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Part three of our series on Lyme disease looks at why doctors in B.C. are so hesitant to diagnose patients with the tick-borne disease.

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Nick Enemark fully expected to see some exciting and breath-taking sights during a month-long backpacking tour of Thailand with girlfriend Marianne Wilding.

What wasn’t on the brochure, though, was having his passport and $700 stolen, getting snared slap bang in the middle of a bloody civil uprising and having to dive for cover into a taxi to dodge a hail of bullets.

Enemark and Wilding, both of Richmond, were nearing the end of their trip around Thailand when they got caught up in the worst of the violence last Thursday.

During their countrywide tour, there was little evidence of the tension and mass protests by thousands of the Red Shirts, a loose coalition of left-wing activists and democracy campaigners who’re angry about the manner in which the current government came to power.

But Enemark, 24, and his girlfriend had to make their way back to Bangkok — the trouble hotspot — a few days

early to pick up a new passport from the Canadian Embassy, after his previous one got stolen along with the $700.

“As we left the embassy with my new passport, we heard these gunshots right across the street,” said Enemark, still jet-lagged from arriving home Sunday.

“We had to duck and run to the first taxi we could get to. The driver was frantic, he kept screaming at us to get in and get down.

“We were ducking behind the seats of the taxi for cover. Not for a second did I think they were firing at us, but I was scared of ricochets.”

Enemark, who can now joke about his Bullets in Bangkok vacation, admits the only thought on his mind was to ‘get the hell out of there.’

“It was a shocking experience and very intense, especially for someone coming from a nice little area in Richmond,” he laughed.

“I wondered at the time if this was actually happening. The next day the embassy closed due to the trouble, so I might still have been stuck there without a passport if I hadn’t gone that day.” see Cabbie page 5

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Ultrasound fee not just theory A Richmond woman who was charged $50 to learn the sex of her baby wants her money back.

Mandy Tremeer also wants an explanation for why she was charged the fee, when the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has publicly stated

Authority’s mixed message infuriates new mom that it is not implemented yet.

Turns out the fee is, in fact, in place — in Richmond, at least.

Tremeer, who is pregnant with her second child, had an ultrasound at Richmond Hospital on March 24.

Her doctor had told her that,

if she wanted to know the sex of the fetus, she may have to pay a new “gender identification” fee of $50.

“I wasn’t happy about it,” she said.

But she already has one child — a two-year-old girl — and she wanted to know

whether she should hang onto all her girl baby clothes, so she paid the fee.

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SERIES: PART 3

Goertzens: Why are our doctors so scared?

BY ALAN C AMPBELL

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A two-page press release from the B.C. government slid off the News’ fax machine last week, warning of the dangers of tick-borne infections this summer — including Lyme disease.

Likewise, a few clicks into the BC Centre for Disease Control’s website and you’ll find all the information you need about what causes Lyme disease and the best way to avoid it.

What the official fax or the site’s list of dos and don’ts won’t tell you is that hundreds of British Columbians are being driven over the U.S. border every year by an apparent fear among Canadian doctors towards diagnosing and treating Lyme disease.

Thousands more Lyme sufferers — from Vancouver to St. John’s — are believed to have sought sanctuary with American doctors, unable to get acknowledgement, let alone treatment, for a disease that can cause physical and mental devastation if not caught early.

If the statistics are to be believed, almost 30,000 people were reported to have contracted Lyme disease in the U.S., according to that country’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC), in 2008.

The CDC’s B.C. counterparts recorded just six such instances in the same year, with Ontario in the low hundreds.

Either the tick that carries the Lyme bacteria refuses to cross the border, or the testing procedures and subsequent clinical diagnosis for the disease in one of the two countries is flawed.

It’s a story that’s all too familiar for the Goertzen family in Richmond, which has had to fight at every turn — and risk going bankrupt — to find answers.

The Goertzens do not have their troubles to seek — Taylor, 17, has recently been diagnosed (in Canada) with a Lyme-related disease; while Parker, 10, and his mom, Shannon, were both diagnosed in the States.

Most days, Parker can’t even walk he’s in so much pain, while Shannon has been fighting the

Family suffering from Lyme are fighting the B.C. medical system

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Shannon Goertzen has had to fight dozens of doctors in B.C., trying to get help, first for her, now for her two sons, Taylor, 17, and Parker, 10, all of whom have been diagnosed in the States for Lyme disease. affliction with varying degrees of success for four years.

Very little of the help they’ve received has come from the Canadian medical profession.

The vast majority of aid has been found in Seattle and California, where they have to travel to every three months to see doctors willing to help them.

That journey is worth it, though, as Shannon and Parker have both shown great improvement since being diagnosed and treated in California. But the family has seen countless B.C. doctors — family physicians and infectious disease experts — over the course of hundreds of appointments.

On almost every occasion, the family say, the doctors dismiss out of hand they have Lyme, test them for everything apart from Lyme, admit they don’t know enough about Lyme or concede it might be Lyme, but “don’t want to risk their license treating it.”

“What are they scared of?” asks father and husband Graham.

“The doctors here are willing to spend thousands of dollars on tests and medicine to prove that Parker doesn’t have Lyme disease.

“But we’re fighting for our son here.”

Indeed, repeated attempts over almost a week by the News to speak to an expert at the BC Centre for Disease Control about Lyme were unsuccessful.

The Public Health Agency of Canada, however, are well aware of the disease.

It was suggested by the News to the agency’s Dr Nick H. Ogden — an interim director of their Zoonotic Infectious Disease department — that there may be a fear or reluctance among the Canadian medical profession to accept Lyme disease is a problem in this country.

“I would hope not, as we’ve identified that Lyme is an emerging risk for public health and doctors should really be looking out for it,” Odgen said.

“If (what Lyme sufferers say about Canadian doctors) is true, that

would worry me.”

Ogden added that he has had published in the Canadian Family Physician journal an article, highlighting the “increasing importance” of Lyme in Canada.

“Our doctors are not being trained or supported in clinically diagnosing and treating Lyme,” Shannon said.

“Doctor after doctor told us they didn’t know enough about Lyme to treat it and four years later, our sons are being denied treatment because, again, doctors say, ‘we don’t know enough about this disease to treat it.’”

One doctor at BC Children’s Hospital even told the distraught parents that she asked six or seven of her colleagues if they would take on the ten-year-old’s case.

“All of them declined based on the premise that they do not know enough about Lyme to treat it,” Shannon said.

Unable to get answers, the family stumbled upon Canlyme — a foundation set up to help Lyme sufferers and to fight for more recognition of the disease.

“Finding Canlyme was crucial.

It gave us a belief and a connection that we were not alone,” Shannon said. “It’s a very profound feeling to know that you’re not crazy.

“When it was first suggested to me that I may have Lyme disease, it was Canylme where I got most of my information, they were my first port of call.

“We got involved in a support group and it was a relief speaking to other people who nod when you start talking about your symptoms.”

Canlyme themselves, get the same fuzzy reception when they ask questions of the medical profession in Canada.

David Cubberly, a Canlyme director and former MLA on Vancouver Island, began speaking out on Lyme disease while serving as an opposition health critic.

“I got involved around 2006 after I started to ask some serious questions about the way B.C. deals with see Canlyme page 4

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Continued from page 3 Lyme disease,” Cubberly said.

“I got very vague answers and this piqued my curiosity, especially since the daughter of a constituent came home with Lyme disease after a summer camp.

“She finally found a doctor in Maple Ridge who referred her to an American doctor who treated her for Lyme. She’s now recovered.”

Cubberly says he knows of hundreds of people from B.C. being treated for Lyme by doctors in Washington State, as they can’t get access to the antibiotics they need in B.C. He added that Canlyme’s primary goal is to eliminate the Elisa (that’s the name of the first test in the testing procedure in Canada) as it’s churning out negative results when hundreds of people might have Lyme.

“Nobody gets through (the Elisa) in B.C., that’s why we have so few people diagnosed,” Cubberly said.

“We should just be using the second stage test, the Western Blot.”

Janet Sperling, an entomologist and also a Canlyme director, said she believes the fear factor over dropping the Elisa in B.C. is borne out of potential embarrassment.

“They’re scared they’ll have been wrong all along,” Sperling said.

“There’s a suggestion that the testing is flawed in the U.S. and that’s why the numbers are bigger there. If that’s the case, then the U.S. Centre for Disease Control must be making the numbers up?

“There’s also the logic that the American labs that do the testing are moneymakers and that taints the process. But that argument doesn’t hold as the labs are

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The Goertzens, from left, Shannon, Taylor, Graham and Parker.

all licensed, and there are thousands of labs out there to choose from which have produced positive tests. Are they all wrong?”

In the absence of being able to put the Goertzen’s and Canlyme’s case to the BC Centre for Disease Control, the News asked Dr. Richard Mathias, a professor in the population and public health department at the

“Please, listen to us. We’re not making this up.”

— Shannon Goertzen

University of B.C., for his take on Lyme.

“Lyme disease has become a catch-all for things that we can’t diagnose,” he said. Some U.S. labs are doing tests that are not acceptable and sometimes in a non-licensed fashion.

“Clearly, there are people with symptoms. But this organism is very difficult to diagnose and people need a label when they have something.

“But we do need to be careful of dismissing symptoms as the treatment we do here for Lyme disease can be very effective.”

Mathias admitted infectious diseases, including Lyme, are hard to diagnose.

Referring to the fact that the Goertzens have shown improvement since being diagnosed and treated for Lyme in the States, Mathias said the treatment for Lyme could also be successful in curing other diseases.

“If they’re doing well, then I’m delighted for them, honestly,” he said.

“But just because the treatment they’re getting is helping them, doesn’t mean it’s Lyme they have.”

As for the discrepancy in Lyme conformations between Canada and the U.S., Mathias argues that it could be the interpretation of the lab results down south that are providing the thousands of “false positive” outcomes.

After years of fighting, and enduring physical and financial hardship, the Goertzens have three simple wishes: “Firstly, the testing is not reliable. Get rid of Elisa, it’s proven to miss up to 50 per cent of cases,” Shannon said.

“Second, the Western Blot needs to be the only test. That’s been refused four times for Parker. He even tested negative in the States after a Western Blot, so the argument is wrong that everyone tests positive in the States.

“Lastly, more training and awareness of Lyme for our physicians needs to happen.

“Please, listen to us.

We’re not making this up.”

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Continued from page 1 After wheel spinning in the taxi away from the guns, blood and bullets, Enemark and Wilding arrived unscathed, but a little shaken, at their hotel at the other end of the city.

Only a month earlier, the couple had flown into the same city, sensing a tension under the surface, but no apparent sign of danger.

“We noticed that the vendors were perhaps more aggressive than expected, possibly because there were fewer tourists than normal due to the trouble,” Enemark said.

During the trip around the country, they witnessed no evidence of the unrest in the south, but then saw more Red Shirts in the northern cities, before walking into the heightened state of emergency in Bangkok.

The Red Shirts have been demanding fresh polls since March because they say the government — which came to power

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A red shirt baracade, as seen from Nick Enemark’s taxi in Thailand. through a parliamentary district and more ugly deal rather than an elecclashes with the authorition — is illegitimate. ties.

Their growing protests “We were a bit freaked in Bangkok have led out and the last few days to bloody were a bit and brutal strange as clashes with the streets police and were bare the military and people with civilweren’t ians and a sure what journalist the Red being killed.

Shirts were SUBMITTED PHOTO On Nick Enemark, Marianne going to Wednesday, Wilding on vacation. do next,” the red shirt Enemark leaders surrendered and said. asked their supporters to “Then, on the way to go home. But it sparked the airport to catch our riots in the main shopping flight, the cab driver was

telling us he is a Red Shirt protestor and the night before he had been making petrol bombs and throwing them at police officers.

“He was telling us the media were underestimating the numbers of dead (40 on Thursday) and police and the army were hiding the bodies to keep the numbers down.

“The taxi had to flirt with the trouble area on the way to the airport and I admit I was wondering if I’d have to duck again as there were cops everywhere.”

Enemark, recreational advisor for the Richmond Society for Community Living, said he was, not surprisingly, glad to be home.

“Normally, it’s a bit tough to come home after a great trip. This time, I’d say we were ready to come home,” Enemark said.

“But I would go back, maybe not right now. In other areas of the country you wouldn’t even know there was a problem.”

POLICE

Double armed robbery

Richmond RCMP have appealed to the public for help after two armed robberies in the city on the same day this week.

Around noon on Tuesday the Siba jewelry store in Richmond Centre was hit by a gang of four armed masked raiders. It’s the third time in the last year the store has been hit. The gang, one brandishing a firearm, demanded that employees open their display units.

The suspects fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of jewelry prior to police arrival.

Cops are studying surveillance footage of the incident and a police forensic team also swept the area looking for clues.

A description of the suspects has not been released. No one was injured during this incident.

Earlier the same day, around 4 a.m., a man robbed a 7-Eleven at gunpoint at the 7-Eleven in the 9,000 block of No. 2 Road.

A masked man armed with a gun entered the store and demanded cash, transit passes and cigarettes. He then fled with cigarettes and an undisclosed amount of cash. No one was injured.

RCMP responded with a police dog but were unable to track the

suspect down.

Police are asking anyone who may have information about the robbery to call them.

The suspect is described as 5’9” tall with a medium build. He was wearing a balaclava over his face, a baseball cap, black hooded jacket, blue jeans and white running shoes.

He was also carrying a black, grey and blue backpack.

Anyone with information on either robbery can call the RCMP at 604-278-1212, or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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An elderly woman is in hospital in critical condition after colliding with a car on No. 1 Road.

On Tuesday, 4:25 p.m., Richmond RCMP received a report of a serious incident at No. 1 and Francis roads.

The woman had been riding an electric mobility scooter when it seems she crossed No. 1 Road against a red light and was struck by a vehicle that was traveling south on No. 1 Road.

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Continued from page 1 about this fee,” she added. “Nobody seemed to know anything about it.”

Worse, after paying the fee, instead of getting the information right away, she had to wait three weeks to learn she would be having another girl. She is now told the delay was the result of a clerical error.

But why she was charged the fee in the first place is the question Tremeer wants answered.

Last week, when she read about the “proposed” new fee in the Richmond News, she was chagrined to learn that it’s not officially implemented yet.

A spokesperson for Vancouver Coastal Health told the News and at least two other newspapers that the fee is only

being considered and is not in place yet.

“It made my blood boil when I read that,” Tremeer said.

She wrote the health authority to complain. “I told her I want a full refund,” Tremeer said.

She received a letter Tuesday from the Vancouver Coastal Health, which alleged the Richmond News story was full of “factual errors.” She was told she would receive a letter explaining the situation by Tuesday afternoon. She was still waiting for the letter on Thursday.

According to Trudi Beutel, a spokesperson for VCH, the fee was offered on a pilot basis in Richmond between March and May of 2009. And while the pilot project is over, the fee remains in place.

She said she didn’t know if it is also in place at Lion’s

Gate Hospital.

Tremeer does not necessarily disagree with expectant mothers being asked to pay for the information if it is not part of a medically necessary test. She just doesn’t like the way VCH has gone about implementing it by stealth.

“It should be the couple’s choice to find out (the sex) and if it’s medically possible to do so during a regular ultrasound visit,” Tremeer said. “I don’t think there should be a charge for that. But if finding out the baby’s sex is the only reason for the ultrasound visit, then I can understand the proposed fee.

“What has been the most frustrating thing is that no one knew about it and I got the run-around.”

She’s still waiting for an explanation from the health authority. As for her refund, that’s something she may have to take up with the hospital.

“As far as I know, she signed the waivers,” Beutel said.

“There’s a bunch of paperwork she has to go through saying she is willing to pay it. So that’s something she would have to take up with the hospital.”

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Summer Night Market opens The Summer Night Market will open its doors tonight (Friday).

Organizer Paul Cheung managed to finally get a two-year temporary permit to open the market after a public hearing at city hall Monday night.

Now it’s all systems go for the popular summer market — in the north east of the city — which looks set to enjoy its busiest season since taking over in 2008 from the original Richmond Night Market.

“We’re ready to go, the majority of the market is set up and the stage is in place,” Cheung told the News.

“We were confident (of getting permit) because we work very closely with city staff and they give us good feedback on what challenges we might face and we prepared well for those challenges.”

Cheung noted that the weather is forecast to dry up just in time for the opening night Friday, with a dry long weekend forecast also.

Cheung said he expects this year to be their best due to the food court being full of vendors for the first time and the amount of calls they’ve received.

“The food court has never been full since we opened,” he said.

“I think this is going to be our busiest year

yet as we’ve had so much interest from out of town and so much vendor interest.”

Cheung said new attractions to look out for this year include: a weekly eating contest timed over 30 seconds; a reptile show; nearly wed contest with two $20,000 wedding packages up for grabs courtesy of Korean Airlines; Korean Heritage Day. Another variation is the time; in June, July and August the market will be open until 1 a.m. on a Friday and Saturday and on a Sunday when it falls before a bank holiday.

Cheung’s company — Lions Communication Inc. — had its bid to re-open in May stalled last month, with a city council committee worried about future lawsuits from a rival market.

But those concerns have since been addressed and city council approved a staff recommendation to grant the permit.

A feud and lengthy legal battle has been running between Paul Cheung and the owner of the Richmond Night Market, Raymond Cheung (no relation), whose market used to occupy the Summer Market’s current northeast Richmond site.

The Summer Market was fined $15,000 for using the previous night market’s copyrighted material, such as the market layout.

But federal court Justice Sandra Simpson stopped short of forbidding them from using the name Summer Night Market.

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Lyme: a tick-ing bomb

A cursory glance at the North American statistics for Lyme would have you believe the tick that carries the bacteria, which can cause the disease, rarely travels north across the border into Canada.

Try selling that to the long-suffering Goertzen family in Richmond, who’ve been featured in the News this last two weeks, and possibly thousands of other Canadians who are forced to travel south to the U.S. to get diagnosed and treated for a condition that can ravage one’s body and mind.

The Goertzens have been tested for just about everything — from leukemia to multiple sclerosis to bone cancer.

The second they suggest to their Canadian doctors that it could be Lyme they’re suffering from and the physicians either dismiss the possibility out of hand or run scared, saying they could lose their license if they treat them for Lyme.

The Goertzens scrimp, scrape and borrow to fly to California every three months to be assessed and get prescriptions, then have to fight the medical profession in B.C. to have the prescriptions re-written here.

So we ask our doctors, why the fear? Why not, perhaps, accept that it just might actually be Lyme these distraught people are suffering from? Can hundreds of disease experts, doctors and laboratories in the U.S. be so wrong in their diagnosis?

We would have loved to put all of those questions to our own “experts” here at the BC Centre for Disease Control. But none of them were willing or able to come to the phone.

A tick borne disease expert from the Public Health Agency of Canada back east is even telling the Canadian medical profession that Lyme disease is on the rise in this country and could be a burden on the health care system before too long.

If our own doctors and disease experts don’t wake up soon to that possibility, it might not just be a tick that comes up behind them and bites them on the a**.

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Take me to your fish farm

Open letter to Mary Ellen Walling, Re: “Sea lice blame game is flawed,” Letters, May 19.

The nonsense that you have published is in service to a global industry destroying local fish stocks in countries around the world. You are paid to make things easier for this industry in B.C. and this letter goes too far.

To suggest there is anything natural about salmon feedlots on our wild salmon runs is harming the future of the most valuable public resource in BC. You fail to note there were 40 lice per fish recently on a Grieg salmon farm and drugs failed to bring those lice to provincial limit. You fail to note that infection rates on wild fish in the Broughton, where your industry is under the most scrutiny, are once again rising even with drug treatments.

You fail to tell the public that drug resistance was identified as inevitable at a conference in Victoria by international experts studying the disastrous impact of your industry worldwide.

This means we are going to get the more toxic drugs used by your industry. Dick Beamish’s paper is a red-herring and does not refer to the problem, which is juvenile salmon leaving the rivers clean and becoming infested with lice passing by salmon farms.

His work expounds on the presence of lice on adult salmon retuning from the ocean and is irrelevant. You must know this but you ignore it. If your industry is passionate about wild salmon, get off the wild salmon migration routes right now! Test every one of your farms for the virus ISA that is spreading with your industry worldwide.

And I dare you to invite me to attend your farms at harvest time to see what is really in your pens. I think your industry is fighting to remain in B.C. waters because it is consuming wild herring and other species both as by-catch and to feed your industry’s fish.

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Take safe trip down Graduation Lane ‘Tis the season for graduation. And boy, what a season it is.

The grads have boat cruise, prom, winter formals, valedictory ceremonies and dry grads to get through, to say nothing of their final exams, university entrance courses and scholarship applications.

I don’t know how they do it: Find the time to fit it all in. There’s dress shopping, shoe shopping, hair, nails and that’s on top of a heck of a lot of Grade 12 homework.

The grads’ parents have to have deep pockets to support all of this, what with dry grads running in the neighbourhood of $20,000, dresses ranging from $300 to $700 and university applications each running about $50. Heck, even the Language Proficiency Index Test, required writing by everyone without an A in English 12 who wants to go to post-secondary school, costs over $100.

But that’s really nothing compared to next year, if the grad happens to be going to university. Tuition at the University of B.C. will now run you about $5,000 per year for an undergraduate program, and that’s before books or the assorted other student fees.

In my first year at UBC, tuition, including all fees, was $927. Books were about another $100. It was September, 1983 and the $1,027 seemed like a heck of a lot to someone like me who had to take a student loan to pay for it.

Many people would suggest that graduation cel-

Tracy Sherlock ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR

ebrations have ramped up almost as much as tuition fees, and I would have to agree. Oh, we did things a little differently back then – there was nothing “dry” about our grad – and we did make a big deal out of the rite of passage.

We had a boat cruise, we had valedictory and we even had prom at the Commodore Ballroom downtown on Granville Street. We didn’t have dry grad, but we did stay up overnight for the entire “grad weekend” and drag our sorry selves around town causing all sorts of trouble.

Graduation was a good excuse for a party, but it was nowhere near the gala affair it is today.

The difference, I guess, was in the degree. Because graduates today have already “graduated” from numerous other activities, the accomplishment is not such a big deal. In somewhat ridiculous fashion, my kids were photographed in a cap and gown when they “graduated” from preschool. (This wasn’t my idea, the preschool arranged it.)

I didn’t feel the strange weight of a mortar board on my head until my second post-secondary graduation, at the age of 30. For us, the cap and gown meant some-

thing. For them, it’s just another decoration.

I would argue that the same is true of many other rites of passage. When softball teams rent limos for their year-end wrap up party, there’s no big thrill renting one for grad. When elementary school graduations are celebrated with gowns, flowers, speeches and high heels, it’s hard to muster that same excitement in Grade 12.

The thrills have to be found elsewhere.

Let’s hope the thrills aren’t found in so-called “grad pranks” - vandalism dressed up as celebrations of leaving school. These are often dangerous, and usually destructive.

It’s much better for grads to find fun at dry grad, which encourages the kids to stay in the school and behave themselves instead of going out drinking. The promise of prizes helps entice the entire class to attend, and a good portion of the $20,000-budget goes towards prizes, and sometimes there’s even a draw for a donated car.

Keeping kids off the streets and away from alcohol is certainly a worthwhile effort, and I applaud it. It’s a far cry better than my own graduation experience, which was very risky and definitely unhealthy.

Here’s hoping for a safe and wonderful graduation season for this year. To all the grads of 2010 – best wishes for a fulfilling, happy and successful life.

Comments and questions always welcome at tracy. sherlock@gmail.com.

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Letters HEALTH

Family’s fight with Lyme disease sparks nationwide response

The Editor, I would like to commend you for printing this article and highlighting the plight of people and families with Lyme.

I know this family, as well as others, that are living with Lyme in Richmond and my heart breaks.

They have courage and strength, and, hopefully soon, the help they need.

It is beyond understanding why Lyme is not recognized in Canada, and frustrating to no end to imagine all the people who have no answers and are losing everything, including

themselves trying to fight this disease.

We need to put more pressure on our government to identify and treat Lyme.

Imagine if it was you who has of the symptoms that Shannon and her sons’ have. Now imagine it was your child, to hear the cries of pain and know that there is nothing that your medical system will do.

Please everyone, let’s fight this disease, let’s make Canada stand up and take care of those afflicted with this disease.

Karen Yamada Richmond

The Editor, I found your Lyme series very interesting and will certainly be following along.

This family’s story is eerily familiar, especially in regards to children and Lyme disease.

My daughter, at four and a half, began to suffer from unexplained neurological symptoms which worsened to the point that she lost her ability to communicate, lost her memory, suffered from hallucinations and had many hours of screaming fits in addition to losing all her normal abilities.

She experienced a myriad of other physical and neurological problems. In spite of being seen by more than 20 pediatric specialists in more than a month of hospital stays, having her file reviewed by Sick Kids in Toronto and by the Mayo Clinic, the best anyone could come up with was a diagnosis of an unknown neurodegenerative illness or something called “childhood disintegrative disorder.”

I was told there was no hope that she would ever recover and to take her home.

Her doctors also insisted that she be admitted to a locked child psychiatric ward for observation, basically to prove that I wasn’t responsible for creating her illness (parents of children with Lyme are frequently blamed for

The Editor, I live in Scotland, but we’ve known the Goertzens for a long time.

I just wanted to say thank you for bringing their story to your newspaper and talking about Lyme disease.

We’ve followed Shannon’s story for the past four years with a lot of frustration and disbelief that the Canadian health system seems to be blind to this horrible disease and unwilling to take the blinders off their eyes when faced with the evidence presented just south of the border.

Chris & Rosalie Barton Scotland

causing their illness.)

In the midst of my daughter’s traumatic stay in the psychiatric ward, I happened to read a newspaper article about a teen who had similar symptoms and who had been successfully treated for Lyme disease.

Long story short, $50,000 and many trips to the U.S. later, my daughter has recovered from her “incurable” degenerative illness.

However, she lost more than a year of her development to this disease and will probably be left with some mild learning disabilities as a result of a year of untreated neurological Lyme, though she still continues to make improvements.

It has been interesting to see how her doctors have shifted their views as they have witnessed her recovery, basically from ‘walking death’ back to being a normal child, and hopefully they are now a little more open minded when it comes to tick borne illness.

My daughter’s illness followed a trip to Vancouver Island and we live in Alberta, so Lyme is most certainly in Western Canada.

Linda Laidlaw Associate professor Faculty of Education University of Alberta

The Editor, I would like to thank you very much for the great story you published. I found it to be very accurate and am thankful that the truth is getting out there more and more.

I have had Lyme disease for 34 years.

I was diagnoised finally four years ago by the very doctor in your story. We traveled to Hope B.C. from Alberta, very sad and frustrated that apparently there is only one doctor willing and educated enough to deal with Lyme disease in B.C. My own doctor got very mad at me for even suggesting it was Lyme disease as that is very serious.

He wanted to see proof before he would believe me. It’s that attitude that has so many of us living in agony with no answers.

I was suffering 61 of the 75 symptoms and I was at my doctor for all of them. He had no idea. The tick was under my skin when I was 16. I am now 50. I think our doctors can do better than that.

Now they think I would only need 10 days of medication after having three co-

infections that have had 30 years to grow unchecked in my poor body.

Of course it will take years of meds to cure me, even I can figure that out and I only have Grade 12.

I have also had to become an expert on Lyme disease as we have nobody to help us in our own province and soon none in our country.

I am so happy you are doing three parts to this story, it can not be covered in a couple of minutes and is not being properly handled in our medical system.

I am on meds and recovering. How long that may take is anybody’s guess.

It’s people like you that give me hope that my doctor now won’t be shut down and I will be allowed to get better with the treatment I require.

I thank you again for a great job and a wonderful service to your fellow human beings that you are giving hope to for change in our system.

God knows we need it!

Lynn Scheuerman Alberta

The Editor, Thank you for writing the article on the Goertzen family’s battle with, not only this horrible disease, but also with the medical system.

My story is similar — so many years of ruling out everything else, though not looking into Lyme. When I was finally tested for Lyme, here in Canada, the tests which are so un-sensitive (pun almost intended) I came up negative.

Prior to that, our medical system had spent an enormous amount of money testing me for anything and everything, as well as all the specialists of practically every type who spent time trying to come up with a diagnosis.

The simple fact that they are not versed in properly diagnosing and/or treating Lyme disease prohibited them from being able to treat me at the early onset.

Had they, tens of thousands of dol-

lars in diagnostics could have been saved, treatment would have been inexpensive and my health would have been saved, my career as executive vice president could have been maintained.

This has cost the taxpayers money, my family money, my money ... unnecessary amounts of money and suffering.

I am fortunate to have a supportive GP here in Canada, though that does not change the fact that I’m under the care of a Lyme specialist in California and am spending a lot of money for consultations with him and for the large portion of treatment medications I have to take.

Thank you for writing this article and sharing this story about the Goertzen family. They represent the dilemma which far too many individuals and families are going through right now.

Peter von Tiesenhausen Vancouver

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Let’s enhance agriculture large and small

The Editor, I attended the last planning committee meeting at city hall where agricultural bylaws were discussed.

Unfortunately, I had to leave early due to a previous commitment and was unable to talk to other agricultural landowners after

the meeting.

After listening to many speakers, I realized that many in the Indo-Canadian community felt they were being unfairly targeted regarding large house sizes.

In presenting my views, I hope I did not convey that impression.

I agree that in farming the larger acreages a large home is very beneficial, able to house an extended family that can also lend assistance with the workload, and should be accommodated.

My opposition in returning to the old bylaw is that

it will adversely affect owners of small acreages who want to pursue small lot agriculture, by allowing a very large house with accessory buildings to cover a very small lot leaving little or no room for any form of future agriculture, turning it into just another

residential lot, and this is not aimed at any specific cultural group. I truly believe these small parcels can make a contribution to agriculture.

Some have labelled us a “special interest” group, but we’re simply trying to put fresh food back into the

community, grown on land that is zoned for it.

If one thing came out of the meeting, I think it was that “one size does not fit all” and there is a need to sit down at the table again with a diverse group of agricultural property owners, and try to come up with a solution that is fair to both large and small producers, while respecting cultural values and agricultural viability.

Enhancing agriculture, both large and small can only enhance the community.

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Unfortunately, Mr. Yap is singing from the Party’s song sheet. While it is true that Mr. Campbell has extended income tax cuts in the past, they were accompanied with much fanfare that money left in the hands of consumers would stimulate the economy.

If this is fact then what does an annual $2 billion tax shift from industry to consumers do to the economy?

Some M.L.A.s are quoted as saying that industry will pass their savings along to consumers. I would suggest those politicians require a reality check!

The H.S.T. in its present form is just wrong. All this government had to do was continue to exempt those items under the P.S.T. Act and everyone would have been happy in “Lotus Land”. They still enjoy both the generous federal transfer payment and the salary savings of not having to administer the collections.

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Before I comment on the subject, I found the following info on your website (http://www.sd38.bc.ca/district/board/trustees) rather interesting: “E-mail as well as telephone calls and faxes to the homes of trustees are not discouraged.”

You really want people

to contact trustees at their homes??? If that is correct, perhaps you want to list trustees’ personal e-mail, telephone and fax contact info on your website (tongue in cheek!)

Now regarding the subject, I read in the Richmond News recently that the real reason for possibly extending the spring break is because the teachers want it.

There were also comments from Al Klassen (president of the Richmond School Teachers Assoc.) that he has made it his mission to push for a two-week spring break.

I find the above reason for extending spring break and Al Klassen’s comments to be utter, a hundred per cent crap.

I can assure you, if you go out and ask 1,000 indi-

viduals if they would like an extra week of vacation time, every one of them would say yes.

Don’t teachers get enough vacation time each year already? Name me another profession (other than professional sports) where all staff, regardless of seniority, get eight weeks (or is it nine weeks) of vacation time per year.

I sincerely hope the people, who will make the final decision on this matter, have enough common sense to realize extending spring break for an extra week for reasons Al Klassen has put forth is stupidity at its finest.

I would appreciate a reply to my comments.

Joseph Li Richmond

More questions for seat warmers

The Editor Re: “MLAs defend absence,” News, May 12.

The letters from the three Richmond MLAs make much of the fact that they couldn’t attend the “Airport Pipeline Hearing” because of their commitment to attendance in the Legislature!

This raises the question, with me, at least, of why they do not avail themselves of the procedures in our parliamentary system?

There is a mechanism called “pairing”, whereby two members of parliament, from opposing political parties, agree to abstain from voting, if one member is unable to vote because of other commitments.

Of course, this would entail polite communication with a member of the opposing party, and I guess this would never do for a member of the Campbell Party.

I would suggest that this reason for not attending the hearings, is somewhat suspect.

Then, again, considering their party holds a seven seat majority, that a request to the party whip (disciplinarian), could obtain permission to miss one day of the legislature to attend such a critical matter. After all, they continue to allow Campbell to swan about the world at his own pleasure.

And then, again, who would notice if one, or all three seat warmers, were not present to pound on their desks at every dumb answer or insult from the Liberal front bench to the opposition.

No, in my opinion, the attendance of one of these people at the hearing, might actually raise some question about the logic and safety of the jet fuel pipeline through our city.

And this might even force the Liberal government to take a stand! This would never do, although this is the reason they were elected.

T.R.(Terry)Murphy Richmond

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BY DAVID CHAO AND BOB MCHUGH Special to the News

Hyundai has taken a daring and dramatic approach to styling for 2011 with the new Sonata, and its design is already winning the hearts of today’s modern car buyers. As well, Hyundai breaks the tradition from family-car convention by not offering a V6 engine option with its all-new

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A down payment may be required by Ford Credit based on customer credit terms and conditions. **$0 due at delivery is available to qualifi ed purchase fi nance or lease retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. *From May 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010, pay $0 fi rst purchase fi nance payment at your participating Ford dealer and for the remaining 59/71/59 months of the total 60/72/60 month purchase fi nance contract, receive 0%/0%/0% APR purchase fi nancing on all new 2010 Ford Fusion SE I4 with automatic transmission/Focus SE sedan with manual transmission & Sport Appearance Package/Escape XLT FWD with automatic transmission to qualifi ed retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Purchase fi nancing monthly payment is $418/$264/$438 (Monthly payment divided by two gives payee a twice monthly payment of $209/$132/$219) with a down payment of $0/$0/$0 or equivalent trade-in. Down payment may be required based on approved credit. Cost of borrowing is $0/$0/$0 or APR of 0%/0%/0% and total to be repaid is $24,622/$18,744/$25,842. All purchase fi nance offers include $1,450/$1,450/$1,500 freight & air tax, and exclude license, fuel fi ll charge, insurance, registration, PPSA, administration fees and all applicable taxes. Taxes are payable on the full amount of the purchase price. Twice a month payments are only available throughInternet banking and telephone banking, if offered by your fi nancial institution. The customer is required to sign a monthly payment contract to ensure that the total monthly payment occurs by payment due date. Twice a month payments can be made by making two (2) payments of 50% of the monthly payment by the monthly payment due date. Program in effect from May 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010 (the “Program Period”) To qualify for the Ford Recycle Your Ride Program rebate (the “Rebate(s)”), customer must fi rst qualifyfor either the “Retire Your Ride Program”, a program funded by the Government of Canada, or Summerhill Impact’s “Car Heaven Program”. To qualify for the “Retire Your Ride Program”, customer must turn in a 1995 model year or older vehicle that is in running condition (able to start and move) and has been properly registered and insured for the last 6 months (12 months in B.C.). If you qualify, Retire Your Ride will provide you with $300 cash or a rebate on the purchase of a 2004 and newer vehicle. To qualify for the “Car HeavenProgram”, customer must turn in a 2003 model year or older vehicle that is in running condition and has been properly registered and insured for the last 6 months. If customer qualifi es for either the “Retire Your Ride Program” or Summerhill Impact’s “Car Heaven Program”, Ford of Canada (“Ford”) will provide an additional rebate, if customer purchases or leases an eligible new 2010 Ford or Lincoln vehicle, in the amount of $1,000 (Focus, Fusion Mustang, Transit Connect, Ranger), $2,000 (Taurus, Escape, Edge, Flex , Explorer, Sport Trac), or $3,000 (F150, F250-550, E-Series, Expedition, MKZ, MKS, MKX, MKT, Navigator) (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). To be eligible for the Rebate(s), Ford must receive the following from customer, within 30 days of delivery of new Ford/Lincoln: (1) signed Ford Recycle Your Ride Claim Form; and (2) signed original ownership transferring customer vehicle to either “Retire Your Ride” or “Car Heaven” or “Authorized Recycler Drop-Off Receipt”. The Rebate will be paid directly to customer in the form of a cheque. The Rebates are available to residents of Canada only and payable in Canadian dollars. 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The Rebates are raincheckable. The Rebates are not combinable with the previous Ford Recycle Your Ride incentives in effect from September 3, 2009 to March 1, 2010. The Rebates are not available on anyvehicle receiving CPA, GPC, or Daily Rental Rebates and the Commercial Fleet Rebate Program (CFIP). The “Retire Your Ride Program” and Summerhill Impact’s “Car Heaven” Program are not available to residents of Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory, or Nunavut; and, therefore, Ford Recycle Your Ride Rebates are also not available to residents of Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory, or Nunavut.

Other provincially specifi c rewards may be available in association with the “Retire Your Ride” Program or SummerHill Impact’s “CarHeaven” Program. For more information visit retireyourride.ca or carheaven.ca. Limited time offer, see dealer for details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. © 2010 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved. Offer valid from May 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010 (the “Offer Period”) to resident Canadian Costco members in good standing, active as of April 30, 2010. Use this $1,000 Costco member offer towards the purchase or lease of a new 2010 Ford Fusion (including Hybrid), Taurus, Mustang (excluding Shelby GT500), Edge, Escape (including Hybrid), Explorer, Explorer Sport Trac, Expedition, Flex, F-150 (excluding Raptor), Super Duty (including Chassis Cab), E-Series, Transit Connect, Lincoln MKZ, Lincoln MKS, Lincoln MKX, Lincoln MKT or Lincoln Navigator (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). This offer is raincheckable. The new vehicle must be delivered and/or factory-ordered from your participating Ford Motor Company of Canada dealer within the Offer Period. Offer is only valid at participating dealers, and is subject to vehicleavailability and may be cancelled or changed at any time without notice. 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 Costco Membership Number. This offer is transferable to immediate family members living within the same household as an eligible Costco member. 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 (if ordered withinthe Costco Offer Period) or delivery, but not both. On applicable vehicles, this offer can also be combined with the Commercial Connection Program incentives, RCL Program, and for small fl eets with an eligible FIN, this offer can also be used in conjunction with the Small Business Incentive Program (SBIP). This offer is not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). Customer may use the $1,000 as a down payment or choose to receive a rebate cheque from Ford Motor Company of Canada, but not both. Applicable taxes calculated before $1,000 offer is deducted. The offer is payable in Canadian dollars and is available to residents of Canada only. Dealer may sell or lease for less. †††Most 2010 Ford vehicles, excluding 2010 Model LCF, F-650 and F-750, come with a 5 year/100,000 km (whichever occurs fi rst) Powertrain Warranty and full Roadside Assistance benefi ts together with a 5 year/100,000 km (whichever occurs fi rst) Safety Restraint Warranty. In addition, on all 2010 Model F-Super Duty vehiclesequipped with the diesel engine, the Powertrain Warranty is extended to 5 year/160,000 km (whichever occurs fi rst), which equals the diesel engine warranty. Some conditions and limitations apply. ‡‡‡See your Ford of Canada Dealer or contact SIRIUS at 1-888-539-7474 for more information. “SIRIUS” and the SIRIUS dog logo are registered trademarks of SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. Includes 6 month prepaid subscription.

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While on the topic of sport, this mode doesn’t exist on the automatic transmission. It does, however, have an eco mode, which shows up on the dash as a green icon. Not sure what it does, however, other than reward the driver for being easy on the gas pedal.

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Sonata’s new four-banger engine possesses good offthe-line power and performs smoothly and quietly. The six-speed automatic is quick to lend a down-shift hand on uphill climbs and most users will find this engine completely satisfies their power requirements.

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The Steveston Folk Guild presents blues band Fraser Union on Friday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Britannia Heritage Shipyard, Chinese Bunkhouse, 5180 Westwater Dr. Tickets $8 at the door. For more information, call Dave at 604-272-9294 or visit www.stevestonfolkguild. com.

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The Richmond Orchid Club meets every third Sunday of the month from 1-3 p.m. Call Gail Pearce at 604-270-3174 for location. For more information, visit www. richmondorchidclub. com.

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Richmond Pony Club meets monthly at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month at Steveston Community Centre. All horse-lovers and riders are welcome to attend for fun activities and to learn about horses and stable management. For more information, call Melanie at 604-671-1142.

The Richmond Artists Guild meets the second Wednesday of the

month at 6:45 p.m. at the Richmond Cultural Centre, #180-7700 Minoru Gate. New members are welcome. For more information, visit www.richmondartistsguild.com or call Jennifer Taylor at 604-241-1120.

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The Lord Byng Spring Carnival happens, rain or shine, Thursday, May 27 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. There will be food, games, bouncy house, live music, a plant sale, a silent auction, and the ever popular Cake Walk!

This family event is for Byng families, friends, and neighbours. Lord Byng Elementary is in Steveston at the corner of #1 Road and Georgia Street.

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In the 1970’s, the Mini-Mental examination was developed as a means of measuring mental impairment. The test consists of a series of eleven questions, and is graded out of 30. It is still used by doctors in deciding whether a person can manage their financial affairs or their person. In a recent study published in the Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, it was determined that for scores below 20 (indicative, according to the test, of moderate to severe mental impairment), the test appeared to accurately assess capacity. But reliance on the test for scores above 19 frequently lead to incorrect assumptions about a person’s decision making abilities. The group’s opinion ultimately is that the test should not be used alone to determine a person’s capacity, especially considering what the test does not cover, such as a person’s values and beliefs, as well as executive functioning.

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The Richmond Singers present Reel Music on Saturday, May 29 at 7 p.m. at the Fraserview M.B. Church, 11295 Mellis Dr. Tickets are $15/adults and $5/children under 12. For more information, email Debbie at debboul-

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It takes more than a Village to raise a child

BY MICHELLE HOPKINS

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“Linda” never set up to become a foster parent.

It was quite by happenstance.

Twelve years ago, Linda, a youth pastor in a remote community, was told one of her parishioner, a single mother, suddenly died without any family of close friend to care for her 13-year-old daughter.

“Her daughter Lucy was placed in foster home. One day she approached me and asked if I would consider being her foster mother,” said Linda, who doesn’t want her last name divulged. “Although I was surprised, I loved children and never had any of my own, so I agreed to take her on.

“But, while I was waiting to foster Lucy, I ended up taking in one of her good friends, whom she met in the foster home … I have never regretted my decision to take on two teenage girls.”

Fast track to today, Linda is mom to four foster children, living in the SOS Children’s Village BC in Surrey.

“I’m in the process right now of adopting Lucy, who is now a 26-year-old happily married mother of one, as well as my other older daughter,” said the 43-year-old.

A few months ago, Linda moved to a large home in the SOS Children’s Village BC neighbourhood, which sits on 2.5 acres of woodsy terrain in Surrey.

“When I moved in I took on two other daughters, 12 and 18,” said Linda. “I only foster girls who need long term foster care because I want to make a positive difference in their lives.”

Linda and her daughters love their new home and neighbourhood. Linda said it reminds her of her own childhood, where neighbours looked after each other and kids played freely outdoors until sunset.

The home she shares with her foster children is thanks to SOS Children’s Village, a five-home enclave, complete with a large

Children’s charity needs public’s help to continue its support of foster families

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SOS Children’s Village director, Corina Carroll, left and Dr. Doug Clement and Diane Clement. playground and a multi-use sports court.

“We saw her move to three different SOS Children’s Village BC is a community foster homes before her 16th birthday,” said of foster parents who are part of Vancouver Bouchard. “Watching her move through the Aboriginal Child and Family Services system was incredibly hard.”

Society (VACFSS) network of foster parents.

Appalled that families were torn apart One of the nonprofit organization’s fund- and that Julie had no family life to speak of, raisers, which raise money to support the Bouchard started researching into the foster five foster moms and 17 children (ages eight care system here in Canada. months to 19), is happening Sunday, May 30 “I came across SOS Children’s Village, at the Richmond Olympic Oval Plaza. which was founded in Austria by Hermann Richmond’s Lois Bouchard founded the Gmeiner in 1949,” she said. “With the help SOS Children’s Village B.C. nearly 25 years of friends and family, we opened the first ago. She was moved to action when her 15and only one in Canada.” year-old son brought home a girlfriend who The village’s director, Corina Carroll said was in the foster care system. its mandate is to provide support to foster The longtime Richmond resident found families, inside and outside the village. out the teen, Julie, had been shuffled from “We have 23 families in therapy and 26 one foster home to another her whole life. on the waitlist,” said Carroll. “Funds are Bouchard was saddened, then angered. needed so we can hire another clinical doc-

tor to help these other families as well as for day-to-day expenses.”

“We have a clinical doctor on staff in the village, Dr. Mark Thomas, who offers neurofeedback, art and play therapy,” said Carroll, who has been working with troubled and foster children since 1992. “Lots of kids in foster care have multiple placements … I’ve worked with some who have had 30 different homes by the age of 11.”

Carroll said the biggest need the village provides the children is a sense of belonging.

The second annual SOS Children’s Village Run has attracted special guests, including honourary patrons and Olympians, Dr. Doug Clement and Diane Clement, George Gordon, radio personality and master of ceremonies for the run, as well marathon runner Benji Chu. Meanwhile, Bouchard is thrilled to announce that: “One of the Run planning team volunteers dedicated his 22nd birthday party to SOS fundraising and is bringing in $1900 and a Treasure Cottage volunteer cooked lunch for her work colleagues and raised $100 for the Run.” The second annual SOS Children’s Village Run happens Sunday, May 30 at 9 p.m. at the Richmond Olympic Oval Plaza.

There will be a 5/10 km. walk/run and a one km. family walk along the Middle Arm dyke of the Fraser River.

Stay for the fun after the run/walk. There will be a barbecue by donation, prizes, face painting and children’s games, a 50/50 draw and live entertainment by Greg Meloche and the Fraser River Fiddlers.

For more information or to register for the run, visit www.sosbcrun.ca. For more information about SOS Children’s Village BC, log onto www.sosbc.org.

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Community ANIMALS

Volunteers, benefactors step up to pets’ plate Christie Lagally PET TALK

Christine Bellan has volunteered to groom and clean up stray and neglected animals for a long time.

While living in Ottawa, she trained in and eventually taught professional dog grooming before she moved to Richmond 11 years ago.

Now, in addition to running a busy grooming studio, Bellan also grooms the homeless and neglected dogs brought to her from the Richmond Animal Shelter.

As a local business owner in Richmond, Bellan says she enjoys helping in the ways she can, and grooming is a definite need for a busy animal shelter.

But in addition to her regular duties, last Sunday, Christine’s Grooming Studio hosted a Doggy Groom-a-thon fundraiser for the Richmond Animal Protection Society (RAPS).

All day, patrons brought in their dogs for a good shampoo, brushing and a little clipping, and each dog went home with a ‘RAPS’ scarf to remember the day.

Sonya Kamp, manager of the RAPS operated Richmond Animal Shelter, organized volunteers for the day to wash and brush dogs.

The clipping was done

by Bellan. I asked Kamp how she got volunteers to come wash dirty, smelly dogs on a Sunday morning.

She said the trick is to offer volunteers short shifts, and it was good thing too.

The morning was packed with dogs, and the dog washers had a line out the door!

Volunteers said at one point things, got pretty “hairy” and that they never knew it was this hard to groom dogs.

But it was thanks to them that this fundraiser was a success, and the proceeds went towards RAPS’ efforts to care for neglected canines.

It was quite generous for Bellan to open up her studio to this myriad of activity and extra flying pet hair on Sunday, and I’m continually impressed at how businesses in Richmond are coming forward to give back to the animal welfare community.

Gary Lewis, owner of Phoenix Perennials in Richmond, shares the same philanthropic ethos as Bellan. His nursery hosts charity shopping weekends on a regular basis for a variety of charities.

They have donated over $7,000 to charities in recent years, including animal

groups such as Greyhaven Bird Sanctuary and Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue.

And on the last weekend in May, you’ll have a chance to shop for RAPS too.

Marianne Moore, RAPS’ coordinator for this shopping event, feels that busi-

nesses such as Phoenix Perennials and Christine’s Grooming Studio certainly want to give back to the community, but mostly the owners are animal lovers and they want to make a difference.

So if you miss the RAPS’ groom-a-thon, on the weekend of May 29 and

30, you will have another opportunity to raise funds for the Richmond Animal Shelter, but this time you can add to your garden as well. Phoenix Perennials is at 3380 No. 6 Road.

Just do your garden shopping at Phoenix Perennials that weekend, and, when you go to pay,

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tell the cashier you are shopping to benefit RAPS and the Richmond Animal Shelter.

Twenty-five percent of the proceeds from your purchase will go directly to RAPS. Christie Lagally is a freelance pet columnist who lives in Richmond.

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The Richmond Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) is now open to the public.

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“Whatever the job — big or small, short or long term — we can help you fill it,” said Julisse Lecca, youth services officer.

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SCCYs also provide valuable information on health and safety in the workplace, and information on other Government of Canada programs and services for youth.

“We will be working with local employers to help young people develop their skills and gain valuable summer work experience, we are helping them prepare for the rapidly changing world of work,” said Arvin Wong, youth services officer.

This year, employers interested in using our services and youth looking for summer employment can visit the Richmond SCCY between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 350 – 5611 Cooney Rd. or call 604-273-6431, ext. 222 or e-mail julisse.lecca@servicecanada. gc.ca.

Job postings are available online at www.jobbank.gc.ca, under “Student/Youth Job Search”, “British Columbia”, “Vancouver/Surrey/ Fraser Valley” and then “Richmond.”

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This happens when a motorist is making a left hand turn and should yield to an oncoming cyclist, but doesn’t. Frequent excuses for this are, “I didn’t see the cyclist coming,” and “I thought I had enough time to make the turn.” Both excuses are unacceptable. .

the excessive speeding, passing too close, and driving in a bike lane, such as I see drivers do each day.

I’ll just end with this thought: Many motorists need to take a good long look at themselves and their own bad habits, before they can blame cyclists for all of the problems on the road.

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When a driver opens their door without first looking to see if it’s clear, and hits an approaching cyclist. A driver is responsible when opening a door in traffic, but it’s the cyclist who suffers when the driver is not careful.

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In my last column, I talked about certain dangerous behaviours sometimes exhibited by cyclists.

In the interest of fair play, I want to look a little closer at some of the dangerous behaviours that motorists may exhibit.

A study — by the Transport Research Laboratory for the Department for Transport in the UK, and a review from Chris Cavacutiti, staff physician for St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto on the causes of car/bike collisions — have raised a few eyebrows in the cycling community.

Both showed an overwhelming percentage of blame for these collisions directed towards drivers.

I frequently receive an earful from motorists who blame cyclists for causing numerous problems on the road, but most of the more reliable information I have read lays the blame for collisions equally between the two groups.

One issue I have in this allocation of blame though, is the inclusion of children and inexperienced cyclists in such statistics.

If these two groups were eliminated, it wouldn’t surprise me to find that motorists shoulder a far greater share of the blame than they currently do.

It’s also not surprising to find that errant cyclists cause far less harm than errant motorists do.

As an experienced cyclist, let me tell you what I expect when I head out on the road. I expect that my rights may not be respected.

I expect that some drivers will treat me as if I was invisible, even when I am in plain sight.

I also expect to be honked and yelled at by the few who feel they are being inconvenienced because they have to share the road with someone who is not traveling as fast as they are.

Being forewarned is being forearmed, and with this in mind, I can ride cautiously enough to avoid most mishaps that may come my way via these inconsiderate motorists.

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In consultation with the City of Richmond and the surrounding community, we would like to identify those strategic priorities that are important to the citizens of Richmond. One of the areas of a Strategic Plan is consultation with the residents of the community. Through this process, the Richmond RCMP will gain a clearer picture of the community priorities from the residents of Richmond and their expectations from their police service.

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Sports Pilots fly home from Victoria with U21 Provincial Cup title

The Richmond RGSA Pilots women’s soccer team capped an outstanding 200910 season by capturing the Provincial Cup U21 title with a 1-0 win over the Surrey FC Piranhas last weekend in Victoria.

The two Metro Women’s Soccer League rivals have engaged in some close battles throughout the season and the Pilots would emerge victorious this time thanks to a goal off a first half free kick by Shawn Mercer.

Richmond was unlucky not to be ahead by more in the opening half as only some great saves by the Surrey keeper kept her team within striking distance.

The second half featured back-andforth action until desperation set in for the Piranhas and they stormed the Pilots net in the final 15 minutes. The locals relied on some solid defending and the work of game

MVP goalkeeper Jen Selles to secure the victory.

Coaches Mike and Mark Fletcher were delighted by their players’ efforts throughout the season. Their skill and tenacity in the Cup final proved to be successful.

The Pilots also feature: Hilary Andow, Ayli Berson, Kylie Blue, Jen Booton, Elissa Borthwick, Mackenzie Fletcher, Crystal George, Danielle Hurst, Caitlyn Lee, Shawn Mercer, Punky Oye, Linda Stutz, Meghan Talbot and Moni Vataiki. Unable to play in the final were Calais Morimoto, Amanda Veldman, Danielle Slater and Karen Greig.

The team thanks the efforts of manager Jean Fletcher for making the season and cup weekend so memorable.

The Pilots operate under the umbrella of the Richmond Girls Soccer Association.

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Strikers headed back to B.C. high school rugby tourney for 11th straight year Weeks earlier, the perennial powerhouse entered the 2010 season with plenty of uncertainty.

The core of the team is in Grade 10 and didn’t play at the Grade 8 or 9 levels due to organizational problems. Chronic injuries to potential Grade 12 standouts Kapi Vataiki, Chris Massot and Mo Rahmatty have limited

their availability. Still, the Strikers have received excellent leadership from captain Adam Webster to catapult them back into medal contention, while Grade 11 players Patrick Pascal, Arnold Lam, Michael Kraitman, David Garside and Andy Lam have stepped up their play.

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solid shape in future seasons as long as former national team player and longtime coach Gary Hirayama remains at the helm.

The Lower Mainland semifinal final match-up featured the third ranked Strikers against the No. 7 Spartans.

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they answered a Garside try with two of their own to take a 17-13 lead with 10 minutes remaining.

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ROY Rachel Eliza (Betty) (nee McCaw) Sept 30, 1929 – May 13, 2010

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother Betty at the age of 80 years. Mom was born in Winnipeg and lived there until moving to Richmond, B.C. in 1977.

She was involved in many community and volunteer activities, especially the Richmond Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop. Betty will be remembered for her great sense of humor and zest for life. She was an incredible friend to all and will be dearly missed. Betty was predeceased by her husband, Robert Roy; her parents Samuel Joseph and Rachel McCaw; her brothers Alex, Charlie and Jim; and her sisters Margaret and Kay. Betty is lovingly remembered by her children Paul (Marilyn), Denise (Don), Brenda (John), Lisa (Lock) and Tim (Jade); her brother Tom (Terry); her grandchildren David, Jane, Nicholas, Robbie, Sarah, Katie and Christopher; her greatgrandchildren Nolan and Brock, and numerous other nieces, nephews and friends. The family wishes to extend our deepest gratitude to the staff at Sunrise of Vancouver for their compassionate care.

Also, special thanks to niece Michelle Jackson and her family for their support in caring for our Mom in the last several years. A celebration of Betty’s life will be held at Executive Airport Plaza Hotel, 7311 Westminster Hwy., Richmond, B.C. on Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice.

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Career Opportunities

SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 71 (Comox Valley)

DISTRICT PRINCIPAL ABORIGINAL EDUCATION The school district enrolls approximately 8,200 students (including 890 students of A b o r i gi n a l a n c e st r y ) f r o m Kindergarten to Grade 12 and is located 100 km north of Nanaimo on the East Coast of Vancouver Island. We are currently searching for a District Principal Aboriginal Education. The position is effective August 1, 2010. For more details about this career opportunity and how to apply, please visit our website http://sd71.bc.ca/hr/jobs.php A complete application package must be received at the School Board Office no later than by 4:00 p.m. (Pacific time) on Monday, April 31, 2010. Late re´sume´s will not be accepted.

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Drivers

HandyDART is seeking Casual Drivers in the Richmond area. This career can be physically demanding requiring patience and safety awareness. Working independently as a member of the HandyDART team, you will be responsible for the safe transportation of passengers with disabilities.

You must be available for shifts anytime between the hours of 6 a.m. and midnight.

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COURIER JOB P/T Car is Provided

Our New Westminster office requires a reliable messenger with good driving skills for the delivery of documents to law firms. No evenings or weekends. 8:30 am to approx 2:30 pm, Mon to Fri. $11 per hour.

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Office Personnel

ESTABLISHED PROFESSIONAL STEVESTON INSURANCE OFFICE requires (2) two full time entry level employees; an autoplan CSR and commercial lines assistant. We are looking for team players with an excellent customer attitude, a level 1 insurance license is preferred but we are willing to train the right people.

Qualified applicants will be notified. Please submit resumes to: Fax: 604-274-6501 or Email: kbarrette@mardoncampbell.com

No phone calls or drop ins please.

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The successful candidate will be in charge of all shipping and receiving from our new warehouse located at the Delta Municipal Airport. Experience in handling produce, and inventory management is essential. Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience. Start date for this position is estimated at August 1, 2010. Please email your resume to: susan@bcfreshinc.com

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Teachers/ Instructors

PARK PLACE DAYCARE requires a F/T Early Childhood Educator w/B.A or college diploma in ECE. $14/hr. E-resume: parkplacedaycare@live.ca

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Trades/Technical

HANDYPERSON

Dependable handyperson required immediately for building maintenance, lawn cutting, gardening, painting, light carpentry etc. Some short travel trips involved.

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PARTS MANAGER required for busy Ford Dealership.

Previous management/ADP experience required. Exceptional Remuneration/Commission.

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Medical/Dental Richmond Sign Company

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requires Silk Screen Printer with UV printing experience.

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Sports Equipment

BIKE, 2 seater tandem, like new, $300, 604-214-9912

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SHIH TZU BIJON pups, 1st shots, dewormed, ready, family raised, non shed, $575 firm. 588-5195

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Pets - Other

BC REPTILE Club Show & Sale Sat June 12 • 10 am to 5 pm and Sun June 13 • 10 am to 4pm Abbotsford Exhibition Park 32470 Haida Drive, Cadet Building Abbotsford B.C Admission : Adults $4 , Kids $2 , Children under 5 Free ; Family Pass $10.00 (2 adults up to 3 kids) For more info visit us at www.bcreptileclub.com 1-604-392-5715

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Aries March 21 - April 19: A busy, detail-filled month lies ahead. Your luck has been low, but it soon will climb or reach equilibrium (early June through early September). Sunday/Monday feature relationships and opportunities. These are a tough slog Sunday – you might reach a final separation point or showdown over a domestic, career or similar situation. Don’t expect fireworks, just deep, thoughtful commitment to a path.

Monday’s the opposite – everything works when you admit your own fears, failings! Secrets, inheritances, investments, other people’s money fascinate you midweek: but a major problem lurks.

Cancer June 21-July 22: The few weeks ahead bring reduced energy levels, quietude and sweet solitude, spiritual nudges and administrative or governmental contacts. It’s a good time to contemplate and plan your future. When doing that planning, realize that June through August will favour your ambitions, and contacts with bosses and VIPs. Worldwide, this will also be a turbulent time – and in crisis there are opportunities. Your relationship, ambition and security/ domestic zones all face change (or at least, adventure!).

Sunday holds either deep affection or deep rejection.

Your romantic, creative urges rise midweek.

Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Expect four weeks of internationalism, higher learning, far travel, publishing and legal, cultural events – and love! But an April/May trend of intimacy, financial commitment or research with someone representing one of these zones, will continue. E.g., if you became intimate with someone in April or May, you might now see love dawning, or travel to see them. Or, if you researched, you might now publish, or take it to a court of law. Or an investment/ business partnership you explored might become a signed contract. Your charisma, energy soar Sunday/ Monday. Careful Sunday in career/home.

Taurus April 20-May 20: Tackle chores Sunday/ Monday – that’s better than getting into trouble by siding with one person or the other when they argue (Sunday). Relationships bless you Tuesday, but anger is close to the surface Wednesday. Life’s mysteries, depths and deep nurturing rise to consciousness Thursday/Friday. Your financial and sensual instincts surge – but something you start now might meet a longterm (romantic and financial) barrier. Saturday brings initial stress (around noon) then wisdom and mellow thoughts. The weeks ahead emphasize earnings, purchases, possessions, memory and sensual joys.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22: The weeks ahead bring wish fulfillment, popularity, flirtations, entertainment, optimism and joyful plans! You could start a love affair; it could lead to marriage, or bring travel to a foreign country. Expect success in legal, educational, cultural, love, publishing, far travel and similar zones. But this might be just a taste of success, Leo – don’t force matters, be willing to wait until 2011 if success doesn’t fully gel. Much talk Sunday (watch underground resentments or sneaky people) and Monday (trust someone!) Rest, midweek. Romance, creativity and a winning streak, Thursday/Friday!

Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: You face a month of depths, intimacy, sexual urges, secrets and research, commitment and consequence, and crucial health and lifestyle choices. You should meet success! Someone you’ve dealt with since early to mid-April could play a prominent role. You might find your work duties expanding June through August. Retreat, take a deep rest Sunday/Monday. (Sunday might subtly pull a “mellow relationship” apart.) Your energy and charisma surge Tuesday/Wednesday – ask a favour or start a new project! (Best Tuesday morn.) You can march straight toward more earnings Thursday/Friday – do so!

Gemini May 21-June 20: Your energy, charisma, effectiveness and decisiveness return, big time! Over the weeks ahead, start significant new projects, see and be seen, make an impression on important people!

Early June to early September might bring a wish true, especially in areas of marriage, relocation, business partnerships and social acceptance. Even if they don’t, your popularity, optimism and “future sight” will rise – get ready to enjoy life! There will be no more need for caution in relationships. But that’s early June.

Meanwhile, Sunday (uncooperatively) and Monday (magically) promote romance, creativity.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: A month of ambition, success, prestige relationships and community recognition has just started. But a study, travel, love, cultural or similar theme, evident since early April, continues to June 9. It might involve communications from another country.

You’ll be half ambitious, half thoughtful. You’ve met lucky opportunity in 2010 – for business, marriage, relocation, perhaps litigation. June-July-August will move these opportunities to deeper waters (commitment, intimacy, funding, etc.) If you “miss,” opportunity will return, September-December, and commitment will return, early 2011.

Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Your hopes rise Sunday (though money is a disappointing topic) and Monday.

Optimism, popularity, flirtation and fun visit you! Or perhaps you’d better go out and find them, since you’ve entered a month in which others hold the aces of charisma, energy and clout. Still, fresh horizons, opportunities and exciting relationships are imminent!

The more you approach, the more you’ll gain. An AprilMay task lingers into late June, so tackle it. (You might also be romancing a workmate during this time.) Lie low midweek. Emerge Thursday/Friday to greet the world!

Romance – soon.

May 23 - 29 Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: The month ahead accents work and health, machinery and service personnel, the heavy side of kids (e.g., dirty diapers rather than the joy of her first soccer goal). Look upward Sunday/Monday – to ambition, prestige. An attractive, affectionate person stands across from you Sunday – but are you too secretive, defensive? If so, rethink. You’ve been intrigued by a romantic or creative possibility April and May – this continues through June. Don’t abandon it.Your hopes rise nicely mid-week, but retreat for some solitude Thursday/ Friday. Real estate luck hovers on the near horizon.

Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: The weeks ahead feature pleasure, beauty, romance, joy with children, creative surges, and a winning streak in speculation. A Gemini or Virgo could be involved – perhaps a person you might have tried to end it with in April/May. Love, understanding, your life philosophy, far travel, legal or educational matters are the theme Sunday/Monday.

Sunday might bring a “silent disagreement” over duties. Be ambitious Tuesday/Wednesday, but avoid friction with a competitor. Your hopes rise Thursday/ Friday, as popularity, light romance and entertainment arrive. Retreat Saturday, seek quiet rest.

Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: The weeks ahead accent your domestic scene, security, real estate, Mother Nature, gardening, nutrition. It’s a time to digest what you’ve done, where you’ve travelled over the past year (and years) and where you’re going. This might lead you to abandon certain bonds and projects, and to embrace new ones. That’s good, natural. Sunday presents you with a subtle, perhaps hardly conscious dilemma, a choice between different friends or viewpoints. Secrets, deep power, intimacy might be involved. Midweek’s mellow, brings understanding. Be ambitious Thursday/ Friday: success awaits! timstephens@shaw.ca • Reading: 416-686-5014

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RENTALS 6535

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HOMESTAY FAMILIES Needed Immediately

for international ESL students.

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FOR LEASE

Office Space 621 sqft avail June 1st . 4840 Delta Street, Ladner.

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Rooms

ROOM AVAIL, female $450, incl net&utils, ns, np, Steveston Hwy & #3Rd. avail now, 604-277-3057

6595

6595-55 6602

Suites/Partial Houses

2 BDRM suite, avail June 1, for more info call 604-244-1968 aft 3 pm or 778-997-7611 anytime.

2 BR bsmt suite, n/s, n/p, bright kitchen, living/dining room combo, incl’s heat/light, quiet area, $885. 604-271-0739 2 BR grd flr, sep entry, new home suit single $900 util incl’d, refs, ns, np, couple neg. 604-241-5999

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778-833-4150 after 5pm.

RMD NO.2 & Moncton, lrg 1 BR + livrm, lam flrs, $875 + 1/3 utils, incls cbl/net. ns/np 604 270-1010

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Richmond

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Auto Miscellaneous

THE CAR WRANGLER

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Drywall

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Electrical

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Concrete

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Excavating

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Fencing/Gates

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Gutters

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2000 MAZDA PROTEGE. silver.

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2006 - 22FT double axel, white Jayco trailor, used for 5 short trips exc. cond. sleeps 5, full load. ac, etc. $15,000 OBO. 604-940-1953

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Lawn & Garden

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Open to offers. 604.657.1845

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Unable to care for the car you rely on? Need help you can trust? Trust

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8155

Landscaping

MAGNOLIA LANDSCAPE Service, fence installation, yard renovations, excavation, Irrigation. 604-214-0661

8160

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2008 HONDA Civic, Auto, 4 dr, silver, all power, a/c, low kms, $13,000. 604 518-3166

8180

Home Services

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8185

Moving & Storage

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HOUSE MOVERS Flat Rates 2 to 5 Ton from $60/hr.

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Painting/ Wallpaper

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AAA PRECISION PAINTING Interior/Exterior Excellent Prices

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PAINTING

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• • • • •

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Paving/Seal Coating

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Plumbing

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Renovations & Home Improvement

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Power Washing

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Renovations & Home Improvement

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Rubbish Removal

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SENIORS DISCOUNT WCB & Fully Insured

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Rubbish Removal

Services & Recycling

Trips to the dumps start at

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Stucco

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Tree Services

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Window Cleaning

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MAC ROOFING INC. Residential & Commercial ★ ★ Beat the HST ★ ★

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8255

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Cambie Road Alderbridge Way

DL #1054

Lease offer valid on new 2010 Impreza 2.5i 5MT_5 Door (AG1 BP) models. MSRP of $21,895. Payment of *$229.42/mo. based on a 24,000 kilometre per year lease with excess charge of $0.10/km. **2.4% lease rate for a 48 mo. term with $4,100.00 down. Total lease obligation is $11,012.16. The residual value at the end of term is $10,163.25. Freight & PDI ($1,525), documentation fees ($395), and Battery and Tire Tax ($30), are included in payment. Lease security deposit & PPSA included. License, insurance, registration & taxes, extra.

Financing and leasing programs available through Toyota Credit Canada Inc. on approved credit. †$1,000 May bonus accessories offer applies only to retail purchase lease, finance agreements or cash purchases for new 2010 Impreza models (excluding WRX STI models).

Dealers may sell for less. */**/†Offers valid until May 31, 2010. "Visit iihs.org for details. !Based on ALG’s 2010 Residual Value Award for Mid-Compact Cars. Visit alg.com for details. See your local Subaru dealer or www.western.subarudealer.ca for complete details.