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What’s up, doc, around villageof Stittsville? News – The fellows at Stittsville’s Royal Bank branch on Hazeldean Road have gotten into the spirit of Movember this year, sporting moustaches for this month of November to raise both awareness and funds for men’s health. Donations of support are being taken for them at the branch. Movember, which began in Australia in 2003, has grown to become a global movement with more than 3.9 million involved, living in 21 countries around the world. The purpose of Movember is to use the visual power of the moustache to raise funds and awareness to combat prostate and testicular cancer and mental health challenges. Funds raised go to support men’s health programs that combat these health challenges for men…. The two person (mother and daughter) refugee family that Holy Spirit Catholic Parish is sponsoring arrived in Canada on Tuesday, Nov. 19. As sometimes happens in refugee situations, they did not know where they were going when they left the refugee camp where they had been staying. But they are happy to be in Canada. Currently they are staying at the home of a parishioner but the parish is hoping to set them up in some local accommodation of their own soon. The mother and daughter are from Iran…A Christmas Bazaar was held at the Stittsville Retirement Community by Revera (Stittsville Villa) on Stittsville Main Street across from Holy Spirit Catholic School last Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m….The north side of the parking lot at the Stittsville Shopping Centre (Shoppers Drug Mart plaza) was torn up and repaved last week, matching the work that was done the week before on the south side of the parking lot (in front of Shoppers Drug Mart and Dollarama)….Speaking of pavement, the new sidewalk on the east side of Stittsville Main Street from Porter Street through to the Traditions subdivision where it links up with the sidewalk and pathway system there has now been paved…There will be a couple of business openings soon at the Walmart shopping area at the corner of Fernbank Road and Terry Fox Drive. A new branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) will be opening soon as will a Nestle Toll House Café by Chip. It will be selling fresh baked Nestle desserts as well as ice cream, cookie cakes, coffee, frozen yogurt, smoothies and beverages. It is all about serving up the ultimate dessert experience….Work is now underway on the so-called north/south arterial that will through the middle of the Fernbank lands development area, eventually all the way from Fernbank Road to Hazeldean Road. Right now construction is centred on the portion of this north/south arterial from Fernbank Road to an eastern extension of Abbott Street. This north/south arterial is located about halfway
between Shea Road and Terry Fox Drive, just east of the EQ Homes sales trailer which is along Fernbank Road. Where this north/south arterial road meets Fernbank Road is where there will be a park and ride lot in the future…. Winners in the gift basket raffle at the bazzar and tea room hosted by the Catholic Women’s League at Holy Spirit Catholic Parish on Shea Road on Saturday, Nov. 16 were Bud Mannoly, men’s basket; Cindy Halden, spa basket; Maureen Thomson, nativity set; and Ann Oberlin, family home movie night. Proceeds from the raffle and bazaar are going to help fund various charities that the C.W.L. supports…Scouts and Guides are going door-to-door in the village this week, collecting food items and/or cash donations for the Stittsville Food Bank in their Christmas Good Drive…Work continues on the new addition at the Stittsville United Pentecostal Church on Stittsville Main Street at Stanley’s Corners. The concrete foundation walls are now in place…There was no regular Friday music evening at the Gaia Java Coffee Company shop at the Stittsville Shopping Centre (Shoppers Drug Mart plaza) last Friday. However, the Friday music evenings resume this Friday, Nov. 29 when Gretchen Martin returns to perform. These Friday music evenings happen at 7 p.m. with free admission. Those planning to attend are urged to arrive early for the best seating…Stittsville resident and author Bernie Muzeen has returned home after visiting with the Boys and Girls Club in Oshawa where he began his career working for the Boys and Girls Club 50 years ago this month (on Nov. 20, 1963 to be exact). He went on to work in Calgary and Ottawa before retiring as the executive director of the Boys and Girls Club in Ottawa…City of Ottawa Stittsville ward councillor Shad Qadri is looking for bakers. This is because the third annual Ward vs Ward Bake Sale is taking place at Ottawa city hall on Wednesday, Dec. 4 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. to raise funds for the Christmas Cheer program. Councillor Qadri is looking for Stittsville residents who would be willing to donate baked goods for this event. Donated baked goods will be accepted at his ward office at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex on Shea Road on Monday, Dec. 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and also on Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Any donated baked goods should include notice of all of the ingredients in the goodies. Also, in the case of cookies and brownies, each treat should be wrapped individually…The Christmas “star” lights have now been erected on the street light posts along the west side of Stittsville Main Street from Mulkins Street in the north through to Elm Crescent (North) in the south…Longtime Stittsville resident Jean Kerr was honoured at a birthday celebra-
tion marking her 90th birthday on Wednesday evening, Nov. 20. Jean was treasurer of the Stittsville Village Association for a number of years…Several Sacred Heart Catholic High School students were at Holy Spirit Parish for last Saturday’s 5 p.m. mass. At the end of the mass, they made a presentation about the upcoming trip to Nicaragua by 14 students and a number of teachers. They will be going to Managua where they will be helping to build four homes and also do other community work in one of the barrios or poor districts in that city. Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in the world. After the mass, the students held a fundraising bake sale in the parish hall, also
accepting donations and also selling photographs from last year’s student mission trip to Nicaragua. All of the funds raised will be used to help the people of Nicaragua…A Christmas Fair called “Winterlight Fair” was held at the Ottawa Waldorf School on Goulbourn Street last Sunday. It was put on by the Ottawa Waldorf School in partnership with the Great River School, a Waldorf school in Ottawa. This Christmas Fair at the Ottawa Waldorf School had a number of activities for children such as a puppet play and crafts while there were also vendors with an assortment of gift items for adults. It was a great place for some unique Christmas shopping….
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