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Cell towers not a done deal: Moore Minister says government will listen to local concerns BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

The government minister who has the final decision on whether three controversial new cell towers will be built along Highway 1 in West Vancouver says their approval is not a fait accompli.

“We do our own independent assessment on each tower, their proximity to things, whether or not there’s a public safety aspect,” said Industry Minister James Moore. “We

do listen. Cell towers are not automatically approved.We can put in mitigation.We can design setbacks.There are different things we’ve done in the past.There’s also an obligation on the companies to listen to the public.”

Moore was in North Vancouver Friday, along with West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky MP John Weston, to talk to businesses about the benefits they’ll reap from Wednesday’s speech from the throne.

Rogers has applied to build three 36-metre towers on provincial land at Taylor Way, 15th Street and 26th Street to boost the wireless data coverage of three cell phone companies. Capacity crowds turned out to town hall meetings hosted by the District of West Vancouver See Rejecting page 5

Cabbie delivers to ‘crowbar hotel’ BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

RISING FROM THE MIST The tops of trees and two apartment towers appear to rise from a bank of cloud as fog envelopes the North Shore Thursday morning. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

We all need a good rest after a hard day’s work, but one local stick-up suspect probably found her accommodations wanting on Thursday.

According to North Vancouver RCMP, a woman entered a convenience store at

29th Street and Lonsdale Avenue around 5:30 a.m., told the clerk she was packing a shotgun in her duffel bag and demanded all the cash in the till.

After the woman fled south on Lonsdale and hailed a cab, she asked to be taken to “any” local hotel.

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Greasing the wheels of change NorthVan boarders hit the road for sustainability ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

Four weeks into a planned six-month journey throughout B.C. in a waste vegetable oil-powered 1993 Ford bus, NorthVancouver nativesTamo Campos and John Muirhead encountered a major roadblock.

Team members of Beyond Boarding’s Northern Grease Project, they were interested in documenting the environmental and social impacts of current and proposed large-scale energy projects on communities.

As well, they planned to investigate renewable energy alternatives already in use in the province, ultimately showcasing their findings in a documentary.

They thought they’d have to throw in the towel when the transmission went on their carbon neutral mode of transport, a former library bookmobile, and they faced a repair bill they couldn’t pay: a hefty $6,000.

However, the team put their heads together and decided to launch a crowdfunding campaign. “Within five days we’d raised enough money to get the bus fixed and we were back on the road.That was pretty motivating,” says Muirhead, 23, a Handsworth grad.

The show of support more than warmed their hearts — it further fueled the team’s passion for change, helping members, all 20something snowboarders and surfers, realize they’re not alone in their interest in taking action on environmental areas directly impacted by pending energy projects.

Reached in Fort St. John last Wednesday, Campos and Muirhead had had a busy couple of days. On the road since February, they had spent the previous two days giving presentations at local secondary schools, and had met with Fort St. John environmental groups working to put recycling programs in place.The following day they were scheduled to meet with area farmers to see what their thoughts were on Site C,

Beyond Boarding’s John Muirhead and Jasper Snow Rosen load up their “veggie bus” for another day of touring in the mountains. Part of the Northern Grease Project, they spent the last six months travelling throughout B.C. to film a documentary looking at the potential impacts of large-scale energy projects and showcase alternatives. Scan with Layar to view more photos from their journey. PHOTO SUPPLIED a proposed third dam and hydroelectric generating station on the Peace River in northeast B.C. “It’s been a pretty incredible experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s coming to an end but I’m sure we’ll be revisiting it in the editing room,” laughs Campos, 23.

“It definitely was a really good eye opener to the different opinions we have throughout B.C. It was also really interesting. I mean there’s so much industrial development being proposed pretty much everywhere in B.C. right now, but (we got) to hear firsthand accounts of how communities are being affected. And a lot of the things that I think were a real surprise and really important were just that the other side of development that we don’t talk about.

That industrial development does not mean community development,” he adds.

Campos founded Beyond Boarding last year.

A sponsored snowboarder, he’s currently enrolled in the Global Stewardship program at Capilano University, which he credits as a major inspiration.

Another influence is the Sentinel secondary grad’s grandfather, famed environmentalist David Suzuki. “It’s nice to have someone like that in your

family that you can look up to, especially for keeping at it. He’s just been going for so long. I think that’s really inspiring,” he says.

Self-funded, Beyond Boarding is a vehicle for Campos and fellow members of the snowboarding and surfing community to make positive change. Muirhead, a friend of Campos’, was quick to jump on board, sharing his love for the outdoors and the wild places that have provided them with so many good times, and an interest in protecting them for future generations.

Campos and Muirhead are quick to point out they’re not your average environmentalists, something they’re hoping to capitalize on to increase their reach, particularly among youths.

“We’re just everyday 23 year olds who realize that this is a big deal and we’re trying to showcase that getting involved doesn’t have to be something scary or overwhelming or radical,” says Campos.

Their first initiative saw a group of snowboarders travel to Chile and Peru last year to learn about and contribute to a variety of sustainable development projects, including a floating raft food security initiative.While in South America, they learned about recent flooding along

the banks of the Amazon River, believed to be the result of climate change, that’s threatening the wellbeing of some communities.

“When we came home and we saw what was proposed for B.C., that’s really where the idea of this veggie bus road trip came about,” says Campos.

They bought their bus in November 2012, retrofitting and camperizing it. Over the course of their journey, they fueled it primarily for free, thanks to the generosity of restaurants along the way that donated their waste vegetable oil.

When asked whether the rumour is true, that that type of system exudes a French fry like smell, Muirhead jokes, “Are you talking about us or the bus?”

“If you’re following our bus on the highway, you’re most likely getting pretty hungry, but we figure that’s a better smell than diesel,” Campos chimes in.

When mapping their route, they were interested in travelling to areas under consideration for proposed projects including the Kitimat LNG plant, oil pipelines, as well as fracking and coal initiatives, says Campos.

“You go through these towns and there is resistance in every single one of the communities we’ve been

to.There’s people who don’t want this type of development and it’s time for us to stand with these people who are fighting to protect these last natural places we have in B.C. And I think that gives me hope,” says Campos.

The team spent six weeks in the Sacred Headwaters, from late August to September, with the Tahltan First Nation.The area is home to three of the largest undammed salmon bearing rivers in North America, the Skeena, Nass and Stikine, says Campos.The Northern Grease Project crew joined the Nation in protest against an open pit coal mine in their territory, which proved to be the trip highlight for Campos. “This community was willing to stand up for their land, they were willing to stand up for their fresh water over the economic benefits of these projects. I think it was just really important to see that that culture is possible,” says Campos.

The team hopes their project sparks an energy debate. Over the course of their journey the Northern Grease Project team has had an opportunity to talk to people both for and against various energy and industrial projects.They’ve met with members of the general public, First Nations

leaders, high school students, environmental groups, renewable energy advocates and practitioners, as well as elected officials, including MP Nathan Cullen, MLA Doug Donaldson, and the mayors of Fort Nelson and Hudson’s Hope.

“We really need to talk about: is this the only way we can create energy? Is this the only way we can create jobs?

And it’s simply not the case,” says Campos.

To showcase alternatives, along the way they met with a variety of renewable energy advocates, including windpowered project leaders and off-the-grid farmers, like one German man who lives outside Smithers. He powers his entire farm through gasification of woodchips that he got for free from a nearby mill, which was unable to use them, the result of mountain pine beetle kill.

The Beyond Boarding team plans to wrap up their journey by the end of the month. Campos and Muirhead went on all 6,000 kilometres of the trip and have been on the road since February, with the exception of the summer when they took a break to make enough money to continue working on the project. Campos made homemade ice cream in Tofino and Muirhead treeplanted.

Muirhead’s older brother Lewis, 29, co-founder of Beyond Boarding, Jasper Snow Rosen, a 21-year-old sponsored surfer from Salt Spring Island, and Landon Yerex, a 23-year-old surfer from Courtenay joined for different legs of the trip.

Campos will give a presentation on the project at the upcoming Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival Fall Series, being held Nov. 12-16 at North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre and Vancouver’s Rio Theatre.The team plans to premiere the documentary, Northern Grease, at the actual festival in February 2014 (vimff.org).They also plan to tour the film across the province, screening it at high schools, community centres and snowboard shops and invite anyone with an interest to get involved in Beyond Boarding.

“Maybe I’m a hopeless romantic about it, but I think we’re going to be alright if people get involved,” says Campos. northerngrease.com beyondboarding.org

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Rejecting towers could also harm From page 1

earlier this month where the towers were roundly panned as health risks, view spoilers and anchors on property values. Several residents expressed disbelief that the District of West Vancouver was powerless to veto the towers, if council was so inclined.

The health concerns raised by residents at the two town hall meetings are “not an uncommon anxiety,” Moore said, but added it is up to Rogers to justify the science and allay local fears.

“There were a lot of fears that were raised over smart meters and the science was proven quite clearly that smart meters were not a threat in any way to public health. Cell phone towers are a different technology but companies have to demonstrate that there is no public health concern,” he said.

Rubbishing the towers would result in less coverage, more dropped calls and slower Internet, all of which would spell harm for small businesses, Moore added.

“There’s a cost to saying no,” he said.

And Moore pointed out, cell towers are now more regulated than they were in the past, including

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Off balance A fter being roused from a comfy autumn prorogue, the federal government handed down the speech from the throne Wednesday.

Among the government priorities is legislation to mandate balanced budgets at the federal level “in normal economic times.”

You’ll forgive us if we greet the promise with a bit of skepticism.

Never mind that the current government has only overseen a shrinking surplus and five deficit budgets. Never mind that this government also once created its own fixed election date law and then promptly broke it. Never mind that other parties in other levels of government, including our own B.C. Liberals, have passed balanced budget legislation only to repeatedly violate it when economic reality got in the way.

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Such legislation always has more to do with politics than with fiscal prudence.

The loopholes yawn large, even at a first blush. Who defines a “normal economic time”? Or an “event of economic crisis”?

Most of the last five years could fit into the latter category.

The Conservatives will likely pack the legislation into another omnibus bill, which the opposition parties will vote against. So don’t be surprised to see more Tory attack ads next spring, spinning a tale about the Liberals and New Democrats being against balanced budgets.

The fact is the government can’t legislate its finances into the black any more than it can legislate crime away.

Most governments run deficits when times are tough and create surpluses during boom times. But that’s based on reality, not special legislation.

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Capilano U is no longer the farm team Dear Editor: I am writing in response to your recent story “Fire CapU president, says letter” published Oct. 6. The author, a retired instructor at Capilano College, asserted that “[President] Bulcroft has enforced a ‘philosophical shift’ away from Cap being a place of comprehensive education for the North Shore, and that she has abandoned a policy of consulting with the Capilano community before making big changes.”

The retired instructor got one thing right: there certainly has been a change at Capilano; it was previously a community college, and now it is a university. Change is not always welcome,

and certainly Capilano University is changing — in my opinion to a higher level of excellence, in response to taxpayer preferences and in response to the ambitions of the majority of the Capilano community.

As a North Shore MLA, I have been heavily involved in Capilano for many years, and worked closely with Dr. Greg Lee, former president, and his successor Dr. Kris Bulcroft. My interest in Capilano was stimulated by years of engagement as student, advisor, fund raiser, and professor at institutions ranging from UBC to Quest, Queens, and Harvard, as well as my brief stint as Minister of Advanced Education in British Columbia.

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In transitioning from community college to university — in response to years of campaigning by faculty, administration and students — Capilano University’s Administration and Board of Governors chose (appropriately in my view) to phase out certain programs involving “diploma” as opposed to “degree” certification at the completion of the course of academic studies. While diplomas certainly have their place in advanced education — and Capilano still grants them in large numbers (about 250), it is understandable that when resource tradeoffs have to be made by a university, degree programming will now begin to receive academic resources previously devoted to

diploma programming.

In similar vein, it is completely appropriate in my view for the administration and the board of governors of this university, to de-emphasize curriculum elements (including those in the commerce area) which serve a “feeder” function to such larger and more established universities such as UBC, as opposed to academic programming which leads to a degree within Capilano University itself. This university will not reach its full potential by devoting scarce resources to fulfilling a role as preparatory school for other institutions.

There is no question in my mind of what provincial higher education strategy should be: pour resources

into centres of excellence, just as we have poured resources into film and media production at Capilano U. We are a small province of four million souls which boldly created seven new universities. It will take time for them to sort out their respective mandates. Clearly, not all B.C. universities can be all things to all students, even if individual faculty members might like that.

In the meantime, the North Shore and all of British Columbia should celebrate the success of Dr. Bulcroft in guiding the tricky transition of Capilano from being a great community college to being a great university.

Ralph Sultan, MLA West VancouverCapilano

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“They’re melting.Their arms fall off and their bodies turn into goo.”

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“This property belongs to the people and should be off-limits to private developers.”

Sandra Grant, North Shore resident, on the dispute over the space at Lot 5 (from an Oct. 18 news story).

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Science projects for red-blooded men It might be just the beer talking here, but it seems to me that it’s the dream of every honest, redblooded man to one day own a brewery.

In fact, the way the craft beer market is exploding here in the Lower Mainland, it feels like maybe every red-blooded man WILL own a brewery by the end of the year.Two breweries — Dollarton Highway neighbours Bridge Brewing and Deep Cove Brewers — opened up on the North Shore in the last two years and a third one called Green Leaf Brewing is scheduled to open shortly at Lonsdale Quay. Opening up a brewery is becoming a popular North Shore tradition right up there with old classics like paying a million dollars for a two bedroom house, or almost crashing your Subaru into a longboarder.

I know I would love to open a brewery but I’m still working on saving money for a down payment on my own tiny, million dollar house.

So far I’ve saved enough for half a closet and three feet of sewer pipe. OK, two feet.

Anywho, an actual brewery is out of reach for most dudes, but many have taken to starting their

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Home brewer: “No, that’s not dirt — it’s sediment.

That’s a wit ale. It’s Belgian.

Enjoy!”

Skeptical house guest: “And that?”

Home brewer: “That’s a cockroach.”

Some folks, however, may not even have the space for that type of basement setup. Maybe they live in the basement. And maybe their baby’s crib keeps getting in the way of the bottling machine. Maybe there was a spot of trouble the time their son arrived at daycare with a Dora the Explorer sippy cup

full of nut brown ale.

“This is a nut free zone!”

That’s why I was intrigued when a pushy PR guy from Ontario called me a couple of months back to see if I wanted to try a unique new product billed as the “world’s easiest beermaking kit.” Actually, I said no.Then he called back and asked me again and, being a polite Prairie boy, I had no options left except to say yes.

A few days later a big package from Mississaugabased MB Bottle Brew arrived at my office.

Plastered on the box was a picture of a man with three lightning bolts stabbing him in the back. “Lourd!” it said in big block letters, which I believe is French for either “Heavy!” or “Caution!

Stabby Lightning!”

It was time to brew.

I enlisted the help of a lovely assistant named Robbie to help me get the process going, by which I mean carry the 50-pound box up the stairs to our lunchroom.There we undertook the sacred art of beer making that has been developed, shared and honed throughout the millennia. In this instance we opened a couple of pre-filled two-litre bottles, poured in

a tiny vial of yeast, closed the bottles and put them in a closet.Then we went back downstairs and told everyone in the office how hard we were working to make them some beer.

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closet, there was genuine excitement around the office. I started to feel the pressure. “You all won’t be so happy when we’re holding our next staff meeting in the morgue,” I thought to myself.

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“Oh no, is there a problem with the toilets?” he said as we entered with a bottle of muddy bottom dregs as well as a ring of unsettling yeast scuzz near top. “Oh, you want me to drink that?”

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The proposal for extending the Spirit Trail through a section of Ambleside on an interim basis hit a U-turn Monday after debate amongst councillors and the public.

District staff proposed changing the angled parking on Argyle Avenue between 13th and 16th streets to parallel parking, creating a larger space and safer situation for pedestrians, cyclists and other trail users.

Raymond Fung, director of engineering and transportation, said there has been a surge in pedestrian and cyclist traffic along those streets.

“We have a mix and a jumble of different situations along this corridor and it’s going to take a while to sort out some sort of a permanent routing of the Spirit Trail in this area,” said Fung. Fung said an interim standard would improve on the current situation with minimal changes to the current road configuration.

John McMahon, manager of roads and facilities for the district, said the estimated cost of the project is around $80,000.

“We originally called this our bucket of paint solution,” he said, describing the plan as a temporary low-cost solution that would

make it clearer to the users “who’s supposed to go where.

“One of the main benefits is that it extends the Spirit Trail through an area that has a lot of conflict right now.What we’ve tried to do is find the best compromise that still provides all the access for all types of users.”

McMahon said there would be a loss of between 13 to 28 parking spots by switching from angled to parallel parking.

Bob Wickham, former West Vancouver councillor, told council he was supportive of the idea.

“The removal of the angled parking I think is important because many people come down Argyle looking for a parking spot and that creates a significant amount of congestion now because of the competition with pedestrians and cyclists,” said Wickham.

But not everyone agreed that removing parking spaces from Ambleside was a good idea.

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Speeding taxi hybrid nabbed BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Sure they’re environmentally friendly but how fast can a hybrid vehicle go?

Fast enough to be impounded, one taxi driver has learned.

West Vancouver police pulled over a Toyota Prius just before midnight on Tuesday after it was clocked at 164 kilometres per hour on Highway 1 at Cypress Bowl Road.

Officers handed the driver, a 33-year-old Surrey man, a $368

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Though the taxi was “in service,” there were no passengers in the car at the time.

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Thanks to some alert witnesses and quick calls to local cab companies, RCMP were soon on the phone with the cabbie’s dispatch and passing along directions to bring the woman to the RCMP detachment where officers were waiting.

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Interim plans ‘for 40 years’ From page 9

should contribute by taking an additional (13 to 28) spots out of the loop.”

Mayor Michael Smith said the loss of parking in Ambleside would be huge and was not fair to local merchants.

“This has been going on for 40 years — we have been doing interim measures along Argyle and this is spending $80,000 of public money on another interim measure,” said Smith.

While the district had purchased some of the waterfront properties along Argyle, Smith said he is doggedly committed to acquiring the final three.

“I think we need to acquire those properties and make a proper plan with what we’re going to do with cyclists, pedestrians, traffic, parking, the whole thing has got to be wrapped up,” said Smith. “To spend $80,000 on a band-aid solution, put a line down the road, is in my opinion short sighted and we cannot afford to lose those (parking) spaces.”

Council rejected the proposed interim Spirit Trail.

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Maureen McGrath isn’t shy when it comes to talking about sex, in fact, she’s made a career out of it.

The West Vancouver resident and registered nurse is the host of the CKNW Sunday Night Sex Show, and also works as a nurse continence advisor, and sexual health educator and consultant.

McGrath is one of the featured speakers at The Midlife Affair, an upcoming information evening Thursday, Oct. 24, focused on aging, anti-aging and midlife change. Her presentation is entitled Sex in Middle Age and Beyond.

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North Shore News: How did you come to be a sexual health educator?

McGrath: My background and training has been in reproductive health in the acute care setting. My first experience

West Vancouver resident and sexual health educator Maureen McGrath hosts CKNW’s Sunday Night Sex Show. She is scheduled to speak on the topic of sex in middle age at the upcoming information event The Midlife Affair. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN in sexual health care was co-ordinating academic research at the B.C. Centre for Sexual Medicine in Vancouver about 10 years ago. I quickly learned the negative impact that living with a spinal cord injury had on sexual and reproductive health. Education has always been a passion of mine and I quickly saw how people’s lives could be changed for the better with even a little health information. I thought if I could provide accurate up-to-date information based upon research to patients and deliver it in a way that put people at ease, and demonstrate

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North Shore News: What is your favourite thing about your job?

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According to the World Health Organization, “Sexual and reproductive health and well-being are essential if people are to have responsible, safe, and satisfying sexual lives.”

So much of our life is tied both to our sexuality and to our health. Much is positive however there are medical conditions, emotions and life’s challenges that may negatively impact one’s sexual health. Sexual health issues also occur at many different times along the reproductive life cycle, for example during perimenopause.

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Not only is masturbation normal, it is considered to be a healthy sexual activity that is pleasant, fulfilling, acceptable and safe. It is a good way to experience sexual pleasure and can be done throughout life whether a person has a partner or not. If one is masturbating so much so that their lives are being affected personally or professionally, then they may want to dial it down.

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North Shore News: Is more sexual health education needed? What are the benefits?

McGrath: Absolutely.

Individuals are often uncomfortable discussing their sexual health problems and this may be the biggest barrier to treatment.

There are many benefits to sexual health education including improved health and relationships to name a few, releasing shame and becoming comfortable with one’s sexuality.There are different sexual health issues that occur all along the reproductive life cycle and it is important that accurate information be disseminated.

North Shore News: What can you tell me about your talk, Sex in Middle Age and Beyond?

McGrath: In my presentation, I plan to dispel some myths and provide information about common sexual health issues that are common at midlife that impact relationships. Let’s crack open the conversation on vaginal health, low sexual desire, premature ejaculation and ED. I will outline the common sexual health issues that occur at midlife so attendees learn how to navigate the next years with confidence.

North Shore News: What are you most looking forward to about participating in The Midlife Affair?

McGrath: It is an opportunity to speak to a large group of people to provide information about sexual health at midlife at one time.The Midlife Affair will cover it all from physical to emotional health, sexual health and relationships.

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North Shore News: What are some easy ways people of all ages can spice up their love lives?

McGrath: Place high value on your relationship.

Understand the importance of a healthy sex life at any age, but especially at midlife when natural transitions occur like perimenopause, menopause and andropause (male menopause).

Experiment with different sex positions. Bring sex toys

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North Shore News: What is the most important thing to remember when it comes to maintaining one’s sexual health — both physical and emotional?

McGrath: Become your best self. Get in good physical shape as a starting point.This will get a person well on their way to feeling good about themselves.

It will be a positive step toward improving sexual self-esteem because it will help with one’s emotional health which, much like physical health, is created.

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At a Regular Council Meeting, held on July 22, 2013, an external consultant team presented a Final Report with recommendations for amending the existing Density Bonusing Policy. At that time, staff were directed to report back to Council with options for a revised Density Bonusing Policy.

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Community Bulletin Board From page 18 Lounge at Parkgate Community Centre for informal one-on-one chats with North VancouverSeymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite Tuesday, Oct. 22, 9:30-11 a.m. at 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver.

ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER ASSISTANCE Sign up for 30 minutes of personalized help with the Internet, email, word processing, social media or an e-reader Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2:30-4 p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. Registration required. 604-929-3727 x8168 nvdpl.ca BRIDGE TO AFRICA Capilano Grandmothers to Grandmothers will hold a bridge fundraising luncheon and silent auction Wednesday, Oct. 23, 11: 30 a.m.-3: 30 p.m. at 5750 Eagle Harbour Rd., West Vancouver. All proceeds will go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation which uses the money to help support African grandmothers who are struggling to raise their

grandchildren. $25. 604929-7688 604-980-8418.

SPEAKERHUB TOASTMASTERS will hold an Open House tailored to anyone who’s ever thought about joining and wants to know how it works Wednesday, Oct. 23, 6-7:45 p.m. at Silver Harbour Seniors’ Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver.The club meets every Wednesday and the organization is dedicated to help others improve their public speaking and leadership skills in a friendly supportive environment.

Guests are welcome. speakerhub.ca THE ULTIMATE TRAVELLER SERIES Travel photographer Peter Langer will host a multi-media presentation of the Andes with an exploration of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7-9 p.m. at the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. $15. ferrybuildinggallery.com JOIN JANE Drop by Lynn Valley library’s fireplace area for informal oneon-one chats with North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite Thursday, Oct. 24, 10-11 a.m. at 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver.

ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER ASSISTANCE Sign up for 30 minutes of personalized help with the Internet, email, word processing, social media or an e-reader Thursday, Oct. 24, 2-4 p.m. at Lynn Valley library, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver Registration required. 604-984-0286 x8144 nvdpl.ca TECHNOLOGY CLASS Learn how to use an iPad or Android device in this two-part class Thursday, Oct. 24, 2-3 p.m. (iPads) and 3-4 p.m. (Androids) at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Bring your own device if you have one. 604-9257405 westvanlibrary.ca EMBRACE RWANDA — CULTIVATING CAPACITIES Meet program director Francis Gakuba and hear his inspiring story of forgiveness following the Rwandan genocide at 7:30 p.m. at the following North Vancouver locations: North Lonsdale United Church, 3880 Lonsdale Ave. on Friday, Oct. 25 and Lynn Valley Church, 1160 East 29th St. on Thursday, Nov. 7. Rwandan crafts will be available for sale.

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ARTISTS ON PEMBERTON Marney-Rose Edge, Michael Gordon and Isabelle Proctor will be presenting their artwork at the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver, Oct. 22-Nov. 7 as part of a mixed-media exhibition featuring artists working in the 195 Studios on Pemberton Avenue in North Vancouver. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD GET INSPIRED ABOUT SINGING and join North Shore Chorus.

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John Granander, Brad Wightman and Ryan Nelson The second annual District of North Vancouver Firefighters Charitable Society Fishing Derby was held Sept. 27 at Lions Gate Marina. Participants got started an hour before sunrise, enjoyed a barbecue and raised funds in support of the Seymour Salmonid Society and Athletics for Kids. northvanfirefighterscharity.org

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Please direct requests for event coverage to: emcphee@nsnews.com. For more Bright Lights photos go to: nsnews.com/galleries.

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What’s On Sundays NORTH SHORE CRIC CRAC STORYTELLING EVENINGS presented by the Vancouver Society of Storytelling take place the first Sunday of every month, 7-9 p.m. at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver. Each month features a different theme. $7/$5. 604-925-7292 silkpurse.ca POLYNESIAN DANCE CLASSES Beginner classes for adults and children, Sundays and Mondays at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. 604-982-8311

Mondays ALATEEN MEETING A group for ages 10-18 where alcohol is a problem in the family meets every Monday at 7:15 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. 604-6881716

improving women’s status and human rights as well as offering fellowship and professional contacts.

Meetings are every third Monday, 7 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 885 22nd St.,West Vancouver. New members welcome. cfuw.westvan@gmail.com cfuwnvwv.vcn.bc.ca

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ESPIRITU VOCAL ENSEMBLE This high profile community choir that performs a wide variety of music is looking for motivated singers.

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Making opportunities happen………

COMMUNITY CONNE IONS NEWSLETTER North Shore ConneXions Society (ConneXions) is a non-pro!t organization that supports families and serves children and adults living with a developmental disability.

Our vision is a community where all people with disabilities have equal opportunities to lead active, ful!lling lives and are recognized as contributing members of the community.

Community ConneXions Newsletter Edited by: Sonia Kainth

OCTOBER 2013

Local food industry produces jobs In any food production and processing company, routine cleaning and maintenance is part of the organization’s success. North of 49 Naturals mills and packages organic specialty food products from all over the world and needs reliable employees to ensure their standards are continuously being met. When business owner Andrew Small put an ad on Craigslist for Warehouse Sanitation Maintenance and Cleaning and marked it open to people with disabilities he wanted to attract applicants who would be committed to the organization long term. Whether by "uke or by luck Employment Specialist,

Other contributors in this issue: Grace McKirdy Wendy Padwick

Tammy Koert found and responded to the ad. She discussed the Employment Programs that we offer, including the training assistance at no cost to the employer.

North of 49 Naturals’ business site is a warehouse located in the industrial area of North Vancouver. Andrew gave a tour of the business and reviewed job duties so that the Employment Specialist could see the workplace expectations and recommend a suitable person for the position. The client, Stephen a young North Vancouverite who had taken both food industry and warehouse training visited North of 49 Naturals with his Employment Specialist

the following week. The !rst month on the job gave Stephen a chance to learn the job with training support from Tammy. Tammy and Andrew kept an open dialogue with each other and Stephen to !ne tune his role in the warehouse. As a result Stephen works 20-25 hours each week as dictated by the warehouse’s production activities.

With the availability of a committed and "exible employee, North of 49 Naturals has improved their maintenance schedules and Stephen now has the opportunity to work in a rewarding career in his !eld. Having recognized the potential of training employees with learning disabilities Andrew has interviewed and hired a second employee through ConneXions Employment Program. The new employee who specializes in detail cleaning will be working in their expanding snack kitchen.

We’d like to send a special thanks to Andrew Small for his interest in hiring a diverse staff team with unique skills and for helping us make opportunities happen!

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As October is Community Living Month, we’d like to draw attention to the difference between integration and inclusion. Many people might think the two words have the same meaning, but there is indeed a difference.

In the !eld of community living, integration refers to individuals with developmental disabilities living and participating in their community.

Inclusion is when a person is truly part of that community, not just living in the community. Perhaps the easiest way to explain the difference is by giving examples:

INTEGRATION • Ralph lives in and apartment or group home in the community.

• Ralph attends the local church.

INCLUSION (people who are not paid are actively involved) • Ralph and his neighbour are both stamp collectors. They meet once a month to trade stamps.

• Someone from the church picks up Ralph on Sundays and takes him to church.

Inclusion is something that we at ConneXions strive for in all of our services. However, paid staff can only foster, encourage and support relationships. This is something that naturally occurs and cannot be forced. Relationships come and grow from the heart.

Margot, an individual supported by ConneXions recently passed away. For years Margot attended the local church in her community. At her Celebration of Life Service, there was a group of congregation members from the community sitting in the row behind one of our staff members. Our staff member listened as they spoke fondly of Margot and how happy they were to hear that her favorite song was included in the program. This was a group of community members who were not paid to be a part of Margot’s life…a perfect example of what inclusion is all about!

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NORTH SHORE CONNEXION please visit www.nsconnexions

Sunday, October 20, 2013 - North Shore News - A23

Summer through the eyes of our Self Advocates

Connexions 57th Annual General Meeting On September 25th, 2013 we hosted our Annual General Meeting. At this meeting our 2013-2014 Board of Directors was elected and the Apple and Special Recognition Award winners were recognized.

ConneXions employees and members would like to thank our board members: Bev Baldwin Bonnie Cadman Shirley Clarke Michael Hall Carole Harkema

Mark Kilian Heather Lohn Lorraine McLatchie Jerry Miachika

Des Price Linda Sellars Len Slade Gordon Ward Hall

We would also like to congratulate our award winners: Apple Awards • Bobbie Goodsell Westview Elementary • Wendy Holtan North Vancouver School District

Special Recognition Awards • Artisan Bake Shoppe Employer

• Bernice Johnstone Rockridge Secondary

• Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation Community Member

• Deborah Mechler Seycove Elementary

• Mike Fricker Employee

• Sarah Skuce Bowen Island Community

• Peter Russell Self Advocate

New website and online newsletter coming soon!

We’re excited to announce that we are in the midst of launching a new website to better serve the needs of all of our stakeholders.

In addition, KIT will be converted to an online newsletter. Stay tuned for details in future Community ConneXions Newsletters and on our Facebook and Twitter pages!

Leave a gift that lasts Have you ever thought about planning ahead and !nancially supporting an organization that you hold near and dear to your heart, beyond your lifetime?

North Shore ConneXions Society provides an opportunity to do just this. Planned giving provides many bene!ts including control over your !nances, increased peace of mind and the ability to provide a signi!cant difference in the future.

In addition, any gift that you register in your will to a registered Canadian charity is tax-deductible and most importantly, your planned gift will help ConneXions be there in the future for those that we support and those who need us the most.

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A24 - North Shore News - Sunday, October 20, 2013

SENIORS

Former WV paperboy tells it like it was

Offers ‘glimpse’ into Second WorldWar’s local impact In 1942, 11-year-old Tom Taylor got his first job, delivering the West Van News.

The weekly newspaper was the precursor of the Lions Gate Times and the North Shore News.

In 1933, Betty Taylor came home to West Vancouver from San

Francisco, a widow with two boys, Tom and his brother Chris. Her parents, Helen Cain Matheson and magistrate Mackenzie Matheson, had resided in Caulfeild since 1914.

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In 1936, Betty married Frederick William “Pep” Pepper, a driver for Pacific Stage Lines and later, a West Vancouver councillor.

The family lived first at 1373 24th St., still standing, and at 1479 Ottawa Ave. For Tom and his friends, delivering papers and playing in the West Vancouver Band, attending school at Pauline Johnson and Hollyburn, the war was remote.

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For his book, Glimpses: World War II West Vancouver through the eyes of the papers and the paperboy, author Tom Taylor gleaned “scraps” from local newspapers offering readers insight into the major events of the war as well as its impact on the North Shore.

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SENIORS

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innocence — too young to fight, as were most of our parents too old — perhaps the luckiest generation ever,” Tom wrote in the prologue to his book, Glimpses:World War IIWestVancouver through the eyes of the papers and the paperboy.

In fact, the First World War still cast its shadow and the Second World War touched everyone, young and old, in the close-knit community.

The Vancouver papers covered the war news; the local paper recorded the war’s effect on the community. Reports of casualties, servicemen home on leave and civil defense work were interspersed with community events.

Betty was a founder of the Red Cross Treasure House, which raised funds for the war effort and Pep, a First World War veteran, shared his interest in both wars and in community life with young Tom. Tom graduated from

West Vancouver high school in 1949, met Margaret MacLane at the University of British Columbia and they married in 1955 at St. Francis-in-the-Wood.

He started his teaching career at Inglewood in 1956, going on to Sentinel, Hillside and West Vancouver secondary schools until he retired in 1988.

The retired teacher became a student of local history and began his research for Glimpses, published in 2004. Tom calls Glimpses a scrapbook, with scraps gleaned from the Vancouver Daily Province and from the West Van News. “Inserted at intervals in the text are some of the major events of the war.

“These, like the announcements of casualties, are threaded unbuffered into the peaceful flow of community events of the day.”

One entry, dated August 8, 1940, notes that “Mrs. Finlay, of Garrow

Bay, who is 82 years old, has knitted (60 plus pairs of socks for the war effort).

Had she not been sick for some time this year, she would have knitted more, but as it is, she has made a wonderful record.”

The next entry, August 10, 1940, records the beginning of the Battle of Britain.

Personal stories, memories and photographs, with commentary from the paperboy broaden the scope of Glimpses. From the perspective of 60 years on, Tom presents the face of war as well: the shortages and the sacrifices, the young men who would never come home, the removal of the Japanese from their homes.

He writes, “There would be no refuge either in fantasy or place for those who had to face the storm. This account is in large measure a tribute to them.”

Glimpses tells the story of West Vancouver during the long years that the Second World War

marched on, far removed from the daily round of school and band practice and paper routes, but never far from the hearts and minds of the people.

Tom continues to support his community.

He served on the board of the West Vancouver Museum and Archives and is an honorary life member of the West Vancouver Historical Society.

He and Margaret enjoy their children and grandchildren and pursue their interest in music.

Every week, they sing with the Londoners choir at seniors residences across the North Shore.

Tom and Margaret Taylor have directed proceeds from the sales of Glimpses to an annual student scholarship at West Vancouver secondary. To purchase a copy and help support the scholarship, call Margaret at 604-9219605.

Laura Anderson works with and for seniors on the North Shore. 778-279-2275 lander1@shaw.ca

EXERCISE YOUR AGING BODY AND BRAIN A lunch and learn presentation Friday, Oct. 25, 10:30-11:45 a.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver. A bistro lunch with a menu of brain healthy foods will follow the presentation. $6. aching@jbcc.ca VOLUNTEER FACILITATORS are needed for the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Circle on the North Shore.

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Community achievers sought The time has come once again to recognize individuals that make a difference in the lives of those around them.

Nominations are being collected for the 2014 British Columbia Community Achievement Awards.The awards recognize individuals who contribute and improve life in their communities

either through their work or by volunteering.

“Each year, we encourage communities to consider their citizens who make a difference,” said Keith Mitchell, chair of the BC Achievement Foundation.

“Take the time to nominate the special people who contribute to your communities — either as a

House in Victoria in spring 2014 and awarded with a commemorative medallion designed by B.C. First Nations’ artist Robert Davidson.

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An independent advisory council of community leaders selects around 30 recipients based on the nominee’s contribution and commitment to the community. Recipients will be honoured at a ceremony held at Government

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Options for Volunteers The following is a selection of volunteer opportunities from various community organizations, made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.

PARADE OF CHRISTMAS VOLUNTEER Reliable volunteers are needed in December at Grouse Mountain to interact with the public, hand out information on SOS Children’s Village BC, assist guests with voting on their favourite gingerbread display and sell holiday raffle tickets.

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Listening to the media and constantly thinking about the news is a common cause for investors to worry. Economists’ dire predictions or the TV’s sensational comments on political issues, such as tapering, the fiscal cliff or

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Warren Buffett has famously commented that investors should “be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.”

Unfortunately, too often investors do the opposite of what they should when it comes to trading — selling when they should be buying and buying when they should be running for the hills.

You hire a portfolio manager or financial advisor to help you manage your investments because you trust their judgment. If you are working with a good team then it is best you listen to their advice and follow their recommendations instead of trying to micromanage your account.

No one is able to predict whether the stock market will go higher or lower over the short-term, but it is likely that the market will move higher as the economy continues to improve. Focusing too closely on headline news or short-term returns while ignoring your investment strategy can also cause heightened stress.

Monitoring performance daily, weekly or even month to month is too short of a time frame to judge whether your strategy is working.

Investors can expect to see normal swings of 10 per cent in the stock market and investors owning stocks will have to get used to some fluctuations in their portfolio and not worry too much if they see the value temporarily change by two or three per cent in any given month.

The goal is to participate when the market rallies and to minimize losses when

the market is correcting through an active investment management approach. Adhering to these goals instead of trying to make money every day will set you ahead of the game.

Looking at your account online daily is a good way to cause unnecessary apprehension.

Trust your investment team to be watching the markets on a daily basis.

We recommend reviewing your portfolio monthly at most, but believe quarterly or every six months is best.

What is important is that your investment team is monitoring markets daily and making changes as needed to your portfolio.

In general, the best way to avoid stress surrounding your investments is to reduce your exposure to the sheer volume of daily market noise.

Leave it up to the professionals to dig through the headlines.

Trading decisions should be based on the news that is relevant to the stock market instead of reacting to every TV announcement. The goal is to remain calm during unnerving periods in the market and focus on information that matters.

Trust your investment team to be watching the markets on a daily basis, enabling you to enjoy life.

Lori Pinkowski is a portfolio manager and senior vicepresident, Private Client Group, at Raymond James Ltd., a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund.This is for informational purposes only and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Raymond James. Lori can answer any questions at 604-915-LORI or lori. pinkowski@raymondjames. ca. You can also listen to her every Friday on CKNW at 5:35 p.m.

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Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables Smart, sophisticated, charming and elegant are all words I could use to describe Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle.

However, the welltravelled president of Marnier-Lapostolle, who slipped through Vancouver last week, is also a lot of unstuffy fun.

Ask her to talk about her pioneering Chilean winery (a strikingly modern structure complete with the world’s smallest Relais Chateau and a barrel cellar to rival Opus One) and her eyes light up. She seems even more interested at the mention of crystal clear Kappa Pisco, or the latest incarnation of Grand Marnier liqueur (the lesssugared, more nuanced peach and raspberry-kissed Signature Collection No. 2).

We were gathered at Vancouver’s Le Crocodile to taste wines, from both Chateau de Sancere and the Chilean venture, in an evening that proved nothing short of spectacular in the glass and on the plate.

I won’t tease you with a blow-by-blow of every pairing, but a few tastes in particular popped out although a few, sadly, aren’t available.

Last month in London I attended a tasting that addressed the question as to whether Chilean (and Argentine and South African) wines can age.

The term “age” is relative, of course, but the seminar confirmed what I already knew: indeed they can.

Aside from the superlative match of Cuvée Alexandre Carmenere 2011 with Le Crocodile’s duo of duck breast and venison two ways (oh, and lobster scallop terrine with Chateau de Sancerre Cuvée Connetable ’09) the other star of the night was the now 10-year-old icon Clos Apalta 2002.

The Michel Rolland orchestrated blend of Carmenere, Cab Sauv and Merlot is still fresh and vibrant with beautifully balanced black fruit and licorice notes in plush tannins with a touch of mineral. Judging by its performance, the 2012 (BCLS $124.99) should perform equally well if not better a decade from now.

But back to the Kappa, which debuted at the 2011 Vancouver International Wine Festival: Distilled with a firm nod to Cognac, made from Muscat grapes, it’s impossibly clear and tastes as pure as it looks, with floral and fruity notes with a dangerously smooth texture and finish, all befitting its unabashedly

sleek and sexy package.

••• Known for its well-made and generally affordable, food-friendly table wines, Languedoc is on the rise, as names such as Fitou, Corbières and Minervois are turning up more often.

The region’s grapes, such as Grenache, Carignan and Mouvedre, are also becoming more known. However, perhaps the secret to discovering Languedoc is to forget about the varieties (there are a score of them) and just go for what’s in the

bottle. Open your mind as well as your palate and you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Also, from red and white, sweet and dry, still and sparkling, Languedoc probably has more wine styles to enjoy than just about anywhere else.

A quartet of Vancouver wine bars (Brix, TWB at Provence, Seasons and Siena) celebrates Languedoc, pouring wines by the glass with specially paired plates, until November 14. Visit any one of them and you can enter

■ The 163 best Paleo Slow Cooker recipes, by Judith Finlayson, Robert Rose Publishers, 256 pages, $24.95.

As more people move away from processed food and seek healthier ways to prepare their meals it is no surprise that there is a growing interest in the paleo diet.

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Organically grown plant foods, naturally raised (pasture-fed) meat and wild (sustainably caught) fish and seafood are the foundation of the paleo

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LAMU Lamu Town on Lamu Island is Kenya’s oldest continually inhabited town, and was one of the original Swahili settlements along coastal East Africa.

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Lamu’s downtown waterfront is straight from biblical times. Porters wade out to beached dhows and return with baskets of spices, bags of cement and other necessities. PHOTO SUPPLIED ANDREW RENTON

New world values collide with tradition off Kenya’s north coast

Laying low on Lamu ANDREW RENTON ContributingWriter

I am running late.

Ethiopian Airlines flight ET801 from Addis-Ababa to Nairobi went from “delayed” to evaporation.

I miss a vital connection.

Now, barring further screw-ups, I will have a mere 30 minutes to make it from the airport to the wedding.

In a moment of madness I accepted an invitation to my nephew’s wedding. It is to be held on an unnamed beach near remote Lamu Island off Kenya’s northeast coast. My sister has rented a mansion with no street address or phone number.When the groom’s cell phone falls into a swimming pool, all means of communication are lost. I am on my own.

I anxiously search the Air Kenya 12-seater Cessna Caravan for a stray wedding guest and spot a stressed young woman, whiteknuckling a silk dress in a drycleaner’s bag.Things are looking up.

The plane drops down over a thin strip of the Indian Ocean before landing at tiny Manda Island airport — Gateway to the Lamu Archipelago.

After a quick change in the washroom, I follow my new best friend and her husband to the dock into a waiting panga. Luckily a European wedding is a big deal here and we are soon barefooting it over a perfect white sand beach, in lockstep with the minister, onto makeshift pews.

The Lamu Archipelago, a collection of sandbar islands, has a history going

back to the 14th century.

Lamu town, Kenya’s oldest continuously populated community, provided a convenient port for Arab slave and spice traders.

Ruling Portuguese, followed

by Omanis, helped to expand local bloodlines.

The population remains largely Muslim.

Hippies were the first tourists to be drawn to miles of pristine empty white sand beaches, the oh so warm azure sea and a cheap cool lifestyle, followed by backpackers.

Elitists came later — A few of them anyway.

A couple of miles along the beach in Shela village, some of the world’s rich and famous, such as Ralph Lauren, built stunning villas which are often available for rent when owners are absent. My sister has found

one.The Greenwell House comes fully furnished and fully staffed — including an armed guard. Spitting distance from the bride and groom’s temporary residence which belongs to Princess Caroline of Monaco.

“Who is Mary Greenwell?” I ask naively.

Turns out she is the makeup artist who changes ordinary women into stars with a few strokes of the mascara brush.Think Kate Moss, Lady Di,Vogue Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Vanity Fair. I reassess my wrinkles in the bathroom mirror.

It’s a simple life. “Do we want to dine in?” In which case Benny, the kindly chap who serves breakfast every morning, will shop for the cook.

“Would lobster fit the bill?”

Laundry? No problem. It can be discreetly dealt with

by William, who launders the sheets and towels on a daily basis.What’s an extra pair of Y-fronts and a few T-shirts?

I awake to the muezzin’s morning call to prayer and a cacophony of braying donkeys outside my glassless lattice-work window. After breakfast I take a few steps to the beach for a swim and return friendly nods and “jambos” (hellos) to locals busy setting up fruit stalls and T-shirt displays along the alleys.

There are no roads on the island. Goods and people are moved on donkeys — There are reputedly 2,000 on an island of 25,000 people See Donkeys page 31

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Donkeys and dhows move people

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— or in dhows (traditional locally-built sail boats).

Rich tourists can, of course, rent speedboats.

In 2001 UNESCO judged Lamu town, where most of the staff opt for cheaper digs, to be the best preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa and awarded it UNESCO World Heritage status.

I set out on the one-hour walk along a narrow seaside path shared with donkey trains transporting sand, coral stone, cooking oil and people.

I share friendly “jambos” with women in burquas, men in colourful kikoys (sarongs) and cheeky schoolboys wearing purple uniforms and white kofias (Muslim caps).

The downtown waterfront is straight from biblical times. Porters wade out to beached dhows, and return with baskets of spices, bags of cement, mangrove logs — all under the eagle eyes of a fierce lady in a black chador who keeps track with a pen and notepad.

Yellow containers of

cooking oil are tightly arranged along the road like soldiers on parade. Donkeys and their owners line-up in the shade waiting for a delivery job.

The commercial area is a block away from the seafront. Lanes are barely wide enough for two bicycles or two donkeys to pass. Behind the carved doors everything you need is available: from bananas to bandannas; silver to gold; hammers to fridges — though the town generator has a less than stellar reputation.

Shop owners are generally found sitting or sleeping at huge paper filled wooden desks beside the door. A good spot to greet customers and to grab nonpayers.

The central square is the town’s focal point. A place to chill out with friends on a bench under the acacia tree. Political rallies are held here.The museum showcasing Swahili history is next door to the Internet café.Try some fruit salad from a vendor whose cigarette ash looks ready to fall into the mix but mind

A young boy plays on a derelict tractor abandoned on the beach in Lamu.

the droppings left behind by wandering goats and donkeys.

To be fair Lamu town is more than a bit rundown.

Garbage and open sewers don’t help but there is still a gritty African charm to the place.There is also a good supply of simple, reasonably priced guesthouses, hotels and restaurants.

It’s a good way from swimmable beaches and Chinese interests have plans for building a serious port here but the village of Shela is a dreamer’s paradise that you will never want to leave. After a couple of sundowners at Peponi Hotel’s congenial waterfront bar, favoured by the likes of Paul Allen, Jerry Hall and Sting, you will soon be planning your own dream wedding here.

If you go: Getting there:There are regular flights with Safari Link and Air Kenya from Nairobi’s Wilson Airport that land on Manda Island.

A panga (small open boat) will ferry you to your chosen destination.

Where to stay: For a gritty experience, Lamu town is well supplied with accommodation to suit all price ranges.

In Shela: Peponi Hotel with an excellent restaurant and happening bar has been around for 45 years (peponi-lamu.com).

Houses to rent: www. swahilisands.com — offseason group rates make this an affordable option.

Author’s note:This is a great place to begin or end a safari in Kenya’s MasaiMara.

In 2001 UNESCO judged Lamu town the best preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa and awarded it World Heritage status. PHOTOS SUPPLIED ANDREW RENTON

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NEWS AROUND THE WORLD

Bill Molle, Diana Fisher, Nadine Bisset and Marianne Molle stand under an arch of elk antlers in the town square of Jackson, Wyo.

Alysse Rogers and her children Caleb, Lucas and Noah share the North Shore News with a unique visitor: a resident giraffe at their hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.

John Peirson visits Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City while on a cruise around the Maritimes with his wife. The ship they were on is in the background.

Members of the Wood, Murdock, Janzen, Verga, Percival, Robertson and Ward families visit the Olympic Penninsula in Washington while on a three-day hike.

Peter Hansen and Roxanne Gresham check out the News at the end of an 11-mile hike to Kalalau beach in Kauai, Hawaii.

Jim Harrison visits Caroline, Alta., for the 10th annual Canadian Steel Guitar Show.

Going on a trip? Take the North Shore News with you and we’ll try to publish your photo on our News Around theWorld page (there’s no guarantee photos will be published).

Due to the amount of photos received, it may take several weeks for your photo to appear in the paper.Take a photo of yourself outside (keep close to the camera but with the background still in view) in a location outside the province holding a copy of the paper, with a background that distinguishes the location. Send it to us with the first and last name of everyone in the photo (left to right) and a description of where the photo was taken. Email to rduane@ nsnews.com, or drop off a copy at the North Shore News building.

Kristen and Eric Schulz take the North Shore News to the Redwood Forest in California.

Michael Gregory and Betty Darch visit the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest at the Temple of Heaven in Bejing, China.

Atefeh, Natalya, Ashkon and Moe Farokhi visit Havana, Cuba, while celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary.

Marny Peirson visits the Confederation Bridge connecting Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.

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What’s On From page 21 CLUB meets to improve communication and leadership skills every Monday, 7:15-9:15 p.m. at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver. friendshiptoastmasters.com GLENEAGLES SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Beginner and intermediate classes every Monday, 7:309:30 p.m. at Hollyburn elementary, 1329 Duchess Ave.,West Vancouver. 604987-3792 ISRAELI DANCE Every Monday, beginners 6-7:15 p.m., intermediates and open dancing, 7:15-9:30 p.m. at Congregation Har El, 1305 Taylor Way,West Vancouver. $6. 604-5684771 LOGOS TOASTMASTERS CLUB Hone your public speaking skills in a fun learning and social environment.The club meets Mondays, 7:30 p.m. at 659 Clyde Ave.,West Vancouver. 604-929-7957 logostoastmasters.org MEALS ON WHEELS needs volunteers on Monday,Wednesday or Friday mornings.

604-922-3414 northshoremealsonwheels.org MOUNT SEYMOUR LIONS’ CLUB meets on the first and third Monday of every month, 6:30 p.m. at 936 Bowron Court, North Vancouver. New members are welcome.

604-929-4135 NORTH SHORE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Improve your photography with a focus on skill development the first and third Mondays of the month, 7:30 p.m. at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 2347 Inglewood Ave.,West Vancouver.The club has field trips and workshops.

All levels welcome. nsps.ca NORTH SHORE STAMP CLUB meets every other Monday, 7-9 p.m. at The Summerhill, 135 West 15th St., North Vancouver. Collectors of all levels are welcome and particularly beginners.

604-984-3360 NORTH SHORE TOASTMASTERS Learn through fun and friendship to get over your fear of public speaking or improve your leadership skills.

Meetings are held Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the West Vancouver United Church

Community Centre, 2062 Esquimalt Ave. 604-6571371 mikelduff@yahoo.com toastmastersnorthshore.org NORTH SHORE WOMEN’S CENTRE FAMILY LAW CLINIC A family law specialist is available one Monday per month for a one hour free consultation. 604-984-6009 NORTH SHORE WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION meets on the third Monday of every month (except during December and summer months) 7-9 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver.Visitors and new members welcome. Free for members, non-members $5. nswriters.bc.ca NORTH VANCOUVER OUTDOORS CLUB meets the last Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m. at Harry Jerome Community Centre, 123 East 23rd St. and has ongoing trips and weekly events. 604-983-6444 x700 northvanoutdoorsclub.ca

ART BLESSING Sentinel secondary held a traditional Squamish blessing ceremony Oct. 3 in honour of artist Xwalacktun (Rick Harry) and his carving of the ThunderSpartan, which hangs outside the front entrance of the school. The ceremony featured performances by the Eagle Song Dancers and the senior Sentinel dance class. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

NORTH VANCOUVER ROTARY CLUB meets every Monday, 6:30 p.m. at Cheers Restaurant, 125 East Second St. Prospective members are welcome.

OPEN DOOR A support group for single mothers of preschool-age children, with free child care and workshops, meets Mondays, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 870 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Lunch is served. 604-985-1122 x28 singlemomsopendoor.com POLYNESIAN DANCE CLASSES Beginner classes for adults and children, Sundays and Mondays at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver.

604-982-8311 WEST VANCOUVER CONCERT BAND, an adult band for brass, wind and percussion instruments is looking for new members.

The band performs a mix of classical, progressive and jazz music at community events. Practices take place Mondays (September to June), 8-9:45 p.m. at the West Vancouver Community Centre, 2121 Marine Dr. 604-984-0115 604-980-6857 westvanband.ca Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com. For our online listings, go to nsnews.com, scroll to Community Events and click on AddYour Event.

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PETS

Tricks, treats and dogs

Walking through my local pet store, it is clear that Halloween has gone to the dogs!

There are costumes of all kinds for all shapes and sizes of dogs. If you want your dog to dress up like the horse of the headless rider, you can find that costume.

If you want your pug to look like a walking hamburger, you can find that too! I even came across Halloween treats for dogs that are going out trick-or-treating with their owners!

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have changed.There was once a time when dogs used to be kept in their crates or in the back bedroom, away from the hustle and bustle of kids and costumes coming to the door, to prevent possible incidents or to keep them from getting underfoot. But now that dogs are a big part of the family unit they are thoroughly encouraged to participate in this event.

If you are bringing Fido along — with or without costume — as you go seeking treats with your kids, please be sure that Fido is comfortable being out in the dark with a variety of unusual and often scary-looking little creatures lurking down the streets. Fido may be friends with the next-door neighbours’ children, but when those kids are dressed up as Walking Dead cast members, Fido might not be all that thrilled about walking past them in a calm and accepting manner.

Not every dog is cut out to be dressed up and paraded door to door with an entourage of ghastly monsters or sparkly fairies.

If you find that your once happy-go-lucky dog has turned into a scaredy cat at the first sight of Batman, then do your dog a favour and bring it back to the safety and comfort of its home. Forcing your dog to endure this once-ayear event when it doesn’t

want to may cause some behavioural problems, such as becoming fearful of going out in the dark in general.

For dogs that are at home and are comfortable with the procession of ghosts and goblins coming to the door, be sure to keep them on a leash if they are going to greet the trick-ortreaters.The last thing any dog owner wants to do is chase after their dog when it bolts out a door left open to hand out treats. If you are not sure how your dog will react when kids are coming to your door, then consider keeping Fido behind a baby gate or in another room to prevent mishaps.

If one of the critters at your door has four legs, be sure that the treat you are giving is safe for dogs.Treats designed for humans, such as any chocolate product, are not safe for dogs. Heck, any sugar-based treat is not good for dogs! If you think you might get a few canine visitors on Halloween, make sure you have some dog treats ready for them.

Also, some dogs have food sensitivities, so ask the owner first before tossing a treat into Fido’s bag.

For those who make it to my front door, I fully expect a trick for a treat!

Even shake a paw will do.

My favourite has always been “bang your dead.” If you have some extra time in your day, teach your dog a fun trick for a treat. It sure

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Pet Pause Humans’ names: Christine, Gord and baby Graham Corby Pet: Puddin’, a six-year-old domestic short-haired cat Favourite treat: fresh tuna Favourite activity: visiting the neighbours and sleeping at the foot of baby Graham’s crib Pet tale: Puddin’ was adopted from the North Vancouver animal shelter when he was one year old.

If you would like to appear in Pet Pause with your pet, please send information to tpeters@nsnews.com. Be sure to include name, breed and the age of your pet as well as your phone number. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD will give someone a good giggle. YouTube has some great instructional videos on how to teach your dog a whole host of tricks in a manner of minutes.

Halloween is a fun time to dress up and have a bit of fun, but if you plan on taking your dog with you, make sure

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

WV sets their sights high Big wins shoot Highlanders to top of standings

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THREE TO SEE THIS WEEK PJHL hockey Abbotsford @ NVWolf Pack Oct. 26, 7 p.m., Harry Jerome Arena PacWest volleyball VIU @ Capilano Oct. 25, 6 p.m.

Oct. 26, 1 p.m.

AAA soccer WestVan @ Sutherland Oct. 24, 4 p.m.

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The Royal reign in North Shore premier league volleyball finally ended last season when the Argyle Pipers became the first team to beat the Handsworth Royals in the championship final since 2006.

As the 2013 season enters its home stretch there’s a new contender lining up to take their best shot at winning the crown.The West Vancouver Highlanders haven’t won the North Shore title in a long while — “I think this is my 12th year (at West Van) and, at least in my time here, we haven’t won North Shores,” said head coach Mike MacNeil — but this year is looking promising for a team that is full of veteran players.

With five starters back from last year’s squad, the Highlanders have already beaten both Argyle and Handsworth to move to the top of the standings.West Van’s 3-0 win over Argyle was tempered a bit by the fact the Pipers were missing star provincial team player Kendra Finch, but the Highlanders received top marks from their coach for their come-from-behind win over Handsworth at West Van earlier this month.

The Highlanders dropped the first two sets but, gaining energy from a boisterous home crowd, came back to win the final three to take the match.

MacNeil said it was one of the biggest wins in his tenure as head coach, adding that the team overcame the deficit despite playing without one of their key starters.

“I was trying to piece together a lineup that I thought would work and we switched it up in the third set and took over,” he said. “We had a great showing in the stands — we’re See Three page 36

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Honouring Our V E T E R A N S

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Because we are proud of the men and women that are serving our country or served in the past, the North Shore News would like to pay tribute to our military personnel.

Submit a photo of yourself or a loved one who served our country and include a name and a 25 word or less biography to be published in the North Shore News or in our online photo galleries at nsnews.com/galleries in early November.

Cpl. Glen Windsor Served in the Canadian Army during World War II. Member of the Red Deer Branch of the Legion in Alberta with Member Title of Trooper.

Cpl. Windsor passed away on June 11, 1997 at the age of 80.

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not used to having lots of spectators for our later games but it was a good contingent of Highlander fans.We used that energy to overcome the two sets down and came back and won in five. It was a really satisfying win.”

The Highlanders were dropped down a peg, however, this Thursday when they traveled to the Sunshine Coast to take on Elphinstone and lost a tough five-setter.The crowd came into play again, said MacNeil, as the Gibsons school was fired up for the only home game they get to play this year in the North Shore league.

“I don’t know if hostile is the right word, but they were excited to have (a home game),” he said with a laugh. “The gym was full. . . . Elphinstone is a strong team.”

The Highlanders, however, remain in first place with a 3-1 record, matching the marks of both Handsworth and St. Thomas Aquinas.They’ll have a chance to take control of the standings this

Tuesday when they play STA in the opening game of a doubleheader starting at 6 p.m. at Argyle.

Wherever the team ends up in the standings, MacNeil is confident that the Highlanders have the experience and toughness to make long runs in the North Shore playoffs and at the provincial championships.

“I’ve been really proud of the girls for their resiliency and being able to stay in matches and fight back when it kind of looks like we’re feeling down and things are rough for us,” he said. “The girls have really been able to dig deep and come back and fight hard in games that maybe a younger team might find difficult to come back in. . . . I’m also really proud of the leadership that I’m getting from my returning players.We’ve got a strong contingent of Grade 12s — they’re girls I’ve coached for four years now so I’m leaning on them to be real leaders this season.”

The Highlanders finished fourth on the North Shore last season and then failed to advance

out of the Lower Mainland championships into provincials.With most of the players back this year, those losses are still fresh in mind.

“With that experience of going through last year’s league and the Lower Mainlands and just really missing going to provincials, it is a motivating factor for the girls and wanting to really prove that they’re contenders,” said MacNeil.

Right now West Van, Argyle and Handsworth are all ranked in the top-10 in B.C. for AAAA schools and MacNeil is hoping that translates into a large number of provincial berths for the Lower Mainland zone.

“It would be great to see the three of us this year at provincials in Penticton,” he said. First, however, the North Shore needs to be settled.The semifinals and finals, location TBD, will be played Nov. 4 and 6.Will the Royals regain their throne? Will the Pipers score a repeat? Or will a different team swoop in and start a new streak.

“I’d love to see that,” said MacNeil.

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