May 2007 - Ramsay Community Association in Calgary
May 2007 - Ramsay Community Association in Calgary May 2007 - Ramsay Community Association in Calgary
MAY 2007Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat29 30 1May Day2 3First Thursday4 5Antique Sale6Four Directions FilmFestivalRCA GeneralMeeting 7 p.m.Traffic Open House7 8 9Safety Walk7pm10 11 12SPRING FLING13Mother’s Day20 21Victoria Day14 15RCA Board Meeting7 p.m.22Children’s Fest16 17Ramsay SchoolCouncil23Children’s Fest24Children’s Fest18 1925Children’s Fest26Children’s Fest27Lilac Festival28 29 30 31 1 2Travel All City– Calgary ZooScout NewsRick RyanThe Scouts, Beavers and Venturershad a great winter finishing off withthe whole gang going to Banff fora cross country ski trip completewith a dip in the HotSprings and of course astop in to the candy store.The parents and leadersreally appreciated theHot Springs after the kidsput them through theirpaces. The older Scoutsand Venturers skied intoBryant Creek cabin on theApril Fools weekend. Wewere sure fooled with asnowstorm in the morningcoming out and the sloppytrail from the day beforefroze solid, so in someplaces the trail was morelike a skating rink.On April 15 we held ourannual food drive for the lessfortunate. The week of May20-26 we will be selling chocolatesfor our only fundraiserof the year.The Scouts are making their own paddlesfor the canoe trip down Milk Riveron the May long weekend and our SuperTrip from Banff to Calgary the firstweek they are out of school. We are stillaccepting kids with strong swimmingskills for our spring and summer program.Contact us – Rick at 278-2547.Stu Sangster,Terrin Leclair,Eric Leclair, Lucas Steeves,Desmond Larsen-RosnerRamsay News page
C ommunityT idbitsRamsay Day 2007Sunday, June 17, 2007 on top of the hillFlea Market, Classic Cars, Fun and Games for the entire family!Volunteers are needed to help with planning – call Darleneat 617-9591. Volunteer signup will be available at the generalmeeting on May 1st.Ramsay SchoolThe Parent Council is looking for volunteers to help with thecasino on June 16 and 17, 2007 and Stampede Parking July 6-15. If you can help, please contact Jenny atjen2sen@hotmail.comLooking for Ramsay PhotographsWould you like your photograph or artwork featured on thefront page of the Ramsay Newsletter? Must be a vertical format.Send your submissions to news@ramsaycommunity.ab.caSafety WalkWednesday May 9th, 7:00pm, meet in front of the Albertacorner store.Inglewood Child Development Centre922 – 9th Avenue SEOur centre is a not for profit, provincially licensed and accreditedfacility. We have six spaces available for September 2007for kindergarten children attending Ramsay School on afirst-come first-served basis. We offer before and after schoolcare and provide transportation from the centre to RamsayElementary as well as lunch. Please contact Shannon Cattoniat 262-7695.Youth Week 2007From May 7-13, you can enjoy Calgary-wide fun and freebiesplanned for youth, by youth. For more information and fullevent listings, check out www.youthweekcalgary.ca.International Children’s FestivalNorth America’s 3rd largest Children’s Festival will be presentedfrom May 22-26, 2007. Experience the very best in livetheatre, music, dance, and puppetry from around the world.Complete listing at www.calgarychildfest.org. Tickets call 299-8888 or www.ticketmaster.ca.Travel All City9-12 year olds – come join us as we travel all around Calgaryin a variety of amazing Saturday afternoon programs. May26th we travel to the Calgary Zoo. Call 311 to register and forbus pick up info.Joe’s Clean TeamEvery Sunday, Joe Ceci and a group of volunteers are cleaningup the ‘hood! If you, your running group, your communitygroup, your family want to join Joe’s Clean Team, just meet upat the Drop In Centre at 2 pm on Sundays. Call 268-5330 oremail clward9@calgary.ca if you have any questions.C ommunityT idbitsCelebrate!Sometime in late April the Telus payphone booth (a.k.a. Theillicit activity office) on 19 Ave at 9 Street was removed. After3 years of effort by the Safety Committee and the police, wefinally got some progress. Don’t know who exactly to thank,but thank you!Tri-Area Community PlaygroupThursday mornings 10 am – noonLantern Church basement – 1401 – 10th Ave SEParent and Tot group for children ages 0-5. Questions? CallCorrin at 286-7162.Ramsay SeniorsThe Ramsay Welcome Centre offers a range of enjoyable activitiesthrough the week. Come down to play pool on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays. Whist is played on Tuesdays. A potlucksupper is held on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Formore information, call Roy Braybrook at 262-5650.Lantern Music and Arts SchoolNew sessions start in March in guitar, drums, piano, painting,storytelling, creative writing and more. Very reasonable rates.Call Corrin at 234-9116 to register.Thanks!This note was sent to the Ramsay website: “I don’t know whothe wonderful woman was cleaning up the trash, dead vegetation,trimming bushes and sweeping the area around thesidewalk and underpass on the east side of 11th Street onApril 17, but she deserves huge kudos from the rest of us. Wehad some business to do on 9th Ave and she was there whenwe walked by and still at it when we came back an hour ormore later. When we commented on her work, she identifiedherself to us as a Ramsay resident and just someone has to doit. Thank you so much!”CAOS Casino VolunteersThe International Festival of Animated Objects’ very firstCasino fundraiser is Thursday & Friday July 12 & 13, smackdabin the middle of Stampede time, at Elbow River Casino.Sign up early to get the best shifts! Bring a bunch of friends,then hit the midway! Contact Pat Baker: 237-7927bakerpals@shaw.ca or Michal Lavi: 288-7495volunteer@animatedobjects.caMore Than Four DirectionsSunday, May 6, 2007 - 7 – 9pmThe Plaza Theatre – 1133 Kensington Road N.W.Admission: sliding scale $1.00-$20.00“More than Four Directions” is the Aboriginal component of theHerland Film Festival. We are very proud to present a strongand beautiful program this year.Ramsay News page
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C ommunityT idbits<strong>Ramsay</strong> Day <strong>2007</strong>Sunday, June 17, <strong>2007</strong> on top of the hillFlea Market, Classic Cars, Fun and Games for the entire family!Volunteers are needed to help with plann<strong>in</strong>g – call Darleneat 617-9591. Volunteer signup will be available at the generalmeet<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>May</strong> 1st.<strong>Ramsay</strong> SchoolThe Parent Council is look<strong>in</strong>g for volunteers to help with thecas<strong>in</strong>o on June 16 and 17, <strong>2007</strong> and Stampede Park<strong>in</strong>g July 6-15. If you can help, please contact Jenny atjen2sen@hotmail.comLook<strong>in</strong>g for <strong>Ramsay</strong> PhotographsWould you like your photograph or artwork featured on thefront page of the <strong>Ramsay</strong> Newsletter? Must be a vertical format.Send your submissions to news@ramsaycommunity.ab.caSafety WalkWednesday <strong>May</strong> 9th, 7:00pm, meet <strong>in</strong> front of the Albertacorner store.Inglewood Child Development Centre922 – 9th Avenue SEOur centre is a not for profit, prov<strong>in</strong>cially licensed and accreditedfacility. We have six spaces available for September <strong>2007</strong>for k<strong>in</strong>dergarten children attend<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Ramsay</strong> School on afirst-come first-served basis. We offer before and after schoolcare and provide transportation from the centre to <strong>Ramsay</strong>Elementary as well as lunch. Please contact Shannon Cattoniat 262-7695.Youth Week <strong>2007</strong>From <strong>May</strong> 7-13, you can enjoy <strong>Calgary</strong>-wide fun and freebiesplanned for youth, by youth. For more <strong>in</strong>formation and fullevent list<strong>in</strong>gs, check out www.youthweekcalgary.ca.International Children’s FestivalNorth America’s 3rd largest Children’s Festival will be presentedfrom <strong>May</strong> 22-26, <strong>2007</strong>. Experience the very best <strong>in</strong> livetheatre, music, dance, and puppetry from around the world.Complete list<strong>in</strong>g at www.calgarychildfest.org. Tickets call 299-8888 or www.ticketmaster.ca.Travel All City9-12 year olds – come jo<strong>in</strong> us as we travel all around <strong>Calgary</strong><strong>in</strong> a variety of amaz<strong>in</strong>g Saturday afternoon programs. <strong>May</strong>26th we travel to the <strong>Calgary</strong> Zoo. Call 311 to register and forbus pick up <strong>in</strong>fo.Joe’s Clean TeamEvery Sunday, Joe Ceci and a group of volunteers are clean<strong>in</strong>gup the ‘hood! If you, your runn<strong>in</strong>g group, your communitygroup, your family want to jo<strong>in</strong> Joe’s Clean Team, just meet upat the Drop In Centre at 2 pm on Sundays. Call 268-5330 oremail clward9@calgary.ca if you have any questions.C ommunityT idbitsCelebrate!Sometime <strong>in</strong> late April the Telus payphone booth (a.k.a. Theillicit activity office) on 19 Ave at 9 Street was removed. After3 years of effort by the Safety Committee and the police, wef<strong>in</strong>ally got some progress. Don’t know who exactly to thank,but thank you!Tri-Area <strong>Community</strong> PlaygroupThursday morn<strong>in</strong>gs 10 am – noonLantern Church basement – 1401 – 10th Ave SEParent and Tot group for children ages 0-5. Questions? CallCorr<strong>in</strong> at 286-7162.<strong>Ramsay</strong> SeniorsThe <strong>Ramsay</strong> Welcome Centre offers a range of enjoyable activitiesthrough the week. Come down to play pool on Mondays,Wednesdays and Fridays. Whist is played on Tuesdays. A potlucksupper is held on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Formore <strong>in</strong>formation, call Roy Braybrook at 262-5650.Lantern Music and Arts SchoolNew sessions start <strong>in</strong> March <strong>in</strong> guitar, drums, piano, pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g,storytell<strong>in</strong>g, creative writ<strong>in</strong>g and more. Very reasonable rates.Call Corr<strong>in</strong> at 234-9116 to register.Thanks!This note was sent to the <strong>Ramsay</strong> website: “I don’t know whothe wonderful woman was clean<strong>in</strong>g up the trash, dead vegetation,trimm<strong>in</strong>g bushes and sweep<strong>in</strong>g the area around thesidewalk and underpass on the east side of 11th Street onApril 17, but she deserves huge kudos from the rest of us. Wehad some bus<strong>in</strong>ess to do on 9th Ave and she was there whenwe walked by and still at it when we came back an hour ormore later. When we commented on her work, she identifiedherself to us as a <strong>Ramsay</strong> resident and just someone has to doit. Thank you so much!”CAOS Cas<strong>in</strong>o VolunteersThe International Festival of Animated Objects’ very firstCas<strong>in</strong>o fundraiser is Thursday & Friday July 12 & 13, smackdab<strong>in</strong> the middle of Stampede time, at Elbow River Cas<strong>in</strong>o.Sign up early to get the best shifts! Br<strong>in</strong>g a bunch of friends,then hit the midway! Contact Pat Baker: 237-7927bakerpals@shaw.ca or Michal Lavi: 288-7495volunteer@animatedobjects.caMore Than Four DirectionsSunday, <strong>May</strong> 6, <strong>2007</strong> - 7 – 9pmThe Plaza Theatre – 1133 Kens<strong>in</strong>gton Road N.W.Admission: slid<strong>in</strong>g scale $1.00-$20.00“More than Four Directions” is the Aborig<strong>in</strong>al component of theHerland Film Festival. We are very proud to present a strongand beautiful program this year.<strong>Ramsay</strong> News page
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