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PAULA E.KIRMAN The results of the homeless count conducted on October 17 are in - and they are cause for concern.

The Edmonton Joint Planning Committee on Housing (EJPOH) released the survey results in early November. Over 2600 people were counted as homeless, nearly a 20 per cent increase over the numbers gathered in 2004.

Approximately 300 volunteers helped perform the count, which included visits to inner-cit- y drop-i- n centers, temporary employment agencies, bottle depots, social service agencies, and on-the-street sampling. Over 140 groups and agencies participated in the count, and amongst the volunteers were elected municipal The gates and path into Giovanni Caboto Park freshly covered with snow. and provincial officials.

Areas of the city examined included those identified by the com- Skating Program munity as having significant numbers of homeless people, includ- ing the Boyle Street and McCauley neighbourhoods, as well as the west end along Stony Plain Road, along Whyte Avenue and Schedule Announced! around Old Strathcona, the River Valley, and the north east in DAN GLUGOSH It is that time of year again, in the heartland of hockey! The the Fort Road Area. McCauley Community proudly presents the 200607 outdoor skating programs. All programs take place at 10750 - 96 street. The specific numbers gathered by EJPCOH are: Family skating: Everyone is welcome to come out on Thursdays 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Total homeless counted: 2618 and Sundays 2:00 pm --5:00 pm. The hot chocolate will be on so come on out for Absolute homeless (no housing options): 1774 some fun family time. No sticks allowed. Thursday's family skate will start on Sheltered homeless (living in emergency accommodations): 844 December 7 and Sunday's on December 3. This program is sponsored by the Families: 79 Edmonton City Center Church Corporation and the McCauley Community League. Children (under 17 years): 151 Singles: 90 per cent of those counted Kids' shinny hockey starts December 6. Every Wednesday night from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm, kids of all ages can come out and play the great Canadian game of In October of 2004, 2192 homeless persons were counted, includ- hockey. Kids will be put into the appropriate teams. This program is also sponsored by the Edmonton City Center Church Corporation and the McCauley ing 120 families encompassing 276 children under 17, with Community League. All equipment will be available. singles representing 80 per cent of the total. From January 24, 2007 - March 14, 2007 (8 weeks) the City Of Edmonton EPJOH's Executive Director Susan McGee attributes the rising Community Services will be hosting a kids' drop in hockey program that will number of Edmonton homeless to a variety of factors. "The include a variety of stick handling skills, drills and fun games. Grades 2 - 5: 4:30 booming Alberta economy, combined with low vacancy rates and pm 5:30 pm and Grades 5- - 9; 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm. All equipment will be available lack of affordable housing has created a whole new class of home- Adult shinny "hockey day in McCauley": Starting December, come out every less individuals - the working poor," she says. "It is obvious by Saturday from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm and enjoy some good old fashioned outdoor the past two counts that solutions for housing are necessary -- shinny hockey. Need a stick? No problem! We will have one for you. The above is beyond shelters." proudly sponsored by the Edmonton City Center Church Corporation.

Skates will be available for all programs. Programs will not run if the temperature Michael Phair, Councillor Ward 4, "City Council City for agrees. is --20c or below. Ice times are available to organizations or groups at no cost. community-develope- d has unanimously endorsed the winter Please call me at 424-287- 0 for more information on ice times or programming. All emergency plan that will provide shelter and comfort for the programs are free and no registration is needed. All programs will run until the homeless over the critical winter months," he says. "Now it is end of March, weather permitting. Everyone is invited to join! The start date of time to get on with the job of developing more affordable housing programs depends on weather. units so that all of our citizens have a safe, comfortable place to call home." A very special "Thank You to Myros Pharmacy for the hot chocolate and the Community of McCauley for being leaders in outdoor sports! Homeless counts began in 1999 and take place every two years. Dan is a McCauley resident and dedicated volunteer who works with the Edmonton City Center Church Corporation. 2 BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07

EDITORIAL EDITOR'S LETTERS TO THE Traditions NOTES EDITOR Often when I hear the word "tradi- because, after all, most of our Do you have a gripe? A tion" I think of that scene in Fiddler traditions were probably passed compliment? A question? on the Roof when Reb Tevye (the to us when we experienced them Share your thoughts with father in the semi-function- al Russian- With our families. Traditions are a Letter to the Editor. In -Jewish family at the center of not only personal but meant to be 200 words or less, tell us the film) jumps on the table and shared in community. In today's what made you smile or starts singing the song "Tradition", world many people are not living frown, or what you would which listed all of the family mem- in a typical family situation (two do to change something bers and their expected roles in life. parents, kids, and possibly a four-legge-d friend surrounded by the around you if you could. While this musical outburst was fabled white picket fence). We We've got white stuff on the Send them to: meant to exemplify the set ways share our traditions with those ground, the weather has defi -- of this particular community, good closest to us, no matter where or nitely gotten colder, and I am boylemcnewsgmail.com no longer wearing light cloth- old Tevye does have a point. Tradi- how we live. And in the process we Letters may be edited for ing - winter must be here. tions are important. They are part learn and grow from each other. That also means the holidays length and clarity. of what defines us as people, creat- are right around the corner. As a result, our theme this month our own histories and memo- A community as a whole can have ing is "Traditions". Some of our ries. We share them and pass them traditions as well In Boyle Street writers are sharing their most Coming down the line. and McCauley we have a tradition memorable holiday traditions, while others are talking about of being generous and helping the the traditions of some of the Up Next We tend to focus on traditions at needy at this time of year (and people and places in Boyle and McCauley. We've the holidays, regardless of which throughout) in a variety of differ- Street got our regular features on Month . . . ones we celebrate. It's fascinating ent ways. Because we have such a business, health, food, and We "love" that our next issue to discover how different people diverse group of cultures, we have while striving to provide relevant and timely news from will be published in February. and families "do" their holidays, the exciting opportunity to learn your community. I hope you Love can be expressed in so . Which holiday we celebrate is only from each other and live far less are all able to make it to our many different ways through one part of the traditions at this insulated lives than the villagers in AGM on December 7 - see the out the community. Share your announcement in the paper for personal love stories, whether time of the year another part is Fiddler on the Roof. the time and location. We're about romance, children, how we celebrate them. also taking a short break for so a com- parents, pets, or something or Have a happy and safe holiday sea- the holidays, this bined issue for December and someone else you love. What Family and traditions tend to son - no matter which holiday you January. We'll be back in do you love most about living be spoken of in the same breath celebrate! February - until then, take in Boyle Street or McCauley? care, and Happy Holidays! What acts of love have made

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-,- f' --v .4.' t- - to help when we let it be known Name: David Kabyn (McCauley) that we needed a distributor to David. Kabyn Take to en Edmonton Police Service Community Station - forward to Vice Section. take the papers to the carriers. police.edmonton.ab.ca Or call 421 -- 2656 to report over the phone. Used for Information purpose only Marian continues the tradition Disclaimer: David Radmonovich (Norwood) of selflessness and volunteerism Dave.Radmanovich that is part of our neighborhood! police.edmonton.ab.ca Thanks Marian! Boyle Street mammas r - Community MM';. BLOCK League Boyle t:;WUJ einoitain Update CARRIERS McCauley Brian Giffen News JOE CLOUTIER November WANTED has been full of preparations for December Christmas dinners at the As wc were going to Annual We have some major Boyle Street Community League. prcss. we found out tlmtj General - routes in Boyle and Mc- It's a time that is both joyful and . frmu muciimcr.... jusicaa : sad - joyful to be involved with Cauley desperately in need Meeting all the volunteers who so willingly t Uway on Tuesday, No$& of carriers. Being a BMC -i give of their time to so that others vcrnber 21 at 9:M) .- may have a Christmas dinner, and News carrier is fun, great r . pm, at the Grey Nuns Thursday, sad to see that there are so many exercise, and a wonderful was a- - people who are not benefiting from hospital. Brian December way to serve your commu- the Alberta Advantage. Oil that is, 'valued volunteer with 7th at 6pm black gold. fJiMCNcws who had nity. Volunteers get to take courageously frofe part in special apprecia- Basement of Sacred Heart The Bissell childcare celebrations i Church take place early December. Mug cancer. A wako was! tion events with free food in The Open to everyone. Please youth in our programs are treated tyheld on Monday, DoV5 and the chance to meet come especially if you are to a Christmas feast and receive amber 4th, in Brians your fellow volunteers and Christmas gifts on December 22 interested in and the New Year begins with a Ifmcinory. Our condoA make new friends. volunteering for the Board community dinner on January 1. Jfclpnccs to Brian's fain" as a Carrier, a Writer, or a We 4jlj and friends. We wijllH IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BECOME Distributor! Happy holidays everyone! need volunteersl lliavtfafull tribute, to 3 A BLOCK CARRIER. GIVE Joe is the President of the Hoyle mm COLLEEN A CALL AT 4253475. Street Community League and mssm Principal of Inner City High. 4 BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07

Crime Free Multi-Housin- g BYLAW STREAMLINING COMING....

Program MICHAEL PHAIR COUNCILLOR, WARD 4 We know that citizens work hard to keep DARLENE ARSENEAULT A friend of mine lives in a rooming house communities clean, safe and attractive; these efforts will now be helped by a project to simplify "good neighbour" bylaws. The City's Bylaw Con- in the inner city. He told me that some guy got stabbed on his doorstep. solidation Project will consider consolidating more than a dozen bylaws I had heard about the Crime Free Multi-Housin- g Project from Dan Glu-gos- h into two concise bylaws. The final Community Standards and Public the McCauley Apartments, so I called Constable Dale Brenneis at at Places bylaws will enhance neighbourhood cleanliness, maintain the qual- the Edmonton Police Service who is with the Project, to get some more ity of our public places, and reduce neighbourhood conflicts through plain information. language and a consistent approach.

He said that the program is a three-phas- e program. First, the landlord "Our capital city has grown and changed a lot over the years," says David takes a one and a half day workshop regarding drugs, gangs, landlord Aitken, the director of the City's Complaints and Investigations Section. "We deal with more than 18,000 complaints a year concerning public and issues and rights, how to get rid of bad tenants, fire safety, and the his- private property. Many of the bylaws in question are out-date- d and some tory of the Crime Free Multi-Housin- g Project. Also, the police go over don't work well. We need a couple of good pieces of legislation and a pub- the expectations for the partnership between the police and the landlord lic education plan for the community." required by the project.

The new user-friendly bylaws and supporting programs, to be released in

on Next, Brenneis does a pre-inspecti- to make sure that the building is June 2007, will help Edmontonians understand their responsibilities as secure. So, he checks to see that the building has proper locks, windows, property owners and neighbours. and doors there are nine conditions in all. Once the landlord ensures To ensure the results of the project reflect the needs of residents, the City that all these conditions are met, then the partnership can begin. is consulting with a bylaw advisory committee and conducting a public survey on the City's website. Once this is done, the police offer the landlords a "Crime Free Adden- dum" to the rental contract that the tenant signs. With this addendum For more information about the Bylaw Consolidation Project and to the tenants sign, they (the tenants) agree to a crime free lifestyle or be complete a Bylaw Consolidation Survey, please contact the Citizen Action evicted. The landlord may also have access to police records of tenants' Centre at (780) 496-310- 0 or visit www.edmonton.cabylaws. Or you can recent crimes while living on the property. FOIP is not an issue. If the always email me at michael.phairedmonton.ca. tenant breaks the addendum to the contract, she may be evicted within 24 hours. Myros Pharmacy 10646-10- 1 Then there is a Phase 2 inspection where Brenneis inspects the building Street Phone 426-383- 9 and checks with the tenants to see that the building is crime free. Then the building is required to have a "safety social" to which all the tenants Monday - Friday are invited. There are food and door prizes, but the main purpose is to 8:30am - 5:30pm inform the tenants about what their responsibilities are in order to keep Saturday - the property crime free. 9am 2pm MEDICATION PLUS Once Phase 2 is completed, the building is fully certified. An officer from free blood pressure monitoring the program will then visit every year for inspection. Every two years the free home consultation with prescription delivery building is required to have a safety social. free health videos to view or loan free blister packs To get more information on this program or to make a booking, please call Edmonton Apt. Association at 413-977- 5. Myros for all your health needs! Darlene Arseneault lives and works in McCauley, is an avid latte con- --postage stamps-GROUN- DS sumer and volunteer. She is also a member of the Heart ofthe City Festi- ESPRESSO BAR val steering committee.

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those who help out at the event, and HOMEFEST: SUPER MUSIC their expertise with festival events ensures things run smoothly and FOR A SERIOUS ISSUE enjoyably. The educational aspect of Homefest was expanded this year. In addition to the three performance areas and a family activity centre complete with clowns, magicians and crafts, there was a room where a variety of videos about housing matters played all

through the five-hour event, and the walls were covered with displays and information. Over the day, people were repeatedly invited by stage hosts to enjoy the music but then go home and act on the information by con- kAk 11 BtilfilHflHH tacting politicians and telling them that more money needs to be com- mitted to social housing. McCauley's Kate Quinn of PAAFE was one of the speakers between acts who shared about why housing is important. Terry Morrison and John Gorham.

JIM GURNETT "There is a real person with their own story in every statistic Increasing awareness is the main about homelessness," Jessica Heine reminded listeners as she shared her pow- purpose of Homefest, but the money erful songs from the stage of Homefest 2006 on November 12. raised will support two projects this r a ' year: Canadian Mental Health As- - I The concert, moved this year from McDougall United Church to the larger gf sociation's program to assist people venue of the Transalta Arts Barns in Old Strathcona, is presented by Edmon- with moving expenses, and Boyle ton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness (ECOHH) to raise awareness of Street Community Service's program Karla Anderson performs the lack of housing security experienced by thousands of Edmontonians. working with people living in Park land. Some of the funds are raised by food sales, with Hope Mission donating a "With the results of the latest count of homeless people just being released a generous amount of chilli for this purpose every year. few days earlier showing a 20 percent increase since 2004, it is more In Homefest, ECOHH welcomes com- tant than ever for people to understand this crisis and what to do about it," addition to opportunities to present to organizations issues all Groups can says ECOHH president Cam McDonald. More than 1000 people attended this munity about housing through the year. 423-967- 5. The major ECOHH will be year's concert. contact Gurnett at next event the annual memorial for people who have died due to poor housing, to be held in late "The folk community in Edmonton has supported this event from the begin- January. ning," explains Bill Werthmann of the Northern Lights Folk Club. He put Jim is the Executive Director the Edmonton Mennonite Centre together the line up of performers that included Terry Morrison and John of for Newcomers and the co'diair Homefest. Gorham, Karla Anderson, Kat Danser, Back Porch Swing, Bob Jahrig, and Rob for Heath in this year's show. CDs of past years' highlights are available for purchase at Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers or on line at the Homef- est website (www.homefest.ca). This year's CD will be available early in 2007. We'll See "It is ironic that the day includes both some of the finest of folk music in our city and some deeply troubling stories and information about how people's The little girl in the park lives are devastated when they don't have a decent home," comments Werth- Sees all the Christmas lights and decorations mann. "But entertainment that speaks out for creating a better Community is in the tradition of folk music over the years." On the trees and houses. She asks her dad, "Are we going to have a Christmas this year?" ECOHH first brought folk music and housing together in the Summer of 2002 Her daddy says, "We'll see." with a concert that launched a campaign in association with Our Voice newspa- The little girl goes shopping with her mommy. per. The campaign was to get the Alberta government to sign on to a new fed- She asks her, "Will there be any Christmas presents for me?" eral affordable housing program. The next year saw the first Homefest concert Her mother says, "We'll see." and each year since then the attendance has grown. The little girl Sees Santa Claus and asks her mother, "Can I talk to Santa?" Homefest works in large part because of an awesome team of volunteers. More than 100 people are involved over the year getting it ready and on the day. The Her mommy says, "We'll see." experienced volunteers of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival are the core of The little girl asks Daddy and Mommy "Will we still be living in a tent at Christmas?" They both say, "We'll see." IS DRINKING A On Christmas morning a group of people came To pick family their new home, PROBLEM? up the to Decorated with lights, Santa standing in front With gifts for everyone. A.A. 424-590- 0 The little girl danced around her mommy and daddy singing, THE ONLY REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERSHIP HAS THE IS A DESIRE TO "You see? There IS a Christmas!" STOP DRINKING. ANSWER FOR within 24 hours. SOBER LIVING! BETTY NORDIN is an area resident who writes extensively about life on the street. 6 BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07 Our Sacred Past Christmas ANSGAR LUTHERAN CHURCH: Services RICH WITH TRADITIONS If you are looking to attend a service on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, here is a list of the major churches in the area. At the time we went to press, not all of them knew exactly when their Christmas services would be, so just give them a ring up to find out.

Ansgar Lutheran 422- - 8777 9554 108A Avenue Christmas Eve: 2:00 pm (Dutch) 3:30 pm (English) Christmas Day: 10:30 am (Dutch)

Edmonton Centre Victory Church (Interdenominational) 10665-9- 8 Street 424-480- 3 Christmas Eve: Noon

Family Worship Centre (Elim Fellowship) 424-642- 2 10605 96 Street COLLEEN CHAPMAN A Danish congregation has existed in Edmonton Christmas Eve: 10:30 am since the early 1920's, when the first wave of immigrants came from Denmark. Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (Greek Orthodox) The first were held homes. Eventually, newcomers services in private the 10902-9- 6 Street purchased the German Church and built on the land, finishing in 1940. During 428-335- 4 the 1950's the church grew again with the next wave of immigrants from Den- Christmas Eve: 10:00 am mark. Today they have a strong and lively church: Ansgar Danish Lutheran Mustard Seed (Interdenominational) Church. 426-560- 0 Christmas Eve: call for the time r Ansgar held their first services in the fall of 1923. Later that year, the United Christmas Dinner: December 2: 5:00-10:0- 0 pm Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (later renamed the Synod Kids' Christmas Party: December 9: 12:00-3:0- 0 pm Family Gift Centre: December 23: 6:00-9:0- 0 pm of America) decided to dispatch a minister to Edmonton. In September of 1924, Pastor A.P. Hansen arrived in Edmonton. On May 24, 1928, the Dan- Queen of Martyrs (Catholic) ish Church AbroadVDansk Kirke i Udlandet sent Pastor Max Mathiesen who 10830-9- 6 Street arrived from Northern Denmark. He quickly went to work building a new altar 423- -5389 and tried to make the Church interior resemble a Danish Church as closely as Call for dates and times possible. Sacred Heart (Catholic, First Nations) 10821-9- When you enter the church you will 6 Street 422-305- 2 see a model ship suspended from the Call for times ceiling from the part of the sanctu- ary called "The Church Ship". This St. Barbara (Russian Orthodox) tradition goes back many hundreds of 10105-9- 6 Street 422-027- 7 years. Denmark is a nation of seafar- Call for times ers and many Danish seafarers have been lost at sea, but it is also a picture St. Josaphat's Cathedral (Ukrainian Catholic) of the congregation being called as 10825-9- 7 Street disciples, as the first disciples were 422-318- 1 Christmas Eve: Morning Liturgy: 9:30 am (English) called the Jesus from Galilee to be Christmas Vigil and Divine Liturgy: 8:00 pm (English) "fishers of men". The tradition also Christmas Vigil and Pontifical Divine Liturgy: 10:00 pm (Ukrai- says that "we are all in the same nian) boat". The exterior of the church is Christmas Day: Divine Liturgy: 9:00 am (Ukrainian) reminiscent of other buildings in Denmark. Divine Liturgy: 11:00 am (English) St. Stephen's (Anglican) You will notice in the picture that the pastor, Rikke Nielsen, is a woman. Now- 10909-9- 6 Street adays, the majority of new students for the ministry in Denmark are women. 422-324- 0 Pastors for Ansgar Danish Church are provided through the Danish Seaman's Christmas Eve: Midnight Mass at 11:30 pm

Church and Churches Abroad in Denmark. They serve for a five-year period. St. Peter's Lutheran The first and third Sundays of the month are conducted in Danish, with the 9606-11- 0 Avenue rest of the Sundays in English. 426-112- 2 Call for times and location Colleen is a McCauley resident and VolunteerAdvertising Coordinator for BMC News. BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07 7

MOTHER TERESA STUDENT HONOURED Calling All ON NATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY Caroilers! DON'T MISS THE CHRISTMAS BUREAU CAROLLING, DECEMBER 22, 12:00 NOON TO 1:00 P.M., AT THE WINSPEAR CENTRE.

At City Hall on National Children's Day, November 20th, Councillor Michael Phair presented a plaque on behalf of Children and Youth Services to Joshua Branston, a Grade 5 student at Mother Tere- sa School who was chosen to represent Big Brothers Big Sisters. The plaque was taken back to Mother Teresa School for the day. Above: Michael Phair, Joshua Branston, Liz O'Neill from Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Colleen Burton, Director of Community Resources.

KAREN SIMONS If you're one of those people who wistfully longs for the days of carol singing, get thee to a Christmas Eve service or hie thee to the annual Christmas Bureau Carolling event. Better yet, do both! If you want to go to the former, call any of our neighbourhood churches for times; TheView from Boyle if you want to attend the latter, pay attention to this article!

I've attended the Christmas Bureau Carol Sing (as I am wont to call it) for two years in a row now, so I can tell you it's a wildly popular occasion. Both times I've gone it's been hosted by Ron Wilson and broadcast live on CBC Radio, Alberta (so you have to behave yourself). The event features a splen- did massed choir made up of many of this city's impressive amateur, profes- sional, university, and church choirs all arrayed in holiday colours. The exacting Dr. Robert de Frece conducts them; the illustrious organist Jeremy Spurgeon accompanies them; the lucky audience joins them in song. If this year is like the last two, you'll get to hear this expert choir do a few pieces on their own. You'll also get to hear the excellent Mr. Spurgeon play a solo or two on the magnificent and much-vaunte- d Davis organ.

What kinds of carols will you sing? The old traditional ones, thank good- ness! The ones from the middle ages and the nineteenth century: "What Child Is This" and "God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen" (notice the placement of the comma) and "Good King Winceslas and "Silent Night" and other glorious songs from days of yore (don't worry: they provide the words on a carol sheet). You'll find none of that commercial Santa Claus stuff here. The beautiful view from the edge of 97th Street and Jasper Avenue, overlooking Edmonton Queen and Muttart Conservatory. These carols will take you back to a time before Coca-Col- a appropriated the the old guy in the red suit.

But take heed: you must come early really early (i.e., 11:30 if you want a choice of seats). When the seats are full, they will bar the doors like the gates of a castle (the Winspear people must adhere to safety regulations). Nota bene: you will not be allowed to save seats for friends: first come, fir6t served.

The price of admission? A donation to the Christmas Bureau. This event is the Bureau's last chance to raise money for the Christmas dinners they provide for Edmontonians in need. There is no other admission charge, so,

- if you are able, give generously. 10878 Via Italia (93 Street), 5028-104- A Street. Edmonton, AS, Canada, T3M 2E4 Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6M 6A2 Ph: (780) 4244869. f (780) 420-433- 0 Ph: (780) 9804889, raw (780) 430O278 So don your festive garb, sing a few arpeggios to warm up your voice, grab a friend, and come enjoy an hour's complete reprieve from the office and the Web: vmmm ItnlanCeritw.ca malll See you there! TERESA SPIMELLI Cell (780) 993-486- 9

E-m- President ail: Teresa.SplnelllOltallanCentre.ca Karen Simons has lived in the McCauley neighbourhood for seven years and still loves it. She teaches literature and writing at the U ofA. 8 BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 ' JANUARY 07

Traditions it TAMARA RAYNOR-COT- E The holidays in my house are not a religious : event; they are more of an atmospheric celebration. Let me explain.

What I love about Christmas is immeasurable: the lights sparkle in my eyes and snowflakes seem to fall more frequently in lazy trips to the ground. There is an unmistakable buzz in the air and I swear that people seem more cheerful and pleasant to strangers than they usually do whether this is in response to the threat of coal in their stockings, I'll let you be the judge.

Every year my family puts up a tree and usually I or my mother decorates it ithjt variety of ornaments that haveno rhyme or reason to them. Soij wefenand made by my brother ambrnejas children, othffstgre bpughj rnamtyears ago. The acf of decorating the tree isn'l -- Untangling lasfWarg lights andBortirlg through! DusWvoutholidav buttonsJaitll love everv minut V that Chnstrha 5e ana excitement ortpe seasornare repre Jsentted In their entirety for me n tJiat&tificiaTijriaiKalita proudly JL lonaide d irfrny living ro?m

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s Evrainner does not consist of turkey and mashed potatoes; rath- - mpil?Srnassive tray of finger foods like crackers and cheese with washJtUll flown with yummy eggnog. My Christmas traditions are a niajor pSrtFgvgy I love the holidays so much; it's a time of togetherness andjremembrances ancfpleagurable time spent with friends and family.

Tarriara is an area residentmher first year at the University ofAlberta. mi Odd . V lYOVELLA M. Wht rnoTOerjjduring the holidays requesTniajnlfiot 1 guts, i oiajnay sounqjstrange since gift giinngTs a maiflthTistmas noullwways noticed,. sifjmhg stresses her ( iniversity

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Yoyella is a resident of the McCauley area. She works with individuals with mental and physical disabilities in Edmonton. Besides writing for BMC News Jie also hosts a local roots music radio program. BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07

PAULA E. KIRMAN Chiufeh is trjftti4ff of LighTAjkbrated by Jewish families all over tlhe wofldfiach vdRr. Includinainv. own. This year, Chanukah begins on Decemburm r r iimri s

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So., for eipht davs. Jewis cancuevon me, meriorah, ltvsuccession 0 z i i for each day until the final nig elifthj (xancuesB re amaze, inere are actually nine candles al otfthe menora middle candle is called a shamash, andT I'eht theothenones

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tChanukalinhe mitral focus is lipJitandlesT provide an oasis of light are indeed the darkest the'Teateyjennsjpf daylight houxs.and in the lives of many l - J 7iPP5--UUE- ' If-oplewhos-tr eople who strglvehne

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A slightly different versionofthis articlejappeared in the December 2005 issue o"Our, Voice

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t-- w K J-4- T as holiday is a popular tradition in ' Sk. . JSJ. bt narents vou miehfcwahtto try lUnd out whaC f 7 North America. V their ideaiuinstmas t tZT JpndlngHhr istmaf EyeLvyith one ' Wl1JmK77 VSna Christma Uav.With e other. 7 i. Families and individuals will often m m nerere many differentways to create their own traditions during ..s., .Zz Ml AiihSnWaaHng tjefolidays. this holiday season. It's important tjmejviththqou love

to make this time of year special -- eniovableomevVhenKotia,fPin?TO!.v. ispeciiicauy.rs i. ...T...11 un and personal for yourself. It may stmas Eve and custom becomesMressfu .diffiCu t XVT' be tempting for newly married or ifr 'W yAVBdxrns'Ekvh'D e just as meaning- - or unbearable, the joy ofthe co-habiti- ng couples to continue with son slowly diminishes. the familiar Christmas traditions be considered fun, sentimental, or passed down by their parents, but Whatever you decide to do this year, spiritual for one family member can don't be afraid to create something have a wonderful Christmas. easily be experienced as forceful, new for your immediate family. boring, meaningless, or worse by Freh idea can be found via the another relative. 10 BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07

Christmas tree, and some of them got to eat sausage and cake. On the 27th, the Germans unexpectedly withdrew. On the 28th, Canadians took full Remembering control of Ortona. In the week at Ortona, the Germans lost over 400 men, leaving one hundred of their dead in the streets when they withdrew. More than 1000 civilians were killed. The town itself was reduced to rubble. Over 1300 Canadians died in the "diversionary" December conflict and lie buried in the Moro Ortona River cemetery.

KAREN SIMONS For most of us, the holidays mean peace and good It isn't very jolly to mix such terrible memories with our Christmas cheer. But for the people of Ortona and the veterans who fought there, festivities, but All Saints' Anglican Cathedral (located in downtown Ed- Christmas marks the anniversary of a conflict so ferocious it has been monton) commemorates the battle every year. and I stumbled named Canada's "Little Stalingrad." Joe upon this service two years ago just after we'd begun attending the church. On the fourth Sunday of Advent, we were astonished to find officers and

soldiers loitering about in the foyer a deep shock to my pacifist Men-noni- te roots. When the congregation was seated, a veteran shared his experiences of the battle. Then members of the Regiment filed in carrying their drums and colours, made an altar of the drums at the front, laid the colours on top, then took their places in the pews. Two soldiers remained standing beside this arrangement for the entire service. The Choral Eu- charist itself proceeded as usual. At the end, the members retrieved their drums and colours, and the entire contingent filed out. Joe and I went home musing on this very contradictory experience.

Commemorating the Battle of Ortona at All Saint's Anglican Cathedral. Even secular commemorations of World War II are complicated for me. My mother was a German child living in Poland during the war. The suffering of ordinary Germans during and after the war is a little-tol- d story, and I certainly cannot tell it here. But because of my mother, I take remembrance ceremonies very seriously: they remind me that whatever war is "about," it results in unimaginable courage and unspeakable hard- ship across borders, peoples, and causes. So, in my research for this article, I was heartened to learn that in December 1998 Canadian and German veterans joined in an almost miraculous act of peace and forgive- ness: they met in Ortona once more, this time for Christmas dinner in The Ortona Edmonton Friendship Fountain in Giovanni Caboto Park com- the church of Santa Maria di Constantinopoli. memorates the bond between the citizens of Ortona and the Edmontonians who fought to free the town from German occupation in WWII. It's too easy to forget that the first Christmas occurred not in a lovely, In December 1943, in an effort to divert German forces from the main magical place, but in an empire ruled by a brutal military dictatorship. Allied thrust against Rome, General Montgomery ordered Canadian forces The Christmas story tells of love and peace breaking into a world of ha- to march on Ortona. No one knew that the small Adriatic town (popula- tred and violence. The All Saints' service and the 1998 Christmas dinner tion, 10,000) marked the "winter line" which the Germans were to hold in Ortona embody that mystery. They remind us that there is nothing to at all costs. The battle for the town itself was preceded by two weeks of be gained by forgetting, but everything to be gained by forgiving. May all nightmarish fighting first at the Moro River, then at the fortified gully the survivors of Ortona Italian, Canadian, and German experience two kilometres on. On December 20, badly depleted, the Canadians peace this Christmas. reached the outskirts of the town. The Germans had the advantage: as the Loyal Edmonton Regiment and the Seaforth Highlanders of Vancouver Further information: (supported by Saskatoon Light Infantry and the tanks of the Three Riv- For a memoir of the Italian Campaign, read ers Regiment) fought from house to house in the narrow streets, German Farley Mowat's And No Birds Sang.

soldiers shot them down or threw grenades from the upper stories. Soon For internet sources, just google "battle of Ortona." Here are the main ; "mouse-holing- I the Canadians created a technique called ": they would blast sites consulted: a hole in the connecting wall, throw a grenade into the adjoining building, http:www.allsaintscathedral.comBattleofOrtona.html run through, and then work their way down the stairs, throwing grenades http:www.cbc.canewsbackgroundortonaortona.html as they went. http:www.cdnmilitary.caortonatimeline.htm http:www.histori.caminutesminute.do7id-1478- 8 (a recorded reading from Farley Mowat's book, And No Birds Sang) On Christmas day, some Canadians got a hot Christmas dinner in the http:www.lermuseum.orglermhwwiiortona.html bombed out church of Santa Maria di Constantinopoli; others were shot http:www.pc.gc.cacanadaprojccipage2e.asp trying to get there. In their own quarter, the Germans put up a small BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07 11 My Polish Neighbours

Michael Phair Councillor Ward Four

Joe and Danuta Bubel. ZINIA PRITCHARD In our neighbourhood reside two special people. The one writer, now 78 years of age, was abducted at the age of 14 during World War II and deported to Germany as a farm labourer. He grew to adulthood under Hitler's fascist dictatorship with German as his primary language. The other writer, his partner of 40 plus years, was persecuted as a Your opinions are important to me Christian under Stalin's communist rule for her published work in the evan- contact mefor assistance with civic issues, gelical press. Russian supplanted her mother tongue. The man is Joe Bubel, the woman is Danuta Lukasiewicz, and their combined story is a mimeo- graph of the history of Poland. 496-814- 6 Poland lost its national identity in the 1700s and was not able to regain it until after the First World War. Throughout the periods of occupation, the email: michael.phairedmonton.ca Polish people never lost their sense of ethnicity and engaged in numerous uprisings against foreign rule as recorded in the pages of Polish history: the uprisings against the rule of Imperial Russia; uprisings against Austria; Greater Poland Uprisings against the rule of the Prussian and German state; the Silesian Uprisings 1919-192- 1 against the rule of Germany; the Warsaw Uprising against German occupation during World War II; and, the uprising against Soviet-impose- d communist regime.

When I asked Joe and Danuta what it is about the Polish person that makes him or her essentially Polish, I can now understand their prompt response, "the fight for freedom."

In the Bubel's family history are three individuals who figure predominantly in the commitment to liberation - Joe's father and uncle, and Danuta's grandfather. Prior to World War I, Joe's father was suspended from Univer sity because of his nationalistic identity, and, during the War, Joe's uncle, a Canon in the Roman Catholic Church, enlisted as a military chaplain. After the Great War, Danuta's grandfather, a judge and member of the legislative assembly, helped to change laws that addressed the injustices toward peas- ants, women, and the distribution of land. In light of this family history, it is no wonder that the spirit of justice lives so strongly in the lives of the Bubel's children, Anna and Mark!

Among the Bubel's poignant memories of World War II, Joe recollects resid- ing in the Displaced Person's Camp and watching starving Russian soldiers jnKtf..'g it.t... Kwti grab for a piece of bread. Danuta remembers the horrors of fascist rule in the massacred bodies of her countrymen lining the streets of Warsaw. In addition to the many millions of Jewish people slaughtered by the Nazis, the Poles together with the Ukrainians, the Gypsies and other ethnic groups, numbered about two million people - a fact rarely known, let alone remem- bered by the world.

On a lighter note, and there is one, both Danuta and Joe want us to also know that what makes a Polish person essentially Polish has everything to do with food, particularly peasant food!

Central to Polish tradition surely must be the Christmas Eve Dinner where It's a reality that for thousands of Edmontonians, there really is no place 12 dishes, mostly fish based, are lovingly prepared over many days and like home. Creating more affordable housing is everyone's responsibility. Governments, community agencies, and the served. Other Polish fare includes; pyrogies made with sauerkraut and '.VN. mushroom; beet soup cooked with garden fresh beets and served with hard Edmonton Joint Planning Committee on Housing WjW 'EdmontollJ())nl co Mowing boiled eggs (my personal favourite); a mushroom soup that is a very delicate are working to help. So can you. . . . I'Yl TtwnlMrlK broth with tortellini floating in it; and, of course, Polish apple cake (Joe's llk Nmm favourite) and Polish cheesecake (Danuta's favourite). And let us not forget wwwmoresafahomesnet the blueberry wine that the Bubels are partial to. Anyone who has had the astronomical delight of having dined at the Bubel house can only agree with Danuta: "peasant food is always the best!"

Zinia Pritchard lives in McCauley, is a member ofthe Boyle McCauley Newspaper Editorial Committee and a recent convert to Polish cuisine. 12 BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07

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YO'VELLAM. As I rode along 111 Avenue I instantly noticed the newest addition to the restaurants in the area: Xamareey Casual GET GREENER African Dining. I decided that I would venture outside the boundaries AT THE GALLERY OF COURTYARD SURPRISES of the restaurants I usually frequent and give this place a try.

My friend and I chose a Saturday evening to try out Xamareey's menu. A gentleman brought a pitcher of mango juice for us to enjoy during our meal. After looking at the menu I realized that Xama- reey wasn't just an African restaurant, it was specifically a Somalian restaurant. The menu featured a mixture of traditionally prepared Somalian meats and showed the influence of Italian heritage in their culture with meals containing pasta and Italian names. GREENS $6 Bundles of cedar, fir or pine. Perfect for decorating. Our server was friendly and gave us an explanation of what some of WREATHS $25 Welcome them with style! the different foods were and how they were prepared. I settled for the TREES $20 Chi-Pol- o Alia Farmaggio, which is chicken pieces stuffed with spinach Cedar, cypress, pine, and a light cheese sauce. My friend ordered Beef Suqaar consisting of fir, feather or spruce. stewed beef with green peppers. All entrees come with a side of rice, ORNAMENTS $8 Handpainted from India. pasta, salad or traditional Somalian bread products. And lots of others, tool

When our order arrived there was a side of salad along with the rice COME SMELL THE FLOWERS. Escape the frenzy. Come enjoy Zocalo's I ordered. My friend's meal also came with an additional side order gallery of surprises In your neighbourhood! of salad. I suggest going to Xamareey with an empty stomach as Great selection of unusual gifts, holiday decor and funky florals. Warm up with a cappuccino the entries have fairly large portions. As for the menu choices, the of gourmet hot chocolate. restaurant features mostly chicken dishes, a few beef entrees and two seafood dishes. The prices are fairly low given the large amount of food served - there is no meal over $9.95 on the menu. Juice and tea are included with each entree ordered. Ill ill II is Cade" (a Written on the menu the motto, "Remember Xamar 1 0826 - 95 STREET, EDMONTON, AB (780) 428-075- 4 region in Somalia). I can't remember Xamar Cade as I've never been OPEN: MON-WE- D 9AM-6P- M, THUR 9AM-9P- M, FRI 10AM-6P- M, SAT 9AM - 6PM, SUN 12PM-5P- M there, but I'll remember Xamareey as a restaurant with friendly service and great food. BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07 13

Not In My Backyard? WHO SAYS FINDING A PLACE TO CALL YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL? HOME WORK FROM HOME!

LANA PHILLIPS I've been reading about the squabble northeast Edmonton 26 year old European Skin CareNutritional Co. Looking for hard working individuals FTPT Low Start-To- p residents are having with Habitat for Humanity over the proposed 48-un- it Commissions Mercedes Car Incentive Program housing project in the Bergman neighbourhood. One community resident was CALL DANA AT 780-903-72- 45 vj&& quoted in a recent See Magazine as saying that they were like "drive-b- y

shootings." Where did the idea come from that all low-income people are

"low-lif- e people"?

The Jasper East redevelopmentgentrification project has been touted as the 1 solution to crime, poverty, and all the social problems that plague the inner city and the surrounding area. This struck close to home as a "For Sale" sign MINH W went up in front of my apartment complex a week or so ago. The building isn't being sold to another management company, but as individually-owne- d PHARMACY condominiums. The real estate agent who talked to residents told us that we 10659A-9- 7 STREET were being given first notice if we wanted to buy, but mortgages are not likely PHONE 428-8- 1 86 for residents who have battled credit problems in the past. Instead, the units may be sold to people who want to invest in the property without living here. MON-FRI10- -7 The new owners may or may not be willing to rent to current tenants and may SATURDAY 10-- 3 SUNDAY 12-- 3 impose a rent increase that makes it impossible for those of us who have made HOLIDAYS CLOSED this our home to stay. "Serving Edmonton & Area Since 1986" Free Prescription Pick-u- p & Delivery We're lucky my spouse just got a job that might allow us to find other hous- Free Dosett & Blister Pack Services ing fairly easily (even though the damage deposit is almost impossible to produce on short notice). But what about all the people in our building who live on the income from AISH or whatever welfare is being called these days? Do they have the same options?

When a neighbourhood has people from different cultural backgrounds, different life experiences, and different socioeconomic backgrounds, the entire LINTON (Across from Lucky 97) community benefits from the diversity found there. There is no reason that anyone should say, "Not in my backyard" as a knee-jer- k response to people DRUGS who are less fortunate than they. Wanting to keep your community safe is un- derstandable. Wanting to keep your community from law-abidi- ng people who 1 0724-9- 7 St. are just as worthy as you, just with fewer resources, is unacceptable. We can all Prescription learn from each other that is what community is all about. Drugs This article also appeared in the Fall 2006 issue of Our Voice. 424-657- 7

McCAULEY COMMUNITY LEAGUE

428-533- 2 --.46, 2 new committees looking for

1 M. people ready to help: FAMILY Qfc Immediate is work jr Soccer Committee - task to on getting a soccer team to a January tournament. To join

420-076- ail the committee, phone Tony at 0 or e-m- him DRUGS at brixtonbubble2000yahoo.c.a. OPEN: 8:30- - 5:30 Monday Saturday Drug House Info Committee - Immediate tasks are to create a fan-o- ut phone list and a flyer to

inform community. To join the committee, e-m- ail Wesley 10233 97th Street at drughouseinfoyahoo.ca or leave your name and number at 428-533- 2. 426-70- 07 426-69- 76 m Check out what's going on in the community at www.mccauley.info 14 BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07 ,r. McCauley Community League Update

FOCUSiv1: ! ON KOI BUSINESS JOAN MACKINLAY Last night, November 14, was the board meeting; today, November 15, is the deadline for submissions for December's Boyle Mc- Noodle his parents for sixteen years. In 1983 Cauley News. Good timing for the update this month. the family came to Canada and began Noodle: An a new life. Wesley May, who has volunteered to head the Drug House Info Committee, joined us at our November 14 meeting. The work of this committee (which is

Patrick opened Noodle Noodle sub-committ- Excellent ten actually a ee of the zoning committee in the sense that it will look years ago, and expanded five years it at the misuse of property) includes creating a fan-o- ut phone list to report drug Food ago. Virtually the same staff has been house activity and a flyer to inform the community about how it will work. there for the past six years. Cus- They will also, where possible, contact property owners who rent to tenants Tradition! tomers are greeted warmly and they who set up drug houses. The Drug House Info Committee will educate the remember what your favorite dishes community regarding safety guidelines and issues as well as create a protocol feels like are! community ail COLLEEN CHAPMAN As Joan It to return to follow when reporting. If you wish to join the committee, e-m- Wesley at MacKinlay, President of the McCau- to Noodle Noodle. The premises are drughouseinfoyahoo.ca or leave your name and number on our office ma- ley Community League, and I had spacious, clean and well maintained. chine and he will call you back. dinner one night, we discussed the And the food is very good - everyone idea of traditions, which is the theme I have ever taken to the restaurant Speaking of committees, after a thorough and helpful board discussion for this month's paper. We eventu- has returned on their own after that! prompted by a soccer committee question from Tony, we have rearranged ally noticed that the staff at Noodle what we used to call the programming committee. Instead, we now have four Noodle was moving tables and chairs, Being located next to the Hope Mis- separate committees: soccer, art, rink, and ECCC related programs (guitar, sion, Patrick his share of adding to the general number of seats has had games day, and community clean-up- ). in the restaurant. We asked what challenges from their clientele. There they were preparing for and discov- have been significant damages to his The Soccer Committee is taking shape and will have its first meeting by mid-Decemb- er ered that the next day was the yearly property from people who need to (in enough time to register a team for a January tournament). cold, from people from and ail in the 420-076- e-m- fundraiser for the Boyle McCauley get Phone Tony at 0 or him at brixtonbubble2000yahoo.ca if Health Centre. This is a moderately who are hungry. He wishes there you'd like to be involved. new tradition in our neighborhood could be more funding for housing

help people the ng that has benefited the Health Centre and programs to the We are in the process of re-worki- the rink arrangement and will have more for fifteen years, and has been held at Mission serves. details next month. Noodle Noodle for the past six years. Perhaps due to the location, for the Patrick does all he can do to help The casino money has arrived and Laura is preparing a budget for us to look at. last three years every ticket (300 to our communities - for instance, 360) has been sold! the Boyle McCauley Health Centre PAAFE and I met with the Boys and Girls Club to work out how we can in- while facing the issues most small crease safety for the children there, and we are all checking into or arranging Noodle Noodle is a second-generatio- n business owners face: higher taxes, for something. The collaborative process is already helping solve the little restaurant. Patrick Chan's father higher wages, and higher prices for problems and holds promise for solving some of the larger problems. The owned the Tan Tan Restaurant and basic supplies. After growing up in a "Two Daves" (our beat constables) will be invited to join our next meeting. Patrick learned the business from the country at war, he truly appreciates bottom up, beginning as a "joe boy" all we have here. He never wants his Check out PAAFE and E4Cs sample advocacy letter at www.mccauley.info. Use (according to him) and dishwasher children to see the things he saw as a their sample letter or write your own to ask the City for much needed tran- there at the age of 21. Patrick's life, child, and so he works to make ours sitional housing and sustainable long term funding for it. Judging from the like that of many refugees, was not a better place. As Cecilia at the Boyle community meeting, I think many in our community would be comforted to exactly a life of privilege. In 1967, McCauley Health Centre says, "he is a know that prostitutes leaving prostitution could count on transitional housing at the age of five, Patrick was taken great contributor to the community,'' to support them in the difficult period after detox. to Hong Kong to live with his grand- mother. His mother returned to Noodle Noodle is at the corner of 106 Have a Peaceful Holiday! Vietnam, and he did not see either of Avenue and 100 Street. Joan is the President ofthe McCauley Community League. BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07 15 Around the neighbourhood

WECAN (CITY CENTRE) C.A.P. HEAD START PROGRAM FREE Soccer Program (INDOOR) for Boys and Girls. CO-O- Ages: 2 12 Years FOOD P SEEKING VOLUNTEERS to -- 424-287- Saturdays: 10:30am 12:00 Noon CALL DAN AT 0 C.A.P. Head Start is a free preschool Date: November 4th, - June SI 2 meat order program for children aged 3 V4 to Start 2006 9th, 2007. BISSELL CENTRE Location: Heart, School Gym. (please side of $8 produce order 5 years old, from low income fami- Sacred enter at the East entrance 423- -2285 School). Address: Avenue (McCauley Community). Introduc- lies, living in the BoyleMcCauley, the 96 Street 108 Adult Cooking Classes FIFA Tony For Deadline is 1st Friday of month. Parkdale, Delton and Alberta Avenue tion to basic soccer skills by renowned Soccer Coach, Wallace. Thursday afternoons Annual Coop membership: $5. areas. CAP. Head Start families more information phone Tony 4200760 for a Healthy Sport. Beadwork class belong to a wide variety of cultural Edmonton Social Activist Contact & Resource Handbook Monday mornings WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC backgrounds. CAP, stands for Justice, Now available: The Handbook is an essential publication for any Wednesday nights at 6:30pm Thursday 5pm at Boyle McCauley Children And Parents. We strive for Edmonton activist. It includes contact information and websites for Movie Night Health Centre, Supper and guest multicultural awareness in honour local activist organizations and a comprehensive bibliography of books Wednesdays at 7pm (drop in) speakers. of this diversity and we encourage and videos available at the public library to raise awareness of parents to learn and grow too while Women's Health Group & Lunch global activist issues. 32 pages, only $2.00. Published by the Wednesdays noon participating in their child's learning. at The Mustard Seed Edmonton Small Press Association. To find out how to get a copy, While parents participate in Child Hep C Peer Support 10635 - 96 Street visit http:activistresources.raisemyvoice.com. and Parent night, Parent Thursdays at 2:30pm (780)426-560- 0 Phone: Gatherings, and Parent Advisory II phone and charger if you take over my contract with Telus Coffee House meetings, we provide child support. stage (expires May07). Good rating needed. You choose whatever Dinner, music and open Sunday Worship Service (Sun. 34 If you would like to volunteer to as- credit Drop In 988-294- 8 3rd Tuesday 6:30pm at the pm) sist with Child Support on Telus plan you like. Joan Evening Meals (Mon. to Fri. 7-- 8 Thursday evenings, please contact BOYLE MCCAULEY pm, Sat. 5-- 6 pm) Dianne at 422-726- 3. CAP. Head HEALTH CENTRE Personal Assistance Center (Mon. Start is located at 1 1035 92 Street. 10628 - 96 St. - and Fri. afternoons 1-- 4 pm, Tue. Monday Thursday 9am 9pm ACTIVITY 8-9p- NETWORKS CENTRE and Thurs. evenings m; eve- Friday 4:30pm 474-336- 9am 3, extension ning times are for students and (780) 302 Saturday 9am 12:30pm Volunteer! JOIN OUR TEAM! Children's Immunization day workers only please)

l-3- pm Depot (Tues. Monday Food and Thurs. Networks Activity Centre provides pm, Wed evenings Foot Clinic afternoons 14 a safe, supportive environment for Royal Imperial 8-9p- m; Wednesday l-3- pm evening times are for adults with brain injury that pro- students and day workers only motes an active lifestyle through Liquor Store Dental and Streetworks during clinic please) opportunities for social interaction, We carry a large variety of imported hours. Drop-i- n Coffee (Mon. through Fri. physical activity, and community beer, liquor, wine and cognac involvement. Volunteering with Net- afternoons 14 pm, closed the last 9647 -- 107A Ave BOYLE STREET Wednesday of the month) works Activity Centre is a wonderful way enrich life and touch the Edmonton, AB T5H 2L9 COMMUNITY SERVICES Community Activities (Wed. after- to your 10116 -- 105 Ave. lives of those we serve. If you are 423-19- 88 noons 14 pm and every evening (780) 424- - 4106 interested in joining our volunteer following the evening meal) 474-336- Monday Friday 8:30 4:30pm team please call (780) 3, Regular recreation activities extension 302 or email Darlene Youth Drop-I- n include: Arseneault, Program Coordinator, Wednesday 4 - 7pm Movie Night (Fri. 8-1- 1 pm) da.nactelus.net Adult Drop-I-n Hockey Night in Canada (Sat. 6-1- 1 Thursday 4 - 8pm pm) Board Games wanted. Call Dan at Community Line 424-287- 0 Soup Get involved. The Mustard Seed is Monday - Friday at Noon always looking for volunteers. Housing Workshop For more information call The Every second Wednesday Mustard Seed at (780) 426-560- 0 Income Taxes or visit http:Avww.mustard.ab.ca March 7 -- April 25 Tuesday 10 -- 4pm FREE GUITAR LESSONS NICOTINE ANONYMOUS NOW AVAILABLE! COMMUNITY OF EMMANUEL Rick 474-559- 3 Every second Friday Worship Services and Sunday Gwynn 443 3020 9624 -- 108 Ave School Support for smokers who are trying Sacred Heart Centre Basement to quit. Call Nicotine Anonymous. Sponsored by McCauley Community Sunday 1 lam at Bissell Centre. League & Edmonton City Centre PETER GOLDRING Lunch follows. SACRED HEART CHURCH OF Church Corporation. Member of Pailiainent THE FIRST PEOPLES Call Dan for more info at 424-287- 0. Edmonton East EDMONTON INNER CITY 422-305- 2 for further info on VICTORY CHURCH any of the below programs. HEART OF THE CITY Steering Eucharist is held Sunday at 10665 - 98 St each Needs 7pm. Committee Members Volunteer Your Help: 424-480- 10am, 11:30am and 3 The 4th Annual Heart of the City Festi- Worship Service val needs you! Some of our treasured Bimonthly programs available to This Christmas Season Sunday at noon Steering Committee members have prepare parents for their child's As the Christmas season arrives and the cold winter Praise & Prayer moved on. One has a new baby, one Baptism, First Communion and sets in, our thoughts naturally turn to family, religious Tuesday 6:30pm is moving, and one is just plain tired. Confirmations. We are looking for three new members reflections, and caring to remember those less Men's Bible study it we up of the steering committee for Heart of fortunate. This year, seems that again come Wednesday 6:30 pm Traditional Native in First Na- short, despite millions of taxpayer dollars spent in Wakes, the City Festival. If you're interested, tions, Metis, Inuit traditions. Edmonton alone, to help the homeless. Shelters are Where Its At Coffee House and please call Darlene at 424-967- 2. 7-1- still overcrowded turning dozens away each night. Friday 0 pm AA meets in the Parish hall. Many will recall the emergency measures that the city took in past winters in providing Red Cross blankets ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN (Asia Pacific Ac- for 40 people to sleep on a cold concrete LRT station Eating Disorder Group A.PAC CHURCH meets each floor, or turning out emergency fire equipment in a -- of Canada) 9606 110 Ave. week. cord advises more recent winter, just to free up space for 40 426-112- 2 that its member register is blankets on another cold floor. The Rock Community Breakfast WhiteStone Project and Edmonton closed starting 30 November Tuesday to Thursday 7 - 9am Inner City Children's Project Society Obviously, more could and should have been done run their programs in conjuntion 2006 for 30 days. over past 13 years of Liberal shelter funding Kid's Club the with Parish programs. mismanagement. The solution for homeless people Monday 6 - 7:30pm. is obvious: independent living $300 per month homes, most can pay for themselves, rather than $1500 Gospel music festivals, dances, Free Adult Drop-I- n Art Classes that SALVATION ARMY per month, taxpayer paid, shelter beds that are youth dances, pancake breakfasts join us Wednesday Evenings -- 102 Ave. Come seemingly forever in supply. Helpful, would 9611 in hall short be and Feasts are held the 7-- 9 in 429-427- 4 From pm the basement of permanent youth and adult hostel accommodation throughout the year, Men's Residence, Anchorage Addic- Sacred Heart School (use the east much needed for major sporting events that could tion & Rehabilitation door directly behind the Vietnamese then be utilized for transient youth and adults who BECOME A MENTOR AT Church). Heather Shillinglaw from simply need affordable temporary accommodation NORWOOD SCHOOL as they visit or seek employment. Chape At Norwood School there are many Harcourt House is the instructor and Edmonton Central Community students wishing and hoping for a teaches all kinds of fun and unusual The challenge for our new government in Ottawa Church 11661-9- 5 St Mentor. If you would like to become techniques with mixed media. No will be to complete housing and homeless Monday to Friday 8:30 - 8:45am part of the magic of the Partners experience necessary. Classes run commitments made by others and then to refocus Sunday 6pm For Kids program by becoming an until the end of June. Questions? efforts that truly will help those most in need with a

In-scho- up to living. ol hand independent Soup Line Mentor, please begin the Phone Grace 42314363. Wednesday 2:30 - 3:30pm enrollment process by calling, email- In this season of goodwill towards others, remember ing Leigh Roy (leigh.royepsb.ca) Heart Church's 12th the less fortunate by volunteering and contributing this SOCIETY FOR METIS or dropping by the Reading Room at Sacred Annual Christmas Craft Sale Christmas; at a local shelter or community Christmas LITERACY HELPLINE Norwood School 9520 1 1 1 Avenue. Your time effort will rewarding to both, Saturday, December 9th, 10AM to dinner. and be 10865 96 St those in need and yourself. 444-123- 4 AISH NETWORK OF ALBERTA 4PM, Sunday December lOh, 10AM individuals families with to 4PM. 10821 -- 96 Street. Admis- Assists and SOCIETY Please Join us for our Christmas Open House referrals and resources. Planning (780) 482-892- 1 sion: Donation of wrapping paper, 9111-11- 8 Ave. Thurs. Dec 21st 3-7p- m and action circles on Aboriginal Need sponsors and members (AISH baby food or a non-perishab- le food Metislnuit issues. recipients pay NO membership fee). item for Christmas Hampers. To Thursday 7pm (780) 482-892- 1 contact us 422-305- 2, Please at book a table call Jack Bell, 495-326- for information. 1 www.petergoldring.ca more Mon.thru Fri. 8:30 to 4:30. 16 BOYLE McCAULEY NEWS I DECEMBER 06 JANUARY 07 MARKET Around DRUGS the Rink m MEDICAL

DAN GLUGOSH Well, here we are League, the skating rink committee, Celebrating our 40th Anniversary again, gearing up for another skating and do more praying. I know that season. As you know we are into the there are a lot of good people who are winter season big time. Last year at going to help get this job done. this time the temperature was in the Now here is more good news. We are double digits and I was wondering if going to make the best with what we we were ever going to be able to have have and will be running all our pro- 1 0203 - 97 Street ice at all, especially when the golf grams as usual. The popular family courses were still open. Not this year Across from the Winspear Centre skating nights are back. Kid's hockey what is all this stuff about global and the adult shinny will run again. Edmonton warming? Thanks to Mother Nature, The ice will be flooded from fence to www. marketd rug smed ica I .com we are getting ready to flood and by fence; this way we can have hockey the time this issue of the newspaper games without walking on the asphalt goes you should be on the ice. 422-139- out with your skates to get pucks. 7

Once again the community of Mc-Caul- ey New for 200607, the City of Edmon- is making sure that the doors ton is going to run "learn to skate are open for kids in McCauley and for kids" from grades 2-- 5 and 5-- 9 in 1 surrounding areas to have the op- two separate sessions on the same tion of lacing up a pair of skates and day. We will also be planning special taking to the ice. Every year when I parties throughout the season. The start to write about the programming Family Day skating party will once I start to feel like a kid again and get eve by again be held in February. I also hope ronr examination rxpntiENCiv optometrist TV OXXK IVRU ii VTAFRI I I VflXWMTm CI tttHUIK very excited about getting out on the MlhTBIAAMIPWH that Randy Gregg will come back with SlJOrmClASSEK outdoor ice. There is just something WE PROVIDE EXCELLENTSERVICE TOR: his portable skate sharpener. In the very special about the feeling of being family vision care Randy has his past, volunteered time Icnsc outside on a cold day playing shinny contact therapy and sharpens a lot of skates. I am OPTICAL DIVISION hockey. Man, I can't wait for it. looking forward to the 200607 skat- eye glass dispensing In one hour ing season and would like to invite The update on the renovations of the Social Servlce.Senlor I lealth, Indian & Veteran Affairs claims welcomed everyone to come out and experience rink is unfortunately not good; the a dayevening of skating. Please look REGENT OPTICAL CENTRE boards that were taken down two for the skating schedule in this issue 10628 97 St I 10007 106 Ave I 10546-8- 2 Ave seasons ago have not been replaced. 4260688 428 0388 423688 for all the dates and times. To all the people who were looking forward to having boards this season, Also, to all organizations and schools, 3 1 apologize to you and I am still stand- GRAND MANOR you are invited to use the rink for ing by what I said a couple of seasons programs or a special event. Please ago: "We will have hockey boards". I call me 424-287- 0 and I will do my like to think about it this way: God best to assist you. If anyone else has has plans for the rink and He will any ideas for programming please call take care of it, so I will continue to as well. Take care and see you on the work with the McCauley Community ice.

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