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RIVERVIEW
NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER!
This Saturday, June 17 beginning at
9:00
am is the 2nd annual Riverview Neighbourhood Garage Sale Fundraiser!
(rain date: Sunday, June 18 at 9:00 a.m.)
Take part by:
* setting up your sale in your front or back lane
* donate 10% (or another amount) of your sale proceeds to the RVCC
* visit your neighbours finding deals, makings deals
* tax receipts available upon request for donations
Volunteers will be dropping off envelopes with donation information to
your sale.
Questions? Please contact Kathleen at 453-2409.
RVCC Logo
Are you passionate about graphic design? Do you care about the RVCC logo?
If so, come to the next RVCC Board Meeting where there will be a motion
concerning a new logo for RVCC (or at least for the sports teams). Come
and hear the motion, the discussion, see the new proposed logo, and let us
hear your thoughts!
June 19 at
7:40
p.m.
at the RVCC
Crosswalks on Osborne
Tom McMahon inquired at the City what would be involved in getting a
second lighted crosswalk on
Osborne Street.
Here is the reply the City sent:
We observed the pedestrian activity across Osborne Street at Baltimore
Road and at Berefords Avenue between
07:00
and
22:00
on May 3, 4 and 5, 2006.
During the busiest 8 hours of pedestrian activity, there were:
- 80 pedestrian crossings at Baltimore Road, 31 of whom were delayed
greater than 10 seconds;
- 125 pedestrian crossings at Berefords Avenue, 62 of whom were delayed
greater than 10 seconds;
- 23 pedestrian crossings mid-block between Baltimore Road and Berefords
Avenue; and
- Of the 226 pedestrian crossings, 3 were elementary school aged children
and 5 were considered senior citizens.
The level of pedestrian activity, delay and classification at Baltimore
Road and at Berefords Avenue is 17% and 31%, respectively, of that which
would normally warrant the installation of a pedestrian corridor. Assuming
that the pedestrians delayed more than 10 seconds would walk to the next
block if a pedestrian corridor were to be installed; the predicted
combined level of crossing activity is 49% of that which would normally
warrant the installation of a pedestrian corridor. Accordingly, the
installation of a pedestrian corridor across Baltimore Road or Berefords
Avenue is unwarranted at this time.
Mr. McMahon’s proposes that 2 pedestrian corridors be located across
Osborne Street between the signalized intersections of Morley Avenue and
Jubilee Avenue, preferably one at Maplewood Avenue and one at Baltimore
Road. This would produce a spacing of 203 m to 243 m between the
pedestrian corridors and/or the signalized crosswalks. The cost of
installation of 2 pedestrian corridors across
Osborne Street
and removal of the pedestrian corridor from Walker Avenue (a distance of
72 m south of
Maplewood Avenue)
is expected to be in the range of $50,000 to $60,000. Since the current
pedestrian activity at
Baltimore Road
and/or in the vicinity of
Baltimore Road
does not warrant a pedestrian corridor installation, this proposal is not
recommended at this time.
Playwright Schur to Give General Strike Walking Tour
Award-winning playwright Danny Schur, composer of Strike! - The Musical,
will reprise his "Mike's Bloody Saturday" General Strike Walking Tour on
Thursday, June 22nd at 7:00 P.M. The 2-hour tour begins at City Hall and
retraces the final steps of Mike Sokolowski, the Ukrainian immigrant
killed on the steps of City Hall on
June
21st, 1919
in the violent culmination of the Winnipeg General Strike. The tour price
is $10 and reservations may be made by e-mail at
dannyschur@hotmail.com, or by calling 227-1167.
Spirit Saturday: Celebrate Aboriginal Culture!
Saturday, June 24 from 12:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Millennium Library
Aboriginal Reading in the Round
Spirit Saturday
is a wonderful afternoon of exciting performances, food and displays for
all ages celebrating and honouring First Nations, Métis and Inuit culture
at the Millennium Library in Aboriginal Reading in the Round.
Hear the wonderful storytelling of elder
Calvin Pompana with the spirited dances of
George Bear. Noted Métis fiddler
Sierra Noble will perform her award-winning music. She
will also accompany the Little
Toe Tappers - frequent guests of celebrations with their
lively square dance work.
Melinda Tautu and
Zeann Manernaluk, Inuit throat singers, will dazzle with
their throat singing.
And we will top it all off in a Round Dance through the library! Events
begin at
12:30
p.m.
with a smudge. All are welcome to attend!
For more information on Spirit
Saturday, phone
Millennium Library Children’s Services at 986-6488 or
Readers Services at 986-4294. |
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