Contests
The City of Côte Saint-Luc encourages home owners and institutions to help beautify their properties in the annual Maisons Fleuries garden beautification contest. It also encourages school children to think about municipal improve issues in the annual Mayor for a Day essay-writing content. Finally, the annual Homemade Wine Contest.
For more information, contact Loretta Anisef at the Parks and Recreation Department at 514-485-6806 ext. 2023 or lanisef@cotesaintluc.org.
2009 contest winners
The winners and runners up in the 2009 Maisons Fleuries home garden contest were announced on Monday evening, October 26 at Côte Saint-Luc City Hall.
The grand prize winner in the category of single-family homes or semi-detached homes was Tony Iaizzo of King Edward Ave. The grand prize winner in the duplex category was Remo D’Alesio of Baily Rd. The grand prize winner in the townhouse category was Elana and Matthew Poplaw of Wallenberg.
The following is the list of grand prize winners, and district winners and runners up. The elite category is reserved to honour people who have been district winners at least twice in the past three years.
Grand Prize Winners
Single Family and Semi-Detached Homes
1st Place - Tony Iaizzo
Duplex Category
1st Place - Remo D`Alesio
Townhouse Category
1st Place - Elana and Matthew Poplaw
Elite Winners
Elite Single Family Category (4 winners, all of equal standing)
Carolina and Philip Paluce
The Giordana Family
Maria Polisena
Tony Pittarelli
Elite Duplex Category
2nd Place - Mrs. Florinda Alfonso
1st Place - Mr. Antonio Giobbi
Elite Townhouse Category
3rd Place - Ms. Angéline Lawrence
2nd Place - Susan and Harvey Schwartz
1st Place - Laurentia de Vreeze
District Winners
Single Family and Semi-Detached Homes in District 2
1st Place - Mr. Frank Palucci
Single Family and Semi-Detached Homes in District 3
3rd Place - Mr. Philip Shuster
2nd Place - Ms. Casimiro Boni
1st Place - Mr. Tony Iaizzo
Single Family and Semi-Detached Homes in District 4
2nd Place - Ms. Marcella Cambella
1st Place - Mr. and Mrs. C. Apostolis
Single Family and Semi-Detached homes in District 5A
3rd Place - Mr. Arthur Pereira
2nd Place - Ms. Rena Kops
1st Place - Mr. Syd Knecht
Single Family and Semi-Detached Homes for District 5B
3rd Place - Mr. Silvio Forlini
2nd Place - Mr. Irving Bernstein
1st Place - Mr. Ron Orsini
Single Family and Semi-Detached Homes in District 6
3rd Place - M. Peillon
2nd Place - Mr. Bernard Tonchin
1st Place - Mrs. Hilda Roiter
Single Family and Semi-Detached Homes in District 7
3rd Place - Mr. Alberto Cambone
2nd Place - Mr. Howard Rossdeutscher
1st Place - Mr. Marvin and Mrs. Linda Ostin
Duplex Category
3rd Place - Suzanne and Tony Alfonso
2nd Place - Luis Borges
1st Place - Remo D`Alesio
Townhouse Category
3rd Place - Ruth Percher
2nd Place - Bonne Solti
1st Place - Elana and Matthew Poplaw
Apartment/Condominium Buildings Category
3rd Place - Manoir Mackle
2nd Place - Marc Chagall (Bellagio)
1st Place - Le Rothchild
Senior Garden Category
1st Place - Lot B9 - Mandie Aaron
Senior Residence Category
3rd Place - Manoir Montefiori
2nd Place - B'Nai Brith Residence
1st Place - Griffith McConnell
Community Building Category
1st Place - Côte Saint-Luc Shopping Center
Public Building Category
1st Place - Mount Sinai Hospital
The Maisons Fleuries contest was chaired by Harold Greenspon, and councillors Allan J. Levine and Steven Erdelyi. The awards were presented by the city councillors and Mayor Anthony Housefather.
Are you a Côte Saint-Luc resident or attend a school in Côte Saint-Luc and are in grades 5 or 6 or grades 10 or 11? This is your chance for your voice to be heard.
Write an essay of between one and two pages about what you would do if you were Mayor for a day. Tell us how you would improve Côte Saint-Luc.
One winner will be selected from the elementary school entries and from the high school entries. Winners will read their essays in front of the Mayor and City Councillors during a City Council meeting at City Hall.
Contest rules and guidelines
Contest open only to Côte Saint-Luc residents or students attending a school in Côte Saint-Luc. Please limit the length of your essay to no more than two pages (or 400 words).
Include your name, age, grade, address, and phone number on the top of your essay.
Deadline
Essays are due on or before March 13, 2009.
Mail your essay to:
Mayor for a Day Contest
City of Côte Saint-Luc
5801 Cavendish Blvd.
Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec, H4W 3C3
2008 winners
Ileana Solivo (left) and Lennyx Craig (middle) of Merton School and Jeremy Elbaz (right) of École Maimonide were selected as the 2008 Mayor for a Day winners in Côte Saint-Luc, following an essay-writing contest.
Lennyx discussed pollution problems, Ileana wrote about issues regarding snow removal and road work, and Jeremy touched on library renovations and traffic congestion. Côte Saint-Luc residents or students attending a school in Côte Saint-Luc in grade five, six, 10 and 11 were asked to submit an essay explaining what they would do if they were the mayor of Côte Saint-Luc for a day.
The three winners visited city hall and toured the city on June 30. They read their winning essays in front of the Mayor and city councillors during a council meeting at city hall on September 8.
2007 winners
Kayla Eisenberg and Alon Sandberg were the co-winners of the 2007 Côte Saint-Luc Mayor for a Day Contest.
To enter this contest, please complete the attached entry form.
The wine tasting event will take place in the month of October. For more information, contact Loretta Anisef at the Parks and Recreation Department at 514-485-6806 ext. 2023 or lanisef@cotesaintluc.org.
2009 contest winners
The wine-tasting event concluding the Homemade Wine Contest took place on October 7, 2009, at 7pm in the Harold Greenspon Auditorium of the Bernard Lang Civic Centre. The well-known wine connaisseur Bill Zacharkiw of The Gazette was the official taster. Special thanks to Mosti Mondiale for sponsoring the event.
The award winners were as follows:
Winner for the red wine category: Pat Cerulli (2008 Rosso)
Runner-up for the red wine category: A.L. Garellek + Sons (1998 Merlot)
