The Newsy Neighbour Magazine
July Issue 105
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Summertime in
Langdon and the South East part of Rocky View County is always interesting.
Just last weekend I had the pleasure of attending two different functions, only
a few miles from each other, and celebrating some milestones as well as some
great beginnings. The first one was in Langdon. It was an occasion with 3
different focuses: an opening of a time capsule that was placed at the Memorial
in the Park 33 years ago, a Grand Opening of the Community Garden and two
Volunteer of the Year Award presentations. The second one was in Indus at the
Junefest with a breakfast and a grand opening of a playground the community built
a few weeks ago.
The time capsule
was placed in 1983 by a group of residents, many of whom were in attendance. It
was interesting to look at some of the materials and compare to what is going
on today. Bill Crilly was running for Council back then, his election pamphlet
was there and he was there with his wife Sandra. I imagine how they felt going
through an election in Rocky View County 33 years ago; Karen and I are where
they were 33 years ago! Times were different but I bet the excitement was the
same. There was a map of the county, then called the MD of Rocky View. It
showed quite a smaller City of Calgary as well, as there was a lot more
distance between there and a little town called Airdrie. Lake Chestermere didn’t
have many Houses around it at all. There was a copy of the Five Village Weekly,
now called the Rocky View Weekly. I had a glance at it; there was an article
talking about high water tables and potential flooding. Imagine that! At least
the water levels stay consistent. Of course the population was much different,
many of the people that live in and around Langdon in 1983 now have streets
named after them, one of the things that I always get a kick out of is that
when there is a function that involves young and old in our area, many times
the people the streets are named after are at the function! That is one of the
unique things about Langdon, I doubt there are many communities in the world
that celebrate their Heritage while those who were the pioneers get to still
take part; surely a unique feature of our fast evolving community.
The second focus
was the opening of the Langdon Community Garden. I know the effort that went
into this project because I watched the tireless volunteers look at three
different sites before finally landing on the one in the park that they chose.
I also watched them go through all the hoops of creating something that isn’t
the norm and I had the pleasure of watching them succeed in getting it to be the
wonderful project it has become. I wish them the very best of luck and may
their garden grow well. Colette Curkin and the others deserve resounding
success for their efforts to date. I hope Mother Nature treats them well.
The third item
on Saturday was awarding two of the most selfless people in Langdon. Chrissy
Craig and Cat Golden were given the first annual Volunteer of the Year Award.
You will see Chrissy looking after Langdon Days, in itself a major thing, but
to people like Chrissy, it’s just business as usual, maybe a little tougher
this year amid having a child and taking on some surgery in her spare time. I
know she is looking for some help during the Langdon Days celebration this year
if anyone has some spare time on their hands. Cat Golden is the Junior
Volunteer of the Year, working with Synergy, a great Youth organization in
Chestermere and Langdon. Thank those people if you see them, they are true community
builders.
My Sunday gave
me opportunity to attend Junefest in Indus, some of the old(er) timers know it
as a different name I found out at the pancake breakfast but it has been called
Junefest for about 8 years now. I had the honour of cutting the ribbon to open
the new playground that the volunteers built at the Indus Rec Centre a few
weeks ago.
It always makes
me feel proud and humbled to see all the community-minded people in our area
and the contribution they give to the community, what a great place to live!
Thank you very much everyone for giving whatever you can to add to our way of
life, I know everyone appreciates anything people do to add to the community,
thank you again!
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