B46 Friday, October 6, 2017
The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News
www.mapleridgenews.com
Recognizing Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows’ Finest
My A–List: Trevor Connor
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t has been 29 years since I first made the drive out to Maple Ridge from Vancouver. During that first long commute, I wondered if I was ever going to arrive. That day, the old Pitt River Bridge was turned and I was late for my interview at Pitt Meadows secondary. Fast forward to 2017, the new Pitt River Bridge has six lanes and I have three kids who have graduated from high school. Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows have been an amazing place for my wife and I to raise our family and participate in many aspects of this wonderful community. We have all heard that it takes a whole village to raise a child; I strongly believe that our kids have been raised by friends, coaches, teachers and myriad other people in this great community. Personally, I have had the opportunity to experience our great school district both as a parent and an educator. I have also been privileged to experience medicine through the eyes of a doctor (my wife Marla) and a patient (recent broken leg). Our community is blessed with many dedicated people in these two critical professions.
We now love to ride all over the community and beyond, with one of my favourite rides being up past Allco Park, along a dirt road that parallels the river, all the way up to the south side of the dam at Alouette Lake. I think all of this is what is so special about Maple Ridge. We have a vibrant community with all that you need, but in a minute’s notice, you can be off in the bush experiencing the wonderful solitude of nature. Whether it is viewing the ‘Ears’ with the sun lighting them up, or watching the river with Mount Baker as a backdrop, the scenery can make one breathless. Few places in the world offer the array of experiences that many of us in Maple Ridge take for granted. Who would have thought 29 years would go so fast and be so full. When you overlay the beauty with the incredibly caring group of people that we have grown to know and love here, we couldn’t have asked for anything more. The location has also created our family’s A-List activities over the years: these have included tubing at the hot rocks; hiking at Gold Creek and UBC Research Forest; biking along the dikes; and end-
Trevor Connor is principal at Maple Ridge secondary and a director on the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation
THANK YOU Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows
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I am honoured to be included on the “A”list and to be part of our amazing community. I do love our town! Thank you. - Ernie Daykin
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A List winner 2016 & 2017
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Thank you everyone for voting us onto the A List! We now make cakes for all occasions
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