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Rowers gather for Masters regatta at Deas Island A Canadian Masters Regatta was held at Deas Island Regional Park last weekend. Delta Deas Rowing Club had a good showing with six firsts, seven seconds and five third place finishes. The local group came second behind Vancouver in total aggregate points. Aniko Takacs (left), from Deep Cove Rowing Club, reflects from her polished metal boat. A Delta quad rowing team (above) heads out to the start line.

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Tsawwassen Area Plan group members unable to come up with unanimous position at final meeting Thursday BY

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The Tsawwassen Area Plan Committee agreed to disagree when it comes to the Southlands. At the committee’s final meeting Thursday, the members discussed and voted on several policy directions for a new area plan, making a few amendments to several of them including the future of the Southlands. Agreeing they couldn’t come up with a unanimous position, the majority voted in favour of a staff recommendation to retain the current agricultural designation. The policy will also note that the committee couldn’t reach a consensus. The committee also voted

to remove a phrase stating several members supported some residential development as an incentive to encourage active farming on the majority of the property. Committee member Ian Robertson said keeping the agricultural designation doesn’t close the door to a future proposal being considered. “I do not think if we leave it as agricultural, which is the essence of the policy document, that it closes the door forever, or for a particularly long time, for anyone coming forward with a proposal,” he said. The land could probably support almost 2,000 homes, but whether it’s appropriate there is not for the committee to decide,

said Robertson. Helen Kettle, however, said she supported calling for some development in exchange for upgrading the land and putting it into agricultural production. She said further consultation was needed with the community, which drew jeers from some in the audience who interrupted the meeting several times. Tasked with coming up with a new area plan, which hasn’t been updated in almost 20 years, the committee’s most controversial subject has been the 538-acre Southlands property. It’s zoned agricultural but no longer in the Agricultural Land Reserve. The Century Group wants to develop it with 1,900 homes on

part of the site using concepts of new urbanism and agricultural urbanism. Opponents to any development have been demanding the site be retained for farming only. Committee member Laura Dixon at Thursday’s meeting said there’s also a diversity of opinion on what type of agricultural activity should take place there. A mail-out survey conducted for Delta found a majority were not in favour of allowing development, but the Century Group says a telephone survey it had done found a more even split. Coun. Bruce McDonald, chair of the committee, said it was a given there wouldn’t be a consensus among the committee mem-

bers since the issue is clearly a divisive one in the community. Coun. Heather King noted she would like to see the issue finally resolved because it’s not going away. “When you have agricultural land owned by a developer there is no closure,” she said. At the committee’s meeting on Tuesday, McDonald said a new area plan would not automatically change current zoning. Applications to amend zonings would still have to go through a public hearing process, he said. The new area plan, which calls for “modest growth” in Tsawwassen, is to go to council on Aug. 30. See AREA PLAN page 3

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Candidates talk Southlands By-election ballot will have supporters and opponents of Century’s plan for contentious Tsawwassen property

and young families as well as improving the soil quality on parts of the site to bring the land back into agricultural production. “The traffic increase argument against it, quite frankly, is a deflective argument. It may well increase a little bit here and there, but not to the degree that the plan is not justified,” he said. Saying the Century Group proposal has clearly divided Tsawwassen, Ian Paton said he’s bothered by seeing the land go fallow if it can be turned productive.

Paton, who said his family has been pro-active in saving Delta farmland, agreed to at least look at any proposal. As far as the talk of potential trade-off, which would see a large area upgraded for soil-based farming in exchange for housing, Paton said council must consider any development application without preconceived bias. “One concern I have is that this property provides no irrigation water, which is essential to today’s soilbased farmers. Few, if any,

Delta farmers have shown interest in renting or leasing this property for farming purposes.” Kathleen Higgins said she’s opposed to allowing housing on agricultural land and additional housing can be introduced with infill redevelopment. “If you redevelop the Southlands, it’s not going to be affordable housing, it will be luxury townhomes. I’m in favour of innovation to use present residential land more wisely so we take the pressure off farmland and also natural areas,” she

said. The majority of residents would like to see the Southlands back in the ALR, she said. Maria DeVries said every proposal should be considered in light of how it will affect South Delta as a whole. Unfortunately, she noted, South Delta does not have an up-to-date plan that outlines what residents may envision for the community in the coming decades. Without an official plan, which should include a transportation plan and an agricultural plan, Delta can only react to proposals instead of guiding them, DeVries said. Once a master plan is established, proposals like the Southlands would be evaluated and discussed in light of the overall plan, she added. Sandeep Pandher said the long-term vision of the property should also reflect the long-term needs and desires of the community. “That’s the level of debate we need to have. We need to have it in a nonhostile fashion where we can resolve, ‘This is what we want as a community and Mr. Landowner, this is how we’d like to work with you to get to that point.’” Ray Robinson said his biggest concern is that such a development could be considered without first having a discussion on how to add the additional social infrastructure, including more recreational amenities, that would be needed and who will pay for it.

council could make further changes, added McDonald. Century Group president Sean Hodgins said he would have liked to have

seen a more pro-active policy for the property. “Thirty years ago they took the land out (of the ALR) with the specific

rational that it was unsuitable to have one large piece of industrial agriculture in the centre of the community, and instead developing

some of it to get community benefit. Thirty years later we’re still examining that topic in a divided community.”

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The future of the Southlands is the most controversial issue for the eight candidates in the upcoming municipal by-election. The Optimist asked each candidate, vying for the vacant council seat in the Sept. 18 race, their positions on the Tsawwassen property that has dominated the headlines in South Delta this year. The candidates were asked for their views on the development proposal put forward by the Century Group, which includes a mix of housing and urban agriculture, and the future of the land. Amy Ghuman Sara said she believes leadership and vision are required to deal with the Southlands. “The Southlands issue is a symptom of a larger question: What is going to be the future of not only Tsawwassen, but of Delta? “It will take leadership and vision to deal with how the issue of the use of designated agricultural land for potentially nonagricultural use will impact Delta for the next 50 years and beyond, not merely today. Simply saying no to development, so that you may acquire some votes, is not leadership; and it lacks vision,” she said. Sylvia Bishop has already clearly voiced her opposition to housing on the Southlands, saying the land should never have been removed from the ALR. Saying politics is to

blame for its removal from the reserve, Bishop believes the Southlands has several options, including being a place to train the next generation of soil-based farmers. “The young farmers I’ve spoken to talk about how expensive it is to purchase farmland. No wonder when we keep developing it.” Peter Harms, meanwhile, said he thoroughly reviewed the Century Group proposal and believes it’s the right development for the community, providing much needed housing for seniors

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If the current Metro Vancouver solid waste plan goes forward, all the toxic ash from incinerating garbage would be dumped at the Vancouver Landfill, warns the Wilderness Committee and Burns Bog Conservation Society. The two groups issued a press release this week warning about potential environmental contamination to Burns Bog that would result from residual ash from a waste-to-energy facility, a key component of the regional district’s new solid waste plan. They say approximately 150,000 tonnes of “toxic ash” could end up at the East Ladner landfill each year. The groups say fly ash from the scrubbers in the Burnaby incinerator is taken to Cache Creek, where the process to neutralize it doesn’t appear to be working as well as Metro Vancouver staff claim. A 2009 annual report from Wastech, the company that manages the Cache Creek landfill, shows there is reason to be concerned about heavy metals and potentially other toxins being released from treated incinerator ash, according to the two groups. “We need (Environment) Minister (Barry) Penner to take a closer look at what is planned before letting these toxins get anywhere close to the bog,” said Eliza Olson,

president of the Burns Bog Conservation Society. The Vancouver Landfill would be the only landfill left in the region and would be the only facility currently in place to deal with the ash, which would grow annually, warned Ben West, Wilderness Committee Healthy Communities campaigner.

“I don’t know where they would get the idea it is toxic. Their claim it would be highly toxic ash is simply untrue.”

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West, whose group is formerly known as the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, said he doesn’t understand Delta Mayor and Metro chair Lois Jackson’s logic for allowing the plan to move forward. Metro senior engineer Dennis Ranahan confirmed the ash from waste-to-energy would go the Vancouver Landfill. However, he said it wouldn’t be toxic and the environmental groups have their facts all wrong. “First of all, from the Ministry of Environment perspective, the ash currently produced from the existing Burnaby waste incineration plant is regarded as regular solid waste and it goes to the Cache Creek landfill. Some of that goes to the Vancouver Landfill,

where ash is used to replace aggregates at the landfill,” he said. The environmental groups say new reports found that bottom ash from the Burnaby incinerator that’s currently taken to the Vancouver Landfill, and used in road construction and landfill cover, show there may be reasons for significant concern. Noting the groups did not understand the reports, Ranahan said the use of ash meets rigorous environmental criteria that considers potential health risks. “I don’t know where they would get the idea it is toxic. Their claim it would be highly toxic ash is simply untrue. “It’s being perpetuated that garbage is toxic and ash is highly toxic, which is not reflective of the fact.” The draft solid waste plan, which requires Ministry of Environment approval, would see a 70 per cent waste diversion from landfills by 2015. Currently, the Vancouver Landfill takes in 600,000 tonnes of garbage annually, said Ranahan, who noted that amount would drop to around 100,000 by 2020. The residual ash going to the Vancouver Landfill would be in addition to the 100,000 tonnes of waste, he added. The City of Vancouver, which operates the landfill in East Ladner, voted against the draft solid waste plan.

August 21, 2010 The Delta Optimist A05

KinVillage has become campus of care Opened 30 years ago, Tsawwassen centre has evolved to meet changing needs of community’s seniors SANDOR GYARMATI

There have been a lot of changes at an important local hub for seniors since it opened its doors 30 years ago. Now called KinVillage, the Kinsmen Retirement Centre in Tsawwassen was one of the most eagerly anticipated projects when it opened in 1980. Today, KinVillage consists of a 101-bed intermediate care home, a 12,172-square-foot community centre, an apartment building with 97 subsidized independent living apartments, another building with 45 senior supportive housing units and a third building with 68 assisted living suites. The centre is also home to an adult day program and ElderCollege Delta. The centre, at 5430-10th Ave., refers to itself as a campus of care, meeting the different needs of seniors as those become more complex. “KinVillage continues to serve the community and continues to adapt in response to changing needs in the community and strengths in the community, and that’s what we need to continue doing in the future,” said Donna Ellis, who took over as CEO last December. In May 1980, then B.C. premier Bill Bennett officially opened the first two phases of the Kinsmen Retirement Centre, a $2.3 million intermediate care centre and a $683,000 recreational facility. During

the opening ceremony, the premier made a surprise announcement of $850,000 in government funding for the proposed third phase, a 110-unit apartment complex that would go ahead thanks to the funding boost. Noting seniors had been calling in large numbers wanting one of the apartments, an elated project chairman Bill Mosier at the time described the undertaking as “a total community effort.” “The response of the government wouldn’t be there if it wasn’t for the support of the entire community,” Bennett added. Then MLA Water Davidson echoed those comments, saying the real credit deserved to go to the people who didn’t have the responsibility to provide such a centre, but who took on the task anyway. Plans for the centre, located near the northwest corner of Winskill Park, began six years earlier when the Kinsmen Club of Ladner and Tsawwassen agreed to sponsor the threephase project. The provincial government eventually agreed to pay the $2.5 million cost of the intermediate care home and one-third of the cost of the recreational facility. The remaining two-thirds of the recreation centre’s cost was shared equally by the Kinsmen and Delta. Fast-forward three decades and the centre is much different. In addition to several physical improvements and new recreational activities, the model has undergone alterations.

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In the past few years, two of the three apartment buildings have undergone major transformations. The idea was to have different levels of living arrangements at KinVillage, from completely independent to supported and assisted living, to extended care beds, all in the same area. It’s to give seniors a chance to live on their own longer and stay in their own communities. Former CEO Brian Kines told the Optimist that before the new levels of care were introduced, the only alternative for older people who may not be able to live fully independently as they were when they were younger was to wait for a bed in the care home. The seniors supportive housing — the Margaret Vidal Court — offers some basic services for residents, including one meal per day and cleaning services.

The assisted living units, meanwhile, offer two meals per day and some personal care. The care home remains a facility where residents receive round-theclock professional nursing care, but now residents who reside there are only those who can’t live even semiindependently. One residential building remains as a subsidized apartment building that continues to offer basic tenancy without the extra

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way a building would be designed now to meet the needs of the kind of people who are living there,” she explained. As far as the recreation centre, Ellis said they hope to eventually upgrade and expand it as well. “That will probably be part of looking at the overall campus in terms of what we need, what’s the best way to accomplish that and how and where would we get funding.” Ellis said changing the identity to KinVillage is a message it isn’t just a retirement centre but a community within a community. People are invited to take part in the programs, special events or volunteer as well as donate. “One of the strengths of KinVillage is that we have a very broad range of services,” said Ellis. “In addition to the buildings where people live, we also have an adult day program and the community centre is a real asset to the community.” For more information about KinVillage, visit www.kinsmen.vcn.bc.ca or call 604-943-0155.

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tion,” states a staff report. “Therefore, a compromise that favours the heavier Delta council approved direction of flow is usually a plan this week to try and selected.” improve traffic flow along Currently, the northbound Tsawwassen’s main drag. signals are coordinated in At Monday the mornnight’s meeting peak “In theory, perfect ing, civic period — politicians coordination can be between 7 approved a and 9 a.m. achieved for one plan to opti— and the direction of travel mize timing southbound plans for traf- along 56th Street, but signals are fic signals this may result in less coordinated along 56th between 2 Street between than ideal flow in the and 6 p.m. 12th and 19th opposite direction.” To deteravenues. Municipal staff report mine if furTraffic ther coorsignal coordidination nation along that corridor could help further improve has not been evaluated or traffic flow, signal perforadjusted since 2004. mance was included in the “In theory, perfect coorTsawwassen Transportation dination can be achieved Plan Update Study using for one direction of travel 2010 traffic volume data. along 56th Street, but this Currently, the signals may result in less than ideal along 56th Street are timed flow in the opposite directo minimize the number of BY

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The timing of traffic signals along 56th Street hasn’t been adjusted since 2004. stops for all traffic using those intersections. “However, several factors contribute to the disruption of ideal coordination, including varying vehicle speeds, driveway frequency, distance between signals, varying amounts of green time required by traffic on cross streets, pedestrian needs to cross at signals and transit vehicle stops,” stated the staff report. The study found the current signal coordination along the northbound stretch could be improved during the morning peak

hours. “Revising the traffic signal timing plans could reduce the probability of northbound vehicles being stopped at any intersection

from around 37.5 per cent to around 32.5 per cent during the morning peak period,” said the report. “However, opportunities to improve southbound traffic

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MURPHY’S LAW The anti-HST folks don’t need to stoke the fire when they’ve got the Liberals and the bureaucracy doing it for them. The petition against the harmonized sales tax orchestrated by Fight HST was never going to be successful legislatively thanks to the way the initiative law is structured. Even if a bill prompted by the 700,000-name petition is introduced in the legislature, the ruling Liberals can either let it die on the floor or quash it in a vote. The best the anti-HST folks can hope for is to use the petition, and its prodigious signature count, to shame the provincial government into following the wishes of its constituents. Although there were rules to follow and signature thresholds to meet, the official process was never going to bear fruit, so their best bet to get rid of the harmonized sales tax was to make the government look bad. And that’s exactly what they’re getting thanks to Elections B.C.’s decision not to even send the petition to the legislature despite confirming that it meets the required 10 per cent of voters in all 85 ridings. The rationale being offered is because the issue is before the courts, including a challenge by Liberal-friendly big business, but that hardly seems like valid justification for stymieing a movement backed by more than 700,000 British Columbians, a total that’s roughly half of all those who voted in last year’s provincial election. The decision smacks of political interference, even if by some chance there wasn’t any, which is earning Gordon Campbell and Co. more negative press on the HST front. Given it’s the court of public opinion where Bill Vander Zalm and the rest of the Fight HST group will do its real damage with the petition, not sending it to the legislature just gives them more ammunition. Perhaps the Liberals were hoping Elections B.C. would take the fall on this one, just as they look to health authorities and school boards to do when it comes to dispensing bad news in those areas, but, as always, it’s not too difficult to follow the dots back to Victoria. Regardless of how this chapter unfolds, it’s the recall campaigns, which Fight HST is poised to commence, that have the ability to make a difference. Recall is a tough nut to crack, but with such widespread anger, the possibility to unseat several MLAs, and the government as a whole, does exist. If it gets to that point, it’ll have the Liberals wishing for the good ol’ days when all they had to worry about was bad press.

Information lives in perpetuity once posted to the Internet NATHALIE HEIBERGHARRISON

COMMUNITY COMMENT Have you ever Googled the name of someone you knew, just to see what you would find? Or looked through all the vacation photos of an acquaintance, just because they were up on Facebook? The Internet is a funny thing like that. It’s the keeper of all information — superfluous, embarrassing, telling — and everything is there for the curious, fortuitous or resourceful to find. What some people don’t know is that, for the most part, it’s up there for good. Things on the Internet, as a general rule, don’t disappear. Usually, they’re just forgotten. So then what happens when a church, from Tsawwassen, posts a blog on Facebook called “Gay is Not Okay?” Well, first, you read lines like

this: “You may hear that homosexuality is ‘not’ a choice. Trust me. This view is based on flawed studies. And what you won’t hear is about the physical and emotional devastation that comes through homosexual lifestyles. It is not an ‘alternative lifestyle.’ It is an ‘unhealthy alternative lifestyle.’” Then, if you’ve been raised in a household that doesn’t just promote tolerance, but also acceptance and open-mindedness and love, you have the following feelings: Why is being gay or bisexual or bi-curious or bi-whatever still an issue in the 21st century? And why are we still letting people come to physical and emotional devastation because their sexual orientations are viewed as “ unhealthy alternative lifestyles?” It’s no wonder most gay people raised in South Delta come out only after they’ve graduated, or moved away to Vancouver or university or somewhere else. Part of it is the pressures of high school, yes, and part of it is just figuring it out in the first place, but the rest is the perception that here, in our nice little suburban community, it is not OK or not socially acceptable to

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be gay. Posts like this, on a social networking site that anyone can access, reinforce this belief. In actuality, straight people have gay children all the time. Straight, religious people even have gay children, believe it or not, and women fall in love with women and men fall in love with men. And then, some straight people fall out of love. This happens with gay people too. In the words of Jerry Seinfeld: “...not that there’s anything wrong with that.” In fact, there’s nothing wrong with any of these scenarios, it’s just the way it is. I find it weird, actually, to be writing about this in the first place. Sexual orientation is just a fraction of who someone is, and when I meet someone or forge a friendship, it’s a non-factor in determining someone’s character. The anonymous author, whose words were posted on the South Delta Baptist Church’s Facebook page April 27 by the way, added these words: “I don’t like writing about this subject. I wish it would go away.” At least we agree on one thing.

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August 21, 2010 The Delta Optimist A09 Letters to the Editor

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and therefore suspended from being accountable. This should help with outstanding debts a great deal. Sorry, Harry, it turns out my spending habits are before the courts so all billpaying has been suspended. It’s a respect thing, you understand. The best part: things can be before the courts forever. Look at B.C. Rail. It’s a great system once you learn how to use it. J. David Cox

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Ladner written on it — representing the Ladner civic officials are planning and want to portray? Who suggested this piece of nothing? It definitely wasn’t someone from the Ladner I know and certainly doesn’t represent the people that live here. We are not cold, impersonal and plain! Put back the sign of the heron. Margaret Mikulik

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not like the thought hasn’t crossed her mind already many times. She may even have a lawyer standing by and a draft at the ready. So, the suit gets filed. And that, it seems is all the chief electoral officer needed to determine the matter (anti-HST petition, not my character) was before the courts. Ergo, all actions are frozen. Using the same logic, I am now ‘before the courts’ (thanks to wife’s lawsuit)

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(On reflection, perhaps that’s appropriate, marking the demise of Ladner as a separate entity within Delta.) Whatever the rationale, I don’t like the new sign. “Put back the heron!” should be the rallying cry of those who feel as I do. I’m going to be sure to ask the candidates at the upcoming by-election for their positions on returning the heron to its rightful place. I’m glad the dear old Optimist has retained the heron as part of its masthead. Harry Seddon

pay, can I? I expect the merchant I am dealing with to respect the courts, too, and not try to collect the tax. We are both respectful of the courts, after all. And while we are at it, why not use the ‘before the courts’ excuse for a great deal more? My wife could file a suit claiming all sorts of things bad about my behaviour and demanding redress in some form or another. It is

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Editor: Because the HST issue is ‘before the courts,’ I won’t do anything. I won’t even follow the law. That is, in effect, the stated reason for the chief electoral officer not forwarding the anti-HST petition to the legislature. And I, for one, thank him profusely. It affords me the excuse not to pay the tax. The HST is before the courts, after all. Out of respect for the legal system, I simply can’t

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Committee system needs work, Huntington says VICKI HUNTINGTON

MLA’S REPORT As an independent, I am considered an Opposition member. I am not, of course, a member of the Official Opposition. Neither, however, do I feel my role is to obstruct the Official Opposition and as a result, a rather fascinating process has developed between myself and the Opposition house leader.

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question and he adds me to an informal list that goes to the speaker. Over the months there have been glitches, but we have ironed them out with respect and goodwill. For instance, I prefer to ask my question by Wednesday, so I can meet community paper deadlines. I do not go last, so that I don’t risk losing my follow-up (supplemental) question (as once happened). If my question is urgent to Delta South, I will ask to go that day. Our informal and cooperative system seems to work well for all concerned.

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Public Hearing: August 31, 2010 The Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta will hold a Public Hearing, in accordance with the Local Government Act, to consider the following proposed projects and related applications: Date: Time: Place:

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:00 pm Council Chamber, Delta Municipal Hall, 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta BC V4K 3E2

Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be reviewed until August 31, 2010.

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Community Planning and Development Department www.corp.delta.bc.ca com-pln-dev@corp.delta.bc.ca 604.946.3380 8:00 am to 4:45 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Thursday

Location: 11417 88 Avenue MAP NO. 2

Applicant: Brian G. Hart & Company Telephone: 604.946.8302

Proposal: Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit to allow subdivision and development of two single family residential lots. “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 6881

MAP NO. 2 FILE NO. LU005976

To amend the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from RM1 Multiple Family (Duplex) Residential to RS7 Single Family (335 m2) Residential in order to permit a two-lot subdivision.

To vary the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” as follows: i)

Location: 8551 112 Street MAP NO. 1 ii)

Applicant: Simar Custom Homes Ltd. Telephone: 604-897-1933

Section 305(a) and (b) by exempting the front setback averaging requirement of 7.8 m – 8.6 m and specifying a minimum front setback of 7.5 m for Lot B. Section 914(2) by reducing the special setback requirement from the centre line of 88 Avenue from 21 m to 16.8 m for the principal structures on both Lot A and Lot B.

To vary Section 5.2(b) of “Delta Subdivision and Development Standards Bylaw No. 5100, 1994” to accept cash-in-lieu of road improvements on 88 Avenue, including a separated sidewalk.

Proposal: Application for Ofﬁcial Community Plan Amendment and Development Variance Permit to allow subdivision and development of two single family residential lots.

Staff Contact: Alex Cauduro 604.952.3163 Web Location: Regular Meeting: August 16, 2010 E06

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“The Corporation of FILE NO. LU005961 Delta Ofﬁcial Community Plan Bylaw No. 3950, 1985” Amendment Bylaw No. 6882 To amend the land use designation of the subject property from Single Family residential (SFR) to Inﬁll Single Family (ISF). Development Variance Permit LU005961 To vary the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” as follows: i)

Section 305(a) and (b) by exempting the proposed Lots from the front setback averaging requirements of 9.4 m for Lot 1 and 8 m for Lot 2 and specifying a minimum front setback of 6.5 m for both Lots. ii) Section 914(3) by reducing the special setback requirement from the centre line of 112 Street from 21 m to 18.7 m for the principal structures on both Lots. iii) Section 636C by reducing the minimum average lot depth from 30 m to 28 m for Lot 1 and to 29.2 m for Lot 2. iv) Section 632C by reducing the minimum rear setback for a principal structure from 9 m to 7.1 m for Lot 1. To vary Section 5.2(b) of “Delta Subdivision and Development Standards Bylaw No. 5100, 1994” by reducing the minimum road pavement width for a Collector Street from 12 m to the existing 11 m on 112 Street. Staff Contact: John Hopkins 604.952.3155 Web Location: Regular Meeting: August 16, 2010 E07

Item No.

Project No. 4 Application for Ofﬁcial Community Plan Amendment, Land Use Contract Discharge, Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU005900)

Location: 6111 Brodie Road MAP NO. 4

Development Variance Permit LU005976 Project No. 1 Application for Ofﬁcial Community Plan Amendment and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU005961)

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Item No.

Proposal: Application for Ofﬁcial Community Plan Amendment, Land Use Contract Discharge, Rezoning and Development Variance Permit to allow subdivision and development of two single family residential lots.

MAP NO. 4 FILE NO. LU005900

“The Corporation of Delta Ofﬁcial Community Plan Bylaw No. 3950, 1985” Amendment Bylaw No. 6878 To amend the land use designation of the subject property from Single Family Residential (SFR) to Inﬁll Single Family Residential (ISF), and to exempt the property from the policy that lot dimensions of new lots be no smaller than 85 percent of the average of residential lots within 150 m. Land Use Contract Discharge Amendment Bylaw No. 6879 To discharge Land Use Contract SA#3221 from the subject property “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 6880 To amend the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property to RS6 Single Family (460 m2) Residential. Development Variance Permit LU005900 To vary the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” as follows:

Project No. 3 Application for Land Use Contract Discharge and Rezoning (File No. LU005972)

Section 305(a) and (b) by exempting the front setback averaging requirement of 8 m and specifying a minimum front setback of 6.5 m for Lot 2. Section 636C by reducing the minimum average lot depth from 30 m to 27.83 m for Lot 1 and to 29.14 m for Lot 2.

Location: 5028 47A Avenue MAP NO. 3

ii)

Applicant: Shpak Spence Inc. Telephone: 604.946.2511

Staff Contact: Susan Elbe 604.946.3389 Web Location: Regular Meeting: August 16, 2010 Item No. E05

Proposal: Application for Land Use Contract Discharge and Rezoning to allow a wider range of commercial uses on the ground ﬂoor and apartment uses on the second ﬂoor of the building on the subject property.

Anyone who believes that their interest in property will be affected by the proposed projects shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing on matters contained in the bylaws and/or proposed by the applications.

MAP NO. 3 FILE NO. LU005972

Land Use Contract Discharge Bylaw No. 6857 To discharge Land Use Contract LU-78-40 from the subject property. “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 6858 To amend the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property as C.D. 392 (Comprehensive Development Zone No. 392).

Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to communicate to Council in advance of the Public Hearing, you can write to: Mayor and Council 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent. Delta, BC V4K 3E2 Fax: 604.946.3390 Email: mayor-council@corp.delta.bc.ca To be considered, correspondence must be received by the Ofﬁce of the Municipal Clerk no later than 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested persons concerning any project after the Public Hearing has concluded.

Staff Contact: Mike Ruskowski 604.946.3382 Web Location: Regular Meeting: August 16, 2010 Item No. E03

The Corporation of Delta 4500 ClarenceTaylor Crescent Delta BCV4K 3E2

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Project No. 2 Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU005976)

Applicant: Dilraj Gill & Sukhpal Gill Telephone: 604.596.0396

A Council meeting is scheduled to immediately follow this Public Hearing in the event Council wishes to give further consideration to any projects at that time.

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Local teen wins $4,000 scholarship from Future Shop A local youth was presented with a Future Shop Future Leaders Scholarship during a special celebration last weekend. Reid Neilsen was joined by his family, friends and representatives from the Boys and Girls Club of

Delta/Richmond as he received a $4,000 scholarship. Neilsen received cash for post-secondary schooling as well as a Future Shop gift card to help pay for needed technology and school equipment.

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A fundraising campaign launch event for Motorcycle Ride for Dad - Westcoast was held last month in Ladner. The actual ride takes place next Saturday.

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DAVE WILLIS

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undreds of motorcyclists are expected to travel through South Delta next Saturday for a good cause. Motorcycle Ride for Dad - Westcoast, a fundraising event to help fight against prostate cancer, will depart from South Delta Baptist Church in Tsawwassen, head up to Ladner with a police escorted parade and then travel east to Mission. Organizers estimate about 750 riders will take part. “If the weather holds, we’ll probably exceed that as well,” says Mike Callaghan, chair of Motorcycle Ride for Dad - Westcoast. This will be the third year the organization has held an event in the Metro Vancouver area. With around $50,000 pledged so far, fundraising is going well, Callaghan notes. Last month organizers held a fundraising campaign launch event in Ladner. They also presented a $95,000 donation, from last year’s proceeds, to the Vancouver Prostate Centre. “The support that comes from the Motorcycle Ride for Dad is critical to establishing funding support to allow investigators to pursue new, novel ideas,” Michael Cox, a senior scientist at the centre, said at the event. “You can have the best idea in the world but if you don’t have the

money to do the work, you can’t even test it. They’re really making possible what can’t be done any other way.” Motorcycle Ride for Dad began in 2000 in Ontario and is now in 30 cities throughout Canada. To date more than $5 million has been raised to fight prostate cancer, the most common type of cancer in men. It’s estimated there are 1.2 million men with prostate cancer in Canada but the large majority of those cases have not yet been diagnosed. There will be a pre-registration next Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at South Delta Baptist Church, 1988-56th St. On the day of the ride, registration goes from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Registration costs $25 or it’s free with $100 or more in pledges. For more details visit www.motorcycleridefordad.org. Expected parade route through Tsawwassen and Ladner: • depart from South Delta Baptist Church, head south on 56th Street • right onto 12th Avenue • right onto 52nd Street • right onto 28th Avenue • left onto 53rd Street • right on Ladner Trunk Road • right onto 54A Street

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Don’t wait too long to join. That’s the message Delta Caregivers’ Network facilitator Laurie Pettman wants to get out. “What we’re trying to do is find the caregivers in the community and get them to the group as early as possible,” she says. “Quite often people don’t come until they’re in a crisis and they’re absolutely worn out and they don’t know what to do.” The local network is offering a six-week education and support group for those caring for a loved one or friend starting early next month. Topics will include caregiver stress, communication techniques, role and lifestyle changes, accessing and using community resources and legal and financial issues. Pettman, a retired nurse who’s

been with the caregivers’ network since 1998, will be leading the sessions. “Being with other caregivers is a big part of it because it helps to talk to people who understand what you’re talking about. They’ve been through the same thing,” she says. “Everything said in the group is confidential.” The network also has an ongoing support group that meets monthly. Pettman recommends beginners take part in the six-week education series first, in order to “get a primer on how the group works.” The series starts on Thursday, Sept. 9 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Centre for Supportive Care, 4631 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Ladner. The cost is $25. To register call Pettman at 604-943-3921 or the centre at 604-948-0660.

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ing, or the night before, to allow chicken to marinate throughout the day. Or marinate for two hours prior to cooking. In a large re-sealable bag combine the following: 1/4 c seasoned rice vinegar 2 tbsp tamari sauce or reduced-sodium soy sauce 1 tbsp each sesame oil and extra-virgin olive oil (preferably organic) 1/2 tsp ground ginger 1 garlic clove, crushed 4 boneless, skinless grain-fed chicken breasts 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds (place on cookie sheet and toast under broiler for a minute or so) Seal and shake first five ingredients to blend and then add chicken breasts and marinate in refrigerator for at least one-and-a-half to two hours. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Drain and bake chicken for 30 to 35 minutes, just until it is tender and no longer pink. (This recipe is also very good barbecued.) Place on plate and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and chives. Dessert: Grilled Pineapple 1 ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and sliced into eight rings 3 tbsp unsalted organic butter, melted 1 tsp ground cinnamon Preheat grill to medium. In a small bowl, mix butter with cinnamon. Brush pineapple rings with mixture. Grill rings until soft and nicely browned, about three to four minutes per side. PJ Wren is a local personal trainer and writer in the Delta area who can be found at Thrifty Foods shopping for new culinary delights that her loving husband hopes she doesn’t burn. She can be reached at www.fitnesswithpj.com.

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JANE CASSIE

Optimist contributor

t’s been a few years since I’ve straddled a saddle. And though my plump rump will likely survive the trot, I’m not sure about the rest of my aging body. Trepidation mounts as the horses charge up to the podium where I stand — or shake — in my boots. The only consolation is the two other gal pals who are with me are shaking even more. We’ve come to Sun Mountain Lodge to revive, reconnect and recreate. This gem on the outskirts of Winthrop, Washington promises it all. Like a diamond in the rough, it glitters from its mountaintop home and provides every nuance of comfort known to man or womankind — posh accommodations, award-winning wine and cuisine, a spa to soothe those saddle sores and 30 head of horses to create them. Beads of sweat drip

from my brow as the galloping group invades my comfort zone. But fortunately Kit Cramer, who could pass as The Horse Whisperer, comes to the rescue. Sporting chaps, spurs and twin braids that fall from her wide-brimmed Stetson, she’s a cowgirl to the core. Even her western drawl sounds authentic. Thankfully it also calms the energized pack. “Each one of these 1,200 pounds of horsepower has a brain the size of a walnut,” she chuckles, “but they all provide a safe four-wheel drive ride.” Her wrangling expertise is matched by a sense of humor and while sauntering along the rim of Sun Mountain’s 915-metre (3,000-feet) high plateau, I’m hoping there’s truth to her gesture. Nestled in a valley far below is the western town of Winthrop, a popular tourist haunt where we’d spent the previous day. We’d strolled the creaky boardwalks, checked out empo-

PHOTO BY KIT CRAMER

A yeehaw from the ladies.

riums, and uncovered past and present treasures. As with most mining towns, the gold rush boom in Winthrop was a colourful era. But once the resources dried up, so did the reasons to stay. It wasn’t revived with its Wild West flavour until 1972, after the completion of the North Cascade Highway. The elusive cowboy dream also lingers in the hearts of many who visit the lodge. How could it not? Its 3,000 embracing

acres are laced with enough trails, flower-choked meadows and jaw-dropping vistas to satisfy any Roy Roger wannabe. The Northwest feel is incorporated into all 96 rooms. Although any one of them would have heightened our stay, we had decided to go for more seclusion. We wanted to wine, dine and have diva downtime without any interruptions. And our fully-equipped, home-style cabin at nearby Patterson Lake was cer-

tainly filling the bill. From our promontory trail we have a great view of this lake. Later, we’ll catch up on sleep, yack on our sun-splashed veranda and sing along with John Denver. If we still have energy we can try fly fishing, river rafting, kayaking or check out the hiking and biking trails that weave over this terrain. But there’s still more riding to do! Our final point of interest is the Hough Homestead, a landmark that dates back to the late 1800s. As well as a few relics from the past, there are picnic tables ready for tonight’s Cowboy Camp Dinner. “Why not join us?” Kit asks when we get back to the ranch. “There’ll be singing ‘round the campfire and a fabulous spread of food.” Although steak, baked beans and all the fixings sound finger-lickin’ good, we have our hearts set on some award-winning fare for this final night. Above all, though, comfort comes first. After prying our duffs

off the saddles, we make a bow-legged bee-line for the spa. While Sue gets her dusty pinkies pedicured and Carol has her jostled spine massaged, I go for a treatment that’s most needed these days — an anti-aging facial. With Kazia at the helm, my pores are cleansed, exfoliated, massaged and masked. I’m pretty sure her grand finale head massage produces a snore. An hour later we all emerge in Zen-like states. Decadence continues in the restaurant where we later dine and wine. While soaking in the lush Methow Valley view, and grazing on gastronomic goodies, we raise our glasses for one final toast: “Here’s to revival, reconnection and recreation — and one great gal-loping getaway.” Travel Writers’ Tales is an independent travel article syndicate that offers professionally written travel articles to newspaper editors and publishers. To check out more, visit www. travelwriterstales.com.

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k a B c to School Skip Boring School Lunches: Easy Meal Ideas Students Will Love A brown paper bag or a plastic lunch box. No two items can elicit such fear in the hearts of parents across the country. They seem like harmless items on the surface, but it’s coming up with what goes inside can be truly scary. Day after day, creating new lunch ideas that children will actually eat can be challenging. Parents are often short on time in the evening or the morning before the bus arrives and may be at a loss as to what foods to keep stocked in the pantry, which makes planning lunches a taller order than it may seem. Rest assured that concocting school lunches doesn’t have to be difﬁcult. Follow these tips for lunchtime success.

• Think outside the bread. Bread can be boring. Skip the sandwiches and think of other foods that can serve as the wrapping for tasty foods. Tortillas, pitas, pizza crusts, and crackers are other ideas for topping or holding items together. What’s more, rolling up a tortilla or topping your own pizza is much more fun than biting into that standard PB&J sandwich. • Make it fun. Pack lunch according

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your child to pick the combination he or she desires each day. Involving children in meal creation helps make them more in tune with food choices and more likely to eat what they have chosen. • Who says lunch has to be “lunch?” Instead of packing the requisite lunch foods, consider breakfast items instead. Maybe your child will enjoy a banana wrapped in a pancake or yogurt topped with crunchy granola. A mini bagel packaged with an individual serving of cream cheese and jelly could ﬁt the bill, too. As long as your child is eating a healthy, balanced meal, it doesn’t matter what the foods may be.

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to a theme. Maybe Monday is all round-shaped foods. Tuesday may be cowboy themed, with southern ﬂair. On Wednesday all the foods may be red. Your child will be eating the same foods he or she always did but just in a more interesting way. Chances are if it’s fun to eat, the kids will be on board. • Involve the kids. Make a chart that lists foods in speciﬁc categories: fruit, vegetable,meat,dairy,andsnack.Enable

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leisure&lifestyles gardening

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Due to mites and pesticides, honeybees are vanishing in many countries. As suppliers of honey, they are absolutely irreplaceable, but pollination in home gardens isn’t a lost cause because other members of the bee family can do it very effectively. The crucial thing gardeners can do is make gardens welcoming for these lesserknown but hard-working bees. Bumblebees, for instance, are resistant to the dreaded varroa mite that has decimated many honeybee hives. Other mites also attack bumblebees, but most weaken rather than kill outright. These bees are willing to work in temperatures below 50F (10C) — unlike honeybees that don’t stir until temperatures are above 60F (16C). Bumblebees are good-tempered and their stings, while extremely rare, are very painful when they do occur. They work commercially in greenhouses pollinating tomatoes and sometimes peppers and cucumbers. Bumblebees are said to adapt well to greenhouses since they have senior moments and forget where they used to live. All they need for a nest is a hole in the ground. This could be an old mouse hole or a hole under a board, or

The crucial thing gardeners can do is make gardens welcoming for these lesserknown but hard-working bees. been known to sting. They usually begin pollinating during the first warm spell in February but die off by mid-June, leaving eggs behind. In nature, each egg is sealed off in a plant stem or hole in a tree. By spring, the eggs have gone through a larval stage and transformed into large blueblack hairy mason bees resembling bluebottles. For gardeners, the tube houses sold in early spring in garden centres can be

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placed on a house or shed wall for use by mason bees. Many commercial tube houses are wooden, sandwich-type blocks that have been scooped out with a router so they form tubes when the layers are together. Others are moulded plastic. Those first cocoons are clean and viable. Yearly maintenance involves taking the tube houses apart and discarding the dirty looking cocoons because they will contain mites. The others can be placed outside in a birthing box (like a small birdhouse) to await warm weather. People in rural areas may find they can simply put mason bee tube houses on a house or shed wall and mason bees from the wild will lay eggs in the tubes. So will leaf-cutter bees. These are great pollinators working late into the summer when mason bees have vanished. You can identify their tubes because they are sealed with green chewed up leaves. Mason bee tubes are sealed with grey mud. Wasps also pollinate, though not very successfully because they’re too smooth to carry pollen well. But tiny wasps and large yellow-jackets visit flowers to eat the nectar and so some pollination happens anyway. All pollinating insects are attracted to gardens where a shallow body of water has perching places or moist soil around the edge. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@shaw.ca.

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under a flat stone — somewhere rain can’t penetrate. Nothing bothers to rob a bumblebee hive: the total amount of honey in a nest is about two teaspoons. A colony starts small when the queen comes out of hibernation but later the larger hives can reach 200 bumblebees. Invaluable for pollinating fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops in spring, mason bees have never

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Sidekick offers subscription series Theatre company’s 14th season starts with Jacques Plante play at arts centre The Sidekick Players Club, Delta’s award-winning theatre company, is offering a subscription series for its 2010/2011 season at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre. For the first time in 14 years, Sidekick has to raise its ticket prices. The subscription series prices are based on the 2009/2010 rates. The special early bird deal for subscription deadline is Aug. 31. This 14th season is packed with first-class entertainment and kicks off with a Canadian play, Jacques Plante and the Parkdale Knitting League, by Paul McLaughlin. This is the story of Plante and his relationship with his coach, his wife, his sport and his knitting. Yes, Plante knitted his own toques and undershirts. Throughout Plante’s career he was plagued with recurring asthma and after missing 13 games due to a sinusitis operation, the goalie began wearing a mask in

practices in 1956. Coach Toe Blake endorsed the move cautiously because it kept his goalie healthy and happy, but he warned Plante that a mask wasn’t permitted during games. However, during a Montreal versus New York game on Nov. 2, 1959, Plante was hit in the face by a shot by Andy Bathgate. He went off to the dressing room for stitches and when he returned, he was wearing a mask. Blake was livid, but he had no other goalie to call upon and Plante refused to return to the goal unless he kept the mask. Blake agreed on condition Plante discard the mask when the cut had healed. In the ensuing days Plante refused, and as the team continued to win, Blake became less obstinate. The Montreal record stretched into an 18-game unbeaten streak and the mask was in the NHL for good.

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Lucas Walker plays Jacques Plante in Jacques Plante and the Parkdale Knitting League.

Sidekick has a signed New York Rangers jersey by Andy Bathgate that it will raffle off during the run of the show. Jacques Plante and the Parkdale Knitting League will be at the arts centre, Wednesday to Saturdays, from Sept. 22 to Oct.

2, with one matinee on Sunday, Sept. 26. Dear Santa by Norm Foster, another Canadian play, will follow as Sidekick ventures back into holiday entertainment. Santa tries to fulfill a child’s special Christmas wish while his staff

attempts to overcome a supply shortage at the North Pole. March will bring Doubt by John Patrick Shanley. Set at a Catholic school in the Bronx, it centres on a nun who grows suspicious when a priest begins taking too much interest in the life of a young student. The season will close in May with The Foursome, another play by Foster that is an encore production for Sidekick. All plays are presented in a “bistro” setting for an enjoyable theatre experience and a night of enjoyment. Subscriptions are:

3 plays (does not include Dear Santa) Adult: $45 Senior/Student: $36 4 plays Adult: $60 Senior/Student: $48 After Aug. 31 the prices are $50 and $42 and $65 and $55. Specials for Early Bird subscriptions: Buy two and you get three complimentary tickets for the season, buy one and you get one complimentary ticket. Call 604-288-2415 to buy your subscription or send your name, address, phone number and subscription choice along with a cheque to The Sidekick Players Club, 1172-56th St., Delta, B.C., V4L 2A3.

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OWN YOUR OWN WINERY

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just sold by fraser this week for 98.9% of list!!!

Wow! Absolutely beautiful executive home in popular What a rare opportunity! Westham Island Winery is being Stahaken! Stunningly updated with cherry hardwood !oors, offered for sale! 32.63 Acres of assorted mature berries! New Zealand wool carpets upstairs, gourmet kitchen, granite Beautiful 3,800 sq.ft home built in 1997 + beautiful winery counters, professional landscaping, etc! Workshop. Cul-de-sac store, large barns, fruit stand, etc! WHAT an OPPORTUNITY! 4712 Stahaken Place-Tsawwassen 2170 Westham Island Road-Ladner

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WOW! UNIQUE! 3,000 sq ft 2 level home in Ladner’s Beautifuly renovated 2,800 sq.ft. 5 bdrm + den executive prestigious Arthur Drive! 5 bedrooms, spacious plan, home in great location near park + school etc! New laminate updated w/new paint, mouldings, laminate, bathrooms, designer paint, carpets, gas stove, light "xtures updated landscaping, etc. Beautiful fully self-contained suite down. bathrooms, etc. Very spacious, great plan, 5 bdrms up. Quiet 4651 Arthur Drive-Ladner 6131 48A Ave-Ladner

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NOTHING TO DO BUT MOVE IN & ENJOY! This fabulous 3 bdrm rancher is not only VERY WELL MAINTAINED -It’s IMMACULATE & located in the DESIRABLE BEACH GROVE AREA of Tsawwassen. Great yard! Great home! LOCATION 1643 Enderby Ave-Tsawwassen

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Beautifully renovated 1,123 sf 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom corner unit with great sunset view! Updated with new laminate !ooring, blinds, hot water tank, paint, fridge, range & more!

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Sought-After Highland Terrace! Beautiful 2 bedroom condo ( very spacious 1,330 sq/ft unit!). 2 full bathrooms, large kitchen/eating area. Updated w/ new appliances, hardware, crown molding, etc. Quiet, west facing location, #205-5550 14B Ave-Tsawwassen

What a wonderful 2295 sq ft 4 bdrm 2 level home on a quiet cul de sac in great location, walking distance to everything! 1 bdrm, self contained suite downstairs with patio doors to lovely sunny rear yard, updated kitchen, 1660 Babcock Place-Tsawwassen

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Excellent 14 yr young home backing waterway! 2,800 sq.ft, 4 or 5 bdrm home! Absolutely MAJESTIC! Come and see this home and you will be impressed! Guaranteed! Park-like 100% private rear yard! This is it! Don’t miss it! 5506 Westminster Ave-Ladner

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Great 2,125 sq.ft 3 bedroom rancher on Prestigious Arthur Drive BACKING SLOUGH WITH WONDERFUL FARMLAND VIEWS! Don’t miss it! Loft with huge “extra” BONUS games room! 1/4 acre lot, circular driveway! Great home! UPDATED 4274 Arthur Drive-Ladner

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August 21, 2010 The Delta Optimist A25

fraser outsells the competition every 3.76 days!!! Fraser CURRENTLY RANKS 17 out of all individual realtors in GREATER VANCOUVER for total sales in 2010. (Over 6,500 realtors total) That is actually ranking in the TOP 0.3% of ALL realtors in Greater Re/Max Progroup Realty 100-5000 Bridge Street

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This is the ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY REMODELLED CONDO YOU WILL COME ACROSS! Come and see it! TOTALLY Renovated! New kitchen, bathrooms, hardwood, stone "replace, mouldings, etc, etc! Outstanding quality! Heated Tile !oors in bathrooms etc, 1,331 sq.ft, 2 bdrm, 2 bathroom, large private balcony! Walk to all amenities in minutes!

priced to sell @ $465,000 #304S-1100 56th Street-Tsawwassen 3,150 SQ.FT COACH HOME WITH RENTAL INCOME!

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Wow! Beautiful 3,150 sq ft coach home property with a 1 or 2 bedroom self contained coach home suite. Spacious open plan, 4 bdrms + loft in main home. High-end "nishings throughout! Beautifully landscaped rear yard! Walk to absolutely all amenities in minutes. Walk to Ladner Village Market, nature trails along river, etc! Buy a beautiful newer home and have investment income from self-contained legal suite!

priced to sell @ $769,900

4837 47A Ave-LADNER VILLAGE

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BEAUTIFUL NEW LYNN PLACE SUBDIVISION WALKING Gorgeous sunsets are ready to greet you after a long day at DISTANCE TO ALL SCHOOLS, SHOPPING, AMENITIES! QUIET the of"ce. This 2 bedroom/1 1/2 bath, top !oor, spacious LOCATION, EAST FACING REAR YARD! CUSTOM HOME UP TO corner suite is private yet airy and bright. You will feel on top 2,500 SQ.FT of the world. With new kitchen appliances, counters etc. LOT 10-LYNN PLACE-LADNER #301-1720 Southmere Crescent-South Surrey

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Wow!! Massive 9,000 sq ft sunny lot! Parklike setting with a great 4 bdrm 2 level home with 1 bdrm suite downstairs! New roof, hot water tank, furnace, etc! Great shape! Walk to absolutely all amenities in minutes! Large sunny patio, West Ladner! This is a wonderful family home with a 1 bdrm mortgage helper! Enjoy evening walks on the river!

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check out 360 virtual tour @ www.pixilink.com/tours5/5-4766-55b-j Nine brand new townhomes in Ladner’s latest and greatest ‘Manor Gardens’. 3 levels, spacious plans, double garages, high-end "nishings including hardwood, granite, 9’ ceilings on main etc! Private yards, 2-5-10 year national warranties, quality built, 3 bdrms, 3 baths. Call today for an information package.

NEW HOME HST INCLUDED! Prices starting at $529,900 including HST. 4766 55b Street-In The Heart of Ladner

Fraser CURRENTLY RANKS 17 out of all individual realtors in GREATER VANCOUVER for total sales in 2010. (Over 6,500 realtors total) That is actually ranking in the TOP 0.3% of ALL realtors in Greater Re/Max Progroup Realty 100-5000 Bridge Street

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Giants prepare for 10th season WHL franchise set to open training camp next week at Ladner Leisure Centre as it marks decade anniversary The Vancouver Giants are set to begin training camp next Friday at the Ladner Leisure Centre. The Western Hockey League team will mark its 10th anniversary this season. This off-season has been eventful for the franchise, which counts local businessman Ron Toigo as its majority owner. Stuart Ballantyne, the general manager of Molson’s Hockey Canada House during the 2010 Winter Olympics, was introduced as the team’s chief operating officer in June while Dan Elliott was named as the club’s new media relations director and radio play-by-play voice earlier this week. There were also reports of both head coach Don Hay and general manager Scott Bonner talking to the Edmonton Oilers about moving to the NHL and then each ending up deciding to stay with Vancouver. In July the Giants traded winger JT Barnett to the Kamloops Blazers for a 2011 second round draft pick. He scored 21 goals and 17 assists in 71 games last season. “JT had a great year last season with our club, however over the last three or four seasons we’ve

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The Vancouver Giants will begin training camp at the Ladner Leisure Centre next week. traded away quite a few draft choices in an effort to make a run and sooner or later this will catch up to you, so we had the chance to acquire a high pick and decided to take advantage of that,” Bonner told the team’s website. Tsawwassen’s Brendan

Gallagher, Vancouver’s leading goal scorer last season, had a busy summer as well. He was invited to attend Hockey Canada’s National Junior Team development camp was selected in the fifth round of the NHL entry draft by the Montreal Canadiens.

The Giants have three exhibition games scheduled next month at the Ladner Leisure Centre. There will be a pair of home and home sets with the Kelowna Rockets and Chilliwack Bruins while the Everett Silvertips will also pay a visit to Ladner.

Home preseason schedule: • Kelowna at Vancouver Friday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. • Chilliwack at Vancouver - Friday, Sept. 10 at 7:30 p.m. • Everett at Vancouver Saturday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. Regular season action

begins on Friday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. with Vancouver’s home opener at the Pacific Coliseum against Chilliwack. The Giants will raise their fifth-straight B.C. Division Championship banner to the rafters before the game.

Short & Pearson named to Canadian roster for Commonwealth Games world rankings. Short, 38, and Pearson, 23, both played for Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Short, a two-time Olympian who plays professionally in Holland, is headed into his fourth Commonwealth Games and was named to the International Hockey Federation (FIH) World All-

Star Team last year. Pearson is one of the upand-coming players with the national team program. The Canadian men’s team will open the competition on Tuesday, Oct. 5, against South Africa. The team will also face England, Trinidad and Tobago, and New Zealand to wrap up the pool round. “The Commonwealth

Games field includes many of the top 12 teams in the world and will provide our younger players with a perfect opportunity to perform against quality opposition and gain valuable experience towards our qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games,” said Hari Kant, men’s high performance director for Field Hockey Canada.

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Rob Short and Mark Pearson, a pair of Delta Falcons alumni, were named earlier this week to the Canadian men’s field hockey team for the Commonwealth Games in India. The Commonwealth Games will take place in Delhi this October. Canada has climbed into the top 10 in the recently released

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Living & Playing in Ladner for over 50 years

RE/MAX PROGROUP REALTY 604-946-8000 4676 54A Street, Ladner $579,000

BIG 2500 sq ft Basement Entry 4 bed 3 bath 2 level home on a nice bright 68 X 122 foot lot in a great Ladner neighborhood. Tar and Gravel low slope roof is just under 5 years old, 2 newer gas ﬁreplaces and lots of room to make some updates for a family with new design and decorating ideas. Plenty of room downstairs to comfortably accommodate Mom and Dad too!

4858 59A Street, Ladner $519,000

Bronze finish for Red Sox

The Ladner Red Sox Single A Mosquito All Star team ended a successful summer season by earning a bronze medal at the provincial tournament in North Delta. The journey for this talented group of players started at the seasonopening tournament at Cloverdale. They came up short in the round robin, losing to a tough team from Abbotsford that went on to win the final. During the rest of the season, the talented group of 10-year-olds played tough defence and delivered

clutch hits, which allowed it to finish with a 6-0 record. The Red Sox opened the provincials with a win over Rutland, but lost their next game, to longtime rivals from Cloverdale, on a threerun homer. In order to assure a spot in the semi-finals, the feisty group had to win its next two games and did just that with victories over Chilliwack and Victoria. In the semi-finals, the Red Sox fell to Abbotsford, dropping into the third place game against Richmond. They came away with the bronze medal game thanks, in part,

to a walk off home run from Payton De Luca. Coaches Kal Phagura, Bruce Mackenzie and Raj Prasad would like to thank the kids for their enthusiasm and continuous hard work. They would also like to recognize the dedication and commitment put forth by a great group of parents. The roster includes: Jared Baltzer, Matthew Dahlen, Payton De Luca, Ryan Mackenzie, Markus Niebhur, Kieran Phagura, Ethan Prasad, Will Raderacht, Tyler Sanders, Josh Spencer, Michael Tersigni and Denae Turko.

Some nice updates in ﬂooring and paint colors. Master bedroom has walk in closet and a full 4 piece ensuite bathroom. It is a wonderful family Rancher home. Roof is only 2 years old, double car garage, very private yard and a nice neighborhood. Close to schools, transit and the community rec center.

Townhome #322 13888 70th Avenue, Surrey $339,000

Nice 1586 foot ground floor Rancher style 2 bed 2 bath with some nice updating in the past 2 years. Clean in floor hot water heat, thermo windows and a gas fireplace. Kitchen, Eating Area and Family Room are all adjacent to each other. 1 car garage with storage room. The 23 acre site has low density Townhomes, waterways, fountains & lovely gardens. There is RV storage on the grounds, and the Club House has guests suites, meeting room, Rec Room, Hot Tub and an outdoor pool. If you are a Snowbird, this is your place!

Windsor Woods ~ #314 1359 56th Street, Tsawwassen

Cozy 1124 sq foot 2 bed 2 bath condo, close to shopping, central to everything & the bus route. Includes all appliances, gas Fireplace, 4 piece ensuite, new laminate ﬂooring, large sundeck. This condo feels like a rancher layout. Close to the park and the colorful Windsor Woods lagoon.

4856 Turnbuckle Wynd, Ladner

NEW PRICE $339,900

Nicely updated 1538 sq. ft. 3 level, 3 bed, family room townhome with 1 car garage in downtown Ladner. Updates include kitchen, bathroom, ﬂooring, Low E windows, heat & lighting. Big deck and new fencing. Great complex with clubhouse rec and exercise facility.

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Bright & spacious condo with over 1,150 square feet. This is one of the largest units in this complex. Very private and serene, looking out onto greenery. Living room with gas fireplace and french doors leading to deck. Bright formal dining room. U-shaped kitchen. 2 bedrooms (master with 2 piece ensuite) and a super large storage closet. Very clean! Immediate possession possible!, Tsawwassen

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Best value in town! 828 sq. ft., 1 bedroom suite with an updated kitchen, a large sunny patio in the popular "Century House" - just a short walk to the shopping, transit, & coffee shops. Beautifully landscaped & well kept building in the heart of Tsawwassen. No rentals, no pets. Very quiet building and location. Quick possession possible.

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ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 1 BEDROOM CONDO ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 706 SQ. FT., 1 BEDROOM CONDO ... Gorgeous NEW kitchen with NEW granite countertops, NEW cabinets and NEW stainless steel appliances, NEW tile flooring and sitting bar. Dining area and living room with NEW wood flooring, lovely gas fireplace & access to balcony. NEW paint throughout. NEW carpet in master bedroom featuring walk through closet to updated bathroom and french doors which lead to private balcony. Storage locker just down the hall. Secured underground parking. Close to shops & amenities yet tucked quietly away in a cul-de-sac. Pets allowed! Nothing to do but move right in!

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#220, 1141 Garden Pl.,Tsawwassen

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CHESAPEAKE LANDING! Much sought after luxurious, ADULT ORIENTED townhouse living. Wonderful “Heron” floor plan with approx. 2300 square feet includes a master bedroom on the main floor. Lovely formal living with high ceilings, dining room & a DEN. Spacious kitchen & eating area and a family room. 2 more bedrooms up plus a landing with built in cabinets & computer desk. Extra large, private yard. 2 car garage. And don't miss out on the terrific amenities - swimming pool, exercise & games room. Close to nature, golfing, boating and more. A terrific lifestyle close to nature, golf & marina.

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This beautiful custom built home with tile roof, hardy plank siding will delight you. Radiant floor heating on both floors and the quality millwork throughout. Lovely living room with gas fireplace and sloped ceilings, formal dining room with room for your china cabinet. Spacious kitchen, eating area and family room, den and nanny suite on main floor. Upstairs boasts 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms: a total of 6 bathrooms. This home has a beautifully landscaped yard. Enjoy your morning cup of coffee sitting on the front porch overlooking the sunrise over the farmlands. And in the evening enjoy a huge covered patio to with BBQ’s and view the sunsets year round. Bonus, a totally detached 17 x 12’ heated, home office with wet bar and 2 piece bath. Over 3300 sq. ft.

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Great family home! 2,242 square foot 2 level home in central Ladner. Living & dining room with vaulted cedar ceilings, refinished oak floors, new kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and laundry upstairs. Below is a terrific, freshly painted, spacious, clean 950 square foot in-law suite with new kitchen, 1 bedroom,dining room, living room, eating area and laundry room. New Roof, New paint throughout, all new windows, new front door, new 16' x 16' covered sundeck. Large back yard - quick possession possible.

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#3 – 3473 W. River Road OPEN SUNDAY 2:30 – 4:30pm Charming custom built home includes an enclosed garage and extra parking. Main floor offers a well appointed galley kitchen with gas range open great room for easy entertaining and a lovely deck for enjoying the river. $499,000 #8 – 3473 W. River Road OPEN SUNDAY 2:30 – 4:30pm Chernoff & Thompson inspired floathome. 3 bdrms, down with 2 baths & a laundry room. Corian counters sinks, skylights & wonderful views of Canoe Pass. $649,000 #8 – 3871 W. River Road: Lots of room to roam in this thoughtfully, custom designed home featuring easy care vinyl siding, floating party deck & full river views. $399,000 #23 – 3871 River Road Life doesn't get any better than in this lovely home with hot tub. Gourmet kitchen, granite counters, lots of storage, double dishwasher. Jennaire appliances for great entertaining. $388,800 #40 – 3459 W. River Road WATER LOT AVAILABLE to design and build a NEW float home. Canoe Pass Village is a strata titled, 5 star gated community. #40 is viewed as one of the best water lots in it. $319,000 #8 – 3459 W. River Road NEW LISTING This well kept 3 bedroom float home located in Canoe Pass Village, a boasts a new roof. West view deck, fresh exterior design & paint and lots of TLC by the current owners. Includes 32 ft. boat slip. $489,000

Beautifully crafted new home for only $784,900 HST included.

Come bring your offer for this beautifully crafted new home. This must be seen! Spacious 4 bedroom, 3 bath featuring a spacious ﬂoor-plan boasting over 2,500 sq ft with vaulted ceilings and a very functional layout. Centrally located, close to shopping & transit routes, you'll love spending time with family and friends in your own backyard!

8331 River Road This club house could be converted to a home. Spacious, high ceilings, has a full kitchen and great size. Be creative here or keep as is. Lots of possibilites. $129,000

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OPEN SUNDAY 2-4 5335 6TH AVE TSAWWASSEN $874,900

OPENS SATURDAY 2-4 5365 CHAMBERLAYNE WAY LADNER $827,500

OPEN BY APPOINTMENT 36 DIEFENBAKER WYND TSAWWASSEN $729,900

OPEN BY APPOINTMENT 308-1375 VIEW CRESCENT TSAWWASSEN $338,900

OPEN SAT & SUN 2-4 423 SHANNON WAY TSAWWASSEN $589,900

5 year old craftsman home situated on a private professionally landscaped lot. The open concept plan offers great rooms on the main, plus den and full bath. Upstairs are 2 masters with full ensuites plus 2 other bedrooms that have a Jack and Jill ensuite. Great value!

14 year old, one owner. Home designed and built by Howard Shmid. This 2550 sq. ft. home is situated on a private park lot and offers 3 bedrooms and a games room up plus den on the main. All on a private park-like lot in Victory Estates.

Just Listed! 4 bedroom Pebble Hill Colonial home situated on a beautiful lot with private patios facing east and west. Open concept plan has new white shaker kitchen overlooking family room and out to gardens. There are 3 renovated bathrooms and the bedrooms are up.

Just Listed! Top ﬂoor west facing suite in “Fairview 56” Vaulted ceilings and separated bedrooms make this 2 bedroom/2 bath suite feel larger than 983 sq. ft. Great maple kitchen with granite counters and stainless appliances overlook dining and living rooms great for entertaining.

This lovely Pebble Hill 3 bedroom split level is situated on a quiet cul-de-sac adjacent to parkland and on a sunny westerly exposed lot. Extras include new windows, decks, roof, heat pump and a sun room overlooking the gardens.

JUST LISTED & OPEN SAT 2-4 102 - 1175 55TH STREET TSAWWASSEN $459,000

OPEN SUNDAY 2-4 5359 1ST AVE TSAWWASSEN $619,000

OPEN BY APPOINTMENT 1279 BEACH GROVE ROAD $699,900

OPEN BY APPOINTMENT 3381 RIVER RD. ARCHITECTURALLY DESIGNED FLOAT HOME $749,900

OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY 5009 CENTRAL AVE LADNER $790,000

Large 2 bedroom, den and insuite storage in show home condition. Gorgeous granite kitchen in open concept living. Large ensuite and walk in closet plus walk out to private garden patio area. Pets allowed and 3 mins. to town centre. Available now! Also available - a lovely 2 bedroom in updated and immaculate condition. Same gorgeous kitchen!

Wonderful 4 bedroom plus family home in immaculate move in condition with suite potential down. Newer roof and some updating done. This home is on a large park like lot. The back yard is amazing, and just 5 min. walk to Diefenbaker Park and Pebble Hill School

Difﬁcult to ﬁnd in Beach Grove, but here it is! 5 bedroom family home with 3 bedrooms up and 2 below (suite potential). Double car garage, private sunny back garden and across the street from the beach, 10 min. walk to town centre and recreation.

1900 sq. ft. of luxury living in this beautiful ﬂoating home with unobstructed panoramic views from every window. Over 1600 sq. ft. of deck and dock space for your enjoyment. A 30 ft. boat slip comes with the moorage lease. Featured in architectural magazines.

Large lot in multi development area of Ladner, subdividable property with a lovely home built by Kenorah Construction. Downstairs ready to suite, enjoy the home now and hold for future investment. 08219950

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Well kept 4 bedroom home. Fully ﬁnished basement provides mortgage assistance. South exposed sundeck with private back garden, perfect for entertaining. Quiet neighbourhood close to transportation and shopping. Oodles of parking even for your RV.

Fabulous 3000 sq. ft. rancher in sunny Tsawwassen. 5 bedrooms including master bedroom with a new 3 piece ensuite. Just blocks from South Park Elementary and South Delta schools. The basement's layout is ideal for a suite. The yard includes a swimming pool with an in ground hot tub. Features include hardwood ﬂoored living room. Living room has a full rock face ﬁreplace, vaulted ceiling. A great home for families or young executives.

$389,000 The only new condo in Tsawwassen.

This is what you've been waiting for! 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, brand new home with magnificent kitchen, cherry cabinets, granite counters, wood ﬂoors, 9' ceilings with huge crown moulding.

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BE A PART OF HISTORY Rare opportunity to own this heritage home with nearly a century of history behind its walls. Four bedrooms, elegant ﬁnishings, three verandas and beautifully landscaped grounds nestled in a quiet area of West Ladner. Ready to move? This house is perfect as is.

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Eidsvik & Associates, Chartered Accountants are seeking an experienced Accountant in the Richmond office, preferably with a professional designation and minimum 3 years experience in public practice. Must be proficient in the following: - Caseware - Year end working papers - T1 and T2 in Taxprep In return we offer a friendly environment in a small office with minimum supervision. Remuneration dependant upon experience, abilities and qualifications. Please submit resume by email with all attachments in pdf format to: manager@eidsvik.ca

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Career Fairs

AEROTEK JOB FAIR Aerotek is hosting a series of job fairs in your neighborhood.

Join Us: August 11, 2 PM - 5 PM Surrey Public Library Guildford Branch

Obituaries

August 19, 3 PM - 6 PM Langley Events Center August 24, 2 PM - 5 PM Surrey Public Library Strawberry Hill Branch September 1, 2PM - 5 PM Ladner Pioneer Library

COLWELL Everett Warren

January 25, 1920 - August 16, 2010

It is with great sadness that the family of Eddie Colwell announces his unexpected passing at Surrey Memorial on August 16. He is survived by Edna, wife of 65 years; son, Warren and his wife Lori; grandson, Jeremy and his wife Jeanette; sister Kathleen; and extended family. A celebration of Eddie’s life will be held for family and friends on Sunday, August 29 in Tsawwassen. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the BC Alzheimer Soc. or Kin Village Assn. Eddie touched many lives and will be greatly missed.

STEWART - John Robert

BROWN, Nina Leucretia July 25, 1928 - August 12, 2010

With sadness and great love we announce the passing of Nina Brown after a valiant and mercifully brief struggle with cancer. We will miss her wisdom and kindness and enthusiasm for life. Nina loved good books, naughty dogs and her adoring family. She is survived by her husband of 57 years Peter, her son Peter and his partner Frances, daughter Janet and her husband Fred, and her pride and joy, grandson Luke. “...And I shall reside in the house of the Lord forever” A Celebration of Nina’s life will be held at the Delta Funeral Home on Sunday August 22nd, 2010 from 2 to 4 pm. In lieu of ﬂowers donations can be made to the Delta Hospice Society. Delta Funeral Home 604-946-6040

Born September 30, 1933

It is with heavy hearts we announce the sudden passing of John on August 2, 2010. John was born and raised in Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1957. He was employed by TRIUMF at UBC and retired in 1995. John is survived by his wife Ruby, daughter Jackie and her children, Sarah (Eric), William and Sophia, 5 greatgrandchildren and extended family here and in England. The most important thing to John was his family and he will be deeply missed by all of us. No Service by Request.

Positions are available for Engineers, Designer/Drafters, General Laborers, Skilled Trades, and more! For more information please contact Kacie at kcrooks@aerotek.com

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Farm Workers

General Farm Labour SunSelect Vegetable Farm req’s FT exp’d. steady hard working Labourers available for all shifts, all days, average 40+ hrs/wk., willing to work at various locations Aldergrove & Delta. Duties incl. planting, cultivating, irrigating, harvesting, grading, clean-up of vegetable crops. $9.15 - $9.65/hr. Fax resume 604-607-7656

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General Employment

DELIVERY DRIVERS

required for busy Tsaw restaurant. P/t evening shifts available. Must have own vehicle. Apply after 4pm Ph: 604-943-7471 1097- 56th St. Tsawwassen

ENTRY LEVEL

Customer Service/Warehouse Pt Roberts Package Receiving/ Shipping Co seeks part time help, Mon to Fri, approx 30 hrs/wk. Must be able to work in U.S. Submit resume to Nancy at

tlc@dccnet.com

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General Employment

August 16, 1933 - August 14, 2010

Delta Funeral Home 604-946-6040

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MULLEN, Donald James After years of contending with serious health issues, Don peacefully passed on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at Hogg Pavilion/Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock, BC. Don grew up on a farm near Fork River, Manitoba. He loved to travel back to Manitoba and visit everyone. Being an excellent electrician, he was transferred from Winnipeg to Vancouver in 1967, to oversee the wiring of the Board of Trade Building on West Hastings Street. Don and his family chose to live in Ladner. He loved to go golfing with his friends and wished he had started golfing at least 20 years earlier. He also loved boating and fishing, so much so that he tried ‘commercial fishing’ for a few years. Don loved his family and was proud of their endeavors and accomplishments. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Roberta, their children; daughter Colleen (James Strachan), son Brad, daughter Debbie (Garth Davies) and grandchildren Alexander and Sarah, Sebi, Leila and Keeley. Don will also be lovingly remembered by three generations of nieces and nephews of his brother Roy, who predeceased him, and by many cousins and friends living across Canada. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 1:00 PM at Benediction Lutheran Church 5575 6th Avenue, Tsawwassen, BC. A “Celebration of Life” gathering to follow at 2:30 PM at 5055 Whitworth Crescent North, Ladner, BC. In lieu of flowers, donations in Don’s memory may be made to BC Heart & Stroke Foundation, Canadian Cancer Society or the Canadian Diabetes Association.

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EXPERIENCED CARE AIDE needed for disabled female. Permanent part time work that includes personal care, meal prep. and some light house duties, willing to train the right person. Please call 604-940-3901, lve message.

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Medical/Dental

ACCENTUS MEDICAL Transcription Services requires Canadian MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONISTS to work from home. Expertise in Operative Reports needed. Health Benefits now available! Please apply online www.accentus.ca/ employment.html

Medical Office Trainees Needed

Doctors & Hospitals need Medical Administrative & Medical Office Staff! No Experience? Need Training? Local Training & Job Placement is also available

LABORATORY ASSISTANT Acme Analytical Laboratories (Vancouver), a premier BC mining laboratory, is looking to fill various Laboratory Assistant positions for the graveyard shift (11pm - 7am) in its Vancouver facility. Must be able to handle up to 40 lbs as some heavy manual labor may be required. Experience in a lab environment an asset but training will be provided. Starting wage of approximately $13 (combination of base wage, graveyard shift premium and daily production bonus). Detail descriptions of the various positions are available on Acme’s website:

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Interested parties should submit resume and cover letter by email as instructed on the website. LOCAL LANDSCAPING Co. looking for reliable full time helper for fall season. Must enjoy working outside and be willing to learn. Clean driving abstract req’d. Call 604-836-0187

NOW HIRING

Position for Landscape and Property Maintenance business in South Delta for lawncare and general maintenance. Some experience and knowledge of South Delta an asset. B.C. drivers license req’d. Fax resume to 604-943-2490 Personal Trainer Certification Earn up to $70/hr as a Personal Trainer. Government Financial Aid may be avail. 604-930-8377 See our ad in todays paper under Education.

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Hotel Restaurant

ALFA GRECO ROMAN RESTAURANT

Now Hiring p/t dishwashers for flexible evening shifts. Apply in person after 4pm. 1097 - 56th St. Tsawwassen or call 778-552-7471

DAIRY QUEEN Tsawwassen

★ Now Hiring ★ Full Time / Part Time

Day / Night Staff Experience an asset Dental health benefits Apply in person with resume at 1555 - 56th Street

1-888-748-4126

MOA

for Tsawwassen office, 3-4 days per week. MUST have medical terminology and good computer skills. Fax resume to 604-943-0319 No phone calls please.

Pharmacy Tech Trainees Needed Retail Pharmacies & Hospitals need trained Techs & Assistants. No Exerience? Need Training? Training & Job Placement available 1-888-748-4130

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Office Personnel

Administrative Support / Bookkeeper

Perm/PT (26 hrs/wk) Position incl. clerical support, phones and basic bookkeeping/payroll duties. Proficient in Microsoft Word/Excel. Experience with Simply Acct’g or Quick Books. Basic personal tax prep skills would be an asset. Fax resume to 604-943-8329 or email: ee.admin100@gmail.com Angie G.H. Ng, C.A.

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Office Technology

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Required. Organized, multitasking, productive, the successful candidate is detail oriented, proficient in math, has excellent written & spoken command of English, has a friendly but professional telephone manner. Applicant should be skilled in Excel, Word, and have had experience in a busy purchasing, follow up, & any administrative duties as required. References and own transport required. Position begins September 2010. Knowledge of gardening an asset. Hours 8 am to 4 pm Monday - Friday. Please provide resume in person to 3925 64th Street, East Ladner, Delta, or fax to (604)952-8828 FAO Anne Lockhart.

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Sales

Counter Sales Person

DELIVERY DRIVERS

required for busy Tsaw restaurant. P/t evening shifts available. Must have own vehicle. Apply after 4pm Ph: 604-943-7471 1097- 56th St. Tsawwassen

Queensborough, New West. Immediate start. Must be customer service oriented, team player, able to handle cash and have good computer skills. Knowledge of construction hardware and building products an asset. Full time position. Benefits package after three months. Email: cturner@griff.ca

604-580-2772 www.stenbergcollege.com

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Teachers/ Instructors

F/T ECE Assistant Manager & F/T or P/T Licenced ECE for daycare in Ladner. Benefits package. Email info@creativespaces.ca

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Trades/Technical

FULL TIME PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Required for busy seasonal packaging operation. Successful candidate is superorganized, thorough, logical, detail oriented, with strong math skills, comfortable with computers and good at follow up. A self starter, working with a small team, you will need strong interpersonal skills and be comfortable in a busy sales and shipping environment. Previous inventory control experience as asset. Please provide resume in person to 3925 64th Street, East Ladner, Delta, or fax to (604) 952-8828 FAO Anne Lockart.

Cement Pump Operator (Boom Pump)

Permanent Position • Salary is $30.31 hourly, full time. Salary and benefits per collective agreement. • Must have 2-3 years experience. • Work throughout Lower Mainland

Gastaldo Concrete Ltd.

482 Fraserview Place, Delta (Annacis Island) Apply by Phone (604) 525-3636 or by Fax 604 525 3637 HEAVY DUTY Mechanic needed. Location Chetwynd, B.C., this is a camp position. Salary will be negotiable. Email resume to rundle3@telus.net or phone 250-754-1585

ROOFERS

F/T Employment Good Benefit Package Call Daryl: 604-433-4322 or Fax: 604-433-9741

TRUTH IN ''EMPLOYMENT'' ADVERTISING Postmedia Community Publishing makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember. Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad. Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment. If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711, Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

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The Delta Optimist August 21, 2010

FEATURED EMPLOYMENT We are seeking

Carriers

Experienced Class 1 International Open Deck Long Haul and Super Train Drivers

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5 PCE Spanish bedroom suite, $700 obo. 604-943-5063

2010

Appliances

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RECREATION INSTRUCTORS Delta Parks, Recreation & Culture is looking for the following instructors: Step/Aerobics, Indoor Group Cycling, Yoga and Personal Trainers. The successful candidates must be able to work a variety of shifts at our various recreation facilities (Sungod, Ladner & Winskill). Current BCRPA Certification (or equivalent), CPR and First Aid required. Experience is an asset. Interested applicants are requested to submit Delta’s ‘Application Form’ (available on our website or by calling 604-946-3246), quoting competition number 67/10 ex by August 31 2010 and ongoing. We thank all applicants for their interests; however, only those under consideration will be contacted. Successful candidates are required to undergo a criminal records check. The Corporation of Delta Attention: Human Resources 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC V4K 3E2 Email: employment@corp.delta.bc.ca Fax: 604.946.3706 www.corp.delta.bc.ca

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• Ofﬁce Administration Diploma • Computerized Accounting Software • Payroll Specialist • Microsoft Ofﬁce Specialist

BROYHILL WALNUT: 9 pce dining room set $800, 6 pce Bedroom set $700. 604-943-0344 SMALL WHITE computer desk w 2 drawers; $25obo, Small boardroom tbl; $25obo 604-727-8863

UNDER PRESSURE SYSTEMS INC.

We sell & service all hot & cold pressure washers 604.434.2188 upsi.ca #11 - 5850 Byrne Rd. Burnaby

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We Offer: • Health Beneﬁts • Company Pension • Dedicated Fleet Managers • Pre-Planned Dispatch

Fridge $200 • Stove $150 Washer $175 • Dryer $150

604-306-5134 Warranty & Delivery Removal Available

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Clothing/Fur/ Jewels

GIRLS SOUTHPOINT Uniform ranges from Kindergarten to grade 7, 604-250-8052

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For Sale Miscellaneous

HOT TUB Beachcomber 350, 2 yrs old, hardly used, $3800. 604-943-9955 - 604-818-1622

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MULTI FAMILY YARD SALE & CAR WASH Fri, Aug 20, 9am-2pm Sat, Aug 21, 9am-1pm 2148 Tsawwassen Dr

Fuel

Moving Sale Sat Aug 21 9 to 3 pm 4552 47A Street

Everything Must Go! Furniture, candle holders, something for everyone!

UPRIGHT PIANO, + seat Robler & Campbell, recently tuned. Exc cond. $500 obo. 604-940-9709

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Childcare Available

Daycare Centres

Licensed Family Daycare French Immersion 0-12 yrs. Ladner Activities include story telling, crafts, outdoor play. Openings available

Pls Call Marie-Claude

604-946-7402 Licensed Group Daycare & School Age has spaces avail. for ages 30 mos. - 10 yrs.

604-940-8077

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FOODSAFE Richmond: Aug 7 or 29 Surrey: Every Saturday Also Bby • Coq • M.Ridge • Van. Health Inspector Instructors! ADVANCE Hospitality Education BC’s #1 Foodsafe Choice

FOODSAFE 1 DAY COURSES Guaranteed best value! Six Metro Vancouver Locations: Vancouver • Burnaby • Surrey • Richmond • Coquitlam • Maple Ridge All our Instructors are also working local Health Inspectors! Classes held each week & weekend! Course materials available in 6 languages. Same-day Certification. Visit our website at www.foodsafe-courses.com or call 604-272-7213 ADVANCE Hospitality Education – B.C.’s #1 Choice for Foodsafe & WorldHost Training.

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL

Train on Full-Size Excavators, Dozers, Graders, Loaders. Oil Field Tickets. Provincially Certified Instructors. Government Accredited. Job Placement assistance. www.iheschool.com 1-866-399-3853

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Education Personal Trainer Certiﬁcation

1 DAY COURSES – ONLY $62!

Earn up to $70/hr as a Personal Trainer. Government Financial Aid may be available. 604-930-8377 Hilltop Academy

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TEACUPS POM PUPS, 1 Red & 1 Blk Males, fluffy, ckc, vet ✔, P/B, $900 obo. 604-590-2423

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YORKIE SHIH TZU, male, 9 weeks old, vet✔, shots/ dewormed, $525. 604-904-9280

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Feed & Hay

Triple Five Trucking

SPECIAL • Cedar Shavings KILN DRIED Hemlock, Fir, Spruce Sawdust & Shavings

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Pet Services

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PET URINE Removal Treatment ™

CHINESE SHAR-PEI purebred pups. Vet checked. 13 weeks old. Smooth coat. Red, lilac, & fawn. $600/each. Call 604-888-1116 FILA/MASTIFF GUARD DOGS owners best friend. Intruders worst nightmare. all shots, $2000 each. ready now! 604-817-5957

GOLDEN DOODLES, Avail Sep 10, $1250. 778-737-0146. www.foxycharliepuppies.com

For Carpet, Upholstery, Mattress. Why live with urine odor? Guaranteed! 604-536-7627 www.Emerald.ChemDry.ca

WANTED - RESPONSIBLE DOG WALKER req’d 12th & English Bluff, Tsaw 604-943-5758

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Metaphysical

LOVE! MONEY! LIFE! #1 Psychics! 1-877-478-4410 CreditCards/Deposit $3.19/min 18+ 1-900-783-3800 www.mysticalconnections.ca

JACK RUSSELL pups smooth, stubby, 1 shots, dewormed, bl/w br/w, $450. 604-701-1587

604-630-3300

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Dogs

Puppy Paradise

RAGDOLL KITTENS, vet check, 1st vac. dewormed, parents Sealpoint, 8 wks, $400, 604-850-7471

★CATS & KITTENS★ FOR ADOPTION !

Education

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Dogs

Cats

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

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CREATION STATION DAYCARE

3 KITTENS. 8 wks old. Free to a good home. 604-562-5859

www.brighteyesacademy.ca

BEST Deal Restwell Matt Sets. Full wrty, Dble $319. Queen $339 King $559. Will deliver. 722-3636

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Bright Eyes Academy Child Care Centres

Furniture

EXP’D CHILDCARE provider has full time spot avail immed, Central Ladner. Call 604-946-6454

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Musical Instruments

DRUM KIT, 5 pce with crash & hihat cymbols + 12’’ & 8’’ splash cymbols $350. 604-943-9389

FIREWOOD, DRY 1 y.o. Cherry, cut & split, $100 cord p/u, $150 delivered. Vancouver. Call 778-233-2683 or 604-879-6019

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Licenced Daycare Has space available for 1-5 year olds. ECE exp’d Caregiver Call Hayley 604-940-8320

LADNER

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Childcare Available

COMFY COUCH

Get an early start on your Xmas shopping. Dreamcatchers, cedar rose arrangements, cedar hearts, books, household items, furn, home made jam. Enjoy coffee

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best Price, Best Quality. All Shapes & Colors Available. Call 1-866-652-6837. www.thecoverguy.ca

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BREED BREED

Garage Sale

DELTA

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Flexible Scheduling, Start Monday! E/I Supported Training. 3 Campuses to Serve you Better. Skytrain Accessible.

Furniture

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JAPANESE CHIN, female dog, 2 years old. Friendly and good with children. $500. 778-881-5854

Financial Services

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Dogs

BORDER COLLIE, female, 14 wks old. Purebred but no papers. Includes: dog pool, 2 leashes, toys, food, shampoo, portable carrying case. Vet checked & 2nd shots. $400. Call 604-533-0706

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Call 1-866-690-3328 PAPILLONS. THREE females for sale. Two puppies and 3 yr female. All have CKC, microchip, vaccines. Small and friendly. $600 - 1200 Call 604 527 8948

www.4pillars.ca

NEED CASH AND OWN A VEHICLE?

You keep your keys and drive away with cash. Call Got Keys? Got Cash! (604) 760-9629

Music/Theatre/ Dance

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IN HOME OR STUDIO LESSONS Piano, Theory & other instruments. Allegro Music School 604-327-7765

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Franchises/ Business Opps

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

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Legal Services

#1 IN PARDONS Remove your criminal record. Express Pardons offers the FASTEST pardons, LOWEST prices, and it’s GUARANTEED. BBB Accredited. FREE Consultation Toll-free: 1-866-416-6772 www.ExpressPardons.com

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Agents

NEED A MORTGAGE 1st and 2nd Mortgages, Self Employed, Refinancing, Forclosures, Low Rates. 604-629-8628 www.Mazuma.ca

Real Estate Services

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★ RENT TO OWN! ★ If you have a small down payment, I have a nice home for you! Less then perfect credit OK. Call Kim 604-628-6598

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BUSINESSES FOR SALE

BECOME A LOCKSMITH 5 Days Hands on Training. Visit www.mrprolock.com or call Terry 604-773-5625 GAS STATION & Garage. Well established, very successful. Serious inquiries only . 604-724-4848

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Houses - Sale

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Apt/Condos

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www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca ★ WE BUY HOUSES ★ Foreclosure Help! Debt Relief! No Equity! Don’t Delay! Call us First! 604-657-9422

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Tsawwas.

5857-16 Ave Beach Grove Tsawwassen. 2BR bungalow, walk to beach, large lot, deck, $491,000. 1-780-965-5007

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Lots & Acreage

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOT. $75,000 in services paid! 33’ x 130’. New Westminster. No HST! $325,888. Call 604-726-0677.

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Apartments & Condos

TSAWWASSEN , View Crescent. 2 BR, 2 baths, top flr corner, u/g prkg, enste w/d, $1550. Immed. 604-505-8467, sloo@shaw.ca

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Apt/Condos

1 BR + balcony, central Ladner, ns, np, coin wd, avail Sept 1, $775, 604-538-3777 2 BR, 2 bath Tsaw. 6 appls + more, fp, prkg, ns, np, refs, req’d, avail Oct 1, $1600, 604-767-0845

LADNER 1bdrm $750 all incl’d, 3 bdrm $1040 incl., heat, h/w, prkg. Some pets ok. No dogs. No smoking. 604-940-8726

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Houses - Rent

TSAW. 1 BR, all appls, FP, inste wd, np, no BBQ, nr all ammens. Suitable adults. 604-943-6163 4 BR rancher, 2.5 bath, 2 fp, pool, Tsaw, Sep 1, ns, np, long/short term, $2400, 604-943-8041

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QUIET CLEAN 2 br avail now/ Sept 1, Tsaw. near ammens, park like setting, carpets, References required, no pets 778-316-3401 Expired Listing, No Equity, High Pymts?

Apt/Condos

Real Estate

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$99 can sell your home 574-5243 Abbotsford Reduced 1800sf 4br 2ba w/suite, quiet cul-de-sac $339K 859-4048 id5174 Chilliwack Promontory 4500sf 5br 5ba home 2 bsmt suites, $619k 824-9700 id 5206 Coquitlam 10,000sf lot w/1000sf 3br 2ba home, outbuilding $440K 778-859-0717 id4272 Coquitlam Open House Daily 2-4 511, 3132 Dayanee Springs Bv NEW top fl 650sf 1br condo, view $299,900 778-285-9449 id5170 Delta Open House Sat/Sun 1-4, 11781-71A ave, Sunshine Hills immaculate 2414sf 5br home, suite, pool, $549K 502-7541 id5201 Maple Ridge drastically reduced 4.9ac serviced vu acreage $440Kobo 722-3996 id4694 Mission, Owner Retiring, profitable framing store & gallery $47,000 826-7993 id5176 Mission Reduced, Hatzic Lk gated waterfront lot w/27’ 5th wheel $138K 820-4457 id5195 Sry E Newton 1 acre lot with 2600sf 6br 2.5ba bungalow $499,900 778-549-2056 id5198 Vanc S. Granville 590sf 1br condo, top fl, insuite laundry, view $335K 946-2689 id5199

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CHOOSE YOUR NEW HOME FROM OUR LIST OF WELL MAINTAINED AND MANAGED SUITES!

TSAWWASSEN

Tsawwassen Terrace

Are you looking for a 1 or 2 bedroom suite in a well maintained building? Bldg is located on 16th Ave and is close to the bus, shops and the beach. To view please call 604-782-4326

Shawnigan

2 bedroom suites available in clean and quiet building. Located 1 block from shopping mall and on bus route. Minutes from parks and beach area. For more info or to view please call 604-943-0002

Kerry Court

1 and 2 bedroom suites available in a quiet well maintained bldg. Rent includes 2 appl, drapes, heat and hot water. Located close to school, shopping, recreation centre and bus route. To make an appt to view please call 604-943-1487

Century Village and Tsawwassen Manor

Beautiful complex consisting of 6 bldgs. & water fountains. 1 & 2 bedroom suites, include drapes, wall to wall carpets, balconies, elevators, and wheel chair access. Tsaw. Manor includes heat. Close to beach, parks, recreation centre & school. To make an appt to view please call 604-948-9111

LADNER

Harbourside

Affordable 1 bedroom suite available in the heart of Ladner Village. Rent includes 2 appl, carpets, drapes and hot water. Shops and bus stop nearby. To view or for more information please call 604-946-9268

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DELTA WEST

4895-55B St, Ladner Bach, 1 & 2 BR, Available. Spacious suites, balconies, rent incls heat & hot water, prkg available. Refs. N/P.

CALL 604 946-1094 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

Tsawwassen, CASA DEL SOL (2) 2 BDRM’s Available Sept. 1 & Oct. 1, $995. incls heat & H/W, carpets, drapes, 2 appl, 2 elevators, under ground parking avail. Please Call 604-943-8954 or 604-488-4733

6515

Duplexes - Rent

2 BR + attic, 1.5 bath, Ladner, stainless appls. w/wd, built in vac, fresh air exchange, radiant heat, granite & Marble, hardwood, nr bus. school & city hall, ns, np, now, $1950 +utils, 604-943-9433

6540

CENTRAL LADNER 6 yr old, 2400 sf. home, 3 br+ 3rd flr loft, 2.5 baths, open concept kitchen w/family room, dbl garage, enclosed patio with natural gas outlets. Close to schools. $2200mth/+utils. 604-946-1244

Houses - Rent

HUGE 11 yr old house in Central Tsawwassen. 3 blks from High School but not near transmission line. 6 bdrms, 4 full baths, 500 sf games room, 3 car garage with workshop, hardwood floors, 72 x 200 ft lot with fruit trees, ns, no dog, 1 cat ok. Avail Sept 1. $2400. 604-943-1614 LADNER 3 BR house on farm, 4635 88th St, 2 baths, pets ok, w/d, Avail Now, 778-233-8702

3 BR, $1250 + elec, like new inside, 1 bath, w/d, yard, carport, 7135 - 140th St. Avail Sept. 1, call 604-880-4619 4/5 br rancher, Tsaw, 2.5 bath, sunny yard, fp, all appls, $2100, pet ok, Immed 604-948-1966

6508

LADNER, CENTRAL. Loft style 1 BR coach house. 5 appl. $950/mo + util. Sept 1st. 604-726-6010

Apt/Condos

SHEPHERD DRIVE, RICHMOND

3 BR, 2 bath townhouse, 1515 sq. ft. 3 levels near Shell and Alderbridge. Rent is $1,250 per month. Utilities are extra, hydro and gas. Must be a family and must have income in the range of $3750-$5500. Application, references and proof of income is required. Security deposit of ½ month’s rent is required. Small pets are accepted with an additional security deposit of ½ months rent.

If you qualify and are interested in viewing, please call 604-451-6082

EVERGREEN DOWNS 4600 Evergreen Lane, Ladner

2 BR apartment, $835/mo includes hot water and one parking stall. Electricity, phone, cable is extra. Elevator in building and coin laundry. We are family housing so cannot rent a 2 bedroom to a couple or a single person. Income guidelines are a range of $2850 to $4600 gross per month to qualify. We have no subsidies available at this time. Application, references, proof of income are required. Security deposit for unit is 1/2 month’s rent. We do accept small dogs and pets with an additional 1/2 month’s rent as security deposit.

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6540

LADNER HERITAGE STYLE 4 bdrm 3 bath 1-yr-old, 2660 sq ft, 9 ft ceilings. Large great rm, living/ dining rm, kitchen -- steel & granite, hrdwd, in-flr heat, gas f/p, master w/ walk-in. Dbl garage. Close to school/village/shops. NS. Phone 604-948-9616 or 604-618-3658. $2600 Avail Oct 1. STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification - Low Down CHILLIWACK – 9557 Williams St, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town, close to shops & schools............... $888/M Call Kristen 604 435-5555 or 786-4663

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6565

FOR LEASE

Tsawwassen ● Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall has prime retail spaces available in Oliva ● Windsor Woods – unit #5 – 1,057 sq. ft. ● Century Square 1658 Sq ft of Office/Commercial Space for Lease - Small office space available 291 sq ft on ground floor. For more information call Tina or Sandra at Century Group 604-943-2203

6570

Out Of Town

CULTUS LAKE. Cottage available for short or long term rental. Fully furn’d 2BR, BBQ & sunny deck. Near beach. 604-813-7535

6595

Shared Accommodation

6595-25

ROOM AVAIL in comfortable Tsawwassen home. Suits mature, prof person or student. $550/mo (includes delicious meals). Call 604-943-6130 or 603-7210

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Rest, lie low, contemplate, be charitable and spiritual now to late September. Don’t start new projects before Sept. 12. Anticipate delays, mistakes in administrative duties and government, institutional links. A tax or other neglected matter might return to demand completion. But in general, life will ﬂow smoothly, your romantic progress (if you’re in one) pleases, life is sweet and nostalgic! (If you’re single, unattached, late January to early summer 2011 will bring a lucky partnership opening.) Romance, creative urges Sunday/Monday; exciting meetings Friday/Saturday. Work, mid-week.

Taurus April 20-May 20: Reject new starts, projects and relationships before Sept. 12. Loads of work streams your way, but there’s satisfaction, even affection in this. Also, a month of romance, pleasure, charming kids, speculation and beauty starts now! You’ll have lots of relief from all those duties. (But keep your eye on the ball, for late September will bring another basket of chores.) Your status/career meet luck Sunday (best) and Monday. Social joys, optimism, happiness and entertainment arrive Tuesday to Thursday. Your “destined love” is “around.” An old ﬂame? Lie low, rest late week.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Projects, relationships and ventures begun before Sept. 12 will almost certainly meet overwhelming mistakes, indecision and delays. So stick with the ongoing, or past situations, especially in earnings and spending – an area that will generally be fortunate for the four weeks ahead. (An “unseen destiny” aids you in money areas midweek.) Double-check amounts on cheques, change at the store, watch your wallet, etc. Relationships demand (and reward) your attention Sunday (best) and Monday. Secrets, intimacy, lust, investments, debt, mid-week. Gentle love, wisdom Friday/ Saturday.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Start no important new projects, ventures, relationships before Sept. 12. That might be difficult, as your mind naturally travels to the future for the next four weeks – you’re optimistic! Well, enjoy the state. Your popularity grows, social joys enter, entertainment, flirtations abound. A former lover or sweet friend might return. It’s fun and full of bounce, so don’t say no. But on a deeper level, the love here will raise issues of “deep duty,” perhaps of burden, or ”sweet sorrow.” You decide what’s worth what. Duties, sweet or not, appear Sunday/Monday, Friday/Saturday. Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: A former job, career contact, parenting role, or status position might return now to Sept. 12. (“Destiny” aids here mid-week.) But don’t start brand new projects or relationships, especially in these areas. Instead, seize that past opportunity, or stick with ongoing ventures, while protecting them from delays, mistakes and misunderstood communications. Your social life remains happy, upbeat. A light, ﬂirtatious romance could arrive (perhaps Thursday night through Saturday) – or better, an ongoing one thrives. (A brand new relationship will tend to stay light, not “grow.”)

6600

Storage

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1473 GULF RD, Pt Roberts Washington state - just across the border south of Tsaw. Exterior & mini storage avail. Boats, RVs and more starting at $20/month. 360-945-5242

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BDRM suite in great house, w/d carport, walk to town. $850 inclusive Tsaw. 778-863-4583 1 BR bsmt ste $550 Ladner. w/d, cable util, internet. n/s, n/p avail immed. 604 946 7072 1 BR bsmt suite, nr bus stop, school, Port Guichon area. $700 pet ok, n/s, 604-946-3032 1 BR ste, upper flr, South Delta, very large, 4 appl, $800 incl utils, n/s, no pets, call 604-940-0154 1BDRM SUITE Ladner, sep entr, prkg F/P, shared W/D, W/I, util incl. $ 800.00 avail immed. N/P, N/S. 604-940-1787 2 BR bsmt suite, Ladner, updated d/w, insuite laundry $950 incl hydro, cable, ns np 604-763-4925

2 BR suite, ground level entry. own wd, storage, small friendly pet ok. $900 incl utils. avail now, ns, suits adults. 604-940-0870 3 BR Ladner Bsmt, fridge, stove, wd, fenced yard, prkg, Aug 15, ns, $1000incl utils, 604-765-3642 3 BR ste, Ladner, upper level, deck, $1100 + 50% utils, np, avail now. 604-946-0926 3 BR upper flr. 1.5 baths, 80 & 112th Ave. & schools, N. Delta, large back yard, $1250. now or Sept 1 or 15, refs. Randy 604-760-8005 AVAIL SEPT 1 - 2 BR ste, Ladner, w/d neg. d/w, n/s, n/p, $1000 + 1/3 utils. 604-940-0167

Lad./Tsaw./ S. Delta

PARTIALLY FURN, sep bldg in shared house acreage, E. Ladner priv. quiet, $575, 604-940-4595

Cancer June 21-July 22: Start nothing new before Sept. 12. Sunday begins four weeks of travel, communications, errands, curiosity, casual acquaintances, siblings, paperwork, news, and “daily business.” A busy, not important time. It’s busy partly because these activities (travel, communications, etc.) meet delays, misses, mistakes, forgetfulness. Keep a running “to do” list, take a list when shopping, etc. Your home, kids, a security or realty project remain front-and-centre. Finances, intimacy, lifestyle decisions favoured Sunday/Monday. Gentle love, wisdom mid-week. Ambition, Friday/Saturday.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Your energy and charisma soar this week through the next few, Virgo. But don’t start big new (or even small important) projects, nor relationships, before Sept. 12. So that leaves you in a bind: you’re in the best start time of the year energywise, and one of the worst circumstantially. Solution: seize something incomplete or abandoned from the past, and revive it. Best (past) place to look: earnings, money, possessions, rote learning, memory, a sensual contact, ﬁnancial investment/debt, sexual bond, lifestyle change. Work’s lucky Sunday, relationships and travel lucky Tuesday/Wednesday.

Office/Retail Rent

Office Space 621 sqft avail June 1st . 4840 Delta Street, Ladner. 2nd, elevator & sec indoor prkng, Ph: Gertie 1-250-247-7242 or cell 604-306-4563

Aries March 21 - April 19: A month of work and health issues begins Sunday. Yet your main experience will be pleasure this week. Sunday/ Monday feature social delights, happiness (attraction) in love, optimism, entertainment and wish fulfilment! Thursday night through Saturday boost your energy and charisma. (Saturday might bring a further development to Sunday/Monday’s attraction.) This week subtly furthers your (fortunate) destiny in work, career, and ultimately, finances. Even your “down time,” Tuesday to Thursday eve, flows smoothly: rest, think. Remember, start nothing major before Sept. 12.

Gemini May 21-June 20: Delay all new starts – especially in domestic, realty, Mother Nature and security spheres – until Sept. 12. You’ll be tempted to “jump early” in those domestic, realty (etc.) areas, as they grow large for the next four weeks. Let events evolve: destiny is on your side, especially ﬁnancially. Romance (or the lack thereof) remains a strong secondary note. Love’s opportunities exist right into mid-September. However, better now if it’s an old ﬂame – perhaps from a former neighbourhood. Love and/or friendship are favoured Sunday/Monday and Thursday night to Saturday. Mid-week, be ambitious.

Houses - Rent

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BACH SUITE, 500sf detatched incl hydro, tel & cable, pets neg. view farmland, Sep 1, Ladner, $650, 604-561-7396 .. 649-1627 LADNER 1 BR bsmt suite, n/s, no pets, Avail Sept 1, $700 incl utils. 604-773-9615 TSAW, 1 bdrm, newer appl, share w/d, single only. n/s, n/p, $700incl util/cbl, web. Sept 1 948-9737

August 22 - 28 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Start nothing new before Sept. 12. A former educational, publishing, cultural, love, international, legal or intellectual interest, project or situation might return. (Or you daydream about it/him/her.) Returning to the past can reward. If an old flame returns, a strong “career” or ambition streak is involved – e.g., he/she perhaps was once your boss, or a major client. Chase money Sunday (best) and Monday. Travel, communications mid-week – a turn of destiny could bring, aid, one of those educational, international, etc. things! Let things end Thursday night through Saturday. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: A former investment, debt, secret, sexual, research, lifestyle, criminal/ police, diagnostic or health situation could reappear before Sept. 12. It’s generally favourable, could be a doorway to profit, satisfaction. But think before you leap. During the same interval, start nothing new, especially in these areas. You’re going be dealing with heavy themes, serious matters! Gentle, true love, intellectual growth, mental creativity, pleasurable travel and/or legal process – all continue. Your energy, charisma surge Sunday/Monday. (Someone has romance on the mind!) Chase money mid-week. Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Avoid new starts before Sept. 12 – in projects and, especially, in relationships. You’ll have plenty to keep you busy with ongoing links – including one from the past. These might “reappear” after some absence: negotiations, litigation, a relocation, partnership or business opportunity, or even an enemy. Take everything in stride, be flexible, diplomatic. You might face a choice: To join or compete. Joining’s better, as your competition holds the aces right now. Lie low, rest, contemplate Sunday/Monday. Your charisma surges mid-week, triggering success! Money caution after Thursday. timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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9110

Collectibles & Classics

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Services & Repairs

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9145

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9155

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RV’s/Trailers

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8180

Home Services

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For All Your Household Repairs and Renovations. Interior and Exterior Finishing, Kitchens, Bathrooms and Plumbing Refs Avail. Free Estimates

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Roofing

• Repairs • Reroof • New Roof

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8250

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Power Washing

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Roofing

AL’S CERAMIC TILE

PRECISION 1 Plumbing & Heating, Lic. & Ins. hw tanks, service, renos. No hst Rick 604-809-6822

8225

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Residential & Commercial Tar & Gravel to Torch On Conversion Member of Shell Busey’s House Smart Referral Network ★ Govt Certified ★ 20 yrs exp

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ROOFING OUR SPECIALTY

778.886.8541 Licensed, Insured, WCB

TMO Contracting

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ROOFING Delta’s #1 Residential Roofers

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Drainage & Plumbing Inc.

Plumbing, Drainage, Repairs & Installation

Main sewer lines, water lines, camera inspections, plugged drains, hot water tanks and drain tiles. 24/7 Emergency available Sat/Sun/Holidays Licensed, Insured, Bonded

604-618-4988

8255

Rubbish Removal

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99 89 $ $ 1/2 LOAD 89 1/2LOAD LOAD 79 1/2 59 53 Ask about 30 $ $ 129LOAD LOAD 149 LOAD

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A Save on Roofing - specialize in ★refoof ★ repair★ Fully Ins. Free est. 10% discount 778-892-1266

Roofing Experts 778-230-5717 Repairs/Re-Roof/New Roofs. All work Gtd. Free Est. Call Frank

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Find one in the Home Services section.

8255

ROD’S HAUL-IT-AWAY

Rubbish Removal and Recycling

778-668-HAUL (4285)

Locally Owned... ● So you pay less ●

LARRY’S CLEAN-UP

Over 25 years serving South Delta

• Rubbish Removal • Reno Clean-Up • Yard Trimmings

209-6663 49

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

Quality Home Improvement ★ Stucco ★ All Kinds. No Job Too Big or Small. 604-725-8925

8309

Tiling

AL’S CERAMIC TILE. Supply & install, samples avail. Free est. 604-948-9573, cell 604-836-8943

8315

Tree Services

Tree Removal - Stump Grinding Branch Chipping * Free Est. * WCB Local resident, 34 yrs. 604-943-0043

8335

Window Cleaning

Student Works

Disposal & Recycling Trips to the dumps start at

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WE GUARANTEE ALL COSTS

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$40 Askabout about $30 Ask 35

778-883-3294

COAST TO COAST ROOFING

Gary, 604-897-3614

Plumbing

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bcheemaroofing.ca

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RUBBISH

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$49

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DISPOSAL BINS 4 - 40 yard bins. From $179 - $565 including dump fees. Disposal King, 604-306-8599

8300

Stucco/Siding/ Exterior

J. PEARCE STUCCO CONTRACTING. Residential / Commercial. 604-761-6079

• Vacuum Gutter Cleaning • Window/Pressure Washing • Insured, Bonded, Professional

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Edgemont Building Maintenance • Power Washing • Window Cleaning • Gutter Cleaning

604-244-9446 Established 1963

Looking to do some

Home Improvement? Refer to the Service Directory for all of your home improvement, decorating and gardening needs.

A40 The Delta Optimist August 21, 2010

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