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MARCH/APRIL 2018 | VOL. 35, NO. 5
A PUBLICATION OF THE RIVERBEND COMMUNITY LEAGUE
The Terwillegar Corridor The Time is Now By: Tim Cartmell, City Councillor, Ward 9
ur office has been very busy since the start of 2018 dealing the provincial and federal government that take advantage of with reaction to conceptual drawings presented by City infrastructure and innovation funding; O Administration for Terwillegar Drive. • Bring back to Council a report summarizing progress on the Understandably so, many residents were frustrated to see a aforementioned design elements in 2018 Q3. rehashing of design plans that had already been decided on in previous So, what are the next steps? consultations in 2001, 2006, and 2012. The next consultation on Terwillegar Drive will primarily focus on After listening to feedback from hundreds of residents, I decided the 40th avenue interchange (with full access), and will take place either to put forward a motion to City Council to ensure we see action, not in late June or early September. I will post information on my website redundancy, for the Terwillegar Corridor. as it becomes available. I’m pleased to say that on February 28, 2018, Council voted Following that consultation, cost and schedule information will be unanimously in favour of it. discussed and debated as the Capital Plan for the next four year cycle My motion reads as follows: is decided this fall. I will be strongly advocating for multiple $75- That Administration do the following: $100M packages of staged completion of the Terwillegar corridor to be included in that Capital Plan. • Suspend any public engagement activities regarding the ultimate long term Terwillegar Drive/Whitemud Drive interchange and If passed in the Capital Plan, design of those segments would take any roadway modifications that may limit access in the interim; approximately one year, with construction ideally starting in 2020, and completion likely in 2022. • Optimize the concept plan for the Terwillegar corridor between Whitemud Drive and Anthony Henday Drive, including provision In the longer term, I will be advocating for the rest of the Terwillegar for opportunities of mass transit and active transportation; Corridor upgrades to be a part of the 10 year transportation master plan so that we can see completion in the next decade of this necessary • Advance the Preliminary Design for Terwillegar work for our communities. Drive/40thAvenue interchange; Thank you to the over 2,600 at print time residents who signed my • Advance the Preliminary Design for an optimized Stage 2 call to action in support of the motion. I have heard your message of the Whitemud Drive/Terwillegar Drive interchange, with loud and clear, and will continue to be a strong advocate for your consideration for reduced design parameters (i.e. design thoughts on this topic. speeds) with the intent of reducing overall complexity and cost; Please feel free to take the time to share with me your thoughts • Continue to advance preliminary design on the basis of a number on these issues, or any other topics related to municipal politics. I of $75-100M packages in support of staged completion of welcome you to get in contact with my office by email at tim.cartmell@ the Terwillegar corridor, including full access for 40th Avenue, edmonton.ca, or by phone at 780-496-8130. Rabbit Hill Road, 23 Avenue, and Haddow Drive; • Present a list of potential shared funding opportunities with CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF COMMUNITY
EDITOR Champions for Community Sherri Henderson Howard Nash [email protected] By: Mary Lou Sedgwick ADVERTISING t our AGM this Aside from volunteering, Elizabeth Emslie past November, we how do you spend your A held an election for time? [email protected] Officers on the Riverbend When I am not 780-437-7108 Community League (RCL) volunteering, I like to www.riverbendonline.ca board. Three positions were spend time assisting small filled but the Vice President businesses in preparing role remained vacant. When business plans and getting a call went to the floor, access to new capital. I also Howard raised his hand enjoy spending time with TABLE OF CONTENTS and offered to step into the my grandchildren, puttering role. We are thankful to him around in the garden, for taking the leap and joining this busy board SECTION PAGE working out, hiking, reading, cycling, amateur as we embark on capital planning and various radio (VA6 HN) and all things electronic. Riverbend News 1-24 community projects. Welcome to the RCL board, Oak Hills Community League 11 Howard! How long have you lived in Greater Riverbend? Hodgson Community League 14 Where do you volunteer? My wife Sandi and I moved to the Riverbend Brookview Community League 18 area about a year and a half ago. We love the Riverbend Community League 19 Vice President and Maintenance Director – RCL area and we have grandkids going to school right Community League Directory 23 Maintenance Director - Discovery Point Home behind our house. The Ridge Community League 24 Owners Association What is your favourite spot in the District “H” Planning Committee Rep. - neighbourhood? Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues There are some great areas in our neighborhood, Why do you volunteer? however my favorite is the beautiful trails along THANK YOU, RAGG the Saskatchewan River for walking and cycling. DELIVERY VOLUNTEERS! During most of my business career, I volunteered with work related organizations and What is your favourite quote? Thanks to the following volunteers who helped deliver our last issue to businesses, found it to be very enjoyable. After I retired, I “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want schools, and retirement residences. decided I would give back to the community by to go far, go together.” – African proverb volunteering where I can. Volunteering keeps Lita Bablitz, Adnan Black, Jim Bradshaw, me engaged and is a great opportunity to meet Daryl Matter, Jihan Marjan, Christy Middleton, Karin Shott, Sabine Sintenis, Shelly and Leanne people and make new friends. Stevens, Mary Wagner, Helma Voth, and Joan Wood. We’re always looking for volunteers to help us deliver copies of The Ragg-Times to schools, businesses, and retirement homes. If you can deliver The Ragg-Times seven times a year, we’d Edmonton Tool Library love to hear from you! Your gift of time and service would be greatly appreciated. Please call The Edmonton Tool Library is a registered not-for-profit society in Edmonton, Alberta, 780-437-7108 or email [email protected] for Canada, which provides affordable access to hand, power, and garden tools for its members. more details. The Edmonton Tool Library’s mission is to: • provide low-cost access to tools in an effort to promote home renovations, community NEXT DEADLINE beautification and make the best use of valuable resources April 27, 2018 • to strengthen the social (sharing) economy in Edmonton, and reduce our impact on the environmnet. Delivery the week of: In the past six months the Edmonton Tool Library has acquired an extensive amount of tools to May 14, 2018 borrow. All tools are generously donated by very generous Edmontonians and their inventory has over The opinions expressed in this publication may not 350 items. If you have tools you would like to donate please contact [email protected] necessarily be those of the publisher. No part of this if you have further questions. publication may be reprinted without the written To learn more or become a member (community league’s check out how you can get involved for permission of the publisher. your members), visit www.edmontontoollibrary.ca. ** Ads Printed as Submitted **
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Community Theatre Opens in April A Vision is About to Become a Reality By: Marlize Morris n April 30, a community vision will become reality with the Grand Opening O of the Maclab Theatre at Lillian Osborne High School. The South Edmonton Arts and Theatre Society (SEATS) was formed four years ago to bring together community stakeholders, with the goal of fulfilling one of the last remaining infrastructure needs identified by TRAC when the original Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre was planned. Through various fundraising initiatives, donations and grants, SEATS raised $1.6 mil-lion to complete the structural engineering, and furnish and equip this unique, essential and exciting community space. first graduating class. The Maclab Theatre will be a true gathering space in the heart of the community. The two-story theatre features 300 retractable seats, state of For the first performance in the new theatre, the Creative Arts Department the art lighting and sound systems with a separate control booth, and a at Osborne is proud to present the beloved musical “Annie” from April vestibule with direct access from the parking lot. The adjacent music room 24-27. Recently, the Minister of Education, the Honourable David Eggen will serve as a “green room” for performances. A theatre facility of this toured Lillian Osborne and delighted students by observing a group of 45 nature will not only serve the school population at Lillian Osborne, but student-artists in rehearsal for the upcoming performance. the entire Riverbend/Terwillegar/Windermere area. Currently, none of the For community members wishing to contribute, there are still seats schools have adequate performance space for concerts, musical, or drama available for purchase as part of an ongoing fundraising effort. For a productions. donation of $1000, a dedicated seat will be marked with an inscribed plaque This multipurpose space could also be used for other events such as featuring a personal message and will be in place for the lifetime of the receptions, banquets, exhibits, and festivals. It will be a place where the seat. Whether to commemorate a special occasion, give a thoughtful gift, community can gather to celebrate achievements, support local Arts or remember a loved one, this is a meaningful way to support the Theatre. initiatives and community events, and share cultural enrichment experiences. Almost everything that we as a community want for our children, and People who attend community activities have been shown to be healthier, demand from our schools, can be linked to the Arts: academic achievement, have lower anxiety and be less subject to depression. The Theatre will social and emotional development, civic engagement, and equitable contribute to the social capital of the community. It will develop skills, opportunities. An Arts education significantly improves the overall academic promote community spirit, and foster the artistic sensibilities of those who success of our children. But even more than that, it nurtures a positive participate, whether as performers or audience members. human spirit. It provides a place where every child can belong and succeed. The Creative Arts programming at Osborne offers 23 different courses The Arts celebrate individuality, innovation and creative thinking, promote including digital music, art, dance, musical theatre, improv, drama, creative the understanding of people of diverse cultural and socio-economic writing, theatre tech, guitar, drumline, jazz, and instrumental band. The backgrounds and build confidence and esteem. Creative Arts teachers are passionate, dedicated and talented educators who SEATS and Lillian Osborne High School are honoured to have been a strive to provide programming for every student. With the addition of the part of making the Maclab Theatre a reality, and look forward to seeing all Maclab Theatre and the high demand for programming, Musical Theatre the ways in which it will enrich the lives of everyone in our community. For now boasts three teachers, including an Osborne Alumni Legend from the more information, please visit www.osbornetheatre.com
Congratulations Dave Hancock!
Dave Hancock, MLA for Edmonton Whitemud from 1997 to 2014, and former Premier of Alberta has been appointed as a Judge in Provincial Court, Edmonton Family and Youth. Family and friends joined Dave and Janet Hancock at the swearing in on February 16 at Edmonton Law Courts. Congratulations to Judge Hancock and best wishes in this new role.
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Southwest Edmonton Farmers’ Market The 2018 Market Season Begins May 16 By: Christie Anderson, Market Manager
he 2018 farmers’ market season is just around the corner, and we on T the SWEFM team couldn’t be more excited. Christie Anderson will be returning as the Market Manager for this season and is eager to get rolling with the eighth season of our fabulous community market. We are accepting Vendor Applications up until March 31 for our main market schedule. Although we do accept applications on a wait-list basis 4728-139ST - $825,000 all season, we highly encourage all potential vendors to apply by the cut-off date. More information can be found at: • 2100 SQUARE FOOT http://www.swefm.ca/become- BUNGALOW a-vendor • ATTACHED GARAGE We are super excited to • PROFESSIONALLY LANDSCAPED PRIVATE YARD launch our Young Vendors • SUNNY SOUTH BACKYARD program, which we announced EXPOSURE in February. This no-cost Brookside • ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS program allows young IN BROOKSIDE www.BrooksideBungalow.ca entrepreneurs aged 13-17 to have a chance to sell their self- made products at the SWEFM. Depending on demand, would- be young vendors can book one 5612 - 143ST - $545,000 or several dates throughout the regular season. Check www. • 1842 SQUARE FOOT 2 STOREY SPLIT swefm.ca for all the details! • ATTACHED GARAGE The ever-popular Sprouts program will be back again this year. For those • SUNNY WEST BACKYARD unfamiliar with this initiative, Sprouts is a program that was launched in • NEW WINDOWS, FURNACE, AIR CONDITIONING! 2014. It allows children aged 4-12 to visit the Sprouts Tent and receive a Brookside • 2 BLOCKS DOWN FROM wooden token worth $2 to spend at our fruit and vegetable vendors. This BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY empowers the child to make their own healthy-eating choices, and in addition, www.LiveInBrookside.ca SCHOOL AND PARK! Sprouts receive a kid-friendly recipe made with seasonal ingredients to learn valuable cooking skills and bring that produce into the kitchen. The program is completely free and open to children from all communities. We have a wonderful line-up of vendors this year. Come to the market to step into a lovely community gathering place and experience colorful 14762-47AVE - $650,000 booths overflowing with ripe, juicy produce, home baked goods, jellies and • SPACIOUS 1975 SQUARE FOOT pickles, freshly laid farm eggs, local meats, gorgeous seafood, handcrafted BUNGALOW • FULLY RENOVATED MAIN goods and much more. Many of your old favourites will be returning, as FLOOR well as many fantastic new vendors (including several new food trucks). • TOTAL OF 5 BEDROOMS Our market could not run without the help of our awesome volunteers. • 3.5 BATHROOMS • ATTACHED GARAGE These volunteers help us set up, count traffic, keep the market clean, Ramsay Heights • HUGE 1000 SQUARE METER and perform a variety of other tasks during market hours that make the www.RiverbendBungalow.ca LOT market the fun, vibrant community gathering place we all love. If you are interested in joining our volunteer team, please visit the market website at www.swefm.ca and click on “Community”. The Southwest Edmonton Farmers’ Market is located at the Terwillegar Recreation Centre parking lot, and will run from 4:00 - 7:30 pm every 279 OEMING RD - $425,000 Wednesday from May 16 – October 3 , rain or shine. We hope to see you • MAINTENANCE FREE soon! TOWNHOME LIVING • 1345 SQUARE FOOT BUNGALOW • CONVENIENT RIVERBEND LOCATION NEAR RIVERBEND SQUARE Join the fastest growing Bulyea Heights • FUNCTIONAL LAYOUT WELL MANAGED COMPLEX Hockey Organization in the SouthWest CALL RICKY TO DISCUSS YOUR OPTIONS TODAY!
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Brander Community Garden Pre-Season Meeting on April 22 By: Natasha Martin ecently, I have started re-reading the smaller scale, in a less overwhelming fashion, I Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. encourage you to get in touch with us and come R Montgomery. I haven’t read them since to our Pre-Season Meeting. Social isolation is my late teens, so it’s a special trip down memory a growing epidemic in modernized societies. lane. It can have very real health consequences and I bring a different perspective to the doesn’t discriminate between young and old. books now than I did all those years ago. I The United Kingdom even recently appointed didn’t notice before how much gardening and a “Minister for Loneliness” to help address the flower-growing featured in the stories. Also, issue of social isolation. I, for one, am grateful how much community featured in them. The for the community I have found by joining the folks of Avonlea are always popping into each Brander Community Garden two years ago. other’s houses, sharing neighbourly gossip (and If you want to dust off the cobwebs of unwanted advice!), and connecting over the food grown in a small plot of winter and maybe make a few new friends, then join us for the Brander dirt, with a few seeds, and a whole lot of loving care. Community Garden Pre-Season Meeting on April 22 at 5:00 pm. It The golden days of the past are experiencing somewhat of a renaissance will be held at the Brookside Community Hall (5320 - 143 Street NW) and these days, I think. I have met so many people – of all ages and backgrounds snacks will be served. This meeting is a wonderful opportunity to meet – who are interested in growing their own food. Part of it is knowing exactly people who are involved in the garden. You will find out how last season where the food comes from, what was (or was not, in the case of pesticides) went, what is planned for this season, and have an opportunity to have all put into it, and to reconnect with the environment. Yes, we at Brander your burning questions answered. Membership forms will be on hand too, Community Garden are certainly passionate about the “garden” part of our in case you decide to join us for the upcoming season. I hope you do. name. If you are interested in learning more about our gardening community, look us up But, “community” is just as important to us! Connecting with people in on Facebook by searching “Brander Community Garden”. We also have a website that a neighbourly way is something we in Riverbend are good at. There are so can be found at www.brandercommunitygarden.com or can be reached by email at many community events to attend that sometimes it’s hard to fit them all in! [email protected]. Our main gardening site is in the heart of old Riverbend right next to the Riverbend Junior High School (in the old batting cages). However, heading to a large event that is more family-focused might not be for everyone. If you’re looking to meet people in your community on a
Green & Gold Community Garden Gearing up for the 2018 Gardening Season By: Patti Hartnagel he volunteer gardeners at the Green & Gold Community garden, on genocide survivors, widows,orphans, HIV infected, or survivors of physical the University of Alberta South Campus, are making plans for our and sexual violence. To date, the garden has raised over $290,000 for T tenth gardening season! The garden is a project of the University’s Tubahumurize. Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences. The garden is We are now gearing up for the 2018 gardening season, and are looking totally volunteer run; virtually all of the seeds, plants and equipment used for new volunteers to join us at the garden. Both novice and experienced are donated. gardeners are welcome—however, if you aren’t interested in gardening, but The vegetables, fruit, herbs and flowers are “spray-free” --no pesticides would like to help in other ways (promoting the garden) please contact us at: or artificial fertilizers are used. The general public is welcome to purchase E-mail: [email protected]/, Phone: 780-492-4087, Web site: www. their vegetables at the garden and all of the money raised – that’s 100% – goes to the Tubahumurize Association. A non-profit organization in Rwanda, greengoldgarden.com it supports and empowers female victims of violence and marginalization through trauma counselling, life-skills coaching vocational training, and micro-credit loans. Many women who benefit from Tubahumurize are
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WWW.RIVERBENDONLINE.CA 5 CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF COMMUNITY Terwillegar Riverbend Advisory Council (TRAC) Have you Heard About the TRAC Alerts Messaging System By: Harold Hornig
hether it’s crime related activities, or whether its items of great • Do not leave valuables in your parked vehicle. interest to the community, this is the email group that you need • Do not leave an extra set of keys in your vehicle. to part of! W • If you leave your vehicle parked outside overnight, remove the It’s easy to sign up – just go to www.tracspirit.ca, click on “Alerts garage door opener. There have been occurrences where vehicles Messaging System”. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email. are broken into and then the garage door opener is used to access The Alerts Messaging System is a part of a network of email groups in the attached garage. the Terwillegar/Riverbend/Windermere area that reach over 1700 residents, • Do not leave your garage door open overnight. announcing community events and bringing crime alerts and updates to the attention of all of us! This significantly improves our awareness and our • If you see suspicious persons or suspicious activity in the area, sense of community and with the help of Sgt. Larry Langley of the EPS, please give police a call. we are able to utilize this network to reduce crime and bring justice to those that choose to do harm to our area. Crime and Crime Statistics in the Riverbend Area A few years ago, the Edmonton Police Services introduced a web based crime mapping program. You can link to it from our TRAC webpage at the right menu panel. Although there has been a greater police presence in our area, we have to rely upon residents in the Riverbend/Terwillegar/Windermere communities to take some simple and straight forward steps to reduce the opportunity TRAC Annual General Meeting for crime to occur. A few basic rules include: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 Lillian Osborne High School Library 7:00 pm TRAC Community Office Updates Everyone is Welcome! Community league memberships are available at the TRAC Community Office which is located right in the Terwillegar Recreation Centre. Office hours are: Tuesdays & Wednesdays: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Riverbend Thursdays: 4:00 – 9:00 pm 1st Saturday of the Month: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm United Church Only cash or cheque accepted. For questions or concerns, please email: 14907—45 Avenue NW [email protected] or phone: 780-439-9394. Edmonton, Alberta 780.430.7275 Save the Date for these Upcoming Community Events: Holy Week - Easter 2018 • TRAC Meeting: Wednesday, March 21, 7:00 pm (all TRAC Meetings are held at: Lillian Osborne HS Library ) Palm Sunday, March 25 10:30 a.m. service • *TRAC AGM: Wednesday, April 25 • TRAC Community Run/Walk: Sunday, May 27 Good Friday, March 30 10:30 a.m. service • TRAC Meeting: Wednesday, June 13. Last meeting before summer Easter Sunday, April 1 10:30 a.m. service break.
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Seniors Connection News for those 55+ Southwest Edmonton Seniors Association (SWESA) By: Carol Vaage “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” -Charles Dickens
s we transition from winter ice and resources they need and snow to spring thaw, we are • Older adults are aging well, living well. A ready to throw open the windows SWESA continues to grow as word spreads about our welcoming and doors, sweep off the residues of community. Our monthly luncheons have been sold out as our hall winter sand and snow shadows. This fills up with members eager to join in the good food and party time of year awakens our inner youth atmosphere. Our next one is April 25, so get your ticket early! and exhilaration for possibilities. It’s time to renew our walks, our gardens, SWESA is embarking on a new fundraising strategy. With a growing and our patio furniture. It’s time to get membership and demand for more programming, the organization is fit so that we can enjoy the outdoors. working towards the Seniors’ Centre of the future. Having said all that, we have started planning our first annual signature fundraising At SWESA, one of the goals is to event, called the ‘Spring Fling’. The theme this first year is ‘Under promote wellness and many of our the Tuscan Sun’. This event occurs on Saturday, June 9 at the programs that run through to the end Southminster-Steinhauer United Church. It starts at 4:00 pm with of April support physical well-being: a sampling of sparkling Italian wines and waters. Our guests will be Gentle Yoga, Golden Years, Golden Gloves, Essentrics, and pickle treated to an Italian experience of a fashion show, a classic Tuscan ball. Attending our classes ensures that you will have the added dinner with wines, beers and Italian beverages, opera singing, a gelato benefit of fun! bar, silent auction, dancing and possibly a quick ride in a hot air We are very fortunate to live in Edmonton, which is an age-friendly balloon. city. What does that mean, exactly? Lawrence Tymko, one of SWESA’s Our planning committee is working hard to give you an amazing Board of Directors answers. ‘Age-Friendly’ is an international concept experience and raise some money, too! Tickets for this event will go that envisions a community that values, respects and actively supports on sale in April. If you are interested in sponsoring a table at this the well-being of older adults. event or helping out in general, please contact Rob Agostinis or Bob An age-friendly community is an inclusive place where age Power (the Event Leads) through the SWESA office: Phone: 587- is celebrated and not used as a barrier in the case of older adults 987-3200 Email: [email protected] wishing to access services, programs, events or facilities. Promoting For any further details, please phone us or check our website for and creating an age-friendly community benefits us all. the 2018 Winter Program Guide for talks, classes, and luncheons for SWESA’s approach to creating an age-friendly community features January through April. Our motto is to be very welcoming to all who a collaborative of organizations committed to improving the well- join us! We hope to see you soon! http://swedmontonseniors.ca/ being of older adults. Our vision that ‘SWESA is a progressive Don’t forget that we have a dynamic Home Supports Program organization creating a vibrant, welcoming, age-friendly community’ operated by Barbara Newell coordinating the services for our ensures that: community – including snow removal, yard work, housekeeping and • Older adults are respected, celebrated and included minor repairs. Contact her at [email protected] or 780-860- • Older adults are engaged, participating in, and contributing 2931 to their communities Photo: SWESA President Judy Baker thanks retiring City of Edmonton liaison, Earl • Older adults are safe and secure in their home and Bubis for his work with the Board of Directors communities • Older adults enjoy ready access to the programs, services,
SWESA Seniors Centre - Yellowbird East Community Centre, 10710-19 Avenue SWESA Seniors Lounge - Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre, 2051 Leger Road SWESA phone - 587-987-3200. SWESA email - [email protected] SWESA website www.swedmontonseniors.ca LIKE Us on Facebook
Riverbend Community League’s EDMONTON RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS Senior Update Alberta’s Premier Rhythmic Gymnastics Club Volunteer in Your Community to Promote Wellness Register Now ! By: Judy Robinson An Athletic and Graceful Olympic Sport - Movement to music with ribbons, hoops, balls & ropes. RCL is looking for five seniors interested in joining a volunteer Classes at George H. Luck School and throughout the city! committee to guide and facilitate community league activities Classes for all levels: beginner recreational 5-7yrs and 8-12yrs; Inter Club; for others in the area. Interested individuals can contact Judy at Performing; Provincial and National High Performance Competitive. [email protected]. There's fun for everyone! The committee would like to focus on alleviating loneliness Contact us at: 780-460-8709 or [email protected] and social isolation by creating community connection through High Level Coaching volunteerism, youth mentorship, walking groups, health focused Two of our competitive coaches are initiatives and social opportunities. former World Championships Competitors www.edmontonrhythmics.com
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Social Isolation and Loneliness of Seniors Building Partnerships in Our Community for Wellness By: Judy Robinson
or us to maintain and expand our participation in society we must a doubt remain healthy and engaged in communities. According to the organizations F International Federation on Aging, “the number one emerging issue and individuals facing seniors in Canada is keeping older people socially connected and can make a active”. difference in our Social isolation and exclusion negatively impacts our health and is communities to responsible for reduced quality of life for seniors. Social isolation is linked overcome social to the undervaluing of the aging in communities, a big loss for the volunteer isolation. A sector as well as paid economy. Consequently, The National Seniors Council smart approach asserts, “the isolation of seniors can cause communities to suffer from a is one that lack of social unity, higher social costs, and loss of the wealth of experience collaborates with that seniors bring to our families, neighbourhood and communities.” diverse partners of public, private and non-profit sectors. We all agree that people can make a difference in communities by collaboratively developing programs and policies to improve the health Social innovation aims to build new partnerships. It is implementing and participation of our aging members. Healthy, socially engaged seniors ideas at the community level with institutions such as school boards, make valuable contributions to our communities. It is the intention of the recreation facilities, universities, all levels of government and libraries. Such Riverbend Community League to raise awareness about loneliness among collaborations reduce risk factors of social isolation and our community our seniors and be innovative in helping to address social isolation among benefits from shared assets, expertise, space and contacts. Social innovation our members. explores unique ways of working together, which may challenge existing approaches. By including folks, a sense of belonging develops and are There is significant evidence that social isolation can lead to early death more likely to volunteer, donate to their community, and be involved in and increased costs in health care and social services. Given the opportunities community governance. Such initiatives inoculates and serve to strengthen and challenges accompanying Canada’s changing demographics, now is the the protective factors that prevent social isolation. Social innovation time to address this issue. According to current research in all disciplines, combine resources and ideas to make new plans and tools that address protecting against social isolation can help to ensure seniors remain socially social problems in creative ways. engaged positively. For example, being in good physical and mental health; having a supportive social network; feeling connected and valued by others; Encouraged to live in good health, have satisfying personal relationships, and having access to health and community services can be very impactful in be connected in our community and improved access to adequate reducing the risks of social isolation. Social integration is critical to lessened income, housing and transportation equates to a vibrant and sustaining loneliness. neighbourhood. Innovatively, Riverbend Community League plan to assist in combating For more information, to get involved (see pg. 9) please contact Judy by email to: info@ the loneliness that accompanies social isolation in our community. Without riverbendonline.ca.
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Volunteer Position Available: 2018 Tennis Program Director Riverbend Community League & Brookview Community League re you organized, detail oriented, community focused and love a June project? Do you have a few hours to spare in the spring and summer • Promote program A to direct our popular summer tennis program for children ages • Prepare teacher 6-12? Wonderful! We want to hear from you! information package • Hold teacher orientation We have the courts, program templates and program structure. We will also supply the administrative support for customer inquiries and online July & August registration as well as our communication mediums (The Riverbend Ragg- • Program check-ins Times, webpage, Facebook, etc). However, we need someone like you to • Be primary contact for manage and direct the overall program. teacher and board inquiries Below is a general timeline and responsibilities list for the role. September April • Prepare a post-mortem on what went well, what could have been • Interview and hire instructors better and the financials • Create teaching calendar Interested? Please contact the Riverbend Community League office at • Design 2018 program (we have data from previous years for you to 780-437-7108 or [email protected] reference) Notes: May • This role can be shared by two people • Promote program • Without a volunteer, the 2018 summer tennis program will not run.
Riverbend Community League Riverbend Community League looking & Brookview Community League for volunteers for the Edmonton are Hiring Neighbourhood Watch Program Summer Tennis Instructors! Brookview Tennis Courts Hello Neighbours! The Edmonton Neighbourhood Watch Program 280 Bulyea Road has been officially active in Brookside for the past year with remarkable Hours: 9:00 – 3:00 pm Monday – Friday success! We have managed to educate community members on how 25 hour work week (excepting statutory holidays) to report suspicious activity and collect signatures to have signs Commencing: Monday, July 2, 2018 and installed in our neighbourhood. The feedback has been positive, concluding Friday, August 24, 2018 and we have managed to install three signs in various locations. The efforts will continue in Brookside, but we are ready now to expand The qualified instructors must have coaching/teaching experience and work in Brander Gardens, Ramsay Heights and Rhatigan Ridge. and have a comfort level working with children/youth in an outdoor Riverbend Community League is looking for ambassadors to help recreation environment. Interested applicants should submit a educate community members on how to report suspicious activity to resume and cover letter to Riverbend Community League by make our neighbourhoods safer for ourselves and our families. The Friday, April 6 at 12:00 pm. time commitment is minimal and the pay off is huge. If you feel like Drop off at: you have a few hours a month to volunteer, we would like to connect Riverbend Community League with you. Please email [email protected] 258 Rhatigan Road East (If you live in another area in Riverbend Terwillegar, contact your local Edmonton, Alberta T6R 2P7 Community League for more info on how you can get involved with your league Mailing address: and in the Edmonton Neighbourhood Watch Program) Box 21038 Terwillegar RPO Edmonton, Alberta T6R 2V4 Phone: (780) 437-7108 Fax: (780) 437-0549 Email: [email protected] Please mark your material: Summer Tennis Instructor – Attention: Elizabeth Emslie
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Get Ready to Lace Up Your Running Shoes 13th Annual TRAC Community Run and Walk - May 27, 2018 By: Ali Wilson ith under three months to go, the Terwillegar Riverbend Advisory Council (TRAC) is excited to support their annual run for W community wellness. The event will be held on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Mother Margaret Mary High School directly behind the Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre. The event will include: • 3K, 5K and 10K chip timed races as well as a 1K fun run for children ages 6 and under (register online at www.runningroom.com). • Nearby organizations and businesses at the event supporting our community wellness. • Nutrition station. • Fun activities for community members of all ages. For more information on the race or how you can get involved as a volunteer or sponsor, check us out on: • Facebook: www.facebook.com/TRACcommunityrun • Twitter: @TRACspirit • Instagram: @TRAC_spirit • TRAC website: www.tracspirit.ca • TRAC Community Office: (780)-439-9394 or tracmail@tracspirit. ca We look forward to seeing you there on May 27!
Great Neighbourhood Race April 28, William Hawrelak Park The EFCL’s annual Great Neighbour Race is a family-friendly event and fundraiser that brings communities together. All net proceeds go to the EFCL 100th Anniversary Project which will build the new Community League Plaza in William Hawrelak Park. https://efcl.org/events--projects/the-great-neighbour-race/
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Updates from Your MLA The News is Good for Alberta By: Dr. Bob Turner, MLA
ore and more Albertans are working good jobs in a more diverse decision is an important step forward – one economy as Alberta added about 90,000 full-time jobs over the victory in a larger battle to break the landlock, M last year. get full value for our energy products, and create On February 28, Minister Joe Ceci released the Q3 update and the news thousands of jobs for Albertans. is good for Alberta. Our economy is looking up. We led the country in To be clear, British Columbia never had this economic growth in 2017 and are expected to be among the leaders in 2018. right to begin with. It was an unconstitutional GDP growth is forecast at 4.5 per cent, an increase of almost two percent and unprovoked attack on our economy. Premier Notley told that to the BC from budget. Premier directly and took action when he initially refused to back down. Manufacturing is up. Retail sales are up. Wholesale trade is up. Wages are Given BC’s decision to step back from the brink, we felt that it was up. Nearly every indicator that should be up, is up. appropriate – for the time being – to suspend the ban on BC wine. After Our choice to invest in Albertans, build infrastructure and clean up waste all, Albertans don’t take any pleasure in hurting BC workers and businesses. created by previous governments means the deficit is $1.4 billion lower than If BC tries to pull a stunt like this again, Premier Notley has made it clear forecasted. that not only will the wine ban come back, so too will additional retaliatory This lower forecast deficit is the result of continued efforts to constraint measures. costs and improved revenue thanks to higher non-renewable resource Our focus remains on making life better for Albertans – with new revenue, increased investment income, and an improved Balancing Pool pipelines, good jobs, and a better return on every barrel of oil for Albertans. forecast. Our plan is working. The Climate Leadership Plan got two new pipelines We still have a long way to go and lot of work to do, but we are committed approved in just two years. Hundreds of Albertans are already working on to ensuring this recovery reaches all Albertans and we prudently and carefully Line 3 and we’ll continue standing up for Alberta’s interests until we get find savings. shovels in the ground on Trans Mountain and a better return on every barrel of oil for Albertans. In the meantime, we will continue to do what it takes to defend our interests. You may have heard about Premier Rachel Notley’s decision to Thank you for taking the time to read my column. If you have any ban the sale of BC wine, and I want to provide you with an update. The questions, you can reach me at my constituency office at edmonton. Government of British Columbia has backed down and dropped its threat [email protected] or 780.413.5970. to restrict the amount of bitumen that goes into the Point 5 pipeline. This
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