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Whitemud 111 St www.duggancommunity.ab.ca buy locally. You may even find your neigh your find even may You locally. buy were you service business a providing bour unaware of. offer to you for link a have will website Our your opinions, concerns and suggestions – even anonymously if you prefer. There are other initiatives in the works – the and them around heads our get we once kinks out of them – stay tuned. at the Yellowbird Hall, there is a Halloween party for adults only. It starts after 8pm). (around finished the essentially is treating or trick Our community has been invited – admission is $10. Roger Plouffe President League Duggan Community • • Watch for our volunteers going door to door selling. I’ve noticed that most sales have membership been sold primarily as a result children enrolling of into some program. A few ‘Dugganites’ have purchased even though memberships their children have left the nest – to take advantage of the free swimming and some other discounts. Our intention is not to services, offer to is It memberships. sell simply hall rental discounts and opportunities for the community; it is to help us get to know each other (I have been fortunate to meet many of de the about information us gives it and, you); mographics of our community so that we can member a buying Consider planning. some do ship (they work out to less than 10 cents a day for a family!). out come to day a as 25th October mark Lastly, to the community hall—even just to say hello. It is a community family dance. Lets see that try twist, to children our teach shine, ball disco out some line dancing, and of course that ever popular chicken dance! Also, on October 31st ------Join the Duggan Group! Community League Facebook Search “Duggan for Community on League” Facebook, or find the link at on our website our group to on October 14 vote to forget Don’t in our Riding running of a list of candidates See page 3 for Edmonton-Leduc. president@duggancommunity. ). This will offer the opportunity to have some interest in the Internet, we have created a FaceBook group – Duggan Com munity League. All are welcome – a way of meeting more of our a community, way of putting faces to people. would like to welcome We anyone moving member a offering by community, our into ship and perhaps some introductory offers from the local businesses (coupons? dis counts?). would like to We honour those of you who working are (we time long a here been have on how). Our website will list business, two from strip malls, the from Whitemud Crossing and from the area just off of Calgary Trail and the Whitemud also We Freeway. want to list the home based businesses (please email us at ab.ca To To engage the youth and those of us who • • • through a planning session on a Saturday morn Saturday a on session planning a through ing and part of the afternoon. It wonderful was your for Zanette a you thank – session great skills. came We up with a vision (it is on the cover page – Our Community – Our Respon sibility – Our Opportunity.); we worked on a Mission Statement – which we are sup serving, like words not includes that – quite finished porting and celebrating, with the hope that ev wel are and belong they that feel would eryone come, that everyone can offer their opinions, their ideas, their concerns, and that everyone deserves to be respected and should feel our include safe to want also We community. our in responsibilities in using our resources wisely and ecologically. We have begun some initiatives to make that rough mission statement real Here are some of these: and practical. • The executive met with our Community Ser vices representative (Zanette) and we went Opportunities are knocking www.duggancommunity.ab.ca to all Duggan residents, compliments of the Duggan compliments of the all Dugganto League Community residents, OUR COMMUNITY . OUR RESPONSIBILITY . OUR OPPORTUNITY . OUR RESPONSIBILITY OPPORTUNITY . OUR OUR COMMUNITY

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Duggan Community Family Dance! Duggan Family Community Potluck Free Pas Faux SquashButternut Soup Recipe Rideau Park School Rideau Park Recipe BookStudent Art Project Memberships for 2008/09 Memberships for Election 2008 Federal the Editor to Letters Opportunities knocking are Duggan Business Directory in some respect whether he • • • • • • • • • • in the world and is important

FREE Duggan Details Back Page: DugganBack Page: Foodies Page 6 & 7: Events & Recreation 6 & 7: Events Page Page 5: Programs Page Page 4: Education Page Page 3: Community Page

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Whitemud Duggan Business Dr Duggan Community League Directory Calgary Memberships for 2008/09 Do you own or run a business in the Tr Duggan Community League memberships are Duggan area? valid for one year - September to August 2008 - 2009 memberships are now available. If so, please send us some details about your 111 St business! We would like to put together a Dug- 34 Av * $35.00 for a family gan Business Directory on the website. We will * $20.00 for singles and seniors include businesses from the two strip malls, * $10.00 for kidsport from Whitemud Crossing and from the area Duggan Area Graphic Correction (contact the office for details) just off of Calgary Trail and the Whitemud Freeway. We also want to list the home based My apologies to our northern-most Duggan You must be a member to participate in com- businesses. This will offer all of us opportu- Community League residents. In the Septem- munity programs. nity to buy locally, and support our neighbours. ber issue, I created graphics that didn’t include You may even find your neighbour providing a the northern section of community (shown in For League Memberships or more business service you were unaware of. grey above). Sorry! I’ve updated the graphics. information call 780-436-6987.

Please send your submissions to president@ Tanya Camp duggancommunity.ab.ca, and include the fol- Communications Director & Editor of the Duggan Details Duggan Community Hall lowing information: • Business Name Street Address: 3728 - 106 Street • Contact Name Thanks to C. Skelton for a Letter to the • Phone Number and/or Email Address Editor and to Andre Bodnar for editing For your convenience, you can now check-out • Address this newspaper as well as submitting an Duggan hall availability, rental rates & poli- • Website Address article for our brand new food section! cies, and make hall booking requests on line! • a general Category that defines what your Tanya business is or does Our hall is renovated with affordable rates and can support many types of functions, up to a maximum of 200 people. Bookings are on a first come - first serve basis, with preference being given to local community events.

Visit our website at: www.duggancommu- nity.ab.ca OR phone 780-436-6987.

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Carriers are paid on a per paper basis for each paper they deliver and the number of papers per route varies. The Duggan Details Newlsetter is published 10 times per year. Time commitment required is 1 1/2 - 2 hours per route. Call Aliya at 780-434-2748 if you are interested.

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The Duggan Details is published as close to month-end as possible. Submission deadlines for 2007/2008 are: The 10th of the month for the following months’ publication.

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We have some vacancies! Contact Roger at 780-945-3103 or [email protected] if you’d like to get involved! Issue No. 329 | October 2008 Community 3

Federal Election 2008 Letters to the Editor Canada will go to the polls on Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Congratulations to all those in- “ volved in producing an excellent Here are the names and contact information for the candidates running in our Sept. issue of Duggan Details--the Edmonton-Leduc Riding. Don’t forget to vote! best in the 24 years I have been in the community. The layout is very clear and the information is very relevant. One concern some of us have living near the LRT con- Conservative struction are the cracks appear- ing in and outside of our homes, cupboards binding and doors to James Rajotte garages shifting due to the large Address: 2411-113 Street, Edmonton, AB T6J 4Y7 equipment being used for the Phone: 780-882-2240 Fax: 780-988-0406 construction on 111 St. As tax- Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.jamesrajotte.ca payers do we have any recourse?

C. Skelton ” Thank you for your compliments, C. Skelton! Roger (our Community League President), will be contacting the contrac- tor and the city to express this very real concern about construction destruction. We’ll keep you and our Duggan Details Valerie Kennedy readers updated with any information Phone: 780-436-3156 Email: [email protected] that we get.

If anyone else has any concerns or com- ments regarding the LRT construction, please send them in to us at duggande- [email protected]. Please put “Letter to the Editor” in the subject line. Donna Lynn Smith Address: 50, 10240 - 124 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5N 3W6 Do you have something to say Phone: 780- 424-1984 Fax: 780-424-1966 about your community?

The Duggan Details “Letters to the Editor” section gives you the oppor- tunity to tell us what you think:

• What do you want from your com- munity? Hana Razga • What are we doing well? Address: 202-2701 111B Street, Edmonton AB T6J 4L9 • What changes would you like to Phone: 780-437-9694 see? Email: [email protected] • Do you make use of the programs or activities offered through the Duggan Community League – let us know? • Are there other programs or activities that you would like to see offered in Duggan? • Is there an issue that the Community Keep Your Community Cleaner, Safer, Brighter League should be addressing on be- half of its’ members? • Want to thank a neighbour for a kind edmonton.ca/capitalcitycleanup gesture? Graffiti Removal Kits • Is there a good news story you want to share with the community? Graffitti is an unwelcome, expensive nuisance. Call 911 if you see graffiti in progress. Call 780- Capital City Clean Up has a new program that 423-4567 if your own property is vandalized. Please send us your thoughts and com- it has distributed to most leagues. They are ments! offering Graffiti removal kits on a first come Report graffiti on public or private property that first serve basis. Not for profit organizations is not yours, to the City at 780-496-8200. Let’s Letters to the Editor should be sent have organized graffiti removal squads for a work together to stop this vandalism to: duggandetails@duggancommu- nominal fee. They are also organizing Graffiti nity.ab.ca Please put “Letter to the wipe out events. There are numerous tips to Call 780-442-5302 or Editor” in the subject line. Submissions should be no longer than 100 words, and make removal easier, and a program in place Visit www.edmonton.ca/capitalcitycleanup are subject to editorial discretion and available space. to report graffiti and stop offenders. Email [email protected] 4 Education Issue No. 329 | October 2008

Rideau Park Student Recipe Book Art Project School GREENFIELD SCHOOL COUNCIL & PAC SOCIETY Thanks for welcoming us back into this École Greenfield School Students In- via email in Word files by November 30, 2008. great community newspaper! vite Alumni to Share Stories The recipes will then need to be prepared for the printers by formatting the recipes in a pdf format and consistent layout. This job can be- Rideau Park is having a wonderful start to the A student recipe book art project is currently gin as early as December 2008, and must be new school year with over 260 students, our underway at École Greenfield School. completed no later than February 2nd, 2009. highest enrolment in a few years! We are so Organizers would like to include stories from The work may be completed in your home, or happy to have so many new family members! former students of École Greenfield School in in the school library on a school computer. With our increased enrolment, we were able to order to commemorate the school’s 40th An- create straight classes in grades 4, 5, and 6 Eng- niversary. Typesetting and Formatting of Other Book lish, a nice change from our combined classes. Sections: All the students enjoyed their holidays and had If you have older children who have now General typesetting and formatting for other lots of stories to tell, but were also glad to get moved on from Greenfield School, or know pages including the History section, Acknowl- back and see their friends again! What a lively families who have, we would like to invite edgements, Table of Contents, Index, etc., and place we are again! Greenfield School Alumni; teachers too; to share your special school memories with us scanning beginning in January, 2009. Comple- tion date is no later than February 2nd, 2009. Our grade 4 classes are already preparing for for the History section of the book. You are The work may be completed in your home on their June 2009 trip to Drumheller, and are sell- welcome to submit your stories to: gsc@epsb. your home computer, or in the school library on ing SUTP packs. Please check with these stu- net Attention to: Recipe Book Project: History a school computer. dents or the office if you would like to support Section. Please include your full name and aca- them by purchasing one or more! demic years you attended Greenfield School, i.e. 1979-1985. Your submission presumes that History Collection and Organizing: Help gather and organize information for the Did you see us out in the community on Friday, you have given permission to École Greenfield History section of the book. The number of Sept. 12? We did our annual Terry Fox walk/ School to publish your story in any of the edi- pages dedicated to this section depends on run. This year we called it ‘Twonies for Terry’ tions of the Recipe Book. Thank you for your community submissions. This job begins mid- and asked students to each bring $2. We felt submissions by November 30, 2008. October. Completion date for this job is Febru- this was the safest way to contribute! Volunteers are also needed: ary 2nd, 2009 to allow time for typesetting and layout of this section. On Wed. Sept. 17, we had our ‘Meet the Teach- If there are any community members who wish er’ night from 7:00 to 8:00. New staff were in- to give a gift of their time to this project, we are For more information, please contact Liz Lyne troduced - Tanja Burns (gr. 6B), Stacey Jenzen also in need of several volunteers. Please see at 780-433-7923. To offer your help, please call (Music), Rita Sarrate and Karen Mills-MacNi- below for Job Descriptions. Colleen Knechtel at 780-863-4529 or email col (gr. 5B), our new admin assistant Maureen Colleen at: [email protected]. Krenz, and our new custodian, Rizal Vega. If Recipe Typesetting and Formatting: these people weren’t enough to bring out all There are approximately 100 pages that will be Thank you for your interest and support of this our parents, then perhaps the pie social follow- devoted to healthy snacks and family recipes. project! ing two short classroom meetings did the trick. Recipes will be sent to the school by parents It was great having everyone out!

Have you missed our corner sign? It has been in for some refurbishing and should be back on the corner soon! Go Green! edmonton.zerofootprint.net It’s Our Nature. Have an awesome October! Cheers! EcoVision Edmonton is Council’s vision for tonians are doing their part. We’ve done well, Robin an environmentally sustainable city. Go Green! but we can do much more. That’s why Mayor It’s Our Nature. is the theme of a new cam- Stephen Mandel is inviting you to do more to paign to encourage citizens to take more en- reduce your environmental footprint. Duggan vironmentally friendly actions by June 2009. This coincides with the arrival in Edmonton of Register your commitment to take at least two 2009 ICLEI World Congress delegates. new actions that are good for the environment Community by June 2009 and be eligible for some great As Edmontonians, it is our responsibility to take monthly prizes and the grand prize of a hybrid Playschool care of the environment. Reducing Edmonton’s car lease for a year! environmental footprint takes teamwork be- tween residents, businesses and the City. Check out Zerofootprint Edmonton and make your pledge. Invite your family, friends and The City of Edmonton is an environmental neighbours to participate. leader in many areas and individual Edmon- Helping your child leave their mark!

Enrich your child’s early learning experiences with stories, songs, crafts, visitors, field trips and free play.

Spots still available in the 3 year old program for the 2008/09 school year. Call Amy for more information Phone #: 780-642-3347 Connect2Edmonton / Chad Bartsch Issue No. 329 | October 2008 Programs 5

Northern Alberta Wood Carvers Looking for a New Hobby?

The Northern Alberta Woodcarvers meet at the Duggan Hall every Wednesday night from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm all year round.

DO YOU WANT HANDYMAN SERVICE? NEW CARVERS ARE WELCOME ! No experience is required. Come and see, - Leaking pipes and faucets ask questions, and pick something to work on. - Unplug drains and toilets - Problems with hot water tank For more information call Bob at 780-634-4937 - Replace electrical parts - Small welding jobs - Locksmith - Seniors discount Jae Maintenance (Handyman) Service Cell#: 231-1281 6 Events & Recreation Issue No. 329 | October 2008

BODY WORLDS - The Original Exhibition Edmonton International Lit Fest Rummage Sale of Human Bodies October 16 - 19, 2008 October 24 –25th , 2008 June 13 – October 18th, 2008 Location: Various Downtown Venues, Edmonton Phone: 780 498 2500 Location: St. John’s Anglican church Location: TELUS World of Science Address: 11211-142 St Website: www.litfestalberta.org Address: 11111 - 57 Ave Phone: 780-451-3344 Website: www.bodyworldsedmonton.com St. John’s Anglican church at 11111 - 57 Ave. LitFest Short History LitFest is Canadas only Creative Non-fiction Festival. It brings together is having its rummage sale on Friday, October See the human body like never before as TE- 24 from 6 - 9 p.m. and Saturday morning, Oc- some of the worlds best selling, award winning LUS World of Science™-Edmonton presents and emerging authors, writers, filmmakers and tober 25, from 9 - 12 noon. Special “fill up the Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS: The bag” bags for $10 and $3 are sold on Saturday artists with audiences at readings, panel discus- Original Exhibition of Real Human Bodies, the sions and presentations. morning. most highly attended touring exhibition in the world. From individual organs to whole bodies, Edmonton is a creative incubator for award BODY WORLDS offers visitors a rare oppor- winning, best selling and emerging authors and Get Lost in an A”Maze”ing tunity to see the complexity of human anatomy writers. LitFest promotes and celebrates this and physiology. local talent through a variety of panels and dis- Rexall Edmonton Indy cussions. Tribute BODY WORLDS features authentic human specimens preserved through a revolutionary Creative non-fiction allows a writer to employ July 28 – October 18th , 2008 process called Plastination. This remarkable the diligence of a reporter, the shifting voices Phone: 780-288-0208 preservation technique replaces bodily fluids and viewpoints of a novelist, the refined work Website: www.edmontoncornmaze.ca and fat with reactive plastics, thereby preserv- play of a poet and the analytical modes of the ing human tissue in its natural state. Visitors essayist and a journalist. Popular MazeReturns for its 8th who embark on this amazing journey below the Season with a Brand New Design skin’s surface will view an extensive collection LitFest showcases the ability of this genre to including more than 200 authentic organs, sys- inspire and provoke debates on the themes that Edmonton, AB — July 23, 2008 — With 10 tems and whole-body displays. define our present and may shape our future. acres of corn planted and a new mind- boggling design created, the Edmonton Corn Maze is LitFest: Edmonton International Literary Fes- bringing the “MAiZE craze” back to Edmon- tival was created in 2002 as the successor of ton. The popular Edmonton labyrinth, which Don’t forget to the Alberta Book Fair, an annual trade fair for drew thousands of visitors last year, promises Vote on Tuesday almost 20 years. to get curious maze-goers lost as it has once October 14th! again opened to the public. Entering its 8th sea- son, the Edmonton Corn Maze has become an 16th Annual Scarecrow Festival annual tradition for many Edmontonians. October 17 - 19, 2008 The Edmonton Corn Maze is excited about this Location: Northlands AgriCom years Rexall Edmonton Indy themed maze. Address: 116 Avenue & 73 Street With the new Indy Car Series making its pre- Phone: 780- 455-4983 Website: www.scarecrowfestival.org miere visit to Edmonton, the Edmonton Corn Maze has designed an amazing tribute to the A fun Halloween event with Many games, event. The 2008 maze features an outline of an crafts, activities, two haunted houses and a Indy car, racing flags, and the Rexall Edmonton huge Halloween Store. Indy logo. This design provides an amazing aer- ial view as well as a challenging maze. Though www.festivalcity.ca the correct pathways can be walked in under 30 minutes, most directionally-challenged visitors - adults and children alike - will require about Duggan Community one hour to travel through the maze of more Western Canadian Music Festival Family Dance! than 5 km of twists and turns and 85 decision points. October 16 - 18, 2008 October 25, 2008 Location: Various locations in the Edmonton Region Location: Duggan Community Hall Phone: 780- 455-4983 Address: 3728 - 106 Street NW The Edmonton Corn Maze is will give visitors Website: www.westerncanadianmusicawards.ca/festi- the chance to “get lost” July 28 through October val 18. The Edmonton Corn Maze is located only Mark October 25th as a day to come out minutes from West Edmonton and is very easy The WCMA Festival will feature 138 of west- to the community hall—even just to say to find. Cost is $9 for ages 12 and up, $7 for ern Canada’s finest artists representing -a di hello! ages 5-11, and free for kids under 5. Discounts verse range of genres including urban, blues, are offered for groups and field trips. For an country, and rock. Watch for Chad Van Gaalen, extra twist, try the maze in the dark! For more Spirit of the West, The Perpetrators, Skavenjah, information including event details and aerial and Soir de Semaine to play showcases at one Boo! at the Zoo photos visit www.edmontoncornmaze.ca or call of our 17 different venues for only $20! (780)288-0208. October 26, 2008 Location: Valley Zoo A festival ticket purchased through Ticketmas- Address: 13315 Buena Vista Road (87th Avenue) ter will get you a wristband at your first venue Phone: 780-496-8787 visit. Wristbands will also be available for sale Website: www.valleyzoo.ca at each festival venue. You can catch as many bands at as many venues as you can over the Show up in your coolest costume to trick or festival’s three days - that’s a lot of music for treat, play spooky games, and create creepy twenty bucks! crafts all while you experience the wonders of the animal kingdom. Issue No. 329 | October 2008 7

Yellowbird Community Halloween Dance

October 31 Location: Yellowbird East Community Hall Address:10710- 19 Avenue Website: www.yellowbirdcl.com

“Bop till you drop” at our Adults only Hallow- een Dance. Come in your costume and have some fun! Neighbouring communities have been invited to join us, and we expect a full house!

Food, Drinks, DJ, $10 per ticket Email: [email protected] for tickets Or contact Jeff Hilbrecht 780-238-5333

Downtown Business Association Presents - 18th Annual Chili Cook Off

October 31, 2008 Location: Scotia Place, Main Level Address: 10060 Jasper Avenue Phone: 780-426-8578 Website: www.edmontondowntown.com

Have your fire extinguisher ready because this years 18th Annual Chili Cook Off is going to be hotter than ever!

Downtown restaurants, hotels, and businesses are encouraged to enter a team of their most experienced chili chefs for a chance to win fan- tastic prizes along with the esteemed title of the Ultimate Chili.

Come out and enjoy some of the hottest chili in the west and help kick off Canadian Finals Rodeo Week! Would you like to advertise in the Farmfair International 2008 Duggan Details?

October 31 - November 8, 2008 Ads cost $3.50 per square inch. Location: Northlands AgriCom For more information, please visit Address: 116 Avenue & 73 Street our website at Phone: 780-471-7136 www.duggancommunity.ab.ca Website: www.farmfairinternational.com

For nine days in November, the city goes coun- try in this truly western celebration. The open- ing weekend’s focus on small livestock offers free family entertainment. After that, ranchers from across Western Canada get down to the business of selling Canada’s finest cattle breed- ing stock to producers across the country and around the world.

Canadian Finals Rodeo 2008

November 5 - 9, 2008 Location: Rexall Place Address: 74 Street & 118 Avenue Phone: 780-471-7136 Website: www.canadianfinalsrodeo.ca

The Canadian Finals Rodeo takes over Edmon- ton, bringing together the country’s top cow- boys to compete for their piece of a $1 million purse. They will wrestle steers, rope cattle, race around barrels at break-neck speeds, and battle bucking broncos and bulls for the chance to take home the buckle of a champion. It is the wildest ride in the west. Canadian Finals Rodeo - Courtesy of Edmonton Tourism 8 Duggan Foodies Issue No. 329 | October 2008

Faux Pas Free Potluck Editor’s Pick Andre Bodnar Tanya Camp

When I was younger, my mother made my not for yourself. Keep the wow factor up For the past few months, we’ve been get- lunches for school. Coming from a European and the weird factor down. ting fruit and vegetable bins delivered from household, opening my lunch bag and find- 9. Don’t pull a no-show. If you’ve been asked this company, and we love it, so I thought ing boiled vegetables, marinated meats, and to bring something in particular, chances I’d share! Here is some information from hard-cooked eggs in over-used Tupperware are it’s important. Stick with the plan. Your their website: was not uncommon for me. It was always an tuna casserole may be an integral part of embarrassment pulling those leaky containers the menu! out of the microwave and exposing them to my 8. Do bring enough food for everyone. Find school peers—like my own personal potluck, out how many people are invited and plan gone horribly wrong! accordingly. There’s nothing worse than hungry potluck-ers. Strangely enough, I liked my mom’s cooking 7. Don’t bring food that you have overcooked. and I looked forward to it. What I didn’t look Taking food past the point of readiness hap- “We promise to promote organic forward to was all of the questions. What is pens to everyone, but no one wants to eat farming, locally and internation- that? Where did you get that? Are you actually your mistake. ally, to achieve global harmony going to eat that? 6. Don’t show up asking where the oven is. with nature.” Bring food that’s already been cooked. Farm Fresh Organics is Canada’s I never reacted negatively though. I never went Heating up is fine, but making lasagna from home delivery service system de- home and told my mom not to put pickled beets scratch is a hassle for everyone. livering a variety of healthy and or sardines in my lunch. In a way, I felt sorry 5. Don’t bring grandma’s antique bowl. vibrant certified organic fruits and for those kids. They never knew what they were Things sometimes break, get lost, or walk- vegetables right to your door, the missing by dining on pizza pops and bologna away. There’s nothing fun about that. majority grown on local certified sandwiches. 4. Don’t show up with a plastic bag full of raw organic farms when in season. We ingredients and then ask for knives and a also provide a mouth-watering as- Food is supposed to be an adventure. Experi- cutting board. Cook your food before you sortment of bulk and dry goods. menting with different flavours, textures, and get there. Our family business originated on techniques should provoke excitement; can you 3. Do label your potluck contribution. No one Vancouver Island back in 1998. think of a better way to experience all that than wants to guess what’s in your Tupperware. at a potluck supper? Potlucks bring neighbours, 2. Don’t pull into a drive-thru on the way over In our opinion, the best way to ac- friends, and family together; a chance to share and pick up a bag of cheeseburgers. Instead complish this is to source locally good food and enjoy each other’s company. of ketchup and mustard, your burgers may grown organic produce, Fresh smell of lack-of-effort. From the Farm, at every opportuni- But a potluck needs to follow certain guide- 1. Have fun! Satisfaction comes from get- ty, and only from certified organic lines. A mish-mash of random containers can ting compliments, from being asked for the wholesalers as a last resort. be a recipe for disaster; everything can fall recipe, and from seeing your dish scraped apart fast. So if you’ve been invited to a pot- clean. We buy locally grown certified or- luck, these top ten rules can help you avoid a ganic produce at every opportuni- potluck faux pas. Potluck-ing is also a great way to get to know ty which supports the local organic your neighbours, or just to experiment with farming community. By doing this, 10. Do bring something special. Everyone new recipes. So the next time you’re planning we are ensuring increased conver- wants to taste that amazing combination of a family or neighbourhood potluck, be faux pas sion to environmentally-balanced foods you’ve just discovered. Just keep in free! land use, free of pesticides and cel- mind that you’re cooking for other people, lular tampering. As a COG member, we support the highest level of certification standards which are envied internationally. As a result, our customers are assured healthy, Butternut Squash Soup fresh organic produce at fair mar- ket prices. Submitted by Craig Schlegelmilch “Squash, potatoes, carrots, celery, and onion (source: AllRecipes.com) cook up quickly into a thick, delicious soup.” www.freshorganics.ca Yield: 4 servings Directions: Cook Time: 45 minutes 1. Melt the butter in a large pot, and Prep Time: 15 minutes cook the onion, celery, carrot, potatoes, and squash 5 minutes, Do you have any food-realted Ingredients: or until lightly browned. Pour in recommendations you would like • 2 tablespoons butter enough of the chicken stock to to share with Duggan? Or perhaps • 1 small onion, chopped cover vegetables. Bring to a boil. a fabulous recipe? Maybe even an • 1 stalk celery, chopped (substitute Reduce heat to low, cover pot, and opinion article? with leek) simmer 40 minutes, or until all • 1 medium carrot, chopped vegetables are tender. Send them in! Email submissions to • 2 medium potatoes, cubed 2. Transfer the soup to a blender, duggandetails@duggancommunity. • 1 medium butternut squash, and blend until smooth. ab.ca , and please put “Duggan Food- peeled, seeded and cubed Return to pot, and mix in any ies” in the subject line. • 32 ounces chicken stock remaining stock to attain desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper. Please recycle this newsletter.

Duggan Details Recipe Submission | October 2008