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start. We meet on the third Monday of We will be sharing these in the next issue wanted to resurrect this fun family-friendly A year in the month (the fourth Monday if there’s of The Point. event. They received $1,500 for materials. a long weekend the week before) from Small grants to support action teams. Judging by the lineup and the screams, the review 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. We aim to provide net- In the past year, we have supported some haunted house was a success! By Cynthia Lokker working time so people can chat with really great events and efforts of residents Pro tip: as a resident, if you have an others from the neighbourhood. Right in our community. The work of some of idea for an event or project in the neigh- n this issue of The Point, we’re sharing now, our meetings are being held at a few these teams are showcased in other arti- bourhood, you are eligible to apply for a with you the successes of the Crown different places as we try to find a more cles in this issue. grant up to $1,500. Each year, the plan- Point Community Planning Team and permanent home that is accessible for all. Our outreach team received $632 to ning team has $5,000 to allocate to such people in our neighbourhood over the Childcare is available by letting us know purchase a tent, chairs, a table, and mar- projects. The process is fairly easy.1. Let Ilast year. As you may be aware, the plan- at [email protected]. Here keting materials. This team has been out the members of the planning team know ning team is a group of residents who are some of our successes from the last and about at local events such as the you would like to apply for a grant (email work together with community partners year: Ottawa Street Sale and the Night Market to [email protected] is easi- (such as the City of Hamilton, the Kiwanis We have developed a new action plan! at Right On Target. The team lets people est). 2. You complete the application. Boys and Girls Club, the YWCA, among Our previous action plan was created know about the planning team and the Members of the planning team or our others) to support efforts to enhance our around 2013. It had a number of great in- great work going on in our community. community developer can help with this neighbourhood. We do this in a number itiatives that have been completed by the Next year they hope to attend more task. 3. You briefly present your proposal of ways: we connect residents with other group, some that are ongoing, and some events in Gage Park. at a planning team meeting. 4. Your ap- folks who have common interests, we we had to abandon due to a lack of The Legal Holistic Project for Women plication is reviewed by a small commit- support action teams with small grants champions to take them on. With this provides free legal workshops on family tee of about four people before the next and guidance on how they can make their issue in mind we developed the plan law, immigration, personal injury and meeting. This committee has a scoring plans become reality, and we communi- based on feedback received at an event in tenant’s law for women. This is the sheet and may ask for more information. cate (through The Point and The Point Crown Point and from many people who second year for this successful project Following its deliberation, the committee Facebook group) to let the rest of the live in the neighbourhood. You’ll notice which relies on donated time by local will make a recommendation at the plan- neighbourhood know what’s going on in that some of the action items seem really lawyers. This year the group received ning team meeting. 5. The planning team Crown Point. broad. We did this intentionally! We did $500 to assist with costs which include discusses the merits of the project and The beauty of the structure of the not want to limit the input and ideas of food, prizes, and childminding. decides whether or not to support the ap- planning team and action teams is that people who want to join the fun of con- If you’ve driven along Kenilworth plication and for how much. 6. Once ap- you don’t need to come to planning team tinuing to make Crown Point the amaz- Avenue North and Cannon, you will proved, you will receive the funds to meetings to be involved in an action ing neighbourhood it is. The goal of the have seen the transformation of parking complete your project. 7. After your pro- team. Our Pipeline Trail action team, action plan is to lead the work and offer lot to garden at the church. ThisDePave ject is complete, there is a report to submit. The Crown Point Garden Club, and the an entry point for anyone who has an project, a partnership between Crown Is there something on the action plan production team for The Point, for ex- idea and wants to join. Point, Homeside neighbourhood, and that you are passionate about improving ample, all have active team members who We’re reviewing our mission, vision, Green Venture, received $1,500 towards in Crown Point? Get your thinking caps contribute when/where/how they can and values. Over the last number of the cost of plants and materials. on, create a small team, bring your ideas! without attending the planning team months, we’ve dedicated our community Did you get to experience the hallow- We want to help you make them happen. meetings. No contribution is too small. conversation time in our meetings to de- een haunted house at the Night Market Cynthia is Publisher of The Point For those, however, who are more in- velop new mission, vision, and values at Right On Target? In past years, the and Co-Treasurer of the Crown Point terested in the governance of the group statements that reflect the views of the Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club organized Community Planning Team. and want to bring new ideas to the table, people currently involved. It’s like a new something similar. This year a group of the planning team is a great place to coat of paint; it was time for an update. three young men from Crown Point 2 THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018
SPIRIT OF CROWN POINT
control—issues around relationships, housing, employ- Success stories ment, and health, for example. Keeping an attitude of By Rev. Shelley Smith gratitude helps us to appreciate all that we are and all that we have. I AM ALWAYS VERY EXCITED to read the latest issue of Be kind to yourself. Love yourself. Believe that you Publisher The Point to learn about all of the wonderful things are worthy of love and success. Cynthia Lokker happening in Crown Point. The theme of this issue is We can cultivate a successful mindset by becoming a Editor-In-Chief success stories. life-long learner. Take an online class, join a club, be- Sean Hurley “Success” is one of those terms that is very subjective. come a member of one of our many Crown Point Even within businesses and communities we can all have groups. Expanding our knowledge and experience helps Editing And Proof Team different notions of what it means. Personal success is us to grow as people which can enrich our community. Tyler Fish, Jeff Hayward, Sean Hurley, Deborah LeBaron, Sarah Leyenaar, Tiffany also very subjective. As you know from my previous article, my daughter Madden, Michelle Martin, Elisha Stam, Maya Angelou, one of my favourite authors, wrote and I rescued a street cat. Scrappy has been with us Matt Terry, Bev Wagar “success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking eighteen months now and is doing well and is very con- how you do it.” tent. We recently began working with a volunteer from a Photo Editor Tanya Field Perhaps, like me, on some days you respond to this cat rescue organization and we are now registered feral statement with a resounding Yes! However, we all have cat feeders. I have learned so much about our street cats, Design And Production Team days where the stresses and challenges of life make such their behaviour, their needs, and how they live in com- Johanna Chaytor, Elizabeth Seidl, positivity impossible—or so we think. I used to read to munity. Our volunteer has been very patient and sup- Lauren Wickware my daughters a children’s book called Alexander and the portive as we learn what is required of us. I have such an Advertising Sales Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Sometimes appreciation for the vets and staff that provide medical Cynthia Lokker we do have days like this where nothing goes right. treatment for these marginalized animals. It has been a [email protected] It’s so important that we cultivate strategies for hap- learning curve for sure but at the end of the day I feel Delivery Manager piness and success so when these trying days happen we that I have successfully contributed to the community. Tim Brand can keep things in perspective. As you read The Point issue, please be mindful that Here are several suggestions to help cultivate success success comes in many forms, big and small, personal Acknowledgements in our personal lives which can in turn transfer into our and wide scale. Perhaps we are indeed most successful Hamilton Community Foundation families, neighbourhoods, and communities. when we like ourselves, like what we do, and like how Develop a daily practice at night. Count the blessings we do it. CONTACT THE POINT that happened throughout the day or keep a gratitude May we continue to be a successful, vibrant, welcom- Write journal. Sometimes one negative experience in the day ing community. c/o 16 Grosvenor Avenue S Hamilton, ON L8M 3K9 can overshadow all the good ones. A nightly recap helps Rev. Shelley Smith is the Minister at Delta United Church us to remember all the positive things that happened and she is a resident of the Crown Point community. Email during the day. [email protected] Sometimes things happen that are out of our Events Tips [email protected]
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By Sam Merulla
STEADY PROGRESS IS BEING MADE at Indwell’s new Parkdale Landing, the site of the former George & Mary’s Tavern at 205 Melvin Ave. Along with refurbishing much of the former landmark, the project will replace parts of the building that are in disrepair due to fires and age. The new mixed-use complex will feature 57 afford- able studio apartments above ground-floor commer- cial and community-use spaces. Mill’s Convenience, an original anchor tenant in the building, will be re- turning to the prominent corner storefront. Parkdale Landing is the first project in Hamilton—and one of only a few in Ontario—de- signed to meet strict Passive House energy efficiency standards. Passive House is a European design ap- proach that results in very low energy use—up to 80 per cent less than standard buildings. This will not only help tenants save on utility costs, but also cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to help meet Hamilton’s 2050 climate action goals. Some of the key features of this approach are super-insulation and minimizing thermal bridging. At Parkdale Landing the foundation walls go in with eight inch- es of insulation board and upper walls get wrapped Laura Keating is Crown Point in six inches of low-GHG sprayfoam. Whenever singer-songwriter who teaches as well as entertains. possible, the installation work will use local materi- als and local trades. Construction is on schedule, the building will be closed in by Christmas, and find it.” And music that was born from the human con- Indwell expects to start welcoming tenants next From happiness dition that all of us experience in different ways has summer. taught her “it’s not the loss (that is important), but the Meanwhile, the former City Motor Hotel at 55 to joy love that you’ve invested . . . ‘Joy’ is a different word than Queenston Rd. will be undergoing changes soon. ‘happy’. It is down in the roots of you, so deep. It’s the CityHousing Hamilton (CHH) is working towards By Michelle Martin truth.” developing new social and affordable housing on Out of writing came the urge to perform at “open the former hotel site, which represents an excellent LAURA KEATING IS A CROWN POINT SINGER-SONG- mic after open mic” (the first one was at the Pheasant opportunity to continue revitalization of the neigh- WRITER whom I have known for many years as my chil- Plucker on Augusta Street), in the pub-and-coffee shop bourhood. Hamilton’s largest provider of social dren’s piano teacher and mother of my son’s buddy, Ben. atmosphere she finds “liberating.” After playing the housing, CHH’s mission is to provide affordable Interviewing her about her debut CD Let me Tell You, I Arlington in Maynooth, Ontario (near the family cot- housing that is safe, well maintained, cost effective, got to know Laura Keating, folk-rock artist. We lost tage), she was invited to play the Mineral Capital and supportive of the diverse needs of the community. track of time talking about the challenges of parenting Concert in Bancroft. Locally, she has been recruited for Through my efforts, the City of Hamilton -ac and working, love and loss, her musical family history, It’s Your Festival in Gage Park, the Jackson Square roof- quired this property and the process was funded and her vision as an artist singing songs to Hamilton top series, and Sidewalk Sounds on Concession Street. through the Ward 4 Area Rating Reserve. and beyond. Keating especially loves intimate venues with “a real lis- Metrolinx was considering this well-connected and She started out in radio, writing advertising copy and tening audience.” highly visible space as part of the LRT project. But “singing the odd jingle” for CFTJ in Cambridge (long She has become sensitive to her surroundings, finding as plans to extend the LRT line formed, the prop- since swallowed up by a larger network). From there it beauty even close to the factories: “When I worked in erty was no longer needed and CHH was offered an was on to advertising at Eaton’s—another long-gone es- Toronto . . . you would get comments. I would always de- opportunity to use this location to develop housing. tablishment, we laughed—where she “loved the fact that fend my city. You come along Burlington Street, and Engaging with residents is a key priority. I wish it was a big team of writers, working on coming up with you do see the smoke. But beauty is deeper than the to thank the hundreds of residents who assisted me different themes, working with layout artists,” and even skin. It’s about seeing beauty in unexpected places.” in ensuring we not only successfully eliminated the attending a Chanel launch with models, flashbulbs, and Calling herself a “healed writer, in a sense,” she notes, ongoing criminal activity and associated neighbour- flowing champagne. Next it was on to less glamourous “Now I feel like a songwriter not doing it out of neces- hood impacts that were prevalent at the City Motor but similar work for Lansing Buildall, then staying sity but out of the artfulness and creativity of it.” Hotel site, but also found repurposing in a seniors home to raise four boys. Let me Tell You, produced by Charles Cozens with complex. And where was the music in all of this? “I came from album concept by Gord Moss, was launched at an in- Opportunities were created for the neighbour- a musical family. All my brothers are professional musi- timate, invitation-only gathering at the end of hood to consult with staff and participate in a de- cians; it was always in front of me.” Her first instrument November. The CD will be available at live perform- sign charrette—a planning session where residents, was a guitar, and as a little girl in the seventies she ances, and it will be uploaded to an online platform. designers, and staff collaborate on a vision for de- rocked out playing standbys like “Put Your Hand in the Watch for information on Facebook at Laura Keating velopment. The result was a plan for 93 residential Hand.” She put it away for a while and moved to the Musician, contact her at laurakeating.music@gmail. units, divided between a mixed-use, six-storey tower piano in her teen years, playing it “to death.” She started com, and look out for her upcoming live performances, with podium along Queenston Road and an writing music “at about 15 . . . I thought of going into including the Hamilton Public Library next March and eight-storey tower with townhouses along Main music but I decided not to, not because it was so un- the CBC Easter Seals Telethon next April. If we listen, Street East. stable, but because I didn’t have the confidence.” says Keating, we’ll get to know her: “Love drove me to CHH expects development to begin in the near Keating began teaching her middle son, Alex, piano write, joy propelled me to perform, and gratitude is term and is looking forward to providing well-de- “because he wanted to learn,” and still teaches others in what spurred me to record.” signed, quality housing for residents who need it most. the neighbourhood. In 2011 she picked up a guitar again, Michelle Martin lives and writes in Crown Point. She Sam Merulla is Hamilton’s Ward 4 Councillor and hasn’t looked back: “The music found me, I didn’t sometimes tweets @deltawestmom and can be reached at 905–546–4512 or smerulla@ hamilton.ca 4 THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018
POINT PEOPLE POINTS FROM THE PAST Photo by Jeff Hayward
The Dickens, you say! Emily Kulpaka teaches Tae Kwon Do at Determination Martial Arts. By Brendan Oliver
LONG AGO, IN A SMALL BRICK COTTAGE ON KENSINGTON passionate group of people. Martial arts teaches humil- AVENUE NORTH, there lived a man with a famous con- Emily Kulpaka ity, so we are not afraid of asking for help, and it instills nection. The gentleman’s name was Mr. William connectedness, so there’s always someone there to an- By Jeff Hayward Dickens and he was the first cousin once removed of swer the call. I’ve learned to respect my abilities and how Charles Dickens, the author of such classics as Oliver far I can push my body. It’s also given me so many ex- mily Kulpaka is the owner of Determination Twist and A Christmas Carol. periences I wouldn’t have had otherwise. For example, Martial Arts at 1360 Main St. E. Since the official William Dickens was born in Braunston, I’ve taught self-defense to street workers, team-building opening in September 2015, Emily has become a Northamptonshire, England in 1843 and was the second seminars for high-powered businesses, and spent many familiar face in the neighbourhood, teaching many of 14 children. His father George Dickens was a first Eyoung students and adults, as well as offering special months training in the sand in Ghana (West Africa) cousin of the famous author. George worked as a mer- with a group of locals. needs programming. We asked Emily about her past ex- chant and also kept the Admiral Nelson, a pub that still periences in the martial arts world, as well as her future What belt (or level) have you achieved at this point? operates next to the Grand Union Canal in Braunston. vision for the business. Here’s how she responded: What personal goal do you still want to achieve (wheth- While on a boat journey from London to How did you get started in Tae Kwon Do? How old were er in martial arts or another area of your life?) I have my Birmingham in 1851, Charles Dickens walked into the you? I was 15 in a Grade 10 German class with 11 other International Tae Kwon Do Black Belt. Black belts can Admiral Nelson and immediately recognized his cousin students, eight of them boys, who all trained at the local be confusing things, as they mean different things to George. As the two conversed, William stood close to martial arts school. They decided to make it their mis- different schools and styles. In theory, they are all a sign his father’s side. Before departing Charles patted young sion to bring me out of my shell and get me out to a that a student has completed all the basic requirements William on the back and told him he must grow up to class. I went out to one and fell in love with it. I was in martial arts, and has been pushed to their personal be a better man than his father. Dickens continued on heading towards competitive springboard diving at the limits. I was ready to evaluate for my 2nd degree, but his journey and William never saw him again. Charles time, and my mum was so reluctant to sign me up, but had to delay due to an unrelated concussion, so com- Dickens died in 1870. gave me a shot. pleting that will be my next step! On November 5, 1863, Guy Fawkes Day, William What was it like as a woman working your way up the What do you see in the future for Determination Martial married Emily Steanes at the village church in ranks in the martial arts world? Do you feel you get as Arts? How will you address the challenges of a changing Braunston. For many years the Dickens and their six much respect as the men who are involved in martial neighbourhood? We’ve just celebrated our 2nd anniver- children resided in Coatbridge, Scotland where William arts? In training, my gender is mainly a non-issue. sary, and are thrilled about how the time has gone. My worked as an Inspector on the North British Railway. Competing and managing a facility is where it comes 10-year dream is to have a multi-operational facility In later years Mr. and Mrs. Dickens saw three of into play most often. My coach, whom I respect pas- (dance, drama, art, martial arts) that includes an actual their children emigrate to North America with two sionately, had very little experience in training girls com- educational school as well. So many students would daughters settling in Hamilton. When their only re- petitively and was very uneasy. Luckily for me, his dad, benefit from having the outlet martial arts provides, or maining daughter moved to Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. another coach, was not, so they pulled me in and I kept the opportunity to integrate other physical movement Dickens decided to join her. They arrived on Good up. Standing with my coach, he’s been asked why he alongside their education. I decided to purchase our Friday, 1908. brought his secretary to a tournament. I’ve been asked building (and move back in with my Mum rather than The Dickens took up residence at 162 Kensington how it feels to “be the man,” and had people walk out buy a house ... thanks Mum). We watched the astro- Avenue North at Cannon in the area then known as when they realize the head coach is a woman. Overall nomical increase in lease rates, but property taxes have “little England”. Mr. Dickens found work as a watch- though, things are changing rapidly, and generally folks hit us hard. The LRT keeps everything up in the air for man and spent time tending his large gardens. who aren’t going to respect me based on my gender, us, but we are in a great position with side street access, The move to Hamilton provided the couple with aren’t going to respect my teaching style either. and the ability to make that our main door if necessary. more time for their ever-growing brood of grandchil- When did you decide it was the right time to open your Anything else you’d like to say about Crown Point, or dren. One grandson, William Dickens Parker, became a Superior Court Judge and was a decorated soldier with own martial arts school? Why did you choose Crown life in general? Crown Point has been an incredibly up- the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Justice Parker re- Point as the place for it? I was a special education teach- lifting place to grow our roots. Our lobby is always full cently passed away at the age of 102. er who left the traditional classroom because I was frus- of chatting parents, our leadership team takes initiative In the summer of 1918 the Dickens were interviewed trated with how the lack of infrastructure prevents and emulates the environment we are working to create, by Hamilton Spectator journalist Ella J. Reynolds for teachers from being effective to their students. My coach and there are always hands to help when we need it. We her weekly “Wren’s Nest” column. On September 26, at the time offered me a position managing his martial have every variety of students through our doors (from 1918, just a few months after the interview, William died arts school. After three years there, and seeing incredible low mobility wheelchair users who have never attended at home at the age of 75. growth but a lack of mat space for our alternative stu- a program before, to elite athletes who use the space for After William’s death the house was sold and Emily dents, I started working on the idea of a school that cross training) and have found a place for everyone who Dickens moved in with her daughter Elizabeth. Mrs. could meet more needs, and his dad pushed me to get wants it. There are many communities who would put Dickens lived the rest of her life on Stinson Street and going on it. I researched what was available for alterna- up barriers to this kind of inclusion, and I have seen it passed away on November 21, 1927 at the age of 84. tive and traditional martial arts, and then looked at how happen many times. But Crown Point has embraced The couple are buried together in Section V of the we could make what existed better. Crown Point was the and fostered it. For that, we can’t thank you all enough. Hamilton Cemetery in an unmarked grave. perfect spot, as the community is diverse in its needs, To follow along with Emily’s journey, visit and powerful in its desire to see change and build strong To view photos and read Ella J. Reynold’s column fb.com/determinationMA. www.Facebook.com/ community bonds. please visit CrownPointHamiltonHistory How do you think Tae Kwon Do has benefitted you other Jeff Hayward is a Crown Point resident and ex-pat Torontonian who is enjoying watching his new neigh- than physical fitness and self-defence skills? Martial arts Brendan Oliver is a history enthusiast who enjoys re- bourhood grow. has given me a community of people that look out for searching the past. He lives in Crown Point with his wife me, and whom I look out for. It’s a very connected and and daughter. THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018 5
Spooktacular Spooktacular lived up to its billing this past October when a Who’s Who of goblins, ghouls, demons and witches descended upon Narula’s Banquet Hall in Crown Point. All proceeds from the annual fundraiser go directly to charities. The event is hosted by Erich’s Cupboard founders Catherine Johnston and Chris Parkinson who lost a son to mental illness.
“Erich’s Cupboard grows bigger and we host our big event: a Halloween fundraiser. It is Erich’s favourite holi- day and right around his birthday. I’m hoping this may be a way I can celebrate him. The outpouring of support and love is overwhelming. It was a huge success. The word spreads about what a great time everyone had. I feel guilty but it feels so right. We help out food banks and churches and individuals who reach out to for help. Boxes of food and bags of clothes are starting to be left anonymously on our doorsteps. Wherever there is a cry out for help we post a message. Everyone is there lending their support. Even those who don’t have much offer help in any way they can.” Catherine Johnston
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can’t do very well): speak English. Success Some kinds of success have to wait until English is under control. For many a moving target newcomers, learning to speak English is an early definition of success. These are by Deborah LeBaron the students I meet in LINC (Language Instruction for Newcomers) classes. The THE MEANING OF SUCCESS HAS A WAY LINC classes are part of a federal pro- OF CHANGING AS OUR LIVES CHANGE. gram which provides language classes to For most of us, what we thought it adult newcomers. would take to be successful when we Although attaining a degree of English were in our teens or twenties is not what fluency is a necessity, life itself doesn’t we think in our forties, fifties, or sixties. wait for fluency. I am amazed at how Events such as marriage, having a family, people manage to navigate the school sys- changing jobs, losing a job, good health tem on behalf of their children, the Driving Crown Point. We couldn’t be happier or illness, can alter what we mean when health system, or the social service with the results of this collaboration so we wish for success. Sometimes success is bureaucracy, all without feeling at ease in learning to far. a very short-term proposition; other English. Many of us for whom English is January will bring about a new year times, we play the long game. our first language struggle with the sys- the ‘hood and a new academic semester, which For newcomers to Canada, the mean- tem. Imagine trying to manage in an- means a new location for the Mobile ing of success often changes in unexpect- other language! By Sarah Harvie Classroom. As I write this, we are waiting ed ways. People come to Canada for Learning another language as an adult for our next location to be confirmed— many reasons: dangerous political situa- is a challenge for most, especially if there TWO YEARS AGO, MOHAWK COLLEGE but we won’t be too far away! We’re pur- tions in their home countries; a wish for are no connections between one’s first LAUNCHED ITS CITY SCHOOL by suing some exciting partnerships and a better life for themselves and their chil- language and English. Although students Mohawk initiative in the Keith opportunities that will enhance the pro- dren; or a personal situation that is un- I work with get frustrated with them- Neighbourhood at the Eva Rothwell gramming offered on the Mobile. acceptable in their first country. Some selves at what they see as slow progress, Centre. A year later, City School began So consider this a letter of thanks to may have left family members and their achievements represent an incred- running courses at Central Library in everyone who has supported bringing friends behind; they miss them and ible success. Over time, I have seen downtown Hamilton. Throughout our City School to the neighbourhood, to worry about them. For some, coming to people settle in and begin to establish first two years, we began to hear from everyone who has told us what they want Canada was an active choice but others themselves. Their definition of success Crown Point, Homeside, McQuesten to learn, to those who have liked and were forced out of their first countries by has expanded and become richer, both and other East Hamilton neighbour- shared our posts on Facebook to help us events beyond their control. Some had a for themselves and for our society. hoods. They told us about the need to get the word out, and even to the drivers chance to prepare for the move while improve the resources and services avail- who crank their necks around as they others arrive with little information Deborah LeBaron lives in Crown Point able in this part of the city when it comes pass the Mobile Classroom parked in about life in Canada. and she is a regular contributor to The to accessing postsecondary education. front of the empty Target! We can’t thank One immediate hurdle that many Point and her community. We heard you loud and clear! you enough and we promise we won’t be newcomers to southern Ontario face is Thanks to you, we have seen the suc- too far away in 2018. Learning will still the need to learn English. Almost all the cessful launch of our new Mobile be just around the corner. activities of everyday life, whether it be Classroom. It has taken up residence for For information about City School by finding an apartment, shopping for food, the fall at the vacant Target in the Centre Mohawk and the Mobile Classroom, visit organizing schooling for children and on Barton. In our first 12-day course de- the website at www.mohawkcollege.ca/ monitoring their progress, depend on the livery alone, eight students successfully cityschool. To stay updated on news ability to make oneself understood and to earned a welding credit! They were able about the Mobile, like us on Facebook at understand English. to take this course for free on the Mobile www.fb.com/cityschoolbymohawk or fol- Some newcomers have left behind im- and gain some valuable skills they can low us @MoCitySchool. If you want to portant jobs and high status in the com- take with them as they seek employment, give us some input on courses you’d like munity. Not only do they have to cope or go on to future training opportunities to see, call Sarah at 905-575-1212, exten- with the stresses of a new life, with its at Mohawk’s Stoney Creek campus. sion 4497. confusing unspoken rules and expecta- We have been fortunate to work with tions, but they have to adjust to a very the Right On Target team to achieve Sarah is the Community Mobilizer for different social status. When a person their goal of space animation at the emp- Mohawk. She is passionate about struggles to express herself or himself, we, ty big-box store, with support from improving access to education, and a the fluent English speakers, often define Triovest (operators of the Centre on proud Crown Point neighbour and that person by what he or she can’t do (or Barton) to bring Mohawk College to resident of Bartonville.
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BUSINESS PROFILE Just a click What do you like best about what you In Fine Feather do? I get to do what I love. I sincerely away to love teaching yoga; guiding students Yoga through a practice is unreal. I have the happiness? LOCATION 219 Ottawa Street North incredible opportunity to facilitate an ex- By Kathryn Shanley perience students and guide them to HOURS Visit website for class schedule greater health. Teaching allows me to lis- WHY COULDN’T I HAVE LEFT WELL YEARS IN BUSINESS Four ten more closely to what students need ENOUGH ALONE? I was living just fine as CONTACT 905-906-3936 and create a space for them to explore a middle-aged widow with a mortgage, a this development in mind, body, and WEBSITE www.infinefeatheryoga.com dog, and a satellite TV. Fidgeting in my spirit. seat at the Brown Dog Coffee Shoppe on EMPLOYEES 13 teachers I also love what owning a business has Locke Street on a chilly December taught me about living and life. Nothing Sunday afternoon, I wished I was at How did you get involved in this busi- really could have prepared me for this home snuggled under my fluffy comfort- ness? I took my first yoga class at a studio journey. I compare owning a business to er watching reruns of The Mary Tyler in 2008 with no idea of what to expect. having a child. The first few years, it is all Moore Show. I wonder if Mary ever felt All I knew is that something was missing you know and consumes every thought. this way waiting to meet one of her blind from my life. I went to my first class out You worry about the smallest things, ter- dates. of curiosity, a drive for change in my life rified you aren’t doing it right or that you There’s a lot of students here busily and, honestly, because someone invited might screw it up. As the years pass, you working away on their computers. Is it me. It introduced movement I was not become more patient and let the little obvious that I’m waiting for a guy I’ve used to, but I felt very intrigued to go creature do its own thing for a bit. It de- never met who’s coming from the other back because of how I felt during the velops its own personality, you see how it side of Toronto to a coffee shop on a days following. I appreciated the combin- runs the first night you leave it alone. street he’s never heard of? Reigning in my ation of the challenge and the strength, You arrive the next day and the place paranoia, I take a couple of deep breaths balanced with stretching and relaxing. didn’t burn down. My business brings me and realize to my horror that I’m sitting Over the course of four years, I estab- the most joy, laughter, pride and fondest with my life and understood the vision of at a table that doesn’t have a clear view of lished a daily yoga practice with the guid- memories. I feel like a proud parent to In the studio. Going back to how owning a the door. I won’t be able to see him come ance of my teachers. I took my yoga Fine Feather. I have lost many hours of business is like having a child, I am pick- in! How will he see me at this table hid- teacher training, was certified in 2012, sleep, I have sacrificed all of my time and ing the most responsible babysitters pos- den around the corner? That’s it, I tell and immediately wanted to share my pas- energy for its wellbeing and wouldn’t sible and I truly admire all my teachers myself, you have to move. Gathering my sion for the practice with new students trade it in for anything. I could not im- and staff. They all bring diversity, incred- coat, scarf, gloves, and purse under my across Hamilton. This is how In Fine age my life without this dear love. ible talent, and creative and fresh energy arm in a disheveled mess, I scope out a Feather was born. Since opening in Do you have an anecdote that will sum- into the studio. They also help in sup- vacant table with a clear shot of the door September of 2012 we have grown a lot. porting me with my dream. I am very marize your business and who you serve? and as discreetly as possible, dart for the There are now twelve teachers on staff, grateful to each and every one of them. My dad worked at Stelco for 38 years. I table. two part time assistants and over ten desk often joke with people and tell them I What most appeals to you about being Safely planted in my new location, I staff working with me. We have about 30 have steel in my blood. My professional on Ottawa Street? I grew up here and so take a quick glance around the crowded classes a week and the studio is open sev- experience as a dancer and teacher, and did my mom and dad. My mom tells me coffee shop to see if anyone’s noticed my en days a week. This progression came even graduating from McMaster about all the afternoons she and my game of musical chairs. The students are over time, with a lot of patience and University, has helped lead me to where I grandma would fabric shop on Ottawa looking down and tapping away on their dedication. I still teach regularly, but my am now. When I graduated from Street. My dad would take us to the laptops oblivious to my nervous antics. role has shifted to people management McMaster I had a desire to create change farmers market every Saturday. I have in- This table has a much better vantage and community development. It has locally and felt I could best serve vested childhood memories and now an point. Relieved, I start to read the menu been a journey watching In Fine Feather Hamilton with this mindful practice that invested business. Four years ago when I chalkboards behind the counter so I’m grow and change. has created incredible transformations for was thinking about opening a studio, the ready when he asks me what I want for What is unique about In Fine Feather? I my own life personally. I think when I owners of Cannon Coffee kept nudging lunch. grew up as a competitive dancer and also share this story with my students about at me to do it. They said, Ottawa Street is Should I order something to drink taught dancing for a number of years in who I am and how I got here, I am the new Locke and clearly coffee and now or wait for him? That would give me Hamilton. The studio I grew up in had a breaking misconceptions of what the yoga go so well together! This stuck with something to do with my hands. But I total family and community vibe. We “traditional yogi” looks like to people. I me and then my idea became a must, I can’t possibly do that. If I order a tea, my were a crew and always worked together. always try to be authentic with who I am had to open in this area and I had to do bladder will betray me and I’ll have to My teachers provided me with training and remember where I came from; I it now! I started actively looking into lo- make a fast trip to the ladies room. I opportunities that might not have been think this makes me real and approach- cations and worked with the Ottawa know that will be the time he comes in possible if it wasn’t for them. They were able. When I see reviews on the studio, Street BIA on my business plan and the door, won’t see me, and thinks I’ve dedicated to our personal and profession- most students say things like: “Very wel- ideas. I opened up my first studio on the stood him up! So after depriving myself al development and authentically cared coming and friendly staff” or “For some- second floor above Oxford Mills. One of a hot cup of soothing tea and rearran- for our overall well being. These qualities one new to yoga, I felt very comfortable year later we relocated and expanded the ging the napkins on the table for the have been instilled in me. I manage and and had a great first experience.” I ac- studio to 219 Ottawa Street North with a twentieth time, I see him. He’s opening operate my studio with the same princi- count this to my roots in Hamilton and storefront and retail space! Ottawa Street the door. And then our eyes met. The ples of compassion, community and care just knowing the city and its people so is special not just because of my personal moment of truth has come. for each and every student. I also ensure well. story but also because of the support of It’s been two years since that that I select teachers that exude this same December afternoon when I sat in the What is the biggest challenge you face in my storefront neighbours. We all fre- style in their teaching but also in their quent each other’s businesses and restau- Brown Dog Coffee Shoppe on Locke your business? I face some of the same day-to-day life. My teachers have become rants. We all support each other whether Street seriously questioning my sanity. challenges as most small business owners like family and students have become it’s a friendly “hello” walking down the But Ken and I have successfully beaten do. Time, resources, and energy. I have so close friends. We aren’t just doing yoga at street or sharing posts on social media. It the odds of managing a long-distance re- many wonderful ideas and generate great In Fine Feather—we are enriching rela- is nice to know that just outside the stu- lationship. I’ve learned that online dating concepts. Often I don’t have enough tionships and the experience of being a dio doors there is another hard-working is definitely not for the faint of heart. But time, resources, or energy to execute all part of something in the community. entrepreneur striving to improve the local be brave. Your “happily ever after” could of them. You can easily risk burnout and Students often walk in with a smile on community as well. I respect all of them be just one click away. fatigue. I wish I had an infinite amount their face, happy to be there, and some- for going for their dreams, having vision of time and energy because then I could times comment on how good it smells in and dedication. I think we collectively Kathryn Shanley is a content writer and do it all. Every event would be a success. the studio. Some students have been with have the best interest of the street in social media marketer living in Hamilton. We would have workshops and wellness the studio since its inception. We go on mind. We work together on beautifica- When she’s not navigating the social seminars every week and constant train- to connect about how our days were or tion and keeping the street welcoming media stratosphere, she’s snapping ing courses with incredible guest teach- what we were up to on the weekend. We and inviting. We also host annual events pictures around the city or sipping a chai ers. This is in a idealistic mind of course. start class and the practice room just has and festivities on the street that give back to latte at one of Crown Point’s cozy cafes. It was and still is an important lesson for something magical about it—a peaceful community members. I wouldn’t want my me—learning how to effectively delegate. energy retreat for an hour or so. To know studio located anywhere else. Over the last few years, I have learned the uniqueness of In Fine Feather is to this skill, but it was super important to come take a class and experience it. me that I found individuals that I trusted 8 THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018
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Goal A Goal B Neighbourhood character Advance the Pipeline Trail Crown Point has a strong neigh- master plan with continual bourhood character. The com- munity places importance on ac- community engagement tivities that will preserve and along the trail corridor enhance its spaces and amenities while contributing to a vibrant com- The vision for the Pipeline Trail munity. The planning team will: says that it will be a leader in en- vironmental stewardship and en- courage various recreational activ- ADVOCATE for the planting of trees which may in- clude partnerships with the City of Hamilton and ities like walking and cycling, environmental organizations. offering safe, visible connections to ADVOCATE for improved air quality while also other urban trails, parks and com- monitoring activities that affect air quality in the mercial corridors. The trail should neighbourhood. run the length of the pipeline, CONTINUE our relationship and work with Environment Hamilton to enact recommenda- from Main Street East to tions for healthier air quality, and less pollution Woodward Avenue with marked and soot in Crown Point. connections to parks and urban CONTINUE representation on the Community trails at the escarpment and water- Liaison Committee at ArcelorMittal Dofasco. front. The trail offers opportunities CONTINUE to contribute to parks, gardens, pollin- to discover the story of Hamilton’s ator gardens, and wildlife habitat in Crown Point. developmental and ecological past SUPPORT beautification and pride-of-place efforts in the community including partnering with through community events, art in- Beautiful Alleys and encouraging participation in stallations, and public gardens. The alley clean-ups, adoption, and maintenance in the Pipeline Trail Planning Team will: neighbourhood. ADVOCATE for clean-up of dumping and adher- BUILD ence to property standards and bylaws. relationships with local artists and trail stakeholders to develop art projects along the trail. ENGAGE the community in industrial sector C IDENTIFY (Birmingham/Whitfield/Norton) and encourage grant and fundraising opportunities. them to join the Crown Point Community. PARTNER or work with the City of Hamilton, or- ADVOCATE for a zoning change from light indus- ganizations, institutions, and businesses for fund- trial to residential in the Beach Street area where ing and support of trail enhancements. zoning is impacting residents’ ability to improve PLAN events to celebrate and promote the Pipeline their properties. Trail as a community asset within the neighbourhood. SUPPORT the deLight Festival. SUPPORT the redevelopment of Memorial School park. ENGAGE with TRIOVEST to develop community activities at The Centre on Barton. CELEBRATE the diversity of our neighbourhood and foster inclusion across all demographics. THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018 9
Crown Point Planning Team The Planning Team was established under the City of Hamilton’s Neighbourhood Action Strategy in partnership with the Hamilton Community Foundation, Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton and Hamilton Best Start. The Planning Team works to realize the goals of the Neighbourhood Action Plan through resident led initiatives and Action Teams.
Goal C Goal D Goal E Inclusive economic Community engagement Safe and healthy development The Planning Team recognizes the communities importance of increasing and sup- Crown Point includes important porting resident engagement and will: The mission statement of the economic corridors along Crown Point Community Planning Kenilworth Avenue, Ottawa, Team encourages a barrier-free en- MEET monthly and consider ways to enhance and Barton, Main and King Streets. sustain team cohesion and grow participation. vironment where all residents are The community recognizes the DEVELOP the capacity of team members through supported to reach their full poten- value of having successful busi- mentorship. tial. The Planning Team recognizes nesses in the neighbourhood as ENCOURAGE and support the formation of action that a safe community fosters this they support employment, entre- teams to take on items in the action plan. mission statement and will: preneurship and local access to PLAN, organize, and participate in community events while encouraging participation from all goods and services. We recognize SUPPORT the creation of natural playgrounds in age groups, abilities, and backgrounds. the need to keep people in their existing environments using natural materials and SUPPORT, nurture, and grow The Point and social landscaping in parks and greenspaces, and identify neighbourhoods and in their media accounts, maintain an Internet web pres- grant opportunities to support these projects. ence, and remain open to other avenues of homes during economic change. ADVOCATE for safer streets through traffic calming communication. The planning team will: strategies, lower speeds, improved accessibility and SUPPORT and encourage youth, youth organiza- greater traffic enforcement. tions and initiatives that promote physical activity SUPPORT and encourage activities and efforts to SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT opportun- and community participation. ities along Kenilworth Avenue, Ottawa, Barton, promote physical and mental well-being and share Main, and King Streets by working with local CONTINUE to advocate for dedicated and bar- resources (particularly free) with the community. rier-free community space while working with businesses, City of Hamilton, and other WORK with the municipality, emergency services community partners to ensure available space for stakeholders. and residents to raise awareness around street safe- meetings and events. PROMOTE local shopping and support new and ty and the security of property while still encour- small businesses. INCREASE public engagement with area schools. aging openness and inclusivity. PROVIDE businesses an opportunity to advertise in ESTABLISH an ambassador program to welcome PROMOTE walkability and accessibility while advo- The Point. new residents to the community and to greet and cating for planning and street design that encour- welcome new members to the Planning Team ages safe and active transportation. SUPPORT affordable housing initiatives and inclu- meetings and events. sionary zoning. WORK with partners to encourage bike lanes and CONSIDER a “Code of Conduct” and/or support the expansion of SoBi Bike hubs eastward SUPPORT housing that is affordable for individuals “Resident’s Bill of Rights” to solidify and enhance from Ottawa Street to connect residents to public of all ages. our Values, promoting resident participation as transit. ANIMATE streets with colour, art and other ele- actions being resident-led and resident-centred. SUPPORT Public Health initiatives for healthy living. ments to add vibrancy to the neighbourhood. SUPPORT HSR investment and the proposed LRT SUPPORT and promote culture and arts as viable as a means of enhancing transportation and access- economic and development activity. ibility across the city for residents of Crown Point. PROMOTE healthy mixed income neighbourhoods. CONTINUE to discuss the health, safety and vitality of our schools. EMPOWER women through the Legal Holistic Clinic action team. 10 THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018
WARD 3 NEWS My Free Photo by Angie Mallory brand new play structure. It is a Community $200,000 rebuild and will be accessible. Hamilton on Construction is expected to be com- success in plete in November. the right PATH Next year is Gage Park’s 100th anni- Gage Park versary. We pulled the official records By Angie Mallory and Jen Lenoir from the archives and in 1918 Hamilton and more City Council passed a motion to pur- MY FREE HAMILTON IS COMMITTED TO chase the land from Robert Gage. I’m SHOWING OUR COMMUNITY THAT By Matthew Green looking forward to celebrating this WELLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH SUP- milestone with our neighbours. We will PORT IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. We I’M THRILLED TO SHARE WITH YOU be setting up a Gage Park 100th have seen a successful 2017 and we are OUR COMMUNITY UPDATES FOR THIS Anniversary meeting and I’m asking grateful to the Crown Point Planning AUTUMN AND WINTER. any interested community groups to Committee for giving us a home base of This Halloween, we were happy to please send me an email at Matthew. support to work from and to all of you welcome the Nightmare on Elmore [email protected] so we can keep for believing in what we do. It’s hard to Haunted House to Gage Park. This you in the loop on next steps. believe that we just launched in June haunted house was built by the I recently delegated at Queen’s Park 2016! The response told us that clearly At community MFH encourages interactive Nightmare on Elmore group, with to the Standing Committee on Finance we were onto something. activities to demonstrate quick mindful techniques to bring us into the present some of the proceeds going to Habitat and Economic Affairs. I spoke to Bill As soon as we launched we started at- moment including colouring, various instru- for Humanity. 148 on how legislation to raise min- tending community events to share free ments, toys, a yoga mat and activity cards. As the snow begins to fall, construc- imum wage and furthers workers’ wellness resources. Our Facebook page tion on the Gage Park greenhouse con- rights in Ontario will be a great benefit has steadily gained popularity through tinues. I’m excited that we will be pro- for those in our community. I was hon- 2017—we just hit 500 likes! We also cre- the issue of teacher burnout but also the viding such a premium facility to oured to be a part of such an important ated a website and its use has been grow- challenge of making mindfulness more Hamilton’s best urban greenspace. discussion and represent our commun- ing over the year as well. accessible. I have also received information ity. To hear the whole delegation, please We were grateful to receive a grant My Free Hamilton believes in peer from our staff on the wireless network check out my website www.matthew- through Allegra Printing’s Footprint support—it has been a key component in project at Gage Park. The project was green.ca. Fund. With this grant we made a beauti- our own individual recovery and wellness on time and on budget with a high vol- ful banner and stand for use at commun- journeys. While there has been a place ume of users and data use. The annual Please feel free to contact me or my ity events. It helps us communicate what for medical intervention and professional operating cost for the Wi-Fi is less than office if there is any way we may be of we’re all about: breaking mental health treatment, it is peer support that carries $500 per year. This project has tremen- service. You can reach us at 905-546- stigma, relating with our community, us through to today and helps us use the dous value and marks a step forward to 2702, or you can email me at Matthew. and sharing our passion for resources and tools we’ve gathered along the way. This help to connect residents. I’d like to [email protected] mindfulness! summer, PATH Employment Services thank our team in IT who worked to We had booths at the Mindfulness offered us space in their downtown office make this project a success. Living Show and Recovery Awareness to provide peer support both to their cli- In Gage Park we’re also working on Day 2017. We even co-hosted a service ents and to the public. We do this on the building a new benefit for visitors: a providers expo. At these events, and third Thursday of each month. others, we have connected with incred- One of our original visions was to pi- ible people and have been inspired by the lot a peer support group that would offer number of like-minded individuals we valuable mental health and wellness dis- have met. cussions along with outings to explore re- We continue to develop free work- sources in the city together as a group. shops. This year’s hosts have included A. We are proud to say that with PATH we M. Cunningham School, the Good have a fiscal sponsor that will allow us to Shepherd Centre, North Hamilton apply for a grant to start this project. Community Health Centre, and the With the help of the Crown Point Living Rock. We have been approached Planning Team, 2017 has been an amaz- by Mission Services, the Schizophrenia ing year. We hope that 2018 will be even Society of Ontario, and The Bridge to do better! Stay tuned! more over the coming months. We have Check out the listings for FREE well- also partnered with some of the local li- ness and mental health resources at brary branches to run community tables www.myfreehamilton.ca and share resources and information on Please like us and follow us on facebook mindfulness. fb.com/MyFreeHamilton One of our recent workshop initiatives was a grant application to help us intro- duce simple mindfulness techniques for teachers. We want to address not only THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018 11
Photo by Sam Tokarz Since ranked balloting ensures that The 123 of the winner has at least half of the votes, the issues that matter most to voters are ranked more likely to be represented on council. This reduces vote splitting, which occurs balloting when several candidates represent a simi- lar stance on issues, often causing the in Hamilton candidate on the opposite side of the spectrum to win even when most voters By Fiona Parascandalo disagree with their platform. Vote split- ting is eliminated because voters will be ELECTORAL REFORM AT THE FEDERAL able to support, on one ballot, all the LEVEL HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS but at the candidates who care about their issues. municipal level the issue is rarely Ranked balloting also reduces the need Discussed. Hamilton’s city council re- to vote strategically, which happens when cently rejected a move to change our a single vote is used against the least-pre- first-past-the-post voting system to a new ferred candidate rather than in support Jordyn and Kobe participate in the annual Crown Point Pumpkin Prowl. system of ranked balloting. Council for the most-preferred candidate. spent little time debating this change, Hamilton municipal elections are well most likely because there was not much known for two things: large numbers of we feel incredibly empowered and ener- public pressure or media coverage on the candidates who compete for an open Pumpkin Prowl gized to do so much more. issue. This is something that seat; and incumbents who are rarely One of the best things about this Hamiltonians should not let slip away; voted out. Therefore, it is important to By Larry Pattison year’s Pumpkin Prowl event was the election results impact all future decisions have a system that gives us the candidate growing diversity of guests. Even though in the community. We need a voting sys- who most represents the political per- FOUR YEARS AGO WE STARTED we have a long way to go in our little tem that best represents the majority of spective of the majority of candidates. PUMPKIN PROWL, a little project with 20 corner of Hamilton, it was wonderful to Hamiltonians’ political perspectives. Ranked balloting does this by allowing kids and their families. Each year our see the Syrian families from our neigh- Ranked balloting is a simple and voters to support all candidates who ad- event doubled in size; 80 children at- bourhood enjoying food, conversation, straightforward voting system that is here to their political perspective, rather tended in 2016. This year it tripled in basketball, and a bike ride. Kids giggled used all over the world. It is used by our than voting for the person most likely to size, with 250 kids parading through our curiously at our wagging dog. Having federal political parties to select leaders. win against the least-preferred candidate. neighborhood on October 21st. The 4th them join us added some wonderful, London, Ontario will be using it in By rejecting ranked balloting, council Annual Pumpkin Prowl had 35 homes to long-overdue culture to our area. 2018. has stated that it supports a system that visit. Along with the usual hot chocolate, Every year we learn how we can im- Here’s how it works: voters simply allows for the election of councillors that apple cider, games in the park, and trick- prove. We want to communicate better rank the candidates from most to least may only have a minority of constituent or-treating there were also craft tables, with people for whom English is a preferred on their ballot. When the votes support. We can combat this by asking bouncy castles, and an urban zoo. We second language. We were able to shake are counted, they are counted in rounds. them why they would vote against a had permits, insurance, the whole nine hands, thank them for coming, and If no candidate has more than 50 per change that better represents their wards yards. share a smile but we want to tell them cent of the votes in the first round, the and the city in general by ensuring the Why was Pumpkin Prowl so success- how welcomed and loved they are and last-place candidate is dropped and those winner has majority support. ful this year? The answer is this wonder- that we are here for them. For someone votes are distributed to the voter’s second To learn more about what you can do ful city and the amazing, generous dedi- who has never moved outside my own choice. This cycle continues until one to reverse council’s stand and support the cation of our volunteers who worked city borders, never mind another coun- candidate has 50 per cent or more of the implementation of ranked balloting in tirelessly to see it grow and serve the try, I can’t imagine how extremely diffi- votes. That person is the winner. Hamilton, please visit www.123hamilton.ca whole community. Our event also saw cult it must be to transition into record numbers in volunteer engagement Canadian culture. which tells us we are on the right track Thank you, everyone! Happy and the community is right there beside Holidays from your Prowl team. us. For more about Pumpkin Prowl, some What started out as a Halloween gig testimonials from the day, and for a full has turned into so much more. list of appreciation for all those who Neighbours thank us for bringing the helped this year and in years past, please community together. I heard testimonies visit www.pumpkinprowl.ca. of what the event means to people and it gives us that extra boost to keep going in Larry Pattison is a resident of Crown the heat of planning when there is noth- Point and a trustee with HWDSB. ing left in the tank. With all this support London, Ontario will be using ranked balloting to elect city council members in 2018.
LOVIN’ YOUR GARDEN
mediterranean plant, it dislikes cold, wet winters and it first time, I will need to do some pruning to manage its Successful plants really shouldn’t survive this far north. The one I grew, shape. Normally I deadhead the blooms but next year I from seed purchased by mail order from J.L. Hudson, will allow it to ripen some seed. By Bev Wagar spent its first four years in the silty loam of my Acre of Asphodeline lutea (Yellow Kings Spear) is a perennial Paradise. Though it is a woody shrub that reaches 10’ in native to the Mediterranean regions that is thriving in WHAT MAKES A PLANT SUCCESSFUL? A botanist will its native range, it would die back to the ground every my garden, despite the heavy soil and winter cold. I probably respond in Darwinian terms—has the plant winter. It emerged so late that I would start mourning grew it (from seed) following two failures with managed to increase itself? Whether by seed, stolon, its loss weeks before the new shoots inevitably appeared. Eremurus, the towering monarchs of my former coun- rhizome, or natural layering, reproductive success is the By the time we moved to Hamilton, my Chaste Tree try garden. Asphodel cannot hold a candle to those goal. was growing to six feet and was flowering reliably, queenly spires, but it tries. I allowed it to ripen seed last The farmer or plant nursery owner, on the other though very late. With no room for it in my new, tiny, summer and, to my delight, there are dozens of seed- hand, will probably consider financial success. Which city garden, I gave it to Elke Goindi, the amazing cre- lings. With their bright, clear yellow flowers and blue- crops or plants will generate the most profit? ator and caretaker of the garden at Central Public green grassy foliage, they are beautiful all season long. The gardener, however, considers all the plants she School downtown at Hunter and Bay. Through two We gardeners tend to focus on the losses, the ones has, or used to have. A successful plant may be the moves and a hostile northern climate, it continues to that died, took over, or didn’t live up to expectations. healthiest, most admired, or least troublesome plant in thrive under Elke’s care, even through the devastating Let’s look instead at the ones that are thriving. Be in- her current garden. Sometimes it’s a zone-pusher, one winters of 2011 and 2012. spired by the perseverance and tenacity of your garden that ought not thrive in this climate, but does. My Wisteria frutescens, another seed-grown, successes. Sometimes it’s one that has overcome huge challenges or zone-pushing woody with scented blue-purple flowers, near-death experiences. These are the gardeners’ success is native to the south and eastern USA. The one in my Bev Wagar is an Organic Master Gardener who grows stories. garden has somehow survived three moves (the first one natives, pollinator favourites, and botanical oddities, One of my success stories is Vitex agnus-castus or as a cutting). Robust but less aggressive than its oriental usually from seed, in her jam-packed Crown Point Chaste Tree, so-named because a tea brewed from the cousins, my American Wisteria bloomed in its third year garden. leaves was said to suppress the sexual urge. A and continues to bloom reliably. Next spring, for the 12 THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018
announced the addition of 12 new bike WORKING MATTERS WITH HDLC Photo by SoBi Hamilton hubs and 75 new 8-speed white-bikes impact study of parking and traffic into the SoBi system. Happily 7 out of The Hamilton around the new development. These, the 12 new bike hubs that were launched and additional elements, can be part of a are located within Crown Point: Community CBA that, once signed, becomes a legal Barton St @ Belview Ave obligation for the developer. Barton St @ Ottawa St (Centre Mall) Benefits The interests for organized labour mostly rest in the planning and building Ottawa St @ Dunsmure Rd Network stages of developments. The major con- Kiwanis Boys & Girls Club Cannon St @ Belview Ave cerns with many of our building trades participate in Everybody Gage Ave @ Primrose Ave By Anthony Marco involve the qualifications of the workers Rides at Gage Park. and the provision of a fair wage. King St @ East Bend Ave RECENTLY, THE HAMILTON AND Further efforts by other CBNs have A SoBi Maple St @ Rothsay Ave DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL and a num- been made towards securing a percentage ber of Hamilton-based community and of new apprenticeships for projects that success story The 541 Eatery & Exchange bike hub labour groups have come together to can be allocated to workers from margin- location is also home to the ERI’s first form the Hamilton Community Benefits alized communities, who may not other- By SoBi Hamilton sidewalk mural. This project was a col- Network (HCBN). The idea of a com- wise have opportunities to get the train- laboration between the ERI, L’Arche, munity benefits network is not new. ing required to apply for such jobs. MARCH 20TH, 2017, MARKED HAMILTON and Hamilton mural artists Lester and Other CBNs have had extensive success Other concerns for trade unions in- BIKE SHARE’S (SOBI HAMILTON’S) Norman Coloma. The ERI and the in cities like Los Angeles, Detroit, clude assurances that jobs are kept for SECOND BIRTHDAY. We celebrated our Colomas met with L’Arche core members Toronto, and across Europe. Hamilton workers. More local workers terrific twos with a Glowride and a bon- for two hours over the course of five Essentially, the HCBN works best as a means more income flowing back into fire at Beasley Park. Since launching in weeks to produce the drawings for the community-based filter between develop- the community. More Hamiltonians 2015 SoBi has increased its ridership to mural. Since then the ERI has produced ers who plan to build in our city and the making a decent wage means a reduction about 18,000 riders and changed the way a second sidewalk mural in collaboration community who wants them to build of poverty, a better-trained local work- Hamiltonians get around. While the in- with youth from the Kiwanis Boys and with more respect and inclusion for the force, and a broader tax base to fund itial launch captured priority neighbour- Girls Club on Ellis St in Crown Point. residents affected by their projects. public services. hoods identified by the Neighbourhood The Kiwanis mural is located at the SoBi The HCBN would allow for the com- You may ask why a developer would Action Strategy, we have continued to bike hub on Cannon Street at Ottawa. munity and labour to come together to ever want to tie themselves to a CBA work towards bike accessibility in all We celebrated the second mural on create Community Benefit Agreements when they could just build whatever they neighbourhoods within our service area. October 27th with a Meet the Artists (CBA) with developers. CBAs are legally wanted as cheaply as possible. The answer SoBi Hamilton’s current service area is pizza party at Laidlaw United Church binding documents to direct and shape is: political will. As an organization, the bounded by Ottawa Street to the east, (adjacent to the new mural). how a project will be built. Hamilton and District Labour Council Dundas to the west, the harbour to the The sidewalk mural project is an im- At our recent inaugural Annual represents 50,000 workers. The commun- north, and the escarpment to the south. portant part of the Everyone Rides General Meeting, a ten-person board of ity groups, already involved in the net- This summer we celebrated the launch Initiative as it includes the voice of directors was elected. The board includes work at this early stage, represent tens of of the expanded Everyone Rides residents in the beautification of their local representatives from organized thousands more. We are also looking to Initiative (ERI). The ERI is geared to- neighbourhoods alongside the promotion labour, neighbourhood associations, so- grow the network with new partners wards making the program more equit- of a sustainable and affordable form of cial enterprise groups, tenant associ- coming in at any time. When a network able by removing barriers to accessing transportation. We are working towards ations, and food security groups. It is re- representing 100,000 or more bike share. That means we provide SoBi producing more sidewalk murals in the sponsible for setting a pathway forward Hamiltonians speaks at City Council memberships to organizations and indi- future. on garnering input from the community (who approves local building projects) viduals in need at subsidized rates. We The Everyone Rides Initiative and all regarding projects (both publicly and pri- you can be sure politicians will listen. also provide education opportunities to the success that it has achieved in its first vately-funded) that may need some legal The HCBN wants to be a voice for all ERI riders, including workshops on year has been made possible by funding intervention from neighbourhoods and community and labour groups to our lo- how to ride. We have a robust newcom- from the Federation for Canadian communities. cal politicians. Here’s the message: if you ers program called New Communities Municipalities with matching funds The interests for neighbourhood and plan to authorize building in Hamilton, that offers ERI programming and work- from the City of Hamilton and the community members are mostly rooted it cannot simply benefit the developers shops in Arabic. Hamilton Community Foundation. around the outcome of projects. The who are taking in the profits. It must To receive a subsidized membership Sign up to try bike share: www.sobi- HCBN would allow for community benefit the community as well. the rider must participate in a Bike Share hamilton.ca groups to work towards signing CBAs You can follow the ongoing projects of Basics workshop. The workshop teaches Learn more about the Everyone Rides with prospective developers and hold the Hamilton Community Benefits the new rider how bike share works, rules Initiative: www.hamiltonbikeshare.ca them to accountability during and after Network at www.hcbn.ca, fb.com/ and responsibilities, and road safety. So the project is complete. HamiltonCBN, or @HamOntCBN. far the ERI has completed 70 Bike Share If, for instance, a developer was pro- Basics workshops for 195 new riders, six posing to build condo towers in a neigh- Anthony Marco is President of the organizations utilizing the Sign Out pass bourhood, that community might want Hamilton and District Labour Council. system and seven organizations utilizing to ensure there will be affordable housing www.hamiltonlabour.ca, fb.com/ the Group Ride pass system. units, publicly accessible green space, a hamiltonlabour, @hamiltonlabour Hosted by the 541 Eatery & community meeting room, and an Exchange, the ERI launch on July 27th THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018 13
Traffic calming AMD improving AMD has now rolled out an action plan to curb By Dina D’Ermo these emissions. It is safe to assume that public and pol- coffining emissions itical pressure on both AMD and the MOECC played a IT ALL STARTED IN THE SPRING OF 2016 with a conver- role. Ever since Thanksgiving there has been an outcry sation on traffic calming in the Crown Point neighbour- By Jochen Bezner of public support for fixing the emissions problem. For hood. The planning team was very supportive and very instance, City Council passed a motion asking the excited the possibility of a community plan for traffic SINCE THE THANKSGIVING LONG WEEKEND a lot of MOECC for an update and better enforcement on calming and safety. public attention has focused on particulate emissions emission. A Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Since then, the Traffic Calming Committee has had from ArcelorMittal Dofasco (AMD) when it sent several stood up in question period at Queen’s Park to hold the many invited guests, from both city staff and the com- big dark plumes into the air from a hot metal pouring Minister of Environment accountable for improving munity. We have received much assistance, especially process called “coffining”. Hamilton’s airshed. A petition to demand that AMD from the Social Planning Research Council’s Lyna Saad, When the company needs to store excess amounts of stop coffining gained almost 350 signatures in a few but the core group which included Sean Hurley, Dina previously melted iron until it can be further processed, days. All of these voices echoing the same requests likely D’Ermo, David Martin, and Charles Ballarano stayed they pour it into gravel beds, outdoors. High moisture played a big role in the announcements AMD recently and worked together through the entire eighteen months. levels in the ground, from recent heavy rainfalls, are made concerning improvements to the coffining Over this time we developed and distributed a traffic blamed for plumes of smoke and dust that shoot up in process. calming survey. The fantastic responses we collected be- the air on the company’s property near Windermere So the lesson learned is that public engagement in lo- came the basis of a report and a resolutions map were Basin. cal issues is important to making Crown Point a better presented by our committee at the City of Hamilton AMD is one of the heavy industries in Hamilton and healthier place to live. Yes, normally we should rely Public Works Committee meeting on Monday, November that require a special air emission standard, called a Site on the Ministry of Environment to protect us from any 13th. We hope that this presentation will indicate to the Specific Standard which is governed by the Ministry of harmful things in the air, but sometimes we have to City how important safety and security is to Crown Point Environment and Climate Change (MOECC). This first ask for it in a very public way. residents, and that the dialogue with the team will con- standard also calls for a Community Liaison To report industrial emissions it is best to take a pic- tinue so our concerns can be addressed and resolved. Committee (CLC) that meets quarterly for the purpose ture and email it to [email protected] or call their With the coming of the LRT, along with more chan- of sharing emission reduction progress and other news 24/7 reporting centre at 1-800-268-6060. ges to traffic patterns and bus schedules and locations, it with the community. I happen to be one of the mem- Furthermore you can also talk to your elected offi- is imperative that the public works department immedi- bers on this committee, representing our Crown Point cials (Councillor or MPP) and share your thoughts ately makes the necessary changes outlined in the report, neighbourhood. about air emissions. As we have seen with the event over to reduce any further negative impacts to the community. Coffining emissions are among the concerns the Thanksgiving, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Thanks go to the Crown Point community for taking community and Environment Hamilton have repeated- the time to respond to the survey and helping make it a ly expressed on the CLC over the past several years. Jochen Bezner lives in Crown Point and is a member of success. Thanksgiving was an extraordinary event at AMD with both the AMD and Stelco CLC representing the Crown Dina D’Ermo lives in Crown Point and is concerned with machinery breakdowns leading to a larger than usual Point community. He can be reached by email at: traffic safety in her neighbourhood. requirement for coffining. But it has not been the only [email protected] documented large emission event from this process. There were heavy plumes noticed over the 2017 Easter long weekend, as well, and many more at frequent inter- vals before that. Ultimately this problem is going back at least a decade with little to no improvements. 14 THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018
happening in our neighbourhood”: from Crown Point resident, Elizabeth Seidl second from left, was one of those recognized by a City Putting a fine the achievements of the Crown Point of Hamilton Urban Design and Architecture 2017 Award for work on the Pipeline Trail. Also in the photo, from left, are Brian Applebee, Leila Todd, Dawn Brown, Cynthia Graham, and Community Planning Team to the artis- Mayor Fred Eisenberger. point on it tic endeavours of our neighbours, from new businesses to school events, from By Michelle Martin historical curiosities to updates from our City Councillors and community de- WHAT’S THE POINT? In the inaugural velopers. What began as half a dozen issue of our newspaper, our editor-in- people around Bowness’ dining table has chief at the time, Nelly Sinclair, asked grown to a team of writers, copy editors, Photo by Jeff Neven that very question and answered it: “ . . . proofreaders and designers. Some of us the point of this newspaper is to connect wear more than one of those hats. New everyone with the big and little secrets of volunteers are always welcome. all the good things that are happening in We are now such a well-oiled machine our neighbourhood.” Our first produc- that we can each work at our own kitch- tion/layout person, Mary Bowness, was en table, with a regular breakfast produc- fond of singing “Me and My Arrow” tion meeting at a different Crown Point from that old Harry Nilsson chestnut, eatery every time—and not just the Success on the this past September 23rd was a tremen- The Point! (yes, some of us are that old; trendy ones (though we hit those, too). dous success. It will be difficult to top. for those younger folks, it’s a story about This efficiency is a credit to the heavy lift- Pipeline Trail Concurrently, casual conversations a boy named Oblio, who starts out with ing of our current management team of about community art on the Pipeline no point on his head but grows one even- publisher Cynthia Lokker, managing By Elizabeth Seidl Trail led to a grant from the Ontario Arts tually, and—oh, never mind, just google it). editor Sean Hurley, and design head Council to fund a series of exploratory It was a pleasant surprise to find that Johanna Chaytor. MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING for the tan- workshops. These brought local artists others outside of Crown Point have seen It was an honour for The Point to be gible improvements detailed in the together with residents and community our little paper and think that we are do- considered for a Maggie, and an honour Pipeline Trail Master Plan to be fulfilled. members to see what kinds of things ing a good job. Last month, The Point to be counted among such distinguished However, over the past year, those in- people would want to create together was nominated for a 2017 Hamilton fellow nominees: The Anvil, Hamilton volved in the Pipeline Trail Planning that could improve wayfinding, provide Independent Media Award, in the cat- Review of Books, North End Breezes, Team have succeeded in bringing people beautification, and strengthen our con- egory of Best Media Outlet. The The Silhouette, and the winner, The together for different activities and nections to each other. Success at the Hamilton Independent Media Awards, Inlet. What a way to end 2017 and head events. In many respects, this has been workshops is seeing how present people also known as The Maggies, were found- into our fourth year as your newspaper. our unspoken goal—using the shared are when creating—from the clay-cov- ed in 2014 in memory of Maggie Hughes, Keep telling us your stories, neigh- space of the trail to create connections ered hands of children to the pride on an independent Hamilton journalist and bours—that’s the point. and do fun things together. Whether it’s the faces of adults when they pull a suc- CFMU radio host who prioritized social been imagining a parking lot becoming a cessful block print. justice in her work. She passed away in Michelle Martin lives and writes in Crown space for people, planting a garden to Signs of success are also evident in the 2012 following a long battle with mul- Point. She sometimes tweets @ create habitat for our pollinator friends, pollinator gardens along the trail as a tiple sclerosis. deltawestmom. or exploring how community art can cre- handful of dedicated volunteers from the We are coming up on four years of re- ate a conversation, the work is allowing Crown Point Garden Club continue to porting “all the good things that are people to reconsider how this beloved take care of these maturing plants now in neighbourhood asset can be viewed and their third year of growth. As the roots utilized. get deeper, so do our ties to one another. When it came time to start planning When we commit to our shared spaces, the 2017 Pipeline Parade, change was def- we are also committing to each other. initely in the air. The new Geraldine The real success of the Pipeline Trail is Copps Parkette at Kenilworth was under how it is able to continually generate construction and would be completed by opportunities for neighbours to get the time of the parade in September. together, whether through planting gar- Recognizing that, in past years, perhaps dens, organizing community events, or the parade wasn’t as inclusive as it might creating art. As we anticipate the good have been, we approached the youth of things in store for the Pipeline Trail, we the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre keep the conversation alive by coming and asked if they would like to be in- together to dream, to plan, and some- volved in leading the parade and sharing times just to take a walk down the trail. songs, drumming, and dances. Evolving into a lantern-lit evening walk along the Elizabeth Seidl lives in Crown Point with trail followed by a dance party at the new her family and dreams of the day when parkette (that was hard to wind down!) the Pipeline Trail is restored as a path to the 4th Annual Pipeline Trail Parade held the waterfront.
Left: Crown Point families participate in Fantastic Fossils, a clay-based workshop led by local artist Tara Bursey at the Hamilton Children’s Museum in Gage Park in October. Right (top & bottom): Community members participate in Vocal Communion, a dubpoetry workshop led by local dub poet Klyde Broox in November. THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018 15
CARZ HEALTH MATTERS Photo by Torrey Wiley, CC BY 2.0 A team effort for success
By Thomas Eagles
SUCCESS IN HEALTH CARE SOMETIMES TAKES A TEAM. In the past, I have out- lined the benefits of exercise, diet, and proper body maintenance, but haven’t really written about the team of people it can take to help us achieve these goals. NASCAR is not a better race than F1, In my office I deal with a variety of but it is different. issues—from sore backs, aches, and sprains, to concussions and headaches. When it comes to manual therapy, I have F1 versus well—these tracks were usually oval but had a great deal of success with my cli- not exclusively. Finally, there were ents. But there are other realms that NASCAR hot-rodders and shine runners who often must be addressed and I refer souped up their cars to both go fast and these patients out to different types of By Rick Curry outrun the revenuers. This form of racing health professionals. When a team of was exclusively American. specialists collaborates, we can address recent TV station straw poll of its One thing the Yanks do well is cap- client issues better than if we each viewers asked them to offer their ture the imagination of their audience. worked alone. views on whether F1 or NASCAR Those Camaros, Camries, Fusions and Consider a symptom such as low back was a "better" form of racing. The Chargers you may see on the track are ex- pain with stomach bloating. The stomach Aresponse was overwhelmingly F1 as the treme approximations of the cars in our has several connections to the spinal cord premier racing regime in the world. One driveways. and can influence its position and muscle of the primary reasons for not picking This is the allure of NASCAR. Pack tensions in different ways. The connect- NASCAR related to the belief that those the stands with those that can actually re- ive tissue attachments can directly pull cars only turned left. This is true for the cognise the cars they see which suggests on the lower vertebrae; manual treatment oval banked tracks but not for all that those owners and drivers could be can often deal with this. However, in- NASCAR races nor divisions. Certainly just a bunch of good ol’ boys from down digestion can often be a result of digest- F1, through its worldwide racing sched- the street. It’s just not so. The splitter ive issues which are often best addressed ule and its lengthy brand growth, con- (lower front bumper) on NASCAR vehi- by a registered dietician or a naturopath- tinues to reach fans on five continents. cles typically hits the track, the cage was ic doctor. Helping to eliminate the di- NASCAR pretty much remains a US- all steel but now strengthened alloys are gestive irritations can aid in reducing based racing form. F1 was and is based on being employed, the 5.8 L engines are re- tension on the connective tissues, al- a community of race fans throughout the stricted to about 750 HP, the airflow de- lowing for more effective treatment of world. NASCAR extols the individuality sign is stipulated and the tires are special. the lower back. of the drivers and teams—much like the These cars weigh about twice that of There is an old proverb: “It takes a vil- American ideal of the individual, through the F1 cars but have about the same lage to raise a child.” When treating pa- hard work and tenacity, triumphing over horsepower. Having said this, there are tients, I have referred out to, and worked all obstacles. lots of crashes, bumping each other with, naturopathic doctors, dieticians, A brief explanation, and history, of (known as trading paint), innumerable massage therapists, physiotherapists, and these two disparate racing forms may passes and re-passes, lengthy pit stops for many other health professionals in order help to give an understanding of how we new rubber and fuel. to ensure that each client is getting prop- have arrived at the current systems. Unlike F1, NASCAR races have great er care. In essence, I like to work with a F1 has the most hi-tech automotive amounts of drafting. Drafting is the fine village of professionals to help raise my engineering in the world. Some of he dis- art of staying close to the rear bumper of clients to reach success. coveries in F1 end up in cars we can buy. the driver in front of you to reduce drag We are each village leaders. Ferrari’s new 488 has a 3.9 L turbo engine on your car or, more recently, side draft- Individuals must take charge of their that traces its development to the current ing whereby a driver can actually push an own health, ask questions, and seek out 1.6 L engines in Formula 1. These 1.6 L opponent into the wall—or at least out the best care. After all, each of us knows engines are restricted to producing over of his way. Very exciting for the fans. The our own body better than anyone else, 700 HP. Kinetic energy recovery, steer identification with the blue-collar ethic and we know what types of care help us and brake by wire are all derived from of NASCAR can teach F1 a lot about fan to succeed in our own health goals. earlier F1 cars. The downforce (now) is so involvement. strong that all the cars could run upside As fan involvement increases so does Thomas Eagles, Registered Kinesiologist down and complete a race upside down interest in the teams. The result for spon- and Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, (assuming tires lasted). So F1 is the pin- sors is more publicity and, they hope, practices at Freemotion Therapy on Main nacle of automotive technology and more sales. Street East. For more information call traces its roots to road races and endur- A friend of mine has pitted (worked 289-925-0445 or email info@freemotion- ance races almost 100 years. Those manu- in the maintenance of the cars before and therapy.ca. facturers that could produce cars that during races) for both NASCAR on went the fastest and lasted the longest banked tracks and sports car racing (race were successful. cars that run on road-type courses with These elements drove the technology twists and turns). So he has experienced and the sponsors’ money (like today) fol- both forms of racing. He has been there lowed the winners. They were generally and I have not. He has stated that “ ... it all European with some non-European is much more difficult to make a two-ton entrants over the years. Currently, the car just turn left than it is to also make it ADVERTISE IN Haas team is running the American flag turn right.” His point is the cantilevering, up the flagpole in F1 and have done ad- weight and structural bias necessary make equately this past race season. it extremely difficult to set up a car for American racing heritage began on racing when only turning left on steeply oval tracks that originally had horse races banked tracks. The result is that there is Please contact us for so the straights were straight and the cor- no "better" form of racing. There is, how- information ners banked, and, typically, the races ever, a form of racing that appeals to you. were run anti-clockwise. Later, beach ra- [email protected] cing became popular which eventually Rick Currie lives in Crown Point and migrated off the beaches onto tracks as writes about cars. 16 THE POINT DECEMBER 2017/JANUARY 2018
CROWN POINT EVENTS
The Screen For Life Coach Blue Year’s Eve Introduction to We provide mammograms for Breast screening Celebrate a family New Year at the Hamilton Chil- Digital Pinhole Photography (ages 50 to 74), Pap smears for Cervical screening dren’s Museum. Visit all three galleries and join in on with Brian Piitz (ages 21 to 69) and FOBT kits for Colon screening six 'count downs' throughout the day. Have fun with The workshop will introduce participants to pinhole (ages 50 to 74). When people visit the Coach, they indoor and outdoor activities to say goodbye to the photography utilizing digital technology. Students will experience a private and comfortable setting, past year and hello to the New Year! Cost: Adults: $2, will be instructed in how to transform and use a where they can ask questions and take their time. Seniors/Youth: $2, Children: $4, Infants (under 1yr) digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR) into a They will also receive a small gift for getting Free, Family: $9 pinhole camera to achieve unique photographic screened. If clients do not have a family doctor, our MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 9 A.M.-3:30 P.M. images. This workshop has been made possible nurses and Medical Lead will connect the client with HAMILTON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, through the generous support of the Ontario Arts doctors in our community who are accepting new 1072 MAIN SREET. EAST, GAGE PARK Council and the City of Hamilton. Admission is free patients. For more information about the Screen for but pre-registration is required. To register, please Life Coach please visit: http://www.hnhbscreenfor- contact Bethany Osborne bethanyjosborne@gmail. life.ca/screenforlifecoach. Big Bounce Event com or 647-248-3893. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21 & THURSDAY, JANUARY 18 Bring your kids to “Right on Target” and experience SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1-4 P.M. HAMILTON REGIONAL INDIAN CENTRE our indoor amusement park. Super sized inflatable HAMILTON MUSEUM OF STEAM & TECHNOLOGY, 34 OTTAWA STREET NORTH features and games. We are going to fill the building WOODSHED BUILDING, 900 WOODWARD AVENUE. with fun-filled excitement! Admission is $10 per child FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1 , FRIDAY JANUARY 5, & FRIDAY, or a family rate of $30. Snacks and refreshments FEBRUARY 2 available. Brought to you by the Optimist Club of Kenilworth Branch Library Events THE CENTRE ON BARTON East Hamilton. All proceeds go toward youth activi- All kinds of fun and free events are taking place this 1275 BARTON STREET EAST ties. fall at the Kenilworth Library! Check hpl.ca/events SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JANUARY 6-7, 10 A.M.-5 P.M for a complete listing. TARGET 103 KENILWORTH AVENUE NORTH East Hamilton Optimist Club THE CENTRE ON BARTON Christmas Tree Lot 1275 BARTON STREET EAST Christmas Trees are here again! This is our 46th year The next issue of The Point is February/March. supporting the youth of our community. Help us Please send your information for all neighbourhood help the kids! All trees are $40. events to us by January 1st at DECEMBER 11-23, 11 A.M.-8 P.M [email protected] CANADIAN TIRE GARDEN CENTRE THE CENTRE ON BARTON 1275 BARTON STREET EAST
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