of On June 25 at 4 pm, six of Suzuki method on violin and tribute flyers and posters, and from Asian or French NGOs. my parents who had come as Ottawa’s most accomplished cello, include Isabella Gomez sell tickets. Food staples were initially pro- “Nansen refugees” from Poland young musicians will present a (11), Elaina Gauthier-Mamaril A committee of interested vided by the World Food via England after World War II, classical music concert at (13), Catherine Sirois-Delisle adults has joined me to provide Program and assistance was or my very talented Khmer- MacKay United Church in New (14), Amelia Suddaby (15), and back-up support to this youth received from various sources, Canadian colleague in Edinburgh, to raise funds for the Gregory Weeks (16). Most of initiative, including Burgh resi- including the Canada Fund Cambodia, Bun Leng Men, who “Peaceful Children’s Homes” in these young musicians are mem- dent, Isobel Bisby, and administered by the Canadian had found refuge in Canada as a Cambodia. bers of youth orchestras and Communications Advisor, Embassy in Phnom Penh. The very young person in the 1980’s The fund-raiser started as the some have performed in the Ginette Caza (whose and then had gone back idea of 13-year old violinist, Young People’s Concerts at the daughter, Amelia will to work in Cambodia in Laurent Côté, a part-time resi- National Arts Centre with play in the concert). an international capaci- dent of the Burgh since 1996, Pinchas Zukerman. The Alex MacDonald ty, later with the trained in the Suzuki method Canadian-born international (Meta4 Creative Canadian Embassy and since the age of four, and cur- concert pianist, Janina Communications) has CIDA, and now as rently a student at De La Salle Fialkowska, has agreed to be the provided support on Field Director of a Secondary School. Laurent has Honorary Patron for the media relations, Jane CIDA-supported proj- enlisted five other exceptional Concert. Cote has provided edi- ect. When I asked the young musicians to donate their Sagal Adam, a 13-year old stu- torial advice, and Mr. children what they time in support of children in dent from Somalia, has designed Rivaux Lay has linked would like to do when need in Cambodia. These young the Concert Website while other us to the Cambodian they grew up, a 14-year community in Ottawa. old boy informed me For close to a decade that he wanted to (1970 – 79), Cambodia become “an uncorrupt was devastated by war, judge”, a very telling including four years of response in a national horrific atrocities under environment struggling the Khmer Rouge led against corruption. by Pol Pot. During this As I recounted these period, close to one stories back in Ottawa, quarter of the popula- they obviously made tion of eight million an impression on died, while countless Laurent, who others fled to refugee announced that he camps in Thailand. wanted to organize a Many Cambodian fund-raiser for the refugees were finally younger children attend local Children’s Homes in Cambodia, resettled in Canada. schools, usually run by the local through the best way he knows - It was not until the Paris Peace Pagoda, and later attend local by making music! Agreement of 1991, followed by secondary schools. Later, they elections in 1993, that can study technical skills or, if We are most grateful for the Cambodia achieved peace and they show academic promise, support we have already independence. Now a whole attend university in Phnom Penh received from individuals and society had to be totally rebuilt – or Bangkok, Thailand. A recent businesses in the New as an example, in 1993, there country-wide evaluation gave a Edinburgh community and were only six lawyers left in the very high rating to the Peaceful beyond, in the form of advertis- country. Children’s Homes for the edu- ing in the Concert program and A particularly pressing prob- cation and training provided to through donations to the silent lem was the need to help the the children, as well as for man- auction. Additional volunteers thousands of orphans, street agement. are always welcome to come children and “unaccompanied forward. All proceeds from the minors” returning from refugee The Homes now house 102 Concert will go directly to the camps. Although some help was children in Kandal and 64 chil- Homes. They will be used in the already being provided by dren in Battambang; about one area of greatest need, most like- UNICEF and French non-gov- third of the children are girls. ly toward achieving self-suffi- ernmental organizations The children’s profile has ciency in basic food, which in (NGOs), two prominent changed over time: now, many turn will allow the Homes to Cambodians, Son Sann and his of the children are victims of become self-sustainable over son Son Soubert, believed that human trafficking or come from time and less dependent on out- their country also had a duty to families affected by HIV-AIDS. side support. come to the aid of its children. New children are regularly In 1994, they provided land and being brought to both Homes. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 basic facilities to set up the first On my first visit to the Kandal for children, and include the “Peaceful Children’s Home” in Home in 1998, I was greeted by Concert, Refreshments and Kandal Province, outside the a group of some eighty children, Silent Auction, which will be capital, Phnom Penh. A second who were living in very basic held at MacKay United Church home, in Battambang Province conditions in the countryside, (and Church Hall), 39 Dufferin on the Thai border, was opened but appeared attentive, serene Road (at MacKay Street) in the following year. and happy. They sang and per- New Edinburgh. Tickets can be Unlike other organizations, formed exquisite Cambodian purchased at “A Better Frame of which operate as orphanages or dances. We engaged in a long Mind” (417 MacKay Street – no institutions, the Homes try to conversation during which I phone calls please) and will also promote the spirit of a big fami- described Ottawa winters, skat- be available at the church door. Best weekly ly, reflecting the ing on the canal, and other We look forward to your par- Buddhist/Christian principles of delights I thought appropriate ticipation in helping to make rates in the compassion and charity. The for children. In response, a very this worthy project of “Kids neighbourhood! children are taught responsibili- young girl asked me if there was Helping Kids” a real community ty from a young age, forming war in Canada. Somewhat taken event! June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 41 Weekend to End Breast Cancer July 21-23 The Weekend to End Breast Cancer benefiting the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation is simply this - an awesome life changing adventure. During one amazing weekend, July 21-23, comprehensive medical services For more information on the thousands of women and men and an overnight campsite com- event visit www.endcancer.ca or will unite in Ottawa to walk 60 plete with tents and hot showers. call (613) 835-9799. kilometres in a bold display of courage and commitment. It’s a weekend of hope, as lost Fern Hill Kids Hard at Play lives are honoured and survivors celebrated. The money raised will benefit the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, a leader in the fight against breast cancer. With one in nine Canadian women diagnosed with breast cancer in her life- time, participants in The Weekend to End Breast Cancer have the opportunity to person- ally make a difference in the fight against breast cancer. This is the first annual Weekend to End Breast Cancer walk in Ottawa, a multi-day event for those who are looking to do something bold in the fight against breast cancer. Thousands of walkers will cover approxi- mately 30 kilometres a day, trav- eling at their own pace. The walkers will be supported by some 500 volunteers and crew members who will provide Young children in Fern Hill School Swimmy’s class create step- meals, water and snack stops, ping stones with glass beads and tile. Each grade has created two stones in honour of the school’s 25th anniversary. The stepping gear transport, portable rest- stones will brighten up the front lawn of the school. Fern Hill rooms, safety on the streets, School was founded in 1981. Page 42 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006

Manor Park Community lacrosse, volleyball…and the Council Summer Day Camps in Manor Park Water Splash Pad, of course! 100 Braemar St. Children of all abilities are Ottawa, ON welcomed to this camp where K1K 3C9 fun and friendship are empha- 613.741.4776 sized. $65 ($55 for week of [email protected] July 4-7) www.manorpark.ca General Information: FREE! Picnics in the park! Campers receive a free sou- Games, songs, activities! venir t-shirt! These supervised lunchtimes Camps take place in and are available for children around the Manor Park registered in both the Fieldhouse, 100 Thornwood morning & afternoon camps. Road, Ottawa Meals not provided. All camps include use of the COOKING Water Splash Pad. Campers A budding chef is inside each should bring a bathing suit and child! Through taste, touch and towel. Water shoes are recom- smell, campers will discover mended. the pleasures of food and Registration forms are avail- cooking. No hands are too able at: www.manorpark.ca. small to participate! Campers FOSSILS & DINOSAURS Fantasy, dress-up, stories, art, close supervision. Includes use should bring an apron. $75 outdoor play and the ‘Queen’s of the Water Splash Pad. $65 ($65 for week July 4-7) Campers will discover a land Ball’ make this one of the sum- ($55 for weeks July 4-7 and Movie Night! long ago through the explo- mer’s most popular camps. August 8-11) CONSTRUCTION 101 ration of fossils and dinosaurs. Mark your calendar for the Older campers add an explo- family event of the season! Girls and Guys! Make easy Learning through experiments, ration of medieval courts and SPORTS CAMP Saturday, September 9 projects to take home using art, stories and games will sat- customs. $75 ($65 for week of Campers are introduced to a Manor Park sports fields basic hand tools. Add building isfy the curious child. $75 ($65 August 8-11) for week of August 8-11) variety of summer sports: soc- 100 Thornwood Road with Lego, popcicle sticks, cer, baseball, touch football, cardboard and imagination… MANOR PARK UNITED one hour before dusk. KNIGHTS & PRINCESSES SOCCER CAMP for a totally cool camp! $75 (in Medieval times) ($65 for week of July 4-7) This is a jam-packed week of soccer skills, drills, and games. Children of all abilities are welcomed into this non-com- Looking for an excuse to have some fun? How petitive environment. $65 about celebrating a Wednesday! Join us next to MUGGLES the Manor Park Field House for exciting, free family fun. Each week we will host a guest who Full of active and creative play will bring special programming to the park. to delight even the youngest children -- the perfect intro- duction to summer camp activ- ities! Small groups ensure June 2006 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 43 1425 or order online at www.thirdwall.com. Burgh Sat, July 15, noon - 3 pm WOMEN HELPING WOMEN SILENT AUCTION at Au Prêt- Bulletin à-Reporter and Clothes RATES: $10, first 25 words; $5, each additional 25 words, Encounters of a Second Time to payable on submission of ad. Public service ads (e.g., lost Board support Maison d'amitié, a shel- & found) free. Call Cindy Parkanyi, 745-8734 or email ter for abused women and their [email protected]. Sun, June 4, noon - 4 pm website: children. For more information call 746-4884. CHERRY-RATTAN 5-piece CREATIVE WRITING DOORS OPEN OTTAWA www.newedinburgh.ca. Livingroom Set, $1500 SERVICES by published author. MacKay United Church will Sat, June 17, 10 am - 1 pm Fri., July 21 - Sun., July 23 (less than one year - new $4000) Are you planning to write your be participating in this annual Sofa, Loveseat, Armchair, memoirs or a novel? I will help SECOND ANNUAL AMAZ- THE WEEKEND TO END event, so come and discover a Coffee-table, End-table. you to get started and will assist ING BOOK RACE BREAST CANCER benefiting bit of our local history. The the Ottawa Regional Cancer Moving, must sell. Phone Lynn and guide you from the opening The race starts at 153 Chapel Ottawa New Edinburgh Club Foundation is simply this - an @ 776-9155. sentence to the final word. Street and ends at Stanley Park Boathouse will also be open. awesome life changing adven- Wordprocessing, proofreading, Fieldhouse. For more informa- HOUSECLEANING by longtime For more information visit: ture. During one amazing editing, ghostwriting, fact check- tion on this fundraising phe- Burgh resident. Good references www.Ottawa.ca. weekend, thousands of women ing. Call Ingrid McCarthy nomenon, please call 233-8660 in neighbourhood. Available and men will unite in Ottawa to (613) 741-6084; Wed, June 7, 7:30 pm or email [email protected]. immediately. (613) 744-8449. www.ingridmccarthy.com. walk 60 kilometres in a bold SOUNDS OF JAZZ CONCERT Sat, June 24, 1 - 4 pm display of courage and commit- ENERGY CONSERVATION CAT LOVERS NEEDED by the Jan Jarczyk Group at the THIRD WALL THEATRE ment. For more information on SPECIALIST and experienced Looking for someone to either Library and Archives Canada COMPANY Presents the First the event please go to handyman. Call Jacques at catsit or feed our two cats this Auditorium and organized by 613) 256-3935. Strawberry & Champagne www.endcancer.ca or call (613) summer. If interested, call (613) the Polish Heritage Foundation Social. Please join Rita Celli, 835-9799. RETIRED SCHOOL 741-1221. References required. of Canada and the Embassy of host of CBC News At Six, for PRINCIPAL available to assist the Republic of Poland. Tickets Fri, Aug. 4 & Sat, Aug. 5 REGISTERED PRACTICAL an afternoon Strawberry & you with shopping, appointments ($25 person) are on sale now. THE COMPNAY OF FOOLS NURSE available to do private Champagne Social with theatri- and other light chores. Have vehi- 741-5465 or email tickets@pol- hopes to bring its Torchlight duty. References available. Call cal treats. Laurier House, 335 cle. Resonable rates. Call William ishheritagefoundation.org. Shakespeare Series production (613) 277-8385. Laurier Ave. East at Chapel (613) 241-5139. Advance sales only due to lim- of The Two Gentlemen of Street. Tickets $40. To order, DEDICATED TO LANGUAGE ited seating. Verona at Stanley Park (pending LOVING, MATURE PART- LEARNING SUCCESS call (613) 236-1425 or email Fri, June 9 - Sun, June 11 City approval). Watch for TIME NANNY REQUIRED Specialized programs or lessons [email protected]. posters, or check the the Fool’s bilingual is a must, flexible in FRENCH or ENGLISH for 3RD BIANNUAL PEOPLE Sun, June 25, 4 pm website at www.fools.ca. hours, Must have experience, ADULTS (Individuals or Groups) AND THE PLANET CON- BENEFIT CONCERT FOR have a valid drivers licence must to meet your unique professional FERENCE: Changing Values Ongoing be a good swimmer , light hous- KIDS HELPING KIDS at objectives, or for CHILDREN to for a Sustainable Future, at SUMMER VOLUNTEERS keeping, must be able to prepare MacKay United Church. Six address their educational needs, Saint Paul University, 223 Main NEEDED! The Glebe Centre nutritious meals. Please call (613) outstanding young Ottawa provided by highly Experienced Street, Ottawa. For more infor- Inc. is recruiting volunteers for 744-6755 and leave message. musicians will perform classical and Qualified Educator. Contact: mation visit: www.peopleandthe- summer activities including tak- music for the benefit of “The DOG WALKING and sitting. [email protected]. planet.ca. ing residents outside for walks, Peaceful Children’s Homes” in (Cats too!) Emergency and regu- gardening, special events, etc. CHIHUAHUA TYPE READY Sun, June 11, 11 am - 2 pm Cambodia. Adults $15, lar walking, Pet behaviour con- There are also many other per- FOR A NEW HOME Litter box ANNUAL COMMUNITY PIC- Children $5, Donations accept- sultations, investigations and pet manent positions to be filled. trained, black and tan. Cute and NIC at Stanley Park (near the ed. bereavement counseling. cuddly. Has all his shots. Call Visit www.myvolunteerpage.com References. Liba Bender, Fieldhouse and playground). 738-2231. Reasonable offers ($) Tues, June 27, 7 pm to view and apply for Glebe (613) 746-4884. Bring you picnic basket and considered from a good home. PUBLIC CONSULTATION Centre volunteer positions. running shoes for sume fun in regarding redevelopment of the Contact Christine at volun- the park. Rockcliffe airbase. At the [email protected] or 238- Mon, June 12, 7 pm Aviation Museum. For more 2727 ext 353 for more informa- CRICHTON COMMUNITY information refer to the Canada tion on how you can make a COUNCIL ANNUAL GENER- Lands Compnay website: difference! AL MEETING at Stanley Park www.clc.ca. THE DIRECTORY OF Fieldhouse. Thurs, July 13 - Sat, July 29 RESOURCES FOR SENIOR Tues, June 13, 7 pm MADEA, a Greek drama pre- CITIZENS OF OTTAWA is NECA ANNUAL GENERAL sented “al fresco” at the indispensable for family mem- MEETING at Stanley Park National Gallery amphitheatre bers, health care workers and Fieldhouse. For more informa- by the Third Wall Theatre family physicians - anyone who tion check the New Edinburgh Company. For tickets call 236- works and lives with...and cares for seniors. It is available through the Senior Citizens Council of Ottawa offices at 250 City Centre Ave, Ste 302, Ottawa, K1R 6K7, for $5, or one can be mailed to you for an additional $3 to cover postage. For more information contact the Council at 234-8044, or visit their website at www.seniorcouncil.org. Page 44 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2006 impressions with the readers of the New Edinburgh News.

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Harmony Ferreira would like to announce the adoption of her cho- sen grandparents, Raymond and Joyce Dubuc of Vaughan St. Harmony lives on Spruce St. with her Mom (Roxy) and Pascal (son of Raymond & Joyce). Aidan Opazo of Electric Street was a member of the St Laurent hockey team that won the Bytown League Atom B Championship back in March. As a right winger, he led his team with the most points, including the most assists. New in the Burgh Farewells Gordon Harrison, a local Burgh artist, held a showing of his work After spending the past nine on May 27 and 28. He is seen here with four of his “New Edinburgh Lanes” series of oil paintings. Scone Witch Express! Heather Charles Benoit of Noel Street tough but Rewarding years for the In case you have not taken out Condolences to Raymond and Matthews will open her latest moved to Gurgaon, India in April, Canadian Institutes of Health your blue-box, there is a wonder- Joyce Dubuc of Vaughn on the store on June 1 at Crichton and where he is working for an Research, Mark Bisby is retiring ful article about Doris death of Raymond’s brother Louis Union. It will feature all the regu- American company, GL Group, at the end of June. After three McCallum, long time resident of of Calgary in April. lar menu items (except eggs) from as part of an international team. months of relaxation, he plans to Noel Street, in the City Section of Send your Breezy Bits to John her main Scone Witch location on First reports home are ecstatic: learn to cook, clean the house, the May 22 Ottawa Citizen. Jarecsni at [email protected]. Albert west of Lyon, but the “Definitely having the time of my paint landscapes, and build more Burgh Scone Witch will be take- life, and meeting dozens of great, boats. Isobel is looking forward to out only. Heather plans to be open interesting people from around having a house husband. Picture This! NEN Summer Photo Contest from Tuesday through Saturday the world every day. What more Good luck to Ryan Hardy on his (and maybe Sunday). These are can you ask for?” Another young Calling all neighbourhood photographers! Enter our Summer Photo Contest and summer adventure working at Old share your favourite photos with other NEN readers. Nature, architecture, land- scones like your Scottish great- Burgher, Brendan Crouch, is Fort Henry. scape, gardens, people, pets — the subject areas are open and entirely of your own grandmother made. Don't miss working for the same company in choosing. The only requirement is that the photos portray some aspect of the many Texas. trying them. Deadline things — the people, places and events — that make New Edinburgh such a spe- cial place. All photos will be judged by NEN photographer Peter Glasgow, and the Mike and Ainsley of Noel Street After two enjoyable years back in for the next issue of the prize is publication in a special section of our October edition. the Burgh, Bernadette St-Jean are the proud owners of two labra- New Edinburgh News Entries should be sent in electronic form to [email protected]. Please doodle pups; Mac and Coco. and David Paget of MacKay is include your contact information and, if you are 18 years old or younger, your age. Street are heading off oversees You can have non-digital photos scanned into electronic format at The UPS Store Danny's Bar & Grill now offers again this summer, for a three September 10, 2006 (Beechwood & MacKay) at a very small cost. Deadline for submissions is Sept. 1, Lebanese buffet at lunch Monday year assignment to Warsaw. Once [email protected] so send in your photos. We’d love to see the New Edinburgh you see! to Friday there, David intends to share his