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Since 1978, Newswest has kept the residents of Ottawa west informed about what‘s happening in their neighbourhood. This makes Newswest one of the longest surviving community newspapers in Ottawa. Newswest survives by being able to get into the nooks and crannies of the community to celebrate the people, the events and the institutions that contribute to the vibrancy of the area. Newswest is written by the community for the community which enables it to provide an unique perspective on life in the Kitchissippi area. A majority of Newswest articles are written by volunteer writers wishing to highlight an issue, a person or an event that they feel is of interest. Volunteer groups are also encouraged to use the pages of Newswest as a pipeline to the broader community to make readers aware of events and issues that escape the notice of the professional media. Newswest has been published within the Kitchissippi Times since 2003, but remains an independent publication. Newswest covers the area bordered by the O-train tracks and Woodroofe Avenue, between the Ottawa River and Carling Avenue. This area includes the neighbourhoods of Mechanicsville, Hintonburg, Champlain Park, West Wellington, Hampton Park, Westboro Beach, Westboro, Highland Park, McKellar Park, Carlingwood and Civic Hospital. Over 16,000 copies of Newswest are distributed free-of-charge 12 times a year to homes and retail locations in the Kitchissippi area. Newswest is a non-profit community newspaper and does not publish submissions that have as their main purpose the fulfillment of commercial goals. It is the role of the editor, in concurrence with an elected board of directors, to maintain this non‐profit community focus and steer the course for Newswest. Our current board makeup;Our Editor is: Anne Duggan. Chairperson is: Gary Ludington. Vice‐Chair is: Wayne Rodney. Treasurer is: Gary Ludington. Secretary is: Cheryl Parrott. Messages for the board may be sent via the editor.  .
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Our Board Meetings Newswest at Community Events Current Contests and Past Winners Photographers Our Board Meetings: Now into our 31st year, Newswest’s board normally meets the 4th Monday of most months. Our next board meeting will be held Monday at 7pm September 27, 2010 at the Hintonburg Community Centre. (Please check for changes or cancellations before coming).. Check our events calendar for dates of other board meetings. (Please note that Newswest normally does not meet during it’s July recess). Our meetings are open to all, accessible and free parking is normally available near to where we meet. Come and see your community paper in action, and have a say. Current Board positions were decided following our recent AGM meeting but we can welcome new board members any time we meet. Want to know how to contribute, or to support local activities?, Or who won the latest contest?, then come and we will answer your questions. Newswest at Community Events: Newswest would love to come to your community event and set up an information and display table. Please let us know about your upcoming events and how we can participate. Current Contests and Past Winners: Newswest congratulates Charlotte van Walraven, high school student winner of our recent Newswest Writing Contest. Her composition on the theme of “Community” was reprinted in the June 17th 2010 issue of Newswest. We hope she enjoys her first prize of an iPod Touch™; from Carbon Computing. Runner-up prize of a second-generation iPod Shuffle™ went to Rebecca Sollows whose essay will be published in a later issue. Newswest thanks all its volunteers, and the students who participated. Congratulations to Shirley Clarkin for her winning answer to our Nov. 19th 2009 Do You Know contest. We received some excellant replies to our contest and had to draw the winner’s name at random from the correct answers received. We hope the winner will enjoy her gift certificate for dinner at a local restaurant. Check our Contests page for details. Photographers: Newswest and its website are appealing to the shutterbug in you to keep our pages fresh and beautiful. Simply snap some photos of the world right outside your door and upload them to the photo gallery or send them in to: We look for images that capture a little piece of our community. That could be a person, a place, an event ...anything that says “community”. Join our Contributor’s Photo Gallery and you can upload your photos there. Then email us if they should also go on this page at 300 by 280 pixels. Images should be from within Newswest boundaries (from the O-Train tracks to Woodroofe Avenue between the Ottawa River and Carling Avenue). In your email, please include your name, telephone number and the subject and location of your photo. Those images chosen for the Newswest website have no fixed deadline as updates are on a somewhat irregular basis, so click away and send in a small chunk of your community! Back to Announcements top
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Where do I find you? How can I contribute? Submissions? Community calendar? When’s the next issue? Career opportunities? Advertising? Where do I find you? How can I contribute? We also look for volunteers to work on the board that helps to guide the paper and website. If you are active in another community organization you could be invaluable to keeping your community newspaper in the know.
Single-day volunteers can help us out at local events, where Newswest may be a sponsor, by manning a table, tent or other task. Submissions? Articles should be maximum 500 words. Letters to the editor should be maximum 300 words. Community calendar items should be maximum 50 words. Photographs should be 300 DPI. Print photos should be 3 by 5 inches. All signed letters to the editor are welcome. We reserve the right to edit for length and content. Submission deadlines are given below or download this Adobe acrobat document. Community calendar? Publication is dependent upon space available. Priority is given to notices promoting events within Newswest’s catchment area (the area of west Ottawa bordered by the O-train tracks and Woodroofe Avenue between the Ottawa River and Carling Avenue). The on-line Community Events Calendar lists those events that have appeared in the paper, that are open-to-all, one-time-contiguous, and take place in the catchment area or environs. Providing a shortened (single sentence) description of your event just for use on-line is appreciated. Place, time, and duration will be extracted from your print version. When’s the next issue? The schedule for 2010 is as follows:
Career opportunities? Advertising? A Newswest membership entitles you to add your voice to your community newspaper: members can vote at the annual general meeting and stand for the board of directors. At $5, membership is an affordable way to help Newswest get the word out on community activities and issues. Look for the membership form in a copy of Newswest. Or download and fill out the attached form (requires Adobe acrobat). Cheques should be made out to Newswest. Return completed forms with payment to: E-mail is your best bet for a quick response. E-mail:
Anne
Duggan, Editor
Telephone: (613) 728 3030
Fax: (613) 728 3030Newswest
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PO Box 67057 Westboro RPO
Ottawa
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Deadline for the October 7, 2010 issue is: Drop-offs may be accepted at the Dovercourt Recreation Centre. Please check first before attempting a dropoff. You can also follow us on twitter . |
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