November newsletter - Ramsay Community Association in Calgary

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November 2012
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The Giant Head in the ’Hood
Printed on recycled paper
“Find It” Popups
Ramsay Jr. Iron Chef
NEXT General MeetingS
Tuesday Dec 4, 2012 & Feb 5, 2013, 7pm
R amsay C ommunity A ssociation • 1136 – 8 th Street SE, Calgary, AB T2G 2Z7 • 403-265-4898

Tisha’s Market Update
Ph. 403-869-9730
mckennahomes@telus.net
My Perspective......
Recently there have been several stories in the
media about “Canada’s housing bubble”. In my
opinion this is just not the case for our Calgary
market. Residential sales activity has increased
by 11% in Calgary over last year, and we are
also seeing a 15% price growth over 2011.
Where is Tisha???
Ramsay listings are continuing to move quickly,
and when priced aggressively, multiple offers
are not unusual.
For a free home evaluation or more information
about Ramsay’s local Real Estate market, please
don’t hesitate to contact me.
Tisha
I bet you a ten dollar
Cafe Rosso Coffee
Card you cant find me!
But if you can....be the first to
e-mail me and win a $10.00 gift card
from Caffe Rosso.
mckennahomes@telus.net
Thank you Caffe Rosso for cosponsoring
“Where’s Tisha”.

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Ramsay Community Association & Hall
Board of Directors & Community Chairs
1136 - 8th St SE T2G 2Z7• T: 403.265.4898 • F: 403.265.4858
Position Name Contact Info
President Kevin president@ramsaycalgary.ca
Cunningham
Past President —
Vice President
– External
Jenny Jensen vpexternal@ramsaycalgary.
ca
Vice President
– Internal
Josie Casale vpinternal@ramsaycalgary.
ca
Treasurer Sierra Love treasurer@ramsaycalgary.ca
Secretary Joleen secretary@ramsaycalgary.ca
Kadler
2 yr Member Sean Dennie sean@ramsaycalgary.ca
2 yr Member Andrew andrew@ramsaycalgary.ca
Squires
2 yr Member Martin martin@ramsaycalgary.ca
L’Heureux
1 yr Member Allan Baker allan@ramsaycalgary.ca
1 yr Member James Cuff james@ramsaycalgary.ca
Hall Manager Gisele Ruel hallmanager@
ramsaycalgary.ca
Hall Secretary Evelyn Bell hallsecretary@
ramsaycalgary.ca
Safety
Committee
Nicole Schon 403-605-1074 safety@
ramsaycalgary.ca
Recreation Shannon Fox recreation@ramsaycalgary.
ca
Casino Pat Baker casino@ramsaycalgary.ca
Beautification Andrew
Squires
beautification@
ramsaycalgary.ca
Community
Garden
Carol
Engstrom
garden@ramsaycommunity.
ca
Ramsay School
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ramsayschool@hotmail.com
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President’s Message
Kevin Cunningham, President, R.C.A.
On behalf of the 2011-2012 RCA Board, we
wish to extend our heartfelt thanks for those
who attended, participated, and volunteered at
the AGM on October 2nd. It was an excellent
event. And not just because it was only thirtyseven
minutes in duration, or that we elected a full board,
but because everyone had time to relax afterwards and
socialize while nibbling on veggies and sipping a hot beverage.
I don’t think that anyone left for at least thirty minutes
after the meeting was adjourned.
I feel privileged to be serving our great community for a
second term, and extremely
lucky to be working with
this team of community
volunteers. Our focus over
the next twelve months is
going to be revitalizing and
developing a plan to help
guide this board and future
boards to fully realize the
potential of our greatest
community asset: the Hall.
We are not going to do this
alone or in isolation. We
will be looking for your
input, perspectives, and
needs. Keep an eye on the
newsletter and website, or
just signup on the website
to have the latest news
delivered to your inbox:
www.ramsaycalgary.ca
I’m excited to get the
community Sustainability
Action Plan completed in
the very near future, so look
forward to more on that
front.
Feel free to contact me
or other board members
if you have ideas of what
you would like to see in the
hall.
I hope you all had a fantastic
and safe Halloween!
A dazzling Hallowe’en display on 23rd Avenue.
Photo: Sam Hester
Ramsay News page 4

Meet The 2012-2013 Ramsay Community Association Board!
Back row: Allan Baker, Sean Dennie, Martin L’Heureux, Sierra Love (Treasurer), Jenny Jensen (VP External)
Front row: Joleen Kadler (Secretary), Josie Casale (VP Internal), Kevin Cunningham (President), Andrew Squires
Not pictured: James Cuff
Photo: Sean Dennie and Kevin Cunningham
Ramsay News page 5

City Hall Report for Ward 9
City Councillor Gian-Carlo Carra, Team Ward 9: 403-268-5330 • ward09@calgary.ca • www.gccarra.ca
The addition of Vance into our lives has meant that a lot topic that I’m increasingly hearing about from
of the extra-curricular aspects of my job have gone into slow citizens across Ward 9 - how every community is
motion. One thing I’ve missed, and that I’ll be starting up eager to establish a vision for themselves.
again now, are the quarterly get-togethers of my Community Under exciting new leadership for just over
Association Presidents. The topic of the next one will be community
visioning and I’ll be bringing the City of Calgary’s Step Canada and is developing a prototype for sustainability-
a year now, the Ramsay board partnered with the Natural
new General Manager of Planning, Rollin Stanley, to rub focused community visioning through a robust and best practice
engagement process. This is being done both as an end in
shoulders with my community leaders.
I ran for Alderman under a platform of Neighbourhoods itself as well as to prepare residents to productively contribute
First. Over a decade of academic research and professional to conversations about the impact that the SETWAY will
practice in Urban Design have led to my conviction that it’s have on the community.
all about the neighbourhood. Neighbourhoods First posits To see how community visioning is shaping up across
that a great city is made of great neighbourhoods and our Ward 9, visit my website at www.gccarra.ca. If you’d like to
municipal government should be structured around the discuss community visioning or any other issues with Team
neighbourhood unit. I believe that community councils Ward 9 contact details are above.
comprised of residents, businesses, and institutions should be
an empowered grass-roots level of democracy and that interdisciplinary
teams of civil servants should be deployed at the Jenny Jensen, vpexternal@calgaryramsay.ca
Civic Affairs Report
neighbourhood level. At the core of the relationship between Received on September 24th: On Sept. 21st the
citizens and civic administration should be the neighbourhood
vision and plan. Rollin Stanley was hired to completely 1832 at 1101-8th St. SE for a new restau-
Development Authority approved DP2012-
reform how we do planning and it is at this visionary stage in rant, which will
the game that audacious ideas like Neighbourhoods First are be a licensed small
being seriously discussed. I look forward to the opportunity outdoor café. This
to bring Rollin out to meet my CA presidents and discuss a is the application
for Red’s Diner.
Received on October
26th: The CAC
received Appeal
DP2012-1656,
PART OF YOUR
appealing the
approval of the
NEIGHBOURHOOD
Red’s Diner DP.
The hearing is on
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C ommunity T idbits C ommunity T idbits C ommunity T idbits
Ramsay Canteen
The Ramsay Recreation Committee
is committed to the effective operation
of the canteen this winter, assuming the
rink surface can be made operational.
Donna Bishop will be heading up the
canteen effort. Given the canteen operation
is primarily for Ramsay residents,
we are requesting input regarding
interest in hours of operation, food
and beverage offerings, along with any
additional ideas that might increase and
improve canteen effectiveness. Please
submit any ideas to donnabshp@aol.com
or call 403-474-5138.
Help Get the Rink Ready
for Ice
It’s time to clean up the rink so that
it’s ready to make ice during the first
cold snap. Please help the recreation
committee hang tarps, string nets, fix
the chain link, clean the shack, and
other general repairs. Drop by anytime
Sunday, November 4th, 10:00am – 2:00
pm. Hot food and drinks will be provided.
Contact recreation@ramsaycalgary.
ca so that the organizers order enough
refreshments.
ArtPoint
October 5th – 27th:
• “naiads.” A collaboration including
new paintings, encaustics and a mural by
Liba Labik
• New work and sculpture by Pam Sims
Dalsin. Music composed and performed
by “Sora”(www.soramusic.ca) for this
exhibition.
1,268 Houses – 1,268
Recipes
The Recreation Committee wants
your family recipes (and the stories
that go with them) for the Ramsay
Community Cookbook. We want to
make sure that every household in the
community is represented in the cookbook.
Volunteer to be a block coordinator
to encourage your neighbours
to contribute. The cookbook will be a
fundraiser for the recreation area on the
hill. To get involved contact recreation@
ramsaycalgary.ca.
Art in the Hood
Ramsay Christmas Artisan Sale
Sunday December 9th. 10:00am –
4:00pm at the Ramsay Community
Hall: 1136 – 8th Street SE. Showcasing
artwork from talented folks in and outside
of the Ramsay community. Any
artists interested in signing up for a table
please contact Angie Rees (angie@eyewonder.ca)
for details. Kids are welcome,
too – free table space will be made available
for kids from the community to
showcase and sell their wares.
Art on Your House
The Johnny Crow murals on the Brick
Box are changing. And you might have
seen crows appearing on Ramsay houses.
It’s not too late to be a part of Johnny
Crow. Contact producer@animatedobjects.ca
if you’d like Jesse to paint a crow
on your house or garage.
Lantern Playgroup
The Lantern Playgroup is an
Inglewood and Ramsay community
playgroup for infants and kids up to
4-years old and their parents or caretakers.
The group gathers on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 9:30am – 12:00pm at
the Lantern Community Church (1401-
10th Ave. SE). The Lantern Playgroup
is a free, parent-run group. The Church
graciously donates the space, but no
church membership required. It is a
great place to socialize and meet other
young families in the neighbourhood.
We welcome you to meet us and learn
more about the Playgroup at our Open
House on Tuesday, November 6th,
9:30am - 12:00pm. Coffee, goodies, and
conversation will be provided.
Avenue Magazine’s Best
Neighbourhoods Survey
Street parties & community festivals.
Ramsay School & the Janus
Academy. Artists. Music for Soup. Urban
farmers. The giant Lenin head. Jesse’s
graffiti animation. Outdoor film nights.
A tower of glass balls. The upside down
church. Heritage. Poetry by Hollis. Let
Calgary know why it’s cooler to live on
the wrong side of the tracks. Fill out
Avenue Magazine’s “Best Neighbourhoods
Survey”: www.avenuecalgary.com/theavenue-best-neighbourhoods-survey
Calgary Animated
Objects Society
CAOS is seeking volunteers for
the International Festival of Animated
Objects, March 9th -17th, 2013.
Contact volunteer@animatedobjects.ca
or call 403-266-1503 to join the team.
Xstine Cook and Jesse Gouchey are
working on a film about street-affected
youth. If you want to share your experience,
please email: johnnycrow101@
gmail.com.
Join Miss Speight
for “Coffee with the
Principal!”
Every two months, the principal of
Ramsay School, Miss Speight, offers
“Coffee with the Principal.” This is an
opportunity for Ramsay parents, prospective
parents, and community members
to learn more about the vision of
Ramsay School. Please join us for coffee,
tea, and great conversation. Bring your
questions, ideas, or concerns. We would
love to hear from you. Our next “Coffee
With the Principal” is on Thursday,
December 13th at 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the
school’s staff room. Miss Speight looks
forward to meeting with you!
Federal Byelection in
Calgary Centre
Mark your calendars. The federal byelection
in Calgary Centre is Monday,
November 26th. For information go
to Elections Canada: www.elections.ca/
home.aspx. There are also employment
opportunities for people who live in the
riding. If you are intersested, call 1-800-
463-6868 and ask for Leslie or Debra.
Got a Tidbit?
Send it in 75 words or less to news@
ramsaycalgary.ca.
Ramsay News page 7

Photo: Craig Nakamoto “ Lenny with Jennie & Scott”
Turn at the Giant Head
Nancy Janovicek
If you’ve walked by the green house on the corner of 22 nd Avenue and 8 th Street, you’ve
probably wondered why someone would have a giant bust of Vladimir Lenin in their back
yard.
“Wouldn’t you want him?” is Jennie Innendorfer and Scott Clark’s answer.
Lenny – Jennie and Scott’s nickname for the ten-foot head – has been a Ramsay landmark
for a long time. F & D Scene Changes (www.fdscene.com/) built him for Goldeneye,
the 1995 James Bond film starring Pierce Brosnan as the famous spy. You’ll see Lenny in
the scene when 007 meets 006 – Bond’s ex-colleague and antagonist in the film. Lenny
appears in the video game, too.
When shooting for the film wrapped up, the prop made its way back to Ramsay.
It was in the F & D lot until Max Matheney, the owner of the old SpaceGym,
bought it. For those who are new to Ramsay, SpaceGym was an old-timey gym
and art studio at the Ramsay Exchange before development began. (Check
out the article in the October 2004 newsletter in the archives.) It was the
kind of gym where you’d expect to see Rocky training. Scott used to
work out there, and he thought the massive bust of Lenin outside of
his gym was pretty cool.
When SpaceGym closed, Max asked Scott and Jennie to make
an offer to buy Lenny. They built a concrete pad in their back yard,
hired six “strapping Brazilian jiu-jitsu players” who trained at the gym
to haul him onto a flatbed truck. and then moved him to his current
home in their back yard. He was in rough shape when they acquired him.
His ear was damaged and graffiti taggers had left their mark. They found someone
to do the repairs, and he’s lived happily as their giant garden gnome since
then.
Some neighbours weren’t thrilled with the new view, but have come to accept
him as part of the streetscape. He was egged one Hallowe’en – though the pranksters
probably weren’t making a
political statement. Most of the
neighbours like having him in the
hood. One morning, Jennie and
Scott found an old Fast Forward
article about the Lenin head in
their mailbox. They’ve also heard
that when their neighbours
give their guests directions,
they tell them to to turn at
the giant head. He’s a curiosity
for people who don’t live in
Ramsay. Julias Von Bieberstein,
who lives across the street, told me
that it’s amusing to watch people’s reactions
when they walk by the huge head for the first
time.
Jennie and Scott enjoy looking out the kitchen window and seeing Lenin’s
profile. Jennie told me that it’s something that you could only get away with
in Ramsay. They moved to Ramsay because they wanted to be able to walk to
work downtown. They immediately fell in love with the history and character
of the community, and would never think of leaving. We have to hope that the
same will be true for Lenny. He took a beating in the big hailstorm this summer,
and they are worried that he’ll eventually erode due to bad weather. They
are looking for advice on how to protect him from the elements so that Lenin’s
head can stay in their yard and continue to intrigue and amuse people during
their walks through the hood.
Photo: Jennie Innendorfer “Profile of Lenny”
Ramsay News page 8

Things Were Cookin’ at the Rink! Recreation News
Shannon Fox, Winter Sports • Schedules at ramsaycalgary.ca • For rental call 403-966-5130
Food in Shorts
What a fantastic fall at
the rink! On September
29th find it hosted Full
Moon Movie Night. It
was a great turnout and
the audience enjoyed live
entertainment, a toonie
concession and exceptional
film shorts all themed
around food.
Jr. Ramsay Iron Chef
On September 30 th ,
the Ramsay Recreation
Committee presented
the Jr. Ramsay Iron Chef
competition at the rink!
Twenty-three kids aged 4
to 14 participated in the
fun-filled kitchen showdown!
Kids were teamed
with six local chefs and
presented with a box of
• Martin L’Heureux, our emcee, who
secret ingredients. Teams had only one deserves a big round of applause for
hour to create a delectable entrée for keeping our audience entertained
our judges.
throughout the event.
The creativity, presentation, and • Our chefs: Angelo from Sugo/
taste of each dish were amazing and Without Papers Pizza, Brynne from
truly impressed our judges. But only Jacqueline Suzanne, Wade from
one team could be awarded the coveted
title of Jr. Ramsay Iron Chef! Garden Café, Donna from Ramsay
Boreal Cuisine, Tamara from Reader
Congratulations to Chef Wade, Ian, Biscuits, and Dave from Leaf Ninjas.
Levi, Ella and Carmyn! Congratulations • Our amazing group of volunteers:
to all our participants, you’re all winners!
Hilary, David and Iain. And thank
Carolyn, Nancy, Melody, Allison,
The Recreation Committee wishes to you, thank you, thank you to the
thank all the individuals and businesses people who jumped in to help us
that came together to support our clean up at the end!
event and to celebrate local food and a As a fun side note…immediately following
the takedown of the Iron Chef
healthy community!
Special thanks to all the businesses event, the ball hockey players arrived.
and individuals whose support made It was amazing to see the rink used for
our event such a delicious success! so many different community events
• Crossroads Market for secret ingredients
and fresh pantry items
goal of having the rink become one of
in a single weekend. Our committee’s
• Silk Road Spice Merchant for the Ramsay’s favourite gathering spots is
spices
becoming reality!
• Leaf Ninjas for the fresh lettuce and Skating weather is coming!
herbs
We’re getting ready to have the best
• Hendrix and Vine Arts for your generosity
we need flood volunteers! No experience
quality ice that weather will allow but
• Nicole Schon for the custom T-shirt required…we’ll show you the ropes…
design and for everything else you did and hoses.
for the event!
Speaking of ice making, last year was
Ramsay Jr. Iron Chef Winning Team!
(L-R): Ella, Carmyn, Chef Wade Patterson of Boreal Cuisine, Ian, and Levi.
quite a disappointing year for our skaters
and shinny players. However, this
year, we’re taking big steps to improving
our ice quality. As I write this article
we’re looking at rink liners that will
help us keep the water contained during
Chinooks. Last year our porous and
uneven asphalt let the melted water seep
away before it could refreeze.
We’re currently seeking funding
grants and talking with corporate sponsors
to assist us with the installation of a
new hard-surface pad. This upgrade will
greatly improve year-round use. We will
stay with natural ice flooding in winter
and a variety of sports and recreation
options in summer.
Canteen will open!
Once the ice is in (we usually start skating
early to mid-December), we plan
to have the canteen open for operation.
We’ll have a healthy but delicious menu
assortment for sale, but would love to
hear your menu ideas. Also, let us know
when you think we should be open for
family skates, kids skates, community
shinny and more.
Ramsay, let’s get out and play!
Contact us: 403-966-5130
Web: www.ramsaycalgary.ca
Postings at the rink on our message
board
Photo: Ross Graham
Ramsay News page 9

Ramsay Jr. Iron Chef - Things
Shannon Fox. P
Noon
The gloves may have come off, but the oven mitts went on when 23 young but mighty
chefs converged on the Ramsay Rink (AKA Kitchen Stadium) September 30th. The chefs were
competing for the coveted title of Jr. Ramsay Iron Chef!
The junior chefs were teamed up with local chefs, Angelo from Sugo/Without Papers Pizza,
Brynne from Jacqueline Suzanne, Wade from Boreal Cuisine, Tamara from Reader Rock
Garden Café, Donna from Ramsay Biscuits and Dave from Leaf Ninjas.
1:00pm
At exactly 1pm
the audience
and competitors
counted down,
the egg timer was
set and each team
was instructed to
open their box!
Menu planning
started immediately
and the kids
got busy peeling,
chopping, mixing
and cooking.
Just as in any
timed competition,
there were
stressful moments
adding to the
excitement. Hot
plates wouldn’t
heat, blenders
wouldn’t blend or
12:45pm
At just before 1pm, a parade of parents marched in six highly guarded secret ingredient boxes.
Teams were given one hour to create a single entrée dish for the judges, Moyra, a cake artist
and Michelle, owner of Savour Fine
Foods & Kitchenware. The entrée
dish had to incorporate each of the
four secret ingredients, which included
carrots, kohlrabi, young potatoes
and a cut of Alberta Beef (all supplied
by Crossroads Market).
2:00pm
After one hour, the kitchen timer sounded, the spoon
pieces to the judges. Judge Michelle stated, “The creativ
amazing and it was a difficult task to choose only
one winner.”
Ramsay News page 10

Heated Up in Kitchen Stadium
hotos: Ross Graham
2:45pm
Congratulations to the 2012 Jr. Ramsay Iron Chef winning team that included Chef Wade,
Ian, Levi, Ella and Carmyn!
spices were already in another
chef’s possession! But all the
competitors were amazing and
proved they could stand the
heat!
s went down and it was time to present the masterity,
presentation and taste of each team’s dish were
Girl Guides Back to Work
Kim Firmston
Now that all the cookie selling
is done for this fall, the girls are back
to working on their programs. The
Pathfinders are finalizing dates for
their backcountry horse pack trip. They
will be having a fundraising Christmas
Dinner on Sunday December 2 to help
pay for it. Everyone is welcome to purchase
tickets. The girls are super excited
about doing this and plan on putting
on an excellent event. Pathfinders also
have room in its program for more
girls. If you are in Junior High School,
this might be a program you would
enjoy.​
The Guides have been working
on their Tasty Treats badge, as well as
their, Fashion, Cultural Awareness, and
Event Planning badges. They plan on
attending Zoo Lights, going Christmas
Caroling at the seniors’ centre, and having
a slumber party. Girls in grades four
to six are welcome to join our Guides.
The Brownies have played games,
had a bring-a-friend night, learned
about our sisters in England, made tiaras,
and sung campfire songs. They had
an Unbirthday to celebrate everyone’s
birthday, made cupcake door hangers
and picture frames, and ate cupcakes.
They are planning some outings too
but would like to have more girls to
take with them, so if you are in the
grades of two and three, come out and
have some Brownie fun.
The Sparks have done a fall hike
with a picnic. They’ve had a paper airplane-flying
contest. Soon they will be
going to Zoo Lights and having a winter
sleepover. The Center for Affordable
Water Sanitation and Technology will
be visiting the girls and teaching them
about local and global water issues and
what happens if you drink dirty water
or don’t have it to wash your hands
properly. If you are girl in kindergarten
or grade one, you can have this fun too.
If you are interested in Christmas
Dinner tickets or want to find out
about any of our Girl Guide programs,
please contact Barbara at 403-217-3568
or e-mail gallop@telusplanet.net. We
would love to have you join our units.
It’s never too late to join!
Ramsay News page 11

A Word from Miss Speight, Principal of Ramsay School
Miss Speight, Principal • mmspeight@cbe.ab.ca • 403-777-6790
The Dot, By Peter Reynolds
in the classroom as we created our dots
together. Our children are indeed, master
artists!
You can see the Masterpiece created by the students of Ramsay
School in the school’s stairway!
For anyone who has been afraid to express ourselves -
from a child in art class to an adult whose fear has shut down
a long-held dream, Peter H. Reynolds’ book, The Dot, is
there to remind us all to “Make your mark, and see where it
takes you!”
All of the students at Ramsay School participated in a
school wide activity on the first day to explore what kind
of mark they could make individually and how our marks
together make a masterpiece! Thank you to each of our parents
who were able to share a story with us at our assembly
on our first day of school and to those who could volunteer
A Word From the Classrooms!
Grade 2/3: Miss Pitts
The grade 2/3s have had a great start to the school year!
We kicked off September with a project in which we looked
closely at ourselves, and what makes us special. Students read
The Important Book, by Margaret Wise Brown, and used the
pattern of the book to discuss and write about what makes
them important. We then spent time looking closely at our
unique features, and created self-portraits using a variety of
materials. Please feel free to come up to room 7 and meet our
community of learners!
Students have also delved into a novel study with the
grade1/2 class, titled the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Students are exploring the principles of care through the story
of a china rabbit named Edward who has difficulty showing
others that he cares. Students have begun to do an analysis of
the many characters in the story, and how and why they did
or did not show care for self and others throughout the book.
What started as a simple reading of The Grouchy Ladybug,
by Eric Carle, has commenced our science units on small
crawling and flying creatures and animal life cycles. Students
connected the story to the many ladybugs they had been finding
on the schoolyard. Students have been exploring “What
is Beautiful” about ladybugs and other insects, studying their
anatomy and lifecycles,
as well as
exploring how they
help the environment
and our community.
We were also
lucky to work with
Judy Dofoo, a writer
and visual artist,
this week. Judy
has been giving us
the opportunity to
look very closely at
beautiful objects in
the world. Students
have been using
their visual journals
to think deeply
about how they
use their five senses
to observe objects.
A highlight of the
time with Judy was
looking closely at
poppy-seed pods.
Ramsay News page 14

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Otter, Timberwolves & Explorers
Scouter Rick, 403-278-2547 • orders@tipacanoe.ca
This has been a great month with kids signing up and
getting them suited up in uniforms. Our Otters are filled up
at twelve with John Rillet stepping up to be the leader. Our
first camp is this weekend with a trip to Drumheller. Nothing
better than dinosaurs for the 5 to 7 year-old gang. Following
the group mandate to get out doors more they have been to
Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. It was a great night for spotting
beavers and muskrats and oh yes a few birds too.
Our
Explorers
(Grade 5
and up)
have five girls and a boy. They have already been
out to climb Yumnuska Mountain and run the
rapids at the new Harvey passage. Matias and I
hit a wave so hard that Matias flew off his seat
and when he landed he broke the seat!! These kids are joining
up with another group from Carseland to paddle down the
Red Deer on an overnight trip this weekend. We still have
room in this group. The “Chick Patrol” has
Matias outnumbered five
to one. He needs some
company!
Ramsay News page 16

find it: Pop-Ups in Inglewood and Ramsay
Sam Hester
You may have noticed them around the neighbourhood:
the red signs that suggest the Google Map marker.
Wherever you see them, something interesting is bound to be
happening. A new series of local “pop-up” art events called
“find it” is off to a raging start. But what is “find it” and why
is it happening in our neighbourhood? Here’s the story…
Back in November 2011, a roomful of intrigued Ramsay
and Inglewood residents huddled in a chilly gathering space
at “The Area,” where we’d been lured by Inglewood mover
& shaker Meg Van Rosendaal with her suggestion of creating
some kind of neighbourhood arts initiative. This idea resonated
with me right away. After all, there’s already so much
great stuff going on around here – music, art, film, design,
food, history – imagine somehow taking this
creativity, talent, and community spirit, and
turning it into something that people could
enjoy on a wider scale. A community project
with a “brand” that could animate the neighbourhoods’
public spaces…get people talking…
maybe even entice a few suburbanites
into the inner city! And what a way to foster
connections between Ramsay and Inglewood,
while we’re at it! I was sold.
Out of that first meeting, a non-profit society
was created in early 2012: The Vibrant Village Society of
Inglewood & Ramsay. And thanks to a generous grant from
Calgary 2012 and the Cultural Capitals of Canada Program,
we rolled up our sleeves and got started producing our first
program this past summer: a new series of events entitled
“find it: Pop-Ups in Inglewood & Ramsay.”
What are “pop-ups”? Temporary events or installations that
appear unexpectedly in everyday places to enliven public spaces.
They can be art installations, food and urban agriculture
events, music, dance, writing, spoken word, film, walking
tours, special events – basically, they can be the kinds of thing
that are going on all the time around these neighbourhoods,
already! In effect, we’re taking Ramsay and Inglewood’s rich
cultural scene and shining a light on it... a flashlight, as it
turns out!
Our first event took place during the Stampede, at the top
of Scotsman’s Hill. We couldn’t resist the idea of all those
folks sitting up there, waiting for the fireworks to start...
a ready-made audience. So we teamed up with Cowtown
Opera, who brought in some of their amazing performers to
astonish the crowd on the hill with flashlight-lit arias. Our
second event, in August, was the New Street Spoken Word
Safari, in which a selection of local wordsmiths (including
Kris Demeanor, Calgary’s inaugural Poet Laureate) appeared
at various locations along Inglewood’s New Street to offer
original pieces inspired by the street’s history and landmarks.
Next, we collaborated with Ramsay’s 23 rd Avenue Ladies’
Group, helping them to produce a community-based event
of their own: September’s 23 rd Avenue Artwalk & Street
Celebration. All along 23 rd Avenue’s two-block stretch, participants
set up homemade stalls showing off the residents’
artistic talents. A few neighbours from farther afield also
joined in the fun – such as the Crossroads Market, which
donated a market stall brimming with free fruits and vegetables
for artwalkers to take home. The artwalk was the
recipient of a $1200 Calgary 2012 Grassroots Initiative
Grant, which we used to purchase a community signboard
and an (artistically decorated!) garbage can, that are currently
installed at Double Elle Bakery.
Most recently, on September 29 th , “find it” produced yet
another free and fun event which took advantage of a great
neighbourhood landmark: “Food In Shorts: Full Moon Movie
Night at the Ramsay Rink.” On the night of the harvest
moon, neighbours gathered with lawn chairs
and blankets to take in a series of short films
curated by the Oscar-nominated, Inglewoodbased
filmmaking duo Wendy Tilby and
Amanda Forbis. One of the films was by
Ramsay’s own Andrea Mann. The event was
MC’d by John Rutherford and Julie Van
Rosendaal, and included: a really innovative
musical performance by Adrienne Weare and
the Vinaigrettes; a hands-on lantern-lighting
ceremony to wrap up the night; and what’s
becoming a trademark “find it” feature… flashlights, of
course!
So, now you’re dying to find out: what’s coming up next
for “find it”? After four events in three months, we may be
slowing down our pace a little bit. After all, despite our vision
for a year-round series that’s always coming up with something
fresh and exciting, we’re still a volunteer organization
made up of busy people. However, rest assured there’s more
to come – and who knows, maybe we can keep up this breakneck
pace… especially if a few new members jump on board!
Yes – “find it” wants you! What do we need from you? Your
ideas. Do you know a neighbourhood spot that’s just asking
to be turned into the site of a creative happening? A business
that would like to collaborate with us on an event? An
artist who would like to help celebrate the vibrant villages of
Inglewood & Ramsay? (Anyone – no matter where they live –
can be part of “find it”. The only restriction: the events have
to take place in our two neighbourhoods.) And of course,
we welcome new members to the Vibrant Village Society.
Contact us to find out how you can be part of shaping the
vision for future “find its”.
What else do we need? Your energy. Come out and volunteer
at the next event – help set up, take tickets, sell snacks,
put up signs. Get to know some neighbours! Get the inside
scoop on our creative scene! And enjoy the vibrant village!
To find out more about “find it” (and see lots of pictures
from our events), take a look at our website: www.finditcalgary.ca.
To have your name added to our mailing list, send us
an email to hello@finditcalgary.ca. You can also follow us on
facebook under the name “finditcalgary.”
Ramsay News page 17

“find it” sign on Scotsman’s Hill
(photo credit: Lawrence Eisler)
Kris Demeanor at the New Street Spoken Word Safari
(photo credit: Ted Buracas)
Tables at the 23rd Avenue Artwalk & Street Celebration
(photo credit: Ted Buracas)
Cowtown Opera wows the fireworks
crowd (photo credit: Lawrence Eisler)

New Street Spoken Word Safari audience
(photo credit: Ted Buracas)
Brenda Taylor, Glassblower (23rd Avenue Artwalk)
(photo credit: Ted Buracas)
Andrew Tarrant, Ceramics (23rd Avenue Artwalk)
(photo credit: Ted Buracas)
Full Moon Movie Night at the Ramsay Rink
(photo credit: Sam Hester)

An Update from Ramsay’s Urban Farmers
Luke Kimmel, Leaf Ninjas www.leafninjas.ca
My first year in Ramsay has been incredible. After
spending 2011 living and working at a house/garden site in
Inglewood, and the majority of my earlier life in the northwest
suburbs of Calgary, I am really happy to have put down
some long term roots in this vibrant and diverse urban community;
there is so much more interesting stuff happening
down here than in the suburbs! Its places like Ramsay and
Inglewood that make it easy and exciting for me to continue
to choose Calgary as my home base.
My name is Luke Kimmel, and I am one of the owners of
Leaf Ninjas – Urban Farm and Edible Landscaping. We live
and work in Ramsay where we cultivated four urban farm
sites this year, and another three in Inglewood, tending to a
total of 6,500 square feet of urban farm, or just over 1/8 of an
acre. Our first year of farming was a success, and I am excited
to share some of our story and vision with our neighbors.
I’m not sure exactly what it was that motivated me to start
farming. I had no farming background in my family, and
most of my life growing up I believed that farming was just a
lot of hard work.
The inspiration and motivation ended up coming from
multiple directions. I realized several years ago that I didn’t
have an understanding of where my food came from, or how
it was produced. For me that was eye opening, it caused a
perspective shift within me. To start I simply wanted to learn
more, to understand what was happening behind the super
market shelves. To say the least, the more I researched, the
more disappointed I became with industrial food. I knew that
something better had to be around the corner.
As an entrepreneur, I became a critical thinker and began
to notice trends that were happening inside and outside of
my entrepreneurial efforts in the clothing and arts industries.
I saw many people were trying to go green, or pretending to,
and I made the decision years ago that I wasn’t going to be a
pretender. This caused me to let go of many of my past businesses
and really search out how I could do a good thing for
people and the planet and still make enough money to live in
our modern world.
I think the real key motivation for me was the fact that
70% of our farmers are now over 55, and many of their kids
aren’t taking up the family business. So what does that mean
when these farmers retire in the next decade or two? Bigger,
more powerful food corporations taking over and more government
subsidies costing the taxpayer even more money? Or
simply less food for people to eat? Either way, I saw it as both
a problem and an opportunity, just like the many others who
are now partaking in the movement of Urban Agriculture
which is taking root all across North America.
Urban Agriculture is both a social movement and a diverse
and ‘growing’ collection of food production methods all based
on growing food in the middle of vibrant urban centers.
Growing food in the city is nothing new in a global context,
and Calgary itself even has a vibrant history of urban food
production, with the Calgary Horticultural Society at its peak
representing over 2,000 gardeners who cultivated over 3,000
empty lots during war times… that’s a lot more food than we
are growing on our comparatively miniscule 1/8 of an acre!
Our path into farming was trodden first by our mentors;
the likes of Rob Avis from Verge Permaculture (www.
vergepermaculture.ca), Curtis Stone from Green City Acres
(www.greencityacres.ca), and Rod Olson from Calgary’s
first urban farming company Leaf & Lyre (www.leafandlyre.
com) helped train us about soil, soil biology, plants, organic
growing, pest management, season extension, dealing with
Calgary’s wild weather, and much more.
This first year on our farm we grew almost 1,000 pounds
of delicious, healthy, and organic food. I have developed a
much deeper understanding of eco-systems and how humans
can work within them to make them a better place, and I
know I speak for all the Leaf Ninjas when I say that we have
been honored to work in the backyards of many of our community
members to put this knowledge into practice. Thanks!
This year we grew mostly lettuce, arugula, micro-greens
(pea shoots & sunflower shoots), spinach, and kale. We also
tried out carrots, beets, turnips, radish, and more exotic
greens like pursulane and mizuna. Most of our produce was
sold at the new Inglewood & Ramsay Farmers Market at The
Area, some of it was delivered to members of the community,
and a small amount went to caterers, as well as Without
Papers, Sugo, and the Naaco Food Truck.
We purchased a rototiller, a gigantic amount of seed, row
seeders for planting, harvesting and weeding equipment, and
even built our own 8 x 10 foot walk in cooler to keep our
produce fresh.
Though even more than what we produced and sold this
year, or the tools and infrastructure that we invested in, the
greatest value we gained from the year were our investments
in community relationships.
Farming in this community and getting to know many of
you through the process has really helped us develop a strong
sense of place, and a deep connection to the land on which
Ramsay is seated. For the first time in my life I can walk the
streets in my neighborhood and often run into people I know,
stop for a minute, and have a chat. Something about that just
feels right. I hope over the next year as both our Urban Farm
and Edible Landscaping practice grow that we will get to
meet many more of you through our work in the community.
Looking forward to the 2013 growing season, we have
already secured three more farm sites that will double our
land base to over 12,000 square feet, or just over a ¼ acre,
and we are still looking for more land, so if you or someone
you know is interested please contact us! We provide our
landowners with significant amounts of free food in exchange
for the use of their space. I wish you all a warm winter and
look forward to seeing you out and about it the community
come spring.
Ramsay News page 20

An Update from Ramsay’s Urban Farmers
Luke Kimmel, Leaf Ninjas www.leafninjas.ca

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Yoki & Jeff’s Real Estate Report
3rd Quarter Report
July – September 2012
RAMSAY INGLEWOOD BRIDGELAND
# of
Sales
Avg. List
Price
Avg. Sale
Price
# of
Sales
Avg. List
Price
Ave Sale
Price
# of
Sales
Avg. List
Price
Avg. Sale
Price
Bungalow 2 404,450 372,500 5 436,740 434,200 6 485,083 474,250
2 Storey 1 819,900 775,000 5 494,900 481,400 6 635,433 617,833
2 St/split -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1.5 Storey 1 399,800 385,000 1 660,000 663,000 -- -- --
Attach/Twnh -- -- -- 10 585,710 567,600 4 516,150 509,000
# of
Actives
Actives
RAMSAY INGLEWOOD BRIDGELAND
Avg.
Avg.
Avg. List
# of Avg. List
# of Avg. List
Sq.
Sq.
Price
Actives Price
Actives Price
Feet
Feet
Bungalow 6 532,717 887 3 366,300 847 5 473,140 788
2 Storey/Split
1.5 Storey
Avg.
Sq.
Feet
4 789,800 1729 6 992,933 2076 9 953,075 2085
Attach/Twnh 2 619,950 1360 8 498,513 1861 5 909,600 1955
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