QUIZ NIGHT!
The snows been flying, but the suns been shinning! Know why? Well maybe you should flex that brain muscle at Quiz Night! Trivia begins at 7:30, come alone or bring a team. There’s a cash bar too. Hope to see you there! Winston Heights-Mountview Community Centre.
APRIL
Friday, April 8, 2016
JUNE
Friday, June 10, 2016
Sharpen up your skates! It’s time to enjoy our Calgary winter 2016!
The Marsden Road Adopt-A-Rink is now open!
Craig Baskett creates and maintains the Adopt-a-Rink at Marsden Road, so if you see him around the neighbourhood, please say thank you!
Are you familiar with the Required Navigation Performance (RNP) airspace changes for the Calgary International Airport (YYC)? Do you want to know more or learn what its all about?
Click the above link or visit the following open houses to get details!
Add your thoughts by completing this survey!
Uplands Recreational Centre
20 Hawkside Close NW
January 5, 2016
6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Palliser Bayview Pumphill Community Association
2323 Palliser Drive SW
January 6, 2016
6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Acadia Community Association Hall
240 – 90 Avenue SE
January 8, 2016
6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Strathcona Christie Aspen Community Association
277 Strathcona Drive SW
January 13, 2016
6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Millican Ogden Community Association
6901 20 A Street SE
January 19, 2016
6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Ever wonder what is discussed and how decisions are made?
Join us tonight at the monthly Board Meeting at the Winston Heights-Mountview Community Centre Board Room: Meeting starts @ 7pm. The agenda and accompanying documents can be found here under the December links.
QUIZ NIGHT!
Sadly, the lazy, hazy days of summer are behind us. So get outta that hammock, drop those BBQ tongs and start flexing that brain muscle! Trivia begins at 7:30, come alone or bring a team. There’s a cash bar too. Hope to see you there! Winston Heights-Mountview Community Centre.
OCTOBER
Friday, Oct. 23, 2015
Join us for our Annual Community Clean-up! Sunday September 20th, 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Winston Heights Community Center.
This is an amazing way to do your fall cleaning! All you have to do is come by the Community Centre between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. and drop off anything that you may want to clear out of your house, office, garage, etc.
GEEP, will be on hand to handle any electronics or appliances (no refrigerators) you may need to be rid of. North Hill Bottle Depot will also be on hand. And as always, City of Calgary crews will be there with Two Trucks for Waste and One truck for Organic Waste. That means you can bring by anything their compactor trucks can handle and from what I’ve been told, they can handle just about anything that doesn’t have too much metal in it. So that means, mattresses, book cases, couches, end tables, you name it! And the organic truck can handle exactly that, organic waste like yard waste, compost etc.
For your general information, no batteries (other than car batteries), no chemicals, no paint, no Freon-containing appliances are accepted anywhere other than the firestations.
This service is completely free to all Wintson Heights/Mounview community residents!
We’d like to send a big Thank You to Tony Nicastro, as Nicastro’s Public House will be on hand providing sausages!
“Act III”, an Elder Friendly Community serving Winston Heights Mountview and surrounding communities and meets at the Winston Heights-Mountview Community Centre the first Thursday of every month, usually from 1:30 to 3:30 pm.
Please join us; you are welcome!!
ACT III VISION
We are a community of older adults who are working to enhance our neighbourhoods by developing a culture of valuing and respecting the wisdom and experience of older adults. We envision a place where there is easy mobility, safety, and services to support aging-in-place. Everyone is included and welcome. Embracing everyone in the community, older adults, families, people from diverse cultures and all those who seek community connections, we identify needs, hold meaningful conversations, generate enthusiasm and facilitate action to become the most inclusive and welcoming community possible.
ACT III MISSION
Embracing everyone in the community, older adults, families, people from diverse cultures and all those who seek community connections, we identify needs, hold meaningful conversations, generate enthusiasm and facilitate action to become the most inclusive and welcoming community possible.
Yoga Classes with Dianne resume on September 8 and continue every Tuesday morning at 9:30 AM at the community hall.
Caring Community Kitchen is up and running. Twelve members of the UU community and Act III came together in the kitchen of the Unitarian Church on Saturday, July 11 in the first Caring Cooking Connection using money received from the Calgary Foundation Stepping Stones Grant. A wonderful meal was created: Curry Glazed Chicken with rice, garden fresh chard, and a green salad freshly picked from the garden as well. After the cooking, a communal meal, and kitchen clean-up, 12 more meals were stored in the freezer for distribution to those in need in the wider community.
Our next event will be Wednesday, September 23 from 5-8pm. The menu will be determined the week of cooking. Please email Bev (webberbev@gmail.com) if you would like more information or to attend.
ACT III Book Study resumes in October. Our book will be Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom by Mary Catherine Bateson. We will meet every second Thursday from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon. Mark your calendar for Oct 15, 29, Nov 12, 26, and Dec 10.
Neighbours Helping Neighbours TimeBank Project is underway!
We also have a great line up of speakers for our fall meetings:
Protect your Health – Heart and Stroke Foundation – September 3, 1:30 PM
Stacey Stewart Coordinator, Health Promotion
This presentation reviews the basis physiology of a heart attack and a stroke as well as the symptoms of each. We provide detail about the risk factors of a heart attack and stroke. This includes nutrition, blood pressure, coping with stress, managing diabetes and many more.
Stacey is the Health Promotion Coordinator for the Heart and Stroke Foundation in Alberta. She will also bring the blood pressure machines to offer free blood pressure checks. It is very important to get your blood pressure checked every couple years as one in five Canadians have high blood pressure and it is known as the silent killer because it has no symptoms.
Nutrition Considerations As We Get Older – October 1, 1:30 PM
Molly Mackinnon, Certified Holistic Nutritionist
This presentation will look at nutrition and what we eat as our primary medicine towards Optimal Health for each and every individual. As Mahatma Gandhi said, “It is health that is real wealth, and not pieces of gold and silver.” This will be an educational session with take-home information to enhance your current health status. There will be lots of time for Q & A.
Molly Mackinnon is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, passionate to share and support your journey.
Her approach is to provide research-based information together with simple and effective techniques. Your Journey, your Goals, your Choices.
Age Friendly Alberta! – November 5, 1:30 PM
Deirdre Maclean, Regional Advisor, Alberta Seniors
For all ACT III events and information, contact Maidie at nhn@winstonheights.ca or Sidney at (403) 705-7559.
ACT III partners with Caribbean 50 Plus Association and we are welcome to attend their meetings held on Saturdays from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Winston Heights-Mountview Community Centre:
Saturday, September 19 Presentation -Travels to China.
Saturday, October 17 Presentation –Canada’s new Immigration laws
Contact Verona for more information: (403) 590-1313
Phase 2 of the Community Garden is almost complete. The beds, pathways, and perimeter plantings are all in place in the new south leg and a pergol frames the gathering spot. Just a few last minute projects to finish and we’ll be ready for the Grand Opening. Join us at the WHMCA Community Garden on August 12th at 7:00 p.m. for the celebration!
Tickets available until July 30, 2015
TICKETS WILL NOT BE SOLD AT THE EVENT – ADVANCED PURCHES ONLY!
To purchase tickets you can email events@winstonheights.ca or follow this link to purchase them online:
www.winstonheights.ca/twilight-in-the-garden-an-evening-of-cocktails-and-canapes
Space is limited!
WHERE IS OUR LITTLE FREE LIBRARY?
Last September, WHMCA won a Little Free Library from the CBC Calgary Eyeopener radio program. Over the winter, local artist Yvette DuBois has turned the bare plywood box into a magical little house. The Library will contain only children’s books and will be set at a height just right for little people. Come by on June 21 between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to see it in the Centennial Garden and purchase a book at our Centennial Garden Book Sale. All proceeds will go to enhancing the Centennial Garden.
