THE OSCAR www.BankDentistry.com 613.241.1010 The Ottawa South Community Association Review l The Community Voice YEAR 43, No.10 NOVEMBER 2015 A Celebration of the Season at OSCA’s Annual Fall Fest People enjoying the food and fun at Fall Fest at Windsor Park. See more \ on page 2. PHOTO BY ALESSANDRO FABBRI, WHITE LASH PHOTOGRAPHY \ COMMUNITY CALENDAR \shop your local talent Holiday Craft Show Wed. Nov. 4, 12:00 - 13:00 Doors Open For Music Series (DOFMS) \ Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes - Yohan Jager, piano, Southminster United \ sunday Nov. 6 - 8 Power of the Arts National Forum, Carleton U \ Mon. Nov. 9, 19:00 Meeting of the OOS Garden Club, november 29 “The Hardy Garden”, Firehall Wed. Nov. 11, 12:00 - DOFMS Howells’ Requiem. New Studio 10-4pm 13:00. Chamber Singers; Roland Graham, conductor, Southminster United the firehall (260 Sunnyside Ave) Sat. Nov. 14, 9:00 -13:00 Southminster United Church Christmas Bazaar For more information, visit www.oldottawasouth.ca Sat. Nov. 14, 9:30 - 14:00 Frosty’s Fair Christmas Bazaar, artwork by Christopher Heilmann Trinity Anglican Wed. Nov. 18, 12:00 - DOFMS “Pictures from the East” - Ioulia 13:00 Blinova & Ruby Jin, piano, Southminster United PRESENTS: Wed. Nov. 25, 12:00 - DOFMS “Schumann Revisited” - Christopher 13:00 Goddard, composer & piano, BREAKFAST Southminster United Sat. Nov. 28, 10:00 Tracy Arnett presents the Polar Express, WITH SANTA Mayfair Theatre Sat. Nov. 28, 10:00 - 14:30 November 28, 10:00 - 14:30. Abbotsford Sunday, Bazaar, Abbotsford at the Glebe Centre DECEMBER 6th 10:30AM to 12:30PM Sat. Nov. 28, 19:30 Piano Recital Series Concert #3 Lucas Por- ter: “19th-Century Masterpieces,” South- Old Firehall minster United 260 Sunnyside Avenue Sun. Nov. 29, 10:00 - 4:00 OSCA Shop Your Local Talent Holiday Craft Show, Firehall for the 1st 150 people& Games Sun. Nov. 29, 14:30 Makin’ Moves Children’s Dance Theatre COOKIE DECORATING Free PANCAKE BREAKFAST of a presents Dances From Around the World, Arts DONATION Face Painting, crafts, Court Theatre (2 Daly Ave) OTTAWA FOOD BANK! FREE - we ask only for a Admission is food item for the Sun. Dec. 6, 10:30 - 12:30 OSCA Breakfast With Santa, Firehall For more information, contact 613.247.4946 Page 2 THE OSCAR l NOVEMBER 2015 OSCA Fall Fest (Above) The Fall Fest organizing team of Darcy Middaugh, Julia Morency, Nancy Brunet, and Brenda Lee. (Below left) Michael Jenkin serving soup. (Below right) Yummy Cookies. PHOTOS BY ALESSANDRO FABBRI, WHITE LASH PHOTOGRAPHY By Brenda Lee neighbourhood dogs and to discuss Sveda. Katey Rayner took home two Franca won $50 to Patty’s Pub for puppy mill awareness. bottles of hot sauce from Chamomile her blueberry jam On Sunday, October 18th Windsor Free hotdogs were available with Desjardins, Kate McCarthy won the Michael Stastny won a $25 gift Park was once again filled with a buns and drinks donated from Metro package from birdy and bug, Linda certificate to Taylor’s Genuine for his celebration of the season at OSCA’s Glebe, and popcorn from Shoppers Hancock won the infant shirt from Ancient Grain Sourdough. annual Fall Fest. It was definitely Drug Mart. Thank you so much to Fiddlehead handmade, and Ainsley Michael Stastny also won $100 in a cool day, with a forecast of snow both establishments. Walton won the electric toothbrush gift certificates to Stella Luna as the for the late afternoon, and yet Spencer Scharf kept everyone’s from Bank Street Dentistry. Thank overall best food entry. approximately 500 people showed up feet dancing with his wonderful you so much to our contributors and Thank you so much to our judges to participate in the festivities songs and music. congratulations to the winners. and congratulations to our winners. There was a large bouncy obstacle There were some wonderful raffle Henry Vekeman won the jellybean- We are also very thankful to course, courtesy of Tracy Arnett, prizes to be won as well: guessing contest with an exact guess Alessandro Fabbri owner of delicious baked goods and warm A John Allaire 3 CD pack went of 544 jellybeans. Thanks to Bulk Whitelash Photography (www. beverages from Yummy Cookies, to Craig Davison, two $25 gift Barn at Billings Bridge for supplying whitelashphotography.com) for a scavenger hunt, face painting, certificate to the Clothes Secret the jelly beans and the suckers for the taking such wonderful photos for games, hay bale toss, pumpkin sales, went to Stacy Ernst, a large bag of scavenger hunt. the event. See more photos on our jelly bean guessing contest and an children’s books from Kaledioscope There was much competition facebook page. introduction to the game of Kubb Kids books went to Rebecca Wurm, about who could throw the hay Thanks to everyone who came from Shane Hultquist cofounder handmade dish cloths from Julia bale the farthest, but in the end Ben out to enjoy the day and to all of of Kubb Canada. Paws was also Morency went to Lisa Jabean, three Williams won and collected three gift our wonderful volunteers: Ilia there to offer free nail trims to the bags of Bridgehead coffee went to certificates for pies from Life of Pie. Fabbri, Ilona Peltz, Kelly Campbell Thank you to Life of Pie for such and family, Kate Charland, Emma a great prize that really provided Charland, Teagan Stewart, Natasha m o c . o t incentive to so many. Stewart, Maya Goodman, Michael o h p e n We had 22 entries in our food Jenkin, Brian Ure, Linda Hancock, a Come in from r h c o c . competitions this year. On hand to Jeannine Beauregard, Joanne w w the cold... w judge were chef and owner of Top Barton, Katherine Boisvert, Winnie For every winter coat purchased in Shelf Preserves, Sara Pishva, Adrian Pietrykowsk, Colin Beattie, and November, we will donate $5.00 to Vezina from The Belmont and M. J. Rebekka Roy. “Out-of-the-Cold” help support the Hodgins from ABC Brewery. Thanks to Firehall Staff Hanna hot suppers sponsored by our Selena Arvai won $50 in gift Stewart, Annie Znotinas, and Emily neighbourhood churches ... and certificates from Quinn’s for her Borza. you will feel warm all over. split pea and ham soup. Thanks also to the organizing team Michael Jenkins won a dinner of Nancy Brunet, Julia Morency and for two at the Havana Café for his Darcy Middaugh. You are all rock minestrone soup. stars and I can’t imagine doing this Petra Heitcamp won a dinner for without you. two at the Belmont for her Apple Happy Fall everyone!! Cranberry butter. www.theclothessecret.com Rayir Kalsi won dinner for two Mon. - Wed.: 10 - 5:30 • Thurs. & Fri.: 10 - 7 • Sat.: 10 - 5 • Sun.: 11 - 5 613-730-9039 1136 Bank Street (1 1/2 blocks south of Sunnyside) Ottawa ON K1S 3X6 at House of Targ for the wonderful apple pie with cheddar crust. THE OSCAR l NOVEMBER 2015 Page 3 LOCAL NEWS Percy Taverner Park Officially Opened By Fenja Brodo, President, issue of the Canadian Field-Naturalist, Ottawa Field Naturalists Club 1996, volume 110, number 1, for a very nice read on Percy Taverner. Imagine a park named after an Editor’s note: This piece was originally ornithologist! Well, that is exactly what published on the Ottawa Field Naturalists happened the beautiful afternoon of Club blog “Field Notes”. Wednesday, September 24, 2015 when a small pocket park was dedicated by Councillor David Chernushenko to the memory of Percy Taverner, ornithologist, architect, and a former resident of the neighbourhood – Old Ottawa South. On hand to celebrate this event were the designer of the park, a representative PHOTO BY HYDRO OTTAWA from Ontario Hydro, Dr. Mark Graham (CMN) who said a few words on behalf of Percy Taverner, Michel Gosselin (CMN curator of birds), Holly Bickerton (OFNC member and promoter of this name) and her children, Ted Sypniewski (whose idea it was in the first place), as well as friends and neighbours. This park is at Woodbine Place and used to be an Ontario Hydro sub-station. Three imaginative bicycle racks border the entrance to this little pocket park. They are stylized Northern Cardinals reputed to be (Above left) Percy Taverner Park, (Top Percy Taverner’s favourite birds. right) A Hydro box decorated with photos I recommend “A Life with Birds: Percy from the company’s history. (Right) Bike A. Taverner, Canadian Ornithologist, 1875- racks. PHOTOS BY KATHY KRYWICKI 1947” by John L. 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