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THE OTTAWA CITIZEN CITY THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2003 Cll OBITUARY ANNE CARVER Economist was trailblazer for women Victims' family sues dam operators She rose to become one of the country's first high-ranking female public servants and a leading vulunteer. Dave Rogers reports. .1. it 7 Transport Commission, appointed her as the first female member of the commission. Mrs.

Carver retired from the commission in 1980 at age 65. Ms. Kemp said Mrs. Carver was an economist and historian interested in relations. Ms.

Kemp said her friend also did volunteer work for organizations interested in social welfare, such as the Canadian Welfare Advisory Board, the Ottawa Social Planning Council, the Children's Aid Society, Family Services Association, the Andrew Fleck Child Care Centre and the United Appeal of Ottawa and District "She had a fantastic sense of humour and loved reading books," Ms. Kemp said. "She adored her family, was a wonderful hostess and had terrific dinnerparties. "She was a mentor to a lot of people. When people dropped around, she often suggested they get on with what they were doing." Mrs.

Carver's daughter, Jenny Carver, said her mother did volunteer work for the Consumers' Association of Canada, developing standards and testing for consumer products. Mrs. Carver did volunteer work for the North East Ottawa Seniors Service Centre, a referral service that provided help for seniors. Neighbour Thomas D'Aquino, president of the Business Council on National Issues, described Mrs. Carver as a "wonderful woman and a great Canadian patriot." Mr.

D'Aquino said she was always bright, witty and had an active interest in subjects ranging from gardening to politics. "She spoke as a person who had been around for a great When she was a student at Harvard University's Radcliffe College, Anne Carver wrote to one of the senior deputy ministers in the federal government to apply for a job. "He wired her back to say there probably was a job for her and asked whether she could type," recalled her friend Katherine Kemp, a retired Statistics Canada economist. "She always joked that she fired back: 'No, can Mrs. Carver, who rose to become one of Canada's first high-ranking female public servants and a leading volunteer with Ottawa family and social service organizations, died on Sunday at 88.

Born in Toronto, Mrs. Carver was educated as an economist. She joined the Wartime Prices and Trade Board during the early 1940s. The federal government established the board during the Second World War because of concern that shortages of consumer goods in the civilian market would spark rampant inflation. After the war, Mrs.

Carver worked for the Tariff Board until 1952, when she resigned to raise her children. In 1951, she had married the late Humphrey Carver, an architect and prominent planner. She later rejoined the public service, and was a deputy minister in the now-defunct federal Department of Urban Affairs and a former president of the Canadian Institute of Planners. During the 1960s, Mrs. Carver wrote the chapter on women in politics for the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.

In 1970, Jack Pickers-gill, president of the Canadian Woman, son killed bywallofwater' near Calabogie Lake BY DAVE ROGERS The family of a 32-year-old woman and her son who died when a wall of water was released from a power dam near Calabogie in June of last year have filed a lawsuit claiming that Ontario Power Generation's negligence and incompetence caused their deaths. On the Madawaska River near Calabogie Lake, Cyndi Cadieux, and her seven-year-old son, Aaron, who were wading in a riverbed used as a spillway for a nearby dam, were killed when a "wall of water" slammed over a 10-metre-high cliff and dashed them on the rocks below. The torrent of water was so powerful that as many as 20 sunbathers were carried away, bashed against boulders, desperate to climb out of the corridor made out of an old riverbed. In the lawsuit filed in February, the family of Cyndi and Aaron Cadieux allege the deaths were caused "exclusively by the negligence of OPG (Ontario Power Generation) andor Ontario Hydro and their employees." The family's statement of claim blames the minister of natural resources for failing to implement or enforce regulations managing water flows that could have prevented the deaths. The lawsuit claims the Ministry of Energy "recklessly responded to the increased demand for electricity" and used a computer program that made power generators react automatically to increased demand without considering the impact on river flows.

The claim says hydro em- 27 AT 7:30 PM Anne Carver was a member of a discussion group called the Roundtable until about five years ago. The illustrious group included retired politicians and civil servants such as Jack Pickersgill and Mitchell Sharp. table until about five years ago. The group included mostly retired politicians and senior public servants such as Jack' Pickersgill, Mitchell Sharp, Gordon Robertson and Simon Reisman. A memorial service is scheduled at MacKay United Church at Dufferin Road and MacKay Street tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Fitzroy Harbour fears boat bypass Aaron and Cyndi Cadieux died when a wall of water was released from a dam near Calabogie last year. ployees were incompetent because they "recklessly responded to the increased demand for electricity," failed to post signs prohibiting swimming, bathing and sunbathing and "failed to implement appropriate safety procedures." It alleges the employees "opened the spillway without ensuring that the rocks below were free of people, when they knew or ought to have known that High Falls was a popular recreation area in the summer months." Ontario Hydro has filed a notice of intent to defend the lawsuit. JOHN GRACE LIHEBACKER 61E0IIE JUNE deal of time. "Mrs. Carver often spoke about gardening and the preservation of the Village of Rockcliffe Park.

Her death is a sad loss and she will certainly be remembered warmly by all her friends and admirers." Jenny Carver said her mother was a member of a discussion group called the Round- 1 -jL Mr. Eastman, because he sits on the board, understands. "If he's on the board, who is representing us?" asked Gwyn Williams, a long-time resident who strongly opposes the plan for the Fitzroy Harbour bypass. Resident Karen McKenna said that the residents didn't hear about the project until they received a letter from Ontario Parks. Ottawa River Project, run by Gary Wiseman, has submitted five bypass options to Ontario Parks.

Two of the suggestions have routes through Fitzroy Harbour Provincial Park. Mr. Wiseman said he favours going through the park. He said a new bridge would be big enough to allow canoes and small boats to still be able to pass underneath. As for the bypass, the company says it expects there will be three boats an hour using it and they can accommodate boats up to 30 feet long.

Fitzroy Harbour residents proposed Norway Bay on the Quebec side, in the municipality of Bristol, as a bypass site. "Would you like commercial enterprises running through your front lawn?" asked Bristol Mayor Jack Graham, explaining that he wasn't against the idea, but that nobody had approached him about it and that Norway Bay wasn't designed to be a boat lift site. I HI I Residents learn councillor sits on company board by Adam grachnik Residents of Fitzroy Harbour fear a proposed boat bypass around the Chats Dam will disrupt their quiet village and they say there's no one they can complain to because their city councillor sits on the board of the company making the bypass proposal Fitzroy Harbour is the proposed site of the last of six boat bypasses that will give boaters access to the Ottawa River from Britannia Bay to the north end of Lake Timiskaming, 550 kilometres from Ottawa. Dwight Eastman, the city councillor for West Car-leton, which includes Fitzroy Harbour, sits on the board of the Ottawa River Project the not-for-profit company that's installed the other five bypasses. The bypasses use a truck and trailer system to tow the boats around obstacles in the river such as rapids and dams.

The company asked that Mr. Eastman, the former mayor of West Carleton, be named to their board when amalgamated Ottawa was created three years ago. Last year, Ottawa city council approved $350,000 for the project. Residents want the project stopped and don't feel Metcalfe fire does $100,000 damage Ottawa fire investigators are trying determine what ignited a blaze yesterday that caused $100,000 damage to a two-storey house in the village of Metcalfe. Firefighters were called the home at about 7:30 a.m and had the blaze out a couple hours later.

Nobody was hurt during the fire. Council OKs Exhibition deal The city gave the go-ahead yesterday for the Central Canada Exhibition to stay at Lansdowne Park through 'I Mir1 1 iiw CANADA DAY f- a pm fw 1 1 2004 at a reduced rent of $150,000. Council yesterday passed a motion that will charge the Ex $350,000 rent but pay a $200,000 grant for promotional opportunities and ventures such as the Ex's agriculture fair, which brings in large rural crowds. A similar grant is expected for next year. Stewart won't seek re-election Councillor Wendy Stewart says she doesn't plan to run for re-election in her River ward this fall.

Ms. Stewart joins Alex Munter, Elisabeth Arnold and Dwight Eastman in not running again for council. an..