Thanks to Ian Gray for this update...

Dear Soccer Families

With the latest government announcement we are excited to announce that EMSA and ESESA are moving forward with an Outdoor Soccer Season. The season start date will be July 5 and we will expect to play into the first week of September. If you have already signed up but will be away at that time, refer to EMSA's refund policy, here. We are working closely with AHS and ASA to provide a soccer season that follows all the appropriate protocols.

Player Cards: Community Players playing in U13 and up are required to have an E-CARD. Storm Players ages U9 and up are required to have an E-CARD. Any Team Official for U9 and up is also required to have a team official card - see this link for details on obtaining a card. Thank you all for doing your part in keeping the positive energy flowing as we look forward with optimism and excitement to playing soccer again very soon.

For more information on the soccer program, click here.

Karen Doucet wrote to us...

Edmonton’s Front Yards in Bloom (FYiB) program is set to run again in 2021. The goals of FYiB are to:

• Recognize our friends and neighbours' efforts to create more beautiful communities.
• Highlight the front yards that make Edmonton beautiful.
• Encourage all Edmontonians to help keep their neighbourhoods attractive places to live, work, and play.
• Engage Edmontonians who want to make Edmonton more beautiful.

I would add: get some exercise and meet your neighbours!

Front gardens with a minimum of 25% plantings and a little je ne sais quoi are eligible for nomination in a variety of categories: general, tiny, balcony, edible, natural and public.

Bonnie Doon’s participation rests with a hardy group of volunteers who walk to all corners of our neighbourhood, ensuring that no garden goes unnoticed. As with last year, we will keep our teams within their bubbles or socially distant as we walk and take notes. If you’re interested in gardens, walking, meeting new or old friends, or in seeing your neighbourhood with fresh eyes, please contact me! [email protected]. Thank you!

Congratulations to Mike & Angie at 9315 93 Street who won First Place for their "Edible Yard" in 2020! Mike & Angie are shown below.

We've heard of 80 sewer grates removed in Ottewell and tossed in the bushes by vandals. Argyll Community League posted today it happened overnight in their neighbourhood.  On this past Monday a student from Rutherford got a concussion and whiplash when they almost fell into an open drainage grate.

If you see an open drainage grate, please call Epcor:

• Dial 780-412-4500
  
• Press 4, "Drainage concern"
• Press 2, "Manhole cover or catch basin"