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TFN elder Ruth Adams and Richard Cook, a planner hired by the band, were on hand for an open house Thursday to explain the residential component of the band’s new land use plan. Adams says it’s an exciting time in that the band doesn’t have to tear anything down and is starting from scratch.

TFN unveils neighbourhood plan

Residential component envisions almost 1,700 units and an increase in population of more than 4,000 BY

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The Tsawwassen First Nation is moving closer to a major residential development.

At an open house Thursday at the TFN Recreation Centre, a new neighbourhood plan for land near the Tsawwassen ferry terminal was unveiled.

The land involved is about 110 hectares (270 acres) in an area designated by the TFN as enterprise and community within its overall land use plan.

According to a draft of the neighbourhood plan, 1,684 residential units would be built,

including detached homes (50 per cent), townhouses (35 per cent) and apartments (15 per cent).

Once completed, they would increase the population on the reserve by 4,381 people.

Richard Cook, a consultant and planner who worked on the draft plan, said the document also includes pathways, some retail opportunities, an elementary school and other amenities, including a gymnasium and arts centre, in a village centre.

“The way this is arced and with the green space is that the (Tsawwassen) Longhouse is centrally located, so this tells people you’re not in Richmond, you’re

in the Tsawwassen First Nation.

So it’s to try to focus on the Longhouse,” said Cook.

The Aquilini Group is working with one collection of TFN families wanting to develop its land on 99-year leases, while Colliers International is managing the sale of land for another group of families.

The plan would see Tsawwassen Drive closed to highway traffic as a new inter-

section and feeder road further up Highway 17 would be built.

There’s also a plan to create a new walkway/bike lane called Great Blue Heron Way connecting the reserve with the rest of Tsawwassen and Ladner.

A report on the neighbourhood plan will be presented to the TFN legislature on Tuesday for approval.

Following approval of the plan, the next steps would involve a series of detailed infrastructure studies, said Cook.

Meanwhile, at a recent Delta Chamber of Commerce presentation, TFN Economic Development Corporation CEO Chris Hartman

said there could soon be an announcement about a 100-acre commercial development. The band has been talking with one developer in particular who has a lot of experience developing shopping centres and big box stores on other First Nations land, he explained.

TFN members approved the lease of up to 100 acres along Highway 17 for a potential retail development of up to one million square feet.

Hartman also noted the TFN has received stimulus funding from Canada’s infrastructure proSee TFN page 3

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‘Unusual step’ necessary: mayor

Jackson hopes summit leads to resolution for Southlands, while Huntington wants process to be seen as fair BY

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Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington is hoping the latest twist in the Southlands saga will be seen as a fair process — but worries that might prove difficult.

The independent MLA and former five-term Delta councillor has been intently watching the debate over the future of the contentious property.

The most controversial element of the proposed Tsawwassen Area Plan recommended Delta apply to the Agricultural Land Commission to have the 538-acre Southlands placed back in the ALR. At the start of the public hearing last week CAO George Harvie said if an application were made, the ALC would determine whether “to include all, some or none of the subject lands in the Agricultural Land Reserve.”

He also said that having the land in the reserve wouldn’t change the type of farming operations that could take place, but would provide added protection to keep the land for farming.

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Mayor Lois Jackson said she heard over and over again during last week’s public hearing that more dialogue is needed before Delta decides whether to make an application to the ALC. Lois Jackson, noting it was clear there was no consensus, announced it would be adjourned until April 14.

By then, a newly formed committee of representatives from the community, as well as the major property owner Century Group, would have had a “mayor’s summit” and issued a report.

Jackson said Monday the message she heard more than any other was the need for more dialogue before an ALR application.

Huntington said the surprise move is highly unusual and she has concerns how it can work if those

involved in the summit aren’t to the liking of either side of the debate.

“I’ve never heard of this happening in a public hearing process. Is it going to be a secret, hand-picked group meeting behind closed doors or representative of the best you can get from each category?” asked Huntington.

Jackson acknowledged the adjournment was unusual, but said she intends to make sure council has all the information required to make a thoughtful decision.

“Yes, this is an unusual step, but I believe it is a necessary one. For the pur-

pose of a public hearing is not just to hear, but to listen,” Jackson told the large audience at municipal hall Monday.

“For the past 30 years, the conflict around these lands has threatened to divide this community. It is my hope, and my challenge, that we no longer allow this to happen,” she said.

Huntington said she’s concerned the process won’t be seen as “absolutely fair” by either side.

“That means you’d need farmers both for and against it. That means having good agrological information and having top-notch envi-

ronmentalists who really understand what the issues are. That means leave the developer in there if they want to reach a compromise,” she said.

“I personally think reaching a compromise is absolutely critical. I do not think compromise can be found in this (current Century Group) proposal, it’s probably something else.”

Two years ago, Century Group president Sean Hodgins submitted an official community plan amendment application to develop 1,900 residential units on one part of the property, unlike a con-

troversial proposal in the late 1980s that would have covered the entire property with housing. His proposal included 42 per cent (200 acres) given to the municipality for small-scale agriculture.

Council, however, returned the application, citing the need to update the area plan and that Metro Vancouver hadn’t completed a new regional plan.

Harvie would eventually come up with the recommendation to have the land put back in the ALR. Opponents of the recommendation, who outnumbered speakers in support during the first three days of the public hearing last week, argued Century Group’s development proposal was never given a fair shake.

During the public hearing, not much in the way of alternatives were suggested.

One of the few came from Boundary Bay resident Rob Johnson, who helped form the B.C. Ecological Agricultural Trust Society.

According to the group, it offered Century Group $205 million to buy the Southlands. The group says it would try to secure most of that funding from an Environment Canada program.

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Delta will spend up to $30,000 for a consultant to arrange one-on-one meetings with key federal government staff this spring.

Civic politicians unanimously approved a recommendation by staff Monday to hire Tactix Government

Relations and Public Affairs Inc. to secure meetings with federal officials in several departments to discuss a variety of issues.

The plan is to have Mayor Lois Jackson and members of Delta council and staff, who would be on their way to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference in Halifax June

3 to 6, make a stopover in Ottawa for the meetings.

Last year, council agreed to spend up to $22,000 to arrange a series of meetings with federal officials, an expense Metro Vancouver eventually agreed to share.

In 2008, Delta officials also went to Ottawa for meetings, spending $12,000 to secure meetings.

A report to council this week noted engaging Tactix for the 2008 and 2010 trips provided contacts and fostered relationships that were key in Delta’s recent infrastructure grant funding successes, resulting in $20 million in funding received.

Among the issues Delta officials want to talk about this year include

funding for secondary channel dredging, policing and organized crime, the Roberts Bank port expansion environmental assessment review process, cost-sharing for wastewater treatment facility upgrades and Port Metro Vancouver payment in lieu of taxes.

“All of the issues are of local and regional signifi-

cance, and it is important that federal government officials are fully apprised of the issues and engage in meaningful discussions as to what role the federal government may play in resolving those issues,” the report notes.

Metro Vancouver will again be asked to split the cost with Delta.

Delta council recently agreed to form a transportation technical advisory committee to address various emerging concerns.

Engineering director Steven Lan told council this week just one of the conse-

quences is the possibility of eight million cubic metres of fill being trucked to the reserve.

In a recent interview, chamber chairman John Appleby said while it’s difficult to comment until South Deltans have details of exactly what will be built, concerns already exist

about future “choke points” when it comes to traffic and road capacity. He said both Delta and the TFN would be equally impacted unless the road system’s efficiency is somehow improved.

The proposed Tsawwassen Area Plan, meanwhile, would be closely affiliated with the popu-

lation projections at the reserve. Delta CAO George Harvie’s recommendation was for a review of the area plan every five or six years as development at the TFN is monitored.

On a separate note, former MLA Val Roddick liked what she saw Thursday, but would like

to see some modifications.

One of the changes she believes would be advantageous is to have the managed forest area used for agriculture instead. She said it would be an added economic boost for the TFN to have organic small-scale farming and processing opportunities.

TFN from page 1 gram. The band has been putting that to work by servicing the first 100 acres of its industrial park.

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The preliminary inquiry in the case against Cpl. Benjamin Monty Robinson, who was involved in a 2008 crash that killed a Tsawwassen man, is scheduled for April 18 to 21 in Surrey Provincial Court.

Orion Hutchinson, 21, died on the night of Oct. 25, 2008 after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a Jeep being driven by

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Robinson is facing one count of attempting to obstruct justice for his actions after the collision.

The officer left the scene of the crash, which occurred at about 10:30 p.m., and walked home, a short distance away. He returned 10 minutes later and advised police he had two beers at a party and two shots of vodka at home before returning to the scene.

He was arrested and given two breathalyzer tests at 11:56 p.m. and 12:16 a.m. Robinson’s readings registered at .12 and .10.

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Next month’s preliminary inquiry will determine whether the Crown has enough evidence to proceed to trial. If the judge deems there is enough evidence for a possible conviction, Robinson has elected for a trial before a judge and jury in B.C. Supreme Court.

Crown prosecutor Geoff Baragar told the court Wednesday morning he expects to call up to 13 witnesses during the preliminary inquiry.

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A Ladner man is facing charges after a disagreement with his roommate last weekend.

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“The goal for every adoption is to find a loving home for our animals,” says shelter manager Sarah Lowe. “The Meet Your Match Feline-ality program helps us do that.”

Meet Your Match is a program established by the American SPCA that was introduced last year to the Delta shelter.

The program involves matching the expectations and lifestyles of potential adopters with the behaviours and personalities of shelter cats.

“The whole community benefits when we can successfully place animals in

Delta council agreed this week to dip into the municipality’s contingency budget to help fund playground upgrades at three South Delta elementary schools.

A total of $75,000 will be allocated to Holly ($35,000), Hawthorne ($32,000) and Beach Grove ($8,000) for cost-sharing projects.

The council/school board liaison committee recently looked at a potential list of high priority projects that need funding and came

back with the recommendation.

A memo to parks and recreation director Ken Kuntz from school district deputy superintendent Garnet Ayres noted the schools on the top of the list are “shovel ready” projects, although the fundraising by Hawthorne parents is still underway and expected to be completed this spring.

The lack of municipal money for the cost-sharing projects was recently raised by the parent advisory committee at Holly in East Ladner, which was alarmed after finding out the Delta

playground equipment budget for 2011 had already been cleaned out. That was due to council agreeing to provide $130,000 in a costsharing arrangement with the Tsawwassen Rotary Club, which is building a $275,000 waterpark at Diefenbaker Park.

The school district also identified four additional sites that can be considered high priority for 2012 - Richardson, Jarvis, Hellings and Port Guichon.

The playgrounds at Jarvis and Hellings were listed as “failing” in a report to council.

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MURPHY’S LAW They’ve been tasked to do something no one has been able to accomplish for the last 30 years, but looking on the bright side, they’ve got a whole month to get it done.

When Mayor Lois Jackson adjourned the public hearing earlier this week on the proposal to return the Southlands to the ALR, she announced the creation of a summit that aims to find common ground on Tsawwassen’s most contentious piece of real estate. To suggest the 10 members of this panel have their work cut out is akin to saying Charlie Sheen is just going through a rough patch.

After doing its best to ignore the elephant in the room for the last two years, it’s heartening that Delta is actually willing to sit across the table from Century Group president Sean Hodgins and discuss his vision for the property. Others with an interest in the issue will also be at the table for a conversation that will focus on agriculture but will consider a “range of other perspectives.”

The mayor made several references to a lack of consensus during her address Monday, acknowledging a polarity in the community, but is hopeful that dialogue could somehow bridge that chasm.

There’s no question a middle ground could be found, but the success of the mayor’s summit ultimately boils down to how much people are willing to bend.

And up to this point, they’ve haven’t been terribly limber.

A compromise would undoubtedly include some amount of housing for the Southlands, which is a non starter for a certain segment of Tsawwassenites, but is critical if Hodgins is to improve a portion of the land for farming purposes and deed it to Delta.

Even if the 10-person summit defies the odds and manages to reach a consensus, will it be able to get the wider public to buy into it?

Last week’s public hearing shows there’s still a great divide in Tsawwassen.

There are far more supporters of Southlands development than existed 20 years ago, but the other side, while not TDL strong, continues to be formidable in size. Something tells me you might get some at either end of the spectrum to move toward the middle, but there will be others, particularly in the no development camp, that simply won’t budge.

It will be most interesting to see what this summit is able to accomplish in the short period of time it’s been given, but I suspect the bigger issue is how tough a decision politicians are eventually willing to make when there are holdouts — and you can be certain there will be — on both sides of the coin.

Both sides support agriculture, but differ on how to pay for it MIKE SCHNEIDER

COMMUNITY COMMENT As we all know by now, Mayor Lois Jackson has adjourned the public hearing regarding the ALC inclusion application for the Southlands.

What happens in the meantime?

A “mayor’s summit” will be convened, presumably to try to explore what appears to be some common ground (pardon the pun).

Since CAO George Harvie recommended the inclusion application, and our mayor and council voted unanimously for it, it would seem at the outset that the “summit” table may already be stacked despite the fact by speaker count, a majority of residents do not support putting the Southlands back in the ALR, nor do they seem to support the processes currently being employed by mayor and council.

Hopefully, the summit will be an opportunity for some to gain insight into the innovative ideas that have been developed over the past few years but have never,

unfortunately, been discussed by mayor, council and Delta planning staff. These are ideas that both sides seem to embrace.

The notion of small, humanscale agriculture appears to be a supported theme. The question becomes how to pay for it. One side has a solution to pay for it and the other would like the burden placed on the taxpayer.

This is where it gets interesting.

Richmond recently put the Garden City lands question to bed by settling on a price of approximately $420,000 per acre. Apply that number to the Southlands and you get $214 million if the land was for sale.

That is a hefty tax hike for those who believe Delta should buy the land. For those who think a private group should buy the land to keep as small farms and open space, this will require quite a few hotdog sales.

Yes, complexities of land use and commerce! No easy solutions anywhere. Last week there were several speakers who suggested the idea of large-scale farm activity was fear mongering.

Inclusion in the ALR does not guarantee soil-based crop farming.

If the owner is forced into a situation where he has to diversify his business and become a farmer, he will seek the most profitable farm-

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ing operation he can. I’ll let you speculate what that might be.

Farmers are business people who will assess the market and the land and farm appropriately when and where they can.

Still, other farmers like Harold Steves, who spoke last week about the importance of the ALR, will sell some holdings. Last year the Steves family sold a 1.5-acre or so piece of agricultural land to a nasty developer.

Steves has said that losing agricultural land is a “crime against humanity,” yet one of the fathers of the ALR owns a farm in Richmond that is not in the ALR. Wouldn’t someone so passionate about ALR land voluntarily submit this land to it?

Is the ALR even as relevant as it once was? Incoming premier Christy Clark wonders about that too: “It’s time to go back and make sure that we’re getting the outcomes from it that we want,” she told the Osoyoos Times last month.

“Saving the Southlands” will require careful consideration by summit participants. Is there going to be one meeting? Ten? Who is going to develop the terms of reference and what issues will be in and out of scope?

Consensus will be difficult but compromise would be a good place to start.

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Editor: Finally! Rubber meets the road. Eyeball-to-eyeball negotiation rather than contests to use the most microphone time or pass out the best T-shirts.

Mayor Lois Jackson will mediate. Bless her! Lets hope she’s good at it and solves the Southlands problem that has nagged this community for a third of a century.

On one side is Sean Hodgins who feels sorely put-upon. His dad owned the TDL mortgage when they asked permission to build the houses Delta said they wanted. Delta had declared the land unfit to farm and an undeniable

need for houses on it when they went around the ALC and got cabinet to take the land out of the ALR. A decade later they changed their minds. TDL went bankrupt. Hodgins got the land Delta declared unfit to farm along with permission to only farm it.

Now Sean Hodgins would build the houses Delta said they wanted, the ones his dad counted on, and ones he is convinced would enhance our community.

On the other side is the “Save our Farmland” bunch, goaded to fever pitch by recent loss to roads, ports and treaties. They are determined to not let a single

square foot grow houses, much less an entire acre.

To me, their thinking resembles dogma, a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof. They demand all the land must grow food but do not ask about funding to make it productive.

Jackson must provide an estimate of what irrigation and drainage will cost Delta taxpayers should Hodgins not pay that cost from housing profits. Her “mayor’s summit” can achieve no meaningful conclusion without that key information.

Farming and environmental interests will also be at the table. Thank

goodness the farmer will be from Delta. We have heard enough from drop-in experts from Richmond, Bowen Island and Point Roberts who declare the land excellent.

Environmentalists want it all for the birds, as if a 75-acre forest park is not enough. Perhaps Hodgins could throw in some land for OWL to make the birders happy?

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for community interest to come together and agree on something constructive. Please don’t waste it with timehonoured, non-negotiable, indefensible positions.

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Editor: I have been a resident of Tsawwassen for 27 years.

During those years I’ve witnessed several good development projects: Royal Oaks, Monterra and Imperial Village, to name a few. They have all had a positive effect on the lifestyle of our area.

The Southlands has added nothing to our area, certainly nothing of an agricultural nature. I’m not knowledgeable about farming and will not attempt

to pass judgment on that aspect of the controversy.

I am concerned about the effect on the demography of our area if progress is halted and an increase in our population is curtailed.

Shortly there will be a review of our local hospital regarding its future role and needs within the Fraser Health Authority. If it is apparent the population of South Delta is not going to grow in the immediate future, then the FHA will certainly not be inclined

to add funding to Delta Hospital for expansion and improved services. I’m well aware of this scenario because of my years of experience in the area of medical practice, teaching and administration.

The money goes where the people are; it’s quite straightforward.

I’m sure the same analogy could be applied to our local school board and the problems it has encountered with diminishing students numbers and budgets.

I would hope Delta council’s decisions regarding development in our area would allow for growth so that younger people might be encouraged to move here and enjoy the lifestyle many of us have had for years.

Reasonable growth would benefit all of us and help new businesses and professionals to find a positive environment to work.

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Both of those ratios suggest a consensus on that question does exist.

To now open up the process to a roundtable discussion (mayor’s summit) on the future of farming the Southlands is indeed an extraordinary change in direction.

I am anxious to see who will be participating in the discussions and hope those who do participate will do so with open minds.

There are three membership positions on that sum-

mit that seem strange: • Two representatives of the group representing petitioners wanting to return the Southlands to the ALR. • One representative from the environmental community.

What groups were petitioning to return the Southlands to the ALR and who were they petitioning?

I thought the idea came from CAO George Harvie.

And who is it that makes up the environmental community? From Delta? From B.C? From Canada?

Will there be representatives from Ladner and North Delta? Why not invite representatives from the Tsawwassen First Nation?

I pray this process can heal some of the deep wounds that exist in our community, but I fear we will not find an answer until everyone begins to look at the problem with an open mind.

A one-month hiatus is unlikely to be enough time for that to happen.

John A. Meech

However, should the Southlands property, by some stretch of the imagination, become totally fertile after the citizens of Delta have paid for the drainage and irrigation, do we think the successful farmer, a businessman, is going to sell his product to Tsawwassen for a cheap

price and not California, Florida or China where he can get the best price?

Just check the fish market or lumber prices and lumber quality. I will be looking out my window knowing that California, Florida, etc. are getting good quality food and the farming issue hasn’t made a

bit of difference here.

Like everything else, farming is a business and I don’t see a lineup of farmers wishing to take over.

If they do, you should ask what compensation they are looking for and ask them to speak to people who have farmed the land before.

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A10 The Delta Optimist March 12, 2011 Letters to the Editor

Industrial farming likely if land returned to ALR turf farm odour in East Ladner of a few summers ago.

McBride’s editorial discussion of the e-mail in question regarding the many potential negative impacts of returning the Southlands to the ALR misses the following points: • As a community, we have not had to contend with industrial agriculture

close up or light pollution from greenhouses as in other parts of Delta because the land has been owned by a development company. As a speaker pointed out at last Thursday night’s public hearing, the Southlands could have reaped enormous profits for the Century Group if it had covered the bulk of the property with greenhouses years ago.

• If the Southlands is returned to the ALR, it is an economic reality that the current landowner could sell the land. The Century Group bought the property

22 years ago in 1989, a full eight years after the land was removed from the ALR. It is paying residential property taxes on the majority of the 538-acre site. With the land returned to the ALR, a development company has no reason to maintain this and other associated expenses.

The capital tied up in the Southlands must have an enormous opportunity cost to the Century Group. With the writing firmly on the wall, why would it keep it?

• Farming is a business.

A future buyer (likely without the solid local reputa-

tion of the Hodgins family) will need to move quickly to put as much land as possible into farm production to seek a return on investment and to return the land to farm tax levels. Given the much discussed large but unspecified cost to improve soil, drainage and irrigation, it does not take a rocket scientist to look around Delta and realize that greenhouses would be the most likely use of the land. This is not fear mongering or a threat, this is the economic reality of the situation.

Leanne Lionello

Hearing is about ALR, not Southlands development

Editor: I thought the March 1 public hearing was to determine if an application is to be made to the Agricultural Land Commission to include Tsawwassen farmland in the Agricultural Land Reserve. It seems as if Delta council is now discussing whether there should be any development on the Southlands.

The mayor should clarify the agenda of her mayor’s summit. To achieve a con-

sensus on such an application looks to be very difficult. It would require agreement to development on this land.

It is timely to remind council that the Local Government Act governs land use matters, and that Century Group will have the right to file a development and rezoning application when the Regional Growth Strategy becomes law in the immediate future.

The summit, therefore,

needs to confine its terms of reference to the reason the public hearing has been convened. If a development in detail and substance is filed by Century, that will be considered by a public hearing, at which time we will hopefully know exactly what is intended.

To discuss a development proposal at the current public hearing will, in my opinion, be premature and illegal.

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March 12, 2011 The Delta Optimist A11 Letters to the Editor

Irresponsible to develop farmland Editor: Feed your children, grandchildren and future family members ... or not?

That is the only real question applicable to discussions about Delta’s agricultural lands. Over the past few years we have heard every possible argument for, and against, the development of the Southlands, and other Delta agricultural lands, notably the Tsawwassen Golf and Country Club redevelopment.

For God’s sake people,

let’s get our heads out of the sand. Experts worldwide have been telling us for the last few years the world already has a global shortage of food, a situation we have all witnessed as being greatly magnified during this past year by the floods, fires and natural weather disasters that global warming and pollution have no doubt helped to visit on almost every country in the world.

The price of food is forecast to skyrocket. Political unrest is predicted to drive

shipping costs through the roof and all predictions are that these will be long term, if not permanent, situations.

The fact that our overall affluence has so far delayed any real effects of this food shortage is about to change and we had better face up to it, and do so quickly.

Delta is already losing some 1,200 acres of the best farmland to the South Fraser Perimeter Road, a situation that at this stage appears impossible to stop.

We cannot afford to lose a single acre more of any

Delta agricultural land capable of growing food.

Any politician and/or citizen who is a party to the further loss of land capable of producing food now, or in the near future, is committing an act of incredible irresponsibility to our community and neighbours specifically, and to the future of mankind as a whole.

It’s time for each and every one of us to get with the program and stop development of any kind on any and all agricultural land.

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I did not oppose Tsawwassen Springs during the hearing on it, and although I had some technical concerns around the design and impact of this venture, I was pleased to see it proceed, and believe

it will be of benefit to Tsawwassen and its residents. I am further advised the developer bore the costs associated with the planning and hearing process, and that those were not paid for by Delta taxpayers.

The concerns I raised at the ALR hearing on March 3 were directed at Delta council and administration, and were in reference to the different way the Southlands development question and Century

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He told the group that Pink Mountain, which is about 180 kilometres northwest of Fort St. John, has a number of endangered plant species growing in the southern part of the mountain.

“Pink Mountain is an unusual and very special place,” he said, noting that it has an area with conditions where both alpine and subalpine plants can grow.

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The youth of Benediction Lutheran Church spent an evening in the kitchen creating care packages for members of the congregation returning home from hospital stays.

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Documentary puts water in spotlight

The Delta chapter of the Council of Canadians will be presenting the acclaimed 2010 documentary Water On The Table next week at the Ladner Pioneer Library.

This film features Council of Canadians national chairperson Maude Barlow as she crusades globally to have water declared a human right against those powerful corporations that insist water is just another resource to be bought and sold for profit.

“Water is our most precious natural resource,” says chapter chairperson Cathy Wilander. “We have to protect from those who will buy and sell it.”

The film will be shown on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

cookie dough sampling that ensured each batch was just right.

One youth used colourful pens to make decorative labels — “From our hearts to your home” — for each care package, along with cooking instructions. The foil-wrapped lasagnas and Ziploc cookie bags were then placed in the freezer,

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Aside from learning a few cooking lessons that night, everyone who participated is eager to do this again. Benediction’s youth are hopeful other youth groups might want to partner in a caring and sharing project in outreach to others.

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It’s the brainchild of pastor Courtenay Reedman, who felt people she regularly visits could use a little “soul food” as they recover and may not have the energy or mobility to make hot, nutritious meals.

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A14 The Delta Optimist March 12, 2011 In the Community

Youthful storytellers are preparing for their big day Ladner author and storyteller Laura Thomas has announced the winners of the Water in Words Short

Story Contest.

Thirty-seven writers in grades 4 through 12, representing a dozen Delta

schools, sent in their watery tales. The top 12 are already in training as they prepare to perform their stories on

stage at the Genesis Theatre as the highlight of Delta’s first-ever World Storytelling Day celebration on March

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The top six writers in the high school category are Mariko Adams,

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Thomas, who judged the stories on a four-point scale that included description, plot structure and stage worthiness, said, “These young authors not only met the basic criteria, they used the water theme in unexpected ways. The audience will love listening to these six stories.”

In the elementary school category, the top six spots were captured by Justine Rapier, Rynelle De Souza and Emma Millichamp of Sacred Heart, Taylor Adam of Cliff Drive, Sadie Baird of Ladner Elementary and Erin Alden of Pinewood.

“We had the usual kinds of characters in this category like mermaids and other watery creatures, but what sets the winners apart is that they do more showing than telling,” Thomas said. “That’s something I am always looking for in a piece of writing.”

Last week, the top 12 spent an afternoon doing Thomas’ storytelling workshop. This week Thomas spent time working with each of the writers individually to help them polish their stories and brief them on the upcoming performance.

The World Storytelling Day celebration kicks off at 2 p.m. at Genesis Theatre with community displays by groups such as the Vancouver Giants Read to Succeed Program and the Fraser Valley Regional Library’s new Read for Life Campaign. There will also be a family literacy book drive for the food bank and a silent auction, the proceeds of which will help cover the cost of this free community event. Thomas will host the youth storytelling performance that starts at 3 p.m.

When asked what she is most excited about, Thomas, who hopes World Storytelling Day will become an annual event in Delta, said, “Just imagine what it will be like for all those little kids in the audience to see the bigger kids on stage telling, not reading, stories that they made up themselves. My daughter is seven and I know that she is going to want to be up there too when she’s old enough.”

Tickets are free and available at the door. For more information, visit www.agentstory.net.

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elta Photo Club members are getting ready to host a brand new event.

Delta Photo Inspirations (DPI), set for later this month in Tsawwassen, is made up of a juried photo exhibition, instructional seminars, a trade show and a keynote speaker presentation.

“There’s a lot of people out there who might not even consider entering a competition but they’d like to come and learn a little more and listen to a keynote speaker,” says Rhoda Brooks, one of the event co-chairs.

The local club has lined up Vancouver-based photojournalist Wendell Phillips to speak.

“He’s such an interesting speaker that you don’t have to be a photographer to enjoy his talk,” says Sharon Wright, another event cochair.

Phillips, who’s won a long list of awards, including the International

Understanding through Photography Award from the Photographic Society of America, has covered “war zones, natural disasters, world leaders, professional sport, everyday life and natural wonder,” his website states.

“Not only is Wendell a phenomenal photographer, but he’s going places and travelling and covering stories that most of us will never have a first-hand account of,” says Brooks.

“He talks more about the story behind the photo,” says Wright, who listened to Phillips at an Okanagan Photo Club event a few years ago.

“When we were trying to pick the keynote speaker for this I really didn’t know if I had a hope of getting somebody of that caliber,” she says. “But I thought, well, you never know unless you phone.”

The club plans to make Delta Photo Inspirations an annual occasion.

“We’ve worked hard at trying to make it a really good, unique event so that next year when it comes

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Delta Photo Inspirations co-chairs Sharon Wright (left), Francois Cleroux and Rhoda Brooks are excited about the new event.

back, people will say, ‘Oh that was a great event,’” says Francois Cleroux, another DPI co-chair who’s also the president of the Delta Photo Club.

The juried photo exhibit has three categories, Birds in Nature, Open Colour and Open Monochrome, and was open to photographers from the Lower Mainland.

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“We used to host the Delta Print Challenge, which was open to all the clubs this side of the Fraser River,” says Wright, noting the club decided last year to expand the competition by having more categories and by allowing photographers who aren’t members of a club to enter.

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is set to run Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26 at the Tsawwassen Alliance Church, 4951-12th Ave. There will be a free opening reception, with refreshments and music, on the Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. where the print competition winners will be announced.

The seminars, trade show and keynote speaker are scheduled for Saturday.

The all-day cost is $55 (or $45 for Delta Photo Club members), which includes lunch. The keynote speaker-only cost is $20 ($15 for Delta Photo Club members).

For a complete event schedule or more details visit www.deltaphotoinspirations.com.

• The Delta Photo Club, which is open to new members from beginners to professionals, meets Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at KinVillage Community Centre in Tsawwassen.

The club currently has over 100 members.

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Locals have gig at Roxy Tsawwassen-based bands Six to Midnight and StrangeFruit are teaming up once again.

The groups will make the trip to Vancouver on March 22 for a gig at the Roxy.

Six to Midnight hits the stage at 8 p.m. while StrangeFruit goes on around 9 p.m.

The bands recently

Six to Midnight

played a show at the Tsawwassen Legion.

“The show at the Legion was a blast, I think we had just over 200 people show up, so that was really nice,” said Six to Midnight singer Jordan Field in an e-mail to the Optimist.

The band, which plays a mix of rock, soul, blues, funk and hip-hop, is made

up of Field, guitarist Daryn Davies, bassist Evan Jones and drummer Nathan Steinberger.

StrangeFruit includes guitarist and singer Evan Findlay, bassist Conor Watts and drummer Bryson Dodwell.

StrangeFruit combines hard rock aggressiveness with jazz harmonies.

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Michael Mori is a member of musica intima, a group up for Juno honours.

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The 12-person vocal ensemble, musica intima, has its album into light

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nominated for Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral Performance.

“I think we have a fighting chance. We’re up against people who are far more well known than us,” says Mori, who turned 30 on Sunday.

Performers like Measha Brueggergosman, Gerald Finley and Karina Gauvin are nominated in the same category.

“It’s an honour to be in the same category as them because they’re recognized across the country in the classical circles, certainly,” says Mori, who lives in Vancouver. into light recently won Classical Recording of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards.

“All of the songs that are on the CD are from Canadian composers. It’s not only something that’s a good product, it’s a Canadian product through and through,” says Mori, a voice instructor at Delta Community Music School for about two years.

“I think in the global village as it is, often we

neglect the genius that lives in our own country,” he says. “There’s some awesome stuff out there and we want to bring it to light. It deserves to be played.”

One of the composers with material on the into light album, Jocelyn Morlock, is nominated for Classical Composition of the Year.

Mori says musica intima is unique in that it doesn’t have one artistic director, opting to share the role 12 ways.

“It’s unique for a group of that size,” he says. “As it is, all of the singers have a lot of investment in the product we do.”

Mori has been a member of the group since 2005.

“It’s really turned into a life changing experience.”

The Juno Awards, Canada’s music awards, will air on Sunday, March 27 from Toronto.

• Delta Community Music School faculty members John Walsh and Brennan Saul’s band Brasstronaut won the ECHO Songwriting Prize for 2010.

March 12, 2011 The Delta Optimist A17

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Video game is put to the test

Can Wii get you fit? That was the question posed in a study performed by the American Council on Exercise, an industry watchdog committed to protecting consumers against unsafe and ineffective health and fitness products, programs and trends.

Wii, developed by Nintendo, is an interactive video game played with a handheld remote that requires the participant to mimic the action of the game while holding onto the remote. Other games, that focus on balance and strength, are performed using a small white balance board that looks similar to a household body-weight scale.

To test the effectiveness of the widely popular Wii Fit, the researchers recruited males and females, ages 20 to 24 years. Prior to beginning the study, each volunteer was given a maximal exercise test on a treadmill while oxygen consumption and heart rate were constantly monitored.

Next, they surveyed each subject and obtained their ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) for the treadmill test.

Advanced Step burned 3.6 kcal/min, Super Hula Hoop came in at 3.7 kcal/min, and Rhythm Boxing rounded it out with 3.8 kcal/min.

When played for 30 minutes, performing the Free Step is estimated to burn an average of 99 calories, the Advanced Step would burn an average of 108 calories, the Super Hula Hoop would burn an average of 111 calories, the Rhythm Boxing would burn an average of 114 calories, the Free Run and Island Run would burn an average of 165 calories.

In all cases, including Island Run and Free Run, which both yielded 5.5 kcal/min, researchers found that performing the actual activity (versus the virtual one on Wii Fit) has a significantly higher caloric expenditure.

The end result: all six increased the player’s heart rates and burned anywhere from 3.3-5.5 kcal/min, compared to the 2.3 calories burned when playing a regular sit-down video game.

The researcher’s take-home message was that Wii is better than sitting around, but not as good as playing the real sport.

It is, however, a good substitute workout for those who cannot find the motivation or do not want to leave the house to exercise.

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Participants were given the opportunity to practice these activities until they could demonstrate proficiency in each. Then, on a separate day, each subject performed six-minute bouts of each of the six activities, chosen in random order.

Meanwhile researchers continuously monitored the subjects’ oxygen uptake, heart rate and RPE. Of the six Wii Fit activities tested, Island Run and Free Run yielded the highest energy expenditures at 5.5 kcal per minute.

However, neither was sufficient enough to maintain or improve cardio respiratory endurance as defined by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).

As for Free Step, Advanced Step, Super Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing, all showed statistically similar energy expenditures, yet all fell below ACSM’s recommended fitness guidelines.

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Trudeau takes readers on amazing journey Book Marks Changing My Mind

by Margaret Trudeau I still have my copy of Maclean’s magazine from March, 1971 — the one

Since that time, certain events have stuck in the public consciousness: three baby boys, two born remarkably on Christmas Day; years in the global political limelight, followed by rather more sordid years in the media spotlight as a wild ex-wife; a second marriage, more children, and a dramatic descent into psychiatric and even legal problems.

Now a single grandmother, Margaret fills in the story with Changing My Mind, providing context to an amazing journey. It’s not always pretty. Although raised in an environment of wealth and prestige in West Vancouver, she was unprepared for the kind of constrained life Pierre had in mind for her. A self-confessed “hippie flower child,” she had enjoyed West Coast

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What was Pierre Trudeau thinking? With his Jesuit training, he believed in “reason before passion.”

Surely marrying a woman less than half his age wasn’t reasonable.

Margaret states: “I was very conscious that he wanted me in his life only during prescribed times, and that he abhorred any kind of spontaneity” — that included setting a timetable for their romantic opportunities (weekends, Tuesdays if need be, but never before cabinet meetings).

When their marriage crumbled, Margaret spun through a series of selfdestructive public affairs (her time with the Rolling Stones, and later with U.S. senator Ted Kennedy, remains tantalizingly vague) before she settled into marriage with Ottawa developer Fried Kemper.

That relationship also ended, her middle son Michel died in an avalanche and Pierre passed away — enough to challenge anyone’s mental stability, but Margaret also suffered from undiagnosed bipolar disorder. Her recounting of the manic phases, followed by grim depressions, that led to her eventual breakdown and hospitalization makes for difficult reading.

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Changing My Mind is not a flawless book: there are some repetitive sections, an illogically placed quotation, even a typo. But its great achievement is in its lack of blame.

Although her mother vaguely warned her against marrying Pierre, and tried to cover up any evidence of mental instability, Margaret understands the social pressure her family must have been facing.

Although their marriage was doomed, Margaret continued to love Pierre, and she is gracious in proclaiming his strengths while revealing his flaws. Even her mental illness is not presented as an excuse, but simply as a reason for her poor decisions and sometimes horrid behaviour.

She now gives public talks on bipolar disorder, works with a charitable group bringing fresh water to the world’s poorest countries and provides an anchor for her growing family in Montreal. She admits that maintaining balance and remaining productive will always be a challenge.

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Outside, seeds of hardy vegetables such as peas and broad beans can be planted while inside we can start seed of tender food crops that need shelter until frost season is over.

Coastal gardeners sometimes plant broad beans in the fall, but this can be a gamble unless you have well-drained soil and a south exposure. In other locations, drenching rains rot seed, sunshine is lacking, and mice and voles make a meal out of the seed.

When the weather is reasonable, early March planting makes it possible to harvest some broad beans before the black bean aphids arrive in June.

Pinching out the tops is a double-edged solution — it saves the plants but puts an end to their growth that would have resulted in more beans.

Peas are also best planted in March because they germinate best in cool conditions.

Lots of creatures love eating peas, especially rodents and birds. Planting thickly helps combat peaeaters. Another useful ploy is to moisten the row and pop a plank on top of the sown seed. Be sure to check daily and remove the plank as soon as you see sprouts.

Garlic is best planted in the fall, but you will get a crop if you plant in early March, although the garlic heads will be smaller than usual.

Hardy greens that can be sown outside in March include corn salad, Oriental

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greens and arugula. All can be sown as succession crops until late summer, although they will tend to bolt when dry, hot days arrive.

Though kale is usually thought of as a winter crop, it’s a year-round favourite with people who like smoothies.

Kale is rich in calcium and vitamins A, B and C and in smoothies teams well with bananas. Some varieties, such as Redbor, are ornamental enough for a spot in the flower garden.

At the very end of March parsnips can be planted. It helps to sow twice as much seed as you think you’ll need because parsnip germination usually runs at about 60 per cent. It’s really best to buy fresh parsnip seed every year because it loses viability fast.

Broccoli, lettuce and cabbage can be planted inside now and then transplanted outside when frost danger subsides.

Covering early broccoli with agricultural fleece is a great caterpillar protection.

Broccoli for the fall harvest, which is started inside in summer and planted out in early August, often escapes caterpillar infestations.

Through March leeks can still be started inside. So should celery because it’s a very slow grower. Peppers should also be sown inside in March for transplanting when the weather is thoroughly warm. Jalapeno and cayenne peppers are an easy and productive crop in a sunny, rich spot.

Tomatoes and squash can both be planted at the end of March so that transplants will be ready for the garden in mid-May. With both, there’s always the risk that plants will be ready to go outside before the weather is benign enough to receive them.

Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions.

Send them to her via amarrison@shaw.ca.

It’s almost time to go green for St. Patrick’s Day. Here are a few events happening in South Delta: • Local Celtic band Doghouse will play at the Tsawwassen Legion tonight. There will be an Irish theme dinner at 6 p.m. followed by music to dance the night away. Tickets are $15.

Call 604-943-0232 to reserve a spot.

• The Ladner Legion has a St. Patrick’s dart tournament set for tomorrow. Sign up is at 11:30 a.m. and the tournament goes from noon to 6 p.m. Barbecue burgers, hotdogs and

potato salad will be on the menu.

There will be prizes for the top three teams as well as prizes for the best-dressed dart player, noted Ladner branch manager Jacky Hillairet. Call 604-946-4611 for more information.

• Delta is hosting a St. Patrick’s Green Day Party at the Ladner Leisure Centre on March 17 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. There will be music, games and snacks. Regular admission rates apply.

Visit www.deltarec.ca or call 604952-3000 for more information.

• On March 17 the Tsawwassen Legion will host a St. Patrick’s Day

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event with dancers at 6:45 p.m. followed by a selection of Irish tunes by Higher Ground.

• There will be a luncheon at KinVillage Community Centre on Friday, March 18 at noon. Teresa Harbott will entertain and a traditional Irish lunch will be served. Tickets are available at the centre, 5430-10th Ave., Tsawwassen. Tickets cost $11 for members and $13 for non-members. The bar will be open for business as will the boutique.

Call 604-943-0225 for more information.

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Business Improvement Association of Tsawwassen Paul Woehrle

Annual General Meeting

St. David’s Anglican Church

God loves dust too

MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2011 u 6:00 PM

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” I heard these words and felt a rough marking on my ever-growing forehead this past Ash Wednesday.

Hearing those words could have been a downer, like hair loss, but it wasn’t.

It sounded true. Just like my observations about my thinning mane.

Ashes and hair loss... I do believe there is a connection. The hairs on my head are like the flowers of the field, all flowing and fragrant one minute and dead the next. Nice while THAT lasted.

And that is the point, nothing lasts forever, except life in the Spirit. Lent

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at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn

for more information go to

www.shoptsawwassen.com

CHURCH DIRECTORY 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

www.stdavidsdelta.com

St. Andrew's Church

“A Heart for God… in the Heart of the Village”

SUNDAY

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

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE 7:00 pm March 9, 2011

9 am Worship Service and Sunday School 11 am Worship Service

New Location

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!

www.standrewsdeltabc.org

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

LADNER GOSPEL ASSEMBLY

693 53rd St., Tsawwassen 604-943-2911

Sundays 10AM Worship Service

10 am Sunday Services

4979-44A Avenue, Ladner 604-946-9179 • 604-946-4224 WELCOMES YOU SUNDAY - 10 AM Children - Youth - Adult Classes 11:00 am Coffee & Refreshments WORSHIP SERVICE 11:15 AM

All Saints Anglican Church 4755 Arthur Drive Ladner 604-946-8413

THURSDAY

6:45 PM AWANA Children’s Club FRIDAY 7 PM Youth Night

SUNDAY SERVICES

www.tsawwassenunited.org Minister: the Rev. Dan Kirkegaard Music Director: Sandra Dawn Nash

sundays cedar park church

9:00-10:30am Congregation Meeting 10:40am Worship Service

"Only by Prayer"

Speaker: Pastor Dan Peters 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

www.cedarparkchurch.com

10:30am 6:00pm

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•Red Plum* •Loblaws - Optical* •M&M Meats*

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

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Holy Communion and Short Bible Study 10:00am

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Today’s Flyers

LAST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH

Benediction Lutheran Church

Messy Church for children and families 5:30pm www.allsaintsladner.org

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

Home of the South Delta Food Bank & Creation Station Daycare

Sunday Worship March 13, 2011 10:30 am

“Father, Forgive Them”

Sunday Service at 10:00 am + Nursery & Children Services

Luke 23:34 Pastor Henry Jonker

5545 Ladner Trunk Rd., Delta, B.C., V4K 1X1 604.946.4430 • www.ladnerlife.com

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Pastors: Danny Stebeck, Gabriel Torrealba

4594 – 54A Street, Ladner, B.C. Call: 604-946-7033 Email: ladnercrc@telus.net Web: www.ladnercrc.org Pastor: Henry Jonker Youth Pastor: Jed Schoepp

Wonderful 2850 sq foot 4 level split family home in one of North Delta's finest areas, Delsom Village! 5 bedrooms, a den, family room, games room, usual main rooms & 3 bathrooms, 2 fireplaces, hardwood & mixed flooring, some fresh paint and flooring, nice oak kitchen, big master bedroom, walkin closet, 3 piece ensuite and so much more! Quiet south east exposed fenced back yard with storage shed. Close to school, Nordel Way, Alex Fraser bridge making easy access to everything.

New Listing $599,900 www.ladnerhomes.com www.ladnerrealestate.net

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Anglican Church

Ladner United Church

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St. David’s

is a 40-day (not counting Sundays) preparation for Easter. It is a cultivation of the spiritual life.

Keeping a Holy Lent is following where God leads, doing without as an act-of-will response, or doing the thing that we have put off doing.

My plan is to fret less about the things over which I have no control, and apply that energy to the things over which I do.

One day I will be dust, loved by God. Until then, I want to be growing up in Jesus, focusing time and energy on deepening my life in God. Then I will better understand what is of real and enduring value.

Keep a Holy Lent and remember that God loves dust.

March 12, 2011 The Delta Optimist A23

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BOB

BOB'S CAREER ACHEIVEMENTS

D L O S

#1 Realtor® in the Great Vancouver Real Estate Board #2 Realtor® in the Great Vancouver Real Estate Board #3 twice, in the Great Vancouver Real Estate Board #1 Realtor® in South Delta for 11 years

LINDA

ARTHUR DRIVE ESTATE

MLS Presidents Club for 10 years The Presidents Club represents the top 1% of Realtors® in the Great Vancouver Real Estate Board.

2,400 square foot rancher, spacious formal living & dining room, updated kitchen, 4 bedrooms & familyroom. Plus3bedroomcoachhouse. Over32,000squarefootlotwithingroundpoolandloads of parking. For virtual tour and floor plans go to www.deltarealty.ca. Call Bob or Linda 604-946-8899

*Based on career achievements as per Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board Statistics for homes sold (unit sales)

$1,699,000

4329 Arthur Drive, Delta

LET THE SUN SHINE IN… Remember the dream home with the wrap around deck...this is it! Total of 2,769 square feet in this Beautiful BRIGHT & OPEN floor plan. Great room effect with gourmet kitchen with granite countertops, center island & spaciouspantry,eatingarea,familyroomandadiningroom.Goodsizeddenandlaundryallonthemainfloor.Total of 4 bedrooms & 3 ensuite baths upstairs boasting soaker tubs. Loads of windows and 9 foot ceilings on both floors allow the home to be flooded with light! Recently landscaped front & back with lots of greenery, paving stones, patio area, lounge area and a hot tub! Great family home on private corner lot! The ultimate in entertaining in Tsawwassen’s newest neighbourhood! 3 ½ years young. Just Listed so call today!

FOR VIRTUAL TOUR AND FLOORPLAN GO TO WWW.DELTAREALTY.CA Call Bob or Linda 604946-8899

5433 Spetifore Crescent, Tsawwassen

$869,000

SAVE 30 % ON REAL ESTATE FEES YOU’LL BE SURPRISED

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Fabulous 2 level home with 99 year lease on Tsawwassen First Nations land. This well cared for home is 2,030 square feet, 20 years old and includes a 1 bedroom suite down. Main floor with beautiful hardwood floors. Living room, dining room, kitchen with newer appliances, 2 bedrooms (master with 3 piece ensuite). Newer windows, newer hot water tank, etc. All located on a large lot just across the street fromthepark. ViewstotheFerriesandgulfIslands. Firsttimeoffered!!!Forvirtual tour and floor plans go to www.deltarealty.ca. Call Bob or Linda 604-946-8899

2346 Falcon Way, Tsawwassen

$359,000

5203 Laurel, Ladner

OLD S 6100 Madrona,

$986,900 WEST COAST

Richmond

$899,000

SOLD

4452 Arthur Dr, Ladner

$609,000

SOLD

5353 Spetifore, Tsawwassen

$889,000

SOLD

SOLD

4523 64th St, Ladner

$829,000

$689,000

SUTTON GROUP WEST COAST REALTY * C e r t a i n t e r m s a n d c o n d i t i o n s a p p l y. B a s e d o n 7 % - $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 a n d 2 . 5 % o n b a l a n c e .

5283 12th Ave, Tsawwassen

WEST COAST

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THE CHANCEY TEAM

Flex/Rate FLEX /RATE

Discount Commissions Real Estate Fees

BOB

See all MLS® Listings for Ladner & Tsawwassen at

www.deltarealty.ca

Flex/Rate

Discount Commissions

Call us 604.946.8899

LINDA

JUST LISTED ... SUPERSIZED! NEW LISTING

OPEN SUN. 2-4

Without a doubt, the greatest opportunity for an expanding family to come along in years. This 3,673 square foot home features entertainment sized living room, dining room, kitchen with loads of oak cabinets, spacious eating area, family room and a den on the main floor. Up there are a 5 bedrooms; master with 6 piece ensuite, walk in closet & huge storage area; and a large games room. 70’ wide lot – great for RV parking. Located in desirable Victory South.

OPEN SUNDAY 2-4. FOR VIRTUAL TOUR AND FLOOR PLAN GO TO WWW.DELTAREALTY.CA Call Bob or Linda 604-946-8899

5096 Bentley Drive, Ladner

WEST COAST

SUTTON GROUP WEST COAST REALTY * C e r t a i n t e r m s a n d c o n d i t i o n s a p p ly. B a s e d o n 7 % - $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 a n d 2 . 5 % o n b a l a n c e .

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$899,000

WEST COAST

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See all MLS速 Listings for Ladner & Tsawwassen at

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Discount Commissions Real Estate Fees www.deltarealty.ca Discount Commissions

BOB

NEW LISTING

Call us 604.946.8899 OPEN SUN. 3-5

LINDA

PERFECTLY DELIGHTFUL ....

Don't miss out on this terrific home. Very clean & very well maintained 2,200 sq.ft. home. Aluminum roof, brand new landscaping. Fresh paint inside. New carpeting & laminate. Spacious living, dining & kitchen upstairs with 3 bedrooms. downstairs could easily be used for a suite or just a great place for the family (new bathroom down, 2 bedrooms, large family room & large laundry area). Cul-de-sac location. OPEN SUNDAY 3-5.

FOR VIRTUAL TOUR GO TO WWW.DELTAREALTY.CA Call Bob or Linda 604-946-8899

4542 Hawthorne Place, Ladner

$569,000

SAVE 30 % ON REAL ESTATE FEES NEW LISTING

OPEN SUN. 1-3

IDEAL STARTER HOME

Very warm & welcoming 1, 511 square foot split level home with a total of 3 bdrms, den and 2 baths. Living room with wood fireplace, kitchen & dining area on main floor. Bedroom, family room & 3 piece bath on lower level with access to a great deck for entertaining and a private, treed backyard. Upstairs with 2 bedrooms. 4 pce bath and a den. New carpets & flooring. Newer high efficiency furnace, new garden shed, newer fence, 12 year young roof. Quiet neighborhood near Holly Park Elementary.

OPEN SUNDAY 1-3. FOR VIRTUAL TOUR GO TO WWW. DELTAREALTY.CA Call Bob or Linda 604-946-8899

4496 61st Street, Ladner

WEST COAST

SUTTON GROUP WEST COAST REALTY * C e r t a i n t e r m s a n d c o n d i t i o n s a p p l y. B a s e d o n 7 % - $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 a n d 2 . 5 % o n b a l a n c e .

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$509,000

WEST COAST

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STUNNING HOME WITH VIEW 360 degree ne onli virtual tour

STUNNING TOP FLOOR CONDO

G N I D N E P OFFER

What a beautiful 3 bedroom rancher on prestigious Arthur Totally renovated top floor unit in sought after Sunningdale Estates. Brand new spacious kitchen with no-slam quiet Drive. Updated with new kitchen, cork flooring, updated bathrooms, paint, etc! Family room, solarium, bonus games close doors, open & pass thru to LR, etc, etc. New laminate, paint, baseboards + crown mouldings, bathroom, etc. Large room in loft. Views over farmland & waterway!

4274 Arthur Drive-Ladner #305-4758 53rd Street-Ladner

priced @ $578,800 UPDATED 2 BEDROOM CONDO

TOP 1% OF ALL REALTORS IN GREATER VANCOUVER in 2009+2010 Top 5% of all Realtors in Greater Vancouver in 2006, 2007, 2008.

7 yrs of Prestige RE/MAX Western Canada Awards dipl. in Marketing Commercial and Residential Real Estate British Columbia Inst. of Tech.

Medallion Club Member Re/Max Progroup Realty 100-5000 Bridge Street

BEAUTIFUL 3 BDRM HOME 360 degree ne onli virtual tour

just sold by fraser this week!

Wow! Beautifully updated 2 bedroom condo, west facing in sought-after Sunningdale Complex! New laminate flooring, tile, mouldings, light fixtures, paint, etc!

Ready to move in anytime. Needs nothing! #101-4758 53rd Street-Ladner

Wow! Beautiful 3 bedroom 2 storey home, main floor down, bedrooms up! Updated bathrooms, laminate flooring, light fixtures, paint, mouldings, new roof & furnace! Private yard!

Walk to historic Ladner Village in 1 minute!!!

priced @ $288,000

priced @ $599,900

VIEW LOT! ENGLISH BLUFF RD

BEAUTIFUL 2 BDRM CONDO

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4963 Mariner Place-Ladner

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7,400 Sq.ft Rectangular building lot, SUNNY EXPOSURE, VIEWS OVER BOUNDARY BAY AND MOUNTAINS from your beautiful new living room! Ready to build! Great opportunity!

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 finishings, granite, maple kitchen, mouldings etc! 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, walk to absolutely everything in less than 2 minutes!

GREAT 3 BEDROOM HOME

3 BDRM T/H IN VILLAGE

priced @ $485,000

SOLD 360 degree ne onli virtual tour

just sold by fraser this week!

3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, garage & south exposed backyard. Ideal size & floor plan with low maintenance for the active family to remain active. Excellent West Ladner location with recreation, nature trails, bike paths, school &

#9-5260 Ferry Road-Ladner

priced @ $579,900

#207-1375 View Crescent-Tsawwassen

priced @ $333,800

SOLD

just sold by fraser this week with multiple offers!

Renovated 3 bedroom townhouse in the heart of historic Ladner Village! 1,524 sf, new kitchen, updated bathrooms, laminate flooring, paint, etc! Shows great! Private patio! 2 secured parking spots! Walk to Village in minutes!

#1-5078 47A Ave-Ladner

priced @ $329,900

#1 IN SOUTH DELTA *Based on # of SALES FOR 2010! *This representation is based in whole or in part on Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board Statistics

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SOUTH DELTA’S #1 REALTOR*

SOLD

priced to sell @ $299,900

www.fraserelliott.com

WATERFRONT CONDO!

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SOLD just sold by fraser this week

Wow! Ladners South-after Chesapeake Landing! Absolutely beautiful 3 bedroom, 2,180 sq ft unit backing onto greenspace! Open plan, raised ceilings, maple cabinets, hardwood floors, etc, etc! What a great lifestyle! Walk to golf

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 flooring, hot water tank,

#53-5900 Ferry Road-Ladner

#208-4743 River Road West-Ladner

priced @ $729,900

BEAUTIFUL EXECUTIVE HOME

SOLD 360 degree ne onli virtual tour

JUST SOLD with 4 offers!

priced @ $395,000

RICHMOND INVESTOR ALERT!

SOLD

just sold by fraser this week with multiple offers!

Wow! Absolutely stunning 3,070 SqFt, 5-Bedroom plus Games Room Home baking parkland with Gulf Islands views! Beautifully updated with granite, backsplash, paint, flooring, stainless steel appliances, new slate fireplace

Wow! Investors and builders alert! Huge 8,546 sq ft.

Excellent 9 bdrm + den family home with 2 full suites downstairs! Home is 3800 sq ft, in great condition and on a very sought after quiet street in great Seacrest location!

6338 Sunrise Lane-Ladner

11271 Seacrest Road-Richmond

priced @ $759,900

ESTATE ON 1.17 ACRES!

priced @ $888,800 BETTER THAN NEW! WITH VIEWS!!!

G N I D N E OFFER P

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priced @ $1,199,000

5,000 SQ.FT HOME 4 YRS OLD

priced @ $355,800 2-LEVEL on LARGE LOT!

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What a fabulous estate! 1.17 acres with a beautiful sprawling Show-stopper! This stunningly Renovated 2 Bedroom with Fabulous views is a must-see! New Everything! Brand new side split type home set way back off street! Massive front kitchen with granite counters, granite tile, etc! Etc! New waland rear yard with curving driveway. Home is beautifully nut hardwood floors, crown, etc! PERFECT VIEWS! Low fees! updated with merit kitchen, etc! VIEWS!!!!! #903-11920 80th Ave-North Delta 13505 56th Ave-Panorama Ridge-Surrey

SOLD just sold by fraser

with multiple offers!

Absolutely stunning 5,020 sqft 9 bedroom, 7 full bathroom executive family home in excellent Queen Mary Park location.

Close to all amenities. 2, 2 bedroom unauthorized basement suites + 1 Bedroom suite (3 suites total) HIGH-END Finishings 12928 88th Ave-Surrey

5115 Westminster Ave-Ladner

priced @ $579,900

ask about my free customer courtesy moving van! *Fraser CURRENTLY RANKS at #12 out of all realtors in GREATER VANCOUVER for total sales in 2010. (Over 6,500 realtors total) That is actually ranking in the TOP 0.3% of ALL realtors in Greater Vancouver!!!

Re/Max Progroup Realty 100-5000 Bridge Street

CALL TODAY TO FIND OUT HOW SOUTH DELTA’S #1 REALTOR MARKETS TO “HOT” RICHMOND BUYERS!!!

604.728.2845

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priced @ $688,800

2 level style home w/partially underground. Basement on huge 11,600 sq ft corner lot! Double garage plus single detached garage. Don’t miss it!

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CHESAPEAKE LANDING

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MARINA GARDEN ESTATES!

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G N I D N E P OFFER

ONLY 1 REMAINING in 9 TOWNHOME COMPLEX. BRAND NEW HIGH-END UNITS! Private yards, 2-5-10 year national warranties, quality built, 3 bdrms, 3 baths. Call today for an information package.etc. etc. Nature trails at your

Wow! A beautiful home in Ladners greatest Marina Garden Estates backing waterway! Home with vaulted ceilings and a very desirable layout! Updated with new roof, attic insulation, new paint, light fixtures, window coverings, etc! etc!

4766-55B Street-Ladner

5392 Brigantine Road-Ladner

fraser elliott

ALMOST SOLD OUT! QUICK!

TOP 1% OF ALL REALTORS IN GREATER VANCOUVER in 2009+2010 Top 5% of all Realtors in Greater Vancouver in 2006, 2007, 2008.

priced @ $699,900

OWN YOUR OWN WINERY

Income Producing Strip Mall

What a rare opportunity! Westham Island Winery is being offered for sale! 32.63 Acres of assorted mature berries!

Beautiful 3,800 sq.ft home built in 1997 + beautiful winery store, large barns, fruit stand, etc! WHAT an OPPORTUNITY!

WONDERFUL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY! NATIONAL TENANTS! GREAT UPSIDE POTENTIAL! 3.9 ACRES DOWNTOWN SARDIS/CHILLIWACK. Value Village, House 2 Home Furniture, End of the Roll Carpets! 6% CAP RATE!

2170 Westham Island Road-Ladner

45150 Luckakuck Way-Chilliwack

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priced to sell @ $3,880,000

priced @ $8,998,000

1,305 SQ.FT 2 BEDROOM

BEAUTIFUL LOFT-STYLE T/H

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Wow! Absolutely beautiful 1,305 SqFt 2-Bedroom Southfacing Condo with huge balcony, updated with new laminate flooring, new Berber carpets, slate tile, new appliances, paint, baseboards, fireplace surrounds, walk everywhere!

Wow! What an excellent 2 bedroom loft style townhome in the heart of Ladner Village. Updated with laminate flooring, paint, moulding, counters, etc. 1,180 sq ft vaulted ceilings, 3 balconies, etc! Walk to all stores in 1 minute!

D102-4845 53rd Street-Ladner

#15-4925 Elliott Street-Ladner

priced to sell @ $359,900

priced to sell @ $299,900

WOW! BEAUTY! 3 BDRM HOME

STUNNING CONDO

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just sold by fraser

7 yrs of RE/MAX Western Canada Awards dipl. in Marketing Commercial and Residential Real Estate British Columbia Inst. of Tech.

Medallion Club Member Re/Max Progroup Realty 100-5000 Bridge Street

SOLD 360 degree ne onli virtual tour

this week!

Absolutely breathtaking 2 bedroom condo! Stunningly Absolutely beautiful 3-Bedroom Home in West Ladner! Main updated with new laminate, slate tile, baseboard, new floor down, bedrooms up! Many updates including new roof, bathroom, kitchen counters, appliances, light fixtures, track kitchen, appliances, mouldings, paint, landscaping, etc! lighting, etc!

Etc! High ceiling throughout, 1,235 sq.ft.! Quiet Private sunny south-facing rear yard! Double garage, front

5962 49A Ave-Ladner

priced @ $599,900

#103-14981 101A Ave-Surrey

priced @ $265,000

#1 IN SOUTH DELTA *Based on # of SALES FOR 2010! *This representation is based in whole or in part on Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board Statistics

03128844

SOUTH DELTA’S #1 REALTOR*

priced @ $529,900

www.fraserelliott.com

Waterfront! Waterfront! Absolutely stunning 2,713 sq ft 2 year old executive home with beautiful style located on large, level lot on gated Tsawwassen Beach Road. Finishings include maple hardwood, gourmet kitchen, high-end appliances, open floor plan, etc! What a beautiful lifestyle! Watch the sunset every night from your private patio or deck.

PRICED @ $1,788,000

916 Tsawwassen Beach Road-Tsaw

check out 360 tour of a Serenity Home @ www.pixilink.com/tours5/5280-Laurel-p ONLY 2 LOTS AVAILABLE IN LADNER’S NEW LYNN PLACE SUBDIVISION. CUL-DE-SAC LOCATION, WALK TO ALL SCHOOLS, SHOPS, ETC! BUILD CUSTOM WITH SERENITY HOMES. LOTS ARE SELLING FAST. CALL TODAY FOR DETAILS. CUSTOMIZE YOUR HOME CONSTRUCTION AND FINISHING. BUILDING LOTS BETWEEN $400,000 and $500,000.

LOTS STARTING AT $400,000

Lynn Place-Ladner

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One of a kind! Rare 3,300 SqFt custom built home with every option possible! You will not find another home in Ladner to compare! Large 7,550 SqFt Lot (large backyard), front porch, massive covered deck at rear off family room for living outdoors all year round, plus balcony off master bedroom. High-end finishings! 24” Italian porcelain-tile throughout,

PRICED @ $1,199,000

5848 Fair Wynd-Ladner

HOT NEW LISTINGS! FRESH OFF PRESS! DETAILS COMING!

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ask about my free customer courtesy moving van!

5) 5093 45th Ave-Ladner-$739,900- BRAND NEW 4 BDRM HOME! HOT!

*Fraser CURRENTLY RANKS at #12 out of all realtors in GREATER VANCOUVER for total sales in 2010. (Over 6,500 realtors) That is actually ranking in the TOP 0.3% of ALL realtors in Greater Vancouver!!!

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Youth soccer’s new look taking shape High performance league tryouts now underway while Metro and Selects will merge and be a second tier option BY

MARK BOOTH

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With the new B.C. Premier Soccer League now officially up and running, attention has turned to what is going to happen in the lower tiers of youth soccer, specifically in the Delta area.

The South Fraser Soccer Club is one of eight franchises in the BCPSL which is now considered the top tier for boys and girls ranging from U13 to U18. Coaches for eight of the 10 South Fraser teams were announced last week at a parent information meeting. Tryouts for the U13 and U14 boys and girls teams got underway on Thursday.

South Fraser was founded by the Peace Arch and Semiahmoo Soccer Clubs. Its regional partners include the Tsawwassen Soccer Club, Ladner Boys and Ladner Girls Soccer Clubs.

While some BCPSL clubs have set their player registration fee as high as $2500 per season. South Fraser has managed to keep their player costs relatively comparable to Selects (Boys) and Metro (Girls).

The mini-season launch (Sept. to Nov.) will cost $790 plus $250 for team kits, while the full season in 2012 (Mar. to Nov.) will be $1,300.

“There’s been a lot of work in a very short period of time,” said South Fraser president Daryl Jones. “I know a lot of people have wondered why the big rush to get this off the ground. But the thought of B.C. Soccer (and the high performance committee) is there has already been enough talk. It was time for action.”

Even though it no longer will feature the top players in the Lower Mainland, a decision was made at an all-districts meeting last month to continue on with Metro and Selects as a second tier option. The two are to merge and become the Metro Select Soccer League and once again offer a fall/ winter season. It is also expected to follow the lead of the BCPSL and have teams for

each birth year from U13 to U16. U18 will likely still be a two-year division.

“The (BCPSL) is operating completely outside of what the districts are doing,” continued Jones. “It would be ideal if we could work with having a reserve system in place with Metro Select. It’s something that would have to be facilitated, especially with the two leagues playing different seasons.”

With 10 new B.C. Premier teams needing training and game times in the South Surrey/White Rock area, South Fraser has also made it clear it will no longer be able to accommodate the same number of Select and Metro teams it has in the past. Other clubs will be expected to step up and fill the void.

With field space already at full capacity during the winter months in Ladner and Tsawwassen, there appears to be no room to host Select teams.

A proposal, at least on the boys side, could change that as the Delta Youth Soccer Association wants to ensure the standard of rep play remains high at least to the gold level, while district players will still have all their playing options.

“If say North Delta stepped up and said it would host a Select team then it could not also have a Gold team at the same age level.

That would fall to one of the other three clubs,” explained Tsawwassen Minor Soccer president Jim Mackie. “(After the Premier tryouts) We will be looking at each age group to see if it warrants having a Select team or not.”

A meeting among the four boys club presidents within the DYSA will take place in the next week to discuss potential changes.

Unlike hockey, lacrosse and baseball, soccer holds its players evaluations soon after the conclusion of the current season which has resulted in club executives across the Lower Mainland scrambling to make necessary adjustments in response to the new top tier league.

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MARK BOOTH

Ladner Storm’s Kayla Renkema gains control of the ball with a Richmond Rebels’ opponent on her heels during U17 Coastal Classic Cup action last Sunday at Holly Park. Richmond won 1-0.

Canadians ean another crack at Giants in semi-finals with a 7-4 triumph 24 hours later, to set the stage for a deciding game on Sunday morning at the UBC Thunderbird Winter Sports Centre.

Vancouver Giants first round draft pick Anthony Ast gave the Canadians a 1-0 first period lead and Kinney doubled the margin in the second. South Island got on the scoreboard in the third

Tides at Tsawwassen Pacific Standard Time. Height in feet

and winning goalie Tristan Jarry made sure the visitors would get no closer.

The win sets up a semi-final series this weekend with regular season champion Vancouver Northwest Giants, marking the third straight year the two Lower Mainland rivals have met in the post-season.

Two years ago, the Giants

squeaked out a 2-1 overtime victory in game three of the provincial championship series. Last season, they also needed all three games to eliminate the Canadians in the semi-finals. The Giants went on to win the provincials and the regional championship.

North Delta’s Nic Petan, who is coming off an outstanding performance in helping B.C.

win gold at the Canada Winter Games, led the way for the Canadians in game two against South Island with a natural hat trick. Brodyn Nielsen, Demico Hannoun, Arwin Atwal and South Delta’s Jason Fram had the others.

Ladner blueliner Macoy Erkamps added two assists, along with Carter Popoff and Ast.

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A second period goal from South Delta’s Nolan Kinney stood as the game winner as the Greater Vancouver Canadians advanced in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League playoffs by slipping past the South Island Thunderbirds last weekend.

The Thunderbirds opened the best-of-three series with a 3-2 win and the Canadians answered

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It was home sweet home for local rinks at the recent Tunnel Town Curling Club men and women’s bonspiels. Dale Larock’s rink (above) captured the men’s “A” event in an all Tunnel Town final against Randy Volden. The women’s top prize went to Becky Campbell’s team (right) which got past Marpole’s Laura Ramprton rink in the final..

Tunnel Town rinks sweep “A” events Tunnel Town Curling Club hosted its annual Men’s and Ladies Bonspiels last month with both “A” event winners coming from the home club.

With a total of 28 teams participating, skip Dale Larock, beat out Randy Volden — a rival opponent of the Tunnel Town men’s league — for th men’s “A”division title.

The women’s ‘spiel hosted 20 teams from various clubs from the Lower Mainland. Becky Campbell from Tunnel Town beat out the Laura Rampton Rink from the Marpole Curling Club in a final game that went extra ends.

Long time curlers and a number of championships along the way, this is the first “A” division bonspiel title for Larock and his crew of six years – Larry Evans, Tom Booth and Bob Fisher, as well as Becky and her rink – Sandra MacKinnon, Becky Wilson and Laurie Flach.

On behalf of the participants and co-coordinators of the events, the club would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their support in helping out with two very successful bonspiels: Aqua-Coast Engineering(L. Wood), Langley Chrysler ( Tommy Booth), Daniel Boisvert Notary Public, Dr. Ian Lomness, OK Tires Kingsway and Delta Dynamics.

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Richmond had a chance to wrap-up the series last night on home ice. If needed, game six will be on Tuesday (7:30 p.m.) in Ladner.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

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Hall of Fame Inductees • Athlete • Team

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BOORSMA, JULIUS 'Joe' Passed away in his sleep on February 25th at RGH. He is survived by his loving wife, Joyce, and children Michael, Patrick, Janet (Leo), Moira (Larry), Derek (Leah) and Shelagh (Mike) along with many grandchildren. Per his wishes, there will be no service but his ashes will be brought to his final resting place in Northern Alberta. Joe’s positive outlook and kind consideration of others in his final years touched the hearts of many and brought joy where it was hard to find. Though his life was filled with many challenges, he faced them head on and never gave up. His fighting spirit and love of hockey will always be with us.

We miss you Dad.

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TREVITT, Dorothy

November 20, 1992 - March 8, 2011. It is with great sadness we announce the unexpected passing of Tyson, after his short fight against abdominal cancer. Shockingly, Tyson was diagnosed with this rare disease and weeks later it took his life. He died peacefully March 8, 2011, at the age of 18.

He is survived by his Mother Heather, Father Sammy, and Brother Justin, Aunts and Uncles, Cousins and Friends.

Starting from a young age growing up in Sechelt, Tyson loved to skateboard. You could always find him at the park, on his board. He later moved to Ladner and then finally Tsawwassen where he practically lived at the skate park. In his 18 years, he touched the lives of many friends and he will be deeply missed. His one of a kind sense of humour and generous nature will be forever missed and cherished. We would like to extend many thanks to all the staff at Royal Columbian Hospital and Vancouver Cancer Clinic. Memorial Services to be held at the Baptist Church next Saturday, March 19th at 2:00pm. (All welcome). Flowers may be sent directly to the church located at 1988 - 56 Street, Tsawwassen, BC V4L 2L8.

There will be a donation box for the Cancer Society as well as a collection box for a plaque to be place at the skate park in Tyson’s memory. RIP “Nightwolf” your one of our angels now!

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Dorothy passed away on March 6, 2011 at Delta View Life Enrichment Centre.

Born to Greta and Jack Trevitt on the Crescent Island Farm in Delta.

Predeceased by her twin sister Marjorie, and twin sisters Ada and Vera.

Survived by brother John of Delta and nieces and nephews.

We will sadly miss Dorothy, may God bless her.

A private family service will be held at Boundary Bay. Thank you Delta View Life Enrichment Centre for 37 years of care, it was very much appreciated.

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62, passed away, Monday March 7 2011 at the Irene Thomas Hospice in Ladner, BC. Judy was born November 23 1949 in Vancouver and was an only child. Judy attended Kitsilano Secondary School in Vancouver. She then resided on the North Shore and chose call Tsawwassen, Delta her home for the last 25 years. Judy opened her own accounting firm, JBH Professional in June 1987 and the business continues to be in operation today. Judy spent her free time gardening, travelling the world and sailing with her husband.

Judy is survived by her nephew, Simon and his family as well as extended family. Judy is predeceased by her beloved husband, Keith, of 38 years, mother and father. A service and reception will take place Wednesday, March 16 2011 at 10am at the Delta Funeral Home, 5329 Ladner Trunk Road, Delta. In Lieu of flowers, donations in Judy’s name can be made to Irene Thomas Hospice (part of the Delta Hospice Society), Delta Animal Shelter or the Canadian Wildlife Federation.

Judy, we will miss you deeply.

You are forever in our hearts.

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Our wholesale business in Richmond is seeking an experienced, detail-oriented, friendly person to fill our shipper/ receiver position. Applicant must be a team player who is conscientious, responsible and committed to accuracy.

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Seeking a Full Time Live In Caregiver, for a female client confined to wheelchair in the Ladner area. Health care experience an asset. Duties include: ★personal care★ meal prep ★cooking. Training provided to appropriate candidate. Must be able to take & understand direction.

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PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT with excellent computer, organizational and interpersonal skills to work two flexible days per week and provide vacation relief for the executive assistant/bookkeeper. The ideal candidate will be experienced in MS Office and be able to perform a variety of administrative and bookkeeping tasks, respond to customer inquiries and organize shipping documentation. We are a growing manufacturing company located in the Tilbury Industrial Park in Delta. Please reply by e-mail to jobs@sialco.com.

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Ladner based non-profit society supporting children with special needs requires a part-time fundraiser. The successful candidate will be a value-based individual who will assist in developing and implementing a capital campaign.

RIDLEY TERMINALS INC. Ridley Terminals Inc. is currently OPERATIONS SHIFT seeking the following positions for their marine bulk handling COORDINATOR terminal, located on the North The successful candidate must have Coast of BC, approximately 16 km. a minimum 5 years experience in a from the City of Prince Rupert. heavy industrial setting as well as Committed to a safe and healthy 2 years experience operating major workplace, Ridley Terminals Inc. bulkmaterialshandlingequipment. provides an excellent working Experience with handling trains on environment for individuals who a private railway system would be an asset.

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The ability to work with a team to achieve results is essential.

Candidates should also have an excellent health, safety and environmental record.

Qualified candidates are invited to submit their resume by March 25, 2011 to:

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The successful candidate must have a Canadian Registered Safety Professionals accreditation or equivalent combination of education and experience. Past experience in an industrial environment and training with regard to Marine Security.

Position requires: • University or college degree preferably.

• Past experience and/or training in fundraising and capital campaigns.

• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.

• Planning and organizational skills.

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• Computer proficiency and working knowledge of Excel, Word and Power Point.

• Knowledge of Delta Community beneficial.

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200 – 604 Columbia Street, New Westminster, B.C.

St. John Ambulance, a not-for-profit, charitable organization dedicated to improving the safety of BC’s Communities through First Aid Training, Products and Community Service, is currently seeking a Branch Manager to manage the overall operations of its New Westminster Branch Office. Responsibilities include sales and marketing of first aid training and products, budget development and financial analysis, volunteer and instructor recruitment, supervision of staff and supporting community service programs and the Branch Executive Committee.

The successful candidate will have management experience and hold a certificate or degree in management, experience working in complex environments, excellent networking and communication skills, and strong presentation and interpersonal skills.

Interested candidates are invited to submit a resume in confidence to Regional Operations Director by mail to 6111 Cambie Street, Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 3B2 or by fax to 604-321-5316 or by e-mail to bburritt@bc.sja.ca Closing Date: March 21, 2011 We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

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Tim Stephens' Astral Reflections Aries March 21 - April 19: This isn’t the easiest week. There aren’t any disasters (unless you’re impetuous Sunday or late week, Saturday).You’re just rowing against the wind in career, communications, media, travel, work and health zones. Plod onward, and get plenty of rest. Watch what you say or write Sunday and Friday/Saturday. Home’s no picnic Sunday and early Monday, but Monday p.m. into Tuesday noon brings a gratifying sense of emotional security and friendship. Contemplate romance midweek. Tackle chores (safely) Thursday onward. A brand new world of hope and friendship lies ahead!

Taurus April 20-May 20: One more week of happiness, optimism, flirting, new plans, life’s vigour, friendships and entertainment! It won’t be a totally smooth time, though. Sunday contains some communications foul-ups (beware gossip, secret acts, especially regarding a partner) after which you feel gloom Monday morning. But all’s smooth after this, especially in shopping and earning, Tuesday/ Wednesday. Romance, gambling urges and creative surges arrive Thursday noon to Saturday noon -- but you might have to choose between “two attractions” or two actions. A chore you didn’t do nags at you.

Gemini May 21-June 20: Plug away at career, ambition, prestige or authority-related chores.

(If something in this arena began in 2010 or last January, it’s still a winner.) Be careful with money – make a major purchase, seek a pay raise or deal with important clients after midday Monday, not before (nor Sunday). Short trips, communications, paperwork, casual friendships and errands go well midweek. But someone’s evasive or deceptive around noon Thursday. All week, your hopes might struggle against a financial, romantic, age or health barrier. Try this: conform to the barrier; make it an aid.

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Cancer June 21-July 22: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness rise high Sunday to Tuesday, giving you the ability to cope with some major obstacles or problems that have existed for two or three years. Your luck, karma and self-image hit the lowest spot in two decades over the last year and a half. Now you’re beginning the long climb upward, back to the sunshine. Things turn Monday about noon – relationships, finances, security and intimacy take on a comfortable, healthy glow! Your money and career luck climb midweek. But you hit a familiar relationship drag Friday/Saturday: being light, friendly cures it.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Lie low, rest and contemplate Sunday to Tuesday noon. Don’t tempt fate. Tuesday afternoon might start with a rush, a sudden friendship, a brilliant idea, or merely a wee uplift – in whatever way, a small signal comes that the next eight years are going to be different – you are stepping into a zone of increased awareness and intellectual acuity, of increased and smoother love, more travel, more learning; and if single, you will very likely marry. Life is fresh, mysteries flee (well, soon)! Expect attention all midweek. Chase money but beware spending, Friday/Saturday.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Be wary of investments, large financial undertakings, intimacy and any “private co-operation” Sunday – and all week. These are ethically OK Monday, but they still won’t yield practical profit. Work is reliable, though: you’re paid honestly, fairly. Relationships face some bumps, but you remain buoyant, and end happily. Retire for some rest and contemplation Tuesday noon to Thursday noon. Contacts with institutions, government or “head office” go well. Reconnect with spiritual realms. Your energy and charisma leap upward Thursday eve onward, but co-operation’s essential.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Your last week of work, drudgery and health concerns. Next week brings a month of fresh opportunities and excitement! For now, tackle chores so you’ll be free to chase those opportunities – some of which could involve love.

Ambition, career and prestige relationships draw you Sunday to Tuesday noon. Co-operation will be lacking until Monday noon, so plan your most important moves for that p.m. Hopes, optimism, friendship and light flirtation play around you Tuesday to Thursday – one of the most exciting relationship periods of your life is starting! Retreat, rest Friday.

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: You’re in a romantic, creative, beauty-aware time, and Sunday to Tuesday bring a mellow, understanding mood. Good – you’ll need all the understanding you can muster Sunday through noon Monday, when various obstacles try your patience, especially in the work arena. By noon this trend switches 180 degrees to success, and romance has a better than even chance, right into pre-dawn Tuesday. Your ambitions get a splendid opportunity Tuesday eve to early Thursday (unless you worry about security) – take the chance, early (Tuesday best). Optimism, happiness, popularity late week!

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: The accent remains on home, children, security, real estate, nature, stomach, soul and nurturing, for one more week. It isn’t the easiest week – romance and pleasure can’t seem to escape the realities of money and earnings. They’re intertwined, through late 2012. On the plus side, the same period (18 months) blesses you in emotional, serene, moral ways – you’ll feel good, right. (And you’ll be oddly protected from any disasters.) But don’t seek intimacy, sex nor investments Sunday. Gentle love, understanding and travel ideas enter mid-week. Be ambitious Thursday eve, Friday.

Mar. 13 - Mar. 19 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: Communications, paperwork, details, errands, casual friends, short trips and curiosity fill this week and next. In the slowest, most gradual way, like water on blotting paper, this area of your life will grow for the next 15 years. At the same time (perhaps illogically) your worries about money and income will fade. You enter eight years of “home excitement” this week. This can have a negative effect, bringing more stress to the home (so relax, exercise, guard digestion) and a positive one: money made from property, food/shelter areas. A big new life! Midweek joy, romance.

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: Continue to chase money, but cautiously. This entire week, romance, gambling, sex, investments, lifestyle changes, secrets and “detective work” need to be handled carefully – or better yet, left alone, especially Sunday and Thursday onward.Tackle chores Sunday to Tuesday noon – follow safety rules Sunday/Monday. You glow with a certain sweet light all March, which can attract romantic attention. Tuesday afternoon to Thursday noon could provide some relationship excitement! Be diplomatic but eager these days. Secrets, “darker urges” arise Thursday/Friday – be honest, clean, safe.

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: Your energy, charisma and effectiveness continue to put you on top. But this week has a couple of barriers which irk you a bit. They involve a partner, and/or your home situation, and/or money. (In all cases, money.) Ah, well, everything that has a compromise, has a solution. Sunday to Tuesday heightens your romantic, pleasure and beauty sensors.

A creative surge arrives! (It’s better, easier, Monday p.m. onward.) Tackle chores midweek – you’ll do them swiftly, successfully. Good health news! Relationships present challenges Thursday to Saturday: be diplomatic, loving. timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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21ST CENTURY FLEA MARKET 175 tables of Bargains on Deluxe 20th Century Junque!

SUN MAR 20 16 10-3 Croatian Cultural Center 3250 Commercial Drive, 604-980-3159 Adm: $4

SOUTH SURREY Saturday Only March 12 ★ 10am - 2pm 13812 - 32 Ave, South Surrey

Diesel Tractor, Grand Piano, lots of Highend Furniture & Antiques & Household & Much MORE! Everything MUST Go!

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

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6008-30

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6020-52

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6030

CLOVERDALE, 2 storey, 7890sf lot, 5 bdrm, 3.5 baths, 3 car gar, beaut yard, RV prkg, Great street appeal. $699,000 604-576-3911

6008

Condos/ Townhouses

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5035

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5040

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

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Shawnigan

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

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1 & 2 bedroom suites, include drapes, wall to wall carpets, balconies, elevators, and wheel chair access. Tsaw.

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Evergreen Lane 1 bedroom suites available in one of our 4 well maintained bldgs. Located near shops, school and bus routes. Rent includes 2 appl, carpets and drapes. To view this suite please call 604-946-2694

Del Rio

Peninsula Property Management LADNER River House Residence Sunset over Marina & Deas Island with River and Mountain views. Beautiful executive 2 bedroom, s/s appliances, extra large sundeck, maple kitchen, granite bar, large separate liv rm & dinrm. Mst/bdrm offers f/p, 5 pc ensuite, soaker tub and dbl shower. N/S, N/P Available Now $1,850

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TAX TIME 5035

Are your looking for a 1 bedroom in a well maintained building? Bldg is located on 16th Ave and is close to the bus, shops and the beach. To view please call 604-943-7666

LADNER

QUIET CLEAN 2 br avail Apr. 1, Tsaw. near ammens, park like setting, carpets, References required, $950. 778-316-3401

Vancouver West Side

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

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6508

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

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6065

Apt/Condos

Surrey

Surrey

2 Br penthouse, 2 bath, 1148 sf, in 4-storey 17 unit. Valued approx $600,000. 17 year bldg. recently rainscreened, updated and is under warranty. New Hardi siding, windows/sliders, roof & landscaping low maintenance for years to come. Bright & airy penthouse, 3 large cov’d balc., large patio ocean view. Solid oak floors in living & dining room, custom maple kitchen cabs. quartz countertops, new stainless appls. Fresh paint throughout. Gas fp , 2 u/g prkg. Off Broadway & Willow. Near Bike paths, shops, Granville Island & False Creek. Looking for Tsaw. 3 BR house. Must have large double garage or workshop, or room to build same. Rancher preferred but not a show stopper. Will consider trade up, down or across. Timing of exchange flexible but within the next 12 months. Drive by 2577 Willow St. for a look or call evenings 604- 876-4194 to discuss.

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5005

6508

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6008

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6007

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6008-36

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6008

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7015

Houses - Sale

6020-01

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6020

Dogs

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3508

5060

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5070

1 bedroom suite available in a quiet well maintained building.

Rent includes 2 appl, carpets, drapes and h/w. To make an appt to view please call 604-946-4633

Harbourside

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5070

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6508

Apt/Condos

SURREY/CITY CENTRE Pacifica Beautiful1 bdrm condo, laminate floors, large patio, all appliances, sec.prkg & storage, short walk to sky train, shops & bus W&D Avail.Now $850 N/S Small Pet ok SURREY- 97th & 128 St. TOP FLOOR Spacious 3 bdrm top floor, 1.5 baths, 1250 sq.ft., wood f/p, hd/wd fls, alley access to a lrg fncd yrd, short walk to shops/ schools/bus, Available Now $1025 Sutton Group Email: homesforlease@ shaw.ca for a full list of rentals available or call Cindy at 604-807-1105.

Tsawwassen, CASA DEL SOL 1 BR’s from $775, Apr.1 STUDIO $665, NOW incls heat & H/W, carpets, drapes, 2 appl, 2 elevators, under ground parking avail. Please Call 604-943-8954 or 604-488-4733 TSAWWASSEN COURT 1 Br ground floor $700, 2 br, new reno $1150 quiet, Incl heat/hw.

604-250-5390 or 778-999-6853 TSAWWASSEN VILLA 1 br apt. $780, incld balc, prkg, hotwater & heat, cat neg. avail Apr 1, 604-880-5391

6515

Duplexes - Rent

N DELTA. Huge 3 BR, ½ duplex incls 2,750 sf in farmhouse.

30x40 sq ft family room. 3 baths, f/p, private laundry, fenced yard.

Now. Nr bus. Also 2 huge sheds for rent $1000/ea. 778-233-8702

6540

Houses - Rent

3200SQFT, 5BDRM house, large private lot on quiet street in the 'village', swimming pool/hotubcovered deck, avail April1st, pet ok 604-828-9711 3BR 2BATH, up floor, 1600sqft $1300 + 1/2 util, w/d, d/w, n/s cat ok, schools, shops, transit 778-834-5801 HOUSE FOR RENT Tsawwassen/Boundary Bay area.

2 bdrm 850 sq. ft. completely renovated house located in the middle of the Southlands property. Very private and quiet surrounded by farm lands and horses beyond your fence.

Includes w/d/f/s and blinds. $1750 per month on a One year lease.

No Pets and references required.

Contact Sandra at Century Group 604-943-2203 *RENT TO OWN*

Abbotsford- House at 3262 Clearbrook Road, 3 bedrooms with 2 bedroom legal suite. Only $1,598/m.

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6565

Office/Retail Rent

6595

Shared Accommodation

6595-25

Suites/Partial Houses

1 BR bsmt, Ladner, own wd, bath & entry, share yard, $850 incl utils heat, ns, np Apr 1, 604-946-6792 1 BR, own entry, share w/d, suits 1, $725 incl util cable, i/net. N/P, Apr. 1, Ladner 604-946-9397 2 BDRM bsmt ste, incl utils, priv entrance, no pet, n/s, $850, avail Apr 1, Ladner call 604-946-9844 2BR TSAWWASSEN, GDN level large,w/d, d/w, renos, private entrance $1450/incl (604)943-0815 3 BR, 1 1/2 bath, main flr, Central Ladner, close to bus, quiet St. share w/d, ns, np, Apr 1 or 15, $1300 + 60% utils. 604-943-1974 3 BR Upper lvl clean & new paint, share wd, W. Ladner, nr bus/ shops, fenced yard, 2 decks. small pet $1350+ 604-724-3664 BEACH GROVE 1 br ground level suite, with private entry, patio, yard, lots of prkg, suit 1 person $750 ns, ref req’d, avail Apr 15 or May 1st., short walk to shops & dyke, 604-943-3234 or 604-626-6177 LADNER, 1 bdrm bsmt, bright, no pets, shrd w/d, N/S, gas f/p, April 1, $700 incl utils. 778-434-2067 LADNER, quiet 3 bdrm upper of house, across from park, nr hospital and leisure centre on a quiet dead end street, own w/d, sundeck, storage room, April 1, $1353+Elec. Rick 604-788-3991 TSAW. 3 bdrm, 2 bath upper level of beautifully renovated house, hardwood, granite. Lovely open deck off kitchen, nr school, park & bus, with an enclosed yard. April 1 $1650+ H, Rick 604-788-3991

TSAWWASSEN. Lrg 1 BR, 850 sf. D/w, f/p, patio, huge yard by greenbelt! Sh’d w/d. $1095 incl hydro/cbl/Wifi. N/s. 604-306-5284

6615

Wanted To Rent

FAMILY OF 4 with furkids (dogs) looking for suite up/down whole house. Ladner. Reliable, quiet, n/s, can maintain yard. Janice 604 603-8252

6620

WAREHOUSE 600SF sf, Lease long/short term. $650/mo 604-943-3916 or 328-9981

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For more information call Tina or Sandra at Century Group 604-943-2203 www.centurygroup.ca

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9125

Domestic

1991 BUICK Roadmaster, exc cond, lots of new parts, Aircared, $4300 obo. 604-250-1178

Cleaning

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9155

E

9160

Small jobs welcome.

Available in Ladner & Tsawwassen area.

Sheryl, 604-889-5770

QUALITY HOME CLEANING 1 time & regular cleaning.Free Est. Ref’s. $25/hr. 604-988-6830

8058

Computer Services

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

2001 DODGE Ram 3/4 ton PU V8. 132m km, runs well, some dents. Spray on box liner, towing package. $3500 obo. 604 290-5314

Sports & Imports

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8060 1998 SUBARU forrester, auto, roof racks, tow bar, 310 k, 1st owner $4500 604-984-7286 2003 VOLVO V70, AWD, premium package, 100 K, full service records, $13,500 604-924-2038

Concrete

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Dave: 604-940-1125

8080

Electrical

E

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2006 MERCEDES B200, local 1 owner, 82K, ext warr until 2011, auto, sr, heated front seats, white, loaded, $14,900, 604-771-5300 2007 TOYOTA Camry, auto, 6 cyl, exc cond, like new, 24,000 kms, $18,500. 604-464-4172

9173

Vans

NISSAN QUEST XE 1993, good running, new parts, air care. Price $1100. Call 778 773-0474

Boats

1999 BAYLINER 21.5ft, need work, include trailer $1500 as is.

Call 604-250-5390 WANTED. Aluminum Boat, 10, 12 or 14ft, with or without motor or trailer. 604-319-5720

8075

Painting, repairs, tile, reno’s, Reliable & Exc. References.

604-657-7957

www.evansonelectric.com

8087

Excavating

# 1 BACKHOE, EXCAVATOR & BOBCAT

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

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

8090

Fencing/Gates

S&S LANDSCAPING & FENCING

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8105

Flooring/ Refinishing

Hardwood Floor Refinishing Repairs & Staining Installation Free Estimates

Century Hardwood Floors 604-376-7224 www.centuryhardwood.com

HENRY’S

HARDWOOD FLOOR SERVICES Sanding & Refinishing Installation Quality Workmanship Free Estimates Fully Licensed & Insured

604-771-8885

8130

Handyperson

Commercial Residential SANDY

604

946-8460 or 202-8319

8080

Electrical

J.C. BROWN ELECTRIC

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

604-617-1774

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

Call Ed 604.946.2191 604.219.4789

8155

Landscaping

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Pruning, planting, landscape installation & maintenance.

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8160

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604-946-7308

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8185

Moving & Storage

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8185

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Landscape Maintenance Services

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Lawn & Garden

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8160

Handyperson

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Drywall

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8130

Professional Electrical Services Panel Upgrades Surge Protection Renos – Hot Tubs Safety Checks

Cell:604-220-3145

9515 1998 DODGE Neon, $2950, 110 k,AC, PS, PB, auto trans.Remote Start, Good Tires. 604-802-2344

Blinds & Draperies

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8055

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LADNER CORE Comm 400-4000 sqft. Short/long term. lancemcc@eastlink.ca 604-240-9340 TILBURY INDUSTRIAL, great street frontage, lower level 1200 sqft finished office space. Open display area & 2 separate offices, bathroom, kitchette & storage.

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Contact Graham for info cell 604-833-3881

NO WHEELS, NO PROBLEM

RETIRED RELIABLE COUPLE seeking 2 br bsmt ste in Tsaw.

Ref’s avail. 604-375-6279

Warehouse/ Commercial

HOME SERVICES 8020

Storage

STORAGE UNIT 2nd flr, secure Ladner bldg.. 11’ wide 16’ deep 10’ high (170 sq ft). Personal storage only. No business use. $75/m min 2yr lse 604-734-5908

6602

Scrap Car Removal

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6600

9145

MOVING & DELIVERY EXPERTS!!

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