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$4.7M for new gallery and museum Funding goals nearly met for both city waterfront projects

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Two of the North Vancouver waterfront’s upcoming signature cultural destinations got major boosts on Friday during a marathon of

pre-election-call federal funding announcements.

Presentation House Gallery and the North Vancouver Museum and Archives were on the receiving end of $2.5million and $2.2-million grants from the federal

government’s Canada Cultural Spaces fund.

The federal cash puts the gallery, which is renowned in photographic arts circles around the world, at $14 million of its $15-million fundraising goal.

“This final piece of funding will allow for construction to begin on this beautiful new facility, which will be an

enhance natural light. As part of the same project, the city is building a public plaza and water feature at the foot of Lonsdale where a surface parking lot once sat.

“We’re thinking about it as a piece of architecture that is for people — not only for artists, but for the community to use,” said

Vancouver is putting up $2.5 million and the land for the gallery as well as $2.5 million in provincial money left over from the abandoned National Maritime Centre project.

Construction will start in early 2016 and is expected to last 14 months.

The striking design by Patkau Architects features a crumpled steel facade intended to reflect and

iconic landmark on North Vancouver’s waterfront to be enjoyed for generations to come,” said North Vancouver MP Andrew Saxton, announcing the funds.

Both of the new facilities will feature about three times the exhibition space they currently have when the new locations open in 2017.

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The Sewell name is synonymous with Horseshoe Bay and now the family with an 85year history in the seaside enclave is planning a major redevelopment including a 171-unit residential waterfront complex.

Lured to Horseshoe Bay in the 1920s by his fishing hobby, Dan Sewell Sr. built a community marina, which over the years has evolved from just providing moorage space to become somewhat of a tourist destination for recreational boating.

Today the marina is managed by a forth generation of Sewells who are attempting to make a foray into residential real estate.The Sewells recently submitted a formal rezoning application to the District of See Horseshoe page 9

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Reaping the benefits ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

Kevin Skett just can’t help himself.

It seems wherever he works, he feels compelled to start a garden.

From creating a plot in front of the building at his last workplace, a large waste management company in Coquitlam, to his current role as working supervisor of the North Shore Recycling Program DropOff Depot, the 59-year-old North Vancouver resident is continuing to reap the benefits of incorporating gardening into his day job.

“It just takes you away from the daily grind,” says Skett, who’s going into his third year at the North Vancouver depot.

The recycling centre is located in an industrial corner of the North Shore — a concrete plant to the east, the traffic-clogged Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing visible to the west, and the North Shore Transfer Station just around the corner. Despite its location, at 29 Riverside Dr., the

depot is showing increasing signs of greenery thanks to the dedicated handiwork of Skett and his staff, who for the last two years have been ramping up their efforts at the site.

More than about grounds beautification, the team’s collective effort to plant and maintain flower and vegetable gardens, as well as make other landscape improvements, are viewed as a means of bettering their work environment as well as getting more involved in the greater North Shore community. In addition, they’re interested in setting an example for the public, encouraging residents to consider whether there are alternative uses for items before discarding them for good. “There’s a second life to everything,” says Skett.

To that end, the landscaping efforts undertaken by the recycling depot staff have largely been made possible as a result of drop-offs made by the public. Old pots and containers, for instance, have been used to grow decorative plants throughout the depot, and serve as vessels to house

their lush, bountiful garden, currently boasting an array of crops from zucchini to basil. Dropped off decorative lawn items — a metal frog, a couple of pigs and the classic garden gnome — are also placed throughout the grounds to the delight of staff and community members alike.

“Now that people see it, it’s amazing how many people actually bring their old plants and everything down to us and drop them off and want us to bring them back to life ... It’s pretty cool the reaction of the public,” says Skett.

The team’s efforts are widely supported.

A banana tree suns its glossy fronds amongst items from the District of North Vancouver’s parks department, including plants and a sign reading Plants Are Recyclable.

“I’m trying to create an atmosphere where the guys are happy to come to work every day and they are.That attitude just spreads to the people that come here,” says Skett.

Six people work a variety of hours at the NSRP Drop-

Off Depot — five men and one woman. Employees are invited to munch on the veggies during their shifts, or take items home for dinner.

Depot attendant and knowledgeable green thumb Mario Aiello, 62, has proven to be the most passionate about the project. “Once I started the garden, Mario just got right into it and that’s why the garden is the way it is today — because of Mario,” says Skett.

Aiello comes to work a half-hour early every day to tend to the plants. “The people like to see some green stuff when they come here.

Before, they’d come here (and) there were no plants, no flowers, no nothing,” says Aiello.

The garden speaks to staff’s overall work ethic and interest in going above and beyond the call of duty in terms of their regular depotrelated responsibilities. Skett is dedicated to ensuring things run smoothly, are kept neat and tidy, and he puts a lot of effort into providing a positive consumer experience, guiding community members to the proper container. All staff

work to raise awareness of what can be recycled.

“We get a lot of people coming back again because they just like visiting here.

It’s really become — to some of the regulars — a social thing.They meet their buddies here. I just want to get the depot more involved in community projects and (get) more people ... aware that we exist, and that they have very good options ... with their recycling materials,” he says.

Staff see some interesting things in the run of a day at the depot. “You get a lot of seniors that are downsizing and they’re throwing away a lifetime of memories and they stand over by the paper bin there and it takes them hours to throw all these things away,” says Skett.

“I think we’re much more than just a recycling depot.

We do good things here,” he adds.

In addition to the garden, the recycling drop-off depot has become a collection centre for the Harvest Project and staff have also taken responsibility for the cleanliness of Spicer Road through the District of

North Vancouver’s Adopt A Street program. Once a week, staff head up to the roadside to pick up any litter.

Skett is grateful for the support of his managers.

“I was really blessed to be able to get this job and to work for people that let me make the changes that I wanted to make and support me through it. My bosses are the best people in the world,” he says.

Jenn Meilleur, assistant manager of the North Shore Recycling Program, the recycling and waste reduction department serving the three North Shore municipalities, is incredibly proud of staff’s efforts at the depot.

“Kevin, he is so committed to always making things better. He cares about people so much and wants to do good work. And so I think he’s just created an environment where the staff can follow their passion and he’s created a great space for the community. It’s wonderful,” she says.

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Meilleur feels the employees are setting a strong example for the community at large.

“We’re often very focused on recycling ... with the recycling drop-off depot, but the people who work there and work at North Shore Recycling Program are also really focused on ‘reduce and reuse,’ which is supposed to be what we do first before we get to recycling. I think a lot of what they do down there is showcasing (those ideas),” she says.

When it comes to reducing, residents should consider what they’re buying.

“I think we all would benefit from taking time to consider what will happen to items that we buy at the end of their life,” says Meilleur.

For example, if an item has too much packaging, maybe something else should be chosen, or the consumer may decide to write a note to the manufacturer or retailer to encourage them to rethink their packaging. A consumer might consider if an item could be bought secondhand, meaning less resources are used. Or, if it’s an item that will be used only a few times and will end up sitting in a cupboard for the rest of its lifespan, maybe it could simply be borrowed from a friend.

The concept of reusing is often overlooked as well.

“I think the big thing is, before people are thinking about recycling or disposal, to really consider whether or not it could be used by somebody else,” she says.

Meilleur has also been impressed with the recycling drop-off depot staff’s food growing efforts, describing

them as “phenomenal.”

Those efforts speak to another of the recycling program’s focuses. “I just think it’s great for people to grow food and connect more closely to nature and food growing. Everybody should do that if they can,” she says.

North Shore Recycling partners with the Edible Garden Project, Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre and Cultivate to offer the lowcost GardenSmart Workshop Series.

Workshops are focused on growing food, reducing waste and supporting local ecology.While the spring and summer workshop sessions have wrapped, Meilleur encourages community members to check out a new crop of workshops set to spring up in September.

For more information on programs and services offered by the North Shore Recycling Program, visit northshorerecycling.ca.

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“Let us get the doors open and I’m confident it will prove itself an epicentre of the community.”

It will be renamed the Polygon Gallery when it opens at 105 Carrie Cates Court, thanks to $4 million in donations from the Audain Foundation and Polygon Homes.

The new museum, which is slated to move into the old Pipe Shop on the Shipyards, is now about 75 per cent of the way to its $10-million goal.The city and district have put up $5 million.

Though there’s still a bit of fundraising to be done, North Vancouver residents can start getting excited now, said Don Evans, chairman of new museum campaign.

“The new museum will be unlike anything you have experienced before, with an imaginative, interactive set of experiences that will be both entertaining and educational for all ages,” he said.

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Action on climate change starts now Dear Editor: I woke up at 1:30 a.m. this morning because of the heat. It’s only (mid-summer) and the forests are already tinder dry. My family lives on Indian Arm where we rely on creek water for our water supply. For the first time in 25 years we are going to run out of water.

With no snowpack this year and the long-range forecast predicting sun, sun, sun until August 18, things are going to get a lot worse. I pray our forests will be spared from forest fire, but can the majestic trees in our rain forests survive six months without rain?

We are not the only ones running out of water. In California they are in dire straits, with

60 per cent of their water supply coming from groundwater. England is experiencing a heat wave as well.The Arctic ice cap is going to disappear shortly, the main Antarctic ice shelves are calving off and the Greenland ice sheet is melting at a much faster rate than scientists thought possible.

It is time we all started getting really serious about climate change.

Stephen Harper, where do you stand? I suspect I know, based on Canada’s focus on strip mining all of Alberta’s tar sands and running pipelines so we can sell more carbon-intensive oil to Asia.

Justin and Mulcair, will you live up to our Kyoto commitment and the numerous commitments that have been made and ignored?

Christy Clark, your predecessor Gordon Campbell made B.C. a global leader in the fight against climate change. If you show leadership on that file I will support you and I strongly suspect that most British Columbians will too.We want this place to remain “the Best Place on Earth.”

Another thing we can all do is keep organics out of landfills. By diverting organics, we prevent the formation of methane which is 200 times worse than CO2 in our atmosphere. Shifting Vancouver’s cement kilns to biofuels from coal is another simple solution that will result in huge GHG reductions. Start taking action today.

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Co-operation urged to ease neighbours’ construction woes Dear Editor: Construction on the new West Vancouver police services building (on the municipal hall site at 750 17th St.) begins shortly and will last until the end of 2017 — approximately two and a half years.

Disruption to traffic and parking in the area surrounding the construction site will be

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With everyone’s co-operation, we hope that this major disruption to our lives will be kept to a minimum.

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Dear Editor: Re: Ridgeway Annex Housing Proposal to get Public Input, July 17.

I find the proposal to rezone the Ridgeway Annex site troubling.With an OCP that aims to increase the density of the area directly south of the school site (East Third Street and Moodyville), I don’t understand how the school board can choose to sell the land.

I emailed (Superintendent of Schools) John Lewis about this in May 2014 and his response was that they plan to build another K to Grade 2 elementary school in the Lower Lonsdale area in the future (next 10 to 20 years). He indicated that the current site of the school “is situated a distance to the

east” of Lonsdale.

As a resident of the area with children who go to the main Ridgeway school, I think that the Ridgeway Annex site should be kept for potential future use. Many kids and families still use the playground. Some exercise groups use the playground too.The site should be kept for the anticipated increase in families in the Lower Lonsdale area.

This fall, the main school is having two portables put on the school site, which indicates that the school is already over capacity.

Regardless of any answer I’m given, I’ll always ask “why didn’t they keep the annex?”

Devan Gee North Vancouver

A bouquet for strangers after tangle with a rose Dear Editor: On Monday (July 21) I was trimming roses in a friend’s garden in the 2700block of Lonsdale. I got into a dizzy spell, then I decided to stop. My feet got tangled in the underbrush and I stumbled onto the dried lawn and fell hard onto the packed grass.

A female driver passing by saw me fall and came to my aid, gently turning me onto my back.When she saw the blood on my face she decided to call 9-1-1.

A few moments later a gentleman motorist also stopped to help. He noticed that I was struggling to sit up. He said he would sit on the grass behind me and give me his back to lean on (what a treat). A few minutes later the fire department’s emergency crew showed up and then the ambulance.

They checked me out and let me go home. I’m fine.

Thank you both dearly and sincerely.

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Horseshoe Bay streetscape study underway From page 1 West Vancouver to repurpose their large parking lot behind the marina with six buildings and four levels of underground parking.

Megan Sewell, general manager of the marina, told the North Shore News this week the redevelopment is about financially sustaining the marina for the future, and the family looked at golf course and ski resort models that incorporate residential components.

“We definitely don’t want to get into the real estate game,” said Sewell. “People don’t realize the amount of costs that go into the infrastructure around a marina.

We need to find some cash flow from somewhere.”

The site is located at the bottom end of Nelson Street and is accessed by a ramp that leads to The Boathouse restaurant, which will remain if the proposed development goes ahead.

Preliminary plans show 171 residential units to be spread throughout six buildings ranging in height from two to nine storeys, and with floor plans varying from one bedroom to three bedrooms and a den.

Sewell’s has partnered with Vancouver-based developer Westbank Projects Corp. and architect Paul Merrick for the project.

Westbank is behind such well-known projects as the Shangri-La and the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotels in Vancouver, while Merrick

Mounties nab Griffin crane climbers MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

Two sets of intoxicated daredevils were arrested after climbing a 27-metrehigh construction crane atWest Queens Road overnight onThursday.

At 11:30 p.m., a passerby observed two males in their early 20s perched at the top of the crane at the site of the former William Griffin Recreation Centre, which is being redeveloped.

The men were filming as they scaled to the top of the tower, according to North Vancouver RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong. “They weren’t quiet about it so they drew attention to themselves.”

Police and District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services members arrived on the scene to talk the men down the crane. Police and firefighters returned to the site to rescue a group of four young males from the crane at around 2:30 a.m.

De Jong said charges of

break and enter, trespass at night and mischief are being considered against the six males, all 21 years old, except for a 23-year-old, and all from the North Shore.

Investigators are working to determine if the two groups of males know each other.

All were suspected of being impaired, said De Jong.

Entering closed construction sites not only puts trespassers at risk but also the workers who might not know their equipment has been tampered with, said De Jong.

Earlier this month two thrill-seekers filmed as they scaled an unfinished Vancouver skyscraper in a video that went viral online.

“It’s extremely dangerous, risk-taking behaviour, certainly spurred on by social media,” said De Jong.

In June, five people climbed a construction site crane at 13th Street and Lonsdale Avenue.Those individuals are scheduled to make a court appearance in August.

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The plan to redevelop Sewell’s has been in the works for at least seven years with already plenty of public consultation.

Merrick formed his vision based on feedback from Horseshoe Bay residents, business owners and other stakeholders.

The overarching concept is to create a quaint seaside public space with a piazza similar to what is seen in coastal European towns.

Merrick included photos of Positano and Cinque Terre in Italy as part of the rezoning application to show where the inspiration comes from.

There is 15,000 square feet of commercial that’s

also being proposed by Sewell’s, but with the marina already consuming 10,000 square feet of that, Sewell said the plan is to not add much more. “We don’t want to be taking away from the commercial that’s in Horseshoe Bay,” added Sewell. “We just want to be able to augment it, support it, add in a little bit of what might be missing.”

Included in project plans are 469 underground stalls, 225 of which would be set aside for marina clients and commercial uses. Sewell said the parking stock being proposed is sufficient and exceeds West Vancouver’s parking bylaw requirements.

The project has the potential to revitalize Horseshoe Bay and bolster

businesses in the area, figures Sewell, who explains how area businesses are heavily reliant on ferry traffic and suffer during the shoulder season.

“So having a little bit more density where there would be more people available to use doctor’s office and the dentist and the hairdresser and everything else that Horseshoe Bay has to offer, I think will help a lot,” said Sewell.

Holly Kemp, manager of Troll’s restaurant, another Horseshoe Bay stalwart, said the Troll family supports Sewell’s plans for many reasons including the potential to sustain businesses in the area.

Kemp said the residential units would offer an

opportunity for longtime Horseshoe Bay inhabitants to downsize and stay in the community.

Sewell’s application comes at the same time Horseshoe Bay is undergoing an extensive streetscape study. Kemp, who is president of the Horseshoe Bay Business Association, said the revitalization is long overdue. “We need some conformity when it comes to what the streets look like in the way of awnings and lighting,” said Kemp, who estimated it’s been 35 years since the streetscape was extensively updated.

The Sewell’s rezoning application will come up for initial discussion at the first meeting of West Vancouver council in September.

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The initiative’s mission

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First, it is important to acknowledge the benefits of the group approach.

For one thing, especially for those interested in socializing and making friends, group fitness classes can be incredibly motivating.

This is an important consideration since consistency is arguably the most important aspect of any fitness program, even more so than perfect technique or sufficient intensity.

Basically, you cannot meet any fitness goals that you are not regularly working toward. So it is worth continuing with whatever approach successfully gets you into the gym on multiple days per week.

Group classes are also a great, cost-effective way to learn new exercises in a low-stress and at least moderately supervised environment.

On the other hand, the fun and excitement of group classes may conceal some significant drawbacks. For one thing, any group endeavour is necessarily going to neglect addressing some of your own personal goals and weaknesses.

This can be particularly harmful if you have a specific injury that requires any level of physical rehabilitation.

Also, a group class usually means there will be only one or at most a small handful of instructors available to monitor

technique, which could increase the likelihood of injury.

This is especially true if the movements required by the class are foreign to you, particularly challenging, or are being engaged in competitively with other group members.

Finally, the benefits of group fitness training could plateau over time if each individual class is similar enough to the others to enable your body to adapt to performing the required movements with decreased effort over time.

Ultimately, it comes down to the question of your motivation for exercising.

If your goals are to meet and be encouraged by your fitness peers, a group class of suitable difficulty and variation is likely your best option.

However, if your goals include maximizing athletic performance or addressing specific health or mobility issues, a custom-tailored and constantly modified individual program is likely to be more effective.

In this case, visiting periodically with a qualified fitness and nutrition trainer is a great way to stay on track.

Of course, you also don’t have to choose just one style of fitness training.

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ALONG AMBLESIDE’S SPECTACULAR WATERFRONT For complete schedule of events see our Festival Guide online.

PERFORMING ARTS SALSA BY THE SEA Do you love the music, rhythms and dance of Latin America? The Ferry Building Gallery hosts Salsa by the Sea, sponsored by Amica at West Vancouver, every Thursday evening from July 2 to September 3. For one Thursday during the Harmony Arts Festival, come down and learn to salsa. All levels and ages are welcome. No partner required.

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CALL FOR NEW MEMBERS The Marcus Mosely Chorale, which performs gospel music with a jazz flair, is looking for motivated singers.

Basic music reading skills are required. Rehearsals take place Mondays at 7:15 p.m. Contact Val, auditions’ co-ordinator, at musicmomma56@yahoo.ca for further information.

VILLAGE MUSICAL ARTY PARTY Participate in a musical instrumentmaking craft, learn a few notes and try out a variety of instruments with the musical zoo Wednesday, Aug. 5, 6-8 p.m. at Lynn Valley Village, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Free; all ages and abilities welcome. 604987-7529 nvrc.ca AUTHOR TALKS Join Patrick Taylor for conversation and a reading from The Irish Country Doctor in Peace and atWar Thursday, Aug. 6 2:30-4 p.m. at the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver. 604-9257290 ferrybuildinggallery.com GETTING STARTED WITH LIBRARY EBOOKS – IPADS AND

TABLETS Learn how to use the BC Libraries Ebooks website, place holds and check out ebooks with a library card Thursday, Aug. 6, 2:30-3:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. This session is specifically for people with iPads, tablets and smartphones.

Online registration available. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca ARTY PARTY IN THE PLAZA Participate in a variety of visual art offerings including painting, printmaking and creative upcycling Thursday, Aug. 6, 6-8 p.m. at Civic Plaza, West 14th Street and Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver.

All ages and abilities welcome. northvanrec.com FARM TO FEAST Dine on a four-course meal featuring B.C. products prepared fresh on site Thursday, Aug. 6, 5-8 p.m. at Loutet Farm, East 14th Street and Rufus Avenue, North Vancouver. $150. All ages welcome. ediblegardenproject.com ROYAL TEA-BYTHE-SEA Celebrate the Canadian monarchy, sign the christening card for Princess Charlotte, bring memorabilia for the display table and more Saturday, Aug. 9, 2-4 p.m. at Dundarave Park, at the foot of 25th Street in West Vancouver. Wear a fancy hat and win a prize. Please reserve in advance; tickets by donation of $5 or more. reservations@royaltea.ca 604-922-4400 ENGLISH CONVERSATION

CIRCLE Join Cathy Lansdell this summer for English conversation Saturdays, Aug. 8, 15, 22 and 29, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400, westvanlibrary.ca DOG DAYS OF SUMMER Dog contests, demonstrations, exhibitions, activities and more Sunday, Aug. 9, registration starts at 11 a.m. and events start at noon at The Union Steamship Co. Marina lawn, Snug Cove, Bowen Island. All proceeds donated to B.C. Guide Dog Services. 604-9470707 gifts@ussc.ca NEW PASTOR Mount Olivet Lutheran Church will welcome new pastor Carolina Glauster at a special installation service Sunday, Aug. 9, 3 p.m. at 1700 Mountain Hwy., North Vancouver.

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3E FILM FESTIVAL A community film festival highlighting themes of energy, environment and more Aug. 10, 11, 17 and 18, 7-9:30 p.m. at Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver. Tickets: Adults $20 or $60 festival pass, and students $12 or $36 festival pass. Includes reception to follow featuring locally distilled drinks and canapes.

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SHREDDING FOR A CURE Bring confidential papers that need shredding to a neighbourhood shredding event Saturday, Aug. 15, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at St. Clement’s Anglican Church, 3400 Institute Rd., North Vancouver.

Cash donations accepted with proceeds going to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada. 604980-3177 kosgala@gmail.com

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

DISHWASHING VOLUNTEERS are needed to support the food services of the seniors’ centre. Duties include bussing and scraping dishes, using the commercial dishwasher and restocking shelves with clean dishware.

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR Are you an art and music lover?

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Do you want to ensure West Vancouver remains a vital and thriving cultural community? The volunteer co-ordinator co-ordinates and manages the volunteer schedule and trains new volunteers.

SENIORS’ PEER SUPPORT VOLUNTEER Looking for caring volunteers to provide an emotional support for seniors, also to guide them through changes and challenges.

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The West Vancouver run

Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver starting in September. Assessments will be held Aug. 27 and 28 and take approximately 30 minutes. Register before Aug. 19 in person or at mollienyehouse.com. On Aug. 19 or later, register through nvrc.ca or 604987-7529. $90 for six 90minute classes.

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takes place at Ambleside Park. Committee members will co-ordinate logistics for the run route; oversee registration process; liaise with all media for publicity; co-ordinate volunteer recruitment and management; co-ordinate marketing and materials distribution and coordinate food donors for run day.

FROZEN MEAL PACKAGING The Salvation Army provides a frozen meal program for people in need of an affordable, nutritious meal.

Volunteers are needed to assist with food prep packaging and labelling the frozen meals.

If you are interested in these or other possible volunteer opportunities, call 604-9857138.The society is a partner agency of the UnitedWay.

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A16 - North Shore News - Sunday, August 2, 2015

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Audrey Grisdale remembers with fondness the woman who regularly came into The Queensdale Shop and chatted with her and her sister Muriel Olson.

She called the woman Mrs. Munday.

“She was a lovely lady,” says Audrey.

Mrs. Munday was in fact Phyllis Munday, a well-known mountaineer, and one of the first women (with Annette Buck) to summit Mount Robson in 1924. She was also awarded the Order of Canada in 1972 for her work with the Girl Guides of Canada.

Munday lived in the area and was elderly at the time of her visits. She would stop into the store and tell Audrey and her sister tales of her adventures. One such tale was how she had to wear a skirt even when she was climbing, and had to wait until she was a certain distance up the mountain before she could pull her leggings down.

Audrey recalls the memory with a laugh. It is one of many from her time at the Upper Lonsdale area store that was owned by her sister.

“Oh, it was such fun,” she says of working with Muriel.

Originally from Alberta, Audrey moved to the North Shore neighbourhood in 1979 with her husband and two kids to help out with the store.The family lived on St. Andrews Avenue.

Muriel and her husband Hugh lived nearby on St. Albans Avenue.The couple moved to the area around 1970, and Hugh bought The Family Pharmacy at the corner of Lonsdale Avenue and Queens Road. Just after buying the pharmacy, he learned London Drugs was planning on opening a location just below the Upper Levels Highway.

“He was quite concerned,” says Audrey.

Acting on advice from his father-in-law, Hugh set out to provide excellent customer service in his bid to compete with the big chain. He offered home delivery and was known for including notes and lollipops to sick kids at home when sending their prescriptions. Audrey says he focused on adding a personal touch, and it was a successful strategy.

When Hugh wanted to change the name of the pharmacy, a friend visiting from out of town suggested calling it the Queensdale Pharmacy as a combination of the names Lonsdale and Queens, where it was located.The name stuck. Muriel oversaw the souvenirs the couple sold in the pharmacy, and one day she overheard a customer complain that all the local souvenirs were the same, so she decided See page 17

District of North Vancouver municipal hall is located on West Queens Road. Kids play on the merry-go-round at Carisbrooke playground in the photo at left. A house in the Upper Lonsdale neighbourhood displays a Canadian flag in the photo above. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN

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neighbourhoods From page 16 instead to stock pottery and other works from local artists.The move was a popular one and the souvenir business grew.

“Finally Hugh said to her, ‘You have to get out,’”recalls Audrey with a laugh.

The timing was perfect as a gift store at the end of the small complex was going out of business, so Muriel opened her own shop. Audrey recalls that many people told Muriel she was crazy for opening a store with just local artists’ work, but the market for such items was just growing at that time and the store did well.The sisters included artist biographies with the products, “so things had a personality to them,” notes Audrey.The store did well and eventually relocated to Esplanade and became the Queensdale Gallery. Hugh passed away a number of years ago, and Muriel is now 93 and living in a seniors residence on the North Shore. Audrey still lives in the area.

“We really loved it,” says Audrey of her time in the Upper Lonsdale neighbourhood.

She remembers participating in an effort to save a large property at the southwest corner of Lonsdale Avenue and 29th Street and convert it to an art centre. It was called the Stoker Estate or Stoker Farm, depending on who you talk to, and it was at the centre of a public campaign in 1980 to save the one remaining farm in the area.

According to the book Time Travel in NorthVancouver – A Peek into the Past,

by Sharon J. Proctor, the house on the

estate had 28 rooms.The property housed Dearne Dairies from 1920 to 1951, and then moved into the chickenand-egg business.The 1980 campaign to save the estate failed and that area now houses seniors condos.

Both Upper Lonsdale and its nearby neighbour Delbrook are primarily residential, with park space, hiking and biking trails, and lots of recreational amenities.

Delbrook High School still lives in the memory of many residents. Class was in session at the school from 1957 until 1977 when a fire on the lower floors caused extensive damage.

Students were moved to Balmoral junior secondary to finish the term, and Delbrook was closed permanently later that year. Before the fire, the school had reportedly been slated to close two years later due to declining enrolment.

The gymnasium and the cafeteria survived the fire and later became part of the Delbrook Recreation Centre. Just this week, district council suggested the name Delbrook Community Recreation Centre for a new recreation facility on Queens Road slated for sometime in 2016.

Delbrook is considered a separate neighbourhood east of Mosquito Creek. It is home to many mid-century post-and-beam houses built in the 1950s and 1960s, some of which are now being restored thanks to a resurgence in all things mid-century modern.The northern edge can be found where Montroyal Boulevard tees into Lonsdale Avenue. Part of Upper Lonsdale is in the City of North Vancouver, parts of it are in the district,

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as is Delbrook. Both Upper Lonsdale and Delbrook boast sweeping views.

The loose boundaries of the Upper Lonsdale neighbourhood stretch from the Upper Levels Highway in the south and the forest edge to the north.The western boundary hits the 29th Street hill and Tempe Crescent.While all of the North Shore was originally the territory of the Coast Salish people, preemption of the area began in the lower reaches of Lonsdale Avenue in the early 1900s.

Residential growth in the upper regions and to the east of Lonsdale came later after roads and transportation were well established.

Before the homes were built, however, this area was known for its dense forests of hemlock, fir, and cedar.

Not surprisingly, the lumber industry became big business. But hauling the logs out was no easy task thanks to the rough terrain until a railroad was in place.

In the meantime, moving cedar that had been cut into shingle bolts was done by flume, according to the book Timber Down the Capilano by David M. Rees and the B.C. Railway Historical Association.

The flumes were troughs, often miles in length, with a steady stream of water to carry the bolts downhill. Remnants of the industry could still be seen in the 1960s, according to North Shore News photographer Mike Wakefield, who recalls swimming at Princess Park in a mud-bottom swimming hole with planks on the sides that had been a holding pond for logs.

A18 - North Shore News - Sunday, August 2, 2015

SENIORS

NV woman helps others help themselves

Qigong and tai chi practitioner offers array of local classes Lynne Cove’s posture is erect, her step light and balanced and she radiates a calm yet dynamic energy.

Watching Lynne in motion, one might conclude she is a dancer.

It’s true. During her childhood in Victoria, Lynne trained in ballet and in gymnastics, or acrobatics, as it was known in those days.

Now that she is in her 80s, Lynne gives the credit for her healthy and abundant qi to her years as a practitioner, student and teacher of qigong and tai chi.

Qi, pronounced and also spelled chi, is the vital life force that permeates the universe. Qi is our strength, health and energy. Qigong is the practice used to build our personal qi and to keep it circulating throughout our body. Tai chi is the martial art form of qigong. There is also a medical form and qigong for health, which is the form that Lynne practices along with tai chi.

Lynne’s involvement with these ancient Chinese personal health-care delivery systems came later

in life. She started out as a nurse at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, a profession preferable to Lynne than the other options available to her: teaching or marriage. In Lynne’s case, her career as a nurse led her to marriage. She met Derek Cove, her husband to be, when he was a patient at the hospital.

The Coves moved to the mainland, settling first in Delbrook in North Vancouver and later in West Vancouver where they raised their two sons.

Most weekends, the family sailed the local waters in their Cove 29, one of the sailboats designed by Derek, a naval architect.

When their marriage came to an amicable end, the door to a different future opened for Lynne.

She enrolled at Simon Fraser University in 1965 — Lynne is a proud charter member of the university — earning a certificate in health and fitness, a degree in applied sciences and a job as the university’s supervisor of fitness.

In 1994, Lynne obtained her master’s degree in counselling

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It was at Simon Fraser that Lynne first observed a group of people practising tai chi.

She responded to the gentle, flowing motion and the sense of peaceful and purposeful actions.

Enrollment in a tai chi class near her North Vancouver home was the first step towards Lynne’s new vocation.

The next step came about through the North Shore Keep Well Society.

Keep Well is based on the idea that seniors can maintain and enhance their own health. This concept of taking personal responsibility for our health fit with Lynne’s study of tai chi and qigong, which is also known as “the mother of self healing.”

Lynne is a founding member of Keep Well, which has served seniors at community centres across the North Shore for almost 30 years, and was the society’s first coordinator.

In its early days, the Keep Well office was at North Shore Neighbourhood House.

One day, Lynne was asked if she could recommend teachers for a new program offering tai chi at the neighbourhood house.

“Do you think I could teach this?,” she asked her own teacher.

As it turned out, the

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“People ask ‘what is the difference between qigong and tai chi?,’” says Lynne.

“Tai chi is one form of qigong. Both practices help us maintain a strong and healthy body, an abundant store of energy and the ability to keep that energy, or qi, circulating.

Through posture alignment, regulating the breath and calming the mind, we can manage stress, clear blocked energy, relieve chronic health problems and maintain general physical balance. As we age, maintaining strength and balance is essential to our physical health. Whether you choose qigong or tai chi, the postures and exercises are safe, gentle, low-impact and easy on

the joints.”

Lynne teaches qigong and tai chi at North Shore Neighbourhood House and John Braithwaite Community Centre. Find her classes on her website, Creative Wellbeing Counselling, at cwcinc.ca or call her at 604-986-0798.

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TASTE

South African wine suits summer

Tim Pawsey

Notable Potables The dog days of summer call for chilled, crisp whites and a ready supply of wallet-friendly, barbecue-friendly reds.

In which case there’s no better place to turn than South Africa. When it comes down to choosing perennially affordable, quaffable whites and wellmade, food-friendly reds, the Cape rarely disappoints.

Much of its appeal lies in an Old World-New World convergence.

South African winemakers enjoy a unique perspective that often blends contemporary, approachable styles with a traditional, often Frenchinfluenced approach to making more food-friendly wines. Not only that, but the styles and varieties grown are as wide ranging

as anywhere in the world.

A recent tasting of Cape drops, featured at BCLS through Aug. 4, delivered a solid reminder of the value to be found, especially in budget wines such as most of these.

Painted Wolf,The Den Chenin Blanc 2014 (Swartland) From Swartland, the emerging, hot and dry region north of Cape Town, reaching to the coast, with a wide range of complex soils. Delicate tropical and pear notes with bright acidity, good length and mineral notes. In an interesting twist, this wine helps support conservation efforts of its namesake African Wild Dogs ($10 - $12, pre-tax, 90 points).

Spier Chenin Blanc 2014 (Western Cape) Arguably one of the best values at BCLS, this go-to patio wine also doubles as a food-friendly drop. Upfront apple, pear and citrus notes wrapped in decent acidity and mouth-filling, leesy viscosity, along with a definite edge of citrus zest.

Think Waldorf salad or goat cheese. Classy packaging too that suggests more than $12.69 (91 points).

Flagstone Longitude 2012 Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec

(Western Cape) Easy drinking, plush and plummy, modern styled, 40/40/20 blend delivers ripe red berries and chocolate notes wrapped in a juicy, rounded palate with easy tannins and solid structure. (Regular: $12.19, limited time offer: $10.29, 89 points).

Roodeberg KWV 2013 (Western Cape) Here’s a blast from the past that epitomizes South African value. The Roodeberg Bordeaux blend (43 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon, 30 per cent Shiraz, 12 per cent Merlot, six per cent Petit Verdot, three per cent Tannat, three per cent Tempranillo) adds up to a true cocktail. And they make about three million litres (which in preYellow Tail days, used to be a lot of wine.)

But it’s a well-made, very food-friendly, dry red, with surprising personality in its refreshing acidity, balanced tannins and managed oak. That’s “dry red” as in a truly welcome departure from all the horrendously sweet commercial wines being churned out today. In fact, I just tasted a wine that checked in at a staggering 62 grams of sugar per litre.

This one is just 5.7 grams

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Active management can boost returns The North American stock markets have been dull for the first half of 2015.

The TSX is flat on the year, while the S&P 500 is up 3.6 per cent, including dividends. Many investors are getting irritated with the lack of performance in their portfolios as their financial advisors are taking minimal action to make them a profit this year. However, if you incorporate a more active management style in your portfolio, as we have for our clients, then you could have seen great returns so far in 2015.

Our group manages our own in-house portfolios for our clients and our returns this year have outperformed their respective benchmarks handedly.Year to date, our Income Growth portfolio, which is about 20 per cent fixed income and 80 per cent stocks and cash, is up 10.6 per cent. Our Select Equity portfolio, which is made up of all stocks and cash, is up even higher at 13.9 per cent. These

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How have we been able to make money in a flat market environment? Our strategy is predicated on active management. We think of the market, not as a stock market per se, but as a market full of stocks to choose from — and you don’t have to choose them all!

Certain sectors like energy, utilities and materials have been a disaster this year on both sides of the border. In Canada, these sectors are down 17.3 per cent, 5.6 per cent and 15.8 per cent respectively. We have no

exposure to these sectors, but have holdings in the sectors that are working and generating returns for investors, such as consumer discretionary, health care, technology and financials.

Being in the right sectors and choosing the best stocks within those sectors forms the foundation of our strategy.

It’s a hybrid approach of both top down (think macro outlook and sector allocation) and bottom up (think fundamental research on individual companies).

This strategy has served us well and forces us to avoid major blowups while participating in market rallies. Many Canadian investors who are hanging onto their energy and gold stocks in the hopes of them bouncing back some day can certainly appreciate this. Just last week the Canadian energy sector broke down to a new low not seen since the 20082009 financial crisis.Yikes!

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With a $1-million budget, the Economic Partnership North Vancouver brings together a number of stakeholders — including industry representatives, Capilano University, local government and First Nations, Port Metro Vancouver and the Business Development Bank of Canada — to collaborate on the economic development program.

In a statement released by the chamber, CEO Louise Ranger said North Vancouver is “a geographically strategic area” with “significant economic activity.”

“We are home to one of the largest commodity ports in the world and a renewed shipbuilding industry so there is a significant opportunity to strengthen existing businesses and attract new business investment to the region. However, with many stakeholders, two municipalities, two First Nations, and a federallyregulated port, regional integrated economic planning can be very challenging,” she said.

The new program will provide services intended to support existing businesses and attract new ones. That might include connecting businesses to local supply chains, working with regulators to reduce barriers, providing information for growth and start-up opportunities, creating business skills

development and training programs with local institutions, promoting trade and investment, and engaging the community to support the economy.

Local industry, the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver each pitched in 20 per cent of a total $630,000 to support the initiative.

Another $420,000 was provided by the federal government through the Western Diversification Program, bringing the total budget to $1.05 million. The money will be used to hire an economic development team to carry out the initiatives of the three-year program.

The first stakeholder meeting of Economic Partnership North Vancouver was held July 16.

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TRAVEL

Whistler ramps up summer fun factor

Mild to wild adventures available for one and all

more fun to be had at an obstacle course created in a clearing that features a teeter totter, berms, and steep embankment trails for those who hold their nerve.

During the 15kilometre, two-and-ahalf hour tour, we rarely exceed 25 km/h, such is the heavy going on Cougar Mountain’s rocky roads.

But bouncing around on trails all but impassable to any other vehicle is half the fun. For anyone with $11,000 to spend and a quiet air strip, RZRs can accelerate from 0 to 35 mph in four seconds, and clock over 80 mph!

For similar speeds at less money, you might want to check out the Superfly Ziplines.

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Close to the highest point of Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Course, the Blackcomb River dissects the manicured greenery and drops the air temperature about 15 degrees. The water’s arrived directly from the Horstman Glacier atop Blackcomb peak, which explains the cold and why this is a popular spot during record-breaking heat.

“It’s like instant air conditioning,” says a friend. It also makes the mosquitoes disappear, I think to myself. At the clubhouse, we’d just finished an indulgent meal, which somehow featured bacon in every course, including the caesar aperitif and the Nanaimo bar dessert. The temperature is still in the 20s and haze from the Pemberton forest fire lingers.

If you like your adventure on the mild side, the Golf Clubhouse Dinner and Nature Tour is right up your fairway. Enjoy dinner as the sun sets behind Rainbow Mountain, then board a golf cart for a nature tour of the course.

The carts are equipped with GPS, which seems like overkill to me, (how hard can it be to navigate

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Even for non-golfers like me, there’s much to enjoy about the tour, which traverses creeks and milky-green glacier-fed ponds, ancient Douglas Fir, and granite bluffs.

Sadly, the bears aren’t out tonight, but a protective mother grouse is strutting around the 13th hole with her three chicks in tow.

The course has erected

bat houses close to the 18th green, with more in mind than just encouraging wildlife. A single brown bat eats up to 1,000 mosquitoes in an hour!

If you like your adventure in something more agile than a golf cart, a RZR (that’s “Razor” when you say it out loud) Tour will safely push you a little further beyond your comfort zone. RZRs are four-wheeled, offroad vehicles capable of negotiating the gnarliest

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of boulder-strewn logging roads and creek beds. The morning after our night at the golf course, we rise early at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler for a RZR Alpine Sunrise Tour

by The Adventure Group (TAG). Alongside its ever popular Superfly Ziplines at Cougar Mountain, about 10 minutes’ drive from Whistler, TAG’s RZR tours are an exhilarating way to quickly find yourself in the rarefied air, high up in Whistler’s backcountry.

With a guide driver at the front and ‘spotter’ at the back, we each board a Polaris 570 cc RZR and make final adjustments to dust masks, goggles and helmets. With no rain for weeks, and exposed to the elements but for a roll cage, we’re about to get extremely dusty. And as I turn the ignition key sparking the engine to life, I can’t help thinking a GPS would be better suited to a RZR than a golf cart.

It’s a bumpy ride — extremely bumpy in places — but with one foot firmly applied to the gas, the RZR is capable of clearing anything in its path. The bucket seats absorb most of the jolts and on the steep bits, the brakes respond better to a few taps than to

sustained pressure.

Our tour takes us through Ancient Cedars and Showh Lakes, hiking areas known for giant trees and good fishing.

Lupins and fireweed are everywhere at about 3,500 feet, where we park to admire hazy views of Mount Currie and the Soo River below. It’s a world away from the bustle of Whistler village, and I begin to think of how much fun it would be to ride a snowmobile up here.

Back on this tour, there’s

If you go: Fairmont Chateau Whistler offers numerous summer packages, including golf vacations and the B.C. resident accommodation offer, which saves 15% off best rates. Visit fairmont.com/ whistler.

The Adventure Group’s Alpine Sunrise Tour at Cougar Mountain costs $219 (2-seater) or $319 (4-seater). TAG also offers a two-hour Wilderness Ride and a three-hour B.C. Tour. For details, call 1-855-824-9955 or visit tagwhistler.com/ Fairmont’s Golf Clubhouse Dinner and Nature Tour includes a three-course dinner and costs $69 per adult ($35 per child) and is available Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. Call 604-9388000.

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PETS

Dog-friendly accommodation limited Over the last few weeks, I have been looking into dog-friendly hotels and although many hotels now allow dogs, there are some that have rules regarding a dog’s stay that really don’t make any sense to me.

First off, I don’t understand why there is an extra charge for the dog to stay in the room. Some hotels charge up to $20 per dog, per night. It’s not as though a dog needs an extra bed, extra bed linens or towels, uses more of the complimentary toiletries or raids the mini bar.

Some hotels ask for a damage deposit before the dog even sets a paw in the room. How much damage can a dog do that humans cannot equal, if not exceed?

Dogs are not the ones partying all night long in their room, making so much noise they bother the surrounding hotel guests.

They aren’t smoking in bed and setting the pillows on fire, getting drunk and smashing the television and puking take-out pizza all over the beds or stuffing the toilets with tissue until they overflow.

Nope, dogs don’t do that.

It’s true that a dog may have an “accident” in the room, but compared to what some humans are capable of, it’s pretty tame.

Joan Klucha

Canine Connection Another hotel rule that I find odd is that dogs above a certain weight (the trend seems to be 60 pounds) are not allowed.

Why? I mean, what is it about a dog that weighs 61 pounds or more that makes it unwelcome? It makes no sense to me. Do hotels think the weight of a dog determines whether it is well-behaved or not?

If I was to speak frankly, which I tend to do, smaller dogs are the ones that tend to be less well-behaved because most people seem to think a small dog does not require training like a larger dog does.

It’s not the dog, it’s the owner!

I understand these extra charges and fees may be an attempt to enforce responsibility, but the thing is, people who are irresponsible were that way before they got a dog. Good, responsible

people don’t just become irresponsible the moment they bring a dog into their life. In fact, they tend to become more responsible.

This assumed irresponsibility also seems to be pervasive when it comes to renting an apartment. Renters with dogs are asked for a larger damage deposit than nondog owners. Sometimes their rent is higher than a person without a dog living in the same complex.

Again, the assumption is that a dog owner should be charged more because of the potential for damage caused by a dog owned by an irresponsible owner.

Irresponsible behaviour is not conducive to dog ownership. Irresponsible dog owners were irresponsible before they got a dog. They will cause damage to an apartment without a dog in their lives because they are irresponsible in the first place.

To look at a potential renter with a dog and assume he or she is irresponsible and must be charged more is, in fact, discrimination.

The fact is, pet owners tend to be better renters.

They know how hard it is to find a good apartment with a good landlord so they tend to commit to long-term renting compared to non-dog owners. Having dogs

in a rental until tends to be a crime deterrent in the complex. These apartments, just like homes with dogs, are less likely to be burglarized.

This keeps insurance costs down.

Making it difficult and more expensive for renters to keep a dog or two actually places additional burdens on already overcrowded rescues and shelters. Dog owners are sometimes

forced to give up their pets because affordable and decent rental units are difficult to find. If there were more rental units that allowed dogs, without all the additional expenses, it could potentially ease that burden and more dogs would be adopted by people who could provide forever homes for them because they had the security of a reliable rental home.

I really don’t think that

it is fair to charge a person with a dog more than a person without a dog for the same service.

We should not be discriminated against just because we choose to share our lives with dogs.

Joan Klucha has been working with dogs for more than 15 years in obedience, tracking and behavioural rehabilitation. Contact her through her website k9kinship.com.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

Team takes second place D5 runners up at recent Big League nationals in Calgary

ERIN MCPHEE emcphee@nsnews.com

The North Shore’s District 5 Big League (17-19) all-star team returned to the North Shore with second-place bragging rights, coming in just behind their Albertan counterparts at last weekend’s 2015 Big League Canadian Championships in Calgary.

The Calgary District 8 Big League All-Stars came from behind to defeat the North Shore baseball team with their 19-15 win on the final day of play July 25.

“It was pretty devastating to lose the final but (I’m) still pretty proud that we were second best in Canada,” says District 5 head coach Dal Nicholson.

The appearance at nationals marked a first for the North Shore players and coach.

“I’ve been doing it for 25 years on the North Shore here and it was my first time to the Canadians so it was a great experience,” he says.

Nicholson’s team made it to the 2015 Big League Canadian Championships after scoring a thrilling upset victory over powerhouse District 3 (Whalley, Langley, Coquitlam) in a

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provincial best-of-three championship final held at North Vancouver’s Inter River Park. D5 had three days between provincials and having to leave for Alberta.

In Calgary July 16-25, D5 faced off against allstar squads from Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec, as well as Atlantic and Prairie regional representatives.

“First game we played last year’s champions who were the favourites going into this tournament

because they had seven or eight returning players from last year’s team and we killed them,” says Nicholson, adding D5 beat the Quebec team 15-1.

“The boys were pretty pumped for their first game.You go into a tournament, you don’t know how you stack up against other teams. So you just go out there and throw your best first game and we did that. Pitching was great and batting was great and we had a big

game,” he says.

D5 ended round robin play with a winning 4-1 record.

The North Shore team took on a squad from the Prairies in the semi-final played July 24.

“It went right down to the last pitch of the game. . . . It was a very exciting game because we could have won or lost that game in the last inning,” says Nicholson. Ultimately B.C. finished that game 9-8.

Unfortunately Nicholson had to miss the championship final due to an immovable family commitment here at home, however he was with the team in spirit.

“I wasn’t there for the final but I was getting texts every inning, every half inning, what the score was and so forth. It was a back and forth game too, interrupted by thunder and lightning for an hour See Tornado page 28

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delay in the game,” he says.

The inclement weather was actually the second delay of the tournament as a tornado had touched ground southwest of Calgary on July 22.

“The kids were all hiding under the stands for a couple of hours and then we got sent back to the dorms,” says Nicholson.

Returning to the field, his squad ended up beating the Prairie team in the final round robin game that ended up putting them in first place.

The final between D5 and the host team was a nailbiter.

“We were ahead, then they went ahead and we tied it up and they went ahead again. So we ended up losing that game 1915.You don’t normally see that kind of runs in the final of a Canadian championship but we played six games in six days, basically, so you’re running out of pitching and so it’s all about the

fielding and hitting at that time,” says Nicholson.

Calgary’s win earned them a spot at the 2015 Big League Baseball World

Series, on now in Easley, S.C. The championship game is scheduled for Tuesday.

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