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Changes to parish scrapped by Oblates after the congregation protests.
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GRANDPARENTS AS
PARENTS
When I went into school
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to meet the teacher, language
was an issue. Was I Grandma
or Mommy?
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FAMILIES ARE
FOREVER
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A single parent has to be
both mother and father, and
I somehow found the energy
and wisdom to try to carry
those two roles, although not
perfectly.
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MCL UPDATE
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Fr. James Holland (far right) with Colleen Chapman (centre), the President of Friends of Church Street, and Premier Rachel Notley
(left) at the Church Street Fair in July of 2014. File Photo
PAULA E. KIRMAN • BMC News Staff
Changes intended for Sacred Heart
Church of the First Peoples that
would have eliminated Father James
Holland have been scrapped, thanks
to the vocal protests of the congregation.
Father James L. Holland, OMI, is better known to the community as Fr.
Jim. As the priest of Sacred Heart for
20 years, Fr. Jim has presided over
hundreds of weddings, baptisms,
and funerals. To many in the community, Fr. Jim, 72, is more than the
priest at Sacred Heart. He has a long
history of community involvement,
sitting on many boards for area organizations. The church is often used
as a venue for activities and events
relating to social justice.
However, Fr. Jim was informed in
April by the Missionary Oblates of
Mary Immaculate that Sacred Heart
was chosen to become a missionary
centre with four or five priests – not
including him.
Fr. Jim was first offered a position
with a church in an isolated community in northern Saskatchewan,
which he refused. He was then offered a position in Victoria, but also
was not interested. He intended on
going on a sabbatical in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for six months to a
year.
When the congregation at Sacred
Heart found out, an online petition
was started asking to keep Fr. Jim
at Sacred Heart. Marlene Poitras, a
member of Sacred Heart, started the
petition.
“I was promoting it on Facebook as
well as Twitter and it garnered over
2600 signatures from places as far
away as Portugal, Africa, and the
Northwest Territories,” she says. The
story was also picked up by several
major media outlets in Edmonton,
after the petition became publicized.
Many people in the community expressed concern in particular over
the future of Sacred Heart as an Aboriginal church. To address these
concerns, Father Ken Forster, OMI,
the Principal of the Oblates in Canada, attended a service on May 10
to speak to the people – a meeting
which, according to several sources,
was quite tense.
In the end, the voices of the congregation prevailed. The following
week, on May 17, a representative of
the Oblates read a letter to the congregation in all of the services from
Fr. Forster.
>>Story continues on page 3.
Following our AGM in
March, we’ve got some fresh
ideas and new work starting
to bloom.
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True Family Ties
distance from each other to prevent
further harm.
PAULA E. KIRMAN • BMC News Staff
McCauley Musings
Most of us are familiar with the saying that we can choose our friends,
but we can’t choose our family. While
that may be true, it is also fair to say
that often our friends can become like
family, especially if our actual family
members leave much to be desired.
And even when our families are great,
our close friends can be like siblings or
surrogate parents.
In a close-knit community, neighbours
can also become like a chosen family.
Together, they share the joys and accomplishments that come from working together towards common goals.
But like a blood family, sometimes
close friendships can also become dysfunctional and require efforts to heal,
or even the people involved to gain
All relationships require open communication, clear boundaries, and
honest intentions from all parties involved. When any of these elements
break down, so does the relationship.
I’ve witnessed a number of situations
where people who should be on the
same side with similar values turn on
each other and things become incredibly nasty. In the activist community,
we call this “lateral violence.”
Sometimes stepping back and letting go are the best things to do under such circumstances. It’s difficult
especially when the people are ones
that have to be dealt with regularly,
whether actual family members or
co-workers, teammates, or neighbours. This doesn’t mean we should
avoid getting close with others in
order to avoid future pain. It does
mean that we need to know when
it’s time to cut our losses and move
on. Our true friends and family will
be the ones with whom we walk no
matter how dark the road grows.
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JUNE 2015
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Anne Fitzpatrick, Shauna Forsyth, Gary Garrison, Jim Gurnett,
Fr. Jim Holland, Wesley May, Brenden Murphy, Ian Young
June 2015
PAULA E. KIRMAN • BMC News Staff
Editor’s Notes
The weather is warmer, the sun
shines more, and it has not snowed
in at least three weeks: it must be
June! Welcome to the latest issue of
Boyle McCauley News.
Our theme this month is “Family.”
Here at the paper, we have an evergrowing family of volunteers. Some
have been with us for so long that
they are indeed like family. Plus,
some of our volunteers actually are
related to each other. Sometimes
our volunteer appreciation events
feel like family reunions, without
the awkward conversations and
eventual arguments.
Our centrespread features a special
edition of Our Volunteers, as we
begin to celebrate some of the people
involved with the paper whose
family roots go back in the the area
for multiple generations. If you have
family history in McCauley or Boyle
Street that you would like to share,
please send your stories and photos
to me at [email protected].
As always, you can also contact me
at the email address above with
story ideas, comments, questions,
and offers of chocolate at any time.
Okay, maybe not the chocolate, but
the other things for sure.
Now, it’s time to get to work on the
next issue of the paper! Have a great
month and see you in July/August!
Letters to the Editor
Our Next Issue. . .
Our July/August issue has our annual theme of “Summer.” What
are your summer plans? Favourite
summer getaways? What do you
and your family like to do in the
area during the summer months?
How do you find ways to beat the
heat? Deadline: June 12. Send submissions to: editor@bmcnews.
org. Articles should be no longer
than 500 words and accompanied
by photographs when possible.
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something that you read in these
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for length or clarity. Publication is
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Changes on the Way at
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Church. Paula E. Kirman
>Story continued from page one.
“Even though the intention of the Oblate Administration was to make an
even greater commitment of personnel to Sacred Heart and the wider McCauley neighbourhood, we did fail to
include you in decisions that will affect your life and community. I apologize for that and for the pain that has
surfaced as a result,” Fr. Forster said
in the letter.
Heart will be done in partnership
with you, the people of the parish,”
the letter continued.
Letter to the Editor
EPS Officers are not
“The energy was electrifying because “boys with toys.”
everyone was so happy,” says Poitras,
Th e A p r il issu e c a r r i e d a s t a tewho is active in the church’s choir.
m e n t by o u r M P Pe te r G o l d r i n g
Fr. Jim believes that the voices of his on th e E d mon to n Po l i c e Se rAboriginal congregants in particular v ic e’s c h oic e of c r i m e - fi g hthad a major bearing on the outcome in g tool s. A l th ou g h t he to p i c
of this situation. “The First Nations was one of primarily munici realized they can speak and if they p a l ra th e r th a n fe d e ra l j u r i s “And so I want to share with you the come together as a team it can work. d i c t i o n ( h e b r i e f ly re f e r re d
decision of the Oblates that Fr. Jim The church or the government comes to f e d e ra l f u n d i n g ) , i t wa s
will continue in the role of pastor of in and says, ‘this is what you need,’ th ou gh t-p rovok in g, re l eva n t ,
Sacred Heart Church of the First Peo- and that was what was coming across, a n d in te re stin g.
ples. Also, know that any future plan- and they said no. I think that’s a good
H oweve r, h i s c h o i c e o f wo rd s
ning by the Oblates regarding Sacred thing. Power to the people.”
c o n s i d e ra b ly d i m i n i s h e d h i s
imp a c t a n d h is c re d i bi l i t y a s
a c r i t i c . Tw i c e re f e r r i n g to t h e
E d mon ton Pol ic e Se r v i c e a s
“ b oy s” a n d th e E P S’ he l i c o p te r
p u rc h a s e a s o n e o f t h e “ toy s
th ey w ish f or ” wa s s e xi s t , c o nd e s c e n d i n g, a n d d i s re s p e c t f u l ,
FROM THE ARCHIVES: APRIL 2013
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a n d e ffe c t ive n e s s i n Boy l e
St re e t a n d M c Ca u l ey, a n d a l l
o f E d m o n to n . Re ga rd l e s s o f
o n e’ s v i ew o n t he he l i c o p te r
i s s u e , t h e s e a re n o t b oy s o u t
p l ay i n g ga m e s , b u t wo m e n
a n d m e n d o i n g d a n g e ro u s a n d
ha rd wo r k fo r o u r be n e fi t .
I e xp e c t a d i ffe re n t k i n d o f
l e a d e r s h i p f ro m a M e m b e r o f
Parliament who is governing
t h i s c o u n t r y. “ W h a t d o yo u
think?” he asks. I think our
M P s h o u l d s h ow m o re re s p e c t
i n vo i c i n g h i s o p i n i o n s a b o u t
o t he r s w ho d e d i c a te t he ms e lve s to s e r v i n g o u r c o m m un i t y.
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Out of Place in Little Italy
DIN ING
O UT
Mark Joel’s
FILIPINO
10827 95 Street
(587) 524-7555
We are used to having mismatched
locations in our neighbourhood: an
Italian bakery in Chinatown and an
Ethiopian restaurant in Little Italy,
for example. Mark Joel’s continues
that trend as a Filipino restaurant located between La Dolce Vita and Santo’s in Little Italy.
With only four tables, it caters mostly to take-out customers. The menu
dishes are posted around on four
big posters on the walls and I felt
awkward trying to figure things out.
Several ethnic dishes were on offer
based on chicken, fish, pork, and
goat. Most came in a combo that included rice and tortang talong (fried
eggplant).
The Daing na Bangus I ordered was a
white-fleshed “milkfish,” the national fish of the Philippines. It had been
marinated, cooked, and kept in the
warmer, so it was served pronto. The
marinade was heavy on the vinegar
for my taste and one had to be care-
Food from Mark Joel’s. John Hooper
ful of the bones and other parts, as it
was served whole. The texture of the
fish was firm, but there was a gelatinous substance in the middle, that
I learned was the “baby fish.” I can’t
say that it looked appealing like the
menu pictures, so I skipped it. The
tortang talong eggplant was rather
on the mushy side, perhaps because
it was not cooked fresh. I wished
that other vegetable options were
available. The side of rice, like the
eggplant and the fish, was served on
its own separate plastic plate, along
with plastic utensils.
Mark Joel’s is a one-man operation. The
lone server is the only staff person, managing, cooking, serving, cleaning, and every thing else, on behalf of an off-premise owner. For an amateur restaurant
such as this, one would not expect much
Ben Calf Robe Pow Wow at the Commonwealth Rec Centre
The thirty-fourth annual Ben Calf Robe Traditional Pow Wow took place on May 9. Jim Gurnett
and I wasn’t disappointed. Prices were
reasonable (my combo meal was $12, including bottled water) and the portions
were adequate, even if the cuisine was
not particularly engaging. Mark Joel’s
certainly offers a unique menu, but nevertheless it felt a bit out of place with the
nature of its food, even among the other
mismatches in the neighbourhood.
John lives in Boyle Street.
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June 2015
McCauley Clean
Up: June 13
LOOKING FOR AN
INTERCULTURAL
DAYCARE?
The 2015 McCauley Community
Clean Up will take place between
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Saturday, June
13, behind the E4C McCauley
Apartments (9541 108A Avenue).
Unwanted items in your house
or yard? Volunteers will pick up
your old couches, chairs, mattresses, tables, and other items,
then take them away for FREE.
Or, you can drop them off yourself at McCauley Apartments.
Please: no appliances or hazardous materials.
The Intercultural Child and Family Centre at
McCauley School (9538-107ave) has child care
spaces for children from 12 months to 12 years
and is open from 6am to 530pm.
We still need lots of volunteers
and drivers and trucks to help
make this event happen!
Call (780) 424-2870 to volunteer
or to arrange for a pick up.
ICFC is a non-profit, accredited centre
providing a culturally enriched play and
learning environment. Two healthy snacks
and lunch are provided. Subsidy is available.
The community is welcome to enjoy a free meal in the park behind
Sacred Heart Church, hosted by
the Edmonton Host Lions Club.
FOR INFORMATION
OR TO APPLY
CALL 780.441.1443
This event is sponsored by E4C,
City of Edmonton, and the McCauley Community League.
Martin Garber-Conrad is a Man of Honour
SHAUNA FORSYTH
Martin Garber-Conrad is a well
known name in the McCauley
and Boyle Street communities
who was honoured at the 2015
CEASE Men of Honour Awards on
May 1, 2015.
Garber-Conrad, who resides in
McCauley, is a quiet, gentle man
who has been the lead or a part
of some life-changing ventures
within our communities and
throughout the City of Edmonton. He has consistently worked
for programming, safety, and
housing for women and children for over 25 years. Credited
with the founding of Women’s
Emergency Accommodation Centre (WEAC) and Kids in the Hall
during his time at E4C, he is now
the CEO of the Edmonton Community Foundation investing in
Edmonton’s families and Edmonton’s future.
Congratulations Mr. Garber-Conrad - you are well deserving of
this honour.
Martin Garber-Conrad. Shauna Forsyth
V I S I T U S AT B M C N E W S . O R G
FROM THE ARCHIVES:
SEPTEMBER 2007
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Family: Reactions
to Actions
MANON AUBRY
BoyleBits: A View from Boyle Street
I have three cousins thousands of
miles away. They are either great people or striving to be. My immediate
family, my parents, were flawed to a
high degree but I am grateful that I
learned to be strong through adversity because of their weakness.
So, what do I know about family? The
family of my next door neighbour and
bestie has adopted me, and the people who help me out with the work
around my house refer to to themselves as having been adopted. Those
were adult choices - as children, our
family is not chosen but assigned.
No matter how you look at it, people
for whom family is a simple thing are
few and far between. Some families
nurture and support; lucky are the
people in those environments. But
also, only family has the power to
hurt us so deeply. Even the best families make mistakes. In our growing
years we are most vulnerable to be
wounded by careless words and actions from those upon whom we are
dependent. Wounds delivered unto
our souls when we are most tender
tend to stay the longest and sometimes fester.
A Very Slack Way to Spend Time
Those of us who are truly blessed (or
delusional, as I am) can see that the
hurts committed on us as children
can mold us into stronger people.
Most humans I’ve met though still
live with the wounds of their childhood. A dear friend told me he had
a “perfect family,” and I knew that
he meant that the strife he suffered
made him the strong man he turned
out to be.
Often, people compulsively recreate
their early difficult relationships with
the hope that “this time” things will
work out better. How many of your
friends keep getting involved with the
same type of difficult personality? I’ve
done it. I’ve fallen in love with a man
who was as distant and unavailable as
my mother. Most of us do it subconsciously to try to heal childhood hurts
by finding a mate who resembles our
“difficult” parent.
In a different vein I see perfectly mature adults revert to childish rebellion
when dealing with sibling rivalry. A
strong logical man can be reduced to
whining when he perceives his mother favours his brother. I don’t know
how we’re supposed to put these childhood hurts aside and live in a conscientious way; to make choices based
on the reality of this moment and not
of the past. Rather than be compulsively driven to fix old hurts, how can
we repeatedly make decisions based
on what is constructive and good for
us? How many times have we reacted
with anger at someone in a way that
is out of proportion to the offending
behaviour, only to realize that this person did the same misdeed to us that
injured us in our youth?
I know some people out there will
have no idea what I’m talking about.
You are truly blessed if that’s the case.
I hope you pass your blessings on. But
if you can relate to what I’m saying:
can we both try to be more conscientious about our actions and reactions
to the world?
Manon is a resident of Boyle Street and
an active volunteer in the community.
This column contains her own opinions, and is not affiliated with the Boyle
Street Community League.
PSA
Commonwealth Community
Recreation Centre will close to
the public from May 27, 2015
to July 7, 2015 as Edmonton
hosts the FIFA Women’s
World Cup Canada 2015.
The facility will be used to accommodate the athletic, coaching,
administration and security needs of the international athletes,
coaches, and administration involved in the event. The centre will
reopen to the public on Wednesday, July 8, 2015.
A slack rope walker practises in Giovanni Caboto Park. Paula E. Kirman
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Celebrating Honourable Men
KATE QUINN
Whose actions catch the headlines?
Usually it’s the men who commit
acts of violence against children
or women; men who are caught in
child pornography stings; or men
who kill their families and then
themselves.
After 10 years of working with men
who were arrested attempting to
pick up vulnerable women for the
purposes of prostitution, some of
the women involved with CEASE
imagined other headlines. They
proposed that the Board of CEASE
create a fundraiser and celebrate
men who are positive role models,
who build up the community rather
than tear it apart.
These awards are character awards
rather than achievement awards. Family members, colleagues, and friends
nominate men whom they experience
to be men of honour. A selection committee of men reviews the nominations
and choose the recipients. Each year, at
least a dozen alumni attend the award
ceremony. To date, CEASE has honoured 112 men.
For the tenth anniversary, the board
of CEASE and selection committee
chose to create a special award called
“Honour in Action” to recognize first
responders and all who put their lives
at risk for the safety of the community.
The CEASE board was humbled to present these awards to the family of RCMP
Constable David Wynn and RCMP Constable Derek Bond and his family.
Amarjeet Sohi was chosen to receive a special leadership award
in recognition of his service in our
city. He served as Honourary Chair
of the Men of Honour for the past
five years. Amarjeet Sohi has been
an Edmonton City Councillor since
2007. His special initiatives on
Council focus on multiculturalism,
seniors, poverty elimination, and
public transit. He has recently began work on a gender-based violence prevention initiative with his
colleague Councillor Bev Esslinger.
Amarjeet also champions the Racism-Free Edmonton partnership
(soon to be renamed to “Edmonton
for All”).
The CEASE Board is pleased to welcome Simon O’Byrne as our new
Honourary Chair for the Men of
Honour Awards. He was recently
appointed as the MacEwan Allard
Chair of Business and said, “I’m inspired when I see people who are
able to overcome enormous obstacles and who don’t let the world or
their personal issues defeat them.”
The 2015 Honourees are: EPS Staff
Sergeant Sean Armstrong, Martin
Garber-Conrad, Michael Hoyt, Ryan
Jespersen, EPS Staff Sergeant Scott
Jones, Lado Luala, EPS Constable
Shawn Leenheer, RCMP Constable Geoff McKay, Joe Pillay, Doug
Thompson, and Jim Barnes.
Kate is the Executive Director of the
Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation
(CEASE).
Grandparents as Parents
I used to watch the TV program Being Erika because I liked the idea of
getting a “do-over” of some of life’s
experiences. Erika usually thought
she knew what she would do the second time, but rarely did things work
out as she had planned.
I’m in the midst of a do-over: another chance to raise small children.
Life threw me a curve ball when I
was 62 and I reached out instinctively and caught the ball and two small
children needing care came into my
hand, my heart, my life.
In the first rush of energy, I thought I
would do things differently this time.
I’d be light-hearted. I’d have more
fun, laugh, and play. I’d assume that
everything would work out for the
best. I soon got sucked down by the
minutiae of mealtime, laundry time,
grocery shopping, picking up toys,
paying bills, cleaning . . . chores that
had expanded compared to looking
after just me.
I found that parenting had changed
since 30 years prior. I needed daycare
and after-school care, while I waited
for CPP and OAS to kick in so I could
retire early. I found McCauley Community After School Care and joined
the board, rather funny considering
that I had been a stay-at-home mum
the first time and knew nothing
about daycares.
When I went into school to meet the
teacher, language was an issue. Was
I Grandma or Mommy? Why was
I signing permission slips and report cards? For a while I attempted
to change the school language to a
more inclusive “caregiver” but soon
gave it up as a lost cause and reverted
to answering to any name.
Friends look pityingly at me and ask,
“How are you feeling?” My stock response is “I’m tired.” The kids usually manage well during the day but at
night their worries come out as night
terrors. I remember my tiredness the
first time around, when my babies
took forever to learn to sleep through
the night, but knew there would be
an end to it. When do night terrors
end? I’m still waiting on that one.
I’m trying to remember how I got my
children to eat their vegetables,
how I found a reliable babysitter, and developed a network of
neighbourhood mothers for play
dates and circulating hand-medowns. The natural community
that develops around same age
parents seems to elude me and I
am shy with my “old” friends who
are busy with travel and hobbies.
I’m hesitant to extend dinner invitations to them, only to excuse
myself for kids’ bedtime routines.
The first time around, my friends
had kids of similar ages and it all
seemed to work out. “Go play,”
we’d say to create grown-up time.
Later, we would all recognize bedtime when the kids got crabby.
I try to focus on what I have gained.
Kisses, hugs, and declarations of
love when they leave for school.
Little, sometimes grubby hands
reaching up to take mine while we
get groceries at the Italian Centre.
The swell of pride when a big word
is read and times tables are memorized. “Grandma, did you know
that African elephants are bigger
than Indian ones?” No I didn’t! I’m
still learning new things through
their big brown eyes that look at
the world with wonder and curiosity. For this do-over, I’m wise
enough to know how precious each
moment can be and how quickly
these years fly by.
People comment, “I don’t know
how you do it.” I think of my grandmother raising her nine children
and then having an endless string
of grandkids visiting to give mothers a break and kids a holiday. She
was surrounded by kids her entire
life and I’m sure, never sat around
thinking about what might have
been had she been “free” to do her
own thing. That was her thing and
she passed that pioneer spirit on
to most of her 39 grandchildren.
We just do what needs to be done.
That’s what I see people all around
me in McCauley doing.
The writer’s name is withheld to
protect the privacy of this family.
Little Italy Community Garden Under Way
Lots of work was done at the Little Italy Community Garden during May as raised garden beds were built and planted. The garden is being produced by Skills Society
with the support of Revitalization, in the lot next to The Works on 95 Street. Debbie Reid
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June 2015
A Volunteer with Family Ties
COLLEEN CHAPMAN • BMC News Staff
Our Volunteers
We are beginning to acknowledge the generational connections of our volunteers. Our first
person is Michelle Cumming
who has been a volunteer for
Boyle McCauley News for around
15 years.
Michelle’s grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Steeples, and their daughters lived in McCauley from 1953
until the 1970s and her mother
attended Assumption Convent
School on 97 Street. The Excel
Society inhabits that space now.
It was previously King’s College
and prior to that it was the Assumption Campus of Grant McEwan Community College, which
this writer attended 1974.
Michelle took photos of two
houses in which her grandparents lived as they are today. If
one looks at the photo of 10935
97 Street, one can see the same
architectural designs all over
our neighbourhood.
She is a recent recipient of a True
Friends of McCauley award, and
has been a valued volunteer for
the newspaper, the S.P.C.A., the
Heart of the City, the Capital City
Clean Up, the yearly McCauley
Clean Up, and Inn Roads Housing Cooperative.
Class photo from Assumption Convent School, 1954-55. Supplied
Left to right: Michelle Cumming’s mother and aunt at 10935 97 Street, circa 1956. Michelle’s mother is the younger girl;
10935 97 Street today; Michelle Cumming. Supplied
Boyle McCauley News Alumnus in the Cabinet
Deron Bilous (Edmonton Beverly-Clareview) is sworn into cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Service Alberta on May 24 at the Legislature. Bilous used to
write the Boyle Street Community League updates for the paper when he was a teacher at Inner City High and involved with the BSCL prior to being elected as an
MLA. Congratulations Deron! Paula E. Kirman
Boyle McCauley News
June 2015
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Families are
Forever
The journey of a single parent.
JOANNE MCNEAL
My family growing up was my parents and two sisters, with grandparents and aunts/uncles nearby. We
had big family dinners every Sunday. When my grandfather died our
grandmother came to live with us.
She was a seamstress and organist,
and taught us to love music and sew.
After high school I went to college
and married my college sweetheart.
I thought families would always be
like my big warm one.
After we immigrated to Canada,
our daughters were born here. But
the marriage didn’t last and I raised
the girls mostly as a single parent.
Their father decided not to see them,
which was his choice. I had no backup family here in Canada to help me
cope, but I had to provide a home for
my sweet little girls. I heard about
a Canadian Mortgage and Housing
Corporation (CMHC) program that
helped single parents buy a house,
and somehow I qualified. I put my
last money down on an old house in
Norwood. The house needed serious
renovations, and I had no job to pay
for those things. But Canadians were
kind, and before long I had four jobs.
I worked hard to pay for the house,
the repairs, and all the expenses, and
tried to be a loving mother too. The
girls and I had fun together.
A single parent has to be both mother and father, and I somehow found
the energy and wisdom to try to carry those two roles, although not perfectly. It was hard on the girls. As toddlers, they couldn’t understand why
they didn’t have a dad. Some teachers insisted they make a Father’s Day
card with their class, and other kids
made fun of them, and they came
home crying. One day I was driving
home, and a little voice from the
backseat pleaded “Mom, buy us a
Dad.” I almost drove off the road - I
cried for them. We got through those
challenges and survived. We sat at
dinner every night and talked openly about whatever. We decided on
everything together. We got a collie dog for extra cuddles, and they
learned to take care of him and think
about his needs.
As the girls became teens they
wanted horses, so I bought an old
farmstead acreage which came
with two horses. It was perfect
for us but needed lots of work.
We moved to the country against
the advice of friends and even
my doctor, but It was the best
decision I ever made. As teens,
the horses were the girls’ fun,
responsibility, and transportation. It was a wonderful and
happy time for all of us. I drove
into Edmonton daily for work.
They rode the school bus every
day, and learned to start dinners after school, did their own
wash, and cared for the horses, dogs, calves, and chickens.
I was home every evening, attended all their teacher nights
and concerts, and I cheered
them on. Every weekend and
holiday I spent fixing up the
house. We did it together. We
took inexpensive vacations and
even helped neighbour kids
when needed.
Now these girls are grown up
and have great careers and their
own families. My grandchildren
are also growing up to be responsible citizens. We are still
close, but the roles are reversing: they have begun to take
care of me. The girls are taking
me on a cruise later this year
for my birthday. What wonderful daughters they are. I am
very proud. Families are there
always!
Joanne and her daughters in the early 70s. Supplied
Dr. Joanne McNeal is a McCauley
senior artist, musician, and educator.
Clockwise from top: Joanne and her daughters in the early 70s. Supplied A photo of Joanne and her daughters from a few
years ago. Fred Katz Joanne and her daughters in the late 90s when Joanne was an Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech. Supplied
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My Bonus Family
accumulated a “bonus family.” My
“bonus sister” Jodie is a wise mentor, my “bonus nephew” Dustin is
an amazing talent, and my “bonus
niece” Jenna is a brilliant educator.
IAN YOUNG
Ability and Community
“In every conceivable manner, the
family is link to our past, bridge to
our future.”
Alex Haley
I am very blessed: I not only have
a beautiful family in my blood relations, with outstanding sisters,
nephews, nieces, cousins, aunts, uncles, and parents, but in I have also
I met a family from Guyana who refers to all their neighbours and those
in their close circle by family names
like auntie, uncle, cousin, etc. I found
this endearing. I respectfully refer to
my neighbours as my family. I have
loads of aunties! We look out for, respect, and comfort each other. I also
reside in a co-op so many people feel
like my family.
Remember, as the old saying goes:
“Blood makes you related. Loyalty
makes you family!”
June 2015
About My Dad
LEIF GREGERSEN
When I think of my family, I rarely think of the tough times or the
times my parents did things that I
felt were wrong. I think a lot about
my dad because my mom passed
away a few years ago and thinking
about her is still painful.
When I was very young, my favourite shirt was one that matched
one of my dad’s. I remember feeling such love from him as a young
child wearing matching shirts and
going to drive-ins or picnics. One of
the things we did together was eat
cheese and crackers and sit and play
chess, even though I was barely old
enough to understand the game. He
would modify the rules for me, sort
of like a checkers game, and it was
so much fun. He had a big reclining chair and there was just enough
room for me to squeeze in beside
him when we watched TV.
Another thing that strikes me about
my dad was that he was so literate,
so well read. When my brother and
sister and I were kids he didn’t read
us baby books, he would gather the
whole family and read to us from
Faulkner or from Robinson Crusoe
and I loved it. My dad only had a
grade six education and that wasn’t
even in English, but he was very
smart and hard working and was a
great provider. Another thing that I
really think was cool was that when
I was born he had me baptized right
here in McCauley at the Danish Lutheran Church. He made sure that
I had the option to be a believer or
not, though his own beliefs were
something he kept private.
I think the one thing I will remember the most about my dad was how
he treated my brother when he was
in his difficult adolescent years. My
brother was hanging out with kind
of a bad crowd and he had started
shoplifting. One day he was caught
and arrested and charged and my
dad, and I am sure my mom, decided something had to be done. What
did they do when my brother had
done something that a lot of parents
would punish a child for and let
them know they are an embarrassment? My parents raised my brother’s allowance. They felt that my
brother shouldn’t have to go around
thinking he didn’t have money for
music albums or fishing gear or the
stuff he liked to buy and it worked
- it really worked well. My brother
never got in trouble with the law
again in his whole life and I couldn’t
have been prouder to have such a
great family.
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A couple of children enjoy playing at Giovanni Caboto Park.
Paula E. Kirman
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June 2015
Family and Home and Salmon
KERI BRECKENRIDGE
Keri’s Corner
capable of using my brain just like
a real human.
Family. God, they’re hard to shake.
It seems like no matter how strongly you may have shoved them
off, they just keep coming back.
They’re like salmon swimming
upstream; it’s brutal and hard
but it’s instinct to go back home.
That’s why salmon get picked off
by bears.
Life is a constant state of evolution
that is more than just the passage
of chronological years. It involves
growth that comes from a deeper
understanding of one’s presence
in the world and the effect of others’ presence in our lives. It’s a recycling process of energy. What we
send out is what we receive.
Family is difficult. It’s hard to communicate with people who have
known you all your life because
they have pretty solid ideas about
who you are. Even when you may
be 30 years older and three feet
taller than the person in that family photo from the camping trip to
Lake Ewajawa who is climbing a
tree and flashing a smile minus a
tooth. People don’t accept change
easily so it’s problematic for family to understand that I’m actually
a fully grown, independent adult,
As life changes so do families,
which is the first place we all
learned that we get back what we
dish out. None of us stay at our
thirteenth year. Family members
are added through birth or marriage and others are lost through
death (you’re a member of your
family until you die - it’s like a
prison sentence.) These transformations are inevitable and every
individual adjusts differently to
these presences in life. It’s necessary to be forgiving and under-
A Winter Wonderland . . . in May
Giovanni Caboto Park glowed with snow after a spring storm in early May. Joanne McNeal
standing when members are in
conflict, as that’s the only way
to move onward through the ever-changing currents together as
a team. Failing that: just get into a
big fight with each other and vow
never to speak again until you finally do. We always go home.
Home ends up being more about
people then places. There is a comfort in those lunatics who have
known you all your life. It’s a familiarity that breeds comfort and
ease and the occasional homicidal
urge. These people in our lives carry us forward in the tough streams
with their humour, their acceptance, and their unrelenting presence. That’s how salmon survive:
they have they momentum of their
families to carry them forward towards home..
Keri lives in Boyle Street. We are
not sure whether or not she likes
salmon.
ISABELLE FOORD
Something Funny
I don’t believe in making a
scene. I believe in making the
whole show.
I’ve got a secret crush on a guy
in my building. I can pretend
to have a boyfriend without
the inconvenience of having a
boyfriend.
Isabelle is a writer who was a
long-time resident of McCauley.
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“I know you crave the ideal family
sometimes, and I think you’ll find
your way to a preferred reality that is
even better than the traditional one
that we grew up in.”
A few months ago I interviewed my
sister to reflect on how she knew
me, my accomplishments, and
fears. I had been evaluating what
my new version of family was going
to look like in the months to come.
June marks a year since I ended the
relationship with my daughter’s father. My ideals of family, as the ones
that were framed based off of my
childhood experience, was that parents stood together and remained
together, happily, until death. My
family’s legacy was both long relationships and happy children. I
wanted the same for my daughter.
My family is loving and forever,
even if my daughter’s parents are no
longer functioning under the same
roof. For now, there is the opportunity to showcase to her how happy
we both can be separated from one
another. I ultimately can choose my
own philosophy and my new partner. I can show her how her mother
is loved and respected, so that she
emulates these behaviours as she
ages. I’m a single mother, a co-parenting mother, a community-minded mother, and an artistic mother.
We live our life in a small radius. We
are the urban family.
We have our rituals. Saturday
mornings are visits to the downtown farmers’ market, followed by
the Sing, Sign, Laugh, and Learn
program at the Milner Library in
the children’s section. My daughter,
age three, proclaims often enough
that we need to go to “Churchill
Square,” somehow making sense
of where we have spent the majority of our time, in and around
the downtown core. The vibrancy
I have witnessed since living in
Boyle Street/Quarters ignites my
passion to make grassroots initiatives succeed for years to come.
Maybe family is about personal
legacy. Perhaps I am setting up
my daughter to continue what she
grew up with.
Quarters Arts had a successful
May edition of our nights, this
time having a larger presence
with art installations, gallery
walls, inside and outside musical
performances, and more. We personally want to thank everyone
who joined us in celebration on
May 1. We are so excited to grow
with our community in the years
to come.
Our next Quarters Arts Night falls
on June 5 and from 6 - 10 p.m. you
can enjoy free and all-ages programming with the society at Boyle
Street Plaza (9538 103A Avenue).
We have devised a bocce ball tournament on the grounds of the plaza,
along with crafts, snacks, live music, and an open stage.
We are looking to grow our team of
supporters and friends. Come join
your community and volunteer with
us! We promise to help foster your
skills, connect you with the community, and shower you with kudos for your participation. Sounds
enticing? It is! Please email our
Artistic Director at quartersarts@
boylestreetcl.com.
Jacqueline is the President of the
Quarters Arts Society.
Inner City Recreational
Activities in Full Swing
RYLAN KAFARA
Are you a baseball fan? Well, the one
thing more fun than watching baseball is PLAYING baseball! And we
have the team for you this summer.
Join us Tuesday evenings for a game
of slo-pitch. Meet us at the Mustard
Seed at 6:30 p.m., have dinner, and
head down with us to Diamond Park
in the river valley. We play a new
team from around Edmonton each
week!
If one sport isn’t enough, we also play
floor hockey every Friday afternoon
from 1-3 p.m. at Boyle Street Plaza. In
fact, we have a tournament on Friday,
June 5 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.! Every-
one is welcome to come, watch,
and PLAY!
Of course, if you aren’t a sports
fan, we have all kinds of other
summer activities planned, from
camping, canoeing, swimming,
gardening, concerts, and cooking,
to hiking and playing ukulele!
As always, any questions related
to participating in programs or
volunteering with activities can
be sent to rkafara@bissellcentre.
org.
Rylan is the Program Coordinator
of the Inner City Recreation and
Wellness Program.
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June 2015
Soccer in McCauley Heart of the City on
June 6 and 7
RYLAN KAFARA
The start of June means it’s time
for Heart of the City! Like always,
the festival will be in Giovanni
Caboto Park the first weekend this
month – so get ready for two days
of fun on June 6 and 7! There will
be local, live, and original music.
Family-friendly activities. Art and
craft workshops. Food trucks. And
lots of dancing!
Best of all, we get to enjoy all these
things together! FOR FREE.
Head to www.heartcityfest.com
for all the information on the musician line-up, what time workshops are being held, and everything else you need to know about
the festival this year.
See you in Giovanni Caboto Park
June 6 and 7!
Rylan is a Heart of the City board
member.
Taking Part in Art
Tailgate BBQ following a soccer game. Grace Kuipers
GRACE KUIPERS
On Sunday, April 26, our U14 McCauley Dragons got their season off to
an early start with a friendly match
against one of the U14 Extreme (Club)
teams. The game was played on Foote
Field’s artificial turf at the University
of Alberta. It was a sunny but windy
morning, and a close match.
Then, after the game, the McCauley
Dragons’ parents hosted a tailgate
BBQ for both teams in the parking
lot. I was happy to see the kids chatting together and enjoying food together after a dueling match. Special
thanks to Dean Lieu and Saul Campos-Sanchez for organizing the party and cooking up the grub on the
Q. Also thanks to Wayne for the Tim
Horton’s coffee.
The soccer season will be well under
way by the time you read this. For
families with more than one child in
soccer, it’s a four day a week schedule, sometimes five, and games starting as early as 6 p.m. and ending as
late as 9 p.m. with the bigger kids.
The only time parents get a chance to
“catch their breath” from the fast and
furious pace of the outdoor season is
when it rains, or snows as it did in
the first week of May. On most nights
parents are hustling kids out the
door for an early game after a quick
bite to eat, then looking for the miss-
ing shin-pad or sock, drying a pair of
shorts out the window while picking up kids who need a ride along
the way. Yes, we love it: the chatter
in the vehicle of excited kids before
the game, getting out in the spring
air that is sometimes a little too cool,
watching the kids play whether they
win or lose, chatting with other parents . . . we love it all!
You may have noticed that our teams
are playing in Sacred Heart Park
this year, the park next to Sacred
Heart Church. Thanks to the efforts A young participant in the May 1 Quarters Arts Nights hones her creof Karen Kennedy and EMSA North, ative skills. Jacqueline Ohm
we were able to use this field since
Giovanni has been booked off because of activities associated with
the FIFA Woman’s World Cup. We
are grateful for the alternative that
allows our kids to play their home
games in McCauley.
If you are interested in getting involved in the soccer program, I am
still looking for an assistant director, to help me with all the details
of keeping the program moving and
running smoothly. There is always
lots of administrative type details
that need to be looked after, Kidsport
applications that need to be looked
over and sent, pictures to schedule,
and a year-end party to plan, directors meetings to attend, and it would
be great to have someone to help.
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McCauley Community League Update
New Energy and Direction
MIKE VAN BOOM
MCL Update
Hello McCauley.
As spring rolls forward, the world
around us begins to come alive with
new energy and fresh direction. So
too it is with everyone at work in
the community league. Following
our AGM in March, we’ve got some
fresh ideas and new work starting to
bloom.
We’ve appointed our new executive, who are as follows: Shauna
Forsyth continues her excellent
work as Treasurer for the league.
Rosalie Gelderman will be serving
as our Secretary, keeping all our records straight and clear. Phil O’Hara has stepped forward as our Vice
President for the coming year, and
I (Mike Van Boom) continue in the
role of President for the League.
Following the vote at our AGM
around the Labour Day Barbecue,
the League has contacted the City
expressing the community’s wishes and has invited the Edmonton
and District Labour Conference
(EDLC) to host the Labour Day BBQ
in Giovanni Caboto Park this summer. We’ve also designated a few
board members to engage in conversation with McCauley residents,
businesses, and the EDLC around
resolving concerns raised, and ideas
to strengthen the barbecue.
Our Recreation Committee continues to lead the pack with energy and
enthusiasm. Our soccer program has
been rolling along pretty smoothly so far, and we’re cheering on our
kids and volunteers who make it
happen! We‘ve also partnered with a
few businesses and an Italian youth
organization to plan the “Kick It Up”
event on June 27. The Community
League will be hosting the 10 a.m.
– 2 p.m. “fun” portion of the event.
Volunteers are still needed for this,
so if you’d like to help out, please
drop us a note! Otherwise, we hope
to see you there!
The league is also considering the
way forward in utilizing a $45,000
grant given to us by the Adults for
Kids Society of Alberta designated
for at-risk youth. We’ve assigned
four board members to do some
work on options and report back to
the board in July.
At our May board meeting, the MCL
board passed the following motion:
“To proceed on investigating the
possibility of building a new community facility on McCauley Community League’s Licensed Land.”
(The property with the McCauley
Rink.) Yes, it’s time to build some
sort of facility for the community.
The board has appointed a steering
committee to explore our options
and pull the pieces together. Over
the next few months, the committee
will be visiting a few other community facilities in the city to get some
ideas and inspiration. But if you
have any ideas to bring to the table,
please feel free to send them to us by
email, or contact us on Facebook.
One more thing: FREE MULCH!
There is a large pile of mulch on the
northeast corner of Giovanni Caboto Park next to the natural garden.
We’re planning to put a second layer
down in the garden at an upcoming work party (details still in the
works), but there’s far more than we
need. So, feel free to grab a few loads
if you like.
If you’d like to connect with the
league to volunteer or share your
perspective on something, please
look us up on our website:
www.mccauleycl.com. Or, you can
email us at
mccauleycommunityleague2014@
gmail.com. We also have a pretty active Facebook site, so look us up on
there if you haven’t already. If you’d
prefer a more personal engagement,
you can also stop by and visit us at
our board meetings. We meet the
first Tuesday of every month from
7-10 p.m. at the Boys and Girls
Club. Let’s celebrate the new energy
spring brings!
Mike is the President of the McCauley
Community League.
June 2015
Boyle Street Community League Update
Our Boyle Street Family
KAREN JACKSON
BSCL Update
Your community can feel like a family, one where you already know the
lingo and feel comfortable and safe
stepping into. When we understand
what the goals and passions are
within our community we can then
look for natural ways to build and
focus on them.
The BSCL is partnering with the
Neighbourhood
Empowerment
Team (NET) to engage our community family members and work
towards Boyle Street being a safe,
diverse, inclusive, and of course
a dynamic and welcoming place
to live, work and visit. Join us for
our first community Pop-up Coffee
Shop. “Coffee in the Quarters” will
be a chance to meet your neighbours and learn about events and
opportunities here in Boyle Street.
Who: Boyle Street residents who
like coffee, conversation, and people.
When: SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m.
Where: A random spot within five
blocks of Mother Theresa School.
Why: Why not?
Exact location to be disclosed. Go
for a walk with your coffee mug
(don’t worry - we’ll have some there
just in case) and follow the sound of
live music and lively conversation!
Keep an eye on our Facebook page
(www.facebook.com/BoyleStreetCommunityLeague) for updates on
our Coffee in the Quarters day.
Along with some community partners the BSCL hosted some fabulous
events this past month. On May 5th
our gym was a polling station for the
day to all of the wonderful individuals that came out and voted during
elections. Your warm and friendly manner was greatly appreciated
and we felt blessed to meet so many
of you. You now know where we are
so make sure to come back and visit
us again soon to take part in some of
our great programs and events.
May 1 was the Quarters Arts Fest.
Great art, great music, and great
people!
On May 9 we celebrated Mothers
Day with an afternoon tea and some
pampering for all moms in the community.
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On May 16 and 17 we hosted a basketball tourney with the Al-Sahaba
Mosque – Downtown Islamic Association and the weekend culminat-
ed in a game with the Edmonton
Police Service.
May 23 was Hip Hop in the Park with
Live MCs, Live DJs, Live dance, and
Live graffiti – our park was alive!
If you missed any of these wonderful
events, don’t worry - we have many
more coming up. Make sure to check
out our website (www.boylestreetcl.
com) and/or our Facebook page for
updates on all our programs and
events!
Join us for these upcoming
events:
Friday, June 5: QUARTERS ARTS
NIGHT! FREE // ALL AGES - 6:00
p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Boyle
Street Plaza. We will be lantern
making and bocce ball playing the
evening away while our community serenades us in poetry, music,
and comedy. Please join us at The
Boyle Street Plaza, 9538 103A Avenue, for light refreshments and entertainment for the whole family to
enjoy.
Friday, June 19: Senior Ballroom
Dance: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. $5.00 admission. Bring your dancing shoes!
Saturday, June 20: Pop Up Coffee
Shop, Coffee in the Quarters -1 p.m.
to 4 p.m.
The Boyle Street Community
League Board monthly meeting
takes place the third Tuesday of
every month at 6 p.m. at the Plaza.
We welcome you!
Remember . . .
With your League membership you
can take advantage of the Boyle
Street Community League’s free
open meeting space every day from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and most evenings
too. You are welcome to come in
and sit in the beautiful glass encased gallery. Great place for a
quick meeting or an even better
place for a long chat with friends.
Everyone is welcome. Call (780)
426-9264 for information
Your Community League membership also gives you FREE access to
public hours at the Commonwealth
Recreation Centre. That’s a lot of
bang for $5.
As the old saying goes, “Mi casa es
su casa” which means “My house is
your house” and we welcome our
family to the BSCL and our fabulous
facility!
Karen is a resident of Boyle Street and
the Secretary of the BSCL.
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June 2015
Community Classifieds
NEIGHBOURHOOD RESIDENTS GET FREE CLASSIFIED ADS! EMAIL FIVE LINES OR LESS TO [email protected]
CHURCH AND
AGENCY SERVICES
BISSELL CENTRE
(780) 423-2285
Adult Cooking Classes: First 3 Wednesdays of the month
January – June 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Movie Night: First 3 Wednesdays of the month 5 – 7 p.m.
Haircuts: Tuesdays 1 to 3 p.m. (sign up at 12:30, first
come first serve)
Victorian Order of Nurses: Thursdays 11:30 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Early Childhood Intervention: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. –
4:15 p.m. (reservations preferred) Drop-In: Monday – Friday 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Women’s Lunch: Tuesdays and Thursday at noon
Parenting Classes: Mondays at 11 a.m.
BOYLE MCCAULEY HEALTH CENTRE
10628 – 96 Street
Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday 8:00
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Women’s Health Promotion Evening: Thursdays (except
the last Thursday of the month) from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m. preceded by yoga class at 3:30 p.m. for one hour.
Foot Clinic - Wednesday from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Dental - Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Streetworks during clinic hours.
BOYLE STREET COMMUNITY SERVICES
10116 – 105 Avenue
(780) 424-4106
Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Youth night:
Wed. 4-7 p.m. Adult Drop-In open all day – 8.30 – 4.30
. Lunch: Monday-Friday at 11.30. Free repairs for eyeglasses every Monday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m; housing, family,
youth, mental health and outreach programs available.
INNER CITY PASTORAL MINISTRY
10527-96 St. NW
(780) 424-7652
Pastor Rick Chapman
Sunday Service: 11 a.m. - noon
Sunday Lunch: Noon - 1 p.m.
ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
9606 – 110 Avenue
(780) 426-1122
The Rock Community Breakfast
Tuesday to Thursday 7 – 9 a.m.
Kid’s Club. Monday 6 – 7:30 p.m.
SALVATION ARMY
9611 – 102 Avenue
(780) 429-4274
Men’s Residence, Anchorage Addiction & Rehabilitation
Chapel.
WOMEN’S HEALTH CLINIC
Located in the Women’s Emergency Accommodation
Centre is open Monday - Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. Closed on Thursday and Friday from 8:30
a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
THE MUSTARD SEED
10635 – 96 Street
(780) 426-5600
Evening Meals (Mon. – Fri. 7-8 p.m., Sat 5-6 p.m.)
Food Depot (Tues. and Thurs. afternoons 1-3 p.m.,
Wed. evenings 8-9 p.m.).
Drop In Coffee: Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri afternoons
3:30-6:00 p.m.
Evening Drop In (Mon-Fri: 8-10 p.m., Sat: 8-11 p.m.)
Personal Assistance Centre (PAC, clothing ministry)
10568-114 Street, side door
Mon: 1 - 3:30 p.m.
Tues: 5 - 7:30 p.m.
Thurs: 1 - 3:30 p.m.
For more information call The Mustard Seed, at (780)
426-5600 or visit: www.theseed.ca
HOPE MISSION
9908 106 Avenue
(780) 422-2018
MEALS:
Monday - Friday
Breakfast Served 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Lunch served 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Supper served 5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Weekend
Brunch 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Supper 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
SHELTER:
Men, Women, Youth
Doors open 8:30 p.m. - 12:00 p.m.
COMMUNITY CHURCH:
Sunday
2:00 p.m. Hope Mission Centre - 9908 106
Avenue
7:00 p.m. Herb Jamieson Centre - 10014 105A
Avenue
HEALTH CLINIC:
Family Doctor
Tuesday and Thursday
Walk in: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Family Doctor (Male Patients)
Monday - Friday
Walk in: 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Psychiatrist
Monday - Friday
Appointment only - call (780) 244-2018 Ext.
278
NICOTINE ANONYMOUS
RICK (780) 474-5593
GWYNN (780) 443-3020
Support for smokers who are trying to quit.
Call Nicotine Anonymous.
VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED
SATS is recruiting volunteer drivers to take low
to middle income walking elders, age 75 and
older, to important appointments. Call (780)
732-1221 or email [email protected]
for more information.
SACRED HEART CHURCH OF THE FIRST
PEOPLES
(780) 422-3052 for further info on anything
listed here. Eucharist is held each Sunday at
10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Bimonthly programs available to prepare parents for their
child’s Baptism, First Communion and Confirmations. Traditional Native Wakes, in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit traditions. AA meets in
the Parish Hall. Eating Disorder Group meets
each week. White Stone Project and Edmonton
Inner City Children’s Project Society run their
programs in conjunction with Parish programs.
Gospel music festivals, dances, youth dances,
pancake breakfasts and Feasts are held in the
hall throughout the year.
THE
LEARNING
CENTRE
LITERACY
ASSOCIATION is seeking volunteer tutors to
help adults develop reading, writing and/or
math skills. Volunteers participate in group
learning, tutor one-to-one, or assist drop-in
learners. Skills and Experience: High school
level reading, writing and/or math skills.
Openness to tutor and learn with adults with
various life experiences, including living with
homelessness. Two locations: Boyle Street
Community Services and Abbottsfield Mall.
Contact: Denis Lapierre, Coordinator
780-429-0675 or
email:[email protected]
HANDS ON LTD.
CONTRACTED SERVICES
Offers: Residential and office cleaning. Move
ins and move outs and yard maintenance. Call
Linda at (780) 619-4776.
BOOMER TO ZOOMER YOGA
Small groups or one-on-one. Learn yoga at
your own pace; at your own time. $10/hr for
small group lessons. Call for more information. Sally @ (587) 336-8306.
FREE HYPNOTHERAPY
Life Changing Free Individual Hypnotherapy & Counselling with a Certified Counsellor and Psychotherapist for those who wish to thrive by overcoming
self-defeating cognitive, emotional, and behavioural
barriers to success. This is a part of community
service only for McCauley residents. Please contact
through email: [email protected].
COMMONWEALTH COMMUNITY
REC CENTRE ACCESS
All Amenities, Saturdays 5-7 p.m.,
FREE for MCL and BSCL members.
FREE KIDS COMPETITIVE SWIM PROGRAM
For kids ages 6 to 14 at Commonwealth
Pool.
Must be able to swim 25m unassisted.
Must live within the McCauley boundary.
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4
p.m. to 5 p.m.
www.mcauleyfriends.com
or contact Kylee Nixon: (780) 428-3290.
FREE CLASSIFIEDS FOR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS
Selling your car? Renting out a room? Promoting a community activity? Residents of
Boyle Street and McCauley can get a free
classified ad in this space. Ads should be
five lines or less and emailed to
[email protected].
WECAN FOOD COOP
Monthly Food Basket $15/meat order, $10/
produce order – Annual Membership is $5.
Upcoming deadline for payment is Friday, June
5. Payment can be at McCauley Boys & Girls
Club, during business hours, Monday – Friday
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Next depot date is Thursday,
June 18, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at McCauley Boys &
Girls Club (9425 109A Avenue). For more info
please contact (780) 424-2870.
FREE GUITAR LESSONS
Drop in guitar lessons for all ages and
skill levels. Everyone welcome. Guitars
available to use.
Mondays 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
June 3, 10, 17, 24
Location: McCauley Boys & Girls
Club, (9425 109A Avenue).
To sign up for guitar lessons or for more
info call (780) 424-2870. Sponsored by
the McCauley Community League, E4C
and Ansgar Danish Lutheran Church.
FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD!!
Free workshops and creative conversations about our relationship with food.
Mondays, 1:30- 3:30 p.m.
June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Location: Prosper Place (#215, 10106
111 Avenue)
MCCAULEY COMMUNITY CLEAN UP
Saturday, June 13, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Location: McCauley Apartments (9541
108A Avenue)
Unwanted items in your house or yard?
Volunteers will pick up your old couches, chairs, mattresses, tables, and other
items, then take them away for FREE.
Or, you can drop them off yourself at McCauley Apartments. Please no appliances
or hazardous materials.
To arrange for a pick-up or to volunteer for
the clean-up phone (780) 424-2870.
NETWORKS ACTIVITY CENTRE
780-474-3363, EXT. 302. Volunteer! JOIN OUR
TEAM! Networks Activity Centre provides adults
with brain injury a program that promotes an
active lifestyle through opportunities for social
interaction, physical activity, and community
involvement. Volunteering with Networks Activity Centre is a wonderful way to enrich your
life and touch the lives of those we serve. If
you are interested in joining our volunteer team
please call 780-474-3363 ext. 302.
PARENT TALK, A PROGRAM OF BOYS’ AND
GIRLS’ CLUBS OF EDMONTON Weekly peer
support group offers you the support, tools,
and information to more effectively parent your
children. Drop in, no cost; light meal and childcare provided. Transpor tation assistance available. McCauley Youth Centre, 9425 – 109A
Avenue, Tuesday evenings 6-8 p.m.. Call (780)
481-1292 for more information.
P.A.L.S. PROJECT ADULT LITERACY SOCIETY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
Work with adult students in the ESL - English
as a Second Language program. Training, materials, and supplies provided. Call (780) 4245514 for more information.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
AND ACTIVITIES
NEIGHBOURHOOD PAINTING
Randy, 25 years experience, $12/hour.Offering Indoor (year round) and/or Outdoor (seasonal). Some of the work I have completed is
taking care of all the painting needs at The
Rock/ Breakfast Club. To contact me, please
leave a message at (780) 426-1122.
WIRELESS NETWORKING
Are you tired of your street using your wireless
Internet connection? I can set up your Wireless
Router and increase your network security.
Call Kevan at (780) 983-5343.
A MOTION FOR POLICE BODY WORN CAMERAS AND DASHCAMS
Through my Parliamentary Motion 603, I am urging on all police forces in Canada to use body worn cameras (BWCs) and police dashboard cameras.
I have long been a proponent of BWCs, but the decision to act on this issue by way of a Motion comes at
the heels of the still unresolved incident in Bathurst, New Brunswick, where 51 year old Michel Vienneau was
fatally shot by police in his vehicle; the 2013 Toronto streetcar shooting of Sammy Yatim by police, who was
shot at nine times; and, most recently, in North Charleston, South Carolina, where Walter Scott was shot at
eight times by police. It is noteworthy that North Charleston, with a population of 100,000, has dashboard
cameras in its police cruisers, which did help determine the circumstances surrounding Mr. Scott’s murder.
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a population ten times the size, Edmonton should do the same.
We have the technology readily and economically available to help explain these tragic encounters and
many others less tragic. This would provide substantive evidence to protect both the police and the public,
as well as save vast amounts of court-time. Police could spend more time policing and less time in the
court room.
These recent cases clearly demonstrate the need for BWCs and dashboard cameras. This Motion will garner support for future action throughout the various police jurisdictions, showing the support of the House
of Commons for such a cause, and eventually lead to a legislated response.
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especially in our own community.
What do you think?
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June 2015
Kick It Up in
Little Italy
KICK IT UP! is Little Italy’s celebration of
soccer, food and dance on June 27, 2015. It is a
street festival held in conjunction with the FIFA
Women’s World Cup soccer quarter finals at
Commonwealth Stadium.
In the morning, there’ll be games,
contests, play-events, and food for
the whole family, mostly around
Giovanni Caboto Park.
In the evening, after the game, we
turn Via Italia into a street dance party and dance the night away.
“The festival brings a new energy and
excitement to Edmonton. Our goal is
to bring all generations together to
celebrate “The Game,” enjoy European culture, and celebrate the fun,
food and energy of Little Italy,” says
Teresa Spinelli, Italian Centre Shop
owner, with a smile.
traffic only, Kick It Up! is fun to stroll,
listen to stories, dance the night away,
and, of course, Mangia! Bevi! Balla!
Besides special features from local
Little Italy stores like the Italian Centre Shop, Zocalo, Sorrentino’s, Mile
Zero Dance, and many more, the festival brings a market-like street-party
atmosphere with food, music, skills
competition, kids activities, special
performances, soccer, demos and
much more!
Kick it Up! is sponsored by Viva Italia Business Association, the Italian
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