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Ross Angus, a Barrhaven father known for helping keep young hockey players safe on the ice, has been identified as the elevator technician who was found dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft at a condominium development site in Westboro. “It was just a numb feeling,” said his business partner, Rolf Loyens, referring to when he heard the news of his friend’s death. “(I’m thinking) of how sad I feel for his kids.” Paramedics and firefighters responded to the workplace accident just before 10 a.m. on Oct. 12. “Another worker just happened to spot him in the elevator pit and called 9-1-1,” said Messier, adding that 48-year-old Angus had severe upper body trauma when he was discovered. Emergency officials worked to extricate him from the six-foot-deep pit at the bottom of the elevator shaft so they could treat him. Firefighters conducted CPR, and paramedics placed a breathing tube in Angus’s lungs and gave him intravenous medications. According to Ottawa Fire Services, it’s not known how far Angus had fallen or how long he had been there before he was discovered. Loyens said he had just talked to Angus the day before he died. “We were just talking about business, talking about family and the upcoming trips we had planned,” Loyens said. Angus mentioned that he was going to see his favourite football team, the Cleveland Browns, later this year, Loyens added. ACCIDENT, see 3
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Ross Angus was identified as the elevator technician who was found dead in an elevator shaft at a construction site at 101 Richmond Road on Oct. 12.
Loyens said he knew Angus for more than 12 years, and said his friend will be remembered as a family man. “I think it’s important that he’s remembered as a fantastic father to his kids, and that he would do anything for them,” Loyens said. “He was a great family man and a loyal friend. He was very giving to the community, coached minor hockey for many years and he enjoyed it.” Angus started his business, Pro-Formance Insights, and developed BodyArmour hockey gear, after witnessing a young hockey player get slashed by a skate blade. The gear was made up of shirts and undergarments made with cut-resistant fabric. “He decided there had to be a better way to protect kids,” said Loyen. Angus leaves behind his son Dylan and daughter Mackenzie, both teenagers, and a teenaged stepson, Alex Gordon. He worked for elevator company Schindler North America, which was the company subcontracted by Ashcroft Homes for the developer’s new condominium building at 101 Richmond Rd. Paul Rothwell, spokesman for Ashcroft, said the company was “pretty devastated” when they heard news of Angus’s death.
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About 6,800 patients who underwent a procedure at a private Ottawa clinic might have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, according to Dr. Isra Levy, Ottawa’s chief medical officer of health. Levy said the procedures at the centre of the scare are endoscopic procedures, such as colonoscopies, that were performed at a clinic run by Dr. Christiane Farazli located at 1081 Carling Ave., suite 606. While those procedures are no longer being conducted at the clinic, he added, it remains in operation. At a press conference on Monday, Oct. 17, Levy said the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario had inspected the clinic and found that some infection prevention and cleaning protocols were not always being followed. Levy said the investigation found tools that had been inadequately sterilized, expired chemicals and a failure perform “deep cleaning” of instruments. Endoscopes are cleaned using a process that has several steps to make sure that they are properly scrubbed and disinfected between patients, a procedure that was not always followed at Dr.Farazli’s clinic. Registered letters were sent on Monday to about 6,800 patients who were treated at the clinic between April 2002 and June 2011. As a result of its investigation and consultations with communicable disease experts, Levy said there is a very low risk that patients may have been exposed to Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus or HIV during the tests. “The risk of associated infection is believed to be less than one in one million for hepatitis B, less than one in 50 million for hepatitis C, and less than one in three billion for HIV,” said Levy “Even though the risk of infection for those who had the procedures related to this issue is very low, we wanted to ensure that affected patients were made aware
of the situation so that they can consider being tested for these infections if that is what they wish.” The letters will provide people with general information and advise them to call their family doctor, and arrange a blood test if they’re concerned. They include information for patients who would like to be tested. These are free blood tests and patients will need to go to a laboratory to have blood taken. If a patient would like to be tested they have several options which are outlined in the letter. “We are aware of the distress these letters may cause and we have worked to ensure that important information on how to be tested and how to seek medical advice is included,” said Levy. He said that Ottawa Public Health has notified local family physicians of the issue to ensure they are able and ready to support any patient who comes to them. “If a patient does not have a family doctor, OPH will assist in arranging the testing,” Levy said. OPH has established a dedicated information line for residents who have questions related to this issue. Any person who underwent endoscopy in the facility during the time period mentioned and who has not received a letter by Tuesday, Oct. 25 should contact OPH. A dedicated information line has been set up by OPH and can be reached at 613580-2888. The phone line will be available between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Additional information can be found at www.ottawa.ca/ health. Patients are also being advised not to go to a hospital emergency department for blood testing. Hospitals will re-direct patients seeking blood tests for this issue Did you receive a letter from Ottawa Public Health? We want to tell your story – email us at suzanne.landis@ metroland.com or call 613-221-6226.
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‘Humanure’ dumping sickens homeowner North Gower family experienced similar health problems back in 2001 following city’s spread of biosolids near property. COURTNEY SYMONS courtney.symons@metroland.com
A Kinburn woman says a farmer’s field near her house where the city dumped treated human waste has made her and her animals sick. Brenda Grey has collected a petition with 70 signatures asking the City of Ottawa to stop dumping “humanure” on the field. Also known as sewer sludge, biosolids are treated human waste used as fertilizer to add nutrients to the soil. It’s like manure, only using human waste instead. The City of Ottawa and the province of Ontario state that land application of biosolids is safe and completely legal when applied according to regulations put in place by the province. The last time the city dumped biosolids on the field, Grey said she ended up with a gastrointestinal virus and several of her animals contracted illnesses. A test of her well water by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care showed unsafe levels of E. coli and coliform in her well water, a result of sewage contamination. Last summer, Grey received a notice from the city, informing her that it would dump another load of treated human waste on agricultural land located at the northeast corner of Mohr’s Road and Hunt Line Road in Kinburn this year. “I thought, ‘They can’t do this,’” said Grey. “I will die if they contaminate that field. I still haven’t recovered from the last time.” BIOSOLIDS In 2008, Grey received a letter in the mailbox from the City of Ottawa telling her that biosolids would be spread on the field next to her house. Grey didn’t know what to expect, but there was one side effect of the dumping that she noticed right away. “The smell,” she said. “The smell was so outrageous that we didn’t even leave the house. People would come by and say, ‘Brenda, that smells like human waste, what is that?’ It smelled like that for two weeks.” Although the stench caused Grey and her husband Robert to cancel many of their social plans, the real problems came later.
When they moved to their new home in 2004, a test showed the well’s water was safe to drink. During the winter of 2008-09, after the city dumped treated human waste on a nearby farmer’s field, Grey contracted a gastrointestinal bacterial infection and was forced to take the antibiotic Flagyl for three months before recovering. The infection carried on into the spring and early summer, leaving Grey feeling nauseous and weak and she made multiple trips to the hospital emergency room. Grey’s dog also contracted a bacterial infection, and was also put on Flagyl. One of Grey’s horses, which was boarded next to another field that had been covered with treated waste, suffered from severe diarrhea and had to be treated intravenously by a veterinarian, who suspected the problem could be C. difficile, a type of bacteria that can be transmitted through feces. Another of Grey’s horses died that winter of heaves, the equine version of asthma. Grey also developed a respiratory problem resulting in a chronic cough. “Prior to this, I hadn’t been sick for 15 years,” she said. “Not a cold, not a virus, nothing.” Grey said the three months she spent taking Flagyl was dangerous to her health because she suffers from a blood disease as a result of a tainted blood transfusion. “I said to my husband, ‘We have to check the water,’” Grey said. After testing the well in July of 2009, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care sent a report saying their water was unsafe to drink as a result of sewage contamination. The total coliform level was 80 per 100 millilitres, and the E. coli level was at four per 100 millilitres. Health Canada states that the safe level of coliform and E. coli in drinking water is zero. Coliform can be categorized as either total or fecal coliform – the former being acceptable in water up until 10 per 100 millilitres, but the latter being related to E. coli and not suitable for drinking. The Grey’s have a fairly new septic tank which has been recently cleaned, so she said she is confident it wasn’t the result of a faulty tank. Other causes of contamina-
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Kinburn resident Brenda Grey stands on her property overlooking the field that was covered in biosolids in 2008. After suffering through health issues that she believes were caused by the biosolids, Grey received a letter stating that another land application will be spread on the field within weeks. tion could have been manure getting into the well, which is what she was told when she contacted a staff member with the city’s biosolids program. Grey paid for a purification system to be installed with a filter that restored the water from her 110-metre-deep well back to safety. She started a campaign against the spreading of biosolids, calling every government ministry she could think of, but was unable to find anyone who could help or compensate her. Last July, Grey received another letter from the City of Ottawa informing her that there would be another application of municipal biosolids on agricultural land located on a field near her home. Grey began a petition, collecting 70 signatures from neighbours and clients of her psychotherapy practice she runs out of her home. Grey isn’t the only one who has gone public with her protests against biosolids. Lisa Jones, who owns Rideau Bus Lines with her husband Stuart Simpson in North Gower, experienced negative health effects after biosolids were deposited next to their home in 2001. Jones said she first became aware of the biosolids because
of the smell. “We thought the dog had brought in a dead groundhog,” she said. This was before legislation was put in place requiring biosolids to be mixed in with the soil, so they were piled on top of the field, right up against the fence surrounding Jones’ and Simpson’s property. Within hours, Jones and her family had headaches, itchy throats, sore eyes, nausea and diarrhea. Operating Rideau Bus Lines from their home prevented Jones and Simpson from leaving, and they found it impossible to keep the smell out of their home. “It filters right into the house,” she said. “Every time you open the door, the smell comes in.” The nausea and diarrhea were so persistent that Jones and Simpson contacted Glenn Brooks, their city councillor at the time. He came to their house and Jones said he was repulsed by the smell. Next, Jones approached Robert Cushman, then Ottawa’s medical officer of health. Jones said she discovered that the City of Ottawa had not notified nearby residents that they would be dumping biosolids as required under provincial law. Because of this slipup and Jones’
activism, a six-month moratorium was put in place forbidding any further biosolid deposits in the area. The six months were also used to update the city’s biosolid procedures, and it was then that regulations were put in place requiring biosolids to be worked into the soil. Jones said that her family’s diarrhea and nausea lasted for two weeks after the biosolids were finally mixed into the earth, but she has not experienced any long-term health effects. Jones said she can’t believe it’s still legal to deposit biosolids. “Nobody should have to go through that,” she said of her experience. HOW TO MAKE BIOSOLIDS Land application of biosolids is nothing new, and has been practiced for decades. The City of Ottawa says 80 per cent of municipalities in Ontario either apply all or a portion of their biosolids to soil. It is practiced in almost every province and U.S. state. The biosolids are used as fertilizer, as they contain plant nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. BIOSOLIDS, see 24
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They reportedly build up the soil structure, improve moisture retention and reduce soil erosion. In and around Ottawa, biosolids have been dumped on and off for the past 20 years. In 2009, the most recent information available, 12,037 wet tonnes of biosolids had been deposited in Ottawa. Fortyseven percent of that was distributed in West Carleton, mostly in what used to be identified as Fitzroy township. Ottawa’s sewer sludge is produced at the Robert O. Pickard wastewater treatment plant in Gloucester. The plant separates water from solids, filtering out the water and sending it back to the Ottawa River. Inorganic solids like sand and grit are filtered out, leaving only the organic solids – fecal matter – which are pumped into anaerobic digesters that break down those solids, much like a stomach would digest food. Stabilized sewage sludge is the resulting product, as defined by provincial regulations: a wet, mushy mess consisting of three to four per cent solids and the rest, water.
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The City of Ottawa goes a step further, sending it through high-speed centrifuges which squeeze out as much water as possible. The result is material that is 28 to 32 per cent solid. You could pick it up and hold it in your hand; it looks like damp, dark topsoil and smells like manure. When the decision is made to spread biosolids, the city gives notice to residents within 450 metres of the spreading, and the biosolids must remain more than 90 metres away from a well or 0.9 metres from groundwater. To minimize the smell, it is required to mix the biosolids into the soil on the same day they are applied. No-charge well testing is also provided by the city upon request. Tests are taken up to four weeks before the spreading and between 10 and 12 weeks afterwards. WHY USE BIOSOLIDS? Erik Apedaile works with the City of Ottawa’s biosolid program, and said that land applications are requested by farmers and spread onto the farmer’s land at the city’s expense. No money exchanges
hands. “It’s sort of like a symbiotic relationship,” Apedaile said. “The farmer benefits because they save money on fertilizer and they’re going to get a very good corn crop. Secondly, they’re going to get their land worked by the city.” The benefit to the city is that the biosolids are disposed of more cheaply than using alternative methods like incineration or dumping into a landfill. “We have people, and we live in communities, and we make waste,” Apedaile said. “People are going to keep using the toilet. We’re not going to stop generating waste, and we have to manage it in the most responsible and cost-effective way that we can. This is probably the most sustainable way of managing this material.” Apedaile said that he faces a lot of resistance from citizens who are against the idea of biosolids. “Nobody likes biosolids next door to them,” he said. “It’s a visceral reaction. Nobody is calling us up and congratulating us, and I understand that.” SAFETY Apedaile said that many safety precautions are taken to ensure that biosolids don’t cause harm to humans. There has always been risk associated with farming, he said, including using chemicals and pesticides or even operating heavy machinery. The micro-organisms in biosolids are mixed in with the soil (which also contains micro-organisms) but they are not motile, meaning they cannot move on their own. “It’s difficult to think of a scenario where pathogens could move through a 90-metre buffer into a well,” he said, referring to the required distance that biosolids must remain from a well. “It’s not appropriate to say that it’s impossible, but we can say it’s not in the realm of the probable.” Biosolids contain carbon, nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, metals like iron and magnesium, bacteria and other micro-organisms. Approximately 70 per cent of the biosolids’ mass is water. Some studies have been done to test the potential health effects of biosolids on humans. One in Wood County, Ohio, was led by a team of researchers including Sadik Khuder, a professor at the University of Toledo. In the 1990s, Khuder helped conduct a study on waste treatment workers who came in contact with biosolids, and results found that they had a higher rate of various gastrointestinal diseases and symptoms. As a follow-up to this study in 2006, Khuder and his team mailed health surveys to 437 residents who lived within a mile of a biosolids deposit, and 176 people who were not exposed to biosolids. The study, entitled Health Survey of Residents Living Near Farm Fields Permitted to Receive Biosolids, found that some health symptoms were statistically significantly elevated in those exposed to biosolids. They had a higher rate of excessive secretion of tears, abdominal bloating, jaundice, skin ulcers, dehydration, weight loss and general weakness.
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The Robert O. Pickard wastewater treatment plant processess waste by separating water from solids, and pumping the fecal matter through an anaerobic digester, producing solid material that looks like dark topsoil and smells like manure. The frequency of bronchitis, upper respiratory infection and giardiasis (an infection of the small intestine) were also significantly elevated in those close to biosolids. Khuder’s study concluded that there was an increased risk for certain respiratory, gastrointestinal and other diseases among residents who lived close to biosolids, but added that more studies needed to be done to determine this conclusively. Currently, Khuder is working on studies in other counties in the United States to determine the health effects of biosolids on humans. This time, instead of sending surveys for citizens to self-report their symptoms, the team is following a group of people before, during and after the dumping of biosolids to take measurements. Khuder said they are in the process of publishing these studies, and could not discuss his findings. “I think there is some harm,” Khuder said about the land application of biosolids, “but if the community takes some precautions I think they can be valuable assets to the community.” CLOSER TO HOME West Carleton-March Coun. Eli ElChantiry said that biosolids are a hotbutton topic that surfaces every now and again. “It’s not about whether or not I think it’s a good idea,” he said, “But I do think it’s a good idea, and I think there is no harm based on (information from) the city’s medical health officers.” He added that it’s not a city decision, but is instead one made legal under pro-
vincial legislation and is approved by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The ministry did not return the Review’s phone calls for comment. Plus, in the early days when Ottawa wasn’t offering biosolids to farmers, it didn’t stop them. “Local farmers still managed to find the product from other places,” El-Chantiry said. “Whether the city gives the farmers biosolids or not, they could still use them.” The list of rules and regulations in place for land application of biosolids keeps citizens safe, El-Chantiry said. “I know some people move out here near to a farmer that does it and they don’t like it, but unfortunately this is part of our farming community and we have to live with it,” he said. But none of this is comfort to Grey, who said she lives in fear of the day she will see the dump trucks returning and she smells that awful odour. If they dump near her again, she said she will board up her house and stay in a hotel with her husband until the ground freezes. She said that the nearby fields are used to grow corn for animals and beans for human consumption. The farmer who owns the property next to Grey declined to comment. Grey said she delivered a handwritten letter to his mailbox pleading with him to stop the second dumping of biosolids, but she received no reply. “It’s disgusting that our province and our city are involved in this,” Grey said. “I trusted them. I thought that one call to public health would do it. And here I am, hundreds of calls later.”
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EDITORIAL
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he city is mourning the loss of a 15-yearold Glen Cairn boy who took his own life last weekend. Jamie Hubley, son of Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley, was a much-loved son and brother, a talented performer and a member of the A.Y. Jackson Secondary School Glee Club with his whole life in front of him. His death has sparked an outpouring of grief from classmates, horrified and saddened the boy felt there was no other escape from his pain other than suicide. This week, thousands of people across the city are asking the same question – why? In his own words, Jamie said he felt alone in his high school, after coming out this year as being gay. The teen wrote in his online blog that he was struggling with a deepening depression. He was taking antidepressants, but said they just weren’t working. His parents obviously loved their son very much and helped him as much as possible, taking him for treatment of his depression. But was there something else that we as a community could have done collectively to help Jamie and other youth like him dealing with
suicidal thoughts? Jeremy Dias, the founder of Jer’s Vision, an organization that works to address bullying, homophobia and discrimination in schools and youth communities, wants to introduce programs that make our schools more inclusive for queer youth. Canada needs a national suicide prevention strategy, one that includes a strategy for helping lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer youth, he said. We agree. Canada is the only G8 country without a national suicide prevention strategy. In September, our newspaper ran a series of articles about the issue of youth suicide (which can be found on our website at yourottawaregion. com). We learned suicide is the second leading cause of death for people age 10 to 24, according to Statistics Canada. On a grassroots level we need to teach the issue in schools and provide suicide prevention training for any adult who works with children. This is a national problem in need of a national solution, from the ground up. It takes a village to raise a child – it might need a nation to save them.
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n a couple of weeks, the CBC will be full of celebrations of itself, and we should celebrate too. Seventy-five years ago, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was formed and it has enriched our lives immeasurably. It has done this mainly by providing intelligent content not available elsewhere. While private radio and television stations chased ratings by pandering to the lowest common denominator, the CBC has provided a steady diet of news, current affairs, arts coverage and smart talk. For the longest time, the CBC has been one the things Canadians talked about when distinguishing ourselves from citizens of other countries. It was right up their medicare and hockey. While some have criticized CBC as elitist, many of its greatest triumphs have been far from that — think of Wojeck, Wayne and Shuster, Country Hoedown, The Friendly Giant, The Beachcombers, The Royal Canadian Air Farce. It’s quite a history. So how come so few of us feel like celebrating? The main reason is a feeling that CBC is no longer interested in doing the things that made it great. There is basically no arts programming on television. The CBC used to pride itself on supporting Canadian artists — discover-
CHARLES GORDON Funny Town ing them, paying them, giving them a chance to perform and bringing them to an audience. There is considerably less drama on television, a strength in the past. Original drama has been replaced by a series of reality TV shows. On radio, specialized music programming — classical and jazz programs that delighted their audiences — has mostly given way to a bland potpourri, designed to offend no one and thrill no one either. This comes from trying to attract a wide audience and CBC people will say that’s necessary because government funding is inadequate and more advertising revenue is needed. For the advertising revenue to come there need to be large audiences. The large audiences, the CBC has decided, will not show up to watch and listen to the things CBC has always done best. Is the new approach working? As far
as anyone knows, there has been no surge in CBC ratings, with one somewhat ironic exception: the CBC radio morning and afternoon drive shows, which do things the way the CBC always did them, with extended interviews, reviews and panels. In Ottawa, CBC information shows do deservedly well. In other areas, particularly TV, programmers are scuffling, too quick to make some decisions — redesigning the national news — too indecisive to make some others — which explains the survival of the embarrassing Don Cherry. News, long a CBC strength, has become glib, overpackaged, superficial and inadequate. On Manitoba election night, viewers in other provinces searched CBC in vain for detailed results and found them, in full detail, on the muchmaligned Sun News Network. CBC put its results online, as if that were enough for a network with national responsibilities. On Ontario election night, CBC was quick to cover what was on Twitter, causing at least one CBC loyalist to check out TV Ontario, finding resultsbased, no-nonsense coverage with experienced commentators and never going back to CBC. These are all small examples, but they show something. So does the local CBC’s recent decision to drop theatre reviews from its morning information
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The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group has launched a Campaign for Mental Health, hoping to raise $25 million over five years. “It’s a goal based on what we need to fund our priorities,â€? said AndrĂŠe Steel, acting president and CEO for the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health. “(The campaign) is focused on raising funds, and supporting the strategic priorities of The Royal which are research, care, education and advocacy. These are all things that will really advance The Royal as a model of excellence.â€? In particular, Steel said The Royal wants to bring brain imaging capabilities to the region and increase funding on depression research. “We’re a leader in that area, and the $25 million really represents what it will take to really advance those priorities,â€? she said. The campaign was launched at The Royal’s fourth annual Leaders for Mental Health Breakfast on Oct. 4, an event that raised more than $400,000. The breakfast featured Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, who spoke openly about his sister’s generalized anxiety disorder. Steel said the hospital also launched the You Know Who I Am campaign about
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four years ago, which opened doors for the community to speak publically about mental health issues. Out of that campaign came the hospital’s Do It For Daron movement, which raises funds for youth mental health in honour of 14 year-old Daron Richardson, who took her own life in November 2010. According to The Royal, suicide is the second leading cause of death for Canadians aged 15 to 24. “Both of those (initiatives) have really garnered tremendous interest from the public, and quite frankly, they have inspired people to reach out for help for the first time in their lives,� said Steel. “We know through both initiatives that we’ve saved lives.� Throughout the five year-long campaign, The Royal will be hosting a variety of events including the Purple Pledge Day in February and the Inspiration Awards in March, which is a major fundraiser at The Royal that also celebrates individuals who live with mental health issues. “(The $25 million goal) is based on what we hope the community can support, but also based on the investments we need to really launch our key priorities,� said Steel. For more information on The Royal Health Care Group and upcoming events and initiatives, visit the website at www. theroyal.ca .
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“Running Scared� to rally support for diabetes Halloween will be just a werewolf ’s hair away when more than 125 guys and ghouls pack into River Run Park for “Running Scared�, the first annual fundraiser for the Canadian Diabetes Association. The family-focused walk and run will have plenty of costumes and snacks, but organizers will have a serious message to impart: not all hauntings are supernatural. Bev Clark, who is helping to spearhead the event along with her colleagues at the Jenna Swinwood real estate team, remembers meeting a woman who carried the burden of diabetes for many years. “She had the stomach tube in, she had this monitor on her arm that would give her readings for her blood levels, and she ran marathons,� Clark recalled. Running itself, let alone marathons, is a struggle for a diabetic, she said. “Their blood sugar goes up and down like a yo-yo.� Inspired by that memory many years
later, Clark said holding a fundraiser run seemed like the natural choice. “People don’t realize when you’ve got diabetes, even if you’re not running, you’re running scared, because you never know.� All profits from the event will be donated to the association’s Ottawa Chapter, which will be on hand to help educate participants about the condition. The day is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., with a one-kilometre family walk. At 10 a.m., the five-kilometre run will begin, followed by the 10-kilometre race at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is encouraged to wear costumes. Runners will get a loot bag, with coupons and gifts, as well as prizes for placing and participating. It costs $20 for runners to register for the five- and 10-kilometre races, with a reduced rate of $10 for seniors and students. Families registering in the one-kilometrewalk pay $10. To register, visit www.enjoyyourmove. com, or drop off a form and cheque at Re/ Max Affiliates Realty Ltd., 129 Riocan Ave., Barrhaven.
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Bradley Dolynuk looks dashing in his pilot’s shirt, gold braid on his shoulders and tie neatly knotted. Ottawa’s skyline spreads out below as he holds the yoke and keeps his feet on the pedals. Dolynuk watches as lightning flashes outside the cockpit and his Cessna is tossed up, down and side to side like a small boat licked by heavy seas. The storm gets worse and the
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accessibility of air sickness bags come to mind, so Frank Brzobohaty suggests that Dolynuk change course to 180 degrees. As the plane begins to bank to safety, Brzobohaty presses a magic button and as quickly as it appeared the thunderstorm turns into clear blue skies. The simulation comes to an end. Dolynuk isn’t a pilot just yet. He’s in his first weeks of a new professional pilot flight training program offered through Algonquin College. Brzobohaty is chief flight instructor at Ottawa Aviation Services (OAS), which has offices – and its intriguing flight simulator – near the Ottawa airport. If you have $500,000 to spare, you can own a flight simulator like the OAS model. The made-in-Montreal equipment has two seats, all the controls of a real plane and windows that look onto a wrap-around screen the pilots can see in front of them and through the side windows. The view changes with every touch of the simulator’s controls. Like an Imax movie, the effect can be unsettlingly real. Brzobohaty sits behind the pilot and copilot seats at a computer console, playing God. During each student’s flight he manages their experience with the simulator’s software package. Maybe it will rain. Brzobohaty can whip up fog, clouds or crosswinds with a tap on his keyboard, and if that’s not enough to frazzle you, he can call up a 747 and send it straight at your head. Before Dolynuk finishes his flight, Brzobohaty turns day to night in an instant, and the headlights of cars on Highway 417 twinkle in the distance. He can also play with time, rewinding a scenario or replaying a flight so students can learn from mistakes. Maybe Brzobohaty is enjoying this chance to show off the simulator a little too much. In addition to controlling the time and the weather, he can sabotage the plane itself. “Things can break,” Brzobohaty says of the simulated plane now being landed at Ottawa airport by Dolynuk, who’s probably hoping the wings don’t fall off. Since Dolynuk is only a few weeks into the program, Brzobohaty considers the thunderstorm enough fun for one flight and the simulated Cessna stays in one piece on approach. Out of the cockpit, Dolynuk, 23, has time to talk about his first month in Algonquin’s new program for future pilots. His father is a pilot, flying Boeing 777s and Airbuses for Air Canada. The younger Dolynuk winged his way from his home in Vancouver to attend flight school here in Ottawa, and now lives in Barrhaven. “I looked from coast to coast, from B.C. to Moncton,” he said of his search for his flying education. He says Algonquin has a good reputation, but didn’t know how the equipment would be as good as what he’s already tried out. “Maybe a co-pilot in a turboprop, for Bearskin or Air North,” Dolynuk says of the possibilities. “I might have to work the ramp for a year,” he adds, meaning he could start out
as part of a small airline’s ground crew, fueling planes and loading cargo. “I’m willing to do that and I’m willing to move north,’ he says. Brzobohaty says the Far North and the bush are where most of Canada’s young pilots gain experience after flight school. After 2,000 or so hours of flying time in the country’s wilds, many will be hired by small regional airlines back in the south. If that works out, and their skills grow with the number of flying hours, a pilot can end up handling commercial jets. For now, the curriculum ahead of Dolynuk and his classmates includes acquiring a private pilot’s licence in the next four months. Commercial designation comes in a later term, followed by instrument flight training, so the young pilots can operate at night or in thick fog, when the ground is invisible. The OAS simulator can be configured three different ways, representing three different airplanes. Dolynuk and the other rookies will cut their teeth, flying solo in a simulated Cessna, but by the end of the program will be working in pairs to control the more complex a King Air, a turboprop made by Beechcraft that carries seven or eight passengers. Algonquin College has offered flight training for years as part of the aviation management program, but teaming up with OAS has allowed the college to offer condensed training. In addition to the fast-tracking, the new professional pilot flight training program is designed to produce graduates ready to take a seat in Canada’s commercial cockpits. OAS puts all students – including those from Algonquin – through an assessment before they even step into the simulator. While every incoming student wants to be a pilot, not every one of them will be cut out for the job. The testing digs into each applicant’s verbal reasoning, math skills and ability to multi-task. Personality is another key element, with an emphasis on resilience. “There are 17-hour flights from here to Hong Kong, sitting next to somebody else,” Paillard said. “You can’t have the personality of an amoeba.” In addition to 225 probing questions, the assessment includes a test of eye-hand coordination. If you don’t do well in that part, you might get assigned homework such as hacky sack, video games or rope jumping. If an incoming student scores poorly in any area, OAS gets them remedial training and assigns a member of the training staff who specialized in the subject. “We know if they’re going to make it,” Paillard says. If the assessment works out, it’s on to a familiarization flight with an instructor and then up to 10 hours in the simulator. The professional pilot flight training program at Algonquin College accepts new students every September and May. While tuition fees are about $1,200 per term, the cost of flight time is estimated at $45,000 by the end of the program. For more information visit www.bit.ly/ ACaviationmanagement or email Bruce Dwyer at dwyerb@algonquincollege.com
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City seeks input on waste vision Results of the consultation will be presented to the environment committee on Nov. 15. That will set the stage for a draft of the plan that will come forward in the spring of 2012. It could be put into action by the fall of 2012.
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The city is embarking on a plan to create a 30-year waste strategy, and it wants your input. Every Ottawa resident puts out an average of 360 kilograms of waste each year, and the city is looking at how to deal with that trash, recyclables and organics as it plans for the future. The Trail Road landfill won’t last forever, and the city needs to think ahead, said River Coun, Maria McRae, the chair of the city’s environment committee. “It’s important to have the road map of where we’re going to go,” McRae said. “If we don’t start talking about this today, we’re not going to be prepared for the future.” They city’s manager of solid waste services, Marilyn Journeaux, agreed. “It will provide a lot of clarity and direction as to where we’re going,” she said. “At the end of it, everything is on the table,” McRae added. “There is not one
technology or one way of getting rid of waste that we’re not prepared to listen to.” Some areas residents might tell the city to look at include incineration, recycling Styrofoam, or working with businesses and institutions to strengthen their recycling programs, McRae said. Residents can fill out a survey online at ottawa.ca/talkwaste or attend one of four “waste and recycling fairs” this month. The following consultations will each kick off with a free pancake breakfast at 8 a.m. and run until noon: • Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex • Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Walter Baker Sports Centre • Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre • Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Stittsville Community Centre You can also fill out the question• naire on Sunday, Oct, 23 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Rideau Centre on the second level, in front of Sears.
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Doug and Nancy Foster and their three-year-old son Brady watch in fascination as a model toy train passes by them on a plastic railway track.
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Two-year-old Brady Foster’s eyes widened as Thomas the Train chugged down the tracks, followed shortly afterwards by James the Red Engine and Percy the Small Engine. The Barrhaven boy had only seen the characters before at his home on the popular children’s television show Thomas the Tank Engine. “I like to watch them go,” said Brady, watching the toy trains circle around the track. Brady comes by his fascination for trains honestly as his grandfather was a train engineer for CN Rail from the 1950s to 1970. The Fosters had seen the Thomas the Train display in August during a rail fair held in Smiths Falls. When Brady’s dad, Doug, told him they would visit the annual Railfair held at Algonquin College on Oct. 15 and 16, the boy was immediately excited. “Oh, I hope the Thomas train set is there,” Brady said. Every October, almost 2,000 model rail enthusiasts visit Algonquin College to see the displays of model trains. The rail fair showcases railroad memorabilia, wares on display from local hobby shops, and second-hand equipment on sale. This year’s fair included an O-Train display, complete with a model of South Keys transit station as well as a large coal-fired and steam driven working train model built from scratch by the Ottawa Valley Live Steamers and Model Engineers club.
Rail fairs are great for the adults, but the displays are sometimes set a little high for young children, said Doug. “The height is very hard for the kids,” he said. “You have to pick up the kids.” Exactly, said Chris Vernell, who spent the past two decades building a model train set that would appeal to young children. Every year, Vernell spent about $100 purchasing brass and plastic railway track, Playmobile figurines and Thomas the Train rail cars to put together an eyecatching G-gauge Thomas the Tank Engine set. The Barrhaven man traces his enthusiasm for model trains back to the late 1940s, when he first set eyes on his babysitter’s son’s Lionel train set. Vernell received his very first toy train set at the age of six, and enjoyed playing with trains throughout his youth. He carried his interest in toy trains into adulthood, moving from British model trains to N-gauge trains, a popular set for hobbyists that first appeared in the 1960s and the smallest set available, making them suitable for people with space issues. The name N-gauge refers to the width of the track, which is nine millimetres and has a ratio of 1:148; gauge measures the width of the track and scale compares the difference in size between a model and a full-sized train. Vernell noticed that rail fairs featured a variety of displays with different sizes of trains ranging from O-gauge (with 1.25 inches between the rails) and HO-gauge (half the size of the O-gauge trains). RAIL FAIR, see 13
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But no layouts for small children, he said. “Parents were saying there’s nothing (at rail fair shows) for the children,” said Vernell. “My wife and I said, let’s build something for children to see.” Then Lionel, a train-set manufacturer, came out with the G-gauge series, which featured big trains with 55-millmetre track.
“We bought Thomas and then bought Red James,” said Vernell. Over the past two decades, Vernell has seen a legion of children flock to see his Thomas the Train display at various rail fairs. “Over the years we’ve seen several generations of children,” said Vernell. “The point of this particular railway is for small children and adults who never have forgotten what it’s like to be a child.”
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Morning of free films to aid ailing kids GEOFF DAVIES geoff.davies@metroland.com
Cineplex theatres across the country are hoping free movies and discounted treats will draw crowds on Saturday, Oct. 22, when they will lend the powers of the silver screen to help kids in need. All the proceeds collected on Cineplex’s Community Day will be donated to the Starlight Children’s Foundation, which works to improve the lives of children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses. More than 120 theatres in six provinces – including four in the Ottawa area – will open their doors at 8:30 a.m., offering free movies and a selection of treats for only
a toonie. Barrhaven Cinemas, on Riocan Drive, will be among the participating theatres, with shows beginning at 9 a.m. With films, websites, interactive games and other programs, the Starlight Children’s Foundation aims to entertain and educate children fighting for their lives, helping them to cope with their conditions by better understanding them. Through its wish granting program, the foundation has brightened lives by providing once-in-a-lifetime experiences. The foundation has granted nearly 2,500 wishes since it was founded in 1989. For more information, visit www.cineplex.com/starlight.
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Commuters warned of Prince of Wales tie-ups STAFF Construction work to replace watermains and storm sewers on Prince of Wales Drive between Normandy Crescent and Fisher Avenue is scheduled to begin on Oct. 17. One lane of through-traffic in each direction will remain open at all times but construction will frequently interrupt traffic heading southbound. Lanes will
be narrow and cyclists will be required to use the vehicle lane. Slow moving traffic and delays are expected throughout the day and drivers are asked to consider alternate routes. When construction approaches either the Normandy Crescent or Fisher Avenue intersections, the turning lanes will be impacted. Signs will provide advance warning of these restrictions.
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Algonquin College kicked off their annual United Way campaign with kudos for being number one in the education sector last year. United Way president Michael Allen presented the college with an award for raising $120,000 last year. The campaign this year has a total goal of $90,000 for all three of the college’s campus, with a separate goal for the students set at $5,000. Max Keeping, who is chair of the 2011 United Way campaign, called Algonquin one of the most progressive campuses in the country. “You’re beautiful,” he said. “And your respect and caring for others in the community ties in with what we do at United Way.” Keeping used the example of a single parent on assistance who only gets enough in assistance to pay for rent and food as an example of the type of person that the United Way seeks to help. “You don’t have to go very far from Algonquin to find someone hurting,” he said.
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“Missy Piggy” belts out a verse from Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen as part of the air band Gas Tones. The band performed during the launch of Algonquin College’s launch of their annual United Way campaign on Oct. 14. The city-wide goal for this year’s United Way campaign is $33.5 million, the most ambitious target in the organiza-
tion’s history. Last year, the campaign raised $33.2 million. Allen said because Ottawa
lacks a large corporate donor base like cities such as Toronto or Vancouver, each donor must count.
“If you live in Ottawa you are three times more likely to donate to United Way than if you live in Montreal and six times as likely as someone in Vancouver,” he said. He said Algonquin is an example of leadership in the community. “You really put the fun in fundraising,” he said. The students at Algonquin recently donated their time to a Year2Give initiative painting and beautifying five Ottawa Community Housing communities. The Saturday activity was oversubscribed by students who wanted to participate. “All of us at the college should be proud of what we do here everyday and the inroads we make in the community,” Algonquin president Bob Gillet said. “Let’s go.” The annual campaign is kicked off by a breakfast and air band competition, with each “band” raising money for the campaign. The top numbers came from a band that was a mix of students and faculty, who dressed in Muppet costume and sang a rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody. The group raised $260.
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DAN PLOUFFE When the Pan American Games kicked off last Friday, Oct. 14 in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sultana Frizell was again not there for the start of a major event in her sport. But this time, it was only because the Ottawa Lions women’s hammer thrower’s competition comes later on the Pan Am program, falling on her birthday, Oct. 24, so there was no need to arrive too far in advance. Earlier this season, however, Frizell missed out on the most important event before the 2012 London Olympics when she had to watch the Aug. 27-Sept. 4 IAAF world athletics championships from home. “It was heartbreaking for me,” Frizell says. “For about a week, I was walking around like someone had kicked my puppy.” The 27-year-old thought she had achieved the qualifying standard required to compete in the worlds, but she discovered at the last moment that her throw that covered the necessary distance had come just before the official qualification period opened. With barely a week before the qualifying window closed, and experiencing some major struggles with her form at the time, Frizell couldn’t pull off the standard in a last-ditch attempt. It was tough to watch the competitors she knows so well competing on an Internet feed early in the morning instead of standing beside them in South Korea, but eventually it caused her to return to training with renewed fire. And one day – after struggling for nearly a full year to get back into the kind of shape that saw her finish in the top-10 at the 2009 world championships – it suddenly clicked again when her Ukrainian coach said the word “around” and a single throw pointed her back on the right track. The former University of Georgia athlete has been throwing good distances with her heavier training equipment in practice, and is excited to see what will happen once she fires the four-kilogram ball at the Pan Am Games. It won’t be an easy task up against five more of the world’s top-20 ranked hammer throwers in the Pan Am region, but the goal, she says, is to win a medal. Frizell, along with shot put world silver medalist Dylan Armstrong, is one of a very small number of top Canadian trackand-field athletes competing in Mexico since most felt the Pan Ams – which are being held about two months later than usual in steamy Guadalajara – would interfere with their preparation for the London Olympics next summer. “I’ve heard that runners like to do their ‘base training’ in the winter, so I guess for them I understand why they’d miss it,” says Frizell, who tries not to think much about the Olympics because it can distract from the every-day goals required to be in top form. “I’m not too sure exactly what base training means, I think they run up hills a whole bunch or something, but I’m a thrower – there’s no way in hell
I’m running up hills, so Pan Am Games is no problem for me.” Frizell, who now lives at the national team’s throws centre in Kamloops, B.C., a city that reminds her of Perth with a friendly country vibe to it, looks at the Pan Am Games as a good opportunity to get some more experience in a multi-sport setting. The fourth-place finisher from the 2007 Pan Am Games remembers having intestinal problems owing to the local food while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, so she plans to pack plenty of her own food this time. “I’m really excited for the Pan Ams,” says Frizell, who’s looking forward to seeing an old friend of hers from Perth, judoka Nicholas Tritton, and hopes to celebrate a medal win along with her birthday after the competition. LOADS OF OTTAWA ATHLETES HEAD TO GDL Canada is sending a young team to the Pan Am Games, the world’s largest multisport event of the 2011 with around 6,000 athletes from 42 countries competing in 36 sports, and representatives from the nation’s capital reflect that overall picture. Roughly 60 per cent of the athletes from the Ottawa area are age 22 or younger, including seven that are under 19. Former Nepean-Corona gymnast Talia Chiarelli, whose family now lives in Boston since her father Peter is general manager of the Boston Bruins, is the youngest of the group at age 16, and represents another one of the region’s best medal bets along with Frizell. The Canadian artistic gymnastics team is fresh off an 11th-place result at the world championships in Tokyo and will look to improve on their bronze medal performance from the 2007 Pan Ams. The oldest Canadian competitor at age 64 is equestrian show jumping legend Ian Millar of Perth, who owns three gold, four silver and two bronze medals from previous Pan Am Games, dating back to the 1979 Games in Puerto Rico. Other notable medal contenders from the region include John Conway and Aaron Feltham of the Canadian men’s water polo team, Rideau Canoe Club members Kristin Gauthier and Gabriel Beauchesne-Sevigny in canoe-kayak, Ottawa Fury players Rachelle Beanlands and Christina Julien of the Canadian women’s soccer team, and the Ottawa Excalibur’s Sherraine Schalm in fencing. Other local athletes competing at the Pan Am Games include Michael Robertson (athletics), Ashton Baumann (swimming), Karyn Jewell (swimming), Stephan Wojcikiewicz (badminton), Chris Bisson (baseball), Tyson Hinz (basketball), Cole Hobin (basketball), Phil Scrubb (basketball), Kellie Ring (basketball), Kadie Riverin (basketball), Jill Henselwood (equestrian), Selena O’Hanlon (equestrian), Kelleigh Ryan (fencing), Mo Zhang (table tennis), Pradeeban Peter-Paul (table tennis), Pierre-Luc Hinse (table tennis), Pierre-Luc Thériault (table tennis), Gabriela Dabrowski (tennis), Samantha Cornett (squash) and Melanie McCann (modern pentathlon).
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Ottawa Lions hammer-thrower Sultana Frizell is looking to the Pan Am Games to put her Olympic aspirations back on track.
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Lennox Sterling tournament STAFF When the amount of proceeds going to Friends of Hospice Ottawa (FOHO) from the first annual Lennox Sterling Memorial “Holes for Hospice” Golf Tournament on Thursday, Sept. 15 was announced, it brought the assembled crowd of golfers and dinner guests to their feet for a standing ovation. The giant cheque presented said it all: $42,500 had been raised. It was indeed a fitting tribute to the late Lennox Sterling of Richmond who just a year ago to the day had entered hospice care, a final step in his losing battle with cancer. But it was this exposure to hospice care and how it made the final days for both Lennox and his family so much more meaningful and memorable that prompted his wife Kathleen to become involved with FOHO, first as a volunteer and now as a member of its Board of Directors. And so, an organizing committee, cochaired by Kathleen Sterling and Ian McLaren and involving many of Sterling’s friends in the community, was formed and six months later the first annual Lennox Sterling Memorial “Holes for Hospice” Golf Tournament took place at the Loch March Golf Club in rural Kanata. The day turned out sunny, with blue skies overhead, a perfect setting as almost a full contingent of golfers took to
the course in a noontime shotgun start for an afternoon of golf. A classy blue car from Myers Chev was on display at the second hole, ready to be driven home by any golfer scoring a hole in one on the par three. No golfer aced the hole but everyone had a chance. Another par three gave golfers a chance to hit the tee shot with hockey gloves on, with the goal of trying to hit the green which sat beyond an inviting water hazard. And then there was the poker rally, with golfers picking up playing cards at certain locations around the course, with the winning hand turning out to be five aces. Representing FOHO in the tournament was the threesome of FOHO Board members Linda Schumacher, Frank Argue and John Curry, all of Stittsville. At the tournament windup FOHO executive director Kathy Logsdail-Downer, gave a brief rundown of the services provided by Friends of Hospice Ottawa, ranging from two day hospices to home care to bereavement support to transportation and shopping help. All of these services are provided free of charge to clients. She said that FOHO tries to do whatever it can to help those suffering from life threatening illnesses to remain in their homes. Ms. Downer told how FOHO is working towards establishing a permanent hospice bed facility in western Ottawa which she called the missing piece of
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Turning over a giant cheque for $45,900, proceeds from the recent first annual Lennox Sterling Memorial Golf Tournament, to Kathy Logsdail-Downer, executive director of Friends of Hospice Ottawa, are tournament co-chairs Kathleen Sterling, left, and Ian McLaren, right. the puzzle involving the full spectrum of hospice care. She said that an ongoing capital fundraising campaign for such a facility has raised $400,000 to date. The funds raised by the golf tournament are going to this capital campaign.
The final amount raised turned out to be $45,900. The date for next year’s second annual Lennox Sterling memorial “Hopes for Hospice” Golf Tournament will be staged on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.
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Our Community Calendar is offered as a free service to local non-profit organizations. We reserve the right to edit entries for space and time considerations. E-mail your events to news@yourottawasouth.com or news@ yourbarrhaven.com. Deadline is Monday 9 a.m.
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• OCT. 28 The first Greely Pathfinders are hosting a youth dance at the Greely Community Centre from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Cost is $5. For more information email greelyguides@gmail.com
• UNTIL OCT. 31 Chills for CHEO haunted house has returned to raise the event from the dead and establish a permanent entertainment venue at Funhaven on Baxter Road.
• OCT. 30 Greening Your Budget and Sustainable Finances workshop facilitated by Kristina Inrig at Barrhaven United Church, 3013 Jockvale Rd,, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Suggested donation of $5 to cover presentation costs. Info at www.barrhavenunited.org
• NOV. 3 ‘The Nepean Seniors Curling Club, at the Sportsplex (south entrance), invites those 55 plus to come out and try curling, a natural and economical winter activity. Open house from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Free instruction, free use of equipment, free refreshments. For more information email dgoff@rogers.com or call the Nepean Seniors Recreation Centre at 613580-2828, ext. 2.
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The Barrhaven United Church is hosting a Christmas Bazaar from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 3013 Jockvale Road. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free Admission and Parking. For more information call: 613-8251707 or visit www.barrhavenunited.org
Villa Marconi craft and bake sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1026 Baseline Rd. Funds raised will be donated to the residence’s residents’ council. To rent a table and sell baked goods or crafts, please call Antonietta at 613-7276201, ext. 6660.
• NOV. 12 AND 13 Friends of the Farm are hosting a craft and bake sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with free admission. Great selection plus baked goods. Building 72, at the Central Experimental Farm, east off Prince of Wales roundabout. For information call 613-230-3276, or visit www.friendsofthefarm.ca
• NOV. 17 TO 20 Nepean Ravens Host 24th Annual Ringette Tournament with 110 teams from across Canada at arenas across Nepean and Ottawa. Walter Baker and Nepean Sportsplex will act as home base arenas. Parents: consider bringing your daughter to check it out and introduce her to what will likely become her new passion. Visit www.nepeanringette.ca for details.
• NOV. 19 Asian dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Trinity United Church, Main Street in Kars. Adults are $12, children under 12 are $6, and a family rate is available. Advance ticket sales only at
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• NOV. 26 Vendors Wanted for Craft Fair: St. Martin de Porres school in Kanata is holding their annual Christmas Craft Sale. We are looking for new and creative vendors to make this year another success. The show is from 9 am to 3 pm. Cost: $30.00 for space approximately 8ft. x 8ft. Please email stmartincraftfair@yahoo. ca or call the school at 613-836-4754 for more details.
Thursday evenings starting in September. Visit www.barrhavencommunityconcertband.com for details.
• ONGOING The 2001st Nepean Rangers are currently accepting craft vendors to participate in A Window on Christmas craft sale at Walter Baker Sports Centre on Sat. Dec 3, from 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Tables cost $40. Please contact Cathy at 613-823-9012 for more info.
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• ONGOING Behind the scenes or in the forefront, you can make a difference in the lives of seniors in your community. Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) has current volunteer opportunities that are created with volunteer flexibility in mind. The centre provides training and orientation. To become a volunteer, please call Bev Johnston at 613-692-4697.
• ONGOING Workshops will be held in Riverside South, to teach volunteers how to cut the outer milk bags from the four-litre packages, and crochet them into sleeping mats for needy families around the world. Using the milk bags for this purpose is keeping them out of our landfills, making this iniative a win-win for all. Even if you do not know how to crochet, you can participate and learn this simple project. Students can earn volunteer hours by helping with the cutting of the bags. For information contact: crochetmats@rogers.com
Ladies! Canadian Federation of University Women / Nepean has interest groups, and monthly (Sept. to May ) Tuesday afternoon meetings with guest speakers. Register on September 13th at 1:00 P.M. at Knox United Church, 25 Gibbard Ave. (vicinity Greenbank and Hunt Club Road). Call 613-591-0136
• ONGOING Free tryouts of nordic pole walking with certified instructors. Please register ahead by calling 613-695-1990 and the date, time and place will be confirmed. Poles are available for purchase if desired after the training. We also have a series of four classes for $35 to work on perfecting your nordic pole walking technique by trying various terrains and learning a variety of pole exercises.
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