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Boy injured in longboard collision taken to hospital by helicopter, in serious condition

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

A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured after he crashed into a car while riding a longboard Saturday afternoon in east Maple Ridge.

The boy and his friends were boarding in the 24700 block of McClure Drive around 2:15 p.m.

According to police, the boy was lying down on his board and failed to spot a car, colliding head-first into it.

“The boy was travelling down a steep incline and simply was not able to stop in time,” said Ridge Meadows RCMP Sgt. Dale Somerville, The driver of the car remained at the scene following the crash while the boy was rushed to hospital by helicopter.

The boy is the fifth longboarder in as many weeks to be injured in a crash.

Last week, three longboarders were injured in two separate collisions in West Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast.

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Erika Inzunza, traffic campaign captain for the neighbourhood where a young boy riding a longboard collided with a car, wants more traffic-calming measures implemented.

Powerline project a fire risk Groups want slash piles chipped before too late

by P h i l M e l nychuk staff reporter

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Paul Lawson, manager of the research forest, amid one of the slash piles.

The piles of brush left on the ground are drying out and turning the powerline right of way into a powder keg that could blow and wipe out years of research at the UBC Malcolm Knapp forest.

So the research forest, the mayor and Maple Ridge Fire

Department want to get word to B.C. Hydro and its contractor, Flatiron-Graham, which is building a 247-kilometre, 500-kilovolt powerline from Merritt to Coquitlam: speed it up.

“The plan for chipping, that I heard, was to start in August, and that’s too late,” said Paul Lawson, forest manager.

“They need to get this dealt with now.”

Lawson said there are about 100 piles of slash that have been left on the ground from the right of way clearing. As the summer heats up

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and conditions dry, they’ll turn into tinder and could be starting points for any accidental or deliberate fires that could race up the mountainside at the north end of 232nd Street.

“They’re all targets for arson, basically, is what they are.”

Currently, thanks to cool weather conditions, the forest fire hazard is rated low. But there already was a period of high fire hazard in May during a warm spell. And a fire already occurred in the right of way in April, near the forest.

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If a fire broke out nearby and spread to the research forest, it could destroy years of forestry work that date back 60 to 70 years.

“They’re all pretty much along the south boundary of the forest, so they’re very vulnerable to this hazard,” Lawson said.

Residents and their homes, which are creeping up the hillside in Silver Valley, are also at risk.

You could throw a baseball from the forestry boundary and hit the suburbs, added Lawson.

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Flying high in wake of tragedy westview secondary senior wins spirit eagle Award

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hen Amos Topping went to the podium to get his award, a huge cheer went up from the crowd. Many of the 600 at the banquet knew his story.

He was getting the most prestigious award of the night, the Spirit Eagle Award, which is given to students who overcame adversity, at the annual Aboriginal Achievement Awards for the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district.

“Two die in rural house fire,” read the newspaper headline in January 2001.

The sub-headline was more jarring.

“Witnesses and family hear pleas from children trapped on second floor.”

Those were Amos’ two sisters.

He, his mother Carol and two siblings made it out of the house safely, as fire tore through their 1920s farmhouse in the 21000 block of 128th Avenue.

Neighbours and two young men who were passing by tried to get the trapped girls out.

Neighbour Steve McDonald and the boys broke windows around the house and tried to gain entry, according to reports, but the heat from the fire was too intense for them to dare going in. Flames were shooting out the roof, under the eaves and from the windows.

Maple Ridge firefighters arrived within 10 minutes of the call, but it took them an hour to extinguish the raging fire. The house was gutted, the roof burned away.

Fire officials determined it started in a chimney, and spread quickly through the dry timbers of the old house.

Carjeana, 8, and Shalaina, 11, both died that night.

Amos, who was always a quiet kid, became almost non-verbal.

He arrived at Westview secondary four years ago, at the age of 15. He was nervous, and most of his communication consisted of a simple nod. He couldn’t read.

Amos had struggled with a speech impediment, of which there is no trace of now in his normal conversation. But he said it’s still there if he speaks quickly.

“I talked to people I knew, I just didn’t talk very much,” he explained quietly, fidgeting with his hands.

“My brother always spoke for me when I was younger.”

If Amos was asked a question, Deakin, four years his senior, would answer it.

“He just loves talking,” smiled Amos.

“We’re total opposites.”

He remembers the night of the fire.

“It probably made me more quiet.”

Westview teachers found he was functionally illiterate. Just four years ago, Amos was reading at a level he estimates was kindergarten or Grade 1.

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When Amos Topping arrived at high school, he couldn’t read. Now he’s graduating and has found a home in the trades, even making his own guitar.

“I just never could read,” he said. “I just didn’t learn.”

Patti Williams, an aboriginal support worker, theorizes that teachers in the system sympathized with Amos – painfully shy, silent and having suffered emotional trauma – and they probably cut him too much slack.

“I think in elementary school they either didn’t think he was capable, or didn’t want to push him too hard,” said Williams.

She found he had minor learning disabilities that were barriers to his literacy, “but he’s pushed through it.”

His father Tom Topping is a mechanic. He has brought up a son who knows his way around an engine, and isn’t afraid of work.

“I enjoy working with my hands,” Amos said.

Metalwork, carpentry and mechanics all come easy to him, even if academics haven’t.

For him, the notion of reading for pleasure would have been a bit like doing mathematics for fun. That’s a tough sell for an educator. Williams and other teachers took a different approach, selling him on the

idea that improved literacy would allow him to read manuals, building plans and enable him to pursue more schooling in the trades. That’s something Amos could buy into.

“He had a bigger reason to read,” said Williams.

Westview administration purchased an emerging reading program designed for people learning basic literacy as adults, and Linda Cartier worked through it with Amos.

“She was awesome, she really taught me to read,” he said. “She found out how I would pick it up.”

Reading, maturing, leaving school with his dogwood – it’s turned him into a young man with a bright future.

“We’re really excited for him,” said Williams. “If he hadn’t learned to read he still would have been okay, because he’s personable, but this opens more doors. He’s so much more confident now.”

Stories like Amos’ are the reason teachers love their jobs.

“There’s been a whole team of us at the school who all did our part,” said Williams.

“We’re glad he’s graduating, but we’re sad he won’t be here every day.”

There were 600 people watching as Amos got his Spirit Eagle Award, and they gave him a big cheer. He was shocked. Yes, he had signed the forms that gave his permission to be nominated, but he hadn’t really paid any attention at the time – a teacher asked him to sign something, so he signed it.

Next thing he knows, he’s getting called up in front of a big crowd to receive the biggest honour at the Aboriginal Achievement Awards.

“I got more relaxed as I walked across the stage,” he remembers. “It was a total surprise.”

Amos is currently reading the Hobbit – and enjoying it. He will attend commencement ceremonies with his girlfriend later this month. He will look at the possibilities of attending BCIT, and is interested in the machining program.

When someone seldom speaks, their words carry more weight.

Amos final remark: “Thanks to all the teachers who have helped me.”

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Ridge, Pitt highest ridership jump Number of bus rides up 56 per cent, according to TransLink review

by Phil M elnyc h u k staff reporter

People are getting on a bus at a higher rate in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows than the rest of the Lower Mainland, according to TransLink’s latest review of routes.

The number of boardings per hour jumped 56 per cent in four years, the highest rate of increase in any TransLink area.

That’s likely due to more frequency being offered by the two busiest routes into Maple Ridge, the No. 701 and No. 791, connecting to Coquitlam and New Westminster.

The details were in the 2012 Bus Service Performance Review, which also shows that the yearly number of hours of bus service in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge has remained unchanged at 87,000 in the past four years.

Only Ladner-South Delta-Tsawwassen has fewer hours of bus service, at 57,000 hours.

Statistics for the No. 791, which runs from Haney Place Mall to Braid SkyTrain, shows an increase of 132,000 riders in two years, up to just under 600,000 riders a year in 2012.

That dropped the cost per passenger on that route to $2.64 from $3.12.

On the No. 701 line, which runs from Haney Place Mall to Coquitlam Centre, the number of passengers for all of last year grew by about 111,000, to about two million riders.

The cost per passenger, as a result,

How services in different areas of the region compare were outlined in performance review. dropped to $1.96 in 2012 from $2.07 in 2010.

By comparison, the cost per passenger along the C48 community shuttle route to Whonnock rings in $7.84.

Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin said frequency on the No. 701 and 791 routes have increased due to 15-minute service for 15 hours a daily.

He was curious about ridership on the No. 595, which brings people from Maple Meadows West Coast Express station to the Carvolth park and ride in Langley, where

people can catch express buses across the new Port Mann Bridge.

Ridership on that route has jumped by more than 100,000 in the past two years, to 414,000 in 2012, following the opening of the new bridge. Cost per passenger dropped in the same period to $2.43 from $5.42.

Daykin still wants area mayors to help figure out how to help Maple Ridge get express bus service, carrying people from Haney Place Mall to Coquitlam Centre or Braid SkyTrain with only a few stops

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along Lougheed Highway in Pitt Meadows and Coquitlam. That would shave 15 to 20 minutes off the current route times, which require diverting through Pitt Meadows.

People also want community shuttle service to Silver Valley, at the north end of 232nd Street, and better service in Albion.

“I think the reality is, we still don’t have enough density to put community shuttles up there [Silver Valley],” Daykin said.

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, which don’t have the population or density of the major cities, are still lagging in reducing the costs of public transportation to taxpayers.

Overall, for 2012, the real cost per passenger was $2.13 in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, $1.92 in the Tri-Cities, and $1.84 in North Delta-Surrey-Langley-White Rock.

Vancouver had the lowest costs of $1.08 to carry the average passenger.

The review shows the total number of bus trips taken per hour increased 3.4 per cent, while the average cost per trip dropped by 2.2 per cent, confirming TransLink’s work to optimize bus service.

Most of the 25 poorest performing suburban bus routes are served with community shuttles, and include two in Ladner, two in Tsawwassen, two in Richmond/ Queensborough and one each in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Lions Bay. Part of the efficiencies considered last year was cutting the C-49, which runs down 272nd Street to Whonnock.

But TransLink is maintaining that and is changing the C-48 by hooking into Albion along McClure Drive and connecting to the Port Haney West Coast Express station.

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Pitt Meadows salaries up 10% in two years Resident restarting tax petition

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

A four per cent increase in salaries over the span of a year for city employees has one Pitt Meadows resident fuming as he battles politicians to keep spending in check.

According to financial statements released this week, employee salaries rose to $4,307,915 in 2012, a 4.7 per cent increase from $4,112,357 in 2011.

When compared over two years, it’s a 10 per cent increase in wages.

The city also saw more staff earning more than $75,000, climbing to 22 in 2012 from 15 in 2011.

Top earners The top earners for Pitt Meadows council in 2012: • Mayor Deb Walters – $66,082, $5,804 in expenses; • all councillors earned a salary of $25,882.

Councillor expenses: • Coun. Janis Elkerton – $3,706; • Coun. David Murray – $2,942; • Coun. Tracy Miyashita – $2,567; • Coun. Doug Bing – $1,984; • Coun. Bruce Bell – $95; • Coun. Gwen O’Connell – $45.

Top city staff earners for 2012: • Jake Rudolph, chief administrative officer – $195,134 in salary and $10,924 in expense (2.4 per cent increase over 2011); • Kim Grout, deputy CAO, director of operations – $145,539 and $9,454 (10 per cent increase); • Dean Rear, director of finance – $126,007 and $4,744 (2.2 per cent increase); • Don Jolley, fire chief – $120,094 and $2,139 (2.5 per cent increase);

When Tom Murray looks at the financial statements, he takes a deep breath and shakes his head.

“It’s ridiculous,” says Murray, who spearheaded a petition last year calling for the city to reign in spending with a zero tax increase.

Although Murray collected more than 1,300 signatures, his petition was not successful.

The former school board trustee remains undefeated and plans to restart his petition this summer, calling for no tax increase in 2015 – an election year.

“Every time they get a chance for a raise, they grab,” says Murray, a senior who lives on a fixed income.

“They have to bring spending in line. It’s just • Lorna Jones, director of human resources and communications – $111,247 (7.5 per cent increase); • Rob Chatton, assistant fire chief – $102,702 (7.2 per cent increase); • Brad Perrie, assistant fire chief – $102,461 and $1,056 (0.4 per cent increase); • Randy Evans, operations superintendent - $102,078 (2.5 per cent increase); • Cheryl Harding, manager of financial services – $96,618 and $3,223; • Dave Philp, business analyst – $96,215 and $3,501; • Mike Larsson, fire safety technician – $88,872; • Dana Parr, planner – $88,426 and $1,258; • Scott Kyle, fire safety technician – $88,081 and $1,598; • Kate Zanon, director of corporate and business services – $86,886 and $5,830; • Bob Williams, utilities foreman – $86,577 (five per cent increase); • Martin Brown, network specialist - $81,767 and $4,252 (nine per cent increase); • Murray Doull - $81,686 (7.5 per cent increase).

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Murray echoes the criticisms of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, which believes civic spending is out of control across the country.

Pitt Meadows chief administrative officer made $195,134 in 2012, more than the chief of staff for the White House, whose salary topped out at $172,200 last year.

For Murray, the comparison is clear evidence that civic salaries and spending need to be capped.

“All we wanted to do last year was see what no tax increase looked like, and the city refused,” said Murray.

“People, especially seniors, are still concerned.”

While Pitt Meadows

has its critics, city spending and salaries still pale in comparison to other Metro Vancouver municipalities. Vancouver’s city manager earns more than $320,000 annually.

Pitt Meadows’ mayor believes the salaries are justified.

“Another thing people don’t realize is that we are a small operation,” said Deb Walters, noting

many city staff do multiple jobs.

For example, the city’s director of operations is also responsible for development services and also sits as deputy CAO. The city’s director of legislative services also heads the economic development corporation.

“I think we get extremely good value for our dollar,” Walters added.

“Is it high compared to the private sector, possibly it is.”

Pitt Meadows also

managed to whittle down two-thirds of its $16 million debt in 2012 with the sale of city-owned land.

Walters believes the call for no tax increase is not realistic and not sustainable.

“At the end of the day, especially the people who sign the petition, what would you give up,” asked Walters, adding most don’t want to give up any city services and many “want a pool.”

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Long and short A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured while longboarding near his home in east Maple Ridge on Saturday.

According to police, he was riding down a steep hill, lying on his stomach, and rammed head-first into the side of a moving car.

He was wearing a helmet.

The boy is the fifth longboarder in Metro Vancouver in as many weeks to be seriously injured in such a collision.

Last week, three longboarders were injured in two separate collisions in West Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. A week earlier, another longboarder in West Vancouver narrowly missed serious injured after he landed under a SUV. Another longboarder was lucky to escape catastrophe Tuesday in Victoria after catapulting over the hood of a car.

All this has neighbours and safety advocates calling for better traffic controls or new rules banning longboards on our streets.

Last year the District of North Vancouver joined White Rock, West Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver in banning longboarders on some streets, because they go too fast down hills with, essentially, no breaks. Now North Van district may ban longboarding on all streets.

Will that stop riders? Can such bylaws be effectively enforced? Will they reduce injuries, prevent deaths?

To outlaw this increasingly popular recreational activity would be a knee-jerk reaction, as is blaming parents for the recent collisions. The latter can’t be standing on every street corner, hovering over their young. Kids need room to grow. Sometimes they make errors in judgement.

By the way, the longboarders injured in West Vancouver were 21 and 23 years old.

However, parents must teach their kids safety, just as they would for rollerblading, riding a bike or a standard skate board – stay to the right, obey traffic signs and signals. If you can, teach them how to fall properly. Teach them how to break, slalom or slide. Show them where it is safe to ride, or to employ spotters, to communicate with one another.

We doubt the District of Maple Ridge is going to designate a hill solely for longboarders, stacked with hay bails at the base, anytime soon. In the meantime, let the latest incidents serve as a lesson in awareness.

We need not ban longboarding any more than shopping cart races. But we need to be aware of our surroundings and potential dangers – such as moving vehicles, and cruising down hills at high speeds with no brakes – and take precautions (don’t buy a board).

Be smart, be safe.

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Expense cleanup must continue VICTORIA – As she unveiled her new cabinet, Premier Christy Clark promised a “line-by-line” review of government spending to deliver a balanced budget this year.

Statements such as this would have more credibility if politicians subjected B.C. Views Tom Fletcher their own personal spending to the same scrutiny. That’s still not happening in B.C. Expense accountability has come a long way in the last year, thanks mainly to the work of now-departed Auditor General John Doyle, who swung the cobwebcovered door open on B.C.’s secretive Legislative Assembly Management Committee. Chaired by the speaker and run by senior MLAs from both parties, the committee had been doing pretty much whatever it wanted with MLAs’ own expenses.

Doyle’s audit found that MLA credit card bills were being paid without receipts, part of a lax accounting system that included inaccurate bank records and inadequate management of the legislature gift shop and dining room. The operating budget of the legislature and constituencies runs to more than $60 million a year.

Now-retired speaker Bill Barisoff asked the auditor to give a pass to the $119,000 annual allowance for each of the 85 constituency offices. Transfer amounts

and payroll expenses were verified, but constituency expenses were not, likely because these records weren’t kept either.

I’m not suggesting that there has been any misuse of public funds. The point is we don’t know, and the notion of an “honour system” for politicians’ expenses has become unacceptable.

A similar toxic tale has been unfolding in the Senate in Ottawa. It has its own secretive committee called the Board of Internal Economy, which was forced into the open after trying to sweep Senator Mike Duffy’s housing claims under the red rug of the Senate chamber.

Duffy has lived in Ottawa for decades, first as a TV host, then as a senator, but he decided the rules were loose enough that he could claim his summer place in Prince Edward Island as his principal residence. An audit has also found he was claiming living expenses in Ottawa while campaigning for the Conservatives back east. It turns out the key ingredient in an honour system is honour.

This mess goes back more than a century in B.C. and Canada, and has its roots in the British Parliament, where MPs and Lords had a system of claiming all sorts of expenses, including construction of a “duck house” and maintenance of the moat around an Honourable Member’s castle.

Many years ago, British MPs convinced themselves that they were underpaid, and rather than create a public fuss by giving themselves a big raise, they would be able to top it up by claiming up to 250 pounds at a time without receipts.

Cheers.

You can imagine how well that worked out. As one observer put it, the system was not only open to abuse, it was actually designed for it.

Here in B.C., the next step is obvious. If you go to the website of Alberta Premier Alison Redford, you can easily find the link to her detailed expense reports, itemized for travel, meals, hotel rooms and so forth. Alberta cabinet ministers provide the same disclosure.

“The point is we don’t know, and the notion of an “honour system” for politicians’ expenses has become unacceptable.”

B.C. cabinet ministers’ travel expenses are now reported, but only as an occasional lump sum.

As a result of Doyle’s revelations last summer, B.C.’s Legislative Assembly Management Committee now meets in public, with transcripts of proceedings available. But MLA expenses are still not itemized. Total expenditures are being reported on a quarterly basis, but with no detail to explain why some MLAs have much higher totals than others.

It’s time to sweep out the cobwebs.

This week’s question: Is 12 years old too young to have a cell phone? @ Online poll: cast your vote at www.mapleridgenews.com, or e-mail your vote and comments to editor@mapleridgenews.com

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

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The News/letters Just remember where those berries came from Editor, The News: Re: Destruction of Pitt Polder (Letters, June 5).

While George Clarke may have “extensively toured in the southern U.S. in the past couple of years,” he is either a relative newcomer to our area or has simply chosen to ignore its history.

The Pitt Polder was a lowland area reclaimed by Dutch immigrants several decades ago. Being submerged in water a majority of the time, there was not a lot of existing vegetation of any significance to “have been virtually stripped of all vegetation by greedy, uncaring developers.”

Subsequent to that, many of the new immigrants settled on dairy farms they built in the reclaimed area. At that time, the land was cultivated to grow hay and other feed crops for the herds or just used as pasture land.

Skipping forward to present time, these fields have been planted in higher value berry crops.

I’m not sure of which “drainage sloughs have been filled in” he is referring to, but having lived here all my life, I see all the major sloughs in place as they have been since I can

remember.

Perhaps when next Mr. Clarke enjoys his blueberry smoothie, pie or just fresh fruit with ice cream, or digs into his holiday feast accompanied by cranberry sauce after wetting his appetite with a cranberry martini, he might want to consider the tremendous risk, investment and effort involved to buy the land, prepare, plant, care for, then harvest, process and distribute the goodness he is enjoying. Granted, he may be one of those consumers who balks at paying a fair price for local produce and would rather save a few pennies to support imported products. In that case, it’s easier to enjoy the savings in blissful ignorance of how those products are produced.

Farmland is meant for farming.

Nature and wetland reserves are meant for wildlife and limited use by hikers, photographers and other outdoor enthusiasts.

Both have their place, and both have their price.

Mr. Clarke might want to consider putting his money where his mouth is next time he wishes to confuse misguided emotions with fact.

John Blok Maple Ridge

Taxes really going up 20% Editor, The News: Re: Taxes trimmed to 3.9 per cent (The News, June 5).

When I opened the envelope from the District of Maple Ridge a few days ago, containing my yearly property tax bill, I must admit I was a little shocked.

I shouldn’t have been. It happens every year about this time. I begrudgingly put it into the to be paid file with a few other items.

But, wow, do I ever feel better today. When I returned home from work and opened my copy of The News, there it was. Our mayor and council have triumphantly announced taxes will be trimmed to only 3.9 per cent increase.

And it even gets better. In 2014, the increase will be only 3.6 per cent, and in 2015 – 3.8 percent – then in 2016, it will be 3.8 per cent, and again in 2017, it will be 3.98 per cent.

What restraint, all those small numbers. I sat down to figure out what my tax bill will be in five years, when I plan on retiring.

Guess what?

Shock again.

After you calculate the percentage increase on the percentage increase on the percentage increase, you end up with an increase of slightly more than 20.5 per cent.

I challenge you, dear readers, to do the calculations yourself with your own tax bill. You won’t like the numbers you see.

This is not fiscal restraint, it’s madness. Give your head a shake over there at municipal hall and wake up.

People have not had large increases in income over the past five years and, god help the elderly, on fixed incomes.

Gord McBeath Maple Ridge

146% increase Editor, The News: Re: Taxes trimmed to 3.9 per cent (The News, June 5).

Tax time has brought out the anger and frustration of our citizens and for good reason. Maple Ridge has increased property taxes for 11 consecutive years.

I started tracking our property taxes in 2002, now 10 years later, I find an increase of 146 per cent. Tax increases like this is just highway robbery.

Has your income gone up by 146 per cent?

We know that municipal workers received wage increases of 25 per cent, and senior office staff members make well over $100,000 a year, with

several making up to $250,000 a year.

The main issue is not wages, but tax revenue. Maple Ridge continues to have the lowest tax ratio of any municipality in the Lower Mainland, 93 per cent residential with seven per cent commercial.

The commercial tax rate is so high we have a problem attracting new business and retaining existing business.

During the last election, council and mayor all promised to promote new commercial and retail development. As we all know, nothing has happened to date. With another upcoming election in November 2014 do we dare hope for progressive change like found in Pitt Meadows, Mission, Port Coquitlam and Chilliwack? Chilliwack is glaring example, the same size as Maple Ridge with a tax ratio of 12% residential and 88% commercial (this data from 2010).

These communities have local commercial and retail shopping, jobs that bring a positive future with tax revenues that grow a balanced community. Not just a bedroom community.

Do we hope for change or do we make change happen? It is all up to you.

Jim Bulpit Maple Ridge

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A fire truck parks near a brush fire that was sparked by a tree, which was toppled onto power lines Monday afternoon in Maple Ridge. The fire department said a beaver chewed through the tree, causing it to fall onto the wires.

Beaver sparks fire in Maple Ridge

by Monisha M ar t ins staff reporter

A beaver chewed through a tree, causing it to topple onto power lines, spark and brush fire and close Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge on Monday.

Sparks from the power lines started a small fire

near Spencer Creek, forcing the Maple Ridge Fire Department to shut down Lougheed Highway around 3:30 p.m. to traffic travelling west.

Assistant fire chief Mark Smitton said the fire department had to wait for B.C. Hydro to shut down a section of the power grid before crews could hose down

the brush fire.

As of 7 p.m., the west-bound stretch of Lougheed Hwy. – between 240th Street and Tamarack Lane – was still closed to traffic.

Spencer Creek is home to the semi-aquatic rodent, who is building a dam in the vicinity.

Smitton said firefighters did not see the bea-

ver when they arrived on scene.

It isn’t the first time a beaver has caused traffic havoc in Maple Ridge.

In 2005, a tree chewed by a beaver fell onto a moving pickup truck near Spilsbury Street on Lougheed Hwy., a few blocks east of Monday’s fire.

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In Leaders of Tomorrow published June 5 in the News, Claire and Madison’s photo’s were reversed. See correction below.

Congratulations go out to Claire and Madison from the News.

Claire Bruce

Madison Andrews

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Kanaka Creek elementary

Claire Bruce, in Grade 6 at Kanaka Creek elementary, is a leader of tomorrow.

Madison Andrews is in Grade 6 at Kanaka Creek elementary and was nominated because she is an example to everyone. She is kind, personable and level-headed in all situations.

“I think I was nominated because I’m in Me to We, and I try to show leadership in the school. Whenever there is a chance to make a difference I jump at it, because making the world a better place is what I live for,” she said.

She has made many contributions to the school and the community: taking part in activities with the Me to We leadership group, personally raising money for cancer awareness, and every few years cutting her hair at the Relay For Life event.

Her most memorable school moment was when she organized a bake sale to help kids with cancer.

“It took a lot of work, but it was worth it because I ended up raising around $575, and knowing that I helped a child in need, that feeling is priceless.”

“I hope to go to university to be a teacher, so I can be a mentor for kids.”

Her future plans are to volunteer at the SPCA and join as many clubs in high school that benefit others or are trying to make the world a better place.

“I hope to go to university to be a teacher, so I can be a mentor for kids and help them see that they can make the world a better place by doing just the simplest things,” she said.

“You could drop off a can of soup at the food bank or you can donate your old clothes to Big Brothers.

But the simplest thing you could do is give someone a smile. It can even be a stranger, but when you smile at someone, you’re making your day that much brighter.”

Her most memorable school moment was when she was the lead in the school play last year, and being asked for her autograph.

“I am good at writing and hope to sell my adventurous books everywhere.”

“That was pretty awesome,” she said.

Her future plan is to become an author. “I am good at writing and hope to sell my adventurous books everywhere.”

“I also hope that one day I could travel to Africa and teach there. I could raise money to help build more schools and create recreational activities there.”

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MLAs sworn in, ready for short summer session Liberals won’t be discussing return to HST or new tax

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While Marc Dalton and the Liberals surprised the province with their May 14 come-from-behind victory, there’s no surprise about what the MLA will be doing when he gets back to Victoria.

The representative for Maple RidgeNEWS Mission was re-named parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Education on Friday, when Premier Christy Clark named her cabinet.

He’s also on the Cabinet Committee on Secure Tomorrow and is deputy chair for committee of the whole, overseeing debates in the House. Dalton held the parliamentary secretary position before the election, as well.

Newly elected Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA Doug Bing was named to the Cabinet Committee on Strong Economy.

Dalton said Monday the summer session shouldn’t be a long one, just enough to pass the budget announced in the spring.

And while he wasn’t named to cabinet, Dalton, a former teacher, expects to get in one day.

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MLA Marc Dalton, Maple Ridge-Mission

“She’s [the premier] made it clear to me that she’d like to see me in cabinet.”

That could be at any posting, not just education, the former teacher

pointed out.

“In the meantime, there’s lots to do.”

What won’t be done, though, is any tinkering with the five-percent Harmonized Sales Tax and the seven-percent Provincial Dalton Sales Tax restored April 1 after the disastrous Liberal introduction of the Harmonized Sales Tax in July 2010.

The B.C. Chamber of Commerce last week called for the government to trash the PST, calling it an Bing “abysmal tax.

“We can’t wait for the PST to do more damage before we act,” chamber president John Winter said in a release.

“This tax stunts business growth in B.C., scares away Canadian or international businesses that might come grow jobs here and mires everybody in red tape and nonsensical rules.

Frankly, it’s an embarrassing tax.”

In May, the B.C. chamber called for discussions on creating a value added tax, or VAT, one that would function similarly to the just-dumped HST. Dalton, though, said that’s not happening.

“I don’t hear anything to the effect that we’re moving in that direction. I don’t think there’s much of an appetite going back to an HST, at all.”

If that was the case, he added, that would have been part of the Liberal election platform.

The chamber has always favoured such a tax, Dalton said.

“That’s been their position for years and years and years.”

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MAPLE RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY You are invited to attend a public open house and provide your input on the Maple Ridge Environmental Management Strategy.

Highlights of the Strategy will be presented at the open house and the District is seeking public input prior to preparing a draft management plan. The open house will have display boards as well as a presentation.

Date: Thursday, June 20, 2013 Time: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm (drop-in) Location: Thomas Haney Secondary - Rotunda (23000 – 116th Avenue) If you have any questions about the above event, please contact Rod Stott by email rstott@mapleridge.ca.

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Draft of heritage plan rolls out Thurs.

by Phil M elnyc h u k staff reporter

What to do with a charming old relic of a building that dates back two centuries, that’s on its last legs and isn’t worth fixing?

Maybe you bulldoze it into the ground and forget about it.

Maybe you restore to its past glory, and in return get some property tax breaks from the district.

Maybe it can be moved to a heritage location, where the past can be preserved.

It’s hoped some answers can be found in a new heritage plan being created by the District of Maple Ridge.

A draft version rolls out to an open house Thursday, 4:30 p.m.

After the public gives input, the final version goes to council in the fall.

Currently, only buildings that are designated heritage sites can be banned from demolition. That’s an extensive and expensive process, unavailable to most and which leaves any other heritage building either

Do you fit into one of these categories?

classified as a heritage resource, or not even classified at all.

“Sometimes, all you can do is document them and then kiss them goodbye,” said former Maple Ridge councillor Craig Speirs, now chair of the community heritage commission.

In the case of the old cold storage building on Dewdney Trunk Road and 256th Street, a structure which spanned two centuries, there wasn’t even a chance to take photos or record the building before it was torn down earlier this year.

“It’s gone now, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

Speirs said the same fate likely awaits the old Sampo Hall, just across the street. The hall is slowly deteriorating and likely can’t be saved.

The open house at district hall is one of the last venues to comment after word about the rewrite was circulated on social media and at community events.

The plan looks at the financial measures available to encourage building preservation and tries to improve upon them, Speirs said.

There also needs to be way to identify heritage buildings when demolition applications come to the district’s front counter.

Response so far has yielded 155 comments, a good number, Speirs said.

He’d like the heritage plan to mirror the official community plan, the master document for Maple Ridge, or for the heritage plan to become incorporated into the OCP. “We hoping that this dovetail with the OCP and really give us a road map going forward.”

Notice of Public Hearing TAKE NOTICE THAT a Public Hearing will be held in the Council Chamber of the Municipal Hall, 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, North-East corner entrance, at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 18, 2013 to consider the following bylaw: 2012-077-RZ MAPLE RIDGE ZONE AMENDING BYLAW NO. 6941-2012 LEGAL: Lot B, District Lot 278, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 76445 LOCATION: 11935 - 207 Street FROM: CD-3-87 (Service Commercial, Bank or Credit Union) and CS-1 (Service Commercial) TO: C-2 (Community Commercial) PURPOSE: To accommodate a new Langley Farm Market.

Invitation to Tender DOWNTOWN ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

Lougheed Highway from 226 Street to 228 Street REFERENCE NO: ITT-EN13-47 PROJECT NO: E02-010-0182 The District of Maple Ridge invites tenders for the Downtown Enhancement Project – Lougheed Highway from 226 Street to 228 Street. The work generally consists of roadway excavations and construction of concrete curbs, sidewalks, planted medians, street trees complete with modular soil system, street lighting, irrigation, pavement markings, and asphalt milling and paving.

Tender Documents may be obtained on or after Wednesday, June 19, 2013 during normal business hours (Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, except holidays) at the Engineering Counter of the District of Maple Ridge, on payment of a non-refundable amount of $52.50 (incl. GST) made payable to the District of Maple Ridge. The document can also be downloaded from BC Bid at www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca. Unverified bid results will also be available on BC Bid after closing time.

The Tender Documents may be viewed at the Plan Room of the Vancouver Regional Construction Association, 3636 East 4 Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5M 1M3.

Tender submission requires the accompaniment of a Bid Bond (or Certified Cheque) in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total Tender Price and a Confirmation of Surety to provide Performance and Labour and Material Payment Bond if the tender is successful, each in the amount of fifty percent (50%) of the Tender Price.

For technical inquiries, contact Ryan Wood at Aplin & Martin Consultants 778-880-0577. For all other inquiries, contact Rachel Ollenberger at the District of Maple Ridge, 604-467-7326.

The District of Maple Ridge reserves the right to reject any or all Tenders or to accept the Tender deemed most favourable in the interests of the District. The lowest or any Tender may not necessarily be accepted and the District will not be responsible for any cost incurred by the Tenderer in preparing the Tender.

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AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that a copy of the aforesaid bylaw and copies of the staff report and other information considered by Council relevant to the matters contained in the bylaw will also be available for public inspection at the Municipal Hall, Planning Department counter, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. from June 7, 2013 to June 18, 2013, Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays excepted. Some of this information will also be posted on the District website www.mapleridge.ca on the Mayor & Council/Council Meetings page.

ALL PERSONS who deem themselves affected by this bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing before Council on the matters contained in the bylaw or by making a written submission to the attention of the Manager of Legislative Services or by sending an e-mail to the Clerk’s Department at clerks@mapleridge.ca, by 4:00 p.m., June 18, 2013. All written submissions and e-mails will become part of the public record.

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Grootendorst said the powerline right of way stretches 14 kilometres through Maple Ridge, which works out to about 200 hectares.

The wood waste can’t be burned off, but can be chipped on site, then hauled away.

But if it’s left too long and conditions get too dry, even bringing in a chipper could create a fire hazard.

“We’re encouraging them to start on it fairly early. The longer it stays, the more drier it gets,” Grootendorst said.

He’s also wants to identify the high-hazard areas so the Flatiron knows which areas to target.

“The only problem is we’re running out of

time.”

B.C. Hydro has on-site crews and fire-fighting tools, such as water tankers, tool caches and helicopters, on standby.

“We take this risk very seriously. The contractor is adhering to all applicable regulations and has developed a comprehensive plan to manage the fire risk,” Hydro spokesperson Simi Heer said in an e-mail.

Maple Ridge Fire Department, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations are also cooperating with joint training and pooling of resources and equipment, and most employees have received firefighting training, Heer added.

Earlier this year, the

Alouette River Management Society complained about clearcutting for the right of way going right to the banks of Clayton Creek, which could cause siltation in the water and water temperatures to climb, damaging fish.

But Heer said that six logs have been hauled out by helicopter and another 12 hauled out from a non-fish bearing stream.

Hydro and the contractor also plan on selling the useful logs that have been cut as a result of the right-of-way clearing.

Some logs are still in the streams, but they were blown down by the wind and aren’t related to construction.

Meanwhile, some envi-

ronmental repairs are underway where there is a risk of erosion. In those cases, willows are planted along with seedlings.

Some logs haven’t been hauled out because approval is being sought from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources.

“Flatiron-Graham JV continues to work with B.C. Hydro to develop a custom-clearing prescription in the area near the Alouette River to reduce our impacts there,” Heer said.

Final remediation takes place when tower construction is complete.

In stream areas, “the policy is to retain as much existing vegetation as possible.”

“This is the first serious longboarding incident Ridge Meadows RCMP have had to deal with, but police know this type of activity is going on, and it is not a safe practice,” said Somerville.

“The boarder has a limited ability to stop for anything once the rider

builds up speed, so they are not in total control. As well, many of the boarders are lying down on the board, which reduces the chance of ... seeing them as they travel along the road.”

Although the boy was wearing a helmet when he crashed, he remains in hospital with serious head injuries. Police said he was scheduled to have surgery Monday.

Somerville said a preliminary analysis of the crash scene shows show the long boarder was at fault.

In a post on his Facebook page Monday, the boy’s mother wrote that doctors were going to try to wake him up Tuesday morning.

“Fingers crossed everyone and keep sending your prayers, I know they are helping,” she said.

B.C. has long been a cultural hotbed for longboarding and is home to several of the top riders and longboard manufacturers.

A longboard is just a skateboard that’s much longer than usual, and mostly used for downhill

racing, commuting, or cruising around town.

Unlike the District of North Vancouver, White Rock, West Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver, which have banned longboarders on some streets, Maple Ridge has not.

Maple Ridge district spokesperson Fred Armstrong said council will wait for a report from its traffic management committee before proceeding.

“It’s not going to be a knee-jerk reaction,” he added.

It’s an approach that’s lauded by Les Roberston from North Vancouverbased company Rayne Longboards, a member of B.C.’s new Longboarder Coalition.

“Serious longboarders are extremely safety-conscious,” said Robertson.

“Banning the sport from streets won’t work.”

He suggest parents who purchase skateboards or longboards for their children teach them road and safety rules before allowing them to ride.

“My question to the parent is, ‘how are you equipping your child for

being on an open road,’ whether on bicycle or longboard or playing street hockey? A lot of parents give their kids a board and that’s it.”

Residents of the Maple Ridge neighourbood where the accident occurred, meanwhile, are calling on the district to install traffic calming measures to slow cars down.

Erika Inzunza, the neighbourhood’s traffic campaign captain, feels they’ve been ignored.

“They are waiting for somebody to be killed or critically injured in an accident before they do anything,” said Inzunza, who has been lobbying for a stop sign at the corner of McClure Drive and Kimola Drive since 2009.

The long boarder crashed metres away from Inzunza’s home and she believes a stop sign might have prevented the collision. She says cars driving through the hilly neighbourhood, often pick up speed as they head downhill.

“We demand something to be done urgently.”

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An unresolved murder case in Whonnock Looki ng Bac k by Fred Braches

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n 1907, Richard Stanley Whiting, a newcomer from England, became the owner of the Whonnock general store and Whonnock’s postmaster.

Three years later he married Margaret Benson, who also came to Whonnock in 1907, and they moved to property above what is today called Byrnes Road.

He interested a fellow countryman named Dearman George Probert, also from Herefordshire and probably a relative, to join him to run the store.

Probert arrived in Canada in 1910 and moved into the home that was part of the store building.

In the morning of Friday, May 26th, 1911, a burglar entered the Whonnock general store and helped himself to some clothes and food.

Noticing the postoffice safe, he entered the adjacent home, where shopkeeper Probert and a lodger named Charles Crowe were sleeping.

Reportedly armed with

a double-barrelled gun, the intruder attempted to force the shopkeeper to come over to the store and open the safe for him, but in a struggle for control of the weapon, Probert suffered a bullet shot in the arm and another in the abdomen.

The burglar escaped.

Eight days later, Probert died from blood poisoning in Vancouver General Hospital.

The murderer was never identified.

Contemporary newspapers give few and conflicting details of the murder, but in 1955 the weekly magazine of the Province published an article about this case.

The writer was B.A. McKelvie, a journalist known to sensationalize the past based on fanciful research. Still, in this instance, McKelvie’s story seems truthful when he tells about Crowe running for help to the nearby West house, followed by the wounded Probert.

Mrs. West, née Martha Mary Lee, was a nurse – the only one in Whonnock – and she and her brother Olaus attended to Probert’s injuries until the arrival of Dr. Funk, who was stationed at the

Stave Dam. Almost a year after the murder, in February 1912, two bothers of Probert came from Calgary to reopen the case. With the help of private detectives, they reportedly had secured “valuable evidence,” suggesting that local people could have been involved in the robbery and holdup. Nothing came of their efforts to identify the culprits, but the echoes of the idea that the perpetrator or perpetrators were from Whonnock are reflected in a grotesque version of the May 1911 murder in George Godwin’s novel The Eternal Forest, published in 1929.

At the beginning of the novel, Blanchard [Whiting] says: “You weren’t here when the store murder happened ... They never got the fellow. He made a clean get-away.

They telegraphed down the line. No go ... Well, he was supposed to have smashed open that door ... [b]ut he never did. It was a put-up job. There never was a holdup man in the store at all.”

Blanchard mentions that someone saw a woman dressed in white

running from the back of the store to Armstrongs.

In this version, Blanchard [Whiting] is pointing his finger to Mrs. Armstrong [Mrs. West] as the murderer.

But later in the novel, Old Jim, the chief of the Indian reserve, tells a different story. At the night of the murder, he saw Mrs. Armstrong, Blanchard and another man drinking and laughing in the store. The other man made advances to Mrs. Armstrong, anger-

ing Blanchard, who hit him with a bottle. The man pulled a gun. Mrs. Armstrong grabbed him and the gun dropped.

It got into Blanchard’s hands and he shot and killed the man. Mrs. Armstrong ran off to her house.

Many years later, the late Brian Byrnes, a longtime Whonnock resident, asked Whiting about Godwin and his book.

Whiting’s only comment was, “That beastly beggar.”

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On the left of the Whonnock building is the store, and on the right are the living quarters, where the shooting took place.

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Members of all dance level are welcome to join. For more information, contact Porter at 604-476-9160.

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Seniority

Seniors’ Guide available in French, Punjabi and Chinese This year’s edition of the B.C. Seniors’ Guide contains information on services, programs and tips on healthy aging is available in both official languages, and in other commonly used languages in the province.

“The B.C. Seniors’ Guide is a handy booklet with lots of resources to help seniors manage their health, home, money, safety and lots more,” former minister of state for seniors Ralph Sultan said in making the announcement earlier this year.

“Having the B.C. Seniors’ Guide in French means even more people around the province can easily access information that is relevant to seniors and their families.”

The 10th edition of the English B.C. Seniors’ Guide was unveiled in October and time was needed to provide translated versions. The guide was also translated into Chinese and Punjabi.

“It is important that the B.C. Francophone community has easy access to information on programs and services available to seniors,” said Douglas Horne, parliamentary secretary to the premier.

“With the French edition of the B.C. Seniors’ Guide, French-speaking British Columbians now have an up-to-date reference guide for what government services are available for our seniors.”

The new edition of the B.C. Seniors’ Guide contains updates to many services and programs, including a section on

benefits and provides information on new seniors’ resources and services. The guide also provides tips on healthy aging and encourages seniors to plan ahead for future needs.

To receive a free copy, call 1-877-9523181. The guide is also available online at www.gov.bc.ca/seniorsguide. The Frenchlanguage version of the guide was created with support from the Canada-British Columbia Cooperation Agreement on Official Languages.

Providing easy access to all the information seniors and their families need to make informed choices about care is a key commitment in the B.C. government’s Seniors Action Plan. Through “Improving Care for B.C. Seniors: An Action Plan”, government is building a more accessible, transparent and accountable approach to seniors’ care.

The plan contains specific deliverables to help seniors and their families navigate the health system and easily access information about care options, as well as provides for the appointment of a seniors’ advocate.

• More information on the Seniors Action Plan can be found online at: www.gov. bc.ca/seniorsactionplan.

Under B.C.’s Family Agenda, government supports seniors by encouraging health, active aging so they can remain independent and enjoy active social participation.

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Country pop sound geared to a teen audience and emulates singers like Taylor Swift

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or Nicole Clark, it was a spring break like no other, a week in the city of stars.

A consummate performer, who loves being on stage, the trip to Los Angeles was more than a dream coming true.

“Songwriting has been my diary,” says Clark.

“Instead of writing in a diary, I just go and write songs.”

The Grade 11 Thomas Haney secondary student has been writing and posting videos on her own YouTube channel since age 13.

Her covers of songs by her favourite artists and original compositions slowly built a steady following and were noticed by a couple of L.A. producers last year.

When she was first contacted by the folks at Research Music and Sound in Burbank, California, Clark was a little skeptical.

“You can’t believe everything,” says Clark, who did a little research and realized Michael Getches and Shannon McArthur were the real deal.

Getches and McArthur have worked with and produced songs for Lucy Hale of Pretty Little Liars, Colbie Caillat, Jason Mraz, Train and Plain White T`s. They’ve also worked with another Maple Ridge singer – Ray Gibson.

Clark worked with McArthur via Skype crafting two singles - This Dress and Better Than You - which she recorded in California over spring break.

Her country pop sound is especially geared to a teen audience and emulates her favourite singers such as Taylor Swift.

This Dress is a song about a girl who catches the attention of a boy and Better Than You is about about breaking up, moving on and realizing that there’s a better person out there, explains Clark, who is quick to point out the songs are not inspired by her life.

Besides being a musician, Clark is a completive dancer, who has performed at the 2010 Winter Paralympic ceremonies, the PNE, White Caps games and the Grey Cup halftime show. She’s also acted in a couple of commercials for cough syrup and Pizza Hut. Clark finds it hard to pick just one creative outlet.

“I love it all,” says Clark, who encourages up-and-coming singers to test their mettle on YouTube.

“It’s definitely a good thing to do. Social media makes it so much easier to get your stuff out there and to get noticed. YouTube has led to tons of opportunities for so many performers.”

She’s someone who doesn’t get butterflies in her tummy when on stage.

“It’s something I enjoy so much,” says Clark.

“Honestly just being on stage, it feels home to me. It’s somewhere I can be myself.”

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Nicole Clark, 17, recorded two singles in L.A. over spring break. Both songs are now on ITunes.

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Youth choir collects accolodes for Coastal Sound 20 singers from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows perform at Chorus America

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The Coastal Sound Youth Choir features more than 20 singers from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. See the choir perform under the direction of Carrie Tennant June 22 in Vancouver.

Carrie Tennant can barely list the accolades her band of young singers have snagged in the past week.

The Coastal Sound Youth Choir was crowned the top youth choir and the top choir at the B.C. Performing Arts Festival.

The 60-member choir is one of only two Canadian choirs selected to perform this weekend at the Chorus America conference in Seattle, one of the biggest gatherings of choral conductors and arts administrators on the continent.

That’s in addition to being one of three finalists in the youth choir category for the Canadian Competition for Amateur Choirs.

“It’s a pretty big deal,” says choir director Tennant, a former teacher at Maple Ridge secondary, who is now leading a chorus that features 20 singers from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

The choir will be performing with some of the biggest names in choral music at Chorus America.

“The Coastal Sound Youth Choir has become known for their eclectic and creative programming,” says Tennant, who is a member of the Van-

couver-based indie-pop group, the Salteens . “This concert is no different.”

Coastal Sound’s Chorus America performance will include a new work by Victoria composer Sarah Quartel, an African-American spiritual (arranged

by Diane Loomer), two Estonian pieces, a new work from Finland, something from Sesame Street and Anton Bruckner’s Ave Maria.

The Maple Ridge Secondary School’s junior concert choir, conducted by Denise O’Brien, garnered an honourable mentioned at this year’s B.C. Performing Arts Festival.

The Coastal Sound Youth Choir is one of several ensembles trained by the Coastal Sound Music Academy, which offers choral music programs for everyone from pre-schoolers to adults.

Showtime The youth choir performs a celebration concert June 22 at Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Vancouver at 7:30 p.m.

The concert will also feature the New Westminster Chamber Choir. Admission by donation. The choir is currently hosting auditions for next season’s youth choir. Coastal Sound also has opportunities for younger voices. To book your audition, visit coastalsoundmusic.com/join-a-choir.

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Tea time Lynell Adams, her son Justin, 10, and mother-in-law Jan Linklater enjoy a cup of tea at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery Sunday afternoon. All money raised from the afternoon tea and plant sale is going towards the Maple Ridge Art Gallery.

Salmon Confidential on screen Last film of the season for Cinema Politica Cinema Politica is partnering with Citizens Against Urban Sprawl Society to screen a documentary that probes what’s killing B.C.’s salmon.

Salmon Confidential is film that gets behind the s c e n e s of what environmentalist call the “biggest government cover-up ever perpetrated on British Columbians.”

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Tyler O’Neill has long been a fan of the Seattle Mariners, and apparently the Maple Ridge slugger got their attention too.

On Friday morning, the Major League Baseball club made O’Neill their thirdround pick in the 2013 draft, choosing him 85th overall.

“You’ve got to be excited,” said O’Neill. “I grew up with them being my number one team. My family would drive down a couple times per year to see the Mariners.

“Now I want to be a player who makes other kids want to come to the ball park and fall in love with the game.”

O’Neill is a Langley Blaze power hitter who has terrorized pitchers in the Premier Baseball League. He is currently a triple crown threat,

hitting .576 with six home runs, and has run away with the RBI lead with 47 in only 57 at-bats. That follows up a first season where he was the rookie of the year and the league’s offensive MVP. He has drawn comparisons to Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie, and has already signed a letter of intent with Oregon State University.

Now, where he plays next year will be determined by the Mariners organization and his agent – he will likely be assigned to rookie ball, or single A. O’Neill’s agent called him at 7:30 a.m. on Friday morning, to talk with him about the Mariners, and their intention to take him in the third round. O’Neill said his agent liked the deal the Mariners discussed, and the opportunity to take on a role in an organization rebuild-

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Tyler O’Neill is on the verge of a professional baseball career.

ing with young players.

“He was ecstatic about it – third round to the Mariners is a pretty good spot,” said O’Neill.

His father Terry is a former bodybuilding champion who showed Tyler how to build a physique that has earned him the nickname Tank, and Terry and the rest of his family should be able to easily travel to watch Tyler play if he lands with the Everett Aquasox, who are their Class A short season team.

The draft list shows O’Neill as a right fielder. He has been a catcher and shortstop with the Blaze, but the organization projects him as a run producing outfielder.

Wherever he plays, it will be his bat that drives his baseball career.

The Mariners scouting director is Tom McNamara, who was with the Milwaukee Brewers when they drafted

Lawrie in the first round.

McNamara watched O’Neill play with the Junior National Team in Florida, and also saw him in Arizona with the Blaze. In Arizona he faced pitchers who were Class A quality throwers, and he handled them well. Then, on the Monday before the draft, O’Neill went to Safeco Field in Seattle to work out for the scouts. He hit batting practice, and launched two or three into the upper deck.

Despite all the excitement and anticipation – not to mention the signing bonus – little changes for O’Neill this summer.

“I keep doing what I’m doing – go to my ball game with my team.”

But on Friday, which was also his graduation day from Garibaldi secondary, a longtime goal was fulfilled.

“It’s one of the biggest days of my life.”

Records fall at elementary track and field meet Some new local records were set as the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school district elementary track and field meet was held last week.

In the Grade 5 girls’ 100m sprint, Chisom Obioha of Meadowridge set a new mark with a time of 14.47 seconds.

In the Grade 5 boys’ 200m race, Justin Apps of Maple Ridge elementary won in a record time of 29.16.

And, in the Grade 5

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Fairview elementary’s Neve Hayes competes in the Grade 4 girls’ 200-metre heat during a district track and field championships at Maple Ridge secondary on Thursday.

girls’ 200m event, Rachel Dumonceaux set a new district record of 29.08.

Paul Moran, who has organized the meet for the past eight runnings, believes this was the 53rd annual event, and he has records going back about 30 years.

Moran said schools have been training for months for the event, and more than 1,700 kids took part, attracting some 1,000 spectators, and organized by

more than 100 teachers.

School placing team points: Large schools 1. Laity View 291 2. Albion 287 3. Yennadon 270 Medium schools 1. Alouette 239 2. Hammond 205 3. Harry Hooge 160 Small Schools 1. Fairview 198 2. Meadowridge 194 3. Davie Jones 121

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Jaya Hong of the Kanaka Creek Cougars competes in the girls’ Grade 4 shot put event during the district track and field meet.

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A 17-goal outburst by the Maple Ridge Burrards on Sunday night avenged a Thursday night loss to the New Westminster Salmonbellies.

With a win and a loss on the week, the Burrards retain a share of first place in the Western Lacrosse Association, tied with the Victoria Shamrocks with 5-2 records.

The Salmonbellies managed to cool off the WLA’s hottest team on Thursday night, downing the Burrards 10-8 at Queen’s Park arena. Apparently they were armed with kryptonite, because they held Curtis ‘Superman’ Dickson to a modest two goals and five points – modest for him.

After that tight affair, the two teams exploded for a couple of touchdowns each on Sunday at Planet Ice, in a 17-15 Burrards win.

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A fracas erupted when New West goaltender Neil Tyacke high-sticked Joel Delgarno. perforated for 10 goals in the opening 30 minutes.

While he was pulled, Andre wasn’t throwing Levis under the bus.

“He’s done phenomenal for us. For him to have an off night – that’s allright,” said Andre.

Levis leads the league in playing time, saves (236) and wins (four).

Backup Carson Michaud spelled him for the second half of the game, and got the win.

Salmonbellies goaltender Neil Tyacke let his frustration show. Burrard Joel Delgarno was recieving a breakaway pass that would have left him oneon-one against Tyacke.

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After the gloves were picked up, Tyacke was assessed a five-minute major penalty, and a minor for holding.

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Yardley, a resident of Maple Ridge, started his final round of the championship not the way he wanted to, carding two consecutive bogeys.

However, his resiliency on the par 70, 6,131yard course proved to be the deciding factor, as he was able to get his final round back to even-par 70 and post a 212 total (69-73-70), one clear of the field.

Vancouver’s Andrew Robb, the 36-hole leader and Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club member, started the day three strokes ahead of Yardley, only to give all of them back after a double bogey seven on the difficult par-5 476yard fifth hole.

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“I just wanted to come out and have fun. Bogeys and birdies – it really doesn’t matter what we are shooting. We are out here for a good time,” said Yardley.

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made a bogey. I hit a couple bad shots backto-back and ended up making a double bogey on 13. I ended up going from having a lead to having to come from behind.”

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After witnessing a Robb birdie attempt slide wide of the cup, Yardley putted from eight feet and tapped in for his win with a big smile on his face.

Pitt Meadows resident Greg Bismeyer shot rounds of 73-69-78 to finish tied for a respectable 10th-place finish.

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Todd & Sue Rogers are thrilled to announce the arrival of their granddaughter

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Proud & Happy Parents Mark & Sarah Dawson and big brother Nixon.

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of Maple Ridge, born 1923.

Passed away June 10, 2013.

Marion was the daughter of a Pioneer family, Nettie & Albert Hampton, her paternal grandparents having settled in Maple Ridge in 1879. She was a graduate of Maple Ridge High School and a graduate of Royal Columbian Hospital. Predeceased by her husband, Henry Harvey Belsey, she leaves to mourn daughter Marilyn Timoffee, son Gary Belsey, and families. No service by request.

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Loving wife, mother, and grandmother passed away on Friday, June 7, 2013 at 7:45pm at McKenney Creek Hospice in Maple Ridge, after a 6 month battle with Ovarian Cancer. She is survived by her loving husband Wilhelm Fengler, 3 daughters Angela and Audrey Fengler, and Petra Taylor; also left to mourn her passing are doting son in law Don Taylor, and loving grandchildren Kim and Ken Taylor.

She will be deeply missed.

We mourn our loss, and remain steadfast in God & Merciful Love. May she rest in peace. Prayers will be said on Wednesday, June 12 at 5:00pm at St. Luke’s Catholic Church 20285 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge. Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, June 13 at 11:00am, also at St. Luke’s Catholic Church. Interment to follow at Maple Ridge Cemetery. Donations to McKenney Creek Hospice c/o Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation would be greatly appreciated.

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BURNETT bcclassified.com Robert “Bob” George Robert Burnett passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at Cascade Hospice at the age of 75 years. Bob was born on June 1, 1937 in Hamilton, Ontario and moved to BC in the 1960’s. He was an auto mechanic for many years and loved to watch his Nascar races. Bob will be sadly missed by his wife of 35 years, Brenda; son Duane; sister Mary; 2 sisters and brothers-in-law; 3 nieces; 1 nephew; 3 great nephews; and many other family members. He was predeceased by parents Bert and Gwen Burnett.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home, 45865 Hocking Ave, Chilliwack followed by the Inurnment at Maple Ridge Cemetery at 2:30 pm. Memorial donations may be made in Bob’s name to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Online condolences may be offered at www.woodlawnmtcheam.ca.

TONY, Calvin Better known to his friends as “Big Tony”. Passed away June 7th, 2013. Late of Maple Ridge, B.C., age 64 years.

Survived by his loving family, wife Karen; daughters, Natasha and Samantha (Skye); son Shelby (StephDee); grandchildren, Kaisha, Maya, & Elliott; sister Juanita; niece Yasmeen; nephew Darnell; and extended family Rob and Tammy and Ray and Laurie. Memorial Service Saturday, June 15th at 6:00 pm in the MAPLE RIDGE FUNERAL CHAPEL (Osborn’s), 11969 - 216th Street.

Our wonderful husband, father, grandfather and friend was taken from us much too soon.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

Woodlawn Mt. Cheam Funeral Home 45865 Hocking Avenue Chilliwack BC V2P 1B5 604-793-4555

Expressions of sympathy can be made at www.gardenhill.ca

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Duties will include: production flow, ad design, web ads, campaigns and features, online material, classified ads, file management, tech support and team dynamics to suit our fast paced industry.

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CALL TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW.

604-653-5928 173

MIND BODY SPIRIT

Full Body Swedish Massage

*PRIVATE *EUROPEAN From $65 & Up. 604.230.4444

180

EDUCATION/TUTORING

GUARANTEED Job Placement: General Laborers and Tradesmen For Oil & Gas Industry. Call 24hr Free Recorded Message For Information 1-800-972-0209

Landscape Foreman

Well established Company requires a skilled Landscape Foreman to run a small f/t crew.

We specialize in landscape repairs, smaller installations & some landscape maintenance related duties. This is a diverse position that requires a multi skilled individual that can perform all duties from hard & softscape & basic landscape maintenance.

We will negotiate a healthy wage, company vehicle and benefits.

We are looking for an individual that is seeking long term employment and opportunity. Apply with resume to: abajic@weedbusters.ca or visit us at

www.weedbusters.ca NOW HIRING! EARN EXTRA CASH - Men & Women In Demand for Simple Work. P/T-F/T. Can Be Done From Home. Acceptance Guaranteed No Experience Required, All Welcome! www.BCJobLinks.com

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Wild and Crazy, Can’t Be Lazy!

Call Cindy 604 777-2195

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

Cubermen & Shake & Shingle Packers, Block Pilers & Trimmermen Required by Maple Ridge Red Cedar Products.

Please call 604-462-7335 between 7:30 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. weekdays and ask for Gary.

After 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.

Please call Happy at 604-615-4997.

CONCRETE & PLACING

Leo: 604-657-2375 / 604-462-8620

ESTHETIC SERVICES

DISCOUNT SPA SERVICES 20% off all including massage at Yucatan Spa Coq. with Amanda 604-315-5704

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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DRYWALL

CASCADE DRYWALL. Res / Comm Drywall, taping, text. ceilings, t-bar. steel stud. Call Rob 604-218-2396 or 604-820-9601

604-465-3189 283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

M.T. GUTTERS

Need CA$H Today?

Own A Vehicle?

Professional Installation

260

ALWAYS! GUTTER Cleaning & Roof Blowing, Moss Control,30 yrs exp., Reliable! Simon 604-230-0627

287

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

❞A ALL RESIDENTIAL❞

LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, education, professional, certification, adoption property rental opportunities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540

Trimming W Pruning W Topping Clean-upW Garbage Removal

Gardening Flower Beds W Allan Blocks Bark Mulch W River Lava Rock

Lawn Care Weeding W New Turf Fertilizing W Moss Control Power Raking W Aeration Free Estimate 18 years experience in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows

778.885.7074 Trent Reisinger

Home Renovations and New Construction

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

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

Dean 604-834-3076

C & C Electrical Mechanical

604.230.1634 or 604.467.3724

DUTCH TOUCH

MISC SERVICES

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

•Drainage •Back-Filling •Landscaping & Excavating.

Hourly or Contract. 38 Years Exp.

$59.00 Per Ton

356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

DISPOSAL BINS 00 Starting from $199.

Incls. Delivery & Pick-Up. Residential & Commercial Service • Green Waste • Construction Debris • Renovations • House Clean Outs

604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

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No Job Too Small Free Estimates ~ 7 Days/Wk

Call Tony 604-834-2597 www.bulldogdisposal.ca

RECYCLE-IT! JUNK REMOVAL • Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses • More

BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

Recycled Earth Friendly HOT TUBS ARE NO PROBLEM! FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

C & C Electrical Mechanical

604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

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

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TOPSOIL

Certified, Insured & Bonded

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RELIABLE & AFFORDABLE

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Journeyman Call 604-345-0899

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

100% Heating & Plumbing 24/7

604 575 5555

Meadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

604-576-6750 or Cell: 604.341.7374

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MOVING & STORAGE

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604-618-6401 Marcel

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Excavator & Bobcat Services

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood Laminate Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

338

Landscape Construction Renovations W Maintenance

317

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

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

No job too small.Call 604-476-0766

604-475-7077

604-463-3644 604-861-1490

604-475-7077

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3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

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

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

Green Services Ltd

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

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PAINT SPECIAL

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(#102055) Bonded

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

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S. H. LANDSCAPING TREE SERVICES

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

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16897 Windsor Road Pitt Meadows

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MILANO PAINTING & RENOS. Int./Ext. Prof. Painters. Free Est. Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510

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NO CREDIT CHECKS

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~ FULLY INSURED ~

ELECTRICAL

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•New Roofs •Re-Roofs •Repairs

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

HERFORT CONCRETE

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NO Wood byproducts used

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17607 Ford Road Pitt Meadows

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

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

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all soils are tested for Optimum growing requirements.

UNIQUE CONCRETE DESIGN

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We are an exciting national promotions company that is looking for energetic outgoing individuals for FT work. We offer paid training, travel, competitive hourly wages, benefits, and rapid growth.

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PRESSURE WASHING

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LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

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DON’T LET TIME & DISTANCE STAND IN YOUR WAY.

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JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service.

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172 ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS

HOME REPAIRS

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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300

CLEANING SERVICES

Housecleaning & Maintenance (no chemicals) Move Out (Pack & Go ~ We Clean) Thinking of Selling? (we clean, organize & stage for a quick sale)

. 4 U SPA

288

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd.

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HELP WANTED

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Guaranteed Record Removal since 1989. Confidential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO. BOOKLET

(Valleyfair Mall)

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LEGAL SERVICES

CRIMINAL RECORD?

ALLURE HAIR FASHIONS

130

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

288

HOME REPAIRS

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

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 372

SUNDECKS

PETS 477

PETS

Yorkshire Terrier, 9 wks M&F Shots & dewormed. Vet checked Black & tan. $900. 604-828-2806

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 542 Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

374

TREE SERVICES

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

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

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663

MAPLE RIDGE/ PITT MEADOWS

removal done RIGHT!

STRAWBERRIES Greenvale Farms

• Tree Trimming • Fully Insured • Best Rates 604-787-5915/604-291-7778

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560

MISC. FOR SALE

454

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CEDAR HOGFUEL Special Spring prices Sawdust also available

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Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PIANO; Mason Ridge, Cabrio style, good condition, $800. (604)936-7874

REAL ESTATE 612 BUSINESSES FOR SALE Augustine Soil & Mulch Ltd. Pitt Meadows, BC

604-465-5193

477

PETS

ESTABLISHED LOCKSMITH Business on Vancouver Island since 1997. Tools, equipment, stock & extension customer base. Mobile sprinter available also. Call for details 250-949-7708 or 250-9029156.

625

FOR SALE BY OWNER

BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, bred at Diesel Kennel, one male puppy left, $1000. (604)869-5073 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977 FREE MATURE CATS 1 Male & 1 Fem, neutered, spayed, & vaccinated. Must go together.

Call Jessica @ 604-798-7435.

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$396,900 3 Bdrm new home.

Maple Ridge, close to schools.

Full bsmt, your own house & lot.

NO STRATA! SELLING FAST. Call today 604-477-2959

PUG STUD (rare silver) and Golden Retriever Stud (OFA and eye Cert.) available for service. May consider puppy back or cash, depending.

604-820-4827 Mission TOY POODLE PUP 5 weeks old.

Male, blond/white. $700. Avail June 15. 604-820-4230, 604-302-7602

OKANAGAN PRIME LAKEVIEW LOTS FROM $140,000 Also; Spectacular 3 Acre Parcel at $390,000 1-250-558-7888 www.orlandoprojects.com ~ FINANCING AVAILABLE ~

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO #1 IN RENTALS (Since 1990)

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Close to transit, schools, and shopping.

Sandy 604 945 5864 sandy@terramanagement.ca

MAPLE RIDGE 2 Bdrm, 2 bath, on 2nd Floor amenities room, weight room, f/p, new appl’s, insuite laundry, Beautiful master ensuite, 2 u/g parking, 24hr monitored security, avail in URBANO complex for July 1, credit checks & references mandatory Walk to shopping, schools. $1200/mo

746

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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

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

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

ROOMS FOR RENT

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

22437 121st Ave 604-467-0715 &

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

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

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1 & 2 Bdrms from $655 & $880 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra.

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

(604)466-5799

Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889 FREE PREMIUM CABLE $80 Value

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) M.RIDGE Cntrl 11735-225 St. Quiet 2 bdrm $900, incl heat & h/w. No dogs. 604-728-0940, 604-468-9420

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

Fraser View & Maple View Apartments

750

Certified Crime Free Multiple Housing

Building has been TOTALLY RENOVATED 1 Bedroom suites Avail $595 - $700/mo incl ht/wtr & cable. NP

GARIBALDI Court

NORTHSIDE POCO Newer 1 bdrm clean bsmt suite available immediately. $700 includes utilities, N/S, N/pets. Near school, bus, and shopping. CALL 778-833-3303

752

Fully renovated 1 & 2 bdrm suites

Great location for seniors!

Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incls heat, h/w, cable.

Senior Move-In Allowance.

Refs & Credit check req.

Full time on-site caretaker.

Available Immediately

MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St Maple Ridge 1 Bdrm $550/mo Incl’s hot water Certified Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented.

Close to uptown 604-463-4131 for appointment (9am-5pm) MAPLE RIDGE, Central 1bdrm apt, quiet secure bldg, gas f/p, u/g prkg, laundry rm. $857/mo. 604-785-8851

838

RECREATIONAL/SALE

TOWNHOUSES

MAPLE RIDGE 3 Bdrm T/H, newly reno’d, 1.5 baths, f/p, f/s, w/d, d/w. $1350/mo +utils. Avail now. NS/NP. Call 604-466-8499 MAPLE RIDGE; One year old townhouse for rent at 22977 116th Ave 2000 sq.ft., double garage, granite counter tops, s.s. appliances, hw floors, 3 Bed, 2.5 Bath. Avail June 1 Contact Sergio @ 604-779-6801 NORTH PORT COQUITLAM, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Washrooms, Ground Level Townhome for Rent from 01 JUL 2013. Granite Counter Tops, Stainless Steel Appliances, Close to all Amenities. Rent $1450/mth. call SAT @778 891 1450 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

TRANSPORTATION 810

AUTO FINANCING

2007 29’ FOREST RIVER Cl C. 29,000 miles, dual slides, like new, loaded, 1 year warranty. $45,900 obo. 604-856-9444

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2010 VENZA: Like new, only 20,000 kms, fully loaded, automatic, 6 cylinder, dvd system. $22,800. 604-575-5555.

S.Surrey NEW 2 BR/2 BTH “Edgewater” Condo. Large deck, walk-in closet, pool, hot-tub, yoga $1,700.

Call Doug: 604-999-7050

2 BEDROOM

Sorry No Pets

2001 HONDA ACCORD EXL, 215K, fully loaded, auto, leather & heated seats, s/roof, a/c, Local car. $5100/obo. 604-518-8800.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Notice is hereby given to creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Iris Cunningham, deceased, late of Maple Ridge, BC, that the particulars of their claims should be sent to the undersigned executor on or before July 9, 2013, after which the estate’s assets will be distributed, having regard only to the claims that have been received.

Gordon Davidson, Executor 203 - 910 W 8th Ave Vancouver, BC, V5Z1E5

604-464-3550

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

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CLASSIFIEDS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO BUILD BUSINESS.

S Incl heat/ht water, wndw cvrngs S Close to bus stop S Walk to shoping/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) 463-9522 Central Maple Ridge AVAILABLE MID-JUNE

SUITES, LOWER

MAPLE RIDGE: Nr Thomas Haney School. 2 bdrm bsmt suite, small living room. $900/mo hydro & gas inc. Avail. now. (604)467-9251

PORT COQUITLAM

RENOVATED SUITES 1 Bdrm suite $775 2 Bdrm corner suite $925

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

604.465.7713

Hot Water S Parking S Avl July 1

No pets ~ Ref’s req’d.

STORAGE

Pitt Meadows Marina

MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl lrg 2 bdrm 2 baths, quiet, $1050 incls 5 appls, gas f/p. N/s, n/p. July 1. 465-8268

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The Scrapper

Call 604-467-3944

MAPLE RIDGE Central, avail now.

2 Bdrm, 2/bath, 5 appls, $900.

Gas f/p’s u/g prkg.

604-467-4450 or 604-833-4450

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Haney Motor Hotel

1 & 2 BDRM SUITES

MAPLE COURT I

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

$75 OFF 1ST MONTH

Heat, hot water & parking.

Close to stores & schools.

Derek Manor 2048 Manning Ave.

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

New SRI *1152 sq/ft Double wide $77,900. *14x70 Full gyproc single wide - loaded $69,900.

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

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604-463-3000

AVAILABLE NOW MAPLE RIDGE: OPEN HOUSE 2-4pm Sat. Jun 8th-12540 Laity ST, Maple Ridge. Super cozy 3lvl split, 4-bed, 2.5 bths. New paint, bath, blinds, carpet. $489,900. Herbie 604-616-1225.

Royal Pacific Realty

604.418.1932

New home w/riverview in Ruskin.

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

AUTO FINANCING

Rick Medhurst Royal LePage Realty

MAPLE RIDGE

1 bdrm. on 3rd floor $795/mo WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms!

CALL US FIRST! 604-626-9647

* Renovated Suites *

TRANSPORTATION

Unbelievable Rates, Starting at $495/month.

Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf.

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Updated and well maintained.

604-463-1731

S Impeccably clean S Heat

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Queen Anne Apts.

810

Maple Ridge Office & Retail Space

12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings

$396,900. 3 Bdrm NEW HOME. Maple Ridge, close to schools.

Full bsmt, your own house & lot.

NO STRATA! SELLING FAST. Call today 604-477-2959 www.epichomes.info

627

GREAT LOCATION

OFFICE/RETAIL

TRANSPORTATION

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

MOVING - Entire Contents of House - Everything must go. Call for more information 604-862-9177.

PETS

1 & 2 Bdrms $790/$880

604-463-7450 604-463-2236

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30X34 $6,656. 32X42 $8,488.

40X54 $13,385. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

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MAPLE RIDGE

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INCLUDES: HEAT, HOT WATER & HYDRO Near Shopping & Amenities.

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FOR UP TO

FINANCING

FINANCING

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SALES EVENT

MONTHS

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10,000 MONTHS

IN PRICE ADJUSTMENTS Ω

ON SELECT MODELS

2013

ELANTRA L

2012 CANADIAN AND NORTH AMERICAN CAR OF THE YEAR

HWY: 5.2L/100 KM CITY: 7.1L/100 KM▼

77 0 15,944 OWN IT FOR

CELEBRATE LOWEST PAYMENTS OF 2013

$

BI-WEEKLY

WITH

FINANCING FOR 96 MONTHS

$

INCLUDES

SELLING PRICE:

%† $

♦

ELANTRA L 6-SPEED MANUAL. $1,500 PRICE ADJUSTMENTΩ, DELIVERY & DESTINATION INCLUDED.

1,500

IN PRICE ADJUSTMENTSΩ

Limited model shown

NO MONEY DOWN INCLUDES: 6 AIRBAGS • iPOD®/USB/AUXILIARY INPUT JACKS • POWER WINDOWS & DOOR LOCKS • ABS WITH TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM • DUAL HEATED POWER EXTERIOR MIRRORS

2013 BEST NEW SMALL CAR

2013

(OVER $21K)

GENESIS COUPE

HWY: 6.6L/100 KM CITY: 10.0L/100 KM▼

135 0 28,064

$

OWN IT FOR

WITH

BI-WEEKLY

FINANCING FOR 96 MONTHS

3.8L GT model shown

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SELLING PRICE:

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GENESIS COUPE 2.0T 6-SPEED MANUAL. DELIVERY & DESTINATION INCLUDED.

NO MONEY DOWN

INCLUDES: 2.0T I4 CVVT DOHC ENGINE • AIR CONDITIONING W/AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL • 18" ALLOY WHEELS • iPOD®/USB/AUXILIARY INPUT • SIRIUS XM™ RADIO WITH BLUETOOTH® HANDS FREE PHONE SYSTEM

2013

VELOSTER

2012 BEST NEW DESIGN 2012 BEST NEW SPORTS/ PERFORMANCE CAR (UNDER $50K) HWY: 5.3L/100 KM CITY: 7.5L/100 KM▼

99 0 20,594

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WITH

FINANCING FOR 96 MONTHS

INCLUDES

SELLING PRICE:

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♦

VELOSTER 6-SPEED MANUAL. DELIVERY, DESTINATION & $600 IN PRICE ADJUSTMENTSΩ INCLUDED.

600

Tech. model shown

IN PRICE ADJUSTMENTSΩ

NO MONEY DOWN

INCLUDES: 7″ TOUCHSCREEN MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM WITH REARVIEW CAMERA • REAR PARKING ASSIST SYSTEM • HEATED FRONT SEATS • 3RD DOOR FOR PASSENGER ACCESS • SIRIUS XM™ RADIO WITH BLUETOOTH® HANDS FREE PHONE SYSTEM

2013

TUCSON L

HWY: 7.7L/100 KM CITY: 10.4L/100 KM▼

99 0 20,509

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WITH

BI-WEEKLY

FINANCING FOR 96 MONTHS

INCLUDES

SELLING PRICE:

%† $

$

Limited model shown

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TUCSON L 5-SPEED MANUAL. $1,250 PRICE ADJUSTMENTΩ, DELIVERY & DESTINATION INCLUDED.

1,250

IN PRICE ADJUSTMENTSΩ

NO MONEY DOWN

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INCLUDES: AIR CONDITIONING • EZ LANE CHANGE ASSIST • DOWNHILL BRAKE CONTROL AND HILLSTART ASSIST • REAR SPOILER • iPOD®/USB/MP3 AUXILIARY INPUT JACKS

The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. †Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual/Genesis Coupe 2.0T 6-Speed Manual/Veloster 6-Speed Manual/ Tucson L 5-Speed Manual with an annual finance rate of 0% for 96 months. Bi-weekly payments are $77/$135/$99/$99. No down payment required. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,495/$1,565/$1,495/$1,760. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. Financing example: 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual for $15,944 (includes $1,500 price adjustment) at 0% per annum equals $77 bi-weekly for 96 months for a total obligation of $15,944. Cash price is $15,944. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Example price includes Delivery and Destination of $1,495. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Fuel consumption for 2013 Elantra Sedan L 6-Speed Manual (HWY 5.2L/100KM; City 7.1L/100KM)/Genesis Coupe 2.0T 6-Speed Manual (HWY 6.6L/100KM; City 10.0L/100KM)/Veloster 6-Speed Manual (HWY 5.3L/100KM; City 7.5L/100KM)/ Tucson L 5-Speed Manual (HWY 7.7L/100KM; City 10.4L/100KM) are based on Energuide. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. Price of models shown: 2013 Elantra Limited/Genesis Coupe 3.8L GT 6-Speed Manual/Veloster Tech 6-Speed Manual/ Tucson Limited AWD is $24,794/$38,564/$24,694/$34,109. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,495/$1,565/$1,495/$1,760. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Price adjustments are calculated against the vehicle’s starting price. Price adjustments of up to $1,500/$600/$1,250 available on 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual /Veloster 6-Speed Manual/ Tucson L 5-Speed Manual. Price adjustments applied before taxes. Offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other available offers. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be assigned. No vehicle trade-in required. †Offers available for a limited time, and subject to change or cancellation without notice. See dealer for complete details. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order may be required. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.

SALES EVENT CELEBRATE WITH OUR LOWEST PAYMENTS OF THE YEAR CELEBRATE WITH OUR LOWEST PAYMENTS OF THE YEAR

5-year/100,000 km Comprehensive Limited Warranty†† 5-year/100,000 km Powertrain Warranty 5-year/100,000 km Emission Warranty

HyundaiCanada.com

The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. †Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual/Genesis Coupe 2.0T 6-Speed Manual/Veloster 6-Speed Manual/ Tucson L 5-Speed Manual with an annual finance rate of 0% for 96 months. Bi-weekly payments are $77/$135/$99/$99. No down payment required.

Cost of Borrowing is $0. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,495/$1,565/$1,495/$1,760. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Delivery and destination charge includes freight, P.D.E., dealer admin fees and a full tank of gas. Financing example: 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual for $15,944 (includes $1,500 price adjustment) at 0% per annum equals $77 bi-weekly for 96 months for a total obligation of $15,944. Cash price is $15,944. Cost of Borrowing is $0. Example price includes Delivery and Destination of $1,495. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. ▼Fuel consumption for 2013 Elantra Sedan L 6-Speed Manual (HWY 5.2L/100KM; City 7.1L/100KM)/Genesis Coupe 2.0T 6-Speed Manual (HWY 6.6L/100KM; City 10.0L/100KM)/Veloster 6-Speed Manual (HWY 5.3L/100KM; City 7.5L/100KM)/ Tucson L 5-Speed Manual (HWY 7.7L/100KM; City 10.4L/100KM) are based on Energuide. Actual fuel efficiency may vary based on driving conditions and the addition of certain vehicle accessories. Fuel economy figures are used for comparison purposes only. ♦Price of models shown: 2013 Elantra Limited/Genesis Coupe 3.8L GT 6-Speed Manual/Veloster Tech 6-Speed Manual/ Tucson Limited AWD is $24,794/$38,564/$24,694/$34,109. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,495/$1,565/$1,495/$1,760. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. ΩPrice adjustments are calculated against the vehicle’s starting price. Price adjustments of up to $1,500/$600/$1,250 available on 2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual /Veloster 6-Speed Manual/ Tucson L 5-Speed Manual. Price adjustments applied before taxes. Offer cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other available offers. Offer is non-transferable and cannot be assigned. No vehicle trade-in required. †Ω♦Offers available for a limited time, and subject to change or cancellation without notice. See dealer for complete details. Dealer may sell for less. Inventory is limited, dealer order may be required. ††Hyundai’s Comprehensive Limited Warranty coverage covers most vehicle components against defects in workmanship under normal use and maintenance conditions.

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9AM - 11PM SEE REVERSE OF FLAP FOR FULL DETAILS.

MEN’S WOVEN SHIRTS

Huge selection of colours and styles available in-store.

SALE ITEMS INCLUDED

Some exclusions apply.

D

PLUS AN ADDITIONAL

E

F

20%

OFF

THURSDAY

JUNE 13 9AM - 11PM

A. Luxe Cut and Sew Shirts (2CEADHSB35534)

Reg. $39.99 SALE $29.99

B. Perfectly Pressed Short-sleeve C. Short-sleeve Sport Shirts Never Iron Casual Summer Shirts Oversizes available in select sizes.

Oversizes available in select styles. (2CEADHSB35488) Reg. $24.99† SALE $18.74† (2CEADHSU35511S) † Oversizes and long sleeve extra Reg. $49.99† SALE $37.49†

D. Vintage Denim Shirts (2CEADHVSB3521)

Reg. $49.99 SALE $37.49

E. Long-sleeve Western Shirts (2CEADHSB35354)

Reg. $34.99 SALE $26.24

(2CEDDHSB3600YD)

Reg. $69.99† SALE $52.49† Oversizes extra

Oversizes and long sleeve extra

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The Only Time You Can Save

F. Perfectly Pressed Slim Fit Long-sleeve Never Iron Shirts Oversizes available in select styles.

20

%

off

CARHARTT’S & ALL WORK BOOTS Hurry in

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604-463-7277

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