Serving the Glebe community since 1973 www.glebereport.ca ISSN 0702-7796 April 13, 2017 Vol. 45 No. 4 Issue no. 491 FREE Photo: Julie I reton Photo: GNAG’s production of Fiddler on the Roof had the cast rolling on the floor – and that was just the rehearsal! Fiddler on the Roof sizzles! The Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group (GNAG)’s production of the iconic Linnéa Rowlatt and Ciana Van Deusen. Stage manager was Lauren Fowler; musical Fiddler on the Roof raised the roof at the Glebe Community Centre lighting design, David Magladry; lighting, Tom Laroche; producer, Mary Tsai; April 5–9. The musical featured the Glebe’s Joel Westheimer as Tevye, production manager, Paul O’Donnell; set, John Richardson; set design & build, the milkman, whose five daughters cause him no end of grief as their Chris Joslin; publicity, Julie Ireton; costumes, Susan Irvine, Joan Whitten search for husbands, plays out in the village of hundred years ago. The and Edwina Sutherland; animation, Tegan Scott and Charleen Chu. acting, singing and dancing cast included Linnéa Rowlatt as Tevye’s Fiddler on the Roof was the end result of a two-term GNAG Theatre course wife, Neve Sugars-Keen as the fiddler, Hershel Kagan as the butcher, offered to the community, which provided professional-level coaching to Karmen Walther, Hannah Bindman and Abbey Sugars-Keen as three the cast in an encouraging, nurturing setting. While leading roles required daughters of marrying age, and Charlie Shanbaum, Josh Shanbaum actors and singers with some experience, the choruses gave an opportunity to and Alexander Morris as prospective husbands. Eleanor Crowder, well- those new to musical theatre. Auditions were held back in the fall 2016 for known local director/playwright/writer/actor, directed the production, and men’s, women’s and children’s roles, involving acting, singing and dancing, Lauren Saindon directed the music. Choreographers included Mary Tsai, sometimes simultaneously! Rehearsals took place throughout the winter.

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K 2 Glebe Report April 13, 2017 great glebe garage sale Great Glebe Garage Sale – a sure sign of spring by Colette Downie lives. We’re planning GGGS activities food sale, so you must be sure to meet that reinforce the idea that “small but city regulations for preparation and It’s time to mark your calendar and powerful acts of kindness can make a hygiene. You will find these on the start cleaning out your closets. Patio big difference” in the lives of the people city’s website. season is just around the corner and around you. More details to come. that means the Great Glebe Garage Heritage plaques Sale (GGGS) is too. Ottawa Food Bank For the fourth year, homeowners The neighbourhood-wide garage Once again, the Glebe Commun- are encouraged to prepare and install and porch sale takes place on Satur- ity Association is asking vendors, a simple temporary plaque or sign day, May 27, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m., visitors and businesses to contrib- presenting a brief history of their home rain or shine! However, as veterans of ute 10 per cent or more of sales from and its homeowners. Visit the GCA the event know, the keen shoppers will the GGGS to the Ottawa Food Bank. website for information or see the be out searching for the best buys at 7 Please give generously either online article on page 3. a.m. or earlier. at www.ottawafoodbank.ca, by mail waters catherine The sale is one of the great things or in person at the Glebe Community Please remember from its environment club, TWIGS. about living in the Glebe. It’s a won- Centre on May 27. Make sure you set up your sale table Electronics accepted will include: derful opportunity to recycle that stuff on your lawn or driveway. You can- TVs, VCRs, DVD players, all phones, in your attic or basement but it’s also a How to get ready for the sale not use the sidewalk or road. If on the all printers, all cameras, clock radios, neighbourhood festival with perform- The week before the GGGS, sort sidewalk, you could be ticketed by a e-readers, all speakers and all manner ance artists and musicians, buskers out the items you want to sell and city bylaw officer. of computer equipment and peripheral and balloons, and crowds of people get ready with all the important There are no road closures during devices. If you have difficulty moving shopping, drinking lemonade from items you will need (bags, markers, the GGGS so please keep the roads or transporting your electronics to the kids’ stands and enjoying the spring tape, change, tables, etc.). Go to the clear and drive carefully if you need school, please contact Judith at judith. weather. Bank Street and Lansdowne Glebe Community Association’s web to get in or out of the neighbourhood [email protected] to arrange pickup. merchants also join in the festivities page for the GGGS at www.glebeca. on that day. Certain streets will be She will organize the pickup showing with their own sidewalk sales and spe- ca to get more information and tips. closed to parking, even with a parking Glebe CI identification. cial events. Neighbourhood churches You can learn about the city’s regu- permit, and will be reserved for emer- When the sale is over, please be host vendors and the city makes space lations on food preparation, parking gency vehicles; more details to come. ready to tidy up and pack things away. available in and around the commun- and block parties on the city’s website Place any unsold items on the lawn ity centre as well. www.ottawa.ca. Bank Street sidewalk sale for a couple of hours with a “Free” Shoppers from across Ottawa and The Bank Street merchants, through sign and then post them on a site like beyond come to the Glebe to buy and Planning to sell barbecued food? the Glebe Business Improvement www.UsedOttawa.com, www.kijiji. sell, to wander through the neighbour- Baked goods such as muffins and Area, will be taking part in the GGGS ca, https://groups.freecycle.org/group/ hood and enjoy the festive atmosphere. cookies are easy to sell at the GGGS, with a sidewalk sale. Visit the mer- OttawaON-Freecycle/description or We encourage everyone in the neigh- but any food requiring cooking, espe- chants and see what they have on offer. contact the Salvation Army. bourhood to participate by selling or cially meat, needs careful planning. If you have questions, you can con- browsing or buying that new treasure. For example, if you are planning to After it’s over tact me, Colette Downie, at gggs@ sell barbecued items, you must have Glebe Collegiate Institute (GCI) will glebeca.ca. Partnership with Kind Canada some sort of rubber mat or painted be holding its fifth annual free elec- The Glebe Community Associa- plywood flooring under the BBQ and tronics drop-off after the GGGS on Colette Downie is the volunteer tion will partner with Kind Canada, a a wash station available (perhaps a Saturday afternoon May 27, and all day coordinator of the Great Glebe Gar- not-for-profit that works to inspire Can- garden hose and soap). The city’s pub- Sunday, May 28. This is a fundraiser age Sale for the Glebe Community adians to include kindness in their daily lic health inspector will inspect your for GCI and is staffed by volunteers Association.

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Not intended to solicit properties already for sale. great glebe garage sale Glebe Report April 13, 2017 3 Heritage at the Great To celebrate the wonderful architecture Glebe Garage Sale and social history of the Glebe Fourth annual one-day by Johanna Persohn and William Price adhesive label or page, stick it on a foam board or cardboard backing and The Glebe Community Association’s staple it to a long wooden stake or a Heritage Committee supported a tree. Heritage Plaque event in the Glebe Heritage Ottawa pilot project during For information on how to research the Great Glebe Garage Sale (GGGS) the history of your home, check out Saturday, May 27, 2017 in 2014 that saw temporary heritage the City of Ottawa Archives Guide plaques put up at homes on Linden on Researching the History of your Terrace and Glebe Avenue east of Home. You may also wish to use a during the Great Glebe Garage Sale Bank. The committee expanded the seven-day free trial of Newspapers. project in 2015 and 2016 by encour- com or simple Google searches to  aging all residents in the Glebe to post research the background of previous plaques for their homes. The plaques occupants. You can find the names have been well received and enjoyed of previous occupants by looking at Residents of Glebe homes are invited to prepare and install a by hundreds of passersby. The com- Ottawa City Directories (hard copy mittee has now made this an annual or microfilm) at the main library or simple temporary plaque or sign that identifies the history of your feature of the GGGS to increase city archives. Only a few years of the home and its architectural style. Attach your heritage plaque to a awareness and appreciation among directories are available on the Inter- residents and visitors of the special net (1890s, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1914, stick or tree on your lawn during the Great Glebe Garage Sale. and valuable heritage character of our 1915, 1916 and 1923) via https://sites. Glebe neighbourhood. google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/ Homeowners in the Glebe are Home/can/on/ottawa and 1912 via encouraged to prepare and install a https://archive.org/details/ottawadirec- simple temporary plaque or sign pre- 191200midiuoft. Contact the Heritage senting a brief history of the home and Committee at [email protected] its occupants over the years and post it for assistance or questions. The com- vide you with an electronic copy for the proposed Phase II of the Clemow on Great Glebe Garage Sale day. The mittee is happy to help identify the your use. Estates Heritage Conservation Dis- plaque can be typed or handwritten, architectural style of your house or trict in support of the city’s proposal can include copies of old photographs, help prepare your plaque for you using Do you live in the proposed and will be providing each house in information on the architect/builder if any information you might have. Clemow Estates Phase II Heritage the proposed district with its own pre- known or whatever you like. You can Conservation District? pared plaque in the week leading up to find a basic one-page template with an Special Note: If you live on Glebe (Details here glebeca.ca/clemow- the sale! We hope you will put them example at the Committee’s website, Avenue, Linden Terrace, Monkland estate-phase-ii/. and http://ottawa. up on May 27 and share the wonder- www.glebeca.ca/committees/herit- Avenue, Clemow Avenue or Powell ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/ ful history of your home. age/heritage.html, or by emailing Avenue, the GCA Heritage Commit- planning-and-infrastructure/phase- the committee at heritage@glebeca. tee has already completed a detailed ii-clemow-estate-heritage.) Johanna Persohn and William Price ca for assistance. We suggest you put electronic file on each home on these The GCA Heritage Committee has are co-chairs of the GCA Heritage the information on a full- or half-page streets and would be pleased to pro- compiled research on the homes in Committee. Tom Lips will perform at Friends’ Coffee What to Wear with House on May 6 Moules Frites or Tacos?

by Heather White

Building on a long-held coffee house Tom Lips and Brian Loyer play at the tradition, the inaugural Friends’ Cof- Great Glebe Garage Sale fee House will be held Saturday, May 6 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Quaker ing and almost sensual.” With over Meeting House, 91 Fourth Avenue in 300 songs written, he has published the Glebe. Doors open at 6:30. two CDs, performed internationally at Coffee houses, as we know them, music festivals and at concerts through- started in the 1960s. These typically out Ottawa including the NAC’s Fourth friendly and relaxing venues feature Stage. These memorable performances singer-songwriter performers. The inti- beckon laughter and tears. mate spaces encourage the mixing of Coffee, tea and sweets will be sold audiences and entertainers. Live folk at intermission and A Tiny Arts and music is sung, a variety of instruments Crafts Show will highlight local art- are played and people sometimes recite ists. Five contributors will be selling poetry. The supportive atmosphere pro- small works valued at $25 or less. vides opportunities for new talent. And Admission to the event is by dona- in this informal, relaxing environment tion of pay-what-you-can, with a new friends are made. suggestion of $10. The money received Actually at Von’s and Flippers, The first Friends’ Coffee House will will be shared, a portion supporting a we’re more concerned about offer both an open stage and a con- local charity, the remainder going to cert. Six accomplished local artists the featured musician. Volunteers are what you are eating will share the stage during the first organizing the event. half. Acts include a bluegrass guitar- Everyone is welcome at this com- than what you are wearing! ist, a poet, a cellist and a duo singing munity event. Please join us for a English ballads. Tom Lips will per- laid-back evening on Saturday, May 6, form a solo concert in the second half and if you would like to take the stage of the evening. He is well known to at the next Friends’ Coffee House (Sat- Ottawa audiences. Tom is an accom- urday, November 4, 2017), just let us plished singer-songwriter, poet, author know. of stories and storyteller. His musical 613.232.2703 613.233.3277 repertoire is eclectic and includes poi- Heather White has lived and worked www.flippersottawa.com www.vonsottawa.com gnant love songs, frolicking protest in the Glebe for 30 years and is part pieces, gospel and rock. His voice is of a team of volunteers organizing the 819 Bank Street (Bank and Fourth) described as “deep, beautiful, croon- Friends’ Coffee House. © Zastavkin | Dreamstime.com 4 Glebe Report April 13, 2017 editorial Images of the Glebe Glebe comings and goings

New to the Glebe Boston Pizza is opening a location in the long-empty former LCBO at 640 Bank Street, corner of Powell.

Sweet Bite, the new French pastry shop at 769 Bank Street, is now open Sunday and Monday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Tuesday to Saturday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. “Premium organic coffee served with decadent French pastries and French macaroons.” www.sweetbite.ca

Mad Radish is looking to open a new res- taurant at 859 Bank Street (corner of Fifth and Bank) in June, one of two in Ottawa. “Mad Radish is a new fast-casual salad concept, created by David’s Tea founder David Segal. Serving chef-driven salads, soups and healthy snacks, we are bringing a new perspective to the salad category,

Photo: liz mckeen Photo: emphasizing food that tastes as great as This year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade on Bank Street on March 11 was the coldest in memory, with a high of -14 Celsius. it makes you feel.” www.madradish.com

Rumour has it that Orto, an Italian res- taurant, is preparing to open at the former Barista – or better? Urban Pear location, 151 Second Avenue, Earnings of post-secondary graduates possibly in May. Stay tuned. LRO Staffing has opened an office Are you a recent graduate looking for a job or parents or grandparents of someone in that situation? Come to the upstairs, above Pet Valu at 603 Bank Glebe Report AGM and hear Ross Finnie, professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Street. “Ten years of successful matches director of the Education Policy Research Initiative at the University of Ottawa, present new evidence on the earn- between companies and people.”

ings of university graduates. His findings challenge conventional wisdom about the value of the supposedly lowly Kaleidoscope Kids Books is still open at liberal-arts degree. 1018 Bank Street, across from Lansdowne.

Glebe Report AGM Contributors this issue Thursday, May 18, 7 p.m. Michael Abbey Carol MacLeod Seema Akhtar Cindy MacLoghlin Multipurpose Room Wondossen As- Joseph Mathieu salahun Christine McAllister Glebe Community Centre Karen Bailey Catherine McKenna Dijana Bate Ian McKercher 175 Third Avenue Carolyn Best Heather Meek Scott Blurton Sabine Modder Micheline Boyle Margret B Nankivell Ross Finnie was educated at Queen’s University, the London School of Emily Brascoupe- Robin Nelson Economics and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He does empirical Hoefler Bill Nuttle Suzanne Charest Johanna Persohn policy-related research on labour and public economics with a particular David Chernushenko Sheila Pocock Susan Courage William Price focus on education issues. See www.epri.ca for more on the topic. Ash Abraham Coutu Richard Raycraft Jona David Brenda Roberts Mike Davis Marisa Romano Molly Dodds Bruce Rosove Colette Downie Mark Schenk Albert Dumont Claire Schofield CONTACT US Kira Fountain Ruby Screaton James Gell Lois Siegel Pat Goyeche Ashley Siu 175 Third Avenue, Paul Green Kate Smith www.glebereport.ca Ottawa, Ontario K1S 2K2 Trevor Greenway JC Sulzenko Paul Gregory Ildiko Sumegi Jennifer Hargadon Zenah Surani Established in 1973, the Glebe Report, published by the Glebe Report Association is a monthly Please submit articles to John Haysom Jacquie Surges not for-profit community newspaper with a circulation of 7,500 copies. It is delivered free to [email protected]. Scott SA Healey Zoë Sutherland Glebe homes and businesses. Advertising from merchants in the Glebe and elsewhere pays all Alex Hermosa Kylie Taggart Jennifer Humphries Rick Trites its costs, and the paper receives no government grants or direct subsidies. 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Police 6/ Profile 24 Wednesday, April 26 for advertising Reps/Orgs 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17 Views expressed in the articles and letters submitted to the Glebe Report are those of our con- Refugees 16 tributors. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. Articles selected for publication will be Sports/Mermaids 22, 45 published in both a printed version and an online version on the Glebe Report’s website: Welcome Ottawa 11 www.glebereport.ca. E letters Glebe Report April 13, 2017 5 Sorry state of hydro Our spring-only street cleaning Editor, Glebe Report time for a change. Editor, Glebe Report still 1975 and sweep yard waste into With a pending provincial election the gutter waiting for the long-gone If the current sorry state of hydro in 2018 the Liberals will have been in Soon the welcome sounds of street and biweekly street sweeping and wash- in Ontario does not finally tip the power for 15 years. Just think of four sidewalk cleaning equipment will be ing trucks from the “twilight zone” to scales for change in the province I presidential terms of either George W. heard. Street cleaning trucks vacu- show up and clear it away. truly don’t know what will. Now my Bush, or dare I say Donald Trump. uming up last fall’s leaves, winter’s But this is 2017 and, surprise, there political involvement over the years If the cumulative impact of poor gravel, sand and salt, while sidewalk won’t be another cleaning until the has swung from being quite active to decisions in the past 10 years is not sweepers brush gravel, sand and salt spring of 2018. keen observer while my political alle- enough to anger Ontarians, the current up into clouds of toxic dust blowing A regular street cleaning through- giance has shifted from one side of hydro situation should be the last straw. onto front gardens and into the lungs out the spring, summer and autumn the political spectrum to being quite The Liberals’ cynical political maneu- of people and pets. But it’s uplifting months would not only keep our uncommitted. I simply want respon- ver to provide rebates simply pushes to see our residential streets looking, neighbourhoods looking good but sible and accountable government, the problem to the right for the next briefly, so great after a long winter. would alleviate many of the clogged regardless of political stripe. That generation and certainly does not fix it. Even the parking side of each street storm drains. being said, let’s discuss the current Whether you are a resident of the with a temporary parking ban gets The road to our mayor’s and the Ontario government and its handling Glebe or live in rural Ontario, we all nicely cleaned. developer’s dream of a world-class of the hydro file. have a vested interest in our energy Over the past few years I’ve noticed city is paved with good sounding All governing political parties pass infrastructure. The management of the that once the street is clean and park- intentions, but it is sad to see the real- their best-before date and the current energy file by the Liberal government ing’s reinstated, the cleaning trucks ity of a cheaply patched-up, crumbling Liberal government in Ontario has has been a train wreck. continue needlessly cleaning the no- infrastructure made to look worse by a certainly reached theirs. As a con- Now I do not pretend for a minute parking side of the street. I counted lack of regular street cleaning. Perhaps cerned Ontarian who has watched that all of Ontario’s energy challenges one year up to 12 times within a few one day Ottawa, like Montreal, will with disbelief a government stumble will be solved with a new government, days. Then all activity abruptly stops. finally set up regular warm-weather from one scandal to another, inter- but it’s time Queen’s Park had a new Two or three weeks later the streets sweeping days and even figure out a spersed with multiple mishaps to voice on the file. start to look in need of a quick clean- way to carry out a world-class snow countless poorly executed policies that ing. Spring seeds fall from trees removal program. have cost us, the taxpayers, dearly, it is Scott S.A. Healey and soil washes into gutters. Front Observe this state of affairs for yards not cleaned up by their owners yourselves and make our councilman before completion of the street sweep- aware of your thoughts. ing get their debris scattered by the wind. Some residents even think it is Richard C. Raycraft

Canada’s ties with the Netherlands (website-only) See Jonathan McLeod’s article on “Celebrating global ties Call for Submissions with the Netherlands for Canada 150” on the Glebe Report’s Poetry Quarter received so many poems relating to Canada’s 150th birthday that we decided website at www.glebereport.ca. to publish student poems in the February issue and poems from the wider poetry-writing com- munity in the May 2017 issue. The invitation to submit on this theme therefore remains open until the deadline of April 21, 2017. Submissions are open to any poet who reads the Glebe Report and lives in the National Capital Region. Poems will be considered only for the particular theme of Poetry Quarter for which they are OUR VOLUNTEER CARRIERS Mary Ahearn, Jennie Aliman, Tyler, Luke & Claire Allan, Alton-Shantz family, James submitted and will not generally be retained for future consideration. Atwood, Aubry family, Andre Beauregard, Adrian Becklumb, Beckman family, Inez Berg, Daisy & Nettie Bonsall, Robert & Heidi Boraks, Martha Bowers, Bowie family, Theme: Celebrate Canada’s 150th Jonah & Benjy Brender, Gregory Briggett, Adélaïde Bridgett, Deborah Broad, Bob Brocklebank, Christophe Brunelle-Harmston, Alice Cardozo, Ava & Olivia Car- Poetry Quarter seeks poems to celebrate 2017, Canada’s sesquicentennial, for the May 2017 penter, Ryan & Charlotte Cartwright, Nicholas Collins Mayer, Sebastian, Cameron issue on subjects relevant to the people, history, culture, present and future of the Glebe and its & Anne Cino, Avery & Darcy Cole, John Connor, Coodin family, Denys Cooper, Sammy & Teddy Cormier, June Creelman, Georgia Davidson, Richard DesRochers, neighbouring communities. Oscar & Jane Dennis, Marilyn Deschamps, Diekmeyer-Bastianon family, Dingle family, The Element High School, Nicholas, Reuben, Dave & Sandra Elgersma, Deadline: Friday, April 21, 2017 Amanda & Erin Frank, Judy Field, Gabriel & Octavia Francis, Fedrico Family, McE Galbreath, Joann Garbig, Glebe C.I. - Community Living class, Caroline & Eligibility: Poems should be: James de Groot, Matthew & Ryan Goetz, Matti Goodwin-Sutton, Olivia Gorall, Gary Greenwood, Ginny Grimshaw, Hamer-Wilson family, Henry Hanson, Tracy, William Original and unpublished in any medium (no poems submitted elsewhere, please); and Mackenzie Harnish, Martin Harris, Hook family, Cheryle Hothersall, Matthew No more than 30 lines each; Hovey, Christian Hurlow, Illing-Stewart family, Jack & Lily Inskip-Shesnicky, Jeevan & Amara Isfeld, Jonathan & Emma Jarvis, Janna Justa, Mr. & Mrs Laing, Lambert On any aspect of the theme Celebrating Canada’s 2017 sesquicentennial, on subjects relevant family, Leith and Lulu Lambert, Jamie & Katherine Laundy, Jacob Lavoie, Alexander & Louisa Lem, Phrasie Le Sann, Kim Lewis, Justin Leyser, Aanika, Jaiden and to the Glebe within the bounds of public discourse; and Vinay Lodha, Ben, Parker & James Love, Annaline Lubbe, Joanne Lucas, Jim Lumsden, Nick Stewart Lussier, Macdonald family, Jennifer, John, Owen & Ian MacNab, William Maguire, Pat Marshall, Isaac McGuire, Julie Monaghan, Diane Munier, Sana Nesrallah, Mary Nicoll, Submitted on or before April 21, 2017. Sachiko Okuda, Brenda Quinlan, Beatrice Raffoul, Don Ray, Shannon & Brody Rector, Mary & Steve Reid, Barbara Riley, Jacqueline, Lucy and Adam Reilly-King, Ned Rogers, Anna Roper, Emile & Sebastien Roy-Foster, Bruce Rayfuse, Lene Rudin-Brown, Sidney Rudin-Brown, Please send your entries (up to 5 poems that meet the criteria) to [email protected] before Paige Saravanamuttoo, Casimir & Tristan Seywerd, Zachary Shannon, Short family, Kathy Simons, Judith Slater, Eamonn Sloan, Grady, Ella, Audrey Kennedy Squires, Stephenson family, Alex & Claire Stoney, Joanne Sulek, Karen Swinburne, Eric & Steven Swinkels, Zita the deadline of Friday, April 21, 2017. Remember to send us your contact information. Taylor, Brigitte Theriault, Mackenzie Thomas, Spencer Thomas, John & Maggie Thomson, Trudeau family, Hugo Vanderveen, Caroline Vanneste, Josh VanNopppen, Veevers family, Jonah Walker, Erica Waugh, Katja & Tanja Webster, Patrick and Ciara Westdal, Ben Westheimer, Allison Williams, Zoe & Nicole Wolfenden, Howard & Elizabeth Wong, Ella & Ethan Wood, Gillian & Jake Wright, Sue Ann Wright, Nathaniel & Maggie Wightman, Young-Smith family, Gord Yule. Health Canada seeks your tobacco story Carriers do not have to live A photo of a tongue with cancerous up painful memories,” says Suzy on a street to deliver on it. white spots, a man with a hole in his McDonald, director general of Health throat, the damaged arteries of a heart, Canada’s Tobacco Control Director- Featured available route: Pretoria or a woman ravaged by cancer. Since ate. “Please consider reaching out to Avenue, QED to O’Connor 2001, graphic photos of the effects us anyway. We know that personal This street has an interesting mix of homes of different of smoking have been on tobacco stories are effective and that what you ages and styles. There are periods of high traffic. packaging in Canada. And smoking share could help someone take the first An adult will be able to do this route in about 45 minutes. rates declined from 25 to 15 per cent step towards quitting or to never take between 1999 and 2013. the first puff at all.” Welcome to But like all things in life, we get Health Canada is seeking sto- Lawrence Ambler, picking up a second route! used to them. Five years ago, Health ries from a wide cross-section of the Available Delivery Routes Canada updated the warnings by add- diverse Canadian population, includ- • Henry St. • Plymouth St. • Lakeside ing personal stories. Now they are ing people who have personally felt • Dow’s Lake Rd. and Crescent Heights doing it again. Health Canada is look- the negative health effects of smok- DRIVER needed ing for individuals who would like to ing, those who have witnessed a friend One Friday a month you’ll pick up bundles of papers and drive share their story about how they saw or loved one suffering and individu- them around to the homes of carriers. It doesn’t take long, it’s firsthand the negative effects of smok- als who have seen health benefits from not hard, but it’s a crucial part of bringing the Glebe Report to the community. Could you take it on? Call Marnie to talk about it. ing in the hope that personal stories on quitting. tobacco packages might change some- Get in touch with Health Canada by Thanks to everyone who filled in for carriers who were on vacation last month! one’s mind about smoking. email at [email protected] or phone at Contact: Marnie Wellar 613-408-1300 “I know this can be hard, and that 613-716-3513. sharing your story publicly can bring Email: [email protected] 6 Glebe Report April 13, 2017 police

Introducing your Make the Right Call 911 – Crimes in progress and life new Community threatening emergencies 613-236-1222 – To report crimes Police Officer that are not in progress Crime Stoppers – 613-233-TIPS by Stephanie Lemieux (8477) or 1-800-222-8477 I would like to take this opportunity www.crimestoppers.ca to introduce myself as your new Com- Online reporting – munity Police Officer. I currently have www.ottawapolice.ca 12 years of policing experience with Centretown Community Officer – the Ottawa Police Service and recently 613-236-1222 ext. 5287 moved from the Rural South Ottawa Community Police Centre to the Centre- town Community Police Centre. I am Getting involved in Neighbourhood your community’s first point of contact Watch is easy and free. To find out if a for the Ottawa Police Service for com- Neighbourhood Watch exists in your munity-related events. neighbourhood or to start a new one, Reporting incidents to the Ottawa contact me. Police is very important and provides p hanie lemieux of ste courtesy Photo: us with the critical information needed Constable Stephanie Lemieux, the new Community Police Officer in the Centretown Home security inspections to identify crime patterns in our city. Community Police Centre Home security inspections allow you I encourage you to report all crimes, to take an active role in making your including any crimes in progress and sus- ensure that 911 remains available to Join Neighbourhood Watch homes less susceptible to criminal activ- picious activity, to help us address crime handle true emergencies or crimes in Neighbourhood Watch is a program ity. The inspections are based on proven in the community. progress. Most of all, having a better to help neighbours watch out for neigh- crime prevention principles and residents When you “make the right call” to understanding of when to call each of the bours. It aims to get citizens involved in learn how to make their homes safer. police, information is collected and a important phone numbers listed below discouraging and preventing crime at Police representatives visit your home call or report is generated and a report will help us meet your specific need. the local level. The success of Neigh- at your request to provide a safety audit, number assigned. From there it is If you have information about a bourhood Watch depends largely on a assessing ways to make your home safer. assigned to the appropriate police offi- crime but want to remain completely commitment by area residents and the The audit is based on a checklist and cer for follow-up, no matter how minor. anonymous you can contact Crime police to cooperate, and more import- participants are provided with a book- It is imperative that people always Stoppers as they don’t subscribe to antly for residents to cooperate with each let that identifies safety improvements, report when they are victimized, no any call display functions and you will other. provides crime prevention tips and pro- matter how minor the incident. If your never be identified. Your neighbours know who you are motes other crime prevention initiatives car is broken into and nothing is stolen, The Ottawa Police Service Online and what type of car you drive, and may offered by the Police Service. we still need to know because our dedi- Crime Mapping Tool gives you statistics be the first to notice a suspicious person Be informed and get involved. cated crime analysts use this data to for your neighbourhood. The Ottawa at your door or window. A police offi- build strategies for our officers to tackle Crime Map will display the last 14 days cer patrolling your community may not Constable Stephanie Lemieux is the these problems effectively. When you of data for selected crime categories. recognize a stranger in your yard, but new Community Police Officer in the make a report, our team analyzes the You can also change the date selection your neighbour will. By getting to know Centretown Community Police Cen- information and our response is priori- and crime categories to customize your the neighbours around you, you will be tre. She is the first point of contact for tized based on public safety and need. search. http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/ well positioned to recognize someone or the Ottawa Police Service for com- By making the right call, you can crime/crime-mapping-tool.asp. something that’s suspicious. munity events.

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by Julie Ireton More than half of Butler’s volun- teers are under the age of 24. Some Innovative social and fundraising are university or college students on programs throughout the year at The placements, but many others come to Glebe Centre Long-term Care Centre do their 40 hours of high school com- and Abbotsford House seniors’ cen- munity service at The Glebe Centre. tre likely couldn’t happen without the Volunteers are also integral over at dedication of more than 200 volun- the old stone house that offers drop- teers. in activities and support to men and One activity that benefits from vol- women 55 plus. “Our reception, bou- unteers at the long-term care centre tique and program volunteers, as well across from Lansdowne Park is the as our medical appointment drivers new Music And Memory therapy pro- and friendly visitors, allow clients to gram. “All 254 of our residents have engage socially and receive the sup- access to iPods with playlists that are port they need to remain active,” individualized for each resident,” said said Butler. In fact, it’s thanks to the

Lonelle Butler, Co-ordinator of Volun- dedication of volunteers like Dianne T heodore. teer Services at the Glebe Centre. “Our Breton that The Glebe Centre is able home is certified as a Music and Mem- to offer so many programs in long- ory home.” Butler said the volunteers, term care and in the community. mostly students who are tech savvy, “Many organizations across the city

download music for residents to listen wouldn’t operate without volunteers E vaudney p hoto: to their favourite music. It’s an attempt and Abbotsford is no exception,” said Student and resident Audrey Philips enjoy the Music and Memory program. to bring back pleasant memories. Breton, who was on the centre’s board Another program that runs with the for several years. “We need others to ton, have been nominated for the out the year to make sure we have help of volunteers is Montessori for step up and take it on.” She started Ontario Service Awards to be handed honoured our volunteers not just with People with Dementia, another mem- volunteering at Abbotsford in 1994 out in the spring. one event or for one week during the ory-enhancing program for residents and continues to help out every year at The Glebe Centre will be hosting a year,” said Butler. with dementia. “It places an empha- the centre’s annual bazaar. “It’s lots of High Tea on April 28 at Abbotsford sis on independence, freedom within fun. There are a lot of nice people and House from 1:30 until 3:30 to thank Julie Ireton is a broadcast journalist, limits, and respect for a person’s nat- good ideas and very creative groups.” all the volunteers during National Vol- educator and writer who frequently ural psychological, physical and social Six volunteers in both long-term unteer Week. “Our goal is to offer a contributes articles to the Glebe development,” said Butler. care and community, including Bre- variety of recognition events through- Report on Abbotsford programs.

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ment block, which is now imperilled At the by construction next door. They take up occupancy in a new building where flicks it seems the previous tenant, appar- with ently a prostitute, has left behind a roomful of personal belongings, so Lois and Paul much symbolic baggage that becomes a source of contention for our thes- pian couple. One evening while Rana is alone and waiting for Emad to come home, she mistakenly opens the door to a man who has come looking for the The Salesman previous tenant, not realizing she had moved out. The man assaults Rana Directed by Asghar Farhad and after he flees, the neighbours get (Iran/France) her to a hospital.

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Films that feature a story or play within a story are more often than not complex, multi-layered affairs, as they usually draw on and develop parallels between the characters in the internal story and those in the larger external despite rigid laws. Katherine G. Johnson drama that plays out around it. One Hidden Figures is recruited to help solve the major prob- example that comes readily to mind lems of space flight. Not only is she a is Karel Reisz’s The French Lieu- Directed by Theodore Melfi woman in an all-male section, but she’s tenant’s Woman. It’s an interesting (USA, 2017) also the only black individual in an all- device because it affords the direc- white section. Mary Jackson is accepted tor or screenwriter an opportunity to Reviewed by Lois Siegel at a night school at an all-white institu- develop themes present in the framed tion and Dorothy Vaughan moves to an story and then amplify or adapt them West Virginia - we are introduced to a IBM computer area. to the outer world surrounding that young, African-American grade-school Our ladies are delightful. They are not story. girl who has an amazing gift for math. easily discouraged and we cheer them One such film is Asghar Farhadi’s Emad comes home to discover all She’s Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. on as they overcome many obstacles. The Salesman, set in modern-day this, and here is where it gets interest- Henson). Cut to 1961, NASA (National Kevin Costner plays Al Harrison, Teheran. Emad and Rana, played by ing. Emad and Rana appear to embark Aeronautics and Space Administration) Katherine’s boss. He’s excellent as a Shahad Hosseini and Taraneh Ali- on separate paths to deal with this dis- Langley Research Centre, Hampton, gum-chewing leader who understands doosti respectively, are an educated, turbing incident. There is much that Virginia. We meet three women who what he sees in her. He admires her culturally literate married couple por- goes unsaid between these two. Nei- are working in the “colored” section. skills and protects her from insensitive, traying another married couple, Willy ther will go to the police, and nor do One of them is Katherine. The other two prejudiced co-workers like Paul Stafford and Linda Loman in a local production they have much to say to each other. are Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) (Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory’s of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Sales- Emad is not outwardly callous, but he and Mary Jackson, (Janelle Monáe). Sheldon). man. At first blush, it is not readily is strangely unable to comfort Rana “Colored” workers are segregated This “adventure” leads us to Cape Can- apparent what links Emad’s portrayal who seems left to deal with this thing from white workers in the “West Area averal where John Glenn is prepping to of Willy Loman’s drab and despair- on her own. For his part, Emad is Computing” unit where an all-black be the first man in orbit. Suddenly, a ing existence as a salesman as it plays determined to track down the assailant group of female mathematicians res- mathematical glitch in the system occurs. out against the backdrop of a Middle and exact some sort of revenge. That ides. They also have separate dining When none of the male scientists come American wasteland, to his life in the the assailant, who is easily traced, room, drinking fountain and bathroom up with a solution, Glenn, who has pre- world outside. Emad teaches litera- turns out to be a pathetic, middle- facilities. Even the library has a “col- viously been impressed with Katherine, ture to a class of high school students aged man with a cardiac condition ored” section. insists that she be the one to check the in his day job and while he is gener- seems to complicate things even fur- Langley is the centre for Project Mer- numbers or it’s a “no go.” Katherine uses ally well respected, he must contend ther. The penultimate sequence, in cury. The goal is to land a man on the old math to find a solution. with young people, some of whom at which the assailant and a couple of moon before the end of the decade. Hidden Figures is a great story based least are more interested in the con- family members are confronted, is Russia’s Yuri Gagarin is the first man on true events that most of us never tent of their cell phones than in the both surprising and expertly staged. in space. The Americans are lagging knew about. It’s an important part of course content. Perhaps more telling And before the closing credits run, behind. The space race is on. The hall- American history about perserverance is the actress who plays the prostitute Rana is back on stage reprising her ways of Langley are filled with uptight in the face of racism and discrimination. found in Willy Loman’s hotel room role as Willy Loman’s hapless wife white workers who resent those who are It’s about the courage of the ladies who who objects loudly to the mockery she Linda. We are back in Arthur Miller “colored” but many talented workers are took their rightful place in the effort to must endure from male cast members territory where we were at the begin- needed. And these three black women put men in space, and it’s important for just for playing such a role. ning when the film opens on the set are exactly that. They have skills that us to recognize the value of what they Farhadi, perhaps the finest director of Death of a Salesman with seedy Langley needs. accomplished. working in Iran today whose previ- hotel room props surmounted with These were the days of air raid drills The film has been nominated for three ous efforts include A Separation and the tawdry neon signs of an early in the schools. A siren would blare and academy awards: Best Picture, Best The Past is well known for his com- 1950s America. Actors and script are students were told to hide under their Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer plex, nuanced films that parse the lives excellent. First rate. desks or put their heads into their lock- and Best Writing Adapted Screenplay. and marriages of middle-class couples ers: “duck and cover” from a potential It is based on a book of the same title whose way of life betrays more than Running time: 125 minutes. nuclear blast as if that would solve the by Margot Lee Shetterly. a hint of Western cultural influence. In Persian with English subtitles. problem. The plot device that sets things in Rated PG. We follow our “colored” characters in DVD release date: April 2017 motion occurs when Emad and Rana Scheduled for DVD release in early the film as they advance in the system Running Time: 127 minutes are forced to move out of their apart- May.

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With summer www.catherinemckenna.liberal.ca Centre Youth Jobs www.bigskyranch.ca vacation just around Council and the the corner, many stu- Constituency Youth dents are wondering where they’re Council this past November as a going to work for the summer and if way to stay connected with young they will be able to find a job that people in the riding. The Jobs benefits their long-term career goals. Council, made of representatives I heard over and over again dur- from business, labour, and the edu- ing the election campaign how hard cation community, is focused on it is for young people to find employ- creating an action plan to create ment and to develop the skills they jobs for young people. They foster need for the jobs they want. The Can- youth entrepreneurship and encour- adian Teachers’ Federation reported age employers to hire students and in 2014 that more than a quarter of recent graduates. youth are underemployed, meaning The Constituency Youth Council they have degrees from accredited brings together 25 students from high universities but are working in jobs schools and universities in Ottawa that don’t require them such as cus- Centre. I first met with them in Feb- tomer service. The latest numbers ruary to hear their insights about job from Statistics Canada show the creation. We will continue to have unemployment rate for youth ages 15 meetings throughout the year so that – 24 as almost twice that of the gen- they can provide advice on the press- eral population. ing issues facing our youth. Changing these statistics has been The two councils worked together a top priority for me since taking to hold a youth town hall at Shopify office. on February 28. I had the opportun- ity to hear directly from young people Canada at the town hall about their personal Summer Jobs experiences of youth unemployment Program and underemployment. I heard about Our government knows Canada’s the barriers to entering the work world prosperity will increasingly depend young people are facing, the skills on young Canadians getting the they need, and the types of employ- education and the experience they ment they are hoping for. 1235 Bank Street need to prepare for the jobs of today Including young people in these dis- 613-733-3070 and tomorrow. Young Canadians cussions is critical to the success of our march Special 779 Bank Street need access to meaningful work at community and Canada. I look forward the beginning of their careers and to more opportunities in the coming 613-237-1483 the Canada Summer Jobs Program months to bring youth and business helps to provide them with a first- leaders together from across our city hand glimpse at a dynamic and in support of youth job creation. promising career path. The govern- ment is giving more youth than ever Keep In Touch COMPUTER HELP IN YOUR HOME before the opportunity to get work I am committed to engaging with experience through the Canada residents in Ottawa Centre on all of WE COME TO YOU TO fIx Summer Jobs Program - a program the issues that are important to you that allows small businesses or not- and to our community. Please feel COMPUTER PRObLEMs. for-profits to hire young talent and free to get in touch with our office Compu-Home is a highly receive a wage subsidy. at 613-946-8682 or at Catherine. regarded family business located If you are a student looking for a [email protected]. 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n We need more room to move a r h c o c . Happy Easter. w w w We have fresh, new fashions for and play in a denser city spring. Soft, colourful separates, dresses and spring jackets, or a With the City of Hall may be, by the end new Easter bonnet or bag...we Ottawa’s intensifica- of this decade it will have lots to choose from. tion policies gradually be wholly insufficient translating into higher for the fastest growing Shop smart. Save big population density, it is community in Capital essential that we invest Ward, which perhaps in the kinds of infra- may be the fastest grow- structure and institutions ing community in the that residents expect in city. OOE needs a true a livable city. Schools, community centre on libraries, health care Councillor the same scale as the and public transit come Glebe’s for recreational www.theclothessecret.com David Chernushenko immediately to mind. purposes, public events Mon. - Wed.: 10 - 5:30 • Thurs. & Fri.: 10 - 7 • Sat.: 10 - 5 • Sun.: 11 - 5 Equally important www.capitalward.ca and gatherings, and 613-730-9039 1136 Bank Street (1 1/2 blocks south of Sunnyside) Ottawa ON K1S 3X6 though is an adequate potentially to house the and diverse supply of places to play Sandy Hill Community Health Centre’s and gather. These can be formal, such local services. as community centres, pools, arenas We are talking with a number of and sports fields, or informal, such as community partners and the Regional greenspaces, play structures, multi-use Group, which is developing Greystone pathways and riverside parkland. Village in the heart of the neighbour- There is a lot of movement in Capital hood. I hope this will lead to the Mother’s Day Ward in response to this growing need. repurposing of part of the historic In fact, this is a time of considerable Deschâtelets building. What a win it turnover, growth and long-term plan- would be to transform it for commun- ning. While expected changes to public ity uses and make it a showcase for spaces in the Glebe may seem relatively green building! minor, improvements anywhere in the ward provide benefits beyond their Grande Allée Park immediate neighbourhoods. The OOE central boulevard from Main Street to the Deschâtelets build- Park upgrades ing will become Grande Allée Park. A A series of upgrades to existing parks multi-year consultation and planning and greenspace is planned for 2017 exercise led to a design with a range JOIN US FOR THIS and 2018, including these in the Glebe of passive and active park spaces and HISTORIC OCCASION and Glebe Annex: the formal dedica- gathering places. Plans should be tion of a “Fire Station Park” adjacent finalized in the coming year. BlessedSacrament.ca to the fire station on Fifth Avenue at 613-232-4891 O’Connor Street, with modest physical Pathways changes; upgrades and equipment Construction starts this year on the replacement at Dalhousie South Park in multi-use pathway along the western the Glebe Annex; and lighting replace- shore of the Rideau River between ment in Central Park East. the Lees transit station and Brant- wood Park. Improvements will also be Brewer Park made to the Windsor Park pathway. Though Brewer Park is in Old There have been discussions on how Ottawa South, it is frequently use by the river shore property adjacent to Glebe residents who make used of the Greystone Village might be acquired Canton’s rink, pool, fields and ball diamonds. by the city and made into parkland to Over the next 5 to 15 years, we can complete a continuous string of parks expect to see increased activity in from Sandy Hill to Bank Street. This some parts of the park resulting from would require a series of environ- changing demographics and shifts in mental studies and management plans. the popularity of certain sports and I will continue working toward this Mindful Gardens activities; older facilities reaching the outcome. end of their viable life, meaning either major renovation expenses or taking Heron Park Community Centre a “clean slate” approach; and a strong Heron Park has been making do To plant a community desire to reduce the use of with a 1960s cinder-block field house land for driving through and parking as its community building for the “garden is to on parkland and consolidating those entire lifetime of most local resi- believe in areas for use as parkland. dents. The field house is limited in An initial public meeting in March its uses, undersized for the needs of tomorrow. marked the start of a multi-year the users and is due to be replaced by Audrey Hepburn process of listening, planning, seek- a proper, if small, community centre. ” ing funding and then implementing The city is moving forward whatever changes are agreed upon by with plans to demolish the build- council. Apart from perhaps the short- ing, remove contaminated soil and term replacement of the dilapidated build a new facility thanks to a fed- skate change building, the time frame eral grant recently announced by is medium-term to long-term. We can Ottawa South MP David McGuinty. imagine a considerable increase in the I’m working with the community on amount of greenspace available for a design for a building that is flex- fields and a highly functional, multi- ible in its uses, bright and showcases sport complex in the northwest corner energy-efficient and healthy build- spring openings of the site. The future of the speed ing features. The right “net zero •garden design•garden installation skating oval will also be considered. energy” design would qualify for •garden maintenance•lawn maintenance additional funding that would allow •project management Old Ottawa East (OOE) for construction of a larger and more Community Centre complex building than the current Call: (613) 222 2562 or email: Quaint and cozy as the Old Town budget allows. [email protected] Canton Horticulture Industries 613-580-2487 [email protected] www.capitalward.ca welcome ottawa Glebe Report April 13, 2017 11 Ottawa Newcomers Club welcomes women by Sue Wheeler place in members’ homes. Our mandate is to create a social “Welcome to Ottawa” is the mes- setting that eschews commer- sage our organization, the Ottawa cial activity or causes of any sort, Newcomers Club, wishes to impart and where women can share their to women newly arriving in our city interests. The annual membership within the past two years. of $30 covers administrative costs We provide a safe and supporting and entitles members to participate peer group for people wanting to in all activities. Club member- explore their new city and make ship is limited to three years plus new friends. Being a friendly group, an optional fourth year. After that, we also include those women who a member is entitled to join the find themselves in changed life cir- Ottawa Newcomers Alumni Club. cumstances such as widowhood or According to one member, “major divorce when new friends can make transitions can be difficult to navi- such a difference. gate, but this very welcoming We are part of a national not-for- organization eases the way by pro- profit organization, the National viding ample opportunities to get to Newcomers Council of Canada. know the city and everything it has

Photo: courtesy of ottawa newcomers club newcomers of ottawa courtesy Photo: Each city’s group is governed under to offer while making new friends Newcomers Club of Ottawa members explored Confederation Square in January. the council’s guidelines by a volun- with women experiencing similar teer board elected by members. Our situations.” members come from all parts of All that said, we have an inter- greater Ottawa and currently num- esting group of enthusiastic people ber 102 women of all ages. having a good time in the company Our newsletter is circulated to of others and making new friends members and includes a slate of while exploring much of what this regular monthly activities and extra wonderful city of ours offers. K2K seasonal outings. Our current activ- Check us out at www.ottawanew- Kitchen to Kitchen Recipe Exchange ities include monthly lunches and comersclub.ca or contact us at potlucks, book clubs (one after- [email protected] Do you have a good recipe to share? Maybe your latest find from your noon and one evening), bridge to request an application form. We (three groups), mahjong, scrabble, look forward to meeting you! special cookbook, or a recipe handed down from your grandmother or a art tours, walking groups, craft family dish with a story to tell? Next time you make your best dish, snap and chat, fun photography, dining Sue Wheeler became a member of out, movie buffs going to movies Newcomers after her move to this a photo and send it along with the recipe to [email protected]. and also “Out and About” to visit area to be with children and grand- Be part of the Glebe Report Kitchen to Kitchen Recipe Exchange. local places of interest. Members children, and has much enjoyed can participate as often or as little the friendships and activities it as they like. Many activities take brought. Energizing Earth Day in the Glebe

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Earth Day has a special significance with home renovations and energy this year. Groups like the Ottawa upgrades, and information displays on Renewable Energy Coop have been products, services, and incentive pro- working for a number of years to grams. Specific topics include: introduce community-based renew- • The economics of energy upgrades; able energy. But this year, both the • Incentive programs for energy provincial and national governments retrofits; have made energy transition in the • Building science, energy audits name of sustainability their goal. and measuring your home’s car- The future promises energy-effi- bon footprint; cient, low-carbon communities. But • New technologies such as tank- May is Glebe Community Association Membership Month are you ready for the promised chan- less water heaters, heat pumps, ges in where we get and how we solar panels; The Glebe Community Association is a volunteer, non-profit, use energy? That’s the question that • Passive measures; and membership-based organization. It promotes the interests of our motivates members of the GCA’s • Heritage restoration. community and runs the Great Glebe Garage Sale. Concerns Environment Committee to organize The event is geared towards the include planning, environment, parks, traffic, heritage, social and the Old Home Earth Day event. How entire family and will feature a tenant issues. New committee members are always welcome. will homes in the Glebe and Ottawa’s variety of mini-workshops, infor- other older neighborhoods make this mation tables, displays, neighbours’ Please join us, helping to make the transition? It seems unlikely that discussion corners, speakers’ Glebe Community Association’s voice even stronger. we will tear everything down and series and kids’ tables. Partici- build anew. pants will be eligible to win a $200 Three ways to join: Thus, the GCA is hosting the Old door prize from Krumpers Solar • Door-to-door canvass Home Earth Day Event at the Glebe Blinds. The GCA is also pleased to • *NEW* online! Go to www.glebeca.ca and follow the links. Community Centre on Saturday, April announce that Cecile Wilson was • Complete the form below and mail it or drop it off at the 22 to provide residents of older homes the event survey respondent win- Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Avenue, K1S 2K2 with with an opportunity to learn and share ner of a Home Energy Evaluation, ways they can conserve energy, reduce Rating & Retrofit Report (a $500 a $10 cheque, payable to the Glebe Community Association. carbon emissions and live more value) courtesy of Homesol Build- sustainably. ing Solutions Inc. Name: The program for the day addresses topics identified by a neighbourhood Street Address: survey conducted in February. The Bill Nuttle and Susanna Kam are program has three main elements: members of the Glebe Community workshops by home energy experts, Association’s Environment Commit- Phone Number: informal discussions where neigh- tee and organizers of the Earth Day bours can share their experience event this year. Email Address: 12 Glebe Report April 13, 2017 gca Your community association needs you!

With spring finally the advocacy they do Glebe Community Association in the air, we turn forms the majority of our attention to our our work. Committees membership drive June Annual General take on projects they Meeting where Glebe Christine McAllister are interested in, so it’s by Carol MacLeod • enhance green infrastructure – residents will elect the www.glebeca.ca a great way to bring natural and built – through the GCA board for the new ideas to the com- May is prime tulip viewing in the Environment and Parks commit- 2017/18 season. Being munity. New members neighbourhood and it’s also GCA tees; a part of the GCA board is a great are always welcome, in addition to the membership drive time. Our object- • help preserve old houses, heritage way to get to know people through- following roles that are open for nom- ive is a membership card for every landscapes and original buildings out the neighbourhood, be involved ination: household in the Glebe. A neigh- on Bank Street that make our in important local issues and make Education Committee Chair: this bour will approach you to join the community unique, through the a contribution to our local commun- committee has contributed to signifi- Glebe Community Association or Heritage Committee; ity. There are some great leadership cant local education issues in recent renew your membership. For $10, • research and champion safe side- opportunities this year, so read on! years, including advocating for the membership is open to any house- walks and crossings, cycle routes Mutchmor schoolyard to remain a hold, business or person who works in and roads through the Traffic GCA Executive Committee play space as opposed to a parking the Glebe. Committee; The Executive Committee provides lot, and contributing to the work that Membership gets you a voice in how • keep our community caring and leadership and planning for the GCA’s led to “the switch” of First Avenue our community develops. You can liveable, through the Health and monthly activities. It consists of the and Mutchmor schools. The Educa- vote at the June Annual General Meet- Social Services Committee; president, two vice-presidents, a secre- tion Committee chair keeps abreast ing. All are welcome at monthly board • liaise with neighbourhood schools tary, treasurer, communications chair of the work going on at the local meetings and committees welcome new through the Schools Committee; and the immediate past president. The school boards at both the elemen- members. The more households and and structure was designed so that leader- tary and high school levels to identify businesses that belong to the GCA, the • champion renters’ issues through ship is shared, as is the workload. The items that could have an impact on the stronger our voice becomes at City Hall. the Tenants Committee. past president contributes to the cor- schools that support our neighbour- What do we do? We: If you miss your canvasser, you can porate memory and provides advice hood kids, and develops community • organize the Great Glebe Garage complete the form in the brochure you and support to the incoming president. responses. Sale; receive and mail it in or drop it off We meet once a month to plan the Federation of Citizens Associa- • consult our community on chan- with a cheque at the Glebe Commun- upcoming monthly GCA meetings tions’ representative: The FCA is a ges proposed by City Hall and ity Centre, 175 Third Avenue. and address any important issues that fountain of knowledge for all things by developers. Last year the arise. This year, the following roles relating to issues at the City of Ottawa Planning Committee organized Carol MacLeod is chair of the GCA are open for nominations: and how the city works. While we Imagine Glebe; Membership Committee. President: Lead a grassroots board have the great fortune of having past with representatives from across the GCA president Bob Brocklebank on Glebe and chairs and co-chairs of 10 the GCA board and who also plays issues-based committees (currently an executive role at the FCA, we are 29 members); communicate broadly looking for an additional representa- with residents to welcome participa- tive who can share what we are doing erneSt jOhnSOn tion and build community engagement with the FCA and bring some of the (and write for the Glebe Report!); information and learnings from across chair monthly GCA meetings; support the city back to our board. AntiqueS committee chairs in obtaining board support for adopting committee rec- Area Representatives ommendations; advocate on behalf of Area representatives are the board’s GCA board-approved positions with main connection with residents across appropriate public agencies, such as the Glebe. These individuals lead the City of Ottawa staff and local coun- May membership drive with block cillors, MPPs and MPs, to achieve representatives in their areas and put community-desired outcomes; find their ears to the ground to help the new people to take on roles on the board understand perspectives on GCA board, participate in com- local issues. Here are the areas need- mittees, or support local issues or ing representatives: initiatives. PowMow: Powell-Clemow; Bron- Vice-President (two positions): son-Bank Share in the leadership responsibilities Patterson Creek South: Glebe-First of the president; chair monthly GCA Avenue; Canal-Bank meetings when the president is not If you want to know more about any available; manage issues that do not of these positions or would like to be fall within specific committee man- nominated, please reach out via our dates; actively support relationships website or email [email protected]. with local groups; assist in GCA plan- The GCA is a volunteer, not- ning and recruitment of new board for-profit, membership-based and members. city-recognized organization advo- cating for a liveable, sustainable, Committees diverse urban neighbourhood. The The GCA has 10 special inter- GCA informs, consults and engages est committees: Communications with residents and other groups in the and Outreach, Education, Environ- Glebe on issues of importance and ment, Great Glebe Garage Sale, promotes the interests of our com- Health and Social Services, Herit- munity to all levels of government and age, Parks, Planning, Transportation other organizations. We meet on the www.ernestjohnsonantiques.com and two representatives to the Feder- fourth Tuesday of each month from ation of Citizens Associations (FCA). 7 to 9 p.m. at the Glebe Community 613-741-8565 Over 100 residents participate regu- Centre. The next meeting is April 25. larly through these committees and All are welcome. Bought, Sold and Appraised Twitter: @glebeca Email: [email protected] gca 50th Glebe Report April 13, 2017 13 bw GCA in 1981-82: calming traffic and keeping the Glebe green

by Bruce Rosove by their architect, John Leaning, to cern was a desire to preserve green cover the relevant costs. Luckily, with space around homes; the guideline Note: This is the fourth in a ser- a lot of effort on the part of several was 20 per cent of the lot. I fear we ies of articles by past presidents of on the GCA, including Herb Otto and are slowly losing the green space the Glebe Community Association Peter Williams, both architects them- battle with developers building almost to mark the 50th anniversary of its selves, a way was found to preserve to the lot line on many projects. founding in 1967. the original building and build three People concerned about the needs townhouse units and a meeting space of tenants were considering build- The notice indicated we could find on the property. ing rental buildings on the northeast out more about “collector roads” at corner of Lansdowne Park. Happily, a meeting at the community cen- Look and feel of the Glebe that area was preserved as an active tre. At that time, I was not active on To encourage people to drive more There were many other issues to do park and the needs of tenants have committees or even aware that a plan- slowly and carefully, Skip Hambling, at with protecting the “feel” of the Glebe, been accommodated elsewhere in the ning process had been ongoing. At the request of the GCA, developed this a key element of which is the commer- Glebe, mostly through conversions of “I Try to Drive Gently” decal, which was the large meeting in the Glebe Com- sold throughout the Glebe. cial “main street,” Bank Street. The existing houses. munity Centre Main Hall, I asked the building of Fifth Avenue Court was a Access to the community centre was meaning of the collector road desig- Demolish or rebuild? major issue. greatly enhanced for people with dis- nation. There was a major reaction in There was talk of demolishing and So far, the zoning that exists as abilities by the design and installation the room. Bernice Hamer, Margaret rebuilding First Avenue School. Hap- a result of the work of many who of a ramp at the Lyon Street entrance. Trudeau and others approached me to pily, it was eventually decided that the worked on the Neighbourhood Plan The design was by GCA executive help work on this issue. existing school should be renovated. has preserved the “feel” of the Glebe member Peter Williams. We eventually learned that collector A new gymnasium and library were on Bank Street. However, the design As I read through back issues of the roads are most relevant to transpor- attached at the north end of the school. and height of three currently proposed Glebe Report I kept seeing Yaghi’s tation planning in the suburbs where Thus, the wonderful architecture of construction projects on Bank may advertisement saying: “Open from they have “loop and lollipop” streets that building was preserved. negatively affect the feel of the street: 7 a.m. to midnight.” Yaghi’s and other designed to keep cars other than In that same period, another beauti- • a commercial/residential building small corner stores were institutions those of street residents away. Col- ful building was being looked at for at Fifth and Bank where a garage in the Glebe. They added a wonder- lector roads are supposed to funnel demolition and rebuilding: the Quaker currently resides; ful element to our friendly walkable cars from these streets onto arterial Meeting House on Fourth Avenue. • a commercial/residential building community. roads, a very different pattern from The proposal was to demolish the at Clemow and Bank Street; and the grid we have in the Glebe. Hap- building and build four townhouses • the proposed retirement residence Bruce Rosove was GCA Transporta- pily, we convinced City Council that above a basement room that would be that will replace the Beer Store tion Chair in 1980. He was elected a lack of collector roads in the Glebe the space for Quaker meetings. Many and Mr. Muffler shop between president of the Glebe Community would have no negative effect. It has on the street and throughout the com- Thornton and Holmwood. Association in 1981 and again in ’82. worked! munity saw this as out of scale for Back to my tenure as GCA president He still has a passionate interest in Hamer and Trudeau convinced the street and a sad loss of a beautiful in 1981 - 82. There was a debate about urban planning with a view to cre- me to stand for president in 1981. I piece of architecture. “conversions” of homes into multiple ating “walkable” and cycle-friendly served two terms in that role. During This was a tough one. We very rental units. Coupled with that con- communities everywhere. that time a decision on the future of much wanted the Quaker community First Avenue Public School and on the to remain in the Glebe. The Quaker redevelopment of the Quaker Meeting congregation felt they needed to House came up. build the building that was proposed

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I hope that all of you are bearing the Lemieux. Residents will have the winter well and taking the opportun- opportunity to learn about protecting ity to get outside and enjoy everything themselves against crime, especially that our beautiful capital has to offer. online, telephone and door-to-door Fresh off of the Christmas break, the scams. We strongly encourage every- Glebe Annex Community Associa- one to come out and learn. tion (GACA) has been hard at work Finally, we will be hosting our on behalf of its residents. annual membership drive in May. First of all, we would like to notify The proceeds from membership sales For a comprehensive overview, Glebe Annex residents of an exciting are used to fund activities that serve please visit our web site: development. Due to the hard work the interests of the community at of members of GACA, the City of the city’s planning committee and to www.sandyhill.ca or call Ottawa has agreed to install a light host community events. Membership in Henry Lane to improve the visibil- includes the benefit of access to our Nathan Gurnham at (613) 832-1717 ity of the laneway, making it safer for mailing list through which we keep nearby residents and those who use residents apprised of developments in it as a shortcut or dog-walking route. the community. Between the proposed GACA would like to thank Peggy development of an 18-storey tower to Kampouris, Sue Stefko and Maeve serve as a retirement residence at 265 McMahon for their tireless efforts over Carling, a proposal to create support- the past couple of years to finally con- ive housing for the homeless at 289 Whether you’re a multimillion-dollar vince the city. They are proof positive Carling, and the development of much Clarity is enterprise or an entrepreneur who that through hard work and collabora- of the land at the Natural Resource aspires to be one, we can offer tion, anyone can bring positive change Canada’s Booth Street Complex, there seeing the you objective, actionable advice to to the community. Way to go! is much planned activity on which to path to your maximize opportunities in virtually In April, we will be hosting our keep you informed. Your member- every area of your operation. biannual Tim Hortons Cleaning the ship will be valid until April 2018. As potential. With offi ces from coast to coast, our Capital event. We will be starting at always, we are looking for volunteers audit, tax and advisory professionals Dalhousie South Park to clean our to help canvass the neighbourhood. If make your business our focus. community in preparation for an excit- you are interested, or want to order a Isn’t it time to reach your potential? ing spring. The cleanup will start on membership, please send us an email Saturday, April 29 at 10:30 a.m. The at [email protected]. alternate date in case of rain is May 6 As you can see, the Glebe Annex at 10:30 a.m. Light refreshments will Community Association is working be provided by Buduchnist Credit hard on your behalf. This year could Union. Please remember to bring be our best yet. work gloves. We hope to host an information Scott Blurton is president of the www.collinsbarrowottawa.com session in June with our commun- Glebe Annex Community Associ- ity police officer, Cst. Stephanie ation (GACA).

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Central Park East Susan Courage & “Friends of Central Saturday April 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (East of Bank Street, south of Patterson Avenue) Park East” Rain or shine the Capital 2017 & the Exploration Garden Meghan Storey Firehall Park Megan Dewar Saturday April 22 Saturday April 29 and Glebe Parks Adjacent to the Firehall on Fifth Avenue 1–3 p.m. 1–3 p.m. Lionel Britton Park Meghan Schreiner Saturday April 22 Saturday April 29, 1–3 p.m. Bags and gloves will be provided (Corner of Fifth & O’Connor) 1–3 p.m. Committee Sylvia Holden Park Katrina Geary Saturday April 22 Saturday April 29 Between the QED & O’Connor 1-3 p.m. 1-3 p.m. Dalhousie South Park, 343 Bell St South Sue Stefko Saturday April 29 Saturday May 6 Refreshments will be provided by update 10:30 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Buduchnist Credit Union Central Park West Connie Boynton Saturday May 6 Sunday May 7 by Zoë Sutherland Entry from Bank Street, north of Powell Avenue 2 p.m. 2 p.m. Patterson Creek Lagoon Park Bill Price Saturday May 6 10 a.m.–1 p.m. In Canada’s 150th year, the 24th annual Rain or shine campaign to clean the capital title spon- Memorial Park aka Glendale Park, Glendale Avenue Angus McCabe Saturday April 29 Sunday April 30 10 a.m. 10 a.m. sor is Glad, the major sponsor is The Capital Park Peter Fobes Saturday May 13 Haunted Walk and contributing spon- Ella Street 10 a.m. sor is “1-800-GOT-JUNK?” There are Rain or shine Chamberlain Park (Chamberlain and Lyon - the park Janine & Jason Anderson Sunday April 30 Saturday May 7 Bags and gloves provided also many supporting sponsors. with the soccer field and the tennis court) 10 a.m. 10 a.m. To take part in the initiative, regis- Patterson Creek Park Zoë Sutherland Sunday May 7 Bags and gloves will be provided tration is important. This allows city 10 a.m. staff to distribute the correct amount Rain or shine Brown’s Inlet Brenda Harcourt & Dominion Lending Saturday, April 22 of cleaning supplies (gloves, bags, 10 a.m.–12 noon canal permitting graffiti removal kits, etc.), monitor the areas being cleaned and recog- nize volunteer work. All park cleanups listed in the table have been registered Broken glass should be handled with of trees. Coordinated by Connie Looking forward with the city by the lead volunteer. care by an adult. Taking a bucket, used Boynton. Ecology Ottawa will host the Ottawa Registration for the initiative has tin can or jar along to put the pieces Parks Summit on Saturday, April 22, already begun and runs until May in is the safest way to transport pieces Canoe and kayak launches 2017 (Earth Day), which aims to bring 15. Glebe park cleanups will take of glass and contain them in the Good news for Glebe canoers and together related organizations to share place between April 15 and May 15. recycle bin. kayakers! Parks Canada will be bring- information and knowledge with a view The Capital Cleanup Weekend takes Ottawa’s green spaces are not the ing back the Rideau Canal access to generating ideas and building momen- place from Friday April 28 to Sunday only focus of the campaign. Our points at Patterson’s Creek and Clegg tum toward improving our city parks. April 30 inclusive. What happens dur- city has over 4,500 km of shoreline, Avenue this summer. They will be The GCA will coordinate the rein- ing this weekend? just counting streams and rivers. As put in place in May. The Parks Com- stallation of the “parklets” in the same Capital Cleanup Weekend is a three- part of the Glad Cleaning the Cap- mittee of the Glebe Community locations as 2016 at Bank and Third day period during the Cleaning the ital campaign you can also join a Association is looking into requesting Avenue, and Bank and Second Ave- Capital campaign when many of our “Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup.” that more access points be added to nue. A timeline is yet to be arranged councillors and generous sponsors Visit the web address above for more make getting on the water even eas- but will hopefully take place before visit cleanup projects throughout the information. ier. Feel free to get in touch if you Mother’s Day (May 14). city to thank volunteers and hand out Volunteers who make up the Glebe have suggestions as to where they extra prizes! Parks Committee (GPC) welcome should go! Email [email protected]. Zoë Sutherland is a member of the Snow is beginning to melt reveal- anyone who would like to take part Coordinated by Laura Smith. Glebe Parks Committee. ing an abundance of various items. and help out with any of the park What exactly do we do with them at cleanups listed in the table. the cleanup? Graffiti – removal packs can be pro- Glebe Parks Committee update vided by the city and may be used on the public areas within your project Tree planting area that are affected. The Glebe Parks Committee is Litter – cigarette butts cannot be assessing the need for trees in all recycled and do not biodegrade (they Glebe parks. Tree planting in the take up to 12 years to break down.) parks is part of a greater move- Cups, wrappers, bags, plastic items or ment in the Glebe to see 150 trees items that have been dumped should planted in commemoration of Can- be removed. ada’s birthday. We are working in Glass – intact bottles, jars or similar cooperation with the City of Ottawa items can be placed in a recycle bin. to identify areas that are in need 16 Glebe Report April 13, 2017 Refugees FACES celebrates refugee sponsorships

by Rick Trites musical offering by the “Burundi the coming year and beyond, thanks As our families prepared to head Boys.” to a wonderful network of active home, they took with them contain- Good friends, good food and enter- Tom Martin, chair of the FACES support. He also noted that we are ers of the remaining food, and the tainment are winning ingredients Steering Committee, provided some planning a significant fundrais- kids were thrilled to receive helium for a party! FACES (First Avenue background: ing campaign in the fall to support balloons and small bags of chocolate. Churches and Community Embra- The First Avenue Churches and existing and future commitments. If you think you would like to join cing Sponsorships) was joined at the Community Embracing Sponsorships Said Tom, “I think we all want jus- our community in this life-changing St Giles Presbyterian Church Hall on (FACES) is a partnership between tice and equality, a chance for every work, please contact FACES at refu- February 25 by seven refugee families St. Matthews, Glebe St. James, and human life to have meaning. All of [email protected]. it had sponsored and supported over St. Giles parishes and a Community us want to believe that if we were the past year. Group. in a bad situation, someone would Rick Trites, a parishioner at St. Mat- The celebration started with a • We seek justice by sponsoring help us. We have been honoured to thew’s Church, is on the Steering welcome to our guests in Arabic, and assisting refugees in coming meet and to help you, and we hope Committee for FACES (First Avenue French and English. We introduced to Canada, supporting them in this is just the beginning of life-long Churches and Community Embra- each of our families throughout adapting to life here, and becom- friendships.” cing Sponsorships). the evening and some folks offered ing friends. brief stories about their sponsorship • We are open to sponsorships experiences. We had the opportun- regardless of ethnicity, faith, ity to meet and talk with families health or sexual orientation. and supporters alike over a sump- • We have a committed base of vol- tuous potluck supper. We were also unteers and donors. treated to a beautiful musical tribute Tom described the FACES spon- by the Glebelles and an impromptu sorships underway and planned for

Walk or run for a new start for refugees! There are many ways we can show port OCISO’s increasingly important our support for refugees and wel- work with refugee and immigrant mike davis Photo: come them into our community. The youth here in Ottawa. We invite run- On February 25, members of FACES (First Avenue Churches and Community Ottawa Community Immigrant Ser- ners and walkers to sign up for our Embracing Sponsorships) were joined at the St Giles Church hall by seven refugee vices Organization (OCISO) invites “Run for a New Start” team. Volun- families it had sponsored. you to participate in OCISO’s “Run teers who commit to raising $100 will for a New Start” fundraising team receive one of our distinctive T-shirts! of walkers and runners and train for For registration information, contact one of the 2 km, 5 km, 10 km, 21 km OCISO’s volunteer coordinator, David or 42 km races as part of the Tam- Rain at [email protected] or visit ociso. Welcoming Ottawa Week arack Ottawa Race Weekend, May org/run-for-a-new-start. 27 – 28. Thank you for helping refugees Our volunteer fundraising team has and immigrants feel welcomed and is June 20 to 30 an ambitious goal of $20,000 to sup- supported in our city! by Suzanne Charest Together we can make Ottawa Can- ada’s most welcoming city! Ottawa has a great reputation as a city hospitable to newcomers. It is one of Call for nominations for six cities in the country receiving Welcoming Ottawa Ambassadors top marks for attracting newcomers, Awards according to the Conference Board of The Welcoming Ottawa Ambassa- Canada in a 2014 report. dors Awards was launched in 2014 to This reputation came to life last year recognize Ottawa residents who show when the Ottawa community rallied to respect, kindness and support to new welcome Syrian refugees. It has also immigrants. The Ottawa Local Immi- emerged every year since 2013 dur- gration Partnership calls on all Ottawa ing Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW) residents who were born outside when local civic and arts groups show- of Canada and have come to live in case our genuine welcome and respect Ottawa to nominate people who have for newcomers by hosting a week of been helpful and supportive of their fun and engaging events and activities. journey to make Ottawa their home WOW is an annual weeklong series and community. of dialogues, cultural and celebratory We’re looking for Ottawa residents events, sports activities, documen- who, in interacting with immigrants tary screenings and other fun events or refugees, have demonstrated the held throughout the city in the 10 days humane qualities of openness, positive leading up to Canada Day. The dead- curiosity, friendship and connection line for registering a WOW event is across differences. Please nominate April 28. someone you know to be recognized This year, WOW will pay trib- as a Welcoming Ottawa Ambassador ute to Canada’s 150th anniversary by visiting welcomingottawaweek. by adding a Celebration of Canada’s ca. The deadline for nominations is 150th Anniversary category of events May 5. and by offering more WOW days. If For more information on Wel- you are already planning a Canada coming Ottawa Week visit www. 150th event, make it a WOW event welcomingottawaweek.ca or call by making a special effort to engage 613-232-9634, extension 385. You can immigrants and refugees as partici- also follow us on Twitter @OLIP- pants. PLIO or Facebook at OttawaLIP. Imagine your street party including a multi-cultural dance performance Suzanne Charest is communications and international foods, or your book officer with the Ottawa Local Immi- club adding an international best seller gration Partnership. or featuring a local author who is also a newcomer? The sky’s the limit! Last year, WOW held 65 events hosted by 43 organizations. Partici- pate by hosting a WOW event and planning to attend the activities. gnag Glebe Report April 13, 2017 17 Spring into Glebe Community Centre Full Service Real Estate

Artists call for We are still accepting submissions quality donations. Vari- Barry Humphrey Emerging and pro- ous styles and sizes Sales Representative fessional artists of are welcome. Contact all ages and work- [email protected] PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ing in any media are for more information. DOESN’T HAVE TO BE EXPENSIVE! Listing invited to exhibit and Full Service including: sell their work for the Soccer Season is ® ✔ Commission whole month of May right around the Local MLS and Realtor.ca Websites % ✔ Professional Photos ✔ Personal Website 1 2017 at the Glebe corner so sign up ✔ ✔ Community Centre today! Open Houses Lawn Signs ✔ ✔ ✔ GNAG ARTS show. Mary Tsai GNAG soccer is a Advertising Staging Market Updates The show gives local www.gnag.ca fun league for girls artists exposure and a and boys together. It chance to sell their work. Upon sell- is fun, affordable, non-competitive ing, the artist will receive 100 per cent and pressure free. It is also ideal for of the selling price. A fun casual-chic kids of all levels who wish to team SOLD vernissage will be held on Thursday, up with friends or make new friends. GLEBE May 4 from 6 to 7 p.m. Admission This 7-week program is coached by CONDITIONALLYSOLD $779,000 is free. parent volunteers and is ideal for chil- GNAG ARTS has been very popu- dren 3 - 12 years and all skill levels. 55 Chestnut Street Over $550K lar; therefore, we are asking artists to All games will take place at Glebe submit one work of art, maximum 2 x Memorial Park (Glendale Park) and 3 ft. (or a diptych equaling maximum Chamberlain Field. Don’t miss out on size) to ensure variety. playing this very popular sport with To participate, fill out an applica- your child! Sign up today! tion and bring your artwork to the SOLD SOLD Glebe Community Centre between Brand new this spring: XC Moun- April 24 and 28. The application form tain Biking for Teens Grade 7 – 9 WESTBORO $800 K is at gnag.ca under Events or contact Spend your Saturdays shredding CENTRAL PARK [email protected]. it up with GNAG’s very own moun- Over $1 Million Over tain bike enthusiasts Colin Woodside Summer Camp Junior Counsellor and Connor Hutcheson! Each week Are you energetic, creative and love we’ll go to a new trail in the Gatineau to play with children? Are you keen Hills and around Ottawa to perfect [email protected] to gain some recreational experience our technique, learn new skills, and while working with kids? Apply to be rip it up! And, we’ve got your trans- 613.230.8888 613.296.6060 Direct www.BarryHumphrey.ca a Jr. Camp Counsellor with GNAG portation covered! No more excuses, this summer! We’re looking for stu- no more video games, let’s get out and Over 30 Years of Experience and Knowledge dents entering grades 10 and 11 who SHRED! Not intended to solicit Sellers or Buyers on contract. are interested in a one-month com- Saturdays 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; mitment (either July or August) to Apr 22 - Jun 3 (ex May 20). work as Jr. Camp Counselors in our summer day camp programs. Send Annual Perennial Exchange your resume and cover letter to Youth All gardeners great and small are Coordinator Tim Lamothe, at tim@ welcome to the 24th Annual Peren- gnag.ca by April 21. Graduates from nial Exchange. Bring your extra plants the Glebe Leadership CIT program or and seeds to exchange, as well as CAT Squad are preferred. This pos- your questions and ideas. If you don’t ition is honorarium based. have anything to exchange this time, come anyway! Located on the gcCafé Volunteer at Summer Camp steps of the Glebe Community Centre Are you interested in volunteering (Second Ave.). for a week or two in one of our sum- Thursday, May 18, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. mer camps? Want to help out, work FREE with kids and have the best summer ever? 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Don’t throw away some- Ever thought about featuring your one’s prospective treasure; instead home at the Glebe House Tour? feature it amongst fashionable gems If you are house proud (in the best at GNAG’s first annual Sustainable possible way), want to show off your Fashion Showcase! new renovations, your Glebe home is Enjoy a night out with friends and of historical significance or you know source your vintage Vogue fashion on a home of note in the neighbourhood, Friday, May 5 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. then this important fundraiser needs Your $25 ticket includes admission, you! 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Glebe Musings by Laurie Maclean A CNN reporter recently commented I want to encourage my students to be that covering US President Donald considerate, but I also hope to inspire Trump has been challenging because, them to speak with sincerity. Comed- “It is hard to figure out what he means ian George Carlin once said that, “Soft when he says words.” It is difficult to language takes the life out of language.” tell when the president is full of belli- He poked fun at common words like toi- cose bluster or when the words he says let paper, which some people refer to will be signed into next week’s executive as bathroom tissue, and points out that order. As a lover of language, I find this constipation has become occasional all deeply disconcerting. I feel an added irregularity and partly cloudy is now responsibility these days to equip my more often partly sunny. Although Car- students with a kind of reverence for the lin himself was notoriously crass, I think words they use to express themselves. he was onto something here. Words and The CNN reporter’s comment reality are often disconnected. When it reminded me of what in English as comes to the Trump administration, I a second language we call “soft” lan- come down on the side of Carlin when guage. This is actually helpful for he said, “I tell you some of this lan- business English students who may be guage makes me want to vomit. Well perceived as rude by their co-workers for not vomit, it makes me want to engage using overly direct speech. For example, in an involuntary protein spill.” one might ask a co-worker, “Are you fin- ished with that report?” Whereas with Ash Abraham Coutu is a Nashville The Glebe soft language they would say, “Did you native who has lived in Egypt, South have a chance to finish that report?” Korea and now Ottawa, where she according to Zeus This functions as a sort of buffer and is helps out at the Catholic Immigration A guinea pig’s perspective on the Glebe a way to be polite. Centre and teaches ESL.

Glebe Fine Arts Group exhibit held over until April 30

In case you missed this exhibit by four noted professional artists, you will have the opportunity to still enjoy and purchase these wonderful paintings by Denise Guillemette, Cara Lipsett, Martha Markowsky and Tricia Wilmot-Savoie. The gallery space is located just to the left of the main entrance of the Glebe Community Centre. Continuing to April 30.

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New OPP constable embroiled in controversy!

The Organic Parsley Police (OPP) find What we need is a completely neutral themselves in hot water after bringing body with no vested interest in vege- on a new pig to uphold their mandate tation to oversee the whole system. A in the heart to maximize the availability of organic carnivore, perhaps a dog.” parsley in the community. Allegations Vronsky’s inflammatory statements of the Glebe! against Constable Butchie include that created outrage among the rodent com- he’s been eating the parsley shipments munity, that has long been oppressed he is assigned to inspect and then falsely by carnivores and whose members GRADES 7 - 12 claiming he was robbed by raccoons. have been treated like second-class cit- “The OPP takes the personal con- izens. “Dogs are evil!” squealed Fluffy, The Element is an academically rigorous, sumption of parsley while on duty a well-loved guinea pig from Fifth Ave- innovative Montessori school that offers very seriously,” explained OPP Chief nue. “Even when on a leash they are Nougat, the well-respected indige- endlessly plotting to eat us!!” students an education immersed in the real world. nous chipmunk who moonlights as a The recent debate about carnivores barista. “As soon as these allegations seems to have benefited Butchie, how- arose, we moved Constable Butchie ever, whose popularity has soared Book a tour today! to broccoli inspection where there is since the scandal, especially among minimal temptation to overindulge young piglets. “I hope I can be as fat due to its bloating effect. The OPP is as Butchie one day. He’s rad!” gushed committed to investigating these alle- Picco, a piglet attending First Ave- Lansdowne Park gations! A meeting will be held at the nue School who is majoring in leisure 425 Marché Way K1S 5J3 new Ichiban Bakery this Saturday to studies. (613) 862-8578 develop options.” Corporations have also wasted no Roam Vronsky, political pundit time capitalizing on Butchie’s rising [email protected] pigeon, argues that the OPP’s problem popularity. GiddyPigs.com is now sell- is much graver and systemic: “Who ing signed photographs of Butchie for polices the police? This is ridiculous! $5, all profits going to Zeus. business buzz Glebe Report April 13, 2017 19 Makita Kitchen Bar brings new Asian food with a twist by Michael Abbey

Makita – how fitting that it’s at the top (north) end of the Glebe. Makita means due north in Japanese. They opened in November 2016, brand new to our vibrant neighbourhood. T. Pham, manager of the restaurant and bar, went to Glebe Collegiate in the late 1990s as well as Glashan Pub- lic School on Arlington. “When we first immigrated, we lived in Gati- neau, then moved to Ottawa.” The

theme of the food at Makita Kitchen michael abbey Photo: Bar, according to Pham, is “new Asian Makita Kitchen Bar’s décor features rich wood and marble surfaces, a soothing food with a twist; sort of East meets ambiance in which to enjoy their new Asian cuisine. West.” Makita Kitchen Bar They have plans to create some new covers Asian in the Glebe, the sky’s As the dust continues to settle from 589 Bank Street tasty menu items based on popular the limit with what Pham and her staff the opening four months ago, Pham 613-422-6688 and established features of Canadian have planned for Makita Kitchen Bar. would entertain a possible catering and Asian cuisine. T. Pham walked me Dim sum is close to the top of their and private party side for the business. Monday – Thursday: through the lunch menu. They have a culinary inclusion list. “Stay tuned for some new offerings, 11 a.m. – 12 a.m. separate lunch and dinner menu, with The prices are within reach of stu- and there will be photos online.” some crossover between the two. I dents at Glebe Collegiate and Makita Friday: 11 a.m. – close found some traditional offerings on will do what it can to attract that Michael Abbey is a retired high-tech Saturday: 10:30 a.m. – close the menu, the type of sustenance one clientele so geographically close. The professional who has written about soft- Sunday: 10:30 a.m. – 12 a.m. might expect at an Asian restaurant. prices speak to Pham’s commitment to ware and other matters, and who now www.makitakitchenbar.com But don’t take anything for granted; making the menus affordable for all. writes the Business Buzz column for the (book online) remember that twist? I asked if there Makita is active on social media, espe- Glebe Report. He can be reached at ab- [email protected] were some way to not deep fry spring cially Facebook and Twitter, getting [email protected] or at Prefer- rolls, and was glad to hear “It’s some- the message out to the masses. Majors on Twitter, or found directing a Twitter: makitabar thing we’re thinking of as well as rice T. Pham’s enthusiasm is omnipres- bridge game near you. Instagram: makitabar rolls that are not deep fried.” Check ent, and she is determined that Mikita out the steam buns, a combination of Kitchen Bar will move with the times what you would expect and what you’d as their regular clientele continues to think would never be considered in grow. Her staff includes a mix of sea- such items. Their octopus (yes, with soned veterans in the field and some garlic) is not breaded. Stay tuned new people cutting their teeth on this for some surprises coming with the niche in the industry. “We have people arrival of spring. who are experienced for 10 years and Pham is committed to using local also new younger people coming in; ingredients. The meat comes from our we are in transition now.” Some of her local Glebe Meat Market, of which I staff is fluent in Vietnamese. She has have been a dedicated client since the hired a dedicated dim sum chef, so 70s. Indeed, one of the tabletops in the stay tuned for more in that area. restaurant may be from a 100-year- Makita Kitchen Bar is licensed for old tree that adorned the corner of 65 occupants. The décor is famil- Renfrew and Percy. All of the black iar and rustic. The predominant raw walnut was milled in Dunrobin. material is wood and more wood. The Asian cuisine is relatively new to location at 589 Bank Street is access- the Glebe, something that Pham and ible with facilities on the ground floor. her people aim to capitalize on. Like After 9:30 a.m., there is lots of paid many of us who live in the Glebe, she street parking on Bank and some side- has a soft spot for this part of town street spots on Pretoria, Strathcona (don’t we all?) Once the clientele dis- and Patterson.

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When the mainstream media outlets tell you to avoid Bank Street during the Great Glebe Garage Sale, pay them no heed. If you aren’t aware by now, you should be apprised of the fact that Glebe businesses have gotten in on the garage sale fun by staging a one- day sidewalk sale in conjunction with the fabled Great Glebe Garage Sale on May 27, and if you’re worried that browsing the neighbourhood shops will take you away from crazy base- ment deals, you need to pull your head out of the treasure digging sand. “It’s like a treasure hunt. You have to kind of root through it and you’re going to get something at 90 per cent trevor greenway Photo: off, and it may be a retro find,” says Sidewalk sales on Bank Street are sure to yield crazy bargains during the Great Glebe Garage Sale on May 27. Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s general manager Eira Macdonell. The toy store uses at Goldart hadn’t even opened their ates the ultimate shopping destination early to get the greatest deals and get the Great Glebe Sidewalk Sale as a Glebe doors yet, but owners Helen, in the Glebe.” that awesome find and we just try to spring-cleaning day when they mark Joanna and Mark Rozanski were down And bargain shoppers get hungry. It’s take advantage, and people are prob- down products to garage sale prices on the pavement raising money for not just retailers that take advantage of ably hungry, but don’t want to stop.” to unload stock. Macdonell and crew the Sens Foundation. It’s this type of the 30,000 people in the area. If you Other stores like Compact Music, know that most shoppers during the community spirit that has completely were in the Glebe last year, you may Capital Home Hardware and JD event are looking for “bargain base- possessed Glebe businesses to fully have caught the whiff of hot chicken Adam, along with several Lansdowne ment deals” and, therefore the prices embrace the typically 30,000-strong sandwiches wafting through the neigh- shops, also offer crazy deals during must be low otherwise they’ll head garage sale bargain hunters. bourhood courtesy of The Pomeroy the Sidewalk Sale. back down the residential streets. “Much like the Great Glebe Garage House. The Bank Street restaurant So, don’t avoid Bank Street during “The 50 per cent off doesn’t work; it Sale, our merchant-driven sidewalk isn’t sitting on pounds of raw chicken one of North America’s largest garage has to be priced so low that we are sale has grown organically into that they need to get rid of, but they do sales. Instead, browse, peruse, dig and almost giving things away.” something very special,” says Glebe know how hungry Glebe shoppers get embrace it. You’ll find more than you The Great Glebe Sidewalk Sale has Business Improvement Area execu- throughout the day so they set up out- were bargaining for. become a bit of a tradition on its own, tive director Andrew Peck. “It’s such side and sling their signature dish. The Great Glebe Garage and Side- with dozens of merchants setting up a great day, both for shoppers look- “It’s definitely one of those days walk Sale runs from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the street and at Lansdowne every ing to score fantastic deals and for where everyone is out and about on May 27 throughout the Glebe. year. And it’s not just retail. Capital our merchants who may be looking and it’s bustling and there is a good Barbershop sent their clippers out- to clear out product. A massive gar- energy,” says Pomeroy House co- Trevor Greenway is the communi- side for the day and were grooming age sale complemented by a sidewalk owner and front-of-house manager cations officer for the Glebe BIA shoppers as they strolled by. Jewellers sale all the way down Bank Street cre- Lindsay Gordon. People come down (Business Improvement Area).

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I stepped out of my apartment on a fri- gid winter evening and began a chilly walk to the Taggart Family YMCA with a mission in mind. Meet a mer- maid. You might be wondering at this point if mermaids really exist and Marielle will teach you how to be a mer-

I can assure you that they do. They maid at the Taggart Family YMCA. j ennifer hargadon Photos: might not be animated cartoons or Twins Grace and Olivia celebrate their 13th birthday by trying out mermaid fins. mythical characters in real life. In fact, pletely different style and structure of you could be one too. All it takes is a workout. The one thing that surprises lutely love mermaids and dream about 13th birthday party. “The course fin and an adventurous spirit. people is how physically demanding becoming one,” Marielle explains. “I sounded really fun and different, and I sat down at the Y to chat with it is and how fast they can maneuver love this, because it encourages girls I am always looking for something Marielle, a 26-year-old Montreal- underwater. “It’s always unexpected to try sports and become involved unique for the girls to try.” Her twins, born mermaid. Marielle has loved and surprising to people how much in them. It’s a dream come true for Grace and Olivia, were beaming. mermaids since she was a child and wearing the fin propels them in the them to become a mermaid, but it’s “Are you having fun?” I asked. The was active in both swimming and water,” she comments. “ The classes a very physically demanding activity girls nodded furiously and got back to dance. One day she decided to create will target your abs and glutes as well that both kids and parents can benefit swimming with their friends. a mermaid-inspired underwater photo as your breath control, which is very from.” The other 40 per cent is a mix Sabrina was another mom who was shoot. She then discovered Monofin, important for underwater swimming.” of women, ages 20 to 30, who have there with her 10-year-old daughter which is a competitive swimming Don’t worry about being an Olym- loved mermaids from childhood. They Madison. They have been coming on sport popular across Europe. She had pic-grade swimmer either. Marielle relish the concept and no matter how Saturdays. “Its never a fight for her the idea to mix these two concepts suggests that being comfortable with much fun they are having, they feel to come to a class,” Sabrina explains. together to create Aquamermaid, a the basics of swimming is all that is they finally have permission to indulge “She is really enjoying the classes and swimming school that invites people required; you will need to be able since it is classified as a sport. Don’t getting extra physical activity on a Sat- of all ages and sexes to challenge to swim a lap on your own without worry fellas; there are mermen about urday night is great. She looks forward themselves mentally and physically, help. Each class begins with a swim at the YMCA. Marielle notes that men all week to the classes and can’t wait and most importantly, have fun. With test to see if participants need assist- are shyer about trying the courses and for the next one.” classes available in Montreal, Ottawa, ance. If so, lifejackets are available. soon realize they are more difficult If you’re up to testing your strength Toronto, Chicago and Phoenix, it’s If a group class isn’t what you had than expected. and trying something new, Aquamer- safe to assume she isn’t the only mer- in mind, Aquamermaid also offers After our chat, I was invited to maid classes are held year-round at the maid on the map. classes for private parties such as watch a class in action. About 10 girls Taggart Family YMCA at 180 Argyle Aquamermaid is a fusion of fit- birthdays, bachelorettes, or a fun day were picking colourful fins from a Avenue. For more information, visit ness and swimming that encourages with friends. row. While the girls participated in www.aquamermaid.com. anyone who loves mermaids, likes I was curious to know who attends. their initial swim test, I had the chance becoming a character or fancies trying “I would say that 60 per cent of the to speak with Susan who organized Jennifer Hargadon is a writer and something new to experience a com- attendees are little girls who abso- an Aquamermaid class for her twins’ Glebe resident.

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by Emily Brascoupe-Hoefler to find a match. Cord blood and afterbirth are Growing up I was always encouraged generally discarded as medical to be involved with my community. waste. Through the establishment My step-dad, Sgt. Brent MacDonald, of the Canadian Blood Services’ was involved with the Bruce Dennis- Public Cord Blood Bank we had an ton Bone Marrow Society and was opportunity to make a difference matched and donated his stem cells by donating our son’s cord blood, through the Canadian Blood Ser- which is pretty incredible. vices OneMatch registry. His story Countless lives have been saved appeared in the December 1999 through the work of Canadian issue of the Glebe Report. Blood Services’ OneMatch registry Through his involvement with and I think the work of the Public the society I learned that your best Cord Blood Bank is going to build chance at finding a match is within on those successes and create even your own ethnic group and I was more opportunities to save lives. I surprised. Being a bi-racial First feel proud that my family is a part Nations person I saw how impor- of that. Our second son was born tant it was to get the message out in November and again we donated and encourage other First Nations his cord blood. I imagine the joy and Indigenous people to consider and relief another family would feel registering. Indigenous people rep- if they found out my child’s cord resent only one per cent of Canadian blood was a match. I see the dona- Blood Services’ OneMatch registry. tion of my children’s cord blood as So, what does that have to do with an example of giving for them, their the Cord Blood Bank? first act of kindness, and hope that My step-dad let me know of plans it will be the inspiration to con- to establish a National Public Cord tinue being involved with Canadian Blood bank when I became pregnant Blood Services OneMatch Registry in 2012. I was interested in learn- and one day with the Public Cord ing what it would involve in terms Blood Bank. Both boys received of making a donation. It did not take white hats from Canadian Blood me long to decide that donating our sheila p ocock Photo: Services to thank them for their son’s cord blood was something I Emily Brascoupé-Hoefler donated her sons’ cord blood to the Canadian Blood Ser- donation. felt strongly about, especially since vices’ Public Cord Blood. The babies received thank-you white hats from Canadian our family represented an interest- Blood Services. Emily Brascoupé-Hoefler is a mother ing ethnic diversity. Our children of two who grew up on Holmwood are First Nations, Irish, Austrian patients are from ethnically diverse the diversity in Canada, especially Avenue in the Glebe, where she and Chinese. backgrounds. Approximately 50 for Indigenous people, which I see learned about stem cell donation Thousands of Canadians are in per cent of patients who need an represented in my children. Gaps in and the CBS Cord Blood Bank from need of an unrelated stem cell donor unrelated stem cell transplant are various ethnic groups in the regis- her step-dad, Brent MacDonald (see on any given day and many of these unable to find a match because of try mean that individuals are unable Glebe Report, January 2017, p. 17).

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Most 11-year-olds don’t have much to says Jona. The stories, which are told include on a resumé. Not so for Jona through the adventures of an eco-inventor David. At 11, Jona is a United Nations boy and his little brother, are published (UN) Child Ambassador for the by the UNESCO Voices of Future Gen- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), erations Children’s Book Series. an advocate for children’s rights and an The first book, The Epic Eco- avid eco-scientist. He is a student at The Inventions, is about a mad genius Element High School, a chorister in the eco-inventor boy who secretly creates St Matthews boys’ choir, a maths and amazing inventions as birthday gifts for science prize winner and big brother his little brother but is too afraid to share to Nico, 8, who is also a UN Child his talent. But the eco-inventor gains the Ambassador for the SDGs. Jona is also courage to share his creations with the an international public speaker who world after defending his little brother has spoken on child rights in cities all against a bully. liz mckeen Photo: over the world including at UNESCO’s Jona’s second book, The Great Green Jona David with his three books, at the recent Kaleidoscope Kids’ Books launch of Conference on Global Citizenship Vine Invention, begins with a garbage his latest title, The Mechanical Chess Invention. Education in Ottawa in March 2017, at crisis threatening the town where the the UN’s Convention on Biodiversity in boys live. A pet dragon plant, a flying to Jona’s resumé as he has actually action to help save the planet? Jona and Mexico in December 2016 and at the UN hybrid car and a Great Green Vine created blueprints for each of the cre- his brother, Nico, have a few suggestions Children’s Summit in New York in 2015, invented to eat garbage, that gets out of ative inventions that appear in his to get you started: to name a few. And Jona is a writer, an hand and starts eating useful things too, books. “I figure out what materials Tell everyone about the SDGs. Blog, award-winning UN Child Author no less, all feature in the boys’ attempt to save are needed to build it, how it works make posters, paint murals, make music, with three books already published and a the day! and everything. I have a huge port- dance and drama, start a radio show, or fourth, The Cosmic Climate Invention, in The third book, The Mechanical Chess folio at home with drawings of all the you can even write books yourself! the works. Jona proves that children can Invention, is about an evil inventor who inventions. Each invention has a real Help change your school! Start eco- make a big difference in our communities uses peer pressure and dangerous plastic purpose. They share future aspects of clubs, reduce, re-use and recycle, adopt and in the world. “battle robot” toys to take over the world. science with us and help us protect our global citizenship education, and plant Jona got his start in writing by having to As always, the eco-inventor and his little earth.” Who knows? Perhaps one day rooftop or community gardens. overcome adversity. He was diagnosed at brother use a special invention to defeat we will see a great green vine that eats Call for renewable energy, more seven with dyslexia. His reaction? To grit the evil inventor in an epic battle. garbage or an oyster mushroom that green spaces and sustainable his teeth and memorize the 8,000 most Jona’s books raise awareness of the UN bio-accumulates pollution! transportation. Take action against air common words in the English language. Sustainable Development Goals: tackling But for the moment, Jona is focusing and light pollution. Save endangered Then Jona wrote a story when he was issues from education and innovation to on raising awareness of the SDGs and species. End poverty! only eight to prove he had overcome the climate action and sustainable consump- the need to protect our environment. “It’s “Our own survival and the survival of challenge. That story went on to win an tion. But they also deal with issues that really important that all children around all future generations is at stake,” says award, and a writer and activist was born. affect many young people today, such as the world—rich or poor, no matter where Jona. “It’s urgent. Children can raise “All of my stories are about saving our having the courage to be yourself, stop- they live—have a sustainable future. If awareness about the problems but they planet, promoting eco-education and ping bullying and resisting peer pressure. we carry on consuming and polluting, can also be part of the solutions. Children using science and technology wisely,” We may also have to add inventor our ecosystems and all our resources can make change happen, locally and will burn out. If highways, rubbish and globally.” oil spills take over, animals and plants will be miserable and ill. If we let climate Seema Akhtar loves writing and change get worse, many people will be painting. Some of her work will be hurt or even die in floods and typhoons. showing at the Shanghai restaurant That’s why the SDGs are so important from March 30 – April 30. Her web- Tsalese representskativesey Cartwright focused expertise in your community and I believe that children can help.” site is seemaakhtar.com. / So, are you inspired yet? 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The Ottawa Baroque Consort (OBC) from a new angle.” This is why he’s Merchant, the orchestra was joined subscription series, OBC will perform invites audiences to listen to and dubbed the presentation “an audience by acclaimed Ottawa actor Pierre again on May 26 and 27 alongside learn from So You Think You Know: challenge concert.” Brault to tell the story of Antonie van Seventeen Voyces. The chamber choir All About the Tempo, the final per- “This isn’t an academic presentation Leeuwenhoek, the Dutch businessman is staging a production of Venus & formance in the orchestra’s 2016 by any means,” he explains. “It’s light- commonly referred to as “the father Adonis, a mini opera by John Blow, – 2017 subscription series. The hearted discussion with anecdotes or of microbiology.” featuring soprano Bronwyn Thies- presentation is a unique concept colourful stories, both historical and Henchiri settled on the topic for Thompson as Venus and Joel Allison that involves a light-hearted talk modern.” All About the Tempo while reading as Adonis. exploring baroque tempo followed The orchestra will perform three an 18th century text by Johann Tickets for All About the Tempo by a concert that highlights what mystery pieces in the second half of Joachim Quantz, a renowned flutist can be purchased on the orchestra’s was discussed. the show. While Henchiri wouldn’t and baroque composer. “The author website at www.ottawabaroque.ca. All About the Tempo will take place reveal the exact program, attendees scolded the then newly invented one night only, Saturday, April 29, can expect to hear some Corelli, metronome as a useless contraption. Jacquie Surges is a journalism student 2017 at 7:30 p.m. at Glebe St. James Vivaldi, Handel, Louis Couperin and It’s all it took to pique my interest.” at Carleton University and works as United Church. It is the fourth year several lesser-known composers. While All About the Tempo is the the communications manager for the the ensemble has done an audience The Ottawa Baroque Consort was final performance in this season’s Ottawa Baroque Consort. challenge concert. formed in 2005 as a chamber ensem- The idea for the show came to ble and in 2012 the group grew to a Olivier Henchiri, OBC’s artistic full orchestra. As a baroque orchestra, director, after explaining the concept OBC performs on period instruments, of baroque fugue to a friend, who was either originals or faithful copies astounded. “I noticed that people like from the baroque era, approximately Trusted for generations hearing musicians’ points of view on 1600-1750 C.E. the music that they play.” Henchiri “The baroque period is full of fas- believes that concert goers “enjoy cinating stories,” says Henchiri. In Family owned and community based, we offer expertise in: • affordable group medical, dental, life and disability benefi ts for the challenge of listening to music their March production, The Cloth as few as 3 employees • insurance, fi nancial, retirement and estate planning. Come visit us and let us help you and your family with: • fi lling in insurer claim forms Best Buddies • understanding your investment statements • a no obligation review of your current insurance costs. Our neighbourhood client base is growing and we are proud to have the trust of numerous Glebe merchants and local residents.

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ger AA: I was writing fantastic already at the rehearsals. Vimy Ridge itself. arrangements of pop We filled LeBreton Gallery with RN: Any last thoughts on “The songs from that time music. We had a chamber orchestra Unknown Soldier”? (1910-1920) and it brought of wind and band instruments, and AA: The piece will be performed me into that era. Then I lots of drums. These were top- in November 2018 as part of the cen- realized that what seems end freelance players in Ottawa. tennial of the armistice in the United so long ago for us was their The baritone soloist, Gary Dahl, States. Plans are also underway for ourtesy of A ndrew C ourtesy present. So I wanted to has a voice like a god and it filled a repeat performance in Ottawa. I paint a picture of how I felt the space. think it’s going to become Canada’s Photo: Photo: going back to that time. The performance also included five go-to piece for Remembrance Day. Andrew Ager’s composition “The Unknown Sol- dier” commemorating the Battle of Vimy Ridge was RN: Tell me more about readers from the Ottawa area, one of performed April 9 at the Canadian War Museum, to your inspiration for the whom is Kevin Reeves, conductor Robin Nelson is a music lover who much acclaim. work. of Seventeen Voyces, and whose works at the Canadian War Museum.

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When Gil Levine died at 85 in 2009, Gil’s Hootenanny is also making the three words “plan a hootenanny” a major contribution to Canada’s in his obituary started an Ottawa trad- hope and protest songbook through ition. Gil’s Hootenanny, now in its its annual sing-along song-writing eighth year, keeps getting stronger as contest. Tony Turner’s winning song it brings more people together to sing. “Harperman” went viral in Canada This annual celebration of the col- and beyond in 2015 after he was lective power of song is held each year suspended from his job at Environ- on May Day and was inspired by Gil, ment Canada. The song was even founding director of research at the featured on The Daily Show with Canadian Union of Public Employ- Trevor Noah. Many believe Turn- ees (CUPE). He was a great lover of er’s song had an impact on Canada’s folk music and supporter of folk musi- 2015 federal election and Turner cians. Gil demonstrated his love of received a 2016 Spirit of Folk award folk music in many ways, including from Folk Alliance International for hosting annual hootenannies at home the song. for decades. Ottawa’s Moonfruits, the dynamic

Gil’s daughter Tamara Levine who duo of Kaitlin Milroy and Alex Mil- j oy love margot Photo: lives in the Glebe cites Pete Seeger laire, will headline the Hootenanny Gil Levine inspired the annual Gil’s Hootenanny, a sing-along in celebration and Phil Ochs among Gil’s favourite this year. The celebratory sing-along of folk music and songs of protest. This year’s Gil’s Hootenanny will be held singer-songwriters and the Hooten- will also feature Mark Evenchick, May 1 at the RA Centre. anny always celebrates these musical the Hootenanny Band (The Eliza- giants with a song or two. Tamara beth Riley Band) and the winners of and the contributions of one man (613-233-9688) and Octopus Books, notes that Gil’s connection to Pete the 2017 song-writing contest. Karen to make the world a better place. 116 Third Ave. west of Bank St. Seeger was particularly strong. Gil Flanagan McCarthy and Tony Turner The 2017 Hootenanny will take (613-233-2589). Tickets will also co-produced a Pete Seeger concert will be emcees for the evening. place on Monday, May 1 at 7:30 be available at the door or they in Ottawa in 1957 with friends Har- Gil’s vision of a better world p.m. in the Clarke Room at the can be purchased on-line at www. vey Glatt and Max Sternthal at a included bringing people together RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive. rasputins.ca. time when Pete was blacklisted in to celebrate and share the stories, The RA Centre is accessible, has the United States. Helen Levine, 93, struggles and victories of working loads of parking and is well ser- Kathy Kennedy is active in promot- who grew up in the Glebe, remembers people. It is therefore fitting that Gil’s viced by OC Transpo. Tickets are ing and protecting the wellbeing of how “they each scraped $25 together Hootenanny has evolved into a fun, $10 (kids are free). Tickets are Ottawa’s downtown neighbourhoods to rent the hall, which wasn’t easy for energetic sing-along that celebrates available (cash preferred) at Metro and is on the organizing committee for us back then.” the power of song to change the world Music, 695 Bank St. at Glebe Ave. Gil’s Hootenanny.

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Book Review by JC Sulzenko

There’s a tiny dog on the top of the leads her to obsess about his fitness Some of what happens to bring page of Unspoken, Ottawa writer to continue, now that he’s 40. Siobhan Siobhan and her father from talking Larry McCloskey’s 2016 novel for thinks he could die from the effort. past each other to a more open and young adults. The image brands the The shadow of her mother’s aban- positive relationship may feel a bit book as the newest offering from donment when Siobhan was small predictable at times as they each act Dog-Eared Books, the publishing in part explains how she relies upon independently to surprise each other. house that McCloskey co-founded neighbours Linda and husband Paddy Nonetheless, as the action built toward last year. for the companionship, feedback, the climax, the story’s momentum and I admit I am not in the target and positive reinforcement she finds tension drew me in and on. demographic for this story about her father unable to provide. That The novelist captured the focus and gifted 14-year old Siobhan and her absence also underlies her wish for drive of competitive runners in such a single parent, single minded, mara- Sean to find someone to love and compelling way that I raced through thon-running father. I qualify as a marry so that Siobhan would gain the last chapters to find out the out- reviewer, though, because I grew a mother and eventually a sibling to come. Even though I had sensed how up in a household where communi- complete the family. the story might end, I came away cations between generations were Unspoken follows Siobhan as she satisfied and delighted by some sur- not always the best. As a parent, I navigates conflicting feelings and Siobhan’s character evolves during prising elements in the reconciliation experienced situa- the story on a number of levels. In par- of father and daughter, and of music tions not unlike those ticular, she has difficulty in accepting and athleticism. in which the book’s “I knew dad was telling the truth as he knew it, her father’s devotion to running until characters interact and she realizes that she feels less anxious JC Sulzenko is a Glebe writer and poet practise “the unrefined and I knew he was talking to me, really while she runs and she learns to accept featured in the Nancy Drew Anthol- art of communicat- her own competitiveness and who she ogy, published by Silver Birch Press ing.” In fact, it is the talking, in a way he had never done before.” is. Sean also undergoes a transforma- (California) last year. Her award-win- potential for “messa- tion from a loving but largely distant ning centos appeared in The Banister ges,” whether overt or and frustrating man into a hero on anthologies (2013, 2016) She cur- gleaned from behaviour, to create anxieties about her dad, about run- both big and small scales. ates the “Poetry Quarter” for this miscues and leave wrong impres- ning, about music and about herself. Frankly, I don’t want to give away paper and sits on the selection board sions that gives this novel its heart She’s obviously intelligent, strong more of the plotline in this review. for “Bywords.” and appeal. willed and yet vulnerable to the The book is an easy and well-pre- self doubts that plague many teens. sented read. The story focuses on The book touches on coming-of-age Siobhan, who worries about what challenges such as fitting in, bullying Larry McCloskey, Unspoken; or the Unrefined Act of Communicating other people may think of her, and and belonging. Happily, drugs, sex at the Top of Your Lungs and Through the Bottom of Your Feet. Ottawa: on her taciturn father, Sean, who runs and rock-and-roll do not come into Dog-Eared Books, 2016. www.dog-earedbooks.com. Available from like a madman and always has fin- play, although a piano recital and amazon.com or from the author at [email protected]. ished second in the local marathon. Thanksgiving Day race propel the The way he collapses after each race story forward.

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trees Glebe Report April 13, 2017 29 Treespiration – seeing Glebe trees through the eyes of two artists

by Jennifer Humphries really want to ensure that this herit- Note: Please help Trees in the Glebe age from our ancestors becomes the track our progress by registering your Trees are iconic. I see them every- heritage of new generations. new tree or suggested space on pub- where since I began writing about With Dumont’s permission, we lic or private property at https://goo. them for this column: real trees, reprint (at right) “Speak Softly Again,” gl/forms/377NATttd2O4ia4v2. graphic representations and shapes a poem that speaks to our history and that resemble trees. As well as being future and the regenerative power of beautiful, trees are an amazing source the forest. For more about Dumont of artistic inspiration. Their influence and his poetry, see http://albertdu- is pervasive, expressed both in art that mont.com/ directly addresses them and in art that Diana Beresford-Kroeger, who Speak Softly Again integrates arboreal elements. resides south of Merrickville, is an The Wild Oat Bakery and Café dis- international leader in the world of By Albert Dumont lbert D umont A lbert played several beautiful paintings of tree knowledge and in the fight to save trees in January by local artist Kel- what is left of our vast tropical and Long ago, before this land ley Cloer. Many Glebe residents know boreal forests. The documentary Call Was called Canada Kelley from his 14 years as an art of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom teacher at Glebe Collegiate. He retired of Trees is showing at the Bytowne The tree sprouted from the soil

in 2014 but keeps very busy painting of C ourtesy Photo: April 12 to 15. See http://callofthe- It rocked and waved and teaching evening classes at the Albert Dumont is an Indigenous leader, forest.ca/ and http://www.bytowne. And spoke softly to all around it Jack Purcell Community Centre (see poet, writer, storyteller and artist in- ca/movie/call-of-the-forest. Many seasons passed http://jpra.ca/programs/watermedia/). spired by trees. The Bytowne is also featuring I met with him at The Oat to ask how Citizen Jane: Battle for the City, pre- And it rose towards the clouds trees inspire his art. children who were so delighted with sented in cooperation with Jane’s Obeying natural law each and Cloer grew up in the Texas Pan- it that they showed it to their teacher Walk Ottawa-Gatineau, the story of every moment handle, which is flat, dry and largely at Corpus Christi School. The teacher Jane Jacobs and her fight to keep cities bereft of trees. But he spent time hik- recognized the poem’s beauty and organic and liveable and to prevent the ing in creek-carved canyons bordered asked Dumont’s permission to share paving of paradise that Joni Mitchell Old now by beautiful cottonwoods and juni- it with the editor of the Glebe Report sang about. Showing April 28 to May It is slowly dying pers. So began a lifelong passion for at the time, Inez Berg, who published 2. See http://www.bytowne.ca/movie/ Its bark loose here and there trees and forests. He finds inspiration the poem, thereby launching his citizen-jane-battle-for-the-city. Its branches dead here and there in the Ottawa area, Gatineau Park, poetic career. Bancroft and the Rideau River at Canada’s indigenous people have a Jennifer Humphries is a member of But there is still life Brewer Park – a hidden gem. He feels spiritual connection to trees and for- the Glebe Community Association’s And the tree speaks softly again that there is a deep life force in trees ests, so it was natural for Dumont to Environment Committee which, in To all around it. and that a walk in the woods renews write about them. Trees also provide cooperation with Ecology Ottawa, our connection to it. emotional and spiritual sustenance. is promoting the planting of 150 or - Reprinted with permission Trees conjure literary artists too. “They stand with us spiritually,” more new trees in the neighbourhood from Albert Dumont is an indigenous Dumont says. He is deeply concerned in 2017. Write to Jennifer at environ- Of Trees and Their Wisdom. spiritual, social and environmental about our country’s complacency [email protected]. See us at our Old leader. He received the Dream about our forests. Much work needs Home Earth Day Event, April 22, Keepers Citation for Outstanding to be done, urgently, to preserve our 10 – 3 at the Glebe Community Leadership in January, an honour native species and natural lands if we Centre. given annually by Black History Ottawa. He is also a poet, writer, storyteller and artist. Dumont’s poetry and short story collection Of Trees and Their Wisdom captures the spirit of the woods. It is an entrancing literary dive into nature. Through words we are guided to age- old beliefs and impelled to seek out our own natural place to be refreshed and renewed. Dumont told me the story of how he became a poet during his years living on Fifth Avenue. He celebrated five years of sobriety in 1993 by writing a poem – his first. He gave it to his

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An insatiable curiosity for filled with over 4,000 hand-cut paper life that includes world events, politics, dolls hanging from the ceiling and their V ictor and the environment shapes her journey remnants left on the floor, which helped ori and is reflected in her work. to bring attention to the reported over Lori began painting in the 90s at the 4,000 Aboriginal children who died Ottawa School of Art during her past while attending residential schools. Lori career as a graphic designer and con- collected many used hockey sticks from siders former instructor Blair Sharpe to her neighbours in the Glebe in 2015 to be a mentor. She was inspired during create an installation entitled Object of of L courtesy Photo: a physically demanding hiking trip in Speculation. Artist Lori Victor “Object of Speculation,” installation by the Canadian Rockies in 2004 to create Lori Victor skillfully packages Lori Victor a stunning series of landscape paint- demanding themes with her exquisitely ings that catapulted her into the world constructed, accessible installations. approved by the Vermont institution. Lori takes a deep breath as she prepares of abstraction. Their beauty draws in the audience Ottawa audiences can see Lori Vic- to plunge into her next challenge. She is Reflecting that “life is short,” she before immersing them into some of tor’s recent MFA graduation work Will destined to convert that new challenge made a commitment with husband the tough issues we face today, provok- She Ever See A Moose? at Mélange, a into gold with her foresight, determina- John van Mossel to pursue her art. ing reflection and generating dialogue. group exhibition by Rectory artists, St. tion and talent. Lori entered the Bachelor of Fine Arts Lori received the first Nuit Blanche Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, 310 St Pat- program as a mature student at the Uni- Ottawa Gatineau Tontine Award in 2015 rick Street in Lowertown. The show From heraldic painter to war artist, versity of Ottawa. Lori says, “It was me for “her engaging and important work kicks off with a vernissage on Tuesday, Karen Bailey’s career spans three and the 19-year-olds,” and adds, “They that continues to question our cultural May 2, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. and continues decades, including an official portrait were absolutely great.” While studying, history, identity and sense of respect for until Saturday, May 6. Website: www. of the Governor General of Canada. her artistic practice expanded as she the environment.” lorivictor.com experimented with installation work, an Now Lori is celebrating another cre- Curator Dale Smith has selected Mélange organic extension of her painting. ative achievement. In February she paintings, installations and videos from May 2 – 6, 2017 Taking the next step, she rented studio graduated from the Master of Fine Arts seven Rectory artists for presentation Vernissage: Tuesday, May 2, space six years ago in the Rectory Art program at Vermont College of Fine in the Kildare Room. Mélange refers House, a former Catholic rectory next to Art in Montpellier, Vermont. Seeking both to the storied 150 year history from 5 – 9 p.m. the majestic St. Brigid’s Centre for the a new experience but not wishing to be of the mixed inhabitants of Lower- Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Arts. Lori joined a maverick group of away from her husband and the Glebe town and to the divergent work of the 11 – 5, Saturday 10 – 1 installation artists, a graphic design stu- for two years, she chose Vermont, a following artists who create from the Kildare Room, dio, painters, and a jeweller who share college offering an impressive long dis- Rectory Art House on Murray Street in St Brigid’s Centre for the Arts, Lowertown’s premier studio. tance program. She commuted several present day Lowertown: Tiffany April, 310 St Patrick Street, Examples of Lori Victor’s installa- times a year for critiques, exhibitions Karen Bailey, Gwen Frankton, Sharon tion work shown over the years at the and lectures, whilst painting and creat- Lafferty, Jeannie Polisuk, Karen Ras- Cumberland Street entrance Rectory as part of Nuit Blanche Ottawa- ing installations from her Rectory studio mussen and Lori Victor. 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people’s choice ssalahun at Hareg Veggie ondossen A and Coffee House W Photo: Photo: by Marisa Romano Hareg Veggie and Coffee House offers a vegan-friendly Ethiopian buffet, fea- Before retiring from my job, a col- turing mesir wat.

league of Ethiopian origin gave me a romano marisa Photo: bag of red powder. “This is berbere,” Mesir wat is a spicy red lentil stew from Ethiopia. she said, “a blend of 15 spices, the flavours of our Ethiopian cooking.” merchants, locals started using them really likes and asked me to keep in Mesir Wat (Spicy Red Lentil Stew) Then she described how to use it to to enrich traditional dishes and create our recipe box. I served the wat with prepare mesir wat, a spicy hot len- new ones. The result is a zesty mix of injera, Ethiopia’s national bread, a flat Ingredients: til dish, one of the many tantalizing Middle Eastern, Indian and Asian fla- “pancake” made from fermented teff, 3 - 4 tablespoons olive oil stews with lamb, goat, chicken, lentils, vours that characterize the spiciness of an Ethiopian gluten-free grain, and 1 medium onion, finely chopped eggs or vegetables, which is typical of the basic sauces that are the very soul wheat flours. Injera is used to scoop 3 cloves fresh garlic, finely chopped Sub Saharan cuisine. Berbere was my of the typical wats (stews). up and pinch the food that is tradition- 1 heaping tbsp berbere spice (more retirement gift, something I could use “What do people go for?” I asked ally eaten with bare hands. Mesir wat if you like your food very spicy) to play with in my kitchen. Wond, pointing at the buffet. “The most is nice on rice as well. 1/2 can tomato paste (about 2.5 oz.) I tucked the bag away and forgot all popular dish is the lentil stew, mesir wat,” Back at Hareg, Wond’s buffet offers 1 1/2 cups dry split red lentils, rinsed about it until recently when I feasted answered Wond, a successful accountant much more than his very special mesir 2 1/2 cups water on a variety of dishes offered in the who is working hard to realize his dream wat. Vegetarian dishes and gluten-free Salt as needed unpretentious and vegan-friendly of being a business owner. I am not injera are available during the week. Ethiopian buffet at Hareg Veggie and surprised as that is what I always go Stews with meat and eggs are additions Directions: Coffee House. Then I was ready to for when I stop by. I asked him for the to the vegetarian buffet on weekends. Heat the oil in a medium pot and give berbere a try. secret of his perfect recipe. “The spices If you stop by, do not miss the coffee, sauté onion and garlic for about 5 I sat with Wondwossen Assalahun imported directly from Addis Ababa and which is roasted, ground and brewed minutes until the onion is soft. Add (Wond), the owner of Hareg, for a chat prepared by my mother in the restaurant’s in front of you. After all, Ethiopia’s the berbere and continue cooking for about Ethiopian cuisine in his restau- kitchen, and no use of tomato.” Then plateau is where coffee originated and a couple of minutes until fragrant. rant located at 587 Bank Street. Wond ran into the kitchen and came back Wond can tell you all about that. Add tomato paste and mix. You Ethiopian cuisine has its own unique with a large vat of a very fragrant red- Both berbere and injera can be may need to add a little water if the flavour influenced by the many cul- brown sauce, the basis for the stews. found at Tizita Injera Bakery located mix is too thick. Cook for other 2 to 3 tures that reached Ethiopia from the Once at home I looked for reci- at 365 Booth Street. minutes, stirring occasionally. sea with the commercial exchanges pes for mesir wat. All of them had Add lentils and 2 1/2 cups of water. that sustained the local economy for tomatoes on the list of ingredients. Marisa Romano is a foodie and former Bring to a boil and simmer until lentils centuries. Local grains and vegetables I also had a chat with my Ethiopian scientist who promotes the nutritional are fully cooked, about 15 minutes. are the basis of every dish. In fact, connections to verify the cooking pro- benefits of pulses (peas, beans, len- Add water as necessary to keep the Ethiopian food has been described as cedure. They all use tomatoes! I tried tils), and is the prime instigator of the consistency of a thick paste so that it the “ultimate live-off-the-land food.” anyway, with tomatoes. The result is Glebe Report’s Kitchen to Kitchen can be scooped up with injera. Salt When spices first arrived with the a very savoury dish that my family recipe exchange. to taste.

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Bulgur Croquettes with Cashew Gravy

by Carolyn Best

Cashew gravy is very easy to prepare and can be served over any grain or vegetables. Here it is served with bulgur croquettes.

Bulgur Croquettes 3 cups cooked bulgur (Boil 2 1/2 cups of water, add 1 1/2 cups bulgur. Turn off heat, cover and let stand 45 minutes.) 4 tbsp arrowroot flour 1 bunch chopped green onions 1 tsp sea salt oil for sautéing

Combine bulgur, arrowroot flour, salt and green onions in a bowl. Mix everything well and form into patties. Heat oil in a frying pan and cook the patties, turning once until both sides are nicely browned. Keep them warm in the oven while preparing cashew gravy.

Cashew Gravy 3 cups water, approximately 1 cup cashews 2 large onions tamari to taste oil for sautéing ames gell Dry roast cashews in a cast-iron frying pan, watching them carefully, stirring so they

Photo: j Photo: don’t burn. Chop and sauté the onion. Put these ingredients with water in a blender or food processor and pulse until smooth and creamy. Heat gently, using a heavy-bottomed Bulgur Croquettes with Cashew Gravy pan to prevent scorching and season with tamari. are both delicious and nutritious. They are rich and delicious, plus, nutritious!

Carolyn Best is the former chef and proprietor of The Pantry Vegetarian Tea shop.

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Rendering is Artist’s Concept. E. & O. E. 34 Glebe Report April 13, 2017 books Journey back in time by Ildiko Sumegi so realistic they actually come to come to help build the railway. It is life. He tells his story with an eye for also through Jasmine that readers are Fantasy can be a wonderful way to historical truth while adding a fan- offered a chance to see how the past introduce children to history. A bit tasy element to the tale that serves to can inform the present. of magic can pique one’s interest or bring some closure to a heart-wrench- White Jade Tiger is an exhila- soften the edges of an otherwise dif- ing journey. Harvey Chan’s dramatic rating ride but it is also a touching ficult story. Here are a few fantastical paintings illustrate the story in dusty story about resilience and hope. It books featuring the Canadian Pacific golds. He creates a dream-like atmos- was short-listed in 1995 for the Silver Railway, all set in the late 1800s. phere that carries the sombre tone of Birch Award and is the 1994 winner the story. of the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Lit- erature Prize. White Jade Tiger (Dundurn Press, 1993, 2nd revised edition, 2016) by The Boundless (HarperCollins, 2014) Julie Lawson by Kenneth Oppel For ages 10 – 12 For ages 11 – 14 Lately, strange dreams drift by while It is 1888 and we are all invited to Jasmine sleeps. There is a teenage boy, step aboard a train called the Bound- a white jade tiger and a curse. But less on its maiden journey from what does it all mean? When 13-year- Halifax to Vancouver. When 16-year- a world where the Sasquatch and the old Jasmine ventures into Victoria’s old Will Everett witnesses a murder, Hag of the Muskeg are realities. The Chinatown on a school field trip, she he realizes that there is a treasure on train itself is a kind of social micro- stumbles backwards through time to board worth killing for and no one is cosm separating the passengers into the year 1881. There she meets Keung, safe, least of all himself. A circus is their various class compartments. the boy from her dreams, and sets off travelling on the Boundless and it is Throughout, Oppel presents his on an adventure with him through the there that Will finds help. A tightrope characters as fully human and multi- Fraser Canyon where backbreaking walker named Maren and the Métis faceted: the good guys have their work on the new railroad is underway. owner of the circus, Mr. Dorian, join weaknesses, the baddies have their There is an ancient curse that needs to Will in an attempt to foil the plot- reasons. be broken and a magical amulet that ters. Will soon realizes, however, that Readers may be interested in needs to be found. Maren and Mr. Dorian have devised attempting to separate historical truth Julie Lawson takes her readers back a secret plot of their own, and he from Oppel’s fiction—sometimes the Ghost Train (Groundwood Books, in time to experience what it might struggles to determine who he can truth needs no decoration to be fantas- 1996) by Paul Yee and illustrated by have been like to live as a Chinese truly trust. tic in its own right. Harvey Chan immigrant and rail worker in Brit- Kenneth Oppel has given us a For ages 8 – 10 ish Columbia in the 1880s. Through thrilling page-turner. As the Bound- Ildiko Sumegi is a Glebe resident, In this Governor General Award- Jasmine, we experience the stark liv- less slices its way across the country, mother of two boys and a reviewer winning picture book, Paul Yee offers ing conditions, the hardship and the historical fact, fantasy and a touch for Canadian Children’s Book News an emotional tale of sadness and loss. racism that greeted those who had of steam-punk blend seamlessly in magazine. Choon-yi is the talented daughter of Chinese peasants whose paintings seem to breathe a life of their own. Times are difficult for the peasants of Tim Pychl Lecture on Procrastination, April 27. South China, and many men including Choon-yi’s father take the risk of trav- elling to Canada where work can be Do you find yourself postponing decision-making until found building a railway through the the time for action slips by? mountains. Choon-yi hopes to even- tually join her father, but when she Professor Tim Pychyl of Carleton’s Department of Psychology finally arrives in British Columbia, will lecture on she finds that her father has died while building the railway. He comes to her Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: What Research in a dream and asks her to paint him has Revealed about our Self-Defeating Delay the “fire-car.” The task is a difficult Thursday, April 27, at 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of one, but Choon-yi eventually manages the Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Avenue. to capture the essence of the fire-car. It is so well painted that it becomes real—a ghost train to carry the souls The award-winning Dr. Pychyl has published Solving the of the departed home. Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide to Strategies Yee has crafted a moving and for Change (2013) and more recently has co-edited important storybook for older chil- Procrastination, Health & Well-Being (2016). dren. 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The catalogue also lic Library’s holdings suggests that so their Art examines the importance of draw- long as artists immerse themselves in Chicago: University of Chicago Press, ing and demonstrates Sillman’s deft the creative process, fresh synergies of 2016. navigation of the border between fig- colour, form, texture and line will con- Written in a style that is accessible, uration and abstraction. A reprint of tinue to emerge across myriad media. witty and illuminating, this collection one of Sillman’s zines of ink-wash The experimental attitude common of Dave Hickey’s essays will not dis- drawings and quotations is attached to these artists’ work is underpinned appoint. 25 Women: Essays on Their to the back of the book, emphasiz- by a shared refinement and sophisti- Art collects Hickey’s best writing ing the juxtaposition of the personal cation. This work doesn’t seek to grab about female artists from the past 20 with the ephemeral that characterizes attention by shock. Rather, it speaks years and updates each essay to tease her work. to the viewer in the languages of hard out the common themes. In his signa- work, self-awareness and technical ture style, Hickey discusses the work Inside the Painter’s Studio know-how. of Joan Mitchell, Bridget Riley, Fiona New York: Princeton Architectural Here, in no particular order, are just Rae, Lynda Benglis, Karen Carson Press, 2009. trated by visual documentation of the a few titles to whet your appetite. and many other artists. Hickey ana- It may be easy to forget that the artists’ studios. lyzes the work as work, bringing paintings inside a gallery are not The art book collection at the Andrew Lyght politics and gender into the discus- only the end products of creative Ottawa Public Library includes dozens New Paltz, New York: Samuel Dorsky sion only when it is warranted by the inspiration but also of practical of exhibition catalogues and beauti- Museum of Art, 2016. art itself. The resulting book provides physical and logistical details. These fully designed art books. We hope that This exhibition catalogue docu- insights into the decisions, judgments, more mundane aspects of a painter’s everyone will take the opportunity to ments the work of Guyana-born politics and ethics of some of the most daily routine motivate Inside the explore the fascinating complexity and contemporary artist Andrew Lyght, independent and innovative contem- Painter’s Studio. Interviews with delight of contemporary artistic prac- contextualizing his work within the porary artists working today. 24 artists including Chuck Close, tices and processes available at your history and culture of Guyana and April Gornik, Philip Pearlstein and public library. modern art. Each iteration of Lyght’s Amy Sillman: One Lump or Two Joan Snyder cover everything from distinct style reflects his personal Boston: The Institute of Contempor- studio organization to preferred Brenda Roberts is the Coordinator of odyssey: from Guyana to Montreal ary Art, 2013. painting tools, how to set a creative the Sunnyside branch of the Ottawa to Brooklyn to Europe and, finally, Amy Sillman paints in an array mood, how to choose titles, and Public Library. Not coincident- to Kingston, N.Y., the birthplace of of two-dimensional media includ- even whether the artists sit or stand ally, she has also been a member of the Hudson River School. As the New ing drawings, cartoons, paintings to contemplate their work. Talk The Loft Art Studios in Little Italy York Times review describes, “In Mr. and animated videos produced on an of day-to-day creative life is illus- since 2015.

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by Zenah Surani prescription drug (either prescribed or purchased on the street). The tragic death of 14-year-old Kanata Opioid drugs bind to receptors in teen Chloe Kotval from opioid over- the brain called “mu” receptors. They dose at the end of February has raised are considered “agonists” of those awareness in the Ottawa area of the receptors. It is at those receptors that danger and alarming frequency of opi- they exert their potent pain relieving to remember that it doesn’t last long; it within two or three minutes, a second oid drug overdoses. As you may have action and also produce side effects will only buy the person about half an dose of naloxone is warranted. Inject heard in the news, naloxone kits are such as drowsiness, among others. hour before it wears off and the opi- them again and continue chest com- now being provided free of charge in Addiction is mediated through these oid agonist (the drug that caused the pressions until the emergency medical Ontario pharmacies. All you need to receptors as well. Overdose can occur overdose) takes over again and the service arrives. get one is a valid Ontario health card. if someone is prescribed too high a overdose sets in. If you have a friend or family mem- No prescription is needed. dose or too strong a medication for Naloxone kits that are available ber that is on high-dose opioids for In some cases, these overdoses are their tolerance level or, for example, in pharmacies should include two pain, consider picking up a nalox- being caused by bad batches of street if there are changes in metabolism ampoules of naloxone, alcohol swabs, one kit just in case. You should also drugs that are laced with other more that cause an accumulation of the two syringes with needles, an instruc- consider picking one up if you know dangerous substances. For example, medication in the system. In over- tion guide, a breathing barrier for someone who uses these drugs rec- someone injecting heroin may obtain dose, breathing can be impaired, CPR and a card that is filled out at the reationally or if they have a history some of the drug that is laced with blood pressure and heart rate are time of dispensing that verifies that of opioid dependence. With over- fentanyl, a drug that is hundreds of lowered, and the person affected training of the person receiving the doses being reported every single times more potent, resulting in a fatal- could be unresponsive. Depending on kit has been completed by the phar- day in our community, we now have ity. However, data from the Ontario the severity of the overdose, breath- macist. In a situation of a suspected a powerful tool at our disposal to help Coroner’s office show that from 2002 ing could be impaired to a level so overdose, shake the person and shout save lives. The training is easy and to 2014, while death due to opioid tox- severe that death results. their name to gauge responsiveness. the kits are available at a pharmacy icity has indeed increased every year, Naloxone is a “pure opioid antag- If the patient is unresponsive, call 911 near you. it’s not just illegal drugs like heroin or onist,” meaning that it blocks the mu and prepare to inject the drug. Crack high potency drugs like fentanyl that receptor. Its affinity for the mu recep- open the ampoule using light pressure Sources: are the culprits. Other opioid drugs tor is so strong in fact that it can knock and an alcohol swab between your fin- Ontario Pharmacists’ Association: such as morphine, hydromorphone, off opioid agonists such as heroin or ger and the ampoule, then carefully Naloxone course and associated oxycodone, codeine and methadone fentanyl from the receptor and block draw up the naloxone into the syr- documents also contribute to the increased num- it so that those drugs cannot bind inge. Next, inject the contents into the ber of deaths. In fact, data from the there. In this way, it acts to reverse upper arm or leg. If there’s no reaction Zenah Surani is the owner same time period show that most the overdose. Even though it is quickly from the patient, begin chest com- and pharmacist of the Glebe Apoth- deaths occurred from oxycodone, a absorbed once injected, it is important pressions. If there’s still no response ecary.

WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARE READING Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: TITLE (for adults) AUTHOR Bride of New France1 Suzanne Desrochers They Left Us Everything2 Plum Johnson Smoke River3 Krista Foss Under This Unbroken Sky4 Shandi Mitchell Onions in the Stew5 Betty MacDonald Sweetland6 Michael Crummey Nightfall7 Richard B. Wright All the Light We Cannot See8 Anthony Doerr Life after Life9 Kate Atkinson Broken Promise10 Linwood Barclay My Name is Lucy Barton11 Elizabeth Strout TITLE (for children) AUTHOR Chien pourri12 Cola Gutman The Key to Extraordinary13 Natalie Lloyd Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures14 Kate DiCamillo 1. Abbotsford Book Club 8. OPL Sunnyside Adult Book Club 2. Broadway Book Club 9. OPL Sunnyside European Book Club 3. Can’ Litterers 10. OPL Sunnyside Mystery Book Club 4. Helen’s Book Club 11. OPL Sunnyside Second Friday Adult Book Club 5. Seriously No-Name Book Club 12. OPL Sunnyside Club de lecture en français pour les enfants 6. The Book Club 13. OPL Sunnyside Cover to Cover Book Club 7. The Topless Book Club 14. OPL Sunnyside Mighty Girls Book Club

If your book club would like to share its reading list, Tel: 613.746.2367 [email protected] please email it to Micheline Boyle at [email protected] www.GreentreeOttawaRentals.ca education Glebe Report April 13, 2017 37 Let’s choose our habits! by Dijana Bate Keystone habits affect everything we do; they don’t create a “direct cause- “We are what we repeatedly do,” said and-effect relationship” but they are Aristotle. “Excellence, then, is not catalysts that “cause chain reactions, an act, but a habit.” Considering this enabling other good habits to take assumption, we all should pay more hold.” They include: exercising regu- attention to today’s choices, especially larly, organizing your day (focusing on if they become tomorrow’s habits. A the most important tasks), developing friend bluntly remarked how people daily routines, tracking what you eat, today talk, eat and spend too much. partaking in family dinners, meditat- It’s never easy to change habits, but ing and building strong willpower. we can start by observing ourselves Duhigg devotes an entire chapter to pinpoint what habits either serve or to willpower, considering it the most don’t serve us. Instead of letting hab- important keystone habit for individ- its control our thinking and actions, ual success. The benefits of willpower we could be determining which habits are obvious, from controlling emo- can reshape or impact our lives, bod- tions to focusing, being punctual, ies and minds more positively. exercising and practicing positive Current research on neuroplasticity thinking. “Self-discipline has a big- confirms our tremendous potential ger effect on academic performance to rewire brain patterns. Accord- than does intellectual talent.” Duhigg ing to neurologist David Perlmutter, refers to a 2006 study by researchers “You can change your genetic des- Megan Oaten and Ken Chengs when tiny to grow new brain cells and he points out that exercising willpower expand your brain’s memory centre is the same as exercising muscles. “As through lifestyle choices. The foods people strengthened their willpower

you eat, exercise, emotional states, muscles in one part of their lives vincent guy so p hia I llustration: sleep patterns, and your level of stress – in the gym, or a money manage- – all of these factors influence your ment program – that strength spilled brain from one moment to the next.” over into what they ate or how hard and receive double the marshmal- cussions, entertaining stories and These lifestyle choices, consciously they worked. As willpower became lows. Tracking the same children caricatures can illustrate benefits or unconsciously, are reflected in stronger, it touched everything.” years later, researchers found those and liabilities of specific habits! our habits. Similarly, Dartmouth researcher children who resisted immediate Although Duhigg doesn’t give us New York Times business reporter Todd Heatherton states, “When you gratification were more successful quick and easy solutions for over- Charles Duhigg examines how hab- learn to force yourself to go to the academically and socially in high coming unwanted habits, especially its evolve in his book, The Power of gym or start your homework or eat school. The study then discusses addictions that require professional Habit. His contention is that once salad instead of a hamburger, part how kids can increase self-regulatory treatment and intervention, change we analyze how we created old hab- of what’s happening is that you’re skills and apply mental brakes, e.g. begins when we question and inter- its in the first place we can embark changing how you think.” He goes figuring out simple tricks like dis- pret the nature of our habits. We will on dispelling or replacing them with on to say that that’s why signing kids tracting themselves, covering their inevitably gain more self-control and new patterns of behaviour. Duhigg up for piano lessons or sports is so eyes, or pretending the marshmallow improve our daily lives once we are breaks down the sequence of habits important. When you learn to run 15 isn’t real. “Willpower is a learnable aware of being trapped in repeti- into three parts called a “three-step laps you start building self-regulatory skill like learning math skills or to tive patterns and make conscious loop” consisting of a cue (which trig- strength. A five-year-old who can fol- say “thank you.” decisions to overcome destructive gers what pattern to use), routine low the ball for 10 minutes becomes a Knowing how hard it is to reverse habits by learning and practicing (which can be physical, mental or sixth grader who can start his home- habits, it makes sense to set our chil- new routines. emotional) and reward (one that fuels work on time.” dren on a path that exercises and the habit). To change a habit, he says, Duhigg also brings to our attention fortifies their willpower muscles and we need to identify the cue or urge the famous marshmallow experiment makes them aware early in life of Dijana Bate is the founding director (or create a new cue) and then make a conducted in the 1960s by Stanford the nature and power of habits. Dis- of the Glebe Montessori School. plan to revise the routine or substitute researchers that revealed parallel the reward. results. A group of four-year-olds There are several keystone habits we were invited to eat one marshmal- should be cultivating, Duhigg claims. low immediately or wait 15 minutes Yasir Naqvi, MPP Ottawa Centre Here to help you!

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by Joseph Mathieu storey, red brick building at 268 First Avenue in 1946. The move was partly Landmark birthdays are the best time thanks to the efforts of Henry Mar- for reflection and, in its 75th year, Car- shall Tory who in 1941 was enlisted leton University is looking back fondly by a committee of the Ottawa YMCA on its formative years in the Glebe. to found the college. A four-year-old college named after In his academic prime, Tory helped Sir Guy Carleton moved into a five- McGill University establish a satel-

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lite college on the west coast, which war created a unique opportunity, for later became part of the University the federal government was plan- of British Columbia. He served as ning the transition from war to peace. the first president of the University of Almost a million servicemen and Alberta in Edmonton in 1908 and as -women had to be reintegrated into president to many organizations and civilian life.” societies. At 77 years of age, Tory was The First Avenue building had been still an enterprising and resourceful completed in 1914 as a new home administrator. Yet he reportedly was for the Ottawa Ladies’ College (est. surprised when he was nominated 1869) and during the war the building as Carleton College’s first president served as a residence for the Women’s in 1942. Army Corps. More than 650 students enrolled in Tory wrote a letter in November the first fall term when courses were 1945 to then minister of National offered only at night in classrooms Defence Douglas Abbott, “describ- of other schools and the basements ing Carleton’s eagerness to contribute of churches, including the then to the education of the veterans, and High School of Commerce, now asking the government to make the Glebe Collegiate. building available.” Part-time students paid $20 and $30 The college had leased a former for first-year and second-year courses, mess hall at Lansdowne Park by the Carleton’s Student Union Building on First Avenue respectively, and soon Tory saw the summer of ’46 as they worried the need to prepare for growth. move wasn’t going to happen. Luckily, In Creating Carleton: The Shap- they were able to secure the building ing of a University, Blair Neatby and for $125,000 in July and renovated it Don McEown wrote, “The end of the for September classes. rchives and A rchives

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Carleton College’s second president Maxwell MacOdrum at the entrance of the High School of Commerce (later Glebe Collegiate) where Carleton night classes were offered glebe history Glebe Report April 13, 2017 39

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Three houses on First Avenue and in 1955 the first master’s degree Thirty Years Ago in theGlebe Report were acquired over the years under was awarded. the presidency of Carleton’s second The college became a university leader, Maxwell MacOdrum, to sat- in 1957. It served more than 1,500 isfy a flood of students. One caught students in a variety of programs the overflow of books and studi- including journalism, engineering, ous readers that regularly packed commerce, public administration and the college’s fourth-floor library. general arts. A neighbouring house became the In 1960 Carleton did what most nexus of student life in 1948, tak- 18-year-olds do and got a place of ing on the Students’ Union, various its own. The university’s third presi- clubs and the weekly student news- dent, Claude Bissell, was satisfied the paper called The Carleton (renamed move to its own campus at Sunnyside The Charlatan in 1971). and Bronson was the right decision, “Carleton College in these years although he knew there had been in clearly had a sense of community the Glebe “a feeling of intimacy and Ian McKercher which older and better-endowed community that would be difficult institutions could only envy,” Neatby to recapture.” wrote in Creating Carleton. “The pro- The First Avenue campus helped fessors who taught at Carleton College Carleton become what it is today, a the Congress Centre. This was a first- in the early years often looked back tightly knit community that celebrates time-ever event to promote Ottawa later with nostalgia, in spite of the individual freedoms. Its upbringing in designers and fashion entrepreneurs. cramped physical conditions and the the dependable family neighbourhood The opening night black-tie gala limited financial resources.” was truly an education. Vol. 16, No. 4, april 10, 1987 attracted 1,000 people at $20 a ticket. Now a block of renovated condos, (36 pages) Sarah Clothes presented an exten- the campus at 268 First Avenue was Joseph R. Mathieu is a bilingual sive show featuring a range of outfits where Carleton College came into writer who contributes to Ottawa created in fabric printed from hand- its own. The Carleton College Act Magazine, Exclaim!, Mountain Life Glebe Collegiate renos carved wooden blocks in India. Sarah allowed it to grant degrees by its 10th Media and Carleton University. He On March 30 (1987), trustees of the Pouliot’s shop opened on Bank Street anniversary. A year later the School of was raised in Nepean and lives in Ottawa Board of Education voted in the Glebe in 1967. Public Administration was established Oxford Mills. $400,000 for renovations at Glebe Gail Schioler, owner of the Norma Collegiate to cover roof repair, win- Peterson shop in Fifth Avenue Court, dow modifications and cafeteria presented a wearable collection for all improvements. Area trustees Brian ages and sizes. McGarry and John Smart agreed that The local design team of Carmen this was “not enough money by a long Schonfeldt and her 19-year-old daugh- shot” and that they would be looking ter Lorena sold their creations through for additional funding for Glebe in Penelope Fibres. Their features ranged coming years. from high-end Thai silk party apparel A February 1987 report on Glebe by to youthful weekend wear. the Ottawa architectural firm of Pye and Richards said the school needed Municipal funding flawed $6.8 million worth of renovations to Alderman Rob Quinn contended accommodate its student enrolment of that property taxes and sporadic 1,710 and to bring the building up to provincial grants were not a satis- current fire and safety standards. factory way to pay for municipal services. He argued in favour of Local fashions shine abolishing property taxes as a rev- A full-page article by Elaine Mar- enue source and replacing them with lin gave a detailed account of Glebe granting municipalities a fair share businesses that participated in the of provincial income tax as the basic Capital Festival of Fashion held at source of city funding.

This retrospective is filed bi-monthly by Ian McKercher of the Glebe Historical Soci- ety. The society welcomes the donation or loan (for copying) of any item documenting Glebe history (photographs, maps, surveys, news articles, posters, programs, mem- orabilia, etc.). Contact Ian at 613-235-4863 or [email protected].

Carleton College became a university in 1957.

CALL FOR EVENTS! Deadline April 28 at 5:00 p.m.

JUNE 20-30, 2017 Host an event that showcases your involvement with immigrants and refugees, celebrates newcomers’ contributions or creates new bonds among neighbours. www.welcomingottawaweek.ca 40 Glebe Report April 13, 2017 schools Glebe Collegiate aims to make Roll out your rims to support prom more accessible Glebe Collegiate fundraiser by Katya Kulba, Bernadette Labbe and Ashley Siu The Glebe Collegiate Insti- tute Prom Committee is Glebe Collegiate Institute’s Prom Committee is looking to organizing an “Anything raise funds for its 2017 prom. Prom is a right of passage for on Wheels” fundraiser, in students exiting high school. It is one of the last evenings the partnership with Hopewell graduating class spends together and it is filled with festivi- Avenue Public School on ties unifying students. Currently, Glebe Collegiate Institute Sunday, April 30 from 9 a.m. is planning its first school-sanctioned prom in years. The to noon at Hopewell school. Prom Committee has been working to increase attendance This is a great opportunity to and lower the ticket prices to make the event more inclusive pass along your gently used and accessible to everyone. spring and summer gear to The committee has held numerous fundraisers around a good home, make a profit the school and community, including pumpkin sales, holi- and support our two largest day candy grams, cake auctions and graduate apparel sales. community schools – Glebe Now, it is looking to the community to help with further fun- Collegiate and Hopewell draising. There is a wide array of upcoming events around Avenue. the Glebe that the community can partake in. To sell your gently used Glebe’s Prom Committee will be hosting morning yoga wheels (bikes, strollers, sessions for all ages at Glebe Collegiate Institute with a pro- rollerblades, skateboards, fessional instructor. The sessions will run weekly starting in scooters), roll them on April. More information is available at glebe.ocdsb.ca. The down to the Hopewell Ave- Prom Committee will also host a cakewalk at an Innovative nue Public School garage on Canadians for Change (IC Change) event on Saturday, May Saturday, April 29 between 13 at the Mayfair Theatre. At Hopewell’s Anything on Wheels 2 and 5 p.m. Friendly parent event on April 30th, bike-tuning services will be available. and student volunteers will The committee will have a booth on the Glebe Collegiate help you unload, set a price, property during the Great Glebe Garage Sale on Saturday, choose the school to support May 27. We are asking the community to donate items dur- (Hopewell or Glebe), and tag ing the week of May 22 to 26 to be sold at this booth, with and display your items. On proceeds going towards lowering the cost of prom tickets. Sunday, April 30, beginning We are open to suggestion and can be reached at glebeci@ at 9 a.m., volunteers will sell ocdsb.ca with questions, concerns, fundraising ideas and your equipment while you opportunities. Please help make prom a more inclusive expe- relax and enjoy your day or, rience accessible to all students. Thank you in advance for even better, shop for new your support. wheels at the sale. Once the sale ends, come by and pick up your profits and any unsold goods. This fundraiser will support school council initiatives such as yard maintenance, health and Katya Kulba, Bernadette Labbe and Ashley Siu are Glebe safety workshops and improving the technology in the schools. This year Glebe’s profits will go Collegiate Institute Grade 12 students and members of the toward the Glebe CI prom, with the goal of making it more inclusive, affordable and accessible. 2017 Prom Committee. Glebe students will also be on hand to provide bike maintenance advice and demonstrations. Thank you for supporting our community schools!

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by Alex Hermosa carrying. Tax receipts will be issued to donors who give $10 or more. Online It’s that time of year again. The days donations can also be made through are longer, the air is warmer and the the Glebe Collegiate CHEO donation atmosphere is electric. Why? Because page. The link to Glebe’s CHEO Foun- Glebe Collegiate students will be all dation donation page is also accessible over Ottawa on May 11 for the annual through our website: glebe.ocdsb.ca. CHEO Drive. Legions of high school All donations are appreciated to help students will set out across the city us reach our goal of $25,000. collecting donations for The Chil- To attain this ambitious goal, the dren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Glebe “Kids 4 Kids” CHEO Drive com- All funds raised during this event mittee (Glebe Collegiate’s Kids 4 Kids

Photo: M ark S chenk Photo: will be donated directly to CHEO CHEO Drive on Facebook) has various First Avenue Public School’s Blues in the Schools program rocked First Avenue last during their yearly telethon. This pre-events to raise awareness about the month, including a final performance by T.J. Wheeler and some students. “Kids 4 Kids” CHEO Drive spans all drive. Students and staff will attend an of downtown Ottawa, raising money assembly with several guest speakers and awareness for Ottawa’s children’s on April 26 to launch the event. hospital as over 500 students take part If you have questions or would like in fun after-school activities and a bar- to volunteer on the night of May 11, Glebe Co-operative Nursery School street party! beque, and then go on to canvass with feel free to contact our teacher advis- their peers. This year’s CHEO Drive ors: Janice Bernstein 613-239-2424 x is made possible by local businesses 2134 or [email protected]; The Glebe Co-operative Nursery School will host its annual street party sponsoring the students and thereby Katherine Caldwell 613-239-2424 x on Saturday, May 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the allowing Glebe Collegiate to raise as 2089 or [email protected] much money as possible for CHEO. Glebe Collegiate is thrilled to bring Glebe Community Centre. Students who are canvassing on the “Kids 4 Kids” CHEO Drive back May 11 will be wearing Glebe CI to Ottawa for its seventh year. Glebe attire and have identification showing is honoured and excited to be a part Live music, free animal balloons, games, crafts, a bouncy castle, face they are canvassing for CHEO “Kids of such an amazing cause and hopes painting, a BBQ lunch, a bake sale and more! If it rains the event 4 Kids.” Glebe Collegiate is asking to attain our goal with your help. all residents in our community for See you on May 11! will be held inside the community centre. any sort of cash or cheque donations Bring your preschooler and join the fun! to this cause. Donors will be asked to Alex Hermosa is co-head of Glebe Col- write their name, address and amount legiate’s CHEO Drive and is in Grade donated on sheets the students will be 12 at Glebe Collegiate Institute.

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Joshua as Trumpty Dumpty in Alice@ The Element High School’s Wonderland production of Alice@Wonderland

by Molly Dodds to sound production, rehearsals and script writing. Of course those students are great land. A focus on critical thinking This month, The Element High School “Working with The Element is too, but there’s something about during the planning stages, creativ- students presented their very own such a joy. The students are engaged The Element and being in the heart ity, design and public speaking and play, Alice@Wonderland, a contem- and a wonderful group. The teach- of Lansdowne ‎with such a diverse acting is outstanding to watch. Real porary recreation of the classic Alice ers are extremely supportive, not just and talented group of learners that it world integration of multiple disci- in Wonderland story. of the students, but of the whole pro- feels like leaving a vacation where I plines is exactly what I am excited to Teri Lorreto from CBC TV, who cess. These students make the sets, just happened to direct and produce look forward to in our future by our also teaches drama at Algonquin Col- costumes, props, sound and music a play.” next generation of leaders…” said lege, gave 34 students from Grades 7 and then learn lines and create char- Students at The Element expressed Gregory Dixon, director of The Ele- to 9 the challenge of putting on a dra- acters for the show,” said director their creativity and related this play ment High School. matic performance. Participants were Lorreto. “I miss the students and to the modern world by including With The Element being the first responsible for every production ele- staff when I go back to my regular characters such as Trumpty Dumpty, Montessori high school in Ottawa, ment from stage and costume design teaching job at Algonquin College. a comedic spin on Donald Trump as there is always exciting news and Humpty Dumpty, as well as recreat- events coming from staff and students. ing the rabbit hole scene where For more information on The Element Alice’s only worry is losing cellphone High School, visit http://www.elemen- reception. thighschool.com. “The planning, collaboration and giving their best truly inspired the Molly Dodds is marketing coordinator audience viewing Alice@Wonder- for the Ottawa Montessori School.

Glashan passion takes action

by Kira Fountain, Maya Weinberg The students raise money for the and Ruby Screaton Make-A-Wish Foundation® through their business enterprise, Glashan Pas- Ottawa-Carleton District School sion Glashan. They will set up near Board’s own Glashan Public School the intersection of Arlington and Bank has teamed up with Matthew Pappas streets during the first week of May. from BMO to create a not-for-profit The students will be selling hand- organization through the Entrepre- crafted goods just in time to get that neurial Adventure Program. The special someone a Mother’s Day gift. Grade 8 immersion students have been The Entrepreneurial Adventure pro- working to raise money for the Make- gram is available for students from A-Wish Foundation®. We’ve chosen junior kindergarten to Grade 12. It this charity because it is a topic that is has been created to introduce a wide very close to our hearts since it is help- variety of experiences to students. It ing kids like us with terminal diseases fosters fiscal responsibility, innovation have their wishes become a reality. and a sense of community. This pro- According to one of our students, gram has raised $2.9 million to date “This charity is important to us because for a variety of charities. we are kids too and it is sad that they For more information visit glashan- are sick.” All profits raised will make a makeawish.weebly.com. difference in the lives of many Canadi- ans locally and across the country. The Kira Fountain, Maya Weinberg and money will fulfill the wishes of chil- Ruby Screaton are Grade 8 students DOUVRIS.COM 613.234.5000 dren with terminal illnesses. at Glashan Public School. schools Glebe Report April 13, 2017 43 Mutchmor Book Sale – getting the word out

Despite the move to a new school, shoppers came out in droves to last year’s by Kylie Taggart • “I always come to the sale.” Mutchmor Book Sale. • “I looked it up on the web.” Despite the power of social media • “My friend told me about it.” to inform the masses, it was mainly • “My children went to First Ave.” low-tech methods of communication • “I saw the sign on the school.” that helped get the word out about last Hinther and Honeywell-Dobbin also year’s Mutchmor Book Sale. contacted other TV and radio out- The organizers of the annual event lets, created a Facebook event, wrote were worried that nobody would find tweets for the school’s Twitter account the sale in April last year because it and posted news of the sale on vari- was the first year the sale was held ous community websites. Sam Harris at Mutchmor Public School. For the handled the numerous messages to the aggart previous 32 years it was held at First school community. Avenue Public School. When the Early The survey questions also revealed K ylie T French Immersion students moved to that many people simply search for

Mutchmor last year, the book sale large book sales online. Sites like Photos: moved with them. www.booksalefinder.com list sales in A loyal friend waits for a book lover at the Mutchmor Book Sale last year. Granted, the sale would be hard to different areas. miss. It is no small thing, as it typ- Some shoppers reported that they ically involves 30,000 good quality had trouble finding the times of the used books and hundreds of parent, sale. For the 2017 book sale, the New and Expanded Summer Camp Program! grandparent and alumni volunteers. times will be posted on a new website Still, the organizers fretted that designed by Elspeth Tory. The site can shoppers would show up at the wrong be found at mutchmorbooksale.com. school. The 2017 sale will have different Thankfully, shoppers found the shopping hours to reflect our new sale. It was due to the hard work of location. For example, instead of being Anne-Marie Hinther and Christine open on Friday during school hours, Honeywell-Dobbin, the volunteers in the sale will be open later on Saturday charge of communication. evening to allow those enjoying din- Hinther and Honeywell-Dobbin ner on Bank Street or at Lansdowne to didn’t stop at just getting the word wander into the book sale afterwards. out to the general public. They also The money raised goes to the investigated what type of advertising Mutchmor School Council budget. would work. Last year, the council contributed pro- “We had all these ideas on how to ceeds from the sale to: promote the sale and we put them • Equipment and programs at into place, but we wanted to know: is Mutchmor Public School, and it working?” explained Hinther. They other schools in need in the put together a simple survey and asked Ottawa region, DISCOVERY CAMPS ELMWOOD FOR GIRLS AGE 4 TO 12 shoppers how they had heard about • Ottawa Centre Refugee Action, WEEKLY FROM JUNE 19 - AUGUST 25 SKILLS ACADEMY the sale. • Funding for programs at two With exciting new weekly themes such as NASA FOR GIRLS AGE 8 TO 17 The unexpected finding was that the schools in Canada’s North, and Space Camp, Circus Camp, Art-apalooza and WEEKLY FROM JUNE 26 - AUGUST 25 traditional methods of communication • The Educational Foundation of Sleuth Academy, girls from Kindergarten to Grade Elmwood’s Skills Academy offers an outstanding seemed to be what drew the majority Ottawa. Six will discover new challenges, develop new range of academic and special interest programs. of survey respondents to the book sale. Some of the proceeds of this year’s friendships and enjoy a dynamic range of hands- Taught either by Elmwood’s talented faculty or “Surprisingly, postering was a big sale will help fund a new play struc- on, interactive activities. by other experts in their fi eld, our Skills Academy thing,” revealed Hinther. Year after ture in the Mutchmor school yard Led by skilled and experienced educators, our combines superb instruction with dynamic year, volunteers walk the neighbour- between Fourth and Third avenues. camps have the perfect blend of learning, active activities, sure to appeal to girls of all ages and hood, often with their children, and Council hopes to replace the struc- play and creative exploration, all within Elmwood’s skill levels. plaster telephone poles and notice ture in 2020. beautiful and safe campus. Camps are half or full day and costs vary. boards with posters advertising the This year’s Mutchmor Public School Please visit camp.elmwood.ca for full details. book sale. Year after year, frustra- Book Sale will take place at the school CAMPS RUN FROM 8 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. Cost is tion sets in as posters get repeatedly from Thursday, April 27 to Sunday, $299, including a delicious lunch and snacks, torn down or covered up. Regardless, April 30. Look for our posters and excursion or special guest, fun “giveaways” and it seems that people see them. check out mutchmorbooksale.com. a cool camp T-shirt. The survey results showed that arti- cles in the Glebe Report and OSCAR Kylie Taggart is a Mutchmor parent All girls welcome! brought in customers, as did a segment who remembers the excitement of the Visit camp.elmwood.ca for more Hinther and her daughter did on CBC First Avenue book sale and is happy information or call (613) 749-6761 for radio. Other comments from shoppers to relive it at Mutchmor with her chil- details and registration. included: dren each year. 44 Glebe Report April 13, 2017 theatre CBC’s Triple Sensation winner Leah Cogan joins The Acting Company

by Kate Smith

How would you feel if you had to per- ning the show in 2009 meant Cogan form on national television in front of had her pick of post-secondary millions in a competition with some schools to continue her study of per- of the country’s brightest talent? For formance. She ended up choosing Ottawa native and “triple threat” Leah the prestigious Brown University in Cogan, the best way to stay focused the U.S.: “[At] Brown [I was able] to was to immerse herself in the pro- study the philosophical, sociological cess and remind herself that it was a and educational potential of the the- once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. After atre medium, realizing quickly how all, receiving personal acting coach- transferable the study of human ing from the likes of Canadian legends nature and storytelling really is; [and] Cynthia Dale (actor), Garth Drabinsky that artists play an important role in (producer), Marvin Hamlisch (com- the functioning of a healthy, adapt- poser), and Joe Flaherty (actor, SCTV) able and just society. Working in New Leah Cogan, a winner of CBC’s reality television program Triple Sensation, will was a pretty sensational experience. York City solidified this belief, as I lead a “Showtune Tuneup” course this spring in musical theatre performance at CBC’s reality television program got to see first hand and engage with The Acting Company. Triple Sensation saw Canadian per- how seriously the craft is considered formers battle it out in a nationwide (by the actors and by the audiences).” each instructor pushed us beyond our for our students to work with her. She search for Canada’s next triple-threat After studying and working for the usual tricks and masks and into an is a generous and thoughtful teacher, (for those not familiar with the world last several years in the US, Cogan authentic exploration. And we got to and we know she will have a positive of musical theatre, a “triple threat” is a and her husband made the decision to watch each other grow in this work- impact on all who have the opportun- performer who can sing, act and dance move back to Ottawa to raise their two shop environment.” ity to work with her. – a rare combination). The prize: a young children and be closer to family. Cogan promises that this May’s The Acting Company is Ottawa’s $150,000 scholarship to any perform- “I’ve been absolutely floored by the musical theatre performance class largest recreational performance arts ance school of their choice. show of support and love from our Showtune Tune-up being offered at school. Registration for Adult and Cogan, the winner of season 2, hometown. And the creative innova- the Glebe’s own Acting Company is Youth classes in May is now open, describes how she felt: “When I won tion happening here – I’m loving it!” going to be fun: “I’m so excited to including for the popular acting the competition, not only was it an Cogan says that participating in share what I know and inspire the classes for both stage and screen! Reg- affirmation for me of the process I’d Triple Sensation emphasized “[…] already flourishing musical theatre ister online at www.actingcompany.ca been leaning into (choosing authenti- the formative power of collaborat- community in Ottawa towards an even or by calling 613-744-5353. city over showmanship), but it was a ing. Getting a chance to work with a higher bar of authentic performance. I Cogan’s Showtune Tune-up jarring realization that a whole new diverse range of instructors all using know they are up for it!” course runs Sundays, May 7 – June opportunity awaited for me to dive their own language and experience As artistic director of The Act- 25, 7 – 9 p.m. at The Acting Com- even deeper. I was fully planning to to inform how they engage with their ing Company, I am very excited to pany (738A Bank Street in the pivot into a new career path like archi- students gave us, the participants, a welcome Cogan to our studios this Glebe). tecture or community development!” real opportunity to explore our own spring. Leah is a wonderful addition As a graduate of Sheridan’s Music voices in a variety of ways. The chal- to our faculty of talented and passion- Kate Smith is the artistic director at Theatre Performance program, win- lenge of meeting the expectations of ate professional artists. We can’t wait The Acting Company in the Glebe.

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Two U12 ringette teams represented Ottawa at this year’s ringette provin- cials held March 2 – 5 in Forest, Ontario, where the theme was “Keeping it Country.”

Six girls from each team (about half) are from our local neighbourhoods, the Glebe and Old Ottawa South. Our two teams played in different divisions, so they were able to cheer on their friends. They also met up at the opening ceremonies where teams carry banners and dress in costumes according to the yearly theme. This year’s theme was “Keeping it Coun- try.” The whole town embraced the theme, with grocery store employees in costume and tractors parked outside the rink. For a town of under 3,000, the athletic facility in Forest is excel- by Lauren Weber and Cindy MacLoghlin All of these elements were exem- Both teams played hard and lent and could serve as a model for a plified by the two U12 teams that returned home with bronze medals redesigned Brewer. The ice pad has “Imagine you are driving down the represented the City of Ottawa Rin- in their respective pools as a result a running track around the top, spa- highway at 120 km/h with a stick out gette Association (CORA) at this of their efforts. But, more impor- cious dressing rooms, heated stands, your window. Then someone throws year’s ringette provincials held tantly, they developed their skills and a spacious lobby with bleachers and a a bagel at you and you have to try March 2 – 5 in Forest, Ontario had loads of fun, creating memories full canteen. to catch it.” That is how the keynote (between Sarnia and London). that will last a lifetime. Team Cam- Several free “Come Try Ringette” speaker at the 2017 ringette provin- The event brings together 29 teams eron (coached by Karen Cameron, sessions are offered throughout the cials described the sport. And she’s from across Ontario that play in from our very own Good Morning year. Girls who are interested can not far off the mark. Ringette is a five divisions based on their per- Creative Arts and Preschool!) also check out www.cometryringette.ca sport that demands precision, team- formance during the season. This earned the Sportsmanship Award, for more information. work and speed. There is also a strong makes for evenly matched, exciting likely due in part to their tradition of social component as teams bond on games for all players and parents creating a stick bridge for the other Lauren Weber and Cindy MacLoghlin and off the ice. who attend. team to skate under after each game. are both proud ringette moms.

Rowers celebrate Canada’s 150th and help fight blindness

by Richard Vincent and Claire Schofield • Lake Ontario, June 15 – 18 (160 in June and July in a friendly relaxed ONEC coach. He is also President of km) organised by the Hanlan Row- environment. For further informa- the Ontario Adventure Rowing Asso- For the first time, Ottawa New Edin- ing Club tion and registration for the Canada ciation (OAR). burgh Club (ONEC) members are • Bay of Quinte, June 19 – 22 (140 150 Row3Capitals Relay and ONEC’s joining forces with three other row- km) organised by the Quinte Row- sculling programs, go to www.onec.ca/ Claire Schofield joined ONEC five ing clubs to participate in the Canada ing Club rowing. years ago and has become passion- 150 Row3Capitals Relay in support • Rideau Canal South, June 23 – 27 ately interested in rowing. She has of the Foundation Fighting Blindness (100 km) organised by ONEC Richard Vincent is a long-time Glebe participated in numerous rowing (FFB), which funds research into the • Rideau Canal North, June 28 resident and member of the Ottawa tours and four Canadian Sculling causes of and treatments for retinal – July 2 (100 km) organised by New Edinburgh Club (ONEC). Marathons. eye diseases. ONEC. He is an ardent sculler and an This 500 km long relay runs from Intermediate scullers can share a June 15 to July 1. It celebrates the seat and row alternate days. The club 150th anniversary of Canada’s Con- responsible for each section of the federation by including the three relay is organizing accommodation cities that have been named capitals and rowing equipment. McCulloCh law of the Province of Canada in Canada This year, ONEC will also offer the West during the mid 19th century: Canadian Sculling Marathon on the Toronto (alternating capital from Ottawa River – 21 kms and 42 kms. 1849 – 1859), Kingston (from 1841 – Held on Sunday, August 27, 2017, it JAMES McCULLOCH, LAWYER 1844) and Ottawa (1866 – 1867). starts and finishes at ONEC’s histor- 76 Chamberlain Avenue (at Lyon) While distance rowing requires ical boathouse. In 2016, it attracted Ottawa, Ontario K1S 1V9 knowledge of sculling (rowing with rowers from Germany, Switzerland, Tel: (613) 565-5297 two hands and two blades), the Can- Mexico, the US and Canada. Fax: (613) 422-1110 ada 150 Row3Capitals Relay will For those interested in sampling Email: accommodate participants with dif- the sport, sculling is an excel- [email protected] fering levels of experience. Advanced lent low-impact, total-body fitness scullers can join one of the following activity for all ages. ONEC offers four tours: seven-session learn-to-scull courses Mr. McCulloch is a senior counsel with a practice spanning 50 years, and a professional career that covers all areas of law.

His extensive ongoing practice includes civil litigation, real estate, matrimonial law, wills and estates administration.

He attended Queen’s University where he obtained his law degree with the highest of Honours. He served his articles with the prestigious Toronto law firm of Blake, Cassels and Graydon.

Mr. McCulloch is actively involved with Glebe St. James United Church, and has served in the past as chair of finance and administration and continues to be actively involved in his church work. He is also actively involved in the Good Companions Seniors’ Centre.

His life experience and well-honed legal skills are available to assist you with your legal problems.

Photo: richard vincent Photo: He does make house calls. He offers a free Initial consultation. Ottawa New Edinburgh Club (ONEC) will join forces with three other rowing clubs to He looks forward to serving you. participate in the Canada 150 Row3Capitals Relay, June 15 to July 1. © Ungureanusergiu | Dreamstime.com 46 Glebe Report April 13, 2017

This space acts as a free community bulletin board for Glebe residents. Drop off your GRAPEVINE message or COMMUNITY NOTICE at the Glebe Report office, 175 Third Avenue, including your name, address and phone GRAPEVINE number or email [email protected]. FOR SALE items must be less than $1,000. BYTOWN VOICES, a 60-voice choir to Friends of the Farm kindly accepted. OLD OTTAWA SOUTH GARDEN CLUB TEA, JEWELS & TEDDY BEAR SALE, directed by Joan Fearnly presents “Made in meets second Monday of the month, 7 – 9 Tues., May 2, 2 – 4 p.m., The Glebe Cen- Canada” a concert of choral music by Can- HERITAGE OTTAWA LECTURE (heritageo- p.m. at Ottawa South Community Centre tre at Abbotsford (the old stone house), adian composers featuring Ottawa’s own ttawa.org/lecture-series) Wed., Apr. 19, (The Firehall), 260 Sunnyside Ave. Mem- 950 Bank St. We have beautiful bears look- Margrit Cattell, Christine Donkin and Elise 19:00 to 20:00 Auditorium, Ottawa Public bership $25 per year; $40 family; drop-in ing for a loving home and lovely jewels for Letourneau. Songs from different areas Library, 120 Metcalfe St.– Prime Minis- $7 per meeting. – May 8: Master Gardener Mom. Info: 613-230-5730. of Canada. Sun., May 7, 3 p.m., St. Basil’s ters’ Row Project, The extraordinary built Judith Cox will show that Flowers and Veg- Church on Maitland north of the Queen- heritage of Ottawa’s Laurier Ave. East, gies Do Mix through judicious companion TOPICAL TALKS AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE sway. Admission $15. Children 15 yrs and historically home to seven Fathers of Con- planting and the use of containers. 950 Bank St., Mon., April 24 - Charlie Hill, under are free. Information: bytownvoices. federation and eight Prime Ministers, will the National Gallery’s Curator of Canadian com or call 613-521-4997. be transformed into Canada’s first street OLD OTTAWA SOUTH GARDEN CLUB Art from 1980 to 2014 on Canadian Art museum. Speaker Suneeta Millington, Chair PLANT EXCHANGE AND SALE, Sat., May in the Thirties. $3 Refreshments (muffin, CALLING GLEBE ARTISTS! The GLEBE of the Board of Directors, Prime Ministers’ 13: The Community Gardener – Bring juice, coffee) at 9:45 a.m. Talk begins 10 ART IN OUR GARDENS AND STU- Row. Free lecture, no need to pre-register. potted and labelled perennial plants to a.m. sharp! DIO TOUR 2017 will take place July 8–9. exchange. Set up starts at 9:30 a.m., Applications from Glebe artists – paint- INVITATION: GREGORIAN CHANTS FOR exchange starts at 10 a.m., sale of remain- AVAILABLE ers, sculptors, potters, photographers MEDITATION - Chorus Ecclesiae with Law- ing plants follows. At Brewer Park near the – accepted until April 30. For info and an rence Harris - Good Friday, Apr. 14, 7 p.m. shelter at the children’s playground. HOUSE CLEANER - Glebe resident with application form, email glebearttour@ until midnight. Free admission. Drop in for a 12 years experience working part-time at hotmail.ca or visit our website: www.gle- while or stay all evening. 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St advance; students $10, (youth accompany- MUSICIANS - Fine live classical music for details. George’s Church Hall, 415 Picadilly Ave. ing parents free). Tickets at Leading Note, entertainment to add an elegant touch to Compact Music, St. Thomas the Apos- your weddings, cocktail parties, etc. Com- FREE MEDICAL LECTURE – Speaker: Dr. LEARN AND EXPLORE SPEAKERS’S SER- tle Church Office, members of the choirs. binations: violin duet, violin + cello, string Florchinger on Help and healing the spirit- IES AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank Info: www.OttawaBrahmsChoir.ca, www. trio or quartet, violin + piano, soprano + ual way through the teaching of Bruno St., each Wed, 1 – 2:30 p.m. $2 admis- HarmoniaChoir.com, 819-568-8169 or 613- piano, and violin + guitar. Book us today: Groening: “there is no incurable.” Wed., sion, includes speaker, tea/coffee and 833-1812. 613-898-0040! Apr. 26, 7 p.m., City Hall, Champlain Room. home-made treat! 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Tour p.m.) Coffee/tea and treats will be on sale. findings about procrastination and its rela- peratures near freezing in winter. Please starts 2 p.m. by Bldg 72 in the Arboretum. tion to health and well-being Thurs., Apr. drop off at Ashbury House B&B, 303 First Tours are free and open to the public; please MEGA RUMMAGE SALE RETURNS! MAY 27, 7 p. m. in the Multipurpose Room, Glebe Ave. For information, call Charmaine at 613- register in advance at trees@friendsoft- 13 – 20 - Saturdays 9 – 5 and Monday to Community Centre (Third Ave. at Lyon). 234-4757. hefarm.ca or 613-230-3276. Donations to Friday, 12 – 7, Centretown United Church, Don’t put it off! Go to www.procrastina- Friends of the Farm kindly accepted. 507 Bank St. Mainly infants’ and chil- tion.ca/. PING PONG TABLE needed at Abbotsford dren’s clothing. Net proceeds go to Centre Seniors Centre. Willing to pick up. 613-230- FRIENDS’ PLANT SALE, Sun., May 14, 9 507, the Centretown Emergency Food, the SPRING FLING COMMUNITY FUND- 5730. a.m. – 1 p.m. - Get everything you need for Community Garden, etc. Contact nancy@ RAISER FOR THE GLEBE CO-OPERATIVE your garden at our spectacular Plant Sale in centretownunited.org or NURSERY SCHOOL, Sat., May 13, 10 a.m. the K.W. Neatby Bdlg. parking lot at Maple 613-232-9854. – 1 p.m., Glebe Community Centre (rain or and Carling Ave. Free admission; donations shine).

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Introduction to Hiking Saturday, June 3 Nepean Sportsplex

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Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group Glebe Community Centre 175 Third Avenue,Art Ottawa, Project ON K1S 2K2 www.gnag.ca 613-233-8713 [email protected] www.ottawa.ca

GNAG APRIL 21 Sustainable Questions: [email protected] 7 PM Spring FREE ADMISSION LICENSED FOR We’re looking Soccer FA for gently ADULTS 5 a fun league for MAY used designer girls and boys 2017 & vintage SHI clothing & online registra1on accessories. is ongoing at www.gnag.ca OShowcaseN We need your help to run ALL AGES this volunteer driven Please donate to our Sustainable Fashion Show program. ROCK CONCERT to support our Integra1on Program for par1cipants with special needs.

Ar8sts working in any media will have a chance to exhibit and sell their works for the month of May at Glebe CC GN G Opening: May 4, 6 -­‐ 7 pm Art Show Submissions April 24 - 28 and rts AFor emerging 1 piece / person: max size 2 x 3 G Hanging fee $5 Sale ar1sts of all ages (or a diptych equalling max size)