We want to give a big shout-out to our most excellent casino volunteers.

Thanks, everyone! You have given your community league another injection of cash so that we can continue operating, bringing you fun events, hall rentals and community spirits.

Your help does not go unnoticed.

I am writing this article to ask you to please consider volunteering for a shift at the upcoming Westmount Casino at Casino Baccarat November 7 8. We still need a few more people.

Available shifts

Monday November 7

Day

Alternate General Manager - 10:30am-7pm this shift is only in case the General Manager can't make it

Evening

General Manager - 7pm-3:30am

Alternative General Manager 7pm-3:30am this shift is only in case the General Manager can't make it

Cashier - 7pm-2:30am

Tuesday November 8

Day

Alternate General Manager - 10:30am-7pmthis shift is only in case the General Manager can't make it

2 Cashiers - 11:30- 7pm

2 Chip Runners 11:30- 7pm

Evening

Alternate General Manager - 10:30am-7pmthis shift is only in case the General Manager can't make it

3 Count Room people 9:45am-3:30am

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Thanks!

Ramona

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The Westmount Fitness Club is in need of 30 or so volunteers to help with their Casino event that is being held at the Yellowhead Casino on Sat Feb 12 and Sunday Feb 13. The proceeds of this event go to help with Westmount Fitness Club operating costs etc.

Postion information:

Cashiers are needed for Saturday Feb 12th for the day
Cashiers are needed for Saturday Feb 12th  for the evening.
Multiple countroom persons needed for Sunday night Feb 13th.

Please contact Debbie Lafrance at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you can help out.

Thank you in advance.

On December 8, 2010, a Concept Plan will be presented to a non-statutory public hearing at the Transportation and Public Works Committee. This plan will determine details such as:

•how the LRT fits into the approved route
•where LRT stops are located
•how access will be provided to communities and businesses

Get Informed

For more information about past workshops, information sessions and City Council decisions, visit West LRT Project History.

What's Next

Public Hearing/Council Review December 8, 2010

For more information:

Future LRT General Inquiries
Telephone 780-496-4874
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http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/ets/lrt_projects/west-lrt.aspx

If you are not an organizational representative and still want to have a voice on this issue feel free to fill out the online petition by clicking the image link below:

Download the open letter calling on Edmonton Public School Board to vote for a moratorium on school closures.

If you wish to sign on to this letter on behalf of your organization, you can just email your Name, Position, Organization and Contact Information to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and I will add you to the signatories.

Please feel free to use this letter to prepare your own letter.  If you wish to address yours to your Trustee, or any other Trustee, their email addresses can be found on the EPSB website at http://www.epsb.ca/trustees/index.shtml. you for your interest in keeping Edmonton's public schools open and our communities vibrant.

Please forward this information to organizations that may oppose school closures.  And please feel free to add your own comments in your forwarding email

Yours truly,

David Thompson
President

Westmount Community League
www.westmountcommunityleague.com

Parents with kids in Edmonton's public schools need not worry about any more school closures... for the next two years any way.

During Tuesday night's meeting of the board of Edmonton Public Schools, trustees voted to impose a two-year moratorium on further closures. This decision comes in the wake of five closures following the 2009-'10 school year. Eastwood, McCauley, Parkdale, Capilano, and Fulton Place schools shut their doors, back in June -- all in an effort to help balance the books

Sarah Hoffman, the vice-chair of the board and trustee for Ward "G," says the board has to find the answer to how much the closures are really costing.

"The numbers that have been batted around the last few years don't seem to really stick on how much we save when we close the schools," said Hoffman, following the meeting.

"We're going to work to find alternatives to school closures and really take time to find the root causes, and hopefully we'll call the other orders of government to the table to work with us."

Original Link

To the Trustees of the Edmonton Public School Board
c/o David Colburn, Chair
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Dear Trustees,

We, the undersigned representatives of school councils, community leagues and other community organizations, call upon the Edmonton Public School Board to adopt a moratorium on further school closures.

Closures result in hardships faced by students and their families.  They also hurt communities and property values, as residents with children face a strong incentive to move out of neighbourhoods without schools. Maintaining the buildings, without childrens schooling, does not solve these problems.

We understand that the Board faces financial pressures; however, school closures are not an acceptable solution.

We call on the Board to adopt a moratorium immediately, and then to initiate a process that engages the municipal and provincial governments, and other stakeholders, to develop acceptable solutions.

Yours truly,
 

David Thompson President, Westmount Community League This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Name Position Organization Contact Information

November 17, 2010, 8 to 10 pm
ROSS SHEPPARD HIGH SCHOOL (SMALL GYMNASIUM)

A coalition of stakeholders impacted by the proposed Stony Plain Road LRT route has arranged a meeting of stakeholders, city officials, and the interested public.  The purpose of the meeting will be to review reports about the proposed route, published by the city’s transportation department and consultants.

Key points to review include:

- The process used to develop the recommendations
- Land use changes around proposed stations(rezoning for higher density housing)
- Walkability.(new limited access across SPR)
- Transparency of acquisitions
- Method of inclusion of stakeholders

The transportation department will formally present the route to City Council on December 8, 2010.

Report available online
www.edmonton.ca/transportation/West_LRT_Public_Involvement_Report.pdf