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Even though the deadline had comeand gone June 13 for notices of claimagainst the city emerging from the flashflood on May 29, the city was being inun-dated with new ones last week.It’s the postmark on the envelope

rather than the arrival date that counts,said assistant city clerk Nancy Gagnon.By June 20, the city had received more

than 160 notices of the intention to file aclaim, and more were expected, she said.This is believed to be the most received bythe city for any one incident since theflood of 1987. At thattime, she said, city staff

Still arriving after deadline

City delugedwith floodclaims

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A crew of workers with Arbo Design was at the corner of St. Catherine St. and Lansdowne Ave. themorning of June 20 to start cutting down the giant cottonwood in the dog run. According to the city ofWestmount, the tree’s crown was mostly dead. See story June 19, p. 1. The dog run was closed duringthe work, which continued into the next day. See more photos, p. 10. Photo: Martin C. Barry

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A demolition hearing is slated to takeplace July 9 at city hall for 42 BelvedereRd., a house overlooking the city on thenorth side of the winding street as its zig-zags into a continuation of Sunnyside.The house is built into the site of the

old quarry that once supplied much of thestone used to build Westmount houses.The tall rock cliff that rises at the north-

east corner of the property “contributes tothe unique character of the site” and helpsdefine the planned enlarging of the home,according to the public demolition fileopened last week at city hall.While the basics of the existing house

are to remain intact in its redesign, morethan 50 percent of the façade is to be re-moved, which requires the issuing of ademolition permit.Plans call for the current two-storey sin-

gle-family dwelling to have a third floorcontained within a sloped roof with dorm-ers. As well, an L-shaped addition wouldbe built at the northeast corner and thegarage repositioned to conceal visibility of

the door from the street.The new design with a peaked roof is

seen as harmonizing well with thestreetscape and will use the same Ashleystone cladding. The work has an estimatedcost of some $750,000.While the existing house is considered

to be in good condition and judged to have“significant value” as a heritage CategoryII building, it is not deemed to have his-toric value or to be an “outstanding” archi-tectural example of the modern era.These are factors described as playing

a role in the decision of the city’s PlanningAdvisory Committee (PAC) May 29 to rec-ommend the preliminary building plan tothe demolition committee.The PAC found the new plan integrates

well into the streetscape and acknowl-edges the presence of the rock cliff.Designed originally in 1936 by Norton

Fellowes, who lived in Westmount, its re-design is being undertaken by Westmountarchitect Paul Grenier, a member of thePAC, who as a result, has been excusinghimself from the design review, accordingto minutes of PAC meetings.

Stone cliff helps define new design

Demo hearing called for July 9 on 42 Belvedere Rd.

A tall rock cliff characterizes the property at 42 Belvedere Rd., where owners are applying for ademolition permit required for its make-over, as explained by the demolition sign posted outside.

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New two-way traffic regulations forRedfern Ave. (St. Catherine north to mid-block) may still need adjustments, saidPublic Security director David Sedgwicklast week. The changes went into effectJune 14 to provide direct access to andfrom the construction site at 215 Redfernso trucks would not have to go north to deMaisonneuve, crossing the bike path.Some drivers, however – mainly from

the apartment building at 4300 de Maison-neuve and parkers from a commercialbuilding – appear to be taking advantageof the change, adding to an already con-gested stretch.

By Laureen Sweeney

There’s something about a weddingthat seems to tug at everyone’s heartstrings – and a Saturday ceremony June 16at Westmount Park Church was no excep-tion. City officials and contractors at the

arena/pool site report rushing to open upaccess to the front door and clean up asmuch as possible.The morning before, access to the front

door of the church had been blocked off,tractors and other construction equipmentfor the arena/pool project were seen goingto and fro only feet away, and all cyclistsand pedestrians were blocked from head-ing east on de Maisonneuve at Lans-downe.And overnight, someone painted graf-

fiti on the stone wall of the church besidethe front door that was discovered justafter 7 am on the day of the wedding.Meanwhile, officials said, the contrac-

tor had moved back the security fencing byFriday afternoon to free up the sidewalkand provide access to the front door andnewly laid sod the church’s landscaper hadlaid down.“As soon as we heard about the graffiti,

we sent the city’s cleaners over to removeit and they responded very quickly,” saidPublic Security director David Sedgwick.

Public Security on hand

“We also had two officers posted out-side for the wedding,” he said. Guestswere assisted with parking, and cyclistswere prevented from riding along thenewly freed-up sidewalk to reach the bikepath.The Pomerleau site manager Marc Pla-

mondon “was most helpful with the relo-cation of fencing to accommodate thewedding,” said Sports and Recreation di-rector Mike Deegan. He said a church of-ficial had “confirmed to me that all wentwell.”“We all tried to make the effort to pro-

vide access to the front door,” said city di-rector general Duncan Campbell. Thechurch has provided the city with a list ofupcoming weddings so the contractor canbe prepared, he said. Another weddingwas scheduled for last weekend.He pointed out that the blocked access

to the front door earlier in the week wasunexpected owing to the unscheduled Bellwork to install a new manhole (see June19, p. 4).Now that there is partial reopening of

the access to Westmount Park – for pedes-trians and cyclists pushing bikes – “therewill be a gradual retraction of the safetyfencing” to just north of the south side-walk on de Maisonneuve, Campbell said.At the moment, however, the opening

is not wide enough to accommodate bothcyclists and pedestrians so cyclists willhave to dismount and walk past thechurch, which many had been doing lastweek, he said. However, “The behaviour ofsome cyclists has been less than exem-plary.”

Sidewalk opened for walk-through to Westmount Park

Church regains access in time for wedding

Redfern trafficunder adjustment

By Isaac Olson

People trying to head east along deMaisonneuve from Decarie will need tofind an alternate route as de Maisonneuvewill be reduced to one westbound lane be-tween Decarie and Northcliffe from July toSeptember. The city of Montreal is plan-ning to renovate the sewers.This is according to NDG councillor

Peter McQueen, who made the an-nouncement during the June 19 meetingof the Good Neighbourly Relations Com-mittee, which discusses construction inand around the incoming McGill Univer-sity Health Centre (MUHC) hospital.The sewer project, he explained, is in-

tended to mitigate basement flooding inthe area. It means crews will be excavatingde Maisonneuve eastward from Decarie toinstall large sewer conduits, then up

Northcliffe all the way up to Sherbrookeand, eventually, eastward.

Potrykus still waiting

Just as the meeting was closing, West-mounter Wanda Potrykus asked officialswhen she was going to hear back aboutdamage to her home she claims wascaused by more than a year of earth-shak-ing pile driving at the hospital site.It has been two months since she filed

a complaint with SNC Lavalin aboutcracked plaster in her home, but, asidefrom people coming in to take pictures,she had not heard back, she later told theIndependent.She was directed to an MUHC repre-

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The city’s new waste management by-law requiring garden debris be put out inspecial heavy duty paper bags has resultedin some contractors dumping plastic bags-ful on public or other people’s property,Public Security and Public Works officialssaid last week.“Unfortunately, they’re playing the

game,” said Public Works director Mari-anne Zalzal. “If they’re not putting it in

paper bags, they’re dumping their plasticbags on public property and sneakingaway. They’re polluting the city.”The non-compliant contractors typically

re-use their left-over plastic bags from peatmoss and other gardening material.Because the city contractor for organic

waste will no longer collect garden residueput out in plastic, it means Public Worksemployees are going around picking themup. This takes them away from other du-ties, Zalzal said.

Campaign waged

It has also resulted in Public Securitywaging a concerted campaign to find of-fenders, said assistant Public Security di-rector Greg McBain. “We know theirdumping spots, but catching them isn’teasy.” Public Works has put up warningsigns at the locations.One of the spots, the median on Surrey

Gardens, has long been known as a placewhere contractors leave garden debris. Apool liner was recently thrown there, Za-lzal said.“We’ve been helping Public Works by

keeping an eye out for offenders,” McBainsaid. Officers have also been giving out no-

tices asking residents to advise their con-tractors to use the paper bags when theplastic bags are seen on private property.These have been left at more than 25 resi-dences.One Public Security report May 9 docu-

mented the complaint of a resident onUpper Bellevue stating someone haddumped seven plastic bags on her prop-erty (see May 22, p. 8).Another incident on June 10 involved

several garbage bags that were found un-collected from the sidewalk outside ahouse on Elm, but it could not be con-firmed that the bags came from that prop-erty. When the resident was finallyreached the next day, he stated he knewnothing about them since he had just re-turned from a trip.And in yet another case, an Independent

reader claimed recently to have seen agarbage bag sitting on the sidewalk forabout four weeks on Côte St. Antoine andForden. This left officials puzzled that ithadn’t been noticed by passing patrols onthe lookout for such rogue bags. The offences have left officials hoping

to catch at least one or two offenders so theword will get around. “We don’t have

garbage police,” McBain pointed out.Enforcement was one of the challenges

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recalled “boxes and boxes” of claims.An estimated 95 percent of the current

claims are from insurance companies,Gagnon said. No dollar amount is yetknown since at this stage all that is re-quired is notification of the intent to file aclaim.All would be turned over to the city’s

claims adjuster for investigation. Whenamounts of individual claims are known,those exceeding the city’s $10,000 insur-ance deductible are turned over to the in-surer. Smaller ones, if deemed eligible, arepaid directly from the city clerk’s budget,Gagnon said.“We take our responsibilities seriously,”

she explained.Meanwhile, anyone who has filed a no-

tice of claim can expect to receive a letter ofacknowledgement, she said. Public Workshas also been asked for a technical reportto be used by the claims adjustor in inves-tigating individual claims, she said.

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Suspicious activityat lookoutTwo public safety officers patrolling at

the Summit lookout at 4:15 am June 12spotted two people in an illegally parkedcar whose driver appeared to be rolling ajoint, Public Security officials said. Withthe arrival of officers, the car sped offquickly but not before its licence plate wasrecorded. A $52 ticket was to be sent offthrough Montreal municipal court and po-lice were notified about possible drug pos-session.


By Laureen Sweeney

Residents of 52 Academy Rd., whoseapartments on the west side overlookArena Drive, are discovering first handwhat it’s like to live virtually in a construc-tion site.In strings of emails received by the In-

dependent over the last two weeks, some ofthe concerns allege insufficient wateringdown of dust, idling work vehicles, use ofthe building’s outside water tap by work-ers and trespassing on the building prop-erty.

Complaints passed on to contractor

“All complaints have been passed on tothe contractor, who is aware of our regula-tions,” Councillor Patrick Martin, projectchair, said last week.But given the hot weather last week,

Westmount Park Church moved to helpthe construction workers.“We have opened the church up for the

female construction workers to use ourwashroom facilities and for everyone to re-fill their water bottles,” church adminis-trator Shelagh McNally told the

Independent. “It has been very hot work forthem, and we wanted to extend some kind-ness towards the people doing the groundwork.”Some were known to have taken ad-

vantage of the invitation.Among complaints from one resident

was this question: Why do the contractor’s“powershovels run their engines withoutstop right through the lunch break eventhough the machines are still and the op-erators absent?” wrote George Ritter, in anemail.“Sometimes it’s hard to start up some

of the machines again,” Martin told the In-dependent. “It can take awhile.”

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Another concern expressed by Ritter iswhether or not the city is deriving revenuefrom the sale of recyclable material thathas been separated into mounds of rubblesuch as concrete, brick, steel and wood.To this, Martin explains that the city

won’t receive any financial benefit. It has aset price agreement with the contractorwho assumes all risk – gains and losses –from the recycling, one of the conditions

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clers is factored in plus the cost of sepa-rating the material, “hopefully he’sbreaking even on the sale from disposal ofthe material,” Martin said.

He also said that regarding to the con-cerns of another tenant about dust arisingfrom the work, “A lot of water is beingpoured on the site using a high pressurehose. I think the contractor is doing all hecan in that regard.” He also said the city isreminding the contractor daily of resi-dents’ concerns.

The unlucky owner of a BMW 3 Se-ries was victimized twice in as manydays.The first time, thieves broke in and

stole a pair of glasses. The second time,occurring only two days later on June 17,somebody stole the car itself, which wasparked on Grosvenor near Sherbrooke.The theft happened sometime between9:30 pm and early the next morning.“This doesn’t mean it was the same

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walk through the park atyour own riskI am writing in response to Roger

Jochym’s letter “Cyclists in harm’s way” inthe June 19 issue, p. 6. He must be takinga completely different path than anyoneelse in the city. I have seen way too manycyclists who are just ignoring the “pathclosed” signs and are roaring down thebike path and the pedestrian pathsthrough the park. I know of one womanwalking her dog who was hit by one of thecyclists. There doesn’t seem to be any confusion

on behalf of the cyclists. As usual, they aredoing as they please regardless of warn-ings such as the “walk your bike” signs,the detour signs, etc. These seem to fallunder the same category as red lights andstop signs. As someone who lives right next to the

[arena/pool project] construction site, Ihave to walk almost to Melville and go upthrough the field in front of the school tocross into the park. Even though thesepaths are closed, I have had to wait to crossdue to the number of cyclists bombingthrough.Walking the dog in the park, where

bikes are not allowed, has become an ex-ercise in leaping to the side to avoid beinghit. I put forth that Pomerleau, while not

my favourite people these days, are not theonly reason for the problems of cycliststhese days.By the way, I too cycle to work and back.

If you use the road, you should complywith the rules of the road. To not do soshows nothing but arrogance and a senseof entitlement.

Belinda Bowes, Academy Rd.

Fines seem to be only wayto handle bold cyclists The problem with a well-meaning ini-

tiative is that support can overwhelm con-cerns. That is what happens when a citybecomes emotionally invested in an issue,like bike paths.Some cyclists are getting bolder with vi-

olating stop lights at the St.Catherine/Claremont/de Maisonneuve in-tersection, a busy area, especially for manypedestrians going to and from theVendôme Metro station.Imagine: you are crossing a light at the

southeast corner of de Maisonneuve (tothe southwest corner), only to be con-fronted by a cyclist northbound on St.Catherine, who should be stopped at a redlight. With me so far? Now imagine the cy-clist wheeling in front of you to turn west-bound on de Maisonneuve. I have beenrattled by such a pirouette more than oncerecently.

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Others have chimed in on these pageswith similar concerns about errant cy-clists. But the time is long past for publiccomplaints, because cyclists will continueto take risks unless there are conse-quences.Bike paths in heavily-trafficked areas in

Westmount need a monitoring presence,(police?) at least during rush hours, withfines handed out to violators.It is one thing to embrace bike paths

with such enthusiasm – quite another topermit their continued use without meas-ures to ensure compliance with the lawsof the road, and pedestrian/vehicularsafety.

Dorothy Lipovenko, York St.

Fore, golf balls!To add to the usual overflowing garbage

cans, beer bottles and condoms normallyfound in Murray Park, please add golfballs to that list. Our aspiring golfers were out practis-

ing and these were found around the dogrun fence the next morning by your faith-ful correspondent.

David Ludmer, Grosvenor Ave.

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Griffon, an almost 10-year-oldgolden retriever was “doingsomething he probably is notsupposed to do, but found suchrelief from the 40˚ heat June 21 inthe fountain on the corner of Elmand Sherbrooke. It looks like he’ssmiling ’cause he’s so happy!” saidElizabeth Hasse.

Photo courtesy of E. Hasse

Dog days of summer?

Less $ way to deal withsquirrels, re: KnuttalWell, it was a disappointing week for

squirrels living in Westmount.Recently, the municipal court of Mon-

treal found a Westmounter guilty of feed-ing wildlife. But Westmount PublicSecurity doesn’t find this action absurdenough! Thanks to their undercover oper-ation, this Westmounter will face addi-tional court action next year.The stated reasons for this vendetta are

twofold: to keep keep rats (a kind ofwildlife, clearly) from proliferating inWestmount Park; and because of peanut-related allergies among many young chil-dren these days.A simpler solution would be for city

council to decree that squirrels no longerbe deemed wildlife, but instead shall beknown as cute fuzzy ambassador mascotsof the city. A feeding location (altar possi-bly), inaccessible to rats, could be built inWestmount Park, where potato chips (notpeanuts) be fed to us squirrels – all of thiswould be tremendously less expensivethan what is currently being pursued.It is heartening to know our position on

the wildlife feeding by-law is sound. WhenWestmount Public Security and GeorgeBowser (“Rats!” May 8, p. 24) are on othersides of an issue, you can be sure that youaren’t on the absurdly foolish side of thatissue. Be strong Westmounters.

Skip Knuttal, chairsquirrel,Westmount Squirrel Anti-

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A ruling by the Supreme Court ofCanada June 15 reinforced the principle of“fairness” and “equity” in how the federalgovernment pays “in lieu of” propery taxcompensation to municipalities. Federal and provincial governments

pay taxes to municipalities on a specialbasis.In Westmount, such revenue from both

federal and provincial propertiesamounted to close to $3.6 million in 2011.In relaying the ruling in a communiqué

issued June 18, the Federation of Cana-dian Municipalities (FCM) called it a “verysignificant day for municipalities across

the country.”The FCM and the city of Toronto were

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By Isaac Olson

While bad driving can lead to some-body getting the finger, an incident onJune 15 left a 65-year-old Montreal residentwith a broken one instead.Now police are searching for the driver

involved in the “hit and run” even thoughthe sought suspect never actually hit any-thing.Just after 2:30 pm, a cyclist was head-

ing south on Victoria near the Boulevard,when a motorist made a sudden move, ac-cording to Station 12’s constable AdalbertPimentel. The driver’s sudden manoeuvrecaused the cyclist to hit the brakes hard.The cyclist lost control of the bike and fell.The driver left the scene, making it a “hitand run” crime, explained Pimentel.“When you cause an accident, you have

to stay on the scene, call the police andwait for officers to respond,” he said. “Oth-erwise, it’s a violation of the highwaysafety code.”The cyclist, he said, was transported to

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The Supreme Court of Canada ruledJune 22 that a Westmount tree that fell ona car in August 2006, killing its driverGabriel Rossy, did qualify as a road acci-dent under Quebec’s no-fault insurance.The city of Westmount’s insurer Lloyd’s

of London maintained the family of thevictim was entitled only to indemnity pro-vided by the Société de l’assurance auto-mobile du Québec (SAAQ) because hewas driving along Côte des Neiges Rd.,when a large tree on Westmount propertyfell onto the vehicle.The family, represented by West-

mounter Julius Grey, claimed it was not acar accident and that Rossy, 27 at the time,could have been hit by the tree had hebeen a pedestrian.The leave to appeal to the Supreme

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The leave to appeal application of par-ents Hagop Artinian and Kathryn Rosen-stein against a judgement for defamationawarded to former Roslyn teacher MaryKanavaros was dismissed with costs bythe Supreme Court on June 21.According to the court’s website, the

parents initially sued for educationalmalpractice. On the morning of the trial,the parties agreed to a settlement thatcontained a confidentiality clause. Whileleaving the courthouse, the parents werequestioned by the media and said thatthey had “made their point.” Kanavarossued for defamation and was awarded$234,011 in damages at trial. The parentsappealed the award, but the QuebecCourt of Appeal dismissed the appeal,which dismissal has now been upheld bythe Supreme Court.

Cell phone user plowsinto cabA cyclist talking on a cell phone rode

into the back of a taxi stopped at a red lighton Sherbrooke at Lansdowne June 8, Pub-lic Security officials said. No injuries werereported but one of the taxi’s tail lights wasbroken. The cyclist was identified as a 23-year-old Ottawa resident.

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“Words after Dark,” 5 to 7 pm. SergeChapleau and Aislin present three NewYorker cartoonists: Barry Blitt, Anita Kunzand Matte Diffee at Moyse Hall in McGillUniversity’s Arts building, 853 Sher-brooke St. W. Tickets: $10 if purchased atthe Westmount Public Library.

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The annual Table of Hope, held on May22, was declared by many to be “the bestever.”

The event co-presidents WestmounterMila Mulroney and Daniel Fournierhosted the patrons’ cocktail (tickets were$200), emceed by E-Talk Daily host BenMulroney, attending with his wife JessicaBrownstein and their baby twins John andBrian. The “other” Brian Mulroney looked on

proudly. Westmounter Peter Starr (there with

son Paul) presented the Laurie-NormandStarr Award to Judy Stevens, retired

founder/director of Share the Warmth(STW), the organization receiving the pro-ceeds from the evening. General admission ($125) saw food

lovers surging into the ballroom at theQueen E to sample delights from 35 topMontreal restaurants, which had donatedfood, time and staff to the cause. Eachresto was paired with a sous-chef/Mon-treal personality. Among the many gra-cious sous-chefs who donated their timewere Westmounters Bill Brownstein,Aaron Rand, George Bowser and MosePersico, as well as star performers SugarSammy and Jonas. Noted during the eve were Westmoun-

ters Cornelia and Alexis Nihon, SondraandMichael Palanghio, Lilliana Simpson,Nancy and Harry Bloomfield, BunnyBerke and Larry Lusko, Linda Smith, Joelleand Bruce Kent, and Rosemary Niro, aswell as Table of Hope committee pres Her-man Alvès, MP Tyrone Benskin, boxerJean Pascal, Lise Watier and Serge Roche-leau, Liza Frulla and STW board membersJeffrey Broomer (presi-dent), Philip Malewski(MBacal Group),Patrick Telio(Chemotec) andRoberto Pietracupa(ScotiaMcLeod).The evening raised

$193,000 for Share theWarmth, the non-profitPoint St. Charles organ-ization, whose missionis to help overcomehunger and poverty. Ithelps needy children byproviding food, schoolsupplies, tutoring andwork programs.w w w . s h a r e t h e -warmth.ca.

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Daniel Fournier and Herman Alvès.

Jonas (Tomalty), Mila Mulroney and her grandson Brian.

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Social Notes continued from p. 16

Bill Brownstein, Sugar Sammy and Brian Mulroney.

Jessica Brownstein and Ben Mulroney with their children John and Brian.

each year in Italy, begins on the GeorgeWashington Bridge and continues on a177 km-long route through rural roadsand scenic towns. Riders compete againsteach other and themselves in a race thathas four “timed” climbs, the steepest ofwhich is the nearly four-mile ascent up toBear Mountain in Harriman State Park.With 5,000 registered riders, Jones was

determined to do her personal best; win-ning overall was a complete surprise.“I was stunned,” she said. “I never

thought I would win.”

The grand prize is an $8,000 Pinarellobike Jones gets to keep, pending the re-sults of a drug test as per the anti-dopingregulations upheld by the event organiz-ers.“After I did the podium, I had to go to

the Porta Potty and give a sample and awoman had to come in with me and watchme,” said Jones. Not one to sit on her laurels, Jones was

already training for her next race in LacMegantic, Quebec.

Susan Jones continued from p. 16

I’m frequentlysurprised by howmany of my studentshave never grilledfruit. Fruit is perfectfor the grill becauseit is so easy to pre-pare. All you need is

sliced fruit and cook-ing oil or butter.

Hard fruit like apples, pears andpineapples are the easiest to grill sincethey hold their shape and texture whilecooking. Softer fruits like peaches, nec-tarines, plums and mangoes will becomesoft and mushy if overcooked. Either way,pick a fresh, firm fruit that is just short ofbeing perfectly ripe. With many fruits, you can simply cut

them in half. Split bananas lengthwise(leave the peels on to hold them together)and cut apples, pears and similar fruitsdown the middle and remove the seedsand core. Typically, with most fruits youcan leave the peels on. Large fruit and cit-rus should be cut into slices to expose the

flesh to the flame.It is best to grill fruit over medium heat

on a very clean cooking grate. Nothing willruin the flavor of fruit like leftover drip-pings from the last batch of hamburgers! To keep the fruit from sticking to the

grill, lightly spray it with cooking oil orbrush with melted butter. Many oils, likeolive oil, have too strong of a flavour forfruit, so pick something that will comple-ment but not overpower it.Since fruit is naturally high in sugar,

you won’t typically need to add any. If youdo want it sweeter, you can dust the fruitwith brown sugar, but be careful becausesugars burn quickly and easily.To really add something to grilled fruit,

try marinating it in a combination of yourfavourite spices, fruit juices and alcohols.Use alcohol in moderation to preventflare-ups on the grill.Here’s one of my favourites:

Grilled bananas with honey-rum glaze

Serves 42 tbsp dark rum2 tbsp honey


Stir it up!

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Westmount High wins lipdubvideo contest for school spirit

Graduating Westmount High students Alexsandra Madzarevic (left) and Alexandra Peletz-Bohbotdance to the song “Celebration” at the school’s June 8 “spirit assembly.” Held on the last day of classes,the assembly included the launch of a 13-minute lipdub video, a continuously-filmed performanceinvolving a succession of nearly all the school’s population lip-syncing and/or dancing to a series of popsongs. The video, posted on YouTube under the title Westmount High Lipdub, earned the high schoolfirst place in a contest run by The Beat 92.5 FM. “The whole school came together,” said Peletz-Bohbot,when asked about the lipdub filming. “It was really nice to see.” Photo: Joanne Penhale

4 firm ripe bananas, peel on, sliced,lengthwise

1 tsp ground cinnamon1 pint chocolate or vanilla ice cream,frozen yogourt or 1 cup chocolatesauce

In a bowl, blend rum, honey and cinna-mon. Reserve.

Over direct medium heat, grill bananas,cut side down for 3 minutes or untilthey develop visible grill marks.

Turn them and brush with the honey-rum mixture.

Continue grilling, with lid down, forabout 5 minutes.

Remove peel and serve with ice cream.


Congratulations to the Class of 2012.Graduates will be pursuing post-secondary education at the following institutions:

Dawson College Collège Jean-de-BrébeufJohn Abbott CollegeLower Canada College (Gr. 12)Marianopolis CollegeVanier College

Appleby College, OakvilleUpper Canada College, Toronto

Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CTPhillips Andover Academy, Andover MDSt. Paul’s School, Concord NH�e Hotchkiss School, Lakeville CT

En mots simples, Selwyn est une fraternité.Nico Vit, Valedictorian

95, ch. Côte St-Antoine, Westmount QC H3Y 2H8Admissions: 514.931.2775 www.selwyn.ca

The University Women’s Club of Mon-treal (UWCM) Public Foundation, whichmeets at the Atwater Club, found whatseemed to be a natural place to donate$25,000 to mark its 25th anniversary lastmonth.Recipient of the money was Project

Chance, a private, non-profit communityorganization based in NDG, which sup-ports single mothers who are attendingschool full-time at the post-secondarylevel. The foundation’s mission is to award

bursaries to mature women to furthertheir university education, so it “quite sim-ply a good fit,” said Westmounter Mar-garet Jackson, who handles publicity forthe UWCM. The proposal submitted byProject Chance directs $5,000 towardsbursaries, with the $20,000 balance to besplit over two years to support its after-school program.

ECS students wins YPIfor Project Chance

ECS students Maggie Halickman, Vallerie Markopoulos, Sophia Mammas and Arianna Yoffe were thewinners of the Youth Philanthropy Initiative finals, which will see a $5,000 grant go to Project Chance,a charity that runs a 22-suite apartment building in Montreal to accommodate single mothers and theirchildren while the mothers are attending university or CEGEP. According to Arianna Yoffe, the groupchose Project Chance because “we felt it was an exemplary charity, which supported the ideals andvalues our school, ECS. We wanted to help these women who appeared to be in dire need of financialsupport to achieve their academic goals. We are so proud that we were able to obtain this prize moneyfor them.” Photo courtesy of Illeana Yoffe

At the University Women’s Club of Montreal’sMay 16 AGM held at the Atwater Club, TeresaCapel, executive director of Project Chance,explained how the after-school program for “latch-key kids” works.

UWCM donates to Project Chance

Landscaper finedA landscaper using a hose was issued a

ticket for $146 on June 13 when mud wasfound to be completely clogging a streetdrain outside 8 Hudson, Public Securityofficials said. Water was reported to bepooling up on the street as a result justaround 4:35 pm.

Yelling heard fromgreenhouse laneA call to Public Security June 14 about

men yelling in the lane behind the citygreen houses turned out to be a dispute in-volving the city’s garbage contractor andsomeone making a delivery, officials said.They were yelling back and forth around2:25 pm but the reason for their argumentwas not known.


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