Glebe Report February 2015

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Serving the Glebe community since 1973 www.glebereport.ca ISSN 0702-7796 Issue no. 467 FREE

Vol. 43 No. 2

PHOTO: eric chernoff

February 13, 2015

Jamie Chernoff, the next “Great One,” races for the puck on the Glebe Memorial Rink on Glendale Avenue.

Glebe Memorial Rink on Glendale – 60 years of family ice time Glebe Memorial Rink is situated at the west end of Glendale Avenue just south of the 417. It has been the outdoor skating rink for many families in the Glebe for over 60 years. With no boards, it is the perfect place to play pick-up shinny or to learn to skate. In 1979, Glebe Memorial evolved into a communityrun skating rink. Since then, over 20 dads and moms have been volunteering every year as “Rink Rats,” flooding, shovelling and supervising the skating. As part of the City of Ottawa’s Parks and Recreation Outdoor Rinks initiative, the City supplies and

maintains the cozy shack and provides access to a subterranean water source so that the experienced Glebe Rink Rats can provide a state-of-the-art skating surface year after year. As always, new dads and moms are welcome to join the Rink Rat team. If you are interested and have some energy, please call Dudleigh Coyle at 613233-2500 or Randy Freda at 613-235-4450. The Glebe Memorial Rink is one of several outdoor rinks available to Glebites. The St. James Tennis Club / Glebe Community Centre rink located

MARK YOUR CALENDARS Feb. 9–Mar. 1 Feb. 14 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 Feb. 25 Mar. 5 Mar. 8 Mar. 14 Mar. 26–29

“Four Legs Good ... II” art exhibit, GCC Art Gallery Family Community Skating Party GNAG/St. James outdoor rink, 2–4 p.m. Citizens Academy Topical Talk by Judith Maxwell Abbotsford House, 10 a.m. GCA meeting, GCC, 7 p.m. “Hopewell School Bands Showcase” Southminster United Church, noon GCA community audit of Bronson Ave. GNAG registration for spring/summer programs www.gnag.ca, 7 p.m. GCA community consultation, GCC, 2–5 p.m. Great Bowls of Fire Ottawa Food Bank fundraiser GCC, 5–8 p.m. Oliver, the Musical, Main Hall, GCC

Real Estate is featured in the March issue of the Glebe Report

on top of the St. James tennis courts is operated by the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group (GNAG) and the City. It is open for free skate, shinny, family skate and “learn to skate” programs. Check out the skaters on the live-action “rink cam” on the GNAG website at www.gnag.ca. We now also have the Lansdowne Skating Court, an outdoor refrigerated rink with boards, and of course, BeaverTails, as well as the unofficial skating pond on Brown’s Inlet, and one of the longest skating surfaces in the world, the Rideau Canal.

WHAT’S INSIDE Abbotsford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

GNAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6

Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 30

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13–15

Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16–18

Memoirs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 19

MPP’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Councillor’s Report . . . . . . . . . 32

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23

Environment . . . . . . . . . . . 28–29

Romance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34–36

GCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Glebous & Comicus.. . . . . . . . . 24

Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–21

next issue: Friday, March 13, 2015 EDITORIAL DEADLINE: Friday, February 20, 2015 ADVERTISING DEADLINE: Wednesday, February 25, 2015

A home is the biggest investment most people make. It’s also your castle … it’s where you hang your hat … it’s where the heart is. So … don’t you want to get it right? Look for a special feature on the Glebe real estate scene in the March Glebe Report.


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