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In a city with less than 40 traffic fatalities in any given year, having four within a 4.5 kilometre stretch of road in less than six months is alarming. That’s what residents are saying, anyway, particularly those whose laneways connect to the deadliest strip of Bank Street in the entire city. In the last six months, three fatal accidents, including one which killed two men and seriously injured another, have occurred along Bank Street between Mitch Owens Road and Grey’s Creek Road in Greely – nearly one fatality for every kilometre in the stretch. The most recent victim was a man in his 50s, whose minivan veered off Bank Street into a ditch near Salebarn Road around 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 14. His body was discovered the early the next morning by the home owner. See ‘Greely’, page 3

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Kyle Ross is paying it forward for his birthday this year, requesting donations to the Ottawa Humane Society in lieu of birthday gifts, so that animals like his dog, Lily, can be better cared for.

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Two Barrhaven siblings, Kyle and Sarah Ross, are paying it forward this year for their birthdays and two local charities will benefit. Kyle turned eight on Jan. 7 and his sister Sarah will be 11 on March 3. They decided that instead of birthday gifts, they would like to donate the Ottawa Humane Society and the Chance 2 Dance Foundation. Their mother, Elaine Ross, said she was taken aback by their selflessness and added that she

is very proud of them for wanting to donate to charity. “Rather than receive gifts, they are asking their friends to make donations to the charity they selected,” she said. Kyle wanted to do something for the animals, he told his mother. His best companion is Lily, a golden retriever, who never leaves his side. Sarah selected the Chance 2 Dance Foundation which is a national charity that brings the gift of dance to underprivileged children in Canada. See ‘Siblings’, page 4

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Long-time Greely resident Carrol Windsor lives on Bank Street near Salebarn Road, where a driver was killed last week. The death was the area’s fourth Bank Street fatality in six months. Windsor said speed is a major problem. that’s calculated with volume and collision statistics which highlight roadways with higher-than-average ratios. “Bank Street hasn’t popped up on that, so that tells me that it isn’t above the average,” Wylie explained. Rankin’s next-door neighbour Carrol Windsor was involved in a head-on collision in the same area on Bank Street more than 15 years ago, which killed a young drunk driver. Windsor said today speed is the major problem in front of her house. “I think drivers need to slow down, that’s the biggest thing, and pay attention. I think that’s the biggest cause for the majority of the accidents,” she said. “I’m not thinking too many people do 80.” Rankin said he would like to see a stop light installed at the Salebarn intersection, or at least a speed reduction in the area that would take drivers down to 60 or 70 kilometres an hour. “You can be as careful as you want, but if they come around there over 85 or 90 kilometres, which they always do, they’re on you like that,” he said, smacking his fist to demonstrate. “Anything over 70 you don’t have enough time, and

when you do go, you’re taking a chance. If there’s a little snow or ice and you spin, it gets bad.” Wylie, however, said those aren’t necessarily the best options for making Bank Street safer, noting that speed studies have been carried out in the area and found most drivers stay within the 90 ki-

lometres an hour that’s expected of that type of road. Furthermore, he said, a traffic light at that location wouldn’t help. “We would only consider it if it was warranted, and it’s not effective as speed control,” he said. Councillor Doug Thompson said he’s not convinced that the road itself is a problem. “I think people have to realize that this is one of the most heavily travelled roadways with the exception of the 400 series highways. Both of the accidents last fall and this past week were off peak hours. (The residents) are concerned about the volume of traffic, and they’re concerned about the speed. I think that perhaps better signage would help people,” he said, noting that he believes more traffic lights at intersections could make the stretch a little safer. Regardless of what the city does, Rankin said he’ll continue to take extreme caution coming out of his driveway – especially when he has his grandchildren with him.

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Continued from front Although the cause of the most recent crash is unclear, residents living near the Salebarn intersection – located right in the middle of a long curve - said the area is incredibly dangerous, so much so that they refuse to turn left onto Bank Street anymore. “What I’ve been doing lately is going down to the horse ranch (south of the Salebarn curve) and coming back on the highway,” explained John Rankin, whose laneway connects to Bank on the tail end of the curve. “We’re going to get hit one day. Because with that speed, you can’t see the cars in time. It’s a hazard all through here.” The other fatal accidents include the high-profile hit and run of a 16-year-old cyclist, who was struck by a drunk driver around 9:30 p.m. on Bank Street and left to die south of Mitch Owens on September 9, and the deaths of two men near Grey’s Creek Road, on the tail end of the large curve that dominates the highway from Parkway Road. A southbound minivan collided with a northbound SUV when the driver of the minivan attempted to pass another vehicle in front of him. Another fatal accident occurred on Jan.14 farther north on Bank Street near the Conroy split, on a similar stretch of road that includes several hidden intersections along a long curve. In 2009, there were 106 accidents on Bank Street between Hunt Club Road and Snake Island Road, 24 of which had injuries, although there were no fatalities. Bank Street had two fatalities between Hunt Club and Snake Island in 2007, one between John Quinn Road and Scrivens Drive near Greely, and another between Mitch Owens and Rideau Road, according to city of Ottawa statistics. However, the city’s manager of operations, engineering and technical support Kevin Wylie said statistically-speaking Bank Street isn’t a safety priority, a label

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Kyle and Sarah Ross are paying it forward for their birthdays this year as they have requested donations to two favourite charities in lieu of gifts.

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Siblings will donate to charities Continued from front “Sarah is a competitive dancer and dance means the world to her. She wanted to help give a child, who might not otherwise have the ability to participate, an opportunity to take a dance class.” In addition to having a personal fundraising goal for each of their charities, Sarah and Kyle would like to extend a challenge to other children in the area to also have “pay it forward” parties. “They would like to see how much money a group of local children could raise for charity if they decided to turn a birthday into a time to give rather than receive,” Ross said. “Sarah and Kyle would be very proud and excited to know that because of their challenge, other people decided to help local charities.” The siblings attend Berrigan Elementary School in Barrhaven. Kyle is in Grade 2 and his teacher is Jennifer Geddis; Sarah’s Grade 5 teacher is Suzanne Stewart. Sarah has asked her class to also help support The Chance 2 Dance Foundation.

As part of their unit on “the common good” Sarah asked if she could put out a challenge to her class. The Chance 2 Dance Foundation is holding a Dance Gala fundraising event at Centrepointe Theatre on March 29. “Some of the children that have been helped by the charity will be performing at the gala,” said Ross. As it can be financially difficult for the families of these children to purchase tickets to see their children perform, Sarah has asked each person in her class to bring in a toonie. These donations will be used to purchase a ticket to the gala for one of the parents of an underprivileged child performing at the event. “I cannot say enough positive things about Sarah’s teacher,” Ross said. “She has really done a great job by not only teaching Sarah academically but also encouraging compassion, acceptance, and kindness as part of their units on marginalization and the common good.”

The Youth Services Bureau is hosting a “green” job fair for youth at the Walter Baker Sports Centre from 10 a.m. to noon. The fair will feature more than 20 employers who are involved in the green sector or have made conscious changes to become more sustainable. Youth can apply for green summer jobs and find out more about possible futures in a green career. For more information call 613-729-0577.

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MARCH 8 Join Friends of the Central Experimental Farm for a one day bus tour to a Heritage Sugar Shack in Rigaud, Quebec. Package includes transportation and heritage lunch. FCEF members $110, others $122. For information, call 613-230-3270 or visit www.friendsofthefarm.ca.

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A pivotal member of the Barrhaven Legion is being remembered for his leadership of the new branch as the community mourns the loss of Jerome (Jerry) Jodoin. When the Barrhaven location officially opened its doors on Fallowfield Road last July 31, Jodoin immediately used his role as special external fundraising chair to secure money from the community’s banks and other businesses for the service club’s placemats and monthly newsletter. Now, because of his death on Feb. 1, at the age of 87, third vice-president Dave Sereda says he knows he has to roll up his sleeves to account for Jodoin’s loss. “It’s very big shoes to fill. The energy the man had was phenomenal. He never took no as an answer,” Sereda said, noting the countless raffles Jodoin orchestrated. “He was quite instrumental in a lot of things. I will carry it on in whatever way I can do in his honour.” Jodoin died from complications of pneumonia. He first fell ill over the winter holidays and was bed-ridden the two weeks of his life. A member of the navy during the Second World War, Jodoin was a fixture on the HMCS Uganda and was one of the few Canadians to sail three neighbouring oceans – the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic. Raymond Trudel and Bill Humphries are now the Legion’s last prominent Second World War veterans. Jodoin also laid the wreath on behalf of all Second World War veterans at Bar-

rhaven’s Remembrance Day ceremony last year. “He was quite important in being a role model for those of us who were in Korea and other conflicts that Canada’s been involved in,” Legion chairman Gus Este said, himself a veteran of the Korean War. “He was one of Canada’s heroes in my mind.” While participating in any Legion function, Jodoin was always one of the most recognizable people at the event. “Jerry was always jovial,” Este said. “He always had a smile on his face. He had bright blue eyes so he had a piercing look when he looked at you.” Added Sereda: “He comes into the branch and he’s always grinning, shaking everybody’s hand. I don’t think I ever saw him not smiling.” The Legion held a special memorial in Jodoin’s honour on Feb. 7. Close to 200 people attended the standing-room-only tribute. “I have never been to a tribute or celebration of life at a Legion branch with that many people in attendance,” Este said. “It was a very touching ceremony I think for a lot of us who are very close to him. He’ll be very much missed,” Sereda said. Jodoin is survived by his wife Frances (Fran), sons Garry, Curtis, Shawn, and the late Robert, and grandchildren Kerry, Kristy, and Kaitlyn. He was also a member of the Bells Corners and Richmond Legions. Sereda said Fran, who had been a member of the Richmond Legion with Jodoin, will now join the Barrhaven branch.

From unemployed to award-winning entrepreneur DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN daniel.bowman@metroland.com

Barrhaven native Adam Haroun was sitting in his residence room at Concordia University desperately searching for a job when his idea hit him. “I placed a $20 classified ad on the Internet, got my first client and from there it’s grown into a branding and web-design firm,” he said. The “it’s” is Haroun’s company – The XFactor Agency – which he incorporated in October 2009, and has grown 605 per cent since its inception. As a result, Haroun, 20, was named the 2011 Student Entrepreneur Quebec Champion – a competition operated by the charitable organization Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship – on Feb. 16. A third-year marketing student at the John Wilson School of Business, Haroun got this idea when he joined an entrepreneur club at the Montreal university and began working on designs for online graphics and websites. He then decided to parlay that in The XFactor Agency, which has customers

across Canada, the United States and Europe in a host of fields such as personal training, business coaching, legal professionals, and personal stylists. “We really take small service businesses and help them develop a website so they can effectively market themselves to clients,” he said. “We develop personal websites that serve as effective marketing mechanisms for their businesses.” The former St. Joseph Catholic High School student said it’s “an honour and a privilege” to be recognized for his work. He will now compete for the Central Canada distinction – which pits him against three challengers from Ontario – on March 17 and 18 in Toronto. “It’s going to really let me share my passion for entrepreneurship on a bigger scale,” Haroun said. As for the future, Haroun said he’s wants to continue to grow his company after he graduates in April 2012. “I want to become an international leader in web- and brand-design for small businesses,” he said. “It’s been a wild ride to say the least. I can’t wait to see where this takes me.”

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Bill Humphries Jerry Jodoin are pictured at the Barrhaven Legion recently. Jodoin died on Feb. 1 leaving some “big shoes to fill.”

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John Glatzmayer, his wife Natalie Wedling and their children Melanie and Tommy were at St. Leonard Catholic School in Manotick on Feb. 16 to talk to the students about a book co-written by Natalie and Tommy, called Melanie & Tommy Have Two Pet Rats and One Syndrome.

‘One of a kind’ student keeps book tour rolling DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN daniel.bowman@metroland.com

Tommy Glatzmayer had home-field advantage for the latest reading during his book tour – and he probably got the best response yet. The Grade 2 student presented Melanie & Tommy Have Two Pet Rats and One Syndrome – a self-published book he co-wrote with his mother, Nathalie Wendling – to his peers at St. Leonard Catholic School on Feb. 16. “It makes it a little easier but speaking in front of 600 people makes me a little nervous,” Tommy said. Right beside Tommy as always was sister, Melanie, 10, the centrepiece of the book. Melanie smiled away as the children clapped and cheered her brother’s presentation, which included the sibling’s three pet rats, Ninja, Smokey and Cinderella. Tommy completed his action-adventure book in 2009 as a way to create exposure about his sister’s rare disorder – Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS). Because there are only approximately 100 known cases of CdLS – which makes differences in appearance like a shortturned up nose and low set ears noticeable – some of Tommy’s friends were quick to tease Melanie upon first glance. It’s that compassion that Tommy’s teacher Stefanie Young said separates him from any student she’s taught to date.

“What impresses me is not that he wrote the book, but that he wrote it to disseminate information,” Young said of her eight-year-old pupil. “I think it’s really specially that he and his sister are going to have that bond forever. “Tommy’s one of a kind.” In the last few months since a reading at Manotick Public School on Nov. 4, Wendling estimates the book has sold another couple hundred copies. The family has been featured in numerous magazines, multiple television and radio appearances, and has even had a book reading at a Chapters store in Toronto. They also met a family in Orillia, Ont., one of whom is has an eight-year-old daughter with CdLS. The two families have since become pen-pals and after watching a video of Tommy and Melanie with the rats, the girl became her biggest fan. “She’s obsessed with Melanie,” Wendling said. “She calls everything Melanie.” Given that the latest presentation was at her children’s school, Wendling called the experience “overwhelming.” However, after shaking off his nerves, Tommy just wanted to get his message out. “It’s a bit boring,” he said, given how many talks he’s done, “but once the presentation starts it’s really fun.” For more information about CdLS or the book, visit www.2petrats.com.

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Rural residents will have a chance to weigh in on how future development in Ottawa’s rural areas should play out. Right now, there are two competing strategies: the creation of country lot subdivisions, and development in villages. Encouraging one type of development often happens at the sake of the other. That dilemma will form much the issues to be discussed during the City of Ottawa’s rural review, which residents will have a chance to comment on this spring. One of the main issues will be whether to encourage development in the city’s 26 villages, or to continue to allow country lot subdivisions to proliferate. Historically, villages only attract about 42 per cent of new development in rural areas, according to a city report. While village businesses get some economic spinoff benefit from subdivision developments, subdivisions “rarely” provide enough population to support existing village businesses, let alone promote the creation of new businesses. West Carleton Coun. Eli El-Chantiry emphasized the importance of villages and asked that city staff consider expanding village boundaries to attract development to villages. “We have asked time and time again how we could help some of the villages in our areas,” El-Chantiry said. “Development isn’t being sustained outside the village boundaries… Some villages haven’t seen a new building permit in 10 to 15 years.” Another suggestion is to “cluster” country lot subdivisions. Both the city and the province also want to see new development focused in villages, rather than scattered around rural areas. The city’s rural area is supposed to

accommodate nine per cent of Ottawa’s predicted population growth; that means 11,000 new homes are to be built by 2031. Yet many country lots – 2,531 created between 1975 and 2009 – remain vacant because the city is still evaluating whether to approve the lots. There are 26 villages in the City of Ottawa, and only two of those (Richmond and North Gower) were approved within the last five years and won’t need to be reviewed. Vars and Cumberland have recently undertaken some community planning initiatives, which will be used as part of the rural review, but the remaining 22 villages will be reviewed from scratch. The rural review will also look at how the city classifies rural land and identifies agricultural areas, as well as policies regarding minerals. One thing the review doesn’t include is a review of the city’s lot severance policies, which Murray Chown from Novatech engineering said is a big concern. Chown, who spoke at the city’s agriculture and rural affairs committee meeting on Feb. 10, said limiting severed lots to two acres (0.81 hectares) complicates the process and leads to small lots scattered across rural areas. “This is a policy that hasn’t contributed to creating the rural landscape,” he said. The committee’s chair, Osgoode Coun. Doug Thompson agreed, calling the issue “significant” in the rural areas. El-Chantiry brought forward a motion to ask city staff to include a review of the severance policy as part of the process. A questionnaire will be sent out and put on the city’s website this spring to ask people what they think about the idea of clustering country lot subdivisions. A decision should be made by September. The entire rural review process will be used to guide changes in the city’s next official plan review.

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Nicolas Ruszkowski Nicolas Ruszkowski VP, Communications Ottawa Hospital For the ﬁrst time since I started this column, you, the reader, have inserted yourself into the introduction. This week, the hospital’s new dress code made local and national headlines: on Canada AM, CTV News Net, CTV Ottawa and the Ottawa Citizen. Many of you responded – whether in support or against the policy, with the question: why? Why a dress policy at all? Why now? Why among frontline clinical staff. The questions are all legitimate, particularly since they show some that we have more work to do to clarify exactly what our dress code is intended to do. Over the past year, consultation and feedback from patients, staff, and professional practice groups throughout the hospital – as well as a review of existing research – conﬁrmed that a key to ensuring patients’ comfort and safety is the ability to easily recognize members of their care teams. In other words, everything we’ve heard from people like you, as well as employees, is that our appearance has an

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The world revolves around food If you thought the entire world revolved around money, it doesn’t. The world revolves around something much more basic, even though getting enough of it can be more difficult than amassing money or finding an oil well. The world revolves around food... and water. You cannot move very far without an adequate food supply. You cannot fight an effective war without it. In North America, food has never been considered an outrageously priced commodity and we all assume that it will remain affordable, for as long as we need it. A cautionary comment from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) suggests that food, once spared the indignity of competition on the open market, may finally have run smack into the real world. Just about everything else that we consider a necessity has gone up in price. Gasoline prices have continued to rise, sometimes at an alarming rate, and that has affected the cost of getting inexpensive food from the farmer to the marketplace. Add to that the increasing cost of seed, fertilizer, processing and distribution, and the stage is set for an increase in food prices. The negative effect of global

warming and weather is another factor that is affecting the harvests in places like Russia and India. Commodity price fluctuations, export controls and the reality of unstable governments in Third World countries, suggests that global food production may be at risk. Locally, farmers appear to be like the rest of us — trying to stay ahead of the next curve that world prices may throw at them. The cost of food in Canada has increased over the past 30 years. Despite the increases, Canadian food is still the best food around and the most affordable. According to the OFA, a generation ago, the cost of breaking daily bread took 20 per cent of an average income. These days that is down to 11 per cent. This past Feb. 12 has been pegged as Food Freedom Day. This is the day the average Canadian has made enough income to cover their grocery bills for entire year. The OFA is calling for a National Food Strategy to stay ahead of increasing costs to our food producing system and eventually higher food costs for Canadians. The idea sounds like a good one given what we have seen with just about every other commodity being shaped by a global perspective.

It’s just a game, except when it isn’t As kids develop awareness of the world outside the house and the school, they are looking to understand some of the things that go on. And you, in turn, are looking for life lessons you can pass on with the day’s headlines. This is almost always difficult. What are you going to tell the subteen in your house when she finds out that Miley Cyrus’s father told a magazine that the hit TV show Hannah Montana destroyed his marriage? How will you explain what her father means when he says “I’m scared for her.” You understand well enough. Fame and big money do strange things to people and not all of them react well. But the girl and her doting father live this enchanted life on TV and the worst problem is that they run out of Diet Coke or the dog barks. Marriages don’t break up on the Disney Channel and 18-year-olds don’t have birthday parties in bars. So good luck to you explaining that. “TV is just make believe,” you can say, which will be a good start. But do you really want to add that real life is not as nice as TV? For many people it’s nicer. Closer to home, and far more consequential, what kind of discussion can you have with the young hockey fanatic in your house when he or she asks you

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town why Mike Fisher and Chris Kelly won’t be playing for the Ottawa Senators any more? — Why did Mike want to leave Ottawa? the little guy asks. — Well, he didn’t really want to leave, you say. He wanted to stay. — Then why didn’t he stay? — Because the Senators didn’t want him to stay. — I thought the Senators liked Mike, says the young hockey fanatic. Didn’t the Senators like him? — Yes, they liked him, you say, but they … but they … And this is where you can only talk about salary caps and first round draft picks and conditional draft picks and Ottawa not making the playoffs and other teams needing Mike and Chris enough to give up something for them — a discus-

sion of the realities of professional sports, in other words. The realities of professional sports can be as unpleasant as life in the Cyrus family and do you really want your young hockey fanatic to carry that knowledge around with her? Mind you, from quite an early age that young hockey fanatic has suspected that real life is not all it’s cracked up to be. She gets a preview of life’s unfairness when she is told that she has to go to sleep while still feels like practising her slapshot in the living room. Finding out that there can be no candy without first eating the vegetables only confirms the existence of a dark side. — People in Ottawa are sad to see Chris Kelly go, a little hockey player will say. — Yes, you answer, but … but that’s just the way it is. — Why? — Because the Senators want to win? — Why? — Because winning is better than losing. — But don’t you always say that having fun playing the game is more important than winning? Remember, you said that when I was crying after losing that game. — Yes, I remember saying that. And I

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believed it. — Don’t the Senators believe that? There you are, stuck with the necessity of explaining why professional sport is not really like sport the way you’ve been teaching it. And you haven’t even come to the part about head shots and cheating and taking funny pills and all the things grown-ups do to win games even though winning isn’t supposed to be as important as having fun. After that you get to explain why they should keep cheering for the Senators anyway even though Mike and Chris are gone. This is just a business, you’ll say. Eventually they will understand, which is sad in a way.

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Barrhaven Coun. Jan Harder City says she was honoured to receive the prestigious 2011 James Bain Medallion during the Ontario Library Association’s Super Conference that took place in early February. But it doesn’t change how she tackles her day-to-day projects as a city councillor and community leader. “It’s a big deal (to win the medallion),” she said. “It makes me pause and think of the leadership roll and how hard I work for my constituents.” That won’t change, she added. “I will continue to strive and be a stronger and better person and councillor.” The James Bain Medallion is awarded to a public library board member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the advancement of public library service in Ontario. This is a province-wide award, which symbolizes and honours the best contributions and efforts of board members who govern public libraries in Ontario. James Bain was the first presi-

JAN HARDER dent of the Ontario Library Association in 1901 and chief librarian of Toronto Public Library. A member of the Ottawa Public Library (OPL) Board since January 2004, Harder was elected unanimously as OPL board chair both in 2007 and 2011. She is the current president of the Canadian Library Trustees Association and is on the executive council of the Canadian Library Association, and the Board of the Urban Libraries Council, based in Chicago, IL. At the awards ceremony, Ma-

rina O’Grady-Lamont, a librarian at the Main Library of OPL, also received Le Prix Micheline Persaud awarded by ABOFranco, the French language division of the Ontario Library Association. This award recognizes outstanding work in the development and promotion of French language library services in Ontario. OPL is the largest bilingual library system in North America. Serving over 900,000 residents, OPL helps build a strong, vibrant and sustainable community by supporting literacy and life-long learning, fostering inspiration and enjoyment, and connecting people to each other and the world. As a child, Harder said finding solace in a book was something she enjoyed. “For me, that was my private time as the oldest of five kids, I had a lot of responsibility. There was nothing I liked better than reading,” she said. “I think I was the only student in Grade 7 and 8 who stayed inside at recess to help the librarian.” Now the busy councillor says she has little time to read something “fun and light” as opposed

Farmers’ Market gears up for summer with new Manotick president EDDIE RWEMA eddie.rwema@metroland.com

As the Ottawa Farmers’ Market gears up for this year’s summer session, its new leaders are occupied with what will happen to the market when the Lansdowne Park redevelopment begins. Robin Turner is taking over the reins as president from Andy Terauds, one of the market’s founders. “I feel very honoured to be elected to the presidency of the board of the farmers market,” said Turner, owner of Manotick Station’s Roots and Shoots organic farm. “I feel it’s a lot of responsibility, but it is also a great learning experience.” Terauds, along with a small group of local farmers, led the drive to get the market up and running six years ago. “We went from being a market with six original members six years ago to more than 130 vendors now,” said Turner. The market, which is up and running in early May and runs until mid-November at Lansdowne Park, provides space to local producers of fruit, vegeta-

competed for Infrastructure Stimulus Funding, provided by federal, provincial and municipal levels of government that was allocated $5.43-million to the improvement of seven branches. The Library Settlement Workers program was extended to 10 branches in partnership with Citizenship and Immigration Canada and local settlement agencies. Other successes included the new website and a new integrated library system, introducing public wireless service and upgrading to fiber network connectivity at all the 33 locations and the two bookmobiles. Building on these successes, the board is looking forward to providing leadership for a number of initiatives:O The Ruth E. Dickinson branch will receive improvements from February 22 to the month of May. During this period, only the second floor of the library will be open for business and some services will be modified. For more information about OPL and the most current program listing, visit www.BiblioOttawaLibrary.ca or call InfoService at 613-580-2940.

to the daily reading she does for her city position. “I have a deep respect for literacy and life long learning,” she said. )“It matters to people in small places, like Barrhaven.” Harder says she is most proud of the $250,000 improvements at the Ruth E. Dickenson Library. “It’s now the most popular Ottawa library for children’s programming,” she said. Harder was acclaimed as the chair for the next two years at the board’s first monthly meeting on Feb. 14. Trustee Jim Bennett was elected as vice chair. Harder and Bennett welcomed the opportunity to continue their work on the board and say they are looking forward to collaborating with their new and returning colleagues. “It’s going to be a very busy two years,” Harder said, “but I am confident that the new board, which is comprised of a dynamic mix of members, will continue to build on one of the finest library systems in Canada.” The OPL board has overseen many accomplishments in the past four years. The library

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bles, meat, baked goods, as well as arts and crafts. The future of the Ottawa farmer’s market has been clouded by uncertainty since the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park came up. “In June of last year, the council officially passed a mandate that the Farmers’ Market shall have a place at the redesigned Lansdowne Park,” Turner said. “My main mandate is to make sure the site is going to be practical and reflecting the needs of our membership when Lansdowne is redeveloped.” Currently the market is located in the Lansdowne parking lots between the north side of the Aberdeen Pavilion, the east side of the Horticultural Building and Holmwood Avenue. The board wants to maintain the same location. “We are trying to make sure when Lansdowne is redeveloped, we have a strong presence in the square in front of the Aberdeen pavilion and working towards having a seven-day presence there, making it a huge farmers’ market,” Turner stressed. Currently, the board is involved with coming up with a

secondary site that the market will occupy when Lansdowne is under construction. “We are looking at various sites, but the primary location that we are looking at is Brewer Park across from Carleton University for the summer of 2012,” he said. This year the Ottawa farmers market is looking at opening satellite markets to new markets locations. “We are open at looking at new locations in Westboro, Barrhaven and other areas around Ottawa,” Last year the farmers market opened the Orleans satellite market, which according to Turner was met with a lot of enthusiasm by area residents. “We are trying to find balance between opening new locations and making sure our members have enough time and energy to attend those markets and to make sure we are not opening too many markets in the same location,” Turner observed. He said it doesn’t seem like competition is a huge factor at the moment because there is so much demand for local food and support for farmers in Ottawa.

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The Nepean Wildcats atom ‘AA’ girls’ hockey team is heading into Ottawa District Women’s Hockey League playoffs Feb. 28 after an undefeated season. Coach Bryan Doherty says he never expected to skate through the season sporting a 16-0-2 record and was pleasantly surprised. “Any season is a good season when that happens,” he said following a practice on Feb. 17 at the Nepean Sportsplex. “They are a competitive bunch and they love to learn.” Doherty coaches a core of them in a spring-development league and has watched them grow into the players they are now. Many of them have been together since the initiation program when they were barley old enough to skate. “I have seen them develop over the years and I knew I had a pretty good team on the ice,” he said. Working through four-to-five practices a week is what the coaching team is up against at this stage of the game as they prepare for the provincial

championships. Since there are only three teams in their immediate Tier 2 division — Ottawa and Kanata — they have already made the grade to represent the district in Toronto in April. The team started as an ‘A’ squad, but after tournaments in Kingston and Oshawa, both of which they won, the team was bumped into the ‘AA’ division to finish the season. Their next two tournaments were a little more challenging, including a 11-1 record after the Bell Capital Cup and a 1-2 finish in Toronto. The competition is a little tougher at the higher level. “Now that we are in ‘AA’, the goals change,” Doherty said. “For them to be competitive at this level and be in every game and represent Nepean well, that will be a lofty goal.” He has no doubt his young charges — born in 2000 and 2001 — will be able to attain that goal as they prepare for the playoffs. “I have a great bunch of kids and their parents are supportive. They are well-deserved of their achievements and they do it as a team.” Trish Calof and Anna Banks are just two of the hockey moms who are running the roads al-

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Head coach Bryan Doherty gives his undefeated Nepean Wildcats ‘AA’ girls hockey team some pointers on Feb. 17 at the Nepean Sportsplex during a practice session. most every night of the week with their children to play hockey — or soccer in the summer. They say they do it for their children and they wouldn’t have it any other way. “The development I see in my daughter (Shelby, who is a forward) is amazing,” said Calof. “The coach develops their skills in smaller groups and the drills are great. If she loves the game and stays positive, that’s what is important and what I want for her. They are motivated to come to the rink. It’s a social time for

them as well as it is for us as parents. This is a family unit.” Banks, whose daughter Sierra plays defense, echoes the sentiment. She has four girls in hockey and is never home, “except for the odd Monday,” she said. “It’s not possible (to have four children in hockey) without the support of this extended hockey family.” Doherty, who has been coaching some 16 years, is a teacher at John McCrae Secondary School. He says he has coached boys for many of those years but to

coach the girls is a different, and a more fulfilling challenge. “The boys (many of them) and their parents think they’re NHL bound, but to coach the girls, their aspirations are a little different. They love to learn and they work toward scholarships and maybe to play on the Olympic team. There is a different type of enjoyment and it’s a lot of fun. When I teach them something and they learn and perfect that skill, it’s a great feeling… and they want to learn more.” But the coach says when they are on the ice they are not girls, but players. “I push them to do their best and when they respond and have fun, that’s all I can ask for.” Team members include: Abby Moloughney, Olivia Pelletier, Narisa Dhupar, Shelby Calof, Laura Cook, Sarah Kosnaskie, Amy Doherty, Jada Burke, Julia Aurora, Brooke Tam, Melissa Laurin, Emily Vasquez, Zoe Lamoureux, Emily Kavanaugh and Jordan Farncombe. Behind the bench, alongside the head coach are: Mike Maloughney and Moe Pelletier, assistant coaches; Steve Wolf, goalie coach; Cindy Cook and Anna Banks, trainers and Belinda Aurora, manager.

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2011 MARCH BREAK How to Choose a Camp March Break is a great time for kids. They need to get away from the everyday stress of school as much as adults need to get away from their full time jobs. What better way to help kids relax and enjoy their time off than to send them to a March break camp? (By the way, this gives parents a nice break too.)

3. What is the ratio of campers to counselors? Ratios of 8:1 are common. A maximum of 10:1 is probably the maximum ratio you would want.

Before you make a camp decision for your child, there are a lot of factors to consider. You will want to do your homework before you drop your child off for the day to be cared for by people you hardly know. It’s not easy. There are so many camps to consider and they come in all shapes and sizes. There are day camps, overnight camps, golf camps, horseback riding camps and science camps to name a few.

5. Can you provide a list of references or testimonials? Word of mouth is the best reference. Ask around and find out where other parents are sending their children.

7. Where can I find more information about your camp? Do you have a web-site? Can I register online? Can I pay by credit card?

Your child’s interests What does your child like to do? Children know what they like and don’t like. Ask them for their input. If your child is active and loves to play sports, a sports camp is probably right for him or her. If your child is creative, then choose a camp that offers arts and crafts. Camp choices are as varied as children themselves. Choose a camp with the specific focus geared toward your child. Day Camp versus Overnight Camp Depending on the age, maturity and independence of your child, he or she may or may not be ready for an overnight camp. Some overnight camps accept children as young as six years old. Only you can decide when the time is right.

Cost Of course, the cost is something to consider. The cost of camp should reflect the service provided. When comparing camps by price make sure that you are comparing apples to apples. Some camps include lunches, while others include snacks, t-shirts, hats, extended hours and off site field trips. Price alone, can be misleading. I’ve always believed, “You get what you pay for”.

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6342 Fortune Drive – Orleans Warm and welcome in this four bedroom, three bath home with finished basement. Master with 4 piece ensuite. Main floor laundry and family room with wood burning fireplace. Dazzling hardwood floors. Newer roof and furnace. Private hedged yard with patio area.

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