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Report: West Van worst for startups High cost of housing, limited transit contribute to low ranking MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

NorthVancouver district, recently named one of this country’sTop 10 places to live, has now earned an unfavourable distinction, along withWestVancouver: the least friendly cities in the Lower Mainland in which to open a small business.

West Van placed last, with North Van district two spots above, in the rankings for Vancity credit union’s small business report.

The report considered several factors including a thriving market, reliable transportation, cost of doing business and a culture of entrepreneurialism.

North Van district scored low for housing affordability, transit access and population density, which North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce CEO Louise Ranger says isn’t surprising.

“I think it (the report) sort of highlights some of the challenges that we do have in North Vancouver and some of the things we need to be working on,” said Ranger.

The high cost of housing and limited transit options are challenges Ranger believes North Van district is attempting to address through its growth strategies and the introduction of town centres in Lynn Valley, Lower Lynn, Lower Capilano, Edgemont Village and Maplewood.

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The North Shore, as a whole, scored second to lowest in the office vacancy rate category, after Vancouver’s Broadway corridor. Again Ranger isn’t surprised and points to Lonsdale, for example, See Owners page 5

Teens detained for shooting pellets at cars JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A trio of North Shore teens — at least one of them masked — who hid in a wooded area near the Hollyburn Country Club shooting at people and passing cars with air pistols were nabbed by policeThursday.

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officers seized three airpowered pistols and took the three 14- and 15-year-old boys back to the station after getting reports about the air shooters in the 900 block of Cross Creek Road.

The teens — including two boys from West Vancouver and one from North Vancouver — were eventually handed over to their parents.

real one in public puts the person carrying it and the public at risk, said Palmer — especially if police think the gun could be real. “It can be a very dangerous, dynamic situation,” he said.

In this instance, fortunately police had a description from reliable witnesses about what

But Const. Jeff Palmer, spokesman for the West Vancouver Police Department, said the teens were playing a very dangerous game — one that could have ended very badly.

Palmer said the air pistols being used by the boys weren’t marked in any way to distinguish them from real guns. Just carrying a fake gun that looks like a

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Dodging logs and chasing dreams Track star faces unimaginable obstacles trying to follow his mother’s path ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Andy White has fought through enough obstacles in his quest to make Team Canada in track and field that he wasn’t going to let a little thing like a delirious wild man trying to beat him with a thick wooden log keep him from his goal.

The force that is pushing him to achieve that goal is so much more powerful, so much more potent.There’s a photograph that drives White on, a picture of a fit and strong young woman dressed in a red and white track suit with the name “Canada” written across the front of the jacket. Andy White looks at that photo of his mother every morning when he wakes up. It sits beside his bed, the first thing he sees each day. He feels the push to keep on fighting for his own dreams, to follow in her footsteps and represent Canada in competition against the world’s best.

Next month the Argyle secondary and University of British Columbia grad will live that dream, putting on his own Team Canada track suit and competing in javelin at the 2015 Summer Universiade — formerly known as the World University Games — scheduled for July 3-14 in Gwangju, South Korea.

The story of how he qualified for the Universiade is an epic tale of outright terror, perseverance and performance under pressure.

The story of why he did it is even more powerful.

••• White believed this would be his last-ditch effort.The qualifying standard to make Team Canada in men’s javelin for the Universiade was 71.00 metres, a mark he had failed to reach one week before the qualifying deadline.There was a meet in Lethbridge, Alta., May 15-17 with javelin scheduled for the day before the qualification

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The day of the event broke warm and dry, but Prairie storms don’t need much encouragement to ruin a picnic, scuttle a soccer game or even, on rare occasions, wash away someone’s Team Canada dreams.

By the time the javelin event started, a billowy white cloud in the distance had grown to a deep grey menace.The rain was pouring and the wind was howling in Lethbridge.

Needing a throw of 71 m, all White could muster was a 57.

“We couldn’t get off any decent throws,” he said.

“After the meet I was feeling bummed out. I’d come all this way and I didn’t get my throw in.”

White commiserated with his buddy Curtis Moss, a New Westminster native who finished 22nd in javelin at the 2012 Olympic

drove straight to Kamloops.”

Nine hour later he was parked on the campus of Thompson Rivers University, tucking himself into bed in the back of his dad’s Explorer and wondering if the next day would present him with more disappointment, or a ticket to his dreams.

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Summer Games.White mentioned the possibility that he could drive all night to get to another track meet in Kamloops for one final shot at making the standard.

Moss, at first, was doubtful, pointing out that an athlete already tired out from a tough competition who then had to drive more than 800 kilometres to compete the very next day probably

would not be able reach peak performance.White agreed.

“My plan from the get-go was go to the Lethbridge meet and throw. If you make it, cool. If not then that’s it.”

The tune changed, however, when White mentioned to Moss that the deadline to qualify for the Universiade was one day away.

“Oh man, you’ve got to go,” said Moss. “You’ve got to do it. . . . How often do things go according to plan?”

White, jolted from his Prairie blues, sprung into action.

“I literally just packed my stuff up,” he said, adding that all of his gear was still soaking wet. “I hung it around the truck to dry and

Sleeping in a car is always a little dicey, those bits of sheet-metal and single-pane windows providing little protection from the wild world.White remembers hearing footsteps in one of his half-awake moments and thinking something was amiss.

“Why is someone walking near my truck?” he asked himself.When he parked there the night before there weren’t many signs of human activity anywhere near his spot. It was near 6 a.m. and sleep was still winning the battle.

Then, BOOM! White’s eyes flew open and he sat up.What he saw was close to the worstcase scenario for someone sleeping in a car in a quiet See Photo page 7

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where she says old buildings sat dilapidated for decades until a recent revitalization.

“A lot of stuff on Lonsdale … they look charming and they are nice, but they are literally falling down,” said Ranger. “Those are not good, safe spaces for those businesses to thrive.”

All three local municipalities, meanwhile, placed at the bottom of the pack for retail, office and industrial vacancy, but found themselves in the middle of the rankings when it comes to business licence fees and owners getting good value in terms of square footage.

Looking at business licences in the fast food category, in North Van city it costs $121 for 750 square feet of retail space, compared to Coquitlam where the rate is $85 for 322 square feet.

Erick Kauko, co-owner of InGrain Pastificio, said with all the hoops the district put him through recently before he opened his new restaurant at Parkgate Village — he wouldn’t open another business in the area again.

“No, I don’t think that we would,” said Kauko, who also co-owns Arms Reach Bistro in Deep Cove.

Kauko said he was required to pay a North Van district-endorsed engineer $1,500 to inspect the restaurant’s plumbing and gas fittings. “Two weeks after we opened there’s glaring violations that one of my pipes is melting,” said Kauko. “Well, what did that inspection do for me?”

Over in West Vancouver, Amin Leo Sabounchi tells a similar story about the roadblocks he encountered when opening his restaurant Café Ca Va in Ambleside last fall.

“From construction, to permits to inspection — every single hurdle was like something unheard of,” said Sabounchi.

Now that the cafe is up and running, Sabounchi is facing another hurdle: trying to retain staff because they can’t rely on transit to get them to work in West Van in a reasonable amount of time.

Sabounchi said he has been forced to pay higher wages to keep his staff.

North Van district, with a 3.3 per cent increase, brought in the most new small businesses last year in the Lower Mainland, while North Van city and West Vancouver also experienced small business

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growth.The North Shore communities also scored high for having a culture of entrepreneurialism.

Lack of housing affordability, fewer transit stops and residents not having as much access to personal family support to start a small business were factors that contributed to West Van’s dismal ranking in the report.

West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce executive director Leagh Gabriel is not surprised the district fared so low for small business friendliness.

“It’s (West Van) not an easy place to be in business, but I know we are working on it — the chamber, the district and the different business organizations….” said Gabriel.

Gabriel suggested bringing in some more restaurants to liven up West Van and shed it of its sleepy image. “A cool little brewery would be awesome,” said Gabriel. “I mean they are popping up all over the place, but not here.”

District ofWestVancouver spokesman Jeff McDonald said the municipality doesn’t see a lot of value in the Vancity report, adding it’s like comparing apples and

oranges. “We would be much more interested to see a comparison of groups … based on demographics and size and land use mix,” said McDonald.

The Top 3 places for starting a small business were Surrey, Richmond and New Westminster, according to the report.

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Police are urging parents to think twice about whether it’s a good idea for their kids to have air guns, said Palmer, and to make sure the toys are never wielded in public.

One parent brought along a second “fairly realistic looking” fake assault rifle from home and also turned that over to police on Thursday.

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f you build it, they will leave.

That’s the message from roughly 200 people who face eviction from Mountain Court, an aged but affordable building of rental units in Lynn Valley now up for redevelopment.

It’s the latest in a series of projects on the North Shore that replace older multifamily buildings with shiny new condos or rental apartments that are way out of the budgets of the displaced residents.

It’s a problem. Unfortunately, absent from the debate over these projects has been the fact that most of these old, affordable buildings were only built thanks to incentives offered by senior levels of government in the 1960s and ’70s.When the feds and province stopped offering those incentives in the early ’80s, guess what happened? Affordable rental housing stopped getting built.

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ups are reaching end of life. Some are downright decrepit to the point even upgrading them would result in evictions and rents going up.This is a huge piece of the puzzle in our current housing crisis — and yes, we are in a housing crisis.

Some argue the answer to the problem is simply saying no to these redevelopments. It’s wishful thinking that these older buildings will last forever and it ignores the reality of a growing population. Others say adding more housing supply is the only way to make prices affordable again.That isn’t working either.

We say it’s time the federal and provincial governments stopped letting municipalities take the heat for their inaction. It’s time for the return of federal and provincial incentives to build, and more importantly, maintain affordable housing stock.

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True value of PPP is community Dear Editor: Re: School’s Out for N.Van Preschool, June 17.

Of all the choices related to our children’s education, the best and most enduringly valuable was to join the Deep Cove Parent Participation Preschool. All we knew going in was that it was an affordable option, allowing us to trade some “participation” for lower fees.We had also gathered that the preschool’s teacher was something of a neighbourhood legend.What we had not bargained for was the extent to which this little institution is a veritable hothouse of citizenship.

Friendships and networks are forged.The myriad skills required to run a non-profit are learned, honed and passed along to others. Commitment to the community and its institutions and issues

becomes second nature. Members have the pleasure of sharing responsibility for maintaining a valued resource, and adding their skills and effort to projects as satisfying and unifying as an Amish barn raising. Our kids, meanwhile, make friends and learn to share and settle disputes and generally have a wonderful time.They also see their parents being a part of the process, not just of the preschool but of the whole community.

As the kids grow up and head to kindergarten, the parents join the elementary school PAC and become involved in the life of the new institution, bringing all the things they learned in preschool.

What a bonanza for a school, to have such a readymade level of skilled support roll in the doors every September, able to transform a good school into a

great community resource. Such support is quite literally priceless, and deserves the recognition and respect of the school district. It may be a difficult thing to quantify, or to describe in a lease renewal application, but this is truly a critical benefit of a parent participation preschool. Going far beyond the provision of excellent preschool education, the PPP leverages the small investment of some school district land and a portable classroom into an enduring legacy for local schools and the broader community. No commercial preschool can do this.

I urge the school district to consider this point of view in the case of the Queensbury PPP, and any others which may arise.

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Fare evaders’ sense of entitlement worthy of Red Chamber Dear Editor: Your recent editorial (Worth Addressing, June 12) echoed the now common complaints about our Senators’ spending habits and their sense of entitlement after an audit turned up less than $1 million in questionable expenses — not even a

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Paraphrasing (satirical cartoon character) Pogo slightly, I guess we could say: “we have met the spending evaders and he is us.”

Don Francis West Vancouver

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“This guy is just walking around the truck, punching the windows of the truck,” he said. “I was freaking out.”

Thinking the man wanted to break a window and steal something,White made his presence known, yelling at him to get away.The man yelled back.

“Get out of the truck!”

Andy White is no pushover, his track and field photos showing off the ripped physique that helped him dominate in several sports in high school, including sprinting, football and rugby. But he was not interested in fighting a mad man at dawn in a deserted parking lot.

“He was really violently attacking the car,” he said. “I didn’t want to engage in any contact with him. First of all, if I hurt myself I wouldn’t be able to compete. And I just didn’t want to have to deal with any conflict. I thought I could just talk him down, like a drunk guy.”

He couldn’t.

“Get out of the truck!” the man yelled again and again, punching the windows all the while. “Get out of the truck!”

Then the punches turned to kicks, and White decided it was time that the police got involved.

“I’m starting to freak out at this point,” he said. “This guy — I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m going to get hurt or something.”

The dispatcher told him police were on the way and kept White cool by talking him through the ordeal.What does the man look like? What is he doing now?

He’s mid-40s, kind of big, he told her. He’s kicking the truck very hard. OK, he’s stopped now and he’s walking away. He’s coming back and he’s holding a log that’s bigger than a baseball bat. He’s slamming the log into the side of the truck. He’s hitting it really hard now. He’s smashed the window. He can see me. He’s reaching in. He’s trying to grab me. He’s trying to grab me.

White slid into the back corner of the truck, as far away from the man as he could get.

That’s when the police arrived.

“They got there in probably about four minutes,” said White. “It was pretty quick, but it seemed like a long time.”

Guns drawn, they approached the man and ordered him to stand down.The man stopped grabbing but stayed in the window, staring at White.

“The guy was just breathing, kind of panting — looking in my window, looking at me,” he said. “He just seemed really out of it. He wasn’t quite altogether there. I didn’t

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They later told White that it was a visiting soccer coach in town for a tournament who claimed he was “blackout drunk” during the incident. A spokeswoman from the Kamloops RCMP confirmed that they are recommending mischief charges stemming from the incident.

“Quite the wakeup call,” said White. There would be no more rest that morning as he faced potentially the biggest competition of his life. With the help of some sympathetic employees at the local Home Depot, he patched up the truck’s window with tarp and tape and made his way to Hillside Stadium for the annual Centennial Track and Field Meet. As he prepped for his event, scheduled for 11

This week,White’s Team Canada gear will arrive and he’ll get to suit up just like his mother did. In 1972, Linda Rossetti took part in a Pan American Cup cross-country race held in Victoria, finishing 12th.

She was a vice-principal at Seycove secondary when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Before she died in 2010, at age 55, she gave her son a photograph with a note written on the back.

“Mom age 17 competes for Canada,” she wrote.

“It’s kind of cool that she left this with me,” said White, his voice breaking slightly. “I know for her it was always her dream to represent Canada. I think it’s kind of cool I’m going to get the opportunity to do that as well.”

White has big goals in his mind — Olympic qualification for 2016 or 2020 are the highlights — but this qualification for the Universiade will always hold special significance. He’s competed in big events throughout his athletic career but never before has he represented Canada in competition. He will now.

“Her wish for me was to always follow my dreams, so that’s why making Team Canada is quite a special accomplishment for me,”White said. “The biggest thing I’ve taken away from it is you can go through a whole bunch of different setbacks and still achieve a great result. I think there’s a neat lesson for me in that. Never give up, go right to the end.”

As he tells the incredible story of his quest to follow in his mother’s footsteps,White holds the photo in his hands, the picture of his mother so young, so strong, so proud in her Team Canada gear.

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District votes against pipeline plan Council voices opposition to increased tanker traffic

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Add the District of North Vancouver to the list of communities that have formally opposed Kinder Morgan’s application to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline to Burrard Inlet.

District council passed a motion similar to ones passed by the councils in Burnaby and Vancouver, following a lengthy presentation from staff Monday night on the environmental, health and economic concerns raised by increased tanker traffic or a potential spill at Westridge Terminal.

In its submission to the National Energy Board this September, the district will highlight the importance of the waterfront environment, including efforts to restore and protect ecologically sensitive areas like Maplewood Conservation Area.

With 40 kilometres of shoreline and 72 creeks opening into Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm, the risks were simply too much to abide, Coun. Lisa Muri said, before introducing the motion. “(The risk) is absolutely too great to allow the tanker volume to increase three-fold in this inlet, in English Bay, in the Salish Sea and on the coast of British Columbia,” she said. “We have been very vocal advocates for the environment for decades. It is what we are known for in British Columbia and we’ll stand up with the mightiest and challenge these kinds of impacts that are coming into our community.”

That sentiment was shared by Coun. Jim Hanson.

“We’re going to hear a lot of very bold predictions that you can’t have spills.

Apparently you can’t have accidents at atomic energy plants either. Apparently you can’t have full-size passenger ferries sink in a modern world in British Columbia but all those things do happen and North Vancouver district quite simply has everything to lose and virtually nothing to gain by the

twinning of the Kinder Morgan pipeline project,” he said.

District residents have shown a clear consensus of opposition to the Trans Mountain project, Hanson added.

But, at least one member of council warned his colleagues: Be careful what you wish for.

Coun. Roger Bassam said the only question facing the NEB is whether the new pipeline should be the delivery system for oil destined to leave Alberta.

“What’s the alternative?

Will oil still be moving?

The answer is yes, absolutely. The economic incentive to get the oil out of the tar sands and move it to market is enormous,” he said. “So is it oil by rail?

I’m absolutely opposed to that. That’s the worst possible option that we have.”

Bassam was the lone dissenter on Muri’s motion.

Though they supported the motion, Couns.

Mathew Bond and Robin Hicks also urged their fellow council members and those listening to think of the bigger context of not just the tankers and risks but also the implications

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of our own oil-dependent culture.

“What we’re saying here is people around the rest of the world don’t deserve to have the energy that we have in our society,” Bond said. “We need to own up to our side of the equation, which is reducing our dependence on oil.”

Getting off oil is a laudable goal, Coun.

Doug MacKay-Dunn agreed, but council was only being asked to vote for its residents’ interests on this specific project, he argued. “This is about our local community and what would happen if disaster struck,” he said. “Yes, we’re going to have to get away from fossil fuels, absolutely.

We’re going to have to make changes but that’s not going to happen in the next 50 years.”

Mayor Richard Walton also showed some hesitation before voting in favour of the motion.

The district has faced criticism from antipipeline advocates for not taking action sooner, but Walton said he was proud of the district’s habit of studying issues before taking a stance on them.

That’s what will matter most during the NEB

hearings, he said. “It’s the points and the facts that we put forward, not making a statement as some of our neighbouring communities have done

a year, two years or three years ago, long before there was any serious review of the processes,” he said.

“In my view, it takes your credibility and it shreds it.”

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Test of bus driver shields extended Some North Vancouver bus drivers will continue to have an extra level of protection from assault on board, as part of a pilot project that has been extended for another three months.

A Plexiglas shield prototype that acts as a barrier between the bus drivers and passengers has been in place since January on a bus used in service in North Vancouver, Burnaby and Vancouver.

The biggest concern about the shields so far is a glare that creates a

reflection of on-board passengers and the illusion that someone’s waiting to get on the bus, according to Unifor 111, the union that represents the drivers.

Still, 60 per cent of drivers are in favour of installing the shields.

The prototype, provided by WorkSafeBC in partnership with the union and the Coast Mountain Bus Company, will be used in three buses based out of Surrey, Port Coquitlam and Richmond as the pilot project expands.

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“Nobody is going to have their employment affected.

And it really, from an injured worker’s point of view, will be a seamless process,” said McCloy, who anticipates the new office will open in late 2016.

The Esplanade WorkSafeBC employees were told last week about the office change, said Susan Epp, business manager for the Compensation Employees’ Union, which represents the workers.

“So, very early days.We will certainly be meeting with the employer to find out further details,” said Epp, adding that she was told the new office will be located in Coquitlam.

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WorkSafeBC is closing its NorthVancouver claims centre and moving about a hundred staff to a new office in theTri-Cities area by the end of next year.

Staff who mostly work in claims and injury prevention have been working for the past nine years out of an office building at 224 West Esplanade, where WorkSafeBC’s lease will expire by December 2016 with no plans by the provincial health and safety agency to renew it. Reasons for the move are related to cost savings and the location, according to WorkSafeBC spokesman Scott McCloy, who said it’s hard to recruit

staff to the Esplanade office, but couldn’t elaborate on why. “This is ... simply a business decision because we think we can deliver better service,” said McCloy.

As for the claimants themselves, McCloy said they would not be impacted by the move as WorkSafeBC, which handles on-the-job injury claims, deals with those cases mainly by phone or email.

Also, the Esplanade location, for the most part, doesn’t deal with geographically centric cases as much as it deals with a set of industries — meaning their clients aren’t necessarily located on the North Shore, explained McCloy. Mostly construction-related claims that come in from across

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■ Cruising for a Cause: A Motorcycle Poker Run seeing participants travel from North Vancouver to Whistler and back in support of Hollyburn Family Services Society, July 5 at 9 a.m.

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Representatives of Hollyburn Family Services Society, which provides a variety of programs, counselling and support services to local children, youth, seniors and families, are encouraging community members to support two fundraising initiatives in support of their programs serving homeless youths and seniors.

One is the organization’s inaugural Cruising for a Cause: A Motorcycle Poker Run, July 5, seeing riders travel along a designated route from North Vancouver to Whistler and back, stopping at checkpoints along the way, collecting playing cards towards the best hand by the event’s end. Motorcyclists receive

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A weekly profile of 12 neighbourhoods that help form the North Shore.

› Norgate/Lower Capilano NORTH VANCOUVER

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North Vancouver’s Norgate/Lower Capilano neighbourhood is an interesting place, to say the least.

While some communities give off one distinct vibration, Norgate provides a palate of many distinct flavours. After all, in how many neighbourhoods can you drop your car off to get fixed, walk five minutes for an authentically made fish taco and then another three minutes to browse through a massive array of 19th and early-20th century memorabilia? Exactly.

It’s a mishmash all right, but one that works. Located in the shadow of the great green giant we call the Lions Gate Bridge, Norgate is a collection of comfortable, well-kept, modest homes — mainly small, mid-century ranchers built during the post-war building boom. It’s one of the few remaining residential sections in the area that feels like “the old North Van” before area homeownership became something just for the financially elite.To the south, the

A cyclist rides along the Norgate portion of the Spirit Trail, which traverses the North Shore waterfront.

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litany of other eclectic businesses, including the large consignment store, Consignment Canada, which has two floors of furniture, trinkets and other household fixtures from yesteryear. For fresh, authentically made tacos, join the lineup just up Welch Street at the recently opened La Taqueria Pinche Taco Shop, sandwiched in among businesses in a light industry complex.

How does the pescado sound, made with zarandeado fish, radish, chipotle mayo and pepitas? In the background, train whistles occasionally blast in conjunction with the honks and moans of the nearby Port of Vancouver. Flanking the western border is the Squamish Nation Reserve.

“There’s a great community feel,” says real estate agent and Norgate resident Mark Pelesh, who has sold more than 100 homes in the neighbourhood over his career. “The integrity of the neighbourhood has pretty well remained the same. It’s not a place you

2 1. Marine Drive is a busy traffic thoroughfare. PHOTO KEVIN HILL 2. An old newspaper ad promotes Norgate as a family friendly neighbourhood. PHOTO SUPPLIED NORTH VANCOUVER MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

can come in and subdivide lots. A lot of the original ranchers are still there.”

Built between 1949 and 1952, Pelesh explains Norgate was originally intended to be two airstrips, of all things, with developers pushing to construct what was known as the Capilano Air Park.The idea didn’t take flight.

“They were going to have, the first would be a 3,000-foot aircraft landing strip and then they were going to have a 2,500-square-foot runway for heavier craft,” explains Pelesh, who has documented the neighbourhood’s history in a calendar and provides historical pictures of the area to the North Vancouver Museum and Archives.

A lack of funding and changes to rules in local politics, however, meant the idea never got off the ground and by 1948 a man by the name of Norman Hullah purchased the land that was to become the Capilano Air Park.

Originally modelled after a typical California subdivision of the time, Hullah and his company, Hullah Construction Company, built Norgate’s homes on a mass scale of 50 at a time.The neighbourhood was built under the Henry Ford premise, with different stages of construction performed by different builders, according to Pelesh.

“They actually had a little mill down here that they milled wood.They had people come in to do the cabinets, they had people come in and do the walls and the trusses.”

Although produced in this fashion, the homes were still quite state-of-the-art for the time, with a majority coming equipped with radiant in-floor heating, natural gas instead of oil tanks and built on concrete slabs.

At the time, Norgate was originally looked down on by other neighbourhoods for its smaller homes, according to Pelesh, who says those perceived feelings never held the community back from becoming the tight-knit “go to” neighbourhood it has become today.

“There’s blue collar people here, there’s CEOs of major companies that live here. It’s just a quiet kind of confident community here and it’s very tight-knit,” he says “When people move from Norgate, yes they like the house they move to, but they miss the community.”

RachelYoon, who runs the popular café The Lunch Bucket on Pemberton Avenue, says the businesses in the neighbourhood as well as the residential areas make for a good array of customers.Yoon’s freshly made sandwiches and hearty homemade fare are popular among both residents and the many workers employed by local businesses.

“The people come from Seaspan . . . the Auto Mall. Near Norgate there’s a whole bunch of small businesses there.”

Yoon estimates her café sees between 10 and 15 people a day that live in the neighbourhood, as well as many residents from the nearby Squamish Nation land.

She adds, however, that weekends don’t see nearly as many people coming to her business due to the high proportion of clients they serve who work in the area.

“Our place is only open on the weekdays . . . it’s not that big and the people are like a family.”

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STAGES OF CREATIVITY Members of the STAGE Program are proud to have been chosen to participate in this year’s Canada Day Craft Fair! This event, sponsored by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council in partnership with the City of North Vancouver and the Lions Gate Rotary Club showcases talented local artisans and crafters. Check out the beautiful handmade

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Showcasing the spectacular North Shore scenery, birdhouses sell for $45 and custom orders are accepted.

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Trish Garner (BC Poverty Reduction Coalition) will facilitate a community workshop on story-telling and effective advocacy, providing an opportunity to strategize about how we can work together to make systemic change in tackling poverty.

This event is part of a province-wide tour. Come and hear success stories, learn practical skills and connect with other communities around BC. Everyone welcome!

• People living in poverty and their allies • Service providers, community organizations or others who work directly with those in poverty • Anyone who wants to make meaningful change!

Snacks provided. Other supports available on request.

For more information, call Trish at (604) 801-5121 ext 241

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PEER COACHING – SIDE BY SIDE

Who do youth turn to most often for help? Each other of course!

To improve their helping skills-five young adults from the NSDRC STAGE program are participating in a pilot peer coaching course. This newly developed course is modelled after the many the successful peer mentorship courses used in schools, colleges and universities. The difference with this course is that it emphasizes coaching peers specifically in job search and work skills.

The course builds on what the participants already know and draws on their personal experiences to encourage empathy and understanding for their peers.

Participants improve their listening skills, ask effective questions, questions practice role modelling, identify useful tips for making job applications and learn to handle both positive and negative responses in a constructive manner. The course incorporates interactivity so the participants are learning by doing.

This is what one participant has to say about the course so far: “I am getting good advice for the time I have a person to coach so they can find a job. I will be able to use the skills I‘ve been learning in the course, like good listening. I think I will be a good role model. I like that I am learning this along with my friends”.

Shannon Mentorship has been identified by self -advocates, families, agencies and employers as a powerful strategy to move employment forward for youth and adults who live with a disability and are seeking employment.

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NSDRC’s 2015 Annual General Meeting Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 Time: 5:30 pm - Registration, Food & Beverages 6:00 pm - AGM Place: Seymour Room, Holiday Inn & Suites 700 Old Lillooet Road, North Vancouver RSVP: 604.985.5371 by September 1, 2015

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JULY 25 & 26 Sea Cavalcade in Gibsons, parade, food, fun, fireworks, games. www.seacavalcade.ca AUGUST 1 Davis Bay Sand Castle Competition family fun at Davis Bay Beach.

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Sunday, June 21, 2015 - North Shore News - A23

SENIORS

Affirmation Doctor seeks to inspire An ordained minister and a doctor of divinity, North Vancouver’s Anne Marie Evers is best known as the Affirmation Doctor.

Ever since the practice of daily personal affirmations transformed her life, Anne Marie has made it her mission to encourage others to do the same.

She’s a speaker, teacher, broadcaster and author of several books on the subject, most recently, 70Ways to Cope with Chemo and Other Medical Treatments.

Born in the hamlet of Metiskow, Alta., to a travelling evangelist and a church pianist, Anne Marie’s earliest memories are of being in motion.

Her parents would pile Anne Marie, her brother and sisters into the back seat of the car and down the road they would go, on to the next town.The family covered a lot of ground in those travelling days, back and forth over the spine of the Rockies from Alberta to British Columbia.

“My father usually found a church so that we would be settled when school started,” Anne Marie remembers.

“Even then, I was always trying to help wherever I could.”

Laura Anderson

Memory Lane

When the Second World War came along, Anne Marie’s father, like many veterans of the Great War, served as a guard at internment camps. His post was the German Prisoner of War Camp 133, just outside of Lethbridge, Alta., where the family settled for the duration. After the war, with the family relocated to Surrey, Anne Marie was so proficient scholastically, she moved right into her first job, as secretary to the principal of her high school.

Anne Marie and her first husband, Albert Evers, went into the food business, running restaurants in southern B.C. and Washington state.When they moved to North Vancouver, Anne Marie was working as a real estate agent and

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In those days, with no shelters for women and children and with two youngsters to care for, only

one of those options was viable. In her search for other interests, Anne Marie found the practice of daily personal affirmations.

“I learned you can only change yourself. Daily affirmations helped change how I viewed things.Yes, my husband did cut back on his drinking, but I wasn’t counting on that.”

By the time of Albert’s death in 1988, the relationship had mellowed and Anne Marie felt inspired to share her journey with others, publishing her first book, Affirmations:Your Passport to Happiness.

Anne Marie’s second marriage also ended with

the death of her husband.

Roy Singer, who worked at the shipyards in North Vancouver, passed away after 12 years of marriage.

It may be true that the third time is the charm, for Anne Marie found the love of her life in the person of Reginald Clemens. For a few years, their life was lit with happiness. It took a devastating lurch with Reg’s death in 2012 and another just over a year later, in July 2014, when Anne Marie was diagnosed with colon cancer.

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Anne Marie speaks to cancer patients at Lions Gate Hospital every month and is into the ninth year of a series of monthly talks on affirmations at Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre.

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BUS TRIP A visit to Stanley Park for a burger and fries lunch Thursday, July 2, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

After lunch participants can wander around the park or just sit and enjoy the scenery. Trip starts and stops at North Shore Neighbourhood House, 225 East Second St., North Vancouver. $18.

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Understand your rights as a taxpayer The tax office (a.k.a.

Canada Revenue Agency) has formidable powers.

But it also has a Taxpayer Bill of Rights containing useful information whenever you need to deal with the CRA. I’ve always encouraged readers to use every legal means to minimize their income tax bill. For example, you should claim every allowable expense relating to hopefully making a profit in a self-employed sideline or other business, or

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audits,” says the CRA. “Integrity, professionalism, respect and co-operation are our core values.”

The CRA outlines your “right to lodge a service complaint and to be provided with an explanation of our findings.”

The CRA defines service as “the quality and timeliness of the work we performed. A service complaint could involve having received unclear or misleading information, staff

some or all of the deductions, it could make sense — and dollars — to challenge that decision.

The bill of rights says “you have the right to a formal review and a subsequent appeal” and explains the process.

Also, “you have the right to be treated professionally, courteously and fairly.

“You can expect we will treat you with consideration at all times, including when we ask for information or arrange interviews and

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behaviour matters, mistakes or undue delays.”

Although I mentioned the following right in a column earlier this year, it’s good to be reminded you can apply for “relief from penalties and interest under tax legislation because of extraordinary circumstances,” which can include personal or financial hardship.

The CRA also pledges to warn Canadians about questionable tax schemes, and what could happen to people who get involved with such programs.

Bottom line:The balance of power is tipped sharply

in favour of the CRA. So whenever you deal with the tax office about more than just a simple matter, first read about the rights the CRA grants taxpayers in case you need to refer to them.

For a full copy of the taxpayer rights guide, go to cra-arc.gc.ca and search for “Taxpayer Bill of Rights Guide.”

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CARIBBEAN DAYS VOLUNTEER Come be a part of one of the biggest festivals in B.C. — the Caribbean Days Festival at Waterfront Park, North Vancouver, on July 25 and 26. Fun, enthusiastic volunteers willing to help make this the best festival yet are welcome.Volunteers are needed on the Friday before the festival, all day on both Saturday and Sunday, as well as Monday (for take down). Email volunteer@caribbeandays. ca for more information or sign up at caribbeandays. ca/volunteer.

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.

COMMUNITY RUN ORGANIZER Terry Fox Run Day will be Sept.

20. The North Vancouver run takes place at InterRiver Park. The West Vancouver Run takes place at Ambleside. The run organizer will oversee and delegate everything as required; liaise with head office; insurance; permits; dignitary invites; paperwork; media interviews prior to, on, and after run day; and perform cash reconciliation.

Mike Grenby is a columnist and independent personal financial advisor; he’ll answer questions in this column as space allows but cannot reply personally. Email mike. grenby@gmail.com

VARIOUS VOLUNTEER POSITIONS Stanley Park Ecology Society offers an extensive list of current volunteer positions.Visit the website: stanleyparkecology. ca/get-involved/volunteer/ volunteer-opportunities/.

If you are interested in these or other volunteer opportunities, call 604-985-7138.

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Awards recognize best wines in B.C.

Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables The big news from this year’s Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for Excellence in B.C.Wines is an award won by Enrico Winery in the Cowichan Valley.

This is the first time in the awards’ 13-year history that a Vancouver Island winery has been honoured.The fact that it was Enrico’s beautifully balanced Ortega that won is also significant: It sends a clear message to other island wineries that their flagship white variety is well regarded.

Hopefully, 2016 will see even more Ortega entered, from the widest number of producers possible.

With a total of 14 wineries recognized, more awards were conferred this year than in any previous. It’s a sure sign of the excellent conditions of the last two vintages. And also a measure of the evolving high quality of B.C. wines.

The winners: 50th Parallel 2013 Chardonnay; B.C.Wine Studio 2012 Siren’s Call Syrah; Blasted Church 2012 Holy Moly PetitVerdot; Cassini 2012 Cabernet Franc Collector’s Series; Church & State 2012 Quintessential; Enrico 2014Tempest Ortega; Ex Nihilo 2013 Pinot Noir; Inniskillin Okanagan 2014 Riesling Icewine; Lake Breeze 2012 Merlot; Noble Ridge 2010 “The One” Sparkling; Platinum Bench 2013 Gamay Noir Block 28; Red Rooster 2012 Syrah Reserve; Ruby Blues 2014 CommuneViognier;Wild Goose 2014 Mystic River Gewürztraminer.

Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon will visit the winning wineries to present the awards during the week of July 20.

It never ceases to amaze me that the distribution of the awards (all wines are tasted blind) are so evenly spread across a range of varieties and wineries.

The results speak to the

spirit of collaboration and congeniality that exists between the panel members.

That in itself is critical to the success of any serious competition of this kind.

Sometimes (often) with competition results it’s worth checking the list of wines that didn’t quite win but came close.

Not to take away the glory from the 14 stellar winners (move fast if you want to buy any) but a lot of impressive drops made it to the final round. Many of those wines are worth a second look, as they made the cut from a field of 425 wines from 116 wineries. Here’s a few to consider: Blue Grouse Paula Sparkling This wine, perhaps as much as any other I’ve tasted recently fromVancouver Island, is a really good example of the potential for island sparkling. It’s superbly textured, with just a little sweetness and is a shoo-in for seafood and Asian plates (91 points, $25).

IntrigueWines Pinot Gris 2014 From Lake Country, which is fast becoming a sub region to watch. If you like a little bit of skin contact then this pretty, gentle salmon coloured wine will appeal.

Orchard notes on top with a crisp, clean palate of citrus and grapefruit notes before a clean finish (90 points, $17).

8th Generation Classic Riesling 2013 From Summerland, made by people who can really lay claim to knowing their Riesling: Some tropical and honey notes on the nose followed by a full palate with pear and stone fruit and a distinctive mineral background.Textbook, which is why it’s called “Classic” (91 points, $18.26).

Krazy Legz Skaha Vineyard Unoaked Chardonnay 2014 Maybe it’s no surprise that the sequel to last year’s award winner popped up in the final round.This is a wellmade, very honest varietal expression of Chardonnay, and in fact surprisingly rich and textured, with good structure and some honey, stone fruit and tropical notes (90 points, $19.95).

Sandhill Phantom Creek Small Lots Malbec 2012 From grower guru Dick Cleave’s spectacular vineyard, it shows every bit of its pedigree, in an excellent

vintage, made by Howard Soon. Aromas of plum and anise precede a generous, ripe and full fruited palate with structured acidity, firm tannins and a lengthy end (92 points, $35).

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Community Bulletin Board CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS Sing with the Pacific Spirit Choir.

One of the North Shore’s finest classical community choirs will present works

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Canicross a good workout One of the many perks of dog ownership is always having a workout buddy.

Never do my dogs turn down the opportunity to go for a walk, hike or bike. It’s almost like they sleep with one eye open expecting me to put on my hiking boots or running shoes any moment.

Funny creatures they are.

However, my running shoes don’t get to pound the pavement or trails much as I am not a runner anymore.

In fact, if I was being honest, I’d say I never was. I hate running. It hurts. I should really be calling my running shoes “fast walking shoes” just to be fair.

I’m still on an eternal quest to find interesting fitness activities for my dogs and myself, but now these activities tend to be of the lower impact variety. So I was delighted to come across an activity called canicross.

Canicross is akin to the summer version of skijoring, which is basically crosscountry skiing with dogs.

Canicross is cross-country running with dogs.

This is a bona fide sport that originated in Europe

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Canine Connection as an off-season training regimen for sledding dogs. It has now become a popular activity throughout all of the U.K. and is slowly gaining popularity in North America.

In the sport of canicross, either one or two dogs are attached to the runner via a bungee cord leash meant to reduce shock when the dog pulls.This bungee cord is attached to specially designed harnesses on both the runner and the dog.The runner’s harness sits around the pelvis, similar to a rock climbing harness, and the dog’s harness resembles a sledding harness. Both are meant to distribute weight

and pressure evenly across the body.

For anyone who is an avid trail runner with their dog, this is an ideal activity. I especially like it because the dog is tethered to its human.

This keeps the dog safe and managed along busy trails, preventing potential problems with off-leash dogs on leash-mandatory trails.

Besides being a great cardio exercise for dogs and people, canicross is an activity that allows dogs that like to pull an opportunity to express that desire.

This does not mean a dog that is not a puller will automatically begin to pull if it participates in this activity.

When it is time for canicross, a dog will recognize the harness, bungee cord and commands used only during this activity.You would not use a canicross harness and leash if you planned on going for a casual stroll down the street.

As mentioned, I am not a runner any longer, but people like myself can still participate, albeit on a different energy level. The human harness and bungee

cord can actually make use of the dog’s forward motion to help the human’s forward motion. Hikers and walkers can use their dog’s energy and strength to make their hikes easier, especially uphill.

It’s kind of a win-win. Dogs get extra exercise hauling us around and we get the benefit of an assisted hike.

Any breed of dog designed and bred for physical activity can participate, the higher the energy and athleticism of the dog the better. Dogs that are bred for more sedentary lifestyles are probably not the best candidates for this challenging activity, although they could probably participate in a slower paced walking version.

I went skijoring with my German short-haired pointer Piper a few years ago and we both had an absolute blast. Now I am quite excited about trying canicross with my border collie cross Raider.You won’t see me cross-country running with him, but you might see me cross-country hiking with him.

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Community Bulletin Board From page 28 PUBLIC MEETING Metro Vancouver is inviting the public for input and to discuss progress on the Seymour River Canyon Trail Connections Wednesday, June 24, 6:30-9 p.m. at the Holiday Inn and Suites, 700 Old Lillooet Rd., North Vancouver. Free. To register visit eventbrite.ca.

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North Shore Scouts honoured Five North Shore youth members of Scouts Canada were recently recognized for excellence in the Scout program.

Eleanor Somers (31st Capilano), Max Witte (1st West Vancouver), Alistair Bryan (18th Seymour and 31st Capilano), Felix Collazo (1st West

all areas of the Scouting program, including personal development, citizenship, leadership, spirituality and outdoor skills.

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CIVIC PLAZA UNVEILING Pianos on the Street, an initiative spearheaded by Pacey’s Pianos and the Piano Teachers Federation, will place pianos in public places with an official unveiling Thursday, June 25, 4 p.m. at Civic Plaza, 14th Street West and Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver. cnv.org IPAD LEARN AND LOAN Experience the

iPad and borrow it for three weeks with a West Van library card Thursday, June 25, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Registration required. 604925-7405, westvanlibrary.ca SUMMERFEST Face painting, balloon designs, mehndi and henna tattoos and more Saturdays, Sundays and holiday Mondays, June 26 to Sept. 6, noon-4 p.m. at Lonsdale Quay Market, 123 Carrie Cates Ct., North Vancouver. All ages welcome. lonsdalequay.com DANCE SATURDAYS Part of SummerFest, interactive hip hop dance demonstrations by Perform Art Studios, followed by dance performances Saturdays, June 26 to Sept.

6, 12:30-1:45 p.m. and Salsa Studio will also hold dance lessons, including the merengue, bachata and salsa, 2-4 p.m. both at Lonsdale Quay Market, 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver. lonsdalequay.com

NOW PLAYING AT THE LIBRARY Maps to the Stars is a tour into the heart of a dynastic Hollywood family chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts, Friday, June 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Parkgate Library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. For adults. Free. Registration required. 604-929-3727 x8166 CALLING NVHS GRADS North Vancouver High School graduates of 1962 are holding a reunion Saturday, June 27, noon-4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn and Suites, 700 Old Lillooet Rd., North Vancouver. For more information contact Dorothy at 604-980-7665.

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Broken hand can’t slow down North Vancouver racer Alex Charleson MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

Champion longboarder and extreme athlete Alex Charleson really pushed his limits last month.

The Pemberton Heights teenager will be the first to tell you the sport is risky, but he also makes no apologies: “No risk, no reward” should be etched into his board.

Charleson carved

an unsanctioned path to the top of the world longboarding standings — literally. That road is the upper reaches of Lonsdale Avenue where the steep winding streets beckon the riders.

“Even though it’s illegal, we do it anyways. We don’t care too much about the cops hassling us,” says Charleson, speaking to the North Shore News during a break from studying

for final exams at Carson Graham secondary.

The 17-year-old explained how he and his longboarding friends would take the bus up Lonsdale to the Princess Park area, carve their way down to the bottom — and then repeat the process until the exhilaration waned.

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Charleson. “I thought it was bruised. I just put it off to: ‘let’s see if it just feels better in a couple days.’”

Well, his hand didn’t feel better. In fact, it was broken in two places.

While staring at the Xray, Charleson and his parents implored the physiotherapists and doctors at Lions Gate to help find a way to let him compete in Vermont.

The specialists molded a splint that would enable Charleson to slide during the race: “kind of a clam shell arrangement held by tensor bandage, and formed into a bent position.”

Next came extra support from a North Van company, Watson Gloves, which customized a leather slide glove — more like a mitt — to fit over Charleson’s cast.

So Charleson now had the all-clear to go to Vermont and barrel down a steep course on the side of a mountain — not once, but twice. He was signed up for international

longboarding events, at Killington and Burke mountains.

Riders were coming from as far away as Australia, Brazil, South Africa and Europe. The competition was fierce.

Speeds hit more than 100 kilometres per hour at Killington.

Charleson recalls standing at the top of the course at Killington waiting nervously for the signal. Front of mind was the last time he was on this board back in North Van — the day he crashed.

There had been no time to test drive the splint.

The casted hand was usable with the custom glove, but prohibited Charleson from being able to grab. He would have to compensate.

“I’m not going to lie, it was pretty scary going down the first run,” said Charleson, recalling careening 80 km/h into the fastest left curve there is at Killington. “I had full trust in the splint, that it was going to work — and it did.”

Call it his lucky charm,

because Charleson placed first at Killington and second at Burke.

Back on solid ground, and studying for exams, Charleson has plenty to look forward to this summer before he heads into Grade 12 in September. He will head to his family’s cabin that Charleson’s dad built on Nelson Island on the Sunshine Coast.

The longboarding will be put on the back burner — there are only flat dirt roads on the island that are not exactly conducive for riding — in favour of fishing and swimming.

Cabin time is also a good break from electronics.

“When you get back onto Wi-Fi your phone tends to vibrate for a solid couple minutes,” says Charleson with a laugh.

Charleson was actually introduced to longboarding by coincidence while stuck on the main part of the Sunshine Coast during a windstorm. He became hooked on the sport while sitting on the sidelines of the Danger Bay longboard festival in Pender Harbour,

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“My parents didn’t want me doing it because my mom saw that it was dangerous,” recalls Charleson, whose family has since come around and are his biggest supporters, travelling to longboard events with him around the world.

After getting that taste of adrenaline off the riders whizzing by him at Danger Bay, Charleson made it his mission to try it for himself.

The youngster saved up some money, $60 to be exact, picked up his first board from a sports swap, and headed for the hills to master drifting around corners.

Charleson received his first real longboard — a Rayne, the company based right in his backyard — as a birthday present when was in Grade 8.

A few years later and he was ready for his first longboard competition — the Britannia Classic in the Sea-to-Sky corridor. A lot of professional riders come up from California for the legendary event.

“I was pretty overwhelmed, actually, seeing the people that I had looked up to. . . .You see these people and they are super fast and super

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He crashed and burned in the quarterfinal heat at Britannia that year.

But it was a different story for Charleson back at Britannia on May 23, a victorious one. After shredding to a first place finish in the junior division, Charleson narrowly missed out on beating the current world champion and fellow North Van native Kevin Reimer in the men’s open, to take second.

Charleson has no concerns about moving up an age category next year and competing with adult men in a sport where being a bit heavier helps with maintaining speed.

“I’m 150 (pounds) and

I’m racing people who are 240 (pounds), and I’m doing quite well,” explains Charleson.

Still on the mend from his hand injury, Charleson will compete in International Downhill Federation circuit events in Maryhill, Ore., from June 24-28 and Kozakov, Czech Republic, from July 21-25, as he tries to edge past Tyron Knight who is at the top of the world longboard standings.

Charleson makes it clear he has no plans to stop longboarding, regardless of what obstacle comes his way.

“You have to keep doing it, and doing what you love,” he says.

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A40 - North Shore News - Sunday, June 21, 2015

EXTENDING A HAND UP, NOT A HAND OUT We reach out to residents challenged by family amily breakdown, illness, job-loss, and poverty – providing viding counsel, groceries, and clothing support. We help vulnerable people realize their full potential, get healthier, and reconnect with the community.

Neighbours helping neighbours –

We’re a homegrown response to the serious lifecrises that can hit any of us. Broad community support brings together 130+ volunteers, staff and h. board, providing relief for 300+ families each month.

Note from a former client –

“Hello to all the caring and compassionate staff and volunteers at Harvest Project. I cannot express fully in words my gratitude for your support through difficult times. Now I’m working in my career and happy about life again. Your support was the help that I needed, not just food and clothes, but emotional support as well. The darkness in my life has passed. Warmest regards, David”

We positively impact the entire community

s, gh s and Familie r e h t a F r caring enou o r f a e u o D y k n a h e’re ge. T r your coura st Project. W our Thank you fo stories with us at Harve struggles, y r u r o u y o y t u e o r b a a h ore to s understand m o t d e r u o n o h alth, your hopes. to regain he s, children, and g in t h g fi e il h ie te your stud r your kids w Looking afte s, find a job, and comple ie rebuild famil strength. e g ources of th s takes amazin e r e h t g in r a g, coaching, o continue sh We pledge t ommunity – food, clothin nd donors. c sa North Shore and minds of volunteer llenges. s a t r ough your ch and the hea r h t k r o w n a ec eighbours – n r u o Toge ther, w f o s d e s, undr munity group pport from h Thanks to su esses, churches and com month of 2015. in ch families, bus alk with you through ea w we’re able to Best wishes, t rvest Projec a H ore t a s d n ie he North Sh t s Your fr s o r c a m o rs fr and supp orte As you prepare for a great summer, please help less fortunate North Shore families by making a gift today.

Yes, I will support Harvest Project’s FATHERS AND FAMILIES campaign.

Donate online at harvestproject.org

by helping families avoid the devastation of poverty.

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groceries valued at $600,000 and 400+ clothing outfits, thanks to 21,000 hours of volunteer-time (2014). A huge return on community investment.

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safe, healthy and inclusive community. We look to households, businesses and community groups for ongoing financial support.* Please send your gift for our Fathers and Families campaign.

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Harvest Project is a Registered Canadian Charity: #14052-5205-RR0001

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Donating a one-time gift of:

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