Lansdowne Park and Aberdeen Pavilion Up for Grabs by Paulette Roberge "I'm not against Michèle MacK-1 the Aberdeen Pavilion public housing, but I before the revise,i (formerly the Cow About 150 Glebe residents attended a meeting object to the location. recommendations are Palace) and the June 23 to voice their concern over the future Central The Lcids need a nice submitted. Canada of Lansdowne Park. Some spoke in favour of Exhibition. as they have Sandra Hawkins feels The City retaining the northeast section of Lansdowne as playground Commission no place to go," she the proposal si,ould re- has completed a a park, while others supported-a non-profit $20,000 said. Ms Dobbin felt flect all the commun- study on the housing proposal. feasibi- the high incidence of ity's needs, and not lity of repairing and Several members of the Glebe Tenants' As- vandalism was due partly just satisfy a specific renovating the ailap- sociation. were in attendance to argue that to the lack of a well- group. idated Pavilion. Its the Glebe, which enjoys a diversity of socio- equipped park. The possibility of recommendations are economic groups and lifestyles, needs the housing in the park still forthcoming. mechanism of non-profit housing to permit The Citizet's Com- remains uncertain with lower income families to remain and parti- mittee of the Glebe decisions still to be Lansdowne cont'd. page 2 cipate in the community. Sandra Hawkins, a Neighbourhood Study made for the fate of member of the Association, says housing would -and the Lansdowne be constructed behind the fire station, where Development Advisory existing buildings are an eyesore to those c,-,mmittee (LDAC) rec- living on O'Connor Street. ommended to City Katherine Dobbin, a resident of Adelaide uouncil that the area Street, maintains the area should be developed be used solely for into a larger park to accommodate children. community recreation. Although the existing ballpark and wading pool Their recommendations would be retained, according to the Tenants' will be revised in Association's proposal, Ms Dobbin felt those light of the added new not living in the proposed adjacent housing element, the Glebe development would feel inhibited in using them. Tenants' Association's desire for housing to be a priority. Inside Don Ray, Chairman Health Clinic progress of the Lansdowne Park Committee for the Sarah Clothes Comes to the Glebe Glebe Community Assoc- iation, says the tone Prairie Symphony by a Glebe novelist of the meeting was that housing will be consi- haron MacGregor, 3rd year Carleton journalism mCentretown schools dered in future. :tudent explains the National Arts Centre wintex will Another meeting music subscription program to Mrs. Dapang Recipes for Kids by City be called )verhill on Clemow. Door to door sales is a new Council Alderman -y-:em proving quite successful this year. Glebe Report July page 2 The GLEBE REPORT is a monthly newspaper.. an adventure in community journalism..we receive no government orants or subsidies of any kind. Advertising from Glebe merchants pays our bills and printing costs. 6,000 copies are delivered free to Glebe homes. Copies available at many Glebe stores. Printed by the Runde Press Mailing Address; P.O. Box P794, Station E, Ottawa, KIS 5H9 Office in Glebe Community Centre 236-4955 We can be reached in the office the first two weeks of the m4nth; at home otherwise. Photo by Jinny Slyfield EDITOR: Mamie Johnstone 286 Holmwood Avenue 237-3443 ASSISTANT EDITOR: Elyse Monroe Capital Ward Community Health Clinic Progress Report (Advertising) 159 Third Ave. 234-7873 By Sheila Johnston On July 31 members of the Capital Ward Community Health Clinic steering 235-7814 BUSINESS MPER: Sally Cleary committee will define and explain to Board of Control, at City Hall the application for a grant to do a needs survey in Capital Ward for a STAFF PHOTCPIIPPER: J;nny Slyfield Health Clinic. Cover Photo: Tony Venturi What is a health clinic? It may be a group of professionals offering social conselling, it may be a group of medical doctors and nurses giv- STAFF THIS ISSUE: ing primary health care (this particular component is called an H.S.O., Anne Hawkins, ,Debby Edwards,Sonya Goodal a health service organization) it may be a group of nutritionists, teach- ers and medical professionals offering guidance and education to people Ellen Schowalter,Ann Anderson,Susan Webster, for healthy lifestyles (this particular component is called health 41 via Holden, Sally Cleary promotion). Graphics: Monica Pine, Jinny Slyfield What will the Capital Community Health Clinic be like? It is not yet certain what components are needed. You will have to tell us, when we do DELIVERY CAPTAIN: our survey. Sylvia Holden 235-2139 West of Bank: One characteristic of health clinics in Ontario is that each one is 232-0351 Southeast of Bank:Maree Sigurdson unique. Each clinic has evolved its awn system of administration varying Northeast of Bank: Alice Coghlan 238-1703 from a clinic run completely by a community board, to a clinic being 235-9427 Chris Dodge administered completely by a hired co-ordinator. Some clinics (Vanier) Sub-delivery West:Fra: Clarke,Pat fhomson are completely funded by the region with no medical facilities, some clinics_(Sandy Hill) are funded completely by the province with only Bundlers: Dorothea Mckenna,Marjorie Lynch medical facilities. The uniqueness of each community requires that each Dow's Lake sAdelivery: The Paterson family community know itself and express its own qualities and needs in the choices of programs for its clinic. Why do we need a clinic? Two studies, one done in 1973 for the ren- 1:ext issue: AUGUSTI4 ovation of the United Church into The Glebe Community Centre, and the Neighbourhood Studies done in '78-'80, established the need for a health DEADLINE: /1 LJ (3 u s'r 4 clinic. A community health clinic for Capital Ward would serve the people in the Glebe and Ottawa South and possibly Ottawa East (25,000 people). Some of the advantages of a community health clinic are that it can offer people a health service within walking distance, and a health service that responds to a community and its particular needs. In Sault St. Marie the clinic has proven to the province that their client- ele spends significantly less time in hospital thus saving the government min comish and us as taxpayers a sizeable amount of money. Presently health ser- vices are fragmented and specialized. construction A health clinic that has medical, social and health promotion com- ponents co-ordinated under one roof can help a person with all their carpentry problems rather than sending them hither and yon to this specialist and specialists that, none of whom communicate personally with one another. A health clinic gives a community a choice to deal with its health problems in a co-ordinatedand pexsonal manner where the individuals involved are present to, conscious of and responsible to each other. Also a community clinic lends us an opportunity to start looking to- wards healthy communities and health lifestyles through health promotion. We encourage you to learn about health clinics over the summer and be ready for the survey in September. that any housing de- renewed after 1983 Lansdowne from page 1 velopment can't take should the CCEA not be The Central Canada place until the Exhi- relocated before then. Exhibition, which sets bitioL is fis2 uf._ in northeast Lans- City Council, mean- e(,r- ter d 7,3 Howard Smith, 12' .-e- f-- has approved a each summer, is inwel- sident of the Glebe while, proposal for come by many reAdents Community Association, housing INTERIOR and EXTERIOR about 100 housing units, and delays the reso- says the terms of the a Glebe Community REMODELLING to IMPROVE lution of the housing contract will have to be and proposal versus green space examined to see if there Association your LIVING park space. ENVIRONMENT problem. The Exhibition'Exists an automatic for more would seem possible May we quote on existing lease is due renewal clause. Mr. It your requirements? of both for renewal in 1983 Smith has proposed a that the needs thisquandarY and the Glebe Tenants' resolution that the parties to may be satisfied. 124 o'connor 232-1030 Association maintains lease should not be Glebe Report July page 3 Letters to the Editor Cattle Castle Costs Climbing We have a problem at Lansdowne Park. The Lansdowne Development Advisory Committee(LDAC for short) has recommended a significant increase in the convention, trade show, banquet and other revenue-producing facilities in Please try to an area of the park labelled Zone B. These facilities will make more and limit the length bigger events necessary at the big "L". A $20,000 feasibility study is of your letters. currently underway. We suggest 250 Members of LDAC have explained that the reason these expanded facili- words maximum. ties were recommended was to cover the cost of renovating the Cattle Castle which is in Zone B. Leaving aside the debate as to whether the city and area can support more events if the facility is built, it's very clear the recommendations conflict with the City Council's proposals to build non profit housing in Lansdowne . Surely the City doesn't want to make Lansdowne even busier and noisier and then force low and moderate income families to live in its midst? I favour the housing over the convention etc. facilities especially if Lansdowne Letter the housing were built along Holmwood rather than in the middle of the asphalt heaven that Lansdowne is today. Meanwhile, I'm sure better uses No Slur Intended can be found for the Cattle Castle.