Month: December 2017

Community Sleigh Ride – December 21

Start Your Christmas Celebration with a Community Sleigh Ride and Carol Singing!

Thursday, December 21 2017 at 6:15PM

[Horse and sleigh ride]

What a great way to start the holidays!

If you’re able to volunteer any time with set-up, cleanup, making treats or hot chocolate, or just have questions about the event, please let Jim Cocks know at jim.co@sympatico.ca or (613) 728-7881. We thank-you in advance. One can never have too many elves!
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Heritage Trees

From: Debra Huron <debra@debrahuron.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:16:10 -0500

From Daniel Buckles via Champlain Oaks website http://www.champlainoaks.com/2017/11/calling-all-heritage-trees/

Calling all heritage trees

[Oak Tree between the SJAM Parkway roads]On the heels of September’s ceremony to honour heritage trees in Ottawa, Forests Ontario has confirmed that it can list more bur oaks from this neighbourhood in its provincial registry.

The deadline for nominating a tree to Forests Ontario’s heritage tree program is December 31, 2017.
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Spending Suggestions Wanted

Suggestions wanted

2 Champlain Park residents have kindly donated $500 to our community association, and the Board is considering how to spend this money. We invite our residents to submit suggestions to the webmaster by January 8, 2018.The suggestions will be considered by the Board at our January meeting.

So far we have received the following suggestions

  • Double our contribution to the SJAM Winter Trail from $250.00 to $500.00
  • Winter event related to the SJAM Winter Trail
  • A special spring event in conjunction with our membership drive
  • An event to celebrate our community’s history and ecosystem
  • Refill the planters on Pontiac with better soil and buy spring bulbs
  • A bench and rack for skiing
  • A chess or ping pong table
  • Summer bonfire with free refreshments
  • New paint for the hockey rink boards
  • Bocce court

We look forward to receiving more suggestions from our residents. Please reply to champlainpark@gmail.com

Petition regarding community newspapers

From: Hampton Iona Newsletter <newsletter@hamptoniona.ca>
Date: December 5, 2017 at 4:16:08 PM EST
Subject: Petition regarding community newspapers

Communities across Ottawa and Ontario took a big hit recently when Postmedia and Torstar announced they were swapping 32 community newspapers and then shutting them down.
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Heritage Building Inventory Project

Subject: Heritage Inventory Project
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 17:14:22 +0000
From: Heritage Inventory / Inventaire Patrimonial <heritageinventory@ottawa.ca>

Dear Champlain Park Community Association,

The Heritage Inventory Project is moving into your neighbourhood! We’ve begun some preliminary research on your neighbourhood, and we would really appreciate any input from your community.

The Heritage Inventory Project is a city-wide strategic initiative which is evaluating buildings built prior to 1980 for heritage significance. Buildings that meet our design and neighbourhood tests are recommended for addition to the Heritage Register. For more information on our project, please see our website: Ottawa.ca/heritageinventory.
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Boughs, boughs, boughs for sale

Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 11:41:47 -0500
From: Laurie Fagan <laurie.fagan@cbc.ca>

Boughs, boughs, boughs for sale

The Champlain Park Garden Club has many extra bundles of boughs left over from the two wreath making workshops this past weekend. They are nice for a mantle or decorate your railing and the smell is incredible.
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Urgently need volunteer for Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator position

We urgently need to find a community volunteer to take on the role of Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator, as if no replacement is found by Dec 31 the program will be cancelled from our neighbourhood.

We believe this program is well worth our efforts in trying to save, as it affects the safety and wellness of our community as a whole.

I am asking if you could use your personal network of friends and neighbours living in Champlain Park if they would be interested in volunteering for this position.  We are also looking for additional Block Captains to support the program.
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New Boards at the Rink

In case you haven’t seen it, this year we have a new set of boards at the rink. They’re made from pressure treated wood. I wonder if they still need painting (for splinters); could be a community project. If you look closely (click on the picture to get a larger version), there’s new netting at the ends too, and lighting. Quite deluxe, all we need now is ice!

[New Boards at the Champlain Park Rink]

By the way, there are plans to put a branch of the SJAM ski trail to the east of the rink, leading to the field house.

– Alex