The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 34

BEST AVAILABLE COPY 1)2 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1989 CITY aGGoDDdl pes msateh Digester tower ideal Mr ra mi win man for a camera obscura Protesters encouraged to break law BOB PHILLIPS Demonstration route passes embassies By Randy Boswell Citizen staff writer Amid the hundreds of peace marchers who weaved their way through the streets of downtown Citizen staff VIEW FROM THE OUTAOUAIS Ottawa Saturday, a silver-haired An American peace activist, who last year climbed aboard a U.S. warship and sabotaged its cruise missile launchers with a hammer, has encouraged local op- 'hat can you give a National Capital that has everything and Jean Pigott? We have two ideas. And, since they could both make money, the Uutaouais might graciously otter them. Have you ever heard of a camera obscura? It's the father of the If -J i' musician from a local thurch group piped out a tune as he walked along. 5 For John Beech, 77, the 4th annual Walk Around The World for Peace offered a little light exercise, a willing audience for his music, and, above all, a chance to show support for the cause of nuclear disarmament.

i It was a pleasant change from nearly 50 years earlier, when Beech and thousands of other Ca camera itself. If your youth was not misspent watching television ponents of ARMX '89 to break the law in protesting the May 23-25 weapons show at Lansdowne Park. Philip Berri-gan, 65, en- (or worse), you probably made a pinhole camera with a cardboard box which enabled you to see on a sheet of paper an upside-down image of the passing scene outside your bedroom window. The camera obscura, mounted at the top of a tower, uses a mir ror and a lens to do the same thing. Typically projected on a round, white table is a clear image in living color of landscape and nadian soldiers were sent around people for kilometres around.

The camera obscura best known to Canadian tourists is just the world for war. "Wars are getting worse all the down the street from Edinburgh Castle. It attracts thousands of awestruck spectators who happily leave behind coin of the realm. time," said Beech, an artillery officer who fought in Europe during There are half a dozen of these (money-making) towers in Europe, and they are to be found also in South Africa, New Zealand, Aus the Second World War. "Now, like everybody else here, I'm working for peace." tralia and (of course) California.

plans of about Berrigan 100 members Former of the Alliance for Non-Violent Action to blockade entrances to Lansdowne, and encouraged others to join in acts of civil disobedience "if they're willing to accept the consequences." The former Catholic priest, who gained notoriety and a six-year jail term in 1967 for pouring blood on draft records to protest U.S. involvement in Viet Nam, But not one in Canada. Beech, part of a group from That is something which two gifted young artists from Montreal would like to remedy. After extensive research abroad, they are Rideau Park United Church, said weaponry has become so advanced it can no longer be used in Canada's leading authorities on the history and design of the cam era obscura. Now Denis Farley and Yvonne Lammench know exactly the ideal setting for Canada's camera obscura.

war as a means to achieve peace. "There always hope though. It the Digester Tower, in whose back yard the Museum of Civi nuTHirilmriiffiif -r-wri 1 lization is slowly, but surely, rising. added Beech, as he slipped his wooden recorder under his jacket to keep it dry. "The more people Consider the incomparable view.

The museum and the Hull i. Bruno Schlumberger, Citizen Not everyone was interested in Saturday's peace march shore, the Ottawa downstream and upstream, famous homes on the Ottawa bank, the Rideau Canal, Parliament Hill, Chaudiere Falls, urban Outaouais, the Gatineau Hills, the Hull Sex Shoppe. are concerned about it, the more chance there will be to get some action to disarm." But the camera obscura is more than a pretty sight. It is a fas Despite the rain, about 500 peo spoke to an audience of about 150 people at St. Paul University.

ARMX '89 will feature the products of 400 armament manufacturers and is expected to attract 13,000 buyers from 60 countries. Richard Sanders, of the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade, said his group has voted not to break the law in its protests against ARMX. But he says individual members, including himself, will join the lawbreakers who plan to lie down in front of all entrances to Lansdowne Park. ple of all ages followed a route past the embassies of several for cinating historic milestone on the way to the contemporary camera. Early in the seventeenth century the principle of the camera obscura had surfaced in a peculiar, but astonishing, form of royal entertainment where guests inside a hall viewed a projection of play eign military powers.

"It is a. joint sign of people wanting peace," said Melnikov. Walkers, including former Ottawa Centre MP Michael Cassidy, had gathered in the morning at Minto Park on Elgin Street to register pledge forms and hear speeches. Stickers were distributed which read "End the Arms Race, Feed the although some preferred variations such as "Beers not John Fryer, president of the National Union of Provincial Government Employees, told the cheering crowd that the federal government's cancellation of its nuclear submarine program, and the city of Ottawa's decision not to allow the international armaments show, ARMX, to be held on city property after this year, had recently given peace activists something to celebrate. Officials at the Soviet embassy on Charlotte Street offered participants a musical reception, and ers doing their thing outside like the first colored movies.

When people like Louis Jacques Mande' Daguerre, early in the nineteenth Canadian correspondent Alexi Melnikov filmed a news item to be aired on Soviet television. century, caught the projection on a light-sensitive surface, modern photography was born. The vital link, the camera obscura, is still fascinating crowds wherever it has been recreated around the world. And what better place to recreate it than immediately across the river from Cana Quadraplegic in holding pattern da's new Museum of Photography being born beside the Rideau locks? awaiting funds to renovate home Farley had never heard of the Digester Tower (Montreal is cul turally deprived) until he chanced to see it on his way from a com By David Scanlan Don't forget Mother's Day May 14th Citizen staff writer mission in the Science Museum. He and Lemmerich were gripped by this remarkable ruin.

With their own initiative and money they developed the plans for Canada's camera obscura, made a detailed model, and prepared a presentation which has now been seen by many movers and shakers in the Outaouais, including the enthusi Paul Legault just wants to push his wheelchair into his own bathroom in the morning! astic Mayor of All Hull. Effective May 1, 1989 Allen's Florists since 1919 will be joining with Flowers by Les Etes Nine months ago, the Carp Their idea is to accept the tower as it is, to roof it (as must be quadraplegic was told he was eligible for a $15,000 grant from the done anyway), to fit out the top floor for the device, and to use other areas for interpretation. Access would be by glass-sided exte province to make renovations in his home so his wheelchair would rior elevators on the south facade of the tower. fit in the bathroom. The plan would preserve this historic monument with a mini mum of visible change.

The queen-sized digester tank inside would But he hasn't seen a penny, and stay for another 100 years. The romantic limestone walls could he joins an estimated 200 disabled people in Eastern Ontario who are wondering if the money will Allen's Flowers by Les Etes is an elegant flower boutique in the true sense of the word. As soon as you walk in, the warm and sophisticated decor speaks for itself. When you see the magnificent silk flower arrangements, the unique specialty giftware and the fresh flowers, you know that Les Etes personnel take pride in their creativity and attention to detail. Whether for an intimate dinner, a classic wedding or a gala evening, let them assist you in making such an event a success.

Experienced designer always in the store! still be used as a backdrop for medieval mysteries or whatever other passionate drama the museum may have in mind. The tower would remain the anchor of the national capital's most interesting archaeological dig, lying at its base, or house at its top various lights, bells and whistles. ever arrive. The province has spent $7.5 million, much more than the $1.5 originally allocated. Now the well appears to be dry, says Carleton MPP Norm Sterling.

"The government has created expectations and opened the doors to a program which they didn't (fund properly)," said Sterling, who raised Legault's case in the Legislature this week. Housing Minister Chaviva Ho-sek said she's aware of the waiting list and hopes to alleviate it. But it's a promise Legault has heard before. The Kirkland Lake native, who broke his neck playing football 14 years ago, said he's been calling the ministry almost weekly, since he got approval from the program in July. "They keep saying, 'the money is coming, the money is said Legault, who is the Ottawa co-ordinator for the Canadian Paraplegic Association.

Legault said 15 local people in his association are also waiting for grants. And he's stopped processing new applications. "I don't encourage them to apply. There's no point." Legault, 29, is counting on the And when tourists from afar have exhausted the delights of the Ontario Home Renewal Program. It provides grants or interest-free loans of up to $15,000 for renovations to make homes accessible to old digester tower, they could profitably while away most of their remaining time in the nearby museum.

But what we hear you ask, would this cost? Lammench and people with disabilities. He would use the money to turn 0 Farley, wisely avoiding the numbers game, will say only that, once the building is stabilized, roofed and ready to receive the multitudes, the camera obscura and its installation could be done for $200,000. Cheap at the price. his garage into a specialized bathroom. The bathroom in his Carp Assuming that someone has remembered to bring along a cheque bungalow is too small for his chair, making showering or hair-washing a 45-minute ordeal.

book, there is the Outaouais's gift to the culture (and treasury) of the National Capital. But the provincial program has But that is only one of our two projects. The other is as big as 206 Bank Street, (corner of Nepean) 235-7201 238-1430 been immensely popular, with 750 the universe and as intimate as Hull's Sex Shoppe. member since 1927 Just wait till next Sunday, Mother. people qualifying for grants since it started nearly two years ago.

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