Electronic Waste Collection Event at Elmdale School – May 9

From: “peterlaughton@rogers.com” <peterlaughton@rogers.com>
Subject: Electronic Waste Collection Event at Elmdale School

Elmdale School in Westboro hosts public electronic waste and used clothing collection event to divert waste from landfills and to support Cerebral Palsy Foundation

Elmdale will host a collection event on May 9th, 9-3p.m. to collect and recycle unwanted electronic waste such as MP3 players, cameras, telephones, TVs, VCR & DVD players and recorders, radios, and more.

As part of our Annual Spring CTE, Plant, and Bake sale, Elmdale will be trying to raise money through the collection of both e-waste, and new this year, used clothing. The OES pays by the ton and so the more we collect the more money we can raise.

The event is being held in cooperation with RecycleYourElectronics.ca — Ontario’s electronic waste diversion program, operated by Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES). OES makes it easier for Ontarians to safely recycle their electronic waste and keep it out of landfill. 44 electronic items are accepted at hundreds of OES-approved collection sites and events across the province.

Sandra Pakosh, OES Marketing and Communications Director for OES has said that “Since beginning operations in 2009, the program has diverted well over 200,000 metric tonnes of electronics from landfill. If stacked in tractor trailer loads parked end-to-end, it would stretch from downtown Toronto to Elliot Lake.”

Electronics contain precious and base metals that can be recovered through recycling programs and reused for new products. There is no better example than the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic medals which contain recycled metal from electronic waste.

Residents who cannot attend the event can visit the website: http://www.recycleyourelectronics.ca/ to find the closest collection site or drop-off depot to recycle their unwanted electronics free of charge.

Westboro Beach Seedling Sale

The Westboro Beach Community Association works hard for the community but needs funds to stay operational. One of our fundraising activities each year is to sell seedlings grown at the Ferguson Forest Centre in Kemptville (http://www.seedlingnursery.com). The Ferguson Forest Centre only grows native or proven non invasive naturalized trees and woody shrubs, produced from local seed sources that have the greatest chance for success in eastern Ontario. Having you plant these seedlings also helps us to achieve our objective of a greener Ottawa.

This year, we have chosen four special and popular bushes/trees: black cherry, black elderberry, highbush cranberry and nanny berry. They will be ready for delivery to you next week. Cost is $10 per tree. Delivery is in early May. Please think about making a purchase and please tell your friends and family about this as well.

Call 613 729-4217 for more information. Thank you for any help you can give us.

Catherine Casserly 613-729-4217

Death Notice of “Buck” Sauve

Subject: Death Notice of “Buck” Sauve
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:16:10 -0400
From: Carol Arnason <carol.arnason@ocsb.ca>

We will miss long time resident of Champlain Park Community known to us as “Santa” or “Buck”

— Sadly, Orville Sauve, of Sunnymede Ave, died last Saturday. We have enjoyed the presence of Santa Claus all year round in our community but especially on Christmas eve when our annual sleigh ride stops at Santa’s well decorated house and all of the children receive candy canes. All of the neighbours have been cheered by Buck’s friendly wave and kind words as we stop to chat.

Loving family man Buck volunteered for many years as outdoor rink manager at Champlain Park.

We express our sympathies to his family. The details for the visitation and funeral may be found at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=orville-v-sauv-buck&pid=174735769

Save door-to-door delivery

From: Debra Huron <dhuron@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 12:03:35 -0400
Subject: Please post to website and list:Save door-to-door delivery

A meeting next Wednesday features two city councillors and a former director of the postal workers unions.

If you prefer that greenspace in our urban core not be filled up with metal mailboxes, attend this meeting.

City of Ottawa needs to get on board; many other cities across Canada are fighting the move to put group mailboxes in urban neighbourhoods.

If you are on Facebook, here’s a link to the event https://www.facebook.com/events/641184762650054/

If not, see the attached PDF.

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CAPPS event April 29.pdf

Bruce Di Labio Local Birds Presentation – April 28

Playback Theatre Spring Thaw & Potluck – April 24

From: Jane Keeler <janiedella@hotmail.com>
Date: April 20, 2015 8:10:45 PM EDT
Subject: Invitation- Reminder–Playback Theatre- this Friday!

Anyone free this Friday evening? Looking for fun, company, and inspiration?
I’m inviting you to Our Playback theatre potluck and performance… For something completely different! Playback theatre is often called “improv for real life.” Come and see!
Jane

You are invited to an evening of Playback Theatre~ & pot luck dinner

where: at the Champlain Park Fieldhouse (corner of Clearview and Cowley )
when: Friday, April 24, 2015
Potluck dinner 6 pm ~ Playback 7 pm
Free admission / Donations welcome!

Theme: Spring Thaw
PlaybackTheatre

For more information or to RSVP
Jane Keeler 613-730-0366

ottawaphoenixplaybacktheatre@rogers.com
ALL ARE WELCOME

Ottawa High School Student Film Festival – May 7

From: sdhawan@ottawa-stuff.ca
Sent: 20/04/2015 9:22:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Ottawa High School Student Film Festival

Hello,

My name is Sanjay Dhawan and I am a 12th grade student at Glebe Collegiate Institute. I am the organizer and founder of the Ottawa High School Student Film Festival. Film festival’s at Glebe have been running since 2013 and this new film festival it is being held on May 7 at 7pm at Glebe Collegiate Institute. This high school run event showcases short films made by students for students including a variety of films from the entire city. The show will feature a live performance by Karl Wolf. Honorary Guest, Jim Watson, will be attending this event. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased online at http://www.ottawa-stuff.ca. All money raised will be donated to the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

We will greatly appreciate if you can spread the word about our even by social media or by posting it on your website.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards,
Sanjay Dhawan

website – http://www.ottawa-stuff.ca
twitter – @ottawaSTUFF
facebook – https://www.facebook.com/events/1612737932278985/

Rosemount Library Branch Renewal

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 10:44:32 -0400
Subject: Rosemount Library Branch
From: rvl2701@gmail.com

The Rosemount library branch is the local library for thousands of near west Ottawans. It is one of the busiest branches in the city. It is also one of the least up to date. It was built in 1918 and last renewed in 1982.

It is small, busy, well loved, crowded…and nearly obsolete. The Ottawa Library Board recognized this in 2012, placing Rosemount second only to the main branch as a priority for renewal. But there are still no plans for that renewal. If it is to continue to serve our communities we need to work together, and with the Library Board, to ensure action.

The Rosemount Expansion and Development (READ) group has been formed by concerned local citizens to make this happen. READ has representatives of several of our local community associations as well as library users at large as members. It is chaired by Richard Van Loon – that’s me – and has been meeting monthly since November. It has set out objectives which are attached, as is a fact sheet prepared by the group.

There are 13 community associations in the area served by the branch. READ needs their support if it is to succeed. Some of you are already active in this work. This note is to request the support of those who are not yet involved and to express the need for all of us to continue to work on this project.

We would like to have representatives of every Community Association in our area as members of READ. To date we have representatives from Civic Hospital, Carlington, Dalhousie, Hintonburg, Wellington Village and Westboro Beach. Our next meeting is Monday April 13 in the basement of the Hintonburg Community Centre at 1064 Wellington St. Future meetings will be on the second Monday of each month at locations to be announced.

READ also requests that you post our objectives and our fact sheet on your web site, together with this note if you think it appropriate.

I, or another member of READ, will also be pleased to meet with your association at one of your upcoming meetings to explain further what we are doing and to, hopefully, elicit your strong endorsement and support. If this is of interest to your association please just get in touch with me by return email.

Richard Van Loon

READ one pager Feb 7, 2015.pdf

Objectives for READ.pdf

Subject: RE: Rosemount Library Branch
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 12:52:46 -0400
From: Dennis Van Staalduinen

My wife Jeanette is on the committee, so the neighbourhood is represented. But please do join them if you have time and talents to offer.

Dennis

Second Kitchissippi Ward Forum Posters

Please see the original post for information about the meeting.

Subject: RE: The 2nd Kitchissippi Forum – Posters
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 18:11:40 +0000
From: Leiper, Jeff <Jeff.Leiper@ottawa.ca>

Good afternoon everyone,

Please find attached the poster for the forum. Your assistance is greatly appreciated for circulating on your websites and blogs, but more importantly, throughout your community. The people who benefit the most from meetings and discussions like the forum are often those who do not have the means to engage online, so any assistance you can provide with publicising this to your community is much appreciated.

Two pdf documents are attached – one is the poster, one is a double handbill (good for printing for small handouts) and there is also one jpeg file of the main poster which can be used for any online publicity.

As you will notice on the poster, 6 not-for-profit organisations in our ward have been invited to do trade show style presentations at this forum, and many of them will be taking donations as well of goods or cash. Profiles of each of the organisations will be going up on the website in the weeks leading up to the forum.

To better gauge numbers we also encourage people to register on the Eventbrite page at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/kitchissippi-forum-tickets-16160922755

Thank you very much and hope to see you on 18 April

Jeff

KForum April 2015 Poster.pdf
KForum April Double Handbills.pdf
KForum April 2015 Poster.jpeg

Second Kitchissippi Ward Forum – April 18 – Registration Requested

As part of my election commitment to you, I promised to hold quarterly open, public forums for the whole ward. The first ward forum, on 17 January 2015, ended up being standing room only.

We’re pleased to announce the details of the 2nd Kitchissippi Forum.

Date: Saturday, 18 April 2015
Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm
Place: Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Road

We’ve taken some of the feedback you gave us from the first forum and will be incorporating your feedback into this forum.

Please register to attend:

To help us better estimate numbers for catering, we ask that you please register your interest on the Eventbrite page here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/kitchissippi-forum-tickets-16160922755

Looking for volunteers

In addition, we would like to call for volunteers to help with posting. It’s very difficult with our small staff and all the work we have to also poster the ward – and it’s also not possible for us to be everywhere. So, if you go to a gym, or you know there’s a noticeboard in your doctor’s surgery, or your church has a community noticeboard and you don’t mind putting up a poster for us, please email us at jeff.leiper@ottawa.ca stating you would like to be a volunteer and we will note your name down.

We want to engage as many citizens of Kitchissippi as we can, but we need your help to do so. We may also ask for help with organizing community events, street or park clean-ups or any other kind of thing which may require manpower during Jeff’s term.

If you have a particular skill you can contribute, please feel free to make a special note of that too.

We look forward to seeing you all on the 18th of April!

Thanks,
Jeff Leiper
Councillor, Kitchissippi, City of Ottawa | Conseiller, Kitchissippi, Ville d’Ottawa
613.580.2485 | @jleiper | ottawa.ca / kitchissippiward.ca
110 Laurier Avenue West | Ottawa ON K1P 1J1

Date: Saturday, 18 April 2015 Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm Place: Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Road

Please register to attend:

Looking for volunteers

Date: Saturday, 18 April 2015
Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm
Place: Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Road