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Volunteers make over 100 holiday baskets for low-income pet owners in Delta BY

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A group of volunteers is trying to keep local pets from going hungry over the holidays. Members of Feed the Animals Delta, now in its fifth year of operation, have been collecting donations to make baskets of pet food and supplies for low-income animal owners. The baskets are distributed by Deltassist, a family and community services organization, during the holiday season. “It’s a passion of ours,” said

Troy Hannafin, who’s been with the group since it started. The group, which also gets support from local pet stores, has grown from half a dozen volunteers to close to 20. “Every year we started getting a little larger,” he said. Last year Feed the Animals was able to put together 95 baskets for pet owners. “We’re aiming for 120 this year,” Hannafin said. He noted the original volunteers had been helping animals in various ways like dog rescues and shelters but wanted to do more.

“We were looking for another way to help people with animals.” He said one of the negative things he’s encountered while working on the Feed the Animals project is that some people ask why low-income owners have a pet if they can’t afford to keep an animal. “My response to that is that animals are always great therapy. Anybody who’s in a trying time, or monetarily can’t make ends meet and they’re struggling, the best therapy is to have an animal there. They request four things from you: Feed me, play with me,

love me and lead me. The only thing that takes money is feeding.” Shayla Cusworth, manager of the Ladner Bosley’s store, one of those supporting the effort, echoed Hannafin’s statement. “There’s a lot of times too when a family has lost its main breadwinner. The children in that family, they’ve already lost a loved one, they don’t need to lose their pets too,” she said. While this year’s donations cutoff has already passed, the group can be contacted at ftadelta@ gmail.com for more information.

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Demand on the rise at South Delta Food Bank BY

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Through volunteer eyes

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KENT & JOAN NICKERSON Optimist contributors

About 20 years ago the pastor at Ladner Christian Fellowship went away on a retreat to pray and fast. Later he felt he should start a food bank. The church bought the food and set up in the little kitchen of the small church on Trunk Road. From that humble beginning, the South Delta Food Bank has served the communities of Ladner, Tsawwassen and Tsawwassen First Nation ever since. Come with us and we will show you a hub of activity. It begins on Wednesday mornings at about 8:30 a.m. and there are a few early risers sitting quietly on the wooden bench at the back of the church building. The registrars arrive and open the doors of the portable. The recipients sign in and col-

lect their number in the order they will obtain their groceries. In the room where the bread is given out, at about 10 a.m., a group of workers and recipients assemble to give thanks for all the donated food. This food is now bought by people in the community, food drives, by various organizations and with money given by local citizens. All workers are volunteers and the money is used to pay for fresh milk, eggs, hamburger and fresh vegetables and fruit each week. Canned and dry food is purchased when the supply is short. Nurses from public health visit and give vaccines to those who want them. Another lady gives out children’s books occasionally. The second section of the portable is where the bread is sorted and arranged. Buns and doughnuts are bagged and neatly displayed for individual pick up.

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Family bags with canned goods and dry staples are picked up here as are similar bags for singles. Several times a year ladies collect good, used clothing and footwear, warm winter jackets and winter gear for the needy. These are displayed on the chairs in the church. When the door opens for the boutique, the people enthusiastically flood in filling bags with children’s, baby and adult clothing. A babysitting service is provided for mothers where children are lovingly cared for while the food bank is open. Our next stop is at a small new building where the co-ordinator has his modest office. The other section of this building is where the eggs, meat, milk and produce are given out. Extra dry food is stored at the back of this room as well as in the shed. The food is sorted in the shed and placed on shelves and eventually bagged for families and

single persons. At about 9:30 a.m., several workers give out sandwiches, hot soup or bananas and muffins. In December a party is usually held for the people and the workers. On a more solemn note, last year the pastor held a memorial service for a homeless man from Ladner. There have been eight deaths in the past five years of people who have regularly come to the food bank. For all those who donate their time and labour, those who give food and money, we say: “Thank you very much. Your generosity has helped many people. Kent and Joan Nickerson have been volunteers at the South Delta Food Bank for the last 14 years. More information on the food bank, which is located at Ladner Christian Fellowship, can be found at www.ladnerlife.com.

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Joe Van Essen says he has seen an increase in families making use of the South Delta Food Bank over the years. “When I started there was maybe 25 families coming. That was a busy day. Now it’s been up to 120 families a day. That’s also a busy day. Some weeks we have 80 or 90, 100,” he said. Van Essen, the food bank’s co-ordinator, has been with the group for nearly 20 years. Asked why he thinks the numbers have increased, he noted the community has grown, it’s an expensive area to live in and the economy hasn’t been very good recently. “Sometimes having a job doesn’t guarantee you can make ends meet,” he said. Van Essen said the food bank gets plenty of help from the community. “We’re one of the food banks that is very blessed to have a really good community that supports us.” He noted local churches are on board, people donate money and drop off food, and businesses help as well. Help also comes from the approximately 30 volunteers who lend a hand at the food bank. Ladner’s Kent and Joan Nickerson have been volunteering for 14 years. “We enjoy it,” Kent said. “They’ve been awesome. We have a really good core of volunteers. They’ve been here for the longest after me,” said Van Essen. “Joan gets involved with listening to people who have needs and concerns. She really supports them by praying for them. We all have our strong points and Joan is really good at communicating with people in need of prayer or just a listening ear.” The food bank is located at the back parking lot of the Ladner Christian Fellowship on Ladner Trunk Road. • The Ladner Community Kitchen, which is operated in conjunction with the food bank and serves soup and sandwiches, will be holding its second annual Christmas Dinner at Ladner Christian Fellowship on Monday, Dec. 13 at 5 p.m. If you’d like to participate, contact Ladner Community Kitchen organizer Jini Aroon at 604-940-9355.

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Kids 1st Campaign raising money to outfit Delta Sports Development Centre that’s set to open in four months

towards next year or, in the case of larger gifts, you can spread it out over time.” While the walls for the new facility are going up, Delta Gymnastics is actively working on plans to expand the activity programs. Bookings have started for school field trips for the spring in the new facility. Plans for a foundational academy for athletes from all sports are underway, and parents have called in anticipation of more class options for their toddlers, preschoolers and youngsters with special needs. “Delta Gymnastics offers an environment where our children have fun, make friends, develop new skills, and learn to set goals and work towards them, said donors Deirdre and Doug Lewis.

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It opens in just four months. The Kids 1st Campaign is appealing to the community to help outfit the Delta Sports Development Centre, the new home of Delta Gymnastics Society. So far the campaign has raised sufficient money to outfit the offices and functional elements of the facility, such as the security system, the phones, the administrative spaces and change rooms. The next step is to outfit the gym with the unique equipment that makes the programs possible. And with double the space there is a need to double the equipment. So why give to sport this season? “We believe sport is a great activity for children

Rogers investigator says memory chip was replaced BY

TOM ZYTARUK

Optimist contributor

Mukhtiar Singh Panghali had told police in taped interviews that he stayed home looking after his young daughter between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. on the night his pregnant wife went missing. But the Crown attacked this claim Thursday during his trial in B.C. Supreme Court. The former Surrey teacher is being tried for second-degree murder and interfering with a dead body in the October 2006 strangulation of his wife, Manjit Panghali. She was last seen leaving a prenatal yoga class in South Surrey on the evening of Oct. 18, 2006. Her burned body was found along Deltaport Way in South Delta on Oct. 23. The Crown charges that Panghali had staged a missing persons complaint with the Surrey RCMP in an attempt to conceal the crime. The Delta police took

over the investigation from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team after her body was found and Delta police Sgt. Guy Leeson testified Thursday that police seized the victim’s handset from her husband, as well as his SIM card, after pulling him over in traffic on Jan. 22, 2007. A SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module) is a portable memory chip that can be transferred from one cellphone to another. Sharon Barnes, a veteran corporate investigator with Rogers Communications, was called to testify about the couple’s cellphone records Thursday. Jasmine Bhambra had testified earlier on in the trial that her sister’s cellphone number was 5055000 and the accused’s was 897-0240. On Thursday the court heard that four calls had been placed from Manjit’s handset to the couple’s home line while she would have been enroute to her 7 p.m. yoga class. Earlier on, police videos

showed her husband telling police that was the last he’d seen of her. But on Thursday, the court heard that after she’d failed to return home from her yoga class, the phone number she used had been replaced with her husband’s number and remained that way until the handset was seized in January. Barnes testified that “sometime between” 6:57 p.m. on Oct. 18 and 2:02 p.m. Oct. 19, the 505-5000 number had been replaced when a new SIM card containing the 897-0240 number was installed. Earlier in the trial Chris Hunger, a friend of the Panghalis, testified that after the accused had dropped his cellphone in some water during a camping trip they’d been on in the summer of 2006, he put his SIM card into another friend’s phone and his data transferred to it. “He never said how he knew, but he definitely knew,” Hunger testified. The trial continues in New Westminster.

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Monday marks the anniversary of a grim date in Canadian history. On Dec. 6, 1989, Marc Lepine walked into a classroom at École Polytechnique in Montreal and shot 27 female students. Fourteen died and 13 were wounded simply because they were women. Since 1991, the day has been recognized as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against

Women and this year DOVE (Delta Opposes Violence Everywhere) is bringing public awareness to the issue. On Sunday, the committee will host a display at South Delta Baptist Church in Tsawwassen, where it will receive recognition and a special presentation from the congregation. On Monday, DOVE will be at Scottsdale Centre in North Delta from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to provide resource information. Throughout last week the committee reached out to Delta’s youth

through presentations at three local high schools. Last year, the committee started putting together emergency care kits for women, men and children leaving abusive relationships. The kits include basic items such as toiletries to help get victims through a critical time. With the support of the community, DOVE was able to achieve its 2009 goal of creating 150 kits. Donations can be made through www.deltassist. com/dove or via jcolley@ deltapolice.ca.

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Delta police are warning people to be wary of fraud attempts during the holiday season. Department spokesperson Sgt. Sharlene Brooks said this week that police are reminding the public to be aware when approached by someone asking for a donation for a specific charity. “These fraudsters are appealing to people’s emotions,” she said, adding there can be an increase of fraud attempts during the holiday season. “People want to give,” she said. Brooks has a few recommendations for people wanting to make a donation. If someone solicits a donation at the door or over the phone, don’t feel pressured to donate right at that moment. “We need to be very vigilant that we’re giving to

a legitimate organization,” she said. In the case of a phone call, ask for a call back number. If someone is soliciting for donations door-to-door, ask for identification. “Do some research before you donate,” Brooks said. She also recommends initiating a donation. “Look for specific donation outlets instead of giving right at the door,” she said. There have been some cases of fraud in the community recently. Brooks said the department has seen a resurgence of a telephone scheme targeting seniors. The perpetrator(s) will call a senior and pose as a family member who is either traveling or lives far away, is in trouble and needs money. They ask the victim to wire money through a transfer system, sometimes call-

ing back asking for more. Local businesses have also recently been targeted. Earlier this week, police sent out a warning about a man posing as a fire extinguisher maintenance person under the name Metro Fire Service. He has entered several Ladner businesses offering to provide fire extinguisher maintenance. After obtaining the fire extinguisher, he leaves the store briefly and returns with an invoice for the work, usually charging between $20 and $45. The suspect is described as 5’6”, heavy set with short brown hair and wearing dark coloured clothing and jeans. A bogus window washer has also targeted businesses recently. Any businesses approached by either man are asked to contact Delta police at 604-946-4411 and quote file number 201024317.

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MURPHY’S LAW I’m not so sure Liberal leadership hopefuls are doing themselves much good by taking baby steps when it comes to the HST. As potential successors to Premier Gordon Campbell make their intentions known, the contentious harmonized sales tax invariably makes its way prominently into their pitches. These guys are no fools and realize how they handle the much-maligned HST will go a long way to whether the Liberals form government for a fourth term. Of the frontrunners, George Abbott was first off the mark, calling on his party to move up the date of the HST referendum from September to June. Kevin Falcon did one better, not only endorsing the idea of an earlier referendum but also musing about cutting the tax rate to 11 per cent, or possibly even 10. Although these now-former cabinet ministers were integral parts of a government that introduced the HST less than six months ago, they are doing their best to differentiate themselves from the Campbell administration and minimize the stink that would be attached to them as a result of the new tax. I’m not so sure these rather lame attempts are going to do the trick. I think the Liberals, and their new leader, are faced with a simple, although by no means easy, choice: Either they stand firmly behind the HST, extol its virtues and be willing to fall on that sword should the electorate decide or they have to shelve the tax immediately. I realize waiting for the referendum is the easiest route to follow, and could work out for the Liberals should there be support for the tax at the polls, but a no vote, which is a distinct possibility, would effectively doom the party. Should the referendum result force government to scrap the HST, it will be the voters, not the governing Liberals, who take credit. The Liberals would be in the bad books of those who favour the HST and would be upset to see it gone, but wouldn’t get much support from those who dislike the tax and see its elimination only as a desperate measure of a party backed into a corner. If they abandoned it on their own accord, however, the Liberals could take credit, or at least a big chunk of it, and their new leader just might be viewed as a legitimate alternative to the unpopular status quo. Waiting until after the referendum to act won’t produce those same results. The flip side to that is rolling the dice and hoping the average person somehow, some way embraces the new tax in next year’s referendum.

Too bad it takes leaks to get the goods from government NATHALIE HEIBERGHARRISON

COMMUNITY COMMENT Over a quarter of a million leaked files — and what have we learned? According to U.S. embassy cables obtained by WikiLeaks, Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev are like Batman and Robin, Nicolas Sarkozy is the “emperor with no clothes” and Kim Jong-il is a “flabby old chap.” Canadians “always carry a chip on their shoulder” and, a tad more seriously, Iran has obtained a cache of missiles from North Korea. U.S. diplomats were asked to collect, among other things, the credit card information and DNA of senior United Nations officials and it is estimated that bribery in Russia totals $300 billion a year. This is just the smallest fraction of information media around the world have gleaned from the leaked cables sent between the State Department and 270 American diplomatic outposts around the world. And if you think that all this

isn’t making Canadian politicians very, very nervous, then you probably don’t know the bureaucratic mess that’s in place right now that makes it incredibly hard to obtain public records in Canada. The fact that there is a worldwide frenzy surrounding the release of these documents is an indicator we’re not the only nation thirsting for more information about the inner workings of government. In B.C., you can file a freedom of information request to the provincial government or an access to information request to the federal government for everything from documents to maps, letters and drawings, but both processes are insanely laborious and involve a lot more delays than necessary. The most startling example is from the Toronto Star, where a reporter submitted a request for police files and only got them seven years later, after going all the way to the Ontario Court of Appeal. What the files showed was that police officers in Toronto were pulling over black men between the ages of 15 and 24 twice as often as white men of the same age. In 2003, some crafty investigative journalists even found the Liberal government in B.C. had put the entire FOI system under surveillance in order to flag poten-

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tially embarrassing documents. Troublesome requesters like reporters, lobbyists and activists had all their requests marked “politically sensitive.” Refusals and delays remain uncomfortably common. You can argue that Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, did more harm than good by releasing the files to the media, or you could even call for his execution like former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, but the embassy cable leaks are so much bigger than him — and besides, he wasn’t even the one who stole the documents, just the one with enough know-how and balls to get them out to the public. When you stop the flow of information, you are not only impeding the public’s right to know, but also the media’s ability to act as a watchdog for the public. Whether it’s convenient or not, all levels of government should be transparent and accountable. They operate in glass houses because history has taught us, time and time again, that working behind closed doors fosters a culture of corruption, posturing and spin. This bureaucratic “culture of delay” in B.C. is the exact opposite of what a working democracy needs, and only makes people want to throw stones through that glass house even more.

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have respected and educated ourselves about your beliefs. We have adapted some of our beliefs and laws in recognition of your race and religion. However, at this special time of year, our Christmas tradition is being taken away from us as people new to our country state they are offended by our traditional celebration. Instead of saying Merry Christmas we are requested to say Happy Holidays, Christmas cards are referred to as winter

cards and Christmas lights have become holiday lights. We are not wishing to offend anyone. Christmas is our tradition and we should be able to celebrate it in the traditional ways without anyone being offended. During this Christmas season wherever I go I shall be wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. Please do not be offended. Instead, embrace the celebration of the new country you have chosen to be a part of. Ray Crawford

Woman grateful lost wallet returned right to her door Editor: A big thank you to the ladies who returned my wallet. I was walking along Ladner Trunk Road with my children last Saturday

afternoon when my wallet fell out of the back pocket of my stroller as I tipped my sleeping baby back. I would never have known where to look. They returned it right

to my door. Thank you so much and happy holidays. Helen Dockerill

Editor: Re: Century gets well earned recognition, Murphy’s Law, Nov. 27 As Ted Murphy stated, we are so pleased to see Century Group acknowledged for its philanthropic dedication not only to the Delta Hospital Foundation but to the entire community. Century Group has continuously taken on a leadership role, beginning with its founder, the late George Hodgins, and now followed by his son, Sean. As the chair of the board of Delta Hospital Foundation, I have seen firsthand the contributions Century Group makes to

charitable organizations. Since 1991, Century Group has donated over $1.6 million to Delta Hospital, ensuring that up-to-date medical equipment and diagnostic tools are available to everyone in our community. The foundation is not the only benefactor of this generosity. Century Group continuously gives to organizations such as Delta Hospice Society, Delta Chamber of Commerce, Earthwise Society, Tsawwassen Boundary Bay Lions Club and Tour de Delta. In addition, it also supports other communities in which it does

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Public Hearing 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: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 7:00 pm Council Chamber Delta Municipal Hall 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent Delta, BC V4K 3E2

To permit the proposed renovation and addition to the existing church which contributes to the revitalization of the Scott Road Corridor. Development Variance Permit LU006033

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.

To vary the following Sections of the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977”: i) Section 901(4) by reducing the required off-street parking for an assembly use from 83 parking stalls to 60 parking stalls; and

Additional Information Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be inspected until Tuesday, December 14, 2010. Municipal Hall: Website: Email: Phone: Hours:

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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

Project No. 1 Application for Ofﬁcial Community Plan Amendment, Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU006066)

ii) Section 552 by reducing the minimum south side setback from 8.1 m to 6.1 m for a principal structure. Staff Contact: Alex Cauduro 604.952.3163 Web Location: Regular Meeting: November 22, 2010

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Location: 7843 120 Street as shown on MAP NO. 3 Applicant: William Rhone, Architect

Applicant: Warren Barnard, Watson & Barnard

Telephone: 604-261-0951 Proposal: Application for Ofﬁcial Community Plan Amendment, Rezoning and Development Variance Permit to allow development of ﬁve townhouse units.

Telephone: 604.943.9433 Proposal: Application for Ofﬁcial Community Plan Amendment, Rezoning and Development Variance Permit to allow subdivision into two single family residential lots. MAP NO. 1 FILE NO. LU006066

To amend the land use designation of the subject property from Single Family Residential (SFR) to Inﬁll Single Family (ISF). “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 6902 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. Development Variance Permit LU006066 To vary the following Sections of the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977”: i) Section 305(a) by exempting proposed Lot 2 from the front setback averaging requirement of 10.36 m and specifying a minimum front setback of 9.63 m; and ii) Section 914 by reducing the required special setback from the centre line of 84 Avenue from 21 m to 19.69 m for Lots 1 and 2. Staff Contact: Lisa King 604.952.3164 Web Location: Regular Meeting: November 15, 2010

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Project No. 2 Application for Land Use Contract Discharge, Development Permit and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU006033)

Location: 7655 120 Street as shown on MAP NO. 2 Applicant: Crossroads United Church (Keith Donald, Architect) Telephone: 604-538-6232 Proposal: Application for Land Use Contract Discharge, Development Permit and Development Variance Permit to allow renovation and addition to the existing church. Land Use Contract Discharge Bylaw No. 6883 To discharge Land Use Contract LU-74-48 from the subject property in order to reveal the underlying P Public Use zone.

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Project No. 3 Application for Ofﬁcial Community Plan Amendment, Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU006047)

Location: 11720 84 Avenue as shown on MAP NO. 1

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“The Corporation of Delta Ofﬁcial Community Plan Bylaw No. 3950, 1985” Amendment Bylaw No. 6906 To amend the land use MAP NO. 3 designation of the subject FILE NO. LU006047 property from Medium Density Ground Oriented Residential (MGR) to Residential Ground-Oriented (RG). “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 6907 To amend the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from RM1 Multiple Family (Duplex) Residential to Comprehensive Development Zone No. 395. Development Variance Permit LU006047 To vary the following Section of the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977”: i) Section 913 by waiving the special setback of 24.3 m from the centre line of 120 Street in order to allow a front setback of 3.6 m, which would be 17.4 m from the centre line of 120 Street. Staff Contact: John Hopkins 604.952.3155 Web Location: Regular Meeting: November 22, 2010

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Any persons who believe 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. 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, December 14, 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.

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Ladner author and storyteller Laura Thomas is pleased to announce the opening of a new short story contest for youth called Water in Words. All Delta students in grades 4 through 12 are welcome to submit a short story in prose or verse with a watery theme of no more than 1,000 words between now and Feb. 15. Unlike Thomas’ B.C.wide Junior Authors Short Story Contest, which has run for three consecutive summers, Water in Words is only open to Delta residents and it has a theme: water. “This contest is just the first step toward the bigger event I’m planning for World Storytelling Day on March 20,” said Thomas. “I don’t usually like to put thematic constraints on young writers, but water is the WSD theme for 2011 and the conditions of the grant I received from the Storytellers of Canada stipulate that we use it.” The top 12 writers in the Water in Words short story contest will work with Thomas to transform their written stories to the oral form and then present their stories at a free public event that will be held at the Genesis Theatre on March 20. When asked what kind of stories she is looking for, Thomas made the following suggestions: “Really you can build water into your story in many ways through the setting, characters or story problem. But what I think works about this theme for kids who live in Delta is that water — be it Boundary Bay, the Fraser, Sungod pool or the rain in November — is a huge part of our lives. I think the top stories will embrace that unique aspect of our waterfringed community.” Thomas would also like to acknowledge Amy Massiah-Karwandy, the Grade 12 student from Delta Secondary who won the Water in Words poster design contest. You can see her winning poster at your local school, in shop windows and online. For complete contest details and to find out how to get a contest poster to hang in your venue, email waterinwords@agentstory. net or visit www.agentstory. net. You can also follow “waterinwords” on Twitter.

December 4, 2010 The Delta Optimist A13 In the Community

Open house at farm store

Celebrate the holiday season at the newly retrofitted Earthwise Farm Store in Boundary Bay. The Rotary Club of Tsawwassen has just finished transforming a space that was once a home to cows into a cozy and welcoming farm store. The Earthwise volunteers, who run the store twice a week, are really looking forward to the new, warmer location. Earthwise invites the public to drop in for a seasonal open house next Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon. Visitors can enjoy some hot chocolate and check out the selection

of Christmas gift baskets for all the connoisseurs of organic goodies on your shopping list. While you’re there, select some fresh produce from the Earthwise Farm, including red and golden beets and tender baby carrots to share with family and friends at your winter feasts. Fresh, local and organic does not have to be limited to the summer. The last day for the farm store for 2010 will be Dec. 18, from 9 a.m. until noon, marking the longest season ever for the Earthwise Farm. Since Feb. 25, farm store

volunteers have offered a wide variety of fresh seasonal produce from Earthwise, in support of the society’s environmental education programs. To receive notification of produce availability and farm store hours for 2011, email info@earthwisesociety. bc.ca. For more information, call 604-946-9828. Earthwise Society is located at 6400-3rd Ave. and is accessible by transit and bicycle. The Earthwise Farm Store will be open Wednesdays and Saturdays until Dec. 18.

Christmas cards benefit Hannah’s foundation It has become a local Christmas tradition and it’s back again this year. The Hannah’s Heroes Foundation Christmas cards are once again on sale. The foundation was established four years ago to raise awareness and funds for pediatric brain cancer research. It is named in honour of Hannah Hatlen, a little Tsawwassen girl who was diagnosed with a terminal

brain tumour called a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. She died a year later at the age of five. There are few treatments available for a child facing this diagnosis and very little research has been done. Hannah’s family started the foundation with an aim to change that and several fundraisers are held annually to raise money to put towards research. The Christmas card tradi-

tion began in 2006 when the children who were in Hannah’s kindergarten class drew Christmas pictures that were turned into cards to raise money. Today, those same kids are now in Grade 4 and have drawn new pictures for the cards every year since. The cards are on sale at Albany Books and The Run Inn in Tsawwassen as well as at www.hannahsheroes. com.

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For your reading pleasure ...

In the Community

In today’s edition you’ll ﬁnd the Sports on pages 46 - 49 and an auto preview on 50-51 plus more great sale items from our advertisers.

Stockings filled for less fortunate

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Three truck loads of toys left the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall this week destined for Deltassist’s Toy Dept. The delivery was the result of the annual Stockings For Kids program, which saw over 350 stockings adopted and filled by schools, businesses and individuals. The Optimist co-sponsored the program along with mall merchants.

Arts & Crafts Around the Point ...

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*Unique gifts at Blue Heron Gallery *Shop and lunch at Brewster’s * Annual Arts & Crafts Fair: Community Centre

Photographic artist Ursula Easterbrook will take people on a thrilling journey next week at the Tsawwassen Library. She’ll share her spectacular photos from her four-week trip with Joseph

Annual Ladies Night Out ... at Brewster’s and the Blue Heron Gallery Tuesday Dec 14th, 6:30 - 9 Complimentary Wine and Cheese

and onto the Antarctic Peninsula. Along the way, Easterbrook saw scores of penguins, countless icebergs, glaciers, ice floes, mountains, whales, sea lions, elephant seals and

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The Delta Community Choir and Tapestry wish to thank everyone for their support this past year.

For our Spring concert, our "Show Down at the Chorale" fundraising dinner/dance, and most recently the joint concert with the Delta Police Pipe Band.

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We invite you to our Christmas concert series Dec. 11 ~ 7pm and Dec. 12 ~ 5pm at the South Delta Baptist Church. In this collaborative event, we partner with renowned director, Calvin Dyck to present

a mellow, domesticated holiday ... Above all, we purge from it any reminder of how the story that began at Bethlehem turned out at Calvary.” So I was intrigued when I read recently of a woman who lived and worked among the many refugees displaced by the violence in Colombia. She noted that when they celebrate Christmas they focus on the part where Jesus and his parents flee as refugees to escape King Herod’s murderous plans. What the displaced people she worked with heard in that part of the Christmas story was “a refreshing, hopeful message about ... Christ who understands their life situation from first-hand experience.” That’s why the whole story of Jesus coming is worth celebrating.

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When Jesuit Missionary Matteo Ricci went to China in the 16th century, he brought along samples of religious art to illustrate the Christian story for people who had never heard it. The Chinese readily adopted portraits of the Virgin Mary holding her child. But when he produced paintings of the crucifixion and tried to explain the Christ-child had grown up only to be executed, the audience reacted with revulsion and horror. They much preferred the story of the child in the cradle to that of Christ on the cross. A look at the Christmas cards and displays around us would lead one to conclude we, in our part of the world, prefer much the same thing. As writer Philip Yancey notes, “We observe

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Sisters join Nutcracker cast Ladner’s Lauren, Carmen and Caelan Accili will be dancing in holiday favourite BY

DAVE WILLIS

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trio of Ladner siblings will be part of the Goh Ballet’s presentation of The Nutcracker in Vancouver. Seven-year-old twins Lauren and Carmen Accili, and their nine-year-old sister Caelan, say they’re excited about being in the show and that it’s fun to be in it together. “Lots of people are going to watch,” says Lauren. They’ll be dancing as a little lamb, a gingerbread doll, an angel and a soldier between the three of them. The sisters have been busy practicing for the show, heading to rehearsals from about 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Sunday since September. Since the performances are coming up soon, rehearsals are now on weekdays too. “Having all three [in the show], we have to really juggle our schedule a lot,” says mom Cyndi Accili.

PHOTO BY CHUNG CHOW

Lauren, (left) 7, Caelan, 9, and Carmen, 7, Accili will be dancing in this year’s Goh Ballet Nutcracker production in Vancouver.

On top of regular school and Nutcracker rehearsals, the sisters have classes three days a week at Deas

Island Dance. Accili says Lauren, Carmen and Caelan are having a good time being

involved in the production. “They seem to really enjoy it and have made a lot of friends and learned to be

a little more disciplined too when they’re on stage.” Initially only Caelan was going to try out for The

Nutcracker but the twins were “really excited” about the prospect and wanted to give it a shot too. “All three of them got accepted during the auditions,” says Accili. The family found out about the auditions online after Caelan’s teacher asked students to do a project on a person they admire. Caelan picked Chan Hon Goh, who was a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and is the executive producer of The Nutcracker. The ballet, a holiday favourite, is based on the classic E.T.A. Hoffman fairy tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The Nutcracker will feature principal dancers from the National Ballet of Canada and Pacific Northwest Ballet. It will run from Dec. 16 to 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 18 and 19 at 2 p.m. at The Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.ca or by calling 604-280-3311.

Youth orchestra presents Winter Concert BY

DAVE WILLIS

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The Delta Youth Orchestra will have all of its components in action at tomorrow’s Winter Concert in Ladner. All of the group’s divisions, including the junior

and intermezzi strings, the wind ensemble and the symphony orchestra, will be performing a selection of classical and Christmas music. “At the end we’re doing a couple of combined pieces,” says DYO music director Stephen Robb.

One of those will be Christmas Dreams by award-winning Vancouver composer Christopher Nickel. Orchestras and chamber ensembles in Canada, the United States and Europe have performed his numerous concert works. A

UBC grad, Nickel has also worked on music for film and TV projects. The youth orchestra will also perform American composer Leroy Anderson’s A Christmas Festival, a medley of carols. The concert will also feature DYO violinist Jonathan

Lago playing Accolay’s Concerto in A Minor. The concert is set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at Genesis Theatre, 5005-45th Ave., Ladner. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $7 for students. Children 13 and under get in free.

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The Richmond Chorus returns to Ladner next week. The group will perform its Christmas Concert at All Saints Anglican Church on Tuesday.

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Coult enthused about the friendliness of the people and the warm reception Ladnerites always give to this annual concert. The concert is sponsored by the All Saints Parish Health Ministry. “I can’t think of anything better for our health than listening to this great choir,” said Sue Paege, one of the ministry members. And just to make sure the intermission is also memorable, refreshments help bridge that gap in the music. It is always a full house and tickets can be hard to come by close to the concert. They are available for $10 each at the church (604-946-8413), Grapes 4U in Ladner Harbour Centre and from Peter Bayley (604-946-5132).

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The Richmond Chorus will bring a range of Christmas music, including some old favourites, when it performs Song of Mary at All Saints Anglican Church in Ladner on Tuesday, Dec. 7. The first half of the 7:30 p.m. concert will feature some gentler music, including a haunting Ave Maria by Biebl and the beautiful Mary’s Lullaby by John Rutter. The second half will have a decidedly sparkier flavour, including a wonderful setting of the calypso carol De Virgin Mary and the upbeat Gospel Magnificat. The chorus, with a good core of Delta members, loves coming to Ladner. “We have been singing our Christmas concert here for years,” said director Brigid Coult, “and it remains one of our favourite performances.

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The Surrey Youth Theatre Company returns to Ladner’s Genesis Theatre in December for a production of the well-loved children’s classic Madeline’s Christmas. Based on the stories of Ludwig Bemelmans, this holiday special brings us Madeline and her 11 little friends who very much want to go home for Christmas, but the flu may get in the way. The Ladner production will be staged on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. Tickets to this performance are $16 for general admission and $12 for children five and under and seniors. Call 604541- 4134 for tickets. The Surrey Youth Theatre Company will also be running five performances of Madeline’s Christmas at the Surrey Arts Centre Dec. 17 to 19. Directed by Susan Pendleton, this is the Surrey

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A youthful look at Christmas

VSO returns to South Delta

Concert will feature music of the season

outh Delta Baptist Church will host a delightful Christmas concert for the community featuring three choirs, an orchestra, costumes and many other surprises. Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child will be presented on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 12 at 5 p.m. Fifteen years ago, producer Calvin Dyck was inspired by the South Delta Baptist Church Christmas programs directed by Rod Appleton. At that time, he was a member of the orchestra, but for the past 10 years, he has been producing collaborative shows in the Fraser Valley involving community musicians, singers and dancers. He is delighted to be invited back to produce these concerts for South Delta. The local production will

include the Delta Community Choir and Tapestry (an outstanding women’s ensemble), both under the direction of Danielle Hamilton; the Pacific Mennonite Children’s Choir directed by Sonja Hindmarsh and Carmen Fast; the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra and guest vocalists Patrick Cotter, Jeremy Johnson, and Andrea and Amaris, a twin sister duo that just released its second CD. Artistic director Sylvia Friesen is key to the production, which will feature choreography, costuming and visuals. “I love the music of Christmas,” says Dyck. “It celebrates the greatest gift ever given to the world and it inspires and uplifts us all as we contemplate God’s great love to us. The music of

Christmas reminds us of what is truly important and brings a sense of peace, love and joy. We look forward to celebrating Christmas with the Delta community.” Highlights from the program include sing-a-long carols, music from Polar Express, the Hallelujah Chorus and the poignant Grown Up Christmas List. The program opens with Michael W. Smith’s Christmastime and includes favourites such as O Holy Night, Silver Bells, Do You Hear What I Hear, Joy to the World and Once in Royal David’s City. This year’s event is free to the public. An offering will be collected to help offset expenses. Further information is available at www.southdelta.org or by calling 604943-8244.

The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is returning to South Delta this holiday season. One of the Lower Mainland’s most beloved holiday music traditions, the VSO’s A Traditional Christmas, will be performed 13 times in six communities across Metro Vancouver, including Tsawwassen. VSO music director Bramwell Tovey leads the orchestra in a celebration of the holiday spirit with carols, heart-warming Christmas favourites

and plenty of audience sing-alongs. The VSO is joined by the UBC Opera Ensemble and Enchor, and Vancouver’s very own bard, Christopher Gaze, narrates. A Traditional Christmas will be performed at the South Delta Baptist Church on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 4 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $36.50 (senior, student and subscriber discounts available) and can be purchased online at www. vancouversymphony.ca.

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Two canyons and a crater KAROLINE CULLEN

Optimist contributor

I carefully lower myself into the crack in the earth’s crust. I can barely fit and had the guide not said this was the entrance, we would have walked right past it. My husband Gary and I are in northern Arizona. The famous Grand Canyon is on our itinerary but first on our list are lesser known, but no less intriguing, vents and dents in the earth’s crust. Meteor Crater, near Winslow, is an impact site. Upper and Lower Antelope Canyons, by Page, are cathedrals of red sandstone. The vastness of the crater makes its size difficult to comprehend. The narrowness of the latter two canyons calls for some fancy maneuvering to navigate their sinuous corridors of stone. As we approach Meteor Crater, walls of rocky rubble rise above the vast desert plateau. They surround a gigantic bowl shaped cavity that was created in a matter of seconds 50,000 years ago. A meteorite, about 50 metres across and weighing several hundred thousand tons, crashed into the rocky plain. The impact sent a shockwave over the desert, spread a blanket of debris for over a mile and tossed limestone blocks the size of small houses onto the rim. It is a desolate, wind swept, big hole — almost 1.5 kilometres across and deep enough to swallow a 60-storey building. I can barely see, even with a telescope, a life size cutout of an astronaut on the crater

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Karoline Cullen at the entrance of Lower Antelope Canyon.

floor. It is a nod to when NASA’s Apollo astronauts trained here for their geological studies on the moon. Fortunately for ongoing scientific studies, erosion is not taking a huge toll and this crater is the best-preserved impact site on Earth. The unexpectedly large visitor centre provides interactive lessons in astronomy, geology and history. The crater’s story starts in the early 1900s when D. Barringer thought he could mine iron here. As the meteor fragmented on contact, a lode of ore was not found. Proving a meteor impact created the crater was a long, convoluted process and finally completed in 1960. The crater continues to be a site for multi-disciplined scientific research. That astrogeologists estimate a Meteor Crater size impact should occur about once every 50,000 years gives us pause. In contrast to the millennia old crater, Page, Arizona dates from the late 1950s when the Glen Canyon Dam was constructed. Perched above Lake Powell, that incongruous desert experience of vibrant blue

water rimmed with barren red sandstone, Page makes an ideal base for visiting the Antelope Canyons. Both are on Navajo lands and can only be entered with a guide. For Upper Antelope Canyon, we board open trucks for a bouncy drive across a dusty wash to the entrance. The Navajo name for the Upper Canyon is Tse’bighanilini, meaning “the place where water runs through rocks.” What a sculptor water can be, wearing away sandstone, grain by grain, in swirling, mesmerizing patterns. It is as dim as a gothic church inside the canyon. The 40-metre walls all but block out light from the sky. At certain times, sunbeams pierce the dust-filled air to spotlight the sand floor. Weaving our way along the wavy walls, each turn brings a new vista of flowing sandstone and elaborate shapes. 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.

All right, I’ll acknowledge up front that I may not be the most unbiased of judges, but I would like to categorically state, for the record, that my mom made the best whipped shortbread cookies in the world. Every year when she pulled those edible delights from the oven, I knew the Christmas season had finally arrived, and I was ready and salivating for it — pans of shortbread to my left and a litre of milk to my right. Don’t you find it amazing that certain foods, and certain times of the year, have that ability to make us throw caution to the wind and abandon all willpower and common sense? That we are unable to restrain our inner voices of overindulgence and relay to them to “Behave, and please pass the celery sticks.” Instead, we listen in awe as the inner voices take control and instruct us to, “Relax, it’s Christmas. It only comes once a year, so enjoy it!” And if we do happen to dip into the dessert tray and egg nog, that same little voice whispers ever so softly, “You’ve already messed up, so you might as well go to town now.” Of course, this wasn’t meant to be a column about shortbread (though it should be duly noted I am open to anyone who would like to bake me some). Today’s column, instead, is about surviving this traditional time of overeating, overin-

dulging and overusing that area of the body called the mandible — all the while underutilizing the rest of the body. Numerous studies have shown the average individual will gain somewhere between one and five pounds this holiday season. Now, one to five pounds may not seem like a large sum to be gaining, but when you consider that weight gain occurs in as little as a month, and it takes 3,500 calories to gain one pound, you can see the “average” person is putting a lot of extra food into their bodies — in a very short amount of time. Try these six simple tips to get you through this holiday season fit, trim and healthy: 1. Exercise. It is probably not a big surprise that a personal trainer is recommending exercise as their first tip. However, what you need to remember is that weight gain and loss is a simple matter of numbers. The more you ingest (in fact, it only takes an extra 10 calories a day to gain a pound of fat in a year!) the higher the calorie count. The higher the calorie count, the more you gain. To offset this nasty little numbers game, you need to do two things — ingest fewer calories and burn more of what you do ingest through exercise. 2. Never go to a party hungry. Some people, since they know they will be indulging later on that night, will starve themselves all day to save up for their big feast. Not only will this lead to one big binge, but it will slow your

metabolism to a crawl so everything you do take in has a much greater chance of winding up as fat. 3. Drink water — and lots of it. Our stomachs cannot distinguish between thirst and hunger, so quite often when we are actually thirsty we misinterpret this as hunger. 4. Be aware of everything you put in your mouth. I can be guilty of this one, especially if I am seated by the chip bowl at a party. Unconsciously, I will start nibbling away, not even aware of what, or how much, I am putting in my mouth. To become more mindful, I suggest starting a food journal at the beginning of December and jot down everything you eat before you go to bed. 5. Plan ahead. In real estate they say location is everything. In personal training we say planning is everything. For instance, if you know you will be running around one day with that crazed, glazed holiday look in your eyes, plan ahead and pack some healthy snacks with you and a big bottle of water. 6. Indulge. Let’s face it, if we tell ourselves we can’t have something, we’ll want it even more. So, I suggest doing your own baking and trying these healthier alternatives: when a recipe calls for 1/2 cup of butter use 1/2 cup of applesauce or prune puree, plus a 1/4 cup canola oil. Substitute one whole egg for two egg whites, one cup of cream for one cup of evaporated skin milk, one cup of sugar for 1/2 cup of Splenda and one cup oil for one cup unsweetened apple sauce.

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Getting social with Browns New restaurant making its mark in Tsawwassen

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Eat. Socialize. That message is made abundantly clear from the moment you walk into the new Browns Socialhouse in Tsawwassen. It’s emblazoned on the walls with two prominent signs, but it’s also in the atmosphere. The space is warm and inviting with its cozy booths, dark, cushy leather chairs and soft, warm lighting. The room is perfect for an intimate dinner for two or a lively group night out. A large common table encourages socializing. It can accommodate a group of 14 to 16, or a few smaller groups at once. The menu also invokes the social aspect of dining with lots of plates and beverages made for sharing. Browns also has a fun and funky vibe. The décor features wood panels, stonework and large green tiles. A signature Brigitte Bardot portrait oversees the dining room from one wall. A semi-open kitchen gives guests a peek at some of the behind the scenes action. The sunken bar at the front of the house has enough seats for the whole gang, whether you’re looking for a place for an after work drink or somewhere to hunker down and take in the hockey game with four flatscreen TVs so everyone has a perfect view of all the action.

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The time had come for change Browns Socialhouse has become a new local hot spot

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There are even television sets in the men’s bathroom. And in light of the new, stiffer impaired driving penalties, Peter Yip, Asset Manager of Browns and the Coast Tsawwassen Inn, said the hotel’s shuttle is being made available to make sure all guests make it home safely. It’s the friendly, welcoming staff, led by General Manager Philip Lago, that really make the difference. From a smile at the door to attention to detail at the table, it’s all about the guest experience. The Tsawwassen franchise, which is owned and operated by Century Group, opened this summer after several months of construction converting Beaches Restaurant into Browns Socialhouse. Century Group knew it was time for a change.

Beaches had been in operation for more than 20 years and it was time to revamp the Coast Tsawwassen Inn’s event and restaurant space. Greg Condon, Vice President of Specialty Properties, said the company conducted focus group studies with typical customers to get a feel for what people were looking for in the community. He said people were looking for a more casual place to have a meal or a drink, as well as lower prices than were featured at Beaches. Condon also said many of the focus group participants threw out names of well-known chains, such as Earls, Milestones and Cactus Club. The company started shopping around for a brand, but almost stumbled upon Browns by accident. Century Group President Sean Hodgins

was in Richmond to take in a movie but when the tickets were sold out he ended up at the Browns Socialhouse in Ironwood Plaza. He liked what he saw. Negotiations to buy the franchise rights started. Beaches closed at the end of January and construction began. The size of the restaurant space was decreased and the remaining space was used to create a new 80seat banquet space for the Coast Tsawwassen Inn. While the size of the restaurant is considerably smaller, business is brisk. Yip said business has tripled since Browns Socialhouse opened last summer. The restaurant will typically serve between 300 and 400 people a day. “It was an overwhelming response from the community,” Condon

Warm and friendly staff are always ready to serve at Browns Socialhouse in Tsawwassen. From left are: Lisa Barton, Assistant Manager, Philip Lago, General Manager, Nicolas Braun, Executive Chef, Peter Yip, Asset Manager for Browns and the Coast Tsawwassen Inn, Emma McDonald and Robbie Redmond, both Supervisors.

said. People started lining up more than an hour before the grand opening. And the buzz hasn’t died down. Condon said they have had to start

taking reservations. Browns Socialhouse is open for lunch and dinner everyday of the week with lots of food and beverages specials daily. Brunch is served on

the weekends and holidays from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. A takeout service is also available. For more information call 604-948-5194.

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Opening Day!

After several months of construction, the opening of Browns Socialhouse in Tsawwassen was a hotly anticipated event. Customers lined up for more than an hour before the doors opened on July 6, 2010.

The Browns kitchen brigade in action on opening night.

Gail Budnick (left), first official customer at Tsawwassen Browns Socialhouse, on opening day with Greg Condon, Vice President of Specialty Properties at Century Group, Lisa Barton, Assistant Manager at Browns Socialhouse, and Peter Yip, Asset Manager for Browns and the Coast Tsawwassen Inn.

(Above) L-R: Greg Condon with Scott Morison, President of Browns Restaurant Group, Peter Yip and Scott Ward, Vice President of Operations at Browns Restaurant Group. (Right) Executive Chef Nicolas Braun mingles with guests on opening night.

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All about Browns It is a place to be welcomed, remembered and indulged with a standard for service and food that leaves guests feeling exceptional and satisfied every time. The eclectic nature of Browns extends to the menu. The comfort food-inspired offerings revolve around a theme of innovation, diversity and unique flavour profiles. Browns offers many healthy options, a social component with many dishes that can be shared and lots of beverage options, quality menu ingredients, like fresh and sustainable fish and fresh hand-cut fries. The menu also features many internationally-inspired dishes such as: Thai Chicken and Rice Soup with lemongrass and coconut milk broth; Tahitian Tuna Salad with lemongrass encrusted albacore tuna, arugula and a sesame lime dressing; and Fettuccine Carbonara with alfredo sauce, smoked bacon, sweet peas and blackened chicken.

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In 2004, Scott Morison opened the first Browns Socialhouse in North Vancouver. He set out to create a business model where people who had invested their time working in and operating restaurants could own a piece of the pie. In other words, every Browns Socialhouse is owned and operated by locals who have a vested interest in their community and the success of the brand. In Tsawwassen, when looking to revamp Beaches, the restaurant next to the Coast Tsawwassen for more than 20 years, Century Group stumbled upon the Browns model and president Sean Hodgins liked what he saw. Browns Socialhouse has an eclectic and inviting design meant to make guests feel comfortable, relaxed and at home. This is no coincidence; it is the foundation of the term “Socialhouse.” Browns is more than a restaurant.

“Congratulations to the Century Group for their successful start – it was a pleasure to be involved in a project with a dedicated client group and team of professionals. Keeping focussed on he goal has allowed Century to achieve this much needed amenity in the community. As a local, I applaud Century for bringing this exciting restaurant concept to my backyard!”

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OPEN SUNDAY 2-4pm Beautifully crafted new home right in the heart of charming Ladner. Over 2,500 SF of luxury living space featuring 4 large bedrooms + den w/frosted sliding doors, 3 bathrooms, 2 gas fireplaces, functional designer kitchen w/stainless steel appliance package including side-by-side fridge, gas stove & dishwasher, side-by-side washer & dryer. Elegant finishings including crown mouldings, premium laminate & tile flooring, granite counters & modern fixtures. Double garage, stone patio & large fenced yard add to the long list of features. Centrally located, close to shopping & transit routes.

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Bright spacious two bedroom suite overlooking Memorial Park on sunny side of the building. Nicely appointed with gas ﬁreplace and insuite laundry. Great kitchen with window facing the park. Rainscreened corner unit on the top ﬂoor. Hurry on this one and stroll to the Ladner Village in seconds.

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Listed at $339,900.00 - Georgie Award Winner. Lovely 2 bedroom townhouse in the Legends. Enjoy bright spacious bar style kitchen/ dining and living room on the main with sundecks on both sides! Large games/media or 3rd bedroom down with sliders to treed rear yard. Newer stainless appliance package and modern paint colors. This bright and cheery home is great for entertaining and offers a clubhouse with gym, full kitchen, pool table, ﬁreside lounge and hot tub!

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HOT NEW LISTING! Penthouse unit, 940 sq.ft 2 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, VIEWS OF NORTH SHORE MOUNTAINS, ETC! Walk across the street to Lansdowne Mall or hop on the Canada Line! Balcony, etc! Sought-after Building! #1505-8248 Lansdowne Road-Richmond

Wow! Beautiful 3 bedroom 2 storey home, main !oor down, bedrooms up! Updated bathrooms, laminate !ooring, light "xtures, paint, mouldings, new roof & furnace! Private yard! Walk to historic Ladner Village in 1 minute!!! 4963 Mariner Place-Ladner

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Wow! Beautiful 2 bedroom condo in sought-after Fairview 56! High-end "nishings, granite, maple kitchen, mouldings etc! 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, walk to absolutely everything in less than 2 minutes! #207-1375 View Crescent-Tsawwassen

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What a rare opportunity! Westham Island Winery is being offered for sale! 32.63 Acres of assorted mature berries! Beautiful 3,800 sq.ft home built in 1997 + beautiful winery store, large barns, fruit stand, etc! WHAT an OPPORTUNITY! 2170 Westham Island Road-Ladner

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7,400 Sq.ft Rectangular building lot, SUNNY EXPOSURE, VIEWS OVER BOUNDARY BAY from your beautiful new living room! Ready to build! Great opportunity! English Bluff address! Make your dream happen today! BUILDERS 1006 English Bluff Road-Tsawwassen

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Absolutely beautiful brand new 3 bedroom home, main !oor living down, bedrooms up. High-end "nishings include granite, hardwood, mouldings, etc! 2 gas "replaces, double garage, good sized South facing sunny yard! Quiet street!

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Excellent 1 bedroom south facing condo overlooking gardens! Sunny exposure, private deck, totally rainscreened building, 764 sq.ft! Unit is updated and shows great! Don’t miss this one! Check out 360 virtual tour online! B304-4821 53rd Street-Ladner

Wow! Stunning executive home with absolutely breathtaking views! This home can’t be explained with words! Custom built with every option imaginable! 3,640 sq.ft, 3 bedrooms, 3 large covered decks! MORE ONLINE...

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WOW! UNIQUE! 3,000 sq ft 2 level home in Ladner’s prestigious Arthur Drive! 5 bedrooms, spacious plan, updated w/new paint, mouldings, laminate, bathrooms, landscaping, etc. Beautiful fully self-contained suite

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Wow! Absolutely beautiful townhome in sought-after SundiBeautiful 3 bedroom townhome in sought-after Harbour side! Totally renovated new windows, new bathrooms, new al complex. Beautiful new kitchen with stainless appliances, large, extended kitchen, laminate !ooring, etc! This is a real updated bathrooms, !ooring and oak stairs, crown mouldings, paving stoned yard, garden shed! This is a stunning beauty! Don’t miss out! Private yard backing green space. #115-5421 10th Ave-Tsawwassen 4821 Turnbuckle Wynd-Ladner

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WOW! Don’t miss this one! LARGEST !oor plan in Soughtafter Village Green complex! END UNIT 1,558 sq.ft, 3 or 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, this home is immaculate! Ready to move in! Large open plan living and kitchen area!

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fraser outsells the competition every 3.48 days!!! Fraser CURRENTLY RANKS at #7 out of all 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 Vancouver!!!

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Ready for immediate occupancy! Built by T.E Andres Homebuilders! Brand new home in Ladner’s sought-after Lynn Place! Move-in anytime! High-end "nishings throughout! Quartz counters, wide-plank hardwood, tile, master bedroom on main, large great room concept! 4 bedrooms plus !ex room! This home will not last! Call today for information!

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Renovated 3 bedroom townhouse in the heart of historic Ladner Village! 1,524 sf, new kitchen, updated bathrooms, laminate !ooring, paint, etc! Shows great! Private patio! 2 secured parking spots! Walk to Village amenities in 1 minute! Don’t miss it! Low Maintenance fee $107/month. Close to schools, community center, etc!

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Absolutely beautiful 3-Bedroom Home in West Ladner! Main 483 sq.ft studio condo, 18th !oor with corridor views, !oor down, bedrooms up! Many updates including new roof, GREAT TROUBLE-FREE Building “THE NOVA” by BOSA. 6 yrs kitchen, appliances, mouldings, paint, landscaping, etc! young, granite counters, hardwood !ooring, murphy bed, Private sunny south-facing rear yard! Double garage, front etc! Great location, great condo. Rents for $1,400/month

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In Memoriam

In loving memory of Todd Norcott Oct. 17, 1967 – Dec. 6, 2005 As time goes by without you And days turn into years We have a thousand memories With lots of secret tears Missing you is easy We do that every day But losing you is heartache That never goes away. Remembered with love and sadly missed, Your Family

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EDWARDS Gladys Passed away peacefully on November 20, 2010 at the age of 92. She left behind her loving family both in Canada and in England. Leaving behind to mourn her loss her son John, daughter in law Fran, and 4 grandchildren Laura, Matthew, Benjamin and Carmin. She was predeceased by her husband Gordon and her son Grant, and her parents, sisters and brothers in England.

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CUMMINS, Rosamond (Rossi) Elizabeth (nee Fulljames) Born in Vancouver, February 1, 1923 to Pheobe and Bert Fulljames, Rossi passed away peacefully in Langley on November 29, 2010 at the age of 87. Predeceased by her loving husband John Thomas Cummins in 1985 and by her brothers Bert, Jack and Alan Fulljames. Survived by her four children, John (Carolyn), Rossi, Bert (Lana) and Ken (Marleen), four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She is also survived by her two sisters Phoebe (John), Beverley (Frank) and her brother Sydney Fulljames as well as several nieces, nephews and many friends. Mom loved her family, garden, crafts, reading and entertaining. She was always happiest when cooking, canning, baking and providing for her extended family. She will be sadly missed and forever remembered. Flowers are gratefully declined. If you wish, please make a donation to the Heart and Stroke Society. Memorial service will be held on December 4th at 11.30 am at the Valley Curling Club, 6150 176 St., Surrey, BC V3S 4E7, 604-574-4483. Viewing and graveside service will be held at Valley View Memorial Gardens 14660 72 Ave. Surrey, BC V3S 2E7, 604-596-7196 following the memorial. Refreshments will be served back at the Valley Curling Club, 6150 - 176 St. Surrey, BC. 604-574-4483.

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ELLIOTT, Lawrence Everett January 28, 1920 – November 29, 2010

Larry is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Dorothy (Doll) Louisa Elliott. He is also survived by his son David (Wendie), Donald (Nicole) (Montreal); four grandchildren, Jessica (Greg), Patrick, Stephanie, Melanie, and great-granddaughter Maelle Elliott Alston, daughter of Jessica and Greg. He is also survived by sisters Gwen (North Battleford), Audrey and Olive (Calgary), and sister-inlaw Jennie (North Battleford). Larry retired from Dupont of Canada in 1982. He was an avid ﬁsherman, gardener, curler and reader. A Celebration of Larry’s life will be held at Beach Grove Golf Club, 5946 - 12th Avenue, Tsawwassen, BC from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm on Wednesday, December 8, 2010. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC, # 300 - 828 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1E2, or a charity of your choice. On-line condolences at: www.deltafuneral.ca.

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It is great sadness and heartache that we announce the passing of our loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Gwenda, at the age of 76, passed away quietly after a courageous battle surrounded by her loving family at her beside. Gwenda started her journey in Elgin, Manitoba and enrolled in Brandon Business College. From there she moved to Vancouver and was employed by the Vancouver Sun. She then moved back to Winnipeg, Manitoba and was employed as private secretary to Brigadier Richard Malone, publisher of the Globe and Mail, Winnipeg Free Press and Vancouver Sun. Her duties included corresponding with famous people around the world. Gwenda was a member of the Winnipeg Ski Club, were she met her husband. In 1965 Gwenda was married to Bob Hughes in Winnipeg, Manitoba and they worked together as owners and publishers in the community newspaper business. In 1978 the family moved to Duncan, B.C. Gwenda was employed in the heath field working for the administration of the Cowichan District Hospital and in 1986 she was employed by the Workers’ Compensation Board in Richmond, B.C. and retired in 1999. Although Gwenda was a world traveler and loved taking cruises, her favourite place was walking and playing with her grandchildren at Centennial Beach. As well she loved being in her garden. In her earlier years in high school she was chosen by the 4H Cub to represent them in the finals in sewing in Ottawa. She was proud of her prairie and Irish background. Gwenda is survived and missed by her loving family – husband Bob of 45 years, daughter Shirlene (Tom) Fletcher, grandchildren Patrick and Ally, son Darren (Jane) and granddaughters Isla and Jenny. She was devoted to her children and grandchildren who became known as grandma’s pea pickers. Gwenda spent many a night with her children, their friends, and grandchildren working with them on their homework, especially math, which they all appreciated. We will remember Gwenda for her great sense of humour and a very talented artist. Her home is a show place of her valuable handicraft and needlepoint. We thank all of those who cared for her and all of her family and friends for their support and prayers throughout her trying ordeal. A Celebration Of Life will be held at the Hughes residence Saturday, December 4th, 2010 at 2:00 pm. It is a casual affair with no sad dark colours please. Her favourite colour is yellow. This is her wish. In lieu of flowers, Gwenda would like donations sent to the Diabetes Association or the Kidney Foundation. “Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that’s the way I’ll remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then, you really didn’t know me at all.”

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Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: Mellow times, understanding, a bigger world view, love – these float toward you all week, especially Sunday/Monday. So do cultural involvements, social rituals, higher education, far travel, legal affairs, media, insurance and intellectual endeavours. Friday begins three weeks of backward motion in these areas, and in career, so finish things up now – don’t begin anything new before Dec. 30. Paradoxically, just as your daily life slows down, your hopes and plans for the future begin to clear and form. Tackle ambitions, duties Tuesday/Wednesday. Happiness, delight, friends Thursday/Friday! Taurus April 20-May 20: You’re wading into life’s mysteries, into financial, sexual and health depths. This could be a rather rocky or surprising ride, Taurus, so go slow, don’t expect much, and be wary of commitment. Events and plans begin to meet delays, indecision and backward directions Friday through Dec. 29. Use this week to finish up “hanging” tasks, to gather loose threads – start nothing new before Dec. 30. A former opportunity might return: judge it on its merits: if good, go ahead. Now to early January, others treat you very affectionately. Show ambition (without commitment) Thursday/Friday. Gemini May 21-June 20: Work goes well all December; co-workers show affection. You’re approaching an investment,big life change,or intimate commitment, but it’s delayed because you need to “revise” a relationship. (The other party might force revision.) Good – otherwise you’d build on a false, flimsy or misaligned base. Applies to both money and love. All these – big changes, sexual bonding, investments, etc. – will flow in more naturally and healthily in January. Use this week to finish up tasks, projects – a period of delay, mistakes and indecision occurs Friday to Dec. 29. Start nothing new.

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Cancer June 21-July 22: Start NO new projects, tasks, nor relationships before Dec. 30. Guard against mistakes, be prepared for delays. Use this week to finish ongoing ventures, then keep an eye, the rest of December, on people or opportunities returning from the past. Relationships intensify into January – and romance plays a song! A hectic work phase ends Tuesday – life grows easier. A powerful, lucky career, business phase will begin in late January: rest now, so you’ll be energetic then. Though little things stall, big things march ahead. Mysteries intrigue Thursday/ Friday. Love wins, Saturday. Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Start nothing new before Dec. 30. Stick with ongoing projects and relationships, or those returning from the past. (An old flame might be coming, but won’t appear until late December.) All month, your home life glows with affection and peace. It’s a great time to finish decoration projects begun in the past. Be alert on the job and around equipment: mistakes, confusion are quite possible. DON’T buy tools, machines, TVs, etc. Romance, pleasure, beauty and a general creative, speculative and winning streak fill the weeks ahead. Exciting meetings Thursday-Saturday! Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: A period of delay, indecision, mistakes and missed meetings begins Friday, and lasts through Dec. 29. During this phase, don’t start significant new projects of any kind. An old flame might return – but only briefly, as the weeks ahead tend toward endings rather than beginnings. It’s more likely that you’ll chase an ongoing love. In either case, romance brings talk, intimacy and intensity! Communications and travel will be gratifying and affectionate. This week, finish tasks. Sunday/Monday set the tone for the month: home, security, family, property. Tackle chores Thursday/Friday.

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Start nothing new before Dec. 30. Mistakes, confusion and delays affect new projects until then. Focus on past and ongoing links, ventures. Your money picture is favourable all December – but don’t buy anything significant, including clothes.You might be called back to a security or family issue. Christmas will likely involve travel to old haunts – and nostalgia. Make arrangements, buy tickets now, as unavailability begins soon. If you meet an “ex” this month, it will likely only confirm “the end.” You’ll be busy but happy. Romance, a winning streak come Thursday/Friday! Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Finish rather than initiate relationships, projects, tasks and obligations this week – and the next three. A period of delays, mistakes and indecision starts Friday, lasting to Dec. 30. You’re favoured in money now, especially Sunday/Monday, but avoid big new purchases all month. You’re vibrant, your charms glow, you’ll have a month of “good hair days.” You’ll be very busy with communications, details, paperwork and travel – but keep an eye on more private or hidden factors, feelings that are just below the surface: these might conflict with the messages you send. Romance Saturday? Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Your energy, charisma and optimism are boundless now! But don’t start anything new and important before Dec. 30. Especially avoid important purchases. Do all your Christmas shopping as early as possible: this Monday to Wednesday is best. Despite your high charisma and personal “clout” this month, your private world, your inner self, glow with a peaceful happiness. The government benefits you. Your monetary hopes centre on someone older or younger, through 2012 – an important project is brewing; be patient. Arrive “in person” Monday. Home sweet home Saturday.

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Dec. 5 - Dec. 11 Capricorn Dec.22-Jan.19:Rest,lielow,contemplate your plans – and the meaning of life, love, spirit. Your energy and judgment falter, but your determination and sexual charisma are high all month. Don’t let this combination lead you into error. Start nothing important before Dec. 30 – mistakes, indecision, second thoughts and delays are rife. Instead, protect and nurture ongoing projects and relationships, and reprise those from the past. Your social side returns – someone affectionate “watches out” for you. Accept private invitations. Your money luck rises brieﬂy Thursday/Friday. Call, travel Saturday. Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: On the one hand, wishes come true now, social delights arrive, ﬂirtations and light love hover around you, your popularity rises, and entertainment’s everywhere. On the other hand, this is a poor time, through Dec. 29, to start any new projects or relationships. So protect your work life from delays, mistakes and misunderstood communications all month, double-check and have a “Plan B.” But once you do this, charge into leisure! Avoid gossip, loose lips and dangerous places. All these apply all month. Sunday/Monday are happy. Rest midweek. You shine Thursday/Friday! Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Finish rather than start projects this week. A period of confusion, indecision, mistakes and delays begins Friday, lasting through Dec. 29. It will particularly affect your social, career and “future plans” areas. In these, a former person or opportunity might return – if so, luck favours taking it/him/her up again. Love relationships that are kept light can be hot, sensual, but lack the sweetness required for durability. Letting a relationship become profound will supply that sweet affection. Be ambitious Sunday/Monday. Rest Thursday/Friday. You burst with energy Saturday! timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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1 bedroom suite available in small bldg located near shops, school, bus stop and rec centre. Rent includes 2 appl, carpets, drapes, heat and hot water. Bldg consists of new windows and sliding doors. To view please call 604-782-4326

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 centre and bus route. To make an appt. to view please call 604-943-1487

Greensview

1 bedroom suite available in January with 3 appliances, carpets, drapes, u/g parking and laundry facilities. Located on bus route and close to shopping centre. For info or to view please call 604-943-7612

Shawnigan

1 bedroom suites available in a 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

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

Evergreen Lane

2 bedroom suite available in one of our four well maintained bldgs. Located near shops, school and bus routes. Rent includes 2 appl, carpets and drapes. To view this suite please call 604-946-2694

Harbourside

Affordable 1, 2 and 3 bedroom suites 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 info please call 604-946-9268 Sorry No Pets or BBQs References Required WWW.CENTURY GROUP.CA/

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LADNER 3 bdrm $1,020 incl., heat, h/w, prkg. Some pets ok. No dogs. No smoking. 604-940-8726 TSAW. LOVELY 2 br, 2 bath, w/d, $1550 incl heat & prkg, FP, np, no BBQ, Suit Adults 604-943-6163

Tsawwassen, CASA DEL SOL 2 BDRM, $950 NOW 1 BDRM $750, JAN 1. BACHELOR STE $650, NOW incls heat & H/W, carpets, drapes, 2 appl, 2 elevators, under ground parking avail. Please Call 604-943-8954 or 604-488-4733

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Houses - Rent

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2002 CAVALIER, auto, 75km, 4dr sedan, good cond, aircared, $2600, aft 6pm. 604-946-7464 1998 EAGLE TALON ESI, 170k, 2.0 L, excellent condition, 5 spd, no accidents, silver exterior, grey interior. $3900. 604-763-3223

TSAW T/H, 3BR, 2.5 ba, 2000sf, full bsmt, 6appl, $1800, n/s, u/g prgk, Dec 1, sh/term lease, email dcgord@aol.com ..604-948-0800

2 SNOW TIRES on rims, 225/70/14R $150. 604-943-0482

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Office/Retail Rent

9135 9145

Tsawwassen ● Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall has prime retail spaces available in various sizes. ● Windsor Woods – unit #5 – 1,057 sq. ft. ● Century Square Three Commercial/Office Spaces available 291 sq ft, 640 sq ft and 1658 sq ft. For more information call Tina or Sandra at Century Group 604-943-2203

6602

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BDRM, large, Tsaw. Avail now, inste laundry, 5 appl, ns np, $850 incl utils, no cable. 604-943-3567 1 BR ste Tsaw, rec reno, near bus/ town, np, ns, $800 incl utils & cable, avail Dec 1. 604-948-0311 1 BR suite, upper Tsaw. utils incl’d, insuite wd, reno, $995, refs. ns, np, Chris 604-671-2243 2 BR bsmt, large, full bath, Ladner, 4 appls, yard, $900+1/3 utils, ns, Now, 604-765-3642 3 BR Tsawwassen, upper level, 1200sf + 400sf sunny deck, nice quiet neighborhood, nr schools, clean & bright, 1.5 baths, fp, newer appls, dw, shared wd. own entry, driveway prkg, some carport storage, no garage, owner lives down & mows lawn, ns, np refs $1300+%utils, 778-848-8361

1999 JAGUAR Xjr 4.0L s/c, local 59k 1 owner, records, a/cared 18' pirelli, $12,500. 778-867-3731 NEED CHEAP AUTOBODY ? www.cheapautobody.ca 604-341-7738

Computer Services

Scrap Car Removal

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makes your computer work again! Best rates on the market. Guaranteed Virus Removal.

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8060 8020

Blinds & Draperies

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8055

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Cleaning

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FULL SIZE VEHICLES Serving the Delta area for 20 yrs. Call 604- 649-1627, 946-0943

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Computer Services

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Gutters

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Handyperson

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Moving & Storage

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Moving & Storage

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Lawn & Garden

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CARPET/VINYL INSTALLER Repairs & restretches. 17 yrs exp. Call for free estimates DAVID

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Electrical

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TSAW LARGE 1 br +den, 5 appl, clean, nr all ammens, $875+utils, ns, np, Dec 1. 604-250-8216

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Parts & Accessories

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Taylor Harrison become first South Delta player to be named most outstanding player, two others named all-stars STORIES BY MARK BOOTH mbooth@delta-optimist.com

The South Delta Sun Devils were served another reminder of what could have been courtesy of B.C. high school football’s year-end awards. If blowing an 18-point lead in in a playoff loss to eventual finalist Handsworth, wasn’t bad enough, then how about having three players named to the provincial all-star team and one coming away with even further glory? Taylor Harrison captured the Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award — becoming the first Sun Devil player in the program’s history to receive such an honour. The 6-foot-3 and 210-pound defensive end was a force all season coming off the edge, recording nine sacks. He also got a jump on the high school campaign when he played for Team B.C. this past summer in the inaugural Canada Cup. “At the beginning of the year, Taylor made up his mind that he was going to give it his all for football and see where it takes him. That meant hitting the weight room over the winter,” said Sun Devils head coach Ray Moon. “Once he made Team B.C. then he wanted to see how far he could go.” His play at the Canada Cup already got the attention of CIS programs and his stock continues to soar. Currently schools from the Maritimes, Ontario, Alberta and B.C. have all expressed interesting in landing him for 2011. “Other teams basically had to game plan on how to deal with him,” said Moon, adding Harrison’s selection was based on votes by opposing coaches. “He was a real force coming off the edge.” Joining Harrison on the provincial “AA” all-star team are linebacker Riley Jones and receiver Ray Calderwood. Jones also played on Team B.C. and led the Devils with 46 tackles, along with a pair of sacks. He has attracted interest from across the country and Moon suggests could even be recruited to play fullback where he proved to be a force for South Delta in the stretch run of the season. Calderwood actually was the Devils leading rusher but his recognition reflects his versatility as a player. He also was a reserve as a defensive back for Team B.C.

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Riley Jones (34) and Taylor Harrison (68), in action here against Sands, were recognized for their stellar seasons. Harrison was named the province’s most outstanding defensive player and was joined on the provincial all-star team by Jones and Ray Calderwood.

South Delta to host Pacers in inaugural Stebbings/Murray Cup opportunity to beat cross-town rival Delta for the first time in three years in the inaugural Stebbings/Murray Cup — named after longtime local high school coaches Bob Stebbings and Neil Murray. Tuesday’s game, which is being supported by the South Delta Basketball Association (Steve Nash Youth League), also will serve as the league opener for both teams. It’s the one and only meeting this season between the rivals with tipoff slated for 8 p.m. at SDSS. “Expectations are tempered

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high,” said South Delta head coach Steve McGilligan. “This is a group of kids that we started this project with three years ago who were all very young and now are maturing. “We are excited and think we can be a pretty good team.” Triano is the son of Toronto Raptors head coach Jay Triano. This will be his third season playing at the senior level and will be running the Devils’ up-tempo system from the point guard position. Not only has his game made tremendous strides, the Grade 11 standout is mature beyond his

years. “He’s just a tremendous leader and student of the game,” said McGilligan. “He just grasps everything we throw at him.” Nicholls was watching his older brother Josh score the game-winning goal for the Saskatoon Blades on Tuesday night in a 2-1 victory over the hometown Vancouver Giants. Josh is currently among the top 10 scorers in the WHL and was drafted by Toronto last June. Zach will be counted on big time by the Sun Devils at the offensive end of the floor after

leading the team in scoring last season. “He is a great shooter and just a natural scorer,” said McGilligan. “The good news is we also have other options so all the pressure won’t be on him every game.” The Devils will get a steady diet of elite competition this month, participating at tournaments in North Delta and Burnaby South. “We’re playing some pretty good teams early,” added McGilligan. “I’m not worried about the wins or losses but rather where we stand moving forward.”

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They both have high-profile family members working in other parts of the country, yet Dustin Triano and Zach Nicholls would love to make a name for themselves right at home. The pair are key members of the South Delta senior boys basketball team that hopes to finally make some noise this season. The Tsawwassen school has never qualified for the provincials and it’s even been a lengthy dryspell participating in the Fraser Valley playoffs. The first baby step will be the

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Last month, 39 runners culiminated an 18-week training program with the Run Inn in Tsawwassen by participating in the Nike Women’s Half and Full Marathon in San Francisco. They completed the challenging ascending course that took them from Union Square and along the coast of San Fransisco. Rather than a race medal, every participant to cross the finish line was donned with a Tiffany & Co. silver necklace, handed to them by a firefighter in a tuxedo. The list of participants included: Half Marathon — Nancy Friesen, Kate Libonati, Karen Libonati, Annale Steinmann, Gillian Carswell, Casey Carswell, Kim Tait, Rebecca Tait, Nancy Tait, Jennifer Vannerus, Aili Kullman, Jane Dabrowski, Emily Dabrowski, Haylie Segal, Randi Segal, Leslie Trowski, Elain Emslie, Teryn Emslie, Chelsea Emslie, Cindy Cheung, Mei Steinmann, Crystal Lopez, Tracy Penland, Madison Penland, Aileen Noguer, Bobby Brown, Cathy Kirk, Ruth Scowcroft, Jackson Friesen, Nicky Colosie, Julia Everett, Shahin Virji. Full Marathon — Daphne Hodgins, Miki Lawson, Natassja Dutka, Dianne Kaltenegger

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