Winston Heights Mountview Community Association

My Community-Amateur Photo Contest

Jul 30

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Celebrate your Community and win! There is over $600 in prizes with My Community-Amateur Photo Contest

The Federation of Calgary Communities is hosting an amateur photo contest around what community means to Calgarians… Enter and you could be the winner of a $300 cash value prize for first place, a $200 cash value prize for second place and a $100 cash value prize for third place!

We are looking for a photo that displays what community life means to you and a written description that explains why.

For contest rules, submission requirements, and photo waiver form visit www.calgarycommunities.com/amateurphotocontest.php

Make sure to get your picture and written description in soon!

Stampede BBQ Dinner and Dance – CANCELLED

Jun 25

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** CANCELLED **

WHMCA Stampede BBQ
Saturday, July 10th at 6pm
Tickets for Members $15, Non-Members $20
Includes dinner, drinks $3
Call Lara for tickets 403-837-8466

It’s time to dust off the ol’ Stetson and shine up your belt buckle because, once again, Stampedin’ time is right around the corner! As usual, the Winston Heights – Mountview Community Association is kicking it up a notch from the usual “burgers ‘n’ dogs” Stampede BBQ.  On July 10th, the WHMV Community Centre will host a feast to satiate any Alberta-sized appetite: steak, baked beans, baked potatoes, corn, Caesar salad, and something sweet for dessert!

Cocktail hour starts at 6pm followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Then the real fun begins when the dance starts at 9 p.m.! So tell your neighbours, grab your darlin’ and come down for a real barnburner!

Tickets can be purchased from Lara at (403) 837-8466. Prices are $15 for members and $20 for non-members.

Rain Gardens

May 31

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Rain Gardens: A beautiful solution to stormwater pollution.

Every time it rains or snow melts, the streets, driveways, parking lots and your lawn get a bath. Dirt, oil gasoline, gravel, salt, pet waste and lawn chemicals are washed away into the storm drains. Ultimately, stormwater (rain and melted snow), and the pollutants within it, enters our rivers through outfalls – the big drains you see along the riverbanks. Many Calgarians are already taking simple actions, such as using rain barrels and washing their car at the carwash, to help protect our rivers’ water quality.

A fairly new concept to Calgary are rain gardens, which provide another way for residents to help make a difference in protecting our rivers, fish and our source of drinking water. A rain garden is a landscaped feature that replaces an area of your lawn in order to collect the stormwater (rain and melted snow) that runs off your lawn, roof and driveway. This shallow depression has loose, deep soil that absorbs and naturally filters stormwater runoff before it enters the storm drains you see along the street, thus reducing the amount of polluted water that enters the storm system.

For more information about other actions you can take to help protect our rivers or to download a rain garden factsheet visit www.calgary.ca/waterservices or call 3-1-1.

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Healthy Yards Program- June 10th

May 22

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A new environmentally-friendly approach to yard and garden care. It’s good for the environment, easy to do, and can save you money too! The Healthy Yards Program helps homeowners create a more environmentally sustainable yard by combining the practices of: Composting, Water Conservation, Yard Pests & Beneficials and Lawn Care.  Planning your healthy yard ahead of time is key to sustaining it in the future.

Program participants receive equipment incentives such as a rain barrel and composter for the program.  Healthy Yards participants will receive a DVD demonstrating and explaining how to: Use equipment (composting, rain barrel use, and use of a mulching mower),  Plant water-wise alternatives for Calgary’s climate and Use responsible pest management techniques.

For a copy of Healthy Yards DVD, call 311.

Register for Healthy Yards Program at garden@winstonheights.ca or Call (403) 698-1075.

Thurs. June 10, 2010, 7 – 9 pm at WHMV Community Hall, 520 – 27th Ave. NE.

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Neighbourhood survey

May 20

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The Federation of Calgary Communities and the City of Calgary Neighbourhood Services are interested in learning about how you and your community residents feel about living in your neighbourhood. To this end, a survey has been developed and can be accessed by typing in the following link.

The City has offered an I-pod and a number of family passes to city facilities as draw prizes to those individuals who fill in the survey and provide their email in the last question. All information received will be collated by community and distributed to each association that takes part except for any identifiable information regarding respondents. We asks that all responses be completed by June 30, 2010 and the draw will occur shortly after this date.

Click here to take the survey