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Teachers campaign against tests BY

SANDOR GYARMATI

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Delta teachers are urging parents not to have their children write Foundation Skills Assessment tests, even though the Ministry of Education deems participation mandatory.

The annual tests for all students in grades 4 and 7, written since 2000, began this week. They’re aimed at gauging student abilities in reading, writing and numeracy.

This eagle managed to get away from the crowd to enjoy a peaceful sunset at Boundary Bay Regional Park.

nesting pairs are pretty well fixed now to their nest areas but the big part of the population are all these non-breeding birds, because they take five years to mature,” noted Hancock.

“So when I went to the dump they were sometimes lined up 25 poles in a row of sub-adults.

There’s a lot of sub-adults here right now because they’re free to move.”

The breeding pairs face a lot of competition and stress from the younger, non-breeding eagles

As expected, the B.C. Teachers’ Federation is once again campaigning against the FSA, saying the tests don’t help students learn or teachers teach, nor do they give parents any valuable information about their children’s progress.

Instead, they take valuable time and much-needed resources away from the classroom and undermine teachers’ ability to provide meaningful learning experiences for all students, said federation president Susan Lambert.

Critical of an open letter by Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid supporting the tests, Lambert noted the BCTF has been informing parents of teachers’ concerns about the testing and of a parental right to opt their children out of assessments with which they disagree.

The federation has created information pamphlets for parents about the FSA as well as an

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Eagles find Delta attractive

With poor salmon returns in usual haunts, birds flocking here in impressive numbers BY

SANDOR GYARMATI

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An extraordinary number of eagles have recently made Delta their home.

“Delta is a pretty impressive eagle habitat. You’ve got more nests, I suspect, than any other of the regional cities for North America, certainly for Canada,” said wildlife biologist David Hancock.

The Hancock Wildlife Foundation has been closely monitoring what’s been happening in South Delta in recent weeks

due to extremely poor chum salmon runs in rivers from Alaska to Vancouver, which has forced the birds to seek new feeding grounds.

Hancock said Boundary Bay and Roberts Bank undoubtedly make South Delta prime areas for nesting eagles as well as many younger roaming eagles.

“It’s the richest area. It’s the richest for waterfowl, richest for shorebird and, as a result, it’s the richest raptor places, that’s why you have probably 3,500 eagles right now within the municipality of Delta,” he said.

Hancock noted over 7,200 eagles alone showed on the Chehalis in southwest B.C. briefly just a few weeks ago but now that number has dropped to only 348.

Some of those birds ended up here, while it’s not clear what happened to many others.

Almost 1,400 were counted

by Hancock at the Vancouver Landfill, while hundreds were counted between the East Ladner landfill and Boundary Bay. About 25 to 30 nesting pairs are now preparing their nets and will lay their eggs by March.

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January 22, 2011 The Delta Optimist A03

Group has sights on new home

Reach Child and Youth Development Society looking to build 20,000-square-foot facility at Memorial Park BY

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Reach Child and Youth Development Society is embarking on a capital campaign to build a child development centre in the heart of Ladner.

The $5 million project is a partnership between the society, the Corporation of Delta and the LadnerTsawwassen Kinsmen Cub. Delta will provide the land, valued at $1 million, while it’s up to the society to raise the money to build the 20,000-square-foot facility where the current Kin House is located on 47th Avenue edge of Memorial Park.

The Kinsmen Club will continue to use the new building, while the facility will give the society a much larger and updated place to provide programs for youth with special needs.

The society hopes to have the capital raised and a groundbreaking in four years.

According to Reach, 15 per cent of the population has some form of special need.

Cathy Nidoski, communications director of the non-profit group that has

A $5 million undertaking, Reach is hoping to break ground on its new home in Ladner in four years. been providing services to youth and their families since 1959, said it serves anywhere from 700 to 1,000 youth and families a year.

The new building will become a demonstration site and a centre of expertise for promoting inclusion and best practices in early intervention and behavior support.

TESTS from page 1 opting out form they can submit to principals. The top part of the form is a message critical of the tests while the bottom part can be cut out and submitted to the principals, asking for students to be excused for a family emergency, lengthy illness or other extenuating circumstances.

Paul Steer, president of the Delta Teachers Association, told the Optimist teachers have been consistent in their message, sending home literature to parents of students in grades 4 and 7 as they’ve done in previous years.

The package includes the

request form to have children excused.

Noting the message to parents seems to be getting through with FSA participation going down, Steer said, “I haven’t received any calls at the DTA complaining about this issue, but we’re certainly encouraging the teachers to distribute the information, the sheet called What Every Parent Needs to Know, and also a little brochure that affirms the fact teachers do believe in testing but not the inappropriate use of standardized tests.”

Noting the participation rate in Delta has been con-

EAGLES from page 1 that would normally be distributed over a wider area of several rivers, explained Hancock. Many of the younger adults should be moving on to other areas for different fish runs in March and April, however with other fish stocks also shrinking, those eagles might be forced to look

elsewhere for food.

“What we’re seeing is a distribution of the eagles’ normal pattern and we’re seeing a lot of birds here, which sounds exciting, but it’s not good because we shouldn’t be seeing as many eagles. They should be up the coast,” Hancock said.

“You’ve got a world-class

The society’s current centre on 72nd Street in East Ladner, at one time a residence for mentally challenged youth, is in a less than ideal location and can no longer serve its needs.

“It’s more efficient and effective to move right into town with a facility that’s built with the needs of our program in mind and the

needs of the community in mind, rather than trying to constantly adapt to the building we are in,” said Nidoski.

She said the Building for Children campaign now getting underway hopes to land support from service organizations, businesses and corporations, foundations and potential grants,

as well as individuals.

The fundraising includes naming opportunities for various parts of the building and a donor wall.

Nidoski said events are also being planned for the coming months, including a walk-a-thon in June.

Reach Child and Youth Development Society, formerly known as the Delta

Association for Child Development, also has programs that serve youth and parents in Surrey and Langley, although the majority of its offerings are for Delta children.

For more information about what the society offers and the fundraising campaign, visit www.reachdevelopment.org/campaign.

sistently strong at around 85 per cent, assistant superintendent Garnet Ayres said the direction from the ministry continues to be that all students participate in the FSA, unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Parents may request their children don’t participate but that would be a conversation involving the principal, said Ayres.

“We want to make sure that we’re clear on the expectation that the vast majority of children will participate,” he added.

Jameel Aziz, president of the B.C. Principals’ and Vice-principals’ Association, said this week whether a standardized test can provide critical infor-

mation to teachers, parents and students no longer seems to be the debate.

Among the problems now facing the FSA, noted Aziz, is that the BCTF has successfully undermined participation to the point it’s less than 50 per cent in some districts.

The Fraser Institute publishes annual rankings of B.C. schools that rely heavily on FSA results, rankings the BCTF routinely criticizes. Last year only one Delta public elementary school was ranked in the top 100.

Meanwhile, according to the latest achievement contract recently presented to the Delta school board and to be submitted to the ministry, Delta’s high school

graduation rate increased slightly last year to around 87 per cent. Delta’s rate has consistently been above the provincial average.

Ayres said the number that didn’t graduate includes international students here for short stays or students who moved.

unique circumstance happening here in Delta.”

OWL (Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society) director Bev Day said it’s obvious by just looking around there’s a much higher eagle population here than normal. On a tree near West Coast Instant Lawns on 72nd Street, for example, 25 eagles are perched.

The huge number of eagles has resulted in a lot

of fighting among birds for food as well as conflicts with other bird species.

“The aerial display may look awesome but we’re just waiting to get more (birds at the shelter) in due to inter-species fighting,” she said.

There was even a report of an eagle swooping down at a small dog recently.

Day said in the last week two eagles were brought to

her rescue centre suffering from gunshot wounds. She said it’s not certain who is responsible.

The centre has also been getting many calls from concerned citizens that see eagles sitting on the ground and assume they’re injured.

As far as all the eagles congregating at the landfill, Day noted not many of them actually scavenge for food there.

She said a Canadian Wildlife Service study five years ago found most of the birds go to the Vancouver Landfill for the heat, not to eat garbage.

According to that study, eagle time at the landfill consisted of mostly resting.

Cameras have been placed over two new eagle nests in South Delta. They can be viewed at www.hancockwildlife.org.

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Delta Teachers Association president Paul Steer says participation in the FSA tests is declining.

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Proposal would see care home turned into student dormitory BY

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A former private 29-bed care home at the corner of Ladner Trunk Road and 57th Street could become a residence for international students and their families.

The new owner of the building, formerly known as Heritage Home, has made inquiries about opening a dormitory for students from China that would study in Delta schools.

School district officials, who discussed the proposal with their civic counterparts at a recent liaison meeting, were told the application would have to go through a rezoning process.

The building would also have to be brought up to code because its condition has deteriorated in the three years since the seniors’ home closed.

Noting the district has an excellent home stay program for international

students, school board chair Dale Saip told the Optimist it was only recently made aware of the proposal and is not involved in the pending application.

Five years ago, Delta council shot down a proposed land swap by the school board that would have paved the way for the district to build a dormitory further east on Ladner Trunk Road that could have housed as many as 300 students.

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January 22, 2011 The Delta Optimist A05

Nine civic projects costing in excess of $30M in works or already completed

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Carlene Lewall of the Delta Gymnastics Society stands inside the Delta Sport Development Centre, which will soon be the new home of the gym club.

Deadline looming for several Delta cost-sharing projects Delta is working on tight timelines with a number of construction projects that must be completed this spring, while many others are either already complete or still on time and budget.

Sean McGill, Delta’s director of human resources and corporate planning, gave Delta council an update this week on the status of a number of major infrastructure projects.

“Everything is going well,” he said Monday night.

The federal government’s 2009 budget included an accelerated and expanded infrastructure funding pro-

gram, the B.C. government agreed to match federal funds and Delta took advantage of the offer.

The municipality submitted 13 grant applications for

other local infrastructure works have received funding from alternate sources.

In all, the municipality currently has nine projects on the go — all in various phases — and seven of them, the ones funded through the federal economic stimulus program, must be FILE PHOTO completed by The Delta Archives & Edgar Dunning Reading March 31.

There was Room opened earlier this month. some concern last week about nine different projects as materials being shipped in well as a joint application for the East Delta pump with the Delta Gymnastics station work. At the Jan. 10 Society. council meeting, civic poliDelta was successful in obtaining funding for seven ticians endorsed requesting an extension for the project of the projects, plus two

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Here’s a list of the cost-sharing infrastructure projects currently underway in Delta: 82nd Avenue Upgrade • Project complete • Road improvements between 112A and 116 streets • Total cost: $3 million Delta Archives & Edgar Dunning Reading Room • Project complete and archives officially opened on Jan. 7.

• Conversion of former courthouse into a joint municipal and museum archives • Total cost: $675,000 Delta Sport Development Centre • Estimated completion date: March 2011 • New purpose-built building for Delta Gymnastics • Total cost: $2.3 million East Delta Dike Upgrade • Project complete • Fortify the dike west of 104th Street • Total cost: $700,000 East Delta Pump Station • Estimated completion date: March 2011 • Enlarge and upgrade to make more “fish friendly” • Total cost: $4 million Sungod Recreation Centre • Project complete • Expansion of fitness facility • Total cost: $3 million Westham Island Dike • Project complete • Dike upgrade near Trim Road • Total cost: $267,000 80th Street Rail overpass • Estimated completion date: April 2012 (this project is not a part of the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund program) • Construction of an overpass of the BC Rail line • Total cost: $11 million (mostly funded through the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor Program) Ladner Trunk Sewer Forcemain Twinning • Project “substantially” complete • Twinning of 3.2 kilometres of the sanitary sewer forcemain that services Ladner and Tsawwassen • Total project cost: $4.1 million

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January 22, 2011 The Delta Optimist A07

Rotarians lend hand to save a language Members of Ladner club travel to Chile to establish computer lab

Mayor Miguel Becker, who is responsible for the board of education, to open three more language labs in schools located in Mapuche communities.

A team of six Ladner Rotarians and their spouses travelled to Chile recently to observe the progress of this experience. They met with Becker, who was moved by the greetings from Delta Mayor Lois Jackson, and told them this Rotary initiative had underlined the needs of Mapuche communities.

Looking to the future, the team visited the community of Padre Las Casas, where a mouldy, sparsely equipped clinic with no running water stands in the middle of a field.

The two clubs are look-

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MURPHY’S LAW Much was made a few weeks ago when it was revealed the NDP’s constitution stipulates at least one of its big three positions — party leader, president or treasurer — has to be held by a woman.

With the latter two currently occupied by men, it meant Carole James’ replacement had to be female.

Many expressed concern, and rightly so, about this attempt at affirmative action, arguing the best person should be chosen leader, regardless of their gender.

It appears the NDP has heeded this logical response and isn’t going to demand its next leader be female, which is good considering there are no women among the party’s six declared leadership candidates.

With that seemingly out of the way, now there are concerns the leadership lineups for both parties aren’t reflective of the cultural makeup of our province, nor are they gender balanced. Of the 12 candidates seeking to become premier, only one, Harry Lali, is a visible minority. There are two women and the rest, nine of them, are that staple of North American politics: white guys.

I certainly understand why well-meaning people would push to ensure our government reflects society’s makeup, but I’m not so sure we have to force the issue. We certainly have to ensure political office is within the grasp of people from all backgrounds, and both genders, but to mandate certain outcomes goes too far.

In the last provincial election in Delta South, which is — how should I put this delicately? — less culturally diverse than many ridings in the Lower Mainland, a white woman bested two men of colour.

There wasn’t a white guy within 9,000 votes of the winner.

Has Delta had a female mayor for more than two decades because of some quota requirement? No, it’s because voters thought Lois Jackson, and Beth Johnson before her, were the best candidates for the job.

Much was made when Jackson was the first woman elected to Delta council and again when Johnson became the municipality’s first mayor. It wasn’t that long ago those breakthroughs happened, yet today we don’t think twice about whether a council member is male or female.

Hopefully in the not too distant future the issue of gender, as well as ethnicity, at senior levels of government becomes a moot point too.

It’s unfortunate the current collection seeking the leadership of both major parties looks more like the 1970s than the new millennium, but the evolution of a society doesn’t take place overnight. It takes time and it can’t be mandated.

Remains to be seen if region’s plan will stop urban sprawl IAN ROBERTSON

COMMUNITY COMMENT A week ago the Metro Vancouver board approved a Regional Growth Strategy for the next 30 years that will accommodate an additional 1.2 million residents. This plan is now to go before each municipality.

If all affected local governments accept the bylaw, then it can proceed for additional readings and adoption by Metro. Our mayor, who is the chair of the Metro board, guided the process and we need to thank her and others for that effort Like any political or complex document, the “devil is in the details.” So what do we have?

A clear plan for the future or a “sleeper” (where something unexpected might happen before anyone realizes it)?

All but one of the Metro board members voted in favour of the

plan. The lone holdout was Harold the plan will preserve farmland, Steves, who is a councillor and or ALR land. Our mayor has said: farmer in Richmond, and an advo“It’s a very long and exhaustcate for saving farmland. ing process to (remove land from Steves likes most of the plan: “In ALR), but that is one of the biggest every aspect except for agriculture checks that we have.” and the environment, Does the mayor it’s an excellent plan.” think there are If the land is However, Steves sufficient restricobjects to the seven tions on removing agriculture, it’s areas pulled out and lands? How might worth $40,000 to designated as special that apply to the $80,000 per acre. study areas.

Southlands? We Steves said: “We need to ask and get If for housing, it’s are allowing agrimore clarification. in the millions. Is cultural land to be Why should you it any wonder why threatened in this be concerned? If Metro Vancouver the land is agridevelopers want to regional plan. Every culture, it’s worth get at the land? time we bring in a $40,000 to $80,000 new regional plan per acre. If for there’s a new study area or a numhousing, it’s in the millions. Is it ber of new study areas, and over any wonder why developers want a period of time the Agricultural to get at the land? Why not develop Land Commission gives up, and all the land to Hope? Where do you you end up with these lands being want to grow crops? removed from the Agricultural Where does Delta council stand Land Reserve.” on protecting farmland in Delta?

He went on to say: “We’ve got The mayor has said: “This (regionto put to an end to this constant al growth) strategy will help curb erosion of the Agricultural Land urban sprawl, protect our precious Reserve and farmland in the Lower farmland and conserve the stunning Mainland.” legacy of nature we cherish.”

One of the more controversial Mayor and council: How do you parts for us in South Delta is how see this applying to South Delta?

The Optimist encourages readers to write letters to the editor. Letters are accepted on any topic, although preference is given to those on local matters. The Optimist reserves the right to edit letters and the decision to publish is at the discretion of the editor or publisher. All letters must be signed, dated and include the writer’s phone number

(not for publication). The Optimist will not print “name withheld” letters. Copyright in letters and other materials submitted voluntarily to the publisher and accepted for publication remains with the author, but the publisher and its licensees may freely reproduce them in print, electronic or other forms.

January 22, 2011 The Delta Optimist A09

Course takes pains to be quiet Leaves fall in the fall and grass clippings are a problem in late spring.

The blower in question is generally used for approximately six weeks out of every year with the occasional use in the summer or winter. As for the machines used to cut grass, they are measured at 81 db and could not be mistaken as “noisy” or “intrusive.”

As this is not the first letter Sabo has written regarding the start times of our machinery, I would like to clarify that from the beginning of October through the middle of March, our maintenance facility opens at 7:30 a.m. If it is a day that blowers are used, they are not on the golf course until after 8 a.m.

And in trying to be the best neighbours we can be, we start them on holes as far away from the border as possible. Our fifth hole that runs along the border is the last hole that gets worked on with the blower.

In the summer our maintenance facility opens between 5:30 and 6 a.m.

While we are located in Whatcom County, we do our best to adhere to Delta’s noise ordinance and as such do not ever start the blowers before 7 a.m.

We have made modifications to our equipment to make it as quiet as we can make it, in the process making them less efficient. But as a committed good neighbour, we continue to use the equipment in that fashion.

As Sabo pointed out in his own words, “you can lessen the misery for some people, but not all the people.” As a facility, we feel we have done all we can to balance the two sides of providing an exceptional golf experience with being a good neighbour to our friends in Tsawwassen.

Sabo has written at least two letters to this paper in the last year outlining his complaints, but has never actually contacted us with

Driver speeds away after hitting dog Editor: Last Saturday my family’s dog got hit by a car. Her name was Pinkey and she was six years old.

My sister and I were driving home from the barn and when we got home, I opened my car door and Pinkey went running across our street to chase our neighbour’s cat.

My sister and I ran after her, calling at her to come back.

Around the corner came a guy who not only didn’t live in our neighbourhood, but who was driving way too fast.

My sister and I started

Pinkey screaming at him to stop, but he didn’t even try to hit the brakes. He just drove over her.

This was in our own neighbourhood, right in front of our house. If he had tried to hit the brakes to stop or to slow down, she would have made it.

He didn’t even stop after to say sorry. He sped away.

A neighbour followed him to the McDonald’s parking lot where he taped up his licence plate. When he saw our neighbour, the guy got in his car and sped away. He ran a red light at 56th Street and 17th Avenue.

Luckily we got the licence plate number, but nothing will ease the pain of Pinkey being killed. We bred her and raised her, and whoever did this has no idea how much pain he has caused our family and friends.

Caitlyn Hoolsema

his concerns. Please feel free to get in touch with me, Mr. Sabo, if you would like a tour and even to spend time with our maintenance crew and see exactly what is involved and the concessions we make on a daily basis.

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Editor: Re: Forget airplanes, it’s golf courses that are noisy, letter to the editor, Jan. 15 Don Sabo compares the noise of airplanes to that of golf course machinery. A little perspective is needed here.

According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, the decibels created by a jet plane at 100 feet are the same as a gun blast from close range and measure at 140 db. They’re clearly unhealthy levels without hearing protection.

The documented noise level of our loudest piece of machinery is 94 db at close range without modification.

In reference to Sabo’s assertion the noise comes from machines used to pick up leaves and cut grass and can start as early as 6 a.m., we do use a blower for blowing fallen leaves off the fairways or in certain conditions to blow grass clippings off the fairways.

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January 22, 2011 The Delta Optimist A11

MLA needs convincing on safety of combo vehicles

Editor: Re: Police dep’t applauded for its support of truck trains, letter to the editor, Jan. 5 B.C. Trucking Association president Paul Landry’s criticism that our concern for public safety is simply ignorance of the issue of long-combination vehicles (LCVs) is most unfortunate.

Neither the province, Maersk, Delta, nor Landry himself have provided the residents of Delta South with any information about these vehicles — aside from the bureaucratic assurance the rules will be followed.

But the rules are exactly what the public needs to know and that is what Landry, et al, should be addressing.

The normal B-Train that we see all the time is 25 metres. LCVs, however, are tractors pulling two trailers each loaded with a 40-foot container: LCVs are 34 metres and more.

While LCVs in Alberta and Saskatchewan have been a success story, they are not the same configuration as the vehicles used here: the 40-foot container represents a considerable difference and my first question would be whether Landry can show us evaluations that not only take

into consideration that significant change, but that also look at worst case scenarios?

Has anybody in authority advised us whether the criteria developed in other jurisdictions — following a successful LCV pilot program — have been put in place and how they have been adjusted to local circumstances?

Canada is a world leader in the development of performance measures for heavy trucks, so tell us what those measures are as they relate to LCVs running on our roads. Are there seasonal operating restrictions (as in many other jurisdictions) or is that necessary in the Lower Mainland?

LCVs elsewhere are only allowed on divided highways: what are the rules going to be for River Road, an already unsafe, undivided, congested roadway?

What is Maersk’s detailed maintenance schedule?

How many owner/operators work with the Maersk fleet?

Will drivers be operating to the higher standards required for LCVs? Will Maersk have road supervision?

On/off ramps used by LCVs normally meet stringent requirements, but there are no ramps off River Road to Maersk, so what

are the standards being used to ensure performance safety? If local performance measures have been developed, were they developed using worst case scenarios?

Performance standards exist and we need to know what they are and how they have been adjusted for local conditions. Information on LCVs needs to be readily available.

The website for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation has an easyto-find page for “Ontario LCV Pilot Program, Questions and Answers.”

The only information about LCVs on the B.C. Transportation website seems to be “Form T-59, Conditions for LCVs” and “Form T-59A, LCV Designated Routing” (which doesn’t mention Delta).

Authorities, including Landry (who is certainly a leading authority on trucking), have an obligation to give Delta residents answers about the performance standards that will relate to the introduction of long-combination vehicles on our roads. And until that happens, I will remain concerned about LCVs and the safety of the people of Delta.

Vicki Huntington Delta South MLA

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Support for suggestion to weed out the bad eggs

Editor: Re: Identify those teachers who aren’t pulling weight, letter to the editor, Jan. 19 Good on Bob Orrick (whom I take to be a wizened octogenarian — unless he married as a pre-teen!).

Better screening and hiring practices. Nobody below B+ from SFU, say.

Having said that, my experiences over four decades as teacher, editor and HR director convince me the bell curve theory of competence and excellence plays itself out as much in workplace lunch rooms as it does in classrooms.

A few are complete failures and a few are superstars, while all the

rest comprise a big hump and muddle between those extremes.

Now whether any Liberal would qualify for merit pay as a politician in the 20102011 B.C. parliamentary year is a pretty dubious proposition. Same goes for this teacher merit pay goofiness of Kevin Falcon.

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A12 The Delta Optimist January 22, 2011 Business

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Chris Hartman to discuss Tsawwassen band’s wealth creation strategies

Tsawwassen First Nation Economic Development Corporation CEO Chris Hartman is scheduled to be the guest speaker at a Delta Chamber of Commerce luncheon next month.

He will be talking about how the TFN is advancing its wealth creation strategies.

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The corporation was established in 2009 and is responsible for developing business relationships that create long-term wealth for the TFN and its members.

Hartman has served as the corporation’s CEO since May 2009.

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January 22, 2011 The Delta Optimist A13

High water rates hinder farmers

Issue will be one of many discussed at upcoming agricultural plan workshop Delta farmers and those involved with the agricultural community are invited to attend an upcoming workshop of the Agricultural Advisory Committee.

The Feb. 2 workshop at the Ladner United Church is another opportunity to discuss local farming issues and what’s needed to enhance the economic viability of farming in Delta.

Senior civic staff and the civic advisory committee have been gathering feedback and ideas for a new agricultural plan for the municipality, which is to be completed this year.

About 40 people attended a workshop last October where key issues were discussed, including non-farm use in the Agricultural Land Reserve, education, accessibility, loss of the farmland base, roads and transportation, and affordability of water.

An issue that’s certain to come up again is the price

of potable water and how it’s putting the squeeze on farmers.

At a committee meeting late last year, members conveyed the concern to a policy analyst with Metro Vancouver who made a presentation on the region’s proposed Food Systems Strategy. It was noted potable water rates are much higher in this region than other regions.

The issue was also discussed at Delta council recently, where Coun. Ian Paton, a director of the Delta Farmers’ Institute, said tougher new regulations require local potato farmers to wash their product several times on site. Some are stuck with a $75,000 annual bill for their metered water, he said.

Mayor Lois Jackson told the Optimist Delta has already made a case at the regional level that farmers need help with the rates to make products clean for the consumer.

“As you can appreciate, the supermarket stores, they want those potatoes clean,

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At a Delta Chamber of Commerce panel discussion on the challenges facing the farming industry last year, Murray Driediger, president and CEO of BC Fresh, noted Delta’s cost of potable water is 30 per cent higher than just across the border in Point Roberts and more than five times the average in California.

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The community came together over the recent holiday season to host a number of fundraisers to support the Delta Hospice Society.

Although the Irene Thomas Hospice and Harold & Veronica Savage Centre for Supportive Care have been up and running for a year, the society still hasn’t reached its $8.5 million target so continues efforts to raise the final 10 per cent.

The following is a description of recent fundraising activities: Candlelight Yoga Classes at Open Space Yoga Michael Rudd, owner of Open Space Yoga, raised $1,450 thanks to members of the community who attended candlelight yoga classes and made purchases at the Ladner studio.

“We can’t thank Michael enough for his dedication to Delta Hospice and the awareness all of his efforts bring,” said Delta Hospice executive director Nancy Macey. “We feel so fortunate to be chosen to benefit

from all of this hard work and community commitment.”

“I am so pleased with the outpouring of support the studio has received from students, teachers and the community to our many fundraising events,” said Rudd. “Many thanks to Irmgard, one of our dedicated yogis, for raising $360 through hand-knitted savasana socks and those in the community who contribute in other ways, whether it was by attending our candlelight yoga classes, volunteering at fundraising events or by making a donation to support the cause.”

Wade from Evolutions Hair Salon Wade Gibson from Evolutions Hair Salon in Ladner accepted tips and donations for Delta Hospice in November and December. Gibson does not accept gratuities for his hair services throughout the year, but during the 2010 holiday season he chose to accept them to benefit Delta Hospice, raising $3,600 in the process.

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the generosity of my clients,” said Gibson. “They embraced my decision to raise money for the Delta Hospice Society. I couldn’t be happier and feel fortunate to live in such a kind, caring community.”

Music & Dessert Evening at Cedar Park Over 150 people enjoyed the musical talents of Carol Peters and Gail Salmond as well as delicious desserts.

In addition to the music, two guest speakers shared their own personal experiences with Delta Hospice.

“The music kicked, the sharing was poignant and insightful, the food delicious and, most important, we raised awareness in the community of the important work that Delta Hospice is doing in bringing dignity and loving care to those that are at the end of their life’s journey,” said worship pastor Roy Salmond.

A $4,000 donation was from proceeds of the evening and sale of a Christmas compilation CD where individual songs were donated by a variety of local musicians.

Volunteers of Cedar Park were out in the community through the holiday season selling the CDs. Ovation Concert Series Michelle Jones and Tracy Neff welcomed 2011 by hosting a concert at Cedar Park Church on Jan. 8.

Tracy Neff and Friends in Concert was a creative collaboration with friends and fellow professionals who are passionate about bringing old and new works to life. Accompanied by fellow performers Tony Barton, Caitlin Hayes, Deanna Gutierreez and Chris Harvey, this talented group raised $1,925.

“I am grateful that our community has such a wonderful organization that provides much needed facilities and services. Tracy is a fantastic young philanthropist in bringing awareness to the community about the hospice and supporting an important cause; I hope that others follow her lead,” said Jones.

It was the second show Neff has performed for Delta Hospice and she has another one planned for March 12.

Since opening last February, the Irene Thomas Hospice has admitted over 100 patients.

January 22, 2011 The Delta Optimist A15 In the Community

McKee to introduce seniors to ancient game of mahjong

with a set of tiles based on Chinese symbols. In turn players draw and discard tiles until the game is done.

Free instruction will start on Tuesday, Feb. 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The group will play its regular mahjong game at the same time.

Drop by for additional information or to join and learn how to play.

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Mahjong is usually played by four players. McKee Seniors’ Recreation Centre in Ladner is offering free instruction on Tuesday, Feb. 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Delta Sings welcomes new director Hutchison-Surette

Delta Sings had a wonderful fall term with some well received concerts but sadly said goodbye to its talented director John Trepp, who brought this new choir to a high level of musicality in a short Kenn Hutchison-Surette time.

Happily, the choir has of music to nurture people welcomed a new director, cognitively, physically and Kenn Hutchison-Surette. spiritually and its ability Hutchison-Surette hails to create a sense of comfrom North Carolina origimunity. nally but now resides in Delta Sings looks forB.C., where he keeps busy ward to continuing to directing for the Ladner improve and expand its United Church and the musicality under his expert Vancouver school board direction. The choir is as well as West Point Grey looking for new members, Academy. particularly men. Interested He is particularly interindividuals are encouraged ested in music as therapy. to contact Sandy Holland at He believes in the power sewhandy@telus.net.

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South Delta Stroke Recovery Group president Peter McTait was joined by pianist Pat Rogers at a recent event to mark Robbie Burns Day. Rogers played for the Scottish sing-a-long after McTait did the honours to the haggis in a very convincing Scottish brogue. Members of the stroke recovery group enjoyed participating in the entertainment. The weekly meetings, held on Tuesdays at the Tsawwassen United Church, build friendships that feel like an extension of family. Anyone wanting further details can contact co-ordinator Dawn Sillett at 604-946-2731.

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The McKee Seniors’ Recreation Centre will be offering free instruction in the ancient tile game of mahjong next month.

The game is played in a comfortable and friendly atmosphere, so everyone will feel welcome. A mahjong group at McKee has been together for many years and always welcomes new players.

Mahjong is a game that originated in China and is commonly played by four players. It is a game of skill, strategy and calculation and involves a certain degree of chance.

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Anglican Church

1115 - 51A Street, Tsawwassen 604-943-4737

Sunday Services

8:00 am - Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer) 10:00 am - Holy Communion (Book of Alternative Services) with Children's programs

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Ladner United Church

St. Andrew's Church

4960-48th Avenue, Ladner Phone 604-946-6254 www.ladnerunited.org The Rev. Jim Short

9:00 am Continental Breakfast 9:30 am Service of Holy Communion

THURSDAY

7:00 pm Home Group Studies

www.tsawwassenunited.org Minister: the Rev. Dan Kirkegaard Organist: Pat Rogers

1710 56th Street, Tsawwassen, BC (South Delta Artists’ Guild Arts Gallery) (at the Longhouse, next to SD Rec Centre) Clergy: The Rev. James Wagner

We Welcome You to Join Us!

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St. Stephen's United Church 9696 Ladner Trunk Rd. (East Delta) The Rev. Doug Graves

10 am Sunday Services

All Saints Anglican Church

WELCOMES YOU SUNDAY - 10 AM Children - Youth - Adult Classes 11:00 am Coffee & Refreshments WORSHIP SERVICE 11:15 AM

9:30 am Adult Sunday School 10:40 am Baptism Service 5300 - 44th Ave., Ladner 604-946-7410 (Corner of 44th Ave and Arthur Dr.)

Lead Pastor - Dave Esau Youth Pastor - Dan Peters Worship Pastor - Roy Salmond

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Girls Only League Call Susan Snow 604-835-4749 email: hsnow@telus.net

Holy Communion 8:30am Family Communion and Sunday School 10:00am

THURSDAY

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Benediction Lutheran Church

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5575 6th Avenue (56th St. at 6th Ave.) Tel: 604-943-3432

SUNDAYS, 10 AM Worship & Christian Education “All are warmly welcomed to worship with us as we Celebrate God’s Grace.”

Pastor Courtenay Reedman

Ladner Christian Fellowship Welcomes you

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scene, more than aware of the enormous human suffering of the Jewish people, the stifling corruption of the Temple Elite and the oppressive heel of the Roman Empire grinding the life out of his people.

His choice is not to retreat to his father’s carpenter shop and take over the family business. Neither does he call for a committee to study temple reform, community planning or alternative government. Even the beheading of his cousin John did not stop him from returning to Galilee to preach, teach and heal.

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Delta School District ... the choices are endless!

Delta offers a variety of choice programs that challenge students and enhance learning. Whether language programs such as French Immersion; academically-focused programs like International Baccalaureate, Traditional and Montessori; or Fine Arts and Sports Academies, students receive the regular BC school curriculum while having an opportunity to extend their understanding and personalize their learning.

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Children who will turn five years old before Jan.1, 2012 are eligible to begin school in September, 2011 u All kindergarten programs for September 2011 will be full day u Registration begins Monday, February 14th, 2011 - To register please contact your local home school u For school catchment areas please view the district website - http://web.deltasd.bc.ca or Call 604-952-5340 u French Immersion Kindergarten Registration deadline is Friday, February 4th, 2011 at 4:00 pm

MONTESSORI w A program based on Montessori principles w Supports continuous progress as children work on personal goals and academic challenges w There are no fees or hidden expenses associated with participation in the Delta School District’s Montessori Program

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w Students wear uniforms w Traditional based learning w Formal code of conduct

w Become fluent in French w Develop tolerence & appreciation of cultural diversity w Challenge & develop the brain w Open the door for future options

w A combination of home and school learning w Homequest staff work together with parents to support their child’s learning

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Baseball - Sands Film Acting - South Delta Golf - Seaquam Hockey - Burnsview & South Delta Soccer (girls) - South Delta Softball - Seaquam Dance (proposed) - Delta

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A18 The Delta Optimist January 22, 2011

leisure&lifestyles

features co-ordinator: Dave Willis

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Go with the flow So You Think You Can Dance finalists take to Ladner stage

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pair of former So You Think You Can Dance Canada contestants will be taking part in an upcoming show in Ladner.

The Flow Dance Company’s members are looking forward to having Mackenzie Green and Nathalie Heath on stage at the group’s performance next Sunday at Genesis Theatre.

“It’s so exciting. Even the teachers are jumping up and down,” says Julie Brash, artistic director and founder of The Flow.

Green and Heath, who’s from Surrey, were top 10 finalists last year in the TV show’s third season.

“The experience on stage was more than I imagined, and it was a lot of hard work,” Heath told the Surrey Now after her run on the contest came to an end. “So many things happen behind the scenes.”

Brash says both Green and Heath are “incredible and versatile” dancers.

They may each do a solo or they may do a hip-hop duo from the TV show at next Sunday’s performance, she notes.

Brash views the TV show, which features dancers from across the country competing for a $100,000 grand prize, as something positive for the industry.

“The thing with So You Think You Can Dance Canada is that it’s a forum that’s brought dance really into the limelight again. It’s been a dying art, almost, in a lot of ways especially ... in North America where sports are much more sponsored.”

Amy Gardner, another So You Think You Can Dance Canada alumni, has choreographed two pieces for this upcomSUBMITTED PHOTO ing show, Brash says.

The Flow Dance Company’s Kelsey Neilsen The performance will be part of a performance next Sunday at will also include a Genesis Theatre in Ladner. few former Flow members who

have continued on with their dancing careers.

One of those dancers, Deanna Motzek, will be doing a Spanish ballet fusion number.

The show will include about 35 dancers. It’s a busy time for most of them.

“A whole lot of them are working on their ballet exams, as well as competition, as well as the Flow show,” Brash says.

Green and Heath will also be teaching a pair of master classes at Free Flight Dance Studio in Ladner next Saturday. One will be a contemporary class and the other will cover street jazz fusion.

The classes are open to all dancers.

Sunday’s show is set for 3 p.m. at Genesis Theatre in Ladner.

Tickets cost $10 and are available by calling 604-946-8586.

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The experience on stage was more than I imagined, and it was a lot of hard work.

So many things happen behind the scenes.

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Book aims to make parents tech savvy BY

DAVE WILLIS

dwillis@delta-optimist.com

Tsawwassen author Louise Latremouille covers Windows 7 in her latest computer guidebook.

Latremouille released My Parents Get Windows 7 late last month.

“The writing of it was actually kind of twofold. The first time I had thought I had finished it in August and then Microsoft released an update, which changed everything.”

Microsoft’s latest Windows operating system is “much more user friendly and co-operative” than previous editions.

“It’s nice. They’ve really incorporated so many things that people are using every day and made it so much easier to use,” says Latremouille, who has written a series of easy to understand computer and Internet guidebooks.

She got started by putting together how-to notes for her parents after they received a hand-me-down PC in the early 2000s, organizing the notes into a book and printing 20 copies for family and friends.

Latremouille, who lost her father to cancer in 2003, donates a portion of the profits from her book sales towards cancer research and patient care. She’s donated close to $25,000 so far. My Parents Get Windows 7 is available locally at Black Bond Books in Ladner and Albany

Books in Tsawwassen as well as online at www.myparentsfirst.com.

• Latremouille also wants to get the word out about the importance of computer literacy and parents keeping up with their kids in that regard.

“It’s important. And it’s not getting across how important it is. There are so many parents who don’t have time,” she says. Kids need to be taught about online social etiquette and being safe online at an early age, she says, adding that explaining the privacy settings on Facebook, a social networking site, are one example.

“Parents need to talk to their kids about being careful and being smart and being respectful.”

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A20 The Delta Optimist January 22, 2011

leisure&lifestyles gardening

Irises bring colour to late winter gloom anne marrison

Green Room As winter begins losing its grip, the first dwarf irises start pushing through

newly-thawed ground making little pools of purple, yellow or white among the winter debris.

They’re a pleasure that’s so easy to prepare for in fall — bulbs of Iris reticulata hybrids and their relatives are inexpensive and easy to find in garden centres.

Because they flower around the same time as snowdrops and winter aconites, it’s best to plant them at the same time — in September or early October.

These irises are quick to increase in sunny places with well-drained soil. They adapt to most conditions

but do better if acidic soil is corrected with a little lime.

Fertilizer should be lownitrogen and given after the flowers die down.

Clay soil gardeners with wet soil may find container culture or raised beds the best choice. Putting sand in the bottom of the plant-

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ing hole can help, but if the soil is generally wet, you may find you’ve produced a sump that attracts surrounding water.

These irises come from hilly areas around the eastern Mediterranean and are happiest in their homeland climates. This is generally drenching rains in winter and early spring followed by long, hot waterless summers.

Iris reticulata flowers emerge first, then produce thin, wispy leaves that can get well over one foot (30 cm), but because they’re so insubstantial they pose no problems to neighbouring plants.

The flowers are usually only about four or five inches tall. That’s why the best positions for them are usually in rockeries or close to the edges of paths where they’re easy to see and there’s lots of light.

As temperatures increase, the leaves die and the bulbs go dormant underground.

Like other Mediterranean bulbs in summer dormancy, they need no water; in fact, watering adequate for annuals can make these Iris reticulata hybrids sick.

Hybrids available include Cantab (light blue with yellow markings), Gordon (maroon-purple), Harmony (medium blue with yellow details), Natascha (bluish-white with orange) and Joyce (lavender-blue and purple with orange tongue).

Another small late-winter

bloomer is Iris danfordiae, which flowers bright yellow with brown freckles and prefers well-drained soil that’s rich but light. It’s inexpensive and beautifully fragrant but it’s a frustrating little beauty because after flowering it splits into many tiny bulblets.

Many tulips do the same thing and one solution some gardeners try is planting the original bulb at least eight inches deep. The same answer has been proposed for Iris danfordiae. It’s hard to imagine these little bulbs can generate enough energy to produce an eight-inch stem. But it’s definitely worth trying because other bulbs and corms can rise from the depths.

For instance, when I tried to eradicate the plain orange crocosmia from a garden bed I found “dropper” corms at different levels connected by thin roots in a vertical chain. The deepest were at least a foot down in the soil. If you don’t dig up all those deep, deep corms (and it turned out I didn’t), the crocosmia bed reincarnates in a few years.

Snowdrops also make dropper corms. Droppers can be annoying for gardeners, but for the plant it’s a brilliant tactic that ensures survival if animals eat the uppermost bulb or planthunters harvest it.

Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions.

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Josephine Walker will perform at the next Young People’s Concert Series.

Trapp in Footlight Theatre Company’s production of Sound of Music and is scheduled to shoot her first Hollywood blockbuster this spring. Walker, an actress and singer who has performed in several musicals and won second place at May Days Idol, will sing a couple of musical theatre selections.

The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets ($8) are available at the door.

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Laugh, Purple Giraffe, a Richmond-based improvisation troupe of 10 members that was formed in 2010.

The ensemble will perform a set using improvisation, a form of theatre that is unscripted and unrehearsed Returning to the Tsawwassen stage are singers Kiana Passmore and Paul Thomas. Passmore, who has performed at the Merritt Mountain Music Festival and won the B.C. Junior Talent Search, will sing pop music.

From Holly Elementary, classical singer Thomas will sing a contemporary song and classical opera.

He was a finalist in the Ladner May Days Idol competition and a semifinalist in the 2010 Red Robinson Talent Showdown at the PNE. New to the stage are seven-year-old Taylor Robinson and Delta Secondary graduate Josephine Walker.

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The Delta Arts Council’s Young People’s Concert Series continues next Saturday at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre with some music, a one-act play and an improv troupe.

To ring in 2011, the January program explores and introduces a performing art — acting — that is completely new to the series.

South Delta Secondary actors Beau Bridge, Jemma Dash and Sam Merritt will perform a comedic one-act play from the school’s oneact festival.

Chosen by SDSS drama teacher Paige Hansen, LOL is a play written by 17-yearold Lee Cannon-Brown. It involves a therapy session between a downtrodden everyman kind of character (Merritt) and a totally strange and unorthodox therapist (Bridge) who is completely narcissistic and unprofessional. The third character is the therapist’s wife (Dash), who actually enters the session and further estranges the patient.

Those who love live improv will enjoy Make Me

A22 The Delta Optimist January 22, 2011

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Watch out for the storms in Tofino Lots to look at even if weather doesn’t get bad enough for gale gawking

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narly gusts violently buffet the Orca Airways eight-seater aircraft, sending my stomach into a tailspin as we descend through the dripping rainforest draped mountains toward Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island’s Wild West coast.

It’s early November, hardly the most reliable time of year to be taking the 55-minute flight from Vancouver to Tofino. But since I’ve come hoping to watch one of the legendary winter storms that rise out of the Pacific without warning to lay monumental beatings on this pristine stretch of coastline, a little turbulence en route seems appropriate.

From November to March, when most winter weather-weary Canadians yearn for tropical getaways, a peculiar subspecies of traveller heads instead to Tofino, lured by the quaint-

ly romantic notion of facing down the elements while being pampered in five-star resorts and stuffed with local delicacies like dashi braised Pacific octopus and boiled Dungeness crab.

Perched literally on the end of the road (next stop, Japan), this former logging and fishing village turned ecotourism poster-town still moves to its own mellow rhythm. Artists, activists, surfers and dreamers all flock here, where tempestuous seas pound the jagged coastline and the driftwood and bull kelp strewn beaches stretch forever.

As we touch down at Tofino’s airstrip, I’m already looking forward to that first celebratory martini in the lounge of Wickaninnish Inn, with its panoramic ocean view.

Certainly it won’t be long before I race back to my room, pull on the hotel’s complimentary lemon yellow rain slickers, and venture out into a seething, foaming squall, shouting, laughing and flapping my

PHOTO BY MARK SISSONS

Tofino recently hosted the O’Neill Cold Water Classic.

arms at the apoplectic elements like Big Bird on meth as the salt spray stings my grinning lips.

But on this day, no oceanic convulsions threaten to lay siege to Chesterman Beach, where the “Wick” sits perched on a rocky outcrop, as opulent an outpost as you’ll find in these parts.

Not even owner Charles McDiarmid, said to have invented the concept of storm watching here as a surefire way of drawing offseason traffic, can accommodate me by conjuring climactic chaos.

It’s a good thing, then, there are plenty of other natural wonders to watch while I wait for the big one to roll in. Whales, for instance.

Tofino and neighbouring Ucluelet are the two most popular northern grey whale-watching communities on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Each spring, more than 20,000 of these enormous mammals swim north from their winter breeding grounds in Baja California to their summer feeding grounds in Alaska.

Many linger near Tofino, feeding intensively on invertebrates like amphipods and marine worms that live in bottom sediments. A grey whale can devour over 1,000 kilograms a day.

“We’re in luck. The whales are watching us today,” says West Coast Aquatic Safaris skipper Tim Thom as we head out of Tofino Harbour for a threehour whale watching tour.

This late in the season, our chances of spotting their telltale spouts are hit and miss. But Thom, a member of the Nuuchahnulth First Nations community, is confident of a sighting.

Sure enough, several grey and humpback whales soon deem us worthy of a friendly flick of the tail before the salt spray settles and their glistening black fins vanish beneath the surface, barely 30 metres away.

Back on shore, with still no storm in sight, I borrow the keys to the Wick’s Lexus RX 450h hybrid SUV (complimen-

tary for guests holding a valid Canadian driver’s licence). Cruising the coastal highway dividing the old growth forests of Pacific Spirit National Park from an unbroken string of gargantuan beaches, I pull over at Cox Bay to watch dozens of hooded neoprene wetsuit clad warriors plow through the whitewash hunting for fast breakers.

It’s easy to see why this stretch of coastline is also North America’s cold water surfing capital that recently hosted the O’Neill Cold Water Classic, featuring the world’s best surfers.

The next morning — my last on the left coast — breaks calm and sunny.

Perfect for flying, not gale gawking.

But such is the beauty of Tofino that, despite my best laid storm watching schemes gone awry, there is so much else to watch here on the edge of the world that catching a winter storm (and there are plenty of them) is but a blustery bonus.

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Delta Falcons celebrate history at registration night BY

MARK BOOTH

mbooth@delta-optimist.com

The season is still nearly three months away but field hockey fever was evident in a big way at the South Delta Recreation Centre last week thanks to the efforts of the Delta Falcons.

The Tsawwassen-based club held its Junior Spring League registration night and it went well beyond a couple of sign-up tables.

It was a night to celebrate the organization’s rich 43-year-old history that includes producing over 20 national team players and Olympians.

A number of them were in attendance, including current men’s national team players Rob Short and Mark Pearson. Vendors were also on hand with the latest sticks, equipment and clothing.

Adding even more to the special evening was a genuine legacy set of Olympic and Paralympic Medals from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. Parents and kids had the special oppor-

tunity of having their picture taken with medals for a small donation to the club’s long-term project – installing field hockey turf at its main Winskill Park pitch.

“For me, the magic in having the medals come was not the fundraising, but the connection with Rob Short and all of the athletes in the room, literally spanning from six to 60 years of age,” said Falcons president Mike Gunning, a former elite player with the club himself who is now giving back at the executive level.

“That was a terrific example of what sport is capable of in terms of uniting people.”

The club also thanks Teck Resources for the rare opportunity to see the legacy medals up close and remind everyone the power of sport to unite and inspire.

Teck Resources was the official provider of the metals for the gold, silver and bronze medals awarded at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Registration night is the

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U8 division players Sarah McCarvill (left), Natalie Anderson and Sophie Anderson show off a gold medal at the Delta Falcons registration night. launching point for upcoming spring season – to start the ball rolling in the

organization that includes 400-plus players, coaches and many other volunteers.

Games will begin in April and the season concludes with the championships in

June. For more information on the Falcons visit www. falcons.ca.

Short hopes to play in London Games

Long-serving national field hockey team captain would love for the 2012 Olympics to be his swan song MARK BOOTH

Rob Short wants nothing more than London to be the final stage of his exceptional field hockey career.

On the brink of becoming Canada’s most decorated player with 315 international caps to his credit, the long-serving team captain from Tsawwassen would love for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to be his swan song.

“Unfortunately, I would love to keep playing until I’m 50 but I was born in England and a great way to go out would be to have my

grandmother watch me play there,” smiled the 38-yearold. “It would be a dream come true to play at the Olympics in London.”

To do that, Canada must win gold at the Pan Am Games later this year in Mexico or win a qualifier tournament for a wild card berth. The first opportunity is considered the Canadians’ best chance and it was how they got to Beijing in 2008. A strong showing at the recent Commonwealth Games in Delhi, with a relatively young squad, has fuelled optimism moving forward.

Only his birth certificate

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would suggest Short is in the twilight career. In 2009, he achieved the sport’s ultimate honour when he was named he was named to the FIH All-World Team – reflecting his play for Canada and in the Dutch professional league where he has been a mainstay for the past 13 years. Making the honour even more impressive is Short plays what is considered the sport’s most vital position – centre midfield.

He has played on three different teams in Holland and remains a hot commodity. The season runs from September until June

and includes a three-month break. Short was getting set to return to Europe and his HGC Den Haag teammates when he made an appearance at the Delta Falcons Junior Spring League registration night.

“When I first went there I got $2,000 and it was just for the experience,” Short explained. “I wanted to get better to make the Olympics and all of a sudden it started to get more professional. I took it to a whole new level and I wouldn’t be playing there now if I couldn’t.

“You go over there as a Canadian playing in one

of the best leagues in the world and they are thinking, ‘What is this guy doing here?’” (Canada) is now top 10 in the world but it took a while to get respect.”

Short is typically bouncing back between continents – with his playing career in Europe and business interests in North America.

He is looking forward to settling down back at home and having the time to be more involved in the grassroots development of field hockey including with the Falcons where it all began for him 28 years ago.

Short will be rejoining his Canadian teammates,

Rob Short including Tsawwassen’s Mark Pearson, at the 2011 FIH Men’s Indoor World Cup – Feb. 8-13 in Poland.

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English Bluff address! Make your dream happen today!

1006 English Bluff Road-Tsawwassen

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!

WOW! BEAUTY! 3 BDRM HOME

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#207-1375 View Crescent-Tsawwassen

priced @ $333,800 360 degree ne onli virtual tour

Absolutely beautiful 3-Bedroom Home in West Ladner! Main Renovated 3 bedroom townhouse in the heart of historic !oor down, bedrooms up! Many updates including new roof, Ladner Village! 1,524 sf, new kitchen, updated bathrooms, laminate !ooring, paint, etc! Shows great! Private patio! 2 kitchen, appliances, mouldings, paint, landscaping, etc! secured parking spots! Walk to Village in minutes!

Private sunny south-facing rear yard! Double garage, front

5962 49A Ave-Ladner

priced @ $609,900

#1-5078 47A Ave-Ladner

priced @ $349,900

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#30-4787 57th Street-Ladner

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Absolutely stunning new home by T. E. Andres Homebuilders!

Ready for immediate occupancy! 2,200 sq.ft, 5,000 sq.ft lot, master suite on main !oor! Huge, open great room concept with patio doors to private yard. High-end "nishings.

ABSOLUTELY MAJESTIC! 3,300 sq.ft home, 2 years young, 7,534 sq.ft lot, Home is total luxury throughout! 24 inch Italian tile, high ceilings, 3 covered decks, LARGE yard, granite throughout, built-ins, stunning master suite, etc!

Don’t miss this one! Call today for more info!

5240 Lynn Place-Ladner

5848 Fair Wynd-Ladner

priced to sell @ $789,900 incl.HST

SPACIOUS 3 BDRM HOME! 360 degree ne onli virtual tour

priced @ $1,199,000 UPDATED 2 BDRM TOWNHOME! 360 degree ne onli virtual tour

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

PENTHOUSE IN RICHMOND

priced @ $373,000 WESTHAM ISLAND ACREAGE!

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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!

Rare! Rare! Rare! Estate-like 3,563 sf home on 3.17 acres in ladner’s best area, Westham Island! Waterfront on canal, direct views over beautiful farmland! Sunsets every night!

Double shop, garage, and TRIPLE CARPORT! Paddock! WOW

#1505-8248 Lansdowne Road-Richmond

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Re/Max Progroup Realty 100-5000 Bridge Street

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PRICED BELOW ASSESSMENT! WOW! Don’t miss this one! LARGEST !oor plan in Sought-after 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 areas, 2 balconies, vaulted ceilings, private outlook, etc! Walk to Historic Ladner Village, parks, etc!

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MILLION DOLLAR VIEW PROPERTY!

check out 360 virtual tour @ www.pixilink.com/tours5/5736-goldenrod-j Wow! Stunning Executive Home with absolutely breathtaking views of farmland, Boundary, Mount Baker, Golf Course, etc, etc! This home can’t be explained with words! Custom built with every option imaginable! 3,640 SqFt, 3 bedrooms, 3 large covered decks! Large entertainment-style kitchen & living area, vaulted ceilings, atrium, etc! 10,269 sq.ft lot!

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check out 360 virtual tour @ www.pixilink.com/tours5/208-4743-river-j WOW! Beautiful condo in Ladner’s Prime Waterfront Condo Development! River West! This spacious 1,353 sq.ft 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom unit has been renovated with new kitchen, appliances, hardwood !ooring, hot water tank, etc. etc. Nature trails at your doorstep, walk in minutes to Ladner’s Historic Village Market, or sit and watch the wildlife!

Prices starting at $395,000 #208-4743 West River Rd-Ladner

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Walk to shops, elementary school, high school, parks, bus, library and more. Remarkably well updated main floor in this 2,690 square foot, 2 level home Main floor boasts vaulted ceiling in spacious living room. Beautiful new kitchen cabinets & appliances, new main bathroom, new 4 piece ensuite in master bedroom; 2 additional bedrooms. New deck off kitchen, new windows, new roof, new flooring. Huge 2 bedroom suite below with new Ikea kitchen & living room that brings in $1300 / month (tenant would like to stay). RV parking, double garage. Just listed, immediate possession possible. For virtual tour and floor plans go to www.deltarealty.ca. Open Sunday 2-4.

5283 12th Avenue, Tsawwassen

$689,000

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OVER 328 SALES* IN LADNER & TSAWWASEN In the past 5 years (2006 – 2010 inclusive) * Based on Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board Statistics for Bob &/or Linda Chancey

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Custom designed, architecturally profound, executive home in Victory South!

Impressive great room concept not only gives you a feeling of spaciousness and grandeur but is also very functional and warm. Terrific for all sorts of entertaining whether it be formal, casual or intimate. Show stopping gourmet kitchen with spectacular entertainment sized granite island. Romantic Master bedroom with fireplace and exquisite ensuite. Loft with family room that includes wet bar & fireplace. Plus you will also find a full bath and spacious 2nd bedroom. Total of 2,500 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, 4 fireplaces. Double garage. South West exposed back yard with beautiful patio. It just doesn’t get better!!! For virtual tour and floor plans go to www.deltarealty.ca. Call Bob or Linda 604-946-8899

Absolutely sensational 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom condo with fabulous updates including laminate floors, paint, crown moldings, lighting, blinds, stainless steel appliances. Great ambiance. Living room with gas fireplace leads to very private balcony surrounded by lots of greenery. Very desirable building with a BRAND NEW ROOF located in the heart of Ladner. Quiet location yet just minutes to walk to shops, bus, parks and more. Quick possession possible. For virtual tour and floor plans go to www.deltarealty.ca. Call Bob or Linda 604-946-8899

Great family home! 2,242 square foot 2 level home in central Ladner.

Living and dining room with vaulted cedar ceilings, refinished oak floors, new kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and laundry upstairs.

Below is a terrific, freshly painted, spacious, clean 950 square foot in-law suite with new kitchen, 1 bedroom, dining room, living room, eating area and laundry room. New roof. New paint throughout, all new windows, new front door, new 16’ x 16’ covered sundeck.

Large backyard - quick possession possible. For virtual tour and floor plans go to www.deltarealty.ca. Call Bob or Linda 604-946-8899

5203 Laurel Drive, Ladner

#105, 4758 53rd St., Ladner

5629 45th Avenue, Ladner

$986,900

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$294,900

$559,000

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Living & Playing in Ladner for over 50 years

RE/MAX PROGROUP REALTY 604-946-8000 New Listing $414,500 #5 6250 48A Avenue Ladner

Comfortable, cozy, 1750 sq ft one level Townhome.

New roof, open floor plan, nice sized bedrooms, with 4 piece ensuites in bedrooms, full laundry, crown moldings, newer paint, lots of storage & a 1 car garage. South west sun deck and lots more!

CALL TO VIEW 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.

NEW PRICE

4856 Turnbuckle Wynd, Ladner $325,000

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

604-789-6405 12086635

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Fantastic Selection of Floating Homes #11 – 3459 W River Road

LP: $739,000 Total Baths: 4 Total Area: 2499

New Listing

#8 – 3473 W. River Road MLS: V811736

Type: Strata Bedrooms: 3 Area: Wes-Del Marina

LP: $638,000 Total Baths: 4 Total Area: 1755

One level living. Huge 1560 sf sunny and warm two bedroom, two bathroom apartment in East Cambie area. Insuite laundry Richmond and storage plus a locker, huge entertaining size dining room, 11240 master bedroom with en-suite bathroom, 2 south facing balconies.

MellisSecured Dr under the building parking. Solid and well maintained building, trouble free, recently rain-screened and One living. stilllevel under warranty. Close to all amenities, across from Huge 1560 sf sunny the Albert Airey Park. Asking $378,800

#3 – 3473 W River Road MLS: V820282

Type: Strata Bedrooms: 2 Area: Wes-Del Marina

LP: $385,000 Total Baths: 2 Total Area: 1300

#8 – 3871 W. River Road MLS: V19878

Type: Moorage $875/mo.

Bedrooms: 2 Area: Ladner Reach

LP: $385,000 Total Baths: 3 Total Area: 1980

#23 – 3871 River Road MLS: V844684

Type: Moorage $875/mo.

Bedrooms: 1 Area: Ladner Reach

LP: $388,800 Total Baths: 2 Total Area: 1420

4469 West River Road MLS: V853592

Type: House/Single Family Bedrooms: 1 Area: Ladner

www.bcfloatinghomes.com

Sutton Seafair Realty

LP: $249,000 Total Baths: 1 Total Area: 794

Tsawwassen 5413 Wallace

One level living in quiet Pebble Hill area. Pride of home ownership shows throughout this lovely 3 bedroom 2 bathroom rancher sitting on sunny almost 7000sf lot. Extra large, one car garage.

Lots of storage inside and outside of the house. Nice manicured yard with in ground sprinkler system. New windows and flooring. Walking distance to Diefenbaker Park. Great value for the money.

Asking $ 645,000

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2-4 PM MLS: V854074 Bedrooms: 2 Area: Canoe Pass Village Type: Strata

11240 Mellis Drive

• 604.788.9727

and warm two bedroom, two bathroom 204-8220 No. 1 Road 121-8580 General Currie apartment in East Cambie area. Insuite laundry and storage plus a locker, huge entertaining size dining room, master bedroom with en-suite bathroom, 2 south facing balconies. Secured under the building parking. Solid and well maintained building, trouble free, recently rainscreened and still under warranty. Close to all amenities, across form the Albert Airey Park.

Asking $378,800

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S u t t o n G ro u p - Se a f a i r R e a l ty 1 6 2 5 5 6 t h S t reet , Tsa w w a s s e n , B C V 4 L 2 B 2 Te l : 6 0 4 .9 4 3 .3 1 1 0 F a x : 6 0 4 . 9 4 3 . 6 1 5 5 OPEN SUNDAY 2-4 • $429,000 THE ONYX TSAWWASSEN • 201 - 1175 55TH ST.

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Beautiful 2 bedroom suite with wood floors, open granite kitchen, 9 ft ceilings and lots of natural light in a well built newer rainscreened building just minutes walk to Beach Grove and the ocean. Steps away from transit, shops, community centre and golf. Pets allowed, perfect if you are considering sizing down from a home.

Wonderfully located penthouse suite with 2 bedrooms overlooking waterfall feature in the popular Windsor Woods. Vaulted ceilings and wood floors, comes with 2 parking stalls, and pets allowed. Great opportunity, top floor rarely available.

Beach Grove post and beam rancher situated on a westerly exposed lot just steps to elementary school and beach trails. This 3 bedroom open plan has a brand new kitchen overlooking the living room and out to sun room. It also has a garage. Come and see!

Spectacular 1 year old (never occupied) 6 bedroom home with 5 ensuites.

Spectacular 1 year old (never occupied) 6 bedroom home This 3,600 sq.ft. craftsman home issq. situated on a 9,800 sq.ft. west is exposed lot with 5 ensuites.

This 3600 ft. Craftsman home situated overlooking farmlandslot andoverlooking boundary bay. farmlands and on a 9800 sq. ft. west exposed Boundary Bay.

OPEN SUNDAY 2-4 • $579,900 21 - 6105 RIVER ROAD, LADNER

OPEN SUNDAY 2-4 • $438,000 THE ONYX TSAWWASSEN • 102 - 1175 55TH ST.

OPEN BY APPOINTMENT • $379,900 101 - 1692 56TH STREET • TSAWWASSEN

PRIME LADNER WATERFRONT • $1,388,000 3381 RIVER ROAD WEST, LADNER

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SOLD Great floor plan at the very desirable Onyx, just steps from Thrifty's and the Town Centre. 2 bedrooms, plus a den and large ensuite storage with open plan. 9 ft. ceilings and gourmet kitchen. Private walk out patio and 2 parking stalls.

Just listed in Windgrove. High end finishing in this beautiful corner suite with 9 ft. ceilings, granite counters, wood floors, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. Never been lived in and quiet NE exposure.

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Riverwoods! Beautiful single level townhome with double garage nestled in the woods near the Riverhouse and overlooking the farmlands. Built in 2005 and still under warantee it has nine foot ceilings, hardwood floors and offers 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and a family room off the maple kitchen.

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604-786-2890 www.paulaburns.ca

Sutton Group-West Coast Realty 15595 24th Ave., White Rock, BC

NEW LISTING! Professionally decorated end unit in this delightful townhome complex with views over the Fraser River. 4 bedrooms and 1816 Square Feet of executive living. Granite and Stainess Steel kitchen with island and family room adjacent. This is a beauty and should go very quickly. Call for a Private Viewing.

#312 – 4989 47TH AVE. LADNER

$299,900

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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Alexa Cranston

Alexa Lynn Ann was welcomed into the loving arms of her proud parents Anthea and Scott on January 14, 2011 at 5pm weighing 7 pounds, 7 oz, 24 inches long. Also welcoming her are proud grandparents Janet and Tony Walsh, Barb and Bill Cranston, doting Aunts and Uncles Matthew and Kristyna Walsh, Dawn and Sandy Milat as well as many Great Aunts and Uncles and Second/Third Cousins.

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Card of Thanks

My heartfelt thanks to the families, friends and co- workers who were there to support by daughter Beth during her long battle with cancer. Your visits, phone calls, cards and offerings of food were so helpful at this stressful time.

We thank you all.

Dorothy Taylor

WIGGANS, Edward (Ed) James

BOYAR Fred

Aged 85, died peacefully on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 in White Rock, BC following a brief illness. He leaves his wife of 62 years, Geraldine; 5 children: Patricia (& Lloyd W hel an) , J i m ( & K ar en Wiggans), Dianne (& Lloyd Anstey), Peter (& Patty Wiggans), Tom (& Colleen Wiggans); 8 grandchildren: Tina, Conrad, Heather, Rebecca, Chris, Lucas, Katrina, Zachary; 4 greatgranddaughters Kirstyn, Natalie, Matilda and Aurelie; brother Bob (& Irene Wiggans); sisters Betty Martz, Darlene (& Royden Whitney).

Ed was born in Swan River, Manitoba on September 1, 1925. He was raised in Swan River and Geraldton, Ontario.

In 1942, he left home and worked for two years on the Alaska Highway before going to Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and graduating in 1948 with a BSc in Engineering.

He met his Geraldine (Wark, Renfrew Ontario) in Kingston through her brother John who was also at Queen’s. Married in 1948, Ed and Geraldine went out west to BC (Copper Mountain) and then on to Guyana, Quebec, Ontario, California, Australia, Ontario and finally returning to BC in 1997. No moss ever grew under Ed’s feet - 24 homes in 60 years!

Ed spent 32 years with Alcan ( A l um i ni um Com pany of Canada) until 1983. He continued doing contract work (Inco, Canada Post) before finally retiring in 1990. Ed and Geraldine spent their retirement years managing a heritage Inn in Kingston, Ontario; renovating houses; travelling in an RV through the US; spending time with family at their homes in Tsawwassen and Qualicum Beach, BC. A private service with Ed was held on January 18, 2011 with immediate family members. If you wish, donations can be made in Ed’s name to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada or the Salvation Army.

83, passed away peacefully Jan. 14, 2011 at Kin Village Tsawwassen. Survived by sister Albina[Len] daughter Janis[Danny] Steve[Karen] Cael, Lori[Mike] Grandchildren Miranda, Michelle, Jen, Daryl, Kelly, Justin, Chris, Kim, and great grandchildren Tyson, Hunter, Fin, Jaxson and Alexa.

Fred was predeceased in 1974 by wife Betty and daughter Lisa , his sister Bertha in 2004, and by his loving wife Dorothy in 2 0 0 7 . B o rn i n 1 9 2 7 i n Maryonovich, Ukraine, Fred immigrated to Canada with his family settling in th West Kootenays in the Sheep Creek area and eventually Nelson.

Fred left home to join the Canadian navy and upon returning home became a heavy duty mechanic. He became a partner in Central Truck and Equipment before moving to Kamloops and finally to Tsawwassen. Together with Dorothy, they had an active social life with many lively dinner parties. Fred was an avid fisherman and golfer spending many hours on the water and the golf course.

Friends and family welcome to a celebration of Fred’s life February 5th, 2011 at Royal Oak club house 1100 56th Tsawwassen at 3:00 p.m.

Donations may be made to Kin Village Association, 5430 10th Avenue, Tsawwassen, B.C, Goodbye Dad and grandpa, we love you.

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Charles Adrian

January 18, 1935 – January 17, 2011 It is with deep sadness we announce the peaceful passing of Adrian on Monday morning at Peace Arch Hospital with Gloria at his side.

Adrian is lovingly remembered by his sisters Sylvia and Margaret (Fred) and brother Louis (Joy), sister in laws Irene (Steve), Leona, Doris and brother in law Peter and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Adrian was born in Meota, Sask., moved to New Westminster when he was five years old and was forever grateful to his father for that decision. With brother Louis he continued his father’s business, Lavigne’s Engine Rebuilders on Kingsway for 47 years.

His love of sports led him to coach Senior Women’s Softball for over 30 years. His accomplishments were acknowledged by Softball Canada and Softball BC and he was inducted into both Halls of Fame. His many other accolades are too numerous to mention.

In later years he found golf to be a formidable competition which he grew to love.

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JENSEN Margaret Jean It is with great sadness that the family of Margaret Jean Jensen (nee Gunn) announce her passing. Born Feb 22 1953 Margaret lived her life in Boundary Bay until her battle with breast cancer ended at Delta Hospital Jan 18, 2011 with her husband and best friend of 36 years by her side.

She spent many years working at BC Ferries and recently had her baked goods 'Nana’s Cookies & Treats' sought after during the annual craft fair.

Predeceased by her father David Gunn, Margaret is survived by her loving husband Brian, mother Jean, sisters Susan (Marshall) and Wendy (Pearson), children Krisha and Joshua (Shannan) and the new love of her life granddaughter Andie; along with nieces and nephews. She will be fondly remembered by all those who loved her. A celebration of life will be held at Cammidge house in Boundary Bay Regional Park Sunday Feb. 6 2-5pm. In lieu of flowers, donations to the BC Cancer Society would be greatly appreciated.

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April 16, 1926 - Jan. 15, 2011 Vic will be remembered as a good, hard-working man, an inspirational father, and a generous grandfather. His legacy of ‘never ending’ change, smiles and humility will mark foundational goals for future Vaitkus generations. A service will be held in Toronto on February 5th, 2011. Vic donated his body to UBC Medical Research so that future doctors could benefit from his life; from his passing.

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PERM P/T KITCHEN HELP Mon - Fri, no weekends, no eves, Call between 3-6pm 604-946-5144 Must be fluent English.

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Home Support

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GASFITTER / SERVICEMAN Required Immediately . Gasfitter Furnace Serviceman.

Fax resume to 250-787-1320 Call: 250-787-1361. This is a full time position in Fort St. John with excellent future for the right person.

Pro-Line Construction Materials Ltd is a leading supplier of construction materials. We are currently looking for a qualified full time Hiab or Stiff Boom operator in our Chilliwack and Surrey branches .

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Please fax resumes to 604-596-4559 Attn: Andy Mrak or apply in person to 13385 ComberWay, Surrey THE KDL GROUP is Logging, Hauling and Road Construction service provider for many major companies in the BC Forest sector. We are located in Northern British Columbia, Fort St. James. We are currently looking to fill the following positions: LOG TRUCK DRIVERS, LOG TRUCK OWNER OPERATORS, PROCESSOR OPERATORS, SKIDDER OPERATORS, BUNCHER OPERATORS. Successful applicants will be offered competitive wages, an attractive benefit package and stable long term employment. For more information about the KDL Group please visit www.kdlgroup.net. Please submit your resume with references via Fax #250-996-8742 or e-mail: admin@kdlgroup.net

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Home, kids and security, nature and nutrition capture your attention this eve to Tuesday. Romance has a bit of a rough ride mid-week. Still, joy exists! Tackle chores Friday/Saturday – you succeed!

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: The emphasis lies on relationships, relocation, contracts, negotiations, opportunities and opposition. Emotions intensify; there’s little middle ground. Love and hate swirl.

Your romantic sensors are fine-tuned, and luck flows into all communications. In short, you might fall in love now or soon, or heal a valuable, longterm bond. This week isn’t the easiest, or the hardest. Communications, travel succeed Sunday p.m. to Tuesday. Recuperate, rest mid-week. Various frictions arise, perhaps with a partner. Be diplomatic.

Romance, creativity, luck soar Thursday night to Saturday!

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: A time of great change is upon you. It might affect where you live. It’s lucky, and occurs now to early June. During the same period, your romantic, creative and child-oriented projects/links will tread water – that gives you the time and focus to concentrate on this change. It is the first of two steps – the second one occurs November to July 2012. That second one won’t be so much lucky as “telling,” perhaps hectic, certainly filled with determination. Make your move soon.

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Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: Tackle chores Sunday – be safe with tools, electricity. This eve to Tuesday afternoon brings happy, flirty, friendly relationships.

Don’t be argumentative Monday. Though mid-week tempts you toward research, investments or sexual intimacy, or nudges you to make a commitment to a person or lifestyle, you’d be wise to wait. Your future will develop best if right now you are social, if you play, plan and dream. Rewards come from past efforts, not present ones. Gentle, mellow love and understanding, travel and legal success float in late Thursday night through Saturday.

Taurus April 20-May 20: Legal matters might slow now to June, particularly those involving work, health or machinery. So might far travel, religious projects and higher studies – in these, “revisit old haunts.” For instance, you’ll succeed in school if you resurrect an old project or study subjects you’ve studied before.

Sunday afternoon to Tuesday brings work and health concerns. The weeks ahead reward ambition, so plunge into tasks. Relationships can be irksome midweek. Be diplomatic; don’t push your own agenda.

Secrets, depths, sexual attractions and finances – all luckily – fill Friday/Saturday.

Gemini May 21-June 20: The weeks ahead beneficially emphasize higher learning, legal affairs, far travel, cultural involvements/rituals and gentle love. Sleep in Sunday morning. This eve to Tuesday brings romantic situations, pleasure and beauty, passion and risk. Your creative juices flow. Gambling, however, might hurt your bank account. Reject investments for now. (Until June, new investments are ill advised. Stick with those already in the works.) Work and health issues arrive late Tuesday through Thursday. Good and bad luck are mixed, so just plod ahead. Relationships excite, reward Friday/Saturday!

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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: The month ahead emphasizes romance, creativity and speculative luck. Until June, you stand on the edge of momentous events, prospects and opportunities. You might marry. For the best luck, relocate, negotiate, seek agreements and contracts, interface with the public, grab opportunities, form business partnerships or alliances, or seek marriage. (Some Librans, bound in unhappiness, might divorce now. But this influence might also “cure” your marriage. Can you give it one more try?) Rest Sunday daytime. This eve to Tuesday, your energy and charisma soar. Money caution mid-week.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: Your workload will increase now to June. Just plod through if you have no enthusiasm. But realize this work can be the entry hall to one or two major career or business opportunities, to arrive after May, into mid-2012. For the next six years, your money fortunes are on an extended rise!

But it starts with work. Tamp down any domestic friction to late February: be gentle, kind. Pride wrecks love. Lie low, rest early week. Your energy surges back Tuesday night through Thursday. Thursday night to Saturday brings the first hint of your coming money luck. Get frequent rest these weeks.

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Love, romance, creative projects, speculation, sports, risks, selfexpression, dealings with children – these meet great luck and opportunity now to June. The month ahead features talk, travel, curiosity – so get curious!

Travel and casual conversations can – no, will – lead to good things, romance among them! Uphold your reputation early Sunday. This eve to Tuesday brings social delights, flirtations and wish fulfilment! Retreat, rest and contemplate future obstacles mid-week. Your energy and charisma climb Thursday night to Saturday – start projects, ask favours, see and be seen.

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Okanagen/ Interior

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Jan. 23 - Jan. 20 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: The weeks ahead emphasize money, earnings, buying/selling, possessions, sensual attractions and memory.

Accept surface appearances; they will tend to be true, and questioning will “sour the atmosphere.”

Lots of money might come! But be self-disciplined: spending can get out of control. Now to June, you are powerfully favoured to purchase (and sell) real estate, to heal family issues, to find security, and to end limiting situations, projects and conditions. (You might see and chuck these luckily Friday/Saturday.)

February is one of the best months to combine money and property.

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness soar for the next few weeks. Start important projects, ask favours, seek permission, impress bosses, colleagues. Your determination and sex appeal (which are always linked) are unusually high now through February. Sunday morning has a mysterious cast,but this eve toTuesday brings wisdom, gentle love and understanding. Be ambitious midweek, but be diplomatic. You might push just because you have extra energy, but others could feel you’re abrasive. Wishes come true Friday/Saturday – expect social joys, entertainment, flirtation, happiness!

Pisces Feb.19-March 20: Retreat for a while.Gather your energies and your thoughts. Rest, contemplate, let the world go by. Be charitable, spiritual. The few weeks ahead favour dealing with government, taxes, institutions and large corporations. Study a money plan, rework it until it’s perfect. Soon – by March at the latest – money will start flowing your way, perhaps a huge pile of money. Students could win scholarships, consultants might land a big client, etc.

But now is preparation time. Avoid belligerent people, unsavoury places. Sunday to Tuesday is mysterious.

Be ambitious Friday/Saturday. timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

January 22, 2011 The Delta Optimist A37

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Lora Court

1 bedroom suite with wood burning fireplace, available mid February. Rent includes 2 appl, carpets, drapes, heat, cable and parking. Near bus loop, recreation centre and shopping. To view or for more info please call 604-946-4633

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Office/Retail Rent

PRIME OFFICE space available immediately in the heart of Ladner Village. Bright, newly renovated in desirable location for reasonable rent on Haviland St off 48 Ave. 3 spaces left: 224 sqft, 300 sqft, 241 sqft. Contact 604-946-6291 for further info or to view.

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

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Suites/Partial Houses

4 BR, rec rm, 1 br down,nr school, updates,ns, pet ok, Port Guichon Avail Now $1700. 604-946-2836

CENTRAL TSAW 3 br bungalow, + garage, walk to park &shops, $1900+util. Feb 1, 604-943-0924 IMPERIAL VILLAGE rancher, 2000 sf, western view, Tsaw golf course, large master suite, 2 gas f/p, 2 bath, dbl garage, all appls, suit prof couple/retiree, ns, np, lease $2,150+utils. Lawn maint incl. 604-943-4931

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1 BR bright ground floor suite in Ladner with own entry & patio, suits 1, N/S, N/P, avail Feb 1.. $700 incl hydro 604-946-9206 1 BR ground level. $800 incl util, cble & int, ns, np, shared laund. prefer single. call 604-948-9441

Suites/Partial Houses

2 BR Tsaw, large kitchen & living rm, wd, cable, quiet, ns, np. now $990+1/2utils, 604-760-9591 3 BR older home, W. Ladner, lrg, gar/yard, all appl, n/p, n/s, Avail Feb 15, $1350. call 604-946-7824 3 BR ste, Ladner, upper lvl, new deck, fence, stairs. $1100 + 50% util, n/p, avail now. 604-946-0926 BACH, TSAW, garage pking, grnd lev, bright, priv ent, patio, $700 incl utils, w/d, cable/net, suit 1 quiet n/s, n/p, 778-848-1205

LARGE & bright, recently reno’d, 3 bdrm, 1 /12 bath, upper floor of house in Pebble Hill. Incl. in-suite w/d, 2 prkg,. $1600 + part utils, N/S, Lease/refs. 604-999-5373 MOBILE HOME & other accommadation avail. Close to waterfront, small pet ok,Tsaw, avail immed. $700/mth 604-943-6397

★ NEWLY RENOVATED★ Beachgrove

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TSAW 2 br bsmt ste, bath w/tub, big priv back yrd. 5331 4th Ave. ns, Now $800 incl. 604-946-9879

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RESP WORKING couple, long term residents of Boundary bay looking to rent a 2-3 bdrm house with garage in Tsaw or B.Bay for May 1. Long term lease. No pets, Exellent refs. Rose 604-319-1144

1 BR, Ladner, private entry, 5 appls, gas f/p, n/s, $700 incls utils.

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1Mature prof. Incl F/P/cable/Wi/ shared w/d, patio, parking, N/P, N/S 604-940-1787 2 BR ground level, Ladner, good area, fenced yard, $1000. avail Jan. 15 or Feb 1. 604-761-5485

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