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Ward 3 News Saprae Creek & Draper Road WARD 3 NEWS SAPRAE CREEK & DRAPER ROAD SEPTEMBER 2013 Please slow down and watch for the kids on our roads! Anzac~Conklin~Fort Chipewyan~Fort Fitzgerald~Fort MacKay~Gregoire Lake Estates~Janvier~Mariana Lake~Saprae Creek Estates 9909 Franklin Avenue, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada ph: 780-743-7000 fax: 780-743-7999 www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca WARD 3 NEWS IN THIS ISSUE: SCRS Update Editor: Pamela Garbin Councilor Corner Oxbow Sulphur Open House PH: 780-715-2787 HUB Playgroup Family Movie Night Email: [email protected] Family Fun Day OCTOBER NEWSLETTER DEADLINE: Scrapbook Crop Run for the Cure September 25, 2013 Citizen Nomination Shell Albian Sands Info Subscribe to your newsletter online at Fire Prevention Pancake Breakfast and Culture Days www.sapraecreek.com Recycle Schedule Check us out on FACEBOOK Transit Schedule Saprae Creek Residents Society Community Calendar SAPRAE CREEK RESIDENTS SOCIETY DRAPER ROAD RESIDENTS SOCIETY Pam Garbin, Chair 780-715-2787 Daphne van’t Wout, Chair 780-743-8459 Tracy Unger, Vice-Chair 780-743-3360 Jim Kosituk, Vice-Chair 780-791-0870 Angela Baker, Secretary 780-747-0789 Christine Sadzak, Treasurer 780-799-7371 Marilyn Rustad, Treasurer 780-715-4960 Jodi Thorne, Secretary 780-791-9979 Dennis Gable, Infrastructure 780-792-4408 Mike Morin, Industry Contact 780-598-1820 Michelle Archibald, Youth Director 780-715-6727 Draper Road Residents Society (DRRS) Melanie Asher, Rec Director 780-799-3625 [email protected] Tanya Cote, Director 780-715-6867 Address: 215 Freestone Way Fort McMurray, AB T9H 5B4 Email: [email protected] Around the Creek Message from the SCRS Board Chair By Pam Garbin First I want to welcome ALL of the NEW residents to Saprae Creek. Over the last few months there have been quite a few homes sold and I hope everyone will enjoy living in Saprae Creek as much as I have over the last 12 years. Well summer vacation is over (time flies when you are having fun), kids are back to school and EVENTS in Saprae Creek are starting up again. Please make sure you slow down around the kids getting on and off the school bus. RED LIGHTS FLASHING MEANS STOP! Lots of little ones out there this year and we all want them home safe. Looking forward to finishing off our Tball and Soccer Programs that needed to be postponed due to poor field conditions. Family Movie Night starts up again we have had many new families move into The Creek over the last 4 months, please come out and enjoy a family orientated movie with some pizza, everyone is welcome! Our FUN RUN has been rescheduled for September 21st, even if you are not walking or running the 2.5 or 5 km routes, feel free to bring the family out for the BBQ, bouncy castle and face painting part of the afternoon. On September 28th we welcome all scrapbooker and cardmakers in Saprae Creek to an ALL day scrapbook crop, enjoy 12 hours of crop time, it is a perfect opportunity to start the Summer 2013 Scrapbook. Book off Saturday October 5th for our FALL Community Clean up and BBQ, a time to get Saprae Creek looking good before that season changes on us. AS with all our events please watch for event sign up on our Saprae Creek Facebook Page, if you are not on Facebook, please feel free to give me a phone call or email and I will get you on the events list! Enjoy September everyone, it is going to be a busy one. Councillor’s Corner – September 2013 by Al Vinni I am still basking in the warm glow of the cancellation of the Alberta Oil Sands’ lease. Over the years, I was told by many that AOS’s development could not, would not, be stopped. Some of the people who told me that were elected members of the Provincial government; others were senior Provincial government employees. I am so happy that we got what we wanted: a stop to oil development in and around our residential neighbourhoods. Unfortunately, we do not have much time to rest on our laurels, as the next challenge is upon us. Oxbow, the company proposing to expand sulphur handling and processing at the Lynton rail yard is having an Open House on September 11, 2103 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Vista Ridge. I encourage everyone who is interested in the long term future of Saprae Creek to come out to that Open House and ask questions of Oxbow and demonstrate to them that we are involved in our community. With what we learn from this meeting we will be better able to make a plan of action concerning this development. The work on community halls has moved slowly this summer. To be fair, our administration was set back by about six weeks dealing with flood related issues. We will continue to move ahead with a process to identify the type and location of the halls on Draper Road and Saprae Creek. To this end, Marilyn’s work on identifying a parcel in Saprae Creek is very promising, while in Draper there is a parcel in the RMWB’s control that was obtained for the expressed purpose of a community hall. Ultimately, community members, through consultation, will decide if these are the sites we go after for the construction of our community halls. The Placemaking is proceeding at what I might call a very measured pace. I guess for some of us those banners will take some getting used to. However, these types of displays has been well received in other areas of the RMWB, Poplar Park downtown being one notable example where I think the banners fit in quite well with the surroundings. In any event, work will no doubt carry over to next year before all the Placemaking is completed. On a sour note, I was advised at the start of this week that actually there was no oil available again this year for our roads and that the road crews were going to go ahead with calcium chloride on top of the new gravel that had been laid down. My thanks to Ed Tatum for bringing a number of facts to my attention, particularly concerning the ability to source oil out of Edmonton. It seems whoever is purchasing oil for the RMWB, or rather, not purchasing it; is unaware that it can be had even if it cannot be obtained at the factory gate in Lloydminster. So I have some questions that I will be looking to Administration to answer this week. I have not in my three years on Council been given the gears on an issue like I have on this road repair project. Yearly maintenance of our roads used to be so simple. Anyway, on the bright side, the commitment is to hot roll the roads next year with asphalt, so that is something to look forward to (just don’t hold your breath). I am very angry about this situation and I will get some answers. On a happier note, I have been enjoying my term as Deputy Mayor this summer, a term that runs up to the day that the new Council will be sworn in, being October 29th. I have attended many events over the past few months as the summer is very busy with activities. I have learned that the Mayor works very hard and is an incredibly busy person. I will be making an official announcement on September 3rd, but I wanted to let it be known through this space that I will be running for re-election this fall as the Ward 3 Councillor. I thank you all for the support I have received over the past three years. Finally, I wanted to end by commenting on the passing of our dear neighbor, Ken Janke. There was a beautiful ceremony today (August 25th) at the McMurray Gospel Assembly celebrating Ken’s life. Bertha, his wife of 58 years, was there looking great. Many Saprae Creek folks shared stories about Ken at the reception downstairs following the official ceremony. It was a very touching moment of community that was truly bittersweet. Over the past three years Ken occasionally summoned me for an audience and explained to me what I should be doing. I will miss that advice. We have lost a Saprae Creek original. AROUND THE CREEK AROUND THE CREEK Hi families if you are doing any toy room cleanouts, the program would appreaciate your donation of toys in excellent used condition. Thank you in advance THE HUB Parent/Child Program WHEN : WEDNESDAYS STARTING SEPTEMBER 11th WHERE: Spruce Valley Room at Vista Ridge TIME: 10-11:30 am Geared towards ages 0-5, a great way for your child to socialize with similar aged children in Saprae Creek by way of interactive stations, craft time, circle time, followed by in a light snack. For more information contact Pam Garbin 780-715-2787 Look forward to seeing you there! MUNICIPALITY NEWS WHEN: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20th Time: 6-7:30pm Where: Spruce Valley Room Vista Ridge Pizza and our feature movie for FREE! Event is provided to you by the Saprae Creek Residents Society! Respond to the event on the Saprae Creek Residents Society FACEBOOK PAGE to help us provide enough food and drink for everyone! For more information or to register if you DO NOT have Facebook Call Pam at 780-715-2787 Parental Supervision is required! SAPRAE CREEK Register to run at 9:30am FUN FOR THE KIDS TOO! Bouncy Castle Run will start at 10am and 2.5km and 5 km routes, both starting from the Face Painting Saprae Creek Fire Hall Starting at 11am ending at 1pm.
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