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2015 A-List Welcome to the 2015 edition of the News' A-List. Over the years, this has become one of our most popular features. It gives us a chance to interact with you, our readers, and provides us with the opportunity to learn about your favourite people, places, businesses and activities in the communities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Many of us have lived in this community for years. Over time, we tend to fall into habits, visiting the same stores and restaurants; attending the same events and activities; meeting with the same people and doing the same things. The A-List presents us with the perspective of our fellow citizens and we hope that it might inspire you to break from your routine and to try something new.

It may also provide an entertaining diversion, informing us and helping us to discover local treasures that are found right here in our own backyard.

We tend to take for granted what those in other communities may relish; although, our community hosts some of the best community events, we have some of the best golf courses to be found anywhere, we have shopping and dining facilities that are second to none. We have parks, swimming areas, ice rinks, sports

fields, arts centres, theatres, shopping centres, auto dealerships and a host of other amenities at our fingertips. Best of all, we are able to enjoy all of these amenities while surrounded by the awe-inspiring natural beauty of the local mountains, lakes and trails that are a short drive away.

We live in a community where people truly care about each other. I have always found Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows to be an area that gives back. From the Duck Race to the Founders Cup Charity Golf Classic, the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Community Foundations, the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation, the Rotary Clubs, The Lion's Club, the Friends in Need Food Bank, and a host of other charitable organisations. The people in our communities are unfailingly generous.

There are myriad reasons why we choose to live here, but we hope that by reading the A-List, you will find many more reasons to stay. So please enjoy our 2015 effort, and thank you again to those who participated by voting for your favourites‌we couldn't do it without you.

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Favourite Audio Video Store Haney Sewing & Sound/Audio Video Unlimited, London Drugs, Diamond Stereo

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Favourite Bike Shop Caps Westwood Cycle, Maple Ridge Cycle, Pitt Meadows Cycle @Posture_Project

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Favourite Building around town The ACT, Billy Miner Alehouse & Café, Maple Ridge Library

Favourite Business Makeover Phazes Tanning & Hair Salon, Marks Work Wearhouse, Socrates Greek Restaurant

Favourite Car Wash Washworld, Esso @232 Pennzoil, Shell 232nd Street

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Terry Fox Run, AIK Canada Day 8km, Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation Gala

Favourite Charitable Organization

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Recognizing Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows’ Finest Favourite Childcare Facility Discovery Playhouse, Little Garden Montessori,l Imagination Station ALL INCLUSIVE RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS:

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China Kitchen, Chinese Palace, Kings Kitchen, Silver House Restaurant

• Nutritious meals by certi¿ed chef • A Life Enhancement Program of activities • Home of Pitt Meadows Senior Rec. Centre • Spacious comfortable suites with full kitchens & appliances

Favourite Chiropractor Dr. Angela MacDonald, Focus Chiropractic, Dr. Debbie Pollard, Maple Meadows Chiropractic

Favourite Coach Brock Griffin, Don MacSorley, Trina Chickloski

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Black Sheep Liquor Store, Maple Ridge Liquor Store, Firefly Fine Wines & Ales, The Witch

Favourite Community Booster or Volunteer Bob Shantz, Ineke Boekhorst, Ron Antalek

Favourite Community Event Haney Farmers Market, Maple Ridge Caribbean Festival, Pitt Meadows Day, Country Fest

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Michael’s, The Create Shop, 4 Cats Art Studio, Kelly’s Bead Boutique

Favourite Craft Brewery

Favourite Dance Instructor Talia Derksen, Linda Carter, Amanda Griffin

Centre Stage Dance, Fabulous Feet School of Dance, Peggy Peat School of Dance

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Favourite Dentist

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Favourite charitable event People love the Terry Fox Run so much that 300 of them turned up in the pouring rain to take part in this year's event.

And they raised $14,000 in doing so.

The year before drew 427 participants, raising $16,497 for the foundation.

This year, the 35th annual, featured a new route, starting and ending at Spirit Square in Pitt Meadows.

Voters next selected the Canada Day Run in Pitt Meadows. It is put on by Athletes in Kind and benefits the B.C. Childhood Cancer Parents Association.

Next was the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation Gala. The 27th annual event takes place later this month, and benefits the local hospital through donations leading to better patient care, faster diagnosis and more effective treatment for all.

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Favourite Eyewear Store Crystal Vision Centre, Pacific Eye Doctors, Maple Ridge Eyecare

Favourite Family Doctor Dr. Michelle Little, Dr. Richard Van Gend, Dr. Karmali

Favourite Family Friendly Restaurant Big Feast Bistro & Retail, White Spot, Red Robin, Frogstone Grill, Home Restaurant

Favourite Financial Institution BMO, TD Canada Trust, Westminster Savings

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Favourite Flooring Store End of the Roll Discount Carpet & Flooring, Woodopolis, Laminate Warehouse

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Favourite parks • Golden Ears Provincial Park

The girls at Hairformers Studio want to express a truly genuine THANK YOU for all of our family, friends and loving clients that

As one of the largest parks in the province, Golden Ears park is prized for its recreational opportunities so it's no wonder the precious expanse figures in the A-list three times - as a favourite hidden gem, park and horse trail.

You can begin your hike from the sports field and follow the trail as it descends into the forest. Along the way you'll get a view of Cliff Falls and cross bridges that traverse the rapids.

Canyon Trail meanders through the forest with the sound of Kanaka Creek below.

The Bell-Irving Hatchery has salmon

voted for us again this year!!! It is our passion to provide the highest of quality services for you and we aim to make Hairformers a place not only to come to feel pampered and beautiful but a place to be with friends that truly care about you! We are grateful for your support and love we get in return! We Love Our Customers!

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• Cliff Falls Park The Cliff Falls area of Kanaka Creek in Maple Ridge offers an easy set of hiking trails, from the picnic area near the waterfalls to the Bell-Irving Hatchery. The park is a great location for families to spend a day in the outdoors during the summer.

on site 12 months of the year, including Coho, Chum, and Pink.

The hatchery is generally open on weekends from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. and provides educational information on the preservation of the salmon population in Kanaka Creek.

• Maple Ridge Park Located along the sparkling South Alouette River at the corner of 232nd Street and Fern Crescent, this park offers picnic areas, washrooms, a baseball diamond, a horseshoe pitch area, a playing field, and a wooded trail. An expanse of mature forest nurses a wide array of native plants and wildlife and each autumn the South Alouette River welcomes large populations of spawning Pink and Chum salmon.

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Favourite piece of public art work The Beast, the landmark horse clock that has looked over Dewdney Trunk Road in downtown Maple Ridge since 1989, is your Favourite piece of public art work.

Don Brayford, a former municipal manager of electro-mechanical operations, originally designed and built the aluminum horse for close to $60,000, but left no wiring diagrams behind.

It was constructed from recycled materials with a Commodore 64' operating system, and originally featured a clock that chimed on the hour accompanied with the rearing of The Beast.

Brayford envisioned the horse clock would represent local natural beauty and wrote a story called “The Legend of the Beast.”

The Beast fell motionless in 2004 – after the Commodore 64 computer which controlled it crashed for good.

The district then hired Ray Saunders, who built Gastown's famous steam clock, to fix it, costing the City or Maple Ridge more than $45,000.

While the clock and its operating system has been modernized, The Beast no longer rears up.

The metal leaves along Dewdney Trunk Road in west Maple Ridge are your second favourite.

Beginning at just west of 203rd, seven decorative poles are installed in the median with metal maple leaf sculptures on the top of each.

The poles were installed as decorative elements at the entrance to Maple Ridge. The colour of the leaves changes from green to yellow and orange as they move east.

The four mosaic street tiles in downtown Maple Ridge were your third Favourite piece of public art.

The Maple Ridge Museum cooperated with the municipal engineering department by providing historically important themes for the mosaics, along with images from the archives. Like mosaics from ancient cultures created from coloured stones, the sidewalk decorations are made from durable ceramic tiles.

The images and colours are symbolic, reminding us of our social history.

All four of the new mosaics have the same border decorations, with maple leaves symbolizing the city's name. The green trees and mountain outlines represent important features of our geography, with the braided blue and white rope design standing for the Fraser River.

One displays the proud military history of Maple Ridge, outside the former Bingoplex on 224th Street.

The second one is a tribute to the community building efforts of pioneer Thomas Haney, featuring Haney House, a paddle wheeler on the waterfront, and two buildings that remain from the early days of Port Haney.

The third theme, on Lougheed Highway, is the contribution of women’s groups to community life.

The Women’s Institute made sure it had a well baby’s clinic, a public library and many other socially important activities.

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Across the street on the south side of the highway you will find a mosaic with the theme of youth activities and groups. The school sports teams, the annual soap-box derby and the 4H Agricultural Club are all represented.

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Favourite local singers Madeline Merlo always knew she wanted to be a country music star and her dream is quickly becoming reality. After being signed to Open Road Recordings in 2013,

nominations for Female Artist of the Year and the Ray McCauley Horizon award at the 2014 BCCMAs. Fresh off her Rising Star award nomination from Canadian Country Music Association, Merlo is now touring Canada with Dean Brody and Paul Brandt.

You’ll also find Merlo featured in Sparkle: An inspirational Handbook for Young Girls and can watch for her in the upcoming musical movie ‘Country Crush,’ due out later this year.

Merlo has always had an eclectic taste in music, but her sound and style are grounded in the music she grew up on, the classic country of artists like Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline, R&B greats Etta James and Billy Holiday and modern superstars such as Miranda Lambert.

and releasing her self-titled debut album in 2014, Merlo was quickly recognized as an artist to watch.

Her singles ‘Sinking Like a Stone’ and ‘Alive’ became popular on country radio and TV, garnering her

Although you can hear shades of those artists in her voice, she has a style all her own, chops, spirit and soul to spare, and a unique sound she hopes will set her apart from the pack.

• Danielle Severinski’s country music career got another big boost in September as she was a winner in the Chevy Country From the Tailgate Contest.

Severinski, an up-and-coming country music talent out of Pitt Meadows, has been hitting stages from her hometown to the Calgary Stampede, and at Harrison’s Bands on the Beach on Saturday.

nominated pop rock band that scored top thirty in the BillboardCharts in the late 70's and 80's.

The band's track 'New set of changes' was selected for the film 'Amazon' in 2010.

The latest win gives here $10,000 worth of recording time, in addition to prestige.

Danielle, 19, has been singing at church and in musical theatre classes since she was a child. In her Grade 11 year at high school, she started to get serious about a music career, entering contests and performing.

She received a golden ticket in YTV’s “The Next Star” and placed second in B.C.’s Best Teen Band Contest.

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Golden Ears Provincial Park, Tomes and Tales Book Store, Cliff Falls

Favourite High School Band Maple Ridge Secondary, Thomas Haney Secondary, Garibaldi Secondary

Favourite Home Décor Store Lotus & Lemongrass Gifts & Décor, HomeSense, Favourite Finds

Favourite Home Healthcare Service Nurse Next Door, Independence Matters, Fraser Health Home Health Care Team

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Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Chamber of Commerce As a transplant resident of Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge, I can say in the past year I have loved exploring our diverse unique communities.

If I had to narrow down my roster of A-list offerings, I would mention our host of coffee shops – Stomping Grounds, Coffee Manifesto, Bean Around Books, and Kanaka Creek Coffee. Nothing in the world goes better with coffee than a great read: Tomes and Tales and Sector 2814 Comics are awesome places to find exactly what you’re looking for in

I’ll admit, when I first relocated here I thought I must have been some VIP receiving personalized attention from each business owner I met (Sandra Taylor from Westgate Flower Garden, Mike Chapman from Blenz, Mario Bitoiu from Chameleon).

I now realize, that’s just how each and every one of our home-grown businesses operate and what makes them truly special.

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Thank you Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows residents for recognizing us as an A-LIST homebuilder.

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Favourite Local Team of all Time Haney Neptunes, Ridge Meadows Flames, Maple Ridge Burrards

Favourite Local Theatre Group Emerald Pig, Showstoppers, Theatre in the Country, Extreme Theatre

Favourite Lube Oil Shop Mr. Lube, Pennzoil, Haney Automotive

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Favourite music teacher • Dana Cole-Luder Cole-Luder has performed leading roles in many musical theatre productions throughout Vancouver.

“Dorothy” in The Wizard of Oz, “Maisie” in The Boyfriend, and “Tuptim” in The King and I are a few of her favourites. She earned a Best Actress Award for her role as Maisie. Cole-Luder is a graduate of the Douglas College classical music program and the Vancouver College jazz and musical theatre program.

She is a professional voice instructor and teaches musical theatre and voice to dancers at performing arts schools in the Vancouver area including the Pulse Dance Centre and Peggy Peats in Maple Ridge.

• Keith Rogalsky Keith Rogalsky is a teacher at Harry Hooge Elementary who has been teaching kids music for about 20 years. Harry Hooge is fortunate to have an abundance of instruments, thanks to an active parent group, and that including ukuleles which he teachers to Grades four and five, and acoustic guitars that the students

graduate to as they reach grades six and seven. Then there are some electric guitars, bass guitars, a drum set and keyboards that help the kids put on a performance. Rogalsky has done ambitious projects like Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and a variety of Christmas musicals like Surfin' Santa and Snow Biz. Rogalsky prefers the guitar as an instrument for children, because they play and sing. "The instrument you carry is your voice," he likes to tell them.

seperate levels of the Maple Ridge Concert Band. Previously Dumas has taught at Thomas Haney Secondary, Westview Secondary, and numerous elementary schools across Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. He has also been a guest conductor and trumpet coach at music camps, retreats, and concerts throughout the province.

Ed Dumas has been voted “Maple Ridge’s Favourite Music Teacher” in

2008, 2009, and in 2010.

Dumas has completed a Masters of Education project showing a relationship between small group playing and sight reading skills. His MRSS Senior Jazz Band scored a Gold rating at Con Brio Whistler Music Festival in 2014. He is also the musical director of the Maple Ridge Concert Band.

• Ed Dumas Ed Dumas’ teaching skills and love of music have made him a familiar face to thousands of young music students and adult musicians around British Columbia. Based in Maple Ridge, Dumas has been a secondary school music teacher and band conductor for more than 30 years. His bands have received numerous gold and silver awards at festivals around B.C. He currently conducts concert bands and jazz bands at Maple Ridge Secondary School as well as two

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Favourite Outdoor Patio Kingfisher's Waterfront Bar & Grill, Big Feast Bistro & Retail, Billy Miner Ale House & Café

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The Ridge Meadows Flames junior B hockey team was second on the voting list.

The Flames formed at North Shore Winter Club in 1972, and moved to Maple Ridge in 1993. They won the PIJHL title in 1998, and the provincial championship, as well as gold at the Keystone Cup western Canadian championships.

Burrards were eliminated in the first round of the WLA playoffs this season, but the year before advanced to the league final. It was the first time in 23 years the club, which moved to Maple Ridge from Surrey in 1996, had advanced past the first round.

The Burrards first formed in Vancouver in 1937 in the Inter-City Lacrosse League.

The Flames came second as host of the westerns in 2001.

They just started the 2015-16 season and play home games Friday at Planet Ice in Maple Ridge.

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Recognizing Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows’ Finest Doug Bing, MLA Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge One of my favourite places in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is Golden Ears Provincial Park.

As one of the largest parks in the province, Golden Ears Provincial Park is prized for its recreational opportunities.

Whenever I go there I can feel the stress melt away as the green forests come into view and our busy urban environment starts to fade.

It is a great place for families and there is something there for everyone to enjoy regardless of age or vigor.

The extensive system of trails within the park provides an excellent

opportunity for short walks, easy or strenuous backcountry hikes, and even horseback riding.

Water activities are very popular and Alouette Lake is an in-demand spot for swimming, windsurfing, water-skiing, canoeing, boating and fishing.

The park also has three large campgrounds, which are very popular, and often filled to capacity on summer weekends.

The mountainous backcountry is extremely rugged and a photographer’s delight.

For the more adventurous, there are challenging trails that take you to the summit of the Golden Ears massif.

Views from the top are panoramic and spectacular, overlooking the Fraser Valley to the south and surrounding peaks.

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Recognizing Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows’ Finest Favourite Pet Grooming Business Golden Ears Grooming, Canine Connections, Ye Olde Groomers, Paws & Claws

Favourite Pet Store Bosley’s, Mr. Pets, Pet Food ‘n More, Petsmart

Favourite Pharmacy London Drugs, Shopper’s Drug Mart, Medlandia Pharmacy

Favourite Photography Studio/Photographer Fowle Photo, Jamie Griffin, Photo Express, Lisa Nelly Photography

Favourite Physiotherapist Janet Tinney, Kevin Gibson, Rolland "Rolly" Fletcher, Danika @ Golden Ears Physio

Favourite Piece of Public Art Work The Horse Clock, Tile Mosaics, Maple Leaves on Dewdney Trunk Road, Aluminum Maple Seeds in Memorial Peace Park

Favourite Pizza Restaurant Pappa Leo’s, Panago Pizza, Domino’s, Billy Miner Ale House & Café

Favourite Place for Alternative Medicine Maple Ridge Naturopathic Clinic, Maple Ridge Massage Therapy Clinic, Roots Natural Organic Foods

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Amanda is a full-service real estate specialist marketing residential and acreage properties throughout the Lower mainland and Fraser Valley. Whether buying or selling a home within city limits or in more rural acreage areas, Amanda has the experience and knowledge to assist you with all your real estate needs. As we enter the busy Fall Market call today for a professional market evaluation of your home or property.

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Favourite local theatre group • Emerald Pig Theatrical Society:

Emerald Pig is an anagram of Maple Ridge. They are a little bit rural, a little bit whimsical and a lot of fun.

Bandstand performances to their intimate one-act plays, Emerald Pig always delights and entertains.

The Emerald Pig Theatrical Society once again tops the A-list as the favourite local theatre group.

All of their members are volunteers who perform, produce, direct, build, staple, duct tape and sew for the

The talented thespians often sweeps the awards at Theatre B.C. Mainstage festival, winning this year for their production of The Attic, The Peals and Three Fine Girls.

The troupe is currently getting ready to stage ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas, which opens Dec. 10 in Maple Ridge.

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Theatre in the Country was established in 2013 by a group of dedicated thespians who are passionate about bringing quality theatre to the Fraser Valley. Their goal was to establish a permanent professional dinner theatre presence.

From its inaugural production of Charley's Aunt, Theatre in The Country continues to present shows that inspired, move and entertain.

Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap is playing until Oct. 31. The 2015 season will feature Tennessee Williams' Glass Menagerie; 39 Steps; Educating Rita; Beauty and The Beast, the musical; I Ought to be in Picture and a musical production of It's a Wonderful Life.

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Favourite Place to Mountain Bike Golden Ears Provincial Park, The Dykes, Malcolm Knapp UBC Research Forest, Thornhill

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Favourite place to walk, run, jog, hike, or walk your dog.

The Dykes are your Favourite place to do all of the above.

Since the first settlers arrived in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, Dykes have been an important topic locally. Much of the area’s land couldn’t be settled without them due to the risk of flooding and the marshy ground.

The first significant group to try and reclaim the lower ground in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows was the British Columbia Drainage and Dyking Company.

The company was formed in 1888 by three wellknown businessmen and politicians and purchased 17,000 acres of Pitt Meadows land. It wasn’t able to raise sufficient capital to dyke the entire area, so it focused on two 1,000-acre parcels that became known as the Pitt Meadows Number One and Number Two Dyking Districts.

Construction on those Dykes started in 1891.

The early dyking efforts had substantial impacts on local affairs, though. Pitt Meadows landowners were largely in favour of early dyking efforts and wanted financial help from the municipality of Maple Ridge, which Pitt Meadows was part of at that time. Aid was initially promised, then later revoked, angering the Pitt Meadows residents. They separated from Maple Ridge in 1896 and incorporated their own municipality in 1914.

The Maple Ridge Dyking District was formed in 1892.

Most of the land it encompassed was actually in Pitt Meadows, but the name was used to differentiate it from the existing Pitt Meadows Dyking Districts.

It resulted in the construction of a 14.3 mile dyke in 1893 at an original cost of $85,000. But the dyke had similar problems to the earlier ones in the Pitt Meadows districts and was inundated during floods.

Repair and improvement costs spiraled, and the district was $220,000 in debt by 1904.

Several additional dyking attempts were made over the years, including a 1909 effort by William Rannie and a 1923 attempt by the Seattle firm of Cameron and MacDougall, but little progress occurred until the arrival of Dr. Jan Blom in 1949. Blom, a Dutchman, was in Canada to oversee the sale of lands held by the Holland-based Transatlantic Mortgage Company, and he was invited to tour the Pitt Meadows area. He saw the potential of the land and bought nearly 7,000 acres for $40,000 in 1950. Originally, he estimated that the land could be reclaimed for around $300,000, but his company wound up having to invest nearly $3 million. By the end of the 1960s, though, they completed their extensive dyking projects.

Today, there are several popular walking trails on the Dykes, and the diversity of wildlife in the area makes it important for trail users to be careful.

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the security committee with the Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association and last year was named Citizen of the Year by the Maple Ridge Community Foundation.

Other Favourite community volunteers were Ineke Boekhorst, executive director of the Downtown Maple Ridge Business Improvement Association, and Ron Antalek, chair of the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation.

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Shantz, a notable lawyer in Maple Ridge, passed away in August after complications following surgery for an aneurism.

Shantz was the organizer of the annual Rotary Duck Race, which raises thousands of dollars for youth sports projects in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Shantz was also the founding member of the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation, and former president of the Ridge Meadows Hospice Society, as well as a past director of the Maple Ridge Community Foundation.

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Favourite Place to take guests Alouette Lake, Cliff Park, Golden Ears Provincial Park, Osprey Village, Gold Creek, Widgeon Creek

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Favourite Place to Walk, Run, Jog or Hike The dykes, UBC Research Forest, Golden Ears Park

Favourite Place to Watch a Ballgame Planet Ice, Albion Sports Complex, Telosky Stadium

Our customers rate us Five Star!

For quality workmanship and attention to detail, plus great customer service, please call for your appointment today.

We promise to take great care of your ride and return it looking its best!

Favourite Playground Maple Ridge Park, Jordan Park, Wildplay, Harris Road Park

Favourite Produce Stand Langley Farm Market, Kin’s Market, Haney Farmer’s Market, Maple Market

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604-467-7250 • Preschool • Out of School Care • Preschool enhanced daycare (4 locations) Offering theme-based programs • Music & Movement • Beginners French • Kids Yoga • WEBCAMS • Highly Qualified ECE teachers • Ready to Read Program Our Maple Ridge locations offer: Infant/Toddler Care, Preschool, Junior Kindergarten, Preschool Enhanced Daycare and Out of School Care.

Our Langley location offers: Infant/Toddler Care and Preschool Enhanced Daycare.

Thank you for voting us one of the top three childcare centres in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows for 2015! We are ecstatic that you love us as much as we love you!

Our program is educationally enhanced and provides your child with language, math, science and social skills.

We believe in a program that support a child’s desire to be creative, explore and imagine while they are developing new skills that support and aid in their growth and development.

Some of the special features that our locations offer are: daily art activities, educationally enhanced circle times, The Family Fun Phonics Program, Music and Movement, dramatic play, Science, YogaKids, beginners french, outdoor play and webcams that provide you with your very own window into your child’s day.

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*Our Junior Kindergarten offers our exclusive “Learn to Read” program*

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Favourite Restaurant Server Cindy at The Legion, Rebecca at Big Feast, Tamara at Black Sheep

Favourite Retirement Residence Chartwell Willow, Greystone Manor, The Wesbrooke, Maple Ridge Senior’s Village

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Whether you are first-time buyer or an experienced buyer with excellent credit, Dominion Lending Centres has access to the very best products and rates available across Canada. Give us a call... we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

At Dominion Lending Centres, we understand that purchasing a home is one of life’s most exciting endeavours, and is also a very comprehensive one.

Canada’s largest banks, credit unions, trust companies, and financial institutions have teamed up with Dominion Lending Centres to offer you rates, products, and services that are only available through our mortgage professionals. Dominion Lending Centres mortgage product line has an array of home financing solutions that are only available to our mortgage professionals and their clients.

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www.kingfisherspub.com Private Patio Dining Host your gatherings on our heated, enclosed Waterfront Bar Side patio.

Offered to groups of 25 - 40 adult guests, an opportunity to have your function held and catered to in a one of a kind location.

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Favourite community event Your Favourite community event is the Haney Farmers' Market, which encourages a healthy community by providing the public with direct access to food producers.

The market serves to stimulate and support the local economy, to provide opportunities to inform and entertain and to support and strongly encourage environmental sustainability.

Haney Farmers Market runs from May into October in Memorial Peace Park on 224th Street in downtown Maple Ridge.

to the Albion Fairgrounds this year and attracted about 15,000 spectators, including 4,000 to 5,000 to watch Hotel California, an Eagles tribute band.

Also getting voters were Pitt Meadows Day and Country Fest.

Pitt Meadows Day originally started as a Strawberry Tea during the Great Depression and grew from there. This year celebrated 74 years of Pitt Meadows Day. Country Fest is 114 years old and celebrates agriculture in the community, taking place at the Albion Fairgrounds each July.

Second on your A-list was the Caribbean Festival, the latter of which moved

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Favourite Swimming Hole Davidson’s Pool, Gold Creek, Hot Rocks, Whonnock Lake, Hayward Lake

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Favourite Tanning Studio Platinum Glow Tanning, Sun Seeker s Tanning Salon, Phazes Tanning & Spa

Defiance Body Studio, Wes’ Tattoos, Alex Rousey AJR Tattoo, Sink the Ink

Proudly serving the community for over 40 years!

20611 Lougheed Hwy • 604.465.5464 • marvjoneshonda.com

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Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation

Favourite Team Sports Baseball, Hockey, Soccer, Lacrosse

Favourite Thrift/Consignment Store Cythera Thrift Store & Boutique, Buttons & Bows, Little Savages, Crazy about Clothes

Favourite Tire Store Canadian Tire, Kal Tire, Lougheed Tire Sales & Service, Fountain Tire

Psychiatric Services at Ridge Meadows Hospital. Cailin presented Dr. Biju Mathew and Ron Antalek (Chair, Ridge Ron Winner of Meadows Hospital Foundation) Favourite Community with a donation of $580 which Volunteer she fundraised on her own. Cailin hopes that she will inspire other youth to speak up and to help those A-LIST in need of mental health support.

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At Gold Rush Jewellers, we appreciate all of your support, our staff takes pride in giving the best possible service we can and look forward to many more years.

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Favourite Used Car Dealer Marv Jones Honda, West Coast Auto Group, Pioneer Motors

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Favourite Veterinarian Dr. Orser/Alouette Animal Hospital, Dr. Walton/Dewdney Animal Hospital, Dr. Loff/Eastridge Animal Hospital

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Favourite Yoga Studio Centered within Yoga, Epic Yoga & Fitness Studio, Oxygen Yoga

Favourite Zumba Studio Fiesta Latina, Latin Flavours Zumba & Fitness, Goodlife

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The Pitt Polder, then Kanaka Creek and Golden Ears parks are your Favourite places to watch birds.

The Pitt Polder is a natural rest stop for birds migrating between Alaska and Patagonia, providing habitat for species like the great Sandhill Crane and the Tundra Swan.

At Golden Ears Provincial Park listen for Woodpeckers and Chickadees while strolling through the nature trails.

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And areas like Grant Narrows Regional Park, where 200-plus species of birds and waterfowl habitat in the Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area, offer possible sightings of Orioles, Thrushes, Trumpeter Swans, Warblers and more.

Dr. Walton and Staff would like to thank everyone who voted him favourite Veterinarian. It’s our mission to make a difference in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, for humans and animals alike.

The observation towers offer excellent opportunities to catch a glimpse of nesting Ospreys between May and August.

Digital X-Rays • Dentistry • Vaccinations • Spays and Neuters • Surgery • Laser Surgery • Internal Medicine • Flea and De-worming Products • Prescription Pet Foods • Prescription Pet Drugs• Cat Boarding (clientele only)

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WESTGATE/MAPLE RIDGE 20395 Lougheed Hwy., #130 Maple Ridge, BC Open 8am-Midnight

MEADOWVALE/PITT MEADOWS 19150 Lougheed Hwy., #110 Pitt Meadows, BC Open 8am-10pm

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By Sandy Macdougall Despite the sprawling nature of development and unfettered urban style growth in our communities, we have retained our small town character.

That neighbourliness that our essentially rural nature inspires is probably the thing I like best about living here.

A backdrop of majestic mountains and the combination of large and small rivers and lakes has created a place unlike any other I have ever

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Notwithstanding the many other favoured features of our communities, Pitt Lake is my personal favourite place in the world. While parts of the lake are accessible only by water, there are many trails and other features surrounding the lake which draw me back as though caught in its mysterious and magical spell.

The ferocity of winter around Pitt Lake belies its normal gentleness in summer, but the best time to visit the lake is fall when the autumn colours paint a scene like only Mother Nature can and the migrating flocks of waterfowl fill the sky with their raucous honking and quacking.

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sticklebacks.

"Look deeply into nature and then you will understand everything" – Albert Einstein.

Suddenly, a few feet away, the shallow water was shattered by the fins of larger fish, probably bass, hastily leaving the scene.

I like to do this in a kayak or canoe, but it’s possible from a vehicle pulled to the side of the road – that is, if you look deeply.

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We appreciate your friendship, your business, and the opportunity to serve you.

Your smile is what inspires us Dr. Kim Dugdale and all of the Team at Westgate Dental Centre

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Proud to work, live and play in this great community.

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"What is … is right," said 18th Century poet Alexander Pope.

One of my Favourite spots for that is along Neaves Road, at the south end of the North Alouette River Bridge. Driving north towards Pitt Lake, you’d pull over on the east side, turn off the engine, and look out the passenger window at a pond the river fills and empties with the tides.

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and confidence in me.

When asked about my favourite historical aspects of Maple Ridge, my mind goes straight to the old neighbourhoods.

It is a privilege to be part of your health care team.

They are the most essential elements and the most enduring.

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I love Webster’s Corners for its abiding Finnish “sisu” – a combination of spirit and stubbornness.

Janet Tinney Voted on to the “A-LIST” as favourite physiotherapist.

The Sampo Hall will be 100 years old soon and one can still find the odd sauna in the older residential areas.

Janet Tinney Physiotherapy Clinic

I love Whonnock for its spirited defense of its identity – refusing to give up the postal address that will be 130 years old in 2015. The general store and post office are little changed from the 1930s.

@ Dr. Cobi’s Essential Health Natural Wellness Clinic 11857 223rd Street, Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 5Y3 604-467-9554 • janet@janettinney.com

I love Hammond for its exuberant sense of community and pulling together. Always seen as somewhat the poor cousin of the other neighbourhoods, its people have always acted like a community, centred around a mill, school and baseball.

I love Port Haney for its mighty struggle to retain some sense of itself amidst the onslaught of modern times and development pressure. The old brick church, the Billy Miner Pub and Haney House all stand as reminders of a more coherent past.

Thank you Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows for voting us your Favourite Auto Body Shop!

NO APPOINTMENT NEW REPLACEMENT NECESSARY. VEHICLES ALWAYS OPEN SATURDAYS. AVAILABLE.

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NOW OPEN Ridge Meadows: 20610 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge 604.457.2060 Maple Ridge: 22814 Dewdney Trunk, Maple Ridge 604.466.6066

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Becker & Company is pleased to announce that it will be carrying on Don Lockwood’s legacy in the Maple Ridge area, by offering John legal and notarial services and everyone at at his former location.

Becker & Company “My family and I are very pleased that wish to thank you John Becker had been able to transition all for the vote of Don’s notary practice. We are confident that he will continue the business confidence again this year! legacy Don created by serving MAPLE RIDGE PITT MEADOWS

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NOW WITH TWO LOCATIONS TO ASSIST YOU.

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