Now that the school is being torn down you can see Racist words painted inside the school on its interior walls.
Not only are they very hurtful, they have no place in our society.
I have asked Councilor Duval to look into this matter, I hope we can get them painted over until the building is entirely demolished.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Ryckman School is Coming Down
Well unless you have not been outside lately, you may have noticed that the old Ryckman school is now being torn down.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Spring has Sprung in Allison Park
Wow, have you seen the forecast for this week!!!
We are supposed to hit 50 degrees in a couple of days:)
There will be major flooding for sure, my bets are the entrance to the Cemetary on Rymal, and Upper Wellington and Dicenzo( as usual..)
The birds are out looking for food, and daylight savings time even came early this year:)
You didnt forget did you...
We are supposed to hit 50 degrees in a couple of days:)
There will be major flooding for sure, my bets are the entrance to the Cemetary on Rymal, and Upper Wellington and Dicenzo( as usual..)
The birds are out looking for food, and daylight savings time even came early this year:)
You didnt forget did you...
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Funding Approved for Sun Shelter in Allison Park
Great news everyone!
I just got a phone call from Councilor Scott Duvall and he informed me that the funding has been approved for our Sun Shelter in Allison Park!!
This will now give us a place to hold our events under a roof!
We can also now go ahead with plans for a " Soupie", and use the shelter as a central gathering place for all our events.
The funding package is $ 230,000.00, and will consist of 2 paths into our park, the shelter, tables, and more shade trees.
This is great news, I cant wait till its built!
The schedule for completion is late this year.
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I just got a phone call from Councilor Scott Duvall and he informed me that the funding has been approved for our Sun Shelter in Allison Park!!
This will now give us a place to hold our events under a roof!
We can also now go ahead with plans for a " Soupie", and use the shelter as a central gathering place for all our events.
The funding package is $ 230,000.00, and will consist of 2 paths into our park, the shelter, tables, and more shade trees.
This is great news, I cant wait till its built!
The schedule for completion is late this year.
Want to visit the best little community in Hamilton?
See us at The best community in Hamilton!
Saturday, March 3, 2007
Allison Park Christmas House Decorating Contest
I just wanted to take this moment to thank everybody whom participated in my annual Christmas light decorating contest, each year it gets bigger and bigger, and also harder to judge.
This year we had some new first time winners.
Jacqueline Blvd has layed down the challenge, with a 100% sweep of all 5 prizes this year. Statiscally it is easier being the longest street and all.
But, the street with almost 100% participation was Sedona Court, I think every house had some sort of display, well done Sedona!
The judges had a very hard time picking this year, and actually we split it up to about 7 people this year.
After the results where in the judges where almost unanimous in the results. One judge said they did 20 laps in their car circling the neighbourhood!
Many visitors also commented on the displays and how our neighbourhood " rocks".
I was just thinking the other day on how far we have come with this contest, when I started it, we looked like just any other neighbourhood, now people are really getting into it, and our neighbourhood is starting to look like we will get noticed on TV soon!
I even got into it this year, ( maybe to much..?) I bought 4 of those inflatible things from Canadian Tire, and went to town on them. ( I disqualified myself:(.....)
They where nice to look at, but they are not built for our tough Canadian Climate or our winter winds!
To see pictures or visit our website please see our website at The best little neighbourhood in Hamilton
This year we had some new first time winners.
Jacqueline Blvd has layed down the challenge, with a 100% sweep of all 5 prizes this year. Statiscally it is easier being the longest street and all.
But, the street with almost 100% participation was Sedona Court, I think every house had some sort of display, well done Sedona!
The judges had a very hard time picking this year, and actually we split it up to about 7 people this year.
After the results where in the judges where almost unanimous in the results. One judge said they did 20 laps in their car circling the neighbourhood!
Many visitors also commented on the displays and how our neighbourhood " rocks".
I was just thinking the other day on how far we have come with this contest, when I started it, we looked like just any other neighbourhood, now people are really getting into it, and our neighbourhood is starting to look like we will get noticed on TV soon!
I even got into it this year, ( maybe to much..?) I bought 4 of those inflatible things from Canadian Tire, and went to town on them. ( I disqualified myself:(.....)
They where nice to look at, but they are not built for our tough Canadian Climate or our winter winds!
To see pictures or visit our website please see our website at The best little neighbourhood in Hamilton
Christmas Pictures and Contest Winners
In the coming weeks the pictures from our last Christmas party will be posted, along with the winners of my annual house decorating contest.
The Christmas party was an incredible success, I never counted the people, but we had a minimum of 200 out.
The staff of Par-t-perfect was excellent once again, they dressed up as elves, manned the chuggy choo-choo ride, painted faces, ran the games, a great time for everyone.
The children especially enjoyed the reindeer stuffing, which was a new thing this year.
Actually everything was new this year, I hired the same company that I had for my Halloween event, and once again they did a splendid job.
The Ladies auxillary of the Legion 163 cooked 200 hot dogs, denise from DC Cakes made a great cake again, and Kathleen's girls Kiersten and Jessica pitched in along with Holly and a few other neighbourhood kids, sorry but I dont know your names! But thanks for all your hard work!
Without the volunteers these events could not happen!
I also want to thank the parents who brought in food and deserts, my wife told me somebody brought in a few large pizzas also, along with the great recipes, the pot luck was an enormous hit!
Thanks again to all the parents whom brought in food, I was so busy I did not have a chance to thank everyone personally, but trust me it does not go unnoticed!
This event was the biggest Childrens Christmas party yet and the second one I have done. Two years back to back and both a great success, so that means next year we will do it again!
It was a hit and miss with the date so close to Christmas Dec 23rd if you remember, but based on the turnout, that date must not have conflicted with many schedules. So, maybe in the future we will have it on a close date again to Christmas.
Oh, Santa did show up, and handed out presents to all the children.
If you did not see the pictures yet, we have the girls wrapping the presents, see our website at
Allison Park
Well thats all for now.
The Christmas party was an incredible success, I never counted the people, but we had a minimum of 200 out.
The staff of Par-t-perfect was excellent once again, they dressed up as elves, manned the chuggy choo-choo ride, painted faces, ran the games, a great time for everyone.
The children especially enjoyed the reindeer stuffing, which was a new thing this year.
Actually everything was new this year, I hired the same company that I had for my Halloween event, and once again they did a splendid job.
The Ladies auxillary of the Legion 163 cooked 200 hot dogs, denise from DC Cakes made a great cake again, and Kathleen's girls Kiersten and Jessica pitched in along with Holly and a few other neighbourhood kids, sorry but I dont know your names! But thanks for all your hard work!
Without the volunteers these events could not happen!
I also want to thank the parents who brought in food and deserts, my wife told me somebody brought in a few large pizzas also, along with the great recipes, the pot luck was an enormous hit!
Thanks again to all the parents whom brought in food, I was so busy I did not have a chance to thank everyone personally, but trust me it does not go unnoticed!
This event was the biggest Childrens Christmas party yet and the second one I have done. Two years back to back and both a great success, so that means next year we will do it again!
It was a hit and miss with the date so close to Christmas Dec 23rd if you remember, but based on the turnout, that date must not have conflicted with many schedules. So, maybe in the future we will have it on a close date again to Christmas.
Oh, Santa did show up, and handed out presents to all the children.
If you did not see the pictures yet, we have the girls wrapping the presents, see our website at
Allison Park
Well thats all for now.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Our New Blog
Greetings everybody!
This is our new blog, a very quick and easy way to update everybody on neighbourhood activities and happenings in our great community!
This is our new blog, a very quick and easy way to update everybody on neighbourhood activities and happenings in our great community!
Welcome to our first entry
Welcome to the first entry for the Allison Park community blog! Please visit often as we update with community news and other fun stuff!
The Allison Park Web Team
The Allison Park Web Team
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