At the recent Membership Pancake Breakfast we premièred our newest project, a music video for Clea Roddick’s song “Neighbour”. The video stars the people and places of Winston Heights-Mountview and we couldn’t be more proud of the outcome.

The idea for the video came from board member Sarah Arthurs who had heard Clea’s song one day on CBC Radio and was stuck by the lyrics, specifically the phrase “how will we make it through the ages when we don’t even know the neighbours?” She came to the next board meeting with the suggestion about making a music video featuring our community. The board loved the idea and agreed to help fund it. The next thing you knew, Clea was on board, The Calgary Foundation had agreed to redirect some leftover project funds, and the production company Fresh and Smoked was brainstorming ideas with community members. Quickly after that filming started and the video below is the outcome.

We’re proud of our neighbourhood and our neighbours and we’re happy to share that enthusiasm with the world. Enjoy!

Attention all painters and handyman types. The WHMCA Rink Committee is
looking for volunteers to paint and repair the rink boards at a work bee in early
September. Many hands make light work. Refreshments and snacks will be
available. Please contact Stacy Nephin for dates and details at 403-276-3798 or
email sjnephin@shaw.ca

Centennial Garden Party

The Garden committee requires 8 to 10 volunteers to assist with the Centennial
Garden Party on Sunday, September 18. They need help with inside/outside
decorating, catering and clean up. If you are interested in lending a hand please
contact Yvette DuBois at 403-698-1075 or yvd.dubois@gmail.com

2nd Annual Membership Pancake Breakfast

Volunteers – your assistance is requested to help with the “NEIGHBOURS”
Video PREMIERE and 2nd ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP PANCAKE BREAKFAST on
Saturday, October 1st . If you can help out please contact Darlene at 403-230-
8395 or dbrobb@telus.net.

Our community was nominated as one of Calgary’s top neighborhoods in the August issue of Avenue Magazine.  We are listed as # 24, ahead of neighborhoods such as Sunnyside and Crescent Heights.  Not bad when you consider there are 183 communities in Calgary.

We made it into the following categories:

• Top 30 Best Neighborhoods
• 5 Best Investments (We’re #2!)

The Community Association is working hard to do our part to put the amenities and programs in place to see if we can’t place even higher on the list next year!

You may have noticed the new playground that was constructed last week in the park at the corner of 7th Street and 22nd Avenue NE. The new playground equipment was put together over two and half days from Thursday, June 2nd to Saturday, June 4th with help from a large number of volunteers from the Winston Heights-Mountview community, PCL (Poole Construction Ltd.), and even from other neighbourhoods! The large playground structure is the first of its kind in Western Canada!

The Playground Committee would like to thank all of the volunteers who helped out during construction. The committee would also like to thank those who volunteered for Saturday and Sunday but didn’t get a chance to do any work since the construction went so quickly and smoothly!

However, the playground is not quite done yet! We are waiting for the City of Calgary to deliver the pea gravel to fill in the playground site. This will occur sometime in the next two weeks. After the gravel is delivered we will need volunteers to spread the gravel with rakes and shovels around all of the equipment. Even the kids can help! If you would like to do this please email playground@winstonheights.ca or phone Shannon at 403-245-3832.

Until the gravel is in place please do not enter the playground!