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Editorial p. 6
Nancy Snipper p. 14
Sports p. 22
Battling bullying
NDG: Students from six schools, including Marymount and RoyalVale, were honoured May 29 for completing the Beyond The Hurtprogram. See story, p. 10. Photo: Michael Moore
Fiddler on the Côte
HAMPSTEAD: Rabbi Julia Appel is coming to the Dorshei Emetsynagogue. See story p. 26. Photo: Dorshei Emet
Rabbi for Women of the Wall
CÔTE ST. LUC: Councillor Mitchell Brownstein with wife, Elaine,at the Fiddler preview. See Social Studies p. 18. Photo: Veronica Redgrave
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June 11, 2013
By Isaac Olson
Residents and business owners areexpressing concerns about safety, loiter-ing, health and odour over the Côte St.Luc-approved plan to establish a 24-hour,drive-through restaurant in the Côte St.Luc Shopping Centre’s parking lot.
Côte St. Luc resident Saverio Servellosays he is considering moving awaybecause he doesn’t want to raise hisyoung daughters next door to anunhealthy, all-night, fast-food joint andhis neighbour, David Bouquet, said he isstarting a petition against the project.
Bouquet and his wife Carole Gélinas
recently wrote to the mayor to say, “Weare appalled at this decision that is incon-sistent with the tone of our town, itsbeautiful parks, wonderful library, goodschools and great service.”
In a phone interview, Bouquet said heand his neighbours are concerned aboutwhere people are going to fill up the shop-ping centre as the lot can pack in withouta restaurant filling a number of thespaces. He said he is worried about thesmells and litter that accompany a fast-food restaurant — litter that attracts birdsand other pests.
24-hour drive-through McDonald’s drawsconcerns from residents, businesses
Strip mall serves NDG and Côte St. Luc
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NDG-resident Brendan Walsh celebrated the official launch of his first novel, The Boy and the Crow,on May 25 at the NDG Sports Centre. The book event drew dozens of people to listen to the author readfrom his self-published book. Walsh is a freelance writer and lecturer in communications and writingat McGill and Concordia universities. According to the author’s website (theboyandthecrow.com),“This gripping and fast-paced coming-of-age book tells the tale of 16-year-old gang member, DannyCagney, whose chance encounters with a young crow and a beautiful girl in rural Vermont one daybecome the sparks that change his life.” Photo: Isaac Olson
Art work was presented by deaf and hard-of-hearing clients, as well guest artists at the MAB-MackayRehabilitation Centre on May 16. The art included painting, drawing, photography, poetry, sculptureand more. During the day-long event, guests also heard a presentation by two auditory specialists, DaleBonnycastle and Dr. Jean-Pierre Gagné. In the photo, MAB-Mackay Foundation’s Theo Brinckman(centre) smiles alongside participating artists. Photo: Isaac Olson
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Three years after opening a location inPlateau Mont Royal, Ta Pies, a food outletinfluenced by the traditional foods of theland down under, has opened a secondlocation — in NDG.
While sitting in her new shop located at5525 Monkland Ave. just west of GirouardAve., Melanie Des Lauriers said her clas-sically trained, New-Zealand born chef ofa husband, Don Hudson, has more than25 years of experience in the kitchen.After living together for nearly a decadein Australia, the couple decided to bring ataste of the southern hemisphere back toher home town.
The mostly meat-filled pies are a tradi-tional meal eaten on the go or at home inAustralia and New Zealand.
Every neighbourhood has a pie shop,she said, but her husband is putting agourmet spin on the traditional delicacy,with 20 different flavours. Enveloped in aflaky crust, fillings range from the classicground beef and gravy to butter-chicken,she said.
Along with the pies are salads, soups,veggie pies, side dishes and desserts.
The couple chose NDG, she said,because, when planning to open anotherstore, she surveyed her customers onPark Ave. to find out where they werefrom. A large number came from NDG,she said, so they opened on MonklandAve. on March 7.
“So far, it’s going really well as a lot ofpeople know us already and are happy tosee us here,” said Des Lauriers, who hasworked in the food industry all her life.
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NDG district councillor PeterMcQueen said it’s time the boroughstarts systematically adding reservedparking to the area around the incomingMcGill University Health Centre(MUHC) to ensure residents still havestreet-side parking once the facility is upand running.
During theJune 4 boroughcouncil meeting,Northcliffe Ave.resident AntheaDe Silva toldcouncillors park-ing is tight onher street as peo-ple head to thenearby Metroand sincelaunching a cam-paign for changethree years agothat included
submitting a petition signed by all theresidents, nothing has improved.
“We have called constantly and wehaven’t had any updates,” said De Silva.
“We’re also increasingly worried as thenew super-hospital is going to be built;we will have even less room to park thecars.”
McQueen said he strongly supports cit-izen parking and he offered to look intothe case. He also said transversal streetsalong Sherbrooke need more reservedparking before the new morning andevening bus lane is added this summer.
Mauro Petraccone, owner of PastaCasareccia on Sherbrooke St. and DraperAve., expressed serious concerns with thewestbound evening bus lane planned forSherbrooke St. He asked the council toreconsider a plan that he said does notacknowledge that morning traffic isbusier than in the evening.
Responding to McQueen’s suggestionof more reserved parking on transversalstreets, he said merchants are going tolose customers if there isn’t any parkingduring the busiest times of the day.
“We’re asking that we look at this witha bit of a finer brush to fix this problem,”said Petraccone. “The westbound lanetraffic is non-existent at night … so you’retaking away parking for something that’s
not needed.”Perez said while the borough is gener-
ally favourable to the bus lanes, a finaldetermination has not been made yet.The borough has asked the transportagencies in charge for more informationbut “the belief is yes, we should be doingit and from what we have seen thus far, itis something that should be encouraged.”
Snowdon councillor Marvin Rotrandnoted the bus lane is a federal Transportministry project designed to reduce theamount of headaches caused by the trafficdisplaced by the Turcot overhaul projectstarting this summer.
Northcliffe Ave. residents want speedersthwarted
Korin Bobrow told councillorsNorthcliffe Ave. is plagued by speedersand while the city has installed bollards,residents want speed bumps.
“Every year it seems like we have moretraffic, faster traffic and there are a lot ofyoung kids on our block,” said Bobrow.“I’m just worried something is going tohappen.”
Borough mayor Lionel Perez saidsomething needs to be done on that streetand he put Bobrow in touch with his
political advisor to get the ball rolling “asquickly as possible.”
McQueen said there are issues withputting speed bumps on hills but regard-less, he is going to carry out a survey onGrey and Vendôme avenues (aboveSherbrooke St.) to see if the residentswant one-way streets, which could help byallowing parking on both sides and nar-rowing the street.
Bobrow said there is already parking onboth sides of his street, but “it doesn’tseem to help.”
Resident wants a cleaner NDG
As a Monkland village resident, KateZinszer said she is “really bothered” bythe overflowing trash bins and accumu-lated litter in the area. She said NDGshould be cleaner.
Perez said very often residents andeven some merchants use the public binsas a dump. He has raised the issue withcity services and the borough will soon trydifferent techniques to mitigate the issue,such as adding smaller garbage cans thathave a smaller opening, which wouldallow people to only throw away smallamounts of litter.
—Isaac Olson
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Anthea De Silva tellscouncillors parking is tighton Northcliffe Ave.
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An open letter to: Anthony Housefather,Dida Berku and other Côte St. Luc citycouncillors:
As proud residents of Côte St. Luc, weare extremely disappointed to learn thatapproval has been given to build a drive-thru MacDonald’s restaurant in the CôteSt. Luc Shopping Centre.
We are appalled at this decision that isinconsistent with the tone of our town, itsbeautiful parks, wonderful library, goodschools and great service.
Côte St. Luc is a good place to raise afamily as it features the best of the sub-urbs while being close to downtown. Andit has been a “leader in health and safetyissues” (your website) with its ban on pes-ticides, promotion of bicycle helmets andfirst responder service.
We are concerned that a city that wantsto attract young families accepts a fastfood restaurant that will cause litter andtraffic problems, and that promotesunhealthy eating.
Today’s parents are concerned withnutrition and would most definitely wel-come any other type of restaurant, onethat promotes healthy and wholesomefood.
We are worried that a McDonald’s will:• target children, teenagers and people
with low incomes,
• cause traffic congestion, parkingproblems, pollution and safety issues,
• harm the environment due to litternoise and smells,
• attract local gangs,• endanger the safety of the large num-
ber of old people who drive and walk with difficulty through the existing parking lot.
Côte St. Luc deserves better and wehope that the decision will be reconsid-ered.
Carole Gélinas & David BouquetElgin Ave.
Côte St. Luc
No to McDonald’s
Nothing has changed between St.Ignatius and Coronation St. on Côte St.Luc Rd. It is still a dangerous stretch ofCôte St. Luc Rd. because drivers aredelayed 15 seconds before they can headtowards the signals at Coronation, where-as drivers from Coronation to St Ignatiushave a full 40 seconds to make their sig-nals.
This leads to speeding and danger atCoronation. With the new McDonald’s setto open soon in the Côte St. Luc ShoppingCenter, the potential for car accidents atCoronation will be even greater.
Norman SabinBessborough Ave.
NDG
Danger at Coronation St.continues
The Côte St. Luc Shopping Centre is aquirky little strip mall built in 1956 toserve the southwestern sector of Côte St.Luc, as well as the parts of neighbouringNDG along adjacent streets likeCoronation, Westmore and St. Ignatius.The original mall had a Steinberg’s —which was replaced by IGA in 1992 —and over the years the centre has seenmany enterprises come and go, includinga bowling alley, movie theatre, a Ronahardware store and more recently,Blockbuster video.
Shopping centres have a heartbeat oftheir own; in a way, they are like commu-nity centres where locals go to not onlyshop for essentials, but to hang out,socialize and kill some time.
The Côte St. Luc Shopping Centre is nodifferent, and with its interesting selec-tion of retail tenants and its clean, widehallway, it’s become a busy place. On anygiven day of the week, by noon, the park-ing lot is filled with cars, both stationaryand moving, as well as a constant flow offoot traffic, pedestrians who live nearbyand prefer to walk to shop.
With four separate entry points fromthe street, it takes a certain level of con-centration and care to manoeuvre safelyon foot in the parking lot, as many driversignore the rules and proceed diagonallyacross the asphalt to get to an empty spotas close to their destination as possible.Few stop at the stop signs that are inplace, although some roll slowly through.Families with small children in strollers,on foot or on bicycles, and seniors usingwalkers or canes contribute to the overallmayhem, along with pedestrians who textmessage or talk on their cell phones asthey walk.
So one has to consider the impact ofCôte St. Luc’s decision to allow for a zon-ing change that brings a drive-throughrestaurant into the mix. It doesn’t reallymatter what kind of establishment it is;people can decide what kind of food theyeat.
But in terms of safety, even if the drive-through is located behind the shoppingcentre, its existence will increase the traf-fic flow in the parking lot, possibly creat-ing dangerous scenarios for pedestrians,
especially for the many seniors who livein the area. It is already difficult for themto cross at the intersection at Côte St. LucRd. and Coronation St. (see letters below).But according to a 2011 police report, it’snot just about drivers. The majority ofseniors are negligent about their ownsafety; people over the age of 55 accountfor two thirds of the pedestrian deaths inMontreal (see story p. 8).
It will be interesting to see the planssurrounding the new drive-through,where it will be located and how and if thesafety issues will be met to the satisfac-tion of locals residents and users of theshopping centre.
Other concerns, such as the noise andincreased pollution created by a 24-hourrestaurant in a residential neighbour-hood, as well as its effect on business forthe other eateries and stores locatedinside the mall, may only be addressed
once construction is completed and thecars start driving through.
Marlene Eisner is the editor of the FreePress and a part-time instructor in the jour-nalism department at Concordia University.
Busy parking lot at CSL Shopping Centre needs safety policy24-hour drive-through coming
CSL Shopping Centre. Photo: Isaac Olson
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The leaders of two local organizationssay more needs to be done on the bor-ough’s streets and sidewalks to ensuresenior safety.
Montreal’s Commission sur le trans-port et les travaux publics held a publichearing in the borough May 21 to giveresidents a chance to speak out aboutinfrastructure concerns. Jerry Kreaden,representing the Cummings JewishCentre for Seniors, which has a trans-portation committee, submitted the con-cerns of the organization’s members tothe commission.
Kreaden said there needs to be moreeducation of the public. Existing pro-grams, he said, are not far-reachingenough as is evident in the number ofaccidents and violations; people over theage of 55 account for two thirds of thepedestrian deaths in Montreal, accordingto a 2011 police report.
“The pedestrians know nothing. This isnot just about the drivers, but at leastdrivers get some instructions when they
go to get their licence,” said Kreaden, anNDG resident, noting education canreach out through social media and send-ing animators to schools. “There seemsto be a complete lack of responsibilityamong pedestrians.”
Photo radar needs to be installed atbusy intersections and enforcementneeds to take priority, he said. Plowingand snow clearing is vital and the cross-ing times, where there are pedestrian sig-nals, needs to be extended.
Karen Urtnowski, of the NDG SeniorCitizens’ Council, had similar senti-ments. She said the city needs “the threeE’s: Education, enforcement and engi-neering.”
With the reserved bus lane coming toSherbrooke St., she said the councilwants careful measures taken to ensuresafety before the lane is installed.Keeping cyclists off the sidewalks, saidUrtnowski, is a big issue because onesmall bump of a senior citizen can knockthem to the ground and lead to seriousinjury. Seniors can’t get out of the way aseasily as younger people and many are
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terrified of the sidewalk cyclists.Loyola district councillor Susan Clarke
said she is tired of seeing adults riding onthe sidewalks, and as a member of thecity’s public security commission, willagain ask the police to enforce the rules.Traffic lights, she continued, are gradual-ly being replaced, and when they are, inmany places, the crossing time for pedes-trians has been adjusted.
Clarke said there are parking issues inother parts of NDG and the borough, butnot so much in her area.
“If a senior has health or mobilityissues, it is usually a good idea for themto get the tag that allows them to park inreserved spots,” she said.
NDG district councillor PeterMcQueen said adult cyclists should notbe riding on sidewalks and, like Clarke,
he noted special handicapped parkingspaces exist and are important for someelderly drivers.
“I will see what we can do to ensurethere is one on each block so that they donot have to cross a street after exitingtheir cars,” said McQueen, noting he isinvolved with trying to have longer cross-ing signals at bigger intersections.
Borough mayor Lionel Perez said thereis no one “magic solution” to the issue ofsenior safety.
“We could always look to improve andthat is something we all strive towards,”said Perez.
“We always need to listen to the differ-ent stakeholders to ensure that we canmake our streets and intersections as safeas possible with what is in the best inter-est of our residents.”
More education needed: Kreaden
This intersection at Sherbrooke St. and Cavendish Blvd. is considered by many to be a dangerous, hair-raising crossing with short signals, no street paint showing the crosswalk and rushing motorists zippingby. Photo: Isaac Olson
According to Station 11 constable PeterMandelos, two men were arrested on St.Jacques St. earlier this month after akeen-eyed citizen spotted the pair testingcar doors as they strolled down the street.
On June 1, just after 1 pm, the two men,
both in their 20s, were seen tugging ondoor handles. Within two minutes of theconcerned citizen’s 911 call, police wereon the scene and it didn’t take long forofficers to find the two suspects, saidMandelos.
As soon as the two men identifiedthemselves, the officers discovered thepair is well known to police, saidMandelos. They had been released fromcustody on strict conditions not to be inthe area, and not to be together.
The two men, who don’t live in NDG,have had seven recent altercations withMontreal police, including assault on anofficer, said Mandelos. These incidentshave been under the jurisdictions of
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The Police Report is intended toinform readers of recent police activityin the community. The articles arewritten from information taken frompolice reports and given to the reporterby a Station 11 constable.
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Renaissance, a non-profitorganization that turnsdonated homewares andclothing into an employmenttraining program, hasopened a donation centre inNDG to attract more contri-butions and to show the com-munity that the organizationis not just another facelessdonation box in the street.
Located at 4001 DecarieBlvd., corner of NDG Ave.,the storefront is for people tocome in, learn about theorganization and donategoods. It is also a bookstorewhere people can buy afford-able used books or peruse asmall selection of donatedfurniture.
Renaissance has had aFripe-Prix store on St.Jacques for six years. The non-profit gets20 percent of its funding from theprovince and the rest comes from sales.Director general and founder PierreLegault said it is a means of recyclingclothing and selling affordable items tothe community, and the store also servesas a training centre for unemployedadults who otherwise rely on welfare.
It turns people who don’t pay taxes intotaxpayers, said Legault, with over 200successful participants finding a job orgoing on to school each year. About 50percent of the staff in each store is perma-nent, he said, whereas the rest are rotat-ing through the program, getting first-hand job experience.
Along with the donation centres,
Renaissance operates 90 bins around thecity but for the moment, there are none inNDG as borough officials have been hav-ing bins on public land removed since theFree Press first covered the issue in theMarch 12 edition.
Legault said all the Renaissance bins inNDG were put there with verbal permis-sion from a borough representative yearsago, who never demanded the organiza-tion pay for a permit. His said his organi-zation places the bins in locations onlywith permission.
Legault said people throughout theMontreal region have grown weary of thecountless donation bins cropping up allover the city in recent years. These otherbins, he said, have cut 40 percent of theRenaissance’s donation stream.
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This donation centre just opened up on Decarie Blvd.Photo: Isaac Olson
By Isaac Olson
During the June 4 council meeting,Christian Arseneault, who will run underthe Projet Montréal banner in theNovember 3 municipal election, askedLoyola district councillor Susan Clarkewhy the borough is still covered in illegalgraffiti so far into the “cleaning season.”
Citing Clarke’s press conference lastmonth where she promoted new graffitiremoval kits for residents, Arseneaultsaid there remains a lot of illegal taggingthroughout the borough that is not get-ting cleaned by the city, including theVilla Maria Metro station, park chaletsand more.
“Why, already one month into thecleaning season, is the borough not lead-ing by example when it comes to cleaninggraffiti?” asked Arseneault.
Clarke said some of those places havebeen cleaned at least once, if not more.City crews clean park benches andchalets, but the city also relies on resi-dents to call in and report vandalism, shesaid. Call it in, she said, and it will get
cleaned.“Unfortunately,
it usually has totake place quite afew times overthe seasonbecause there isrecidivism,” saidClarke, noting theborough is coor-dinating clean-ups with police tohelp track down and catch vandals.
While noting the effectiveness of pre-vention, Arseneault asked if the city hasconsidered newer, preventive measuressuch as a spray-on adhesive that isdesigned to keep paint off buildings.
Without recommending a specificbrand, Clarke said there are some compa-nies putting out better products than oth-ers but regardless, she does mention thisto people. Another pre-emptive measure,she said, is getting developers, whenbuilding condos or other buildings, to usematerials and designs that are not seen asa big canvas to taggers.
Arseneault challenges Clarkeon graffiti issues
Projet Montreal candidate, ChristianArseneault. Photo: Isaac Olson
Stations 11 and 24. The men didn’t have any stolen items
in their possession, but were chargedwith violating the conditions of theirrelease.
Bat-wielding NDGer arrested after attack
At 2 am on June 2, police received a callabout an assault with a baseball bat aftera domestic dispute turned into an attackon an intervening neighbour, saidMandelos.
The victim was walking to his car onHampton Ave. near Upper Lachine Rd.when he noticed a neighbourhood couple
deep in a hostile argument. He tried tointervene and calm the couple, butinstead, he received a death threat fromthe man. The victim left and the suspectfollowed.
The victim was just getting home whenthe suspect attacked him with the bat, hit-ting him on the back. The suspect thensmashed the victim’s car window and fledthe scene.
Police were called and while interview-ing the victim, the suspect returned to thescene with his bat in hand. The 39-year-old suspect, well known to police, cooper-ated. He was arrested for assault with aweapon and vandalism.
—Isaac Olson
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In a continued effort to sell half of itssanctuary, the Kensington PresbyterianChurch, located at the corner of GodfreyAve. and Grand Blvd., was awarded aminor variance that divides the propertyinto two.
The borough council approved thismeasure during the May 6 meeting, to
give the church a better chance of sellingthe sanctuary. The variance might beapproved, but according to the minister,there is still more work to be done, suchas establishing separate utility entrancesto ensure the western portion of the prop-erty is fully separated from the old sanctu-ary.
Selling the building is more a questionof efficiency, said Rev. Roland De Vries,both environmentally and communitywise, than it is about declining churchmembership. He said the congregationhas found the church hall to be a betterlit, more intimate setting for Sunday serv-ices.
Clerk of session Gerald Auchinleck saidthe membership base has been growingin recent years rather than dwindling.The church has about 125 formal mem-bers and about 65 who regularly attendSunday services, said De Vries.
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High school students from Marymountand Royal Vale were honoured on May 29for their commitment to end bullying,each earning a certificate indicating thecompletion of the Canadian Red Cross’Beyond The Hurt program.
“When the program was presented tous, right away we thought it would be asuccess and it was,” said Royal Vale prin-cipal Nathalie Lacroix-Maillette.
“The feedback that we got was unbe-lievable, but it’s still just the start of some-thing that can get even bigger.”
The two schools are among a halfdozen English Montreal School Boardinstitutions that this spring introducedBeyond The Hurt, signalling the pro-gram’s start in Quebec.
Created by RespectED, the violence pre-vention wing of the Canadian Red Cross,the program attempts to resolve bullyingissues by training students to becomeyouth peer facilitators to help change theculture of harassment in their respectiveschools.
In March and April, RespectED’sprovincial head, Nicolas Nadeau, travelledto each school to meet with 10-15 studentsusing a series of educational activitiesover two days to teach them non-con-frontational methods to resolve and pre-vent bullying.
“Everybody in this room has power. Itmight not be the same amount of power,but we all have power,” said Nadeau.
In the second part of the program, eachof the newly trained facilitators will deliv-er a bullying prevention presentation tohis or her classmates.
“It’s great when you have the informa-tion yourself, but you need to be able toshare it with the rest of your school,” saidNadeau.
The program’s implementation coin-cides with last summer’s provincial Bill56, which instructs every Quebec schoolto create and adopt a comprehensive anti-bullying and anti-violence plan.
During the ceremony in Royal Vale’smini-auditorium, Nadeau handed outindividual certificates to each studentwho completed the program, as well asone for each school to hang in its hallway.
The ceremony was complemented by amedley sung by Royal Vale’s Glee Club,including a performance of ArethaFranklin’s version of “Respect”, and aslide show chronicling Royal Vale stu-dents meeting with Nadeau.
Youth facilitators from LaurenHillAcademy, Vincent Massey Collegiate andWestmount High School were also hon-oured at the ceremony.
Students from the final EMSB school tocomplete the program, James Lyng, wereunable to attend.
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A handful of residents attended theMay 27 public information session thatoutlined plans for St. Raymond’s newincoming elementary school, with someof them raising concerns over issuesranging from train noise to the potentialincreased isolation of St. Raymond.
The vacant building at the corner ofOxford Ave. and Upper Lachine Rd. willbe destroyed and replaced with a larger,two-storey, L-shaped school with a gym,16 classrooms and a small library over-looking Georges St. Pierre (Oxford) Parkacross the street, according to schoolcommissioner Marie-JoséMastromonaco.
The building, to be built without airconditioning or an elevator, will costabout $7.8 million and house about 300students. Commission scolaire deMontréal (CSDM) officials say only twotrees will be cut down to make room forthe school and a planned, 11-space park-ing lot.
The main entrance will be on OxfordAve. A wood theme will be used through-out the structure, with exposed woodenbeams decorating the exterior and interi-or.
One resident asked if anything can bedone to help reduce noise for the kinder-garten classrooms because the northern-most section of the building is close tothe train tracks. Officials said there areplans to do some sound cancellation, butthe efforts are limited by resources andtechnological capabilities.
Action Communiterre’s community-based, youth-focused Garden of Thymewill no longer have a place on the proper-ty, said Mastromonaco. Instead, there willbe an effort to provide access to the bor-ough’s community garden behind theschool’s neighbouring senior home. TheCSDM, she said, will leave space for truckaccess.
The meeting was held at the St.Raymond Community Centre and thosewho attended questioned the lack of pub-licity inviting the neighbourhood to the
meeting. Jill Precesky, a St. Raymond res-ident, said on her way to the meeting sheasked people if they were going, butnobody was aware that it was happening.She said more information needs to becirculated in the area.
As her children attend the nearby NDGSchool, Precesky expressed concern thatthe new facility will further the dividebetween St. Raymond and the rest ofNDG.
A large portion of the students at NDGSchool speak French as a first language,
she said, and by sending St. Raymond’slargely allophone and anglophone popu-lation to NDG School, the students getmore exposure to Quebec’s official lan-guage. She suggested the new school cre-ate a focus or vocation, such as music orart, to attract more students from aroundthe region.
“I think it’s very good that a school iscoming to St. Raymond,” she said. “But Ithink a specialized school would help pre-vent the isolation and ghettoization of theneighbourhood that some residents areworried about. We need more francopho-nes at the school to teach all the other stu-dents how to speak in French.”
Mastromonaco said the first step is tobuild and establish the school. Then par-ents and staff can work on finding voca-tions or planning to run the school a cer-tain way. At this point, she said, theschool is being constructed for studentsin the St. Raymond district from aboutDecarie Blvd. to about Cavendish Blvd.,south of the train tracks and north of theSt. Jacques escarpment.
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CSDM officials present the new elementary schoolin an information session. Photo: Isaac Olson
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Dignity and respect are themes thatcome up in almost any conversation withBonnie Soutar, director of developmentfor the NDG Food Depot. She is passion-ate about respecting the worth of all peo-ple, the right to live one’s life with dignityregardless of fortune, and the role com-munities play in making these notionsreality.
Soutar has lived with her family inNDG since 1990 and loves the “nice treesand green space.”
“It’s a great neighbourhood to walk orbike around; everything is accessible.”
Most of all, Bonnie appreciates the factthat we live in a “tight knit communitythat is attentive to what is going on”around us.
“With 30 percent of all NDG residentsliving below the poverty line,” communi-ty organizations and how they treat theirclients play an important role in improv-ing people’s lives. Over the years, Soutarhas held a variety of jobs at the Food
Depot — coordinator of the Good FoodBox program, outreach coordinator andas of last week, director of development.She comes to her newly-created post at apivotal time for the organization.
Forced out of its long-time home on deMaisonneuve Blvd. and Oxford Ave., theDepot “simply has to find a permanenthome, and needs funds to renovate what-ever space” they settle upon. Along withthe core task of supplying emergencyfood baskets to those in need, the Depotprovides as much fresh produce “as pos-
sible,” offers food delivery to those whocan’t come in to pick it up and transition-al access to Meals on Wheels (both inpartnership with the CLSC Cavendish)for those who can’t prepare their ownfood due to accident or disability.
Soutar sees the Food Depot becoming“an integrated food resource” offeringcooking classes, a collective kitchen, com-munity meals, gardening, and food andnutritional information in the future.
Bonnie also founded and coordinatesthe Boomer Café, held every Mondayfrom 11 am to 5 pm at the Montreal WestUnited Church on 88 Ballantyne St., cor-ner Curzon. A joint project of the FoodDepot and the NDG Senior Citizens’Council, the Boomer Cafe is a placewhere people from 50-65 can go for cof-fee and conversation and fight isolationwhile networking with other locals.
The café is another initiative that helpspeople to live with dignity and respect forthemselves and others. Thanks for allyour efforts Bonnie!
The Food Depot is holding a fundrais-ing concert and party on Saturday, June 15at 5:30 pm at the Wheel Club, 3373Cavendish Blvd., corner Sherbrooke St.The evening will feature live music from
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Goodbye to Charlie Hindley
NDG lost a true community standoutlast week when Charlie Hindley passedaway at the age of 77. As the obituary onthe NDG Baseball website observes: “Ifyou’ve hung around NDG baseball fieldslong enough, you would have had thepleasure of running into Charlie Hindley.Known on the baseball diamond as anaffable and competent umpire. Off thefield, he was a gregarious kind-heartedman with a larger-than-life personality.He always had a good story to tell and wewould gather around him like little chil-dren soaking in every detail of his tales ofbaseball follies and what-have-you’s fromyesteryear. At the same time, he was aman who was down to earth and veryhumble, a set of qualities that are uniquein this day and age.”
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Rather than learning English in the tra-ditional style of reviewing vocabulary andgrammar, a group of NDG-based, fran-cophone high school students are master-ing the language by studying and taking astand against genocide.
Many Hanphiboune, an Englishteacher at St. Luc high school, asked herstudents what they want to study andafter holding a vote last year, the pupilsdecided they want to learn more aboutgenocide. It’s a way, said Hanphiboune,for students to have some control over thelesson planning, and giving them thatcontrol helps to keep them engaged andinterested in the studies. Plus, she said,they learn two things at once: English andhistory.
This year her new group of grade 9 stu-dents voted to continue the genocide pro-gram. Now, she said, those students aretaking their lessons outside of the class-room by collecting hundreds of signa-tures on a petition to encourage Canadato change its policy and face the atrocitiesin Darfur. The some 60 students are aver-aging about 40 signatures each so far,said Hanphiboune. Each signature, shenoted, comes from a different person thatthe student took the time to educate andtalk to about genocide. The petition,along with English-language, student-authored letters, will be sent to federalForeign Affairs minister John Baird.
“I was really surprised by the debatesthe students were having,” said student-
teacher SebastienPhaneuf, who helpedwith the class this year.“They were really deep,meaningful, philo-sophical debates aboutwhy humans are capa-ble of doing this, whypeople aren’t doingmore to prevent it andwhat more can be doneto prevent it. It wasreally high-level think-ing that I wouldn’thave necessarilyexpected from 14- and15-year-olds.
In an English-lan-guage interview withseveral of the students,many expressed frus-tration over the lack ofinterest so many peo-ple show about geno-
cide as they go out to collect pledges andsignatures. People, they said, don’t wantto take time out of their lives to help.When asked how we are supposed to helpfrom Canada, the students agreed thatpassing on certain values to youth is a keyplace to start.
“I think it’s very important for kids andteenagers to learn about genocide so wedon’t make the same mistakes in thefuture,” said Juan-Sebastian Alba. “Youdon’t really think how far humanity cango with hate. It makes you think and itmakes you a better person too, becauseyou know you’re never going to partici-pate in that.”
Jourie Istiytieh said it’s important thatpeople, be it citizens or politicians, getinvolved in discussing and fightingagainst these problems rather than leav-ing it up to somebody else.
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Blessed with a natural baritone voicewith a touch of the tenor, he has put it togood use as an actor, emcee and singer.His ear for music has him playing key-board pop pieces, and he has also com-posed songs for musicals. His ability tokeep in tune with the times is buoyed byhis ebullience and love of the wholelights, camera, action thing, especiallywhen there’s music in the air.
“I started playing piano when I was awee one,” said Pierre, whose mothershowed him the basics when he was fouryears old. “When I say basics, I meanboogie-woogie. I like to say I moved fromher lap to the piano bench and later ontothe stage.”
Indeed, his entertainment experiencecrosses over into playing characters suchas Herr Schultz in Cabaret at the CentaurTheatre, Juan Peron in Evita for the LyricTheatre, and Gerald in The World War IImusical Till We Meet Again, which touredQuebec and Ontario and had a tri-umphant finale at the Oscar PetersonHall here in Montreal. He’s performed inover 100 plays here and abroad.
Lenoir uses the piano not just as a vehi-cle for his own voice, but for others, too.He’s composed seven musicals that wereall performed in Montreal. One of them,Pourquoi Dracula was shown inSwitzerland.
“This wasbefore theinternet, so allthe sheetmusic wassent by fax,and I sentdemo tapes byspecial deliv-ery. It was oneof thosestrange con-nections thats o m e t i m e shappen in thisbusiness. Thephone rings, and it’s this small companysomewhere in Switzerland and they wantto put on my musical. This sort of thingdoesn’t happen every day.”
Speaking of the unusual, Lenoir didn’tset out to become a professional actor.“There was this place in the LongueuilMetro called Le Moutier. I ended up play-ing the piano there, and was approachedby a young woman who asked me to takeon the role of her husband in a play shewas performing in at CEGEP ÉdouardMontpetit. I got the theatre bug right thenand there, and became a regular memberof that theatre group. I actually wrote anddirected a musical for them.”
Taking his acting to a more seriouslevel, he decided to study the craft at LeConservatoire d’Art Dramatique deMontreal. He spent three years in the pro-gram, but was hungry to go from Molièreto musicals.
“I managed to convince everybody thatwe needed a musical. It worked. Ourgraduating exercise was a musical come-dy commissioned especially for us.”
Pierre Lenoir is a big bundle of energyand fun. With more than 100 films andTV shows, plus 170 commercials underhis belt, he’ll be around entertaining themasses for a long time to come.
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By Isaac Olson
A globe-trekking couple from Francehas teamed up with a local resident toopen a specialized boutique that showcas-es and sells unique, authentic art andproducts from around the world.
Souvenirs de Voyages, located at 5035Sherbrooke St. near Grey Ave., opened itsdoors in late March, offering jewellery,wooden flatware, perfumes, soaps, furni-ture and more.
Laurence and François Sailly currentlylive in Tunisia, but were in town for theface-to-face interview with Free Press.They teamed up with Montreal nativeClaude Brodeur to open the store thatlargely focuses on selling European prod-ucts and art the couple finds in their trav-els.
“We have travelled a lot and we arealways interested in artists and creatorsthat produce authentic, unique, beautiful
products,” explained Laurence, notingthis is the couple’s first such store. “So,we decided to open a store for people whoshare that same passion for unique prod-ucts from around the world.”
An example is the Tunisian fouta that ismade of a highly absorbent material andis an oversized, intricately woven towelthat in its home country, is used for every-thing from drying off to acting as a tablecloth.
It might be worn around the waist, shesaid, or used to cover a lawn chair. It’salso, she added, used in the bathroomlike every other towel.
When asked why they chose Montrealto open a store, François said they enjoythe multicultural diversity and atmos-phere of the city. Right on the edge ofWestmount’s Victoria village, he said thecouple also saw the location as a placethat has clients who share a passion forthe world.
Gift shop brings items ofthe world to NDG
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By Isaac Olson
A global network focused on inspiringand training communities to self-organ-ize around a “transition model” has cometo NDG.
Kathy Aitken, Marina Guba and SonyaGirard, coming from organizations likethe Food Depot and ActionCommuniterre, are three of several resi-dents who have teamed up to bring theTransition Network to NDG. The grouptries to connect people, organizations,businesses and eventually, policy makersin an effort to provide a foundation forpeople to share ideas and combineresources to establish local community-based projects and policy. The goal is totry to help improve global problems suchas economy and environment.
“It’s about what we can do instead offeeling powerless to what’s happeningglobally, it’s finding the solutions locally,”said Girard. “It’s about getting people thatwant to and can work in different capaci-ties together. Everybody has something tocontribute. It’s very inclusive. It’s notabout environmentalism or any kind ofseparation between organizations. It’sabout oneness.”
Girard said that the local chapter ofTransition Network, dubbed TransitionTown NDG, has already been holdingevents such as a material exchange (eg.clothing, books, tools). This Gubaexplained, pulls support away from low-wage factories overseas, the waste thatfactory production produces and the oil ittakes to ship clothing, and it recyclesunwanted items. Other events mayinclude anything from establishing a
community solar panel power station tostarting a local currency that keepsmoney local, said Girard.
Regardless of the initiative, she said thelocal network will be in place to bring theright minds or connections together tomake a project materialize. Six membershave already been trained to help growthis local, voluntary, citizen-led move-ment.
“There are thousands and thousands of
transition initiatives around the worldand there are about five different levelsaround Montreal right now,” said Aitken.
“We’re not trying to replace any otherorganizations, because everybody is reallydoing great work, but in a way, we’re justtrying to bring the community togetherand maybe focus in on some areas thathaven’t been focused on before.”
Aitken said the community responsehas already been very positive and therehave been dozens of participants in thevarious programs the group has hostedsince September 2012. Aitken said thereare close to 200 “likes” on the TransitionNDG Facebook page and the recent filmscreenings were well attended. Now, saidGuba, the goal is to “turn this growinginterest into tangible projects.”
Guba said the hope is to get support notonly from citizens but also businessesand local government as the networkbuilds. People, she said, can join theFacebook page and visit transitionnet-work.org for more information, but thebest way to learn more is to attend eventssuch as the upcoming June 13 “InspiringTechnology, Entertainment and DesignTalks” at the Co-op la Maison Verte (5785Sherbrooke) at 8 pm.
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From left: Marina Guba. Sonya Girard and Kathy Aitken are some of the founding members ofTransition Town NDG. Photo: Isaac Olson
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In a joint effort between Lauren Hill Academy in St. Laurent and Côte St. Luc’s Bialik High School,Muslim and Jewish students from grades 9, 10 and 11 were brought together to learn, collaborate andforge friendships — learning to break down the traditional barriers between the two cultures to realizethat, other than religion, they have a lot in common. Students shared food, discussions and more beforepresenting their findings on May 27 during the Jewish Muslim Intercultural Dialogue. Mayor AnthonyHousefather acted as host during the presentation, which attracted parents, media, school staff,residents and more. Photo: Isaac Olson
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“I kind of get the feeling that the CôteSt. Luc council sort of writes this part ofCôte St. Luc off,” said the Elgin Ave. res-ident. “When you walk along that side-walk in front of the shopping centre,there are four exits and it’s really quitedangerous.”
Gélinas said the city doesn’t have a lotof restaurants and if there is going to bea new one, it would be nice if it had ahealthy selection of food, but in the end,her primary concern is the drive-throughaspect.
There are a lot of senior drivers andwalkers and she worries this drive-through is a recipe for disaster.
She also questions how security in thearea will be enforced since fast-foodrestaurants often attract loitering.Servello questioned the type of cus-tomers who may frequent such a placebetween midnight and 5 am.
He said as it is, his wife can just runover to the IGA late in the evening with-out any worries, but having aMcDonald’s blocking the way may end
those trips.Côte St. Luc’s mayor, Anthony
Housefather, said he welcomes the newrestaurant and noted a public consulta-tion was held before the necessary zon-ing changes were made in August 2012to allow for a drive-through.
No one came forward with any seriousconcerns or took the opportunity to sub-mit a referendum. Since the project’sMay 13 approval and subsequent presscoverage, the mayor said he has heardfrom a Côte St. Luc couple and an NDGresident.
Jason Patuano, a McDonald’sspokesperson, said his company hasanswered questions from a concernedresidents’ association of an NDG-basedcondominium located just south of CôteSt. Luc Rd. near the Coronation Ave.intersection.
He said McDonald’s is working closelywith Côte St. Luc to ensure compliancewith local laws. There will be modern,state-of-the art features such as a smell-reducing ventilation system and indoor,refrigerated trash collection to mitigateodours.
Yu Kang, who, with his wife owns the
Pik-Nik eatery in the shopping centre,said he took over the 40-year-old busi-ness some four years ago and in theshort time he has been there, he has feltthe economic effects of new restaurantsopening in the mall.
Looking ahead, he’s sure that the newMcDonald’s will take customers from hisbusiness.
He questioned why the mall’s ownerwould want to pull clients away from themall where rent-paying merchants aretrying to manage business in an alreadycompetitive climate.
Kang said he and his clients are wor-ried about the safety of the parking lot asthere seems to be at least one accident aweek.
The city does not choose which busi-nesses the shopping centre rents to, saidHousefather.
“We have had a McDonald’s atCavendish Mall for many years andMcDonald’s and the city have a long his-tory of cooperation with our winter carni-val, generating monies for RonaldMcDonald House.”
When asked how this restaurant inte-grates into the recent health policies, he
said, “While the city is proactivelyencouraging healthy eating through oururban agriculture program, we also arenot going to ban other foods. Our goal isto provide people with enough informa-tion to make healthy choices, not to banother foods or to pass judgment on dif-ferent restaurants.”
He said the city does not monitor orcontrol the parking lot, but he has foundit to be as safe as “we can make it” and “Ido not understand how anyone can passjudgment on something that has notopened and unless you have gone to thecity’s engineering department to see theplans, you do not know the configurationand nor does whoever you have spokento.”
Patuano said the drive-through andparking have been carefully designedand will be safe. Security is handled on acase-by-case basis, he said, and if there isan issue, a security guard could be hired.
A voicemail message left with GregoryMenzies of mall-owner First CapitalRealty was not returned.
For more information about Bouguet’spetition, contact him by email:[email protected].
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It was a dark and stormy night, a dra-matically darkening sky and great gustsof rain, when the city of Côte St. Luc andthe Côte St. Luc Dramatic Society hosteda VIP reception, premiering the world-renowned play Fiddler on the Roof.
The cocktail was held at the Côte St.Luc Aquatic and Community Centre andthen guests braved the wet to cross overto the Giovanni Palatucci facility, wherethe play was performed.
Côte St. Luc mayor AnthonyHousefather and Mitchell Brownstein,city councillor responsible for parks andrecreation, greeted arrivals. Also appear-ing on stage later in the evening wereCSL councillor Sam Goldbloom andHampstead councillors Michael Goldwaxand Bonnie Feigenbaum.
Guests perused the sushi buffet tableand admired the platters of sweets,including delicious chocolate brownies.
Noted in the packed room were MikeCohen, with his wife Ilana Spector in red,
and daughter Alexandra Cohen; ElaineBrownstein, smart in black; Donald andBarbara Seal, lovely in a spring-brightfuchsia blazer; Abe Gonshor, AnnieYoung, in black edged with lace; Free Pressand Westmount Independent publisher
David Price; Marcy and Sam Stein, (whoplayed the lead role of Tvye); MichaelLudwick and Jacquie Kaufman-Ludwick;Lauri Betito, from CJAD; Diane Dupuis-Kallos, production manager for the play;David Taveroff, Côte St. Luc director of
parks and recreation; and honorary con-sul general of the Netherlands inMontreal, Michael Polak, and his wifePenelope, whose stylish Hermès hot-orange outfit matched her husband’scheckerboard tie.
Seated: Ilana Spector, Alex Cohen and CSL councillor Michael Cohen. Standing: CSL councillorMitchell Brownstein, Michael Polak and former CSL councillor Richard Schwartz, who now lives inToronto and came in for the show. Photo: Veronica Redgrave
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JPPS Bialik High School students aresoon to be equipped with iPads.
The school will refurbish classrooms toallow a full integration of the devices intothe learning experience. This move is partof the school’s redevelopment plan thatwill include adding smart projectors andApple TVs to technologically integratedclassrooms, according principal KenScott.
Teachers, through programs on adevice of their own, will be able to see andcontrol the students’ iPads in class, hesaid.
“The whole process of dealing with dis-traction is virtual management,” saidScott when asked if the new devices willdistract students.
“Just the fact that through a very simplecommand on the teacher’s iPad, it’s pos-sible to see what each student is doingwith the device, really makes manage-ment very simple.”
Text books will eventually be reduced todigital format and students will be able tostore digital information, ranging fromessays and presentations, on a “cloud”that can be accessed from any device, hesaid.
This, he continued, does not increasethe price of tuition nor does it demandthat students buy the device, said Scott, asit is worked into the operating costs of theschool.
When they graduate, students can takethe devices with them. This replaces whathas been a laptop program, noted Scott,which once equipped all the studentswith laptop computers.
At first, it will be grade 7 and 8 studentswith iPads. After the higher grades grad-uate with their laptops in the next twoyears (bringing an end to the school’s lap-
top program), the entire student body willhave the slim, touch-screen computers.
The teachers, he added, will be trainedto use the new technology effectively inthe classroom. Scott said there have beenno concerns expressed by parents orteachers.
Today’s young students look to a futureimmersed in technology and it is impor-tant that they are familiar with thesedevices, he said. If students don’t get thiskind of hands-on experience, he said theywill be far behind by the time they moveon to future education and professions.
Scott said it was no quick decision tooutfit the student body with iPads.Officials researched thoroughly how wellthey work in other institutions, includingsome area schools that already havethem.
Councillor Glenn Nashen has onedaughter in grade 7 at Bialik and twoplanned Bialik students currently in ele-mentary school. He said he sees iPads as“a necessary initiative to ensure that ourkids are on the cutting edge of informa-tion and communication technologywithin their educational paths.”
Nashen said the school is proving itsability to adapt to changing times and thatis vital when looking to the world ahead.
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By Michael Moore
With a cursory glance, Royal WestAcademy’s Park N’ Lot 2.0 eco-gardenproject appears to be little more than anempty muddy asphalt slab.
However, few hobbies preach the virtueof patience more than gardening, sowhen the school’s first attempt at trans-forming the barren lot stumbled, theschool’s 25-student EnvironmentCommittee (EC) decided to rebuild itfrom the ground up.
“We put it to a vote, to repair or rebuild,and the students voted to rebuild,” saidsocial science teacher and EC leaderXavier Désilets. “Every single idea hascome from the students and [been] votedon as a group.”
Last year, Désilets and the EC startedthe Park N’ Lot project to transform theschool’s Chemin Ainslie parking lot intoan eco-paradise. The 27-planter gardenflourished last summer and fall under theEC’s green thumbs, allowing them to usethe produce in the school’s Green BeanCafé and donate it to the NDG FoodDepot.
However, during the winter, the repur-posed maple desktops used to build theplanters bowed and cracked, forcingDésilets and his students back to theproverbial drawing board, sparking ParkN’ Lot 2.0.
The EC’s first step will be to remove theparking lot’s asphalt via a company firstcontacted by the students. Originallyintending to plant directly into theground, the students had to re-think theproject when testing on the parking lot’ssoil revealed toxins from the asphalt hadrendered it unsuitable for a garden.
“The project has taught us about thingslike the impact asphalt has on the soil,”said Tori Musacchio, who lives in Côte St.Luc. “It makes you realize the environ-mental issues around the school that yousee every day.”
Moving to plan B, the EC opted to pur-chase rot-resistant cedar and high-qualitysoil to rebuild over 25 planters that hadbeen lost during the winter.
“The plan for this year is to make theparking lot a green space, instead of justa green space in a lot,” said grade 9Daniel Bloomberg, who lives in NDG.
Setting a budget of almost $20,000,the EC has adopted a multi-pronged
fundraising effort, with students filling inproposals for provincial and EnglishMontreal School Board grants, holdingin-school raffles and sales, and acceptingdonations on a fundraising website,where they have already raised $3,000 ofthe $5,500 goal.
“Everybody has been incredible in giv-ing us a helping hand,” said Désilets.“This wouldn’t have been possible with-out Royal West, the school board, [NDG-based community group] Action commu-nautaire and the whole community sup-porting us.”
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Royal West rebuilds eco-gardenwith Park N’ Lot 2.0
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AVIS PUBLICRÈGLEMENT NO 2403
AVIS PUBLIC est donné par le soussigné, greffier, que le conseil municipal deCôte Saint-Luc, à sa séance du 13 mai 2013, a adopté le règlement 2403 suivant :
« Règlement 2403 pour rendre obligatoire le port du casque protecteur »
L’objet du règlement est de mettre à jour les définitions du précédent règlement 2103 et de ses amendements relatifs au port obligatoire du casque protecteur, qui ne visaient que des activités comme le cyclisme et le patin à roues alignées. La définition de Vélocipède a mainte-nant été ajoutée et est assortie de l’obligation de porter un casque protecteur pour les utilisa-teurs de dispositifs à propulsion humaine comme les planches à roulettes. De plus, toute bicyclette électrique ou assistée, tout cyclomo-teur, scooter ou véhicule semblable qui n’est pas assujetti aux dispositions du Code de la sécurité routière du Québec sera considéré comme un Vélocipède.
Ce règlement entre en vigueur le jour de sa publication.
Ce règlement est disponible pour consultation à l’Hôtel de Ville situé au 5801 boulevard Cavendish durant les heures normales de bureau, soit du lundi au vendredi de 8 h 30 à 16 h 30.
DONNÉ à Côte Saint-Luc, ce 11 juin 2013
Maître Jonathan Shecter LL.B.greffier
Pour plus d’information, veuillez me contacter au 514-485-6800 ou à [email protected]
PUBLIC NOTICEBY- LAW NO. 2403
PUBLIC NOTICE is given by the Undersigned, City Clerk, that the following by-law 2403 was adopted by the Côte Saint-Luc City Council at its Council Meeting held on May 13, 2013:
‘‘By-Law 2403 Rendering Obligatory the Wearing of a Helmet’’
The object of the by-law is to update the definitions of the previous by-law 2103 and its amendments rendering the wearing of a helmet compulsory which had relegated the obligation to wear helmets to activities such as: cycling or in-line skating. The definition of Velocipedes has now been added which includes the obliga-tion to wear a helmet while propelling additional human-powered devices such as skateboards. Moreover, any electric or power assisted bicycle, moped, scooter or similar device not already subject to the Quebec Highway Safety Code, shall also be considered a velocipede.
This by-law comes into force on the date of its publication.
This by-law may be consulted at the City Hall located at 5801 Cavendish Boulevard during regular office hours, said hours being Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
GIVEN at Côte Saint-Luc, on this 11th day of June 2013
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CôTE ST. LUC NEWS
It seems you can teach old dogs new tricks, according to the Côte St. Luc Men's Club’s art teacher, PhilGoldberg. The 84-year-old artist has been hosting art classes through the senior men’s club, attracting37 students, including some in their 90s, doing art for the first time. During the club’s breakfast on May30, over 200 members turned out to see the art on display. In the photo from left: Ed Surkes, 83, PhilGoldberg and Martin Causley, 89, stand in front of art created by Surkes and Causley. Photo: Isaac Olson
Golden-aged art
In the seven plus years since I was firstelected as the city councillor for District 2in Côte St. Luc, the growth of computertechnology and social media has repre-sented the biggest change in municipalpolitics.
I oversee the Communications portfo-lio on council. We work very hard to makeour website (www.cotesaintluc.org) userfriendly and a “go to” place for residentsand visitors to find the answer to most oftheir questions. Statistics show that morepeople are logging on.
My own personal website (www.mike-cohen.ca) provides constituents with anongoing update on developments in mydistrict and within the city at large.Besides breaking news and previews andreviews of city events, I also upload videosand photos. While city councillors cancertainly be reached by telephone via cityhall, we each make our email addressesvery visible. Mine ([email protected]) keeps me very busy. This isan excellent mode of communication asconstituents can provide me with veryuseful details about their concerns. Someeven include photos. We can maintain acontinuous dialogue and the time of day
or night is not an issue. We providecourses at the Eleanor London Côte St.Luc Public Library for any resident whowants to learn how to surf the internet.
I also Tweet a lot of information, some-times while public council meetings arein session. I urge everyone reading thiscolumn to please follow me @mikeco-hencsl. If you are not registered, go towww.twitter.com and sign on. You willfind this mode of social media full ofinteresting comments and information.
The Côte St. Luc Cats Committee,which I oversee, has been doing someexcellent work since its humble begin-nings less than three years ago. Thegroup has a Facebook page and a sectionon the Côte St. Luc website (www.cote-saintluc.org/cats), which includes thelink to an interesting blog. If you are a catlover, give the site a look and send me ane-mail. The group needs more volunteersas it continues to rescue homeless catsand promote their first ever cat licensingby-law. Very recently, a resident sent mean e-mail. A homeless cat landed at herdoor. She placed it in her garage andasked us to pick the cat up. While ourcommittee looked for a solution, this ladyintroduced the cat to her dog. They gotalong. After determining that there wasno cat license or chip to allow us to trackdown a possible owner, we were able toconvince this lady to adopt the cat. Theentire process was carried out by e-mail.
Councillor Mike cohen
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Social media enhances ourroles as municipal politicians
Though built by students for students,the EC is also hoping the garden will beused by Royal West faculty as a teachingtool and have already set up seven U-Pick
planters outside the lot for locals to enjoy.“It’s a constantly evolving project. We
are always changing things, we alwayshave new ideas, so I don’t think it’s evergoing to stick to one final design,” saidMusacchio.
Royal West garden continued from p.20
The Bloomsday Irish Cabaret
At the Eleanor London Côte St.LucPublic Library, 5851 Cavendish Blvd.,Thursday, June 13 at 7 pm.
An evening of Irish literature, story-telling and song. Sponsored bythe McGill Community for Lifelong
Learning. Tickets: $3 in advance, $5 day of event.
Annual Cancer Survivorship Day
Hope & Cope’s Presents GuyCorneau: Revivre!
Monday, June 17 at 7 p.m., at theJewish General Hospital, 3755 Côte-Ste-Catherine Rd., Block Amphitheatre,Room B-106
Presented in French with simultane-ous translation into English. Free, butreservations are a must: 514.340.8255or 514.340.3616.
Community CalendarIt’s ON!
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Public notice
InvitationCOUNCIL MEETING
Lionel Perez, Borough Mayor, Helen Fotopulos, Councillor, Côte-des-Neigesdistrict, Peter McQueen, Councillor, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district, SusanClarke, Councillor, Loyola district and Marvin Rotrand, Councillor, Snowdondistrict, invite you to attend the next meeting of the Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough council,
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 7 p.m.at 5151, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine
At the meeting, you will have the opportunity to ask questions or submitrequests on any issue concerning your borough or the municipaladministration (30 minute period). A period of registration will be held from6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. for that purpose.
The agenda is generally available (in French) in the Borough Hall section of theCôte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough Website (ville.montreal.qc.ca/cdn-ndg) as well as at the Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-GrâceAccès Montréal office, located at 5160, boulevard Décarie, ground floor (311 –Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough), on the Friday before theborough council meeting, in the afternoon.
Please note that the FINAL agenda is the one adopted by the municipalcouncillors at the beginning of each meeting.
Geneviève ReevesSecrétaire d’arrondissement
NDG SPORTS
By Michael Moore
The Montreal Exiles, NDG’s open-to-allrugby club, christened its new season onMay 25 with an all-day celebration atConfederation Park in some fittingly tra-ditional rugby weather—cold, wet and all-together miserable.
“It wasn’t the best day for it because ofthe weather, which impacted the fanturnout, but it was a success. We did getsome NDG families that live in the area tocome around,” said club co-founder AlexKaren.
Undeterred by the adverse weather, theclub’s second annual Rugbyfest includeda barbecue for locals willing to brave therain, a high school rugby season finale
between LaSalle CommunityComprehensive and MonseigneurRichard and a pair of Exiles senior squadgames, plus a training session for thenew Mini Dragons youth program.
A founding goal of the three-year-oldclub, the youth training program will runon weekends throughout the summer,teaching the rules of the game to U6, U8,U10 and U12 age groups.
Led by former NDG baseball organizerAlain Spitzer, the Mini Dragons will alsoplay in a series of non-contact jamboreetournaments around Montreal, allowingthem to showcase the skills they developin practice.
Almost a dozen youngsters turned outfor the May 25 session and registration
for the program is still open on the Exiles’website, www.montrealexiles.com.“It’s not often at the elementary schoollevel that kids are introduced to rugby, sowe’re trying to get younger kids in thecommunity to get to know about the sportbefore they enter high school,” saidKaren.
The Exiles also saw significant growthin its flagship senior men’s program afterwinning the 2012 Roy Harvey QuebecCup. Building on that success, the clubhas swelled to 42 senior players, enoughto field a team for each of Rugby Québec’sC and D divisions.
Karen credited the growth to an influx
of players who have grown too old for theExiles’ U18 team.
“A lot of players that I coached on theU18 team the last couple of years are now19 and 20-year-olds and they’re playingwith me on the Exiles,” said Karen.
Rugbyfest proved more successful offthe field than on it for the Exiles C and Ddivision teams who were shut out byKingston and Montreal Irish III, respec-tively.
Karen said he believes the club canreach its goal of winning the C divisionleague title, which would allow the Exilesto move its two teams up to the B and BReserve divisions next year.
Exiles kick off season with all-day, all-ages Rugbyfest
The Montreal Exiles’ division C senior squad was shutout by Kingston on May 25 at ConfederationPark. Photo: Michael Moore
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and is no longer in use. De Vriesexplained that in the 1800s, the originalchurch property and tennis courts weredivided into several lots and with time,became a single lot. The tennis courts, hesaid, were sold last year.
There has been interest in buying thesanctuary but, “in order to sell it, it needsto be two separate lots,” he said, addingthat a potential buyer would have torespect the zoning of a religious heritagesite.
The New Hope Senior Centre and thechurch have for many years shared thewest side of the facility. The plan, saidAuchinleck, is to continue serving theNDG community for many years as it isan established church on which peoplehave come to rely.
Auchinleck has been involved with thechurch since 1957 and said, “Of course, inthat many years, you make an emotionalattachment to the building. But, in thatsanctuary, the attendance was scatteredaround the large room.”
Kensington Church continued from p. 10
Rev. Roland De Vries and clerk of session GeraldAuchinleck in front of the church hall, which is atthe corner of Kensington and Godfrey avenues.
Photo: Isaac Olson
Mimi is a pretty 12-year-old flat-coatedretriever cross. What this happy girl lacksin youth she makes up for with a gener-ous heart and a robust enthusiasm forlife.
An easily managed dog, this senior hasa happy-go-lucky attitude, and is game forjust about any adventure, proving agetruly is just a number.
While Mimi has been at the FrontierAnimal Shelter for some time now (peo-ple seem to gravitate toward puppies andyounger dogs), she still views the worldwith hopeful eyes and remains opti-mistic.
Anytime someone walks past her cage,Mimi wags her tail; whether it’s in antici-pation of being adopted and broughthome or just for one of the volunteersstopping by to take her out for a stroll.
Mimi’s favourite activities include
going for long, leisurely walks in the for-est behind the shelter and going to thedog park and rolling in the grass. She willhappily jump in the car and look at youwith her bright and mischievous eyes thatsay “Where to?”
With a bounce in her step, this sprysenior still has so much to offer a newfamily.
Mimi would do well in a home with afellow active retiree who has a lot of timeto spend with her, although she could fitin quite well with just about any familythat has love, affection and walks to give.
Mimi is friendly with everyone but ahome with dog-savvy kids over the age ofeight would be best for an older gal suchas herself. Mimi is fantastic with otherdogs and with cats.
If anyone would enjoy making Mimi’sgolden years glitter and save her fromspending another long winter in the shel-ter, please contact Frontier at 819.876.7747 or [email protected].
Underdog update
Shawna, now named Scotia, has foundjoy again. A retired Westmount residentwho read about her in this column (“Sad
but sweet is Shawna,” WestmountIndependent, April 9, p. 19) took her homea few weeks ago. “Basically, life is fantas-tic,” according to Frontier Animal Society,who rescued her.
The young boxer mix Gaby is stillneeding a home, according to Sophie’sDog Adoptions (“Gaby ready to roll,”Westmount Independent, May 26, p. 17).
Senior Mimi young at heartTheUnderdogClubJayme Wilmann
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HAMPSTEAD NEWS
A Hampstead home was invaded bytwo masked, armed men who duct-tapeda teenage girl’s hands together to drag heraround the house in search of money andvaluables, according to police.
Station 9 constable Vincent DeAngelissaid it was 9:20 am on May 23 whensomeone rang the doorbell of a Cressy St.home. A 19-year-old girl was home andwithout checking to see who it was,opened the door enough for two men toshoulder their way in, said DeAngelis.Wearing red bandanas over their faces,one man was armed with a handgun andthe other with duct tape.
Speaking in a mix of French andEnglish, one man started to duct tape thegirl’s hands together, but she broke freeand tried to escape by running toward thebasement door, said DeAngelis. The sus-pect caught her and punched her threetimes in the face while the other man ranupstairs to search the master bedroom forvaluables. After searching for a bit, hecame down, got the girl, and led her fromroom to room demanding she tell himwhere the money and jewellery is kept,the officer said.
After searching the place, they made offwith some jewellery and money, saidDeAngelis, but, before they left, they toldthe teenager not to phone the police.After a few minutes she left through thegarage and ran to a neighbour’s home forsafety. The neighbour called 911.
The suspects are described as French-speaking, white men with brown hair.One was about 165 centimeters tall, 81kilos and about 20 years old. The otherwas 72 kilos and about 175 centimeterstall.
Teenage girl punched in faceduring home invasion
The Police Report is intended toinform readers of recent police activityin the community. The articles arewritten from information taken frompolice reports and given to the reporterby a Station 9 constable.
Police ReportStation 9
continued on p. 26 By Stephanie O’Hanley
A year ago June 12, Donna Malinbought the Gryphon D’Or Tea Roomfrom her longtime employer PeggyRegan. Regan continues to own theadjoining Gryphon Bakery, which sup-plies the Monkland Ave. tearoom withscones, shortbread and pie dough.
“I love serving people,” said Malin, whogrew up in Hampstead, Westmount anddowntown Montreal, but has spent mostof her adult life in NDG.
“I love seeing people eat. It makes mehappy.” Malin, 36, started at GryphonD’Or as a baker in 2001, before the tea-room opened.
She’s long been the Celtic-themed tea-room’s friendly face, acting as hostess,server, baker and dishwasher.
“When I took over, we were open sixdays a week and our main focus waslunch Monday to Friday,” Malin said.
An afternoon tea “with a three-tier tray”has always been a big part of GryphonD’Or, Malin said.
“Nothing’s really changed. The menu’sstayed the same.”
Gradually, Malin is putting her stampon Gryphon D’Or. The 28-seat restaurantserves brunch all weekend and Malinrecently extended the restaurant’s hours.
“Now we’re open till 10 o’clockWednesday through Sunday nights, “shesaid.
The first year of owning Gryphon D’Or
has been “really, really challenging andrewarding and busy,” said Malin. “But it’sa learning experience.”
Lately she has been working from 8 amto midnight as she’s trained staff forevening shifts.
Some challenges included running outof food one Sunday, forcing Malin to rushout to buy groceries, and getting an airconditioner installed proved more com-plicated than she expected.
In order to meet the needs of herchanging clientele, Malin has expandedher repertoire in the evenings to attractfamilies with young children.
This includes a summer kid’s menu forthe under-12 crowd, and for the first time,the tea room has added an ice creammenu with sundaes, banana splits, icecream sodas and milkshakes.
“We play classical music during the daybut I think we’re going to play a littlemore rock ‘n’ roll at night,” said Malin,who once worked in an ice cream parlour.
“I’d like it to be a little more like an old-school ice cream parlour, a different expe-rience.”
Malin’s background as a kids’ partyorganizer and Hampstead day campcounsellor is a factor in her decision tooffer free activities for kids, such ascolouring and jewellery making.
“We want to make sure you can comeand have some activity you can do whileyou’re waiting. It’s just so kids can havean experience as well.”
Former Hampsteadresident celebrates firstyear as tearoom owner
Donna Malin, who in 2001 began as a baker at the NDG-based Gryphon D’Or on Monkland Ave.,purchased the tearoom a year ago. Photo: Stephanie O’Hanley
26 – THE FREE PRESS – June 11, 2013 HAMPSTEAD NEWS
PUBLIC NOTICERÈGLEMENT NO 803
AVIS PUBLIC est par la présente donné par lasoussignée, que le règlement no. 803 intitulé « Règle -ment autorisant une dépense de 1 609 000 $ pour le coûtde réhabilitation des conduites d’eau potable dans laville, sujet à un emprunt de 816 019 $ sur 20 ans etfinancé partiellement par le fonds général pour la sommede 500 300 $ et par les soldes disponibles de règlementsd’emprunts de la ville pour la somme totale de292 681 $ » a été adopté par le Conseil municipal lorsde sa séance du 4 mars 2013.
Ce règlement a été approuvé, le 3 avril 2013, par lespersonnes habiles à voter et par le Ministre des Affairesmunicipales, des Régions et de l’Occupation du territoireet ministre des Transports le 28 mai 2013.
Ce règlement entre en vigueur à la date de sa publicationdans le journal et toute personne intéressée peut enprendre connaissance à mon bureau durant les heuresd’ouverture de l’Hôtel de Ville.
Donné à Hampstead, ce 11 juin 2013
(s) Me Nathalie Lauzière, avocateGreffière de la Ville
PUBLIC NOTICEBY-LAW NO 803
PUBLIC NOTICE is given by the Undersigned, that thefollowing By-law No 803 entitled: “By-law authorizing thespending of $1,609,000 for the cost of rehabilitating theTown’s water mains, subject to a 20-year loan of$816,019 and financed partially by the general fund foran amount of $500,300 and by the balances remainingin the Town’s closed loan by-laws for a total amount of$292,681” was adopted by the Municipal Council at thesitting of March 4th, 2013.
This By law was approved, on April 3rd, 2013, by thosepersons eligible to vote and, by the Minister of MunicipalAffairs, Regions and Land Occupancy and Minister ofTransport, on May 28th, 2013.
This By law comes into force the date on which it waspublished in the newspaper and any person wishing todo so may consult the By-law during regular businesshours at my office at Town Hall.
Given at Hampstead, June 11th, 2013.
(s) Me Nathalie Lauzière, AttorneyTown Clerk
AVIS PUBLICDémolition d’un immeuble
AVIS PUBLIC est par les présentes donné auxrésidants de la Ville Hampstead et À QUI DE DROIT :
QUE conformément aux dispositions de l’article 5.1 duRèglement Nº 759, le Comité d’étude des demandes depermis de démolition de la Ville de Hampstead a reçuune demande de permis de démolition pour la propriétésituée au 20, Chemin NORTHCOTE, sur le lot 2 089 460aux Plan et Livre de renvoi officiels du cadastre duQuébec.
QUE toute personne qui veut s’opposer à la délivranced’un permis pour ladite démolition doit, dans un délaide dix (10) jours suivant la publication du présent avispublic faire connaître, PAR ÉCRIT, son oppositionmotivée à la soussignée à l’adresse suivante: 5569,chemin Queen Mary, Hampstead, Québec, H3X 1W5.
Donné à Hampstead, ce 11 juin 2013.
(s) Me Nathalie LauziereGreffière de la ville
PUBLIC NOTICEDEMOLITION OF AN IMMOVABLE
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the residents ofthe Town of Hampstead and TO WHOM IT MAYCONCERN:
THAT as required by provisions of Section 5.1 of By-LawNº 759, the Demolition Review Committee of the Townof Hampstead has received a request for a demolitionpermit for the property located at 20 NORTHCOTERoad, bearing lot number 2 089 460 on the Official Planand Book of reference of the Cadastre of Quebec.
THAT every person wishing to oppose granting of apermit for said demolition must, within ten (10) days ofpublication of the Public Notice, make his objectionsknown IN WRITING to the undersigned at the followingaddress: 5569 Queen Mary Road, Hampstead, Québec,H3X 1W5, giving the reasons for his objections.
Given at Hampstead, this 11th day of June, 2013.
(s) Me Nathalie LauziereTown Clerk
By Martin C. Barry
While the duties of Dorshei Emet’s newsynagogue educator, Rabbi Julia Appel,will include helping with congregationalholiday programming and alternativehigh holiday services, she might also bekeeping an eye on the progress of Israel’sWomen of the Wall movement.
“They’re seeking to be able to actuallylead their own services and to be able towear talleisim,” Appel, 30, said in an inter-view with the Free Press, referring to theprayer shawls usually worn by Jewishmen during prayer services.
(She’s been posting Women of the Wallupdates on her online blog: http://rabbi-juliaappel.wordpress.com.)
Since the late 1980s, Women of theWall has waged a campaign to secure therights of women to pray, read from theTorah and wear religious attire at what isarguably Judaism’s most sacred site, theWestern Wall in Jerusalem.
The group made international news onMay 10 when they were able to pray at thewall for the first time, following a courtruling a few weeks earlier that affirmedtheir right.
“A lot of my friends who are in Israelthis year doing their studies for the rab-binate have been attending Women of the
Wall services and have been really sup-porting the group,” Appel continued. “It’ssomething I very much support and I’vebeen following closely.”
Having served for the past two years asthe outreach rabbi at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Westmount, Appel joinsthe staff at Hampstead’s Dorshei Emet, aReconstructionist synagogue, in August.
A native of Boston, she was ordained atthe Rabbinical School of Hebrew College,a non-denominational rabbinical institu-tion in Boston.
She graduated from HarvardUniversity with a bachelor of arts in socialstudies, for which her undergraduate the-sis focused on feminist reclamations ofJewish ritual, and she has a master’sdegree in Jewish studies.
While it’s been 40 years since the firstfemale rabbis were ordained in theReform and Reconstructionist move-ments, followed later by theConservatives, Appel noted that the firstwave of female rabbis is now reaching theage of retirement.
“As women have had full access to reli-gious leadership and learning, we’ve seena lot of involvement of Jewish womenwho are really taking up the mantle andlearning to become Jewish leaders,” shesaid.
Dorshei Emet welcomes newsynagogue educator
Appel joins congregation in August
Join your friends and neighbours inHampstead Park on Wednesday, June 12at 4 pm for the biggest event of the year.
Look forward to events and activities ofall kinds, including inflatables, a pettingzoo, live performances, exhibitors of alltypes and fireworks. You can also get aslice of Hampstead’s giant birthday cakeas we celebrate our town’s 99th birthday.Fireworks at 9:40 pm. Rain date:Thursday, June 13.
Closures
The administrative offices at town hall,the community centre and Public Workswill be closed Monday, June 24 & July 1.In case of emergency, contact PublicSecurity at 514.369.8250 (24 hours).
Community centre office hours
Beginning on Tuesday, June 25, theadministrative offices at the Irving L.Adessky Community Centre will be:Monday’s from 8:30 am to 8 pm; Tuesdayto Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.Reminder: Hampstead pool follows week-end schedule and rules on Monday, June24 & July 1.
Register today for summer day camp
Hampstead has many camp options foryour children and registration is on-going. This year’s day camp program fea-tures new and exciting themes and trips!The first session begins June 25. Don’tmiss out. Register today!
Hampstead Pool now open
Hampstead’s heated pool is now openfor the season. Please consultwww.hampstead.qc.ca for the completeschedule of swim periods or call514.369.8260.
HampsteadHappenings
Courtesy of town of Hampstead
Hampstead Day June 12
Man leaves unattended car full ofvaluables, loses everything
On May 5 at around 7 pm, a 49-year-old man parked his BMW onHampstead’s Finchley Rd. and left itthere for three hours full of valuables.When he came back, Station 9 constableVincent DeAngelis said the victim dis-covered his car had been cleaned out.
“The burglar or burglars broke thewindow on the passenger side and wereable to steal a leather jacket, sunglasses,a Blackberry and many CDs,” saidDeAngelis. “The estimated value ofeverything stolen totals about $4,000.”
“Citizens need to be careful,” saidDeAngelis. “Don’t give these oppor-tunistic thieves a reason to target yourvehicle.”
Isaac Olson
Police continued from p.25
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