The Anchor Weekly – The Chestermere Lake News

The holidays are definitely one of the most wonderful times of the year. For me, it means spending an unconditional amount of time with my family. This year Christmas was a very busy event. Lots of scrambling to finish wrapping presents, decorating, baking delicious holiday treats, extravagant eve and day dinners with amazing food, endless laughter and many memories. Christmas when I was younger used to be all about the presents, but this year it was more about the time I got to spend with my family. I guess it has something to do with the whole maturing and growing [...]

I’m sure you know by now the good news that Kisa (lost cat from Lakeside Greens) has been found by her elated owner, Lucille Shuhyta (my sister-in-law). Kisa went missing on the morning of December 9th and was found by her owner on December 28th at Chestermere Landing. Many posters have been distributed around Chestermere by concerned family, friends and even strangers who joined in on the search. Something like this really pulls a community together. The Anchor newspaper posted a lost ad and photos to aid in the search, school kids took posters home to show their parents, and [...]

I am glad that someone was reading my letter in the Anchor, and actually responded to it, because my purpose in writing the letter is for the residents to discuss this issue more, just like the letters that people, such as me, wrote in the Anchor about the lake dredging issue. I have not lived here as long as Mr. Graham, but we must all be aware that the demographics and population in Chestermere has changed tremendously in the last 20 years. I have lived here for only 11 years, but for safety reasons, I wear a highly reflective jacket, [...]

This is my favourite time of the year. Christmas and New Year’s are just around the bend and everyone’s spirits seem to rise just a little higher. Whether it’s sharing a cup of hot chocolate at the bonfire on the Lake, attending the different events at the Recreation Centre, bidding at Christmas with Dignity auctions, decorating gingerbread houses, seeing neighbourhoods lit up in every colour imaginable or hearing a child’s plans (or a happy lack of them) for the school holidays- all of these things and more contribute to the sense of festivity in Town. What makes me the most [...]

I have lived in Chestermere for 6 months, in that time I have been working hard at trying to find the places of community. This weekend was a great weekend for it. First of all I had a neighbor offer my wife and I stuff for our new child we are adopting. My daughters had a great weekend in the care of some awesome Brownie leaders who are teaching them about putting others first. Lastly a few minutes ago in what looks like will be the craziest wind storm of the year, I had a neighbor from over a block [...]

I would like to respond to Mr Lee’s article on the lack of street lights on East Chestermere Dr. I lived on this street for 20 yrs. and the issue came up on many occasions as to why we have no street lights or sidewalks. First, people didn’t want them, secondly, the cost to put in infrastructure is very high, Mr Lee should do a little homework on infrastructure costs, before making statements that “so it wouldn’t have cost much more to put in street lights”. People move out of the city for a variety of reasons, and I find [...]

I saw the signs on the Paradice road and Highway #1 regarding the plan for its closure. That is just bad idea. Now some people take Paradice and some people take Highway 1 exit(Proper Exit) and traffic is diversified. If they decide to close Paradice road all the traffic is diverted to main exit , which is going to be a big mess as 17th Ave is mess already with Stony Trail construction. More of us should go to the open house and oppose the idea of Closure of Paradice road. The open House is on November 29th at 6:00 [...]

I am a Chestermere resident and would like to share my opinion on the Paradise Rd and Hwy 1 intersection proposed change. This intersection, the way it is provides great short cut access to Chestermemre. When going to Calgary using Hwy 1, it saves about 5 minutes and few Kilometers of commute. Many of my friends from all over Chestermere use this road and save lots time and fuel by doing so. This intersection also provides an alternative to other routes and another valuable access to Chestermemre. The concern on Safety is also valid and we need to do something [...]

It’s nice to see the curbs put in, and the widening of most parts of the road on East Chestermere Drive, but unfortunately, the street lights and bike paths were not completed. There are street lights at the end of East Chestermere Drive where the new houses are going up,before Camp Chestermere and on East Kinniburgh, and the roads were already excavated, so it wouldn’t have cost that much more to put street lights on. When pedestrians walk their dog, or bicyclists are riding at night, the danger is doubly increased with the lack of a bike path, and with [...]

The Chestermere Whitecappers Life Begins at 50 Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank a number of people who made our Expo on September 24 a huge success. It was a great honour to have the Chestermere Whitecappers Association’s first President, Jack Shaw and his wife, Goldie attend the Expo. There were also a number of past presidents and board members in attendance who continue to work very hard within the Whitecappers Association. Special thanks go out to the countless volunteers who over the past year took an idea and helped nurture it to fruition. The five members [...]