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Community Run Sunday, May 28 9:00 am Start RiverbendRaggTimes Next Deadline Mother Margaret Mary High School TRAC Community Run Community Tennis RCL Plant Sale www.runningroom.com Friday, June 2 Saturday, May 27 Sunday, May 28 Information Ragg_Times 7 7 pg. 5 & 28 pg. 19 & 28 Delivery: June 19 pg. 28 H raggtimes A PUBLICATION OF THE RIVERBEND COMMUNITY LEAGUE MAY 2017 VOL. 34, NO.6 Look Up....Waaaay Up! Snow Valley has High Hopes for High Ropes Course By: Tim Dea eginning May 20, citizens can add another adventure activity to their These themes are built into the games and challenges, including a Holiday River Valley experience when they visit the all new Snow Valley Trailer, a Coal Car, a Snowboard bridge and others. Besides the 19 ground B Aerial Park. Located in Rainbow Valley Campground, the Aerial Park level games, the other challenges among the remaining three upper levels are stretches 15 meters into the air visible among the evergreen sentinels that rated by a ski industry standard: Green (easy), Blue (intermediate) and Black have protected campers for decades, it can be easily spotted by westbound (difficult). Of course, height above ground always adds to the perspective freeway traffic. The sound of shrieking kids and adults will continue through of difficulty. the summer months as people climb, slide, shimmy, walk, and ride their way Booking your adventure online (www.snowvalley.ca/aerial-park) is the best around the tower. and most cost efficient. This way you decide when you want to come based The tower is designed in Germany and built of wood and steel by a on your schedule and you can even complete your waiver online. Individual company called Kristal Turm. This Aerial Park will be the first of its kind adventure prices range from $26 for the kids only course to $46 for an to open in Canada. Over 100 games, including 19 specifically for the smaller adult. Walk up rates are $3 extra. Juniors (kids 6 to 10 years old) who range crowd, will push you, delight you and engage you. It is similar to Snow between 125cm and 140cm tall, need to be accompanied by a harnessed Valley’s winter activities in that the whole family can participate at the same adult. Individual and family memberships are also available, as well as a time. There’s no reason to be a spectator at the Aerial Park. Family Adventure Day pass. Safety is always a concern with this type of activity and Snow Valley Snow Valley Aerial Park, along with the River Valley Trail System, Aerial Park is no exception. Throughout your adventure, you are attached to Rainbow Valley Campground and Snow Valley Ski Club, gives Edmontonians the tower using the state of the art “Clic-It” Safety Belay system. Once you an outdoor adventure experience 12 months of the year in one place. have completed your orientation and are harnessed to the tower, the system Snow Valley is a not for profit organization that operates Snow Valley Ski is designed to keep you tethered to a safety cable at all times. Club, Rainbow Valley Campground and Snow Valley Aerial Park. Our park theme takes into consideration current and historical activities: Skiing, Snowboarding, Camping, The River Valley and …Mining for Coal! RIVERBEND NEWS EDITOR Brookview Park Update Sherri Henderson Brookside Park’s Redevelopment in Motion for Fall Completion [email protected] By: Vanessa Kovacs ADVERTISING he Brookside Park Redevelopment the park at mid-to-end of October. During the Elizabeth Emslie committee met with the City of demolition and building process, the park will be [email protected] T Edmonton on April 18 and is pleased to fenced off and closed to the public. 780-437-7108 be moving forward with project plans for the The Brookside Park’s redevelopment www.riverbendonline.ca neighbourhood’s new park. After a brief delay committee is excited to see the project on track with the City’s processing of bids for tender for a 2017 completion, and will continue to of park equipment vendors and contractors, work collaboratively with the City of Edmonton Brookside Park’s tender went out at the end of through to the final stages of the project. The TABLE OF CONTENTS April. The committee will meet again with the committee looks forward to sharing more about City in May to finalize the vendor. the park’s design and features as the project SECTION PAGE Demolition of the current park is scheduled progresses. Riverbend News 1-8, 10, 14- to take place in July. A medium-to-large sized For more information: brooksidepark@ 16, 19, park project takes roughly 12 – 16 weeks to reach riverbendonline.ca 24-26 completion. Though there are many factors that Seniors Connection 13 may affect the project’s timeline, such as weather, Hodgson Community League 20 this sets the prospective completion date of Oak Hills CL 20 Riverbend Community League 21 Savour 22 Brookview Community League 23 Community League Directory 27 Art in Our Park 2017 THANK YOU, RAGG Art Market Call for Artist and Artisans DELIVERY VOLUNTEERS! Thanks to the following volunteers who The Artists and Artisans Market hosts a juried selection of approximately 50 painters, sculptors helped deliver our last issue to businesses, and creative makers working in precious metals, glass, wood, pottery and textiles. Download the schools, and retirement residences. ONE PAGE application form and apply by May 31, 2017 to receive the lowest application fee. Lita Bablitz, Jim Bradshaw, Leslie Leeworthy, All artists/artisans are under tents, and receive an eight foot table and chair. Daryl Matter, Sean McConnell, Jihan Marjan, Karin Shott, Sabine Sintenis, Shelly and Leanne Jurying takes place in June and August. Stevens, Mary Wagner, Helma Voth, and Joan For the application form and more information go to: Wood. artinourpark.ca We’re always looking for volunteers to help us deliver copies of The Ragg-Times to schools, or contact 780-437-7108 for more information. businesses, and retirement homes. If you can deliver The Ragg-Times seven times a year, we’d love to hear from you! Your gift of time and service would be greatly appreciated. Please call 780-437-7108 or email [email protected] for more details. 100in1 Day NEXT DEADLINE Saturday, June 3 June 2, 2017 Transform Your City Delivery the week of: What if hundreds of people united, each taking one small action to improve their city, all on June 19, 2017 the same day? The opinions expressed in this publication may not 100in1Day is a day to turn ideas into reality all over the city by celebrating the cumulative necessarily be those of the publisher. No part of this power of small changes and temporary projects. Start by submitting your ideas, attending a publication may be reprinted without the written workshop, and then launch your project on June 3. permission of the publisher. https://www.makesomethingedmonton.ca/100in1day ** Ads Printed as Submitted ** Is it time for your fence to get a facelift? • Repairs to existing fence • Power washing prior to stain application • We only use top quality Brand name stain • Professional workmanship • Laszlo 780-914-8386 Call for a free no obligation estimate 2 May 2017 RIVERBEND NEWS Brander Community Garden Another Exciting Season is Underway By: Nikki Toxopeus rander Community Garden is off to an exciting start to the 2017 work bee day is now season. Our Master gardener, Miep, ran a seeding workshop and held on Saturdays B planned our planting. Then we had our Pre-Season meeting on April starting at 10:30 13. It was a lovely social occasion with delicious soup and we welcomed old am. One of our friends and new members into our group. We also heard from our garden coordinators will be coordinators, Tiona and Corine, about the plans to expand the garden in the at the batting cage. batting cage next to the Riverbend Community League tennis courts and in We hope this will become a social event, the Brander Gardens Capital Region Housing Complex. We will need help where we can share what needs to be done in May to build the new raised beds at both these locations. during the week. We will need people in Our members and partners are busy growing seedlings and getting ready. the garden every day during the summer The warm weather seems to be a few weeks later this year and the seedlings months. We can keep you posted, if you are bursting out of their pots. The first groups to plant in the garden will follow us on Facebook or our new website be the YMCA kids and Brander Garden ROCKs kids. In the words of Lois – www.brandercommunitygarden.com. Or Hole – it is worth the risk to plant as soon as we can and just replant if the contact us on brandercommunitygarden@ frost catches us. It has been so exciting making signs for the garden and even gmail.com. painting our potato towers. We can’t wait any longer! Our regular gardening/ Southwest Edmonton Farmers’ Market Our 7th Season Starts May 17 from 4:00 - 7:30 pm By: Christie Anderson he 2017 Farmers’ Market season is just around the corner and we with ripe, juicy produce, home baked on the Southwest Edmonton Farmers’ Market (SWEFM) team goods, jellies and pickles, freshly laid T couldn’t be more excited. As the newly appointed Market Manager farm eggs, handmade textiles, jewelry, for the 2017 SWEFM season, I am eager to get busy and set into motion the homemade skincare products, and seventh season of our fabulous community market.

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