The law-abiding citizens of Forest Heights will sleep a lot more soundly this Easter weekend.
There will be no more raves in their part of town.
"That's terrific, that's great. We were feeling we were butting our heads against the wall. It was frustrating. Then the story came out," says Gary Ursu, the president of the Forest Heights Community Association.
Forest Heights taxpayers complained to the Sun about raves at a roller rink in their community and how some raucous teen revellers partied at these all-night drug-fuelled dance-a-thons and then spilled onto the streets causing noise, violence and vandalism until dawn.
Well, there will be no more all-night raves going on at the local Rollerland roller rink.
"Rollerland announces the suspension of the rental of Rollerland premises for the purpose of all-night rave parties effective April 19, 2000," says the company press release, penned by Rollerland spokesman Pat Ryan.
"This is done in recognition of the concerns expressed by the community surrounding Rollerland."
At the same time, the city is now committed to nixing the all-nighters altogether, anywhere in Calgary.
Diane Danielson, the alderman representing Forest Heights on city council, says the city will soon close a loophole now allowing establishments with entertainment licences to operate any hours they want.
By setting a closing hour, dances could still be held but not all night, as raves are done now.
The alderman, who says she is not against kids having fun, says the city licensing department will bring forward a proposal within the month.
"They'll have to get on this and hurry. I don't like raves. I don't want raves," says Danielson.
"They are not good for kids. A dance party sounds great but that's not what's happening here. The kids are on a high all night. This is not healthy or safe for either the kids or the community."
The proposal will then go to city council where Danielson believes other city aldermen will give it the green light.
"I will expect support," she says.
"It's about youth safety and that is like motherhood. Society has changed a lot, a lot of our city bylaws are now out-of-date. We have to deal with this problem."
Ravers responded throughout the day to the news.
They ranted and raved. Fair enough.
There were accusations of bias and spewing poison and the catch-all insult, sensationalism.
Some said people in Forest Heights were lying or the cops were lying.
Others said they were being picked on by the press and were just trying to have fun and emit positive vibes.
"Don't be so hard on the kids," said one caller, thinking nothing of how hard it is on the neighbours.
"They work for weeks to make the decorations and set up the sounds. It's a good learning experience. They are really good kids."
Somehow I try to imagine Richie Cunningham and Ralph Malph on Ecstasy, the drug of choice at raves.
Most did not see the story is not about whether raves are good or evil or just plain indifferent.
It's about the right of a community to say they don't want to join the party.
Are you down with that?
"We were dead against raves," says Gary Ursu, the community association president.
"We didn't want them. But, with all of this going on, a lot of people in Forest Heights just felt helpless."
Well, after the rush of events yesterday, they feel helpless no longer. They spoke up and fought for themselves and they can now hang the Do Not Disturb sign on their neighbourhood.
And it is not coming down.