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Alan LaRose of Manion and Associates Financial Services, had his hair shaved for charity at the Ridge Meadows Home Show this weekend. The home show attracted about 17,000 visitors. See more pictures on Page 4.

im Sproule has herniated discs in his back and neck that cause him intense pain. The condition is degenerative and the pain increases all the time. For the last two years Sproule has had a federal government exemption to use marijuana medicinally to treat the pain. “I can function. It makes a world of difference. Night and day,” said Sproule. Sproule was one of the first people to register as a member at the new Always Growing Green Society Dispensary, which will distribute medicinal marijuana in Maple Ridge. It’s located at 11696 224 Street in an old house the nonprofit society is renovating. Sproule has grown marijuana plants himself or has gotten pot from medicinal marijuana dispensaries in Vancouver but he said the new organization will make a big difference for people who find it hard to travel. “I know a lot of people that it will make an amazing difference for,” he said. “Being able to have a safe place closer to home is a must for everybody. I think these places should be opening up everywhere.” Michael Joinson, director of the

new society, has a similar story to Sproule. He’s had three back surgeries in recent years and had to take 10 to 12 hits of morphine a day. However, since he began using marijuana medicinally he’s cut the amount of morphine he has to take by more than half. “It’s gotten me off harmful pharmaceuticals,” he said. “I still have pain every day but it’s tolerable so I’m not totally angry all day and frustrated.” Joinson finds it upsetting that the only time marijuana is mentioned in the media it’s in relation to organized crime, shootings or illegal grow-ops when he said medicinal marijuana is legal and beneficial to people’s health. Joinson and other members of the society have been busy renovating and cleaning up the sixty-plus year old house the organization will operate out of. They’ve repainted and done patchwork on walls and the house has a comfortable couch and armchairs and lots of natural light. “This house was pretty rough,” said Joinson. The society came up with the funding through individual donations, he added. See POT SHOP, Page 3

‘Suspicious’ fire consumes townhouses

With flames shooting up at least 50 feet above a house close to her’s in Trails Edge subdivision on Friday evening Susan Gottschick and her family grabbed their cat, computer and some jewelry and fled their home for safety. Thankfully their house wasn’t damaged but it was the only one in the fourplex that didn’t have melting siding, shattered windows and smoke damage. Meanwhile, four housing units that were under construction com-

pletely burned to the ground. Gottschick said neighbours ran around the subdivision knocking on people’s door and warning them. Ridge Meadows RCMP and the Maple Ridge Fire Department are investigating the cause of the fire, which they believe to be suspicious. The fire broke out just after 11:30 p.m. in the 24100 block of 106B Avenue. No one was injured. Gottschick is disturbed because

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she thinks the fire could have been set by an arsonist. “I think it’s horrific of course that someone would even consider doing such a thing. There’s elderly people that live here by themselves, there’s lots of young children,” she said. Gottschick described the efforts of the firefighters as “amazing.” “Them arriving and doing their job as they did allowed the saving of the homes that were actually occupied and minimized the other

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damage as best as possible. They were fantastic,” she said. Police and firefighters are also investigating a second suspicious fire that happened just before 8 a.m. on May 1 at a shed in the 24200 block of Lougheed Highway. The shed was extensively damaged and a stolen semi was parked next to it. No arrests have been made in either incident and the cause of the fires is still to be determined. Both investigations are ongoing.

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Break-in at Blue Heron

Police are investigating a break in at Blue Heron Winery on Old Dewdney Trunk Road in Pitt meadows. Thieves cut off a lock on the front gate and on a metal storage container and stole a pressure power washer. The theft occurred sometime between the evening of April 29 and the early morning of April 30.

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POT SHOP, From Page 1 “It’s a lot of friends pitching in to get us started. We’re all pulling together to get this off the ground because we feel there’s a real need,” he said. The plan is to start selling two different strains of marijuana – Indica and Sativa — edible baked goods and hashes. Eventually Joinson also wants to sell lotions and rubs. When the TIMES visited Monday the dispensary wasn’t distributing marijuana yet. Kim Baird, manager of the organization, said they plan to help clean up the neighbourhood. Joinson envisions having a cleanup day where they would organize people to clean up garbage on vacant lots. He said people will be told to pick up their medication and smoke it at home. They won’t be allowed to smoke it outside the house. Baird and Joinson are hoping they won’t face any opposition from Ridge Meadows RCMP. “We’re just hoping for the best.We’re just hoping there’s not any conflict with it,” said Joinson. “They can’t say I’m doing anything worse to this neighbourhood. I’ve been here and I’ve seen it.”Joinson said the organization will only distribute marijuana to people with federal government exemptions or people who come in with a doctor’s letter stating medicinal marijuana would help alleviate medical symptoms. He said the organization is needed because not everyone with a federal government exemption is capable of growing marijuana in their own homes. “The government gives people exemptions. Where

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Tim Sproule and Dori Dempster signed up to become members of the Always Growing Green Society so that they can access prescribed medicinal marijuana. do they expect us to get our medicine?” he said. “There’s a lot of people where (growing it) isn’t feasible.” When asked where the marijuana they sell will come from he said “friendly growers that are supplying medicinal marijuana.” Joinson said they’ve incorporated security features into the building. Dori Dempster, manages the Vancouver Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary, which is about to open a second location. She said many of the customers are from east of Vancouver and the Maple Ridge

dispensary will benefit a lot of people. She has a customer who is over 80 years old from Chilliwack, for example. Dempster said her organization hasn’t had any issues with the Vancouver Police Department. “They understand I believe what we’re doing there. I’m hoping the police out here will be just as respectful to this club as the Vancouver police have been,” she said. Ridge Meadows RCMP released a statement from Superintendent Dave Walsh.

“We, the Ridge Meadows RCMP, have not been contacted in any way about any such organization existing or being operated here,” said the statement. The RCMP declined to comment on how it would respond to the opening of the dispensary. Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin said the non-profit doesn’t have a business licence to operate. “From my personal view as mayor I’m disappointed. I’m not sure it’s something that I want in my community but I don’t have some of the details and I’m dis-

appointed in the lack of or no communication,” said Daykin, adding the first he heard about it was a media article on Monday. Daykin said he doesn’t feel the federal government is taking enough responsibility in dealing with medicinal marijuana. “Who’s regulating the legal dispensing of it or growing of it and it’s easy for Health Canada to issue the letter and then just say OK you guys there you go and then it’s up to us, to police to work with some of the potentially negative implications around that.”

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politicians but, every election year, his clients ask him to help support certain candidates. “The developers out there, they all get nervous each election and want to make sure we get someone pro-development. ... It’s about influencing, within the law, people in power,” he said. “I’m just someone else to hit up. ... It doesn’t leave much of a [nice] taste in my mouth,

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The Pitt Meadows air show won’t be getting off the ground this year. G l e n n Ra l p h , g e n e ra l manager of the Pitt Meadows Airport Society, said the show won’t take place due to financial considerations. Ralph took over as general manager in January. He s a i d p r e v i o u s a i r shows haven’t been profitable.

“We can’t afford it. It’s as simple as that. It would be totally fiscally irresponsible to run an air show unless it can at least break even,” he said. “It needs to be restructured in such a way that it actually at least pays for itself.” Ralph said he’s hoping to resurrect the air show in the future. Pitt Meadows Mayor Don

MacLean said he believes Lilith Fair being hosted at the Pitt Meadows Airport on Canada Day will be a much bigger deal than the air show was. “I just don’t sense it was well supported by the community. I think by far Lilith Fair is going to do more for the airport and the community than the air show,” said MacLean.

MacLean said the air show was never on the scale of Abbotsford and was never meant to compete with it. “I think that last year they didn’t have the turnout that they wanted and I think that they needed more horsepower than they had in terms of being able to put a proper air show on,” he said.

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Another agricultural land exclusion application is coming before Maple Ridge council soon. A landowner at 12353 264 Street is applying to exclude 4.045 hectares from the agricultural land reserve. The land is at the southwest corner of the intersection of 124 Avenue and 264 Street. The owner wants to subdivide it to a suburban residential standard. The

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Provincial Conservatives could be a factor in 2013 election All bets are off regarding the next B.C. provincial election. For months the NDP has had a commanding double-digit lead over the Liberals in the opinion polls. The erosion of support for the governing party can be attributed to voter fatigue as much as it can to anger over the carbon tax and HST. Still, 2013 is a long way away and much can change. Could British Columbians really have such short memories of the devastation the NDP caused the last time they were in power? Would Gordon Campbell stepping down and replaced as leader be enough to secure a fourth term? But that all changed this week with the announcement that former Abbotsford-Langley MP, Randy White, has joined the B.C. Conservative Party. Make no mistake about it – the Conservatives are going to be major players in the next election. Most people probably weren’t even aware there was a provincial Conservative Party but with Randy White’s announcement things are going to be very different on the political landscape. White was a popular and effective parliamentarian who served his Fraser Valley constituents honourably for many years.

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Stiff Sentence At times controversial, he was a tireless advocate for criminal justice reform and did more to champion victims’ rights than any other Canadian. His tenure as a sitting MP, house leader and high-profile critic in the House of Commons give the B.C. Conser vatives instant credibility and recognition. For now he will chair the party’s advisory group. But his signing on is going to result in many others taking out memberships. A quick glance next door shows how quickly things can change. A tired and stale governing party that has ruled Alberta for decades took voter support for granted and the upstart Wildrose Alliance now looks like it has a very serious probability of actually winning the next election. Could the same thing happen in B.C.? A year ago it would have been absurd to even contemplate the thought. The BC Liberals abso-

lutely crushed the despised and incompetent NDP in 2001, leaving them with a measly two seats. The first thing they did was slash personal income tax by 25 per cent. They made education an essential service, denying teachers the right to strike. Nu m e r o u s o t h e r p o p u l a r announcements were made and most important, they fixed the province’s finances after two terms of NDP bungling. But all that seems to be irrelevant as one poll after another shows them lagging far behind. So what’s a voter to do who is done with the Liberals but could never be so reckless and masochistic as to return the NDP to power? Until a few days ago there weren’t really too many options other than to wring one’s hands in angst. But with Randy White coming on board the B.C. Conservatives are now legitimate players. He routinely doubled the combined votes of all other candidates in Abbotsford-Langley and understands grassroots populism as well as anyone in the business. It’s game on in Lotusland. John Martin is a criminologist at the University of the Fraser Valley. He can be contacted at John. Martin@ufv.ca

While some critics have already taken potshots at the new drunk driving laws, and a court challenge is being contemplated, we say kudos to the provincial government for hiking the penalties. The lives that have been damaged and, in some tragic cases, ended because someone got behind the wheel after drinking alcohol are too numerous to list. Families have lost loved ones killed by drunk drivers, and the relatives of impaired drivers have not been spared from the impacts. The ripple effect of drunk driving hurts everyone involved. It seems like every week Ridge Meadows RCMP catch and forward charges against another drunk driver. This community has seen its fair share of fatalities linked to drunk driving. People should feel safe driving down the highways and byways of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows without worr ying about being hit by a drunk driver. The new rules have some pretty stiff penalties attached. Under the new rules, drivers who blow within a “warn” range between .05 and .08 will immediately be banned from driving for three days and be fined $200. The second instance will earn them a seven-day ban and $300, and a third, a 30-day ban and $400 fine. Drivers who blow over .08 or refuse to provide a breath sample at the roadside will immediately be banned from driving for 90 days and hit with a $500 fine, and their vehicle will be impounded for 90 days. They could also face criminal charges. Add in administrative penalties, towing and impoundment costs and the price of an ignition interlock device, and you end up with a big number: All told, one fail on a roadside screening device will cost the driver roughly $3,750 – and the driver could still face criminal charges. The president of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association has said drivers who are facing huge fines that they are unable to pay will be forced to drive illegally to get to work and “then they’re committing more crime.” We’ve heard some pretty dumb arguments, but that takes the cake. Here’s our answer to that: Don’t drink and drive. Don’t even consider it. Even if you can afford to pay $4,000.

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Editor: How can the Liberals even think of wasting our money on ads promoting the HST? They are grasping at straws when they cry foul to Elections B.C., saying the antiHST group is misleading the people of British Columbia. This from a party who insisted right through election day that the HST was not a good idea and had no plans for it. Voila, three days later they have a 180 degree reversal. Seems the election results were based on invalid information from the Liberals. I find very few “facts” on the B.C. Government website regarding HST. Items such as “more jobs,” “higher wages,” and “savings passed on to consumers” are mere propaganda and blue sky fortune-telling. If Colin Hansen is now so concerned with the electorate having access to information, can’t he at least provide a simple, complete list of all the items exempt from HST? B. Rock Maple Ridge

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rier against urban encroachment. In this idea, unlike Mr. Hogarth’s proposal, money would not come from developing farmland. Alternatively, cities could simply buy farmland and lease it to people who want to farm. These two ideas should find favour with Mr. Hogarth if he is sincere in his interest to promote farming and is as keen to develop the ‘broader view’ as his reported comments suggest. Alan Cameron Maple Ridge

Other model for Break-ins hit hard protecting ALR family Editor:

“ Tax proposed on land pulled out of agricultural reserve land” April 20, 2010 I read the above article with some dismay as it seems clear that Mr. Hogarth is prepared to go to any length to promote development. Furthermore, Mr. Hogarth’s purported interest in promoting farming stretches his personal credibility to the breaking point. Essentially, Mr. Hogarth’s proposed tax incorporates an underlying assumption that it is fine to take land out of the ALR as long as there is a profit-sharing scheme for developing that farmland. That concept simply reduces the ALR to become a land bank for development by providing small contributions to farming elsewhere. Mr. Hogarth’s proposal is merely a smokescreen for more development. I f M r. H o g a r t h t r u l y wants to promote farming he might consider an idea being discussed currently by the Metro Vancouver Agricultural Committee. That committee is discussing the establishment of a fund raised from density bonusing, increasing density on existing residential lands, DCCs on residential land, etc., which would subsequently be used to put new land into the ALR, for example, the Spetifore Farm in Delta. The fund could also be used to buy ALR land that is threatened by development to create a buffer or bar-

into this community around the middle of February. We relocated from Tsawwassen and thought this community would be a much better fit for us. Since we have been here we have burglarized twice. The latest was the hardest to take. My nephew was murdered in Manitoba on the

10th. We had just come back home from burying him and trying to put our family back to sense of normalcy only to find that thieves had struck once again. They stole a brand new propellor off our new (to us) purchased boat. We are a very close family and when we purchase these types of items it’s always with the thoughts of how the rest of the family can benefit. And yes, we had our nephew in mind when we bought the boat. He was planning on moving back to B.C. when his life was cut short. He was only 23. So much has been taken from our family already, please stop. Jeanette Sutherland Maple Ridge

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The Pitt Meadows Emergency Preparedness Fair organized by the City of Pitt Meadows will take place this Friday, May 7th from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The fair will take place in the new Spirit Square in front of the Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Centre at 12027 Harris Road. Participants will include the Pitt Meadows Fire Department and Sparky the Fire Dog, Ridge Meadows Search & Rescue, the Canadian Pacific Railway Police, Community Police, Public Works, B.C. Ambulance Service, Emergency Social Services and the Tim Horton’s Community Cruiser For more info, contact Brad Perrie, Emergency Program Coordinator at 465-2412 or bperrie@pittmeadows.bc.ca.

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nature. Wrap these up into a meaningful gift. Or, give mom a facial using Terralina cleanser, toner and moisturizer. ◗ Rely on recycled or reusable containers: Did you know that about eight per cent of the world’s fossil fuels are used to produce new plastics? Instead, look for items that are packaged in post-consumer materials. It’s possible to find 100 percent post-consumer plastics and paper items. Also, look for gifts that do not feature extraneous packaging or wrapping. Not only could you be spending more for this packaging, it’s something that will simply end up in landfills. ◗ Be crafty with wrapping: Recycled materials shouldn’t only be in the products you purchase, keep them in mind when wrapping, too. Use a piece of fabric as a gift bag instead of purchasing a new one. Wrap a box in a scrap of decorative wallpaper or newsprint. Or even paste together a collage of dried

leaves and flowers. The most environmentally friendly wrapping is actually none at all, which is perfectly acceptable, too. ◗ Recognize that going green can be beneficial to the environment ... and to you: Mother Earth isn’t the only one who benefits when earth-friendly ingredients are used. Generally these ingredients are safer for individuals, too. For instance, Terralina skincare products are at least 98.65 percent natural, employing a natural emulsification process using olive oil in lieu of potentially harmful silicone. The result is a host of products that not only produce healthy, radiant skin, but a healthy planet as well. Green gift ideas are perfect for Mother’s Day when families celebrate the female caregiver in their lives. What better way to honour her than by caring for this special someone and protecting the planet for future mothers to come?

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BBY NORTH 2 BR+den Rancher, fenced yard, alarm, d/w, $1450 + utils. Now. ns/np. 604 690-8050

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Maple Ridge/ Pitt Mead.

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COQ. BRIGHT 2 BR, grd/lvl. 1,600 sf. Sh’d w/d. Gas f/p. 5 appl. Fenced yard. Ns/np. $1,150/mo + util. Near Douglas College & Coq Centre. June 1st. 604-944-0929

COQ FOSTER/PORTER, 1 BR bsmt ste, own W/D. $850 incls utl. Jun 1. NS/NP. 778-838-3786 COQ LANSDOWNE New 2 BR Bsmt Ste, 1bth, $1000 incl util + cbl, N/p, N/s. Sep Ent, Cls to Coq Cntr. Avail Immed. 604-468-4450

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2006 CEDAR Creek, 5th Wheel, 30ft. Rear living, br. slide). Fully loaded. 21ft add a room under the awning & enclosed storage area under the pin. Central vac. w/kick plate. A ns & np unit. Slide out pantry & 2 way fridge (Electrical/ Propane), 10 gal water heater (electric/propane), outside shower, Thermostat fantastic breeze control fans in br & living, thermopane windows & tinted. 4 holding tanks; fresh water, black water & 2 grey water (large 1 for toilet & shower & 20 gal for kitchen. tanks can be heated during winter/late fall operations. $34,900 obo Vernon Call Jerry 1-250-558-7836

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MISSION, Kite St. 1 BR, grd/flr. N/s, n/p. Nr hospital. $450/mo incl hydro. Ref. Immed. 604-287-7751

MRidge Newly reno 900 sf, 1 BR ste, on 5 acre fully fenced, lg barn, $1150 + 1/3 util, livestock welcome! N/S, June 1, 604-347-7776 M.Rridge W: 3 BR up, f/bath, w/d, d/w, new carpet, fenced b/yard, deck, carport. By schl/bus. $1150 + util. Jun1. ns/np 604 230-2545 POCO 1 BR & Den ste, big back yard & patio, alarm, w/d, $850 incls utils. Immed, 778-245-8016 POCO MARYHILL Bright 2 BR, full bath, utils incls, small pet ok, n/s, $1100, w/d, 604-329-2783

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PITT MEADOWS 3 BR T/H, quiet family complex, Rent geared to income, n/p, 604-465-4851

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9540

Motorhomes/RVs

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2 BR 2 bth, Walnut Grove, newer end unit, dbl garage, $1450 pool, gym ns np May 1. 604-837-4015

COQ, Ranch Park. 2 BR, f/ba, priv w/d, greenbelt view. Ns/np. $825 + sh’d util. Immed. 604-941-6264

9540 2006 FORD Escape, XLT V6, 4x4 auto, 145 k, exc cond, most options, $12,500 604-820-0114

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MAPLE RIDGE 3 br upper, 2 full bath, lrg patio, view on greenbelt. $1350 +2/3 utils. 778-227-8983

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On Deck Maple Ridge Badminton wins at districts

The Maple Ridge Secondary senior badminton team competed in the Maple Ridge district championships last week and had excellent results, including winning four of five individual titles. In the boys’ singles event, Christian Dumas was the winner. The team of Mike Nguyen and Brian Ursic won in boys’ doubles. Li-ya Wang and Hannah Lam teamed up to win in girls’ doubles. In the mixed doubles category, Nguyen and Wang were the winners.

Olafson heads up national team

Dave Olafson of Maple Ridge has been selected as the coach of the U16 Junior Team Canada for ball hockey. Olafson’s team will be defending their gold medal at the second U16 and U18 World Street and Ball Hockey Championships in Most, Czech Republic. Junior Team Canada won gold at the first ever world championships in 2008 in Slovakia. Olafson started playing ball hockey in 1985 at a high level, and ended up translating his skills to coaching when his sons started playing. He’s been a big contributor to the provincial ball hockey program and has also coached two U17 BC Thunder teams to national finals in back-to-back years, winning silver both times. The world championships will take place from June 2-5 in Most, which is about a 90minute drive from Prague. The players and coaches will need to take a leave from their local club teams. Also contributing to the teams will be Dr. Carl Shearer who has been named team doctor for both the U16 and U18 teams, as well as Gary Slavin, who will be the assistant general manager of both teams. The players and coaches leave for training camp in Plzen, Czech Republic on May 26.

Race the Ridge! Photos by Mitch Thompson/TIMES

Zach Young (above) celebrates as he finishes first in the men’s category 3/4 time trials for Race the Ridge on Saturday. Race the Ridge is a two-day, three-stage bicycle race where racers test themselves against the clock, the terrain, and each other in a trio of competitions: a hilly road race, a leg-searing individual time trial, and a high-speed, high action criterium located in the Maple Ridge downtown core.

Midget Royals go 1-3 on Island road trip SCOTT MCKENZIE editorial@mrtimes.com The Ridge Meadows Royals played six games in a span of five days last week, and weren’t able to get much out of them. In what is always the toughest part of their schedule, the midget AAA ball club took a trip to Vancouver Island on the weekend to play two double-headers. First, however, was a pair of exhibition games against the Coquitlam A’s at Blue Mountain Park. After blowing out Abbotsford twice by a combined score of 30-5 a

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week earlier, Ridge Meadows had to endure somewhat of a reality check. The Royals lost by two runs on Tuesday and by five runs on Thursday. The four-game Island road trip began with poor weather in Ladysmith, where the Royals took on the Mid-Island Mustangs. Spencer Stewart, who pitched the first game, looked to have the Royals back on track as he allowed just a single run in the complete game, 5-1 win. Stewart pitched all seven innings with just 77 pitches thrown, while Brett Snowball’s two-run single kicked

off the offence. The second game of the double-header left the Royals less fortunate. They did have a 2-0 lead going into the sixth, but a dropped fly ball and a throwing error allowed the Mustangs to send the game to extra innings. The Mustangs won with a two-out single to left field. In the loss, Cole Ross pitched into the eighth inning and threw 13 stikeouts. Also, manager Nor Ljunggren was ejected after disputing a balk on Nathan Kitamura--a call that was eventually overturned.

The Royals then had to travel to Victoria for yet another double-header, this time with the Victoria Mariners. Pitching the first game was Liam Stroud, who kept a 1-0 lead into the fourth inning until loading the bases. Snowball replaced Stroud, but ended up walking in a run and giving up a single to give Victoria the 2-1 lead. That score ended up being the final. With one more game, the Royals still had a chance to get out of the road trip on an even keel. However, with Brandon Sound making his first start

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at pitcher of the season, Victoria took an early 3-0 lead, and then went up 6-2 before he was replaced in the fourth inning. That was the second time in the same day Lunggren was forced to switch pitchers in the fourth inning. Kitamura pitched in relief and the Royals staged somewhat of a comeback, but still lost 7-5. The Royals will aim to replenish themselves this week with a game against Richmond on Thursday. Their next home game is on Sunday at Albion Field against the Kamloops Riverdogs at 11 a.m.

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