The Anchor Weekly – The Chestermere Lake News

On August 15, 2011, at approximately 10:22pm, the Calgary Police Service requested assistance from Chestermere RCMP Detachment. A shooting had taken place in Calgary and the suspect was being followed by the Calgary Police Service HAWCS helicopter. The suspect attended a residence in Chestermere, where officers from Calgary Police Service, Chestermere RCMP and Strathmore RCMP staged outside. The suspect was taken into custody without incident, and was turned over to Calgary Police. Comedian and singer Andrew Johns is performing this Friday, Aug 19 from 7 to 11 p.m. at Lakeside Golf Club. Call 403-569-9111 ext. 201 to book a reservation. [...]

The regular meeting of Chestermere’s town council met on July 20 at 6 p.m. in Council Chambers at the town’s municipal office. The public portion of the meeting lasted approximately three hours and 55 minutes. All of the councillors and mayor Patricia Matthews were in attendance. 

There were no notable changes to the meeting’s agenda or business arising from the July 4 meeting minutes. 

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 Two people approached council during this portion of the meeting. 

 1.) Chestermere resident Granger Lowe brought his safety concerns over East Chestermere Drive back to council for the second consecutive meeting. Since [...]

• The Anchor Weekly would like to acknowledge SurfSUP owner Kameil Rozumniak for helping rescue a swimmer during the “Tri it Triathalon” on July 17. Rozumniak was on volunteer lifeguard duty when she noticed a struggling swimmer. Using her stand-up paddle board, she moved across the water and pulled the 200-pound man to safety. The SurfSUP will be hosting their first-ever “Paddle Battle Race” at the Water Festival on July 23, starting at 10 a.m. Check out their Facebook page for more information. • Rocky View County recently launched an online survey, which seeks feedback on the County’s website. Visit [...]

The information provided by the Mayor Matthews in her message appears to be very general and brief. I believe that a public forum and/or an open house should be held to inform all residents of the possible ramifications of a dredging project before anyone can make an educated survey vote. By involving all taxpayers from the outset with adequate information will lend more credence to this survey. Chestermere does not own the lake and all responsibilities regarding the governing of the lake should be laid out. Statistics regarding lake usage by residents should be brought forward. The lake is a [...]

CHESTERMERE– After months of being left bare, three flagpoles on top of the Rainbow Falls waterfall will not be repaired and will be cut down instead. Shreds of the original flags were taken down after suffering weather damage. The Town had looked into replacing the flags, however, it was recently determined the ropes were cut and the repair would have to be contracted out because of the special mechanism used to string the rope. An email sent from Town of Chestermere assistant director of public works Donna McCallum to resident Kal Macdonald on July 7 confirms the flagpoles will be [...]

CHESTERMERE – Councillor Heather Davies announced her intention to run for the Wildrose Alliance nomination on March 7, saying it is her intention to advance the grass roots concerns for healthcare and the educational needs of Chestermere Rocky View residents at the provincial level. With colleagues and many residents of Chestermere backing her, Davies said she is looking forward to the experience because it is an interesting time to be living here. “It’s an exciting time for the area; We have a new riding, so it will be very interesting representing residents from the complete riding,” she said. Davies has [...]

The final junior curling bonspiel of the season is fast approaching on March 27, and Forth, who teaches the juniors in Chestermere, said that this was the most popular year for youth curling yet. “I taught more kids this year than I ever have,” she said. “Probably thanks to John Morris and the Olympics last year. “I started with 65, and a few dropped off because of things like soccer and hockey that interfered, and ended up with 55 total.” Forth said she had 50 kids in her program last season, the youngest players being just seven years old, and [...]

Final tournament for 2010/2011 curling season wrapped up this month By Ashton Faulkner CHESTERMERE – The Chestermere Ladies Open closed out a season of successful bonspiels for the all of the rinks out of Chestermere. Although the season doesn’t end until the end of this month, the ladies tournament was the last official bonspiel. “We started off the curling season by holding our Chestermere Mens Open bonspiel in November instead of the regular February schedule,” said Marla Forth, a longtime member of the Chestermere Curling Club. “The idea was very well received and we are sure that as word catches [...]