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ERMINESKIN COMMUNITY LEAGUE ~ ENRICHING LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY

November 2018

ERMINESKIN ENLIGHTENER SERVING THE ERMINESKIN & STEINHAUER COMMUNITIES

CIRCULATION 1800

Ermineskin Community Centre Office Hours: 5:00 – 9:00 pm Monday through Thursday www.ermineskincommunity.ca

10709 – 32 A Avenue T6J 4A6 Phone: 780-438-6623 Fax: 780-438-6124 Hosts: Jo Nicholas & Sherisse White [email protected]


ERMINESKIN ENLIGHTENER NOVEMBER 2018

Hallowe’en Family Dance and Costume Party

Oct 27, 4-6 pm

Come and play.. The community way!

Admission $2 or free with your Ermineskin

Community League membership!

In Flanders' fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place: and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders' fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high,

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies

grow In Flanders' Fields.

IN FLANDERS FIELD—John McCrae

Join us for the 4th Annual New

Year’s Day Family Gathering!

1-3 pm

Bring your skates, toboggans,

cross country ski’s and

Hot chocolate, friends and fun!

Welcome in the New Year!


LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP RATES

Memberships for 2018-2019 are now available

Single / Single Parent Family: $25.00

Family : $ 35.00

Seniors (65 years and older): no charge

Memberships can be purchased on line

(www.EFCL.org)

or through our office.

A member of the Edmonton Federation

of Community Leagues

ECL BOARD OF DIRECTORS: 2018-2019

President: Kent McMullin - [email protected]

Vice President: Monty Nelson [email protected]

2nd Vice President: Shannon den Besten

Treasurer: Kirk Morris (780) 436-4544

Secretary: Vanessa Tran [email protected]

Memberships: Vanessa Tran

Building Management and Rinks: Piet den Besten

Programs :

Dance Moves www.dancemoves.ca/registration

Quilting & UFO Crafts : Pat Vos (780)886-7838

Arlene (780)437-6786

Yoga (780)438-6623

Rangers/Pathfinders Jen Goodwin & Robyn Stobbs-

[email protected]

Scouts Tom Barker [email protected]

Preschool President: Jen Blake

[email protected]

Newsletter: Advertisement and Editing: ECL Office

[email protected]

Distribution: Frank Bachmier

Craft Fair: [email protected]

Community Services:

City of Edmonton 311 or (780) 442-5311

The Ermineskin Board of Directors

meets the second Tuesday of every

month at 7:00 PM—

All are welcome to attend.

Upcoming Board Meetings:

Nov 13, Dec 11, Jan 8, Feb 12

NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING RATES

February, April, June, September & November

Our advertisers play an important role in our

community, as they support us and many of our

endeavors. GST is already included in the rates:

SIZE 1st Mth Add’l Mth

Business Card $17.00 $14.45

1/4 page $37.00 $31.45

1/2 page $64.00 $54.40

Full Page $107.00 $90.95

Back Page $125.00 $106.25

Classified $1.00 per line

For more information visit our website at

www.ermineskincommunity.ca

Copy deadline for February 2019 is January 5

Please submit any artwork, posters, notices as jpeg if

possible.


Call or

email us!

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.dancemoves.ca/registration






President’s Message:

November 2018 Upcoming Events We invite all to join us for a fun Family Halloween Activity from four to six p.m.

on Saturday, October 27.

On Saturday, November 3 the 34th Annual Ermineskin Community Craft Fair takes place. Last year over a 1,000 people dropped by to look at fabulous handmade

crafts from 50 exhibitors and then have some fresh homemade soup and cake.

Entry is by donation.

Crime In Our Neighbourhood Crime continues to be a concern in our neighbourhood. From July 13 to October

10 there were 50 incidents of crime.

As a Board we have reached out to the Edmonton Police Service and we will work with our Neighbourhood Resource Office to see what we can do to make our

neighbourhood a safer place to live.

The Edmonton Police Service has information on Home and Property Safety on their website. Follow this link to get helpful tips.

http://www.edmontonpolice.ca/CrimePrevention/HomePropertySafety.aspx.

We are grateful to members of the community who have started posting, on the Ermineskin Community League Facebook Page, pictures of property that has been

abandoned on greenbelts and parks. Hopefully the rightful owners are reunited with their belongings.

Please reach out to your neighbours and get to know them. Your personal safety

is more important than a possible stolen item, so please, if you think something or someone is suspicious take a photo and follow the Edmonton Police Services

advice.

Since this is the last newsletter for this year, the Board wishes everyone a happy

Holiday season, keep warm, skate, visit family and friends get out and enjoy the winter!

Respectfully submitted—Kent McMullin, President, ECL



WHY DO I VOLUNTEER?

Part 6 in a Series on Community Involvement

Communities are the places where young families grow roots, where we cultivate friendships, where families of all types and ages live side-by-side, and where we support one another through good times and hard times. They are where we live.

As a family we have enjoyed many of the community sports programmes, socials for both families and adults, playschool, skating, car rallies, cooking lessons, dance lessons, arts and crafts work-shops, fundraisers (bingos and casinos), bottle drives, Community celebrations, and Craft Fairs.

We have welcomed new neighbours and said goodbye to good friends. We have enjoyed many of the benefits of the community and the Ermineskin Community League and all of the volunteers' efforts over the 30+ years we have been here.

Having served on the Playschool Executive as well as the ECL Board in several different capacities, it comes as no surprise that we continue to support the ECL and I encourage you to grow your community roots through volunteering with the ECL.

You will form new friendships, gain experience, and ensure a strong community for the next generation.

Cheers,

Nancy Field

That says everything that needs to be said! Thank–you Nancy for all you have done, and still do!


Once again Ermineskin Community League will be accepting

donations of gently used, clean warm weather clothing for

those less fortunate.

Winter is hard for those who don’t have the basics.

There will be a box at the Community League office for donations and these

will be taken on a regular basis to Bissell Center.

Over the summer we had some work done to freshen our hall!

We want to thank Shauna Thomas for her painting skills,

Alberta Hardwood for the sanding and refinishing of the hall floor and

AMC Building Services for the strip and refinish on the tile floors.

As you use the hall, please help us keep the hall clean by removing your footwear

at the door .



When: Mondays Time: 7:15-8:15

$5.00 per class

Location: Ermineskin Community League

10709-32A Ave

Bring mat, blocks, strap, water bottle &

blanket.. What ever you need for comfort.

We have extra mats if you want to try this

out! All levels welcome1

Our Goal : to make yoga an accessible part

of life. Let’s fill the hall!!

Drop in Yoga!

ERMINESKIN UFO

[Un-Finished-Objects] GROUP

*scrapbooking *card making *sewing *knitting

*quilting etc.

If you have projects you would like

to work on then this is the day for

you. Get away from the dis-

tractions at home and join others

for a great day. Coffee is provided,

just bring your lunch.

For more information or to register call:

Pat at 780-886-7838

Visit the community website at:

ermineskincommunity.ca

TIME: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.— FEE: $10.00

Nov 17 pot luck supper event Jan 19, Feb 9

Call 780.408.3008

www.ocii.com

email: [email protected]

Locally owned and operated since 1996.

Providing ADSL, VoIP, computer repair, web hosting,

and networking services for home and office.

The official supplier of ADSL for

Ermineskin Community League.


Community Swim!

Current ECL members in good stand-

ing can enjoy Free com-

munity swim at:

Confederation Pool

11204 43 AVE

Saturdays, September to June

4 pm - 5:30 pm

Remember to bring your current

membership card !


PETROLIA SENIORS' GROUP

Lunch and a Program The third Tuesday of each month (except July and August)

Where? Greenfield Community Hall - 3803 - 114 Street -

Time? 11:45 a.m. (sharp) to 2:00 p.m.

LUNCH and a PROGRAM ($18 except December) Every Third Tuesday (except July and August)

11:45 a.m. (sharp) to 2:00 p.m. at Greenfield Community Hall 3803 – 114th Street NW

November 20th-John Chalmers, Historian for Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame

"A Centennial Tribute to the First World War” – Stories of Canadian Combat Pilots

December 12th –Hula Honeys will bring Hawaii to Us! also Christmas

Carol Sing

January 15th, 2019--- Bob Layton –Newscaster and 630 CHED Radio Personality

Hear Bob tell Hilarious Stories from his Radio Experiences- (seating is limited)

To CONFIRM your attendance or for more information:

Call: Nick 780-435-1045 or Betty 780-434-0712

PIONEER PRESS LTD. Phone: 780-436-6015

5638-103 A St

Edmonton AB T6H 2J5

[email protected]

www.pioneerpressltd.com



As the season changes and

snow starts to fall ….

Are you looking for sand to put

down on your driveway and side-

walks to prevent slips and falls?

Sand is available in front of the entrance to

the school parking lot by the big bins!

Next session starts October 15,

Monday and Thursday’s at 5:30!

It’s not too late to join, prices

will be prorated for late joiners..

Bring this ad for a free class!!

Dia de los Muertos or Day of

the Dead - November 1 & 2—this

is when Mexicans re-

member their loved

ones gone before them

by visiting them and

having a meal with

them, sometimes right

in the graveyard!

Dave also does snow removal and now

would be a good time to call for that

quote!


ERMINESKIN ENLIGHTENER

Kids Page

Find the words:

Stocking Tree

Candycane Snowman

Father Christmas Toys

Sleigh Decoration

Reindeer Elf

Angel Holly

Bell Lights

Present

Merry Christmas Word Search



RISEN LORD LUTHERAN CHURCH

A neighbourhood church. A place to belong.

Located in Ermineskin Community Centre

10709 32A Avenue NW 780.440.6476

[email protected]

Sunday worship services at 10:00 am.

See risenlord.ca for programs and events.

Hanukkah

For eight days each No-

vember or December,

Jews light a special can-

dleholder called

a menorah.

They do it to remember an ancient

miracle in which one day's worth of oil

burned for eight days in their temple.

On Hanukkah, many Jews

also eat special potato pan-

cakes called latkes, sing

songs, and spin a top called a

dreidel to win chocolate

St. Lucia Day

To honor this third-century saint

on December 13, many girls in

Sweden dress up as "Lucia

brides" in long white gowns with

red sashes, and a wreath of

burning candles on their heads.

They wake up their families by

singing songs

and bringing

them coffee

and twisted

saffron buns

called "Lucia

cats."

http://www.holidays.net/chanukah/menorah.html



Why are snow angels important?

More than 140,000 seniors aged 55 and over live in Edmonton. Approximately

75% of seniors over 65 live in their own homes. As well, approximately 5% of

the overall population aged 15 and older has severe or very severe disabilities.

For these people, shoveling snow can be difficult or even dangerous.

They also help seniors and persons with disabilities meet their responsibility to

remove snow and ice from their sidewalks as stipulated under the Community

Standards Bylaw #14600. The City of Edmonton re-quires this to be completed within 48 hours of

the snowfall. Call the office with the name of YOUR SNOW ANGEL!! (780-438-6623) or

call us if you need one!

Shelf Shop Renovations is a proud supporter of Habitat for

Humanity and Scouts Canada.

shelfshoprenovations.ca

Christmas

People celebrate this Christian holiday by

going to church, giving gifts, and sharing

the day with their families. In some parts of

Europe, "star singers" go caroling — singing

special Christmas songs — as they walk be-

hind a huge star on a pole.



SSUC Edmonton’s Annual Cookie Walk!

Dec 1st, 10 am to Noon.

10740-19 Ave NW

Get all your home made cookies in one place! Buy your container for $15 and choose from

hundreds of luscious cookies.

Enjoy the Christmas music, wassail and friendships… and there might be a

shopping opportunity as well!

Come with your friends

and share in the joy of

the Christmas season over complimentary hot

beverages and goodies. Everyone is welcome

(and encouraged) to

share a favourite Christmas song, story,

poem, instrumental number or skit.

Hosted by Risen Lord

Lutheran Church Ermineskin Community Centre

10809 32A Avenue NW, Edmonton

Sunday, December 16th

starting at 6:00 pm

Kwanzaa, which

means "First Fruits,"

is based on ancient

African harvest

festivals and

celebrates ideals such as family life

and unity. During this spiritual

holiday, celebrated from December

26 to January 1, millions of African

Americans dress in special clothes,

decorate their homes with fruits and

vegetables, and light a candleholder

called a kinara.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/holidays/kwanzaa/



SSUC Edmonton

Christmas Services

10740-19 Ave NW

Blue Christmas Service: December 12 at 7pm

For those for whom Christmas is a difficult time, a

quiet and reflective gathering to honour the

challenge of this season.

Winter Solstice Celebration

Dec 21st 7 pm

A time to mark the darkest night of the year and

welcome new light. The gathering is followed by a

time where you might choose to walk our indoor

labyrinth at your own pace.

Christmas Eve

4:00 pm a gathering for young families with an

interactive experience of story, song, and a safe

candlelight service;

7:00 pm a gathering for all ages, including songs

of the season, a theme time for children and

thought provoking reflection, with a candlelight

experience

11:00 pm a reflective service of quiet carols

and candlelight.

Monday, December 24th 7:30 pm

Risen Lord Lutheran Church Located in

Ermineskin Community Centre

10709 32A Avenue NW

New Year

In Ecuador, families dress a straw man in old clothes on December

31. The straw man represents the old year. The family members

make a will for the straw man that lists all of their faults. At

midnight, they burn the straw man, in hopes that their faults will

disappear with him.

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