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Recent scrutiny on the Ottawa Police Service will not spare it from city council’s tax-increase limit.
As members of the Ottawa Po-lice Services Board heard about measures being undertaken to address allegations of prisoner abuse, the service was also grap-pling with council’s recent di-rection that will force the police budget to trim $6 million.
City council adopted Mayor Jim Watson’s election promise of a 2.5 per cent tax increase lim-it for the 2011 budgets, as well as all departments – including the police.
After the police services board meeting on Dec. 20, acting police chief Gilles Larochelle said hit-ting that target will be a chal-lenge for the service.
“It’s going to have an impact to
our organization and ultimately to the community,” he said. “So we’re trying to see what we can do to work with the city and the direction of the board to meet that goal.”
Larochelle was fi lling in for Chief Vern White, who was out of the country for his wedding and honeymoon.
Next year’s draft police budget called for a 5.6 per cent increase, which will have to be trimmed to 2.5 per cent. Watson, who now sits on the police services board, offered the additional help of the city’s treasurer to fi nd savings.
Watson said the police service isn’t unique, and all city depart-ments have been instructed to tighten their budgets.
“The police budget will in-crease by several million dol-lars. It won’t increase as much, because we’re all living in a post-recession world and we have to show a degree of restraint,” he said.
“There is no question it’s go-ing to be diffi cult for every group to come in at that level,” Watson said. “We have some belt tighten-ing to do,” he said, adding there is no public appetite for growing tax increases.
“It’s not going to be easy, we never said it was,” he said, add-
ing that the 2.5 per cent fi gure matches recent infl ation rates.
ABUSE ALLEGATIONS
At the same time the police force grapples with slashes to its budget, it will also be under in-tense scrutiny.
The police services board signed off on an agreement that
will see the OPP step in to inves-tigate allegations of prisoner abuse in cellblocks following public furor over security videos showing offi cers roughing up prisoners.
In addition to the OPP inves-tigation, which will also involve the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), an independent consultant will prepare an audit of cellblock
procedures.Watson and members of the
board wanted timelines on the reports.
Larochelle said there are no timelines attached to the inves-tigation, but he said he hoped it would be concluded “sooner than later.”
But some changes – including audio recordings on cellblock videos – will start as soon as pos-sible in the new year, Larochelle said.
“I think it’s quite important to help understanding what oc-curs in a cellblock. (It) will help offi cers articulate as well what’s occurring, because right now we just have simple video,” he said.
Following the cellblock audits, the police force will also receive recommendations on how to train offi cers who work in cell-blocks, as well as an audit of use of force complaints.
Also last week, lawyers acting on behalf of Stacy Bonds fi led a lawsuit against the police servic-es board with regards to her ar-rest and treatment in a cellblock, as shown in a video.
Watson said he couldn’t com-ment on a case before the courts, but said, “Obviously, the police services board will fi le a defense within the due time.”
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The city’s green bin program hit its expected target of diverting 53,000 tonnes of organic waste from landfi lls in its fi rst year.
The program began in January, and the city had hoped to divert between 47,000 and 55,000 tonnes of organic waste from landfi lls, McRae said.
But it still leaves taxpayers on the hook for around $2.5 million. That’s the amount of money the city paid for organics collection it didn’t use in 2010. Under the city’s contract with Orgaworld, Ottawa pays the company $93.40 per tonne to collect 80,000 tonnes of organic waste each year of its 20-year contract.
As for when the city could actually use its full 80,000-tonne collection amount, McRae said, “We can’t predict the year if we don’t change some of our behaviour.
“We’ve been very successful so far to get residents participating in the program, but if we want to boost our overall diversion, we have to take it to the next level,” she said. McRae, who was recently elected to lead the city’s environment committee, repeated her desire to continue discussions with residents to fi nd ways to encourage greater use of the green bins.
“Last term’s council I don’t think went far enough in having the debate,” McRae said.
The green bin program helped boost the city’s diversion rate from 32 to 41 per cent this year, which puts Ottawa on par with large cities such as Toronto (which had a 44 per cent diversion rate in 2009).
The province’s goal, which the city also adopted, is a 60 per cent diversion rate. Since Ottawa collects and average of 280,000 tonnes of residential waste annually, it would have needed to divert 170,000 tonnes of organics and recyclables from landfi lls to hit that target.
GREEN BINS COMING TO SOME APARTMENTS IN 2011
If you live in an apartment, you might be getting a green bin in the new year.The city will launch a pilot project to introduce organic-waste collection in high-rise
apartment buildings starting in January. While only three to fi ve apartment buildings will be included in the four-month pilot project (at least one of them in Centretown), the city hopes to have the results of the pilot completed by the end of 2011. However, rolling out the program to all 100,000 of the city’s apartment units in 2011 would be “a challenge,” said Marilyn Journeaux, manager of solid waste management for the city.
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A Barrhaven man received the Carn-egie Hero Fund Commission on Dec. 22, awarded “to risk their lives to an extraor-dinary degree while saving or attempting to save the lives of others.”
Gheorghita (George) Rusu, 21, was responsible for assisting Canada Post employee Brenda Van Leyen when she was assaulted by her former boyfriend Claude Légaré at a Barrhaven Shopper’s Drug Mart on Nov. 6, 2009.
Légaré stabbed Van Leyen multiple times with a knife during the assault.
According to a description on the Carnegie Herod Fund website, Rusu – an employee at the 3781 Strandherd Dr. drug-store location – heard Van Leyen screaming from the outside the store and went to see what was going on.
He approached Légaré front behind and pushed him against a wall, but Lé-
garé then stabbed him in the chest. Rusu went back to the store to have staff call police.
Légaré left the scene before police ar-rived. He died in a house fi re in Kempt-ville fi ve days later.
Van Leyen was hospitalized a month for treatment of numerous stab wounds. Rusu also required hospital treatment.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awards committee is made up of 21 people from the Pittsburgh area. The committee receives updates of heroic acts through a wire service and then conduct interviews with witnesses and law enforcement and give out the awards quarterly to Ameri-can and Canadian citizens.
Rusu is one of 21 people to win the award this quarter and one of 86 people to win this year. He will receive $5,000 U.S. for his efforts.
There have been 9,412 the total awards handed out since its inception in 1904.
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Wendy Armstrong says she can help people alleviate stress by using the man-made computer we were born with.
“We have been given the most unique computer,” she says. “Understanding how our brain works and creating joy and peace is something we are all capable of doing.”
Armstrong, a certifi ed hypnotist, is conducting a free seminar at the Ruth E. Dickson Library at the Walter Baker Centre on Jan. 4, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The purpose of the presentation is to focus at-tention on the growing fi eld of hypnotism and promote the Seventh Annual World Hypnotism Day.
“Hypnosis is now known to be a suc-cessful approach for positive and healthy personal change,” says Armstrong. “It has been found to be quick, comfortable, effective and lasting.”
Hypnotists around the world will be
presenting classes, lectures, and demon-strations of hypnotism to improve the awareness of the uses and benefi ts of hypnosis on Jan. 4.
“Life doesn’t have to be an unconscious reaction to the chance encounters of your everyday life. There is a safe and proven solution to escape the pain and struggle of an inauthentic life,” says Armstrong.
She has been a hypnotist for more than 10 years in the Barrhaven area. She is a member of the Nepean Chamber of Com-merce and says she wants to keep busi-ness in her community. This is the sixth year for her to offer this free seminar.
“I’ve been getting great feedback,” she said. “Last year was standing room only.”
Admission to the seminar is free. Pre-registration is essential. Contact Arm-strong at [email protected] or at 613-823-3316. For further information about World Hypnotism Day events in our area, call Wendy Armstrong, 613-823-3316.
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DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN
When Cassidy Munford was told she had been nominated as one of Ontario’s leaders of tomorrow for her countless hours of volunteering, she was nearly speechless.
But it wasn’t because the Nepean resi-dent was overwhelmed by receiving the award. She just never thought she’d be recognized for something she enjoyed doing.
“I just like to help people,” the polite 15-year-old simply said. “I just like know-ing that I made them feel better.”
Cassidy was informed she’d been cho-sen as a 2010 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award nominee on Dec. 13.
She was one of 105 children and youths from aged 6 to 17, who were selected be-cause of their outstanding contributions to their communities across the prov-ince.
The 12 fi nal recipients will be an-nounced on Jan. 21 by the Ontario Com-munity Newspapers Association.
Cassidy was nominated by close fam-ily-friend Chereen Gervais, who has wit-nessed much of Cassidy’s hard work fi rst hand.
Gervais said her reason to submit Cas-sidy’s name was easy: She shows initia-tive beyond her years.
“She’s asked and she does,” Gervais said. “Or more like, she sees and she does.”
The Grade 10 student at St. Pius X Catholic High School was constantly over at Gervais’s Barrhaven home shov-elling snow or mowing the lawn. Gervais has to tend carefully to her husband who has been suffering from cancer and a stroke.
Cassidy also frequently runs “Camp Cassidy” at the Gervais residence for her two grandchildren Leeah, 7, and Re-aghan, 5, which she has done for the last three years – following in the footsteps of her brother Riley, 18.
She does all the planning whenever she babysits and purchases whatever she needs to run her activities.
“She’s just so easy to be around,” Gervais said. “She’s so great. It doesn’t matter if the child is two or 68, she just accommodates everybody. She’s a won-
derful child and she’ll do anything for anybody.”
A strong athlete who ski instructs chil-dren in Wakefi eld, Que., plays football, baseball and hockey – an even competed in boys’ contact until this season through the Nepean Minor Hockey Association – Cassidy is always on the move.
Last summer she helped bail hay at some of her great-uncles’ farms across the region, without hesitation.
Most recently, Cassidy organized the St. Elizabeth Church’s Christmas pag-eant sold hotdogs and played the accor-dion. She had an excellent view of Re-aghan, who played a black sheep at the Dec. 12 event.
“She’s not too shy to play with kids to show people that she’ll play with the children,” Gervais said. “Some 15-year-olds won’t do that.”
Cassidy’s mother Lisa Sullivan read the description that Gervais provided when nominating her daughter.
She said she was taken aback by the wording.
“It brings tears to your eyes reading the things that were said about her,” Cas-sidy’s mother said. “I see her that way but when others see her that way too, it’s kind of nice.
“It was a surprise for the two of us be-cause she’s not one to pat herself on the back.”
So whether it’s teaching a neighbour-hood child how to ride a bike or tending to her 90-year-old great-grandmother will continue to lend a hand.
“It shows that it does something,” she fi nally said of her nomination, “but it’s just a cherry on top.
“I guess it’s good to know that I help people and they appreciate it.”
JENNIFER MCINTOSH
Yash Banderi is not just a regular 10-year-old.
The Farley Mowat Public School stu-dent is a dedicated volunteer and active member of the Nepalese community in Barrhaven.
Yash has been nominated for the On-tario Community Newspaper Associa-tion’s Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year award.
The Banderi family moved to Canada from the United States in 2005 and relo-cated to Barrhaven in 2006.
Every year since then, Yash has been helping out with the annual food drive driven by the Nepalese community in his neighbourhood.
“He started volunteering with the food bank when he was six years old,” Dr. Pawan Agrawal, a fellow volunteer with for the food drive, said. “Yash has become a driving force for this group.”
Ganesh, Yash’s father, said he was surprised by his son’s dedication to the cause.
“We live on the other side of the street near Beatrice so he decided to go out on our own the very fi rst year,” Ganesh said. “And then he tried to collect more than the groups of 10 or 15. It was so cute, him carrying his own bag.”
In the fi rst year, Yash helped to collect 60 pounds of food in the fi rst phase of the drive, and his numbers have been im-proving since.
This past summer, Yash was out again collecting food for the Food Bank again, despite losing his mother to leukemia in September of 2009.
“He wanted to keep doing it and make his mother proud,” Ganesh said.
This plucky little boy also leads by example at his school, where he volun-teers sorting food for the food train and is a “buddy” to some of the younger stu-dents.
“Yash is a high-achieving student who sets goals for himself and reaches them on a consistent basis,” Katrina Smith, one of Yash’s teachers at Farley Mowat, wrote on his nomination form. “He volun-teers within the school, assisting young-
er students in getting on the proper bus daily. Yash is an important, contributing member of the wolf pack (student body) at Farley Mowat.”
Aside from his volunteer work, Ga-nesh said Yash is a bright, funny kid who loves books and plays on the computer.
“He is so smart,” said the proud father, “He will hear about things on the news and want to Google them or check Wiki-pedia to learn more.”
Ganesh said he recalled a time when the members of the Nepalese communi-ty in his neighbourhood were attending a workshop on volunteerism. The guest speaker said that residents would have to give 100 per cent during the food drive that year.
Yash asked, “Why don’t we give 1,000 per cent? That’s more.”
On Dec. 22, Yash’s 10th birthday father and son were working side-by-side at Ga-nesh’s offi ce, since Yash was off school for Christmas holidays.
“We are very close now,” Ganesh said.Their small family will soon grow, as
Ganesh and Yash travelled to Nepal last month, where Ganesh was married.
“She is still in Nepal and Yash is so happy,” Ganesh said. “This shows his at-titude, so acceptable and optimistic.”
Young volunteer gets accolades from the community
YASH BANDERI
Award nominee ‘accommodates everybody’
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DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN
It looks like Ottawa will be-come more of a wasteland.
The city has submitted a proposal to demolish the solid waste facility building at 4475 Trail Road and reconstruct it at over four times the size.
Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt wrote in an email that “the larger facility will al-low for centralization of staff whereas they are now situated at multiple facilities across the city.”
The fi nal decision for the site – located on the north-east side of Trail Road between Cam-brian and Barnsdale road, just west of Highway 416 – will be rendered by the city’s the plan-ning and growth development by Feb. 11.
The proposed building will have a gross-fl oor area of 3,225 metres square. The front half of the building will consist of the offi ces and the rear half of the building will be the garage. The amount of parking area will also be increased under the proposal.
The existing building has a gross-fl oor area of 912 metres square.
The subject site is on a prop-erty with an area of over 150 hectares.
App contest puts open data on agendaLAURA MUELLER
These developers are taking sets of digital information about the city and spinning them into handy tools for people to use on their cell phone and computers.
From fi nding fun Saturday-morning activities for children to locating the best dog parks in the city, the applications that will be developed during the event will bolster resident’s ability to use the city’s new “open data” policy.
While creating these intricate techie tools only appeals to a small group of people, the apps can be used by anyone and every-one who has access to a smart-phone or computer – and the city is hoping that gets residents in-terested in the initiative.
The contest closes on Jan. 3, and after that, it’s up to the pub-lic to weigh in on what they think are the best apps. Voting will take place online at www.apps4ottawa.com from Jan. 4 to 28 to choose the Peoples’ Choice Award. There is also a panel of judges – includ-ing developers, researchers and librarians – who will dole out the rest of the cash prizes: $50,000 in total.
OPENING UP THE CITY’S DATA
Last spring, the City of Ottawa began a process of making its in-formation available to the public as “open data” – a philosophy that certain government data be open-
ly available in a digital format. The move is meant to increase transparency at city hall and re-move barriers to information to allow people to fi nd innovative uses for it, and perhaps spur on community involvement and eco-nomic development.
The app contest isn’t just a way to get developers and residents interested in how open data can help them – it’s also a way to show city employees how useful it is and convince any remain-ing skeptics that it is worth their time to convert data into an “open format.”
It takes a bit of work, but the city’s information technology staffers have yet to come across a city department that has said “no,” said Robert Giggey, one of the IT staff members who is working on the project.
“Our hope is that the contest will also do that – help drive home that message,” Giggey. “Showing them the apps may spark that in-terest.”
FRIENDLY ‘HACKERS’ PITCH IN
The popularity of open data in Ottawa wouldn’t be nearly as high without the involvement of advocates like Tracy Lauriault and Edward Ocampo-Gooding, Giggey said.
“This group has been very ac-tive,” Giggey said. “They are like-minded individuals who have helped out since the beginning.”
Lauriault, a Carleton Univer-
sity researcher, and Ocampo-Gooding, an open data advocate and developer, have worked with the city’s information technology subcommittee and IT staff to bol-ster the initiative.
Ocampo-Gooding was one of the organizers of two “hack-athons” held at city hall in 2010, the most recent of which was on Dec. 4. The events bring together members of the public, research-ers, designers and developers to create useful apps and encour-age the city to create data sets to make the apps work.
On Dec. 4, hackathon partici-pants put their ideas for data sets and apps down on paper, and now that brainstorm is something city staff and the information technology subcommittee can use to fuel the initiative.
Things like the hackathon are helping guide city staff as they navigate which sets of data are in the highest demand and which will be most useful to residents, Giggey said.
A couple of the ideas that came out of the hackathon were a OC Transpo bus locater powered by GPS info found on 90 per cent of buses, a community equipment lock locator and an idea to pool resources and share things like snowplows within a neighbour-hood.
SUSTAINABLE APPS
One of the issues that will face the creators of apps for the con-
test is how to keep their creations going over time. Apps need updat-ing and they need to be hosted on-line for people to download, and that takes time, effort and money. At some point developers provid-ing the apps for free will likely give up on the pet projects.
In the contest rules, the city en-courages developers to keep their apps available for six months after the contest. But Ocampo-Good-ing said he would like to see more incentive for creators to keep the apps up. He’s proposing the city take a look at how it hands out contracts and consider changing the rules to make it easier for de-velopers – many of whom do this work in their free time – could qualify to land an app-creation contract with the city.
But there is also a role for the free market, Ocampo-Gooding said. Sometimes apps that are developed to be sold in the pri-vate marketplace could answer peoples’ needs better than an app created by and for the city, he said.
People interested in open data and how it can be used in Ottawa will have more opportunities to connect with Ocampo-Gooding and the unoffi cial Open Data Ottawa group in the new year – Ocampo-Gooding is looking to set up regular meetings. More info can be found on the Google Group (www.groups.google.com and search “Open Data Ottawa”) or by following @opendataottawa on Twitter.
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Cathy Pearen has never been alone during the holidays.
With a tight extended family and friends, she’s surrounded by everyone she loves during the season. But for the past decade she’s also given back on Christmas Day, serving Hintonburgers and those who live outside the commu-nity at the annual Christmas dinner held at the Carleton Tavern.
“I fell in love with volunteering and I’ve been doing it ever since the dinner started,” said Pearen, a Barrhaven resi-dent.
Now in its 10th year, the annual free dinner is open to everyone – whether they’re in need, or if they don’t have any-one else to spend Christmas with.
Cheryl Parrott is involved with the Economic Development Committee in Hintonburg which is one of the sponsors for the event.
She said the committee has always been involved in holiday dinners in the city and when The Carleton Tavern’s owner decided to open the restaurant’s doors on Christmas, the committee want-ed to help out.
“There used to be two buildings with the restaurant and tavern side by side,”
explained Parrott. “A lot of the donations in early years came through friends of The Carleton Tavern and suppliers.”
Over the years, the tavern building is still standing and the annual dinner takes place in the pub. The amount of volunteers also grew and now the event has evolved into a big celebration.
“Everyone takes on different parts of it,” said Parrott. “It’s gone well beyond my organizational capacity and so we’re very thankful more people have come on board.”
Over the years, Parrott said it’s become clear that there’s not just an economic need in Ottawa but also a social need.
She said Christmas can be one of the loneliest days of the year for those who might not have a family to share it with.
“We don’t want anyone to be alone at
Christmas,” Parrott said. “It started be-cause of an economic need, but we also realized there’s also that need to not be alone at Christmas.”
Mark Vallillee, also a Barrhaven resi-dent, has also been volunteering his time at the tavern a year or two after it start-ed, and he said it’s a great way to spend the holiday as someone who’s single with no children.
The volunteer also gives his time at the Shepherds of Good Hope – among many others.
“I try and give back and this is a great experience here,” he said.
He added that he has met some memo-rable people over the years while vol-unteering – and even has a couple fans who greet him every year at the tavern’s Christmas dinner.
“There’s one girl who’s here every year in the same sweater, and as soon as she sees me, she lights up,” Vallillee laughed. “If only she was 40 years younger!”
Parrott said that there’s a misconcep-tion that the dinner is just for those who are needy, and there’s a donation box for anyone who would like to come to the dinner and donate some food.
Pearen added that she’s seen people “dressed to the nines” at the dinner, and the event is a true community effort.
)“Everybody’s got a smile on their face, they really do,” said Pearen. “They’re so thrilled to be part of it. Whether you’re a volunteer or participating, everyone is the same.”
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In two days, I will join my family for Christ-mas. It is a time to spread goodwill where we can, and celebrate that for which we are thankful.
While I’m there, I hope to see my parents’ old friend, François d’Orglandes.
François is an artist whose family is known for taking in less fortunate strangers for din-ner on Christmas Eve. They personify the “kindness of strangers”. They make it easier to build healthy, secure, vibrant communities.
In the same way, The Ottawa Hospital ben-efi ts from remarkable community support.
What our community leaders, philanthro-pists and, in many cases, your neighbors have achieved this year is impressive.
The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s 20/20 Campaign raised $24.5 Million for a new Cancer Centre at the General Campus, as
well as the Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre at the Queensway Carleton Hospital. The community’s contributions have made a meaningful difference.
They have allowed the centralization of nine radiation machines at the General Cam-pus; added 15 new chemotherapy chairs, for a total of 50, to the cancer program; offered more natural light and comforting clinical en-vironments to cancer patients; and provided them and their families with easy, comfort-able access to outdoor areas. All of this will help the recovery process.
There’s more. Our community has do-nated over $2 million dollars to research at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Most recently, they have made possible the acquisi-tion of CyberKnife, a revolutionary radio-sur-gery system that can eliminate the need for invasive surgery in many cases.
Soon, they will enable us to fund the in-stallation of the Canadian Forces CAREN system, a virtual reality simulator to assist the rehabilitation of Canadian Forces combat casualties, as well as the other patients.
This generosity improves the quality of care patients receive every day. Donations make a real difference. In other words, the community is the hospital’s foundation. To fi nd out more, visit www.ohfoundation.ca
NicolasRuszkowski
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Navigating Roundabouts
The City of Ottawa is installing more and more roundabouts in place of traditional intersections. Roundabouts are easy to use and, more importantly, safer than traditional intersections.
The following tips will help steer you in the right direction when it comes to navigating roundabouts:
Tips for Drivers• Reduce your speed when approaching a roundabout.• Watch for pedestrians and cyclists and be prepared to stop if necessary.• When approaching a roundabout, you will see a yield sign and a thick painted
dashed line (yield line). Look to the left for approaching traffi c within the round-about and be prepared to stop. Vehicles in the roundabout have the right of way.
• If another vehicle is stopped at the yield line, do not stop on the crosswalk. Keep the crosswalk clear for pedestrians.
• Enter the roundabout when there is an acceptable gap in traffi c.• Once in the roundabout, you have the right-of-way over all entering traffi c.• Do not attempt to overtake other vehicles, including bicycles.• As you approach your exit, use your right turn signal to indicate your exit.• As you exit the roundabout, maintain your slow speed and watch for pedestrians
and cyclists.
For pedestrian and cyclist tips, or to learn how to navigate two-lane roundabouts like the one currently being installed in Orléans,
visit: ottawa.ca/roundabouts.435443
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Photo by Kristy WallaceVolunteers Mark Vallillee and Cathy Pearen spend their Christmas giving back to the an-nual Hintonburg dinner that takes place every Dec. 25.
Barrhaven volunteers help in other communities
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Steve Desroches nabs deputy-mayor seatEMMA JACKSON AND LAURA MUELLER
Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches won’t just be serving his ward this term – he will be representing the entire city as one of two deputy mayors.
Desroches will share the role with West Carleton-March Coun. Eli El-Chantiry. The two deputies will mainly perform ceremonial functions when Mayor Jim Watson is not available.
“I’m very excited about it. I think this is the fi rst time in a modern, post-amalga-mation city that we’re going to have two permanent deputy mayors, and I think it will allow for better co-ordination with the mayor’s offi ce,” Desroches said.
“At the beginning of the term, (I) had said to the mayor that I would be pre-pared to serve in a leadership role if there was room on the team for me,” he continued. “So I’m excited about it.”
Desroches said his solid working re-lationship with the mayor dates back to 1988, when he was working as a page in the House of Commons while Watson was working for the House Speaker. They also worked together to obtain funding for local projects, including the Strand-herd-Armstrong Bridge, while Watson was an MPP.
Desroches said the role will give him a chance to help set the agenda for the city.
“I think part of the job is being in the
community and listening to residents and hearing what their priorities are,” he said. “I think it’s more than just help-ing our mayor when he’s not around. I know there are a number of initiatives
that he wants to get off the ground and I’d be very happy to help him, especially in the area of economic development and tourism for our city.”
Economic development will be impor-
tant for all of Ottawa, but particularly Ottawa south, Desroches said.
“We’ve got a new congress centre that will be opening and I think we’ve got some work to do to support our tourism industry as well as promote employment in the city of Ottawa,” he said. “I’ve got in Ottawa south alone some employment lands that I would like to see move for-ward so that we have employment areas throughout the city, not just in the west end or in the core.”
While the deputy role will add a lot more work onto his plate, Desroches said it won’t impede his ability to serve resi-dents of Gloucester-South Nepean.
“I think it complements it (my role as councillor),” Desroches said. “I don’t see any diffi culties there. Job one, of course, is to serve my constituents and I’m going to continue to do that.”
The issues that Desroches is hearing that will matter to his constituents in the next four years continues to be infra-structure projects, such as the Strand-herd-Armstrong bridge, the Strandherd Drive extension and the Earl Armstrong Road widening.
“We’ve made a lot of progress over the last four years, but we know this commu-nity is going to continue to grow, it’s pro-jected to grow signifi cantly over the next decade,” he said.
“So we continue to have work to do in the area of infrastructure, in providing the area with services.”
City Hall
Laura Mueller photoSteve Desroches (right) will share the role of deputy mayor with Eli El-Chantiry. He is pictured with Mayor Jim Watson.
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EDITORIAL
Another year on the calendar looms and, for many of us right about now, annual thoughts of a new year’s resolution arise once more.
Quit smoking, work less, lose weight, get active, take a vaca-tion or go back to school.
A good resolution that many forget about is scheduling “you time.”
It’s important take the time to recharge and refresh your-self; a healthy work-life balance demands time out.
All work and no play is a recipe for mental and physical disaster. So if you have trouble freeing up time to do the things you enjoy, write time regularly into your schedule to “meet with yourself” and stick to that commitment. If you won’t invest in yourself, who will?
If you’re like most people, you spend lunch time on the
phone or trying to catch up on paperwork. You try to fulfi ll your family commitments and other obligations. You fi t in a few more hours of work in the evening, or even pull an occasional all-nighter when a deadline looms.
And you feel especially stressed because there’s never enough time, no matter how hard you work.
It’s not the amount of time that matters, but our percep-tion of it and that depends upon our attitude.
We can all remember occa-sions when time seemed to pass so excruciatingly slowly it was frozen, or weeks that seemed to whiz by. Time is fi xed, but our perception of it isn’t.
Our basic biology is also fi xed. Most people need a period of time each day to re-charge themselves. They need
a certain amount of time to refl ect, to enjoy, to energize, or to simply pause - to do some-thing that gives them respite or pleasure so they can deal with the stresses of the day.
So think about yourself. What is it that you like or need to do that will refresh you and allow you to return to the fray with a clearer head and more energy?
Whatever it is, schedule it into your day, as you would any business-related activity.
Think of it as a meeting with yourself. And stick to it just as religiously as you would if it was a meeting with a client. That daily half hour or hour that you schedule for you will more than repay the time in-vested. It will make you better able to cope with stress, more productive in your work, and better tempered.
Schedule ‘you time’ in 2011
Since it is extremely risky to predict what will happen in the year ahead, more prudent predictors like to predict what won’t happen. Sticking oneself way out on a limb, here goes.
In 2011, the following won’t happen:— The tunnel won’t be dug under down-
town Ottawa. This is partly because of the most recent revelations about bedrock, soil or whatever it is and partly because people looked at the estimated four years of construction and concluded that four years of Albert Street was marginally better than four years of no Albert Street. But it is mostly because people are thinking: “A tunnel? Under downtown Ottawa? Are you kidding?” Upon learning that Albert Street is not going to be a tunnel, certain people will demand that it become a bicycle path.
— Gasoline prices will not hit $2 a litre. They will stop at around $1.98. Those who hoped that higher gas prices would cause people to drive less will be disappointed. This is because people will be driving all over town trying to fi nd gas that costs less than $1.98.
— There will not be great disappoint-ment over the non-construction of the Albert Street tunnel. An exception will be those who hoped most of the buildings on Albert Street would be put underground as
well.— The Lansdowne Park development
won’t happen. Neighbourhood pressure might be a factor. And with the CFL, you never know. They might decide to expand into Latin America instead of Ottawa. But the main factor will be the Ex. No matter what anyone says, the Ex is never leaving Lansdowne Park. And no one wants to live in new housing that has a ferris wheel outside the window.
— The Senators will not win the Stanley Cup. There’s a shocker.
— The four-laning of Highway 7 be-tween Carleton Place and Ottawa won’t be fi nished. Once it’s fi nished the provincial government will have to take down all those signs about how hard it’s working for us. Highways are always more politically useful while they’re being built than when
they’re fi nished. So it’s important to keep the work going as long as possible. They’ve done a good job of it so far.
(As a special bonus, here’s a prediction about what won’t happen in 2012: Once the highway is completed, the traffi c won’t be any lighter. This is in line with the prin-ciple that says the more lanes are available the more cars will fi ll them. No one know where those extra cars come from, but there may be a secret factory somewhere.)
— Lawn chairs won’t be banned at Blues-fest. It is diffi cult to overstate the impor-tant of lawn chairs to the local economy. Not only do people invest heavily in lawn chairs, but they also buy larger vehicles to carry them around and, needless to say, look for venues to take them to. Fortunately, the Bluesfest organizers realize this.
—Drive-thru doughnut shops will not be banned, despite concerns about air pollu-tion from idling cars. To the contrary, the drive-thru trend will continue. The latest: drive-thru taxidermists.
— In a related development, moose will not be banned from suburban streets. City council will consider enacting a bylaw to this effect. But animal experts will dis-suade them, saying that most moose do not read signs well and those that do will just become angry, which no one wants.
As a consequence, council will decide that moose will be allowed to roam the streets as long as they have a permit.
— Mayor Jim Watson will not attend every public event in the city. A duplicate bridge tournament in Highland Park will somehow escape his attention and he will unaccountably be absent from a tribute to Citizen columnist Randall Denley. Every-thing else he’ll be at.
— The NCC will not allow further con-struction on LeBreton Flats. Asked about the vast acreage of empty space, a spokes-person will say: “We’ve only been at this since 1960. Don’t rush us.”
CHARLES GORDON
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DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN
Students and staff at Moth-er Teresa High School have stepped up to plate to make the holidays a more enjoyable time for local families.
The school received countless donations through its Charity Chaplaincy Program, and will now be able to randomly pro-vide gift cards to 15 families in need throughout the communi-ty in time for the holidays.
The school raised $6,500 in cash, which will be converted into Canadian Tire and Wal-Mart gift cards, plus $1,500 in Canadian Tire money.
Their goal was to raise $4,000 in cash and $1,000 in Canadian Tire money.
“It’s been a huge success,” Martha Dougherty, school chap-lain, said. “The kids have come through like you wouldn’t be-lieve.
“I’m really proud of this com-munity.”
The school used to prepare hampers for local families, but because of religious concerns with food preparation and too many canned-good donations, it became too much of a hassle.
“In the past it’s been really stressful getting the hampers together,” Dougherty said.
So instead, the chaplaincy program’s A Chance To Serve students went a head with a dif-ferent idea.
Grade 8 students Ben O’Neil and Zach Dreier headed up a group of volunteers that tire-lessly counted cash donations and dozens of fi ve-and-10-cent Canadian Tire bills.
“You have no idea,” Zach said, when asked how long it took to add everything up. “My dad col-lected Canadian Tire money for 21 years and donated $240.”
Although a lot of work, Ben didn’t hesitate when asked what his favourite part of the experi-ence has been.
“Just to see you class get ex-cited about it and put money in that bucket,” he said.
Ben said his class alone do-nated $300.
Photo by Daniel Nugent-Bowman
Mother Teresa High School Grade 8 students Ben O’Neil, left, and Zach Dreier played a pivotal role in sorting and counting donations so that 15 families enjoy a happier holiday season.
Mother Teresa gives holiday joy
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2010 In Review
JANUARY
Const. Czapnik honoured
In a fi tting tribute to his mem-ory, Constable Ireneusz “Eric” Czapnik’s hat was placed upon his casket. It was a true testa-ment to the career he loved, one he had selected at a time when most are considering retire-ment. Called a hero by his step-son Luckasz Galaska, Czapnik was the oldest recruit in the his-tory of the Ottawa police force, donning the uniform in 2007 at the age of 48. Ottawa police
Chief Vern White told the story of how Czapnik had joined the force, following in his father’s footsteps. “When many offi cers are nearing the sunset of their careers, the sun was rising on his,” White said. “When he was hired the recruiting offi cer simply said, ‘I have never seen anyone who wanted something so bad.’” Despite his being new to the force, the Czapnik ser-vice was attended by more than 8,000 people at Lansdowne, with many more braving the January weather to sit outside and watch the procession arrive from Car-leton University. Bank Street was a sea of blue on Jan. 5 as police offi cers paraded towards the Civic Centre to remember their fallen comrade.
Moffatt announces intentions
As a 25-year-old Carleton Uni-versity student, Scott Moffatt fi nished as runner-up in the 2006 race for the Rideau-Goul-bourn city council seat. Mof-fatt came second to incumbent Glenn Brooks, taking more than 30 per cent of the votes cast. Brooks took 44 per cent and two other candidates garnered less than 13 per cent each. At 28 and a graduate of history, political
science and law, Moffatt is in the 2010 race.
Watson’s Mill celebrates 150th
anniversaryThe federal government has
pitched in more than $117,000 to support Watson’s Mill 150th an-niversary celebrations in 2010. While demonstrating the old-fashioned way to pound fl our, Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre announced the fund-ing on Jan. 8. “The Conservative government is pleased to part-ner with Manotick residents in celebrating this historic occa-sion,” said Poilievre. The fed-eral contribution provided by Heritage Canada will be used for 150th anniversary-related promotional activity, marketing and other programs. Along with these items, Watson’s Mill also plans to host artwork, theatrical productions and legacy projects so everyone can share in this celebration.
FEBRUARY
Skating with Lemieux
As Habib Saikali watched his
11-year-old son Michael skate with Pittsburgh Penguins leg-end Mario Lemieux, he couldn’t help but feel a little emotional. The Riverside South resident had a front-row view to see Mi-chael pass and shoot with one of his favourite players for nearly 20 minutes at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh on Jan. 28. But for Saikali, the experience took on added signifi cance because Mi-chael is a Hodgkin’s lymphoma survivor like Lemieux.
Pitbull dog put down
The pit bull who killed a Bam, fi ve-month-old Labrador retriever-border collie, has al-legedly been put down. On Jan.
28, the puppy was out for a walk with owner Bi Pham near their home on Chapman Mills Drive in South Nepean when the pit bull, owned by a neighbour, at-tacked. The pit bull charged from four or fi ve houses away and lunged onto the puppy and wouldn’t let go for several min-utes until the man was able to restrain him. Bam died on the way to the hospital. Program manager of bylaw enforcement with the City of Ottawa Craig Calder attended the premises of the owner and issued a $610 fi ne and a muzzle order last Wednes-day, but was told by the owner that he had put the dog down.
Coyote issuesReassurances from city and
provincial employees carried little weight with some of the 80-plus people who attended a meeting about coyotes on Feb. 18 in Osgoode. Ministry of Nat-ural Resources staffers couldn’t rule out coyote confl icts with humans, which left some people fearful that a child or even an adult may one day be attacked. MNR biologist Scott Smithers said the statistics show coyotes are not a threat to human safety in Ottawa, “but some have the potential to be dangerous.” He also referred to coyotes as “un-predictable by nature.”
CONST. IRENEUSZ CZAPNIK
Bam, the pup, died as a result of a pitbull attack.
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MARCH
New rec path caters to snowmobilers and ATV
driversOsgoode Coun. Doug Thompson
announced that a proposed $800,000 multi-use pathway reconstruction linking Osgoode Main Street to the airport will not be paved to ensure optimum usability for snowmobilers and ATV riders. Thompson made the announcement after the public meet-ing at the Osgoode Community Centre on Feb. 25. He said the hope is for the pathway to be completed by the fall. “Not that snowmobilers rule the day, but they say that if it’s paved it’s more diffi cult for them to use,” Thompson said. “ATVers say the same thing so I think everyone’s pretty well in agree-ment there.”
Ottawa Region Media Group goes online
Ottawa Region Media Group is pleased to announce the launch of its redesigned website, YourOttawaRe-gion.com. Readers across the area now have 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week access to expanded community news, photos, videos and myriad other elements. The company is excited to launch the evolution of its latest on-line product, said Regional Publisher Chris McWebb. “Connecting with your local and neighbouring commu-nities will never be easier with our trusted local newspapers working in tandem with our new superb commu-nity website. It is truly a very exciting advance in our services to our valued
readers and customers” The new site will serve as the premier destination for news and activities happening in the towns and villages of this region.
Community space at a premium
A planned expansion to the Rideau-view Community Centre will provide welcome space for programs which as “bursting at the seams,” according to Gloucester-South Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches. “This is to deal with the current need in the community,” Des-roches said recently while walking the hallways of the community centre. The $800,000 expansion project will add about 100 square metres of new space; a new meeting room similar to the existing conference room that can divided into two smaller spaces.
New digs for police department
Initial planning has begun for the construction of a two-storey, 9,000-square-metre patrolling police sta-tion just west of the future Strand-herd-Armstrong bridge. According to Jimmy Mui, executive director of corporate support for the Ottawa po-lice, city council has earmarked $54 million for the acquisition of between two and four hectares of land, plus construction of the station – which will be fi nalized by the end of 2012. “If you’re estimating about 10 acres of land, the land and site develop-ment costs are probably about $6 mil-lion. The total project cost is about $54 million – so quite a sizable chunk of change,” he said. “The city has dibs on that land and we have the opportunity to take that over. Part of the challenge is that we’re not too sure what our to-tal footprint size is going to be.” Mui estimates that 40 per cent of the sta-tion would be for patrolling purposes, a quarter for emergency operations, another quarter for a communica-tions call centre, with the remaining space for miscellaneous uses.
Young philanthropist earns
trip to WashingtonFive days of hookey is usually
enough to land any student in the hot water. But Mitchell Kurylowicz is not just any student. The Grade 7 Steve MacLean Public School scholar was away at the fi ve-day People to People Leadership Forum in Washington, which began Mar. 8. Mitchell was nominated to attend the renowned international program by his former teacher Karen Prytulak, who instruct-ed him last year. Prytulak felt that Mitchell should be selected based on his outstanding academic merit, com-munity participation, and leadership potential.
More space for River-side South
Riverside South residents will have a little more community-owned space
by the end of the year. The plans for an addition to the Riverview Community Centre were unveiled on Saturday at Moncion’s grocery store, and Coun. Steve Desroches was on hand to an-swer questions from curious shoppers. The $800,000 expansion project will add about 100 square metres of new space. One of the new meeting rooms planed for the Riverview Community Centre will be larger than the existing meeting space. Another meeting room will be suitable for about four people at a time, and more storage space will be added too.
Liberals spark energy roundtable
Canadians and Canadian business owners need clarity when it comes to the nation’s response to climate change, says Ottawa South MP David McGuinty. Instead, McGuinty says the Harper government refuses to put a price on carbon emissions, which will leave Canada at a disadvantage as green energy development goes else-where. “People want to do the right thing,” the federal Liberal energy crit-ic said March 18 in Barrhaven. “Busi-nesses want to do the right thing. They are frustrated. All they want is clarity. Make the rules clear and fair.
APRIL
Learning sacrifi ceCanadian students are about to
learn the meaning of sacrifi ce as over 2,400 Canadian school kids, teachers and administrators are travelling to the Europe to take part in the 65th an-niversary of Victory in Europe Day in the Netherlands, next month. Jean-Pierre Blackburn, minister of veteran affairs and minister of state, and MP Rick Dykstra (Con-St. Catharines), presented a Canadian fl ag that fl ew atop the Peace Tower to students who will attend events in the Netherlands during the week of May 3; VE-Day is May 8. At the end of the trip, the fl ag will be presented to the Dutch govern-ment to be displayed in the Nether-lands.
Dozois returns to limited role
When Matt Dozois suffered a grade 2 tear to his MCL with 10 games left in his Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL) season, doctors said he wouldn’t play again until next sea-son. The Manotick resident was told the injury would take 12 weeks to re-cover from properly and that he would have to watch his Blind River Beavers teammates compete in the NOJHL playoffs from the stands. But Dozois had other ideas. He returned in a lim-ited role with tw
o games remaining in the season, before leading his team into the post-season. Even though the Beavers lost in the fi rst round to the Soo Eagles in fi ve games – thanks in large part to Ea-gles goalie Michael Doan who made 62 saves in a in the fi nal game – Dozois’s efforts were enough to earn him team MVP honour
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Front page photosJanuary: The Ottawa River provides a shock to a swimmer at the annual Polar Bear Dip in Brittania Bay on New Year’s Day.
February: Castor Valley Elementary School students raised money to throw pies at their teachers.
March: The Paralympic Flame was lit downtown at Parliament Hill.
April: Cancer campaign kick off with the daffodil sales.
May: Barrhaven Legion members help clean up the area.
June: Students from Farley Mowat Public School in Barrhaven have a fun day before the end of school year.
July: Christain Williams was killed in an illegal street racing incident off Claridge Drive in Barrhaven.
August: Summer fi shing action.
September: Ottawa Police Chief Vern White spoke about terrisim.
October: Jim Watson was elected as the Mayor of Ottawa.
November: MPP Lisa MacLeod wants to make Re-membrance Day a holiday.
December: Manotick Lions Club Santa Parade was enjoyed by hundreds of people this year.
The 2010 In Review continues next week.
HEATCarleton University men’s basketball team takes part in the Canadian Intter-university Sport basketball champion-ship at Scotiabank Place.
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Norris, Carriveau, Johnston named to
Yzerman teamDANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN
Three Nepean Raiders have been se-lected to play in the 2011 CHL All-Star Game as the league announced its rosters on Dec. 21.
Centre Brent Norris, defencemen Zach Carriveau and Ryan Johnston will com-pete for the Yzerman Division team at the Jan. 12 game, which will be played at the
Bell Sensplex. Norris – who competed for Canada East
at the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game Dec. 7 and 8 – leads the Raiders with 44 points in 38 games. The 17-year-old Nepean native is also ninth in league scoring.
Carriveau, 20, leads all defencemen in CHL scoring with 34 points. The Hollis, Maine native has played in all but one of the Raiders’ 40 games so far.
Johnston ranks third in points among blue-liners with 28 points. The 18-year-old from Sudbury, Ont. is a fi rst-year Raider who was acquired from the Elmira Sugar Kings of the Mid Western Jr. B league last July.
Three Raiders named CHL all-stars
A Nepean Raiders alumnus has been picked by hockey great Mark Messier to play for Canada at the upcoming 2010 Spengler Cup.
Former goaltender Tyler Moss was se-lected by Messier – the team’s head coach – on Dec. 16. Moss played with the Raiders during the 1991-92 season before moving onto the Ontario Hockey League’s Kings-ton Frontenacs.
The Ottawa native was drafted in the second round, 29th overall of the 1993 NHL
draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning and went onto play for the Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes and Vancouver Ca-nucks. The 35-year-old currently plays for Langnau of the Swiss league.
The Spengler Cup is an annual holiday tournament in Davos, Switzerland hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos. It runs from Boxing Day to New Year’s Eve. The tour-nament is an invitational event for Euro-pean club teams, but a Canadian national team has participated each year since 1984. Canada has won the Spengler Cup 11 times, most recently in 2008.
Former Nepean goalie picked for Spengler Cup
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Fire department plansOttawa’s fi re department needs bet-
ter equipment and training, according to the new fi re chief. John deHooge said part of the solution may be a single city training facility that serves all police, fi re and paramedic staff. DeHooge said preliminary discussions between the three emergency services have already been held. The chief mentioned the idea during a public meeting hosted by Coun. Glenn Brooks’ at the Manotick Legion branch on April 27. DeHooge fi rst suggst-ed the fi re service needs a single training site. Hamilton plans to open its new $25-million multi-agency training complex by March 2011.
Literary award winnerAs she stepped to the podium at the
Manotick Legion’s poster and literary awards, she couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous. After all, she was reading her own poem to nearly 300 people in St. Francis Xavier’s large gymnasium. But as Laura Sandre began reading Why Do You Remember? – a poem that received an honourable mention at the Dominion or national level – those fears quickly dissipated. “I felt so proud that someone did recognize the work that I had done,” the Grade 11 St. Mark’s Catholic High School said. “I felt even more proud to be reading about our country, to be speak-ing on behalf of our country.”
The house Roger builtOttawa’s newest team may be small
in size, but it comes with big goals. Ten children from across eastern Ontario were named to a Dream Team on May 19 during an event at Roger’s House. They have all used the services of Roger’s House in the past, and now aim to raise money to keep the house in business. Roger’s House – named in honour of the late NHL hockey coach Roger Neilson – provides palliative and respite care to children suffering life-threatening con-ditions, and their families.
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Helping soldiersAnne Duquette remembers how tough
it was not having her husband around in the year following the birth of their fi rst-born child. But what was tougher for
the Osgoode resident was that Jim didn’t ever get that time back. So it came with great satisfaction for Duquette that the Fairness for Military Families Act was passed unanimously at a parliamentary committee on May 26. “It’s a relief that it’s fi nally being done,” she said. “It’s too late for us, for it to help our family, but there’s so many more families that will be able to benefi t from this and be able to spend time with their babies.
Food bank need jumps Joanne Robb has seen demand jump at
the Barrhaven Food Cupboard, and she believes the recession may be the cause. “There have been more families,” she said. “It seemed to be when we noticed the increase was when the economy went bad.” Robb, who is the school food drive co-ordinator, said students across Barrhaven have helped keep shelves at the food cupboard stocked.
Downtown feel for Longfi elds Drive
Longfi elds Drive will get the look of a downtown if plans proposed by Paquette Planning Associates Ltd. are approved by the city. Paquette is planning for resi-dential developments on a total of about 50 hectares of land on both sides of Longfi elds, near Pierre Elliot Trudeau French public elementary school. Along with townhouses, the plans call for some retail-residential mixed-use buildings to form a streetscape along Longfi elds. The mixed-use buildings will be built right to the sidewalk, with retail on the ground fl oor, reminiscent of the Glebe or West-boro.
New look along riverMinto hired a consultant who looked
at how the Rideau River mixes with ex-isting homes in Manotick, the homes’ appearance and existing landmarks such as Watson’s Mill. Murray showed a number of photographs during the pre-sentation at the Manotick Legion in an effort to show that the village’s current look will infl uence construction of the roughly 1,400 homes that will eventually make up the Mahogany subdivision.
Seeking MP supportMany grandmothers in Africa are ras-
ing their grandchildren because their child’s parent has been killed by AIDS. Through fundraising efforts here in Can-ada, Grandmothers to Grandmothers and the Stephen Lewis Foundation have helped fund more than 350 projects in 15 countries. The Rideau Grannies held a bridge and dessert party to bring in do-nations. The Grassroots Grannies held a plant and garden tour.
Red fl ags for centreThe president of the Manotick Village
and Community Association (MVCA) believes the appetite is there for another retirement residence. Just not the way plans are laid out right now. Construc-tion is set to begin on the Manotick Villa on the Rideau, a three-storey 126-unit se-niors residence, in spring 2011 on Bridge Street. The facility will contain studio, single and double suite rooms and should be fi nished by late 2012.
Christopher Bertolissi was recognized for his Legion artwork.
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