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Along the Fraser Volunteers champion our streams. p6

Raymonds call to regulate party buses. p4

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Gardening Shade gardening for the disgruntled. p21

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$6 million shortfall for SD42

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Parents asked to take online survey about cuts

by Ne i l Cor be tt staff reporter

The Ridge Meadows School Board is facing a budget shortfall that could be as high as $6 million.

“It could be a challenging year for us,” said chairman Mike Murray after Wednesday’s night’s regular meeting.

The total school board budget is about $129 million, so the board will need to cut costs and/or increase revenue sources.

On Thursday morning the board posted a survey on its website, to receive input as to where parents and other stakeholders in education place their spending priorities, and get suggestions as to what costs could be cut.

“We’re hoping to get as much input from as many groups as we possibly can,” said superintendent Jan Unwin.

See Budget, p15

Blaney school still possible

by Neil Corbe tt staff reporter

Silver Valley residents were celebrating a victory on Tuesday night, because Blaney Hamlet might one day have a school.

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Board of Education is no closer to building an elementary school on the site at 23103

– 136th Avenue, but nor has the land been turned over to residential development.

Maple Ridge council refused to start the approval process for a rezoning bylaw to allow a developer to build some 30 houses there. Councillors instead referred the issue back to the school board, asking for clarification of its plans for future schools.

“I think we’re relieved,” said Silver Valley resident Nicole Read. “We’re happy to have a bit of breathing room now.

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“It’s a huge win for us – just having it as a possibility and having the opportunity for public input.”

She said one member of the Silver Valley residents group was in tears after council’s decision.

“It’s very emotional for people, because you’re talking about their children.”

Read has been a leader in this citizens’ lobby, as she set up a Facebook page, started a petition, canvassed her neighbours door-to-door, spoke in person to both the school district and

municipality, and was twice on the Bill Good Show on CKNW Radio.

She will continue to lobby the school board for a transparent process that involves input from residents. And, she will ask the provincial government why it has no process to purchase land communities have set aside for schools, given that the province funds three quarters of new school construction.

“We’re not taking our foot off the gas, by any means,” Read said.

See School, p12

Index Opinion Letters Looking Back Graham Hookey Acts of Faith Gardening Community Calendar

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Education: A future not cloistered in books.

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Josef Bowman, a student of the Samuel Robertson Technical culinary program, prepares dinner for the evening rush.

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A future not cloistered in books Future job opportunities in trades and technology

by Phil M elnyc h u k staff reporter

T

he photo on the cafeteria wall in Samuel Robertson Technical school shows the most recent graduating class of the culinary arts program, 16 smiling students who took the course in 2011-12.

They’re out of the school now and some, not all, are on a career path to earning good money, while many of their peers agonize over book costs and tuition fees.

Cooking is just one of the nine trades programs in the Maple RidgePitt Meadows school district offering students a short cut to the work world.

Enrolling in the Ace It program allows Grade 12 students to take Level 1 apprenticeship training in automotive, electrical, metal fabrication, hairstyling, culinary arts, carpentry, plumbing, esthetics and integrated trades, while also earning their Grade 12 diploma.

“There’s a lot of jobs out there.

There’s a lot of youth unemployment. We have the jobs, but we don’t have people,” trades program coordinator Ron Lancaster told a recent

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Culinary arts is one of nine trades apprenticeship programs at SRT. meeting of moms, dads and kids attending a Skilled Trades Information Session at the school.

A sign on one of the pillars in the cafeteria emphasized the point: “Youth unemployment: 15 per cent – yet jobs go begging for lack of skilled people.”

“If you don’t have the skill set to match those opportunities, then you might find yourself disappointed, left behind,” Lancaster told the crowd.

Before scattering to talk to various trades instructors, the crowd looked at another slide quoting a number from the Conference Board of Canada.

With about half the work force retiring in the next decade, by 2020, a million skilled workers will be needed.

Lancaster says parents are examin-

ing the post-secondary options for their kids. He tries to tell them to be realistic and to match their interests with the programs that are out there.

“Right now, the opportunities are in trades and technology – and trades and technology is really where the job growth is going to be.”

At one point, everyone wanted to go to university and become a teacher. “But there are hundreds of unemployed teachers.

“BCIT is now recognized as the finishing school for university graduates, because they realize their degree in cultural anthropology really requires them to go to BCIT to become an electrician if they want to move out of the house before they’re 30.”

That sounds a bit harsh, he admits.

But the intent isn’t to recruit kids who are on their way to be-

coming doctors.

“The higher achieving kids are going on to university, we realize that.”

But if you have good grades or mediocre ones, choosing a trade could be a way to at least start a working career, even though only 43 per cent of those who sign up carry on to complete their apprenticeship.

Even if a student decides the vocation isn’t right, he or she still has a Grade 12 diploma, Lancaster points out. It’s not considered a lost year.

Lancaster stressed the programs are taught by either trades people from the industry or instructors from the colleges and institutes themselves, giving students their first year of education and apprenticeship at no cost.

“We are teaching the provincial apprenticeship curriculum. This is not pre-apprentice.

“I think we’re giving students a real insight as to where they want to go in their careers.”

While Lancaster says it’s a challenge “to recruit 160 students to make career decisions that are going to affect their lives,” there are students who just know what they want to do, from an early age.

Josef Bouwman is taking the Vancouver Community College culinary arts program during his Grade 11 year at Samuel Robertson Technical.

He’s long had an interest in cooking.

“I love how it’s not all just theory,” said Bouwman, formerly a homeschooled student.

Soon after he started the course, he and his classmates were in the kitchen and cooking for fellow students and the public, which can get a

reasonably priced meal at the school every Tuesday to Friday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

He also enjoys the more cerebral tasks required to keep a restaurant running profitably, such as analyzing profit and loss numbers or calculating the financial return that results from serving a particular dish or type of food.

“It’s a great course.”

So far, his favourite type of cooking is main course, vegetables in particular, which are less demanding than creating pastries.

For Grade 12 student Andrew Campbell, the choice was easy.

Campbell is in the carpentry program at Samuel Robertson Technical and graduates in a few months.

When he does, he’ll have completed Level 1 at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s apprentice carpentry program. He’ll also have his secondary school graduation, which he earned by having to take only one other course, Grade 12 English, in his final year.

“That’s nice because I do not have to do all the courses that I do not like to do. It pretty much saves me a year.

“I’m pretty lucky. Ever since I was a little boy I had a real itch to be a carpenter.”

Campbell doesn’t like the finicky finishing carpentry stuff, but rather framing carpentry, working outside with quick results.

He’s confident he’ll land a job after graduation with an employer who will allow him to return to Kwantlen for several weeks every year to continue his four-year apprenticeship.

Upon completion, he’ll have Red Seal in carpentry, allowing him to work anywhere in Canada.

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Raymonds call to regulate party buses A mother who lost her daughter after a night out on a party bus wants changes before another tragedy occurs

by M onisha M ar t ins staff reporter

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n the shadow of a bus shelter and sprawled on a bench, the boy lay unconscious, oblivious to the traffic streaming past.

Julie Raymond spotted him as she drove home. It was 2:30 a.m., an hour past the last bus.

She stopped to check on him.

“He was so out of it he couldn’t talk,” she says.

“He was covered in vomit.”

Raymond and her daughter Danielle soon

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Julie and Danielle Raymond found a teen boy passed out at a bus stop near 203 Street after he’d been dropped off by a party bus last July. found out that the 17-year-old has just got off a party bus.

The group had been dropped off at the McDonald’s on Dewdney Trunk Road, near 203rd Street, a popular last stop for the buses. The teen managed to stumble to a bus stop few feet away,

where he passed out.

“He didn’t even know where he was,” Julie Raymond says.

For her, the encounter she had last summer was a stark reminder that little had changed since the death of her youngest daughter.

Just 16, Shannon died

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on July 26, 2008 after taking two ecstasy pills and drinking rum during a birthday party for a friend.

Raymond knew Shannon was heading out to a party on a bus that night – a travelling disco of sorts, popular with suburban teens, complete with plush seats, strobe lighting, mirrored ball and blaring dance music.

The bus was rented by a parent and there was a 19-year-old on board to supervise the underage teens.

“I trusted her and the people she was with,” says Raymond.

The teens drank on board despite a no-alcohol policy and Shannon popped a second ecstasy pill. She spent the night throwing up and confused.

Plied with water, almost five litres in the

span of an hour, according to a coroner’s report, Shannon would be dead from hyponatremia - literally “low salt” or “water intoxication” – the next morning. No one called 911 until it was too late.

Shannon’s death was the first in a spate of tragedies involving party buses in Metro Vancouver, an industry which is once again in the spotlight because another teen has died.

Ernest Azoadam, 16, could not be revived after he collapsed on a party bus in Surrey two weekends ago.

Police say drugs and alcohol are a factor in his death.

Hearing about Azoadam’s death pushed the Raymonds into action as they are joining a chorus of critics who are calling for a crackdown on the burgeoning industry.

The Passenger Transportation Branch – the body that licenses party buses, taxis and limousines – confirmed that there is no legislation that requires adult supervision on party buses or chaperones. There are no regulations around training or first-aid, either.

Party bus companies that were contacted said they have strict policies around alcohol and drug consumption on board their vehicles. Some required an adult on board when underage passengers were present, while others said they just require a parent at the pick-up and drop-off point. see party Party buses, p5

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“These party buses need to be regulated the same way pubs and bars are regulated, so nobody can go in there under the age of 19,” said Raymond.

“Why are the rules different for party buses? When all they are is traveling pubs, encouraging and condoning underage drinking. They should lose their licenses immediately. If the government doesn’t sit up and do something, another teen is going to die.”

Raymond’s call for more regulation is echoed by District of Maple Ridge Coun. Cheryl Ashlie, a former school board trustee.

“It breaks my heart,” said Ashlie, who called for a crackdown on party bus fleets after Shannon’s death, but saw no concrete changes.

“It’s a facilitation of substance misuse by this industry. We have to get on this industry as a province and get some regulations in play. This has got to stop.”

Ashlie sees a role for municipalities to play, as well, with higher business license fees and more enforcement by RCMP.

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“It’s a facilitation of substance misuse by this industry.”

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Ridge Meadows RCMP, meanwhile, assure parents they can and will conduct checks on party buses in their jurisdiction, although they have been criticized for being sporadic with enforcement.

Under current provincial legislation, police officers can stop a vehicle as a result of a specific complaint, or to verify valid licenses under the Motor Vehicle Act. “Ridge Meadows RCMP have stopped party buses in our jurisdiction, in the past, and have conducted investigations based on the authorities in both the Liquor Control and Licensing Act and Motor Vehicle Act,” said Cpl. Alanna Dunlop.

“At Ridge Meadows RCMP, we are concerned about any illegal activity, particularly activities that have the potential to jeopardize the safety of those involved and citizens of this community, whether on the roadways or elsewhere.”

The province, meanwhile, promises to take a closer look at the Passenger Transportation Act to prevent another tragedy.

B.C.’s Minister of Transportation Mary Polak has asked staff to organize a meeting with party bus and limo operators to make sure they are aware of the regulations already in place.

The branch is also reviewing leasing arrangement with such companies and whether minors can lease them and if adults need to be present.

“It is, in fact, against the law to be consuming alcohol in a moving vehicle, even if you are merely a passenger,” Polak said Wednesday, adding that a police and coroner’s investigation into the Surrey teen’s death are already underway.

“Ministry staff are also researching what options we have with respect to further regulation that can ensure that something like this doesn’t happen again.”

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Budget in context The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school board is facing a budget shortfall of as much as $6 million.

It must approve a balanced budget and submit it to the Ministry of Education by June 30.

To eliminate the deficit, the school district is asking parents to take an online survey, to help it organize cutting priorities.

The survey asks parents to rank their choices, from what items are most important to them to maintain, to least.

Among them are the usual suspects: reducing staff – from school to district administration, support and clerical workers and others, to non-enrolling teachers, and changes to professional development.

School closures is suggested, as is increasing class sizes and fees for optional programs – academies, bands, bussing.

Reducing new technological purchases is another option, as are cutting supplies and maintenance.

There are also new sources of revenue, such as increased fees for facility rentals, and private partnership and sponsorship opportunities.

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No doubt that would spark the captive audience discussion again, as pop machines in hallways did a decade or so ago. It’s still and interesting discussion, but not one a survey can answer.

All parents of students should take the survey, but further discussion needs to occur, as it’s unfair to ask them questions about cutting jobs when most are probably unsure about the responsibilities of each one and what affect that would have.

Just as it needs to be explained that increasing fees for facility rentals wouldn’t much affect the learning inside classroooms, but would the costs for community groups that the same students and their families belong to.

It is fair that parents have a say in helping reach an agreeable budget. But the options need to be fully explained to them, or else their survey results have little to no context.

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Volunteers champion our streams Two foot waterfall.

Even it makes noises.

And at night is cool.

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apanese haiku creates a picture in 16 syllables, and if the subject is a healthy stream, the lingering sense of awe.

You could sit beside a babbling brook and Along the Fraser feel this way without Jack Emberly words.

Next to Golden Pond, for example. It’s a bulge in a tributary of the Alouette River just below the Hydro dam.

Public vehicles aren’t allowed on the road up here, but ARMS has a key to the gate.

En route we passed the trees Hydro dropped to widen a transmission line; corpses in a riparian zone abandoned like fallen soldiers to rot on a battlefield.

It’s hoped the power company will airlift this carnage before heavy rain slides the debris downward to scour spawning gravel from the riverbed, but that hasn’t happened yet.

Nicole Dreidger, ARMS education coordinator, heads up the Adopt-a-Stream Program that began modestly with two creeks last year – Morse, which flows along 224th to the Alouette, and T2 near, the Davison cheese factory.

In 2013, the program’s swollen to eight creeks, thanks to growing community interest and financial support by Vancity and the Royal Bank.

Volunteer Stream Champions include

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uestion of the week:

Joe Zurich, for McKenney Creek near 207 Street. When Joe checks fish traps later this week, he’ll find coho and 70 sticklebacks.

Zurich built nesting boxes for wood ducks at the edge of the creek behind his residence. Cameras are positioned to monitor the incubation of eggs, and chicks parachuting to the ground.

Doug Stanger (ARMS) is the volunteer for Millionaire Creek along Fern Crescent.

Cliff Olson is a fly fisherman who wryly claims he can observe fry from 150 feet and identify the species by swim pattern. He’ll later report a “nice sized coho smolt” in Coho Creek along 127 Avenue.

Bruce Hobbs (North Alouette) has advocated strongly for a sustainable water use plan for this river while more pumping licences are granted by the Province without proper forethought.

Liz Hancock, another ARMS director, checks Latimer Channel near 239th Avenue.

A sign posted near Golden Pond informed us that the area is habitat for a rare water shrew. The fish traps we set here today will eventually capture seven early coho fry and a northwestern salamander, proof of this stream’s productivity.

Blake Handford (Tributary 2) is a retired teacher. In T2, he’ll later recover coho fry.

The proper name of this stream is probably lost to all but a few middle-aged men who caught trout in it as boys, but it runs clearly between farmer’s fields. Deciduous trees along its banks drop insect larvae for the fry to feed on.

Dreidger has charged each volunteer with checking fish type and numbers following

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this outing.

A Stream Keepers Manual illustrates differences between species: patches or parr marks along the sides or lateral lines of fish, tell-tale color around gills, spots on dorsal, or top-body and tail fins.

At Golden Pond, the lesson is suspending small bags of foul-smelling cat food from the centre of traps before placing them in pools behind rocks or logs.

“Don’t forget to mark the location with a flag,” advises Dreidger, “so you don’t get lost it when you come back to check.” It’s as easy to do as forgetting where you parked the car at the mall.

There’s an historic abuse of streams by cities committed in the name of urban growth and development. A lot was lost as a result.

Streams support fish and wildlife, but also add to our quality of life. Vancouver buried 50 creeks when few understood this, but today its opening up and restoring brooks like Hastings Park Creek, which was piped and paved over.

In Maple Ridge, we haven’t done that yet.

Most of our 600 kilometres of watercourses, even so-called ditches (something dug out rather than assigned a new name) are exposed and healthy. They take up water from subdivisions and roads. Creating swales or depressions in a watercourse increases its natural ability to filter toxins. There’s a lot we can do beyond expensive pipes and culverts paid for by developers or taxpayers, but we need the will.

The ARMS Adopt-a-Stream program encourages us to respect all our precious watercourses. That’s a big challenge.

See Emberly, p7

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I look forward to the day when we can move forward from standing up to bullying and live in kindness. I love Pink Shirt Day and the sense of community, coming together to say, ‘Enough, we do not accept this behavior!’ I simply do not want to see people award doing/saying the right thing as heroic or else we are perpetuating the bullying. Anti-bullying is a start, I wish us each the ability to follow through by being an example of kindness. BTW, have you been kind to yourself today with words? It’s a great place to begin:)

Education key to streams Emberly from p6

Hancock has found “a couple of tires” discarded in Latimer Creek, and Handford notes “mounting garbage in the green belt behind the White Spot.”

That part of McKenney is a haunt of transients and a small group of uninformed youth who leave fast food wrappers and pop containers in the stream.

Education is the key to sustaining streams. The district may launch an awareness program soon.

ARMS has connected with 35 ecology minded kids at Garibaldi and Westview high schools.

Adult volunteers can call 604-467-6401.

If you can, find a two-foot waterfall and sit by it for a few minutes.

Jack Emberly is a retired teacher, local author and environmentalist.

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Low-cost housing hides issue Editor, The News: Re: Ridge creates plan to end homelessness (The News, Feb. 20).

I had to check the calendar after reading the article.

Nope, it’s not April Fool’s Day. This ‘plan’ is destined for failure as in Vancouver, where hundreds, if not thousands of low-cost housing units have been built over the past 40 years, yet there are still people living on the

streets.

It will fail because homelessness is not the problem, but is one of the most visible results of a society that has chosen not to deal with the real issue.

Low-cost housing doesn’t resolve substance abuse or the lack of programs to address mental illness.

It simply hides those who suffer with the problem from the view of society.

This is a totally inhumane

way to deal with citizens in any society.

“This is a totally inhumane way to deal with citizens in any society.”

Any society that insists on the rights of individuals without requiring any responsibilities is doomed to fail.

Maple Ridge council should spend more time looking at issues, such as ways to reduce taxation, improve our transit options and transportation routes, to name but a few, instead of trying to address an issue that was created by years of federal and provincial government neglect, and their refusal to fund programs that would end homelessness.

Graham Mowatt Maple Ridge

Create industrial near Golden Ears Bridge Editor, The News: Re: Silver Valley plan not working (Letters, Feb. 27).

I applaud Bruce Hobbs on his comments. His letter clearly states the facts.

We, among other property owners, have land that is already surrounded by water, sewer, Hydro and gas services. We have a bus route at 128 Avenue and 232 Street. We have two schools within walking distance – Yennadon and Harry Hooge elementary schools.

Why these properties were not bet-

ter utilized before Silver Valley was built boggles the mind.

The taxpayers are ultimately on the hook for servicing and upkeep of Silver Valley.

I have also noticed the signs that surround the lands mentioned 128 Ave. to 228 Street, that state; “Say no to industrial zoning.”

The district paid Rollo associates to do another assessment on future industrial lands in Maple Ridge, since those at 256 Street are no were near a bridge that we can pay tolls for.

Yet taxpayers pay tolls and commute past vast, empty, unfarmed so-called agricultural land to their jobs outside Maple Ridge.

Council shall not be dictated to by the ALR. Council is voted in by the local taxpayer and is mandated to adhere to what is best for the taxpayer.

I say no to industrial zoning were I live and yes to rezoning such land industrial near the Golden Ears Bridge.

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local couple who restored a character home have been honoured by the Maple Ridge Heritage Commission.

Becky Robinson and Gary MacNeal purchased the The Dr. Broe House, a 5,000-square-foot structure built in 1927 for the first physician in Hammond, and only the second doctor in Maple Ridge.

The couple received a certificate and a plaque – the latter which Robinson will mount above the doorbell.

Lisa Zosiak, of the district planning department, said the commission has a mandate of creating heritage awareness, and appreciated the

couple’s efforts to restore the house to its original stateliness.

“We wanted to celebrate this,” she said. “In the Hammond area, it was a pretty fancy house for the time period.”

Robinson said she and her husband enjoy both antiques and heritage homes, and had an eye on the deteriorating house for years before it came on the market in 2008.

Robinson said the house had been renovated in the 1970s, and there was some psychedelia to purge. They had to pull up blue and orange shag carpets to reveal and restore the fir floors underneath. The grand fireplace’s masonry had been painted over with a bright yellow, and had to be sand blasted. There were even hippy-style flowers on the kitchen

cabinets. There aren’t anymore.

Their restoration work took six months, and 5,000 lineal feet of crown and chair-rail moulding.

It is a four-storey house, including the full basement, and it contained secret passages that led from the doctor’s office to a small room, and from there down to the basement, or to a breakfast nook. Whether the doctor was moving about the house in secrecy, or if the passages were added later is not known.

The house even had a brass plate in the dining room floor with a button, which would have been stepped on by the hostess to signal her maid to bring the next course.

She has learned the house has had an interesting history. There have only been three prior

owners, but it has been rumoured to have been inhabited by a chimpanzee, a ghost, and an owner who was apparently preparing for the downfall of civilization.

She said Dr. Laurence Broe was a respected doctor, an avid supporter of the Hammond hardball teams and local boxing clubs, as well as an avid bridge player and member of the Alouette Rod and Gun Club.

Robinson said they have put the house back on the market, and it listed at $545,000. She said it has been re-wired and insulated, and most of the heavy lifting has been done on the renovations, but old houses always need some love as they age.

“It is going to take a unique person – it’s going to take a lot of work.”

Calling all Talented Youth!

As part of Youth Week celebrations happening May 1-7th 2013, Youth Services in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows is looking for youth between the ages of 12-18 years to perform at our annual Talent Show on Monday May 6th.

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In order to be selected, youth must audition either on Thursday March 7th or Thursday March 21st. Auditions will be held at the South Bonson Community Centre between 6:00-9:00 PM. To set up your audition time! Contact Adam Rieu at 604-465-2447 or email arieu@mapleridge.ca.

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Inmate wants extra credit for time served Sentencing Friday for Alex Tanasescu

by M o ni s ha M a r tin s staff reporter

A man who viciously beat another inmate in a Maple Ridge prison is seeking to reduce his sentence by arguing he should get extra credit for time already spent in custody.

Charged with seconddegree murder, Alexander Dinu Tanasescu, 30, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the brutal attack that eventually killed Blair Thomas Cody.

Crown and defence have agreed to a nineyear prison term, but disagree on how much credit Tanasescu should get for time spent in pre-sentence custody.

Cody was attacked on May 19, 2010, a few hours after he arrived at the 256th Street provincial prison for breaching probation on a drug possession charge.

The court heard the fight was sparked after Cody called Tanasescu a “goof.”

According to an internal investigation

report, Tanasescu was captured on video landing a punch that knocked Cody to the floor.

Tanasescu then “stomped, kicked and punched” his head. He was seen leaving twice only to return seconds later and continue the assault, landing blows to Cody’s head 25 times.

A minute after the assault began, guards found the 36-year-old Cody unconscious in a pool of blood. He could barely breathe, according to the report.

Paramedics were called and Cody was rushed via air ambulance to Royal Columbia Hospital.

He was eventually transferred to the Langley Hospice, where he remained in a vegetative state until he died 10 months later.

At a sentencing hearing in New Westminster Supreme Court Wednesday, the court heard Tanasescu was anything but a model prisoner.

A corrections officer testified that Tanasescu was often aggressive, hostile to staff and threatened other in-

mates.

He has two outstanding disciplinary charges and has spent the majority of his time in prison in a segregation unit or under enhanced supervision, which restricts the amount of time an inmate is out of his cell.

Crown prosecutor Andrew Blunt pointed out that it was Tanasescu’s own actions that led to his segregation.

He argued Tanasescu should not receive a credit of 1.5 days for each day he has spent in custody, given the changes to Canada’s Criminal Code brought about by Bill C-25.

The Act, introduced in 2010, limits the credit a judge can hand out for any time spent in pre-sentencing custody.

Previously, most convicted received a 2-1 credit.

“There is an absence of any evidence that the restrictions caused him any greater hardship compared to any other inmate,” Blunt told the court.

Tanasescu’s lawyer, Sheldon Tate, called Crown’s submissions cruel.

“The suggestion that

there is no evidence of hardship to my client is to say that taking away of nearly 5,000 hours of liberty is meaningless,” said Tate.

He also pointed out that his client’s plea to manslaughter means he has been vindicated of murder. That suggestion drew a sharp reaction from Cody’s sister Stacey, a former school board trustee from Langley.

“Oh my god, he killed my brother,” the sister said as Tate continued his arguments.

“How disrespectful is it?”

Tate went on to point out that Tanasescu was remorseful.

“It cannot be said that there were not elements of self defence and provocation at play at the time,” Tate told the court.

“He didn’t want this man to die. When he was in the gym, had he wanted that man to die, there was all kinds of available tools – barbells, metal objects – that could have been used to quickly dispatch Mr. Cody.”

Justice Robert Crawford is set to sentence Tanasescu Friday.

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Maple Ridge This Month MARCH 2013

SPOTLIGHT ON: Earth Hour March 26, 2013 at 8:30 pm INFORMED 2013 The Countdown is on. What will you do to make a difference? March Council Meeting Schedule Earth Hour is the largest climate change movement for the planet in human history, spanning 7,000 cities, 152 countries with a digital reach of 200 million. Earth Hour is much, much more than a symbolic action of switching off lights for an hour; it’s a continuous movement driving actions, big and small, that are changing the world we live in.

For more information on how you can get involved, please visit www.mapleridge.ca/EN/sustainability/main/earth_ hour_2013.html

Monday, March 18 9:00 am, Workshop - Blaney Room 1:00 pm, Committee of the Whole - Council Chambers Tuesday, March 19 6:00 pm, Public Hearing - Council Chambers 7:00 pm, Council Meeting - Council Chambers

This event demonstrates that we can make a difference by doing something as simple as turning the lights off. We encourage all residents to join millions of Canadians and participate in this worldwide event. Turn off your lights for one hour, Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 8:30 pm and together let’s reduce energy consumption. There’s some great information on the overall campaign at www.earthhour.org along with links to some very inspiring videos.

Agendas & Minutes Agendas for these meetings are posted online the Friday before the meeting date. Go to mapleridge.ca, click the link under Mayor & Council on the home page.

ENGAGED: Ridge Meadows Recycling Our Local Recycling Society has a couple of busy months ahead.

Want to divert food scraps from your garbage and help conserve water? From now until March 15 you can order a Solar Cone Food Digester ($130), Composter ($68), or Rainbarrel ($78) through their office. Call 604-463-5545 or fill out an online form at www.rmrecycling.org The annual Spring Chipping program will begin in April, with a Tuesday, April 2 set-out deadline for properties WEST of 224 Street and a Monday, April 15 set-out deadline for properties EAST of 224 Street. No pre-registration necessary, simply place branches at curbside by set-out deadlines for pickup and chipping. See their website www.rmrecycling.org for details regarding set-out.

On Tuesday, April 2, Ridge Meadows Recycling invites you to come meet the stars and creators of “The Clean Bin Project” at its Annual General Meeting at the Arts Centre & Theatre.

A brief business meeting at 6:45 pm will be followed by a special presentation by Jen Rustemeyer and Grant Baldwin, the Vancouver couple whose award-winning documentary covers their year-long competition to see who can produce the least amount of waste and not buy any “stuff.” Jen and Grant will also speak about their latest project, “Just Eat It,” which explores the issue of food waste and follows the couple for six months as they live on food destined for the garbage.

Monday, March 4 9:00 am, Workshop - Blaney Room 1:00 pm, Committee of the Whole - Council Chambers Tuesday, March 12 7:00 pm, Council Meeting - Council Chambers

As part of the District’s commitment to reducing energy consumption and achieving carbon neutrality, we are participating in World Wildlife Fund Earth Hour 2013. The 2012 results showed that in Maple Ridge alone, citizens and businesses reduced energy consumption by 1.8% during Earth Hour.

The calendar has just been flipped to the page that says ‘March’ and the upcoming events, programs and excitement for Ridge Meadows Recycling are definitely on par with the buds, bulbs and flowers expected to bloom in the coming months! Here’s a quick look:

Mayor and Council encourage everyone to attend these important public meetings. It’s your chance to see how public policy is debated and enacted.

Committee is partnering with the ARTS and has many, many exciting plans in store. “Recycled” favourites from last year include the Freecycle, Storytime Corner with the Maple Ridge Library, and HUB’s “Cycle Recycle” free bike draw.

Application forms are now available on their website www.rmrecycling.org for any local “green” groups, organizations, schools and businesses who want to be a part of the Earth Day celebrations.

Council This Week Subscribe to the ‘Council This Week’ eNewsletter that provides a summary of issues discussed at Council Workshop meetings. Go to mapleridge.ca, click the link to ‘Council This Week’ and sign up today.

Council Meeting Videos If you are unable to attend a Council Meeting, Public Hearing or Committee of the Whole meeting you can now watch these meetings on your computer 24/7. The entire unedited meetings are posted two to three days after the meeting. The video is indexed to the agenda package so that you can watch them in their entirety or click through by agenda item. Go to mapleridge.ca and click on the video link at the bottom left of the home page.

INVOLVED: Volunteers Needed

As part of the “Earth Arts” theme, the Earth Day Planning Committee is offering a FREE “Social Media for Artists” workshop on Saturday, March 2 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm at the ACT, led by the Social Chicks with the support of the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Arts Council. The workshop is open to all artists (visual, performing, literary and more) who live in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows or Katzie First Nations and want to learn more about using social media to promote themselves and their work. Artists can RSVP to Leanne@rmrecycling.org or mapleridgeearthday@gmail.com For more information on these and so much more, visit www.rmrecycling.org

Canada Day Planning Committee Needs You! One of the most popular celebrations in Maple Ridge is the Annual Canada Day celebrations at Memorial Peace Park.

From the official ceremonies, singing of the national anthem and the Farmers Market to music and entertainment, this is one of the wonderful family events that brings our Town Centre to life.

Ridge Meadows Recycling is taking the lead in organizing this year’s Celebrate Earth Day festival on Saturday, April 20 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm at the Arts Centre & Theatre and Memorial Peace Park. This year, the Earth Day Planning

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She acknowledges the school district has said it needs only two elementary school sites for Silver Valley, where city staff had three in their plans. And, the Blaney Hamlet site could still be the odd one out.

However, she said at least the school district will have the opportunity to undertake a well-thought-out facility study that allows for public input.

School board chair Mike Murray said the district had been planning to conduct a district-wide facilities review this year, to determine the number of schools needed over the coming years.

There will be some public consultation during that process.

He explained the board made a decision about the Blaney site earlier this year, because in October 2012 district hall asked whether it was needed for a school.

“It was put to us to either buy it, or lose it.”

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Nicole Read started a petition to preserve the Blaney Hamlet site for a school. are ready to be built, and the board does not have the financial means to purchase land without provincial money.

“A new elementary school in Silver Valley could be a long way into the future,” noted a report the school board produced in response to the question.

Municipal planners had proposed three elementary schools in Silver Valley – one in each of Blaney, Forest and Horse Ham-

lets, and a secondary school in River Village.

Now the district says it will need only two elementary schools in the area, and may not need a high school.

Mayor Ernie Daykin said council’s decision Tuesday gives the school board a chance to review its needs without being pressured.

“I’m hopeful everyone can relax and breathe a little bit. It gives the school time to do their review,” he

said.

“This gives them the opportunity to look at that site in the context of the whole district – but we may get the same response.”

Daykin noted municipal hall could face a legal challenge from the would-be developer to remove the civic designation from the property in its plans.

Campton Services, represented by Joel Lycan, is the owner.

Daykin acknowledged Lycan has been patient with council, but noted the issue could be resolved in a matter of months.

“The challenge is that our decisions impact the community for 10, 20 or 50 years.”

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Naming of the road to Pitt Lake Looki ng Bac k by Leslie Norman

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riving to Pitt Lake, you will travel much of the distance on “Rannie” Road.

But if you made this trip in the years before 1997, you would have driven along “Rennie” Road, and we owe the name change to Mary Jo Pearson, who battled city hall for six years to ensure her great uncle was remembered accurately in the community.

On 1914/1915 maps in our collection, the road was clearly spelled “Rannie,” and this continued to be the case through 1964, when the Pitt Meadows Ratepayers annotated an earlier map and

noted “Rannie” Rd. However, by the late 1970s, the name was appearing on maps as “Rennie,” and this also appears to be the case with street signs.

Was this simply a typo that took hold?

William ‘Skookum’ or ‘Big Bill’ Rannie was a larger than life entrepreneur.

Born in Campbellford, Ont. around 1863, Rannie worked his way west with the CPR, settling on the coast in 1887, when he eventually established the contracting firm of Campbell, Rannie and Ironside and participated in some of the largest construction projects in the area in the early 20th Century, including participation in the construction of the

Public Notice Public Open House for Proposed Albion Area Plan Review and Amenity Zoning Contribution Pilot Study The District of Maple Ridge is holding a second public open house for the Albion Area Plan review and to introduce the Amenity Zoning Contributions pilot study in the Albion Area. Attendees at this event will be asked to provide input on prioritization of potential amenities in the Albion Area and also to comment on draft amenity contribution policies.

You are invited to participate in the open house scheduled for: Date: Wednesday, March 13th Time: Drop-in anytime between 4:30 and 8:00 pm Location: Samuel Robertson Technical School – Library 10445 – 245th Street, Maple Ridge

Coquitlam to Buntzen Lake tunnel and the B.C. Electric’s New Westminster to Chilliwack line.

During the Yukon gold rush, ‘Captain’ Rannie and his firm operated the sternwheeler Casca, transporting supplies and miners between Whitehorse and Dawson City.

The year 1909 brought a new venture for Rannie as he formed the Pitt Meadows Land Company in order to purchase and reclaim 1,679 acres of land in Diking District 1, north of the Lillooet River. The land had returned to the Dominion Government after the B.C.D.D. Company had been unable to reclaim it and Rannie felt he could succeed where it had failed, if he could get the land for a good price.

He secured it for $1.50 storage, chicken coups an acre, so long as he and a blacksmith’s shop. managed to reclaim it But, as with earlier atand have it operating by tempts, it was all for May 1913. naught as the dikes evenUpon completion, his tually gave way and the plan was to sell plots for pumping station proved as much as $200 an acre. inadequate.

By the few accounts we By the end of the Sechave, we know Rannie ond World War, Rannie’s took the venture of recompany was defunct claiming the land to heart. William Rannie and his holdings reIn an article in The turned to the Crown.

World newspaper in 1915, he William Rannie died on June 20, was promoting that more than 1927, and his body was interred at $200,000 in improvements had Mountain View Cemetery in Vanbeen made and his project was es- couver. sentially finished, with: 12.5 miles Seventy years later, in the sumof 10-foot high dikes; an electri- mer of 1997, Ms. Pearson won her fied pumping plant with 25,000 battle and the City of Pitt Meadgallons per minute capacity; flood ows changed signage so the road gates; 70 miles of drainage ditch- would once again be known as es; and good roads completed.

“Rannie.”

Rannie’s Ranch at the crossing of Sturgeon Slough had many buildLeslie Norman is curator at Pitt ings, including a massive barn, hay Meadows Museum.

Maple Ridge Cemetery Notice This is a reminder to family members and visitors to the Maple Ridge Cemetery that all artificial flowers, containers and other personal mementos should be removed from cremation and burial plots at the Maple Ridge and Whonnock cemeteries prior to the beginning of the grass cutting season on March 16, 2013. Removal of these items is necessary to permit the safe mowing of the grounds and to avoid causing any damage to personal items.

Any artificial flowers or other items (other than fresh flowers) that have not been removed

by March 23, 2013 will be collected by the cemetery caretaker, and then stored at the cemetery building, and may be picked up at a mutually agreeable date and time.

Maple Ridge Cemetery Bylaw Section 34 Cut flowers, wreaths and floral offerings may be placed on graves, but may be removed by the caretaker when their condition is considered by him to be detrimental to the beauty of the cemetery. Artificial flowers may be placed between November 15 and March 15.

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For futher information on this topic or other municipal cemetery matters, please call 604-467-7307.

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Applications from qualified contractors are being accepted until 12:00 noon on Friday, March 15, 2013 for the contract services of: Caretaker – Whonnock Hall.

Services include, but are not limited to : • Custodial Duties: Keep and maintain the building and amenities in clean, sanitary and good order and condition this includes bathrooms, floors, Kitchen, windows, office, Hallways, bar area.

• Outside areas: check daily and keep entrance and asphalt and back patio clean of needles, leaves and refuse.

Clean ashtrays and remove all garbage, keep decks and covered areas clear of cigarette butts, glasses, garbage, and pressure wash as needed.

• Handyman Duties.

• Supervision of Booked Events: Provide courteous, helpful and informative customer service, opening of booked spaces, supervision of clean up and inspection of premises, be present at all booked events.

• Provide time for client viewings, rehearsals and decorating .

Liability insurance and a criminal record search is mandatory for all contractors.

Please visit the Maple Ridge website at www.mapleridge.ca for updates on this review process.

If you have any questions, please email planning@mapleridge.ca or call 604-467-7341.

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Remuneration: Three bedroom plus den approximately 1200 sq ft residence including kitchen, living room, bathroom and laundry room is provided as remuneration for duties performed up to the fair market value of house rent. Additional remuneration for events to be negotiated.

For further information, please contact Administration Coordinator: Diane Chamberlain at 604-465-2451 Maple Ridge Pitt and Meadows Parks & Leisure Service.

Detailed applications of qualifications to be sent attention: Director of Recreation, Wendy McCormick, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Parks & Leisure Services 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 6A9.

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Survey only online until March 14 Budget from front

The online posting also offers information about where the district is seeing its budget pressures for 20132014.

It will be online until about March 14. Ministry funding will be announced by March 15, the operating grant, and the budgeting process will be done in April.

Murray explained that the board had a slight surplus from 2011-2012 which it used to balance the last budget, or there would have been a shortfall of almost a half-million.

Unlike municipal governments, which can raise taxes to cover costs, school districts are required by the School Act to operate with a balanced bud-

get.

The budget pressure is coming from a number of sources.

As with many Lower Mainland communities, enrollment has been in steady decline – more than 1,000 students in just a decade in this district alone.

In 2003-2004 there were 15,051 students.

Projections for 20132014 are 13,823. There will be about 200 fewer students next year, and that will mean $1.6 million less in ministry per-pupil funding.

And there is no end in sight. Declining enrollment is projected to continue dropping for each of the two subsequent years as well.

The teachers pension plan has an added $930,000 in costs.

The conversion from HST back to the PST and GST will cost the district $250,000. Inflation and salary increments are other pressures.

Murray said the entire financial picture is not yet known, and $6 million is the worstcase scenario.

“Our hope is that it’s not as serious as the most conservative number,” he said.

He noted that the last time the board had to cut about $2 million from its budget there

were school closures.

School closures are mentioned in the website, as are administration cuts, reduced use of technology in schools, new publicprivate partnerships and numerous other measures. Those taking the questionnaire are asked to rank these proposals in order of their priorities.

Unwin said the goal has to be to balance the budget while maintaining school programs.

“Let’s get a context and remember why we’re in this business – it’s the kids,” said Unwin.

Budget survey The board’s Thursday press release says: We urge you to participate by completing the online budget survey at https://www. surveymonkey.com/s/201314BudgetSurvey. Your participation will help ensure that budget priorities encompass the most pressing needs of our school district.

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Having something to get up for DO A LOT OF GOOD. TAKE CARE OF YOUR CAR.

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have learned a great deal over the past few years in dealing with a terminal illness for my father, then working through various living options with my mother.

My challenges have been relatively minor compared to those I know others have faced.

I’ve had the opportunity to listen to the tales of others and I’ve certainly gained perspective.

I try to take complex issues and step back to identify what is most important, so that I can focus on what can be done to have the most influence on them.

It is easy, at times, to get caught up in a million details of what is out there and not be able to see what is the most critical step to be taken.

I’m not going to suggest this as a structure for everyone, as every situation is different, but if my experiences, and the experiences of others are to be helpful, then perhaps some general guidelines of priorities might be of benefit.

I believe the first priority for elder care is the element of mental health. Aging is not for the faint of heart. It is a time of loss, both in terms of personal health and social networks.

While we generally learn to cope with ups and downs all of our

lives, successive downs are bound to have an impact. Add to this the possibility of significant loss of brain function, to disease or stroke damage, and the element that is truly affected by mental health is the ability to live independently.

It is independence that the elderly will generally see as the top priority, and even when their mental health is compromised, they may not wish to relinquish it.

Still, the first question every family must ask when considering how to help aging relatives is, “How capable are they to live independently and make their own decisions?”

The second priority is understanding and establishing the right connections and directions for appropriate medical care. The medical system is, to say the least, complex and overwhelmed. It is easy to be “processed,” but not truly cared for until there is a real crisis.

I’m going to suggest that many medical crises could be avoided if more time could be spent helping the elderly understand their issues, understand their treatment options and, in some cases, reduce their dependence on a cocktail of disconnected medications.

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care is both a worth getfamily responting up for sibility and a on any given government day is critical responsibility. to a sense of There are supoptimism and port systems a feeling of and alternacontribution. tives within the I was quite medical system against my itself but few of mother going us understand into an elderAs we age what options care home are available or Graham Hookey when she first how to access talked about them. it. We had What I suggest is that the space to take her in someone has to do the ourselves and felt she’d research, or access a be better cared for surcaring individual in the rounded by family. But system, to learn the opshe knew we were busy tions that are available. with our lives and she If I were to pick a third preferred to be around priority, I would make it people like her, with “purpose.” Why should nothing to do all day but someone get out of bed talk about each other, in the morning? about their childhoods When a career ends; and perhaps play a card when a partner is lost; game or two. Sitting at when health compromy house might give me mises the ability to do a sense of purpose as a the usual daily activities; loving and caring son, that is when a sense of but it wouldn’t give her purpose begins to wane the right sense of purand the aging process pose as a “burden” to us accelerates. Finding ways (her words, not mine). to create purposeful acMental health, physical tivity has to be part of the health and a sense of equation of elder care. purpose – those are the Whether it is knitting foundations of providsocks for a developing ing compassionate and country, playing cards appropriate support for with some friends, wait- the elderly. ing for a phone call from

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his year, March is the month for Easter and all that it entails.

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Easter is the main event.

It is the big deal.

It centres around a person – the Son of the Living God who willingly gave up his life as an atonement for the sins of the world.

There is incarnation, there is death and there is resurrection.

These concepts are essential to Christianity.

If even one of them is not true of the Godman, Jesus Christ, we are of all people to be most pitied.

But the Bible says, “Proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes?”

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raphies like those of Martin Luther King Jr. or Mahatma Gandhi, who died violent and politically significant deaths, you typically won’t find more than 10 per cent of their pages devoted to the person’s death.

When it comes to the gospels, though, nearly a third of their length is devoted to the last week of Jesus’ life.

Only two of the gospels mention the events of his birth, and all four offer only a few pages on his resurrection.

But each gospel writer provides a detailed account of the events leading to Jesus’ death.

They saw it as the central mystery of Christ and His incarnation.

Nothing remotely like it had happened before – brief angelic visitations had occurred.

A few people had been brought back to life, but then the Son of God died – and the question – how could a

Messiah face defeat?

How could God be crucified?

The bible records that nature itself convulsed or reeled, the ground shook, rocks cracked open, the sky went black and, yes, graves opened and many loved ones came back to life – because the death of God was a miracle in itself.

The fact that He would allow Himself to experience human death is incomprehensible to all dimensions of reality.

It has incredible repercussions in the physical world and the spiritual world.

If a scientist enacts the splitting of an atom, it can have cataclysmic consequences.

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‘Okay, get it over with.’

Jesus gave His all because He loved. He endured God’s process, demonstrated God’s purposes and loved God’s people – because He is God. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

The stakes are high; the currency is priceless.

Eternity is held in the balance.

No one comes to God unless the Father draws him or her.

God makes the first move, but there is a necessary response.

For by grace are you saved through faith.

That little seed of faith: we come to God with nothing and just believe.

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And certainly, if there is an after-life, we have to earn our way there.

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GVHBA offers guidance at annual seminar

Helping out first-time home buyers The Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association is aiming to take away some of the stress of buying a home for the first time with their 19th annual Seminar for First-Time Home Buyers, taking place on March 19 at the Bell Performing Arts Centre in Surrey.

“With interest rates still incredibly low and builders offering many newhome product choices, this is a great time for first-time buyers to consider taking that critical first step onto the property ladder,” says GVHBA CEO Bob de Wit. “Real estate continues to be a hot topic in Metro Vancouver, so seminar attendance is expected to be as many, or greater than, the 750

people who attended last year’s event.

This is a one-stop information shop for first-time home buyers, so anyone considering buying a home should come to this free seminar.”

Among the speakers at the seminar will be senior market analyst at the Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp.

Robyn Adamache, Energy Solutions Manager for FortisBC Michael Liu and Dominion Macklem Mortgages President Bill Macklem, among others.

Pre-registration is required and attendees are asked to bring a food item for the Surrey Food Bank.

Call 778-565-4288 or register online at www.gvhba.org.

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Live the West Coast lifestyle at the BC Log Home, Timber Frame and Country Living Show in Abbotsford

By Kerry Vital

Find everything you need for your home away from home at the BC Log Home, Timber Frame and Country Living Show, taking place in March.

The show will take place at the Abbotsford Tradex on March 9 and 10 and will feature over 85 exhibitors and seminars related to B.C.’s outdoor lifestyle. More than 6,000 people are expected to check out the show this year. It has been taking place for five years under its current name, and was known as the Country Living Show for 15 years before that.

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This show is for people who are on the hunt for the latest products and services,” – Les Trendall

“It promotes the West Coast lifestyle and living in a rural or cabin area,” says show manager Les Trendall. British Columbia is a particularly popular place for people to have a vacation property, and this show certainly caters to that.

“It’s about building your dream home,” says Trendall.

Among the highlights of the show is the feature home built by Maurer

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The quality of exhibitors is unparallelled,” – Les Trendall Log Homes of Penticton and fully landscaped by Mijodelu Landscaping, and log structures built by Pioneer Log Homes, Artisan Log Homes and Trout Creek Timberframe.

“With four structures built on site, this is the most we’ve ever had,” says Trendall.

The show will offer several seminars each day, including Backyard Barbecuing at its Best! with chef Angie Quaale, Off Grid Solar Electric Systems, How to Build in the Boonies and Know your Septic System, just to name a few. The show will also feature anything related to the wood industry, solar power, restoration, docks and many unique sculptors, wood carvers and artists.

“The quality of the exhibitors is unparallelled,” Trendall says. “This show is very unique to the industry.”

The exhibitors will be available to visitors to discuss their products and services, so come prepared with your

questions.

“This show is for people who are on the hunt for the latest products and services,” says Trendall. “This show is the ideal venue to showcase those exhibitors.”

Visitors are also able to enter to win

a hand-carved wooden panel from Bob Whitehead of Whitehead Carvings, worth $1,500. You can also win tickets to the show through your local Black Press newspaper.

For more information, visit www. bclogandcountrylivingshow.ca.

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The BC Log Home, Timber Frame and Country Living Show will take place in March in Abbotsford. Visitors can enter to win a hand-carved wooden panel worth $1,500 (left) from Bob Whitehead of Whitehead Carvings.

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’ll be the first to admit that shade exposures can be a bit of a design challenge, often leading gardeners to throw up their hands in defeat.

Disappointment usually starts with the very limited palette of plants that actually thrive in part to full shade, meaning that many flowering Gardening Mike Lascelle favourites are often left off the table.

Then there are the challenges posed by the very trees causing the shade, whose dense crowns shear valuable rain aside and often greedy root systems lap up what little soil moisture is available – making for very dry conditions without augmented irrigation.

Another problem is the predominance of green, as many burgundy or gold-leaved shrubs require at least partial sun to retain their foliage colour, often shifting to the dreaded green with lower light levels.

Last but not least in the shade garden complaint department is the flurry of spring flowers provided by shade perennials, followed by summer dormancy and a virtual dirge of blooms until the following spring.

So if you are one of those disgruntled shade gardeners, take heart, because beautiful lowlight landscapes are well within reach as long as you are willing to lower your expectations a little (you accept the above limitations).

Those large voids in the fence corners are best filled by either Japanese Aralia (Fatsia japonica) or Aucuba japonica – both of which

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Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris ‘Miranda’ and Cyclamen coum. are broadleaf evergreens. The former species much resembles a large tropical plant with its glossy palmate foliage and multiple stems that often grow two to three metres in height.

Aucuba japonica is primarily a foliage plant with insignificant flowers and red berries on female plants that receive pollination.

The large simple leaves come in many variegation patterns, including spotted (‘Golden King’, ‘Crotonifolia’) and inset gold blotches, such as ‘Picturata’ – these are easily trained into informal hedges. Speaking of which, a

shade exposure is no place to use emerald cedars for hedging – instead, try columnar forms of yew, including Taxus x media ‘Hicksii’ or ‘Hillii’.

Getting back to shrubbery, Skimmia japonica occupies the next level down, averaging a meter high and wide for most cultivars. These evergreen shrubs have a dense, dome-shaped growth habit and come in both male and female clones. The red-budded males (‘Rubella’, ‘Rubinetta’) are the most popular, closely followed by the self-fertile female reevesiana.

Christmas Box (Sarcococca) brings muchneeded winter fragrance to the shade garden, with Sarcococca humilis forming a dense evergreen groundcover (at about 45 centimetres high) and the taller arching stems of Sarcococca ruscifolia (1-1.5m high) scenting the air with its tiny white flowers.

Vines pose one of the biggest challenges for low-light exposures, but for partial shade I would highly recommend climbing hydrangea (particularly the gold variegated cultivar called ‘Miranda’) and the closely related Schizophragma, with ‘Moonlight’ (pewter foliage highlights) being the best of these. An evergreen vine option would be Variegated Persian Ivy (Hedera colchica ‘Dentata Variegata’) which has larger leaves and is much less invasive than the much-hated English Ivy. When it comes to perennials I would look to the hardy cyclamen – with C. coum and C. hederifolium being the most readily available.

Cyclamen coum is in bloom soon and features white to deep rose flowers that sit above rounded leaves with varying silver variegation patterns, many of which are attractive in their own right. The fall-blooming Cyclamen hederifolium has ivy-shaped foliage (also with beautiful variegation patterns) and white to pink blooms – both of these may go summer dormant when dry.

Mike Lascelle is a local nursery manager and gardening author (hebe_acer@hotmail.com).

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Spacious executive Tudor home in the prestigious West Maple Ridge Glades sub-division. 3-4 bdrms, 3 baths, Situated on a large lot with a beautiful, private fenced backyard.

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604.805.4669 OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1-4

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Seniors Real Estate Specialist

FIRST TIME OFFERED!

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• All the extras; from extensive crown moulding to cherry engineered hardwood and even a laundry chute!

• 4 beds up and fully finished basement with separate entrance, 5th bedroom and den • Nearby sought after Meadow Ridge Private School and short walk to S.R.T. high-school

699,900

$

CUL-DE-SAC & GREENBELT

10508 Baker Place, Maple Ridge

$1,399,000 3552 Sefton St, PoCo. • New luxury home 2013 • 6,050 sq. ft. - 1 legal 2 bdrm suite, one 2 bdrm in-law suite • 1 bdrm nanny suite • 10 bdrms, 8 bath, 2 F/P • 2” blinds throughout • built in vac, security system • complete appl. package

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$

615,000

$

389,900

$

12440 232ND STREET

23715 116TH AVENUE • Surrounded by greenbelt on 2 sides • Over 1/4 acre private lot • Immaculate basement home with suite • Double garage plus detached carport • It’s one of a kind. Don’t miss it!

374,900

$

• Basement home with suite • Built in 1998 • Family room off kitchen • Double garage • Bring your offers!

1006 1180 Pinetree Way, Coq.

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• Luxury suite w/ 9 ft. ceilings, crown moulding, S/S appliances, & Gas F/P • 3 bedrooms, 3 balconies • Coquitlam Centre location + Evergreen Line out front coming soon!

DESIRABLE VAL MARIA PARK Two mobile homes to choose from: • 984 sq. ft., 2 bedrm, updated bath, floors, furnace and roof $49,900 • Beautifully updated 2 bedroom mobile, just listed. $42,900

Personal Real Estate Corporation

139,900

$

TWO BEDROOM 944 square foot TOP FLOOR home! Newer roof & boilers, hot water & heat INCLUDED in the strata fee, SECURE underground parking. This home is VERY nicely updated, offering big living, dining & kitchen areas, plus INSUITE LAUNDRY. SWIMMING POOL included in your new LifeStyle!

Ask Rob Jeeves

• Large 2 car garage • Move in Ready • Convenient location close to Schools & Ridge Meadows Hospital

249,800

PITT MEADOWS CONDO

11678 212TH ST, MAPLE RIDGE • • • • • • •

Ground floor unit 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms Large patio Insuite laundry SS appliances 1,126 sq. ft.

• 5 pc ensuite • New Granite counters • Great location • Near parks, shops, and schools

SUNDAY 2–4

$314,900

20127 Lorne Ave, M.R.

Licensed Assistant

499,000

$

BIG YARD QUIET STREET • Lrg Corner Lot • 2180 sqft • SS Appliances + Granite countertops • Harwood floors

• • • •

One bedroom suite Covered deck RV parking Excellent location

www.AskRobJeeves.com • email: rjeeves@shaw.ca

22308 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge #2-19126 Ford Road, Pitt Meadows

194,500

$

#58–22308 124TH AVENUE BRANDYWYND!!

BRANDYWYND GREENBELT!! Two bedroom, two bathroom home looking over greenbelt. BIG living area with gas fireplace, laminate flooring, mountain views from the sundeck, covered parking. Large laundry room, spacious, open kitchen, pets are allowed, 45+ LifeStyle, great clubhouse, lots of visitor parking.

SHAMELESS

OPEN SUNDAY 2–4

G TIN LIS

• 8,928 sqft corner lot • 4 Bdrms 3 Bath • New carpet • New paint

• Pride of ownership.

• Shows so well • 3 level 1,937 sq. ft. family home • 3 bdrm up, + huge finished basement with 3 Pc washroom. Could be suite.

LEASE SPACES Garibaldi Place, close to downtown amenities with plenty of parking • 2 upper units 1600 sq. ft. $1000/month INCLUDES triple net • 1 ground level unit approx 1000 sq. ft $1350/month INCLUDES triple net

ROB JEEVES 604-240-2629 $

$324,900 20392 Lorne Ave, M.R.

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219,900

$

#303 – 22213 SELKIRK AVENUE CAMBRIDGE HOUSE!!

ONE OWNER almost 1300 foot spacious TOP FLOOR northeast CORNER UNIT! FULLY FRESHENED with new flooring, paint and lighting. The kitchen is big, the living area large, the dining room will swallow a buffet & hutch. Four piece ENSUITE, 2nd full bath, big rooms, hot water & heat included!

PROMOTION!!

Selling or buying this Spring? Why not consider one of the best Father & Son Realtor teams in town?

Repeat and referred customers are the backbone of our business and we’d LOVE to add you to our long list of very content Clients. Call anytime!

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LifeStyles

For the way you live

Gordon & Diana BARTHELS 604-250-0594

Fraipont & Manyk

604-657-6231

www.gordonbarthels.com

professional teamwork ~ professional results 604.466.2838

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OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 1–4

$

gracious & spacious

This home shows great and it`s in an excellent location, just a few blocks to school, shopping centre, West Coast Express, and just a 2 minute drive to the Golden Ears Bridge.

479,900

20239 ASHLEY CRESCENT (OFF 203rd) • 4 Bedroom upstairs • 2 ½ Bathrooms • Immaculate Condition • Newer lino and light fixtures

• Spacious Fenced Yard • Great Westside Location • Over 2500 sq. ft.

• 10 year old roof

appeals to all ages

348,000

$

• 3 bdrm 2 bath top floor corner suite • SE exposure with view to mountains • 1,205 sq.ft. spotless & bright • Stainless steel full size appliances • Crown moulding & laminate floor • Secure parking/storage room MarcH 9tH/10tH 1-4 pM

$

187,000

778-988-1224

OFFICE 604-466-2838

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A PERFECT “10” If you’re looking for top quality then consider this beautifully updated Somerset rancher. Almost 1600 sqft of living space, hardwood floors thru-out, deluxe appliances, granite counters, newer roof and a private back yard with a spectacular mountain view.

$

PICKY, PICKY, PICKY If you’re a fussy buyer, head over to this low maintenance super deluxe 2 bedroom condo located in the heart of Maple Ridge, great location, affordable. PLUS view of the Golden Ears Mountains. Call Terri today and book your private viewing.

• 2,950 sq.ft. of quality construction • 3 bdrm, 2.5 baths + Flex Room • Open floor plan/gourmet kitchen • Walk out bsmt to luscious yard • Backing onto private greenbelt • Great complex / Easy Living

242,900

1,080,000

$

• Majestic Golden Ears Mountain views • 10,981 sq.ft. mature landscaped lot • 4,136 sq.ft. of luxury living on 3 levels • 6 spacious bedrooms, 4.5 baths • 2 bdrm inlaw suite + nanny quarters • Private cul-de-sac location

walk to senior’s centre

style, quality, value!

529,900

#58 24185 106B Avenue

winners circle

• 1,138 sq.ft. corner unit w/gas fireplace • 2 bdrm, 2 bath all on one floor • West exposure with balcony • Low maintenance fee/pet friendly • Single car garage & visitors parking • Central loc. to schools & shopping

194,900

$

488,000

$

Recipient of Hall of Fame and Lifetime Achievement Awards

389,900

$

$

• 2 bdrm, 2 bath suite in great location • Features gas fireplace/large balcony • Easy access to Downtown amenities • Well maintained suite & complex • Rainscreened building • Pets allowed

• 3 bdrm & 3.5 bath family home • 2 storey plus walk out basement • 2,062 sq.ft. of quality finishing • Sunny southern exposed yard • Double garage and lots of storage • Central location/close to schools

Call Gary or Lorraine for details 604.466.2838 www.rltylink.com

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NEW 2 STOREY HOMES

Cottonwood Ridge

New Homes Backing onto Parkland/Greenbelt

Starting at $314,900 Showhome at #40–23986 104 Avenue • • • • • •

Spencer Brook new townhomes, move-in ready.

9 foot ceilings on the main floor. Great room w/ FP. Maple kitchen w/ granite countertops, large island.

Some have finished basements, double garages.

6 appliances & blinds included.

Walk to the bus stop, elementary & high school.

Near shopping, Albion Sports Complex & Planet Ice.

Starting at $459,000 Showhome at 10558 Jackson Road

Starting at $329,900 Showhome at #67 11252 Cottonwood Drive

• Albion Terraces new quality built 2 storey homes with basements. Nicely finished.

• Separate entrance. Easy to make into an inlaw suite.

• Appliances, blinds and landscaping included.

• 9 foot ceilings on the main floor.

• Spacious kitchen w/ granite countertops & island.

• Gas fireplace in the family room. www.albionterraces.com

• Cottonwood Ridge nicely finished new townhomes with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.

Some have a finished basement.

• Hardwood floors, maple cabinets, granite countertops, crown moldings.

• Gas fireplace. 6 appliances and blinds included.

• Garage for 2 cars.

• Central location near schools, shopping and transit.

Starting at $539,900 Showhome at 11782 236 Street

• Highland Creek 2 storey homes with full daylight basements & separate entrance.

• 1 home has finished basement. 4 & 5 bedrooms, den.

• Maple kitchen with granite countertops, island, pantry. Gas fireplace in the family room.

• Near shopping, rec centre, transit, and schools.

Johnny Pacheco, Ron Antalek, Cory Lunsted†, Louise Antalek†, & Rob Johnson

Ron Antalek A-LIST Personal Real Estate Corporation

MAPLE RIDGE PITT MEADOWS

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Each office independently owned and operated

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NEW HOME LEGAL SUITE 3 CAR GARAGE $599,900 24917 - 109 Avenue, Maple Ridge • Baker Ridge Estates. New basement entry home with a 2 bedroom legal suite on a crawl space.

• Vaulted main floor great room with floor-ceiling ledgestone gas fireplace.

• Two 10’x 20’sundecks, triple car garage.

22308 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge #2-19126 Ford Road, Pitt Meadows

Great Central Location 8500 SQ. FT. LOT - WEST SIDE $529,900 11489 Creekside Street, Maple Ridge Spacious basement entry with room to develop in the basement. Large 7,147 sq. ft. lot with a fenced rear yard, patio & deck. The home features a spiral staircase, maple kitchen with island, breakfast bar, nook, family rm with gas fireplace.

Vaulted ceiling in the living rm, family rm & kitchen. Nears schools, transit & park.

$484,900 21551 Berry Avenue, Maple Ridge • Updated cathedral entry home with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 fireplaces.

• Updated kitchen & island, bathrooms.

• New flooring & lighting.

• Double garage.

• Large yard with 2 deluxe fish ponds, hot tub, dog run & shed.

PRIVATE YARD 21415 - 117 Avenue, Maple Ridge $489,900 • West side of Maple Ridge.

• 4 level split. Finished basement with fireplace, games room and den.

• 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

• Private 8,712 sq. ft. yard on a no through street.

• Double garage.

604.466.2838 604.459.2838 Each office independently owned and operated

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12475 Davenport Drive

22839 125A Avenue

32615 Egglestone Ave

11887 250th Street

• Huge CUL-DE-SAC lot • 3 bdrm/3 bthrm, plus large games room • STUNNING VIEWS

• 2 bdrm/2 bthrm RANCHER w/full bmt • Some upgrades • Creek side lot with MOUNTAIN VIEW

• EXCELLENT VALUE in Mission • 2 years old, 5 bdrm, 4 bthrm home • GREAT NEIGHBOURHOOD

• 5 bdrm/4 bthrm, with BMT SUITE • Backing GREENBELT, facing ALR • Minutes to schools, shopping

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734,900

$

12408 Davenport Drive • 5 bdrm/5bthrm, with TONS OF EXTRAS • Possible SIDE SUITE • Entertainer’s back yard with HEATED POOL AND HOT TUB

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499,000

$

22699 & 22707 136A Ave • BREATHTAKING VIEWS • Opportunity to CUSTOMIZE YOUR PLAN • Call for information on completion dates

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20395 123rd Avenue • OVER HALF ACRE on the west side of town • 1200 square foot RANCHER • In-ground pool and BEAUTIFUL GARDENS

369,900

$

$835,000 mls V990624

50’ SHOP / 1 Acre Updated 4400 sqft Executive Home 1 ACRE... City Water... 3 Car Garage Silestone Quartz Counters Stainless Appliances / Hardwood Floors Stamped Concrete Driveway Mature Landscaping 50’ SHOP with Mezzanine, Basement, Heated & high ceilings

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Right now, you can choose between two incredible offers! ZERO DOWNPAYMENT is just like it sounds. ZERO. NOTHING. NO MONEY NEEDED TO SECURE A HOME. This program is perfect if you have another home to sell, have money tied up in other investments or just saving up for a down payment down the road.

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10% INTEREST ON A 10% DEPOSIT PROGRAM is awesome if you want to make sure your money is always working for you – even while you sleep! Why leave money in the bank or in a typical Trust and earn next to nothing? We will guarantee a 10% return on your downpayment money from the first day we receive it - so you could earn up to $5,000 while waiting for your new home to be built.

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* Subject to change without notice. Limited time offer, see sales staff for details. The developer reserves the right to make modifications to the information contained herein. Prices are subject to change without notice. Renderings are artist renditions only. E.&O.E.

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PHASE 2 HOMES Now being released!

MLS# V992604

EASY GROUND FLOOR ACCESS IN ONE OF MAPLE RIDGE’S BEST 55+ BUILDINGS PANORAMA!

$559,000 HOT NEW LISTING

204,000

This fantastic 1 bedroom suite features huge windows, a full ensuite, and in suite storage room & laundry. A gas F/P keeps it warm and cozy in the winter months while a large sunroom lets you take full advantage of beautiful summer days. Take the elevator down to the attached senior centre offering meals & activities or enjoy a short walk to any of the nearby shops & restaurants. Call today to learn more!

19340 Hammond Rd, Pitt Meadows • Beautiful split entry with 5 bedrooms.

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$

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598,000

$

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Minor hockey president back in office Ridge Meadows Minor Hockey president Mike Walls has been reinstated.

A note on the association’s website noted that a vote by the board of directors on Feb. 18 which ousted him was not consistent with the RMMHA constitutional bylaws.

A fresh controversy emerged when parents in the association were sent an email from “a group of concerned hockey parents.”

The note concerned an upcoming special general meeting, and expressed concerns about the “apparent dysfunctional state of the board.” However, those who sent the anonymous note gained access to information in a private database.

“Please be assured that this matter is currently under investigation and RMMHA will be doing everything possible to put safeguards in place to prevent this type of situation in the future,” says the website.

Sticking with the play Despite being tripped up Zyrus Warren of Ridge Meadows C4 tries to corral a loose puck with his skate during an atom game against Port Coquitlam C1 at Pitt Meadows Arena on Sunday.

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Kodiaks eliminate flames in five games Junior B squad faces rebuilding as seven players will graduate

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Erin Cebula, Spokesperson

The Ridge Meadows Flames junior B season came to an end with a 4-1 loss in Aldergrove on Wednesday night.

The Flames lost the best-of-seven series against the Aldergrove Kodiaks in the opening round of the Pacific International Junior Hockey League playoffs by margin of four games to one.

“It was by far the toughest loss I’ve ever had in the playoffs,” said head coach and GM Jamie Fiset.

Last year the Flames were also eliminated by the Kodiaks, but that team was satisfied just to make the playoffs. He said this year’s team had

higher expectations of themselves.

“We knew we could compete with them, we just needed a few breaks.”

The Flames had chances to score – a shooter with an open net chipped the puck over the crossbar, and another failed to convert on a breakaway.

Aldergrove led 1-0 after the first period, then added two more goals late in the second.

Ridge cut the lead to 3-1 in the third period on a goal by team captain Alex Smith, but that was as close as they got. With Wesley McLeod pulled from the crease to give Ridge an extra attacker, Aldergrove got salted away the series with an empty netter.

Aldergrove goaltender Mark Menicucci was a force in the series, and stopped 31 of the 32 shots he faced Wednesday. For the five games he had a 4-1 record, 1.93 goals against average, and 0.928 save percentage.

“He played very well lest night. I won’t say he outplayed Wes, because Wes played very

well, but he was in position and pucks hit him,” said Fiset.

In the Ridge net, McLeod faced 40 shots and stopped 37.

The Kodiaks also benefitted from a balanced attack, and of the 22 goals they scored in five games, there were 11 different players who tallied.

The Flames were led by Matt Bissett, with four goals and eight points in the five games.

Second in scoring was Adam Bartsch with two goals and three points.

McLeod was 1-4 with a 3.40 goals against average and a 0.916 save percentage.

McLeod is one of numerous veterans who will graduate out of Junior hockey next season. Smith, Sean Pesut, Paul Piluso, Adam Bartsch, Connor Redmond and Reece Rivard are all finished.

“They are pretty key players moving on,” noted Fiset. “It gives some of the younger guys an opportunity to step up.”

There are Junior A and Western Hockey League teams inviting other players to their camps for next season, so Fiset expects some of his other most talented players will also be gone next year.

But they are recruiting new kids, and he doesn’t expect the squad to be completely gutted.

“Hopefully it will be more of a reload than a rebuild,” he said.

He plans to return for next season, and looks back on the successes of the season past.

“The biggest thing we wanted to achieve this year was to be competitive every night,” he said. “In 23 of our 44 games we got points, so that was definitely an improvement. We expect to win and be successful, so we’ve come a long way.”

He sees the team making a steady march to join the elite Junior B squads.

“You don’t panic, you just build your team.

You can’t shortcut your way to success.”

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The News/scoreboard Hockey Pacific International Junior Hockey League Playoffs Abbotsford Pilots win series 4-0 over Mission City Outlaws Aldergrove Kodiaks win series 4-1 over Ridge Meadows Flames Aldergrove and Abbotsford meet in conference final.

Richmond Sockeyes win series 4-0 over North Delta Devils Delta Ice Hawks win series 4-0 over North Van Wolf Pack Richmond and Delta meet in conference final.

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Valley finals

Player Scott McHaffie Dean Allison Daniel Lange Matthew Bissett Ryan Veillet Spencer McHaffie Brandon Daase Aaron Merrick Brett Kolins Adam Rossi Jeremy Hamaguchi Colin Catchpole Marcus Houck Daniel Tait Michael Tebbutt

Zach Hetherington of the Pitt Meadows Marauders drives for a layup during a game against Holy Cross at the local high school.

Pitt won 62-37 in the second round of the Fraser Valley Tournament last week.

Pitt went on to win the Fraser Valley championship.

Team Kodiaks Sockeyes Sockeyes Flames Kodiaks Kodiaks Pilots Ice Hawks Pilots Pilots Sockeyes Devils Wolf Pack Sockeyes Pilots

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GAA 1.47 1.51 1.65 1.93 2.73 2.80 3.40 6.06 8.57

PJHL Playoff Goaltending Player Alexander Ahnert Aaron Oakley Kootenay Alder Mark Menicucci Braden Krogfoss Tyler Read Wesley McLeod Jared Knot Bryson McKinnon

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Team Ice Hawks Pilots Sockeyes Kodiaks Wolf Pack Devils Flames Outlaws Devils

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Hazards in plyometric training shortening” cycle of they be done in a nonmuscle contraction. It is fatigued state – in other similar to the reflex elicwords, not after strength ited when your doctor or endurance training. taps your knee tendon Beginners should do with the rubber hammer, no more than about 10 causing your leg to kick repetitions per set, and forward. You can make generally no more than use of that reflex during 80 to 100 foot-contacts plyometric training by per session. voluntarily contractAnother commonly ing the muscle quickly overlooked or miscon(milliseconds) after it is Kinected strued concept is the rest Kerry Senchyna stretched. period between sets. As a One example of a plyogeneral rule the rest pemetric exercise is to jump, and just riod between sets should be five to after landing, quickly explode into 10 times longer than the exercise another jump. This will generate set. So, if it takes five seconds to and extra boost from the tendoncomplete the exercise, you should muscle reflex, which can produce rest for 25 to 50 seconds before a higher jump and more power in doing the next set. the muscles being trained.

This often feels like a very long Hopping exercises generally cretime when you are doing plyoate a low to moderate load on the metrics, but it’s crucial in order to muscles and are fairly safe for most maintain proper form and avoid active people, especially those injury. This is another good reason involved in athletics. But dropto avoid doing these as part of a jumps (stepping off a one-foot or conditioning circuit. two-foot high platform, landing Guidelines set out by the NSCA and then jumping in the air) are recommend that prepubescent extremely taxing on the central children can do hopping exercises, nervous system and impose but should not do drop-jumps, significant stress on the muscles since the growth plates of their and tendons. Athletes doing dropbones have not yet fully developed. jumps need to be extremely strong Adolescent and adult athletes and have impeccable technique should not attempt drop-jumps while performing the exercises, until they can squat 1.5 to two otherwise injuries will likely result. times their body weight. Elite Some important guidelines for athletes are often this strong, plyometrics: the training regimen but recreational athletes or boot is similar to other kinds of training camp and aerobic participants are in that it is usually done two to seldom strong enough and should three times a week (this depends avoid any kind of drop-jumps. on the time of the competitive season). Since plyometrics involve Kerry Senchyna holds a degree in precise firing of the nervous syskinesiology and is owner of West tem, it is highly recommended that Coast Kinesiology.

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here is probably no other form of athletic training that is as effective, yet misunderstood as plyometric training.

It was used extensively in eastern-block countries for decades, and helped improve the power and speed of their athletes dramatically. Now it is a mainstay of athletic training at the elite level all over the world. It improves many athletic variables, including throwing, kicking and shooting power, first-step quickness, sprinting speed, and jump height.

Some examples of plyometric exercises are hopping, bounding, push-ups with a clap in between, and depth-jumps.

Despite being an effective and safe exercise when used properly, there are possible risks when undertaking plyometric training, and care must be taken to learn the fundamentals before attempting advanced training. These days it is done in aerobic classes and boot camp classes, but participants are not usually strong enough for the higher-demand exercises and not usually monitored closely for their technique, especially when it is used more as an aerobic exercise as part of a circuit.

Another key point is that plyometric training should only be undertaken if it’s applicable to the sport. Most sports utilize power and speed, but there are some that don’t, such as curling, equestrian, shooting and archery, among some others.

Plyometric comes from the Greek word pleythyein (meaning to augment or increase). It takes advantage of what’s called the “myotatic reflex” and the “stretch-

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Friday, March 1 • Parents Supporting Parents is a group with a passion for supporting people with special needs children. The group meets the first Friday of each month, and provides support and qualified speakers to help in the day-to-day needs of your children. March speaker will be Mark Landry, who will address sensory processing needs. Opportunities for prayer if wanted. From 7-9 p.m. at Cornerstone Neighbourhood Church, 9975 - 272nd St. Cost $10. Call Anne Eichmann at 477-2575 or aeichmann@shaw.ca.

• I Was a Stranger and You Welcomed Me will be the theme for the World Day of Prayer. A local service will be hosted by the Women of France, held at St. Luke’s Church, 20285 Dewdney Trunk Rd. at 1 p.m. The day is observed in 170 countries, and in more than 2,000 communities across Canada. Call Sammy Nelligan at 604-467-4806.

Saturday, March 2 • A Kids Carnival will be held by the Pathfinder Youth Centre Society at St. Andrew Haney United Church, 22165

Dewdney Trunk Road on March 2 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This is a free event.

• A free Social Media for Artists workshop will be part of Celebrate Earth Day’s 2013 theme of Partnering with the Arts, and is presented by The Social Chicks & the Earth Day Planning Committee. It is for artists of any genre to learn more about promoting themselves and their work through social media. The workshop will be from 1-3 p.m. at the ACT Arts Centre & Theatre. RSVP mapleridgeearthday@gmail. com or leanne@rmrecycling.org.

Monday, March 4 • The Ridge Meadows Seniors Society offers Something For Everyone with the Casual’s Band and Vocals, the Arthur Murray Ballroom Dancers and the Maple Ridge Pattern Dancers. The event will feature dancing, singing, refreshments and door prizes from 2-4 p.m. in the Main Hall at 12150 224th St. Tickets cost $8. For information call Hilda Walker at 604-4672208. Email pearly-king@shaw.ca.

Tuesday, March 5 • Holy Wow Poetry Recitals: The theme is Springtime Sublime for the March 5 event, from 7-9 p.m. at The ACT. Bar will be open. Come and recite your masterpieces or those of the renown poets you would like to share. See www.meetup.com/ holy-wow-poets/ or www.facebook.com/ theholywowpoets/ • Garibaldi Art Club meets at 7 p.m. in the craft room, third floor at ACT. Plans for workshops and our Spring Show (April 19 - 21) will be discussed. Please bring new items for our raffle baskets. G.A.C. membership is $50 or $40 for seniors. New

members welcome. For more information see www.GaribaldiArtClub.com.

• What’s Going On in Our Community is a free community forum about homelessness and social issues to be offered at 1:30 p.m., at Riverside Centre Auditorium, 20575 Thorne Ave. Moderator will be SD42 Board of Education chairman Mike Murray.

Wednesday, March 6 • Kanaka open mic features singer/ guitarist Mike Walker. Every Wednesday, 5-7:30 p.m. at Kanaka Creek Coffee, #10124155 102nd Ave. Call 604-463-6727. Why not drop by and enjoy some live music or even come and perform?

Thursday, March 7 • Celebrations Around the World: a free evening of fun, crafts and entertainment! Learn more about some of the newest cultures to join our community.

The HIVE Neighbourhood Centre at Eric Langton Elementary welcomes all from 6-8 p.m. Co-sponsored by Immigrant Settlement Services and Family Education & Support Centre. For more information, contact Elaine Yamamoto at 604 306-0627.

• Maple Ridge Better Breathers Club will be having their next meeting in the Fraser Room of the library from noon to 1:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Lindsay Willis, coordinator of volunteers, Ridge Meadows Hospice Society.

• The Kanaka Education and Environmental Partnership Society (KEEPS) will be having its AGM at 7 p.m. in the Fraser Room of Maple Ridge Library. Everyone is welcome. There will be a nature slide show to go with a review in pictures of society activities.

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IN MEMORIAM

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS 7

CHILDREN

OBITUARIES

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AUTOMOTIVE

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Seasonal Farm Workers required in Pitt Meadows.

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HOME CARE

EXP PALLIATIVE HOME CARE. Reasonable Rates.

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Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows NEWS

Available routes in Maple Ridge 40220262 - 124 Ave, 216 St, Exeter Ave, Spring Cres, Thornton Ave 40220263 - 121 Ave, 122 Ave, 216 St, 218 St, Acadia St, Mountainview Cres 40220264 - Evans St, Manor Ave, 216 St, 123 Ave, 124 Ave 40220266 - 122 Ave, 221 St, Davison St, Moody St. 40310301 - 117 Ave., 215 St., 216 St., Berry Ave., Darby St., Holly St., River Rd. 40310322 - 210 st., Cook Ave., Rosewood Pl., Rosewood St., Hunter Pl. 40320350 - 124 Ave., 214 St., Carlton St., Cherry Pl., Laity St. 40320351 - 122 Ave., 123 Ave., 216 St., Stonehouse Ave. 40320353 - Thornton Ave, Douglas Ave, Laity St, Hardy St, 126 Ave 40330330 - Bromley St., Chigwell St., Ditton St., Hazelwood St., Kent St., Kingston St., Wharf St. 40330334 - Lorne Ave., Ospring St., Princess St., Wanstead St. 40330339 - 116B Ave., 202A St., 202B St., 203 St., Hammond Rd. 40400437 - Blake Loop (13625–13693), 228 St, 228A St, 228B St

Available routes in Pitt Meadows 41011008 - 118B Ave., 119A Ave., 120 Ave., 120B Ave., 195B St., Bonson Rd. Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1978

Seasonal Opportunities with Camp Goodtimes Help provide a fun, memorable and empowering camp experience for children & youth with cancer— Metro Vancouver Each year, for nearly 30 years, Camp Goodtimes has provided over 600 children and family members with life-changing opportunities for adventure and renewal through its world-renowned summer recreation program. Help make this year’s camps and programs a resounding success. Consider 1 of these 4 full-time temporary roles based in Vancouver then onsite during summer sessions at UBC’s beautiful Loon Lake Research & Education Centre in Maple Ridge:

Camper Experience Director Leverage your degree and background in child and youth care, social work or psychology to enhance camper experience by ensuring their emotional and social needs are fully supported and by providing them with a coordinated response to any needs that arise. Term: May 1 – August 30, 2013.

Operations Supervisor Embodying and modelling our strong safety commitment, and working closely with the camp director and leadership teams, you will oversee—and facilitate staff’s understanding of—emergency response procedures as well as provide site security and general operations supervision. OFA Level 2 certification and 2 years’ related experience are essential. Term: June 1 – August 30, 2013.

Program Director A highly creative and organized leader, you’ll develop, manage and evaluate the exceptional program activities that have made our camps a hit with campers and their families, additionally applying your stellar interpersonal and communication skills to train and coordinate a volunteer workforce.

Term: May 1 – August 30, 2013.

Waterfront Supervisor Equipped with current NLS, CPR-C and Standard First Aid accreditation, AED training and over 5 years’ lifeguarding experience, you will oversee all waterfront operations, including managing lifeguards, waterfront set up/clean up and program delivery. Term: June 1 – August 30, 2013.

For more information about these opportunities, please visit cancer.ca/bc. To apply, please submit your cover letter and résumé in one document no later than March 15, 2013, to resumes@bc.cancer.ca.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 281

GARDENING

LAWNS PLUS

Landscape Maintenance

Bookkeeping & Accounting Payroll, Year-end, Financial Statements, Income Taxes E-FILE Service Ph: 604-465-2123 Cellular: 604-788-0161

D Economical Lawn Mowing D Complete Grounds Maint D Pruning & Shaping D Aeration & Power Raking D Fully Insured Residential~Strata~Commercial

(604)671-2746 Free Estimates

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

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CLEANING SERVICES HOUSECLEANING

* Move- ins / Out * Staging *Inside Windows / Blinds * Organizing Gift Cards for any occasion

mariescustomizedcleaning @gmail.com Local lady has immed. openings.

Hardworking, reliable, efficient.

Refs. avail. (778)231-0709

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS EAGLE TILE

Equipment & Supplies Included. (Except Vacuum).

Peggy 604-880-1969 Window Cleaning, Pressure Washing, Gutter Cleaning. Free Est. (604)465-1302 / 604-786-3466

242

CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETE

NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 25 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: 604-657-2375 / 604-462-8620

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

Call Tim 604-612-5388

283A

HANDYPERSONS

ARRANGE HANDYMAN Design, Renovations & Repairs Call Glenn @ 778-873-8300

287

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

288

HOME REPAIRS

RETIRED carpenter wants to keep busy. Looking for small carpentry jobs. Will repair or build new. Will also do small plumbing jobs. Call Ken 604-460-7803.

LANDSCAPING Green Services Ltd

Landscape Construction Renovations W Maintenance

604-463-3644 604-861-1490 Den’s GarDENing Services Winter & Spring cleanups, Hedges, Rubbish removal, Topping, Pruning, Wind or Snow damage & removals, Chipping & Stump grinding.

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

Dean 604-834-3076

Yorkshire TimberWise

✶Dump Site Now Open✶

604-377-7017

Meadows Landscape Supply

www.yorkshiretimberwise.ca

ELECTRICAL

C & C Electrical Mechanical

604-475-7077 YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899 Call Don @ RIDGE MEADOWS ELECTRIC Lic/Bonded. Small Jobs.

604-462-0480 / 604-861-7418

(#102055) Bonded

Specializing in Renos New Const, (Comm./Res.) Free Estimates 778.885.7074 Trent Reisinger

DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded.

We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! *24 HOUR SERVICE* 30Yrs exp. Free est. 604-460-8867.

275

FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

604-618-6401 Marcel.

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood Laminate Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

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CHECK CLASSIFIEDS bcclassified.com 604-575-5555

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing, reroofing. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

HOUSE RENO’S Specialist in Home Improvement for Seniors KITCHEN, BATHROOM, DECK, WHEELCHAIR ACCESS Fully Insured. References Avail.

Call 604-781-7031

BEAGLES, 12’’ size, born Dec 25, tri colour 3 F, 3 M, $650. (604)3160376, tobyscardetail@hotmail.com

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

# 1 Plumbing & Drainage Services Skylark Plumbing 24hr. Emergency Comm. & Res. 604.825.2211

100% Heating & Plumbing 24/7 Certified, Insured & Bonded RELIABLE & AFFORDABLE

Journeyman Call 604-345-0899

TOPSOIL

• • •

SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003

www.jonesbroscartageltd.com

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SUNDECKS

360 PLUMBING & HEATING. Gas, plumbing, heating, reno’s, repairs.

20 years exp., reliable & courteous.

Lic’d. Bonded. Jack 778-835-4416

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

www.paintspecial.com .Enterprise Plumbing, Heating, Gasfitting

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for 8yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

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

SKY VIEW ROOFING LTD. 604-317-4729 GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362

374

TREE SERVICES

TREE & STUMP removal done RIGHT! • Tree Trimming • Fully Insured • Best Rates 604-787-5915/604-291-7778

Eastcan Roofing & Siding

PRESA CANARIO P/B UKC, fawn Both parents approx 150 lbs. $950.

Call 604-302-2357

PUG avail for stud service. He is a rare silver male, purebred but not registered, $700 or puppy back.

Also Golden retriever (not reg.) avail for stud $600 (OFA hips and cert eyes) Mission 604-820-4827

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

HUNGRY PAINTERS ceiling, walls, trim, power washing Int/Ext Spray, Brush & Roll 604-467-2532

www.treeworksonline.ca 10% OFF with this AD

•New Roofs •Re-Roofs •Repairs Liability Insurance/BBB/10% off with ad

Shepherd x, spayed female, all shots, 7 mos. asking $400. Call (604)847-0171

Shihtzu(3/4) Papillon x pups, 3m tri-colour, dewclawed, deworm, home raised with both parents. $300 604-795-6552

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 533

FERTILIZERS

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $160 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $180. 604-856-8877

604.562.0957 or 604.961.0324

356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT! 338

PLUMBING

FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

C & C Electrical Mechanical

604-475-7077

$59.00 Per Ton

604-465-1311

PETS

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

MISC SERVICES

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

Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060

WFencing WDecking WGates WPergolas

477

A-1 EXTERIOR/ INTERIOR. Quality job, senior rates, free est, residential, commercial. Refs. 15 yrs exp.

No job too small.Call 604-476-0766

604-465-5193 or 604-465-5197

317

FEED & HAY

LOCAL HAY FOR SALE. First cut $6/bale. Good Quality!

60lb bale average. Pitt Meadows.

Call 604-505-4087.

Call John 604.836.1563

Please call for pricing www.augustinesoilandmulch.com

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ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blues, ready to go, 1st shots, tails/dew claws done.

Ultimate family guardian $1000 (604)308-5665

HOGFUEL Home Renovations and New Construction

PETS

CUSTOM MADE Dog Houses (small to large) $50: & up: call (604)463-9491

Hemlock, Fir & Cedar

WARRANTY ON ALL WORK

• ELECTRICAL • FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • HVAC GAS FITTING *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

Int/Ext Res/Comm New CST W home cleaning provided W 10% discount on all quotes 1 hour free consultation with designer with every accepted job

SAWDUST

Fully Insured ~ Free Quotes

260

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

K & J Complete Painting and Home Services Ask about our Specials

JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service.

Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/ Res. (604)466-1369

FRANKS Drywall *Boarding*Taping *Spraying no job too sm. Seniors rts Free ests. 604-939-7029, 809-1945

DRYWALL

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

604.465.2944

SBroken Concrete RocksS $23.00 Per Metric Ton SMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS $23.00 Per Metric Ton GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

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T & K Haulaway

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Professional Installation

~ FULLY INSURED ~

FREE! Scrap Metal Removal...FREE!!!

$45/Hr

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

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

(604)465-1311

5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffit *CLEANING *REPAIRS 28 YEARS EXPERIENCE

RUBBISH REMOVAL

604-572-3733

DUTCH TOUCH

$20/hr. Min. 3 hrs.

AFFORDABLE MOVING

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604-537-4140

✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Gravel ✶ Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

M.T. GUTTERS

PLUMBING

*Appliances *BBQs *Exercise Equip *Cars/Trucks/Trailers *Hotwater Tanks *Furnaces * Restaurant Equipment All FREE pickup!

300

FRIENDLY CLEANING

338

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-618-6401 Marcel Repairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate

ENVIRO

MOVING & STORAGE

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

A - 20779 Lougheed Hwy Maple Ridge Your local natural stone distributors. Custom made Granite Countertops.

Slate Granite Marble Tile Tumbled stone.

Large selection of Porcelain & Ceramic Sales & Service 604.463.0718 ~ 604.460.6656

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd.

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

320

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Local & Long Distance

7 Days / Week

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

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

101 - 19070 Lougheed Hwy, Pitt Meadows

Prompt Delivery Available

meadowslandscapesupply.com Call Marie 604-467-1118

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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

JUNK REMOVAL

• Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses • More

Recycled Earth Friendly HOT TUBS ARE NO PROBLEM! On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

Your LOCAL Tree Service, For Honest Prices & Quality Work Call Scott at 604-618-0333 Certified Arborist Free Estimates * Fully Insured

551

GARAGE SALES

Carolyn’s Bookstore is Closing - Big Sale! starts March 4th - 11th, 9:30-5:30 Mon-Fri, 9:30-5:00 Sat & 12-4:00 Sun 22740 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Maple Ridge (604)463-2122 books93@telus.net Maple Ridge

Fraserview Village Flea Market & Craft Fair Sat, March 2, 9am-2pm

22610 116th Ave

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 551

GARAGE SALES

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

Maple Ridge

#1 IN RENTALS (Since 1990)

Retirement Garage Sale 22020 Selkirk Ave. Enter from backlane only

Sat Mar 2, 10am ~ 3pm

Tablesaw, mitre saw, edge sander, Beaver/Rockwell lathe & ass’t tools for woodturning & lots of sm tools for wood working.

Tool box of mechanical. Lots of gardening tools, 21” Murray lawn mower 6hp Homelite weed eater.

548

FURNITURE

#1 Cash Buyer ~ Since 1987 ~

Professional Property Management Services P.Meadows - Solaris Towers BRAND NEW UNITS AVAIL *1Bd+den. *2Bd+den. *3Bdrm.

Call 604-464-7548 Visit our website for other rentals: www.profile-properties.com Coquitlam 996sf 2bdrm 2bath strg carpet/wood, prkg cls to Coq Ctr Doug College elem schl NP/NS $1195 Mar 15/Apr1. 604-941-3259

Derek Manor 2048 Manning Ave. Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889 FREE PREMIUM CABLE $80 Value

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

RENTALS 706

PORT COQUITLAM

OPEN HOUSE

Thursday & Friday, MARCH 7 & 8 BETWEEN 11 am - 3 pm Saturday, MARCH 9TH BETWEEN 12 noon - 4 pm & Sunday, March 17th BETWEEN 12 noon - 4 pm **2 BDRM APARTMENT** $880.00/mo includes everything **2 BDRM TOWNHOUSES** $975.00/mo plus utilities

3156 Coast Meridian Road A Safe, all ages community in POCO, close to schools and parks with shopping near by.

Great for families with Day Care and After School Care facilities right on the site! Pet friendly (some exceptions apply). No subsidies available. Your gross household income (before deductions) must be between $31,680 and $58,500. You also must be a family of one or more children to qualify.

604-463-4449 604-209-6583 MATTRESSES starting at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331 *NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379 TEAK DINING SUITE, 8 chairs, 2 leaves & sideboard 71” wide with glass doors $1250 obo.

604-477-0820

560

MISC. FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

POWER TOOL SALE Retired & Moving

All commercial grade 3H.P. 220v.

Everything in new cond: - 18” Bands saw, 10 hours of use - 10” Table Saw w/micro fence - 4’ Long Bed Jointer - 18x8” Tick Planer - 1.5” Spindle Jointer with tons of Bits for making cabin doors.

Everything open for offers

Phone for info 604-462-1540

REAL ESTATE 627

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES Damaged House? Pretty House?

Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We Will Buy Your House, Quick Cash & Private!

Mortgage Too High & House Won’t Sell? Can’t Make Payments?

We Lease Your House, Make Your Payments & Buy It Later!

604.657.9422

www.webuyhomesbc.com

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

S Impeccably clean S Heat S Hot Water S Parking 1 bdrm ~ Avail Now $790/mo

No pets ~ Ref’s req’d.

MAPLE RIDGE 1 bedroom suite from $720/mo. Avail immed or April 1st. Richard 604-369-1096

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 st

22423 121 Ave 604-467-4894

(604)466-5799

MAPLE RIDGE

Maple Ridge Swan Court Apartments Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms.

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

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

604.466.8404 (Erik)

Polo Club Apartments

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES • DIFFICULTY SELLING ? • Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty?

We Take Over Payments! No Fees! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg.

3 Blocks to W.C. Express

Terms of Lease: Negotiable @ $4,500 month plus triple net.

If required existing hoists, equipment and inventory are for sale till mid March.

For further info please contact, John Bowers, 1-250-724-3626 johnbowers@shaw.ca PORT COQUITLAM, 1500 - 3000 sq ft. Ground floor commercial area.

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

715

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

MAPLE RIDGE Central: 2 bdrm, full bth, inste w/d, carport + ext. storage $950, immed, NP/NS 604-808-6874

736

HOMES FOR RENT

MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdrm hse completely redone. Newer appl & flooring. Garage & shed on property.

Lge yard. Near Golden Ears bridge.

April 1st. $1250. 604-941-2243 MAPLE RIDGE Cntl 4Bdr 2ba,fresh paint, X-Lrg yrd, lrg cov’d patio, F/P, ns/np. Apr1. $1550. 604-773-3912 M. RIDGE Clean 5-bdrm home. 3 baths. F/p, bkyrd fncd. $2000. N/p, n/s. Avail. April 1. 1-250-616-7217.

746

ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTH

W 1 & 2 Bdrm Suites W 3 Appliances W Secured Garage Parking W Adult Oriented W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets

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

604.465.7221

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

PORT COQUITLAM

1 Bdrm suite $775 2 Bdrm corner suite $940 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

750

Haney Motor Hotel

Call 604-467-3944 748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION Maple Ridge - 3 BDRM upper suite $500 per room. Avail. now.

(604)463-8446 MAPLE RIDGE room in 2 bdrm hse, $550 incl all utils. Female prof or student. Pet? N/S 604-506-5416

810

COQ. off Brunette, nr Schoolhouse.

Large bright grnd level 2 bdrm ste.

W/D, patio under balcony. N/S, N/P. $1050/mo incl utils. Avail Mar 1st.

(604)524-0218, (778)772-9655.

TRANSPORTATION

AUTO FINANCING

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

YOU WORK? YOU DRIVE! If you have bad credit or no credit history, we can get you behind the wheel of a Marv Jones pre-owned vehicle.

Imports, domestic, all makes available – We finance everyone!

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

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

Call Marv Jones Honda NOW! 604-465-5464 Ask for Rob Godin 604-356-2303 Rob.godin@marvjoneshonda.com

SUITES, LOWER

830

The Scrapper

MOTORCYCLES

Need A Vehicle! Guaranteed Auto Loan. Apply Now, 1.877.680.1231 www.UapplyUdrive.ca

COQUITLAM behind the Vancouver Golf Course. Mar 1st. 1000 sq.ft. immaculate 2 bdrm ste. $1000/mo incl utils/cable, appls & W/D. N/S, N/P. Call 604-939-7745.

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

MAPLE RIDGE 1 bdrm suite with F/S, D/W, own W/D & full bath. N/S, N/P. Avail March 1st. Ref’s req’d. $750/mo. Call 778-995-7724.

2007 HARLEY SPORTSTER Factory custom, 74 cube (1200) big bore by Denco Cycle, Bassani pipe, windshield, sissy bar, leather bags. 27,000km, one old guy owner, $7450 obo (604)817-1945 1993 Ford Explorer, owned about 8yrs, well maint, pwr everything, runs well. $1150. 778-386-9152

MAPLE RIDGE 2bdrm suite 1200s/f quiet area, near Safeway/all amens.

No laundry, ns/np. 604-312-9195.

838

MAPLE RIDGE Balsam St/134 Ave Brand new 2 bdrm bsmt ste, priv yrd, cov’d entry, incl hydro,gas, alrm A/C, No pets . N/S. (604)773-3912

845

PITT MEADOWS new 1 bdrm, F/P, D/W, $800/mo incls heat/hydro N/S, n/p, suit single (604)837-2565

752

RECREATIONAL/SALE

1996 22’ SLUMBER QUEEN 5th wheel. Interior like new, has to be seen to appreciate. New stereo, back up camera, new HD antenna, m/w, a/c. Includes hitch. $5,500.

604-625-7761 Aldergrove.

MAPLE RIDGE West. 1 Bdrm lower own w/d, prkg, near transit. $750.

Quiet N/S, N/P, ref’s, 604-477-1000

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

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

Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam/ Maple Ridge

2 Bedroom Apartments And 2/3 bedroom Townhouses available

If your combined monthly family income is between $2600.00 – $5500.00 you may be qualified for market rent.

If your income is lower than these ranges call BC Housing 604-433-2218

For further info call 604-451-6075 to view Metro Vancouver Housing Co-operation.

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

The following vehicles will be sold, as per the Warehouse Liens Act: 2003 Volkswagen Jetta VIN# 3VWSE29M03M129298 registered owner, Chad Dorian James Williams, debt amount as of February 22nd, 2013 is $2599.83.

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

TOWNHOUSES

Attractive modern units, in a safe, all ages community. Amenities include, playground, on site laundry facilities & secure parking in a certified Crime Free Multi Housing complex. Close to schools and parks with shopping near by.

Pet friendly (some exceptions apply).

MAPLE RIDGE. 22577 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Avail April 1, 2013 currently known as Bowers Automotive Repairs is situated in the downtown core. This 3000 sq ft building boasts six bays, reception area, office and 2 bathrooms.

AUTO FINANCING

604.465.7713

RENTS between $880.00 – $1395.00

NEWER APARTMENTS

22334 - 117th Ave Phone 604-463-5660

New SRI *1152 sq/ft Double wide $77,900. *14x70 Full gyproc single wide - loaded $66,900.

Repossessed mobile, manufactured & modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

Glenbrookhomes.net

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

Maple Ridge

◆ 1 & 2 Bdrm starting at $750 ◆ Six Appliances ◆ Secured Underground Prkg. ◆ Cls. to West Coast Express ◆ Adult Oriented

New home w/riverview in Ruskin.

Pet/fam ok. $89,800 with $505 pad rent. Chuck 604-830-1960.

WESTGATE APARTMENTS CLEAN SPACIOUS SUITES 2 bdrm-$950 Centrally Located, 1/2 blk-Ridge Meadows Hospital Full time caretaker.

MOVE IN INCENTIVES Seniors Discount CALL ANYTIME TO VIEW 778-839-4691

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TRANSPORTATION

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

MAPLE RIDGE. 2 Bdrm bsmt suite in new home, near 240th. Private entry, own lndry. Prefer one person.

N/P, N/S. $825/mo incl utils. Mar 1.

Call 604-970-0431. 778-847-0431

TWO bedrooms, concrete hi-rise apartment, 8 floors with views, corner unit, 2 baths, 1030 square feet, insuite laundry, city centre.Vacant. $1050 per month. #80311980 222nd Street, Maple Ridge.

Call Hanson 604-250-2196 for appointment.

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Pitt Meadows Marina

TWO bedrooms, concrete hi-rise apartment, 8 floors with views, corner unit, 2 baths, 1030 square feet, insuite laundry, city centre.Vacant. $1050 per month. #80311980 222nd Street, Maple Ridge.

Call Hanson 604-250-2196 for appointment.

MAPLE RIDGE Central. Lrg 1 bdrm totally updated; new floor, paint,++ nr amens, insuite w/d, d/w, lrg patio, vaulted ceilings, sec u/g prk. Immed Ns/Np. $780+utils. 604-307-2241.

1 & 2 Bdrms from $655 & $840 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra.

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

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MAPLE RIDGE 1 new bdrm Albion nr SRT, walk-out bsmt, Avail now, ns/np, $690 incl utils. 604-928-5012

MAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL 1 bdrm apt, $750/mo incl heat, h/w, N/P. Avail immed. Call 604-476-6683.

Glenwood Manor Apartments

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Please call 604-451-6551 to confirm viewing.

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2002 Pontiac Sunfire VIN# 1G2JB124327478206 registered owner Chris Lee Hamilton, debt amount as of February 22nd, 2013 is $2277.61

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

If you have a claim to either of these vehicles please respond in writing by March 8th, 2013 to: Maple Ridge Towing (1981) Ltd, 23283 McKay Ave, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2W 1B9.

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

TWO AWARDS ARE BETTER THAN ARE ONE. TWO AWARDS BETTER THAN ONE.

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Hyundai is proud to announce the Santa Fe and Elantra GT, best in class winners as voted by over 80 journalists at Canada’s biggest automotive awards ceremony, the AJAC Awards. Thank you.

Hyundai is proud to announce the Santa Fe and Elantra GT, best in class winners as voted by over 80 journalists at Canada’s biggest automotive awards ceremony, the AJAC Awards. Thank you.

2013 ELANTRA GT AJAC Best New Small Car (over $21K)

2013 ELANTRA GT AJAC Best New Small Car (over $21K)

2013 SANTA FE AJAC Best New SUV (over $35K)

2013 SANTA FE AJAC Best New SUV (over $35K)

See our award-winning line up at HyundaiCanada.com The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp.

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