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Ultimate Happenings: Issue 177 - July 19, 2001

OCUA Web site: http://www.ocua.ca

"Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether"
 
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CONTENTS:

- Urgent Notice Regarding Dogs
- 17th Annual No Borders Ultimate Tournament
- No Borders Party
- Found Glasses
- Calendar Of Events

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URGENT NOTICE REGARDING DOGS

The Board of Directors (BoD) has received expressions of 
concern regarding dogs at the Ultimate fields.  Unleashed 
dogs are common on the sidelines of Ultimate games, and 
incidents of dogs lunging at players, including children in 
the kid's league, have been reported.  

Related to this issue is the matter of dog feces.  Some dog 
owners are still not cleaning up after their dogs, and other 
dog owners are scooping but then depositing the plastic bags 
of dog feces in or beside the portable toilets. On June 5th, 
a posting went out in Ultimate Happenings reminding players 
that portable toilets are not garbage receptacles.  The 
portable toilet company charges OCUA for the manual removal 
of plastic bags from the toilets and our OCUA volunteers 
clean up the bags of dog feces deposited in the tall grass 
and beside the portable toilets.  Both are needless and 
disgusting jobs.

OCUA's position on dogs is:

1.	Dogs must be on a leash and securely restrained;
2.	Clean up after your dog; and
3.	Carry out your dog feces (garbage facilities do not exist 
at any site).

At UP Inc. and the Sod Farm - keep your dog on a leash, clean 
up after your dog and carry out the garbage.  At all other 
Ultimate sites, dog owners are subject to local by-laws.

If dog owners continue to disregard these few simple rules, 
dogs will be banned from UP Inc. and the Sod Farm.

It only takes one or two to ruin a good situation for all 
other dog owners, so take it upon yourself to remind dog 
owners of these rules.  If you see a dog unleashed, ask the 
owner to put a leash on and restrain the dog.  If you see 
someone tossing their bag of dog feces beside the porta-
pottie, ask them to pick it up and carry it home.  

OCUA is prepared to impose a complete ban on dogs at the two 
sites and call in local by-law officers to impose such a ban.  
Please do not force the BoD to impose this ban - act 
responsibly now. While the majority of our membership is 
responsible and considerate, even one dog lunging at a child 
or one incidence of picking up bags of old dog feces is one 
experience too many.

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17TH ANNUAL NO BORDERS ULTIMATE TOURNAMENT

Just a reminder that this weekend is NO BORDERS, our premiere 
tournament of the year. This is your chance to check out some 
fantastic ultimate, as some of the best competitive teams 
from Eastern Canada and the Northeastern US battle it out for 
the chance to call the No Borders title their own.  Once 
again the tournament is being held at our UP Inc. facility, 
and runs 9:30 to 6pm on Saturday, and 10 until 5pm on 
Sunday... and of course, don't forget the legendary party 
saturday night (see details below) - always a fantastic time.  
We encourage everyone to come down and enjoy the festive 
atmosphere from the sidelines or the beer garden, and cheer 
on our Ottawa teams.  If you can't make it down, watch for 
media coverage in the papers, as well as footage on the New 
RO.  Finally, a reminder to carpool if you can - as you know,  
parking is limited!

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NO BORDERS PARTY

The Show (beside On Tap)
128 York St. in the Market
Band is Bubbles Cash & The Rythm method
10:00pm onwards
Everyone is invited!

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FOUND GLASSES

Found 1 pair of ladies Vogue brown metal rim glasses at UPI 
Wed 18 July at UPI 16.

shubhobiswas@yahoo.com

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

 2001/07/21-22 : No Borders (Ottawa, ON)
 2001/07/28-29 : Parlee Beach (Shediac, NB)
 2001/08/11-12 : Catch 'n Release (Halifax, NS)
 2001/08/16-19 : Nationals (Edmonton, AB)
 2001/08/18    : OCUA Tuesday Playoffs
 2001/08/19    : OCUA Thursday Playoffs
 2001/08/25    : OCUA Monday Playoffs
 2001/08/26    : OCUA Wednesday Playoffs
 2001/09/29    : Ottawa 'Plaid Jacket' Open Disc Golf Tourney
 2001/10/27-28 : 9th Annual Pumpkin Pull (Victoria, BC)
 2001/??/??    : Women's Hat Tourney (Ottawa)
 2001/??/??-?? : Fr'equinox (Co-ed, Ottawa ON)
 2001/??/??-?? : Unknown Legends (Hamilton, ON)
 
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