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by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter The latest sign in a local language debate recently arrived on another bus stop—this time it’s a Chineseonly advertisement for oral hygiene products.

A bus shelter advertisement features a smiling Asian bride behind an array of Crest products. Apart from using the English name of the Procter and Gamble product, the text is exclusively in the Chinese language.

The ad was spotted on Steveston Highway across from Richmond Country Farms.

Although there’s no law in B.C. requiring the use of English or French in signs or advertising, critics say the exclusive use of foreign languages widens the cultural divide in a city where 57 per cent of residents are born outside of Canada and one in 10 have no knowledge of the English language.

Telecommunications companies, realtors and banks have used Chinese-only advertisements before— on bus shelters and in direct mail— but such targeted ads for consumer products aren’t as common.

Kerry Starchuk, a longtime resident who has advocated for English to be included on signs, plans to boycott Procter and Gamble’s products because of the ad, which she said is also being used in Toronto. And some Twitter users this week wondered what the result would be if the advertisements were used in Quebec, where French language has provincial protection.

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Said one commentator: “There’s parts of this country where there would be war if it wasn’t in French!”

Offered another: “Let’s see that happen in Quebec.”

The Richmond Review contacted Procter and Gamble but didn’t receive a response by press time yesterday.

Richmond Coun. Chak Au said he doesn’t believe the ads are meant to offend.

“I think it reflects a certain level of insensitivity on the part of the company or the advertising agency.

That’s very unfortunate. I don’t think this is the right thing, but on the other hand I think this is understandable in terms of a marketing strategy.”

Au believes such ads should include English. He added the city could create guidelines, but said he believes in education rather than legislation.

“In a free society like Canada, where we treasure freedom of expression, I think it’s very difficult to use any legislation to forbid this kind of targeted marketing. Actually, if we do that, it may even create more problems.”

Last month the publicly-funded social service agency SUCCESS pulled its Chinese-only advertisements from local bus shelters after drawing criticism for not including one of Canada’s official languages.

The SUCCESS ad promoted a problem gambling program for Chineselanguage speakers. The text featured only Chinese characters, apart from a name and phone number, which led to a Chinese voice message.

“SUCCESS has no intention of alienating anyone with this advertisement,” said Queenie Choo, CEO of SUCCESS, in a statement at the time. “We are also working on an internal guideline on placing advertisement of this nature that English shall be a base language, as appropriate, and other languages can be an add-on.”

Toy had close encounter with 777 Remote-controlled helicopter flew within 90 feet of passenger jet

by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter

A bus shelter advertisement for Crest teeth whitening products featuring only the Chinese language is prompting one critic to call for a boycott of the parent company’s products.

A remote-controlled helicopter flew within 60 to 90 feet of an Air Canada Boeing 777 as it approached the north runway at Vancouver International Airport last year, close enough for the pilot and co-pilot to notice it.

In what Transportation Safety Board regional manager Bill Yearwood described as a “close encounter”, the incident occurred at 7:15 a.m. on Friday, March 29, 2013, while the passenger jet was at an altitude of 2,000 feet, on its seven-mile final approach.

Richmond RCMP were called to the scene, but were unable to find the aircraft or its operator.

The toy helicopter did pose a hazard to the plane, and if it had been sucked into one of the plane’s engines, could have resulted in engine failure.

However, since the aircraft is lightweight, and likely battery operated, the danger it posed to a jet’s engine was “not a high risk,” he said.

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City staff say no to 10-storey temple Council committee to field new expansion bid from Lingyen Mountain Temple

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter City staff will make a rare recommendation today (Wednesday) to deny a development application that’s causing a stir on Richmond’s Highway to Heaven.

Lingyen Mountain Temple, a striking building on No. 5 Road, has sought to expand on neighbouring land for the past decade. After a few previous attempts, temple officials are making another push—but this one too might not make it to the Promised Land.

“Development must improve a neighborhood, not denigrate it.

Development must show respect for those other places of worship that have willingly and respectfully complied with zoning requirements,” said Carol Day in her latest submission to council.

Day, a resident of the Shellmont neighbourhood, formed a citizens’ group to fight the proposal. She insists the temple’s latest bid, as others before it, doesn’t comply with zoning rules.

James K.M. Cheng Architects has applied on behalf of the temple to rezone 10060 No. 5 Road, a vacant 3.8-hectare (9.4-acre) site, from its roadside stand designation to allow a temple expansion of 198,738 square feet.

Council’s planning committee will hear the application today at a 4 p.m. meeting. Opponents promise a presence at the meeting, and staff are suggesting the new bid be rejected.

“Although the proposal will ex-

pand active agriculture use and protection of land with demonstrable agriculture value, and the Lingyen Mountain Temple’s contributions to the community are acknowledged, the impacts associated with the proposed building height and massing are significant,” noted planner Barry Konkin. “The scale of the proposal’s departure from established norms… are significant and staff do not support the proposed (temple) expansion as proposed.”

Proposed are eight buildings connected by a covered walkway, arranged around a central courtyard, according to the report. The main temple would rise 30 metres, or 10 storeys—two-and-a-half times higher than the 12 metres (39 feet) allowed under zoning rules. Four other buildings would also break building height rules.

Variances for other places of worship have been granted in the past, but none as high as this. Some are as high as 21.3 metres, but most are for architectural features such as domes or spires, according to staff.

“The visual and physical impact of the proposed building heights is of concern to staff, as the taller roof profiles will be visible from the surrounding context. The looming affect, which results from the relationship between the height of a structure and its distance from adjacent uses is also of concern,” noted Konkin.

The proposed density also has staff concerned. Although permitted, the magnitude of the development would be like no other here.

Parking has also been flagged. A shortfall, staff say, will result in temple-goers parking in neighbouring residential streets, especially during major events.

Temple officials say a growing congregation, now numbering 10,000, is necessitating expansion. The expan-

An artist’s rendering of a proposed expansion of Lingyen Mountain Temple, whose existing building, at right in the image, faces No. 5 Road.

sion would allow 100 resident nuns, up from the current 47.

Richmond has historically allowed places of worship to locate on this stretch of No. 5 Road—despite its Agricultural Land Reserve designation—provided farming also takes place on the land. As part of this application, temple officials promise to intensify farming, and open the majority of the agricultural lands for

“Development must improve a neighborhood, not denigrate it.”

— Carol Day

$136,961 watch catches border guard’s attention A man who smuggled a $136,961 watch into Canada without paying his duties, was fined more than $14,000 in Richmond provincial court last week.

Zuo Qing Huang pled guilty last Tuesday to possession of goods unlawfully imported contrary to the Customs Act. He returned to Canada following a Hong Kong trip, and was referred for a secondary examination at Vancouver International Airport. That’s where a Canada Border Services Agency officer asked him about the origin of the Breguet watch he was wearing.

Huang said he initially got it from a friend as a payment for a gambling debt prior to immigrating to Canada. He then claimed his friend sold the watch to a pawn shop, and that he bought it back for 7,000 Hong Kong dollars. Eventually, he admitted he received the watch from a friend as a payment for a HK$200,000 gambling debt.

Huang said he previously imported the watch, but had not declared it because it was not new.

After appraisal, the watch was deemed to be worth $136,961.45.

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Canada Border Services photo A very pricy Breguet watch.

the duties and taxes he evaded, some $14,038.55.

Before getting his watch back, Huang will have to pay a penalty of between 25 and 80 per cent of the value of the seized good.

And that could amount to as much as $109,000.

Canada Border Services spokesperson Stefanie Wudel added: “If a traveller does not properly declare his or her goods upon the initial importation into Canada, the goods are still subject to enforcement action as well as any duties and taxes owing upon any future return to Canada.”

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farm school programs.

The applicant maintains there are other public benefits, such as improved local drainage, extensive planting and public access to the temple grounds, complex and kitchen, offering free food “all week for everyone,” according to documents submitted to the city.

The applicant also suggests the project “reflects and enhances the multicultural character of Richmond.”

Consultant Brook Pooni Associates Inc. found “overwhelming city-wide support,” following two open houses and a telephone survey. In its report, the firm noted the main temple would be 12 metres (40 feet) shorter than a 2010 proposal.

“The consolidation of agricultural land which forms part of the proposal allows for the tallest building to be located at the rear of the property reducing visibility from No. 5 Road and creating a park-like area along No. 5 Road,” concluded the consultant.

Lingyen Mountain Temple issued a statement yesterday, saying its members and volunteers are “very disappointed” by the ruling from city staff, and that they’re seeking “additional clarification as to why denial is recommended.”

“The temple is at capacity and as the population of Richmond continues to grow, so too do the spiritual, cultural and community needs of Richmond residents,” reads the statement.

David Suzuki to speak to Richmond youth David Suzuki, one of Canada’s most celebrated environmentalists, will speak to students at the Richmond Earth Day Youth Summit this Saturday.

Suzuki, co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation and professor emeritus at University of B.C., is the keynote speaker for the April 26 event at R.A. McMath Secondary, organized by students from the district’s Green Ambassadors program.

He’ll be speaking to the day’s theme of We Are the Fraser, while telling youth they have the biggest stake in the Earth’s future.

“Whatever happens will have little effect (on my life). And yet the decisions being made now are going to reverberate through their entire lives,” he told The Richmond Review. “The sad thing is that youth are the one group that are the least likely to take part in the electoral process.”

Also known as the REaDY Summit, the event takes place Saturday, April 26 at McMath from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It features exhibits and workshops on themes of environmental stewardship and sustainability.

Suzuki is the keynote speaker, while other presenters—addressing topics such as connecting with nature, sustainable food and natural gardening—include Arran and Jyoti Stephens of Nature’s Path Foods, paleontologist Scott Sampson, chef Ian David Suzuki Foundation photo Lai and experts from the David Suzuki Foundation.

All Richmond youth are encouraged to register Scientist David Suzuki will be speaking in Richmond this Saturday, urging youth to get involved in environ- at readysummit.ca. mental issues.

—Matthew Hoekstra

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City Page Community news covering April 23 to May 6, 2014 Minoru Park. The festival will feature lots of entertainment, interactive activities, community booths and the annual Walk with the Mayor.

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The City of Richmond has contracted Columbia Bitulithic to grind and pave the following location in Richmond from April 1 to May 31: • 5000 Block Jacombs Road • Westminster Highway – 400 meters west of Jacombs Road • 8000 Block Westminster Highway • Intersection of Bridgeport Road and No. 5 Road • 6000 Block Steveston Highway • 8000 Block Steveston Highway • Knight Street North and South 450m from Westminster Highway Work hours will be 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and weekends. Night time work hours will be 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. (typically).

Traffic will be reduced to singlelane and there may be temporary lane closures. Delays may occur.

The use of an alternate route is strongly encouraged.

This work is weather dependent and dates are subject to change without notice. Visit www. richmond.ca (City Services > Roads, Dykes, Water & Sewers > Construction Projects > 2013 Paving) for more information.

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to: (a) reduce the west side yard setback from 3.0 metres to 0.0 metres; (b) reduce the south yard setback from 3.0 metres to 0.0 metres; (c) reduce the landscaping width of the front yard from 3.0 metres to 0.78 metres for a limited portion of the Bridgeport Road Frontage; and (d) reduce the north manoeuvring aisle width fronting the proposed building from 7.5 metres to 5.5 metres.

2. 5780 Bittern Court - DV 14654101 - Manjeet and Harman BilnTo vary the maximum lot coverage in Land Use Contract 006 Bylaw No. 2938 from 33% to 40% in order to permit construction of a new twostorey single detached dwelling.

3. 5311 Cedarbridge Way and 7771 Alderbridge Way - DV 13-634940 - Onni 7731 Alderbridge Holding Corp.- To vary the provisions of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500 to further reduce the visitor parking requirement from 0.15 spaces/ unit, as per Development Permit (DP 12-615424), to 0.10 spaces/ unit for the development located at 5311 Cedarbridge Way and 7771 Alderbridge Way on a site zoned “High Density Low Rise Apartments (RAH2)”.

Clothes washer rebate program Replace your washer with a high-efficiency ENERGY STAR™ model and receive a rebate Clothes washers use approximately 21% of indoor household water.

Switching to a high-efficiency clothes washer can save you 62,000 litres of water and 240 kWh of electricity per year.

The rebate is available to Richmond residents for prequalified clothes washer purchases and installations done from May 1 to 31, 2014.

The City is matching BC Hydro’s rebate to provide a total reimbursement of $100 or $200. To qualify, Richmond residents must provide BC Hydro with specific items within 60 days of washer purchase and installation.

Before purchasing your new clothes washer, please view full eligibility and rebate submission details at www.richmond.ca/ savewater.

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World heritage status for Steveston is years away

City Board Asphalt paving advisory April 1st to May 31st, 2014

National recognition for historic fishing village needed first, city says

The City of Richmond has contracted Columbia Bitulithic to grind and pave the following location in Richmond from April 1st to May 31st : • 5000 Block Jacombs Road • Westminster Highway – 400 meters west of Jacombs Road Work hours will be 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays, and 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekends. Night time work hours will be from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. (typically).

Traffic will be reduced to single-lane and there may be temporary lane closures.

Delays may occur. The use of an alternate route is strongly encouraged.

by Matthew Hoekstra

This work is weather dependent and dates are subject to change without notice.

Staff Reporter Convincing a United Nations organization to add Steveston Village to an exclusive list of heritage sites around the world would take years and come with a heavy price tag, according to a new report.

“Preparing a nomination for UNESCO world heritage designation is a lengthy and costly process,” said Jane Fernyhough, in a report to council’s planning committee today.

The World Heritage List, maintained by a United Nations agency known as UNESCO, or United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, recognizes over 900 places around the world for cultural or natural significance.

City officials began probing Steveston Village as a candidate earlier this year.

Fernyhough, Richmond’s director of arts, culture and heritage services, is suggesting council spend $20,000 to make the first step—apply for National Historic

Talk looks at impact of substance abuse on families Richmond Public Library will be hosting the program “A Family Checkup: Communication, Boundaries, and Substances” on April 30.

Presented by Richmond Addiction Services Society, the program will examine what impact substance use has on families.

The program takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Brighouse branch (7700 Minoru Gate).

To register, visit any branch of Richmond Public Library, call 604-231-6413 or register online at www. yourlibrary.ca/events.

Questions may be directed to Wasim Memon, Supervisor, Engineering Inspections, at 604-276-4189, or visit the City’s paving program webpage at www.richmond.ca (City Services > Roads, Dykes, Water & Sewers > Construction Projects > 2013 Paving).

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Steveston would join heritage ranks that include the Great Wall of China and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia if a bid to add the fishing village to UNESCO’s World Heritage List succeeds.

Site designation. If Ottawa approves, Steveston Village must then be added to Canada’s tentative list of sites seeking the more prestigious world designation.

Seven sites are already in that queue, and UNESCO will only consider one per year from Canada. That, along with at least two years of work in preparing a nomination, means the road to the world heritage designation is a long one.

“Pimachiowin Aki is one example in Canada that took five years, boxes of nomination documentation and several million dollars and has been sent back for further research,” noted Fernyhough.

Officials behind the Pimachiowin Aki bid—

involving 33,400 square kilometers of boreal forest that straddles the Manitoba-Ontario border—are now making a second attempt at winning favour from UNESCO, but a decision may not come until 2016.

Last year’s Canadian winner of a World Heritage Site designation was the tiny community of Red Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Red Bay Basque Whaling Station earned the honour, having had a National Historic Site designation since 2000. Canada named the site to its list of UNESCO candidates in 2004, and work on the nomination formally began four years later, according to reports.

More locally, Vancouver launched a bid for

the World Heritage Site status in 2008 on behalf of Chinatown. It won National Historic Site honours in 2011, but the site is not yet on Canada’s tentative list, according to a staff report.

There are two National Historic Site designations in Steveston already: Britannia Shipyards, designated in 1991, and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, recognized in 1976.

Earlier this year in the legislature, RichmondSteveston MLA John Yap trumpeted the benefits of the world designation for Steveston Village.

Said Yap: “UNESCO designation would ensure preservation of the whole of Steveston and firmly place it on the tourism map.”

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Flurry of fashion comes to River Rock 37 graduating students of Kwantlen are organizing three runway shows at River Rock

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter Richmond’s own fashion week, culminates with a trio of shows Thursday at River Rock Show Theatre.

Graduating students from Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s fashion program will dazzle audiences with their designs at The Show, a professionallyproduced showcase that will put 37 one-of-a-kind fashion lines on the catwalk.

“It’s a final compilation of all the work that they put together,” said Andhra Goundrey, co-ordinator of the fashion design and technology program at Kwantlen. “It’s a great way to celebrate together as a cohort—they become a family—to celebrate with their family and friends, and also most importantly to meet with the industry.”

The school’s bachelor of design, fashion and technology degree program gives students the technical skills they need to succeed in the the fashion industry—from pattern-making and design to sewing and computer-aided design. But it also teaches students about being global citizens, encouraging them to consider the difference they can make.

The runway outfits include fashions for men, women, children and tweens.

Video online See richmondreview.com for videos of 3 students’ projects: •Nicole Picco’s Pulse fashion line, which is an activewear collection for curvy women.

•Keisha Lowes’ men’s outdoor fashion line Compass.

•Shelby Gillingham’s NVRLND— apparel for the female motorcycle rider.

Audiences will see lingerie, loungewear, beachwear and outerwear, along with fashion for motorcyclists and people who use wheelchairs.

The students are organizing the event, along with Kwantlen faculty, staff and industry experts.

Among the models is Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux. The Minister, who uses a wheelchair, will be modelling Kaylyn MacKenzie’s final project of adaptive apparel.

“With so few options for clothing that are up-to-date for those with disability, I decided to make my niche market female wheelchair users,” said MacKenzie in a news release. “Vancouver is very accommodating to those that live with occupational barriers in life, yet the only clothing lines available to those with disability are aimed at a mature market.”

The Show is on April 24 at 1, 3 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $18 for matinees and $38 for the evening show; available at kpufashionshow.eventbrite.ca.

James Marshall photo Graduating fashion student Shelby Gillingham’s final collection is NVRLND—apparel for the female motorcycle rider.

Toy helicopter operator was likely breaking the law

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Cops seek to reunite bike parts with owner Thieft was nabbed red-handed at Brighouse station If you own a grey Reebok Antic, and are missing a bike tire and hub, Richmond Mounties want to chat with you.

Richmond RCMP Cpl. Stephanie Ashton said on April 2, local police caught a bike thief stealing a bike tire

and gear set from a bicycle locked in a rack near the Canada Line station at Brighouse.

Nobody came forward at the time to claim ownership of the bike, but Ashton remains hopeful.

“This might seem like a small item to return in the big scheme of things, but it is always good when property is recovered and returned to its owner.”

Anyone with information about the bike, or its owner, is asked to call the Richmond RCMP at 604-278-1212.

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From Page 1 Yearwood noted that these type of planes, which have become much cheaper to purchase in recent years, can now be operated when out of the direct line-of-sight of the operator thanks to cameras that send images to the operator.

The helicopter was also seen flying at a higher altitude than the crews of subsequent aircraft that morning, which were at an altitude of 1,500 feet.

“Generally speaking, anybody that takes an action that presents a risk to the aviation community, is likely breaking the law or some regulation,” Yearwood said.

The approach and departure phase of an airplane’s landing and taking off is “more critical,”

“Generally speaking, anybody that takes an action that presents a risk to the aviation community, is likely breaking the law or some regulation.”

— Bill Yearwood

Yearwood said, when asked if the close encounter near the airport posed a greater danger.

Had the helicopter been closer to the passenger jet, the plane’s wake turbulence may have

tossed the helicopter out of control, Yearwood said.

A video posted on YouTube by Quadrotor Dragonfly (tinyurl. com/QuadYVR) shows a remotecontrolled helicopter soaring hundreds of feet in the air, at the same level as an airplane as it approached Vancouver International Airport. The video was posted last November.

Under current laws, there’s no requirement to get a special permit to operate one of these helicopters if it’s for personal use.

But operating them for a business purpose requires the permit, Yearwood said.

The basic rule is anything that creates a risk to aviation, including shining a laser on a plane, is prohibited.

Man shot while sitting in his vehicle A man was shot while sitting in his vehicle Friday night.

The incident happened just before 10:30 p.m. on McNeely Drive and Jack Bell Drive in East Richmond.

The victim was able to get himself to hospital and was last reported as in stable condition.

Richmond RCMP Serious Crimes unit continues to investigate.

Anyone with information regarding this shooting can email Richmond_tips@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or remain anonymous by calling CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222TIPS(2477)

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One in five offices still vacant: report Office vacancy rate still around 20 per cent, according to Colliers International

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter Richmond’s office vacancy rate is still hovering around 20 per cent, four years after reaching a high point, according to a new report from Colliers International.

The commercial real estate firm pegged local vacancy at 19.1 per cent in its first quarter Metro Vancouver Office Market Report.

That’s a slight drop from Colliers’

20.5 per cent figure from the same time last year, but higher than the 18.8 per cent at the end of 2013.

Richmond isn’t alone in its stock of empty office buildings. Surrey recorded a 20 per cent rate with roughly the same amount of inventory. Langley, whose market is one-quarter the size of Richmond’s, boasted a rate of 22.7 per cent.

But vacancy rates elsewhere are much lower, bringing the regional average down to 8.7 per cent.

Market conditions have led landlords to “aggressively compete” for tenants, according to Colliers.

“We’re seeing that many tenants in Metro Vancouver have no immediate need to make any decisions. This is causing demand to

remain relatively stagnant while they wait to evaluate their options until new supply hits the market,” said Maury Dubuque, managing director of Colliers International in Vancouver, in a news release.

The report noted technology companies are becoming more active in Richmond due to attractive lease rates and tenant improvement allowances. Office space along No. 3 Road, continues to be in high demand because of its downtown location and Canada Line connections.

Competing firm Avison Young put Richmond’s office vacancy rate at a lower 15.4 per cent at the end of 2013—its most recent figure. It listed the region’s average at 7.8 per cent.

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ursive handwriting could soon disappear from public schools.

The provincial government is considering removing that skill from the mandatory teaching curriculum, as many school districts have already done across the U.S. It is seen as unnecessary in today’s ever-more technological world, a roadblock in the course of a teacher’s packed day.

More and more elementary students submit computer printouts of essays and assignments.

Those just a few years older simply put them in online drop boxes that teachers can access.

Those in high school and college take notes on laptops and tablets.

Anyway, how many kids write letters to their grandparents anymore? They can communicate instantly on Facebook, or through Skype.

Computer and typing skills have replaced penmanship. Cursive writing is becoming obsolete.

Since 2010, 45 states have deemed teaching cursive no longer mandatory, and it is being taught less in Ontario.

It’s up to teachers if they want to make the time to teach it.

Some may argue that since many historical documents are written in cursive, future students will need to know how to read them.

Others will suggest neater hand-writing leads to better grades, in reading and math.

And more will ask how, when kids grow up, will they sign cheques? Medical forms? Autographs?

Schools still teach block print.

Yes, cursive writing is disappearing from the communication landscape. Going forward, keyboard skills will be more important, and even those may one day prove dated.

Still, we must fully consider what it is we will be losing when we stop teaching kids cursive writing.

It looks nice, but so does calligraphy.

Why teach two or three forms of writing when one will do?

The writing for cursive is on the wall.

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Inconvenient truths for Earth Day

B.C. Views Tom Fletcher

E

arth Day 2014 will likely go down in B.C. history as less exciting than last year’s event.

That was the day when, in the heat of the election campaign, NDP leader Adrian Dix announced in Kamloops that he doesn’t support the expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline to its Burnaby terminal, because Vancouver shouldn’t become a “major oil port.”

As of this Earth Day, it has been an oil port for exactly a century, since Imperial Oil began work on B.C.’s first refinery in 1914, in what is now Port Moody. There were no pipelines then, so crude was moved by rail or tanker.

For 60 years, Trans Mountain has supplied the Chevron refinery in Burnaby that is southern B.C.’s last source of fuel. Some of the Alberta crude is piped south to be refined into fuels and some of that product is barged back up to B.C. to keep our traffic moving.

Today the proposal to expand and upgrade that pipeline, and to build new oil and natural gas pipelines across the north, dominate B.C.’s political scene.

In keeping with the educational aspect of Earth Day, here are some things you may not know about energy and the environment.

• A recent National Geo-

Earth Day quiz: What’s the #1 source of oil in waters around North America? Tankers and pipelines are only 8%. You won’t believe what’s #1.

graphic report summarizes the main sources of oil in the oceans around North America. Media coverage focuses on tanker and pipeline spills, but they only account for eight per cent of the total.

Fully 60 per cent of the oil load in North American waters is from natural

seeps, where oil leaks from seafloor rock. One of the world’s largest is off Santa Barbara, California, where 20 to 25 tons flows out each day. It’s mostly consumed by oil-eating bacteria that have adapted and proliferated.

The next biggest source is leakage from cars and

trucks, which collects on pavement and is flushed to sea when it rains.

• Earth Day is now preceded by Earth Hour, during which we are encouraged to turn out our lights to join a world-wide gesture of conservation. Many people use the occasion for a candlelight dinner.

Given that B.C.’s power is nearly all from renewable hydroelectric sources, and that the paraffin used to make candles is derived from petroleum or coal, this feel-good ritual produces an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.

David Suzuki is now promoting the idea of Earth Month, an expansion of the symbolic effort designed to “raise awareness.” This is a popular notion in the climate change industry, which to date consists mostly of government officials and activists flying around the world to conferences in exotic locations to sign agreements that lead to, well, not much so far.

• Unlike Earth Hour, B.C.’s carbon tax on fuels actually appears to be helping to reduce emissions.

An update to provincial data is due this year, but what we have shows a 5.7 per cent decrease in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases between 2007 and 2011.

Environment ministers have conceded that some of this is due to the recession that struck in 2008-2009. But since the economy has recovered and begun to grow again, emissions have continued to decline.

• There are simple things anyone can do, without gimmicks or government programs. One would be to stop protesting increased housing density in your community.

By far the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in B.C., not to mention oldfashioned pollution, is transportation. By living closer to where we work, shop and play, we can exercise our legs instead of just our gas pedal foot to get around.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Twitter: @tomfletcherbc Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

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Why is a developer allowed to harass a neighbourhood over and over again?

Editor: Richmond planning staff have recommended that Richmond city council deny the Lingyen Mega Retreat application, because the development team will not obey the No. 5 Road backlands policy. Staff asked Lingyen Mountain Temple to revise its application “but the applicant declined to make these changes, and advised that the current proposal reflects the desires of the temple for the expansion.”

It is shocking that the temple would not be willing to work with planning staff. The visual and physical impact of the proposed building heights are of concern to staff and there is no precedent for a variance of this magnitude and yet the Lingyen development team show no signs of having a willingness to working with the City of Richmond.

CalmR, the citizens’ group formed in the neighbourhood has had the same response from

Lingyen Mountain Temple when we requested a meeting to discuss how it could work with the neighbourhood to garner support for a reduced expansion.

Staff have stated that the development “would be out of character” with the existing institutions along No. 5 Road and they have “serious concerns with the scope of the requested height variance.”

When it comes to parking, staff have stated that “details on these arrangements have not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the city.” When it comes to the agricultural part of the project, “staff have concerns with the significant variance from council policy.”

The Lingyen temple has created four proposals in 10 years and if this application is denied then they could come back in 12 months with another project. Why is a developer allowed to harass a neighbourhood over and over again?

Why can't the Lingyen group learn to accept that working with

the city and with the residents, will be far more successful than continuing to push their agenda?

Will Shellmont ever be able to live in harmony without the threat of such an ominous threat to this neighbourhood?

The temple could expand if it were just able to accept that it must follow the same rules as everyone else and restrict the location of its expansion to the first 110 metres and restrict the height to comply with city bylaws.

The International Buddhist Temple on Steveston Highway has expanded and managed to work within city guidelines and we encourage the Lingyen development team to visit that temple for inspiration as to how to work with the city.

We thank City of Richmond planning staff for their thorough report and their professionalism in dealing with such a difficult situation.

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letters Chinese-only signs do not make city a better place Editor: Re: “People make Steveston historic,” Letters, April 16.

Letter-writer Lee Blanding, selfstyled “relatively new resident in Richmond,” could have given a refreshingly new perspective on Richmond, Steveston and Chineseonly signs, but instead said only that we have real problems but offered no insight into solving them.

He did take the predictable way out by saying that “concerned citizens are being made to look like bigots” when they question the Chinese-only signs in our city.

The boundaries of Richmond have shrunk considerably for those citizens who don’t speak a Chinese language, originally in the north

end of No. 3 Road but now on Steveston Highway, Garden City Road and residential streets with signs advertising townhomes in Chinese only. This would suggest that the builders only want Chinese owners so others need not apply.

Those citizens who have lived in Richmond for more than 25 years are sickened by what has happened to those lovely neighbourhoods, which were ideal for raising families and are now a succession of monster homes with apparently no occupants, sterile places with no heart and soul.

Similarly the city centre used to be a pleasant place to visit and stroll around with nice restaurant, interesting and unique shops, but

is now a nightmare of rushing people and hectic traffic with citizens trying to go somewhere else as fast as possible.

With more high-rises for the downtown core, Richmond will make Manhattan, Hong Kong and Vancouver’s West End pea green with envy—we would surely win the title of “the most people squeezed into the smallest area possible.” In case Blanding thinks we are a bunch of Luddites we understand that change is inevitable but with change we would hope for improvements and Chineseonly signs, among others, are not considered improvements.

Alan Halliday Richmond

High volume retail not a good fit for Bayview Editor: Re: proposed rezoning compromise on Steveston waterfront between city and Onni.

A library, daycare, etc. on the waterfront would be positive developments. However, some retail uses would cause major problems.

At one open house held by Onni, a Nesters representative was extolling the virtues of locals being able to grocery shop by walking to their store.

Having worked in the business, I pointed out that it is high volume, low margin and would bring large numbers of grocery shoppers to Bayview, most of whom would be driving. The increase in traffic and parking problems would be horrific, to the detriment of local residents and current village businesses. Other major grocery stores in Richmond at Seafair, Broadmoor, Terra Nova, etc. all provide large amounts of off-street parking for customers.

Bayview parking is extremely limited.

Deliveries to large retailers would entail unloading, etc. on Bayview, a stone’s throw from residences, with noise at all hours of the day and night: truck engines, backing beepers, power tailgates, lifts, refrigeration and even banging from emptying dumpsters. This will be an issue for folks living nearby.

I urge the city to include sensible restrictions in any rezoning, to minimize these and other problems with high volume retailers on the waterfront.

We should not have a supermarket there. A more appropriate location would be on west Chatham, with lots of off-street parking.

And please also mark me down as being opposed to permitting noisy late-night bars and bistros.

We live here.

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Sandy Lange and Holly Enns form the new ownership at Faithful Friends, along with their parents, Gerry and Margaret Bruce.

When Richmond High grads Holly Enns and Sandy Lange bought what is now Faithful Friends Pet Foods store at Blundell Centre in January, they immediately did an overhaul.

But the change was as much to attitude as it was to the store’s interior look which, like the sisters, is now much more welcoming and friendly.

Partnering with their parents Gerry and Margaret Bruce on this venture, they’ve poured their hearts into the business and it shows.

Walk into the store, and you’re greeted with a smile. They make an effort to get to know people by their names and are willing to go out of their way to help out.

Holly and Sandy fondly recall the Richmond of the 1970s, when everybody knew everybody. Neighbours shared coffee, sugar and milk, because they

genuinely cared about one another.

That same genuine nature is what customers encounter at Faithful Friends.

With a wide selection of pet food and supplies, from leashes to toys to bird feeders and cages, Faithful Friends is really one-stop shopping.

They feature items made locally, such as made-in-BC bird houses and cat toys crafted by seniors that benefits the battered women’s shelter.

The team there also goes the extra mile, willing to deliver supplies to the elderly who live in the nearby towers, and simply aren’t as mobile as they once were.

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Steveston Pharmsave prides itself in building great reputation When Richmond High grad Peter Tong opened up his Pharmasave pharmacy at No. 1 Road and Moncton in Steveston, he wanted to offer the fishing village something different.

Judging from the feedback he’s received over the past two-and-a-half years, his hard work, and that of his colleague Judy Xie, have been paying dividends.

After taking the pulse of the community, Peter opted to add a natural food section to his store, as well as a large supplement section. Many of the supplements he carries will not be found in any other pharmacy in Richmond, Peter says.

But it’s not just the selection—which features locally-made, and Canadian-made products—that sets Pharmasave apart.

It’s the fact that Peter and Judy openly offer natural alternatives as part of their integrative pharmacy practice. When a natural remedy will suffice, Peter said his pharmacy has the expertise to ensure his clients are taking the right product, with the proper quality, and at the right dose. He also openly says that he differs from other stores because he is not just there to make a sale. If what you are looking for won’t help you, he’ll let you know and give you his

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To further help the community, Peter said he now has a travel clinic set up. Locals can make an appointment and get the vaccinations and advice they need to ensure they have a pleasant vacation.

Since opening their doors, Peter’s customer base has grown, and he’s humbled that people continue to come to his pharmacy for advice.

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y name is David Black. I am the majority owner of Black Press, the company that owns this newspaper.

This is the first of two columns addressing what I see as the greatest threat to the B.C. environment in our lifetime.

I am a reasonably sensible and conservative businessman, not an alarmist. All of the information in this column can be confirmed from public sources.

The oil industry wants to export Alberta bitumen to Asia via tankers.

Under no circumstances should we allow that to happen. A bitumen spill at sea could destroy our coastline, together with the fish and wildlife that depend on it, for hundreds of years.

Bitumen, even if it is diluted, does not float in sea water if there is sediment present.

This has been proven many times, most recently in a thorough Environment Canada study published on

Nov. 30, 2013. Page 51 of the study provides graphic evidence of sunken bitumen. Given that there is an abundance of sediment along the B.C. coast, the bitumen will sink rapidly and there will be little chance of recovering any of it if there is a spill. By Northern Gateway’s own admission the likelihood of a bitumen spill at sea is over 10 per cent over the next 50 years.

Others say that it is much higher.

We are in agreement with the position taken by the Coastal First Nations that even the slightest risk of a spill of bitumen at sea is unacceptable.

The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska in 1989 is often held up as an example of how bad an oil spill at sea can be. However, a spill of bitumen at sea would be much worse.

The Exxon Valdez carried light crude and lost 250,000 barrels, one eighth of a tanker load.

The light oil floated and could be removed from the beaches. Even so, after four years of work with up to 11,000 workers and 1,400 boats involved, less than 10 per cent of it was recovered. Roughly 200,000 birds and many kinds of other wildlife were killed. Approximately 1,300 miles of shoreline were affected and the fishery has yet to fully recover. Bitumen is very different. It would harden up on shore and much of it would sink to the bottom, making it unrecoverable and killing virtually everything with which it came in contact. Imagine if we lost a full tanker load.

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Some say that, with GPS-based navigation and double hulls, spills such as Exxon Valdez are not possible today.

They are wrong. Double hulls do not prevent hull fracture if there is a collision at speed, only if there is a gentle scrape. As for the GPS claim, most marine accidents are caused by human inattention, not by a lack of knowledge about position. All ships carried systems to indicate their location before GPS came along.

The Exxon Valdez crew could have glanced at their instruments to determine their location but they didn’t, neither did the crew on the Queen of the North. Marine disasters regularly occur and a quick search of the Internet shows human error is most often the problem. Undoubtedly there will be many more marine accidents in future. Our grandchil-

dren will not thank us if we willingly risk the destruction of the BC coast on our watch.

Fortunately there is a solution that is beneficial for all concerned: all we have to do is build a refinery at Kitimat. The refinery will convert the bitumen to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel which float and evaporate if they are spilled.

Often little or no spill remediation is required.

These refined fuels simply do not cause the habitat destruction of conventional or synthetic crude oil, or anywhere near the devastation caused by bitumen.

The second part of this opinion piece will run in the next issue. It will discuss the enormous value-add benefits and environmental advantages of a modern green refinery. The pipeline from Alberta and the tanker fleet to export the refined fuels will also be considered.

Let me declare my biases. I am for creating thousands of good permanent jobs in B.C. I am for creating billions of new tax dollars for government coffers.

I am for reducing the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions. I am for building an oil pipeline that will never leak. I am for building a modern tanker fleet that carries only refined fuels that float and evaporate if spilled. I am against shipping bitumen in tankers.

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Public signage must be inclusive for all B.C. residents, and the inclusion of Canada's official language of English is the key component of this culturally sensitive issue. The proliferation of unilingual non-official language signage must be reviewed with the goal of an amendment to municipal public signage bylaws.

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Players protest end of bingo at Minoru

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter Bingo players continue to protest a decision to disband a den of daubers at Minoru Place Activity Centre.

Georgina Hamilton said they planned to protest yesterday outside Richmond City Hall, following the cancellation of a long-running twice-weekly unlicensed bingo game last month.

Centre operators say they cancelled the program due to a drop in attendance and the discovery the game— previously exempt from provincial gaming rules—needed a licence.

Hamilton said the players are proposing a game with less impact on

the centre: one bingo game per week in the cafeteria by donation. That, she said, would free up the main hall and avoid the need for a licence.

She said about 40 players are losing out on their weekly fun, and games in neighbouring cities are either too infrequent, too small or too far away.

City spokesperson Ted Townsend said the players’ proposal is being reviewed by the Minoru Seniors Society.

“The decision to end the bingo program was taken by the Minoru Seniors Society board, based on their lengthy review of demand and need. The board makes decisions on programming priorities at the centre on behalf of their membership,” he said.

Break-a-thon to break chains Students from Richmond Martial Arts will be participating in a break-a-thon at Lansdowne Centre on Saturday, April 26, from 1 to 2 p.m.

Johnny Ahmed said his students will be collecting pledges to break boards, with every dollar going to the charity International Justice Mission.

Earlier this year, Dean Siminoff, of Kootenay Christian Martial Arts, issued a challenge to other martial arts schools to raise awareness and financial support to help free modern-day slaves in Third World countries.

Proceeds from the Richmond event will go to International Justice Mission Canada, a human rights organization that seeks justice for victims of violent oppression and slavery, and which relies

Potters, weavers and spinners hold spring sales this weekend The Richmond Weavers and Spinners Guild will host its spring sale April 25 to 27 at Richmond Cultural Centre.

The 30-member guild promotes, encourages and develops the art and craft of weaving, spinning and dyeing in Richmond.

The Richmond Potters Club is also having its annual spring pottery sale at the Richmond Cultural Centre this Friday through Sunday.

Times are 1 to 9 p.m.

Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

For more information, visit www.richmond pottersclub.com/ The cultural centre is located at 7700 Minoru Gate.

on financial support to fund their rescue operations.

Through the work of International Justice Mission Canada, 3,555 children, women and men were relieved from oppression, including: • 2,266 were set free from forced slavery in India • 239 girls and young women were rescued from sex trafficking in India, Cambodia and the Philippines • 400 widows and orphans had their property restored in Uganda and Zambia • 43 innocent men and women were set free from prison in Kenya.

For information about International Justice Mission Canada, visit ijm.ca.

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Pioneer memories

Marielle Demorest photo Romina Demorest, 8, poses in period dress in Harold Steves’ house. This was part of a school project on Richmond pioneers by Lord Byng students. Harold Steves is descended from Manoah Steves, who settled in Richmond in 1877. Steveston was named in his honour.

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Richmond author has a message: Grow a pair Linda Samis releases her debut book about how to succeed using the strength of one’s intuition

by Jacqueline Langen Contributor

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ewly published author Linda Samis has a message to share with the world: “Be yourself, and be it well.”

Jacqueline Langen photo Linda Samis’ book Brass Ovaries: Grow a Pair was released in February.

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The book, Brass Ovaries: Grow a Pair was released in February and shares Samis’ perspective of how she feels people from all walks of life ought to be strong with their decisions, both personally and professionally.

“It’s not about asking for permission or seeking permission, it’s truly about being the best

person you can be and trusting your own instincts…go ahead and do that.” Samis said.

The Richmond resident says that women and men alike should separate themselves from the herd, listen to their intuition, and do as they please.

“We’ve been given this incredible gift of life, what are you going to do with it?”

In 1997, Samis went through a divorce and stood outside her soon-to-be foreclosed home and realized she needed to “grow a pair of brass ovaries.” She became empowered to overcome hardship as a stronger individual.

She founded a bottled water company and soon got back on her feet.

The book incorporates alternate perspectives from some of Samis’ family members.

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Jordan wrote one chapter, describing the misconceptions that Baby Boomers may have towards Generation Y and describes the general attitude of young adults to the baby boomers readership.

He writes that Generation Y are trained and ready to emerge into the work force, but are faced with little or no opportunity, while also objecting to the stereotype that younger generations are “lazy.”

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Curling crown heads north to Alaska Vicky Persinger rink tops women’s teams at annual Pacific International Cup at Richmond Curling Centre

by Don Fennell Sports Editor

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ometimes, father really does know best.

Vicky Persinger is glad she listened to her dad and, inadvertently, it led to her winning a major club curling bonspiel Sunday in Richmond.

Ken Persinger had participated in several Pacific International Cups, including this year which marked the 15th anniversary of the event. He frequently encouraged his daughter to also consider entering and this time she heeded the advice. And with an exhaustive 5-4 extraends victory over Cowichan Rocks in the women’s final, Vicky and her team of Cathy Shuttleworth, Adie Callahan and cousin Catharine Persinger achieved a feat Ken and his team are still seeking—a PIC championship.

“For the first time, it’s not bad I guess,” said Vicky. “But I kind of feel bad. He (her dad) is the reason I came down here. He kept saying the event was so much fun. But I’m happy he was here at the same time. I’m not sure how many more years that will be able to happen.”

Vicky, 21, has been around curling all her life. Her parents taught her the game at an early age and have always been supportive. Naturally proud of her accomplishments in the sport, Ken was on hand to watch her win the 2013 U.S. junior nationals in Boston. He was beaming again Sunday at the Richmond Don Fennell photo Curling Centre.

Fairbanks’ Vicky Persinger skipped her team from Alaska to the women’s championship at the annual Pacific International Cup Sunday at the Richmond CurlRepresenting the Fairbanks ing Centre. Persinger had to come up with some memorable shots and timely strategy to edge Cowichan Rocks 5-4 in extra ends.

Curling Club and the state of Alaska, Vicky and her teammates bit, but I definitely had to keep lost only once—11-8 Thursday “I was hoping it would curl but it was feet away from out front his access to the centre telling myself not to over throw the button was limited at in their third of eight games. where it needed to be until the very end. I was ner- of and to calm down. That was best.

Most of their victories were lopvous the whole way down it wasn’t going to curl.” “I figured if I was going to try a important once we got behind sided, including a 17-2 win over (in the final). I was really nerCalifornia in Wednesday’s open— Vicky Persinger miracle shot I was going to do it vous until the last shot, which with my own stone,” said Mellof, ing draw. The final, however, (Cowichan Rocks’ skip Diane whose final rock clipped one of was a nailbiter all the way.

Myrden) almost made. Before the outside rocks and, in turn, national Travelers Curling Club The teams exchanged narrow Unfortunately for Mellof and his she threw it, I thought to myself: Championship to be played later mates—which lost 5-2 to Langknocked the blue stone out of leads throughout until the endWe did the best we could and the centre of the rings. this year in Halifax. Minnesota of-regulation eighth end when ley in the B.C. title game earlier I’m happy. We didn’t expect to “You get the luck of the draw took silver in the international Vicky, the team’s skip, delivered in the day—the shot came a bit every once in a while, but that’s pool after a 10-5 loss to Alaska a perfect second shot to prolong make it this far to begin with.” too early in the event.

Often referred to as chess on as good of a shot as I’ve made in in semifinal play. Cowichan the game.

Engaged in a 5-5 tie with ice, Vicky’s strategy for the final that situation,” said Meloff. “The Rocks reached the final with a “Don’t be heavy,” Vicky kept Campbell River in the last game end proved it. After deciding beauty of it was there was only 7-4 semifinal win over Golden telling herself. of the day Friday, Mellof had she wanted to place a couple one spot I had to miss. And I alEars.

“I was hoping it would curl but last rock and made the most of of guards just over the hogmost played it to miss the rock.”

While Langley won the men’s it was feet away from where it it. With an opposing blue rock line—perfectly executed by lead title and emerged as the B.C. •More photos, Page 18 and needed to be until the very end. counting, Mellof opted to play Catharine Persinger—she again video at richmondreview.com. reps for the national Travelers I was nervous the whole way his final shot demonstrated impeccable timCurling Club Championship, down it wasn’t going to curl.” off one of his ing and placement of the rocks defeating international chamVicky said she and her teamtwo red stones inside the house. pion Wisconsin 7-3 in Sunday’s mates had at-best modest exoutside of the Though they lost the final, final, it was Kelowna skip Dave pectations going into the Pacific house. But with YOUR HOME or BUSINESS Cowichan Rocks still emerged Mellof who arguably came International Cup. She said as a two blue rocks victorious as B.C. reps for the 4FDVSJUZ 4ZTUFNT t %73T up with the shot of the event. result they remained calm and also guarding $$57 $BNFSBT t *OWFTUJHBUJPOT perhaps even shot FUTURE SHOP – Correction Notice FUTURE SHOP – Correction Notice $POTVMUJOH t %FCVHHJOH better.

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Gymnasts to test mettle against Canada’s elite National team member leads talented group of Richmond athletes into Western and national championships best event remains the high bar, an event in which he placed fourth in the 2012 Pacific Rim championships in Everett, Wash. And at 19, Szabo said he “still has a lot of time ahead of him.”

A first-year novice, Kaji is seen by Szabo as one of the most promising athletes nation-

by Don Fennell Sports Editor The next couple of weeks are filled with opportunity for Richmond gymnasts.

Kai Iwaasa, Muzzammil Taziz, Brian Lau and Alyssa Eng qualified for the Western Canadian championships being held Thursday through Saturday in Saskatoon, while Chris Kaji, Nico Bourne, Lau and seniors Devy Dyson and Joshua Stuart are set to compete in nationals May 26 to 31 at Carleton University in Ottawa.

Many of the athletes qualified through the recent provincial championships in Kamloops, where Dyson won the senior all-event title and Kaji the novice allaround crown.

“With neither Josh or Nico there (because of illness) our club

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“He’s very good allaround, with the pommel horse the weakest link,” said Szabo, who hopes Kaji will be able to gain some more international experience by attending a competition in Germany in September. “He’s above average for his age.”

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still managed to come first. It shows the depth of our athletes and I’m pleased our younger athletes are living up to expectations too,” said Richmond coach Ferenc Szabo Jr. The top all around athlete on the Canadian gymnastics team at last summer’s World University Games in Kazan, Russia, Stuart finds himself in a period of adjustment. An

engineering student at BCIT, he’s trying to juggle his academic studies with the high-level training required to remain an elite gymnast.

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One of four offensive linemen, Goossen is No. 9 on the list.

The six-foot-four, 294-pound Goossen was a senior at Simon Fraser University

last season, earning All-Conference honours for his play.

The CFL’s Scouting Bureau is comprised of CFL scouts, player personnel directors and general managers from the league’s nine teams.

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athletes in the Richmond club.

“The women’s program underwent some changes and we’re now starting to produce more consistent results,” said Szabo.

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Islanders B-uilding for provincials and future

by Don Fennell Sports Editor

Don Fennell photo Richmond’s Andre Ho, who represented Canada at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London, England, is set to play in the 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships April 28 to May 5 in Japan. The event is played every two years.

Worlds await Two of Canada’s top table tennis players, both Richmond residents, will play in the 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships April 28 to May 5 in Japan.

Andre Ho, who was the No. 1 Canadian men’s player to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London, England, and fellow Olympian Zhang Mo, the reigning Commonwealth champion who will lead the women’s team, are set to challenge the best from 24 nations. All told, 116 men’s teams and 97 women’s teams are expected to participate.

Renowned Richmond umpire Tony Shaw is also expected to officiate at the worlds.

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The Richmond Islanders 98/99B team has a pair of rather lofty goals in mind this season: to medal at the provincials and earn a berth in the Western Canadian Bantam girls’ softball championship.

“As the younger team (this group) was .500 last year in division play and beat out the older Richmond team to attend provincials,” notes assistant coach Barry Riva.

“This group performs well in most aspects of the game, and we have a good mix of pitching which gives this team an (additional) edge.”

Shelby Gingrich heads up the pitching staff, with Bionca Chu and Shelby Keegan also set to be difference makers. Further depth will be provided by Kim Anderson, who is arguably the best shortstop in the U16 age group.

The Islanders also boast Ashley Pipke who is emerging as a pure lead-off hitter, while Angela Noguer and Amy MacDonald should provide some power at the plate.

Riva also believes catching will also be a key to the Islanders’ fortunes, with Kaylyn Munro set to carry the load early as Alyson Broz recovers from an elbow injury and concussion.

Subrina Pratt divide her time with a regional soccer team.

Islanders 2002B Head coach Tyler Gibson says the second-year rep team is determined to medal at provincials this season.

But he’s just as keen for the players to continue improving their skillsets.

That includes developing stronger hitters and more pitchers, while en-

suring the game remains fun.

“We had a fantastic opening season last year and (while we) have had to make some player changes everyone has been practising hard and seem ready for challenge,” said Gibson.

Four players, including arguably the team’s top pitcher, have made the step up to “A” ball this season but Gibson is confident more depth is emerging among the pitching staff. The new talent, he said, “leads me to believe we can medal at provincials if the ball bounces our way once in a while.”

The Islanders should have little trouble producing offence. They were the top scoring first-year team at U12 last year.

“The batting order is loaded with hitters, bunters and stealers and we’re team with height, strength and speed,” said Gibson.

Islanders 2000B A berth in the Lower Mainland finals or perhaps even provincials may be in the cards, but assistant coach Mark Davies says the first goal for the U14 team will be “to have a competitive, fun team with each player enhancing their skills in a facets of the game.”

“We have introduced a professional yoga teacher to provide instruction on flexibility, mental calmness and overall good physicality,” Davies said.

“And we also brought in a professional to instruct in batting technique.”

Like the 2002B team, the U14s lost their starting pitcher and a shortstop to the “A” team, leaving incoming starter Kayla Davies having to shoulder a heavy load as the house pitchers gain experience at the rep level.

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card was its strong defensive record, keeping them in many games. With nine returning players, look for more of the same.

Islanders 2001B Assistant coach Jeff Collins isn’t pulling any punches—this will be a challenging season as the girls prepare for their first year in a new division.

“Our main goals are to improve our basic skills, come together as a team and compete hard against every team we play,” he says. “Overall we are hoping for a winning record in league and tournament play, but we know the competition will be (tough).”

Pitching is always a key and this year the team will rely heavily on Megan Saez Co (241 strikeouts in 112 innings last season) and Izy Wick, with Kate Dee and May Dhari offering relief.

“With the new dropped third-strike rule in effect for the first time, strong catching will also be critical,” says Collins.

Islanders 2003B Entering their first-year of rep ball, the 2003B team expects to play hard against the other first-year teams in their division. But coach Angie Hill’s main focus is that the players improve their base set of skills and knowledge of the game.

“We expect the girls to be dedicated to their teammates as well as themselves, and gain an understanding of the work required to play at a rep level,” she said. “We want the girls to be consistently swinging at good pitches and not just looking to get a walk on base.”

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for a few hours each day, according to lawyer Joe Peschisolido, whose fi firm has been hired by the family after the City of Richmond applied to have the dogs destroyed.

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The Nijjers are hoping their pets willl be returned and have built an enclosure th hey say ensures that the dogs never escape ag gain n.

The enclosure was inspected by anim mal behaviour specialist Dr. Rebecca Ledgeer, who noted there are now three fences—eaach “at least five feet tall, robust and well-consstru ucted”—between the Nijjer’s yard and thee ad djaacent Henry Anderson Elementary Scho ool.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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Volunteers are Stars at River Rock Show Theatre

Celebrating Richmond’s volunteer stars

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nspirational and heartfelt efforts to make a difference in the community were recognized at Volunteer Richmond’s 13th annual Volunteers Are Stars Gala Dinner and Awards, April 16 at River Rock Casino Around Town Resort.

Amanda Oye “It’s a phe-

Amanda Oye photos Jessica Berglund, Una Mulhall, Hans Yang, Bruce Andersen and Dave MacDonald just after coming out of the Pixstar photobooth.

Lawrie Portigal, president of Volunteer B.C., and Mayor Malcolm Brodie.

Janis Bower and Jane Campbell, who won a Constellation Award as part of the Nite of Hope committee.

Sally Poon and Lorie Leung who won the Nova Star Award for Innovation as part of RichCity Idol.

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nomenal evening of celebration,” said Elizabeth Specht, the executive director of Volunteer Richmond.

Each year, the event honours individuals, groups and organizations in the community who have made a difference through their volunteer work.

“It is encouraging and motivating for us all to do more.”

Ted Lorenz, who passed away earlier this year, received special recognition for his contributions to the community.

“It was an honour and a privilege to dedicate an award to Ted Lorenz,” said Specht.

He truly represented “volunteerism at its finest.”

All nominees and award winners have dedicated their time and energy to causes they believe deeply in.

Whether motivated by loss or inspired by those around them who need a helping hand, those honoured this year all share a passion for what they do.

“Every story is significant … every story is awe-inspiring,” Specht said.

“Every year we walk away amazed and inspired by what happens in our community.

“Richmond should be very proud.”

Amanda Oye covers the social scene for The Richmond Review. She may be reached at amanda.oye@telus.net.

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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