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News - Dr. Kent MacDonald of Stittsville is becoming the president of one of Canada’s best known universities.

The current president of Algonquin College, Dr. MacDonald will be taking over as the 18th president in the history of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia at the beginning of August. He will also be vicechancellor.

He and his wife MaryEllen MacPhee are both graduates of St. Francis Xavier University.

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They are making the 12 pies that will be auctioned off at the fundraising dance for Hospice Care Ottawa which is being hosted by the Stittsville District Lions Club at the Lions Hall in Stittsville this coming Saturday, March 29.

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Yes, Steve Madely, one of the most recognized voices in Ottawa radio, will be at the dance at the Lions Hall this coming Sat-

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He will be there to serve as the auctioneer for a live auction of homemade pies that will take place during a set intermission when the Ottawa Valley’s Smokey Rose takes a break from providing the music for the dance.

And what pies! The 12 pies that will be going under Steve Madely’s gavel for sale at

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Dr. MacDonald is returning to his alma mater as president Continued from page 1

In fact, Dr. Macdonald is a two-time graduate, having earned a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education in 1986 and then a Master of Education degree in 1993.

He and his wife Mary-Ellen have four children, the youngest of whom, Patrick, is a student at Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville.

Another son, Adam, is a 2013 St. F.X. graduate while Matthew is a junior at Algonquin College. A daughter, Meagan, is currently in her first year of studies at St. F.X. The announcement of Dr. MacDonald’s appointment as president of St. F.X. was made last Friday, March 21 in Antigonish. Dr. MacDonald will be replacing Dr. Sean Riley who is retiring after serving as president of St. F.X. for the past 18 years.

The selection committee which chose Dr. MacDonald for the position after an eightmonth search for a new president was impressed with his breadth of experience, his innovation, his marketing savvy, his passion for higher education and his ability to mobilize communities to achieve a common purpose.

Speaking at the announcement ceremony at which he also introduced his wife and family who were in attendance, Dr. MacDonald said that he understood the level of responsibility that comes with the role of president of the university.

“I will give my wholehearted effort to ensure and achieve the very high level of expectations of this Board (of Governors),” he said.

He explained that he has deep links to the St. F.X. community, with long St. F.X. traditions existing in both the MacDonald and MacPhee families. In addition, he first met his wife MaryEllen on the St. F.X. campus 28 years ago.

Dr. MacDonald praised St. F.X. for its sense of community but also for its academic excellence, world class faculty and researchers who go beyond the call of duty and staff who work to make the world a better place.

“It is much more than a university,” he said about St. F.X. “It’s a place of purpose where people come to live for four years and they leave changed,” he said.

“This is a great institution, he said.” This is a great university. The foundation is extremely strong and I think we are well positioned for the future.”

Dr. MacDonald was born in Halifax and raised in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Besides his two degrees from St. F.X., he also has completed his Doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania where his research focused on higher education management. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the SUBMITTED University of Ottawa.

Dr. MacDonald is currently president and Dr. Kent MacDonald, left, of Stittsville, the newly appointed president of St. Francis Chief Executive Officer at Algonquin College Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, is congratulated by retiring president Dr. which educates over 20,000 students at cam- Sean Riley, right. puses in Ottawa, Perth, Pembroke and Saudi Arabia, with a new campus to open in Kuwait later this year. In his career, he has held increasing responsible roles within higher education including Academic Chair, Dean of the School of Business, Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development, Vice-President of Student Services and Development, and Vicepresident Academic.

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Pie auction at dance at Lions Hall Continued from page 1

The pies will be freshly baked the day before and will include lemon, coconut, butterscotch, raisin, apple, raspberry and blueberry.

Ruth Jones’ butterscotch pie, for instance, is made from scratch – no store-bought ďŹ lling is used. So you know it’s going to be delicious.

Homemade pies at auction are known to go anywhere from $30 right up to over $100. And when there is a worthy cause in the mix, such as is the case for this pie auction at this Saturday’s dance at the Lions Hall, who knows what the price paid for a pie will be!

The proceeds from the pie auction conducted by Steve Madely will

go along with the proceeds from the dance itself to the capital campaign for the new Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice that is to become a reality in Kanata by 2016, serving the west end of Ottawa.

There is also going to be a silent auction at the event as well. You just might ďŹ nd something in this auction that you have been looking for.

There will also be door prizes and a homemade lap quilt will be going home from the dance with someone.

It could be you!

In addition, a light lunch will be available at 11:30 p.m. What a deal!

Tickets for this dance at the Lions Hall in Stittsville this Saturday, March 29 at 8 p.m. with the doors opening at 7 p.m. are $10 per person

ing traditional and contemporary country music throughout the Ottawa Valley since 1996. In June 2006, Smokey Rose released its debut CD full of country classics.

Smokey Rose has close to 200 songs in its repertoire, so you know that there will be a variety of great country music at the March 29 dance.

Hospice Care Ottawa, which now looks after hospice care in the Ottawa area following its creation with the amalgamation of the Hospice at May Court and Friends of Hospice Ottawa, has entered into a partnership with the Bruyere Foundation to raise $6 million to develop the Ruddy-Shenkman Hospice at a site on McCurdy Drive in Kanata, formerly the home of the Trinity Presbyterian Church.

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For this amount, you can dance the night away to the sounds of Smokey Rose or you can just attend to bid on one of the delicious homemade pies that will be up for auction. And, of course, whatever you do, you will be helping to support a great cause in helping to bring about a hospice facility for this area of the city of Ottawa.

Smokey Rose, which will be providing the music for the dance, originally consisted of the duo of Darlene Thibault and Lee Hodgkinson with Ed Ashton joining the duo in 2010, adding an extra layer of sound with his bass playing and vocal talents.

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will be a ten bed residential hospice and day hospice, providing end-oflife care and support to those in need of such care.

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At present renovations at the former church facility have retroďŹ tted the former church building to house Hosice Care Ottawa administrative ofďŹ ces as well as a day hospice and bereavement programs.

Construction will be necessary to expand the facility to accommodate the new Ruddy-Shenkman hospice home.

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News - Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a boy from south London who has held executive positions around the world and now operates Capricorn Coaching International aimed at helping people fulfill their potential in their careers.

But how did this Stittsville resident for 21 years achieve this, going from a boyhood in south London with no particular goals to achieving success in the corporate and career development worlds?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why David Booker, in colaboration with his colleague Dr. Sharon Letovsky, has written a book outlining the steps that he took leading to his career success.

And he says that if a person knows these steps and follows them, albeit with some modifications as required, then career success will result.

The book, some 260 or so pages, called â&#x20AC;&#x153;7 Steps to Supercharge Your Careerâ&#x20AC;? with the sub-title â&#x20AC;&#x153;Executive insights to move up fast,â&#x20AC;? is being launched across North America on Tuesday, April 8 on Amazon.com, with the marketing directed at financial services personnel, white collar staff and those who work in offices.

And it is not some compilation of theories. Rather, says Mr. Booker, it is a practical approach to career advancement, based on developing what he calls â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;getting along with peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; skills.

Mr. Booker, who has worked in many different countries with varied cultures, says that there are many ways in which people work but there is one commonality around the world. Everyone wants the same thing from a career such as fulfilling career dreams, earning more money, gaining respect, being more productive and being happy and satisfied but the problem is that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to achieve these, how to move forward in a career.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the book comes in.

If you follow its â&#x20AC;&#x153;steps,â&#x20AC;? you will have a plan for career success which will allow you to develop the occupational skills needed for your job.

Mr. Booker, as a longtime career training executive, agrees that there are numerous self-development in business books on the market but he says that they all only deliver a piecemeal approach to the matter.

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David Booker of Stittsville holds up a paper showing the cover of the new book â&#x20AC;&#x153;7 Steps to Supercharge Your Careerâ&#x20AC;? which he wrote with co-author Sharon Letovsky.

He says that his new book offers a â&#x20AC;&#x153;comprehensive practical approach to oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career development,â&#x20AC;? laying out from â&#x20AC;&#x153;A to Zâ&#x20AC;? what a person wants in a career and how to achieve it.

The book also has a mobile online seminar series that has been developed to complement the book.

The seminar series will be going live at the same time as the book launch and, indeed, book purchasers will get free access to a portion of this seminar series.

The book took a year to write and while Mr. Booker has had writing such a book in the back of his mind for years, he admits that it was his co-author Sharon Letovsky who was the driving force being going ahead with the book. She has had publishing experience and felt that there was a need to write such a book.

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He says that it was never a struggle about what to write but more about how to give it an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;easy to readâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; flow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very much a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;how toâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? he says about the book, beginning with what to achieve and why and then focusing largely on how to achieve it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want it to make it easy for people to succeed,â&#x20AC;? he says pertaining to the book.

Mr. Booker is positive that the book will fill a need, saying that he has seen the need for such a book in every office in which he has worked in his own career.

Indeed, he says that he is confident that it will be a best seller, touting the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s practical focus.

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News - Julie Johnson had a big night at the euchre at the Lions Hall in Stittsville on Thursday, March 20.

She amassed a stunning 93 points to take first place in the euchre. This was a clear ten

points ahead of runner-up Lois Elkins who finished with 83 points.

Third place was a tie at 77 points each between Shirley Beardsell and Rosie Story.

Beth Lewis had the hidden score while Joan Benoit won the booby prize.

finished this past summer but its release was delayed because a decision was made to make some modifications to the text so that it would link with the online seminar series that was being developed to go along with the book.

The book was a labour of love, as it were, for Mr. Booker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a passionate desire in me to help people develop,â&#x20AC;? he says, saying that he is motivated by seeing people who could do more in their career but who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to make it happen.

In his view, too many people are underperforming and underachieving in their careers and need guidance. This can be found in the steps outlined in the book.

He said that the book is an expression of the opinions of both himself and co-author Sharon Letovsky, as they have taken the best of what they have learned in their own careers and put it all into a process.

If people follow this process, they will get to where they want to go, he says.

He says that he and Sharon worked well together on the book because each brought a different skill set to the project.

He has a corporate executive skill set while Sharon has an academic and technical skill set.

A similar mind set ensured that the different skill sets meshed.

An executive summary of the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goals and objectives prepared by Mr. Booker says that â&#x20AC;&#x153;7 Steps to Supercharge Your Careerâ&#x20AC;? provides a stepby-step process to maximize the effectiveness of peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career capabilities so that they can become more productive and achieve greater returns. The executive summary also states that the book provides a practical, progressive process to accelerate a career and the career of colleagues and staff. Having a purpose to work for and goals to achieve, people become more effective in their organization and the organization in turns becomes more productive.

The book will be available through Amazon.com or through www.capricorncoaching.com which is the website of Capricorn Coaching International, Mr. Bookerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career development firm. Capricorn Coaching International provides organizations with practical progressive methodologies by which employees and managers can accelerate their careers and fulfill their potential.

The door prize went to Garnet Vaughn.

And quite appropriately for the beginning of spring (at least theoretically), skunks showed up that evening. Both Joan Benoit and Peggy Manion experienced skunks.

These Thursday euchres at the Lions Hall begin at 7:30 p.m. with everyone welcome to attend and enjoy an evening of fun and fellowship playing euchre.

Many of you may recall the Open House that TransCanada hosted in October 2013 for their Energy East pipeline proposal; one on October 2nd in Kemptville and another on the 8th of October in Stittsville. This project proposes to convert one of two natural gas pipelines that run through Rideau-Goulbourn from natural gas to oil. The current natural gas pipeline runs west of Stittsville, Richmond and North Gower before crossing under the Rideau River, south of Kars, at the Baxter Conservation Area. I wanted to take this opportunity to make everyone aware that there are two more open houses/consultations on the Energy East proposal in the coming weeks.

TransCanada is planning a second round of open houses across Canada and will, this time around, host their Ottawa area open house in North Gower on Thursday, April 3rd at the Alfred Taylor Recreation Centre. TransCanada representatives and experts will be available to welcome you individually between 4 and 8 p.m. to answer your questions, provide information and receive your comments. Please feel free to invite anyone you feel would beneďŹ t from this public information session. You may also visit www.energyeastpipeline.com for updated open house details and project information.

Alternatively, the Ontario Energy Board recently announced a public consultation period for this proposal as well and has scheduled seven meetings across Ontario, including Monday, April 7th at the Johnny Leroux Community Centre in Stittsville. The OEB is holding these meetings to get the views of residents of your area on the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impacts and beneďŹ ts. The next closest meeting takes place the following evening at the Ramada Cornwall. Both meetings are scheduled from 6:30pm until 9:00pm.

The Ontario Energy Board is also organizing a stakeholder session to discuss broader issues of concern to Ontarians, including the economic impact of the Energy East project on Ontario, the impact on gas consumers, and the environment and pipeline safety. The location and date of the conference will be announced shortly.

If you have any questions about the consultation process, please visit www.ontarioenergyboard.ca/oebenergyeast.

Cleaning the Capital campaign Early-bird registration is now available for the Tim Hortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cleaning the Capital campaign, which will take place from April 15 to May 15.

Volunteers who register their cleanup project before April 14 have a chance to win one of many early bird prizes. Those who submit a ďŹ nal cleanup report by May 31 will be eligible for more prizes.

Cleaning the Capital is a city-wide event that brings together neighbours, communities and friends to help keep Ottawa clean and green. Last year alone, 80,000 volunteers collected almost 140,000 kg of litter from 1,400 locations.

Registration is quick and easy: s 'O TO OTTAWA CA OR CALL 449 TO REGISTER FOR the cleanup. The new interactive map on our website will show you which locations have already been claimed, allow you to register your own project site and choose the cleanup supplies that you need. s 3ELECT A LOCATION SUCH AS A PARK RAVINE SHORELINE BUS STOP

pathway or any public area that requires litter pickup, grafďŹ ti removal or cleanup.

A Taste For Life Last year, I had the pleasure of being a host for A Taste For Life at the Main Street Cellar on Manotick Main Street. A Taste For Life is back this year so please take into consideration this event when making dinner reservations on Wednesday, April 23rd. Locally, the Main Street Cellar is participating once again this year and a full list of participating restaurants can be found at www.atasteforlife.org. A Taste for Life started in Ottawa in 1999 in support of Bruce House and the Snowy Owl AIDS Foundation. It has since grown to include 24 communities across Canada.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please email me at Scott.Moffatt@ ottawa.ca or contact me by phone at 613580-2491.

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OPINION

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EDITORIAL

For the greater good

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espite individual concerns people might have, Ottawa residents should support efforts by all levels of government to safeguard our public health.

Two recent occurrences have raised important questions about how far our governments should go to ensure public health is safeguarded.

The first involved a recent confirmed case of measles, announced earlier this month by Ottawa Public Health, that was identified in an unimmunized child who attends a school in Stittsville. The student contracted the disease while visiting the Philippines. Once a common disease, measles have been effectively eliminated in the Americas thanks to a thorough, widespread campaign of immunization. Yet in recent years, some parents have chosen not to have their children vaccinated for a variety of common diseases such as measles and chicken pox.

It takes only one child travelling to a country where widespread immunization was not conducted to contract a disease like measles, bring it back to Canada and infect others who have not been vaccinated â&#x20AC;&#x201C; especially young children, who are the most vulnerable. Despite widespread immunization, 122,000 people died worldwide from measles in 2012, according to the World Health Organization.

The other concern raised in Ottawa recently involved water fluoridation. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board of health voted to support a campaign by the Simcoe Muskoka board of health calling on the province to take over responsibility for municipal water fluoridation. This comes as a response to votes in several towns in that region to halt the fluoridation of water, bowing to public pressure. An overwhelming amount of research shows fluoride-treated water contributes significantly to dental health, but some remain skeptical.

On both of these issues, both health officials and elected representatives at all levels deserve our absolute support to ensure the wider public good is safeguarded. Vaccination is a proven, effective method of controlling disease. Despite what individuals might think about the practice, it is not a matter of respecting a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to choose, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about respecting those who might not have a choice in the matter. Only when vaccination is nearly universal is it at its most effective. As for fluoridation, the small amounts of the substance used in our water pose an insignificant threat to human beings, but provide a significant aid to every personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well-being.

There are instances when individual interests trump those of the collective. Public health should not be one of them.

COLUMN

It could be worse than our never-ending winter

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his is a city of mixed signals, and never more so than at the beginning of spring, or what passes for spring in these parts.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the problem right there. The official arrival of spring this year coincided with a freezing rain warning. Two days before spring arrived last year, the temperature was 24 C. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plus 24 degrees.

As I write this, the temperature is barely above zero, scheduled to go back below. The prediction is that it will still be below zero when you read this. And April is approaching.

Last year you had played your first golf game already.

Everybody this year says the winter is getting to them. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unrelenting, they say.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way too long. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never been this long.

Maybe thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just because everybody you talk to is older than they used to be. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true. This winter is relentless. People who are usually too proud to go south in the winter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; because they think of themselves as tough Canadians â&#x20AC;&#x201C; went south this winter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At least it will be warmer when we come back,â&#x20AC;? they thought. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

As I write this, there is talk again of baseball in Ottawa, new hopes that the CanAm League will bring a team to the Ottawa

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CHARLES GORDON Funny Town Stadium, reports that the stadium is being spruced up in readiness. It is another sign of spring, accompanied by a freezing rain warning, the possibility of snow later and concern expressed about the well-being of migratory birds.

Various events are being advertised â&#x20AC;&#x201C; spring flings, spring this and spring that. Auto dealers are sending about invitations to spring tune-ups, along which will go the removal snow tires. Should we, or shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we?

And yet, hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another mixed signal. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have it all that bad. People suffered a lot less in our winter than in many other places.

We havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had much in the way of freezing rain â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at least, not compared with, say, Toronto. Further, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have hurricanes. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have floods. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have earthquakes

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â&#x20AC;&#x201C; at least, not bad ones. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have -50 C. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have houses buried in snow. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have alligators, hardly any bears, no sharks and no poisonous snakes. As climate goes, Ottawa lives a life of moderation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; perhaps not unexpected, given our reputation for blandness.

Yet people have had enough. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up this year? Are we being babies? What happened to Canadian toughness?

As if to needle us on this point, local media from time to time locate and interview people who just love this winter and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get enough of it. We admire them, envy them and wish people would stop interviewing them.

You expect there to be theories about our weather and there are. You are familiar with the quite persuasive studies on the effects of climate change. Climate change is not just about global warming; it is also about extreme weather and the potential for more of it.

Then there are the more specific explanations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; high pressures, low pressures, the Gulf Stream, the Alberta Clipper, the dreaded Polar Vortex and whatnot. These provide amusement and comfort to some people.

I like a more theological approach. Ottawa is being both punished and rewarded by its

weather, a mixed signal. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to have balmy temperatures all year. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get beaches and golf courses you can play in January. So we are rewarded by an absence of tidal waves, deadly snakes, crocodiles and sand all over everything.

Conversely, our punishment for not having to cope with such dangers is to be cold for at least five months of the year.

But not that cold. Not as cold as Alberta, for example. And for that, we get no oil.

See, it all balances out. This probably makes you feel a lot better, as you head out to see if the hardware store has any more salt.

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Grant family prominent from early days to 1930 John Curry john.curry@metroland.com

News - The shopping area on the north side of Hazeldean Road immediately west of the Carp River bears the name “Grant Crossing.” But what is the significance behind this name?

Quite simply, it commemorates and honours the Grant family which played a leading role in area affairs from the days of the area’s first settlement right through to 1930. Specifically, there were two generations of the Grant family which are honoured by the name – Robert Grant, the father and an original area settler, and Robert H. Grant, his son who became an Ontario cabinet minister.

Robert Grant was one of the original settlers of the area and was one of the most prominent of these early settlers. He served as a Goulbourn representative on the District Council, the forerunner of municipal government which came to the area in 1850.

He built a Georgian-style home near Poole Creek on his farm, land that is now part of the Fairwinds subdivision.

He was known as a progressive farmer and while he lost all of his farm buildings to fire on a couple of occasions, he assembled quite a portfolio of landholdings over the years.

He also dealt in potash, one of the major industrial exports at that time.

Robert Grant was a stalwart of St. Paul’s Anglican Church on Young Road at Hazeldean where he served as an elder. Indeed, it was his involvement with his church that may

have led to his death in the Carleton County Fire of 1870 which roared along the north side of Hazeldean Road on that fateful August day. It engulfed his home and he died after going back into the burning building, reportedly to recover church monies.

On his death, he was survived his second wife, Eliza Hardy, and six children, one of whom was a son Robert Henry Grant. It was this son whose prominence in local and indeed provincial affairs even exceeded that of his father.

Robert Henry Grant was not only prominent in community affairs in Stittsville and Goulbourn but made his mark in provincial politics as well, serving as provincial Minister of Education from 1919 through 1923. He first married Sarah Cuddie but they did not have any children at the time of her death. He then married Sarah Gourlay and from this union came six sons and three daughters.

Mrs. Grant was active in the community as well, serving as the first president of the Stittsville branch of the Women’s Institute in 1908. In fact, she was the moving spirit behind the forming of the branch. The Women’s Institute was spreading quickly through rural Ontario at this time, with the first-ever Women’s Institute branch had just been founded at Stoney Creek in 1897.

Robert Henry Grant himself was educated in public school and was a graduate of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute. When he was 20, he returned with his mother and the rest of the family to the Grant homestead in 1880, ten years after the tragic Car-

leton County Fire of 1870.

Indeed, Robert H. Grant not only lost his father in the Fire of 1870 but was a participant and survivor himself. It was Robert, then ten years old, who on August 17, 1870 carried his one year old baby brother, Jim, wrapped in a coat of his father’s, from their burning home across the road to the home of James Butler where the Grant family spent the night, obviously a grief filled time as the family had lost not only a husband and father in the fire but also their home and their possessions as well.

He later graduated from the Guelph Agricultural College and went on to attend the University of Toronto as a faculty of arts undergraduate. However, he did not graduate as he was called home short of his degree in order to manage the family’s estate.

Besides farming, Robert Henry Grant kept busy, dabbling in politics as he served in various township, county and other posts. He served several terms on Carleton County Council representing Goulbourn township as well as serving 12 years as a county auditor and ten years as a local license commissioner. He also served as a property evaluator for the federal government both for the purchase of the Central Experimental Farm lands at Ottawa in 1885 and again in 1915 for the purchase of the 10,000 acre Valcartier Concentration Camp by the federal Department of Militia and Defence.

R.H. Grant took an active interest in local Goulbourn affairs, serving as deputy-reeve on Goulbourn township council for a number of years in the late 1880’s and into the 1890’s.

Besides holding public office, he also served in various township positions over the years. For instance, he was a fence viewer, appointed annually almost without exception between 1896 and 1910.

In 1911, he was appointed assessor for Goulbourn township, a post which he continued to hold in 1912.

He was appointed auditor for the annual accounts of the township on several occasions in the early years of the 20th century, including 1907 and 1908.

In 1914, a township bylaw appointed him ad auditor of the accounts due to the resignation of W.H. Vaughan as township treasurer. This resignation required that an auditor be appointed to review the accounts. He was also appointed that same year as one of two auditors to perform the annual audit of the township accounts.

In 1911, besides being the assessor for the township, R.H. Grant was paid $15 for “equalizing five Union School Sections”.

His municipal involvement also extended to the selection of jurors.

A 1911 motion of Goulbourn council authorized “…that R.H. Grant, G. Flewellyn and J.A. Cummings be paid $4.00 each for selecting jurors”.

He was in prominent company in this task as G. Flewellyn was the reeve and J.A. Cummings was the township clerk. He was obviously a well respected person in the community, given the extent of his involvement in these positions requiring trust and integrity.

But it was as an active farmer that he spent most of his time and as such

was associated with various agricultural groups.

In 1909, R.H. Grant was among those who formed the Hazeldean Rural Telephone Company, a cooperative telephone system where every subscriber was a shareholder. He was one of the original directors of this company which provided telephone service to the Stittsville/Hazeldean and surrounding area, right through until it was sold to the Bell Telephone Company in 1958.

Robert H. Grant, who joined the Goodwood Masonic Lodge in Richmond in 1889, served as Master of the Lodge for two consecutive terms in 1896 and 1897. He became a charter member of Hazeldean Lodge No. 517 when it began in 1914.

In 1917, as a member of both the Goodwood Lodge and the Hazeldean Lodge, he was the District Deputy Grand Master for the Ottawa area.

He obviously liked politics, for in both 1907 and 1912, he ran for the federal Conservative nomination in the Carleton riding but both times failed.

But then along came the 1919 provincial election and with it R.H. Grant found success, although it was not as a Conservative but as a member of the upstart United Farmers of Ontario. Undoubtedly because of his agricultural background and his interest in politics, R.H. Grant became the U.F.O. standard bearer in the Carleton riding in this 1919 provincial election.

It was a two-way race with R.H. Grant facing Conservative incumbent A.H. Acres. When the ballots were counted, R.H. Grant had won by 1,000 votes and took his place with 44 other U.F.O. successful candidates at Queen’s Park.

The U.F.O. then formed a coalition with the Independent Labour Party which had surprisingly elected 11 members to the Legislature in the election. The Tories and the Liberals elected 25 and 29 respectively, marking for a collective 54 seats. The U.F.O./I.L.P. alliance thus had a slim margin with its 56 seats.

Being elected caught the U.F.O. off guard as the party did not even have a leader. E.C. Drury, another graduate of the Guelph Agricultural College, was selected.

See R.H. GRANT, page 10

This Robert H. Grant farrm house was built in 1885 on what is now the Grant Crossing shopping area.

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City of Ottawa Councillor Reports

By Shad Qadri, Councillor Ward Six Stittsville City of Ottawa

HERITAGE

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March 21st, 2014 Register now for the 2014 Spring Cleaning the Capital Campaign I am pleased to announce the annual Spring Cleaning the Capital campaign, which will take place from April 15th until May 15th. My office team will be cleaning up Stittsville on May 9th. If you would like to join us, come meet us at the corner of Hazeldean and Stittsville Main that morning. The more the merrier!

Registration is quick and easy. Go to ottawa.ca to register for the cleanup. Projects can include litter pickup or graffiti removal. After you have finished your cleanup project, please submit your online cleanup report. Submit it by May 31 and your team will be entered in a draw to win prizes donated by our sponsors. You will need your registration code to access your cleanup report.

Cleanup starter kits for litter pickup and graffiti removal projects are available to all registered volunteers upon request. Litter pickup starter kits include: disposable vinyl gloves, garbage bags as well as leaf and yard waste bags. Graffiti removal starter kits include graffiti removal wipes and gloves. All kits come with helpful project and safety information to guide your cleanup project.

Free OC Transpo Weekly Rural Shoppers Bus Residents in Richmond and Stittsville have a convenient way to get into town for shopping, appointments and more by using the Shoppers’ Bus route 201 as they provide FREE once-a-week service every Monday from rural communities to urban shopping destinations. This route arrives at urban shopping centres around 10:00am and leaves at 2:30pm. This route does not operate on holidays.

Stittsville Minor Softball Association Registration OPEN until March 28th!

Register now!

The Stittsville Minor Softball Association (SMSA) opened its annual registration on Saturday, February 1st for the 2014 Season. The SMSA offers two regular season programs which run from May 1st until the end of June. Fun League ($95) is open to Boys and Girls born in 2006 through 2009; and House League ($125-140) is open to Boys and Girls born in 1993 through 2005.

The Online Registration started Saturday, February 1st and you can visit www.stittsvillesoftball.org for more details. If you are interested in volunteering as a Coach, Manager, or in another capacity, please indicate this in the volunteer section of your child’s online registration form, or contact caroline@ stittsvillesoftball.org. Please note that Coach training is provided. Interested in student volunteer hours?

Please contact caroline@stittsvillesoftball.org. Players from outside Stittsville are welcome. Please note that registration closes on March 28th.

Electronic Waste Drop-off Fundraiser On Saturday, March 29th at École élémentaire catholique Jean-Paul II there will be an e-waste drop off from 9:00am until 3:00pm. RecyleYourElectronics. ca will pay by the tonne of e-waste collected and all of the funds will go to Refuse 2 Lose and Candlelighters.

Make your way out to the school this Saturday to support this great cause and get rid of your electronic junk!

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The shopping area on the north side of Hazeldean Road west of the Carp River bridge is called Grant Crossing as the sign, at the right, indicates. It is named after the Grant family which was prominent in community affairs in Goulbourn from the very earliest years of settlement through to 1930.

R.H. Grant was Minister of Education Continued from page 9

Just why the U.F.O. went from two MPP’s to 45 MPP’s in this 1919 election lay in its ability to tap into an outpouring of concern in the rural areas of the province about rural de-population and the loss of agrarian values. It was also the first election in which women had the vote and this is viewed as impacting the outcome.

When E.C. Drury chose his cabinet, Robert Henry Grant, who was the only U.F.O. MPP elected from Eastern Ontario, was assigned the education portfolio.

Grant was described by Drury “as a scholarly old chap with a good presence in spite of his want of a university degree”.

Both, however, were graduates of the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph.

The monthly journal of the University of Toronto’s faculty of education approved of the selection of R.H. Grant as Minister of Education, commenting that despite his lack of experience as an educator, it was felt that he would have a person understanding of what was needed for rural school reform which was an issue of the day, particularly for the U.F.O. As for Robert Grant himself, he was selfeffacing when he made his first formal appearance in Toronto in late November of 1919 as he said “I have frequently had to pinch myself to make sure that I was not dreaming, for six weeks ago I had overalls on, never anticipating that I would by this time be addressing such a large audience in Toronto as Minister of Education …I came to see you, and to allow you to see me. I want to assure you of my sympathy and interest in everything that will advance the education of the province. Down in my county I have always been considered somewhat of a crank in educational matters because I believe that it was impossible to squander money for education.”

And with these words, R.H. Grant began his four years as Minister of Education in Ontario.

Teacher training and remuneration, school attendance, appropriate rural education and consolidation of schools and school sections were all major issues during R.H. Grant’s tenure as education minister.

Was R.H. Grant a successful Minister?

In viewing this, it must be remembered that his Department of Education had grown

R.H. Grant served as Minister of Education in Ontario from 1919 to 1923. in size and importance in the period from 1900 to his becoming its Minister in 1919.

As an established and growing department serving a society with an increased emphasis on schooling in general and specialized education such as industrial and technical education in particular, accomplishing much in such a scenario would have challenged a person far more politically adept and educationally expert than R.H. Grant.

But he was able to make some improvement in rural education due to the growth in Continuation Schools, such as the Grant Consolidated School at Britannia which opened in 1923. This was the first consolidated school in Carleton County, his home riding.

Such consolidated schools provided secondary education for the rural population equal to the level of education that was already generally enjoyed by urban youth.

But consolidated schools did not become widely accepted in the rural community.

R.H. Grant has been criticized for having little experience in the field of education and thus being out of his depth as the Minister of Education, with his actions at the mercy of the permanent members of his department.

As for R.H. Grant himself, his assessment of his service as Minister of Education for the province, which he gave in a 1922 address to the Ontario Educational Associa-

tion, is as follows: “I sometimes think that we are making fair progress, that we are bringing about desired changes, that we are making advancement, but there is so much to meet, seemingly so much to be done, that I become exceedingly impatient at the progress that we are making. I ask you to have patience, I ask you to have faith. I am one of yourselves. I do not, and never have pretended to be an educationist. If I can make use of those who have made that their life calling to the best advantage and provide the means to carry their efforts to the highest point of success, I shall be perfectly satisfied.”

R.H. Grant, like the U.F.O./I.L.P. coalition government, was not re-elected in the 1923 provincial election.

He returned to his Hazeldean Road farm, dying in 1930. His son, Arthur W. Grant, carried on with the farm until 1965 when it passed out of the Grant name, ending more than 140 years of Grant ownership of land on the 12th concession of Goulbourn at Stittsville. The Grant Crossing shopping area now sits on part of this land.

In 1979, a suggestion was made at the Goulbourn township council table by councillor Gilmour Brown that old highway seven from Glen Cairn to Stittsville be named Robert Grant Road in honour of Robert H. Grant.

He noted that Mr. Grant had not only lived along this section of road but is acknowledged as being responsible for getting the road paved as a provincial highway during his tenure at Queen’s Park.

However, councillor Brown’s suggestion was not taken up and the road was eventually named the Hazeldean Road.

Now, with the naming of the shopping area that now bears the name “Grant Crossing,” the historic Grant name is being carried on for future generations to remember.

There are four tall two-legged signs erected along the frontage of the Grant Crossing shopping area, bearing the names of various retailers but also, at the top, proclaiming the name “Grant Crossing.”

The Grant Crossing shopping area includes a variety of stores including Lowes, Michaels, HomeSense, Winners, Value Village, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Bushtukah, Bouclair Home, National Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and numerous other retailers.

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News - Robert Grant, father of Robert H. Grant who became a Minister of Education in Ontario, was one of the Stittsville area’s earliest and most prominent settlers.

He settled his 240 acre parcel of land in the 12th concession that is now part of the Fairwinds subdivision and also part of the Toys ‘R Us/Food Basics shopping area now at the corner of Hazeldean Road and Huntmar Drive.

He probably first arrived on the land in the early 1820’s, although it could have been earlier than that. He emigrated to Canada from his native Ireland because he valued the liberty offered here as opposed to his life in Limerick County in Ireland where he was probably a member of the small landowning class.

Born in 1793, he came to Canada in 1814 when he was 21, evening settling on his land in the 12th concession of Goulbourn. He married Elizabeth Powell of Huntley in 1819 which very possibly could be when he moved onto his Goulbourn land.

It is reported that during his lifetime, he owned land in almost every area of Carleton County. Indeed, in 1979, nine years after his death, his widow owned 550 acres in Goulbourn township alone.

Robert Grant himself became known for his progressive farming methods. In addition, he also was involved in the lumber business, the potash trade and had a general store.

It is also believed that he had a sawmill on Poole Creek which flows across what was his property. The Poole Creek valley in the area of the

former Grant farmstead widens considerably which would make it an ideal spot for a dam and creation of a suitable head pond for a mill operation.

Robert Grant was also prominent in the community. He presented Goulbourn township on the first Carleton District Council which was established in 1842. This was the forerunner of Carleton County Council.

He was a Captain in the militia and fought at the battles of Ogdensburg and the Windmill in the late 1830’s.

Robert Grant was one of the wardens for the Anglican Church at Hazeldean. He was considered an excellent singer and always led the singing in the church.

The Grant home apparently was a popular stopover for clergymen of all denominations and the house saw a constant stream of visitors and callers.

In 1851, the Robert Grant household numbered ten people, even though he and his first wife, Elizabeth, did not have any children.

Mr. Grant, whose occupation was listed as a farmer, had three servants in the 1850’s. It is not known if they lived in the main stone house or not.

It is possible that they could have lived in a nearby log building, perhaps the house on the property where Robert Grant had lived at first before he build his Georgian style stone house in 1832. This stone house was an imposing structure, indicative of the stature and wealth which Robert Grant had achieved.

This stone homestead stood well back from the road (now the Hazeldean Road) near Poole Creek.

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rooms on both sides on the first floor.

The house was 40 feet wide by 28 feet deep. The summer kitchen brick extension from a latter date was 24 feet long by 18 ½ feet wide.

The walls of the main house, which were made of stone, were 26 inches thick.

This stone part of the house had 18 windows, originally with the front and rear being mirror images of each other. The number of windows in itself indicates a degree of wealth since glass at that time, back in 1832 when the house was built, was a scarce commodity.

The house featured a massive stone fireplace in the right hand room.

The fact that the house had two full storeys rather than the more usually storey and a half indicated that the Grant family was prosperous.

Elizabeth Grant, Robert Grant’s first wife, died in 1859. He subsequently married Eliza Hardy of Ottawa who was 33 years old at that time while he ws 66. They had six children in the next 11 years.

Robert Grant died in the famous Carleton County Fire of August 1870 when he rushed back into the stone house to save some church records.

His wife and children barely managed to escape to safety to a home across the road.

Fire had not been unknown on the Grant farm as Mr. Grant had lost all of his outbuildings to fire on four different occasions prior to the 1870 disaster. In addition, one year he lost all of his cattle, believed to be between 15 and 20 head, from hydrophobia.

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returned to the farm in 1880. The house had been rebuilt on the inside and the two elder sons took up farming, with Robert H. Grant building his own house and farm buildings on the eastern part of the property while John W. Grant remained on the homestead.

The stone house had been severely damaged by the Carleton County Fire. However, it is possible that the first floor log beams remained as well as the stone shell. The stone shell was no doubt severely damaged by the fire as brick replaced stones over the windows of the second storey.

The house’s rear brick kitchen section was added sometime around 1880, perhaps at the same time of the restoration of the interior of the stone structure. Two windows in the rear of the stone house were converted into doorways to accommodate this new brick, two storey extension to the house.

The house featured a date stone or identification stone over the front door with the initials “RG” and the date “1832” inscribed on it.

Robert H. Grant, who died in 1930, saw his son Arthur W. Grant carry on farming his land until 1965 when it passed out of the Grant name.

The main farm, the site of the stone homestead, was farmed by John W. Grant with the farm passing out of the Grant name in 1940. It was taken over by John S. Hall who was well known for his prize-winning Hereford cattle. The Hall Estate sold the property in 1988.

The Grant stone homestead was demolished in Sept. 1992 after con-

stant problems with vandals. No one had lived in the home for four years and during that time, vandals constantly broke into the house, causing damage.

This is the headstone marking the grave of Robert Grant which is located in the historic Anglican cemetery on Young Road in Kanata.

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This aerial photo shows the R.H. Grant farm house and its related barns and outbuildings.

The farmstead sat where the Grant Crossing showing area on the north side of Hazeldean Road is now located.

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News - The Grant family homes along Hazeldean Road which is now the location of new shopping areas and housing both were reputed to be lodging places for a resident ghost.

Both the stone house built in 1832 by Robert Grant and the farmhouse built by his son Robert H. Grant in the early 1880â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just to the east of the homestead have stories about a resident ghost, thought to be Robert Grant who died in the Carleton County Fire of 1870 in the stone house.

With regard to this stone house, this house was occupied by a family in the late 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. A teenage daughter was reading a book under one of the large trees surrounding the house when a sudden thunderstorm appeared.

She felt a sudden premonition and rushed into the house. As she did this, she glanced into the front room of the house and stopped dead in her tracks, because in that room there was a strange man who turned to look at her and then pointed out the window at the tree under which she had been sitting.

As she looked out, the tree was struck by lightning and a large limb crashed onto the chair on which she had been sitting. At this point, the

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Later, she was able to related several unusual things about this stranger in the room. She had noted that he was wearing clothing more in keeping with the 19th century and he appeared to be kneeling on the floor as the lower part of his legs were not visible.

The explanation for this could be that the ghost was of a person who had inhabited the house prior to the Carleton County Fire of 1870 and so he would be standing on the original floor which, in actual fact, was located below the new floor installed during its rebuilding.

As for the farm house of Robert H. Grant, tenant residents had reported that there was a ghost that walked around on the second floor from the back of the house to the front, although the ghost had never been seen, just heard.

It was thought that this ghost was an elderly man, namely Robert Grant, who had perished in the Carleton County Fire of 1870 and whose walking stick hung over the front door of his sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s farmhouse.

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News - Since 1854, now 160 years ago, Stittsville, then a newly-named postal crossroads better known as Stittâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corners, has grown to become a community of 27,000 people and it is not finished yet.

Why did Stittâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corners, as it was initially known, grow into such a community while other crossroads withered and disappeared? It might best be explained by three words â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Location, location, locationâ&#x20AC;?.

It initially sprang up because of its location on a well traveled route.

It then survived because of the coming of the railroad, followed by a provincial highway passing through it. Postwar suburban growth easily found the community, followed by suburban-type growth over the past 30 years thanks to the proximity of Highway 417 and the provision of full urban services.

Stittsville, it seems, was just always in the right place at the right time.

The founding of Stittsville is not traced to an exact, specific year. Settlers, though, definitely were in the Stittsville area in the early 1820â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Pioneers with names such as Argue, Bradley, Grant and Cathcart received land grants in the Stittsville area in the early 1820â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

But it would be stretching history somewhat to say that this marked the founding of Stittsville. While these early settlers were no doubt the first European residents of this part of Goulbourn township, they were no different than settlers who took up land throughout Goulbourn township. These early settlers came to Goulbourn through Richmond which, from its founding in 1818 to 1822, had a military-based mandate to populate the newly-surveyed Goulbourn township and the eastern half of the adjacent Beckwith township. This was all part of a grand scheme by the British military and colonial administrations to populate

the area with disbanded military personnel and with loyal Irish and Scottish immigrants.

This determination to settle the area with loyal settlers, including those with military training, was the result of the pitifully weak performances by the Canadian militia in the War of 1812 against the United States.

The British feared another outbreak of war with the United States, particularly along its vulnerable St. Lawrence River lifeline. To strengthen its capability in the area, it resorted to establishing what it viewed to be a loyal group of settlers as close as possible to the St. Lawrence River. Because of already-dispensed land grants, the closest land to the St. Lawrence that was available for settlement was the newly survived townships which included Goulbourn township and Beckwith township to its west.

Why what is now Stittsville developed into a village when other settled areas remained farmland lies in the impact of transportation. Indeed, transportation remains a theme that is woven through the history of Stittsville, whether it be early roads, the railway, a provincial highway or Highway 417.

Whereas other communities may have started and developed because of the presence of water power, Stittsville had its birth and growth because of the impact of transportation.

Jackson Stitt, the man who gave his name to Stittsville, came to Canada from Ireland in 1830. He eventually settled in Stittsville, opening a store/hotel at what had just become the best location in the area, located at the junction of two major roads.

Up until this time, the only road to the Upper Ottawa Valley ran from Bytown, as Ottawa was then called, through Richmond and then along the route of the present Stittsville Main Street/Carp Road through to Carp and then on up the Ottawa Valley.

But this was a circuitous route,

particularly the loop to Richmond.

As traffic increased along the route to the Upper Ottawa Valley, propelled by the booming lumber business, a road was extended from Bells Corners directly west to link up with the Richmond/Carp Road at, where else, Stittâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corners, the early name for Stittsville.

And so began the evolution of Stittsville from a patchwork of pioneer farms to an established village.

Jackson Stitt was an entrepreneur and built up a bustling enterprise at Stittâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corners, including a store, hotel, tannery and blacksmith shop. It grew to be a community of more than 50 people by the middle of the 19th century.

When the government of Canada West took over postal service from the military authorities in 1849, it began dispensing post offices throughout the land.

On August 1, 1854, Jackson Stitt became Stittsvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first postmaster and the name Stittsville became indelibly and permanently linked to this area. Even though Jackson Stitt sold all his property at Stittsville in 1858 and headed to western Ontario, the name Stittsville stuck. Indeed, Jackson Stitt died at the age of 53 in 1859, only one year after leaving Stittsville.

But Stittsville was established, with a post office, store, hotel and a number of related enterprises. There were regular â&#x20AC;&#x153;fairsâ&#x20AC;? to which local farmers brought their produce.

The center of Stittsville remained at the intersection of the Bells Corners Road and the Richmond/Carp Road (now the intersection of the Carp Road and Neil Avenue) until the year 1870, certainly the most significant year in Stittsvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history.

In August of 1870, the infamous and disastrous Carleton County fire roared through the area. This massive fire swept southeastward across Carleton County, wiping out homes and farm buildings and, for Stittsville, its then-village core on the Carp Road.

Virtually every building was lev-

eled by the advancing fire. Robert Grant, perhaps the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prestigious citizen, died as he tried to re-enter his home to save church records.

But a month after the fire swept through the area, revitlization came to the community, again related to fire, only this time it was the controlled fire of the steam locomotive as the Canada Central Railway line from Ottawa to Carleton Place was completed through Stittsville. This was a main line and quickly the train track and new station at the intersection of Abbott Street and what is now Stittsville Main Street became Stittsvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hub.

The fire-ravaged commercial core which had built up around the Carp Road/Neil Avenue area never regained its prominence in village affairs as the village center shifted to the railway station area. Just as the extension of a road from Bells Corners had brought prominence to Stittâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corners, so too did the coming of the railway bring prosperity and growth to the new Stittsville.

Brick hotels sprang up around the railway station in the years following the coming of the railroad. There were stores, a blacksmith shop, cement block works, a grain elevator, a grist mill â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all the makings of a village, centred around this area around the station.

W.W. Mann erected a two-storey brick store at the corner of Abbott Street and what is now Stittsville Main Street in 1902 after a previous store at this location had burned down. This building became the center for business in the village, with a drug store, post office, the first telephone in the village and the villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first elevator to take customers to the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second floor.

The storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existence was shortlived, however, as fire in 1911 destroyed not only the Mann store but also a total of eight buildings in the core area, including a blacksmith shop and a carriage shop.

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A community open house will be held on Saturday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ottawa Cheer Sport Sharks gymnasium at 119 Iber Road in Stittsville. Ottawa Cheer Sport Sharks teams will be showcasing their routines during this open house. Everyone is welcome to attend.

a store for long as another Stittsville tradition began in 1914 when the first Bradleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general store opened in the village. The Bradley name would continue to be associated with the grocery business in Stittsville until 2003 with the opening of the new Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Your Independent Grocer.

But despite setbacks like the Mann store fire, Stittsville continued to propser thanks to the busy railway station. Hotels such as the Butler House (later Greenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hotel) and the Pacific Hotel (later Alexanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hotel) spring up flanking the rail line.

Another influence on Stittsville at the turn of the century was the establishment and growth of what became known as the Methodist Campgrounds.

Camp meetings in the summer were, at the turn of the century, a popular religious experience for many, particularly for those with an evangelical perspective. The Rev. Ralph Horner, later known as Bishop Horner, established a church called the Holiness Movement. The Stittsville Holiness Movement church is still standing overlooking Stittsville Main Street and now houses Captain Sandyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Travel Agency.

The Holiness Movement began summer camp meetings on a site off Manchester Street near the church around the turn of the century. Originally tents were erected by the families who came for the period of the camp meeting. But slowly, permanent cottages were erected by these families and the size of the site expanded with property purchases in both 1905 and 1911. Eventually the site of these annual camp meetings grew to about 35 acres, with permanent cottages as well as permanent buildings, such ass a meeting place or tabernacle.

A merger in 1959 of the Holiness Movement and the Free Methodist Churches brought increased activity to the Stittsville campgrounds. Space over the dining hall was used as a dormitory.

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Transportation has played a role in growth of Stittsville Continued from page 13

Boys and girls in groups of 100 to 125 visited the Stittsville site for periods of a week to ten days. The campgrounds had an outdoor swimming pool which was also available to village residents.

The purchase of property in the Picton area by the Free Methodist Church brought an end to the Stittsville Methodist Campgrounds in the mid-1970’s. Buildings eventually gave way under the weight of snow or were removed from the site.

In the late 1970’s, Goulbourn township purchased part of the site which is now home to a soccer field and ball diamond. The rest of the site became a housing development, with the streets of Long Meadow Way, Forest Heights and an extension of the historic Manchester Street.

Stittsville in the 20th century experienced the emergence of the automotible. It had its car dealers such as McCaffrey’s on Main Street and in the late 1960’s and 1970’s, Dilawri Motors, a firm that developed into a thriving car and truck business and promoted the slogan of “Just Beyond The Fringe” in reference to Stittsville.

Transportation again played a role in Stittsville’s history as Main Street became a provincial highway in 1922 as part of the main road between Ottawa and Carleton Place. It remained a provincial highway until 1957 when the Trans-Canada highway initiative saw the construction of a new highway link which bypassed Stittsville and headed directly west at Stittsville, the current route of what is now highway seven.

After World War Two, Stittsville, with its population of around 500, slumbered for awhile but began to grow in the 1950’s. Hobin Homes started to build homes which lured a new kind of resident to Stittsville, the commuter.

This began Stittsville’s growth, with devel-

opment taking place and the village starting to community. the south side of Hazeldean Road, extending grow, becoming a police village in 1956. While Jaric Developments began development of south to the Fernbank Road. still a part of Goulbourn township, Stittsville Amberwood Village in 1978, with the intention All of this has meant enhanced infrastructure had its own police village trustees to look af- of developing it as an adult-only community. in the community, ranging from a new public liter special interests for which homeowners Market forces dictated that this was not fea- brary branch, a new fire hall, churches, schools, in Stittsville paid a special levy besides their sible and the southern part of the development, parks, pathways, sports facilities, a recreation township taxes. the Trails of Amberwood, became a single fam- complex and shopping plazas and stores.

With residential growth continuing, Stitts- ily home development in the early 1980’s. M. Although the extension of sanitary sewer ville became a separate, independent village Holitzner Ltd. started the Wyldewood subdivi- and water services to Stittsville was a key to in 1961. By the early 1970’s, Stittsville had sion in 1983 and other developments quickly the development boom of the past 30 years, grown to 2,000 people. The community band- followed: Monarch Homes, Rideau Homes, another significant factor in the growth of ed together and through extensive fundraising Stolp Homes, Tamarack Homes and other de- Stittsville has been the extension of highway built its own arena, debt-free on the day that it velopers. Development from 1984 to 1994 av- 417 (Queensway) from Kanata westward in the opened. eraged well over 200 new homes per year in late 1970’s. This highway brought the core of Muncipal government reform in 1969 saw Stittsville as the community grew towards its Ottawa closer to Stittsville, with downtown OtCarleton County replaced by the Regional development threshold of 6,000 housing units tawa being only 20 minutes away.

Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. This did not at that time.

So, as with the initial development of Stitt’s spell the end of the village of Stittsville as an By 1998, the population had grown to 12,000 Corners through the coming of the railroad independent municipality but it was not long in and now, in 2014 the population is exceeding to the establishment of a provincial highway, coming, as in 1974, the provincial government 27,000, with continued growth in the works, transportation again was a major force in spurdecreed that the village of Stittsville would join especially in the so-called Fernbank lands on ring development in the Stittsville area. with the village of Richmond and the then-rural-based township of Goulbourn to form a new Goulbourn township, bringing these three municipalities together into one, a reality which would continue until the creation of the new city of Ottawa in 2001.

Some fine-tuning was done again by the province in 1978 when it created the new city of Kanata, taking the Glen Cairn and Hazeldean North residential areas of Goulbourn to link up with the existing March township and the Bridlewood portion of Nepean to form the new city.

In the early 1970’s, as well as fighting battles on the political front, Stittsville was facing another crisis. Pollution problems had developed, forcing development to cease until piped services could be extended to the community.

This took place as the 1970’s turned into the 1980’s, with piped sanitary sewer and water services being extended to Stittsville, setting the stage for the continuation of growth in the This is a view of the Stittsville railway yard and some of the surrounding area as depicted

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Here comes free electronics recycling drop off John Curry john.curry@metroland.com

News - You can help provide some joy in the lives of children inflicted with cancer by dropping off your old electronics at a free electronics recycling drop off in Stittsville this Saturday, March 29.

That’s because all of the funds raised at this electronics recycling drop off which will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ecole Jean-Paul II on Abbott Street will be going through the Refuse2Lose Team Bryce organization to support the Candlelighters Suite Seats programs in which youngsters undergoing cancer treatment can attend a special suite at Canadina Tire Centre to see Ottawa Senators games or other special events.

While the drop off is free for those dropping off items, the funds are raised by the money that is received for the weight of the recycled items. For every tonne of recycled electronics,

$185 is raised which will end up supporting the Candlelighters Suite Seats program.

This free electronics recycling drop off has been arranged by Stittsville mom Danielle Kelly who with the support of her husband Ron and friends has chosen to “Pay It Forward,” as it were, and to be involved with fundraising to help those who were so helpful on the journey by her eight year old son Devan in fighting cancer.

Eight year old son Devan Kelly was diagnosed last November with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cancer and then he underwent 12 weeks of chemotherapy. He has now been declared cancer free.

Devan Kelly, who is in grade three at Ecole Jean-Paul II in Stittsville, was able to benefit from the Cantlelighters Suite Seats program during his period undergoing cancer treatment, attending this special suite at Canadian Tire Centre to watch an Ottawa Senators game and also see a Disney On Ice show.

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Eight year old Devan Kelly of Stittsville wars a hockey jersey signed by all of the teammates on his Stittsville team as he celebrates the end of his chemotherapy treatments and his cancer-free diagnosis.

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This Suite Seats program is invaluable for children undergoing cancer treatments and their families as these children cannot be out in the general public due to the lack of immunity caused by the cancer treatments. In addition, being together in one box suite at the Canadian Tire Centre allows families facing the same situation.

Due to his illness and treatment, Devan missed a lot of the season with his hockey team, the Stittsville Snakes novice B team, for whom he plays left wing.

Devan’s parents appreciated all of the support which the family received during Devan’s diagnosis and treatments and now want to give back. A friend suggested the Refuse2Lose Team Bryce organization and its support of the Candlelighters Suite Seats program which the Kelly family had experienced during Devan’s cancer battle.

Danielle Kelly is getting help from family and friends in setting up and running the electronics recycling drop off this Saturday, March 29. They will also be holding a bake sale as well in conjunction with this drop off and monetary donations will also be accepted, with all of the proceeds going through Refuse2Lose Team Bryce to the Candlelighters Suite Seats program.

This electronics recycling drop off on Saturday, March 29 is only the beginning for the Kelly family.

Danielle Kelly is now arranging for a team called “The Fierce 100” to take part in the CN Cycle for CHEO that will be happening on

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This CN Cycle for CHEO is a non-competitive fundraising event for CHEO that offers a wide range of cycling and walking opportunities for participants of all ages and abilities.

The event begins and ends at the Canadian War Museum.

As for the electronics recycling drop off on Saturday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ecole Jean-Paul II on Abbott Street in Stittsville, it will be a way not only to support the Candlelighters Suite Seats program but also to keep your old electronics out of the landfill. All old electronics dropped off will be properly recycled or disposed of in a responsible manner.

Items accepted will include televisions, computers, laptops, printers, copiers, telephones and cell phones, cameras and video recorders.

A complete list of accepted electronics can be found at recycleyourelectronics.ca.

It is not only free to drop off old electronics at this event but it should be quick – just drive up, drop the items off with the volunteers on hand and drive off, as the volunteers dispose of the electronics in an on-site garbage bin. It is the weight of the old electronics in the garbage bin which will provide the funds that will support the Candlelighters Suite Seats program.

This electronics recycling drop off is an approved event by Ontario Electronic Stewardship. For more information about the electronics recycling drop off or if you cannot attend but would like to donate to the cause, please contact Danielle Kelly at daniellekelly@royallepage.ca .

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Rotary Film Series to wrap up with ‘The Lunchbox’ John Curry john.curry@metroland.com

News - There’s three down and just one to go.

The Stittsville Rotary International Film Series 2014, which began with the showing of the Danish film “The Hunt” back on Thursday, Jan. 23, will wrap up on Thursday, April 24 with the

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Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville member Leo Maiorino, right, announces the winning number in a door prize draw at the showing of the film “Gloria” in the 2014 Rotary International Film Series at Landmark Theatres in Kanata on Thursday evening, March 20 as Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville president Alfredo Patricio, left, holds the ticket.

screening of “The Lunchbox,” a 2013 romantic film made in India.

This film was shown at International Critics’ Week at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and later won the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award. It was also shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and has done well at the box office in India where it was released last Sept.

Among the film’s actors is Irrfan Khan who has become well known for his acting work, particularly in Bollywood although he has also worked in British Indian films and Hollywood ventures.

He has appeared in the 2012 American film “The Amazing Spider-Man” as well as in films such as “Life of PI” and “Slumdog Millionaire.”

The film, set in Mumbai, revolves around a mistaken delivery by the renowned lunchbox service in Mumbai. This leads to a relationship between a lonely widower close to retirement and a young but unhappy housewife as they build a fantasy world together through the exchange of notes in the daily lunchbox.

The film is in Hindi but has English subtitles.

This screening of “the Lunchbox” will complete the second season of the Stittsville Rotary International Film Series.

The films in this series are all shown on one Thursday evening per month from January through April at the Landmark Theatres at Kanata Centrum in Kanata, starting at 7 p.m. with the doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

Earlier films in this four-film series have included the Danish film “The Hunt,” the 2013

American comedy/drama film “Inside Llewyn Davis,” and “Gloria,” a film by Chilean film director Sebastian Lelio, which was shown on Thursday, March 20. “Gloria” told the story of Gloria, a middle-aged divorcee who enters a whirlwind relationship with another divorcee, a former naval officer.

Prior to the showing of the film, Stittsville Rotary Club member Leo Maiorino welcomed everyone to the screening. A draw for several door prizes was held, with one of the prizes being a basket filled with Chilean fruit.

Passes for the remaining film in this Stittsville Rotary International Film Series 2014 now can be purchased by phoning Valerie Wright of the Rotary Club at 613-836-9125. The passes, initially costing $40, are now pro-rated and cost only $10 each. There are just a few passes available, so quick action is recommended to anyone who wants to acquire one to view “The

Lunchbox.”

This year’s Rotary International Film Series has been organized by a Rotary Club committee comprised of members Valerie Wright, Steve Hunter and Wes Zacharuk. Major sponsor is mortgage broker Leo Maiorino who is also a Rotary Club member. Other sponsors, supporters and partners which allow this Rotary International Film Series to happen include Theresa Qadri of Coldwell Banker Real Estate, John Thompson, Wes Zacharuk Co-operators Insurance, Gaia Java Coffee Company, Telefilm Canada, the Ontario Media Development Corporation, Cineplex, Landmark Theatres, Bell, RBC Royal Bank, L’Oreal, Visa, Audi, the federal and provincial governments and the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville is also aided in this venture by the Film Circuit of the Toronto International Film Festival which provides these international films to about 160 communities across Canada including Stittsville.

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Steve Hunter, left, of the Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville hands out door prize tickets to Vanessa Burn, centre, and David Wheatley, right, who have all of their movie-watching refreshments ready as they attend the showing of the movie “Gloria” in the 2014 Rotary International Film Series at the Landmark Theatres in Kanata on Thursday, March 20.

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News - The Goulbourn Male Chorus and the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus, both directed by Robert Dueck of Stittsville, will be having a new face at the keyboard.

Bonnie MacDiarmid, who has been the accompanist for the two groups, has had to withdraw due to personal and health reasons.

She is being replaced by Tyson Chen, 32, an accomplished pianist in his own right who will be attending Carleton University in its music program.

Mr. Chen will be finishing this spring as the accompanist for the Goulbourn Male Chorus and the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus. He will likely remain with the Ladies Chorus

for the 2014-2015 season. It is not yet known who will be the accompanist for the Goulbourn Male Chorus beginning this fall.

Mr. Chen has lived in Mabou, Cape Breton for the past several years, immersing himself in the Celtic music scene.

He has become a popular piano accompanist for fiddlers throughout

Cape Breton. He recently was involved in a pair of successful local Cape Breton musicals for which he was also the musical director.

He started classical piano at a young age but soon embraced other solo and accompaniment piano styles.

At upcoming Goulbourn Male Chorus concerts in May, Mr. Chen

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The concert at which Mozartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Requiem will be performed is being held on Sunday, April 13 at 2 p.m. at the Church of St. John the Evangelist at the corner of Elgin Street and Somerset Street in Ottawa. It will also be performed again on Friday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Wakefield Centre in Wakefield, Quebec.

For this concert, The Strings of St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will be joined by the choir of St. John the Evangelist Church. Tickets for this concert are $17 per person if purchased in advance.

The Strings of St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s will also per performing in a concert on Saturday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m. at St. John Chrysostom Church in Arnprior and repeated on Sunday, May 11 at 2 p.m. at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Ottawa.

The Gaia Java Coffee Company shop at the Stittsville Shopping Centre (Shoppers Drug Mart plaza) on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville hosts music evenings every Friday starting at 7 p.m. There is free admission at these Friday music evenings but early arrival is recommended for the best seating.

This coming Friday the Goulbourn Male Chorus will be performing, with the program including a number of sing-along pieces.

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Members of the Crumble String Quartet who performed at the Friday music evening at the Gaia Java Coffee Company shop in Stittsville last Friday, March 21 are, from left, Julia Sandquist (violin), Mary Young (viola), Catherine Campbell (cello) and Margot Lange (violin).

News - As a nod to the recent St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crumble String Quartetâ&#x20AC;? led off its performance at the Friday music evening at the Gaia Java Coffee Company shop in Stittsville last Friday with some Irish tunes.

The four â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Margot Lange and Julia Sandquist on violin, Mary Young on viola and Catherine Campbell on cello â&#x20AC;&#x201C; then followed these opening tunes up with a variety of baroque and classical music, while also adding some of the music of Scott Joplin, the African-American composer and pianist whose ragtime compositions earned him the title of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The King of Ragtime.â&#x20AC;?

The four members of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crumble String Quartetâ&#x20AC;? added a touch of spring to their performance as each wore a different coloured top â&#x20AC;&#x201C; peach, yellow, green and purple â&#x20AC;&#x201C; conveying a fresh, spring-like feel inside the Gaia Java shop, something not yet experienced outside in these days of winter hanging on â&#x20AC;Ś and on.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crumble String Quartetâ&#x20AC;? has played previously at the Gaia Java shop.

The groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name stems from the fact that crumble is the dessert that they share at their rehearsals. Indeed, Gaia Java shop co-owner Paul Jay, who introduced the group before its performance, noted that he had four pieces of apple crumble reserved for them, calling it their â&#x20AC;&#x153;signature dessert.â&#x20AC;?

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crumble String Quartetâ&#x20AC;? members are also part of a bigger string ensemble â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Strings of St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? with whom they

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News - Two hundred and twenty-three youth involved. Impressive. Donations of food items and cash collected, totaling 132 boxes of food items and $1,831 in cash donations. Awesome. And going door-to-door on evenings when the thermometer showed a steady minus 22 degrees Celsius. Priceless.

But this is what the Scouts and Guides of Stittsville made happen in their recent Scouts/Guides March Food Drive for the Stittsville Food Bank.

Let’s review those facts again as they are just so impressive!

Nineteen Scouting Sections and Guide Units were involved, numbering 223 youth. In total, 132 boxes of food items and $1,831 in cash donations were collected. And the Food Drive was conducted in a week that saw the temperatures at a steady minus 22 degrees Celsius in the evenings, meaning the youth and their leaders braved some coldness to go door-to-door in the community requesting donations for the Stittsville Food Bank.

What makes it all even more impressive are the grand total numbers when the results from this recent Scouts/Guides March Food Drive are combined with the numbers from the Christmas Food Drive and Scout Apple Day when donations were collected for the Food Bank.

Are you ready for this? The grand total is 301 boxes of food items and $5,643 in cash donations. Wow! The Scouts and Guides of Stittsville wish to thank the residents of Stittsville for their generosity in the recent Scouts/Guides March Food Drive and their other efforts this year to collect food and donations for the SCOUTER FRED KUZNIARZ PHOTO Stittsville Food Bank. Residents of Stittsville came Members of Stittsville Scouting’s Alpha & Delta Troop, along with Stittsville Venturers and Scouting leaders, sort food items through yet again and helped the Scouts and Guides collected in the recent Scouts/Guides March Food Drive prior to delivery the items to the Stittsville Food Bank. A total of 132 make a difference for the Stittsville Food Bank. boxes of food items and $1,831 in cash donations was collected in the Food Drive, with 223 Scouting and Guiding youth involved Details of this year’s Food Drives reported by in the door-to-door campaign.

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the village of Richmond News – The Richmond Cooperative Nursery School held an open house on Wednesday, March 19 at its premises at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on McBean Street, providing an opportunity for parents of prospective students to see the facility, to meet the teachers and register for the coming 2014 year if desired. But if you missed the open house, there are still opportunities to find out more about the Nursery School by going on its website at www.rcns. ca or by calling 613-838-2575. The Richmond Cooperative Nursery School offers programs for both toddlers (ages 2 and 3) and preschoolers (ages 3 and 4). The toddlers program runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. while the preschoolers program runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. There’s also a summer program offered for those who are interested…Richmond resident Carmel Conlin was featured in the most recent issue of Hospice Matters, the information newsletter of Hospice Care Ottawa. Carmel completed her volunteer course with Hospice Care Ottawa in the fall and now volunteers with a palliative home care client as well as others in residential hospice care at the Central West Hospice. “I think I’ve gained more from this whole experience than I’ve give back,” she is quote as saying about her experience as a volunteer with Hospice Care Ottawa which provides hospice services and programs in Ottawa, having been formed by the amalgamation of Friends of Hospice Ottawa and The Hospice at Maycourt…Richmond and area residents should keep in mind the free OC Transpo weekly rural shoppers bus (Route 201) which runs each Monday, starting in Richmond and then proceeding through Stittsville and Kanata before finishing up at the Carlingwood Shopping Centre in Ottawa. The bus delivers riders to one of the urban shopping destinations such as Bayshore Shopping

Centre, Lincoln Fields Shopping Centre or Carlingwood Shopping Centre about 10 a.m. and then picks up riders at 2:30 p.m. for the return home…David Brown of Richmond, who has been involved with the Richmond Agricultural Society and the 4H program in Richmond and who helped out on the Schouten farm on Malakoff Road south of Richmond for 12 years and who is a graduate of the Agricultural College at Kemptville, is now working for current Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre. He began volunteering with MP Poilievre about a year ago and his efforts were noticed as he is now working for the MP in his ministerial office (Pierre Poilievre is currently the Minister for Democratic Reform). MP Poilievre also has staff in his constituency office and in his Parliament Hill office. Although the nomination has not yet been finalized, it is assumed that MP Poilievre will be the Conservative candidate for the new Rideau-Carleton federal riding in the next federal election. This is a new riding that includes Stittsville, Richmond and Goulbourn and runs from Ashton in the west along the southern part of the city of Ottawa covering Manotick and Riverside South as well. At present Stittsville, Richmond and Goulbourn are in the CarletonMississippi Mills riding represented by MP Gordon O’Connor…The Richmond Memorial Community Centre arena will be the place to be this Saturday, March 29 for figure skating entertainment as the Goulbourn Skating Club is staging an ice show called “Stars on Broadway” there. There will be two shows – one at 12 noon and one at 3 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at the Goulbourn Skating Club website at www.goulbournskatingclub. com. Tickets are $10 for an adult, $8 for a student or senior and free for children aged five and under….St. Philip Catholic School principal Kathy Fischer will be retiring at the end of June….

Girl Guide Cookie Day is coming in Richmond Special to the News

News - Saturday, April 12 is Girl Guide Cookie Day not only in Richmond but across the province.

Indeed, over 600 Guiding units will be selling Girl Guide Cookies across the province that day.

On Saturday, April 12 in Richmond, Richmond sparks and Pathfinders will be at King’s Your Independent Grocer, selling cookies from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

At the same time, starting

at 10 a.m., Brownie and Guide units will be going door-todoor in the village, selling the cookies.

The Girl Guide cookies in this spring cookie drive are selling for $5 per box. They are the classic vanilla and chocolate sandwich cookies which are peanut free which will be for sale.

It is the mint cookies which the Guides sell in their fall cookie sale.

These cookie sales raise funds to help offset the cost

of Guiding activities such as camps, trips, badges and program supplies.

Girl Guide cookies are a Guiding tradition, with the first Girl Guide cookies having been baked by a Guide leader and sold in Saskatchewan in 1927.

In 1929, selling Girl Guide cookies became a national program.

The sale of Girl Guide cookies is the largest fundraiser for the Guiding movement in Canada.

Jewelry workshop at Museum Special to the News

News - You can make a unique necklace just in time for Mother’s Day. It will happen at the jewelry workshop that is being held on Sunday, May 4 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Goulbourn Museum at Stanley’s Corners.

Cost of this jewelry workshop is $35 per person.

This cost includes all supplies plus some afternoon tea.

For more information or to register, call the Goulbourn Museum at 613-831-2393 or email education@goulbournmuseum.ca .

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Sports - The world’s best young fencers will be gathering in Bulgaria for ten days at the beginning of April to compete in the 2014 Cadet and Junior World Championships. And one of them will be Aidan Heffernan of Stittsville.

Aidan, a grade 11 student at South Carleton High School in Richmond and a former student at A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School in Stittsville, will represent Canada in these upcoming world championships in Plovdiv in Bulgaria.

He has earned a spot as a member on the Canadian National Fencing Cadet/Junior Team thanks to his achievements at several national and international tournaments in the 2013-2014 fencing season. Cadet refers to the age 16-17 age group and not to any connection with the youth Cadet military program.

Aidan began this season with a podium finish at a Canada Cup competition in Gatineau, Quebec, following it up by earning additional medals at Canada Cup competitions in Sherbrooke, Quebec and Vancouver, B.C. But this is not all that he has accomplished this season.

He has participated in North American

Cup competitions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cleveland, Ohio and Dallas, Texas.

He also earned points toward his number three placement on the Canadian Fencing Federation’s National High Performance Program rankings at a European Circuit event in Bratislava, Slovakia and at the Junior Pan Am Games in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

In between his participation in these major tournaments, Aidan has competed at events throughout Ontario and Quebec.

Highlights from the Ontario University circuit include gold medal performances in the senior events at the Queens University and Brock University tournaments as well as at the Royal Military College’s Invitational Team competition. Aidan was joined by fellow Stittsville resident and nationally ranked high performance fencer Phillip Williams on the gold medal winning team at this Royal Military College event.

As a member of the Ottawa Fencing Club at the RA Centre on Riverside Drive in Ottawa, Aidan is coached by Canadian National Team and Canadian Olympic Team coach Paul Apsimon and by former Iranian National Team fencer and coach Parvis Haghendish.

Aidan began fencing six years ago at the

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Aidan Heffernan of Stittsville shows the form that has earned him a spot on the Canadian National Fencing Cadet/Junior Team.

age of 11. His current training routine includes three nights a week and Sunday afternoons at the Ottawa Fencing Club at the RA Centre as well as attending both local and out-of-town weekend training camps.

The Cadet and Junior World Championships are among the most important events in the calendar of the Federation Internationale d’Escrime (FIE) as the championships provide young fencers with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills at an international level.

The Cadet and Junior World Championships are held annually each spring, usually with athletes from about 80 nations competing, numbering between 1,200 and 1,300 participants. These Cadet and Junior World Championships have in the past involved fencers who have gone on to reach the highest levels in international fencing.

These 2014 Cadet and Junior World Championships will happen in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from Thursday, April 3 to Saturday, April 12.

Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria after the capital of Sofia. Its population is around 340,000.

Its history spans 6,000 years, ranking it among the world’s oldest cities. Plovdiv is located in south-central Bulgaria on the banks of the Maritsa River, about 152 kilometers southeast of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.

Fencing today has three disciplines: foil, where the target is the torso; epee where the target is the whole body; and saber where the target is the upper body. Each discipline has a unique weapon or sword and differing rules of engagement.

Competitive fencing is one of five sports which has been involved in every one of the modern Olympic Games. The other sports are athletics, cycling, swimming and gymnastics. The Federation Internationale d’Escrime (FIE) which governs the sport of fencing has its head office in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 145 national federations, each of which is recognized by its country’s Olympic Committee as the sole representative of Olympic-style fencing in that country.

For information about the fencing program offered at the RA Centre in Ottawa, please visit www.racentre.com.

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Aidan Heffernan of Stittsville, who is a student at South Carleton High School in Richmond, will be representing Canada at the upcoming World Junior Fencing Championships in Plovdiv in Bulgaria.

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Evening of rousing Celtic music in Stittsville John Curry john.curry@metroand.com

News - There was lots of hooting, hollering, rhythmic clapping and toe

tapping at Stittsville United Church last Saturday evening. You might just think it was a revival meeting of some sort.

And, in some respects, it was – a

revival of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations earlier in the week.

It was an evening of Celtic music, mainly Irish but with some Scottish tunes thrown in, all delivered by the

group “Irons In The Fire,” a Celtic group comprising six fiddles, a drum, a guitar and a piano.

And they played jigs and polkas and more – some slow, some robust and all toe tapping great.

Rhythmic clapping accompanying the ironic Irish music prevailed through the crowd of 120 who just about filled the church. Then, on some songs, especially those intoxicating jigs, there was even hooting and hollering, all encouraged by “Irons In The Fire” leader Charlie Dunlap.

In other words, it was St. Patrick’s Day re-visited – no wonder the event was entitled “Celtic Night, A Bonus St. Patrick’s Bonanza.”

But there was more than just the musical offerings of “Irons In The Fire” that took place.

Two Irish dancers, in their sparkling costumes, made a couple of appearances including a grand finale one where they were backed up by “Irons In The Fire” – it was like an Irish jam session to finish up the one and a half hour program. The two dancers were Laurenne Tynski and

Shannon Murphy.

Rev. Grant Dillenbeck of Stittsville United Church served as the host for the evening and he even regaled the audience with a Irish tale (a tall one, it turned out) that involved a wake in a home, dancing with the corpse to try to help it regain life, a live person sleeping in the empty coffin – well, you had to be there to hear and enjoy it all but it was amusing in an Irish sort of way.

There was some green spotted throughout the audience and many in the audience were sporting Irish stickers on their foreheads or cheeks, courtesy of event originator Marion Gullock who placed the stickers on people as they arrived for the event.

A leprechaun was hanging from the door of the church, greeting people as they arrived.

Members of “Irons In The Fire,” the Celtic band which performed at the event, were leader Charlie Dunlap (guitar), dummer Art Salomonian, fiddlers Arlene Probert, Bob Davidson, Bob Stone, David Hauraney, Liz Barnes and Joan Ford and pianist Allison Houston.

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Performing at the “Celtic Night, A Bonus St. Patrick’s Bonanza” event at the Stittsville United Church in Stittsville last Saturday evening are, from left, fiddler Bob Stone, fiddler David Hauraney and guitar player Charlie Dunlap.

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Donations of books are being sought now for an upcoming charity book sale that will be held at the Family Fun Day at the Stittsville Shopping Centre (Shoppers Drug Mart Plaza) in Stittsville. Funds raised at this Family Fun Day including this book sale will go to support the Candlelight Childhood Cancer Support Foundation.

Donations of books for this sale can be dropped off at the Kumon Math and Reading Centre at the Stittsville Shopping Centre (Unit 108 in the enclosed corridor at this plaza) from Monday to Friday (10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.) anytime up to Thursday, May 1.

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Members of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Irons In The Fireâ&#x20AC;? Celtic music group who performed at the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celtic Night, A Bonus St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bonanzaâ&#x20AC;? event at the Stittsville United Church in Stittsville last Saturday evening are, from left, Art Solomonian on the drum, fiddle players Bob Davidson, Liz Barnes (behind), Arlene Probert, Bob Stone, Joan Ford (hidden behind Bob), David Hauraney and guitar player Charlie Dunlap. They were accompanied on the keyboard by Allison Houston.

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Sledge hockey tournament in Stittsville John Curry

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Sports - Twelve teams competing. Exciting.

Over 200 players from Ontario, Quebec, New York and Vermont involved. Awesome. And a weekend of games including a celebrity challenge game. Wow! And it’s all going to happen primarily at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex (GRC)

in Stittsville, namely the tenth annual Sledge Hockey of Eastern Ontario (SHEO) Invitational Tournament.

And it’s going to happen from Friday, April 4 through to Sunday, April 6, with everyone welcome to attend and witness the exciting and growing sport of sledge hockey. You saw it on television from the recent Paralympic Games in Sochi in Russia. Now you can see it in person right here at the GRC in the community.

Some of the players will include current and former Paralympians, members of Hockey sur luge of Quebec and SHEO including many upand-coming young athletes from around the area.

There will be 12 teams competing in the tournament, playing on one of three competitive levels – Juniors (up to 16 years of age) and two intermediate divisions (from teens to adults).

All in all, there will be about 200 sledge hockey players taking part, coming not only from Ontario and Quebec but also from New York State and Vermont.

Those attending will not only witness great on-ice action but will also have an opportunity to meet 2014 Paralympic bronze medalists, former Paralympic champions and get to watch the Celebrity Sledge Hockey Challenge Game featuring a number of area personalities.

The tournament will get underway on Friday, April 4. This is the only day of the tournament when two different venues will be used: the GRC in Stittsville and the Ray Friel Recreation Complex in Orleans.

Intermediate teams will be playing at the Ray Friel Recreation Complex in Orleans from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 4.

In addition, junior level games will be played at the Matt Bradley Arena at the GRC from 5:15 p.m. through to 8:15 p.m.

On Saturday, April 5, all of the sledge hockey action will take place at the GRC, with both junior and intermediate games taking place from 8:15 a.m. right through to 7:30 p.m., using both the Matt Bradley Arena and Arena A at the GRC. Sunday, April 6 will see the junior and intermediate gold and bronze medal games happening from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. at both ice surfaces at the GRC.

There will also be a novice sledge hockey demonstration game on Sunday, April 6 from 8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. at Arena A at the GRC. This will involve young sledge hockey players.

The celebrity sledge hockey challenge featuring a number of local personalities will take place on Sunday, April 6 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Matt Bradley Arena at the GRC. Teams invited to participate in this tenth annual Ottawa Invitational Sledge Hockey Tournament include eight teams in the tournament’s intermediate divisions and four teams in the junior division.

Junior division teams will be the Blazers of Kawartha, ON, the Lasers of Ottawa, the Sabres of Buffalo, N.Y. and the Steelhawks of Durham, ON. Intermediate division teams in the tournament will include the Barbarians of Orleans, the Demons roulants of Laval, QC, the Falcons of Stittsville, the Fort Drum Mountain Warriors of Canton, N.Y., the RoughRiders of Long Island, N.Y., the Sledcats of Burlington, VT, the Steelhawks of Durham, ON and the Transats of Montreal.

Sledge hockey is a team sport that conforms to the rules and form of traditional hockey with players using a sledge on blades rather than skates and sticks equipped with picks to propel themselves across the ice.

Sledge Hockey of Eastern Ontario (SHEO) is a 100 percent volunteer-run, not-for-profit organization.

Since 1982, its volunteer-run programs in Ottawa and area have provided a unique opportunity for children, youth and adults with disabilities to play ice hockey on an equal basis with their peers.

SHEO’s website can be found at www.sheo. ca .

Green versus Orange in Town League finals Special to the News

Sports - It’s Green versus Orange in the playoff finals in the Stittsville Town League.

Both teams advanced with semi-final playoff series victories and are meeting this week as the best of three championship series begins.

The Bond’s Décor Green Team eliminated the Molsons White team in their playoff series, winning 7-5 on Wednesday, March 19 at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena.

But the Green Team had to withstand a furious third period push by the White Team to gain the victory and advance to the final series.

The Green Team led 3-0 after the first period and had extended the lead to a whopping 7-1 by the end of the second period. But then the White Team roared back, scoring all four goals of the third period to make the final score a close 7-5.

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in this game with three goals.

Ryan Sterling added two goals while single markers went to Andrew Gervais and Trevor Sachs.

Matt Sterling and Ryan Kennedy both had three assists in the game for the Green Team.

Mike Moreau scored two goals for the Molsons White Team while single goals went to Nick Purdy, Mike Testa and Corey Loverock.

Nick Purdy picked up two assists in the game for the White Team.

In the other semi-final playoff series on Thursday, March 20 at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena, the Cabling Ottawa Orange Team defeated the Cavanagh Construction Grey Team by a 5-3 score to advance to the championship final against the Green Team.

This was a close game for two periods, with the score tied 1-1 after the first period and the second period being scoreless.

In the third period, the Orange Team struck for four goals while the Grey Team could only respond with two goals, giving the Orange Team a 5-3 win.

Steve McJannet scored two goals for the Cabling Ottawa Orange Team in this game.

Single goals for the Orange Team were scored by Matt Hand, Trevor Graham and Matt Yakabuski.

For the Cavanagh Construction Grey Team, goal scorers were Mike Scerbo, Andy Byrnes and Chris Brussa-toi.

Andrew Duncan earned two assists in the game for the Grey Team.

The championship final playoff series will now feature the Cabling Ottawa Orange Team playing the Bond’s Décor Green Team.

The Cabling Ottawa Orange Team finished the regular season in second place while the Bond’s Décor Green Team finished the regular season in fourth place in the six team league.

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Sacred Heart Huskies in provincial championship Special to the News

Sports - The Sacred Heart Catholic High School Huskies skated in the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) high school boys hockey provincial championship last week.

The event, hosted by the golden Horseshoe Athletic Conference and Halton Secondary Schools Athletic Association, was held from Tuesday, March 18 to Friday, March 21 in Burlington and Oakville.

The Sacred Heart Huskies were ranked 14th in the 20 team tournament, competing in round robin play against St. Mary Catholic Secondary School ranked second; St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College ranked eighth, St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School ranked 11th and Confederation Secondary School ranked 19th.

The Huskies played four games in round robin play, winning one and losing three.

In the Huskies first game on Tuesday, March 18 at 8:30 a.m., the Huskies lost 2-0 to St. Mary Catholic Secondary School. It was 0-0 after the first period with St. Mary taking a 1-0 lead in the second period and then scoring the only goal of the third period to clinch the victory.

In their second game on Tuesday, March 18, played at 3:30 p.m., the Huskies suffered a 71 loss at the hands of St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College.

The Huskies fell behind 3-0 in the first period and after playing a scoreless second period, were outscored 4-1 in the final frame for the

7-1 loss.

Luke Mulvihill scored for the Huskies in this game, with Luke Ley and Aidan Horvath picking up assists.

The Huskies were on the ice for another two games on Wednesday, March 19.

The 8 a.m. game saw the Huskies face Confederation Secondary School, with the Huskies skating to a 4-1 victory.

The Huskies took a 1-0 lead into the second period which ended up scoreless. In the third period, the Huskies scored three times while allowing only one goal as the game ended 4-1 for the Huskies.

Jacob Sloan scored two goals for the Huskies in this game with single goals being added

by Sean Leduc and Curtis Ferguson.

Kurtis Schaefer had three assists for the Huskies in this game. Also earning assists for the Huskies in this game were Cory Scholtz, Jacob Sloan, Sean Leduc and Matthew Cordukes.

The second game for the Huskies on Wednesday, March 19 with a 3 p.m. faceoff was against the St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School, with the Huskies dropping a 5-3 decision.

It was 2-1 for the Huskies after the first period but St. Thomas of Villanova scored three unanswered goals in the second period as the Huskies fell behind 4-2.

The teams exchanged goals in the third period with the game ending 5-3 in favour of St.

Thomas of Villanova.

Huskies goalie Mark Dalliday faced 36 shots while the Huskies had 19 shots on the St. Thomas of Villanova net.

Sean Leduc, Cory Scholtz and Aidan Horvath scored for the Huskies in this game.

Dylan Perry had two assists in the game for the Huskies while Conor Keys earned one assist.

Playing for the Sacred Heart Huskies in this provincial AAA/AAAA boys hockey cham-

pionship were Jacob Ley, Cory Scholtz, Sean Leduc, Bradley Odam, Christopher Gates, Conor Keys, Aidan Horvath, Matthew Cordukes, Jacob Collins, Kurtis Schaefer, Luke Mulvihill, Dylan Perry, Jacob Sloan, Curtis Ferguson, Luke Ley and James Agnew.

Goalies for the team were Mark Dalliday, Baxter Smith and Paul Mazzolin.

Teacher Ryan McCloskey is the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head coach with teacher Mike McCurdy as the assistant coach.

Registration period ending for 2014 minor ball season Special to the News

Sports - Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only a couple of days left to register for the 2014 Stittsville Minor Softball Association (SMSA) season.

The online registration period closes this Friday, March 28.

A $20 administration charge will be applied to fees for late registration to cover additional processing costs involved.

The Stittsville Minor Softball Association (SMSA) offers two regular season programs which run from May 1st until the end of June. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Fun League ($95 registration fee) which is open to girls and boys born from 2006 through 2009. There is also the House League ($125 to $140 registration fee) which is open to boys and girls born from 1993 through 2005.

Both of these programs conclude with a special event or tournament.

In addition to the Fun

League and House League, the SMSA runs a Select Program that runs simultaneously with the House League but goes on past June, ending with participation in the provincial championships in mid-August.

The SMSA also provides indoor winter clinics as well as player warm-up sessions in April.

The SMSA has received a 2-Star Rating from Softball Ontarioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Softball Association Fundamental Excellence Program. This recognizes the commitment which the SMSA has put into its program delivery. The SMSA has also received awards for its umpire development program.

With regard to umpires, the SMSA provides training for those interested in umpiring.

In addition, volunteer coaches are provided with training and tools to help with continuous player development.

The 2013 season proved successful for the SMSA in

high-level competitive class softball. Three Select Program teams, namely Squirt Girls, Bantam Girls and Midget Boys, won their respective provincial championships last August, placing Stittsville among the leading fast-pitch softball communities in the province.

Those interested in volunteering as a coach, manager or in another off-field capacity with the SMSA should indicate this interest in the volunteer section of a playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s registration form or should contact caroline@stittsvillesoftball. org. Those interested in student volunteer hours should also contact caroline@stittsvillesoftball.org.

Players from outside Stittsville are welcome to register with the SMSA. For more information about the Stittsville Minor Softball Association and its programs, please visit www.stittsvillesoftball.org.

Jock River Race on April 12 - maybe!

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News - The ongoing winter and non-arrival of spring so far may delay the holding of the annual Upper Jock River Cane/Kayak Race.

The announced date of Saturday, April 12 has now been scheduled as tentative.

If the wintry weather con-

tinues, then the race will be moved to Saturday, April 26.

But whatever the date ends up being, canoes and kayaks will be racing down the Jock River again this spring, continuing an annual tradition going back to 1996.

It had been announced earlier this year that the 2014 Up-

per Jock River Canoe/Kayak Race was being cancelled for this year but this was quickly overturned when Gaetan Plourde and Ian Mockett came forward to help with the organization of the event.

This has meant that the annual race will take place after all.

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Ham, scalloped potatoes, baked beans supper in Munster Special to the News

News - If you like scalloped potatoes, baked beans and ham, then you’ll want to be at the Munster United Church hall in Munster on Saturday, April 5.

That’s when the church is hosting a ham, scalloped potatoes and baked beans supper, with tea, coffee and dessert also available. Now that will be some hearty and tasty eating!

The supper will take place on Saturday, April 5 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. with everyone most welcome to attend and enjoy.

What is interesting is that both potatoes (scalloped or not) and baked beans are native

and indigenous to the Americas.

It was the Spanish conquistadors in South America in the mid 16th century who came across the potato which was part of the diet of the native Incas. The Spanish shipped some back to Spain and from there they spread to Italy, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, England – you name it.

It was the Virginia colonists in the early 1600’s who brought the first potatoes to North America. Later, in the 1700’s, Irish immigrants in New Hampshire planted fields of potatoes. Indeed, legend has it that American icon Thomas Jefferson was the first American to

serve french fries.

Potatoes, of course, have the advantage of being easy to cultivate and can be stored for long periods of time.

You can do almost anything to the potato in preparing it for eating including making scalloped potatoes which features thin slices of potatoes cooked in milk or cream. And this is the form that the potatoes will take at this April 5th supper at the Munster United Church. Scalloped potatoes are often served at traditional holiday meals such as at Christmas or Thanksgiving. This April 5th supper at Munster United Church is only two weeks before Easter this

year.

With regard to baked beans, most beans used to make baked beans are native to North America and were introduced to Europe in the 1500’s.

Ham can be found around the world and is a processed pork foodstuff which undergoes preservation through curing, smoking or salting.

As for the origins of ham, there are some who believe that the Chinese were the first to have cure ham in their diet. It is known that ham was an established foodstuff in the days of the Roman Empire.

Ottawa Public Health wants more well water tested Laura Mueller laura.mueller@metroland.com

News - Ottawa Public Health is hoping that offering more opportunities for residents to test their wells will prompt them to take drinking water safety seriously.

Right now, only about three per cent of residents whose homes are served by private wells use the free testing offered by the city. That’s about 900 of the estimated 30,000 private wells in both the rural and urban areas.

If wells are contaminated with pathogens like illnesscausing bacteria or viruses, it can cause both short-term and long-term health problems.

It’s recommended that well water is tested regularly – at least three times a year.

In the past, the public health department would focus on two blitzes – one in the spring and one in the fall – to hand

out water-testing bottles and let residents know the free service is available. There were a few places where residents could pick up free bottles and drop off samples year-round, but the hours were limited and varied and the service wasn’t well known.

Now, public health wants to offer the testing all year and make the bottles available at more locations throughout the city.

In addition to drop-offs at Ottawa Public Health’s office at 100 Constellation Cres. in Centrepoint and the Public Health Ontario lab at 2380 St. Laurent Boul., the service will be available at 16 businesses and city facilities in the rural area. These include the Ashton General Store in Ashton and Mac’s in Munster.

Even though the city has offered the free service for years, many people don’t know about it, said Siobhan

Kearns, manager of public health’s environment and health protection branch. In some cases, people have been drinking the water for years and never become ill, so they assume the water will always be safe, Kearns said.

“People have wells (and) septic systems, but there is almost this sense of ‘out of sight, out of mind,’ because it’s working,” she said.

That’s not the case. Different types of wells – drilled or dug – are susceptible to different issues that could crop up any time – even if there has never been a problem with the well before. Contamination can result from a number of causes, including flooding or problems with nearby septic beds, Kearns said.

Based on the questions public health staff receive, it seems that the most common issue identified with well testing in Ottawa is coliform con-

tamination, Kearns said. Coliform itself doesn’t usually cause illness but its presence indicates other pathogens could get into the water. It can be fixed by treating the well with chlorine to disinfect it.

Residents should use bottled water and/or boil the well water for at least a minute until they can have the well water retested to ensure the chlorine worked, Kearns said.

E. coli infections are rarer and more dangerous, Kearns said. Public health can refer residents to companies that offer remediation for more serious well issues.

In the past, it’s been hard for the city to track local well conditions because the testing is private and not tracked, Kearns said.

“Our only real point where we can determine how many residents are testing the wells were in the past from our spring and fall well water pick

Upcoming activities for Horticultural Society Special to the News

News – What’s coming up at meetings of the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society?

At the Horticultural Society’s April meeting on Tuesday, April 15, starting seeds will be the topic with Rebecca Last, a Master Gardener, on hand to give some tips.

The Ottawa Food Bank’s community harvest program will be the

topic at the Horticultural Society’s meeting on Tuesday, May 20.

The Horticultural Society’s meeting on Tuesday, June 17 will be all about attracting bees and birds to a garden, with Isabelle Nicol, a naturalist with the Fletcher Wildlife Gardens, as the guest speaker.

Sunflowers will be the topic at the Horticultural Society’s September meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

The topic will switch to houseplants and other exotic plants for the Horticultural Society’s October meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 21.

The Horticultural Society also has a number of special events planned in 2014. Horticultural Society members will be out on Saturday, April 19 cleaning up Village Square Park and the Trans-Canada Trail in Stittsville, all to mark Earth Day.

up,” she said.

Expanding the well water drop-off locations will better allow the public health department to track the number of samples that are being submitted. The city still won’t have access to the results of the testing, but encouraging more well testing could provide the public health department with useful anecdotal information, Kearns said. If more residents ask Ottawa Public Health for information on how to interpret their results or fix an issue identified through the testing, the health department might notice a trend and be able to address localized issues that could contaminate wells, such as fertilizer or animal-waste run-off.

“That would key into us that (public health) might want to look into something for that area,” Kearns said.

“It’s a trigger.”

Kearns said some of the

The Horticultural Society will be holding its annual spring plant sale on Saturday, May 24.

Tuesday, Nov. 18 is the date for the Horticultural Society’s annual general meeting and pot luck supper, rounding out the Society’s year.

The Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society was founded in 1962 and has adopted the Lily of the Valley as its floral emblem.

The Horticultural Society offers a program that includes regular monthly meetings with special speakers, an

hesitation to test well water might be because residents worry about what the city will do with the information.

But the results don’t get reported to the city, she said.

The only way the city would know about the results is if the resident asks public health to help interpret their well-testing results and advise on how to fix problems.

In those situations, the city keeps a log of a call requesting information about well remediation, but personal details aren’t tracked because it’s private medical information, Kearns said.

“When residents submit their water samples, we don’t know. We don’t get that information. It goes directly back to the well owner,” she said.

The changes won’t change the cost of the program. Ottawa Public Health spends $13,000 each year to provide well water testing.

annual photograph competition, special events like bus and garden tours and flower shows. The Horticultural Society’s regular monthly meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the Pretty Street Community Centre on Pretty Street at the corner of Orville Street in Stittsville.

Membership fees are $15 for a single person and $25 for a family.

More information can be obtained by emailing the Horticultural Society at SGHorticultural@gmail.com.

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Museum wants nominations Special to the News

News - Do you appreciate heritage? Do you have a personal skill set that would assist you in a governance role?

Then you should consider becoming involved with the Goulbourn Museum and more specifically, as a member of the Museum’s volunteer elected Board of Directors.

The management of the Goulbourn Museum is overseen by this Board of Directors which currently has two vacancies.

The Museum is now seeking nominations to fill these positions with the election taking place at the Museum’s annual general meeting coming up on Saturday, April 26.

If you have an interest in becom-

ing a Board member or would even like to nominate someone else whom you know, please submit a nomination statement to the Museum by Monday, March 31, describing the skills, knowledge and experience that you or the person being nominated can offer to the position.

All submissions should be marked to the attention of the Museum’s nominating committee and should be emailed to info@goulbournmuseum. ca or delivered by mail or in person

to the Goulbourn Museum at 2064 Huntley Road, Stittsville, ON K2S lB8.

Board meetings are currently held in the morning on the second Friday of each month. A list of current Board members can be found on the Goulbourn Museum’s website.

A nomination form and Museum bylaws can be found online at http:// goulbournmuseum.ca/get-involved/.

The Goulbourn Museum’s mandate is to gather the material and oral

history of the Goulbourn community by collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting local artefacts.

The Museum offers education programs to increase the public’s understanding and enjoyment of local history and offers a History Centre for local history and genealogical research.

The Goulbourn Museum can be contacted at 613-831-2393 and the Museum’s website can be found at www.goulbournmuseum.ca .

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Trip to springtime Japan at Horticultural Society meeting thanks to Peter Jago John Curry john.curry@metroland.com

News - There everyone was, sitting in the Pretty Street Community Centre in Stittsville, attending the March monthly meeting of the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society.

But thanks to Peter Jago of Stittsville and his photographs of public gardens in Japan, everyone at the meeting was transported from the lingering winter conditions in Stittsville to the May 2009 springtime conditions in Japan.

That’s when Peter Jago travelled to Japan and visited numerous gardens surrounding temples and shrines there as well as seeing flowers and shrubbery at such places as a boat terminal and along streets.

In his presentation, Mr. Jago showed on a screen a map of Japan outlining some of the places visited during his stay there – Tokyo, Mt.

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Azaleas were in bloom during his visit and they were in evidence in many of his photographs.

Mr. Jago said that the Japanese love flowers and decoration and keep public areas clean and tidy.

“Everything’s so spic and span,” he told those at the Horticultural Society meeting which happened on Tuesday, March 18.

He remarked that temples and shrines are all over the place in Japan, all of them with beautiful gardens and grounds. He visited the Kinkakuji Temple which is also known as the Golden Pavilion. He also saw the Todaiji Temple in Nara which is considered the world’s largest wooden building. Another temple had over 3,000 stone lanterns in its gardens. Stone lanterns have been incorporated into Japanese gardens since the earliest times in Japan.

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Peter Jago, left, and Arlene Sheppard (Rowe), right, are together at the Tuesday, March 18 meeting of the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society where both were guest speakers with Peter speaking about Japanese gardens and Arlene telling about rain barrels.

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John Curry john.curry@metroland.com

News - Tips on rain barrels were given at the monthly meeting of the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society on Tuesday, March 18.

Providing the advice was longtime Horticultural Society member Arlene Sheppard (Rowe) who purchased her first rain barrel for her home over 23 years ago. She now has four rain barrels in use.

She outlined the benefits of rain barrels such as providing free water, allowing for the conservation of water, being a source of water that is not chemically treated and being water that is at the ambient temperature so that its use does not shock plants being watered.

Ms. Sheppard said that she puts fertilizer in her rain barrel water every time that it rains and then when she uses the water for her gardens, she knows that her plants are being fertilized as well.

A water barrel should have a spigot at the bottom, a hole in the top covered by a screen and an overflow pipe. In addition, accessories should include connectors to allow for setting up multiple rain barrels in series.

She advised that a rain barrel be placed on a stable surface such as sidewalk blocks because water is heavy and the barrel will sink into the soil if not on a hard surface. She also said that a rain barrel should be located on a raised platform so that a watering can can be placed under the spigot or spout for filling up.

Seasonal care for rain barrels can include putting the barrel away for the winter, cleaning out any soil or debris that has accumulated at the bottom of the barrel and removing the connection to the downspout feeding it.

Booklets called “Roll Out The Barrel” prepared by the Ontario Horticultural Association telling about rain barrels were available at the meeting.

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Ian Frei, left, president of the Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society, presents the Photographic Cup for being the overall winner in the Society’s 2014 Photography Competition to Marise Dube, right, of Stittsville. Her photograph, entered in the competition’s Veggie Tales category, was a picture of sun shining on three tomatoes sitting on a window sill. Marise also won a Stittsville Sobeys gift card.

News - The sounds and sights of Broadway will fill the Richmond Memorial Community Centre arena this Saturday, March 29.

It is the occasion of the Goulbourn Skating Club’s ice show which has the title “Stars on Broadway.”

There will be two shows, one at 12 noon and a second one at 3 p.m.

Tickets are available online at the Goulbourn Skating Club website at www.goulbournskatingclub.com .

Tickets are $10 for an adult, $8 for a student or senior and free for children aged five and under.

DVD’s of the show will also be available at a cost of $10 for one show or $15 for both of the shows. An ice show DVD order form can be downloaded from the website.

The Goulbourn Skating Club provides a wide range of skating programs offered at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena, the Richmond Memorial Community centre and the Goulbourn Recreation Complex.

The Goulbourn Skating Club is a member of Skate Canada.

Registration for the Club’s spring programs is now open. CanSkate, STARSkate and Primary programs are being offered this spring.

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‘Open House’ to try playing girls hockey Special to the News

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Goulbourn Rockets novice goalie Kaliana St. Amant, left, and novice player Sabrina Bottiglia, right, stand with the rocket-ship mascot of the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association after a game in the Kanata Girls Hockey Association annual house league tournament last Friday.

Sports - Calling all girls! You can blast off your hockey career by becoming a Goulbourn Rocket.

And a great opportunity to try out the game and becoming involved with the local girls hockey community is happening this coming Saturday, March 29.

It’s an “Open House” that the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association (GGHA) is holding this Saturday, March 29 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:05 p.m. at the Matt Bradley Arena at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex (GRC) on Shea Road in Stittsville.

This is a chance for any girls who would like to get out on the ice and try out the game of hockey can do so free of charge and with lots of help available to get a feel for the game. Perhaps a future wearing the blue Goulbourn Rockets jersey is in the cards for your young daughter! Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association teams sport the team name “Rockets.”

In addition, there will be lots of information available for parents about the programs offered by the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association and just how to get involved with them.

Those attending this “Open House” should bring along a stick, skates and a helmet if at all possible. There should be some extra equipment available at the Open House to make up for any shortfalls but bringing along the basic equipment is urged.

The idea of the Open House is to get

girls who are thinking about hockey to come out and give it a try, all for free.

There will be some coaches and players on hand to help out the Open House participants.

The GGHA iced a peewee level team this past season as it continues to grow into a full program, adding to its existing initiation, novice and atom offerings.

The plan for next season is to add a bantam level team to the GGHA offerings as well as adding a second peewee team.

This would give the GGHA two teams at the novice, atom and peewee levels and one team at the bantam level. The only level that would then have to be added to the GGHA program would be a midget team.

Adding teams means the purchase of more hockey sweaters. It also means finding more ice time for the additional games and practises.

Members of the executive of the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association for the 2013-2014 season have been Cathy Bureau, president; Melinda Switzer, vicepresident; Steve Ryan, treasurer; Karen Dunn, secretary; Denise Davy, registrar; Jason Snow, ice scheduler; Simon Davy, website manager; Debbie Pilon, fundraising and sponsorship; Tracey FeenerSnow, social convenor; Cindy St. Amand, social convenor; Kevin Richardson, equipment manager; Kirk Pashak, player development; and Cathy Bureau, league representative.

Second season with Franklin Pierce for Samantha Bureau Special to the News

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Sports - Samantha Bureau of Stittsville has wrapped playing her season second with the Franklin Pierce University Ravens.

Franklin Pierce University is located in Rindge, New Hampshire in the United States. Samantha, a defenceman who wears jersey number 18 for the Ravens, is the only Canadian on the team. Other players come from various states such as new York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Alaska, Rhode Island, Michi-

gan, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, California and Texas.

This past season, Samantha, who is a graduate of Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville, played in all 24 of the team’s games, earning one assist. In her freshman season the year before, Samantha played in all of the team’s 21 games.

The Franklin Pierce University Ravens had a good season, finishing with a record of 18 wins, four losses and two ties.

The team was undefeated in 12 games at home.

Samantha is majoring in sports and recreation management at Franklin Pierce University.

She had an outstanding athletic career at Sacred Heart, being named the school’s Senior Athlete of the Year in her senior year. She played on the school’s girls hockey team which won the city championship. She also represented the school in city championship competition in both touch football and cross

country running.

She also played in the community with the Kanata Rangers girls hockey team.

Samantha, by playing hockey at an American university, is following in the footsteps of her mother, Cathy Bureau, who played for Clarkson University from 1980 to 1984.

Cathy Bureau is the founder and current president of the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association.

Franklin Pierce University was founded as Franklin Pierce

College in 1962 and combines a liberal arts educational foundation with course work for professional preparation. It gained university status in 2007 and in 2009 was ranked on “Forbes List of America’s Top Colleges” in the United States.

The university has an enrolment of almost 1,400 undergraduate students and more than 800 post-graduate students.

The campus covering 1,200 acres overlooks Pearly Pond just a few miles from Mount Monadnock.

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Here comes ‘Ruddygore’ !

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News - Doug Sinclair of Stittsville is looking forward to the Savoy Society of Ottawa’s upcoming production of Gilbert and

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Doug Sinclair of Stittsville is a member of the chorus for the upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddygore aka The Witch’s Curse presented by the Savoy Society of Ottawa at the Algonquin Commons Theatre at Algonquin College.

Sullivan’s “Ruddygore” aka “The Witch’s Curse.”

Indeed, he will be at all four of the play’s presentations from Thursday, April 3 through Sunday, April 6 at the Algonquin Commons Theatre.

That’s because Mr. Sinclair will be one of those being watched and heard at each of these performances, not one of those watching and hearing, as he is a member of the play’s chorus.

He has performed in previous Gilbert and Sullivan productions by the Savoy Society of Ottawa and in fact did audition for a couple of leading roles in this play but others proved more suitable for them. However, he is happy to be a member of the chorus as well as being an understudy for one of the individual roles, namely Sir Roderic Murgatroyd, one of the ghosts in the play.

The play “Ruddygore” itself is one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s lesser known works, never having achieved the fame of The Mikado or Pirates of Penzance, for instance.

But Mr. Sinclair says that it is filled with the glorious music for which Gilbert and Sullivan are renowned and includes a number of songs with rapid fire lyrics – those so-called patter songs that are traditional tongue twisters and lots of fun to sing and lots of fun to hear.

“It’s typical Gilbert & Sullivan with the mixup of children and ancestors and poking fun at British society,” Mr. Sinclair says about the play.

The play makes fun of the silliness of Victorian etiquette and the era’s class struc-

ture, typical targets in a Gilbert and Sullivan production.

You can also expect some modern references inserted into the dialogue and songs of this play. Perhaps Toronto mayor Rob Ford or ousted Senator Mike Duffy will get a mention. Who knows?

The Savoy Society of Ottawa cast for this play has been rehearsing since the end of October including twice a week for the chorus since Christmas.

Mr. Sinclair admits that being in the play is a lot of work and a huge commitment of time but he feels that the whole experience is well worth it and he intends to keep being involved in such Savoy Society of Ottawa productions.

“If I didn’t love it, I wouldn’t do it,” he says.

“Ruddygore” aka “The Witch’s Curse” will be on stage at the Algonquin Commons Theatre in Nepean from Thursday, April 3 through Sunday, April 6 with curtain time at 7:30 p.m. except for on Sunday, April 6 when there will be a 2 p.m. matinee performance. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee performance on Saturday, April 5 in addition to the evening performance.

Tickets can be obtained through the Algonquin Commons Theatre box office or online at www.algonquinsa.ticketfly.com or at the door. Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for children.

“Ruddygore” aka “The Witch’s Curse” was first performed in 1887 and is the tenth of 14 comic operas written by Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert.

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Doug Sinclair of Stittsville is in costume at a rehearsal for the upcoming production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Ruddygore aka The Witch’s Curse presented by the Savoy Society of Ottawa at the Algonquin Commons Theatre at Algonquin College.

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Travelling makes memories for SC student Robert Kerr Special to the News

South Carleton High School grade 11 student Robert Kerr has been making memories recently.

He has done this by travelling to over ten European countries with his family, including Germany, Denmark and Russia, generating many memories that will last a lifetime.

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South Carleton High School grade 11 student Robert Kerr has travelled to over ten European countries.

One of the most memorable places visited was Russia with its architecture, scenery and overall atmosphere. Indeed, virtually everything was completely eccentric compared to what is part of the Canadian experience.

While in Russia, Robert and his family toured St. Petersburg including the Summer Palace and Winter Palace with their beautiful golden detailed embellishments and their examples of fine art. It was a most impressive experience.

This visit to the Palaces was followed by lunch at a very unique restaurant.

“The restaurant was very different,” Robert says, explaining that there was a stage where Russian dancers were performing with everyone having a good time. At the restaurant, Robert not only got to watch the dancing acts but he also got to try some new foods.

All in all, a great experience.

This visit to Russia gave Robert a better understanding of the country’s unique background and history, allowing him to better understand its culture and way of life.

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Two from Stittsville involved Rotary Club wants student to attend Lake Placid program with current mystery/comedy Special to the News

News - The Rotary Club of Ottawa – Stittsville wants to send a student leader to Lake Placid this coming June.

This would be to attend the 2014 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program that is being held at Paul Smiths College in Paul Smiths, New York which is near Lake Placid.

It is the Lake Placid Rotary Club which is hosting this 2014 RYLA program, hoping to repeat the successful program which was held last year at the same location.

Youth delegates to this RYLA program gain insight and knowledge about various life skills such as leadership basics, business ethics, communication, problem solving, decision making, conflict management, personal strengths and weaknesses and community and global citizenship.

Delegates to Rotary RYLA program, which will run from June 27 to June 29, include youth between the ages of 15 and 17 (grades 10-12).

The Rotary Club of OttawaStittsville will again this year

be sponsoring a student to attend this RYLA program.

With that in mind, the Club is seeking applications of interest from interested students. Any interested students should submit an application via email by Thursday, April 10. The submissions should be sent to jas.michalski@rogers. com .

For more information about the program, check out the website http://www.rotary7040.com/ .

This Rotary Youth Leadership Awards program is offered worldwide, involving thousands of young people.

The participants are chosen for their leadership potential.

The program is an all-expenses paid program that discusses leadership skills and allows participants to learn leadership skills through practice.

The program is based on the Rotary 4 Way Test – Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build good will and better friendships? And Will it be beneficial to all concerned? It involves a combination of classroom and experiential exercises intended to

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The RYLA program was officially adopted by Rotary International in 1971. RYLA participants often go on to become Rotary Youth Exchange students or Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars.

The RYLA program aims to demonstrate Rotary’s respect and concern for youth, to provide an effective training experience for selected youth and potential leaders, to encourage leadership of youth by youth and to recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities.

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Care for your feet and legs during travel and prolonged periods of inactivity Did you know that travel – and other prolonged periods of inactivity from standing or sitting – can have a negative impact on the health of your feet and legs?

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Serious health consequences can occur from such extended times of idleness. Remedies to inactivity during travel and other lengthy durations of sitting can simply include making efforts to move and stretch periodically, such as walking the aisles while onboard planes and trains. Other precautions include drinking fluids, particularly when flying; avoiding alcohol; trying not to sit in the same position overly long; and wearing comfortable clothes and shoes as opposed to tightfitting clothing and uncomfortable footwear like high heels.

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News - Two from Stittsville are among those who are involved in the Kanata Theatre’s current mystery/comedy presentation “Murder in Noirville.”

Barb Kobolak was very involved with the painting of the sets while Shelly Harrison is serving as one of the Green Room crew for the play.

And speaking of the play, it is a mystery/ comedy that pays homage to Hollywood’s classic hard-boiled film noirs of the 1940’s and 1950’s.

The play is set in a small town that has a big secret. True to the film noir genre, the play is filled with dark shadows, plot twists, intrigue and, yes, that film noir character, the femme fatale in the person of the blonde Evelyn. There’s also Joe, the world weary gumshoe with the shady past, gangsters Marcus and Dante Bas-

sano and others who are not what they seem to be.

The lighting, sound, special effects and costumes all combine to give the play almost a “cinematic” feel with its lighting effects, stereotypical events and matching dialogue and the accompanying music which highlights the suspense, foreboding and other moods that prevail through the play.

“Murder in Noirville” began its run on Tuesday, March 25 and continues through to Saturday, April 5, with curtain time at 8 p.m. each night. Tickets are $20 each.

Tickets are available at the Ron Maslin Playhouse box office at 613-831-4435 or oneline at www.kanatatheatre.com .

The Ron Maslin Playhouse is located at Walter Baker Park on Terry Fox Drive just north of Hazeldean Road in Kanata. There’s plenty of free parking available.

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS / AMENDMENTS UNDER THE PLANNING ACT NOTICE OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING Thursday, April 3, 2014 – 7 p.m.

The items listed below, in addition to any other items previously scheduled, will be considered at this meeting which will be held in the Osgoode Community Centre, 5660 Osgoode Main Street, Osgoode, Ontario.

To see any change to this meeting agenda, please go to Ottawa.ca.

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News - Although the nomination process is not yet completed, it looks as if sitting NepeanCarleton MP the Hon. Pierre Poilievre will be the Conservative candidate on the ballot for the new Rideau-Carleton riding in the next federal election.

The current Minister for Democratic Reform was the guest speaker at a fundraising breakfast held by the new Rideau-Carleton Conservative Electoral District Association at the Bistro 54 restaurant at the Amberwood Golf and Country Club in Stittsville last Saturday morning.

Liz MacKinnon, a former Stittsville Public School teacher who is vice-president of the Rideau-Carleton Conservative Electoral District Association, in her closing remarks at the breakfast, seemed to indicate that MP Poilievre would be the Conservative Party standard bearer in the new Rideau-Carleton riding in the next election.

She praised MP Poilievre for his caring work in his current riding of Nepean-Carleton and said that she knows that his approach will be the same for the parts of the new riding which he is not currently representing. This would include Stittsville and Richmond as his current Nepean-Carleton riding does cover much of the rest of the new riding including Manotick.

Ms. MacKinnon, who has volunteered with MP Poilievre for ten years, called him probably the best MP in Canada, saying that he has the ability to make issues appear clear and simple while also working hard on constituency issues.

Also in attendance at the fundraising breakfast was Carleton-Mississippi Mills MP the Hon. Gordon Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor whom Wayne Beaten, president of the Rideau-Carleton Conservative Electoral District Association, introduced as the MP representing the Stittsville and Goulbourn parts of the new Rideau-Carleton riding until the next election.

The current Carleton-Mississippi Mills federal riding covers Stittsville and Goulbourn but the new riding of Rideau-Carleton comes into effect at the next election. In this new riding, Stittsville and Goulbourn are no longer in the same federal riding as Kanata as is the case currently but will be moving to the new Rideau-Carleton riding. This new Rideau-Carleton riding places Stittsville and Goulbourn with communities across the southern edge of the city of Ottawa including Manotick and Riverside South.

In any case, both MPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Pierre Poilievre and Gordon Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor, were at the breakfast, with MP Poilievre as the guest speaker, although MP Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor did jump in and help respond to a couple of questions asked following MP Poilievreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation at the event.

And while MP Poilievre focused his initial remarks on the publicized topic of electoral reform, he did take the opportunity to advocate for current Prime Minister Stephen Harper over Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau and to criticize the current Liberal government in Ontario.

In touting the good ďŹ nancial management that he says has been shown by the federal Conservatives under Prime Minister Harper, he countered this image of the Conservativesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; low taxes, more trade, balanced budget and job creation with what is being offered by Liberal party leader Justin Trudeau whom he called a â&#x20AC;&#x153;drama teacherâ&#x20AC;? who believes that the budget will balance itself. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think the choice could be any clearer,â&#x20AC;? he said in reference to the next federal election, saying that he believes that Canadians will choose a Prime Minister for the brains that he has in his head and not for the beautiful hair that he has on his head.

He noted that Justin Trudeau, in a video, argues that Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debt levels are too low, adding that if Trudeau were elected, he believes that this apparent problem would be solved.

In response to a question about the Conservativesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; job creation plan, MP Poilievre responded that while one million net new jobs have been created since the summer of 2009 under the Conservative government, Ontario has challenges on the job front due to the impact of its labour laws.

He said that a lot of provinces in the country such as Saskatchewan, Alberta and even Newfoundland are doing extremely well presently regarding employment but this is not the case in Ontario.

He said that he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;hoping for a change of courseâ&#x20AC;? in Ontario.

MP Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor also responded to this question, noting that Ontario has lost hundreds of thousands of jobs, citing electricity costs among the factors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ontario is abysmal,â&#x20AC;? he said, bringing forth a cheer of applause from the audience.

In his remarks on electoral reform, MP and Minister for Democratic Reform Poilievre said that Prime Minister Harper is determined that his power over the selection of Senators be transferred to the Canadian people as much as

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The Hon. Pierre Poilievre, left, who was the guest speaker at a breakfast hosted by the new Rideau-Carleton Conservative Electoral District Association last Saturday, is with David Brown, right, of Richmond, one of his staff members. possible.

He noted that Alberta holds an election for Senate candidates during its provincial elections, with the successful candidate then appointed by the Prime Minister. However, Alberta is the only province which has inaugurated such a system.

Minister Poilievre indicated that this system would be implemented across Canada if the Supreme Court gives an afďŹ rmative ruling in the matter which is now before that court.

Minister Poilievre said that while this would not be a perfect solution to reforming the Senate, such a system would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;a move toward democracyâ&#x20AC;? in the selection of Senators.

Minister Poilievre also defended the Fair Elections Act legislation which is now before the House of Commons, responding to some of the legislationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contentious points such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;vouching,â&#x20AC;? advertizing and publicizing of early voting results in an election.

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Vouching allows someone to â&#x20AC;&#x153;vouchâ&#x20AC;? for another personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity at the ballot box. Minister Poilievre said that vouching rules were broken 50,735 times in the last election.

He said that in his view, it is â&#x20AC;&#x153;completely reasonableâ&#x20AC;? that people showing up to vote should be able to provide some proof of identity and not have to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;vouchedâ&#x20AC;? for.

With regard to election advertizing, Minister Poilievre said that information and motivation drive people to vote in an election. He said that Elections Canada should be focused on informing people about the basics of voting such as advance polling and the location of polls while political parties should be the ones focused on motivating voters to get out and vote.

Minister Poilievre also favours removing the current ban on broadcasting early election results in western parts of Canada until the polls there close on election day, saying that with social media today, the results are being spread anyway, so such a ban is pointless.

In his remarks, MP Poilievre said that he favoured income splitting for single income families which he said would bring tax fairness to such families. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think the tax system should remedy that injustice,â&#x20AC;? he said in reference to the fact that dual income families can ďŹ nd themselves paying lower federal taxes than a single income family.

In response to a question, MP Poilievre agreed that the abuse of expense accounts by Senators is â&#x20AC;&#x153;unacceptable.â&#x20AC;? He said that it was only when the Conservatives took over control of the Senate that the transparency there was increased, bringing on the publicity about these abuses. He noted that it is the Conservatives who called in the Auditor General to go over the expense accounts of Senators.

This fundraising breakfast was the ďŹ rst event in Stittsville hosted by the new Rideau-Carleton Conservative Electoral District Association. It had been expected that at least 60 people would be attending the $25 breakfast but a morning snowstorm last Saturday and resulting poor driving conditions kept the attendance to about 40 people.

MP Pierre Poilievre was ďŹ rst elected to the House of Commons in 2004 and has been reelected in every federal election since then. He has served as a Parliamentary Secretary before being elevated to the federal cabinet as the Minister of State for Democratic Reform.

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John MacPhee, centre, of Stittsville is flanked by two federal MP’s, the Hon. Pierre Poilievre, left, MP for the current Nepean-Carleton riding, and the Hon. Gordon O’Connor, right, MP for the current Carleton-Mississippi Mills riding, at the breakfast in Stittsville last Saturday morning hosted by the new Rideau-Carleton Conservative Electoral District Association.

News - The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) wants to hear from you about the proposed Energy East pipeline project.

And the OEB will be coming to Stittsville in this community consultation process as Stittsville is one of seven communities where the OEB will hold an interactive community discussion about the proposal. All seven communities are along the proposed pipeline route, with the others being Kenora, Thunder Bay, Kapuskasing, Timmins, North Bay and Cornwall. The community discussions began on Tuesday, March 25 and will end on Tuesday, April 8.

The Stittsville community discussion will take place on Monday, April 7 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the hall at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena in Stittsville.

At this community discussion meeting, there will be an opportunity for local organizations to make brief presentations to the OEB about the pipeline proposal.

Although the OEB has no jurisdiction over this Energy East pipeline project which falls under the jurisdiction of the National Energy Board, the Ontario government will be using the results of the OEB’s findings through its consultation process to determine the government’s position with regard to the Energy East pipeline project. The provincial government will be participating in the hearings on the proposed pipeline that will be held by the National Energy Board.

The proposed Energy East pipeline proj-

ect is a $12 billion project to transport crude oil from western Canada through Ontario to Quebec and New Brunswick. In Ontario, the proponent, TransCanada Pipelines, is proposing to convert approximately 1900 kilometers of existing natural gas pipeline to become this new oil pipeline.

The project also involves constructing about 100 kilometers of new pipeline and building about 30 pumping stations.

The natural gas pipeline which is proposed to be converted runs just west of Stittsville, going south to run just west of Richmond.

It was last November when Ontario’s Minister of Energy asked the OEB to examine and report on TransCanada Pipelines proposed Energy East pipeline project from an Ontario perspective and further asked the OEB to undertake a consultation process about the project.

The consultation process is meant to provide a forum for Ontario residents to express their views on the proposed Energy East pipeline.

These views will be reflected in the OEB’s report on the project to the Minister.

The Minister asked that the OEB consider the implications of four areas of potential impact of this proposed Energy East pipeline project: the impacts on Ontario natural gas consumers in terms of prices, reliability and access to supply; the impacts of pipeline safety and the natural environment; the impacts on Aboriginal communities in Ontario and how treaty rights may be affected; and the short and long term economic impacts of the project in Ontario.

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At the fundraising breakfast featuring the Hon. Pierre Poilievre as the guest speaker at the Bistro 54 restaurant at the Amberwood Golf and Country Club in Stittsville last Saturday morning, hosted by the new Rideau-Carleton Conservative Electoral District Association, are, from left, Association president Wayne Beaten, Association vice-president Liz MacKinnon and Bader Rashed of Findley Creek who says that he will be announcing his candidacy for Ottawa city council in the Gloucester-South Nepean ward in the coming days. The ward is currently represented by Steve Desroches who is not running again.

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News - Two development proposals for sites in the Fernbank lands will be discussed at a public meeting that is happening this week.

The meeting, to be held on Thursday, March 27 at 7 p.m. in the hall at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena, will deal with a proposed subdivision on the former Bradley/Craig farm on Hazeldean Road across from the Grant Crossing shopping area.

The meeting will also deal with a proposed condomini-

um site plan at 115 Westphalian Avenue in the Blackstone subdivision being developed

by Monarch Homes.

The proposed plan of subdivision for the Bradley/ Craig lands at 590 Hazeldean Road, submitted by Richcraft Homes, calls for 748 residential units including 245 detached homes and 503 townhomes.

The plan also includes an elementary school site, open space, a District Park, a community park and an open space corridor along the Carp River.

Not included in the plan is a 3.7 hectare parcel along the Hazeldean Road itself which will be developed for commercial uses. This parcel includes the Bradley/Craig brick farmhouse and adjacent red barn, both of which are designated as heritage structures.

The proposed condominium development at 115 Westphalian Avenue in the Blackstone subdivision which is west of Terry Fox Drive and south of the Trans Canada Trail includes 42 townhouse units fronting onto a private street.

Public Meetings All public meetings will be held at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, unless otherwise noted. For a complete agenda and updates, please sign up for e-mail alerts or visit Public Meetings and Notices on ottawa.ca, or call 3-1-1.

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News – Former Guardian Angels Catholic School principal Andrea Green, who is now principal of the new St. Cecilia Catholic School in South Nepean which opened this past fall, is one of 26 recipients of the Director of Education Commendations which will be presented on Tuesday, May 6 following the Celebration of the Eucharist for Catholic Education Week at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa. Director of Education Commendations are presented to Ottawa Catholic School Board staff members including teachers, principals and administrative/support staff who have shown that they are committed to help students achieve their goals, playing an important role in student success whether they are classroom teachers or administrative and support staff…A JYSK Bed/Bath/Home store will be opening at the Grant Crossing shopping area on Hazeldean Road, namely at the shopping area’s east end close to the existing Bed, Bath and Beyond store. JYSK has over 2,100 stores worldwide in 36 countries including Germany, Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, France, Italy, Great Britain, the United States, China and Indonesia.

The JYSK brand is owned by Lars Larsen who in 2011 was ranked as the 304th richest person in the world by the American business magazine Forbes. JYSK stores offer items for the bedroom, bathroom, windows, living room and patio. The first JYSK store opened in 1979 in Denmark…A number of games in the 31st annual house league tournament hosted by the Kanata Girls Hockey Association were played at the Matt Bradley Arena at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex last Friday and Saturday. Other arenas used included the

Bell Sensplex, the Cavanagh Sensplex and the Kanata Recreation Centre. Goulbourn Rockets teams from the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association were among the teams participating in the tournament…The Heads Up Barber Shop and Lois ‘n Frimas Ice Cream have a new eye-catching joint sign that has been erected along Stittsville Main Street at the front of the Ultramar plaza where both businesses are located. On one side the sign reads “Cuts ‘n Cones” as it publicizes both businesses while on the other side of the sign the billing has been reversed so it reads “Cones ‘n Cuts” at the top.

Lois ‘n Frimas Ice Cream is now open for business after being closed for the winter months…

The new pedestrian bridge over Poole Creek and its valley in the Fairwinds community just east of the Huntmar Drive bridge over Poole Creek is closed off to public use at present. The steel frame structure which spans the creek and its wide gully or valley in this location features high sides. The bridge provides pedestrian and other non-vehicular access from the south side of Poole Creek at Brigatine Avenue to the pathway along the north side of the creek…A Kiwi Kraze shop, offering self-serve frozen yogurt, will be opening soon at the Jackson Trails plaza at the northwest corner of Stittsville Main Street and Hazeldean Road. The shop will be located between Blue Bamboo Yoga and the Lucky Dragon Chinese Restaurant. Kiwi Kraze offers an all-Canadian proprietary blend of yogurt that is fat free with many sugar-free options as well. In addition, a Kiwi Kraze shop offers more than 75 toppings available for the customer to customize the yogurt serving. Over half of these toppings are fresh

frits and other natural ingredients. Kiwi Kraze has been in business since 2009 and has been franchising since 2012. It has over 25 locations in Canada and seven locations in the United States. Other Ottawa area locations for Kiwi Kraze shops include the Train Yards on Industrial Avenue, Village Square Mall in Barrhaven, Innes Road in Orleans and Roland Michener Drive in Kanata…Members of the Stittsville District Lions Club will be presenting a skit at the Friday night talent show at the upcoming Lions convention at the Brookstreet Hotel in Kanata…A Dollarama store is to open at the Grant Crossing shopping area on Hazeldean Road…The second part of a l’Arche Lenten workshop being hosted by the Catholic Women’s League at Holy Spirit Parish will take place on Wednesday, April 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall at the Shea Road church. Everyone is welcome to attend but registration is requested. To register, please call Lynne Newman at 613-836-6762 or email her at lynnenewman@rogers.com …It has been reported that police authorities have arrested three men known as the “sledgehammer gang” for a series of armed robberies including the robbery on Sept. 12 last year at the TD Bank at the Food Basics/Toys ‘R Us shopping area at the northeast corner of Hazeldean Road and the Huntmar Drive/Iber Road intersection. The robbers apparently had smashed their way into the bank and were there when staff began arriving for work…The Knights of Columbus of Holy Spirit Parish on Shea Road are hosting a new event on Saturday, April 5. It’s a “Mighty Casserole Extravaganza” which is a dinner featuring a number of different comfort foods

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News - You’ll be able to meet the Easter Bunny a week before Easter itself at the grand opening celebra-

tion for the new Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) branch at the Walmart shopping area at the corner of Fernbank Road and Terry

Fox Drive.

The Easter Bunny is going to be in attendance and you’ll be able to have a picture taken with the Easter

that will take place after the 5 p.m. mass that Saturday….Area home schoolers gathered at Stittsville United Church on Fernbank Road on Wednesday morning, March 19 for the group’s annual Historica Fair in which student projects on historical topics were judged…Image consultant Teresa McCarthy is going to be the guest speaker at the annual women’s breakfast hosted by the Catholic Women’s League of Holy Spirit Parish that is coming up on Saturday, April 26 in the Holy Spirit Parish Hall….The Stittsville Goulbourn Horticultural Society is partnering with the Munster Community Association on a garden tour in Munster this coming July. Final details and the date have not yet been determined…The Stittsville District Lions Club donated $1,200 to the Heart Institute Telethon last Sunday, with Lions Club president Beth Lewis and Lions members Jack Burke and Bob Lewis making the formal cheque presentation…Congratulations to Howard and Molly Maguire of Stittsville on the arrival of their third great granddaughter who arrived on Wednesday, March 19 in Regina, weighing seven pounds, seven ounces. Her mother is Heather, daughter of Howard and Molly’s son Jeff and his wife Kathy of Carleton Place. Howard is a former longtime fire chief of the Goulbourn Fire Department and also is the founder and first publisher of the Stittsville News…Electricity was out in a large portion of Stittsville as well as in the Richmond and Munster areas and the Beaverbrook area of Kanata last Monday from just before 2 p.m. to after 6 p.m. A total of 7,078 Hydro Ottawa customers in the area were impacted…

Bunny – free of charge.

The grand opening celebration, which will happen on Saturday, April 12 from 12 noon to 3 p.m., will also include a BBQ, games for the family and an opportunity to enter a draw to win a camera.

Everyone is welcome to drop in at this grand opening celebration.

You can check out this new CIBC branch while seeing the iconic Easter Bunny and enjoying the other activities planned at this celebration event.

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News - Physical activity is getting a boost at South Carleton High School in Richmond.

In fact, it is a $20,000 boost thanks to funding of this amount being approved in the Ontario Ministry of Education’s “Physical Activity in Secondary Schools Grant” program.

The funding, to be made available over a two year period, is for a project entitled “Changing the culture of physical activity in an innovative and strategic plan in order to further support the benefits of physical activity on student achievement and personal well being.”

What this all boils down to is that an athletic student-led council is go-

ing to be formed at the school.

This new athletic council will be responsible for the mandate to inform, implement and encourage students to recognize the value of physical activity. The new athletic council should be formed this spring.

Space for a new fitness facility is going to be provided on the first floor of the school so that it will be more accessible to all students. The existing facility has been located on the school’s second floor.

The school will eventually have two fitness locations in the school.

Combined with a spinning room, the northwest wing at the school will be dedicated to personal fitness and individual well being.

New training equipment, cardio accessories and yoga resources will be provided to help meet the physical, emotional and mental needs of students. The purchase of fitness and wellness resources will help furnish the new Fitness and Personal Wellness Centre.

The new equipment will replace older dated equipment such as a 1973 Universal machine. The new equipment will also reflect current methods of personal training and health and fitness promotion.

First year expenses will focus on costs associated with equipment for multi-stage training. Second year funding will go to resources for mental and emotional well being initia-

tives such as yoga, relaxation and meditation.

The objective of the project is to increase the overall level of student participation in physical activity during non-instructional time from the current 30 percent to 45 percent by the end of June 2016.

The athletic council will use surveys and questionnaires to measure student participation and ensure that the target goal of a 15 percent student participation rate increase is met.

In the first year of the project, the focus will be on the purchase of multi-training system racks and training gear. The physical transfer of the training equipment currently at the school will happen at the beginning

of the second year of the project.

South Carleton High School is one of three Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high schools to receive a Physical Activity in Secondary School Grant. The others, also receiving $20,000 each, are A.Y. Jackson Secondary School in Kanata and Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa.

The Physical Activity in Secondary School Grant program, launched this past January, has been introduced by the Ontario Ministry of Education to support innovative, strategic and sustainable initiatives designed to get students moving. The long term goal is to help students develop healthy habits outside of their traditional physical education classes.

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News - Munster Elementary School may be getting an Early French Immersion program.

It would not happen until Sept. 2015 but if a motion being presented by local trustee Lynn Scott receives approval from a Committee of the Whole meeting of the Ottawa Carleton District School Board on Tuesday, April 1 followed by Board approval, then a study and consultation process will be implemented with the goal of introducing an Early French Immersion program at the Munster school in Sept. 2015.

The motion calls for a preliminary report on such an introduction of an Early French Immersion program at the Munster Elementary School to be made to the Board no later than this coming June with final recommendations regarding phase-in of the program and atten-

dance boundaries no later than this coming December.

In her motion, trustee Scott notes that currently Munster Elementary School has an enrolment of 82 students in its English JK to grade 5 program, with projections for the coming school year suggestions a further enrolment decline.

The motion also notes that a significant number of students are currently being bussed out of the Munster school’s attendance boundary for the Early French Immersion program at A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School in Stittsville and for the Middle French Immersion program at Richmond Public School.

The motion also notes that there are students currently being bussed out of the Richmond Public School attendance area for the Early

French Immersion program at Westwind Public School in Stittsville.

It is expected that if the motion is approved and the study and consultation process is undertaken that the main consultation would occur this fall and would involve the school communities of Munster, A. Lorne Cassidy, Westwind, Richmond, Goulbourn Middle School and perhaps Stittsville Public School.

Input received from these school communities would determine the detailed recommendations that would be forthcoming about how many grades would be phased-in and what attendance boundary changes would be needed for the implementation of an Early French Immersion program at Munster Elementary School.

This motion has arisen as a result of a re-

cent public meeting at the Munster Elementary School hosted by trustee Scott at which the low enrolment numbers at the school were discussed and input was sought on possible solutions to the low enrolment situation at the school. At the meeting, it was agreed that Munster Elementary School’s low enrolment situation is due to the popularity of French Immersion programs elsewhere.

Tthe Ottawa Carleton District School Board wants to ensure that Munster Elementary School continues to be a viable community school well into the future. That’s why input was sought to ensure that Munster Elementary School continues to serve its community to the utmost. The goal is to ensure that whatever programs are offered at the school are strong ones that are working for the students.

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News - Are you inquisitive about family history, woodturning or digital cameras?

Well, if any of these topics is of interest, you should consider registration for one of the upcoming free adult programs on these subjects being offered at the Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Library.

If you are into preserving your family’s historical docu-

ments, then a program entitled “Storing and Preserving Family History” that is being offered on Tuesday, May 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. at the Stittsville library branch may be what you are looking for.

Cultural preservation professor Kyla Ubbink from Algonquin College will be presenting this program in which you will learn some valuable techniques for preserving family historical documents for the future.

If you have also been intrigued by woodturning, then you will want to attend a program on Tuesday, May 20 from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at the Stittsville library branch in which Laurie Riley will explain about the art of woodturning. Laurie has been a woodturner for over 30 years, turning wood into useful objects.

This program was initially offered last October but had to be cancelled. This will pro-

vide another opportunity for people to learn about the art of woodturning.

Woodturning is a form of woodworking that results in creating wooden objects on a lathe. The wood moves while a stationary tool is used to cut and shape it.

Woodturning dates back to about 1300 BC when the first lathe was developed in Egypt.

During the industrial revolution, the lathe was motorized, allowing for more production

in less time.

Another program being offered at the Stittsville library branch deals with digital cameras and how to go about buying one to meet your needs.

“How To Buy A Digital Camera” will be offered on Tuesday, June 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. at the Stittsville library branch on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville.

Chris Taylor, president of the Ottawa PC Users Group, will provide information and

advice on what to look for when buying a digital camera and how to shop for the best deal possible.

All of these free adult programs at the Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Library require registration by participants. Registration can be done online at www.biblioottawalibrary.ca.

There is always the possibility that a program will be cancelled if there is an insufficient number of registrants.

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Stittsville Appreciation Awards News - Know of someone in the Stittsville community whom you think does a lot in the community and deserves some recognition for it?

Well, your opportunity to do something about it is now here as the nomination period for the Stittsville Appreciation Awards is now open. This nomination period runs through until Sunday, April 20.

This will all lead to the presentation evening on Wednesday, May 14 when the Stittsville Appreciation Awards will be presented. Everyone who is nominated is honoured at this presentation evening.

There are four major awards which will be pre-

sented at the ceremony on May 14th: the Roger Griffiths Memorial Citizen of the Year Award will go to an individual who best exemplifies community involvement and participation; the Senior of the Year Award will go to a senior citizen who has made a significant and longstanding contribution to the community; the Youth of the Year Award will be presented to a youth member of the community who has contributed leadership or who has done volunteer service, has served as a peer example or has overcome personal challenges or has responded positively in an emergency situation; and the Business of the Year Award will go to a Stittsville business which has contributed significantly to the quality of life in the community.

Nomination forms can now be found on the website of city of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri who is the host for these Stittsville Appreciation Awards and who organizes this recognition program. His website can be found at www.shadqadri.com.

The form can be filled out online or can be printed with the completed form then being dropped off at councillor Qadri’s ward office at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex or mailed to his office at Ottawa city hall at 110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1J1. Nominations should include a detailed written submission outlining when a particular individual or business is being nominated.

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News - The Goulbourn Township Historical Society is planning an armchair walk along Stittsville Main Street on Saturday, April 19 at 1:30 p.m. at the meeting room at the Stittsville branch of the Ottawa Public Library on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville.

Please note the change of venue from the initial scheduling of the event. Originally the event was being held at the Stittsville Legion Hall but the location has now been shifted to the meeting room at the Stittsville library.

This “Walk Down Stittsville Main Street” will see longtime Stittsville residents Marion Gullock and Lesley McKay provide a guided tour of Stittsville Main Street with no one having to leave the meeting room. They will tell stories of the various businesses and enterprises that use to be along Stittsville Main Street in days gone by such as a garden centre, a bowling alley and a candy store.

This armchair walking tour will show how Stittsville Main Street has changed over the years. Hopefully some memories will be triggered and those attending will share some of their own stories as well about Stittsville Main Street of the past.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

There is no admission charge and light refreshments will be available as is usual at such Historical Society gatherings.

On Saturday, May 17 at 1:30 p.m., the Goodwood Masonic Lodge on McBean Street in Richmond will be the site of the Historical Society’s meeting where those in attendance will hear about the history of the Goodwood Lodge and Freemasonry in Richmond.

After a summer break, the Historical Society will present a program about genealogy on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 1:30 p.m. at the Stittsville Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Richmond.

The Historical Society’s final presentation of 2014 will deal with the history of the Richmond Fair, presented by Dale and Marlene Greene.

It will take place on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 1:30 p.m. at the Richmond Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion on Ottawa Street in Richmond.

Winners in euchre News - Alice Saunderson had the ladies high score at the euchre at the Stittsville Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville on Tuesday, March 11.

Nancy Codd was the runner-up for the ladies. Larry Romard had the men’s high score with Mike O’Connell placing second. Colleen McGillvray had the most lone hands. Sharon Silverston had the low score while Brenda Sequin had the hidden score.

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Driving was the latest in a long line of things she could no longer do: reading books, deciphering handwriting and sewing among them.

Like many people who are or become legally blind, Zellerer put those too-difďŹ cult tasks behind her and adapted to move forward. But in recent months, Zellerer has been able to take up crosstitch to replace an ornament eaten by a dog long ago and has dusted off her sewing machine to whip up outďŹ ts for her grandchildren. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In some ways, I sometimes see too much now,â&#x20AC;? she said with a laugh, describing how her stitches were getting too tiny.

Zellererâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new found precision comes thanks to a Kanata innovation: eSight eyewear. It would have been almost unthinkable seven years ago for a legally blind person to see like a normally sighted person. Wearable devices for people with low vision existed, but they were clunky, heavy and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t process images quickly enough to compare to normal sight.

The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s founder, Conrad Lewis, saw that as a challenge and a way to improve the lives of his two sisters, who like Zellerer, lost most of their vision to Stargardtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease.

That was in 2007.

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standing, he said. His favourite comments are from families whose young children are able to see their parents for the ďŹ rst time using eSight eyewear. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s allowing people to not be so isolated from the rest of the world,â&#x20AC;? Rankin said.

Zellerer hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t felt isolated, but she has felt held back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still consider myself to have a lot of vision,â&#x20AC;? she said, adding that she can still play soccer even without her eyewear because she has clearer peripheral vision and can see out of the corner of her eye.

Zellerer was training for her second profession as a teacher when she began to lose her sight and by the time she entered the classroom, she would have to get students to read overhead slides aloud because she couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see them. Things like taking attendance were becoming a challenge, as was reading textbooks over studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shoulders. Reading their handwriting was next to impossible, Zellerer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just too difďŹ cult,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was slow and it was just a little more stressful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, I can watch them even as theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re writing and read their work, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It helps things go a little more smoothly.â&#x20AC;?

Kids arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t thrown off by the eyewear, Zellerer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little boys line up to look at it,â&#x20AC;? she said. They love technology and to them, the device makes her something of a superhero, Zellerer said.

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The hand-me-down box was wide open in the middle of the kitchen floor, and the entire family sat around it in chairs as we would at a prayer meeting at the Lutheran Church.

The call had come that morning: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s here...sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s here.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all the station master had to say. We knew the hand-me-down box from Aunt Lizzie in Regina had arrived on the C.P.R. train. Of course there was no touching it until after supper, the kitchen had been cleaned up, and our hands washed. Why we had to wash our hands before we touched a wood crate that come all the way from Regina by train was something I could never understand, but no one got near the box, or the mounds of clothes packed inside until we had thoroughly washed our hands!

The reason Emerson was in a state was because a nice store-bought sweater had been claimed by Earl. Alpaca, it was, Mother said.

We had to admit it was a fine specimen of a sweater, and it fit Earl to a T. Earl, being several sizes smaller than Emerson, and weighing about 50 pounds less, was the logical owner of the newly arrived sweater, once worn by a rich cousin in Regina.

But Emerson claimed since he was older, he should have had first pick, and as far as he was concerned the sweater would fit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supposed to be tight -- thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the style of it,â&#x20AC;? he reasoned.

Mother would have no part of the argument.

The sweater was Earlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and that was the end of it. Alas, if that were only the case!

The entire box was emptied, and as usual, there was nothing in it for my sister Audrey or me -- it was all boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; clothes. We knew some of Uncle Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suits would eventually be made into skirts or jumpers for us, and the dresses Aunt Lizzie had no more use for, being several sizes too small for Mother, would be turned into blouses.

The contents of the entire box had been sorted, pawed over and put into piles, and the empty box moved out to the summer kitchen, where it would eventually be pulled apart and used for kindling for the Findlay Oval.

It looked like Earl was the only one who had anything decent out of the whole box. That is, everything else had to be cut down to size, let out, pressed or passed on to the rummage sale the Salvation Army held once a year in Renfrew.

The whole evening was spent pawing over the clothes from Regina, with Emerson still insisting the one prize in the entire box, the Alpaca sweater, belonged to him. Earl had rolled it into a ball, and it was under his arm, and as far as he was concerned, he owned it, lock, stock and barrel!

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Mother saying our nightly prayers, Earl never let go of the sweater, and we knew he would be wearing it the next day to the Northcote School.

Well, at the crack of dawn, which was when we five children were roused from our warm beds, all heck broke loose. Earl, who only cried if he was physically hurt, was crying like he had lost an arm. Between sobs he was calling Emerson every vile name he could think of. Mother left making the porridge and took the stairs two at a time to settle whatever was causing the uproar. Well, it was plain to see what had happened, and it was going to take a genius to fix it. In fact, not even a genius could repair the damage. How Emerson did what he did without being heard through the night would forever remain a mystery, but somehow he had snuck downstairs to Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sewing basket; got her good scissors that no one could touch, and cut out the sleeves of the sweater. There he stood, fully dressed with a clean plaid shirt and over the top was the now-sleeveless sweater. He ignored the fact that it barely touched his waist.

The arms fit, and to Emerson, that was all that mattered. Now, Earl was small, but he was powerful when he was in full anger mode, and he attacked Emerson with fists flying. Everyone stood around in the upstairs hall, which was really the bedroom I shared with Audrey, too stunned to enter into the battle. Even Mother looked like she had turned to stone.

Earl grabbed at the sweater, latching onto a shoulder where it had been relieved of one of its sleeves, and pulled with all his might. Right before our eyes, the piece of yarn he had a firm hold on reamed off the sweater, falling in a soft mound on the bedroom floor. Soon there was very little left to that side of the sweater.

It was unravelling and if Earl kept at it, soon there would be nothing left but the band on the bottom. Well, there was nothing to do but admit that was the last of the Alpaca sweater.

Audrey said she doubted if even the wool could be saved.

Mother said she would think of a punishment for Emerson after we had all gone to school, and she could get her wits about her. All the way out the long lane, Emerson walked half a mile behind us, like someone with leprosy.

If there was anything Emerson hated, it was doing house chores. Mother decided every night for a week he would clean up the kitchen, and that meant putting on a long white pinny, washing the dishes, drying them, and putting them into the cupboard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Girls chores,â&#x20AC;? he called it.

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Red pepper feta spread Foodland Ontario Special to the News

Lifestyle - Simple and addictive, this pepper spread is common in Greece as part of a shared appetizer table (mezes). Serve with toasted pita wedges, cucumber slices and pepper wedges.

Preparation time: five minutes. Cooking time: 16 minutes. Standing time: two hours.

Makes 250 ml (1 cup), or about six servings.

Ingredients * 1 sweet red pepper, cut into chunks (300 mL/ 1 1/4 cups) * 75 ml (1/3 cup) water * 250 ml (1 cup) crumbled feta cheese (125 g/4 oz) * 0.5 ml (1/8 tsp) crushed red pepper flakes Preparation In a medium skillet, combine the red pepper and water. Cover and bring to boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes or until the red pepper is tender.

Uncover and bring to boil, then simmer until all the liquid has evaporated -- about four minutes.

In a food processor or blender, puree the pepper, feta cheese and pepper flakes until the mixture is smooth. Transfer it to a bowl, cover and refrigerate for two hours or up to three days. Bring the spread to room temperature before serving.

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At spaghetti supper Enjoying the spaghetti supper which was held at the Stittsville Legion Hall in Stittsville last Saturday, March 22 are, from left, Sean McCormick, Al Scott, Julie Scott, Julia Van Heukelom and Glen Van Heukelom.

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News - The next Open Table community dinner in Stittsville is happening earlier than usual in April.

The Open Table community dinner usually takes place on the third Saturday of the month but the third Saturday of April this year is Easter Saturday.

This means that members of the congregation will be involved with other things that weekend and so the Open Table community dinner is going to be held on the second Saturday of the month, namely Saturday, April 12.

It will be an Easter dinner with the doors opening at 4:30 p.m. and the dinner being served at 5 p.m.

Everyone in the community is invited to attend this Open Table community dinner. The meal is free although freewill donations will be accepted.

The Open Table community dinner takes place at St. Thomas Anglican Church at the corner of Stittsville Main Street and Carleton Cathcart Street in Stittsville.

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Sochi Winter Olympics Day at Munster Elementary School

Ottawa South United Force – England English Premier League Academy Tour 2014 Memories of the recent March Break will be forever engraved in the minds of some very fortunate the OSU Force players who embarked on an ambitious and highly successful eight day OSU Force - Soccer Academy Tour of some of the world’s top soccer clubs in England.

Two teams, comprising of twenty-two U14 and ten U11 boys from the club’s Force Academy travelled to England with Head Technical Coach Paul Harris and they were joined by other OSU coaching staff as well as OSU President, Bill Michalopulos, Jim Lianos, OSU GM and Hassan Nazari, Executive Director of OSU’s strategic partner in the in the USA, the Dallas Texans, who were able to conduct strategic and alliance discussions with some key English Premier clubs and people for future opportunities. The tour focussed on practicing with some of England’s most acclaimed Football Academies. Each player was coached by the very best of English Youth Academy staff at clubs including: Chelsea FC, Fulham FC, Manchester City FC and Liverpool FC. The Academy coaching sessions were run at some of England’s top sports training facilities and Academy venues.

In addition, the OSU tour provided an excellent opportunity to put players and teams to the test by playing select exhibition games scheduled throughout the week against some of England’s finest young soccer hopefuls. Both teams held their own against Fulham, Wrexham and Everton Academy teams, proving that they are capable of playing and competing at the highest level and reaffirming the coaching methodology at Ottawa South United is truly first class.

Between the Academy practices and exhibition games, there was time for other equally memorable activities. Visits to Arsenal’s Emirates stadium, Manchester United’s Old Trafford, Everton’s Goodison Park and an impromptu visit to Liverpool’s Anfield proved highly popular with all tour participants. As if this was not enough, the teams also watched a live English premier game and a live Championship Game, savouring the electric atmosphere and passion that is synonymous with English football and culture. There was even a little time to relax allowing the boys to take in the sights and sounds of London, Manchester and Liverpool.

OSU is very proud of every player who participated and represented the club.

The coaching staff received positive and sincere accolades for the standard of soccer that both teams achieved. This OSU Force exclusive professional tour of this nature, gives players an insight into English Academy Soccer and serves as benchmark the OSU’s club development.

“This exclusive tour is in line with OSU’s long term strategic plan of developing it’s global soccer network to benefit our players, our club and our coaches.

Exposing our teams and players to such famous soccer academies is not easy, one can not simply pick up the phone and make this happen. Our robust international soccer network, our alliances, our people and our club’s success over the years is what opens up these type of exclusive opportunities to our current players and to our future teams and players. It was very satisfying to see how well our players did, and how receptive these academies were to continuing and incremental collaboration” said President , Bill Michalopulos. R0012611719-0327

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Munster Elementary School SUBMITTED student Chloe Cordick practices her Munster Elementary School student Tatum Nelson wins a faceoff in mogul moves as she participates in Q Tip Hockey which was one of the events at the recent Sochi Winter the recent Sochi Winter Olympics Day at the school in Munster.

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News - Imagine a concert with a variety of songs ranging from songs about Canada to love songs to spring songs (aw, spring!) to concert classics to audience sing-along tunes. You would not want to miss such a concert!

There is one coming up, appropriately called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medley of Melodies.â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the spring concert of the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus which performs under the direction of Robert Dueck of Stittsville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medley of Melodiesâ&#x20AC;? will be happening on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church on Young Road just north of Hazeldean Road in Kanata.

And of all of the songs that will be sung that evening, one that you will not want to miss is the grand finale number of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Give Me A Choral Medley!â&#x20AC;? which is also known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Singerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spoof.â&#x20AC;?

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Advanced tickets for this spring concert by the now-32 voice West Ottawa Ladies Chorus are available at the Gaia Java Coffee Company shop at the Stittsville Shopping Centre (Shoppers Drug Mart plaza) on Stittsville Main Street and at Kanata Cleaners at 1029 Teron Road in Kanata. Tickets will also be sold at the door, although the number of tickets sold will be limited to the seating capacity of the church, so early purchase of tickets is recommended.

The cost of a ticket is $15.

Besides the concert, there will be a silent auction held with both pre-concert and intermission opportunities to submit bids.

The West Ottawa Ladies Chorus originated from a group of 24 experienced

West Ottawa female singers who were originally recruited by Robert Dueck to augment the Goulbourn Male Chorus which he also directs as one time guest performers at the Male Chorus Christmas concert in 2011.

Following this concert, Mr. Dueck received a number of requests to consider directing an all-ladies chorus in addition to the Goulbourn Male Chorus which had been founded in 2010.

The West Ottawa Ladies Chorus made its inaugural appearance at the May 2011 spring concert of the Goulbourn male Chorus, with 12 ladies singing two selections at the event.

World of mouth and publicity spread the new and experienced choral singers were recruited for the new West Ottawa Ladies Chorus. Throughout 2012, the West Ottawa Ladies Chorus continued to grow, presenting annual spring and Christmas concerts while also performing at luncheon and banquet functions and at area retirement homes.

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News - The Goulbourn Male Chorus will be using its voices to help make a difference for the Stittsville Food Bank.

This will be done through a benefit concert for the Food Bank which the Goulbourn Male Chorus will be presenting on Saturday, May 10 at 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Anglican Church in Stittsville.

There is no admission charge but a freewill offering will be encouraged, with all of the proceeds going to the Stittsville Food Bank.

The chorus will be presenting a program of male choir arrangements. In addition, several small ensembles from within the larger chorus will also be performing. The concert will also include a guest performance by pianist Tyson Chen who is the new accompanist for the Goulbourn Male Chorus.

There will also be an old fashioned community sing-along at this concert, led by the Male Chorus with guitar and banjo accompaniment.

Members of the Goulbourn Male Chorus currently are Al Neil, Art van Draanen, Barry Read, Chris Morris, David Steventon, Don Snyder, Doug Hall, Edward Lascelle, Etienne Westlake, Fred Boyce, Fred Kuehn, Gary King, Graeme Peterson, Harry Mercer, Ian Glen, Jack Barker, James McIntosh, Jean Aube, Jim Trouten, John Hunter, John McGinn, Laurisse Huijer, Leo Mevel, Martin Edwards, Mike Hogan, Patrick Tang, Paul Therrien, Peter Dykstra, Rene Normandin, Rory MacDiarmid and Tom Kobolak.

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WILSON; Thomas Ernest (Ernie) Passed away unexpectedly on Sunday March 9th, 2014 in Smiths Falls, Ontario in his 58th year. Son of Thomas James Wilson and the late Dawn Irene Wilson of Woodlawn. Survived by sons Matthew and Travis, siblings Christine McDonnell (Rod), Scott (Phyllis), Jeff (Sheri), and many nieces and nephews.

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Canadian Cancer Society URGENTLY needs your help to coordinate volunteer daffodil pin sales at Arnprior locations for 2 weekends in April.

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Duties include grass cutting, maintaining bunkers, drainage, and other course maintenance.

The Almonte Family Health Organization is a group of thirteen family physicians who provide comprehensive primary health care services in the community.

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Dave Lalonde checks out the spaghetti cooking in the kitchen at the spaghetti Denise Hodgins, left, and Sue Navan, right, prepare a salad for the spaghetti supper which was supper which was held at the Stittsville Legion Hall in Stittsville last Saturday held at the Stittsville Legion Hall in Stittsville last Saturday evening, just before a comedy night evening. there.

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ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN 2014 works by controlling spending and putting Canada on the road to balanced budgets in 2015.

Balancing the budget protects our economy and keeps it strong. Economic Action Plan 2014* includes proposed investments in things that matter to Canadians like: • Enhanced broadband internet service for rural and Northern Canadians • A new Search and Rescue Volunteers Tax Credit • The New Horizons for Seniors Program • New measures to support apprentices in the trades • Improved and expanded snowmobile and recreational trails across the country • $500 million to support innovation and jobs in Canada’s economically important auto sector *Subject to Parliamentary approval

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Happenings at Stittsville Legion Barb Vant’Slot Special to the News

The trip to Fulton’s sugar bush on Thursday, March 13 hosted by the 55 Plus Club of the Stittsville Legion was a huge success with the weather cooperating. Good food and a safe bus ride provided by Steve Vant’Slot made for a really enjoyable afternoon for all who participated.

On Saturday, March 15, the Main and Abbott Dance Band performed at the Legion Hall, with those in attendance enjoying dancing and also listening to the Big Band swing music played by this talented group. A big “Thank You” goes to all of the band members.

On Monday, March 17, which was St. Patrick’s Day, a large group of enthusiastic party people celebrated St. Patty’s Day at the Legion Hall dressed in green. The music was great with sing-alongs and dancing.

Legion president Fred Appel would like to thank Norm and Mike for the great music.

The Stittsville Legion is hosting the Perley veterans for a Pub Night on Wednesday, April 16. Entertainment will be provided by the Main and Abbott Dance Band. For more information or to volunteer to help out, please contact Bev Currie.

The annual Veterans Dinner is being held on Saturday, April 5 at the Stittsville Legion Hall. Retired and serving Canadian Forces members are entitled to attend and enjoy the dinner. RSVP to Christine@rcl618. ca or by calling 613-831-1575. Guest of honour at the dinner will be Major General (Ret’d) Doug Langton of Stittsville.

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VETERAN SERVICES Rob Dunbar is the Stittsville Legion’s Veterans Service officer.

Please email him at vso@rcl618.ca for information or to make an appointment to meet with him.

2014 BURSARY PROGRAM Application forms are now available for the 2014 Bursary Program of the Legion. If you have a child in the last year of high school or who is currently attending university or college or is in an apprenticeship program, this program and its tax-free bursaries may benefit you. Forms are currently available at the Legion Hall. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, April 30.

SPECIAL EVENTS (All these special events are open to everyone in the community unless otherwise stated) Saturday, March 29 – “Karaoke with Karen” starting at 8 p.m. will be held in the downstairs lounge at the Legion hall, with everyone welcome to attend.

Wednesday, April 2 – This will be the date for the next trip to the Slots at the Rideau Carleton Raceway. Please call Marion Gullock at 613-836-5254 for more information.

Sunday, April 6 – The monthly breakfast will be held at the Legion hall, running from 9 a.m. to 12 noon with everyone in the community welcome to attend and enjoy this affordable family breakfast. Cost is only $5 per person. The menu includes bacon and eggs or pancakes and sausages as well as toast, hash browns and coffee.

WEEKLY EVENTS (Everyone in the community is welcome to attend these events unless otherwise stated) Bingo is played every Wednesday starting at 6:45 p.m. in the Legion Hall.

Euchre is played every Tuesday starting at 1:15 p.m. in the Legion Hall.

“Open Mike” hosted by “Jumpin’ Jimmy Leroux” happens every Friday starting at 8 p.m. in the downstairs lounge at the Legion Hall.

AROUND THE LEGION Every Thursday and Friday evening, “fast food” is available at the Stittsville Legion Hall. Reasonable prices and no need to cook.

Dart leagues play at the Legion Hall every Thursday at 7 p.m. and every Friday at 8 p.m. Spares are always welcome.

Sue McCormick is always looking for volunteers to help out at the weekly bingo. If interested, please call 613-836-8860.

The Ladies Auxiliary at the Stittsville Legion is the place to be for ladies who have a desire to help ensure that Veterans receive the assistance that they need and deserve. The Ladies Auxiliary provides funds to the Legion Branch through fundraising, catering and other activities. If you have imagination, skills that can be used and a desire to become involved and help the Ladies Auxiliary, please contact the Stittsville Legion at 613836-1632.

The Stittsville Legion’s website can be found at www.rcl618.ca .

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Students are trying to make a difference John Curry john.curry@metroland.com

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Five of the Sacred Heart Catholic High School students who are involved in a “Connecting, Sharing and Caring” program with St. Rose of Lima Catholic School at Bayshore are, from left, Kayla Formica, Taylor Burgoyne, Elli Seregelyi, Meagan Killeen and Avery Brownlee.

The Crayola, by the way, is a giant piggy bank. minutes away from Sacred Heart but ironically it is right next to the Bayshore Shopping Centre where so many from Stittsville go to purchase luxury items. And yet, right next door is a school where students do not have adequate soccer balls and skipping ropes.

Indeed, the needs at St. Rose of Lima really hit home with one student when he was going to open up his snack and asked the youngster with whom he was with what he was going to have for his snack. The youngster replied that he had no snack as his parents had no such food to give him.

The Sacred Heart students will be going on their fourth and last visit to St. Rose of Lima School under this program in May, wrapping it up with a gala play day complete with a pizza lunch. It’s going to be a day to remember, not only for the St. Rose of Lima students but also for the Sacred Heart students.

The Sacred Heart students are confident that they will have the 300 soccer balls that is their goal, especially since some classes at Sacred

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Heart have entered a challenge competition to determine which class can provide the most soccer balls for this initiative.

Sacred Heart student Elli Seregelyi remarked that there is such a contrast that exists between St. Rose of Lima School and Sacred Heart in terms of resources and lifestyle.

Sacred Heart student Meagan Killeen, another involved in the program, said that the students involved know that they can make a difference in the lives of these youngsters at St. Rose of Lima School.

Avery Brownlee, another Sacred Heart student involved in the program, commented that the students at St. Rose of Lima do not have easy lives, noting that some are living with grandparents due to the death of parents.

Sacred Heart student Taylor Burgoyne says that the whole experience has tugged on the heart strings of the Sacred Heart students involved. That’s why the students are taking action to try to make a difference.

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schools – one soccer ball and skipping rope for each student.

That’s because they don’t have these resources now, a fact that became obvious to the Sacred Heart students during their initial visit there. And so they decided to do something about it.

Arts and crafts supplies will be purchased, along with several tricycles for use in the kindergarten rooms. Donations of Canadian Tire money are also being accepted, because such money can be used for the tricycle purchases.

All of this fundraising and collecting soccer balls and the like will result in an early Easter for the students at St. Rose of Lima School and Dr. F.J. McDonald School because just a couple of days before Easter, the Sacred Heart students will be travelling in to St. Rose of Lima for their second visit there. But they will go bearing gifts in the form of hundreds of soccer balls and skipping ropes, tricycles and other items.

The students involved in this program have gone around to every class at Sacred Heart, telling their fellow students about the needs at these schools and what the situation is like at these two schools only 20 minutes away from Sacred Heart.

Indeed, student Taylor Burgoyne notes that St. Rose of Lima school is not only just 20

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News - It’s only a 20 minute drive from Sacred Heart Catholic High School in Stittsville to St. Rose of Lima Catholic School at Bayshore. The physical distance may be short but the gap between the two school communities is wide.

But now, thanks to a “Speak Up Grant” from the Ontario Ministry of Education that has allowed implementation of a “Connecting, Sharing and Caring” program between the two schools, a group of 30 or so grade 11 and 12 students from Sacred Heart is trying to make a difference in the lives of the students at St. Rose of Lima.

This involves Sacred Heart students going to St. Rose of Lima on four occasions, starting on Shrove Tuesday (Tuesday, March 4) and continuing through to May. During these visits to St. Rose of Lima, the Sacred Heart students are working with small numbers of students in their kindergarten to grade three classes, doing crafts, teaching about technology and just providing some personal attention to these youngster students. In other words, just “hanging out” with them.

And this attention has had immediate response.

The students had big ear-to-ear smiles on their faces and showed their hearts in their eyes, said Taylor Burgoyne, one of the Sacred Heart students who is involved in the project.

Fellow student Elli Seregelyi noted that these students at St. Rose of Lima normally do not get a lot of attention from outsiders and so they really responded to the attention which the Sacred Heart students were showing them.

It was a case of someone helping them out and spending one-on-one time with them. This resulted in what Elli Seregelyi calls “instant connections.”

This program has expanded beyond its initial bounds as the Sacred Heart students, in their only trip to St. Rose of Lima, saw the needs that existed there and with the encouragement of Sacred Heart teacher Francine Bateman, they are undertaking a week of fundraising to help out not only at St. Rose of Lima School but also at the adjacent Dr. F.J. McDonald Catholic School which has similar needs.

The fundraising not only involves collecting monetary donations and holding a revenuegenerating bake sale and a raffle for an Easter basket loaded with donated goodies and items but also includes gathering up gently used soccer balls, skipping ropes and things like ball gloves. The goal is to provide 300 soccer balls and skipping ropes to the students at these two

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Local events and happenings over the coming weeks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; free to non-profit organizations Fax: 613-224-3330, E-mail: john.curry@metroland.com A euchre hosted by the Stittsville District Lions Club will be held on Thursday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lions Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville. Everyone welcome. Sandwiches and dessert will be served. These weekly Thursday evening euchres at the Stittsville Lions Hall will continue until midApril.

A public meeting to discuss two development proposals in the Fernbank lands will be held on Thursday,

March 27 at 7 p.m. in the hall at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena in Stittsville. Richcraft Homes has proposed a plan of subdivision for 590 Hazeldean Road comprised of 748 residentia units including 245 single family homes and 503 townhouse units. Monarch Homes has proposed a condominium plan for 42 townhouse units at 115 Westphalian Avenue in the Blackstone subdivision west of Terry Fox Drive and south of the Trans Canada Trail.

The Goulbourn Skating Club is presenting an ice show â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stars on Broadwayâ&#x20AC;? on Saturday, March 29 at the Richmond Memorial Community Centre arena in Richmond, with two shows â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one at 12 noon and one at 3 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at the Goulbourn Skating Club website at www.goulbournskatingclub.com .

The Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association is holding a free â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open

Houseâ&#x20AC;? for any girls who would like an opportunity to try out the game of hockey on Saturday, March 29 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:05 p.m. at the Matt Bradley Arena at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Shea Road in Stittsville. There will also be information available for parents regarding the Goulbourn Girls Hockey Association program.

A fundraising dance for the Hospice Ottawa West (HOW) Capital Campaign to help to bring

to reality the new Ruddy-Shenkman ten bed residential hospice on McCurdy Drive in Kanata will be held on Saturday, March 29 from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight at the Lions Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville, featuring music by Smokey Rose and its traditional and contemporary country sounds. Homemade pie auction with Steve Madely of CFRA radio as the guest auctioneer. Silent auction as well. Tickets available by calling 613-836-4964 or 613-8385007.

More â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Happening This Weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Part Two of the lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Arche Lenten workshop hosted by the Catholic Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s League of Holy Spirit Parish will be held on Wednesday, April 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall at Holy Spirit Church on Shea Road in Stittsville. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please contact Lynne Newman at 613-8366762 or via email at lynne-newman@rogers.com to register.

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The tenth annual Sledge Hockey of Eastern Ontario (SHEO) Tournament will be held at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Shea Road in Stittsville from Friday, April 4 through Sunday, April 6. Tweleve teams competing in three levels. 200 players involved.

Everyone welcome to cheer on the athletes and meet 2014 Paralympic players and former Paralympic champions. Junior games from Friday, April 4 from 5:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Junior and intermediate games on Saturday, April 5 from 8:15 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Medal games on Sunday, April 6 from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m. Novice sledge hockey demonstration game on Sunday,

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April 6 at 8:15 a.m. Celebrity sledge hockey challenge game on Sunday, April 6 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Munster United Church on Munster Road in Munster is hosting a Ham, Scalloped Potatoes and Baked Beans Supper on Saturday, April 5 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tea, coffee and dessert as well. Everyone welcome to attend.

A breakfast will be held on Sunday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Stittsville Legion Hall on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend and enjoy a tasty, affordable breakfast. Only $5 per person for bacon and eggs or pancakes and sausages as well as toast, hash browns and coffee.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is holding a community consultation meeting about the proposed Energy East pipeline project on Monday, April 7 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the hall at the Johnny Leroux Stittsville

Stittsville Co-Operative Nursery School located at A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School on Hobin Street in Stittsville is holding an open house on Saturday, April 12 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Tour the prem-

Open Table on April 12

An Open Table community dinner will be held on Saturday, April 12 at St. Thomas Anglican Church at the corner of Carleton Cathcart Street and Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville.

Note that this is one week earlier than the nor-

ises and talk with staff about the Nursery Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program.

The new Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) branch at the Walmart shopping area at the corner of Fernbank Road and Terry Fox Drive is holding a grand opening celebration on Saturday, April 12 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Free photos with the Easter Bunny.

BBQ. Games for the family.

Enter a draw to win a camera.

Everyone welcome.

The West Ottawa Ladies Chorus under the direction of Robert Dueck of Stittsville is presenting its spring concert â&#x20AC;&#x153;Medley of Melodiesâ&#x20AC;? on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anglican Church on Young Road just north of the Hazeldean Road in Kanata. Silent auction as well. Advanced tickets at $15 per person available at the Gaia Java Coffee Company shop at the Stittsville Shopping Centre (Shoppers Drug Mart plaza) on Stittsville Main Street in Stittsville and at Kanata Cleaners at 1029 Teron Road in Kanata.

mal third Saturday of the month since the third Sunday of the month falls on Easter Saturday.

Doors will open at 4:30 p.m. with the Easter dinner served at 5 p.m. The meal is free but freewill donations will be accepted. Everyone in the community is welcome and invited to attend this community dinner.

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Saturday, April 12 is Girl Guide Cookie Drive day in Richmond. Richmond Sparks and Pathfinders will be selling the classic vanilla and chocolate sandwich cookies on Saturday, April 12 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Your Independent Grocer in Richmond. And that same day, Saturday, April 12, starting at 10 a.m., Brownie and Guide units will be going door-to-door in the village, selling the cookies. The cookies will be selling for $5 per box.

Look for our exciting Spring courses at A.Y. Jackson SS, 150 Abbeyhill Dr., and West Carleton SS, 3088 Dunrobin Rd. Classes start Tuesday, April 22nd.

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