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Federal politics
Parties gear up for fed election
Randy Kamp said he has a team of volunteers ready to campaign. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com
Jody Taylor photo
While there were a few dozen beautiful scenic pictures submitted, Jody Taylor’s image of the tug and log booms from the Maple Ridge wharf was selected as the best overall by professional photographer and teacher Reg Mess. All other submitted photographs can be found online at www.mrtimes.com, click on “TIMES Extras.”
Photography
Readers capture stunning scenery by Roxanne Hooper
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here’s a natural beauty to Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows – its majestic mountains and stunning streams, its lush forests and bountiful lakes – that makes this community so breathtakingly beautiful. It’s some of this incredible scenery that makes for stunning images for professional photographers like Master’s Touch Reg Mess, who’s had many area photographs published in tabletop books and hung in displays across the continent. “There’s no doubt that one of the greatest thing about our community is where it sits and the beauty surrounding it,” said Mess,
an accomplished and recognized local artist It was Jody Taylor’s little bumper tug on the who joined forces with the TIMES to judge Fraser River – which Mess has titled Rested a series of scenic pictures submitted by the and Ready – that caught his discerning eye. newspaper’s readers. “It’s a great composition,” Mess said, pointWith about two dozen pictures to pick from, ing out the strong lines in the clouds and logs, Mess said he was impressed by the quality of the positioning of the colourful tug, and the submissions, but disappointed there weren’t wise use of open sky to create a stellar image. more. Mess was also struck by the imagery, say“Maybe next time,” he said, noting Taylor’s picture told him a story. ing that many locals take for granted Viewers can easily appreciate this the beautiful surroundings they are very peaceful morning, but just know immersed in every day. that in a few short minutes or hours Mess has been shooting profesthe scene will be abuzz with action sionally since 1982, and specializes as crews go to work. in scenics – or pictorials, as he calls As for the other submitted pictures, them – as well as environmental porit was hard to pick one over another. MORE traits. PHOTOS Mess said the images definitely capHe has taught countless photogture a hint of this community’s true ONLINE raphy workshops and seminars beauty. throughout Canada and the U.S., and He commended the shooters’ offered some comments on what he described attempts to capture the Golden Ears, the as the top photograph of the bunch. Fraser River, Kanaka Creek Regional Park, He spotted the best one instantly, even in and even some of the farmland that contribthumbnail format. utes to the community’s magic. WWW.MRTIMES.COM
TIMES’ fans were invited to send their best scenics of this community, and we’re now proud to bring you the results.
The scent of a federal election is in the air. While MP Randy Kamp has been touring downtown Maple Ridge to show off the results of his government’s Canada’s Action Plan, and the NDP is holding a nomination meeting on Sunday, the federal Liberal riding association isn’t convinced an election will come in early May. Back in Ottawa this week, there’s a stronger sense of an election coming, Kamp said on Wednesday, but that can change overnight. “It’s Randy Kamp feeling a bit more like (an election is coming) this week than a few weeks ago,” Kamp said, but whether the budget scheduled for March 22 will trigger a spring election is a “guessing game.” Kamp said he has a team of volunteers ready to start the campaign whenever an election is called. “We’re always vigilant, and we’ll be making preparations in case it happens,” Kamp said. Kamp said he was recently collecting input from the riding for the budget.
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