kL. Boyle McCauley Newsibmcnews.org/pdf/01-MAY-2001.pdflion, while a new St. Michael would cost $3.3 million. As well, both schools could cur- rently accommodate 1,250 stu-dents, yet

Alex Taylor School (above) willbe shutting down at the end ofthis school year. The Edmon-ton Public School Board madethe decision to close Alex Tay-lor on April 24th. The Boardalso decided to shut downQueen Mary Park School andthe Junior high programs atJohn A. McDougall and East-wood Schools. The 80 stu-

dents at Alex Taylor will bemoved to McCauley School.

Sacred Heart toclose, new St.Michael School tobe builtbyPhilO'Hara

Sacred Heart and St. Michaelschools have been targeted toclose on the condition thatfunding from the province issecured for a new 3.3 millionschool on the St. Michael site.

On April 30, Edmonton Cath-

olic School Board trustees vot-

ed unanimously to support theschool closures as part of abroader strategy to shift re-

sources and students.After the meeting, Trustee

Brian Mitchell said the boardexpected a response from theprovince in June about its re-

quest for $54 million to buildnew schools in Edmonton.

Mitchell speculated that un-

der ideal conditions, the newSt. Michael School could openin January 2003.

The mood was sombre inMcCauley with the closuredecision. McCauley Commu-nity League president HeidiVeluw explained that "the clo-

sure of a school has a hugeimpact on a community. Manyparents felt the decision to closeSacred Heart was decided be-

fore any consultation withthem. The whole communitywill have to think about crea-

tive solutions in supportingthese families who have losttheir school.

"They have real concerns

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children cross the busy through-way- s,

crime and safety issueswithin the areas of john trafficthat have to be looked at."

Kimo Trent, President ofthe Edmonton Inner City Chil-

dren's Project Society based atSacred Heart said, "The Cath-

olic School Board, havingmade it's decision, causes meto re-thi- nk any future planning.Is this a done deal?"

In explaining their decision,trustees noted that renovatingSacred Heart and St. Michaelschools would cost $2.6 mil-

lion, while a new St. Michaelwould cost $3.3 million. Aswell, both schools could cur-

rently accommodate 1,250 stu-

dents, yet the combined enrol-

ment is about 350 students.The board's motion to close

the schools also requires that"a task force be struck for ex-

tensive community Input todesign the programs and serv-

ices to be offered at the new StMichael School".

Reflecting on the board'sdecision, McCauley residentJayne Russell, who fought hardagainst the decision and whoseson Timothy attends SacredHeart, said, "Sacred Heart willcontinue to be a spiritual schoolWhatever the future holds, I'mconfident we well sec the rightpath when the time comes."

Schools!closingdown

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about traffic issues when their

CIRCULATION4,200

Family transitionalhousing may be a first inCanada

by Bob Whyte

Finally, families in need ofshort term emergency shelterwill be able to stay together.King's Community Society,incorporated March 8, 2001as a non profit society to pro-

vide family transitional hous-

ing for Edmonton, will openits office doors May 1. Occu-

pancy is projected for January2, 2002. This is in response toneeds identified in the Edmon-

ton Joint Planning Committeeon Housing 2000-200- 3.

Presently, families fromNew Brunswick, Newfound-land, Quebec, Nova Scotia andelsewhere arriving here desti-

tute, are split up. Men arc sentto the men's shelter, women tothe women's shelter and chil-

dren to the children's shelter.Family Transitional Housingwill stop family break-u- p by

May 2001

keeping the family togetheruntil they find more permanentaccommodation.

Operating partners for thesociety are Philia Family Serv-

ices and Athletes InternationalMinistries (AIM). Philia and itsassociate, Poverty In Action,and AIM under Garry Lefebvreof Edmonton Eskimos footballfame, are moving 11 blockswest to the new inner city site at10265 - 107 Street.

A coalition group of about25 northside churches and or-

ganizations has recently joinedwith King's Community Socie-

ty in support of this first site.Total maximum occupancy willbe 63 people in various comb-inations of family sizes andstructures. There will also be anoccupationaleducational train-

ing component available.King's Community College

Project coordinatorexecutive

Sacred Heart School (above)will likely be closed, althoughthe closing of the school won'tbe decided forcertain until nextmonth. The Edmonton Catho-lic School Board Is waiting tosee if the provincial govern-ment will approve funding forbuilding new schools. If thefunding comesthrough.a newschool will be built on the site

the existing St. MichaelSchool.

Laurie LaFleur (left)Linda Foy (centre)and Leslie Regelous(right)at the new sitefor a family transi-tional house to beoperated by theKing's CommunitySociety.Photo byBob Whyte

director is Laurie LaFleur. Orig-

inal board members includeGarry Lefebvre, Rev. TerryGarrett, pastor of Family Wor-

ship Centre, Troy Collett, pas-

tor of Edmonton Inner CityVictory Church, DarrenWright, CMA accountant ofWoW Factor Desserts, and BobBelida, owner of Jewel BoxHomes. Additional membersare being actively recruitedfrom the local community andwider Edmonton.

A coalition group of about25 northside churches and or-

ganizations has recently joinedwith King's Community Col-

lege Society In support of thisfirst site, and is actively look-

ing for a west end site. King'sCommunity College Societyis now in a major private fund- -

continued on page 3

Pagel

Reflections on delivering the newspaperby Caroline Stuart

On Tuesday after supper I decid-

ed to deliver my share of the BoyleMcCauley Newspaper. It is so niceto have these longer days of light.This Tuesday the evening was mildand I wanted some fresh air and toexplore my neighborhood. I poppedinto my newspaper bag the video Ihad borrowed from a friend, so Icould return it, and off I went to walkthe block.

I enjoy delivering the newspapermostly because I get acquainted withmy neighbor's mailboxes. It isincredible how diverse the mailboxesare. There are ones like ours that I

by Bob Whyte

Local residents are petitioning tohave a bus stop moved to better servethe community. Edmonton Seniors OneVoice Association made a resolution

spray painted blue to match thecolour of our house. There are onesthat are modern and have loonsswimming on them. Some boxes arenondescript white plastic but othersare very interesting. Some of themailboxes are old black rusty onesthat I have to fold the newspaperinto thirds to stuff it into their littleblack holes. I wonder about whatsize the mail used to be when thosemailboxes where popular. Was themail always small and now it's big?I don't know.

There is one mailbox that isstuffed with mail and so I never putthe paper in there. The house looksas abandoned as the mailbox.

Seniors want bus stop movedsaying that they want ETS bus pole1344 on 95 Street northbound justnorth of 107A Avenue relocated about100 paces further north, but ETS hasnot agreed to the change.

The proposed relocation would

DonMcHughstands atthe locationof a pro-posed busstop on 95Street near108

There is one house where I can't findthe mailbox and I slip the paper intothe fence. One house has a happydog, Bailey, that I stop and say helloto through the fence on which themailbox hangs. One house has abeware of dog sign and I sometimes

feel brave and open the gate anddash to the house to slip the newspa-pe- r

into the mailbox, other times Idon't feel brave and I leave thepaper in the fence.

My favorite mailboxes are thosethat go directly into the house. Ihave to lift up a small slot and foldthe paper in half and shove it intothe darkness behind. Some peoplehave curtains that block the papers

make the bus pole more equidistantbetween the preceding bus stop to thesouth and the subsequent one to thenorth. The relocation would also placethe pole closer to the 108 Avenuemarked cross walk across 95th Street.This cross walk is heavily traveled bypeople crossing to McCauley Commu-nity League Hall, St. John's Lutheran

Don McHughand Bob Whytestand next tothe existingbus stop,which is furthersouth along 95Street

smooth entry and others have myste-riou- s

blocks that magically disap-

pear as I push at the paper. It feelslike I am feeding a hungry baby birdthat has a full mouth. I like thefeeling of success as the papersleave my bag and go into the boxes.

On this Tuesday I took the videoover to Gail's house to return it andasked if she had the book, House ofMirth, by Edith Wharton. She saidshe would look and get back to. me.

I finished delivering the papers andwent home to make a cup of pepper-mint tea. There was a knock at mydoor and Gail was there with thebook. She was off now for anevening stroll with Micah to enjoythe lingering light.

Church, McCauley School, SacredHeart Church, McCauley Lodge, Ital-

ian Piazza Seniors Residence and oth-

er destinations.ETS opposes relocation allegedly

because of three fronting businesses,

continued on page 7

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More parking needed? Housing forr families iniHHPr HI 191 .mrnlm

transition

by Jim Gurnett

A proposal that will proba-

bly be going to City Councilthis spring would see a 480vehicle parking lot built inDoyle Street, in direct contra-

diction to the Area Redevel-

opment Plan(ARP).The Alberta Government

wants to turn most of the blockbetween 96 and 97 Streetsand south of 105A Avenueinto a fenced lot for peopleworking at the BrownleeBuilding, Remand Centre andPolice Station to park theircars.

It is proposed to create amulti-us- e trail across the southside of this property, as part ofa longer term plan to have atrail along the old railroadright-of-wa- y all the way to theColiseum.

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The plan will require amend-

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ARP completed in 1994 after acareful process of communityconsultation. In that plan thearea was zoned for compre-hensive mixed use that wouldinclude housing. The pre-

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ices, and restaurants, childcareand private clubs.

The entrances to the lotwould be located on 96 Street,south of the liquor store, and inthe middle of the block along105A Avenue.

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A public meeting was heldthe second week of May in thecommunity for people to learnmore about the project and toexpress their ideas. For moreinformation, people can con-

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At a later date City Councilwill need to make a decisionand there will be opportunity toaddress Council then.

The proposal is coming fromAlberta Infrastructure, the pro-

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by Linda Dumont

A local business featuring recreatedand hand decorated furniture as wellas original art has officially opened.North Country Furniture Store, locat-

ed at 95 --Jasper Avenue, held it'sgrand opening Saturday, April 14 withartist, Edna Lebrick, on hand to helppatrons decorate wooden Easter eggs.

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Manager Ken MacCrimmon waspleased with the response to the open-

ing although he would have liked to seemore local people. "Michael Phair wasin and bought a chair," he said. He alsosold several other pieces including ahand-decorat- ed chest of drawers madefrom apple boxes.

In addition to re-crea- ted wooden fur-

niture, McCrimmon has a selection of

Boyle McCauley NewsVol. 15, No. 4

May 2001The Boyle McCauley Newsisa non-prof- it newspaper published monthlyby the Boyle Street McCauley Community

Newspaper Society. The Society is made up of people who live and work in the Boyle Street and McCauley

neighbourhoods. Opinions expressed in the newspaper are not necessarily those of the Board of Directors. Any

submissionsmay be subject to editing for length and suitability.

Board of DirectorxHolliBjerland, Larry Brockman,Gail Campos, PhilO'Hara,ErwinSeeger,GordonStamp,Caroline

Stuart, Bob Why teThe office of the Boyle McCauley News is located at

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tryfurniture has been repaired, refinished, Furniture as long as the originaland, when appropriate, hand decorat-

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to create unique accent pieces. pasteboard.Donations of used furniture in need of

Letter to the Editor"There goes our neighbourhood"

Referring to the April issue of Boyle McCauley News, regarding theGeorge Spady Centre (drunk tank) and the men's hostel expansion, I amtotally against this expansion.

The reason being - more than half the people in these places have a drugor alcohol problem and we have enough of these people in this area. Thecity has other areas, which could be used for rooming houses, halfwayhouses, group homes, etc. and for this project. They should not all bedumped in the inner city when we are trying to clean it up.

Don't blame the school board for closing schools. No one in their rightmind would want to bring up children in the inner city as it is today. We havemore dysfunctional people, rooming houses, liquor stores, etc. than anyplace else in the city. We have social services, food banks and walk-i- n clinicsthroughout the city - there is no need to bring them all to the inner city andruin the community we are trying to clean up.

I urge all parents and community league members to write a letter to theplanning department and city council to stop this expansion.

A concerned citizen,Walter Reseonfelder

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The Community League held itsAnnual General Meeting onSaturday, April 21. Elected and re-

elected to the board were: HeidiVeluw, Susan Wissink, Mark Bubel,John Phillips, Laura Derezan, RhondaLothammer, Kim O'Leary, and RonDerezan.

Some community members areinterested in putting together aproposal forrevitalisingGiovanniCabotoPark. Ifyou are interested inthis project contact Laura Derezan at4257333.

The Community League is hiring asummer staff position to assist theboard with day to day operations.

Block Carriers: John & Kim Reilly, Wendy

Moore, Grace Kuipers, Bonnie Watt, John West

family, Brockman family,Virginia Yankowski,Louise Williamson, Gordon Bland, Linda Dumont,

Joe and Linda Dellapina, Diane Jeffery, Shari Mati,

Kathleen Quinn, Rosalie Gelderman, Sr. ChristinaMarie, Gallivan-Smit- h family, Richard Auclair,Ele Gibson, Aline Roulston, Walle Deering,Caroline Stuart, Margaret Lammeren, Ewen Nelson,

Sandra Barnes, Pedro Schultz, Mary Amerongen,The Sisters, Harvey Voogd, Erwin Seeger, Val &John Phillips.

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Metal sculptures beautify citymarket area

PETER GOLDRINGMember of ParliamentEdmonton Centre-Ea- st

Canada Needs More RoomingHouses

There is a desperate need in Canada's major citiesfor clean, affordable housing for singles. While the gov-

ernment is pouring millions into the non-prof- it housingindustry, not one new rooming house room has beenbuilt in Edmonton in over five years.

Instead, the non-prof- it industry, with large grants andtax-fre- e status, provides expensive upscale bachelorapartments, perpetually subsidized to less than rooming

house rents. This serves to distort the market, with line-

ups for the very few, upscale, heavily subsidized, new'apartment' rooms at bargain prices. These units gener-

ally offer features that taxpaying rooming house opera-

tors absolutely cannot afford to supply at market rentlevels and serve to drive even more out of the traditional

rooming house business. Meanwhile, with $50M for

homeless housing, the Edmonton Housing Trust Fundrefuses assistance to a rooming house builder becausethe owner is not a non-prof- it agency.

Nationally, thousands of singles are forced to live in

emergency shelters, due to shortages in the traditional

first rung of the "affordable housing ladder" for the inde-

pendent person-- a clean, affordable rooming houseroom. The number of rooming house rooms nationwidehas declined to a third of the level found 20 yearsago. At the same time, emergency shelters are now agrowth industry". A shortage of $250month, tenant-pai- d

rooming house rooms has been "balanced" by anincrease in the number of $1000month, taxpayer-pai- d

emergency shelter mat spaces. Shamefully, many sin-

gles in Edmonton's Herb Jamison shelter are there sim-

ply because there are no $250 month rooms to moveto.

Canada needs more rooming houses to allow manyliving in emergency shelters the dignity, and independ-

ence of paying their own way in life.

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by Downtown DevelopmentCorporation staff

The revitalization of the CityMarket on 97th Street contin-

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town Development Corpora-tion.

The newly placed sculpturesseen along the boulevard ofthe City Market are on loanfrom two of Edmonton'semerging artists, Linda Mainesand Rob Willms. The sculp-

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A culture of peace for theaboriginal community

by Linda Dumont

Promoting a culture ofpeacewith the Aboriginal communi-ty was the topic of discussionat a recent forum. The forum,held April 19 at he Bissell Cen-

tre, was a joint venture be-

tween members of ProjeptPloughshares and the BissellCentre. Iroject Ploughshareshas been concerned with dis-

armament issues for the pastsixteen years. Now, members

want to look at issues closer tohome as part of the culture ofpeace designated this year bythe United Nations.

Jim Gurnett, moderator forthe discussion, said there isclearly something wrong whenthe homeless count, the Re-

mand Centre, and the prisonshave a high percentage of ab-

original people. Statistics of in-

come show that there is also ahigher incidence of aboriginalpeople in the bottom 10.

Thelma Carterand Len Mar-

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"Something is creating a cul-

ture of violence rather than aculture of peace," he said."There are more than twice asmany aboriginal people withdisabilities than the generalpopulation."

Thelma Carter and Len Mar-

shall shared their experiencesas aboriginal people, and howstereotypes and racism affectthem. Some commonly heldbeliefs are that aboriginal peo-

ple are lazy, drunk, spiritual.

and getting too many free hand-

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damaging effects of racism,and what can be done to re-

store right relationships withaboriginal people. It was point-

ed out that people in societyhave a way of distancing them-

selves from the problems andneeds at a local level. This com-

placency plays a role in thecontinued injustice to aborigi-

nal people.Gurnett suggested two

things that can be done. One isto write letters to your localMLA and to encourage friendsto write letters requesting anincrease in the supports for in-

dependence (welfare) rates. Hepointed out that welfare rateshave not increased since 1993when there were drastic cutseven though the cost of livinghas increased.

The second is to contactyour city councillor and objectto the proposal to turn the emp-

ty lot across from the BissellCentre into a parking lot to beused for police parking. Theoriginal community plan wasfor multiple use of the lot. Gur-

nett said turning it into a park-

ing lot will be destructive to thecommunity.

Moving abus stopno simplemattercontinued from page 2

but one of these businesses isclosed and the other two arenot businesses but houses withthis bus pole on their boundar-

y-The proposed relocation is

in front of a vacant lot so thereis no fronting business or resi-

dence from whom permissionis required. The only businessstill open nearby is Ital-Cana-di- an

Meats LTD, which has itsown paved rear parking lot andhas agreed to the relocation ifpeople so desire. Relocationinvolves four bolts through thebaseplate into the sidewalk, soit is easy and inexpensive be-

cause no bus shelter is involved.A letter was sent to ETS but

they refused to act upon it.McCauley residents then choseto do a petition which now hassignatures from the communi-ty league, nearly all the resi-

dents of McCauley Lodge,Piazza Italia and other com-

munity members.

Serving the residents of Boyle Street, McCauley & NorwoodD No Extra Billing for Social

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COMMUNITY CALENDARPleasefaxyour information for the community calendar If your organization or group has monthly meetings or

to 424-286- 8 or call the office at 425-347- 5 May gatherings they can be placed in this actual calendar inaddition to the more detailed section below.

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday SaturdayjHope Mission:Women'sAglow Service

6 7 Cauley Communi 9 10 11 12Community Economic

toner City League Board DevelopmentD,abetes Meetmg NetworkSupport Group

J3 14 15 IS U 75- - 19Petting Zoo, Clowns

l-3-pm)

WECAN Food Co-o- p:

Food pickup .

20 21 22 23 24 25 26Inner CityDiabetesSupportGroup

27 28 29 30' 37

Community Games EventEvery Sunday from 1:00pm to4:00pm at the McCauley Commu-nity Hall. Everyone welcome tocome and play board games (Mo-

nopoly, Risk, Scrabble, Yahtzee,Crib, Bridge, Table I lockey). Freecoffee and snacks. Sponsored byMcCauley Community League andMcCauley Apartments (EdmontonCity Centre Church Corporation).

Yoga ClassesFridays at 1pm at the Boyle StreetCommunity League Hall. CertifiedInstructor. Suggested drop-i- n fee --

$2 per class. Fee will be waived ifyou can't afford them. Call LindaDumont at 428-080- 5 for further in-

formation or just drop by any Fri-

day.

Marian Centre (10528-9- 8 Street)will be closed from April 25 - June3 for staff holidaysand renovations.No services (meals, clothing, sand-

wiches) will be available during thisperiod. The Marian Centre reopensJune 4.

Inner City Diabetes Support GroupEvery second and fourth Mondayevery month from 6:45 8:45pm atthe Boyle McCauley Health Centre(10628 -- 96 Street). Co-ordinat- or

Call Ray at 424-640- 8. A place tocome together to express your fears,your views, your opinions, yoursupport. A place to ask questions,listen to new ideas, guest speakers.

Community Economic Develop-ment NetworkThis city wide group meets everysecond Wednesday of the month inthe board room of the Boyle Mc-

Cauley Health Centre. Meetingsare bag lunch, from 1 1:30-- 1 :00pm.Foranyone interested in communi-ty economic development.

The Mustard SeedHoliday weekend fun: May 19:

Petting Zoo, ClownsDrop-I- n: Mon-F- ri 9am - 3pm;Wednesday ll:30-3p- m

Hot Lunch: Mon-Fr- i: Noon-lp- m

Evening Drop-I-n and Meal: Thurs-day 6pm (meal 7:30pm), Friday7pm (meal 7:30pm), & Saturday5pm (meal 5pm).Fridays: Movie Night: 8:30pmSaturdays: Hockey Night in Cana-

da: 5pmSunday Meals (every Sunday) 5-6- pm

Sunday Chapel Service: 3pmClothing Bank: Mon-F- ri 10am-2p- m

Food Bank Depot: Tue &Thur 9:30-12noo- n;

l-3-pm; Thur 6-7:30-

pm.

Doyle McCauley Health Centre10628 96 StreetMon. To Thurs. 9am to 9pm, Fri.9am to 4:30pmImmunization Clinic for Children:Mon. l-3- pm

Foot Clinic: Wed. l-3- pm

DentalClinicandStreetworks:openduring clinic hours

Women's Health ClinicThursday evenings at the BoyleMcCauley Health Centre. Supperat 5:00 p.m. and guest speakers.

Edmonton Women's Health NetworkOpen to all women with an interestin good quality health care for wom-

en.Call 421-733- 3 ext. 2511

Operation Friendship9526-10-6 AvenueMcCauley Seniors Drop-i- n

(Summer Hours):Mon. To Fri,:9am-6:30p- m

Sat. & Sun.: 10:30am to 6:30pm

Poverty In Actionis now accepting applications formembership. Please call 990-184- 0.

Edm. Family Worship Centre10605-9- 6 Street 424-642-2

Worship and Children's Ministry:10:30amBible Study & Worship: Wed.

7:30pmMonthly Men's, Women's & Youthmeetings

Hope Mission Women Centre9908 -- 106 AvenueWomen's Aglow Service: firstWednesday of every month, 9:30-11:30a- m

St Peter Lutheran Church9606-11-0 Avenue 426-112-2

Community BreakfastTues. & Thurs. 7:30 to 9am(Porridge, toast, juice, and coffee)Kids Club: Mon. 6 to 7:15pmMartial Arts Jeet Kune Do 15 yrs.Sun. 6:30 to 8pm

Bissell CentreNow offering a Collective KitchenNative Circle: Wed. 7pmMovie Night: Thurs. 7pmWomen's Lunch: Fri. 12 to 12:30

Salvation Army9611-10- 2 AvenueMen's ResidenceAnchorage Addiction and RehabProgramChapel Services: Mon.-Fr- i. 8:15-8:30a- m

and Sun. 6:15pmCommunity Soup Line: Wednes-day, 2:45-3;45p- m

Men's Clothing: Mon. to Fri. 8:30-9:00a- m

Phone 429-427- 4

Community of Emmanuel: Wor- -

ship Services, Sundays, 11am at theBissell Centre.Followed by lunch

Edm. Inner City Victory Church10665-9- 8 Street 424-480- 3

Sunday 12 noon worship serviceTuesday 6-7p- m Christian 12 StepTues. 7:30-9p- m Praise & PrayerFriday 8-- 1 lpm Where It's At CoffeeI louse (free food, coffee & music)

Singles Collective KitchenWe have lunch together and thentake home three meals for eatingwhen you want.We meet on the first Saturday ofeach month 1 1035-9- 2 Street (not

wheelchair accessible) from10:00am to 2:00pm$3.00 for four meals- - A great value

for your money!For more info. Call Trish at

Wecan (City Centre) Food Co-o- p.

Food fee is $8.00 per meat order and$7.00 per produce order. Member-ship in the Co-o- p is $5.00 per year.Fee deadline is the first Friday ofeach month. Payments at B08-95- 4 1 --

108A Avenue.Food Pick-u- p is at McCauley Com-

munity League Hall on the thirdThursday of each month.Contact Dan at 424-287- 0.

Food Not Bombs Free MealEvery Saturday at 1pm. ChurchillSquare (102 Avenue & 99 Street).Everyone is invited for a yummylunch. For more information call988-369- 9.

The Learning CentrePart-tim- e programs for Adults: Read-

ing and Writing, Math, Introduc-

tion to Computers, Spell Well,Women's Learning Group. Call 429-067- 5

for more information.

City Farmers MarketEvery Saturday 7 am to 2pm. FreeParking. Market is located at 97

Street and 102 Avenue.

Kinship (Collective) Kitchen:Cooking for a family? KinshipKitchen meets twice monthly, oneSaturday per month and one kitch-

en during weekday. Cost is $2.00per family member(e.g. meals forafamily of 5 is $10.00) Have lunchand take borne meals. Wearefull atthe present time. Call McCauleyApt.at 424-287- 0 if you would likeinformation about other collectivekitchens in the area.

Boyle McCauley News May 2001