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5 EDITOR’S SCRIBBLINGS

7 OUTDOOR SOCCER

9 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

11 SENIORS TEA NEWS

13 ENVIRONEWS

15 DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (DTC)

18 NEWS FROM THE FRIENDS OF NOSE HILL

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Kelli Wreford, Editor

Happy June, everyone. This month many of our community activi-ties will wrap up for the summer. The Seniors’ Tea organizers are having a summer day trip to Canmore in July. If you are interested in joining the fun, please see the Seniors’ Tea News inside and be sure you attend the Tea on June 21st.

Super Soccer Saturday will be June 23rd this year. Come out for some family fun and lots of great soccer action.

Thank you to all the volunteers who have organized Brentwood activities this year. In June we extend thanks to those who have contributed to the Bridge Group, Outdoor Soccer, Seniors’ Tea Group as well as Playgroup.

Do you have a business in or around the community of Brent-wood? Would you like to reach potential customers who live or work in Brentwood to tell them about your products or services? An economical way to reach local customers is by advertising in the Brentwood Bugle. If you would like more information, please visit our publisher’s website: great-news.ca.

Scrabble Group: The Scrabble Group will be breaking for the summer and will resume in the fall. Please call 403-284-3477 for more information.

55 Plus Bridge Group: The 55+ Bridge Group is on a summer break and will resume playing on Wednesday, Sep-tember 5. If you enjoy bridge, please join us in the fall! Contact Roman at 403-289-6244.

Playgroup:Thank you to all the parents who joined us for playgroup this season. It was a fun filled year with lots of new faces joining the group. It is so wonderful to see all the young families in the Brentwood Community. Thank you to Terri from the Fairy Hut for her monthly visits. We hope you will continue to visit us in the fall, Terri. Playgroup will resume in September.

Brentwood Community Association Board Meeting: The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 7:15 pm in the upstairs Boardroom of the Sportsplex. All commu-nity members are welcome, but are asked to submit agenda items in advance if they have items for discussion at the meeting by con-tacting Linda Van Holst at 403-284-3477 or [email protected]

BCA Hall Rentals:The Banquet Hall and Boardroom at the Brentwood Sportsplex are available for rental by the public. Please refer to the BCA website for details www.brentwoodcommunity.com and go to the Facilities page. Current BCA members get a 15% discount on hall rentals.

Bugle Deadline:The deadline for the August 2018 Bugle com-munity articles and notices is June 26, 2018 and the deadline for the September 2018 Bugle is July 26, 2018.

Brentwood Volunteers Needed

The BCA is currently looking for two volunteers. The first is the posi-tion of Secretary to the Board of Directors. The position involves at-tending monthly BCA meetings, held the last Tuesday of the month except for July and December as well as the Annual General Meeting at the beginning of September. The Secretary records the meeting and prepares minutes for the Community.

The second is the BCA Treasurer. The treasurer also attends the monthly meetings and prepares a financial report for BCA members.

If you are interested in either of these positions, please contact Linda at the BCA Office: 403-284-3477.

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www.brentwoodcommunity.comCommunity Centre, 1520B Northmount Drive NW

Mailing Address: 5107 33 Street NW T2L 1V3 • Email: [email protected] • 403-284-3477Linda Van Holst – Office Manager • Steve Dietrich – Arena Manager

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Special RepresentativesGarden Bed Rentals Cynthia Sim [email protected] Garden Cynthia Sim [email protected] Coordinator 403-289-706055+ Bridge Group Roman Makar 403-289-6244Environment Polly Lee 403-282-2014 Knowlton CockettScrabble Office 403-284-3477

Banquet Hall Office 403-284-3477Figure Skating Lisa Simpson [email protected] U4 to U8 Lindsey Rostoker [email protected] U10 to U16/18 VacantWeb Master Office 403-284-3477TOD Development Eric Lemee [email protected] 403-283-5785Playgroup Larysa Hart [email protected] Heather Collingridge [email protected]

Volunteer Board of DirectorsPresident Bonita McCurry 403-284-4309Past President Casper Valstar 403-282-3468Vice President Kirk Osadetz 403-289-9022Treasurer Melissa Neville [email protected] Marie Weninger mweninger100@ Henderson hotmail.comOld Hall Casper Valstar 403-282-3468Dev and Trans Kirk Osadetz 403-289-9022Civic Affairs Kirk Osadetz 403-289-9022Nose Hill Park Kirk Osadetz 403-289-9022Brentwood Bugle Kelli Wreford [email protected] & Outdoor Ice Stovel Ferguson 403-289-9294Director & Outdoor Ice Graham Matheos 403-289-5945Director Melanie Swailes [email protected] Peter Johnson 403-289-9365Director Jessica Wiseman [email protected] Nathan Hildenbrandt [email protected] to the Board VACANT of Directors OnlyVolunteer Coordinator Irma Lambert [email protected] Coordinator Matthew Emmett [email protected]

Our neighbourhood contributors for this month include: Lisa Boychuk, Heather Collingridge, William Cozak, Laura Grant, Larysa Hart, Lee Hunt, Polly Lee Knowlton Cockett, Lindsey Rostoker, Devina Sharma, Cynthia Sim and Melanie Swailes. Cover photo by David Wreford.

OUTDOOR SOCCERBy Lindsey Rostoker, Brentwood Soccer Coordinator

Team Lists and Game Schedules – Go to the Brentwood Community website (http://www.brentwoodcommunity.com/soccer.html) to view this year’s team lists and soccer schedules.

Photos – Team photos will take place on Sunday, June 3rd at the Brentwood Community Sportsplex, with retakes on June 4th. If the sun is shining the photos will be outside. If Mother Nature does not co-operate, photos will take place in the upstairs hall. A notice advising you of the photo time for each team will be provided by your coach; as well, the time will be posted on the Brentwood website (same location as the game schedules).

Super Soccer Saturday – Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 23rd. The highly anticipated U4, U6, U8, and U10 season finale will take place at the Brebeuf and Sir Winston Churchill school fields from approximately 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Also, the U12 Tournament will occur from Friday, June 22nd to Sunday, June 24th. Volunteers are needed to help volunteer at the food tables, prepare fields, and clean up. Please contact Marie Weninger Henderson ([email protected]) to volunteer.

Community Clean Up 2018by Lisa Boychuk

Date: June 10, 2018Place: Brentwood Sportsplex ArenaTime: 9:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. (trucks leave around 1:30)Community membership is not required to dispose of items.

Acceptable items are:•Organic items that are too big for your green bin

(branches, etc.) – Sod, though not considered organic, can be disposed of at this event•Those items that would generally be accepted at the

City’s Throw N Go locations (including upholstered furniture which cannot be donated due to risk of con-taminants)•Metal for recycling (separate drop-off area)•Electronics eligible for recycling

We will also feature a “Free Store” where people can leave and/or take reusable household items (all must be in good condition). Please note that all unclaimed items will be donated by the end of the day (1:30 p.m.) if possible.

We will be partnering with the following groups:•the Cerebral Palsy Association for clothing and small

household items•a local group for the donation of reusable bicycles

**Note: We have not been able to find a group to accept large furniture (e.g. bedroom suites) so we are not able to accept them at this time**

Items excluded from clean up: paint / chemicals / pro-pane tanks, tires, major appliances•Paint/chemicals/propane tanks can be disposed of at

the Varsity Fire Station #17 (3740 – 32 Avenue NW)•Tires and appliances are best disposed of at the Waste

Management Facility in NW Calgary (11808 69 Street NW)

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Due to the overwhelming success of last year’s event, we need more volunteers to help us out. Volunteer roles include: traffic control (minimum of one), managing Free Store (minimum of one), crew to help unload waste onto the trucks (minimum of one volunteer for each truck). Time slots

can vary depending on availability. Please reach out to Lisa Boychuk at [email protected] if you can help.

We supply safety clothing (vests, gloves), light breakfast and lunch as well as an amazing community spirit.

This is one of 108 community clean-ups throughout the City of Calgary beginning April 22rd. The full calendar will be available soon at: http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/ABS/Pages/Partnership-programs/Community-clean-ups.aspx


Brentwood Remembers Humboldt Broncosby Lee Hunt

“Our family feels a strong connection with the hockey families affected by the Humboldt tragedy. Our son just finished his 8th year in minor hockey and aspires to play at a top tier in junior level. We put hockey sticks on our porch to demonstrate solidarity in our support for those affected.” With these words, Stovel Ferguson (Brent-wood Community Association’s Hockey Coordinator) described the motivation for so many Canadians who placed hockey sticks on their porches and in their yards.

On another Brentwood street, Derek and his family stood 16 sticks in a deep snowbank—one stick repre-senting each of the Humboldt crash victims. Derek, who has played and coached hockey for many years and who currently coaches in the Flames Learn to Play program, said the tragedy especially “hits home as I’ve ridden on lots of team buses”.

On another community street, Desiree, Dave, and son Ayden put out the 4 hockey sticks which they had. “It is our way of grieving” they told me. Dave also told me about his hockey playing cousins in northern Can-ada who must ride team buses on long trips – “many of those on farm roads.” Desiree added, “It’s not only hockey players—all athletic kids including our own son—who are going to travel on a team bus. What if they don’t come home?”

On Breen Crescent, there is a hockey net with some dozen sticks resting up against it. Homeowner Randy told me that though “the net is up nearly all of the time” so that his three sons can play, the neighbourhood youth have added more sticks in tribute to the Hum-boldt victims. Son Brett said that the tragedy makes him “feel sad”. Randy (a former Calgary Stampeder) has been asked to “do a video for crash survivor Ryan Stra-schnitzki and his family as apparently Ryan’s Mom is a huge Stampeder fan.” Many readers will recognize Ryan as being the Bronco survivor from Airdrie. Despite in-curring a broken back in the accident, he is determined to get back to hockey. He has already been visited in hospital by a sledge hockey player who is hoping to en-courage Ryan to eventually consider playing that sport.

Randy speaks for many of us when he says, “Those Humboldt victims will be forever in our thoughts and prayers. Big tragedy can lead to big inspiration.”

by Cynthia Sim

Spring at last! As these final days of April have brought us sunshine and more seasonal temperatures, we can now turn our thoughts to serious gardening. While it is still too cold to do too much with the soil, the lady bugs are awakening from their dormant state (see photo) and the leaves of spring bulbs are emerging. The colourful blue muscari (grape hyacinth) are sprouting throughout my front garden and, on a recent trip to our community gar-den, I found early buds forming on the apple trees and on most of the bushes. All appear to have survived our very cold winter and should benefit from the generous amount of moisture left behind by the melting snow.

Our annual growers’ meeting was held on April 11th and there was a great turnout. We were very pleased to welcome three newcomers, all residents of Brent-wood, to our gardening family. The light refreshments provided for the meeting included muffins made with the cherries harvested from our community garden last summer. Others featured rhubarb and zucchini, also grown in the garden. The cherry muffins were a hit, and all were consumed, so we will hope for another bum-per crop of cherries again this year! The fruit from the perennials in the perimeter of the garden, including ap-ples, cherries, rhubarb, Saskatoons, haskap berries and currants, is communal and may be harvested by any of our gardeners.

Since our long time Resource Coordinator, Linda Rands, died last year, her absence has been keenly felt. While Linda’s expertise could likely never be replaced, a de-cision was made by our organizing committee not to attempt to refill her position, but instead to try to re-cruit individuals from our group to serve as resource gardeners. We were successful in recruiting four of our members, all of whom agreed to be available to answer gardening questions. All four of them are experienced gardeners with special interests in composting, soil im-provement, pruning of bushes and trees, native plants and vegetable growing in raised garden beds. We are fortunate to have their input and are grateful to them for volunteering.

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CARROLL PLACE

Join us on June 26th for BingoJoin youth volunteers and community members to spend an evening of fun and Bingo with the residents of Carroll Place.

Tuesday, June 26th, 20186 pm – 8 pmCarroll Place LoungeAdditional Info:•$0.25/card/game. Bring your Quarters!•Winner takes home the pot•We will play 10-11 games. Everyone has a chance to

win!

Come out and join us for a great time!Everyone is welcome!

We are Knitting for a Cause!The Knitting for a Cause group would like to extend their heartfelt appreciation to everyone in the com-munity who has donated wool and knitting supplies to their initiative over the years. Thanks to your dona-tions, the group has been able to spread kindness and compassion throughout our wonderful city, one stitch at a time. The group began by knitting sets of children’s hats, scarves and mitts to donate to elementary schools in Calgary. Thanks to your generosity, hundreds of little hands and ears have been kept warm during our frigid Calgary winters. While the group continues to knit win-ter wear for kids, they have also expanded to participate in some incredible initiatives.

Our group has been busy and there is no sign of slow-ing down. We are always looking for new members. All ages and skill levels welcome! No knitting experience necessary. Come knit with us and be part of the amaz-ing projects we have underway. We meet from 1:00 to 3:00 pm every Saturday at the Carroll Place Lounge. Call Erika Cusimano to sign up. 403-452-5575.

SENIORS’ TEA NEWSby Heather Collingridge

We actually had a beautiful day for once that went very well with our spring theme. We had a special guest volunteer, Cameron, who asked what kind of the tea the guests would like and helped to match the tea cups and set the tables. He did a wonderful job!

The Seniors’ Tea Group is planning a day-trip to Canmore on Saturday, July 7, 2018. If you are age 55 or over and are interested in this trip, please attend the Seniors’ Tea on Thursday, June 21 for more information and to sign up. The June Tea will be the last one before the summer break, so please join us!

The Teas are held upstairs at the Brentwood Sportsplex, 1520B Northmount Drive, NW, behind the Sir Winston Churchill Aquatic Centre from 1:00 to 2:30 pm. An elevator is available for those guests with mobility is-sues.

Carroll Place SeniorsCarroll Place Seniors are seeking donations of gently used jewellery, knick-knacks or small household items for their showcase. These items are available to resi-dents and community members to purchase. Money raised from sales support the Carroll Place Social Fund for activities, supplies or special events. Call Jean at 403-569-2271 to arrange to drop off donations or to purchase items. Thank you!

The Beesby Laura Grant

My Brentwood yard consists of a native landscape that feeds bees from when they first start foraging to when they slow down in the winter. Prairie crocuses and prairie smoke (geum triflorum) bloom earlier than dandelions, and are soon followed by blue flax, Jacob’s ladder, wild strawberries, and pussy toes. A few weeks later, the na-tive bee balm, high bush cranberry, and dozens of other native plants attract bees and hummingbirds; my yard is a riot of colour, bees, and birds.

You might want to consider growing a native landscape instead of a lawn. All native landscapes have evolved for epochs; they require as much water as falls from the sky and thrive with the nutrients that are already in the soil. Every living thing has a biological imperative to sur-vive; native landscapes flower to propagate themselves and bloom from when the snow ends to when it begins again. Native landscapes also survive through unex-pected snow or hail storms. No fertilizer is required. Most of the lawns that we have in Calgary are not native and require chemicals to keep them green and water to keep them growing.

What commitment does it take to have a native land-scape? It’s less expensive in the long run than a lawn; no gas or electricity to mow, no chemicals, no water, no dig up / re-do due to dew worms every 12 years. I have little space for weeds to grow, so not a lot of time to maintain after a few years, and no cost at this stage either.

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DINNER IS ON THE TABLE

by William Cozak

Hi, my name is William and this month I wanted to write the Bugle article for my Mom, Melissa Neville. I chose to share tacos with you because it’s one of the best meals on our family recipe list—at least I think so. On Wednesday, March 18, 2018 we made tacos. They were amazing!

I try and place an order for tacos with my Mom every week when she is making the grocery list and sometimes she adds it to the list. Other times she asks me to pick something else. We make two kinds of tacos, either hard shell or soft shell and sometimes we make both. I like helping make fresh tortillas with my Mom and I love our home-made taco seasoning. I like taco meat, lettuce, cheese and red pep-pers on my taco. I like tacos because you get to put whatever you want in them and in any order. I like to put meat first because I think it is the best way. I think tacos are one of the best dinners. When we have tacos, the whole family helps with dinner and it makes it even better! I hope you like tacos and enjoy making our homemade taco seasoning. I promise the whole family will love it.

William’s Favourite Homemade Taco Seasoning

Ingredients:•1 tablespoon chili powder•1 teaspoon ground cumin•1 teaspoon garlic powder•1 teaspoon paprika•1/2 teaspoon oregano•1/2 teaspoon onion powder•1/4 teaspoon salt•1/4 teaspoon black pepper•1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes•2 tsp all-purpose flour – this helps thicken the sauce, but is not necessary

Directions•Whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl (or shake together

in a jar) until combined.•Store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.•In general, I recommend using 2-3 tablespoons of seasoning per

pound of meat.

To prepare taco filling, brown ground beef, drain fat and add desired amount of seasoning. Stir to combine. Spoon warm meat into hard taco shells or soft tortillas. Add desired toppings such as tomato, lettuce, grated cheese, salsa, guacamole, etc.

L: City of Calgary BiodiverCity Award Recipients at the 2018 Calgary Youth Science FairC: Richard Guy, age 101, at the Climb for Wilderness once again.R: BYOBags for Pre-weighed Fresh Produce at the Saturday Market in Leiden, The Netherlands

TUESDAYS: Join us this summer for Biodiversity BeesIf you live, work, attend school, play, shop, volunteer, or visit in Brentwood—or would like to—please join us this summer for another season of social stewardship through biodiversity conservation in the Centennial Natureground and Whispering Woods—tucked away in the NW corner of Brentwood. All are WELCOME.

We will be meeting on Tuesdays, from the week of the Solstice through the week of Labour Day, alternating mornings [M] 9-11 a.m. and evenings [E] 6-8 p.m., although the first one is in the afternoon, and the final one starts an hour earlier. We’ll also celebrate at the be-ginning and end of the season with POTLUCKS:•JUNE: 19, 3-5 p.m.: AFTERNOON Kickoff & Mentoring

Session – Potluck Snacks•JUNE: 26 [E]•JULY: 3 [M], 10 [E], 17 [M], 24 [E], 31 [M]•AUGUST: 7 [E], 14 [M], 21 [E], 28 [M]•SEPTEMBER 4, 5-7 p.m.; 7 p.m. Onwards: Windup Bee &

Celebration – Potluck Snacks/Supper and BYOB

Please be on the lookout in the July and August Brent-wood Bugles, or on the Brentwood Community Asso-ciation Neighbourhood Natural Areas page for further information about our Summer Biodiversity Bees and Potluck Gatherings in Whispering Woods and the Cen-tennial Natureground, http://www.brentwoodcommu-nity.com/neighbourhoodnaturalareas.html. We’d love you to join in! If you would like to also be on a listserv regarding these dates, please send me a message at the email below—it’s only a few emails during the growing season, keeping your inbox relatively quiet.

BiodiverCity and the Environment shine again at the Calgary Youth Science FairThe City of Calgary BiodiverCity Advisory Committee was thrilled to present its second annual awards at the Calgary Youth Science Fair this year, for projects related to ecological literacy and/or resilience, or collaboration which promotes the shared responsibility of protection of local, regional, and/or global biodiversity. Our se-nior award went to Sophia Lin, of Westmount Charter School, for her project on Extracting Potassium from Seawater for Fertilizer; the intermediate award went to Jaiden Sahota, of Webber Academy, for Neem Oil: A Nat-ural Bug Repellent; and the Junior/Elementary award went to Sonia Khromova, of Woodbine School, for the Wood Wide Web.

Beat Plastic Pollution: World Environment Day 2018This year’s World Environment Day, June 5, has the global theme: Beat Plastic Pollution, and the slogan: If you can’t reuse it, refuse it. http://www.worldenvironmentday.global/

Personally, I am taking this slogan to heart, and will be on the lookout for ways to significantly reduce plastic consumption, especially single use plastics and Styro-foam. I do not wish to buy shrink wrapped veggies or have them prepackaged in plastic clamshells or clear plastic bags, or have plastic tape around my organic bananas, or have plastic stickers on my apples. Stickers, food trays, takeout containers, and anything else that touches food should be non-toxic and fully composta-ble. This will be a big challenge within our city, but other places in the world are actively and determinedly doing it, and we have to start here sometime—how about on June 5th!

Still Inspiring at Age 101 – and still supporting our Alberta WildernessOur Brentwood Neighbour, Richard Guy, again partici-pated in the Alberta Wilderness Association’s Climb for Wilderness event, raising $2,662, and still climbing. Ad-mittedly, this year he did take the elevator to the 50th floor of the Bow Building, but he then climbed the final 5 flights, of course with his portrait of his late wife Louise accompanying him.

Have a Happy and Inspiring World Environment Day on Tuesday, June 5, 2018!

Environmentally yours, Polly Lee Knowlton Cockett,Grassroutes Ethnoecological Association, [email protected]

Brentwood Elementaryby Devina Sharma, Brentwood School Coun-cil Member

Just like that, we are in our final month of the school year! The staff and students of Brentwood School will be looking back fondly at all the learning achieved as well as great memories created during the 2017-2018 school year! Our last month of school will be busy with students wrapping up projects and enjoying end of the school year activities.

Our Grade 5 classes will be going on their annual canoe excursion the first week of June, while our Grade 4 students will be going bowling on June 1st. Our Grade 2 students will be visiting Fish Creek Park on June 12th and 13th, while our Kindergar-ten students will enjoy a field trip to the Calgary Zoo on June 21st.

We will be having our Sports Day as well as the last Fun Lunch of the year on June 8th. The Grade 5 Farewell Assembly will be on Friday, June 22nd. We will have our annual Talent Show on June 25th and June 26th. The last day of school will be on Wednes-day, June 27th.

The last School Council meeting and AGM will be on Tuesday, June 12th at 7pm.

We wish everyone a very safe and happy summer! Classes will resume on Tuesday, September 4th for the 2018-2019 school year.

If you have any concerns or inquiries, please contact the school office at 403-777-6130 or visit our school website: www.schools.cbe.ab.ca/b204.

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North West Warriors Hockey2018 Registration Opens June 1stSpring seems to be all around us, and we are more than happy to welcome it! But before we close the door on winter, please mark your calendar for hockey registration. Online registration for the 2018-2019 season will be available June 1 – August 15, at www.nwwarriorshockey.com

Hockey is a great sport for the whole family. Games and prac-tices become social events for friends and families during the chilly months. It is also a great way to keep kids active and healthy, and there is always room for Dad and Mom to get out there and help too!

Our Timbits/Tyke program (Age 5-6) is well known and has a great reputation for fun and skill development. In fact, CHA/NWW was one of the first in Calgary with a comprehensive pro-gram for this age group. What makes it even more appealing is that we have set days and times that are easy to schedule around. Even Sidney Crosby was once a Timbit!

Our hockey association has some of the lowest registration fees in the city. Our program is open to girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 20 years. Our goal is to offer our kids the op-portunity to play hockey in a fun, positive learning environ-

DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (DTC)

Submitted by Melanie Swailes

On behalf of the BCA Development and Transportation Committee

The Roles of a Community Association (CA)In the coming months, you may hear and read about the Community Representation Framework (CRF). City Coun-cil formed the CRF taskforce to determine how commu-nity organizations can effectively represent the diverse interests and perspectives within their communities.

The CRF taskforce is considering a “District Model” in which multiple communities would be included in Plan-ning decisions. Currently, each CA is the first point of contact for Planning decisions within their community. At this stage, the City is still evaluating the benefits or challenges a new approach might pose. Additional in-formation will be posted on our website in the coming months as we learn more.

As part of the Brentwood CA, our Development and Transportation Committee (DTC) recognizes that we have a responsibility to ensure that we act in the best interest of our community and that we represent the community perspective. In order to do so, we:1. Created a website to post information, Develop-

ment Permits, and updates: https://developments. brentwoodcommunity.com/

2. Deliver Neighbour Notifications to nearby residents for Development Permit applications and include their input in our response back to the City

3. Write updates in the Bugle, on our website or by di-rect mail-outs when there is new planning informa-tion or developments in our community

4. Hold a meeting or open house when there is an issue or development that on which we’d like to present more information and get feedback (i.e. the Co-op or the Secondary Suites Motion)

Members of the DTC have also:5. Written formal responses back to the City6. Met with developers, file managers, City officials and

Councillor Chu and his staff7. Taken Planning workshops through the Federation

of Calgary Communities to learn more about policies and land uses or planning issues

8. Attended and spoken at City Council meetings.

Your questions and suggestions are important to us. We encourage all residents to send in their comments about developments and changes that they see around

them. The more representative, fair, and constructive our DTC can be, the more influence we have when we are representing Brentwood at City Hall.

If you are interested in community planning and rede-velopment issues, we welcome new members to join us. We meet at 7:00 p.m. on the first Monday of every month in the Sportsplex Boardroom. Our next meeting is on June 4. Contact the BCA for more information at [email protected] or at 403–284-3477.

ment. We want them to leave the ice at the end of the season looking forward to the next one.

This season we are once again offering a House League pro-gram for Novice, Atom and Peewee. This is a specialized pro-gram that will run from early September to mid-March. Players will take part in an evaluation process in order to balance the teams. Some key differences between House League and Community are:•Two sheets of ice a week: One Practice, One Game•All ice used will be in the NW only – no travelling for games•No exhibition games•No tournaments•No playoffs (Atom only)•Limited space•More information can be found on our website

Financial assistance is available through the Calgary Flames “Even Strength” Program & Kidsport Calgary (which covers registration fees), and we are also partnered with the Comrie’s Sports Equipment Bank (which covers equipment) These pro-grams are subject to eligibility requirements.

Complete registration information and fees can be found on our website (www.nwwarriorshockey.com), you can also con-tact Fiona at [email protected] if you have any fur-ther questions.

We look forward to seeing you all out on the ice in September! Have a safe and warm summer,

Westwood Hockey & the Northwest Warriors!

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Dr. E. W. Coffin Elementaryby Laryssa Hart

The Alberta Education Program of Studies is a public document accessible to educators, parents, or other in-terested people. As an educator, I do familiarize myself with the curriculum. Now, as a parent, I encourage my friends and the parents in my children’s classes to review it as well. It is important to know the learning outcomes and to appreciate the wealth of curricular material that is covered in our classrooms.

Currently the Grade 5 and 6 students at Dr. Coffin are learning how to write articles. An important compo-nent of their writing is realizing they have an audience. I spoke with the teacher, Mrs. Saunders, and we decided a great audience would be the readers of the Brentwood Bugle. Please enjoy this article by four young writers:

Learning About Peruby Emma H, Cohen B, Victoria Y, and Bella S.

The Grade 3 and 4 students of Dr. Coffin School have been learning about Peru for the past few months. The students were excited to learn about Peru because they had just learned about Tunisia. One student said, “It very was fun to learn about Tunisia, so I know that learning about Peru will be fun too!”

They had a guest speaker come in to educate them about Peru. This guest speaker’s name was Giuliana Arévalo. Giuliana is from Peru and she is a close friend with a Dr. Coffin student’s family, so they invited her to visit their classroom.

One way the students showed what they learned was to make an art piece of facts, animals, or anything to do with Peru. Not only did they create an art project, but they also completed an assignment where they wrote ten facts about Peru in Google Docs.

Once the subject was over, one student exclaimed, “ev-erything was so fascinating and interesting!”

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Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Enhancement programs have an early literacy focus combining ample play with learning. Our children play and explore our classroom while gaining valuable social skills. Activity centers

include math readiness, science, literacy, fine motor work (printing/cutting), art/craft, painting,

sand/water, play dough, puzzles, blocks, story corner, and toys. In class guest visitors and off site trips complement the program. Captain

John Palliser and Marion Carson locations also offer Out of School Care programs.

Pre-Kindergarten Educational Services – NW Locations Pre-Kindergarten ages 3-5 yrs. (Pre-K)

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We will play and learn with themes of “Winter Wonderland,” “Valentine’s Day,” “Winter Olympics,” and enhance our early literacy journey with a study of “Famous Authors”. We look forward to Outdoor Snow Play Day

and a Valentine party. We will also enjoy our special visitors: “Mad Science” with their presentation “Slippery Science,” Rick Hertert Musical

Presentation. Space still available for this year. Email: [email protected]

PRE-REGISTRATION for Fall 2018-2019: January 22 –26, 2018

For: Current families, past families, wait list, & families of the host location. Registration information is available from our staff, website, or by email.

OPEN HOUSE AND GENERAL REGISTRATION Marion Carson School – 5315 Varsity Drive, NW Kindergarten Enhancement – ½ day program combines with Kindergarten

Kindergarten Out of School Care – Before and After Care Program 4 year old Pre-Kindergarten – must turn 4 by March 1, 2019

Pre-K Open House and Registration – Wednesday, February, 7th 5 – 6 pm Kindergarten Enhancement Registration – Wednesday, March 14th 5-6 pm

Captain John Palliser School – 1484 Northmount Drive, NW

Kindergarten Enhancement – ½ day program combines with Kindergarten Out of School Care – Grades K-6

Kindergarten Enhancement Open House / Registration: March 15th 5–6 pm Out of School Care: Registration is by email only. [email protected].

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Pre-Kindergarten ages 3-5 years – 2,3 or 5 half days (2.5 hr. program) Open House: Tuesday, February 6th 5:30 – 6:30 pm

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SPRING SESSION 2018 NEWSPre-Kindergarten / Kindergarten Enhancement:

Our themes this session have included “Life Cycles”, “Western Days”, “Safety and Community Helpers”, and rounding out the

session with “Summer Fun”. We are enjoying having the butterfly larvae in the classroom and

anxiously anticipate the day that we can let them go outside. Mothers had a treat with our

annual Mother’s Day Tea. Finishing off the year, our magician is booked and our eyes set on the

June Year End Picnic. Out of School Care:

Our programs are open-ended and take children’s interest into consideration during the

planning phase for each session. As we near the end of the spring session in our OSC Programs, we wish to thank the children

and families for a wonderful year. REGISTRATION IS ON-GOING Email: [email protected] CARSON SChOOL – 5315 Varsity Drive, NWKINdERGARTEN ENhANCEMENT – ½ day program combines with KindergartenKINdERGARTEN OuT Of SChOOL CARE – Before and After Care Program4 yEAR OLd PRE-KINdERGARTEN – must turn 4 by March 1, 2019CAPTAIN JOhN PALLISER SChOOL – 1484 Northmount Drive, NWKINdERGARTEN ENhANCEMENT – ½ day program combines with KindergartenOuT Of SChOOL CARE – Grades K-6hOPE LuThERAN ChuRCh – 3527 Boulton Road, NWPRE-KINdERGARTEN AGES 3-5 yEARS – 2,3 or 5 half days (2.5 hr. program)


News from the Friends of Nose Hillby Anne Burke

Friends of Nose Hill Society WalksThe Friends of Nose Hill Society offered a free birding walk on May 12th to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day. The day is held during the peak time for migrating birds, especially songbirds, to return to Calgary. It is also when the birds are actively searching for and establishing nest-ing sites. There is a link on our website to past bird obser-vations for the species that may be seen on Nose Hill. The males will be singing to attract a female and they tend to be most active at an early hour, from sunrise until 10 a.m.

A two-hour evening Flower Walk was held on May 23rd to identify and discuss the May Count of Plants in Bloom.

City of CalgaryThe 2000 Calgary Pathways and Bikeways Plan is being up-dated to reflect changes to the existing network, updated connections and approved policies. Priorities will also be reviewed to determine new pathways, bikeways and miss-ing connections so as to improve connections city-wide. With the consultation currently underway, it is anticipated that the final plan will be presented to City Council in July or September 2018.

The 2003 Calgary Parks and Pathways Bylaw is also being reviewed. A report will summarize the feedback received and offer an analysis to determine if a second phase of pub-lic engagement is required. Once the process is complete, the results of the consultation will be posted on the City’s website. During the summer, a project team will determine the next steps before the updated bylaw is drafted and pre-sented to City Council for approval in the fall of 2018.

Although the survey is now closed, readers might be inter-ested in knowing the survey topics. Part of it asked about linear parks for walking, running, cycling, and dog walking. Another was about pathway use year-round, ranging from popular routes for recreational activities, community con-nection for walking to schools, community stores or cen-tres and for commuting to and from work.

Smoking in outdoor recreational spaces, rules for on-leash and off-leash areas and tree protection on public land, in-cluding in city parks, are not part of the review. However, the Parks Bylaw and others may need to be changed to reflect the upcoming legalization of recreational cannabis.

Buy Nothing BrentwoodOur Buy Nothing Project Mission:We offer people a way to give and receive, share, lend, and express gratitude through a network of hyper-local gift economies in which the true wealth is the web of connections formed between people who are real-life neighbours.

Join Us:Buy Nothing: Give Freely. Share Creatively. Post anything you’d like to give away, lend, or share among neigh-bours. Ask for anything you’d like to borrow or receive free. Keep it legal. Keep it civil. No buying or selling, no trades or bartering, no soliciting for cash. We’re an adult-only, hyper-local gift economy. We are not a charity or community bulletin board.

Check out the Facebook page: Buy Nothing Brent-wood/Dalhousie/Triwood or the Buy Nothing website: buynothingproject.org.

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