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Bourkevale BulletinBourkevale Community Centre 100 Ferry Rd Winnipeg R3J 1V7Volume 1 Issue 2 September 2013 Visit our website at www.mybourkevale.com

Hoedown tradition continues

Dog performers? You bet, its one of the highlights of our Hoedown

September just wouldnt be the same at Bourkevale without the popularHoedown/soccer windup, an event that goes back further than most of uscan remember. Its the clubs largest special event of the year and its wherehundreds of locals come to meet, swap summer vacation stories andcelebrate the clubs soccer program. We have bouncers, food, drink, livemusic, beer gardens, face painting and more. You dont want to miss thisone! 2-6 pm Bouncers ($7 per wristband) 2:30-7 pm Food Services

2-10 pm Beer Gardens Hoedown will be held Saturday

6 pm Soccer Medals September 7 at Bourkevale 7 pm Dog Show * * * All Welcome * * * 7:30 Live Music 10 pm Fireworks

We need people to help run Bourkevale! Virtually everything you see andexperience at our club is run by volunteers. Without new people helping out,we will lose many of the programs and special events we all enjoy for our

families. For more information, please call Gary at 227-1980.

Inside

New trackIts almost here.

Everything you

wanted to know aboutthe new running track

and soccer fields at St.

James Collegiate

/ P.2

Bourkevalesponsors BluesWe are now an official

sponsor of Winnipegs

last junior hockeyteam/ P.2

Better Ice?The club has invested

in a new ice groomer

to make our already

fabulous rinks even

better this year/ P.3

Presidents

ReportReport from our

president. Check out

why we could lose

programs at our club

if we dont get more

participation from

local families to help

run Bourkevale/ P.4
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Running track project

breaks ground

St. James-Assiniboia School Division began construction on its new

running track and soccer field project at St. James Collegiate in

August.

The division received official approval for the $500,000 project from

the City of Winnipegs Board of Adjustment on Aug. 9. Board

officials negotiated a land lease agreement with the city for the

section of the project that encroaches on Bourkevale Community

Centre land.

And the division also obtained the appropriate letters of authorization

and permits over the past few months to finalize the deal.The schoold board is very pleased that construction of the new track

and soccer field will soon be started, board Chairman Bruce Chegus

told the Bourkevale Bulletin. It has been a collaborative effort by all

concerned to move the project forward to this point it will be great

to have it completed for the students and the community to use and

enjoy.

The project includes a regulation-size running track and a crowned,

full-sized soccer field, both of which will be accessible to the general

public.

The running track will allow the school to start a track program and

hold official meets, while the soccer pitch will provide local clubs

with a new, state-of-the-art field.

As part of the agreement, the division has also agreed to construct

Bourkevale a soccer field on community centre land.

Bourkevale residents voted overwhelmingly in favour of the project

in a community vote held in February.

Completion of the project will depend on the contractor and the

weather over the next two months. But school board officials say

theyre hopeful it will be completed in the fall.

Bourkevale

supportsWinnipeg Blues

hockey team

Bourkevale Community Centreis now an official sponsor ofthe Winnipeg Blues Junior Ahockey team. The Blues areWinnipegs last junior A teamand are in need of fan supportto survive.Bourkevale has purchased twosets of Blues season tickets aspart of a new community

centre program the team haslaunched. Tickets will bedistributed to BCC hockeyteams and given out throughdraws and contests.The Blues play home gamesat MTS Iceplex. And if youveever been to a Blues game,you know its excellenthockey. Kids 12 and under getin free.

So hockey fans, get out tosome games and show yoursupport. Its only a 15-minutedrive and parking is free.

Hall bookingsCall Joan at 888-8548 for all hall

booking information. Very

attractive rates for small to

medium-sized functions,

including birthday parties,

showers, dinners and socials.

Visit our website for rates at:

www.mybourkevale.com.

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Canteen-skate room expands hour

of operation

Carolers brighten up skate room in December, 2011

One of Bourkevales goals is to have the club open as many hours of

the week as possible. We do that in various ways, including throughprograms the club runs and through special events organized by club

volunteers.

Our skate room is one area of the club thats open the most frequently

And weve continued to expand its hours of operation over the past

few years.

In addition to being open during the winter months, the skate room is

now accessible in the spring and fall during weekday evenings. We

opened it during those hours primarily for our soccer teams, which

play Monday to Thursday. But its also open to the public for general

use and for washroom accessibility. We even added an air hockeygame to the room this year. So come down for a drink and a snack.

Check out our hours of operation below.

Club gets new ice

groomer

So you thoughtBourkevales outdoor

ice rinks were amongthe best in the city?Well, they are. Buttheyre about to geteven better with theclubs acquisition of anew ice groomer.Our old one has seenits better days and hasreached the end of itsuseful lifespan.The new groomer waspurchased from thecity of Winnipeg. Andwhile it is slightly used,its in virtually brand-new shape.Like the old one, thenew groomer attachesto the back of theclubs tractor and actsas a zamboni.The purchase of thegroomer is one ofmany expenditures theclub has made inrecent years as a resultof its strong financialposition.

Skate room-canteen hours of operation:

Winter Mon-Fri, 6-9 p.m. May, June & Sept. Mon-Thurs, 6-8 p.m.Sat-Sun, 1-9 p.m.

All updated information can be found on our website at www.mybourkevale.com



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Perennials wanted

Bourkevale is looking to enhance its

garden in the front of the building.

We would like to turn it into a

perennial garden and were hopingarea residents might be able to

donate some to the club.

If you have any perennials youd

like to donate, please contact Toni

Onichuk at 888-9113 and she will

arrange to have them planted. Our

flower garden is kept entirely by

volunteers.

Program Notes:

Seniors Dancing continues in the fall every Wednesday from7-9 pm in the main hall.

Yoga will resume in the fall. It runs every Tuesday from 7-8pm with a qualified instructor. No registration. $5 drop-in feBring your own mat.

Bourkevale Learning Centre for home-school families runsevery Wednesday afternoon from noon to 3 pm.

Hockey registration deadline is Sept. 8. There will be a $20late fee for those who register after that date. Registeronline at www.sjamha.ca.

We need someone to run the Moms and Me program or itwill not be available this year. Call Tom at 228-1347 if youcan run this 90-minute, once-a-week program.

For full and updated program information, please visit ourwebsite at www.mybourkevale.com.


Presidents ReportHello and I hope everybody is enjoying the late summer heat. I know my garden is finally producing the

way it should.Our club, thanks to the hard work of our volunteers, has stayed on course on its path of continuedimprovement. We have new kitchen counters, cabinets and paint. As you may have already seen, work habegun on the new soccer field north of the lawn bowling, which we negotiated in exchange for allowin

St. James School Board to expand their track on to 30 M of our land. Allowing the school division to

expand will also give our soccer program access to a new full size and irrigated soccer pitch in the center

of the track. The track work has also begun.

On top of having the best ice in the city and a great soccer program we have new programs this year such

as yoga on Tuesday nights and small dog night in the south rink. We are continuing to look at adding new

programs but need your help to facilitate this. If you know of a program or somebody that would like to r

a program at our club, please let us know.

While the club is healthy financially, there are problems. Since I have been president we have not had afull-time special events coordinator, thus most of the events have been run by the board on top of their

regular portfolios. This will now stop as it is too much. There will be no Halloween Howl, Xmas party or

pancake breakfast unless somebody steps up to run one of those events or all of them. Also as of print tim

there will be no silent auction at the Hoedown as nobody has stepped up to run it.

We also need help at soccer convener and treasurer!!!

This club has been successful because of the efforts of people stepping up to help out. And unless there is

more help, your kids will miss the above mentioned events and the 2014 Hoedown. So please raise your

hand and help out.

This is not an idle threat but a reality if people do not step up to help our club out.

Gary Kristiansen
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