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Three H1N1 cases in Ridge Meadows

Not too late to get vaccinated

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Tyler Galloway, with helmet that saved his life, is on the road to recovery after June accident, although he’ll never board again. See video, mapleridgenews.com.

A lesson in never giving up

Tyler Galloway was in a coma with little hope of walking: this week, he’s back at school

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

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lutching his black, battered Santa Cruz long board, Tyler Galloway strikes a Superman pose, one arm extending to the sky, poised for takeoff.

He flashes a cheeky grin, his chin

just above the splintered wood of where the board’s missing a pair of wheels. The signature pose of the DC Comic character is fitting for 13-year-old Tyler, a bit of a superkid himself, sans blue spandex and red cape.

Six months ago, on June 8, Tyler was given up for dead after crashing head first into a car while longboarding down hilly McClure Drive on a Saturday afternoon.

He had bought the longboard with his own money a week before he crashed.

Tyler and two of his friends had wandered out of their Albion neighbourhood to test their met-

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“They promised me they would never go down a hill without someone at the bottom,” says Gail Marsden, his mom.

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Police estimate Tyler was travelling at 42 km/hr when he slammed head first into the plastic portion of a car’s bumper near Kimola Drive.

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Just a few blocks away, Gail got a call from Simon telling her Tyler was hurt. She first thought Simon was kidding until a stranger got on the phone to reveal it was real.

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See Accident, p11

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Fraser Health is urging residents to get the flu shot if they haven’t yet had it, after a surge in severe cases of H1N1 influenza.

As of Monday, 30 patients sick with suspected H1N1 had been treated in hospital intensive care units with artificial respiration, although some have since been discharged. Three of those ICU patients were at Ridge Meadows Hospital, said Dr. Michelle Murti, a medical health officer with the Fraser Health Authority.

One patient has died, but the case has not yet been confirmed as H1N1 flu.

Chief medical health officer Dr. Paul Van Buynder said the cases here are mirroring the pattern seen recently with outbreaks in Alberta, Ontario and Texas.

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Valley home assessments stagnant Most expensive single family home owned by Jack Athwal

by Phil M elnyc h u k and M o ni s h a M a r tin s staff reporters

The most expensive house in Maple Ridge is owned by a local landlord, currently charged with plotting a murder.

According to B.C. Assessment, Jack Athwal’s mansion at 21808 River Rd., worth $1.77 million, is the highest valued single-family home in the municipality and among just three local homes to make the list of 100 top-priced properties in the Fraser Valley.

“It’s beautiful,” exclaims Athwal, who has lived in the house he built for the past 15 years.

“I love it.”

The 14,000 -square-foot, t h re e - s t ore y home, boasts Athwal an elevator, a fountain and a deck with panoramic views.

“You can see all the mountains,” said Athwal, who claims he is selling all his rental properties as he plans to retire this year.

He won’t be selling his own home however.

“My wife will not let me sell it,” said Athwal, but added that he would consider off-loading it for $2.5 million.

Despite owning a million-dollar property, the self-described “Donald Trump of Maple Ridge” is currently facing a string of civil lawsuits as banks and a building strata try to recoup money they claim he owes them. He owns 30 rental properties in Maple Ridge, alone.

Besides the civil suits, Jack Athwal currently faces trial on five criminal matters.

The first involves a murder plot at Gordon Towers, which was set to go to trial in December, but has been postponed.

He also faces one count each of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and criminal harass-

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Jack Athwal’s mansion at 21808 River Rd., worth $1.77 million, is the highest valued single-family home in Maple Ridge.

Only three homes in Maple Ridge made the list of the top 100 valued residential properties in the Fraser Valley in 2014. ment in connection with alleged threats against another tenant and a breach charge connected to an alleged violation of bail, as well as a charge of sexual assault. He is

also faces uttering a threat and an assault charge in Surrey.

Athwal says he is innocent of all the criminal charges and blames the allegations on his disgruntled

tenants.

“It’s all tenants trying to hurt the landlord,” he said.

The two other properties to make the top 100 list are acreages

– one at 13035 Alouette Rd. valued at $1.9 million and the second 26417 103rd Ave., valued at $1.8 million.

Overall, home values are taking a breather this year from their constant escalation, though it won’t make a difference to taxpayers because municipalities just tweak their tax rates to get what they want anyway.

Numbers from B.C. Assessment show that the typical value of a single family home in Maple Ridge climbed by $8,000 to $408,000, while townhouse values remained at $361,000, according to the 2014 assessment roll.

Homeowners will get their notices in the mail in the next few days, showing the value of their homes.

The assessment roll shows the change in value of homes from July 2012 to July 2013 and are used by municipalities in determining their property tax rates.

“Most homeowners in the Fraser Valley will see modest changes in the minus-five to plus-five per cent range,” said Raj Sandhu, with B.C. Assessment in Abbotsford.

Commercial and industrial properties will see the same range changes.

Overall, the total value in real estate in the Fraser Valley, starting from Langley to Hope, will jump by almost $2 billion, largely because of new construction.

Pitt Meadows had a higher jump than Maple Ridge, with single family homes rising to $525,000 from an even half a million dollars in the same period last year.

Townhouse values in Pitt Meadows remained stable at $350,000, while apartment-condos remained at about $200,000.

People who disagree with the values attached to their properties can appeal to B.C. Assessment by Jan. 31. If a property assessment is changed downward after an appeal, property taxes could also be lowered.

Homeowners can only appeal the assessments of their properties and not the municipal property taxes they’ll have to pay in July.

People can check out www.bcassessment.ca for more information about the 2014 Assessment Roll, including lists of 2014s top-100 most valuable residential properties across B.C.

RCMP proposing multi-agency, crime-fighting centre Will allow cops, border, prisons, sheriffs to talk

by Phil M elnyc h u k staff reporter

RCMP want to add another tool to their crime-busting arsenal by setting up a real-time intelligence centre in its new $1-billion Green Timbers E Division headquarters in Surrey.

However, Maple Ridge won’t have to pay any extra in order to chip in its share of the new project, Ridge Meadows RCMP commanding officer Supt. Dave Fleugel said

Monday. The project can be paid for through the existing policing budget.

“We’re going to try to bring all the data bases under one roof,” Fleugel told Maple Ridge council.

Currently, federal or provincial correctional services or Canada Security Intelligence Service can’t share databases with each other or with the RCMP or city cops. Neither can Canada Border Services Agency share data with police.

But getting representatives from all such agencies into one room, where they can access their own information and share it immediately could mean quicker solving of crimes and finding bad guys.

“It’s that kind of real-time information that we need access to.”

The R-TIC would focus on serious and violent crimes such as robbery, sex offences and gangs,.

Calgary and New York already have such centres.

Sharing information will allow crosschecking of tips that could identify suspects. There’s no software that can tie all the data together, he added.

Opening the centre could take a year or more although there’s no specific schedule. Neither is there a cost estimate.

“I don’t have a timeline and I don’t have lot of costs. It’s just concept. But it will happen.”

Coun. Cheryl Ashlie though wanted to ensure the provincial government paid its share and wondered if it would take cops off street patrol.

The centre would need a staff of 43 with 17 of those RCMP, mostly from federal or provincial RCMP offices.

Metro Vancouver municipalities would pay half the costs of the centre while the provincial government would pay 30 per cent with the federal government chipping in 20 per cent. Metro Vancouver municipal forces support the plan.

RCMP are working on a business case to present to Metro Vancouver

mayors. A real-time information centre was one of the recommendations made by Justice Wally Oppal’s Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.

According to a recent provincial report, there has been improved cooperation between police forces over the years through greater use of integrated police teams and several police-related reforms taken in response to Oppal’s inquiry.

Most of Oppal’s 65 recommendations, including formation of a regional police force, haven’t led to provincial action, or are counted as still in progress.

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Doctor, leader, columnist dies after long battle with cancer Helped service club despite illness

He had a great passion for the people. “He was ethical and loyal – he lived absolutely by the principles

by Nei l Corbe tt of Rotary,� said Dale. staff reporter On Dec. 3, he attended his last Rotary meeting.

Dr. Marco Terwiel, On Tuesday, Dale told a retired Maple Ridge the club of his passing doctor who was known in a newsletter, saying: for his positive spirit, “He battled his illness even as he endured a for so long and with long battle with prostate such courage, while at cancer, died on Saturday the same time particimorning. He was 76. pating and contributTerwiel was born and ing to our club and his educated in the Neth- Rotary duties, as best he erlands, graduating an could, right up until the MD from the University end, when he said goodof Utrecht in 1961. bye to the club.

While on a break “Although so many from medical school, meetings he could hardhe worked at a sum- ly sit through a meal, he mer camp for boys in would come the U.S., and share and decided “He had a grave the hour of to return fellowship to North concern about with his America as education and club mema doctor. He bers.� studied and people bettering Te r w i e l worked in themselves.� was also Washington president state, beof the B.C. fore moving - Adrienne Dale, Rotary and Yukon to Maple St. John Ridge in Ambulance 1968. from 1995 to In 1972, he joined 1998, and was the naRotary, and in 1989 tional commissioner in was one of the found- 1998-2001. ing members of the He was knighted by Meadow Ridge Rotary appointment of The Club. In 1995, he was Queen, by the Governawarded Rotary’s high- ment General in Ottawa est honour, a Paul Har- through his service to ris Fellowship.

St. John Ambulance. “He stayed involved In 1998, he was the right to the end,� said medical director for the Meadow Ridge Rotary B.C. Summer Games.

Club president AdriHe also was chief of enne Dale. staff of Ridge Meadows Local Rotarians were Hospital in 1972 and impressed by his trips 1973, president of B.C. to Nunavut, where he General Practitioners worked both as a doctor from 1977-1979, presiand a Rotarian. dent of the Canadian “He had a grave con- College of Family Phycern about education, sicians in 1992-1993, and people bettering medical director of themselves,� she said.

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He is survived by his wife Lila; three children Anook, Bart and Erik; two grandchildren, Erik and Uma; five stepchildren, Sandra, Susan, Deborah, Timothy and

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Townhouses declined 1.0 per cent to $293,300 and apartments dropped 3.7 per cent to $192,600.

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Getting involved A new year brings a fresh start for everyone, even politicians.

Apparently Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is looking for better times ahead as he has already filed his papers for this year’s municipal elections.

Now there’s a guy who obviously believes that the turning of the calendar constitutes a fresh start for everybody.

Who knows when it comes to the beleaguered mayor of Canada’s largest city?

Many would have wagered he would not have lasted this long, so all bets are off.

Luckily that circus carries on daily thousands of miles away.

But here in B.C., we will also go to the polls to elect municipal representatives this year.

The most accountable, most reachable, many would say, the most important level of government (not to mention lowest paid, with no retirement benefits) will be decided by local residents come November.

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Another year of enviro-wars begins VICTORIA – The new year lurched to life with a round of shouting about the environment, as our post-industrial, postliterate urban society grapples with conflicting claims of impending doom.

The release of a group of Greenpeace protesters from a Rus- B.C. Views Tom Fletcher sian prison was welcomed by TV news networks desperate to fill the holiday dead zone.

Our intrepid Canadian pair got to describe over and over their bid to hang a strongly worded banner from a Russian offshore oil platform, and their horror when security forces boarded their vessel from helicopters and seized it.

In all the fawning interviews, I kept waiting for two questions to be asked.

What did they think Vladimir Putin’s regime would do?

And what was the point?

How is disrupting one oil platform for an hour going to save the planet?

The Greenpeace ‘activists’ claimed this was the first oil platform to operate above the Arctic Circle. So it was a line in the snow, which I’m sure impressed Putin as he ramps up his territorial claim to include the North Pole.

Meanwhile at the South Pole, TV anchors remained carefully sombre as they reported numerous bids to rescue a scientific vessel trapped in thick ice. No quips about the predictive abilities of climate

scientists, please.

In fact this ill-fated voyage was a re-enactment of Sir Douglas Mawson’s 1913 expedition, with pro-global warming news outlets BBC and The Guardian aboard to capture the melting wrought by a century of industrial expansion.

The rescue efforts (from a Russian ship

by Chinese helicopters) also disrupted an Australian icebreaker’s supply trip for one of the real scientific expeditions working in Antarctica.

Skeptics had great fun with the Antarctic debacle, as they did earlier with the resurgence of Arctic ice that trapped climate tourists.

As is normal in the Internet age, the climate debate has split into two fanatical factions, each of which promotes the most extreme examples it can find to prop up its version of truth. They call each other “warmists” and “deniers,” among other pithy names.

Greenpeace is now known in B.C. as part of our Team America anti-tar sands brigade. They got off to a good start in 2014 by selectively seizing on reports of a new study of mercury contamination in northern Alberta.

A “bullseye” of this dreaded neurotoxin has been drawn around oilsands operations by measuring traces in snow. The study by Environment Canada scientists isn’t published yet, but Postmedia News reported on a presentation in November by the researchers.

“The federal scientists stress the mercury loadings around the oilsands are low compared to the contamination seen in many parts of North America, including southern Ontario and southern Quebec,”

the news report states.

This is like the study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pollution in northern Alberta lakes that was twisted into propaganda and fed to the news media last year. This is another group of neurotoxins that are far more concentrated in urban areas than around remote industry.

“This is another group of neurotoxins that are far more concentrated in urban areas than around remote industry.”

Consumption, rather than production of coal, diesel and other fuels produces the vast majority of these emissions. I look forward to the study of their effects around Lost Lagoon and Burnaby Lake.

Of course safe levels of these materials have been set by Health Canada. You’re more likely to get significant exposure to mercury from a broken fluorescent lamp or the mercury amalgam in your old tooth fillings than you are from feeding ducks at the lake, although you might get a whiff of PAH when you gas up the car or board the bus.

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THE NEWS/letters online comments What is cost of development?

Ron Coleman: Pitt Meadows Secondary School: Re: For every ‘burb built, Maple Ridge pays.

It costs the municipality nothing for 20 acres of land to be developed into urban lots. Now tell me how much more the municipality gets in property taxes each year between 20 vacant acres and 20 acres of homes? The municipality should get its spending under control or re-allocate its spending.

• Jackie Chow · Scholengemeenschap Lelystad: Re: For every ‘burb built, Maple Ridge pays.

You need to compare the cost of servicing and the revenue from property taxes. Clearly, the cost of building and maintaining the infrastructure for 20 vacant acres is pretty minimal if the vacant land is in the outskirts.

Compare that to 20 acres of homes. Since low density development is generally more expensive to maintain/service/repair per unit than highdensity development, whereas the property taxes don’t reflect that difference, there is clearly a problem with sprawling, low-density development.

• Geoff Clayton · Vancouver City College: Re: For every ‘burb built, Maple Ridge pays.

One of the most costly and dysfunctional development has been the urban satellite development into Silver Valley. Couns. Mike Morden and Cheryl Ashlie have said – how did we get up there anyway? I will tell you, it was bulldozed through by [then] mayor Carl Durksen and his NPA council, which, in turn, was led by the Atlantic Pacific Development Corporation, headed by realtor Gary Lycan. They owned, in the initial stages, 98 acres on the hill side, which they laid bare and then applied for a development permit in the mid 1990s. ARMS and many others spoke out against this and the NPA-led council went down to defeat in 1996. But by then the die was cast and the [following] mayor, Al Hogarth, and others accepted this development as a legacy issue with legal requirements to complete on. All in all, a huge costly mistake, and the costing of the development should be disclosed as a learning experience for the future.

• Claus Andrup · chief executive officer at OHG Resources Inc.: Re: For every ‘burb built, Maple Ridge pays.

I remember it well, Geoff, oh so well. Civitas, as it was then known. I remember the outcry, too. To no avail. Now we have a community, costly and without schools, shops, amenities or a voice, stranded atop a hill in Maple Ridge. The politicians apparently knew better, with a mayor at the time who was a rampant realtor. It is no wonder the thing went through.

And to show we learned nothing at all, we went down to Albion. Paul Gill now has the picture – though I doubt he can out-manoeuvre the mayor and council.

Garbage at what cost?

Graham Mowatt · University of Victoria: Re: Time to get with garbage pickup in Maple Ridge.

The municipality should stay out of the garbage business because the costs would probably go up. Publicly provided services tend to cost more, and it makes a great target if a strike is ever called by the union. However, I believe the cost effective way to deal with this issue is to put out a request for tender. Ask what price a private sector company would charge to be the sole collector of garbage permitted in Maple Ridge. Get the price and then put the option on the November ballot. Are you in favour of a municipal-wide optional garbage collection service costing ‘X’? May be a great way of increasing the turnout while determining what the real demand is, all at no cost.

• J. Craig Ruthven: Burnaby School District: Re: Time to get with garbage pickup in Maple Ridge.

Put it out for tender every one to two years? I wonder how this would impact local garbage collecting companies, if we have any based here.

Close liquor stores Robyn Roblin · Vancouver, British Columbia: Re: Let’s bring balance to marijuana debate.

I hereby suggest all liquor stores be immediately closed, then my children will not be poisoned by such a legal drug.

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Count on more tax increases Editor, The News: Re: For every ’burb built, Maple Ridge pays (The News, Jan. 3).

What a breath of fresh air to read the comments and ideas from District of Maple Ridge finance manager Paul Gill on the unsustainability of urban sprawl developments that are happening around Maple Ridge and end up costing us, the taxpayers, ever increasing yearly tax increases.

I find it interesting to use Silver Valley as an example as I am a 33-year resident there and was against it being developed in the first place, as not only being a considerable distance away from any services, it was a steep hillside area with many streams and animal corridors. Not an easy area to develop.

Surely, I thought, shouldn’t development be happening closer to the municipal centre first, with the existing infrastructure and amenities?

Council, led by mayor Durksen and his slate of NPA councillors at the time, after voting to take Silver Valley out of the urban reserve and into urban development, assured us that this was only for future consideration and no development would happen in

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Silver Valley was not an easy area to develop.

Silver Valley until the Albion area was totally finished.

Of course, as one landowner with large holdings in the Silver Valley area had already started clear-cutting his properties, the ink was hardly dry on the vote before development started happening there.

What I find very frustrating is that while Maple Ridge promotes itself as a Smart Growth community and every successive council member I talk to states

that they cannot understand why the Silver Valley development was allowed to happen, they all keep voting for urban sprawl developments far away from existing infrastructure and services.

You only have to look at the Whispering Falls development or the latest clear cut development on the steep north side of Thornhill, impacting Kanaka Creek, to how council votes on urban sprawl.

It is very unfortunate, which is verified by the approximately 30 per cent who vote every three years, that Maple Ridge residents do not understand that their municipal council has more direct effect on their lives and where they live than provincial or federal elections.

Until we elect a more forward-thinking council, we can look forward to ever increasing taxes each year.

Doug Stanger Maple Ridge

‘Closing fish libraries like burning books’ Editor, The News: The Book Thief is a powerful movie set in Germany during the Nazi regime.

One scene particularly stands out: the big book burning to ‘cleanse’ the country from word and thought that does not agree with the Nazi ideology.

Why is that scene still haunting me?

Partly because I grew up in post-war Germany, living the impact of losing democracy.

Mostly because I fear we are eroding our own democracy here in Canada.

Several weeks ago, the federal government dismantled one of the world’s top aquatic and fishery libraries as part of its agenda to reduce government and to diminish the role

of environmental science in policy decision-making.

Established in 1973, when foreign governments hailed Canada as a world leader in freshwater science and protection, the library housed tens of thousands of reports, maps, charts and books.

Now the library is dismantled, dispersed, gone or only digitally accessible upon request and with permission, and if you can find where to look.

One prominent research scientist, a federal government scientist for 30 years, and who did not want to be identified, said: “All that intellectual capital is now gone. It’s like a book burning. It’s the destruction of our cultural heritage. It just makes us poorer as a nation.”

One scientist not willing to be muzzled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, professor David Schindler, a water expert at the University of Alberta, said: “In retrospect, I am not surprised at all to find them trashing scientific libraries ... Paranoid ideologues have burned books and records throughout human history to try to squelch dissenting visions.”

The Conservatives are scared of true democracy.

Research and evidence that do not fit Mr. Harper’s ideology is no longer welcome in Canada.

Mr. Harper closed the national round table on the environment and economy because he didn’t want to hear about other solutions to envi-

ronmental issues.

He shut down the internationally recognized experimental lakes area research facility.

He continues to muzzle government scientists in what they can research, publish, and say. Scientists that we pay, as taxpayers, to inform us.

Now he is so desperate to hold on to power that he is dismantling scientific libraries.

Our local member of parliament, Randy Kamp, constantly sends me notes asking, “Who is on track?”

Mr. Kamp, the only track I see your government to be on, is dismantling democracy.

This scares me.

Maria Raynolds Maple Ridge

Do not change anything about garbage pickup Editor, The News: Much has been said about changing the way garbage is being dealt with in Maple Ridge. Please do not change anything as things are fine the way they are.

We are not interested in having the gar-

bage picked up, at a cost, some suggest, of about $360 per year.

Presently, we pay less then $ 60 a year for a family of two and the pickup of recyclables weekly takes care of most of the matter.

Having lived here since 1974, we have never had an issue with garbage disposal and fail to see why anyone would want to pay perhaps five or six times more.

Mr. & Mrs. J. van der Hoeven Maple Ridge

8 -- Wednesday, January 8, 2014 -- THE NEWS - www.mapleridgenews.com Landon and Alivia Powell were born at 3:24 a.m. on Jan. 1, making them the first babies born at Ridge Meadows Hospital in 2014.

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Maple Ridge council got bogged down in the details of the longplanned Whonnock Lake Park reno plans Monday, worrying over the $1.6-million cost.

But staff have the OK to start rolling out the long-awaited upgrade plan for the heavily used park on 112th Avenue in east Maple Ridge.

Although the plan was written in 2000, implementation was delayed in the hope that matching grants from senior governments could be used to help the Ridge Canoe and Kayak Club build a new boat house and community centre.

Those haven’t materialized so parks and leisure services is starting the park upgrade this summer, part of a multi-year process.

“There’s really a desire to improve the circulation of vehicles and pedestrians through that area,” Bruce McLeod, manager of parks and planning, said later.

A first step will be to build a bypass road that will divert motorists who are using the park from the Whonnock Lake Centre parking lot

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Whonnock Lake Park draws people from within and outside Maple Ridge. to the parking area used for picnickers and boaters. A boat launch area and pier is also part of the first phase.

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The third phase involves building trails through the park to allow people to walk without having to cross the parking lots or roads. Pedestrian lighting will make it easier to get around the dark park and the rainforest.

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“It’s a wonderful opportunity where you have a concern for forest fires,” he explained.

They’re also good community gathering places.

Coun. Bob Masse wondered if the district was overloading use of the park and the shallow lake and asked about coliform levels in the water. The water is regularly tested but warning signs were only posted in one instance last year, said parks director David Boag.

Whonnock Lake Park has the potential to become a regional attraction. “We should capitalize on that, why not?” added Coun. Al Hogarth.

The District of Maple Ridge has bought all but one property around the lake so a trail can circumnavigate the water.

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Part of that phase included revegetating camping areas to restore some seclusion for the sites.

The last phase, phase five, involves building a caretaker residence with public washrooms and a concession area. That’s the priciest part of the reno plan at $624,220.

Currently, the park’s caretakers live in a mobile home and retire soon.

Proposed as part of the upgrades are three electric barbecues or hotplates to serve as communal stoves for cooking lunch or dinner.

That would spare people having to lug their own barbecues to the beach and having to dispose of hot barbecue coals.

They’re used in Richmond and Australia, McLeod added later.

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The people of Maple Ridge likely will decide if they want to be called a city.

Staff say the issue must be decided through the alternative approval process, in which residents have a month to vote at municipal hall.

If more than 10 per cent of voters wish to do so, the issue can be forced to referendum.

Council was to decide whether to proceed at its Tuesday meeting.

“It’s my belief that the benefits are really, certainly better,” than any downside, economic development manager Sandy Blue told council Monday.

Blue says in a report that a municipality must have a population of more than 5,000 to

be considered a city and that Maple Ridge’s population is now at 77,402.

Changing to city status could remove any confusion between the school district and the Daykin municipal district.

“A change in designation to city would help alleviate confusion, particularly for prospective investors and companies … “ she said in a report.

But the strongest reason for changing labels is the perception that a district is a small town, while a city means an urban area.

Becoming a city could show a stronger image for the community and could help grow its economy.

Council didn’t discuss the topic and referred it to council’s regular meeting Tuesday night.

If the issue passes the alternative approval process, the district can request the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development to change Maple Ridge from district to city. That could take about six months, with the changeover taking effect this year, coinciding with Maple Ridge’s 140th birthday.

Blue said the city could use the phrase, “Maple Ridge, a city 140 years in the making.”

Coun. Al Hogarth, who raised the issue last year, said the change was “long overdue.”

Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin favours becoming a city, providing it doesn’t cost much.

Staff say the total cost would be $3,000, including the alternative approval process.

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Teen heading back to school, for an hour a day, for now Accident from Front

He wouldn’t wake up for two months.

“I got to have a nice rest. But then when I got up, I got tired. I got tired fast,” says Tyler, who hasn’t lost an ounce of his quirky personality. “So it wasn’t really worth it.”

From the beginning, the doctors weren’t optimistic. They made it clear that Tyler, wrapped in tubes, would never be the same – he would never walk, never talk, perhaps never open his eyes again.

On the fourth day in B.C. Children’s Hospital’s ICU, the doctors wanted to show Gail that her son couldn’t, and would never breath on his own.

They told Gail they were going to remove his ventilator for a few seconds. When Gail walked back into his room, there was Tyler pumping his lungs all by himself.

“The doctors would always tell me, he’ll never be the same. Nobody is 100 per cent,” said Gail, adding she refused to believe Tyler would be anything less than 99.9 per cent.

“That’s why they kept him longer at Sunny Hill because he had the potential.”

At the Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, a renowned rehabilitation facility, repeated level of consciousness tests found Tyler was responding to little. Still, Gail, Tyler’s sister Hailey, and the rest of his family and friends refused to give up hope.

“He moved his arm, and we all just screamed.”

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Tyler spent hours working on speech and motor skills in order to recover.

Tyler has always been a fighter.

The previous year, he flipped over the hood of a car while biking down his street and bounced back with little more than a scratch.

“They say it’s positivity around him. His friends were always positive. I think it makes a difference,” says Gail.

When the doctors brought bad news, Gail made sure they delivered it outside Tyler’s room.

Sometime at the end of July, Gail remembers sitting through yet another level of consciousness test

for her son. The nurse dropped a chair behind Tyler, nothing registered. She was going through the last routine on her check list and asked Tyler to move his arm, expecting little response.

“He moved his arm and we all just screamed,” says Gail.

From then on, Tyler continued to improve. He still couldn’t speak, had yet to open his eyes but a few days later, he managed to scribble down the names of all the friends who had visited him.

He eventually woke up and tried

to speak. The first sounds out of him sounded like a cat “meowing.”

“It was really high-pitched noise,” Gail remembers.

Once he started to talk, he wanted to eat real food. He began with mushed-up food he hated but progressed quickly to solids. Most of all, Tyler hated the feeding tube that was stuck in his throat.

I would pull out the tube and try to suck the food out, reveals Tyler, with his signature grin.

“I really wanted McDonalds.”

Tyler’s first real meal was a McDouble.

His time at Sunny Hill was anything but easy. From the time he woke up to when he left for good on Christmas Eve, Tyler spent hours working on his motor skills, his speech and was even tasked with going to school.

As he transitioned to spending more time at home, Gail would ferry him daily for five-hour sessions at Sunny Hill.

“It was all worth it,” says Gail, who documented his progress via video and photos.

Though Tyler is still the resident comic and cheeky monkey he’s always been, things have changed.

Tyler knows he won’t be able to play soccer or ball hockey again.

He can’t ride his bike or his scooter.

He can’t roam the woods with his friends, jump off ramps or practice flips and ollies at the skate park.

“He was like the leader of the pack with his friends and he can’t do that any more,” says Gail.

Though he missed his elementary school graduation, which took place June 24 on his 13th birthday, Tyler is slowly settling into high school.

He spent an hour at Samuel Robertson Technical for three Wednesdays just before Christmas and plans to return there next week for an hour daily.

“I’ve been hit by a car so high school isn’t that scary,” says Tyler, once again flashing his grin, bravely.

“I just don’t want people to treat me differently.”

By Grade 9, Gail hopes Tyler can start school full-time. In fact, she’s positive he will.

“Every time he’s made a goal. He’s achieved it.”

Tyler however will gauge his progress when he beats his “dingdong ditching” record.

“It’s when you go to someone’s house, ring their doorbell and run,” he explains for the ding-dong ditching novice.

“We got 40 something houses in one night, that’s our record.”

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Some flu patients in intensive care Ill patients here are not the very elderly, but adults of various ages from 20 to 60, he said. Two are pregnant women and others suffer from chronic illness or are overweight.

“We’re surprised at how many have come in such a short period of time with such severe disease,” Van Buynder said.

Hospitalized patients are generally at Royal Columbian, Surrey Memorial and Abbotsford Regional hospitals, but that’s just because the most seriously ill pa-

tients concentrate in the three big hospitals.

The virus isn’t limited to any particular community. “This is right across Fraser,” he said.

Murti said the symptoms are generally the same as more common influenza – a cough, fever, headaches and “wiped out tiredness.”

But the symptoms are more severe with the H1N1 patients who have wound up in ICU, and they have required ventilation and incubation support.

“It’s a matter of recognizing you’re ill, and

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Van Buynder said all patients now hospitalized with the flu are expected to survive, but he said the outbreak is disturbing.

“We are urging those who have not already had their flu shot to get one. It is not too late.”

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arun Shah still has the dreams, surreal awakenings that send him straight to his computer.

“They haven’t stopped,” says Shah, who began writing in 2006 after a recurring reverie where he encountered a spirit named Keonie on a beach in his native Fiji.

“I feel that someone wants me to finish a story that was never told. I still have dreams which often takes me beyond the realms of life, where I can talk to dead people and converse with animals, whether you believe it or not.”

The father of three who works as a caregiver had never written before he self-published his first book in 2008 the first in a series titled Taming of the World.

Five years later, he’s nearly finished the second book in the series and reworked the first into an e-book and paperback novel titled Fiji: The Beginning as well as a script.

Devils, spirits and omens pepper the pages of Fiji: The Beginning, a gripping paranormal fantasy, which often blurs the line between good and evil.

It is a tale set in Momi, a small settlement hemmed in by a bay with a view of the rolling ocean.

It’s a superstitious place which shuns young women who are unable to conceive.

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Script writer Rob Beare with author Harun Shah whose first book Fiji: The Beginning is being adapted into a screenplay. from the village when people discovered she is barren.

On Amawus, the darkest night with the highest tides, she is lured by the devil to sea. Unable to conceive, she becomes his captive and remains on the island for 100 years.

History repeats itself a century later when five young friends are drawn to forbidden islands by the same high tide and dark night.

But these girls return and learn they’ve been impregnated with an evil seed.

It seems Mariam’s spirit has returned to seek her revenge and she aids the Devil’s rebirth into human form through one of the five young women.

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Meet the author • Harun Shah launches Fiji: The Beginning at the Kingfisher pub in Maple Ridge on Jan. 11 at 6:30 p.m. The book is available at Black Bond Books, at Amazon or online at harunshah.net.

The Group of Nine artists open an exhibition of their work at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery this weekend.

Beginning on Saturday, the exhibition, titled Colour Impact, addresses the theme of colour as explored by each individual artist in different ways.

It will feature work by Jean Abbott, Margaret Bale, Joyce Campbell, Betty Coy, Jane Duford Johnston, Shirley Felger, Suzette Fram, Jo-Anne Lewis

and Florence Nicholson.

“I think most of us are more susceptible to the effect of colour than we realize”, says curator Barbara Duncan.

“So while on the one hand, this exhibition demonstrates how different artists embrace colour in their work, it’s also interesting to question how colour impacts different people in different ways.”

Included in the display will be a small collection of objects

that each artist has contributed to show how they derive inspiration from natural materials, photos or favourite tools. Each of the artists will give a brief explanation of their approach to colour at a presentation on Jan. 25 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

With this vibrant and intense display, this exhibition offers a welcome refuge from the dark and sombre days of late winter.

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Part horror, part fable, Shah’s story illustrate a moral never to shun anyone who is different.

To set it on the island of Fiji seemed perfect.

“There is voodoo and witch doctors and people who believe in these things,” he says.

Shah has already travelled to Fiji to scout out location for Fiji:The Beginning which he hopes to turn into a movie. His elementary school will act as the setting for Momi secondary. He’s even scouted a real witch doctor to feature in the movie.

Tasked with writing the screenplay is Rob Beare, a seasoned writer who has penned four horror/thriller screenplays and 16 scripts in total.

It was a chance meeting at the King-

fisher Pub in Maple Ridge that brought Beare and Shah together.

“What initially attracted me to it was just Harun’s passion, even before reading the book,” says Beare.

“He has this unrelenting belief. Those were things that just attracted me to him and the project itself.”

Fiji: The Beginning is the first novel Beare has adapted into a screenplay and he’s enjoyed the challenge.

Adapting any novel into a screenplay is hard cause you have to decide what you want to keep, he explains.

“We found numerous ways to combine scenes in the book and condenses it into one or two scenes in the movie,” Beare said, keeping in mind producers who always prefers fewer locations to shoot to keep costs down.

Luckily, the dialogue was mostly written. Instead, Beare worked with Shah to “amp” up certain scenes such as elaborating on how exactly a character got killed.

Beare, like Shah, is a fan of the horror genre.

“The make-up that goes into it, the sound effects. It’s an art,” he says.

“It’s an art to terrify people. Every year I go to Fright Night at Playland and I really appreciate the little things they do to evoke that fear and I try and pull from that.”

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Driving Miss Daisy plays Maple Ridge ACT A comedy about an unlikely friendship Driving Miss Daisy, the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning play follows the charming adventures of a Southern matriarch (Nicola Lipman) and her chauffeur (John Alexander Campbell) over a 25-year friendship, and reveals the power of the human heart to overcome prejudices and open up to new possibilities.

“I am thrilled and honoured to have been asked to participate in this festive 50th season at the Arts Club by directing Driving Miss Daisy,” said Mario Crudo, director. “This show is brimming with heart.”

A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Mario Crudo is currently the artistic director for Magnus Theatre in Thunder Bay, Ontario, a position he has held since 1992. Prior to Magnus Theatre, Crudo was an associate director at the Arts Club.

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The film version, starring Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman, won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1990, and also won for Best Picture.

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The event, at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Society Maple Ridge Activity Centre, will include seminars focused on issues relevant to retirement and aging, as well as booths and exhibits featuring a broad sample of federal government offices, non-profit support and community programs, and local businesses.

“I encourage residents of Pitt Meadows–

Maple Ridge–Mission to visit the exhibits that cover a wide range of topics, from Old Age Security to personal wellness and passport applications,” said Kamp, MP for Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Mission.

“This is a great opportunity for local businesses and non-profit organizations to connect with residents and I’m sure that everyone who attends will benefit from this expo.”

• More information about this free event will be available on Randy Kamp’s website at www.randykamp.com or by contacting the office at 604-466-2761 and toll-free at 1-888-255-8140.

Preventing senior falls is key With the majority of accidental deaths among seniors aged 75 and older the result of falls – prevention of such has become one of the most critical issues facing local seniors.

The stats on senior falls: 33 per cent of older adults living at home fall each year; 85 per cent of injury-related hospital admissions in seniors are the result of falls; 90 per cent of hip fractures are the result of falls; and 20 per cent of seniors who suffer a hip fracture from a fall die within one year.

“Seniors and their families can take a number of steps to minimize the risk of a catastrophic fall,” said Carol Lange, owner of the Maple Ridge Nurse Next Door franchise.

• Improper footwear: One of the main cul-

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• Grab bars: Install in areas where you or an aging loved one may need assistance sitting down or getting up. The most important location is the washroom by the toilet and the tub or shower.

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THE NEWS/sports Brad Hunt makes his NHL debut Oilers call up the defenceman Friday Brad Hunt has arrived.

The Maple Ridge hockey prospect played his first game in the NHL on Friday night.

The defenceman was riding a bus in the minors, on his way to San Antonio for a game, when he got the news.

The Oklahoma City Barons coaches called him to the front of the bus, to tell him the Oilers were calling him up.

Hunt made his debut in a 5-2 loss to the powerhouse Anaheim Mighty Ducks, getting about 11 minutes of ice time. The Edmonton Journal said he did not look out of place, despite the lopsided score.

After the game, interviewed by Oilers media, Hunt, who has lost a front tooth in the past year, said how much he enjoyed that first game.

“It was an unbelievable experience,” he said.

“This is a dream come true. Ever since I was a little boy I wanted to play in the NHL, and I finally got the opportunity to do so.”

Then on Sunday, in his second game, Hunt got 17 shifts and 15 minutes, including 1:40 of power play time, in a 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Intuitively, an off-season move to the Edmonton Oilers system appeared to be a break for a young, puck-moving defenceman. The Oilers are laden with talent up front, but have struggled to find the right mix, and pundits have been saying for the past several seasons that the team needs to upgrade its blueliners.

Hunt had excellent numbers with the AHL Oklahoma City Barons, with 15 points in 27 games.

Everyone who watches him play remarks on his slick passing – long, tape-to-tape jobs, to players in the open. And he has a quick shot that gets through blockers.

“It’s an exciting time for Huntsy,” said coach Dallas Eakins on the day of his first game.

“I thought he had an excellent camp. I think it was the game in Vancouver he played and I thought he was excellent. I’m sure he’s excited

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Top photo, new Oiler Brad Hunt poke checks veteran Saku Koivu of the Anaheim Ducks in Hunt’s first NHL game.

Left photo, Hunt works against Duck Kyle Palmieri.

to get his feet wet.”

Craig MacTavish was the head coach of the AHL Chicago Wolves, then the farm team of the Vancouver Canucks, when Hunt broke into the league. Now the general manager of the Oilers, he knew what Hunt could bring to his organization.

Having finished NCAA hockey at Bemidji State University in 2012, he arrives in the NHL at 25, a slightly older prospect.

Hunt said his approach is to work hard for as long as he is in the lineup, and control the things he is able to.

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Five local players have suited up in the NHL this season The list of players from Maple Ridge in the NHL is growing. There have been five play games in the league this year.

Best known is Andrew Ladd, who has steadily improved his game, developing from a checking forward with the Carolina Hurricanes to a frontline scorer and team captain of the Winnipeg Jets.

The veteran has played 577 games in the NHL, tallied 333 points as of Monday, won Stanley Cups with Carolina and the Chicago

Blackhawks, and was considered for Canada’s Olympic team.

Two-way defenceman Patrick Wiercioch begame a regular with the Ottawa Senators last season, tallying 19 points in 42 games in the shortened season. That was good for second among rookie defencemen.

This year he continues as a regular blueliner in the nation’s capital, with 14 points in 29 games.

Defenceman Victor Bartley also played his

first NHL games for the Nashville Predators last season, getting seven points in 24 games.

He was an elite offensive defenceman in the Pred’s farm system, quarterbacking the power play for the Milwaukee Admirals.

This year he has appeared in another 30 games, playing a regular shift, tallying two points.

Speedy forward Brandon Yip, who broke in with the Colorado Avalanche in the 20092010 season, is now in the Phoenix Coyotes

system. He has played two NHL games this year, and 25 with the farm team Portland Pirates, where he has nine points in 25 games.

For his career, Yip has played 174 NHL games, tallying 56 points.

Brett Sonne was on the cusp of the NHL. He played four seasons with the Peoria Rivermen of the AHL, but this year has moved to Austria, with the team Dornbirn EC. The checking forward is scoring more regularly at that level, with 27 points in 37 games.

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Flames beat Mission, lose to Abbotsford

The Ridge Meadows Flames had a win and a loss over the weekend.

Saturday they dropped a 5-4 decision to the Pilots in Abbotsford. Ridge had a 4-3

lead in the third period, but Abby outshot

them 22-9 in the third period, and scored

two late goals to steal the game.

Jake Holland scored twice, Dale Howell

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On Friday night they beat the Mission City Outlaws 5-3 in a home game at Planet Ice. They benefitted from nine power players, scoring on three of them. Team captain Travis Oddy scored the first two goals of the game with the man advantage, and then got his hat trick goal into an empty net.

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The Rustlers opened the tournament with a 4-2 victory over the Powell River Kings.

Next they fell 4-3 to Victoria Ice Hawks. In the third game against the Nanaimo Clippers, a late goal by Kyle Sackmann tied the game 2-2, and won them a spot in the semifinals.

Ridge then advanced to the finals by defeating the host Saanich Braves in a game that went to a

shootout. Shootout heroics from goalie Jacob Dubinsky, and shooters Dylan Kong and Reece Hansford punched the ticket to the finals.

In the gold medal game against Victoria, the Rustlers came out strong, leading after the first period 2-0, but by the start of the third period the score was tied 4-4.

Jake Sheridan scored with 12:49 left in the third, assisted by Luke Budisa and Sean Butler, to break the deadlock.

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Maydaniuk and Scott were the other scorers, and Holland and Jordan Rendle each had two assists. Kurt Klimek was in net for the win, stopping 25 of 28 shots.

The Flames record now sits at 14-14-3-2.

Friday night they will fact the Richmond Sockeyes, another of the league’s top teams who boast a record of 21-4-2-3.

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Racers make Games team

With the B.C. Winter Games around the corner, Zone 3 speed skating clubs held their qualifier at Cam Neely Arena last month. As the Gameseligible skaters duked it out for medals and team spots, the Jingle Bell Cup (interclub meet for Ridge Meadows) was being held at the same time.

There were over 125 skaters who participated in this meet. The BCWG Zone 3 qualifier is one of the toughest in the province. This zone encompasses cities from White Rock to as far east as Hope. It stretches north as far as Belacarra and south close to the Canada/US border, and it holds many speed skating clubs that train strong skaters.

The Racers had nine skaters out of the 28 who competed for medals and spots on the Zone 3 team.

In U14 Female division there were close races between Janie Green (RM Racers) and Annabel Johnson (Matsqui Blades) who ended the competition tied for gold. Amy Cave from the Poco Lightening went away with the bronze and the iron (fourth) to Shivani Bahadur from the Racers.

In U14 action, bronze went to Tim Song and iron to Marshall Shupe who are both with the Racers.

The top three skaters automatically make the Zone 3 team. Racers teammates Green and Tim Song made the team, but the team was not complete. There were 16 wild cards at play until the end of December.

On Friday the BCWG Speed Skating Provincial Advisor announced the wild card names. Three Racers were added to the team, Marshall Shupe, Pascal Chassay and Shivani Bahadur joined Green and Tim heading to the games in February.

The Racers also have Tahlon Flamma and Lilah Croft as alternates for the U14 age category. The clubs who are in the tough Zone 3 did well, and took 11 of the 16 wild card spots.

The Racers had 28 skaters gunning for medals in the Jingle Bell Cup, and the local skaters were able to capture five of the 29 medals awarded.

In Division 6, Robert McLennan tied with Curtis Albright from Mission Racers for a Silver medal. In Div 10 Daniel Watkins captured a silver and Abby Buonafede took an Iron medal home.

Finally in Div. 11, siblings Zayda (Silver) and Shay (Iron) Joseph were able to grab some hardware.

The club that walked away with the most medals for Jingle Cup was Puget Sound of Washington State with eight.

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Will Chartrand of the Maple Ridge Ramblers is fouled by a St. Thomas More player during a junior boys basketball game at the school before Christmas. On Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m. the Ramblers senior boys host Port Moody, and the Junior boys will play ahead of them at 6 p.m.

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age 92, passed away suddenly on December 31, 2013.

Bill was a longtime resident of Haney and a member of the Maple Ridge Legion. His family was proud to watch him participate in the Maple Ridge Remembrance Day parade each year. Bill is survived by Fran, his wife of 65 years, his sister Gladys (Bob), his daughters Janet (Al) and Karen (Boyd), his grandchildren Jamal, Janine (Mike), Kelly (Mike) & Jennifer along with two great-grandchildren, Austin and Ryan. Bill’s family will miss his kind and

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DAVIDSON, Alexander (Buster) passed away suddenly on January 2nd, 2014. Late of Maple

Ridge, BC, age 61 years. Survived by his loving family, wife Susan; sons, Kevin Davidson, Matthew Deshaw, and Kyle (Laura) Blackwood; mother Jean Davidson; brother Bob (Debbie); sisters Sandy (Darryl) Page, Zena (Doug) Gillam, and Laurel (Roy) Hafeli; much loved nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and many good fishing friends. Memorial Service will be held Friday, January 10th at 1:00 pm at St. John the Divine Anglican Church, 21299 River Road, Maple Ridge. Rev. Charles Balfour officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations to the BC Heart & Stroke Foundation, would be appreciated.

Condolences may be sent to www.mapleridgefuneral.ca

Deborah, Timothy and Robert; eleven step grandchildren; and 1 step great grandson.

A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, January 14, 2014, at 1:00pm at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel - 11765 224th Street, Maple Ridge. Donations to the BC Cancer Society or the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation would be greatly appreciated.

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

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lorne Douglas Williams who was born to Garnet and Doris Williams in Spalding Sask. and brother to Larry, Shirley and Gwen. He was survived by his two daughters Shannon & Kristy Williams and his two grandsons Jay & Logan Managh. Lorne spent his younger years travelling and seeing the world. His passions were computers, motorcycles and his family. He will be sorely missed.

A Memorial Service will be held Jan. 11, 2014 at 1pm at the Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel (Osborn) 11969 216th Street Maple Ridge. Any donations in his name can be made to the McKenney Creek Hospice Society or the Burnaby Cancer Clinic.

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YOUNG - Ruth Born April 3, 1932 Passed Away December 23, 2013 Mom was born on Vancouver Island from a Pioneer family.

She was the 7th of 10 children.

Predeceased by 3 brothers, mother and father and also by husband Kenneth and sons George and Patrick. Survived by daughter Margaret (Addy) Schonenbourn, son Irvine (Florina), daughter Trish (Lawrence), grandsons Casey Fortin,

Richard and Andrew Young, Corey Meyners and granddaughter Jessica Young.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, January 11th, 2014 at Garden Hill Funeral Services located at 11765 224th Street, Maple Ridge. Luncheon

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Friendly town just 2 hours from major urban centres. More info at: hannachrysler.ca.

Fax 403-854-2845; Email: chrysler@telusplanet.net.

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FLAGGERS NEEDED. No Certification? Get Certified, 604-575-3944

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

• Steel Fabricator (afternoon) • Saw Operator • Estimator • Drafter & more. Global ORIGINAL Waterpark & Attractions Company is HIRING! www.WhiteWaterWest.com/ careers.html

P/T Packager

.Flagpersons & Lane Closure Techs required. Must have reliable vehicle. Must be certified & experienced. Union wages & benefits. Fax resume 604-513-3661 email: darlene.hibbs@shawbiz.ca

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HELP WANTED

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PERSONAL SERVICES 182

FINANCIAL SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 281

GARDENING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 329 PAINTING & DECORATING

Prompt Delivery Available

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

REAL ESTATE 633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

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

706

AVAILABLE NOW

Running this ad for 8yrs

1 & 2 BDRM SUITES

PAINT SPECIAL

Heat, hot water & parking.

Close to stores & schools.

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

MAPLE COURT I

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

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

(604)465-1311

meadowslandscapesupply.com

22437 121st Ave 604-467-0715

NEW 14 Wide in 55+ Mission Park $83,900 w/$550 pad rent.

Pet OK. Chuck 604-830-1960

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

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

188

LEGAL SERVICES

MAPLE RIDGE Central - Large 1 bdrm apt. Deck, lndry facil, prkg & storage. NS/NP $700/month Jan 15. 604-937-3534 Maple Ridge

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL 236

CLEANING SERVICES TONY’’S PAINTING

TOPSOIL

• • •

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003

www.jonesbroscartageltd.com

GUTTER CLEANING

639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES • DIFFICULTY SELLING? •

Difficulty Making Payments?

No Equity? Penalty? Expired Listing?

We Buy Homes! No Fees! No Risk! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

Call Ian 604-724-6373

. housecleaning 604-551-3255

Home Cleaning Services * No Chemicals * Fridays Open

mariescustomizedcleaning @gmail.com

374

GUTTER/Window Cleaning, Power Washing, 30 yrs exp., For Prompt Service Call Simon 604-230-0627

287

706

To book an appt call 604-789-1725.

Intex Janitorial & Maintenance Services

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

338

(604)465-1302 / 604-786-3466

ENVIRO

$25/hr. Min. 2 hrs.

Incls. Equipment & Supplies

Lauren 778-862-1920 242

CONCRETE & PLACING

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288

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

300 UNIQUE CONCRETE

DESIGN

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

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HERFORT CONCRETE

NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 25 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement EXCELLENT REF’S -WCB Insured

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

257

DRYWALL

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

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ELECTRICAL

317

FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s.

Drain Cleaning. Ins. (778)908-2501

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

CRESCENT Plumbing & Heating Licensed Residential 24hr. Service

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

• Hot water tanks • Furnaces • Broilers • Plugged Drains 778-862-0560

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

Journeyman Call 604-345-0899 353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS 10% DISCOUNT. MG Roofing & Siding. CA. Re-roofing, New Roof Gutters.

LABRADINGER (Lab/Springer X) pups, ready to go now, $500/each.

Call or text (604)845-3972 NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com Yorkshire Terrier, 9 wks old female Shots & dewormed. Vet checked Black & tan. $900. 604-828-2806

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed!

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

604-465-1311

MOVING & STORAGE

STEEL BUILDING...”THE BIG YEAR END CLEAR OUT!” 20X22 $4,259. 25X24 $4,684. 30X34 $6,895. 35X36 $9,190. 40X48 $12,526. 47X70 $17,200. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

Save-On Roofing - Specializing in New Roofs, Re-Roofs & Repairs. 778-892-1266

AFFORDABLE MOVING www.affordablemoversbc.com

$45/Hr

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

604-618-6401 Marcel

LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood Laminate Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

604-537-4140

MISC. FOR SALE

Restless Leg Syndrome & Leg Cramps? Fast Relief In One Hour.

Sleep At Night. Proven For Over 32 Years. www.allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.

$59.00 Per Ton

MOUNTAIN MOVERS- Your trusted choice for residential moving services. (778)378-6683

GERMAN SHEPHERD Pups & young adults. Quality German & Czech bloodlines. 604-856-8161.

560

Meadows Landscape Supply

320

PETS

604-812-9721

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

DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded.

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

FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

477

✶Dump Site Now Open✶

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

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#1 IN RATES & SERVICE. Lic’d/Ins. LOCAL Plumber. Plugged drains, renos etc. Chad 1-877-861-2423

MISC SERVICES

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

Lic. Electrician A+, BBB member Expert trouble shooter, All types of Electrical work 24/7 604-617-1774

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

60lb bale average. Pitt Meadows.

Call 604-505-4087.

Green Services Ltd

604-463-3644 604-861-1490

FEED & HAY

A LICENSED/ HONEST PLUMBER & GAS FITTER/furnace man with 33 years exp. Refs. Reas. rates Free est. 24hrs. Don 604-220-4956

Landscape Construction Renovations W Maintenance

bcclassified.com 604-575-5555

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2nd CUT HAY Stored at Mission Barn Wynnk Farms (604)467-4419

DUTCH TOUCH

FREE ESTIMATES

PLUMBING

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

LANDSCAPING

JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service.

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

778-231-9675, 778-231-9147

CHECK CLASSIFIEDS

HOME REPAIRS

APARTMENT/CONDO

BRAND new 1 Bedroom Condo for rent on 226th Street in Maple Ridge. Leave your car at home, central location, walk to bus, shopping, banks, restaurants, recreation, library, etc. Available immediately. $850 per month. Senior’s discount available. Basic cable and internet, underground parking and storage included. Please call Eldon at 604864-1377.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Janitorial, Office Cleaning Int. Ext. Windows, Pressure Washing, Gutter Cleaning Free Estimates

RENTALS

TREE SERVICES

.Can-Pro Paint & Drywall. 3 rooms $250. Over 25 yrs of quality service. Insured/Free Est. 604-7717052

FRIENDLY CLEANING

Glenwood Manor Apartments

mikes hauling 604-516-9237

New SRI *1296 sq/ft Double wide $89,888. *New SRI 14’ wide $67,888. Repossessed mobile homes, manufactured homes & modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

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329 PAINTING & DECORATING

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

800 sf S Impeccably clean Heat SH/W S Prkg S Avail Jan 1.

2 bdrm / $925/mo.

No pets ~ Ref’s req’d.

GARIBALDI Court (604) 463-9522 Central Maple Ridge 2 Bdrm units avail January Great location for seniors!

Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incls heat, h/w, cable.

Senior Move-In Allowance.

Refs & Credit check req.

TOWNHOUSES

AVAIL NOW - 1 Bdrm Twnhse, W/D F/S, Lam Flrs, Bus Rte. $750/mo, refs req’d, sm pet ok, 778-554-4345 PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1097/mo - $1199/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available.

19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938 PITT MEADOWS 3 Bdrm T/H in quiet family complex, rent geared to income. N/P. Call: 604-465-4851

TRANSPORTATION 810

AUTO FINANCING

Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms.

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

Criminal Record check may be req.

Resident Manager Onsite Now with SENIORS DISCOUNT

604.466.8404 (Erik)

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

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

PORT COQUITLAM

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

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT 11895 Laitty St, Maple Ridge WESTGATE APARTMENTS Fully renod 1 & 2 bdrm suites Full time on-site caretaker.

Available Immediately CALL ANYTIME TO VIEW

MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St Maple Ridge 2 Bdrm $625/mo & 1 bdrm $550/mo Inc. hot water Certified Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented. Close to uptown 604-463-4131 for appt.

(9am-5pm) MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrms $790/$875 GREAT LOCATION

Queen Anne Apts. * Renovated Suites * Clean, very quiet, large,

1 Bdrm apts $750 2 Bdrm apts $800 Incl heat, hot water & parking.

Close to stores and Schools.

ROOM SPECIAL

SUNRISE 22292 122nd Avenue (604)349-5982 MAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL 1 bdrm apt, $750/mo incl heat, h/w, N/P. Avail Now. Call 604-476-6683.

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

736

HOMES FOR RENT CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdrm house $1275/mo.

604-467-4583

TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES! 2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

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

MAPLE RIDGE, 11662 Fulton.

3/bdrm full house. Unfinished bsmt.

Washer/Dryer in bsmt. Large fnced yard. $1300/mo.

Avail now.

(604)258-8769 PRIVATE ACREAGE 3 BDRM All appl. 10 minutes to downtown Mission 604-936-3088

741

OFFICE/RETAIL

Maple Ridge Office & Retail Space

Unbelievable Rates, Starting at $495/month.

Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf.

Various downtown locations.

Updated and well maintained.

Rick Medhurst Royal LePage Realty

604-463-3000

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

AVAILABLE NOW

845

PORT COQUITLAM, 1500 - 3000 sq ft. Ground floor commercial area.

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

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

MAPLE RIDGE

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

2000 VW PASSAT for parts, runs, needs transmission, $2,000. obo.

Call 604-302-3281.

1-604-358-8722

COQUITLAM Centre, 5bdrm 2 bth rec-rm, strge, lrg yrd. nr schls/college $1700. Refs. 604-939-0273

Ask about our

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CRIME FREE BUILDING

12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings

CALL TODAY! 604-803-5041

SUITES, UPPER

(604)466-5799

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751

MAPLE RIDGE 3 bdrm., 2 baths, newly reno, nr. schools, bus, parks. $1300. Avail Jan 1. (604)722-4415

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

Sorry No Pets

604-463-2236 604-463-7450

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750

MAPLE RIDGE 220/Selkirk 2bdrm + den. 1050 sq ft., New lam floor, pet ok. Newly painted. $1050 +half utils/garage. Now. 604-322-0180.

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RENTALS

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MAPLE RIDGE

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746

ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTH

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

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

Call 604-467-3944 750

SUITES, LOWER

M.RIDGE-Bright lrg 1bdrm, priv ent lam flrs, shrd w/d. No smoking. No pets. $795 incl utils. 604-460-9166

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The Hyundai names, logos, product names, feature names, images and slogans are trademarks owned by Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. †Finance offers available O.A.C. from Hyundai Financial Services based on a new 2013 Accent 5 Door GL 6-Speed Manual/2013 Elantra GL 6-Speed Manual/2014 Tucson 2.0L GL FWD MT/2014 Santa Fe 2.4L FWD with an annual finance rate of 0%/0%/1.9%1.9% for 72/84/96/96 months. Bi-weekly payments are $113/$111/$119/$139. $0/$0/$250/$1,500 down payment required. Cost of Borrowing is $0/$0/$1,811/$2,114. Finance offers include Delivery and Destination of $1,550/$1,550/$1,760/$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: 2014 Tucson 2.0L GL FWD MT for $23,259 at 1.9% per annum equals $119 bi-weekly for 96 months for a total obligation of $25,070. $250 down payment required. Cash price is $23,259. Cost of Borrowing is $1,811. Example price includes Delivery and Destination of $1,760. Registration, insurance, PPSA, fees, levies, charges, license fees and all applicable taxes are excluded. Price of models shown: 2013 Accent 5 Door GLS 6-Speed Manual/2013 Elantra Limited/2014 Tucson 2.4L Limited AWD/2014 Santa Fe 2.0T Limited AWD are $19,249/$24,849/$35,359/$40,659. Prices include Delivery and Destination charges of $1,550/$1,550/ $1,760/$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 $3,340/$4,540 available on 2013 Accent 5 Door L 6-Speed Manual/2013 Elantra L 6-Speed Manual (on cash purchases only). 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.

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