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Living with the tragic consequences Cayley Dobie staff reporter

One choice can forever change a person’s life – or end it.

Alyssa Alanis survived a horrific crash more than four years ago in Burnaby, and Friday she spoke with media about her experience in the hopes that it’ll discourage others from drinking and driving.

“I think this is a common message that everyone’s hearing: don’t drink and drive,” Alanis told the NOW. Alanis was one of seven youths involved in a serious crash on Feb. 27, 2010 in Burnaby. The driver of the vehicle was impaired and lost control of his car while speeding down Willingdon Avenue near Still Creek Drive shortly after 1 a.m.

The car struck a lamppost causing it to become airborne and flip several times.

“Before you make that choice, don’t forget, you need to think about the consequences of the choice that you make,” Alanis said. “The consequence of one simple choice that you can make can change not only your life but it can change others’. Not only change it but it can end it.”

The driver and front passenger of the vehicle managed to escape the crash unscathed, but the five people sitting in the back of the car, including Alanis, weren’t as lucky.

Three female passengers, two from New West and one from Vancouver, were severely injured while two male passengers, also from New West, died – including Alanis’ boyfriend.

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Remembering: Alyssa Alanis was one of three youths severely injured in a car accident in February 2010. Two people were also killed in the accident, while two others walked away unscathed. An impaired driver was driving the car she was riding in.

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hen Sonya Govahi came to Canada in 2006, she found the produce tasteless – nothing like the fresh tomatoes, eggplant and herbs her family grew back home in Iran. Govahi figured the lack of flavour was because much of the produce found in Canadian grocery stores was not organic, so she planted a few

things on her apartment balcony in Burnaby, but space was at a premium.

Meanwhile, Luci Baja, who lives in the D.C. Patterson heritage house on 18th Avenue, wanted to turn her yard into a community garden, but she wasn’t much of a green thumb.

The two belonged to different community groups – EPIC resi-

dents’ association and Burnaby Food First. They learned about each other through a mutual connection and became the first match in a new program called Sharing Backyards. Burnaby Food First, a local food security group, created the program to connect gardeners with residents who have surplus yard

Growing connections:

Luci Baja and Sonya Govahi are the first pair set up through Sharing Backyards, a new program from Burnaby Food First.

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Burnaby’s Ravil Chamgoulov has conquered Mount Everest, completing his mission to scale the seven highest peaks on all seven of the world’s continents.

The Burnaby mining engineer is now one of roughly 350 people who have conquered all seven, Everest being the mother of them all.

“It’s kind of a once-in-a-lifetime experience, because it’s very expensive and time consuming,” Chamgoulov told the NOW. “It’s been my dream and goal for years. Now I am very happy, and I’ve completed my seven-summits quest.”

Everest, which stands at 8,848 metres above sea level, was the last notch in Chamgoulov’s belt, and he reached the peak on May 25 at 7 a.m., after a night of climbing. He returned from his twomonth expedition on May 31.

Chamgoulov said it was a difficult climb, but he felt a sense of relaxation and achievement when he reached the top.

“Sometimes you feel excitement on the summit, this time I felt responsibility for my sponsors. I had to do a lot of pictures,” Chamgoulov said.

Chamgoulov spent about half an hour at the peak, which is considered long because the air is so thin.

Everest is a particularly deadly climb, and while many have reached the peak over the years,

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On top of Mount Everest: Burnaby’s Ravil Chamgoulov atop the highest peak in the world – Mount Everest, which he reached on May 25. hundreds have perished. Causes of death range from falling into crevices, heart attacks, strokes, avalanches and altitude sickness, while many have simply disappeared.

Chamgoulov organized sponsors to help pay for his trip and

raised roughly $55,000 for the $65,000 climb. He is also raising money for Mining for Miracles, which helps the B.C. Children’s Hospital.

With Everest behind him, Chamgoulov now plans to climb local mountains around

Vancouver. “(Everest) was the highest mountain, but it wasn’t the most technical mountain I’ve ever climbed. There are many mountains around that are interesting to climb,” he said. “This is not the end for me.”

New program gets students out hiking Cornelia Naylor staff reporter

The Burnaby school district hopes some of its at-risk students take a hike next year – literally.

Last month, the district entered into a partnership with the Take A Hike Youth at Risk Foundation, a Vancouver-based non-profit that works to engage at-risk youth through a combination of adventure-based learning, academics, therapy and community involvement.

Starting next fall, Burnaby Grade 10 to 12 students who have struggled to find success in regular classroom settings will get a chance to learn in the great outdoors, during multi-day expeditions that could include hiking the West Coast Trail or kayaking off the northern tip of

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“Its potential is huge,” assistant superintendent Roberto Bombelli said of the new program. “Basically, the way we look at it is that it’s another option for our students.”

The program will start in September at the Canada Way Learning Centre with 20 spots.

Students will tackle between two to four multi-day expeditions a year.

Back at the learning centre, a typical week will see them engaged in one day of adventure learning, a half-day of community volunteer work and the rest of the week in a classroom.

The program will also feature group and individual therapy facilitated by a full-time therapist provided by Take a Hike.

The organization also pays for the adventurebased learning activities, and CEO Matthew

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Coyne estimates his organization will spend between $100,000 and $120,000 annually on the program.

“We do it because we believe that not all students can learn in the conventional way,” he said. “We believe that the program we offer truly makes a difference.”

The school district, meanwhile, will provide the classroom space, a teacher, a family youth worker and – a job description new to the district – an adventure-based learning specialist.

The half-time CUPE employee (the position was posted last month) will be responsible for getting kids up to speed on the outdoorsy skills they’ll need for their expeditions.

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Consequences: Driver’s poor choice left devastation in his wake continued from page 1

According to Cpl. Robert McDonald of ‘E’ Division traffic services, Alanis was near death and wasn’t expected to survive – it is a miracle she recovered, he said.

“A story like this one, again for me I’ve been 30 years with the RCMP, and we’ve gone to several accidents. We always hear of people that sometime survive, most of them don’t survive,” he said. “We were told there was zero chance of survival.”

McDonald said doctors originally told Alanis’ family that she would likely never walk or talk again so her progress over the past four years is remarkable.

She still suffers from lingering brain damage and she has a shunt to remove excess fluid from her brain.

Alanis’ mother Gigi told the NOW that the injury to her daughter’s brain has affected her decision-making abilities, which means she can’t attend school or have a job.

Prior to the accident, the 18 year-old (now nearly 22 years old) was a budding musician with a promising career ahead of her. The singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist had toured with local band the Boom Booms the summer before the crash. Since that night however, she struggles to remember events, she can no longer play music, and only recently did she begin to sing again.

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jail time, the pain and anguish of that evening in February 2010 will forever haunt Alanis and her family.

“Because of the choice

I made to be a passenger in this car, I have to suffer with the consequences,” she said. “I have been wonderfully improving but it’s not easy.”

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and certification in outdoor education,” Bombelli said.

“They’ll be responsible for ensuring that all the equipment is in place, all the training on the equipment.”

There is already strong interest in the program, Bombelli said.

Intake will be ongoing, he said, and students can apply through their school counsellors.

Parents who think the program could be a good fit for their kids can contact district manager of youth services Sue Dorey over the summer at 604-296-6900, sue.dorey@sd41.bc.ca.

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“I like to garden because it makes me feel connected to the earth,” Govahi says, seated on Baja’s porch swing.

“I don’t have the knowledge, and it’s a big space,” Baja adds. “I just wanted to share it. The way of the future is community gardens, growing food ourselves. … I just thought it was selfish, all this land we weren’t using.”

Burnaby Food First facilitates the Sharing Backyards matches, and the pairs come up with an agreement on how and when the space will be used and what will be done with the harvest.

So far, Govahi has planted kale, lettuce, swiss chard, tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, beets, peas, beans, parsnips, squash, onion, garlic, chives and marigold. The two women have been working together, digging the earth side by side, and Baja is learning a lot from Govahi, who plans to share her harvest for the privilege of using the land. There are no rules with Sharing Backyards; each agreement is tailor-made for the pair involved.

“Sonya can come anytime she wants, but she lets me know,” Baja says. “It’s up to the homeowner to set those rules.”

Govahi would like to see the program catch on in Burnaby, so people meet their neighbours and grow their own food. Burnaby is very multicultural, she says, and there are a lot of people from different places.

“This will build a stronger community,” she says.

To get involved in the program, go to burnabyfoodfirst.blogspot.ca and click on Sharing Backyards. Then register for the group’s online forum, and post a description of what you’re looking for or what you’re offering. Or, email Leanne Zmud, project coordinator with Burnaby Food First at burnabyfoodfirst@gmail.com.

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Can transit woes be fixed with a referendum? tax if you’re not going to reinvest it in To the surprise of no one, building an efficient transit system as Transportation Minister Todd Stone a viable alternative? has told the Lower Mainland’s mayors So we’re left with the prospect of a their transit plan is a non-starter if it referendum if the mayors want to pay means dipping into the province’s carfor trains and buses with new forms bon tax to pay for it. of funding.

The carbon tax was A referendum is questionmeant to be an incentive to Burnaby NOW able in several respects. get people out of their cars The mayors who came up – because people tend to take with the plan are already duly elected more notice of climate-friendly polito represent their constituents. cies when they are hit in the pocketThe B.C. Liberals, more than anybook – but what good is collecting the

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one, should know what happens when you put higher taxes to a vote, as we saw from the HST fiasco. Somehow, we don’t think Bill Vander Zalm is going to swoop in and campaign this one to success.

We also note that multi-billiondollar bridge and highway projects haven’t had to clear the same hurdle.

Even though Stone agreed the status quo is not acceptable for a region expecting a million more residents in the next 40 years, he has had nothing

to say about what the contingency plan is if the vote fails.

If we thought the teachers versus government is a tough circle to square, it might look like child’s play compared to coming up with a resolution to the ongoing transit turf battles and how to balance needs versus resources.

Lower Mainland voters will have plenty of time to consider that prospect as they sit in gridlock or wait for a bus with room for more passengers.

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problem. ost in the increasingly bitLast week, I asked teachers ter fight between the B.C. (via Twitter) to send me their government and the B.C. stories about what they see in Teachers’ Federation is the fact their classroom when it comes that a genuine crisis seems to be to issues like anxiety and other developing in many classrooms mental health challenges. Their around the province. responses were eye-opening and And it’s a crisis that is not worrying. about how much a teacher earns About two dozen or how many kids teachers all told me they are in the classroom Keith Baldrey have noticed a signifi(although that can be cant rise in anxiety and a contributing facdepression among their students tor) or whether there are enough in recent years. Most said this school supplies to go around. wasn’t a case of one or two kids No, this is about the mental in a class showing signs of anxhealth of students. iety, but more like a half dozen.

Teachers and physicians have They attribute this growth noticed a significant rise in anxin anxiety to several factors, the iety among young people, for most notable and prevalent being example. According to Dr. Steve the rise of social media. Schools Mathias, the head of youth mental health program for Vancouver have long been challenging for kids trying to conform or fit in, or Coastal Health Authority, this to stand out among their peers. can result in kids “self-medicatSocial media, particularly ing” themselves with drug use by Facebook and Instagram, have their mid-teens. raised those challenges to a Mathias, in a presentation whole new level. Some teachers to the legislature’s child and also pointed to the fact that kids youth committee last month, have much more rigid routines noted about 14 per cent of young now and are pushed into more people aged 12 to 17 will have activities by so-called “helicopter a mental health problem in any parents,” who pressure them in given year. He also said the ways not seen as much in the number of young people going past. to emergency rooms with mental One teacher, who has taught health issues has almost tripled elementary school for 12 years, since 2008. said she notices students spend Anxiety and depression are less time reading and less time two dominant mental health playing. Their problem-solving issues for young people, Mathias skills have eroded, which lead to said, and he noted there simply are not resources (i.e. funding) Stress Page 7 deployed to deal with this rising

IN MY OPINION

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mayor is out of touch Dear Editor:

Re: Should new SkyTrain renos include washrooms? Friday, June 27, Burnaby NOW. I would like to ask Mayor Corrigan how often he takes SkyTrain and how often he takes SkyTrain with young children or disabled persons in tow? Or if he knows what it is like to be homeless and constantly be denied the dignity of relieving themselves in private? After reading his comments: “While I understand that people can have emergencies while they’re out on the SkyTrain, I also think it’s important that people plan their trips and try to avoid having to utilize public washrooms if at all possible.” I am guessing he knows nothing of being

in any of those situations, nor does he relate at all to the citizens of Burnaby who do. Mr. Corrigan, your job is to stand up for the rights of the people of Burnaby and standing in the way of requiring TransLink to provide basic necessities for its riders goes against your mandate.

Heidi Cogan, Burnaby

Mayor is right on SkyTrain Dear Editor:

Kudos to Mayor Corrigan in regard to his disagreement on the proposed SkyTrain expansion.

Officialdom should take a vary large breath before considering any further expansion of SkyTrain. A Mayor Page 7

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thorough public accounting should be conducted of SkyTrain’s structure before any expansion is considered. Taxpayers are thoroughly disgusted with the myriad of excessive taxes that they have to endure for the operation of SkyTrain. SkyTrain employee costs are astronomical with the police being paid $100,000 (plus excellent benefits)annually, and administrative staff are laughing all the way to the bank with their overly generous salaries.

From the very beginning, the planning for the SkyTrain operation has been shortsighted. The failure to introduce fare gates has cost taxpayers millions of dollars, and at this late date the cost of installing fare gates has exceeded the original estimates by millions of dollars.

The shortsightedness continues, as I understand the length of the SkyTrain

platforms will have to be increased in order to accommodate six train carriages.

All of which will be required to handle the expected large number of passengers in the very near future.

Once the public accounting has been conducted and evaluated, there is an onus on the provincial government to release the necessary funds from the carbon tax revenues. Primarily the carbon tax was introduced in order to encourage the autodriving public to leave their auto at home and ride SkyTrain. This being the case it is incumbent upon the provincial government to release the necessary carbon tax revenues to finance any strictly screened SkyTrain expansion.

Incidentally, when the gates are installed, surely there will be less requirement for police “fare checkers” to monitor passengers. Can we therefore expect a reduction in these staff members?

Mike Horton, Burnaby

Stress: Impacting students in B.C. continued from page 6

more stress.

“I find students’ ability to problem solve in the classroom has declined significantly over the course of my career and I feel that adds to their stress levels,” she wrote to me. “They are used to parents solving things for them and feel stressed when they need to solve things for themselves.”

A teacher in Richmond says he has noticed significant rise in anxiety among teenage girls and puts a lot of blame on social media.

“They check Facebook often, are texting more and more between classes, at lunch, at home, etc. I think because their brains are still forming, they literally can’t handle the over-stimulation technology creates,” he wrote.

As a result, he said, he sees more eating disorders, more self-mutilation, higher rates of sexual promiscuity and what he says is an inability to handle “boring” moments.

Some mental health issues can be even more severe in school. One teacher (no names here, as I promised all anonymity) wrote to me that one of her seven-year-old students was so violent that it had turned her classroom into a nightmarish situation, where all kids became anxious and frightened.

“This violent child is in a classroom with 20 other children. Seventeen are ELL, of which one child has two words (bathroom and no) and a second child has about 150 words. I have two ADHD, one ADD and four seeing the school counsellor because of problems at home,” she wrote, adding the whole situation has made everyone tense and anxious.

Obviously, what’s going on in classrooms these days is far different than 10 or 20 years ago. The result is that teaching appears to be a more difficult and challenging job than ever before.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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His dreams began in Disneyland stages from L.A. to Las Vegas to London – where he landed a part in the West End production of West Side Story. He laughs at that memory, recalling that he just showed up for an audition call in one of the most prestigious theatre districts in the world.

ON MY BEAT “Because I didn’t go to theatre Julie MacLellan school, there were certain things rom would-be lawyer to I wasn’t afraid of,” he says with a singing donkey? No, it’s smile. “I just went in and did it.” not a lawyer joke (although Much as he loved the years of there’s probably a good one travel and performance, he found in there somewhere). It’s Ken himself ready to stop living from Overbey’s life in a nutshell. hotel to hotel and instead stay in Overbey, you see, was supone place for awhile. posed to be a lawyer. He was On his move back to the studying at the University of Lower Mainland, he was able to Southern California with that aim get work – in film, in television, in mind. But it turned out that as a choreographer, and working an elective class in dance and a with high school drama prosummer job as a performer at grams, among others.

Disneyland would conspire to He’s loved all of it – and he take his career in an entirely difhas a special love for working ferent direction. with students. He’s spent the past Overbey is getting set to star six years working with the musias Donkey in the Theatre Under cal theatre program at Magee the Stars production of Shrek: The Secondary in Shaughnessy.

Musical.

“It’s like a rejuvenaCHECK IT OUT It’s a homecomtion for me to work ing of sorts for the with those kids,” he What: Theatre Under says with a smile.

Burnaby resident, who the Stars presents first performed with It was, in fact, Shrek: The Musical TUTS in Sweet Charity through his work at and Legally Blonde, back in 1993, shortly Magee that he found onstage at Malkin after moving north his way to Shrek. The Bowl in Stanley Park from California. music director for When: Shows run “I’m very fortunate, Magee’s musicals, alternating nights from Christopher King, also very happy that I was July 11 to Aug. 23 given this chance,” happens to also be Tickets: For tickets says the affable the music director for and information, see Overbey, chatting over Shrek, and he suggested www.tuts.ca or call the Overbey audition for tea about his life and TUTS ticket hotline at his career. “It’s kind of the Donkey role.

604-696-4295 a nice welcome back.”

Overbey has never Overbey’s happy to seen the DreamWorks be on stage in his home base – in movie on which the musical is fact, he’s happy to have a home based, so he didn’t really know a base these days, after a career that lot about the part – beyond that it has included about 15 years of was voiced by Eddie Murphy in travelling around the world, folthe movie. lowing his performing dreams.

He chose to keep it that way, Those dreams started to too, noting he’d rather not find stir during that summer job at himself influenced by someone Disneyland – which would, in else’s performance. the end, stretch to six years in the Instead, he’s taken the script theme park’s entertainment diviand worked out his own characsion, performing in parades and ter – finding himself influenced stage shows. by the work of such performers “It’s probably the best job I as Flip Wilson, the first Africanever had in my life,” Overbey American to have his own variety says with a fond smile.

TV series, and comedian-actor He points out that a lot of Chris Tucker’s work in the 1997 the big Disney musicals actufilm The Fifth Element. ally began as stage shows at the And the part itself, he says, theme park, so it was the perfect has more meat than you’d sustraining for life in musical theatre. pect on first glance for a talking Overbey did actually start a animal. law career, working as a clerk for “His part is so well-written. a law firm. But when he found It needs such an open, gregarihimself confronted with handling ous, fun-loving person, but there a case he wasn’t comfortable with are also shades of such caring,” from an ethical standpoint, he Overbey says. “He really, really found himself drawn to a life in wants friendship more than anyperformance instead. thing.”

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Welcome back: Burnaby’s Ken Overbey stars as Donkey in the Theatre Under the Stars production of Shrek: The Musical this summer, starting July 11 at Malkin Bowl. cartoons, Overbey says Shrek offers something for both kids and adults – while kids will understand the surface action and humour, older viewers can appreciate some adult banter and deeper themes in the musical’s messages of acceptance and inclusion.

“It’s so layered,” he says.

“For the parents that are there with their kids … think they are going to find they enjoy it just as much.”

Overbey is greatly enjoying the TUTS experience, especially working alongside Matt Palmer as Shrek – he’s worked with

Palmer before and describes him as a “very giving, open actor.”

The performance has particular meaning to Overbey because he’s dedicating it to the memory of Denis Simpson, the beloved Vancouver-based actor who passed away in 2010.

Overbey credits Simpson with his success in the musical theatre world, noting Simpson really opened a lot of doors for him and put a lot of work his way. And he notes that Simpson’s spirit – his spiritual sense and his ability to maintain his inner calm in the face of all life’s trials – was an inspiration to the people who

met him.

“He was so beautiful,” Overbey says.

And he adds, with a grin, that there will be no slacking on stage at TUTS – because he knows just how much Simpson would have loved the part of Donkey.

“I think he would have eaten the role up,” Overbey says.

“That’s the Denis incentive.”

Theatre Under The Stars is presenting two shows this summer at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park: Shrek and Legally Blonde. Shows run on alternating nights from July 11 to Aug. 23. See www.tuts.ca for all the details and to buy tickets.

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Strong women: Female racers in the 2013 women’s criterium at Giro di Burnaby head into a turn during the 30-lap race through the Heights. This year’s Giro will be held on July 10 and features both men’s and women’s races starting at 6 p.m. The races are part of B.C. Superweek, an annual cycling competition.

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by Shem Navalta The Heights Contributor Course Distance: 1.2 km Date: Thursday, July 10 Time: 6 p.m. race start

Thursday, July 10th Women start 6 p.m.

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Skill, force, and high speed are just some of the elements that can help cyclists come out on top of a race. Add some sweat, tactics, and team work and you have yourself a true contender for Burnaby’s seventh annual cycling event of the summer, Giro di Burnaby.

“Tour of Burnaby,” or Giro di Burnaby, is once again on the Heights and will bring back thousands of spectators ready to cheer on the cyclists coming from all around the world on Thursday, July 10. The cyclists will complete in 1.2 km laps around the Heights, while sprinting extra hard to win cash lap prizes known as primes (pronounced “preems”). This adrenalinefilled criterium race is part of B.C. Super Week, one of the most prestigious procycling events in North America running from July 4 to 13.

Starting and finishing at the intersection of Hastings Street and Carleton Avenue and covering blocks between Madison Avenue and MacDonald Avenue, family-friendly spectators will get a chance to be up close to all the action-packed moments of the race. There will be a women’s race starting

at 6 p.m., where they will go for 30 laps, while the men’s race will start at 7:15 p.m. and cover 45 laps. The races will then be followed by a special awards ceremony.

There’s nothing quite like whipping down a road on a bike, feeling a rush of intense energy flowing as fast as the wind.

As soon as I got my first bike when I was 12, a late start as some might say, and became a confident rider, I would always rally my friends to ride down the empty streets in my Vancouver neighbourhood, seeking thrill and excitement. The streets became my race tracks.

When seeing cyclists reach up to speeds of 60 km/hr in races like Giro di Burnaby, it brings me back to my adrenaline-seeking adolescent self going downhill on my bike. But, I can only image how the cyclists feel when going full force to reach the finish line. Though their skills and training well surpass my own ability, it is their passion and determination to compete that gets me excited for the race, even as a spectator.

Get ready as the Heights will be filled with high energy with competitive races and enthusiastic crowds for Giro di Burnaby on July 10.

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More fun for kids at Giro di Burnaby

By Cayley Dobie

The Giro di Burnaby is jnally here, and organizers can’t wait for visitors to check out the activities they have lined up for this year.

The annual Giro criterium race in the Heights, one of jve races that make up B.C. Superweek, has continued to grow year after year, and 2014 is no different. In addition to the races, this year there will also be a Kidz Zone for the younger Giro fans.

The Kidz Zone, hosted by Giro sponsor Appia Developments, Burnaby Parks and Recreation, HUB, Pedalheads and the Burnaby Neighbourhood House, will feature a number of activities for children aged four to 12.

There will be bike decorating, safety checks, bike ID engraving, face painting, a skills and obstacle course and a riding area.

“The kids can come out with their bikes and they’re not going to miss the race at all. They can do their activity, maybe have a hotdog at the Burnaby Neighbourhood House (booth), kind of make it a little bit of a family event,” Kent says.

Race organizer Rainy Kent says the event has grown into a true community outing for Burnaby residents.

But the fun doesn’t stop there.

“The ride is dejnitely the show but the community involvement is huge. All the way from the little Valley Bakery wheels to now the Kidz Zone to all the Heights merchants being the contributors of the primes,” she says. “The Giro is really community.”

Just before the criterium races get started to kick off the Giro, Kidz Zone participants will take part in a “Parade of Champions.” The parade will ride past special guests in the VIP section, including Mayor Derek Corrigan.

Kent says organizers were aware that watch- Kids who ride in the parade will be entered to win a brand new bike donated by Dandy ing the bike races might not be enough excitement for the younger crowd, so they put Horse Cycles. together a new event that will run prior to the “It just provides a little bit of entertainment races on July 10. for the kids but still within the bike theme,” Kent says.

“The idea was just to try and inspire the kids and have them involved in the sport of Participants in the Kidz Zone require parental cycling in their own,” she says. “It was just a supervision at all times and must be able great step for the Giro.” to ride a two-wheeled bike for four blocks.

From 3 to 5:30 p.m. kids can bring their bikes Helmets are also mandatory, both at the kids’ event and during the parade. Participation down to Fountain Square at MacDonald in the Kidz Zone cost $2.10 per child. To Avenue and Hastings Street.

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Very safe! There is a dedicated team of volunteers and professionals to keep things running smoothly and safely. Bales of hay are used to protect the riders in the event of a fall; secure fencing is set up around the course to keep the race contained; and we have a fully trained, on-site medical team (just in case).

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The bell signals to racers and spectators that there will be a sprint contest (or “prime,” pronounced preem) for money or prizes when racers cross the start/finish line on the next lap. Spectators, including local businesses that would like some exposure, can donate a prize by handing the announcer cash during the race. Primes don’t have an effect on the final standings, but racers love to compete for them.

It creates a sprint within the race and causes the speed of the whole pack to increase, making it more exciting and challenging.

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Bicycle racers go faster and save energy by drafting one another, benefiting from a similar kind of pull that Nascar racers get by drafting each other.

What is a Criterium?

When the cyclists are stretched out that means that Criterium racing is the most action-packed, the racers at the front of the pack are really going spectator-friendly form of bicycle road racing fast and that the rest of the field are drafting off consisting of many laps on a course no longer than two those riders, while struggling to stay together. When kilometres in length and rarely lasting more than 90 the racers are bunched up, that means that the pack minutes. has slowed down, but that is when a breakaway is The race is a chess match of strategy played at most likely to happen! high speeds. Teams must decide whether their best What’s going on in a breakaway? chance of a victory is in keeping the field together Racers will use this tactic of riding away from for a mass sprint to the finish line on the last lap, or whether they are best served by getting a strong rider the pack, to keep the outcome of the race from into a smaller breakaway group of racers. Of course, being determined by a dangerous mass sprint.

Many breakaways fail because the main pack works rival teams have different strategies and must adapt to the tactics and counter-tactics around them – all at together to chase them down. Corners, however, can help a breakaway survive because they generally speeds of up to 60 km/h. slow a pack down more than they do a small group.

View this high speed, high intensity race from a Either way, breakaways typically include some riders corner to see more than 100 riders lean their bikes who are going for the win as well as support riders into a sharp turn while riding shoulder-to-shoulder making sure their team is represented in case the or watch at the start/finish line to see the ultrabreak stays away. fast sprint specialists go for cash lap prizes (called Regardless of who wins, you can be sure the primes). Many other locations on the course will put winner is an exceptionally conditioned athlete. The you within a few feet of the riders at full speed, just very nature of the sport requires years of intense keep your hands behind the barriers. training for the top level racers. Cyclists must How to watch the Giro di Burnaby Criterium possess speed, strength, and endurance to win a race.

During a Criterium race you are close to the action.

Are there team tactics?

You can see the sweat on the riders’ faces and hear Yes. Riders are part of a team with one or two the hiss of their tires as you feel the pack blow by. designated “leaders,” or riders capable of winning Watch the race from different points along the the race.

The rest of the team protects the leaders race course and see how the racers brake hard, then from crashes, keeps them at the front of the pack and negotiate the turns and accelerate down the straights.

You will want to get to your spot early to get the best positions them for the final sprint. view possible of this amazing race.

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The Giro di Burnaby is part of B.C. Superweek and takes place on Thursday, July 11. The women’s race starts at 6 p.m. and the men’s race starts at 7:15 p.m.

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Dandy Horse kicks in prize bikes

By Cayley Dobie

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Giro di Burnaby is an exciting event, both for racers and spectators, and this year businesses have put together a crowd prime that is sure to impress.

Dandy Horse Cycles opened in April 2013 and while they were part of last year’s Giro, this year Grant said they wanted to do more.

“It’s dejnitely something we’re super excited to be involved in,” Pronounced “preem,” the primes are he said. “We’re a really heavily sprinting contests within the race community-involved shop. It’s a big that don’t affect the jnal outcome thing for us to be involved with a but allow racers to compete for a lot of volunteer stuff.” bonus prize or cash. Sponsored by Employees at Dandy Horse Cycles local businesses, the primes are volunteer a lot of their time in the announced by ringing bells, which community, visiting local schools, indicates to racers that the sprint offering tune-ups to riders at the is about to start – and according to organizers, this year’s crowd prime Burnaby Velodrome and different bike clubs, Grant said. “is dejnitely a bell ringer.”

This year, Dandy Horse Cycles, Felt Giro is just another way the local Bicycles, the Burnaby Velodrome’s bike shop is helping out its commuAboriginal Youth Cycling program nity, he added. and Fortius Sport & Health have all contributed to the crowd prime.

People who donate $5 or more to the crowd prime will be entered to win a prize package worth more than $1,500. The package features a brand new Felt bike, a learn-toride package from the Velodrome, a cycling jersey, a lab cycling assessment from Fortius and some swag.

“Being heavily involved in the community is of big importance to us,” Grant said.

Last year, Dandy Horse set up a bike valet for spectators who rode their bikes to the Giro, while Grant said the experience was fun, this year will be much more exciting.

“We’re really excited for this year.

It’s going to be a lot different. This “It’s a pretty wicked prize package,” year, we’ll actually be right on one Mike Grant, manager at Dandy of the corners of the racecourse,”

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Prize: Mike Grant, manager of Dandy Horse Cycles, holds up one of the bikes the local shop is donating to the Giro di Burnaby. The Felt bike is part of the crowd prime prize package. he said.

off at the Kidz Zone and a Brodie hybrid bike, which will be rafied off to one lucky Giro volunteer.

The Dandy Horse booth, at Madison Avenue and Hastings Street, will feature information on services the shop offers and brands it carries. In addition to donating a brand new Felt bike for the crowd prime package, Dandy Horse is also donating two more bikes – a children’s bike to be rafied

Ten per cent of the crowd prime will be donated to the Aboriginal Youth Cycling program run out of the Burnaby Velodrome. Members of the program will be collecting donations from the crowd on the

day of the event. Donations can also be made at the Dandy Horse Cycles tent at Madison Avenue and Hastings Street on event day. If people can’t make it on July 10 or want to get their $5 donation in early, they can enter the rafie by visiting Dandy Horse Cycles at 6661 Hastings St.

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here’s a new sheriff – er, chef – at the Hart House restaurant. Michael Genest, formerly of Arms Reach Bistro in North Vancouver, has made the switch from Deep Cove to Deer Lake, serving up authentic Pacific Northwest fare. His cooking expertise was honed at the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts (in addition to a three-month program southern Italy’s Calabria region) which led him to a position as executive sous chef at the Sonora Resort Relais and Chateaux in Campbell River.

Now that he’s back on the mainland, Genest corresponded with NOW reporter Jacob Zinn about taking over the kitchen at the 13-acre Burnaby historical estate.

Jacob Zinn: What inspired you to become a chef?

Michael Genest: I’ve enjoyed cooking since I was a little boy, helping my mother out in the kitchen, and I knew at a very young age that I wanted to be a chef.

I never wanted to work a nine-to-five office job; I wanted to do something that allowed me to be creative on a day-to-day basis.

JZ: Describe your West Coast cooking style.

MG: To me, West Coast cooking is about using local and seasonal products.

It’s about incorporating classic techniques from various cultures, with a modern twist.

JZ: What other types of cuisine influence the way you cook?

MG: I get inspired by all types of cuisine – Italian, French, Spanish, Indian, Japanese, the list goes on. That’s the beauty of Vancouver, there’s such a wide variety of cultures and cuisines.

JZ: What new ingredient are you using that you really like?

MG: I recently did a prix fixe menu with stinging nettles. I made a ragout

with mushrooms and served it with a smoked bone-in pork loin. It went over very well.

JZ: Tell us more about your three-course prix fixe.

MG: The three-course prix fixe changes weekly. Together with my two sous chefs, Ryan and Colin, we come up with a new appy and main course that is a little more adventurous than the regular menu.

Guests choose from two appies, two mains and dessert. The prix fixe is offered at $36 and you will leave happy!

JZ: What local foods do you like to use in your dishes?

MG: Lots of seafood: salmon, halibut, mussels, clams, oysters. Local mushrooms, beets, tomatoes. Pretty much anything my suppliers have to offer.

JZ: What’s your favorite meal time?

Breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner?

MG: Dinner. I love enjoying wine and good food with friends. Nothing makes me happier.

JZ: What kitchen gadget do you love?

MG: My knives are the thing I can’t work without.

JZ: What is your favourite comfort food?

MG: Fried chicken.

JZ: Is there a fast food you secretly enjoy?

MG: Wendy’s Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger.

JZ: What are your plans at Hart House?

MG: I plan on continuing to serve great food. When people attend a wedding or business event, I want to blow them away with the food and have them come back with friends to eat in the restaurant. I like to change my menus fairly often. I want everyone who dines here to come back and be able to try something new each time.

JZ: What would you order at the Hart House?

MG: Everything! All of the dishes are delicious. If I have to pick, the halibut duo or brome lake duck breast.

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Slice zucchini and eggplant lengthwise. Season with salt and brush with olive oil. Roast at 375 F for 15 to 20 minutes.

In a pot, slowly brown cloves of garlic until soft and golden.

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Next stop Brazil for lucky middie Tom Berridge sports editor

Damiano Pecile will be following his soccer football heroes to Brazil this fall.

The 12-year-old midfielder from Burnaby will represent Canada at the 15th edition of the Danone Nations Cup in November.

The Burnaby Selects under-13 Metro league player is the only player from the district to be named to the Western Canada representative team that defeated Eastern Canada 3-1 in overtime to win the right to wear the maple leaf in Sao Paolo in five months’ time.

“I feel great. It’s “I feel great. like a dream come true It’s like a going to dream come Brazil and true going to r e p r e s e n t ing Canada, Brazil and and playing representin front of ing Canada, t h o u s a n d s of fans,” and playing said Pecile.

The St. in front of Helen’s thousands of Elementary School stufans.” dent, who DAMIANO PECILE will play his Canada centre midfielder final set of games for the Selects at the Provincial A Cup championships at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West this week, will continue his soccer with Mountain United FC in the high performance league.

“My job is to assist and score goals,” said the attacking centre midfielder. “I didn’t score (against the East), but I got an assist.”

The Canadian Danone Cup final was played at Montreal’s Saputo Stadium, home of the Major Soccer League’s Montreal Impact.

Both teams exchanged goals early in the contest, including the

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Brazil bound: Damiano Pecile will representing Burnaby on Canada’s 12-and-under youth team at the Danone Nation’s Cup in Brazil in November.

East’s game-opening goal at just 28 seconds, before playing a chess match the rest of regular time. The

West broke the log jam with two goals in extra time.

“When they scored early in

the game, my stomach almost dropped. We really had to step it up,” said Pecile, who picked up an assist on the West’s second goal in overtime.

“I think both teams were tired in overtime, but maybe our players were in better condition. (The East) were a good team.”

Now, Canada will look to have its best-ever finish when it takes to the field at the centre of the soccer universe at the world’s largest youth soccer tournament.

Since the competition’s inception in 2000, Canada has finished in the top eight in three previous international Danone Nation’s Cup. In 2011, Canada had its bestever finish in Madrid, Spain, placing sixth behind eventual champion Brazil.

The Canadian 11 to 12 champions also placed eighth in 2001 and again in 2007 in France.

Last year, France came out on top, defeating Brazil in the Cup final played at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

Every year, approximately 2.5 million children aged 10 to 12 from 32 countries take part in local and regional tryouts.

A lucky few are chosen to represent their region at the national level.

The national Danone final was a highlight for the promising young Burnaby player.

“Yeah,” he said, “I couldn’t get a smile off my face.”

Thinking ahead to Brazil and the Danone Nation’s Cup competiton from Nov. 11 to 16, Pecile can’t quite get his head around how much more exhilarating playing in the soccer-rich South American locale in the aftermath of the FIFA World Cup will be.

“It will be crazy,” he said. “I can’t wait. I’m so excited.”

To follow Canada on its journey to the Danone Nation’s Cup go to https://www.facebook. com/danonenationscup.

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Canadian captain to show off skills in Burnaby Tom Berridge

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Canada’s national senior women’s field hockey captain Kate Gillis will be holding a skills session for junior players this week.

The 24-year-old University of British Columbia arts student will lead a skills session for the Burnaby Lake Field Hockey Club’s aspiring under-10 to -12 girls at Cariboo

Oval today (Wednesday) July 2 between 6 and 8 p.m.

Gillis has earned more than 100 senior caps representing Canada in international matches. She scored her first international goal against Argentina in 2010.

It’s very important to have high-profile mentors interact with the younger players and to show them how far hard work and commitment can take them, said local

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junior national team hopeful Ellen Colbourne.

“I remember watching (the national team) and it inspired me to continue to play,” Colbourne said.

This season, Colbourne, a New Westminster Secondary School grad, earned a field hockey scholarship to NCAA Division I Lafayette College.

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As one of the initial recruits for the incoming new Lafayette head coach, Colbourne is eager to get the season started.

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Lakers split weekly fixtures Tom Berridge sports editor

The Burnaby Lakers missed an opportunity to distance themselves from the pack in Western Lacrosse Association play.

The senior A Lakers surrendered a 10-8 decision to the visiting New Westminster Salmonbellies on Friday, but rebounded with a stingy 8-2 victory over the Timbermen in Nanaimo a day later.

Dan Lewis earned his second win in as many starts in Nanaimo, stopping 38 shots Lewis, who stood on his head in an early win over Coquitlam this month, currently leads the league with an .899 save percentage.

Burnaby jumped out to 4-0 first-period lead and extended the advantage to 7-0 after two periods, before Nanaimo found a way to get the ball past Lewis after more than 46 minutes of play.

Robert Church, who led all scorers with four goals and one assist in the loss to New West, was the hero again with another four goals, including a natural hat trick in the opening frame.

Scott Jones, with backto-back markers to start the middle period, and Alex Gajic at the midway mark put the visitors up 7-0 after 40 minutes.

Church increased the lead with his fourth of the game to start the third period.

At home, Burnaby was forced to play catchup for most of the game and never quite found its rhythm with Salmonbellies’ rookie Alexis Buque between the pipes.

Tyler Richards took the loss, stopping 32 of 41 shots for Burnaby.

Burnaby and New West will decide the season series winner at the Copeland centre on Friday.

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Lakers hang in against Junior Salmonbellies Tom Berridge sports editor

The junior A Burnaby Lakers hung around for two periods against the firstplace New Westminster Salmonbellies.

The junior A league leaders defeated the Burnaby Lakers 12-5 at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre, despite outshooting the home team by more than three to one.

Johnny Pearson led the Salmonbellies with two goals, including his 41st of the season, in a fivepoint outing.

U.S. field lacrosse product Matt Shields led the Lakers with a goal in each of the second and third periods.

The New West juniors will have to do better tonight when they meet the second-place Coquitlam Adanacs for a third and final time in the regular season.

“For us, we have to treat it as a playoff game,” said the 6-4 lefthander, “come out prepared and carry on our momentum.”

In Burnaby, New West gradually shook off the plucky Lakers, who were missing four key players from their starting lineup.

New West led 4-3 after one period, despite raining 29 shots on goal on Burnaby’s David Mather, who made 56 stops and has a respectable 78.19 save percentage for the 4-14-1

junior Lakers.

Ross Bowman and newly acquired St. Catharines, Ont. product Eric Penney shared the goalkeeping duties for New West.

Burnaby captain and New Westminster product Peyton Lupul said the junior Lakers’ resurgent season has made the club feel like a family again.

“It needed to be done,” said Lupul, who was one of the injured players not in the lineup Sunday. “The difference is we To view have a lot more of a video, the guys who want scan to play and not with just go through the Layar motions.”

Earlier at the PoCo rec centre, Burnaby shutout the hometown Saints 6-0 in the first two periods en route to an 8-4 victory on June 27.

Captain Tyler Lupul led all scorers with a six-point night, while rookie phenom Tyler Vogrig chalked up five points, including his fourth hat trick this season.

Xander McDonald made 32 saves, including 20 in the middle stanza, in two periods of shutout lacrosse before giving way to backup Aiden Yorke midway through the final frame.

Burnaby is in Victoria this Saturday before finishing up the 2014 season at home against the much-improved Nanaimo Timbermen.

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