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It’s often said that music can soothe the savage beast. It’s a proverb that may be difficult to prove but we do know that music has the power to entertain, inspire, and even educate. It’s something that the members of Hey Buster, know all about.

The band began with a group of friends who happened to be fathers.

“We got together and discovered we could all sing and we were writ-ing and singing songs for our own kids to entertain them, and it sort of expanded from there,” says band member Sherwood Lumsden.

They decided to form a band and Hey Buster was born. That was back in 2010.

Matt Young, Geoff Paisley and Lumsden began to perform at birth-

day parties. They also played sev-eral shows at the Elmdale Tavern, performing in front of parents and their children.

“It ended up working out really well because the parents could sit back and drink and the kids danced around in the front,” laughs Lumsden.

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Hey Buster members Sherwood Lumsden, Stephen Skoutajan, Tom Stewart, and Matt Young. Their latest CD, I Like My Bike, was released at a live show at the Mayfair Theatre earlier this year.

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band that they decided to make a CD.

Lumsden believes what distinguishes Hey Buster from other children’s bands is that they write their own songs, which are largely based on real life experiences. (Parents will certainly relate to titles such as “Bellybutton Does Nothing” and “Mom Eat Your Broccoli.”)

The three original members were songwrit-ers before they had chil-dren and their kids only helped to propel their songwriting abilities for-ward by providing a plethora of inspirational material.

Stephen Skoutajan, Dave Kerr and Tom Stewart (a.k.a. Slo’ Tom) later joined the band with Stewart writing songs as well.

The first CD, Bing Bang Bong, came out in 2010 and the second, called Yeti Likes Spaghetti, came out in 2013. The band’s latest CD, I Like My Bike, was released on March 29 with a live per-formance at the Mayfair Theatre. Lumsden says it was their biggest show

ever. It also marked a change in the band’s mate-rial.

“The first two were definitely about the life of being a father, a parent, and changing diapers. There’s a song called “Pee Dance” and “Poo Poo Poo” and “Boogers” on the first one, so it’s defi-nitely about domestic life.” I Like my Bike is more about civic life and touches upon community, the environment and sus-tainability. The shift came

about organically.Skoutajan, the drum-

mer for Hey Buster, who also happens to be Lumsden’s son’s teacher at school, would invite Lumsden to play songs for the students about the environment for Earth Day and Earth Hour.

“Then Tom and I wrote a couple more songs that were related to some green themes like walk-ing, taking the bus, and they were suitable for Stephen’s class and

Stephen’s curriculum. Then he got us a couple more shows and after that and it just sort of evolved into a concept CD. It real-ly evolved just from the interest of the guys in the band and from the com-munity we live in,” says Lumsden.

The band’s next live show is on June 7 in Chesterville, which is about an hour outside of Ottawa. Lumsden says the band always tries to encourage audience par-ticipation at their live shows. (It might help to know that Hey Buster songs are written with kids from grades three to eight in mind.)

CDs are available at iTunes, Compact Music and The Extraordinary Baby Shoppe. Residents living in Kitchissippi ward can also benefit from hand delivery.

“I’ll drive it over and drop it in your mailbox. Absolutely. I’ve done that lots of times,” says Lumsden.

For more information about Hey Buster, check out their website at heybuster.ca.

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Hey Buster hits a high note with kids and parents alike

Hey Buster band members along with Kate Young and Sophia Skoutajan.


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“We’ve been married for 56 years. We met through friends of friends – I was teaching in Hamilton and I came up to Ottawa for the week-end to see the tulips. I was invited to dinner at the place where he was boarding, and we met there. We broke up a couple of times along the way, mind you, but we always came together again. I would say to young couples to make sure you enjoy the romance of that early time together. There is no need to rush. We had two years before we had children and

it was such a time of enjoying our lives and just getting to know each other, exploring each other’s personalities. It was a good foun-dation. One of the biggest things we have learned is to compromise. As we get older we have learned to relinquish and share some of our responsibilities from earlier in our lives together. We have a little age difference, so now I’m able to take on some of the responsibilities like driving, sign-ing the cheques. But the back-ground we built together is there so I don’t have to worry.

You have to share a sense of humour. That is so important, and Stan is wonderful that way.

And Lyndell is great company. We really are ‘mates.’ We really have a wonderful time. Not that it is always that way – that wouldn’t be life. One of our children died, and we had to be each other’s support. We have a wonderful community – maybe that is part of the secret – to build a community around you both.”

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KT LETTERS TO THE EDITORSaying goodbye to a community advocateSpecial to KT by Ray Sullivan, Executive Director, CCOC

CCOC joins the Kitchissippi com-munity in mourning the passing of Emma Robe, an active resident, CCOC tenant and gardener for more than a decade.

Emma made 123 Stirling Avenue her home in July 2001. She was one of the first tenants to move into the building after CCOC renovated the old abandoned Stirling Tavern. She spoke at the building opening about the importance of affordable housing and being able to put down roots in the community.

Of course, for Emma, putting down roots had several meanings. Emma connected with the neigh-bours in her building and the Hintonburg community, making friends and keeping a watchful eye out for neighbourhood safety issues. She was a fierce community advocate.

And she created a beautiful garden that was the talk of the neighbourhood. Emma’s flair with plants and her personal investment of time and attention meant that her garden was better than what CCOC could possibly have created or maintained with our non-profit housing budget. Her whimsical teacups and beau-tiful perennials added life to the neigh-bourhood.

Sadly, some of the trees that were part of Emma’s garden died and we’ll be replacing them this summer. As her land-lord, there’s no question that she kept us on our toes, and we will miss her. When we do replant those trees we will dedicate them to her; the neighbourhood’s teacup gardener.Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation (CCOC) is a private non-profit landlord with 1600 homes in downtown Ottawa.

Emma Robe, the ‘teacup gardener,’ passed away on April 21. Donations in Emma’s memory can be made to

the Ottawa Humane Society or to the Psychiatric Survivors’ Association of Ottawa.

Dear Editor,Connaught Public School is a happening place. It hous-es 325 students as well as almost 50 staff members, many of whom have faith-fully been there for a num-ber of years. A wide range of clubs and activities cater to many students’ interests, whether it’s sports, chess or the arts. To top it all off, this year happens to be the school’s iconic 100th birth-day – what a way to cele-brate a new Early French Immersion program, wel-come new staff and com-munity members and build a new vision for the future: Connaught Colts - Charging Forth Since 1915.

The centennial celebra-tion was held on the night of Thursday, May 7. Local talent acts performed music from across the decades, the student choir sang a song written by a Connaught student in the 1940s, student donations for our neighbourhood shelters were highlighted, artifacts and photos from past to present were admired in the library and decade-specific media post-ers were set up throughout the school to reminisce about the good ‘ol days. Hors d’oeuvres and refresh-

ments flowed freely as all of this took place. Former as well as current staff and students, members of the Hintonburg community, and special guests including our Mayor, Jim Watson, Member of Parliament, Paul Dewar, our Trustee, Erica Braunovan, and Jeff Leiper, our City Councillor gathered to celebrate the milestone event – all of which helped make it a phenomenal success.

The evening could not have been such a big hit without the help of numer-ous contributors. Our Superintendent of Instruction and Early Years, Susan MacDonald, was gracious enough to host the event, and our very own School Council was quite generous with funds as well as with most of the food and drinks. Gay Cook and Grete Hale, sis-ters living in the neighbour-hood who attended Connaught in the 30s, came in earlier in the week to talk about their experi-ence to our junior classes. Dave Allston of the Kitchissippi Times was key in helping us obtain a wealth of artifacts for our library display, and recently retired Connaught teacher

Ingrid Ten Broek was instrumental in designing our decade-by-decade media posters. Our very own Trish Campbell worked her magic with a beautiful multi-tiered cake for the event, and Caroline O’Neill wrote a great arti-cle promoting our celebra-tion in the Kitchissippi Times last month. Bridgehead, Rogers TV Community Cruiser and Flock Boutique went above and beyond with their donations, and local sing-ing talents Emma Mitchell and the Rogue Lemmings rocked the house with toe-tapping performances in the gym. The OCDSB C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Department must also be thanked for their assistance and expertise in making sure the celebration went off without a hitch. Last but not least, Connaught P.S. staff and students are warmly acknowledged for their involvement and dedi-cation to the historical event.

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As Westgate Shopping Centre turns 60 years old this week, it is worth cel-ebrating not only the long-standing success of Ottawa’s first and oldest mall, but also of local visionary Harold Shenkman.

The land on which Westgate would one day be built was forever an afterthought in the development of Kitchissippi. This forgotten triangle of land sat at the south end of the long Nepean Township lot 33 (the north end was Scott Street), as part of the desirable farm property that passed through the hands of such well-known local 19th century men as Robertson, Gilmour, Vankoughnet, Cowley, Holland and Brennan. This 200-acre farm was sought after for its proximity to Richmond Road, and particularly for the Convent mansion (built in 1861).

In 1892, the Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway ran their line through the southern end of lot 33, further isolating the Westgate triangle from the northern acreage. The railway would later become the GTR, then the CNR, and is now the Queensway, following its same path.

As time passed, the triangle sat vacant and valueless. It was largely marsh and bush. Half the property (depending on the time of year) was covered by Cave Creek, which ran all through Wellington Village and Mechanicsville to the river. It overflowed every year and caused huge issues in the neighbourhood until they put in drains in the late 20s.

J.R. Booth maintained his expansive lumber yards on the south side of Carling between Merivale and Fisher (the future area of homes for veterans), but otherwise there was little development in the area. Even the Hampton Park Ltd. development company subdivisions that were to come in the early 1900s would never stretch this far south.

It was not until the 1940s that Hampton Park would sell portions of their land fronting Carling. In

1942, well-known local homebuilder David Younghusband, purchased a parcel and built a storage building for his business (where Shoppers Drug Mart now exists); Wallace Barrington opened a Shell station to the west in 1942 (the station remained until the 1970s, directly behind the mall); and Sun Oil opened a competing service station in 1946 (about where the parking in front of Shoppers exists today).

It was in October of 1951 that real estate developer Harold Shenkman acquired his first parcel of Westgate land, purchasing the southeast corner for $21,000. A year later, in September of 1952, he purchased a large adjoining piece of land for $42,000. On that same day, he announced his intention to begin building a 25-store shopping mall – at a cost of $750,000 – which was to be completed by the spring of 1953.

His aspirations apparently grew during the winter. He held off on construction, and in June of 1953, purchased the Sun Oil and Younghusband properties with the ambition of opening an even grander mall on his now 12-acre site.

On April 1, 1954, Shenkman proclaimed that shovels were about to hit

the ground for his mall, now slated to cost $2,000,000. One key factor in his expanded plan may have been the Federal District Commission’s plans to replace the now abandoned railway lines (the last train ran in 1952) with a new cross-town expressway, which would run directly to the mall (this of course, would become the Queensway).

Many thought Shenkman’s plan was foolish – that few would be interested in driving to what was then the outskirts of Ottawa to do their shopping. However, Shenkman’s vision would prove to be a success.

Construction ran throughout the winter of 1954-55 by contractors S.D. Millar and Sons of Montreal, following the plans of architect firm Eliasoph and Berkowitz, also of Montreal.

The official opening was held on May 12 although the first store to open was Steinberg’s grocery market on February 15. Steinbergs would remain until 1992, at which point it became a Your Independent Grocer. It is now a Shoppers Drug Mart.

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Joyce Owen AD_Kissippi 2015-05-05 11:53 AM Page 2was not marked with a standard ribbon cutting, instead it was heralded with a futuristic radioactive gamma ray device designed by Canadian Aviation Electronics. This fell in line with the “Ottawa’s March To The Future” concept in their marketing.

Steinberg’s promoted “eight spacious aisles”, “14 efficient conveyer cash checkouts; one of them, for use in peak periods, is a mobile unit, and two express lanes”, and “music while you shop” as another “pleasing feature.”

Other stores began opening throughout March and April. They included Freiman’s, Reitman’s, Krege’s, Kiddytown, Royal Bank, Milk Bar, Throop

Pharmacy, Handy-Andy, Chery’s Flowers, Tip Top Tailors, Paul’s Service Centre and others. The Miss Westgate Restaurant opened at this time and remained in business until June 1990, having been operated from beginning to end by Nusret “Mr. Ray” Bejkosalaj.

Westgate brought to Ottawa what was a burgeoning trend in American culture. Building on the rise in popularity of automobiles and suburban living, one-stop shopping centres gave consumers the opportunity to experience expanded, yet simpler shopping. For developers like Shenkman, they would use “anchor stores” like Freiman’s and Reitman’s,

and the convenience of huge, free parking lots to draw large numbers of shoppers, which in turn expanded the customer base for the smaller chain or “Mom and Pop” stores that filled out the mall. What Westgate had over traditional commercial areas such as the Byward Market, Sparks Street and Bank Street was variety, convenience, and a trendy new shopping experience.

Shenkman sold the mall in February of 1960 and moved on to his next project, the Talisman Hotel on the opposite side of Carling.

Westgate was renovated extensively in the summer of 1978 with a $750,000 facelift to enclose the mall (with a facade of movable glass panels that could be opened in the summer), and the creation of a lower-level shopping area (with a dozen speciality shops), while Consumers Distributing opened

upstairs, where they would remain until 1996.

Westgate Theatre opened as a three-screen cinema on November 14, 1980 on the mall’s second level. It closed July 23, 2000.

The mall transformed again during the winter of 1988-89 with a $2.3M renovation bringing the mall to a total of 50 stores. The 15,000 square foot expansion widened the mall with shops on two sides and added a food court. A further makeover occurred in 2004 with the arrival of Shopper’s Drug Mart.

So let us remember Mr. Shenkman and his foresight for west Ottawa. Let us celebrate the Westgate of yesterday and today as we fondly look back on the great shops and shopkeepers that have been a part of the lives of Kitchissippi residents for 60 years.

Dave Allston is a local history buff who publishes The Kitchissippi Museum (k i tch i ss ippimuseum.blogspot.ca). His family has lived in Kitchissippi for six generations. Send your Westgate memories to [email protected] and you may seem them in the next issue.

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This was the scene approaching Westgate Shopping Centre on Carling Avenue on May 14, 1955. This photo was taken the first weekend it opened. Photo courtesy of the City of Ottawa Archives (COA CA032651)


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“Keep your meters off our streets”Story and photos by Craig Lord

Kitchissippi residents are putting the brakes on early suggestions that paid on-street parking might be coming to the ward.

Two dozen residents attended the first consul-tation for a Kitchissippi parking strategy on May 2 at the Churchill Seniors Centre. Attendees were less interested in listening to the city’s presentation on parking approaches and data and more inter-ested in passing on one key message: keep your meters off our streets.

To be clear, though, the city didn’t come to discuss paid parking, per se. Scott Caldwell, program man-ager of parking strategies, and Dennis Van Staalduinen, a consultant working with the city on parking solutions, pre-sented an outline of the problems and a “toolkit” of solutions available to the city.

“This conversation is not about paid parking. Paid parking comes into it because it’s one of the tools. But we are looking at a range of tools,” said Van Staalduinen.

The range of tools cov-ers alterations to timed parking, developing more spaces or opening up unused, commercial spac-es for public use. Councillor Jeff Leiper noted that Kitchissippi parking strategy will not be a “one size fits all” solution. Variations of any number of parking tools may be implemented to solve parking prob-lems.

These problems, resi-dents heard, revolve around high levels of parking congestion. The presentation relayed the findings from parking studies in Westboro on Richmond Road (from Golden Avenue to Island Park Drive) done in 2011 and in 2014. The 2011 study showed that park-ing spots were regularly filled, approaching levels of concern, but no action was taken at the time. In 2014, however, data showed that parking spots on Richmond Road where regularly highly congest-ed, whereby potential cus-tomers would be unable to find sufficient parking

spots on weekends — a primary concern of Westboro merchants.

“We’re frustrated there isn’t enough parking, and we believe the city should be looking at things other than paid parking,” said Louise Radmore of Paradigm Properties Inc., which represents a num-ber of properties in the surveyed area.

Heather Stevens of the Highland Park Lawn Bowling Club added that her club’s members often come from far away and “have a very, very difficult time finding parking.”

Concerns from resi-dents like Stevens and Radmore managed to derail the presentation. The original plan had res-idents attend breakout sessions, detailing their parking concerns and regrouping at the end. As it was, residents pushed to have their questions answered immediately. Chief among them: will paid parking make a dif-ference?

“The amount of time I would spend in a parking spot will not be deter-mined by whether I’m putting money into a meter or not. It’s going to be determined by what my needs are for time in that space,” offered Roland Dorsay of the Champlain Park

Community Association. The city insisted, in turn, that studies have suggest-ed the opposite is true.

A parking study of Wellington Street West begins next month, with results expected to be tabled at a second consul-tation meeting in September. The Kitchissippi parking strat-egy will continue to be discussed at that time.

“It’s going to be a long conversation,” noted Coun. Leiper.

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Louise Radmore: “I am pleased that the city is looking at the parking problem, but looking isn’t enough at this point. We’ve been studying this issue for a long, long time with studies starting in 2011. And so far, nothing has been done, in my view, to improve the situation whatsoever.”

Heather Stevens: “The local businesses are really important to me. But, now they’re talking about meters. That is going to really destroy some of our smaller local businesses. Because they depend on people who come from away.”

Douglas Poulter: “Right here, at the Churchill community centre, it was identified that this was a really high intensity area for parking. And what do we have here? We have a bicycle rack that is full, at a meeting where there’s hardly any people… They don’t provide the bicycle space. It’s clear that there’s a disconnect between the message that we’re getting and their practice.”

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Pickleball was created in the 1960s in the Seattle area by three U.S. congressmen who wanted to keep their children active over the summer vacation period.

The trio sought to design a game that was accessible while still providing a competitive challenge. A combination of tennis, badminton and table tennis, it’s played with small

paddles and a soft ball that players must hit over a net set lower than in badminton or tennis.

It’s recently become a popular activity for local seniors who gather to play at the Hintonburg Community Centre.

Drop in and playDrop-in pickleball was first offered at Hintonburg just two years ago, says Recreation Supervisor Howard Friendly. In the beginning, games only took place once a week but demand grew quickly and the centre currently hosts twice weekly gatherings on Mondays and Thursdays from 12:15 to 2:15 p.m.

“It’s at a slower speed than what you’d find in badminton or tennis, but you get to move around. We get anywhere from 12 to 20 people coming out each day. We have four courts here so, when we have a good turnout, all the courts are in use.”

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play at the centre, Friendly adds, are 50-plus but that age group is by no means the only one pickleball is suited for.

“It’s enjoyable for all ages; we’re going to be trying it out with some of our summer camps for people with disabilities.”

Liliane McKennierey has been playing pickleball at Hintonburg Community Centre for the last year-and-a-half. She’d been looking for an activity and found it to be an ideal fit.

Less aggressive“I knew it was immediately my thing,” she says. “It’s less aggressive than tennis but you’re moving around like a rabbit all the time.”

The Churchill Seniors Recreation Centre has hosted a pickleball drop-in since 2010, says Program Co-ordinator Lynda Trites.

With a core of about eight people who play on Tuesdays, it’s a smaller group than at Hintonburg Community Centre but a highly competitive one.

“A lot of snowbirds were returning from their winter vacations,” Trites

explains. “It’s very popular there. Some of them are quite competitive and wanted to keep their game up.”

The Churchill Centre’s main hall, where the players convene, isn’t as well-suited to the game as

“It’s at a slower speed than what you’d find in badminton

or tennis, but you get to move around.”

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a gymnasium given that there are no court lines painted on the floor. Still, the group play a pick-up version and simply volley back and forth.

Trites notes that the Fisher Park Community Centre, Churchill’s sister facility has become a busy pickleball hub. Its two gyms, she says, are in full use for games every Saturday. The weekly gathering attracts all skill levels, from beginner to advanced.

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“The Churchill Seniors Recreation Centre has hosted a pickleball drop-in since 2010.”

Liliane McKennierey, who plays pickleball twice a week at the Hintonburg Community Centre, says the game provides a good workout without too much strain.

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“I wanted people to see they’re not alone,” explains Shawn MacDonnell, the creator of the Air Your Dirty Laundry project. Hintonburg Public House is just one of the many businesses and locations around Hintonburg host-ing clotheslines that are air-ing secrets to the public.

“I love the concept,” says Ashley Smith. She was at the project launch at the Hintonburg Public House on May 5, an event that was part of the second annual Hintonburg Happening. “This could be therapeutic for some peo-ple, putting something out there. By putting it down, it becomes more real.”

MacDonnell is interest-ed in the ways that people can put things out into the community. Already some-

one actively engaged in the community – through col-laboration with photogra-pher Dwayne Brown and the Community Couch for example – MacDonnell explains that a unique part of this project is seeing the secrets others are sharing, and knowing they belong to people in our communi-ty. “I don’t need to know who the person is,” he says. It can be enough to know someone else feels a similar way, shares a similar pain or perhaps a guilty plea-sure.

Already close to 100 people have shared secrets through this project such as “I smoke after yoga class”, “There is no such thing as gluten-free” and “I am a Cam Girl.”

Air Your Dirty Laundry won the Hintonburg Happening arts grant for this year. Summer Baird, owner of the Hintonburg Public House and Hintonburg Happening committee member, was part of the selection com-mittee that awarded MacDonnell the grant. “The committee liked that it has so many aspects,”

she says. “It includes a lot of different businesses and community engagement.”

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By Tim Thibeault Ex-rocket scientist and longtime Westboro resident Tim Dudley knows his music. Today he is a Certified Piano Technician who takes care of all the pianos for the Camerata Music Studio, a west end studio that specializes in piano, guitar and a special pro-gram called Music for Young Children. For a year and a half, he has also been working inde-pendently, keeping the rest of Westboro’s pianos in tune and functional.

His first job out of college in the late 1960s, put Dudley with Lockheed Missiles and Space Company at Vandenberg AFB, a west coast launching and track-ing station, where he worked at changing the orbits of satellites and other spacey projects, in-cluding the Agena D second stage missile.

As he says today about his career as a technician, “You don’t have to be a rocket scien-tist.” Apparently, having learned and mastered discipline and at-tention to detail does help though.

Some intensive training at one of North America’s most respect-ed schools, the North Bennet Street School in Boston, also goes a long way toward prepar-ing one for a series of demanding tasks whose outcome can make or break a concert performance.

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The subtleties of tuning can increase and improve sound pro-jection, a very important aspect of playing professionally. A tech-nician works on two phases on each instrument: tuning the strings, and regulation of the me-chanics, or “voicing”. Each is essential to a well-tuned instru-ment.

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By Pat O’BrienRecently the Ottawa Citizen printed stories of il-legal election donations to municipal candidates in which some of the donors admitted their guilt while claiming ignorance of the law and stupidity, despite multiple election transgressions.

What outrage was voiced by our elected mu-nicipal representatives, some of whom may have benefited from these illegal donations? None what-soever!

In fact, Council soundly defeated a resolution which would have prohibited financial donations to municipal candidates by developers and other in-terest organizations as is done in Toronto, thereby encouraging future abuse.

Compare this to the comments made by the Mayor concerning BuzzOn, the marijuana vapour

lounge, in Thursday’s Ottawa Citizen (April 30):“I fully expect the police to enforce the laws”

says Watson. If laws are being broken…the police should lay charges”. This despite the fact that the facility complies with city zoning rules, the smok-ing of marijuana isn’t necessarily illegal (medical users) and the Mayor’s own political affiliation, the Liberal Party of Canada, is championing decrimi-nalization.

Of these issues, I think the one which should evoke outrage and be investigated with charges being laid, is the blatantly illegal financial over-contributions to municipal candidates in which the perpetrators have admitted guilt, not BuzzOn, which is legal but has for some, an unpleasant ca-chet.

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These entertainment photographers are a deter-mined breed who will shoot for hours in crazy conditions to capture that money shot. Ottawa has some amazing veteran photographers who have shot some of the worlds’ most famous musicians.

At the Westboro café called “Oh So Good” is a photo exhibit of some of Ottawa’s finest entertain-ment photographers. Among these artists are Westboro’s own musician and photographer, Scotty Doubt and John Rowland who has captured musi-

cians since the 1960’s. In the “pit” at the

Calabogie Blues Festival, you may see a woman with long, auburn hair representing DAWG FM and her name is Lori Hoddinot; new to the game, she is steadily mak-ing a name for herself.

Peter Weiser, who works at Henry’s, has been shooting artists and events at Bluesfest for years. Peter Weiser and RBC Bluesfest have come together to display some of the amazing shots of musicians who have per-formed at Bluesfest over the years.

Every photo has a story to tell by the photographer and by the fans who en-joyed that performance. These shots are displayed on a variety of media.

Mark Horton whose particular focus is Canadian bands, artists and events has his shots mounted on ceramic pro-viding a hard, sharp ap-pearance. Peter Weiser

has experimented with photos on canvas. Marie Dionne has photos on me-tallic paper. The favorite Westboro coffee and des-sert shop “Oh So Good” at 261 Richmond is a large, comfortable café in which

to wander around and study these amazing works of art.

Gazing at many of the musicians, I could hear the music, feel the heat and remember how I danced all night. I may

not have noticed the pho-tographers in the “pit” that night but their work at this exhibit takes me back. These are the money shots and not to be missed. They are on display until June 26th.

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Capital Ukrainian FestivalAnnual celebration starts in WestboroBy Ukrainian Canadian Congress Organizing CommitteeThe Ukrainian Canadian Congress will host Ottawa’s first annual Ukrainian summer festival to recognize, cele-brate, promote and nurture Ukrainian arts, heritage, and culture. Running from July 24 – 26, the festival will fea-ture traditional Ukrainian food, includ-ing varenyky or perogies which will be served to an anticipated minimum crowd of 5,000 festival patrons from around the world.

Those devoted to classics and an-cient traditions will also be able to enjoy Lvivske 1715 from the oldest still-functioning brewery in Eastern

Europe. Several popular artists and musi-

cians will entertain crowds from well beyond the Ukrainian community as they entertain non-stop on Saturday and Sunday. The Festival is not only to be a celebration of all things Ukrainian, but will look also into Ukraine’s his-toric struggle for its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The Festival opens Friday July 24, 8:00 pm with a Pub Night at the Ukrainian Orthodox hall at 1000 Byron Avenue with music from Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Canada’s only Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy-party-punk-super-band, and Ottawa’s very own Ukrainia. Tickets to the pub night are $20.00 and

will be available online starting June 1st, through the Festival website, or at the door.

Official opening ceremonies will take place at noon, Saturday July 25, and feature greetings from dignitaries and representatives of all three major political parties.

Thus begins 2 days of fun, free, fam-ily entertainment featuring Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Ukrainia, DoVira (Ukrainian jazz-fusion band), Zirka (Canada’s favourite Ukrainian party band), Ottawa’s Svitanok Ukrainian Dancers, local choirs, Pop-Up perfor-mances, and much more with even more artists to be announced in the coming weeks.

Entertainment on Sunday is a Community Picnic with a sing-a-long and jam sessions led by festival per-formers - both activities are central to Ukrainian gatherings. Events will run from 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

Sunday will also feature a 30-minute interfaith prayer service for peace in Ukraine at 2:00 pm, where all of the main religions of Ukraine will be repre-sented. In addition to hymns by Orthodox and Eastern Catholics, the service will include prayers by faith leaders from the Jewish, Muslim, Roman Catholic, Protestant and Buddhist communities.

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Battle of the AtlanticWestboro cenotaph ceremony marks anniversaryBy Mike RuddyOn the first Sunday in May each year, communities across Canada commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic. The deadly Second World War battle raged in the air and at sea for 2,075 days and cost the lives of over 4,000 Canadians. Members of the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, Royal Canadian Air Force, Merchant

Navy, and Royal Canadian Artillery Gunners helped secure the delivery of supplies that were vital to the Allies’ war effort in Europe.

The Battle of the Atlantic com-memoration also helps us to re-member those who served in the First World War, the Korean con-flict, the Gulf Wars, and the numer-ous peace-enforcement and peace-keeping operations since 1945.

Westboro Legion Branch 480

marked the occasion by holding a Battle of the Atlantic parade along Richmond Road to the Westboro Cenotaph in Byron Park. Among the parade participants were the 211 Ottawa Kiwanis Air Cadet Squadron and Falkland Sea Cadets. These dedicated youth were proud to assist the Westboro Legion which, in turn, has been a long-time supporter of the Canadian Cadet Corps.

May 3, 2015. Several cadet squadrons participate in ceremonies

to mark the Battle of The Atlantic. Photo courtesy of RCSCC Falkland


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Shopping then and nowHow time fliesBy Anna Borris Just over 60 years ago, and 5 years before construction began on the Queensway, Ottawa’s first shopping mall opened on May 12, 1955. Located in the city’s “west end”, it consisted of twenty-three shops and services, and was heavily advertised on the radio. Parking for 1200 cars. Imagine!

By the time I was old enough to be one of their junior custom-ers, Westgate Shopping Centre was already six years old.

Often, during the summer holidays I would bike over to the mall with Judy and Karen, a couple of my ten-year-old friends. First stop was Kresge’s, the fifties version of a dollar store. We thought it was a won-derland. Kresge’s sold cheap makeup, costume jewelry, clothes, hardware and toys. They had a pet department where we could pick up a turtle (we all had one,) a goldfish or a budgie. It was a great place to buy Christmas gifts for our par-ents, like fancy soap in a ce-

ramic dish or plaster of paris figures to hang on the wall.

Next, we hit Toy World, with its cut out pink elephant on the wall. They sold hula hoops, board games, view masters and most importantly, the latest in the creepy Nancy Drew mystery series. We circulated our Nancy Drew books and we had all fin-ished “The Mystery of the Ivory Charm”. Judy’s birthday was coming up, and she planned to ask for the newest book on the list, “The Whispering Statue”. We couldn’t wait to find out the plot of that one. How could a statue whisper, and what was she whispering about?

By this time we were hungry and Fenton’s Bakery was the next stop on our route. We stared through the gleaming glass case at the brownies, date squares and flowery birthday cakes. Even though the choco-late chip and peanut butter cook-ies were tempting, our orders were always the same: “One cream puff please.” We took our little white paper bags out to

the sidewalk and happily pol-ished off the cream puffs on our way to Friemans’.

Friemans was a fun store for ten-year-olds. We could ride the escalator, explore all the depart-ments and check out the snow cone machines and toy trains in the Christmas display. It be-came even more important to us three years later when, as Beatle maniacs, we hung around the record department waiting for the newest British albums and admiring the display of transis-tor radios in their leather cases. Friemans sold all the latest fash-ion gear such as leather John Lennon caps, patterned nylons and miniskirts.

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cursions started with Friemans, then we stopped in at the Milk Bar for an ice cream cone or a rich creamy chocolate milk-shake. Lewis Shoes was next, where we wasted the friendly clerk’s time checking out the squash heels and the desert boots. The Anna Lee Shop had the classy dressy clothes that we loved but could rarely afford. We passed by the Miss Westgate restaurant which was out of our league, and headed straight for Throop’s drugstore where the lunch counter served the best cheeseburgers. After stuffing our faces once again, we set out for home gabbing about our fun day and planning what to buy on our next trip to Westgate.

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Emma Robe1945 -2015Hintonburg’s trees and green spaces have lost a staunch advocate with the recent passing of Emma Robe. Known throughout the community for her Tea Cup Garden at the corner of Stirling and Armstrong Streets, and for her great respect for community involvement and growing things, Emma provided Newswest with many opinion pieces and calls to action to protect our neighbourhoods’ greenery and foliage for genera-tions to come.

Often seen at gather-ings like Harvest Fest, Samba in the Park, Spring cleaning events in the

neighbourhood and local arts and crafts exhibits, Emma provided wisdom gained from life experi-ence. She treasured growth and renewal and made this the main pur-pose of her later years.

Perhaps her greatest contribution to our com-munity was in planting and nurturing the seeds of concern for our shared en-vironment. Although her voice is silenced now, her message will resound in all of our trees and gar-dens with each new spring and every new blossom.

Emma is survived by a sister, Jackie Smith of St John’s Newfoundland.

A staunch and vociferous environmentalist, Emma Robe’s passing marks a duty for others with her convictions to step

up in defense of greenery and growth everywhere. Photo by Lorrie Marlow

Remember that row of houses along Westmount Avenue? They’re long gone and the Parkdale off ramp widening is officially underway. With Hintonburg growing and its population expanding, traffic is on the increase and a wider off ramp from the Queensway is about to become a reality. Residents may have been assured that traffic won’t increase, but road building projects seem to indicate otherwise as needed pavement replaces houses, yards and trees. Photo by Tim Thibeault


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Produced and coloured to mimic dirt, the contents of many of these bags are manufactured growing mediums, not dirt.

It is easy to be duped. The words “Black Earth” often seen in the ingredi-ents listed on these prod-ucts bring to mind the fer-tile top soil we learned about in Grade 6 science class. But bagged up “Black Earth” is not earth. It’s only pretending to be earth.

The article “Black Earth vs. Top Soil” on eHow says, in a Sarah Palin circuitous way, “Buying black earth that is not top soil is acceptable if it is not needed for areas where plant growth is im-portant.” Translation? If you don’t care if your plants grow, fake soil works fine.

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What “maximum mois-ture content 50%” means, is a mystery.

Every natural soil holds moisture with varying de-grees of efficiency. Clay holds the most moisture; loam, compost, top soil sit in second place; sand holds hardly any moisture at all. Manufactured grow-ing mediums can hold moisture well. This writer was unable to track down what message “Maximum moisture content 50%” conveys to consumers. Surely it doesn’t mean that 50% of the weight of the bag we lug to the car is water.

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My personal favourite is mushroom compost (MC). MC is made from 100% organic materials, holds water well so you need to water less, and before it’s planted with mushrooms, the mixture is heated to a temperature high enough to kill weed seeds.

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A word of caution: If you want to stay on good terms with your neigh-bours, don’t do what I did my first year into organic gardening. I enthusiasti-cally ordered ten 10 cubic yards of manure for my inner city lot. Fresh, steam-ing manure as it turned out. ‘Twas a small moun-tain of manure, believe me. Took four weekends to level it.

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Cyclists were upset be-cause the orange ads were locked to public bike racks. Across the city, they began putting stick-ers on the bikes. Kathryn Hunt, in her blog, The Incidental Cyclist wrote: “…they’re taking up bike parking in a city where there are already too few b ike r acks . Inconveniencing the very people you want, eventu-ally, to ride their environ-mentally conscious bikes to your shiny new eco-district to ethically spend their dollars.”

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Still vibrant at 81, Mr. Cardinal is one of 5 peo-ple appealing to the Ontario Municipal Board to rule against an attempt by the City of Ottawa to rezone Chaudière and Albert Islands from park-land to commercial/resi-dential use—providing the wealthy with highrise views up and down an historic river. The late Algonquin Elder, William Commanda, wanted to see the three islands (Victoria Island is the third) re-turned to a truly “green” and natural state. He lob-bied, as does Mr. Cardinal, for a place to celebrate and recognize Indigenous culture, people, history, and values in our nation’s capital.

Ottawa’s mayor, the head of the National Capital Commission, and this city’s mainstream media would have you be-lieve Windmill’s proposed development is all nicely tied up. And it is. In the courts. Aside from the OMB case, a second legal battle is underway.

In November 2014, five Algonquin groups and one individual filed a unified statement of claim in Ontario Superior Court of Justice that asserts Indigenous title to tradi-tional lands in the Ottawa River watershed. The claim includes Chaudière and Albert Islands, along with sacred Chaudière Falls. Windmill Development Group is named as a defendant, as are the City of Ottawa, the NCC and others.

That’s why I began using the hashtag #unced-edbikeracks on Twitter to protest the use of public space (bike racks) to ad-vertise what is anything but a “done deal” on these islands. Can Windmill prove that it owns Chaudière or Albert Islands? I challenge it to do so.

Until it can, you and I must realize that these is-lands at the foot of a once-magnificent waterfall are on their way to being re-turned to non-commercial stewardship by Indigenous peoples who never gave up on them. Or gave them away.

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MAY 17 - BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTRegister for a ‘3 on 3’ basketball tournament taking place from noon to 4:00 p.m. at the Fisher Park Community Center. Register online at fisherparkrecreation.ca or pick up a registration form in person at Fisher Park. It’s free!

MAY 20 - THE BLANKET EXERCISE: LEARNING OUR TRUTHJoin in this interactive exercise and gain a better understanding of why the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada is often broken and how we can take action together. The exercise uses blankets to represent the lands of what is now called Canada, and the distinct nations which live on those lands. Participants represent the First Peoples; when they move onto the blankets, they are taken back in time to the arrival of the Europeans. The exercise goes through the history of treaty-mak-ing, colonization and resistance that resulted in the nation we today call Canada. The Aboriginal Rights Coalition worked with Indigenous elders and teach-ers to develop the Blanket Exercise. It takes 30-40 minutes and will be followed by a talking circle. May 20 from 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at the Kitchissippi United Church, 630 Island Park Dr. For Grade 9 to Adult. Freewill offering. For more information call 613-722-7254 or email [email protected].

MAY 22 - CHURCHILL PLANT AND BOOK SALE This annual sale will be taking place at Churchill Alternative P.S. (345 Ravenhill Ave.) on Friday, May 22nd from 7:30 a.m. -3 p.m. Drop by for a great variety of annuals, perennials, herbs and vegetables as well as lots of books.

MAY 23 - BOOKS, BAKING AND BLOOMS SALESpend Saturday morning, May 23, with us as you find plants for your garden, great summer reads and a treat for your sweet tooth. Enjoy delicious back bacon on a bun while you shop. Woodroffe United Church, 207 Woodroffe Ave., 9 to noon. For more information, call 613-722-9250.

MAY 23 - PERENNIAL PLANT, GARAGE, BOOK, AND BAKE SALE The Spring Fair is taking place at All Saints’ Westboro (347 Richmond Rd.) from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. This is a great opportunity to find new treasures, new authors, and acclimatized perennials for your garden. Our ever-popular bake table is back. Early birds might even find a homemade rhubarb pie.

MAY 25 - BASIC DIGITAL PHOTO EDITINGIt is easy to take dozens or hundreds of photos with your digital camera. But then what? Chris Taylor, President of the Ottawa PC Users’ Group will help you discover some easy ways of fixing up your pho-tos to correct many basic flaws so you will be proud to display them. This free workshop will be taking place Monday, May 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Carlingwood Library. For information and online registration go to biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/program or call (613) 580-2940.

MAY 26: TILL THE COWS COME HOME DOCUMENTARYScreening of ‘Till the Cows Come Home’, a docu-mentary about the closing of Canada’s prison farms and the dramatic standoff between protesters and police. Panel discussion to follow. West End Well, 969 Wellington St. W. Upstairs meeting room, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Admission is free.

MAY 29 - ARTS NIGHTCome and see three artists talk about, demonstrate or perform their art: Natalie Fraser, writer; Pamela & Oded Ravek, glass artists; and Les Zeilinski, mando-lin. 7:30 p.m. at First Unitarian Church (30 Cleary Ave. off Richmond Rd.) Admission is $5. For more information call 613-725-1066.

MAY 29 - TRIVIA CHALLENGE FOR CHARITYGet a team together and compete for cash donations to your favourite charity at the Westboro Legion, 389 Richmond Rd. The door and bar open at 6 p.m. and the tournament begins at 7:30. The cost is $10 per player (maximum team size six), and there’s a best team name contest, judged by Kitchissippi Times edi-tor Andrea Tomkins. For information contact [email protected].

MAY 30 - STAIRWELL CAROLLERSJubilate Deo, a concert of sacred music performed by the Stairwell Carollers under Director Pierre Massie with music by Bach, Mozart, Lottie, Biebel, Fauré and Palestrini, will be taking place Saturday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Martins Anglican Church, 2120 Prince Charles Road at Lockhart Avenue just north of Carlingwood Shopping Centre. Tickets in advance: $15. $20 at the door. To reserve, please telephone 613-820-9084 or 613-722-6077.

MAY 30 - VOICES IN HARMONYFeel the Love in this Spring Concert to Raise You Up! 7:30 p.m. at Woodroffe United Church (207 Woodroffe Ave.) $15 at the door, includes refresh-ments. Children under 12 are free. For more informa-tion call 613-836-9351.

MAY 31 - A DIALOGUE WITH DEATHResidents are invited to participate in an evening of informal conversation with and about death and

dying; bring your questions and your curiosity. The evening is facilitated by Tara Tucker (Palliative Care Physician), Mary-Anne Bourque (Palliative Care Spiritual Counsellor) and Pam Grassau (Palliative Care Researcher/Social Worker). 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at A Thing for Chocolate (1262 Wellington St. W.). For more information and to reserve your spot, please email [email protected]. Please note, space is limited, so please reserve early.

MAY 31 - THE MCKELLAR PARK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AGMThe McKellar Park Community Association will hold its annual general meeting on May 31 from 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at the McKellar Park Field House (Wavell Avenue). Councillor Jeff Leiper will join as a special guest. McKellar Park residents interested in joining the executive in a volunteer role are asked to send an email to [email protected] for more information. If you want to contribute to your com-munity on issues such as traffic calming, western light rail, zoning, development, parks and recreation and event planning, please join us at the AGM to learn more.

MAY 31 - GLUTEN FREE UTOPIASave the date! Gluten Free Utopia comes back to Ottawa on May 31 at the Ukrainian Banquet Hall (1000 Byron Ave.) Bringing together local businesses and specialists who know about living gluten-free, GFU 2015 strives to create a world without limita-tions. Tickets $10 at the door; children 12 and under are free. Buy tickets ahead of time at www.eventbrite.c o m / e / g l u t e n - f r e e - u t o p i a - 2 0 1 5 - t i c k -ets-13567652213. Goody bags for the first 500 visi-tors. For more information go to glutenfreeutopia.com.

JUNE 1- IRISH RESOURCES ON FAMILYSEARCHMaximize your genealogy research by using the FamilySearch website and other resources provided by the Church of Latter-Day Saints. The focus of this workshop will be on Irish genealogy resources. Presented by Shirley-Ann Pyefinch, Director of the Ottawa LDS Family History Centre. This free work-shop will be taking place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 1 at the Carlingwood Library. For information and online registration go to biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/program or call (613) 580-2940.

JUNE 6 - PROSE IN THE PARKMark your calendars! This first annual open-air liter-ary festival and book fair will be taking place on June 6 in the Parkdale Park. For more information go to facebook.com/events/1432536553704376/.

JUNE 8 - HAMPTON IONA COMMUNITY GROUP AGMThe Hampton Iona Community Group will hold its Annual General Meeting on Monday, June 8 from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. George’s Parish hall, 415 Piccadilly Ave. At the AGM, elections will be held for all Executive positions (President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer) on the HICG Board of Directors. Nominations for these positions close on May 31, 2015 at 5 p.m. For inquiries regarding the election or to place your name in nomination, please contact Marg Hillier at [email protected]. For general inquiries about the AGM, go to hamptonio-na.ca.

JUNE 12 - TELLERS AT THE WELL SERIES OF THE OTTAWA STORYTELLERSThis month Ottawa storytellers Marie Bilodeau & Nicole Lavigne will present Twisted Tales. Old tales become strange and modern in this fairy tale mash up! at the West End Well. 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. This is the final spring event by Ottawa StoryTellers. We’ll be back on the second Friday of September. Free (pass the hat).

YOUR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONSFor up-to-date news on your neighbourhood, stay in touch with your community association. Information about events, traffic changes, development, neigh-bourhood clubs, volunteer opportunities and board meetings is available from the following Community Association websites.

Champlain Park Community Associationchamplainpark.org

Civic Hospital Neighbourhood Associationchnaottawa.ca

Hintonburg Community Associationhintonburg.com

Hampton-Iona Community Grouphamptoniona.wordpress.com

Island Park Community Associationislandpark.wordpress.com

McKellar Park Community Associationmckellarparkcommunity.wordpress.com

Mechanicsville Community Associationfacebook.com/MechanicsvilleCA

Wellington Village Community Associationwvca.ca

Westboro Beach Community Associationwww.westborobeach.ca

Westboro Community Associationlovewestboro.wordpress.com

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