North Shore News November 16 2014

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November 16 2014

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Parting words from the departing Outgoing councillors offer advice to their successors JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

While the majority of the North Shore’s councillors spent November loudly campaigning, four politicians are quietly stepping away due to burnout, retirement

and conflicting political ambitions.

A fruitless push for amalgamation with the District of North Vancouver caused City of North Vancouver Coun. Guy Heywood to reach his tipping point after two terms in office. “Both bureaucratic

and political leadership are doing everything to undermine the rec commission, the museum and archives,” Heywood said. “The lip service they’re paying to collaboration has burned me out.”

While the split between city and district dates back to 1905, the rift still permeates today, according to Heywood.

The delay in replacing Harry Jerome is directly

attributable to its geography along the seam between the two municipalities, according to Heywood.

The zigzagging border even hampers the city’s waterfront plan, according to Heywood. “The city is actually trying to reinforce the boundary that has all the rich people on the other side, and that’s just stupid and self-interested.”

Heywood described the city and district continually

trying to “photobomb each other” when one is profiled.

“I love North Vancouver, but not the city or the district,” Heywood said.

Heywood advised new councillors to think outside their respective boxes.

While Heywood is leaving North Vancouver council, he isn’t leaving North Vancouver.

The longtime politician plans to work with North Shore Rescue, possibly

getting the backcountry searchers on firmer financial footing through an insurance system. “I don’t think what they do should be funded by charity, it should be funded in part by self-interest.”

In a powerful speech delivered earlier this month, West Vancouver Coun.Trish Panz revisited the most hotly debated decision of her six-year tenure on council:

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District approves coach houses JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

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The District of North Vancouver has gone coach.

Council was unanimous in approving a new coach house policy despite lingering concerns over implementation.

“I get a sense that it’s almost not ready to come out of the oven, that it’s not baked yet,” said Coun.

Roger Bassam at the Nov. 3 regular meeting of council.

The district is expecting between five and 25 coach house applications each year, but Bassam expressed concerns that too many detached dwellings could lead to a streetscape similar to Surrey where emergency vehicles awkwardly navigate cluttered streets.

“We’re introducing a lot of density, potentially, See Coach page 11

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Carving a new path in education Brad Baker, NorthVan’s first aboriginal teacher, gains national recognition for advancing First Nations culture in our schools ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

The discrimination of Harry Baker started before he was even born.

From one perspective it was baffling because he came from a family of leaders and champions.

Harry’s grandfather Willy was a Chief on the Squamish Nation’s Mission Reserve on the North Vancouver waterfront.

Harry’s father Ray, born in 1900, was a famous lacrosse player known as the Silver Fox who would go on to be inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

From another perspective, however, the discrimination was very simple. Harry was Aboriginal, and so he was not welcome to be born at North Vancouver’s Lions Gate Hospital. Instead the family went to St. Paul’s, across the bridge in downtown Vancouver. It wasn’t the last time Harry would be denied access to something so seemingly basic yet vitally important.

On a recent November evening Harry, now 75, gathers with his wife Judy, daughter-in-law Gail and his own son Brad Baker.They’re meeting at Harry and Judy’s house on the edge of the Mission Reserve to celebrate a national teaching award Brad is set to receive at a ceremony Nov. 20 in Toronto — recognition for Brad’s work as a teacher and school administrator, making life better for students in North Vancouver.

There’s a lot to laugh and reminisce about, but Harry becomes quiet when talk turns to his own schooling.

Harry, in fact, almost never talks about his schooling. He doesn’t talk about being forced to go to St. Paul’s Indian Residential School instead of the public Queen Mary elementary that was just a few blocks away from his home. He doesn’t talk much about the cruel punishments the students faced, the endless chores they had to do, the way the students were forced to march to church without acknowledging their family

members as they passed them in the street. He doesn’t talk about having an entire system put in place with the sole objective of changing who he was, of robbing him of his identity, of convincing him that his life as a First Nations child had no value. He doesn’t talk about quitting it all by Grade 9.

He does talk about heading down to his grandfather Willy’s house to learn about their Squamish culture, but Harry doesn’t have much to say about why those lessons didn’t always stick.What he does say, however, is chilling.

“Me and my two sisters, after school we would go down to his house and he would teach us the Squamish language,” he says. “Then we’d go to school and get it slapped out of us.”

Harry then goes silent again.

Those little snippets are all Brad Baker ever gets of the life his father endured as a young child. It’s more then enough, however, to drive Brad in his mission to change the school system from within. Many of the elders don’t talk much about those abuses of the residential schools, but they talk enough so that people who are listening closely, people like Brad, can get a picture of what it was like. He knows what went on. It’s deep in his core.

It’s what has driven him all these years to change the education system from within, to make life better for a new generation of Aboriginal students, and for generations to come.

••• Kathleen Barter was a young teacher barely out of university when Brad Baker showed up for her Grade 9 English class at Sutherland secondary.Their paths have intertwined ever since, but Barter says her first impressions of the big, athletic First Nations kid remain spot on. She knew he could be a great teacher.

“He was an exceptionally endearing human being,” she says. “He’s got a largerthan-life personality, he is

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Brad graduated from Sutherland and went on to earn an education degree from Simon Fraser University. As a student teacher Brad was placed in Carson Graham and one of his supervising teachers just happened to be Kathleen Barter. It wasn’t long before the supervisor was learning lessons from the student.

Barter says she allowed Brad the freedom to move away from the traditional curriculum and he took full advantage.Teaching social studies, Brad changed the North American perspective from one that began when Christopher Columbus arrived to one that included a rich heritage

that was thriving long before Europeans “discovered” this land.

“He brought his rich, rich perspective into that and really, from my perspective, opened my eyes significantly,” says Barter.

“He really brought the whole First Nations culture alive.”

That was just the start.

When he completed his studies Brad was hired as a teacher by the North Vancouver school district.

He didn’t know it at the time, but he was the firstever Aboriginal teacher hired by the district. It’s a milestone that still astounds Brad given that he was hired in 1995, although his own recollections bear it out.

“I don’t remember

ever seeing an Aboriginal person in school except for my Auntie Val and Auntie Vanessa, who taught the Squamish language,” he says.

Brad’s first assignment was working with at-risk Aboriginal kids at the Eslha7an Learning Centre just off the Mission Reserve.

From there he took on more traditional classes, helped create Carson’s dominant women’s rugby program (kicking off the careers of 2014 World Cup stars Hilary Leith and Andrea Burk along the way), and piled on program after program aimed at propping up Aboriginal students and culture in the school system.

Language programs were expanded, history lessons

were changed, Aboriginal literature was introduced — all through Brad’s work.

Just three years into his teaching career Brad created what has become one of the district’s most popular and unique classes — traditional First Nations carving.

Today six of the seven North Van district high schools feature a major Coast Salish welcoming figure, all carved through the program Brad started.

By the time he retires Brad wants to have one in every elementary and secondary school in the district.

The figures are so much more than just a cool project to work on or an interesting piece of art to look at, says Adina Williams, a Squamish Nation member who graduated from Sutherland this year.

Williams was in Grade 12 when Sutherland students, with Baker as the driving force, set to work designing and crafting their own pole.

When it came time to raise the pole in a ceremony at the school, Brad receded into the background to watch as the students took charge.Williams, dressed in her Aboriginal regalia with a wool-woven headband and ceremonial blanket tied with a sash, led prayers and dedications, speaking both English and Squamish.

For Williams it was the culmination of a high school career that finally saw her embrace her heritage, and it all began when she first met Brad Baker.

“Brad helped me realize how important it is to identify, so to say, your Aboriginal background and to be proud of it,” says Williams, adding that Sutherland’s pole ceremony made her feel important as a First Nations student within the school. At the ceremony she stood in front the entire student body and many other dignitaries — close to 1,000 people in all — and told the story of the pole, what it meant to her and why it was significant.

“It was probably the highlight of my time in high school,” she says. “It really made me feel valued as a First Nations student.

I really felt a sense of belonging within that school because of that pole.”

It was all made easier, she says, because she knew Brad was right there behind her the entire time.Williams is See Educator page 9

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Little seeks federal office From page 1

granting approval to sevenand six-storey towers on the 1300 block of Marine Drive.

If council had rejected Grosvenor’s proposal West Vancouver would have missed a $46 million opportunity as well as the catalyst for restoring Ambleside as the “heart of our community,” Panz said.

Council was evenly split leading up to the final vote.

“The 3-3 tie was only broken in the last minute by a single change of heart, but it took two years to break that tie,” Panz said.

West Vancouver’s next council should be mindful of global issues and local ramifications,

according to Panz. “There are some points missing in the community election conversation: no one is talking about climate change and how we need to plan for impacts on our waterfront and mountainside,” she said.

“Though we debate our sea level neighbourhoods, our future is our mountainside.”

One of the new council’s first orders of business should be renovating the Ferry Building Gallery, according to Panz. “It’s suffering neglect. It needs restorative care, public washrooms, and a modest ancillary space.”

Panz was a leader in ushering in coach houses and overseeing the largest park dedication in the

district’s history with Whyte Lake park.

For the last nine years, District of North Vancouver Couns. Alan Nixon and Mike Little have sat on opposite sides of chambers and on opposite sides of many issues.

“Mike and Alan have taken opposite views, I would say, probably 98.9 per cent of the time,” noted Coun. Doug MacKayDunn.

Despite disagreements, the two were never disagreeable, according to MacKay-Dunn.

Mayor Richard Walton praised Nixon as the district’s “finest natural orator.” After singing Nixon’s praises and discussing their

friendship,Walton asked Nixon if he wanted to say a few words or cry.

“They’re not mutually exclusive,” Nixon replied.

After 12 years on council, Nixon plans to move to Mexico.

Little plans to run for the Conservatives in the new riding of Burnaby North-Seymour in 2015.

“That is an entirely different election,” Little commented.

“It’s adversarial. It’s confrontational.”

Walton credited Little for his work ethic and his “extraordinary grasp” of technical details.

“I’m not going to go far,” Little said. “I’m planning on staying in Seymour as long as I can.”

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he wheels are now turning on a massive plan to do something about the gridlock at the Ironworkers bridgehead.

With the province, feds and District of North Vancouver putting up a combined $50 million, we’re going to see a new overpass at Mountain Highway and a handful of new onramps and off-ramps.

As anyone who has rolled down the Cut at 10 kilometres an hour will tell you, any improvement is welcome.

The project isn’t expected to be completed until 2018 and it’s just the first part of a three-phase project that includes updates to interchanges at Main Street and Mount Seymour Parkway. This is expected to drag on for at least a decade and cost about $140 million.

But while there’s no question that

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our road infrastructure is in need of an update, other parts of our system have been just as badly neglected.

Drivers may grumble as they sit and wait for their turn to merge but the person at the bus stop has probably been waiting just as long and he or she is exposed to the elements in the meantime.

And unlike more frequent bus service, the $140 million in engineering and concrete for highway interchanges isn’t being put to a referendum. This is representative of the old ways of thinking about transportation in which we plan everything around roads and cars and other modes of transportation are secondary.

We applaud our governments for this funding. The North Shore will be better for it. But let’s not forget the person at the bus stop. It’s cold out there.

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Reduce parking, promote ride share

Dear Editor: Lately a lot has been written about the traffic congestion which will be created when all those new towers have been built.There seems to be an easy solution. Build at least half of them without any parking facilities.

They may be snapped up by people who no longer need a car. I read several articles about how easy it is to join car sharing, car pooling and ride sharing groups while cellphones make it so easy to

book. By eliminating parking facilities, the units will also be more affordable, which everybody is aiming at. Only moderate improvements will be required in the bus service to handle the additional traffic.

Many younger people now bike to work and when you follow the rules it is quite safe. From 1971 until I retired in 1995 I biked on average three times a week from Westlynn to downtown Vancouver. Now that my

wife and I are in our 80s we have electric bikes and do most of our shopping by bike.With our weakened legs, the centre is too far away to walk (1.8 km), like some neighbours do. With some pedalling, the electric bike gets us there in seven minutes. People ask us how much it costs, how long it takes to charge and how far can you go on a charge.

I hope we have convinced some of them that you don’t have to give up biking

because your legs are getting weak.

I am an environmentalist, have read a lot about pipelines and climate change, as you can see on my blog neilwilhees. Biking instead of driving a car does help the environment but without a global carbon tax, the demand for fossil fuel will keep rising. In B.C. the carbon tax has reduced the use of petroleum products by 17 per cent without loss of GDP, while it rose by a

half per cent in the rest of the country.While Washington and Oregon are adapting the B.C. system as part of the Pacific Coast Collaborative for 53 million people, a lot more has to be done to come to a global agreement.

That agreement will ensure that the proceeds from the tax are properly distributed, allowing all to buy the higher priced goods resulting from the rising energy cost.

Neil Heesterman North Vancouver

Page of candidates’ profiles offers useful information Dear Editor: I do appreciate the North Shore News publishing the names of candidates for district council on pages 18 and 19 of the Nov. 7 issue.

I am a newcomer to North Vancouver and I have never seen a layout like this before. Publishing the occupations of the candidates tells me a lot about what they stand for.

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Reading their statements and then associating those statements with their occupations tells me what to expect from them.

I did expect to see more Realtors running, as I feel

that they have personal interests at stake.

It is true that North Vancouver has grown too big for their boots and traffic has to be dealt with very seriously. It would

have been nice if other communities in Greater Vancouver were to follow suit, as maybe we could all live in an affordable society.

Hank Pierce North Vancouver

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“An hour later, I’m the only guy left.”

SecondWorldWar veteran Norman Kirby recalls the battle that claimed the lives of every other man in his regiment (from a Nov. 9 news story).

“Someone said, ‘Maybe you should just give up your house.’We’re never leaving.This is a great place.”

Fromme Road resident Chris Klar thanks neighbours who helped repair flood damage (from a Nov. 12 news story).

“We ended up effectively having a $630,000 grant that was $600,000 short.”

District of NorthVancouver Mayor RichardWalton laments abandoning a plan that would have heated the Karen Magnussen rec centre pool with green clippings (from a Nov. 14 news story).

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VIEWPOINT

Beat the bug? Hey, it’s worth a shot

This week I signed up for a flu shot. What a wimp.

I always considered it a sign of weakness to get a flu shot. I never got sick — my body was too strong for that, what with my young laserarmed antibodies and secret ninja lymph nodes.

I didn’t even get sick after my first child was born.

I was led to believe that having a baby in the house was a surefire way to ensure that we would be sick at all times, as if we’d all taken up a new diet consisting solely of unwashed doorknobs and wadded up Kleenexes. But it didn’t happen when our first baby was born, or even when our second came along two and a half years later.

The only blip was when a friend brought her young toddler over while he was in full code green.The child proceeded to toddle around our little apartment and put his mouth on just about everything, my wife following closely behind taking note of every item so that she could later put it in the freezer.Why the freezer?

I never really figured that one out.To ice all those little boogies?

Whatever the intricate science involved in the

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Laugh All YouWant freezer boogie hypothesis, it didn’t work — a few days later we were all sick. Aside from that, however, we’ve been healthier than Kanye’s ego. Or Kim’s . . . um . . . well let’s just say ego again and move on.

Everything changed, however, after my oldest

son strapped on a backpack and set off on his first day of preschool. Approximately seven minutes later my entire family was deathly ill and we’ve seemingly stayed that way ever since.

It’s mostly been coughs and snot, but last winter my son got the flu, then my other son got the flu, then I got the flu. Nothing sparks parenting shame quite like pushing your barfing toddler out of the way so that you can barf on top of the barf that he’s just barfed in the toilet.That’s a lot of barfs, you might say.To which I’d reply: it sure was.You’re gross, you might say.To which I have no rebuttal.

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Educator inspires next generation From page 3

now taking science classes at Capilano University with the ultimate goal of going to medical school.The 18year-old is the first member of her family to attend a post-secondary institution.

Brad says he sees a lot of himself in Williams, in the way she’s able to have a foot in both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal worlds. For Williams, that’s high praise.

“All I can say is that I really aspire to be like him,” she says. “As I sit here and look back on how I got here, I recognize that there are a lot of people who have contributed to my success, but Brad’s image really sticks out to me. . . .There are a lot of stereotypes out there that make Aboriginal learners believe that their success is limited. But then you look at Brad and see that he went out and did his education.

Not only did he do that, but obviously he’s excelling in his role as an educator and that really inspires me to go out and do the same.”

Williams shares more than just keen academic curiosity with Brad. She, too,

has a father who suffered through the residential school system. Brad gives her hope she can break the vicious cycle that spins in so many families torn apart by the system. “(Brad) took that step to further his education and come back and become a leader within our Nation to help the next generation of First Nation students to do the same,” she says. “It’s a big step. But to see that Brad took that big step, it’s really encouraging to me because it shows that we can do it.”

But Brad’s role is so much more than a symbolic one, she adds.

“Perhaps most importantly is his encouragement and genuine belief in not only myself, but all of us,” she says. “It sounds like such a simple thing to have someone believe in you, but he seemed to really get through to us. He allowed us to believe in ourselves not only as learners, but as leaders.”

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Brad recalls attending a superintendent’s conference last year in Vancouver where Aboriginal advocate Wab Kinew made a passionate keynote speech about First Nations education in the 21st century and the need to move forward while not forgetting the past.

After the speech a fellow administrator from North Vancouver turned to Baker and said, in front of a full table, that it was time for Aboriginals to stop talking about residential schools.

“You guys have got to get over it,” the longtime educator said.

Brad was floored. “If they’re saying that to me in front of a group of people, what are they saying to our kids?” he wondered. “One of the biggest challenges is to have people understand, validate and value the

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Coach house or suite, not both From page 1 into single family neighbourhoods,” Bassam said.

Coach houses are capped at 968 square feet, but can include another 232 square feet for a car.

That parking spot will turn into living space, according to Bassam. “It’s not an issue of if it will happen.

It will happen,” he said.

“Almost by policy, we don’t enforce this. We don’t enforce this in single-family buildings . . . so what is our expectation we’re going to enforce it all of a sudden for coach houses?”

Mayor Richard Walton referenced Pierre Trudeau’s famous quote about the state having no place in the bedrooms of the nation.

“It’s very difficult for

us to monitor and follow up on what’s going on in people’s homes unless we have a complaint from a neighbour,” he said.

The district allows coach houses or secondary suites but not both on the same lot.

There are worries neighbours could exercise a de facto veto, according to Coun. Robin Hicks.

“I’m not sure about this neighbour’s approval which could result in winners and losers on an arbitrary basis,” he said.

District staff will likely find sensible solutions, according to Coun. Alan Nixon.

“I have great faith in our development staff and our planning staff to be able to attach appropriate weight to the input that they hear

from neighbours,” Nixon said.

Nixon suggested final adoption of the coach house rules be accompanied by a date for staff to report back to council on the bylaw’s efficacy. Final adoption is scheduled for Nov. 17.

Council can continue to steward the coach house policy after final adoption, said Coun. Lisa Muri.

“This is not a bylaw written in stone. We can amend it,” she said.

Council has a history of working with homeowners, architects and concerned neighbours to find solutions to seeming impasses, according to Muri.

“Nine times out of 10 it always worked,” she said.

While homes bordering

greenbelts might be a better fit for coach houses than many smaller lots in the City of North Vancouver, Muri reminded those in attendance the detached dwellings likely come with a $250,000 price tag.

“This is not something you build in order to create revenue for yourself to help you pay down your mortgage,” she said.

While there may be an “implicit unfairness” to the district’s approach of gradually phasing in coach houses, it is the pragmatic approach, according to Coun. Mike Little.

District council will eventually determine what constitutes a good fit for a coach house and what doesn’t, said Little.

“We don’t know what that is yet.”

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I feel powerless to stop it, and so I’ve decided to give the flu shot a try. Call it an experiment of sorts. If bowl season arrives this winter and I manage to stay out of the mess, I’ll forever be a convert.We’ll see, I guess — it’s worth a shot. aprest@nsnews.com

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BRIGHT LIGHTS by Cindy Goodman West Vancouver Community Awards

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Members of the Soroptimist International of North & West Vancouver are launching a workshop program intended to arm young girls with tools to help them make positive choices and responsible decisions.

“Soroptimists strive to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and around the world,” says Gillian Santo, director, Soroptimist International of North & West Vancouver.

“Soroptimists have been on the North Shore for over 60 years, working to improve the lives of women and girls within the community.

We strongly believe that by educating, inspiring and motivating teens through this series of workshops provides a perfect fit for our mandate.”

Starting this week, the Soroptimists’ Empowerment Girl Talks program will see interactive workshops held on a monthly basis through to May 2015 in both North

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■ Safe Online, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 4-5 p.m. at West Vancouver United Church; and Thursday, Nov. 20, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre. Representatives of the Safe Online Outreach Society will teach Internet safety and responsibility.

■ Better Without Bullying,Thursday, Nov. 20, 4:30-5:30 p.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre. Counsellor and educator Jan Bryant will help students deal with and minimize their stress in a safe environment.

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Be a considerate dog owner Gosh, I am really growing weary of dog owners along trails who shout out, “Oh she’s fine,” as they allow their dog to rush towards an approaching dog, usually on leash.

As a trainer, what I hear when someone says this is, “I’m giving you fair warning that I have no verbal control over my dog and no desire to leash her. She does whatever she wants, even if it is an inconvenience to you, your dog and your overall enjoyment of your walk. I am having a grand time with my dog running amok and expect you to manage your dog accordingly so I don’t have to do anything.Thanks, and I’d say have a great day, but I don’t really care what kind of a day you have.”

I understand it’s hard in today’s world to be considerate of another person’s feelings because it has turned into an “I” world.

Walking in another person’s shoes doesn’t seem to be an exercise many people want to try.

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Canine Connection hurt. But when you live in a rapidly growing community that is becoming more congested in every area, everyday compassion and consideration are musts in order for us all to get along.

So let’s take a moment and walk in another person’s shoes, shall we?

It won’t hurt, I promise.

It might actually help you grow a bit as a person.

Leash laws have many purposes. One of them is to prevent unnecessary conflict between dogs that could lead to injury due to human error. So having a dog that is not under verbal control, yet is allowed off leash, can lead to conflict.

It may be true that Fritz is a very social dog and, even though he refuses to come when called, he is friendly to everyone he meets. So I understand why his owner doesn’t see it as a problem when Fritz rushes up to other dogs. But what Fritz’s owner is not considering is the dog Fritz is rushing towards may not be social, or even friendly.

The dog on leash may have behavioural issues that its owner is trying to correct and walks are part of the training. Having a dog like Fritz run into his space will likely set this training back.

Fritz could also be a victim of a bite from the other dog, an injury that could have been prevented if Fritz’s owner had either leashed Fritz when the other leashed dog was approaching, or called him back and walked in a proper unleashed heel position.

Maybe the dog Fritz is running towards has an injury, or is recovering from illness or surgery and needs to be walked on leash as part of its therapy. It is selfish for Frtiz’s owner to

mutter under his breath that the dog should not be on the trails if it can’t be let off leash.

Maybe the dog Fritz is running towards is a young dog that is still learning how to walk nicely on leash and, since it is unreliable off leash at his young age, the owner is being responsible and keeping it leashed for training and safety reasons.

Yes, there are some people in this world that take dog training seriously and really want a well-trained, reliable, social dog and are prepared to work for two or more years to achieve it.

It takes courage to be considerate towards another person because it requires looking beyond your needs and seeing how your choices affect another adversely. As a dog community, we are so adamantly against adverse training for our dogs, yet unconsciously behave adversely towards each other.

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Baker’s quiet work sees positive change From page 9

struggles our elders went through. Some of them died from it.”

Brad has not gotten over it, and never will. His father may not like talking about it, but Brad vows to never let people forget what happened not so long ago. “We’re talking about recent history — we’re not talking about stuff that was hundreds of years ago,” he says.

“One thing I try to push to our teachers and administrators in North Van is: let’s have a discussion about it, let’s not hide from it. He’s not going anywhere,” he says, pointing to his dad.

“I’m not going anywhere. . . . It’s a historical piece for Canada, for British Columbia, for North Vancouver.We still have residential school survivors living in our community.We need to recognize them and validate them.”

Brad’s got an ally in his old teacher and mentor Kathleen Barter. She now holds the same position that Brad does as a district administrator and has watched Brad takes his message to the highest levels.

“He’s exposed educators to what was going on,” she says. “The personal history

that he brings to all of this is amazing.That personal voice, that storytelling adds such value to what he is working on. It’s surprising that some people were not aware of the residential schools and the implications of those on families in our community.”

Things have changed a lot in her time as an educator and much of the credit goes to that big kid with the even bigger smile who came into her Grade 9 English class, says Barter.

“He works silently in the background, but he really has effected massive changes in the school district,” she says. “I first met Brad in 1983 or 1984 . . . if you think about that, really, it’s not a lot of time, and a lot of positive changes have occurred. Certainly in the school district I would attribute them significantly to Brad and Brad’s influence.”

That Brad’s contributions are being recognized nationally comes as no surprise to those who work with him and learn from him. On Thursday he’ll receive the Indigenous Educator Award in Leadership at a ceremony held in conjunction with the National Gathering of Indigenous Educators in Toronto.

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“I knew it was only a matter of time before he’d be recognized at this level,” says Williams. “He’s a hard worker, he’s a mentor to all of us students, and I’m

confident when I say that there are so many others that look up to him in the same way.”

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a long way in a short time. St. Paul’s Indian Residential School closed for good in 1958. In a couple of generations the school system has gone from actively working to erase Aboriginal culture to celebrating it and sharing it with the nonAboriginal world. Brad lauds superintendent John Lewis for championing Aboriginal education and allowing him to engage in a process of reconciliation between the school system and North Vancouver’s First Nations groups. District personnel now frequently attend events held on the reserves, showing that they too have a big stake in what’s happening there.

“North Van school district is jumping into uncharted territory and they’re allowing me and my team to take that risk,” Brad says. “The ultimate goal is for our Aboriginal kids to be valued and validated for who they are.We as a school system need to value that we have a distinct culture here. . . . If kids feel good about themselves, they’ll be more successful in school.

I think our community is doing a good job with that, I think our team at the North Van school district is doing

a good job with that. But we’ve still got 100 miles to go.”

Back at the dinner table Gail, Brad’s wife, cuts the issue right to the bone.

“My father-in-law was not allowed to go to public school,” she says. “And now his son is the head of Aboriginal education.”

Those who know Harry aren’t surprised at the path his son has taken. Around the Reserve the elder Baker is known as Uncle Harry.

Young Squamish Nation members feel comfortable coming to him for counsel, or just to joke around.

Brad sees that — he visits his parents’ house every single day — and he realizes where his own charisma and compassion come from. He also knows why he’s chosen this path in life.

“I wanted to make our elders — my dad — proud of us as people,” Brad says.

Hearing this, and thinking about all that his son has accomplished in his 44 years, Harry is, again, a man of few words.This time, however, it’s not out of shame, or embarrassment, or anger. Instead, his eyes mist ever so slightly and he says all that his son wants to hear.

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Community Foundation the Martin Family, we plan to The Howard Martin Estate had establish a new student bursary finalized a bequest of $3.6 million program to support students graduating from to the West Vancouver Community Foundation. As secondary schools in West Vancouver who would like Gerry said at the Foundation’s 2014 AGM, “This is a to pursue post secondary education or training, in gamechanger”. time for the end of this school year. We hope these With endowment funds which, thanks to the Martin two new programs will honour the spirit of Howard Family, now exceed $10 million, the Foundation is Martin, who generously donated the ten acre parcel pushing boldly ahead to realize its strategic priorities. on which Caulfeild Elementary School sits. The We are significantly increasing our philanthropic Foundation, thanks to the Martin Family, is building a activities and capabilities, strengthening our better West Vancouver.

Mr. Howard Martin

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR On Reaching the $10,000,000 Milestone

You will see just a few of these highlighted in this report, but we are particularly proud to have been selected to host the new Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund. Their contribution of $600,000 to our asset base gives us the opportunity to work in partnership with the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations in support of Aboriginal youth. Perhaps even more important, this is the first time that we have been selected to manage a fund that will eventually serve the entire province - building a better West Vancouver, and soon, a better British Columbia.

When the board of directors prepared the Foundation’s 2013 - 2015 Strategic Plan, we set one particularly audacious goal - to double our philanthropic activities by the end of 2015. This, of course, could only be achieved by a dramatic increase in donated funds, so you can imagine the excitement at the board table in September when it was announced that we had reached our goal of $10,000,000 - a year early.

FOUNDATION CHAIR The real celebration will happen later this month, [-DW UDC@D\ however, when the Foundation hosts our annual One other milestone to mention before I close. This past donor appreciation reception. This is our opportunity summer marked the tenth anniversary of service to the to formally thank all of those donors, large and small, Foundation by our Executive Director, Delaina Bell. Delaina is in every whose generosity makes it possible for us to act on what really matters way the heart of the West Vancouver Community Foundation, and I can to the citizens of West Vancouver. think of no one who better models the kindness and caring that we so value, than does Delaina. Congratulations, and thank you Delaina!

As the Foundation’s profile across the community grows, so too does Sincerely, our donor base. The faces of philanthropy are increasingly diverse, as hardly a week goes by when we are not introduced to someone with a passion for a particular cause who wishes to establish a fund with us.

Geoff Jopson

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Imagine this scenario. The Grade Seven team from Hollyburn Elementary School has just won the provincial championship of Destination Imagination, a competition designed to test creativity and problem-solving abilities. Now invited to participate in the World Championships at the University of Tennessee in two weeks’time, the school simply doesn’t have the funds to send the team to Knoxville.

All this will change in future years with the newly established West Vancouver School District Endowment Fund, designed to enhance learning opportunities for students attending public schools in the West Vancouver School District. Established by the Board of Education, and administered by the Superintendent of Schools, this fund will support a wide range of unique opportunities for the children and youth attending West Vancouver’s seventeen public schools. Education is prized in this community, and so it is anticipated that many parents, graduates, and community members will soon add to the initial donation of $10,000.

The West Vancouver Community Foundation is delighted to host this new endowment fund, and looks forward to celebrating its launch at the November 18th public meeting of the Board of Education.

Congratulations SD 45!

The West Vancouver Community Foundation is pleased to partner with ViaSport British Columbia to present the Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund. The fund supports programs which encourage Aboriginal youth in British Columbia to participate in physical activity and sport. Through this partnership, the Foundation will increase the sustainability of the Legacy Fund, providing more opportunities for future Aboriginal generations to participate in sport and physical activity.

The fund was created in 2002 by the Squamish Nation, the Lil’wat Nation, the Province of British Columbia and the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation. Past First Nations recipients of this Fund include: Cedar Pullers Canoe Family Society, West Vancouver; Bella Bella Community School, Bella Bella; Seabird Island Band, Agassiz; Yekooche First Nation, Prince George; Wachiay Friendship Centre, Comox; and Squamish First Nation, Squamish. ViaSport is a non-profit organization which works with the Province of British Columbia and more than seventy sport organizations to increase awareness, opportunity and participation in sport across the province.

The Foundation is proud to work with ViaSport to support this important legacy of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games for Aboriginal youth in British Columbia.

The Aboriginal Youth Sport Legacy Fund supports a variety of sport programs for Aboriginal youth in British Columbia

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Most children and youth in West Vancouver participate in a wide range of community activities, including soccer, swimming lessons and summer camp, but some are unable to take advantage of these programs because their families cannot afford the registration fee and associated costs.

“While many would suggest that the need for financial assistance is unusual in West Vancouver”says Foundation Chair and retired West Vancouver School District School Superintendent Geoff Jopson, “those working closely with children and their families tell a different story. Principals, teachers, counsellors and youth workers can identify numerous children and youth who are unable to participate in community activities as a result of financial distress at home.”

Sports have been known to enhance the lives of many people and the Capilano Rugby Club has provided such an opportunity for many North Shore young men and women.

Larry Sunell started playing with this club when he was 19 years old; the friendships and experiences he gained through the club have supported him throughout his career and into retirement. Larry and his wife Susanne cheered with many other Capilano members as Canada’s National Senior Women’s Rugby Team took silver in the Women’s Rugby World Cup in Marseille, France this summer.

Reaching Out to Kids in Financial Need

The new West Vancouver Community Foundation Fund, with $10,000 to be distributed each year, is designed to ensure that these children and youth are able to participate more widely in the community. The award will not be designated for school-related activities as these are required by law to be provided free of charge, and schools regularly find monies to ensure that every child who wishes to participate in a school team or club is able to do so. This award is intended for out-ofschool activities. For example, an award from the West Vancouver Community Foundation Fund would assist the child who longs to skate with her friends but whose family cannot afford lessons or skates, or the child who seems isolated at school and might benefit from meeting new friends at summer camp.

Principals, counsellors and youth workers will be advised of this new award, and asked to consider throughout the school year if any of their students might benefit from participation in a particular community activity. A confidential application would be submitted to a joint committee of the Foundation and the West Vancouver School District, and if approved, funds will be distributed to the school for payment as needed.

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With the Foundation’s help, children and youth in financial need have greater access to the many fine out-of-school activities available in West Vancouver.

The newly established West Vancouver School District Endowment Fund will enhance learning opportunities for students attending public schools in the district

New Ambleside Skatepark Fund

Artist’s rendering of the proposed Ambleside Skatepark

The WVCF presents the new Ambleside Skatepark Fund. When Wes Stebbing approached the Foundation to set up a fund to assist the Ambleside Skatepark Project, we wanted to help. Skateboarding is an inclusive, barrier-free sport which can give a positive focus to at-risk youth, but not if the skatepark has become dangerously weatherbeaten and hopelessly dated. Wes Stebbing and fellow skateboard enthusiast Eric Savics, witha support from Peter Sullivan, founder of North Vancouver skateboard and apparel wholesaler Supra Distribution, are spearheading an ambitious campaign to raise $150,000 to redesign and rebuild West Vancouver’s municipal skatepark, located at Ambleside Park. The skatepark, which was the first street-style skatepark built on the North Shore, has been the training ground for a number of internationally competitive local skateboarders. It has inspired numerous local young videographers and photographers with its exciting mix of beach, sunshine and skateboarding skills. And it has spawned many friendships based on a shared interest in this challenging sport. This past summer, Stebbing and Savics held an on-line auction of skateboard decks which had been generously donated by Bob Kronbauer of Vancouver, and they hosted a Go Skate Day fundraiser in Ambleside Park. This fall, they launched a crowdfunding campaign on kickstarter.com. The Foundation is pleased to support this worthy initiative.

Collective Impact: Bringing together community stakeholders TheWestVancouver Community Foundation values collaboration and connectedness within the community. Barb McMillan, chair of the Foundation’s new Community Committee, is keen to pursue these values and decided to bring the considerable resources offered by Montreal’s J.W. McConnell Family Foundation to bear on some of the challenges we face on the North Shore. In September, she invited various organizations in the community to view a webinar and learn about Collective Impact as a strategy for positive change. A month later, she invited those organizations back for a day-long workshop. At the workshop, four teams of stakeholders convened to strategize around shared challenges: seniors’transportation as a way to address isolation; reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the neighbourhood level; shoreline health and sustainability whether recreational, industrial or residential; and integrating social and environmental outcomes into projects and practices.The day offered a combination of theory and practice; teams were introduced to concepts and undertook activities to apply what they had learned. Participants valued the content and the process, and also the opportunity to come together and collaborate. Barb received very positive feedback from participants. She plans a follow-up workshop in February.The McConnell Foundation also offers Collective Impact coaching grants to groups that participated.

100 Women Who Care of the North Shore

100WomenWho Care of the North Shore is an exciting new philanthropic initiative which is designed to appeal to women who have a strong interest in philanthropy, care deeply about their community, and want to create an immediate, decisive impact. It is being spearheaded byWestVancouver resident Delaina Bell.“It’s about empowering women to make a difference in their community”says Bell. Bell, who is the Executive Director of theWestVancouver Community Foundation, plans to set up a fund at the Foundation to facilitate the donations.

The concept originated in Jackson, Michigan in 2006 and has been successful in communities across Canada and the United States, including Calgary,Toronto and Kelowna. One hundred women commit to making a cash donation of $50 four times a year. Members meet and put forward names of charitable organizations that they would like the donation to go to and three names are drawn from a hat. Members vote for the winner and write their cheques. Meetings take less than an hour.

The first meet, donation and draw will happen at Milestone’s Restaurant at Park RoyalVillage on Monday December 8 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. For further details, please contact Delaina Bell at delaina@ westvanfoundation.com. Plan to jump into action with 99 other motivated, dynamic women and make the North Shore a safer, healthier and happier place for everyone!

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The West Vancouver Community Foundation Fund will help to ensure that children are able to participate in out-of-school activities, regardless of financial means

Women’s rugby is coming on strong in Canada, and the Capilano Rugby Club is a key supporter in this endeavour.

In fact, three of the women on the successful national team, are from the club. Larry and Susanne understand the considerable related costs of training and competing that players must bear. The Canadian women are not financially supported to the extent that many other international women’s teams are, so this win was a phenomenal example of determination and spirit.

Inspired by the athletes’dedication and the proud record of the Capilano Rugby Club, Larry and Susanne have taken the initiative to set up the Capilano RFC Women’s Canadian Players Fund at the West Vancouver Community Foundation. The fund will be used to support women at the Capilano Rugby Club to participate in rugby at the national level. The couple kicked things off with a generous personal donation, and will seek additional support from their friends and fellow club members. What a wonderful gift to the Capilano Rugby Club members sport of women’s rugby Hilary Leith, Mandy Marchak and in our community, and Andrea Burk celebrate on the field at beyond. the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2014

COME TO AN INFO SESSION TheWestVancouver Community Foundation invites residents to consider serving on our Board of Directors, beginning in May, 2015. If you would like more information about the Foundation, the roles and responsibilities of directors, and the many ways in which we are building a betterWestVancouver, please join us at an Information Session, February 11, 2015 in theWelch Hall East at the WestVancouver Memorial Library from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Hope to see you there!

OUR GRANTS DEADLINE Grantseekers take note!TheWestVancouver Community Foundation’s next deadline for grant applications is February 15, 2015.To see our grant application form and grant guidelines, please go to our website at www. westvanfoundation.com.

BE INSPIRED TO BE ACTIVE: COME TO INSPIRED BY OLGA The Foundation is pleased to announce its seventh annual seniors’health forum,“Inspired by Olga”, a fast-paced exploration of the world of master athletes inWest Vancouver: what they do, why they love it and what keeps

them motivated to live super active lives.The event, on Saturday March 28 at the Kay Meek Centre’s StudioTheatre, will be dedicated to the late Olga Kotelko ofWestVancouver, who passed away this Spring at age ninety five, after setting twenty six world track and field records, in eleven different events.

NORTH SHORE MAYORS’GOLF TOURNAMENT 2015 Please plan to join us at the beautiful Seymour Golf & Country Club for the eighth annual North Shore Mayors’Golf Tournament on Friday May 22.This fantastic fundraiser has already raised over $800,000 to benefit a range of needs for North Shore residents.

WEST VANCOUVER MAYOR’S LAWN BOWLING SOCIAL 2015 TheWestVancouver Community Foundation will hold its second annualWestVancouver Mayor’s Lawn Bowling Social on Friday June 19. Mayor Mike Smith, Honorary Director of the Foundation, and forty eight teams of four will return to theWestVancouver Lawn Bowling Club to challenge last year’s champion, Beach House Restaurant. Come and spend a gorgeous afternoon on the club’s spectacular greens, and support theWestVancouver Community Foundation doing it!

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Cold creates early icewine harvest

Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables This week’s cold snap had wineries springing into action for the second earliest icewine harvest on record (the earliest on record being Nov. 5, 2003).

Judging by comments from the Okanagan, this may well prove to be one of the largest icewine harvests on record also, which begs the question: is it really worth it? That depends on who you talk to. From the grower’s point of view icewine requires an immense amount of resources.

And even before they get to harvest it there’s a strong possibility that other enthusiasts, from bears to birds, will try to get their share. All of which means that by the time it gets to your local shelf it doesn’t come cheap.

The consensus is that a great vintage (which 2014 promises to be) will likely yield a superb icewine even more so, say some, because of the early freeze.

Although, interestingly, there’s also a camp who suggests that multiple mini-freezes (before the required sustained harvest temperature of –8 C) can

make for a more complex and interesting final result.

Summerhill CEO Ezra Cipes is pumped.

“Icewine is something we can do better here in the Okanagan than anywhere else on earth.

To make outstanding icewine you need to start with outstanding grapes, and 2014 was one of the best Okanagan growing seasons ever,” he stated in a press release. “Now to have this cold snap so early in November and harvest our icewine grapes before the birds get them is making us all smile and sing around the winery.

This is a blessed vintage.”

Interestingly enough, one producer that won’t be making icewine for the first time in 20 years is Tinhorn Creek, which usually makes a Kerner icewine.

As luck would have it, this year their Kerner needed to be replanted.

“When we do that we try to figure if it’s time for a change. If we did a lot more icewine it would go to Asia,” says Tinhorn CEO Sandra Oldfield, who notes, “Canadians don’t really drink it.”

All of which begs the question, why not?

Even a 375-millilitre (half) bottle is too much for most people to consume at one sitting.

My hunch is that the most successful people at selling wines to Canadians are those like Nk’Mip, Paradise Ranch and Tinhorn, who also bottle smaller, 200-millilitre sizes.

True to Canadian form, we really don’t make that much fuss about it. Even

though icewine presents a wonderful opportunity for pastry chefs to play and show off their skills, you’ll rarely see a suggested icewine pairing on a dessert menu.

Also, many icewines are just too sweet for most people’s palates.

No argument, it can be impressive to savour a wine with upwards of often 200 grams per litre of residual sugar. But your tastebuds can only take so much.

But never fear. The following is my failsafe dessert to guarantee you can enjoy at least some of that bottle of liquid gold you may have tucked away.

The main rule of pairing icewine is that the dessert should be lighter and less sweet tasting than the wine.

Blend three parts soft commercial goat cheese with two parts good quality French vanilla ice cream. When the creamy mix tastes just slightly more savoury than sweet, you’ve made the perfect match. Divide into

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If you have any ability to plan ahead, start early. Take advantage of technology and use a smart phone app to ensure your gift list is with you at all times. Better yet, use Pinterest as a playground to create a visual gift list and idea repository. Be sure to tag the board as “secret” to keep it private. Many stores offer exclusive online sales or special promotional codes. Subscribe to email newsletters from stores you’ll be shopping at to get “online only” offers or advance notification of sales. You can

unsubscribe later while you recover from seasonal spending.

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With your list in hand, start watching flyers and create a folder to collect pages into or use a Post-it note to mark a page with a gift you want to purchase. Bring the flyer or folder with you when you shop, so you can ask a sales associate where an item is located, or check on incoming inventory or stock in another store.

Another important strategy is timing. There are smart times to block off on your calendar as “shop time.”

If you shop a half an hour before the store closes during the week it’s usually quieter. You can get more done in that half an hour than if you spent a whole afternoon there, especially if you hit a couple of stores in that time. Alternately, plan to shop early Saturday or Sunday morning when people are sleeping in or recovering from holiday celebrations.

Procrastinators should check out stores that are open 24 hours a day. There might not be as much selection closer to Christmas, but you can shop at some really odd hours and avoid the crowds. Another time-saver is to call the store ahead, ask them to put your item aside at the front desk, run in and quickly pick it up. Whatever you do, avoid shopping at lunch when everyone else is shopping.

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Some people will wrap as soon as they bring home a present, but it is more efficient to wrap everything at once especially if you buy gifts early. If

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you tend to leave it to the last minute and end up wrapping into the wee hours of the morning take the batchwrapping approach: Buy all the supplies, including wrapping paper, ribbons, cards, tape, stamps and sticky notes (keep in mind gift bags and tissue are your quickest way to wrap). Use the sticky notes to indicate who gets what on each present in the pre-wrap stage. Set up a wrapping station, put on some music, grab a hot cocoa or a special coffee and enjoy the process.

Create an annual list of gifts to track what you gave and what you got, and check off that you thanked the gift-giver. (@0)& (&)0&-EC-(

Buy a random gift for the

unexpected visitor or the forgotten. If it’s not needed you can add it to your gift box for another time.

Simply shop early. A good shopper will have all their gifts by Dec. 15, a great shopper will have all their gifts

by Nov. 30, and a stellar shopper will shop for gifts for the next year just after the holidays to take advantage of blow-out sales, or will shop throughout the year.

Consider a “gifts-for-kids-only” approach, and donate more to those less fortunate. This will reduce your overall shopping time and contribute to a world where less is more.

Marie Potter is a North Shore resident, mother of twins, trained professional organizer and serves on the board for Professional Organizers in Canada. mariepotter.ca.

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One of the concepts floating around in the field of psychology today is the discipline of mindfulness.

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Personal trainers, athletes, business executives, and yoga instructors make use of aspects of it. Teachers in elementary school use it to help children tune into the power of their senses and to help them become more aware of how they influence their environment and how their environment influences them.

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Here is an example of an exercise when applied to the act of picking an apple from a tree and eating it: As you approach the tree you are aware of the clusters of apples and you note with interest your attention to the particular apple that you intend to choose. As you pull the apple from the tree you feel the cool touch of the fruit and the resistance of the branch as it breaks away. You hold the apple in your hand and you are aware of its weight, shape and

colour. You bite into it and experience the smell, the sweetness and the texture of its flesh. As you finish eating you observe the length of the stem and the number, shape, and shade of the seeds at its core. You walk away from the tree. You look back and you are aware of the experience.

You might wonder why any of this is worth the effort. The claim is that the practice improves both mental and physical health, and if practised regularly can reduce suffering and increase wisdom. Grand claims indeed.

However, the effort to become more aware of your experience, whether we call it mindfulness or not, is hard to argue with.

A version of the effort has been promoted and found effective in a variety of areas.

A form of the practice of mindfulness is incorporated into many therapeutic approaches. Some therapists teach the

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Since relationship issues are often front and centre for clients, many therapists use some facet of mindfulness to assist clients in calming their physiology so that they can step back and widen the lens on their relationship experience. The practice can be useful in coaching clients to be curious about the details of their interactions with others and to help them appreciate their own contribution to communication challenges.

Clients can learn to tune into and quiet an increase in heart rate, muscle tension, and body temperature. They can begin to appreciate a shift in their tone of voice, their volume, and the speed of their delivery as they communicate a point of contention. They can also develop an increased appreciation of what others are up against in dealing with them.

These are all useful adaptations. So no matter what language you couch the process in (“mindfulness” sounds a bit new age and therefore suspect to some), there are few losses in the effort to increase our sensitivity.

Margaret-Anne Speak is a registered clinical counselor with a practice on the North Shore.

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Rolling away stiffness SHAUN KARP Contributing writer

muscles to relieve pent-up tension.

Self-massage fitness tools are an increasing trend.

D39?1 E3990ED Made of PVC or other strong plastics, solid rollers are more durable than any type of foam.

Their hardness also makes solid rollers better suited for targeting very deep or set-in knots and kinks. But solid rollers are often covered in a thin layer of foam, or even a machine-washable foam and fabric casing layer, which makes most solid rollers impressively comfortable to use.

Many serious athletes began rolling in about 2009 to stay limber and reduce recovery times.

But rolling is now a fully fledged rehabilitation phenomenon that has caught on for the treatment of everyday aching and chronic pain.

AB0 68D?4D Rollers are also used to train core strength, flexibility, and balance, but their primary function is to produce self-myofacial release.

This means attaining the benefits of a deep tissue massage all on your own, more conveniently, and at a fraction of the cost.

The best part is that just one roller is generally versatile enough to address numerous kinks, knots, strains, and other physical problems.

AB0 3$A?35D Although each individual roller is very versatile in its own right, variation between rollers remains. As you might expect, each also comes with its own unique set of distinct advantages and drawbacks.

F387 E3990ED The classic roller, these are available in various densities and with different molded surfaces, but all foam rollers are gentle on the body and comfortable to sit on or roll across in any direction. Foam rollers can be used multiple times per day, and with the right training can dramatically increase blood flow to tense

DA?4; E3990ED Unlike other rollers that depend on body weight to provide pressure, your arms do the work with a stick roller. Sticks are much smaller overall and better at targeting precise areas with very specific levels of pressure, especially in the lower body. You can also roll this way while standing or sitting, which makes stick rollers great for use in places where you may not be able to lie down, like at the office.

6899 E3990ED Ball rollers can be used in other areas too, but their primary targets are your feet. Considering the daily abuse muscles in that area can take it’s not surprising ball rollers are among the most popular and sought after types. They come in many densities, but all feel great to use after or during a long day.

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Couple comes home to Canada After living in post-war Japan the Katsunos made a move

Twenty years ago, after a lifetime in Japan, Marie and Peter Katsuno came home. “Somewhere inside of me, for all that time, I was always Canadian,” says Marie.

When the Second World War changed the world forever, Marie Kawamoto, a Canadian, and Motonobu (Peter) Katsuno, an American, found themselves in Japan, a country where they had never been, with a culture they did not know and a language they barely spoke.

Peter was born in Seattle in 1914, 100 years ago. This column started out to be the story of a man’s century well lived.

The circumstances of

Peter and Marie’s lives, however, merit particular attention during this time of remembrance.

Marie was born in Vancouver in 1923.

Her family was in West Vancouver by the 1930s, living behind the walls of the Great Northern Cannery. Marie’s mother worked on the canning line, her father was an independent fisherman.

Marie was a student at West Vancouver high school where she learned typing and shorthand from Mrs. Reid. “She was English and very strict,” recalls Marie.

“What Mrs. Reid taught me would be important in my life.”

Peter went from

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a family of market gardeners to a business degree from Chicago’s Northwestern University.

In 1941, while on a visit to see his grandparents in Japan, he was hired by an international trading company, his specialty at business school. When the Pacific War broke out in December, Peter was assigned Japanese citizenship and inducted

into the army.

“There were about 15 of us Nisei, schooled or raised in the United States,” recalls Peter. “We were in military intelligence, shipped off to China and then to South Korea as code-breakers. Sure, we could speak English but we didn’t know anything about cracking codes.”

Marie graduated in 1941. She worked alongside her mother at the cannery and continued to study Japanese. Then came December and Pearl Harbor.

“We were among the last evacuees, sent by train to Hope and then by truck up the mountain to Tashme.”

For the four years of internment, Marie helped teach the children in the camp. When the B.C. Security Commission registered a school at

Tashme, Marie was able to earn her teaching credentials at New Denver.

For Japanese Canadians, war’s end in 1945 brought release from the internment camps but not freedom.

“We were ready to go home,” says Marie, “but that was not to be. Our family chose to return to Japan. We went by troopship way down in the hold, but my father was a man of the sea, and I could rock and roll on any boat. Though we found desolation in Japan, I was young and when you’re young, you’re kind of adventurous. I decided to make the best of things.”

Marie’s skill as a stenographer led to work with the United States military inYokohama and eventually to meet her future husband.

Why did they stay?

For many reasons, chiefly because Peter’s United States citizenship was denied continually over the years, while his career in international trading flourished.

“At the time, it seemed that I was stranded and things were going against me. It turned out though, that due to my education in international trade and my ability to speak English, opportunity came in postwar Japan that would not have happened back in America. That was how the world turned for me.”

Marie volunteered with Bunko, an organization helping children learn and retain English. “Ours was the Maple Bunko — that helped me remember Canada.”

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Katsunos to celebrate 67th anniversary From page 28 having one Japanese Canadian parent, were able to become citizens of Canada, was a bright spot in their lives.

In 1994, Peter and Marie decided to return to their roots, choosing to live their retirement years in West Vancouver, where Marie lived, worked and studied more than 50 years ago.

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Ravens finally take flight Rockridge soccer team scores its first North Shore title ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Finally the Rockridge Ravens senior boys soccer team has wrestled its way into the spotlight.

The Ravens secured their first ever North Shore title this season and then blasted their way into the provincial championships starting tomorrow at Burnaby Lake West Sports Complex.

The program, run by head coach Ian Armstrong since its inception in 2001, has always toiled in the shadow of the school’s dominant rugby program but now they’re finally ready to grab a bit of glory for themselves.

“It’s been a long time coming,” said Armstrong, who brought on James Harold as a co-coach this season. “We’ve had a lot of success with rugby and it’s just nice to diversify a little bit.We’ve always had relatively strong teams, we always finish in the top four on the North Shore . . . but this was that one time with

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confident and on a roll, they’re hard to stop.They’re just hungry. . . . It was exhilarating. I’d never won a North Shore championship before. It was like, finally.”

Next came a game against Alpha secondary, champions of the Burnaby/New West zone, and the Ravens again powered to victory, controlling much of the game in a 2-1 win.

“They scared us a little bit,” said Armstrong. “They came out strong in the second half, but we had a good 15 minutes where we just shut them down, and then they kind of gave up and we came on strong after that.”

Rockridge has always fielded competitive teams but the credit for this year’s breakthrough goes mostly to a strong cohort of gold and metro league players, said Armstrong.

“We’ve just got a good group of kids, we got lucky with our personnel,” he said.The Ravens averaged 4.67 goals per game in league play which, according to the Rockridge coaches, is a record for North Shore AA or AAA leagues.

“That was just our speed,” said Armstrong of what drove their attack. “We’ve got lightning fast forwards and they just get a lot of opportunities. Our midfield has been producing a lot of action.

They win a lot of balls and pass them through.We’ve been pretty good defensively which gives you a lot more opportunities offensively.”

Leading the charge are speedy forwards Marlin Watts and Mitch Cameron and attack-minded midfielders NathanYuzpe, Roderick Watts, Brian Cuba and Conor Borril. Armstrong gave a nod to the trio of Watts,Watts and Cuba, three players who all come

to Rockridge from Bowen Island.

“They’re a neat package,” he said.

Armstrong also credited cocoach Harold for giving the team a boost.

“James is very knowledgeable,” he said. “He’s been a huge shot of energy for the team.”

The Ravens now have their sights set on the provincial championships. Armstrong has been once before, back in 2010, but the Ravens finished a disappointing 12th in freezing conditions. He’s looking for more this time around.

“I think we’ll do better,” he said, adding that top eight is well within reach, top four is the goal and, if things fall right, the No. 1 spot is in play. “Any given game you just never know who’s going to show up, how do they feel, how do they match up.”

Whatever happens, these Ravens know that they have already carved out a little more respect for the soccer squad at rugby-mad Rockridge.

“A few of them play rugby but not many of them — they wanted their own North Shore championship and their own identity,” said Armstrong. “Soccer on the North Shore is very competitive.To get to be No. 1 on the North Shore is quite an honour, really. . . . It is a very competitive league and there are some amazing soccer players out there. A lot of times it’s just the luck of the draw who’s going to show up and who’s competitive every game.We’re always a competitive, hungry team.”

••• That North Shore talent shone through during the zone playoffs.

North Shore teams came away from the senior boys AA and AAA playoffs with all four of the

provincial spots. STA followed their rivals into the AA provincials by scoring three straight do-or-die wins: 4-2 over Collingwood Oct. 30, 4-2 over Burnaby’s Cariboo Hill Nov. 4, and 1-0 over Alpha Nov. 6.

On the AAA side Sutherland has been dominant in their quest for a second straight provincial

qualified for provincials the hard way, scoring three straight door-die wins to get in: 4-0 over West Van Oct. 28, 1-0 over Argyle Oct. 30, 1-0 in overtime against Burnaby’s Byrne Creek Nov. 3 and then a 1-0 forfeit win over Burnaby Mountain.

The AAA provincials will be held Nov. 20-22 at Burnaby Lake.

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