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News & Events Archive (2009 and Prior)
December 2009 Events in Kerrisdale Decoration Day Free Horse & Carriage Rides Santa & His Elves Christmas Quartets Free Village Skating
New Kerrisdale Idol Wins in First Public Performance! The fifth annual Kerrisdale Idol Contest was booked up by 8 am the morning of the event on August 29th, 2009. Contenders for the $1000 first prize provided a stunning range of entertainment for hundreds of viewers in the audience. The Judges, all involved in the entertainment business, included MC Eric Hogan, Tara Hungerford, Erin Shaw and Paul Ruskay.
What Performers Are Where - Kerrisdale Days 2009!
KBA Annual General Meeting 2009
Pooch Poetry Praises Pets Well here I am, I’m a Jack Russell cross, Flew down to the city feeling down on my luck, My big sista emma is a furry maltipoo, Now I’m four years old, I’m young and I’m strong, I lick everybody, and I love a nice meal, Sometimes it’s true I give my parents grief, My tail goes up when I’m having lots of fun, I can climb up a mountain and bound through the snow,
Kerrisdale Village’s Carnival Days Friday is the first event day with free balloons available at many Kerrisdale businesses (see the roster for locations). The popular Soul Survivors steel band, will set-up shop outside of the RBC building along with a new face painter this year. And if balloon animals are your passion look for Bell E. Buttons roving throughout the village along with Filletta Fish whose juggling skills have brought a smile to Kerrisdale patrons for many a season. Saturday is the big event day when at 10 am the Kerrisdale Business Association kicks off things with its annual community parade. Marching bands, antique cars, pipe bands, mascots, service and athletic clubs and even a “pets on parade” contingent, join in with the area’s Little League teams to kick off baseball season at Elm Park. Be sure to line up early along West 41st Avenue between Maple and Larch Streets to get a good view of the parade which starts at 10 am on Saturday April 25th. Back this year is a creative writing event, Pooch Poetry! Read an original poem or song about your canine cutie and win the top prize – designation as Kerrisdale’s Top Dog - along with other doggie treats. Dogs must accompany readers on a leash. Sign up at 12 noon at North Yew Street and West 41st Avenue. Recitations will start at 12:30 pm. Kerrisdale’s Top Dog will be featured in next year’s Parade. Kerrisdale Arena will be partnering with the Kerrisdale Business Association this year to host a free Active Adventure Day from 11 am- 2pm at Cyclone Taylor Kerrisdale Arena’s Play Palace geared for the 6-12 year old set and featuring sports, games, stilt-walking, a rock climbing wall and the regular play palace equipment of an obstacle course and slide. What Performers Are Where Carnival Days 2009! Most events are located along West 41st between Larch and Maple Streets, On West Boulevard and Yew Street.
Snow Removal in the Kerrisdale Business District
Benton Brothers Take First Prize
In Kerrisdale Window Contest
Seen above is KBA President Leo Franken presenting the brothers Benton with an all expenses paid stay at The Fairmont Chateau Whistler. The KBA thanks BCAA’s Nina Grimshaw and the Fairmont Chateau Whistler for their generous contributions to the contest. The next, best two windows that impressed the judges were the ones at Hobbs gift store, owned by Brent Beattie and Thomas Hobbs, featuring winter wonderland owls and Lilikiks spotlighting 1950s records masquerading as decorations in non-traditional holiday colours of tangerine and fuchsia . All three of the businesses cited for their lovely and or edgy windows are owner operated and can only be found in Kerrisdale Village!
The Village of Kerrisdale Christmas Entertainment 2008 Free Horse & Carriage Rides Santa & His Elves Christmas Quartets Free Village Skating
Kerrisdale Idol Contest 2008
Kerrisdale Days
Celebrates its Birthday & Kerrisdale Idol! Bands, entertainers and balloons will be on tap from August 21st thru 23rd but the real action is planned for Saturday, August 23rd. Top of the list on the Saturday is the fourth annual Kerrisdale Idol Contest when anyone of any age can sign up to strut their stuff on stage in hopes of being this year’s big winner where the top prize is $1000. Enthusiastic singers should arrive early for the 8:30 am sign-up session on Saturday when the first 30 Idol candidates will get their audition times starting at 11 am later that morning. The Kerrisdale Idol judges are back with some exciting announcements of their own so don’t miss this fabulously entertaining afternoon. The popular and free AAA Horse & Carriage rides will be on tap Saturday along with bands, face painters, clowns, the Merry-Go-Swing and jugglers roving throughout Kerrisdale Village. Drop by south Yew Street and West 41st Avenue for a ride down Provident Security’s Giant Slide. And don’t miss all the events at the Kerrisdale Arena where the Kerrisdale Community Centre staff have planned a ton of free fun! And if its balloons you’re after they will be given away free at Hill’s, Provident Security, RBC, CIBC, TD Canada Trust, Purdy’s, BMO. Freedman Shoes, Scotiabank. Also look for specially sponsored entertainers at Buchans Stationery Store and Sherwin Williams Paint Store on Saturday. Keeping with a longstanding tradition, free birthday cake will be sliced and diced Saturday afternoon at 3 pm at N.Yew Street and West 41st. Make plans to spend the afternoon in Kerrisdale where there is something for everyone!
Concerts Under the Clock 2008 Please click image below to view a larger version.
Poodle Picked for Poetry Kerrisdale's second annual pooch Poetry Contest was won by local resident Katherine Schultz with her delightful, original verse about her Standard Poodle, "Dulcie". Top prize was the coveted Kerrisdale "Top Dog" collar for 2008 and a doggy food canister filled with a wide selection of canine treasures sponsored by the Kerrisdale Business Association and Fetch, a Kerrisdale Village store catering to dogs. Read the winning poem below! Now Kerrisdale dogs are the pick of the pack She meets with her friends on a Saturday morn How they may go to Starbucks for a specialty latte They all do their banking at Kerrisdale banks Other districts may boast of their canine population
What Performers Are Where - Carnival Days 2008!
Pooch Poetry Contest - April 26, 2008
Easter on Ice 2008 Event
Hobbs Wins Kerrisdale Holiday Window Contest
Kerrisdale Business Association President Leo Franken seen here is flanked by the owners of Hobbs - Tom Hobbs (left) and Brent Beattie (right). The stylishly decorated Hobbs window won the 2nd Annual KBA Holiday Window contest which was selected by Kerrisdale Idol judges Tara Hungerford and Eric Hogan, both with extensive backgrounds in set design, video & film production and marketing. President Franken presented the winners with a prize package courtesy the Fairmont Chateau Whistler (featuring one night free accommodation with meals included), BCAA Kerrisdale Branch (who assembled all the prizes), the Kerrisdale Business Association and AAA Horse & Carriage. When asked about his window design, Beattie shared his winning philosophy. "Decorating the window inside, mixing eclectic pieces with classic ones, is a great start. But equally important is extending the decoration to "outside" the window with lights and greenery. It doesn't take much to impart the spirit of the holidays and it's always good for business." Second runner up this year was the beautiful Hill's of Kerrisdale window and next in line came Sweet e's, last year's window winner. Kerrisdale is a great place to window shop, especially in the evening, during the holidays with its bedecked swags and curling LED lights decorating every lamp post. Congratulations to all KBA members who helped make Kerrisdale one of the most seasonally beautiful shopping areas in Vancouver.
The Village of Kerrisdale
Christmas Entertainment Decoration Day Join kerrisdale merchants as they select seasonal greens to decorate their stores for the holidays from an elegant selection of wreaths, swags, berried-branches, trees and more. All proceeds to benefit a loving spoonful- a non-profit organization helping people with aids/hiv fight hunger. Free Horse & Carriage Rides Grab the children and the grandparents and transport them back in time to a courier & ives christmas card. The gentle giants embodied in aaa horse & carriage's shire horses, bedecked in bells and red velvet ribbons, remind us of christmases of a century ago while we take a slow trot past the beautiful holiday windows throughout the village. Rides will start under the clock! Santa & His Elves Our very own santa has made special arrangements to visit kerrisdale every weekend right up to december 23rd when he must ready himself for his magical global journey. Santa and company will be giving their black boots a workout on the streets of the village where he will visit every shop many times over giving out free, individually wrapped european chocolate mini santas to delight the sweet tooth in us all. Christmas Quartets Christmas quartets - some people ask why our roving singers just don't stay put under a tent. Well, the answer is that our Christmas quartets hit every area of the villag, nipping in here and there to escape mother nature's sometimes withering weather. The singers, two individual groups, will rekindle the holiday spirit in every kerrisdale shopper! Free Village Skating The kba's gliding on ice event at the Kerrisdale arena on december 23th from 4 - 6 pm. Free skating and skate rentals, live christmas music performed on the ice and free refreshments while they last! There will be a surprise visit by santa and fun for all. Even if you don't skate, drop by, and sit in the stands while children and adults glide around the arena. You will be transported!
Constable Ray Gardner is Citizen of the Year!
The highlight of this year's Annual General Meeting for the Kerrisdale Business Association was the presentation of the Citizen of The Year Plaque. For the first time in their long history the KBA went outside of their association to honour the Kerrisdale Community Policeman in the area, Constable Ray Gardner. KBA Beautification Committee Chair Brent Beattie told the audience that Ray Gardner exemplified all the best of what the Vancouver Police Department represents. He went on to cite the many issues that Constable Gardner has helped resolve during his short time on the beat in the Village of Kerrisdale. "Too often we only hear about the police in negative connotations and that's just not a true representation of the facts. Ray in particular and the VPD in general, do an outstanding job and it's our pleasure to tell him tonight how much we appreciate his dedication to the work", Beattie went on to say before presenting Constable Gardner with a special plaque.
Third Time Lucky for Kerrisdale's New Idol
Andrew Conroy reigned supreme this year on his third try for the annual $1,000 Kerrisdale Idol prize. An accomplished guitarist, Andrew writes much of his own material which paid off big time this year. The competition was stiff with over 30 contestants offering singing skills from opera to rock to folk music. Every age was represented with many singers traveling to Kerrisdale Village from the far reaches of the Lower Mainland. Over three hundred people took in the varied performances with thunderous applause for each and every entrant. A wonderful day in one of Vancouver's greatest neighbourhoods!
What Performers Are Where Most events are located along West 41st between Larch and Maple Streets, On West Boulevard and Yew Street.
Kerrisdale Idol Contest Highlights Village’s Birthday!
The popular and free AAA Horse & Carriage rides will be on tap along with bands, face painters, clowns, the Merry-Go-Swing and jugglers roving throughout Kerrisdale Village. Drop by south Yew Street and West 41st Avenue for a ride down Provident Security’s Giant Slide located beside the Community policing Booth and London Drug’s Child Safe ID Program. New this year to the same area will be Papa John’s Pizza by the slice stand! And if it’s balloons your after they will be given away free at Hill’s, Provident Security, Papa John’s Pizza, BCAA, RBC, Kerrisdale Cruise Ship Centre, CIBC, TC Canada Trust and Purdy’s. Keeping with a longstanding tradition, free birthday cake will be sliced and diced Saturday afternoon at 3 pm at N. Yew Street and West 41st. Make plans to spend the afternoon in Kerrisdale where there is something for everyone!
Kerrisdale Idol Contest is Coming!
Concerts Under the Clock - Take a break from shopping, grab a cold drink and a bite to eat from any one of the numerous cafes and coffee shops in Kerrisdale Village, and sit back and enjoy the music. There's quite simply nothing like a beautiful, lazy summer afternoon in one of Vancouver's most charming neighbourhoods!
Kerrisdale’s Carnival Days A Success!
Longtime Kerrisdale resident Alexia and her affable Labradoodle Fonzie took first prize. Fonzie received a beautiful leather collar emblazoned with the words Kerrisdale's Top Dog 2007 along with a huge basket full of doggy treasures. Even Mayor Sam Sullivan stopped by for the festivities and to congratulate Kerrisdale's Top Dog! Just another wonderful day in one of Vancouver's most charming neighbourhoods.
Kerrisdale’s Carnival Days Community Parade
Pooch Poetry – Be Kerrisdale's Top Dog!
Sign Up - 12 noon at North Yew Street & West 41st. First 30 to sign up receive a timed entry slot. Recitations start at 12:30. Dogs Must Accompany Readers (on leash). Win the exclusive Kerrisdale Top Dog Collar along with special treats from Fetch - A Dog's Dog Store and other Kerrisdale shops. Kerrisdale's Top Dog will be featured in next year's annual parade and at all special village events in 2007!
Kerrisdale's Sweet e's Wins Christmas Window Contest! Sweet e's, Kerrisdale's charming confection shop located at 2032 West 41st Avenue, has won the BIA's contest for best holiday window display. The Kerrisdale Business Association (KBA) invited member businesses and shops to create evocative, colourful and bright window displays this year as part of a district wide contest. Sweet e's added colour, lights and even animation to their diminutive window creating a charming scene, especially for evening strollers.
On December 13th Kerrisdale Business Association President Ross Hill presented Sweet e's owners with the Window Contest Prize which was two nights free accommodation at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler along with a great package of extras, all put together by Kerrisdale's BCAA store. Congratulations to all KBA members who helped make Kerrisdale one of the most seasonally beautiful shoppping areas in Vancouver.
Celebrate the Season of Seasons in Kerrisdale!
Now the season of seasons nears and your business association has a great line-up of free events for Kerrisdale patrons, neighbours and visitors alike. Click on the poster art to check out the holiday highlights!
Nurse Next Door Awarded the 2006 Ernst and Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Known as the "Academy Awards(r)" of Canadian business, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards recognize the best and brightest business leaders in Canada. Past winners have included former Chancellor of Simon Fraser University and current Chairman of Nurse Next Door, Milton Wong, Chairman and CEO of London Drugs and current SFU Chancellor, Brandt Louie, and Chairman of MDS Metro Laboratory Services, Don Rix. "We are extremely honoured to have been presented with this prestigious award," says Nurse Next Door Co-Founder, John DeHart. "We have surrounded ourselves with a great team of caregivers and staff and this has resulted in our success." The two entrepreneurs have received mentorship and praise from the industry's best. "I am extremely proud to be a part of an organization that provides our senior community with the opportunity to live with independence and fulfillment," says Milton Wong, Nurse Next Door's Chairman. "It will be exciting to help John and Ken grow the organization to a nationally recognized brand." Ken and John have grown Nurse Next Door from an idea at a coffee shop to one of the largest home healthcare companies in the province in only 5 years. "With home healthcare being one of the fastest growing industries in Canada, we have had great success here in the Lower Mainland," says Nurse Next Door's other Co-Founder, Ken Sim. "We are excited to bring our presence and expertise to the rest of BC. We have identified Kelowna, Duncan/Nanaimo, Victoria and Kamloops as our first focuses for franchise partners and are currently looking for passionate and caring business minds to lead the way in these communities. We receive weekly calls from people in these areas looking for our services and are confident the right business people can bring these services to the clients that need them." About Nurse Next Door For more information visit www.nursenextdoor.ca
Kerrisdale's Citizen of the Year 2006
Also present at the AGM was the Honourable Colin Hansen, Minister of Economic Development, who was the keynote speaker. Mr. Hansen was very pleased to congratulate Abe Jampolsky for this special achievement bestowed by his business peers.
The smash hit of the KBA's annual Kerrisdale Days event the last weekend in August has to be the Kerrisdale Idol contest. In all over 30 performers signed up bright and early the Saturday morning of the event to get their audition times for alter in the day. The variety of material with all ages being represented made it the best entertainment possible with literally hundreds of people watching the showcase. In the end six finalists were selected and gave excellent encores to thundering applause. Top prize winner was 15 year old Burnaby resident Saya Goshinmon (see photo) who took home a cheque from the Kerrisdale Business Association for $1000. Next year's Kerrisdale Idol Contest is set for Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Kerrisdale Days is Almost Here!
Free horse & carriage rides, clowning, face painting, children’s amusement rides, inflatable slides and live music will bring the streets to life, especially on Saturday, August 26th when we pray for sunny skies pull out all the stops.
Kerrisdale Idol - It's Back! Last year’s performers were stupendous and most of us could not remember a better time or better way to pay homage to the end of summer. Ads describing the free competition will run in the Courier newspaper for three weeks leading up to the big day when early risers can sign up on site to be heard later that day under a big white tent for all passersby to hear. The top three winners will receive a cash prize and publicity in the next Village Voice newsletter.
Kerrisdale Business Association Supports Ross Hill presents a cheque yesterday for $10,000, on behalf of the KBA, toward Point Grey Secondary School's new running track. The KBA is the largest single donor to the School's new track!
Kerrisdale Business Association Supports It was announced yesterday that the Kerrisdale Business Association Board of Director's approved a donation of $10,000, from their legacy fund, toward a proposed new rubberized running track at Point Grey Secondary School. Association President Ross Hill spoke on behalf of the KBA when he said, "This donation will be good for the community of Kerrisdale and the young people from all over Vancouver who come here to participate in a variety of sports. Our youth are our future, and this new field's rubberized track will be a first for the city. It's just another way to encourage active living for all users, many who call Kerrisdale home". Mr. Hill went on to say that the precurser to the KBA, the Kerrisdale Commercial Associaiton, had left a substantial legacy fund when it disbanded for worthy community capital improvements. He reminded KBA Board Members that Kerrisdale is fortunate to have a cluster of excellent neighbourhood facilities within its boundaries including elementary and secondary schools, an arena, community centre, seniors' centre, indoor pool and library. "In the final analysis", Mr. Hill smiled, "all these facilities make Kerrisdale Village a great shopping destination." The Kerrisdale Business Association's mandate is to foster good will in the community, promote the business area, contribute towards a safe, well-planned attractive and friendly environment and to increase the public awareness of Kerrisdale.
On Thursday, May 25th, Provident was featured in the business section of the Vancouver Sun by Malcolm Parry. (click image to view the full size PDF file) The column gave a quick overview of how Provident was started, how the company purchased Vytaltek Security as well as its five minute alarm response guarantee.
Kerrisdale’s Carnival Days Community Parade
On Friday, sidewalk sales throughout the Kerrisdale Business District, between Maple and Larch Streets along West 41st Avenue and from 39th to 42nd Avenues along West Boulevard, will reign supreme with post season bargains and reduced price gifts just waiting to be snapped up giving smart shoppers the jump on the best deals in town. Also on tap will be roving entertainers and music makers. Saturday’s event will kick off with the best little community parade in Vancouver at 10 am featuring the Westside’s Little League teams, Pets On Parade, antique cars, marching bands and a plethora of community groups and recreational teams. A giant inflatable slide sponsored by Provident Security will be perfect for children bent on sliding out of the arms of school and into the promise of summer. Back for its biannual gig will be the popular Merry-Go-Swing offering free rides to cool-off the younger set. Join in the Barn Dance! And what would any Carnival Days be without free horse & carriage rides (located right by the clock) from 11 am - 4pm and our great Hot Dog stand where all-beef wieners can be bought with all funds going to Kerrisdale’s beautification program. All this and a bevy of bands, free balloons, magicians and face painters make a grand start to spring, a Vancouver tradition not to be missed and hugely enjoyed by all who participate. |
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Write a poem or song about your dog
and recite it to your canine cutey
during the Kerrisdale Carnival Days Event
Saturday, April 28th.
The KBA's Beautification Chair, Brent Beattie (Hobbs) judged the contest and said, "Sweet e's employed all the right touches: colour, light, creativity and animation. So even though this is a relatively small window, it has a big impact. We hope other Kerrisdale businesses will be inspired by this effort as it contributes so positively to the ambience of the shopping area."
Nurse Next Door is proud to announce that co-founders Ken Sim and John
DeHart have been awarded the 2006 Ernst and Young Emerging Entrepreneur
of the Year Award for their tireless efforts in building their home
healthcare company into one of BC's most recognizable homecare service
providers. 
The Kerrisdale Business Association (KBA) honoured long-time businessman and property owner Abe Jampolsky at its Annual General Meeting convened on September 13th at the Arbutus Club. KBA President Ross Hill reviewed Mr. Jampolsky's long and distinguished career which has spanned over 50 years in the Village of Kerrisdale where his family run clothing store, Finn's, has been a popular landmark. Mr. Jampolsky, who will be retiring from business this year with the store scheduled to close at the end of January 2007, made an emotional but upbeat speech to his fellow shop keepers, businesses and merchants that recalled the life-long pleasure he experienced in his day-to-day work. The scents and seasons combined with the pleasure of serving his customers clearly contributed to a job well done.
