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Delta Hospice looking for volunteers ❙ Staff writer Delta Leader
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Welcome back to school! We hope you had an excellent summer and were able to enjoy the beautiful weather we had in Delta throughout the summer months. The sun was ideal for getting outside and exercising our minds and bodies in fun and unique ways. It is now time to take this energy and channel it into the learning that will take place throughout the school year. As our District moves toward realizing our vision of being a leading district for innovative teaching and learner success, we will continue to strive for increased and authentic engagement from students, teachers, staff, parents and other educational partners. As a strong learning community, we can enable all children to reach their full potential and contribute their personal best to the future. We look forward to sharing our success stories with you throughout the school year on our district blog, website and social media channels. We are excited for another stimulating year of innovative learning! — Delta School District and Delta Board of Education
Do you have time to volunteer and are looking for a flexible and fulfilling position within your own community? Delta Hospice volunteers offer meaningful support to Delta residents and families living with a diagnosis of a life threatening illness, advanced illness, or loss. After completing a comprehensive training and education program, volunteers can work at the Harold and Veronica Savage Centre for Supportive Care, at the Irene Thomas Hospice, in hospitals, in homes, and in care facilities. Hospice volunteers are important members of the health care team and contribute their skills, life experiences and caring to help improve the well-being and quality of life of those who are suffering. The Delta Hospice Society will be offering a volunteer training session this fall at the Centre for Supportive Care, from Sept. 16 to Oct. 24. Sessions will be Monday and Thursday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to noon. There are a variety of presenters throughout the 30hour training program, including health care professionals, clients, volunteers and hospice staff. The topics include listening and communication skills, pain and comfort care, living with dying, spirituality, self care, grief and loss and a volunteer panel who present their experiences in the many different areas of service. If you are interested in becoming a trained Delta Hospice volunteer, please call our Reception at 604948-0660 to book a pre-course interview with Coordinator of Volunteers Chris Colero. This meeting will give participants a clear understanding of the course and the expected commitments. For information regarding volunteering at the Hospice Cottage Charity Shoppe, please call the Centre at 604-948-0660, ext 333 and leave a message. You will be contacted by the Cottage Coordinator of Volunteers Sandy Schmidt.
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Delta Community Update Delta AUGUST Community 2013Update AUGUST 2013 Luminary Festival Luminary Festival Come to Sunstone Park in North Delta for the 2nd annual Luminary Festival on September 7. This magical evening runsnd from 6:00 pm to Come to Sunstone Park in North Delta for the 2 annual Luminary 10:00 pm and features children’s games and crafts, buskers, Festival on September 7. This magical evening runs from 6:00 pm to musicians, food vendors and much more! Bring your luminary 10:00 pm and features children’s games and crafts, buskers, (lantern) and help us light up the night! musicians, food vendors and much more! Bring your luminary (lantern) and help us light up the night! Terry Fox Run Terry Fox Runfundraisers will be held in North and South Community run/walk Delta to celebrate the life of Terry Fox and raise money for cancer Community run/walk fundraisers will be held in North and South research. This year’s events are both on September 15: Delta to celebrate the life of Terry Fox and raise money for cancer research. This year’s events are both Septemberat15:8:30 am, • Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall on – registration event starts at 10:00 am • Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall – registration at 8:30 am, • Sungod Recreation Centre event starts at 10:00 am in North Delta – registration at 9:00 am, event starts at 10:00 am • Sungod Recreation Centre in North Delta – registration at Visit www.terryfox.org 9:00 am, event startsfor at more 10:00 information. am Visit www.terryfox.org for more information.
Mayor’s Garden Contest Mayor’s Garden Kids – don’t forget to get Contest your entries in for Mayor Jackson’s Garden Contest! The deadline for entries is September 9 and you Kids – don’t forget to get your entries in for Mayor Jackson’s could win a one year facility pass to all Delta Parks, Recreation & Garden Contest! The deadline for entries is September 9 and you Culture facilities. See www.delta.ca/gardencontest for details. could win a one year facility pass to all Delta Parks, Recreation & Culture facilities. See www.delta.ca/gardencontest for details. Visit delta.ca/events for more information on these and other events. Visit delta.ca/events for more information on these and other events.
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Claying around Want to learn how to throw pots? The North Delta Potters Guild offers classes in the fall ❙ Boaz Joseph
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❙ North Delta Potters Guild director Dawn Govier throws a clay vase in the studio inside the artSpace building. Boaz Joseph photo
first dry to a leather consistency before holes are bored into it, prior to its first firing. That first drying period will need a few more hours, she explains. She got into pottery three years ago after losing her job. “I do it for therapy,” she says with a laugh. Korotash hadn’t taken pottery lessons for 30 years, and says that anyone who wanted to do it on their own had to set up
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“Today is a sort of trial,” says Dawn Govier as she lays out colourful vases, bowls and other glazed, spherical artifacts on a tablecloth in the artSpace building, home of the North Delta Potters Guild (NDPG). The thinking is a new Sunday morning Firehall Farmer’s Market next door is the perfect opportunity for foot traffic in the form of art- or hobby-seekers. The open doors promote what the guild’s 30 members and prospective students have access to, says Deborah Korotash, who displays her green and yellow dishwares that were created for a couple about to wed. Among the studio amenities are several wheels where the raw, wet clay is thrown and spun; small rooms for drying, storage, and mixing chemicals for glazing; and two kilns. The kilns are used for all of the wheel and hand-molded pottery pieces, with the exception of raku pottery, which is fired with smoking paper in a steel garbage bin outside – complete with a fire permit. Everything made is food-, ovenand dishwasher-safe, with the exception of raku, which is porous and purely decorative. Non-raku items are heated twice in a kiln, first in a so-called bisque firing at 1,700 degrees F. They’re then glazed and fired again at about 2,300 degrees. The entire process can take a few days because of long cool-down periods to prevent breakage. (A bit of trivia: With no accessible clay deposits in B.C., all of the clay the NDPG buys comes from Greenbarn Potters Supply in Medicine Hat, Alta.). In one of the drying rooms, Korotash describes how a berry bowl she’s made the previous day must
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their own studio. At the NDPG, all the equipment and tools are available 24/7 for members. There’s lots to learn, even for pottery veterans. Guild vice-president Bev Mason says she’s always experimenting with new techniques, even though she’s currently the guild’s only instructor.
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Delta teen named Top Cadet ❙ Staff Writer Delta Leader
Delta’s Joshua Hung of 819 Skyhawk Squadron was one of three lucky air cadets to receive a onehour flight on a CH125 Sea King helicopter as a reward for his performance during the six-week Drill and Ceremonial Instructors Course at the Albert Head Cadet Summer Training Centre in Metchosin. The versatile surveillance helicopter landed in Albert Head and after the pilots gave the cadets a safety brief, they were whisked away on a flight over the Greater Victoria area. The pilot also treated the air cadets to some aerial maneuvers, such as an auto-rotation while flying. After the one-hour flight, the helicopter returned to 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron in Sidney, where the cadets were invited to join in on the pilot and air
crew debrief. Hung was named Top Cadet at the summer program during the final graduation parade earlier this month. “One of the younger cadets on this senior-level course, his level of personal motivation was inspirational to others,” said his flight commander, Lt Jon Leung. “Friendly and approachable, he took a personal interest in the success of others, and demonstrated a great ability to bring people together a as a team.” Hung says the award was really a recognition of his team’s hard work and discipline. “Top Cadet doesn’t mean I am the best - the award represents the flight,” said the modest cadet of his award. “When you see someone who needs help, you help them, and you all improve together.” There are two air cadet squadrons in Delta, 819 Skyhawk Squadron
with almost 175 cadets, and 828 Hurricane Squadron with nearly 50. Over 50 Delta-area cadets completed a summer training course at Albert Head CSTC. Four other Delta cadets received awards for their performance at Albert Head CSTC this summer. Karan Kakkar was named the Most Improved Cadet, Ahmed Mogharbel won the Top Orienteering Team Award, Harman Sandhu was named Top Cadet from 819 Squadron, while Iver Jackson was named Top Cadet of 828 Hurricane Squadron. There are 19 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadrons in the Metro Vancouver area, with just over 2,100 air cadets. Each year, approximately 930 cadets will attend the Albert Head Air Cadet Summer Training Centre between July and August, while a staff of approximately 150 will provide supervision and instruction.
❙ Cadets Alistair White (Kelowna), Jared Chiu (Port Moody), and Delta’s Joshua Hung with Private Niedziela, an Airborne Electronic Sensor Operator from 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron, just moments before taking off in their one-hour flight in a Sea King helicopter. Contributed photo
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A night of lights is returning. The Corporation of Delta and Polygon are gearing up for the second-annual Luminary Festival on Sept. 7 from 6-10 p.m. in Sunstone Park (10400 Delsom Cr.). This free family event will include live music and entertainment, children’s games, luminary crafts, buskers, displays, and food vendors. There will be wandering entertainers from 6-9 p.m., a main musical performance from 9-10 p.m. and a light parade with luminaries (lanterns) around the park at 8:30 p.m. There were an estimated 3,000 visitors last year, more than were expected for an inaugural run of its kind. “I think this year, it’s going to be packed,” says Teresa Collinet, recreation program coordinator for the Corporation of Delta, who adds she hopes that after last year, more people will understand what a luminary festival is, and what they can bring with them to the park. To help, there will be a Luminary Making Workshop on Aug. 29 from 4-8 p.m. at the North Delta Recreation Centre, 11415 84 Ave. This drop-in event is open to the public, with a $3 fee, which includes supplies. There are also instructions to make your own lantern in a PDF document at http://bit.ly/16qsKVo There is no on-site parking, however a free shuttle service is available from the North Delta Recreation Centre, beginning at 6 p.m. For more information, call 604-952-3000 or visit http://bit.ly/14vAfqZ
NOTE: Kindergarten students will attend for approximately 45 minutes on opening day (parents will be notified of actual times by their child’s school). Secondary Students Opening day hours of attendance for specific secondary schools may be obtained by contacting the school. REGISTRATION for students who are NEW to Delta schools: Elementary Tuesday, August 27 or Wednesday, August 28 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
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“I’m all over the place. I don’t stick with things very long,” says the retired Delta teacher. “I always joke that I can’t make sets of things.” Mason has been with the guild throughout its history: The years without a home, then the tiny studio in the Firehall Centre for the Arts (then run by the Delta Arts Council), then the fire in the unattached
kiln shed (set by vandals), the years of provincial cuts to arts funding, and finally the space in its present building (formerly Deltassist, now shared with Watershed Artworks). “I think we’re in a good space right now,” she says, suggesting there’s solvency, and strength in the membership and the relationships with the city and the arts community. There are big chang-
Secondary Monday, August 26 or Tuesday, August 27 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
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❙ Delta Parks and Recreation program leader Erica Byrne and director Ken Kuntz get in the right spirit at last year’s first Luminary Festival. Boaz Joseph file photo
‘We’re in a good space right now’ es expected in 2014-16. The Corporation of Delta plans to demolish the building and completely overhaul the North Delta Recreation Centre. “We were assured we’d always have a space,” Mason says, adding the guild will make do with whatever they get, despite some concerns about the loss of square footage and flexibility in how the new facility will be designed.
“We knew that there’d be wishes and hopes that wouldn’t materialize. We’ll certainly have to rethink how we use our space.” Still, the pottery will go on. “It’s part of my DNA.” The North Delta Potters Guild is located at 11425 84 Ave. For more details or about fall classes, visit http://northdeltapotters. com or call 604-952-3000.
For students entering Secondary: As above, plus: • Copy of summer school results, if applicable
For students whose first language is not English (ESL): A district assessment service for secondary students only is offered as follows: LADNER, TSAWWASSEN & NORTH DELTA RESIDENTS Wednesday, August 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. School Board Office – 4585 Harvest Dr. At these assessments, children’s English language proficiency will be assessed to determine school placement. To book an appointment, please contact Special Programs at 604-952-5325. For further information please visit our website at http://web.deltasd.bc.ca or call 604-952-5346.
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Gordie McLeod has been living and walking along Tsawwassen’s sandy shores since before he can remember. The 76-year-old moved to Beach Grove in 1939 when he was just two years old and quickly fell in love with exploring the dike trail that leads up the beach along Boundary Bay. When he was a kid he’d often go running along the tall grasses of the narrow dike with his dogs, shooting ducks as they were flushed from their hiding places. Other times he’d head out to Boundary Bay Airport and watch the planes roar as they’d take off into the blue sky. Gordie had a favourite place to stop and sit down to watch hawks chase voles over the meadow, while far past the tidal plains the white snowy crown of Mount Baker would shimmer over the ocean. He still visits his favourite spot frequently with his old cattle dog, Torque, or his
horse Bobby Jack. Located just south of 64th Street is a truck turnaround which he has named John Deere Cutout after a 1934 John Deere B tractor he rebuilt. It used to have a slightly different name. A few years ago he came across a woman walking her doberman, who started up a conversation. “She said, ‘I see you come to the cutout a lot.’” “And I said, ‘No, this is called John Deere Point.’” The two had a laugh over the different names, and being a compromising fellow, Gordie decided to call it John Deere Cutout thereafter. Although there are several concrete benches provided by Metro Vancouver along the Boundary Bay Dike trail, there had never been one at the cutout. Gordie had often thought about putting a nice bench there for people to enjoy, but he didn’t want to come and find Metro staff had hauled it away. But one day in May opportunity knocked. While driving in Beach Grove, Gordie found some wooden chairs in the garbage, so he tossed them in
his pickup and brought them to the cutout. The chairs fit the scene beautifully. Gordie decided to put a book in a screwed down tupperware container where people could record their experiences. It began quickly filling up from visitors who stopped to rest and enjoy the views. “Great place to watch the tide come in,” writes one person, signing the letter G. “Such a great spot for a rest,” writes another, this one named H. “Thanks to whoever put these chairs here. Tsawwassen is such a beautiful place to live.” Bill adds, “Nice place to listen to the wind.” The testimonials go on and on, pages of love and appreciation for the chairs and the little book. Some visitors write down which country they’re visiting from. They include Switzerland, Leichtenstein, Mexico, and other parts of Canada. Gordie recalls opening the book and reading a section from somebody who said they’ve hidden $20 in one of the logs below the dike.
❙ Tsawwassen’s Gordie McLeod – with his dog, Torque – screwed down a container with a book at his favourite spot so visitors can share how they’ve also enjoyed the view. Adrian MacNair photo
“A couple of weeks later I came back and the book said, ‘It’s still there!’” In June, Gordie added a horseshoe to the table. Finding some rocks at the base of 64th Street, he glued them onto the horseshoe and with a sharpie he inscribed the words friendship, gratitude, forgiveness, and others. Gordie says most of the people seem to appreciate the chairs and the book, which
has only gone missing and needed to be replaced once. In fact, he thinks some Internet-savvy people have begin geo-caching objects in the tupperware container so others can find the chairs. When Gordie’s faithful dog passes away he plans to return to John Deere Cutout and spread his ashes to the wind. That’s exactly how Gordie wants to go when his time is up.
“I’ve lived my whole life out here,” he says. “I figured I might as well be buried here as well.” Gordie gazes out at the long shadows spreading across the green and gold meadow, the sun tinging the summit of Baker in a pink glow. “I’ve travelled around a little bit and I love it here,” he says, smiling. “And how can you ever get a better view than this?”
RECEIVERSHIP AUCTION Saturday, September 7th, 2pm AN ENORMOUS SELECTION OF
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The Delta Hospice Society’s charity thrift store has had everything from old mattresses and broken furniture to rusty barbecues and old electronics illegally dumped behind their Tsawwassen building. The shop’s volunteers, many who are seniors and shouldn’t be lifting heavy furniture items, have had to properly dispose of other people’s trash at the Vancouver landfill on a weekly basis. Executive director Nancy Macey estimated the amount of unsaleable items left on their lot tripled this year compared to previous years. She said it’s been a source of constant frustration for the volunteers who only want to help the society raise funds for its hospice and supportive care centre in Ladner. But Macey is happy to report that the constant dumping of garbage on their property seems to have come to an end. A few weeks ago the Corporation of Delta installed a six foot tall chain link fence to secure the Hospice Cottage Charity Shoppe’s drop-off area, as well as new signage and a surveillance camera. Macey said the municipality is now dealing with any illegally dumped items since the gate forces those who flout the bylaw to put their trash on municipal property
rather than on their site. But since the changes, it seems most people who planned to illegally dump their garbage there have been deterred. Macey said they’ve had only one instance of illegal dumping in the past two weeks, as opposed to almost daily. She also credited a new municipal bylaw passed last year and amended in recent months which allows bylaw inspectors to fine culprits $500 and charge them with the cost of the clean-up. “That change [in April] made it an offence to dump discarded material or rubbish on private property without the owner’s permission,” Hugh Davies, Delta’s manager of property use and compliance, said in an email. He added that while the municipal fine is $500, Delta also has the option of taking these matters to provincial court where the maximum fine is $10,000. In a news release earlier this week, the Mayor’s office said that in the past six months, bylaw inspectors have laid 18 charges against people dumping on public roads and private properties in Delta. The release states that inspectors have targeted known dumping locations, such as isolated roadways and lanes behind local businesses. Techniques being used to catch people include hidden camera surveillance, interviews, examinations of dumped materials and witness reports.
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❙ Delta Police Const. Dave Ogilvy spent the weekend on top of a scissor lift in Ladner to raise money for Cops for Cancer. The charity supports research into treatments for childhood cancers and also funds Camp Goodtimes, a summer camp in Maple Ridge where B.C.’s kids in treatment or in remission can come to just be kids for a few weeks. Delta Police has participated in Cops for Cancer events since 1995. Ogilvy is one of four local constables who will be taking part in the Tour De Valley fundraising cycling tour from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4. To learn more about Cops for Cancer, visit www.copsforcancerbc.ca. Jim Kinnear photo
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