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A MOMENT THAT CHANGED HER LIFE

It was 1980, and Kerry Anne Holloway’s dad was the publicity agent for the Canadian Cancer Society. Part of his job was to accompany Terry Fox on his Marathon of Hope across Canada. For two months Kerry Anne and her brother accompanied Fox and his crew during the historical run. Thirty-five years later the Burnaby woman still thinks about the experience every day.

Reporter Jennifer Moreau sat down and chatted with Kerry Anne, and her story is on page 3 of today’s paper.

At left, Terry Fox, centre, takes it like a champion from Kerry Anne, right, and her brother, Patrick, at left, on a stop during the Marathon of Hope.

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Burnaby loses money man to Vancouver School board chair blames provincial freeze on salaries for failure to retain school district secretary-treasurer

By Cornelia Naylor

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The Burnaby school district is losing one of the best money men in the province because it couldn’t give him a raise, according to school board chair Ron Burton.

Greg Frank, School District No. 41’s secretary-treasurer and chief financial officer for more than 15 years, tendered his resignation Tuesday, announcing he was taking

the secretary-treasurer’s post in the Vancouver school district starting Dec. 1.

Frank’s wage in Burnaby had been “below par,” according to Burton, but, because of a provincial freeze on salaries for exempt staff like assistant-superintendents and secretary-treasurers, the district wasn’t able to offer him more money to stay.

“Greg is a consummate professional who worked tirelessly for the benefit of the organization,” Burnaby board chair Ron Burton stated in a press release Wednesday. “We

deeply regret that we were not permitted to address the ongoing issues regarding the exempt staff compensation freeze.”

Frank’s salary and benefits in 2012/13 totalled $173,716, according to the most recent data published by the education ministry, compared to $216,302 for former Vancouver secretary-treasurer Rick Krowchuk, who had been in the position since 2011.

For the last five years, Frank has gotten an average of about $30,000 less in sala-

ry and benefits than his Vancouver counterparts.

His annual base salary has been an average of $20,000 less.

Burton told the NOW the board decided not to give Frank a raise about seven years ago, thinking it would be able to reconsider an increase the following year, but then the province imposed the freeze.

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‘I carry a part of him with me’ Jennifer Moreau

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It was 1980, and Kerry Anne Holloway was just a kid, squabbling with her brother in the back of an RV on a highway in Ontario, when an adult in the vehicle told them to shut up and watch the man running outside.

She could see him out the window up ahead.There was a distinct double-hop stride, the grey shorts, the striped sneakers.

“That’s when I got it. I really understood we were seeing something special,” Holloway says.

That man wasTerry Fox. He was traversing Canada on a prosthetic leg, raising money for cancer research.

“I don’t really make many excuses for myself after witnessing something like that,” she says.

Holloway was nine, her brother was eight, and their dad BillVigars, the “rainmaker” publicity agent for the Canadian Cancer Society, was taking his kids along for the Marathon of Hope’s two-month stretch through Ontario.

Publicity for the marathon was building. Fox met then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau and Canada’s governor general; when Terry did the kickoff, with his good leg, at a CFL game in Ottawa; the massive welcome crowd at Nathan Phillips Square, whereTerry met hockey legends Bobby Orr and Darryl Sittler.They were iconic moments in Canadian history, and Kerry Anne got to see it all through the eyes of a child.

“Because I was a kid on the run, I saw a different side of him,” she says. “I saw the

lighter side of him. I think that was part of the great thing of me and my brother being on the run, being with him, and he would joke around and relax with us.”

Terry was up and running before dawn, covering the length of a marathon each day, so the kids wouldn’t usually see him until the evenings. Holloway and her brother would sometimes run alongside Fox or hand him water at the pit stops, and they listened to his speeches along the way.

“When he was speaking to people, I could see how committed and genuine he was and how important it was connecting to people,” she says.

The kids weren’t supposed to bug Fox when he was in his hotel room at night, but one time, her brother visited him anyway.

When her dad came looking, Fox hid him under the bed.

“It was an amazing adventure,” Holloway says.

Because I was a kid, I saw a different side of him Looking back, Holloway describes Fox as determined.

“I knew that obviously it was a huge challenge for him,” she says. “There was a seriousness to him, and you could see that determination in him.”

Every day, Holloway thinks about the experience and how lucky she was to have known Terry.

“I carry a part of him with me in terms of not giving

EATING ON THE RUN: Kerry Anne (far back, on the right) sitting across from Terry Fox on the Marathon of Hope. In the front left is her brother Patrick. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED up on my goals and having that mental determination and that mental strength,” she says.

The Marathon of Hope also shaped Holloway’s career path. She’s chosen jobs that involve helping people in her community and now works as a clinical counsellor. She also talks to elementary school students about her experience.

Local residents will have the chance to hear Holloway speak at this year’sTerry Fox Run in Burnaby.The event is set for Sunday, Sept. 20 at Swangard Stadium in Central Park (see sidebar for details).

“We’re all part of the Marathon of Hope. Participating in the run is basically continuing what Terry set out to do, which is raise money and raise awareness for cancer research,” Holloway says.

Terry never made it across Canada. He ran 5,373 kilometres over 143 days before cancer caught up with him close toThunder Bay. He died on June 28, 1981, at Royal Columbian Hospital.

He was 22.

A fond memory: Kerry Anne Holloway holds a framed newspaper clipping with a photo of her and Terry Fox meeting then prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

PHOTO KEVIN HILL

Fast facts for the 35th annual Terry Fox run:

The run is Sunday, Sept. 20, 9 a.m. at Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium, at Kingsway and Boundary.

Registration is at 9 a.m., and the opening ceremony is at 10 a.m., followed by the run, which includes routes of varying lengths. This year is the 35th annual run in Burnaby.

Routes are two, five or 10 kilometres, wheelchair accessible and open to bikes and strollers but not rollerblades. Dogs are welcome in the park but not allowed in the stadium.

Freedom 95, a local band, will be performing. There will be refreshments and free activities for kids. Runners do-

nate to participate. Eighty-four cents of every dollar goes directly to cancer research.

Organizers are aiming to raise $25,000 in Burnaby – that’s $5,000 more than last year’s total.

Text “terryfox” to 45678 to donate $5 if you can’t attend.

Since the Marathon of Hope started in 1981, people around the world have raised close to $700 million in Fox’s name.

Info: www.terryfox.org or contact Anna Solnickova at tfrbby@gmail.com or 604-716-2963.

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The board appealed to the province, Burton said, trying different ways to get around the freeze, like changing Frank’s job description, but the province wouldn’t budge.

“It’s absolutely craziness,” Burton said.

The district will now spend between $40,000 and $50,000 to find another secretary-treasurer, according to the board chair.

Frank, meanwhile, said he hadn’t been looking for another position.

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Opportunist: A brazen black bear is caught on camera rummaging through an organic bin at a Forest Grove townhome complex on Sept. 5 at about 3 p.m. PHOTOS BARB MCMAHON

Organic bins bring bears A North Burnaby resident is concerned about unsecured organic bins luring bears to her Forest Grove townhome complex.

Earlier this month, Barb McMahon caught an opportunistic ursine picking through a bin in her complex at Birch Grove Place in the broad light of day.

“I took these photos in the safety of my car, witnessing the bear tip over the bin, open the lid and pull out the contents,” McMahon told the NOW. “Even after honking and yelling at

it, the bear didn’t budge until a man came out to yell and wave his arms in the air at it.”

McMahon said residents have called Nacel Properties, which manages the complex, but the unsecured bins remain.

“These bins wouldn’t exist in an area on the north shore or Whistler where bears have been sighted, so why are they in our area where numerous bear sightings have occurred?” McMahon said.

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A 26-year-old Burnaby man is dead after falling from a cliff near Harrison Lake on Saturday.

Jason George was hiking on the east side of Harrison Lake near Rainbow Falls when the accident happened.While climbing a cliff to get a better view of the falls, George fell, landing in the river below, according to the B.C. Coroners Service.

One of George’s friends attempted to climb down to the plateau, but he got stuck on the cliff. RCMP along with Kent Harrison Search and Rescue and paramedics were called to the scene around 5:20 p.m., according to a RCMP media release.

They were able to rescue the man stranded on the cliff, but George could not be saved.

“The back country, although beautiful, is dangerous. Police remind everyone who enjoys these remote regions of our area to always remain aware of the dangers nature presents,” said Cpl. Mike Rail, spokesperson for the RCMP’s Fraser Valley Regional Detachment, in the release.

George had been camping with three other men at Cogburn Beach.

The RCMP and coroners service continue to investigate the incident. Foul play is not suspected. No further information is available at this time.

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Never too late to be inspired by Fox It is hard to believe that it will be 35 years since a onelegged lad from Port Coquitlam started an international movement.

Terry Fox has become a symbol of everything Canadians cherish: a quiet, humble guy who just puts his head down and gets the job done. A guy who, when facing a traumatic change in his life, thought not of how he would adapt but of how he would help others. He wasn’t someone who sought

the centre stage. Not someone who thought of future movies and book deals. He simply thought he could run across Canada and raise some money to fight cancer. Not a simple goal by any measure, but certainly a principled one.

Others have written about what research would not have been possible if not for Terry’s foundation and example. If Terry had not pulled his Marathon of Hope together, we would

all be the poorer for it.The simple fact is that he made a vast difference to cancer research, and that impacts us all.Whether you are stricken with cancer, or a family member or friend – no one has not been impacted in some way.

The financial impact that the continuing fundraising has had is dramatic. But it’s the individual human stories that still stop us in our tracks. On page 3 of today’s paper we highlight one such

story.

Kerry Anne Holloway was eight when she travelled with Terry. His impact on her own goals, motivation and life is clear to see.The sacrifice that Terry was making was not lost on that little girl 35 years ago, and we know that there are thousands of other young people who were (and continue to be) inspired by Terry’s journey.

Average people and celebrities have all been in-

spired by Terry.

It was a hot September evening at then-GM Place a few years back when Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder talked about Fox. He said as a teen in California, Fox was one of the first people that made him realize even as a kid, he could make a difference.

He then announced a $20,000 donation to the Terry Fox Foundation, much to the delight of the sold-out crowd.

On Sunday, Sept. 20, lace up your running shoes and go to Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium. Registration is at 9 a.m., with the opening ceremony at 10 a.m.You don’t have to be an athlete to enter. Routes are from two to 10 kilometres, wheelchair accessible and open to bikes and strollers.There’ll be entertainment on site.

It’s not too late to get inspired by the young man whose dream became a reality.

MY VIEW DERMOD TRAVIS

Contracts are proving costly Something is amiss when infrastructure projects routinely overshoot their original estimates by millions – and sometimes – billions of dollars in B.C. It isn’t rounding errors.

It’s sloppy estimating, bad procurement, ill-conceived plans and often a lack of a boss where the buck stops on some projects.

Back in January 2009, the B.C. government announced that it had reached “an agreement-in-principle for a public-private partnership with Connect B.C. Development Group to expand the Port Mann crossing and widen Highway 1.”

The bridge was part of the government’s Gateway plan announced in 2006.

The original estimate was $3 billion, which included $800 million for the Port Mann Bridge replacement, $500 million for widening Highway 1, $400 million for the North Fraser Perimeter Road and $800 million for the South Fraser Perimeter Road.

There was even a $300 million contingency in case of cost overruns. May have been a typo, the projects overshot those estimates by more than $2 billion.

Call it cost creep.

The Port Mann was budgeted at $800 million.Then highway improvements were tacked on and it became a $1.4 billion project, then $1.6 billion and up it went to $2.7 billion, $3.1 billion and, finally, to $3.32 billion.

And the government

boasted it had signed a “fixed-price” contract.

The Crown corporation that owns and operates the bridge – the Transportation Investment Corporation – is today $3.61 billion in debt or $610 million more than the original estimate for the entire Gateway plan (including that $300 million contingency).

It’s not the only infrastructure project to overshoot its budget.

Of 18 projects announced by the B.C. government since 2003 – all with initial cost estimates of more than $150 million – nine hospital projects have already exceeded their original estimates by 12.6 per cent, seven transportation projects are running 59.2 per cent over budget, and the Vancouver Convention Centre and B.C. Place reroofing together came in 68.1 per cent over first estimates.

Yet – despite all the cost overruns – the same companies keep showing up on job after job.

So why not more uproar?

Might have a bit to do with the government treating “on budget” as a moving target by continuously revising them to make them so.

Isn’t really cricket though.

And those fixed-price contracts, they’re not so fixed after all, at least on price.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC (www.integritybc.ca).

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Dear Editor Re: NDP bewilders reader, letters to the editor, Aug. 27.

Let me try to clear up some of the reader’s bewilderment. The study he refers to that shows the Canadian middle class is better off than the American middle class is based on data gathered in 2010. At that time, the U.S. middle class had just been flattened by the worst recession in 80 years. Canada avoided the worst effects of the recession because of banking controls brought in by the previous Liberal government. We would have been even better off if, before the recession hit, Harper hadn’t already eaten through the surplus that the Liberals left him.

Since 2010, Harper’s policies have led to a steady decline in Canada’s economic growth rate from 3.4 per cent to minus 0.5 per cent.

We’re now the only G7 country in a recession.

Meanwhile, the American administration wisely resisted right-wing pressure to adopt similar policies, and their growth rate has risen from two to three per cent over the same time.

We may have been in better economic shape than the Americans in 2010, but no longer thanks to Conservative policies.

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Program encourages student excellence Dear Editor: Two years ago, the Burnaby school board came up with an ambitious proposal to try and encourage students to excel in their academic studies. The Advanced Placement Capstone was a pilot project done in conjunction with the U.S. College Board, and Burnaby was one of the only districts in all of Canada to offer this prestigious Capstone as a graduation option for students within the district.

In the two years that the Capstone has been offered in Burnaby, the program has been a wild success, with student interest in the program exceeding current space for students in the two pilot program locations at Burnaby North and Burnaby South Secondary schools.

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Residents plan rally to protect rental housing bourhood.

“The purpose to the rally is to let people be aware of what’s going on in their neighbourhood and also to get their spirits up,” said Kaye Bedford, a member of the Social Housing Alliance, a group of concerned residents from the Lower Mainland.

Low-income folks, the elderly and immigrants are being forced out of their

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Concerned residents in the Metrotown area are planning another rally in an attempt to protect low-income housing from redevelopment.

The rally is set for Saturday, Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. at the Metrotown SkyTrain Station, and the plan is to march around the neigh-

low-cost apartments to make way for developers and new highrises, according Bedford, whose own apartment building on Silver Avenue is slated for demolition.

This rally is just the latest in a series of demonstrations in the area, which has one of the largest concentrations of rental housing in Burnaby.

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The annual Labour Day celebration at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby attracted loads of union members and supporters on Monday. Above, Anais Mountap and Desmond Regan check out their facepaint jobs. Below, a volunteer gets corn on the cob ready for the crowd.

The event featured music, games, food, and, of course, a liberal dose of NDP candidates pressing the flesh. PHOTOS LISA KING

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10 FRIDAY September 11, 2015 • BurnabyNOW

Volunteer Grandparents Fill a Void

By Jamal Dumas

Volunteer Grandparents is a nonprofit organization located in Burnaby, operating in and around the Lower Mainland since 1973. Started by Marjorie Anderson, Volunteer Grandparents was meant to respond to what Anderson saw as a vital need in the community; bridging the gap between the old and the young by fostering relationships between generations.

Currently Volunteer Grandparents offers two very successful programs which aim to strengthen intergenerational relationships.

The first is the Family Match program which matches children without easily accessible grandparents to volunteers over the age of 50 in the community.

Volunteer Grandparents facilitates this match by pre-screening potential volunteers and initiating the first meetings between the families. From there the relationship begins to flourish as the volunteer grandparent spends time with the child on a weekly basis. Some of the most successful matches Volunteer Grandparents has made have lasted over several years.

Kathleen, and her daughter Xaria, have been involved in the program since 2011.

Said Kathleen about her inspiration behind seeking a Volunteer Grandparent, “I was looking for family. So to fill that void, a Volunteer Grandparent was awesome.”

Xaria was matched with Ruth Nyman and the two have been inseparable ever since. Xaria has biological grandparents however they live in Eastern Canada.

Said Kathleen, “to have someone actually

in the same city that spends time with you on a weekly basis and is interested in what you’re doing, is great.”

Xaria does a number of activities with Ruth, as well as Ruth’s husband Len, such as shopping, going to the park,

and pursue her dream of acting classes this upcoming Fall. Said Kathleen, “the opportunities Xaria has been given through Volunteer Grandparents are immeasurable.”

The second program run by Volunteer

Volunteer Grandparents Ruth Nyman (right) with husband Len and Xaria. gardening, and baking. In addition through Volunteer Grandparent’s partnership with Kids Up Front, Xaria has been able to attend ballet performances, The Children’s Festival, and most recently a soccer camp run by the Vancouver Whitecaps.

The Florio Bursary which is distributed every year through Volunteer Grandparents, has enabled Xaria to participate in circus school, pony camp

Grandparents is the School Grandparent program. In this program volunteers over 50 are connected with their local elementary school and visit on a weekly basis. During their visits, volunteers spend time with the children, sometimes in a 1-on-1 setting and sometimes in a group setting, to improve their literacy by reading together.

Burnaby resident Pat Thomas, a School Grandparent at Grandview Elementary,

said about the program, “It’s so neat to see the light go on when you’re reading with them or they get a word right.”

Thomas acknowledged that the students she helps come from a diverse set of backgrounds; “most of the kids I would say don’t get read to at home. There’s also a language barrier. Some children come from families that don’t speak English at home. So it’s harder for them; there are words they don’t know.” Thomas has found volunteering so rewarding that she now helps out with marketing and promotion of the organization. Said Thomas, “I can sell it easily because I believe in it and I don’t think you can volunteer if you don’t.”

For anyone interested in Volunteer Grandparents, the organization is accepting applications for volunteers and families on an ongoing basis. Visit http://www.volunteergrandparents.ca/ or call our office at (604) 736 – 8271 to find out more. And a reminder, if you have a special senior filling a void in your child’s life, don’t forget to celebrate Grandparents Day on Sunday, September 13th!

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Volunteer School Grandparent Pat Thomas

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People now PROFILE

Lindy McQueen Occupation

COMMUNITY POLICING VOLUNTEER

Why is she in the news?

If you want to effect change, you can’t just sit around complaining – that’s the motto of one Burnaby resident who joined the city’s policing advisory committee in hopes of standing up for those without a voice.

Lindy McQueen is one of four Burnaby residents who chair community policing advisory committees (CPAC) in the city.

The committees act as a liaison between residents and the Burnaby RCMP and the city’s public safety committee.

The committees handle all types of safety complaints, concerns and issues, everything from frequent loud parties to break-andenters, then they deliberate amongst themselves to determine the best course of action depending on the situation.

Often, after deliberation, the committee will forward the concerns or complaints to the Burnaby RCMP, who implement a plan of action to remedy the situation.

For several years, McQueen has been a member of the District 3 committee, which covers the City of Burnaby south from Highway #1 to Marine Drive and 10th Avenue, and east from Gilley and Sperling avenues to North Road.

She is currently in her second year as the district’s CPAC chair and has no intention of abandoning the committee she helped grow once her term is over.

When McQueen first joined, the southeast CPAC was a bare bones committee with only five members.

Today the committee has 13 members who are dedicated to being an integral part of the community.

“As a group, we go up to George Derby on Remembrance Day and attend the service. And we have booths at Canada Day and other events throughout the year to get our message out,” McQueen said.

The NOW spoke with McQueen recently about her experience with the

the next meeting that things have been taken care of, and it’s just like keeping your finger on the pulse of various areas of the city.

Why did you join?

My husband joined it a few years back, and it was something that I was interested in so I decided to join it.

Tell me about your committee.

Well, we have several people that have joined now, and we’re very lucky we have three students, two from Byrne Creek and one from Cariboo.They bring issues that they have from their school, which aren’t many, but they have really good input from their age level.

We have a fellow who sits on Block Watch around Hillside Gardens (B.C. Housing complex on Kingsway) so he brings his concerns, and then other people from their neighbourhoods, they bring their concerns, if they have any at the time.

Neil Body, who is the corporal there now, looks into and reports back, either before the next meeting or at

Tell me about some issues that have come up in your area.

One fellow had a neighbour, a family that was their neighbour, and the police calls there were just through the roof. It only happened when the parents were away.

The four sons decided to just trash the neighbourhood and have parties and keep everyone awake, hooting and hollering and stuff like that, and they finally moved. But (we hear) stuff like that, and the police address it.They go over and say, ‘Look you can’t keep doing this.’

What’s it like working so closely with the RCMP? You come to understand they’re human beings, too.

Their frustration level is a lot higher than mine, and they’re more tolerant, that kind of thing, I have found, but they do their jobs, and they do them very well. I think Burnaby is very well

WATCHFUL EYES Burnaby resident Lindy McQueen is chair of the community policing advisory committee for Burnaby’s District 3, also known as the southeast district. While she says her district is relatively quiet, there have been some problems with loud parties and rowdy neighbours in the past, but in all the incidents the police were quick to step in when residents requested help. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER

CPAC, how her volunteer experience came about, and the relationship between

Burnaby residents and the RCMP. Her advice to other

policed, and we have good people in place, I think.

So I did up a letter, and I took it around to some of the businesses and condos saying, “We’re here to help, do you want to sit-in?” And it just started growing. It didn’t even come from the places I took the letter (she laughed).That was really strange. Now we’re up to 13 members

How does it feel helping your community?

It’s gratifying. Rather than just complaining again, or something like that. I find that anything, any dealings I’ve had with the city, be it with the RCMP or people sprinkling when they shouldn’t be, it’s handled promptly, but with the police it’s dealt with efficiently and with care, and I just feel very well served.

I think Burnaby is very well policed, and we have good people in place.

What challenges have you faced since you’ve become chair?

Not really too many.We were really dwindling in numbers, we were down to five people and that isn’t good. … We’d just sit and chat, but I (couldn’t) abide.

Are you always looking for more people to join the committee?

Well, our room is our cap and right now we’re straining at the walls, but I think there is a cap on the number of people who can sit on the committee, and that’s either 15 or 20.

How often do you meet?

Monthly. Our meetings are, and it varies in the districts, but District 3 we meet on the fourth Wednesday (of the month) at 4:30 p.m. at the district CPO office at Highgate.

If someone in your district had a public safety concern or issue, what should they do?

Well, they can go to the CPO office because there

residents: “You have to get out there and get involved.”

Check out her Q-and-A

are complaint forms there they can fill out, and trust me they are read, and they are dealt with.

How do you know the complaints are read?

We’ve put in a couple over the years and within a week we hear back that the problem has been dealt with, fixed, they’re still looking in to it, whatever, but there’s still communication.

If someone doesn’t hear back?

They could certainly attend our meetings.

The meetings are open to anyone?

They can come as a visitor.They can’t vote or anything like that, but if they have a concern, there would be a time that they could speak, but there wouldn’t be any determination made at the meeting.

What have you learned about policing and public safety in Burnaby since joining?

You are your best watchperson, so to speak, and be careful of what you do, be cognizant of your surround-

with reporter Cayley Dobie below.

– Cayley Dobie

District 3 details District 3: Southeast quadrant of the city Where: Extends south from Highway #1 to Marine Drive /10th Avenue, and east from Gilley/Sperling avenues to North Road.

Office: 7191 Arcola Way (Highgate) Phone: 604-656-3275 Hours: Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ings, and if in trouble dial 9-1-1.

What would you say to someone who was thinking of joining the committee?

I would just say that if you care about your community, and you want to have input in how you see it develop, come and give us your ideas. If you sit at home and just complain, nothing happens.You have to get out there and get involved.

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Community now

Learn how to eat well - even on a tight budget Jennifer Moreau

HERE & NOW jmoreau@burnabynow.com

Food blogger Emily Wight will be at the McGill library branch on Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 7 to 8 p.m. to talk about eating well on a restricted budget.

The event,Well Fed, Flat Broke, is named after her blog, which has been going strong for six years.

Wight’s blog is all about eating well without breaking the bank by eating whole foods in season, and avoiding expensive ingredients.

To register for her workshop, call 604-299-8955.

McGill is at 4595 Albert St. HELP FINDING JOBS The Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion

has teamed up with B.C. Partners in Workforce Innovation for a pilot program that will help people with developmental disabilities find work.

The program started in June. It’s a partnership between government, businesses and some social service organizations like BACI, the Neil Squire Society and the Open Door Group and posAbilities.

The four groups have contracted a recruitment specialist to help people with disabilities, developmental or otherwise, find jobs with the participating businesses.

The workplaces include the Century Plaza Hotel, some London Drugs locations, Seaspan, the B.C. Construction Association, Absolute Spa, the Canucks

Autism Network and more.

“The idea is to have a recruitment specialist working with them, closely, and understanding what’s available in terms of human resource possibilities, and for us in the sector to refer people to that recruitment specialist and hopefully place people with disabilities with these opportunities,” said Richard Faucher, executive director with BACI. Faucher said people with job placements can get some support on the job, but the idea is to also help the employer build capacity to support the people with physical or developmental disabilities.

“It’s all about diversity. It’s a long-term commitment, and the other part is there’s a shortage in the workforce, so we think we

have talent pool of folks that are ready to go,” he said.

So far places only a few people have been placed through BACI, but Faucher is hoping for a more as it’s a three year pilot project.The Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation is funding the project.

NEIGHBOURHOOD GARDEN TOUR The Heights Neighbourhood Association and Heights Garden Society are teaming up for their annual garden tour set for Sunday, Sept. 13.The self-guided Harvesting the Heights walking tour allows people to glean inspiration from other green thumbs while meeting their neighbours.

To join, pick up a map (by donation) on the first stop, at the Heights Com-

munity Garden, 3897 Pender St.The tour takes about two hours, or 1.5 hours if you’re cycling.

If you prefer doing the tour by bus, there will be one departing from the Heights Community Garden at 10 a.m., courtesy of Seton Villa, a nearby seniors’ complex.The tour includes food gardens, ornamental plots, a yarn bombing project at Seton Villa, a honey bee harvesting demo, and a koi pond with a feeding demonstration.

The tour wraps up with cookies and mingling at the final stop, from 12:30 p.m. onwards.

READING AWARDS The summer reading awards ceremony for the Burnaby Public Library

CORRECTION In the Aug. 26 issue of the NOW, in the Westcoast Seniors section, I listed the title of the book we featured incorrectly. It is called Aging Safely inYour Home, not “the home,” as I wrote. Apologies for the error.

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The awards are an annual tradition where kids are publicly recognized for their summer reading efforts.

The event, which includes a pancake breakfast, runs from 8:30 to 11 a.m.

There will be activities for kids from 9 to 10:45 a.m., and the medal ceremony is at 11 a.m.

The library is expecting 1,500 people, kids and parents, and there are about 830 medals to hand out.

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Taking flight: Vancouver’s top contemporary dance talent is back for Dances for a Small Stage at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Sept. 17 and 18. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

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Contemporary dance on stage Dances for a Small Stage is back.

The popular contemporary dance series is making a return to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts for its Live at the ’Bolt nights on Sept. 17 and 18.

“No space is off limits as the audience is swept up in an intimate evening,” a press release says. “Bring your sense of adventure and join us in an eclectic and spirited mix of original dance creations.”

This edition of Dances for a Small Stage – which, as its name suggests, confines the artists to working within one small area – boasts an array of contemporary talent.

Among the first-time Small Stagers will be Heather Myers, a former artist with Nederlands Dans Theatre, Alberta Ballet and Boston Ballet, alongside contemporary dance artist and actor Agnes Tong, whose

credits include Arts Club Theatre, Green Thumb Theatre and Globe Theatre.

Audience favourites including Vanessa Goodman, Scheherazaad Cooper and Caroline Liffman will also return to the stage with new works.

All the dancers will be accompanied by the musical talents of soundscape master Loscil and violinist Meredith Bates, with lighting design for the performances

by Rob Sondergaard.

Dances for a Small Stage kicks off the Shadbolt Centre’s 20th season of theatre, music and dance in Burnaby.

It’s on at 8 p.m. both Thursday and Friday, Sept.

17 and 18.

Tickets are $15.

Check out the websites at www.shadboltcentre.com or www.smallstage.ca for information and tickets.

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A Silent Auction, prizes and a Buffet Dinner will follow golf starting at 7:00 pm at the Riverway Clubhouse.

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THE SOUTH BURNABY GARDEN CLUB IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL FALL FAIR this weekend. It’s a chance for gardeners to show off their bounty from an unusually hot and dry summer.The fair features local vegetables, plants, flowers, hanging baskets and fruit.There will also be a tea room with baked goods, cut flowers and produce for sale.The fair is at Bonsor Recreation Complex, at 6550 Bonsor Ave. It runs from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free.

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Check out the annual fall fair

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR ALT-J’S FALL TOUR. The British indie rockers are coming to Deer Lake Park on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 5:30 p.m. as part of their fall 2015 tour.The band has put out two albums so far.

This is AllYours is their latest, and it’s been nominated for several awards. If you haven’t heard them, check them out onYouTube.

Tickets are $60.25, available from www.ticketmaster.ca.

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CHECK OUT THE CAR TRUNK SALE on Saturday, Sept.

12 at Bill Copeland Sports Centre, at 3676 Kensington Ave., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.The sale is a great opportunity to turn your household clutter into cash or peruse other people’s items for sale.

Admission is free for buyers, but sellers pay $13.75 per stall.Tables are also available for an additional fee. Info/stall and table rentals: 604-297-4521.

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hunting mood, there’s also the Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship Church sale on from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The church is at 7200 Cariboo Rd.

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Thrift store helping schools A local non-profit that raised $10,000 for extra programs at low-income Burnaby schools last year is thrilled sales at its thrift store are holding steady after a move at the end of July.

The BASES (Burnaby Association of South East Side) Family Thrift Store, once located on Kingsway between 14th and 15th avenues, has moved to 7825 Edmonds St. “We are absolutely astounded because our sales have not dropped, and August tends to be a pretty soft month anyways, and our sales have been keeping par with what we were doing in the old location,” BASES president Peggy Woodruff told the NOW. “In the retail world you kind of anticipate that sales will drop until your customers actually find you again, so we’re very very happy about that.”

BASES was founded in 2010 to help fund extra programs at Edmonds, Stride Avenue,Twelfth Avenue and Morley elementary schools, along with Byrne Creek Secondary, where many students come from

low-income, new immigrant and refugee families.

The $10,000 BASES gave out last year went toward things like basketballs for a girls’ program at Twelfth Avenue, afterschool snacks at Morley, a bike-repair program at Edmonds and a book giveaway in June.Woodruff expects her non-profit will be in a position to give away even more money this year because of thriving thrift store sales.

“The store is just going so well,” she said.

The new building, 300 square feet bigger than the Kingsway facility, has more foot traffic and a bus stop right out front, so Woodruff expects sales to continue growing.

BASES will accept funding proposals from the southeast schools in September and announce another funding disbursement in November. An official grand opening for the new BASES Family Thrift Store is set for Saturday, Sept. 26.

See basesburnaby.ca.

– Cornelia Naylor

Kids can get arty at Burnaby gallery Have some small people in the house who’d like to get arty?

The Burnaby Art Gallery is offering a number of programs this fall for kids and teens of all ages.

For the very small, fourto six-year-olds can take part in Lil’ ART-chitects (starting Sept. 12) and Adventures in Printmaking (starting Oct. 17).

Six- to nine-year-olds can enjoy Elements of Art

(starting Oct. 17), while seven- to 12-year-olds can take part in a Kidz Club Art Night on Sept. 24.

Teens aged 13 to 17 can take part in Printmaking Studio: Pop Culture and Beyond, running Saturdays from Oct. 3 to Nov. 14.

In the BAG family dropins also run one Sunday a month.

Check out www.burnaby artgallery.ca or call 604297-4422 for details.

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Your journey starts here.

This new car makes the outgoing model look like the shipping container for the new, curvier generation.

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On the upswing - the crossover segment.

Sliding down the sales-chart banisters - the minivan market. Thus, where the two meet, a nexus is formed.

Meet the new Honda Pilot, bigger, longer, more CRV-like in appearance, and more capable of taking your family on a – ahem – Odyssey than ever before. It’s still an allwheel-drive crossover, but Honda has sanded the edges off their largest all-wheel-drive machine in hopes that it’ll find favour with those who’ve been migrating over to the Korean competition.

It’s a farewell to sliding doors, of sorts, a declaration that neither the minivan nor the mid-sized sedan is a staple of the Canadian family. According to market results, the Pilot should sell very well; the question is, has it landed at the right runway, or is it bound for turbulence?

Design:

Anonymously handsome. That seems to be the design brief of Honda’s styling crew, and they’ve pulled it off for good and bad. Where once the Pilot was squared off and angular, this new car makes the outgoing model look like the shipping container for the new, curvier generation. But the new Pilot wouldn’t fit inside the old one.

The Pilot is now 20mm longer than before, although 90mm less-tall, and you can certainly see the bump in interior space despite the smoothed-off appearance.

The front is essentially the same as the new CR-V, except embiggened. Honda’s three-bar corporate grille is due to start making its way through the fleet, so you can expect an Accord coming shortly with this new look. It’s not bad at all.

From the side, the Pilot’s profile ends up being dominated by wheel choice. 20” alloys are part of the top-spec Touring, a trim Honda says sells in

surprisingly large volume in the Canadian market. 18” alloys are standard on the car, and while they don’t quite have the flash, they’re still a good-looking split-spoke 5-arm design.

conventional six-speed automatic is the standard offering, but there’s also an Acura-style nine-speed automatic, one that comes with paddle-shifters for added theoretical sportiness. I can’t imagine owners actually using these, but there they are.

Environment:

Inside, the Honda is pure Honda. If you’re seeking an upgrade from your CR-V, this vehicle will offer a pleasant familiarity.

The seats are quite firm on first introduction, but bear up well under longer drives. The dashboard layout is conservative, not offering clever touches like the Highlander’s built-in shelf, but the between-seat storage bin is large enough to house an elephant. Thankfully, Honda’s gone to a single touchscreen rather than its confusing multi-redundancy twin screen layout as found in the Accord.

This has a tendency to smudginess, thanks to an ultra-glossy finish. However, it’s so much faster than previous, and while there are a few menu quirks to get around (the audio-level adjustment is pretty deeply buried in sub-menus), it’s overall a huge improvement for the brand. Look forward to this tech proliferating throughout Honda’s lineup.

However, where the Pilot needs to deliver is not so much the front seats but the rear, and here it’s very good.

Both second and third-row space is big enough for even taller kids, and they have an easy-folding function that beats pretty much everything on the market. Instead of pulling a lever, just push a button on the side of the seat bottom, right in line for shorter kids and everything slides easily. It even lights up at night.

Also clever is the rear cargo area when all seats are deployed. Ordinarily, three-row crossovers have little space when fully utilized, but the Pilot’s two-stage rear floor drops down to create a bit more room. Official figures are 524L, about the same as most hatchbacks, but the size and shape of the space seems to handle larger strollers with ease.

Performance:

Under its smoother snout, the Pilot carries a V6 that’ll be familiar in specification to any Honda fan: 3.5L in displacement, variable valve-timing (VTEC), 280hp at 6000rpm, and 262lb-ft at 4800rpm. No surprises here.

Perhaps a little more unusual are the transmission choices. A

Further surprises abound in the form of a selectable terrain system that’s like a simplified Range Rover – choose from sand, snow, gravel, or tarmac. Wheelspin control, throttle response, and starting gear are all part of this easy-to-use setup. Additionally, the Pilot comes with a proper torque-vectoring system to aid in cornering.

Add in a lightened curb weight and the Pilot turns in a surprisingly spirited performance. You won’t be yanking and banking like a Honda S2000, but this big rig is actually light on its feet, driving much like the current Accord does. The performance envelope is set by the low rolling-resistance tires, but forward acceleration is better than average.

Roll into the throttle on the highway and revs come up quickly, with a hissing VTEC kick-in that helps you zip past a dawdling semi-trailer with ease. This is more than adequate power for this size, and a considerably sprightlier drive than you’ll find in a Toyota Highlander.

Features:

Even more interesting than the Pilot’s standard driving characteristics are its semi-autonomous features. Lanekeep assist will nudge you back into your lane, and its good enough not to ping-pong between the lines. The automatic cruise-control makes longer drives in heavy traffic a cinch.

Again, the new 8-inch infotainment system looks great (when clean) and operates simply. Not so great is Honda’s decision to only put navigation in the top model: people are starting to expect sat-nav as a midgrade feature, and if they wander over to the Nissan showroom, they’ll find it. Perhaps we’ll see that trickle down in a future update.

Official fuel economy figures for the Pilot are 9.3L/100kms on the highway, and 12.4L/100kms in the city. Mixed use mileage seemed to hover in the 11s, which is not really all that much worse than the current crop of four-cylinder crossovers.

Green Light:

Surprisingly nimble; quiet on the move; usefully sized; plenty of safety features

Stop Sign:

Screen prone to smudges; sat-nav only on top-spec car; very firm seats

The Checkered Flag:

A double-dose of CR-V; Honda avoids any stunts, but sticks the landing.

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Plentiful mint leaves require plenty of water Anne Marrison

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Question: My mint plant growing in a pot in my patio in the shade has grown very tall and has a lot of small mint leaves. Last year I got big mint leaves.

The top of every branch has a bushy purple flower. Should this be cut off?

–Florence, Vancouver Answer: Your mint plant has small leaves because its energy is producing flowers instead.

Insufficient water may be an issue here. Mint is a water lover.

Grey water is fine provided you don’t get it on the leaves.

But your garden would benefit enormously if you leave the flowers on the mint. Heads of multiple small flowers are a magnet for honey bees, tiny pollinating bees and beneficial insects of all kinds. If they can’t get flower nectar

they’ll starve.

Because of the drought, fewer flowers are available this year so leaving your mint flowers in place will save some little lives.Their youngsters will help seeds and crops to develop next year.

When the flowers die down, that will be the right time to cut your mint back.

If we have a warm fall with some rain, you’ll get big leaves again. If the fall isn’t rainy, try to water the mint at least every other day.

Grey water is fine provided you don’t get it on the leaves. Even a saucepanful helps with a containerized plant.

Question: My Asiatic double lilies are about three years old.This year the foliage started turning brown right after they bloomed.

They’re about three feet tall and look quite unsightly. Is this a common problem? Do you think they have some disease or nutrient deficiency? Another puzzle – though they’re generally double, some of my Asiatic lily blooms came out as singles.

Is that common?

–Diana Jewell, Mission Answer: My guess about the earlybrowning leaves is that your

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lilies are reacting to the exceptionally hot, dry weather we’ve had. Drying foliage has also happened with my native alliums.

If just one of your double Asiatics had brown foliage but the other doubles were OK, I would suspect more severe problems.

But Asiatic lilies have been hybridized.

With hybrids it’s hard to know what, exactly, you’re

dealing with because of the often-convoluted genetic background. It’s very likely your doubles are the product of more intensive hybridization than your other Asiatics.

As for your double-thensingle flowers on the same plants, this isn’t exactly common – but it’s not abnormal either.

Some other plant families do the same thing: begonias

and clematis, for example.

Question: When can we stop fertilizing our annuals and perennials?

TerryWong, South Burnaby Answer: Generally fertilizer use should stop in August so that there’ll be no soft green growth to die back in winter frosts. Most annuals will

be ready to die back anyway as September starts. Among perennials only autumn flowering ones are ready to keep growing and for these more fertilizer isn’t necessary.

Anne Marrison is happy to answer questions about gardening. Send them to her by email, amarrison@shaw.ca It helps if you mention your city or region.

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Handy oatmeal breakfast bars for busy people Chef Dez

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With the start of another school season, almost everyone’s lives become a bit more hectic – the increased traffic on the road is a perfect example of this.

Store bought, pre-made breakfast bars are not always the healthiest solution to breakfasts on the run, so I want to share this recipe made with whole wheat flour, oatmeal, and ground flax.

Make them ahead of time and freeze each of the 16 bars individually. For those hurried mornings, microwave one frozen bar on high for 30 seconds, and you are out the door with warm oatmeal in your hand.Yes, the recipe does have butter in it for moisture and tenderness, but remember this makes 16 bars: that’s only just over two teaspoons of butter per bar. I hope this recipe will take a bite out of your busy mornings.

perature 1/2 cup Splenda brown sugar blend: 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce 1 & 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 2 eggs 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a 9 x 13 inch cake pan with bak-

ing spray.

Tip: Line the pan with parchment paper leaving the ends sticking out to make the un-cut product easier to remove from the pan once cooled.

2. Combine the whole wheat flour, quick oats, raisins, ground flax seed, baking soda, ground cinnamon,

and salt in a mixing bowl.

3. Beat the butter and Splenda brown sugar blend together in a separate bowl.

4. Add the apple sauce, vanilla extract and eggs to the butter and Splenda/butter mixture. Continue beating until thoroughly combined.

5. Combine the mixtures

in the two bowls together. It will be a very thick batter.

6. Press the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.

7. Bake for 18-22 minutes until firm.

8. Cool in the pan until room temperature – it is important for it to set up firm enough to cut into bars.

9. Cut into 16 equal bars

by removing the product from the pan first. Enjoy immediately or freeze individually.

Chef Dez is a food columnist, culinary instructor and cookbook author.Visit him at www.chefdez.com or email him cooking questions at dez@ chefdez.com.

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Community now COMMUNITY CALENDAR SATURDAY, SEPT. 12 Knit2gether, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Tommy Douglas Library, 7311 Kingsway. Registration is not required. All ages and skill levels are welcome.

Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship Church, FUNraiser Tent Sale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come search the treasures for sale, from TVs to laptops to golf club sets and more. Info: 604-5277200. The church is at 7200 Cariboo Rd. SUNDAY, SEPT. 13 Free community barbecue, all welcome, noon to 1:30 p.m. Cliff Avenue United Church, 1600 Cliff Ave. Rear parking lot location off of Blaine Avenue. For more info call: 604-420-2621.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 15 Author visit: Emily Wight, Well Fed Flat Broke – Eat Healthy and Seasonal Food on a Budget, 7 to 8 p.m.

McGill library branch, 4595 Albert St. Free, but space is limited. Register online at online at bpl.bc.ca/events, in person at the library, or phone 604-299-8955.

World Dance Evening, 7:30 to 10 p.m., free evening of folk dancing from around the world. If you can walk, you can dance. This is a great way to get a taste of international folk dancing, many dances from around the world will be taught. Folk dancing appeals to all ages, no experience necessary, no partner needed – most dances are done in a line

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All ages and skill levels are welcome.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 ESL discussion circle, read and talk about news and current events, Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch, 6100 Willingdon Ave., 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. A librarian will lead a reading and discussion of current events from easy-to-read newspapers and other news sources.

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Back-to-back medals for Canada’s under-17 men’s water polo team Brazil nipped the U.S. 1110 in the gold-medal final.

Canada finished secGareth Jones helped Can- ond in pool play behind the eventual champion, followada’s under-17 men’s water ing a 16-11 loss to Brazil. polo team to a second conJones accounted for half secutive bronze medal at the of his 16 total goals in the Pan American Games. championship round.

The Burnaby resident “I thought I had a pretty scored two goals in the congood Games. Normally, I’d solation third-place final to like to think I perpace the nationform well under al youth team to a pressure,” Jones 14-10 victory over said.

Puerto Rico at the At the CanadiPan Am Games in an club champiJamaica on Sept. 3. onships earlier this The medal qualseason, Jones was ified the Canadinamed a first team an team for the all-star for his Paunder-18 world cific Storm club championships in that won the gold Montenegro next Gareth Jones PHOTO COURTESY medal in the final. year.

CAROL D’SOUZA Jones got his At the Games, start with BurnaJones finished by water polo at the age of fourth in national team seven. scoring, tallying 16 goals in This is Jones’ third year tournament play, including with the national youth proa hat trick in both of Canagram. da’s championship quarterHis first season was an and semifinal matches. eye opener for Jones, who Former Burnaby Bartravelled to a hotbed for inracuda’s water polo club member Reuel D’Souza led ternational water polo in Canada with 18 goals at the Serbia for a series of exhibition test matches.

Pan Am Games.

“That was a big shock. I’d The St. George’s School never played internationalsenior tallied a team-high ly before. It made me realize three times in Canada’s 16how much I needed to im10 win over 2011 bronze prove. It was a good experimedallist Colombia in the ence,” Jones said. “I thought quarter-final. it was really fun. I loved it.”

The 16-year-old Jones Jones plays hole check, also had a team-best three a largely defensive position goals against the eventuright in front of the team’s al silver medallists from the goal with the aim of stopUnited States, following a ping the opposition’s top 19-12 defeat in the semifishooter. nal.

This season, Jones will “I was really happy with play with Pacific Storm in my game versus the Unitthe u-18 Ironman League ed States,” said Jones afin California – arguably the ter returning home on Suntop water polo competition day. “But our team was a little reserved about placing Continued on page 32 third.”

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Holding on: Burnaby’s Chloé Earle finished in the middle of a 90-climber field at the world youth lead climbing championships in Arco, Italy last week. PHOTO COURTESY KYLE RURAK

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Burnaby’s Chloé Earle came back from the International Federation of Sport Climbing world youth championships in 47th place.

The Burnaby North Secondary junior made it through the first two rounds of qualifying climbs with a 25+ ranking in the 90-climber youth B female field at the worlds in Arco, Italy on Saturday.

“I’m pretty happy with that,” said Earle. “It was

my first worlds, so I didn’t know what to expect.”

But the biggest surprise for the 14-year-old was just how high the top climbers got on the routes.

“It was so difficult to where I got. (The routes) were really hard,” she added.

Earle’s idol, Ashima Shiraishi of the United States, won the youth B title, beating out runnerup Mia Krampl of Slovenia and Laura Rogora of the host country in the lead climbing final.

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Earle will be competing at the 15/16Youth A age group next season, which will also allow her to take part in the open junior category, as well.

“If I get the opportunity again, I’ll definitely take it,” she said. “I’m glad I could do this competition.

It was always my goal to do that.”

Earlier this summer, Earle finished third, one hand hold behind the winner, at the Canadian national youth climbing championships in lead climbing in Saanich.

The Grandview Steelers will open the 50th anniversary season of the Pacific Junior Hockey League with a home game on Sunday.

The junior B Steelers will ice an exciting lineup this season built around a returning core of 20-year-old goalie Cole MacInnes, 6-5 defenceman Lucas Mercer and forwards Timothy Chow and 18-year-old Adam Rota.

“I think we’ll be a very exciting team this year,” said Steelers’ head coach and general manager Aldo Bruno.

Grandview will also have some new faces from the B.C. major midget league and the local high school hockey academies on board this season.

The Steelers added Northeast Chiefs defender Kristofer Zlomislic, who had 28 assists last season, and forward Jeffrey Wong, a 10-goal, 23-point getter, from the B.C. major midget playoff champs.

Grandview also signed blue-liner Cole MacEwen from the Valley West Hawks and 6-2 forward Luke Warkentin from theYale Hockey Academy.

The Steelers were 3-1-1 in preseason play, including wins in their last two outings – a 7-6 shootout victory over the Delta Ice Hawks on Sept. 3 and a 3-0 shutout over the Port Moody Panthers the following day.

The Steelers opened their Jr. B hockey season on Thursday (after NOW deadlines) with a game against league rival Richmond Sockeyes at the Richmond Arena.

Richmond won its season opener 1-0 over Delta on Tuesday.

Grandview plays its home opener this Sunday at the Burnaby Winter Club against the Panthers. Puck drops at 4 p.m.

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Sportsnow Soccer men win first on 50th day

V-ball splits in Hawaii

First victory for new head coach

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Simon Fraser University won its home opener on the day of the institution’s 50th anniversary on Wednesday.

The win, a 3-0 victory over Cal State San Bernardino at Terry Fox Field, was the program’s first victory this season and also the first for new Clan head coach Clint Schneider.

“I am just excited for the guys to get their first win of the season because we deserved more than our record has shown,” said Schneider in a Clan press release. “This will give us momentum, and we will be a dangerous team moving forward.”

SFU fired 27 shots at Coyotes goalkeeper Mike Warn, who was the victim of a first-half penalty shot goal

by Kyle Jones.

Adam Jones helped set up the team’s second goal of

the game in the 76th minute, crossing the ball into the penalty area for a waiting Calvin Opperman, who tallied the 2-0 counter low into the left side of the San Bernardino goal.

Adam Jones then collected his first goal of the season on a late penalty kick in extra time.

Clan keeper Brandon Watson made two stops in goal to post his first shutout of the year.

“I’m really proud of our guys because they just kept going and going, and I told them afterwards that’s the SFU way.We don’t give a team an inch and we just keep going until we get that goal,” Schneider added.

“We worked really hard for this one.”

SFU will open the Great Northwest Athletic Conference season against Western Washington University in Bellingham on Saturday, Sept. 19.

Culturally friendly: FC Serbian United, in dark, played host to Cleveland’s SSK Karadjordje at the North American Serbian Soccer Tournament held in Burnaby last weekend. PHOTO LISA KING

Under-15’s split with U.S. Continued from page 31 in the States.

This summer, the Storm placed 10th overall at the Ironman.

Canada’s youth women’s team placed second behind the U.S. for a second straight Games after winning gold over the Americans in 2011.

In other youth water polo news, three Burnaby water polo players travelled to

California with the Canadian national program for a four-game test against the u-15 U.S. national team.

Luka Maletic,Toni Maric and Sandro Miletic shared in Canada’s 2-2 outcome against the Americans.

In July, Maletic, Maric, Miletic, along with Louis Anderson and Nemanja Ivezic, joined Team B.C. to win theYouth Cup in Calgary.

Simon Fraser University split four women’s volleyball games at the Hawaii Invitational last week.

The Clan dropped a pair of five-setters last Thursday but came back the following day, posting its first two wins of the season.

SFU defeated Hawaii Pacific 3-1 in the first game and then beat Humboldt State 15-12 in a tiebreaker in a later five-set match.

Sophomore Christine Howlett, with a match-high 16 kills, and senior Jessica Young secured the win over Hawaii Pacific with back-toback kills.

Against Humboldt State, SFU took the two opening sets but had to rally in the fifth set, getting the final two kills from Devon May. “We did a great job of fighting in the close sets today and finding ways to win,” said SFU head coach Gina Schmidt in Clan press release.

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HOUR E SADL eferral

SPECIAL 5 DAY SALE

st!

Sale running from Sept-17th to Sept-21st

2015 NISSAN

2015 NISSAN

ALTIMA 2.5

MSRP

25,493

$

CASH DISCOUNT

4,385

–$

750

–$

Or 0% financing up to 72 mo.

PURCHASE PRICE

9,998

$

+FREIGHT & PDE CHARGES

1,600

+$

ONLY! $11,598

Incl. No Charge Added Security Plan $675 value CLEAROUT CASH

350

$

ROGUE 2.5 S AWD MSRP

27,998

$

CASH DISCOUNT

1,750

–$

CLEAROUT CASH

1,000

–$

NOW! $24,748

Or 0% financing up to 48 mo.

2,750

$

SAVINGS OF

CASH DISCOUNT

38,818 – $2,750

$

CLEAROUT CASH

1,000

–$

NOW! $34,568

Or 0% financing up to 24 mo.

3,750

$

SAVINGS OF

CASH DISCOUNT

23,493 1,250 –$

CLEAROUT CASH

750

–$

NOW! $21,243

CLEAROUT CASH

1,750

500

–$

–$

NOW! $14,665

Or 0% financing up to 72 mo.

Or 0% financing up to 60 mo.

2,000

$

SAVINGS OF

2,250

$

NISSAN of BURNABY

Call 604.291.7261 • 4450 Still Creek Drive • Burnaby

SAVINGS OF

LOUGHEED HWY

morrey NISSAN of Burnaby

CR

EEK

WILLINGDON AVE.

morrey

MSRP

17,165

CASH DISCOUNT

GILMORE

Call 604.464.9291 • 2710 Lougheed Hwy, Port Coquitlam

MSRP

$

MSRP

ILL ST

NISSAN of COQUITLAM

PATHFINDER 3.5 SV 4x4

JUKE 1.6 SV

$

ROAD

morrey

2015 NISSAN

2015 NISSAN

BOUNDARY

NISSAN of Coquitlam

5,135

$

MICRA 1.6 S

CLEAROUT CASH

NOW! $20,358 SAVINGS OF

2015 NISSAN

VERSA NOTE 1.6 S

2015 NISSAN

TRANS CANADA HWY #1

CANADA WAY