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The local food bank and Christmas hamper stay well stocked thanks to grassroots fundraisers and big events that bring in food, toys, and cash during the season. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com

Demand at local charities is up this Christmas – both the food bank and Christmas hamper society are noticing an upward trend in the community. The number of families registering with the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society has already exceeded the number from last year – and requests are coming in daily. In addition, demand is up by 10 per cent at the Friends In Need Food Bank. But Santa will come, said Lorraine Bates, director of the Christmas hamper society, even if the society has to dip into reserves like they did last year. “Everybody will be taken care of,” she said. The hamper society aims to buy children and teens who are registered with them the things they’re wishing for and not just any gifts. “We want to treat them like

our kids,” she said, adding that they “go the extra smile” because “every Christmas should be special.” Bates estimates there will be 600 families registered with the society by the end of the Christmas season, up from a total of 568 last year. The total for 2009 was a hundred more than in 2008. Demand for food hampers is up about 10 per cent this year, said Joanne Olson, executive director of the Friends In Need Food Bank. “I just think the whole economic downturn has trickled down to hit everybody,” she said. While businesses may be doing better, it doesn’t seem like they’re hiring yet, Olson added. The food bank has 2,850 regular clients and give out 575 monthly hampers. She often gets calls from families who are working but still not making ends meet. This Friday evening’s CPR Holiday Train is the biggest fundraising event of the year for the Friends In Need Food Bank (see related story below). But a large part of the food donations that are distributed by the food bank come from small community fundraisers, Olson said. The Christmas hamper society depends on a variety of fundraisers that help garner funds

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Maple Ridge fire captain Jim Sinclair and Friends In Need volunteer Vivian Anderson collected donations of food, cash, and new toys during a six-hour Firefighters for Families fundraiser at the Save-On Food at the Westgate Mall on Saturday. for the Christmas gift packages, from the CaddyShack strip-a-thon that raised $20,000 this year, to the firefighters who collected

about $24,000 in their boots this weekend – the best year yet for the Firefighters for Families fundraiser.

In its ninth year, the Maple Ridge firefighter initiative raised $17,186.07.

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Food bank benefits as train rolls in Friday night Spectators are asked to bring $5 and cans of food to Port Haney.

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Jennifer Johnson and Darlene Miller volunteer with the Friends In Need Food Bank.

The second last stop for the crossCanada CP Rail Holiday Train will be in Port Haney, and food bank organizers are hoping the community will come out in droves to fill up their food depot. Last year, residents from Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows donated the most of all the stops the train made across Canada with a grand total of $18,833 in donations.

The train event raises about 10 per cent of the food bank’s annual budget. Joanne Olson, executive director of the Friends In Need Food Bank is hoping everyone will donate $5 and a few cans of food at the holiday train – “that would be a good day,” she said. The holiday train rolls into the Port Haney station on Friday at 7:45 p.m. There will be music by The Odds on a stage on one of the train cars. The food bank will be collecting cash and food donations. Juice, baby food and formula, canned fish and meat are some of the most necessary items. During the holiday train event, the Billy Miner pub will be serving hot chocolate and hot dogs, which can be

bought by donation and The Odds will be selling their CD at the holiday train event for $10 – all proceeds will go to the Friends In Need Food Bank. The holiday train includes two brightly decorated freight trains each decorated with thousands of lights. The train began its journey on Nov. 27 in Beaconsville, Que. On its journey, the train will stop in more than 140 communities to help raise money and food for local food banks. Since 1999, the CP Holiday Train has raised $4.8 million and has generated almost 2.3 million pounds of food donations. All donations stay in the community where they’re collected.

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Fire levels homes Police and firefighters were busy on Friday, Dec. 10 with two house fires in Maple Ridge. A vacant house in the 20400 block of Lorne Avenue in Hammond was completely destroyed by fire Friday morning. Meanwhile, officials are still investigating a suspicious blaze in Albion that same evening. That fire caused extensive damage to a house in the 23600 block of 105th Avenue. No one was hurt. • More online: mrtimes.com, click on “News”

Two fires over the weekend kept firefighters busy and their now pleading for help to identify the perpetrators. by Amy Judd

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Lost dog reunited A concerned resident called police Thursday, when he heard a dog howling in Kanaka Creek Regional Park, near 248th Street. It was feared the dog had fallen off a cliff in the park and was hurt. Mounties arrived and found the dog unharmed. They matched it up with a lost dog notice and were able to reunite the pet and owner. • More online: mrtimes.com, click on “News”

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Andrew Zucchetto, Emily Hong and Stephanie Um showed off their gingerbread houses made for Garibaldi Secondary’s annual competition.

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ingerbread dough, royal icing, candy and a whole lot of other edible goodies got culinary students at Garibaldi Secondary into the festive season this year with their annual gingerbread house competition. In the end, a gingerbread house with a lighthouse next to it was chosen by students and staff as the best structure, a creation made by aspiring chef Andrew Zucchetto. The entries were judged by students – they were able to see them in the cafeteria and fill out a sheet of paper giving points for originality, craftsmanship and overall appearance and design. The biggest challenge for the students is to envision what the

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Thirteen parties have filed in small claims court against the defunct private school. by Maria Rantanen mrantanen@mrtimes.com

Greybrook parents and staff didn’t accept an offer made Thursday to settle lost tuition and wages after the private school closed more than a year ago. An offer made to parents by the society that ran Greybrook Academy was rejected and the claims will go to a pretrial hearing on Jan. 11. “It was less than what we were initially seeking,” said Chris Jack, a parent who lost part of his child’s tuition when the school shut down.

“That offer wasn’t supported by parents,” Jack said. Greybrook Academy closed on Dec. 1, 2009, after the school ran into financial difficulties. The school was run by the Vancouver International Primary and Secondary School Society (VIPSSS). The spirit of small claims court is to get the parties together to negotiate a settlement, Jack said, but that wasn’t the outcome last week. While a monetary offer was made, parents didn’t feel any assurance they would see any cash. “There was no actual guarantee that we’d get any money,” Jack said about the offer made. He was hoping there would be a settlement during the appearance at Port Coquitlam courthouse Thursday, but said what was offered

was unacceptable. Parents were able to read out impact statements at the settlement conference. Jack told the TIMES his daughter was “absolutely thriving” at Greybrook Academy, and when the school closed down it impacted her learning development. GEMS America, a private school operator made an offer – before it closed – to buy the school. But it was rejected by the society. Then, VIPSSS attempt to reopen the school again in the spring, but it didn’t succeed. In all, there were 13 claims made against the school by parents and staff. The society’s director Nigel Turner didn’t return calls by TIMES’ presstime.

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Shopping still wanted A public open house on the Albion Flats area plan is expected to be held in February 2011.

Ruthven said, namely to get more shopping in Albion. Ruthven said he spent a lot of time going door to door in Albion speaking with residents, and he heard the message that residents are frustrated because they need to leave their community to shop. Maria Rantanen “There’s an expectation there will be mrantanen@mrtimes.com shopping,” Ruthven said. Community members got another “A lot of the land we’re going to use chance to give their input into the Albion (for growth) will have to come out of the area plan last week after only ALR,” Ruthven said. half of invited stakeholders He said his advocacy is for attended the original consultathe people living in east Maple tion meeting in October. Ridge, which he refers to as Two concept plans were prethe “colonies.” sented for the area east of 105th The downtown core also Avenue and two for the land needs to be densified with west of 105th Avenue. more shopping options, The first option for the east Ruthven said, but that’s not side would have 600,000 square “practical” in the short to feet of commercial/mixed use medium term. space. The second one had Residents want a mall or Ernie Daykin 450,000 square feet of commercommercial centre that’s cial/mixed use space. unique – they don’t necessarMaple Ridge Mayor For the area west of 105th ily want a WalMart, he said. Avenue, the first option was for agricul“They’re not looking for large, soulless ture, the other, for auto-oriented combig box (shopping).” mercial. While the District of Maple Ridge keeps Craig Ruthven, a member of Residents issuing permits for residential construcfor Smart Shopping who attended the tion, the infrastructure is “grossly lagging meeting, said there’s a widening gap behind,” Ruthven said. between municipal revenues and spendA public open house is expected for ing in Maple Ridge, and a lack of balFebruary 2011 following the release of anced growth because there’s no industhe consultant’s report. Council has set trial and commercial growth. the end of March as a deadline to send Ruthven said Residents for Smart an application to the Agricultural Land Shopping is a “grassroots-based” lobby Commission. group that is advocating for shopping in “It may seem like a long process, but Albion. the plan that council puts forward in 2011 The group works with SmartCentres, a will have an impact on our community company that develops shopping malls, for future generations,” said Mayor Ernie because they have a “common goal,” Daykin.

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Fund helps get drinkers home The Fox’s Reach joins others in the industry in helping finance the gas expenses for Operation Red Nose. by Amy Judd ajudd@mrtimes.com

The number of people phoning Operation Red Nose (ORN) for a safe ride home has already risen dramatically since last year. And while this is good thing, more rides means more gas, which means more money, and local pubs and restaurants already seem to be losing plenty of that. In an effort to help with the rising cost of gas and transportation, the Alliance of Beverage Licensees of British Columbia (ABLE BC), which includes a local pub the Fox’s Reach, will contribute $5,000 to a 2010 gas fund. “[Operation Red Nose] is a good program, it always has been,” said Reach owner Al Arbuthnot, “and we’re a part of the community and it’s good to give back to your community.” Arbuthnot said this program is needed more than ever now that the legal alcohol limit has changed from .08 to .05. He said the change in his business is “enormous, unbelievable.” “I can honestly say I’ve been in this business for 35 years and nothing, absolutely nothing, has affected it more than changing [the allowed liquor amount] from .08 to .05,” said Arbuthnot. He said that pubs and bars have lost the social drinker. “What is .05?” asked Arbuthnot. “Is that one glass of wine, or is it two beers? Who

knows?” He said part of the problem stems from how the new drinking and driving laws were launched. “It was poorly brought in, there was no education around it,” he said. The Fox’s Reach has already been active in offering customers an alternative ride home, with the implementation of a free shuttle service, which Arbuthnot said can make 15 to 20 trips on weekend nights – they even pick people up and then take them home at the end of the night. With the added benefit of a new gas fund, customers should feel that they have an alternative to getting in their car at the end of a night out. “We’re proud to be the first to sponsor the Operation Red Nose gas fund in British Columbia,” said ABLE BC president Al McCreary. “As the owners and operators of B.C.’s pubs, it’s always been a top priority to get customers home safely.” An average of 45 per cent more people have been calling ORN so far this year than last year, and it is expected that more will continue to do so as the holiday celebrations mount up. “Services like Operation Red Nose are critical to help people to celebrate the holidays responsibly with family and friends,” said McCreary. “We encourage everyone to enjoy some holiday cheer, but make sure you do so responsibly by planning how to get home first.” The remaining nights of Operation Red Nose service in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meaodws are Dec. 17, 18, and 31 and service is available from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. each night by calling 604-514-6673.

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activities such as movies or bowling, or for restaurants such as Subway or McDonald’s. “Technology is huge, but these teens might not have a CD player or a TV or a by Teija Beck DVD player, so that’s why editorial@mrtimes.com we recommend gift cards,” ’Tis the season to celeshe said. brate, and the 11th annual Unlike previous years, Christmas Haven aims Christmas Haven will to make sure everyone be catered this year at a is having a good time on discount price by Cosmic Christmas Eve. Catering in Maple Ridge. “Christmas time is just “We used to cook [the so special for everybody, meal] ahead of time and and nobody should have take it to the venue... to be alone on Christmas and last year we used the Eve,” said Corisa Bell, Salvation Army kitchen,” entertainment, volunteer Bell said. “This year, no and media co-ordinator kitchen is available.” for Christmas Haven. Monique Campbell, gen“The eral manager point of the “The point of the of Cosmic Christmas Catering, is Christmas Haven excited Haven is to to be is to make sure make sure a part of this nobody year’s event, nobody is alone is alone and has been and everybody and everyinvolved with has a Christmas body has a Christmas Christmas Haven since its celebration.” celebration,” inaugural dinCorisa Bell she said. ner 11 years The yearly ago. event is open to every“I think it’s a reality body, regardless of ecocheck for people to get nomic status, and includes together and help the a dinner, entertainment, homeless and people less presents and a visit from fortunate [than themSanta Claus. selves],” Campbell said. The event will be held Bell estimates about 300 at the Maple Ridge Baptist people will attend, but Church. Bell encourages they will have enough anyone who can to donate meals for 350 people in cash or gifts to Christmas case more people show up Haven to help make this than anticipated. year’s celebration special. Any food left over will “We’ve received quite a be taken to local shelters. few donations from people Last year’s turnout of who sponsor us every year about 200 people was low and a bit from the public,” compared to other years, Bell said. “Cash donations and Bell said the food bank are always welcome.” and the Salvation Army Gifts are needed for men had lower numbers in and for boys aged six to 2009 as well. 10. Gifts for teenagers are “Overall it just seemed also in short supply. like there was a lot less Bell said the best types turnout of people using of gifts to donate for teenthose services,” she said. agers are gift cards for But this year, Bell

expects bigger attendance. “This year will probably be a big year because of the economy, and there’s a lot more low-income families and seniors,” she said. Bell is working with 25 volunteers on the event,

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Celebrating Christmas in can create a flat side with lopa townhouse or apartment pers and use the prunings to often means acquiring a decorate elsewhere. short or narrow Christmas After Christmas, cut trees tree – and whether you benefit the environment by bring home a cut, living, or being chipped for mulch. artificial tree may depend Artificial trees come in all Anne on which kind best fits your sizes and save buyers a great Marrison space. deal of money over the years That’s why, before shopif they can be stored and Garden Talk ping, it’s crucial to measure brought out every Christmas. the width and height of Unfortunately they may run the place. It’s also vital to into one significant challenge. take the measuring device with you and This is managing to keep the tree measure trees you like before buying. in good enough shape for future Christmas trees can be much higher and Christmases. People who buy really tiny wider than they look. trees can usually manage it. Living Christmas trees are usually So can those who have enough storage shorter than cut trees, smell delicious and space to drape the tree in a sheet and seldom drop needles. For people who stand it up for the next 11 months in a can tend them year-round in a big tub on basement or garage. Even so, they often deck or patio and roll them back into the get mightily prickled as they wrestle the house every Christmas, living trees are a tree from living room to storage area great investment. while branches drag on walls, knock But it’s important to get a slow-growover household items and close on their ing tree and be prepared to give it some hands. care throughout the year. For instance, Later, people faced with tying the tree conifers in tubs need lots of water so that up and stuffing it into a storage box the soil stays as moist as it would if they usually find it’s a two-person job: one were in the ground. They also need to be to embrace the tree, the other to tie the fertilized in the growing season. branches tightly to the trunk. Despite One of the easiest and slowest-growing this, the storage box will likely refuse to compact living trees is the dwarf Alberta close flat but this can be rectified by storSpruce. This has a bright green coneing heavy things on top. shape of very dense growth, which takes Another feat of strength comes 11 about 35 years to reach seven feet (2m). months later when they wrestle the tree It’s not suitable for dangling ornaments out of storage again and bend the sorry but suits garlands well. mass of weight-crumpled branches into Like living trees, cut ones drink a great something resembling a tree. deal of water – up to three litres a day. Even so, people who take care with reIt’s important to avoid any with yellowshaping branches and carefully positioning, falling, or brittle needles because ing lights and ornaments can end up with these can be a fire hazard. something they take pride in year after People with very little space may find a year. – Anne Marrison is happy to answer questions. cut tree with one flat side useful since it Send them to her via amarrison@shaw.ca. willingly stands close to a wall. Or they

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The wrong records are being broken There are a few things sadder than a child with an empty stocking on Christmas morning… but not many. This is shaping up to be an empty Christmas for a lot of children in the communities that comprise Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. And that means Christmas will also be a cold place to be for their mothers and/or fathers. The continuing recession has taken its toll, as Canada appears to be catching up to the rest of world in failing businesses and rising jobless rates. While some politicians at the federal and provincial levels boast about the country’s economic resilience and cheer about job-creation statistics during those weeks when the numbers rise a bit, the reality is that many of the jobs “created” leave those lucky enough to get them still in poorer shape than when the world economic collapse began at the end of 2008. Even among many of those who have jobs, money is short. And those hardships come home to roost when Christmas rolls around. They show up in the numbers of famlies registering at the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society and at the Friends In Need Food Bank, and they show up in the decline in donations available to the volunteers who struggle to meet the needs of the community. The Christmas Hamper Society and Food Bank volunteers are breaking records this year – but the records they are breaking are the ones they’d really like to avoid. As of Monday, they already had more families than ever before pleading for help to make it through Christmas this year, and the numbers have been increasing daily. There’s little time left to do all the work that needs doing to spread the joy this season. It would be a nice Christmas present from the community to its volunteers if they could also have a record-breaking year for donations. – B.G.

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Anonymous takes on the world

As I write this, the website visa. stomach.) Anonymous is people from com is down, the latest casualty of around the world who normally get a guerilla online war. Mastercard together to trade porn and terrible went down earlier in the day, and jokes, and to start Internet memes. websites belonging to people such But sometimes, Anonymous gets as Sarah Palin and U.S. Senator Joe angry. Almost three years ago they got Lieberman have also come under mad at the Church of Scientology, and Matthew coordinated attack. gave the church a year of grief, with On one side are some of the most Claxton everything from online attacks on wealthy, powerful and well-conwebsites to demonstrations and proPainful Truth nected people on the planet. tests outside of Scientology offices. On the other side are the people In fact, a big pile of secret docuwho invented lolcats. ments made their way out of the Anonymous, the group that declared war on church at that time. Where did those documents Scientology a few years back, has a new target. go? Why, WikiLeaks, of course. Anyone who messes with WikiLeaks faces the So when the Americans suddenly started to wrath of an amorphous online community. call for the head of Assange on a platter, the The key players are as follows: Anonymous community decided to get some WikiLeaks, and its spokesperson Julian revenge on his behalf. They started Operation Assange. WikiLeaks is still dumping vast quantiPayback. Bye-bye, Visa and Mastercard sites. ties of secret U.S. diplomatic correspondence Which leads us to a bizarre situation. A diffuse onto the web. Assange is currently in jail, awaitgroup with no leaders is waging a (somewhat ing possible extradition to Sweden on rape charsuccessful) campaign to harm major corporate ges, which he and his supporters describe as part titans. They’re in open opposition to the U.S. of a smear campaign. government. The U.S. Government, which has They’re probably impossible to Bye-bye, Visa been calling for Assange’s head. stop. Some pundits and politicians have This is unprecedented. and Mastercard been doing so literally, accusing Anonymous has no home base. sites. him of treason (tricky to enforce, They have no known leaders, and since he’s Australian, not American) in fact can change leaders at a or calling for his assassination. moment’s notice. If you managed They claim WikiLeaks has endangered lives. to arrest a dozen people who’ve been the key Apparently, it’s OK to blow up civilians when organizers of Operation Payback (just trying to you screw up your Predator drone attack, but not identify them should be fun) they’ll just find a OK to make diplomats and world leaders look dozen more. bad. At this point, I suspect that the sympathy Lately, the U.S. is suspected of leaning on a WikiLeaks has accumulated will actually draw number of companies, such as PayPal and credit more people into Anonymous than any crackcard firms, which formerly allowed donations to down would scare off. People who’ve never flow to WikiLeaks. heard of 4chan are involved by now. And they’re Anonymous is a collective of people that learning techniques of Internet disruption that sprang from the /b/ board at the 4chan image were pioneered by teenaged hackers. sharing website. (Warning! Do not go to 4chan The techniques of online insurgency are being from your work computer! Maybe not even spread like seeds on the wind. They’ll take root your home computer, unless you have a strong in places we can’t even imagine.

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Prostitutes should give, too Dear editor,

Wayne Clark’s diatribe [Re: Seasonal hypocrisy, Dec. 7 Letters, The TIMES] against all the pious, self-righteous prudes in Maple Ridge leaves me with the impression he suffers from a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde syndrome. Last week he was spitting poison at MLA Marc Dalton and this week he’s licking the boots of performers at the world-famous CaddyShack, when they’re wearing them. If it’s legality upon which he bases his knee-jerk reaction to seasonal hypocrites, then why not appeal to all the prostitutes out there to get with the program and show their generosity and selflessness too. It’s legal, they make big money, and surely can afford to match whatever an exotic dancer would contribute.

Would Mr. Clark care to debate the exploitative nature of prostitution, the tragic legacy of Port Coquitlam’s pig farm, or the irrefutable fact that women who perform in front of, or service men are selling themselves for sex? I doubt it. The real hypocrisy is the two-faced nature of his cheering on exotic dancers when elements in our society, overwhelmingly men, continue to treat women – no matter how fleetingly – as objects of sex. I don’t applaud the efforts of exotic dancers during the Christmas season. The money they raise is a drop in the bucket compared to other “legal” initiatives. Guess that makes me a prude.

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Hunting must be banned Dear editor,

I was walking with my dog just past North Alouette Bridge on Neaves Road on Sunday, Nov. 28 at 7:45 a.m. We had just started on the dike path when a shot rang out, and I watched a lone duck flying out of harm’s way at a height that no shotgun pellet could reach. I continued walking with my dog, and I observed a lone hunter carrying a shotgun walking on the path on the other side of the dike. I also noticed that he had no dog in tow. At this moment, the duck decided to fly back to its original position. When the hunter noticed this, he immediately dropped to his knee and pointed his gun. The duck was flying toward me and over my head, at which time I closed my eyes, expecting to be showered with shotgun pellets. Thankfully, the hunter realized that I would probably have been in dire straits had he fired his gun. I was speechless. As I walked further up the dike, I came across empty shotgun shell cartridges, as well as a carcass of a duck lying in the middle of the frozen pond, obviously shot but not retrieved. I thought that any hunter worth his salt hunted with a dog in order to retrieve his game. I guess firing a gun and killing fowl, and letting it rot or be

eaten by other animals is fair game for a shotgun-wielding varmint. I thought that council, other than discussing whether God is going to bless them or not before they talk council business, had better start getting serious about taking care of their constituency. The Haney of yesterday is no longer. The population growth, as well as the spread of suburbia, are now demanding changes in habits. It is time to remove hunting from our surroundings. The dikes are meant for the populace to walk and enjoy what little nature there is left. We should not have to run into “testosteronefired” individuals with guns in their hands ready to shoot at anything that moves. The modern generation does not need to shoot ducks in order to eat. I can see if you were out in the bush and just relied on a shot-filled carcass for survival, but these days everyone shops at the local stores for groceries. The time has come to ban shooting along the dikes. I know that this is the so-called “Holy Grail” for those who own shotguns, but there are gun ranges where you can show your friends how good your aim is. My challenge to council and the populace is to bring an end to this senseless “tradition.”

M.A. Muscat, Maple Ridge

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December 14 ❚ Emerald Pig Theatrical Society is holding auditions for Anne by Paul Ledoux at the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre in the preschool room from 7 to 9 p.m. Cast requirements: four females able to play ages 12 to 17; two females able to play age 60; one male able to play ages 13 to 18; one male able to play age 60. For more information visit www.emeraldpig.ca or call Kathleen at 604-466-5526.

December 14

❚ Bluegrass Music Circle will take place at the Bergthorson Academy of Musical Arts 12229 Harris Rd. in Pitt Meadows from 7 to 8:30 p.m. This bi-weekly get-together includes old-time fiddle, banjo and mandolin music. Learn about the instruments, about bluegrass/old-time country styles, tunes and etiquette. Bring your own instrument to play along, learn new techniques and licks and share your own skills. Sessions are led by local musician Denis LeClerc, founding member of the Alouette River Band. For information or to reserve a spot, call Rob at 604-4676613 or 778-230-0543.

December 15 to 18

❚ SPECC-tacular Productions Theatre Group presents Beauty and the Beast Christmas Panto at The ACT Theatre Maple Ridge. Entertainment for the whole family. Show times are Wednesday, Dec. 15 to Friday, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 18 at 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Call The ACT ticket office 604-476-2787 to reserve seats. Tickets are $18 and a four-pack is $60.

December 15

❚ Christmas with The Coastal Sound Youth Choir will be held at St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 20285 Dewdney Trunk Rd., at 7 p.m. Come help the choir celebrate the season and the release of their new CD. Tickets are $5 for children 12 and under, $8 for students and seniors, and $10 for adults. Call 604467-6613 or 778-230-0543 for information.

December 16

❚ Maple Ridge caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients have the opportunity to improve their communication skills through a free tele-workshop offered by the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. Understanding Communication offers insights about effective communication strategies and ways of providing care that focuses on the needs of the person with the disease. The one-hour tele-workshop starts at noon and includes online materials that make it easy for you to follow along on your computer

screen while you listen on the phone. To register call toll-free 1-866-396-2433. For more information visit www. alzheimerbc.org or visit the Care-Ring Voice Network website at www.careingvoice.com.

December 17

❚ The Hominum Fraser Valley chapter is a support and discussion group to help gay, bi-sexual or questioning men with the challenges of being married, separated or single. The group will meet at 7:30 p.m. For information and meeting location call Don at 604-329-9760 or Art at 604-462-9813. Note this is a change from our regular last-Friday-of-the-month meeting for December only.

December 18 to 24

❚ The Ridge Meadows Hospice Society is hosting a gift-wrapping booth at Haney Place Mall from Dec. 18 to 24. Gift-wrapping service provided by donation in support of RMHS, a non-profit society which provides support and programs at no cost for those dealing with death and grief.

December 19

❚ Come to St. George’s Church and experience Bethlehem. Visit the stable, see the children’s pageant, sing Christmas carols and enjoy refreshments at the Inn. The church is at 23500 Dewdney Trunk Rd., and the event begins at about 6 p.m.

December 21

❚ Maple Ridge Baptist Church is having its annual community carol sing-along at 7 p.m. at the church, located at 22155 Lougheed Hwy. Free admission. Everyone welcome.

January 2

❚ Ridge Meadows Rustlers Atom A3 minor hockey team will hold a bottle drive from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Planet Ice parking lot, 23588 105th Ave. in Maple Ridge.

January 8 & 9

❚ Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue will hold its annual tree chipping service from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the search and rescue building, 23598 105th Ave., next to Planet Ice. The fee is by donation and proceeds go to the search and rescue. Curbside pickup will be done by the First Haney Rovers scout troop for a minimum cost of $10. Email scoutchipping@ gmail.com with name and address for pickup.

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❚ Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild will meet at Whonnock Lake Centre at 7:30 p.m. We encourage visitors, guests, and new or potential members to join us. Besides spinners and weavers, we welcome felters, knitters, basket makers, and anyone interested in fibre arts. For more information call Marie at 604-462-9059.

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❚ Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue will hold its annual tree chipping service from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the search and rescue building, 23598 105th Ave., next to Planet Ice. The fee is by donation. Curbside pickup will be done by the First Haney Rovers scout troop for a minimum cost of $10. E-mail scoutchipping@gmail.com with name and address for pickup.

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This weekend’s windfall will be split between the Friends In Need Food Bank and the Maple RidgePitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society. Cheques will be presented to the two charities on Friday, during the visit of the holiday train event.

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efforts year round, and especially for this drive,” he said. The hamper society has about 100 volunteers helping to put together the gift packages for families. “I’m just really, really proud of what the volunteers do for this bureau,” Bates said.

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by Amy Judd With a level of dedication that would make most adults throw in the towel, eight-year-old Maple Ridge resident Kayla Sullivan eats, sleeps and breathes skating. She travels to Coquitlam six days a week to practise, she studies ballet and jazz and she works out and stretches with her father, who is also a skater and a hockey instructor for NHL players. “She never gets tired of it,” said her father James Sullivan, who explained that his daughter has to eat well and get lots of sleep but that they make plenty of time for play and relaxation. When asked what she likes most about skating Kayla said the spins. She also said she likes to watch Olympic figure skaters spin on the ice. The Laity View Elementary student has been skating for about five-and-a-half years and as her father is such an avid skater it seems it was inevitable she would take up the sport. “It was my wife who really wanted her to try figure skating,” laughed James. Now his daughter “She never gets can add another tired of it.” medal to the colJames Sullivan lection in her room with her recent win at the Jingle Blades competition. She competed against 14 other girls in the pre-preliminary ladies 8-andunder category, and her father said this year she was even prouder as she did not place that well last year in the same competition, which was also her first. “She was devastated,” said Sullivan, “so this was another try at her first competition, a kind of redemption.” Confidence is not a problem for Kayla however, and even though she did not place well last year, she knew she was going to redeem herself this time. She did just that in the best way possible and is now moving forward with axels, her “big-girl jumps” as her dad called them, and she has big dreams for the future. “She dreams of the Olympics like all the other kids,” said James, “but we [her mother and I] have no expectations. We just want her to stay healthy and be active.” The young skater now gets a little break for Christmas but will still be training and preparing for her next quarterly competition. Her parents are naturally proud of their little girl. “My favourite part of the day is watching her,” said James.

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Kayla Sullivan beamed with pride after her first win at the Jingle Blades competition.

The local junior B team has continued its winning streak this month, with two more wins under the belt against the Richmond Sockeyes and the Squamish Wolf Pack. Ridge Meadows Flames won its game against the Sockeyes 3-2 Friday at Planet Ice, where Ridge goalie Mackenzie Skapski was named the first star of the game after managing 44 shots on net and only letting in two. The Flames only managed 25 shots on the opponents’ net, but still won with goals from Sean Kavanagh and two from Paul Piluso –who was named the second star of the game. “I was very happy,” said coach Tavis Eaton. “You always go in [to the weekend] trying to get the first one and Richmond was hard because they are such a good hockey team.” The Flames kept the penalty count low on Friday with just a few for hooking and tripping, but the same could not be said of Saturday’s game against Squamish. The Flames dominated the game with a final score of 8-2, but in the third period, Joey Weilmeier got a five-minute penalty for fighting and a 10minute penalty for game misconduct. Then, just over three minutes Tavis Eaton later, Alexander Smith received Flames coach the same duo of penalties for fighting. The fighting didn’t bother Eaton however, who said “their guys might have been upset their team were losing” and decided to fight it out. “It wasn’t going to make much difference in the game,” he said, noting the fights were in the third period and the Flames still scored three to win. Along with the Flames’ double wins, the team still found time to host its annual teddy bear toss and food bank drive. Locals and fans who attended Friday’s game threw four large recycling bags full of teddy bears on the ice. Those will be donated to the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Christmas Hamper Society, and Flames owner Andrew Ilaender thought it may be the most successful drive year yet. “It’s good to see that people were supporting [the cause],” Eaton said. The team’s food bank drive continues at this Friday’s game, again against the Wolf Pack. For every pound of food donated to the Friends In Need Food Bank in total, the Flames will donate an additional $1. Eaton said the bin already looks like it is filling up.

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What a weekend! 2 wins including a Friday night unconscious effort where Mack saved 44 shots. He continues to improve and was off the charts this week backstopping the Flames. Accolades came his way being picked for the U17 Team Paciﬁc. Laura Brown, a member of the new women’s racing team, has set her sights on the 2012 Olympic Games.

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New racing squad formed Local Ride racing team and Dr. Vie Superfoods+ teamed up to create a women’s racing squad for 2011. by Amy Judd

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The successful cycling team at Local Ride racing team is partnering with Dr. Vie Superfoods+ to create a powerhouse women’s cycling team that will be ready to compete next year. “I’m pleased that Local Ride Bike Shop will once again play a role in supporting some of Canada’s top female cyclists as they strive to reach their goals and potentially represent Canada at the 2012 Olympics,” said Local Ride Bike Shop owner Barry Lyster. Lyster has worked hard to promote women’s cycling over the past five years and wants to set his sights on forming one of the top women’s road teams in Canada.

“Mother Vie [Dr. Vie Superfoods+ chairwoman] and I are thrilled to support our team of amazing young Canadian cyclists,” said Dr. Vie, CEO and scientist. “They are incredible role models for young girls and children in Canada and around our planet,” she said. This elite women’s racing team will compete across Canada, with members Laura Brown and Steph Roorda striving to represent Canada at world cups and world championships. They then hope to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Brown and Roorda recently competed with the fastest women in the world at the first UCI Track Cycling World Cup of the season in Melbourne, Australia and have the potential to be serious medal contenders, according to Lyster. The women’s road and track racing squad will include Laura Brown, Steph Roorda, Jasmin Glaesser, Jessica Hannah, Jenny Lehmann, Rachel Canning, Lisa Perlmutter, Sarah Coney and Maggie Coles-Lyster.

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A team of high school wrestlers from Ridge impressed at a regiona; event. by Amy Judd

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Wrestlers at MRSS are ready for their next challenge after placing well at a championship in Surrey. Based on several strong performances, the MRSS women’s wrestling team took top honours while Brandon Mitchell and German exchange student Benedict

Toussaint won gold medals in their respective weight classes. “I think it was a super start to the season giving us great preparation for the War on the Floor at SFU this week,” said coach Bill McCrae. Payton Smith, Clarissa Morgan, Benedict Toussaint and Brandon Mitchell won gold. Ciara McCrae took silver. Cole Lauridsen, Dominik Zembrowski and David McCaan took bronze. Jeremy Moen, Jacob Levere, Brandon Stewart, and Scott McKenzie were fourth and Tairim Richardson placed fifth.

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Thomas Haney graduate helps Buffalo State’s hockey team win. by Amy Judd

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The Buffalo Bengals beat

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Linda Madu, a member of the Garibaldi Art Club, examines the “Illumination” series of paintings by Sarah Ronald at the opening of the Ensemble art exhibit in the Maple Ridge Art Gallery recently. Madu said she was impressed with the quality of work, considering how quickly the show was put together.

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Emerging artists display works The Ensemble exhibit features local artists and will continue until Dec. 19. The Ensemble show at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery presents small groups of work by local artists, allowing them to portray a series or theme that is strengthened by displaying them as an “ensemble.” “The exhibit features emerging artists and artisans who are hoping to one day assemble sufficient work for a solo or duo show,” said curator Barbara Duncan. “The featured artists have a body of work... that lends strong visual impact, variety and overall coherence to the exhibition.”

Also at the ACT are new works by artist Steve Baylis on the Passagio on the third floor of the arts centre. Baylis describes this body of work as “an art exhibit about amusement parks. Through colour, pattern and humour, this group of paintings transmits the timeless nature of the amusement park with a narrative element.” Bayliss is trying to depict the sights and staff of the amusement park in a natural manner. The Ensemble show and sale runs to Dec. 19 at the Maple Ridge Art Gallery in The ACT at 11944 Haney Pl. For more, visit www.theactmapleridge.org/gallery.

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