The Westmount examiner, 4 octobre 2007, jeudi 4 octobre 2007

[" Vol 72, no 38 « Thursday, October 4\" 2007 « www.westmountexaminer.com » 9,800 copies MAKING ALL OF WESTMOUNT YOUR HOME LU NUE TER REA \u201cféerscontinental WWW.TONYSHOES.LOCAL NEWS Out of this world Dave Williams\u2019s 2007 space odyssey.Page 3 ETRE OPE SE RS EEE COMMUNITY LIFE Deep roots WHA hears Hogg family saga.Page 13 = Young tennis effthusiast Brooke Fishman, age 7, and her dad, Andrew Fishman, took advantage - of September's unusually warm UL Pa Gabongomey oo \u2014\u2014 > Martin C.Barry wish Mayor Karin Marks made in July as she was raising the Communities in Bloom A at city hall has come true \u2014 Westmount was won five \u2018blooms.This past summer, City officials decided to fly the national towns and cities competition's banner from the flag pole in front of city hall for the first time since Westmount was reconstituted as a municipality more than two years ago.For the four years before that, when it was a borough of the City of Montreal, Westmount was unable to take part, since only towns and cities qualify.Communities in Bloom is held annually to foster civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification through community involvement.Last Saturday, during a national awards ceremony held in Moncton, N.B., it was revealed that Westmount, which was competing in the 20,001 to 50,000 population category, had achieved the rating, and a special mention, for its exceptional heritage conservation.her to practice their swings in Westmount Park.Heritage conservation wins Westmount five \u2018blooms\u2019 \u201cWestmount Is a unique city built into a mountain which offers many challenges for residential construction and landscaping,\u201d competition organizers said in a statement.\u201cThe city and residents have managed to control this arca and have contained their history into much of their buildings.This is due to à strong historical policy developed by the city\u201d Victoria Hall, the greenhouse and the public library were all cited as \u201ca testament to the community's desire to contain and focus on its history with repair and reproduction keeping the styles alive.Joining these buildings together provided visitors with a unique visit through the three buildings and their historical importance.\u201cThe view of Montreal from the Summit Lookout is very worthwhile,\u201d they added, as are a trip up the mountain, the \u201cglorious historical houses and the variety of wonderful landscaping.\u201d Raymond Carrière, president of the organization based im Kirkland, told (Continued on page 3) 1827441 % nr he 2 Thursday, October 4,2007 The Westmount Examiner _www.westmountexaminer.com LOCAL NEWS Schools back \u2014 and so are thieves The back-to-school season is busy for most no exception \u2014 especially when it comes to people, and the police officers at Station 12 are cases involving motor vehicles.Danielle Bouts 514- 915-5025 Call me in total confidentiality ag | Sutton Groupe Sutton Centre Ouest RECENT SALES IN 2007 * 3 sales between 2 and 3 million * 2 sales between | and 2 million » 7 sales between 350K and 800K The Linton - Rare, extra large bedroom (was 2), 8th floor, south-west exposure, garage, central air, $499,000.Also - Young family looking for renovated property up to 3 million 2072481 041007 \u201cThe month of September has been very bad for car break-ins,\u201d Const.Caroline Gauthier said last week.\u201cBetween Sept.1 and 20, we had 25 cases of thefts from vehicles in Westmount.\u201d Three of these thefts occurred on Arlington Avenue on the night of Sept.14, said Gauthier, who added that plainclothes officers have been on duty in Westmount to keep an eye on the situation.Leaving valuables in plain view 1s just an open invitation to thieves.Expensive and portable items such as iPods and laptop computers are among those most frequently stolen, as it is relatively easy for anyone to break the car window, quickly reach inside and grab them.Gauthier also warns parents of students that schoolbags left in view on a car seat are also attractive targets for thieves because they know they often contain laptops.Residents are urged to call 911 if they spot anyone breaking into a vehicle.Another result of the back-to-school period is the tangle of traffic outside local schools each morning and afternoon.\u201cPeople must learn to respect the speed limits and the posted regulations,\u201d Gauthier said.\u201cWe see a lot of parents double-parking at the schools while waiting for their children \u2014 it's very dangerous.\u201d Roslyn marks the big 100 Buck in 1908, aviation was in its infancy, movies consisted of flickering images projected onto a bedsheet, and the rickety Model-T Ford was the latest word in automotive technology.It was also the year that Roslyn School first opened its doors to students.Now, a century later, the entire Roslyn School community is preparing to celebrate the school\u2019s special birthday with a series of events beginning next week.Roslyn has always been a cornerstone of the Westmount community, and fittingly.on Friday, Oct.12, a contingent of staff, students and local dignitaries will gather on the front lawn for a re-enactment ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the laying of the building's cornerstone.The school is also tn the midst of à major fundraising campaign to build a new playground in the schoolyard.The $100,000 project is being funded through money raised by the Roslyn community and matching grants of $25,000 each from Quebec's Ministry of Education and the English Montreal School Board.Part of that has come from the sale of paving stones which will be installed in the yard as a footpath, each one inscribed with the donor's name.The path will be unveiled on Oct.11, along with a silent auction and a raffle for two Air Canada tickets to fly anywhere in North America.re TT \u2014\u2014 local > Martin C.Barry uring his latest space voyage this past August, r.Dave Williams brought with him a special and poignant payload.He had been entrusted with 325 wishes from hospitalized children across Canada.including 50 wishes from children and teens who received care at the Montreal Children\u2019s Hospital.The children\u2019s wishes were brought into low-earth orbit to the stars, where they could sparkle over the earth.Last week, some of the kids at the hospital got a chance to thank Williams for the favour when he paid a visit and showed a video presentation he had created, based on his trip into space.Williams, who 1s an astronaut tor the Canadian Space Agency.blasted off from Cape Canaveral on Aug.8 aboard the space shuttle Endeavour.The goal of the 13-day mission was to build and maintain the International Space Station.During the voyage.he performed three spacewalks, spending 17 hours and 47 minutes outside the space station, which is a Canadian record.Although he was born in Saskatchewan, Williams spent his youth in the West Island community of Beaconsfield.He went on to graduate from the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University in 1983.Asa result of his having participated in 2001 in Aquarius, the world\u2019s only underwater research laboratory, Williams is the first Canadian to have lived and worked in space and under the ocean.Describing how it feels to blast off with the shuttle rocket boosters\u2019 7 million pounds of thrust underneath, he said.\u201cThere's no question in your mind you're going some place really fast.\u201d He pointed out that it takes more than eight minutes to break through the various layers of the earth\u2019s atmosphere, at 25 times the speed of sound, before finally reaching space.After performing an important repair to a gyroscope outside the shuttle during one of his spacewalks, Williams said his apprehension while waiting to find out if the repair worked was \u201ceven more stressful than getting your final anatomy mark in Med One.I was sitting Dr.Dave Williams gives a video presentation of his space experiences for patients at the Montreal Children\u2019s Hospital.Phot» Martin C Barr, there going, \u2018is it going work?And fortunately when they powered it up, everything worked fine.We had done everything correctly.so it worked out well.\u201d Willams said he started dreaming of becoming an astronaut when he was seven years old.However, in those days, the carly 1960s, Canada had no space flight program.and so he put the idea aside.By 1992, when Canada finally had a space agency and was holding its second selection process for astronauts, he was working as the director of the emergency department of the Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, and decided to apply.The International Space Station, which is currently being assembled, 1s a collaborative effort by several of the world's nations, including Canada.Williams said that after this project, space agencies are contemplating à new expedition to the moon in 2019 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, which was the first manned landing on the moon.{Continued from page 1) The Examiner that the judges were impressed not only by what Westmount managed to accomplish while embellishing its surroundings, but also by what it planned to do in the future, \u201cIt\u2019s not just what you see that the judges evaluate, it\u2019s what you've done and plan to do,\u201d he said.\u201cAs we often say, it\u2019s not just the flowers.It has a lot to do with planning, due @ and the environment.\u201d Westmount was one of six Canadian communities that were competing in the same category.Charlottetown, P.E.1, prevailed in the end.All the contestants won five blooms.Councillor Kathleen Duncan, who was delegated by city council to attend the event in Moncton, said competition from the other participants was strong.\u201cI've got to tell you, the pictures of the other communities were really remarkable,\u201d she said.\u201cThey did such a beautiful job.\u201d hed Je PE Dunny } [RC EE, This wonderful conde measures 47 square meters and can function as a residential or com mercial space.I omcludes a hineshed basement deal for a design studio This.unit is mn one of Old Montreals Inston prize-winning buildings and has a premier corner location, it was used lor the hlming of some top run Hollywood movies The butlding was Juthy restured and renovated in 2003 High an cen and cleven Lirge windows make this ung which 1+ near boutique hotels, transportation, restau rants, shops and the waterfront \u2014 a most hase! SUBD O00 REMXves mount INC.1330 ave.Greene Westmount.Quebec.H3Z 2B1 *2006, 2007 Dierke Ajfitiated Real Ystate Agent / Agent ironcbilier affilie Platinum Club* English « French © Spanish Own an address of distinction 111) 933.6281 hunnyberke@ gation, Cd o~ hunny berke Cer?RST =P \u2018 CA R FAL ESTAT Lu TER ee N.D.G.514 8482-3347 o 03 (UONIOUTUTKSUTIOLUISAM MIN JdUIWIEX] JUNOWIS3A 3UYL _O07 CF agony arpsany - ify 4 Thursday, October 4,2007 The Westmount Examiner www.westmountexaminer.com ee SERVICE DE SECURITE INCENDIE Semaine de la prévention des incendies N'alimentez pas le feu! Chaque année.plus de 900 incendies sont associés à la cuisson des aliments.causant 155 $ millions de dommages.À titre d'élément essentiel de la Semaine de la prévention des incendies.le Service de sécurité incendie aimerait vous rappeler l'importance de prévenir les feux de cuisson.Ces incendies causent plus de blessures graves el de perles matérielles que tout 514.280-3534.\\W autre incendie.Info : PE SPORTS ET LOISIRS Patinage à l'Aréna \u2019alineurs : prenez note que les patinoires de l'Aréna de Westmount sont en opération pour la saison 2007-08.Lhoraire complet de patinage libre est disponible sur notre site Web, La carte d'accès - installations sportives est requise.fa port du casque protecteur est fortement recommandé.Info : 511-980-5353.N0/ k BIBLIOTHÈQUE Conférences de 14 heures Life Tips : 101 Green Travel Tips 17 octobre Joignez-vous à nous le mercredi à LA li pour découvrir où faire du bénévolat tout en vivant l'expérience unique d'une 511-989-5386.NY autre culture.Info : EVENEMENTS COMMUNAUTAIRES La galerie du Victoria Hall La galerie du Victoria Mall est fière de présenter les oeuvres de Marzit Boronkas et Ron Jamieson jusqu'au 6 octobre.Info : 51-4 989-5226.Opération patrimoine architectural de Montréal 2007 Concours pour les jeunes Les jeunes de 9 à 12 ans sont invités à participer au concours Défi architectural de Westmount 2007.Les participants auront à répondre à des questions sur l'architecte réputé Robert Findlay et ses oeuvres dans Westmount.les questionnaires soul disponibles au comptoir de prêt des enfants ou sur le site Web.Les questionnaires dûment complétés doivent être renus.au plus tard.le samedi 6 octobre à la Bibliothèque.Info : 514 989-5229.DATES À RETENIR ve 15 octobre - 13h Club de lecture française en après-midi Bibliothèque ie 16 octobre 19 bs Club de lecture anglaise Bibliotheque 2 17 octobre 4 F Conférences de 14 heures Life Tips : TOI Green Travel Tips Bibliothèque Le 17 octobre - 18 h 4° Club de lecture française Bibliothèque Le 20 octobre - 9 b à 17h Colleete des résidus dontestiques dangereux Stationnement de la Bibliothèque Societe d\u2019horticulture La prochaine rencontre de la société d'hortieutture de Westmount aura lieu exceptionnellement le mereredi 10 octobre prochain de 19 hà 21 di à la Bibliothèque La conférencière- préparera une publique de Westmount.invitée.Orvsia Valenti couronne d'automne à partir de petits fruits.de mousse.el autres matériaux que l'on trouve dans nos jardims.Info : 514-932-93-10 ou westhortsoc(@ sympatico.ca.Ww A 4 TRAVAUX PUBLICS Collecte de feuilles mortes Veuillez noter que le personnel des Travaux feuilles et publics ne ramassera QUE les autres résidus de jardin qui auront été mis dans des sacs en PLASTIQUE TRANSPARENT ou des sacs en PAPIER destinés à celte fin.Les feuilles entassées en vrac derrière le trottoir NE SERONT PLUS ramassées.Pour de plus amples informations.consultez notre site Web ou composez le 51 1989-5390, Collecte des résidus domestiques dangereux Veuillez inscrire dans votre agenda la journée de la prochaine collecte des résidus domestiques dangereux à Westmount qui se tiendra le samedi 20 octobre.Disposez en toute sécurité de vos restes de peinture et de solvants.des piles usagées.des pesticides et autres en les déposant dans le stationnement de la Bibliothèque de Westmount entre 9 h et 17 he Une collecte de vêtements usagés et de vieux équipements électroniques sera également effectuée à cette occasion.Info : 51.1 989-3390.\\W www.westniount.org info : 514 989-5200 FIRE DEPARTMENT Fire Preyontor Wen Don't Feed the Fire! Each vear there are over 900 fires associated with cooking.resulting in 815.5 million in damages.As part of Fire Prevention Week.the Fire Department wishes to remind vou of the importance of preventing cooking fires.Cooking fires cause mote serious injuries and material losses than ans other type of fire.Info: 511 280-353 1 WW BE SPORTS & RECREATION skating at the Avena Skaters take note! The rinks at the Westmount Arena are now open for the 2007-08 season.The skating schedule 1s available on our Web site.A valid Facility Membership Card as complete general required.and hebnets are strongly recommended.Info: 51 1 989-5353.LIBRARY 2 O'clock Series Life Tips: 101 Green Travel Tips with Linda Handiak Join us on Wednesday.October 17 a1 2 pan, to lear where vou can volunteer abmad and experience another culture hike never before.Info: 511-980-5380.WW COMMUNITY EVENTS Gallery at Victoria Hali The Gallen at Victoria Vall is pleased to present the works of Margit Boronkay and Ron Jamieson unnl Octoher 6, Info: 51.1 989-5220.Opération patrimoire architecturai de Montrea! 2007 Contest for Children Children © to 12 vears of age are invited to enter the 2007 Westmount Architectural Heritage Challenge.Participants musi answer questions about renowned architect Robert Findlay and his work in Westmount.Contest forms are available in the Children's section of the Westmount Public Libwary or on our Web site, The deadline for submitting a completed form is Satundav.October 6.Info: 31.1 989-5220.Horticultural Society The next meeting of the Westmount Horticultural Society will be held DATEBOOK Ytobar 1° 7 wan.French Book Club (afternoon) Library Actober 15 7m.English Book Club Library © Vetobar 47 775 M.2 O'clock Series Life Tips : 101 Green Travel Tips Library Nctober 17 4:45 pom French Book Club Library \u2018Jctober 20-9 a.m.to 5 p.m Household Hazardous Waste Collection Library parking lot exceptionally on Wednesday.October 10 from 7 pa to 9 p.m.at the Westmount Public Library.Valent will demonstrate how to make Guest speaker Orvsia autumn wreaths using berries.moss and other tems from vour garden.Info: 311 932-9319 or westhortsoc @ svmpatico.ca.Ww q PUBLIC WORKS Autumn Leaf Coiiection Please note that all leaves and other simular vard waste must be bagged in either CLEAR PLASTIC or PAPER vard waste bags for collection by Public Works crews.Leaves piled loose behind the sidewalk WILL NOT be picked up.Residents or their contractors mav also dispose of their leaves in the special container located at the Public Works vard.T Bethune.For more information.consult our Web site or call 511 989-5390, Household Hazardous Waste Collection Mark vour calendar - Saturday.October 20 is Household Hazardous Waste Collection day in Westmount.Safely dispose of vour leftover paints.solvents.used batteries.pesticides.old and broken computer equipment.ete.in the parking lot of Westmount Library between 9 a.m.and 5 pm.Used clothing and electronie ter will be collected the same day.Info: 514 989-5390.WW Westmount, a votre portée.Pour toute question ou commentaire.veuillez nous contacter : questiont:.- 19 726 Westmount at your fingertips, Ce Fru 8 Ditadt ue with an -éemisent-or www.westmount.org 33 sisranceGwestnone.o - Ere yg Beh On ARTS Balance and harmony in Victoria Hall ps \u2018Penguins\u2019 by Margit Boronkay \u2018Self Portrait\u2019 by Ron Jamieson \u2018Rue de la Commune\u2019 by Ron Jamieson season with a dual exhibition featuring the work of two local artists whose contrasting styles belie similar professional backgrounds.Margit Boronkay and Ron Jamieson are both designers by training and profession, and as their current exhibition clearly demonstrates, they have utilized these skills to their fullest potential in their creative work.But the similarity ends there, for both artists have found their individual niche in different areas of painting.The Hungarian-born Boronkay, whose early training included studies at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts under the supervision of legendary educator Arthur T- Gallery at Victoria Hall has opened its fall Lismer, has created a series of paintings that celebrates nature in a way that ventures far beyond the once-radical creative vision of her old teacher and his Group of Seven colleagues.Under the collective title \u2018Birds and Flowers, Boronkay\u2019s large watercolours are dominated by the intricately composed branches and twigs, flocks of geese in varying stages of flight, and powerful images of flowers rendered in bright pastel colours.In Boronkay\u2019s world, everything fits.Line, colour and shape come together in each painting to form a cohesive, entirely balanced work that stands equally well by itself or as one of a striking series of eye-grabbing images.Tenez d'écouurtr le plus prestegreur On the other side of the gallery, Ron Jamieson's oils and drawings balance Boronkay's quasi-abstract works with à more traditional approach to portraiture and renderings of the urban and rural landscape.Born in Winnipeg and cducated at Sir George Williams University, Jamieson headed his own design studio for many years \u2014 but painting has been his full-time occupation since his retirement.Jamieson\u2019s \u2018Drawings and Paintings\u2019 are not only marked by a strong sense of colour and composition, but cach one exudes a certain feeling of nostalgia.Whether he is capturing a scene of Old Montreal in oil or an ancient Quebec barn in one of his remarkable pen-and-ink works, his gentle images can be taken collectively as a sensitive homage to a bygone era.Each image is comfortable, timeless and unpretentious, marked by a clear mastery of palette, brush or pen.And, as everyone from professional artist to casual viewer will tell you, these are qualities that never go out of style.« \u2018Birds and Flowers\u201d by Margit Boronkay and \u201cDrawings and Paintings\u2019 by Ron Jamieson remain on display tn the Gallery at Victoria HaH, 4626 Sherbrooke St, W., through Saturday, Oct.6.Gallery hours are 10 a.m.to 9 pan, weekdays and 10 a.m.to 5 pan, on weekends, Info: 514-989-5220.Ile (ea fointe- greet clo ite Came and déscover the ail / reslegeous Ie ste (ICE an © Suns Liban PHASE Il PHASE Il MAINTENANT SPORE sn PHONIA AVAILABLE ILE-DES- SOEURS e TPS -TVQ INCLUSES * FINITION DE LUXE e BOISÉ RIVERAIN e PARC + 70 000 PIEDS 127 CHEMIN DE LA POINTE SUD À PARTIR DE 564 900$ À 819 900$ e INFRASTRUCTURES INCLUSES e GOLF e VUE SUR LE FLEUVE AMÉNAGEMENT PAYSAGER 2071450 BUREAU DES VENTES H 4-767-4555 WWW.SYMPHONIA-IDS.COM V alorize your autumn leaves and reduce the size of your garbage bags.Saturday and Sunday October 6 and 7, 2007 8 a.m.to 6 p.m.Complexe environnemental de Saint-Michel One entrance only: d'Iberville Street corner Jarry Street 2062843 *F L2Q0PO APPSINYT JeUTWEXZ JUNOUISIM JUL Don't forget to bring proof of residency in Montreal, a shovel and sturdy containers.Losey ation counts | Partie tpate i Hae duran I ra a o CP, se = Le Montréal ie © MOMIQUILUTKOTUTTIOLUUISON SVM 00¢ \u2019 S Opinion A raw deal for Garneau Commentary Wayne LARSEN larsenw@transcontinental.ca If the recent by-election fiasco was not cc 2 1 1d û Hr RL + \\ cnough to burst the federal Liberals\u2019 once over- H inflated balloon, the recent loss of potential \u2018star\u2019 le 51 candidate Marc Garneau could be the fatal blow.a i The well-known former astronaut and 1] I Lh Westmount resident was being touted as a heavy Se % f H ne favourite to carry his riding in the next election.\" 1 But his bid to replace out-going MP Lucienne se M Robillard on the local ballot was reportedly cou | nixed by Liberal leader Stéphane Dion.\"HR Now Garneau, whose high profile, HR unblemished reputation and local address make him an ideal candidate for Westmount- Ville Marie, has withdrawn his services from the Liberals, leaving Dion and the rest of the LOI UT am +4 party in a most precarious position \u2014 floundering around with a shortage of decent candidates and woelully unprepared for an clection that could be called very soon.No one can blame Garneau tor snatching back his hat from the ring \u2014 especially after being denied not only the Westmount nomination but also a chance to run on the Outremont ballot as well, And look what happened there! We'll never know it he would have won against the NDP\u2019s Thomas Mulcair, but he certainly would have done much better than Mulcair\u2019s Liberal rival, (pause here as 1 Hook up the name) Jocelyn Coulon.Years ago, Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark was a favourite butt of jokes around the office water cooler; in the States, they had Vice- President Dan Quayle.Even the Bloc's Gilles Duceppe had a hard time living down his ill- advised shower-cap photo op an unflattering image that remained etched in voters\u2019 minds for years afterward.Will Dion become our next object of national ridicule, simply by nusmanaging his candidates in what could be the most crucial election for the Liberals in recent history?At the time of Garneau\u2019s announcement, it was immediately assumed that Dion was extracting his revenge on the former astronaut for backing Micheal Ignatiett in last year\u2019s Liberal leadership race.If that really is the reason behind the whole thing, Dion is even less qualified to lead the party, let alone be our next prime minister.tis the job of a national party leader to win clections, not engage himself in petty schoolyard vendettas.Either way, Westmount-Ville Marie has lost a potential candidate who could have won the riding and provided local representation \u2014 something that we have been missing tor many years.The grass was never greener To the editor: 1 write to support Aldo Vesnaver's letter \u2018Don't Fence the Park\u2019 in last week's Examiner.Every resident who loves Westmount Park will agree with the reasons he gave 10 keep the playing fields as they are and have been for decades.In September, the grass in the soccer fields have not looked so green in many years due to the considerable rain we've had this summer.| did however notice two brown patches at the goalposts when | cycled past the field at Sherbrooke and Melville one carly morning.Returning an hour later, 1 was stunned to see the whole field stripped naked and workmen were laying rolls and rolls of new turf.Was this necessary?Why not only replace the small area of worn turf?In a letter to the Exaruner in the summer, 1 had pointed out that City Council's tender-loving-care\u201d for the soccer fields borders on the pathological.The above is one instance of City Council's constant preoccupation with soccer field grass.Grass needs at least two years to take root.Grass is very resilient.Given a little rain, a brown patch would recover quickly.Uprooted several times a year as the fields m Westmount Park are) the roots never have a chance to go deep enough in the soil to nourish the leaves.In addition to the frequent returting, trequent mowing with heavy machines (the size of city buses) fertilizing with chemicals and last but not least, excessive watering by sprinklers (even during or atter rain) completes the abuse of our soccer fields bv City Council.In contrast, the grass (noticeably neglected and lett on its own) in the much more heavily used soccer/baseball field at Westmount High School Athletic Grounds is doing very well.Will City Council please take note of my comment?It's about time the coin dropped.Stephen Chin Sherbrooke Street Public input on park proposals not welcome To the editor: Municipal authorities have recently posted an ominous plan for Westmount Park on the City's website: \u201cWestmount's Playing Fields: Developing an All \"Natural Turf\u201d Strategy\u201d (see www.westmount.org).I'he plan not only proposes a fenced specialty sports area to enclose 75 per cent of the present open space in the southern fields of Westmount Park: it also restricts the students of Westmount Park School and the general public to 25 per cent or less of the remaining area, with no guarantee that this unfenced area will be grass.The large size of the specialty area will inevitably mean shifting the bike path north, felling trees, and a new parking lot within or close to the existing Park.{Continued on reg) Westmount 5 ns Salle 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1935-2007 Ten Years Ago October 2, 1997 READY TO BUILD: \u201cAs the land was almost entirely cleared of trees and underbrush last week, a sign announcing \u2018free wood\u2019 attracted quite a few passersby who could be seen loading their cars.A massive trailer has since been moved in to serve as headquarters for the construction of a housing project around the CP train station on St.Catherine Street.But developer Jerome Winikoff had to iron out a couple of issues à'h the City of Westmount before breaking around for the townhouse development.\u201d Twenty-Five Years Ago September 30, 1982 PUBLIC SPACE: \u201cIs Victoria Hall for rent or isn't it?The public is often confused and even City officials scem to have different versions of the present status of the under-used community centre, expected to run up a $60,000 deficit this year.\u2018Victoria Hall is there to rent if anyone wants to rent it; confirms Ald.Briarf Gallery, commissioner of services.But callers to City Hall, including The Examiner, were told no bookings will be taken past the end of October\u201d Thirty-Five Years Ago October 5, 1972 PROTESTING THE POLICE: \u201cRather more than 1.000 citizens jammed Victoria Hall's concert hall, private rooms, lobby and even outdoors for a while last Thursday night.They vociferously protested the recommendations of the director of the Montreal Urban Community police to strip Westmount of its police station and much of its police service.\u201d Forty-five Years Ago October 5, 1962 TEENAGE SMOKING: \u201cWith the new school term back in full swing, the Canadian Cancer Society has renewed its drive to warn teenagers of the hazards of smoking.The initial program was launched nearly a year ago and has become an integral part of the school program in many parts of the province.\u2018Our aim is to reach potential smokers before they have started to smoke or before the habit 1s established, committce chairman Pierre de Léan said.\u201d Fifty-Five Years Ago October 3, 1952 NIXON SUPPORTER: \u201cPJ.Lebrooy, of 309 Clarke Avenue, one of a dozen or more Canadians to send Senator Richard Nixon a \u2018vote of confidence\u2019 on his recent broadcast explaining his personal finances, received an acknowledgement last week.The senator's office wired Mr.Lebroov on behalf of the Republican National Committee with a \u2018thanks for vour vote of confidence\u201d The local resident had wired the Committee that \u2018the Republican Party will alienate the support of a multitude of Canadians if it forces Senator Nixon to resign.\u201d Urban Plan will be changed, councillor predicts atrick Martin has asked his Councii colleagues to change the proposed Westraount Urban Plan.At last week's publi consultation, he raised serious objections to key features, including the intention to use tax money to sponsor low-cost housing.\u201cIt does not make sense and 1 expect it will be changed.\u201d said the councillor.Martin also questions one of the cornerstones of the report \u2014 the need to attract more voung families.Using statistics from the report, he points out that the percentage of children in the zones between Sherbrooke and St.Catherine had increased in two decades \u2014 from 6.7 in 1981 to 10 in 2001, when the last census was taken.The draft plan refers to it as \u201cfollowing a constant progression,\u201d Here are some of the other points he has been making, both publicly and privately: \u201cWhen vou look at demographics, vou must take trends into account, not only point numbers.\u201cThere 1s more involved than just average ages.Consider that my grandmother was one of 14 children, my father was one of six, [am one of four.but now my wife and 1 have two.\u201cThat is probably the pattern of Quebec as a whole and Westmount is not different.\u201cThere are fewer children because people are having fewer children.Coupled with better tood and health care, people are also living longer.Old people stay \u201cIn Westmount, we are fortunate because our old people stay here.As people get old in some places they want to move away from the city to retire elsewhere.Here, 1t is to the contrary, and that is wonderful.\u201cPerhaps that mav be our bigger challenge affordable accommodation for seniors who want to stay in the community, \u201cSo the overall trend is people are getting older and having fewer Kids.[tis in line with the region and not Westmount specific, Besides, itis not a problem! \u201cOn the other hand, I see evidence that we do not have the facilities for the kids that are here already.\u201cWe have 14 schools.But the soccer programme overflows, causing all sorts of other problems.The hockey programme is fully booked and the rink is packed.I don\u2019t see any shortage of kids.\u201cSo I wonder why we have this emphasis on bringing more families in.There is no evident lack of demand for Westmount housing.\u201d Tupper redevelopment Martin was also very critical of one of the key parts of the plan \u2014 the suggestion that the Tupper site, around Gladstone, be developed for \u201caffordable\u201d housing.He explained: @R:\"Providing affordable housing usually means that costs are kept low starting with the sale of land \u2014 below the market value.In return.there are controls on the selling price of the units.\u201cHowever vou do it, this 1s a subsidy, paid bv today's citizens.\u201cThe Tupper land has to be worth at least S100 per square foot.Suppose we let it go for $50.then the City has given up $20 million, based on the stated area of 423,000 square feet \u2014 enough for a new arena with change left over! \u201cCall it social engineering or whatever, | don't think that the redistribution of wealth is Civic Alert Don WEDGE the job of a municipal council.\u201d Tax burden Martin questioned why so few people took part in the consultation.\u201cThe Urban Plan is a powerful document and 1 was disappointed that only 20 citizens \u2014 | counted them \u2014 turned out to discuss it, I'm wondering it it was sufficiently announced to the population.\u201cAs an engineer, I am drawn to technical aspects, but as a councillor 1 look for other social issues, including the level of taxation involved.\u201cWe want to be certain, as we develop important policies and guidelines for development, that this as the vision that the population really wants and that everyone gets to Jook at it and likes it.That is why | brought it up mn the public consultation.Something so important must be decided in the open and we need mput by citizens.\u201cThe document was an carly dratt for comment, so J took the meeting to mean that there could be changes before itis adopted.\u201d Welcoming young The Plan follows Westmount's mission statement.which includes a reference to \u201cwelcoming young families.\u201d \u201cT applaud this concept of Westmount being attractive to young families, but it must also be attractive to older tamihies, sigles, retired and all kinds of people.\u201cBeing welcoming, does not mean to the exclusion of others or at the cost of others.Retired people should not be taxed directly, or via a hidden subsidy, so that people who don't now live m Westmount could move in.\u201cI'm really upset that this would be the outcome of the plan presented so far.lim convinced that it will not be in the final version.\u201cCouncil should concentrate on welcoming families by providing faalities especially for sports \u2014 that we are missing.\u201cAnd if the affordable housing idea ts to go ahead, then a better case must be made than the one in the current document, Les Pavages Spinelli inc.Serving Westmount for over 13 years « Asphalt Uni-Stone Cement Work General Work | Free Estim ates od Carlo : 327-6462 5 494-4981 1806905 Present for the Mayor 10 was a birthday she'd rather not have had.\u201cIt had à six in it but would have preferred it to have been 16, or 26 or 30.It wasn't,\u201d joked Mayor Marks.She celebrated last month with a visit from Barbara \u201cBabs\u201d Shapiro, her best friend since they were neighbours on Grosvenor Ave, 57 years ago.When husband Brian Puddington asked what gift she would most like to mark her big birthday, she asked for the chance to see Shapiro, a Paris-based architect.Puddington arranged it! * Community activist Don Wedge can be reached at calert@wchnet, His coltonns are archived at wwe.westimourtexamtner.com, g0 to Opinion Wright memorial next Friday The family of the late James Wright has announced that a memorial service for the well-known citizen and former Westmount city councillor will be held at Christ Church Cathedral downtown next Friday, Oct.12,at 2 pam, The finest retirement lifestyle is available at.Westmount\u2019s ¢ LSI Of1~ cogal.A Quality Lifestyle Good living comes with age.Why not retire in per- feet clegance and ultimate comfort?Our caring staff will tend to all your needs 24 hours every single day.Please call us regarding our affordable rentals: 4430 St.Catherine West, Westmount 935-1212 www.placekensington.com RAL) LUO TAUTILIEXO TUTTO ISAM MMM Jaujwexy Junousysap yi + 9G0DO AVPSIOUT ç \u201c00 L OPINION Don\u2019t feed the animals in Westmount\u2019 parks Westmount's parks are home to a variety of program for the parks, and another for the flora and fauna.The City has a maintenance playing fields (see below), but we human beings Don't wait for Rover to chew Y | your remote.Subscribe to GOMUZO, the all-inclusive program for dogs ! The GOMUZO Program, the dream of all active and social dogs, includes: * Individual walks along the Lachine Canal * Continuous supervision * Attendant specialized in canine behaviour Dark at 5 PM?Is the dog park just one big mud puddle?Rover wants his walk or else.Offer our furry companion a da filed with activities every week at the NEW Club MUZO, the most stunning INTERIOR DOG GYM in Montreal # Door-to-door transportation * Warm and clean vehicle Group play sessions, agility obstacles and a treasure Pont * Homemade treats such as our very famous baked liver muffins Your dog will come home happy, tuckered out.and clean! NOW DOOR-TO-DOOR TRANSPORTATION IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD ** Places are limited! Subscribe today, call 514 931-1117 Visit Club MUZO on MUZOHOTEL.COM HOTEL AND CLUB FOR URBAN DOGS AND CATS 5525, chemin de la Côte-Saint-Paul, on the Lachine Canal close to Atwater Market 2061795 \u201c Offer applicable with Club MUZO membership.**Free transportation is only available with à minimum of 4 consecutive weekly visits.Offer is available to new subscribers and certain sectors only.Certain conditions apply City Councillor must shoulder some responsibilities.Here are three simple rules: Rule Number One: Don't feed the animals.That includes migratory birds such as ducks, and year-round residents such as pigeons, gulls and sparrows (crows are too smart to get involved in all this).Squirrels and other rodents don\u2019t need our help, and ultimately a portion of anything vou offer to any little creature may end up as rat food.If you like to feed rats, please keep it to yourself.Rule Number Two: There is no rule number two.Rule Number Three: animals (see above).For anyone interested in the City\u2019s playing Don\u2019t feed the fields maintenance procedures, here's a brief summary.The City maintains the playing fields in Westmount Park, King George Park, and Westmount Athletic Grounds, through the services of an appropriately equipped and qualified specialist contractor.The work is done according to specitications provided by the City of Westmount, under the supervision of a representative of the City, in this case the City horticulturalist.The contractor follows these specifications.and reports on the results.The City administration then gives Instructions according to changes caused by the weather.human activity.or other variables.\u2018 The contract specifications include, but are not limited to, the following topics: weeding, soil analysis.fertilization.topdressing, aeration, de-thatching, re-seeding, line painting, temporary fencing, and sodding.All specifications are subject to a timetable and other particular details relevant to each item.The irrigation system is covered separately, and in detail.Function, maintenance and repairs are all covered.The ball fields are also subject to detailed maintenance specifications.The condition of the fields, their use and abuse, is momtored constantly.This year, for example, the City cracked down on the unauthorized use of heavy vehicles on the grass.Even City workers are ticketed and fined if they drive on the fields without proper authorization.Public Works also purchased and installed wider tires for so of the vehicles that are used in the pari because these are easier on the surfaces.Green-painted wooden temporary fencing is used when areas need to be cordoned oft.It's used because other systems have been deemed to be either ineffective (the plastic mesh), or too costly (the metal construction site barrier type).For safety reasons, soccer goals must be fixed in place with concrete anchors that are required by law to be embedded in the fields.There are eight of these, one of which is removed seasonally for the softball play area.Members of the public often call things to the attention of City staff: the sprinkler system may malfunction even hours after regular maintenance, for example: unauthorized games may be played at any time, to the detriment of the playing surface.It's important that citizens continue to make these calls.1t doesn\u2019t mean, however, that people aren't doing their work properly.Problems with the playing field surface are very often the result of too much traffic, not poor maintenance.As the bald man said: grass doesn't grow on a busy street, Oh, and one more thing: don\u2019t feed the animals.+ George Bowser is City Councillor for District 5 and Comunissioner of Public Works and Parks.29 000 frames at half price! 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guest fee is $5.Info: 514-932-9349 or westhortsoc@sympatico.ca.The Atwater Library and Computer Centre Book Club presents a discussion of the book \u2018Dreams of My Russian Summer\u2019 by Andrei Makine at 7:30 p.m.in the library, 1200 Atwater Ave.Coffee will be served and participants are welcome to bring a snack.Discussion led by Montreal author Mary Soderstrom.You do not have to have read book to enjoy the discussion.Free Admission.Everyone is welcome.Info: Tanya Mayhew at 514-935-7344, ext.203 or at tmayhew@atwa- terlibrary.ca Thursday, Oct.T1 The Bimetallic Question, the local Sherlock Holmes Society, will meet in the Westmount Room of the Westmount Library at 6:30 p.m.All potential sleuths are welcome to come and learn the mystery of this Question and participate in the proceedings.There will be an optional quiz on The Adventure of the Priory School (No connection with our local place of study with the same name!).Info: 514-931-8690.(Continued on page 17) wk Ville de Westmount à City of Westmount de Grâces.Heures d\u2019affaires et services municipaux Action de grâces Veuillez noter que tous les bureaux administratifs de la Ville de Westmount, soit l\u2019hôtel de ville, le Victoria Hall, Hydro Westmount, et les Services de la sécurité publique, des sports et loisirs et des travaux publics seront fermés le lundi 8 octobre en raison de l'Action De plus, ia Bibliothèque publique de Westmount sera fermée les dimanche 7 octobre et lundi 8 octobre.Prenez également note qu\u2019il n\u2019y a aucun changement quant à la collecte des ordures qui s\u2019effectuera à l\u2019horaire normale.for the Thanksgiving Day holiday.Business Hours and Municipal Services Thanksgiving Day Please be advised that all administrative offices of the City of Westmount (City Hall, Victoria Hall, Hydro Westmount, Public Works, @ Public Security and Recreation) will be closed on Monday, October 8 Westmount Public Library will also be closed on both Sunday, October 7 and Monday, October 8.Please note that garbage collection is unaffected, and will take place according to the regular schedule.2074066 041007 Io ety ill the lic he ip.55.Dr ter the ry.nd ck.ry 9 at va- ck BULLETIN BOARD (Continued from page 16) Friday, Oct.12 Women's Rosh Chodesh Prayer Service for the Hebrew month of Cheshvan will take place at 8:30 a.m.at the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in the chapel, 120 Cote St.Antoine Rd.Women and children welcome.For more information please call Judy at 484-7862, Shelley at 489-9094 or Barbara at 683-4926.The Atwater Branch of the Montreal Children\u2019s Library, 1200 Atwater Ave., presents Spanish Storytime with Maria Revilla at 10:30 a.m.for ages 3 to 5.Info: 514-931-2304, The Atwater Lunchtime Series presents Ranee Lee, who will read from her new children\u2019s book, \u2018Nana, What Do You Say?and performs the song that inspired the story, at 12:30 p.m.at the Atwater Library, 1200 © Ave.(at Tupper).Free admission.veryone welcome.Coffee will be served.Attendees are welcome to bring their lunch and enjoy it during the presentation.Info: Tanya Mayhew at tmayhew@atwaterlibrary.ca or 514-935-7344 ext.203.TGIF at Centre Greene, 1090 Greene Ave, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.Meal followed by weekly activity for ages 5-11.$10 per drop-in.RSVP/Info: 514-931-6202 or www.centregreene.org The C.G.Jung Society of Montreal presents a lecture by Paul Kugler, a Jungian analyst based in East Aurora, N.Y., entitled \u2018The Legacy of the Dead) at 7:30 p.m.at Dawson college, 4001 de Maisonneuve Boul.W.There will also be two workshops presented by Dr.Kugler on Saturday, Oct.13: The psychological meaning of gardens, in the morning, and on the history of the Eranos conferences, in the afternoon.Info: 514-481-8664.Saturday, Oct.13 Rummage Sale at Saint Matthias\u2019 Church, 131 Côte St, Antoine Rd.at 10 a.m.Clothes, household goods, books, toys, dishes, appliances, linens and more! Info: 514 933-4295, WARM Writers (Writers Association for Resourceful Minds) presents a hands-on Japanese (Sushi) Flower Arranging Workshop (materials provided) with Sheila Lyons, president, International Ikebana Association Montreal, at 2p.m.at the Montreal Masonic Temple, 2295 St.Marc St., 4th floor.À FLAT ROOF?TODAY IT\u2019S TOPSEAL! 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