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Building blocks Pitt Meadows elementary Grade 5 student Nevan Teng builds a house-car during the last meeting of the school’s Lego club, which is run by parents, on Monday. Teng spent his spring break at a camp where he learned how to make stop-motion movies using Lego. The club helps students learn to work together and develop problem-solving skills. The club is seeking donations of old Lego sets, even ones with missing pieces, as well as assembly books.

Some on Maple Ridge council want to hear what Smart Centres has to say, which would allow the company to make its case for developing in the Albion flats.

The company last week made an opening offer to swap its land west of 105th Avenue and Lougheed Highway for District of Maple Ridge land on the east side of 105th Avenue.

Tuesday evening, council was to decide whether to direct staff to begin those talks.

Coun. Michael Morden at least wanted to hear what Smart Centres has to say.

“I think it merits having a discussion,” he said Monday.

“It’s a necessary step that we need to go through.”

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RCMP working on cat killer profile Hoping to extract human DNA from remains

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investigating similar incidents in Mission, Port Coquitlam and across the Fraser River in Langley.

Necropsies done on cats killed in November 2011 and March 2012 found the injuries were caused by a sharp instrument, not by a predator.

The SPCA isn’t ruling out that a coyote could have caused a few of the deaths, because attacks can look similar. But it fears many of the felines died at the hands of a disturbed person.

Cat heads have been found outside a school, placed on a person’s

porch and in a plastic bag. A tail was found under a missing cat poster, while another was tacked to a fence.

Those acts are unlikely to be the work of a coyote or dog, Chortyk said last week.

“At this point, we just don’t know if it is one person – we are expanding the investigation next week,” she added.

“We do have to be careful about how much information we share or we will jeopardize the investigation.”

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Dave’s World comes to an end Family is planning a big celebration of his life

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arian Albert and Dale Alexander remember the day they took their brother Dave down and the destroyed Dave’s World. It was a January 1998, about 2 a.m., and it seemed like a foreign army had invaded.

“You couldn’t have dreamed it up from a movie, it was so bizarre,” recalls Marian.

“It was like there was an invasion of another country going on.

“It was the worst nightmare I’d ever seen.”

How could this happen in Canada, she asked herself.

Searchlights seared the night along the sealed off Lougheed Highway in Whonnock.

A bus load of police rolled up and descended from River Road above, on to the old gas station site at 269th Street that had become a sprawling outdoor museum, or junk collection – depending on your point of view.

Police secured the scene, enforced a court order, then brought in the excavators, clearing the site within hours.

The night raid culminated a growing antagonism between the District of Maple Ridge, which wanted the roadside attraction (or distraction) cleaned up and Dave Alexander – whose interests ranged from poetry to butterflies, old tools and old toys, and history – moved out.

Dave’s World had become a place for tourists, for kids to drop by and see how previous generations played, and for truckers to honk at as they drove by what became a milestone signifying the entry to Maple Ridge.

The place was so popular your arm would get tired waving at all the honking motorists, recalled Dave’s brother, Dale, during a visit Friday to the overgrown site.

His roadside emporium has had become an embarrassment for Maple Ridge, which was growing up and trying to take its place in Metro Vancouver’s world.

After 14 years, hardly any trace of it remains. Trees have overtaken was a parking lot, and tall grass and shrubs cover the rest.

Dale can barely place where everything used to be.

But it still remains empty, not used by anyone, points out Marian, as she sat on a concrete barricade where Dave used to display his old Tonka toy trucks.

Dave Alexander, who was living in a mobile home in Silverdale, just past the Mission-Maple Ridge border, died last Tuesday at age 65.

Alexander, a tall, large man with long hair and long white beard, had heart surgery a year ago, although the cause of his death is not yet known, according to family. He’s survived by his daughter Karma, and brothers and sisters Patty, Gloria, Marian, Roy and Dale.

“He wasn’t in good health,” said his niece, Sheri Albert.

While outsiders could have seen him as an eccentric hoarder, his brother and sister knew the real Dave: Dave, the non-conformist, who didn’t back down; Dave, who twice ran for mayor of Maple Ridge; Dave, the gregarious big guy who loved people and artifacts and education and books and, above all, history.

“He was a showboat,” said Dale.

“Very much a people person.

“He wasn’t shy.”

According to Marian, Dave amassed a collection of keepsakes because he couldn’t bear to see them buried in a dump. Among his favourites was collecting old tools, butterflies, antique dolls, red “Flyer” wagons, and cow-

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Dave Alexander (above), at Dave’s World, loved to read; (below) his sister Marian and brother Dale visited the site of the former attraction at 269th Street on Lougheed Highway last week, after Dave passed away.

boy stories.

At one point, he taught poetry in a night school class in Coquitlam. “He loved education. He loved books,” she added.

Sometimes, he made the old curios himself, such as the furry ‘Muffalope,’ which stood outside on the highway.

“When he found something old, it was a treasure from the past. He read constantly, and it was always history.”

One of his rituals was his morning breakfast at Bruce’s Country Market, where he breezed through crossword puzzles. Then it would be off to the Ridge Meadows Recycling Depot to look for more treasures.

Kim Day, executive-director with the Ridge Meadows Recycling Society, remembered his visits.

“He was one of our regulars – a regular shopper.”

Alexander would pick over the bits and pieces that are for sale in the Re-used Store at the depot, “looking for treasures,” she added.

Then he’d put them on display at Dave’s World for everyone to appreciate.

He was also an easy hit for the big city TV stations. He once told human interest TV reporter Mike McCardell that a contraption

for winding up barbed wire was for combing Alexander’s long white beard, a tale that McCardell bought for a while.

“That’s what he loved to do. He just loved to make people laugh.

“He loved people and if anybody needed help, he’d give you the shirt of his back,” adds Marian.

The 1998 raid had Dave and Dale facing charges of resisting arrest. Dave also faced an assault charge. The judge didn’t buy it, however, after seeing the police’s own video of the demolition, and there were no convictions.

“There shouldn’t be any police involved here. This is really getting to be a fascist town,” he told The News then.

It was only after the District of Maple Ridge bought the property a year later that Dave had his final notice and had to leave the property.

The eventual closure and the dispersal of his treasures and livelihood took its toll.

“It was his life,” said Dale.

Without the store, Dave was out of the limelight and missed the usual chatting with people.

Sue Schulze, at the Whonnock post office, just above where Dave’s World was located,

knew him for 25 years and used to see him every couple weeks, such as last week, when he picked up his mail.

She remembers the night police came. She hasn’t noticed any difference in the area from when the collection was there and the following years when the lot stood empty.

“Dave was Dave.”

A celebration of Dave’s life is being planned by the family, if they can find a suitable location for the event to accommodate the crowd of people who’ll likely attend.

Dave’s sister Marian said the phone hasn’t stopped ringing since word of Dave’s death got out.

“It’s just been overwhelming,” she said Monday.

Marian has been hearing from people around the province in locations where she didn’t know Dave had been.

“And never a bad word. It’s, ‘He either helped me out’ … It’s unbelievable.”

The family wants to organize something around Dave’s birthday, July 12.

“Maple Ridge was in his heart. He moved there and he never wanted to leave.

“We’re going to do one big party for Dave. I know he’ll be there, for sure.”

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Forest Ethics Advocacy covered the outside of MP Randy Kamp’s office Friday with paper fish and messages for him and his government to reconsider changes that would eliminate broad protection of fish habitat.

The government instead said it just wants to protect commercial, recreational or aboriginal fisheries.

“If you aren’t protecting the fish that are on different parts of the food chain, it’s going to affect the commercial fishery.

It’s a really short-sighted approach.”

The changes are designed to make it easier to get approval for the Northern Gateway pipeline, he added.

The major change to the Fisheries Act is part of Bill C-38, the huge omnibus bill that includes the federal budget.

Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield’s office in Fredericton, N.B. also had his office covered in fish.

Jolan Bailey of Forest Ethics said the changes to the act are bothering a lot of people.

He disagreed with the lack of debate over the changes and having them lumped into a big budget bill.

“It’s really over-riding the democratic principals that underline Canadian democratic society,” he added.

The protest, though, came too late.

Kamp said Bill C-38 will get third reading by this week, after the 800 opposition amendments are voted on and defeated by the Conservative government.

By late next week, it should be in the Senate, soon to become law.

“We think it’s time to move this forward and begin the process and send them off to third reading,” Kamp said Tuesday.

The changes to the Fisheries Act, he added, were debated for 20 hours in a special subcommittee and that the government tabled in late April.

He said policies in the act introduced in 1986 and 1998 speak to focusing on fisheries and their habitats, rather than fish, so the legislation is just enshrining that.

“When you focus on

these fisheries … as it still will say in the act, that in order to address the significant threats to fisheries, you need to protect their habitat, and that’s what we’ll be doing.”

Kamp said the Bailey Fisheries Act has grown and broadened over the years beyond just fisheries.

“This allows us to focus our protection where we think it should be.”

He said that municipalities were on the subcommittee and that they want clarity on when the act applies and when it doesn’t. Currently, under the Fisheries Act, any change to a stream that contains fish requires authorization from the ministry.

Under the new law, only streams connected with aboriginal, commercial or sports fisheries will require approval for any changes.

“They’ll [cities] know that certain undertakings, certain projects, certain water that won’t be subject to the prohibition … if they’re minor with no risk attached to

it.

“Right now, if there’s a body of water, and there might be a fish, even if it’s not a fish that anyone ever fishes, the act requires us to go through the authorization process with the municipality.

“We think this will be good for municipalities to know more clearly what their obligations are,” Kamp said.

The changes to the laws all fit in with the Jobs, Growth and Prosperity focus of the budget bill.

He said the new changes won’t make it easier to build pipelines because those lines will be crossing streams connected to aboriginal, sport or commercial fisheries.

Changes to the section dealing with harmful alteration, disruption or destruction of fisheries habitat will be decided later and approved by cabinet once more definitions are in place.

“Not everything comes into force at royal assent but just about everything.”

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SUV blasts through Maple Ridge house People often complain about motorists speeding through their neighbourhoods.

Residents along McClure Drive near 106th Avenue though, especially Karen Rogers, may have a case.

Rogers moved into her home in the 24600-block of McClure Drive on Feb. 24 – the same day a teenage driver came barrelling down the hill and around the bend, into her front yard, narrowly missing her garage by a few metres.

Friday, her garage wasn’t so lucky.

At about 3 p.m., a dark-coloured Chrysler Aspen SUV came barrelling down the hill and around the bend, careered over a neighbour’s driveway, plowed through a cedar hedge, flew over a planter, then plowed into the side of Rogers’ garage, before exiting the other side. The female driver wasn’t injured.

Rogers wasn’t home at the time but was on scene shortly after, surveying the damage.

According to RCMP, the vehicle ran into the gas meter, causing a gas leak. But firefighters shut off the supply before any fire started.

The vehicle missed the corner of the garage, and instead smashed into the middle of the wall before coming out the other side.

Bystanders watching the clean up said traffic often speeds on the sweeping bend along McClure.

“It’s like a little race-

way,” said Diana Moric who lives nearby.

Crossing the intersection at 106th Avenue and McClure is dangerous.

“It’s like, ‘run for your life’ because it’s a blind corner. People are going fast.”

She said a roundabout or stop signs should be installed at the intersection.

“Something that’s going to slow the traffic.

There are so many kids.

“So lucky nobody got hurt.”

Man stabbed Shoppers at Meadowtown Centre were treated to a strange sight Thursday evening as a B.C. Air Ambulance swooped down on to the parking lot and scooped up a 60-year-old man who’d just been stabbed.

Ridge Meadows RCMP say the man was on the Golden Ears Way overpass, south of Lougheed Highway about 7 p.m. when he was stabbed. He made his way to a nearby liquor store in the mall, where police were called. His injuries are described as “non-life threatening.”

Police arrested a 25-year-old woman who was with him on the overpass.

“The victim and suspect know each other, and this did not endanger the safety of our community,” said Insp.

Dave Fleugel.

“Our officers got to the scene as soon as they were notified, and got this under control

right away. We will now put this matter before the courts.”

The suspect was held overnight and appeared in Port Coquitlam provincial court today.

Woman arrested A 21-year-old woman from Maple Ridge was arrested Sunday after she crashed a stolen

pickup truck.

A police officer with the RCMP Lower Mainland District’s police dog services was patrolling Lougheed Highway around 10 a.m. when he saw a Chevrolet pickup near Laity Street. He tried to stop the truck, but police allege the driver accelerated, drove through a red light and hit two parked

cars.

The woman was arrested following the crash.

The officer soon discovered the pickup truck had recently been stolen from Port Coquitlam and was seen driving through a residential property on Mountainview Crescent in Maple Ridge.

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Omnibus raises fears The Conservative government is set to pass Bill C-38, an omnibus budget bill which includes amendments and changes to many statutes.

This has prompted a massive backlash from a number of groups, notably environmental groups.

One aspect of their protest was the voluntary blacking out of a number of web sites on June 4.

While some of their rhetoric is overblown, it is puzzling why a majority Conservative government feels it needs to proceed in this way. If it wishes to amend specific statutes, why not do so, without packaging a huge variety of changes in one bill?

The Conservatives got used to doing this in their five years as a minority government. It was one way to keep at least one opposition party on side — put something in the budget bill that they wanted, and they would vote for it.

It was an understandable tactic. The government had to compromise to the degree that it would propose legislation that one of its opponents would back. In fact, the Conservatives did have to go to the polls in 2008 and 2011 after it became clear that no opposition party was willing to back them any longer.

Now there is a majority government. No longer does the government have to keep one opposition party on side. And that’s fine. The parliamentary system is an adversarial one, with government and opposition on different sides of almost every issue.

That’s why such omnibus bills don’t seem to make sense. All they do is hamper the public from paying closer attention to what the government’s plans are, and at the same time, raise fears which, in many cases, are exaggerated or non-existent.

If the government doesn’t want to spend too much time on any given bill, it can invoke closure.

There is no longer any stigma about doing so, and the public recognizes the need for the government to be able to enact its plans after there has been reasonable time for debate.

It seems that, with some moves like this omnibus budget bill, the Conservatives are deliberately provoking their opponents. While there may be a desire for political vengeance, they need to remember that their majority was granted to them by voters in 2011, only after a five-year testing period.

That majority can easily be taken away by voters in the next election.

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Goodbye greenhouse gas goals VICTORIA – In February, I asked the question: “Are B.C.’s greenhouse gas reduction targets history?”

The answer is contained in a new draft plan from B.C. Hydro on how to meet future power demand.

And while it’s not B.C. Views explicitly stated, the Tom Fletcher answer is yes.

The draft plan was released in May for discussion purposes, but so far there hasn’t been much discussion. This is surprising given some of the recommendations, such as firing up the Burrard Thermal natural gas power plant more often and buying fossil fuel power from the North American market to keep up to demand.

The plan confirms a few things that have been evident for a while. Dreams of exporting B.C. hydroelectric power are gone for the foreseeable future.

And with mining ramping up along with natural gas development and population growth, B.C. Hydro now projects electricity demand could rise by 50 per cent over the next 20 years.

The emergence of huge shale gas sources in B.C. and across the United States has changed the North American energy picture dramatically, as U.S. electricity producers replace coal by burning cheaper and cleaner gas to ramp up power production. B.C. is

losing gas market share in the U.S., its only export customer for heating fuel and electricity use.

Former premier Gordon Campbell’s climate goals officially remain in place: 33 per cent greenhouse gas reduction by 2020 and a whopping 80 per cent by 2050. If the gas boom proceeds as planned, B.C. domestic emissions will not be down, but up considerably by 2020.

Premier Christy Clark has a new target for 2020: three liquefied natural gas production lines feeding highpressure tankers at Kitimat, for export to Asia. Not only will B.C. need to buy gas-fired power from outside the province to keep up to industrial and residential demand, but the natural gas industry will need its own new gasfired electricity to produce LNG for export.

Natural gas passed forestry as B.C.’s top resource revenue source many years ago. In 2005, the volatile gas price spiked up and produced $1 billion in windfall profits that allowed the B.C. government to buy a rare period of public sector labour peace through the 2010 Olympics.

Now a glut of shale gas has pushed the North American price down from its historic range of $4 to $6 per thousand cubic feet to about $2.40. Despite that low price, gas producers in B.C. are going flat out to develop the Horn River and Montney shale gas deposits in northeast B.C. I asked David Pryce, vice-president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, why so much gas is

being developed now. He said producers have made huge investments in B.C. shale gas drilling rights, and are in an international race to supply LNG to Asian countries where the price is currently four times higher than in North America.

Whatever the domestic price, B.C. gas producers have to show LNG investors such as Mitsubishi and Korea Gas that they can fill a steady procession of LNG tankers at a competitive rate.

“If LNG doesn’t fly here, B.C.’s gas export market soon evaporates.

If LNG doesn’t fly here, B.C.’s gas export market soon evaporates.

Currently gas producers pay about $400 million a year in royalties, and that much again to buy up shale gas drilling rights. The industry already employs about 12,000 workers in B.C. The B.C. government has little choice but to redefine its climate targets. Instead of cutting domestic emissions, it will try to take credit for displacing coal power in Asia.

Fortunately, B.C.’s main coal exports are for high-grade coal used in steel-making.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com (tfletcher@blackpress.ca).

This week’s question: Should Maple Ridge swap agricultural land in the Albion flats with Smart Centres? @ Online poll: cast your vote at www.mapleridgenews.com, or e-mail your vote and comments to editor@mapleridgenews.com

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THE NEWS/letters A little awareness for volunteer drivers EDITOR, THE NEWS:

A little late for the April cancer month, since my husband has just finished with his daily treatment in Abbotsford.

I would nevertheless like to let our wonderful and cheerful cancer volunteer drivers know how very grateful we are for their support in a very dark time in our lives.

It was such a great help.

I hope some of them will read this and know this is meant for them. Thank you again, so very much.

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online comments • J. Craig Ruthven · Works at Burnaby School District: Re: What changed in Albion flats? (mapleridgenews.com).

Try as I might, I do not see the advantage to agriculture of moving ball parks onto farmland so that you don’t have to build malls there. Now, we are getting into the technicalities of what the ALC might favour, which has zilch to do with the benefits to farming. As much as I would like to see more shopping options, does this not seem like we are grasping at straws?

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Just another spin on Albion flats EDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: What changed in Albion flats (The News, June 8).

Here we go again, another spin by Smart Centres.

The Agricultural Land Commission has stated clearly to Maple Ridge council that development of the west side of 105th Avenue is not a favourable option.

This, however, means nothing to the Smart Centres because now it has come up with yet another really ‘smart’ idea.

Here’s how the new conversation goes:

SC: “Hey, how about swapping our 20 acres on the west side for some land on the east side?”

MR council: “Oh wow, that sounds really good.”

SC: “We’ll have a friendly chat with the fairgrounds people and convince them development is a ‘smart’ idea.”

MRC: “Oh wow, that sounds really good.”

You see how this conversation goes. Yet another spin by the really ‘smart’ Smart Centres to get a Walmart into Maple Ridge. And everyone knows we need another Wal-

EDITOR, THE NEWS:

Re: Better to lock washroom doors than be sorry (Letters, June 8).

T. Marlow states that the government washroom in this building needs to be locked to prevent staff from finding human excrement, needles, or comatose bodies.

I don’t understand how locking the door is going to

prevent this from happening.

Once a client is in the bathroom, whether it was locked or not before the client went in, the client is free to smear excrement without their knowledge afterwards.

Finding a comatose body follows the same logic.

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The question you need to ask is, are all government washrooms held under lock and key.

The answer is, no.

Of all the government washrooms in existence, ones that deal with the poor and mentally ill should not

require the client to ask permission to go to the bathroom.

Normalization is a term bantered around by government agencies these days. If these agencies are going to talk the talk, they need to walk the walk.

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I prefer the idea of maintaining farm land, pristine wilderness and trees so I can continue to breathe. Oxygen is a really smart idea.

Maple Ridge could be the Amazon of the Lower Mainland, but the mighty minds of developers and our own council can’t wait to bulldoze green spaces, then pour concrete all over it.

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Notice of Public Hearing TAKE NOTICE THAT a Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Hall, 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, North-East corner entrance, at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 19, 2012 to consider the following bylaws:

TO: Conservation PURPOSE: To amend Schedule “C” of the Official Community Plan to add to Conservation (as shown on Map 832)

1a) MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6838-2011 PURPOSE: To Amend the Maple Ridge Zoning Bylaw No. 3510-1985 as follows: a) PART 2 INTERPRETATION, is amended by the addition of the following definition in correct alphabetical order: “Hobby Beekeeping use means the keeping, owning, or maintaining of up to two (2) bee hives on a residential property occupied by the beekeeper or as an educational use in an institutional setting”. b) PART 4, GENERAL REGULATIONS, SECTION 402 REGULATIONS FOR PERMITTED USES OF LAND, BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES is amended by the addition of the following subsection in correct numerical order: (12) Hobby Beekeeping Use: Where permitted a Hobby Beekeeping use is subject to the following provisions: a) A maximum of two (2) hives per property shall be permitted; b) Bee Hives for a Hobby Beekeeper use shall be located to the rear of the principal building on the lot: c) Hives must: (i) be raised a minimum of 2.5 metres above grade; or (ii) be behind a solid fence or hedge a minimum of 2.0 metres in height located parallel to an adjacent property line and extending a minimum of 6.0 metres horizontally beyond the hive in either direction, (iii) be oriented with the hive entrance facing towards the centre of the property. c) PART 6, RESIDENTIAL ZONES, Section 601, Subsection A. PERMITTED USES OF LAND, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES is amended by the addition of the following after Detached Garden Suite Use: “Hobby Beekeeping Use RS-1 RS-1a RS-1b RS-1c RS-1d RS-2 RS-3 SRS” (subject to Section 402) 2) RZ/066/07 MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6881-2011 LEGAL: Lot 6, Section 20, Township 15, New Westminster District, Plan 12094 LOCATION: 12355 McNutt Road FROM: RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential) TO: RS-2 (One Family Suburban Residential) PURPOSE: To permit future subdivision into two lots.

3a) 2011-065-RZ MAPLE RIDGE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6843-2011 LEGAL: Lot A, Section 3, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 8296 LOCATION: 24426 102 Avenue PURPOSE: To amend Schedule “B” of the Official Community Plan to include the property within Urban Area Boundary, to add to the Albion Area Plan, and to remove the “Starred Property” designation (as shown on Map 811) PURPOSE: To amend Schedule “B” of the Official Community Plan (as shown on Map 831) FROM: Medium Density Residential 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 6A9

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Map No. 832 3b) 2011-065-RZ MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6844-2011 LEGAL: Lot A, Section 3, Township 12, New Westminster District, Plan 8296 LOCATION: 24426 102 Avenue FROM: RS-3 (One Family Rural Residential) TO: R-3 (Special Amenity Residential District) PURPOSE: To permit the future subdivision of 30 residential lots.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that a copy of the aforesaid bylaws and copies of staff reports and other information considered by Council relevant to the matters contained in the bylaws will also be available for public inspection at the Municipal Hall, Planning Department counter, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. from June 7 to June 19, 2012, Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted. Some of this information will also be posted on the District website www.mapleridge.ca on the Mayor and Council/Agendas and Minutes page.

ALL PERSONS who deem themselves affected by any of these bylaws shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing before Council on the matters contained in the bylaws or by making a written submission to the attention of the Manager of Legislative Services or by sending an e-mail to the Clerk’s Department at clerks@mapleridge.ca, by 4:00 p.m., June 19, 2012. All written submissions and e-mails will become part of the public record.

Dated this 7th day of June, 2012.

Ceri Marlo Manager of Legislative Services

F: 604-467-7329

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Mosaic applies for development permit City staff are recommending council issue a development permit for four mixed-use buildings in Osprey Village.

The permit will allow Mosaic Homes to build 24 more units on four parcel located at the centre of the waterfront community in Pitt Meadows.

The four three-storey buildings would house 12 ground-level commercial units, almost double the minimum square footage required by the development covenant.

In a report to council, city planner Dana Parr said the proposed buildings on the corner would be clad in brick and are reminiscent of an old

Yaletown building.

The other two buildings are designed to look like a collection of townhouses with shops below.

Two waterfront lots set aside for a chapel and a restaurant or pub remain vacant.

The city said the development of the chapel and pub rest with the developer and no timeline has been set.

New heritage home Pitt Meadows hopes to add the home of one of its founders to the city’s heritage register.

The Anderson Park Residence at 12417

Anderson Park home 193B Street would become the sixth site on the registry, which lists properties of historical or cultural significance in the community.

Built in 1914, the

wood-frame residence was the first home of William James Park and his wife Mary Agnes (née McMynn).

The house was eventually moved to the south side of Lougheed Highway by horses, and was given to the Parks’ daughter Hazel when she married Harry Anderson in 1938.

A former reeve, Park was instrumental in establishing Pitt Meadows as a municipality and pushed for its separation from Maple Ridge.

Meetings concerning the formation of Pitt Meadows were held in the house.

‘Make sure fairgrounds as good or better’ Albion from front Morden, as do other councillors, wants some resolution about the future of the area.

Smart Centres made the offer after the Agricultural Land Commission said it wouldn’t support development of the farmland on the west side of 105th Ave. The company has 20 acres on the west side which it’s offering to the district in return for 17 acres on the east side which currently accommodates the Maple Ridge fairgrounds.

If approved, the fairgrounds also would have to move to the west side.

Morden pointed out if council approved such a deal, it could mean improving drainage for Steve and John Wynnyk’s 40 acres in the middle of the Albion flats. The farmers say

Expert to being on necropsies Cats from front Dr. Melinda Merck, a veterinary forensic expert, arrived in B.C. on Tuesday and was expected to begin necropsies on the cats Wednesday afternoon.

A renowned animal crime scene specialist from Atlanta, Merck investigated the Whistler sled dog killings and helped build a case against NFL player Michael Vick for his involvement in a dogfighting ring.

She frequently testifies as a forensic expert for animal cruelty cases around the U.S.

poor drainage resulting from surrounding development has ruined the soil.

John Wynnyk also said recently that he wouldn’t support Smart Centres’ proposal.

Coun. Corisa Bell is looking forward to discussing the idea of a land swap.

“I find the concept very creative,” she added Monday.

Coun. Cheryl Ashlie favoured sending the request on to staff.

“I’m more inclined to hear them out and see

what staff will come up with.”

She also wants to ensure the user groups, such as the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Agricultural Association, aren’t hurt and that any development doesn’t preclude further building eastward along Lougheed Highway.

“How do we make sure that the fairgrounds will be as good if not better?

“If Smart Centres is coming up with the first piece of the puzzle, it needs to be sure when

the rest is done, it looks like a completed project, not a piecemeal project.”

She said when council asked land owners to submit proposals for their properties in the Agricultural Land Reserve, it was to hear their responses to Agricultural Land Commission comments made earlier this year, which said there would be no support of land exclusions on the west side.

The process shouldn’t take any more than six months, Ashlie added.

FOOD

The Maple Ridge Agricultural Advisory Committee challenges area residents to grow fruits and vegetables in the

THIRD ANNUAL FRONT YARD FOOD GARDEN CONTEST. NOMINATE / PARTICIPATE

JUDGING:

Name:________________________ Address:______________________ Tel:__________________________ Email_________________________

WILL TAKE PLACE IN LATE AUGUST

PRIZES: GIFT CERTIFICATES TO THE HANEY FARMERS MARKET

• A four-storey apartment development project located at 12075 Edge St, to MacLean Homes Brown Road Ltd., under Building Permit No. 11-120292, to a maximum of $47,076; • A community gaming centre development project located at 22710 Lougheed Highway, to Great Canadian Entertainment Centres Ltd., under Building Permit No. 12-109255, to a maximum of $4,136; • A four-storey apartment-over-commercial-space development project located at 11882 226 St, to Falcon Centre Ltd. Mainstay, under Building Permit No. 11-124858, to a maximum of $50,000; • A four-storey apartment development project located at 12040 222 St, to 0724674 BC Ltd., under Building Permit No. 11-110037, to a maximum of $50,000 • A four-storey apartment development project located at 11873 Burnett St, to 0906112 BC Ltd., under Building Permit No. 12112565, to a maximum of $50,000.

The financial incentive is intended to reduce development costs for qualifying projects within the Town Centre which will help achieve goals and objectives identified by the community through the Smart Growth on the Ground Initiative and the Town Centre Area Plan.

Municipal Council will receive a staff report at a Council meeting on Monday, June 18, 2012. For complete details on the Town Centre Investment Incentives Program, visit www.mapleridge.ca.

For further information, contact Laura Benson, Manager of Sustainability and Corporate Planning, lbenson@mapleridge.ca.

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Invitation to Tender

Proponents are requested to submit three (3) copies of sealed proposals on or before 2:00 P.M. local time, Friday, July 6, 2012 to the following address:

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

BEST CHILD’S FRONT YARD FOOD GARDEN BEST GARDEN UNDER 100 SQ. FT. BEST GARDEN 100—500 SQ. FT. BEST GARDEN 500 SQ. FT. +

The District of Maple Ridge hereby provides notice of its intention to provide assistance in accordance with the Town Centre Investment Incentives Program for:

The District of Maple Ridge, on behalf of the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Parks and Leisure Services Commission, invites Proposals from interested, experienced and qualified licensed child care providers to lease space within the Hammond Community Centre for the operation of a child care or preschool facility.

GARDEN CONTEST

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This notice is issued in accordance with Sections 24, 21 and 94 of the Community Charter.

RFP-PL12-49 Pre-School /Day Care Services Hammond Community Centre

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Notice of Intention to Provide Assistance

CRITERIA JUDGING WILL BE BASED ON: x QUANTITY & RANGE OF FOOD GROWN x HEALTH OF PLANTS x GARDENING PRACTICES x GARDEN DESIGN

WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE 4TH ANNUAL GOLDEN HARVEST EVENT, OCTOBER 12, 2012

NOMINATION DEADLINE: JUNE 29, 2012 ENTERING: Please submit a ‘BEFORE PHOTO’ along with completed nomination form to dhall@mapleridge.ca.

For more information, please call Diana Hall @ 604-467-7402

District of Maple Ridge 11995 Haney Place, Reception Desk (Main Floor) Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 6A9 Attn: Nichole Walsh, Purchasing Supervisor There will be no public opening for this Request for Proposal. Proposals received after this date and time may or may not be accepted. Proposals transmitted by facsimile machine or email will not be considered.

Should a contract be awarded the name(s) of the successful Proponent(s) will be available to anyone upon request. All submissions become the property of the District of Maple Ridge and are subject to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Legislation.

Copies of the Request for Proposal are available for download from BCBid at: www.bcbid.ca. on or before June 11, 2012.

A NON-MANDATORY site tour will be held at 2:00 pm local time on, Monday, June 18, 2012, at the Hammond Community Centre located at 20601 Westfield Avenue, Maple Ridge, B.C. This will be the only opportunity Proponents will have to meet personally with District’s representatives and to view the site.

All inquiries regarding this Request for Proposal should directed to Nichole Walsh, Purchasing Supervisor at nwalsh@mapleridge.ca.

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JUNE 17th

By Kayla Kleine, 11.

By Juno Colburn, 4.

Our Father’s Day Gift Packages are on sale now!

DAD PACKAGES Two rounds of golf anytime. Sleeve of Pinnacle Balls. Golden Eagle Towel.

$116 (Save $18)

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$192 (Save $24)

SENIOR DAD PACKAGES Two rounds of golf Mon–Fri. Sleeve of Pinnacle Balls. Golden Eagle Towel.

$74 (Save $16)

Four rounds of golf Monday–Friday.

$115 (Save $13)

ANNUAL GOLF PASSES Full Play – 7 days a week anytime. 6 payments of $366.66 +tax Senior (55 yrs+) – Monday–Friday anytime. 6 payments of $258.33 +tax Intermediate (19–24 yrs) – 7 days a week. 6 payments of $116.66 +tax.

Valid 365 days from purchase. No interest. No administration fees. No dues. No food or beverage minimums.

DAD & SENIOR DAD PACKAGES ON SALE UNTIL JUNE 17. VALID UNTIL DECEMBER 31.

21770 Ladner Road, Pitt Meadows 604-460-1111 Visit www.goldeneaglegolfclub.com for more info

Dad Is My Hero 20 - 50%Off On All Watches Men’s Bulova Precisionist Sweeping Second Hand, Advanced Accuracy

Choose from an assortment of great gift ideas!

SuperDad Pendant Available in 10kt gold and Sterling Silver.

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Father’s Day JUNE 17th

By Yara Ziyada, 7.

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Sale

At Trice Farms Pond & Garden, today through Monday, June 18

By Samantha Roberts, 4.

Chow Mein, Pork Fried Rice, Sweet & Sour Pork

99

(For Home Delivery & Pick-Up Only) Not valid with any other coupons.

FREE WITH YOUR ORDER

POTTERY

Our entire selection of glazed, ironstone, and terra cotta pottery now on sale!

SAVE 30%

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$30 $50 $ 70 $90

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PORK FRIED RICE C H I C K E N C H OW M E I N SWE ET & SOU R P OR K D E E P F R I E D P R AW N S

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10%off 604.467.5454 $ 2 Items 4.95 Minimum$$18 Order 3 Items 5.95

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Chinese Restaurant

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604-467-5454 CLOSED TUESDAYS

ALL PLANTS ON SALE!

Take 30% off our regular price on all plants and trees. Greater savings on annual 6-packs ($15 when you buy a full flat; reg. $24), hedging cedars (half price!), oriental poppies (40% off), rhodos and azaleas (50% off), 2.5” basket stuffers (now just a Loonie!)

REDUCED 30% -50%

Wishing all Fathers a Happy Fathers Day!

BUY 10 PERENNIALS

Choose 10 or more 4-inch perennials or grasses and get your entire selection

HALF PRICE! FATHER’S DAY FREE FISH

On SUNDAY only, spend $55 or more on fish, fish food, or pond supplies, and get a free 3-4” Select Koi! While quantities last; no substitutions or cash value. One free fish per customer.

Specials cannot be combined with other offers.

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Father’s Day

Gold - The Gift That Will Last A Lifetime! For Father’s Day!

JUNE 17th

All Mens Gold & Silver Chains

ON SALE

25% OFF Mens 10k Diamond Rings

By Oliver Low, 4.

By Kirsten Koellmel.

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40% OFF

By Julia Socha, 5.

Mens Cardinal Watches

ON SALE

10% OFF

We Buy Old Gold!

Your Local Jeweller since 1979

By Charlotte Low, 2.

102 - 11811 224th st.

604-467-1433

Jewellers

Monday - Thursday 9:30 - 5:30 • Friday 9:30 - 8:00 • Saturday 9:30 - 5:00 • email: goldrush@telus.net

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Ridge Baptist church turns 100

By Sheila Nickols

S

tatistically, only three percent of churches in North America survive to celebrate their 100th anniversary.

Maple Ridge Baptist Church will be marking its 100th birthday in early July with three days of special events.

Joan Newton has been gathering information and photographs to produce an illustrated history of the congregation and its buildings. The book, called Remember the Day – Consider the Years will be available for sale, along with a picture book for children.

There was no Baptist Church in Maple Ridge until Owen and Mary Fuller moved here in 1912 from Kitsilano. Along with their friends, the Greenwells and the Hatches, they organized a Sunday school that met in a vacant building. They soon raised enough money to build their first church on Dewdney Trunk Road, on the west side of the entrance to Maple Ridge Cemetery.

This early church was a simple white structure with a pointed steeple. On the top was a wooden, hand-carved from a cedar shingle block, with its forefinger pointing

symbolically to heaven.

The Baptist congregation soon outgrew this building, so in 1929 and again in 1940 it remodeled, raising the building to accommodate a basement. Meeting spaces, a balcony and the square steeple were added. This building, now a private home, still stands.

Two more Maple Ridge Baptist Church buildings were to follow on property at the corner of Lougheed Highway and 6th Avenue (now 222nd Street).

The first of these was built in 1949, followed by numerous changes and additions.

The second was built in 1982, and extensively renovated in 1999 to its present form.

One of the longest serving Baptist pastors here was the Reverend Arthur Haynes, who preached in all three church buildings from 1926 to 1969. He did much outreach work, including members of the Japanese community. His wife Edna did not spend all her time at home, raising their eight children, but “was called on to conduct special meetings, play the organ, teach Sunday school, act as superintendent, hold special Bible classes, work with young people, visit the sick and bereaved, and attend all

FASHION ARDENE

church meetings.”

By 1979, more pastoral assistance was required if the church was to continue to grow and prosper. Now the church is served by six pastors and assistant pastors. Summer Bible schools, musical performances and missionary work have been part of its work load.

The three-day centennial celebration begins on July 6, when there will a banquet to honor 13 people who have been members of Maple Ridge Baptist Church for 50 years or more (See the list at mapleridgenews.com).

On Saturday, July 7 there will be an all day picnic and reunion on the grounds of a church member.

Then on Sunday, July 8 there will be a special service, winding up a series that began in May on the history of the Christian church.

Extra features will be greetings from all three levels of government, songs by a men’s quartet called the Garden Hill Boys, and video presentation on the history of the church.

• For any further information, call the church office at 604-467-9613.

Sheila Nickols is past president of the Maple Ridge Historical Society.

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778-785-3865

A&W

604-463-7201

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604-467-8892

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604-463-1988

BOOTLEGGER RICKI’S

604-463-6774

FRESH SLICE PIZZA

604-463-9171

BRYAN’S FASHION

604-463-2161

ORANGE JULIUS

604-467-9015

EPIC MENSWEAR

604-477-0444

SANDWICH TREE

604-466-3738

LOUIS LEATHER SHOP

778-552-0262

TOKYO GRILL

604-466-1808

LUXURIE FASHION

604-466-8889

FOOD SERVICES

OUTER LIMITS

604-467-1166

HANEY BAKERY

604-463-5260

SUZANNE’S

604-467-4630

KIN’S FARM MARKET

604-466-1186

On June 17th, 2012 join us from 11am-2pm this Father’s Day Brunch at Meadow Gardens Golf Club; our culinary team has created an outstanding Southern Style Brunch just for Dad’s all set on our pristine garden patio.

Selection of Chef inspired Salads & Platters • Warm Garlic Bread, Country Red Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad • Kentucky Bleu Cheese Slaw, Tossed Cajun Caesar Salad…and many more

Brunch Classics • Apple-wood Smoked Thick-Cut Bacon, Country Kielbasa, Maple Sausage, Gravy, Skillet Fried Potatoes with Peppers and Sweet Onions, Pan Scrambled Eggs & Chef Michael’s Southwest Frittata

Deluxe French Toast Station • Whipped Cream, & Butter, Fresh Blueberries & Sliced Strawberries • Peaches & Walnuts, Chocolate Chips, Maple Syrup & many more kid & Dad friendly toppings

Dinner for Lunch

Just when you thought you had enough

• Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Buttered Corn on the Cob & Baby Red Potatoes • Jambalaya Penne, Baby Back Ribs, BBQ Cilantro Lime Buttered White Wild Salmon Filet, Smoked • Kidney Beans, Pit Wings & Pulled Pork, Quarter Chicken, Smoke House Chili & steamed Crab

• Double Chocolate Pudding, Peach Cobbler, Assorted Tarts & Squares • Home Baked Apple & Cherry Pies, Muffins, Croissants, Danish & Scones • Vanilla Yogurt, Mixed Wild Berries & Granola

Adults $27.95, Children 4-12 $16.95 & under 4 for free Plus tax & gratuity

604-465-5474 Reservations required 19675 Meadow Gardens Way, Pitt Meadows

Checkout our green fees, daily & weekly menu specials at www.meadowgardens.com

Happy Father’s Day June 17

HEALTH CARE SERVICES

SHOES A STEP AHEAD

604-466-6405

ALOUETTE DENTAL CENTRE

604-467-6333

OUTER LIMITS

604-467-1166

604-463-8336

PAYLESS SHOESOURCE

604-467-5533

GNC-GENERAL NUTRITION CENTRE

TOWN SQUARE COBBLER

604-463-4445

INDEPENDENT LIFESTYLE STORE

604-477-1212

ELECTRONICS BELL

604-463-8736

FIDO

604-467-4818

TELUS

604-467-5559

THE SOURCE

604-466-1690

DEPARTMENT STORE ZELLERS

Father’s Day Brunch

604-463-5166

GIFT & SPECIALTY

PERSONAL CARE DIVA’S TOUCH NAILS

604-477-1151

FLAWLESS HAIR BY LOUISE

604-466-2909

OTHER SERVICES B.C. LOTTERY CORPORATION

604-463-7612

BC LOTTERY ZELLERS

604-467-3208

BEN’S TOWN TAILOR

604-477-8786

MARLIN TRAVEL

604-463-5171 604-463-4231 604-463-4445

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604-463-8655

ROYAL LE PAGE BROOKSIDE REALTY

BLACK BOND BOOKS

604-463-8624

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CARLTON CARDS

604-467-6314

VITA INK & TONER

604-479-1268

CELL PLANET

778-240-5007

604-517-0100

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604-466-5205

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604-477-3332

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MACI GIFTS

604-463-2443

CARTEL JEWELS

PURDY’S CHOCOLATES

604-467-8528

SHEFIELD & SONS TOBACCONIST GIFTS & SOUVENIRS

604-467-6440

T’S

604-463-5353

224th & Lougheed Highway

604-463-3632

SHOPPING HOURS Monday–Wednesday & Saturday 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM Thursday & Friday 9:30 AM to 9:00 PM Sunday & Statutory Holidays Noon to 5:00 PM

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Moratorium advised for acquisitions

by J eff Nagel Black Press

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Metro may freeze new park purchases The planned Experience The Fraser trail network and other pledged upgrades to regional parks may be in jeopardy because Metro Vancouver is too cashstrapped to pursue them all.

The regional district board has been advised by staff to declare an 18-month moratorium on the acquisition of new parkland while they reconsider how to finance the regional parks system and keep up with the demands of a growing population.

Surrey Coun. Barbara Steele said there’s tremendous pressure to develop the Experience the Fraser trails along the length of the Fraser River in the Lower Mainland.

“There are huge expectations from Hope to Squamish and beyond and now there’s no money to do it,” she said after Metro’s environment and parks commit-

tee was briefed on how park demands have outstripped funding.

“We can’t do the Experience The Fraser with Metro Vancouver leading the way if Metro Vancouver doesn’t have any money.”

Heritage buildings are also at risk, Steele said, noting Metro was supposed to work with the City of Surrey on a plan to refurbish the historic Gerow barn in Tynehead Regional Park.

“It’s not going to happen at all because there’s no money,” Steele predicted. “If you put this stuff on hold, it’s going to disintegrate before our very eyes.”

The challenge is Metro allocates just $3.7 million a year to buy new parkland, an amount that has remained almost unchanged for 20 years while the price of real estate has soared dramatically.

Metro officials have a list of 210 target properties worth an estimated $600 million they’d like to buy that would add 3,000 hectares of new parks or major expansions to existing parks.

They have a second list of 341 other parcels

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and parks committee hasn’t yet approved the proposed moratorium – directors said they need more time to consider the implications.

Several said they see no way property taxes could be raised to funnel more cash to park acquisition, given the current pressure on taxpayers.

But Metro may look at selling less essential pieces of existing parkland in order to pay for the acquisition of pieces considered more environmentally sensitive or critical for recreation.

It’s also been suggested that Metro doesn’t need to own every park it operates if it can work with cities or other partners.

Ushering more business ventures onto regional parks is considered another option, although that strategy has so far failed to generate much new income.

Metro is also under pressure to develop park trails and infrastructure at sites where land is in place – such as Surrey Bend, Colony Farm and Sumas Mountain – but there may be pressure to postpone much of that work as well.

“We build expectations faster than we build trails and facilities,” Royer said.

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considered key missing pieces to existing parks that span 2,500 hectares and are worth an estimated $500 million.

Spread out over 30 years, that $1.1 billion in proposed acquisitions would require an annual acquisition fund of $37 million a year – 10 times the current amount.

But officials fear a jump in interest rates coupled with older owners opting to sell may soon result in a surge of target properties going on the market, increasing the temptation to buy parkland lest it be snapped up for development.

Gaetan Royer, Metro’s manager in charge of planning, environment and parks, said parks acquisition is severely underfunded, forcing the region to either downsize its plan or find more money.

“At this rate of spending it’s going to take 300 years to get to where the plan says we’re going to be in 30 years,” he said.

Royer recommended staff continue work to buy some missing pieces for existing parks from the second list, but shelve all other acquisitions until a major review is finished that priorizes target properties.

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First-time offender jailed for role in riot Sentence a sign prison coming for most convicted Stanley Cup rioters

by Jef f Nage l Black Press A one-month jail term handed to a 20-year-old Surrey man for his role in last year’s Stanley Cup riot is bad news for the dozens of others still awaiting their day in court and hoping to avoid prison.

Emmanuel Alviar pleaded guilty this spring to charges of mischief and participating in a riot, saying he was sorry for helping stir up mayhem downtown last June 15 after the Vancouver Canucks lost the Cup to the Boston Bruins.

It’s the first sentence for a Cup rioter with no prior criminal record and it’s being interpreted as a sign jail terms will be inescapable for most who follow.

Alviar, a drywaller and former choir singer, turned himself in to police early in the investigation after videos circulated online showing him pushing against a car that other rioters then destroyed, and later throwing a barricade at a window.

Provincial Court Judge Reg Harris took into account his remorse and guilty plea, but said the size, duration and damage done by the riot – as well as the fact it was the second one in Vancouver involv-

ing a hockey crowd – required a substantial deterrent.

Harris also gave Alviar 16 months probation, 150 hours of community service and ordered him to write apology letters to Vancouver’s mayor and chief of police.

Alviar’s lawyer said the sentence sets a probable floor of jail time for similar first-time offenders and all but rules out conditional sentences, which he had asked for on behalf of his client.

SFU criminologist Rob Gordon agreed.

“I think it’s more likely than not,” he said of jail for the rest.

“It depends on who they are and what they’ve been doing in the past.”

The only other rioter sentenced so far was Coquitlam resident Ryan Dickinson, who got 17 months in jail less three and a half months credit for time served, but he had a past record of assault.

Gordon noted some of Alviar’s behaviour worked against him – he was seen at three different places during the riot over a period of hours when he was supposed to have been chaperoning four 14-year-olds.

But he said other accused rioters who didn’t come forward early face long odds of avoiding jail.

“Those who did not put their hands up, those police had to chase, and those with prior convictions will be facing longer periods,” he predicted. “I think a lot

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Crown prosecutors have charged 104 accused rioters so far and police are seeking charges against at least 120 more.

The largest number charged so far – 44 – are from Surrey, followed by 38 from Vancouver, 27 from Burnaby, 19 from Richmond, 14 from North Vancouver, 11 from Delta, eight in Langley and seven each in Abbotsford and Maple Ridge.

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“By the time we are done, we expect that we will exceed 300 persons charged with over 900 criminal charges,” Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu said.

“We believe this is the greatest number of people charged with a crime arising from one incident in Canadian history.”

Chu called for public help in identifying 10 worst unidentified rioters through photos posted on the riot investigation website at riot2011.vpd.ca.

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Gordon said it sends a clear message to future rioters.

Technically, he added, the onemonth sentence is “fairly gentle” in light of the fact a conviction for participating in a riot can result in a prison term of years.

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Leah Faulkner and Barb Kark are the brains behind The Olde Farmhouse, which hosts its first vintage market in Maple Ridge on June 23. The market will feature 32 vendors selling everything from vintage and shabby chic to farmhouse and handmade.

Lots of treasures in Olde Farmhouse junk” left on the side of the road.

“It helps keep the landfill free of stuff,” says Kark, who restores the antiques and junk yard finds with Faulkner.

After filling their homes with stuff for over a decade, Faulkner and Kark decided to turn their hobby into a business a year ago, christened – The Olde Farmhouse.

Leah Faulkner and Barb Kark turned their love for all things old into a business

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ne man’s trash is another man’s treasure. That’s an adage Leah Faulkner and Barb Kark take to heart.

The friends have a penchant for things that are rusty, dented, roughed up and well loved.

“We’ll take it off your hands,” says Kark, who doesn’t hesitate to knock on the door of a stranger if she spots something she likes discarded in a yard.

“Ninety per cent of the time people are only too happy to get rid of it.”

Faulkner got her junking bug from her mother-in-law Bertie while living in Manitoba.

She met Kark 13 years and bonded over a similar interest in all things old.

The weekend after they met, Faulkner and Kark went to the Cloverdale flea market.

It was a trip that cemented their friendship, an outing that sparked many annual “junking journeys” to source wonderful collectibles, unique primitives and vintage items.

Together the pair have been collected farmhouse treasures during road trips to Spokane, checked out numerous garage sales and rooted through many piles of “wonderful funky

“You are bringing something that was loved into your home.”

Barb Kark, The Olde Farmhouse

People would come over and ask where we got this, says Faulkner, who has a soft spot for old cupboards.

“A lot of the times you grab stuff and you don’t know what you’ll end up using it for,” explains Faulkner, who often transforms items into something completely differently from what they were originally built for. She’s turned a mirror into a chalkboard and used antique door knobs as hook to hang jewelry on.

The friends say junking can be a full-time job – they are con-

stantly looking for something new, or rather old.

They’ve also hooked their husbands, in-laws and siblings into junking and don’t hesitate to send them out on shopping missions.

My husband was driving other day and sent me a photograph of something dumped on the side of the road, Faulkner says with a laugh.

Both say there’s something special about owning an item – be it a chair, cupboard, lamp shade or bowl – that’s been used by someone else.

“It’s nice to know where it’s come from, what they used it for,” says Kark, reminiscing about a stool she got from an old barn that was built by a man for his wife to make it easier for her to milk cows.

“You are bringing something that was loved into your home and it makes it warm. It is not necessarily shiny and brand new.”

Faulkner, meanwhile, loves the story behind the antique cupboard she has in her kitchen, that was once used to store pies.

Every time she opens it, she thinks about the pies that were stored inside and the children who must have tried to stick their fingers in them.

“It’s just the way that it makes your home feel,” she says.

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“To be the visual and media arts scholarship recipients means the world to me. Not only will it help me financially, when going to BCIT this October, but it gives me the self confidence to peruse my future field of graphic design,” said scholarship recipient Natasha Kloyber.

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Scholarship program has been offered to students in School District 42 for many years and since 2005 the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Arts Council has provided more than $40,000 in support to students.

“When I began playing piano at three years old, I had no idea of the dedication, love, and hard work it would require to take me to the place I am today. Music, and the piano, has become my passion, and to be chosen as a recipient for this scholarship means a great deal to me,” said Claire Oliverio, who plans to begin her studies at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and eventually transfer to the University of British Columbia or University of Victoria.

“It was so exciting and such an honour to receive this scholarship, both from a graduating student’s perspective and from a writer’s perspective. I’m so grateful to have been chosen as a recipient; this scholarship will be a big help in enabling me to pursue my dreams and postsecondary education,” said Melissa Haavisto, who is already enrolled to study graphic design at Kwantlen.

Recipients: • Natasha Kloyber, Thomas Haney secondary – visual and media art; • Melissa Haavisto, Maple Ridge secondary - literary arts; • Spencer Dodd, Garibaldi Secondary – technical theatre; • Julya Rempel, Garibaldi secondary – dance; • Claire Oliverio, Maple Ridge secondary – music.

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Mountain Festival needs help 12 people needed for planning committee Eric Phillips hopes he can revive the Maple Ridge Mountain Festival.

He’s hoping it won’t disappear like several other events that have bitten the dust over the past decade.

“We need some people,” says Phillips as he reminisces about the festival that was a 10-day event when it first started. “We don’t want to see it die because the community needs festival’s like it.”

After fifty years of good morning and good night kisses…

The Mountain Festival Society has been the force behind three community wood carving projects, but a lack of interest means there will be no event this year.

“A lot of people want to come out and watch it, but to get 12 people to help plan it is impossible,” says Phillips.

The society needs to form a planning committee to help organize the next event.

• Residents of Maple Ridge or Pitt Meadows who are interested in helping can call Eric Phillips at 604-465-6795 or email ephillips6795@shaw.ca.

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Roughnecks take gold in Surrey contributed The ’02 Ridge Meadows Roughnecks spring hockey team went in on top and came out on top at the Valley Cup Tournament in Surrey last weekend, as they won gold as the top-seeded team in the tourney.

The Roughnecks plowed through the round robin games to finish with a 3-0-1 record, moving on to defeat the B.C. Blackhawks 5-3 in the semifinal game.

That set up a championship matchup with the Pro4 Panthers. Tyler Crowe gave the Roughnecks a 1-0 lead just eight seconds into the gold medal game. Carter Sheridan added the winning goal, with the insurance marker by Vincent Timperio. The finishing blow was dealt by Dawson Ignatieff, who scored in the third period to give the Roughnecks the 4-1 win and the tournament title.

The defensive unit of Graydan Carr, Andrew Chua, Oliver Para and Edward Riddell were solid throughout the tourney, limiting the Panthers to 17 shots in the final, while adding an assist each.

Jordan Kujala and Ben Williams also had assists, while centre Carson Fairley contributed with determined effort at both ends of the rink.

Linemates Sheridan (nine goals, two assists), Evan Vasarhely (five goals, four assists) and Kyle Sackman (three goals, seven assists) combined with a total of 30 tournament points.

Goaltender Justin Falconer played strong in net, finishing with a save percentage of .941 in the final, and had a tournament goals-againstaverage of 3.83.

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Black block Brayden Anderson of the Black Aces makes a save during a Ridge Meadows Minor Ball Hockey Association peewee playoff game against the Hornets at Planet Ice on Sunday. The Black Aces beat the Hornets by a score of 3-2, and advance to play the Young Guns this Thursday in the league semi-finals. The peewee league championship takes place this Saturday at Planet Ice, 9:30 a.m.

Burrards still winless after seven games

by R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f staff reporter The Maple Ridge Burrards stretched their winless streak to seven games last weekend as they tied the Burnaby Lakers 9-9 Friday night on the road before falling to the Langley Thunder 13-10 Sunday night at home.

The Burrards are 0-6-1 this season, sitting in last place in the Western Lacrosse Association standings with one point.

While the Maple Ridge Burrards have seen the return of much of their lineup in the past few weeks, with arrival of Riley Loewen, Simon Giourmetakis, and Jarrett Davis, still missing is the Burrards’ leading scorer last

season, Curtis Dickson, who is still out with a shoulder injury sustained while playing in the NLL. The Burrards were at least able to earn their first point of the season Friday night with a 9-9 tie against the Lakers. Maple Ridge looked poised to win the game after scoring six unanswered goals to take a 6-2 lead late in the second period. However, the Lakers bounced back with six goals of their own, forcing the Burrards to score a pair of late goals to send the game to overtime with the score 8-8.

Brandon Bertoia drew first blood for the Burrards in overtime, but Burnaby’s Casey Jackson scored shorthanded with just 23 seconds to go to even things up and deny Maple Ridge its first two-point game of 2012.

Derek Lowe led the Burrards in scoring with two goals and four assists.

The Burrards were up against the white-hot Langley Thunder Sunday night. After starting the season 1-2, the Thunder have won four straight to pull into a tie for first place in the WLA with the Victoria Shamrocks.

Langley got out to an early 4-0 lead before Randy Daly got the Burrards on the board 13 minutes into the first period. The Burrards managed to chip away at the Thunder’s lead in the second period, tying the game 6-6 with five minutes left in the middle frame.

That prompted Langley to pull goalie Steve Fryer and replace him with Brodie MacDonald. The move sparked the Thunder, which went on to score seven goals to Maple Ridge’s two over the next 20 minutes, giving Langley a 13-8 lead with five minutes left on the clock.

A pair of late goals brought the Burrards within three, but it wasn’t enough for the win.

Burrards back-up goalie Blake Duncan allowed 13 goals on 40 shots in net.

Aaron Pascas led the Burrards in scoring with five goals.

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by R o b e r t M a n g e l s d o r f staff reporter The Ridge Meadows Minor Softball Association was well-represented at the Mite District Championships in Port Moody last weekend, as the Ridge Meadows Legion 88 Heat beat the Ridge Meadows Thunder in the tournament final.

In all, the local softball association had three teams finish in the top five at the district championships, with the Ridge Meadows Renegades finishing fifth.

The Legion 88 Heat finished first in the round-robin portion of the tournament, defeating fourth-place Port Coquitlam to advance to the finals.

The Thunder fin-

ished in third in the round robin before beating second-place Coquitlam by one run to advance.

Playing for the Legion 88 Heat were Isabella Gagnon, Ciarra Van Dop, Lily Amery, Hanna Belsey, Mikaela Dykeman, Hayley McGuire, Elina Adkins-Almond, Hannah Chapman, Matilda Davies, and Delaney Fotheringhame.

Playing for the the Thunder were Gabrielle Fafard, Riley Morrison, Paris Swindells, Jamie Mead, Brynn Morgan, Jaden Oglivie, Kyla Weston, Hayley Garrett, Cara Ollmann, Julia Kindred, and Lexi Haidon.

The Ridge Meadows Romper Bombers U-12 squirt softball team also made it atop the podium last weekend

as they beat the Richmond Lightning Bolts 16-10 to win the Ladner Girls’ Squirt Softball Tournament.

The Romper Bombers beat the Delta Purple Thunder 15-2 to advance to the final.

Strong pitching by Madison Schmidt and Hannah Trampleasure, and solid defensive play by Sidney

Crowe and Molly Perler helped the Romper Bombers to a 5-1 record at the tournament.

Also playing for the team was Kennedy Badminton, Erin Bennett, Cailin McDonald, Hannah Hamilton, Emily Duchak, Halle Mitchell, Chloe Brack, Elyssa Sampson, and Cami Geniesse.

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Bean ball Justin Walke of the Ridge Meadows Mudhens pitches during a junior men’s game at the Albion Sports Complex on Sunday, hitting a batter from the Newton Nationals in the shoulder. The Nationals beat the Mudhens 15-0.

Pitt’s Payne grabs pair of silvers at B.C. track finals Pitt Meadows Secondary School finished in eighth place at the 2012 B.C. High School Track and Field Championships earlier this month, led by the double silver-medal performance by sprinter Shania Payne.

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and 25.51 seconds in the 200-metre race, finishing second in both races.

Olivia Moriconi finished third in the women’s shot put a throw of 10.95 metres, as well as the discus event, with a throw of 34.42 metres.

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the men’s 100-metre sprint.

Pitt amassed 44 points at the track meet to end up in a threeway tie for eighth with Mount Douglas and Lambrick Park.

Mark Kalmykov of Maple Ridge secondary finished second in the hammer throw with a distance of 49.37 metres.

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It’s nice to be remembered. And it’s for a whole week, not just 15 minutes.

The provincial government proclaimed last week as Seniors’ Week. Political leaders issued statements about the contributions seniors have made to the province’s economy and society as a whole.

A few of us old folks were talking about it the other day. We’re honoured to have a whole week.

Someone noted that mothers and fathers only get a day, and we qualify for those days as well. It’s always welcome when people say nice things about you – especially when they do so before you’re time is up. But we also came to the conclusion that something is missing in the discussion of seniors’ issues.

The key point is that we’re still alive, still as active as we can be, still anxious to help build a better province.

There’s a large demographic

shift underway. The people of B.C. and Canada are getting older. It creates both opportunities and challenges. It also creates a real need for political leadership.

We have a hodge podge of approaches to aging. Responsibility is divided among a host of federal and provincial government ministries. Local governments also have a role in creating age-friendly communities.

There’s no doubt it’s easier said than done, but what we really need is a comprehensive, coordinated approach to this demographic change.

The driving force should be to help seniors stay active, healthy and independent. Too often, government programs treat symptoms rather than reach for the real goal.

They put a cast on the broken leg, rather than working to prevent the fall. They provide inadequate home care and home support services, forcing many seniors into residential care homes, or even acute care beds. It doesn’t make sense economically or socially.

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Two for tea Della Chevelday serves strawberry shortcake to cousins Anna Stephenson and Eleanor Lambright during a Strawberry Tea in celebration of Seniors’ Week at the Pitt Meadows Recreation Centre Thursday afternoon.

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The provincial government has launched a new toll-free phone line to help seniors and their loved ones resolve health care-related issues.

The new Seniors’ Health Care Support Line allows seniors and their families to report concerns about their care, and have them handled in a respectful and timely fashion, according to Health Minister Michael de Jong.

“Dealing with B.C.’s intricate health-care system can be confusing,” he said at a press conference last week. “Many seniors do not possess the technical knowledge to navigate the system with computers. We are making it easier for seniors and their families to get the help they need through the Seniors Health Care Support Line.”

Seniors can also call the line if they are having difficulty accessing health-care services.

The toll-free phone line is available Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by calling 1-877-952-3181.

“We want seniors with health-care concerns to be heard so their issues can be properly addressed and resolved in a timely fashion,” said Ron Cantelon, Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors to the Minister of Health. “Through this new provincial toll-free phone line, we are giving seniors and their families direct support to resolve concerns regarding care.”

Other ways seniors can get help with resolving care concerns include speaking with their health-care provider, contacting the Patient Care Quality Offices and independent review boards, health authorities or the relevant health professional colleges, Cantelon added.

B.C. faces demographic shift B.C. from p30 Other countries have faced demographic shifts. We’re not the first. Their solutions are quite different from what we see here today.

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BARTEL Frank Frank passed away peacefully in his sleep on Thursday, June 7th, 2012 at Care Life Fleetwood, Surrey, B.C. at the age of 81 years. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 48 years, Mary, children David, Howard and Daniel and sisters Emilie Sommerfeld Martens and Martha (Herb) Ratzlaff.

Graveside to be held Thursday, June 14th at 10:00 A.M. at Maple Ridge Cemetery followed by a Memorial Service at Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship, 1160 Lansdowne Drive, Coquitlam, B.C. at 11:30 A.M. Officiating David Esau. In lieu of flowers, donations to Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship would be appreciated.

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It is with the greatest sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Ruth Saunders announces that our beloved Nana passed away peacefully on June 5, 2012 in Port Coquitlam, BC. She was 105.

A long time resident of Hawthorne Care Centre, Ruth was predeceased by her loving husband of 64 years, Cliff in 1994; her son Allan in 2006; as well as her brother Allen and sisters, Winifred, Nellie and Doris.

Born in Montreal, Quebec on May 7, 1907, Ruth was the second eldest of seven children. Times were tough and when Ruth was ten years old she quit school to help her mother raise her younger siblings and then trained to become an exceptional seamstress. Ruth had an adventurous spirit and at the age of 23 left home by train to find work in Jasper, Alberta. It was here Ruth met her soul mate, Cliff.

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They spent their early retirement years in Garden Bay, BC enjoying the cabin cruiser they built together. Later, they moved to Mission and finally to Maple Ridge. Ruth moved into Hawthorne Care Centre in 2003 where she was always looking forward to the next shopping or casino outing.

Ruth was a talented seamstress and a life long member of the Rebecca Lodge. Her love of gardening kept her active for many years and later she enjoyed beadwork, reading and crafts.

Left to cherish the memories are her brother Mickey Hinks; daughter Helen Quist (Byrd)., grandchildren Glen (Dee), Gary (Laurie), Robin (Jurgen), Brenda (Glenn), John (Dana), and Robert (Debra); greatgrandchildren, Jeff (Michelle), Cheryl (Brett), Mitchell, Christina (Joey), Tanya, Jeremy, Christine, Elizabeth, Justin, Tara, Alicia, Virginia and Dustin and also greatgreat-grandchildren Lia and Marley.

Our sincere appreciation is sent to the staff at the Hawthorne Care Centre, for their care of Ruth. They became her extended family as she felt very secure there, calling it home.

To honour Ruth’s wishes, no service will be held, cremation by the Memorial Society of BC. Should friends desire, donations in Ruth’s name, could be made to the Heart of Hawthorne Foundation or a charity of ones choice.

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Black Press Classified Business Centre has a full time Classified Outbound Sales Representative position available immediately.

Are you interested in: • 5 day work week ( Mon-Fri) • No weekends or holidays • Great earning potential • Opportunity for advancement You will work as an integral part of the dynamic classified sales team to achieve both departmental & personal goals. Your main focus will be to develop new classified business as well as building on an existing client base. You will have a professional manner, a passion for serving people and the desire to “WOW” customers. You will understand the basic elements of classified advertising and have a proven track record in sales.

To apply, please send a covering letter with your resume to Lisa Farquharson, Classified Manager, lisaf@bcclassified.com or mail your resume with covering letter to Black Press Classified Business Centre, #100, 5460 152nd Street, Surrey, B.C. V3S 5J9. Closing date is July 2, 2012.

Close to major route

604.465.9822

www.blackpress.ca

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EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION 127

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for Landscaping Work!

Competitive, Energetic, Honesty a MUST!

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EDUCATION

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION RATED #2 FOR AT-HOME JOBS. Start training today. High graduate employment rates. Low monthly payments. Be a success! Enroll now. 1800-466-1535 www.canscribe.com admissions@canscribe.com

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EXPERIENCED CONCRETE PUMP OP. / HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC

*Top Industry Wages / * Full BeneďŹ t Package

Online: www.viperconcrete.com

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FARM WORKERS

AUJLAS’ FARMS LTD FARM LABOURERS required 5 or 6 Days/Week 40 or 50 Hours/Week $10.25/Hour Horticultural work such as: Planting, pruning, spacing and harvesting the crop.

Employment starts early July’12 Submit your application to: 604-465-8153 or by Fax:604-465-9340 or by mail:12554 Woolridge Rd., Pitt Meadows, B.C. V3Y 1Z1

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FOSTER/SOCIAL CARE

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work?

PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite.

Training, support and remuneration are provided.

Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.

Make it yours.

Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.bc.ca

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Apply in person w/resume & ref’s. A5, 19327 94th Ave, Sry.

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

F/T Fusion Cook (Jap & Kor foods) Hamada Japanese Rest. (Maple Ridge) High School grad. 2-3 yrs exp. Eng/Kor is beneficial. $18.00.

Fax: 604-467-5326

(previously Dino’s)

Drivers W Host WBartender & Servers Apply in person to 22641 Lougheed Hwy between 11am & 6pm Mon to Fri

CARRIERS NEEDED The following routes are now available to deliver the NEWS in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows 40100113 - 221 St, Carshill St, Cliff Ave,Cliff Pl, Lougheed Hwy, River Rd 40210211 - 125B Ave, 127 Ave, 127 Pl, 228 St 40210212 - 128 Ave, 228 St, 228A St, 229 St, 230 St, Barnsdale St 40220262 - 124 Ave, 216 St, Exeter Ave, Spring Cres, Thornton Ave 40330329 - Eltham St, Lorne Ave, Melville St, Ospring St, Princess St, Wanstead St 40330334 - Lorne Ave, Ospring St, Princess St, Wanstead St 40330336 - 119A Ave, Bruce Ave, Bruce Pl, Dunn Ave, Sentinel St, West St 40400410 - 126 Ave, 128 Ave, 128 Cres, 234B St, 235 St, 236A St, 238 St, 239 St 40400417 - 122 Ave, Dewdney Trunk Rd, Glenhurst St. 40400432 - 138A Ave, 139 Ave, 139A Ave, 2229 Lane, 229 St, 229B St, 230 St, Docksteader Loop 41011015 - 117B Ave, 193 St, 193A St, 193B St, Blalely Rd, Hammond Rd 41011019 - 194A St, Cusick Cres, McMyn Ave, Park Rd

If you live on or near one of these routes and you are interested in delivering papers please call circulation @ 604-476-2740 and quote the Route number. brian@mapleridgenews.com

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EDUCATION

McTavish Catering Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons

Food Counter Attendant Are you trying to rent your residential or commercial property?

Contact our friendly & informative BCCLASSIFIED.COM Classified Representatives at...

Full time and Graveyard positions available.

Please apply online at: www.timhortons.com Or in store: 715 – 19800 Lougheed Hwy. Pitt Meadows Meadowtown Centre

604-575-5555 toll-free 1-866-575-5777

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Must be available for all shifts especially weekends

TRADES, TECHNICAL

LARGE CENTRAL BC cattle ranch seeks couple with horses to spend summer on range with cattle herd in the spectacular Chilcotin country. Travel trailer provided for housing. Low pay but an adventure of a lifetime.

Alexis Creek Ranch 1-425-4818451 or email: cblakey@wesmar.com

Up to $20/hr

Join our Marketing/ Advertising team now Busiest time of the year!

Hiring 12 f/t CSR reps Must be outgoing and motivated!

Call Rochelle 604.777.2195

EDUCATION

INSURANCE Sales Representatives required. Multiple locations throughout the Lower Mainland.

You: Excellent customer service and proven sales ability with a general insurance license (Level 2 preferred). Us: Career advancement, Flexible work hours and benefits.

Info: careers.cooperators.ca or joe_casciano@cooperators.ca

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

FULL AUTOMATED BEAM SAW / PANEL OPERATOR

NOW HIRING!

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PROFESSIONALS/ MANAGEMENT

Required Full-Time for Surrey based cabinet shop. Must have previous experience.

Please fax 604-796-0318 or e-mail: mikayla.tamihilog@shaw.ca REQ’D Jouneyman Automotive Technician for Penticton Kia. Import experience required. Gov’t Inspection an asset. Fastest growing Dealership in South Okanagan. Competitive wage and benefit package.

E-mail Resume to Service Mgr. Dave Hehr dhehr@pentictonkia.com

ROOFERS WANTED 5 years exp. Own tools, Safety equipment & drivers license Call Phil (604)418-9621 TRUCK & TRAILER wanted for Langley Four 10 hour shifts, and benefits.

Fax 604-513-8004 or email: tridem@telus.net

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MECHANIC. Fleet Shop. good wages resume to:

WAREHOUSE

WAREHOUSE shipper receiver for local Port Coquitlam Company.

Candidates should be able to take direction and be a fast learner. We are a small company so you need a good attitude and be able to work well with others. References are a must and consistent work ethic and reliability is important. Duties include shipping, receiving and packaging product. Starting wage is 14.00 per hour with benefits after the probation period ends. Fax resumes to 604-941-4495 or email 675terry@gmail.com.

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ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

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EDUCATION

THAT GETS YOU HIRED

Touching hearts, helping others...

All in a Day’s Work!

Become a

PRACTICAL NURSE HEALTH CARE ATTENDANTS

to Work & learn 3 days a week bridging .

Practical Nurse in less than a year

PROGRAM STARTS SOON IN MAPLE RIDGE

7E THANK ALL THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION HOWEVER ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED

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Angelena Physic Healer & Life Coach Can solve all problems of life specializing in love, health, business, marriage, reunites loved ones. Call today for a better tomorrow. 3 readings for $45.00

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MIND BODY SPIRIT

MASSAGE CONFIDENTIAL Doctor Recommended. AM Special *European *Private 604.230.4444

182 # 101-1125 Nicola Avenue Port Coq. (behind COSTCO)

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604 575 5555

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HELP WANTED

FINANCIAL SERVICES

DROWNING IN DEBTS? Helping Canadians 25 years. Lower payments by 30%, or cut debts 70% thru Settlements. AVOID BANKRUPTCY! Free consultation. www.mydebtsolution.com or Toll Free 1 877-556-3500

MONEYPROVIDER.COM. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused.

Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877776-1660.

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HELP WANTED

Advertising Sales Representative The award-winning Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News has an immediate opening for a full time Advertising Sales Representative.

Excellent Wages Paid!

Call 604-710-1581

Career Training

DCC is proud to be one of the few colleges offering this select program with no waitlist�

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

Competitive Wages & BeneďŹ ts After 3 mos.

Competitive wages, medical & dental for those who qualify.

Must be available for all shifts.

Apply in person with resume to:

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Harrison Mills . Must have valid BC drivers licence & provide own tools. At least two year’s previous experience required.

Servers / Bar Tender & Line Cook

9610~ 287 St. Maple Ridge or Fax: 604. 462. 0392

PERSONAL SERVICES

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC for a busy logging company in

SHAKE & SHINGLE PUB

)NTERESTED APPLICANTS SHOULD DROP OFF FAX OR EMAIL THEIR RESUME TO

www.blackpress.ca > www.bclocalnews.com

Duties include; using Heavy Duty Power Tools. MUST be able to lift 100 lbs., have valid driver’s license and speak fluent English.

Dental and extended medical beneďŹ t plan after 3 months.

Now hiring experienced

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WEB OFFSET PRESSMAN WITH MINIMUM

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(not a nursery) in Port Kells.

Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Markos Kouzina

An Alberta Construction Company is hiring dozer, excavator and labour/rock truck operators.

Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-7235051.

INSIDE WORKERS required for COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY in Port Coquitlam. F/T-P/T. $11/hr. Apply in person Mon. to Fri. at: #205, 1515 Broadway St, Port Coquitlam.

" 0RESSMAN # ! & !

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HELP WANTED

PRODUCTION WORKERS Required F/T For Manufacturing Company

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Email: heather@viperconcrete.com Fax: 403-217-7795

PropertyStarsJobs.Com

TEAM DRIVERS required for regular USA runs. Must have 2 years mountain and highway experience and a clean drivers abstract. $22.50 per hour. Contact Yugo at Blueland Transport at 604-777-9720 x105 or email resume to y@blue-land.ca

AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified- Housing available. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance (877)818-0783

HELP WANTED

$100-$400 CASH DAILY

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TEAM DRIVERS required for regular USA runs. Must have 2 years mountain and highway experience and a clean drivers abstract. $22.50 per hour. Contact Ron Hutton at Coastal Pacific Xpress at 604-5750983 ext 351 or fax resume to 604575- 0973

HELP WANTED

DISCOUNT Construction LTD 1046 Thomas Avenue, Coquitlam, BC, V3K 2K6. F/T Roofers & Shinglers Install, repair or replace built-up roofing systems $25/hr 40hr/week Must have 3 - 5 years of experience Korean speaking an asset. Email: bcdcconstruction@gmail.com

in Maple Ridge.

If interested please call Sharon @ 604-463-3733 or 604-796-9706

Terrific career opportunity outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects. No Experience Needed!! Extensive paid travel, meal allowance, 4 wks. vacation & beneďŹ ts pkg.

Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time Valid License with air brake endorsement. High School Diploma or GED. Apply at www.sperryrail.com under careers, keyword Driver DO NOT FILL IN CITY or STATE

Van Kam Freightways’ group of companies requires Owner Operators to be based out of our Surrey Terminal for runs throughout BC & Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain driving exp./training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent employee benefits package.

Call Bev at 604-968-5488 or send a detailed resume and current driver’s abstract, and details of your truck to: careers@vankam.com Fax, 604-587-9889 Van Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

Thank you for your interest however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

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Hair 2001 - Unisex

DRIVERS/COURIER/ TRUCKING

OWNER OPERATORS Surrey Terminal

HAIRCARE PROFESSIONALS

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

The successful candidate will be required to meet sales targets by deepening relationships with existing clients and developing new business with an aggressive face-to-face cold calling mandate.

The ability to work independently in an extremely fast paced environment while adhering to deadlines is a must. Candidates considered for the position will be results oriented, strong communicators, and be willing to learn and adapt in an ever changing business environment. A vehicle and a valid driver’s license is required.

We offer a great working environment with a competitive base salary and commission plan along with a strong beneďŹ t package.

Black Press has over 170 community newspapers across Canada and the United States and for the proven candidate the opportunities are endless.

Please submit your resume with a cover letter by 5:00 pm Sunday, June 24, 2012, to: Carly Ferguson, Advertising & Creative Services Manager Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News 22328 - 119th Avenue Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2Z3 or by email: admanager@mapleridgenews.com Thank you to all who apply, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Funding may be available.

Your Career Starts Here

604-463-1174 6 www.discoverycommunitycollege.com

THE NEWS Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1978

www.blackpress.com

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PERSONAL SERVICES 182

FINANCIAL SERVICES

DEBT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM Helping CANADIANS repay debts, reduce or eliminate interest regardless of your credit!

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 260

ELECTRICAL

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded.

24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 604-460-8867.

Professional Installation

778.885.7074 Trent Reisinger

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TAX Debt Consulting CRA Assessments, Audits, Penalty/Interest?

Victim of Tax Scam? We can Help!

Call Today. TRC Services Inc. ph: (604)-781-6244 email: tax.trc@gmail.com

Always! Pwr. raking, grass cutting, fertilizing, hedging, pruning, Rubbish rem. Free Est. 604-230-0627

SAT. JUNE 9, 10-2 P.M. 77 Timbercrest Dr. Pt. Moody. LEAVING country! We have lot of high end items. Dining table, Buffet, Leather bed with matching bed side table, and more.

17607 Ford Road Pitt Meadows

604-465-3189 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Ed’s ROTOTILLING & LANDSCAPING *Rototilling *Levelling *Gardens *Loader Work *Brush Cutter

356

“ ABOVE THE REST “ Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est. Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB. Call (778)997-9582

~ Free Estimates ~

Commercial Ride-on Mowers *Line-Trimming *Edging *Blowing

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Running this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL

Mike 604-862-3053

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

604.726.7542

GARDEN ROTOTILLING. Is your lawn being destroyed? We are certified to kill Chaffer Beetles. Lawn aeration, Reseeding or Installations. stump grinding, hedge Trimming, tree services. Cell: 778 885-6488

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com

Always! deliver Top soil, bark mulch, sand & gravel. 7days/wk.

Simon 604-230-0627 will spread

CLEANING SERVICES

“AN EXTRA HAND” Exp. Hardworking, reliable cleaning lady. Also grocery shopping, light errands & companionship, to-from appoint Louise Reasonable rates. 604.467.3665

453

16897 Windsor Road Pitt Meadows

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Northstar Painting Ltd.- The Residential Specialists. BIG jobs, Small jobs - We do it all! Interior and Exterior Projects. Master Painters at Students Rates. WCB Safe, Reliable, Efficient & Quality Paint. 778.245.9069

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, gates, alum roof. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

PLUMBING

10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fitter. Aman: 778-895-2005

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Serving Lower Mainland 23 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement -Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured

LEO: Mobile #657-2375, 462-8620

UNIQUE CONCRETE DESIGN F All types of concrete work F F Re & Re F Forming F Site prep FDriveways FExposed FStamped F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured

778-231-9675, 778-231-9147 FREE ESTIMATES

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DRYWALL

317

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd. ✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Grave Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

(604)465-1311

meadowslandscapesupply.com

Moon Construction Building Services. Your Specialists in; • Concrete Forming • Framing • Siding 604.218.3064 OVER 10 yrs exp. Tiles, Hardwood, Bath & Kitchen Reno’s. Visit: www.futuristichomes.ca or call 604-910-4528 for your free est.

MISC SERVICES 374

✶Dump Site Now Open✶ SBroken Concrete RocksS $22.00 Per Metric Ton SMud Dirt Sod ClayS $22.00 Per metric Ton

Meadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

MOVING & STORAGE

TREE SERVICES

341

A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv.

Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping.

Insured, WCB Free Est Arborist Reports

PRESSURE WASHING POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

Call Ian 604-724-6373

Andrew 604-618-8585 $ Best Rates $

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS .

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

AFFORDABLE MOVING Local & Long Distance

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Licenced ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

ELECTRICAL

604-537-4140

300

LANDSCAPING

DUTCH TOUCH

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Green Services Ltd

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS GUTTER Cleaning Service, Repairs Free Est, 20 yrs exp, Rain or shine.

7 days/week. Simon 604-230-0627 RENTALS: These listings cover all types of rentals from apartments, condos, office space, houseboats and vacation homes. So if you’re in the market to rent, or looking for a roommate, start here. bcclassified.com

Landscape Construction Renovations W Maintenance

604-463-3644 604-861-1490 JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service. Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/Res. (604)462-1369

# 1 PAY-LESS Painting Ext./Int. SPRING Special LOOK for our YARD SIGNS

StumpMaster 356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT!

JUNK REMOVAL Recycled Earth Friendly • Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses & More!

On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865

D Free estimates D Insured Licensed D References Residential D Pressure Washing

www.recycleitcanada.ca

Serving Tri City 32 Yrs. Call 24 Hrs/7 Days paylesspainting.multiply.com

Advertise across the lower mainland in the 17 best-read community newspapers.

Scott 604-891-9967

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

.Enterprise Plumbing, Heaitng, Gasfitting

GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds $59.00 Per Ton

320

Specializing in steel stud’s, T Bar ceilings, Boarding & Taping All Textured ceilings & Painting Any size job ~ 33 years exp Call Mike (604)463-2296 or 778-996-2296 or Jay 604-722-6197

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

CAIRN Terriers. Shots, dewormed.

Ready to go to good homes. $650: 604-807-5204.

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

Prompt Delivery Available

Seven Days a Week

JMYK Contracting Local Co

Call Don @ RIDGE MEADOWS ELECTRIC Lic/Bonded. Small Jobs.

604-462-0480 / 604-861-7418

BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES P/B. fem. $550 red & white. Vet chk, 1st shots Call 604-250-4360

FLUFFY WHITE Maltese pups, 8 weeks old. Family raised. $750 firm.

Call 604-597-4760.

45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying.

Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060

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PETS

CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are Spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977

A LICENSED/ HONEST PLUMBER & GAS FITTER with 31 years exp.

Very neat work Refs. Reas. rates.

Free est. 24 hrs.Don: 604-220-4956

NO JOB TOO SMALL

$350/mo per horse

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

#1 IN RATES AND SERVICE. Licensed, insured. Clogged Drains.

No job too small. 604-805-2488.

CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETE

778-858-3324 or 604-306-3740

Black & Yellow lab puppies ready to go call to view $600 Vet checked, 1st shots dewormed. 778-885-9066

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Improvements,

www.linashorsestables. weebly.com

477

Gary 604-339-5430 OF Home (604)501-9290

Check out our website for more information:

6 beautiful farm raised kittens, ready now, litter trained, in/outdoor. $75/ea. 604-701-1680

Email: hoot&owl@telus.net MLG ENTERPRISES All Aspects Landscaping & Garden Solutions

BOARDING

LINA’S STABLES

SUNDECKS

604-465-9812 1-800-663-5847

Renovations & Repairs Tile Work & Rubbish Removal.

.Jim’s Mowing Spring Services Same day services

TOPSOIL

SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003

(Turn right 1st road East of Pitt River Bridge from Vancouver)

HOOT & OWL

Free Estimates * Fully Insured

PETS

www.jonesbroscartageltd.com

Dean 604-834-3076

Call Scott at 604-618-0333 Certified Arborist

FRESH COAT PAINTING ~ Int/Ext, Drywall repair, Texture ceilings, Free Est. (778)868-5307 James

• • •

Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more * 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE* INSURED ~ WCB

TREE SERVICES

Your LOCAL Tree Service, For Honest Prices & Quality Work

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

Home Renovations and New Construction

CUSTOMIZED HOUSECLEANING TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS * Move-Outs * Staging *Inside Windows & Organizing.

Call Marie 604-467-1118.

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Spring Clean-up Rubbish Removal Located in Maple Ridge Call Matt

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539

Instant Grassifacation!

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Handyman Services

604-941-2263 / 604-725-7246

PROFESSIONAL & RELIABLE REASONABLE RATES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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all soils are tested for Optimum growing requirements.

Medium to Large Properties / Estates

OPEN HOUSE - Herbal Magic Join for only $9.95 per week. Come in today, or call Herbal Magic at 1800-854-5176.

You'll find something for the kid in you in the Classifieds!

604-575-5555

When QUALITY Matters

PICK-UP ...... or .... DELIVERY

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GARAGE SALES

MAPLE RIDGE. NEIGHBOURHOOD Garage Sale. Too Much to List! Cherrington Place on Saturday June 16th, 9am-3pm.

NO Wood byproducts used

HANDYPERSONS

BIG CUTS!!

NUTRITION/DIET

ACCOUNTING Done Accurately Small Business, P/U & Delivery Bookkeeping, Payroll, Tax Returns, HST.604-814-0967 / 604-862-1596

AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.

Interior Repairs & Renovations Homes & Offices Glenn @ 778-873-8300

GARDENING

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT lawn cuts, aerating, power-raking, pruning, hedge trimming, trees, 23 yrs. exp. Free est. Brad 778-552-3900

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

283A

551

GARAGE Sale 12437 202 St. Sat June 16th. 9am - 2pm

D Garden Blend Soil D Lawn Blend Soil D Custom Blends avail.

D Composted Mushroom Manure

Cleaning & Repairing Call Tim 604-612-5388

(#102055) Bonded

Specializing in Renos New Const, (Comm./Res.) Free Estimates

329 PAINTING & DECORATING 2 HUNGRY PAINTERS JUST SIMPLY BETTER Int./Ext. + Power Washing. 75 years exp. combined 604-467-2532

28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED

If you own a home or real estate, ALPINE CREDITS can lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your Credit / Age / Income is NOT an issue.

1.800.587.2161.

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LANDSCAPING

5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffit

Licensed, Government Approved, BBB Accredited.

191

300

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

M.T. GUTTERS

Qualify Now To Be Debt Free 1-877-220-3328

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ON THE WEB: bcclassified.com

Tree Stump Removal

D Stump & Root Grinding

Call Dan @ 604.805.0425

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AUCTIONS

UNRESERVED AUCTIONS - June 16 & 17, Redwater, Alberta. Collector vehicles & tractors, 1300 die cast toy tractors, wagons, buggies, show harness; old gas upright gas pumps; original case eagle; antiques. Thursday, June 21 - Harry Shapka, Vilna, Alberta. Phone 780636-2165. JD 8650, 4440, 4240; Concord air drill; 1977 & 87 Kenworths; Cat 966C loader; Komatsu D85; lowboy; 8820 & 860 combines; haying equipment. Saturday, June 23 - John Baranec, Innisfree, Alberta. Phone 780-592-2308. Steiger ST250, 9030 Bi-Directional; 4640 & 4320; MF 8450; Claas 98; 1980 Ford tandem; Kello 24’ disc; JD 820 & 830; plus full line-up.

View full lists online: prodaniukauctions.com

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UNDER $200

ATTENTION KNITTERS Selling Lots of new wool. $1. & $1.50 a ball (604)465-0339

ISA Certified Arborist

or Visit: www.stump-master.com for a FREE ONLINE ESTIMATE

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FURNITURE

#1 Cash Buyer “Since 1987” Tree removal done RIGHT! • Tree & Stump Removal • Certified Arborists • 20 yrs exp. • 60’ Bucket Truck • Crown Reduction • Spiral Pruning • Land Clearing • Selective Logging ~ Fully Insured • Best Rates ~

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778 www.treeworksonline.ca treeworkes@yahoo.ca 10% OFF with this AD

$$CASH $$ for your furniture, tools, electronics, antiques, appliances, computers & collectibles.

WW ANYTHING OF VALUE WW Single items to entire households

463-4449 or 209-6583

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 548

FURNITURE

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

MATTRESSES starting at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

560

MISC. FOR SALE

USED 9 X 12 WOODSHED, could be used for spare room, tool shed or large dog house. $350 obo. You must take away.Call (604)463-4107

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TOOLS

CARPENTRY and Woodworking Tools - Routers and bits, saws, shaper, hand tools, blades, clamps - lots more. Sat. June 16th 9am 2818 Gordon Ave, or Annendale Lane Crescent Beach, Surrey .

REAL ESTATE 609

APARTMENT/CONDOS

COQ. 1 bedroom corner ground suite newly reno’d. Laminate floors, paint, baseboards, crown moldings.

Building Envelope completed.

Close to Blue Mtn park, Lougheed Mall, and skytrain.

Asking $169,000. To view contact 604-6193444.

612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE LIVE THE DREAM. Harbours End Marine, 27 year history on beautiful Salt Spring Island, BC “the best place on earth!” Owner retiring, well-established business only $129,000 email: bjg_cormorant@shaw.ca

615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY STEEL BUILDING - BLOWOUT SALE! 20X26 $5,199. 25X28 $5,799. 30X42 $8,390. 32X56 $11,700. 40X50 $14,480. 47X76 $20,325. One End wall included.

Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

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HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms!

CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS 1978 14x60 2bdrm in Ruskin park $34,900 & New SRI single & double wides from $84,900. 604-830-1960.

New SRI *1152 s/f dblwide $77,900 *14x70 full gyproc single wide, loaded $66,900. Repossessed Mobiles & Modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

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RECREATIONAL

MOVE IN TOMORROW & enjoy summer in comfort.

10 miles S. of Sumas, Wa. ~ Turnkey Operation ~ Quality Mallard Cottage, new steel roof, lge sunny lot, shed, productive vegetable garden, safe fire pit, incl. wood, friendly helpful neighbors, phone, TV, furniture & appliances.

Bargain @ $29,000. obo.

604-852-3216

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO #1 IN RENTALS (Since 1990)

Professional Property Management Services P.Meadows Brand New. Solaris Towers. *2 Bdrm $1250 *2 Bdr +den $1350 5 appls, nr WCE, shops, parks & schls.

Ref’s req’d. N/S, N/P.

Call 604-464-7548

Maple Ridge - 1 Bdrm $550/mo includes hot water .

Certified Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented.

Close to uptown 604-463-4131 for appointment (9am-5pm)

Pitt Meadows

Deluxe 3 Bdrm.

ST Available July 1

Gas F/P, D/W, garburator, lndry hook-up, underground prk. Across from Elem. School.

Walk to W. Coast Express.

No pets.

For more information, google us.

Phone 604-465-9823 Coquitlam 2bdrm 2bath nr Coq Ctr Douglas Coll, aquatic ctr strg prkg NS/NP July1 $1295 604-941-3259 Coquitlam Silver Springs WW Platuea 2 bdrm condo cls Douglas College schls ament. strg prkg NS/NP July1 $1350 604-941-3259.

MAPLE RIDGE 1/bdrm condo, walk in closet, 5/appli, gas f/p. (paid by owner) $850. also 2/bdrm condo, u/g pkng.

Gordon Tower.

222/Dewdney. $1100. both Avail now. 604-467-4450, 604-833-4450.

WESTGATE APTS

1 Month FREE Rent Large 2 bdrm stes available.

Includes heat, hot water, large balconies. Close to transit.

Call 778-788-1845

2 Bdrm suite. $725/mo. incl. heat, h/w, 1 1/2 blocks from Haney Place Mall, 2 blocks from WC Express.

Avail. July 1st

Call Cole 778.828.8219 or 604.942.6466

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrms $775/$875 GREAT LOCATION

Queen Anne Apts. * Renovated Suites *

NEW WEST 621 Colburne St. 1 Bdrm avail June or July 1. $735 + utils. Updated new suite. No pets Call: 604-454-4540.

PORT COQUITLAM

1 Bdrm suite $765 1 Bdrm & den suite $835 2 Bdrm corner suite $900 S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngs S Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn views S Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

604-464-3550

Clean, very quiet, large, INCLUDES: HEAT, HOT WATER & HYDRO Near Shopping & Amenities.

604-463-7450 604-463-2236

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL PORT COQUITLAM, 2043 sq ft.

Ground floor, dance/fitness area.

Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/Shaughnessy intersection. 604-464-3550.

12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings

Maple Ridge 22450-121st Street 2 Bedroom Apt $840/mo Attractive modern unit, in a safe, all ages community in beautiful Maple Ridge. Amenities include community gardens, playground, amenity rooms, on site laundry facilities & secure parking in a certified Crime Free Multi Housing complex. Pet friendly (some exceptions apply). The tenant and other occupants must demonstrate they meet eligibility criteria related to income, number of occupants, and other similar criteria. Please note that fully subsidized, or Rent Geared to Income (RGI) units are filled via a waiting list called The BC Housing Central Registry (www.bchousing.org/applicants).

No RGI subsidy available at this time.

Call 604-451-6075 to view.

Metro Vancouver Housing Corp.

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW 1 & 2 BDRM SUITES Heat, hot water & parking.

Close to stores & schools.

MAPLE COURT I 22437 121st Ave 604-467-0715 &

MAPLE COURT II 22423 121st Ave 604-467-4894

Maple Ridge Central Certified Crime Free Multiple Housing New renovated 1 Bdrm suites. $600/mo. incl hot water, cable.

Ref’s req’d. N/P. Adult only building Mon to Fri 9am ~ 6pm

By appointment only 604-418-1932 MAPLE RIDGE central. Spacious 1 bdrm apts. Deck, W/D, Prkg. ns/np. $600. Avail now. 604-937-3534.

MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl 11735-225 St. Clean quiet. 2 bdrm $900. 1 bdrm $600. Incl heat & H/W. No dogs.

604-467-9420, 604-728-0940.

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1 & 2 Bdrms from $695 & $860 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra.

Clean, Spacious Includes cable, heat, hot water & parking Seniors discount 21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

(604)466-5799 Maple Ridge Swan Court Apartments Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms.

Hardwood floors, adult oriented, heat, h/w & cable incl’d, f/p, n/pets.

Criminal Record check may be reqd Resident Manager Onsite Now with SENIORS DISCOUNT

604.477.0603

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

MAPLE RIDGE avail July 1st 2 bdrm, $725 includes cable. Small pet & yard. 604-306-5752 MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl 2 bdrm, full bath, carport, Xstorage, own w/d, np,ns, July 1 $950 (604)808-6874

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HOMES FOR RENT

ATTENTION - BARBERS, HAIRDRESSERS & NAIL TECHS. Spikes on Austin in Coquitlam has chair rental avail. Call Judy 604939-6700 or eves. 604-961-9267 COZY 2 bed house in W/Maple Ridge,Priv fenced yard. $1400/mo small pets ok. 604-467-2102.

MAPLE RIDGE 20963 Lougheed Hwy. 3 bedroom home centrally located, large yard, $1100/mo pets negotiable, July 1st (604)306-5752 MAPLE RIDGE. 2 bdrm house with den. Near amenits. Fenced yard, cement patio, dble. garage. 4 appls, N/S. N/P. $1300/mo. Avail now.

Call 604-438-0329 after 6 p.m.

MAPLE RIDGE, beautiful brand new 2 bdrm., 2 bath, lge. 2 car garage. Avail. July 1. $1500 mo. Call Elaine 604-312-8259 MAPLE RIDGE, Central: 5/bdrms, 3/bath fresh paint, CDS, dbl gar, 2,000sf . Nr all amens & schls. N/P, N/S. $1999/mo (604)785-8851.

MAPLE RIDGE Central. Sunny 3 Bdrm house with finished bsmt, deck, fnc’d b/yrd in quiet area. Avail immed. N/S. $1440. 604-464-5671.

Maple Ridge W. clean 2 bdrm fresh paint 4appls nr ament Suit sngl/cple $900/mo. NS/NP. 604-467-4499 PITT MEADOWS 5 Bdrm house, close to WC Express, schools, No Pets, N/S $2000/mo 604-760-6715 Contact Sukhi after 1pm

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OFFICE/RETAIL

MAPLE RIDGE

AUTO FINANCING

838

TRANSPORTATION

RECREATIONAL/SALE

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

604.465.7713 1989 FORD E250 Van Amera camper van, fridge, stove, furn. bathrm. Only 142,000 km. New front brakes. Everything works. $5500 obo: (604)520-6512

SUITES, LOWER

2 BDRM basement suite in quiet area, has in suite laundry, s/s fridge/stove/dishwasher, gas fireplace, separate entrance, parking, hardwood floors through out. Freshly painted and updated. $1000.

Utilities included Available July 1, 2012. No pets, no smoking. Call to set up a viewing 604-780-3862

2004 ITASCA SPIRIT 29.4 ft. Class C motorhome, 50,000km. 2 slide outs, awnings, generator & ext. warranty. Exc. cond. $39,900. 604856-8177 / 604-308-5489(Aldergrv)

Auto Loans or

MAPLE RIDGE 3 bdrm N/S, N/P $900 or $1000 inls util’s, Immed (604)868-0324 / (604)324-1350

All Makes, All Models.

New & Used Inventory.

MAPLE RIDGE. Bright 1 bdrm. g/l suite with wood burning f/p. Shared w/d, sep entry. Mature n/s individual. $550/mo +l utils 604-466-7594 MAPLE RIDGE suit quiet single couple, ref’s req’d 2 bdrm g/lev. patio, shed, shr W/D, N/S, N/P incl utils $900. July 1 (604)808-1787 Maple Ridge W 2 bdrm+den furn.

Nr bus/schl Suit Korean Chin / Japan spoken July1 604-466-2887

Local Homes AWESOME REDUCTIONS!

1-888-229-0744 or apply at:

office 604-513-2300

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PITT MEADOWS 2 bdrm, priv ent near schools, n/s, $1000/ immed ref’ 604-787-3208 or 604-360-0469

2001 CHEV CAVALIER, 5spd manual, 4dr, low kms, new aircare, $2250 firm. 604-538-4883

PITT MEADOWS, 2 bdrm ste, W/D, nr amens, NS/NP, avail now. Refs. $850 incl utils & cbl. (604)764-6821.

2002 BUICK REGAL LS 4 dr., auto, sunroof, gray leather, p.h.seats, CD & more. $3600. (604)541-0206

Port Moody Furn lge bright 1 bdrm on main Lam flr $1000 cbl/net W/D incl NS/NP Nice view 604-710-3018

2005 CHRYSLER SEBRING, silver, convertible, 84,000 kms. Auto. Aircared. $4,900. obo. 604-826-0519

SUITES, UPPER

MAPLE RIDGE - Great Neighbourhood by MR Park - UPPER 2 Floors, 3 BDRM, 3 Bath, office & den, high ceilings, newer home, 2450 sq. ft, view, N/S, pets ok, $1900. util. extra. Avail. now. Call John 604-970-7731

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TOWNHOUSES

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available.

19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938 PITT MEADOWS, Ford & Harris, 3 bdrm T/H. Quiet family complex, rent geared to income. N/P. Call: 604-465-4851 PORT COQUITLAM

MERIDIAN VILLAGE 3156 Coast Meridian Road 2 & 3 bedroom Townhouses available RENTS between $970 - $1176 A safe, all ages community in POCO, spacious grounds in a park like setting, close to schools and parks with shopping near by.

Great for families - Day Care and After School Care facilities right on site! On site laundry facilities in the apartment building. Pet friendly (some exceptions apply).

The tenant and other occupants must demonstrate they meet eligibility criteria related to income, number of occupants, and other similar criteria. Please note that fully subsidized, or Rent Geared to Income (RGI) units are filled via a waiting list called The BC Housing Central Registry (www.bchousing.org/applicants).

No RGI subsidy available at this time. Call 604-451-6075 to view.

Various downtown locations.

Avail. Now! Updated and well maintained. Various sizes 320sf.

- 2000sf. Starting at $495/month.

TRANSPORTATION 810

AUTO FINANCING

604-463-3000 MAPLE RIDGE: Prime Retail office space 2500 sf. 224th & McIntosh 2nd flr above Jim’s Pizza. Avail. now. Reasonable. (604)230-3058

ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTH

Rooms from $445/mo. Fully Furn, weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min walk to commuter rail.

Haney Motor Hotel 22222 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge Inquire in person between 9am - 3pm or

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

Call 604-467-3944

www.PreApproval.cc DL# 7557

1-800-910-6402

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UTILITY TRAILER, Snowbear 4x4 steel sides, 1500 lb. GVW. Hardly used. Perfect for spring clean-up. $400. 604-575-5319.

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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

PITT MEADOWS 1 bdrm sep bldg loft, priv patio, f/p, d/w, w/d, n/s, n/p on 1/3 acre $900. (604)837-2565

WEST MAPLE RIDGE 2 BDRM in new home. Shows perfect. Prime loc. Own lndry. Incl util, internet, sec, sat tv. $1100. N/S. N/P. 604671-9476

604-816-3366

www.greatcanadianautocredit.com

WANT A VEHICLE BUT STRESSED ABOUT YOUR CREDIT? Christmas in June, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past. All credit situations accepted. www.creditdrivers.ca 1-888-5936095.

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UTILITY TRAILERS

MOTORCYCLE / UTILITY CARRIER/TRAILER, fits 1-3 bikes, w/ gear box & ramp, hardly used $1175 trades? 778-888-6805.

UTILITY TRAILER 4 X6 steel trailer $400.

(604)467-9824

MARINE

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

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MOTORCYCLES

2003 Coleman Sante Fe tent trailer, slps 6, 3-way fridge, stove in & out.

Good cond, $5000. 604-462-1434.

2003 FORD WINDSTAR, rebuilt auto trans. Runs exc. Green. $3000 obo. (604)826-0519 2005 FORD F150, 4X4, crew cab , green, auto, 160 kms, options, $12,000 firm. Call 604-538-9257.

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CARS - DOMESTIC

RECREATIONAL/SALE

TRUCKS & VANS

2002 CHEVY Venture 7 pass, new winter tires, 181 kms, exc cond, fully detailed. $3000. (604)467-9007

2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

1989 6 CYLINDER, 1 owner touring motorcycle. Wineberry color. Always garaged when not in use. $7,200. Phone 604-852-9529

838

The Scrapper

BRUCE and RENE POLLON RE/MAX LifeStyles Realty

We Will Pay You $1000

Must be employed w/ $1800/mo. income w/ drivers license. DL #30526

#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

TRUSTED NAMES !

GUARANTEED

COQ - Como Lake New 1 brm bsmt suite 585 sq ft no smoking, no pets Avail Jul 1- $815/mo incls utils & cable 778-995-4280

http://www.metrovancouver. org/services/housing

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810

TRANSPORTATION

Public Access Launch Ramp Outdoor Storage for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks & Trailers Year Rental Moorage Fuel Dock W Onsite Manager

OFFICE & RETAIL SPACE

Call: Rick Medhurst, Royal LePage

TRANSPORTATION

Pitt Meadows Marina

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STORAGE

MODULAR HOMES

JUNE SPECIAL Brand New 16’ Wide Modular Homes. From $69,000.00 mark@eaglehomes.ca

Maple Ridge dwntwn, 2nd flr south facing ste in sm apt bldg, reno’d, $750 + utils. Now. 604-880-4418

Glenwood Manor Apartments

RENTALS

750

MAPLE RIDGE, 11672 ~ 224th St.

Maple Ridge

BRENTWOOD Apartments

APARTMENT/CONDO

MAPLE RIDGE

HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.ca

706

MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS

Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

BOATS

NEED A LAWYER MONEY! Selling my 23’ Bitz Day Cruiser w/tandem axle trailer, 454 BB Chev Turbo 400, Coal V Drive w/22% overdrive, frest paint. Too much to list. $5,500.

604-820-1323

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22722 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge 604-463-7277 Custom Embroidery Centre on Premises • Locally Owned and Operated

Maple Ridge Store Only

Monday – Wednesday, & Friday 9 am - 9 pm • Thursday 9 am - 11 pm • Saturday 9 am - 6 pm • Sunday 10 am - 5 pm