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OUR COMMUNITY’S VOICE JUNE 2012 Brought to you by your Tuscany Community Association Don’’tt FoForrget DAD Tuscany GIANT Garage SALE June 9 Tuscany Estates PLPLAAYGROUND PrProject THE TUSCANY SUN JUNE 2012 3 Editor’s Message www.tuscanyca.ca Samuel de Champlain (Part 2) Port Royal had a checkered career. Champlain was a pretty good In 1607 de Monts moved the whole Tuscany Community Association population back to France, because P.O. Box 27030 Tuscany RPO politician, and he understood the Calgary, Alberta T3L 2Y1 relationship between more aggressive businessmen had colonial economics and managed to get his President .................... Harpreet Sandhu political alliances. For monopoly rescinded. [email protected] In 1610, another Vice President ................Darren Bender example, at Tadoussac [email protected] he made friends with merchant, who had Treasurer ..........................Lee Bardwell the Montagnais, an Innu been horning in on the people, telling them de Monts’ trade earlier, Tuscany Committee Email Addresses that if they would round set up business at Port Communications Committee up a lot of fine beaver Royal. In 1613 some .................... [email protected] pelts for the French English visitors from Events & Recreation Committee [email protected] merchants, he would Virginia wrecked the Parks and Planning Committee see about helping them place. Pretty soon there ............................... [email protected] in their wars with the were Englishmen and Tuscany Sun Newsletter Iroquois. Frenchmen claiming [email protected] Traffic and Safety Committee chunks of land. Both But when he got back kings made official .............................. [email protected] Pierre de Monts to France he found the grants of land-often de Chastes had died and the same land. In 1621 Elected Officials Alderman: that the king’s people had passed the Britain’s James I granted the entire Dale Hodges Royal Permission, the license to reap region from the Gaspé to the Bay of 403-268-2445 riches in the king’s newly explored Fundy to a fellow Scotsman, and they [email protected] lands, on to one Pierre de Monts. decided to call it New Scotland. As the MLA: habit was to write charters in Latin, the Sandra Jansen Champlain was a little disappointed 403-216-5444 to hear that de Monts did not think place became known as Nova Scotia [email protected] much of the St. Lawrence. He had MP: seen Tadoussac and thought it was too - Your Volunteer Editor, Rob Anders Fernando Ferreira 403-292-6666 cold. He was going to make his first www.robanders.com settlement in the Bay of Fundy. Pierre de Monts had about as much Tuscany Sun Newsletter Editor & Article Submissions: sense as the Marquis de la Roche, who Fernando Ferreira stranded fifty convicts on Sable island [email protected] in 1598. He also dumped his colonists Submission deadlines for this monthly publication are the 9th of the month, prior to the distribution month. on a sandy island with no source of fresh water. This was at the mouth Advertising Sales: Phil 403-660-7324 of the St-Croix River at the Bay of [email protected] Fundy. A hundred unfortunate French The ad booking deadline is the 14th of the people spent a winter at the unlikely month prior to the distribution month. place, some dying from scurvy, some This publication is published 12 times a year by Suburban Journals Publishing and delivered to residents by Canada almost freezing to death. In the spring Post. This publication is also available for pickup from the Tuscany Club. the ill survivors were moved to the Please note: the information and opinions in this newsletter are subject to change, and do not necessarily represent the mainland to found Port Royal. There opinions of the publisher or editor. Content contained in this publication may not be reproduced without the written the weather was a little nicer, and by consent of Suburban Journals Publishing. The information 1607 the first European settlement herein is believed accurate but not warranted so. Any advertisements, home businesses, babysitters & nannies, north of St. Augustine was growing or other parties listed in the Tuscany Sun should not be interpreted as recommendations or endorsements by the decent crops and starting to create editor or the publisher. Acadian music. THE TUSCANY SUN JUNE 2012 5 In Our Community TCA President’s Report Well, I guess I can’t deny it anymore – to help out if we ever need you, and In order to set our priorities the if I’m writing this column, then I must remember, I know where you live…. coming year, I would like to hear from be the TCA’s incoming president… you about what you would like to see I also want to thank the current happening in the community, and more Before I get started, I wanted to board members for continuing to importantly, how you can help out. thank Glen Furtado for being such a serve the community. I know we Should we have another Community fantastic TCA president and colleague. will have an busy year – the LRT Arts Day? How about a Tuscany Street For the last two years, the TCA is nearing completion, the Stoney/ Hockey tournament? A Kite Club? faced many issues, from building a Nose Hill interchange construction What about Tuscany’s Teens – how community garden, traffic complaints will be in full gear and we have a can we keep them involved and busy and infrastructure projects such as the new commercial development on the in our community? LRT, Stoney/Nose Hill interchange Home Depot site. I also would like to and yes, the cell tower. You spent take this opportunity in welcoming I look forward to meeting with you countless hours “stick-handling” these Elaine Demcoe as the new principal of and working together during the next issues on behalf of Tuscany and I Twelve Mile Coulee Middle School. year! know I will miss your enthusiasm and We look forward to working with the sense of humour at our monthly board staff, students and parents on future - Harpreet Sandhu meetings. I know we can count on you community projects and events. Ten Days of Bike Fun Coming to Calgary Dust off your bicycles, tune up to cycling and its positive impacts your gears, and shine your bells on communities, and to bring people Calgary! together through cycling. June will see the second incarnation Cyclepalooza’s aim is to celebrate the of one of Calgary’s newest festivals: unique feeling and kinship that comes Cyclepalooza. Local grassroots from cycling in your community. initiatives, non-profit organizations, Anyone, whether it’s a business, an bicycle stores and related businesses in organization, a church, a rock band, Calgary collaborate on this initiative to a group of friends or an enterprising bring “ten days of bike fun” to Calgary. individual can be part of Cyclepalooza. The festival will be held from June 23 All it takes is an idea for an event that to July 2, 2012. has to do with or happens on bicycles. It can be as simple as a ride to the Cyclepalooza is a ten-day volunteer- park with a picnic, or as elaborate as directed, community-based, do-it- a bicycle prom or a bicycle-themed yourself bicycle festival modelled art exhibition. The online calendar at after Portland’s Pedalpalooza and cyclepalooza.ca is open to anyone to Vancouver’s Velopalooza. It promotes advertise their events. With dozens of the arts, culture, community, and fun events organized by the community, in Calgary. It is fuelled by the desire those ten days in June will turn Calgary to bring more publicity and interest into a burst of cycling activity. THE TUSCANY SUN JUNE 2012 7 In Our Community Letters to the Tuscany Estates Editor Playground Appreciation Project My husband and I would like to thank Shelly and her daughter of Construction Has Begun at FREE Summer Drop-In Tuscany Ridge Terrace for being very Tuscany Estates Playground! Programming for kids! thoughtful and helpful in returning my Bobcats have begun to dig up the Join in the summer fun with games, husband’s BlackBerry phone. ground in preparation for the new crafts and other amazing activities led playground being built at 21 Tuscany by City of Calgary staff. Brought to My husband had kept his phone on Estates Rise. This is exciting news to the front hood of our vehicle and you in partnership by The City and the Tuscany residents, especially those Tuscany Community Association. forgot. When it was time to go and situated in the Estates as they’ve pick up our son he drove away without wished for an improved playground In the park at Tuscany Hill & realizing that the cell was still on the for quite some time. Tuscany Meadows Dr NW front hood. August 7-10, 2012 The playground equipment will be Stay n’ Play: 10:00 - 12:00 p.m. As he drove on Tuscany Estates Drive, built June 21st through the 23rd thanks (3 - 5 years of age) his cell fell on the road which was to volunteers from the community NOTE: Adult /guardian must seen by Shelly and her daughter. They and local businesses. The community accompany children in the Stay n’ Play picked it before anyone else drove is also very excited to host a Grand program over it and brought to their home. Opening Event to celebrate the Park n’ Play: 10:00 - 3:30 p.m. community’s amazing achievement. (6 - 12 years of age) When my husband realized he was The Grand Opening Event is without his phone he remembered and scheduled for July 21st. feared the worst fate for his beloved Community Choir BB.