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Annual General Meeting
Join us on October 25th, from 7 - 8pm on Zoom (unless provincial guidelines change) as we review our board, financials, and look to the future of our Community League.
All are welcome, voting on motions is reserved for members though! More details to come for registration.
Click to register for Zoom meeting.
Big Bin Event
Visit our Big Bin Event for your opportunity to dispose of household items that are too large for regular collection - at no charge!
Drop offs at the Community League Building can be made between 1 and 6pm on Saturday, Oct.. 2 and Sunday Oct. 3.
We cannot accept the following items. These should be taken to an City of Edmonton EcoStation:
- commercial waste
- hazardous waste materials
- tires
- paint cans or any other combustible materials placed in the bin ( gas cans, propane tanks )
- Fridges or freezers not drained of Freon
Recyclable items such as appliances, scrap metal, computers and electronics should be taken to a City of Edmonton EcoStation for recycling.
Last Bark in the Park
On September 26, 2021, bring your dogs out at 9am to enjoy some coffee and time for the dogs to play in the rink before it closes at the end of the month.
We would love to hear your feedback on the Dog Rink Pilot Project as well so we can plan for an even better off leash area for 2022.
Tennis Courts Now Open
The tennis courts are now open for use during daylight hours. Enter by the basketball court's gate. The following Alberta Health recommendations for Outdoor Fitness, Sport & Recreation Activities must be followed:
- Outdoor team sports and group activities where 2 metres of physical distancing cannot be maintained between members of different households at all times are prohibited.
- Outdoor group physical activity must be limited to 10 people or less.
- Alberta Health recommends keeping the activities to members of the same household.
- Members of different households must maintain 2 meters of physical distancing at all times.
- More than 10 people may use an outdoor recreation amenity at the same time (for example, park) as long as physical distancing is maintained between households.
- A person attending an outdoor League amenity for the purposes of observing (for example: a parent watching their child play soccer) must maintain a minimum physical distance of 2 metres from any other spectators outside of their household.
Jim Andreakos: Devoted to Sports and Community
In February, West Jasper Place and Sherwood communities lost a dedicated supporter of sports and our communities. Jim Andreakos, often known as "the soccer guy" passed away after a battle with a debilitating illness.
His wife, Sandy, related that Jim began his service in 1978 when their two sons were ready to play soccer, and he was told that he would have to coach the team if that were to happen. At that time the outdoor soccer season was longer, with registration in March. Soccer started when the snow disappeared from the fields and continued until the end of June. It resumed in September until it was too dark to play on the unlit sports fields. Within a year [1979] Jim was processing all the soccer registrations for the Edmonton West Zone community teams. All the paperwork and applications had to be checked and verified. The teams were put together, balancing communities that had too few players with ones that had too many. Without computers, the dining room table was kept full of papers and team rosters. Jim also registered hockey players for the community teams until 1982. He had to step away from the registrar activities in 2018 as his health declined. It is difficult to comprehend the hours and days that he would have put in to this passion for children and sports over those 39 years.
On top of the registrar duties, Jim continued to coach the West Jasper/Sherwood soccer teams until 1997, when his son aged out of the league. He coached both indoor and outdoor soccer over those 19 years. Sandy recalls that he also volunteered as a field marshal for soccer and would even spend Father's Day on the soccer field.
Jim was also passionate about our communities. As the Sports Director for the community league, he was involved on the community league Board. In 2001 he stepped up to take on the West Jasper Sherwood Community League President's position, which he held for the next 15 years, until 2016. In 2005, Jim was honored to have Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan participate in the rededication of new playground equipment for our community league. He continued on the community league Board until 2017.
