1/2 of Room 5 checking out Council Chamber.
3 Levels of Government
Pretty quiet on Monday before the arena debate.
Mrs. Linda Hut, City Hall School Co-ordinator. MASTER Teacher and leader of the week.
Mr. L's group on Monday.
Behind the scenes in the "Bunker Room" where councillors gather. Lots of discussion happens here, much like a staff room.
In the Mayor's Office.
Mrs. Hut teaching the students about the Mayor's symbolic thingamajig that I can't remember what it's called.
In front of Office of the Councillors.
Our City Councillors.
Kind of a neat view from the 2nd floor of the City Room.
Some interesting art that depicts the history of Edmonton from top left to bottom right. Can you figure them all out?
Reading the cover story and picture of Justin Beiber kissing Selena Gomez at the Winnipeg Jets game.
Our lunch stop on Monday at the Citadel atrium. Beautiful place to eat lunch downtown!
One of Fire Station 1's firefighters explaining how the pump truck works.
The pink rescue truck is home to all sorts of neat tools like the 46000 psi "jaws of life".
A quiet moment for "R.O.W.S" on the mezzanine of the City Room.
Architect Gene Dub created a one-of-a-kind City Hall. The space and air of the room is like nothing anywhere else in the city.
On the bus with our buds from Rm. 9.
Bylaw Peace Officers Devin and Grant back at the 2004 Room (our headquarters for the week).
The "Super Courtroom". Built 10 years ago for a massive gang case involving 40+ accused gang members.
Very thick plexiglass known as "Bullet Proof Glass" separating the remanded inmates from the rest of the court room. The court room was built before major security screening took place at the entrances.
I see quite a young Justice presiding over the hearings...
The Super Courtroom with the lights on.
Accused inmates wait in these bulletproof booths. Their hands are cuffed and legs shackled to a large metal hook between their feet.
The detention cells where defendants who are currently staying at the remand center stay awaiting their trial. Not a very fun place to be...
Courtroom 317 at the Law Courts. Old school wood with that 1960's smell.
Courtroom 317. Laura was our tour guide.
City Council wearing red shirts and bandanas for the upcoming Rodeo Week.
Listening in on the meeting.
Sarah at the Mustard Seed explains what the Mustard Seed is all about.
A tour upstairs to explain what services the Mustard Seed provides.
A volunteer cleans-up to get ready for the evening meal.
In the food depot the students learn that a person can only get one bag of food PER MONTH.
Each student is holding one item from the monthly grocery bag.
On the sandwich making assembly line.
Sandwiches look pretty good don't they!
When we work together it is amazing what is possible.
132 sandwiches courtesy of Bisset Rm. 5 students!!! Thank you parents for making it happen by supplying the ingredients!
Rockin' out with all our 5/6 buds on the Grand Staircase.
It really is a magnificent place to sing a song!
Head of Urban Forestry Sherry Boerefyn gives the students a lesson about trees found in the city.
Taking a break for a tag game outside in the drained fountain in front of City Hall.
At the Armouries looking at primary sources related to the Chocolate Bar increase of 1947. The price went from 5 cents to 8 and children boycotted stores and left school!
These young ladies represented the voice of the teachers. Man they sounded like a bunch of old hags.
These were the store owners. They couldn't run their business if they sold bars for 5 cents. The price of cocoa beans quadrupled so they had to raise the price to the public's disapproval.
The "Gun Sculpture". This piece of art traveled the world! It is made of over 8000 deactivated weapons.
This is the wall of "Victims of Violence" that is a part of the art installation.
Viewers can actually enter the cube. It is a really creepy feeling going inside! It reminds me of the Cube that the Borg fly around in in Star Trek.
You will find handguns, AK 47s, rifles, landmines, and ammunition all over the sculpture.
Mrs. Hut leading the way in the hall of the Prince of Wales Armouries.
Our archives guide shows students old slide projector cards. This made me feel old!
Sitting in front of all the boring government documents. Steve had some awesome stories to share though!
These racks contain all of the newspaper publications from the start of Edmonton!
Any early Edmonton Journal collection for a 2 month period.
Racks and racks of Edmonton Journal volumes.
More sensitive archives that unlock Edmonton's history.
The Edmonton Grads! The WORLD's most accomplished team! Over 500 wins and only 20 losses in their entire career. Some are still alive and living in Edmonton today!
Before the Journal was the Bulletin.
These volumes are like time capsules!
Some of the weapons in the Edmonton Regiment Museum.
The Prince of Wales Armouries actually has the Edmonton Archives Museum built INSIDE of it!
These are a history of telephones in the Telephone Museum.
This is an old switchboard that works perfectly.
"Just another telemarketer..."
Really old phones from Edmonton.
Remember when phone booths were on every corner? There's still one by my place on 101 ave, but that's the only one I know about.
"I'd like a large pepperoni and mushroom..."
The big thing is a machine that was in service for 100 years. It operated using the dial phones.
We had a really interesting tour from the hosts of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum.
There was even a "real" WWI soldier standing next to
A WWII uniform.
Lestock was the name of the coyote pup that was the mascot of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment.
Time to get suited up.
UN peacekeeper!
"Forty-niners" ready for service!
Looks ready for Edmonton's winter!
Just need a kilt!
A heavy load!
Creative head attire.
Ready for service captain!
Strapped in like a mule!
Underground where the public does not have access!
A tray of medals for soldiers and their families. The giant medallion is awarded to families who lose a son/daughter in battle.
Griesbach's actual medals.
The 1st Battalion of the Edmonton Regiment. Edmonton military history.
Some of the deactivated bombs and grenades that live under the museum.
A rack of machine guns from all over the world. You name it, they had it.
Our host explaining the weapon and where it was in service.
Our WWI soldier took us on a tour of military clothing.
An original Canadian WWI jacket!
A collection of headwear including some evil ones too!
A souvenir brought back by one of the veterans.
The declaration that Griesbach was in charge of the military in Edmonton.
Getting some drills from our leaders.
At the Edmonton Journal with our host Laura.
Laura talks about life in the media room.
The news room follows police and 911 scanners.
The news room is where the "hard news" happens.
Editors have a meeting to discuss today's top stories.
An old linotype machine that used to print newspapers.
Listening in on how technology has changed the way the EJ reports the news.
On the balcony of the EJ building looking out onto 101 street.
EJ staff track hits on their webpage to decide on what news to report. 3 top hits were all about the Oilers.
City of Edmonton Poet Laureate Anne Marie Sewell takes time at lunch to meet the students.
Councillor Sohi drops in for a visit at lunchtime.
Getting ready for mock council "Should there be a tax on junk food?"
The River Valley Room has an awesome painting of the river valley in it.
The mayor and councillors begin sharing points of view.
You must support your opinion with reasons.
Most speeches were in support of a tax on junk food, but the mood changed once they heard from businessman and owner of LastiwkaMart convenience stores, Michael Lastiwka the third.
Suddenly council sways in favour of a more lenient tax. Council votes 7 to 4 in favour of a junk food tax in Edmonton.
Art pro Nancy talks about the "Poem Catcher" display set up for Anne Marie Sewell to gather Edmontonians' poetry. Even Mayor Mandel has a poem in the book.
Getting busy contributing poetry to the collection.
City Hall offered some unusual seating arrangements.
Poetry requires quiet and reflective thought.
Crafting a poem good enough for the poet laureate is no small task.
Sometimes you have to "elevate" your imagination to write.
Write anywhere and anyhow!
A view towards the Law Courts.
Heading out on a historical walk of downtown Edmonton.
Checking out the Hotel MacDonald. Did you know a 55 storey office tower is planned directly where we are looking?
Frank Oliver: one of the founders of Edmonton as we know it.
The Alberta Hotel was demolished 30 years ago to make way for Canada Place. Architect Gene Dub put it back together a block from it's original location brick-by-brick!
Checking out the river valley.
The Shaw Conference centre is another Gene Dub creation!
Posing for a pic in Canada Place.
The city saved pieces of the old city hall and used them as "street art".
Yes we are still kids, but boy we can learn a lot downtown!
