June 2012

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After the Fire: Photo: Mark Bisby Isobel Bisby and Jack Horowitz lead the way through park on the May 5 Something’s Got to Give Jane’s Walk. By Jane Heintzman Inaugural Jane’s Walk in New Edinburgh As we head into a second sum- belonging to New Edinburgh mer with no signs of move- Centre are negligible. The new ment to address the increasing- Beechwood Village Alliance Celebrates Heritage Saviours ly derelict, scarred landscape (BVA) is also concerned about “Cities have the capability of the problem, and hopes to play battle in a long war over link- speech by Amy Browell on the at the site of the fire, it is no providing something for every- ages between and Hull/ steps of New Edinburgh House. surprise that many residents a role in developing mitiga- body, only because, and only tion measures later this sum- Gatineau in which there have Twenty years ago, Amy had and merchants in the commu- when, they are created by been both winners and losers. almost singlehandedly begun nity have become dispirited by mer. Stay tuned as plans unfold everybody.” (www.newedinburgh.ca). New Edinburgh was a winner the battle to kill the Vanier the lack of action to rebuild – Jane Jacobs, ‘The Death and when it saved Stanley Park by Parkway Extension—a devel- our commercial core, and con- At the time of writing, prog- Life of Great American Cities’ ress towards the closing of the stopping the Vanier Parkway opment which would have cerned at the potential dangers By Isobel Bisby extension. I wasn’t living here obliterated the park along the posed by the neglected site, sale of the property to Minto remains firmly stuck in the On Saturday, May 5, one hun- then, but today, and for all time, Rideau and seriously impacted with its readily breached wire dred people, or thereabouts, my family and I are the ben- our quiet hamlet. After sev- fencing, piles of toxic rubble glue, as the landlord’s insur- ance claim reportedly remains gathered in the garden of New eficiaries. Between the Rideau eral years, she passed the baton and broken glass, gaping holes, Edinburgh House to begin to the community, under untended garbage and lack of unresolved, Lester Clark’s lawsuit alleging the premature the first ever Jane’s Walk the leadership of NECA, lighting. It seems fair to say in our neighbourhood. which continued the fight that it’s not only an eyesore at demolition of his shop is ongo- ing, and no agreement has yet Much to the organizers’ through the Parks not the heart of our community, it’s delight, people just kept Pavement campaign. an accident waiting to happen. been reached with Bread and Roses Bakery, one of the two on arriving. The event was Jack Horwitz remem- NECA is acutely aware of jointly planned by New bers those days, and the aesthetic affront and physi- remaining leaseholders. At this point, it seems likely that Minto Edinburgh Community throughout the walk remi- cal threat posed by the site, Alliance (NECA), nisced about planting trees and has approached the City may be stepping up the pres- sure to resolve the remaining Crichton Community and hanging helium bal- to explore the possibility of Council, and Crichton loons along the path of enclosing the area with some impediments to consummation of the deal, and to get on with Cultural Community the proposed expressway form of plywood fencing Centre. route; how eight families which could be beautified by the launch of its redevelop- ment plans. As noted in ear- Jane’s Walk celebrates got together and planted local artists and/or decorated the ideas and legacy of the Butterfly Garden in with panels depicting the his- lier issues, it’s our understand- ing that these plans will likely urbanist Jane Jacobs by Stanley Park, directly in tory of the community. Early getting people out explor- the path of the planned indications are not promising, involve two six storey build- ings, with commercial space at ing their neighbourhoods extension; he also talked as the erection of a hoard- and meeting their neigh- about building our fine ing on City property would the ground level and residential Parks not Pavement Campaign Poster. accommodation above. Until bours. Free walking tours Fieldhouse, strategi- be a costly undertaking, while held on the first weekend of River and the community lies a cally situated to undermine the chances of obtaining per- Continued on page 24 May each year are led by locals tranquil green park, with walk- the possibility of any future mission to build on the land who want to create a space for ing and cycling paths, a play- Vanier Arterial bordering our residents to talk about what ground, benches, two ice rinks houses. Heady and frighten- New Edinburgh matters to them in the places and a splash pad with a com- ing days certainly, but it’s they live and work. Since its munity-managed Fieldhouse important to acknowledge inception in Toronto in 2007, nearby; there isa soccer field, that, though our community ANNUAL COMMUNITY Jane’s Walk has expanded basketball court, tennis courts, won that battle, other com- GARAGE SALE rapidly. In May of 2011, 511 and an off-leash area for dogs. munities were not so fortunate walks were held in 75 cit- and still suffer today from the The Walk Saturday ies in 15 countries worldwide. unresolved problem of truck Participants in the recent Jane’s traffic in the downtown core. Why a Jane’s Walk in New September 15, 2012 Walk in New Edinburgh were The Jane’s Walk New Edinburgh? 9 AM – 3 PM blessed with a glorious sunny Edinburgh organizing commit- The Parks not Pavement day. Since this year’s theme (RAIN OR SHINE) tee, including Sue Hall, Roxie campaign, organized by the was Heritage Saviours: Past, Clark, Roslyn Butler and For further information, call Cathy 613.746.0303 people of New Edinburgh over Present and Future, what better myself, decided to include other www.newedinburgh.ca 20 years ago, was just one way to start than with a rousing Continued on page 6 Page 2 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 NECA President Joan Mason Reports

A summer break will be great- staff that looked into updating serious about heritage and ly appreciated by NECA and guidelines and creating new mentioned that conservation its committees. It has been a by-laws to help enforce them. through conflict is not the way demanding year as the City The controversial ‘grade’ issue to go. I reminded them that the and NCC presented the com- has been resolved, and a new City needs to embrace its heri- munity groups with much to urban tree conservation by-law tage, promote historic tourism digest and comment upon. put in place. Our councillor, and appreciate the work done Photo: JF Noble Peter Clark, was a staunch by residents in all the HCDs. Construction on 245 Crichton is now complete and the Stanley/New Edinburgh supporter of these much need- In an effort to highlight building is full of activity. “Official” opening is on June 6. Park ed changes. the importance of New Sussex, Mackay, Dufferin and sorely needed. It is wonderful The park was officially re- Edinburgh’s history to the City, Raising Our Profile Stanley—may receive a knock to see lights on and activity opened on May 14. The final NECA has asked that Ottawa stage of the NCC remediation Along with better regulations on their door by a team of local around the building again, and proclaim September 1st volunteer surveyors, asking we warmly welcome the new of the park has been the plant- to help protect the look and Thomas McKay Day, and will ing of a forest. There are a feel of the community, NECA them to respond to the survey. residents to New Edinburgh. ask Mayor Watson to read the The final report will be due great variety of trees, both ever- has been working to raise proclamation at a reception at Beautification of Beechwood green and deciduous, tastefully awareness of our history and in August. These surveys have Fire Site New Edinburgh House. Check proved to reveal the degree grouped. The paths that were the need to preserve mature the New Edinburgh website NECA’s efforts to ascertain disrupted by the ice-clearing neighbourhoods, as well as the to which ’s heritage is (www.newedinburgh.ca) for under stress, and how HCDs what can be done to brighten workers have been restored. A Heritage Conservation District details over the summer. up and make safer the site sitting area will be created at (HCD). NECA’s Heritage are sought out by many as places of choice to live. of last year’s devastating fire the old railway bridge founda- and Development (H&D) University of Waterloo have come to a grinding halt. tion. Committee has met with HCD Study Comes to New 245 Crichton Officially We investigated City regula- This fine addition to the developers, attended Planning Edinburgh Opens tions and found out the secu- urban canopy is most appreci- Committee and Committee of Heritage Ottawa is work- The project known as ‘A rity fence and sign are consid- ated, especially as the city is Adjustment meetings, and, ing with the University of Collective Act of Kindness’ ered adequate by the City. If losing so many ash trees. The when necessary, made presen- Waterloo, Heritage Resource will be officially opened by people are seen accessing the park has moved from neglect tations to the Ontario Municipal Centre, which is conduct- Mayor Watson, June 6, at site, we are instructed to phone and contamination to what will Board. The regular H&D col- ing province-wide surveys 11:30 am with a BBQ. NECA the police... Never mind the pit be a beautiful and restful place umns in the New Edinburgh of HCDs, to assess the effec- was one of the many part- they may fall into! for the next century. Many News, the Walking Tour bro- tiveness of HCDs at heritage ners in the Ottawa Community Upon looking into hoardings: thanks to the NCC and their chure, Heritage forums, street conservation and the level of Housing project, which also first we would have to have landscape planners. banners and the recent and satisfaction for those living included all the building trades permission from the owner. very successful Jane’s Walk in them. The New Edinburgh New Infill Guidelines and participants involved Calls to the owner have not (organized in collaboration HCD, along with Rockcliffe, with the construction of the been returned. If the hoard- There is cause for celebration with the CCC and CCCC), are Lowertown and as City Council has passed new Convention Centre. All the ing is placed on the City road examples of some of the other have been chosen for the study work and materials were allowance the fee is $1.34 per infill guidelines that will help awareness-raising initiatives as they are most at risk from mature neighbourhoods such as donated. This is a fine example square meter per day + $52.63 that NECA has undertaken. intensification, demolition and of generosity and caring, and processing fee to generate the ours to retain their streetscapes I met recently with Mayor infill. during this time of intensifi- we are proud to have been a permit. It is renewable every Watson and Councillor Clark Sometime in June, resi- part of it. Congratulations all 90 days. As we would be look- cation. NECA participated in at a breakfast hosted by the dents of the New Edinburgh this two-year study by City round. ing at the hoarding being up for Mayor. I asked if Ottawa was HCD—an area bounded by The former 106-year-old several years, this is cost-pro- building, left derelict by the hibitive. We would also have City, was demolished. However, to assume all responsibilities NECA is very pleased that the and liabilities. Ideas welcome. Your NECA Representatives 2011-2012 new building respected the I wish you all a wonder- ful summer, enjoying what is Sarah Anson-Cartwright 745-4194 [email protected] Environment footprint, mass and height of the original. 245 Crichton pro- close to home, and on your Roslyn Butler 746-8037 [email protected] Secretary & Membership vides six apartments that are travels. Michael Histed 741-1660 [email protected] Heritage & Development Michael Larrass 744-0304 [email protected] Traffic Joan Mason 842-8693 [email protected] President NECA MEETINGS: David Sacks 740-0650 [email protected] All Welcome Ernie Smith 744-8191 [email protected] The NECA board meets nine times a year, normally on the third Janet Uren 842-4913 [email protected] Monday of each month at 7:30 pm. No meetings in July, August, Jim Watson 745-7928 [email protected] Treasurer or December. Carlo Zambri 744-0773 [email protected] All upcoming NECA meetings will be held at St. Bartholomew’s Ex officio: Church at 125 MacKay Street, by kind permission of the church Mark Baker 746-9012 [email protected] Webmaster board and warden. Jill Hardy 746-1323 Fieldhouse Rentals Meetings are open to all New Edinburgh residents. Anyone wishing Cathy McConkey 746-0303 [email protected] Crichton Community Council to make a presentation to the board should please contact Joan Mason Cindy Parkanyi 745-8734 [email protected] New Edinburgh News in advance to arrange scheduling. Our next meetings are: Bethann Robin 745-2742 [email protected] CCCC President June 18, 2012, 7:30 pm, at St. Bartholomew’s Marci Surkes [email protected] Friends of the Park September 17, 2012, 7:30 pm, at St. Bartholomew’s Any changes to this schedule would be posted in advance on the New Edinburgh website, www.newedinburgh.ca. June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 3 The H&D Committee submit- very easily be overrun with ted comments to the City of development if not protected. Ottawa objecting to the size As a community, we must all and mass of the proposed work together to protect what structure, which would require we love about New Edinburgh, a significant variance from the its heritage and village char- Heritage Overlay. acter. Protecting the Lanes If you have concerns about The village-like atmosphere of a proposed development or New Edinburgh is worth pre- would like to get more involved Michael Histed for the apartment building. 67 MacKay Street serving, and in particular the with NECA’s Heritage & Chair, H&D Committee Although the height of the The H&D Committee sup- lanes. The H&D Committee is Development Committee, building has increased by 2.7 Updates ported the proposed kitchen committed to working with the contact the new Heritage and metres, it is still within the addition to the property with First a quick update on the City to help maintain the char- Development email account at overall zoning height limit of no changes. acter of our lanes, which could [email protected]. Heritage and Development 14.5 metres. The Committee Committee files reported in agreed that, despite the added 132 Stanley the last edition of the New height, the new design for the The H&D Committee respond- Edinburgh News: front of the project would still ed to the Public Notice for DEADLINE 61 Queen Victoria meet the needs for compatible Severance, recommending for the next edition of the that there be a postponement The H&D Committee prepared streetscape along Crichton. of Committee of Adjustment and submitted a position docu- New Edinburgh News 205 Crichton Street hearings until development ment to Doyle Homes and the The H&D Committee submit- plans were available. The City of Ottawa on April 15, ted a response to the developer, City’s Planning Committee has Sept 10 2012. In it, the Committee: Vert Design, and the City. The approved the severance into • supported the proposal for response pointed out that, as a three lots: one to include the the property fronting 61 Electronic copies of the NEN “Gateway Property”, the design existing bungalow, and two Queen Victoria Street did not meet the requirements side-by-side lots along Queen are available at • opposed plans for new of the Heritage Overlay. The Victoria. They also approved construction along River Committee also indicated that a right of way behind lot 3 for www.newedinburgh.ca Lane based on the fact that they felt the proposed proj- parking access off River Lane. the plans contravene the ect would cause issues for the Heritage Overlay, Zoning immediate neighbour with bal- 192 Crichton By-Law and the City’s conies, and did not adequately The H&D Committee has met Official Plan, and address parking issues. Vert with the developer and has • noted concerns related to Design has since contacted the recently received a list of pro- adding additional park- Committee to discuss its con- posed variances. These are cur- ing along the lanes, such cerns. rently being reviewed by the as snow loading, access for H&D Committee. emergency vehicles and gar- 296 Crichton Street bage collection. The Chair of the H&D New Activity Committee contacted Timber Recently, the H&D Committee 280-282 Crichton Ville construction and they received for review a proposal The H&D Committee has have confirmed that the garag- for a new garage on River not heard officially from the es will be placed at the rear Lane, associated with 165 neighbours or their lawyer of the property as previously Crichton and replacing one with respect to the new design agreed. that was recently demolished.

Isobel Bisby, Margo Silver, Stephen Marmara-Burns, From the Editor’s Chair Lise Gagnon, Veronica von It has been a good she has in store for next year! Nostitz-Tait, Jim deFaye, year for the New Our newest addition this Liba Bender, Roxan Clark, Edinburgh News. year is Ad Manager Brian Roger Hardy, William The paper con- Gallant. He has expertly taken Beddoe, Susan Boyd, and Ian tinues to thrive, on his new role, and is put- Fraser. attracting support from local ting his publishing pedigree to The NEN Advisory Board advertisers despite economic work. Way to go! Thank you to Barbara hard times. We very much Our new Bookkeeper this Benoit, Joyce Dubuc, Jane appreciate this, and encourage year, Kathryn Sabetta has Heintzman, David Horley, our readers to shop local and been working hard to keep the Gemma Kerr, Cathy shop often! NEN books in good order. It is also a good time to high- McConkey, Dave Rostene, We are very happy to wel- David Sacks, Janet Uren and light the dedication and service come to the team our new provided by our cast and crew. Jim Watson for providing reporter-at-large, JF Noble. important support and insight The Core Team The dedicated (and often late- for editorial and administrative We are sincerely blessed to night) efforts of proofreader decision-making. Sandra Fraser ensures typos, have the energy and experi- Volunteer Opportunities ence of Senior Writer, Jane run-on sentences and grammar Heintzman. Besides writing snafus are kept to an absolute Want to get more involved large swaths of the content minimum. Kudos! in the community? Give us each edition, she also encour- The Home Delivery Team a call—projects come in all ages and guides new contribu- Thank you to newcom- sizes from simple scanning for tors. Thank you! er Distribution Manager our electronic archive (yes, its Photographer/Columnist Jonathan Blake and to the still ongoing...) to participation Louise Imbeault has truly team of volunteers who deliv- in production, administration become our “go to” gal for er the paper to your door- or editorial decision-making. photos and personal profiles. step each edition: Philip Come and join the team! And we look forward to what McAdam, Kathy McConkey, Cindy Parkanyi Page 4 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 or live in a heritage conser- vation district such as New Farmers’ Markets in Ottawa Edinburgh, you may want to check with the City’s heri- Ottawa Farmers’ Market: tage planners to acquire a Ottawa Parkdale Market: Brewer Park, just South of Parkdale near Wellington, permit to add panels. The Sunnyside Ave. Sundays 8 am - 3 . 7 days/wk, 7 am - 6 key is to ensure the aes- pm, May through October. pm, April through December. thetic integrity of the house. Main Farmers’ Market: 223 Ottawa Organic Farmers’ This is usually feasible since Main St. (St. Paul University). Market: Canada Care Building, panels are mounted on racks Saturdays, 9 am - 2 pm, May Bank and Heron. Saturdays, 10 Homeowner’s Guide to a few inches above the roof through October. am -2 pm, year long. and can be removed in a way Ottawa Byward Market: 55 Quartier Vanier Farmer’s that keeps the roof intact. Byward Market Square. 7 days/ Market: Scotiabank Parking Lot, Earning with Solar wk, 6 am - 6 pm, May through Montreal Rd & Hammond St. By Sarah Anson-Cartwright • Solar panel companies usual- Ecology Ottawa. The bonus ly do free estimates, accord- October; 9:30 am -5:30 pm, Saturdays, 9 am - 1 pm, July 7 to Homeowner Dennis Jackson with solar panels is that peak November to April. October 8. was keen on earning revenue ing to Graham Thomas energy consumption in the who works at iSolara. by adding solar panels to his summer is matched by solar roof. What he did not expect power generation. Facts in brief: Green Bin Maintenance was to end up saving money Dennis admits that he was • Panels last 25-40 years. as his electricity bills fell. By scared about an investment of • Test your home location’s adding solar panels, Jackson for a Hot Summer $30,000 in solar panels. The solar potential by visiting became a lot more aware of Come November, we will • Freeze really mucky waste panels do degrade over time, www.greenpowerlabs.com. his home’s energy consump- with the result that less energy have the start of bi-weekly (like fish scraps or grease) tion and that led to easy ways is produced. However, Dennis • Between April to September, garbage collection. until collection day (and to reduce and save money. is completely won over now solar panels produce 75% of So now is a great time to keep it well marked as Green Granted, an investment in by the fact that despite having their revenue. exploit the weekly green Bin waste). solar panels is a long-term a less-than-ideal slope of roof • It typically takes four days bin pick-up—our future • Don’t leave food waste proposition. However, I learned (22.5 degrees, rather than the to install panels on a roof. mainstay waste collection. exposed. (If fruit flies arrive at Ecology Ottawa’s Investing with warm weather, you can ideal 37 degrees), he is gener- • It is usually a 3-4 month pro- Dealing with the green bin in Home Solar Power work- ating $3,200 annually, which cess from the time of apply- capture them with a bowl of shop on April 12 that it is an is lot like coping with your vinegar covered with plas- covers his property taxes. At ing till the connection to the garbage bin. In summer, we are opportunity to passively earn tax time, he is also able to grid, which happens about tic wrap with several small a return while actively con- always aiming to avoid smells holes in it.) write off the capital and other two weeks after installation. and pests. Just like the garbage tributing to alternative energy expenses against the revenue. • Secure the lid of your green sources. If your house is not suited bin, the green bin requires us bin; we use a bungee cord Surprisingly, Ottawa is in Here is what you need to to solar panels, you can still to apply all the same common over top of the lid. the second best area for solar know when considering solar invest in solar power by join- sense and practical tips—and • Move your green bin to the power generation in North panels: ing the Ottawa Renewable a few more for good measure. curb on the morning of col- America. With the Ontario • Slope of the roof: 37 degrees Energy Cooperative. OREC With a hot summer ahead, good lection; don’t move it the Government’s MircoFIT pro- is best. sells membership (at $100) and habits are all the more helpful. night before, when it could gram (where FIT stands for • Azimuth: a roof’s direction shares (at $5,000 each) for 20- Tips to cut down on smells attract pests. feed-in-tariff), homeowners straight south is best, but year investments with reason- and pests in your green bin: • Rinse or hose your green able returns of 5% or better. with solar panels can enter 20- due east and due west are • Wrap your organics waste in bin with water occasionally year contracts with the program also fine. All in all, there are options after pick-up, to cut down on for taking advantage of the newspaper or put it in Bag which pays at rates that yield a • Shade is a critical issue, to Earth lined bags or paper odours and pests. 7% return on investment guar- sun and earning a return on an but some shade is okay. alternative energy investment. bags. (We end up with a lot You will notice that by feed- anteed. With the program, you Determine whether there of wrapped bundles in our ing more to the green bin— generate power for the grid If you missed the workshop will be any shading over and are interested in solar green bin. The paper absorbs giving it all your food scraps, (not your home) and are paid the next 20 years near your moisture, which can really paper towelling and food soiled accordingly. power, here is an opportunity house. Be sure to check the to learn more: develop in summer heat.) cardboard—that your regular While the program has seen City’s density plan for build- • Line the bottom of the green garbage will be less. By going more take-up in rural areas, Invest in solar. Get the facts. ing zones on the south side, Saturday, June 16, 9 am - noon, bin with leaf waste or news- more green this summer, you’ll we need solar power in urban for example. paper. be ready for the bi-weekly areas for efficiency in the grid, City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. • If you have a heritage home Free entry. • Store your bins in the shade garbage pickup in the fall, says Janice Ashworth, of or in a shed. and less waste to the landfill. June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 5 made from recycled materi- stage in their development. als and are themselves recy- The perfect ice-breaker: Going Green, Getting Local clable. Bee Glorious also car- a beauty kit containing safe ries local artisan handcrafted and eco-friendly cosmetics By JF Noble accessible to homeowners and mitted to YOGO being 100% fashion accessories and house- products. 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Each item ordered is products manufactured are mothers to have a dialogue continue to promote healthy Among those showcased at the sewn and handled individu- truly natural without a touch with their teens about choos- living, stimulate community expo, the following sampling ally, accommodating special of chemicals, organic where ing products with ingredients economic development, and offer a simple yet relevant sizing or length requirements. possible, not tested on animals, that will not cause them harm, environmental citizenship in practicality. While most clothing is out- and packaging is increasingly particularly during this crucial Ottawa. The Healthiest Home: With sourced overseas with cheap its mission to make green labour and materials, owner building products readily Jo-Ann Oosterman is com- Page 6 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 Jane’s Walk... Letter to the Community Continued from page 1 points of community interest Final Curtain and importance on the Walk. On April 28, 2012, at precisely backstage crews and the orga- We strolled along MacKay to 10:42 pm, the curtain fell on the nizers of the New Edinburgh the site of the Beechwood fire, New Edinburgh Players’ final Players’ 30th season festivities, where Chris Green (Bread and production, The Liar, a come- who contributed so much of Roses) and Heather Matthews dy by David Ives, adapted from their time, talent and enthusi- (The Scone Witch) spoke about the play by Pierre Corneille. asm to the success, laughter, the sadness of losing our his- 33 successful seasons (a good times, friendships and toric streetscape and the current total of 51 productions) have camaraderie which was shared impasse regarding rebuilding raised substantial funds for: among us all for so many years. on the fire site. Joan Mason • the former Crichton Street As the founder and artistic (NECA) assured everyone that School library director of The New Edinburgh the community is concerned, • New Edinburgh Community Players, I would like to say and is dedicated to monitoring Alliance THANK YOU from the depth the redevelopment carefully. • Crichton Cultural of my heart to all of you and We then walked the route Photo: Mark Bisby Community Centre to our loyal audiences, who where the expressway would During the recent Jane’s Walk, Paul McConnell explains the • MacKay United Church laughed and cheered with us have passed, relishing the role NECA’s Heritage and Development Committee plays in • United Church Women year after year, after year… green beauty alongside the protecting historically valuable properties, such as the Bell • MacKay Piano Committee What will I do without the river on the left, and the heri- House on Stanley Avenue. • St. Bartholomew’s for theatre? To begin with, I shall tage buildings on the right. We Harmony House & The take a rest, and then go with stopped at 245 Crichton and Bale the flow. I would like to travel where the road curves, and whose favourite song was Ice listened to Jacques Legendre • Amethyst Women’s more often, dedicate more time returning it to parkland to make Cream by Sarah McLachlan… reminisce about his days as Addiction Treatment Centre to painting watercolours; possi- for a safer area for families words inscribed on the City Councillor and his par- • Ottawa Salus Corporation bly write my theatre memoirs; visiting the park. We walked stones are visible to this day. ticipation in the attempt to save (Community Mental Health definitely continue the work through the Butterfly Garden, We continued on and admired this old building from demo- Services) on my graphic fantasy novel a quiet and tranquil place that the historic Bell House, where lition. We admired its recent • ALSOcares (development for children; study and learn greatly needs some loving care Paul McConnell explained the reincarnation, which has been and growth of adult and to dance the Argentine Tango, to restore the flowers to once work of the NECA Heritage proudly brokered by NECA. family literacy in Ottawa) in Ottawa and in Buenos again attract the butterflies. We and Development Committee We stopped at the Fieldhouse, • Citizen Advocacy (support- Aires. And, somewhere in quietly observed the three huge that strives to protect these where Cathy McConkey relat- ing a wide range of people between, I shall join a dramat- boulders placed in the Butterfly historically valuable proper- ed the history of this recreation- with disabilities) ics society. Wherever there Garden in remembrance of ties. The last stop was at the al facility. She also advanced • Ottawa Humane Society is a stage and a theatre, I can Alice Dietrich-O’Connor, junction of Stanley and Union the notion of closing Stanley • Serenity Renewal for most likely be found, and it who died of cancer in 1998, and where we saw more fine exam- Avenue at the Fieldhouse Families is there where I would very ples of early residences in our • Ontario Lupus Association much enjoy welcoming you heritage community. We then – Ottawa Branch once again to a show of mine. returned to New Edinburgh • Canadian Breast Cancer Ingrid McCarthy House to drink tea and cof- Network fee, and continue our conversa- • EcoEquitable (social econ- Editor’s note: For 33 years, the tions. The walk was a wonder- omy enterprise to facilitate phenomenal Ingrid McCarthy ful experience, and hopefully the integration of franco- has produced an annual play— the beginning of an annual tra- phone immigrant women in some seasons, two plays— dition. Thank you Jane Jacobs, into the workforce), and providing much-appreciated we think you’d approve… • the Burgh Carving Club. dramatic entertainment to the community. We wish her all the Note: A limited number of We bid you all farewell and best as she heads off to new Jane’s walk T-shirts, featur- say thank you to the numer- adventures. We also salute all the ing the Parks not Pavement ous fans and supporters and dedicated members of the New poster, are on sale at New sponsors (Gordon Harrison Edinburgh Players’ cast and crew Edinburgh House. Adults Gallery, Rockcliffe Retirement for enriching our lives through $15, Children and Youth $10. Residence), former actors and excellent community theatre. June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 7 inside the two doomed build- ings and was pleased to dis- If These Walls–and Doors–Could Talk … cover that some of the fixtures By Paul McConnell MacKay Street, Dominique Crichton is the empty brick built by August Boehmer, a were still in place. Among his New Edinburgh is one of the Primeau was surprised to house which, with its neigh- building contractor who was a purchases from the Boehmer oldest neighbourhoods in uncover dozens of rocks—not bouring apartment building prominent member of the local residence were eight solid Ottawa. Many of our houses from the slabs of slate and (280 Crichton), is scheduled for German-Canadian communi- wood internal doors, which were built over 100 years ago. shale that form our basement demolition and the site redevel- ty. He helped found St. John are destined to find a new Most have been around for floors—but large, cut stones oped as “stacked townhouses”. Lutheran congregation, and home during the restoration several generations. These that must once have formed These two buildings are fine built its church on Crichton in of Dominique’s MacKay prop- are real houses, with char- a wall. But what was the pur- examples of the style typical of 1895. He built 282 Crichton erty. Interestingly, there were acter and history. And they pose of such a major proj- New Edinburgh in the first two in about 1909 and lived signs that the doors had been talk to us about their lives— ect? Perhaps a boundary wall decades of the 20th century. there until his death in 1937. recycled already, having been if you know how to listen. previously altered for instal- There are many ways we can lation at 282 Crichton. But discover the way our houses while stripping paint off them, have evolved over the years. As Dominique discovered the heating, plumbing, and elec- doors had another story to tell. trical services have advanced, There gradually appeared, writ- for example, we might detect ten in large, cursive handwrit- the tell-tale circular marks ing, a list of names. A dozen in walls, ceilings, and floors names, like ‘Donald Nelson’ revealing the track of long- and ‘William Musgrave’. gone stovepipes. Or we learn Next to some of them, but to our surprise that the wiring frustratingly difficult to deci- we have taken for granted is pher, is another word—per- really a fragile composite of haps ‘Mooney’, ‘Moving’, or the various technologies preva- lent in different eras. Some of us have old ‘summer kitchens’ that would once have been a seasonal refuge for the family but which, through pressure on space (and the availability of artificial air conditioning) have now been insulated and converted to year-round use. And what about the complex and shifting pattern of property lots and rights-of-way in New Photo: Paul McConnell Edinburgh? In some cases Dominique Primeau with one of the old salvaged doors these tell us how large family with its peculiar manuscript list of men’s names. Debtors? lots had second houses built on The local hockey team? Next to some of them is another them to accommodate grand- word—perhaps ‘Mooney’, ‘Moving’, or ‘Money’. Any ideas parents and adult children, out there? but became legally severed once the families dispersed. indicating an earlier lot line? Sadly, being located outside Then there are the items we Or perhaps it was a retaining the boundaries of the Heritage Back to Dominique and his stumble across during renova- wall needed at one time to Conservation District, they recent discovery. He moved to ‘Money’. Any ideas out there? tions. How did that old German stabilize the lot. In any event, are not protected from demo- New Edinburgh last summer We’ll probably never know the newspaper find its way behind the old stones will now take lition. Strenuous attempts by after living several years in who, what, and why of this the wall? Where did the horse- on a new life, above ground, the community to secure indi- Vancouver in a house he had unique list from years gone by, shoe, coloured medicine bot- in the landscaped rear yard. vidual heritage designation restored. As an interior decora- but this is a fascinating remind- tles, and doll’s teacup come Dominique had a second for them were unsuccessful, tor and designer with a special er that New Edinburgh is a from that we dug up in the recent encounter with peo- and we shall soon lose these interest in heritage, Dominique special place, with deep roots garden? In his rear garden, on ple from another time. 282 treasures forever. Both were managed to arrange a tour and a long history to share. Page 8 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 nommé défenseur libéral en From the Desk of... matière de coopératives par l’honorable Bob Rae, chef libéral intérimaire. From the Desk Ce rôle nouvellement créé de défenseur des coopératives of Mayor est fondé sur l’ouverture, la collaboration, la sensibilisation Jim Watson et il évite la partisannerie. Il Mauril Bélanger s’agit d’un rôle progressiste, Canada House Member of Parliament for positif et fondé sur les preuves. Terry Fox’s t-shirt or maybe Little did we know that we Ottawa-Vanier J’ai l’intention de promouvoir even Joseph Bombardier’s first would ignite an outpouring les coopératives canadiennes et snowmobile. of interest when Councillors Liberal Advocate for than 650 retail co-operatives, leurs valeurs, ainsi que de les People from across the coun- Rainer Bloess, Katherine Hobbs Co-operatives nearly 900 credit unions and aider au meilleur de ma con- try would love a glimpse of and I attended a meeting of the “Co-operatives are a remind- caisses populaires with close naissance. national treasures like these. House of Commons Standing er to the international com- to 11 million members, about Plus de 18 millions de I have received a swath of Committee on Canadian munity that it is possible to 450 co-ops offering child care Canadiens sont membres de Tweets and a batch of emails Heritage on Tuesday, April 24, pursue both economic viabil- or early childhood education, coopératives. Il y a environ 9 from folks in Ottawa and 2012. We were asked to testify ity and social responsibility.” more than 600 worker (employ- 000 coopératives au Canada, beyond. Everybody was tak- on what we should be doing to – Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary ee-owned) co-ops with a total dont plus de 2 200 coopératives ing a few moments to offer celebrate the 150th anniversary General. membership of over 13,000, d’habitation qui logent à peu their own suggestions. Jane of Confederation in 2017. and more than 100 health care près 250 000 personnes, plus Osborne said, “We are totally Given the declaration by the It seems to me that we should co-operatives. Co-operatives, de 1 300 coopératives agri- behind you 100 percent. Love United Nations of 2012 as the find a way to celebrate great including credit unions, have coles, plus de 650 coopératives the idea we need it in Canada. International Year of Co-opera- Canadian achievements. We an estimated $252 billion in de commerçants, près de 900 We need to cheer on Canada.” tives, I have been appointed should be able to display, for assets and the co-operative sec- coopératives de crédit et caiss- Jean-Pierre Dubois-G sug- Liberal Advocate for Co-oper- all to see, artefacts that mean tor employs more than 155,000 es populaires qui comptent près gested we should have the atives by the Honourable Bob something to the real people of people. de 11 millions de membres, first edition of Anne of Green Rae, Liberal Interim Leader. our great country. I proposed I thank the New Edinburgh environ 450 coopératives de Gables. Noah Caroll wants The newly created role of the idea of a Canada House to News for the continued oppor- garde d’enfants et d’éducation to see, “Terry Fox’s shoes? Advocate for Co-operatives is hold our most treasured nation- tunity to share news with con- des jeunes enfants, plus de 600 An original Bell telephone?” based on openness, collabo- al memories in the former US stituents of the area. coopératives de travailleurs And Melanie Fulop told the ration, awareness and avoids Embassy in Ottawa. This is an (appartenant aux employés) Twitterverse that, “Having vis- partisanship. It is a progres- Le Défenseur libéral en iconic space directly opposite qui comptent au total plus de ited Washington and seen all sive, positive and evidence- matière de coopératives that would be 13 000 membres et plus de 100 the museums for free, I think based role. I intend to promote greatly enhanced as the trea- « Les coopératives rappellent coopératives en soins de santé. this is a great idea!” Canadian co-operatives and sure chest of our nation. And à la communauté internatio- Les coopératives (y compris There has also been media their values, as well as assist it has been sitting empty for nale qu’il est possible d’allier les coopératives de crédit) ont interest. Ottawa Citizen col- them to the best of my abili- 10 years. la vitalité économique à la des actifs évalués à 252 mil- umnist Joanne Chianello thinks ties. The possibilities are many: a responsabilité sociale » – Ban liards de dollars et emploient the idea may be a hit—she Over 18 million people are replica of the Canadarm; Bryan Ki-moon, secrétaire général plus de 155 000 personnes. wants to see a replica of the members of Canadian co- Adams’ first guitar; Banting des Nations Unies. Je remercie le New Edinburgh Galloping Gourmet’s kitchen! operatives. There are approxi- and Best’s chemistry set; News de l’occasion de partager I’m too young to become a mately 9,000 co-operatives in Suite à la déclaration des Sydney Crosby’s game-win- des nouvelles avec les résidents museum piece, let alone name, Canada. These include: more Nations Unies qui stipule que ning stick from the Gold medal du quartier. just yet! than 2,200 housing co-opera- l’année 2012 est l’année inter- game at the 2010 Vancouver So send me your ideas for tives which are home to about nationale des coopératives, Winter Olympics (or a reason- what should be included in 250,000 individuals, more than l’honorable Mauril Bélanger, Hon. / L’hon. Mauril Bélanger, able facsimile, since I bet the Canada house by email to 1,300 agricultural co-ops, more député d’Ottawa-Vanier, a été M.P. / député, Ottawa-Vanier Hockey Hall of Fame has the [email protected] or via original for themselves). Twitter @JimWatsonOttawa These are just a few ideas, and and use hashtag 327 ST. LAURENT BOULEVARD • 613-749-9703 • WWW.LESAINTO.COM we could find a thousand more #CanBucketList. I look forward in the bat of an eye. In addi- to working with the Federal tion to those above, other ideas Government to help bring this I have mentioned are Celine beautiful building back to life Dion’s first Gold Record, or in time for 2017.

Now offering customer appreciation $30 table d’hôte special, from Tuesday through Friday. Offer expires June 15, 2012. June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 9 reasonable to do so. If resi- dents have questions, they can Ottawa City call 3-1-1 and speak to City staff for advice on whether the Councillor tree may be a candidate for injection and how to proceed Peter Clark before engaging a qualified Let’s Work Together to Make Your Reports contractor. TreeAzin injections should only be performed by a House and Community Safer qualified professional and trees By Constable/Agent Ryan that they have taken this pro- Beechwood Fire 1. Regulation of wood move- must be re-injected every two Pierce active measure to deter theft. As of this writing the insur- ment and disposal. years, potentially for the life of Did you know that all Ottawa Home Security Inspections ance claims are not finalized. 2. Tree removal. the tree. Police Service Community are also offered to interested It is disappointing, but we are 3. Selective tree injections. Ash tree removals in response Police Centers (CPC) have residents by CPC volunteers. hopeful it will not be too much At your request, these volun- 4. Proactive tree planting and to EAB are not done in an effort a team of volunteers trained longer. to slow down the insect. In fact and ready to help make your teers will come to your resi- replacement tree planting. dence and perform a safety Emerald Ash Borer ash trees are only removed for house and community safer? 5. Public consultation and out- consideration of public health audit—assessing ways to Emerald ash borer (EAB) is a reach. Listed below are two of our make your home safer. The non-native insect that is kill- and safety, once the trees have Crime Prevention Programs In Canada there is only one audit is based on a checklist. ing trees in many areas of the declined significantly in health that are offered free of charge pesticide that is available for Participants are also provided City. This pest is particularly and condition. All ash trees to all residents. use against emerald ash borer, with a booklet that identi- significant since ash trees rep- removed to date have been called TreeAzin, delivered Operation Identification is fies safety improvements, and resent 25% of our forest cover. quite heavily infested with through a tree injection. The a program that provides resi- crime prevention tips. Unfortunately, the EAB does emerald ash borer. City of Ottawa’s EAB strategy dents with an engraving tool If you would like to par- not have the natural controls Forestry Services has active- includes tree injection as a mit- to permanently mark their ticipate in the programs listed that are found in its’ native ly consulted with many groups, igation measure to minimize valuable belongings with a above or any of our Crime range. For this reason it has both internal and external. It the impact on forest cover, and unique identifier. For items Prevention initiatives (Child killed millions of ash trees was recognized that a “Made we have been successfully add- that cannot be engraved, resi- Print, Neighbourhood in southwestern Ontario and in Eastern Ontario Solution” ing ash trees to this program dents are encouraged to take Watch, and Business Crime throughout the United States. was needed and this was every year. To date there are a photograph or videotape of Prevention) please contact Although researchers are con- addressed through the for- over 2,000 trees that have been such belongings. After return- the Rockcliffe Community tinuing to work on long-term mation of a Regional Forest protected with this pesticide. ing the engraver, participants Police Center at 613-236- solutions, there are currently Health Working Group. This tree injection is meant are provided with a window 1222 extension 5915. More no options to stop the spread to function as a protection for The City has also actively sticker which can be placed at information can also be found or eradicate this pest. Since select trees and it is not pos- participated with EAB work- their residence to alert people at www.ottawapolice.ca. the discovery of emerald ash sible to protect every ash tree ing groups across Canada and borer in Ottawa in 2008, we on this program. Ontario to provide advice and have been implementing the Our residents have the option to seek expert advice from Council-approved strategy to to inject City-owned trees communities, such as those manage our forest cover. This located on their property, at in southwestern Ontario who strategy has five main compo- their own cost, if it is deemed have dealt with the impacts nents, these are: of EAB longer than Ottawa. These communities have also seen EAB impacts in locations that Ottawa has not yet expe- rienced, such as in forests and riparian areas. Next Steps The City estimates that there are 75,000 Ash trees on City streets. Thankfully, not all are infested at this time. For this reason, staff will con- tinue to monitor, expand the injection program and expand the interplanting program to help ensure that the Ash tree is around for future generations in some form. Page 10 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 Earlier this year, resident Erin Crotty launched her new business, BURGH BUSINESS Bloomstra Consulting, an orga- nization which offers guidance and expertise in corporate eti- quette; international protocol; business management solu- BRIEFS tions in such areas as recruit- - By Jane Heintzman - ment programming, mentor- ship and coaching programs, El Meson: A Neighbourhood and seamless transition. the cuisine and ambiance of team building and presentation Institution Changes Hands In true entrepreneurial fash- the restaurant. As a lover of skills training; and in general, El Meson is a culinary land- ion, André had long been on seafood, it is perhaps not sur- all the “soft skills” required mark on Beechwood with a stel- the lookout for promising new prising that his interest soon to gain a competitive edge in lar reputation for fine Iberian opportunities, and approached blossomed into a lively enthu- today’s fast-paced, dog-eat- cuisine, old world charm and the Alves’ some time ago to siasm. dog economy. Photo: Michelle Valberg gracious service. After 25 express an interest in taking In these early days of his Erin has a broadly-based Erin Crotty of Bloomstra years as proprietors, José and over El Meson, should they proprietorship, André is keenly legal background, having start- Consulting. Maria Alves have sold their ever decide to call it a day. aware that he takes over a first ed her legal career as a summer business to André Cloutier, When the possibility of their class operation with deep roots student in a number of law of business background among the successful young owner/ retirement first came to light in the community and a sub- firms while she was still in her students emerging from some operator of Arturo’s Market about a year ago, André began stantial clientele of loyal regu- teens. She went on to earn her of the professional schools, across the street. André took more serious negotiations lars. He is enormously appre- law degree from the University and hopes to be able to fill the over El Meson at the beginning towards a potential purchase, ciative of both El Meson’s of Windsor, and subsequently gap with training in the funda- of May, and at the time of writ- reading up on Spanish and superb chef, and the gracious practiced here in Ottawa, at mentals of marketing and busi- ing, was working closely with Portuguese culture and food and thoroughly knowledgeable one point serving as Managing ness development. the Alves’ to ensure a smooth to deepen his appreciation for team of servers who contribute Director responsible for the Among her clients are profes- so much to the dining expe- Articling and Recruitment, sional associations, healthcare rience. He is rapidly learn- Professional Development and providers, small and medium- ing on-the-job as he observes Business Development pro- sized businesses, including them going through their skill- grams in a major Ottawa firm. many with an international ful routines. Indeed, the only Immediately prior to launch- dimension, and individuals, change you’re likely to notice ing Bloomstra Consulting, she among them law students in at El Meson in the weeks to was Director of Professional need of experienced coach- come is the presence of André Recruitment in the Ottawa ing for articling interviews, himself stepping in as host and office of Canada’s largest job interviews, co-op place- maitre d’! national law firm. She retains ments, and business meals or As an energetic young multi- close ties to the profession, social events. (Readers with a tasker, André will continue to and is a member of the Law son or daughter in law school operate his popular restaurant/ Society of Upper Canada, the who has recently endured this deli, Arturo’s Market, although Canadian Bar Association, grueling rite of passage will for the next few weeks as he the Ontario Bar Association be aware just how critical- learns the ropes at El Meson, and the Women’s Business and often decisive-these “soft he will rely heavily on his Network. skills” can be!) The fundamen- capable new General Manager, Once having taken the deci- tal objective of Erin’s coaching Cassandra Tonon (yup, you sion to focus her energies on is to help her clients develop guessed it, his wife Marla’s what she regarded as the criti- the savvy and skills that are the sister!) Cassandra is a three- cally important—and all too key to cultivating new business year veteran of Arturo’s and, often neglected—realm of and retaining existing clients, after graduating with a major “soft skills”, Erin obtained her and to standing out above the in Psychology, has committed certification as a Corporate competition in a hotly con- to spending some time in the Etiquette and International tested market. GM’s role at the restaurant. Photo: JF Noble Protocol Consultant from the Erin’s current practice We thank the Alves’ for their José and Maria Alves (on left) have passed the baton to Protocol School of Washington, includes weekly one-on-one two and a half decades of splen- André Cloutier (see here with wife Marla). and by February of this year, coaching and mentoring ses- did service on Beechwood, and Bloomstra Consulting was up sions; group presentations; are especially grateful that they and running. While her client Lunch-and-Learn sessions for have chosen to keep the own- base is steadily growing, she employees; half-day seminars ership of El Meson within our currently works with the career on Business Etiquette and full- community. Best of luck to service development offices day seminars which follow up André and his team in this of the law schools at Queen’s the Business Etiquette session challenging first year operat- and University of Ottawa, and with a seminar on dining. She ing not one but two of our hopes to broaden this network tailors her approach to meet neighbourhood’s favourite din- to include the Sprott School of the specific needs of each of ing spots! Business and other profession- her clients, and topics may Bloomstra Consulting al schools. She has been par- cover the waterfront from pre- ticularly struck by the absence sentation skills to networking June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 11 savvy, the art of small talk, job pleased to encounter a number interview techniques, people of his previous clients from skills, international protocol, Beechwood. and workplace civility and its Despite his move to impact on customer service. Wellington West, Adam Interested readers can check remains intensely interested in out Erin’s excellent website the fate of the Beechwood core at www.bloomstraconsulting. area destroyed in last year’s ca, or if you’d like to enlist epic fire. Like the rest of us, he her services on a group or is distressed that the rebuilding individual basis, she can be process has yet to be launched, reached at 613-614-4540 or and is acutely conscious of the ecrotty@bloomstraconsulting. depressing impact on the com- ca. We wish Erin well in her munity and local businesses of Market, which moved from carrot and tomato. duction is notoriously labour- intriguing new business, and the derelict property at the site to Brewer As the demand for certi- intensive, (just imagine hand- especially applaud her efforts of the fire. Let’s hope we’ll Park early in May. Stuart’s son fied organic produce grows in weeding an area hundreds of to bring workplace civility into have good news to report to Bryson and his partner have lockstep with the awareness of times the size of your garden), the limelight as an important Adam as events unfold in the been on a working adventure toxic effects of the chemicals, and Bryson’s is now a major objective for organizations and coming months. In the inter- through Australia and South pesticides, herbicides and hor- employer in the Shawville their employees: amen to that! im, we wish him well in his East Asia for the past year, but mones widely used in conven- area, managing a team of up to new job, and look forward to Adam Kane, Branch he is hopeful that they’ll be tional production, Bryson’s has 50 employees in the growing reporting on the safe arrival Manager, TD Canada Trust, back in time to take over in the seen a steady increase in the season, and a core group of 20 of baby Joseph in the NEN’s Wellington and Holland busy season at the markets! number of clients on its year- throughout the year running October edition. In our April (Fools’) edition of The products of Bryson’s round home delivery roster. the greenhouses, the industrial the NEN, we provided news of Bryson Farms spanking new industrial kitch- The produce is fresh-picked the kitchen and the home delivery Adam Kane, former Manager After regular appearances in en not only include a selec- day before delivery, washed, service. It’s perhaps not sur- of the BMO Beechwood this column for over a decade, tion of frozen organic veggie dried, packaged in biodegrad- prising that when the farm was Branch and a well-known fig- Bryson Farms needs no intro- favourites such as sweet corn, able, recyclable containers and threatened with closure several ure in our community where he duction to the majority of our broccoli, and cauliflower, but delivered to your door on a years ago, there was a hue and was actively engaged in a wide readers. The 140+ tillable acre also a variety of heat-and-serve neighbourhood-based weekly cry from the local community range of community causes. Shawville farm, jointly oper- prepared dishes, including veg- schedule. (You’ll find all the in support of this landmark As many readers will since ated by Stuart Collins and etarian shepherd’s pie, savoury details on the Bryson’s website business. have discovered, not all of the Terry Stewart, now produces squash pie, roasted vegetable at www.brysonfarms.com). Delighted as he is that organi- reports on Adam and his fam- the largest crop of certified stew and a range of tasty soups. Stuart reports that the service cally produced food has caught ily were entirely accurate, as organic produce in Eastern As many readers will already has recently been expanded, on in recent years and is now the trumpeted arrival of Trina Canada, and in recent years have discovered, you’ll find with two delivery trucks out very much in demand, Stuart and Adam’s fourth child, baby has enhanced its business these items in the freezers at four days each week to cover cautions that all that is local Joseph, has yet to take place through the introduction of a the splendid new Epicuria the whole of Ottawa, south to is not necessarily organic, and and indeed is not expected year-round greenhouse opera- at 357 St. Laurent Blvd., as , East to 10th Line, indeed, all that purports to be until July. The time is now tion; an industrial kitchen for well as at the Parkdale Field West to Carp and North to organic quite often isn’t either. fast approaching, however, and processing veggies and creat- House and Metro Chelsea. Within this broad net- So as you browse the farmers’ in anticipation of the expan- ing a new product line of pre- (754 at Second work, there is a New Edinburgh markets this summer, it pays to sion of their family, Adam and pared foods; an expanded home Avenue). Oh, and in response drop, so if you’re interested, be vigilant about the origin of Trina are currently building a delivery service; and a retail to client demand, there are yet check the website and join the your purchases, and to check more capacious family home outlet in Ottawa’s first and only more healthy new products in 400 plus subscribers who keep for those organic certification in Orleans. indoor farmers’ market at the the offing, notably fresh or their households supplied with labels which guarantee that On the professional front, Parkdale Field House. Over juiced wheat grass, and a new healthy organic Bryson’s veg- you’ve bought the real thing. our report in April was in fact the years, Bryson’s legendary line of organic vegetable juices gies on a year round basis. correct, and Adam is now in greens and veggies have turned including such favourites as Needless to say, organic pro- Continued on page 12 the saddle as Manager of the up on the menus of some of the Wellington/Holland Branch area’s finest restaurants, from of TD Canada Trust at 1236 Les Fougères to the Rideau Wellington Street. While the Club, and on the tables of our branch is much larger than official residences at Rideau his previous headquarters on Hall and 24 Sussex. Beechwood, with considerably This summer and fall, you’ll more staff, Adam reports that find a colourful, veggie-laden the client base is remarkably Bryson’s stall at the Parkdale similar and includes numer- Market, both indoors in the new ous small businesses from the Field House, and outdoors in bustling Wellington West com- front of the Field House along munity. He is greatly enjoy- Armstrong Avenue. Depending ing the vibrancy of the neigh- on the availability of a sales bourhood and the energetic, team to manage a Bryson’s service-oriented culture of booth, Stuart reports that they TD Canada Trust, and from also hope to be a regular pres- time to time is surprised and ence at the Ottawa Farmers’ Page 12 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 Continued from page 11 seems likely that Il Vagabondo Ferme Lève-Tôt produces ing consumer, and Charlotte may see the pace of business well over 50 different kinds of relishes the chance to meet Il Vagabondo pick up considerably as new produce ranging from popu- and share tales from the farm For an amazing 33 years, Il prospective clients flow into lar staples such as broccoli, with the local CSA participants Vagabondo Ristorante at 186 the neighbourhood. We wish carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, who flock to 42 Crichton every Barrette Street has been a Adriana well and congratulate lettuce, tomatoes and aspara- Thursday afternoon throughout fixture in our community, her for her many years of ser- gus (new this year!) to lesser the growing season. Fostering renowned for its fresh pasta vice to the community. known varieties such as kohl- this kind of grower/consumer made right on the premises, rabi and sweet hakurei turnips, interaction is very close to the Ferme Lève-Tôt tasty sauces, specialty veal a product native to Northern heart of 42 Crichton owner and dishes, top quality meats, sea- Once a week, between late Japan which has a growing cli- superb chef Susan Jessup, and food and chicken, sumptuous June and mid-October, local mate comparable to our own. it is no surprise that she wasted (light!) desserts such as crème organic farmers Charlotte Charlotte is happy to offer rec- no time in offering Ferme caramel or cestino di frutta, and Scott and Richard Williams ipes and storage tips in the case Lève-Tôt a local drop-off depot perhaps above all, its welcom- drive their produce-laden of these less familiar varieties. when Charlotte wandered into ing, relaxed atmosphere. While truck up to the entrance of 42 The contents of each weekly the store one warm afternoon the restaurant is tucked away Crichton Fine Foods at the basket vary according to the with a baby under one arm, and just off Beechwood, passers by corner of Crichton and Union, point in the growing season, a sheaf of advertising flyers in can’t miss it thanks to Karole and spread large boxes of their Marois’ colourful mural of the freshly-picked wares on a long former Eastview streetcar stop Photo: Louise Imbeault table in front of the shop win- (circa 1909) which enlivens the Does this look familiar? This dow (fortuitously covered by front entrance. Il Vagabondo’s photo of Adriana Roy adorns an awning if it happens to current owner, principal chef, Il Vagabondo’s exterior. be a rainy day). Charlotte and gracious hostess and moving cuisine. The restaurant now Richard are the young owner/ spirit Adriana Roy has been has a new private dining room operators of Ferme Lève-Tôt with the restaurant since 1990, which accommodates up to 16 in Low, west Quebec, and for and has worked long and hard people for business lunches, several years have participated to build and maintain the qual- meetings, social occasions or in a Community Supported ity and popularity of this local special celebrations. So, if you Agriculture (CSA) program dining spot. have an event on the horizon, through which they form a part- In recent months, Adriana give Il Vagabondo a call at nership with consumers (many has made some major changes 613-749-4877. of them here in the Burgh) to beautify and enhance her In recent years, Adriana’s area to “share the risks, share the facilities. As Il Vagabondo cli- (at Marier and Beechwood) has benefits and share the harvest” ents may have noticed, both attracted an increasing number from their organic farm. the interior and the exterior of of popular businesses, includ- As many readers know from Ferme Lève-Tôt’s Charlotte Scott distributes produces at the restaurant have undergone ing Bridgehead Coffeehouse, their own experience, partici- the CSA drop-off in front of 42 Crichton. renovations, a new sign has Jacobson’s, Mood Moss pating households purchase a been added and an access ramp Flowers, Nuvo Optometry, share of the harvest at the start and interested readers can the other! has been installed to make life Oresta Salon and Spa, and of the season, and on a weekly check the Ferme Lève-Tôt Last year, Ferme Lève-Tôt easier for clients with walk- most recently, Kelly’s Barber or bi-weekly basis, collect a website to find sample lists for sold 62 shares in its organic ers, wheelchairs or impaired Shop. In the not too distant fulsome basket of fresh pro- typical baskets in the early-, harvest, representing about mobility. In addition to the future, however, an even more duce at a designated drop-off mid- and late seasons (www. 100 families and individuals, introduction of a number of intense infusion of residential location, in this case, at 42 fermelevetot.ca) As a rule of and this year they’re aiming new menu items, the wine list life and commercial activity Crichton Street every Thursday thumb, Charlotte and Richard to boost that total to 80. Sign has recently been expanded to in the area is anticipated as afternoon from 4 to 6 pm. (For include 8-10 different kinds of up will continue until June 18 include a selection of Italian The Kavanaugh takes shape at west Quebec residents, Ferme produce in each basket, with when their deliveries begin, and Chilean wines to comple- 222 Beechwood (current site Lève-Tôt has three other drop either lettuce or mesclun greens so if you haven’t already done ment Adriana’s tasty Italian of Kavanaugh’s Esso), and it off points, one in Gatineau, a appearing each week. There so, you can sign up on their second in Farrelton and anoth- are frequently choices on the website at www.fermelevetot. er at their farm gate in Low). weekly list (either chard OR ca. In the interim, you’ll have a A weekly basket feeds 3 to 4 kale, for example), and they chance to actually visit the farm people for about a week, while include an Exchange Basket and get a first-hand look at an a bi-weekly basket should be in their display at 42 Crichton organic operation to see where sufficient to supply the needs for those who’d like to make a your summer vegetables will of 1 or 2 people for two weeks substitution. come from, and the immense (unless, as Charlotte notes, An important side benefit care that is taken to nurture there are especially enthusias- of the CSA drop off system and protect them. Richard and tic veggie eaters in the house- is to provide the opportunity Charlotte are hosting an Open hold, in which case the weekly for a direct exchange between House on Sunday, June 3, so version is a better bet). the grower and the city-dwell- check their website for driv- ing instructions and treat your family to a day in the country. Much to their delight, for the first time this year, Richard and Charlotte have acquired and are operating their own farm west of Lac Bernard near Low, Quebec. For their first two seasons in the CSA pro- gram, they rented two acres at the Plate-forme agricole de l’Ange-Gardien, an “incuba- tor” farm jointly operated by le Centre de développement tech- nique agricole de l’Outaouais and the municipality of l’Ange- Gardien. They now have eight tillable acres on their Low property, 2 ½ of which are cur- June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 13 rently in organic vegetable pro- Charlotte through last year’s Pineview Golf Course. This at 613-748-9657. duction, and two single-walled CSA program, or at recent popular event has long been greenhouses for more delicate neighbourhood events such a hotly contested test of skill Another excitement on the crops such as cucumbers and as the annual Plant Sale in among Pub regulars, with horizon for the Williams fam- tomatoes. Because the proper- Stanley Park on May 12, where New Edinburgh Pharmacy’s ily is a trip to the Calgary ty had been in organic produc- they sold organic seedlings Frank Tonon managing to Stampede, now in its 100th tion for the previous two years, and spring salad greens. They come out on top on an aston- Anniversary Year. Paul is tak- Ferme Lève-Tôt has retained were also one of the featured ishingly regular basis. ing his wife Tracy as a special its organic certification from local suppliers at 42 Crichton’s All proceeds are donated celebration in honour of her EcoCert. monthly Kitchen Party at the to a local charity, in keep- birthday, and it seems certain end of May, a regular event ing with Paul Williams’ tradi- they’ll have plenty of tales to The demands of maintain- tell when they return in mid- ing an organic operation are occurring on the last Saturday tion of outstandingly generous of each month when Susan outreach to the community. If July. significant in terms of both Just a guess, but we’ll be A leading craniosacral the paperwork required to Jessup invites the neighbours you’re pretty proud of your to meet the growers and arti- swing and eager to try your mighty surprised if there aren’t therapist, Robert F. Harris maintain certification, and the a couple of brand new cowboy presented three workshops at labour-intensive battery of cul- sans who produce our food hand (for a great cause) in and to savour samples of their this friendly local competition, hats in evidence at the Pub the Physical Therapy Institute. tivation techniques employed later this summer! Happy trails in crop protection, soil rota- wares. We wish them both a there will be a sign up board at Robert F. Harris, co-founder splendid growing season, an the Pub starting in June, or you to them both and best wishes tion, weed and pest control, for a great trip. of the Cranial Therapy Centre and regulation of watering. abundant harvest and a chock- can call to reserve your place in Toronto and creator of the Nonetheless, Charlotte and full list of CSA subscribers for Physical Therapy Institute: therapeutic “Becalm Balls” Richard are enthusiastic about the summer of 2012! Find Your Stillpoint that are the key to the stillpoint the environmental benefits New Edinburgh Pub If you’ve recently encountered technique. By helping work- shop participants to properly of these sustainable produc- Calling all lobster-lovers: a friend or neighbour from the position these twin rubber balls tion methods, and even about your time is coming as the community whose demeanor behind their skulls while lying the professional discipline New Edinburgh Pub’s Annual is particularly, perhaps even on their backs, Mr. Harris’ aim imposed by an organic regime, Lobsterfest is just around the surprisingly, calm and serene, is to equip each of his clients a discipline which they are corner from June 11-17! And chances are they may have with the skills to find his or convinced leads to more effi- if Dad happens to be a lobster- attended one of the three recent her own stillpoint, and to bring cient farming operations. They lover, this could be the ideal Physical Therapy Institute about the state of profound are looking forward to having way to celebrate Father’s Day workshops on “Finding Your calm which is the ultimate a couple of interns on the farm on June 17, so mark your cal- Stillpoint,” a therapeutic tech- objective of the therapy. this summer to assist with the endars and be sure not to miss nique from craniosacral ther- harvest. As luck would have it, this annual Rite of Summer on apy that is intended to shut Not surprisingly in this Richard’s mother is a trained Beechwood. down your stress cycle and stress-filled, sleep-deprived horticulturalist who lends a Another New Eddie Pub to help you to manage pain, culture of ours, the Stillpoint hand with the seeding and in tradition will continue this poor sleep patterns, tension workshops were extraordi- the greenhouses. year when the Charity Golf Photo: Penny Thompson and anxiety. The PTI sessions narily popular and successful, Tournament takes place New Edinburgh Pub owner were led by one of Canada’s Many readers may already Continued on page 14 have encountered Richard and on Sunday, July 29 at the Paul Williams. leading craniosacral therapists, Page 14 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 Continued from Page 13 (Sundays, 8 am - 3 pm at Retirement Residence according to PTI owner Pam Brewer Park), and take on In our April edition, we report- Siekierski, with many of the catering jobs at weddings, fes- ed on a changing of the guard participants reporting a marked tivals, cottage parties, corpo- at Governor’s Walk Retirement improvement in their sleep pat- rate events and private homes. Residence on Stanley Avenue, terns and an overall reduction A number of readers may also with former General Manager in stress levels. Pam is open have encountered Mark and Linda Meek moving on to to the possibility of hosting his clay oven at the Ottawa take over as Executive Director another workshop with Robert Locavore Artisan Food Fair at of the Rockcliffe Retirement Harris, so interested readers Memorial Hall (or rather, stra- Residence on Porter’s Island, are welcome to give PTI a tegically positioned outside the and Brian Bruni taking her call at 613-730-0480 if they Hall) last December, and again place at Governor’s Walk. would like to participate. For this spring on May 12 when While it is still early days for more details about the therapy, close to two dozen of the area’s Brian in his new role, he is you can check out the Cranial best known artisan producers swiftly acclimatizing to the Therapy Centre website at gathered to display their wares life of the residence and look- www.cranialtherapy.ca. and raise money for the School ing forward to becoming better Breakfast Program. Photo: Stephen Hutchings acquainted with the commu- The Flatbread Pizza Just how Mark and Kendra nity in the months ahead. Company came to embark on this unusu- New Edinburghers Kendra Durnford and Mark Snyder have launched a wood-oven pizza catering business. Brian’s professional back- Just when you thought you’d al enterprise is an interest- ground is based in the hos- seen it all in the realm of ing story. While Kendra is a pitality industry where he trained chef and spent some took shape. Needless to say, a ing jobs, Mark finds that at small food-related businesses, battery of government certifi- least part of the appeal of his has worked for the past two a New Edinburgh couple has years in the restaurant busi- decades. He was intrigued by ness, Mark’s role in the realm cations were required before mobile kitchen/restaurant and recently launched Ottawa’s The Flatbread Pizza Company outdoor oven is the pleasure the retirement residence sec- first (and only) mobile, arti- of food was initially that of a tor as a potentially fruitful professional still-life food pho- could swing into action and clients take in being close to san wood-oven pizza catering market its products, but once the process of creation, from opportunity for professional company, specializing in tasty tographer based in Toronto. He development, and through a worked closely with Michael the requisites of health and the hand-stretching of the thin crust pizzas with an eclec- safety were duly in place, the dough to the dressing, topping network of contacts was put in tic array of toppings featur- Stadtländer, a close friend and touch with the parent company internationally renowned chef, mobile oven with its decora- and baking of the pizzas, right ing fresh seasonal, local veg- tive mosaic front was on the in their own backyard. of Governor’s Walk at about gies, herbs, cheeses and meats. and owner of Eigensinn Farm the time Linda Meek was pre- in the Collingwood area, which move, and has since become Readers who are interested Ivy Crescent residents Mark a popular fixture at the farm- in having an event catered by paring her departure. The rest Snyder and Kendra Durnford has been ranked among the top history, and he is now fully 10 in the world. Stadtländer ers’ market and at gatherings The Flatbread Pizza Company launched The Flatbread Pizza throughout the area. this summer can check out the immersed in the management Company last May, initially is also a crusader in the loca- and marketing of a well known vore movement, and no doubt Anyone interested in ener- website at www.flatbreadco. setting up shop with their gy efficiency will be pleased ca or give them a call at 613- neighbourhood institution with Italian wood-burning clay oven an important influence behind strong and growing ties to the Mark’s strong commitment to to learn that Mark’s mobile 741-6922 or 613-277-8046. in the Ottawa Farmers’ Market clay-core wood-fired oven not There is a $150 set up fee to community. at Lansdowne Park (recently using seasonal, locally-pro- Brian is deeply impressed duced ingredients in his artisan only builds up sufficient heat cover the costs of transport- relocated to Brewer Park), with to cook a full day’s worth of ing and arranging their mobile by the work of Linda Meek periodic appearances at the pizzas, (a commitment which, and her outreach team, Tara incidentally, recently moved pizzas, but also retains the heat kitchen, complete with oven, Main Farmers’ Market on the for such a long time afterwards refrigerator, tools, tables, tent Spour (Community Outreach campus of St. Paul University him to join Savour Ottawa). Manager) and Millie Battaion Kendra ultimately left the (up to 36 hours) that Mark is and food supplies, and a per on Main Street. able to bake bread, cook up a person fee that varies with (Activities Coordinator) who Thanks to some helpful food business to qualify as a remain at the residence to carry teacher, and currently teaches pasta dish and roast a piece of the menu requested. While advance publicity, combined meat on the day following his the majority of clients opt for on the work which Linda set in with the intriguing nature of at Manor Park Public School. motion. His plan is to build on When Mark moved from stint at the market. He points pizza and salad, Mark and his their production process and out that for many years, log- team will also provide dessert these strengths, and to contin- the high quality and fresh- Toronto to Ottawa to join her, ue developing the residence’s his longstanding fascination ging camps operated on pre- to round out the meal if you’re ness of their tasty wares, Mark cisely this principle, feeding catering to kids and/or hearty engagement in community life. reports that they were inun- with cooking in a wood-fired Like his predecessor, he now oven, inspired by his travels hundreds of workers with a adult appetites. dated with clients from Day battery of wood-fired ovens at And if you’d like to try a serves on the Programming One. They have since had to through Italy, combined with Committee of the Crichton his personal quest for the per- varying temperatures. sample pizza before deciding buttress their staff team with On market days, Flatbread on a catering gig, beginning in Cultural Community Centre, well-trained helpers in prepa- fect pizza crust, led to the acqui- and is actively involved in sition of a splendid portable pizzas are all made to order May, Nature’s Buzz will carry ration for this summer’s busy and come in 8” and 12” sizes, Flatbread Pizza Company piz- planning a range of activities season when they will return Italian-made pizza oven, and geared to the needs and inter- a unique business plan rapidly with four different choices zas every Monday and Tuesday, to the Ottawa Farmers Market each day, including the popular so drop in to 23 Beechwood ests of seniors. Above all, in all-day breakfast pizza (tomato and try one when you’re stock- his new role, Brian is con- base, basil, chorizo, bacon or ing up on your organic sup- scious of the need to culti- ham, potato, and a sunny-side plies. vate a warm, home-like envi- up fried egg topped with moz- ronment in the residence, and zarella or curds), along with Introducing Brian to minimize any institutional meat, vegetarian and market Bruni: General Manager, overtones. Part and parcel of selections. In the case of cater- Governor’s Walk achieving that aim is to create June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 15 a lively interchange between and Tantasia which creates the dessert and tea or coffee—all the residents and the commu- look of a natural tan without for an amazing $30 per person! nity, young and old alike. We the sun damage. Other popular If you haven’t already done so, wish Brian well, and look for- treatments at Celadon include make your reservations now at ward to future reports from customized facial treatments 613-749-9703. Governor’s Walk. from Institute Esthederm; long-wearing Shellac finish ZaZaZa Pizza: Purple Pizza Burgh Business Bits for nails; luxurious Misencil Campaign a Great Success Happy Anniversaries: eyelash extensions and expert Congratulations to ZaZaZa Several of our local businesses hair care featuring the Kevin Pizza owner Ion Aimers and marked anniversaries in May, Murphy line of paraben- and his team who sold close to 400 and we send our congratula- sulphate-free hair care prod- Purple Pizzas in memory of tions and best wishes to all! ucts. Daron Richardson, and raised Give Celadon a call for an over $2,000 to promote aware- BGGO Boutique The Celadon Team: (from left) Morna Paterson, Bethany appointment at 613-746-3500 ness of teen suicide and mental BGGO Boutique celebrated Labyad, Veronique Lefebvre, James Pickard, Kim Kaskiw or check the website for com- health issues through the Royal three years in its New Edinburgh and Brittany Tosh. plete information on its prod- Ottawa Hospital Foundation location at Beechwood and ucts and services www.cela- for Mental Health. The Purple Springfield (above the Second Laurent Blvd., inviting friends Jet technology pedicure chairs, donspa.ca. Pizza Campaign ended in early May, but its impact is likely to Cup), where owner Bobby and neighbours to the spa for located in their own private Le Saint Ô Gurung has assembled an an afternoon of free mini-ser- room, are the epitome of indul- be lasting as a growing num- attractive collection of design- vices, draws for spa and beauty gence and cleanliness. If you’re And on May 20, Chef Philippe ber of young people and their er clothing for all occasions, care products, and of course pressed for time, Celadon offers Dupuy and Maître d’ Natasha parents have been awakened along with an impressive array refreshments for all. The Open express versions of many of its Dumont marked the 20th anni- to the importance of tackling of jewelry and accessories House was followed by a series treatments, or you can recreate versary of Le Saint Ô at 327 St. these troubling issues. to complete your ensemble. of weekly anniversary specials the spa experience at home. All Laurent Blvd. (at Hemlock), and their 11th as proprietors of Clothes, Clothes, Bobby now operates a second throughout the month of May. the products used in Celadon Everywhere! outlet at 251 Bank Street in After five years, Celadon is treatments are available in the the restaurant. In celebration of the Glebe (almost next door still as elegant and restful as boutique. the occasion, they announced We welcome first time adver- to Marc Clément and Isabel ever, and Morna takes pride The newest addition to a customer appreciation table tiser Sharon Letovsky and her Lamarche, the new propri- in offering the ideal setting Celadon’s menu is Jane d’hôte special beginning in May timely new business, Clothes, etors of the Glebe’s Capital for beautifying and relaxing, Iredale, the Skin Care and continuing to June 15. Clothes, Everywhere—a ser- Home Hardware store!). whether you have only an hour Makeup. It’s a mineral-based For the duration of the spe- vice designed to address to spare or can stay all day! makeup providing UVA/UVB cial, from Tuesday through the widespread affliction of CELADON Salon and Spa The spa has a full range of ser- protection up to SPF 20. Her Friday, lovers of fine French “Stuffed Closet Syndrome,” On Saturday, May 12, Morna vices for men, women and chil- two latest products are Liquid cuisine can enjoy a full course a condition with which most Patterson and her team at dren, with a menu that includes Minerals which can diminish dinner, including a glass of red of us are all too familiar. We Celadon Salon and Spa cel- therapeutic massages, facials, fine lines and provide total cov- or white house wine, a choice look forward to profiling of appetizer (soup, salad or ebrated their fifth anniversary restorative body treatments, erage for such common skin Continued on page 16 at Rockcliffe Crossing on St. manicures and hair care. Clean conditions as acne and rosacea, charcuterie), a main course, Page 16 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 Continued from Page 15 have more leisure time to enjoy Sharon’s work in the October their summer cottage. We wish A Fond Farewell to Kavanaugh’s Esso them well in their travels and edition of the NEN, and in the By Jane Heintzman the streetcar still plied its daily feuring them home to Mary interim, interested readers can thank them for the service they have provided to our friends As we signaled in our last run past the gas station, turn- for a hot lunch. Once again in check out her website at www. issue, Kavanaugh’s Esso, an ing up Oakhill and then along the afternoons, they returned to ClothesClothesEverywhere. and families over the past three years. institution on Beechwood for Maple Lane to Springfield, the garage with Rupert before com. nearly six decades, will shut where it looped back down heading home for the evening, New Edinburgh Bed & Host India’s 10th down its gas pumps and close to Beechwood for its return and by the time they reached Breakfast Closes Its Doors We wish a Happy Anniversary its doors on December 31 to journey across the bridge. At their early teens, they began The New Edinburgh Bed & to Ravinder Tumber and his make way for construction the time, there was very lit- working for their dad on a part- Breakfast on Union Street will team at Host India who are of The Kavanaugh, a major tle development at this end of time basis. Although in those close its doors this summer, currently celebrating their residential/commercial devel- Beechwood (indeed, Rupert’s days, it was unheard of for a receiving its final bookings in 10th year in operation at 622 opment planned by Domicile. first car wash was established girl to be found pumping gas, mid June. Proprietors Noreen Montreal Road (at Borthwick). It need hardly be said that in vacant horse stables along Rupert’s daughters pitched in and Ken Watson have thor- This family-run restaurant is Kavanaugh’s is not just a ser- Joliette Avenue!), and the now by cleaning windshields and oughly enjoyed meeting all the noted for its tasty North Indian vice station. For its countless bustling community of Manor greeting customers, while interesting guests they have cuisine and popular lunch devoted clients in the surround- Park was still in its infancy. Terry and later Joey manned encountered over the past few time Buffet (also available on ing communities, Kavanaugh’s In parallel with his burgeon- the gas pumps. When the time years, and are grateful to the Sunday evenings), which is has been a welcoming hearth ing business career, in the mid- comes for the station to close community for their wonder- a favourite of residents and where over the years, members 50s Rupert began the second, at the end of this year, and for ful support. While they have office workers in the area. We of the Kavanaugh family have and undoubtedly most impor- Rupert and Mary to move to some regrets about closing up look forward to featuring Host not only attended to our vehi- tant, enterprise of his life: the a new condominium, it seems shop, they are eager to spend India in our October edition, cles in good times and bad, but building of his remarkable no exaggeration to say that the more time travelling to visit and in the interim, you can also brightened our lives with family. In 1955, he married Kavanaugh gang will say fare- their family who are scattered check out its tempting menus cheerful greetings, jokes and his beloved Mary, a young well to not one but two beloved around the world, as well as to at www.hostindia.ca. all the latest news of events girl from a large family from family homes, though undoubt- in the community. For many the Lac La Blanche area, not edly the countless memories of of us, its closure will be more far from Rupert’s own family the years passed in those quar- akin to the loss of a valued farm in Buckingham in west ters will live on in the storytell- friend than to the simple incon- Quebec. Perhaps in anticipa- ing family milieu fostered by venience of having to find a tion of the seven children they Rupert’s own shining example! new service station, and we are would eventually raise together, Like all gifted entrepreneurs, grateful to owner and family Rupert and Mary made a bold Rupert has always been quick to patriarch Rupert Kavanaugh move in 1959, purchasing an seize a promising opportunity for having stayed in operation impressively large new house when he saw one. As his busi- to serve us for so many years. on Duford Street in Vanier ness career was taking shape in Rupert began his epic career where they have remained the late 50s, Rupert purchased on Beechwood in 1953, work- to this day. Daunting as the the 135 acre Kavanaugh family ing initially at a Shell station $35,000 price tag must have property in Buckingham when located on the current site of seemed to young Rupert at the his father retired from farming, Bridgehead Coffeehouse. Two time, his shrewd financial cal- and not only managed to pay years later, he took over as culation paid off handsomely as back his father without delay, Manager of the larger Esso the comfortable house became but went on to buy two more station further east across a home and hearth to his five farms in the vicinity. His 465 Beechwood, and swiftly dem- daughters and two sons. Even acre farm is now the largest in onstrated his entrepreneurial now, as Rupert and Mary con- the area, with a farming opera- prowess to the point that he was template a move to their pick of tion that currently includes 100 soon offered a partnership by the new condominium units in head of beef cattle. Rupert and leaseholder Milt Hurd. Within The Kavanaugh, their offspring Mary have built a spacious two years, Rupert bought Hurd are far from whole-heartedly 5,000 square foot log cabin out for the princely sum of enthusiastic about giving up the on the property, where they $5,000 and, though still only family home on Duford Street. continue to spend weekends, in his early 20’s, launched into In many respects, the and Rupert still makes frequent business for himself. Not long Kavanaugh service station visits to the farm to keep track thereafter, his brother Clarence must have become as much of the farming operations once returned from the Sudbury of a home to Rupert’s chil- his early bird (5-9 am) shift at mines to join him, and there he dren as the Duford Street the gas station has wrapped up. has remained to keep our spir- dwelling. Each morning, Through a combination of its up with his warmth, good Rupert dropped them off at long hours, hard work and humour and infectious laugh. Baribeau Elementary School, insistence on high quality ser- In these early days on later bringing them back to the vice (having a cheerful smile Beechwood, Rupert recalls that garage at noon before chauf- on your face is rule Number 1 June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 17 having known and respected firmed the arrangement. Joey the Doran family for over 50 is contemplating his options years when he first had deal- at this point, but is hoping ings with current owner John’s to get out of the service sta- father. He was able to play a tion business and try some- role in helping Domicile to thing new. We wish him well negotiate the purchase of the in his future endeavors, what- adjacent properties to permit ever they may ultimately be! the set back of the high rise My Kingdom for a Full- portion of The Kavanaugh as Serve Gas Station! required by the view protection bylaw, and appears confident It’s no secret that the disap- that the building will be an pearance of Kavanaugh’s all asset to the community. Canny but eliminates the full-service businessman that he is, he gas station from the Ottawa had long since become aware scene. However, with charac- that the value of the prop- teristic concern for his loyal erty far outweighed the pro- customers, many of whom spective value of the business are now elderly and disin- as gas prices floated steadily clined to endure the rigours of upwards, and margins were pumping their own gas in the squeezed to the vanishing point. depths of winter or the pour- When his retirement day ing rain, Rupert is spreading does ultimately arrive at the the word about a Full-Service end of this year, it seems high- hold out, not too far from our ly unlikely that Rupert will sit community. Interested read- ers will be able to get the Photo: Sharleen Tattersfield, Manor Park Chronicle idle. On the contrary, it’s prob- able that his legendary energies Kavanaugh treatment (though Three generations of Kavanaughs: (left to right) Joey, Rupert, Clarence, Terry, Kenny and no guarantees of the smiles or Kyles, and Royal Shine Car Wash operator, Nektar Katsoulakis. will be directed to his many other occupations, including the jokes!) at Paul Saab Gas for Kavanaugh’s employees), Kavanaugh’s that Imperial Oil vice keeping our community overseeing operations at the Centre, 1057 Cyrville Road Rupert and his team contin- was subsequently inundated “fleet” clean and ship shape. farm, fishing, gardening and (at Ogilvie). If you don’t mind ued to build sales at the sta- with irate calls and letters, (I As most readers will recall, of course, his family. Clarence, a longer drive, another long- tion to the point that in 1960, still remember the steam ris- Rupert was sidelined for some too, declares that he will stay standing full-service Esso sta- Esso enlarged the operation, ing from the page as I finished time after a serious snow- active after the station closes tion also remains at 369 Island building an extension with my own indignant screed!). mobile accident in 2002. down, and we hope he con- Park Drive at Wellington new service bays fronting Rupert not only had the ben- However, after battling back tinues to be a presence in the Street, where John Newcombe Marquette Avenue. A decade efit of significant numbers of through two years of inten- community to keep up with (a respected acquaintance later, Esso added a sporting stalwart supporters, he had the sive physiotherapy, he was his old acquaintances who of the Kavanaughs) has goods section to Kavanaugh’s, backing of some heavy hit- back in the saddle in 2005 will be missing their regular been proprietor since 1973. and until the early 90s, you ters with influence in the cor- when Kavanaugh’s celebrated visits with him at the pump. Taking the glass-half-full could purchase camping equip- porate board rooms, not least its 50th anniversary following Terry has plans in the works approach, we still have another ment or hunting and fishing Senator Colin Kenny whose a major upgrade to the station. to relocate the garage to a six months with Kavanaugh’s gear when you gassed up or intervention did much to help While his brother Carl had new location in this vicinity. in business (though as of dropped in for an oil change. change Imperial Oil’s tune. In retired from the station by that So if all goes as planned, the June 1, they’ll be closed on 1994 was a turning point for the end, Rupert successfully time, his brother Clarence and Kavanaugh name won’t disap- Sundays), so in the interim, Rupert when he received notice negotiated the terms for buy- sons Terry and Joey were all pear from the local commer- be sure to drop in to say your that Esso was about to buy out ing out the Esso franchise in on board to maintain a strong cial landscape. Stay tuned for farewells, and of course, to his franchise and bring an end 1995, insisting on a thorough family presence, and in recent more details in the October stock up on jokes and stories to to the Kavanaugh family enter- clean up of the station, and months, Terry’s sons Kenny edition once Terry has con- carry you through the winter! prise on Beechwood. Needless removal of the old pipes and and Kyle have been added to say, after the blood, sweat tanks, as a part of the package. to the roster on a part-time and tears involved in build- Kavanaugh’s was back in busi- basis, making it a three-gen- ing a successful business over ness, and Rupert’s eldest son eration family operation as it close to four decades, Rupert Terry joined him to take over heads into its final six months. was not about to accept this the operation of the garage. corporate dictum lying down. That same year, a car wash Life After Kavanaugh’s Esso Once the community and was installed, soon to be rent- Despite the inevitable wistful- local politicians were alerted, ed out to Nektar Katsoulakis ness that accompanies the end all hell broke loose, and it and his popular Royal Shine of an era, Rupert regards the is a testament to the strength Car Wash, an operation which sale of the property to Domicile of community loyalty to continues to do yeoman ser- with considerable satisfaction, Page 18 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 – turn off your brain. ferent personalities (a party Leave complications to our girl and a puritan, both played No Fooling – The Liar Was a Blast evening’s hero, with fine distinction by Emma A lying genius, if a moral Drouin). zero. The complicated situation And indeed Dorante, the hero, can’t hold. Even Alcippe feels (Ronald Miller) is a genius the strain of deception: in the art of coming up on It’s like I’ve grown this lying the instant with an outrageous inner elf. whopper, generally to undo What if my elf is lying to the complications of a previ- myself? ous lie, sometimes for nothing Then the plot unwinds with more than the pure pleasure of sudden and Wildean hilar- invention. The author too is a ity. Alcippe finally gets his liar—a shameless plagiarizer father’s permission to marry (mainly of Shakespeare) who Clarice, his secret fiancée. In clearly enjoys making outra- Lucrece, Dorante gets a wife geous rhymes, as in Dorante’s who will keep him in line (and wooing of the beautiful and who also has amazing tits and flirtatious Clarice (a girl he a ski chalet). Alcippe’s friend met yesterday): Philiste (David Bromley), But then last year while here who throughout has been the on winter leave largely ignored voice of rea- By chance I glimpsed a cor- son coming from the sidelines, ner of your sleeve confesses to a long-standing In a coach window passing on passion for the puritanical the Pont Neuf. maid. The valet has come to It was eneuf, that innocent rather different understand- lace ceuf. ing with her twin sister. The Photo: Ryszard Mrugalski of ZoomExposure I gave up arms for leuf. final twist of mistaken identity From left to right: Ronald Miller (Dorante); Sonja Lishchynski (Clarice); Montecristo (in comes when Dorante’s father Sonja’s arms); Elizabeth Chant (Lucrece). With a pathological liar on the loose, the opportunities Geronte (Walter Belyea), who has been rendered almost apo- By Barbara Benoit for mistaken identity, cross- Oh, and there was a delight- best friend, the tongue-tied plectic by his son’s swift cycle Ingrid McCarthy, artistic purposes, deliberate deception ful long-haired chihuahua, Lucrece (Elizabeth Chant). of unlikely stories, confesses director of the New Edinburgh and other forms of confusion Montecristo, who had the good The play is a loose—very that Dorante had a twin broth- Players, outdid herself this are virtually infinite, and the taste to add to the period flavor loose—adaptation by American er, lost at birth: year, picking a hilarious script, actors find their way though without upstaging any of the writer David Ives of Corneille’s A tale far taller than your assembling an outstanding cast the complicated plot with joy- human cast, as he was handed 17th-century French comedy, fakery. and delivering a well-paced ous élan, perhaps most strik- back and forth between the and aims purely to amuse. As I left him with some crullers and elegantly staged and cos- ingly when Dorante and his two ladies on the hunt for hus- the dryly sarcastic “weird valet” in a bakery. tumed production that did the volcanic rival Alcippe (Stefan bands: the flirtatious Clarice Cliton (Kevin Anderson) puts writing every possible credit. Dumas) duel briskly with only It is, of course the valet, still (Sonja Lishchynski) and her it in the prologue: imaginary épées. Adding fur- carrying in his pocket the bag Well, set your minds at ease, ther to the confusion is a pair of crullers, who is Dorante’s reduce the strain, of twin maids with very dif- long-lost brother. And with your iPods, please The Liar was the finest production I can remember in the Players’ 30-some sea- sons of entertaining the New Edinburgh community. Thank you, Ingrid, and thank you to all the cast and crew, for deliv- ering one more evening of out- standing theatre. June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 19 Writing His Own (Pre)History: Local Hip Hop Artist Rhymes Across Ottawa By Nicola Krishna making lyrics up on the spot album Forgive the Hero. Sacha Sacha Krishna was never one to a beat. I was always good feels it’s his best work to date. to shy away from the spot- at improv in drama class and I When working on putting light. From an early age, he think that helped with a natural together the album, the pro- was always charismatic, and progression into freestyling.” ducer created beats that were it showed any time he had It was from these early years made especially for Sacha. an audience, whether it was of music experimentation ”All the beats were produced drama class, musical theatre that a new persona was born: by Ottawa’s Addaboe (aka or in a garage band. Raised in Prehistoric, the name Sacha Cobra) and we worked really New Edinburgh, Sacha grew up performs under. When he was well together. He always knew frequenting many local haunts, 16, Sacha began competing exactly the type of beats that including The New Edinburgh in freestyling competitions. were going to make my pen Pub, Lester’s Barber Shop and When he was 19, he won the move.” The album features the Stanley Rink, where he truly Last Man Standing competi- song “Maybe”, which has an qualified as a neighborhood tion and three years later he accompanying music video that ‘rink rat’. Sacha continues to finished as a semi finalist in the was shot by Prentice Media remain close to his roots and No Bull$*&t $1000 Freestyle on the evening he opened for still lives in the neighbourhood. Battle, solidifying his name hip hop legend Masta Ace at Sacha always knew he had within the local freestyling Ottawa’s Ritual Nightclub. “I a passion for music. He began scene. “Written work is great really feel that these new songs creating his own music when because you connect with peo- are more mature and more com- Hip Hop artist Sacha Krishna has deep roots in New he was only 13, starting a punk ple and they listen to your story, plex. I’m really proud of this Edinburgh. Although he has traded in his ‘rink rat’ status for something a bit hipper, he still remembers the days when rock band with several friends, but freestyling is interesting album and what I’ve created.” he “rocked the crowd” at the Stanley Park Skating Party. fellow New Edinburgh alumni because it keeps you on your Sacha’s latest work is in many Matt Whittington and Justin toes and it’s never the same.” ways, a salute to his Ottawa Lay-D Shelz. When perform- The album is really about Sharp, as well as John Aaron In 2005, Sacha released his upbringing. “So many of the ing live, Sacha is accompanied pursuing dreams and not Cockburn. “Our brief career first album The Prehistoric people I work with are from on stage by Ottawa’s DJ Alive. giving up. On the track, was highlighted with a perfor- EP, followed by another, Ottawa and they are all so tal- With Forgive the Hero, “Wasting Time”, he rhymes, mance at the New Edinburgh Where Honesty Lies, in 2007. ented.” The album artwork for Sacha truly exposes himself “enough days spent wasting skating party at the Stanley He returned in 2011, with the Forgive the Hero was done by with his music. While some time everyone’s got a dream Skating rink,” laughs Sacha, mix-tape entitled Sixty Second Mark the Artisan (aka Ottawa tracks are upbeat and happy, I’m chasing mine, and there “where we rocked the crowd Salvation featuring the song rapper 9’4). Additionally, there others are more introspective. will come a day when I wave of six people into a frenzy!” “This Life.” This would are several other Ottawa art- Several tracks reflect upon dif- goodbye, until then put your This soon transitioned into an become his first music video, ists who appear on the album, ferent times in his life; how- hands up and raise ’em high.” interest in hip hop. “I soon real- shot by Ottawa’s own Kyle including Bender of the group ever his creativity allows him ized that I had a knack for free- Lucock. This past April, Sacha Flight Distance and the tal- What’s next? Continuing to present an alter ego with styling lyrics, which involves released the much awaited ented female rapper / vocalist to do what he loves—making Prehistoric, where he toes the music. “I just want to con- line between reality and fic- tinue working hard and get- tion. Sacha’s cohesive sound, ting my music out to people. I June 9 Is “Africa Night” clever lyricism and smooth want to see how far I can take articulation helps him stand this and just enjoy the ride.” out in a genre that is often con- in New Edinburgh sidered inaccessible or under- Find out more visit: www. ground by the mainstream. papapre.com. The Ottawa International • Drum 4 Life: Rhythms Drumming Festival in of Afro-Cuban and West Collaboration with St. John African Lutheran Church proudly pres- Where: 270 Crichton Street, ent: “Africa Night” Benefit Ebinger Memorial Hall, New Concert! Edinburgh. On Saturday, June 9, come celebrate an evening of great Price: Admission by donation. music and dance for a great Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm cause. Performances feature: All proceeds go towards the construction of a school in • Afrobeat Project: Complex Liberia and to fund a medical fusion of Jazz, Funk, psy- clinic for homeless women in chedelic rock and tra- the Ottawa area. ditional West African style percussion Bring the whole family and invite friends! For more infor- • Thai Dance Troupe Of mation visit ottawaidf.com or Ottawa: Traditional Thai call 613-749-7840. dance of Thailand Page 20 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 tion of our Canada Summer Job grant and will be hiring a summer student. For the past two years, the CCC was able to have the Fieldhouse opened for use because we had a summer student. If you are a high school student (16+) and interested in applying for By Catherine McConkey Joanie Tremblay-Flamard this position, please contact We hosted our first ever Bike and Tegan MacKinnon. [email protected]. Rodeo during the first week- Thank you to Debra Connor, The New Edinburgh Garage end in May; a lovely spring who coordinated the whole Sale will be held September day and lots of participants. day with on-site assistance 15, from 9 am to 3 pm (it is It was a blast!! Thank you to from Isobel Bisby, Martina always on the third Saturday the Ottawa Safety Council Turchyn, Mary Grainger, in September). Rain or Shine! (Erin Welch, Jordan Leblanc Caroline Matt, John Arnold, Please contact me at 613-746- and Chris Majake) who set Paula Thompson, Carol 0303 if you have any ques- up and ran the various sta- Geller, Grumpy Dad, Jeff tions. tions for all the kids, including Redmond, Gillian Campbell, Photo: Cathy McConkey Anyone interested in renting helmet checks, hand signals, Kathryn Verey and Guy Bike Rodeo participants run through their paces in Stanley the Fieldhouse, please contact slow race and figure 8s. Also ‘Loitering Around’. A special Park on a beautiful day in May. Jill Hardy at 613-746-1323 for a big thank you to Maureen thank you goes to Alex, Angus more information on our very Edinburgh Plant Sale. We had Patterson from State Farm and Caelan McLaurin, Nicky year, happy gardening! reasonable rates. Visit www. an excellent turnout throughout Insurance for supplying Paquin and Julien Magee for As the New Edinburgh News newedinburgh.ca for more the day, and we want to thank water and juice and her side- assisting with the street closure goes to print, we are happy to information on CCC and other each and every one of our kick, the Good Neigh Bear!! and barricades. announce that the Fieldhouse community events organized neighbours and friends who Another big thank you goes I want to give a big thank will, again, be accessible to by your local community orga- supported the event. A spe- to Governor’s Walk for the you to everyone who came out the community this summer. nizations. Have a great sum- cial thank you goes to Mary use of their popcorn machine on a beautifully sunny spring We have received confirma- mer everyone! and to Katimavik volunteers day for our 13th Annual New Grainger, Jerry and Martina Turchyn, who organized our community fundraiser. Thank you also to our supplier, Nicole and Denis Lemieux’s Garden Center of Hammond, Ontario. I would like to thank volunteers Roger Hardy, Michel Giroux, Deborah Conner, Roxie and daughter Harmony, Caroline Matt, Kathryn McKeen (our morning plant expert), Melody Salter, and anyone I may have forgotten to name. Until next

Photo: JF Noble This year’s Plant Sale was very successful, thanks to all who came out to stock up on summer flowers! June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 21 Cleanup, New Ed Style By JF Noble Celebrating Mother Earth on Mother’s Day weekend, twen- ty local residents and their chil- dren rolled up their sleeves to clean up the Rideau river- bank that runs along Stanley Park. Across the city at differ- ent locations, other volunteers also got together for the 6th Rideau River Cleanup, spear- headed by the grassroots and volunteer-driven local environ- mental group, Urban Rideau Conservationists who safe- guard the Rideau River. The children were most involved, picking up garbage Photo: JF Noble from their beloved park and Gemma Kerr and a team of volunteers point the way. riverbank, feeling proud for ing their walks. In addition, have joined the worthy cause every piece of plastic or paper this year, there was very little are Overbrook, Ottawa South they dumped into the garbage spring flooding—which usu- (Brewer Park), Sandy Hill, bag. The good news is that ally deposits rubbish onto our and, this year, Bordeleau. only about seven bags of trash shoreline. The annual Rideau River were collected, including recy- A true community effort, New Cleanup aims to involve all the clables. That means our neigh- Edinburgh businesses, groups Ottawa communities bordering borhood park and riverbank and individuals all played key the Rideau in taking ownership were fairly clean. roles in this year’s cleanup. of and safeguarding the river. It was not always so. Even Special thanks to the Crichton It reminds us that we are all in 2007, plenty of rubbish was Community Council, who orga- invested in this together, and still on our shores. Although nized the park cleanup event, that it takes a concerted effort the inception of the Urban to Clare Robertson who coor- to help care for Mother Earth Rideau Conservationists as a dinated the riverbank volun- —not only across geographic DEADLINE formal group did not take place teers, and to New Edinburgh locations, but also across gen- for the next edition of the until 2006, concerned citizens Community Alliance and the erations. The ripple effect of have been doing river and park City of Ottawa for their sup- cleaning the river 10 years ago New Edinburgh News cleanups in New Edinburgh for port. Our neighborhood shops is felt today, and in different over ten years. also provided cookies, treats, parts of the city. In the years to According to Gemma Kerr, beverages and coffee: Da come, if we commit to keeping September 10 New Edinburgh Rideau River Bombe, 42 Crichton, Metro, at it, ripples of the clean waters [email protected] Cleanup organizer, the healthy and Bridgehead. of the Rideau River will touch state of our riverbank and park The New Edinburgh com- the fingers of our children’s today is, first and foremost, munity has been committed children. the result of consecutive years to safeguarding the Rideau On Mother’s Day, the day of Rideau River Cleanups. River since the very begin- following the cleanup, not gar- As well, she said that many ning of the cleanups, alongside bage—but a huge green toad dog walkers in the neighbor- the community of Old Ottawa greeted the delighted shrieks of hood pick up rubbish dur- East. Other communities that New Edinburgh children. Page 22 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 What’s Coming Up at The House PLANT WALK: Medicinal at [email protected], our one of the founders of the News Herbs and Wild Edibles, and if you’d like to volun- City. The first annual Thomas with Amber Westfall teer, please contact us at McKay Day will be celebrated • JUNE 16 • [email protected]. We this year, marking the 220th are delighted to be partnering anniversary of his birth. from the This fun, introductory plant with the CCC again this year to To commemorate this walk is designed for people hold lantern workshops at the momentous first annual event, who have little or no forag- Fieldhouse in Stanley Park and the CCCC will join with NECA ing experience and want to will also be working with our and the Crichton Community House learn about the free food and neighbours in Overbrook and Council to provide the com- Issue #3 June 1, 2012 medicine growing all around Vanier to bring the Lumière munity with a unique Labour us in the New Edinburgh com- experience to them as well. Day Weekend experience and munity. You will be invited to a novel new way of experienc- 1st Annual Thomas McKay take a nibble here and there ing their community. The fun Day From the CCCC Board as applicable. Participants are starts on September 1st at 1pm CCCC Strategic Planning encouraged to bring a note- • SEPTEMBER 1 • and will include the following and for the renovations to the book, pen and a camera. DID YOU KNOW that Thomas activities: Survey building required by the City. CCCC will soon host its strate- Saturday, June 16, 1 - 2:30 pm McKay, one of the builders of The 1st annual New While a great deal of prog- Fee:$15/person (children free). the lock system, Edinburgh Heritage Tour gic planning session to define ress has been made, the City our strategic objectives for the founded New Edinburgh? He and Scavenger Hunt will has recently introduced a num- Lumière Festival bought the land at the junc- invite residents to explore our next 3-5 years. We would love ber of unanticipated additional to get your input on what we • AUGUST 1 - 18 • tion of the Ottawa and Rideau historic neighbourhood with an requirements which could add Rivers in 1829 and created interactive DIY heritage tour. do well, what we could be significantly to the costs and The 9th Annual Lumière doing even better and on what Festival is gearing up for anoth- a village named for the city We supply the map and clues complication of the upgrade of Edinburgh in his native and you supply the curiosity! we should be focusing. Please process. er year of exploring the creative take the time and respond to flame that lives within us all! Scotland. This area is one of Along the route you will be the survey on our home page We remain optimistic, how- This year, Festival activities Canada’s first planned com- competing for prizes and other www.crichtonccc.ca. ever, that with the strong sup- begin on August 1 and culmi- munities. goodies! The map will be a historical map where residents A message from the Board of port of Councillor Peter Clark nate with the Evening of Light The streets in the neigh- and our M.P.P., the Honourable celebration on August 18. This bourhood were named after will get a stamp at marked Directors, CCCC locations along the route and In close collaboration with Madeleine Meilleur, we can year’s theme is Stories, and McKay’s family: Crichton surmount these challenges and we’ll be exploring not just sto- was his wife’s maiden name, find out more about the area’s our friends and colleagues at rich history. Participants who MacKay United Church, the achieve our aim of acquiring ries inside books, but the sto- Keefer his son-in-law, while NEH for the community. We’ll ries in our community as well. Thomas, John, and Charles get all 10 stamps and unscram- CCCC has been hard at work ble the secret message will be completing the final stages of keep you informed of develop- You can expect all your were his sons. The area was ments on our website: www. favourite activities—the lan- at first largely industrial, home entered in a raffle for gift cer- preparation for the purchase of tificates and prizes. The hunt New Edinburgh House (NEH) crichtonccc.ca. tern-making workshops, dance to a number of mills using the workshops, Lumière summer power of the river. Originally is free to enter, open to all and camp, the photo marathon— part of Gloucester Township, is not a race. The hunt is based SUMMER CAMPS 2012 and a few new surprises too! New Edinburgh was incor- on the very successful New Make it a healthy and creative summer for your kids at New Keep your eyes on our web- porated as a separate village Edinburgh Heritage Walking Edinburgh House! site, which will be updated in 1866 by a special act of Tour. through the month of June and Parliament, but was annexed Next the participants of the July 16 - 20: Amazing Arts and Games in1887 by Ottawa. It is a com- Scavenger Hunt and other resi- Adventure! July as we confirm more artists and performers. Once again munity steeped in significant dents will meet at the Stanley Join us for a week-long camp designed for girls and the Fireweavers, Propeller cultural and architectural heri- Park Fieldhouse and join rep- boys between the ages of 6 and 9 who may be inter- Dance and a Company of tage. resentatives of the three com- ested in a foolishly fun week of theatre, dance and Fools will be returning, and New Edinburgh Community munity organizations in a art...games and outdoor activities. you can expect to see a whole Alliance (NECA) requested parade from the park to New Fee: $240 lot more names added to the that Mayor Jim Watson pro- Edinburgh House. Bagpipes Hours: 9 am - 4:30 pm list in the weeks to come! claim September 1st ‘Thomas will lead the procession. Pre and Post Care: available for $10/day - 8:30 - If you would like to per- McKay Day’ as he was born The Community Feast will 9 am and 4:30 - 5:30 pm form at the Festival, or cre- on that day in 1792. This celebrate the many families Location: Memorial Hall, 39 Dufferin Road. ate a lantern installation, sub- the Mayor did, declaring and residents that comprise our that September 1 be Thomas neighbourhood. The meal will August 13 - 17: All in One Art Fun! mit a one page proposal to artistic director Scott Florence McKay Day in Ottawa to hon- be served outside, in the New This camp is designed for girls and boys between the Edinburgh House gardens (in ages of 10 and 13 who may be interested in acquir- the case of inclement weather ing new skills in improvisational theatre, clowning, Looking for a Way to we will be hosting the meal dance, art...games and outdoor activities. inside Memorial Hall). Prizes for the scavenger hunt will be Fee: $240 Celebrate a Birthday? drawn at the Feast. Hours: 9 am - 4:30 pm To wrap up the day, movies Pre and Post Care: available for $10/day - 8:30 - Book your Birthday Party or Hours of Operation: that highlight Ottawa’s history 9 am and 4:30 - 5:30 pm Celebration with the CCCC! Monday – Friday: Office will be played prior to a feature Location: Memorial Hall, 39 Dufferin Road. Let us host and organize your hours of operation are 9 to 5. film. The feature film will be With memorable activities and outstanding arts programs, party! Whether it is a themed However, the Centre’s hours family-oriented and will begin Lumière hosts a nurturing camp, where talented profes- birthday party, anniversary or may vary, depending on pro- at 8 pm (in the case of inclem- sional, caring counsellors and kids come together to share special celebration, we will grams. ent weather we will be host- an exciting and unique summer experience. Call New work with you to ensure a ing the movie inside Memorial Edinburgh House for more information and to register. memorable experience for all. Saturday & Sunday: Hours Hall). Please contact us at 613-745- of operation vary, depending Wednesday Family Fun Drop In Camp 2742 for further information. on bookings and events in the With the overwhelming sup- The Infant, Toddler & Preschool Playgroup is extending Renting Rooms: To facility. port and interest we have had their program during the summer months. Program will rent rooms at the CCCC or from the community, we are have structured and unstructured activites for younger chil- Memorial Hall (our satellite Please call 613-745-2745 confident that Thomas McKay dren and their older siblings. Wednesday’s 9:30 – 11:30 am, location at 39 Dufferin), call for details. We are closed for Day will be the first in a long starts July 4. 613-745-2742. all statutory holidays. tradition of annual celebration. We hope you can join us! June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 23 CCCC Arts and Entertainment Season in Review By Isobel Bisby “Canadian propaganda.” Centre. Over the winter and a hop, skip and a jump away check our website at www. CCCC Program Committee Michal explained how she early spring, there was a series from our front doors. Doesn’t crichtonccc.ca. And if you’d Co-chair had also written the script for of memorable evenings; a fam- get any better than that, does it? like to be a part of planning Park or Pavement?, the film ily zumba dance, an evening of Please keep an eye on the the next CCCC season of Countries Shaped Like Stars sponsored by NECA twenty slam poetry, dance performanc- New Edinburgh News and arts and entertainment please On Saturday, April 7, we were years ago. It seemed appro- es by local artists, and our three our noticeboard at the corner call 613-745-2742 or email treated to a magical perfor- priate to show this film as a evenings of movies featuring of Crichton and Dufferin for communitycentre@rogers. mance of Countries Shaped follow up to the Jane’s Walk: NFB films. We owe special notice of upcoming events or com. Like Stars by Mi Casa New Edinburgh, of the previ- thanks to talented local resident Theatre Company in the ous weekend, and we are grate- Alison Melia, who managed Community Room of New ful to Paul McConnell, who the three remarkable events Edinburgh House. This tal- searched his basement and in the art performance series. Spotlight on MainWorks ented pair, Nick di Gaetano found the film, allowing us to The corner of Dufferin MainWorks Artists scenes (often featuring cows) and Emily Pearlman, had just relive the community’s battle and Mackay is fast becom- Cooperative has enjoyed a by Patsy Fyfe; bold abstracts returned home from a cross- to stop the Vanier Extension ing an artistic hub for New happy and productive rela- by Frances Caswell-Routier; Canada tour with this show from obliterating Stanley Park. Edinburgh and the surrounding tionship with the Crichton East Coast watercolours by and very generously donated The documentary told a fine communities. The CCCC arts Cultural Community Centre Pierre Lagalisse and eclectic this performance to us as a story, and it was fun to try and and entertainment evenings, since the Centre’s begin- works by Suzanne Robertson. fundraiser for the Lumière spot existing residents back the Mackay United Church ning at 200 Crichton in 2000. Festival. We thank them both then. It was a good lesson in Chamber Music Series, the MainWorks artists hold In 2011, MainWorks made an annual Open House in for their generosity, and for how a community can come New Edinburgh Players, and the move to New Edinburgh their wonderful performance. together in collective action all the other performing arts November, but visitors to the House. The present eight studios are welcome any time. New Edinburgh Players for a common cause, and win! groups who are choosing to artists in the co-op create a Artist, John Jarrett Once again this year, the CCCC The evening concluded with rent New Edinburgh House and wide range of art including will be participating in was the grateful beneficiary of a showing of Lonely Boy, a Memorial Hall for their events, landscapes and figurative oils Ottawater, June 5 - 24. a benefit performance by the film about Ottawa crooner create a vibrant community of by Alberta Dickson, Diana The show depicts water- New Edinburgh Players dur- Paul Anka, which afforded which we can be proud. And for Bates, John Jarrett, and ways in and near the Capital. ing the run of their annual a fascinating glimpse of the many of us the events are just Wendy Simmons; large farm spring production. This year, pop industry of those days. our community was treated to We thank Jack Horwitz and a series of hilarious perfor- Roger Wilson, our exceptional mances of The Liar by Pierre production team. Both share a Corneille as adapted by David passion for films, and both pay Ives. Many thanks, as always, meticulous attention to detail, to Ingrid McCarthy and her so that the CCCC was left to do entire troupe for providing the gophering fully confident such polished performances that the show would go on! We and for donating so generous- featured films for all ages in ly to local community groups March, April and May, and the over the past three decades. different programs attracted Night three of Fun for different people. The first night Filmizens & Families from appealed to the older crowd, NFB on May 11 was the con- the second night to families cluding event in the winter/ (much popcorn on the floor spring season of arts and enter- that night!), and the last night a tainment at the CCCC. The slightly more eclectic audience. evening was another feast of We are grateful to our enthu- NFB films plus a special show- siastic volunteers, without ing of Park or Pavement?—a whom these events could not documentary about the battle happen, and our thanks go to to kill the Vanier extension. to Bridgehead for providing We were thrilled to have their wonderful coffee, to the script writer Michal Crawley Bytowne Cinema for donat- as guest speaker. Michal is a ing door prizes and popcorn, to long-time resident of River Governor’s Walk Retirement Lane, and joined us for the eve- Residence for loaning us ning to talk about her involve- their popcorn machine, ment in both Acid Rain, a and to Katimavik who 1980s documentary, and Park helped out wherever needed. or Pavement. She provided Fun for Filmizens & a most interesting account Families from NFB wrapped of Acid Rain, displaying the up, not only a successful film newspaper clippings she had series, but also the first sea- collected after the film was son of Friday Nights of Art released and created a furor in and Entertainment hosted by the U.S. where it was labeled Crichton Cultural Community How to Register In-person registration: Telephone registration: Come to the CCCC office and CCCC accepts telephone register for your program. In- registration during business person registration is ongoing hours. Call 613-745-2745 to during regular office hours. register for your program(s). With in-person registration, we We accept Visa and MasterCard accept cash, Visa, MasterCard over the phone. and personal cheques. Page 24 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 retail operations. As we went ity fare. We wish him well in the daily sociability of serving to press in late May, however, this distressing struggle, and customers, something he had After the Fire... Chris was informed that Ms. we can all show our support greatly missed throughout the Continued from page 1 baked goods. On the advice Carter remains determined to by continuing to shop regu- difficult year following the fire. of his lawyer, Chris actually bring about his eviction from larly and often at Bread and The Glebe store is larger the deal closes, however, we slept overnight at the bakery the premises, and he has been Roses—scarcely a hardship for than their previous quarters on will have no confirmation of to turn back the bailiffs, should obliged to seek a court injunc- those of us who consider our Beechwood, and has a staff the project details, less still of they attempt a second visit. tion to put a stop to that process. bakery an Essential Service! of 18 retained from the previ- the timetable for the rebuild. On Easter Sunday when the The court hearing is scheduled ous management. To Marc’s store was closed to customers, Over the summer, interested Bread and Roses Bakery: A to take place on June 1st, and delight, a number of their for- Chris’ wife Emily resourceful- readers can keep track of any Close Call in the interim Chris is once mer clients from Beechwood ly arranged to have the Easter again camping out at the bak- developments in this ongoing have already dropped in, and As most readers know, thanks celebration brought to him, and ery to avoid a recurrence of saga on the community web- he looks forward to greeting to the barrage of media cover- a happy family party took place the late night lock-out which site at www.newedinburgh.ca. others as the word gets around age that was occasioned by of their new location. If you the debacle, property owner (like me!) are disinclined to Helene Carter attempted to make the trek to the big box lock out bakery owner Chris alternatives, you can drop Green and his staff immediate- in on Isabel and Marc at the ly before the Easter weekend Glebe location, or, as Marc when the shop was literally reports that New Edinburgh laden with specialty baking is on their regular delivery and treats for the holiday. Chris route, give the store a call at was notified of the lock out at 613-234-6353 to arrange for a 2:30 am, and instructed by Ms. home delivery of those much- Carter to call off his staff for needed garden or cleaning sup- the following day. The allega- plies, batteries, light bulbs or tion behind the lock-out related other household necessities. to a specification in the lease Much as we will miss them as that the premises be used for a our “local”, we wish Marc and retail operation, whereas a por- Isabel the very best in their new tion of Chris’ production is, and location, and hope to keep in always has been, sold whole- touch with them as they become sale, a fact of which Ms. Carter established in the Glebe. has apparently been well aware since the start of his occupancy. Epicuria: Open At Last! Needless to say, on the eve Epicuria owner Tracey Black of a critically important long had planned a low key open- weekend, (and incidentally, Cartoon by John Graham. Reprinted courtesy of the Manor Park Chronicle. ing of the new store at 357 St. very shortly after the birth of This is a polite notice that you have to get out NOW! And, by the way, Happy Easter! Laurent Blvd. in the Rockcliffe his baby daughter Ella Jade!), Crossing Plaza when construc- Chris was distressed and irate, amidst the bakery shelves! occurred shortly before Easter. Success Stories! tion was finally completed not and consulted with his lawyer Chris and his lawyer have Much as we would all like long after Easter in mid-April. on a course action. Armed with attempted to continue discus- to see an end to the logjam Introducing Capital Home And indeed, it was low key, the assurance that a court order sions with Ms. Carter in an and the start of rebuilding on Hardware with only a simple announce- would be required to enforce effort to reach a settlement Beechwood, I think it’s safe In mid-April, former ment on the Epicuria website the lock-out, Chris moved which takes account of both to say that the community is Beechwood Home Hardware and no elaborate fanfare of swiftly to have the locks the value of Chris’ remain- strongly in support of a fair owners Marc Clément and any kind. What Tracey perhaps removed, reopened the bakery, ing lease (to 2015 with a 5- settlement for Chris, in rec- Isabel Lamarche became the underestimated was the degree called in the staff and stayed in year renewal option), and the ognition of the significant new proprietors of Capital of pent up demand which had operation throughout the week- costs of a forced relocation in investment and long hours Home Hardware in the Glebe been building in the heavily- end, serving overflow crowds terms of business lost in the of hard work he has devoted at 736 Bank Street at Second populated ranks of Epicuria’s of clients who flocked to the transition, as well as the sig- to building a business which Avenue. They are both thrilled regular clientele, and which store, as much to commiserate nificant investment required to so successfully serves the with the new venture, and Marc erupted in a flood of custom- and express their support as to refit new premises to meet the needs of our neighbourhood is lyrical about once again ers converging on the new load up on the tempting holiday needs of his production and with consistently high qual- being in a retail milieu with premises when the doors were June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 25 Trainer Tips for the Dog Park Editor’s Note: Our community was greatly saddened by a recent vibrant and enthusiastic puppy tragic incident in Stanley Park in which a small Chihuahua may not be well received by was killed by a much larger dog. Well known local dog trainer an older, less tolerant dog. Chantal Mills offers some basic advice for dog owners on how to Some breed combinations can ensure off-leash play is safe and fun for all the animals involved. be cause for concern. A Great By Chantal Mills Dog play can include snarling, Dane may play well with a Head Trainer chasing, showing teeth and Jack Russell, but a different Ottawa Canine School pinning but it is cooperative. breed combination may not be For the most part, the dog park When dogs are playing appro- as well suited for play. Rough is a place where dogs can have priately, they are taking turns. play can turn into a danger- some harmless fun, meet new If a dog is being chased and ous game, especially if there friends, burn off some extra doesn’t have the chance or the is a size difference, an age energy and perhaps be lucky desire to have his turn chas- difference and a breed com- enough to chase a squirrel. ing, this should be interrupted. bination that is questionable. One of the keys to keep- Keep an eye on your dog and ing your dog safe at the park on the other dogs and inter- The dog park is not for every is being able to recognize rupt play before it escalates. dog. Owners of dogs that are Photo: Penny Thompson what appropriate play looks aggressive, timid, fragile or Chris Green of Bread and Roses Bakery speaks to Jane’s like. Dogs at play use a lot of Differences Can Be don’t look like they are having Walk crowd in front of demolished section of Beechwood. extra, unnecessary movements. Dangerous fun should explore an alter- native to the park, such as finally opened. Tracey and her tasty products, including grain They wiggle a lot, they run at Size differences do matter at pet daycare or training facili- staff served 77 customers on crackers, chocolate bouchons, each other in wide, graceful the dog park. Age differences ties that offer supervised play Day One, and have since been cheese bites and cheese cake arcs and take natural breaks and breed combinations can dates for small or larger dogs. working flat out to keep up bites which will be available for from play every minute or so. also contribute to disaster. A with the brisk pace of business, sampling in the coming month. and to keep the fridges, freez- Even the product packaging ers and shelves stocked with at Epicuria has been upgraded Prepping for a Busy Park Season their signature gourmet fare. in an effort to reduce waste and By Marci Surkes Tracey reports that with- promote recycling. Entrees are leash dog area. The NCC is Rideau River. This new look- The Friends of the Park wish in 24 hours of opening, the now packaged in composta- in its final phase of the Park out area will be a picturesque to thank all the volunteers who store had bounced back to the ble containers which can be Remediation Plan which spot, complete with benches to helped with the annual level of regular pre-fire sales, reheated in both the oven and enjoy the views. According park cleanup, both on the and she is both gratified and micro-wave, and if you happen to NCC officials, the work day of the event, and also relieved that the risk involved to forget your own reusable is on schedule for comple- those who helped with the in a costly relocation appears grocery bag, your order will be tion by the end of June, advanced preparations and to have paid off handsomely. packed into an old-fashioned so just in time for sum- promotion. We’d also like to “It has been one big reunion paper bag for the trip home. mer! Once the dozens of thank our local businesses, for us in past few weeks,” she Since the reopening, Tracey new trees along the bike Bridgehead Coffeehouse, notes with delight, “and it is so has welcomed Aaron and and walking paths have Metro and Da Bombe, good to hear that the commu- Jodi, both avid foodies, to her matured, they will trans- for their generous dona- nity missed us, and have been new retail team. Aaron is the form this section of the tions of refreshments and waiting for us to reopen…. author of Pop Tarts and Bacon park into a veritable oasis. cleaning tools. The event I want to extend a big thank while Jodi writes the popular Your Park Committee was successful in getting you to the community for their food blog Simply Fresh. On continues to advocate for the park spiffy for summer, support this year: their phone the catering side of the opera- further improvements to and a wonderful opportu- calls and emails kept us going.” tion, you’ll encounter Dawn, Photo: Mark Bisby the park, but we cannot do nity to build community! The new store has a wonder- the Director of Catering, a NCC park remediation included the it without your help. Please As may have noticed, planting of many, many trees. fully spacious retail area to long-time Epicuria staffer be in touch if you have sug- there has been consider- accommodate the steady flow profiled in a previous edition gestions or questions about able renovation activity on the of old and new clients, and of the NEN; Chris, the new centres around tree and shrub NCC side of the park in recent our park (marci.surkes@gmail. there are two cash registers in catering chef; and Johanne, planting, as well as the addi- weeks, namely around the off- com). operation to mitigate the log- the new Service Manager. tion of a new lookout over the Have a wonderful summer! jams at especially busy times The hours of operation at such as the lunch hour. At the 357 St. Laurent Blvd. remain front of store are three small the same as those on MacKay tables for two for those who’d Street: Monday to Wednesday, like to relax and enjoy a cup 9 am - 6:30 pm; Thursday of coffee and a sandwich or and Friday, 9 am - 7 pm; salad, and eventually, when Saturday, 9 am - 5:30 pm operations are fully launched, and Sunday, 10 am - 4 pm. there will be hot lunches Since the store opened its to go for those in search of doors in mid-April, Tracey something more substantial. and company have been too In addition to Epicuria’s own busy to focus on plans for a superb cooking (both its week- Grand Reopening celebra- ly gourmet menu, and a freezer tion, but once the dust settles, full of frozen entrees), you’ll she hopes to arrange an Open find a range of new products House when the community available from such well known can drop in and tour the new local artisan suppliers as Seed facilities. Interested readers to Sausage Charcuterie, Fifth can keep an eye on the website Town Cheese, Art-is-in-Bakery for details (www.epicuria.ca). bread, Ishina Indian Food, We wish Tracey and her team Bryson Farms, and Pascale’s All every possible success in their Natural Ice Cream. Epicuria’s new location, and welcome pastry chef Isabelle has also them back to the community been busy creating a new line of after a long and difficult year. Page 26 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 Gwyn, is a moving, complex up the Bodies. In this briefer, Summer 2012 Reading Suggestions portrait of Canada’s prima bal- more flowing tome, Cromwell lerina. manoeuvres his way through Out of the Blue by Jan Wong, the destruction of Anne Boleyn from Books on Beechwood former Globe and Mail colum- and possibly his position in Jean Recommends: writer, Yrsa Sigurdardottir. ing an abortion: something the nist, is a moving and honest Henry’s court. Moving away from fiction, I government considers murder. memoir of workplace depres- A Trick of the Light by Louise Jean’s favorite book this spring Determined to keep the identi- is without a doubt Waiting for strongly recommend a gem of sion and recovery. Penny. Coming in July will ty of her baby’s father a secret, be the paperback release of Sunrise by William Boyd. a book, The Tao of Travel: Bridget Recommends: Enlightenments from Lives on Hannah strives to reintegrate Louise Penny’s latest Three A young British man goes to herself into a society that judg- Vienna in 1917 in search o the Road, a collection of trav- In One Person by John Irving. Pines mystery, which takes us el essays compiled by Paul es her only by her newly dyed John Irving revisits familiar back to the Eastern Townships f treatment for a sexual dys- skin. function, returns to England Theroux. “You go away for a territory in his newest novel, village with all our favou- cured of his problem, fathers a long time and return a differ- In One Person. A quirky rite characters and Inspector child he will never meet, and ent person—you never come boy recounts the crushes that Gamashe embroiled in yet is conscripted into the world of all the way back” is a quote shaped his early life in a pri- another mysterious death. espionage. A compelling read from his own book, Dark Star vate school in rural Vermont. for sure. Safari, and nicely sums up the In the tradition of The World appeal of travel and the appeal According to Garp, the book is Patrick Gale’s A Sweet of this book. peppered with endearing trans- Obscurity has a happy, pastoral sexuals, wrestlers, coming of ending and an engaging story Hilary Recommends: age angst and Irving’s special of intersecting lives. The Selection by Kiera Cass blend of humour, warmth and Jo Nesbo, the Norwegian (YA 12+). Chosen to compete redemption. writer, economist and musi- with 34 other girls for the heart The Winter Palace by Eva cian has written several thrill- (and hand) of Prince Maxon, Stachniak is another treat for ers that are well worth staying America Singer must leave her historical fiction lovers. It is up late to read, The Snowman family behind in pursuit of a a fascinating and compelling and Headhunters among them. future she could never have story of the rise of Catherine Good atmospheric stuff. imagined and is not sure she the Great told through the eyes wants. of her maid and cohort in the The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott When You Were Mine by young Catherine’s rise from (Adult). Tess Collins, a young Rebecca Serle (YA 12+. Have spirited teenager to empress girl who wishes to be a dress- you ever wondered what hap- amidst the traps, conspiracies Death Comes to Pemberley maker, gets hired as a maid to pens to Rosaline after Romeo and treacheries that surround by P.D. James. Another much Lady Duff Gordon who is set throws her over for Juliet? them. anticipated paper release is to board HMS Titanic in 1912. This is a lovely retelling of the the Dame’s delightful myste- Surviving the sinking is just Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary story of Romeo and Juliet from rious extension of Pride and the first step in Tess’ adven- Mantel. Hilary Mantel con- the perspective of the jilted Prejudice, perfect for summer tures. Following the disaster, tinues her brilliant portrayal Rosaline. Filled with love and reading. Tess must decide who is telling of Henry XIII’s turbulent sorrow, it’s a great summer the truth and who holds her reign through the eyes of a As always, there is an impres- read! heart before she can truly start surprisingly sympathetic sive array of books by local When She Woke by Hillary her new life in New York. Thomas Cromwell in Bring authors, from the handsome Jordan (Adult). In a futuristic and moving guide to Vimy: America where criminals’ skin Antoinette Recommends: Canada’s Memorial to a Generation by J Hucker and is dyed to match the sever- Canada by Richard Ford, ity of their crimes, Hannah J Smith, to Brian McGarry’s So, too, is Ashes to Dust, a a new novel by the Pulitzer account of the long and illus- whodunit by the Icelandic Payne wakes up in a sterile Prize winner, is gripping room with red skin after hav- trious history of his family’s from the first few pages. It funeral home business, From starts in Montana but ends in Paupers to Prime Ministers, Saskatchewan. to three new mysteries. Linda Two short books on Queen Wiken, former owner of Elizabeth, one by Robert Prime Crime Books and writ- Lacey, The Queen: A Life in ing as Erika Chase, brings us Brief and The Secret of the the classic “cozy” set in the Crown: Canada’s Affair with southern U.S.—A Killer Read. Royalty by John Fraser. Vicky Delany is back with a A biography on the life of third volume in her fascinating Celia Franca, The Pursuit of historical Klondike Mystery Perfection by Carol Bishop- series—Gold Mountain. June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 27 Brenda Missen has written a an insight into a world that has resonant mystery called Tell since disappeared. Anna She’s Safe based very Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine creatively on the murder of Brooks. This is a must read Lucy Stockman in Gatineau for fans of Geraldine Brooks. and her friend Ellen who is The story begins in Martha’s determined to find her killer. Vineyard, in the late 1600s. David Recommends: It is the story of friendship By Liba Bender or contact the community and love between Bethia Just last week a neighbour police centre at 613-236-1222. I just finished Robert Sawyer’s Mayfield, daughter of a min- trilogy: Wake (Book 1), Watch mentioned he doesn’t lock his The Home Security Inspection ister determined to convert car at all. This is because the program allows police repre- (Book 2), Wonder (Book 3) the Wampanoag tribe, and and loved it. windows have been broken too sentatives to visit your house Caleb, the son of the chief- many times at night by thieves and provide you with a safety On my “To Read” list: James tain. The two young people are looking for small change or audit. This audit has a check- Gleick’s The Information. reunited in Cambridge where other things they think might list and a website link which Caleb is receiving an educa- Anything by Pratchett: I be in the glove compartment. identifies safety improvements tion and Berthia is working If we all are letting people take and provides crime prevention see that Snuff is out, so that’s youthful antics and the impli- as a housekeeper. Eventually, things as they please, there is tips. It also promotes other next! cations of those actions when Caleb becomes the first Native a problem. It is not a healthy Police Service Crime preven- he receives a lawyer’s letter. Since I read the other five, and American to graduate from situation to invite theft. tion initiatives. I’m curious to see how she Of this Earth, A Mennonite Harvard. As of now, June 2012, we finishes off the series: Jean M. At the time of writing this Boyhood in the Boreal Forest Children’s Books: don’t really have an active article, the Crime Stoppers Auel’s The Land of Painted by Rudy Wiebe. This is the As usual, we have a large Neighbourhood Watch for all Caves. Program of Ottawa was in autobiographical story of Rudy selection of children’s books. of New Edinburgh. There has financial jeopardy. Hopefully Heidi Recommends: growing up in Speedwell, Intriguing new titles, old been one meeting of interested it will be rescued, as it has been Saskatchewan. The rare pho- favourites, poetry, non-fic- people on Ivy and Bertrand. The Antagonist by Lynn a helpful way to follow crimes. tographs and memories that tion, games, puzzles and much What we have established is a You might not be aware that at Coady. Shortlisted for the relate to them give the reader more! mini-watch at this end of our 2011 Giller Prize, this novel one time Ottawa had a Block neighbourhood. That is all. Parent Program, but it ended has a great narrative voice, and In order to get other people is a page-turner to boot! If We Are What We Eat... in 2008 after more than twenty involved in creating a com- years. It was a very successful The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey munity-wide New Edinburgh program that helped to keep Eugenides. The author abso- What Are We? watch we need 50% or more of our children safe. lutely nails the character of the Farmer, agriculturalist a culmination of Hladik’s per- resident registration. We need With this good weather upon angsty, ambitious, confused, and international diplomat sonal background as a young block captains for each street. us and garden work beaconing, in-love 22-year-old and has a debunks common myths farmer, his professional expe- So far, no one has contacted please remember that even if lot of fun with the age-old liter- about food riences as an international me about their interest in doing you are in the back yard, your ary “marriage plot” while he’s OTTAWA, Ontario – Much agricultural diplomat to New this. If you would like to volun- front door must be locked. Be at it. Another page-turner. controversy has surround- Zealand, Germany, China, teer for this, please email me at aware of people that are com- [email protected]. Without Di Recommends: ed the food and agricultural Thailand and South Korea ing and going, and report any industries recently, particu- and finally as an executive you we cannot move forward crimes to the police. on this important initiative. These Foolish Things by larly as they relate to the “eat in an agriculture-based com- If you see trouble, call 911 Deborah Moggach. Very local” movement, pany. Constable is Ryan Pierce has If you have trouble, call 911. funny read: basis of the new sustainable agri- H l a d i k ’ s outlined some of the Ottawa movie “The Best Exotic culture, organic years of obser- Police Crime Prevention pro- If you want to be a block Marigold Hotel.” food, factory vation led him grams available in his column captain and organize your in this edition. You can also go street in New Edinburgh for Jill Recommends: farms, organic to draw two foods, and genet- important, yet to www.ottawapolice.ca to find the watch, please contact me at Love and Summer by William ically modified c o n f l i c t i n g , out more about these programs [email protected]. Trevor. This novel was a semi- foods. Indeed, conclusions finalist contender for the 2011 how to know if about food: IMPAC award. A perfect sum- the food we buy first, food pro- mer read. The story takes place is safe to eat is a duction is the in small town of Rathmoye, major concern of most devas- Ireland, where all is quiet and many. tating human serene until a stranger comes Author and activity for the for a visit. a g r i c u l t u r a l global environ- expert Maurice ment and sec- Get a start on the Book Club Hladik debunks ond, the lack reads for the Fall: common miscon- of food is the The Sense of an Ending by ceptions relating to these and most devastating circumstance Julian Barnes. This winner many more issues in his new, for humans. Hladik addresses of 2011 Mann Booker Prize all-encompassing guide to the both of these issues in the is the story of Toby Webster, food industry, Demystifying book, giving advice to readers a middle-aged divorcee, who Food from Farm to Fork. looking toward the future of is forced to look back on his The information presented is the agricultural industry. Page 28 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 unintended consequences! As every gardener knows, Organic Gardening at properly fertilizing your lawn in the private gardens where and flower beds is critical to Pheromones, Nematodes and Weed Dragons, Oh My! the grass continues to flourish maintaining healthy growth and developing resistance By Jane Heintzman nearly ten years after a re-turf- As Manager of Grounds and plagued our community in ing operation. to pests, invasive weeds and Since 2009 when the prov- Greenhouses for the Official recent years, Rideau Hall has drought. Rideau Hall is active- ince of Ontario passed legisla- As avid gardeners will be Residences, Mark Burleton tried a variety of methods, aware, the internet is a rich ly exploring a range of organic tion banning the cosmetic use has presided over the transi- including the use of vacuums fertilizers, including an alfal- of pesticides, residents of our source of information about tion to organic practices on to suction up the little crit- bio-pesticides ranging from fa-based product and bark- community, along with land- the grounds at Rideau Hall—a ters and pheromone traps to based compost to replace the scaping and lawn care com- hot pepper oils to orange oils, process which is ongoing, as attract and kill them off. While fatty-acid based horticultural traditional peat-based alterna- panies throughout the region, a steadily widening range of the traps are reasonably effec- tives. The extraction of peat have been on a steep learn- soaps and even a crushed gar- organic options are tried and tive, Mark points out that they lic solution. Mark and his team is now widely acknowledged ing curve exploring a range tested within the vice-regal can be a double-edged sword to have serious environmental of organic options for keep- have been testing a number of domain. Mark and his team of to the extent that they attract these options, and have had consequences, including the ing weeds and plant-pillaging gardeners grapple with much larger numbers of beetles to an disruption of delicate ecosys- insects under control. If you some success in particular with the same litany of gardening area, not all of which may be Neem oil, a strong smelling tems where the peat is har- think this is a difficult task challenges as the rest of us protected by the placement of vested, and the release of huge in your own back yard, just substance extracted from the (albeit on an exponentially traps. So if you decide to go root of the neem tree which quantities of carbon dioxide in imagine the challenge of going larger scale), including turf- this route, it’s best to ensure the extraction process. Mark’s organic in the vast 79-acre can be sprayed around the base devouring grubs, Japanese that your neighbours do too! of a plant to kill off some team is also working with the grounds of Rideau Hall, with beetles, aphids, dandelions, Mark’s Rideau Hall team has City of Ottawa to explore the its unique mixture of parkland, insect pests and repel others. nutrient-depleted soil, invasive also used nematodes to kill off He offers a couple of cautions use of recycled materials in its woodland, meadows, flower species, drought and a host of the beetles at the grub stage, fertilizing program. gardens, the Canadian Heritage here, however: first, the oil horticultural tribulations. a method which can be effec- may scorch some plants, so it’s If you happen to visit Rideau Rose Garden and extensive In the case of the infamous tive, but which is expensive greenhouses. wise to begin with a limited Hall’s Canadian Heritage Rose Japanese beetle, which has and somewhat tricky to prop- test, and second, it does indeed Garden this summer, you may erly execute given the crucial smell foul! And in the case find that the garden is in the importance of timing in the of all these bio-pesticides, he throes of a transition as Mark process, and the risks of dam- urges home gardeners to take and his team undertake a major age to the nematodes. Mark the appropriate safety precau- rejuvenation of the area, radi- suggests that another option to tions during their application. cally pruning back the leggy, deal with Japanese beetles at Organic though they are, they overgrown shrubs; replenish- the grub stage is milky spore are still corrosive. ing the soil; and replacing fail- bacteria, a powder which is In the realm of weed con- ing plants with hardy Canadian reportedly harmless to humans, trol, Mark’s team has used cultivars appropriate both to pets, birds, bees and beneficial a range of methods, includ- the climate and to the histori- insects, but which effective- ing the application of steam cal narrative which the garden ly kills off beetle larvae and to kill dandelions, a process is intended to symbolize. The remains in the soil for up to 20 which, though effective, can be object of the exercise is, of years, dispatching future gen- expensive and requires repeat course, to create the condi- erations of these destructive applications. Some homemade tions for a glorious, lush, long- pests. He also notes that prom- concoctions can also work blooming display of roses by ising research is underway at handily, including vinegar this time next year. the University of Guelph to and water and other acetic A special challenge during develop grub-resistant grass- acid-based solutions, although es, so there may be a break- hot, dry summers is keeping Mark emphasizes that these are our lawns and gardens prop- through on the horizon. not suitable for application to Once a grub infestation erly irrigated without putting your lawn. For hard surfaces, undue strain on the depleting has taken hold to devour an bare soil and gravel or stone expanse of lawn, Mark’s best local water supply. At Rideau pathways where weeds crop Hall, the vast expanses of lawn advice is to dig up the area, up between the stones, Rideau turn the soil over, let it rest and (regularly trampled by hordes Hall has made use of a propane of summer visitors) are watered be exposed to the air, leave burner device called the Weed the residual grubs to be con- with untreated water pumped Dragon which scorches the directly from the sumed by the birds, and then offending growth. Needless to re-sod or re-turf the area. At without the added costs and say, great care must be taken expenditure of energy involved Rideau Hall, the garden team with this particular tool to avoid has done this very successfully in the filtration and treatment system. Because the grounds of Rideau Hall are divided into horticultural zones, with specific landscaping guide- lines applying to each zone, care is also taken to maxi- mize drought-resistant plant- ing appropriate to the soil type and exposure of the particular location, so water conservation is another guiding principle in Mark’s gardening regime. We wish Mark and his gar- den team well in their continu- ing quest for new and more effective organic gardening methods, and look forward to hearing news of their success stories to pass on to gardeners in our community! June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 29 stem plant carrying a heavy bud count. Unusual Perennials for Spring Planting A clear favourite among By Frances Phillips plants around until we find drained soil in full sun and are rumored to give off suffi- the 300 Hosta varieties at You could say that Suzanne their sweet spot. will bloom from mid-summer cient flammable gas to ignite a Whitehouse Perennials, is Patry began her gardening It’s easy to get downcast to frost. match: they don’t). ‘Liberty’. Its blue-green foli- career as an eight-year-old, when plants don’t do A showy plant with age bordered with bright yel- trundling around on the heels well. But that’s not to shiny deep green foli- low will give a lift to any of a neighbour in suburban say we shouldn’t keep age, it’s often used to garden’s shady spot. Ottawa. She recalls how his trying. By way of illus- set off taller Peonies Perennial growing tips Rose Daphne, peeping through tration, Suzanne recalls and Daylilies. Handy, Suzanne’s three top tips for a rock pile, caught her imagina- a warning tag on a small because Peonies and successful perennial gardening tion. Today, the retired school Helleborus, saying it Daylillies are two more are … principal trundles around her wasn’t particularly hardy. of Suzanne’s passions. own garden: all four acres of it, A challenge too great to Of the 50 Peony variet- • When preparing new plant- and all of it planted. ignore, she took it home ies in her nursery garden, ing beds, build them above Suzanne has been market test- and now has “massive she’s had great success grade to ensure good drain- ing new plant varieties at her clumps” of purple and with the ‘Itoh’ Peony: age. More plants are killed Whitehouse Perennials nurs- red Hellebores in her a hybrid cross of Tree off by winter wet than cold. ery in Almonte for 25 years. So garden. Peony with a regular • When planting in the fall, she has plenty of survival tips Then there’s the fash- herbaceous border-type mulch generously around on growing fashionable—and ionable cornflower variety. “Itohs have the the roots. Otherwise, when not-so-fashionable—perenni- blue Himalayan Poppy. vigour of a Tree Peony, the ground heaves in spring, als in our unforgiving Zone 5 “Almost impossible to without its woody stem, exposed roots may surface climate. Here are some high- grow without the right so flowers don’t droop and suffer frost damage. lights from Suzanne’s recent microclimate,” she too much after a heavy • Late planted conifer trees visit with members of the notes—as many of us rain.” and shrubs won’t have the Rockcliffe Park Garden Club. can attest. Among the 1,000 vari- root structure to tide them “Echinacea, being one eties of Daylilies in the over our long winters. To Trial and Error of the hottest plants back field, Suzanne is avoid the roots desiccating There’s no secret to growing right now, means I’ve hard pressed to name a (drying out) give them extra some of the unusual perenni- got my hands on all the favourite. She simply water through the fall. als now coming to market, she new varieties to see how Echinacea. Photo: Walters Gardens enjoys weaving through Rockcliffe Park Garden Club says. “It’s simply a question of they do.” A top perform- the Daylily plants, or sur- Favourites meets monthly, September planting them to see how they er is ‘Pink Double Delight’. veying the sea of colour from through June. Membership do.” Suzanne explained how It has a compact form with A favourite in Suzanne’s gar- a strategically placed bench $35, or couples $50. For infor- gardens frequently have sev- double pom-pom pink flower den is the pink and white with visitors. When choosing a mation: F. Phillips 613-745- eral microclimates, so it may heads that age to soft lavender. Dictamnus (often called Gas Daylily, Suzanne recommends 2551. Suzanne Patry can be just be a question of moving Echinaceas thrive in rich, well- Plant for its flowerlets that looking for a multi-branched reached at 613-256-3406. Page 30 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 Summer Rowing Camp at the ORC 51st Annual IODE By Matt Christie level and I am a valued mem- place to learn a wonderful new Joining the ORC was one of ber of the Queen’s University skill. the best decisions of my life. Varsity Rowing Team. I started There is nothing quite like House and Garden Tour When I began rowing through at the ORC Rowing Camp and spending warm summer days Focus on Heritage: Sandy along with Laurentian chapter the Summer Rowing Camp, now I am one of the Camp’s with a cool breeze on the Hill hostesses, to tell you about the I was new to the sport and instructors. Ottawa River with friends. houses and their story. Senator Friday, June 8 and Saturday, Landon Pearson, heritage ren- Campers learn to row as well as June, 9, 10 am to 2 pm participating in many fun, row- ovator Sandy Smallwood and ing-related activities through- Laurentian Chapter IODE Michel Prévost, Archivist of out each day of the camp. No invites you to discover the char- the University of Ottawa will previous experience is required acter, the style and the stories be there at certain times during and all are welcome! of one of Ottawa’s oldest and the tour to answer questions The The Ottawa Rowing most interesting neighbour- and chat with visitors about Club’s Summer Camp teaches hoods. Open houses—eight of everything from the signifi- youths aged 12 to 17 the basics them—include the fabulous cance of the Persons Case to of the sport of rowing in an renovation of a stylish 1920s the francophone presence in enjoyable and relaxed atmo- house, a loft apartment in the Sandy Hill. sphere. The camp is run by stylish Wallis House (the old Tickets are $30 and avail- fully trained and certified staff Protestant Hospital), the Polish able now in stores, online or members who have coached in embassy complete with wine by mail. Tickets are good for highly competitive programs cellar, a fabulous Victorian ter- both days. For more informa- race and—something for every tion you can visit our website Photo: Mitchell Wasilik and competed at the National level. The ORC Summer taste—a bit of classy modern at laurentian.iode.ca or call Jo From youth camper to competitive rower, the author at the infill. at 613-842-5304. Find us also Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. Rowing Camp is designed for those who wish to try rowing And there’s more! History on our Facebook page IODE in poor physical shape and Established in 1867, the without the time commitment buffs will enjoy being invited Laurentian Chapter and our condition. I stayed with the Ottawa Rowing Club (ORC) of a competitive rowing pro- into Besserer House, one of twitter @IODElaurentian. the oldest buildings in Ottawa sport through two summers of has been full of success and gram. The camp is run in week- Transportation: Free shuttle camp and soon found myself in pride since the very begin- long sessions from Monday, and home of the original land- owner in Sandy Hill. The for- bus will provide transport love with rowing. I joined the ning with members such as June 25 through Friday, August along the tour circuit. ORC’s Development Program past Prime Minister Sir John 24 with camp hours from 8:30 mer home of Senator Cairine and soon after, the Competitive A. MacDonald to current am to 3:30 pm. Wilson (first female senator) Charities Program. I have now been rac- Olympians Morgan Jarvis and For registration and informa- takes us back to the famous Income from the tour will go ing competitively for almost David Blair. Located on the tion about the camp and other Persons Case in 1929. Verdier mainly to Nelson House to seven years with the ORC. I Ottawa River at 10 Lady Grey programs offered by the ORC House offers an unusual collec- support the ending of violence have had the honour of rac- Drive off of Sussex, the ORC please visit www.ottawarow- tion of old armour and histori- against women. Other edu- ing for Canada at the National Summer Rowing Camp is a ingclub.com. cal oddities. cational projects will also be Experts will be on hand, supported. June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 31 York Street Student Takes Home Fern Hill Celebrates Brian Doyle Writing Contest Award “International Week” Well known Canadian author, By Elizabeth Gray-Smith and graduate of York Street A student from the preschool Public School, Brian Doyle class slams her hands on the initiated a literary Arts award drum standing in front of her. at his alma mater several years The instrument comes up to her ago. Originally intended for a chin but she quickly discovers Grade 8 student it was present- that the size of it translates ed at the Grade 8 Graduation into wonderfully loud percus- ceremony. This year because sion sounds. She looks over to of the school’s 90th anniver- her friend who declares, “we’re sary, the contest was expanded doing it, we’re making music!” and two awards were given, She is learning about the tradi- one for junior students and one tional music of western Africa for intermediate students. All through a drumming workshop the students wrote on a sin- led by The Baobab Group. It is gle theme, community. Brian one of many activities hosted Doyle collected the essays, sto- by the Fern Hill School to com- ries or poems and chose the memorate International Week, new Wabano Mamawi Centre winners. Brian Doyle, himself, held April 30 to May 4. on Montreal Road designed was on hand at York Street’s “International Week is a great by famed architect, Douglas 90th anniversary celebration to opportunity to celebrate and Cardinal. Ron Noganosh, present the intermediate prize showcase the many cultures of well-known Ottawa Native art- to York Street grade seven our school’s community,” says ist, was also invited to talk to student, Ethan McKinley- Fern Hill School Principal, the children about his craft and Ethan McKinley-Young’s true story won him praise, and an Deborah Gutierrez. career. He guided the students Young. award, from author Brian Doyle. Told in the simple and hon- Other activities included a through a hands-on lesson of traditional British Teddy Bear’s making art with found objects. est voice of a 12-year-old boy, Terry Fox Public School. field and over the finish line Ethan’s true story, about three Picnic for the younger students To get the parents involved, I ran my race first because together. It was the nicest thing and a high-energy school-wide Fern Hill opened its doors friends from Sandy Hill, speaks I’m in grade 7. After my race, I I had ever seen. from the heart. international trivia competition after hours for a potluck din- found a spot to watch my team- I still miss the tight-knit com- for the older students. ner of international fare. The A New School: A New mates. When it came time for munity of my old school, but Canada was represented kitchen from the British High Community the grade 8 boys’ race, I spot- at that cross country meet, I through a special presentation Commission donated a cake, ted Max and Christian. When on Aboriginal culture by the clad in the Union Jack, for the By Ethan McKinley-Young was proud to be wearing my the gun fired, they started run- York Street School jersey and Wabano Centre for Aboriginal occasion. I spent my first six grades at ning side by side. As they went proud to be part of a new com- Health. Fern Hill announced International Week is an a small school with a tight- into the woods, they were in munity. their donation of funds to buy annual event at the school knit community. In the fall the middle of the pack. a tile for the hallway of the located on Vaughan Street. of 2011, I changed to York At the end of the course, you Street School for grade 7. I was run out of the woods, up a small put in Mr. McNicol’s grade hill, and then it’s about 100m 7/8 class. This made me very across a field to the finish line. happy because my best friend After about half of the runners Max was in the same class as went by, Christian came out of me. Since Max is a year ahead the woods, up the hill and then of me, I hadn’t seen him since stopped. We all started yelling grade 5. There was also a new at him to keep going, includ- boy from Arkansas in my class. ing the coaches. Christian just His name is Christian and he is stood there, staring back into also in grade 8. the woods, we were all con- Our teacher is crazy about fused. After a couple of min- running. He runs everywhere. utes, he started making beck- He was the coach of the cross oning gestures with his arms. country team. Max, Christian Max, who had stopped with a and I decided to join the team. cramp in his leg, appeared run- We trained for weeks. The day ning out of the woods. He ran of the meet, we were all excit- up the hill and met Christian. ed. The meet was being held at My two friends ran across the Page 32 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 XVI Fighting Climate Change: The Invisible Enemy Editor’s Note: The following article is the sixteenth in a series of thought-provoking articles on ide and methane, both colour- facturers to scale down the size climate change by environmentalist Hugh Robertson. All the articles have been published in past less and odourless. Unlike the of the peacetime descendants editions of the New Edinburgh News (NEN) and can be found at www.newedinburgh.ca where chlorine that seared the lungs of those military vehicles, such previous issues of the NEN are available online. of the troops trapped in the as jeeps, hummers, trucks, land trenches of Flanders, carbon cruisers and SUVs to compact By Hugh Robertson dioxide and methane circulate hybrids in order to wage war As weather records topple like sage because of fears of a right of our iconic symbols – polar wing reaction. Politics not only bears and shinny rinks – can in the upper atmosphere where on ghgs. ten pins and climate instability they trap the heat that is inexo- Why have we failed to des- escalates, we seem to sink ever interferes with science, it also jolt us out of passivity. intensifies the risks of social Now David Suzuki, anoth- rably warming the planet. ignate the automobile as “a deeper into apathy, denial and Global climate and weather weapon of mass destruction?” paralysis. confrontation. er of our symbols – though In Canada, public opinion on far from disappearing – has aberrations clearly indicate We declared war on tobacco In the US, the number of peo- that the war is already under- but we refuse to launch a war ple doubting the existence of climate change is more closely acknowledged that the envi- correlated with the economy ronmental movement has hit way. Nature has struck first, against one of the major con- anthropogenic climate change provoked into launching an tributors to ghgs. Is it because has been steadily increasing. than with weather develop- a dead end. Partly, he believes ments. When the level of eco- that it is because environmen- offensive. From the outset we of the power of consumers, However, a poll just published are on the defensive, divided voters, unions, executives, in the NY Times indicates that nomic activity drops, so does talists have failed to sell the our concern for the environ- right message. The real ques- and unprepared with no clear shareholders, the advertising the recent erratic weather has tactical or strategic objectives. industry or politicians? Perhaps persuaded more Americans ment. We do not experience the tion is whether any message same extreme weather events would have been heard. Unlike World War II, when, we have to investigate more that there is some credence to except for a lone dissenter, ethereal enemies in the form the concerns of climate sci- that the Americans do, except As a sentient species we are in the Arctic; sadly that area has remarkably deaf to scientific the House of Commons was of ideologies that hold us cap- entists. The poll was still not unanimous in its declaration tive, such as free market capi- enough to persuade President slipped off our radar screens. evidence. Perhaps it is because Not even warnings about the science is so dispassionately of war on Nazi Germany, we talism or unfettered economic Obama to mention “climate are hopelessly divided. The growth, in an effort to isolate change” in his Earth Day mes- possible disappearance of two rational that it does not possess the same power to move us as, battle lines are blurred because and understand the enemies of in the past, the call to arms has there is no common enemy, nature. inspired us to resist those foes nor can we even agree on the World War II entered a peri- who have threatened our free- enemy. We are shell shocked od known as the “phony war” dom. Our need to mitigate the because we are caught in both from September, 1939 to April, In Canada, public opinion on climate change is more closely correlated with the economy than with weather developments. When the level of economic activity drops, so does our concern for the environment.

destructive effects of climate change has to be expressed the crossfire and friendly fire 1940 when there was little with the same inspirational and we cannot distinguish one military activity in Western energy which gave our prede- from the other. We are con- Europe. We are well into our cessors the determination and fused and demoralized. phony war – a “war” charac- courage to defend themselves The external threats, in the terized by phony ghg targets, against a more visible and tan- form of weird weather and phony policies such as cap gible threat. changing climate, are not yet and trade, and phony political Confronting the climate crisis urgent enough to create a sense rhetoric. Even the platitudes is an undertaking that may not of national emergency. In 1939 ring phony. As the planet heats have any historical precedents the fear of German aggression up and the weather gyrates, but it certainly has prescient in Europe was palpable and the there is a surreal phoniness parallels. Unlike previous con- surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to our efforts to combat cli- flicts, we are facing an invis- in late 1941 transformed the mate change. “Fighting for the ible enemy and, moreover, an US into a belligerent overnight. future” had meaning in Europe enemy of our own creation. To Future generations may well in 1939. Today it is an eerily complicate the battle scene fur- apply President Roosevelt’s empty phrase. ther, we are not only fighting famous phrase, “a day of infa- The Kyoto Protocol, signed ourselves, both in our attitudes my,” to our timid response to in December, 1997 is part of and in our actions, but we are combat the serious threats to a tradition of multilateral dip- also fighting among ourselves. the environment upon which lomatic conferences aimed at In Pogo’s immortal words: We we are so dependent for life maintaining international peace have met the enemy and he is itself. and security. Kyoto is different us. The economies of the allied because it targets environmen- The fight must be aimed pri- powers were immediately con- tal peace and security by laying marily at anthropogenic green- verted to war-time production; out a strategy to mitigate the house gases (ghgs) – a foe as within days tanks replaced growth of global ghgs. Kyoto insidious as it is invisible. The cars on the assembly lines. can also be viewed as a decla- main culprits are carbon diox- Ironically, we cannot summon ration of war on behalf of the that will today and force manu- environment. But in an endless June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 33 series of rancorous UN-spon- wars. Alternatively, because peaceful tradition of Gandhi sored conferences over the past high income earners create a and Martin Luther King, against 14 years, the signatories have disproportionate percentage of pollution, fossil fuels and envi- failed to agree to any binding ghgs, society could fracture ronmental degradation. commitments with firm ghg along socio-economic lines It will undeniably require targets. igniting a class war. sacrifices in lifestyle but our The parties made progress at Earlier this year, some politi- commitment and dedication the Copenhagen Conference in cians suggested that environ- will surely be reinforced by December, 2009 by drawing a mental groups with “a radical the troubling questions our line in the sand and agreeing ideological agenda,” acting grandchildren will soon be that anything in excess of a as proxies for foreign organi- asking: Which side were you 2 degree C increase in glob- zations, are undermining our on Grandma and Granddad? al temperatures in this cen- national economic interests. Did you fight for my future? tury would catapult the planet Implying that those committed into runaway climate chaos. to the cause of global survival Scientists now estimate that are a foreign financed fifth col- we are on our way to reaching umn sounds like George Orwell this critical threshold by 2050. in modern guise. It also smacks Countries, both developed and of the repugnant McCarthyism developing, are stampeding of the Cold War era. Witch across that crucial line in a fre- hunts do little to forge national netic race to the bottom. unity. The scourge of nationalism, Leadership, so crucial in precursor of so many wars, still prosecuting a successful mili- haunts us today. As resources tary campaign, is lacking in become increasingly scarce, it the climate confrontation. We will be economic nationalism are leaderless at a time of cri- this time pitting country against sis. Our armchair generals are country in ruinous conflicts. busy concocting technofixes, The failure of international such as carbon sequestration cooperation will initiate a free- and storage rather than focus- for-all as conventions, proto- ing on the real enemy – con- cols, and rules are ignored. sumption and lifestyle. Other Next on the feeding list will “weapons,” such as buying be the melting Arctic as its oil, offsets for our “carbon sins” minerals and fish become more are more closely linked to the easily accessible. The major medieval religious practice of players are already lining up selling papal indulgences than in the north as the last frontier modern warfare. opens up for exploitation. The possibility of a common “Truth” is invariably the front in the climate campaign first casualty in war. Despite has just suffered a major set- warnings, such as the thaw- back. The government has ing Arctic and the increased launched a preemptive strike on frequency of weather blitzes, the environment by using the such as floods and tornadoes, budget bill as a Trojan Horse and the virtually unanimous in order to conceal numerous scientific consensus that global measures targeting nature. We warming portends major cli- are faced with a crisis of con- mate changes, the denial camp science: do we fight for the is undeterred. Their propagan- future or do we capitulate? da machine has been in assault The war for planetary securi- mode for years. ty is not only a just and a moral In the words uttered by war, it is also a revolutionary Abraham Lincoln shortly war because we have to change before the Civil War, are we in basic societal values regarding danger of becoming “a house consumption, self-interest and divided against itself”? At the waste. The war can never be very time we should be unit- won unless there is a funda- ing against an overwhelming mental transformation of our threat to our survival, we risk lifestyles which, at present, far unleashing a fratricidal civil exceed the sustainable capacity war. Society could fragment of the planet. in multiple ways. For exam- Individually, we are respon- ple, we could split into climate sible for taking action; we can- believers and non-believers, not rely on the state. We have reminiscent of earlier religious to wage a personal war, in the Page 34 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 one of the bold foxes patrolling the woods, though it’s not clear For the Birds why he didn’t simply fly off I’d say the Northern cardinal over the river. Possibly “frozen topped the list for loudest and with fear” applies equally to most persistent!) the duck world as it does to the Life on the Rideau River human. was also picking up by mid- In our household, the com- March, with pairs of mallards, panionable “quacking” of common goldeneye, common ducks across the road is as mergansers, hooded mergan- much a delight as the noisy honking of geese is an annoy- By Jane Heintzman sers and double-crested cor- morants plying the waters in ance. The female mallard is If the extraordinary spring the quacker of the pair, using of 2012 was baffling to the front of our house between the Minto Bridges and the Rideau her powers of vocal expres- human community, one can sion to communicate with her only imagine how confusing Falls, and of course, the ubiq- uitous Canada geese making mate or with other ducks, and the wild temperature swings to keep her ducklings in line. must have been to the bird pop- their presence felt (and heard) throughout the neighbourhood. While the male of the species ulation, and in particular to the doesn’t produce the signature Close encounter with a wild turkey. Photo: Amy-Jane Lawes returning migrants. In balmy Even before the ice went out on MacKay Lake, we spot- quack, he does engage in more mid-March, our resident song muted forms of vocalization, sparrow pair returned to our ted a great blue heron poised can save a hapless victim from similar white-crowned cousin. expectantly on the shoreline. including a grunting noise its talons. I’m only glad the While the white-throat also has garden, and steadily increasing which seemed to me to have numbers of American gold- A bit later in April, two beau- languid mourning dove that yellow eyebrows lacking in the tiful pairs of wood ducks all the earmarks of a grumpy turned up minutes after the kill white-crown, these can be dev- finches were filling up at our “back off” response to his hec- nyjer feeders, many of them became regulars on our stretch was not bagged for dessert! ilishly difficult to see in bright of the Rideau, along with an toring mate. A more welcome occurrence sunlight. well advanced in the transfor- By early April, both red- mation from their dull olive- American black duck pair, in our garden in April was the Other late April arrivals in the another dabbling duck recog- winged blackbirds and com- arrival of the purple finches garden included several ruby- grey winter garb to the bril- mon grackles had turned up liant yellow of their breeding nizable as a much drabber, less and house finches which were crowned kinglets and a pair colourful cousin of the mal- in large numbers, and on one nowhere to be seen over the of yellow-rumped warblers, plumage. At about the same occasion, our garden was liter- time, the annual spring sym- lard. course of the winter. They are the first warblers to return each Perhaps the most entertaining ally overrun with gleaming, now a regular presence at the spring. Interested birders will phony in our garden started imperious grackles, driving up in the early mornings, with duck encounter of my early nyjer feeders, fighting it out have noted that the spring of spring season was finding a the smaller birds into safe with the American goldfinch- 2012 has become the year of American robins, Northern havens under the cedars. The cardinals, song sparrows, male mallard sitting rigid and ruby-crowned kinglet, which erect at the top of a very tall common grackle is both taller can be spotted everywhere black-capped chickadees and and longer than most black- American goldfinches belt- tree in the scrubby wooded throughout the community. area off Sussex just past the birds (including redwings), These enchanting little birds ing out their songs in what and is readily recognizable by appeared to be a hotly contest- Prime Minister’s residence. (only 3 ½ to 4” in length) are in My guess is that this statue-like its glossy, iridescent green- perpetual motion, darting about ed competition for dominance. ish-purple plumage; its long, (If I had to declare a winner, fellow may have had to take among tree branches flicking swift evasive action to escape shapely tail; its piercing yel- their wings as they forage for low eyes and its very long insects. The red-crown of the legs, on which it struts around male is not always readily vis- like the lord of its domain. ible, but I had good luck when It is notorious in agricultural one flew close to my window country as the single biggest with his fuzzy, red Mohawk in threat to corn crops, which full display, no doubt because are regularly pillaged by mas- of agitation at my presence. sive grackle flocks. Among its The female of the species lays other less than attractive hab- a huge clutch of eggs (up to a its, the grackle eats garbage, dozen), often equal to her own steals worms from foraging Photo: Mike Leveillé weight. One can only guess robins, raids nests, and kills Tree Swallow at Macoun from the numbers around this and eats birds of other species. Marsh. year, that last year’s broods Apparently though, it is fas- were extraordinarily success- tidious and is known indulge es and quite frequently gain- ful! in “anting,” a process in which ing the upper hand, although As I write, I am only feet ants are permitted to crawl all unlike the goldies, they are away from an American rob- over its body and plumage, and quite ready to forage on the in’s nest on the ledge over to secrete the formic acid in ground underneath if the feed- the side door to our garden. their sting which rids the bird er traffic is too heavy. The Needless to say, the door is of parasites. purple finches in particular now unusable to human traf- I’m ashamed to say that no are spectacularly colourful in fic until the nestlings have tears were shed in our house the breeding season, with their fledged, if indeed they come when a grackle fell victim to deep purplish-red heads, backs safely into the world. The nest a burly sharp-shinned hawk and rumps. is dreadfully exposed to both (most likely the female of spe- By late April, ground-forag- weather and predators, and in cies, which is significantly ing juncos, white-throated recent days, grackles, star- larger than her mate), which sparrows and white-crowned lings, crows, house sparrows bagged its prey and proceeded sparrows had turned up to join and even house finches have to dismember it on our lawn their song sparrow cousins been lurking in the vicinity, no in full view of the sunroom picking away in the flower beds doubt ready to maraud or take window. Thankfully it isn’t while the finches dominated over the nest if the nesting rob- every day that your backyard the feeders. The white-throat ins let their guard down. becomes a killing field, but regaled us frequently with its Neighbourhood Rambles: ours seems to be under constant cheerful “Oh Canada, Canada, surveillance by this sharpie, Canada” song, a vocalization In the course of our spring and from time to time, not even which clinched its identifica- rambles through the commu- our ample tree and shrub cover tion as distinct from its very nity, we encountered waves of June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 35 slate-coloured juncos begin- predominantly gray plumage by the score, American coot, ning in mid-April, numerous often stained with rusty red, Bufflehead, common golden- pileated, downy and hairy and a dark red patch on it eye, gadwall and American woodpeckers, an Eastern forehead. Sandhills migrate in wigeon. On the same outing, phoebe in its accustomed spot huge flocks each spring, and he spotted 200 snow geese, in the Rockeries, tree swal- as it happened, a group of 36 100 white-fronted geese, over lows, white-breasted nut- was spotted in the Milton Road 200 sandhill cranes and 3 hatches, a brown creeper in area east of Ottawa at just beautiful pairs of mountain the Rideau Hall woods, sev- about the time the Avon Lane blue birds. eral great blue herons flying sighting took place. Amy-Jane Lawes: overhead between the Ottawa As things unfolded, however, and Rideau Rivers, a pair of further reports went out on My neighbor Amy-Jane has stocky wild turkeys feeding the network of what appears been busy this spring, logging casually on the front lawn to have been a wild turkey an impressive bird list in the at 252 Buena Vista Avenue, in the same area, and indeed, course of her dog walks, and countless ruby-crowned king- one of the residents captured in her own backyard. In late White-crowned sparrow. Photo: Amy-Jane Lawes lets flitting about throughout the bird in a photograph which March, Amy spotted a belted the neighbourhood, numerous confirms this hypothesis. kingfisher engaged in “aero- creeper, and a cast of regulars blers, red-winged blackbirds, yellow-rumped warblers, a Wild turkeys have been spot- nautical acrobatics” over the including American robins, mallards, grackles, Canada pair of sharp-shinned hawks, ted throughout the community Rideau River behind the former black-capped chickadees, geese (with 4 or 5 goslings at chipping sparrows, white- this spring, several as close City Hall. In the same vicinity American goldfinches, com- Mud Lake), yellow warblers on several occasions, she also mon grackles, red-winged (heard) and Blackburnian encountered the lone north- blackbirds, European star- warblers in the Gatineau and ern shrike referred to earlier, lings, a mourning dove and a at Mud Lake, hairy and pile- but never witnessed a kill or few Canada geese. ated woodpeckers, a thrush (heard), a ring-necked duck capture. Her later observations Phil’s Avian Bistro: in the area included a territo- at Mud Lake, warbling vir- rial yellow-bellied sapsuck- Philip MacAdam reports that eos (heard everywhere), wood er chasing off an encroach- in addition to his cardinal and ducks, a black and white ing hairy woodpecker, tur- finch regulars, he has recent- warbler, and a field sparrow key vultures, a wild turkey, ly spotted a pair of white- at Jack Pine. crowned sparrows foraging yellow-rumped warblers, A Moorhen in our Midst? a pied-billed grebe (uncon- under his feeders, as well as a firmed, but probable), a Great ruby-crowned kinglet in the My neighbor Sue Abbott spot- blue heron and 3 Baltimore shrubbery across the road. In ted what she believes may orioles at Dow’s Lake. Closer the course of an evening ram- have been a common moor- to home in her own backyard, ble along Thomas Street, he hen (aka common gallinule) Amy has had a visiting pair also met one of the numerous in the reedy area at the bend of chipping sparrows, a very bold red foxes that have been in the Rideau River just as you vocal Northern cardinal, a observed throughout the neigh- enter the dog park. white-throated sparrow, sev- bourhood this spring. Farther The moorhen is a member of eral white-crowned sparrows, afield close to the Rockcliffe the rail family which inhab- and numerous ruby-crowned Pavilion, Philip had a close its marshes and ponds literally kinglets and yellow-rumped encounter with a sharp- throughout the globe, using its warblers flitting about in the shinned hawk. long toes to walk on top of floating vegetation. The bird Photo: Mike Leveillé Lane behind her house, com- Vicki Metcalfe: is predominantly black, with a Well camouflaged brown creeper at Macoun Marsh. ing and going from our back Vicki’s birding excursions to garden. reddish, yellow-tipped bill and Lauriault Trail in Gatineau a red forehead. While it swims crowned sparrows, white- by as the Rideau Falls/Minto Macoun Marsh: Park, Mud Lake, Jack Pine like a duck, its bill is not flat throated sparrows and a soli- Bridges area. While they too Our Macoun Marsh reporter/ Trail west of Ottawa, and and duck-like, but instead is tary Northern shrike, perched are extremely large (up to 49” photographer Mike Leveillé around and about, including the triangular like a chicken’s. in a tree top behind the former in length), turkeys are stockier reports a variety of visitors to Pond and McKay Lake, result- Please let us know if you think City Hall. than cranes, with predomi- the Marsh this spring, nota- ed in a wide-ranging list of you may also have seen this crit- The Northern shrike, or nantly brownish, iridescent bly a Northern flicker, sev- sightings, including countless ter (janeheintzman@hotmail. “butcher watchman” is a pred- plumage and featherless, pink- eral ruby-crowned kinglets, a chickadees, robins, blue jays, com or newednews@hotmail. atory song bird with a predilec- ish-red heads. So who knows superbly camouflaged brown juncos, yellow-rumped war- com). tion for small birds and mam- which of these was the mystery mals which it may impale on bird of Avon Lane, or whether barbed wire or a sharp stick to indeed both were! consume later on. The impos- Dave Collyer: Report from ing bird is predominantly gray Central Alberta with a white throat and chest, black wings with a white Dave reports that the geese marking, a black mask and a had arrived in full force by late powerful hooked bill which it March, with flocks of snow uses to kill its prey by biting geese, white fronted geese and through the neck to sever the Canada geese flying over his spinal cord. property, along with a handful of trumpeter swans and red- Reports from Our Readers tailed hawks. Flocks of snow buntings and unusually large Big Bird on Avon Lane: waves of dark-eyed juncos In mid-April, Avon Lane was were also in evidence in the abuzz with reports of an enor- early spring. More recently, in mous mystery bird which late April/early May, Dave’s had turned up in the yards area has been awash in ducks, of several startled residents. and on a recent excursion, As descriptions of the crea- he encountered 30 pairs of ture made the rounds, it was American shovelers, 10 pairs initially identified as an errant of Northern pintails, 5 pairs sandhill crane, a tall (45”), of blue-winged teal, 4 pairs of graceful, heron-like bird with green-winged teal, mallards Page 36 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 When I Was a Kid in the ‘Burgh… By John Davies the thrill of discovering these I feel so fortunate that I spent things on their own in a natu- my childhood where I did in ral environment and holding New Edinburgh, and when I them in their hands, then later did in the 60s. Having returned looking them up in a book to to live in the neighbourhood see what they are called. This a while back, I am enjoying was the best way to learn about my frequent walks through the nature; the “hands on” way. I beautiful streets and nearby believe it actually nurtured our parks, but I often experience a desire to learn. Newcomers to nagging feeling that something New Edinburgh may not know isn’t quite right; something is that a large area of the park near missing. Children! Playing on the old train trestles was once the streets, riding their tricycles water. The extra park space was and bicycles on the sidewalks, created with landfill consisting playing hopscotch or jump mostly of sidewalk chunks and rope, exploring the Rideau other concrete components, River shoreline and discover- some with rebar sticking out. ing the wonders of nature first You can still see the remnants hand, all on their own. Where of sidewalks protruding along New Edinburgh backyard laundry. Sketch by Martha Markowsky have they gone? the shoreline. Although it was down there. We fished there really wasn’t that much to do building them and launching As a child in New Edinburgh, possibly hazardous, this area sometimes too. My friend had there and the RCMP would them from the street outside there were kids doing all of was not closed off to the public a habit of catching monsters on kick us out if we got too noisy. my house. One of my friends those things in large numbers during the process of the infill his line so big that they would Sometimes we played on the once released his airplane and everywhere. Now, there is and for me and my friends it snap it like nothing. A four- swings and monkey bars at it promptly made a right turn just an eerie emptiness to the was a fabulous new play area foot Bullhead catfish and huge Stanley Park, but this wasn’t and flew right into one of the sidewalks, parks and streets. I to explore! Maybe it was haz- Musky come to mind. We spent as much fun as exploring. We neighbours’ open bedroom know there are far fewer fami- ardous, but none of us ever got a lot of time looking for fos- even strayed as far as Mackay windows! Ya, we got hell for lies with kids these days, and so much as a scratch playing sils in those same shale cliffs Lake sometimes. that! even fewer with large numbers there because we had learned and saw our first Trilobites We walked from the ‘Burgh’ What you may not realize is of them, but that’s not why you to play with caution and com- and Orthocones. Also worth over to Hobby House at its old that we did all of these things don’t see them out side any- mon sense and I guess we were mentioning, as long as we’re location on Rideau Street on completely unsupervised and more. They either just aren’t pretty steady on our feet. in Rockliffe, is the toboggan- a regular basis and took the yet lived to tell the tales! I’m so allowed outside on their own Our playground certainly ing hill which also used to be bus downtown to buy toys at grateful that my parents afford- anymore, or they’re too busy didn’t end at the Rideau River; packed with kids on their sleds Giant Tiger, or to look at the ed us the trust and freedom indoors with their iPads, iPods the Ottawa River was a whole and saucers. And they didn’t cool stuff at Army Surplus. to explore and discover all of and whatever else. other world! I recently took a get driven there; they walked I also walked to school by the wonders that were around When I was a kid… WOW! walk through Rockliffe Park over from the ‘Burgh’ or other myself from kindergarten on us first hand and on our own. My playground was massive! and as I looked down at the nearby neighbourhoods on up. Walking over to the old It nurtured our imaginations, I’m talking downtown core shale cliffs along the shore I their own. Now the access road War Museum on our confidence and desire to massive. My friends and I prac- remembered how we explored is closed in the winter, and via the Minto Bridges and learn and taught us self-reli- tically lived at the shores of the entire shoreline (except the hill is nearly completely through Lowertown was prob- ance, not to mention that it the Rideau River, looking for where some spots were inac- unused. We also loved explor- ably our biggest journey, but kept us physically active. I’m frogs and turtles or examining cessible) from just east of the ing in the woods in Rockliffe well worth it. There used to be not sure if any other neigh- the amazing water insects like Prime Minister’s residence and were always looking for a Sherman tank out front, and bourhood but New Edinburgh the Giant Water Bug, Water all the way to the Rockliffe salamanders under the rocks or we had discovered a gap in a would have provided us with Scorpion or Whirligig beetle. Boathouse! We would careful- finding suitable spots to build panel underneath the tank that such an extensive area to play Would kids now days even ly find our way all along those forts. was just large enough for us to and explore. I realize it’s a dif- know what these creatures are? cliff edges by the water. There And let’s not forget the be able to crawl through and ferent world out there now and They no longer experience were always people fishing Rideau Falls! Of course now gain access inside! Can you parents are scared to let their days, thanks to our present imagine what a thrill that was kids wander out on their own, ‘nanny state’, all access to for a bunch of pre-teen kids! but I can’t help but think that any shoreline near the falls is That was soooooo cool! We it’s gone too far. I feel certain forbidden, as it seems people were pretty disappointed when that the freedom to explore can no longer be held respon- they repaired that panel. and learn on their own adds sible for their own actions (not Once in a while, say if I was tremendously to the healthy even adults). But as kids we good at the dentist’s office, my development of a child. I won- were down there on the rock mom might splurge and buy der what affect this predilection ledge right beside the waterfall me a Matchbox car; but a lot of of keeping kids safe indoors (although we may have been the time we built our own toys and restricting their outdoor ‘tweens’ at that point, I can’t out of wood and metal using experiences to only organized remember for sure). In fact, electric drills, saws, hammers, activities will have on them. my parents told me they used nails and paint. We made our I wonder if the present day to walk right under the falls! own cars, boats, guns (ooooh, children will get to enjoy all It’s frustrating to see more and can’t have those anymore!) that this neighbourhood has to more of this area fenced off and whatever we thought we offer the way I did or will they to the public; and the fenc- needed for our next game or be sheltered and protected, ing off of the main lookout adventure. By the time I got only seeing the world through area behind the Canada and old enough to take shop in a little screen on an iPad. the World Pavilion has been school, it was all second nature heartbreaking for me. It was a to me. I have to mention one of place I walked to almost daily, my favourite memories from never getting tired of the view. when I was a kid. We used We also used to enjoy play- to be crazy for those rubber ing in the Governor General’s band powered airplanes and grounds sometimes, but there we spent a lot of time custom June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 37 A Journey Back in Time: The New Edinburgh Canoe Club last year with the Senators they won the Stanley Cup. Two other NECC paddlers, Edgar Dey and Eddie Gerard also played on Stanley Cup teams. NECC was not a large club and in 1914 it accepted an offer to return to the OCC in order to build a new clubhouse. As a condition of the merger, NECC insisted that the amalgamated club be known as the Ottawa New Edinburgh Canoe Club. The new club also adopted the New Edinburgh club’s colours —red, black and white. The new clubhouse, built in 1923, survives today as the Ottawa New Edinburgh Club. I am researching the history of the OCC, the NECC, and of ONECC. Any reader who has memories of the club, photos, Photo: Canadian Airways Services Photo: Alan McCullough The Ottawa New Edinburgh Club boathouse in 2011. or documents relating to its The Ottawa New Edinburgh Canoe Club in 1932. history that they wish to share, By Alan McCullough may contact me at AlanBMcC New Edinburgh fronts on two in the old club.” They hoped J. Bryne, F. Cherry, Geo. 1912 to 1920 he played with [email protected] or tele- rivers, and water sports have to expand the club’s activi- Snelling, Chas. Snelling, Eddie the Ottawa Senators; in his phone 613-730-9278. played an important part in its ties into other sports—rugby, Gerard, Jack Ryan, Leslie history. For a decade before the hockey, etc. When their ideas Tubman, Morely Neate, and First World War, paddlers from received little support from Edgar Woolsey as being active the New Edinburgh Canoe the executive, they formed the members. Club (NECC) were among the New Edinburgh Canoe Club The club included several best in Canada. The NECC and built a small floating boat- experienced paddlers. Edgar merged with the Woolsey, who had pad- Ottawa Canoe Club dled successfully for in 1914, and its tra- the OCC in the 1890s dition survives today before leaving to serve in the Ottawa New in the South African Edinburgh Club. War, became the captain The Ottawa Canoe of the NECC war canoe. Club (OCC) was the Maurice ‘Morley’ first canoe club to be Neate began paddling organized in Ottawa. with the OCC about Initially it had a 1900. In 1901 and 1902 floating club house he won the Canadian at the foot of the tandem championship; Rideau Canal locks his partner, Edgar Dey on the Ottawa River. also became an NECC In 1894, it built a member. permanent club- NECC won its first house on Governor’s national championship, Bay. The OCC estab- the junior four man lished a solid reputa- canoe race in 1904. tion in competitive From 1908 until 1913 it paddling—D’Arcy dominated competition Scott, a future mayor in the Northern Division of Ottawa, won the of the Canadian Canoe American Canoe Association (CCA). Association pad- Horace Merrill, who dling championship began paddling with the in 1893 and 1897, Rideau Club in 1902, and the club won the won the Canadian sin- gles paddling champi- Canadian war canoe Photo: Library and Archives Canada championships in onship for the OCC in Horace Merrill, one the best paddlers 1904 and for the NECC 1898 and in 1904. It ONECC produced and not a bad hockey was also a social cen- in 1908 and 1909. With player, too. This photo was taken in 1914 at Morley Neate in the tre for Ottawa—the the Topley Studio. Governors General bow, Merrill led the were patrons of the club and in NECC to three succes- 1901 it hosted a regatta attend- house a bit upstream from the sive (1909-1911) Canadian ed by the Duke and Duchess of OCC in 1904. war canoe championships in Cornwall (the future George V New Edinburgh and the prestigious mile race. and Queen Mary) during their Rockcliffe residents formed Merrill also played hock- visit to Ottawa. the core of the club. An Ottawa ey for the New Edinburgh Citizen article in 1923 identi- Hockey Club from about 1904 Some OCC members thought fied Alf. Stitt, Wm. Johnston, to 1910 and was a member of that “There was too much H. Sims, F. Courtenay, W.T. the Cliffsides, the first Allan ‘fuss’ and not enough athletics Crowe, Horace Merrill, Cup champions in 1909. From Page 38 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 available mid April. For more info: laurentian.iode.ca or call Final Consultations Before Bridge Burgh 613-842-5304. See article on page 30. Corridor Selection: June 5 and 12 Bulletin Sat, June 9, 7 - 8:30 pm Last opportunity for public to weigh in on this important decision “AFRICA NIGHT” at St. Board John Lutheran Church, 270 The upcoming consultations Gatineau Open House Crichton Street. See article on will be the public’s opportuni- ty to see first-hand, and com- Tuesday, June 5, 3 to 9 pm June Events them himself in the private page 19. Maison du Citoyen salons of Paris. Tickets are ment on, the technical design Sat, Jun 9 & Sun, Jun 10, for each corridor, and to pro- 25 rue Laurier Thu, May 31 - Sun., Jun 3 $20 for adults, $5 for students Gatineau, Quebec available at the Leading Note 12 - 9 pm both days vide input on weightings of the evaluation criteria. GARDEN EXHIBIT at on Elgin, the Ottawa Folklore LEMONJELLOW’S next Ottawa Open House Gordon Harrison’s studio on Centre, Compact Music This consultation will be the show is Bloomin’ Art in last opportunity for public Tuesday, June 12, 3 to 9 pm John Street in New Edinburgh. (Glebe), as well as from the Westboro during Westfest! Shenkman Arts Centre Reserve at www.gordonhar- church office. input before the technically Drop by the garden art pARTy preferred corridor is selected – Lower Lobby risongallery.com. and sale and check out the 245 Centrum Boulevard Thu, Jun 7, 7 pm and presented this fall. Sat, Jun 2, 7:30 pm happenings at Westfest. There If you have concerns about Orleans, Ontario will be a bouquet of artists PIANO CONCERTOS AN EVENING OF NORDIC a Kettle Island bridge, then showing their wares, playing of Frédéric Chopin, at MUSIC in honour of Swedish make them known at either, For more information and live music, and making live Southminster United Church. Soprano Jenny Lind, one or both, of these Open House updates, please visit www. art. There will be home-made Pianists Zuzana Šimurdová of the most highly regarded events. stopthebridge.org. goodies to munch on too! and Mikolaj Warszynski, and opera singers of the 19th cen- Drop by, have some lemon- the Mazurka String Quartet tury. MacKay United Church. Bahrami 613-748-6954 or on page 22). Check the com- ade, and flower us with your from Montreal will present Tickets: adults $20, students [email protected]. munity website (www.newed- love! 310 Carleton Ave. (Near these works in versions for $10. Reception to follow. 613- inburgh.ca) for updates on Wellington St. W) Westboro. string quartet and piano, much 749-8727. Wed, June 13, 7:30 pm planned events over the sum- as Chopin would have played Thu, June 7, 6 pm Mon, June 11, 6 - 8 pm IONA AT ST. ANDREW’S: A mer. time for quiet and meditation, OTTAWA ART GALLERY ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS join us for our monthly con- Sat, Sep 15, 9 am to 3 pm TOURNAMENT at the Arrow – ART AUCTION. The OAG templative service of prayers NEW EDINBURGH & Loon Pub hosted by also. presents “le pArty”, an excit- and music in the Celtic tradi- GARAGE SALE. Rain or This event will raise money ing annual art extravaganza tion. In the sanctuary of St. shine. For more information, to support family literacy featuring 65 works of art from Andrew’s Church, 82 Kent contact Cathy at 613-746- programming in your com- some of the region’s most Street (at Wellington). Call 0303. talented artists. Cocktails and munity. This is a great fam- * 613-232-9042 or visit www. appetizers from leading local ily friendly (kids 10+) event. StAndrewsOttawa.ca. Ongoing * restaurants and caterers. For Tickets are only $10.00! We tickets, $85 each ($55 tax will also have a BOOK SWAP Sat, June 16, 2 - 3:30 pm OTTAWA BRAHMS CHOIR at the event. For $5.00 you welcomes new members receipt), call 613-233-8699 or STRAWBERRY SOCIAL can “Bring a book and take a under the direction of Denise visit www.ottawaartgallery.ca. at the Governor’s Walk book”...as many times as you Hawkins for its new season, Fri, Jun 8 & Sat, Jun 9 Retirement Residence, with like. Trade in 1 book or 10 starting Monday, September music by Bill Luxton and The 51st Annual IODE House books, it is up to you. You can 10 at 7 pm, at Southminster the Grey Jazz Combo. Call and Garden Tour. This year’s reserve your tickets by calling United Church in Old Ottawa 613-564-9255 or email tour will feature nine homes Kim at 613-233-8660 or email South on Aylmer/Bank street. [email protected]. in Sandy Hill. Tickets: $30 [email protected]. We plan an exciting program for the new season. No choral Until Tue, June 12 Upcoming experience required. Bring your good voice! www.ottaw- EXHIBITION by Montreal Sat, Aug 18 artist Jocelyn Philibert, whose abrahmschoir.ca; contact Leo fascination for trees is trans- LUMIÈRE FESTIVAL 613-749-2391. lated by digital photography Evening of Light at Stanley OTTAWA-CARLETON where the natural and the arti- Park. See article on page 22. WILDLIFE CENTRE reports ficial meet. at Centre d’artistes Sat, Sep 1 that with gardening season Voix Visuelle. The gallery underway it’s important to is located at 81 Beechwood THOMAS MCKAY DAY. apply a few easy tipsto avoid Avenue, and is open from Including a 1st annual New conflicts with wildlife living 11 am to 4 pm, Tuesday to Edinburgh Heritage Tour and in and around your garden. Saturday. Information: Shahla Scavenger Hunt (see article Visit www.wildlifeinfo.ca for all your wildlife questions throughout the summer. NATURE CANADA is look- ing for people in your com- munity to take part in an important -- but fun – pro- gram called PlantWatch. As a PlantWatch participant, you can enjoy the outdoors while helping us learn more about changes happening in our environment. Conact Marlene Doyle, Marlene.Doyle@ec. gc.ca or visit www.plant- watch.ca to learn more. Have a great summer. See you in the fall! June 2012 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS Page 39

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The Kavanaugh on Beechwood By Jane Heintzman for City approval of a height Beechwood can check out the Domicile is moving brisk- variance to permit construction Domicile website at http:// ly ahead with plans for The of a 10-storey set-back portion domicile.ca. And while you’re Kavanaugh on Beechwood, of the building; and second, on the website, you may want the mixed commercial/resi- continuing negotiations related to get the details on Domicile’s dential development at 222 to the protection of the view Beechwood Village Photo Beechwood (home for nearly from the Beechwood Cemetery Contest which runs until 60 years to Kavanaugh’s Esso) to Parliament Hill. In the lat- Sunday, June 24. (Click on which was featured in the ter case, we understand that the Domicile Blog). Domicile NEN’s April edition. In mid- consultations are ongoing, and is looking for creative and May, Domicile hosted a three- that Domicile has made a fur- interesting photographs taken day Open House, and officially ther adjustment in their plans anywhere within ready walk- launched condo sales to prior- to move the building another ing distance of Beechwood. ity registrants on May 17. We metre away from the southerly The top 10 voted photos will understand that Domicile is also vertical plane of the view shed. be displayed at the Kavanaugh soliciting expressions of inter- In the case of the approval Presentation Centre, and the est from area businesses seek- for the requested height vari- winner will receive “the ulti- ing space on the ground floor ance, we gather that the issue mate Beechwood Village commercial level. And just to will be considered by Planning prize”! The winning photos add to the buzz, Kavanaugh Committee and subsequently will be auctioned off to raise paraphernalia is now making Council in late June or mid- funds to support the Vanier the rounds in the community, July. Stay tuned for more news Community Association in its as Rupert Kavanaugh and his on the project in our October efforts to restore Optimiste team generously dole out base- edition, and in the interim, Park. ball caps and shopping bags to you can keep up with develop- their many clients. ments on the community web- As we noted in our last issue, site www.newedinburgh.ca. there remain two major impedi- Readers with an interest ments to full steam ahead on the in registering for one of the project: first, the requirement planned condominiums at 222 Page 40 NEW EDINBURGH NEWS June 2012 Trash, by Patrick Langston, Ottawa Citizen, Saturday, April 28, 2012.) Judy is renowned for her intriguing and colourful collages comprised of scraps of old newspapers, comic books, century-old children’s books and assorted other found objects.

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Congratulations Congrats to Robert Jarecsni, of Noel Street, on his gradu- Judy Dougherty, Queen of ation from Ottawa Technical Trash? Secondary School. Good work, Robert. May the future Kudos to Gillian Campbell, bring you everything you have who helped to raise awareness Photo: NEN Staff ever wanted!! and fund community supports New Edinburgh Cheering Station, Take One! On the Friday for women’s mental health by before Race Weekend, Cheering Station organizers and vol- Noah Staudte of Vaughan becoming a Royal Princess as unteers gathered for a pre-cheer session and interviews with Street, is in Grade 4 at part of “One Nite Wonders” at the CBC’s Sandra Abma. Rockcliffe Park Public School the Shenkmen Arts Centre. and won the school’s chess Grad Robert Jarecsni. (Tessa) and Douglas (Alice), sister Anne Mundy. Nicholas tournament and returned home Birthdays his grandchildren Lilly, will be sorely missed by his with a gold medal. Check Travel Robyn and Maggie, his broth- beloved family and his many mate! ers Robin and Toby, and his friends. Carlos Maggi (Dufferin Congrats to Kimberley and Joyce Dubuc continues to Street) celebrated his 60th on Mike Montgomery of Rideau enjoy her retirement with April 30. Congratulations! Terrace on the arrival of another trip to Europe and twins Olivia Lynn and Cole then a safari in Africa!! Bon Michael on April 30! Voyage, Joyce! Laura Jarescni and Angus Thank Yous McLaurin continue on their European adventures. Thank you to whoever left the Last update has them in 13 lovely maroon carnations Switzerland enjoying the between my two front doors mountains, cheese and choco- on Friday, April 13. They late!! were very much appreciated! Signed anonymous!! Kudos A conscientious dog owner New Edinburgh resident Judy has filled in all the holes and Dougherty was recently Carlos Maggi turned 60! planted grass seed where the featured in an Ottawa Citizen BTW, what kind of an dogs have been digging in article celebrating four local institution was that? Stanley Park. So, PLEASE artists whose work gives don’t let your dog dig holes in Bruce McLaurin celebrates Photo: Louise Imbeault new life and meaning to old, his 56th birthday in June. the park! discarded objects (Queens of Mary (Polly) Hill (age 95) on left, Joyce Bryant (turning 90 When’s the party? Happy in July) on right, with Major Carl Gauthier. Birthday, Bruce! Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal Get Well Soon Presentations at The Edinburgh We hope to see Pat Imbeault up and about in the neighbour- On Friday, April 20, at 6:30 pm in the Penthouse of The hood soon, and of course, his Edinburgh Retirement Residence, a special ceremony took lovely sister Louise too! place to honour two of its distinguished residents with the Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of their significant contributions to their country and commu- Condolences nity. Mrs. Joyce Bryant, CM, BEM, and Mrs. Mary (Polly) We extend our sincere con- Hill, CM, BA, were presented with the medals by Major dolences to the family of Carl Gauthier, MMM, CD, of the Directorate of Honours and Nicholas Fyfe, who passed Recognition, Department of National Defence. Both women are away in Ottawa on April members of the Order of Canada, Mrs. Bryant for her dedicated 14. Our thoughts are with service at Government House to eight Governors General, and his wife Patsy, an artist in Mrs. Hill for her work as an advocate for children’s rights and Local floorball players ham it up in the ‘host’ seats of CTV our local MainWorks Artists needs. We extend warm congratulations to them both on this Morning Live. Visit www.manorpark.ca for the CTV video Cooperative, his sons Andrew well-deserved honour. and details on floorball summer camps.