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MARCH 2021 DELIVERED MONTHLY TO 2,450 HOUSEHOLDS
BRAESIDE BULLETIN
your
THE OFFICIAL BRAESIDE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
BRAESIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
TA-DA! THE RENOVATED UPPER HALL!
BCA AGM MARCH 16
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FROM THE COMMUNITY COORDINATOR`S DESK
Braeside Community Association
is temporarily closed due to
COVID-19.
We are available limited hours
to answer your questions or
inquiries. Please contact us at
403-253-4232 or braecom@
telusplanet.net.
Thank you for your patience and
understanding as we are working
through this challenging time.
Irena Karshenbaum
Community Coordinator
BCA
BRAESIDE BEFORE &
AFTER SCHOOL CARE
11024 Braeside Drive SW Calgary
A fully accredited nonprofit school age care located
in Braeside community centre.
We offer a fun and exciting school year program
& summer camp!
We focus on arts, crafts, nutritious snacks and out trips.
Provincial subsidy is available to those parents
who qualify.
For more information or to register your child contact
us at 403 258 0699 or email us at
braechildcare@gmail.com
Hours of operation:
Monday – Friday 7:00am – 6:00pm.
School Holidays and professional development days:
7:00am – 6:00pm BRAESIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
AT BRAESIDE BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL CARE
WE BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN ARE UNIQUE AND
7:00
REQUIRE A STIMULATING AND INTERACTIVE
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
ENVIRONMENT WHICH RECOGNIZES AND
ACCOMMODATES EACH CHILD’S INDIVIDUALITY
B R A E S I D E I M A R C H 2021 3
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT Scouts
FAMILY SEEKING SENIOR ASSISTANCE: We hope that this update finds you all
staying safe and healthy. In the ongoing
Family seeking HCA or equivalent to assist Senior in effort to flatten the curve, we are continuing to hold all of
SW Calgary with daily living activities such as, meal our Group’s meetings online.
preparation, bathing, medications, companionship, Registration is ongoing and you can sign up at www.scouts.ca.
and light housekeeping. Approximately 21 hours per Even though the meetings are all held online for now, we feel
week. Send resume with cover letter stating salary the kids really enjoy taking part. We have received excellent
expectations to care4familybyhugs@gmail.com. feedback from the parents, so we feel we are on the right
track to keeping the kids
occupied and encouraging
them to do their best. Yes, it
is different, but it is still fun,
and the kids continue to
interact with their friends
and learn new skills in
the process. We have a
great group of dedicated
Scouters leading this
challenge and I need to send out a huge thank you to all of
them, and their dedication to our youth. The Scouters work
tirelessly, and we need to remember they are volunteering
their own time to the Group. The materials needed for each
meeting are bought, prepared, and dropped off to the kids
before their meetings so they have them when they take
part in the online sessions. The online sessions take hours of
pre-planning. I truly feel there is a special place in heaven for
all of them.
Dear Friends, we are in need of your ongoing support to our
Group. We have no other way to raise funds at the moment
than to ask if you have any bottles to donate, call Tim at
403-2521-4878 and he can arrange a no-contact pick up
from you at your convenience. All funds will go directly to
supporting our local Group. We still need funds to purchase
materials to run our online programs and to build up our
account for future in-person activities when we get the go
ahead to do so. We truly appreciate your donations, and we
acknowledge that we could not run our programs without
your support. We thank all of you for the kindness you show
us in your donations.
In closing, please remember to show love and kindness to
each other, do a good turn for others when you can, shovel
a neighbour’s walk, do a shopping run for a friend, be an
ear for someone needing a bit of support, if you shop, try to
support local. Thank you all for being here for us.
“Sometimes we need someone to simply be there…. not to
fix anything or do anything in particular, but just to let us
feel we are supported and cared about”.
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BRAESIDE STORIES IN PICTURES
Alberta Travels
Our Trip to Medicine Hat
by Tammy Yee, a writer living in Calgary.
When my husband and I told family and friends we were going
to Medicine Hat for a few days in September, the most common
response was silence. I presume people thought, “Why?”.
We wanted to see something new, while staying in Alberta
due to COVID-19 recommendations. A search for Alberta’s
hidden gems led us to Red Rock Coulee, a short drive south
of Medicine Hat. The photos of this other-worldly place
looked amazing. The red rocks are sandstone concretions
(new word to me!), formed inside layers of sedimentary
rock. Over time, the surrounding sedimentary rock erodes
and exposes the harder concretions. Once the concretions
are exposed, they weather over time, so some are whole,
and others are broken.
We reached the coulee around noon. I was enamoured
with taking shadow pictures. Brent and I explored the
area separately for an hour or so. Shortly after starting for
Medicine Hat, we stopped so Brent could photograph an
antelope. I looked at my pictures and remembered that I
wanted us to take some shadow pictures together.
Later, at Police Point Park in Medicine Hat, we chatted with
the conservation person in the Nature Centre about our
visit to Red Rock Coulee. He asked us if we saw or heard
any rattlesnakes - we did not. He said he sees or hears We went to the Medalta Potteries museum, a former
snakes every time he goes to the coulee. He recommended industrial ceramic manufacturing complex. While a self-
walking down further into the valley the next time for a guided option is available, the guided tour was fabulous,
different perspective of the area. and I highly recommend it. In COVID-19 times, they limit
the number of people on the tour to five (they normally
have 20 to 30 people) so this is a much more intimate
experience. If your group is slightly larger, call them instead
of booking online. The gift shop includes new pieces made
today using the same equipment as when the factory was
in operation, along with pieces made in the past.
Walking around downtown, we saw mural art from the
2019 festival. We sampled liquids from the distillery and
the breweries in The Hat. There is a kombucha brewery in
town too, with the best kombucha I’ve ever tasted.
We had a great couple of days in The Hat and I’d go back to
do it all again. On the way home, we stopped at Dinosaur
Provincial Park and the Brooks Aqueduct. And a side trip to
the distillery in Rolling Hills for pizza on their fabulous patio.
B R A E S I D E I M A R C H 2021 5
BRAESIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
To contact Board of Directors:
Telephone: 403-253-4232 • Fax: 403-253-3528
E-mail: braecom@telusplanet.net
Mail: 11024 Braeside Drive SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2W 6G5
Board meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month
(except July) at 6:30 p.m. in the Lower Hall, Meeting Room 2,
at the Braeside Community Centre. The meeting is open to
all Braeside residents or interested parties. If you have issues
or concerns and you would like to be placed on the agenda,
kindly call our Community Coordinator, Irena Karshenbaum,
at 403-253-4232. This is Braeside
BOARD POSITIONS: Community Centre
This is Braeside
Vice President Scott Appleby and our business
Community Centreis
Secretary Joan Byers counter-espionage!
and our business is
Treasurer Sue Wilson
Director of Construction Bob Byers counter-espionage!
& Maintenance
We have super-secret security cameras
Director of Transportation Jennifer Burgess in places you can’t even imagine. So if
Director at Large Amanda Burke We havedoing
you’re super-secret
somethingsecurity cameras
bad, please smile,
Director at Large Paul Finkleman in places
we’re youyour
taking can’tpicture.
even imagine. So if
Then, we’ll
Director at Large Dave Nagel you’re doing
transmit the something bad, please
reconnaissance smile,
information
we’re
to ourtaking
secretyour picture. Then,
who will we’ll
COMMUNITY CONTACTS: transmit
agents find you.
Community Coordinator Irena Karshenbaum 403-253-4232 Don’t say the reconnaissance
we didn’t warn you! information
to our secret agents who will find you. - 99
Before and After School Care Louise Whitbread 403-258-0699 Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
Chinook Musical Society
City Liaison
For Tickets
Jenna Findlater
403-271-3719
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Girl Guides Barb Augustyn 403-251-5169 The Braeside Bulletin is published by the Braeside Community
Southwest Seniors Heidi Riad 403-238-2524 Association and delivered to all Braeside homes. Articles can be
SW Community Resource Centre 403-238-9222 e-mailed to braecom@telusplanet.net. Submission deadline is
AREA SCHOOLS: the first of the month for inclusion in the following month’s
Braeside Elementary 403-777-8470 publication. Space limitation may prevent some material sub-
John Ware Junior School 403-777-7930 mitted from being published. Editing may be required.
St. Benedict Elementary 403-253-1881 While we make every effort to ensure that all information
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES: provided and published is correct, we are not responsible
Councillor, Ward 11 Jeromy Farkas 403-268-3611 for any omissions or errors.
MLA, Calgary-Glenmore Whitney Issik 403-216-5421
MP, Calgary Heritage Bob Benzen 403-253-7990 Opinions expressed within these articles, reports or submis-
sions are the author’s and should not be considered as reflect-
ing those of the editor or Community Association.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed within any published article,
report or submission reflect those of the author and should not be To place a paid advertisement in the Braeside Bulletin, contact
considered to reflect those of Great News Media and the Braeside Great News Publishing, 403-263-3044, sales@great-news.ca.
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tained in this newsletter is believed to be accurate but is not war-
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senting the community with honesty and integrity, working
towards common values and goals”.
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Association does not endorse any person or persons advertising in Check us out on the web at: www.calgaryarea.com (click on
this newsletter. Publication of any advertisements should not be SW, Braeside). Email: braecom@telusplanet.net. Follow us on
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tremendous help of our volunteers. If you would like to become involved, please circle below where you would
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COMMUNITY CENTRE
Braeside
Community
Association
is excited to
unveil the
renovated
Upper Hall!
This photo doesn’t do it justice!
This project was generously fundede by the Government
of Alberta Community Facility Enhancement Program
(CFEP) Grant.
Thank you to community volunteers Robert Grigg, Sue
Wilson, Bob Byers, Joan Byers and Nathan Krebs for their
time and dedication in overseeing this work.
Once COVID restrictions are lifted, call BCA 403-253-4232
to book your special event.
Heritage McDougall United Church,
8516 Athabasca Street S.E. The Green Stream
Time Out (No religious content,
non-denominational)
Everybody loves to get in
the festive spirit when a
holiday comes around, and
At Heritage Time Out, practitioners of quilting, knit- Chicago is no exception
ting, crocheting, card making, as well as a “do-as-you- when it comes to St. Patrick’s
wish” table, meet to learn and practice their art at Day. Every year the Chicago
McDougall United Church. Unfortunately, we are not River is dyed green for the
meeting at the current time due to the COVID-19 re- day! The Chicago Plumbers
strictions. We anticipate that we may not meet again Union originally had the idea
until September 2021, until we are sure we can meet
for the tradition that still
in a way that is safe for everybody.
continues today.
Please contact Lori at McDougall United Church, 403-
252-1620, for further information.
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BrAeSide MArKeT STATiSTiCS
Single Family Homes: Apartments:
2 active listings - average list price $452,400 3 active listings – average $144,900
with 103 days on market with 49 DOM
7 sold listings since Nov 1, 2020 - average sale price 0 sold listings since Nov 1, 2020
$371,571 with 35 DOM
Condo/Townhouses:
3 active listings - average list price $186,300
with 96 DOM
8 sold listings since Nov 1, 2020 - average sale price
$265,165 with 53 DOM (Statistics based on CreB MLS System listings as Feb 4, 2021)
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