Glebe Report May 2014

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Vol. 42 No. 5

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May 9, 2014

When the park waters beckon

Central Park West in late April

The spring of 2014 has certainly not been the first time that snow melt and seasonal rains have conspired to make Central Park West look like a reflecting pool. However, it has been observed that this is the first year that the water levels remained high for so long.

Not surprisingly, the appearance of a small lake, however impermanent, in the mid-

dle of the Glebe inspired more interest in the park than usual. Some observers were moved to document its transformation, taking photos of its changing dimensions and the appearance of waterfowl. Others sought signs of organisms in the brackish water as if at the edge of a true pond, while a few enthusiastic souls, discovery bound, took to kayaks to ply the waters – clearly a short-lived but memorable springtime adventure.

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WHAT’S INSIDE

May 10 Ottawa Bach Choir Prélude-Europe 2014, St. Matthew’s Church, 8 p.m.

May 14 An Evening with Mary Walsh & Friends, St. Elias Centre, 7 p.m.

May 15 GCA Traffic Ct Bronson Ave.visioning workshop, GCC, 7 p.m.

May 15 Perennial Exchange, GCC, 6:30 p.m.

May 16 Canterbury Dance Night: When Words Don’t Suffice

Canterbury High School, 7:30 p.m.

May 24 Great Glebe Garage Sale May 27 GCA monthly meeting, GCC, 7 p.m.

May 29 Lobster Kitchen Party, GCC, 6:30 p.m.

May 30 G Factor youth talent show, GCC, 7 p.m.

May 31 BioBlitz, Brown’s Inlet, early morning June 9 Glebe Report Annual General Meeting, GCC, 7 p.m.

June 10 GCA Annual General Meeting, GCC, 7 p.m.

June 17 GCA Traffic Ct. “Getting Ready for Lansdowne”, GCC, 7 p.m.

Great Glebe Garage Sale May 24

Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,26 Books, Poetry . . . . . . . . . 37-40 Business . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,20 Community . . . . 2,3,15,18,33,34 Councillor’s Report . . . . . . . 16 Culturescape . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . 12,21-24 Film, Music . . . . . . . . . . 28,29 GCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,11

Glebous & Comicus . . . . . . . 30 Glebe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,9 GNAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Grapevine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Grandparents . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,5 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MPP’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,36 Viewpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Join Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Global day of awareness

By Jennifer Chang COOKING WITH KIDS

Food Revolution (FR) day is an annual day of awareness launched by chef and healthy food campaigner Jamie Oliver. It aims to raise the profile of food education as a key to transforming the lives of millions of people around the world. This year, the main focus is to get as many children as possible excited about food and cooking, while inspiring others to do the same.

Come and join the Ottawa Farmers’ Market and me, Ottawa’s Food Ambassador for the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation (JOFF), as we spread the message about the Food Revolution on Sunday, May 18. The Ottawa Farmers’ Market is the perfect venue for FR Day. Everything we need is there – fresh vegetables, fruit, meat, cheese and other prepared products. Best of all, they’re local and you can talk directly to the farmers and artisans who produce everything.

Cooking skills are no longer passed down from generation to generation in the way they used to be. As a result, we eat more convenience and processed foods than ever before, having lost our connection with what real, wholesome food is. We need a Food Revolution.

Worldwide, according to the Jamie

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Jennifer Chang’s daughter with fresh vegetables galore

Fresh market produce makes for nutritious and delicious foods in summer.

Oliver Food Foundation, obesity has more than doubled for adults and tripled for children over the past three decades. For the first time in history, there are over one billion people who are overweight or obese, including 43 million children under five years old. This problem is one of the leading risks for chronic disease. But the good news, as we can learn from the Food Revolution, is that the negative effects of a poor diet are reversible and preventable.

We need to get back to basics and take a stand! One key is for children and adults to be conscious of making healthy and balanced choices. Children who learn to appreciate, cook and even grow real food will likely keep these as lifelong habits. JOFF states that kids who eat nutritious meals have improved academic scores and reduced school absences. Those who learn to cook are more likely to make better food choices, have better diets and lead healthier lives.

Close to home, people always tell us how lucky we are that our daughters are such healthy eaters. They eat a wide variety of foods, love going to the market and choosing their veggies.

Preparing and cooking food from the market or from their garden is a fun

activity and gives them a sense of pr ide. T hey enjoy eating and sharing what they had a hand in bringing to the table.

Anyone can support FR at any time.

For example, have your own food revolution by downloading a new recipe, stopping by your farmers’ market for local ingredients or getting into the kitchen!

“I’m so grateful to the Ottawa Farmers’ Market for their hard work in making Food Revolution Day such a success. This year we’re focusing on children to get them into cooking at a young age. Every Food Revolution Day event is important so I hope the market gets loads of local support,” says Jamie.

Join us at the market on May 18 and have your children participate in a hands-on cooking lesson. Come and see what’s fresh so far this season and watch while your children prepare a meal from scratch. With more than a hundred vendors of locally grown produce, meat, cheese, eggs and artisanal food, the Ottawa Farmers’ Market is an ideal location to get inspired by

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good, whole foods and to share the Food Revolution’s message.

Let’s get kids excited about food!

Visit www.foodrevolutionday.com for more ideas on how you can take part. For more information, send an email to ottawafoodrevolution@gmail.com.

For information on the Ottawa Farmers’ Market, visit their website at www.ottawafarmersmarket.ca and follow them on Twitter and Facebook @OttawaFarmMkt. Cooking with Kids!

Sunday, May 18 Ottawa Farmers’ Market Brewer Park 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Jennifer Chang volunteers for the Food Revolution as a Food Ambassador, to further the mission of the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation. It is her and her two daughters’ way of expressing their love of rel food. She decided to join the movement because of her desire to spread the message that cooking dinner with good ingredients from scratch (even after work!) can be simple.

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June 2012 – Sylvia Holden Park. Carol MacLeod (centre) with other Garden Angels dig up perennials for transplanting to other gardens.

As a volunteer at the Experimental Farm, Carol MacLeod has spent countless hours tending to irises.

“What I’d like to do is make it an old-fashioned garden that suits the house.”

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–Carol MacLeod, the ‘Green Thumb’ of Abbotsford

Garden beds with their transplanted flowers grace both sides of the walkway at Abbotsford.

Abbotsford garden adjoining Monk Street.

The ‘Green Thumb’ of Abbotsford

By Julie Ireton

Carol MacLeod gives a simple reason for her love of gardening: “It’s a lot better than cleaning your house,” said MacLeod. She has been tending public gardens around the Glebe for decades – including planting and maintaining the former Sylvia Holden Park at the corner of Bank and Holmwood streets. When that park was dismantled to make way for new condos and townhomes at Lansdowne Park, MacLeod shuttled some of the perennials across Bank Street to Abbotsford at the Glebe Centre.

Now, MacLeod is set to lend her green thumb to the gardens all around that old stone farmhouse.

“What I’d like to do is make it an old-fashioned garden that suits the house,” said MacLeod, who’s also a senior centre member. “I can see hollyhocks and other plants people may have had in their gardens for a long time, so we have garden memories of the community there.”

The current transplants include Siberian irises, peonies and daisies.

But MacLeod is interested in taking shoots, tubers and full plants from other older gardens in the neighbourhood, such as phlox or late-summer daisies. “For instance, I have an old rose in my garden that came from the old Congregational Church on Fourth Avenue. It’s old-fashioned, sweetly scented. I’ll be taking shoots over to Abbotsford.”

And while MacLeod has ideas for the flora, she also wants to attract the fauna too. Her idea is to encourage a butterfly garden on the Monk Street side of the old house. “There’s already some milkweed, goldenrod, rudbeckia. I’d like to get rid of the grass altogether,” she said. “People from The Glebe Centre walk by and see plants they recognize. A lot of people say they enjoy the garden.”

MacLeod is also going to do what she can to rehabilitate the garden along Bank Street, originally planted by the City of Ottawa. She plans to replant some catmint, oat grass and barberry shrubs this season.

This volunteer will have her work cut out for her. “There’s Virginia creeper that grows a bit too thick at the front and the hostas need to be divided,” said MacLeod, listing the tasks ahead. And she hasn’t even mentioned the weeding. Abbotsford Member’s Council is giving MacLeod $200 from the senior centre’s tea and coffee sales to help buy some seeds, plants and mulch to keep those weeds down.

MacLeod welcomes any donated plants from around the neighbourhood, and she says she’ll even come over and dig them up herself. If you have something to donate, call Abbotsford at The Glebe Centre at 613-230-5730.

Julie Ireton is a journalist who unearths stories on Abbotsford and shares them with members of the community.

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Cholesterol and your health

By Dr. Sharin Mithani

High cholesterol, or hypercholesterolemia, is defined as higher than normal levels of cholesterol in the blood. Cholesterol travels through the blood while bound to proteins and is subsequently known as a lipoprotein. There are different types of cholesterol, with the two main types being: low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL).

LDL cholesterol is known as the “bad cholesterol” as it has a tendency to be deposited within the walls of blood vessels, reducing blood flow.

HDL cholesterol is known as the “good cholesterol” as it moves cholesterol out of the blood and into the liver. Typically, LDL levels exceeding 5.18 mmol/L are considered high, although this threshold may vary depending on individual risk factors.

Accordingly, your family physician is the best authority to diagnose and manage high cholesterol (Anderson et al, 2012).

FUNCTIONS IN THE BODY

Cholesterol has important functions in the body, so a basal level in the blood is essential. For instance, cholesterol is used to produce steroid hormones such as estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. Cholesterol is also used to produce the stress hormone cortisol and a salt-andwater regulating hormone known as aldosterone. Cholesterol is also a precursor to bile, a substance made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder, that is subsequently released into the gut to aid in digesting fatty foods.

Furthermore, bile is also necessary to absorb fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K from the gut. Cholesterol has absolutely critical roles in the healthy functioning of our bodies; fortunately, we are able to produce a sufficient quantity of cholesterol to perform these vital functions (Javitt,1994).

ELEVATED CHOLESTEROL

Elevated cholesterol levels can cause cardiovascular disease among other systemic ailments. “Bad” LDL can cause atherosclerosis, or fatty plaques, to develop within blood vessels. These plaques can grow and eventually rupture, causing a complete blockage of the blood vessel. Depending on the location of the blockage, the organ downstream of the blockage is deprived of vital oxygen carried by blood cells; this leads to cell death of the organ and whole organ damage. Some organs that can be affected include the heart, the brain, both eyes and the kidneys. When damage is inflicted on the heart, it is termed myocardial infarction, or heart attack, whereas damage endured by the brain is termed a cerebrovascular accident, or stroke. Additional risk factors for cardiovascular disease stemming from high cholesterol levels include having diabetes or hypertension, being overweight, smoking, living a sedentary lifestyle, alcohol use and a family history of cardiovascular disease (Ross, 1993).

LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS

Lifestyle modifications reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease from hypertension, diabetes and high chol-

esterol. Such modifications include exercise, a healthy diet and smoking cessation. An effective weekly goal for adults is moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise of 150 minutes, at least 10 minutes at a time. Additionally, strength training at least two days per week has been shown to be beneficial. Weight loss in people who are overweight is also critical in reducing cardiovascular disease. Diet modifications include reducing the consumption of foods high in saturated fats and cholesterol such as butter, whole milk products, baked goods and high fat meats. On the other hand, increasing the consumption of high-fibre foods such as fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains help prevent excessive absorption of cholesterol. Cholesterol intake should be limited to less than 200 milligrams per day. The recommended daily fibre intake is approximately 25 grams for women and 38 grams for men. Finally, quitting smoking is among the most important and influential lifestyle changes linked to decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease (Anderson et al, 2012).

MEDICATIONS

Medications may also be used effectively to lower cholesterol. LDL level targets differ, based on one’s cardiovascular risk. For most individuals, the LDL target is less than 3.4 mmol/L; however, in those with more risk factors for cardiovascular disease, the LDL target is more stringent at less than 2.6 mmol/L. First-line treatment drugs are known as statins and they work by blocking an enzyme in the body that synthesizes cholesterol, which helps counteract the excessive

amount consumed through one’s diet.

Furthermore, the anti-inflammatory effect of statins on plaques in blood vessels significantly reduces cardiovascular risk. Your family physician is best able to determine whether you would benefit from a statin for hypercholesterolemia based on LDL cholesterol levels and your own unique risk factors for heart disease.

Hypercholesterolemia typically has no symptoms associated with it, so it is important to continue therapeutic, diet and exercise regimens as recommended by your family physician, even though you may feel fine (Rosenson, 2004).

REFERENCES

Javitt NB. (December 1994). “Bile acid synthesis from cholesterol: regulatory and auxiliary pathways,” FASEB J. 8 (15): 1308–11.

Ross R. “The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: a perspective for the 1990s,” Nature 1993; 362:801.

Anderson et al. (2012). “2012 Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dyslipidemia for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the Adult.”

Retrieved from Canadian Journal of Cardiology: http://www.onlinecjc. ca/article/S0828-282X(12)01510-3/ fulltext#sec1 Rosenson RS. “Statins in atherosclerosis: lipid-lowering agents with antioxidant capabilities,” Atherosclerosis 2004; 173:1.

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By Michelle Lahey

Do you feel overwhelmed when dealing with the healthcare system? Does going to see your doctor or specialist stress you out because you don’t know what to ask or you don’t understand everything they tell you? If so, you are not alone. Every day Canadians are stressed because of the challenges they face when trying to navigate the healthcare system.

Here are five tips that can help you deal with some of those challenges.

Be prepared

Write down questions that you want to ask before you go to your appointment.

If seeing a specialist, ask your family practitioner for a copy of the referral letter, pertinent lab reports etc. that the specialist will need. There is nothing worse than getting to a specialist’s office and discovering they don’t have the information they need to be able to help you.

Bring a list of all your medications to each medical appointment as well as to the emergency department.

You can get this from your pharmacy.

Know why you are at an appointment. If the specialist hasn’t received the “consult letter” from your family practitioner and you aren’t exactly sure why you are there, you won’t get the answers you need.

This will result in a visit that leaves you frustrated and no further ahead in your treatment plan.

Follow up

If you were told that you would be called for follow-up and you haven’t heard anything in a month, call back to make sure that your information hasn’t been forgotten or misplaced.

No news does not always mean good news. No news is, quite simply, no news.

For example if you have a blood test and don’t hear back from your practitioner about the result, don’t assume that everything is OK. Of course, if your practitioner sees that you have an abnormal result, they will call you to discuss this. However,

sometimes things may be missed or overlooked. The result could mistakenly go into the wrong file, or it may be filed without your practitioner seeing it.

There are steps in place to prevent these errors, but things can fall through the cracks and, if they do, it could be your health that is affected. Follow up and you can prevent this from happening to you.

Wait times

Ask if there is a cancellation list. If so, put your name on that list.

Make sure the person booking the appointments has the best contact information for you.

If you need to cancel an appointment, don’t wait until the last minute. No-shows and last-minute cancellations waste hours of appointment times per week, thereby making wait lists even longer.

Some people don’t want to have surgery at certain times such as summer or Christmas. If you are available during these times, you may be seen sooner.

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of the stress at an already difficult time, making, one hopes, for a more pleasant healthcare experience.

Michelle Lahey is the founder and owner of Help with Healthcare: Advocacy Services for Canadians Inc. She has more than 25 years’ experience in healthcare. She can be reached at 613-222-9996 or info@helpwithhealthcare.ca.

Tips for Navigating the Healthcare System

1. Be prepared 2. Follow up 3. Manage wait times 4. Take somebody to your appointment 5. Have a plan in place before you leave your medical appointment

Take somebody to your appointment with you

Taking somebody with a medical background would be ideal, but taking anybody you trust is better than going alone. Having somebody with you can make the situation less stressful.

Ask him or her to take notes so that you can review what was said after you leave your appointment.

Have a plan in place before you leave your appointment

Are there changes in your treatment? Are there changes in your medications?

Do you need a follow-up appointment? Who will book that appointment? When?

If you are in the hospital and need to see a specialist, can you see them before discharge? If you are being discharged from hospital, do you need home care? Do you need special equipment?

Having a plan in place keeps you informed and makes you an active participant in your healthcare.

Using these tips when faced with the challenges of navigating the healthcare system can alleviate some

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Guidelines for Submissions

A view of the south face of W.E. Noffke’s Ambassador Court Apartments (1928) reflected in the surface waters of Central Park West. This spring has lent new meaning to the term “water park.”

Notes from the Board The Glebe Report Association board received applications from several excellent candidates for the editorship of the Glebe Report. The new editor will be Liz McKeen who assumes responsibility from the end of June.

The quality of responses proves the effectiveness of advertising in this paper and it demonstrates just how much talent we have in the community.

The AGM of the Glebe Report Association will be Monday June 9.

To respond to new legislation for notfor-profit corporations, members will be asked to approve changes to the corporate by-laws. Anyone living or working in the Glebe with an interest in the Glebe Report is eligible to become a member. New members of the association are welcome – send me a brief message atrbrock0564@ rogers.com or phone at 613-236-9128.

Bob Brocklebank, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Glebe Report Association

Moving forward

Some of you may recall that in the November 2013 issue, I announced that I would be completing my editorship with the Glebe Report in June of 2014.

I am pleased that the Board has chosen a well-qualified individual who is well grounded in the community, aware both of the need for continuity and for change and is well prepared to undertake the challenges of the position.

In next month’s issue, readers will have the opportunity to learn more about the new editor in print. However, for those who might want to meet the new editor in person, please be sure to stop by on the day of the Great Glebe Garage Sale, May 24, at the Glebe Report information table at the Glebe Community Centre from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to chat with Liz McKeen, Web editor, Elizabeth Chiang, and myself. You will be able to find out more about how you can join the Glebe Report news team as a writer, photographer or artist. This is your community paper and your input is important to its success in representing the vast array of perspectives and interests of the people

who live and work in the Glebe.

In this month’s issue, you may note several articles that reflect a growing willingness among residents to commit time, skills and resources to initiatives that will make our community more ecologically sustainable. Not only is the plan to revitalize Brown’s Inlet, for example, a cause for optimism, but it is particularly gratifying to witness the progress and joint leadership shown by the Glebe Community Association and Glebe Community Network of Ecology Ottawa in advancing the goals of the planting program of Tree Ottawa by organizing an initiative in the Glebe. I am particularly pleased that the Glebe Report could help publish the “Green Up the Glebe” tree guide.

Based on consideration of local planting conditions and objectives, it can both inform and be of practical assistance to readers when it comes time for them to make choices about planting on either private or public properties.

These decisions will provide community benefits for generations to come. So I encourage you to make the insert a “keeper” and help replenish the urban forest.

Julie Houle Cezer

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Contributors this issue

Kathy Ablett Naomi Adam-Johnston Seema Akhtar Anna Baccin Bhat Boy Nicole Bayes-Fleming Taline Bedrossian Micheline Boyle Gillian Canpbell Faye Carter Jennifer Chang David Chernushenko Stan Currie John Dance Roberta Driscoll Shannon Dunne Lenore Fahrig Adelle Farrelly Al Foubert Bobby Galbreath Abigail Gossage Pat Goyeche Paul Green Julie Houle Cezer Julie Ireton Will E. Jessup Olivia Johnston Art Kaplan-Myrth

Cindy Kirk Michelle Lahey Phil Legault Lorrie Loewen Laurie Maclean Carol MacLeod Eric J. Martin Christine McAllister Ian McKercher Dr. Sharin Mithani James Morden Margret B. Nankivell Yasir Naqvi Ken Parlee Sarah Phillips Jeanette Rive Molly S. Sherry S. Clyde Sanger Lois Siegel Tara Simpson JC Sulzenko Ildiko Sumegi Tracy Tong Catherine Waters Lars Wessman Sarah Williams Zeus

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One of three small, ineffective signs posted now – there should be four, but one is missing.

Pretoria Bridge unsafe for pedestrians Editor, Glebe Report My wife and I walk, run and ride our bikes across the Pretoria Bridge quite often. Living in the shadow of Immaculata High School, it’s our main link to the Glebe and downtown core. As we’re all now getting our deserved spring weather and heading outdoors, Pretoria Bridge is becom-

ing quite unsafe if you’re a pedestrian (walking or running).

Cyclists don’t heed the three signs posted (one is missing) at each corner of the bridge – “Please Walk Your Bike on the Sidewalk” – creating hazards for those not on two wheels. I have been clipped by cyclists when I walk across the bridge, as has my wife, who crosses the bridge every day to get to her work in the downtown core. Interestingly enough if you Google Map the bridge, you can see a cyclist’s shadow on the southside sidewalk of the bridge. Even though the bridge has bike lanes on the vehicle portion of the bridge, many cyclists ignore the signs. The threat of a fine doesn’t seem to faze them either.

In defence of cyclists, we need a much better solution than the small, ineffective signs posted now. I would suggest the following: Paint “no cycling” symbols (circle with a bar across a cyclist) on the ground on each of the four “entrances” to the bridge’s sidewalk.

Lower and improve the visibility of each of the three signs there now, and add the missing fourth one.

Have bylaw and police officers ticket cyclists riding on sidewalks.

I believe it’s an issue that’s simple to resolve and a resolution would ease the growing tension between pedestrians and cyclists in our city.

Phil Legault Ottawa East

CORRECTION Due to a version and proofing error, contact information for Paul Dewar was incorrectly reported in the April issue of the Glebe Report (p.11).

The correct contact information for Member of Parliament Paul Dewar is Tel: 613-946-8682, paul.dewar@parl.gc.ca, Twitter @PaulDewar or www.pauldewar.ndp.ca.

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Unsightly structure needs demolition?

Editor, Glebe Report Having lived in the Glebe, on and off, for almost 30 years, I’ve grown accustomed to seeing various structures built, rebuilt or torn down, but never have I seen such an eyesore as the former Yaghi’s Mini Mart located on Fifth Avenue, across from Mutchmor Public School.

What was once a popular “candy store” for Mutchmor students has now become a sad structure in need of demolition, I dare say! I’m confident that I’m not the only one that feels this way!

In fact, my teenage son admitted to me one day recently that he was embarrassed when friends came over to our little apartment, also on Fifth Avenue, because the former Yaghi’s makes the whole street appear “rundown.”

Is there nothing we, as a wonderful community, can do to help resolve this unsightly issue?

Anne Woolley

Lansdowne parking deal Editor, Glebe Report Who in the community was ever consulted on the City’s legal agreement to preserve on-street parking for use by event-goers to Lansdowne? Brian Mitchell’s excellent Lansdowne traffic update in the April Glebe Report raises this issue, but who had ever heard of the legal provision before he reported it? Again, we have another example of lousy or no consultation and distinct bias of the City in favour of Lansdowne developers rather than respect for community members.

John Dance

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Vol. 12, No. 5, May 11, 1984 (20 pages) SYLVIA HOLDEN HONOURED

Glebe resident Sylvia Holden was awarded a citation on May 2 (1984) in recognition of her contributions as a volunteer in the Glebe community. Her volunteer activities included service on the Glebe Community Association, a city-wide paper drive, work at Mutchmor School, First Avenue School, the Glebe Report, organizing the Fifth Avenue Tot Lot and the Glebe Memorial Park playground, and giving cross-country instruction to blind skiers.

SMART FIGHTS DISCRIMINATION

Ottawa Board of Education trustee John Smart had asked Education Minister Bette Stephenson to intervene to ensure that the Ottawa Board of Education interviewed at least some

Ian McKercher female candidates for the position of Superintendent of Personnel that was currently vacant at the board.

A committee of trustees had earlier screened out three female applicants for the position and recommended that interviews be given to seven applicants who were all male. Smart contended that the female applicants were equally well qualified. “It’s the all-male world of the Ottawa Board of Education at work again,” he said.

“This board will not stop discriminating against women until the Minister steps in and forces them to stop.”

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KANCHAN STOTT SETS RECORD

On May 6, 1983, Glebe resident Kanchan Stott set out from mile 0 of the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia to run her way across Canada.

She completed her journey on November 29 in Halifax. The 37-year-old had become the first woman to run across Canada, setting a new world record for the longest distance ever run by a woman: 6,688 kilometres or 4,184 miles. Kanchan got her start in distance running through contact with Sri Chinmoy, a spiritual master who was also a marathoner. His centres throughout the world sponsored over 300 public races a year. Kanchan managed the Sri Chinmoy Centre at 218 Strathcona. She was also an accomplished flautist and recorder performer.

At Gallery 101 in May 1984 contemporary artist Pat Durr was exhibiting a plywood cutout composition entitled “With a Little Help From My Friends” as part of the show, Myth, Matter and Reality.

This retrospective is filed bimonthly by Ian McKercher of the Glebe Historical Society. The society welcomes the donation or loan (for copying) of any item documenting Glebe history (photographs, maps, surveys, news articles, posters, programs, memorabilia, etc.).

Contact Ian at 613-235-4863 or ian.mckercher@opera.ncf.ca.

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What will the Glebe look like in 2064?

By Bobby Galbreath

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I have lived in the Glebe for about 30 years now. It is an enviable community. It has a village feel – it’s walkable, bikeable and most of our daily needs can be met by visiting neighbourhood shops.

Commercial Bank Street

Since I have lived here, there have been many changes along Bank Street.

The commercial strip, although identified as a Traditional Main Street, has been designated to allow a 15-metre building height. It doesn’t take too much imagination to understand that the current two- to three-storey configuration is well below the six storeys permitted and that the financial reward linked to the property will eventually be realized. Buildings will be sold and redeveloped closer to their allowed six-storey capacity.

I think we all know that there is considerable change underway in our neighbourhood. There is substantial potential for the future redevelopment of the Beer Store/Mr. Muffler site, the LCBO site, the Kundstadt/Rogers site and the Kettleman’s Bagel site, to identify only a few. Also contributing to, and maybe even driving, much of the change is the Lansdowne development.

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There are residential areas also to be considered. For those who have

Buildings on Bank Street in the Glebe are generally two or three storeys, but six storeys are allowed. In the future, will buildings be sold and redeveloped closer to their allowed six-storey capacity?

lived here for years, the extraordinary increase in day-to-day costs is forcing many to tighten their belts and, for some, causing them to move to other communities where tax and maintenance costs are lower. In addition, the increasing desirability of the neighbourhood influences the purchase, demolition and replacement of single houses, resulting in either huge singlefamily homes, or several dwellings placed on a lot previously used for a single dwelling. It is clear, then, that there are many pressures affecting and effecting change in our neighbourhood.

BE A PART OF A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

In a recent exchange with City planning staff, it was suggested that there was no need to develop a Community Design Plan (CDP) for the Glebe.

CDPs are documents directing the nature of urban development in areas that have been targeted for growth.

We were advised: “I understand your interest in being proactive, and setting the ground rules for future development, but the time just isn’t right – the Glebe isn’t an area the City is targeting for substantial growth. As you know, a CDP is a growth plan, not a plan to protect an existing situation.”

Maybe it’s time to explore the Glebe of the future. But we need to know where to start and we’re not sure about that yet.

I would welcome hearing about both the characteristics of the neighbourhood that are important to you and the pitfalls of other communities you know that you think we should avoid.

We’re at the beginning of creating

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a plan for the Glebe for the next 50 years and we need suggestions, wisdom, insight and volunteers. Help us and be part of the solution.

At its April meeting, the Glebe Community Association Board approved the establishment of a subcommittee within the GCA Planning Committee to explore the need for a Community Plan and the benefit that it might bring to controlling the inevitable change that we face. We need to explore the options that may be open to us and we will be looking for volunteers to help. If that is something that interests you, contact us.

Join the conversation about planning the Glebe at planning@glebeca.ca.

Bobby Galbreath is chair of the GCA Planning Committee.

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GCA reaches out to residents It’s nice to finally see people out and Christine about again! From street-hockey McAllister games to strolling on Bank Street or just walking by and saying hello to www.glebeca.ca neighbours – this sociability is part of what many of us love about the Glebe.

As my mind turns to a new coat of stain for my front porch, I’m hoping winter was less harsh on your front porch than mine!

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The month of May brings a long-awaited spring and the Glebe Community Association’s annual membership drive – one of our biggest activities of the year. Almost 200 volunteers canvass the neighbourhood door-to-door to sign up residents as members. Last year, we reached almost 1,800 of about 4,600 households. It’s a challenge to reach all households as we don’t have canvassers (“block reps”) for every block and sometimes people are not at home. That said, 1,800 households is still a big number and, in fact, is a big part of the value of membership. Our large membership numbers mean we carry a strong voice when working with the City on different issues. It’s part of why people such as the Mayor are willing to meet us when we want to advocate for improvements (for instance, related to Lansdowne traffic).

You might also be wondering what happens to your $10 … We operate as most other volunteer organizations – on a shoestring. Our costs are mainly administrative – room rental costs, photocopying, advertising the Great Glebe Garage Sale, running the website. We take administration of membership funds seriously.

Any expenditure over $50 requires board approval and we present financial statements (prepared by local accountant, Ted Lupinski, who is extremely supportive of many local organizations) every June at our annual general meeting.

This month, when your block rep comes to the door seeking your commitment to the GCA for 2014-2015, we hope you’ll consider rejoining, but I have another ask of you: please take a few minutes to share your thoughts about the issues in our neighbourhood and thank your block rep for taking the time to canvass.

TRAFFIC MEETINGS TO NOTE

Our Traffic Committee is organizing two important public meetings: • In anticipation of Bronson Avenue reconstruction in the next few years, we will be hosting a visioning and brainstorming exercise for area residents of the Glebe, Dow’s Lake and the Glebe Annex on the evening of Thursday, May 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Glebe Community Centre.

• Please also join us at our information night, “Getting Ready for Lansdowne,” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17, also at the GCC. We anticipate representatives from OSEG (Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group) and the City will be on hand to answer questions and we will provide information about shuttle buses, detours and OC Transpo services.

GREAT GLEBE GARAGE SALE May 24

The other big event for the GCA is, of course, the Great Glebe Garage Sale, which will be held this year on Saturday, May 24. This event brings thousands to our neighbourhood and is also one of the premier social events of the Glebe.

Thanks to Catherine Waters for organizing this year’s sale. Now, everyone keep your fingers crossed for sun!

EXPLORATION GARDEN CONSTRUCTION

After four years of advocating, planning and negotiating, the Parks Committee’s work to see a pre-schooler Exploration Garden in Central Park East will finally come to fruition. The City has tendered a contract for the construction and the park is slated for a June opening. We’ll be sure to publicize the date once it draws nearer.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Please mark Tuesday, June 10 on your calendars for the GCA’s annual general meeting. This year it will be held at the Glebe Community Centre and we are booking a guest speaker from the City who can tell us about plans for the urban park section of Lansdowne. We’ll take a few minutes to review our activities of the year, present our financial statements and elect a new board. Refreshments and time to socialize always follow the formal part of the agenda. I hope many of you will join us.

Our monthly meetings are on the fourth Tuesday of every month (coming up on May 27). Everyone is welcome to attend and we are always interested in hearing what residents are thinking. If you can’t make it, but have something you want to share, send us an email at gca@glebeca.ca, follow us on Twitter @GlebeCA or check out our Facebook page.

Or for something more personal, come out to the Brown’s Inlet BioBlitz, Saturday, May 31, 7:30 a.m. to noon.

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Now’s the time!

Join the GCA board or a committee

By Christine McAllister

The Glebe Community Association has a strong board and a number of active committees. Every June at the annual general meeting, a new board or committee chairs and area representatives are elected and new members for committees are found.

That means we are looking for new people to join! If there’s something you’ve always been interested in doing with the GCA, now’s the time! Here is a brief overview of what we do.

schools, students and families in the Glebe. Two recent important issues have included the First Avenue– Mutchmor “switch” and preventing the paving of the Mutchmor playing field for parking.

ENVIRONMENT

Trees, ponds, garden angels, graffiti – the Environment Committee undertakes many issues to protect and enhance our natural and physical environment. This year, the committee members have been working on improvements at Brown’s Inlet, supporting the “Glashan Greening” project and organizing garden boxes.

If the local environment is something that gets you going, this is the committee for you.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

The Education Committee was formed many years ago when Glebe area schools were under threat of closure. Today, it provides a forum for all schools in and around the Glebe to discuss common issues affecting

LANSDOWNE

As we move from planning for to experiencing the impacts of the Lansdowne redevelopment, new and unique issues are coming to our attention. While traffic concerns have been ongoing, we expect to be working on other topics (for instance, noise and signage). Committee members will help our community adjust to the big new development at the end of our block – and hopefully contribute to its success.

“This month, when your block rep comes to the door seeking your commitment to the GCA for 2014-15, we hope you’ll consider rejoining.”

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

The GCA has always had one person responsible for sending out e-bulletins and organizing articles for the Glebe Report. This year, we’ve added new communications functions on Twitter and Facebook. We are looking to expand communications to better connect with more residents on the issues they care about. If you can write and know the ins and outs of communications, we would love to have you aboard!

investigates how planning tools can help preserve our built heritage. At times, the committee investigates the benefits of, and works with residents who might be interested in, heritage designations.

HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

The Health and Social Services Committee advocates on potential concerns about health, safety and quality of life, and represents the GCA to other organizations such as the Centretown Community Health Centre and the Ottawa Police. The committee has been dormant over the past year without a chair – a good opportunity for you to build the committee from the ground up.

HERITAGE

Many residents love the heritage aspects of our neighbourhood. This committee gathers information about the unique heritage of the Glebe, identifies threats to special properties and

MEMBERSHIP

The Membership Committee organizes and conducts the annual GCA membership campaign and keeps membership data up-to-date. Membership provides the GCA’s only source of revenue, which supports projects such as the Great Glebe Garage Sale, public meetings and other GCA activities. Committee work includes recruiting area representatives for the 11 areas of the Glebe and working with them to recruit over 200 block representatives each year for the canvass.

PARKS

The Parks Committee promotes parks and parklands in the Glebe area,

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with representation from users of each of the Glebe parks. A main focus of the committee is enhancing our parks’ beauty, as well as their appreciation, benefits and security for a diversity of users. The committee collaborates with the City and the NCC to provide community oversight of parks and parkland, consulting on community needs, heritage landscaping, parkland acquisition and new park development.

PLANNING

The Planning Committee helps local residents voice and coordinate their responses to new developments and modifications to existing structures.

Issues could be related to specific property developments or to City policies that have an impact across our community. As a prime area for developers’ attentions, the Glebe faces many challenges. Planning Committee members provide important support and education about options, sometimes also advocating for more appropriate development in our neighbourhood.

TRAFFIC

The GCA Traffic Committee has been instrumental in dealing with traffic, cycling and pedestrian safety affecting the Glebe since the first Glebe Traffic Plan was adopted in the early seventies. Last year, the committee undertook a significant survey related to Lansdowne traffic and has been advocating well-founded positions based on those results. Committee members also work on cycling and parking issues and liaise with residents, the Glebe BIA and City officials on related issues.

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12 Glebe Report May 9, 2014 protect this unique space in our community.

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KEEPING YOUR PARK CLEAN

Early in April, pond neighbours on Ralph Street began collecting the winter’s accumulation of bagged dog feces, discarded bundles of flyers, paper and plastic cups, broken beer bottles, bags, both plastic and paper, and assorted detritus left in the park and surrounding shrubbery. On Saturday, April 26, a good crowd continued removing all those things that don’t just biodegrade. Dominion Lending Centres – The Mortgage Source, which has adopted the park, provided coffee and treats. Many thanks to all.

Now the park is shiny and clean. Let’s keep it that way!

PROTECT TURTLE, TOAD AND FISH FRY HABITAT

Blue Heron visiting Brown’s Inlet in April 2014

Brown’s Inlet revitalization – step two

by Cindy Kirk and Carol MacLeod

How many species can you identify that inhabit the two ponds of Brown’s Inlet in the Glebe? Have you noticed blue herons, fish, tadpoles, ducks and turtles? A broad diversity of plant life also exists at the ponds including many trees, lichen and bushes.

Over recent years, local residents have noticed a decline in the wildlife species and the erosion of the natural environment at both ponds.

Is this really happening? If so, why and what can we do to address it? In the November 2013 Glebe Report, the Glebe Community Association (GCA) Environment Committee wrote about

a project to revitalize the ponds, partnering with the city and the National Capital Commission (NCC) and in consultation with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA).

In January a working group formed at a community meeting. That group is now beginning to develop a project plan to present to the community for discussion. But already first steps have been taken.

Defining a mandate

The working group has articulated a mandate: to maintain and enhance the biodiversity of the two Brown’s Inlet ponds and surrounding lands and to provide leadership and education so that residents and visitors value and

RVCA experts told us that turtles need sunny basking spots to aid digestion. They thought that a contributor to toad decline could be that carp were yumming up frog spawn and fish fry because eggs and minnows had no protection. Spurred by the fact that Parks Canada filled the canal (and the Inlet ponds) in late April, the working group approached the city and the NCC to place two turtle basking rafts, one at the Ralph Street end of each pond. The city also helped us get logs and branches to anchor along the shoreline to provide protection for eggs. These were installed after the park cleanup. In future we may put in a duck nesting box or two.

WHAT WILDLIFE DO YOU SEE IN YOUR PARK?

One exciting initiative is the bright yellow “biobox” that you’ll have noticed at the Craig Street end of the upper pond. The biobox contains paper and pen; we’re asking you to note park observations such as unusual

bird, animal and plant sightings, when you see the first heron of spring in the pond, or when the wood ducklings return. This information will help us document the ponds’ biodiversity to help in thinking about what species we can encourage. Already a “pond steward” has documented over 50 plants that grow around the ponds, including shrubs and trees. We also have a local birding expert who’s been tracking bird life at the ponds for several years.

Did you know, for example, that the neighbourhood has hosted three colonies of the threatened chimney swifts?

One is at Southminster Church and a second is at Fourth Avenue Baptist Church. The third was in the Mutchmor School chimney, which the Board of Education capped this past winter.

A second biobox will be installed later this year near the lower pond.

THE FIRST BROWN’S INLET BIOBLITZ: SATURDAY, May 31

We are inviting the Glebe community to help catalogue wildlife and plant species, both aquatic and land-based.

To do so, we are planning a community “bioblitz” for Saturday, May 31.

We hope to have experts on birds, turtles and frogs available to advise us.

If you live in the Glebe and have these special skills, we’d be very happy to have you join us! We may encourage participants to work in teams. The bioblitz will take place from 7:30 a.m. (best for bird life) until noon. The information we gather will be critical to formulating a revitalization plan for the ponds.

For more information, see the Environment Committee page at the GCA website (www.glebeca.ca), or if you can offer expertise, please contact us at environment@glebeca.ca.

Cindy Kirk and Carol MacLeod are members of the GCA Environment Committee.

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Taking the money out of climate change

By Lenore Fahrig

Editor’s note: Do you agree or disagree with this viewpoint? You are welcome to argue and support your position with evidence (in a submission not exceeding 800 words.)

The climate is changing and it’s changing fast. That’s according to the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. Cyclone Haiyan, hitting the Philippines last fall, was the most powerful hurricane ever recorded. The past year saw record flooding in Alberta, Eastern Europe and England. Many areas have recently suffered intense drought, including Mexico, the U.S., the Middle East, Australia and China. In a world of more than 7 billion people, intensifying climate change in the coming decades will mean horrendous human suffering on a scale never seen before. To quote the Reverend Stephen Croft of England, “The threat of climate change is a giant evil, a great demon of our day. The damage this great demon will do to this beautiful earth, if unchecked, is unimaginable.” The climate change demon is no longer slowly creeping up on us; it has arrived and is breathing down our necks.

And it’s our fault. We have been digging up and burning oil, coal, and natural gas – fossil fuels – to drive the world economy. Fossil fuels are used in the production and distribution of everything we make and do – our

food, clothing, housing, medications, electronics, garbage collection, snow removal and everything else. In fact, fossil fuels provide 85 per cent of our energy. The world economy is a fossil fuel economy.

In burning fossil fuels, we are spewing carbon dioxide into the air – “carbon emissions.” There is now more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than at any time in human ex istence. As ca rbon diox ide increases, it traps more and more heat, causing the earth to warm and the climate to change. Scientists predicted this a century ago and the evidence that we are changing the climate has been clear for at least a decade. But so far, efforts to reduce carbon emissions have failed. While some of us have reduced our driving and lowered our thermostats, the economy has continued to grow and carbon emissions have risen with it. To avoid the worst of climate change we need to stop using fossil fuels altogether and build a “fossil-free” economy on energy that does not involve carbon emissions.

This will not be easy; money stands in the way. The fossil fuel companies have amassed four times more fossil fuels in their proven reserves than scientists say we can burn without hitting the “climate change cliff.”

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14 years before we reach the climate change cliff. To stay clear of the cliff, we need to not burn 80 per cent of the fossil fuels that the fossil fuel companies are counting on us burning.

It is hard to imagine how we will do this, when that 80 per cent is worth over $100 trillion (that’s $100 million million) in gross revenues to the fossil-fuel companies. That is a lot of money to leave in the ground. What’s more, these “unburnable” fossil fuel reserves are already included in the stock values of those companies. How can we break down this financial barrier to a fossil-free economy?

Some say we should reduce demand for fossil fuels by reducing our consumption of them. While this can be part of the solution, it alone will not solve the problem. For example, if everyone in the world stopped driving cars right now, we would have 17 years instead of 14 years before we reach the climate change cliff, but we would still go over it. The problem is that our personal carbon footprint is largely out of our own control. There is no fossil-free option for almost everything we buy and do (food, clothing, garbage collection, etc.) because we live in a fossil-fuel economy.

To shift the economy from fossil fuels to fossil-free energy, we need to remove the financial incentive for fossil fuels. To this end, many organizations – churches, universities, city governments, foundations and others – have committed to fossil-fuel divest-

ment, freezing new investments in fossil-fuel companies and setting a schedule for moving existing investments out of fossil fuels.

Fossil-fuel divestment makes sense ethically and practically. Ethically, if it’s wrong to wreck the climate, it’s wrong to profit from that wreckage.

Practically, it signals to other investors and governments that financial markets are overvaluing the fossilfuel reserves that we must not burn.

In fact, some financial leaders have heard the message and are warning investors that the fossil-fuel companies are overvalued, causing a “carbon bubble” in the market. Fossil-fuel divestment tells fossil-fuel companies and governments that it is time to change the economy swiftly and completely from fossil fuels to fossil-free energy, before it’s too late for the climate.

More information: 1. FossilFree: a list of organizations that have committed to fossil fuel divestment. http://gofossilfree.org/commitments/ 2. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2013. Canada’s Carbon Liabilities: The Implications of Stranded Fossil Fuel Assets for Financial Markets and Pension Funds. https://www.policyalternat ive s.c a / p ubl ic a t io n s / r e p o r t s / canadas-carbon-liabilities 3. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report. http://www.ipcc.ch/ report/ar5/.

Lenore Fahrig is a Glebe resident and Biology Professor at Carleton University.

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‘Be In The Band’ rocked Glebe CC! Is there gluten in your lipstick?

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Mary On Friday, April 4, Glebe NeighbourTsai-Davies hood Activities Group, in partnership with the RBC Bluesfest, featured four youth bands. The event was the www.gnag.ca culmination of three months of mentor-led rehearsals in the popular RBC Bluesfest Be In The Band program. Drawing a crowd of over 150 audience members, the evening was a huge success!

In January, 15 teenagers ranging in age from 11 to 18 answered a call to “Be In The Band” – a program designed for youth to learn how to play as an ensemble and perform before a live audience. Led by well-known Ottawa musicians Todd Snelgrove and Keith McCuaig, and with the assistance of GNAG’s very own Liam Meagher, Jacob Monson and Jordan Davies, GNAG’s “garage band” filled the St. James Tennis clubhouse with scintillating sounds.

The Be In The Band program teaches youth to fall in love with their instruments. As a skill-building program with a focus on learning and fun, it develops confidence and competence and helps participants build connections with likeminded peers in an environment of creative teamwork. Truly, a one-of-a-kind program with a powerful, lasting impact.

The young musicians were thrilled when RBC Bluesfest’s program coordinator, Ana Miura, announced that they were invited to perform at this year’s RBC Bluesfest on July 13, 2014. On behalf of the teens from Be In The Band and GNAG, I would like to extend a big thank you to executive/artistic director of RBC Bluesfest, Mark Monahan and to all the wonderful instructors for their ingenuity and support that brought this opportunity to fruition.

If you missed the RBC Bluesfest Be In The Band concert in April, it’s not too late to enjoy more Glebe talent. On Friday, May 30 at 7 p.m., GNAG will be showcasing Glebe’s musical talents at the third annual G Factor talent show.

Admission is $5. There will be a cash bar for the adults and light refreshments.

Want to audition? It’s not too late! Email Tim Lamothe at tim@gnag.ca.

PERENNIAL EXCHANGE

New date: May 15, 6:30 p.m.

All gardeners, great and small, are welcome to the 22nd annual Perennial Exchange. Are your day lilies getting crowded? Are your hostas overgrowing?

Bring your extra plants and seeds to exchange, as well as your questions and ideas. Got good compost? Bring that along too. If you don’t have anything to exchange this time, come anyway! The Perennial Exchange will be located on the outside steps of The Pantry on Second Avenue.

This event is absolutely free!

LOBSTER KITCHEN PARTY

Mark your calendars – our Lobster Kitchen Party is less than a month away!

Join us May 29 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. for a fun evening, East Coast style. Menu includes: lobster, lobster poutine, corn on the cob, salad and strawberry shortcake. All the fixin’s are provided by Jim Foster’s Pelican Fishery and Grill. There will be live entertainment and a cash bar. Bring your friends and have a party!

Tickets are on sale at the Glebe Community Centre for $50. All proceeds will go towards the GNAG’s Community Development Fund.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

GNAG hosts five fundraisers every year, the proceeds from which go to the Community Development Fund: the Glebe House Tour, the Craft and Artisan Fair, Taste In the Glebe, Glamour in the Glebe and the Lobster Kitchen Party.

What is the Community Development Fund? It has three main goals: 1. Financial assistance to families who cannot afford programming; 2. Community outreach / projects (eg: Glebe St. James Rink, school recreation programs); 3. Capital projects (landscaping along Lyon Street between Second and Third avenues).

GNAG SUMMER CAMP DAY

Sunday, June 1, 1 – 4 p.m.

Whether you are new to GNAG or a seasoned veteran, Camp Day has something for all campers and their families. Visit us for your favourite activities with our summer camp staff, new workshops with our specialized instructors and a chance to chat with our camp coordinators and management team.

This day will include a barbeque, bouncy castle, art, face painting, cool giveaways, dance demos, awesome games, GNAG swag and much more! This day is free and fun!!

RIGHTBIKE COMMUNITY BIKE SHARE

Commencing its third season with GNAG and the Glebe Community Centre, RightBike, a project of the Causeway Work Centre, offers refurbished and repurposed classic bicycles for short trips in and around our neighbourhood. Causeway provides supportive employment opportunities for those in our community facing barriers to employment.

Consider donating your previously loved bike. With an expansion planned for 2014 and over 20 station locations to pick up and drop off RightBikes, there has never been a better time to join up and make it easy to get around. Day passes available for $5 and season passes, valid May to October, are $60. Please visit RightBike.org for more info or come by the Glebe Community Centre. Happy riding!`

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Food vendors offered their wares at the first annual Pop-Up Market on April 27 at the Glebe Community Centre.

First annual Pop-Up Market showcases local foods olive oils and balsamic vinegars.

Kamal’s sought-after hummus was available for sale, as was Harmony wine and beer from Ottawa’s own Turtle Island Brewing Company. And then there was Equator fair-trade, organic coffee for those who wished to refresh and recover.

In tune with the theme of local food and food security, a delegation from Farm Radio International also attended. A Canadian charity working with over 400 radio broadcasters in 38 African countries, the organization fights poverty and food insecurity by helping broadcasters meet the needs of local farmers in Africa. The booth team shared information on the charity and its work, including the fact that it recently celebrated its 35th anniversary.

And for anyone seeking food for the soul, a great sound system sent music swirling throughout the domed room, Bloomfields Flowers brought plenty of blossoms and Bhat Boy presented a whimsical display of his paintings.

This first annual Pop-up Market was clearly an auspicious beginning and a solid success, thanks to the organizers’ creativity – they are evidently finding new ways to bring attention to Glebe merchants and their wares and to promote healthy, delicious local foods while furthering the cause of food security.

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A reminder about the Great Glebe Garage Sale (GGGS): the date for this famous neighbourhood-wide garage sale and celebration of spring is coming up soon, on Saturday, May 24, from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m., though keen shoppers will be out by 7 a.m.

Many Glebe households are already in the midst of sorting and preparing the items they plan to sell, or planning their bake sales or hamburger stalls.

Sellers give 10 per cent of their sales to the Ottawa Food Bank, which the GGGS has supported for many years.

Volunteers from the Food Bank will be circulating on May 24 to remind sellers of the Food Bank fundraiser.

The Bank Street merchants will also be participating in the GGGS with a sidewalk sale. The GCA website at http://www.glebeca.ca/events/garage_ sale.html has more information about the sale and the City’s regulations on food, parking and block parties.

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On Sunday, April 27, the Glebe Community Centre, festooned with hay bales and abuzz with conversation and commerce, hosted the first annual McKeen Metro Pop-Up Market focusing on local foods. Spearheaded by Rebecca McKeen, director of McKeen Metro Glebe’s Bank Street store, fondly watched over by her parents, Jim and Christine McKeen, the PopUp Market attracted a large and lively crowd on a rainy day.

The event attracted an ample number of businesses as participants, and filled Scotton Hall. Said Jim McKeen, “We were joined by a number of partners in this. It’s a great opportunity for all of us.” Capital Home Hardware set up a booth selling seeds, gardening supplies and other spring merchandise and giving away freebie “green” cleaning products. Many of the booths featured food and food-related items such as bread, buns and other baked goods, apples and apple cider, chocolates, cookies and cupcakes and pies, cheeses, and even nutrition advice – what vegetables pack the biggest nutritional punch and how to maximize the nutritional content of your “daily bread.” Auntie Loo’s Treats brought their delectable-looking vegan goodies and Trillium Bakery brought bread. Knifewear boasted a selection of interesting knives, with staff demonstrating their slicing skills by cutting raw potatoes. The Unrefined Olive displayed an enticing array of

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ors’ expectations. The City’s website http://goo.gl.MqQdl can give you more information.

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Parking and traffic are always challenging on GGGS day. Remember that you must not block any part of the sidewalk or a road. Roads must be kept clear for emergency vehicles.

There will be parking restrictions on the emergency routes Fifth Avenue, O’Connor, Strathcona and Metcalfe.

Keep in mind that, with the extra traffic during the sale and the road closures associated with Race Weekend, it may take you longer to drive in and out of the neighbourhood – give yourself extra time.

Enjoy!

Have fun and enjoy the Glebe’s annual celebration of spring and communal spring-cleaning! It is a great way to sell some old treasures and buy some new ones, catch up with friends and neighbours, enjoy the sunshine and support the Ottawa Food Bank, all in one fabulous morning.

If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Waters at gggs@glebeca.ca.

Catherine Waters is chair of the GGGS Committee.

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For example, I have been getting plenty of feedback regarding my decision to support the development of a residential building in the community of Heron Park to accommodate adults living with severe mental illness. Although plenty of people support the construction of this building – and my willingness to speak in its favour – many do not. I won’t get into the specifics here (I address those on my website) and let’s ignore, for the moment, the fact that councillors do not actually decide where supported housing is built.

“Do you really want a councillor who simply sticks a finger in the air to test which way the wind is blowing before taking a position or casting a vote? I hope not.”

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What’s interesting is the number of constituents who have told me it’s not my place to take a position that fails to conform to their views. They believe I was elected to do their bidding and that by supporting the proposal, I am being derelict in my duties as their representative. But this assertion is fundamentally flawed. If an individual feels I must always agree with his or her position and vote accordingly and that anything else earns me an automatic failing grade, then that person is assuming one or all of the following: (a) his or hers is the only position held in the community; (b) his or hers is the only correct position; (c) it is the majority position.

Rest assured that it’s never the only position. There are always at least two sides to an issue and no way to keep everyone happy all of the time. You can never be sure it’s the correct position. Some people rush to judgment or have not had access to important information. Some have strong personal biases or vested interests. Often, even with plenty of information, substantial dialogue and debate, the correct position remains elusive. You can also never be sure of the majority position within the ward or even a particular neighbourhood. There is no sure way of knowing what every individual thinks, even with open houses, surveys and an open invitation to email me, call me or stop me in the street.

Anyway, do you really want a councillor who simply sticks a finger in the air to test which way the wind is blowing before taking a position or casting a vote?

I hope not. As a voter, I look for candidates who offer the best combination of: • a publicly stated position, platform or set of principles or values that are more or less aligned with mine (or that I at least respect); • a willingness to listen to all sides and evaluate all arguments before taking a stand and to reconsider a position when faced with strong evidence; a willingness to stand up for what is best for the broader community while • not imposing too harsh a burden on any one group or area; • the courage to speak up for the disenfranchised, or at least take their needs into account; and • a long-term view of the good of the community, city, country or planet.

I have no desire to elect decision-makers who merely do what is most expedient in the here and now, while ignoring the bigger picture and I am not that kind of councillor. Every day brings new issues, new information and new challenges I try to consider and address in a thoughtful manner. I think city councillors should do more than simply parrot the position of those who call or email most often, or who claim to speak for the community. What do you think? I’d love to know.

SAFER CROSSING TO CANAL

The Glebe is finally getting a safer crossing to the Rideau Canal. The NCC and the City are installing a fully signalized intersection on Queen Elizabeth Drive at Fifth Avenue, in time for the first football game at Lansdowne Park on July 18.

Ultimately, it will be a key piece of the larger project to improve walking and cycling networks by building a footbridge across the canal. The matching crossing on the other side, at Clegg Avenue, has been approved in principle and could go ahead as early as 2015.

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The next Capital Ward Walk will be a bike ride through the Glebe, stopping at key locations recommended for cycling infrastructure improvements. Join us for a tour and discussion of the changes projected for this summer and those still to come.

We’ll meet at 10 a.m. at the Glebe Collegiate parking lot, Glebe Avenue entrance. Those who wish to walk can join us for the discussions at the start and finish (to be determined).

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Since 2003, the Ontario government has invested $12 billion to make schools better places to learn. This is because our government believes that when students are in good educational environments, they can focus on learning and personal achievement.

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This year, Ontario has approved seven new school and renovation projects in the Ottawa area to provide students with modern and improved places to learn.

The four school boards in Ottawa are receiving almost $60 million this year, and have received nearly $890 million in capital funding since 2003. Among the beneficiaries of this funding are Broadview Public School and Mutchmor Public School, both of which are located in the community of Ottawa Centre.

Broadview Public School was built in 1926 in Westboro and desperately needed to be rebuilt. Last month I was very excited to join the Minister of Education to announce that our government will be providing $14 million in capital funding to rebuild Broadview. This is great news for our kids and the community.

My gratitude goes to the parents, students, teachers and the entire Broadview school community for their tireless advocacy to ensure that our kids got the school they deserve.

Similarly, last year Mutchmor Public School received $4.6 million to support the construction of a new, permanent addition. These funds will be of enormous benefit to Mutchmor families and will help to alleviate some of the capacity challenges that the Glebe community has been facing in recent years. Mutchmor’s success story is yet another example of the entire community coming together to help build a better Ottawa Centre for our children.

In addition to investing in improved learning spaces, our government is also investing in programming. Ontario provides operating grants that allocate annual funding to school boards to support educational programs and services, staffing and the maintenance of school facilities. I am very happy to report that both the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and the Ottawa Catholic School Board are receiving an increase of over 3 per cent compared to last year’s funding, totalling an increase of over 55 per cent since 2003.

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Moreover, this past fall marked the fourth year of full-day kindergarten and the response from parents, students and educators has been incredible. While we have always believed in the difference full-day kindergarten could make in the lives of students, I am delighted to report the results of a recent study that confirms what we always believed to be true – that full-day kindergarten works.

This study, conducted by Queens and McMaster universities, compared children with two years of full-day kindergarten instruction with children with no full-day kindergarten and demonstrated that full-day kindergarten: • Reduces risks in social competence development from 10.5 per cent to 5.2 per cent; • Reduces risks in language and cognitive development from 16.4 per cent to 4.3 per cent; and • Reduces risks in communication skills and general knowledge development from 10.5 per cent to 5.6 per cent.

Giving the province’s youngest learners the tools they need to succeed in Grade 1 and beyond is part of the Ontario government’s plan to prepare students for a productive and successful future and to build a fair and prosperous society.

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Ecology Ottawa’s Great Glebe GREEN Garage Sale Ecology Ottawa is hosting its seventh annual Great Glebe GREEN Garage Sale on May 24 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lot of Rogers Plus and Kunstadt Sports (680 and 690 Bank Street) as part of the Great Glebe Garage Sale.

The Great Glebe GREEN Garage Sale has become a carnival unto itself that community members look forward to each year. It has become one of Ecology Ottawa’s flagship annual events. What started as a humble fundraiser in 2008 has grown into a massive event that – in addition to the garage sale – now features a vegetarian barbeque (join us for lunch), a bake sale (including hot coffee at the crack of dawn) and live musical performances.

We also have massage therapists to help you relax after a long day of shopping, fun activities for kids of all ages and much, much more! Back by popular demand, we will also have a water bottle refilling station on site, as well as portable public washrooms for the community’s use (at the ready when nature calls).

The event has raised over $40,000 to date. All items sold at the event are collected from over 200 supporters from across the city and all proceeds raised go to charity (90 per cent to Ecology Ottawa and 10 per cent to the Ottawa Food Bank). More than 100 passionate volunteers coordinate the myriad tasks that must be done during the day.

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possible. We have attracted widespread interest from throughout the community and the media.

VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS

A great event like this needs a team of great volunteers and donations of useful and well-loved items that need a new home! We are looking for volunteers who can join our leadership team, to sort donations, pick up and drop off donations (if you have access to a car!) and participate on the day of the event itself, as well as in the days following.

Wouldn’t you like to have the warm feeling of greening your world by having our team of volunteers pick up your used items and sell them to help Ecology Ottawa and the Ottawa Food Bank? We’ll accept anything and everything that is in good working order: clothes, books, movies, music, kitchen stuff, furniture, electronics, artwork, kids stuff, sports gear, thingamajigs, whatchamacallits… you name it! In addition, we will be hosting a bake sale, so if you have great talents in the kitchen, we’d love to distribute your creations to the world!

For more details about how to volunteer or donate to Ecology Ottawa’s Great Glebe GREEN Garage Sale, please visit www.ecologyottawa.ca/ garage-sale/.

We’re looking forward to seeing you, working with you and having a lot of fun in the sun!

Lars Wessman is the communications coordinator for Ecology Ottawa.

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Douvris, located at 1270 Bank Street

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It’s a happy anniversary year at Douvris

By Nicole Bayes-Fleming

On a Saturday afternoon in Old Ottawa South, Douvris Martial Arts and Fitness Centre can be found bustling with young children, teenagers, parents and instructors. Plastic eggs sit on the tabletops in the waiting area, decorated for the Easter weekend. It is a welcoming atmosphere, where everyone greets one another warmly. As usual, Douvris Martial Arts at 1270 Bank Street in Old Ottawa South, is open Monday through Sunday. What’s unusual and the cause for celebration is that 2014 is its 30th anniversary in the neighbourhood.

John Douvris and his brother, Peter, opened the first studio in 1984. Initially located at Bank and James, they moved to Bank and Fifth before arriving at their current location in 1992. The brothers were inspired to create the club by their own passion for teaching karate. This quickly developed into a desire to provide children with lessons not only in self-defense, but self-confidence.

Douvris Martial Arts also strives to offer children in the community a way to stay healthy and an environment that they can feel safe in. John Douvris’s wife and children are involved with the centre. What began as a small family business has now expanded to include six other locations. Douvris Martial Arts endows kids with skills they can use both inside and outside the studio, as they are taught lessons in leadership and responsibility. On Saturday afternoons, the Bank Street location becomes host to tutoring sessions where older students help the younger ones with their schoolwork. “Teenagers are here on a Friday night teaching the younger kids. Then they’re here training. They’re not out getting into trouble.” John Douvris says.

Along with looking out for their fellow students, John Douvris believes kids should learn to give back to their community. The centre sets an example for its students to follow, with charity food drives and a recent initiative to adopt a park. Each February, Douvris Martial Arts also participates in raising money for

the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Over the last two years, students at Douvris Martial Arts have raised over $30,000.

Douvris Martial Arts offers classes in disciplines such as karate, weight training and cardio kickboxing for children, teens and adults alike. Because of this programming, its clientele is diverse in both age and gender, a characteristic of the business that has developed over the course of its thirty years in business. Originally attended mostly by young adult males, the centre now has more women than men enrolled in their adult self-defense and fitness classes. The popular children’s classes feature an even mix of girls and boys.

While its recreational programs make up the majority of its business, Douvris Martial Arts also runs a separate competition program. According to John Douvris, the club trains world champion competitors and is the number one competition school in Canada. Competitions give students the opportunity to travel and explore the world, with recent tournaments taking place as close as Montreal and as far away as Italy.

There are three full-time martial arts instructors at the Bank Street location, and approximately 20 part-time instructors. The majority of those who teach part-time are current or former students who have been certified through the club. John Douvris estimates that around 75 per cent of students who start taking classes as children at Douvris Martial Arts stick with the program throughout their teen years. He explains that it is common for students to begin karate as young as four and continue being involved with the club into their 20s.

When asked about plans for the future, John Douvris says, “We’re going to just keep doing what we’re doing. I love what we’re doing. I wouldn’t change a thing.”

Nicole Bayes-Fleming has just completed her first year of journalism at Carleton University and is looking forward to writing more stories for the Glebe Report next year.

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Passionate about community ... and olive oil

“Looking to set up shop in a neighbourhood that’s ‘livable, walkable,

By Seema Akhtar

sustainable, with a villagetype feel, a neighbourhood that is interactive and social’, Photo: Tripp Photography

Elizabeth Kilvert dreamed of being a world explorer when she was little.

And, in many ways, she is. She has travelled far, both literally and figuratively, to bring her beautiful shop and tasting bar, The Unrefined Olive, and its rich world of olive oil and balsamic vinegar to the Glebe.

Kilvert started the business based on passion. She is passionate about food.

Life is defined in terms of food in Kilvert’s world: “I’m the kind of person who says ‘We went on vacation, this is what we saw, this is what we did, and this is what we ate...,’” she says.

She is also passionate about being part of, and contributing to, community in a positive way. And she’s clearly passionate about olive oil and balsamic vinegar, both foods steeped in long histories and culture. Kilvert does things because she believes in them, but she is also recognized for her business savvy.

She was recently named one of three finalists for Ottawa Business Woman of the Year in the entrepreneur category – a huge achievement for a business that is only just over a year old. Kilvert talks with twinkling eyes about getting all dressed up for the gala, but she takes it all in stride.

She sees the recognition as a stepping stone to growing her business by giving her more opportunities to cooperate and do co-promotion with

If you ask Kilvert which olive oil is her favourite, she can’t answer. She chooses based on the weather, the food she’s eating, the mood she’s in – like you would a good wine.

other like-minded local businesses, which is important to her.

In fact, one of the reasons that Kilvert chose to set up shop in the Glebe was the number of complementary food-based businesses flourishing in the neighbourhood. She also loved the “practicality and personality” of the Glebe. Looking to set up shop in a neighbourhood that’s “livable, walkable, sustainable, with a village-type feel, a neighbourhood that is interactive and social,” Kilvert found that the Glebe fit the bill.

Kilvert has already engaged with other local businesses in the Glebe.

Kilvert found that the Glebe fit the bill.”

With Knifewear on Bank Street, for example, she co-created several workshops, using the knives to chop produce for salads and pairing the salads with her olive oils and balsamic vinegars. Kilvert is committed to continuing to do more work in this vein.

She says she has already built a number of successful partnerships and friendships and hopes to continue.

Kilvert is regularly surprised by how accepting other businesses are, as she had been expecting more of a competitive environment. But she says, “If people see passion and integrity, they are welcoming.”

Kilvert also believes that, as a small business owner, she has an important role to play in promoting the health and vibrancy of her community. Six months into her business, she became a board member of the Glebe Business Improvement Area, which works

to preserve the unique character of the Glebe and promote it as a safe place to live, shop, visit and operate a business. While the products Kilvert sells are not locally produced, she tries to source things locally as much as possible. The furniture, pottery and glass lamps that grace her beautifully designed shop are all made locally.

And, if someone walks into the shop and expresses an interest at all in learning about the nutritional and health benefits of olive oil, she’s quite happy to raise awareness and educate people about how they can improve their personal health using her products.

Kilvert was inspired by seeing olive oil tasting bars in California. The idea of actually taking a next step germinated in the back of her mind for several years. Then on September 26, 2012, she decided it was time to do something. She left her job with the federal public service and opened up The Unrefined Olive on November 15, 2012. It was a whirlwind. But was she scared? “At the end of the day,” she says, “you have one life. If you’re not passionate about what you do, you’re not getting any fulfilment. There were headaches and anxiety, but no fear.”

When asked what she’s most proud of, Kilvert doesn’t quite know what to say. Andrew Fay, an employee at The Unrefined Olive pipes up, “Elizabeth should be proud of doing things the right way.” Kilvert nods and says, “Yes, I follow my intuition, instincts and ethics. And, I work really hard.”

In addition to her communications writing, Glebe resident Seema Akhtar has been penning a few profiles for the Glebe Report.

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To each of you, today’s challenge is to plant five new trees in the Glebe

Last month I suggested that you might take up the challenge of renewing the tree cover in the Glebe, replanting the breaches left by the ash borer and the gaps in the canopy due to storm damage and old age. The Environment Committee of the Glebe Community Association and the Glebe Community Network of Ecology Ottawa are happy to provide advice and support. We have put together this guide that contains the results of our research on characteristics, local availability and suitability of a selection of trees. Consult and use as the need arises. Keep in mind that we are seeking to foster diversity, not overplanted, mostly native, climate change adaptive trees in the Glebe. Since the best times to plant trees are in the spring and fall, I suggest that you might want to get started now.

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Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata), which can live for 200 years, is a good candidate for street planting in the Glebe. Its mature size is 18-24 m (60-80 ft) tall, with the trunk 30-60 cm (1-2 ft) in diameter. Its distinctive shaggy bark separates into long plates, loosening from the trunk. It bears edible nuts and has no (currently identified) pest vulnerability. It grows best in rich, moist soil, but can tolerate different moisture levels. While it prefers sun, it can tolerate some shade.

On the next three pages are listed trees we all might want to see planted in our neighbourhood. Many factors must be taken into consideration in making your choices. physical conditions: Moisture, light, soil of the planting site are important. We have also made a special list of trees that are salt-tolerant – if your spot is exposed to the street and winter street-clearing operations, this should be a consideration. native species: In general, planting native trees, adapted to our local environment, particularly those that are resistant to pests, drought and pollution, is preferred to introduce species which often contribute less to our ecology. If you spot “volunteers” tree seedlings that are sprouting up on their own – consider asking the property owner if you can transplant the youngster before the landscapers and lawnmowers move in. diversity is key: We would want to steer clear of some trees that are overabundant. Further, genetic diversity is an issue – a few of the trees that are (over) planted by the City are rumoured to be clones – honey locusts, for example. climate change: We are expecting more heat waves and droughts, more extreme wind events, and according to some, more freezing rain. Adaptation would speak to looking to the south of us for robust species. Assisted migration? Maybe not too farfetched – the climate in the next 100 years may be changing as much as it changed over thousands of years before. commercial availability: We did a scan of nurseries and local tree supply available. Trees that appear to be not readily available have been noted in the “Desirable, but hard to find” box. matters of the heart: Many of us have fond childhood memories of a beloved tree.

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Zzyx9klmnpqs Alternate-Leaf Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)

The Alternate-Leaf Dogwood is the tallest (almost tree-like) of many attractive native and under-utilized Dogwoods. It is also called Pagoda Dogwood for its attractive horizontal tiers of branches on older trees. Its berries are a favourite food of summer songbirds.

Chokecherry is a small tree or tall shrub with attractive foliage and fruit. It is most noticeable in flower, with many dense, white, elongated clusters of 5-petalled flowers, which then become clusters of round shiny fruits, varying from yellow to red or almost black. The fruit is an important food source for birds. Chokecherry is a good candidate for more extensive planting.

Mature size: Up to 7 m (22 ft) tall, trunk 5-15 cm (2-6 in) in diameter Moisture: Prefers evenly moist soils Shade: Prefers partial shade, full sun with ample moisture Soil: Prefers well-drained, deep soils www.naturallandscapesnursery. com

Note: To provide understory species like Alternate-Leaf Dogwood with even moisture all year long, mulch well with 8 cm (3 in) of bark mulch, or plant near the sloped edge of a water feature where the roots can access water in the heat of the summer.

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Note: Chokecherry can be trained as a single-stemmed tree but will often sucker from the roots at the base of the stem.

To reduce root suckering, carefully tear the young shoots off with your hands instead of cutting with sharp tools.

Basswood (Tilia americana)

Eastern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis)

Mature size: 18-21 m (60-70 ft) but up to 35 m (115 ft) tall, trunk 60-75 cm (2-2.5 ft) but up to 120 cm (4 ft) in diameter Moisture: Prefers moist soils Shade: Can grow in full shade or full sun Soil: Prefers rich, well-drained soils

Mature size: 9-16 m (30-50 ft) tall Moisture: Prefers moist sites Shade: Full sun to part shade Soil: Well-drained clay, sand, loam

Basswood is a handsome and large shade tree, which should be planted more extensively than it is. Bees love Basswood flowers because they bloom in midsummer, when few other trees are in bloom.

photo: Roy Rea

Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)

A native, small, hardy, slow-growing tree. It usually lives for about 200 years but can occasionally live much longer.

Found both as tree and hedge row or shelter belt. Dense foliage down to ground level obstructs visibility. Needs protection from soil salt and road salt spray from vehicles.

photo: Creative Commons

Hawthorn (Crataegus spp.)

Bitternut Hickory resembles an ash tree from a distance and could be a good “ash substitute” now that ashes are disappearing. The nuts, as the name applies, are inedible.

Hawthorns are useful for their ability to tolerate dry, windy areas, but due to sharp thorns, are not recommended for schoolyard plantings. The loggerhead shrike, which is critically endangered in Canada, prefers Hawthorn-rich areas as its habitat because of these thorns. Like crabapples, Hawthorn fruits contain high levels of pectin and have been used to make jams and jellies. Hawthorns make good candidates for more extensive planting.

Mature size: 15-20 m (50-66 ft) tall, trunk 30-80 cm (1-2.7 ft) in diameter Moisture: Prefers moisture Shade: Prefers sun but can tolerate partial shade Soil: Prefers rich soil

photo: Owen Clarkin

Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)

photo: Creative Commons

Bur Oak has been commonly planted in Ottawa where it achieves massive dimensions due to tolerance of urban conditions and inherent longevity. Mature specimens look rugged from a distance, like “haunted house” trees. It is little affected by air pollution. Bur Oak should be planted more due to its combination of strong wood, urban tolerance and freedom from pests.

photo: leithp/Photobucket

Mature size: Up to 9 m (30 ft) tall, trunk 15 cm (6 in) in diameter Moisture: Moist to average soils Shade: Prefers full sun but will tolerate light shade Soil: Prefers rich, well-drained soils

Hop-hornbeam (also known as Ironwood)

(Ostrya virginiana) Hop-hornbeam or Ironwood is another relative of the birches. This tree is called Hop-hornbeam because the maturing clusters of fruit look like hops. Hop-Hornbeam is a slow-growing tree adapted to many situations, except on waterlogged soils where the similarly sized Blue-Beech thrives.

Mature size: 15-30 m (50-100 ft) tall, trunk 60-120 cm (2-4 ft) in diameter Moisture: Tolerates a wide variety of moisture conditions, tolerates drought because its roots grow deep into the ground Shade: Prefers full sun, but can tolerate moderate shade Soil: Can grow in a variety of soils

Note: The Bur Oak’s roots grow deep into the soil, so plant it where there are no underground pipes.

Mature size: Up to 12 m (40 ft) tall, trunk 25-30 cm (10-12 in) in diameter Moisture: Moist to dry Shade: Prefers full sun but tolerates partial shade Soil: Adaptable, especially to high pH soils

photo: Paul Wray

Mature size: 7-12 m (25-40 ft) but up to 18 m tall, trunk 15-25 cm (6-10 in) but up to 60 cm (2 ft) in diameter Moisture: Moist to dry Shade: Very shade-tolerant but tolerates full sun with ample moisture Soil: Prefers well-drained, slightly acidic soils

Note: If planted in full sun on lighter soils, will benefit from a large ring of bark mulch up to 8 cm (3 in) deep and supplemental watering to prevent leaf scorch in midsummer.

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suvwxyz234780 Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) The Hornbeam, also known as Blue-Beech, is a relative of the birches and is an attractive understorey tree. Blue Beech is also called Musclewood for its muscle-like ridges on the smooth-gray trunks. Good candidate for planting in shady places.

Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) The Silver Maple is a large, fast-growing tree and, although naturally a swamp and flood plain specialist, it can grow well on drier sites and tolerate soil compaction. Should not be planted close to foundations. The Silver Maple is very similar to the Red Maple. It’s a large tree, so make sure it will have plenty of room to grow.

Mature size: A small tree, seldom more than 6 m (20 ft) tall, trunk up to 25 cm (10 in) in diameter Moisture: Prefers moist and can tolerate seasonal flooding Shade: Can tolerate full shade, and full sun with ample moisture Soil: Prefers rich, well-drained soils photo: Creative Commons

photo: Owen Clarkin

Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus) A native tree that is adaptable to a wide range of conditions, and tolerates city conditions. Very disease free.

Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)

The Striped Maple has large, beautiful, distinctive duck-foot-like leaves and striped green-white bark. The leaves turn yellow in the fall. This is a small understorey maple, a bit fussy about soil conditions and growing environment, and well adapted to a cool understorey.

Mature size: 15-25m tall, Moisture: Adaptable Shade: Full sun to part shade Soil: Clay, sand, loam, humus enriched (forest floor)

photo: Creative Commons

Mountain Ashes

(Two species: Sorbus decora, Sorbus americana) Native Mountain Ash species are small northern trees, uncommon near Ottawa (although the non-native European Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia) is common in Ottawa).

The fruit is a favourite food for overwintering birds.

Mature size: 10-13 m (30-40 ft) tall, trunk 25 cm (10 in) in diameter Moisture: Prefers evenly moist soils Shade: Prefers full to partial shade, dislikes hot summer sun Soil: Prefers well-drained, slightly acidic soils photo: Creative Commons

White Birch (Betula papyrifera) White Birch is also known as Paper Birch and Canoe Birch. It is the white-barked native birch of forests near Ottawa. White Birch trees are often used in landscaping because they will grow almost anywhere as long as they get enough sunlight. (Not European Silver Birch which is vulnerable to the Bronze Birch Borer).

Mature size: 3-9 m (10-30 ft) tall, trunk 10-25 cm (4-10 in) in diameter Moisture: Prefers moist ground, but can survive in dry conditions Shade: Can tolerate some shade Soil: Grows in a variety of soils photo: Tiiu Roiser

Mature size: 25 m (80 ft) tall, trunk is 60 cm (2 ft) in diameter Moisture: Can tolerate a variety of moisture levels Shade: Needs full sun, intolerant to shade Soil: Can tolerate a variety of soils

Red Oak (Quercus rubra)

Red Oak is a large shade tree that can grow well on good soils, while naturally growing in drier upland conditions.

The Red Oak needs room to grow – it can tolerate shade when it’s younger, but needs full sun as it gets older. It doesn’t grow very well if it’s close to other trees.

photo: Tiiu Roiser

photo: Le Jardin de Jean Pierre

photo: langdoncook.com

Note: The non-native European White Birch (Betula pendula) is frequently planted but is very susceptible to the native Bronze Birch Borer.

White Oak (Quercus alba) The White Oak is a large shade tree with valuable wood, very pale mature bark and edible acorns. It can live for several hundred years. The White Oak is somewhat coldsensitive yet hardy at Ottawa and, with global warming, this tree makes a good candidate for more extensive planting.

Mature size: 20-30 m (66-100 ft) tall, trunk 30-90 cm (9-27 in) in diameter Moisture: Can tolerate a variety of moisture levels Shade: Prefers full sun, but can tolerate some shade Soil: Grows in a variety of soils

Serviceberries (Amelanchier spp.)

Serviceberries is a group of similar species related to apples (Rose family) and are becoming commonly planted for their tasty and edible fruit. Serviceberries are a very adaptable group of species, attract wildlife and offer beautiful fall colours. Serviceberry fruits were a staple food of the Cree tribes of the Prairies, who mixed the dried berries with buffalo meat to make pemmican.

Mature size: 24-27 m (80-90 ft) but up to 38 m (125 ft) tall, trunk 90-150 cm (3-5 ft) in diameter Moisture: Prefers moist soil Shade: Slightly shade tolerant but prefers full sun Soil: Prefers rich soil

photo: George Weigel

Mature size: 20-30 m (66-100 ft) tall, trunk 50-120 cm (1.7-4 feet) in diameter Moisture: Tolerates a variety of moisture levels Shade: Prefers full sun Soil: Tolerates a variety of soils

Note: With its deep rooting system, it should not be planted close to septic tanks or drainage tiles.

Mature size: Up to 12 m (40 ft) tall, trunk 7-30 cm (3-12 in) in diameter Moisture: Moist to dry sites Shade: Partial shade to full sun Soil: Adaptable to all but water-logged soils

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Witch-Hazel is an attractive small tree, that is notable for flowering in late autumn. It is a good candidate for planting more extensively in Ottawa. Witch-Hazel is somewhat pollution tolerant and relatively troublefree.

Mature size: 6-7 m (20-25 ft) tall, trunk up to 15 cm (6 in) in diameter Moisture: Best growth in moist, shaded sites Shade: Full sun to partial shade Soil: Prefers moist, cool, acidic soil photo: Owen Clarkin

Yellow Birch (Betula alleghaniensis)

Yellow Birch is an attractive deep-forest species, often growing in association with Beech, Sugar Maple and Eastern Hemlock. It grows slowly and lives about 150 years.

Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) Red Spruce (Picea rubens) Black Maple (Acer nigrum) Chinquapin Oak (Quercus muehlenbergii) Pin Cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)

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Desirable but hard to find in local nurseries:

Artistic Landscape Design 2079 Bank Pl, Ottawa 613-733-8220 www.artisticlandscape.on.ca

Carleton Place Nursery Ltd County Rd. 29, Mississippi Mills 613-257-8175 www.carletonplacenursery.com

Ferguson Forest Centre 275 County Rd. 44, RR#4, Kemptville 613-258-0110 www.seedlingnursery.com/ ed@seedlingnursery.com

Mature size: 18-22 m (60-75 ft) but occasionally up to 30 m (100 ft) tall, trunk 60 cm (2 ft) but up to 120 cm (4 ft) Moisture: Prefers moist soil Shade: Moderately shade-tolerant Soil: Prefers rich soil photo: tiiu roiser

Ottawa region nurseries

Legault Garden Center 1810 Highway 34, Hawkesbury 613-632-1177 lesserreslegault.ca

Salt tolerant trees: Black Cherry Black Oak Bur Oak Common Hackberry Eastern Cottonwood Eastern Red Cedar Honey Locust Kentucky Coffee Tree Red Oak Silver maple Swamp White Oak White Oak White Spruce

Make it Green Nursery 5200 Flewellyn Rd, Stittsville 613-599-3419 www.makeitgreen.ca info@makeitgreen.ca Manotick Tree Movers 1966 Carsonby Rd. West, North Gower 613-489-1116 www.manoticktree.com info@manoticktree.com Peter Knippel Nursery 4590 Bank St., Ottawa 613-822-0383 knippelgardencentre.com info@knippelgardencentre.com Pioneer Nursery Limited 632 Van Buren St., Kemptville 613-258-5555 www.pioneernursery.ca Richmond Nursery Inc 3440 Eagleson Rd., Ottawa 613-838-2282 www.richmondnursery.com Ritchie Feed and Seed 1390 Windmill Ln, Gloucester 613-741-4430 www.ritchiefeed.com Contact@Ritchiefeed.com

Sources: This list of suggestions draws heavily on the Tree Ottawa initiative of Ecology Ottawa (see http://ecologyottawa.ca/tree-ottawa/) and is compiled by Angela Keller-Herzog. All errors are hers but she benefitted from advice from a tree-loving motley crew that includes Owen Clarkin, Ann Coffey, Bettina Henkelman, Carla Hogan Rufelds and Peter Teitelbaum. Research regarding availability at local nurseries was contributed by Ecology Ottawa volunteers, Nathan Bowler and Monica Wu. If you would like to get involved with planting, protecting and promoting more trees in the Glebe, please contact Angela KellerHerzog at akellerherzog@gmail.com or Carol MacLeod at environment@glebe.ca.

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Canadian ‘Art of Imagination’ society launched

By Bhat Boy

Some call it whimsy, some say it is surreal; others think that we are just crazy. Think what you like, artists are people too, and sometimes we need other artists that are crazy the same way we are, except we like to call it madness. That is why Russell Paquette, Marina Malvada, Jean Pronovost and I are founding the Canadian Society for Art of Imagination, for artists whose work expresses imagination and spiritualism beyond realism and style.

The Canadian Society for Art of Imagination is launching its first show this May in Toronto at the Moniker Gallery on Richmond Street. Entitled Art for Peace, the show will continue on to Ottawa in September, where it will be exhibited at Orange Gallery.

The purpose of the society is to help artists who feel they are working in isolation to find a way to get together.

Like anyone else seeking understanding from their peers, artists want to be in the company of other artists to share ideas. Our society is based on the idea of imaginative and spiritual art that goes beyond traditional representationalism. Some of the works are surreal, like my own fish paintings; another Ottawa artist, Tick Tock Tom, makes robot sculptures out of used computers and appliances. In addition to 40 Canadian artists, the upcoming show will include artists from Europe and the United States.

Ottawa artist Russell Paquette is classically surreal. In Search of the Yellow Brick Road, 24 x 20, acrylic on board

Marina Malvada’s skulls are a favourite Oscar gift in Hollywood. This one is made of bone chocolate, a mix of white, milk and dark chocolates.

The first Society for the Art of Imagination was founded by Brigid Marlin in England in 1961. She had been the student of first-generation concentration-camp survivors, Ernst Fuches and Hans Ruedi Giger, who shared their dark experiences through the art that they created. I was drawn to Marlin’s wild and colourful cast of characters after being introduced by her brother, Randal Marlin, in 1992.

In a matter of months I was being whipped around to printmaking workshops at Childwick, Stanley Kubrick’s estate, rooming at Shantock Hall, the home of Countess Nicole Franklin, and having lunch with vampires in the Welsh countryside (although I was actually staying the night at Lady Godiva’s former estate). This mad circle of artists, once young in the ’60s, were mostly in their 60s by then.

There was dear Diana, who used to wear a special flasher dress that she would whip open at events to reveal her intricately sewn nude outfit, and a devilishly naughty dwarf named Richard.

There is now an American Society for Art of Imagination, an African

Imagination Society, and the International Society for Fantastic Art based in Japan. We, the Canadian society, have been given start-up funds from the American society to pay for things like gallery fees, art transportation and other event costs.

The aim is to bring artists together, to create opportunities for Canadians to see works by artists like Hans Ruedi Giger, and to foster networks so that Canadian artists can show their works through other Art of Imagination exhibits in other countries.

The Art for Peace exhibition in Toronto is being curated by Marina Malvada. As well as being an accomplished painter, she has been featured in Vogue for her $400 chocolate skulls that she ships around the globe, and that are known to be a favoured snack of artist Damian Hirst. (http://www. chocolateskulls.com/).

In Ottawa this September, there will be three concurrent Imaginationist exhibitions, one at the Glebe Community Centre Gallery, one at Roast ’n Brew at Bank and Fifth, and one at Orange Gallery, where I will show never-before-seen paintings that I completed in September 2001.

Bhat Boy’s painting is both whimsical and imaginative. Ichthyious Toronto, 36 x 48, acrylic on panel

Brigid Marlin is still sharp as a whip and mad as a March hare, but they no longer ask her for ID at the liquor store. A new generation of artists has to pick up where her generation has left off, which is exactly the mission of the Canadian Society for Art of Imagination. In 2015 and 2016 we hope to mount a core exhibition mixed with local Imaginationist artists’ work, for a show travelling to Montreal, Nova Scotia and British Columbia, before eventually moving to Seattle. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

Being mad has its advantages since you don’t let the ordinary things get in your way. But who’s to say whether we are really mad, or just crazy?

Long-time Glebe resident and community art animator, Bhat Boy is ever generating and overcoming new art challenges.

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Image of “A Dark and Forbidding Place,” by Alex Wyse

Interior designer and art collector Irene Langlois

Ottawa Art Gallery’s art auction Come to Le pARTy

By Taline Bedrossian

In the opinion of interior designer Irene Langlois, Ottawa’s art scene is as vibrant as in any large city. Langlois, who runs her own business out of her Glebe home, says, “You don’t have to go to New York or Toronto or Montreal.” There is excellent work being done here and evidence of that is found at the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) art auction where she has discovered many Ottawa-based artists whose works she now owns.

Called “Le pARTy” for its fun atmosphere, the OAG’s art auction shakes up preconceived notions

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about appreciating art. It’s a comfortable environment where Langlois reports that she does not feel intimidated or uninitiated, concerns she sometimes hears from clients about choosing what goes on their walls. “There shouldn’t be a barrier of entry for art,” she says. She agrees with the cliché, “I am not an art expert, but I know what I like.” Everyone responds to art in his or her own way, says Langlois, and it’s a shame that people are sometimes made to think their responses are not valid.

“You can trust someone else’s advice, like your interior designer or art consultant, but ultimately it’s up to you to make the final decision,” she observes.

As the head of Irene Langlois Interiors, a full-service interior design firm, she thinks it’s important that a person’s private space – the home – reflect his or her own personality, and not anyone else’s. “Buy what you love and you’ll never regret it.”

At last year’s auction, Langlois purchased a piece of art that she loves, by Ottawa-based artist Alex Wyse. Having always admired his work, she says the auction was a great opportunity to finally acquire one of his original pieces. Wyse’s lighthearted style combines aspects of folk art with political and cultural commentary. Standing next to it, Langlois admits she is drawn to the vibrancy of the colours. “For me, it’s very fresh and whimsical. It makes me want to smile when I look at it.”

She also loves how people see something different when they look at the painting, which is hung in a bright, airy sitting room at the front of her house.

“Accumulations,” by Glebe artist Pat Durr

She chose this particular piece, called “Migrant Fish and Bird Workers in Revolt,” not because she had a particular spot or décor in mind for it at home. Rather, Langlois says that although at first she had no idea where it would go, she found the right place for it because she loved it.

Based on her own experiences at Le pARTy, Langlois often refers her clients to the auction and considers it a good way to become familiar with local artists. Beyond the fact that it’s good to buy local, she observes that it really is important to support local artists and to recognize the quality of their work. Because of the OAG’s reputation for representing local artists in the community, Langlois goes to the auction feeling confident that all of the work selected for sale is of the best quality. “Right away, there’s a little bit of that comfort factor,” she says.

Le pARTy happens on June 19 at the Ottawa Art Gallery, 2 Daly Avenue. For tickets and information, visit www.ottawaartgallery.ca.

Taline Bedrossia, communications manager of the Ottawa Art Gallery, can be reached at 613-2338699 ex.225 and ottawaartgallery.ca.

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When Words Don’t Suffice

By Naomi Adam-Johnston

On Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17, Canterbury High School proudly presents Dance Night 2014: When Words Don’t Suffice – a breathtaking evening of dance, and the culmination of four years of artistic training and development. Dancers will take to the stage to perform the original choreographies both of their student peers and of local dance professionals. Long after the applause dies away, proceeds from the event will be used to support such essential elements of the Canterbury dance program as live accompaniment, costumes and enriching dance opportunities. That’s just another way that today’s creations will benefit tomorrow’s new generation of dancers.

CANTERBURY HIGH SCHOOL’S DANCE PROGRAM

After four years in Canterbury High School’s dance program, the students’ efforts will culminate in this performance, bringing together dance technique, choreographic choices and all the elements of dance, lighting, music and costuming. Canterbury is home to a range of specialized arts programs in dance, drama, music (instrumental and vocal), visual art and literary arts. Prospective students apply to their discipline of choice in the fall of Grade 8 and must audition to gain entry into the programs that will provide them with a combination of classical training and theory.

“There’s nothing more exciting after four years of teaching dance to these students than to see the distinct choreographic voices that they develop under our guidance, and the influence of their fellow dancers,” says Connie St. Louis, head of the dance department and a teacher in the Canterbury Dance Company (CDC).

Grade 12 dance students often choose to be a part of the CDC, an extra-credit course offered outside of the regular school day. It gives students the tools to produce their own dance pieces by providing instruction in lighting, costuming, music, choreographic tools and dance etiquette. Most students have been waiting to take this course since Grade 9, having watched the graduating dancers present their pieces every year at Dance Night.

In Grade 9, you volunteer; in Grade 10, you dance once in a piece by a local dance choreographer; in Grade 11, you audition and are cast in Grade 12 pieces; and finally, in Grade 12, you present your original choreography and dance in the original works of your classmates, while simultaneously producing the entire show. “I remember sitting in the auditorium in Grade 9, so inspired by the pieces choreographed by Grade 12 students that I looked up to. I couldn’t wait until it was my turn!” says Sarah Phillips, a dancer at Canterbury High School.

I come from a family of successful dancers, one of whom, my grandmother, Merle Adams, trained in New York City, danced at Radio City Music

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Dancers rehearse for an upcoming performance in Canterbury High School’s Dance Night 2014: When Words Don’t Suffice. Left to right: Cheyenne Wynia, Olivia Hanchuck, Amelia Eaton, Zoé Jacole, Meredith Lauzon, Annie Chick and Lauren O’Neill

Hall and thrived as a young ballet dancer. She now runs Dance Educators, the dance studio on Rideau Street where she once trained.

This is where I have trained since I was two years old and developed a love of dance that I now share as an assistant and teacher at both Dance Educators and at the Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group. I am inspired by my own family and by my fellow dancers at Canterbury.

I am excited to present my piece, called “Mannerisms,”and take part in fellow students’ pieces at Canterbury’s Dance Night, dancing alongside peers who are like a second family to me.

My choreography has been inspired by my fascination with individual quirks. Living beings have things that make them unique, be it physical markings or quirky tendencies. My

piece was sparked by my interest in the unique gestures and mannerisms that we all have that embody who we are. Through movement, I explored the way our personalities are reflected in our behaviour and how humans create relationships and connections with each other.

When Words Don’t Suffice Canterbury Dance Night May 16 – 17, 7:30 p.m.

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28 Glebe Report May 9, 2014

At the flicks with Lois and Paul The Broken Circle Breakdown

Le Week-End

Directed by Roger Michell (U.K./France, 2013)

Directed by Felix Van Groeningen (Belgium, 2012)

By Lois Siegel

If you remember the ’60s and ’70s, you may be reliving them in this film.

Le Week-End plunges us into the life of Nick (Jim Broadbent) and Meg (Lindsay Duncan). Looking to reignite something in their relationship, they travel by train to Paris, the city where they honeymooned some 30 years earlier. We soon learn, however, that everything they have dreamed about is not quite the same. They are older; they move more slowly; their relationship is fraught with conflicting desires.

When the inexpensive hotel they have chosen turns out to be disappointing, Meg flees, with Nick in pursuit, to a fancy location, complete with elegant suite and rooms that command a view. All that’s required is a credit card. Nick worries about money. “What if we live longer,” he says. Meg wants to enjoy life now – she raids the well-stocked refrigerator as he frets.

Little things about Nick bother Meg. She complains when he makes noise as he eats. “People don’t change,” Nick says. “They do,” Meg retorts. “They get worse.” The lyrics to Bob Dylan’s song “Like a Rolling Stone” play in the background: “How does it feel, how does it feel? To be without a home – Like a complete unknown – Like a rolling stone?” Meg wants a new start – and excitement. Nick, on the other hand, doesn’t want his life to change. He dreads being deserted. He loves her very much and clings a bit. Despite their differences, they have adventures together. They don’t have a lot of money to spend, so they find solutions. Laughter abounds.

By accident, they run into Morgan (Jeff Goldblum), an old friend. He’s now a successful writer. “It’s a bad day for the English language,” quips Nick about Morgan’s books. But Morgan makes money – something Nick would love to do.

Nick is a philosophy professor who is being forced into early retirement. By contrast, Morgan is flamboyant, excitable, vain and obviously rich. His son from a former marriage, visiting from the States, says of his father, “Even his emails are loud.”

Morgan has a new, younger wife who adores him, for the moment. He knows this won’t last, but for now she’s his “Mona Lisa.” He invites Nick and Meg to celebrate his new book at a dinner party in his expensive abode situated in a good Parisian neighbourhood. The guests all have credentials: they are writers, sculptors, professors and journalists. It’s here that unexpected revelations surface, changing the way we look at Nick and Meg. We begin to understand love and friendship, and how life goes on…

Le Week-End is a love story, although we’re not always sure during the first part of the film. It’s like Ernest Hemingway’s Moveable Feast: “Never to go on trips with anyone you do not love.” “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”

The acting is stellar. The writing is masterful, filled with humour as well as sadness. Writer Hanif Kureishi is known for his comedic dramas. You may remember that he’s the screenwriter of My Beautiful Laundrette, directed by Stephen Frears.

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On order at the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library 93 minutes. Rated PG.

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The spiritual hymn “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” which lends itself to the title of the film, serves as a poignant metaphor for this moving tale of love and loss set against a background of bluegrass music that plays out across the rural reaches of Flemish-speaking Belgium. She is Elise, an attractive free-spirited tattoo artist, and he is Didier, a bearded bluegrass musician who loves American culture. “You mean like Elvis?” she asks. “ No, not Elvis,” he replies. “Think of Hank Williams, or better yet, Bill Monroe, the founder of bluegrass music.” On an impulse, Elise, who is a walking advertisement for her tattoo artistry, turns up to watch Didier play and sing with his bluegrass band. Later, as he pours out his passion for the music of the Appalachians, she falls in love with Didier and the two of them tumble into a hotand-heavy affair. Elise starts singing – and blending in quite nicely – with the group, and in short order this unlikely couple gets married in a distinctly nonreligious ceremony, presided over by various members of the band.

Not content to tell his story in linear fashion, director Van Groeningen has structured his film as a circular series of episodes, past and present, not unlike the folk melodies featured on the film’s soundtrack. In an early scene, Elise and Didier are in hospital at the bedside of their six-year-old daughter, Maybelle (named for Maybelle Carter!), who is stricken with leukemia. Indeed, it is Maybelle’s illness and subsequent death – and the tragic consequences for Elise and Didier – that provide much, if not all, the film’s dramatic tension.

The enthusiastic performances by actors Veerle Baetens and Johan Helderbergh as Elise and Didier lend authenticity to the proceedings, pulling the viewer along willy-nilly as Elise and Didier wrestle with wildly diverging views in the aftermath of their daughter’s death. There is an odd bit of foreshadowing – odd in that I recall it follows the scene of Maybelle’s death – in which Maybelle approaches her father holding in her hands a lifeless blackbird that has dashed itself against their window. She is distraught: “Daddy, why is the bird dead? Will it go to heaven?” Didier is helpless before her grief; he can neither console her nor make her understand. In another sequence, Didier, enraged by the sight of George Bush on TV vetoing a bill on embryonic stem-cell research, launches into an impassioned jeremiad on the ignorance and hypocrisy of the religious right in America. It is all a bit much for Elise, who sees in the presence of a blackbird on their windowpane the possible reincarnation of Maybelle.

The loss of a child must be devastating for even the most resilient of couples. In the case of Elise and Didier, who still love one another, it has dealt a punishing blow to their marriage by laying bare the very serious but legitimate differences between them. And yet they remain unalterably human. With visual and verbal aplomb, and drawing on enthusiastic performances from his actors, Felix Van Groeningen has crafted a film that highlights the circular and, perhaps, cyclical nature of the human experience, set to the strains of a lively musical tradition whose spirituality perfectly matches its subject matter.

Available at Glebe Video. In Flemish with English subtitles.

111 minutes. Tentative Canadian rating: 14A.

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Seventeen Voyces concert May 30

Ottawa Bach Choir, Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Germany, 2009

Ottawa Bach Choir presents Prélude – Europe 2014

by Faye Carter

In its short 12-year history, the Ottawa Bach Choir (OBC) has performed throughout the world and been acclaimed on both the national and international levels. It has given concerts in such venues as Carnegie Hall in New York City, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, and the Peterskirche in Vienna. This year, the professional choir travels to Leipzig, Germany to perform in the prestigious international festival, “Bachfest Leipzig 2014,” the largest festival in the world celebrating Bach’s music.

In preparation, the OBC presents this repertoire to Ottawa audiences in Prélude-Europe 2014 on Saturday, May 10 at 8 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Church in the Glebe, under the direction of its founder, artistic director Lisette Canton.

This concert takes us to the very places where composers conceived their music and where the choir will journey and perform this coming June 13 to 26 – Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, as well as North America. It includes music by Bach, Buxtehude, Hassler, Gabrieli (Andrea and Giovanni), Monteverdi,

Palestrina, Schütz, Sweelinck, spirituals, and a special piece by Ottawa composer Nicholas Piper. Jennifer Loveless, titular organist of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Ottawa, accompanies the choir and performs as soloist, both in concert in Ottawa and on tour in Europe.

In addition to its Ottawa concert, the OBC will hold its annual Garden Party and Silent Auction at the residence of the German ambassador on Tuesday, June 10 at 5:30 p.m. to support the German embassy’s cultural week and the OBC’s European tour.

Tickets can be purchased through the Ottawa Bach Choir website at www.ottawabachchoir. ca, or by calling 613-270-1015. Single tickets may be bought from both Compact Music stores, The Leading Note, or at any CD Warehouse location.

On Friday, May 30, Seventeen Voyces concludes its 2013-14 subscription series with “War and Peace,” a performance at Southminster United Church. The performance commemor- Kevin Reeves, artistic director of ates the 100th anniversary Seventeen Voyces of the First World War (unexpected in the spring of 1914).

Directed by Kevin Reeves, the superb chamber choir will be accompanied by the Ottawa Baroque Consort, including violins, viola, cello and harpsichord.

The two main works are Hor che ‘l ciel e la terra e ‘I vento tace by Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), a composer, singer and musician whose work marks the transition between Renaissance and Baroque music. The second work is Welcome, Vicegerent of the Mighty King by Henry Purcell (1659-1695).

The Monteverdi work (“Now that the sky, earth and wind are silent,” in English) is from the Italian composer’s Madrigals of Love and War published in 1638. The libretto is from a sonnet written by Renaissance scholar, Petrarch (1304-74). Sometimes haunting, the work requires great precision of voice.

Considered one of the greatest English composers of all time, Purcell was remarkably versatile. A prodigy, his Welcome, vicegerent (1680) was written for the return of King Charles II to London. Written when he was only 21, Purcell’s congratulatory composition was typical of works commissioned by Stuart kings to celebrate birthdays, weddings and homecomings.

For information and tickets, go to www.seventeenvoyces.ca.

Tickets: adults, $25; students, $15.

Seventeen Voyces Friday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m.

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Prélude–Europe 2014 Saturday, May 10, 8 p.m.

St. Matthew’s Church Faye Carter is on the board of directors of the Ottawa Bach Choir.

Freelance writer and program manager Margret Brady Nankivell is on the board of Seventeen Voyces.

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The Glebe according to Zeus

In the land of Glebe

A guinea pig’s perspective on the Glebe

In The Language Garden Contemplating the nourishing mother

By Adelle Farrelly

Should post boxes be zoned residential?

Spring fashion debate draws blood!

The Glebe Animal Council (GAC) is in a deadlock with Ottawa City Council (OCC) over whether the proposed post boxes to replace home delivery should be zoned residential. Not unexpectedly, the Guinea-pig Association of the Glebe (GAG), a subsidiary of GAC, launched a lawsuit against OCC citing discrimination. “It’s not our fault that most bipeds are too fat to fit in a post box – zoning decisions should not be made based on one group’s interests only!” complained Raoul, a beige guinea pig new to the Glebe. “In my former home ’hood, Kanata, we used the post boxes for anything and everything! The Glebe is just elitist and doesn’t want to address homelessness!”

The OCC countered that their concerns are genuine and that disallowing the post boxes to be used as residences is for the public good. “These post boxes turn into squirrel and guinea pig ghettos run by gangs! Kanata is a

prime example. Raoul is a well-known leader of the ferocious Squig Gang, to which nearly all the Kanata squirrels and guinea pigs belong. Most bipeds, and even raccoons, have to pay fees to the Squigs to access their post boxes or else suffer grave consequences, including mass lawn defecations!”

Others have the opposite concern, that the post boxes will significantly increase the condo prices in the Glebe and contribute to the ever-growing housing bubble. “Already, post boxes are being sold on the black market for $475 million a box – while that’s low for the Glebe, remember it’s only a studio! Pigs and squirrels will be boxpoor for their entire lives! And this does nothing to address the homeless squirrels! What we need is affordable trees in the Glebe!” said NDP-GP rep, Saul Newar.

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With spring having finally established itself and summer around the corner, it is a truly pleasant time of year to celebrate life and the changes it brings. This is our time for celebrating Mother’s Day, honouring the women who brought us into the world. With school ending, many out there have or are about to celebrate departure from mothers of a different kind – their alma mater, in which they had been matriculated. Alma mater means “nourishing mother” in Latin (mater is mother) and refers to one’s school, customarily but not exclusively where one earned a bachelor’s degree. Before its academic use, it was a title reserved for mother goddesses such as Cybele, who were traditionally honoured in the springtime, and later for the Virgin Mary.

Matriculation, meaning registration or enrolment, is a funny word. If you think it looks like it is related to mater/mother, you are partially correct. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), the word originated in Latin from matrix, which had the double meaning of “list or roll” and “womb.” This double meaning apparently came from a confusion about the Greek homonyms metra (womb, from meter, mother) and metra (register or lot). To be matriculated in a school may mean to be enrolled, but if we want to be a little silly about it, we can also think of it as being enveloped in the womb of one’s nourishing mother, from which we are released, ever grateful, into the world on graduation day. For those done with school, why not take a moment to look back with fondness on those institutions? For those still slogging away, enjoy your summer; your birthday will come soon enough.

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Savouring the art of letter writing

By Adelle Farrelly

When Canada Post announced this March that it was raising its postage rates by 35 per cent, the majority of the attention it garnered related to how the increases would affect those businesses still sending out physical mail rather than email. Another group, however, is also affected, one often assumed to be extinct: the letter writer.

I am one of those mythical creatures who still love bringing pen to paper. I have a modest stationery collection as well as a physical, rather than virtual, address book. Rather than get annoyed, I like it when charities send out unsolicited address labels. I buy stamps in bulk. One of my favourite possessions is my fountain pen and the little bottles of ink I use to refill it. When I send letters to friends and family, their arrival is usually acknowledged via Facebook, email or telephone. That is OK, though, as I don’t write letters to get a letter in return. The real reward is the ritual preparation of the letter or card itself: choosing the paper, the pen, the envelope and even the stamp.

Trying to personalize an email with font styles, colours and sizes is seen by most as annoying, but when it comes to physical mail, such festoons are part of the fun.

Is my hobby (for that is what it is at this point) really so unusual, and am I really so rare in indulging in it? We as a society clearly still like the idea of letter writing, even if we rarely manage to drag ourselves over to the post office to put said letters in the mail.

Most people still send out physical wedding invitations, and though the

Christmas email threatens the traditional Christmas letter or card, many send cards, even if those cards are the only pieces of mail sent out all year.

Stationery shops, thank goodness, still exist, with dizzying displays of paper, cardstock and matching card sets. Any self-respecting tourist or gift shop carries postcards. Indeed, I’ve purchased some of my favourites from museum gift shops. As for greeting cards, most shopping centres host a Hallmark store and I can’t remember the last time I was in a drug store that did not have at least a small selection of birthday and thank-you cards. Despite the availability and popularity of stationery, however, every now and then another article comes out proclaiming the death of “snail mail.” Clearly there is a disconnect that occurs somewhere between purchasing the supplies and getting them in the mail.

So what is the best way of ensuring that your letter makes it from the back of a drawer and into the mailbox? Here are a few tips I’ve learned along the way.

A few tips on writing Letters

Keep stamps and addresses around, preferably together. Having stamps available means no running out to the post office once it comes time to mail your letter. If you order your stamps online direct from Canada Post, you can avoid the post office altogether and simply toss your letter into the nearest post box.

Make sure you enjoy your writing instrument. I love my fountain pen, but there are other fun options. My sister sometimes sends me letters written using an old typewriter.

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“I don’t write letters to get a letter in return. The real reward is the ritual preparation of the letter or card itself.”

Keep a variety of paper, envelopes and cards around to suit different moods.

In the beginning, aim for at least one letter a week. This can be to whomever you wish. True story: I once sent a handwritten note to the Canada Revenue Agency with no negative consequences.

The most important advice I can give, however, is to write letters for

the sake of writing letters and not in order to receive them. So go ahead and give it a try. You might discover a new (old) pastime. We are, after all, paying for the postal service. We might as well use it while it still exists.

In her Culturescape essays, writer and blogger Adelle Farrelly turns the spotlight on changing cultural habits and routines of contemporary urban life.

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By Carol MacLeod

When our editor asked for thoughts on 21st century grandparenting, focusing on the role of grandmothers in families and communities, I worried that my experience as a distant “Noggie” (Number One Grandmother), with two grandchildren who are allergic to Skype, might not be typical. So I consulted grandmothers and honorary grandmothers on my street. We agree.

Having grandchildren in our lives has, as one neighbour says, made us “laugh and feel young.”

Those of us who have grandchildren nearby, or came here specifically to be with grandchildren, find our lives and our houses filled with children’s books, toys and extra winter boots.

The grandchildren keep us busy and creative. We’re always looking for special things, large and small, to make the grandchildren smile. We really know the stock at Mrs. Tiggy Winkle’s or Kaleidoscope or Boomerang Kids! We become a bit obsessive.

I’m not my block’s only long-distance nana. We regularly travel across the province, the country or to the other side of the world. It means phone calls both ways, to touch base or for recipes, advice, questions: where is…? do you still have…? We’re grateful for Skype and telephone answering machines. The first message from the wee grandson, not quite sure what telephones are about and with his mother’s background prompting, and the message soon after when he

nattered cheerfully for half an hour, only half of which I caught – these messages are carefully taped! Replaying them brings a smile.

We remember all the neighbourhood spots that entranced our kids. We meet our younger selves as we introduce the next generation to joys and traditions their parents experienced, growing up in the Glebe. From tot lot to wading pool, from ponds full of bulrushes, Remy and Carol on the bridge at Wanapitei redwing blackbirds, And trust your own skills. You and mating carp, tadpoles and turtles to your children are made for each other! museums of every stripe, we entertain grandchildren by the hour. Who The firm friendship between me, as can resist spring lambs when the barn grandmother, and my daughter is icing is at our doorstep? Our community has on the grandparenting cake. Spingreat paths upon which to test cycling offs for grandmothers on my block skills and a whole canal for learninclude everything from intergenerational family meals and friendships ing to skate. The community centre has all sorts of programs. One of my with young parents, to indulging our street grandmothers runs a wonderful “grands” with impunity in ways we’d baby and toddler rhyme and song pronever have done as our kids were gram that welcomes grandmothers to growing up. Now we know that a little capture memories along with their office cream or extra jam can’t possibly spring. spoil a child. We love our grandchilAdvice to parents? Your children dren without reserve and get that same love right back. show you who they are and what they need from the start. Your job is We are at the time in our lives when to love, listen and be there for them. we are beginning to think of legacy.

We are of a generation that believes that we should leave the world a better place, that our footprints on this earth should be small, that we should think forward to the seventh generation after us. Yet as we look at the world we leave our grandchildren, we know it to be full of challenges. We see business and political leaders giving a collective shrug and carrying

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On being a grandmother in 2014 Remy and Carol get close to the action.

on as usual. Many of us are determined that this cannot continue; it’s our responsibility to stop it.

Now we have the luxury of time to be involved in our community, time that having families and careers did not allow. Our volunteer skills are useful, whether it is in the cause of international peace and humanitarianism, environmental protection or building a more robust democracy. At the local level, we pick up where governments have left off, supporting literacy and ESL programs to welcome newcomers to Canada, education and child development, help for homeless people, or access to mental health services. Activities such as cancer research fundraising are lifelong commitments for some; others volunteer at local churches, our grandchildren’s schools, seniors’ groups and hospices or community organizations – wherever we think we can help make our community better.

The bottom line is that, whether we spend time with our children and grandchildren, march in support of broader causes or keep active with cross-country skiing or exercise classes, we are a generation of grandmothers who tend to be a lot more involved that our predecessors. You won’t find us in rockers waiting out our golden years. We are living longer on average and we’re a noisy bunch!

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At the Centretown Emergency Food Centre, 507 Bank Street, volunteers in the stock room fill food requests for families and singles and offer support to all who visit the Centre.

Hunger challenge calls on you

By Julie Houle Cezer Mary Walsh, renowned for her comedic roles, will be appearing May 14 at the St. Elias Centre as part of the fundraiser Cabaret for Reach.

More committed than ever Reach Canada focuses on access to justice

By JC Sulzenko

What’s not to support about Reach Canada? It’s an organization that focuses on issues and community education to achieve equality and access to justice for people with disabilities in our area.

I joined the board of Reach Canada because of its important mandate, in order to contribute in whatever way I could to ensuring that Reach Canada continues to provide its valuable services in our community. After nearly three years on the board, I find myself ever more committed to the organization and enjoy being hands-on in working toward the success of the annual Reach Celebrity Auction and the EY Run for Reach.

Now for something completely different, I am very excited about being involved with a new venture, the first Cabaret for Reach, to take place on May 14 at St. Elias Centre, across from Mooney’s Bay. “An Evening with Mary Walsh and Friends” is the newest fundraising event for Reach. This first, star-studded cabaret features Mary Walsh as headliner and MC, fresh from the sold-out run of her play, Dancing with Rage, at the GCTC. Who wouldn’t want the chance to see and hear Mary up close? An original member of the CODCO sketch comedy troupe and series, she created and then starred in This Hour Has 22 Minutes. During her made-in-and-stayed-in-Canada career, she has received 25 Gemini awards, the Order of Canada and in 2012, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. As Eric Coats, artistic director of GCTC, notes, “Nobody embodies the essence of today’s Canada with more ferocity and wit than Mary Walsh.”

“And she’s so funny! Reach is thrilled that Mary is returning to Ottawa just for the cabaret and to offer the Ottawa audience such a great line-up of home-grown talent, including entertainers with disabilities,” enthuses Christine Stevens, chair of the Cabaret Committee. The evening begins with a reception offering desserts and bubbly and featuring Peter Liu Jazz Duo with Peter Hum, fol-

lowed by the exciting variety show with performances from celebrated blues vocalist Maria Hawkins, illusionist Diego Lopez, the hilarious Alan Shain and the captivating Neshama Tamir Choir.

Since Reach Canada started in 1981, the International Year of Disabled Persons, this self-funded, not-for-profit charitable organization has provided a lawyer referral service through which some 200 local lawyers volunteer up to three hours of their time to counsel individuals with disabilities, including physical, mental and invisible disabilities such as PTSD, chronic pain, HIV and environmental sensitivities, about their rights.

I am not the only Glebe resident active in this organization’s work.

Since 2011, Stacey Santaguida has chaired the annual, highly successful celebrity auction (the 34th will take place on Thursday, October 24), with help from an army of volunteers.

Trattoria Vittoria, which first operated in the heart of our neighbourhood, remains a valued and loyal friend and sponsor of Reach Canada.

Recently Reach Canada received the following commendation from Glebe resident Shereen Benzvy Miller, assistant deputy minister for Small Business, Tourism and Marketplace Services at Industry Canada, after her department’s February 2014 event on mental health in the workplace: “Working with Reach to raise awareness about various disabilities, including mental-health-related disabilities, has been very rewarding. Based on the positive feedback received from our participants, I would highly recommend any of the Reach Canada presentations to organizations planning to hold a similar session.”

For tickets ($75), specific information about “An Evening with Mary Walsh and Friends” and testimonials about Reach Canada’s impact on the lives of members of our community, please go to www.reach.ca or call 613236-6636.

Glebe resident JC Sulzenko, who is involved with many community organizations in Ottawa, is a member of the board of directors of Reach Canada.

The May 24 Great Glebe Garage Sale is one of the most festive mash-ups of street party, flea market and recycling projects of the year. Part of its raison d’être, background buzz and social benefit is the Glebe community’s focus on generating funds for the Ottawa Food Bank (OFB) to be used to alleviate hunger across the City of Ottawa.

What you may not know is, that although the Ottawa Food Bank operates the central warehouse and organizes the distribution network serving 40,000 residents monthly across Ottawa (some 40 per cent being children), direct delivery of services and food to clients is actually done by 140 different local agencies in the form of community food banks and food cupboards, as well as multi-service, kick-start breakfast and after-four programs. In our area, the community food bank providing emergency groceries and social service referrals in the catchment area from Wellington Street to Billings Bridge and Lyon Street to Main Street/Lees Avenue is called the Centretown Emergency Food Centre. Located at 507 Bank Street – just a few scant blocks north of the avenues and the core of the Glebe, and inconspicuously tucked away in the basement of the Centretown United

Church – 45 of the Centre’s volunteers share in respectfully receiving clients (those with proof of residence) four days a week and discreetly filling once-a-month requests for a nutritionist-prescribed array of nourishing food choices adequate for three to four days of meals.

A project associated since 1975 with an action group of 24 churches, the Centretown Churches Social Action Committee, the Centre reports that the 12 per cent increase to 10,919 clients in 2013 (a rise of 1,190 clients, of whom 50 per cent are children) represents a substantial increase in families and children using the service. Despite the fact that up to 30 per cent of food is supplied by the OFB, topped up by donations from churches, schools and individuals, increased need by lowincome families just this past year has required an additional $110,000, and an equal amount is anticipated for 2014.

This is a wake-up call to a local hunger challenge. One benefactor who is listening has responded with an offer “to match dollar for dollar any new donation the Centre receives this year from a local business up to a limit of $10,000.” Will you be one of those businesses to stand up and rise to the challenge? Call 613-232-3059 or contact Allison Dingle at allisondingle@ sympatico.ca.

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“People don’t really notice that he has Parkinson’s.

We’ve been able to manage the disease as it

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progressed.”

Glebe residents Roberta Driscoll and John Tawn are members of Partners Investing in Parkinson Research, which will raise funds for The Ottawa Hospital during Ottawa Race Weekend.

Ottawa couple’s glass still ‘half full’

By Tracey Tong

John Tawn noticed the first signs that something was wrong while working in his kitchen. A talented cook, the 43-year-old Glebe resident noticed that he was having trouble with a chef’s knife. He spent a couple of days in the hospital for diagnostic tests including an MRI. It was a “total shock” when Tawn was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, said his wife, Roberta Driscoll. It was 1990 and “there was not the access to information that there is

now, which made the diagnosis more intimidating.”

The couple decided to take it in stride. “The symptoms were not that noticeable,” Driscoll said. “We’ve been really fortunate because onset has been slow.” A sales manager at the Subaru dealership in Westboro, Tawn continued to work for another 15 years before retiring.

Thanks to regular physiotherapy and the extraordinary care from his doctors at The Ottawa Hospital, Tawn’s Parkinson’s has been well managed

and his medication has controlled most symptoms. “People don’t really notice that he has Parkinson’s. We’ve been able to manage the disease as it progressed.” Now 66, the father and grandfather is enjoying retirement.

He still cooks, is an avid reader and a stamp collector. “Parkinson’s is part of our life together,” said Driscoll without a hint of regret.

In 2009, Driscoll, an investment advisor, joined forces with her RBC Dominion Securities colleagues, Richard Shantz and Andrew Frank, along with other professionals in the investment industry, to form Partners Investing in Parkinson Research (PIPR). Over the past six years, the group has raised more than $750,000 for research done at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH). PIPR has also engaged the support of TOH’s Parkinson’s doctors, including Dr. Michael Schlossmacher, Dr. David Grimes and Dr. David Park, who will be walk-

ing and running alongside members of PIPR to raise funds during Ottawa Race Weekend (May 24-25).

This year, Driscoll and Kim Teron, whose husband, Ross, has also been afflicted with Parkinson’s, have stepped up as the group’s new co-chairs. Their goal for 2014 is to hit the $1-million fundraising mark and to reach out to Parkinson’s patients in Ottawa.

In the meantime, life (very happily) goes on at the Tawn-Driscoll household. “Our quality of life is still great,” Driscoll said. “Many people have been impacted much more dramatically than we have, so we are fortunate. The glass is still half full.”

Tracey Tong is the media relations and marketing officer for The Ottawa Hospital Foundation Editor’s note: According to the Parkinson Society of Canada, over 100,000 Canadians are living with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is associated with insufficient production of dopamine, a neurotransmitter that controls movement. For more information, contact the Parkinson Society Eastern Ontario at 613722-9238 or psoc@toh.on.ca www. parkinsons.ca, or check out the website at http://www.parkinsons.ca.

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by James Morden

It’s that time of year again. The days are longer, the air is warmer, and the atmosphere is electric. Why? Because Glebe Collegiate students will be all over Ottawa on May 29 for the annual Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) drive. Legions of high-school students will set out across the city collecting donations for the hospital.

All funds raised during this incredible event will be donated directly to CHEO during its yearly telethon.

This “Kids 4 Kids” CHEO drive spans all of downtown Ottawa, raising money and awareness for Ottawa’s very own children’s hospital. Over 500 students will take part in fun afterschool activities, a barbeque, and then go on to canvass with their peers. This year’s CHEO drive is made possible by the numerous local businesses sponsoring the students. This allows Glebe Collegiate to raise as much money as possible for CHEO. On the night of the event itself, CHEZ 106 will be at Glebe CI to help promote the drive to Ottawa residents, and will have a tent set up to play music for participating students. Other sponsors include David’s Tea, Britton’s, Scotiabank and Menchie’s on Merivale. student Canvassers May 29

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May 29 will be wearing Glebe CI attire, a CHEO pin, and a “Kids 4 Kids” sticker. Glebe Collegiate is asking residents of the Glebe for any sort of cash or cheque donation to this cause. Donors will be asked to write their name, address and total amount donated on the sheets that the students will be carrying. Tax receipts will be issued to those who identify themselves on the sheet and who donate $10 or more.

If individuals prefer, online donations can be made through the Glebe Collegiate CHEO donation page. The link to Glebe’s CHEO Foundation donation page is accessible through our website: glebe.ocdsb.ca. We appreciate all donations, as each one will help Glebe reach our goal of $20,000.

To attain this ambitious goal, Glebe Students’ Council – @GCIstudsco on Twitter or Glebe Students’ Council on Facebook – has scheduled various pre-events to raise awareness about the drive: • Students and staff attended an informative assembly with several guest speakers on April 25 to launch the event.

• During the “Month of Music in May for CHEO,” staff and students can also “purchase” music to play over the announcement system before the daily announcements and post-lunch period – $3

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Glebe Collegiate ‘Kids 4 Kids’ CHEO drive

A quiet moment at Glebe Collegiate Institute before Kids 4 Kids May 29th drive

for 5 minutes worth of music. Students’ Council will then purchase the songs to be played.

• Glebe Students’ Council’s Oscars Night on May 15 will also benefit CHEO. Glebe Collegiate is thrilled to bring the “Kids 4 Kids” CHEO drive back to Ottawa for its fourth year. Glebe is honoured and excited to be a part of a campaign to raise funds for such an amazing cause. With your help, we hope to attain, perhaps even surpass, our ambitious goal. See you on Thursday, May 29!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our teacher advis-

“We appreciate all donations, as each one will help Glebe reach our goal of $20,000.”

ors: Janice Bernstein at 613-239-2424 x 2134 janice.bernstein@ocdsb.ca and Katherine Caldwell at 613-239-2424 x 2089 katherine.caldwell@ocdsb.ca James Morden is a Grade 11 student at Glebe CI. He is a member of Glebe Students’ Council and is leading this year’s CHEO drive and media campaign.

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‘Putting students first’

Photos: Julie Houle Cezer

Trustee The days are getting longer, which Kathy means the school year will soon be Ablett coming to an end. As this will be my OCSB final column for the current academic year, I want to share the following information from the Ottawa Catholic School Board.

A favourite view of the neighbourhood in springtime.

Thankful for our favourite view from home

By Sarah Williams

Most of us know how lucky we are and spring is a time to appreciate this.

We’ve probably all been speaking about this much-needed change in the weather, but have our children? They certainly are enjoying the freedom to move without thick snow pants and heavy-duty gloves. They are running around with huge smiles and basking in the sun without even realizing that they are grateful for spring. Young children are happy with snow, puddles, sun and falling leaves. But they are grateful without having to say it.

They show their appreciation simply, in their movements and in their play.

So although we are at the opposite side of the calendar for a formal “thanksgiving” we are still, at Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool, giving thanks and expressing gratitude for this new season.

Many students have sent in photographs of their favourite views from their homes. Trees are blossoming, early spring flowers are bursting forth and those squirrels are still nimbly jumping from branch to branch. We 1

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EDUCATION WEEK

Education Week was a highlight of the academic year with many activities, including: an arts night (spotlighting talents in the arts), Parent Council spaghetti dinner, Parent Council silent auction and a number of department displays.

Immaculata also hosted the annual Food Fair, highlighting its diverse population and culture. Corpus Christi was busy as well, participating in a living rosary, with students lighting a candle and reciting the prayer. Each class researched and presented a saint to the rest of the school.

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Spring is a busy time at Corpus Christi, with tennis lessons for the Junior classes and the bike rodeo for Grades 1 to 4, where students learn about bicycle safety and proper fitting of helmets. Also, Junkyard Symphony will be performing a concert at the school. Watch the school newsletter for dates of further upcoming events.

Sarah Williams is a teacher at Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool.

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will reproduce these scenes from our neighbourhood and share them with each other, our favourite views from home. Maybe you do this too – on a rainy day or at bedtime? Gaze out your window with your little ones and take in the view. Perhaps your child would like to draw it with you and send it to a family member who lives elsewhere.

Or, you can hang it in your work place.

Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool is thankful for our neighbourhood with its trees, waterways, parks and wonderful people. We are thankful for our children who just enjoy and appreciate all that this world has to offer without even thinking about it. They do it when they jump in a puddle, skip along the sidewalk and raise their faces to the sky and smile.

Good Morning Creative Arts and Preschool is giving children another reason to smile. We will be hosting birthday parties (art-themed or room rental only). Contact us at www. gmcaps.com or 613-276-7974 to arrange your birthday.

FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 12

Manon Seguin, Superintendent of Student Success, Intermediate and Secondary, and Simone Oliver, Superintendent of Student Success, Elementary, outlined highlights of the board’s French as a Second Language (FSL) curriculum: • All kindergarten classes in 2014-2015 will be full-day learning with 50/50 French Immersion in all classrooms. The board’s immersion pathway for every student starts in Junior Kindergarten.

• Priority strategy in French as a Second Language classes is the development of proficiency in the language, with oral and written communication in authentic context.

• The board will continue the successful intercultural mentorship program, where 12 French-qualified teachers are teamed up with FSL mentors to attend French cultural events.

• FSL teachers will be surveyed on their professional development needs, in continued support of professional learning for all educators and staff.

• The board will continue its commitment to the Dipôme d’études en langue française (DELF) exam and survey by 75 Grade 12 French students who will be examined the last week of April.

• The board will continue its commitment to parental engagement by having parent representation on the FSL Steering Committee, keeping the Catholic School Parents’ Association up-to-date on FSL curriculum progress, and presenting FSL information evenings to parent groups at schools.

• The board will continue to improve its rich online media and web content outlining its approach to French.

Left to right: Sharon Murphy, President, May Court Club of Ottawa; Kathy Ablett, Ottawa Catholic School Board Trustee, Zone 9; Susan Eldridge, Student Success Teacher; and Christopher Mes, Principal, Immaculata High School.

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On April 15, Financial Literacy Day, Minister Sorenson (federal Minister of State – Finance) was one of many delegates present at Immaculata for the launch of a program called “Talk with our Kids about Money.” This program is sponsored by BMO and supported by the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education. The focus of the program is to offer life-relevant lessons on money in some or all Grade 7 subject areas. It is an engaging and valuable learning day for students. The aim is to provide sound strategies about financial literacy and make students aware of its importance and impact on their future. On this day when the government announced its first Financial Leader, several students discussed projects highlighting money, and two students appeared on Canada AM to discuss the program and its impact on their thinking.

Finally, May Court Club once again helped the Immaculata homework club by donating $800. Great supporters of Immaculata, the May Court Club demonstrates the care the community has for schools and their programs. Many thanks to May Court for their continued support.

Best wishes to all students, parents and staff for a safe and relaxing summer break. Farewell to those who are moving on to college, university or beginning their working career. I look forward to seeing those returning in September.

Kathy Ablett Trustee Zone 9 Capital/River Wards 613-526-9512

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One man’s optimism and spirit

“Living with Cancer: A Journey is a unique book – part guide to managing cancer and part memoir of Griffith’s very personal experiences. The resulting book is highly

Living with Cancer: A Journey

recommended.”

by Andrew Griffith REVIEWED BY GILLIAN CAMPBELL

When Glebe resident Andrew Griffith was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma in 2009, he began a physically and psychologically intense journey that would bring him through many ups and downs over the course of the next three years. His book, Living with Cancer: A Journey, not only records his day-to-day experience with his treatment – the tentative ups of a successful treatment and the devastating downs of relapse – but it also provides a blueprint for handling all aspects of the disease. Living with Cancer: A Journey is a unique book – part guide to managing cancer and part memoir of Griffith’s very personal experiences. The resulting book is highly recommended for anyone who has cancer or who is supporting someone with cancer, or for anyone who is interested in learning more about the disease.

Although the subject, going through cancer, makes this book a serious one, Griffith’s positive attitude, his graceful writing style and his love of life lighten the book’s tone considerably.

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Living with Cancer: A Journey has two facets, the personal and the practical, that work together to form a picture of Griffith’s journey. On the one hand, the book offers valuable advice about many aspects of dealing with the disease – from how to manage your medical team to ways of telling those around you about your diagnosis. It also provides suggestions for updating friends and co-workers about the progress of treatment, lists useful resources for finding information on the web, and gives detailed information about treatment at all stages of the disease. There is even a comprehensive glossary at the back of the book, which lists and describes many cancer-related terms. The practical part

of the book would be extremely useful for anyone motivated by personal circumstances to find out more details about cancer.

However, I have to admit that it was the personal journal aspect that I liked best. Griffiths, who was an executive with the federal government, chose to keep a weekly blog of his experiences to update his friends and co-workers about his treatment. He includes blog entries in journal format as part of the book. Not only do the entries capture his symptoms and experiences with treatment – how he is feeling – but also his coming to terms with an illness that can be managed but will never go away.

His blogs include both routine information such as weekly hospital visits and daily walks, and more introspective travels plumbing the depths of his feelings as he suffers a relapse and realizes that he must undergo an allogenic stem cell transplant.

What comes across from his blog entries is the joy and appreciation for daily life that make his life meaningful. At one point, he wants to be able to take his son to university and is thrilled to get the OK from his medical team. Similarly, he is able to enjoy a cross-country trip by train and other travels. Using his recovery time to read a wide range of books and watch movies, he learns to appreciate

the smaller pleasures in life. By providing his reading and viewing lists, Griffiths gives the reader a full picture not only of his recovery, but also of his ownership of the journey in coping with the disease.

In the preface to his book, Griffith says that he hopes “that sharing my journey will help others, whatever their connection to cancer, reflect on how to provide support to those who need it, including their families. I also hope that my journey provides you with an enhanced appreciation of the fragility of life, and the need to live life fully, with compassion, empathy and purpose.” This book does exactly what it intends and more. Griffith’s optimism and fighting spirit shine through his writing. Living with Cancer: A Journey is about one man’s journey with cancer, but it is also a reflection of everyone’s life journey and life’s meaning as a whole.

You can buy Living with Cancer: A Journey (Anar Press, 2012) through Amazon.ca, as a print or e-book.

Griffiths has also written Policy Arrogance or Innocent Bias: Resetting Citizenship and Multiculturalism.

Editor Gillian Campbell has been proofreading and writing book reviews for the Glebe Report since early 2013.

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Dystopian fiction for adults

By Anna Baccin

There’s no denying that dystopian teen fiction is still very popular – The Hunger Games and the Divergent trilogies have recently made it to the big screen. Why do young people like to read about imaginary places where unhappy people are leading fearful, dehumanized lives and experiencing extreme forms of social control?

Admittedly, it is interesting to read about these various imagined futures.

Although some of these worlds are definitely extreme, they make us more aware of the potential pitfalls of the choices we are making. These dystopian worlds show us what life could be like if we don’t heed the warnings, but they also include passionate heroes and heroines who face great challenges, fight to survive and inspire hope that change is possible.

You may already have read and enjoyed some dystopian fiction such as George Orwell’s 1984 and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Dystopian fiction isn’t new and it isn’t just for teens. An early example of dystopian fiction, and one that influenced Orwell, is We, by the Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin, written in 1921 and available in a new translation (Modern Library Classics, 2006).

The citizens of the post-apocalyptic One State are known by numbers, not names, and they live in glass apartments, which makes it much easier to be watched by the secret police, the Bureau of Guardians. Our protagonist, D-503, the chief engineer of the Integral Spaceship project, meets and falls in love with rebellious I-330, a member of the secret underground organization, MEPHI, that is plotting to bring down the One State.

Their goal is to reunite people with the outside world, which was all but destroyed after weapons of mass destruction left the world with only a small fraction of its population.

Some examples of contemporary adult dystopian fiction are Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and her more recent MaddAddam trilogy. Atwood

displays her typical intelligence, wit and imagination in this trilogy where she takes us into a strangely complex, satirical, dystopian world that seems all too possible with current trends in genetic and bioengineering. MaddAddam (McClelland & Stewart, 2013), the final volume of the trilogy, draws multiple plot strands together connecting seemingly disparate elements from the earlier books, Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood. A satisfying ending to a great dystopian trilogy.

P.D. James, the queen of crime, took a break from detective fiction to write a more mainstream but dystopian novel, Children of Men (Knopf Canada, 1992), set in England in the year 2021. In this chaotic future, the human race has become infertile, which science has failed to explain.

We find out about this world where mankind is facing extinction through the journal entries of Dr. Theo Faron, an Oxford historian. The last children, the “Omegas,” were born in 1995 and are spoiled, violent brats who view the older generation with contempt.

Elderly and infirm citizens are considered a burden and are therefore expendable. It is grim, but P.D. James has a brilliant way with character and language and she explores important

social issues such as immigration, politics and power.

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (Alfred A. Knopf, 2005) is set in the recent past and centres around three young schoolmates raised in an isolated boarding school, Hailsham, in the English countryside. One of the three, the narrator Kathy H., reminisces about her time at the school with her friends, but as the story continues, the lack of control these young people have over their own futures becomes clear. This is a subtle novel with a tense undertone that raises questions about medical ethics.

Justin Cronin’s trilogy is comprised of The Passage (Random House, 2010), The Twelve (2012) and The City of Mirrors to be released later this year. In this apocalyptic world, superhuman vampire-like creatures are created when they are infected by a highly contagious virus that began as a government experiment.

Fast-forward about 100 years to the post-apocalyptic world, and we see how the uninfected humans fight to stay alive in this ruined landscape.

So why do we enjoy these books?

One theory is that we read bleak fiction to make us feel better about our own reality. Another theory is that we gather hope from the way adversity is overcome in these dark and dismal worlds. For whatever reason, there never seems to be an end to the popularity of dystopian fiction.

All of these titles are available from the Ottawa Public Library.

Anna Baccin is a children’s programming and public service assistant at the Sunnyside Branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

WHAT YOUR NEIGHBOURS ARE READING Here is a list of some titles read and discussed recently in various local book clubs: TITLE (for adults) 419

AUTHOR Will Ferguson

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The Time in Between

Maria Duenas

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The Sky is Falling 3 Le chuchotement des étoiles

Caroline Adderson Maurice Henrie

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Dance of the Reptiles 5

Carl Hiaasen

Sweet Thunder

Ivan Doig

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Behemoth: The History of the Elephant in America 7

Ronald B. Tobias

The Orenda

Joseph Boyden

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Alone in the Classroom 9

Elizabeth Hay

L’Élégance du hérisson 10

Muriel Barbery

Something Fierce

Carmen Aguirre

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Any biography or autobiography re: Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir 12

Various authors

Red Joan 13

Jennie Rooney

TITLE (for children and teens)

AUTHOR

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Elizabeth Wein

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid, or Beezus and Ramona 17

Jeff Kinney or Beverly Cleary

The School for Good and Evil 18

Soman Chainani

The Diviners 19

Libba Bray

1. Abbotsford Book Club 2. Broadway Book Club 3. Can’ Litterers 4. Cercle de lecture Sunnyside 5. OnLine Audio Book Club: www.DearReader.com 6. OnLine Fiction Book Club: www.DearReader.com 7. OnLine Nonfiction Book Club: www.DearReader.com 8. Helen’s Book Club 9. OPL Sunnyside Branch Adult Book Club 10. OPL Sunnyside Branch European Book Club 11. OPL Sunnyside Branch Second Friday Adult Book Club 12. Seriously No-Name Book Club 13. The Book Club 14. Glebe Collegiate Book Club 15. OnLine Teen Book Club: www.DearReader.com 16. OPL Sunnyside Branch Guysread 17. OPL Sunnyside Branch Mother-Daughter Book Club 7-9 18. OPL Sunnyside Branch Mother-Daughter Book Club 10-12 19. OPL Sunnyside Branch Teen Book Club

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Now for a mischievous phrase Old Age and Innocence

De la bouche des enfants Excerpted from Kidspace, Glebe Report, May 11, 1984

a poem with three voices (A Friend) Just where do you look for some help to come, Now that you’ve reached 85?

Well, the obvious place is your very own home – But I gather you’ve only one wife.

(Old Man) “She may be willing, and is a fine cook, As you know, having tasted her stews; But she’s 83, and prefers a good book.”

What other help can you choose?

What’s that you say? Your neighbours are kind, And drop off wood for your fire?

“But they die, or they sell; and the new ones, I find, Are too busy with hockey or choir.”

So where do you look? “Well, dear Sasha clears snow, And our sons fixing handrails are great.

But the snow is soon gone, when the April winds blow; And our sons have to cherish their mates.”

Ah! look! Here’s our answer on your very street: Walking down, sometimes one, often two, Not consumed with a cellphone or planning to tweet, Just chatting – and glancing at you. “‘Can I help?’ says one with a most charming grin, As she sees how I hobble with cane; For garbage day’s come, and there’s the green bin And the blue box to put out again.

“And the young girl steps forward, and lifts it with ease, And tells me she’s into 12th grade.

So I recite Milton and, just for a tease, What Amaryllis enjoyed in the shade. “‘Sporting?’ she asks. ‘I play soccer, too.’ ” What a gloriously innocent head!

And we’re old enough now for a mischievous phrase, And no one mistakes what we said.

There are joys to be had when you’ve reached 85 That never existed before.

“And this part of the Glebe is the best place to live With help from such dreams at our door.”

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Le Vent Le vent pousse des cris partout Il casse des fenêtres. Et il mélange la boue Il appelle ses frères Pour faire plus de dommage.

Et quand ils viennent, Ils sont tous sauvages.

–Molly S., Grade 5, age 10 (1984)

Le matin vient; Le vent commence à souffler Comme une colombe nouveau-née Qui a juste appris à voler.

Il se tient en l’air; Il vole au-dessus de l’océan.

Il joue avec l’eau dans la mer Et il s’envole vers les nuages blancs.

La nuit vient Et le vent dort En rêvant De souffler encore.

–Sherry S., 5ième année (1984)

Les Sentiments Les sentiments peuvent être reposants.

Les sentiments peuvent êetre fors et piquants, Les sentiments peuvent être doux comme les gens, Les sentiments peuvent être bons cent pourcent.

La joie est douce comme un enfant, La tristesse est grande comme l’océan, La colère peut te rendre méchant Les sentiments sont très changeants

–Maneesha N. 5ième année (1984)

– Clyde Sanger

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Exploring poetry with children

by Ildiko Sumegi

It’s not particularly necessary. Nothing terrible will happen if you don’t.

But reading a poem, like flying a kite or rolling down a hill, is one of those experiences that really shouldn’t be over-looked. When it comes to reading poetry to children, it’s just a matter of finding the right poem for the right child. Why not enjoy timeless old favourites together or hunt down newer verse with a more modern take on the world? Here are a few suggestions for various ages, all of which are available at the Ottawa Public Library.

A Patch of Black (Macmillan Children’s Books, 2012) by Rachel Rooney, illustrated by Deborah Allwright. This is a bedtime poem to enchant. A little imagination can change the darkness into many wonderful things offering

a young child the power to transform their fear into something much more interesting. “What can you do with a patch of black, a moon, and a silver star?” Apparently, you can do quite a lot. Rachel Rooney is a British poet who has recently won the CLPE (Centre for Literacy in Primary Education) poetry award for her collection of poems for middle-graders, entitled The Language of Cat. A Patch of Black is her first picture book and the only book of hers available at the OPL. It may appeal to children between four and six years old.

Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky (Frederick Warne, 1977), illustrated by Jane Breskin Zalben with annotations by Humpty Dumpty. If you don’t feel like trudging through the Victorian landscape of Alice Through the Looking Glass, you can skip straight to the best bit with this illustrated version of Carroll’s famous Jabberwocky. Dive into the nonsense and whimsy of Lewis Carroll with this much-loved poem that tells the story of a boy who sets

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off to slay the fearsome Jabberwock of legend. He succeeds in his quest, bringing back the head of the beast as proof of his great deed. Unfortunately, the slaying of a Jabberwock cannot be accomplished without spilling a bit of blood, and the illustrator does not shy away from this fact ...

Consider yourself warned. After the poem, join Alice and Humpty Dumpty for an explanation of some of the nonsense. If you are not familiar with the concept of a “portmanteau” (and let’s face it, who is?), Humpty Dumpty will enlighten you! The illustrations in this book appear to target an older audience, perhaps seven and up.

If Not for the Cat (Greenwillow Books, 2004) by Jack Prelutsky, paintings by Ted Rand. Jack Prelutsky, former children’s laureate of the US, is famous for his books of imaginative and silly rhymes for children, many of which can be found at the OPL. This book, however, is not one of those: it is actually a collection of haiku. Each page spread offers the reader both a haiku describing a particular animal as well as a painting of the creature in question. It can be read to a younger child as a picture book of poetry, but older children (possibly seven to ten years old) will likely take more from it.

The best way to read this book is as a riddle book. Let the children guess which animal is being described

by each haiku before revealing the accompanying illustration. Audience participation will bring a whole new dimension to this poetry experience.

Love That Dog (HarperCollins, 2001) by Sharon Creech. This is something quite special. It is a book of poetry, but it is also more than that. The poems run together to tell a story. All of the poems are written by a boy, called Jack, for his teacher, Miss Stretchberry. They relate – with humour and poignancy – Jack’s reluctance to write, his questions and observations about well-known poems read in class, and how Jack eventually comes to terms with his grief for the dog he has lost. Clever, unconventional, funny and touching, this is a book that will sweep you up and along the river of Jack’s mind – a truly unexpected ride. It is appropriate for ages eight to twelve, and even older.

If you do read this book and find you would like to spend a bit more time with Jack, you may be interested in Sharon Creech’s follow-up book called Hate That Cat (Joanna Cotler Books, 2008).

Ildiko Sumegi is a Glebe resident, mother of two boys and owner of a well-used library card.

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Reverend Tony Boonstra to lead St. Giles renewal At the beginning of April, St. Giles Presbyterian Church welcomed its new interim minister, Rev. Tony Boonstra.

We feel very fortunate to have found such an experienced and caring pastor to lead us in the next stages of the renewal of our congregation.

Tony comes with over 35 years of rich and varied ministry experience. He is familiar with the Ottawa area, having served as the minister of St. Andrew’s Church, Richmond, from 1994 to 2006. About a decade ago, he felt the call to devote himself to doing interim ministry and completed the specialized training for this demanding work. Over the past eight years, he has successfully completed interim ministry appointments in Sarnia, North Bay, Carleton Place and most recently in Kingston.

I would describe Tony as a “people-oriented” minister with a gentle manner, who can relate to all ages and backgrounds; someone who can comfort, teach and inspire people, but knows that, in the end, his role is to help them define and build their own future. Most importantly, Tony presents the gospel, the “good news,” as a way of life that must be lived day by day as we seek actively to care for the welfare of others, both friends and strangers, and to promote justice and peace in our troubled world.

To illustrate his approach to ministry, I offer two

quotes from Tony himself.

“Pastoral care is to know people at a deeper, more intimate level. It is that sense of being able to know what it means to walk in their moccasins. It is the ability to listen and to be with people rather than doing for people. Pastoral care is to affirm, empower, and trust people’s innate ability to make the right choices in life for themselves.”

“The mission of the church is to be a neighbour in the context in which it finds itself. We utilize the talents and gifts God entrusted to us in the service of our community. The church community is a place where people are nourished and equipped to carry out their calling in life. We do not do this in isolation, but often in partnership with others.”

I believe that Tony matches well with the strengths and the current needs of the St. Giles community. I look forward to working with him in the coming months. Over the first few weeks, Tony has been working hard to get to know his congregation and to become more familiar with the vibrant Glebe neighbourhood in which it is centrally located. Tony may reached by email at tony@ stgilesottawa.org.

Glebe resident Stan Currie is a long-standing member of the congregation of St Giles Presbyterian Church on the corner of First Avenue and Bank Street.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ABBOTSFORD COUNCIL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 950 Bank St., Wed., June 4, 1 p.m. Bernie Ashe, Chief Executive Officer of the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group will be the guest speaker. Mr. Ashe will present the highlights of what the Lansdowne development will have on offer, especially for seniors.

ATLANTIC VOICES CONCERT, “IRISH ROOTS,” Sun, May 25, 3 p.m., Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St. Pre-show at 2:15 p.m. by Fumblin’ Fingers Band. Silent auction & refreshments afterward. Tickets $15 until May 23 (call Hannie at 613-7229240) or $20 at the door.

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AN EVENING WITH MARY WALSH AND FRIENDS, Star-studded Cabaret to benefit Reach Canada, featuring Mary Walsh, fresh from her GCTC sold-out run, celebrated jazz vocalist Maria Hawkins, captivating Tamir Choir, hilarious Alan Shane, illusionist Diego Lopez and amazing Peter Liu’s Jazz Duo. May 14, 7 p.m. Tickets $ 75 pp from www.reach.ca and 613- 236 -6636.

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“THE JOY OF SONG” 55th Anniversary Spring Concert, Sat., May 24, 7 p.m. at Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper St. Tickets ($15 per adult; $5 children 12 & under) are available at the door or by contacting Anna at info@ottawachildrenschoir. ca or 613-233-4440. Auditions for the 2014 - 2015 season will be held Apr. 26, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and May 31, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper St. Application forms are available online. A 15 minute audition must be scheduled by email at info@ottawachildrenschoir.ca or by calling Anna Tessier, General Manager at the OCC office 613-233-4440.

LOG DRIVE CAFÉ AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank St., Fri., May 23, 7:30 - 9 p.m. To round out the season, Log Drive Café will feature Maura Volante & Ranald Thurgood, the founding performers of the series, in a concert of traditional songs, mostly Canadian. Maura is an experienced singer, with a passion for group singing and an encouraging manner.

Ranald is a folklorist and storyteller as well as a strong singer, who supplies information about the historical context of the songs. Admission: $7 at the door (doors open at 7 p.m.). Coffee/ Tea and treats will be on sale courtesy of the Abbotsford Members Council.

OLD OTTAWA SOUTH GARDEN CLUB meets on the second Tuesday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. at Ottawa South Community Centre (The Fire-

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TOPICAL TALKS AT ABBOTSFORD HOUSE, 950 Bank St., Mon., May 26 - Ottawa Riverkeeper: Keeping our river system healthy, an ecology/ environmental theme. Refreshments served at 9:45 a.m. Talk begins at 10 a.m. sharp. Cost is $3.

RARE & UNUSUAL PLANT SALE, Sun., May 11, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Central Experimental Farm parking lot beside Neatby Bldg. at Carling & Maple Dr., lot #293.Get everything you need for your garden from the many specialty growers and nurseries gathered for this event. Master Gardeners of Ottawa Carleton will be available to answer your questions. Ottawa Food Bank and Friends of the Farm will be on site to collect donations. Info: info@friendsofthefarm.ca or call 613230-3276.

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Russ Jones

613-299-0009

home renos and repair Interior/exterior painting; all types of flooring; drywall repair and installation; plumbing repairs and much more.

Glebe Pet Hospital Serving the Glebe area since 1976...

Please call Jamie Nininger @ 613-852-8511.

233-8326 595 Bank Street (just south of the Queensway)

Weekdays 8-7, Saturday 9-2:30

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Housecalls available Free parking

Wife Household Organizers

“Every working woman needs a wife!”

Regular & Occasional cleaning Pre & Post move cleaning and packing Pre & Post renovation cleaning Blitz & Spring cleaning Organizing cupboards, basements...

Perhaps a waitress ??? rent-a-wife-ottawa.com

Students & seniors welcome.

We care for dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, reptiles, birds & other pets Dr. Hussein Fattah DANJO CREATIONS (613)526-4424

Laurel 749-2249

A NEW OTTAWA ART GALLERY & CULTURAL EVENTS SPACE

may 9, 2014

Along with many other joyful creations by children, springtime and storybook inspirations by Aaron, Bryelee, Elsie, Joshua, Mackenzie, Madeleine and Spencer graced the walls at the GMCAPS annual vernissage at the end of April.

Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group

Art Project

Glebe Community Centre

www.gnag.ca

GNAG

175 Third Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1S 2K2 613-233-8713 info@gnag.ca

Lobster

Summer Camp Day June 1 1 - 4 pm

Thursday, May 29

Meet the coordinators, specialized instructors and check out some awesome activities.

Kitchen Party 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Tickets: $50

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Live Entertainment

Cash Bar

FACTOR

TALENT SHOW

Come check out our summer camp line-up.

FUNtastic!

ALL AGES EVENT - FAMILY FRIENDLY

Perennial Exchange

Thursday, May 15 6:30 - 8:00 pm Second Avenue steps - (Second & Lyon)

Bouncy Castle Art BBQ Face Painting Dance Demos Cool Games Giveaways

Ongoing at gnag.ca or REGISTRATION 613-233-8713

SUMMER

Glamour in the Glebe

FRIDAY, MAY 30, 7 PM TICKETS: $5 Local Celebrity Judges light refreshments and cash bar

FREE!!

Pamper yourself and all the women in your life at our expanded show!

Mother’s Day Weekend

May 9, 6:30 - 9:30 pm Art May 10,Project 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

spa products scarves handbags jewellery chocolates

Join us at the Gala reception on Friday night the perfect Girls Night Out!