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CVAF Chair Update by Sheri Florizone, CVAF 2017 Chair I hardly know where to start as we come ever closer to the most wonderful time of the year... the Cathedral Village Arts Festival! This year’s Festival runs May 22 - 27, 2017. It begins as always with a parade that begins at 11:30 am and ends at Les Sherman Park right in front of the Neil Balkwill Centre on Elphinstone. From there you can enjoy a full afternoon of staged entertainment and hands-on fun family activities. And that’s just the beginning! Please visit www.cvaf.ca often as we update our schedules. This year’s Festival theme is Our Streets Are Stories. The
history of the Festival is only one of many stories that have thrived and grown to wonderful proportions. This year so many more stories will be shared in the Cathedral area. The Village Voices audio tour, available on the izi.TRAVEL mobile app, brings the Cathedral area to life one little story at a time. A love story will be told for a lovely couple who are incorporating the Festival parade and Holy Rosary Park tent into their wedding day. Our streets will literally convey a story through a pilot street paint project in the Cathedral area. And of course new stories will be created all week long at every single Festival event. Our Streets Are Stories, and we
are excited to work with many amazing “co-authors” on this year’s Festival story, including the artist collective behind the upcoming Swampfest and the organizers of Playing for Change. Local schools will share their student talent, and of course the Cathedral area businesses are important collaborators in the planning and execution of the Festival and the ever-popular Street Fair. Our Streets Are Stories, and we invite you to share your own story. Visit the Cathedral Village Arts Festival Facebook Page, our Twitter feed, or our Instagram to share your photos. Use #cvaf2017 and #RstreetsRstories. We look forward to sharing in your Festival experience! We use our Facebook
page a lot, so please “Like” that to get the latest info. Just a note that we’re phasing out the old FB group, so please come over the the Page. Our Streets Are Stories, and the biggest story on the street is the amazing dedication of the Planning Committee Coordinators who put in so many volunteer hours to create a full week of programming! We also want to thank our many volunteers for their hours during the festival. Last but not least we recognize our tireless Festival Administrator Deb Jones, our Street Fair Coordinator Linda Rattray, and our Tech Crew…. you rock!! Thank you!!
CACA 2017 President’s Report by Theresa Walter, President, CACA We had an extraordinary festival this year for our 25th anniversary. Highlights included the 5x5--the 25th Anniversary Gala, an audio walking tour of the Cathedral Village and videos about the founders and history of our Festival. We look forward to our 26th annual festival “Our Streets Are Stories” which will celebrate and highlight our very unique neighbourhood. One of our major fundraisers for the Cathedral Festival is the ever popular rummage sale held in October. It was one of the largest and most successful sales. Our other major fundraiser, A Taste
of Cathedral was held in January and proved to be successful once again. In November, we had two very successful craft markets that were held at the Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre and Westminster United Church. Our Christmas potluck held in December was extra special as we celebrated our 40th anniversary with a turkey dinner including a large anniversary cake! The winter months continue to be full with recreation programs such as yoga for adults and a new yoga class for preschoolers. Other classes include cooking, book clubs and classes for new Canadians. Outdoor skating at
Leslie Park rink proved popular for Cathedral residents from December to February. The CACA board continues to work on community issues like stadium parking and planning issues. The CACA board hopes to continue work with the City of Regina on updating the Community Neighbourhood Plan for 2017-2018. CACA awarded its first Micro Grant to the École Connaught Community School, Playground Committee as it moves towards its goals of purchasing new playground equipment for the school’s opening in August 2017. I would like to thank the outgoing board members for their
support and contribution for this past year. A special thanks to Bob who is retiring for his many years of service to his community and to Deb and Linda who keep the office running smoothly. We also welcome Neil to the staff team who will be working on social media and the Village Voice. The final thanks goes to all the volunteers who work tirelessly for the community whether it is working for the festival, sitting on the community association board, driving for the community clean up or delivering our community newspaper. `
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CACA BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Theresa Walter VICE PRESIDENT Krista Schultz TREASURER Tom Gartner MEMBERS AT LARGE Alicia Baniulis Brian Fagan Chelsea Flook Jennifer Gray Cheryl Hymus-Fraser Tamara Knight Brad Olson Kate Smart EagleClaw Thom STAFF Deb Jones Linda Rattray Neil Adams The CACA is an elected group of 12 volunteers whose goal is to improve the neighbourhood in every way. The Board meets monthly at the Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre Cathedral Area Community Association 2900 - 13th Avenue Regina, Saskatchewan S4T 1N7 Phone: (306) 569-8755 e-mail: caca@sasktel.net Thanks to the City of Regina for their continued support.
MYSORE ASHTANGA VINYASA postures are held for longer periods YOGA: of time. This practice increases ease and improves mobility in the hips, Imagine learning yoga from pelvis, thighs and lower spine. A a teacher who is guiding your greater sense of calmness is often Ashtanga practice fully based on experienced with this practice. your personal needs. This format Along with your yoga mat, please is great for on-going Ashtanga bring a cushion, blanket and yoga Vinyasa Yoga practitioners who can block (if you have one) with you to lengthen and advance their practice class each week. This will enhance only through Mysore style. Monday the experience. class opens at 5pm and goes until Teacher: Lesley Farley 6:45pm. You can start your practice Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre anytime between 5 and 6pm! Wednesday class opens at 6 am and 18+ yrs you can start your practice anytime Wednesdays: 7:15 to 8:30 pm, Aug between 6 and 7:45 am. Talk about 2 – Aug 30 (5classes) flexibility! Please note: Classical Cost: $35 and adaptive versions of Mysore Ashtanga will be practiced because 55 + YOGA will perk up your day! all bodies are truly welcome here. Trained as a Lakshmi Voelker Chair If one is concerned about how he or Yogateacher (a yoga that is taught she has experienced Ashtanga in the at the Mayo Clinic and through past, not to worry. Lesley will help the New York Department of you do the practice in a way that is Education), Lesley will guide you right for your body and she will also through yoga postures on the chair challenge you to move further when where useful and on the mat when you can do it! appropriate! The class promises Teacher: Lesley Farley to be an hour of great fun and Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre relaxation. Teacher: Lesley Farley 18+ yrs Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre Mondays, 5:00 to 6:45 pm, July 31 – Aug 28, excluding Aug 7 (4 Summer Class Option 1: classes) Mondays, 10:30 to 11:30 am, July Cost: $28 31 – Aug 28, excluding Aug 7 (4 classes) NEW! Mysore Morning Intensive Cost: $25 18+ yrs Daily, 6:00 to 8:45 am, Aug 22 Summer Class Option 2: – Sept 1, excluding Aug 27 (10 Thursdays, 10:30 to 11:30 am, Aug classes) 3 – Aug 31 (5 classes) Cost: $75 Cost: $30 ASHTANGA VINYASA YOGA & PRANAYAMA is a “workout” and “work-in” for active yoga beginners and beyond. The yoga is grounded in a lineage linked to the Mysore Palace in India with Krishnamacharyia and Sri K Pattabhi Jois. A yoga that is systematic, the potential with this rigour is stronger physical and mental health and a better way of relating to everyday life. Teacher: Lesley Farley Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre
18+ yrs Tuesdays, 6:00 – 7:15 pm, July 11 – Aug 22, excluding Aug 8 (6 classes) Cost: $48 Summer Class Option 2: 18+ yrs Saturdays: 10:30 to 11:45 am, July 8 – Aug 19, excluding Aug 5 (6 classes) Cost: $48 MOVEMENT, STORYTELLING & VISUAL ART: A SUMMER CREATION CAMP Cathedral Neighbourhood Center Teacher: Belle Brown McEwen 3 – 5 yrs Mon through Fri, 10 am to noon (5 classes) Cost: $45 + $5 for art supplies MOVEMENT, STORYTELLING & VISUAL ART: A SUMMER CREATION CAMP Cathedral Neighbourhood Center Teacher: Belle Brown McEwen 3 – 5 yrs Mon through Fri, 1 pm to 3 vpm (5 classes) Cost: $45 + $5 for art supplies
CHILL OUT BEFORE YOU GO OUT YOGA will balance active and passive postures in a vinyasa flow yoga sequence for one hour. Bring your own yoga mat. Teacher: Lesley Farley Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre 18+yrs Fridays, 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Aug 4 – Sept 1 (5classes) Cost: $30
BEGINNER YOGA is for anyone as you work at your own pace and 18+yrs ability. Please bring your own yoga Wednesdays, 5:30 to 6:45 pm, Aug mat and wear comfortable clothing. 2 – Aug 30 (5classes) Two class times to choose from. Cost: $35 Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre` Teacher: Terri Keith, register at YIN YOGA is great for those terri@accesscomm.ca who are athletic and non-athletic/ flexible and non-flexible! Simple Summer Class Option 1:
Our Yoga Programs are held in the Craft Room at the Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre.
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Harvesting Fruit and Helping Others with Fruit for Thought
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by Sheri Adams-Selinger There’s been a lot of talk lately about local food and how it is a key ingredient in building healthier people and a healthier planet. But how does one grow fruit locally in a shady, postagestamp backyard like some of us in Cathedral have? The answer is that we may not have to. A local non-profit, Fruit For Thought, connects other city-dwellers who have backyard
fruit trees but don’t need all of the fruit with those interested in picking that fruit. Here’s how it works: 1. Homeowners register their tree with the organization and let Fruit for Thought know when it’s ready for harvest. 2. Fruit for Thought notifies its register of volunteers of the trees that it will harvest. There is always one Harvest Co-ordinator on site who will bring all of the harvest equipment. 3. The volunteers arrive and
harvest fruit! 4. The harvested fruit is shared amongst the tree owner, the volunteers and local food banks and shelters. Are you intrigued by the idea, but don’t know what you would do with a box of fruit? Fruit for Thought also periodically offers hands-on preserving sessions so you can learn how to put up the fruit you’ve harvested to enjoy at a later date. Between July and September last year, Fruit for Thought harvested about 2,400 pounds of fruit, including apples, crabapples, rhubarb, sour cherries, pears and grapes. There are more trees registered with Fruit for Thought than it has volunteers to harvest though, so that is where you come in! Fruit for Thought is looking for volunteer Harvest Co-ordinators and Harvesters for the 2017 growing season: Harvest Co-ordinators transport harvesting equipment from Fruit for Thought’s shed (located in Cathedral) to the harvest location, notify the homeowner that you’ve arrived, harvest fruit with the other volunteers, deliver the
unclaimed fruit to the community organization who has agreed to accept it, and return the equipment back to the shed. It is important that Harvest Co-ordinators have a vehicle that can hold ladders and boxes of fruit. Harvesters arrive at the harvest location and pick fruit. Harvesters must arrange their own transportation to the harvest location. Eating well…helping others… enjoying the outdoors…helping the earth…meeting new people. Interested? Check out http://fruit-for-thought-regina. blogspot.ca/p/volunteer.html or email fruitforthought@hotmail. com.
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By Andrew Stevens, Ward 3 City Councillor The City faced some tough decisions on April 18 during what I call Budget 2.0. It was certainly a contentious debate. The $10
The province decided to deal with its deficit – brought on after years of paying for spending and tax cuts with resource revenue – through a cut to the grants-in-lieu of property taxes paid to our cities by SaskPower and SaskEnergy. These payments have been in place for decades. On top of that, the government raised the PST and ended many exemptions, hurting municipalities and working people all at the same time. Oh, and education funding was slashed just as the education portion of property taxes are set to skyrocket. It was a painful, ideological budget that our entire million hole in our city’s finances community is being forced to was caused by a devastating endure. provincial budget that came The silver lining here is that down in March. Property taxes were raised again and important we are seeing a community-led public services were cut. Why political awakening. Friends and neighbours are working together did this happen? to help save our libraries, public
programs, and the province’s public transportation company, the STC. This is the kind of energy we all need going into Regina’s summer months. The days ahead will be full of festivals, music, street fairs, and civic engagement. Let’s enjoy what summer brings and start thinking about the Saskatchewan we want to build.
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Hours of Service/Operation Sunday: Noon to 5:00 pm Monday:CLOSED Tuesday: 9:30 am to 9:00 pm Wednesday: 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm Thursday: 9:30 an to 6 pm Friday: 9:30 am-6:00 pm Saturday: 9:30 am-5:00 pm
Mainly Mother Goose (Registered) Date: Fridays Start Time: 10:15 AM, 11:15 AM Description: For ages 2 & under. A parent-child interactive program filled with songs, rhymes, bounces and books. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required. Age(s): Children, Pre-School Toddler Time (Registered)e Date: Tuesdays Start Time: 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM Description: For ages 2-3. A program of songs, stories, games and fingerplays. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required. Age(s): Children, Pre-School Storybag Drop In Date: Thursdays Start Time: 1:30 PM Description: For ages 2-5. The library has a selection of storybags with different themes. Storybags contain books, puppets, games, puzzles, toys and rhymes. Don’t miss the fun! Come to the library and share a story! Age(s): Children, Pre-School Hoop It Up! Date: Saturday, May 20, 2017
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Start Time: 10:00 AM Description: For families. Create a unique work of art using various textiles and a hula hoop! Wear it, hold it and spin it as you walk in the Cathedral Village Arts Festival Kick Off Parade on Monday, May 22. Registration required. Age(s): Children, Family Cruising Story Street: CVAF Artist-in-Residence Date: Saturday, May 13, 2017, Sunday May 14th Start Time: 1:30 PM Description: For all ages. What do storytelling, drones, replica buildings, a video camera, an artist, and a community have in common? The 2017 Cathedral Village Artist-in-residence program with multimedia artist Sandee Moore! Although they don’t have voices, our streets tell stories. Participants are invited to create a replicate house for a cardboard neighbourhood through this series of workshops. After it is complete, join us on May 24, 7:00-8:00 pm to drive a micro-car through the miniature streetscape, shooting video as it cruises along. Stories unscroll beneath the wheels of the tiny vehicle. Come to one or all of the workshops. Children must be accompanied by a friend 12 or over. Device Divas & Dude Date: Wednesdays Description: The Divas & Dude are available to help you use the RPL’s digital collection on your Ipad, Android tablet or smartphone. Learn how to download an ebook or stream a movie-all for free! Please call the branch to book your appointment Age(s): Everyone, Adults, Seniors Connaught Knitting Circle Date: Saturdaysvv Start Time: 1:00 PM Description: For adults. Join local knitters for an afternoon of knitting and fellowship. New knitters also welcome. Age(s): Everyone, Adults, Seniors COME JOIN THE PARADE! Date: Monday, May 22, 2017 Start Time: 11:00 AM Description: For everyone. Walk in the Cathedral Village Arts Festival Kick Off Parade with staff and friends of the Regina Public Library. Line up at 11:00 a.m. along Athol Street near the grounds of Holy Rosary School. The Hoop It Up workshop creations will be featured.
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by Carla Beck MLA for Regina Lakeview Greetings Friends and Neighbours, Since being elected last April, I have been actively seeking our opportunities to connect with constituents, be it through individual conversations on the doorstep or at community events. My intention is to be accessible and accountable to you. I have also been busy learning my new role as anvv MLA and critic for various crowns and ministries including the Education portfolio which also includes the provincial library system and K – 12 education. Shortly after the election in 2016, the government started musing about “Transformational Change”. This included, they
signaled, significant change in the way our kids’ schools are funded and run. The Minister signaled that “everything” was on the table, including amalgamating school divisions and appointing trustees. It was announced in November 2016, that Dan Perrins would Review School Board Governance. He reported back in December and his report was released in the afternoon on the last day of school before dismissal for the holidays. It was also announced that a six person panel would be convened to consult with the public during January and report back in February. Both the panel and Perrins reported a high degree of support for local voice in education and very little support for further amalgamations. When the budget was announced this spring, some temporarily breathed a sigh of relief that there were no immediate plans for either measure. Temporarily. The budget also announced Bill 63 and Bill 48 as budget bills. Bill 63, if passed, will fundamentally change education in our province. As succinctly as I can manage, Bill 63 concentrates power in the hands of the Minister and Cabinet. The role and
duties of School Boards are taken out of the Education Act and placed in the Regulations where they can be altered without input. Here are some other facts about the Budget: • This budget will cut $54 million from operating grants to schools. This despite the fact that the government will take in an additional $67 million in Education Property Tax. And at a time when 21 new schools will open and student growth continues at a rate of about 2000 students per year. • The Ministry has stated that they have “updated” their target for cuts in the Education Strategic Sector Plan to $60 million. This is at a time when the Sask Party government plans to cut cutting corporate income tax by over $50 million per year. Our students, in all school divisions, are being underfunded and local voice is being lost. Our caucus is united with community members, educators, school boards, parents, and many others in this: Bill 63 must be scrapped and the cuts to education must be reversed. To further complicate the discussion around education, this past week a judgement was made concerning the funding of non-
Catholic students who attend Catholic schools. This ruling is currently in the appeal process, and while the outcome may have a significant impact on education in the province, and while it has created much debate, now is not the time to be side-tracked with this ruling. Now is the time to focus on Bill 63 as this bill will drastically reduce local control of education. Our children’s education and future should not fall victim to short-sighted and divisive political decisions. Not now and not ever. As always, I welcome your input. Carla Beck MLA for Regina Lakeview reginalakeview@ndpcaucus. sk.ca 306.522.1333
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