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OFFICIAL COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER May 2017 2 Board Message Be mindful of our kids... With the warm weather approaching please remember that there will be more activity in our neighborhood. Please watch out for our kids. They will be riding bikes, crossing at our very busy intersection and generally just trying to be kids. Love your fellow man, get involved with the community garage sales, block parties Save the datE & clean-up! As we embrace the changing landscape due to the ring road let’s pull May 27: Garage Sales and together as a community and make a valiant effort to get to know our neighbours. Block Parties Take time to smell the roses and if you see any suspicious activity report it! Take care May 28: Community Clean-up and we’ll talk again soon! Jun 11: Stampede BBQ Get involved with your community? The Membership Committee is looking for a new chair person! Contact [email protected]. WANTED: DISCOVERY RIDGE REVIEW CO-EDITOR Questions? Monthly responsibilities include: Do you have an interesting (or boring!) question for your DRCA Board of Directors that others may have • notify the Board and any other parties (NDHA, schools, too? Please email your questions to city, etc.) of the deadline for submissions for the upcoming [email protected] and we’ll try to answer month's Ridge Review (there are 11 editions each year) them in an upcoming edition of the Ridge Review. • gather content such as Letter from The Board, Question of the Month, photos, write or solicit DR related articles RBC Dominion Securities Inc. • meet via telephone with co-editor to review content that will be submitted to publisher (review articles, editorial ConCerned About FinAnCiAl list, plan cover and ensure all upcoming events are included) MArket VolAtility? • submit content to our publisher each month • edit final copy from publisher Find peace of mind with a complimentary • attend Board meetings investment portfolio review. Contact Jeff today. For more info., email: Jeff G. BerGen, cfa [email protected] Vice-President & Portfolio Manager 403-299-6564 [email protected] www.bergenwealth.ca

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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES 3 May 2017 Discovery Ridge Tennis League Discovery Ridge Tennis: Join Our Singles League e have had a great response in our neighborhood for the tennis league with people saying they have wanted to play more games and get to know others Win our neighborhood. If you still want to join the summer season, here is the singles schedule.

Pre-Season summer Season Fall Season Register nOW nOW Opens May 24 Join by april 12 May 24 aUg 9 sTart Play april 15* May 27 aUg 12 Mid Play May 1 June 28 sep 10 Final Play May 15 July 31 Oct 8* Payment Instructions: You can *subject to DRA court opening/closing dates pay by Interac, cheque or cash. Summer Season will be $25 per The League fee is $25 per season to cover prizes and admin. If you register by Wednesday, person and those signing up by April, 12, this $25 will cover both the Pre-Season and Summer Season. Please complete April 12 will be automatically the form below and return to me at [email protected]. I will then organize the groups included for the Pre-Season at no by ability. For more information and rules, see https://goo.gl/5hDaAV. If you still have extra charge. Interac payments questions you can email me. can be made to Cathy Clonts DRCA membership is required to play. If you have a friend outside of the neighborhood at [email protected] with the who would like to join you, he or she simply needs to get an annual $25 DRCA membership security answer: tennis by visiting discoveryridge.com ➛ memberships. ~ Cathy Clonts, Discovery Ridge Resident Kid’s Tennis Lessons Drop-in Doubles: Thursday at 11:00 a.m. are returning to Discovery Ridge this SUMMER! Sign Me Up!!! The DRCA Tennis Courts will be a hive of activity come July as First Name: email: Serve Tennis hits the courts with our young tennis pros. Camps are Address: telephone: available throughout the months of Preferred method of contact: July and August. Registration is now OPEN to all! Match Experience (DRCA member only registration Please indicate which of the below reflects your match experience most accurately. opened April 3) ❍ Social (Hitting for fun) • U8 (Ages 5-8 yrs) - ❍ Informal matches with friends $110 - 8:30 a.m -10:00 a.m ❍ • U12 (Ages 9-12 yrs) - Formal matches in amateur tournaments/clubs/school/local leagues $147 - 10:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m. ❍ Highest level tournament play possible • July 3 – 7, 2017 If you have any type of rating, please tell us: • July 10 – 14, 2017 Tell us more about the tennis you have played: • July 17 – 21, 2017 • August 14 – 18, 2017 • August 21 – 25, 2017 By signing below, I confirm that I have read the rules at this pdf link: https://goo.gl/5hDaAV, confirm that I am 15 years of age or older as of April 15, 2017 and understand that no one connected with the All registrants must have a current League can take responsibility for the safety or security of players whether playing on the neighborhood DRCA membership to participate courts or at other locations. Visit discoveryridge.com for more Signature: details and to register.

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER May 2017 4 DRCA News Music in the Park he DRCA is thrilled to bring our residents what has clearly become a signature community event to start September off on the right foot! Music in the Park Twill return to our community on Saturday, September 9, from 3:00-7:00pm. Residents of all ages are welcome to come down to the field at the Recreation Facility to enjoy a memorable afternoon and/or evening of great music, great friends, and new this year, some great beverages supplied by Plaid Cap Imports and Discovery Ridge Fine Wines & Spirits. With a mandate to create a true community event, we are thrilled to have resident realtor, David Pelletier as a major supporter and title sponsor of this year’s event. It is with David’s generous support that we are able to up the ante with this year’s offerings and bring a more finished experience to all! Thank you David! Ruby and Sayed at Javino are on side to provide picnic dinners for purchase, and we are hopeful that other food vendors in the community will be a part of the event. Craig at Time Music has been working hard to curate a selection of musical genres that will appeal to all musical tastes, and we encourage you to stay tuned to future issues of the Ridge Review and Member-only emails to find out about our “Adopt a Band” initiative. Music in the Park will require a solid volunteer base – if you are interested in planning, organizing or helping with the smooth running of the event, please contact [email protected]. Music in the Park is expanding! Calling all artists and artisans!!! See page 6 for more exciting information!

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CLIENT: Arbor Memorial BLEED: None THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES DOCKET: AM-13397 TYPE SAFETY: 0.125” all around 5 May 2017 NAME: Eden Brook - Planning Ad COLOUR: 4 Colour Process AD SIZE: 3”w x 3.8”h DRCA News EXCITING NEWS! DRCA Memebership Calling All Visual Artists Counter The membership count for & Artisans 2016/17 is: Please renew or purchase your Music in the Park is expanding! Are you keen to DRCA membership if you wish show off your artistic talent to your neighbours? Would you like to receive DRCA emails. 637... and counting an opportunity to sell some of your pieces? www.discoveryridge.com/ Contact us at [email protected] if you are interested membership in setting up a table at this year’s Music in the Park, Saturday September 9, 3:00-7:00PM. DRCA Board Meetings See page 5 for information about Music In the Park! Typically the first Monday of every month. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in Bottle Shack attending. All DRCA members are welcome! Next meeting: April 3, 2017. Thank you for tying your bags and taping your boxes shut, this keeps our volunteers safe and happy! Proceeds from the bottle shack continue to help support our recreational Dog owners facilities. please take note! Comment of the Month Responsible dog ownership is an I read recently that someone was complaining about the lights important part of maintaining a happy, being on throughout the winter. I happen to think it is the healthy dog and avoiding dog-related disputes with your prettiest way to light up the bleak winter evenings. We don't neighbours. Part of being a responsible dog owner is complying have much longer to enjoy our trees the way we have for with Calgary’s bylaws related to dogs. There are 150 Off years. It is money well spent. Leash Dog Park locations in Calgary. Griffith Woods and the Discovery Ridge community is not one of them so please keep Please know that for those that vocalize their dissatisfaction, your dog on a leash at ALL TIMES. there are the less vocal folks that truly enjoy the lights (and for that matter the planters, etc.). As a dog owner, you must ensure your dog does not: I am privileged to live in Discovery and my $300.00 per year • Bite anyone (plus community association fees) are so well spent. • Injure anyone • Chase, threaten or attack a person or animal Respectfully, • Bark, howl or disturb anyone Wendy • Cause damage to property or animals • Scatter garbage Help Prevent Crime While on a pathway, your dog must: Prevent crime in our neighbourhood and lock • Be on a leash no longer than two metres up your things! • Remain on the right hand side of the pathway • Not interfere with or obstruct other users STOPPING CRIME IS EVERYONE'S • You may not cycle, skateboard or in-line skate with a dog on RESPONSIBILITY! a leash while on a pathway. If we make it hard for thieves to steal maybe they will stop. How to file a complaint and what happens to it Please make sure to lock your cars (garage door openers If you know of a bylaw infraction and would like to report it, can be used to gain access to your home), homes, arm your please call 311 (from within Calgary) or 403.268.CITY (2489) security systems, anything to deter crime! (from outside Calgary).

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER May 2017 6 DRCA News and Volunteer Request Photos please! The Ridge REVIEW wants to showcase the talents of our local photographers throughout the year, both as our monthly cover feature as well as in the newsletter. Amateur and professional photographers of all ages are welcome to submit. Please send your photos as high quality JPEGs to newsletter@discoveryridge. com and who knows, you just might see your photo(s) in print! Casino Commentary We need YOU to maintain our The DRCA held a casino, February 10th and 11th at Cowboys Casino. A warm thanks in no particular order to Caroline, vibrant community! Shannon, Kimberlee, Joanne, Yolaine, Kari, Collette, Garrett, Sean, Alan, Brent, Sheila, Joan, Michelle, Mary, Ed, Michelle, Although we can never say thank you enough to our dedi- Dana, Patti, Candace, Marney, Sophia, Donna, Laureen, Robyn, cated volunteers, we simply CANNOT run DRCA events and Shannon, Danelle, Doug, Perry, Susan, Louise, Michelle, Julia and initiatives without them! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK Bruce. The relaxed and smooth sailing and fun from the first to YOU! last shift is greatly appreciated! Here is your chance to volunteer some of your time to YOUR We won’t know for a while yet what the casino will bring in to community; the community yet it is generally greater than $65,000. Sunday May 28 – DRCA Community Clean-up Fun Facts Location: West end of Discovery Ridge Blvd • In February, without tracking volunteer expenses for meals, Event time: 9:00am-2:00pm drinks and goodies we collectively spent within 1% of the Volunteers required: 8:30am-2:30pm for 1.5 hour shifts maximum volunteer spending allowance. Requirements: Some mild to medium physical activity Refreshments provided • Each volunteer hour earns somewhere between $260 and $300 for the community. Sunday June 11 – DRCA Stampede BBQ • When used for a “Matching Grant” each volunteer hour earns Location: DR Recreation Facility and adjoining fields somewhere between $520 and $600. Event time: 4:00pm-7:00pm Volunteers required for 1 hour shifts • DRCA has been holding casinos on about an 18 month rotation Requirements: Supervision of games and activities and since 2009. membership and food ticket sales • The DRCA is confirmed for a future casino in Q3, 2018 at Please email [email protected] Cowboys Casino – Stay tuned if you would like to volunteer! with your enthusiasm! ~ Tim Leitao, DRCA Casino Chair Membership Perks! Watch for Casino Did you know that only up to date DRCA Members receive Thank You date! regular community emails informing them of events and ongoing activities in your community. Visit discoveryridge.com to purchase your $25 membership or see page 8.

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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES 7 May 2017 DRCA Community Connection DISCOVERY RIDGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Discovery Ridge Babysitters (DRCA) EXECUTIVE (2017) List your name free of charge.* To add your name, or to make changes All email addresses @discoveryridge.com to your listing, please contact [email protected]. President Jacquie Hansen-Sydenham drca_pres@ Babysitters are welcome and encouraged to advertise themselves, free of charge, in the Ridge Review (or website). We do however Vice request.that the family/household the babysitters are a part of, be members in good standing of the Discovery Ridge Community Presidents Brent Ludwig drca_vp@ Association (i.e. the $25 annual fee paid in full). If you wish to advertise babysitting services but are not currently members, the Patricia Bolger drca_vp@ household/family may register online via the community website www.discoveryridge.com or with the registration form on this page. Candace Matviw drca_vp@ Treasurer Jeff Keeble drca_treasurer@ Sophie Basha: 403.710.4404 Anna Kendall 403.909.6525 Saba Riaz: 403.590.0124 Travis Beran: 403.240.4994 Jessica Kotarba: 403.278.4440 Hailey Sanchez: 403.479.2670 Secretary dana Fleury drca_secretary@ Sophie Blayways: 403.217.1668 Daniel Kotarba: 403.278.4440 Dana Sigordson: 403.249.1202 Directors Joanne Baker, Paul Decloux, Ben Lee, Tim Jonathan Blair: 403.663.0625 Jessica Lalonde: 403.829.4277 Scout Simard: 403.243.1388 Leitao, Michelle Williams, Bill Miles, McKenna Bolger: 403.288.4605 Anna Latinovic: 403.313.5568 Darby Stearn: 403.242.4291 Doug Leighton and Andrei Romaniuk Olivia Burns: 403.686.7019 Uriah Lederhos: 403.685.5225 Sarah Strilchuk: 403.210.2366 Current Committees Alexa Coderre: 403.471.2539 Carrie MacNeill: 587.434.9526 Samantha Tabak: 403.973.6810 Communications Jacqui Basha communications@ Stephanie Couture: 403.251.7569 Parna Manzouri: 403.246.4152 Ben Tabak: 587.899.4140 newsletter@; website@ Julia Gagne: 403.663.8644 Kyle Miller: 403.240.0862 Juliet Williams 403.217.1063 Environment andrei Romaniuk environment@ Regan Greer: 403.246.2684 Claire Moser: 403.209.3197 .Charlotte Wilson 403.686.4323 Fundraising tim Leitao fundraising@ Isabelle Hoffmann 403.464.2538 Sidney Nedelmann: 403.697.3673 Jenna Westaway: 403.870.4422 Membership candace Matviw membership@ Sarah Hougen: 403.835.6474 Brandon Phillips: 403.698.2792 Alexandra Wright: 403.276.9206 Recreation Facility Paul Decloux recfacility@ Connor Jorgensen: 403.242.5452 Connor Radke: 587.585.1135 ADD YOUR NAME HERE! 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SUBMISSIONS - Please direct editorial enquiries to [email protected] and ad enquiries to Member emails: get a membership and provide your email Bobbie-Jo Bergner at 403.203.9152 or [email protected]. for ‘what’s new’ updates DISCLAIMER - The opinions expressed within any published article or advertisement are those of the author and do not Ridge Review newsletter: eleven publications/year necessarily reflect those of the Discovery Ridge Community Association or the publisher. Facebook: www.facebook.com/ DiscoveryRidgeCommunityAssociation Website: www.http://discoveryridge.com/ welcome.html Instagram @discoveryridge Community Association Membership 2016-17 Email us: see the listing at top left of this page or the website ‘contact us’ page for contacts ❊ Name(S):...... Benefits of DRCA Membership Name(S):...... What does the DRCA do for me?! • organizes social events such as Music in the Park, annual ADDRESS:...... POSTAL CODE: ...... Stampede breakfast, Santa event • Publishes the Ridge Review community newsletter phone number:...... email: ...... • Provides up-to-date information about issues affecting Mail payment & form to: you and the community through member only email Discovery Ridge Community Association, provides updates on important items for all at PO Box 75023, Westhills RPO, Calgary AB T3H 3M1 www.discoveryridge.com • allows soccer registration with Westhills United Soccer Enclose cheque for $25 payable to ‘Discovery Ridge Community Association’ Membership runs from Sept. 1, 2016 to Aug. 31, 2017 • communicates regularly with Councilor Richard Pootmans on community and city related issues Undersigned hereby consents to: (1) the collection of the personal information on this form; (2) the use of the information for the following • Provides effective representation and advocacy to external purposes: to solicit volunteers for DRCA’s programs and activities; to solicit renewal of membership in DRCA; to solicit participation or membership in programs or activities provided by DRCA; to provide information to you on DRCA programs and activities; (3) disclosure third parties about issues of concern to the community, of the information in the DRCA register of members which is available for review by various members of the public as required by law. 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OFFICIAL COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER May 2017 8 Community Civic Chat Ron Liepert, Member of Parliament, • Konrad Yakabuski (Globe and Mail): “… barely 18 months Calgary Signal Hill into their mandate – the #2216, 8561 8A Avenue SW Calgary, AB T3H 0V5 Liberals are stuck. They can Phone: 403 292-6666 Email: [email protected] neither move ahead with their progressive agenda – all Mr. Budget 2017 Represents a Lack of the Real Change Morneau’s recent talk about the Government Promised soaking even more the rich turned out to be just talk – As part of the Official Opposition, when we see the federal budget, we are naturally going to nor turn off the spending taps look for places to criticize. Budget 2017 doesn’t give me a lot of opportunities to do that – they opened last year, lest not because the measures it takes aren’t questionable – but instead it refuses to make nearly they repudiate more or less any choices or take nearly any measures at all. Most of the funding is being earmarked away everything they proclaim to for things that most of us would find difficult to even understand – like funding for innovation stand for.” “superclusters “ (pg. 79), or an “infrastructure bank” (pg. 129). The initiatives that we do understand won’t see actual dollars being spent until 2019 or later. I am always grateful to hear your feedback on Nevertheless here are a few tangible takeaways from the budget: Budget 2017, • No plan to balance the budget before 2050-2051. or any other matter. • Forecasted, structural deficits of around $20 billion per year for the next five years. Please feel free to call my office or email me • $8.4 billion cut to defense procurement. at any time. • An acknowledgement that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was significantly Ron Liepert below the expectations of the last budget. • A plan with more funding for the CRA to continue to

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• Taxes on alcohol rise by 2% PLEASE JOIN CALGARY SIGNAL HILL MEMBER • GST will now be collected on ride sharing services, such as OF PARLIAMENT, RON LIEPERT, ON SATURDAY Uber. JUNE 10TH FOR A PICNIC TO CELEBRATE I’m disappointed not only that Budget 2017 doesn’t represent the CANADA’S 150TH BIRTHDAY AND BEYOND. priorities of Albertan families, nor does it provide any tangible relief for those who are unemployed (a $30 million one-time grant to the THERE WILL BE ENTERTAINMENT AND ACTIVITIES Alberta is offset with higher taxes on oil and gas drilling), but even FOR ALL. LOCATION GLENDALE & GLENDALE more so that the Government doesn’t really seem to care. The Finance Committee, which I am Vice Chair of, had its meetings MEADOWS COMMUNITY HALL SITUATED AT 2405 typically devoted to pre-budget preparation cancelled because GLENMOUNT DRIVE SW the Government put forward no business to study, and used their SATURDAY JUNE 10TH, 2017 FROM 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM. majority to defeat multiple motions from myself and my colleagues RSVPs are required so please use http://www.ronliepertmp.ca/150 to study both the long term financial impact of the last budget, and Alberta unemployment. For more information, please go to www.ronliepert.ca or call 403 292-6666. To ensure compliance with fire regulations, we reserve the right to cut off attendance in the event we go over The media has been equally negative in its assessment of the capacity. budget. Here are two quotes that have stood out to me: • Andrew Coyne (National Post): “I have read a good many tedious, empty budgets in my time. I cannot recall ever reading one quite as mind-bendingly empty as this one.”

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES 9 May 2017 HEY KIDS! M O T H E R Equals special. What’s special RECIPE about your Mom? Fill in the words below: Nourish Bowl with Quinoa Serves 4 323c – 15g protein Ingredients: • ½ cup uncooked quinoa • 1 cup chicken broth • 2 Tbsp spaghetti sauce • 2 tsp water • 2 cup fresh spinach • 4 hard boiled eggs, peeled and sliced in half • 1 avocado, pitted and chopped • 12 cherry tomatoes, halved • salt & pepper to taste Combine quinoa & broth in a small pot over medium high heat. Bring to a boil, reduce heat & cook, covered, for 15 minutes. Remove from heat & mix in the spaghetti sauce. In a small skillet place the water over medium heat. Add the fresh spinach and sauté until tender. Divide the quinoa between two bowls and top each with one of the eggs, and half of the spinach, avocado and tomatoes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Q: Why is a computer so smart? ~ By Myrecipes.com A: It listens to its motherboard. Q: What did the mother rope say to her child? A: “Don’t be knotty.” Q: What did the mother broom say to the baby broom? A: It’s time to go to sweep! Q: What did the digital clock say to its mother? A: “Look, Ma! No hands!”

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER May 2017 10 Community Civic Chat Richard Pootmans, Councillor Ward 6 P.O. Box 2100, Station M#8001A, Calgary, AB T2P 2M5 Phone: 403.268.1646 ~ Email: [email protected] ~ Website: www.calgary.ca/ward6 Finally spring is here! Here are some things you should be aware of this month, and various ways to get involved: Get ready Spring Clean-up The City’s annual Spring Clean-up program is well underway and runs until June. Crews for Neighbour sweep up winter sanding materials and other debris from over 16,000 lane kilometres of city roads and along major sidewalks and boulevards. We’re asking all Calgarians to help make the Day! city beautiful by moving vehicles from the street when you see the No Parking signs in your Calgary celebrates its fourth neighbourhood, which will be placed at least 12 hours prior to sweeping. annual Neighbour Day on Visit calgary.ca/sweep to check the schedule for your street, track sweeper progress on the June 17th, and anyone can online map, and sign up for notifications. plan an event! Reach out to your neighbours and host a Take part in your Community Cleanup! block party on your street, Have you participated in a Community Cleanup yet? This is a great opportunity to meet your hold a street chalk drawing neighbours and save a trip to the landfill. Each year the City teams up with local community competition, or share a picnic associations to help residents get rid of unwanted household items and property waste. Last potluck or afternoon tea in the year, a record of one million kg of waste and nearly 200,000 kg of organics was collected! park. Whatever you do, be sure to invite The Mayor, me (please Some of Ward 6’s Community Cleanups finished in April. Here are the remaining dates: email Richard.Pootmans@ • May 6 - Coach Hill/Patterson Heights - 6229 Patina Drive SW calgary .ca), the Calgary Fire and • May 13 - Springbank Hill - 150 Ambrose Close SW Calgary Police Services—we’d love to join. Last year I attended • May 28 - Discovery Ridge - 532 Discovery Ridge Boulevard SW 12 events on Neighbour Day, • June 4 - West Springs/Cougar Ridge - 700 77 Street SW I’d love to increase that number • June 24 - Signal Hill - 3200 Signal Hill Drive SW this year! • September 23 - Glenbrook - 3524 45 Street SW AND Glamorgan - 4207 41 Avenue SW An important note: If you are thinking of closing The City will supply three packer trucks with crews (two for waste and one for organic your street or hosting your materials) and funds for gloves, garbage bags, food and refreshments for the group of event at the local park, you must community volunteers. If you would like to help out, please contact your community get your block party permit or association. greenspace permit by May 26, Visit calgary.ca and search “Community Cleanups” for more information. 2017. The City will be waiving the fees for this day. If you are looking for other ways to contribute and get engaged, visit calgary.ca and search “Volunteer” for opportunities with the Calgary Police Service, Parks, Recreation, Animal and Visit calgary.ca/neighbourday or Bylaw, Calgary Neighbourhoods, and more! call 3-1-1 for more information. Calgary’s Green Cart program is starting in mid-2017. With your help, we’ll turn more than 85 million kilograms of food and yard waste into nutrient-rich compost rather than burying it in the landfill. Watch this short video on why it’s important to keep compostable material out of the landfill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP54rKPFFYI

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES 11 May 2017 DRCA Rink Rentals Discovery Ridge Rink is available to rent! The DR Rink is now available for rentals (spring, summer, fall). Ball hockey? Lacrosse practices? Birthday parties? The list goes on! The details are: • rental rate is $30/hr. or $50/2 hrs. • a DRCA membership is required to book the facility To book: • no refunds but rain-outs will be provided free of charge 1. ensure your DRCA • rentals will be available weekdays between 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. and weekends membership is up-to-date at (9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.) www.discoveryridge.com/ membership • an email confirmation will be provided for renters to print out to bring to the rink 2. email newsletter@ • there will be no electrical access discoveryridge.com to make • block bookings are encouraged for teams (ex. every Tuesday from 7 -8 p.m., April to your request. Include date, June, discounted rate $100/4 X 1 hr.) time, name and phone number. • use at your own risk, respect the facility, and keep it clean 3. Mail or deliver your payment • funds raised through renting the rink help support its upkeep, maintenance, and support 4. Email confirmation will be sent. the DRCA Your To place your classified ad, contact Commu it us at 403-203-9152 or email: n y [email protected] Mark your CLASSIFIED ADS! calendars! BASEMENT WINDOWS AND DOORWAYS CONCRETE CUTTING - Cut, The Discovery Ridge Supplied & Installed. Doorway Cutting - Concrete Wall Cutting - Concrete Floor Cutting Community Association will be - Core Drilling - Any Size. Excavation/Window Well Supplied & Installed - Weeping Tile hosting a Stampede BBQ on Installation. Phone 403.570.0555 [email protected]. June 11th from 4 to 7 pm NEPTUNE PLUMBING & HEATING LTD. Residential and commercial service. Here are just a few of the fun Renovations, gas fitting, duct cleaning, and backflow testing. Fully licensed and insured with things that we will have at this competitive rates. Customer satisfaction assured. CALL 403.255.7938. year's Stampede BBQ... 24 HOURS EMERGENCY SERVICE! Petting Zoo Inflatable Obstacle Course Whether you live too long or die too soon?...There’s an insured plan Trampolines that will meet your future needs. I would like to hear from you. Please call Sabrina at Line Dancers #403-620-1287 with SteppingStonesFinancial.ca There will also be lots of fun games to play Mind’s Design offers our community the opportunity Volleyball to purchase classified advertising in THE RIDGE REVIEW Soccer Tug of War Price for a classified ad is: $28+GST for a 4-line ad (up to 40 characters per line). However, if you have a valid DRCA community association membership, you get a And the BBQ is free for Discovery discounted rate of $20 +GST. If you require extra space, the cost is $5 +GST per extra Ridge Community Association line regardless if you are a member or not. Home-based/local businesses are welcome. Members!

OFFICIAL COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER May 2017 12 Community Civic Chat Mike Ellis, MLA Calgary-West Unit 234, 333 Aspen Glen Landing SW Calgary, AB T3H 0N6 P: 403.216.5439 E: [email protected] Help Hello! On March 18th, the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta (PC Alberta) elected the locate the Hon. Jaosn Kenney as its new permanent leader. As you may know, Jason ran on a platform of unification of conservatives across the province. As a PC MLA, I was proud to support potholes! Jason throughout his campaign, and am excited for what lies ahead for conservatives across Potholes can develop on any Alberta in general. I hope you’ll allow me, in this column, to speak more about the recent of the 16,000 lane km of paved leadership election. streets and 2,900 lane km of For me, politics has never been about titles, or about names of parties. It is about ensuring backlanes in Calgary. Potholes form when snow melts into Albertans have representation that is a reflection of the very best of themselves. Some have cracks in the asphalt and then expressed sadness that this may be the beginning of the end of the party known by the name freezes, expanding in the cracks. PC Alberta, but to me, this is simply its continued evolution to be in sync with what the views Meanwhile, the frost in the ground of Albertans today are. pushes up, weakening the asphalt Albertans have demonstrated their belief in a unification of conservatives for some time. Repairing potholes is a major part Polling indicates strong support, and donations of time and money to the efforts of unification of Roads' continual maintenance have been also strong. Albertans expect, I believe, that we as politicians put our team names of Calgary's roadways. In order and titles aside to work together for their best interest. to permanently fix potholes, dry pavement and warm weather Indeed, now is the time for strong leadership. Alberta’s economy remains fragile, and the conditions are needed. Pothole recent NDP budget will do little to help. Gross overspending on pet projects like updating repair generally begins in April light bulbs, and a lack of focus on continued structural deficits is cause for concern. I am and goes throughout the summer working hard, as your MLA, not only in the legislature to hold the government to account, months. but also outside of the legislature to make sure that in the next election, you have an During our pothole repair alternative to this government that you can believe in. program, crews are out working If you have ever considered becoming involved in the political process, I would encourage seven days a week. The majority you to pick this moment to do so. Now is a very exciting time, filled with fresh ideas and of repairs are done during the day, the opportunity to bring your voice to the table. I would appreciate your insight as we move but repairs on major roads are forward to create a plan for an Alberta that is truly the best reflection of ourselves. often done at night when there is less traffic. ~Mike Ellis, MLA Locating potholes - You can help! To help locate and make Do you miss the days when repairs quickly, report a pothole neighbours connected using an eService request or by using your smart phone and the and got to know each other? new 311 Calgary mobile app. Held annually on the third Saturday of June, Neighbour Day is an opportunity for neighbours to come together in the form of a front yard barbecue, garden party, picnic, clean-up or afternoon tea in a local park to celebrate our strong community spirit in Calgary. The idea is to meet your neighbours, make new friends, have fun and maybe work together on a project that benefits the entire community. Make Saturday, June 17 the day you get to know your neighbours! Visit Calgary.ca/NeighbourDay for ideas to help you celebrate. Block party and greenspace permit applications are due May 26.

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appy Spring, everyone! Clean-up of our green spaces, parks and medians We are always happy to hear from is underway and we have been working to identify areas that need a bit of extra our NDHA members; please access Hattention due to winterkill or overgrowth. Some of these areas will require “leafing our website at www.ndha.ca for out” in order to see if remediation is in order, but hopefully most of the foliage in the NDHA News updates or to send community will have wintered well and be in great shape for the growing season. Please let an email - you can also call us at us know if you see an area in need of attention. 403.237.9595.

2017 Project Work: The NDHA Board of Directors has approved a few landscaping Mothers hold projects to be completed this season. The major undertaking will be Xeriscaping the their children’s median on Discovery Ridge Boulevard that runs down the hill from the roundabout. The aesthetics of this median have been poor for some time, and we now have the funds to hands for a complete this section of the Xeriscape project. We are currently working with the City short while, for the required approvals and hope to have things underway before summer. but their hearts Median and Park Tree Replacement Program: The NDHA has been working hard with City Parks to secure replacement trees throughout the community, and especially for forever. the ones removed from our roadway medians. We have been successful in securing many - Unknown replacements for installation this year; mapping of locations is currently underway. Special thank you to our friends at ULS Landscaping for helping us work through the process with the City!

Waterfall: Work to complete the repairs on the waterfall and bettysrun.ca get it operational will begin as soon temperatures permit and the waterlines are opened. There is little left to do and barring any new “surprises”, we hope to see it operational again early this season. 21st Annual Entrance Ornamental Tree Removal: KGL (the ring road construction consortium) has recently advised the NDHA that work in our entrance to remove the remaining trees will likely Betty’s Run begin in late May or early June. The construction schedule remains fluid and dates are subject to change; please enjoy the trees while we have them! for ALS

NDHA Annual General Meeting – JUNE 7TH: Much has occurred over the past year. Updates on all NDHA business & landscaping-related matters within the community (including ring-road related issues at our entrance) will be shared at the upcoming AGM. Please set aside the evening of JUNE 7TH in order to attend – we would love to see you there! If you cannot attend, please be sure to send in your proxy vote so Sunday, June 11, 2017 quorum is achieved and the meeting can occur. 9 a.m. Watch your mailbox in May for the official notice North Glenmore Park to arrive; location will be Menno Simons School.

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This weekend is for you Discovery Ridge! Please note The 4th Annual Discovery Ridge Garage Sales, Block Parties and that the Community Clean-up will be held on Saturday and Sunday, the 27th and 28th May following items 2017. Please join us as we clean up, clear out, donate and get to know our neighbours just a will NOT little bit better! Discovery Ridge is proud to be part of this great initiative to reduce waste in the land fill and dispose of waste effectively - last year there was a total of 109 clean ups, and a be accepted: total of 247,856 kg of organics waste and 1,193 M kg of waste was collected! Tires, household chemicals, propane tanks, paint, bear spray The weekend is planned as follows: cannisters, car seats, fluorescent 1. Community-wide garage sales will be held on Saturday morning. Advertising bulbs, large furniture items. for this will be done in local newspapers and online, but it will be your responsibility to provide The City of Calgary hazardous signage and directions to your individual sales within the community. waste programme can be 2. Block parties will be held on Saturday afternoon and evening. These will be organized accessed below for further by individual community members who are willing to help facilitate gatherings in specific information. areas. We have a list of community members who have been involved previously but if you are http://www.calgary.ca/UEP/ interested in helping please contact us and we will provide you with the necessary information WRS/Pages/Garbage-collection- and templates etc. It really is a great way to network and reach out! information/Residential-services/ 3. The Community Clean-up will be held on Sunday from 9am - 2pm at the far west Household-chemical-drop-off- end of Discovery Ridge Boulevard. Many thanks to the City of Calgary Waste and Recycling program/Materials-Accepted-at- and Animal and Bylaw Services for providing packer trucks for garbage and organics disposal, as Household-Hazardous-Waste- well as a recycling bin. Drop-off-Locations.aspx In addition you will be able to donate gently used items to the Cerebral Palsy Association of A detailed list of all items Alberta, safely dispose of your metals and e-recycling through Darren Bastien Recycling and that will be accepted will be Recycle Logic respectively, and donate bicycles to the Syrian Refugee Support Group Calgary. confirmed and available closer to This year we will also be running a Free Store, where items can be donated and picked up by the event. others. Any items that are not taken will be either disposed of or donated. Thank you very much. We look Blue Cart Recycling Tip of the Month forward to your support!

Say no to Stringy Things! Hoses, electrical cords and rope, oh my! Because they get caught in the machines at the recycling facility, keep stringy things out of your blue cart. If it dangles, it will cause a tangle! Please do not put these items in your blue cart. • No garden hoses • No rope, string or yarn • No electrical cords, cables or wire • No Christmas tree lights What should I do with these items instead? • If the item is still usable, consider donating to charity, giving to family or friends or posting on an online bartering site like Kijiji. Green carts will • If the item is broken, it should go in your black cart as garbage. be rolled out by • Still not sure what to do with your stringy item? Use the online search tool at calgary.ca/whatgoeswhere quadrant starting to find the answers. this Spring

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