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CONTENTS

8 BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MESSAGE

9 IT ONLY TOOK FOREVER, BUT SPRINGTIME IS HERE! 13 CALGARY WILDLIFE: WATERFOWL

16 ABOUT WINE

17 BUSINESS CLASSIFIEDS

18 REAL ESTATE UPDATE

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Deer Ridge Community Association

Box 43052Calgary, Alberta T2J 7A7Visit our website at www.deerridgeca.comIf you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at DeerRidgeCA@gmail.com

OUR VISION: We will be a safe community with established programs and facilities, committed volunteers, and we’ll be financially stable.OUR MISSION: To enhance the quality of life in Deer Ridge for today and the future by establishing and fulfilling the common goals, needs and interests of our community.

Board of Directors & Community Contacts

WE NEED YOU! CONTACT US TO VOLUNTEER AND GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

EXECUTIVEPresident Dawn Wallace 403 606 73311st Vice President Karen Stevenson 403 278 3353 2nd Vice President Alana Somers 403 466 8100 Treasurer Kim Waytowich Secretary Barb Chapin 403 285 9482 PAST PRESIDENT

Past President Bob Hall 403 278 6817

DIRECTORS AT LARGEDirector at Large Lanis Anderson Director at Large Tracey Burch

Director at Large Luz JaimesNew Director at Large Adolpho Scollo COMMUNITY COORDINATORSMovie in the Park Coordinator Alana Somers 403 466 8100 Casino Coordinator Bob Hall 403 278 6817 Ice Rink Coordinator Bob Hall 403 278 6817 Tennis Court Coordinator Larry Lemieux 403 278 2199 Trico Representative Karen Stevenson 403 278 3353 Newsletter Advertising Great News Publishing 403 263 3044Newsletter Coordinator Luz Jaimes

YOUR CITY OF CALGARY

YOUR CITY SECTION brought to you by The City of Calgary

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YOUR CITY SECTION brought to you by The City of Calgary

What’s Happening More Info

The City of Calgary has developed regulations to accommodate the upcoming national legalization of recreational cannabis. Details are available at Calgary.ca/Cannabis.

Calgary.ca/ Cannabis

This spring, The City of Calgary is offering hundreds of artistic and creative programs for all ages, interests and abilities. Discover your inner artist, visit Calgary.ca/Register.

Calgary.ca/ Register

City bylaws regulate overgrown lawns and trees on residential properties, so service vehicles are un-obstructed and to control weeds.

Calgary.ca/ GoodNeighbour

The City of Calgary can help keep your kids active and busy this summer, close to home. Visit Calgary.ca/DayCamps to learn more and register.

Calgary.ca/ DayCamps

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Community Rinks

The ice melted long ago and although the skate sea-son seemed short between cold and warm snaps our very dedicated rink rats made the best of what we had. Thank-you so very much to the volunteers!!!

Deer Ridge Community Garden

If you enjoy gardening and would like to be involved in the Deer Ridge Community Garden in 2018, please con-tact us at: DeerRidgeCA@gmail.com or visit www.Deer-RidgeCA.com and complete the form online. We look forward to a very successful harvest in 2018!

Casino Volunteers

Our major fund-raising casino will be held on Saturday, August 25th and Sunday August 26th, 2018 at the Deer-foot Inn. Volunteers are needed to fill various positions. This is a great opportunity to meet your neighbours and help ensure AGLC funding is available to the commu-nity for facilities and programs such as: ice rinks, tennis court, replace aging structures in playgrounds, youth programs, and special events like Movie at Yellow Slide Park. Training is provided for the many available shifts. Meals are no expense to the volunteer and transporta-tion is available if needed. Please contact us to volun-teer!

May Counciltalk

Please join Councillor Peter Demong on on May 5th, 2018 from noon to 2 p.m. at Deer Park United Church (77 Deer Point Road S.E.) in Deer Ridge. This is a great fo-rum to talk to the Councillor directly. You can find details on the next Counciltalk at calgary.ca/counciltalk.

Deer Ridge Community Association Monthly Meeting

Are you interested in attending but getting a babysit-ter is an issue? No worries, there is plenty of space in the meeting room for your children. Remember to bring child’s favourite books, tablets, toys.

The next board meeting is:Date & Time: Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 at 7 PMLocation: The Trico Centre - Meeting Room 8

BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MESSAGE

Deer Ridge Parks & Greenspace Clean-upIt’s that time again to make our parks and green spac-es beautiful for the summer. Join other volunteers to clean-up walkways and parks to pick up litter on Sunday, June 10th, 2018 starting 10:00 am at Yellow Slide park. Garbage bags and gloves will be provided as well as bottled water and snacks.

AGM

Please join us for Deer Ridge Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 at the Trico Centre. The meeting begins at 7pm. Food and beverages will be available. Nominations for board positions are open. All Deer Ridge residents are welcome! Contact us to volun-teer on the board.

‘Dump Your Junk’ Community

Clean-up DayOnce again Deer Ridge will be partnering with Queensland for the ‘Dump Your Junk’ community clean-up day on Sunday, June 24th from 9 am to 2 pm. The City of Calgary provides dumper trucks at the Queensland Community Hall. Additionally, you can dispose of elec-tronics and metals recycling. Anyone can load their junk and drive to the community for dumping at no charge.

Community Festival in your neck of the woods!Hosted by Cornerstone Music Cafe, this free event will take place Sunday,June 24th from 10 am to 3 pm. Enjoy local music, artisan market & kid’s activities. We hope to see you there!

Report GraffitiTo report graffiti, please call 311. If you see graffiti in progress, please call 911.

Graffiti Free Calgary is a website with information for youth, adults and community groups regarding graffiti vandalism; including what to do if you have graffiti van-dalism in your community, and what to do if you think your youth might be involved.

Thank-you for your support! Do you have ideas for new community programs and events? Many hands make light work; please contact us to volunteer.

It Only Took FOREVER, but SPRINGTIME is HERE!

From the Art of Simple – by Tsh Oxenreider

Spring is here, and for us Calgarians, it might feel like it took forever! It’s one of the best seasons for being outside.In our heated, drive everywhere, year-round produce section of the world, it’s easy to ignore the organic, orchestrated rhythm of nature and life. Generations past appreciated each season for what it provided and for what it required, and we don’t want that to die with ours.

Here’s a few ways to fully relish the spring:

1. Eat as seasonally as you can. Appreciate the spring season for what it provides, this means asparagus, to-matoes, berries! Yum yum

2. Eat locally, so that your food is seasonal. See if you can source part of your food from a 100-mile radius.

3. See if you can visit a farm as a family maybe by joining a community farming group. This is an easy, fun way to ensure your food was grown nearby.

4. Go camping. This is my favorite activity. Although it could get chilly in the evenings, it’s so much better than 20 cm of snow!

5. Fly a kite. There’s only so many days in the year this is possible.

6. Eat your meals outside. Dining al fresco can only be done in Calgary two months of the year… (comfortably).

7. Do what you’d normally do, but outside. Drape a blanket over the grass, and read, play, study, or talk. Take our morning weekend coffee in your deck.

8.  Cultivate a little garden. Or join our Deer Ridge community garden.

9. On Earth Day (April 22), research one way your family can be kinder to the environment.

10. Get your hobby on. There’s something about spring that makes me want to read good novels. For you, perhaps it’s scrapbooking, or photography, or sewing. Or lying in the hammock. Do what you can outside.

11. Go hiking, or even just walking. Get your legs moving and soak in the pleasant weather.

12. Check out nature books on bugs, birds,  leaves, and wildflowers. Keep them handy when your kids find discoveries in their outdoor playtime. Together, research the names of your finds.

13. Start spring cleaning. Take a week or two to refresh and declutter your home. Take advantage of your com-munity clean-up day.

14. Redecorate in small ways to celebrate the spring season. Add some greenery inside, open the windows, and brighten up your color palette.

15. Feed ducks living in a local pond. Simple, old-fashioned, fun. Don’t overload them, and don’t use bread.

16. Build a bird feeder, bird bath, or bird house for your backyard or balcony.

17. Go to a local wildlife sanctuary or preserve. It’s much nicer when the weather hasn’t gotten too hot yet.

18. Try line drying your clothes, even just for a month or two. This is another task done by most other cultures around the world, and the spring breeze makes this timeless household task go quickly.

19. Visit the farmers market as a family.20.  Go on a wildflower drive and stop to sketch the flowers.

It Only Took FOREVER, but SPRINGTIME is HERE!

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YOUR COMMUNITY/CITY EVENTS

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Gender Creative Families Night – Families Matter Trans Canada Centre, 158-1440 52 St NE, first Tues-days of the monthA monthly support group for parents and guardians of gender creative children under the age of 14. This is a drop-in group where new families are welcome to join at any point throughout the year. Gender creative children are kids who express their gender in ways that are different than what might be expected based on their assigned sex at birth. The group is facilitated by educators from Calgary Sexual Health Centre and includes some resource sharing as well as discussion time. Free childcare available, please RSVP. More info: jcote@calgarysexualhealth.ca.

Brain Art 2018 – Festival Hall-1215 10 Avee SE, June 8URSA’s fifth annual Brain Art gala will be held at our new location, Festival Hall, in Inglewood. This year’s theme is Canada on Canvas: Celebrating Diversity. URSA’s brain injury groups have been working on their portfolios all year and have produced some spectacular paintings and photography which will be for sale at the event. URSA individuals living with a brain injury are sup-ported in a community-based setting which promotes survivors to live as independently as possible. It’s sure to be an evening of art, inspiration, and fun! More info: ursa-rehab.com/news-events/

Canada’s Food Guide and a Healthier Canada: a Forum - University of Calgary Downtown Campus, June 18 & 19As the new Canada Food Guide rolls out, the Libin Car-diovascular Institute and O’Brien Institute for Public Health are hosting a two-day public conference. Al-though how habit, portions or varieties of food affect the person will be discussed, this conference will also aim to persuade consumers, health professionals, and policy makers to think about nutrition, and associated health crises, differently. Organizers aim to see these challenges not solely as a problem with the individu-al—the belief that diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular dis-ease, etc., are all shortcomings of the person—but with the socio-economic systems we’ve built. Registration and more info: eventbrite.ca.

THE 2018 BEST OF CALGARY BASH – RODNEY’S OYSTER BAR, JUNE 1Join the winners of this year’s Best of Calgary as voted for by Calgarians like you! A celebration of Calgary’s best music, comedy, dancing, entertainment and much more. Best of Calgary winners and nominees will be on hand with samples of food and drinks throughout the evening. A celebration of our city and its residents with food and refreshments, don’t miss out. More info: bestofcalgary.city.

DISABILITY PRIDE PARADE – OLYMPIC PLAZA, JUNE 3Disability Pride is about being happy with who you are and sharing yourself with the people around you! Make a banner! Bring a sign! Decorate your adaptive device and bring a friend! Celebrate what makes us each unique and how much we all have in common. Event begins at Bankers Hall at 10:30 am and culminates at Olympic Plaza with a day of entertainment, food, and fun until 2:00 pm. Registration and more info: disabilitypridealberta.com.

PLANT WALK AT THE INGLEWOOD BIRD SANCTUARY - 2425 9 AVE SE, JUNE 13A plant walk is a guided educational walk through an urban or wild landscape. The best way to learn about plants is through observing and interacting with living examples. At the same time, connecting to your local ecosystem provides an excellent opportunity to build community. Learn how to identify plants using the principals of botany, practical experience-based medicinal usage based on traditional knowledge, modern herbal practice and scientific research and more! Families and well-behaved dogs welcome. More info: latifasherbs.com/plant-walks/

By Barbara Shorrock

City Compost

A lot of us were pretty excited last year when the City of Calgary delivered the green bins for compost collec-tion. This stuff now bypasses the landfill, and further-more, makes something useful of our leaves, household scraps, garden debris, and pet waste (imagine that!). Now that we are well into our first year of this program, I had questions, as I imagine many people have, and went looking for answers.

The City’s website, Calgary.ca, is well laid-out and has most everything to answer our queries. Programs and Services - Environment is where the compost infor-mation lives. So here is what happens to our bags of kitchen eggshells and avocado skins, dog poo, kitty litter and tree branches: the trucks take all this ma-terial to one of three huge buildings in SE Calgary at the Shepard Waste Management Facility and deposit it inside for treatment. There it is shredded into small pieces, aerated, moistened and heated to 55 degrees Celsius for long enough to kill pathogens that are pres-ent in kitchen and pet waste, such as e-coli and salmo-nella. Then it is screened to even smaller size, moved to the curing building and stirred, aerated and cooled down on its way to becoming compost, safe for use in parks, farms, nurseries and gardens. The process takes approximately 60 days from start to finish, much less time than our back-yard composters take with only the sun as a source of heat. At the same time, in nearby but separate vessels, waste (known as biosolids) from our water treatment facilities is being mixed with wood chips and made into a similar but different compost which will ultimately be spread on agricultural land. That is the process, in a nutshell. Samples of this Cat-egory A compost are routinely sent to a Compost Qual-

ity Alliance lab for analysis to ensure that it passes the criteria set by the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment. Ergo, it shall be safe for us to put on our gardens.

Beginning in May, there will be free compost available to the public, who has been paying to have this material created. According to the City manager I spoke to, on Saturdays we can go to the site (they will let us know where, in due course) with our shovels and containers and take home this lovely stuff to amend our soil and grow better gardens. Yay! A total of 5% of the volume will be set aside for this purpose. Later in 2018, City Council is looking into reducing the weekly pick-up of the green bin to every second week in the winter months when there is no garden material. Hopefully, they will reduce our monthly charge at the same time. That would be fair, don’t you think? By the way, the de-partment is happy to host tours of 10 or more citizens at appropriate times. Sounds like an interesting field trip to me.

HOME GARDENING WITH BARBARA

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Deer Ridge Community Association

Membership Request / Renewal

Form

Thank-you in advance for your support!

Membership fee $15.00

Online membership payment available at DeerRidgeCA.com

Name:

Additional Family Members:

Mailing Address:

Phone Number(s):

Email Address(s)*:

* Please note your email address will be added to our electronic mailing list used for notifications of upcoming community events and information. We do not share your information.

Membership Request & Payment options:

Mail completed form & cheque payable to: Deer Ridge Community AssociationPO Box 43052, Calgary, AB, T2J 7A7

Online: DeerRidgeCA.com/Membership

Two membership cards, printed with last name(s), will be mailed to your household.

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CALGARY WILDLIFE

WaterfowlWaterfowl are known for their territorial aggression and often unusual choices of nesting sites. In the spring, downtown rooftops become the choice nesting loca-tions for geese, while ducks tend to take up residence in suburban gardens and bushes. Understanding how these animals nest and raise their young will help these animals and the people who interact with them peace-fully co-exist.

Did you know?

•Geese tend to be monogamous and will often return to the same nesting site year after year

•Female geese and ducks are less able to fly before they are about to lay their eggs. The male will defend his mate and nest while she is vulnerable

•Geese and ducks incubate their eggs for between 3 and 4 weeks and once their eggs have hatched, it can take goslings and ducklings over 2 months to learn to fly

•Geese and Ducks are protected by the migratory bird act of Canada; their nests are federally protected. Tampering or interfering with an active nest is against the law

•Goslings can safely drop up to 5 stories onto grass or up to 2 stories on pavement

•Ducks and Geese produce ‘precocial’ young, meaning that once a duckling or gosling is hatched it is fully feathered, with eyes open and is capable of walking and foraging for food on its own

•Geese nest away from water and often cross busy roads as they bring their young to water. This walk is important to strengthen young waterfowl’s legs and give them time to waterproof their feathers

•It is not normal to find young waterfowl alone; if you find a lone duckling or gosling it needs help!

•Bread is harmful to waterfowl; please don’t feed wa-terfowl bread!

If you find an injured or orphaned wild animal in distress, please contact the Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society hotline at 403-239- 2488, for tips, instructions and advice, or look at the website atwww.calgarywildlife.org for more information.

Photo credit: Andrea S. H. Hunt

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Website: www.cssd.ab.ca/board-of-trustees • Email: trustees@ccsd.ab.caCCSD BOARD OF TRUSTEES

A 2015 study from Harvard University’s Centre on the Developing Child found that the most common fac-tor among children who do well in life is a stable and committed relationship with at least one adult. Their findings, along with research from the Alberta Fam-ily Wellness Initiative, continue to inform our focus on champions, difference makers and coaches. A recent OurSCHOOL survey indicates over 90 per cent of our Grade 4-12 students feel they have a meaningful rela-tionship with an adult—a champion—who they can turn to for guidance and support.

Our teachers also use Mental Health Literacy Go-To-Educator training and the Mental Health Literacy cur-riculum to advance connections and counsel students. Combined, these resources will see more than 1,400 dis-trict educators understand some of the complexities of mental health by the end of the school year.

Providing environments that support excellence in learning and teaching is an important part of student wellness. The district’s 2019-2022 Capital Plan, which focuses on innovation, efficiency and sustainability, includes an undercurrent of wellness. Our recently an-nounced new K-6 school in Evanston and 26 other capi-tal projects provide learning spaces where students can think, feel and act in ways that help them to enjoy life and develop the ability to deal with its challenges. And we know that students benefit from these supportive spaces.

The 2017 District Satisfaction Survey shows that 89.3 per cent of parents, legal guardians, students and teach-ers agree that our schools offer safe, welcoming learn-ing spaces that respect diversity and foster inclusive communities.

At Calgary Catholic, we know that significant relation-ships and welcoming environments positively impact the well-being of students. The Board of Trustees will continue to prioritize student wellness to ensure the district provides our children with the support they need to reach their full academic, spiritual and social potential.

Calling All Providence Alumni!Providence, formerly known as Providence Creche, and the Providence Children’s Centre, is celebrating a proud history in 2018, 75 years supporting young children.

“We want to hear from everyone who has been part of the organization’s history,” says Rhonda Conway, President. “Whether your association was through the early days of the orphanage, the group homes, the day-cares, or the preschools; as a resident, a student, a staff member or a volunteer.”

Please visit www.providencechildren.com/75years/ to share your connection to Providence and learn about all the exciting events that are happening throughout the year—including an Alumni Homecoming September 22nd, 2018. Hope to see you there!

1/3 Calling All Providence Alumni Calling All Providence Alumni! Providence, formerly known as Providence Creche, and the Providence Children’s Centre, is celebrating a proud history in 2018, 75 years supporting young children. “We want to hear from everyone who has been part of the organization’s history,” says Rhonda Conway, President. “Whether your association was through the early days of the orphanage, the group homes, the daycares, or the preschools; as a resident, a student, a staff member or a volunteer.” Please visit www.providencechildren.com/75years/ to share your connection to Providence and learn about all the exciting events that are happening throughout the year—including an Alumni Homecoming September 22nd, 2018. Hope to see you there!

Providence Creche, Calgary, 1943

Providence, Calgary, 2018

Providence, Calgary, 2018

Providence Creche, Calgary, 1943

1/3 Calling All Providence Alumni Calling All Providence Alumni! Providence, formerly known as Providence Creche, and the Providence Children’s Centre, is celebrating a proud history in 2018, 75 years supporting young children. “We want to hear from everyone who has been part of the organization’s history,” says Rhonda Conway, President. “Whether your association was through the early days of the orphanage, the group homes, the daycares, or the preschools; as a resident, a student, a staff member or a volunteer.” Please visit www.providencechildren.com/75years/ to share your connection to Providence and learn about all the exciting events that are happening throughout the year—including an Alumni Homecoming September 22nd, 2018. Hope to see you there!

Providence Creche, Calgary, 1943

Providence, Calgary, 2018

The continued success of various events as well as maintenance and improvements of facilities is dependent upon involvement of Deer Ridge residents. We invite you to join us in the fun!

Please select from the list below and return by mail, or visit www.DeerRidgeCA.com and fill out the on-line feedback form.

Deer Ridge Community Association, PO Box 43052, Calgary, AB T2J 7A7 | Tel: 403-606-7331

Email: DeerRidgeCA@gmail.com | Website: DeerRidgeCA.com

Facebook: Deer Ridge Community Association | Twitter: @DeerRidgeCA

Community Clean-Up (set-up/take down, assist City staff directing people and receiving items, community signage and posters)

Fundraising Casino

Family Winter Skate (set-up/take down, food and beverage service, event preparation)

Ice Rinks (Nov – March: maintaining surface ice)

Tennis Courts (May – Oct: maintaining court surface)

Children’s Christmas Party (December: event preparation)

Volunteer Recognition (Spring: event planning)

Membership Drives (Aug – Oct: preparation and delivery of membership forms)

Movie at Yellow Slide (Summer: event preparation, set-up/take down, food & beverage service, contact businesses for raffle prizes, community signage and posters, bouncy castle monitor)

Community Festival (set-up/take down event tables, community signage and posters)

Community Gardens (building new garden structures, painting, prepping beds at start of season, post-harvest activities)

Special Projects: playground rebuilds, pathway to rinks and gardens,. Etc. (ongoing: planning, cost estimates, coordination with The City, organizing volunteers construction)

Association Board Member or Committee Member (various roles to suit individual’s time available to volunteer)

Doesn’t matter to me. I’ll help with whatever is needed

Yes, I am interested in being a volunteer! The continued success of events as well as maintenance and improvements of facilities is dependent upon involvement of Deer Ridge residents. We invite you to join us in the fun! We are updating our 2016-2017 list of volunteers. If you are interested, please fill out the form below and return by mail, or visit www.DeerRidgeCA.com and fill it out online. Join us at the next board meeting to learn more. Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 in Room #8, 7:00pm at the Trico Centre for Family Wellness.

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Deer Ridge Community Association, Volunteer Activities 2016 – 2017

Community Clean-Up (June 25, 2017: set-up/take down, assist City staff directing people and receiving items, community signage and posters)

Movie at Yellow Slide Park (July & Aug: event preparation, set-up/take down, food & beverage service, contact businesses for raffle prizes, community signage and posters)

Fundraising Casino (January 11th & 12th, 2017: money, money, money!) Community Festival (June: set-up/take

down event tables, community signage and posters) Family Winter Skate (January: set-

up/take down, food and beverage service, event preparation, community signage and posters)

Community Gardens (May-Oct: building new garden structures, painting, prepping beds at start of season, post-harvest activities) Ice Rinks (Nov-March: maintaining ice

surface)

Tennis Courts (May-Oct: maintaining court surface)

Special Projects: playground rebuilds, pathway to rinks and gardens, etc. (ongoing: planning, cost estimates, coordination with The City, organizing volunteers, construction) Children’s Christmas Party

(December: event preparation)

Volunteer Recognition (Spring: event preparation)

Association Board Member or Committee Member (various roles to suit individual’s time available to volunteer)

Membership Drives (Aug-Oct: door-to-door delivery of membership forms)

Doesn’t matter to me. I’ll help with whatever is needed.

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About WineBy Nik Rasula

About Wine features wines not typically on one’s shopping radar. Unique wines with a story to tell; of place, process or style. Highlighting artisanal producers making reasonably priced (under $50 retail) wines, all the while demonstrating careful earth consideration.

2016, Mendraka, Bizkaiko Txakolina, Basque Country, Spain (www.mendraka.com)

About the Region: The province of Bizkaiko (Biscay) lies within the fiercely independent Basque Country of Spain. Adjacent to the Atlantic coastline’s Bay of Biscay, it straddles the Pyrenees of northeast Spain and southwest France. Featuring its own language (Basque), its centres include Bilbao, San Sebastian and Pamplona (Running of the Bulls, anyone?).

About the Wine: Txakoli (pronounced CHAK-o-lee) is an historic wine typically produced for local Basque consump-tion. Traditionally poured from showy heights in pintxos (tapas bars), it can be made in both sparkling and still styles, with the still being considered the “serious” version.

About the Grape: Native to the province, Hondarrabi Zuri is the main grape used in making white Txakoli.

About the Estate: Located 30 km southeast of Bilbao, the winemaking Jatorri-Izena family resides in the rural Men-draka area that gives the wine its name. With stunning vis-tas of the Pyrenees as a backdrop, the vineyards consist of eight-hectares of rolling hillside at 250 m.a.s.l. Outfitted with modern technology, the winemaking cellar is housed in a 400-year-old building formerly used to shelter cattle and winterfeed…ah, barnyard aromas!

About Sustainability: Sustainable winemaking.

About Tasting: The still, light golden appearance features slight green highlights. Mendraka features aromas of min-erals, fresh pear and green apple. On the palate, medium-bodied mouthwatering flavours of white fruit rise and fall, as a chalky impression concludes the tasting experience.

About Pairing: Charcuterie, pan-fried fish, intense/pick-led dishes.

About Availability: Check liquorconnect.com (call the listed store too) confirming availability.

CSPC #783275

About Price: $25

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Deer Ridge Real Estate Update

To view more detailed information that comprise the above MLS averages please visit deer-ridge.great-news.ca

Last 12 Months Deer RidgeMLS Real Estate Sale Price Stats

Last 12 Months Deer RidgeMLS Real Estate Number of Listings Stats

No. New Properties No. Properties Sold

March 2018 5 4

February 2018 3 1

January 2018 2 1

December 2017 1 0

November 2017 2 6

October 2017 3 2

September 2017 3 4

August 2017 7 1

July 2017 3 5

June 2017 6 4

May 2017 5 2

April 2017 5 7

Average Asking Price Average Sold Price

March 2018 $389,950 $387,089

February 2018 $349,900 $344,250

January 2018 $599,900 $584,500

December 2017 $0 $0

November 2017 $417,250 $395,500

October 2017 $345,000 $324,000

September 2017 $407,400 $403,294

August 2017 $349,900 $342,000

July 2017 $434,999 $415,000

June 2017 $361,150 $348,125

May 2017 $434,950 $423,200

April 2017 $384,900 $375,000

Councillor, Ward 14 Peter Demong

www.calgary.ca/ward14 eaward14@calgary.ca or 403-268-1653

Hello everyone!

Lois Walsh has served in different roles with the Council-lors’ Office for 22 years, and she has served as my Ex-ecutive Assistant since I began as Councillor. There is no doubt she has made a positive mark on Calgary and Ward 14. Thank you, Lois, for your service, and have a wonderful retirement!

…and welcome to her replacement, Lynne Banning, who is no slouch either. Lynne will be at Counciltalk if you would like to meet her.

CounciltalkThe May Counciltalk will be held on May 5 from noon to 2 p.m. at Deer Park United Church (77 Deer Point Road S.E.) in Deer Ridge. I hope you can make it, because I be-lieve it is a truly important exercise. If not, you can find details on the next Counciltalk at calgary.ca/counciltalk.

Transparency from City CouncilOne of the reasons I created Counciltalk was that I believe Council members—and their decision-making process—should be available to the public. I am undertaking some work to make Council more transparent, and you can read more about it at calgary.ca/ward14newsletter.

CannabisThe legalization of cannabis is a huge deal for Canadian municipalities. We have had to react quickly to the changes coming from Ottawa, and we are trying to do so as thoughtfully as possible. Visit calgary.ca/ward14newsletter to read about the rules that will apply to Calgarians regarding cannabis.

PotholesCalgary’s weather does a number on our streets. There is no doubt. I am going to go into detail about our road maintenance, and how to get that annoying pothole fixed in my full column at calgary.ca/ward14newsletter.

As always, please feel free to contact me and my team at any time. The best way to do so is by visiting calgary.ca/contactward14.

-Councillor Peter Demong

MLA Calgary - Fish CreekRichard GotfriedBay 7, 1215 Lake Sylvan Drive SE, Calgary, AB, Canada T2J 3Z5 403-278-4444 403-278-7875

calgary.fishcreek@assembly.ab.ca www.richardgotfried.ca @GotfriedMLA gotfriedmla

Spring is finally here and hopefully April showers (and snow!) bring May flowers. I know for many of us winter has been long and arduous, but now it is time to put the snow shovels away, enjoy the fresh buds of nature and prepare for May long weekend and outdoor living! Whether we are camping, planting our gardens or hik-ing in the Rockies, remember to enjoy the beauty and bounty Alberta has to offer.

The Spring Session is in full swing and much has been going on at the Alberta Legislature. I continue to be your outspoken voice now and into the future.

A couple of years ago one of my constituent brought a long standing and some might say archaic, law to my attention. It is called “adverse possession” but is com-monly known as squatter’s rights. I have since worked diligently to abolish it. While many of us “urban” Alber-tans see the issue more as a rural one, it is an issue that clearly can impact all Albertans. In the words of my af-fected constituent “every home owner, with a misplaced fence over 10 years old, could be subject to a legal claim against their registered land title”. Alberta and Nova Scotia are the only two provinces with this law still on the books. Adverse Possession supersedes any clear title, title registration, real property report or other documentation generally thought of as securing your ownership rights, but quite simply, if the conditions of the current law are met, you could be subject to land seizure without compensation. In my opinion, adverse possession is outdated and has no reasonable justifica-tion for continuance as a law of the land. I am hopeful my Private Members Bill 204 will rectify this and protect all Albertans from unexpected land seizure.

Please join me for my annual STAMPEDE BBQ on Sat-urday July 7th from 11am-2pm. We will once again be shouting YEE HAW with Spolumbo’s, refreshments, live music from Barter and Cash, games, prizes, and ice cream.

As always, I welcome your communication and feed-back. My next MLA Café’s will be on Friday, May 4th and 11th 10-1130am and Tuesday, May 22nd from 5-7 pm at my office. Happy Spring and see you soon!

SCHOOL SHOUT-OUTS

St Bonaventure SchoolSpring results in many culminating competitions so that students can put the skills they have acquired throughout the year to use. In the fine arts department, both the junior and senior bands performed at vari-ous competitions in April. We anticipate some superior marks as that was an assessment of an earlier perfor-mance the bands attended in February.

A group of Grade 9 girls will have an opportunity to attend the Explore IT conference. Another group of Grade 8s and 9s are looking forward to competing in a robotics competition to be held this month. As well, our Spanish students continue to take advantage of vari-ous opportunities that enhance their Spanish speaking skills.

Athletically, the badminton season is in full swing with city finals scheduled for the beginning of May at which St. Bonaventure is looking to defend their title as tier champions.

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