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Most City attractions and rec centres are holding a free admissions day this Sunday. Check the website for more information:

http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/news/free-admission-day-is-back-to.aspx

 One of the great Romantic poets and husband of Mary Shelley (who wrote Frankenstein), Percy Bysshe Shelley, had a few words to say about poets way back in the early 1800s:

 

Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present; the words which express what they understand not; the trumpets which sing to battle, and feel not what they inspire; the influence which is moved not, but moves. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

 

Come to the Carrot September 17th to celebrate Alberta Arts Days to see if he was right. Award-winning Saskatchewan writer Shelley A. Leedahl  will present her first multi-media project "Understory: Greig Lake Suite," a mélange of still photography, guitar, vocals, video and, of course, poetry. Leedahl has published eight books (poetry, novels, short fiction collections and the popular illustrated children's book, The Bone Talker), and is regularly invited to present in schools and other venues. She has received a number of national and international fellowships, and her poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction are frequently anthologized. Leedahl recently moved to Edmonton, and she would love to mingle with her new literary community.  

 

www.poets.ca/linktext/direct/leedahl.htm

2010 - 2011 Parkdale Cromdale Community League Memberships are now
available.  Just respond to this email to arrange for payment!

HARVEST FAIR
Don't miss our first annual Harvest Fair
Saturday, September 18th from 4 p.m.-8 p.m.
Live music, dance lessons, scarecrow building, art show, harvest swap
and chilli dinner.  Bring your wackiest, funniest shaped veggie/fruit
to win a prize!  We are looking for volunteers for this event!
Volunteer your time and receive a free chilli dinner.

RUTHERFORD HOUSE MUSICALE
Sunday September 19, 2010 from noon - 4 p.m.
Free arts event - an afternoon of live music from times past
11153 Saskatchewan Drive
www.rutherfordhousehistoricsite.org

FREE INTRODUCTION TO GEO-CACHING
Learn how to navigate with Global Positioning System devices.  Have
fun finding caches in Louise McKinney Park and build confidence while
you find your way with a GPS.
All equipment included.
Light refreshment to be provided.  Parking available.
Family Program: September 21, 2010 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Youth Program (13 - 18): September 28, 2010 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.

For more information, please contact Karina:
780.496.2990 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              780.496.2990
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karina.ma@edmonton.ca

SAFE COMMUNITIES MEETING
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
6-7 pm informal meet and greet
7-9 pm presentations
Please join your neighbors, EPS, City Councillors Ed Gibbons and Tony
Caterina, Park Rangers, City Bylaw, CRUD, Neighborhood Watch and
Edmonton Transit Service to get tips on how to stay safe at home and
in our community.
Hosted by Parkdale Cromdale Community League

The last Big Bin event for the year will be at Commonwealth Stadium on September 18 and 19, from 9 am to 5pm.

For more information, visit Edmonton.ca/waste.

Good morning all.  All is well with the casino however I still need a chip runner for the evening shift on Friday Sept 17.     The shift is from 6:30 to 2:00.

Please contact Verna at verna.stainthorp@shaw.ca if you are free that night!

 

 
September 8th is International Literacy Day. World-wide there are 759 million adults who have difficulty with literacy. In Alberta, 4 out of 10 Albertans struggle with literacy. In the Edmonton Capital Region, 400,00 people lack the literacy skills to function in everyday life. Due to reading difficulties, thousands of Edmontonians have trouble: understanding their prescriptions, helping their children with homework, filling out job applications, understanding banking and credit statements or qualifying for apprenticeship training. Those who need help reading need to know that there is help and they are not alone.

 

So widespread is the problem that Literacy leaders in the Edmonton region have united under the Literacy Works banner to draw attention to this sobering reality and raise awareness. Literacy Works is asking if you know any adult who needs help with reading, writing or math, and to tell them that there is help available: simply pick up the phone and dial 211 (the community service referral line).

 

Literacy Works is celebrating International Literacy Day by holding a Book Giveaway at the Clareview and Churchill LRT stations. Literacy Works and special invited guests (including Mayor Stephen Mandel) will be offering free books and bookmarks to Edmonton commuters. Book Giveaway is a fun way to promote the value of reading and raise public awareness. 

 

 

Media Invited to Attend:

 

What:               Book Giveaway

When:              September 8, 2010 7:30 – 8:30am

Where:                        Clareview and Churchill LRT stations

What/Who:        Mayor Stephen Mandel and MLA Rachel Notley will be giving away books from 7:30 – 8:15am at Churchill LRT station (Located at the South end of Churchill station beside the Winspear Centre entrance and the Pedway to City Centre Mall)

 

Councilor Ed Gibbons and MLA Tony Vandermeer will be at the Clareview LRT station from 7:30 – 8:15 am.

A Norwood resident has noticed a number of suspicious deaths and disappearances of cats in the 95A Street and 112 Avenue area. Here is her note:


We wanted to make you aware that a number of cats have turned up dead in the middle of August. We cannot be sure that it is a poisoning as it would take an autopsy, but from talking to a vet, the symptoms appear to be poisoning. Neighbours with cats may want to keep them inside for the next week or so.

To date, five abandoned cats that we have had spayed and were getting domesticated have died, including three five month-olds. In addition, one of my own cats is also missing now.

We have contacted Animal Services and the police. They are aware that we may have a situation. If you see anything that may be out of the ordinary, please call the police complaint line at 780-423-4567.

Remember last year when Jaimie Clements started filming that  documentary on the Ave? She's put together a trailer and set up a website for it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Q11R5ru_I
http://www.theavenuemovie.com/