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Your Official Community Newsletter Board of Directors October Birthday? You rarely learn by mistakes but you must avoid prolonged indecision. Those born in October must establish the Libra’s soul’s purpose to achieve balance, emotional, financial, and spiritual stability during the course of their lifetime. You must stand for yourself and learn decision making by following not only your rational mind but also your accurate Executive intuitions. President: Birthstone: Opal Planet: Venus Jaydel Gluckie Vice-president: Courtesy of Astrostar.com Shannon Lanigain Secretary: Published by: Pablita Thomas-Griffin Treasurer: Aysha Khaliq Directors Mind’s Design Stephaine Kusie, Jim Fitz-morris, SERVING COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, Lori Mayson, Shelley Waryk-Martin, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS Adam Johnson, Jim Boyle & LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR OVER 11 YEARS! Address www.mindsdesign.ca McKenzie Towne Community Association c/o McKenzie Towne Residential Association ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS TODAY! 40 Mckenzie Towne Blvd S.E. Calgary, AB T2Z 4X5 Reach Over 250,000 Potential Website Customers! www.mckenzietowneca.com 403-203-9152 l [email protected] Contact: [email protected] Your community newsletter is delivered by: Newsletter Ad Sales: [email protected]

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Social Groups at McKenzie Towne Hall McKenzie Towne Council Drop-In Gym Times All social groups are FREE for residents and youth. There are a variety of drop in sports and gym times for Non-residents must be a guest of a McKenzie adults, youth and families to participate in: Towne Resident and are charged $2.00. Adult drop-in times are For McKenzie Towne social group information, 6:30 - 9 pm on Tuesdays, 7:30 - 9 pm on Wednesdays and contact [email protected] or call 403-781-6612 Saturdays with varying sports. ext. 3. Youth drop-in times are scheduled for afterschool use Bridge (3 - 5 pm) Every Monday from 1 - 4 pm Parent & Child drop-in start Come play some cards! times are: 5 - 6 pm from Mon-Wed A group dedicated to 5 - 6:30 pm on Thursdays playing bridge. Drop-in 5:30 - 8:30 pm on Fridays, for some fun and games 6 - 7:30 pm on SaturdayS around the card table. 4:30 - 6 pm on Sundays.

Coffee is provided, too. Non-scheduled drop-in gym: There are times from 9 am - 3 pm Monday - Friday when the gym is not in use. Please call 403-781-6612 in advance to confirm gym usage, Drop-In Playgroup and if available, feel free to stop by during those times. Tuesdays: 12pm. - 2:30 pm For gymnasium availability, visit www.mtcouncil.com. Wednesdays: 9:30 am - 11:30 pm We invite you to bring your toddler to play in our gym full of exciting toys, to have a good time and meet other families in the community! FREE for McKenzie Towne Residents. Non-residents must be a GUEST of a Resident and pay $2/child to drop- in. Only 2 adult guests per Resident (parents are FREE).

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Your Official Community Newsletter McKenzie Towne Council Drop-In Gym Times Hey Parents! TABLE OF CONTENTS: Need a Sitter?! • Board of Directors: P 3 • Submissions and Dedlines: P 6 • Membership Form: P11 McKenzie Towne • City of Calgary Updates: P12 • greengate - FALL Bulbs: P13 Babysitter’s List • Citywide Food Drive: P18 Name Age Phone# Red Cross • Community Services: P19 Zoe • Important Numbers: P22 403-257-2194 • Civic Chat - Shane Keating P28 Mahala 587-893-7242 • Classifieds: P29 & P30 Anindita Boodhun 15 403-719-8223 ... And lots more! Bryn Keogh 12.5 403-203-3989 YES McKenzie Towne Council Galal Khalaf 13 587-894-0804 Alex Khalaf • Christmas Craft Fair: P7 15 403-305-6349 • Halloween Spooktacular: P8 Lauren MacLean 13 403-263-4782 YES Jessie Schmode 15 403-860-1916 YES Armeen 13 587-707-1456 YES Sheila 54 403-257-1669 NO Symone Aeichele 15 587-438-6933 YES

ARE YOU 12 OR OLDER and would like to put your name on our list to be called for babysitting jobs in the McKenzie Towne community? OR are you a parent looking for a qualified babysitter in our community? “A grandmother Contact the McKenzie Towne Community Association to submit or pretends she remove the names of babysitters at: [email protected] doesn’t know Please note: Babysitters must have parental who you are on consent before they can be placed on the list. Halloween.” *MTCA accepts no responsibility as a regulatory body, nor does the association - Erma Bombeck endorse or screen any of those listed or who use the service. Dayhomes/cares are not accepted.

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McKenzie Towne Community Association Community Content and Ads.. (MTCA) Submission Deadlines Ads are due on the 15th of the Community content is due on the month, for the following month’s Editorial Policy 10th of the month, for the following issue. Please forward inquiry to With respect to the month’s issue. Bobbie-Jo Bergner at MTCA Newsletter: Do you have an article or picture to [email protected] • All content appears at the discretion submit? Do you have a wedding to of the Board. announce or special event... • Advertorial must be marked as such. Please forward to us at [email protected] • All editorial may be edited due to space. • Priority of content in Newsletter: • MTCA News. • Community Events. • School Content. ABOUT • Senior and Youth programs and content. • Political representation PAINTING (limited to representatives elected by members of this Professional, community ie: if their name appeared on a ballot and Reasonable & Reliable they were elected). 20+ Years Experience - Free Estimates & Advice

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Pg. 6 October 2015 Thank you for supporting your Community Association and your local businesses! Saturday, Nov 7th 10am - 5pm McKenzie Towne Hall Christmas Craft Fair Searching for the perfect gift this year? Make this year a handmade Christmas. With a wide range of vendors and homemade items, you are sure to find something for everyone. Come enjoy a cup of hot cider while you peruse our unique vendors for the perfect gift.

For more information or a list of vendors please visit: www.mtcouncil.com.

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RSVP for the Halloween Spooktacular! Calling all ghosts and goblins! Come join us for tricks and treats at the McKenzie Towne Council Halloween Spooktacular. Games, crafts, and treat bags for all who attend. You must RSVP to attend this event. Only McKenzie Towne residents can register guests (non-residents). The event is free for residents. Non-residents are welcome and must be a guest of a resident who has RSVP’d for them and must bring a food-bank donation per child or, will be charge $2 per non-resident child. For more information or a link to RSVP visit: mtcouncil.com.

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Pg. 12 October 2015 Thank you for supporting your Community Association and your local businesses! variation in blossoming periods, one can enjoy flowering bulbs for months on end! The best results are obtained by taking into consideration heights, colour combinations and flowering periods. It’s a great exercise in imagination as you really have no size reference as to the plants’ mature size, but don’t sweat it ... just have fun! Plant the bulbs in small groups in odd numbers to obtain as natural an effect as possible. Avoid circles or squares, Fall but then again it’s your garden! Fall bulbs are the first harbingers Bulbs of spring time. They are given this name because they must be planted in the fall for spring Make your colorful display last longer by planting different blossoms. Fall bulbs can provide magnificent colour and variety varieties together that have staggered flowering times. Try in an otherwise plain garden. They are often overlooked at this combinations of low-growing crocuses with late flowering time of the season because we get too busy with other things tulips, beautiful blue “Scilla” with early flowering tulips, or sunny such as “back to school” or the new fall television line ups. daffodils with “Darwin” tulips. Remember, if you forget to take the time to plant these gems Many fall bulbs are ideally suited for naturalizing. Naturalizing in your garden now, you will sadly miss out when spring arrives means planting them here and there as you might see on a hike next year. in the forest. This type of planting gives your garden a natural You would be surprised to know how many gardeners come look when planted in the grass, around trees or under shrubs. into our centre asking for tulips, hyacinths, crocus and the like. Low-growing daffodils, crocuses, snowdrops, and scillas are People admire them in other yards and are disappointed to find perfect for naturalizing. Plant the taller “Trumpet” daffodils in out that they must be combination with planted before the snow other types of bulbs flies - anytime during for them to look their late summer to late fall best. When planting (September through to near trees or among November). They can rocks, always use bloom in March, April, at least six bulbs. If May or June. It is better planting these flowers to plant them as early in in the grass, do not the season as possible so mow them until the that the roots are well- blossoms and leaves established before the have withered. first frost. Even so, bulbs After the flowering can be planted after the period, the bulbs can first frost, provided the be left in the ground soil is not frozen and can or they can be dug up. be worked easily. The choice is yours. The great thing about If you want to use bulbs is that they are these bulbs another relatively inexpensive, time, dig them up only so it’s easy to go overboard - if there is such a thing - and you when the leaves have can plant as many bulbs as your heart desires. If this is the case, completely died. Clean the soil off and save them in a dry, well you may want to invest in a bulb planter. This handy device will ventilated place until fall. make your job a whole lot easier. The general rule of thumb By leaving them in the ground a sort of naturalizing takes place. for fall bulbs is that they should be planted three times as deep Plant some additional bulbs in the area to create a splendid as they are high. Treat all bulbs with bulb dust before planting effect. You can also dig them up and plant something different them in the ground. This treatment helps to prevent attack the following season. This is why you don’t have to sweat it from insects and fungi. Bulb booster should also be placed in too much. Planting with bulbs can be very fluid and you can the soil. Bone Meal is a great fertilizer for this. The use of both give your garden a new make-over every spring. Planting these the bulb dust and booster will ensure maximum growth for the lovelies may seem like an untimely fall chore when harvesting flowers in the spring. and clean-up is your priority, but you will thank yourself long Fall bulbs come in so many colors, heights and varieties that after the winter is past. Your garden will be the one blooming the possibilities for creativity are endless. Due to the large early next spring and you will be the envy of all.

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REGISTRATION Crowchild Tr. Study IT’S NOT IS ONGOING! Mark your calendar! TOO LATE! ages 4 to Adult In November, the project team will be looking for your ideas on possible changes to the Crowchild Trail corridor. Attend one of the following workshops to share your ideas. The project team will then use this input to develop ScShchooool lo of fR Recerceraetaitoionnala lI rIirsihsh preliminary concepts/plans for further consideration. 19 Rive&& C Coonrntevalleytemmppoorarrayry D D aDnancrIVEece SE FFUUNN RSVP for a workshop at calgary.ca/crowchild or call 311. RIVERBENDRIVERBEND STUDIO STUDIO opening opening Fall Fall 2013 2013 If you’re unable to attend one of these workshops, there thth FFRRIEIENNDDSHSHIPIP FREEFREE “ Try“Try It It Out Out” ”Class Class - -Sept Septemberember 4 4 @ @ 7pm 7pm will also be opportunities to share your ideas online in ToTo register, register, Call Call SHARON SHARON @ @ 403 403-852-852-5970-5970 November. FFITITNNEESSS S FallFall Regist Registrationration on on Now Now - -Classes Classes ages ages 4 4 to to Adult Adult Idea Workshop #1 [email protected]@gmail.com Saturday, November 7 from 9:30 a.m. to noon Location: Sunalta School – 530 Sonoro Ave. S.W.

403-852-5970 Idea Workshop #2 Monday, November 9 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. [email protected] Location: Best Western Village Park Inn – 1804 FUN, FRIENDSHIP, FITNESS Crowchild Tr. N.W. In addition to the events above, similar workshops for residents, businesses and other stakeholders located within a block or two of Crowchild Trail have been scheduled in October. These invite-only events provide those with homes and businesses in close proximity RECESSION to Crowchild Trail an opportunity to participate in the same workshops with others who share their unique BUSTER perspective or concerns. For more information about this study and opportunities PRICE FREEZE to provide your input, visit calgary.ca/crowchild.

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