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Development worries
 Posted 8/31/2010 5:00:00 AM
While our family’s world was upside down last week, life went on in St. Albert.
First, on behalf of the Melnyk family and the Litchfield family of Calgary, our thanks for your prayers, cards and words of comfort. Every little thing helped ease us through the loss of our son and wonderful daughter-in-law. Little baby Ysa is doing wonderfully and will soon be going home to her aunt and uncle. Over the past few days I have developed a much greater appreciation for police and emergency response personnel. Not that I didn’t respect their work in years past, but what they deal with on a daily basis hits me in a different way now. My wife and I also have the highest regard for the staff at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary. Our hearts go out to all the families who have children being treated there. So many little ...
Little boys & their toys
Posted 8/24/2010 7:00:00 AM
Once upon a time a little boy sat on the curb watching the workers repave the street in his St. Albert neighbourhood. On this morning the little boy didn't want to watch Mr. Dress Up or Fred Penner on TV. He wanted to watch the trucks and packers and other machinery. Unlike the other children, this boy named Mikey was fascinated by the noise, smoke and how the pavement beneath his feet shuddered as the machinery worked in front of his house. He liked these machines, he even played with toy dump trucks and graders just the like ones he saw.
As Mikey grew older, he became interested in cars and trucks. But the big rigs, large caterpillar tractors and graders were the most interesting to him. Perhaps by this time Mikey thought he would like to someday drive a big dump truck. Now a few years older, Mikey had ...
YOUR children not welcome in OUR Water Park?
Posted 8/17/2010 5:00:00 AM
I heard an interesting story the other day. It was passed along to my wife who heard the sketchy details from a co-worker in Edmonton. This tale is disturbing if true, but almost urban myth-like.
So the story goes like this; the co-worker had read or heard about a group of St. Albert mothers taking exception to a bus load of inner city kids arriving at our water park on Boudreau Road. As the story goes, the St. Albert mothers told those accompanying the inner city kids, the children should not be using our water park. I’ve not heard this story and if true, shame on those St. Albert mothers! The water park is a public place and can be used by anyone regardless of age, skin colour, hometown or country of origin. If true, once again this makes us St. Albertans look like a bunch of snobs (Yes, we ...
Hidden treasures
Posted 8/12/2010 8:00:00 AM
St. Albert's popular Rock'N August festival was a success, certainly in terms of participation and weather. Saturday's Show and Shine resulted in over 620 cars, trucks, hot rods and motorcycles displayed in and around Lions Park. Quite a jump from the 527 in 2009.
The event is in support of diabetes research and education. Last year the event raised $108,000 for the Alberta Diabetes Foundation. This year's goal was $125,000. We'll know in a week or so if that goal was reached.
I did a quick walk through the show and shine, impressed with so many new vehicles in attendance. I always encourage owners of collector vehicles to bring their wheels to Rock'N August. That's because I know people don't want to see the same old cars year after year. Although yes, you will see some familiar vehicles. And so be it because you get new people coming out every ...
Rock’n August 2010 underway
Posted 8/4/2010 6:00:00 AM
Here we go again! The 14th annual Rock’n August is underway with the hope more people will come out this year breaking 2009’s record attendance. The festival raised $108,000 for the Alberta Diabetes Foundation last year. This year’s goal is $125,000.
The Pancake Breakfast Tuesday morning got the week of activities underway at St. Albert inn and Suites. Citytv’s Breakfast Television was there with Bridget Ryan and cameraman catching some of the beautiful vehicles in the parking lot. There is more to experience and you can get additional information by visiting the festival's website: RocknAugust.com.
If you can’t take in every event, the Friday Night Street Dance at St. Albert Place is a must attend from 8 to 11pm. Music by The Classics and the Original Kit Kats. Saturday from 10am to 3pm is the big Show and Shine at Lions Park in downtown St. Albert. If you’re concerned about ...
Two trying for mayor’s chair
Posted 8/3/2010 7:00:00 AM
The fall civic election in St. Albert has become even more interesting with two new developments in recent days.
An Akinsdale resident is going to challenge mayor Nolan Crouse for the mayor’s chair. Shelly Biermanski has lived in St. Albert for 21-years and has said she decided to run after getting more actively involved in city politics. Namely the 70 Arlington debates. The experience with Habitat’s efforts to build a townhouse complex on the land seemed to spur her on to learn more about other issues around St. Albert. Nolan Crouse is going for re-election, so a race among two or more people vying for mayor could make for a dramatic election night.
Biermanski is quite the workaholic; David Morris Fine Cars, manages a department at Safeway, does promotional work. She’s been quoted as saying her work week is between 80 to 90 hours. Apparently she will give up one ...
Who’s that girl?
Posted 7/26/2010 8:00:00 AM
What are the chances of a 25 year old woman gaining a seat on St. Albert city council? Perhaps the time is right for someone like Aisling Pollard-Kientzel to get into civic politics. Having grown up for part of her life in St. Albert, she has jumped into the election race claiming to be a “big fan of democracy and the democratic process.” She now becomes the youngest candidate to run in this fall’s St. Albert civic election. Pollard-Kientzel is not just a pretty face either. She majored in political science at the U of A, moved to Prague in the Czech Republic to earn her Master’s degree and worked for a time with the municipal government in Prague. She’s also well travelled, but wants to take root here. Life and politics there is not quite what it is over here. But I’m sure she gained from the experience
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Miscellaneous Ramblings
Posted 7/19/2010 9:00:00 AM
This past Sunday morning my wife and I went for a walk. A perfect summer morning in St. Albert. No wind, temperature around 20 Celsius. The serenity of the experience was only broken by one or two homeowners moving the lawn. Not a big deal when it's after 10 o'clock. But why on a Sunday morning? If you don't go to church do you not want to sleep in? Laze around the house? Just do nothing? We get so little peace and quiet in the city; at least one day of natural sounds would be welcome, around our house for sure. And the last thing I want to be doing on a Sunday in summer is working in the yard. No thanks! Mrs. M and I want to relax or get out and do something that doesn't require money or much effort.
St. Albert's 150th birthday bash will cost at ...
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