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All rights reserved. 15_90701_RHD_011 divinematchmaking.com | 403-456-4870 ROSSCARROCK I JANUARY 2017 3 IMPORTANT NUMBERS CONTENTS ALL EMERGENCY CALLS 911 Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre 403-253-5250 7 BOARD BIO Alberta Health Care 403-310-0000 AHS Addictions Hotline 1-866-332-2322 ROSSCARROCK ATCO Gas – 24 Hour Emergency 403-245-7222 8 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Calgary HEALTH LINK 24/7 811 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Calgary Police – Non Emergency 403-266-1234 11 EMS: SLEDDING SAFETY 4411-10 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB - T3C 0L9 Phone: 403.242.0212 • Fax: 403.242.8354 Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter 403-234-7233 www.rosscarrock.org • [email protected] Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-387-5437 12 THE INDOOR GARDENER: PRAYER PLANT Kids Help Line 1-800-668-6868 Delivered monthly to 2,300 households and businesses for Child Safe Canada 403-202-5900 2 years 13 CALGARY HUMANE SOCIETY: HAPPY NEW YEAR! 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South Health Campus 403-956-1111 #34-4550 112 Ave SE OTHER Calgary, AB Calgary Humane Society 403-205-4455 8 13 T2C 2K2 Calgary Parking Authority 403-537-7000 Check out our website: SeniorConnect 403-266-6200 www.great-news.ca Calgary Kerby Elder Abuse Line 403-705-3250 Alberta One-Call Corporation 1-800-242-3447 City of Calgary 311 The opinions expressed within any published article, report or submission Social Service Info & Referral 211 reflect those of the author and should not be considered to reflect those of 12 16 Great News Publishing and Rosscarrock Community Association. Community Mediation Calgary Society 403-269-2707 The information contained in this newsletter is believed to be accurate, but is RNR Lockworks Ltd. 403-479-6161 not warranted to be so. Road Conditions – Calgary Great News Publishing and Rosscarrock Community Association does not 511 endorse any person or persons advertising in this newsletter. Publication of Weather Information any advertisements should not be considered an endorsement of any goods or Gamblers Anonymous 403-237-0654 services. 4 JANUARY 2017 I Call 403-263-3044 for advertising opportunities ROSSCARROCK I JANUARY 2017 5 ROSSCARROCK Rosscarrock Community BOARD Association Membership BIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS 4411 10 Avenue S.W., Calgary AB. 403-242-0212 [email protected] James Brunton, 2016-2017 www.rosscarrock.org Vice-President of RCA EXECUTIVE Ronald Waters President Family $15.00 ______ Single $10.00 ______ I chose to serve on the Rosscarrock Community James Brunton Vice-President Association Board because... Senior $5.00 ______ Business $25.00 ______ Evangeline Ross Secretary this is my community! I recognize that if one wants to Terry Paukstat Treasurer Name: __________________________________ Looking for a fun live and raise a family in a strong neighbourhood, it’s DIRECTORS best not to take anything for granted and, if you really Alastair Beddie Member at large Address: ____________________________________ care, get involved. If you seriously want your communi- Kirk Bodnar Member at Large way to keep active Postal Code: ___________ Phone: _______________ ty to function well, the onus is as much on you to make Oleg Ceapa Member at Large a diff erence as anyone else. Renee Landry Special Projects Director this fall? Email: ______________________________________ I love living in Rosscarrock because… Kyle Harnett Member at Large As others have said, the neighbourhood of Rosscarrock Greg Harquail Member at Large Check out Pickleball on Tuesdays and Thursdays from is ideally located within the City of Calgary. We sit at the Wessley Mudge Member at Large Do you want to receive emails regarding 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Rosscarrock Hall! cusp of the “core” quite close to downtown - yet we also Michael Wilson Planning and Development Director future events? have awesome access to the countryside. The neigh- Sarah Wilson Communications Director To learn more about this fun sport visit bourhood’s multi-ethnic composition is something I To reach our Board of Directors please contact www.calgarypickleballclub.ca adore and am proud of. Our community is refl ective [email protected] or call 403-242-0212. of the times and has this aura of growth, change and COMMUNITY CONTACTS Do you want to get involved? optimism about it. James Runge Neighbourhood Partnership Coordinator We are always looking for volunteers to help us with In my spare time I… [email protected] the community. If you are interested in anything list- am a father in a modern nuclear family, with two school- 403-476-7171 ed below, please check it off and we will contact you! Lemlem Haile Community Social Worker aged sons - i.e. I am a hockey/soccer dad. I go to my [email protected] • Board of Directors sons’ games and do my best to not yell and scream. I 403-476-7180 • Casino Volunteer also enjoy playing guitar in a variety of music styles from Evan Woolley City Councillor-Ward 8 • Special Events highlife to Irish music. [email protected] • Canada Day Party My favourite quote is... 403-268-2431 • Spring Clean-up Day “Without music, life would be a mistake.” • Community Garden (Friedrich Nietzshe) • Newsletter • Snow Angels There is no single cat • Anything else you can think of? _____________ called the panther. The name is commonly applied to Do you know a pint-sized Picasso ages 12 and under? the leopard, but it is Offi ce use only also used to refer to Each month our newsletter will feature a selection of the puma and the drawings and paintings by neighbourhood kids with jaguar. A black Card# __________________ panther is really a a fl air for the creative. black leopard. Paid ________________________ To submit a work of art, please send it to info@rosscar- ANIMAL TRIVIA rock.org. Images must be a resolution of 300 dpi. 6 JANUARY 2017 I Call 403-263-3044 for advertising opportunities ROSSCARROCK I JANUARY 2017 7 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Wildwood Volunteerism is alive in Rosscarrock! Two major events Community couldn’t have happened without your support. Thank you to all the volunteers for our casino night and Christ- Association mas party. In addition to the smiles and friendship that we shared while there the casino will provide us with the means to start much needed work to our building. is Hiring! More on that later. Believe it or not – summer (yes sun!) will soon be here. Wildwood Community Association is looking for a Our Events Committee is already planning for a very building manager to manage the rental activities of special Canada 150 event and do not forget the spring their busy hall and oversee day-to-day maintenance events. Already in the planning stages. In my last mes- and snow clearing cleaning in and around their facility. sage I invited those who like events to join us on the Event Committee. You can target working on a specific While the role is part time, a commitment to spending event like St. Paddy’s day or the overall organization of specific hours per week at the hall during the day is all six events we presently run.