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O N T H E C O V E R Eddy Morten communicates with an intervenor

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Commonly used communication forms include American sign language, British manual sign

Intervenors assist deafblind with everyday life Sandra Thomas Staff writer

impossible without intervenor services, which in this instance were paid for by the society. Morten travelled to the Vancouver office from Burnaby using rapid transit, accompanied only by his service dog, a black Labrador retriever named Hope.

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rocery shopping can be a chore—no matter who you are. For Eddy Morten, it’s a particular challenge. Without assistance, the Burnaby resident estimates it would take at least three hours to buy 10 items.

But with the help of a specially trained intervenor, the 48-yearold breezes through his shopping list.

Morten is fortunate because he has family to help him, while many other deafblind individuals in B.C. struggle due to cuts to intervenor services by the provincial government. There are approximately 150 deafblind children and adults registered with agencies in B.C., but it’s estimated there are many more who have slipped through the cracks.

Life is tough, but Morten doesn’t let his disabilities prevent him from enjoying a productive life. In fact, during a January interview at the Fraser Street office of the Deafblind Services Society of B.C., his keen sense of humour is apparent. “I definitely have a good sense of smell, so I know when my food is burning,” grins Morten, signing with the help of trained interpreter Stephanie Attridge.

The society hired Morten in 2007 as a part-time volunteer intervenor services coordinator. Intervenors for the deafblind vary from interpreters for the deaf because they also mediate between the individual and their surroundings. Instead

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Eddy Morten, with his assistance dog Hope. of translating words though sign language, an intervenor assists the deafblind to safely navigate the world around them. Common communication styles used by the deafblind include American sign language, adapted sign, British manual sign, tactile sign, braille, picture symbols and/or object cues and very large print.

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On this day, Morten and Attridge sit face to face, their hands flying as they use hand-to-hand sign language to communicate.

Each time the reporter asks Morten a question, Attridge takes Morten’s hands and signs, sometimes touching his fingers to her face or arm.

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ike many deafblind children in Canada, Morten attended W. Ross Macdonald School for blind and deafblind students in Brantford, Ont., where he excelled as a wrestler. Morten was born deaf with some sight. His older brother, Pier, is also deafblind. At age eight, Morten’s eyesight began to fail and he underwent surgery for retinitis. But the old technology used four decades ago did more harm than good and Morten became blind in his left eye. The sight in his right eye started to fail and he began to show early signs of Usher Syndrome, an inherited condition that causes serious hearing loss as well as retinitis pigmentosa, which causes vision to worsen over time. Ten years ago, Morten was declared legally blind.

According to the society, deafblindness is a complex disability that combines varying degrees of hearing and visual impairment, making it unique to each individual. While some may not be completely deaf or completely blind, they still don’t have enough of either sense to navigate their environment independently.

Although all individuals who are deafblind experience challenges with communication and mo-

bility, many also have additional physical disabilities and medical issues. Because of the complexity involved in having two sensory impairments, deafblind individuals require services unique from those designed exclusively for either blind or deaf people. With the help of interpretive services, deafblind individuals, including those with severe disabilities, can build life skills to gain independence and contribute to their community.

A person born with combined sight and hearing difficulties has congenital deafblindness, while those who develop those problems later in life are considered as having acquired deafblindness.

Acquired deafblindness may be the result of an accident, illness or aging. Individuals born with a genetic condition, such as Usher Syndrome, may progressively lose their sight and hearing.

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orten, a single father of two, makes his own schedule, cleans his own home and enjoys cooking, especially his favourite potato and onion stir-fry recipe.

But walking outside can be a challenge. He wants to see more vibrating push buttons installed at crosswalks across Metro Vancouver. Morten, who lives next door to his mother in a duplex, notes his boys, ages 10 and 14, are very respectful of their dad. “If I lose something, like my glasses falling off, they both help me right away,” says Morten, who used to wear glasses.

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Concerned parents established advocacy organization 25 years ago

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t was a group of B.C. parents that formed the Deafblind Services Society 25 years ago to provide programs for their deafblind children. Today, the society assists deafblind adults throughout B.C. to communicate and access the world around them by providing one-to-one support workers/ intervenors to help them pursue their interests and goals, as well assist with their daily needs. Intervenors provide support at

Liza Gerwing works part time at the Keg on Granville Island, where she sorts cutlery and folds napkins with her intervenor Adriana Benia. photo Dan Toulgoet family, individual or residential homes.

The local society was formed as a sister organization to the national Canadian Deaf Blind and Rubella Association, founded in 1971 by Ontario parents Jacquie (deceased) and John McInnes for deafblind children who attended W. Ross Macdonald School.

In 1975, Arbutus residents John and Gail Gerwing and other parents of children who attended the school got involved and John was named chair of the B.C. chapter.

The name of the national group was later

changed to the Canadian Deafblind Association. The original goal of the association’s members was to raise government and private funding for summer programs for their deafblind children while home on holidays from school.

The CDBA was also an advocacy organization representing a small group of B.C. children born with deafblindness largely from the congenital rubella epidemic in the 1960s. It’s since evolved to include increased services, awareness, public educa-

tion and research. The society and CDBA work together to ensure smooth transitions for deafblind youth. The CDBA offers early intervention services and summer programs for deafblind children in school, where they receive classroom support from the school board, while the society provides day and residential programs for youth when they leave school.

The Gerwings are the parents of 44-yearold Liza Gerwing, the youngest of their two daughters, who is deafblind due to complications attributed to a premature birth and the excessive use of oxygen to save her life at the time.

“When Liza was born the doctor told us she wasn’t expected to last the night,” says John Gerwing. “But she’s a fighter.”

After spending several months in hospital in an incubator, Liza was able to return home, but Gail soon noticed her baby girl’s eyes weren’t focusing, while one also looked larger than the other. Fearing Liza had cancer, doctors removed her eye and sent it for tests to Washington, D.C. After a stressful wait, the results proved Liza was cancer free. She did, however, start having seizures at around four-months old, which continue today.

Despite her rough start in life, Gerwing says his daughter has proved to be a fighter and today with the help of an intervenor, regularly works out at the gym, swims weekly at UBC, attends yoga classes and works part time at the Keg restaurant on Granville Island, where she sorts cutlery and folds napkins.

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Continued from page 4 Morten communicates using braille and a telecommunications device for the deaf, which he uses when answering and monitoring the emails, blogs and comments posted on the Deaf-Blind Sports Zone website he helps administer. The site is designed to keep deafblind sports enthusiasts up on the latest sports scores and news. A short video of Morten communicating with the help of an intervenor can be seen on YouTube. (Search Eddy Morten at Deafblind Society.)

Morten’s job at the society includes matching deafblind clients with intervenors. The society fundraises full time to supply intervenor services to deafblind clients who can’t afford to pay on their own. Morten explains intervenor services for deafblind children are paid for by the provincial government until they graduate from school. It’s at that time adults with acquired deafblindness in B.C. are left to fend for themselves.

“Without an intervenor, deafblind adults can’t take part in social activities—so they live in isolation,” Morten says.

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Continued from page 5 Growing up, Liza also loved to ride horses and was an accomplished gymnast, mastering the uneven bars. Liza began attending W. Ross Macdonald school in 1973 at age six.

“She was always a very active, very capable child,” says Gerwing. “She always loved to go on long walks and jumping on the trampoline. I kept a string attached to her so she wouldn’t bounce off, but she always knew where the centre of the trampoline was. She’d jump so high she’d scare the hell out of you.”

Because Liza was deafblind from birth, her intervenor services are paid for by the government. The Gerwings provide most of Liza’s needs outside of intervenor services, which John says his daughter must have if she is to continue to thrive.

“She’s capable of many things, as long as she has that help,” says Gerwing. “Without it, she’d be sitting in a corner doing nothing. Other deafblind adults need intervenors to work with them too. If not, they’re left sitting at home. It’s a very dark silent world out there for deafblind people who don’t have that help.”

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Lyall calls Liza an “inspiration.”

“Liza is so capable and she’s way stronger than me,” says Lyall. “And because she doesn’t understand, she has no fear. When she was doing gymnastics, she had no problem doing the high bar.”

Lyall studied sign language at Vancouver Community College for a year, after her sister married a man with a deaf brother. She had never considered using her new skill as a career until a woman taking the same course told her about an opening to help care for Liza. Lyall was trained in sign language, but because Liza can’t see

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her hands, the pair had to create their own way to communicate, which includes hand-to-hand signing.

Lyall says the best part of her job is that Liza has become family.

“She’s like my sister.”

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ebbi Salmonsen, executive director for the deafblind society, says before Morten leaves his Burnaby home to travel to the centre, he sends a text message asking about the weather and if there’s any construction on Fraser Street he should know about.

“Then we’ll text him back and tell him he needs to walk on the other side of the street today and go an extra block to get to the light,” says Salmonsen. “It’s astounding the way Eddy gets here from Burnaby.”

She notes everyday learning is a huge victory for most deafblind individuals. She calls Morten’s technology skills, “incredible.”

Ellen Faustman, director of intervention services for the society, says for many deafblind individuals, their hands become their eyes and ears.

“They develop a heightened awareness and sense of perception,” says Faustman. “You can’t sneak up on Eddy.”

She says the key to being highly functional is early intervention and ensuring information gets to the deafblind. She adds it’s also important that people with multiple disabilities, including a lack of sight or hearing, are recognized and deemed “deafblind,” to ensure they receive the services they need. “[Deafblind] school-aged children need support by way of special education programs, but first they need to be tagged as deafblind,” says Faustman. “Too often they’re just considered as being multi-handicapped.” sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10 See related story page 10

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In my last entry, I briefly mentioned the latest news concerning a proposed park site located between Science World and the Plaza of Nations.

I’ve written about this nine-acre property several times. But it’s back before city council.

A bit of history: The property is owned by Concord Pacific and covered in asphalt. Concord operates a sales centre on the site. Twenty years ago, Concord struck a deal with the provincial government and the city to build a park on the property.

Some residents in the neighbourhood, particularly the False Creek Residents Association, have been very vocal about getting the park built. They’ve also complained that Concord continues to rent the land, which was assessed at $400,000 this year, for millions of dollars to companies such as Cirque du Soleil for events.

Mention of the park popped up in a city staff report that went

Concord Pacific has proposed building a “temporary park” on its nine-acre chunk of property near Science World. The proposal goes to public hearing Feb. 17. photo Dan Toulgoet before city council Jan. 18. The report had to do with Concord’s proposal to build two residential towers on properties it owns near the north end of the Cambie Bridge. As per city policy, the development should include 20 per cent affordable housing.

Concord has proposed to forego the 20 per cent rule and offer the city two pieces of property in the Downtown Eastside—worth a combined $13.1 million—for po-

tential affordable housing, $1.2 million to complete bicycle infrastructure along the Carrall Street Greenway and $808,850 to build a recreation area under the Cambie Bridge.

Now to the park stuff.

As part of Concord’s offerings, the developer has proposed to lease two acres of land for free to the city for 15 years on the existing nine-acre park site. The value of that deal is approximately $3.8

million, according to the staff report. In addition, Concord will prepare that two acres of land—at an estimate of $500,000—for what the city is calling a “temporary park” until the developer decides to build the whole park.

David McLellan, the city’s general manager of community services, said the whole park can’t be developed until a parcel of land owned by Concord on the west side of the park site is developed.

That’s because Concord’s plan is to have contaminated soils from the parcel of land dumped on the park site and sealed before the park can be completed, similar to the process behind creating Andy Livingstone Park. And Concord has no immediate plans to develop the parcel of land.

“We basically negotiated so the city will have access to a portion of [the park site] and we’ll treat it in such a way that it can be activated as a park,” said McLellan, who estimated the size at “a little less than a third” of the nine acres.

So what does the False Creek Residents’ Association think?

“It means that the city has agreed to postpone delivery of the park for 15 years,” said Fern Jeffries, a spokesperson for the residents’ association. “We think that is a total betrayal of the city. We’ve been working for years on various of the city’s committees and working groups and consultative groups in good faith, only to have them come out with this deal behind our back.”

The proposal goes before city council Feb. 17 at a public hearing. If council approves the plan, McLellan anticipated the “temporary park” will be built by the summer. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

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WEB POLL NATION Go to www.vancourier.com to vote If a civic election were held today would you re-elect Mayor Gregor Robertson?

Last week’s poll question: Would you be willing to accept modular housing projects in your neighbourhood?

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It’s no big news when politicians are under attack from their enemies, but it’s another matter when their friends start ganging up on them. And that’s exactly what happened to Mayor Gregor Robertson and his Vision Vancouver posse last week.

You can bet they are not happy about all this.

And in their most private moments they put most of the blame for the pickle they are in on city staff.

Imagine what that will do to morale at city hall.

At issue was a proposal planned to come before council last Thursday afternoon. It would allow for higher buildings in neighbourhoods around the Downtown Eastside, including Chinatown.

The proposal was to be sent to a public hearing.

And while it’s uncommon to hear speakers until it gets to public hearing, much to Vision’s dismay, the city clerk allowed speakers to line up.

But even before the meeting, predictably, we first heard from the folks at the Carnegie Community Action Project. They would be happy with nothing less than more social housing.

Raising building heights in the city would only mean “gentrification” and drive poor people out of what little housing they had.

Less predictably, days before the Thursday meeting, more than two dozen academics from the University of B.C. and Simon Fraser University fired off a rocket condemning the city for going ahead with a proposal for increased heights in the area without first conducting a “community based planning process.” Their concern: Allowing more development by raising building heights would “lead to a further reduction of affordable housing in the surrounding area.”

allengarr And finally, a third front opened in this assault on Robertson et al. This one was the most serious of all.

In a public attack, former premier and mayor, Mike Harcourt, along with much respected former city planner Larry Beasley, former city planner Ray Spaxman and philanthropist Milton Wong said sending the issue to public hearing without first developing a community plan threatened a very fragile neighbourhood.

By Wednesday night you could hear the gears grinding in the mayor’s office as they worked on changing course. By then, by the way, there were more than 100 speakers signed up to have a say the following day at council.

The boys in the mayor’s office were more than willing to lay all their grief off on the planning department. (Harcourt actually told me that he thought that is where the blame resided.)

The fact that Beasley attached his name to all this does not reflect well on the current head of city planning Brent Toderian, who has had anything but a charmed life since replacing Beasley.

A year ago. council apparently directed planning to come up with a process to develop a community plan. Harcourt says he and his buddies have been working the back channels of city hall and the mayor’s office for the past two years trying to get that community plan up and running.

Instead, the planning staff delivered proposals for rezoning without first having that communitybased plan developed.

Late Wednesday night, Robertson and his crew designed an “emergency motion” that would split the Downtown Eastside part of the proposal away from the part affecting Chinatown. Chinatown would go to public hearing in February.

The Downtown Eastside would get its community plan first. Expect that sometime after the next municipal election.

Robertson rushed the motion into the council just after noon and effectively cut the 100 or so speakers off at the knees.

Harcourt is happy with the results. The Carnegie crowd is grumpy but somewhat satisfied. They will be included in the community plan process.

And Vision may figure that they managed to dodge a bullet. Except for one thing: You may well ask why all those smart guys didn’t catch this problem before those proposals became public?

After all they are supposed to be running the city, aren’t they? agarr@vancourier.com

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opinion PSYCHOLOGIST NOTES HOLLYWOOD ‘TRASH’

Real-life superheroes may cause real-life problems Criminals beware. Superheroes have your number. “Real-life superheroes” that is.

Just south of the border, “Phoenix Jones, Guardian of Seattle” patrols the mean streets of the Emerald City, keeping a lookout for muggers and robbers. Jones, who wears a tightfitting, green and yellow rubber costume with chiselled abs and Fabio-like pecs, flits in and out of his secret hideout in an unidentified comic book store.

In a KIRO news clip from last November, a one wide-eyed Seattle resident describes how the costumed crusader chased off a robber attempting to break into his vehicle.

“I always tells my kids, ‘This is the only thing daddy could think of to make the world a better place,’” Jones told a CBS interviewer.

This isn’t an isolated case of life imitating comic art. Cincinnati’s “Shadow Hare” stepped out of the city’s dark alleys in April 2009 to pose for the press. The slightly built crimefighter and his female sidekick, Shadow Moon, identified their headquarters as “The Ionosphere,” which is actually a local Segway dealership.

Dressed in a black-and-white outfit emblazoned with a demonic-looking rabbit, the Segway-riding Shadow Hare claimed on his Myspace site to have “stopped many evil doers… such as drug dealers, muggers, rapists and crazy hobos with pipes.” His martial arts skills were backed up by the stuff in his utility belt: a can of mace and a 120,000volt consumer-grade Taser. (The short, skinny crusader has gone missing lately, and reporters can’t track him down.)

According to the online Superhero Registry, there are an estimated 200 avengers active in the U.S. and across the world. There’s Mr. Ravenblade in Federal Way, Mr. Xtreme in San Diego, Dark Guardian in Washington, D.C., Phantom Zero in New Jersey, and Citizen Prime in Salt Lake City. Vancouver has supposedly been home to Thanatos, a guy in a green mask who helps street people on the East Side with food and blankets.

Many of these characters do community outreach, visit children’s hospitals, and give the homeless food and blankets.

They also form alliances, some working in groups to patrol their respective cities.

Yet it doesn’t take much imagination to see how playing cop could end badly for all parties.

Real-life superheroes have reallife noggins that won’t obligingly deflect bricks, bullets or knives.

Also, good and evil tend to come in shades of grey, rather than a DC comic duotone. Police warn

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geoffolson that these characters are potentially endangering themselves and others. (Early in January, Phoenix Jones suffered a broken nose after an assailant kicked him in the head.)

The Hollywood/comic shop influence here is obvious, most notably the hyper-violent 2010 film KickAss, which portrayed a teenager who dons a colourful suit to fight crime and lands in the hospital after an assault.

But pain and loneliness are no mysteries in the real-life superhero scene, according to testimony of its members. “I was tortured,” said Shadow Hare of his childhood in the ’90s. Nyx, a costumed crusader in her early 20s, talks about the hole in her life left by her mother’s death.

Mr. Ravenblade, in his late 20s, says he grew up in a household of abuse and was bullied in school.

In the Journal of Family Life, psychologist Joseph Chilton Pierce described the “three important characteristics” of all teenagers. “The first is a feeling they have of great expectation that something tremendous is supposed to happen in their lives around the age of fifteen or sixteen. The second is the feeling that some greatness exists within them. The third is a longing that is so intense it can never be assuaged. And so at this point teenagers begin looking for models of who they can be, someone to help them define and put that deep longing into perspective. And what do they get? They get MTV, they get rock stars, they get all of the rest of the trash in movies and on television.”

The currency of the word “hero” has been devalued over time; today it’s an all-purpose noun for cancer survivors, sports stars and promptly forgotten veterans of war. This raises the bar for people with fantasyprone personalities, who prefer running around in tights at night to daytime fidgeting in an office cubicle.

That being said, a career rethink is likely in order if you’re a real-life superhero in your late 20s or older, and your Fortress of Solitude is your parents’ basement. www.geoffolson.com

According to one reader, drug legalization may have prevented the recent heroin overdose deaths in Vancouver. photo Dan Toulgoet To the editor: Re: “Cops sound alarm about possible bad heroin,” Jan. 19.

I am disappointed that this article failed to point out that the only reason these people are dead is because of prohibition and the maintenance of the nanny state that tells us what we can and cannot consume.

When drugs are re-legalized and regulated, we will still have all the problems we currently have with people misusing drugs,

but we won’t have people dying because of unknown purity of drugs and we won’t have all the crime associated with the black markets.

Nor will we pay through the nose to support the prison industrial complex that has grown to treat people with medical problems as criminals.

I can’t wait.

Dave Lane, Santa Cruz, CA

City council should impose driving fees, bans

To the editor: Re: “Letter of the week,” Jan. 21.

Please, Courier letter writer Jenny Wright, do not bring up the fact that the changes to enhance bicycling in downtown Vancouver might be causing more vehicles to use more gas or contribute to the greenhouse gas problem. Other cities have imposed fees for driving into their downtown cores or are considering an outright banning of some or all types of private vehicles.

I fully expect such action to be taken—not considered, not brought to the community for comment, but simply imposed when the council deems appropriate.

Ken Poole, Vancouver

••• To the editor: I have lived here for 17 years and rarely have had

a problem with either cyclists or pedestrians. It’s simple really. Drive slowly and carefully, especially in crowded areas. Many motorists in Vancouver and elsewhere drive like entitled irritable rats, who feel that only certain laws apply to them and that they can drive any which way they want if it gets them out of the maze and home three minutes faster.

Kegan Doyle, Vancouver

••• To the editor: People of all ages including children should be able to safely and comfortably cycle anywhere in the city.

Sadly, this is not the case now. Vancouver has been planned and built around the car for the last several decades. In spite of a few badly needed improvements lately, it is still much easier

and safer to drive most places around Vancouver than to cycle. If anyone thinks otherwise, it is about time they jumped on a bike and gave it a try.

Richard Campbell, Vancouver

••• To the editor: If vehicles stop at every location where there’s pedestrians, regardless of crosswalks, then this would undoubtedly halt the flow of traffic. This is not how the system is designed. Traffic rules are created for a purpose so that everyone’s rights are respected. Whenever these rules are disobeyed the system breaks down. Vehicles do not have any more rights than pedestrians and vice versa. The rights are strictly governed by common sense and rules.

Please obey them.

Laurence Ho, Vancouver

Past housing projects created ‘apartheid’ situation

To the editor: Re: “Council charts new course with Hastings land,” Jan. 21.

The reality of the so-called “20 per cent solution” long touted by former NPA city councils is that nowhere near that amount of social housing was ever built in the new developments it targeted. It only required the developer to reserve airspace for someone else to pay for and build the housing.

If any housing was actually built, it usually created a bizarre, apartheid-sort of community mix with a few dozen low-income families living amongst an uber-rich

society. Not really what we generally have in mind for a mixed income community.

Affordable rental housing in the Downtown Eastside might be a better option than luxury condos—and that is what is likely to be eventually built on those sites if the developer can’t do a swap similar to the one the city is floating. Council could put in a caveat that if at some future date there are some senior government subsidy monies available that a minimum of one third of the built units should be for deep or shallow core housing.

Blair Petrie, Vancouver

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Advocate says province underfunding deafblind Sandra Thomas Staff writer

The executive director of Deafblind Services of B.C. says being both deaf and blind in the province of B.C. isn’t enough to receive assistance from the provincial government.

“If you’re an adult and not developmentally challenged, just being deafblind isn’t enough,” said Debbi Salmonsen.

While adults in B.C. who were born deafblind are entitled to intervenor services, individuals who lost their site and hearing later in life are not. An intervenor helps the deafblind not only communicate, but also navigate their surroundings.

Intervenor services for the deafblind are provided through Community Living B.C., a provincial crown agency mandated under the Community Living Authority Act, to deliver supports and services to adults with developmental disabilities and their families. According to Salmonsen, there are about 150 known deafblind adults and children in B.C., but she added there are many more who haven’t been deemed as such because they have numerous disabilities.

Deafblind adults, without developmental disabilities, who became deafblind over time are entitled to some free intervenor services such as during medical appointments. They’re also able to pay for those services on their own, but since many deafblind adults live on disability pensions, it’s difficult for them to afford the average cost of $25 per hour.

As a result, society staff are forced to fundraise almost full time to raise money for intervenor services. It was the society who paid for those services during a recent interview with Eddy Morten, who has acquired deafblindness. Morten says he’s perfectly capable of looking after his own needs when it comes to running his household, it’s when he ventures out to do errands such as grocery shopping or banking that an intervenor is vital.

Debbi Salmonsen Morten, who works part-time as the society’s intervenor services coordinator, said limited funding for intervenor services means many adults with acquired deafblindness with no close friends or family, are living in isolation and fear. Morten said he meets many acquired deafblind individuals through the society who are in desperate need of intervenor services, but can’t afford them.

“I met an older woman who lived with her sister, but her sister just passed away,” says Morten.

“Now she’s completely alone and stuck at home.

She has little food and has lost weight. I’m very concerned about her. It’s very sad.”

Ellen Faustman, director of intervenor services for the society, said intervention for the deafblind is so much more than interpretation. “An interpreter just works with words,” said Faustman. “But a specially trained intervenor is an information gatherer.

When a deafblind person walks into a room an intervenor lets them know, ‘There’s a plant here,’ or that someone just walked into the room and they’re shouting.”

Even using HandyDART or a taxi is a challenge for the deafblind. Taking for granted the deafblind adult has a buzzer system to allow the driver access to their home, without an intervenor the individual can’t see the driver, has no idea they’re being dropped off in the right place and can’t tell if they’ve been given the correct change.

“Without an intervenor they stop going out and become isolated,” said Faustman. “It’s a vicious cycle.” sthomas@vancourier.com Twitter: @sthomas10

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At the height of the same-sex marriage debate in Canada, American conceptual artist Dennis Oppenheim’s sculpture “Engagement” was installed at English Bay. The two 30-foot rings, which sit side-byside near Sunset Beach, were installed in partnership with the park board as part of the 2009-2011 Vancouver Biennale public art exhibition. The oversized rings are precariously tilted away from each other in a notso-subtle comment on traditional marriage.

The sculpture was considered by many to be an homage to same-sex marriage by Oppenheim who died Jan. 22 of complications related to liver cancer. He was 72.

Oppenheim was also known for creating controversy for his sculpture “The Device to Root Out Evil,” which was an upside-down aluminum church with its steeple plunged into the ground. The sculpture was erected at Harbour Green Park in Coal Harbour as part of the 2005 Vancouver Biennale, but created so much controversy the statue’s owners (Benefic Group) agreed to a longterm loan with the City of Calgary’s Glenbow Museum, where it remains today.

Another Oppenheim sculpture still in Vancouver is his work “Arriving Home,” on display at the international arrivals ter-

Dennis Oppenheim’s upside-down aluminum church sculpture was removed from photo Dan Fairchild Harbour Green Park in Coal Harbour, due to controversy. minal at YVR. In 2007, organizers of the Vancouver Biennale presented Oppenheim with a lifetime achievement award.

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At its Jan. 31 meeting, the park board is expected to approve a concept plan for the first neighbourhood park at East Fraserlands.

The green space, dubbed Neighbourhood Park North, is just one of six that will eventually be developed in the community over the next 25 years. East Fraserlands will

also eventually include a community centre, schools, childcare facilities, a riverfront walk and other public amenities.

The park board has completed its public consultation regarding the park, which involved open house events and public meetings. The park design includes a viewpoint, walkways and ramps, seating, edible and indigenous plants, storm water features, a children’s play area and components of urban agriculture. I wonder if there’ll be any chickens?

The theme for the park board’s 2011 Remarkable Women poster series leading up to International Women’s Day is community builders in recognition of the female residents who helped Vancouver become the strong and vibrant city it is today. This year’s theme also celebrates the city’s 125th anniversary.

The park board recently announced its list of 12 women who are gracing the 2011 Remarkable Women poster series, including Leonora Markovich, architect of some of Vancouver’s early innovative housing; Mimie Ho, founder of the Strathcona Chinese Dance Company; and Rosemary Thomas, Tsleil-Waututh Elder and leader.

The 12 posters are available for viewing online and in local community centres, libraries and schools. Public workshops will be held throughout February in community centres to give the public an opportunity to create their own posters and celebrate a remarkable woman in their own lives.

A reception is scheduled for March 8 at Creekside Community Centre to honour Vancouver’s Remarkable Women, as well as celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. Details on the 2011 Remarkable Women, workshop dates and information on the celebration are available at vancouverparks.ca. sthomas@vancourier.com

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Last week, I asked the Vancouver School Board permission to attend a student forum on aboriginal education held at Macdonald elementary Friday afternoon. It was a precursor to this week’s two public forums on the subject. The district is considering setting up a new program focused on learning “through an aboriginal lens.”

What form such a program will take—a mini school is one possibility— has yet to be determined, hence the consultation.

In the mid-1990s, a proposal to create an aboriginal secondary school was considered, but ultimately rejected. More than a decade later the graduation rate for aboriginal students remains dismal. It’s clear

the status quo isn’t working and other approaches should be considered. Obviously, it’s students who’ll be affected by whatever decision is made this goround, so when I learned [at the last minute] about the student forum, I hoped to attend. [I was unable to cover the evening public forums, although my colleague Megan Stewart reported on the second of the two sessions—see the story on page 13.]

School board staff and board chair Patti Bacchus debated my student forum request before the district rejected it, concluding, “the forum is being held to give students an opportunity to express their thoughts/feelings. We worry that allowing media to attend will change the dynamic such that students are no longer comfortable sharing, which would defeat the purpose of holding the forum.”

I was reminded I could show up at the public forums, but lack of access to the student forum on such a critical issue left me wondering if the district made the right call.

Does the media intimi-

Patti Bacchus date students? Should they be intimidated by the press?

Would the presence of a reporter stifle discussion?

I’m not convinced that’s the case. I sat in on several public school closure consultation meetings last year, along with countless other print and broadcast reporters, and witnessed many students—both in elementary and secondary school—speak publicly.

Many spoke with great emotion at the prospect their school might shut down. It didn’t strike me they edited their comments, or were inhibited by the media coverage.

In any case, Bacchus tells me 45 to 50 elementary and high school students took part in last week’s student forum, including those from Grand-

view and Britannia. A report, by forum facilitator Jo-Ann Archibald, associate dean for indigenous education in the Faculty of Education at UBC, will be presented to the board in coming weeks.

Bacchus said students stressed the importance of relationships with teachers, “especially teachers who take an interest in knowing students” and those with knowledge of aboriginal history and culture. Students had different ideas on how a program should be structured— some thought it should be kindergarten to Grade 12, others wanted it reserved for aboriginal students, still others favoured keeping enrolment open to all students. “There was also interest in learning indigenous languages and having elders in the school,” Bacchus added.

On Thursday at 3:30 p.m., after the Courier’s deadline, a fourth aboriginal education forum was held—by invitation. Student council reps, parent reps and employee groups were on the invite list. noconnor@vancourier.com Twitter: @Naoibh

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If a public school with a dedicated aboriginal focus is an idea worth pursuing, the emphasis must be on the voluntary choice of parents and families to enrol their children.

This was the opinion of a predominant number of parents, educators and support workers who attended a forum Tuesday night at Templeton secondary to discuss the merit of such a school.

“Whatever the school, being part of the school has got to be about choice,” said Amanda White, a Haida woman and aboriginal enhancement worker based in two East Side elementary schools.

White cited the memory and repercussion of residential schooling, and parents also discussed a fear of isolating aboriginal youth from the larger student body and the risk of entrenching racism and segregation.

“Our children are already dealing with [racism] in the existing school system,” said Muriel Pascal, whose three grandchildren are enrolled at Thomas Cook elementary. “I didn’t grow up with it in my community.

I grew up with it in high school.”

Jo-Ann Archibald, a Sto:lo academic and the associate dean for indigenous education at the University of B.C.’s faculty of education, moderated the discussion and said the forum was intended to provide feedback and even guidance to the Vancouver school board.

At a June meeting, the board grappled with school closures and floated the idea of “possible reconfiguration of Britannia Secondary into a K-12 school with an Aboriginal mini school.”

The possibility of such a mini school was the basis for discussion at Templeton and the previous night at Point Grey secondary.

School board chair Patti Bacchus and superintendent Steve Cardwell were in attendance. Both said they were there to listen and stressed their interest in understanding what a community with remark-

able variety wants and prefers. Bacchus characterized the discussion at Templeton, which drew a crowd of diverse aboriginal ancestry, as “fairly overwhelmingly positive.”

The forum at Point Grey drew members from Musqueam, and Bacchus said segregation was voiced as a concern. “We heard a little more apprehension,” she said.

At Templeton, the majority of speakers greeted the crowd of 80 by introducing themselves in their aboriginal language.

Multiple speakers drew applause when they suggested converting Macdonald, an elementary school near Hastings and Victoria that is 68 per cent under capacity. Britannia was also said to be a good location, and some speakers wanted to see partnerships with existing community service providers and businesses.

“My concern is with this word ‘mini,’” said Muriel Pascal. “We do things in a big way—it takes a lot of people.”

Another speaker put forward the idea of a magnet school, which would draw students who wish to focus on a certain field of study similar to schools that specialize in arts or athletics.

Just what is education “with an aboriginal focus” and how to incorporate indigenous knowledge came up through the three-hour discussion, and multiple speakers said the school should prioritize but not be exclusive to aboriginal students.

As an example of adaptive and specialized curricula, Archibald pointed to the province-wide First Nations 12 course that students can use toward graduation as an alternative to English 12.

Betsy Bruyere with Aboriginal Community Equity Services, who also works with residential school survivors, asked, “What are our benchmarks for success?”

On paper posted to the walls of the Templeton gym, people also wrote their concerns. Noted one: “Standards must be kept high.” mstewart@vancourier.com Twitter: @MHStewart

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Vancouver turns 125 this year, and you can be part of the celebration. Small and large-scale grants are available for events and programs to support the growing excitement, pride and enthusiasm of the city’s anniversary, which will be marked April 6. The application deadline is Friday, Feb. 25 at 4:30 p.m. For more information about the grant program, or to register for a session, call 604-673-8283, or email kristen.lambertson@vancouver.ca

City seeks heritage volunteers

Are you a resident who cares about heritage? How about Gastown? The city is seeking volunteers from the general public for positions on two civic agencies—the Vancouver Heritage Foundation Board and the Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee (property owners category). For further questions about the heritage board, call 604-264-9642,ext.

302. City council will make all appointments, which are for two years, except where otherwise indicated. It may take up to eight weeks after the deadline for appointments to be made. Application deadline is Friday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m.

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Overdose deaths declined since 1990s Mike Howell Staff writer

A total of 274 people died of drug overdoses in Vancouver between 2005 and 2009, according to preliminary statistics released to the Courier by the B.C. Coroners Service.

Though the number of deaths is significant, Thomas Kerr, a research scientist for the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, said the death toll should be put into context. Kerr said the number of drug overdose deaths in Vancouver has declined significantly since the 1990s.

“But it’s still too high because overdose deaths are preventable,” he said.

In 2009, 62 people died of a drug overdose in Vancouver compared to 140 in 1997, 191 in 1998 and 108 in 1990. Statistics show a steady decline of deaths in the past decade, with an average of 55 each year between 2005 and 2009. The coroners service has yet to release statistics for 2010.

Kerr pointed to the expansion of the province’s methadone program for drug users and the opening of the Insite drug injection site on East Hastings in 2003 as factors in the decline in deaths.

Drug awareness education for users has also played a role, he said.

“The reality is, none of these things are silver bullets and you need to do a little bit of everything and things will move in the right direction,” Kerr said. “What people, I think, forget is that Insite is a small pilot facility

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and it serves a small geographic area. We know that from our data that something like 70 per cent of the frequent users of Insite live within three blocks.”

Kerr, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, the city’s drug policy department and several municipal leaders, including Mayor Gregor Robertson, have argued for more treatment facilities and injection sites in Vancouver.

Two suspected overdose drug deaths earlier this month in the same area of Kingsway prompted Ann Livingston of VANDU to renew her call for more injection sites throughout the city, not just the Downtown Eastside. A 19-year-old woman died behind a gas station in the 2200 block of Kingsway and a 26-year-old woman died in The 2400 Motel at 2400 Kingsway.

“They really need a place up on Kingsway because that’s what these deaths indicate,” said Livingston, the former executive director of VANDU. “We need proper injection sites, we need them as a program and we need them in any neighbourhood that has a lot of public drug use.”

The Vancouver Police Department issued a warning to drug users Jan. 17 about the women’s deaths and a third near-death of a man they suspect involved “potentially fatal heroin.”

As of Thursday, police had received no further reports of overdoses involving what they suspect is heroin cut or diluted with an unknown substance. Typically, heroin is cut with other drugs or with sugar, starch, powdered milk or quinine to lessen the purity and spread out a dealer’s supply.

The Vancouver-based Urban Health Research Initiative, which is a program of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, released a study earlier this month that reviewed all drug overdose deaths in B.C. between 2001 and 2005.

The study found rates of fatal drug overdoses were two to three times higher among First Nations people than the general population.

The deaths were higher among First Nations women than men. Twenty per cent, or one in five of the 909 deaths examined, occurred in the Downtown Eastside. mhowell@vancourier.com Twitter: @Howellings

After a varied career in physical therapy, telecom consulting, franchise management, and high tech sales and marketing, Doug Burgoyne wanted to pursue a business venture that would make a positive environmental impact. In 2008, he founded Vancouver based FROGBOX Inc., and in just two short years, his business has established offices in Seattle and Toronto, with plans to expand to the 50 biggest cities across North America within four years.

FROGBOX Inc. rents reusable moving containers as an eco-friendly alternative to cardboard boxes. Customers in Vancouver, Toronto and Seattle can rent boxes, wardrobes, totes and other moving supplies.

FROGBOX moving containers save customers time and money because they’re easier to move than cardboard boxes, don’t require any tape to close, and are conveniently dropped off and picked up by the company.

FROGBOX is based on the premise that reuse is better than consumption or even recycling. Lifecycle analysis conducted at the University of British Columbia shows that reusing High Density Polyethelyne (HDPE –What FROGBOXES are made of ) greatly reduces the environmental footprint vs. using cardboard boxes. The boxes are used hundreds of times during their lifespan, and after the useful life of a FROGBOX, they will be ground down locally and recycled into other useful products.

FROGBOX is committed to donating 1% of sales to frog habitat and local wetlands restoration projects and mandate that all locations, current and future do the same, in their local markets. Doug Burgoyne is a

guest speaker at many Climatesmart classes.

So what is Doug’s secret to enjoying success as an entrepreneur? Burgoyne stresses the importance of being passionate about what you do. “Due to the long hours required to start a business, knowing what you want out of your business from the beginning is essential to prevent it from taking over your life”.

He also notes,“Taking time for yourself, your family and your health is just as important as working hard, and you should set aside time for these things, even when it seems like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done”.

In addition, throughout the business development process, Burgoyne “frequently consulted the Small Business BC website (www.smallbusinessbc. ca), which is full of guidelines, templates and other resources designed to help small business owners get started on the right foot”.

Entrepreneur Magazine named FROGBOX one of 10 “Hot Startups for 2010” –the only Canadian company on that list. FROGBOX is a 2011 Small Business BC Successful You Awards www.successfulyou.ca top 10 finalist for Best Green Business. In addition, FROGBOX recently pitched on the CBC’s hit show Dragon’s Den which aired on January 26th.

Bridget Field, Small Business BC. Small Business BC offers advisory services, education and community to help B.C. entrepreneurs succeed in all stages of business. For more information, visit www.smallbusinessbc.ca.

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Finely crafted beer a roadie symbol

Do not drink and ride your bike. When I think of baseball, I think of corndogs; when I think of sumo wrestling, I think of sushi. What food or drink do you associate with cycling?

God’s gift to fat kids is a mixture of peanut butter and chocolate. Cold beer is God’s gift to roadies. Not cheap junk beer, but the finely crafted sort that may cost a buck or two more per pint.

The defining qualities of a brewmaster are coincidentally the defining qualities of a roadie: effort, patience, focus, determination and dashing good looks. There is good reason for the natural synergy between roadies and fine beer.

Beer to a roadie is more than a beverage to reward the effort of a long and hard ride; it’s a complement to the lifestyle in a much bigger way.

A roadie isn’t a downtown bike courier who disregards the rules, ticks off motorists and dodges pedestrians on sidewalks. A roadie isn’t someone who occasionally blows the dust off a road bike as a prelude to an effortless pedal around town that’s stra-

jeffreyhansen-carlson tegically routed to avoid hills.

A roadie is someone who calls road cycling his or her sport; they have invested money in decent equipment, as well as effort in improving. Most of the roadies I know have a high need for achievement; they operate on the premise of constantly setting—and achieving—objectives. That, of course, can be said of anyone actively involved in organized sport. It doesn’t take a special person to earn the title of roadie, but it does take a special level of commitment.

Roadies appreciate subtle advantages. Nothing about being a roadie is sloppy and imprecise; we don’t even ride with baggy clothing. I cannot

disclose how much I’d spend to shed 500 grams off my bike’s gross weight because my wife would go on a shopping rampage. Suffice it to say that it’s more than $10.

My peers and I would pay a premium for a subtle improvement in the performance and sex appeal of our bikes, just like we’d also pay a premium to savour a precisely made brew and be seen drinking it. For a roadie, the purpose of beer isn’t indulgence; great beer is synonymous with many other components of a roadie’s life. What it takes to make beer and what a prided beer states about the individual drinking it embody the roadie culture.

I’m a roadie, but I’m also a former fat kid. The savoury combination of peanut butter and chocolate resonates on my pallet morning, noon and night. I love beer; I lust for peanut butter and chocolate.

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1. Vancouver’s stripped-down and stompy blues-rock duo The Pack A.D. play a hometown show after months of touring the U.S. and Europe. Will they have accents or wear French berets? Find out when they play the Biltmore Jan. 28 with Thee Manipulators, Bogus Tokus and Hospital Blonde.

Tickets at Zulu, Red Cat, Scratch and the Biltmore or online at ticketweb.ca.

2. With nods to the Replacements, XTC and the Posies, the sophomore album from local power pop act China Syndrome, Nothing’s Not Worth Knowing, is definitely, ahem, worth knowing. See why we get paid the big bucks? The melodic dudes play a CD release party at the Railway Jan. 29 with guests The Strange Magic, Places With Faces and Midnight Lightning.

3. From intimate handmade collage to large kinetic sculptures, local artist Roy Arden livens things up at the Contemporary Art Gallery (555 Nelson St.) for his first solo exhibition there since 1993. UNDERTHESUN runs Jan. 28 to March 27. For more info, call 604-681-2700 or go to contemporaryartgallery.ca.

4. In music circles, Denver husband-and-wife duo Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore go by the name Tennis. The band’s debut album, Cape Dory, chronicles the couple’s seven-month sailing trip around the Atlantic with infectious, sun-drenched ’60s pop. Hear what all the fuss is about when Tennis cruises into the Media Club Jan. 31 with guests Air Waves. Tickets at Red Cat, Scratch and Zulu or online at ticketweb.ca.

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Those poor buggers. According to a memo issued

by VANOC CEO John Furlong, the organizers of the Vancouver Olympics have been forced to cancel payment of about $13 million in promised “retention bonuses” to staff, citing the recession.

You may recall that Olympic organizers had originally promised staff, including those in historically underpaid executive positions, $30-million in bonuses as a reward and incentive for not quitting their jobs before the Games began. After all, it’s not enough to get paid to do a job—some people need to get paid for sticking around to get paid to do their job.

Furlong said the retention bonuses that he heartlessly snatched from employees’ manicured hands would instead be used to balance the books for the 2010 Winter Games, leaving those employees who selflessly did the job they were paid handsomely to do to scrape by with only the $17 million in retention bonuses they’ve already received. Needless to say, it’s a rude awakening whenever you’re expected to not quit your job and then find out you’re only getting paid a $17-million pittance

for not quitting your job. Talk about soul crushing. Our hearts go out to those employees and their loved ones who are probably skiing the slopes of Whistler with a little less glide right now. Stay strong—you’ll pull through.

Where the streets have new names

There’s a new neighbourhood in town, and it’s taking names. On Thursday, we were forwarded an email from the City of Vancouver announcing recommendations for two new street names in the newly developed East Fraser Lands Area 2, located near the Marpolian haunts of the Arthur Laing Bridge.

Initially we were excited about the endless possibilities that a couple of nameless streets would provide the creative minds at the city’s street naming department. Nameless streets, similar to how one music critic once described Britney Spears, represent “an empty vessel to be projected into, a means of escape and fantasy for a million different people in a million different ways.” Or something like that.

Sadly, the two suggestions the city has put forward have us shrugging our sinewy, Tae-

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Even in our most sluggish, depressed state, K&K’s boulevard of broken dreams can think of dozens of street names more interesting and appropriate than lame old Pierview Crescent and River…zzzzzzz…. sorry about that—just typing those names puts us to sleep.

Anyway, here are a few of our suggestions: • You Still Can’t Afford a House Here Avenue • YVR Jet Engine Rumble Terrace • Closer to IKEA Lane • Seriously, This Is Not Marpole Boulevard.

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Could Robson Street’s loss be Main Street’s gain? It sure looks that way.

Hervé Martin is moving his long-running Hermitage to Main, just north of King Edward, to the former home of the Purple Crab. The one-time chef to the King of Belgium is philosophical about his move.

“Robson Street has changed a lot since we opened here in 1988, “It was just about time for me to leave. I’m not disappointed— I’m actually quite happy,” says Martin, whose cozy Burgundian haunt has been a favourite tasty and tranquil escape for many over the last 23 years.

He says his landlord has been very helpful. But Martin makes no bones about the work ahead.

As for the new Hermitage, which should arrive by fall, it will be similar but different, says the restaurateur.

One piece of furniture that won’t be making the trip across town is the giant, bevel mirrored sideboard, which occupies nearly the entire length of the west wall. It’s too big to move— although Martin says he will offer it to anyone to take away for a dollar. Or perhaps auction it off for charity.

“On the other hand, I might just keep parts of it for the new place to recreate

the feeling we have here,” he says.

The move is a work in progress. But one thing’s for sure: “Valentine’s Day will be our last service,” says Martin.

Hermitage on Robson (604-6893237) will close at midnight Feb. 14.

••• Missing from our list of Dine Out recommendations was Gramercy Grill (604-730-5666), an oversight if ever there was one. Last week we turned a blind eye to their Health Smart lunch menu (two courses for $16) in favour of a plate of the plumpest Salt Spring Island mussels we’ve seen yet, swimming in a delicious white wine and tomato broth, with chunks of chorizo to spice things up. All that, and superb fries with aioli, too!

The Dine Out menu (three courses for $28) is as extensive as any around, with thoughtful and fairly priced wines by the glass, also offered by the bottle at 10 per cent off Sundays to Thursdays during Dine Out. We recently visited Gramercy Grill to meet up with McLaren Vale winemak-

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One hundred ‘ordinary’ Vancouverites take part in revealing theatre project

Statistics made fun in illuminating 100% Vancouver 100% Vancouver

At the Wong Experimental Theatre at SFU Woodward’s Jan. 29 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Tickets: 604.684.2787 ticketstonight.ca Reviewed by Jo Ledingham

Oh, that statistics could always be this much fun. Borrowing from the German company Rimini Protokoll (which has previously done 100% Berlin and 100% Vienna), Vancouver’s Theatre Replacement and SFU Woodward’s combines forces to present 100% Vancouver, a celebration of this city’s diversity 125 years after its genesis.

The project, directed by Amiel Gladstone, began with the casting of one person followed by that person recruiting another and so on until three months later there were 100 “ordinary” people (that is, non-actors) or approximately one per cent of Vancouver’s population.

After each of the 100 (from toddler to grandmother) comes on stage and introduces himself/

As with previous incarnations such as 100% Berlin, the local production of 100% Vancouver puts a fascinating face to normally dry statistics derived from census data. herself, the questions begin. And a really interesting kind of dance begins, too, with people moving

from one side to the other, coming together again, splitting again as the questions flow. “Are you

a man or a woman?” (One—a transgendered young man—remained in the middle.) “Were

you born in this country?” “Do you drink and drive?” (Amazingly honest, a handful went to the “yes” side.) “Have you ever been in jail?” (Again, a surprising number.) “Have you ever smoked marijuana?” (A couple of dozen.)

The questions appear as surtitles for us to read; some are scripted but many come from the participants themselves and are not known to the rest of them until the performance.

A camera pointing down over the stage captures their movement and projects that onto a screen so we not only see the people moving but we also see them as coloured dots—the way you might view statistics on a chart.

With the jazzy accompaniment of Ron Samworth and a threepiece band, 100% Vancouver is illuminating, sometimes funny, sometimes astonishingly honest (one confessed, turning away from the audience, to failing to recycle) and an entertaining way to visualize those usually boring numbers that stare up at us from the page. joled@telus.net

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Gorgeous bodies—three men, two women—flung themselves at each other and wrapped themselves around each

other in an explosive, erotic, almost brutal dance: she/he loves me, she/he loves me not.

No fancy makeup or costumes here; the emphasis was all on the perfection of the human body and exploring its limits.

The last act had the audience groaning in sympathy as one dancer in shiny, bloodred, patent leather stilettos, clambered all over one of the male dancers using him as a stepladder, balancing on parts of his almost bare body, grasping him by the hair and generally abusing him. Funny thing was—he seemed to like it.

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B-boy turned choreographer transforms 46-year-old film score into contemporary dance piece

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Doug Elkins started out spinning on his head and shoulders. Now he’s best known for giving The Sound of Music a new twist.

The b-boy turned choreographer has reinvigorated the film’s 46-year-old score with Martha Graham, step and hip-hop influenced dance.

Doug Elkins and Friends bring their Fraulein Maria production to Canada for the first time, Feb. 3 to 5. It’s the second show in DanceHouse’s contemporary dance season.

Inspired by his preschool-aged children’s love for the film, Elkins first presented Fraulein Maria on a “postage-stamp” sized stage at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theatre in New York City in 2006. It was so well received that directors Barbara Karger and Michael Preston helped him develop the work theatrically to its current form in 2008.

But first, Elkins had to appeal to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization for permission to use the iconic music for a spare production that focuses on dance and the collective pop culture memory of the film, not a full musical production.

“At first, it was like the scene from some kind of vaudeville, this 30-foot-long table with them in suits at the other end and myself and [company manager] Amy Cassello sitting at the other end,”

Doug Elkins and Friends’ Fraulein Maria mixes songs from the film version of Sound of Music with step and hip-hop influenced dance. he said. “They’re holding up my CV like it’s a wet diaper.”

Now, he says the most recent anniversary DVD release of the film includes him. “I’m actually being interviewed as one of a few people who have actually reinvigorated the sound of music and recontextualized it,” Elkins said.

Fraulein Maria features the Alps represented with fabric draped over dancers’ bodies, three Marias, one of them male, and nuns

dancing to earworms that include “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Do-ReMi” and “So Long, Farewell.”

Elkins said the low-tech staging was inspired by the way he saw his kids tell stories. That, and the realities of working on a shoestring budget.

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He adds the show serves audiences on several levels by including odd nods to American dance history.

“References to Martha Graham and George Balanchine to hiphop and step dancing and voguing, they’re kind of layered into it,” he said.

The award-winning choreographer first toured the world as a breakdancer with groups that include New York Dance Express and Magnificent Force. He founded the Doug Elkins Dance Company in 1988, which performed in the U.S. and internationally for 15 years before disbanding in 2003.

It was during the subsequent lull and heightened family time that he dreamt up Fraulein Maria.

Despite repeated performances since 2006, Elkins claims his delight in the Sound of Music hasn’t faded.

“My favourite rhyme in the whole thing is on ‘So Long, Farewell.’ I can’t remember who says ‘Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you,’” he said.

DanceHouse co-producer Barb Clausen says she couldn’t resist including Elkins’ work in the season that sees upcoming performances by Wen Wei Dance and the Beijing Modern Dance Company. “[Elkins] is among the generation of New York ‘downtown’ dancers who in the ’90s began to bring pop culture references and popular and street dance styles into their work,” she explained.

“When we heard about the charming contemporary dance piece he had created to the Sound of Music as a love letter to his kids… we were smitten.”

Elkins said his next project is a retelling of Othello using the Motown songbook.

Fraulein Maria happens at the Vancouver Playhouse. For more information, see dancehouse.ca. crossi@vancourier.com

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ExtendedDay Day & & Elementary Extended ElementaryOrientation Orientation th at 7:00 p.m.

Feb. Feb. 17 15th at 7:00 p.m.

PreschoolOrientation Orientation & & Registration Preschool Registration st at 7:00 p.m.

Feb. 17thth at at 7:00 7:00 p.m. p.m. & & Mar. Mar. 31 Feb. 15 15th at 7:00 p.m.

8650Barnard BarnardStreet, Street,Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C. B.C. V6P V6P 5G5 8650 5G5

Phone: 604-261-0315

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LICENSE AND INSURANCE PAID We• Offer:

FOREMAN/SUPERVISOR

Reports to: Maintenance Manager A Richmond bag mfr has a perm, F/T opening. The candidate should have 10-15 years experience in plastic and/or paper manufacturing in supervisory role. Experience with working on extruders, printing presses and bag machines is required. Familiarity with implementing PM programs. Trade diploma/certificate a must. You should have your own car.

Duties: • Supervise maintenance employees • Demonstrate and ensure safe and efficient operations • Prioritizing, organizing and monitoring the maintenance activities to ensure maximum productivity • Provide training to current maintenance staff • Establish and implement a PM program • Be hands on by assisting in troubleshooting and completing repairs Starting wage depending on experience. Excellent benefit package.

Reply in confidence to: Human Resources, Bulldog Bag Ltd., 13631 Vulcan Way, Richmond, V6V 1K4, or fax to 604-273-9927, or email to hr@bulldogbag.com

EDUCATION ADULT MANDARIN CHINESE CLASSES Learn to speak basic Mandarin for business, career and personal enjoyment.

Classes start Feb 1, 12 & 26

Vancouver, Richmond & Burnaby Cost: $295 for 18-hour course

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Earn 60-$70+ K Per Year!

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FASHIONS

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2035

Security for the Long Term

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3507

Carriers

5th Floor 5750 Oak Street (at 41st Avenue)

FREE job search and training assistance for men and women

P/T Sales Associate - West Vancouver store

SMALLER DEEP freezer 21”x31” and 36”deep good condition. $50 obo 604 808 6223 North Shore

2015

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IN HOME OR STUDIO LESSONS Piano, Theory & other instruments.

Allegro Music School 604-327-7765

1420

FEATURED EMPLOYMENT

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HOME DEPOT JOB FAIR

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EDUCATION

We Believe in You.

Sprott-Shaw Community College has been training students in BC for over 107 years. We want you to be a success story too!

PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAM

LIMITEDSEATSAVAILABLE!

Morning & Evening Classes Available Career Opportunities: Practical Nursing Free Biology Upgrading.

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Health Care Assistant Program

(Formerly Resident Care Attendant Program)

Health Care Attendants and Community Health Workers have an important contribution to make to BC’s Health Care system.

Includes: Crisis Prevention Management & Palliative Care

Community Support Worker/ Social Services

Career Opportunities: Child & Youth Care Worker, Women’s Shelter Worker, Family Place Worker, Teen Pregnancy & Parenting Counsellor, Settlement/Newcomer’s Service Worker

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THE VANCOUVER COURIER FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011

GARAGE SALES

VANCOUVER West End Community Centre and King George Secondary School are having a

FLEA MARKET Over 80 tables of

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Sat, Jan, 29, 10am 4347 West 9th (enter through lane)

1755 Barclay St, entrance off Denman King George Gym Downtown Vancouver

Call 604-257-8333 for more information

Empty your Garage Fill Your Wallet

PRESA CANARIO PB pups, view parents, Fawn & Brindle, shots & dewormed. $900. 778-593-0533

PUPPIES AMERICAN Bulldog/ German shepherd 7 wks, healthy, no shots $325 obo 778-862-3568

MAKE IT A SUCCESS! Call 604-630-3300

SHIH TZU BIJON Pups. Family raised. 1st shots, dewormed, nonshed. $575 Firm. 604-882-0137

OPEN EVERYDAY 10am - 5pm incl. SUNDAY

SHIHTZU X Japanese Chin Puppies, Vet checked & shots. $495 + 604-746-9332 Abbotsford

Cares!

3508 3507

Cats

CATS. Fixed - male and female rescued cats. Free to good, n/s indoor homes only. 604-513-9310

Dogs

Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds. www. abetterlifedogrescue.com HAVANESE PUPS, CKC Reg. 1 female, 3 males, almost ready to go. choose now, 604-536-1817

★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION !

604-724-7652

3508

Dogs

Has everything you need!

Sleeps 4, complete kitchen, TV, VCR, DVD. Best swimming pool in Whistler, heated year round, jacuzzi, sauna, underground parking.

Weekday Special: Sun - Thurs. $119/nt two night min.

Info at 604-785-5672 or www.magellan.directvacations.com

5005

5020

Accounting/ Bookkeeping

The Vancouver Courier has partnered with the BC SPCA to encourage responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals. Before purchasing a new puppy, ensure the seller has provided excellent care and treatment of the animal and the breeding parents. For a complete guide to finding a reputable breeder and other considerations when acquiring a new pet, visit spca.bc.ca.

JACK RUSSELL pups smooth m/f, dewormed, 1 shots, tails docked, view parents, $450. 604-701-1587

Computer/ Internet

COMPUTER SOLUTIONS 604-721-8434.. 15 yrs experience Cert. Prof. aplusconnectivity.ca

5035 STANDARD POODLE pups, CKC reg. brown, black & cream, Chwk. 604-823-2467 ..302-1761

Proceeds to the Tapestry Foundation in support of residential & elder care at Mount St. Joseph, Holy Family, St. Vincent’s Langara, Brock Farhni, Youville Residence & Marion Hospice.

Travel 4530 Destinations WHISTLER Ski in/Ski out 1 bedroom condo

Corporate Tax Returns $225 +up $20 and up for personal tax.

Monthly bookkeeping $20 hr +.

Specialize: construction; sm bus. accounting. Trevor 604-788-0396

TAPESTRY THRIFT SHOP

1369 Kingsway (just west of Knight St) NG • Furniture • Houseware HI • Books • Knick Knacks SOMEFTOR NE! O RY • Jewellery • Accessories VE EAT !

E • Clothing for Women, Men GR ICES PR and Children

6020

Dogs

GARAGE SALE EVERYTHING FREE

fabulous bargains! GARAGE SALE SUNDAY January 30th, 2011 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Admission: $1

3508

Financial Services

Cut Your Debt by up to 70% DEBT Forgiveness Program Avoid Bankruptcy, Stops Creditor Calls. Much lower Payments at 0% Interest.

We work for You, not Your Creditors.

Call 1-866-690-3328 www.4pillars.ca

5040

Business Opps/ Franchises

#1 JANITORIAL FRANCHISE Customers, (Office Cleaning), Training and support. Financing. www.coverall.com 604-434-7744 info@coverallbc.com HOMEWORKERS NEEDED!!!

Full /Part time positions available - Will train. On-Line Data Entry, Typing Work, E-mail Reading, PC/Clerical Work, Homemailers, Assembling Products. HURRY, SPOTS GO FAST! www.CanadianJobsFromHome.com

IS FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP RIGHT FOR YOU? Use MatchPoint’s FREE Franchise Consulting Service to help you find the right franchise to purchase! Call Ian McRae, Senior Franchise Consultant. 1-604-815-0037

imcrae@matchpointnetwork.com

ALL SMALL breed pups local & non shedding $350+.

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AMERICAN COCKER Spaniel P/B pups, 7wks old, 1st shots incl, $700 cash obo. 604-375-8822

KOMONDOR 8 wks, 2 males, low shed/low allergen, smart, loyal, loving. $1000. 604-857-4120

4020

Health Products & Services

SENIORS ADVOCATE & Consultant. Housing & Care Options.

For support call: 604-876-3906

LAB PUPPIES Choc Black & yellows, males & females, ready view parents $550. 604-701-1587

4051

Registered Massage Services

SWEDISH BODY MASSAGE & WAXING

$45/hr. $109 Head to toe pkg. $78/2hrs Body + Facial or Waxing pkg.

Brazilian Waxing from $35

3482 Main St. Van 604-376-1686

AUSSIE DOODLE/LAB Doodles, from $650 - $900, yellow or black non shed 604-302-3993

BLACK FEMALE SHEPARD/ LAB Pups, vaccinated, parents reg, $500 ea. 604-534-3524

MINI PB DACHSHUND. Smooth & long, all colours, health guar’d.

Ready now! $800. 604-538-5433

4060 P/B CHIHUAHUAS, 8wks old, Super tiny, black, orange & white. $325 obo... 778-862-3568

BLUE NOSE PITBULLS to loving home. 1 male, 5 females, $550 (M), $750 (F). 778-968-3123

GOLDEN RETRIEVER pups healthy socialized. exc temp vet check deworm $575 604-819-8083

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5075

Mortgages

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FREE Consultation: 1-866-416-6772 www.ExpressPardons.com NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The estate of Barbara Shirley Spurr, deceased, formerly of #205 - 8915 Hudson Street, Vancouver, B.C. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Barbara Shirley Spurr, deceased, are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the undersigned Executor; David Unterman, Lawyer #200 - 6330 Fraser Street, Vancouver, B.C., V5W 3A4, on or before March 30, 2011, after which date the Executor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of David Peake, Deceased, who died on November 9, 2010, are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executrix Penelope Elizabeth Peake also known as Penny Peake, at #302 - 1224 Hamilton Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 2S8, before March 15, 2011, after which date the Executrix will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which she has notice.

Notice to Creditors and others having claims against the estate of ALICE AUDREY KENNEDY, deceased October 27, 2010, that the particulars of the claims should be sent to the Administrator at 3875 West 4th Ave. Vancouver, BC, V6R 4H8 on or before February 18, 2011, after which date the Administrator will distribute the estate among the parties entiltled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Administrator then has notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: THE ESTATE OF JOSSELYN WALKER FRIEDSAM, DECEASED NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of JOSSELYN WALKER FRIEDSAM, late of 304-7580 Columbia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, who died on May 28, 2010 are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor c/o 700 - 401 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 5A1, on or before March 5, 2011 after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which he has notice.

Alexander Leslie Watson Executor By: Richards Buell Sutton LLP Attention: Patrick (Rick) Montens

Mind,Body&Soul

P/B LABS, non papered, family raised, vet checked, 1st shots, 604-795-7662 No Sunday calls

VEDIC ASTROLOGER Honest, Reliable & Dependable - Pundit KP Shastri Will remove all your obstacles with: Yantra, Mantra, and Tantra. 778-858-6331 or kpshastri108@gmail.com

PIT BULL PUPS. Pb Blue Nose Bullies, vet checked & dewormed.

Best lines, looks & prices. $500.

604-819-6006

604-630-3300

To advertise call

6007

6008

Having difficulty obtaining Financing?

6020

Martinique Walker, AMP

Verico Assent Mortgage Corp Call: 604-984-9159 Toll Free: 866-984-9159

Vancouver East Side

6020-38

Real Estate

Sun, Jan 30, 2-4pm, 3267 E. Georgia St, Vancouver. 6 BR, 4 baths, 3 years old. $854,900.

Mala @ Sutton 778-859-4458

uSELLaHOME.com

6040

$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Delta Price Reduced studio condo, 19+ complex, pool, park, $99,900 597-8361 id4714 Maple Ridge spotless 947sf 1br condo above snrs cent 55+ $219,900 466-1882 id5262 Sry Sullivan Mews ground lvl 1200sf 2br 2ba tnhse, 55+complex $220K 834-6935 id5136 Sry E Newton 1 acre lot with 2600sf 6br 2.5ba bungalow $479,900 778-549-2056 id5198 Sry Bear Creek Park Reduced 1440sf rancher, gated 45+ $279,900 597-0616 id5234

Okanagen/ Interior

KELOWNA EXEC. 6 bdrm/7 bath completely furnished w/o rancher entertainers dream; 4 bdrms have ensuites, stunning lake/city/ mountain views. Gorgeous landscaping, sauna & salt pool. $1.5M. 1-877-762-7831

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7005

We Offer Quick Cash For Your House

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Body Work

ABSOLUTELY the ultimate full body massage. Female avail 8am - late. in/out. 604-771-4210

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RELAXING MASSAGE very clean/private. 9am-11pm, 7days, D/town & Kits. Anie 604-684-8773

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We Will Take Over Your Payment Until We Sell Your Property. No Fees.

Call Kristen today (604) 812-3718

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Call Chris today (604) 786-4663

**RELIEVE ROAD RAGE**

www.bcforeclosures.com 4 BR home from $18,000 down $1,800/mo. 604-538-8888, Alain @ Sutton WC Realty W. Rock

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7010

6002

Personals

Agents

THINKING OF SELLING? Commission Savings of up to 50% ★

Full Service Commitment Complimentary Market Evaluations ★

27 Years of Award-Winning Sales Experience C Peter A L 604-290-1002 L Amex Broadway West Realty

Industrial/Commercial

CHURCH OF GOD 1901 East 41st Avenue, Vancouver, BC

NEW REGULATIONS For Insured Mortgages changing soon! (CMHC) Call TODAY For Purchases, Refinances & Consolidations.

Self-Emp mortgages avail.

Rates are still low!

Tsawwas.

RANCHER NEXT to Tsaawwassen Town Centre, fully reno’d 3 br, 2 bath, 848 sqft, + 750 sf over sized garage w/workshop. $759,900. Info 604-943-2572

Surrey

Houses - Sale

6020-01

Chilliwack

6020-36

SRY, GUILDFORD. 2 BR, 1 bath, 850sf g/l T/H, f/p, patio. $178,900.

Near schools, amens. By Owner 604-277-2512 or 604-657-3810

6025

Verico Assent Mortgage Corp Call: 604-984-9159 Toll Free: 866-984-9159

6020-06

CHILLIWACK well built spac 7 BR home, superb views, 1/3 acre, deck, w/shop, gar, $549,800. Mel Crocker, 604-726-6358 RE/MAX

Condos/ Townhouses

6008-30

Abbotsford

ABBOTSFORD, 4 BR Rancher, 3 bath, completely updated, fin bsmnt, pool, deck. $499,800. Mel Crocker 604-726-6358 RE/MAX

SQUAMISH DOG

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGES Martinique Walker, AMP

6020-02

BUSINESSES FOR SALE

Walking/Boarding biz for sale. $36k Great home based biz with freedom and fresh air!

Well established & going strong.

Low overhead, 40-60K/yr. lovesnowt@hotmail.com

Clean Sweep?

Metaphysical

*CONNECT WITH YOUR FUTURE* Learn from the past, Master the present! Call A True Psychic NOW! $3.19min 1-877-478-4410 (18+) 1-900-783-3800 Answers to all your questions!

4062

5070

5505

Legal/Public Notices

Houses - Sale

Sell it in the Classifieds!

604

630.3300

Ideally situated on a high exposure 66 x 121 foot lot, this church has seating for 130 and provides for 4,100 square feet on two levels that includes a sanctuary, mezzanine and full basement with a kitchen, washroom and four offices/meeting rooms. Parking for up to 10 vehicles is provided in a private fenced and gated parking lot.

ASKING PRICE: $1,595,000 Mark Lester* Senior Vice President DIR 1 604 661 0890 mark.lester@colliers.com www.uniqueproperties.ca

Alan Johnson Vice President 1 604 661 0842 alan.johnson@colliers.com www.uniqueproperties.ca DIR

* Personal Real Estate Corporation

Buying or Renting, find a great place to call home.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

6522 6505

Apartments & Condos

1 BR corner apt 750sf, good views, nr bus/shops, inste w/d, ug prkg, community lounge for seniors 55+, 2740 W. King Edward, $1340/mo ns np, Phone 10 am 4pm Mon -Fri . 604-671-0965

6505-11

North Van Apt. Rentals

1BD/17FLR, $1800, 5mins away from the seabus, dw, W&D, gym & pool. Small pets Ok. Avail Mar (604) 723-2559 Sean

6505-12

West Van Apt. Rentals

1 BDRM Recently reno’d 800sf, available in quiet waterfront building, exceptional ocean view, No pets, non-smoking.

2180 Argyle Ave. West Vanc. 604-913-1849 for viewing appointment

6508

Apt/Condos

MOVE-IN BONUS

GEORGIAN TOWERS 1450 WEST GEORGIA ST.

1 & 2 bedrooms starting from $1150 Heart of Downtown, easy transit access. Large gym, laundry on every floor, dishwashers in all suites, in/outdoor parking.

RENTALS 604-669-4185

Furnished Accommodation

A. LIC. ELECTRICIAN #19807 Semi-retired wants small jobs only.

604-689-1747, pgr 604-686-2319

HOMAWAY INNS Specializing in furn accom in the Westend Vancouver at reas rates. call 604-684-7811 or visit www.homawayinns.com

EXP’D. HOUSECLEANER Reason Rates! Reliable! D/Town Westside. Exc Reference!

604-771-2978

ABACUS ELECTRIC.ca Lic Elect Contr 97222. 40 years exp. 1 stop!

Reas. rates! BBB. 778-988-9493.

6540

Houses - Rent

3 Bdrm Homes! Rent TO OWN! Poor Credit Ok, Low Down.

Call Karyn 604-857-3597 STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN ● No Qualification - Low Down ● NEW WEST- 1722-6th Av 2 bdrm HOUSE w/1 suite 2 f/p,Long term finance, new roof, RT-1..$1,288/M SURREY- 6297 134 St. Solid 5 bdrm HOUSE w/2 bdrm suite on 1/4 acre lot with views... $1,688/M CHILLIWACK - 9557 Williams, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town..... $888/M Call Kristen today (604)786-4663 www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca

6595

Shared Accommodation

6595-20

Coq./Poco/ Port Moody

ROOMMATE NEEDED to share 1800 sqft Townhouse in Port Moody, w/d, laminate floors, $575 incls utils, cable & internet, parking, indoor pool, nr SFU & Lougheed Mall. Suits professional working person or student. References Required. Avail Now. Call 778-846-5275

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

2 BDRM, $1250, renovated, cable&internet, N/S & N/P, Feb 1 Call 778-233-1134.

990 BROUGHTON OCEAN PARK PLACE

GARDEN LEVEL 1 bdrm ste in Dunbar, priv entr, gas f/p, suits 1 quiet person, N/S N/P, $1000 incl utils. Feb 1, 604-266-8178

Water & heat incl. Trendy area off Robson Street.

Minutes to the beach.

Move in bonus. Call for details.

RENTALS 604-682 8422

www.caprent.com

1105-1146 Harwood St 1Br, 1 bath, shared wd, 500sf, leave, np, ns, avail now, $1100. Eric 604-723-7368 RP Prop Mngt

204- 5725 Agronomy Rd. UBC 2 br corner, 2 bath, 900sf, granite, balc. lease, ns, np, $2300, now, Eric 604-723-7368 Prop Mngt BACH SUITE 55 plus. or older, $575 incl heat & a $650 w/patio not incl heat, coin wd, np, ns, bus route, Rupert/5th. 604-255-7707 BEAUTIFUL SUITES Marpole area. Bach, 1 & 2 BRs. Newer kitchens & baths. H/W flrs, balcony/patio. $800 & up. Incl heat, h/water, 2 appl. 604-327-9419.

VAN, 1 BR apt, balc, NP/NS/No drinking, $770 + up, nr St. Joseph Hosp & IGA. 604-908-8981

KITS, 1 bdrm garden level suite, incl storage, utils, Nr schools, shops/bus, NS, NP, Avail. Feb 1st. furn or unfurn. 604-734-0512.

H.C. Office / House Cleaning Quality & Experience. Bonded & Insured. 604-725-0856 HOUSE CLEANER available $22/hr. Pet friendly flex hours. Pls call Anne 604-734-2448 QUALITY CLEANING. Exc refs.

Res/com. Move in/out. Carpets + pressure wash’g. 778-895-3522 QUICK PRO CLEANING $25/hr incl supplies. Res/comm. www.quickpro.ca 604-200-6243

8060

Managed by Dodwell Strata Management Ltd.

Concrete

Coastal Concrete

PLACING & Finishing • Forming • Site Prep • Old Concrete Removal • Excavation & Reinforcing • Re-Re Specialists 30 Years Exp. • Free Estimates

Rick: 604-202-5184

CONCRETE SPECIALIST Sidewalk, Driveway, Patio Exposed Aggregate, remove & replacing

Reasonable rates. 35 yrs. exp.

For free estimates call Mario

253-0049

A. FOUNDATIONS, Retaining walls, Stairs, Driveways, Sidewalks. Any concrete project. Free ests. Call Basile 604-617-5813 CONCRETE & MASONRY Stairs, foundation, sidewalks & driveway + blocks, bricks & stonework. Tom 604-690-3316 L & L CONCRETE. All types: Stamped, Repairs, Pressure Wash, Seal Larry 778-882-0098

8073

Drainage

Crown Roofing & Drainage Residental Div. Roofing installations & repairs. 604-327-3086 DRAINAGE, SEWER & WATER Underground Video Inspection Call Tobias 604 782-4322

8015

Appliance Repairs

VAN APPLIANCE SERVICES Repair home appl. Low rate guar.

Permit/Lic. Tom 604-323-8063

8020

Blinds & Draperies

BLACKOUT DRAPES. Cut light 100%. Save energy. Dampen sound. Innovative fabric in 42 colors. Free est. 604-506-6230

8030

Carpentry

8075

J.A. CONSTRUCTION

Specializing in drywall & textured ceiling repairs, drywall finishing, stucco repairs, painting. Fully insured.

604-916-7729 JEFF

CITY LINK DRYWALL LTD WCB, liability insured. 20 yrs exp.

Call Indy. Free Est. 604-780-5302 ★ COMPLETE DRYWALL ★ By certified tradesman.

Small jobs pref. 604-762-4024

CARPENTER AVAIL for general work, clean & fast service. 40 yrs exp. 604-961-5906 or 732-0533.

*Drywall * Taping * Texture * Stucco*Painting * Steel stud framing Quality Home 604-725-8925

POINT GREY BUILDERS for Reno’s, int/ext, decks, fences, painting, drywall... 778-887-5871

PATCHING, TEXTURE / smooth ceilings, plaster walls. Small jobs.

25 years exp. Call 604-671-9901

QUALITY CARPENTRY Renos & baths. Insured, local references.

Call Dave at 604-724-4342

8055

VINCE’S MAGIC Drywalling & textured ceiling repairs. Bonded 604-307-2295 / 778-340-5208

Wayne The Drywaller

Cleaning

Quality Drywall Finishing. Textured Ceilings & Repair. Renov Specialist.

No job too small. 837-1785

Electrical

The current choice serving the Lower Mainland for more than 15 years.

All Kinds of Work and Reasonable Rates.

Contact us today for a free estimate.

Max: 604-341-6059 Licensed & Bonded

ALLY’S CLEANING SERVICE, serving North Shore & Vancouver for 15 yrs. Res/Comm. 604-725-9005 Butterfly Cleaning ™ Home, Moving out, Carpet cleaning. Ask for Erika 604-781-4374

Lic. 22308

8125

Gutters

• Sales & Installation of 5’’ Continuous Gutter • Minor Repairs • Cleaning

604-420-4800

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

JIM’S HOME SERVICES

8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

one mini, drainage, landscaping, stump / rock / cement / oil tank removal.

Water / sewer line, 24 hours Call 341-4446 or 254-6865

8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

THE ART OF HARDWOOD FLOORS

8155

Established 1963

• ExteriorCLEANING Experts • & Safe Stairs GUTTER REPAIRS • Roofing • Painting • Gutters

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Waters Home Maintenance Gutter Cleaning, repairs, windows Free estimate 604-738-6606

8130

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Installations Refinishing & Repairs Dust Free.

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EDGEMONT GUTTERS

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8160

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8175

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Masonry

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8120

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Tel: 604-603-9655

8125

Gutters

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Home Services

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8180

8140

Heating

Lorenzo & Son Plumbing & Heating (604) 312-6311 Local Licensed Plumbers & Gas Fitters

8150

Kitchens/Baths

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8155

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8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

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8185

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JOE 604-782-1377

8200

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8205

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604-324-3351

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731-8875

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9135

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Mint condition $795 OBO 604-220-2269

9140

Lorenzo & Son Plumbing & Heating (604) 312-6311 Local Licensed Plumbers & Gas Fitters

8240

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9145

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9155

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2000 FORD Explorer XLT, auto, sunroof, loaded, very good cond. $3700. 604-842-4825

9160

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8309

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011 THE VANCOUVER COURIER

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2011 model easily competes with best luxury mid-size SUVs

Made-over Touareg delivers sportier performance davidchao

Brand New

nized it for what it was: one of the most rewarding, jack-of-all-trades SUVs you could buy. The Volkswagen excelled in many areas of the performance facets. It was a fun-todrive family mover that looked good and—perhaps most importantly— delivered good value. What’s not to like about that?

Following a 2008 refresh (after which it was briefly known as the Touareg 2), Volkswagen has taken the wraps off a new 2011 model. And this time around, the Touareg isn’t

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trying to be different from the masses—it’s trying to be better than them in every possible way.

The 2011 model is a beautifully crafted car that feels almost Audi-ish in terms of the quality of design and construction. Where performance is concerned, it’s closer to its Cayenne and Audi Q7 cousins, but maintains the sensibility we expect from VW vehicles. There’s a TDI diesel engine, of course, and Volkswagen will soon bless the Touareg with its first-ever hybrid powertrain.

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One disappointment with the new Touareg is that VW didn’t make a diesel-electric hybrid version.

ness-like at the same time—a sense that extends throughout the cabin.

You know you’re doing well when leatherette seating surfaces feel good, and that’s exactly the case here. While upper trims get full leather, owners of the base Touareg will be more than satisfied. Similarly, the quality of the switchgear, wood trim and plastics is excellent.

Performance—Powered by a 3.6L V6 with 280-hp and 265 lbft of torque or a 3.0L TDI V6 that produces 225-hp and 406 lb-ft of torque, the Touareg can compete with the best luxury mid-size SUVs when it comes to power. 4MOTION all-wheel drive is standard equipment, along with a new, eightspeed transmission.

The hybrid powertrain will use the 3.6L V6, enabling the Touareg to run on gasoline, electricity, or both at once. However, it’s a bit disappointing that VW didn’t take a run at a diesel-electric hybrid, seeing as few automakers have its expertise.

Boasting much sportier performance than the first-generation Touareg, the 2011 model is clearly gunning for BMW’s X5.

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Introduced in 2003, the original Touareg was supposed to be unique and different from the traditional SUVs. And it was… for a brief period. Sharing its platform with the Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen’s first crossover SUV was widely praised by media and consumers, but eventually fell to the wayside as the luxury SUV market exploded. VW had caught up to BMW and Mercedes-Benz, only to fall back into the pack. It couldn’t beat out the established and popular X5 for performance, and wasn’t in the same league as a Land Rover or Jeep when it comes to climbing rocks. It also suffered from a public that hadn’t fully accepted Volkswagen as a maker of luxury vehicles.

Still, the Touareg soldiered on with a cache of loyal owners who recog-

It is, in short, an extremely pleasant surprise, taking everything we liked about the Touareg and raising the bar about three or four notches.

If you still aren’t convinced that Volkswagen should be building luxury vehicles, this might be the one that will change your mind.

Design—VW’s new design language is clean and athletic, but may be a little too plain for some tastes.

The new grille looks great, cutting across the face from headlamp to headlamp, and the sculpted side panels give the SUV an athletic stance. However, the rear is just a bit too generic, lacking any notable details beyond the triangular tailpipes.

The most striking thing about the Touareg is its overall shape and profile, which looks so much leaner and purposeful than last year’s model, despite slight gains in length and width. It’s helped along by a sloping roofline that makes the SUV seem almost hatchback-like.

The interior is upscale and wellexecuted, coming closer to the simple elegance of its Audi cousins without compromising the Volkswagen feel. With twin, chrome-ringed dials bracketing a colour LCD, the gauge cluster feels sporty and busi-

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Spacious interior makes up for generic styling cues

Continued from previous page It’s highly responsive, and perhaps on par with the Porsche Cayenne in terms of overall handling (though it’s not as powerful). Much of that comes from the significant mass that VW cut out, reducing curb weight by 208kg.

Perhaps the only downside with respect to performance is the stiff ride, which will be too firm for some passengers. The Touareg is comfortable in motion, but you’ll notice long rides when the vehicle comes to a full stop.

Environment—You expect a quiet cabin in a vehicle with luxury intentions, but you also expect

a diesel engine to be very loud.

So, it’s seriously impressive just how well the Touareg TDI dampens the noise coming from under the hood.

VW designers clearly paid attention to customer concerns, finding more space for everything.

The front seats are roomy in all directions, while the rear seats slide and recline slightly. There’s more cargo space in the rear, and up front the Touareg benefits from deep cupholders, a good-sized centre console, large map pockets, and an excellent glovebox.

While upmarket models get a keyless start button, the base trim

has a bulky key fob that has to be inserted fully into a socket and turned to start the engine. It’s a clumsy arrangement, and VW’s standard folding key would be much better.

GPS navigation is standard equipment in every Touareg, and it comes with a great touchscreen instead of the control-wheel arrangements that we’re seeing in more and more vehicles. While the latter arrangement reduces glare on the LCD, touchscreens are often much easier to use.

Features—Starting at $48,440, the Touareg comes in Comfortline, Highline and Execline trim levels.

Swapping the gasoline engine for a TDI diesel adds roughly $5,000 to the cost, depending on the trim.

Equipment found in the base Comfortline include ABS, traction control, dual-zone air conditioning, cruise control, fog lamps, heated front seats, rain-sensing wipers, touchscreen navigation/ audio system with 60Gb hard drive, Bluetooth, tire-pressure monitoring system, and front/ side/side-curtain airbags.

Additional features available as options or on higher trims include a power tailgate, panoramic sunroof, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel, keyless start, Xe-

non headlamps, 12-speaker sound system, backup sensors, rearview camera, and a sport suspension.

Fuel efficiency for the gas engine is rated at 12.3L/100km in the city and 8.8L/100km on the highway, while the diesel improves those figures to 11.1L/100km and 7L/100km, respectively.

Thumbs up—Great profile and performance; sharp new VW grille; spacious interior.

Thumbs down—Generic styling cues; annoyingly bulky key fob.

The bottom line—VW has taken a good thing and made it even better. david.chao@leansensei.com

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