November 26th 2012
NEWS
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Taking dual credit course John Curry
john.curry@metroland.com
CHRISTMAS CONCERT AND SING-ALONG CAROLS A community Christmas concert at St. Thomas Anglican Church, at 1619 Stittsville Main Street, will feature the popular Capital City Chorus, who will be presenting a Christmas-themed concert which includes some sing-along carols. The concert is on Saturday, December 1st, at 7:00pm. The cost is $15 and tickets are available at the church office or at the door. You can also order them by phone at 613-836-5741. Light refreshments will be available after the concert. Everyone is welcome to attend!
CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST OPEN TO STITTSVILLE CHILDREN I am once again Ho-Ho-Holding my Christmas Card Contest for children in the Stittsville community. I encourage your child to express their artistic and creative side through festive, holiday creativity. Winning submissions will be on display for thousands of people to enjoy this holiday season, as the winner’s artwork will be prominently featured as my office Christmas e-card. All entries will proudly be displayed on my Ward office windows at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex. Age categories are up to 6 years old, 7 to 10 years old and 11 to 13 years old. Once all entries have been received, an impartial team of judges will choose a total of four winning designs. When working on your art, please ensure you do not use glitter paints or stickers, as it must be suitable to copy onto the front of the Christmas card. Also, please remember to include the artist’s name, phone number and age on the back of their entry. Please submit your child’s entry no later than noon on Thursday December 6th to Councillor Shad Qadri, 110 Laurier Ave. W, Ottawa, ON, K1P 1J1, or drop them off to my ward office, located in the Goulbourn Recreation Complex, 1500 Shea Road.
ANNUAL COOKIE DECORATING AND SANTA VISIT On Saturday, December 15th, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. until Noon at my Ward office, in the Goulbourn Recreation Complex (GRC) at 1500 Shea Road, you can come and have your photo taken with Santa! Additionally, winners from my Christmas card contest will be announced and awarded a prize. I look forward to seeing you all! So come on out and decorate a gingerbread cookie!
2012 OC TRANSPO/LOBLAW ® ANNUAL CHRISTMAS FOOD DRIVE In co-operation with the Ottawa Food Bank, the 2012 OC Transpo/Loblaw ® Annual Christmas Food Drive is a special event that marks the 28th year of the annual partnership with Loblaws ®, Real Canadian Superstores ®, and selected Your Independent Grocers™,. I invite you to get in the true holiday spirit by volunteering to accept cash and food donations on Saturday, December 8 between 9 a.m-6 p.m. at any of the 19 participating Loblaws, Superstores and Your Independent Grocers stores across Ottawa. This volunteer opportunity also qualifies as community service hours for high school students. If you or your family members are available to help on December 8, please contact OCvolunteer@ottawa.ca or bénévoleOC@ ottawa.ca. You can also contact Brigitte Bitar at 613-842-3636 ext. 2488.
THE CHRISTMAS EXCHANGE PROGRAM For 97 years, the Christmas Exchange Program has given those in need in Ottawa a sense of hope and dignity during an otherwise difficult time of year. Registered families receive a food hamper or a gift voucher to Giant Tiger. Sadly, throughout the 2011 campaign, there was an increase in demand and a shortage in donations. The funds didn’t stretch far enough to help the 27,579 individuals on the list. Over 5,000 families didn’t get the assistance they had been counting on. Already, the need is much higher and organizers are expecting that up to 29,000 individuals will need a helping hand this Christmas. If you can, please help the Christmas Exchange Program this year and share the holiday spirit with those in your community who truly need it. You can sponsor an entire family for $100 or purchase a turkey for a family for just $25. Financial gifts can be made by calling the Caring and Sharing Exchange at 613-226-6434.
DID YOU KNOW? S.S. #12 Mildred Rothwell and her family moved from Saskatchewan in 1934, returning to Stittsville where her father Milton Potter had grown up. Mildred was just turning 13, and the village was not very big then. The school Mildred attended was S.S. #12 on Carp Road, across from The Fair Green, built in 1875. Today the S.S. #12 is a private residence. “When we were at school there was quite a hill behind us-now it’s Crossing bridgeand we could and did go tobogganing. “ “The school in Stittsville only went to Grade 8 and then you either went into Nepean if you had a car, or on the train to Carleton Place if you didn’t, or you stopped school. Some kids only went to school in the wintertime and worked at farm jobs in the good weather.” *Information regarding the “Did you know…” story was taken from the book Stittsville a Sense of Place by Barbara Bottriell, 1998.
EMC news - Like mother, like daughter. Sacred Heart Catholic High School student Johanna Lazaro eventually wants to open her own business. It could be a food truck, a small hair salon or something else – she is not quite sure yet. But a dual credit course that she is currently taking at Algonquin College while still a student at Sacred Heart and also a co-op placement at a local business are helping her move towards achieving her goal. And motivating her as well is the example of her mother, a role model you could say, who operates her own business. Johanna sees how independent her mother is and how much in control of her life she is. “I like being independent,” Johanna says. “I guess I am like my mom.” Right now Johanna, who is 16 years old and in grade 12, has busy days. She travels to Algonquin College two days a week for her “Small and Medium Enterprise” dual credit course. It’s called a dual credit course as it qualifies both as a high school course and as a college course – sort of two for the effort of one. She takes it along with other high school students. She travels by bus to Algonquin College for the course. Despite the travel, she loves it. “I’m so grateful for this,” she says. “I’m just really happy.” Johanna also likes the independence that she experiences with this course. “I feel more adult-like, more independent doing it,” she says. She notes that not a lot of students at Sacred Heart have taken a dual credit course at Algonquin, probably because of the travelling involved. But she sees the course as helping her in her ultimate goal of establishing her own business. And she sees its value in doing this. This course lets you know what you have to do to open a business, she says. Adding to the experience and knowledge about being in business is her co-op placement this year which is at Norcan Security in Stittsville. There she is get-
Johanna Lazaro ting the opportunity to learn about basic office skills including invoicing and accounting. She is learning both phone and office etiquette, how to keep things organized and how to deal with customers. “I am learning a lot of customer service skills,” she says about her co-op placement. She also says that she is enjoying the experience, praising the general manager for letting her do things on her own. “I feel independent,” she says. Johanna says that she sees the connection between her co-op placement and her course at Algonquin which is dealing with being in business. In her co-op placement, she is able to see in practical terms what she is learning theoretically in her Algonquin course. And while Johanna wants to own a business in the future, she also likes art. She admits to growing up in a household where the creative arts and crafts were very much practiced. She herself was involved in arts and crafts when she was younger and she says that art has always been a part of her life, with the house full of what she terms “trinkets of art.” Her parents, she says, are into various kinds
Empties can help those in need John Curry john.curry@metroland.com
EMC news - Your empty beer bottles can help those in need at Christmas time. This can happen through your participation in the “Running on Empties” fundraising initiative that will be happening at The Beer Store in Stittsville on Saturday, Dec. 15. That’s when members of the Rotary Club of OttawaStittsville will be on hand outside The Beer Store at the
Stittsville Corners shopping area (Stittsville Sobeys plaza) at the corner of Carp Road and Hazeldean Road to collect donated empties. The funds raised will be going to the Christmas Exchange which helps Ottawa area families in need during the Christmas season. The Rotary Club members will be at The Beer Store from 9:30 a.m. through to 5 p.m., so start saving your empties and look for them on Saturday, Dec. 15.
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already higher with organizers expecting that up to 29,000 individuals will be needing a helping hand from the Christmas Exchange this year. That’s why your generosity at this “Running on Empties” fundraiser on Saturday, Dec. 15 will be so helpful. Since this “Running for Empties” program began in 1988, over $294,000 has been raised for the Christmas Exchange. Last year, across the city, $17,000 was raised. This year’s goal is $25,000 in keeping with the program’s 25th anniversary year.
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ALWAYS LISTENING AND ACTING ON YOUR CONCERNS As your Councillor, I always welcome your keen input and ideas on how we can sustain and improve Stittsville. Please contact our office anytime by phone at 613-580-2476 or by e-mail at Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca. I also encourage you to follow me on Twitter and on Facebook. Please share this column with your family and friends.
of art from painting to photography to film making. “I was brought up into it,” she says in explaining that she currently does acrylic painting. She did harbour thoughts at one time of being a fashion designer but realizes that the world of fashion is difficult to get into. That’s why she has opted to become a business person instead, while still continuing to appreciate art. And her art may come in handy in the future as one of her goals of being in business for herself is to be able to help out the community. This might take the form of giving food to the homeless if she were to operate a food truck downtown or perhaps giving free art lessons to children. “I just always wanted to give back to the community,” she says. Johanna’s creative talents also extend to music as she plays the guitar, something that she started when she was about ten years old. She does not play to perform but rather just to relieve stress and enjoy herself. One of Johanna’s passions is astrology, palm reading and face reading. A cousin introduced her to astrology a couple of years ago and she now enjoys studying the planets and stars. She also finds that horoscopes are a conversation topic that many seem to enjoy. She does not believe everything that horoscopes and astrology reveal but she finds it interesting, calling it simply a hobby. Johanna has a new interest in that she is getting Yorkie puppy from a breeder whom she has already named “Juno.” She has had dogs before as well as a cat, so she is confident that she will be able to take care of Juno properly and easily. This is Johanna’s first year at Sacred Heart, having attended St. Paul Catholic High School previously before the family moved to Stittsville. “I enjoy it here a lot,” she says about her new Sacred Heart experience. She thought that the transition to a new school in this, her graduating year, would be difficult but she has found that she has been well accepted and that her efforts at school seem to be drawing a lot of positive encouragement.
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