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Fox still inspires A 14-year-old Pitt Meadows girl, who wasn’t even alive when Terry Fox died, is so inspired by the Canadian legend that she will join hundreds for Sunday’s fundraising walk.

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Car thief tackled A stolen car was found in north Maple Ridge Wednesday, after a crash. Mounties say its two occupants were arrested near Allco Park – a woman caught trying to escape across the Alouette River and a man taken down by a concerned witness.

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Hundreds are expected to run, walk, or stroll – starting from Pitt Meadows Spirit Square this Sunday.

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• When: Sunday, Sept. 20, registration at 8:30 a.m. ceremony at 10 a.m. f0llowed by the run/walk/stroll.

• Where: starting and finishing at Pitt Meadows Spirit Square, 12027 Harris Road.

Distance: one, five, or 10 km routes

Terry Fox, a Canadian hero, died on June 28, 1981, 20 years before Elise Muller was born.

Even so, Fox continues to be an example for 14-year-old Elise, whose parents Eric and Lorie are avid runners.

“He’s inspiring,” Elise said, of Fox. “When I run with my mom and I have a cramp, my mom says to me, ‘Remember Terry Fox: he ran through everything.’”

Fox’s story is woven into the fabric of Canadian culture.

Despite having his right leg amputated six inches above the knee in 1977, Fox started his run to raise funds for cancer research in St. John’s, Nfld., on April 12, 1980.

Fox ran close to 42 kilometres a day through Canada’s Atlantic provinces, Quebec, and Ontario.

But on Sept. 1, 1980 after 143 days and 5,373 kilometres, Fox was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ont., because cancer had appeared in his lungs.

Ten months later, the cancer that took Fox’s leg also claimed his life.

He was 22.

Fox’s legacy lives on through Terry Fox Runs held throughout the world. To date, more than $650 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry’s name through the annual run.

This Sunday, Sept. 20, the Maple RidgePitt Meadows Terry Fox Run starts and finishes at Pitt Meadows Spirit Square for the first time ever, to mark the 35th anniversary of Fox’s Marathon of Hope.

Participants have three routes to choose

Terry was doing the Marathon of Hope, and it had an impact on me, as a kid.”

She added, “Of course, I’m highly motivated. If I could singlehandedly get out there and find a cure, I would do it, but this is the best thing I could do.”

The fundraiser is an emotional time for Wakeling, because of Sandy as well as Terry Fox. “As a teacher, when we teach kids about Terry Fox, I’m weeping every year, in the gym,” Wakeling said. “It’s an emotional story. His passion is contagious.”

Wakeling has been touched by cancer in many ways. She lost her husband, father, and very close friends to the disease.

And the battle continues: “I know people who are fighting right now – friends who are fighting right now. This is for them and it’s also for my kids and myself. Cancer doesn’t play fair. You never know.”

Wakeling referenced a famous quote from Fox, in which his brother Fred asked him “Why did this have to happen to you?”

Fox answered,”Why not me?”

“I think that is important for everybody to remember, and if that’s not enough to get people out here, rain or shine, if a personal connection is not enough, then ‘why not me?” Wakeling elaborated. “It could be anybody. It could be you, it could be your child, your parent, your spouse.

When 84 cents on every dollar [raised] goes to cancer research, that is the difference.”

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Modelling the 2015 Terry Fox Run t-shirts at Pitt Meadows Spirit Square (the site of the start/ finish of the Sept. 20 fundraiser for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows) are, foreground left to right: Sebastien Wakeling along with Brady and Parker Campbell, and, back row left to right: local Terry Fox Run committee chair Ali Wakeling with Eric and Elise Muller. from: one, five, or 10 kilometres and they can ride, roll, or stroll, all to raise funds for cancer research.

Those doing the longest route will trek to Hammond Park in Maple Ridge before returning to Spirit Square.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at Spirit Square at 12027 Harris Road, with the opening ceremonies getting underway at 10 a.m.

There is no minimum registration fee and all donations are welcome.

To register in advance, visit www.terryfox.org.

Elise and her family are helping local committee chair Ali Wakeling organize the run.

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Wakeling has a deep, personal connection to cancer; her husband Sandy was diagnosed with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, a relatively rare form of sarcoma.

Sarcoma is a type of cancer that develops from certain tissues, like bone or muscle.

After her husband died on July 27, 2013, Wakeling decided to do all she could to raise funds and awareness in the fight against cancer.

“I think it’s a motivating factor, for sure,” Wakeling said, about her husband’s cancer battle. “We were involved with the Terry Fox Run before Sandy was ever diagnosed with cancer. I grew up in Port Coquitlam, so I was 10 years old when

Ridge Meadows RCMP’s mental health officer, acting Cpl. Cara Thomson, left Wednesday on a nineday, 900-km trek as a member of the Cops for Cancer – Tour De Coast.

Thomson and the team are expected to ride into town next Tuesday.

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Harper rallying the Valley The Prime Minister spent an afternoon with party supporters.

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As the Rolling Stones’ classic, Gimme Shelter’s familiar lyrics filled the Sky Helicopters hangar at the Pitt Meadows Airport, Conservative party supporters waited eagerly to hear what Prime Minister Stephen Harper had to say.

Harper made a stop along his campaign trail at the Pitt Meadows airport Tuesday, where he was joined by a number of Conservative party candidates from around the area.

Harper was introduced by a beaming Mike Murray, the

The Conservative Conservative party candileader comdate in Pitt mitted to Meadows– supporting Maple Ridge. and defending The Prime Israel, and to Minister keep the milspoke to the itary pressure audience for on terrorist about 40 mingroups in the utes, repeatCole Wagner/TIMES Middle East, edly emphasizing that his Conservative hopeful Mike Murray pledging to introduced Stephen Harper. “keep taking Conservative the fight to party was the ISIS.” only party to trust with the But the bulk of the speech handling of the economy – a centred on the economy, a point that was met with rautopic which the Prime Minister cous applause from the blue returned to frequently to attack crowd. the NDP and Liberal party.

Harper also touched on On Oct. 19, Maple Ridge and national security, briefly noting Pitt Meadows residents will that Canada had a role to play have five candidates to choose in helping to resettle refugees from Syria, before emphasizing from– one from each of the four major parties, and one the importance of maintaining independent. secure borders.

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Olympics still too pricey

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oronto will not bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, extending another long period in which it’s unlikely that either a summer or winter Olympics will be held in North America.

That may be a very good thing.

It cost VANOC $1.9 billion to stage the games – that is, the actual athletic competitions seen by locals and viewers – but the total cost including infrastructure was closer to $7 billion. So while the games themselves broke even, the province and feds spent quite a bit on new roads, the Canada Line, and venues.

Some of that was needed. Richmond is fast growing and needed its SkyTrain extension, and improving the Sea to Sky Highway will reduce crashes.

But basing infrastructure spending around a brief sporting event is no way to do long-term planning. Maybe some communities in the eastern part of the Lower Mainland should host the 2024 games – we might actually get some better bus and light rail service sometime in the next decade.

While Vancouver broke even on the games themselves, that has not been the experience of many recent host countries. Russia spent about $50 billion on its winter Olympics, China $40 billion on its 2008 summer games, London about $14.6 billion in 2012.

Canada has done better than most when it hosts games – most of the infrastructure keeps being used, but the Olympic Village itself proved a huge headache for both the City of Vancouver and buyers.

More than anything, it’s increasingly hard in a post-recession, slowgrowth world to stomach being told that we’re going to have to tighten our belts, retire later, work harder, save more on our own – and then watch the government splash out money to host an event that’s over in less than a month.

In light of these issues, it’s no surprise that Toronto is opting out. It’s possible that someday the Olympics will become more about sport than spectacle, more about the athletes than national medal contests, and maybe then they’ll be cheap enough to host again.

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Boom! Hope fades as natural selfishness rushes back

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The Baby Boom was the embodiment of I’m a Baby Boomer. I’ll be hope as the world tried to rebuild itself. It the first to admit that I’ve had was the result of a flood of love that filled it easy, bar the odd little dip or the huge hole that all the hate had left.

That hope caused me to be turn in the road, all of my life. born here in Canada, at that And I know that what those time effectively a Third World dips and turns have been to country that nonetheless was avoid pebbles, compared to a shining star that drew the the boulders that most in the eyes – and the minds and world encounter in their own bodies – of thousands upon lives. thousands upon thousands I was born on the downof Europeans seeking a new slope of the curve, just a bit and better place than their past the top of the bell, in the former homes in the epicentre early-mid 1950s. of hate.

The baby boom bell curve Although I lived through was born of hope in the BOB GROENEVELD most of the decade, I don’t aftermath of one of the most remember the ’50s much. despicable displays of what we Mother’s-knee sort of stuff: playing in technically call humanity – although there the garden, playing in the fields, playing was very little humanity in that terrible in the living room, playing on the front exercise that was the Second World War. porch.

You don’t have to have been there to But I remember the ’60s. realize that even the “good guys” did a Mind you, I was still young enough lot of inhumane things to get through the that mine was mostly an outsider’s view. ’40s.

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I could dig the peace, but I didn’t really know what the free love was, much less get any of it, even if my hair was “long as God can grow it” by the end of the decade.

Maybe it was all just a smokescreen for angst and neuroses that had only been temporarily buried – just a scratch beneath the groovy surface.

There were many who suggested that the “flowers in your hair” thing was just a passing fad, and that the vast majority of hippies were just hangers-on, rolling with the in thing until it wasn’t “in” anymore.

They all had to turn 30 at some point, that point at which reality would swallow them up and turn them into money-grubbing mind slaves of the establishment.

I began to suspect as much myself when the ’70s brought us EST and transactional analysis and all the other “you have to love yourself before you can truly love others” excuses for being selfish and self-centred.

Perhaps we humans are just that at the

core: selfish and self-centred.

There is sound science behind the suggestion that even altruism is actually the result of a selfish quest for personal approval – it’s the good feeling you get from doing a good deed that you’re seeking, not the good deed itself.

So perhaps it wasn’t all that hard for the powers-that-be to peel away the veneer of inner bliss and happiness, and expose the selfish fear that seems to have taken over.

Honestly, you have a statistically greater chance of being murdered by a serial killer than you have of being injured by a terrorist in Canada.

And yet, we have Bill C-51, we have a government that campaigns for re-election by promising to keep us “safe,” and we have a rising tide of activism against immigration – against people who like my parents and like those of many of the anti-immigrant supporters, just want a safer place to find hope.

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Letters

Thursday, September 17, 2015 A7

CRIMINAL DEFENCE

Conditions needed before taking refugees Dear Editor, Re: The editorial We can do more to help, [Sept. 10, The TIMES] Canada could help the Syrian refugees but with some conditions.

Canada needs to define the maximum number of refugees it can accept.

The editorial quoted situations in 1957, 1975, and 1979 were different due to the anticipated maximum number of refugees then.

This is not the case now due to the already four million refugees who fled and potentially many more millions in the pipeline.

In the earlier quoted situations the refugees came from a single war torn country – this is not the case now, they are coming from several countries, some of them even without war.

Both the Hungarian and Asian immigrants assimilated very well and quickly became productive members of the Canadian society.

This may not be the case now due to the cultural, religious, and economic backgrounds of a wide variety of immigrants from a variety of countries.

Since these immigrants are coming from countries with different terrorist factions, the danger to import terrorism may be very high.

According to past experiences, the subsequent generations born in the host country with a widely different view of their background and culture can easily be radicalized via the internet, which is one of the most widely used means.

These radicalized young people then go abroad to fight for terrorism and on their return create a major security risk for the host country.

The rich Arab Gulf States (UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Saudi-Arabia) aren’t taking refugees.

Their excuse is that the refugees may bring in terrorism.

Really? The same condition

applies to Canada and the other western countries.

Perhaps Canada’s course of action would be to financially support the temporary settlements of refugees somewhere in the Middle East.

This way the refugees can return home easier when the situation stabilizes in their country.

However, Canada could take some refugees with three caveats: (a) define the maximum number of refugees and stick to that number (b) Canada needs to very carefully select who it will admit to avoid long term internal security risk to the country (c) Canada should take only vetted refugees who come from war torn countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan and not people who use this crisis to enter illegally into the western world for economic reasons.

Steve Fekete and Lynn Allard, Maple Ridge

Harper makes decisions Developer accused of Dear Editor, While it is very understandable to have a strong reaction to the refugee crisis, especially because of the picture of that little boy, we do well to stay level-headed about it.

Have we forgotten the Vietnam boat people some 40 years ago?

It was good in many ways. However, one of the consequences was the violent Vietnam youth gangs we ended up having to deal with, both in greater Vancouver and elsewhere.

In fact, it could well be far worse this time around, because we have already seen how easy it has been for

Islam radicals to enter into Canada.

That is why I support the approach Prime Minister Steven Harper is taking. Even though he is accused of being too strict and unmoving, he is the only one in this election who can make the actual decisions.

My only regret is that I wish that Steven Harper would have been a bit more flexible, for instance by saying that for now we will start with 10,000 and see from there.

And, for the reason mentioned before, it is imperative that we do the proper screening.

Walter Verwoerd, Maple Ridge

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‘raping’ west Ridge

Dear Editor, The rape and pillage of the last green space in West Maple Ridge has begun.

In spite of impassioned pleas to council from residents who filled the chamber on two occasions – many of whom have lived in the neighbourhood for more than 20 years – council determined that 207A Street would be pushed through to 123rd Avenue, and 21 houses would be built on the extension.

When we moved onto 207A Street more than 20 years ago, we were told by the City that the dead end would never be pushed through to 123rd; that at the most, a cul de sac with approximately 11 houses would be built.

The City said that because two arms of McKinney Creek, a salmon bearing stream, went through the green space, variances had been put into place to protect the streams, hence development would be limited. Guess what?

When the money is right, variances can be changed and indeed they were.

Our neighbourhood was sold out for the sake of a bike lane on 123rd Avenue and better lighting… oh yes, and tax dollars from the 21 homes that are being squished in.

Numerous safety concerns were cited by the residents if the road was pushed through.

These include the high probability of traffic accidents as cars travelling east on 123rd Avenue stop to turn onto 207A Street; concerns for the residents of 207A Street as the volume of traffic would increase significantly with cars cutting through from Dewdney Trunk Road to 123rd Avenue, and vice versa, concerns for pedestrians and children walking to school; and concerns for the wild life and the salmon bearing streams.

Nothing mattered.

When the vote to allow the development to take place passed, each council member – including the mayor – told us that this development was in the best interest of our neighbourhood.

Considering that none of council live in our neighbourhood, this was particularly condescending.

We have since found out that our homes will decrease in value due to the development. In our best interests, indeed.

Greg and Cherilynn Toll, Maple Ridge

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Lot 9 Section 4 Block 5 North Range 1 East Plan 37014 West half of the north east quarter Section Block 5 North Range 1 East New Westminster District A copy of proposed Temporary Commercial Use Permit No. 2014-001 and the associated staff report may be viewed at the City Hall between September 18, 2015 & September 29, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., excluding weekends and statutory holidays, or on the City’s website at www.pittmeadows.bc.ca.

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AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE ALL PERSONS who deem themselves affected hereby shall be afforded an opportunity to make a written submission (or email) by 3:00 pm on Tuesday September 29, 2015 to the attention of the Manager of Legislative Services. All submissions will become part of the public record.

Dated the 18th day of September 2015

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A 228th Street animal hospital was a zoo, literally, last week.

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Sept. 9 was one wild day at Dewdney Animal Hospital.

“Doing three bird surgeries in one day for wildlife is unheard of. Just all of a sudden, we got slammed, yesterday,” the hospital’s veterinarian and clinic owner Dr. Adrian Walton told The TIMES late last week. “It was nuts.”

The birds – a Cooper’s hawk, redtailed hawk, and great blue heron – were all treated and will live.

Walton and staff at the hospital treated the Cooper’s hawk that was shot out of the sky with a pellet gun.

The fall fractured the hawk’s leg and it was left to die.

“It was brought in by [Maple Ridge’s] Raptor’s Ridge,” Walton said. “They are not allowed to take on these animals because they don’t have a rescue permit, so they brought it [the hawk] here.”

Because it had been shot, the hawk was moved to the Orphaned Wildlife (OWL) Rehabilitation Society’s facility in Delta.

Another patient was a red-tailed hawk whose wing had to be amputated.

It too, was taken in by OWL. “It had been apparently injured

Veterinarian technician Brad Thurlow (above), with a Cooper’s hawk. The bird was one of three recently treated at the Dewdney Animal Hospital. In the meantime, , with his and the bird’s safety in mind, Dewdney Animal Hospital veterinarian/owner Dr. Adrian Walton (inset) was as careful as he could possibly be handling a great blue heron for transport it to the Orphaned Wildlife ( OWL) Rehabilitation Society’s facility in Delta late last week. for a week or two,” Walton said.

“It was brought in here yesterday, we took a look at the wing, we decided it was not salvageable because both wings are broken and partially healed. But the one wing had a bone sticking out, called a compound fracture. We contacted [O.W.L.] and said, ‘Look, this bird is never going to be able to fly again, but they do have somebody who is able to take and rehab an injured bird for non-release.”

As well, Walton removed a fishhook from the throat of a great blue heron, which was found near

the Albion Sports Complex and brought in by the SPCA. On Sept. 10, Walton transported the great blue heron along with a pheasant – found on 126th Avenue – to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC in Burnaby.

“We got the hook out, it’s going to be just fine,” Walton said.

Walton said the challenge with the heron is, as a defence mechanism, it will “pluck out your eyeball in a heartbeat,” so eye protection was mandatory when handling the bird.

It was another day at the office for Walton and Thurlow, who do

this work pro bono because, Walton said, “it’s the right thing to do.

If I didn’t love this I would not be doing it.”

While the clinic has been at its location for more than 30 years, Walton has owned it for more than eight.

“We treat mostly dogs and cats but we’re a bit of an exotics practice so we literally have a zoo back there, right now,” Walton said. “You name it, we’ve got it.”

The hospital is a licensed rescue facility for non-native species, so conservation officers will oftentimes bring in giant snakes and other such animals that have been seized, to the facility.

When it comes to treating wild birds and exotic animal species,“We’re all kind of selftaught on this stuff,” Walton said. “We have our wildlife rehab permit from the government that allows us to take these animals in, so we’re able to hold on to them more than the 24 hours,” he added.

Sean Orcutt and a group of volunteers called the “Friends of Jackson Farm” are thrilled that work will soon begin on a long-promised path through the natural and untouched Jackson Farm.

The path had always been a part of the agreement between the original property owners, and the City who purchased the Jackson Farm property.

The Friends of Jackson Farm spent a considerable amount of time this summer clearing invasive and persistent blackberry bushes from around four fruit trees on the property.

After clearing bushes around fruit trees, the group isolated a lowgrade area for the path to connect to the upper portion of the old farm, and Albion Park.

Orcutt anticipates work on the path itself to begin “soon,” he said.

As for the Friends of Jackson Farm, Orcutt said the group will push for the property to be designated as “passive parkland,” meaning minimal development would take place on the property. > More at mrtimes.com search ‘Jackson’

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A fire in a standalone garage on 121 Avenue just across from Garibaldi Secondary School drew Maple Ridge firefighters and local RCMP officers to the scene. The fire was contained, although smoke billowed out of the garage and into the neighbourhood.

Man sought Mounties are searching for a man after he insisted on giving a teenage girl a ride home in the Silver Valley neighbourhood, on Monday near 228 Street and 137 Avenue.

The man approached her on foot, but fled when the girl walked towards her friend. >More: mrtimes.com

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Almost 300 people took part in the annual Parkinson Superwalk, which took place this past Saturday in Pitt Meadows at Spirit Square.

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In total, 290 walkers took part in this year’s event, including 20 volunteers, who helped to make it happen.

More online ERIC ZIMMER This is an increase over last ezimmer@mrtimes.com year’s total number of participants which equaled 180 By all accounts, this year’s walkers. annual Parkinson Superwalk was A grand total of $29,529 was a success, according to the event’s raised, which beat last year’s total coordinator. as well, by $8,000.

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‘Toilet training’ starts in Pitt Pilot program aims to keep sewers clear.

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This position offers an attractive salary and benefit package while working in a beautiful natural setting within an easy commute.

For more information and a complete job description visit our website at www.pittmeadows.bc.ca Resumes may be submitted to: Director of Human Resources City of Pitt Meadows 12007 Harris Road Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B5 Email: resumes@pittmeadows.bc.ca Closing date: 4:30 pm, Friday, September 25, 2015 We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Candidates will require a satisfactory Criminal Record Check and Driver’s Abstract

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Metro Vancouver launched a pilot project in Pitt Meadows this week, aimed at changing what people deposit down the toilet drain; namely anything other than number one, two, or toilet paper.

The campaign is targeting the so-called “flushable” women’s wipes, and how the depositing of these wipes can result in unpleasant backlogs and clogged sewage systems.

“This problem has been around for a long time,” said Darrell Mussatto, chair of utilities for Metro Vancouver.

“Across Canada, probably about $250 million is spent annually on dealing with this problem.”

This year, in Metro Vancouver alone, about $100,000 has already been

for the pilot project, because spent on the unclogging and it’s a “clearly defined area removal process.

“The bottom line is, there’s where most of the sewage goes only certain things that should through a single pump station: be going in the the Baynes Road toilet,” said pumpstation.”

Mussatto.

If the campaign The goal of is successful, the campaign is the hope is to two-fold: “try to launch it across educate people the region. If not, not to put any of “maybe we can these wipes or look at tweaking personal hygiene it a bit to make products in the it so.” toilet, and B, come The campaign up with standards involves postfor wipes that are ers, material in labeled flushpapers, and in City of Pitt Meadows photo able,” he said. washrooms. It This pink porta-potty As it stands will avoid fingeroutside Pitt Meadows City currently, no such pointing, and use hall is part of a new Metro more of a “humstandard exists Vancouver initiative. for wipes. ourous” approach “You can make instead, explained a piece of cloth that won’t Mussatto. break down for 1,000 years, “Adult toilet training,” he call it ‘flushable’ because of quipped. “Teaching adults how that, and people throw it in the to use the toilet and how to toilet.” properly dispose of wipes.”

Pitt Meadows was chosen > More: mrtimes.com, search ‘toilet’

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Sept. 19 Pie time • Haney Farmers Market hosts an Apple Pie Challenge. Participation is free, and entrants are asked to supply two pies: one for judging and one for sale.

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Kick-butt fundraiser: The

third annual Ridge Meadows Barracudas golf fundraiser took place at Golden Eagle golf course over the weekend. Every hole was sponsored by a local business, and organizer Terry Passley said the event “kicked butt.” Members of the Ridge Meadows Moose women’s hockey team (above) showed up to Golden Eagle golf course on Saturday to support girls hockey in Maple Ridge. The Moose are alumni of the Ridge Meadows Barracudas, the girls hockey organization that hosted the golf fundraiser.

Cash infusion for football:

The Westcoast Auto Group Football Club was recently awarded a Community Gaming Grant of $150,000. This grant will help support more than 4,000 young people from ages four to 18, who enjoy playing soccer. The group’s history goes back to the mid 1960s. In attendance for the presentation were (left to right) head coach Angela Cooper, coach and dad Raffaele Misceo, MLA Doug Bing, and club director Dan Mikolay.

Sept. 19, 20 Celebration • Golden Ears Cheesecrafters, located at 22270 128th Ave., hosts a fourth anniversary and harvest celebration, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit cheesecrafters.ca, for more information.

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Carnival cool down: Sydney Taylor

(above) enjoyed a break from the hot weather in a makeshift dunk tank at the NorthRidge Church family carnival, which took place Saturday at Thomas Haney Secondary. Meanwhile, (bottom) Greg Skerratt handed out balls for those wanting to douse family and friends. And (middle) Kaylee Soo took a ride on a pony at the church carnival, waving to her mom Kathy.

TIMES Travellers:

Rob Dramer visited old friends and attended a wedding in Majuro, in the Republic of The Marshall Islands. While there, he visited the local newspaper, The Marshall Island Journal, run by Joe Murphy, Dramer’s friend from his Peace Corps days.

He had a chuckle having his picture taken in front on the newspaper office holding up a copy of his hometown newspaper, The TIMES. WHEN

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Sept. 20 Terry Fox Run • The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Terry Fox Run takes place at Spirit Square in Pitt Meadows. Registration is begins at 8:30 a.m., and the run gets underway at 10.

Sept. 23 Egg drop • Kids in Grades 1 to 3 are invited to put their engineering skills to the test at the Maple Ridge Library at 3 p.m. Create a container to protect an egg from a 25-foot drop, and then test it in the foyer of the library.

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In this month’s column, he take a look at canine water consumption.

“Since dogs do not sweat, except from their nose and foot pads, they eliminate heat by panting – that can cause a lot of water loss through evaporation, which needs to be replenished by drinking,” Orser explained.

But excess water intake may be a sign of disease, and he offers some insight.

Read more at www.mrtimes.com, search DR. MICHAEL ORSER ‘Orser.’ As well, he will field questions from readers at info@alouetteanimalhospital.ca.

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Total dollar amounts raised from this year’s Paws for a Cause event in Maple Ridge are still being tallied, but the local shelter’s new branch manager isn’t hesitating to call this year’s event a success.

About 56 people and their

pooches took part in the walk this year, said Jennifer Stack.

“Online registrations were down, but ‘walk-ins’ were a little bit higher,” she explained.

Overall, Stack was impressed by what she saw.

“There were more vendors than last year, more people and more dogs,” she said.

“Thank goodness the weather was nice. It seemed like everybody enjoyed themselves and enjoyed things like the agility demos as well,” Stack added.

“Hopefully we can make next

year even bigger and better,” she said, noting her fundraising goal for this year was $15,000.

But, she was still tallying donations prior to The TIMES press deadline.

Two special guests also took part in this year’s event.

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Builders tee off for charity

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a 50/50 draw, toonie toss, and a or almost three decades, Haney Builder Supplies has silent auction.

Tickets are still available, hosted a charity golf tournament to benefit organiza- and can be picked up at Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Community tions in the community.

Services, said Justine Maki.

And next Thursday, Sept. 24, “We’re open until 4:30 everyday.” that tournament returns to the Find the office at 11907 228th Pitt Meadows Golf Course, with St. And those interested can also all proceeds going to the Ridge email: connect@youthdiversion.

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While registration for the event The evening starts at 6 p.m. closed on Sept., 11, expectations are high for another great com‘Crafters celebrate munity showing of support.

“Haney Builders’ Supplies he fourth is strong with this has teamed up with the Ridge business.

Meadows Hospital Foundation Okay, that might be a again this year to raise support cheesy way to begin this business for a variety of greatest need promention, but when the business I jects,” said tournament chair, Karl speak of has built their brand on Peters. craft dairy products among a host Whether people play of other offerings, it in the tournament, seems appropriate. attend just the dinner, Punny references or make a donation aside, the point of to the silent auction, all this is to tell you “every little bit helps,” that Maple Ridge’s Peters added. own Golden Ears “Last year – through Cheesecrafters (GEC) is the golf/sponsorship marking four years in fees, contests and the business this year, and 50/50 – $11,340 in this weekend (Sept. funds were raised and ERIC ZIMMER 19 and 20,) they’re used to provide qualpartying all weekend ity health care for the long, with a Harvest residents of Maple Ridge and Pitt Celebration, and would love it if Meadows.” you came.

Best of luck to all those The homegrown business is involved this year. hosting day-long events both days, beginning at 9 a.m. and Food and funds lasting until 5 p.m.

Among the activities and attract’s a great meal for a great tions, there will be family-friendly cause. features such as a farm animals Next Saturday, Sept. 26, a petting zoo, a honey bee demo fundraiser for the Ridge Meadows station on Saturday, a BC Diary Youth Diversion Program Classroom live cow milking and (RMYDP) is being held at the calf feeding on Sunday, tons of Maple Ridge Equi-Sport Centre, tasty food, artisan goods, and live located at 21973 132nd Ave. music.

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Partying for a liveable town A festival Saturday will celebrate sustainable communities.

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What started five years ago as a “party for the community,” has grown into a sizeable and popular annual event.

And this Saturday, Sept. 19, GETIfest will return once again to Memorial Peace Park.

Taking place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and hosted by the Golden Ears Transition Initiative (GETI), the festival is another way the group aims to grow and foster a sense of community involvement and development.

“GETI works towards building a healthy, resilient and self-reliant community,” said Gerry Pinel, one of GETI’s founding members.

“We’re an umbrella group that connects many local initiatives that are active in the areas of local agriculture, the environment, food security, transportation, arts, culture and so on.”

The festival itself helps to promote and celebrate those resilient, localized, and sustainable communities.

“You can do the work in the community, you can form the groups, each group can do certain things, but the thing that really ties everybody together is celebration, and that really is one of the keynotes of the transition movement,” Pinel said.

Each year brings a new theme, and this year’s theme is a focus on celebrating “Our Local Heritage.”

The idea for the theme “came out of a discussion we had with the Heritage Commission about a year-and-a-half ago,” he said.

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Live music is a big part of the annual GETIfest, taking place Saturday.

“They were talking about how GETI might be able to mix in and collaborate with the commission about taking the best of the past, making it into what we have today, and creating a better future.”

While much will be familiar to those who have attended in the past, there will be some changes and new additions for people to look forward to.

“We’ve changed things a bit to help improve the flow of the festival, as well as make it possible to get more participation,” Pinel said.

Also on deck for this year is geocaching, presented by the Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association, classic and electric vehicles showcased at the station, entertainment on the main stage, and a bike exhibit.

As the festival has grown, so too have the number of dis-

plays, vendors, and attendees.

“The first year we had about 25 exhibitors and about 500 people,” Pinel recalled. “Last year we had somewhere between, 2,500 and 3,000 people and we’re hoping to increase that number this year.”

The day-long festival will also include 140 displays, live music, and a host of activities for people to partake in.

And while the festival itself may only be a day, preparing for the event begins in February.

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ling society for its weekly pick up service, said Koehn.

Those still on the hunt for a free bin are in luck; the society has two more events planned for September where they will also be handing out more boxes to those who haven’t yet got their hands on one.

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Memorial Peace Park said Koehn, but people The summer was don’t have to worry a busy one for the if they haven’t yet society, which began received their bin. rolling out the new bins at Maple “We’ll still pick up recycling if its Ridge’s Canada Day celebrations. in the bag,” said Koehn.

Leanne Koehn, community relaPart of the advantage of handing tions manager with the society, out the bins at community events expected to give out around 600 has been the face-to-face conversaboxes over the course of the day. tions that Koehn has been able to Instead, the society handed out have with locals on the subject of its full supply of 800 boxes in just over four hours – and the bins have recycling.

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School has only just begun, but a couple local university students Miranda Tymoschuk and Leah Bedford already have their plates full.

Like many 19 and 21-year-olds, Tymoschuk and Bedford are balancing jobs with their full-time studies at Simon Fraser University.

But in their spare time, the minds of both women are elsewhere – halfway around the world in impoverished Ghana, where a local school for orphans and homeless youth is in serious danger of closing down.

Last March, the pair decided to take a pro-active approach, forming their own non-profit society “Infinite Hope for Change,” with the goal of providing relief for the West African Children’s Foundation that runs the school.

Both women have had experience working with international development – the subject is even Bedford’s major.

The magnitude and logistical issues with creating a non-profit geared towards a Ghanian school, Miranda Tymoschuk practically a world away, was not lost on Tymoschuk.

“We spent the first little while just making sure the school was legit,” said Tymoschuk.

Funds are so tight at the school that the teaching staff has been forgoing salary for the past few months. But even these emergency measures won’t be enough to keep the school going, said Bedford.

“We don’t want to just hand them cash, we want to make them sustainable,” said Tymoschuk.

Two events have been planned so far; on Sept. 19, the group will host a pub night at Fox’s Reach, and on Sept. 26, a hot dog sale will take place at Save-On Foods in Valley Fair mall.

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Medieval warriors battle it out in Albion TIMES reporter Cole Wagner shares what he discovered at the kingdom of An-Tir. COLE WAGNER cole.wagner@mrtimes.com

It is midday in Albion, and I’m watching Godfrey Von Ravensberg spend the afternoon practising his swordplay with his apprentice, Alessandra.

Alessandra is quicker than Van Ravensberg on this day, but the difference in reach between the two swordsmen leads to an even exchange of parries and thrusts, with neither gaining the upperhand.

That is, until Alessandra shuffles a half-step to the right, and drives the point of her rapier into the chest of Van Ravensberg – a fatal blow that ends the match, much to the delight of the crowd surrounding the fighters.

Luckily for Van Ravensberg, safety gear has really improved in the past 500 years, and he should be in good enough health to return to his normal life as Jerry Kittel when the weekend’s festivities wrap up.

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Godfrey Von Ravensberg and his apprentice Alessandra practise swordplay, as part of the Society for Creative Anarchonism event Saturday in Albion.

Kittel is a member of the Society for Creative Anarchonism (SCA), a medieval history and re-enactment group that falls somewhere between a renaissance fair, and a live action role playing game.

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and around the world.

Members of the SCA attend events in their local “principalities,” where they dress in traditional medieval costumes, compete in armoured combat, host royal tournaments, feast, and refer to each other through their medieval monikers.

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for the local branch of the SCA, Leanne Witherly, admits that the society aims to recreate “medieval history without all the negativity,” she also pointed out that there is an undercurrent of history education within all of the SCA activities.

There are no fire-breathing dragons in the kingdom of An-Tir (which encompasses the pacific northwest, according to the SCA).

Members of the SCA are invited to take part in regional events, which usually take place about once per week – depending how far they are willing to travel.

After Alessandra and Van Ravensberg finish their match, they retire to another side of the fairgrounds to watch some of the armoured combatants warm up.

Meanwhile, merchants selling everything from tunics to goblets, set up shop near one of the barns.

Elsewhere, children in kneelength tunics of red and blue are chasing after each other.

One particularly ferocious girl spars with an older knight who gently fends off her attacks, causing a voice beside me to remark “We’ve got a little Valkyrie on our hands here.”

Families, it seems, are right at home in the dark ages.

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FOOTBALL

Marauders serve up season-opening whoopin’

BMXers host cup

Patrick Bartolo/Special to The TIMES

The Marauders squashed a herd of hornets this past Friday. The Pitt Meadows Secondary seniors (PMSS) football team played its first exhibition football game of the season against Frank Hurt Secondary (Hornets) in Surrey. The final score was 26-6 for Pitt Meadows. The next game is Friday, Sept. 18, 2 p.m. at PMSS.

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MEND blends

Deadline looms

Changing course

It was a twowheeled good time, as riders of all ages took part in the BC Cup #6 and BC Cup Finals at the Ridge Meadows BMX Track in Pitt Meadows this past weekend.

A new program aimed at fighting childhood obesity is beginning this fall.

The 10-week MEND (an acronym for Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do It!) program is geared towards an entire family, and the goal is to motivate both parents and kids to pursue healthier choices.

The annual female Thanksgiving Soccer tournament returns to North and West Vancouver in early October, but interested players and teams in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are being reminded that registration for the event closes on Tuesday, Sept. 28.

By the 1890s, angling east of the Continental Divide was becoming increasingly more refined, fishing columnist Jeff Weltz shares in this week’s column.

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There was plenty of hockey action and fun to be had on Saturday, as Burnett Fellowship hosted a community tournament, which organizers say will become an annual summer event.

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About 70 people took part in the first of what Glory Destura said will become an annual event this past weekend.

Destura is the

children’s ministry worker for the Burnett Fellowship Church which hosted a community ball-hockey tournament on Saturday.

“It went really well,” she said. “We had over 70 people come from all over the community.

In the end, it was the Orange Machines team who took the tournament title.

The tournament was the wrap-up to a summer-long ball hockey

series, which was made possible thanks to a cash donation to Burnett from Art Van Pelt, who made the donation in memory of his wife, Susan, a teacher’s assistant who passed away after a battle with lung cancer, as a result of smoking.

Destura said the decision was made to use the money for a community endeavour, and the twice-weekly summer ball hockey series was born.

“The Fairview one kind of petered out, but because Albion’s a newer area with tons of houses, tons of kids showed up” for the games on Tuesdays and Thursdays, she said.

On Saturday, kids in Grades 1 to 6 played until noon, and the older crowd played from 1 to 3.

At the end, it was Art Van Pelt who presented the medals.

“It was a great day,” Destura said.

HOCKEY

Flames open season with win The Junior B team kicked off the year with a tailgate party.

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The sun was shining, and the grill was hot during the seasonopening 10th annual tailgate pregame party for the Ridge Meadows Flames, held before puck-drop on Friday night at Planet Ice. But the grill wasn’t the only thing on fire that night.

As the Flames went head-to head with the visiting Delta Ice Hawks, the team’s respective goalies (Flames’ Jeremy Tamelin, and Hawks’ Jacob Latrace) faced a combined total of more than 100 shots.

The game was a back-andforth one, and the 4-4 tie at the end of regulation play reflected both team’s efforts.

In the end – and early in overtime – it was Flames forward Dale Howell who put one behind the pads of Latrace and into the net to give the home-

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Teammates chatted and a pregame tailgate party on Friday evening signalled the beginning of the Ridge Meadows Junior B team’s season.

team the 5-4 victory.

In addition, Pitt Meadows product Boston Colley had a busy night, as he posted two goals and two assists.

Other contributions to the home team’s win came from Nolan Ferguson and Alex

Furlan.

The Flames are back in action tomorrow night (Friday, Sept.

18) on home turf at Planet Ice, as they host the visiting Richmond Sockeyes.

The game starts when the puck drops at 7:30 p.m.

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HOMES FOR RENT

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748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION CENTRAL MAPLE RIDGE house to share, all utils incl. Near amens & WCE. $500/mo. 778-689-8424

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TOWNHOUSES

Pitt Meadows 19250-119 Ave. Townhouses; 3 BR $1235, share $3500 & 2 BR $1130 shares $2500. Small pet ok.

604-465-1938

TRANSPORTATION 845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

In beautiful Langley City.

Also Available:

• Bachelor $700 • 1 Bdrm. $770 • 2 Bdrm. $870 In beautiful Langley City.

Includes Heat, Hot Water, Parking. On-Site Manager.

604-530-0030 www.cycloneholdings.ca

• Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

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

ROYAL CRESCENT ESTATES 22588 Royal Crescent Avenue, Maple Ridge

Rick Moyer/TIMES

Large Units. Close To Golden Ears Bridge, Shopping & More.

GREAT RIVER VIEW!

Office: 604-463-0857 Cell: 604-375-1768

SKYLINE TOWERS 102-120 Agens Street, New Westminster

Hi-Rise Apartment with River View & Indoor Pool.

1 BR 7 2 BR Available. Rent includes heat & hot water.

Remodeled building and Common Area. Gated underground parking available.

References required.

Paddle power:

859

Ridge Canoe and Kayak Club hosted the Pacific Cup and BC Bantam championships at Whonnock Lake this past weekend.

The two-day event was an end-ofseason competition for U15 and younger, Masters, and Para athletes who came from B.C., Washington, and Alberta.

UTILITY TRAILERS

Utility Trailer. Good Condition.

From Home Depot. $500 OBO. Call: 604-465-4441

It Starts with You!

604-525-2122

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VILLA MARGARETA 320-9th Street, New Westminster Suites Available.

All suites have balconies, Underground parking available.

Refs. req. Small pet OK.

604-715-7764

Bayside Property Services

www.pitch-in.ca

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John Jacobs curled for both sides of a match at the winter club’s open house.

CURLING

Club’s season begins An open house marked the season’s start.

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Thursday, September 17, 2015 A27

The members of the Golden Ears Winter Club are itching to curl.

That was the scene at an open house on Sept. 12 – hosted at the winter club – where a number of curlers, both new and old, took to the ice to test their skills.

“I’m not doing bad,” remarked John Jacobs, who was practicing by throwing stones for both sides.

The club continues to grow in size, said Earl King, a member of the Winter Club’s board of directors.

King said the club experienced a drop in membership a number of years ago, but has been recovering since.

“Curling struggled across the country,” said King.

“It could be economics, or it could be ergonomics,” he quipped.

This season, the winter club will host curling six nights a week at its facility attached to Planet Ice on the Albion Fairgrounds. > More: mrtimes.com, search ‘curling’

MAPLE RIDGE & PITT MEADOWS TIMES

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COMPARE & SAVE!

FRESH MEAT Chicken Drumsticks Frozen

99 works out to

¢

Sold in 5kg Box

lb $10.90

Schneiders Chicken Wings

Boneless Pork Butt Steak or Roast

$

2

.98

Rodeo Beef Burgers Frozen, 1kg box

Hot or Mild

5

lb $6.57/kg

Pork Back Ribs

Beef Rib Eye Steaks

Frozen

2

$

Frozen

.98

$

lb $6.57/kg

Simply Poultry Turkey Breast Fillets

6

3

$ .98

ea 790g

ea

12

$

2

works out to

.98

lb $15.36/kg

Campfire Bacon

$ .61 lb

Sold in 4kg Box

$

22.98

Schneiders Chicken Sausage Assorted

Frozen, 2kg box

$ .98

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

375g

5

2/$

.98 ea

2

$ .98

ea 300g

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Foothills Butter

3

$

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ea 3.78L

2

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Tetley Herbal Tea

Adams All Natural Peanut Butter

20 Tea Bags

5

2/$

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FARM FRESH PRODUCE

Snoboy Russet Potatoes

Romaine Lettuce

10lb Bag

98

2

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$ .98

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Oven Roasted Chicken

$

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3

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Onions

2lb Bag

3lb Bag

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Summer Sausage, Smoked or Cooked Ham

88

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McGavin’s whole wheat or white bread

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98

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98

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Coloured Peppers

Western Family Canned Veggies

5

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SALE PRICES EFFECTIVE FROM FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2015 TO THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2015