glebe relivirit Serving the Glebe community since 1973 FREE City ad policy concerns us BY SUSAN JERMYN A new advertising policy to be discussed by the city's corporate services committee June 18 has not-for-profit community news- papers concerned. Observers believe the new policy will favour profit-making community papers. The city's previous policy di- rected ads of community interest to non-profit papers defined as free publications of at least eight tabloid pages serving households in a specific geographic commu- nity or a specific ethnic or lan- guage group. There was also a category for a profit-making community newspaper. Natalie Hanson, editor of Newswest, says she's heard that Photo: Roger Lalonde the city's communications de- Capital Ward residents representing recreation, community activism, business, culture and youth receive partment wants to choose only one Whitton Awards at the Glebe Community Centre May 29. paper in any geographic areaand if the choice is between a non- Whitton Awards honour community heroes profit paper with close ties to its The heroes of Capital Ward the millennium project to retrofit that designed a business plan for community, and a profit-making were recognized May 29 at the the soup kitchen at the Shepherds a renovated community centre. paper, the profit-making paper will get VVhitton Awards ceremony. Named of Good Hope. With GNAG, he has organized the advertising dollar. after Charlotte Whitton, former In the area of community ac- Taste of the Glebe to raise Says Hanson, "Supporting mayor of Ottawa and former al- tivism, Glebe residents who are $24,000 for the community centre community papers is the best way derman for Capital Ward, the active in community associations renovation fund. to spend taxpayers' dollars," awards honour residents for their were honoured. Three Glebites received Whit- noting that papers such as community service, "people who "She who writes minutes, ton Awards for their work on the Newswest were encouraged by the make the community a better writes history," was the tribute Glebe traffic plan. city to start up as a way of place," said Coun. Clive Doucet. to Catherine Hooper, secretary Pat Steenburg, Brad building community. Host of the evening was Coun. of the Dow's Lake Residents Asso- Christakos and Wayne Bur- If the city wants its ads to be Clive Doucet, who recognized the ciation. Catherine has supported gess studied traffic issues and read, it needs community papers, contributions of community vol- four presidents over the past 10 arranged extensive public con- say members of the board of the unteers in the fields of recrea- years. sultations before shepherding the Glebe Report. "Glebe residents tion, community activism, busi- June Creelman of the GCA's plan to the final votes. The plan look to the Glebe Report for local ness and youth. Volunteers from planning committee deals with aims to save the neighbourhood news, news about the GCA, Glebe Heron Park, Ottawa East, Old Ot- zoning and planning issues. She from cut-through traffic. schools, sports and events at the tawa South and the Glebe received has ensured that no new develop- In the field of business, Mar- community centre," says Teena the awards from former council- ment goes forward without full lin McKale was honoured for Hendelman, vice chair. "It doesn't lors Joan O'Neill, Brian McGarry community consultation. his valued service to the Glebe's look like an advertising flyer." and Inez Berg. Doreen Drolet, GCA's vice- business community. He has been See editorial on page 4. GLEBE WINNERS president for membership, runs a fixture on Bank Street for more Geoff Davidson, a longtime the membership campaign. In the than 35 years. coach with the Ottawa Centre Mi- past she has served with GNAG. Graham Long, co-president INSIDE nor Hockey Association (OCMHA), First Avenue School's book sale at Glebe Collegiate, accepted a received a Whitton Award for his profited from her direction for Whitton Award in the youth cate- Letters 5 contribution to recreation. the past two years. gory for his service to youth Terry Dunlap, a coach with Doug Ward has contributed coaching hockey, baseball and Do you want a new French- both OCMHA and Glebe Little heavily to the Glebe Community softball as well as being an um- language school? League, was a prime mover with Centre, first as chair of a group pire and referee. GNAG 7 Glebites leave their Last SuperEx at Coun. Clive Doucet 9 mark on community Lansdowne Park Sports 10, 11 Jim Arbuckle, president of the centre tiles CCEA board of directors, an- Young Glebe soccer star plays Check out the new display in nounced June 11 that the Ex will with the best the main hall of the community relocate in 2003. centre. The last Rogers SuperEx at Business 12, 13 The ceramic tiles decorated by Lansdowne Park takes place Aug. Health 16, 17 residents over the past three 15 to 25, 2002. years have been mounted on six John Kane, who follows Feature 19 panels. Lansdowne Park for the GCA, says Open wide for the dentist! Longtime Gle6e residents, tod- most residents are happy to see it dlers, Girl Guide groups, clubs, go, although "local people will get Arts 23-25 even the Conquest Continuum, no more Photo: Susan jermyn revenue from parking. Art shows this summer have painted the commemorative Business people probably don't Great Garage Sale tiles. care either way. School News 27-30 It was a great garage sale great Is yours there? There will be a "The Ex has outgrown buys, great weather, great crowds, place for the panels (and, if pos- (Lansdowne Park). Its going will great food and drink and great sible, the tiles already on the result in...more playing fields NEXT DEADLINE music. Best of all, it was great for stair riser) in the centre when it and green space. All in all, it's Tuesday, August 6 the Food Bank. See page 14. is renovated next year. probably a good move." N EWS Glebe Report June 14, 2002 2 Abbotsford Senior Centre Uplifting the Heart Wow what volunteers! an evening of inspirational song BY GORDON HAUSER and we were delighted to find it A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR ment the costs of those registered Our organization created for was over 1,100 hours. WORLD YOUTH DAY with our parish to go to World those 55 or older has shown so Sometimes, when one becomes SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 8 P.M. Youth Day in Toronto. often how willing members are to aware of all the hours -volunteers You can purchase your tickets serve the less able, the less for- contribute freely, in education, Come see Allison Fagan and at the front office of Blessed Sac- tunate. With the wisdom that the in churches and hospitals, one Andy Duffy with Karen Lahaise rament Church on Fourth Avenue passing years bring, we recognize realizes our community works so and the St. Joseph Choir perform or call 232-4891. Visa is ac- that if we have the time and the well because of volunteers, and at Blessed Sacrament Church to cepted. ability to help, we will do what we are especially proud of those help raise money for World Youth Show your support for youth in we can to contribute. who work around Abbotsford. Day. Tickets are $10. All pro- our conununity and enjoy an eve- Of course, that willingness to We are a democratic organiza- ceeds will go directly to supple- ning of wonderful music! help is not our purpose. We are tion and generate ideas from the here to have fun and to enjoy the membership, so on June 18, the Good Morning Preschool programs we have going every annual general meeting of the weekday here at 950 Bank St. Abbotsford Council will be held celebrating 20 years Supported by the gov- at 1 p.m. to develop new ideas and city and This year, Good Morning Pre- Jan Fraser's son and Lynden ernment, we are proud to be one directions. Meanwhile, we con- school is proud to be celebrating Holmes' daughter, two of those of the most active commu- tinue with the Day senior excellent its 20th anniversary. The school original Good Morning Playgroup nity in the We Away Program to centres area. are give relief for was initially started in 1981 as students, are now 22 years old opposite Lansdowne caregivers Park and en- of clients with Alz- Good Morning Playgroup by an and both will be graduating from joy life in that grand old gray- heimer's diseaseand the friendly enterprising group of Glebe par- university this year. No doubt, stone Victorian mansion. You will drivers and escorts who assist the ents led by Jan Fraser and their experiences at Good Morn- be very welcome and if you wish elderly who require help with Lynden Holmes. At that time, the ing got them off to a good start in to phone, try 230-5730. medical appointments, and not Glebe Co-operative Nursery their academic careers! But I started to tell you forgetting those cheerful visitors about School was full which left a num- GOOD MORNING PRESCHOOL some of the many ways our mem- who make contact with lonely ber of parents in the Glebe need- TEACHER TO RETIRE bers are volunteers. We asked people regularly. All are just a ing a preschool setting for their Jennifer Wilson, who has been of those who work out of Abbotsford part the services Abbotsford children. a much-loved teacher with Good to us a make to the commu- join in little celebration year-round A planning meeting was con- Morning Preschool for the past 11 in March and WOW, 103 showed nity, which are us.