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DEVELOPMENT OF A PEST MANAGEMENT PLAN Pest Management Plan (PMP) No.: 794-003-15/20

Tuesday, council announces plan to clean up Cliff Avenue.

The Fraser Timber Supply Area Cooperative Association (FTSACA) is developing a Pest Management Plan (PMP) under the Integrated Pest Management Act. This plan will describe a vegetation management program using Integrated Pest Management, including the use of herbicides.

The purpose of the PMP is to describe the vegetation management program in the FTSACA chart area in the Fraser Timber Supply Area. Vegetation control methods in this plan include aerial foliar spray, ground foliar spray (including backpack and power nozzle), stem injection (hack and squirt), basal bark sprays, manual girdling, power saw, stem bending and pulling and mechanical site preparation. These treatments will take place within the Fraser Timber Supply Area that contains Crown land designated as forest land within the Chilliwack Forest District extending from the Nesakwatch River drainage on the Canada / US border in the south to the Nahatlatch River drainage in the north. It extends from the Pitt River in the west to the Skagit River in the east. Since the FTSACA chart areas are spread throughout the Chilliwack Forest District, nearby towns include Boston Bar and Hope and the communities of the Fraser Valley. There are numerous dwellings scattered throughout the plan area. Proposed herbicides to be used include Vision, VisionMax, Vantage, Weed-Master (glyphosate), Release MSO, Garlon RTU, Garlon XRT (triclopyr) and Sylgard 309 (siloxylated polyether). This Pest Management Plan will be in effect for a period of five years from the date of approval (approximately 2015 to 2020).

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Dunham and Associates Forest Professionals Ltd. 9194 Edward St. Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 4C6 (604) 793-6978 Attention: Michelle Dunham, RPF A person wishing to contribute information about a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of the pest management plan, may send copies of the information to the applicant at the address above within 30 days of the publication of this notice.

City targets homeless camp It’s a hardscrabble existence, one where a peaceful sleep, showering, and basic personal hygiene are luxuries.

And dignity can be hard to hold on to.

It’s a life 59-year-old Bert Woldring and 18-year-old Kali Chartrand are living, residing in a tent city set up along Cliff Avenue – across the street from Shepherd’s Hill Medical Clinic and just south of The Caring Place.

“There’s no break from it,” Woldring said. “It’s 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Everything you need you’ve got to carry with you. There’s no safe place. You can’t even sleep deeply because you’re outside, vulnerable, and somebody can… set you on fire, kick you, whatever.”

“I’ve been set on fire before,” Chartrand added.

Last week, Maple Ridge council approved $325,000 for an integrated approach to deal with the issues around homelessness, with a focus on providing outreach to help those suffering from addiction and mental health issues and who have ended up on the streets.

There’s work underway to ensure bylaw compliance around derelict properties and targeting the criminal element, particularly the drug culture, which preys on vulnerable people.

Meanwhile, the City is looking to break up the camp.

“We will be ready to launch all facets of our task force initiative within a few weeks, however in just under one week of more relaxed enforcement a substantial camp has sprung up on a roadway near one of the service providers in our community, highlighting the very issues our task force is working to deal with,” Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read said.

“We are in the process of informing the people [who] are squatting on the street that they will need to pack up their

belongings and leave the area.”

Woldring has been homeless for five months, and set up his tent on the side of Cliff Avenue Tuesday night.

“I realized when police were letting them [the homeless on Cliff Avenue] know they had till eight o’clock [Wednesday morning] to leave, that we’re going to have a big problem,” he said.

To tackle homelessness in Maple Ridge, Woldring said every community member has to focus on creating solutions.

“It’s not going to happen until we all start working together to achieve that end,” he added.

Part of the solution is changing the view on homeless people, opined Chartrand, who noted that many look at the local homeless like they are less than human.

“It’s really depressing how society has turned against people,” said Chartrand, who says she has been on the street since she was 16.

“They see us as some other living creature, not just a human being.”

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Bob D’Eith, a former musician, entertainment lawyer, and executive director of Music BC, will represent the New Democratic Party in the Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows riding in this fall’s federal election.

D’Eith was named as the candidate on May 3 after members of the local NDP riding association voted.

Bob D’Eith Also running was local environmentalist and author Jack Emberly.

“Jack is a really good guy, and has a lot of great connections in the community,” said D’Eith.

This fall will be D’Eith’s first time as federal candidate.

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ProPosed Changes to Park Land deveLoPment Cost Charge (dCC) ByLaw The City of Pitt Meadows is currently accepting comments on proposed changes to the rates for the Park Land Development Cost Charge (DCC) Bylaw.

As residential uses are the primary beneficiary of parkland development, parkland DCC’s are collected from developers solely for new residential developments in the community. In accordance with Provincial legislation, the proposed DCC program itemizes all parkland acquisition and improvement projects that are necessary to support population growth in the City from new development and that will be funded (in part) by DCC’s.

The last review of the City of Pitt Meadows Park Land DCC Bylaw occurred in 1996.

For a complete Park Land Development Cost Charge Bylaw Change information package, please visit City Hall or www.pittmeadows.bc.ca Comments on the proposed changes will be accepted until 4:30 pm on June 8, 2015 and then presented to Council for their final consideration prior to adoption of the Bylaw later this year.

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After 38 years as a community journalist, Bob Groeneveld retires.

TIMES editor Bob Groeneveld has announced his retirement, Over Over over the reins to longhanding time community journalist Roxanne Hooper.

“After 38 years of liaising between community newscombined combined makers and news readers, I experience combined experience combinedit was time to explore decided experience experience some of my other interests,” Groeneveld said.

“My garden has been getting short shrift the past couple of years,” he said, “and my guitar and sax have been sitting far too idle for far too long.”

Groeneveld will step down as editor of the Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows TIMES and its sister paper, the Langley Advance at

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“Roxanne brings a lot of Hooper, who has been assistexperience and goodwill to the ant editor of The TIMES and position,” he said, “and the Advance since 2010, I’m confident that all of is moving into the our readers will apprecieditor’s chair for both papers. ate the commitment that “Bob’s contributions she has to community to community journalservice.” ism go further than most Groeneveld said he of us can imagine,” said was pleased to be sucRyan McAdams, pubceeded as editor by lisher of both the TIMES Hooper, whom he first Roxanne and the Advance. met when she started Hooper “Bob’s retirement is her career in newspapers a bittersweet day at the at the Advance in 1980.

TIMES, and I personally wish “I have a great deal of respect Bob and Donna all the best in for Roxanne’s abilities as a this new chapter of their life. journalist and editor, and she It’s not a goodbye – it’s more of has a tremendous understanda ‘See you soon.’” ing of the concept of commun“The whole community ity,” he said. thanks you for all you have Hooper first began reporting shared over the years, Bob.” in this community in 1990.

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Bomb tossed Witnesses and tips are being sought after a Maple Ridge house was “bombed” early on May 4.

An incendiary devise was thrown through the window of a home in the 20900 block of Dewdney Trunk Road on Monday, at about 5:45 a.m., said RCMP Insp.

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There was no explosion or fire, but the intent to do damage was there, Splinter said.

Renter lauded Quick thinking on the part of a Port Haney woman is credited with saving an old house from destruction Sunday The woman used a fire extinguisher to contain a blaze before firefighters arrived said deputy fire chief Howard Exner. > More at mrtimes.com, search “Splinter”

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Whonnockians lined the seats at City hall Monday afternoon at a committee of the whole meeting, where two local environmentalists condemned the industrial size medical marijuana facility under construction in Whonnock.

Klaus and Betty von Hardenberg, who are a part of an organization known as the Thornhill Aquifer Protection Study (TAPS), posed a number of questions to council regarding the contentious greenhouse facility.

The most pressing of these questions: “how could this have happened, and why?”

The greenhouse in question, owned by Tantalus Labs, has been a lightning rod of controversy, since it was revealed to be a medical marijuana growing operation, and not a sylviculture facility, as Dan Sutton of Tantalus Labs initially indicated to residents.

Monday’s presentation largely focused on the risk the Tantalus Labs installation could pose to the sensitive Grant-Hill

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Clockwise from left: worried locals Klaus von Hardenberg, Dennis Striefel, Tom McLennan, Mitch Jensen, Sylvie Jensen, Betty von Hardenberg, and Birgit Mischke voiced concerns to council Monday. aquifer, which is the source of groundwater for much of Whonnock.

Pointing to a well report undertaken by Tantalus Labs, Betty revealed that the facility’s well was graded to pull “about 27,000 gallons of water per day.”

But, using figures from another legal growing operation, she argued that an installation the size of the Tantalus Labs greenhouse would have to pull “closer to 500,000 gallons of water” per day, in order to operate at full capacity.

Sutton had previously said that if the company finds itself short of water, it would look into drilling more wells on the property, which was a cause

for concern for TAPS. There are no accurate ways to predict how a heavy draw might impact the surrounding wells on other property, said Betty.

City councillors reiterated their own frustrations with senior levels of government, which largely control where and when the sites can start growing, prompting a letter to the federal health minister from the mayor of Maple Ridge last month.

In the letter, Nicole Read urged Health Canada to be more forthcoming with information about potential medical marijuana facilities. > More at www.mrtimes.com. search “marijuana”

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None of this means that we’re going to stop doing what we’ve been doing for the past 30 years. On the contrary, this is just a part of our continuing commitment of service to our community.

The changes in the printed version of your community newspaper are intended to reflect both the changing communications environment that surrounds us all, as well as the way local news gathering and disseminating continues to change.

In other words, we intend to keep providing our community with information and the interactive forum that make newspapers essential to a healthy community – and we’ll keep working on doing it better.

The reality of community journalism over the past three decades has taken our readers from mostly words printed on newsprint, into the advent of black-and-white photojournalism, past an explosion of colour, and then into the virtually unlimited internet, where we provide web-savvy readers with their local news at www.mrtimes.com.

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Our web-space reality is now augmented with our social media entries: “follow us” (on Twitter @mapleridgetimes) and “like us” (on Facebook.com/MapleRidgePittMeadowsTimes) are familiar entries in our communities’ journalism lexicon. The terrain may look a little different, but this is not unfamiliar territory for community journalism. The web and social media are just improved tools to do what we’ve done all along. A healthy community stays in communication with itself, to build on its strengths and to improve on its weaknesses.

Today’s new look is about your community newspaper helping to continue building, to emphasize the many ways The TIMES is here for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

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Chance opportunity parlayed into 38 years of writing word. I enjoyed learning each ow do you sum up letter, and I loved the way 38 years as a comthey came together to form munity newspaper words and captured thoughts. reporter and editor My handwriting was abysin the few lines offered by mal. It was the basis for this meagre space? many, many nasty notes The simple answer is, of penned on report cards that course, you don’t. were otherwise dominated by I arrived in the Fraser glowing reviews of my ferValley after a few years of vour for reading. studying agricultural science But the reading was for me, at UBC, where I had initially none the less, all about writenrolled with an eye to BOB GROENEVELD ing. By the time I got through becoming a teacher.

Fun With Dick and Jane, I I grew up on Vancouver was thinking mostly about the people Island in the Alberni Valley, at that time a thriving, progressive fishing and logging who wrote that stuff.

I wanted to be one of those people. community dominated by sawmills and a But the world I was in then was far world-class pulp mill. different from the one we’re in now. In My dad and all my oldest brothers those days, as you got into high school, worked in that pulp mill, and they have your career options grew progressively all done well with their lives. narrower.

Nevertheless, it was not a future I And the only serious career options I envisioned for myself. had been exposed to by the time I got to I discovered in my first year at school Grade 12 were working in the mill, like that I had a natural bent for the written

my dad and brothers, or going into education and emulating some of my favourite teachers.

It’s funny. My mother was always proud of the marks I brought home, and she bragged that I was on the university track at school. But forever after I announced I was not going to work in the pulp mill, but would go to university to be a teacher, her favourite derogation for me when I got her angry (I was a teenager) was a derisively intoned, “Student!”

I did work in the mill. I worked there for a year – and ensuing summers – to make money to go to university.

And after I was done with UBC (or more accurately, after UBC was done with me) I worked as a construction labourer before stumbling into a job as a reporter at the Langley Advance.

Jim Schatz, then editor, publisher, and owner of the Advance, cautioned me at the outset of my job interview, “You’d better love this work, and you’d better love to write, because it’s not about the money… you’re not going to get rich

in this business, but if you’re unlucky enough that the printer’s ink gets into your blood, you can’t find a better way to make a living.”

Within a week, my blood was saturated with that dastardly ink.

I had found my niche – purely by accident, only because Jim was the father of a friend I had made in 4-H. Not only was I blessed with the opportunity to write for a living, but better still, it was exactly the writing that I realized I had always wanted to do.

I got to meet and talk with and write about people I would not otherwise have met, in all corners of the community.

Nearly five years ago, I was hauled into my publisher’s office and told that I would thenceforth be editor of the Advance and the Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows TIMES. The position came with a raise whose size only confirmed Jim’s earlier caution.

But it also came with Roxanne Hooper as my assistant editor – now your editor.

I’m leaving you in good hands.

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Thursday, May 7, 2015 A9

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Bagged poop worse than bushed waste Dear Editor,

On our regular dog walks, part of my route is along the half-kilometre trail in North Cottonwood Park between Abernethy Way and 121B Ave. Every single day I walk this trail, I see many brightly coloured plastic bags in yellow, black, blue, and white along the edge of the trail and in the trees. Every single bag appears to contain dog waste.

Today, I spotted three bags.

Three entrances to this trail

– one at the north end, one at the south end, and one in the middle, by the basketball court on 238B Ave. Each entrance has a municipally supplied trash container.

Why do some dog owners (a small minority, I’m sure) go to the trouble of collecting their pets’ waste and then leave it on the trail or toss it into the bush, instead of carrying the bag an extra 20 feet to deposit it in a trash container?

They (and we) would prob-

TransLink forfeits reason to be Dear Editor,

Is anyone else as angry as I am over the Mayors’ Council using more than $6,000,000 in advertising, trying to tell us that there is no plan B? They are our tax dollars, despite them saying it is not new money because it was already in TransLink’s budget.

The question is, what was it earmarked for, or was a slush fund, and then, why?

Don’t be scared into vot-

ing yes (while “holding your nose,” as Jacky Chow has suggested). There will be a plan B, you can count on that.

TransLink has forfeited its reason for existence, with all its bungling. Outrageous wage and benefit packages, voted on by themselves, must be rescinded, by voting them down convincingly.

So, if you have not yet voted, do so with a resounding NO.

Walter Verwoerd, Maple Ridge

ably be better off if they did not bother with the bag and just pushed the waste into the bush, where it would be washed away with the rain and those who enjoy walking the trail would not be subject to the array of plastic bags.

I am sure some of these inconsiderate pet owners believe the world revolves around them, but it does not!

Places like this trail and public walking areas in our community and others are not your personal waste-dumping grounds. Pet owners who find it a chore to clean up after their pets should consider those of us who pay taxes, and are entitled to waste-free walking trails.

Otherwise we may face a proposal like the one in Coquitlam, requiring pet owners to flush their pets’ waste down a toilet.

Mind you, that would not affect owners who just seem not to care. It would just make it harder on those of us pet owners who do.

K .Kahle, Maple Ridge

Illegally dumped garbage affects whole community Dear Editor, Dumping of garbage on urban and rural roadsides and pullouts is a continual problem.

In the past two months, at the parking area at 28101 Dewdney Trunk Road, an area accessed by the public for recreation and enjoyment of our great outdoors,

has had no less than 10 loads of personal and light construction materials dumped.

That site is by no means the only one.

Occasionally, concerned citizens such as a group of parents and staff of SD42 Maple Ridge Environmental School take their own time and do a clean up: thank you!

Facebook feedback

The supreme court in India recently upheld convictions of three men charged in the murder of a Maple Ridge woman in 2000, a killing allegedly arranged by her mother and uncle.

“This poor girl was killed by the person she should have been able to trust the most, her mother, in 2000! Fifteen years later and proper justice still has not been served!

There is something seriously wrong with our justice system. Come on Canada, do what’s right for once and extradite these horrible people back to India!”

– Jennifer Crewe “They should pay for their crimes.”

“Ship ’em back pronto.”

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“I worked with Jassi for a short while and I remember how kind and sweet she was. Breaks my heart. I want justice for her.”

– Melanie Williams “Ship the animals back.”

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Otherwise, it is left to adjacent land managers or owners to clean up.

The most recent dumps at this location occurred sometime on March 24 and 25.

One of the loads had personal papers and photographs in a plastic container. Most documents are dated 1980-90s and some much earlier, and are also from Quebec.

It appears to be estate-related, either dumped by a trash hauler, or perhaps a family member.

Another of the dumps had remnant

painting materials, possibly dumped by a renovation contractor.

For those of us who put effort and pride in keeping our outdoor free of this trash, consider the frustration when days after effort has been put into cleaning up, it is back to the same old stuff again!

This is a much wider issue that affects the community as a whole, and as such deserves leadership and direction from community and provincial bodies!

Jonathan Smyth, Maple Ridge

Anti-vaxxers unfair to others Dear Editor,

I am sorry Mr. Smith has had bad experiences with doctors [Vaccination personal choice, April 30 Letters, TIMES], and I agree they can seem more concerned with fixing rather than preventing, perhaps due to their traditional training, exacerbated by the pressures of too many patients and too few doctors.

There is, however, a flood of poorly supported information out there, and one needs to read carefully and to note where the information is coming from: read, but read critically.

I also have investigated a bit, and believe that anti-vaccination fears are not borne out by scientific literature. The dangers of vaccination are far outweighed by the benefits.

In the end, you are responsible for your family’s health, but it is unwise and unfair to the rest of us to refrain from vaccinating.

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Got photos? Do you have a local photo of someone or some place you’d like to share with the rest of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows? Email it to us as a high-resolution JPEG to editorial@mrtimes.com. Please include a brief description, including everyone’s first and last name. Put “Faces & Places” in the subject line of your email.

More online search ‘cutest dog’

Baxter Schick gave Emma Horne, 11, kisses Saturday, during his moment of stardom.

Among the cutest:

CONTEST

The TIMES and Ridge Meadows Home Show ran the inaugural Cutest Dog contest, and received close to 50 local entries.

While each is a winner, here’s a sampling of those submissions, including Chooey (right). The rest are online. Thanks to everyone for entering. Start snapping those pictures now, for next year’s contest.

Cutest canine crowned Meet Baxter Schick.

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Meet Breeze.

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Meet Beezuzu.

Meet Angus.

Meet Frank and Alice Sherwood’s grandson Lincoln.

Meet Spike.

Meet Brennan.

Meet Clover.

Meet Ruby.

Meet Blu.

Meet Nacho Business (Nacho for short).

Meet Sunny, a therapy dog that works with adults and children.

Meet Baxter.

This little gaffer has earned the distinguished title of being this community’s 2015 Cutest Dog, and as such was invited to walk the runway Saturday at the For The Love of Dogs Show during the Ridge Meadows Home Show.

Amid applause and “awes” from the audience, he and his “sister” Karen Horne had a few minutes in the spotlight.

But it was actually Baxter’s story of how he came to be in Maple Ridge – to live with Horne’s mother Sandy Schick – that was the most “awe” inspiring for those who visited with Baxter at the subsequent meet-and-greet after the show.

He is a rescue dog from Alberta, and when Schick decided to adopt another dog – after loosing her four-legged friend Winston eight months earlier – she honestly had her heart set on another maltipoo.

So, imagine her surprise when the rescue group told her the wrong dog had been shipped, and her maltipoo was on its way to Manitoba.

Despite the mixup, Schick agreed to foster this little dog while Sagebrush Dog Rescue tracked down her dog.

It was only supposed to be a temporary arrangement. But within an hour of meeting and playing with Baxter, Schick agreed to be the adoptive rather than foster mother.

Turns out two dogs were set to be shipped out to new homes that day from Alberta, and a little girl – who later confessed her sins to her priest – switched out the collar and shipping tags.

That little white maltipoo that was supposed to come to Maple Ridge ended up going to a sick little girl in Manitoba who had also wanted him.

Well, the girl got her wish, and ultimately, so did Schick.

The six-month-old terrier cross is now a member of the Schick family, and Sandy and Baxter are almost inseparable.

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11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at “Supporting the local comthe North Fraser Business munity is Innovation important to Accelerator our business,” Office, located said John Kot, at 22470 president of Dewdney Maple Ridge trunk Rd., Hyundai. the title of “After a the session successful is Priority first year Management of business with Danny under our Kerr. management, The goal of the residents the seminar is of Maple to have parTIMES files Ridge have ticipants leave been nothing with a breakGuy Lemieux and John Kot are but welcoming owners of Maple Ridge Hyundai. down of yearand we look end goals, forward to givand how to fill ing back,” their agenda with items that hit Kot said he understands how that goal. important it is to have proper The seminar is open to medical care, as his daughter everyone, and is complimenthas been affected by heart ary for chamber members, or problems consistently since $10 for non-members. birth.

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NATURAL DISASTER

Local firefighters see ‘stunning’ damage in Nepal TROY LANDREVILLE

Ridge resident, were among 12 firefighters from Canada who travelled to the country, which was hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on April 25.

The death toll there

Anderson – along with fellow members of the Burnaby Fire Department – to their core.

Petti, from Pitt Meadows, and Anderson, a Maple

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Maple Ridge’s Kris Anderson and Pitt Meadows’ Doug Petti were among the contingent from the Burnaby Fire Department who travelled to Nepal on a search and locate mission.

Left: The damage inflicted by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal was unlike anything the local firefighters have ever seen.

machinery was used to break through the rubble to find bodies.

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Joining Petti and Anderson from April 27 to May 2 were Maple Ridge residents Steve Leslie, Dave Samson, and Rob Hourigan, and Pitt Meadows resident Niel Stevenson, all with the Burnaby Fire Department.

Led by their union, IAFF Local 323, the crew volunteered to travel to Nepal, with some expenses coming out of their own pockets, however Cathay Pacific paid for their airfare.

Their mandate was to “search and locate,” Petti said.

“We went in with search dogs and we would try to locate bodies, or people who were alive, possibly,” he said. “The dogs could signal whether [people] were alive or dead. If we got the signal they were alive then we would dig for them. Almost all the signals we got were for dead [bodies].”

The group used search cameras attached to a 11-foot rods that could be maneuvered through tight spaces, as well as Delsar LifeDetectors, seismic/acoustic listening devices that detect and locate live victims trapped in collapsed structures.

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The damage inflicted by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal was unlike anything the firefighters have ever seen.

away. We were able to… locate them.”

Larger scale In Petti’s case, this was his second deployment to a disaster zone.

In July 2013, he joined a team from the department in High River, Alta., to help out flood victims there.

But the damage done by the fast-moving floodwaters in High River paled in comparison to what happened in Nepal, where villages have been flattened and structures reduced to rubble.

In Kathmandu, entire buildings had collapsed and many of the buildings that were still standing suffered cracks and structural damage.

“It was an overwhelming situation,” Petti said. “The level of destruction that was there was something I’ve never seen before. You see the pictures on the news but when you actually see it in real life, the destruction… it almost stuns you.”

“We’re emergency responders and we’ve seen a lot of things, but that much [damage] is something that none of us would expect to see, of course,” Anderson added.

“Just the scale of it was bigger than any of us have ever seen. We’ve all seen, on a smaller scale, building collapses and large emergencies, but when a city’s impacted like that, it’s something that you’d never anticipated.”

Petti said after visiting Nepal, he has a for what he has in Canada.

“It’s like night and day,” he said, comparing Canada to Nepal, especially after the earthquake.

“They have so little, and then to have this on top of that is devastating. But the people there are so resilient. To see them devastated like that and to see them come back so strongly and so quickly, it gives you a sense that you can always do better.”

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A real bamboo set, a host of massive (costumed) gorillas, the music of Phil Collins, and a cast of almost 50 teens between the ages of 14 and 18 will come together this May to recreate the story of Tarzan, live at The ACT. Welcome to the jungle, indeed.

The production represents eight months of hard work on the part of Xtreme Theatre’s senior group, who started rehearsing for Tarzan last September, said Wendy Holm, artistic director of the show.

“This is our biggest undertaking so far,” said Holm of the massive production. “We wanted to be very authentic to the way it was put on on Broadway,” she added.

Xtreme Theatre, now in its 16th year, is a theatre group for children and teens who are homeschooled.

While the group is still amateur (the actors are not paid), Holm said the level of commitment for these students is well above the average community theatre group.

Mateo Pires (Tarzan) and Jennica Lucky (Jane) are the two leads in Xtreme Theatre’s production of Tarzan, playing this month at The ACT. Forty-eight students form the cast of Tarzan, but the production was bolstered by an array of parent volunteers, who chipped in by building sets, designing costumes, or working on technical elements of the show, said Holm.

“Just the fringe on one of the costumes took about five hours, and we had to make 50,” said Holm.

“This is a cooperative – if your children are involved, you’re expected to chip in as a volunteer,” added Holm.

As far as what audiences can expect in the production, Holm said the show follows largely the same plot as the Disney film, with more added musical numbers.

The senior production of Tarzan marks the end of the 2015 season for Xtreme, which will begin once again in September, running programs for minis (eight and under), juniors (eight to 14) and seniors (14 to 18).

The junior production of My Son Pinocchio Jr. took the stage at The ACT last month, and was a big hit with audiences, said Holm, who called it “the best junior production we’ve ever put on.”

Tarzan is on stage at The ACT from May 13 to 16, with nightly shows at 7 p.m. and a matinee on May 16 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are available online at www.theactmapleridge.org or by calling 604 476 2787.

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Shelter lives on A series of donations and now an infusion of provincial money are allowing the youth safe house in Maple Ridge to keep operating, albeit in a different form.

Iron Horse Youth Services morphed into a day program back in February, after federal funding for the local program dried and the 24/7 emergency shelter for youth had to be closed.

On April 29, local MLA Doug Bing presented Iron Horse with a $27,000 transition grant.

The cash infusion, coupled with support from private donors will keep Iron Horse running as is, while executive director Stephanie Ediger hopes to transition back to an overnight shelter. > Read more at www.mrtimes.com

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Book shares Maple Ridge couple’s journey with ALS A local mom shares, in writing, her personal journey with her late husband Michael, who passed away after a four-year battle with ALS. tlandreville@mrtimes.com

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met Michael through mutual friends.

“He lived in a big house with a bunch of guys, and one of those guys was a friend of mine,” she recalled.

“Mike was working two jobs as a registered nurse when he was diagnosed with ALS.” The first signs of the disease started to show about eight months before Michael was diagnosed with ALS on March 7, 2011.

He felt muscle twitching in his arm and chest and after that lost the strength in his right hand.

The diagnosis was devastating. Michael was told he likely had two years to live, maybe five at most.

“He lived for four years after the diag-

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Maple Ridge author Nadine Sands visited with supporters as she signed copies of her recently published book Hold On, Let Go: Facing ALS with courage and hope at Valley Fair Mall on Saturday, April 4. nosis, so he actually did well, although of course it, seemed so fast,” Nadine shared. ichael leaves behind three children and one granddaughter.

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LS took Michael Sands’ life the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 15.

To the very end, his wife Nadine says, it couldn’t take his spirit.

She said the Maple Ridge husband, dad, and grandfather lived as fully as he could, to his last breath.

Michael was the inspiration behind Nadine’s recently published book, Hold On, Let Go: Facing ALS with courage and hope, and it has a message: “Sometimes life is good and sometimes it’s not. Either way, keep smiling, keep trying, and keep looking up.”

“Easier said than done sometimes, but this is how Mike lived,” Nadine said late Saturday, April 4, a few hours after supporters lined up inside the Save-On-Foods at Valley Fair Mall for a book signing.

“It was pretty incredible. He never gave up, he smiled a lot, and he had an awesome attitude and a strong faith in God. He gave thanks for every day and if he lived to see the next one, he counted it as icing on the cake.”

Nadine described her first ever published book as a “stay positive in difficult times story” about Michael – who was diagnosed with ALS in March 2011 – and his family’s journey as he battled the terminal illness.

“It’s about giving thanks in every circumstance, having faith, being hopeful and bottom line, it’s about love,” Nadine said. myotrophic lateral sclerosis (commonly referred to as ALS, and also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease) is a progressive neuromuscular disease in which nerve cells die and leave voluntary muscles paralyzed.

According to ALS Canada, every day, two or three Canadians die of the disease.

Michael spent the

final two nights of his life at Ridge Meadows Hospital.

Nadine finished her book in late September 2014, and even though her husband passed roughly four months later, she was able to put Michael’s obituary on the very last page while it was still in the typesetting stage.

Nadine wrote about the last days of Michael’s life in her blog post.

The blog post is called “Greener on the Other Side” and can be found on her website at alswithcourage. com.

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faith in God who enabled us, and poured out an abundance of joy in the middle of our sorrow.”

Moving forward living without Michael is a day-by-day effort for Nadine and her family.

“I always say, ‘We are doing okay,’ speaking for all of us. I’m always on the verge of tears, but most of the time you will find me laughing or smiling,” Nadine said.

The sorrow and joy Nadine writes about in her blog and book is just as present as ever.

“Sometimes I say, ‘I’m really sad today’ and sometimes I hear it from one of the kids or my sister,” she said.

“For me, it’s usually at night, when I go to my bedroom alone.

That’s when I feel it the most.”

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Art studios opening doors A local Mother’s Day weekend event returns again this yeart.

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Every year on Mothers Day weekend, artists and artisans from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows open their creative sanctuaries to visitors.

The Art Studio Tour is a veritable treasure hunt of arts (contemporary and traditional) presented by both established and emerging artists.

Painters, potters, jewelers, sculptors, fabric artists and more all participate in the two-day event, and the tour is a unique opportunity to meet the artists, explore the stories behind their art, and gain insight into their creative process as well as their work environment.

Thirty six artists are participating in this year’s event, which is a record number, explained tour coordinator, Kerry McLaren.

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Pitt Meadows artist Daisy Randall displayed her work last year.

“We’re all excited, and everyone’s in their studios cleaning, painting, and preparing,” she said.

The free tour, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., features artists from Pitt Meadows all the way to Whonnock, and because the tour is self-guided, there is no set route people must follow.

To participate, people can simply pick up a map online at www.artstudiotour.ca, the Maple Ridge Library, the Pitt

Meadows Library, the Tourism Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows office, Little Cricket Gift Gallery, and The ACT. Holding the event on Mother’s Day weekend has a been a popular draw for families looking to do something a little bit different, whether it’s a family taking mom on the tour, or vice-versa.

“We see all kinds of smiling faces,” said McLaren.

More tour information is available on the website.

Happy Mothers Day

Writing healing for Sands … continued from page A18

Writing has been a form of catharsis for Nadine, and continues to be very therapeutic on the other side of MIchael’s passing.

Nadine said she is “so grateful for the outlet,” and for all her blog readers, and now, her book readers.

In the introduction of the book, Nadine wrote about how at one time she told Michael that she was going to write something someday and how he encouraged her.

“Little did I know he was the ‘something’ I was going to write about,” Nadine remarked.

Hold On, Let Go: Facing ALS with courage and hope is available on amazon.com and at www.influencepublishing.com.

Nadine’s most recent book signing was this past Saturday at T’s – Once Upon a Tea Leaf, which has also released a tea inspired

by Michael called To the Moon and Back.

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This month at The ACT Maple Ridge Art Gallery Conversations with Nature – Janet Dwyer May 2 – July 4, 2015 Using high resolution scanning technology, award-winning photographer, Janet Dwyer, captures botanical and nature scenes with a distinct painterly touch.

Opening Reception Saturday, May 2 - 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

With live music by guitarist, Allan MacKinnon.

Youth Talent Night Monday, May 4 - 7:00 p.m.

The Youth Talent Night is a night filled with all sorts of performances from guitar solos, to dance routines to magic tricks!

Hairspray Jr. Presented by Showstoppers Academy of Performing Arts May 8 -9 - 7:00 p.m.

The 1950’s are out and change is in the air! HAIRSPRAY JR. the family-friendly musical piled bouffant high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs is adapted from the Original Broadway Version.

CRE8 Youth Arts Day Saturday, May 9 – 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

This year participants can choose 2 workshops, from Special Effects Make-up to DJing, Hip Hop and more!

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Tarzan Presented by Xtreme Theatre’s Senior Students May 13 - 16 The Stage Musical Based on the Disney Film Buddy Holly & Fab Fourever Monday, May 25 - 7:30 p.m.

The concert will present the music of Buddy Holly and how it affected the Beatles’ career featuring all the early Beatle hits.

Felice Women’s Choir Presents Voices in Bloom Wednesday, May 27 – 7:30 p.m.

This community based choir pursues excellence in performance and celebrates a varied repertoire from classical to folk and pop.

Meditation in the Gallery Friday, May 29 – 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

We’ll provide soothing nature sounds, lovely artwork on which to focus your gaze and a place where no one’s going to interrupt you for an hour. Self-guided, bring your own mat to be comfortable.

TeaGarden 2015 Sunday, May 31 – 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m Join us for the 3rd annual Art Gallery fundraiser —tea and refreshments and this year’s special guest speaker: Brian Campbell (honeybee expert).

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SRT player readies for SFU A Maple Ridge high school soccer player is preparing to take the next step in her athletic career.

ing with a local club team, then joined a spring league, was then connected to a high-performance league team, played with them for two seasons, and finally, was selected to play for the Whitecaps girls elite team, which she has just finished a twoyear stint with.

“The SFU field is our practice field, so I practiced with the Whitecaps out there,” she ERIC ZIMMER explained. ezimmer@mrtimes.com ut balancing full-time school with what eventeen-year-old soccer player Katelyn essentially was a full-time commitment to Erhardsen has a dream. soccer, was no cakewalk.

“I would love to play for the national “It’s about a 45 minute drive one way to the team,” she said. field, and practices can run up to two-and-a-half A soccer player since the age of four, Erhardsen hours, so it takes a good chunk out of my day,” is a Grade 12 student at Samuel Robertson she said.

Technical Secondary, and is taking the next step Not only that, Erhardsen was also involved with in making her dream closer to a reality: she school sports, which took up more time. recently received an athletic scholarship to Simon “I had a lot of late nights finishing my homeFraser University, to be part of the work, studying for tests and stuff like soccer team, beginning this fall. that, but it seems to have worked Soccer “I’m really excited,” she said. out,” she remarked, adding that has taught SFU is classified as an NCAA despite all the extra-curricular comDivision II school, meaning she’ll be mitments, she is still, “for the most me the able to remain in Canada for her edupart,” a straight-A student. meaning of cation – which Erhardsen said was an There have been some tests of charimportant factor – and still have the commitment. acter for her along the way as well. opportunity to travel all over the U.S. “I tried out for Team BC when I was Katelyn Erhardsen for games and tournaments, thereby younger, and was told the only reason increasing her exposure, and level of I didn’t make it was because I wasn’t competition. tall enough,” she said. “That was t will also give her family the opportunity to awful for me to hear, but it also made me work come watch her games when the team plays at harder, get better, and become stronger.” home.

So much so in fact, that in the following years, A multi-sport athlete, whose other interests Erhardsen was accepted on to the U15 and U16 include basketball and volleyball, Erhardsen credteams, “and we went to nationals in Halifax,” she ited her two older brothers with helping to instill said. in her a passion for the game of soccer. n fact, travel has been a big part of her soccer “Both my brothers played soccer, so I’d always career already. watch them play,” she explained. “I think it’s “Soccer’s given me the chance to travel all because of them that I really got into it, and I’ve over the States, as well as Canada,” she said, listjust loved it forever.” ing off places she’s played which included Las Growing up with soccer siblings played a factor Vegas, San Diego, and Florida. in developing her desire to win.

“Soccer’s done a lot for me, and given me so “They never took it easy on me, because they much,” she said. “I’ve grown up with it, and didn’t want to lose to their little sister, so I think that’s all I know.” that made me better too,” she said.

Erhardsen has learned some valuable life lessons The opportunity to play for SFU also means from the game as well.

Erhardsen will be in somewhat familiar territory “Soccer taught me the meaning of commitment,” when it comes to actually playing the game. she said. “To put this much time and effort into She explained she began her soccer career playsomething, it has to be your passion.”

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