Maple Ridge Times June 15 2010

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(Far right) Madison Hurtubise, of the team Wheelie Time, hastily dons a white shirt in the first obstacle of his wheelchair race at the Rick Hansen Wheels in Motion event at the Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Centre on Sunday. (Above) Adam Taylor, representing the Maple Ridge fire department, tries to sink three consecutive shots during the wheelchair obstacle course finals. The Ridge team would win the tournament with a time of 9:42, beating their opponents, team Wheelie Time, by a mere two seconds. (Near right) Devin Morrow, of team Wheelie Time, navigates a row of pylons. (Top right) Pitt Meadows Mayor Don MacLean attempts to write the word “team!” with a pen in his mouth during a wheelchair race against Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin. Mayor Daykin wound up taking the win.

Attempted murder charge stayed after ‘collective amnesia’ AMY STEELE asteele@mrtimes.com

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h e C r ow n h a s s t a y e d a n attempted murder charge against Parker Scott Meadows in the shooting of Kenneth Heathorn.

Court heard Heathorn suffered a “sucking chest wound” after getting shot in the 11700 block of Darby Street on June 11, 2009.

He was in hospital for three

weeks after the shooting but recovered.

Heathorn was shot the same day he was released from jail. Heathorn had been acquitted in June of various charges related to a beating and shooting of a 20-year-old man at a house party on Nov. 8, 2008 in Maple Ridge.

In his opening statement at Me a d ow s’ t r i a l Crow n p ro s ecutor Peter Benning said two

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women drove Heathorn to the hospital after the shooting. One gave a statement identifying Meadows as the shooter. The other woman initially refused to give a statement but recently made a statement and said she didn’t know Meadows and wouldn’t be able to identify him in a photo lineup.

Another witness was also expected to implicate Meadows in the shooting.

However, at trial the witnesses didn’t identify Meadows as the shooter.

“I cannot speculate about what it was that caused the collective amnesia,” said Benning after the attempted murder charge against Meadows was stayed.

Benning said Heathorn never gave a statement implicating anyone in his shooting.

Me a d ow s’ d e f e n c e l a w y e r

Deanne Gaffar pointed out that police didn’t find a weapon and didn’t have forensic evidence linking Meadows to the shooting and the one witness who said Meadows was the shooter never saw a gun in his hand.

Meadows had been charged with attempted murder, using a restricted or prohibited weapon, aggravated assault and authorized possession of a firearm.

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Dave Rempel opens his Whonnock bird sanctuary to local students.

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etired teacher and principal and current school board trustee Dave Rempel has his fingers in a lot of pies — but the one thing that has fascinated him since he was a child is birds.

Eve r y ye a r h e re c e i v e s groups of students from the

school district’s elementary schools to tour the bird sanctuary he has been developing over the last three decades.

“I love birds — I think there’s so much to be learned from birds as it relates to the environment and people,” Rempel said.

After his wife gave him a pair of black swans as a Valentine’s day present in the mid-1980s,

Rempel has been bringing in water fowl onto his four-anda-half-acre property in Whonnock and developing a bird sanctuary.

Like most years, Rempel will get student groups coming out for a tour of his sanctuary — this year he will give 10 tours but some years he’s had as many as 20 groups of students come out for a tour.

Re m p e l s a i d h e g e t s a “teaching kick” when the students come to see his birds, and he feels it’s important for students to experience a “real life learning experience.”

At his bird sanctuary, Rempel has five different species of swans — Australian black swans, mute swans, trumpeter swans, European trumpeter swan and Canadian trumpeter swans. “Swans are very romantic and very sociable — the blacks particularly do things together,” Rempel said.

Rempel also has quail, Canada geese, emperor geese, snow geese and Egyptian geese. Rempel takes the students around on a tour that lasts about an hour and a half where they get to see the birds in their habitats and learn how they live.

During spring, Rempel is able to show the students goslings, cygnets and other birds that are just a few days old.

(Top photo) Sydney Albrecht takes a photo of a bird while classmate Kaylen Turner watches.

(Above) Dave Rempel gets animated while holding up an egg for students visiting his Whonnock bird sanctuary.

(Left) The big reaction comes when Rempel pulls out a baby bird for the students. You can hear the oohs and aahs in our slide show at www. mrtimes.com.

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The provincial government announced plans Monday for 665 new classrooms in B.C. schools to accommodate full-day kindergarten when it is fully implemented in September 2011.

The expansion will cost more than $144 million and will include newly designed modular classrooms, a new Langley school and additions to 21 schools around the province, Premier Gordon Campbell and Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid told a news conference Monday.

“Research shows that a high quality, play-based kindergarten program develops the academic and social skills that help children succeed in school and in life,” Campbell stated in a release.

“These new facilities will help us meet our commitment to provide full-day kindergarten for five year olds to support children and working families.”

The implementation of full-day kindergarten begins this fall for half of the province’s five-year-olds, with full implementation expected in September 2011, at which time 40,000 five-year-olds are expected to be enrolled.

A request for proposals for the construction of modular classrooms was issued today.

As well, the government promised new school space within the Enerplex in Fort St. John, renovations to the resource centre next to Cataline elementary school in Williams Lake, the re-opening of Anne McClymont primary in Kelowna and the conversion of surplus classrooms to full-day kindergarten.

The $144.5 million capital investment is in addition to a three-year commitment of $280 million for operating costs, the release says.

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District finds ‘apathy’ AMY STEELE asteele@mrtimes.com

District of Maple Ridge staff has begun preliminary consultations with downtown Maple Ridge residents as part of a new South Haney Neighbourhood Initiative.

The goal of the initiative is to “focus on identifying and building on neighbourhood assets and growing capacity” and to “support neighbourhood residents of all backgrounds to connect and determine how best to address the neighbourhood’s challenges.”

Christine DiGiamberardine, recreation coordinator for neighbourhood development, told council staff

met with four residents who brought up concerns about a wide range of issues.

She said the residents wanted to know what development plans are in the works for the area, expressed concern about the number of empty lots in the area and how to engage landowners in the process. The residents also wanted staff to be aware of the large number of renters and the demographic mix, including seniors and single parents families.

DiGiamberardine described the issues as “very complex” and she said the residents consulted stressed that the community developer the district hires needs to understand the “com-

plexities” of the neighbourhood, including poverty and addictions issues.

She said “apathy” is an issue and “quite a few people are in survival mode.”

DiGiamberardine said the residents who were consulted talked about how when Northumberland Court was vacated the problems that existed there are now occurring elsewhere in the neighbourhood.

Maple Ridge council approved spending $25,000 on the initiative, including $15,000 for community developer, $5,000 on neighbourhood steering committee support and coordination and $5,000 on an “action initiative.”

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that council and the public has full access to that information that comes forward so the public can make the decision about whether somebody is being factual or community oriented. Whatever we do down there has to be community oriented and it has to work for the community,” he said.

Speirs said he believes the concept plan will help “build capacity” in Albion. He said he hopes the process brings out new residents who have just moved into the subdivisions recently.

“I want it as transparent as possible,” he said.

Mayor Ernie Daykin said “I know some folks wish it could be going quicker.”

“Hopefully there will be some questions answered before the questions are asked,” said Daykin. “Hopefully doing some upfront work will save us some work at the back end.”

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March 2011. After that the plan would be forwarded to the agricultural land commission for approval.

Carter said district staff expect “upwards of 200 people” that will want to be involved in the charette process.

She pointed out that the district has recently adopted greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and will need to consider the impact of various land uses on the district’s emissions.

Councillor Cheryl Ashlie wanted assurance that the public will be satisfied with the level of consultation.

“It’s important we’re reaching everybody who’s had an opinion on this,” she said.

Councillor Craig Speirs said he expects “quite a few presentations and outside influences trying to influence this process.”

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Maple Ridge staff provided council an update on the Albion Flats concept plan process Monday.

The concept plan will include several studies: a preliminary environmental impact assessment, preliminary agricultural assessment, preliminary drainage and stormwater management assessment, preliminary transpor tation study, a development opportunities impacts analysis, socio-economic trends report and a life cycle fiscal impact analysis.

Planner Christine Carter told council staff expects the reports to be completed

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Pelton application waiting in ALC line Fall timeline expected for application.

land.”

Pellett said there would have to be some strong reaT h e a g r i c u l t u ra l l a n d soning behind the exclucommission (ALC) won’t sion. likely start considering a The ALC classes land controversial Pelton fam- from class one to class ily application to exclude 60 seven, with class one in the hectares of farmland from best category. the agricultural land reserve Pellett said the commisuntil this fall. sion has received around a Tony Pellett, land use dozen letters from the pubplanner with the ALC for lic on the application. the South Coast, said the Pellett said the commisnext meeting is in sion could also July and he believes QUOTE: choose to bring in the agenda is already other panel mem“Given the full, which would bers from other mean the commisregions to give contentious sion board wouldn’t “broader input.” nature of see the application The land the this one they until September or Pelton family may decide October. wants to develop to hold a Maple Ridge couni s b o u n d e d by public meet- 203 Street and 132 cil voted to forward the application to Avenue. ing.” the ALC earlier this The Pelton famTony Pellett month. ily is proposing Pe l l e t t s a i d t h e 52.2 hectares of commission will land would go receive a report from towards an indusstaff about the application, trial park, 5.5 hectares including feedback from would go towards roads, Maple Ridge council and 0.8 hectare would be for a public input. stormwater pond and open The commission will then space and one hectares for do a site inspection and agricultural specialty sales. meet with the applicant.

The family is also proPellett said it’s possible the posing 20 hectares would meeting with the applicant remain in the ALR but would could be organized so the be non-farm use, including public could observe the 3.3 hectares for a commuproceedings. nity park, 2.6 hectares for “Given the contentious experimental or incubator nature of this one they farms, two hectares for commay decide to hold a pub- munity gardens, 1.2 hectares lic meeting,” said Pellett. for an agri-product terminal “You’re talking about exclud- and 0.4 hectares for horse ing a huge area of class two trailer parking.

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Pellett said there’s no specific exemption in ALC legislation allowing farmland to be taken out of the ALR for an industrial park. “ T h e c o m m i s s i o n ’s responsibility is to make sure that land that’s suitable for agriculture is farmed. This site we believe is suitable for agriculture but if they convince us otherwise that’s fine,” said Pellett, adding the Pelton family would have to “demonstrate that (the land) has got limitations and that there’s something else that will replace that productivity in the general area.”

Pellett gave the example of the South Fraser Perimeter Road where the ALC allowed 90 hectares of land to be taken out of the ALR. “It’s taking 90 hectares of good land but what they’re doing is they’re putting in a multi-million dollar irrigation and drainage system that will in the long run reduce the salinity in the soil. That’s lowland near the sea and therefore there’s salt in the soils. They’ve got a way of flushing that out that’s probably going to improve the productivity of all the rest of Delta which is thousands of hectares at several times the productivity,” said Pellett.

“So what they’re doing there is they’re saying OK yes we’re going to be using up 90 hectares of good land but the rest of the land in Delta is going to have its productivity increased five times as much.”

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Pitt public art budget could be set at $25,000

t h i s ye a r, a n d p l a n s t o spend $60,000 next year and $70,000 in the following years. The Arts Council administers the program as a fee for service.

Recently Pitt Meadows council matched donations up to $2,000 to keep the Eagle in Spirit Square. The staff report notes that having annual municipal funding in place would help to leverage donations for projects like the Eagle.

The discussion about public art has been dragged out for years in Pitt Meadows and now it’s time to either put money into it or take it off the agenda. “We’ve been talking about this for 15 years,” MacLean said.

Pitt Meadows council will consider including a public art budget of about $25,000 into its next business cycle, striking a committee to oversee it and continue funding public art into the foreseeable future.

Of the $25,000, $10,000 would be for administration

of the program and $15,000 for commissioning and maintaining public art.

If council approves it, a steering committee would be established and staff would contract for services to administer the art program. The city would then ask its citizens to volunteer to join the committee.

The staff report notes that there’s no point in establishing a committee if there isn’t a commitment to annual funding for public art.

Maple Ridge has a $50,000 budget for public art for

Vote on the poll question on this subject at www. mrtimes.com.

The owner of the burned house on Chestnut Crescent in Pitt Meadows is scheduled to be at the council meeting tonight to discuss the possible demolition of his house.

The house burned down last July and the fire department determined the fire started because of an electrical bypass to a marijuana grow-operation. At the May 18 council meeting, a resolution was passed to demolish the building - at the expense of the owner unless the own-

er ask that it be reconsidered.

The lawyer representing the owner Michael Legge requested to be put on Pitt Meadows council agenda.

A letter from Legge’s lawyer states he will discuss the necessity of demolishing the building, the timeline of demolition or rectifying the building, his ability to pay for the demolition or rectification of the building, and remedial steps which would address complaints that have come from neighbours.

The fire took place on July 18, 2009 and the building was rented out at the time.

The city contacted the owner about securing the property a few days later, but they didn’t respond. On Aug. 10, the city put up a temporary fence. After calls last year from the city to the property owner about what was being done about the building, the city was informed that the owner was in a legal battle with his insurance company.

T h e Ma p l e R i d g e - P i t t Meadows school district will get two modulars instead of the nine they were hoping to get.

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The province announced on Monday they would fund 133 new modular classrooms in the province, but only two were designated for

school district 42.

The extra space will be needed in fall, 2011, when all kindergarten classes will be full-day. This year half of the kindergarten classes are full-day classes.

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NOTICE OF LOWER WATER LEVELS: HAYWARD LAKE RESERVOIR Ruskin Dam Crossing Closed June 7-25 Starting June 4, 2010, the water level in the Hayward Lake reservoir will be lowered to accommodate maintenance work on the Ruskin Dam spillway gates. Lowering of the reservoir will begin on Friday, June 4 to reach the elevation of 34.5 metres in four days.

Lower than average water levels will expose steep shorelines and slippery slopes along Hayward Beach and the entire reservoir shore. The beach can be used with caution but the water will not be accessible. The Hayward Lake boat launch will be closed. The picnic grounds will remain open and available for public use.

Trails will remain open; however hikers will be unable to complete the Railway/ Reservoir Trail loop due to the closure of both the Ruskin Dam and the Floating Bridge at Hairsine Creek.

An environmental management plan has been developed to protect fish and wildlife during the lower water levels.

The water will begin rising again on Friday, June 25. Normal operating levels will return well before Canada Day, July 1.

Hayward Street across Ruskin Dam will be closed to all pedestrian and vehicle traffic June 7 – 25 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays only.

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Don’t ‘water down’ services at local hospital, says Speirs

Only one member of council sends message to Fraser Health rep.

AMY STEELE asteele@mrtimes.com

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aple Ridge councillor Craig Speirs told a Fraser Health official at Monday’s workshop meeting he doesn’t want to see any “watering down” of services at Ridge Meadows Hospital.

Rowena Rizzotti, executive director for women’s health at Fraser Health, told council the health region commissioned an expert review of pediatric and obstetric services to improve quality and efficiency.

Local doctors have contacted the media to express concern that Fraser Health might be looking at closing the obstetrics department and reducing pedatric services as part of the review.

Speirs told Rizzotti one of his children had to get care at Royal Columbian Hospital and then cardiac surgery at BC Children’s Hospital so he understands the importance of high-level regional care but he said there still needs to be local service delivery.

“There’s a lot of other children that don’t need that level of care and they need

to be in their own communities and I would not look friendly (towards) any watering down of our pediatric services,” he said. “It’s incredibly important we maintain what we have and build on it because we’re a growing community.”

Speirs said he recognizes “quality and efficiency are really, really important, especially with ballooning budgets” but there still needs to be pediatric services provided at Ridge Meadows Hospital.

“It’s really going to be important to be transparent about this. People get very, very parenty when they hear of any watering down of pediatric services because if stuff happens it happens quickly and if illnesses can be managed closer to home it’s better for the child it’s better for the family,” said Speirs.

Speirs said his son was monitored locally after his cardiac surgeries.

“The only way that that could have occurred was that we had pediatric services here,” said Speirs.

“It’s really important to

have that highly acute centre of excellence but we also need to have satellites. You can’t do it all from Vancouver” Rizzotti said Fraser Health hasn’t made any decisions yet and is consulting with

QUOTE: “People get very, very parenty when they hear of any watering down of pediatric services.”

Craig Speirs

staff at all of its hospitals about the obstetric and pediatric review recommendations.

She said she expects to have an action plan in place in August.

“It’s kind of unfortunate that some people will look at those recommendations and make assumptions that we’re adopting them as they’re written and that’s really not

the case at all. We’re a long ways away from developing any actions and implementations,” said Rizzotti.

“We do have to consider some of the recommendations they made because some of them involve quality of our services which is why we commissioned that review in the first place.

We want to improve the quality of all of ours services in obstetrics and pediatrics.”

Rizzottisaid 40 per cent of all births in B.C. occur in Fraser Health and 40 per cent of the children in the province also live in the health region.

“We really feel we have to have world class service,” she said.

Rizzotti told council the goal would be to “strengthen and enhance” services regionally, but also locally.

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‘Huge growth’ expected in the number of births By 2020, 20,000 births per year expected. a change in service delivery I think we would have a izzotti pointed out pedi- responsibility to have conatric care can often be sultation.”

In a previous interview provided on an out-patient b a s i s n ow s o c h i l d r e n with The TIMES Rizzotti said shouldn’t have to travel to one of the recommendations of the review “suggests BC Children’s Hospital for it.

She said she’s hoping all we could look at how we the health facilities within allocate our birth volumes and reduce the Fraser Health can number of sites that speak with a unified do births.” voice and “argue for QUOTE: “There was a recresources and repa“...argue for ommendation that triate our women resources suggested in order and children back to and repato optimize quality our communities.” triate our and efficiency that Councillor Judy Dueck said she’s women and a larger volume of births (performed at glad to hear hospichildren a hospital) was ideal tal staff members back to our and so it suggests are being consulted communithat we look closely about the recomties.” at how to achieve mendations and she wanted to know Rowena Rizzotti the high quality in some of our lower when the “commuvolume sites,” she nity at large” would said. When asked if get a chance to proFraser Health would considvide feedback.

“Unfortunately from time er closing obstetric departto time things get out into ments in smaller hospitals the media and the assump- like Ridge Meadows Hospital tions are made without all of she said, “That conversation would be very difficult conthe facts,” she said.

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births per year and by 2020 we’re expecting 20,000 births so we have a huge growth expected in our population right now. We need to be thinking about how can we efficiently deliver services, make sure they’re accessible, make sure low risk birth can be provided as close to home as possible.”

On the pediatric front Rizzotti said the report highlighted the need to develop a team of pediatric specialists at a regional level.

“It does suggest that services that should require that level of pediatric specialty care should be provided in a regional setting,” she said.

“It suggests in order to develop those teams of caregivers if we consolidate some of those services at certain sites we will then be able to develop those teams.”

Rizzotti said the specialized pediatric teams would include pediatric nurses, surgeons and anaesthetists.

However, Rizzotti said the goal would also be to enhance pediatric care at smaller hospitals “so children don’t have to travel so far away to get care.”

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Exchange student assaulted

An 18-year-old exchange student was assaulted on June 11.

She was riding her bike in the 22300 block of 124 Avenue in Maple Ridge when a man whom she had seen in the past reached out and grabbed her arm, causing her to fall off the bike. She was not seriously injured.

The man is described as a white male, 5’6 with a medium build, grey hair, a grey beard and he was wearing a white T-shirt and lightcoloured shorts. He was walking a black dog with a flat nose on a leash at the time.

Police arrest man for uttering threats

Po l i c e a r re s t e d a 3 6 year-old Maple Ridge man for uttering threats and impaired driving on June 11.

Just before 10 p.m. on June 10 police were called to a house on 193 Street in Pitt Meadows because the man had threatened people several different people.

He was found dr iving his car in the Maple Ridge

industrial park at 12:30 a.m. on June 11. Police noticed he was acting strangely and brought in a drug recognition expert. He was found to be impaired on illegal drugs.

Couple charged after 452 pot plants seized

Police seized 452 marijuana plants from a grow-op in the 13200 block of 237A Street on June 11 and arrested a man and woman.

Two children were in the home so police called in officials from the Ministry of Children and Family Development. The man and woman have been charged with producing a controlled substance.

Video thief held by customers

A 29-year-old man was arrested for stealing video games from Rogers Video in the 22400 block of Dewdney Trunk Road. He was spotted by other customers stealing the games and when he began to run away the citizens chased him and held him for police.

15-year-old arrrested for giving false identity Police arrested a 15-yearold for giving a false identity and for violating his probation conditions on June 11.

Meanwhile, a 39-year-old Maple Ridge woman was arrested for threatening a 13-year-old girl and neighbours on June 12 around 1:30 p.m. in the 20900 block of Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge. The woman was also found to be breaking her probation conditions.

Chained golf cart goes missing from tourney

Thieves made off with a golf cart from a ball tournament at Telosky fields in the 23000 block of 116 Avenue over the weekend, despite the cart being chained to a tree.

O rg a n i ze r s f o u n d t h e golf cart missing after the chain had been cut on the morning of June 13. The theft occurred between the evening of June 12 and the morning of June 13.

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Parents urged to get more information on their car seats

June is the BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation’s Child Passenger Safety Month in B.C. In 2008 the foundation declared June to be Child Passenger Safety Month as a campaign to increase public awareness about the importance of keeping children

safe while they are riding in a vehicle.

Local BCAA centres support this campaign by holding car seat draws. Parents and caregivers of children under nine years of age are invited to drop by and enter to win a child car seat. All centres will be making their

draws on July 12.

Child passenger safety is extremely important to the BCAA sales centre managers and their teams.

Some BCAA centres host child passenger car seat checks and new parent workshops, and some centres have staff that are certi-

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Peter Forand is the sales center manager for BCAA Maple Ridge and reminds parents that a few minutes can mean so much in the protection of your children.

“In the Maple Ridge area residents simply have to call

It is estimated that five hundred thousand to one million reports of elder abuse recorded by authorities every year in North America and for every case of elder abuse reported, another 12 or 13 are not.

The First Annual Elder Abuse Awareness Day at

Maple Ridge Seniors Village is today (Tuesday) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Elder abuse is “one of those topics you don’t hear a lot about” according to Jane Bryce, the marketing coordinator at the Maple Ridge Seniors Village, but said “it is prevalent all across Canada.”

Most elder abuse comes from family members who do it unintentionally because they don’t have the information, safety network or resources for proper care.

Bryce said the event will “help support the community with as much knowledge as we can.”

They will be working in partnership with the Ridge Meadows Seniors Society Caregivers Group and the Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Katzie Seniors Network to provide free information, presentations, skits, refreshment and entertainment throughout the day. “It’s going to be a fun day” said Bryce.

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Event raises awareness on elder abuse

SRT hosts carnival, concert to help children Come get tattooed, win a cake and eat fries for a good cause this Thursday at Samuel Robertson Secondary.

Leadership and Social Justice Club students are hosting “Care and Share at the Fair” to support “Free the Children” Charity. The profits will support their Brick-by-Brick campaign to support building a school in Sierra Leone. Carla Krentz, a teacher at the school said, “The kids chose that this is what they wanted to support. Great organization

doing great things.”

The carnival will include booth games including plinko, bottle tosses, fishpond, ring toss, lollypop pull, basketball game, bingo.

There will also be airbrush tattoos, face painting, cake walk, bungee run, Velcro wall, bouncy castle and dunk tank. Kiwanis Club is providing the food including hamburgers, hotdogs and fries, with a portion of the proceeds to support the cause. “It’s given the kids a lot of empowerment; they’ve

been inspired to reach out to the community,” said Lisa Green, leadership teacher.

“It’s been inspiration for me to watch them do all these things.” There will also be an all-ages concert including Scott Sparrow, Chloe Lloyd and Perfect Hour, among others. Krentz invited everyone to “come out with their families, it’s going to be a lot of fun. “ The carnival is from 2:306:30 p.m. Admission is free.

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The worth of a human being

I am not a consumer.

In the technical sense, in the sense used by economists and politicians, of course, that’s exactly what I am. I purchase both goods and services almost every day. Like more than 30 million other anonymous carbon blobs, I push the Canadian economy along.

But, if you want to earn my undying hatred, please refer to me as a consumer. Because that’s what I’ve aspired to be all my life.

Someone who mindlessly consumes. A member of the consumer society.

Medieval societies didn’t have single blanket terms for all their people. Nobles and peasants lived on radically different planes of existence, and the order of things was thought to be ordained by God. But with the American and French revolutions, with the rise of a middle and then a working class, change came roaring in.

People were placed on a more equal footing. The short-lived first French Republic saw “Citizen” become the address of choice.

Some forms of address, like Mister or Miss, could be broadly applied across all social and economic classes.

Before the end of the Cold War, it was pretty uncommon to hear people in the west referred to only as consumers. We were citizens, or “the [fill in nationality] people,” or just people. If an election was coming, we became voters.

But something strange happened between the fall of the Ber-

ing, or personal debt. Every event is reduced to its monetary component. How many work hours were lost playing Pac Man on MATTHEW Google? How much money has CLAXTON the BP oil spill cost the stock marPainful ket? How will the Euro crisis affect Truth capital markets? Will the rise of the Chinese consumer buoy the lin Wall and the day the planes economy?

This monetization of the unistruck the Twin Towers.

Maybe it was the loss of a verse has bizarre consequences. (seemingly) implacable and pow- We can find out how much lung erful foe in the form of the Soviet cancer costs the economy. Someone has worked out the bloc. Maybe it was the lost hours of work, the rise of the communicacost of medical care and tions age. Maybe we just QUOTE: insurance. But find me lost our minds slowly, “Because chart that shows tears and no one noticed. these things, ashed at hospital bedsides.

As I write this, Google the things I can tell you how much it shows 20,700,000 results we actually costs to raise a child from for the phrase “Canadian infancy, but where is the live for, are consumer,” almost doupie chart showing parenble the 11,200,000 that not meatal joy, fear, and hope? turn up for “Canadian sured, they Because these things, citizen.” are losing the things we actually live We constantly hear relevance.” for, are not measured, about the mood of this Matthew Claxton they are losing relevance. bizarre collective entity, Our society is driven by “t h e C a n a d i a n c o n the economy, and the sumer.” Its confidence is economy is driven by an up or down, its mood is stable or fickle. Stockbrokers and endless round of consumption public policy makers read these for its own sake.

I don’t know about you, but entrails and send millions of dolmy life is about more than conlars flowing here and there.

Little by little, the primary suming. There are a lot of things worth of a human being has been I care about, a few about which I reduced to the economic. What- am passionate. None of them are ever keeps the economy going — defined by buying crap.

I am not a vending machine. I consuming — is good. Whatever slows it, whether unemployment am not a robot. I am not a statistic, a number, an anonymous ant or saving money, is now bad.

Every day, a new study comes in the hill.

I am not a consumer. out about productivity or spend-

The federal government’s push to kill the long gun registry is irrational.

The private member’s bill to abolish the controversial database, widely supported

by Conservatives and by a handful of opposition MPs, will achieve nothing beyond buying a few rural votes.

As its critics are quick to point out, the registry — basically an electronic list — cost taxpayers a mind-boggling $1 billion to create. True, this is as inexcusable as it is incomprehensible, but it is not by itself a reason to end the project.

At this point, the registry costs just $3-4 million annually to maintain — peanuts by federal standards. Its death will save that relatively small sum, but it will not recoup the initial outlay. It will just mean that, rather than a billion-dollar database, that initial outlay will have bought us nothing.

Police in B.C. have made it clear they want the registry to stay. Officers here search it close to 3,000 times daily in the course of their work. Surely, as the frontline workers most likely to come face to face with a gun on the job, they are best positioned to judge the registry’s value — and in their estimation it’s worthwhile.

The only people who adamantly oppose the database are gun owners themselves or the ideologues who support them.

Registering a gun is no more onerous or unfair than registering a vehicle — some people just don’t want to do it.The registry is being killed for no other reason than to appease this group. There is nothing in it for the rest of us except an erosion of public safety.

In praise of Lekstrom When provincial Liberal cabinet minister Blair Lekstrom resigned from cabinet (kissing goodbye to tens of thousands of dollars in pay and perks) on Friday, he did what few politicians ever do — he listened to what his constituents were telling him.

People in his riding told him they either hated the HST or hated the sneaky way it was implemented.

This might be a first step to grander leadership aspirations, but at the heart is simply listening to what the voters are telling him.

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Farming jobs not worth it Thanks to you

Editor:

L e t’s g e t b a c k t o re a l democracy. I could not agree more with the statement, however not with John McKenzie’s letter to the editor found in The TIMES. John believes that democracy was not served when council voted 5-2 in favour of forwarding the Pelton project to Agricultural Land Commission for approval.

Obviously, the horde has gotten exactly what they wanted. Nothing. No development, no jobs, no shopping in Maple Ridge. But they saved the farmland from those dreaded developers, saving farmland that has not been farmed in living memory.

We have no cultivated fields like the ones found east of Mission, also found in Delta, Surrey, and Langley and in Chilliwack. We have a farm store now open just north of Abbotsford, but not in Maple Ridge. I just got to ask the question, why?

I found a farm worker ad in the paper with a Pitt Meadows address looking for four workers from July 12 to Nov. 15, duties include six-day, 50-hour weeks. Work is physically demanding; heavy loads, repetitive tasks, working with hot/dusty or cold/damp conditions. Wages are $9.14 per hour.

Metro Vancouver 2040 Regional growth strategy indicates Maple Ridge will re q u i re e m p l oy m e n t t o grow from 23,000 in 2006 to 48,000 in 2041 — an increase of 25,000 jobs.

District of Maple Ridge commissioned a report in 2003 stated a need for more than 200 acres for industrial use. The Pelton employment project makes a significant contribution toward this goal. The Pelton project has expected direct economic benefits of $1.6 billion to the Lower Mainland with secondary benefits totalling $2.2 billion.

Annual property taxes to Maple Ridge are estimated to be $5.8 million per year.

This will address the regional imbalance in property taxes.

Site economics has estimated the project will

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require 2,400 job years for the construction phases — that equates to 240 jobs over 10 years. The Pelton employment park will bring an estimated 1,600 jobs to Maple Ridge with wages/salaries expected to be $100 million per year.

The Pelton project will offer opportunities for agri-business such as food processing and distribution. Fify-four acres will be dedicated to the benefit of our citizens to include an incubator farm(s) for new farmers’ low-cost access to farmland. The creation of three acres of community gardens, along with sport fields and trails to accompany many other benefits too numerous to mention.

Improvements to the drainage system will provide benefits to homeowners and farmers alike.

The Pelton employment lands project is the biggest opportunity ever seen in Maple Ridge.

This project will bring prosperity to our citizens.

I am so very thankful for the mayor and four councillors who voted this project forward to the next step in a long process; your courage and wisdom will be rembered.

Jim Bulpit Maple Ridge

Peltons got speedy help Editor:

With Maple Ridge counc i l’s re c e n t d e c i s i o n t o forward the Pelton Agricultural Land Reserve exclusion application onto the Agricultural Land Commission

for consideration, members of Residents for Smart Shopping find themselves asking the same questions that many other residents in this community have asked over the past two weeks — how did our mayor and council decide to fast-track this application on to the ALC without completing the recommended process for extending the Urban Area Boundary and without the completion of an industrial and commercial land use strategy?

We should be clear that RSS fully supports the merits of the Pelton application.

However, we believe that the process in which the Pelton application was considered by mayor and council along with district staff is in contrast to the process that has been set out in the Albion.

Why did the Pelton family not have to wait for the district to complete the necessary planning studies before making a formal ALR exclusion application? Why did mayor and council decide that the Albion area required detailed analysis over two years, whereas the exclusion of 152.2 acres on the Pelton lands was considered within 60 days? RSS continues to be frustrated over the Albion area planning process and the recent Pelton decision is yet another indication that no standard has been set at district hall in regards to ALR exclusion applications.

There is no doubt that the Pelton application was forwarded to the ALC prior to the district’s planning work being finished. What precedent has this set?

Leslie Sofarelli Maple Ridge

On behalf of the more than 2,200 current members of Branch 88, Royal Canadian Legion, I wish to thank you for the outstanding coverage you gave the 65th anniversary of Victory in Europe held on Sunday, May 16.

The service brought many Veterans of WWII, the three branches of cadets we support, and numerous other Legion members and the public together to celebrate a very historic world event in which Canada played such an important role.

The added bonus was on turning to your Opinion page and reading the article that highlighted our year-round activities and support to the communities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Our membership represents a very diverse cross-section of the population and is comprised of members of all ages. Our involvement with students, charities and other community groups reflect this.

As you stated so perfectly, our paramount role is the good and welfare of our Veterans, and the preservation of our history and traditions.

However, we must always be aware that as society changes, so does the Royal Canadian Legion. Maple Ridge Brach 88 is the largest branch in Western Canada for a reason and this is the confidence continuing generations of local citizens have in us. Many younger adults are joining, not only for the wide number of social activities they can find in our lounge, but also to be part of a proud organization that is working year-round for the community.

Very few now join because of a military background, b u t ra t h e r t h e n e e d t o belong to an organization that provides them with the opportunity to be part of something special — and to have an outstanding venue in which to enjoy the social aspects provided.

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boriginal students from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows were given a technological leg up this past week.

The 2010 IGNITE (IGNiting Interest in Technology and Engineering) Camp for Aboriginal Youth ran June 710 at Glenwood Elementary.

The 52 Grade 6 students involved in the Maple Ridge workshops were part of a national record, for the most students ever involved in an IGNITE camp in Canada.

Normally, between 24 and 26 students participate in the camps.

In this, the third year of the program in Maple Ridge, the camp had both educational and cultural components.

Students took part in team building, learned about family totems, and took old computers bound for recycling apart to learn what makes them work. They were also taught about Bentwood Boxes, once used by First Nations people to keep valu-

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ables and treasured objects, what they want to do once and compared them to the they leave school. If they are role of today’s computers, thinking about their future, and how they are used to what they do in the present store important and valued might become more significant, more relevant for information.

These activities gave the them.”

IBM focuses on students a chance Grade 6 students to learn about because they are — and use — com- QUOTE: j ust a year away puters in a practi“The goal is from their transition cal and fun way, to get more to secondary school explained Doug Aborigiand are starting to Hoey, the principal nal youth get more involved of Aboriginal Eduinvolved in w i t h t e c h n o l o g y, cation for School Hoey explained.

District 42. technol“What we’re trying “The goal is to ogy and to do is tie in what get more Aborigiinterested in they are doing in nal youth involved technology.” their playtime with in technology, and Doug Hoey what they are learninterested in teching about, and blend nology,” Hoey said. the two,” Hoey said.

“The camps are an One of the goals initiative of IBM to try to get more youth of the camp is to provide involved with technology, opportunities to Aboriginal engineering, and education, youth and families to level and have them a little more the educational playing field for ward thinking about in terms of technology.

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On Deck Burrards beat Timbermen

The Maple Ridge Burrards improved their record to five wins and four losses this weekend with a 14-10 win over the Nanaimo Timbermen at Planet Ice on Sunday, which places them tied for second place in the league.

The Burrards and the New Westminster Salmonbellies both have 10 points, trailing behind first-place Victoria Shamrocks who lead the Western Lacrosse Association league with 12 points.

Ridge player to Summer Games

Maple Ridge’s Bailey Soolsma will play volleyball at the 2010 B.C. Summer Games. Soolsma was named as one of 24 athletes to represent the Fraser Valley Zone. The MRSS student played her 2010 club volleyball season for the Coquitlam Ducks, finishing tied for fifth in the U14 nationals in Saskatoon. The team will be playing at Walnut Grove Secondary July 22-25th.

Iron Mtn. triathlon this Sunday

The fifth annual Iron Mountain Triathlon will take place this Sunday at Whonnock Lake with two races.

The Olympic Distance Triathlon Race will start at 7 a.m. and includes a 1,500-metre swim, a 40-kilometre bike ride and a 10-kilometre run.

The Sprint Distance Triathlon Race is set to start at 10:45 a.m. and includes a 750metre swim, a 23-kilometre bike ride and a 4.6-kilometre run. There will also be a kids’ race. For more information and to register, go to www.ironmountaintriathlon.com. Online registration ends on Thursday.

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trio of gymnasts from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows will take flight in Kakegawa, Japan from June 29 to July 3.

Siblings Cam and Poppy Quinlan along with Shannon Comeault will be among 27 elite trampoline gymnasts representing Canada at the Indo Pacific Championships.

The meet – with events in trampoline, double mini trampoline (DMT ), and tumbling – features athletes representing Canada, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia, host Japan, China, Australia, Mexico, South Africa and Qatar.

All three local athletes train out of the Shasta Trampoline Club in New Westminster.

Among Canadian girls in her age group, Poppy, 15, is ranked second in DMT and third in trampoline.

Her 13-year-old brother Cam is the nationally second-ranked boy in his age division in both DMT and trampoline.

Comeault is ranked second in Canada in trampoline and third in DMT in her age group.

While involved in individual DMT and trampoline events, Comeault and Poppy Quinlan are also teaming up in Japan to compete in the

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Shannon Comeault (left) and Poppy Quinlan will compete as a synchronized pair on trampoline at the Indo Pacifics in late June. (Bottom left) Cam Quinlan will also compete at the Indo Pacifics.

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Ty Yanko of the Maple Ridge Burrards was chosen one of the top-20 peewee lacrosse players in the province.

Nine provincial teams representing the best 12-year-old lacrosse players in Canada will meet in Whitby, Ont. from Aug. 1 to 8 for the Canadian Peewee Championship.

“I’m proud to be representing the Ridge Meadows Burrards organization and would like to thank my teammates and the coach-

Maple Ridge’s Shayla Ogloff won silver on floor in the provincial 5 Tyro category this past weekend at the Ogopogo Invitational Competition in Kelowna. In all, gymnasts from Twisters Gymnastics where Ogloff trains won 32 medals.

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Cam Quinlan’s synchronized trampoline partner in Kakegawa will be New Westminster’s Ben Blais.

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“I’ve improved a lot ever s i n c e I c a m e t o Sh a s t a almost a year ago,” Comeault said. “I am hoping to finish my new routines that we just came up with.”

“I have mediocre expectations,” Cam said. “I don’t expect to do perfect, but I’m not expecting to crash or anything.”

“I think it’s going to be really competitive but also really friendly and fun,” Poppy said.

“We’re going to have a lot of opportunities to meet new people and see how the rest of the world does trampoline, as well. It’s going to be really interesting.”

Initially, Cam gave artistic gymnastics a try before switching to trampoline, a gymnastics discipline that offers a world of opportunities.

Trampoline is an Olympic sport, and gymnasts can also qualify for the World Age Group Championships (WAGs) something all three of the local athletes hope to achieve this year when the WAGs are held in Metz, France.

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“A special thank you to coach David Bailuk for all your help and for teaching me a few of your tricks.” Yanko said one of the biggest thrills would be playing for legendary Canadian coach Dave Wilfong.

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Grassroots football programs let fans of all ages link up with the Lions With the 2010 football season now underway, BC Lions fans will soon be heading to Empire Field for the season home opener versus the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday, July 10.

But Lions’ action isn’t limited to the field. The team’s grassroots football programs are focused on linking the team with people throughout the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, allowing the Lions and fans of all ages to share their love of football.

“I have been involved with our grassroots football programs for many seasons now,” says Lions slotback and fan favourite Geroy Simon. “Having an opportunity to share our love of the game with our fans throughout B.C. is a great way to give back to our community and gives us a chance to get to know our fans too!”

PUNT, PASS & KICK Punt, Pass & Kick is a program designed to provide an opportunity for minor football players to test their skills in punting, passing and kicking while reinforcing their love of football.

In 2009, the BC Lions, Tim Hortons, and BC Community Football hosted competitions in 15 districts in the Lower Mainland where players at the Flag (ages 6-7), Atom (ages 8-9), Peewee (ages 10-11) and Junior Bantam (12-13) levels had the opportunity to show off their skills and compete for an individual title.

The 2010 Punt, Pass & Kick program will kick off in June, with the finals slated for the fall.

For more information about the Punt, Pass & Kick program, please contact the BC Lions Football Club at 604.930.5466.

PLAY WITH THE PROS Play with the Pros matches BC Lions players with boys and girls, providing them with an opportunity to participate in a noncontact skills clinic hosted by their favourite BC Lions players.

The participants are divided into groups and rotate through various skill stations every 10-15 minutes. One player, one alumnus and one volunteer coach (local high school or community) are assigned per station, teaching skills such as

Reading rocks Public libraries across B.C. will rock out to the sound of kids reading, playing and learning all summer long.

Registration for Summer Reading Club starts at the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows libraries. Everyone who joins the Summer Reading Club will be given a colourful reading record and a bookmark.

Visit the library regularly and collect stickers for your record book. At the end of the summer you may receive a medal for your efforts. Enjoy cool programs and contests throughout July and August. For more information about this year’s Summer Reading Club, visit or phone the Maple Ridge Public Library at 467-7417, or the Pitt Meadows Library at 465-4113.

passing, receiving, pass routes and proper running techniques.

The program will continue with similar visits in 2010 with the first 2010 Play with the Pros clinic taking place on June 27 at the club’s Surrey practice facility. For more information about the Lions’ Play with the Pros program, please contact the club at 604.930.5466.

TIMBITS FOOTBALL CAMP The Timbits Football Camp is a free clinic for boys and girls between 6 and 12 years old. The program offers these children the chance to learn the basic skills of football and to play with their BC Lions heroes. Last year, more than 400 boys and girls took part in the camp.

The 2010 Timbits Football Camp will take place on Aug. 29. For more information about the Lions’ Timbits Football Camp, please contact the club at 604.930.5466.

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FOOTBALL 101 Football 101 is a course designed exclusively for women who want to learn more about the CFL game. For just $50 (plus tax), participants receive a BC Lions T-shirt, a Football 101 manual and a game ticket to a BC Lions home game, which includes viewing the pre-game warm-up and a “chalk talk” with former BC Lions great Jamie Taras.

In 2009, the BC Lions welcomed close to 150 women of all ages during two sessions of Football 101.

In 2010, the BC Lions will once again host two sessions of this popular “just-for ladies” event – on Wednesday, Aug. 4 and Wednesday, Oct. 13. To register, please contact the club at 604.930.5466.

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he days when climbing roses were for walls and all others were segregated in rose beds are almost gone. In gardens today roses are free to snuggle up with diverse companions in a variety of different settings.

For instance, climbing and rambling roses can wind around obelisks, posts covered with wire mesh and teepees, provide a prickly warning around vulnerable house windows and double the value of space in small gardens by teaming up with flowering shrubs.

The main limiting factors are sunshine and moisture.

Most roses need six hours sun daily, though there are a few that bloom in semi-shade.

One is the purplish-blue ‘Wedding Veil’ (Veilchenblau), a rambler with fewer blooms in semi-shade, but a reputation for enhanced flower colour there.

Some others (such as the climber ‘New Dawn’) can be started in semi-shade and will Summer Camp ◗ St. George’s Vacation Bible School “Galactic Blast” has games, music, Bible stories, crafts, etc. on July 19, 20, 21 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at 23500 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Registration $25 - snack and lunch included. Register by phone at 463-9622, e-mail office@ stgeorgemr.org or come in person.

June 16 ◗ First Yennadon Scouting Group will be having their early registration for 2010/2011 for Beavers 5-7, Cubs 8-10, Scouts 11-13, Venturers 14-17 and Rovers 18 and up from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Eagles’ Hall at 23461 Fern Crescent.

June 16 ◗ Maple Ridge Garden Club meets at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30) at Fraserview Community Centre. Speaker: Steve Whysall. Guest fee $5. For more details, call 465-1223 or visit mapleridgegardenclub.50 webs.com.

June 16 ◗ St. John the Divine Anglican Church at Laity Street and

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Garden Gossip flower abundantly once they have escaped by climbing up into the sunshine.

Climbers tend to have stiff canes and some develop significant trunks so they can stand alone. Also climbers may flower repeatedly.

Ramblers have malleable canes which makes them much easier to wind through things. But most ramblers are old roses, fragrant, but only June-flowering. Some have pretty rose-hips.

Since both kinds climb, I’ll be using the word ‘climbers.’

But their differences need to be borne in mind when choosing a rose for a specific purpose. For instance, when choosing a tree or shrub as a

What’s on River Road, Maple Ridge, has a strawberry tea from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a bake sale, crafts, jewelry, plants, paintings and gifts.

June 17 ◗ The Maple Ridge Adopt A Block Society will be holding its annual general meeting at the Rivers Heritage Center, 24959 Alouette Rd, at 6 p.m.

Call Charlene at 463-9699 or email adoptablock@telus.net.

June 18 ◗ Celebrate National Aboriginal Day with local Aboriginal artist Quentin Harris at the Maple Ridge Public Library from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Come learn about First Nations culture and drawing techniques.

For more information call the Maple Ridge Public Library at 467-7417.

support for climbers, a rambler will wind through the branches better and be easier to re-position if necessary. It’s also important to match the size of the tree or shrub and the rose. The living supports must be strong enough to hold the climber when it’s mature and the rose mustn’t grow so abundantly it smothers and weakens its support.

Roses are often grown up west or south walls and this is a great, warm, sheltered place for them. There’s likely to be a lot of watering at first because soil by walls can be dry, especially in summer.

But eventually the rose roots grow out into more hospitable places. This also happens with other large wall plants such as fig trees and passion vines.

Painting walls that host roses can be a challenge even if they’re on detachable trellises because old, woody rose trunks are stiff. But I’ve been told some gardeners prune them back to the ground and they do re-shoot. I haven’t

June 19 ◗ The Haney Farmers Market is celebrating Father’s Day with a lunch in Spirit Square.

The Salvation Army will be barbequing between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The menu is Grilled Chicken, Roasted Sweet Peppers served on lightly grilled Focaccia Bread. Music will be provided by Noel and Rebecca Fudge.

More strawberries are arriving, white and yellow carrots, red, yellow and striped beets, fresh lettuce, radishes and so much more. Visit us in Memorial Peace Park on 224th between 9 and 2. Visit www. haneyfarmersmarket.org.

June 19 ◗ I Love to Dance has a lesson at 7 p.m. and dancing from 8 p.m. until midnight at the seniors centre, 12150 - 224 St. Tickets are $15 or $10 for seniors society members. Singles welcome. Tickets available at the door. Call Ray for more details at 836-7295 or visit www.ilovetodance.ca.

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tried it.

But with grafted roses (and many other grafted plants) cutting back to the ground is likely to trigger rootstock suckers. Own-root roses are great, if you can get them. It’s slow but possible to grow your own from cuttings.

Rose arches can involve heavy timbers, lattice-work or (as I once saw on a Mission acreage) branches cut from the wild and bent while they’re still green. Concrete rebar fastened to the base of the twiggy wood makes a solid post that makes detachment easy when you need to redo the top work.

One Burnaby gardener finds stucco wire so sturdy she has made free-standing arches for roses and clematis connected into the ground by short posts.

Another effective use is when climbing roses wrap up and over a small porch.

Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@ shaw.ca. meeting is from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Pitt Meadows Elementary School, 11941 Harris Rd. There will be a free workshop on gardening with arthritis. To register for this workshop call 714-5550.

June 21 ◗ Cythera Transition House Society is holding their AGM between 6:30 and 7 p.m. at Thomas Haney Secondary School.

On the same evening, also at Thomas Haney in the Suddaby Room starting at 7 p.m. there will be a retirement celebration for Sally Davis, children’s counsellor.

A l l t h o s e i n t e re s t e d i n attending either event can RSVP to Elaine at 467-9939, ext. 227.

June 21 ◗ The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Youth Centre Society is holding its AGM at the Greg Moore Youth Centre at 5 p.m.

Anyone interested in learning about the society is welcome to attend.

For additional information, call Angie Rowell at 467-9555.

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June 22 ◗ Ridge Meadows Association for Community Living is partnering with Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network to present a workshop entitled “RDSP for the Future.” The Registered Disability Savings Plan or RDSP, is a program that allows savings to grow in a tax-deferred environment and provides matching federal contributions of up to 300 per cent annually. There will be an RDSP for the Future session

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pm at the Maple Ridge Public Library. Refreshments will be served.

For more information on this free program, call the Maple Ridge Public Library at 467-7417.

Music ◗ Merv Tremblay and Silverado host an open jam session with a meat draw every Sunday, 3:30-7:30 p.m. at Houstons Bar at 21525 Dewdney Trunk Rd.

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Happy Father’s Day!

Some guys secretly like having a fuss made over them NICK LEES CanWest News Service

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ynics say Father’s Day was invented by greeting card manufacturers.

This isn’t exactly true. But families in many parts of the world do often hand Dad a card, prepare his favourite dinner and hoist a glass of wine to toast him on Father’s Day. This could date back in recorded history some 4,000 years, when a young boy named Elmusu wished his Babylonian father good health and a long life by carving a message on a card made from clay.

T h e t ra d i t i o n o f h a v ing a special day honouring fathers has continued through the years in many countries around the world.

My Glaswegian father was a big admirer of top-notch German Riesling, and at a young age I remember being given a small tipple of a dry, crisp, citrus-flavoured wine to drink to his health and that of the Glasgow Rangers football team. (He was modest and didn’t want the third Sunday in June every year to be all about him.)

My Dad is long gone, but

I still remember him on Father’s Day and toast the memory of him kicking a soccer ball to me about the time I took my first steps, helping me with homework and shaking my hand and wishing me the best of luck when I went out the front door to jump a cargo boat to Canada.

All the guys I know secretly like being made a fuss of one day a year and, like my father, they enjoy the tribute of a few words and a toast.

If Dad is the usual wine buyer in the family and you feel inclined to indulge him, here are a few suggestions on libations I believe are good value in their price category.

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New Harbour Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand, 2008, $12.95. A bouquet of citrus, passionfruit and guava, and a crisp finish.

S a i n t Ve r a n “ C l a s s i q u e,” C h a t e a u d e Beauregard, Macconais, Burgundy, France, 2007, $26.50.

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Southernmost, Patagonia, Argentina, 2009, $12.95.

Vibrant dark, rounded fruit from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Malbec.

D o n Ro d o l f o Ma l b e c , Cafayate Valley, Argentina, 2007, $16.95. A great buy.

Very fruity on the nose with hints of plums, peppers and spices. Structured and well balanced.

Zenato Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Veneto, Italy, 2006, $49.95. A big, bold, rich, dark wine loaded

with dark berries, plums and chocolate.

Burrowing Owl Meritage, VQA, Okanagan Valley, B.C., 2006, $68.95. An elegant Bordeaux-style blend with vanilla, chocolate and cassis on the nose and plums, cassis and spice on the palate.

Louis Jadot 1er GevreyChambertin Clos SaintJacques, Burgundy, France, 2003, $133.95. A good, full, dense Pinot Noir, with aromas of chocolate, coffee, minerals and gingerbread.

Flavours of cherry, minerals and menthol.

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Canadian Iceberg Vodka, Newfoundland Liquor Corp., $28.95. An ultra-premium vodka made from 12,000year-old naturally pure iceberg water and triple distilled, neutral grain spirit from Ontario peaches and cream sweet corn.

Aberlour Highland Single Malt Scotch, 10 Year Old, Scotland, $40.95. Matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks, this Speysider has a nose of apples and pears and sweet notes of vanilla and mint toffee.

The palate is smooth and creamy, with spicy, sweet nutmeg and honey.

Woodford Reserve Dist i l l e r s Se l e c t B o u r b o n , Kentucky, $54.95. This smallbatch bourbon, the “official” Bourbon of the Kentucky Derby, has a woody nose and light notes of charcoal and chocolate.

Zaya Gran Reserva Rum, 12 Year Old, Trinidad and Tobago, $54.95.

Zaya is blended, barrel aged and bottled in Guatemala and made in limited production.

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Happy Father’s Day!

Spruce up Dad’s garage to celebrate Father’s Day Either way, guys want a space of their very own in which to hang out and ticker without being disturbed, or worry about their stuff becoming toys for the kids.

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Father’s Day is almost here and it’s time to celebrate all the dads out there by sprucing up dad’s domain - the garage.

So this year, give Dad the gift of a garage makeover.

Not only will Dad love having an enviable garage, Mom will appreciate having everything in its proper place.

A recent survey done by Gl a d i a t o r Ga ra g e Wo rk s found that most Canadian women would like to have a garage that was an organized oasis (59 per cent), whereas men’s visions of a dream garage are more diverse: organized oasis (33 per cent), wicked workshop (27 per cent) and auto shop garage (22 per cent).

Here are a few tips and ideas to get you started on your dream garage:

- A family project: This is a great gift for Dad, but it’s also a great way to spend time together as a family, and let everyone have input.

To make Dad feel special, give him a chair, a favourite beverage and let him sit back, relax and supervise.

- Purge: De-cluttering the garage is an important first step.

You need to know what’s essential and what has just piled up that should be

donated, sold or thrown away. What items do you use the most? The least? Grouping by seasons, frequency of use and/or by activity will help create order and make it easy to access what you’re looking for quickly.

- Everything in its place: To help with storage, consider a

modular system like Gladiator GarageWorks, which can be customized and adjusted easily as your family’s needs and interests change over time.

Use bins, hooks, shelves and cabinets to create place for everything from golf clubs to cleaning supplies to

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INDEX Community Notices ....................................1000 Family Announcements ...........................1119 Employment..........................................................1200 Education .................................................................1400 Special Occasions...........................................1600 Marketplace ..........................................................2000 Children ......................................................................3000 Pets & Livestock ...............................................3500 Health............................................................................4000 Travel & Recreation ......................................4500 Business & Finance .......................................5000 Legals ............................................................................5500 Real Estate ..............................................................6000 Rentals .........................................................................6500 Personals ...................................................................7000 Service Directory .............................................8000 Transportation ....................................................9000

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FARM WORKERS

Meadowland Blueberry and Cranberry Farm located on Dewdney Trunk Road in Pitt Meadows requires 4 farm workers commencing July 12, 2010. Duties include general farm labour, planting, pruning, fertilizing, weed control and harvesting. Work is physically demanding, handling heavy loads, repetitive tasks, standing for extended periods of time. work is performed outdoors, hot/dusty or cold/damp conditions. Wages are $9.14 per hour. Work can consist of 50 hours over 6 day weeks particularly during harvest.

The season will end around November 15, 2010.

Please fax your resume to 604-465-8878 or email: dawn@pittmeadows.net No phone calls please.

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For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

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LOST GOLD ring of great sentimental value @ the Legion Prkg lot on May 29/10. Generous REWARD 604-317-1332

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ALOUETTE ADDICTIONS SERVICES If you or someone you care about has a problem with alcohol or drugs please call 604-467-5179 www.alouetteaddictions.org

Kay 463-9376 (Maple Ridge) Glenda 460-1117 Diane 462-8461 (Pitt Meadows)

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• Must have reliable vehicle • Must be certified & experienced • Union Wages & Benefits Apply in person 19689 Telegraph Trail, Langley fax resume to 604-513-3661 or email: darlene.hibbs@shawbiz.ca We are currently seeking a team oriented, self-motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our operations team as a

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Applicants must have substantial experience in Road Construction with extensive knowledge in the grading and paving aspects of the business. They also must possess superior leadership skills and demonstrate solid oral and written interpersonal communication skills as well as average computer skills with Microsoft Office software.

The successful candidate will be responsible for scheduling, quality assurance and the administration of the day to day operations. As well, they will be involved in the Company Safety Program and will work cooperatively with our other Superintendents in the Major Contracts and Design Build Projects We offer a complete benefit package with salary commensurate of experience.

For consideration please forward your resume including work & salary history and expectations to: Attention: Human Resources B A Blacktop Ltd. #201-111 Forester Street North Vancouver , B.C. V7H 0A6 employment@bablacktop.com Serving the BC Lower Mainland, the Fraser Valley and the Sunshine Coast.

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GENERATE EXCEL INCOME working from your home office. Flex hrs free online training.778-452-0024 www.born2shine.net P/T ANIMAL CARE PERSON required. Job entails heavy lifting; exc. interpersonal skills; ability to work as an active & positive team member but also comfortable working individually; ability to remain focused in an ever-changing and sometimes chaotic environment; good problem solving skills; common sense and high degree of compassion and respect for the unique and individual needs of our senior and special needs animals. Resumes to:

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Medical/Dental

Friendly Coq Dental Office looking for exp’d dental receptionist.

Sat only position. 604-739-6131

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Trades/Technical

ROOFERS - Single Ply

Marine Roofing seeks fulltime Journeypersons.

Lower Mainland BC Jobs Min. 3 yrs. exp. $27.50-$32.50/hr.

Call Daryl, 604-433-1813 dmorrison@marineroofing.com

We are an established North Surrey structural steel fabricating company and looking to fill the following positions: ★Project Coordinator / Manager Enthusiastic and detail oriented with excellent computer & communication skills required. Experience in the steel and/or construction industry is a must. ★Steel Detailer Experience with Pro-Steel would be ideal, X-Steel okay to detail miscellaneous metals and custom structural steel. Must be experienced, committed, detail oriented & have excellent communication & computer skills.

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ESTATE SALE, 8 pce bdrm ste, electric bed w/individual controls, oak enter ctr & many misc. furn & HH items. Call 604-869-1555

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Lumber/Building Supplies

BUILDING SALE! 25x30 $4,577.

30x40 $7,140. 32x60 $11,950.

32x80 $18,420. 35x60 $ 13,990.

40x70 $14,650. 40x100 $24,900.

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DOBERMAN PUPS. Female/ Male. Tails/dew claws done. Blk/ tan. $1500-$2000. 604-607-7433

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BORDER COLLIE Cross Sheltie pup male. Gorgeous! Ready Now. Blue Merles, $700. Aldergrove.

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BOSTON TERRIER (PB) pups shots, dewormed, parents to view. 8 wks July 5th. $1500. Call after 5 pm 604-374-0049 CANE CORSO male pups, Italian Mastiff, 9 wks, tails docked, 1st shots, $1000, 604-351-8741

COCKER SPANIEL p/b pups with papers vet. shots, ready now, Vanc. $400 neg. 604-708-1752

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The Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Times has partnered with the BC SPCA to encourage responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals. Before purchasing a new puppy, ensure the seller has provided excellent care and treatment of the animal and the breeding parents.

For a complete guide to finding a reputable breeder and other considerations when acquiring a new pet, visit spca.bc.ca.

PB BLUENOSE Pit Bull pup’s for sale. 4 left - $1000 - $1500. Ph Tim 604-557-8359

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Prof. refinish, sanding from $2. installs. Dustless 604-219-6944

9160

Sports & Imports

We pay up to $300 cash

Runs perfect, AirCared, mint interior, a/c,pwr pkg,124,000 km,75hp nitrous boost, dual 2.5 exhaust, Posi, very clean. $4250 obo. Call 604.316.4342

8155

1990 MERCEDES 560 SEL AirCared, fully loaded, leather, heated seats, pw, pl, alarm, pwr sunroof, pwr seats, CD, new tires & brakes, 228,000 km, runs well. $3000 obo.

604-551-9022

604.845.5010

2001 BUICK CENTURY. 59,000 km. Original elderly 1 owner. Mint cond. 6 cyl, 4 drs. Loaded. $6,500 obo. 778-278-1997 (Langley)

9130

Motorcycles/ Dirt Bikes

2001 KAWASAKI ZRX 1200R Put the sport back into Sport Touring with this amazing bike.

Comes with many extras, Muzzy exhaust, Hindle lift, Joe Rocket saddlebags, tank bag, tail bag, this bike is ready to go. New chain and sprocket last year. Asking $3000.00 OBO 604-250-9110

9145

Scrap Car Removal

LIVINGSTON JUNK CAR PICK UP Since 1966 No wheels no problem.

604-603-2617

FREE

Scrap/Car Removal No Wheels No Problem

HOUR 2Service From Call

Family Owned & Operated

(604) 209-2026

FREE SCRAP car & truck removal. Top $$ paid for all. No wheels - no problem. 604-761-7175

care etc Gregg 778-241-7508

Lawn & Garden

Lawn & Services: Garden 8160 Yardcare Adams

Great Rates! Hedges, Lawns, Adams etc.

Yardcare Services: Pruning Adam 778-899-4162

Great Rates! Hedges, Lawns, Pruning etc. Adam 778-899-4162

Sports & Imports

2007 VW City Golf, 32K, ext silver, int black, auto, ac, great cond. $13,950, 604-466-1598

9522

Motorhomes/RVs

1999 CORSAIR 30ft, 5th wheel large slideout, sleeps 5-6, new condition. $24,900 604-465-9512

CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES

604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC 2H

2003 ADVENTURER 22ft RV, 84K km’s, slps 6, new tires, Exc Cond $28,500 604-819-6130

Sport Utilities/ 4x4’s/Trucks

1992 MAZDA B2200, double cab, burgundy, good cond, air cared. $2800. Lang. 604-888-6075 1999 FORD 250XL, auto, 8cyl, 210K, long box, bed liner, trlr pkg. extra cab, $9000, 604-467-4188

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2003 TOYOTA Corolla S, 5 spd, pl, cd, ac, silver, spoiler 105K,, $7400 D9256 604-768-8762

2005 29’ JAYCO Trailer. like new, bunk beds, Awning, lrg storage, slide, A/C, $21,000 604-792-9210

Trailers/Tents/ Campers

2006 HONDA Civic DX Coupe $13,500. Auto, PWR Locks & Windows, heated mirrors, digital dash, 4 new tires, new brakes, Honda Serviced. NO Accidents.

100k. Great on gas, many extras.

Coq. Call ★ 604-868-3128 2006 HONDA CRV. No accident.

82,000km. $18,000 firm. Include Mich X-ice snow tire. 604 715 4390

Sports & Imports

2005 TOYOTA Echo, 4 door hatch back, 5 spd, only 72K, $5800, D9921 ..1-877-855-6522 Located in Abbotsford

2006 MITSUBISHI Eclipse GT V6 loaded auto, leather, sr, 2 set tires,

$16,300. D9256 604-768-8762

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Go to http://classified.van.net or call 604-630-3300.

QUALITY PROPERTY CARE Government Certified for Lawn Treatment.

8225

Power Washing

Grant’s Home Maintenance Complete Pressure Washing: Roofs, Houses, Driveways, etc Gutter Cleaning & Repairs.

Call: 778-885-6488

Residential & Strata Prompt Service. WCB Insured

604 936-2808

grantshomemaintenance@shaw.ca

8175

Masonry

STONE WORK Retaining walls, facing, cultured stone.

604-603-2576 tymerstonework.com

8185

Moving & Storage

AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men

1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From

Poppa & Sons Ultimate Pressure Washing. Driveways, Decks, Sidewalks, Siding, Free Est. Wayne 604 671-9524

8240

Renovations & Home Improvement

FERREIRA HOME IMPROVEMENTS Additions ★ Renovations Concrete Forming ★ Decks Garages ★ Bathrooms Ceramic Tile ★ Drywall Hardwood Flooring ''Satisfaction Guaranteed''

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8250

Roofing

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AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of Moving, Storage & Packing. Different from the Rest. 604-861-8885 Coast Mountain Movers local & long distance, lic & ins, free est.

Seniors 10% disc. 778-318-7141

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www.popeyesmovingbc.com

1991 PROWLER 5th whl 25.5 gd cond everything works, new tires, 2 6V batt’s. $6200 obo. 604-795-6302

LIC’D PLUMBER, registered & insured. Installations/renos/hw tanks. Good rates! 604-789-3922

Tree services, stump grinding, lawn aeration, reseeding, lawn and garden installations.

POPEYE’S MOVING 2003 32’ Cougar by Keystone 5th wheel. In exc cond; two large slides; lots of solid oak cabinets, oak table w/4 oak chairs; 2 arm chairs, ent. unit; a/c, furnace; hydraulic front jacks; large awning; heated underbelly; corner shower; queen bed, closet, dresser; new washer/dryer; lg living room window; skylight; too many extras to mention. $21,000. 604.316.1018

HIGHMARKPLUMBING.COM Heating, Gas fitting, Drainage.

Excavation. 604-945-6060

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Fast & Dependable Special Rates Seniors Disc. Call 604 464-5872

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Lawn & Garden

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Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance

THE SCRAPPER

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45 We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac 2002 NISSAN Altima 2.5 S, auto, loaded, pwr pkg, burgundy, $6600. D9256 604-768-8762

Plumbing

Water Lines (without digging) Sewer Lines (without digging) Install. Drain tiles. 604-739-2000

Landscaping

604-761-7175 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $100 cash paid for full sized vehicles. 604-518-3673

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2006 SMART FOR Two, diesel, 38K, exterior silver & black, $9500, 604-820-4119

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9160

Aarrow Recycling

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POCO RENO 2 BR main flr, $1050 incls utils. Shared w/d.

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8195

Painting/ Wallpaper

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8315

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06 CIVIC. Run s great. 34 MPG , 30k miles. Cal l Jim 555-3210 .

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