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7 mai / May 7
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Half-million dollar cost
Work begins on Aylmer’s skate park
Julie Murray
On April 30, construction began on Aylmer’s skate park, which will be “the biggest, most expensive, nicest skate plaza in the city of Gatineau,” says Councillor Alain Riel, chair of the Youth Commission. He notes the facility will be “more than a skate park. It’s a public place. When you look at it, you won’t realize you’re looking at a skate park. The kids want natural objects like railings, stairs, garbage cans, ramps and flowerbeds. So it will look like any other park.”
Sidewalk on Aylmer Road
Mr Riel notes that the park “will have an oasis to read, and benches to watch the kids performing. There’ll be a place for small-scale entertainment. I like to think of it as a kind of Roman forum, with many activities linking everyone.” There will be a path between the pool and the park and a sidewalk between Fraser Road and Samuel-Edey Street, so “people won’t have to walk on Aylmer Road anymore.”
“We must thank (former councillors) Alain Labonté, Richard Jennings and André Levac,” he stresses. “They added money from their discretionary funds. It was a long-term commitment and their efforts are paying off.” Mr Riel adds, “Last spring we had an information session with the kids, where we presented the concept. We modified the plans based on their input. They wanted more height, to increase the level of excitement and difficulty, so we added that.”
Mr Riel notes that this is a “projet rassembleur,” a project that will unite people of all ages. “There will be good lighting, seats and benches so people can rest, read and enjoy the scenery. We’re dressing up the exterior of the pool and it will be beautiful. Heads will turn when they drive by the pool. This skate park will be the envy of some of my colleagues.” La Farge Construction was given the contract to construct the park, at a cost of $560,000, and it should be completed by the fall. Adds Mr Riel, “All our citizens will be served by the skate park.”
Councillor Alain Riel on the site of the future skate park, April 30, to be completed by the fall. Mr Riel, the chair of the Youth Commission, says, “It’s a great day for the kids.”
Photo: Julie Murray
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Aux propriétaires de chiens
Je m’adresse aux quelques propriétaires de chiens irresponsables qui n’ont rien de mieux que de laisser leur chien(s) non châtrés courrir les rues pour ensuite jeter les chiots nouveaux-nés dans des sacs de poubelles aux déchets ou dans les fossés ?
Pour moi, c’est déplorable !
Vous ne devez pas être propriétaire de chiens car vous ne savez pas ou ne désirez pas en prendre soin. Vous êtes irresponsables par vos actions ou manque d’actions.
Je suis très reconnaissante envers les gens intentionnés et responsables qui vivent parmi nous et qui adoptent ces pauvres animaux et leur donnent une bonne maison.
À vous gens bienveillants et de bon coeur, je vous dis Merci !
Denyse Marchand
Gatineau (Aylmer)
La musique devrait être accessible à tous
Bien oui, voilà la réponse que j’ai eu d’un professeur de musique : L’autre jour, j’ai consulté les Petites annonces. J’ai trouvé dans la rubrique Musique, l’annonce d’un professeur de piano; j’ai joint la dame et son tarif est de 20 $ de la demi-heure. Personnellement je trouve cela un peu dispendieux; elle m’a répondu “ Oui c’est dispendieux mais vous savez la musique ce n’est pas pour les pauvres”. J’ai été complètement dépassée d’une telle remarque. En plus elle a ajouté que les pauvres n’ont pas les même talents. Par la suite ella a essayé de se corriger.
La musique devrait être accessible à tous. Ma fille désir apprendre la guitare et me le demande souvent. Je vais lui offrir le “cadeau” , mais à 20 $ de la demi-heure ce n’est pas un cadeau!
Marie Rose Potvin
Aylmer
Réponse à la lettre ouverte de Mme Lycan
Dans un premier temps, permettez-moi de vous remercier de me faire part de vos préoccupations. Effectivement, l’intersection de la rue Front et du boulevard des Allumettières est pro blématique et par conséquent dangereuse. Depuis mai 2007, ladite intersection se qualifie pour l’installation de feux de circulation. L’appel d’offres pour l’élaboration des plans et devis doit se faire cet été, et l’installation des feux est prévue pour l’été 2009.
Soyez assurée, Madame Lycan, que mon collègue le conseiller municipal Frank Thérien et moi-même travaillons d’arrache-pied afin de sécuriser l’intersection, et ce, le plus rapidement possible.
Alain Riel
Conseiller municipal du district de Deschênes
Recycler, récupérer et réutiliser...
La journée de la collecte des déchets je suis toujours surprise de la quantité d’objets jetés qui sont encore bons et qui pourraient faire la joie de familles qui ont tout perdu lors d’inondations ou d’incendies. Je vois pleins d’articles pour bébés qui pourraient être réutilisés, parfois je les récupère et vais les porter à la St-Vincent de Paul. Si chacun faisait de même ce serait un beau geste pour la planète et pour les familles dans le besoin.
Brigitte Morency
Aylmer
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Dog owners
Have some of you dog owners nothing better to do than to allow your dogs to go about the streets un-spayed or un-neutered, and then throw the resulting new-born puppies in a garbage bag in a dumpster? This is amongst the most hideous acts a human can do.
You should not be allowed to own a dog if you cannot care for it. You are irresponsible in your actions.
There are responsible and caring people out there who adopt these poor animals and give them homes where they are well cared for. To you warm-hearted and caring people, I say thank you!
Denyse Marchand
Gatineau (Aylmer)
Western Quebec School Board election, June 1
I would like to inform the voters of Ward 16 of my candidacy for the position of commissioner for the Western Quebec School Board.
I would first like to thank the Aylmer Bulletin for their civic mindedness in providing the Ward 16 contestants space in - Letters To The Editor - section for us to announce our candidacies.
This election focuses on overseeing and continuing the good work being done by the Western Quebec School Board. I am a recent retiree keen to turn my energies and skills to working for the continued development of the Western Quebec School Board, in a commissioner’s role. This board has been very successful in the past, and I wish to be part of its continued success and search for improvements. As a new retiree, I now have the time required for this important job.
I have been involved with both the Symmes and D’Arcy McGee schools for many years. My entire career has been dedicated to the Quebec education system working for two major school boards in this area in both support staff and administrative roles. As well, I have recently become involved with the three local elementary schools helping to initiate a grade 4-5-6 football program.
I solicit your support on June 1st.
Thank you for your attention and … Don’t forget to vote!
Wayne Daly
Aylmer
Regarding city bus drivers
I certainly respect the response from Mr. White and Ms. Grodin in regards to my opinions in my letter dated April 23. However, one must consider that my letter was edited and shortened; therefore the facts and the fractured story were not complete, let alone readable, with any clear understanding (of my point).
I am glad that some people have had a positive experience riding the bus. My experiences were negative compared to the original bus routes and drivers and I am therefore entitled to my educated/observant views of the situation as it presents itself.
You may think that a month of bus transport is not a measurement of the issues surrounding the bus drivers (I never painted all of them with the same brush), but, I think it is more than sufficient time for a customer to make a rational decision on the type of representation most of these individuals are prepared to forward on behalf of their employer; if not, the employer should hire “secret bus riders” to observe the attitudes of some of the drivers and take the appropriate action to correct the type of behaviour I mentioned in my letter.
Here’s hoping the editor will indeed print the full article (letter) this time.
Claude Poulin
Aylmer
Balloons are not a good tribute
I was dismayed to read in The Bulletin that students seeking to pay tribute to Kendra Beaudoin released hundreds of balloons into the environment on April 18. The rationalization for this act was that the balloons are “biodegradable,” but what does that mean? The uncountable scraps of paper marring our streets are also “biodegradable,” but that doesn’t make them any less unsightly. They still take months, sometimes years to break down. Will these balloons biodegrade quickly enough so that they won’t choke a bird that ingests them (something that often happens with balloons)? While I can understand the need to pay tribute to this young girl, surely, in this day and age, there are more environmentally responsible ways to do so.
David Desjardins
Aylmer
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