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Hila Tata (left), 3 and her sister Walwala, 6, perform ‘dua’ or pray in new clothes sent by her grandma from Afghanistan for Eid-Al-Fitr, which is today. Join the
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together as a community, renewing friendships and family ties.
City looking at NLC decision
Road won’t be built
in the meantime
by M o n i s h a M a r t i n s
staff reporter
The City of Pitt Meadows will
get a legal opinion on the condi-
tions attached to a road through
farmland, recently approved by
Agricultural Land Commission.
In particular, the city wants
clarification on a decision that
requires it to get covenants as-
BIA open to retail in Albion flats. p4
signed to the land titles for each
of the properties that will be ad-
jacent to the new road. Those
covenants would require each
property to remain farmland.
The road will sever six parcels
of land, four of which are actively
farmed and occupy 7.4 hectares
(18.2 acres).
“At first blush, it seems a little
unusual,” said city director of
operations Kim Grout.
“My job in the next few weeks
will be to formulate some
thoughts on what that means
and what we should do or not
do.”
The proposed 3.6 kilometre
North Lougheed Connector will
stretch from Harris Road to
Golden Ears Way.
Grout said the city has no im-
mediate plans to begin construc-
tion.
“We’ve got the road alignment
and that is just going to sit un-
til such time as there is a need
to start talking about it,” she
added.
“We are not going out and doing
anything. It is all reliant on third
party funding and senior govern-
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G20
protestor
seeking
$1 million
Natalie Gray was shot in
elbow and sternum
by M o n i s h a M a r t i n s
staff reporter
A lawsuit seeking more than $1 mil-
lion in damages has been launched
against Toronto police by a Maple
Ridge woman injured during a G20
protest in June.
Natalie Gray says she was protest-
ing peacefully during the G20 Summit
June 27, when she was shot twice by
Toronto police with what she believes
were rubber bullets.
She was injured on her elbow and
sternum. She was then arrested by
police and charged with obstruction
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of a peace officer.
Gray said she was driven around in
a police car for 30 minutes before she
was taken to the hospital to receive
treatment.
See Lawsuit, p10
ment and the interchange.”
The city maintains the connec-
tor is being proposed as a way
to take traffic off Old Dewdney
Trunk Road.
But the road would also service
a commercial strip planned for
the north side of the Lougheed
Highway, west of Meadow Gar-
dens Way.
Smart!Centres has assembled
more than 29 acres (12 hectares)
of farm land along the stretch,
but has yet to apply to the city
for a development permit.
M aple Ridge nurse
helping Haiti heal.
See p3
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Helping to heal Haiti
Shandell Susin, a local nurse, shows a photo where she taught a hygiene class to new mothers at a women’s clinic in a refugee camp in Haiti.
S tor y by Rober t Mangelsdor f
E
ven from 35,000 feet,
the devastation was
apparent.
Shandell Susin peered down from above
the clouds as her plane approached Port-au-
Prince, Haiti last month, and her gaze was
met by miles of ruins.
Eight months after an earthquake had
devastated the impoverished Caribbean
country, the damage looked as raw and
widespread as if it had occurred yesterday.
And yet, she was just three hours out of
Montreal. Three hours separated one of the
wealthiest countries on earth from one of
the poorest.
“It was such a stark contrast,” says Susin,
a nurse from Maple Ridge. “The city just
completely collapsed.”
She travelled to Haiti last month to vol-
unteer with an aid organization, providing
basic health care to tens of thousands of
Haitians in the hillside slums of Port-au-
Prince.
Susin had decided on a whim just three
days earlier to fly down to volunteer. A col-
league of hers had already travelled to Haiti
twice, and Susin sent off a few emails to the
L.A.-based Jenkins/Penn Haiti Relief Orga-
nization to see if it needed help.
“I was curious about aid nursing, and it all
just fell into place,” she said.
Three days later, she was on a plane bound
for Haiti.
“I didn’t have a lot of time to think about
it, which was beneficial,” she says. “I didn’t
have any preconceived notions of what I
was going into.”
The earthquake killed more than 100,000,
and left more than 1 million people home-
less. The filth and devastation that greeted
her was absolute. Basic infrastructure, like
roads and clean water, were nonexistent.
The need for help, eight months after the
earthquake, was still dire.
“Haiti wasn’t a wealthy nation to begin
with, let alone an organized one,” Susin
says.
Without the tools or machinery to move
the mountains of rubble that fill the streets,
the people of Port-au-Prince erected their
tents and tarpaulins on top of the debris.
Many feel safer living in tents out in the
open, Susin says, as the fear of aftershocks
is ever-present.
“That is the new norm,” she says. “Life
has just carried on.”
The field hospital Susin worked out of pro-
vided basic health care for a population of
close to 60,000, and treated more than 300
patients per day out of the triage.
“It was a MASH tent,” she says.
The heat was horrific, so the sides of the
tent were rolled up, exposing the infirmary
beds to the outside world.
At the end of a 14-hour day, Susin and her
colleagues retired to their own tents for a
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quick rest, one that was often interrupted
by emergencies during the night.
The other nurses and doctors were from
as far away as Australia and Israel, though
many were Haitian-Americans who had re-
turned to the land of their birth for the first
time to help pick up the pieces.
Despite the long hours, Susin said the
days flew by. While stressful, she loved the
work.
“I love a baptism by fire, I love the chal-
lenge, I thrive on it,” she says.
Many of the patients she treated came
seeking help for infected cuts, suffered
while walking barefoot over the rubble.
She also quickly became expert at diag-
nosing all manner of communicable dis-
eases, many of which are easily treatable in
Canada, such as measles and malaria.
“We were working outside of our scope,”
she says. “But not our competency.”
It wasn’t the first time Susin has had to
work in trying conditions. Shortly after
graduating from UBC, Susin decided to
head to the remote rural communities of
the Northern B.C. coast.
She settled at first in Queen Charlette City
on Haida Gwaii, before ending up in Bella
Coola. The experience of working on her
own, and with limited resources, helped
prepare her for Haiti.
“Northern communities also have a lack
of access to health care ... and there are still
reserves without clean water,” she says.
While the B.C. government has spent a lot
money to improve health care in rural ar-
eas, she notes, many communities still don’t
have access to even basic care.
The sense of appreciation she felt from
the people she treated in those communi-
ties was also similar to those in Haiti.
“I’ve never felt anything but welcome in
northern communities,” she says. “And I’ve
never been given five coho salmon from a
patient in Vancouver.”
The generosity in Haiti was of a different
nature, however.
Haitian tradition dictates that a child
should be named after someone in the room
when the child is born. One mother who
Susin helped to give birth had planned to
name her child Linda. In a compromise with
tradition, she instead decided to name her
“Shalinda.”
“Some people would just be overwhelmed
because you gave them a Tylenol,” said Susin.
“They were just so grateful for everything.”
Susin arrived back in Maple Ridge this past
week after her three-week stint in Haiti, and
is already planning her next trip in October.
“I think, as Canadians, it’s our responsibil-
ity to do good in the world because of our
relative place of privilege,” she says.
There is still work to be done in Haiti.
“These people need help now, just as Paki-
stan will still need our help a year from now,”
she says.
One of the major functions of the volunteer
health care workers in Haiti is to train Hai-
tian health care workers to carry on the work
after the volunteers are gone.
One of Susin’s fellow nurses was attending
school in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake
struck. She had decided to stay home on Jan.
12 because she was feeling sick, and escaped
the fate of her nursing classmates when the
building collapsed. Of the 240 students at the
school that day, 230 perished.
It was a scene repeated across the country
as hospitals and health buildings collapsed,
killing the health care workers when they
were needed most.
In a country with so few health care work-
ers to begin with, it will take a generation to
make up for that loss, says Susin.
“Some people would just be
overwhelmed because you
gave them a Tylenol.”
Shandell Susin, nurse
“The goal is to work with the Haitian staff
to empower and train them,” she says. “That
will stave off huge problems down the line.”
While Susin says the experience in Haiti
was humbling, it also made her appreciate
the level of health care in Canada.
“People are quick to criticize our health
care system [in Canada],” she says.
An hour-long wait in emergency is nothing
compared to what most people must endure
for medical attention elsewhere in the world.
“I wish more people would appreciate the
health care we have here.”
However, there could be health care ben-
efits if hospitals and health districts were
more flexible in allowing nurses and doc-
tors to volunteer their services abroad, she
notes.
“There’s no question, in my mind, that you
come back a better nurse,” she says.
Meetings start on future of Albion flats
by P hil Mel nyc hu k company owns several
staff reporter acres in the area and
wants to build a shop-
ping centre.
It was a good first get- Boekhorst said her as-
together at trying to get sociation isn’t necessar-
views on what should ily opposed to retail in
happen in Albion flats. the area.
Community groups “What kind of shop-
gathered Tuesday and ping, that is the ques-
Wednesday to share tion.”
their early thoughts on She said no one in her
what should happen in discussion group wanted
the area at Lougheed big box stores.
Highway and 105th Av- There need to be stores
enue. and services which cur-
The meetings were the rently can’t be found in
kickoff to public consul- Maple Ridge, along with
tations this fall with the niche businesses, and
goal of having an Albion job creation.
plan by the new year. “We need to look at all
“Everybody had very our options.”
good comments. We all Mayor Ernie Daykin
jumped into discussion,” said 24 people attended
said Ineke Boekhorst, the first meeting Sept. 7
executive-director of the and seven the day after.
Downtown Maple Ridge All committees that ad-
Business Improvement vise council, such as the
Association. bicycle advisory com-
The focus, though, at mittee, the Community
this point is on hearing Heritage Commission,
different opinions, she the agricultural advisory
added. committee, the economic
Decisions will come advisory commission,
later. social planning, parks
Smart!Centres mall and leisure services, and
THE NEWS/files
The BIA isn’t opposed to retail development in the flats.
the accessibility commit- “For this to be a suc-
tee for people with dis- cess, we need the com-
abilities, were invited. munity involved.”
So too was the Maple Boekhorst said the BIA
Ridge-Pitt Meadows Ag- just wants to take an
ricultural Association. open-minded approach,
Daykin said his prior- “and hope whatever is
ity was to get good public going there will connect
involvement from aver- to the downtown so that
age people, not only the it won’t be isolated in
“build a mall group and that area.” She added
the don’t cut down a tree she was looking for good
group.” bus routes, bike and pe-
destrian access to Albion
flats.
Absent from the meet-
ing though were Resi-
dents for Smart Shop-
ping and the chamber of
commerce, though both
were invited.
Leslie Sofarelli, with
Residents for Smart
Shopping, which wants
a mall in the area, added
she hasn’t heard if her
group will be invited
to the brainstorming
(charette) process that
takes place Oct. 20 and
21.
“They’re not clear in
how they’re doing this.”
She’ll wait to see if her
group will be invited and
if not will ask the mayor
if they can get on the list.
The consultation pro-
cess and who’s included
and who isn’t was a
concern for Coun. Judy
Dueck. She wants that
clarified to ensure those
who want to participate
can do so.
Maple Ridge-Pitt
Meadows Chamber of
Commerce president
Jeremy Bekar wasn’t
at the meeting, but has
some ideas on he’d like
to see in Albion flats –
such as European-style
community squares
for public events, with
stores around the perim-
eter and parking behind
the stores.
Fabric roofs such as
those used in Canada
Place in downtown
Vancouver could offer
protection from the ele-
ments.
Bekar, who has a
marketing background,
pointed out that Albion
flats isn’t far from the
downtown and the flats
could create synergies
with downtown. Maple
Ridge should also have
some kind of theme to
differentiate itself from
other municipalities, he
said.
One could be west-
ern theme – with horse
trails connecting into the
downtown as a tourist
attraction, he suggested.
Or Maple Ridge could
follow a Victorian theme
or market itself as the
“family Whistler,” an
affordable resort town
with lots of outdoor rec-
reation, Bekar said.
Even the North
Lougheed Connector,
if it’s built to connect
Lougheed Highway and
Golden Ears Way, could
have a horse trail, he
said.
“You find your niche
and you go after it. If
you just copy somebody
else, you’re just a me-too
city.”
• The next meeting,
Sept. 29 at the ACT
from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. is
drop in session open to
the public.
Pitt medical growop bylaw in place
Can’t grow pot as
a home-based
business
by M o n i s h a M a r t i n s
staff reporter
People who grow
medical marijuana
for others better move
out of Pitt Meadows.
Council gave fourth
reading Tuesday to
a bylaw amendment
that prohibits growing
the plant for medicinal
use in residential and
agricultural zones.
The city is among
the first in Canada to
use a municipal bylaw
Council supports long form census
by M o n i s h a M a r t i n s
staff reporter
The City of Pitt
Meadows will send a
letter to the federal
government, calling
for the reinstatement
of the mandatory long
form census.
Council made the de-
cision Tuesday follow-
ing a report from staff
that cited concerns
to thwart an activity tial boundaries, but Production Licence
that’s sanctioned un- “there’s speculation” from Health Canada
der federal law. that buildings are be- – a permit that allows
Growing medical ing constructed in its you to grow legal pot
marijuana for per- agricultural zone for – will be farming the
sonal use will still be the same purpose. plant for himself.
permitted in the city, Grout said the own-
but growing for oth- ers of the medical
ers as a home-based grow operation have
business will not be about week to shut
allowed. down. “I got tired of
The bylaw are also But the man, who set
ensures that medici- up the grow operation fighting the city.”
nal marijuana growo- on a quiet cul-de-sac,
ps are excluded as an has already moved to Medical marijuana grower
agricultural use. Mission.
“It’s a tool available The man, who re-
if it’s needed,” said quested anonymity,
city director of opera- said the house isn’t The bylaw still per-
tions Kim Grout. being use to grow for mits growing medical
City staff know of marijuana other’s marijuana for person-
only one medical mar- any more. Instead, al use.
ijuana grow operation a friend who has a “I got tired of fight-
within its residen- Designated-Person ing the city,” he said.
about a loss of impor- a voluntary survey. port council’s deci-
tant statistical data. Statisticians, re- sion.
Planning technician searchers and academ- “The federal govern-
Anne Berry said cen- ics have denounced ment has doubled the
sus data is used to de- the move, arguing the number that would
velop the city’s official new shorter census take part from rough-
community plan and will result in skewed ly 2.3 million to 4.5
to determine the type and unreliable data. million people,” he
of services to provide Metro Vancouver said. “It’s not compul-
residents. has asked every mu- sory, but according
At the end of June, nicipality to express to Statistics Canada,
the Conservative gov- their concerns about this is a sufficient
ernment announced it the change. sample size to get the
would be replacing the Coun. Doug Bing, information that’s re-
long-form census with however, did not sup- quired.”
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News Views

Road to nowhere
The Agricultural Land Commission has ap-
proved the North Lougheed Connector, a proposed
road through farmland that would essentially link
Harris Road to Golden Ears Way.
But, in what NDP MLA Michael Sather called an
unprecedented move, the commission attached a
condition to its decision – that farmland adjacent
to the proposed connector be protected as such by
a covenant.
Pitt Meadows council initially pitched the con-
nector as a way to get commuter traffic off Old
Dewdney Trunk Road to make it safer for farmers
driving tractors or other farm vehicles. But many,
including Sather, suspected all along that council
really only wanted the connector to entice devel-
opment of the North Lougheed Corridor, where it
was once hoped a mall with an anchor tenant like
WalMart would be built. One could still, and just
recently Pitt council expressed interest in having
a casino and convention centre constructed in that
area.
Covenants to protect farmland there might make
that more difficult, because they have to be signed
by the property owners, who might not want to
have such restrictions on their land.
And that’s what the covenants are meant to do –
protect farmland.
However, the ALC has not placed a condi-
tion on the 12 hectares owned by mall developer
Smart!Centres along the north side of the highway
in Pitt Meadows.
The city has a lot of work to do, to get the cov-

No need for docs to charge no-shows

enants signed, if it really wants a new mall built.
But the city has already said there’s no rush to
build the road; it doesn’t have the money for it; that
would have to come from senior governments or
developers.

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We guess the farmers on Old Dewdney Trunk Winnipeg last resort for patients who lack basic ation: nobody likes double standards
Road will have to anguish in traffic for a few more medical clinic consideration and repeatedly either do and, therefore, if a doctor would readily
years. followed in not show or cancel at the last minute charge a no-show fee, his or her patients
the footsteps of some and rebook time and time again. Every would have every right to be equally up-
– The News dental offices and practice has a few of those people and set with having to wait and waste their
charged a $60 late the most effective way to correct that time on account of double or triple book-
cancellation fee for a behavior is to charge a fee. ings. Wouldn’t it be nice to present the

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patient who had for-
gotten that she had
an appointment.
If the appointment
would have been for
a whole hour with, Health Care
say, a pediatrician for Marco Terwiel
a child with serious
problems, then most
people still would not like it. But under-
stand that it is unfair to the many people
who have been waiting for weeks to see
that doctor.
However, in this case, the appointment
was with a busy family physician clinic
for a woman well into her 90s and who
suffered from some dementia. She had
recently become increasingly confused
and on the day of her appointment did
not even recognize her own daughter.
Understandably, her daughter took
exception to this fee, especially since the
clinic refused to give her mother a new
appointment until she had paid what is
best described as a penalty for the no-
show.
The college of physicians and surgeons
in Manitoba and B.C. and probably else-
where do allow a “no-show” fee policy
for doctors’ offices and clinics. The
policy needs to be clearly posted for pa-
tients to see, but the expectation is that
this would be used only as a measure of
In any case, one would expect the
doctor to consider the circumstances
and to reflect the cost to the doctor of
the missed appointment and to take the
patient’s ability to pay into account.
It is really a no-brainer that in this case
the missed appointment fee was totally
inappropriate.
There is a great deal of difference
between the dentist office and the fam-
ily doctor’s office. Most of the time an
appointment with a dentist appointment
will be lengthy. The overhead is high
and to make the dentist waste an hour
or more without generating any income
is being inconsiderate. To charge the
patient for a no-show is therefore not
unreasonable.
It is an entirely different story where
it concerns a family doctor’s office,
because of the shortage of family
physicians the receptionist will often
be pressured to double or even triple
book appointments for the same day.
Under those circumstances, a no-show
is a blessing for both the patient and the
doctor. Other patients will not have to
wait as long and the doctor will be less
pressured. There is absolutely no loss
of income and therefore a no-show fee
should be rarely applied; certainly not
for an elderly confused lady.
Then there is the following consider-
doctor with a bill fee for a much delayed
appointment?
Some clear thinking managers have
figured out a way to prevent double
booking and a resulting waiting room
full of impatient people wishing to
consult a doctor. Because of the shortage
of family physicians, it is very unlikely
that any time slots will not be filled, even
if the receptionist is instructed to leave
a good number of openings every day
instead of fully booking every available
time slot. Any appointments that are
not urgent can be accommodated on
subsequent days or weeks, leaving a
good number of open time slots through-
out the day each and every day of week.
That approach has allowed patients with
an urgent problem to be seen the same
day most of the time without any long
waits.
As with so many things in life, a
healthy dose of thoughtful consideration
makes life easy for both patients and
doctors. Patients appreciate being seen
on time and doctors are a lot happier if
their schedule is not overloaded.
There would not be any need to impose
no-show fees, nor would patients want to
bill the doctor for wasting their time.
Dr. Marco Terwiel is a retired family
physician who lives in Maple Ridge.

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THE NEWS/letters
Why even consider Tag, you’re it, a game of bureaucracy
Pelton application? C
itizen re-
ports of dis-
turbances, or
EDITOR, THE NEWS:
disruption of fish
Why is Maple Ridge council even considering the devel- habitat – HADDS
opment of the Pelton farmland? to the DFO – are
The Pelton family used the land for so-called “quasi-in- not promptly
dustrial” purposes for 40 years, yet during that time they investigated by
paid farm taxes, not industrial taxes. (The News, May 18, enforcement of-
2010) ficers because the
The Pelton’s application is a proposal only and there is two departments
absolutely no guarantee about the kind of industrial de- who share duties
velopment or “community benefits” that might or might – Conservation Commentary
not occur if the land is removed from the agricultural and Protection in Jack Emberly
zone. Langley, and the
We have very little arable land left in this municipality Habitat Branch,
and there already is a business park in the eastern part located on Annacis – scramble to
of the district where any further industrial development “close” new files at their end, and
will be welcomed. argue back and forth about responsi-
The heritage farms in the neighbourhood will be seri- bilities for follow up.
ously affected by breaking up such a large section of our This game of “tag, you’re it” assures
prime farmland. that potential disasters may not be
I urge everyone to write to the Agricultural Land Com- avoided by early DFO intervention,
mission (ALCBurnaby@victoria1.gov.bc.ca) regarding and that charges under the Fisheries
the Pelton application (reference No. 51771) to voice a Act – may not be laid when war-
strong opposition to losing the already diminishing prime ranted.
farm land in Maple Ridge. This problem of reluctance to take
F.L. NICHOLSON
on the investigative role is systemic,
MAPLE RIDGE
long term, and until now, not re-
dressed by senior administrators
within the DFO bureaucracy.
Jumping on bandwagon? Politicians remain silent on the
issue.
“It’s something we’re working on
EDITOR, THE NEWS:
– to clarify each other’s role,” said
Re: Ingrid Rice (The News, Aug. 25).
Nicole Gallant, the DFO supervisor
Ingrid Rice’s cartoon showed a Canadian taxpayer being
in Langley, the first stop of most com-
used as a welcome mat for the Tamil refugees. It seems to
plaints. “But right now, we’re passing
me that if she is genuinely concerned with the fate of the
on all the files to him.”
Canadian taxpayer, that her priorities are slightly askew.
That is Habitat Branch biologist,
Earlier, Stockwell Day justified, at a time of falling crime
Bruce Clark, lower mainland area.
rates, that billions of Canadian tax dollars should be spent
Clark was the officer who eventu-
on building new prisons, saying that he ‘knows’ that thou-
ally visited the site of 100,000 dead
sands of crimes go unreported in Canada every year and
fry on the Alouette River last year,
that, therefore, new prisons are needed.
six weeks after it was reported to the
I’d have thought that idiotic money-wasting on such a he-
DFO in Langley. Clark maintains that
roic scale would merit a cartoon or two, but maybe it’s not
responsibility for first response is up
really about the fate of the Canadian taxpayer. Maybe it’s
to Langley, and that he attends only
just about Ingrid Rice jumping on the crowded anti-refugee
if asked.
bandwagon.
“Bruce Clark said the same thing to
STUART DE JONG
MAPLE RIDGE me as you,” I told Gallant. “He says
it’s up to you to make the call; that
you have options. You can attend, or
ask him to attend with you.”
“It’s up to them to make the call,”
said Gallant. “As far as we’re con-
cerned, it’s Habitat’s role, so we
passed the file on to him.”
The result, I suggested, was that the
public can’t expect that a report to
DFO’s hotline is worth the effort.
“It’s something we’re working on.
My department chief, Herb Redecopp
and Habitat chief Corino Salomi are
looking at a better protocol, so things
can be done better.”
“You mean a better response, in a
more timely manner?”
“Yes. I know they’re discussing it. I
don’t know what their time line is, or
plan.”
In the meantime, “We’re trying our
hardest to make this work.”
A story (Aug. 13, The News) and
my subsequent contact with the DFO
(file 10-1112) reveals efforts to make
it work are failing. This breakdown
in the DFO enforcement system still
continues, and illustrates the need for
an immediate and effective division
of labor.
On Aug. 13, The News reported that
a local vegetable farmer admitted he
pumped water from the North Alou-
ette without a licence. Issuing water
licences is a responsibility of the
provincial Ministry of the Environ-
ment, Water Stewardship Branch. The
paper trail leads everywhere. That’s
part of the problem. Tag, you’re it.
But, any potential disturbance of a
salmon stream that might impact fish
or their habitat falls within the scope
of the DFO. Since no one named in
the story had called them to investi-
gate, I did it. I was, after all, looking
at a News photo of Binder Khunk-
hun, kneeling beside the pipe he had
alerted The News to.
“There are thousands of fry in their
right now,” said Mr. Khunkhun. “The
rivers are going to dry out.”
I shared his concern.
Officer No. 3248 took my call on Aug.
16.
“How can I help you?”
“I’m calling to report a potential
HADD on the North Alouette River,”
I said.
“What is it?”
I told him the details – names, ad-
dresses, pipes, pumping, no licence-
as reported in The News.
“Did you see this?”
“I’m looking at a picture in the news-
paper,” I said.
“Why did he do it?”
“According to The News story, he
pumped to save his vegetables.”
“Sounds reasonable to me.”
“What part of that sounds reason-
able to you?” I asked.
There was a pause, then a sort of
giggle.
“I was just being silly. What’s your
name, sir?”
“Jack Emberly.”
He said he’d pass my file to Langley
right away.
Officer Gallant said she forwarded
the file to Habitat, the MOE (conser-
vation office in Maple Ridge), and
Jamie Davies of the WSD.
“It was closed at the DFO (Langley
office) end because it was most likely
a water issue,” Gallant said in a voice
message to me.
After a week, I received a call back
from the Maple Ridge office of MOE,
which I missed. I was not able to
reconnect with them for another two
weeks. I never heard from Jamie Da-
vies of the WSD. That didn’t surprise
me.
Bruce Clark was the first to return
my calls, and even called me back
once because, he said, his supervi-
sor, Corino Salomi, suggested he do
so. He had not elected to take on the
file. In his opinion, that was up to the
Langley office.
Tag, you’re it.
I wonder how long the game has
been played by DFO, how long it will
go on, and whether it was played in
May, 2009, when three Maple Ridge
folks worried about fish called the
DFO hotline to report a big machine
“digging” in the North Alouette River.
Jack Emberly is a retired teacher,
local author and environmentalist.

chat@www.mapleridgenews.com
Hit and miss
From: alloutfun, posted on www.mapleridgenews.com.
Re: No Facebook page for Ridge, but tweets for Albion flats (The News, Sept. 3).
Democracy not only dead, but long corrupt
EDITOR, THE NEWS:
Mayor Ernie Daykin’s claim that the district web site gets “huge usage” because Re: Secret negotiations on
there are “50,000 to 60,000 hits in a month” may or may not be true. “Hits” are HST (B.C. Views, Sept. 3)
requests to the web server and are counted each time a graphic, block of text, Once again Tom Fletcher
file or other content component is downloaded to the user’s web browser. It is happily misses the whole
entirely possible to count hundreds of “hits” upon opening a single web page. point of this exercise in de-
Hits by themselves are not a meaningful measure of the popularity or success mocracy.
of a web site. Better statistics include: visits, unique visits, per centage of new He says: “Judge our politi-
cians as you will, but let’s not
visits, page views, bounce rate and average time on site. These statistics are
drag our whole democratic
all readily available. If Mayor Daykin were to dig a bit deeper, he may discover system down with false al-
that the district’s most popular web page is their employment page and their legations.”
least popular page is their economic development page. I personally like the You just don’t get it, that is
district’s web site and know it has won awards, but considering the “huge” what this is all about – our
investment in the site, perhaps there is an obligation to report meaningful democracy (oligarchy) is not
statistics to taxpayers. only dead, but has long since
turned to corruption in the
grave.
The majority of voters are
Letters welcome so turned off that a majority
of 52 per cent can not even
Letters to the editor should be exclusive to The News
justify participating in this
and address topics of interest to residents of Maple
Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Include full name and address,
first-past-the-post farce.
Then when the biggest liars
as well as daytime phone number for verification. Keep
steal power, they do whatev-
letters to 500 words or less. Letters may be edited for
length and clarity. er they feel like anyway, dam
@ E-mail letters to editor@mapleridgenews.com. what the voters want.
That is what voters want
Mr. Fletcher, their democ-
racy back. You will never un-
derstand because you belong
to a small minority and the
only way you will ever get
what you want is by deceit
and subterfuge against the
majority, and therefore you
are quite happy with this sad
undemocratic situation.
It is quite humorous listen-
ing to Mr. Fletcher’s excuses
for Colin Hansen. Just imag-
ine for one minute if these
accusations were against
the opposition. I can hear it
now.
WAYNE CLARK
MAPLE RIDGE
Breaking point
EDITOR, THE NEWS:
Re: Secret negotiations on
HST (B.C. Views, Sept. 3)
Your Victoria correspon-
dent, Tom Fletcher, ap-
pears to be sold on the
rhetoric coming out of our
capital city about the HST
and the threatened cuts to
“our government services,
which we all have come to
expect.”
Stop there a minute, Mr.
Fletcher.
Personally, I have no ex-
pectations of being the now
and future recipient of all
of these so-called services.
For one thing, the cornuco-
pia will soon be empty, and
for another, most of the old-
er taxpayers (and younger,
as well) never, ever, asked
to be blessed in this man-
ner.
With taxes, government
fees and a plethora of more-
or-less cleverly hidden of-
ficial charges in Canada
today approaching 60 per
cent of the average Joe’s
take-home pay, how much
longer can we afford to al-
low our politicians and our
commissars to pile taxes
upon taxes?
We are already quickly
approaching the breaking
point.
Or do you think we per-
haps should go all the way
and suffer taxes at 100 per
cent, then wait for our food
stamps and rental chits in
the mail from Victoria or
Ottawa?
Maybe Mr. Fletcher has
been too close to the ivory
towers in downtown Victo-
ria for too many years?
Maybe it is time for him to
move around the province a
bit and listen to fellow Brit-
ish Columbians.
You might even be able to
learn something.
RUDY LANGMANN
ALDERGROVE
 City of Pitt Meadows
The proposed connector would link Harris Road and Golden Ears Way.

Smart!Centres land not affected

Connector from front The company is to respect their inter- the company will make
Its land will not be af- aware of the land com- ests and see what we a development applica-
fected by the condition mission’s decision and can do to help facilitate tion at the “appropri-
as the Agricultural indicated it is pleased something for them if ate time.”
Land Commission gave the road’s alignment that is necessary.” “Our lands are cur-
Pitt Meadows approval has finally been ap- Smart!Centres still rently in the ALR and
in 2004 to widen parts proved. has no firm plans for cannot be developed
of the north Lougheed Grout said the the North Lougheed for non-agricultural
commercial strip to 210 city is working with commercial strip. uses until a separate
metres from the high- Smart!Centres. Sandra Kaiser, VP of process is undertak-
way. “We definitely want corporate affairs, said en,” she added.
 Natalie Gray
said police
shoved her
face first
Criminal charge
into the
pavement
after she was
dropped in Aug.
shot twice Lawsuit from front tion; strip searched;
with rubber According to a state- and denied access to
bullets. Her ment from her lawyers, counsel despite her
arrest was Clayton Ruby and Bri- repeated requests to
captured on an Shiller, “She was speak to a lawyer.
video. then taken to the de- Natalie was detained
tention centre on East- for approximately 30
Natalie Gray/
www.mediacoop.com
ern Avenue, where she hours before she was
was taunted by police released on bail the
officers; denied access next day.”
to her asthma medica- The criminal charge
against Gray was
dropped on Aug. 23.
Gray is suing for:
assault and battery;
unlawful arrest and
detention; malicious
prosecution; and vio-
lations of a number
of her constitutional
rights under the Char-
ter of Rights and Free-
doms.
“What happened
to me during the
G20 weekend – being
shot, arrested, sexu-
ally threatened, strip
searched, taunted, and
left cold, hungry, and
in pain – is in no way
unique,” said Gray.
“The police demon-
strated utter contempt
for democracy and the
law. In a truly demo-
cratic country, the
politicians and police
responsible for such
unprovoked violence
would be put on trial.
“The weekend of
the G20 Summit made
blatantly obvious the
Harper government’s
fascist approach to
freedom of assem-
bly and freedom of
speech.
“We need to ask
Harper how he justi-
fies the one billion
dollar police budget
for the weekend. We
need to ask ourselves
whether we should put
up with a government
that funds and dictates
such brutality.”
Nearly 1,000 people
were arrested during
the G20 summit.
The Canadian Civil
Liberties Association
and others are calling
for a public inquiry
into the mass arrests
and police tactics.
 Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS

Story telling
Elaine Chu (centre) practises Hawaiian dance taught by instructor Barbara Kirkpatrick (left) Thursday afternoon at
the Ridge Meadows Seniors Activity Centre. The group ran through the basic hula step called the kaholo and the
ami step, which is a turn. Here the group learns the different arm motions to tell a story through dance.

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Tough job no matter who’s at the top
Hansen told him it
MLA on committee was..
weighing anti-HST NDP MLA for Maple
Ridge-Pitt Meadows Mi-
petition chael Sather, though,
says Campbell should
by Phi l M elnyc h u k resign.
staff reporter “I think his credibil-
ity has got to the point
where it would be dif-
While opponents call ficult for him to contin-
for Premier Gordon ue.”
Campbell to step down It’s probably time for
over the HST implemen- both he and Hansen to
tation, the local Liberal step down, he added.
says whoever’s in charge While the legislature
would be in for a rough isn’t due to be called back
ride. until spring, that could
“I suppose it wouldn’t change. Meanwhile, the
really matter who the legislative committee
premier was, in many re- ponders the HST.
gards; they’re on the top Liberal MLAs who sit
and they’re taking the on the committee weigh-
lightening strikes,” says ing B.C.’s first successful
Marc Dalton, MLA for citizens’ initiative want
Maple Ridge Mission. more information from
And both Campbell B.C.’s chief electoral of-
and Finance Minister ficer before deciding
Colin Hansen have been whether to send a pro-
doing an “excellent job,” posed HST-repealing
managing B.C.’s econo- bill to the Legislature or
my, he said. hold a referendum.
“It’s a tough position More than 700,000 peo-
for them both to be in. As ple signed the petition
a province, we’ve been collected by Fight HST,
benefiting by good man- which Elections B.C. de-
agement of the party.” clared successful with
Dalton said he con- 557,383 validated signa-
tacted Hansen directly tures.
and asked him if his ear- Fight HST campaign
lier explanation that the leader Bill Vander Zalm
HST wasn’t seriously has already said that
considered until after only a vote in the Legis-
the election was consis-
tent with recent revela-
tions by FOI documents.
lature to repeal the HST cultural zones.
will dissuade volunteers Dalton also recently
from launching recall visited the Rivers Heri-
campaigns to unseat tage Centre operated by
Liberal MLAs and pres- Alouette River Manage-
sure the government to ment Society, and also
scrap the HST. toured the Ridge Mead-
“They are on the top
and they’re taking the
lightening strikes.”
Marc Dalton,
MLA Maple Ridge-Mission
Dalton said when ows Recycling Society
the legislature isn’t sit- Centre.
ting, he can spend more Dalton said the Maple
time doing constituency Ridge-Pitt Meadows
work. He met Wednes- economy is thriving,
day with Mission coun- with the numbers of
cil and Aug. 24 with Pitt building permits in Ma-
Meadows Mayor Don ple Ridge three times
MacLean and some that of last year.
other councilors, where “The bridges [Golden
they discussed the Ears and Pitt River]
North Lougheed Con- are making a big differ-
nector, the Harris Road ence.”
overpass and Pitt’s by- He said during his
law outlawing medicinal election campaign that
marijuana growing. his party would be will-
Council gave fourth ing to make the tough
reading Tuesday to a choices to improve the
bylaw amendment that B.C. economy and that
prohibits growing the was the key difference
plant for medicinal use between the Liberals
in residential and agri- and NDP.

Bobcat
stolen
in B&E
Construction equip-
ment and fuel were
stolen during a break-
in at a business in Ma-
ple Ridge.
Police said the theft
happened sometime
between 5:30 p.m. Sun-
day and 9:30 a.m. Mon-
day.
The front lock to
the business on the
Lougheed Highway
was removed as well
as the gate.
A bobcat excavator, a
loading bucket for the
bobcat and a sweeper
attachment were sto-
len.
A substantial quan-
tity of fuel for the
machine and the com-
pany’s fuel pump was
also taken.
• Anyone with any
information is asked to
call RCMP at 604-463-
6251. To remain anon-
ymous call CrimeStop-
pers at 1-800-222-8477.
CrimeStoppers will
pay a reward of up to
$2,000 for information
leading to an arrest
and conviction.
Surrey ahead of UBC for rapid transit
Maple Ridge should initially connect
Surrey Metro Centre to
cide the order of expan-
sion, based on a series
formula to deliver the
Evergreen Line by the
should get one or more of Surrey’s of studies underway. end of the year and po-
Guildford, Newton and It is examining op- tentially fund addition-
‘enhanced service’ Fleetwood town cen- tions for Surrey expan- al lines after that.
tres and/or Langley re- sion and a Broadway Surrey Coun. Judy
by J eff Nage l gional city centre. Line potentially as far Villeneuve, who sits
Black Press The central Broad- as UBC, which is vigor- on the Metro regional
way district, now con- ously promoted by Van- planning committee,
nected north-south by couver council. said the plan’s transit
New rapid transit for the Canada Line, needs In a letter to Metro, priorities reflect the
fast-growing Surrey a line east to the rest of TransLink board chair inadequacy of the net-
should come ahead of the SkyTrain system, it Dale Parker said it is work in Surrey and the
Vancouver’s proposed indicates. “premature” to prior- city’s rapid growth.
line to UBC – and after Other corridors that ize which rapid transit “I think it’s our turn,”
the planned Evergreen should get “enhanced project should come she said. “We’re grow-
Line to Port Moody and transit service” in- next after the Ever- ing at a very fast pace
Coquitlam is built. clude: green Line, citing the of 10,000 people per
That’s the order of • Langley to Maple need for more dialogue year. We’re the largest
priorities for transit Ridge, with both cit- and study findings. school district – we’ve
line expansion listed ies also connecting to Langley City Mayor surpassed Vancou-
in the latest draft of Coquitlam and other Peter Fassbender, who ver already and that
Metro’s new regional urban centres south of chairs the regional growth is projected to
growth strategy. the Fraser; mayors’ council on continue.”
The $1.4-billion Ev- • White Rock to other transportation, said She said Vancouver
ergreen Line, slated to south-of-Fraser urban south-of-Fraser expan- now has three high-
start construction next centres; sion is critical, but cau- capacity frequent bus
year but with funding • North Shore to link tioned against a tussle lines serving UBC.
still unresolved, should municipal town centres between Surrey and Villeneuve cited the
remain the top priority, there; Vancouver. success of the Canada
according to the draft • UBC to central “I think we have to Line as evidence south-
plan. Broadway. stop pitting one against of-Fraser residents will
Listed second is ex- Over the long term, the other,” he said, add- get out of their cars if
pansion in Surrey and the plan says those ing TransLink must do new transit lines are
extension of rapid routes may be consid- its due diligence on the built.
transit in Vancouver ered for further up- Broadway corridor. Surrey council pre-
from one of the existing grades from enhanced “I don’t sit there and fers a light rail sys-
SkyTrain stations west transit to rapid transit say one is more impor- tem running at grade
along Broadway, poten- – either busways or rail tant than the other.” – rather than more
tially from Commercial – after higher priority He predicted talks be- costly SkyTrain tech-
Drive as far as Arbutus expansion is complete. tween the mayors coun- nology – because new
Street. TransLink, however, cil and the province will lines could be built fur-
Only later, it says, contends it should de- hammer out a funding ther, quicker.
should a line all the way
west to UBC be consid-
ered, on equal footing
with enhanced transit
to serve Maple Ridge,
Langley, White Rock
and the North Shore.
TransLink hasn’t yet
settled on potential
routes in the Surrey
area, but the provincial
transit plan indicated
two main options for
study – King George
Highway to White
Rock and 104 Avenue to
Guildford then south-
east down Fraser High-
way to Cloverdale and
Langley.
A Metro report au-
thored by chief ad-
ministrator Johnny
Carline said expansion
in Surrey is “clearly
the pressing priority”
for the next phase of
growth in the region
and is important to
connect growth areas
south of the Fraser to
the Surrey Metro Cen-
tre designated in the
plan.
A line all the way to
UBC can’t reasonably
be viewed as a legiti-
mate use of scarce dol-
lars when improved
links are needed to
connect major regional
centres and shape fu-
ture growth and transit
use, Carline said.
The plan does not en-
vision a Surrey expan-
sion with an immedi-
ate link south to White
Rock.
Instead, it says pri-
ority-two rapid transit
10 boats stolen in one week
Police need
public’s help to
catch thieves
Ten boats were sto-
len from homes across
Maple Ridge in a span
of a week.
Ridge Meadows
RCMP are actively in-
vestigating the thefts,
five of which took
place overnight Mon-
day or early Tuesday.
“We want to alert
our citizens who own
boats of these thefts,”
said Staff Sergeant
Andrew Martin. Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS
“We are hopeful we One man is taken into custody and another taken to hospital after an alleged assault
will recover the boats at 25773 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Tuesday afternoon.
and charge those re-
sponsible. To that end, Crescent in the Maple without incident. house in the 25700 block
I appeal to our citizens Ridge industrial park. Martin said the man of Dewdney Trunk
to call us if they have The trailer was at- is well-known to Ridge Road around 2:30 p.m.
any information on tached to a white 1996 Meadows RCMP. The man he assaulted
possible suspects, or Dodge pickup truck He was held in cus- was taken to hospital
whereabouts of the with British Columbia tody overnight for a with injuries.
stolen boats.” licence plates CG4902, first court appearance Staff Sgt. Andrew
The boats stolen in- which was also stolen. Thursday. Martin said the suspect
clude: • Anyone with any was still on scene when
information is asked to police arrived.
• a blue 14.5-foot
Princecraft on a trailer call RCMP at 604-463-
Stolen motorbike He was later released
stolen from the 21100 6251. To remain anon- Ridge Meadows from police custody but
block of 123rd Avenue; ymous call CrimeStop- RCMP arrested a is scheduled to appear
• a 12-foot Harber- pers at 1-800-222-8477. 39-year-old woman in in court in November.
craft, on a boat trailer, CrimeStoppers will Maple Ridge Wednes-
pay a reward of up to day after she was spot-
stolen from the 21600
block of 126th Avenue; $2,000 for information ted pushing a stolen Break-in
• a 14-foot Springbok leading to an arrest motorbike. Thieves stole pop,
boat which was sto- and conviction. At 10 a.m., a plain oil, rock salt and wind-
len from a yard in the clothes officer saw the shield washer fluid
woman, accompanied during a break-in Mon-
13500 block of 232nd
Street;
Threats made by a man, wheeling the day at a gas station in
• a silver and blue A Maple Ridge man bike in 23500-block of Maple Ridge.
12-foot aluminum boat was arrested by police Kanaka Way. The theft occurred
was reported stolen Wednesday after he When the licence sometime between
from Mountainview threatened another plate was run on the noon and 10:30 p.m. at
Crescent; man at a gas station. police computer sys- the Petro Canada on
• a 12-foot Lund boat The incident took tem, it revealed the Lougheed Highway at
was stolen from a resi- place inside the Husky plate had been report- 228th Street.
dential property in the Gas station store on ed stolen in August.
Dewdney Trunk Road. The officer then in-
22900 block of 116th
According to police, tercepted the couple
Craving a Big Mac?
Avenue.
Sometime between the man walked into and learned that the Ridge Meadows
Sept. 1 and Tuesday, the store just after 6:30 motorcycle had been RCMP arrested a man
a white and purple p.m. reported stolen in 2009. in Maple Ridge Mon-
20-foot Malibu boat, Due to his suspicious The woman was taken day after he went in a
on a black boat trailer behavior, Staff Sgt. An- into custody, but later McDonald’s restaurant
were stolen from a ga- drew Martin said the released on a promise which he was forbidden
rage on 243rd Street. man was asked to leave to appear for a court from entering.
The trailer had Brit- and that’s when he date in October. The 51-year-old was
ish Columbia licence threatened the store’s taken into custody
employee. around 7:20 a.m. on two
plates UJW85L on it at
The 34-year-old ran
Assault charges counts of disobeying a
the time of the theft.
A blue 20-foot Maxim away when he saw A man was arrested court order.
boat on a trailer, with Ridge Meadows RCMP Tuesday for assaulting Police said he was
British Columbia li- arrive but he was soon another man at a home also seen inside the fast
cence plates UNH95L, located inside a nearby in Maple Ridge. food chain the previous
was stolen from the restaurant, where he The 31-year-old was day but left before offi-
20100 block of Stewart was taken into custody taken into custody at a cers arrived.

Fraser Health patient data lost with stolen laptop
Fraser Health has informed 600 patients
their personal information was compro-
mised when an unencrypted laptop com-
puter was stolen from Burnaby Hospital
Aug. 21.
The computer contained names, birth
dates and personal health care numbers
of patients who had their breathing rates
tested in the hospital’s respiratory de-
partment.
The laptop in question was not password
protected – contrary to Fraser Health pol-
icy, according to health authority spokes-
person Marie Nightingale.
“There is an investigation underway to
determine why it wasn’t,” she said, add-
ing other laptops in that department are
being checked to ensure they comply.
She said Fraser Health is offering to
pay for a one-year subscription to a cred-
it monitoring service of each patient’s
choice.
Equifax offers such a service for $15 per
month, suggesting the slip-up could cost
Fraser Health at least $100,000.
“We are sensitive to concerns of identity
theft,” she said, but added there’s so far
“no reason to believe the information con-
tained in the document was widely dis-
seminated.”
The laptop has not yet been recovered
and a police investigation is continuing.
Worst speeders to lose
wheels for at least a week
by J eff Nagel
Black Press

Leadfoot drivers who

speed more than 40
km/h over the limit
may have their vehicles
impounded for a week
under new enforce-
ment rules that kick in
Sept. 20.
Solicitor General
Mike de Jong said the
province is aiming to
save lives by taking
some of the most dan-
gerous speeders off the
road.
“Excessive speed is Black Press
often a death sentence Tougher impoundment rules take effect this month.
for everyone involved
– the driver, their pas- “The faster you go, the There are also sig-
sengers and other in- less likely you’ll walk nificant recent traffic
nocent road-users,” he away from a crash. Any- pattern changes near
said. thing we can do to reduce the Willingdon exit in
Police write 10,000 speed in turn reduces Burnaby and at the
tickets a year for exces- the number of needless 152 Street interchange
sive speeding, which tragedies on our roads in Surrey. For details,
carry fines of $368 to and highways.” see www.pmh1project.
$483, three ICBC pen- The new rules may com.
alty points and an ICBC also lead to longer im- With children return-
driver-risk premium of poundment of street ing to school, drivers
$320 per year for three racers’ cars, officials are also being cautioned
years over and above said, noting the previ- to practice safe driving
regular insurance rates. ous minimum impound- habits and watch out
But as of Sept. 20, a ment for street racing for school zones.
charge of excessive was 48 hours. Every year in B.C.,
speeding will also trig- Motorists on Highway there’s an average of
ger a mandatory seven- 1 are also being cau- 16,655 crashes, 5,350
day impoundment for tioned to observe the injuries and 36 deaths
a first offence, a 30-day new construction speed involving children.
impoundment for a sec- limits from Langley to “We really need driv-
ond offence and 60 days Vancouver, where the ers to do their part, slow
for subsequent exces- Port Mann Bridge con- down and watch out for
sive speeding offences struction and freeway kids,” Chung said.
within two years. widening project con- “Police will be out
“Speed is the number- tinues. in full force, monitor-
one contributing factor The limit is 70 km/h ing the 30 km/h school
to fatalities in car acci- from the Cassiar Tun- zones throughout the
dents in the province,” nel to Grandview High- province to make sure
said Cpl. Jamie Chung way in Burnaby and that kids get off to a
of Langley RCMP E Di- then 80 km/h to 208 safe start this school
vision Traffic Services. Street in Langley. year.”
Sockeye fishing cut
off to protect coho
by Je f f Nage l Canada.
Black Press That’s great news for
sports anglers, who are
allowed to continue
Most commercial recreational fishing for
fishing of this year’s sockeye until Sept. 19.
record run of Fraser Commercial fishing
River sockeye salmon advocates argue their
has been halted to con- season is being cut off
serve much smaller too early, with millions
runs of coho salmon more sockeye still to
and steelhead that come through.
could be dangerously Conservative MP
weakened by further John Cummins (Delta-
intensive harvesting. Richmond East) criti-
In a typical year, most cized what he called the
sockeye migrate before extreme move to shut
the coho, but late-run down fishing to protect
sockeye – which ac- “the last of these weak
count for three-quar- stocks.”
ters of the massive Commercial fishing
2010 run – come back at boats are equipped
the same time, mingled with revival boxes they
with their scarce rela- must use to store, re-
tives. vive and release coho
Heavy fishing for they accidentally catch,
sockeye from this point he noted.
on could kill unaccept- Cummins argued
able numbers of coho, First Nations fisheries
which number just don’t use revival boxes
30,000, according to fed- and often set their nets
eral fisheries officials. for much longer – with
All fishing in the a higher kill rate – than
Fraser below the Mis- commercial boats.
sion Bridge ended by 7 Fishermen are angry
a.m. Tuesday and more because First Nations,
of the river upstream is including the Sto:lo and
to be closed. Katzie, were allowed to
Fishery managers es- continue fishing Tues-
timate this year’s catch day after the commer-
by all sectors will total cial openings ended.
around 11 million sock- But Sto:lo fishery ad-
eye out of an estimated viser Ernie Crey said
run of 34.5 million – the Cummins is wrong – ab-
strongest in nearly 100 original fishing below
years. the Mission Bridge is
Up to 15 million late- also cut off now – add-
run sockeye have been ing the closures cover
delaying in the Strait the areas where coho
of Georgia and are des- are now in the river.
tined for the Shuswap Crey also noted that
Lake/Adams River ar- coho revival boxes are
eas. not as effective as other
“They’re starting to selective fishing tech-
move into the river, niques, including fish
coming in at a rate wheels and beach sein-
of 400,000 to 500,000 ing – where nets are
a day,” said Barry used to gradually herd
Rosenberger, Interior salmon close to shore,
B.C. area director for where steelhead or
Fisheries and Oceans coho can be released.
Teaching in the age of technology
I
am an avid reader of any-
thing that deals with the
effects of technology on
young people. Part of this is
because, as an educator, I’m
interested in knowing what
we should embrace in schools
to engage students. Part of it
is because I want to be sure I
understand what embracing
any technology may do, good
or bad, so that I can consider
whether the risks are worth it.
I found myself, at our be-
ginning of the year faculty
meetings, in an almost surreal
position at one point when I
disengaged myself from the
direct conversation (okay,
caught myself daydreaming)
and reflected on all of the
conversations we were having
in preparation for the year.
I can tell you, with absolute
certainty, that 20 years ago the
conversations seemed com-
pletely different on the one
hand and eerily familiar on the
other.
Twenty years ago we talked
about learning differences in
some students, strategies for
dealing with the occasional
student with ADHD, emotional
intelligence and kids to keep
an eye on as a result of emo-
tional distress.
This year, we talked about
cyberbullying, inappropriate
laptop and cell phone use in
class and learning differences
and lack of attention span that
many students were showing
as a result of their use of tech-
nology and a change in the
way they approach learning.
While technology has cer-
tainly changed the education
landscape, the topics are much
the same. Teachers are trying
to find ways to engage
every student so that
they can learn in the
manner best for them
and to their highest
level. Currently, one of
the biggest challenges
is to simply find a way
to separate them from
their obsessive com-
munication devices in
order to get them to
focus on the task at Parenting
hand. Graham Hookey
That brings us to
the second part of the
biggest challenge, which is
to find ways to help students
focus and move information
from the surface of experi-
ence to the deeper long-term
memory. This was once the
discussion around students
considered “hyperactive,” but
now it tends to include a much
broader swath of the “surfing
generation.”
And, of course, kids come
to school with painful per-
sonal issues that may affect
their behaviour in a variety of
ways. The cyberbully of today
was the schoolyard bully of
yesteryear; the medium might
change, but the issues remain
the same. Kids who are hurt-
ing will be lashing out at oth-
ers. Once, it was obvious in the
playground; now it’s both more
pervasive and more secretive.
Teachers and parents have
little access to the real social
network of young people and
it’s often not until damage has
been done that the impact of
this network comes home to
roost.
A lot has changed in the past
20 years, but the basic human
qualities of young people have
not, and remain the
greatest concern of
teachers. We continue
to search for teach-
ing methods so that
every student can
be successful; we
continue to empha-
size the importance of
basic learning skills
to ensure that every
student can become
a life-time learner;
we continue to be
concerned with the
fragility of a child’s
sense of self worth and seek
ways to both identify students
who need help and prevent
them from preying on others.
Schools use technology as
tools to assist in the very hu-
man process of raising young
people who are competent,
confident and have character.
“Technology is neither
going to be the saviour
nor the demise of a
good education.”
Technology is neither going
to be the saviour nor the de-
mise of a good education. We
need to recognize it for what
it is and keep our attention
firmly focused on what is most
important in the educational
process – the students.
Graham Hookey is an
educator and writer
(ghookey@yahoo.com).
When your soul clings to the dust
T
wo striking metaphors
are used in Psalm 119 to
describe the condition we
often find ourselves in: 25 My
soul clings to the dust; 28 My
soul melts away for sorrow.
We experience this to differ-
ent degrees and in different
manners. Your soul may be
clinging to the dust as the re-
sult of a chronic, life-changing
illness that you are struggling
to come to terms with, or an
aggressive, acute disease that
is threatening your existence.
Your soul may be draining
away in the sand because of a
sudden tragedy. It may be that
a marital problem, concerns
over a child’s behaviour, or
worries about financial mat-
ters have become too much to
bear. The gossip and slander of
mean-spirited co-workers may
be getting the better of you. Or
it may simply be that an un-
healthy, unbalanced life-style
is catching up with you.
Affliction and weariness af-
fects every aspect of our be-
ing. People who struggle with
chronic illness will testify that
the disease never affects only
the part of their bodies that are
sick, nor does it affect merely
their bodies. It affects every-
thing: their minds, emotions,
relationships, ability to work,
faith, outlook on life. Nothing
remains untouched.
We are all too familiar with
such dust-clinging. We are hu-
man. We can pretend for short
periods of time that we galaxies, planets,
are immune, but our earth, sea, and sky;
pretensions can never and into the empti-
hold in the long run. ness to fill it with fish,
Sooner or later, we en- birds, cattle, horses,
counter it. men, women, and chil-
So how do we respond dren; the Word that
when pain, suffering, God speaks to reveal
grief, and death invade his glorious being and
our lives? Where do we create a bond of grace
go when our souls cling with us.
to the dust or melts Both realities, life
away for sorrow? Acts of Faith and Word, are impor-
The Psalm offers a Gerard Booy tant in prayer. Prayer
helpful perspective. does not gloss over
We pray. life, but neither does
Dust is not just the place of it become stuck in life. It also
affliction, weariness, helpless- takes account of the reality of
ness, and death; it is also the God. Therefore the refrain that
place from which we reach out marks our spirituality: “ac-
to God in prayer. Prayer starts cording to your Word.”
in the dust. The Psalm reads: We are invited to speak to God
25 My soul clings to the dust; about the detail of our lives.
Give me life according to your The Psalmist does that and
word! discovered something grand.
28 My soul melts away for God answers. Through honest
sorrow; prayer and engagement with
Strengthen me according to the Word, a remarkable trans-
your Word! formation takes place. God is
Prayer is situated between at work, enlarging our hearts,
two realities. On the one hand, liberating us, and enabling us
life: the dust to which the soul to live fully even in the face of
clings; affliction that restricts adversity.
our lives; sorrow that eats away The Psalm that begins with
at our being; seizures, cancer the person clinging to the dust
cells, amputated legs, lay-offs, ends on this very different
bills and mortgages, conflict, note:
and parenting concerns. 32 I will run in the way of
And on the other side, the re- your commandments
ality of God’s Word: the Word when you enlarge my heart!
of the Creator spoken into the
darkness to create light, and Gerard Booy is pastor at
over the chaos to form stars, Haney Presbyterian Church.
Start education savings now
I
ntroduced in 1998, For 2010 and beneficiary at-
the Canada Educa- later years, tains 16 years
tion Savings Grant the stated of age.
is a key component family income In simple
used by the federal thresholds will terms, you
government to encour- be indexed to must start an
age the use of RESPs inflation. RESP for a
to fund post-secondary Family net beneficiary
education. income is before the
The CESG is a generally the end of the
program whereby the same fig- calendar year
federal government ure used to in which the
provides a grant to an calculate the Money talk beneficiary
RESP equal to 20 per Canada Child Jim Maroney turns 15 years
cent of the first $2,500 Tax Benefit. In of age to be
contributed to an RESP other words, eligible for the
each year that the ben- net income from line CESG.
eficiary is 17 years of 236 of your personal tax
age or less. At its maxi- return added to the net Jim Maroney is a
mum, the CESG will income of your spouse chartered accountant
add $500 to an RESP or common-law part- with Meyers Norris
each year or a maxi- ner, if you have one. Penny in Maple Ridge.
mum of $7,200 until the If you fail to make
year the beneficiary the maximum CESG
turns 18. eligible contribution in
The CESG is one a year, the entitlement
of those rare govern- carries forward to a
ment handouts that is future year, subject to
available to taxpayers the lesser of $1,000 per
regardless of their beneficiary per year or
income level, so if you 20 per cent of unused
qualify, don’t miss out CESG room.
on the opportunity. The CESG rules aren’t
On the subject of quite so kind to those
family income, lower in- who are late to the
come earners will find party. RESPs for benefi-
the CESG rules some- ciaries 16 and 17 years
what more generous. of age can only receive
For example, in 2009, if the CESG if at least one
your family net income of the following two
was less than $38,833, conditions is met:
an “additional” CESG is • a minimum of $2,000
available for each ben- of contributions has
eficiary under the age been made to, and not
of 18. This “additional” withdrawn from, RESPs
CESG is calculated at 40 in respect of the benefi-
per cent of the first $500 ciary before the year in
contributed to an RESP, which the beneficiary
plus 20 per cent of the attains 16 years of age;
next $2,000. or;
For families with a net • a minimum of $100
income in 2009 of more of annual contributions
than $38,832 but less has been made to, and
than $77,769, the 40 per not withdrawn from,
cent rate changes to 30 RESPs in respect of the
per cent, which means beneficiary in at least
the maximum CESG any four years before
will be $550. the year in which the
Pay-to-play ventures mulled for parks
by J eff Nage l nesses that could charge head Regional Park in
Black Press visitors to use zip lines, northeast Surrey or Al-
water slides, dog wash dergrove Lake Regional
stations or other new Park in Langley, among
Metro Vancouver may amenities. others.
open the region’s parks The concept may bring
to more commercial busi- big changes to Tyne- championed by parks
desecrate a park to put those,” he said. “And it
an enhanced service in places stress on the par-
it.” ents to be able to pay for
A zip line may be a them.”
great opportunity at MacLean doesn’t out-
committee chair and operations on regional Tynehead, Martin said. right reject new services
Langley City Coun. taxpayers. And a water park might and revenue possibilities,
Gayle Martin, who sees “We know there’s prob- be one potential option but said he will be on
potential to offer more ably going to be some to replace man-made guard against any move
enhanced services while backlash, but we have Aldergrove Lake, which to add gate fees to enter
The move is being using fee revenue to re- to handle that,” Martin the region has been ad- parks or put significant
duce the burden of park said. “We’re not going to vised to drain because of swaths off limits to free
leaks. use.
“If it was some kind of “I’d like to think you
water park it would have could go and put a couple
to be a paid access,” Mar- of picnic benches togeth-
tin said. “It would be an er and have your kid’s
enhanced service.” birthday in a regional
She said Metro has not park and not have to pay
yet ruled out spending anything for it,” he said.
the estimated $4 million Some activities make
it would take to repair sense, he said.
Aldergrove Lake and “People don’t always
retain the popular swim- have their own canoe or
ming hole, which attracts have a zip line in their
25,000 visitors per year. backyard.”
Parks with dog zones MacLean predicted
could be equipped with such business opportuni-
a canine swimming lake ties won’t come to places
and self-serve dog-wash- like Pacific Spirit Region-
ing area, she added. al Park, noting a group
Coffee shops or conces- of Vancouver west side
sion stands could pair activists would swiftly
up with other amenities mobilize.
like a dog swimming lake Instead, he sees the
or kids’ water park, she focus being on parks
added. further east, particularly
Private investors could ones frequented by many
even be recruited to build families and where “en-
new fishing piers along vironmental sensitivities
some water bodies, she aren’t as strong.”
said, noting some U.S. Martin said she recog-
parks have such sites nizes the affordability
with complete rentals of issue.
fishing tackle and bait. “Obviously we want
The ideas go well be- to keep our parks open
yond the pay-per-use to as many people as we
amenities now in Metro can,” she said, but added
regional parks, such as it’s been several years
Brae Island campground, since Metro rethought
the existing concession its park services.
stand at Boundary Bay A couple of privately
Regional Park, the canoe run zip lines now exist in
rentals at Grant Narrows the region, including one
in Pitt Meadows or bike on Grouse Mountain and
rentals at Colony Farm one at Maple Ridge, on a
in Port Coquitlam. former campground the
Some of the $2 mil- operator leases from the
lion per year Metro now municipality.
earns in its parks also Money from lease fees
comes from house rent- or a share of operator
als and movie shoots by revenue could be used to
the film industry. cut the costs of the parks
Pitt Meadows Mayor system or to acquire
Don MacLean said he’s more land for future
somewhat concerned parks, Martin said.
about affordability for The committee direc-
families. tion to “authorize explo-
“If you take someone ration of a full-range of
into the park and say, enhanced park services
‘OK, we have zip lines that could be offered”
and we have boat rides.’ must still be approved by
The kid wants all of the full Metro board later
THE NEWS/home&gardening
Minor bulbs make spectacular gardens
T
he garden giants
of spring colour
are now giving
way to their smaller
cousins that actually re-
peat their performance
year after year and leave
a very soft footprint of
dying and unsightly foli-
age. Yes, the big tulips,
narcissus and hyacinths,
provide a great splash of
colour and are important Gardening
in the right locations, Brian Minter
but minor bulbs offer
us a subtle accompani-
ment to so many other spring plants and can
make our gardens truly spectacular.
Snowdrops and crocuses are growing in
popularity because they are old fashioned
favourites and easy to plant. They perennial-
ize readily almost anywhere in the garden to
create an ever expanding display each year.
The tiny yellow buttercup-like winter
aconite (Eranthis cilicica) is one bulb
that sneaks ahead to bloom even before
snowdrops, and it is rapidly growing in
popularity. Its touch of yellow is a true
spring inspiration in the cold gray months of
January and February. It multiplies nicely
among ground covers, but looks particularly
nice together with dark ajugas, like ‘Black
Scallop’, dark foliaged thymes and compact,
almost black heucheras, like H. ‘Obsidian’.
In recent years, more varieties of grape
hyacinths (muscari) have been introduced
into the marketplace than perhaps any other
bulb. Blue is a refreshing contrast colour for
so many other plants and bulbs, especially
those with golden or red foliage. There are
some recent innovations that I think are
truly spectacular. Muscari ‘Mt. Hood’ has
clear blue flowers with snowcapped white
tops. In clusters they look sensational as do
the similar M. neglectum with their dark
blue flowers rimmed in white.
If you love a little perfume, the first yellow
variety, M. ‘Golden Fragrance’, is quite an
attention getter. These are all long bloom-
ing, mid-season varieties. There are a couple
of quite pleasing later varieties.
Muscari ‘Plumosum’ is a very large blue
flowered variety that is very unique, and M.
comosum is a lavender-coloured wispy vari-
ety that is so late it blooms with the alliums.
Muscari ‘Valerie Finnis’ is a very unique
soft blue that lifts any combination.
All muscari need to be planted in group-
ings for the best effect, and they look great
underplanted around dwarf forsythia and
Puschkinias are incredibly bright and cheery in March landscapes.
corylopsis (the variety well known as But-
tercup Winter Hazel).
We love scillas in our gardens simply be-
cause they bloom in May, when most other
bulbs are finished, providing a refreshing
lift. The blues are nice but I must admit that
the white and pink Scilla campanulatas are
fabulous. The pink, in particular, adds a new
and important colour to our gardens. They
multiply well too and yes, they even have a
perfume.
So many folks who ask for old fashioned
English bluebells are not quite sure what
Contributed
to request in terms of getting the right
bulb. Well, Scilla nutans is the true English
bluebell that thrives best in light shade and
blooms over a long period of time.
One personal favourite is the little bulb
puschkinia. These tiny pure white bulbs
with pin-striped blue flowers are incredibly
bright and cheery in March landscapes.
They look great with miniature yellow daf-
fodils or dwarf red tulips, and they bloom a
long while. From a distance they look like
soft blue clumps that spice up any border or
rockery.
Alliums are such a treat in June and July
gardens, adding another fresh look as sum-
mer annuals get settled in. There are so
many varieties but the yellow Allium moly
luteum, the bell-like pink and fragrant A.
bulgarium and A. ‘Drumstick’ (A. sphaero-
cephalum) are my favourite tiny flowered
varieties.
No garden should be without A. schubertii
and A. christophii for sheer wonderment
of their intricately woven flower heads that
last for weeks. It’s okay to show off a little,
and no June garden should be without a
few of the big guys like A. giganteum and
the even larger A. ‘Globemaster’. They look
magnificent blooming among variegated
grasses like Miscanthus ‘Variegatus’ and
Phalaris ‘Feesey’s Form’. They will also
draw the most admiring comments about
your garden.
If you have a slightly shady deciduous
woodland garden, then erythroniums are
just so lovely. Their soft yellows and whites
are perhaps the most striking and E. ‘White
Beauty’ is the one we love best in our
gardens.
“I love beautiful displays of
narcissus and tulips, but in today’s
smaller space gardens they can
look unsightly after flowering.”
I love beautiful displays of narcissus and
tulips, but in today’s smaller space gardens
they can look unsightly after flowering.
I must say we’ve discovered a yellow tulip,
called ‘Garant’ that has absolutely striking
yellow and green variegated foliage and is
simply breathtaking before, during and after
flowering. It’s amazing.
I’m also very fond of the mini daffodil
‘Golden Bells,’ which is about the bulb size
of a crocus and flowers with three to four
flowers per bulb. It’s a ‘must have’ on your
bulb list.
Take a good look now at all the botanical
bulb opportunities in your garden for a sim-
ply dashing display in next spring’s garden.
By treating them as perennials and coordi-
nating them with everything, your display
will be better and better each year.
Brian Minter owns and operates Minter
Gardens just outside of Chilliwack.

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Saturday, Sept. 11
• Join the Family Education and
Community Calendar
Support Centre and the Affiliation
of Multicultural Societies and Service
Agencies at the Diversity Health Fair
at the Ridge Meadows Seniors’ Centre,
12150 224th Street from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Visitors can learn about healthy
cooking and lifestyles, take part in
fitness classes, tap their foot to ethnic
music, watch cultural dancers, speak
with health care professionals, or
sample ethnic foods. To learn more,
call Angie at 604-476-2447 or email
angie@hipstrategic.com.
• Haney Farmers’ Market
celebrates tomatoes with a cooking
demonstration presented by Chef
Nathan Hyam at 10:30 a.m. Take the
taste test and taste what vine-ripened
means. The Market is overflowing
with freshly picked fruit and produce
from our own Fraser Valley and the
Okanagan. Memorial Peace Park in
downtown Maple Ridge on 224th
Street. www.haneyfarmersmarket.org
Sunday, Sept.12
• Scotiabank and the B.C.
SPCA present Paws for a Cause at
the Albion Fairgrounds. Registra-
tion starts at 10 a.m., with the
events beginning at 11 a.m. Visit
spca.bc.ca/walk to register.
events@mapleridgenews.com
 Section coordinator:

THE NEWS/sports
Robert Mangelsdorf
604-467-1122 ext. 216
newsroom@mapleridgenews.com

Friday night
lights for
Marauders Heads up
Pitt takes on Sands tonight at home Reegan Wanders
(left) of the Pitt
Meadows Thunder
by R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f
goes head to head
staff reporter
with a member of
BGSC United during
The Pitt Meadows Marauders varsity foot- a U-11 girls select
ball team takes to the field for the first time A game during the
tonight [Friday], facing the Sands Scorpions Pitt Meadows Soc-
of Delta under the lights on the their new
cer Club’s Labour
all-weather artificial turf field.
The $2.2 million facility features high-pow- Day Tournament at
ered lighting, markings for football, soccer, the Pitt Meadows
and field lacrosse, and will eventually in- Athletic Fields
clude seating for 300. Sunday morning.
However, with the bleachers at the new The Thunder placed
field yet to be erected, there is sure to be a second in their
standing room only crowd. division, losing
Friday night games are a high school foot- to Burnaby in the
ball tradition, one that Marauders head finals.
coach Dave Holleran hopes takes root in Pitt
Meadows. Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS
“The team is thrilled to be playing under
the lights,” he said. “For a lot of them this
will be the only time they get to.”
Because of field use conflicts this season,
tonight’s exhibition game with the Sands
Scorpions of Delta will be the only Friday
Junior B Flames fall to Kodiaks in season opener
night game for the Marauders at home this by R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f [Friday] at home against the his team this year. has been the play of goaltender
season. staff reporter Grandview Steelers. “I think we have more skill this Spencer Marro. The Cloverdale
The Marauders will be missing a number Flames coach Tavis Eaton year,” he said. “I think we’re a midget product has impressed
of key components tonight due to injuries says he expects to see another bit bigger, faster, and grittier the coaching staff and earned
and vacations, including Malcolm Williams, The Ridge Meadows Flames highly-skilled, and well-coached than last year, too.” himself the start Wednesday
Matt Newlove, and Gord MacKinnon. saw their first action of the team at the other end of the The Flames’ first line will night against the Kodiaks.
Another noticeable absence will be quar- 2010/11 Pacific International rink. feature Danny Brandys Dustin “Tyler [Klassen] is a very good
terback Cory Takahara, who recently decid- Junior Hockey League Wednes- “[Grandview Seelers’ coach Cervo, and Shane Harle, who goalie, but we just want to see
ed to attend high school in the United States day night, falling 4-2 to the Al- Aldo Bruno] was coaching when have clicked together in pre- what Marro can do on the road,”
this year to play lacrosse. dergrove Kodiaks, the team that I was still playing,” said Eaton. season. Team captain CJ Legas- said Eaton. “He’s been excellent
“That was a bit of a surprise,” said Holle- eliminated them from the play- “Their whole staff has a lot of sic heads the second line, while for us this preseason. He’s play-
ran. offs in March. experience, and I expect them his linemates have yet to be de- ing with ice in his veins.”
Danny Childress, who received substantial While the road loss starts to have another good team this termined, said Eaton. • The Flames face the Grand-
playing time behind Takahara last season the team out on the wrong foot year.” “We have a lot of depth up view Steelers tonight in their
will take over as the starting pivot. this season, the Flames have a With his own roster finalized, front,” he said. home-opener at Planet Ice in
See Marauders, p48 chance for redemption tonight Eaton expects big things out of One surprise out of preseason Maple Ridge

Local goaltender Wilson headed to soccer nationals

by R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f
staff reporter
Thomas Haney secondary se-
nior Emily Wilson is going plac-
es, and soccer is helping her get
there.
The young goaltender will be
headed to Newfoundland next
month to take part in the Cana-
dian national U-18 champion-
ships as part of Team B.C., be-
fore heading to Florida for the
Wilson Super Y-League North American
Championships.
To help pay for the trips, Wil-
son has organized a bottle drive
in her neighbourhood, and deliv-
ers newspapers for a few extra
bucks, running her route instead
of walking it.
“That way I get a little exercise,
and make some money too,” she
said.
She also spent the summer gut-
ting fish in a factory in downtown
Vancouver.
“It was pretty stinky, but the
money was good,” she says.
Wilson plays for the Coquitlam
Milan in the U-18 Metro league,
as well as the Coquitlam Metro-
Ford women’s premier division
team.
After suffering an ACL tear in
her knee last year, Wilson has
fully recovered and is back to
playing soccer again.
When she’s not playing for club
teams, she’s the Thomas Haney
Thunder’s starting goaltender as
well.
“We didn’t win a game last sea-
son, but school soccer is just for
fun,” she said.
Wilson previously won a na-
tional championship as part of
Team B.C. at the U-14 level and
hopes for a repeat performance
in October.
After her globetrotting this
autumn, Wilson has her sights
set on UBC, where she plans to
study kinesiology and play for
the Thunderbirds next season.
• To donate bottles and cans to
Wilson’s fundraising efforts, con-
tact her at emwilson01@shaw.ca
for pick up.
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U-12 Strikers take Pitt tourney crown

The Golden Ears United U-12
Strikers started the new soc-
cer season the same way they
did last season, by taking first
place in their division at the Pitt
Meadows Labour Day Soccer
Tournament.
Playing in the U-12 Select A
bracket, the Strikers started the
tourney with a decisive 7-2 vic-
tory over Port Moody 99 Selects.
Tre Spedding was selected the
game’s MVP after he scored
three goals. Keiran Wood had a
strong start to the season, scor-
ing a goal and adding two as-
sists. Kyle Clagget and Jordan
Evans each scored a goal and
added an assist. Trevor Solo-
nyka added the final goal of the
game and Michael Johnstone
and Jorrin Lenton contributed
assists.
In the second game of the
tourney, the Strikers defeated
a determined New Wesminster
Surgo 1-0. The lone goal of the
game was scored by Spedding
on a pass from the Striker goal-
ie, Brett Didyk. For recording Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS
his first shutout of the season, Jorrin Lenton of the Golden Ears United Strikers leaps over a member of the
Didyk was awarded the game
MVP.
Coquitlam Metro Ford Gunners on Sunday.
In the third game of the tour- play of the defence, including on a goal by Trevor Solonyka,
ney, the Strikers played to a 2-2 Lachlan Ramsay, Jordan Evans his first of three goals in the fi-
draw with the Metro Ford Gun- Lenton and Eales. Lenton was nal game. Spedding scored on
ners. Spedding started the game awarded the game MVP for his a pass from Johnstone, as the
with his fifth goal of the young defensive play. Strikers scored four goals in
season on a pass from Wood. The Strikers faced the Pitt the second half. Ty Rowell had
The second Striker goal was Meadows Thrashers in the a goal and an assist and Wood
scored on a beautiful header tournament final, taking the had two assists in the final.
by Johnstone off a Parker Eales championship with a convinc- Didyk earned MVP honours
corner kick. The Strikers were ing 5-0 win. The first half fin- for his second shut-out of the
held in the game by the strong ished with the Strikers up 1-0 weekend.

Marauders face tough test under lights

Marauders from p46 playing both ways, Hol- of the well-established tilt, “I just want to make
While Holleran said leran said the coaching football program. sure I have the right kids
Takahara will be missed, staff is putting an em- “They are big, they in the right place.”
Childress is more than phasis on physical con- are fast, and they have The regular season, he
capable of taking over as ditioning. depth,” he said. “They added, will be about de-
starter. “The good news is [the also had a full spring veloping his players and
“He would have got team] has a good attitude training which we didn’t, preparing them for the
starts this season any- and they’re all working because of the field con- post-season.
ways,” said Holleran. very hard,” he said. struction.” “When we get to the
“He’s bigger than Cory, Holleran said he ex- Holleran said he’s not play-offs,” said Holleran,
and he has a very strong pects Sands to field a too concerned about the “we’re there to win, and
arm.” skilled team, typical score of the preseason nothing else.”
The Marauders will
have problems with
depth this season, given
the team’s 22-player ros-
ter.
“Were a small team,
in size and numbers,”
Holleran said. However,
what the team has in
spades is experience and
athletic ability. The Ma-
rauders squad went all
the way to the AA junior
varsity provincial cham-
pionship game two years
ago. Those players, now
in Grade 12, are hungry
for another run at a pro-
vincial championship.
Holleran has expand-
ed the team’s exhibition
play to three games this
season, in order to get
his players comfortable
playing at a wide variety
of positions. A number
of players will play both
ways, some in positions
completely new to them.
With so many players
 Sports

Low-cost exercise options offer diversity

A
s the carefree and a concomitant exercise is walking or The recent level of
days of sum- rise in cardiovascular running. All you need interest in TV shows
mer wind down disease. But there are is good shoes and a such as ‘So You Think
and the regular fall many alternatives coat and hat for those You Can Dance’ has
routines of school available to those inevitable wet and raised the profile of
and work who are on blustery days to come. dance to a level never
get under low income This is a great social seen before. And any
way, peoples’ or strapped activity as well that form of exercise that
thoughts for cash. And can include family is enjoyable means
return to re- most of these members or friends. that it has more
suming a reg- are free, fun To extend the con- chance of being done
ular exercise and have no cept of walking a bit on a consistent basis.
routine. But age limits. further, hiking is There are also
not everyone Any form of even better as it usu- many types of martial
can afford cardiovascu- ally requires covering arts like Tai Chi and
an expensive lar exercise hilly and uneven ter- Y-Dan that require
gym member- will increase rain which demands strength, balance and
ship or the your fitness greater muscle use coordination of their
parapher- Kinected level, de- and often provides participants. And
nalia that is Kerry Senchyna crease your enjoyable views of our while these forms
sometimes health risks under-appreciated have not been thought
required in and manage wilds. to provide a cardio-
order to exercise such your weight, if the Another form of vascular benefit, there
as sports equipment, intensity is at least at undervalued exercise is mounting evidence
protective clothing a moderate level. is dance. This is a showing that they in
or high-end running The regular use of whole-body activity fact do.
shoes. Add to this the the larger, lower-body which, depending on They can also in-
many segments of muscles are primary the intensity, can crease the fitness and
the public that don’t determinants of opti- burn a surprising mobility of people to a
have the background mal cardio respiratory number of calories. point where they can
and skill set to be able fitness. Exercises that In fact a 150-pound do more varied and
to take part in some work these muscles person can burn up demanding activities.
sporting activities and burn more calories to 400 calories an The best thing about
have an aversion to than activities that hour doing Samba (or these disciplines
sports because of the primarily involve the other Latin American is that once you’ve
distaste of their com- upper-body, so keep varieties), Anishi- learned the moves,
petitive nature. The this in mind when naabe jingle dancing, you can practice them
result is declining par- making exercise Bhangra, Greek, Irish, on your own without
ticipation and fitness choices. and many other tradi- paying for classes.
levels for a significant The most obvi- tional ethnic and folk The same could be
part of the population ous form of no-cost forms of dance. said for simple callis-
thenics, which can be
learned from check-
ing out material at
your local library and
incorporating these
exercises into your
daily routine.
Most community
centre programming
provides low cost op-
tions for group exer-
cise activities and can
be a resource to find
out more about what
is available locally.
For more informa-
tion about ideas on
low-cost fitness and
active social activities
check out the Maple
Ridge Pitt Meadows
Diversity Health
Fair on Sept. 11, 2010
between 11 a.m. and
3 p.m. at the Ridge
Meadows Seniors’
Centre. The Fair con-
nects immigrants,
refugees, and local
residents with health
and wellness workers
in a supportive setting
to learn about healthy
cooking and lifestyles;
take part in fitness
classes; tap their foot
to ethnic music; watch
cultural dancers; or,
sample ethnic foods.

Kerry Senchyna
holds a bachelor of
science degree in kine-
siology and is owner
of West Coast Kinesi-
ology in Maple Ridge
(westcoastkinesiology.
com).

sports@mapleridgenews.com
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Football Golf
Valley Community Football League Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour 20 Kevin Jia Wen Wang Richmond 91 - 89 180
Regular season standings Lindsay Kenney Classic 21 Peter Matthews Coquitlam Westwood Plateau 105 - 80 185
Belmont Golf Course 21 Anderson Jin Langley Redwoods GC 98 - 87 185
Atom Sept. 2 and 3 23 Alexander Moidl Maple Ridge Meadow Gardens GC 100 - 97 197
Team W L T Pts 24 Jake (Jungwoo) Kim Coquitlam Swan-e-Set Bay 104 - 99 203
Abbotsford 2 0 0 4 Boys 13 & Under 25 Justin Lee Port Coquitlam Redwoods GC 119 –122 241
Meadow Ridge Blue 2 0 0 4 Place Name City Home Club Score
Meadow Ridge Gold 1 0 0 2 1 Kaleb Gorbahn Smithers Smithers G&CC 82 - 75 157 Boys 17 & Up
Mission 1 0 0 2 1 Kevin Li Burnaby Riverway GC 77 - 80 157 Place Name City Home Club Score
Chilliwack Blue 0 2 0 0 3 Jake Scarrow Dewdney Sandpiper GC 79 - 82 161 1 Mike Belle Burnaby Vancouver GC 75 - 72 147
Chilliwack Red 0 2 0 0 4 Cole Briggs Langley Redwoods GC 79 - 86 165 2 Tae-In Lee Maple Ridge Swan-e-Set Bay GC 74 - 74 148
North Langley 0 2 0 0 5 Perry Xin Vancouver Marine Drive GC 82 - 85 167 3 William Deck Kelowna Harvest GC 78 - 71 149
6 Noah Driessen Deroche Sandpiper GC 89 - 79 168 3 Jesse Reichelt Langley Belmont GC 75 - 74 149
Bantam 7 Lynden Jeffrey 100 Mile House Marmot Ridge GC 86 - 90 176 3 Matthew Dorion Surrey Morgan Creek GC 72 - 77 149
Team W L T Pts 6 Derek Britton Vancouver Fraserview GC 75 - 76 151
Mission-Abby 1 0 0 2 Boys 14-16 7 Brent Pound Kamloops Rivershore GC 79 - 73 152
Chilliwack 1 0 0 2 Place Name City Home Club Score 8 Brendan Southwind Vancouver BCGA 81 - 73 154
Meadow Ridge 0 1 0 0 1 Alan Tolusso Burnaby Vancouver GC 73 - 74 147 9 Ryan Grill Abbotsford Ledgeview G&CC 81 - 76 157
North Langley 0 1 0 0 2 Kevin Vigna Coquitlam Vancouver GC 75 - 76 151 9 Seung Jun Woo Maple Ridge Swan-e-Set Bay GC 76 - 81 157
Junior bantam 2 Joel Robertson Coquitlam Vancouver GC 74 - 77 151 11 Neil Pillay Vancouver Fraserview GC 80 - 81 161
Team W L T Pts 4 Wyatt Racette Burnaby Marine Drive GC 74 - 78 152 11 Dylan Reichelt Langley Belmont GC 77 - 84 161
Chilliwack Red 1 0 0 2 5 Trevor Garofano Coquitlam Pitt Meadows GC 78 - 76 154 13 Austin Hurlbut Dubai, U.A.E Arabian Ranches Dubai 81 - 82 163
North Langley 1 0 0 2 5 Michael Kim North Vancouver Seymour GC 76 - 78 154 14 Ryan Saran Langley Hazelmere GC 94 - 80 174
Abbotsford 0 0 1 1 7 Jun Kang Port Moody Swan-E-Set Bay G&CC 78 - 77 155
Chilliwack Blue 0 0 1 1 7 Callum Robinson Langley Hazelmere GC 76 - 79 155 Girls
Mission 0 1 0 0 7 Tristan Desjarlais Chilliwack Falls GC 76 - 79 155 Place Name City Home Club Score
Meadow Ridge 0 1 0 0 10 Gunntas Sidhu Port Coquitlam Meadow Gardens GC 79 - 77 156 1 Valentina Trillo Port Moody Westwood Plateau 70 - 74 144
11 Jerry Bang Coquitlam Swan-e-Set Bay Resort 79 - 79 158 2 Keanna Mason Maple Ridge Redwoods GC 74 - 73 147
Peewee 12 Tom Bang Coquitlam Swan-e-Set Bay Resort 85 - 76 161 3 Lauren Atkinson Bow, WA Skagit G&CC 79 - 76 155
Team W L T Pts 12 Tyler Roope Langley Hazelmere GC 83 - 78 161 4 Songeun Lee Surrey Swan-e-Set Bay Resort 80 - 80 160
Meadow Ridge 1 0 0 2 14 Josh Punzo Burnaby Vancouver GC 82 - 80 162 5 Michaela Abey Abbotsford Hazelmere GC 81 - 82 163
North Langley 1 0 0 2 15 Marcus Brown Surrey Hazelmere GC 84 - 79 163 6 Michelle Kim Surrey 81 - 85 166
Chilliwack Blue 1 0 0 2 15 Myles DeBrincat Coquitlam Vancouver GC 80 - 83 163 7 Lana Gill Vancouver Marine Drive GC 92 - 82 174
Mission 0 1 0 0 17 Victor Baptiste Oliver Nk’mip Canyon GC 79 - 86 165 8 Stella Lee Surrey Redwoods Golf Course 91 - 94 185
Chilliwack Red 0 1 0 0 18 Min Chung Coquitlam Westwood Plateau 90 - 79 169 9 Kylie Jack Westbank Two Eagles GC 92 - 96 188
Abbotsford 0 1 0 0 19 Liam Arthur Coquitlam Pitt Meadows GC 89 - 86 175 10 Casey Cheung Surrey Hazelmere GC 98 - 96 194