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Hammond rich with history There is much to preserve in one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Maple Ridge, but it will take the will of its residents to keep its charm and character. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com
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ammond is one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Maple Ridge and a drive through the area reveals many vestiges of its rich history. But given its proximity to the new Golden Ears Bridge, pressure is mounting to densify in the predominantly single-family residential area. “I think it’s going to be a struggle to maintain Hammond’s character and personality and to keep its history alive,” said Val Patenaude, director of the Maple Ridge Museum and Archives. “The development pressure is only going to increase. It’s difficult in these days with the land values that there are to retain the village aspect with the small houses that only take up a portion of their lot.” Hammond was one of the first
real neighbourhoods in Maple Ridge, Patenaude said. Port Hammond was going to become the main terminus for the Canadian Pacific Railway. “Port Hammond was thought to be destined for very great things,” Patenaude said, but, alas, it was supplanted by New Westminster whose location was more desirable. In recent months two applications for development in Hammond have come to Maple Ridge council, one for an industrial building on Maple Crescent Way beside the mill and the other for an apartment building on three lots on 206 Street. Maple Ridge councillor Michael Morden said he thinks everything is wrong about the application on Maple Crescent to rezone the property from town centre commercial to special industrial, which will allow for a two-storey industrial warehouse building. It would have made more sense
John Hammond’s residence is still standing in Hammond, one of many historic buildings in the neighbourhood. Troy
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to have a mixed residential and commercial development there with retail stores at ground level and residences above, he said. “Nobody bothered to consult anyone in Hammond about this (application),” Morden said.
A view of Maple Crescent from Hammond’s early history. Photo courtesy of the Maple Ridge Museum.
“The key is neighbourhood consultation.” At this point, Hammond needs a neighbourhood association and an area plan in order to revitalize the historic neighbourhood, he said. He considers a Hammond area plan a higher priority than even the Albion plan that is currently being worked on. Morden added that it’s “crazy” that areas like Silver Valley where there is little infrastructure in place are being developed when an established neighbourhood like Hammond could be revitalized. The industrial building on Maple Crescent passed third reading on May 25. At that same meeting, Maple Ridge council gave first reading to rezone three lots at 206 Street and 113 Avenue from one-family urban residential to medium-density apartment residential. The area is designated neighbourhood residential in the Official Community Plan, which means it could have “limited infill,” that is, single detached homes, duplexes or triplexes. The proposed apartment building doesn’t fit with the OCP designation, a Maple Ridge staff report states, and would be only appropriate on a major road corridor. “The people of Hammond ... are going to have to get together and find a way to
maintain the personality (of the neighbourhood),” Patenaude said of future development in the neighbourhood. Patenaude gave the example of the Webster’s Corners Community Association that is consulted with when any development is planned in their area. Hammond needs a similar type of community association in order to preserve the character of the area, she said. A large part of Hammond is designated urban residential in the official community plan’s future land use schedule. Hammond is named after two brothers who came to the area in 1862 from Fenstanton, England. John was 26 when he arrived and William was 19. The Hammond brothers bought 120 acres of land on the riverfront. Four Katzie groups were thought to have occupied the land from what is now the Hammond/Interfor Mill to their present reserve on Bonson Road. The original Hammond home is located at Maple Crescent and Westfield Street. Three houses have been built on that property. But the house John Hammond lived in with his mail-order bride from Boston at Lorne Road and Waresley Street is still standing. See HAMMOND, Page 3
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Daycare, preschool reviews online A Vancouver mother has launched a website called theshortylist.ca to feature reviews of Metro Vancouver daycares, preschools and elementary schools. Karen Young Chester, a mother of two preschool-aged children, said it’s difficult to find the right daycare or school because of space shortages in popular facilities, which creates waiting lists and lottery systems. Chester, a stay-at-home mom and freelance video producer, said online information is scarce. Statistics are available, along with school rankings, but those numbers lack the personal, anecdotal information she seeks. “I usually go online to do research and I discovered it’s very hard to find any information about individual schools and daycares. It seems like there’s this real absence of information.” She asked total strangers at the neighbourhood playground for recommendations and tips when she was searching for child care. “I suppose this is just a way of taking that playground chat online, so you will have contact with a more diverse set of parents and get more opinions.” A soft launch of The Shorty List is underway and users can submit reviews, but the full launch won’t take place until the fall.
Correction In the Friday, July 30 issue, the “Ministry tells school to alter web details” article stated that the school administration asked parents to pay a $12,000 bond. In fact, it was the society, the Vancouver International Primary and Secondary School Society that asked parents to pay the bond. The TIMES apologizes for the error.
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HAMMOND, From Page 1 Hammond was still a vibrant neighbourhood in the 1950s and was a great place to be a kid – there was a stadium and lots of families. “As a kid, it was great because this place was full of nothing but families – there were a hundred boys,” said John Grasser, a long-time Hammond resident and creator of the “smile garden” at the corner of Dartford and Battle streets. Port Hammond Junction was registered on Aug. 3, 1883 at the New Westminster Courthouse. Grasser doesn’t understand why the sign put up by the historical society called the area “Historic Hammond” although it was originally intended as a port, like its neighbour to the east Port Haney. “If they can put a sign up saying ‘Port Haney,’ our sign should say ‘historic Port Hammond,’” Grasser said. In 1882, construction on the railway began through Maple Ridge and this resulted in growth and prosperity. Hammond was the site of a tent town for Chinese labourers, a supply depot and temporary railroad construction headquarters. About 70 labourers died in Hammond during the construction of the railroad because of landslides. There were two stores run by Chinese immigrants. At Wo Lung’s store, along with other goods, there was opium for sale since at that time, it wasn’t illegal to import opium. The first bank opened in Hammond in 1908 and it was the Bank of Hamilton. The first telephone exchange came to Hammond in 1910. Hammond and Haney both got electricity in 1912 supplied by the Stave Lake Power Co. The mill was established in 1910 and was first called the Baily Lumber Company. In 1916, the mill became the Hammond Cedar Mill after it was rebuilt with drying kilns and a cedar siding planer. The mill became one of the largest employers in Maple Ridge and a driver for development in Hammond. It has continued to employ Maple Ridge residents over the years. The mill became the largest cedar processing mill in the world and employed generations – and kept families in Hammond.
The Interfor Hammond cedar mill continues to produce cedar products which are exported to the United States, Europe and Asia. Troy Landreville/TIMES
“It has led to a level of continuity in Hammond that you just don’t find very often around the region,” Patenaude said. Grasser worked at the mill from 1969 to 1971, along with many other Maple Ridge residents. “That place was, as far as working, goes a rather hard place to work,” Grasser said. “It was bull work - you worked hard. It wasn’t unfair none but you worked hard.” Homes were built in Hammond for mill workers – single-family homes for families and rooming houses for single men, many of which still exist as apartment buildings. Currently there are about 150 workers at the mill and many of the processes have been automated. There is a sign on 207 Street by the field and baseball diamonds ‘Hammond Stadium,’ but there is no actual stadium in the park. There was a wooden Nat Bailey-style stadium in Hammond when Grasser was growing up, but between the four years he was gone from 1965 to 1969, it disappeared. Grasser remembers going to games of the “semi-pro” league – “They all got paid for it but not much,” Grasser said of the Haney-Hammond
Luckies. He especially remembers the travelling teams of African-Americans which also put on comedy routines and played “shadow ball” – a pantomime baseball game “almost like a dance.” Grasser said the entire community would come out for baseball games at the Hammond Stadium, sometimes a few thousand people, especially when there were visiting teams from the U.S.
Ridge Meadows Minor Baseball Association was working to raise money towards building a stadium. In 2006, a preliminary budget was drawn up and the cost of a new diamond and stadium was estimated at $1.7 million. Mark Kauhane, president of the minor baseball association, said this figure would have to be looked at again since costs might have changed over the last few years. The stadium plan included
pulling down the basketball courts, a new baseball diamond, bleachers for 500 spectators, a batting cage and bull pen, a fully fenced field, and concession stand with washrooms and an announcing tower, parking lot for 103 cars. ❚ Many of the historical details are taken from Maple Ridge: A History of Settlement by the Maple Ridge Branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women.
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Metro Vancouver will go ahead with plans to investigate burning the region’s garbage – but not necessarily in Metro Vancouver. Both Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin and Pitt Meadows Mayor Don MacLean voted in favour of that Friday. Members of Metro’s sewage and drainage district voted 63-49 in favour Friday of investigating options for a mass-burn incinerator or waste “conversion technologies” such as anaerobic digestion or gasification, both in and out of the region, to deal with 500,000 tonnes of waste that is now being dumped at the Cache Creek landfill. Earlier in July Maple Ridge council unanimously voted to send a resolution to Metro Vancouver opposing mass burn incinerators. Ridge Meadows Recycling Society has also expressed opposition to mass burn incinerators. Daykin said he voted in favour of investigating waste to energy options, including incinerators, because “it gets a whole bunch of things out on the table.” “I guess it’s a bit of a fallback position in a sense. We needed to do something today. We needed to get this thing moving forward,” said Daykin. “I voted against landfill as an option. I said in my comments it’s just as wrong in my gut to bury it as it is to burn it.” Mayor Don MacLean said Metro Vancouver needs to “go with science” not “emotion.” “I think that we have to investigate everything,” he said. “We haven’t made a decision about any technology but I don’t think we should start excluding options.” MacLean said continuing to send waste to landfills doesn’t make sense because landfills produce methane, which is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. “I have found no reports that incineration would in any discernible way increase pollution in the Fraser Valley,” he added. The Metro Vancouver decision followed hours of debate, including an earlier rejection of the same motion. The directors also threw out a recommendation by Metro chief administrative officer Johnny Carline to build an incinerator in the region, which he said would be cheaper to build and operate a facility here rather than trucking the garbage outside, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and would give
the region financial benefits in terms of selling heat and energy from the facility. He warned if Metro didn’t pursue “additional waste to energy” in region, it could then investigate a facility outside the region or, in default, expand the Cache Creek dump. The plan will now go to Environment Minister Barry Penner. If it’s approved Metro will send out requests for proposals with the hope some sort of waste to energy facility could be built by 2015. The Cache Creek dump is slated to close in 2016. The incinerator was proposed as part of the region’s solid waste management plan to dispose of the 500,000 tonnes of garbage that are now being trucked to the Cache Creek dump. But directors were split on whether an incinerator should be built in the region, outside or not at all. Burnaby Coun. Sav Dhaliwal said Metro should build an incinerator in the region “because it’s our garbage.” He said Metro should only look at other options if no community wants an incinerator or if Environment Minister Barry Penner rejects the plan. “For us to really think the health risk doesn’t belong in this region . . . is playing games not in our backyard.
This is our garbage; we should be dealing with it.” Yet Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore and Port Moody Mayor Joe Trasolini argued against considering the incinerator in the region, saying it should be taking into consideration the concerns of their neighbours in the Fraser Valley, who voted unanimously against the incinerator proposal because of fears of increased air pollution in their unique airshed. Trasolini asked why Metro spent so much time consulting the public – 35 meetings were held – if it was just going to base its decisions on science. New Westminster Mayor Wayne Wright noted his community has been living beside the Burnaby incinerator for 20 years and he didn’t even know it was there. Vancouver Coun. Tim Stevenson, who voted against the proposal, questioned why Metro would even be considering shipping its garbage outside the region. Metro Vancouver produces about 1.4 million tonnes of garbage every year. The solid-waste management plan aims to raise recycling rates from 55 per cent of garbage today to 70 per cent by 2015. All the directors agreed with the plan to boost recycling and diversion rates
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andra Gagnon fears that she will never find out what happened to her younger sister who went missing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in 1997. Worse yet the Maple Ridge woman fears police will find her sister’s remains but her killer won’t have to go on trial. Her sister Janet Henry is one of 68 women whose photo appeared on a police poster seeking information about women with highrisk lifestyles who had gone missing from the Downtown Eastside. Henry wasn’t one of the women whose DNA was found on Robert (Willie) Pickton’s farm but Pickton told police he murdered 49 women. So far police have charged Pickton with the murder of 33 women, 32 of them were women whose faces appeared on the poster. That could still leave 16 more women whom he killed and whom police haven’t found. Pickton was convicted of killing six women and the Supreme Court rejected an appeal of the decision on Friday. A Crown spokesperson told the media the Crown doesn’t expect to proceed with a trial against him on additional murder charges. Gagnon said she’s spent years fighting to find out what happened to her sister. “It’s heart-reaching to me because if we ever find Janet there’s nothing,” said Gagnon. Gagnon said she still thinks of her sister “all the time.” “I think to myself maybe, just maybe the police are going to come to my place and say they found her DNA. Now I’m just thinking if they come nothing’s going to happen anyway but at least we’ll know and we can have a memorial,” she said. Her sister’s disappearance has ravaged her family. Her brother Lance attended Pickton’s court case daily and one night he came home after court and had a heart attack. Gagnon blames the stress and emotional and psychological pain of the trial for his death. Meanwhile, Gagnon has suffered regular panic attacks and her doctor says she has post traumatic stress disorder. Three weeks ago she thought she was having a heart attack but it turned out it was a panic attack triggered by hearing the sound of a wood chipper outside her house. She describes her sister as a “loving, compassionate, caring person.” “She was very giving. She loved her daughter very much. Her daughter was her best friend and even before Janet went missing she said to me I want to straighten my life out so I can see (her daughter) more,” she said. Gagnon said she also feels some relief that she won’t have to hear more horrible details about Pickton’s alleged murders in a subsequent trial. Inspector Gary Shinkaruk, team leader of the Joint Missing Women’s Task Force,
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Customers who purchase or lease a new 2010 or 2011 Ford vehicle (excluding Shelby GT500, F-150 Raptor, Medium trucks) (an “Eligible Vehicle”) and finance through Ford Credit, Canada will receive [$500]/[$750]/[$1000] (the “Offer”) on [Focus/Fiesta/Fusion/Fusion Hybrid/Mustang/Taurus/Escape/Escape Hybrid/Ranger]/ [Edge/Flex/Explorer/Explorer Sport Trac/Expedition/E-Series/Transit Connect]/[F-150/F-250 to F-550]. The new vehicle must be delivered and/or factory ordered from your participating Ford dealer during the Offer Period. Only one (1) Offer may be applied towards the purchase or lease of one (1) Eligible Vehicle, up to a maximum of two (2) separate Eligible Vehicle sales per customer. This offer is raincheckable. This offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. This offer is not combinable with CPA, GPC, CFIP, FALS, Commercial Connection Program or Daily Rental Allowances incentives. Customer may use the Offer amount as a down payment or choose to receive a rebate cheque from Ford of Canada, but not both. Taxes payable before Offer amount is deducted. ▲▲Purchase a new 2011 Ford Fiesta S sedan / 2010 Ford Focus SE / 2010 Ford Fusion S / 2010 Ford Escape XLT I4 automatic / 2010 Ford Ranger Super Cab Sport 4x2 / 2010 Ford Edge SE / 2010 Ford F-150 XLT Super Cab 4x4 / 2011 Ford F-350 Lariat Crew Cab Diesel 4x4 for $13,944 / $15,970 / $19,421 / $21,708 / $15,026 / $27,964 / $29,193 / $57,010 after Total Price Adjustment of $405 / $4,529 / $4,728 / $5,391 / $6,073 / $4,035 / $9,706 / $12,339, is deducted (Total Price Adjustment is a combination of Employee Price Adjustment $405 / $1,529 / $1,228 / $1,891 / $1,573 / $2,035 / $4,206 / $8,339, and delivery allowance of $0 / $3,000 / $3,500 / $3,500 / $4,500 / $2,000 / $5,500 / $4,000). 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during the anti-HST petition campaign led by former premier Bill Vander Zalm. The government had redrafted the pamphlets to take a broader look at B.C.’s economic performance, including the HST, said Hansen. But they were set to land on doorsteps in mid-August, around the same time two court challenges on the HST and the anti-HST petition were set to be heard. Hansen said he had concerns about sending the mailer during the court proceedings.
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Donor sees the future
“It takes passion and an unending desire to excel in delivering the highest of quality and value...every step of the way. Passion to demand continual improvement in everything. Most importantly, passion to ensure the customer’s needs are always met,” Robert Grimm, Portrait Homes. This statement is true in home construction as well as healthcare and when Grimm says he wants to meet his customers’ needs he means more than the needs as a homeowner. He wants to ensure that their healthcare needs in their new community are met as well which is why he donated $50,000 to the construction of the new Emergency Department at Ridge Meadows Hospital and recently made another gift of $5,000. Thanks to this recent donation Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation is one step closer to purchasing two new cataract extraction units and monitors for Ridge Meadows Hospital. RMH performs more than 3,200 cataract surgeries each year. The majority of
patients are referred from Burnaby and New Westminster through the Tri Cities and Maple Ridge with some referrals coming from as far as Vancouver and Chilliwack. These surgeries are performed four days a week in two procedure rooms. With the constant demand for cataract surgeries the five local surgeons need the most state-of-the-art equipment to provide excellent care. “Two new cataract extraction units will dramatically increase the efficiency and safety with which we can remove cataracts. The new machines will provide a much safer working environment inside the eye, and help us remove even the densest of cataracts with ease while imparting less surgical trauma to the rest of the eye. They will also allow for a faster return of vision after surgery and in many cases allow us to perform the surgery in a shorter time. These advancements are very important and significant to our patients,” said Dr. Parkinson, an Opthamologist at Ridge Meadows Hospital.
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Thanks for our meals
Though many of us may be working in factories or offices, chasing the Canadian dream, the work of farming in the Fraser Valley is going stronger than ever, more than 100 years after settlers first plugged potatoes and wheat seeds into this fertile ground, and let their cows graze on flood-soaked grasses of Sumas Prairie. Unlike most places in the world, B.C. has an Agricultural Land Reserve. On that land, more often than not, you’ll find computerized dairy farms, precisely engineered fields and cutting edge technologies. The so-called “dumb” farmer, looked down upon for too long by self-important city cousins, today usually has an agricultural degree coupled with a keen and supple sense for business, a necessity in today’s cutthroat global market. If you live in the valley, thank agriculture for your job. Poultry, milk, vegetables, mushrooms and fruits, add up to close to half a billion dollars in farm gate sales – the many spin-off sectors that support agriculture add another $1.5 billion to our local economy. If you eat, thank farmers for the food on your plate, some of the best, freshest and safest in the world. What they do, they do out of pride and love, despite the endless hours and huge financial risks. Farmers are stewards and watchdogs of the land, our water supply and even our air. Farmers and all who work on the farms deserve our gratitude. Remember that next time you stop at a stand to buy fresh peppers or berries. So to all our farmers, old and new and to those to come, thanks for the meal.
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Beach towels usually feature colourful patterns that reinforce our idea of being near the ocean as time spent being free, on vacation, without a care in the world. But the beach towels a non-profit group is leaving at Vancouver’s Kits Beach are anything but warm and fuzzy. Emblazoned across each towel is the slogan, “You’re probably not expecting to drown today.” We hope the message doesn’t put a damper on anyone’s trip to the beach, now that the hot, sunny weather is finally here. If it helps prevent just one drowning or other water-related fatality, however, the message will be worth the minor stress it may cause beachgoers. The Community Against Preventable Injuries (www.preventable.ca), the organization leaving the towels on the beach, claims about 60 people a year die in B.C. from drowning — half of them children and youth. For years, we’ve used the term “accident” to refer to car crashes, drownings and other incidents that cause people to die. The Community Against Preventable Injuries reminds us that many so-called accidents didn’t need to happen and that the best time to think about consequences is before taking action, not after. With that in mind, enjoy your time at the beach – but don’t forget to pack your common sense. ■ Your View Last week’s question Do you support a Pitt Meadows ban on pot grow-ops, even for medicinal uses? YES NO
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Talking religion a hair-raising experience
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involve any more cutting of hair but does encompass have an Eff Them haircut. It is really short and I’m such things as old men who see religion and power not too fond of it, but I can’t make myself complain to my hairdresser. Nor am I going to go elsewhere in as synonymous. She gives me the Muslim greeting and a huff, a car or bus. says: “Those old men, they talk like that My hairdresser and I have been getting about Allah, but all they want is to tell to know each other little by little. She’s everybody what to do.” got a quaint little shop around the corner Not wishing to give the impression from my apartment and after eyeing her that all is perfect in the western world of $16.99 sign for several weeks, I gave in religion, I offer: “Well, we’ve got some to my Scottish ancestry. of those powerful old guys too who So I’ve been going there for months Lyn insist on being right all the time.” now. About a week ago, it was time She evidently knows little about for another cut and after exchanging Cockburn Protestantism, but she’s up on her pleasantries – It’s sure hot today but I Straight Talk Crusades and gives me something of a like it and how’s business and stuff like history lesson on how all those religious that, we get down to it. soldiers stomped through Persia. She puts a CD of Iranian music in the I listen with one eye on the scissors because I do player because that’s what she is. Iranian. She snips, I not want my hair to get any shorter. listen and all is well. The Bible, the Koran they’re both good books she Then, I ask her a bit more about Iran because each says, obviously willing to be ecumenical about the visit I ask one or two questions, feeling she’ll talk whole thing. more as she gets to know me. “But those people like the mullahs, they ruin those “Do you go back for visits very often?” I start. books,” she says. She tells me she went to visit her family two years She puts the scissors down, so I feel a bit better ago. about the conversation. And then, in her accented I should have left it there, but I have to ask: “Would English in which she chooses verbs at random, you like to go back there to live?” she continues to give me a perceptive lesson in She pauses and then begins to snip a little quicker comparative religion. Her view is not the one I have — is it maybe too quick? “No,” she says emphatically grown up with; it is an Eastern view that comes out in her heavily accented English. “Not until the of a culture thousands of years old. government changes.” I can tell she’s getting a little She finishes it off by saying: “Jesus in the Bible is a worked up. good man.” “They are..., they are...those mullahs are...” she Not quite through, she adds: “I really like the Dalai can’t quite find the right word. Lama.” “Eff them!” she says loudly and that’s when “There!” she exclaims holding a mirror so I can see everything goes awry. the back of my head where my hair is really really I laugh and it’s too late. She has cut my bangs far short, “How’s that?” too short and I notice the nice little wisps in front of “Very cute,” I say, avoiding the momentary impulse my ears have departed to some follicle heaven. to say: “There’s not a damn thing you can do about it She has suspended her scissors over my head, so anyway, it’s so damn short!” for the moment I don’t have to tell her to please God, I’ll go back in a few weeks. And while she is Allah or Whomever don’t snip any more off. brandishing scissors, I’ll take care not to ask her any “They don’t like women!” she says in disgust. questions that might make her think of the mullahs. And then we have a long conversation that does not
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become under-employable because of a pot bust. Also, it is costing us $3 billion annually in potential tax-revenue. Legalizing pot would literally make Canada $4-5 billion wealthier. “I think that what we’re doing is not successful,” she said. “It doesn’t make any sense to me.” But prohibition isn’t about reducing crime or drug use. It never was. The whole thing is designed to give police leverage to harass the poor, the young, people of colour, and people with non-regulation hairstyles. It is designed to keep cops busy, lawyers rich, politicos blathering, and jails full. It looks pretty successful to me. Kamp said marijuana is “largely decriminalized now in practice for small amounts.” Nonsense. Every year police bust tens of thousands of people for simple possession, and the numbers go up by several thousand every year. Look at the court dockets: It is a cash cow. If cops weren’t so
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Re: ‘Spinning Wheels’ on grow ops, TIMES, July 13 The Conservative government has no interest in legalizing marijuana because prohibition makes crime, and crime necessitates cops. The whole thing is a scam designed to accustom the public to an ongoing and ever-increasing police presence in their daily lives. It has nothing at all to do with public safety, it is all about control. “King said marijuana is so highly used it’s hard to regulate.” Nonsense. This is cut-and-paste legislation. A twelve-year-old could figure it out. “King said the amount of money being spent on criminalization of marijuana is “huge”.” Over $1 billion every year, on cops, courts, and cages, actually. Also, it costs all of us untold billions every year in as tens of thousands of Canadians
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busy busting pot people, they might have to do hard things, like go look for missing women and children and catch street racers. “I think it’s safe to say our government doesn’t have any interest in legalization and little interest in decriminalization,” he said. “We don’t have an interest in the wide opening up of access to marijuana.” Of course not. Legalizing marijuana would not only reduce crime and generate tax revenue, it would restore Canadian’s sense of personal freedom – something the Harper government seems keen to beat out of us. “Kamp said there are no clinical studies proving the effectiveness of medicinal marijuana, which is why it can’t be sold in a drug store.” Colossal balderdash. There have been over 20,000 studies showing the medical effectiveness and safety of cannabis, which is exactly why it isn’t sold in a drug store: it would put dozens of other less-effective and farmore-toxic medicines right out of business. “He pointed out people can buy dried marijuana from Health Canada, grow it themselves if they have permission from Health
Canada or designate someone to grow it for them.” This system – which has been ruled unconstitutional at least four times, and which has been widely criticized as arbitrary, dysfunctional, and meanspirited – is nowhere near adequate! To even mention it is an insult. Notice how the Harperistas have a squillion dollars for jails and cops and G20 meetings and jets - but can’t even increase the staff over at one Health Canada office by 50 per cent. “What’s produced by the federal government isn’t appropriate for everybody, in fact very few.” Let’s be frank: It is categorically the worst pot in Canada. Even the “street” crap is better. A teenager could grow better pot in a shed. This is deliberate. The government has deliberately tied the hands of the producer, forcing them to not only grow ground up, chemicalladen mulch-weed but also to sing its praises in the press. It is an epic boondoggle. Also, the government pot would have to go about five steps up the ladder to get to “lousy”. Russell Barth Nepean, Ont.
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Team B.C. which includes Kevin Kwon from Pitt Meadows and Brian Jung who golfs in Pitt Meadows tied for second with Alberta at the 2010 Junior America’s Cup. Southern California started off the day with a three-shot lead entering the final round of the Junior America’s Cup at Isleta Eagle Golf Club in Albuquerque, N.M with hopes of surviving the field and the heat. The SoCal boys didn’t wilt in the heat of the summer sun either, instead running away with the 2010 team title by 13 shots at 21-under par. Jung tied for second in the individual results with eight under par and a final score of 64-70-71-205. Kwon tied for fourth in individual results with seven under par and a final score of 69-68-69-206. The 2011 Junior America’s Cup will be hosted in Mazatlan, Mexico. For full and official results please visit www.junioramericascup.net.
“The kitchen is a team. It gets pretty crazy in there and people need help.” Ron Schibild
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“I do some of the interviewing at the restaurant and one of the first questions I always ask somebody is if they’ve ever played a team sport. I don’t hold it against people who haven’t, but I know that somebody who has understands working in an environment with other people.” The Burrards have been cooking a little this year, so to speak. Their 10-7 win over the Victoria Shamrocks recently, which featured a 36-save, first-star performance from Schibild helped propel them into the playoffs, their first postseason games since 2005. Maple Ridge coach Daren Fridge insists that Schibild is a major reason why they’re in this spot. Schibild got his eyes tested in the offseason and he’s wearing contacts for the first time, which is obviously part of it, but he’s
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local.” “In a year or two, if we see even more demand for weeds then I guess we will know if the restaurants are leading the way,” said a more skeptical Healey. Whether consumers are prepared to follow chefs and incorporate wild foraged greens into their everyday diet remains to be seen, but their impact on the popularity of organic produce and locally produced food has benefited farmers.
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pavilion at Expo 86. “Pre-cut salads were not even a known product at the time and that launched us into the restaurant trade,” she said. Since then Glorious Organics has thrived on a signature line of salads that contain no lettuces, because they reduce shelf life, Davidson said. “We produce a salad that is quite novel.” “We’ve done a lot of work to find out what’s edible, what’s nutritious, what has a reasonable shelf life and what will grow in our particular microclimate,” she explained. “We also pick our edible weeds when
they are in their prime, like chickweed and dandelion and shepherd’s-purse and ox-eyed daisies.” Glorious Organics has about seven acres under cultivation and gleans weeds, wild flowers and nettles from another two to three acres on the edge-lands, she said. Davidson opines that chefs such as John Bishop have led mainstream consumers to organics. “The foodie community really looks to these chefs to set the standard and let them know what is appropriate,” she said. “It started out with organic and now layered in is the whole incentive to eat
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D R I V E- I N M OV I E N I G H T S Paul Healey supplies several Vancouver gourmet restaurants with cultivated and wild salad greens from Hannah Brook Farm, his organic Maple Ridge farm. Crops that are in demand include watercress, plots of chervil and wild sorrels, and borage. Ric Ernst/Postmedia Network ORGANIC, From Page 15 The growth in demand for organic foods in B.C. has been explosive over the past 10 years. The number of B.C. farms producing organic food increased more than 40 per cent between 2001 and 2006. British Columbians eat 26 per cent of the organic food sold in Canada. It all adds up to good news for the agricultural sector. While the number of farms in Canada dropped 20 per cent between 1986 and 2006, the number of farms
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Music ❚ Bring your lunch and enjoy an hour of free musical entertainment performed by local artists at the Lunchtime Concert Series, every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in August in Memorial Peace Park from noon to 1 p.m. Visit downtownmapleridge.ca or call 467-2420 for details and line-up. August 5 ❚ Super Weirdo’s “Super Weird Show” is at the Pitt Meadows Library at 12:30 p.m. It’s a hilarious comedy-juggling show with lots of audience participation. Filled with weird and wonderful tricks, Super Weirdo uses crystal balls, a tennis racquet and even a 6-foot ladder as just a few of his performance props. This crazy, family-oriented show is not to be missed. For all ages. Tickets available now.
August 12 ❚ Super Weirdo will be performing on the Memorial Peace Park Bandstand at 6:45 p.m. This hilarious show features weird and wonderful tricks, juggling acts and lots of audience participation. You will be amazed at how he uses crystal balls, a tennis racquet, and a six-foot ladder. This show is not to be missed! In case of rain, this program will be held in the Fraser Room of the Maple Ridge Public Library. For more information on this free summer program, call the Maple Ridge Public Library at 467-7417. August 14 ❚ Haney Farmers Market goes
to The Farm for its annual visit from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will have 4-H displays, wagon rides to the barn, hay maze, chicken Panini for lunch, lots of freshly picked vegetables and fruit, beautiful crafts, soothing creams and lotions. Find them at Brookfield Farm, 20981 – 123 Ave. in Maple Ridge, parking at the Laityview Elementary School. Visit www. haneyfarmersmarket.org. August 20 ❚ Turn ordinary rocks into amazing works of art with Peta-Rock at 3 p.m., at the Maple Ridge Public Library. Let your imagine soar and create the best pet rock ever! This program is suitable for school-aged children only. The library will supply the rocks and paint. For more information, call
the Maple Ridge Public Library at 467-7417. August 24 ❚ The Summer Reading Club wraps up with a party at 3:30 p.m. at the Memorial Peace Park Bandstand. Children’s musician Will Stroet will be performing original, high-energy and interactive music in both English and French. Come to collect your medal for all of the reading you did over the summer and dance along to Will’s award winning music. For more information, call the Maple Ridge Public Library at 467-7417. August 25 ❚ The Teen Summer Reading Club wraps up with a party at 3 p.m. at the Maple Ridge Public Library. Bring a book to trade
August 7 ❚ A charity garage sale with concession will be held at the Eagles Hall, 23461 Fern Ct., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tables available to rent for $10 each by calling Gary at 462-1666. August 7 ❚ Local corn is in at the Haney Farmers Market. Garibaldi Art Club returns with exhibits and displays. Remember to bring a friend to the Market who has never been before and you both will receive a gift. Event is at Memorial Peace Park on 224th Street from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Visit www.haneyfarmersmarket.org. August 8 ❚ The Spirit of the Pacific Cultural Society and Halau Hula Ka’Uhane O Ka Pakipika host a fundraising event at the Maple Ridge Equestrian Centre to fund a special competition trip. The event is at 6 p.m. and is a steak dinner and hula show. The senior dance group, the Alaka’i class, has been honoured with an invitation to compete in the World Invitational Hula Competition in Honolulu, Hawaii, this coming November. Tickets are $25. Call Debi at 250-0647 or e-mail pukana@ shaw.ca. August 8 ❚ The new Osprey Village Farmers Market at the south end of Bonson Road in Pitt Meadows is having a Pirate’s Day. Pick up your treasure map and follow the clues to the gold. Enjoy cool music, hot bannock while you shop for freshly picked fruits and vegetables, delicious bread and sweet tarts. Larissa is face painting today. Call 467-7433 for more information. August 10 ❚ Meet Illustrator Chris Tougas, the creative talent behind this year’s Summer Reading Club artwork at the Maple Ridge Public Library at 10:30 a.m. Chris is the author and illustrator of Mechanimals and Art Supplies. Learn how he gets his zany ideas and puts them into a book. This program is suitable for school-aged children only. For more information, call the
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To advertise in the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Times Classified
REAL ESTATE section, call
604-630-3300
ACROSS
ATTN: BUILDERS $650K 1421 SMITH AVE. COQ 2500 SF. Close to Como Lake 63’ x 125’ Flat Lot Call Chris ★ 604-307-0123
When You Place Your Ad in the Classifieds!
6508
Apt/Condos
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AMBER (W)
401 Westview St, Coq Large Units. Near Lougheed Mall. Transportation & S.F.U.
office: 604 939-2136 cell: 604 805-9490
Coquitlam Centre
BBY BOSA HIGHGATE Deluxe 2 BR, 2 bath, granite/hardwood, $1295 incls parking & storage. Avail now. N/S. Pet OK. Call Dirk, 604-294-9263 or 604-612-9032
ARBOUR GREENE 552 Dansey Ave, Coq
604 - 941 - 7721
AMBER ROCHESTOR
office: 604 939-4903 cell: 778-229-1358
Close to Lougheed Mall, S.F.U. & Transportation. office: 604 936-3907
Houses - Sale
Coquitlam
Extra Large 2 Bedrooms. Close to Lougheed Mall & S.F.U.
545 Rochester Ave, Coq
6020
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RENTALS 6508
SUDOKU SUDOKU
BBY, Lough Mall. 2 BR, 3rd floor, f/bath, 3 appl, new carpet, balc, gym, u/grd prkg, coin laundry. No pets. $895/mo incl hydro. Aug 1st. Nr Skytrain. View! 604-924-1933
CALYPSO COURT BBY, HIGHGATE. 1 BR + den. Quiet bldg. 6 appl, u/g prk. Ns/np. $1200/mo. Immed. 604-341-0361
MISSION – 3 BDRM, 5 APPLIANCES + FIREPLACE This family-oriented executive townhouse complex has just undergone months of renovations and is filling quickly. Renovated units. Close to schools, park, leisure centre and transit. Private single car garage as well as additional storage.
To view or for more info call 604-830-1706
1030 - 5th Ave, New West Near Transportation & Douglas College. Well Managed Building.
office: 604 524-8174 cell: 604 813-8789 COQ. 2 BR, 2 Bath, in ste lndry, microwave & d/w, $1250 unfurn, $1350 furn, N/s, N/p, Sept 1 or sooner, 1/2 blk to buses connecting to Skytrain & SFU, Clarke Rd/ Como Lake area. 604-813-9208
3097 Lincoln Ave/Westwood
$200 Move In Bonus!
($200 off your 1st month rent) Coquitlam, 1 Year Old Gorgeous 2 BR Condo, 3rd flr, corner unit, balc, lots of windows, (in low rise condo-4flrs) 2 secure gated u/g prkg, storage locker, approx 1000sf, inste w/d, 2 full baths, SS appls, fridge, stove, d/w, f/p, beautiful area, walk to Coq Centre Mall & transit. No Smoking, No Pets, avail August 15th, $1400/mo incls gas & hotwater, min 1 year lease. References Required. Call 604 931-4860 please leave message
COTTONWOOD PLAZA 555 Cottonwood Ave, Coq
Large units some with 2nd bathroom or den. On bus routes, close to S.F.U. & Lougheed Mall.
office: 604 936-1225 PITT MEADOWS, exec, 2 br den, 2 bath, 6appl, granite/ss, 2 prkg, nr ammens, ns, np ref’s req’d. $1300. Sept 1st. 604-465-8549
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RENTALS 6508
Apt/Condos
6540
Houses - Rent
JUNIPER COURT
M. RIDGE West. 2 BR Rancher, appls, lrg yard. $1100 + utls. Avail now. Near Hosp. 604-218-7660
Close to Lougheed Mall, all Transportation Connections, Schools & S.F.U.
POCO 3 BR, modern duplex, 2 baths, all appls, lrg yard, Aug 1. Pets ok. $1350. 604-807-3899
office: 604 939-8905 cell: 604 916-0261
STOP RENTING-RENT TO OWN No Qualification - Low Down CHILLIWACK – 9557 Williams St, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, cozy HOUSE on 49x171’ lot, excellent investment property in heart of town, close to shops & schools............... $888/M SOUTH SURREY/WHITE ROCK – 15532 Madrona Dr., 3 bdrm, HOUSE, on Cul-de-Sac in quiet
415 Westview St, Coq
KING ALBERT COURT 1300 King Albert, Coq Close to Transportation, Schools & S.F.U.
office: 604 937-7343 cell: 778 848-5993 POCO 2 BR Apt, $775/mo, quiet-family complex, no pets. Please Call 604-464-0034
PT MDY, Klahanie bldg. 2 BR, top flr, 2 f/baths, 6 appl, f/p, u/g prkg, clubhouse, pool, gym. N/s, no pets. $1,350/mo + utils. Aug 1st. 604-924-0044 or 604-778-5874
ROYAL CRESCENT ESTATES
22588 Royal Crescent Ave, Maple Ridge Large units. Close to Golden Ears Bridge. Great view of River
office: 604 463-0857 cell: 604 375-1768
6515
Duplexes - Rent
BBY, NORTH. Clean 2 BR, g/lvl. Nr SFU. Big back yard. Nice area. Ns/np. Immed. 604-253-0168 COQ AUSTIN/MIDVALE, Newly Reno’d 5 BR Duplex, 2.5 baths, garage, lots of prkg, $2100, n/s, n/p. nr all ammens, Avail Aug 15. 604-421-4556, 604-340-2748
6522
Furnished Accommodation
BBY, Brentwood Gate. Deluxe, new, fully furn 1 BR + den condo. f/p, SS appl, granite, u/g prkg. $1500 incl hydro/heat. Immed. n/s, n/p, 1 block to Brentwood Skytrain. 604-649-8931
6540
Houses - Rent
neighborhood, huge yard.. $1,688/M Call Kristen 604 435-5555 or 786-4663
www.HomeBuyingCenter.ca
6590
Rooms
M RIDGE downtown, 1 room in house, $450. All inclusive, avail anytime, 778-862-3568 MAPLE RIDGE, 232/Dewdney, nr bus, suit, quiet, clean individual. $525 incl. utils. 778-888-3866
6595
Shared Accommodation
6595-20
Coq./Poco/ Port Moody
COQ, North Rd. Furnished 1 BR in house. Females only. $475/mo incl util. N/s, N/p. 604-939-6242
6595-35
Maple Ridge/ Pitt Mead.
CABIN FOR 1. $500/mo + DD, Pet OK. RV sites, monthly rates. Hide-Away resort 604-463-4006 M. RIDGE West & Central, share kitchen/bath/wd nr bus np cable utils WiFi incl $500 778-893-2750
6602
Suites/Partial Houses
1 BR, new authorized suite, n/s, n/p, insuite laundry, new appl, very quiet area, includes utils & wireless int, $825. 604-551-4690 2 BR + Den, M/Ridge. 1500sf 220th/Selkirk. prkg, priv ent, ns, pet ok, Sept1 $1050 322-0180 BBY SOUTH, Bright, 2 BR ste in new house, laundry. Near skytrain/Metrotown. $950 incls all. NS/NP. Av Sep1. 604-779-5231 BURNABY S. Nr New West, 2 BR bsmnt ste g/l, close to school, bus, park, w/d, $950/mo + 1/3 utils, N/p N/s. Call 604-970-8232 COQ - 1501 Eagle Mountain Dr. 1100sf bsmt, priv entry, 2 bright BR, livng rm with new kitch, W/D, f/bath, cent vac, alarm, highspd net & cbl. Near bus & school. NS/ NP. Aug 1st. $1100 + 1/3 utils. 604-861-8025 or 604-941-7966
Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times
6602
Suites/Partial Houses
COQ, Lough Mall. 4 BR, 2 baths. Gas f/p, W/D. N/s. New flrs/paint. $1,900 + util. Now. 778-237-2314
If you have a small down payment, or less than perfect credit, I have a solution for you. Call Sunny, 778-317-2272
COQ WEST 1 BR + Office, n/s, n/p, w/d, $875 incls utils, cbl & net, Avail Sep 1. 778-786-8012 COQ WEST 3 BR upper duplex, $1100 incls utils, new paint & flrs, nr bus & schls, Avail Sep 1, n/s, n/p, shared w/d, 604-294-5501
Suites/Partial Houses
COQ, Westwood Plateau. Clean, spacious 2 BR, priv w/d, d/w, gas f/p, private entry & alarm. Ns/np. $895/mo incl hydro. Very nice, quiet area! Immed. 604-724-3313
N WEST, Lrg 1 BR + den. Near 22 Skytrn & amens $790 incls utils /cbl. Now. ns/np. 604-710-1864
MAPLE RIDGE, Central, 3 BR upper flr, 2 baths, vaulted ceilings, 1500 sf, carport, d/w, sh’d W/D, nr bus, shops, ns np. $1350 incl utils. Aug 1st. 604-460-8024
N. WEST Queensboro. Lrg 2 BR avail now, gas f/p, lrg patio/yrd. Nr bus. $850. NS/NP. 604-524-9247
MAPLE RIDGE - Kanaka Crk, 1 BDRM, g/l, shared w/d, own entry, N/S, N/P $800 incl util. Aug.1/10. 604-202-7851 MAPLE RIDGE Kanaka/Albion area. 1 bdrm ste in newer home. Bright above ground, 900 sf. Sep entry with private patio. Shared w/d, n/s n/p. Suit quiet, professional single or couple. 2 ref’s req’d. Available Sept. 1, $800 incl utils. Call 604-467-0091 N. WEST. 8th Ave/2nd. Reno’d 1 BR, sh’d w/d. Ns/np. $725 incl util. Suits 1. Av Sep1. 604-524-2102
NEW WEST FURN’D 2 or 3 BR ste, top flr of home, D/W, F/P, lrg view deck. Near RCH & skytrn. $1500 incls utls, cbl, net.1 dog OK. Av Aug 26. 1-204-995-3019
6605
Townhouses Rent
PORT MOODY 3 BR T/H, $1500, nr Elgins & St Johns, w/d, priv yd, Avail Now. 778-893-5354
To advertise call
604-630-3300
6615
9125
Domestic
2007 FORD FOCUS, 2 dr h/back, 5 speed manual, silver. 27,000 km. $5,300 firm. 604-329-6225
9130
FAMILY W/LANDSCAPING Gardening Co. is looking for a home on acreage. Willing to upkeep property & maintain farm status, in return for reas. Rent or Lease. Exc refs. Call Marie or Robert @ 604-466-5942.
6620
Warehouse/ Commercial
BBY 6994 Greenwood St, Brand New approx 1800sf W/H with finished office, clean, large O/H door, 3 phase power, avail Now. Call 604 929-9493 www.westrockproperty.com
COQ Unit 201-2080 Hartley Ave, 1500 sf, a/c office, reno’d, great layout, 2 washrooms, kitchen, 4 priv offices, large open area, $1000/mo + HST, gated cplex, ample prkg. 604 929-9493 www.westrockproperty.com
Scrap Car Removal
FREE SCRAP car & truck removal. Top $$ paid for all. No wheels - no problem. 604-761-7175
9173
Vans
Check the Rental Section 9522
Motorhomes/RVs
Motorcycles/ Dirt Bikes
2007 VICTORY 8 Ball, 9700k. pass equip, cust windshield, shotgun pipe. $9,999. 778-240-0584
9145
9145
Moving out?
Wanted To Rent
AUTOMOTIVE
Scrap Car Removal
FREE
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2 HOUR
Service From Call
Family Owned & Operated
(604) 209-2026
STEVE TOWING SERVICES Scrap Car Removal. We Pay $$ for all cars. Call 778-316-7960
THE SCRAPPER SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL
CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES
604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC 2H
9160
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We pay up to $300 cash
604-551-9022
9515
1988 28FT Leisure Coach, 125K, many features & extras, Must Sell, $8,900obo, 604-855-9774
Motorhomes/RVs
1988 TRAVELAIRE 27ft M/home, 164K, New motor, tires & fridge, $9800 obo, Chwk 604-745-7911
Boats
BOAT, 16FT Lund Rebel, 50 hp Evenrude motor, on Ez loader trailer, lots of extras, reduced to $7600, 604-792-0579
1988 GMC MH 140 K, slp 6, new a/c, fridge/oven, tow pkg, stereo, exc cond $8900. 604-463-4831
2005 CITATION 32.5 ft 5th wheel, 3 slide outs, island kitch, solar panel, $46,000. 604-866-9799
2004 TOYOTA ECHO, 4 dr sedan, 5 spd manual, dark red, 95k, $5000 Firm. 604-538-9257
Aarrow Recycling
CALL RICK GOODCHILD
1996 FORD Windstar Van, 173k kms, pwr wind/drs, aircared, AC, runs well. $1,650. 604-582-5000
9522
Sports & Imports
• Auto • Trucks • Equipment Removal
COQ Ctre, by schools, College, 5 BR, 2 baths, lrg yrd, storage, refs. $1700, immed. 604-939-0273 COQ RANCH Park New 1 BR, 650sf, own w/d, f/p, f/bath, bright, quiet, prkg. $850 incls utils . Avail Sept 1. N/P & N/S. 604 830-8736
6602
2004 VW JETTA 1.9 TDI, Sport, silver, auto electronic gear, sunroof, AC, alarm, alloy wheels, chrome molding, CD player, antilock brakes, cruise control, heated mirrors & seat, full electric, tilft steering, tinted. 148,640 kms $3100. Surrey 604-357-1529
Which SUV sips gas like a subcompact?
604-761-7175 #1 FREE Scrap Vehicle Removal Ask about $500 Credit!!! $$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200 AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $100 cash paid for full sized vehicles. 604-518-3673
2006 HONDA Civic DX Coupe $12,500. Auto, dark blue, PWR Locks/Windows, heated mirrors, digital dash, 4 new tires, new brakes. Honda Serviced. NO Accidents. 100k. Great on gas, +extras. Coq. ★ 604-868-3128
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Weekends were made for shopping, so make sure you check our Classifieds for a comprehensive listing of garage sales in your area! Follow the garage sale trail in
The Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadow Classifieds Call 604-630-3300 to book your ad
Summer Garage Sales
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HOME SERVICES 8030
Carpentry
L & J Finishing Carpentry For all your woodworking needs Custom millwork, kitchens & baths, custom furniture, flooring, crown mouldings, baseboards. Over 25 years experience. Call Luigi 604-790-2540 www.ljfinishing.com
8055
Cleaning
White Glove Residential Cleaning Service
395-6842
8155
8160
Landscaping
No job too big. No job too small. We keep it simple. • Full Yard Cleanup • Pruning trees, shrubs & hedges the proper way! • Planting Plan & Full Installation • Retaining walls, walkways & bed edging • Patio, Deck & Water Features • Fence Removal & Installation • Pressure Washing
Please call Sherry
604-992-6654
Landscape Technician & Cert. Arborist
8160
Lawn & Garden
Drainage
8087
Excavating
ABSOLUTE BOBCAT & EXCAVATION LTD.
• All Bobcat & Mini-X Services • Small Hauls Available • Fast Reliable Service
Call Ryan: 604-329-7792
• Hedges • Pruning • Tree Trimming • Yard Renovations • Aeration & Power Raking • Lawn Maintenance • Lawn Repairs • Fencing • Pressure Washing • Retaining Walls • Windows • Residential & Strata
No Job Too Big Or Too Small! www.lawnsnmore.ca
8175
Masonry
STONE WORK Retaining walls, facing, cultured stone. 604-603-2576 tymerstonework.com
8185
Electrical
YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 service call. Insured. Lic # 89402. Fast same day service guaranteed. We love small jobs! 604-568-1899
Moving & Storage
AFFORDABLE MOVING 1 to 3 Men
Adams Yard & Tree Services: Topping, Hedges, Lawns, Pruning etc. Adam 778-899-4162
Need help with your Home Renovation? Find it in the Classifieds!
AUGUST
2010 For more information about these events and upcoming events contact or visit the
Moving & Storage
Best West Moving fast, 7 days/ week, short notice moves, great mid-month rates. 604-226-3394
604-202-1956
DRAIN TILES & WATER LINES Without Digging a Trench 604-739-2000
8080
8185
8220
AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of Moving, Storage & Packing. Different from the Rest. 604-861-8885
See our ad online at www.canpages.ca
8073
Lawn & Garden
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1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 Ton $ From
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We accept Visa, Mastercard & Interac
8195
Painting/ Wallpaper
AAA
PRECISION PAINTING
• Exterior/Interior Projects • Written Warranty • Years of Experience • Fully Insured • WCB Covered Professional Crew of Ticketed Painters
QUALITY WORK. DONE RIGHT.
778.881.6096
BESTWAY PAINTING & DECORATING
Interior / Exterior • Small / Big Jobs Comm./Res. • Fully Insured AURA Stone Countertops Crown molding installation. Faux finish, staining & custom painting. $150 Off (certain restrictions apply)
John 778-881-6737
8205
Plumbing
PLUMBERS
Water Lines (without digging) Sewer Lines (without digging) Install. Drain tiles. 604-739-2000 LIC’D PLUMBER, registered & insured. Installations/renos/hw tanks. Good rates! 604-789-3922 PACIFIC ACE PLUMBING INC. •Repairs •Installation •Insured Free Est. Call • 778-836-8835
8225
Power Washing
Grant’s Home Maintenance Complete Pressure Washing: Roofs, Houses, Driveways, etc Gutter Cleaning & Repairs.
Residential & Strata Prompt Service. WCB Insured
8225
Power Washing
8240
Renovations & Home Improvement
FERREIRA HOME IMPROVEMENTS Additions ★ Renovations Concrete Forming ★ Decks Garages ★ Bathrooms Ceramic Tile ★ Drywall Hardwood Flooring
A Eastcan Roofing & Siding Ltd All types of Re-Roof, Repair, Gutter. WCB. BBB. 604-562-0957 A Eastwest Roofing & Siding Re-roofing, Gutter, Free Est, BBB Member, 10% disc, Seniors Disc, 604-812-9721, 604-783-6437
''Satisfaction Guaranteed''
NORM, 604-466-9733 Cell: 604-841-1855
Lake Silver Construction Flooring, tiling, drywall, painting. Free estimates. 778-388-1362
8250
Roofing
604 936-2808
A North West Roofing Specialist in Re-Roofing & Repair, Free Est 10% disc, WCB, Liability Insured. Jag 778-892-1530
8315
Tree Services
$ BEST RATES $
SSK ROOFING & SIDING Licensed & Insured 604-720-8472 FREE QUOTE LOW COST
Roofing
PRESSURE WASHING 10% Off for Seniors Licensed, WCB. 604-319-1993
grantshomemaintenance@shaw.ca
menunderpressure.ca
8250
All Types of Roofing Re-roofing. Repairs & Gutters. 10% off written competior quote WCB / BBB & Liability Insured
604-787-4622, 778 240-6513
Dangerous tree removal, pruning, topping, hedge trimming & stump grinding. Fully insured & WCB
Jerry 604-618-8585 Andrew 604-618-8585
A-1 TRI CRAFT TREE SERVICES (EST. 1986)
Paving/Seal Coating
ALLEN Asphalt, concrete, brick, drains, foundations, walls, membranes 604-618-2304/ 820-2187
8220
Plumbing
Licenced & Insured Local & Long Distance
FREE ESTIMATES Seniors Discount
604-537-4140
10% Off with this Ad! Aman’s Plumbing Service, Lic. Gas Fitter, Reas. Rates. 778-895-2005
#1 MOVING EXPERIENCE WITH L & D ENTERPRISES !!! Fast & Dependable Special Rates Seniors Disc. Call 604 464-5872
Clogged drains, drips, garbs, installs & more, reliable! 24 hr Emergency service 778-888-9184
www.affordablemoversbc.com
$38/HR
This month at The ACT Friday Night Dance August 6 & 20, 7pm
Call the Ticket Centre about our new VIP Membership Program 604 476-2787
SAVE 15% on all ACT-presented shows! And many other exclusive benefits – visit www.theactmapleridge.org/ vip for all the details.
11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge
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PHONE
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For more information on any of these events call 604.476-ARTS or go to www.theactmapleridge.org Your Arts Centre & Theatre is proudly managed by the...
Watch for our new 2010/2011 Season Brochure coming in August. Tickets go on sale August 16th Maple Ridge Art Gallery Presents Pinceladas – Freedom of the Brush
August 7 – 28, 2010 Opening Reception Saturday, August 7, 2pm – 4pm
Fall Arts Programs – Registration August 17th Come in and pick up your copy of the brochure www.theactmapleridge.org/programs
The monthly ACT calendar is sponsored by
West Coast Ford Lincoln • West Coast Mazda • West Coast Toyota • West Coast Nissan
• West Coast Ford Lincoln ............604.465-5434 • West Coast Mazda Maple Ridge..604.465-9111 • West Coast Toyota .....................604.465-9146 • West Coast Nissan ......................604.460-1333
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Fuller Watson Countrywide 22390 - Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge 604 463-4168
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