JULY 2017 DELIVERED MONTHLY TO 1,600 HOUSEHOLDS

your NORTH HAVEN THE OFFICIAL NORTH HAVEN COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

www.northhavenyyc.ca • Facebook & Twitter: @NorthHavenyyc Contents

7 meet your community volunteer: katie mikalson

8 news from the friends of nose hill

11 your city of : are you ready to party?

15 north west coalitions: helping your children with social and emotional skills for kindergarten

16 my babysitter list

17 mla craig coolahan’s report

18 mp michell rempel’s report

18 councillor sean chu’s report

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n O R T H h AVE N I fEBRUARY 2017 3 Important Numbers North Haven Community

ALL EMERGENCY CALLS 911 Association’s Hall is Adolescent Recovery Centre 403-253-5250 available for rental! Alberta Health Care 403-310-0000 AHS Addictions Hotline 1-866-332-2322 North Haven Community ATCO Gas – 24 Hour Emergency 403-245-7222 Association Calgary HEALTH LINK 24/7 811 5003 North Haven Dr. NW Calgary Police – Non Emergency 403-266-1234 Main Hall Calgary, AB – T2K 2K3 Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter 403-234-7233 Friday, Saturday and $400/day, includes use of Phone: 403-282-1075 Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-387-5437 Holidays kitchen Delivered monthly to 1,600 households and businesses for 8 years! Kids Help Line 1-800-668-6868 Monday – Thursday $50/hour, minimum 2 hr rental Child Safe 403-202-5900 Friday - Sunday $50/hour, minimum 2 hr rental Editorial Submissions Distress/Crisis Line 403-266-4357 Seating Capacity – 100 [email protected] ENMAX – Power Trouble 403-514-6100 All editorial content must be submitted by the 5th of Meeting Room the month for the following month's publication. Poison Centre - Alberta 1-800-332-1414 Monday – Thursday 8am-5pm - $100/day / URGENT CARE Advertising Opportunities Friday, Saturday and $150/day Alberta Children’s 403-955-7211 403-263-3044 | [email protected] Holidays All advertisements must be submitted by the 1st of Foothills Hospital 403-944-1110 the month for the following month’s publication. Monday – Thursday 5pm-2am - $25/hour 403-943-4555 Min. 2 hour rental Published by Great News Publishing Rockyview General Hospital 403-943-3000 Friday - Sunday $50/hour Serving Calgary communities for 28 years Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre 403-955-6200 87 newsletters reaching over 391,000 households Min. 2 hour rental in Calgary and surrounding areas. South Calgary Urgent Care Health Centre 403-943-9300 Seating capacity: 30 403-956-1111 #34-4550 112 Ave SE Meeting Room rental includes use of projector and screen Calgary, AB OTHER Notes: T2C 2K2 Calgary Humane Society 403-205-4455 GET ON BOARD! • All rentals require a $300 damage deposit

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Calgary Kerby Elder Abuse Line 403-705-3250 THIS IS MY RETIREMENT Alberta One-Call Corporation 1-800-242-3447 GIG City of Calgary 311 I Free Bus Training The opinions expressed within any published article, report or submission Social Service Info & Referral 211 reflect those of the author and should not be considered to reflect those of the North Haven Community Association and Great News Publishing. Community Mediation Calgary Society 403-269-2707 The information contained in this newsletter is believed to be accurate, but is RNR Lockworks Ltd. 403-479-6161 not warranted to be so. My kids come to I get weekends and summers off! The North Haven Community Association and Great News Publishing do not Road Conditions – Calgary work with me 511 endorse any person or persons advertising in this newsletter. Publication of Weather Information any advertisements should not be considered an endorsement of any goods or services. Gamblers Anonymous 403-237-0654

4 J U ly 2017 I Call 403-263-3044 for advertising opportunities n O R T H h AVE N I J U ly 2017 5 went from sort of knowing 2 or 3 neighbors to knowing North Haven Community Association Meet Your Community Volunteer dozens. When we go out for walks or to the park it is 5003 North Haven Drive NW almost guaranteed that I will run into someone that I truly enjoy interacting with. I now have more than one Hall (403) 282-1075 • Rentals (403) 284-2716 • [email protected] Katie Mikalson babysitter and dog walkers that I trust and live in the community. I have real friends who I can reach out to on Board of Directors 2016-2017 bad days and need to get out of the house for tea but don’t want to fight my toddler into the car. This list could Directors go on and on and on. President Jean Togstad 403-274-4177 [email protected] Vice President Jody Breen 403-284-9775 [email protected] Sometimes it is easier to stay home, its simpler to re- Secretary Lucas Van Boeschoten 403-220-0288 [email protected] main with what we know, but often times that means Treasurer Judy Huber 403-230-8195 [email protected] missing out on the rewards of putting ourselves out Building & Maintenance Kai Fahrion 403-689-1536 [email protected] there. I hope to see you at an event, to say hello on the Civic Affairs Terry Arnett 403-547-0237 [email protected] street or bump into you at the park. Let’s put ourselves Entertainment Elise Konoff 403-233-0092 [email protected] out there and continue to foster a great community Building Manager Marie Heffernan 403-282-1075 [email protected] right where we live. Memberships Sandy Cooper 403-286-0902 [email protected] Newsletter Katie Mikalson 403-863-2184 [email protected] Preschool [email protected] Communication Technology Alex MacKinnon 403-807-7700 [email protected] Happy Summer! My name is Katie and I have spent the Thank You last year as the Newsletter Editor. I am a mother of one, We at the North Haven Community Association Contacts with a second on the way. I am a volunteer host of Her have a number of people and business who have President Jean Togstad 403-274-4177 Royal Opinion on CJSW 90.9fm, a weekly radio show, supported us with the Pancake Breakfast and our May Block Parent Association 403-269-6460 for the past decade. You can also find me donating my Building Custodian Dennis Mynarski 403-282-5607 Membership Drive. time for parent/baby/tot yoga with Swelli Community McKnight Sports www.mcknight.ca where all funds raised go to the NorthernStar Mother To our community sponsors of the Membership Nose Hill Park Anne Burke 403-239-1285 Milk Bank. Aside from that you might spot me out in Scouts Andrew Tryon 403-464-2143 [email protected] Drive, it would not have been a success with out you! the neighborhood walking our long legged golden dog Sparks, Brownies and Guides Sandra Whitty 403-289-7404 • Pelican Pier Seafood Bar and while managing my daughter or spending exces- Snow Removal Program VACANT [email protected] • Delicate Nails and Spa sive amounts of time at the playground on the swing. Hall Rentals Marie Heffernan 403-284-2716 [email protected] • Federation of Calgary Communities Casino and Fundraising Hans Huber 403-230-8195 My decision to get involved with the NHCA last year • Monas Pizza & Pasta Kids In The Haven Jody Breen 403-284-9775 was an easy one. From a young age I have been loud, • The Bullet Coffee House opinionated, and interested in my surroundings. I In June, we hosted out annual pancake breakfast. have dove head first into a variety of communities and Thank you to our MP, Michelle Rempel, for providing Monthly Board Meetings are held every second Thursday at 7:00 pm. Board meeting are on hold organizations with passion and curiosity backed up drinks and two fantastic cakes, Centre Street Church for the summer, see you at our September meeting. NHCA Board Meetings are open to the public. with commitment and energy. After moving into North for their grill, and City of Calgary Community and Haven, I spent a couple of years settling in to being a Neighbourhood Services for the games. homeowner, adopting a dog and having a baby girl. During that time we read the newsletter, I had an idea of Also, thanks to our draw prize sponsors: what events were going on though never participated, • Highwood Outdoor Pool, we intended to get a membership but never got around • Bow Tie Pizza, to it. When Maggie turned 1, I was itching for more • Calgary Farmers Market, connection with the community. In my typical fashion, I • City of Calgary Ward 4, ran in headfirst and eagerly grabbed the available board • City of Calgary Recreation. position that my skill set roughly fit. I knew there would And finally, thank you to the nearly 200 people who be monthly meetings, I understood I would be putting came out to the breakfast to play, eat, and socialize. together the newsletter every month, I knew I hoped to And to all the kids who brought their bikes and made develop connections but what I did not know was the the bike parade a huge success! exponential value it would have on my day to day life. I

6 J U ly 2017 I Call 403-263-3044 for advertising opportunities n O R T H h AVE N I J U ly 2017 7 Membership form There are great activities at North Haven Community Centre!

Date: ______Event (Scouts, Guides, Snow Removal, Soccer, etc.): ______Family Name: ______Address: ______Postal Code______Telephone: ______News from the Email ______In providing my email address I am agreeing to accept an email once a year for membership renewal purposes Friends of Membership Type: Resident (per household/voting) $15.00 Associate (non resident/non voting) $15.00 Nose Hill Senior (65+) $5.00 by Anne Burke Donation $ _____ Payment Method Cheque ______Cash ______Guidelines and entry forms are at www.fonhs.org for Who calls Calgary home? While we can’t directly mea- For planning purposes only: our Nose Hill Park photo contest which is open to all. sure populations with the data from our cameras, we I am interested in the community having and/or personally attending the following: Submissions are due September 30th. Photos must can get a sense of what wildlife call Calgary home. q q q have been taken between October 1st, 2016 and Sep- Fitness/Aerobics Preschool Teen Drop-In q q q tember 30th, 2017. Where are they? Finding out where certain species are Outdoor Rink Family Dance Pre-Teen Dance most likely to spend time allows us to target conserva- q Adult Dance q Pub Nights q Senior’s Programs To better understand wildlife in Calgary, a wildlife moni- tion and management efforts. q McKnight Sports q Craft Sales q Theme parties toring program will start this year. To monitor wildlife, q Comedy Nights q Parent & Tots q Summer Camps How do species live with each other? This program motion-activated cameras will be installed in 11 City q Other: ______will help understand how species in Calgary might Please mail or drop off to the parks, including Nose Hill Park and one provincial park, q I consent to receiving community reminders on an occasional basis. to take pictures of wildlife in those areas. The informa- compete with one another, engage in predator-prey North Haven Community Centre, tion from this monitoring program will be used to make dynamics, or avoid one other. By evaluating the camera If you are interested in volunteering or becoming active in our community 5003 North Haven Drive NW, better decisions when planning parks and other City images, we begin to better understand the Calgary ur- please call Jean Togstad, President, at 403-274-4177 to discuss your interests. Calgary T2K 2K3 spaces. See more at www.calgary.ca. ban ecosystem, including how all the species interact.

Once there is a database of images to classify, residents How can humans and wildlife co-exist in a city? It will be asked to help classify them using a platform is known that people change the way wildlife behave in and around called Zooniverse. This is a citizen science web portal – some animals adapt well to humans, some are indif- Memberships owned and operated by the international Citizen Sci- ferent, and others avoid us. The camera data will allow a north haven ence Alliance. It is home to some of the internet’s larg- better understand of our impact on wildlife. Now Available Your entertainment committee est, most popular, and most successful citizen science Please note: The City does not conduct gopher control Online! is taking a break for the projects; and will allow volunteers to participate in in natural environment parks in Calgary. The Alberta summer. Keep an eye on all crowd sourced scientific research. More details will be government is responsible for wildlife management. NorthHavenYYC.ca/ our communications channels shared when the program moves into that phase. Some The City of Calgary provides information as a public for adult, kid, and family of the questions to be explored over the next few years service. membership/ events starting again in fall! include:

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Time has flown by!

Save The The Calgary Airport Authority is celebrating its silver anniversary! July 1 marks 25 years since we assumed the management, maintenance, Date and development of YYC. This year we’re going above and beyond by giving a little something back to our community. Throughout September 7, 2017 2017, we are taking our passion for giving back to the next level with a campaign focused John Laurie/McKnight on participating in activities that benefit our surrounding community, including: Intersection Public Meeting Are you ready to party? Report on Progress Airport activities, like Join us as we celebrate 150 years of Confederation on reading to our tiny travellers July 1, 2017 with our many civic partners and sponsors! while they wait for their Begin the day with a hearty pancake breakfast at Con- flights, or welcoming Calgary federation Park or Fort Calgary, and end it with some Marathon runners to our of the most fantastic fireworks ever seen at the Centre beautiful city. Street Bridge.

Throughout the day, there will be activities and exhib- Partner activities, helping its to inform, activate and delight every member of the great organizations such as family! Immerse yourself in our Indigenous and Franco- Habitat for Humanity, the Did you know that your restaurant can phone cultures on Prince’s Island Park, or be amazed at Calgary Rotary Challenger put a menu in our newsletter? the pageantry and culinary delights in Chinatown. Park, and the Alzheimer Society of Calgary in their Enjoy Canadian music, arts, crafts and delicious food at initiatives. venues throughout the city, including Eau Claire, East YOUR INSERT Village, Stephen Avenue Mall and Riverfront Avenue, or take part in storytelling and activities at the Central Li- HERE Community activities, brary. You can even discover Studio Bell at a special dis- supporting our neighbours counted rate or check into the King Eddy for live music in their community garden all day. builds, community fairs, and Turn local residents into festivals with our Crew’s local customers. Help us show our national pride by participating in the Contact us: time, passion, and expertise. Enmax Living Flag at Fort Calgary this year, and re-affirm 403-263-3044 your personal pride as a Canadian at the CIBC Canadian [email protected] Oath, being held at Olympic Plaza. Is there a volunteer opportunity in your community that could use some additional You won’t want to miss a minute of this year’s Canada assistance? Email us at [email protected] Day events! Please visit our Canada Day page at Calgary. ca for times, locations, road closures and updates as we 91 Monthly Community Newsletters put the final plans in place. 415,000 Households 152 Calgary Communities See you there!

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FYI - Great News Publishing Remember, always keep toddlers or young children First aid Chooses to Forge Ahead During within arm’s reach while in or around all bodies of water. • First aid for all heat related illness begins with remov- ing or sheltering the patient from the hot environment. All Economic Downturns. Before You Raft or Boat: • Remove excess or tight fitting clothing, and allow If You Feel the Same Let’s Talk. Always SCOUT, ASSESS and DECIDE from shore before them to rest in a cool environment. going on rivers, lakes and waterways. • If the patient is conscious and alert, provide suitable 403-263-3044 Scout the river for potential hazards and check the fluids such as: water, juice, or a sports drink. weather and water conditions. • If you are concerned, seek medical attention or call 9-1-1. Prevention Assess the level of danger. Check for river advisories • Stay well-hydrated by drinking plenty of water. and assess the swimming and paddling skills of your • Be aware that excessive alcohol consumption will pro- crew. mote dehydration. Decide if it is safe to raft or boat. • Always wear a broad brimmed hat to keep the sun off your face and neck. Ensure you have emergency supplies on board with • Apply a broad spectrum, waterproof sunscreen with a you. minimum SPF of 30+, especially for children. The sun’s For further information visit calgary.ca/watersafety UV rays peak between 11am-3pm, even on cloudy days.

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