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Corpus Christi celebrates Former principal Sr. Mary Stanton (seated), trustee Kathy Ablett

and former principal Lucille Pummer joined alumni and students to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Corpus Christi School April 29. The memory quilt shown was a collaborative effort of parents and students.

Come out and plant trees! BY ELAINE MARLIN

Community tree planting has become an annual rite of spring in the Glebe. This one-day event is a joyful, stress-free way to make a long-lasting contribution to your neighbourhood. This year's planting, a joint venture of Centretown and the Glebe, will continue last year's project of forming a screen of trees along both sides of the Queensway. IKEA, the home furnishings store, is contributing $1,500 towards the cost of the trees; some of its employees will also pitch in to help plant on a different date. On the Glebe side, volunteers will be

Lost logos Are you driving a no-name

car? In April, more than half a

dozen cars on Fourth Avenue were stripped of their brand name plaques.

"A number of Fords and Volkswagens lost their plaques in the last few weeks," says John Olson. "I replaced mine for $30." Another Fourth Avenue resident noticed the rear plaque on a BMW was missing, too.

Olson says there was no other damage. "They probably pry them with a screwdriver and off they come." He added, "It's hard to say why they do it."

Missing from Irene's Pub

Irene's Pub, 885 Bank St., is offering $100 reward for the re- turn of patio furniture that was stolen recently.

Three green tables and five green chairs disappeared around Easter weekend from the locked roof top storage. Call Irene Corey 230-4474.

given 24 Colorado spruce and Austrian pine (80 cm) and 12 red oak and bur oak (branched whip, 175-200 cm). On the Centretown side there will be 27 spruce and pine and 15 oak. The oak have excellent salt tolerance and are the most requested trees. There was a problem with last year's pine trees. Twelve died, perhaps because they were poorly potted and got off to a bad start. Better prepared pines have been re- quested for this spring.

Sandra Pilgrim from the city of Ottawa has been very helpful in

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No more garage sale gridlock

Garage sale organizers are taking steps to improve safety during the Great Glebe Garage Sale May 26.

The kits going out to vendors will ask them to advise people not to block traffic when they park.

A team of students and volun- teers will place flyers on the windshields of cars parked ille- gally, reminding them that the city's parking control team will be on the job all day.

The goal is to allow emergency vehicles and OC Transpo buses to make their way down Glebe streets, and to allow Glebites to get in and out of their own drive- ways. Last year some streets were completely blocked during the popular sale.

PARK AT LANSDOWNE Parking is available at

Lansdowne Saturday for a flat $3. Chris Bradshaw of the GCA

traffic committee suggests resi- dents allow their friends to park in their drives, and then every- body "should take a wagon."

Glebe traffic plan accepted BY SUSAN JERMYN

The final draft of the Glebe traffic plan 2001 was presented to the board of the GCA April 24.

The plan gives priority to neighbourhood safety. The aim is to manage traffic flowing through the Glebe so that it is largely restricted to arterial roads (Bronson, Bank, Chamberlain, Isabella and to some extent Queen Elizabeth Drive). This will minimize the effect of traffic on the neighbourhood and its core shopping and community facilities.

Even more restrictions on traffic entering the Glebe are proposed. Although this may cause some inconvenience to Glebe residents, too, the aim of the traffic plan is to distribute any effects equitably throughout the neighbourhood.

Pat Steenberg, traffic committee chair, and Brad Christakos, vice-chair, emphasized that emergency vehicles and OC Transpo would not be restricted by the proposals in the plan.

Speed limits of 40 km/hour, prohibiting right-hand turns

canal to the Queensway, many of them clutching table lamps, din- ing room chairs, stacks of old re- cords or some other treasures "that you just can't buy any- more."

Last year over 500 Glebe resi- dents held garage sales on the day. As always, the Glebe Com- munity Association invited the participants to donate a portion (usually 10 per cent) of their day's takings to The Food Bank. Almost $10,000 was raised for this worthy cause which indicates not only how generous the Glebe residents are, but also how big an event the Great Glebe Garage Sale has become.

HELPS 90 AGENCIES The money raised on this event

helps to supply the 90 agencies supported by The Food Bank. These agencies include soup kitchens, school breakfast pro- grams, emergency hamper pro- grams and women's shelters as well as the new Fresh Harvest Program and the equally new Baby Supply Cupboard which helps make baby food, formula, etc. more available to those moth- ers who are experiencing finan- cial difficulties.

Food Bank volunteers will be out on the morning of May 26 to distribute the information kits to

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from Bronson during peak hours and increased parking are some of the proposals in the draft traffic plan.

Traffic committee members say parking really slows the traffic. "Drivers are far more concerned about hitting a (parked) car than about hitting a person," says Steenberg.

Once the plan has been discussed by the Dow's Lake Residents Association, it will be presented in mid-May on the Glebe Community Association page of a local Web site: www.theglebeonline.com

The Glebe traffic plan will be presented to the public at the annual general meeting of the GCA May 16. A public meeting in the fall will seek comments and feedback from the community.

After five years of studies and public consultation, the draft plan is "pretty close to a finished product," says Brad Christakos. Once the neighbourhood has its say, the plan will go to city staff and city council. "We consider it a long-term set of requests for traffic management," says Christakos.

Garage sale aids food bank BY COLIN CHALK all the vendors.

Saturday, May 26 is this year's See you on the 26thI'll be date for the 15th annual Great looking out for you. Glebe Garage Sale. Anyone with questions about

That is when the streets of the the Great Glebe Garage Sale Glebe resemble New Orleans at should contact either George Mardi Gras. Thousands of bargain Holland at 235-4732 or Colin hunters roam the streets from the Chalk at The Food Bank at 745-

NEWS Abbotsford activities

BY GORDON HAUSER What would you like to see in a

seniors' community centre? The question was put recently to some interested seniors, those 55 or older, and a wish list was made. What we found interesting, after analyzing the choices, was that except for an indoor swimming pool and a full service bar, the other items on the list could be found up and running at Ab- botsford Senior Centre at 950 Bank St., opposite Lansdowne Park.

If you are a senior and haven't already checked out the facili- ties, please do so soon. A call to 230-5730 will confirm that we are open and available to give you a guided tour at your conven-

Sponsored by the Glebe Community Association to support

The Ottawa Food Bank Saturday, May 26th, 9 am to 3 pm

*in case of pouring rain

Rain Date: Sunday, May 27th, 9 am to 3 pm

Get together with your neighbours by selling your treasures or wander through the Glebe in search of bargains. To help support the Ottawa Food Bank, the Glebe Community Association asks that you donate 10% of your sales.

Register by May 18 to have your address and sale items entered on the Garage Sale Map. Complete the registration form below and drop it off at the Glebe Community Centre or at LOEB Glebe. You can also register by emailsend your name, address and sale items to George Holland at gholland@compmore.net.

For further information contact George Holland 235-4732

If you're interested in acting as coordinator for the 2002 Great Glebe Garage Sale, please contact George Holland at 235-4732. You could act as an understudy in this year's garage sale.

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ience. And there, while you have a coffee, you can review our pro- gram guide and see how many different activities we offer for your enjoyment.

To ensure we keep up-to-date with what our members desire, we have a suggestion box. The recent purchase of a Panasonic 50" TV with VCR is the kind of develop- ment that keeps us relevant to the times. As do our computer classes and our Internet club which always welcomes new par- ticipants.

Several weeks of a strike at Para Transpo made demands on our friendly volunteer drivers who pick up people and take them to hospital, doctor or footcare ap- pointments. A fee of $8 is charged for the round trip. Which leads me to ask if you are willing to occasionally volunteer to give assistance to seniors living in the community who require help keeping medical appointments. We would greatly appreciate your help. A call to Kathy at 230-5730 would save her a few gray hairs.

Four Glebe women are among 37 nominees for the YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Awards. The awards honour the outstand- ing achievements of women who have made exemplary contribu- tions to the community. The Glebe women have been nominated in the categories of the arts, educa- tion, charitable sector and com- munity volunteer.

JANET IRWIN For 20 years, Janet Irwin has

dedicated her life to the develop- ment of theatre and to the educa- tion of countless young people in the art of theatre. As a talented freelance director, teacher, writer, dramaturge and producer, Janet has worked with every Eng- lish-language theatre group in this city, and many of the compa- nies that have been formed here over the years would not have succeeded without her leadership and dedication.

PAULA AGULNIK Paula Agulnik recently cele-

brated her 15th year as executive director of REACH, a voluntary organization dedicated to persons with a disability. Under her lead- ership, REACH has grown from a fledgling local group to a thriving organization that provides edu- cational programs and legal services on disability and human rights issues. Paula is an excep- tional administrator, a successful fund-raiser and an extraordinary community developer. She brings to her work a deep respect for human dignity and a commitment that all disabled persons receive access to justice.

BARBARA RAMSAY Barbara Ramsay has played an

instrumental role in a variety of

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Community Police Centre hours will be changed to the following: Tues.-Fri. 1 p.m.-9 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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Local women nominated as Women of Distinction

organizations that improve health and social services for Ontarians. Barbara is a pharmacist by pro- fession. Today she balances her role as president of Barbara Ram- say Drugs Ltd., a provider of pharmacy products and services, with that of dedicated community volunteer. Barbara has actively volunteered to aid effective health care restructuring as trustee to the board of the River- side Hospital and to the Health Services Restructuring Imple- mentation Co-ordination Task Force for Ottawa-Carleton. Bar- bara also served as chair of the Distress Centre board. Along with serving on the board of the United Way, Barbara has become involved in countless other organizations designed to improve life in our community.

YVONNE BENTON While remaining grounded in

her vocation as a teacher, Yvonne Benton has experienced a range of responsibilities in education as a curriculum writer, principal and superintendent of education. She is especially known for her Chil- dren's Support Committee that has raised awareness and ob- tained funding to help children living in poverty. Yvonne was in- strumental in establishing an anti-racism and ethno-cultural policy at the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board. In 1999, Yvonne received the Director of Education Award for her out- standing contributions.

The National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinc- tion Awards will be presented to the winners at a dinner May 29.

To purchase tickets, call Heather Wilcox at 788-5043.

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When a parade of families with babies in strollers marches along the Rideau Canal June 3 to raise money for charity, Nancy Hellyer will be there, handing out bagels, and, if last year is any indica- tion, giving a talk about her daughter which will leave every- one wiping away tears.

The Strollerthon raises money for the Children's Wish Founda- tion of Canada, an organization that helps children with life- threatening illnesses fulfil their dreams. But in many ways, the Strollerthon is in memory of Nancy's daughter Maeve, a five- year-old girl who loved ladybugs.

Lyne Burton, co-owner of Boo- merang Kids, a consignment store that sells kids' clothes, toys and maternity wear, is a friend of Nancy's their daughters were the same age. The tWo morns would chat and compare notes as their daughters grew. Lyne loved the lively little Maeve. "She was such an adorable child, so advanced! She had a huge vocabulary for a little girl."

Maeve was 3 when she was diagnosed with leukemia. As she grew sicker, the Children's Wish Foundation asked Maeve if she had a wish. Maeve's dreams were modest She loved to watch the hot air balloons float in the sky. Maeve's wish was to ride in a hot air balloon. Ohand to eat zebra meat and frog's legs. A favourite storybook was about tigers who apparently eat zebras for break- fast. And if tigers ate zebra meat, well, then Maeve wanted to try it too.

Just before her fifth birthday, Maeve got her wish. She went up in a hot air balloon, sailing above all the other balloons in the sky. "She loved it," says Nancy. "She had absolutely no fear." A couple of days later, Maeve was picked

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Lyne Burton and Joan Garvey at Boomerang Kids were thinking about a charity event when they heard all about Maeve's balloon ride. The store organizes free strollercising classes for parents with babies in strollers.

"You see all these moms with their wonderful healthy children, having a grand old time," says Joan. "Sometimes it just hits you that there are these other chil- dren having a really hard time, and maybe this is what we can do to help."

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runs that feature thousands. "It's perfect for families," explains Lyne. "It's not for competitive runnersalthough some people who take part are pretty ath- letic," she laughs. "It's just two hours on a Sunday morning for you and your childgo for a walk, have a good time and to do some- thing good."

The Strollerthon has raised about $21,000 over the last two years for the Children's Wish Foundation. This year, the money raised will help send Shealyn, a three-year-old girl with leuke- mia, on her dream trip to Disney World.

REGISTER AT 1056 BANK Registration for the Stroller-

thon is $12 in advance, with ap- plications available at the store, 1056 Bank St., or $15 after May 27 and on the day of the event. The event starts in the Boomerang Kids parking lot on Sunday, June 3 with registration at 9 a.m. and the walk at 10 a.m.. The route is a five-kilometre loop from the store along Queen Elizabeth Drive to Pretoria Bridge, then back on Colonel By Drive. Snacks and drinks are provided. There are tons of door prizes, a raffle for "cool baby stuff" and a T-shirt for all participants.

Nancy Hellyer will be there again in memory of Maeve and with hope for all the children who need a wish granted.

Nancy says she can't say too many good things about the Chil- dren's Wish Foundation and how it helped brighten her daughter's life. "It was something to focus on while she was getting treatments, something that was good."

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1999, Maeve and both her parents volunteered, and led the parade of strollers. She was only five, but Maeve knew what the money was being raised for.

Maeve died a few months after, just before her sixth birthday.

Last year, Nancy and her hus- band participated in the Strol- lerthon without Maeve. It was difficult, but Nancy's speech about her daughter was a high- light of the event.

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Sunset Boulevard Glebe and Ottawa heritage threatened

BY MARY JANE LIPKIN What's in a name? Everything,

when it comes to preserving Ot- tawa's history, say the residents of Sunset Boulevard who are fighting to save their street name.

"Sunset Boulevard in the Glebe-Dow's Lake area traces its origins to pre-Confederation," says Brian Carroll, president of the Dow's Lake Residents Asso- ciation and Sunset Boulevard resident. Mr. Carroll retains a copy of the 1922 survey plan which Ottawa surveyors Lewis and MacRostie certified as a du- plicate of a plan by Andrew Rus- sell, dated January 10, 1862. As one of the two earliest streets in the Dow's Lake area, Sunset Boulevard is cited in John Lean- ing's The Story of the Glebe as marldng the outer reaches of the J.R. Booth lumber and railroad yard, which so dominated the economy of Ottawa from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s.

The Sunset Boulevard Resi- dents Association was formed in March, born out of frustration with the transition board and now the City of Ottawa process for evaluating duplicate street names. There are two Sunset Boulevards in the new city of Ot- tawa - one in the Glebe and the other in rural Greely, 20 kilome- tres from the urban center of Ot- tawa. Since last June, residents of Sunset Boulevard in the Glebe have contributed to the renaming process, making their case based on the city's nine evaluation cri- teria for assessing duplicate street names. Included in the criteria were historical signifi- cance, date the street was created and whether the street contrib- uted to a theme. In February, Glebe residents of Sunset Boule- vard were told that the city would recommend that the Glebe street be renamed in favour of Sunset Boulevard in Greely.

"The city's recommendation gave no weight whatsoever to the historical significance of our street name," says George Hunter,

Sunset Boulevard Residents Association a certified duplicate of 1862 plan.

Sunset Boulevard resident and lawyer assisting the residents association "and at least two and, arguably a third, of these criteria had not been effectively applied." City recommendations did not take into account that Sunset Boulevard in the Glebe is an ac- tual tree-lined boulevard, unlike the Greely street. The Greely street originated in the 1950s, but most of the houses have been built during the last five to 10 years as part of the Sunset Lakes development

Photo: M. Wen displays street survey which is

most 70 years." The Sunset Boulevard Resi-

dents Association has approached the Greely residents through Doug Thompson. Mr. 'Thompson, current councillor for Ward 20 and former mayor of Osgoode, is also a resident of Greely's Sunset Boulevard. "We are encouraged by Mr. 'Thompson's willingness to co-sign a letter with us to city officials, asking that the renam- ing of either Sunset Boulevard be set aside," says Heather Bradley, co-chair of the Glebe Sunset

BY LEIGH WIDDOWSON, ARTS CANTERBURY STUDENT

The position of Arts Co- ordinator at Canterbury High School will be eliminated as of June 30, 2001. The current Arts Co-ordinator, Judy Kirsh, has held the position for the past 12 years. The Arts Co-ordinator plays a key role in the Arts Pro- gram by co-ordinating all aspects of the audition process. This in- cludes visiting 35 elementary schools within the OCDSB each year, fielding phone calls from parents about the process, the process itself (involving the auditioning of over 700 students hoping for a place at Canterbury) and finally, making decisions based on the recommendations of the evaluators of these auditions.

Having helped Mrs. Kirsh with the auditions at Canterbury, I

know what a tiring and time con- suming job it can be. As well, Mrs. Kirsh helps auditioning stu- dents as much as possible, calm- ing their nerves, and answering their questions before their indi- vidual auditions.

Within the school, Mrs. Kirsh acts as manager/vice p ri n c i - pal/general overseer of the arts, guiding students in the right di- rection, mentoring students and generally making sure everything runs smoothly. She is always very supportive of us and it is nice to know that she is around the school if we need to talk to her about anything.

The arts program at Canter- bury is system wide. Students

Boulevard's Residents Associa- tion. "We have suggested that renaming the Greely street to re- inforce their street's prominence in the Sunset Lakes Development would be a positive option and Mr. Thompson has said that he will take this proposal to his neighbours."

Next steps for the Glebe Sunset Boulevard Residents Association centre on the contents of the up- coming planning and development committee report to Ottawa City Council. In the meantime, the association is talking to both ur- ban and rural city councillors in an effort to influence the recom- mendations of the report. If the report calls for the renaming of Sunset Boulevard in the Glebe, the association will not give up the effort to preserve Ottawa's heri- tage. "If our street name is erased from the Glebe area of the city map, Ottawa will have lost an irretrievable part of its histori- cal identity," says Rosemary Bergman, 30 year resident of Sun- set Boulevard and retired profes- sor of art history at McGill Uni- versity.

If you have historical infor- mation or an interest in keeping Sunset Boulevard for the Glebe, please contact Heather Bradley at 237-7125 or Mary Jane Lipkin at 232-5215.

Canterbury High School to lose its Arts Co-ordinator

come from a vast area and include many students from Hopewell, Glashan, and Summit.

If this vital position is cut, the responsibilities would be dis- tributed to the vice-principals of Canterbury High School and to the arts teachers who already teach full days. I hate to think of the consequences if the job is elimi- nated. There would be no one to run the auditions, no one to deal with the philosophy, policies and arts budget, no one to calm down nervous parents and students and no one to keep the school, par- ticularly the arts, running smoothly.

Arts Canterbury was estab- lished in 1983 by the former Ot- tawa Board of Education. It was one of the first of such programs to be implemented in Canada. There are five arts in the school: dance, drama, literary, music and visual. The strong arts program attracts visitors from all over the world and is famous in the arts community throughout Canada. Without the Arts Co-ordinator, the Canterbury Arts Program would not be the successful pro- gram that it is todayone that al- lows students with the highest level of passion, motivation, and talent to push themselves and reach their full potential.

Please help us, current and future students of Arts Canter- bury, by calling or writing your local school trustee expressing support for the re-establishment of a full time Arts Co-ordinator at Arts Canterbury.

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"Family roots are deeply embedded"

Family roots are deeply em- bedded in the Glebe's Sunset Boulevard. Ten of the families have lived on the street for 30 years-some longer. "There have been Scrivens living on Sunset Boulevard since 1925," says Mi- chael Scrivens, "and I am very proud to be raising the fourth generation of Scrivens boys in the same house that my grandfather and grandmother lived in for al-

GCA Come to AGM

Culminating five years of work, and extensive public consultation, the GCA traffic committee has finalized its draft report for the Glebe traffic plan 2001.

The report was presented to the GCA board at its April meeting by tra ffic committee chair Pat Steenberg and vice- chair Brad Christakos.

Safety is one of the main principles on which the Glebe traffic plan is based.

After lengthy and detailed discussion, the traffic plan was approved in principle, and it was agreed that copies of the report will be aVailable at the annual general meeting of the GCA which will be held May 23 at the Glebe Community Centre at 7:30 p.m.

May 23

By G. C. A. President Anne Scotton

President Vice-President (2) Recording Secretary Treasurer Past President (ex officio, and by

succession) Membership Co-ordinator Assistant Membership Co-ordinator Publicity Co-ordinator Area Directors: (12)

2 for each of 6 Zones

Full public consultation of the Glebe Traffic Plan 2001 will follow in the early fall.

Annual General Meeting of the

Glebe Community Association

Wednesday, May 23 7:30 p.m.

Glebe Community Centre

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Census Day in Canada is Tuesday, May 15. Early in May, cens us questionnaires will be dropped off at évery Canadian household.

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GLEBE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION L'ASSOCIATION COMMUNAUTAIRE DU GLEBE

Nominations for Board of Directors and

Annual General Meeting The Glebe Community Association will hold its annual general meeting on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 7:30 p.m. in the Glebe Community Centre (main hall) at 690 Lyon Street. The annual general meeting will focus on a public discussion on traffic and transportation issues, with an informal discussion preceding the meeting from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. One of the items on the agenda is the annual election of the Board of Directors.

All members of the Association, including incumbents, are eligible to serve on the Board in the positions listed below:

Committee Chairpersons or representatives for: Business Education Environment Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group Liaison Heritage Lansdowne Park Neighbourhood Planning Recreation/Garage Sale Seniors Social Planning Tenants Traffic

(From this Board 2 members will represent the community at the F.C.A.)

If you would like to participate in the direction of your neighbourhood association, or if you wish to forward a nomination, the Nominating Committee would welcome your call and provide further information. The closing date for nominations is May 22. Please call or contact:

Anne Scotton John Crump 231-2778 233-4040

Wednesday, May 23, 2001

7 Glebe Report May 4, 2001

BY MARY TSAI DAVIES GREAT GLEBE GARAGE SALE SAT., MAY 26, 8 A.M. - 3 P.M.

No lawn, driveway or suitable space for a garage sale? Join us -

we have lots of space for the big- gest one in town! GNAG is ac- cepting vendor registration for the Great Glebe Garage Sale to be held on Saturday, May 26, at a cost of $25 per table. Please call 233-8713 for more information.

REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER COURSES

We are currently accepting registration for our summer pro- grams for all ages. GNAG offers a wide variety of recreational and cultural programs at affordable prices. Pick up'your copy of the special summer program flyer at the Glebe Community Centre or check out our ad in this month's issue of the Glebe Report.

FREE WORKSHOPS AT G.C.C. Bike Maintenance: Tues., May

22, 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Perennial Exchange - Wed.,

May 16, 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. COMMUNITY TILE PROJECT GNAG will be back at Art in

the Park on June 9 with another opportunity for you to participate in this exciting and popular proj- ect. If you have been in the main hall of the Glebe Community Centre lately, you will no doubt have noticed the hundreds of beautiful hand-decorated tiles on the first riser of the octagonal stairs. We are now working on the second riser, and invite you to add your personal mark, be it a design, message, handprint, foot-

print, paw-print, memorial, or whatever else you choose. It's fun, it's easy, so join us at Cen- tral Park and be a part of it all. To cover the cost of materials and firing, a fee of $5 will be charged for each tile. Look for the tiles to be installed in early fall 2001.

VIDEO YOUTH DANCE (11 - 14 YEARS)

Join Much Music on Friday, May 11 for this annual video dance party. Tickets are $5 (along with a canned good to be donated to the Ottawa Food Bank) or $6 per ticket. Tickets are available at the Glebe Community Centre May 1. Great music, prizes and a fun time!

GNAG SOCCER FOR GRADES 6 - 8

Registration is ongoing for children in Grade 6 to Grade 8. This fun league for girls and boys is coached and refereed by Glebe parents and students. We are looking for volunteers to help your child's team. Interested? Please call 233-8713.

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Ottawa, ON, K1S 3Z9 Tel: 564-1058

What's coming up at the Glebe Community Centre PERENNIAL EXCHANGE

All gardeners great and small are welcome to the 14th Annual Perennial Exchange. Are your day lilies getting crowded? Do you want to try a new perennial, but don't know how it will look in your garden? Bring your extra plants or some good manure. Meet your neighbours for a fun evening and exchange ideas, questions and plants. Located on the front steps of GCC, Wed., May 16, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. You don't need to call, just show up!

SUMMER CAMPS Glebe Community Centre is

pleased to announce the following appointments to their summer day camp team. Co-ordinator po- sitions will be filled by Juli Lameront - Preschool, Jessica Everett - Sunquest/Conquest and

G NAG Lesley Bunbury - Odyssey.

Both Juli and Jessica are cer- tified elementary teachers with a wealth of recreational experience with the City of Halifax. They currently provide tutoring through our Homework Club Plus.

Lesley is returning to us for her fourth summer and is cur- rently the co-ordinator of our teen dances and Friday night youth programs. She will be at- tending concurrent education at Queens in the fall.

Although our popular carpen- try camps are full, we still have limited space in all our other programs. And, due to popular demand, we are offering a second week of Mad Science from August 13 to August 17. Check at the front desk for more details.

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Class will take place at the Glebe Community Centre basement hall.

Tues. & Thurs. 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. June 26 - September 13 (12 Weeks) $71.00 (whole session) or $40.00 (half session)

KICKBOXING (ADULT) This program follows the actual training regime that a kickboxer use and helps partici- pants to improve muscle tone, muscular en- durance, strength, flexibility, , aerobic/ anaerobic conditioning , and confidence. All levels are welcome. Head instructor: John McMahon

Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. &

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POTTERY FOR ALL LEVELS (Adults) Develop & improve your creative skills with clay. This 8-week course will include hand building and wheel work. Course fee does not include the price of clay. Cost is $20.00 per 25 lb. bag. Instructor : Vicky Salinas

Tuesdays 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. June 19 - August 7 (8 weeks) Fee: $120.00

YOGA (Adults) This program provides the beginner and intermediate with a chance to develop a profound sense of well-being and whole- ness. Pdstures for flexibility and strength, rejuvenating and healing breathing tech- niques, deep relaxation and meditation.

Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. June 13 - August 15 (10 weeks) Fee: $69.00

EARLY MORNING FITNESS (Adults) Low and Tone: Mon., Wed. and Fri. 6:45 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.

Muscle Tone: Tues. and Thurs. 6:45 a.m. - 7:30 am. June 18 - July 30 and/or August 1 - September 14

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Classical Ballet and Jazz (7 - 12 years) Thursdays 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. June 21 - August 23 (10 weeks) Fee: $48.00 Instructor: Zina Richard

Dance for Adult and Youth (13 years Tuesdays, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. June 26 - August 28 (10 weeks) Fee: $48.00 Instructor: Zina Richard

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Left to right: Howard Sheffer (head coach), Marlin McKale, Evan Carriere (team captain), Mike Reynolds (general manager) and Anders Hagglund.

A salute to Marlin McKale Marlin McKale is a longtime

minor sports supporter who has quietly provided assistance to local hockey and baseball teams for several years. This is one of his ways of contributing to his community.

Marlin McKale Service Centre can be seen year-round on shirts worn by Glebe Little League, Ot- tawa Centre Minor Hockey and competitive hockey players at arenas and diamonds across town.

The Ottawa Sting Minor Peewee AA team of 12-year-old competi- tive hockey players owes Marlin a big round of thanks for his sup- port this past winter. As a team sponsor, he helped make it possi- ble for them to travel to out-of-

town tournaments in Montreal and Toronto and purchase uniforms and other things that helped them compete in regular season games as far away as Nepean, Casselman, Kingston and Kanata. Marlin even managed to get out to watch a few games this winter.

While they didn't win many games, the players had fun and they know that winning isn't eve- rything. The boys look forward to 'next year and issue a special sa- lute to Marlin McKale for con- tributing to their winter fun. 'Thank you, Marlin McKale, the ultimate minor sports supporter. The law firm, Borden Ladner Ger- vais, also provided the team with support.

Photo: Mike Pinder Della Marjorie Fequet receives a Senate Medal from Allan Maslove, dean of public affairs at Carleton University.

Senate Medal award recipient Della Marjorie Fequet received Carleton University's prestigious

Senate Medal at the November convocation ceremony. Della, who earned an honours BA in English literature, received the

medal for outstanding academic achievement. The Glebe resident is commuting to Kingston these days to work on a

master's degree in English.

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Running can empower you BY MARCIA BLASCHKE

You've heard it before. It may be an expression of concern from you doctor, a friend, or even your husband. But, most likely, it's that little voice inside your head trying to guide you in the right direction. Yet, despite your at- tempts to suppress it while you head in another direction, it per- sists. For many women, that voice is the one screaming for you to slow down and take some time for yourself.

Heather Roy started running last September and has since been going out at least four times a week. "I wanted to do it to see how I would feel," she says. She started with a five-kilometre charity race and now plans to run a half marathon in May. She doesn't want to win the race; she just wants to finish. Her main goal is to make running a part of her life.

"I wanted to prove to myself that I could achieve something," says Heather, a University of Ot- tawa student. "The fact that I've been running for this long and kept it up is a big thing for me," she added.

Like Heather, Fiona Trip, as- sistant manager of the Running Room on Bank Street, also wanted to do something for herself. Three years ago she had just lost 40 pounds and wanted to find a way to make sure she kept it off. Joining a gym was "too much of a commitment," so she began a run/walk program soon discov- ering that running was a lot more than just putting one foot in front of the other. "It has become sort of a passion," she says.

For women, devoting time to running in an already busy schedule is a big hurdle. Fiona notes "Taking care of kids i s probably the biggest barrier for women." But finding innovative ways to accommodate children while running is possible. Fiona gets up at 5:30 a.m. before her daughters and husband wake to go for a run.

Even women without children have time constraints when it comes to starting a running pro- gram. Besides her studies, Heather works part-time at a coffee shop. "I sometimes have trouble fitting it all in," she says, "but once I get it in my mind that I'm going running, I

go." For Algonquin College student

Sandra McDonell, it wasn't a matter of finding the time to run but finding the right people to run with. She is participating in a running clinic designed specifi- cally for women. "I think a pro- gram like this is really great,"

she says. "When women in a group run we can feel good about our- selves because we are doing something just for us," she adds. This is a welcome change for San- dra. For the past three years she has been in the army reserves during the summer. Every morn- ing at 5:30 the co-ed platoon ran. Because of her height of six feet, Sandra was the only girl in the "tall" platoon. She was never able to keep up with her comrades' pace despite her efforts. This, Sandra emphasizes, made her hate running. .

But by the end of last summer, Sandra embarked on her own training program. "With no one to compare myself to," she says, "I went at my own pace, and began to enjoy running." During the winter she found she didn't have the dis- cipline to continue running on her own. But when she learned about a clinic for women at the Running Room she signed up right away. "I decided that this pro- gram would be a great way to mo- tivate, teach, and discipline me to run," she says.

Running with a group of women is encouraging and not the least bit intimidating or competitive, according to Sandra. Most of the women have a similar goalthey just want to run. With an all- women group the participants can run on their own terms without trying to keep up with the guys or worrying that they're slowing anyone down. "I find running with only women really empow- ering and less intimidating than when I run with guys," says San- dra.

Whatever your reason for wanting to run just take a step outside your door. Ottawa is blessed with one of the most beautiful places to run. You may find that extra push you need to start putting one foot in front of the other. So, instead of ignoring that little voice that pesters you to start running, start listening to it. According to Heather, San- dra and Fiona, it may be the best thing you could ever do, just for you.

Marcia Blaschke, a Glebe resi- dent, is a public relations stu- dent at Algonquin College.

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City councillor's report GOOD NEWS FOR CAPITAL

WARD PROJECTS At committee, we secured

$400,000 for detail drawings for the Glebe Community Centre renovations. There's also money for a streetscaping study for Old Ottawa South to make sure we get a quality reconstruction of Bank Street between the bridges in 2002. This is a once-in-a- generation reconstruction, so we want to get it right with safer in- tersections, pedes tri an- friendly lighting, and broader sidewalks.

For Ottawa East, there's money to relocate the intersection at St. Paul's University to Hazel and Main. There's also money for a wider sidewalk along the St. Paul University property. For Heron Park, we're looking at some money for a community room in the ex- isting field house. We've got a long way to go, but at least it's a start.

So a big thank you to my fel- low councillors who kindly sup- ported these initiatives for Capi- tal Ward.

OTTAWA GOES 100% SMOKE-FREE AUG. 1

After many months of study by the city's medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Cushman, long hours of committee and council debate, and numerous public presentations, council unani- mously passed a 100 per cent Smoke-Free Ottawa bylaw. This gives you an idea just how much public support there was across the new city for dealing with the issue of protecting the residents of Ottawa from the many health risks of second-hand smoke.

The bylaw will see bars, res- taurants, and bingo halls go smoke-free starting August 1, 2001. During the first month no fines will be handed out, only warnings. All business owners will receive a mailed information packet and an educational visit from a bylaw officer prior to im- plementation of the bylaw. After the warning phase has ended, charges will be laid with sub- stantial fines for patrons and owners. The objective is to bring about voluntary compliance with- out resorting to charges. CENTRAL CANADA EXHIBITION

AT LANSDOWNE Super Ex will be allowed to

extend its current lease at Lansdowne Park by one year, un- til the summer of 2002, but it has been asked to relocate after that. The reason is that we can't con- tinue to hold up the greening of Lansdowne Park for the sake of a

By Councillor Clive Doucet two-week fair. And that's what this comes down to if we let the Central Canada Exhibition extend its lease, then our hands are tied as a city in terms of tackling the long overdue greening of Lansdowne Park.

I don't like to see traditions such as this get supplanted, but I

think it's the right time for Super Ex to find a more permanent home, one that satisfies its space

ity to transform Lansdowne Park into a greener, more people- friendly place.

Rest assured the city will do all it can to assist the CCEA in finding a new home, perhaps one that will even let it get back closer to its roots as an agricul- tural fair.

LANSDOWNE TRAFFIC JAMS We saw 'several traffic jams on

Bank Street this winter around well-attended Lansdowne Park events. City staff investigated and determined that the problem was not in fact caused by the newly-instituted paid parking, but rather by drivers lying in wait for spots on the Lansdowne lot when it is full, blocking the roadway and creating a traffic jam on Bank Street.

Lansdowne administration has since recognized that large events will require on-hand police offi- cers to conduct traffic control and keep cars from blocking up Bank Street. This change should solve the problem. OUT AND ABOUT IN THE WARD

Mayor Chiarelli came out to battle with me for Bellwood Street hockey supremacy. Suffice it to say, the mayor is a keen com- petitor. The weather was perfect. It was, as usual, a grand event with games along the entire block. Everyone got to score a goal. Thanks very much to La Famille Cleroux for a great community initiative.

Clean-up in Windsor Park, led by Anne-Marie Corbett and Brian Tansey, went off without a hitch. The park is clean and ready for spring.

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Congratulations to Mike Las- celles and Environmental Com- mittee of Ottawa South (ECOS) for the recent tree planting in Wind- sor Park. Trees don't happen by magic in urban neighbourhoods they need care and planning and work. I wish every neighbour- hood in the ward had an ECOS.

OOPS I GOOFED In my last article I commented

on how important it is to have new young families in the ward. They rejuvenate and animate older neighbourhoods like ours. And then I went on to name Mark Blevis as if he was a family all by himself without mentioning his wife and fellow high-tech professional, Andrea Ross, who has been a dedicated contributor to our traffic committee for sev- eral years, and their baby Lucy, who is the youngest member of the Glebe traffic study. My fin- gers were rapped, as they should

GUIDELINES Council passed a motion to

have staff prepare new design guidelines for the city's side- walks. The report will come for- ward in the fall. It will be the first step towards more pedes- trian-friendly sidewalks for the new city. Right now, we have "rock and roll" sidewalks that are built more for the convenience of cars than the safe passage of pe- destrians. Look down any Glebe or Old Ottawa South and you will see a street that is built for four lanes of cars with sidewalks so narrow two people can barely walk side by side, where every driveway depression is a winter ice-trap. We need wider, safer sidewalks for pedestrians.

If you would like to get in- volved, please contact my office or RoseMarie LeClair, general manager of transportation, utili- ties and public works (580-2424, ext. 25658) at City Hall.

All the best, Clive Doucet

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Councillor Doucet admires one of the new light rail train cars which arrived last month. According to OC Transpo, service is scheduled to start in the summer of 2001.

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The Glebe Report is asking Glebe eateries to share a favourite recipe. In the coming months, we hope to feature a variety of dishes, some of which you may have sampled at the Taste of the Glebe fund-raiser.

Here is a recipe from Kamal's Restaurant.

KAMM:5 KABAB (beef, lamb or veal)

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PROGRAMS The department of physical

recreation and athletics at Car- leton University has a wide vari- ety of fitness and recreation pro- gramming to offer you this sum- mer. From fitness classes to spe- cialty fitness to instructional programs and aquatics, there is a summer of fun, fitness and ad- venture here at the physical rec- reation centre. We best not forget our golf days (six dates at various area courses), tennis program (private/semis and mini group lessons) and outdoor adventures (rock climbing) to add to your recreational mix.

Members can enjoy a fitness class pass to all our spring/summer fitness programs while non-mernbers can join an individual program (step, stretch and strength, step 'n muscle, back to basics, cardio on the go) to suit their needs. Our popular cardio kickboxing class combines aero- bic activities with martial arts techniques, while Kung Fu/kickboxing, power yoga and Kripalu yoga offer classes to members and non-members alike.

The Ottawa 67's face the Plymouth Whalers in the Ontario Hockey League championship series which starts Saturday, May 5 in Plymouth.

To get to the OHL final, the 67's beat the Toronto St. Michael's Majors in four straight games.

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Business matters in the Glebe BY BRUCE DONALDSON

During the past few months two of the three laundromats in the Glebe have closed with no in- dication that they would ever re- open. What appears to be pre- cipitate action by the laundromat managers has caused some people to wonder if a deeper and more fundamental change is underway that would affect the operations of other businesses and in time make life in the Glebe less at- tractive and more expensive than it is now. This view seemed to be supported when coupled with the closing of Maple 'Tree Quilts next to The Papery a few weeks ago.

My opinion is that such is NOT

the case. The two laundromats had to deal with very different prob- lems but coping with them led to closing the business. On the other hand, Mary Pal of Maple Leaf Quilts had an entirely different set of problems caused by more business than she could com- fortably handle. She had already sprouted four businesses and rather than expand further to meet the growth, she eliminated the one in the Glebe with the hope that the demands from three would be tolerable. (This was noted in our February issue.)

In the case of the laundromats, the main operating costs are from space rental, energy (gas and electricity), machine maintenance and replacement and staff. Up until about 10 years ago the laundry market was reasonably stablemade up of university stu- dents during the winter, cottagers in the summer who would use two or more machines after returning from their holidays, and apart- ment dwellers. The stability of the market deteriorated when smaller, less expensive apart- ment-sized machines became widely available and the cost of the commercial equipment for laundromats increased. At the best of times there was not a very large profit margin from laun- dromats and many owners added other complementary services such as dry cleaning and shoe repair to bolster revenue.

Wringers provided a full- service restaurant to serve cli- ents with or without laundry. For a few years the combination worked and provided additional revenue to help offset the rising costs of space, energy, taxes, ma- chine maintenance and replace- ment, etc. Even the addition of clothes cleaning services did not arrest the relentless increase of costs. To survive, Wringers re- duced services (kitchen was closed), food was limited to pre- pared sandwiches and coffee, etc., but none of the steps taken were

effective in offsetting the in- creasing costs and smaller volume of business. Finally this spring the owners decided to close. It is an interesting story because the original owners had decided that the combination of restaurant and laundromat would permit a rea- sonable business life for the firm. The business lasted over 15 years, I understand, which may not have met the owner's target. One year the owner told me that they had made more profit from the restaurant than from the laundry businesswhich could lead one to wonder which busi- ness they were in.

The other laundromat, below the Royal Oak in the Glebe, did not have enough space to accom- modate other sources of income to offset the relentlessly rising costs.

Thus the recent closing of businesses in the Glebe does not point to any chronic weakness that is likely to spread. We know that costs are going to increase, but there are strong and capable managers in the Glebe who can deal with those conditions and still make a profit. It is very un- likely that a business failure will occur because of management er- ror. More likely it will be from an unpredictable change in the mar- ket demographics and/or content or even increased government in- tervention.

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Glebe Questions

The modern blacksmiths The latest issue of Ottawa City

magazine, which has an 11-page section on how the growth of high-tech is changing the nature and even the soul of our city, has some choice words about the Glebe. Our community, it sug- gests, is "full of yuppies driving their designer children around in Volvos." But then it belies its own taunt with an intriguing grid of statistics on house prices, population changes - and how people get to work. Guess what? A smaller proportion of Glebites drive cars to work than folk from 29 other neighbourhoods. Only Mechanicsville, Sandy Hill, Cen- tretown and Lowertown have lower percentages, as you might expect.

But the grid poses a problem for sticklers who spot incomplete statistics. If 43.7 per cent drive from the Glebe, 17.8 take buses and 23.5 walk to work, how do the other 15 per cent get to their la- bours? "By bike," I suggested politely to Peter Conway when visiting McCrank's Cycles. "By bike or skateboard," he replied merrily.

Their cycle store and repair shop, just beside Irene's Pub off Bank Street, is a homely place that reminds me of the black- smith's forge in the English vil- lage where I grew up. But instead of Arthur and Ron Sex (an old Surrey name) shoeing cart-horses beside a blackened anvil, Peter and his colleague Sebastian Guité work briskly alongside each other on metal frames, tuning up bikes neglected through the winter. April is the busy month, but they chat while they replace wires and check gears.

An early question is to ask: whatever has happened to Garry McCrank? One Eastertime about six years ago, he led Penny and me (and.three nurses and a young doctor, far fitter than we were) on a memorable cycling tour in Costa Rica. With joyous rides down vol- canoes (the outer slopes) in day- time, a visit to a butterfly farm, and Stan Rogers songs in the eve- ning, Garry was great company.

He's now living on his sailboat in Florida, Peter explains. From there he sails across to Cuba and will take Canadians touring who can get their bikes to Havana. But his name lives on in the Glebe. "It's a nice bicycle name," says Peter. He and Sebastian bought the business two years ago, and the name came, too.

It seems to be thriving under their hands. Peter started mending other people's bikes ("and wheelchairs") more than 20 years ago, while Sebastian has done so in Montreal and here for a dozen years. Peter is modest about his experience, but says "There's few left now that can re-

By Clyde Sanger pair a three-speed Sturmey Archer." Building a wheel, too, with hub, rim and all the spokes the right tension - that's an ac- quired skill," he adds.

They can evidently discover what's wrong with a bike by the vibrations as they bounce it on the ground. The routine then i s to strip it methodically from the rear - back wheel, pedals, axle - "so as to know how far you've got." They can tune up a bike in 20 minutes if they're not inter- rupted by phones or a parent bringing her child's bike in with a flat. Sue Dolan did just that, and was told it would be fixed within the hour. "I've a soft spot for the small ones," says Peter. "They grow up and come back to us." "You're a sweet man," says Sue.

They sell nearly a hundred new bikes in the year, and do countless hundreds of repairs. No computers, but they keep work-cards of every sale and each repair job. If someone's bike is stolen, McCrank's have serial numbers of all those sold there for 10 years back. They have a web site domain and, when it is loaded, you will be able to reach them at www.mccrank.com.

The pair are so amiable that I

am led to ask what they don't like. Peter let slip the word "obnoxious" when referring to those flashing rear lights - then he went on to sell me one. And he is firmly against cyclists who ride fitted with Walkmans, or carrying cellphones. "You've got to have your senses together." But they sell a handsome line in pannier bags, with special pock- ets for computers.

They don't have much time for recumbent bikes with their much lower profile. Mark, the drummer with Jive Wires, has a recumbent. "They're more comfortable, but they're not maneuverable," they point out.

Are there drawbacks to their job? Arthritic fingers, perhaps, with all the twisting? No, they say, it keeps them supple; and standing is healthier than sitting at a desk. For relaxation, Se- bastian is helping a Canterbury High School team build an elec- tric car; he's making lightweight wheels out of bicycle parts.

A cheerful corner of the Glebe. It really is like that old black- smith's forge.

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Dollar downbeat strikes sour note Ottawa Symphony season finale with Central Children's Choir The Ottawa Symphony

BY EILEEN SCO'TTON The recent drop in the value of

the Canadian dollar has caused a crisis for the Central Children's Choir of Ottawa, many members of which attend Glebe schools.

The Chamber Choir, made up of 50 experienced choristers, was invited last year to take part in the 2001 Tuscany International Children's Chorus Festival, tak- ing place July 2 to 10. The invi- tation was accepted: choristers' families were to assume 50 per cent of the costs, with fundrais- ing to cover the other 50 per cent.

Prospects were bright until it was learned, in early March, that as a result of the change in value of the Canadian dollar, overall costs would rise by $10,000 to $15,000. Some of the families can absorb the extra costs; some, of course, cannot

Seventeen Voyces presents Carissimi oratorio May 27

Seventeen Voyces will present Carissimi's most famous oratorio, Jephtha, at St. Matthew's Church on Sunday, May 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Giacomo Carissimi (1605- 1674) was the most influential and prolific Italian composer of his time and is considered to be the father of the modern oratorio form.

Jephtha is based on a scrip- tural character who inadvertently sacrifices his daughter to God so that the Israelites can defeat the Ammonites in battle. (This hap- pened long before the Children's Aid was formed.)

So there will be more fund- raising: on May 12 (the Saturday of Mother's Day weekend), the choir will have a plant sale on the terrace at McNabb Community Centre (180 Percy St.), as well as a barbecue. The choir will also participate in the Great Glebe Ga- rage Sale on May 26, and on that same day, they will have another plant sale, this time in the park- ing lot behind Loeb.

CONCERT MAY 10

The choir's annual spring con- cert will be at Brookfield High School on Thursday, May 10 at 7:30 p.m. This year: "Sing Out Your Stories", with special guest Sheree Fitch, renowned children's story-teller. Tickets are $10. and can be obtained from the choir office at McNabb Commu- nity Centre, or from Eileen Scot- ton (235-4055).

Soloists are soprano Wanda Procyshyn and tenor David A r - not-Johnston. Instrumentalists include Guylaine Lemaire, violin; Julian Armour, cello; and Mat- thew Larkin, organ and harpsi- chord.

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Orchestra finishes its 2000-2001 season with a concert May 14 at the National Arts Centre and its annual Victoria Day concerts at the National Gallery of Canada on May 21.

On Monday, May 14, the 100- member OSO, conducted by music director David Currie, presents two Russian epics: Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad). The concert takes place at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall of the National Arts Centre.

The concert will be preceded by a free lecture about the music, "'War and Peace in Russia," by Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer. Professor van Vlasselaer's talk, which is hosted by the Embassy

of Russia and the Canadian Friends of the Hermitage, begins at 7 p.m. in the NAC Salon.

Tickets to the concert are available at the National Arts Centre box office and Ticketmas- ter outlets. Regular ticket prices are from $15 to $45, and for students and seniors, from $13.65 to $40.65.

The following week, on Monday, May 21, David Currie conducts the OSO's ninth annual series of concerts in the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Canada. The three short concerts, an ideal way to introduce young people to live symphonic music, take place at 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Admission to the gallery and the concerts is free.

Euphonia Choir's debut concert May 6 Ottawa's newest choral ensemble, Euphonia Chamber Choir, presents

its debut concert at St. Matthew's Church, Sunday, May 6. Euphonia is a 20-voice ensemble directed by Matthew Larkin, made

up of young singers, aged 16 to 25, several of whom are members of St. Matthew's choirs.

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Selected works of Glebe artist Pat Durr have been chosen for exhibition on Canada's leading Internet art portal, ArtCanadiana.com.

Durr is featured on a special section of the art site, displaying several of her recent pieces, including Cultural Collision, a dynamic painting in acrylics. The section is reached at www.artcanadiana.com by using the site's search feature and clicking on the artist's name.

Currently the artist has a number of original paintings on the site which reference her interest in the natural world. Several works depict tropical vegetation with exotically- coloured frogs hidden in the foliage. These paintings and others on the site demonstrate Durr's love of colour.

Art exhibit and lectures illustrate ancient American civilizations

BY CORINNE SMITH A travelling exhibit showcas-

ing cultural artifacts, architec- ture and mythology from ancient American civilizations is on view May 10 to 13 at the New Acropo- lis.

A thousand years ago, Aztec and Mayan civilizations were thriving societies practising as- tronomy, ecology, mathematics and architecture, in what is now Mexico and Guatemala. These so- cieties traded with Inca commu- nities in South America.

The exhibit, hosted by New Acropolis, is "a visit through time," says Pierre Lemasson, the philosophy school's spokesper- son.

Sixteen pieces will be shown, including reproductions of sym- bolic artifacts, examples of ar- chitecture and a cultural map of Mexico.

ArtCanadiana is a secure site offering credit card ordering of Canadian fine art. The site accepts both Visa and MasterCard. Unlike most Web sites, ArtCanadiana pays the cost of regular shipping of both original works of art and prints. It also offers collectors a seven- day return privilege.

"We are very pleased to have the privilege of featuring the work of Pat Dun," said ArtCanadiana curator Sharon Norman. "Our mission is to use the Internet to enable all Canadians to access works of fine art, as well as to create a global market for Canadian artists."

A selection of Durr's recent monoprints has also been chosen for' exhibition on the ' major American Internet portal, www.Ashford.com.

Lemasson says artifacts "are all part of a larger myth. Studied as a whole, they tell a story."

A six-foot high reproduction of a circular Aztec calendar i s featured. Aztec, Maya and Inca societies believed time moves in a cyclical pattern, returning to zero every 52 years.

A series of five lectures ac- companies the exhibit. On Sat., May 19 at 7 p.m., Marlene Quin- teros, a Quechua woman from Peru, will lecture on the Incan city of Machu Picchu.

The exhibit runs from May 10 to May 13 (Thursday and Friday, 6 to 10 p.m., Saturday and Sun- day, noon to 6 p.m.). Admission is $3.

New Acropolis is located at 406A O'Connor St. (near Argyle).

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Pat Durr's art now exhibited on the Internet To view Durr's artworks, click

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Currently both Durr's monster monoprints and a number of smaller prints are featured on her two pages.

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Art in the Park June 9 celebrates creativity

BY BHAT BOY Art in the Park 2001 is hap-

pening Sat., June 9. Potter Chan- dler Swain and over one hundred other artists and artisans are all hoping for sunshine in Central Park, located on Bank near Pat- terson and Clemow avenues. The enormous maple tree in the centre of the park is once again expected to attend and provide shade for the thousands who come to the event.

It is a special day put aside to, let everyone fine out more about their own creativity. Many art- ists have told me over the years that it is the venue at which they have the most fun. Since its con- ception nine years ago, Art in the Park is meant to be a celebration of life and creativity, bringing in the summer.

Chandler Swain, a participant in the first event in 1993, is now president, her energy carrying the event forward, as if she is one of the flying women she herself paints. With the assistance of a small committee of volunteers and the participation of the artists, the event is put on with a mini- mum of fuss, always trying to keep the red tape out of the way, making things as simple as possi- ble and keeping costs at a mini- mum.

Art in the Park is a fair for artists, run by artists. The rules are fairly simple for partici- pants; you have to make what you are selling. Admission to the

public is free (although there is a small cost to the artisans to cover expenses). All those who choose to join us in our day of merry- making are welcome to come ex- plore the creativity of the com- munity. Not only to residents of our community paint and draw, but they make pots, jewelry, can- dles, soap, cards and invoke. thought. Art in the Park also at- tracts artists from Eastern On- tario and Western Quebec. Over 4,000 people visited the artists during Art in the Park last year.

Artisans are not the only ar- tistic members of the community represented. "We sort of organize stuff without making it too com- plicated. For example, we make sure that any theatrical perform- ances do not conflict with the string quartet, The Four Fortes," says Ian Van Lock, founder of the event. The Fortes themselves are residents of the Glebe. One of the quartet, Paul Casey lives on the park and has attended Art in the Park every year since 1993. His older brother, David has been selling his paintings there for the last three years. Like so many other young people in the Glebe, Art in the Park has become part of their creative landscape.

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FEATURE Reach for the top with a vertical garden

BY ELAINE MARLIN ]IllE very year garden- ers spend Febru- ary dreaming and

planning the garden. Every March they buy enough seeds to fill several acres with vegetation and every April they start enough seedlings to feed a family of 10.

It is so exciting to produce a non-stop show of lush, fragrant and ever-changing plant life. Increasingly people are also attracted to planting more of the food they eat for reasons both of health and taste. For mc5st of us in the Glebe and Dow's Lake the big challenge is finding adequate growing space.

One enjoyable method of overcoming this handicap is to stroll around the neighbourhood noting the clever solutions of our fellow gardeners. Each area has its own style, but front yards on Fifth Avenue between Bank Street and Bronson give the impression that a gardening competition is in progress.

In recent years the big trend has been to grow vertically. The property on the southeast corner of Lyon Street and Third Avenue is a striking example of how to produce a beautiful variety of plants on very little land. The vines literally reach the roof. Al 1

through the Glebe morning glories and red runner beans are growing up the telephone poles; fire escapes are beautifully decorated in zucchini vines and tomato plants. The entrance to the Prince Rupert apartments at 585

'O'Connor Street was embellished this past summer with huge sunflowers and morning glories arched over the doorway.

Arbours and trellises made of all sorts of materials are widely available and are becoming more

affordable. Don't overlook plant supports which you may already have on hand such as an old wooden ladder, metal curtain rods or copper piping which can be twisted into arches, or a bit of fencing which can be propped up with metal rods anywhere in the garden. Make sure pressure- treated wood is not used for edible plants. It contains a copper arsenic compound. Tall, sturdy plants such as sunflowers aren't just pretty faces. They help cucumber vines up to the sunlight. Clematis looks very pretty climbing up a rosebush and the mixture of seedheads and rosehips looks very attractive together in the fall.

Almost everyone uses containers to increase growing space, but some of the more popular innovations include drilling holes in the sides and bottoms of garbage cans for strawberries, herbs and even potatoes.

A trellis or teepee of bamboo sticks attached to the containers on the deck provides a nice privacy screen and often attracts birds and butterflies. As for squirrels well, "if you can't say something nice don't say anything," so I won't mention them.

A pergola is a more expensive project which is perfect for grapes, climbing roses or any quick-growing vine such as hops. It provides shade and encloses a space that is almost like adding a room to the house.

Go ahead and start looking at the gardens around you. It's a great way to get to know our constantly changing neighbourhood and maybe some of the neighbours as well.

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Photos: Elaine Marlin The white clematis Marie Boiselot reaches 3 metres high and can cover a wall in a few seasons.

Tree planting, continued from page 1 making pre-planting arrange- ments, ordering trees and co- ordinating community groups and staff. " City staff will water the trees throughout the summer.

Mayor Bob Chiarelli and coun- cillors Clive Doucet and Elisabeth Arnold will be on hand for the ceremonial kickoff on Saturday morning.

Joanna Dean, chair of the GCA environment committee, merits special thanks for this and previ- ous efforts to increase the variety and number of trees in public spaces. She and her committee have lobbied and encouraged staff and politicians as well as busi- nesses and local groups to add trees to parks and playgrounds and to Bank Street and the edges of the Queensway. The effect on the comfort, health and beauty of the community will be noticeable as these trees leaf out and ma- ture.

But there is more to be done. Tree planters should meet at 8:45

a.m. on Saturday, May 12 at the vacant lot across from the YM/YWCA (the location of the old Beaver Barracks). Late corners should look out for city staff on the Glebe side of the Queensway near the tennis courts on Cham- berlain Avenue after 9:30. Bring

a shovel, pail for mulch, and gloves. Dress for the weather. A

safety vest and supervision will be provided. Because of the loca- tion within the fenced area of the Queensway, this is not a suitable job for young children.

For information or to let us know you are coming contact Jo- anna Dean at 237-9767, jdeari@magma.ca or Elaine Marlin at 234-2233.

Happy volunteers at last year's tree planting beside the Queensway.

Wannabe tenants desperate for Glebe apartments BY RUBY ISAACS

In a hidden rental market, the best way to find a place is by word

of mouth. Departing tenants confide in friends and family who quickly find potential new tenants. Some suspect that less than half the market is ever advertised. Experience shows that there is a hidden rental market within the Glebe.

If you see a For Rent sign in a window, it may be gone tomorrow. If you respond to an ad, a one- hour showing of the apartment may seem more like a cattle call with dozens of potential tenants stampeding to the door.

With a vacancy rate of 0.2 per cent for Ottawa published in the October 2000 issue of the Rental Market Survey Report, by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, you may feel discouraged. However, the methodology of their annual survey includes only structures with three or more rental dwellings which have been on the market for at least three months. Given these limitations, you may want to search for a rental which was excluded from the survey, such as an apartment in a duplex.

Last summer, Cherie and her

"As much as we love the Glebe, we are going to be put in the position of finding a new neighbourhood to live in."

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partner searched for ads in the daily newspaper, checked bulletin boards and posted Wanted notices throughout the Glebe. Following the advice of an acquaintance, they combed the neighbourhood for notices in doorways. Soon, they saw a rental sign on Fifth Avenue, knocked on the door and looked at the apartment. Two hours later, they signed the lease.

When Andria and her husband responded to ads, they were shown narrow hallways, strange bathroom facilities and landlords who disliked pets. Next, they

spent weekends biking through the Glebe in search of rental signs. Finally, with the help of a neighbour, they found an apartment close to the canal. As long-term tenants, they have received a slight rent decrease for agreeing to shovel snow, garden, and make service calls. Over the years, they've met people who moved from the Glebe to lower-rent neighbourhoods in order to start saving for a home.

Two years ago, Shelley and Kevin replied to an ad to sublet an apartment. Now, they feel lucky to have moved into the Glebe before it became "too popular." Unfortunately, their building may be sold in the fall and they doubt they can find another apartment at a reasonable price or afford to buy in the neighbourhood. Shelley laments "As much as we love the Glebe, we are going to be put in the position of finding a new neighbourhood to live in."

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A landlord on Fifth Avenue, who prefers to remain anonymous, doesn't dare put an ad in the paper. He doesn't dare put a sign on a balcony for more than a day, because the last time he did that he received 128 calls in three days. In the past, desperate callers have said "I'm living in a hotel. I've got to find a place to live. Is anyone leaving?" or "If I

give you $500 will you move me in?" He responds with loyalty to his current tenants who have an average occupancy rate of seven years.

Anthony and a friend co-own apartments in the Glebe. To deal with numerous calls from an ad, he sets a two-hour showing in which to accept applications. Then, he contacts the best candidates. He describes good tenants as "a working couple who are quiet and pay the rent with no aggravation."

In the early 1990s, the owner of an eight-unit building on First

Avenue needed almost a month to rent an unusual apartment which was split between the basement and the first floor. This year, more than 70 people replied to an ad for a two-bedroom apartment in that same building. Some people offered first and last month's rent in cash "if that would help." It won't For landlords who detest noise complaints, quiet social habits are more valuable than buckets of money.

Real estate agent Jeff Hooper thinks that if an apartment in a triplex appeals to an owner, then the property may become owner- occupied rather than simply an investment property. He explains that as an area increases in value, there is a slow decrease of rental space. As an alternative to becoming tenants, newcomers can afford to move into the area if they can earn rental income within their building. So they can live in one unit and earn income from the remaining units to pay the higher prices in their new neighbourhood. Real estate agent Ian Hassell agrees that it may be more economical to be the owner occupying an apartment in a triplex than to be one of the tenants.

"Good tenants ... are quiet and pay the rent with no aggravation."

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In the past 10 years, rental values in the Glebe have been high and they seem to continually increase. Currently, low mortgage rates encourage tenants in high- end rentals to become buyers. However, the significant cost of buying and selling may persuade newcomers with one-year contracts in high tech or law to continue renting. In this competitive rental market, you may need to continually search for vacancies that are never advertised.

Ruby Isaacs is a freelance writer living in the Glebe.

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Museum hopping across the continent BY MARGARET NEGODAEFF

Hey y'all! I've just returned from Montgomery and Selma, where I had some intriguing ex- periences. Alabama's capital has some exceptional sights for bored snowbirds, particularly those who stay around the Panhandle or are visiting nearby Georgia. Foremost is the brilliantly con- ceived Rosa Parks Museum and Library. You may recall that way back when, Mrs. Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man, because her feet were tired. Her quiet resistance and subsequent arrest sparked the whole Civil Rights Movement If you see anything, do see this, plus the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, and Dr. Martin Luther King's Memorial Baptist Church. I think you'll be deeply touched.

For military buffs, Montgom- ery has a fascinating Enlisted Heritage Hall on Maxwell Air Force Base. Follow enlisted his- tory from ballooning all the way to the Gulf War. Items of interest include the story of a black pilot whose kills could not be recorded because of his colour, but who went on to fight for France and received the Légion d'honneur. Keeping to the historical path, you can of course tour gorgeous ante-bellum (pre-Civil War) houses in both Montgomery and Selma, where Yours Truly in- stantly turned into Scarlett O'Hara. Gardeners will love the Greek inspired Jasmine Hall Classical Southern Gardens. Take a picnic of real southern fried chicken and crunchy pecan (pe- cahn) pie from Young House Res- taurant in Old Alabama Town.

Golfers will be delighted with Montgomery's Robert Trent Jones course, one of the last he de- signed. It's been named one of the top 10 trips in the world by Frequent Flyer magazine and one

of the top 50 in the world by Golf Digest. Neighbouring the 17th fairway is the upscale Legends at Capitol Hill, a convention centre and hotel with all the expected amenities. Golf widows or widow- ers can escape to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts or reminisce over the Wurlitzer at the Hank Williams Museum. There is a wonderful Shakespeare theatre- in-the-round, and archives ga- lore. Last but certainly not least, do visit the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald museum. It's a small but fascinating non-profit col- lection located in their house at 819 Felder Avenue.

Speaking of housing, I stayed at the reasonably priced, brand- new Wingate Inn. Nice-sized rooms and great continental breakfast. Just across the park- ing lot is Up the Creek Fish Camp and Southern Grill, a super res- taurant with grand food and friendly bartenders. You know it's good when locals bring their families.

For more on Montgomery and environs, contact their neat visi- tor centre located in the beauti- fully restored train station.

The Web site i s www.visitmontgomery.com or call 1-800-Al ARAMA.

LOONIE TUNES Virginia Beach nesting place of

the red-throated Canadian golfer, loves us so much that they've continued their "Loonie Saver" program for the fourth year run- ning. The core component is a coupon booklet featuring 48 two- for-one and "guaranteed 50 per cent off" year-round savings at a variety of hotels, attractions, eat- eries and naturally, those famous golf courses. Only in Canada? You bet U.S. visitors pay full

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CLOSER TO HOME Here's an item I found a the

recent garden show at Lansdowne Park. Combine horticulture with history on a Sweet Grass Tour that takes you from the Museum of Nature all the way to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens, Niag- ara's Butterfly Conservatory (exquisite! enchanting!), and fi- nally the Six Nations-owned Sweet Grass Gardens at Hagersville, near Brantford. Here you'll learn about preserving, maintaining and restoring the plants of Mother Earth, tour the Native Village of Ohswaken, and thrill to traditional dancing, singing and drumming displays. It's run by Queensway tours in tandem with the Ottawa Botanical Garden Society and the Canadian Museum of Nature. Call 225- 0982 for details.

MORE MUSEUMS On my last trip to Toronto, I

visited the Bata Shoe Museum on Bloor Street. What a find! The museum, brainchild of Sonja Bata, houses everything from John Len- non's Beatle Boots to Terry Fox's

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sneaker. In between you'll find Ella Fgitzgerald's and Queen Victoria's very different dancing shoes and Elton John's flash platforms. This year the major exhibits include hundreds of ex- quisitely embroidered tiny slip- pers made for (yuk) the bound feet of Chinese women in the 19th century, a terrific exhibit of Ca- nadian footwear from mukluks and moccasins to high-buttoned boots; and um, a sneaker exhibit.

If you're going to New York City, check out the new Marc Cha- gall exhibit at the Jewish Mu- seum. Chagall's early works from Russian collections include paintings, drawings and theatre murals and paintings by Yehuda Pen, Chagall's first teacher and initial artistic influence. The Jewish Museum is at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street.

THIS JUST IN Sports fans of every ilk might

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The Ottawa 20/20 Smart Growth Summit is taking place at Ottawa City Hall from June 14-18, 2001. It's a special forum in which all Ottawa

residents can contribute their ideas to Ottawa's future development and new Official Plan.

The City of Ottawa and its Ottawa 20/20 partners invite you to participate. The summit will feature presentations from a host of Canadian and interna- tional experts and a series of 'Town Hall' sessions where community groups and individuals can share their ideas on issues ranging from transportation and economic development to housing and social needs. "The Ottawa 20/20 Smart Growth Summit will be is a truly remarkable city-building project," explains organizer Alf Chaiton, from the University of Ottawa's Centre on Governance. "We will hear from a wide range of experts but most importantly, we will hear from residents of the new city of Ottawa." The summit, he said, is the centrepiece of an Ottawa 20/20 campaign that over the next year will guide us toward a single, new official plan, one that will replace the 12 existing plans for each of the former local governments. How can you get involved? In late May you can register to attend the summit in person at City Hall. Can't make it? Then you can tune in to Rogers Cable 22 and Cable 23 which will carry gavel-to-gavel coverage, or check out www.city.ottawa.on.ca during the Summit. It will feature real-time webcasting of the summit in both offi- cial languages as well as a discussion board where you can share your views and ideas before, during and after the summit.

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The first two days of the five-day, fully bilingual event will feature world-renowned planners, researchers, authors and journalists who will give us new insights into cities of the 21st century. Speakers confirmed so far include:

David Crockett, chairman of the Chattanooga. TN City Council; founder and head of the Chattanooga Institute for Sustainability Anches Duany, internationally known New Urbanist architect and community planner, author of Suburban Nation Richard Florida, Director of the Center for Economic Development in Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz School of Public Policy and Management. Sir Peter Hall, Professor of Planning at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College, London; member of the Deputy Prime Minister's Urban Task Force.

Mike Harcourt, former Premier of British Columbia, Alex Marshall, journalist and author of How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roculs Not Taken

Glen Murray, Mayor of Winnipeg Mike Burton, Executive Officer of Greater Portland, Oregon

The City of Ottawa and its Ottawa 20/20_ partners want ALL Ottawa residents to take part. That's why we're organizing a

special summit inside our summit for our city's young people to share their hopes and ideas for Ottawa's future develop- ment. This Ottawa 20/20 Youth Summit will be held at City Hall on Sunday, June 17. Stay tuned for more details as the summit approaches.

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Affordable housing Arts and Culture 'Downtown' Revitalization Environment Kanata West Business Park Lebreton Flats, the National Capital Commission 'Neighbourhoods,' including recreation and safety Rural and agriculture 'Smart' Community Social Equity Talent

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Before the students at Carleton University go back to school this fall, light rail transit will be a reality in our new City of Ottawa. And it's those very students who will be among its most regular users.

Phase One of the project opens this August using eight kilometres of an existing Canadian Pacific Line. The light-rail service will connect into the Transitway at both ends of its line. A new Transitway Station will be built at Bayview, between Lebreton Flats and Tunney's Pasture, where the northern end and at the south end, Greenboro Transitway Station is being extended to accommodate rail. There will be three stops along the way, including one at Carleton University. "It's a very exciting time for our department," says Rosemarie Leclair, the General Manager of Ottawa Transportation, Utilities and Public Works department. "The three cars have been delivered and the train drivers we have in training can't wait to climb aboard." Ms. Leclair says each car can carry a total of 285 people, 135 sitting and 150 standing. "Initially, two cars will roll out with the third being used as a back up. The third car could be put into service if demands warrant it." says Ms. Leclair, clearly proud of the city's new purchases. Manufactured in Germany by Bombardier Inc., a Canadian company, each car is 48 metres long, 2.9 metres wide and can reach speeds of 120 km/h (but don't look for those speeds in the city!). The proposed schedule offers two-way, 15-minute service at regular fare during weekdays and Saturday core hours. It will run every half-hour during other times.

If you think running red lights is not a problem in Ontario, think about this: In 1997 (the most recent figures available), almost 1,600 Ontario collisions were a direct result of someone running a red light. Not convinced? Traffic at the intersection of Ogilvie Road and St. Laurent Boulevard was monitored for five hours one day recently. Almost 80 drivers went through the intersec- tion after the light turned red. That's one every 3 minutes and 45 secondsand that was monitoring traffic in one direction only! "It's a very serious safety issue," says Doug Brousseau, the City of Ottawa's Senior Transportation Director and the person in charge of the two-yeari $1.46 million pro- gram. "But studies in other jurisdictions have shown that we can reduce the number of red-light runners by as much as 42% using these cameras. This is proof that we can teach drivers new behaviour." To catch the violators, the camera takes two photographs, one when a vehicle facing a red light is about to enter an intersection, and one with the offending vehicle in the intersection. Both photos show the rear of the offending vehicle only, allowing offi- cials to trace the owner of the carand it's

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the owner, not necessarily the driver, who gets the ticket ($155 plus a $35 victim surcharge!). Mr. Brousseau says eight locations have been chosen as sites for the two cameras that are part of the current program, but that's as far as he'll go. "There are no safety benefits to signing the intersections to let people know when they are in operation," he says. "I would just as soon have drivers think that any time they go through a red light there is the chance that they are going to get caught." The cameras will be moved around and there will be no way to tell, in advance, where they are. In case you're wondering, the cover of dark- ness won't help you avoid beir1g caught, either. With the help of two flashes the cameras also work at night.

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Making inter- sections safe for everyone Ottawa a leader in audible pedestrian signals

Did you know that 66 intersections in the City of Ottawa are equipped with audible pedestrian signals? And more are going up all the time? In tact, Ottawa is a Canadian leader with respect to the installation of these important devices that help people with visual impairments cross intersec- tions safely.

There are two different sets of signals: the majority of the intersections use a combination of bird sounds, a cuckoo for north-south crossings and a peep peep tone for east-west crossings. The remaining 16 sport bells to indicate a north-south crossing and buzzers for the east-west crossing. The city has recently adopted a policy of installing audible signals at all intersec- tions being signalized for the first time; signalized intersections within the limits of major roadway reconstruction projects; and signalized intersections undergoing a major rehabilitation or upgrade.

Cydists, beware! While red-light cameras cannot result in a ticket for a cyclistthere's

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Public works rationalization should result in less cost, better service

One call does it all Spot a pothole that needs to be filled, a streetlight that needs to

be changed or a traffic sign that has been vandalized? One call

to 580-2400 (anytime, night or day) will usually have someone dispatched to the scene within a few hours or earlier as

the situation warrants, says Ottawa's General Manager of Transportation, Utilities and Public Works, Rosemarie Leclair.

"We may not have it repaired immediately, but you can rest assured we'll have someone on it right away and where neces-

sary, do whatever it takes to make the situation safe," she says.

OCTranspo adds comfort and ease of use

Not only is it the fastest and one of the least expensive ways to get to and from work every day, but riding the bus might also be the most comfortable as OCTranspo moves to outfit its fleet with air condition- ing. According to Helen Gault, the Manager of OCTranspo's Transit Scheduling and Service Development department, by the end of the year, almost one-third of the fleet will be equipped with air conditioning. "We are also sensitive to the needs of our aging population as well as those with special needs," says Ms. Gault. "We have 160, standard low-floor buses nowthe kind with no steps that make it easier to boardand we are taking delivery of 37 new low-floor articulated buses over the next few weeks. In the fall, another 48 low-floor buses will added- all with air conditioning, of course."

These changes and others, she says, have resulted in more riders than ever.

"We are also sensitive to the needs of our aging population as well as those with special needs,"

"There isn't much we do that doesn't have a direct impact on the people of Ottawa," says Rosemarie Leclair, the General Manager of the city of Ottawa's Transportation, Utirities and Public Works (TUPW) department. And she's right. Snow removal, garbage, recycling, transit and traffic signs? TUPW. Road maintenance and drinking water? TUPW. Sidewalks, cycling paths, street lighting and park maintenance? You guessed it: TUPW.

"Our priority right now is to rationalize our department," says Ms. Leclair. "Before amalgamation, we had 12 different sets of rules, standards and expecta- tions. We said we could save some money by combining services and that's what we plan to do." The city is currently seeking tenders from area engineering firms to assist in developing a maintenance classification system. At the same time, maintenance service standards and internal efficiencies Will be addressed. Recommendations should go to city counci/ by the fall.

"Ridership is up over 8 per cent from this time last yearthat's the kind of growth we've faced over the past two years," says Ms. Gault from her St. Laurent Boulevard office located above the hustle of the OC Transpo garage. "The challenge is to keep up with the demand." She's not complaining, though. She is justifiably proud of those ridership numbers because she knows that one lane of transit can carry as much as six lanes of trafficclearly, it's the best use of anyone's transportation dollar. She attributes the increases in ridership to several things including an aggres- sive marketing campaign and OCTranspo's ability to continually research and fine-tune its transit network. She says ongoing partner- ships programsincluding Eco-Pass, a transit-pass payroll-deduction arrange- ment that provides a 15% discount to employees from companies that sign onhave also played an important role. Among the partners who have climbed aboard with the Eco-Pass program include Nortel, the Royal Bank and the University of Ottawa. Currently, about 16 percent of the popula- tion uses the transit system; the Official Plan sets the target at 20 percent, a target OCTranspo is eager to reach.

"Our plan is to save $4 million just by rationalizing our equipment and facili- ties," she says.

But don't think for a minute that less equipment and fewer facilities will have a negative affect on service, she says. "If anything, service will improve," says Ms. Leclair. As one concrete exampleno pun intendedwhen a snow plough heads down Ogilvie Road, it won't have to stop at the Gloucester border. It's better and faster service." And she is quick to assure the people of Ottawa that decisions about rationali- zation won't be made in a vacuum. "An element of public consultation is a huge part of almost everything we do. That isn't about to change."

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Youth on the move

Coming to a neighbourhood near you

In an effort to connect area youth to existing recreation and social programs while developing leadership skills and volunteerism, Youth on the Move will be visiting a number of city parks this summer. It's goal is to provide an unstructured evening of recreation and sports.

An event for the next generation! It's fun, it's fascinating and best of all, it's free!

Teen Expo 2001 promises to be the event of the summer for any- one aged 15 to 24 who is looking at life beyond the end of the school year. It's a day filled with entertainment and information according to Court Curry, a second-year Carleton student and Teen Expo organizer. "As many as 70 interactive booths will offer information on every- thing from post-secondary education and summer employment to city programs and volunteer activities in the community," says Court. "It's really one-stop shopping for youth needs." Oh, and the fun? How about live bands all day long? How about an art show featuring the works of young local artists? All this PLUS a fashion show, motivational speakers, celebrity appearances and prizes galore! It's all happening at Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West on Saturday, May 26 starting at 11:00 a.m. You don't want to miss it!

The program is being sponsored by the City of Ottawa, the Ottawa Police Service, the Ottawa Boys and Girls Club and area businesses. To find out when it will be in a park near you, call 244-5300, Ext. 1-4018.

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Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board trustee report

PUTTING STUDENTS FIRST A season of science fairs,

public speaking, Earth Day cleanup and last but not least a special anniversary celebration. Yes Corpus Christi School cele- brated its 75th anniversary on Sunday, April 29 beginning with mass at 1 p.m. at Blessed Sacra- ment Church.

This school opened in 1926 in its current location on Fourth Avenue in the Glebe, and under the leadership of the principal Mr. Jim Rogers and his staff con- tinues to offer quality Catholic education to over 300 students. Corpus Christi School community believes it is important to be at the centre of community activi- ties and the facility is used by

- Glebe Neighbourhood Ac- tivities Group

- International Languages School

athletic organizations. The school has developed part-

nerships with - Glebe Parents Daycare - University of Ottawa

nursing department University of Ottawa

physiotherapy department Learn to Play Association.

This celebration took a trip down memory lane with Sister Stanton (teacher principal) from 1942 to the early 1960s as host. We savoured the past and look forward to more memorable mo-

By OCCSB Trustee Kathy Ablett ments in the success of our stu- dents.

IMMACULATA HIGH SCHOOL The first student trustee in

the Ottawa-Carleton Region was Mr. Julian Ovens, a student of Immaculata High School. Septem- ber 2001 will see the first female student trustee, Miss Jubilee Jackson - a student from lm- maculata - take her seat at the board table. Miss Jackson was selected from a field of [Ive can- didates with two representatives from each of our high schools participating in the election. Congratulations to Miss Jackson and to the students for theit choice.

FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

The first change in the deliv- ery of this program will begin in September 2001 with immersion being offered at the junior kin- dergarten level system-wide. Further consultation is scheduled for the coming months with a fi- nal report to the board of trustees expected in December 2001. 'Thank you to all who participated in round one. Stay tuned.

Centretown Community Health Centre Centre de santé communautaire du Centre-ville 420 rue Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 2N6

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING JUNE 18, 2001, AT 6:30 P.M.

WE ARE LOOICING FOR BOARD MEMBERS!

If you are interested, call Joan Wahay, at 233-4443, ext. 2106. We welcome people who live or work in Centretown, the Glebe and

Ottawa South and, in particular, we would like to hear from individuals with links to the multicultural and francophone communities.

To be on the ballot, nomination applications must be received by June 8, 2001, at 5:00 p.m. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor.

Come and meet your neighbours, co-workers, staff and board members! Child care available.

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NOUS SOMMES ;1 LA RECHERCHE DE MEMBRES DE COMITÉ!

Si vous êtes intéressés, communiquez avec Joan Wahay au 233-4443, au poste 2106.

Nous souhaitons la bienvenue à ceux et celles qui habitent ou qui, travaillent dans le Centre-ville, le Glebe et le sud d'Ottawa et, en

particulier, nous aimerions rencontrer des personnes qui ont des liens avec les communautés multiculturelles et francophones.

Pour être considérées dans le cadre des élections, les demandes de mise en candidature doivent nous être remises au plus tard le 8 juin 2001,

17h. Nous accepterons également les demandes de mise en candidature des participants au cours de la réunion.

Venez rencontrer vos voisins, vos collègues de travail, le personnel et les membres du conseil!

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SPEECH FROM THE THRONE (APRIL 19, 2001)

This speech, delivered by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, is

available on the Internet at www.premier.gov.on.ca/english/li brary/thronespeech-April 1901.htm. Three statements are of particular interest

First, "Proposed legislation would allow parents more choice to enroll their children in any available school within their system."

While the OCDSB does offer considerable program choice, our board has been more cautious when considering school choice. Application for a student trans- fer is necessary and approved according to certain criteria. If the province legislates unre- stricted school choice (provided space is available) then the province should address the issue of equity of access. For instance, students from economically dis- advantaged homes may need as- sistance with transportation in order to make school choice meaningful.

Secondly, the speech states that the provincial government will "continue setting standards of excellence for schools, with an emphasis on performance-based accountability. Only perform- ance measurement and the re- porting of results will equip par- ents and students to make in- formed choices."

To assist the province with this objective, school boards are being asked to identify perform- ance measurements for schools. I

think there is value in presenting information on schools and OCDSB school profiles are on the Web site at www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca (Schools/Educational Programs). Here many factors, such as fa- cilities, community resources, clubs and activities, are noted and test results are provided in the context of school demograph- ics and the particular programs offered. I would hope that the province takes a similar compre- hensive approach. Effective school research, which has been carried out throughout the last 20 years, clearly shows that effec- tiveness is much more broadly based than academic results alone.

Thirdly, the speech states that "The government will act to en- sure that all students in Ontario have the benefit of co- instructional activities."

As I said in a previous column, the onus is on the province to come up with a solution to allow secondary school students to participate in extra-curricular activities, including sports and clubs. The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA), which speaks on behalf of school boards across Ontario, is calling on the province to reduce the classroom teaching time for teachers taking on "essential ac- tivities" including extracurricu- lar activitiesT hope the province

By OCDSB Trustee Lynn Graham

will consider this and other pro- posals and resolve the situation before the next school year. OCDSB BUDGET FOR SCHOOL

YEAR 2001-2002 The OCDSB staff-recommended

budget for the 2001-2002 school year is scheduled for public presentation May 7. The prov- ince's general legislative grants (GLGs), which provicre school boards with budget allocations, are to be announced on April 30; however, we have just learned that there may be further delay. Staff require the GLGs to prepare final proposals! As it stands, public budget meetings will be held throughout May with final ap- proval at the board meeting on May 28. School board budgets must be submitted to the province by mid-June. Please check the board's Web site or call the 24- hotir information line at 596- 8222 for meeting dates and changes in schedules.

SUMMER SCHOOL & COURSES The board's Learning maga-

zine, distributed to households, contains a section Surruner Learning 2001. Included are aca- demic programs (remedial and reach ahead) for elementary stu- dents, academic courses (make up and reach ahead) for secondary students and summer day camps at the MacSkimming and Bill Ma- son Outdoor Education Centres. For more information, call Con- tinuing Education at 239-2325 or check the board's Web site at www.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/continueweb /home.htrn

SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR 2001- 2002

These dates are subject to final approval by the Ministry of Edu- cation:

First day of school: Sept. 4, 2001

Christmas Break: Dec. 24, 2001 to Jan. 4, 2002 (inclusive)

March Break: March 11, 2002 to March 15, 2002 (inclusive)

Last day of school: June 26, 2002 (elementary) and June 24, 2002 (secondary)

A NOTE OF APPRECIATION Year 2001 is International

Year of Volunteers. During Na, tional Volunteer Week this past month, many schools celebrated the contribution of school class- room volunteers. Their efforts make a real difference in the life of any school. Thank you to all volunteers.

Please get in touch with me at any time. Lynn Graham, Ottawa- Carleton District School Board, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean, K2H 6L3. Tel: 730-3366. Fax: 730-3589. E-mail: lynn_graham@ocdsb.edu.on.ca

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BY MARCI MORRIS THE ANNUAL FIRST AVENUE

BOOK SALE April 26-28 marked the

school's annual book sale. Many thanks to all of the staff, stu- dents, parents and to the commu- nity for the generous donations of books... without such a wide vari- ety, the sale would never be so popular. This is the school's an- nual fundraiser and once again, it was a great success. A huge amount of effort goes into the or- ganization and running of the sales and efforts of all the vol- unteers were greatly appreciated. Finally, a big thank you and con- gratulations to Doreen Drolet, chair of the book sale committee for her organization and leader- ship which made this event such a success.

MORE PUBLIC SPEAKING SUCCESS!

Congratulations to Sophie Lightfoot and Conor Lahey who represented First Avenue at the Optimist Finals. Sophie and Conor spoke on the topic, We Are the Future, in the English lan- guage public speaking contest. They were the two youngest com- petitors; the average age of the presenters was between 13 and 16.

MUSICAL TALENTS Maggie Crump, Poopa Philar.

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On Fri. April 6, First Avenue was pleased to welcome the Ot- tawa Brass, a small group of mu- sicians from the NAC Orchestra. After playing a small concert, students engaged the musical group in a question and answer session where they impressed the musicians with their musical knowledge and feedback.

ARE YOU MOVING? This is the time of year when

the school needs to send in its enrolment projections to the planning department in order to determine staffing for the 2001/2002 school year. The more accurate the numbers, the less disruption there will be in the autumn. If your child will not be attending First Ave- nue next year, please give the office a call ( 2 3 9-2 2 6 1 )

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DATES TO REMEMBER May 7-11 Education Week May 9 Spring Concert (Gr. 4 to 6) May 11 Open House May 11 Science Exhibit May 14-18 Provincial Assessment

Grade 3 and 6 June 27 last day for students June 28 P.A. Day

FOR MORE INFORMATION. Regarding First Avenue public school and our great activities, please call 239-2261 Or visit our Web site at http://www.theglebeonline.com/ schools/firstave.

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3 1 Glebe Report May 4, 2001 SCHOOL NEWS

Peer mediators settle conflicts in the schoolyard

BY ROGER SMITH In her fluorescent vest, Natalie

Demey looks like a traffic cross- ing guard, but she's really a new kind of schoolyard cop, patrolling at recess and lunch breaks to help stop trouble before it gets out of hand.

Natalie, a Grade 5 student, is one of the 17 "peer mediators" who started duty at Mutchmor in March. They're trained to watch out for bullying and to resolve disputes.

"We try to get in there before anyone gets hurt," says Natalie, "feeling-wise or physically."

As the concept of peer media- tion slowly spreads through On- tario schools, parent Paulette Barclay was the driving force be- hind launching it at Mutchmor. It's a follow-up to her S.M.A.R.T. kids program that aimed to raise awareness of bullying; peer mediation is an effort to stop it.

"In essence, it's peacekeep- ing," says Barclay. "The media- tors are an extra set of eyes and ears in the schoolyard."

It's serious business. After training, each mediator must sign a contract They work in teams of two, intervening when they see a conflict like two students push- ing and shoving, or fighting over a ball. First step, getting them to cool off. Each child is asked to tell what happened, then say back what the other said so they un- derstand the other side of the story. Finally, the mediators help "brainstorm" solutions, in-

cluding apologies if necessary. Serious incidents or cases of

repeated bullying are referred to the principal. The mediators keep notes and discuss them each week with the two teachers, Kar- sten Gitter and Dorilyn Kooy- Room, who oversee them.

While it's helping to reduce conflicts, Kooy-Room says the mediators are getting a lot out of it themselves. "It's good for these kids. They're learning life-long skills at solving problems."

Occasionally, they're met with resistance, accused of being "goody-goodies," but Barclay says most students aré co-operative and the very presence of media- tors helps prevent arguments. So far, they've had to intervene al- most daily. Another 10 are now being trained, and hopes are the program will be expanded next year.

"I joined because I thought it was a good way to help my school," says Grade 6 mediator Sabeen Awan, "and it does help, because there's less conflict go- ing on."

PLEASE TAKE DOWN THE SIGNS

Mutchmor thanks everyone who displayed those yellow-and-black "Save our School" signs, but asks that the few still up now be taken down. The battle to save Mutch- mor is over (for now). School council worries that people who see the signs might think it's still on.

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Hopewell happenings BY JOANNE MILLER

April: a month of reading, singing and math celebrations!

READ-A-THON Hopewell's fourth annual

Read-a-thon wrapped up April 20, and, after three weeks of reading and special literacy ac- tivities, the teachers are thrilled to see a marked improvement in their students' reading skills. Not only that, but the children are more enthusiastic and excited about read i ng. The "bookworm" that began in the atrium and now winds its way around the school is evidence of just how many books are being read! As part of Read-a-thon, authors and celeb- rity readers such as Elizabeth Hay, Richard Patten and Clive Doucet were invited to come and share their joy in reading and writing with the children. All proceeds from the Read-a-thon will go to our library improve- ment initiative. More news next month of the results.

MUSIC On April 11, the primary

choir under the leadership of teachers Merri Legris and Eleni Livadiotis treated parents to a wonderful concert. The feature musical event was The Little Red Hen, an operetta telling the fa- miliar story of the industrious hen, her chicks, some lean, mean foxes and assorted lazy pigs and cows. The children were proud to be part of such a fun event and the singing was interspersed with a few lively dance sequences. Many thanks to our choir direc- tors for their huge commitment of time and energy and to parent Pam Miller for providing piano accompaniment.

GRASS YARD NEWS Now that the snow has melted,

our thoughts turn to outdoor play and our grass yard. Volunteers are keeping an eye on the grass and working hard to keep the trees and shrubs flourishing. Funding has been approved for a

Spanish classes at Hopewell this

This July, Hopewell School will offer children an opportu- nity to learn Spanish or maintain their ability in the Spanish lan- guage.

The program, offered by the Latin American Heritage School in conjunction with the Ottawa- Carleton District School Board's department of continuing educa- tion, is open to children of all levels (kindergarten to Grade 8)

second tether ball post to be in- stalled soon. At our end-of-year BBQ in June, parents and staff will be able to buy plants and shrubs to be added to the yard. Last year's sale was a great suc- cess and new plants are always needed to keep the grass yard looking beautiful.

SAFETY AND BANK STREET Safety is an ongoing concern at

our school, especially because of our location close to many busy streets. Bank Street will be re- developed next summer and con- cerns have been raised about how these changes may affect the safety of children going to Hopewell. Suggestions have been made to add more line markings and flashing lights at crosswalks to increase safety. Now is the time to direct any of your thoughts and concerns to the school office or your local coun- cillor.

MATH ACTIVITIES Recent math activities include

the chess tournament for the Grade 3 and 4 students and a math competition for Grade 6 stu- dents. All intermediate students are taking bridge lessons once a week and the math games held during lunch hour were a great success (cribbage, checkers and chess). Many thanks to parent volunteers who came in and su- pervised these great activities. And every week over the an- nouncements, the primary and junior students are given math problems of the week to solve. The children have the week to analyze and discuss them in the classroom and at home, and are always curious to see if they came up with the right answer.

EARTH DAY On April 23, primary students

teamed up with their TAG groups to write their Wishes for the Earth, and their creations will be hung from the Friendship Tree. What a fitting activity to cele- brate Earth Day!

IMPORTANT DATES May 7-11 Education Week: Open Houses May 8 in a.m. May 10 in p.m. May 8 School council meeting

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Photo': Elaine Marlin Gina McAlear and Pina Aprile, former and current Corpus Christi

teachers respectively, stand beside an original art work by Simon Bras- coupé, parent of Corpus Christi alumni. Brascoupé presented the work to the school to honour its 75th anniversary.

Gina has been chosen as a recipient of the OCSB's Catholic Educator Award for Excellence in Education this year.

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SURPRISE Our Lenten project this year

included support to the Canadian Hunger Foundation's Project in Uttar Pradesh, India. As a way of being involved and becoming globally aware, the students par- ticipated in class spelling bees and then in a school Spell for Life Spell-A-Thon. Students were sponsored for each word they spelled correctly from their class list. The students, parents, teachers and school council raised a total of $1,421.80. Wow!

The bee was a great opportu- nity for the students to learn new words and assist other children and families to lead more healthy, productive and environmentally friendly lives in India.

IN FRONT OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE? YES!

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represent our school at the zone finals. Her success at the school finals advanced her to the Zone finals with 10 other competitors. Speaking in front of peers is one thing, but presenting a speech at the zone finals is a nerve-racking experience and Addy delivered an outstanding performance. Her speech on Utopia was enlighten- ing and sent an important mes- sage to the audience. Congratu- lations, Addy!

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Swim, run & cycle with new triathlon club BY GLENN ROBINSON

Great news for Glebe Colle- giate students! With the co- operation of the school and the efforts of five local volunteers who are all experienced triath- letes and coaches, a new and ex- citing club has come to townthe Glebe Triathlon Club.

Students from varied athletic backgrounds are coming together to try this relatively new (20 years) and fun sport which has a "anyone can do it" flavour. Kids will be training in a combination of three sportsswimming, biking and running, and finishing off the school year with a race in Ottawa. Ottawa is proud to host four youth-oriented triathlons this summer!

The push for youth develop-

ment has come largely on the heels of the tremendous Olympic gold success story of Kingston native Simon Whitfield.

Most practices, three to four per week, take place in the mornings before school begins. Athletes will be using the Glebe Collegiate track and pool facili- ties as well as venues such as the

Federal exchange program offers summer work & travel to students

Want a summer job that combines the opportunity to explore Canada for free and a chance to practise speaking French?

The Summer Work-Student Exchange offers job training to students aged 16 and 17 in the National Capital Region, thanks to the support of local MPs Mac Harb and David Pratt.

The exchange places 850 students from across Canada with jobs and families outside their home provinces. The program

offers jobs with a variety of non- profit organizations in francophone communities in Quebec or Acadia.

The program runs from July 2 to August 10.

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Aboretum, Gatineau Park and some of the longer-course pools around town. Their goal? Fine- tuning their abilities and confi- dence.

Some of Ottawa's top-notch competitive triathletes have agreed to come to Glebe and share their experience and knowledge with the students in the club.

To date, interest in the club is strong and judging by the num- ber of kids who've been training so far, it's easy tO say that tri- athlons are on fire right now. Why not TRI it, there's nothing to lose.

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BY ALLISON DINGLE On Sunday, June 3, L'Eglise

Christ-Roi, a small church on A r- gyle which has served Franco- phone Catholics in Centretown, the Glebe and Ottawa South since 1930, will come to an end. While the building may still be used as a church (by a congregation of Korean Catholics) it does bring 71 years of a faith community to a end. The parish council is looking at various possibilities for a "regrouping" with another church in the area.

Christ-Roi Parish is closing because of dwindling numbers. Its population is aging, and few young families, or single young people, attend regularly.

However, the closure of the parish will be lamented by many. Over the years, Christ-Roi has been the parish church of many Glebe families; there are still lots of young people in the Glebe who were baptised there. In 1967 the parish was one of nine founding members of the Centretown Churches Social Action Commit- tee, now a group cif 24 which runs the Emergency Food Centre at 507 Bank Street. The parish was also a founding member of Daybreak, a non-profit housing organization.

As well, the parish has a long history of outreach work among the elderly, the sick and the homeless in Centretown. For sev- eral years, the parish supported a street worker. The parish priest has always said Mass at a seniors' residence and was involved with the former Christ-Roi School. Currently, Sister Anita Paquette, a Glebe resident, continues to visit the many elderly sick and shut-ins on behalf of the parish.

My family and 1 are among the Anglophones who have been mem-

bers of Christ-Roi for a number of years. When I started going to Christ-Roi in the early '70s, i t was filled with large families, and committees such as the Catholic Women's League were still active. The parish priest at the time, Abbe Charbonneau, helped me prepare for my mar- riage. Then, in 1975, when my husband Jim and I moved back to Ottawa, we discovered Abbe Jac- ques Faucher in charge. The fact that both Jacques and Jim were ardent dinghy sailors, plus clas- sical music lovers, made for a close friendship. In time, Jacques welcomed each of our three baby daughters to church, and later baptiSed them. In fact, except for a year in a church in Vanier, Abbe Faucher spent 25 years at Christ-Roi.

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appointed as ecumenical advisor to the diocese, a young theologian from the Cameroons, Abbe Emile Etota, took charge of the parish. Emile brought new ideas and new faces, many of them African, to the always cosmopolitan congre- gation, and he has encouraged -a vigorous parish life.

Music has always been a great strength of this tiny church. Somehow, despite a modest budget, Christ-Roi has benefited from a succession of wonderful musicians. The small but beauti- ful organ has kept its fine voice.

Somehow too, Christ-Roi Parish has always managed to extend hospitality and warmth to all who

came, whether with a simple juice and cookies on the first Sunday of each month, the annual parish celebration in November, or the réveillon after midnight mass.

Over the years, we've come to know people of all ages and sta- tions at Christ-Roi, a wonderful cross-section, each one welcomed and appreciated. The parish priests have been inspiring, and so have many of our parish mem- bers. Our life has been enriched in countless ways.

Since 1975, Christ-Roi has been the host church of a Catholic Vietnamese congregation. Our refugee committee, headed by Si- mone and Robert Couture, spon- sored several Vietnamese boat people. The Vietnamese commu- nity will move soon to Jeanne d'Arc Church in Westboro.

The Glebe is well-served by its diverse and dedicated church communities, reflecting at least seven denominations and several ethnic congregations. There is much vitality, and lots of strong parish life, but there is also un- certainty. I wonder if more churches will go the way of Christ-Roi? I hope not.

LAST MASS ON JUNE 3 On June 3, when Archbishop

Gervais says the last mass at Christ-Roi, the parish can look back with pride on a rich and caring tradition. Mass begins at 10 a.m. and will be followed by an informal brunch. All are wel- come. Despite the undeniable sadness, there will be an air of celebration as we pray together and sing our farewells.

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to close June 3

Cross walk trying to understand

BY MEGAN MACDONALD While walking through the

Glebe April 13 I was reminded of an ancient Greek play called Oedipus Rex. It was Good Friday and, along with about 90 other people from four churches, I was participating in a Cross Walk. A Cross Walk is a walk with a cross to symbolize what happened to Jesus when He was crucified on Good Friday. It is a time of re- flection to remember why He was crucified. We walked from First Avenue down Lyon to Fifth Ave- nue and back along Bank Street picking up people from other churches along the way. This was followed by a service in which the story of Jesus dying on the cross was told in different ways: with music, dramatic readings, pray- ers and personal reflection. Even though as Christians we believe that Jesus rose from the dead, an entire service is dedicated each year to trying to understand the suffering and loss which hap- pened on Good Friday.

This started me thinking about Oedipus Rex. It is an ancient Greek play about a man who un- knowingly kills his father and sleeps with his mother. When he finds out what he has done, he gouges out his eyes. The Greeks had huge theatre festivals each year and Oedipus was almost al- ways performed. People came back year after year to see this play. Yet is wasn't the suspense of the ending which kept them coming back. Everyone knew the ending, much the same way that we all know what happens in Ro- meo and Juliet. The point of seeing Oedipus over and over again was to try to understand the tragedy of what happened; not only to Oedipus, but also to the other characters. People wanted to learn from his mistakes and to try to understand themselves.

For me at least, this is the point of Good Friday: trying to understand, to find meaning, to identify with the disciples, the Jews, the Romans, the non- believers, and if possible with

what Jesus was feeling. The re- living of this event is far from repetitious, because every year I

have experienced new things which change how I approach the story. Walking through the Glebe gave me another point of view and was a moving experience. On that day in Jerusalem there were be- lievers following Jesus as He car- ried the cross on which He was to be killed. They were confused, sad, and angry. There were oth- ers who were just in the city for the Passover celebrations and who were interested in seeing the famed teacher from Galilee. The curious looks from people in the neighbourhood as we passed by provided a little insight into what it could have been like two thou- sand years ago. And although I

know that Jesus rose from the dead, I was filled with sadness and a sense of culpability.

In our culture we celebrate happy things such as Christmas and birthdays every year. It is unusual to repeatedly want to re- live a death. In this case, it is Jesus' death which makes His resurrection on Easter possible and only by repeating the story every year are we going to have a chance of understanding and identifying with it. In the same way that the Greeks watched Oedipus struggle with the reali- zation of what he had done every year so that they could gain a better understanding, so I

watched the cross being carried ahead of me on the street, thought of what it meant to me and knew that I did not understand all of its meaning.

Luckily for me I get to do it all again next year.

Deuteronomy 4:9: But take care and watch yourselves closely, so as neither to forget the things that your eyes have seen nor to let them slip from your mind all the days of your life; make them known to your children and your children's children.

Megan Macdonald is Youth Ministry Co-ordinator at St. Giles Presbyterian.

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Christian education hour 11:15 a.m. Friday: 12 Noon Eucharist (Handicapped accessible.)

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Choral Eucharist, Church School & nursery: 10 a.m. Choral Evensong: 5:00 p.m. (first & third Sundays)

Mon. to Fri.: Morning prayer, 9 a.m. Wednesday: Eucharist & breakfast, 7:15 a.m. Thursday: Said Eucharist, 10 a.m. Saturday: Contemporary service (4th Saturday), 5 p.m. Counselling by appointment: 234-4024 (Handicapped accessible from parking lot. Loop system.)

THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS) 91 A Fourth Avenue, 232-9923 Clerk: Peter Harkness, 231-3442 Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.

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ST. GILES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Bank Street at First Avenue, 235-2551 Minister: The Reverend Ian Victor Sunday Service Worship: 11 a.m. Church School: 11:15 a.m. Youth Ministry Co-ordinator: Megan Macdonald (Wheelchair access.)

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PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN Let's Go Fly A Kite Stories and activities for ages five to eight.

Saturday, May 26, 2 p.m. Pre-registration. (45 min.) Sleepytime Storytime For four- to six-year-old sleepyheads.

Wednesday, June 13, 7 p.m. Pre-registration. (45 min.) Babes in the Library For babies from birth to 15 months.

Thursdays, May 3 to June 7, 2:15 p.m. Pre-registration. (30 min.)

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Annabella's back!

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JC will preview the book at Hopewell Public School at the end of May.

A public preview at mother- tongue books is planned for early June.

As always, for copies of An n a- bella And The Werewolves Of Whale Cove sold through schools or charitable organizations, Ms. Sulzenko donates a portion of the sales back to the group. The first Annabella book raised more than $2,000 for the music program at Hopewell Public School.

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Please help us lengthen the list. If you do not see your club's selection on this list and would like to contribute to next month's list, please leave a message re: Book Club List with your name and phone number on the Glebe Report's answering machine (236-4955). Thanks.

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Here is a list of books discussed at the most recent meetings of Glebites who are book club members:

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NOTICES *IN HARMONY, A Women's Chorus presents its 10th Anniversary Concert: A Perfect Night, Ten Years of in Harmony, First Bap- tist Church (corner El- gin/Laurier), June 2 at 8 p.m. Tickets at Mothertongue and at the door. Info: 233-9493. *ELMDALE Lawn Bowling Club offers $25 membership for first- time bowlers, 1 MacFarlane Ave., north off Sherwood Dr. For info call George Ruddle 225-3782 or David Polowin 831-7546. "OTTAWA Festival of the Arts for Young Audiences, June 6-10 at the Science & Technology Mu- seum. Events for ages 4 to 15. For information 241-0999. *OTTAWA Modern Jewish School Open House, Sunday, May 6 at 10 a.m., 31 Nadolny Sachs Private (formerly 881 Broadview Ave.). Call: 722-6657 or www.omjs.ca *SONGS of Spring, workshops for adults, puppetry, parenting ado- lescents, eurythmy, basket mak- ing, etc., Sat. May 5, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Ecole Parsifal School, 1644 Bank St. at Heron Rd. For information : 733-2668. "SUPER EX 2001 Homecraft Prize List, amateur competition classes for handicrafts, culinary arts, floriculture & vegetables in the Pure Country Pavilion at Super Ex August 16-26. Call 237-7222.

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EMPLOYMENT

RPN's with Meds, dietary and housekeeping Aides required for small Retirement Residence in the Glebe. Experience with seniors and good communica- tion skills an asset. Please drop off your resume at Steff-Kim Lodges, 174 Glebe Avenue, 234-0590 or fax at 234-4419.

GRAPEVINE VOLUNTEERS

*VOLUNTEER families needed. You will be matched with an iso- lated family who would like friendship and support. Please call the Family Service Centre at 725-3601 ext. 126. *CENTRETOWN Community Health Centre has openings for volunteer positions: client drivers, senior's buddy, parent/child program as- sistant, etc. Please call 233-4443 ext. 2199. "VOLUNTEER friendly visi tors are needed to provide friendship to isolated and lonely seniors in the community. Please call Ab- botsford Senior Centre 230- 5730 ext. 328.

SALES & BAZAARS "GARAGE Sale & BBQ Sat. May 26, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Trinity Anglican Church, 1230 Bank St. For infor- mation: 731-1848.

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Incredible Summer Programs for all ages offered at the Glebe Community Centre

Preschool Dance (3 - 5 years) Jazz (6 - 8 years) Classical Ballet and Jazz (9 - 12 years) Dance For Adult and Youth (13 yearsadult) Taekwon-Do For All Levels (6 years - adult) Tai Chi For All Levels (Adult) Pottery For .AII Levels (Adult) Kickboxing (Adult) Awareness Through Movement (Adult) Yoga (Adult) Morning Fitness (Adult) Learning From The MastersLearning to read like writers workshop

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Bike Maintenance Tuesday, May 22 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.