Ian Young

2 weeks ago | bmcnews.org | Joanne McNeal |Dustin Bajer |Paula Kirman |Ian Young

Bob McKeon was this year’s recipient of the Garry Spotowski Volunteer Appreciation Award, awarded on November 5. Bob is a familiar face to many as he has been involved in our communities for over 40 years. He is a community builder, a Professor Emeritus at St. Joseph’s College, and a community member who raised his children in a home across the street from McCauley School.

2 weeks ago | bmcnews.org | Gary Garrison |Ian Young |Paula Kirman |Dan Glugosh

Mother Teresa students say what makes the area special to them The Boyle Street/McCauley area has three school buildings that have closed in recent years because school boards decided we didn’t have enough children to keep them going. One functioning school we do still have, though, is Mother Teresa School.

2 weeks ago | bmcnews.org | Gary Garrison |Ian Young |Paula Kirman |Joanne McNeal

“It was a dream come true!” So says one of the 20 Mother Teresa grade two and three students who graduated to real violins after four weeks on cardboard violins they’d made and decorated themselves. On November 4, parents, teachers, students, and supporters of the YONA-Sistema Program gathered in the school gymnasium to watch the children perform on their cardboard instruments, demonstrate how much they’d learned about music and violins, and then play a real note together.

2 weeks ago | bmcnews.org | Paula Kirman |Ian Young |Joanne McNeal

Life in the inner city inspires writer Carissa Halton. Her book Little Yellow House: Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood is a collection of what she describes as “literary Polaroids: snapshots in time of either a character, or a scene, or the streets.” Halton, who lives in Alberta Avenue with her family, says that she “wanted to capture the neighbourhood and the people who lived in it at that time and place . . .

2 weeks ago | bmcnews.org | Dan Glugosh |Gary Garrison |Paula Kirman |Ian Young

Being an Edmonton Oilers fan I was very familiar with the name Lyle Kulchisky, better known as “Sparky.” He had been in many pictures, and on TV working as the equipment manager for the Oilers. He is known around the NHL as one of the best in his trade. It takes very special people to work with kids. You must have patience, be understanding and caring, and have the passion to make a difference in a child’s life. Sparky has all of these skills and more.