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Students fight to keep youth worker Ryan didn’t like school — still doesn’t. “I struggled through school my whole life,” he said. “It sucks.” But the Grade 11 Steveston-London student is still in school, and he credits the youth support worker there as the only reason he’s still attending. Taylor credits the same worker for helping him quit cocaine. Allan Cole, 16, said she helped him get through a very troubled period in his life — the six months he spent in foster care. Janiece said the worker helped her adjust to her new school when she transferred here from another school district.

‘They’ve got to hear it from the people who it’s going to affect:’ Student These are among the nine students — eight of them from Steveston-London — who contacted the News recently to voice their concerns about losing their youth support worker due to provincial cuts to education. “She’s done a lot for us — it’s our turn to give back,” said Cole, the Grade 11 student who organized last week’s meeting. “They (school authorities) have got to hear it from us. They’ve got to hear it from the people who it’s going affect.” (Cole’s mother has given him permission to speak to the press. The others quoted are referred to only by their first names, as

they did not have their parent’s permission to speak to the News.) The worker in question declined to be interviewed by the News and did not want her name used. “She’s applying for other work in the district,” explained June Kaiser, president of local 716 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents many of the educational support staff being laid off as part of a $6-million deficit elimination exercise by the Richmond school board. Every high school in Richmond has a youth support worker. All 10 are being laid

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The Steveston Farmers and Artisans Market opened Sunday with the traditional tossing of the (wooden) salmon, this year carried out by local MLA John Yap and Mayor Malcolm Brodie, below. Tomcats, left, entertained the opening day crowd with some classic rock ‘n’ roll hits. The market is now open every second Sunday through September.

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Taylor: ‘She helped me quit coke’ Continued from page 1 lives are going to be hell after she leaves,” said Rokhsor, who is in Grade 10. Richmond school district has had youth support workers in its high schools for about 10 years. “This program was unique to Richmond when it started out,” Kaiser said. Neither teacher nor counsellor, the youth support worker’s job is to identify students who may be having problems — at school or at home — and lend them support. They may give advice or refer them to counsellors. More often, their support comes simply in the form of listening to students. Several students who spoke to the News said their youth worker knows more about them than almost anyone else, including their friends and parents. “She knows pretty much everything about me,” said Taylor, who only wanted his first name used. “She helped me through my druggie stage. She helped me quit coke and everything. She helped me more than anyone else did.”

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One 14-year-old student who transferred here from another school district said her mother is an abusive alcoholic and drug addict. Her youth support worker helped her with a difficult transition. “You can tell her your story and she’ll listen to it and she’ll help you get through it and get over it, but she won’t judge you,” she said. “She basically passed me through Grade 10,” Ryan said. “I

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was failing everything. I wasn’t getting through school. I didn’t want to come — didn’t come. I skipped every day. I wouldn’t come for weeks on end. She pushed me in the right direction.” When he ended up in foster care for six months, Cole said his youth support worker helped him cope with the situation. “When I first went into foster care, I felt betrayed, and she helped me get over that.”

He added she helped him work through his problems and he is now back home. Several students who spoke to the News said they have been referred to Richmond Addiction Services but felt they got better education and support about substance abuse from their youth worker. Chak Au is both a school trustee and a counsellor with the Richmond Health Department. Cutting youth support workers is one of the reasons he voted against the 2010-2011 budget. He said half of the 95 positions being cut are support staff who work with the most vulnerable students, including special needs students and so-called “at-risk” students, many of whom drop out of school. As a counsellor, he has had a number of youth referred to him for counselling by youth support workers. “This is a preventative service that will save us a lot of money and problems down the road,” he said. “To me, we are creating problems for the future.”

Elderly scooter rider dies after collision An elderly woman who was struck while crossing a busy road in Richmond in a motorized scooter has died, say Richmond RCMP. The 85-year-old woman was crossing No. 1 Road at the Francis Road intersection on May 18 around 4:25 p.m. when she was struck by a southbound car. Richmond RCMP said the woman had been crossing the street against a red light. The woman was rushed to Vancouver General Hospital where she died May 19. Her name has not been released by the RCMP. Police ask anyone who may have witnessed the accident to call Cst. Ing at 604-278-1212, ext. 2442, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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They spent 18 months living in Richmond in the lead-up to the Winter Games. “When I first moved here from Quebec, I thought B.C. people were so pretentious, right? On their licence plate, ‘Best Place On Earth,’” Giroux said. “And then after a year and a half, I just totally understand. I just fell in love with the City of Richmond.” In keeping with the theme of telling Richmond’s story, Mayor Malcolm Brodie explained how the oval and River Green projects all came about in the first place. “This area was originally part of the Brighouse Farm,” he said. The 600-acre farm stretched from the oval precinct to city hall. In the early 1960s, the property was put up for sale, and the city held a referendum. The citizens said no to the sale price: $1.5 million. Fifty years later, that’s the average price

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It was storytime at Aspac Development’s River Green show and sales centre at the Richmond Oval Friday. Local political and business leaders were on hand to sample gourmet appies, rub elbows with Canada’s gold medal men’s speed skating team and window shop for River Green’s luxury condos, which will fetch as much as $3.4 million for a penthouse suite. The occasion was the opening of a story centre in Aspac’s $9 million three-story show and sales centre in front of the Olympic Oval. “We named this building the River Green story centre because it tells the story of how Richmond is a model community in Greater Vancouver,” said Aspac vice-president Raymond Li. “Over the next 10 to 15 years, this 28acre parcel of land will be transformed into Richmond’s newest and most sustainable waterfront community.” The new story centre uses scale-sized models, video and audio to tell the story of Richmond to prospective buyers, although it is also open to the general public. The story centre uses audio, video and interactive models to talk about Richmond’s history and major landmarks, including London Farm, Finn Slough, the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, Richmond City Hall and YVR.

The official opening of the River Green sales centre was carried out by the mayor, Olympic gold medallist speedskaters, politicians and Aspac.

of just one of more than 2,000 condos and townhouses to be built on either side of the Richmond Olympic Oval. “In a fit of courage, the council of the day said, ‘We feel so strongly about this, we are going to do it anyway,’” Brodie said. Long-range thinking in politics isn’t always rewarded, but Brodie said the story ended happily for the mayor and council who bought the land in the 1960s. “Every single member of council got reelected,” he said, despite the fact the electorate were “mad as hell.” Over the years the land was parceled off for various purposes. When the Vancouver Organizing Committee asked the City of Richmond if it would be interested in hosting the speed skating oval, the city pitched a proposal to build the oval on the Brighouse estate land, and sell off the last 18 acres of land to help pay for it. It kept two acres, on the west of No. 2 Road Bridge, to be used for a future social or affordable housing project. Aspac paid the city $141 million for the land, and then also bought up privately owned land on the east side of Hollybridge Way. Aspac’s long-term plan calls for 25 to 30 buildings, built over 10 or 15 years, on either side of the oval, with a total of up to 2,600 residential units. The units will start at $525,000 for a onebedroom condo and go as high as $3.2 million for a four-bedroom villa or $3.4 million for a 3,400-square foot penthouse suite. Over the next decade, the Aspac building in front of the oval will serve as a show and sales centre for River Green, after which it will become a waterfront restaurant. For more information, visit www.rivergreen.com.

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Soldier to hitch VIP ride on PM’s plane “He was just in the right place at the right time.” So says the mom of Richmond born and raised Israeli army recruit Jonathan Fader, who will jump aboard a special flight from the Middle East this week. Fader, who volunteered for the Israeli forces last October, was called over by his commanding officer for an impromptu meetand-greet with the country’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. And it was during his brief chat with Netanyahu that the PM realized Fader was Canadian and he said, “you’re coming with me.” Fader will now be a VIP passenger on the Israeli version of Air Force One when Netanyahu flies to Toronto on Friday for a conference. “He was shouted over to come meet the PM,” explained mom Joan, who lives on Saunders Road. “He thought the PM was just joking when he said

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His mom was aboard an Alaskan cruise ship when she first realized that her son had become a local celebrity in Israel. “I was in the ship’s computer centre. Both my kids are on Facebook and I saw this link to a Jerusalem Post article on his page,” Joan said. “I was stunned to say the least and then very excited that he may be coming home early. “There’s a family wedding in August and he’s already requested some time off for that. Now this hap-

Ground breaks at $5 million Hamilton Community Centre The ground will, quite literally, be breaking in East Richmond this month to make room for the new and improved Hamilton Community Centre. The $5 million expansion of the current centre, being carried out by the City of Richmond, is partly funded by a $100,000 donation from the Hamilton Community Association and a $1 million grant from the federal government through the Recreational Infrastructure Canada Program. The community centre extension will include multi-purpose space, pre-school room, fitness centre, meeting rooms and expanded lobby space. “… (this) will allow us to provide

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New anti-pesticide bylaw survives first attack Richmond’s new anticosmetic pesticide bylaw has stood up to a challenge by city staff to make exceptions for infestations. Staff proposed last week to allow residents to use pesticides “to control or eradicate” infestations, as long as there were no non-pesticide alternatives. Infestation is being defined as something that poses an immediate risk to other plants and has potential

to cause damage to a sensitive ecosystem. Richmond Pesticide Awareness Coalition, objecting to the staff move, said studies show pesticides actually do more harm than good when it comes to the natural environment and poses risks to families’ health. Councillors Sue HalseyBrandt, Linda Barnes, Derek Dang and Harold Steves voted against the staff recommendation, while the mayor

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the public need to be in by May 31. Their strategic plan is a set of goals or strategies used to achieve a safer community. In consultation with the City of Richmond and the surrounding community, the RCMP would like to identify priorities “important to the citizens of Richmond.” Residents can get involved by completing the online survey found on the City of Richmond web page, www.richmond.ca/rcmp. All surveys received are completely anonymous and there will be no call backs regarding your submission.

Copies of the survey can be found at: Richmond RCMP Detachment, 6900 Minoru Boulevard; Richmond City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road; Hamilton Community Centre, 5140 Smith Drive; South Arm Community Police Station, 8880 Williams Road; Steveston Community Police Station, 4371 Moncton Street; YVR Storefront Community Police, 3800 Grant McConachie Way. Surveys can be returned to any of the above locations or mailed to the RCMP’s detachment.

Help create Richmond’s 10 year Social Planning Strategy Survey and community forum

Now is the Here is the opportunity for people living time to share and working in Richmond to share their your thoughts vision on the future of social planning in Richmond. Deadline for Complete a short survey and/or attend survey is a community forum to provide feedback June 18, 2010 on which social planning priorities the City of Richmond should focus on for the 10 year Social Planning Strategy, planned to be completed in early 2011. What is social planning? The key concern of social planning is people – ensuring that, as the city grows, the needs of people living and working in Richmond are effectively addressed. Areas of focus include child care, poverty, affordable housing, drug and alcohol addiction, child and youth development, aging population, mental and public health, cultural harmony and access for people with disabilities. Survey: Complete online at www.richmond.ca/socialplan Printed copies available at City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Road (during business hours Mon-Fri) and any Richmond community centre or library. A Chinese language version is also available: - PDF version at www.richmond.ca/socialplan. - Printed copies at City Hall, any Richmond community centre or library, Caring Place (140 7000 Minoru Boulevard.) and SUCCESS (220 - 7000 Minoru Boulevard.) You can also email comments to sean.davies@richmond.ca Submission deadline: June 18, 2010 All survey results will be consolidated and will form the foundation of Richmond’s 10 year Social Planning Strategy. Community Forum: In addition to the survey, you can make your views known at a facilitated workshop. Space is limited so please RSVP to attend: call 604-247-4692 or email renee.moffatt@richmond.ca Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Registration: 6:00 p.m Workshop: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Richmond Cultural Centre Lecture Hall 7700 Minoru Gate

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ost teenagers don’t pay too much attention to local politics. They tend not to read the local paper. So when Allan Cole, 16, contacted the News to say he and his fellow students at Steveston-London secondary wanted to talk to us about the loss of their high school’s youth support worker, it was refreshing. Here was a group of kids using up their lunch break to talk to the newspaper about someone who has, quite clearly, had a powerful impact on their lives. We’d like to tell you her name, because she deserves some recognition, but we are respecting her wish to remain anonymous. It may be small comfort when you are losing your job, but she should take some satisfaction in knowing that the students she has helped think so highly of her. The argument can be made that youth support workers are not essential to public education. The argument might also be made that the funding for these positions should come from some other ministry — like social services or the attorney general, because this is preventative medicine. Every at-risk kid who slips through the cracks ends up costing society somewhere down the line. Unfortunately, it’s hard to quantify the savings that accrue to society from this kind of preventative approach, but it’s significant. Saving the court or health system money may not be the purview of school trustees, so when faced with the decision of cutting a teacher or a youth support worker, trustees don’t have much wiggle-room. At the same time, someone’s got to do it. The kids are telling us these youth workers save lives. Who are we not to listen? Richmond was one of the first districts to implement the youth worker program. It’s wrong, both ethically and financially, to axe it. We also understand it’s a lack of provincial funding that has put our school trustees in this position.

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The Editor, Thank you so much for this series of articles on the Goertzen family and Lyme disease. Publicity given to this subject seems to be the only way to get it recognized here in our country, since our medical system and government want to turn a blind eye to it. I have contacted government officials from our local MLA up to the Premier. Only the Opposition was interested. Our Provincial Health Officer and Chief Medical Officer for this area both say our daughter has been wrongly diagnosed. Yes, my daughter has Lyme disease. It has been a horrific battle for the past four years for her but she is still here, we fully believe, thanks to the care she is getting in Seattle and her own incredible determination to stay on top of it. Her children have lost what their mother was, as her husband has lost what his wife was, before this began, all needlessly, if only she had been diagnosed and treated right away. We, her parents do not live close by. I cannot thank her friends enough for the support and love they have given her. It is so hard to wrap my head around all this. Can anyone tell us why this has been allowed to happen? Can anyone tell us why people who have Lyme disease are so discredited? The cost of all her visits to specialists and the tests that they requested has to be tremendous. The cost of her ongoing care is tremendous. How could this have been allowed to happen here in “Beautiful B.C.”? We just do not understand it. We are living with it, though. Gloria Rudolph Richmond

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Finance Minister Colin Hansen wandered up to the press gallery the other day, searching out reporters to talk about what appears to be the end of the economic recession. It was an indication of the somewhat desperation situation Hansen and his colleagues are in right now. The sign of any positive development is quickly seized upon by the government, which tries to thrust it in front of the public in the hopes of getting some kind of credit for it. But the strategy is not working. The public has tuned the B.C. Liberal government out, and no matter what Hansen says about the economy, I’m not sure anyone is listening to him. Evidence of that can be seen in the latest Mustel Group poll, which pegged support for the B.C. Liberals at just 32 per cent of the electorate, well behind the NDP, which sits at 44 per cent. More troubling for the B.C. Liberals, the poll showed rising support for a third party. The B.C. Conservatives, which barely exists as a viable political organization, sits at seven per cent. A scenario seems to be developing which could prove fatal to the B.C. Liberals. If there is indeed a growing appetite for a centre-right alternative to the governing party, the NDP would coast to a rather large majority win

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in 2013. A third party provides the vote split the NDP needs to win an election (the three times it has won power all occurred with a significant split on the centre right). The magnitude of the problem can be seen in the areas where support for the anti-HST petition is strongest. In roughly a half dozen ridings currently held by Liberal MLAs, the number of signatures on the petition exceeds the number of people who voted for them in the last election (and the number of these ridings will surely grow by the time the petition sign-up period ends in July). Significantly, these ridings are located in the Interior, where the old federal Reform Party was strongest in federal elections. The electorate in that region gravitates toward an anti-tax populist type of political movement, so it’s easy to foresee a centre-right alternative to the B.C. Liberals putting down stakes there and not being easily dislodged. The NDP is still not viewed with much credibility when it comes to managing the economy.

This may provide the only path back to respectability for the B.C. Liberals, but it’s by no means guaranteed. Hansen rhymed off a number of economic indicators and forecasts that all point upwards for B.C. Job numbers are up, as are building permits and retail sales. Mills are re-opening as the forest industry lurches back to life, and the mining industry appears stronger than any time in recent memory. Once an economic recovery takes a firmer hold, will the electorate be more forgiving toward the B.C. Liberals and more suspicious of the NDP’s perceived weakness? Or will a recovery put everyone in a comfort zone that allows enough people to take a chance on the New Democrats? The answer to this puzzle may provide the key to the next election. In the meantime, Hansen and his colleagues have to find a way to make people listen to them once more. As long as the din over the HST blocks everything else out, the government will continue be ignored (or vilified) – and the prospects of that third party rising will increase. There may come a day when Hansen visits the press gallery and gets his message out in a more effective way, but that day still seems a long way off. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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guys. What is going on with the rest of the MLAs? Why would all of them band together and commit political suicide? Could it be they believe the voters of B.C. will let them off the hook? Not a chance, and if this HST is implemented by them on July 1, they will all pay the ultimate price at the polls come election day. Let’s look at what is going on as of today. Polling shows the NDP with well over 40 per cent support among voters. That’s correct, the NDP who have said

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The Editor, Re: “Sea lice blame game is flawed,” Letters, May 19. It is with no small amount of irony that paid mouth-piece Mary Ellen Walling dismisses concerns about aquaculture impacts to wild salmon by claiming concerned citizens ‘omit information to misrepresent the threat.’ Walling claims that studies by Alexander Morton (and other wellpublished researchers) are wrong and thus should be discounted because they predicted extinction of salmon where salmon have now rebounded from exceptionally low numbers. What Walling herself omits from her selective reporting is that this paper, published in the prestigious journal Science,

predicted local extinctions of pink salmon if nothing were done. In fact, substantial emergency interim measures have been taken in managing sea lice levels and impacts on Broughton pink and chum salmon in recent years. Many farms started treating lice earlier to reduce levels before vulnerable juvenile salmon passed by farms. Industry also teamed up with concerned conservationists in 2008 to create migration corridors relatively free of sea lice during the spring outward migration of juvenile salmon, thus reducing lice impacts and likely enhancing numbers of returning adults. Walling knows all about this of course. She watched the pre-

sentations at Sea Lice 2010 recently in Victoria, and of course she is on top of what industry does. Walling also cites a study by a senior Fisheries and Oceans’ scientist to suggest there “is significant research to question her [Morton’s] conclusions.” What Walling fails to mention is that this same scientist was recently challenged on his ‘sea lice science’ by academic researchers. Indeed, the scientist that Walling claims to have debunked Morton was himself chastised, in a peer-reviewed publication, for “errors of omission and their selective use of their own and others’ data [that] lead the naïve reader to a conclusion that cannot be substantiated.” Moreover, a recent

publication in the on-line journal Public Library of Science by academic researchers from Dalhousie University found that salmon farms were the major factor in the declines of wild fish — worldwide. In fact, declines of wild salmon averaged nearly 50 per cent, wherever salmon were farmed. Walling should exercise a little more caution in claiming farms don’t impact wild fish; the truth is out there, despite selective reporting and selfserving efforts to obfuscate and discredit. Craig Orr, Executive director Watershed Watch Salmon Society

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These are confusing and unprecedented times for investors. Over the last couple of years, we have witnessed the deepest market correction since the Great Depression, followed by the fastest rebound ever. Remaining calm proved to be a true test of patience. Once again, markets have entered a period of instability with concerns mounting over the recovery of the global economy. Investors worry about the state of affairs in the Eurozone and whether the nearly $1 trillion injection will be enough to maintain confidence in the euro and prevent another credit crisis. This uncertainty has translated into fear, causing investors to begin a flight to safety. However, one must ask whether the pandemonium actually opens the door to opportunity for investors with currency-hedged portfolios. According to Credit Suisse, Continental Europe is a lot better off than pessimistic headlines suggest. Aggregate leverage in Europe (including consumer, corporates, and government) comes in at 220 per cent of GDP — well below that of

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Tourism Richmond salutes hospitality heroes

Nominees, winners went above and beyond to offer service excellence

BY MICHELLE HOPKINS

mhopkins@richmond-news.com

Last week, at a gala soiree at the River Rock Casino Resort, more than 250 people crowded into the theatre to fete the front line people in the hospitality industry. The second annual Tourism Richmond Service Awards salutes those hospitality

heroes, who, day after day and with grace and a smile, deal with international travelers and local visitors. Those nominated are workers who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to offer excellent service. They are individuals who do our city proud.

Prior to the awards ceremony, nominees, industry people, family and friends gathered in the theatreâ€™s upper foyer to mingle and enjoy live music. The mood was festive as attendees sipped wine and nibbled on signature hors dâ€™houvres from some of our finest

local restaurants. Nat and Drew of Virgin Radio were the MCs for the evening and often had the audience in fits of laughter. The evening was a fitting salute for the hard working men and women at the front lines of the hospitality industry.

The Delta Vancouver Airport congratulates all the nominees and thanks Tourism Richmond for facilitating such an important community program.

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The 2010 Tourism Richmond awards nominees are led in to the event by the Mountie in red serge.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES AND RECIPIENTS OF THE SECOND ANNUAL TOURISM RICHMOND SERVICE AWARDS! The ceremony was held at the River Rock Casino Resort on Tuesday, May 18 in recognition of front line representatives in the tourism & hospitality industries who provide service excellence. Thank you for contributing to a great visitor experience and for making Richmond a welcoming destination.

RECIPIENTS

Extra Mile Award:

Balwinder Cheema, Delta Vancouver Airport

Tourism Spirit Award:

SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARDS Food & Beverage:

Jane Caya-Dizon, Mad Greek

Retail:

City of Richmond

Elsa Shepherd, Lansdowne Centre

Tourism Partner Award:

Attractions:

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Harvinder Jaswal, River Rock Casino Resort

Transportation & Travel Services:

Bob Baksh, Sandman Hotel Vancouver Airport

Accommodation:

Jenny Reis, Delta Vancouver Airport

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Night manager gave guest the shirt off her back For most of us, loaning a perfect stranger the business suit off our back would seem rather odd. Not to this year’s Tourism Richmond award winner, Jenny Reis. She thought nothing of it. Earlier this year, while working her shift as night manager at the Delta

Vancouver Airport Hotel, a guest arrived late and she was frantic. The guest had an early business meeting the next morning and her luggage, en route from Ontario, was missing. What to do? “When I overheard her speaking to the front desk

staff, I told her she could have mine … I was just doing my job and solving a guest’s problem,” said Heis matter-of-factly. “I was taught to think outside the box and encouraged to work straight from the heart. “At the hotel, we are encouraged, on a daily basis,

to go above and beyond for our customers,” Although the 32-year-old Vancouverite has worked at the hotel for just under a year, she has been in the hospitality industry in Richmond for more than 14 years since graduating from a high school. She was attracted to the

industry because of her love of people. Her shifts, 11 p.m. to 6 or 7 a.m., could make anyone cranky, but it doesn’t appear so with her. “I love my job, I find it extremely challenging, fun and rewarding,” said Reis, who has six employees under her wing on any given night. The way she treats customers is no different than how all the staff does, she adds. “I’m always encouraging my staff to enjoy their work and I always thank them and praise them when they treat a guest especially well,” Reis said.

Reis also credits her schooling for educating her in the tenets of excellence in customer service. Reis attended the hospitality program at Vancouver Community College. She salutes her teachers, all of whom work in the industry, for instilling in her to use her own good judgment when solving problems. “They are the ones who taught me to think outside the box,” said. “ As far as being the recipient of the Accommodations Award, Reis said: “It was great. I wasn’t expecting it but I was happy to win and proud for my company.”

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Jenny Reis regularly goes out of her way for hotel guests.

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Harvinder Jaswal, second right, a slot attendant at the River Rock Casino, receives his award. career.”

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his shift to ensure she was feeling well, even though it was a busy night. The nominator believes that his actions exceeded her expectations and left her with a memorable experience.

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The winners in each category and their stories: Accommodations: Jenny Reis, night manager, Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel. A guest whose luggage was lost by the airline on her way here from Ontario, nominated Jenny. She arrived at 1:30 a.m. to ensure she would be able to attend an important product launch meeting for a company by which she was newly employed. This visitor writes that she was in “complete distress” and “grasping for a glimmer of hope.” She advised the front desk of the Delta Vancouver Airport that she needed a business suit. Jenny overheard the conversation and, after some thought, offered her own personal suit and shirt. She brought it to the guest’s room. The visitor wrote: “Jenny Reis is the kind of employee that any company would want to invest in to ensure a life long

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Award winners, each holding their award, clockwise from top left: Bob Baksh, Sandman Airport Hotel; City of Richmond representative; Jenny Reis, Delta Airport Hotel; Jane Caya-Dizon, Mad Greek Restaurant; Roman St. Germain (on behalf of winner Balwinder Cheema), Delta Airport Hotel; Mary Kemmis, Richmond Review.

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Saluting our community’s service leaders Every day, members of our community share the City’s passion and commitment to make our city a great place to live, work, do business and play. For patrons from across town to across the sea, Richmond’s impressive hospitality standards have been put to the test, most recently at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and we achieved Gold. We salute the winners of the Tourism Richmond Service Awards for going the extra mile to create extraordinary experiences throughout the community.

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Tobin Boothe

Sous Chef, Tourism Awards Banquet

Story by Michelle Hopkins • Photo by Chung Chow The culinary canapés provided by local restaurants during the second annual Tourism Richmond Service awards were nothing short of mouthwatering. It seems all the chefs chose some of

their signature dishes for the gala event. The River Rock Casino Resort banquet chefs sourced out local spotted prawns and served them chilled with a choice of a dozen dipping sauces. The News

approached sous chef Tobin Boothe to provide our readers with two of the dips recipes. Great on prawns, on hamburgers or anything else you are serving during your summer barbecues. Here they are:

SUN DRIED TOMATO TAPENADE & BALSAMIC MAYONNAISE TAPENADE: 230 ml (8 ozs) sun dried tomatoes 1 red onion diced 3 garlic cloves 16 black olives 30 ml (2 T) Capers 60 ml (2 ozs) olive oil MAYONNAISE: 15 ml (½ oz) balsamic vinegar 500 ml (2 cups) mayonnaise Salt and pepper to taste

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Awards: Retail, transport, spirit recognized

Retail:

Elsa Shepherd of Lansdowne Centre. A customer wrote: “When my wheelchair bound daughter and I did not connect, (she came on HandyDart), I was frantically checking all the entrances. “I found Elsa to be calm, reassuring and informative. “As Elsa suggested, I returned to the mall entrance and found my daughter there. “Another shopper let us know that Elsa saved my day when she had my keys and phone that had been lost. “She was extremely pleasant and courteous, all the while following security protocols.”

Transportation and Travel:

Bob Baksh of the Sandman Vancouver Airport Hotel. One nomination form read: “Bob is amazing!!! He is incredibly friendly, prompt and organized. “He always puts crewmember’s bags together. “He definitely has made my stays memorable with his welcoming smile. “I’m actually going to really miss him since I won’t be doing Vancouver layovers next month.”

Spirit Award:

The City of Richmond.

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The city showed leadership, in addition to great spirit, in putting Richmond on the world map during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Very early in the bid process, the city recognized the importance of bringing the Games to Vancouver and Richmond. Along with Tourism Richmond, they were the first in the region to become a sponsor and helped the bid committee. The Richmond Olympic Oval and the O Zone were the direct result of the work of this year’s Spirit Award winner. Half a million visitors to Richmond boosted our reputation, our recognition and our spirits.

Extra Mile Award:

Balwinder Cheema of the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel. Extra Mile winners are chosen monthly from the nominations received and the award extended to someone that has gone ‘the extra mile’ by delivering unexpected service or an unexpected act of goodwill. The annual winner was chosen from those monthly winners. A guest wrote to tell us: “I had an ankle injury and was confined to my room for the day waiting to attend an evening meeting. “Balwinder filled my ice bucket, found me large plastic bags for me to ice my foot. “She found me a footstool, as the one I was using was way too high. “Balwinder also organized my furniture and made sure I had everything I needed. “At the end of her shift she returned to my room to refill the ice bucket. She wouldn’t leave the hotel until she made sure I was OK.”

Tourism Partner:

Richmond Review. The Tourism Partner Award is presented to an individual in Richmond who has supported and strengthened the tourism industry through their initiatives.

Elsa Shepherd receives her Tourism Richmond Retail Award. Shepherd was nominated after helping a mother in distress find her wheelairbound daughter in Lansdowne Centre.

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The McMath Wildcats are poised to add to their coaching staff but not before taking a serious run at their first-ever B.C. high school girls soccer championship. The Wildcats will put their unbeaten season on the line at next week’s 16team provincial tournament in Victoria. They through rolled city league play, then captured the Richmond/Vancouver zone playdowns with a 2-0 victory over Point Grey last week. Their resumé also includes a silver medal finish at the 2008 “AA” provincials and a bronze a year ago at the “AAA” level. They hold down the No. 3 spot in the latest provincial rankings, yet coach Dan Oye suggests there are far too many intangibles to suggest the tournament will unfold to form. “I don’t put a lot into rankings because I don’t really know who is watching all these teams,” chuckled Oye. “It’s very hard to judge schools that you haven’t seen all season and you’re playing five games in three days. There’s also so much stuff going on at this time of the year that can greatly impact the outcome.” The Wildcats have been fortune to avoid school and grad activities the past two seasons but they will run into a conflict this time. The school’s Awards Night takes place on the opening day of the championships. The plan is for the players to race to the ferry after their final game, take in the ceremonies, then head back to Victoria.” It could serve as a road bump in their

title quest yet the main thing the Wildcats have going for them is an 18-player roster loaded with talent and not having to rely on two or three individuals for their success. The team features a wide range of ages — from eight seniors to four players in Grade 9 or younger. “The school always seems to have a good class of athletes and they’re coming from a very good system,” continued Oye in praising the Richmond Girls Soccer system. “I can honestly say, from top to bottom, every girl has contributed to our success. It’s definitely our strength and there have been some games that have been close where we have just worn teams down in the end because of our depth.” That should bode well in a tournament that features a compact schedule and puts a heavy emphasis on round-round play. The winner from each of the four groups go directly to the semi-finals while the second place finishers can’t placing any higher than fifth. This season marks end of Oye coaching his daughters with his youngest in her Grade 12 year. The parent volunteer coach hinted he may continue on with Candice joining her two older sisters as assistant coaches. Even his son Jordan — who has been playing college hockey at Fredonia State in New York — may help out next season. “You like to give back to a school that has done a lot for your family over the years,” added Oye. “It can be a hectic two or three month stretch but it’s our way of saying thanks.”

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Hirayama helps Canada win Bowl championship at Sevens tourney in England Nathan Hirayama helped Canada recapture the Bowl Championship at the Emirates Airline London Seven’s Rugby Championships in London, England. The 22-year-old former McRoberts Strikers standout, who

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rugby powerhouse South Africa proved to be too much — handing Canada a 43-0 defeat. Canada then got into the win column against France thanks to a pair of second half tries form Hirayama. The team then moved onto the Bowl quarter-finals against Russia

where Hirayama contributed with a try and a conversion in a 21-12 win — setting the stage for an allNorth American semi-final against the United States. Hirayama’s UVic teammate Sean Duke scored in extra time as Canada prevailed 22-17.

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The Richmond 92B Islanders took home silver from the South Surrey/White Rock Midget B tournament. In the first game of round robin play, the rep girls softball team was up 7-2, but lost in the final inning against the Poco Ravens. Highlights of the game included a home run by right fielder Alyssa Preston. Catcher Chloe Plecash was solid behind the plate for all seven games. The second round robin game was against the Okanagan Angels, from Sicamous, and Richmond 92B Islanders celebrate their second the Islanders won 11-0 behind place showing at the South Surrey/White Rock tourney. the shutout pitching of Krista ing by working a complete game. Anne Beaton. The roll continued in a Feen was stellar at shortstop with eight 12-0 romp against the Surrey Storm 92B. outs and Amanda Sandhu delivered solid Centre fielder Katie Sherlock powered bunt defence at third. Pinch hitter Kaeli the offence with a grand slam home run, Alexander added some scoring help. while Brianna Fee turned a double play at The Islanders then cruised to the final second. Richmond concluded round-robin with a 9-0 win over the South Delta play against the Gibsons Crusherz and lost Invaders 93B. That set the stage for another after a rough inning in the Crusherz final match-up against a South Delta team — the at bats. Highlights of the game included a 91B Invaders — in the championship game. home run for first base Janessa Murao and Richmond took the early lead on a home a great line-drive snag by shortstop Kelsey run by centre fielder Kyla McWilliam and a Lawrence. sacrifice bunt by first base Jessica Ramsey. The Isles nearly missed the playoffs, The Invaders answered with a three-run earning the sixth and final spot of the 13 homer in the third en route to victory. participating teams. The Islanders roster also includes Dara The first playoff game was a nail-biter against the Surrey Storm 91B, that was tied Rykiss and Kelsey Devine, who did not after seven innings and went into four extra play in the tournament. Next up for the locals is co-hosting a innings before the Islanders pulled out the tournament at London Park this weekend. win. Kerri Bodin provided stellar pitch-

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AZUMA FOODS seeks a F/T Senior Plant Manager. Candidate must have: Compl. of a college or B.A and 5 to 10 yrs of supervisory exp. in manufacturing. Must be fluent in the Japanese lang. $82,800 per yr. Email resume: hr@azumafoods.ca

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. Fax resume Attn: Shelley Porter, West Coast Title Search 604 525-2593. For more info www.wcts.com Customer sales/service

Summer Work

Immediate openings

LONG HAUL CLASS 1 OWNER / OPERATORS for rapidly expanding transportation co. taking on new contracts & need to expand our fleet. Owners with no trailers are welcome as well! Looking for teams & singles. Call 604 598-3498 Fax 604 598-3497 or email chris@synergytruckingltd.com

Looking for: ❏ 10 Company Drivers for City Runs, Day & Night. ❏ 10 Company Drivers for BC & AB Runs. Please fax resume and Commercial “N” Print Abstract to 604.214.3172

Flexible schedules, $16.25 baseappt, conditions apply, no exp necessary will train. call now, (604) 676-0446 or www.summeropenings.ca/mv

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Dependable handyperson required immediately for building maintenance, lawn cutting, gardening, painting, light carpentry etc. Some short travel trips involved. Must have valid drivers license and speak fluent English. Suitable for retired/ semi retired person Fax resume: 604-273-5820

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Retail Sales

is seeking a qualified F/T or P/T Retail Sales Expert for our Richmond location, preferably with experience in bedding and/or furniture sales. You are a selfmotivator, have exceptional customer service and organizational skills. You are energetic, enjoy helping people find a solution and have a creative flare. 2nd language an asset. Please fax resume to 604-278-8524 or email jobs@sleepshop.ca

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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

RESIDENTIAL FRAMING company requires Carpenters Helper/Labourer. Will train. Please call 604-948-2794

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MOVING - Everything must go! Dining suite, king sz bdrm suite, end tables, garden tools, self prop mower, power lawn edger, weight training unit w/bench. Much much more 604-943-8436 CEDAR LATTICE SALE Starting at $5.00 1’x8’ 2’x6’ 3’x6’ 4’x6’ 2’x8’ 4700 Vanguard - Richmond May 23 & 30 from 9:00 til 1:00. Also by appointment. Todd 778-838-4281

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Furniture

BEST Deal Restwell Matt Sets. Full wrty, Dble $319. Queen $339 King $559. Will deliver. 722-3636

Furniture

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Dogs

Garage Sale

STEVESTON-RICHMOND

COCKER SPANIEL p/b pups with papers vet. shots, ready now, Vanc. $550 neg. 604-708-1752

Multi-Family Garage Sale! Klahanie Co-Op 4340 Steveston Hwy Sat. May 29, 9am - 2pm Furniture, toys, clothes, household items and lots more

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Baby/Children/ Miscellaneous

Sports Equipment

Cats

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Foster homes urgently req’d for rescued, abandoned & neglected dogs. Many breeds 778-688-6340 abetterlifedogrescue.com

GOLDEN DOODLE Pups Beautiful, intelligent Email pics available. $850 1-877-563-4259

LAB PUPS CKC Reg’d Yellows & Blacks Good Temp. Shots & Tattooed. $750. 604-377-0820 ADORABLE POMERANIAN pups. Parti colour & extra small. 1st shots. $550 +. 778-316-8561

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LAB/RETRIEVER X, Young, adult female, Nellie needs a loving home! Shy around new people/situations, best suited adult-only, cat/dog free home, Loves long leashed walks or a rural home. Vanc. Animal Shelter 1280 Raymur Ave, 604-871-6885

PB BLUENOSE Pit Bull pup’s for sale. 4 left - $1000 - $2000. Ph Tim 604-557-8359 SHARPEI IN Coquitlam is looking for good home, very healthy and great with people. Must go through Sharpei rescue for an application. www.petfinder.com/petdetail/5731357

604.948.5222 BORDER COLLIE X, adorable, 8weeks, farm raised, M/F, $300 604-794-3104, not Sundays, Chwk

Sheltie Pups. Reg’d, shots, tattooed, dewormed, m/f, healthly, friendly, $950. 604-526-9943 SHIHTZU PUPS multi colour, 1st shots, adorable to good homes $500. 604-773-2146, 820-0252

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BORDER COLLIE X Sheltie pups 4 males. Gorgeous! Ready Jun18 Blue Merels $700. Blk & White $400. Aldergrove. 604-856-3291

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Destinations Okanagan/ Interior

OSOYOOS WATERFRONT 3br, 2bath, fully equipped & furn large deck, BBQ, ac, canoes, priv. dock, Avail June to Sept. $1500 /wk, 604-922-6103...551-3014

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Lumber/Building Supplies

ESTATE SALE JD 9450 combine, 598 hours, $88,000.; MF 8160 FWA tractor180 hp, duals, 503 original hours, shedded, premium $67,000. Email: edprodaniukauctions@yahoo.ca, Edmonton, Alberta.

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Poultry

CHIHUAHUA, 3 pups (3 1/2 mo old/1st shots/dewormed) & the mom, $100 each. 604 581-6902

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Horse Boarding

HORSE BOARDING available. $600.00 per month. Indoor and outdoor arenas. Large paddocks. Fort Langley area. Beautiful setting. Call 604-888-2455.

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Business Opportunity

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Lots & Acreage

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Real Estate Investment

NANAIMO, 7YR old home w/2 sep suites. 5 bdrm, 5 min to dwntwn, 2x6 const, 9appl, lots of prkg, priced to sell $349,000. Call 250-716-2171 or 250-741-1950 ★ RENT TO OWN! ★ If you have a small down payment, I have a nice home for you! Less then perfect credit OK. Call Pat 778-782-0872

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Condos/ Townhouses

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Condos/ Townhouses

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Apt/Condos

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Domestic

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Luxury Cars

2006 MERCEDES E500 wagon 41K, silver, black int. Mint cond. $43,000 604-889-1069 eves

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Motorcycles/ Dirt Bikes

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Scrap Car Removal

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2000 FORD Mustang Conv. 1 owner, mint cond. 130K, goldblack roof, $6300, 604-817-4520

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Motorcycles/ Dirt Bikes

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Suites/Partial Houses

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Office/Retail Rent

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Rooms

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Cleaning

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Power Washing

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