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WV public safety design hits snag Police, fire depts share little space in inefficient design, says audit STEFANIA SECCIA sseccia@nsnews.com

It’s likely back to the drawing board for West Vancouver’s new public safety building, after a review of the current building design — about

a year in the making — identified some serious deficiencies.

The biggest design problem identified in a recent audit is the limited amount of space being shared by police and fire services, which are both

meant to be housed in the new municipal building.

“I think council was somewhat surprised when ultimately the final result was that we had two purpose-built buildings,” said Nina Leemhuis, District of West Vancouver’s chief administrative officer. “The only shared space within the facility were a 2,600-squarefoot training room and the atrium space, and the atrium

space was really meant as a connector between police, fire and the municipal hall building.”

The sobering news came to light last Thursday as Leemhuis updated the West Vancouver Police Board on the status of the new building slated for the municipal hall site.

The audit also scored the building design’s functional efficiency as low, at about

65 per cent. Leemhuis said in most cases the minimum efficiency should be 75 to 85 per cent.

Results of the design audit are a setback for the project, which is already eight months to a year behind its original schedule.

But Leemhuis told the police board there is no cause for panic.

The West Vancouver Police Department has until

Dec. 31, 2017 to move out of its current digs before the development company Grosvenor takes over the 1300-block of Marine Drive.

The controversial Grosvenor development will see seven and six storey buildings, housing 98 residential units, as well as retail and office space, on the block that includes the See $36M page 5

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Work is now under way on what has been called the “bane of transportation” on the North Shore.

The District of North Vancouver is finishing up designs for a new four-lane Keith Road bridge that will ultimately lead to a redesign of Highway 1’s on-ramps and off-ramps — all aimed at reducing gridlock in the area.

Right now Keith Road narrows to two lanes east of Lynnmouth Avenue. When rush hour commuters trying to get over Highway 1 end up in the same bottleneck as those trying to get over the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, traffic can back up as far as Grand Boulevard.

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New off-ramps part of solution From page 1

project due to begin this fall, Keith Road will follow a new route along Highway 1 on the Seylynn development land so it meets up directly with the Fern Street overpass, allowing east-west traffic to get through the area without getting stuck in the Ironworkers lineup.

“The bridge widening plus that new Fern Street connector should really smooth out some of that traffic back-up there,” said Steve Ono, the District of North Vancouver’s manager of engineering services.

At 70 years old, the steel bridge had reached the end of its lifespan and was due to be replaced.

Roughly half of the bill will be covered by development cost charges, which the district collects with every new construction project.

Somewhat ironically in this case, the Seylynn project will have a direct impact on reducing vehicle congestion, Ono said.

“Getting that big chunk of that property to allow that road to be built was strategically really important. That’s probably one of the biggest positive contributors to solve the long-standing traffic issue,” he said.

The new bridge is currently designed with painted bike lanes but the staff are considering widening the structure to allow separated lanes

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In order to comply with Fisheries and Oceans Canada regulations on projects over waterways, the construction will be staggered from early 2015 and into 2016. The existing bridge will be kept in place until at least half of the new one is ready to take traffic.

“You know as well as I do that there’s only so many travel routes in that area so we can’t afford to

have one taken out,” Ono said.

Beyond replacing the bridge, the district is also working with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to design new on-ramps and offramps on this side of the Ironworkers, which are notoriously close together.

“When the traffic volumes are really high, of course the traffic backs all the way up The Cut. When the traffic volumes are a bit lower, you still have cars slowing down

because some people are trying to get off that first intersection and take off toward Mount Seymour Parkway,” he said.

The Ironworkers’ approaches were designed in the 1960s and much has changed in highway planning in the last 50 years, Ono said.

“What I can say it was probably fine for the standard of the day but I would say it doesn’t meet current standards,” Ono said.

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new approach is still being negotiated between the district and the province but part of it may include what is today the shuttered Keith Lynn alternative secondary school, which the district is set to buy from the North Vancouver school district for $5 million. Money raised from the sale will go toward paying for a rebuilding of Argyle secondary.

The district and province are aiming to go public with their new designs this fall.

Gambier woodlots put on hold

Ministry of Forests delays logging decision for consultation JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

North Shore cottage owners who are hoping to save a swath of Gambier Island from logging have won a temporary reprieve.

Members of the Gambier Island Conservancy, which opposes the logging plans, is applauding news the Ministry of Forests will hold off awarding two new woodlots on the island until after the public has been consulted.

In a letter sent to conservancy director and North Vancouver

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resident Peter Snell, Craig Sutherland, the assistant deputy minister of forests, told the group the ministry has decided to delay awarding the woodlots for “a few weeks” in order to help people with concerns “better understand the woodlot process.”

The recent halt came after the Gambier Conservancy threatened to file a request for judicial review of the ministry’s decision in court, on the grounds the public hasn’t been adequately consulted on the proposed logging.

Many North and West Vancouver families, who make up the majority of

Gambier Island’s part-time residents, were shocked this spring when they found out the Ministry of Forests was putting two large areas in the northeast corner of the island up for bid as Crown woodlots.

The two woodlots include areas of popular hiking trails, a community watershed, patches of old growth forest and Gambier Lake, a prime recreational destination on the island.

The area is close to a children’s summer camp and to outstations of the Burrard and Thunderbird yacht clubs.

Combined with an existing woodlot, if the new woodlots are approved, it would see 25 per cent of the island under active logging, said Peter Scholefield, president

of the Gambier Island Conservancy and a West Vancouver resident. The two new woodlots, which would be side by side, total 1,326 hectares, while the current woodlot is 400 hectares. The annual combined cut in the two new woodlots would be 6,000 cubic metres.

District staff estimate the two new woodlots would provide between four and five jobs, said ministry spokesman Greig Bethel. Six bids were received on each of the woodlots, ranging from a low of $100,000 to a high of $488,000.

Bethel said any successful bidder must complete a management plan, and addresses issues like management of watershed, riparian areas

and recreation areas.

But after news of the impending woodlot decision got out, over 100 Gambier residents wrote to say they want to be consulted before the contract is awarded.

Scholefield said the ministry’s agreement to do that is good news.

“I’m hopeful that we will present enough evidence to them that they will rethink the woodlots,” he said. “I haven’t heard of anybody yet who thinks these lots are a good idea.”

Bethel said the ministry believes it has followed an appropriate process, but “given all of the concerns being raised and confusion about the process” has decided to hold further consultation with island residents.

A West Vancouver homeowner took the witness stand in North Vancouver provincial court Friday to defend himself against charges of doing illegal landscaping work on his property.

Mohammadreza Morshedian and Seyedeh Janani stand accused of defying a municipal stopwork order and triggering a landslide that dumped sediment into fish-bearing Rodgers Creek in March 2013.

Morshedian and Janani are on trial before Judge Bryce Dyer facing more than 50 bylaw charges, including allegations they violated West Vancouver’s water course protection bylaw, creeks bylaw, building bylaw and soil deposit and removal bylaw, among others.The couple have pled not guilty.

In court Friday, Morshedian told the judge that before beginning work on his Chelsea Close property, he discussed the matter with West Vancouver’s land development technician Frank Schulz.

“He said there’s no environmental concern . . . because the creeks are too far from the property,” Morshedian testified.

A perusal of the district’s regulations concerning soil deposits and landscaping gave Morshedian no cause to believe he needed a permit, he said.

After noting erosion on his property “from top to bottom,” Morshedian set about removing between 50 and 60 tree trunks and roots in January 2013.

“My neighbour was very happy,” Morshedian, said, describing fellow British Properties resident Fernando Casses as “appreciative” of his efforts.

Morshedian said the relationship began to sour after he rejected a proposal from Casses that would have involved some kind of property or subdivision deal between the neighbours.

Casses provided a different recollection of the relationship between the neighbours when he testified earlier in the trial.

After Morshedian informed his neighbour he’d be trucking in topsoil, Casses said he noticed the material See Landowner page 5

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Landowner testifies no concerns identified From page 3

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was actually construction fill, including concrete, PVC pipe, buckets, boulders and clay. Casses testified pressure from the “mountain of dirt” caused buckling in his driveway.

Casses told the judge Morshedian was unresponsive to his concerns.

“In his mind, nothing that was happening was related to what he was doing,” Casses testified.

On the stand Friday, Morshedian told the judge he was attentive to landslide risks.

After his contractor expressed concerns about the soil and the fence running between the two properties, Morshedian said he elected to build a retaining wall “just in case.”

Instead of being pleased to see Morshedian taking precautions, Casses was angered and requested a sturdier wall, according to the defendant.

Morshedian’s undertaking was overwhelming, according to Casses’ spouse, neighbour Sam Schoenauer, who also testified earlier in the trial.

“Every time it would rain,

there would be mud flowing on the side of our property,” she said.

Morshedian received a stop-work order on Feb. 18, a little more than one month before the landslide.

Morshedian and Janani are accused of violating 56 West Vancouver bylaws and could face a maximum of $560,000 in fines if found guilty on all charges.

Besides bylaw violations, the couple could also be on the hook for the approximately $80,000 tab paid by the district to stabilize the slope following the landslide.

$36M WV building needs careful consideration From page 1 current cop shop site.

Leemhuis said there’s still plenty of time to make changes. She noted once designs are finalized, it would take between 15 and 18 months to complete construction of new police and fire buildings.

“What I need to stress is there is a new police building

that will be built,” Leemhuis told the board. “There is a drop dead date we need to be out.”

Next steps include reviewing and refinement of the building design, and addressing the key issue of whether or not holding cells will be included. Another issue is whether the building should be built to regular seismic design standards or

to more encompassing postdisaster standards, which would cost an extra $3.5 million.

Leemhuis said while construction on the buildings can theoretically begin, “I’m not comfortable doing them yet because I don’t think we’ve got an end product that’s as good as it can be.”

The discussion will be

brought back to the police board in August when new police chief Len Goerke takes over, Leemhuis said.

Moving the police department to temporary digs at the district’s recently acquired Vancouver Coastal Health building for a year is an option, said Leehuis, but added she has reservations about putting it in the middle of the Kiwanis

seniors housing area.

On Thursday, police board members indicated they want to be involved in any final decisions.

“We understand that it’s the responsibility of the district to supply the building, but it’s our responsibility to make sure the building meets our requirements,” said Barbara Brink, police board vice

chair.

West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith, chair of the police board, reassured the board there’s still a lengthy period of time to make final design decisions. “It’s the sober second thought.

If we’re going to spend 36 million public dollars we want to make sure we look at it from every realistic angle,” he said.

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hat does it take to stop the Northern Gateway oil pipelines?

For Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the answer seemed to be nothing.

Scholars alleged a report on the pipeline was replete with errors. Scientists anticipated smog belching up over Asia and across the planet. Just one day before Ottawa endorsed the pipeline, a study revealed a catastrophic breakdown in the variety of life on the sea floor near the West Antarctic Peninsula.The breakdown’s culprits are glaciers surrendering sheets of ice to climate change.

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B.C.’s Interior.The broader importance of that decision for B.C. rests in the route of the Northern Gateway pipeline, which would traverse multiple First Nations territorial claims.

After a legacy of dealing with First Nations through obfuscation and neglect, the government must now justify any incursion on Aboriginal title lands.

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Some pundits predict the decision will merely produce a period of prosecution and payouts. Others see it as a possible death knell for large-scale resource developments. Either way, the ruling is a game changer. If First Nations choose to use this power to enjoy the economic fruits of their land, they have the backing of Canada’s top court.We just hope it isn’t fruit of a poisoned tree.

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Biased advice column misses the mark Dear Editor: What a horribly biased “advice” column by Kathy Lynn (How to Talk to Your Kids About the Teachers’ Strike, June 18).

She uses the word “fair” in exactly the way the B.C. Teachers’ Federation would like her to, ignoring that what is considered “fair” to teachers may be anything but fair to taxpayers, to parents and to the students themselves.

She apparently doesn’t know, or chooses to ignore, that the overwhelming evidence from the most studied subject in education worldwide finds no evidence linking class size to learning outcomes

(see author Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath, Chapter 2, “My largest class was twentynine kids. Oh, it was fun.”)

What is most closely linked to learning outcomes is teacher skill, regardless of class size, something the BCTF prefers not to mention.

According to Lynn, we need to tell children that the teachers need to strike to make their hours of work and their vacation time more “fair,” to make the rules more fair for “all the workers,” and to “talk about salaries.”

She ignores that the teachers already have more paid vacation time than any other workers and that the

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government (representing the taxpayers) has been talking about salaries all along, just not the numbers the BCTF considers “fair.”

The bottom line is that the teachers are on strike for their own benefit only.

Like all public sector

workers they try to frame their strike in terms of defending the interests of their customers.

That is not their mandate, nor should it be.

The Labour Relations Code of B.C. requires the BCTF to negotiate for the benefit of its members.

That is what they are doing, and it is time that we all stopped pretending that their objective is otherwise, including — perhaps especially — columnists who provide advice on parenting.

Franz Scherubl North Vancouver

Densification is leading to gridlock Dear Editor: With the relentless densification of the area immediately north of Lions Gate Bridge we are surely moving to gridlock.

There is only one lane connecting the bridge traffic going north to the Upper Levels.

And densification continues with two 23 and

19-storey towers given the green light at Lower Capilano, the completion of the Evelyn Drive project on the west side of Taylor Way and a planned development on the east side.

On top of all that, Larco is planning to build two more massive towers in the White Spot area;

my recollection from their earlier presentation was that it would cause minimal traffic problems.

If any planner believes all this development will not be a problem they can buy my condo for a real bargain price of $5 million.

Patrick Hill West Vancouver

Comment is collision recipe Dear Editor: Re: Letter from Stephen Smith, Sunday, June 1, Motorists: Give us Cyclists Some Space.

In your letter you state your brakes are not as precise as on an SUV, so you may lose control at the bottom of a hill and have to go through a four-way stop as it’s safer.

Wouldn’t that be a warning to ride slower and within the limits of your equipment and not depend on that big SUV being able to avoid you?

One of the basic rules of the road is that you should be able to stop within the clear distance of road ahead of you. Anything else is a recipe for a collision.

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One vote in North worth three in North Van Dear Editor: Re: B.C.’s unfair elections act, Bill 2 — 2014, The Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment Act. The four North Shore electoral districts each have about 55,000 people; the Stikine electoral district has about 20,000 people (2011 census figures). Thus a vote in Stikine is worth nearly three votes in North or West Vancouver. Stikine is an extreme case, but there are nine electoral districts for which a vote is worth 50 per cent more than a vote on the North Shore.

to affect legislation via his or her representative.

No vote should have more or less impact than another. Voters, in some circumstances, may need help getting to equal, because of language, culture, poverty, remoteness etc. This is not a justification for giving them more legislative power. Instead, these voters should be provided with the resources needed to achieve their equal share of legislative power; this may be enabled by giving certain MLAs more resources.

Now, with Bill 2, the B.C. government is trying to legislate this disparity for the future. We should be outraged.

The argument for such a disparity in populations in the past was that it was needed to obtain effective representation in areas where communication was difficult. With modern communications this argument is no longer valid.

Real democracy means that each person has equal legislative power; in other words each person has an equal opportunity

Justice Beverley McLachlin in the 1991 Supreme Court of Canada case concerning Saskatchewan boundaries stated: “ What are the conditions of effective representation? The first is relative parity of voting power. A system which dilutes one citizen’s vote unduly as compared with another citizen’s vote runs the risk of providing inadequate representation to the citizen whose vote is diluted. The legislative

power of the citizen whose vote is diluted will be reduced, as may be access to and assistance from his or her representative. The result will be uneven and unfair representation.”

Bill 2 will lead to exacerbating and entrenching an already uneven and unfair representation due to numerous and substantial unequal populations of electoral districts.

This legislation is surely unconstitutional. It should

be withdrawn.

There is something good that the B.C. government could do: let the B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission make the final decision instead of the legislature, thus removing political interference from the process, as is done for federal electoral district boundaries.

David Huntley Burnaby/New Westminster Citizens for Voting Equality

Paradise lost on Sea to Sky Highway Dear Editor: It won’t be long now before the next GranFondo from Vancouver to Whistler and this is the time when enthusiasm for the big race up the Sea to Sky Highway starts to build.

A lot of Vancouver cyclists like to consider themselves extreme so the Sea to Sky bike lane was designed to cater to them.

South of Strachan Creek where the lane narrows to just under a metre, a drain

has been cleverly placed to give them a chance to jump it or have the thrill of venturing out onto the highway. A whimsical sign has been placed just before it depicting a cyclist flying over the handlebars.

Now is also the season those other cyclists — the ones with 1,200 cc motors attached to their bikes — race by law-abiding regular car drivers.The thrill of the wind buffeting you as they pass is hard to describe.

Going through a

If our leaders have their way, cyclists passing through Britannia will soon have the joy of viewing an LNG plant across the sound, the clear cut on Gambier Island and the gravel pit at McNab Creek.This will give a new meaning to our slogan of Super Natural B.C.Time to go back to reading my book, — Milton’s “Paradise Lost.”

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Squamish Nation launches tribal journey Traditional canoes depart on eight-day journey to annual gathering in Bella Bella DREW COPELAND editor@nsnews.com

Members of the Squamish Nation departed under sunny skies, backed by a supportive farewell from family and friends from Stawamus Village south of Squamish last week.

On Thursday, at 10 a.m, two traditional cedar dugout canoes left from the Stawamus waterfront adjacent to a local log sort. Their final destination after an eightday journey up the coast is Tribal Journeys — the Qatuwas Festival in Bella Bella.

Sixteen pullers (or paddlers) sorted gear, talked over the day’s plan, launched their canoes and left the Mamquam Blind Channel with an escort from the RCMP. A ground crew of 19 is going by van and will meet with the canoes along the way.

The group’s first

planned stop was the Chekwelp Indian Reserve near Gibsons, about a three-hour paddle from Squamish.

On Friday, they planned to cross the Salish Sea to Newcastle Island off Nanaimo, where they were to rendezvous with more canoes and paddlers, and then continue on.

Some 5,000 people in more than 100 traditional dugouts are expected at this year’s Qatuwas festival in Bella Bella.

The groups will feast, dance, sing and share stories and customs with one another. The groups are coming from all along the coast, some as far south as Oregon.

Long ocean travel by cedar dugouts is a First Nations tradition that was dormant for decades.

The culture was reignited when members of the Heiltsuk Nation paddled from Bella Bella to Expo ‘86 in Vancouver, a 500-

bring back a culture and our traditions and old customs: going up the coast and stopping at all the different villages and going back to those ways of sharing each other’s songs and dances,” said Joyce Williams, who has done the trip four times previously.

Williams is bringing along her daughter, Annalee, for the first time this year.

“For me, I’m almost more excited for my daughter,” Williams said.

“It will be really good for (the children) to start seeing those traditions and customs at such a young age.”

The Tribal Journeys Qatuwas Festival runs from July 13 to 19. Afterwards, the participants from Squamish Nation will return home by vehicle.

This year, information about the journey (routes and updates from different groups) is accessible on a mobile app from: onefeather. ca. There is also a Twitter conversation (#FollowTheJourney) where participants and observers can correspond.

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The Squamish Nation became involved in 1993 when they responded to a challenge by the Heiltsuk people to build traditional canoes and travel north to Bella Bella.

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Deep Cove brewery to open patio JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Plans for a new lounge are brewing on Dollarton Highway.

Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers’ plan to turn their tasting room into a lounge and to serve growlers on the patio won an endorsement from District of North Vancouver council June 23.

If the plan gets the province’s stamp of approval, the brewery will be serving drinks and sandwiches until 1 a.m. in the lounge and 10 p.m. on the patio.

The move would allow ale aficionados to sip a variety of the brewery’s beers and spirits, according to founder Shae De Jaray.

“Distillery licensing limits us to serving a very, very small amount of spirits. It’s about a quarter of an ounce and we’re also not allowed to mix that into a cocktail, which, to a lot of people, isn’t a very appetizing way to be served the product,” he said.

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As the summer heats up so do the flourishing colonies of ants that are found in our gardens.

Unlike many other insect pests, ants are very difficult to control in an environmentally friendly way. Even though ants do improve soil aeration and drainage, their benefits are far outweighed by their nuisance and plant-related damage. Ants can also be structural pests, but I am not going to discuss those specific ant species in this column.

Several facts must be considered when trying to control ants in the garden.

Firstly, due to the prolific use of pesticides over the last 50 years, most ant species have genetically adapted and mutated to breed resistance to pesticides.The more pesticide you spray to kill ants, the more they become resistant. I don’t believe that most sales people are even aware of that fact. Secondly, ants generally prefer to live in dry, free-draining soil.

Thirdly, other than ant eaters, there are few, if any, natural pests for ants. Lastly, mulch absolutely does not attract ants.

Ants cause plant-related problems by farming aphids or scale on the foliage or the plant’s root system.

Many ant species will even take aphids down into the ground before winter starts so they can farm the aphids on the roots during winter. In spring the aphids

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are brought back up onto the foliage to feed and be farmed.You will often see black aphids being tended by ants. Ants squeeze the rear end of aphids and drink the sugar-rich excrement as well as cannibalizing the aphids needed to feed the colony.

To successfully control ants several controls should be used simultaneously to achieve the best effect.Water is one of the simplest and safest tools to use for control.

Wherever you find colony entrances, place a garden hose and let it slowly trickle down the entrance to flood the colony. Always disturb colony entrances to force the ants into repair mode instead of foraging mode.

Chemical fertilizer should be avoided because it forces soft plant tissue growth that is easier for pests to eat.

And chemically fertilized plants undergo stress, which attracts ants and other pests to the plant. As for pesticides to control ants, if you want to poison the environment,

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Now that the weather has warmed, we are able to plant some of our favorite herbs in pots on our kitchen window ledges or perhaps out on our decks.

If you are lucky enough to have a garden outside where you can plant some basil, thyme and other herbs then these little herb tag markers may be for you. Just a quick stop at your local craft store to pick up a few items and you can assemble these little markers in a matter of minutes.

Materials Miniature chalk board clips Wooden dowels

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Digging up the entire colony can be effective if the colony can be accessed without too much damage to the garden’s plants or structures.When digging, put all of the infected soil, ants and larvae into a plastic bag and put it in the garbage. Dig deep and wide and disturb the hell out of the colony.Then, as the ants begin to attack, use a shop vacuum and suck up the little buggers. Empty the shop vac into a plastic bag. Be sure to look for ant larvae, which look like small pieces of puffed wheat cereal. Once you’ve finished vacuuming, thoroughly water the area to drown any missed ants and to flood any missed portions of the colony. Allow the dig site to dry before replanting or repairing.

If ants are farming aphids on your plants, use an adjustable nozzle on the garden hose. Control the water pressure and adjust the nozzle to provide a strong, focused and concentrated water stream that you spray at the ants and aphids.

The stream of water washes the ants and aphids off and waters the plant simultaneously.

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HARPISTS’ CONCERT Four world-renowned harpists playing music ranging from classical to tango to jazz, all written or arranged by harpists Friday, July 4, 7 p.m. at Pyatt Hall, VSO School of Music, 843 Seymour St., Vancouver $20/$15.

Tickets available at the door or ordered in advance through cishi.info@gmail. com. Cash only.

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Community Bulletin Board ROAD TO SUMMER The North Shore Women’s Centre is holding an online silent auction until July 13 at 9 p.m. Bid on getaways, event tickets, restaurant gift cards and more. All proceeds will go to North Shore Women’s Centre programs and services — empowering women and girls in the community. 32auctions. com/roadtosummer SALSA BY THE SEA Outdoor (weather permitting) salsa dance classes Thursdays until Aug. 28, 6:30-7:30 p.m. followed by open free

dancing until 8:30 p.m. at Ambleside Landing, West Vancouver. $6. 604-9257290 ferrybuildinggallery.com SUMMERFEST AT LONSDALE QUAY MARKET Until Aug. 30 visitors can take part in Feel-Good Fridays with Zumba classes from noon to 1 p.m. and Dance Saturdays that include demonstrations and lessons 2-5 p.m. at 123 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver. All charitable proceeds collected through efforts at SummerFest will benefit the BC SPCA. lonsdalequay.com SHIPYARD PALS WALKING TOURS Travel back in time as

Shipyard Sal and Sam combine songs, stories and vignettes about Burrard Dry Dock Shipyards Wednesdays and Thursdays at 1:30 and Fridays and Saturdays, 1:30-3 p.m. from July 2 to Aug. 30 at Shipbuilder’s Square, 15 Wallace Mews, North Vancouver. Free.

604-990-3700 x8008 nvmaprogams@dnv.org nvma.ca GETTING STARTED WITH LIBRARY EBOOKS — IPADS AND TABLETS Learn how to use the BC Libraries’ e-books website Thursday, July 3, 2-3 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Registration required. 604925-7405 westvanlibrary.ca

UPLOADING AND EDITING PHOTOS ONLINE Learn how to use Flickr to upload and edit digital photos Saturday, July 5, 2-3:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Registration required. 604-925-7405 westvanlibrary.ca SHIPBUILDERS’ SQUARE SHOW AND SHINE Fifty of the best hot rods and customs in the Lower Mainland will be on display Sunday, July 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Shipbuilders’ Square, 15 Wallace Mews, North Vancouver. There will also be a full day of family entertainment including live music.

front of the library at 120 West 14th St. Schedule: July 11, 9:16 p.m., Up; July 25, 9:01 p.m., Despicable Me 2; Aug. 8, 8:40 p.m., Nut Job; and Aug. 22, 8:24, Frozen. Popcorn and beverages will be available for purchase. nvcl.ca PERSIAN BOOK CLUB Read and discuss classical and contemporary Persian literary prose July 17, Aug. 21 and Sept. 18, 2-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Participants must be fluent in Persian. 604-925-7405 westvanlibrary.ca SOUP TENT INITIATIVE Members of the Sacred Circle of the Great Mystery Shamanic Society will distribute hot soup and coffee for those in need Monday, July 21 from noon to 2 p.m. at Waterfront Park (north side), North Vancouver.

BC SPCA encourages penny donations to help animals in need. The West Vancouver SPCA will collect donations (rolled

pennies are preferred) at 1020 Marine Dr. spca.bc.ca STAMP COLLECTION FUNDRAISER The Order of the Eastern Star is collecting used postage stamps. Stamps can be dropped off at the reception desk at the North Shore News, 126 East 15th St., North Vancouver. The fraternal organization uses money from the sale of stamps to purchase medical supplies to provide dressings for cancer patients throughout the province.

COMPUTERS AT THE LIBRARY North and West Vancouver public libraries offer free ongoing computer classes. For information, dates and locations, visit nvdpl.ca, nvcl.ca or westvanlibrary.ca.

Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com.To post online, go to nsnews.com, scroll to Community Events and click on AddYour Event.

NORTH SHORE STORIES — ADVENTURES IN STORYTELLING An evening of community storytelling Wednesday, July 9, 7-8:30 p.m. at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St. Registration required. nvcl.ca MOVIE NIGHTS IN THE PLAZA North Vancouver City Library will host free screenings of popular family movies on Fridays starting at sunset in

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ThankYou to our sponsors.

With your generous help our 17th Annual BlueShore Financial Charity Golf Tournament raised $51,000 in support of North Shore Rescue.

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AMBLESIDE ORCHESTRA rehearses Wednesdays 3:15-5:30 p.m. at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver.

Intermediate level of musicianship required.

Bring a music stand. David, 604-922-1035.

CAROUN PHOTO CLUB Meetings are held the third Wednesday of every month 7-9 p.m. at the Silk Purse Arts Centre, 1570 Argyle Ave.,West Vancouver.Visitors are welcome. carounphotoclub.com CHESS CLUB All levels are welcome to play chess Mondays and Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m. at Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. 604-983-6350 myparkgate.com SOUL POWER HOUR with Dr. Cynthia, Wednesdays 7-8 p.m.

Learn soul secrets, wisdom, knowledge and practical techniques to transform all areas of life. For details or to register email hamiltoncy@gmail.com CIRCLE DANCE Learn easy dances with music and steps from many traditions the second Wednesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. (arrive 6:45 p.m.).

Admission by donation.

Registration and location: Wendy Anne, 604-9883522.

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DEEP COVE LADIES LIONS CLUB meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second

and last Wednesday of each month at Lions Garey Ham Court, 936 Bowron Court, North Vancouver. New members are welcome.

Sally Scott, 604-924-1923.

THE DUTCH KOFFIECLUB meets the third Wednesday of every month, 10 a.m. to noon at the food court, at Park Royal South,West Vancouver. Meet new people and keep up your Dutch language or improve it.The club welcomes Flemish and South African people also. Used Dutch magazines and books will be available. Henk, 604987-4978 Nel, 604-9876879.

GLENEAGLES SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Classes every Wednesday, 7:309:30 p.m. at Hollyburn elementary, 1329 Duchess Ave.,West Vancouver. 604925-9333 NORTH SHORE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA meets Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Sutherland secondary, 1860 Sutherland Ave., North Vancouver, and is looking for new string players (especially bass players). 604-980-3132 jeanaireland1@hotmail.com NORTH SHORE CHORUS meets Wednesdays, 7:15-9:45 p.m., at Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. New members are welcome. 604-9852559 nschorus.com or audreyowen@shaw.ca SING-ALONG WEDNESDAYS “Mr. Music” Peter Vanderhorst will play the piano to lead

a sing-along of favourite songs the first Wednesday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 885 22nd St.,West Vancouver. Song books will be provided.

Drop-in fee: $5 at the door.

SPEAKERHUB TOASTMASTERS meets every Wednesday, 6-7:45 p.m. in the Silver Harbour Seniors Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver, to help participants improve their public speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment. Guests are welcome. www.speakerhub.ca

Thursdays BETWEEN THE SHEETS This Deep Cove book club meets the first Thursday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. Each member recommends a book and takes a turn hosting discussions in their homes. New members welcome. Adele, 604-9295621 billadele@shaw.ca BINGO: Every Thursday, 6-10 p.m. at the North Shore Alano Club, 176 East Second St., North Vancouver. 604-987-4141 CHANCEL CHOIR New members are invited to join the choir, which practises Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. No experience necessary. 604985-0408 st-andrews-united.ca Compiled by Debbie Caldwell Email information for your non-profit, by donation or nominal fee event to listings@ nsnews.com.

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PARENTING

Road trips with children can be fun Summer is often the time when we pack the kids into the car and head off on vacation.

There are those who will tell you that car travel is a story about frayed nerves, hoarse voices and a firm determination to never, ever do this again.

And yet, there are families who travel by car and not only survive, but have fun doing it. What are their tricks?

In the summer of 1973 we decided, against the advice of everyone we knew, to pack up the kids (who were then 14 months and 28 months of age) and head off in the family auto from Vancouver to Toronto. We had a ball.

We ignored our negative friends (many of whom had no children). Instead we got advice from friends whose children were grown, who had travelled with various numbers of children of all ages, and who told us we would have fun.

That trip was one of many, and the trips were invariably fun. So sit down and pour a cup of coffee while I pass on our tips for successful travel with children.

Attitude I have a friend with four children. When she gets in the car she assumes everything will be fine with the children, and it is. Another friend gets in the car saying, “I just know this is going to be a nightmare,” and usually it is. Children will most often exceed our expectations.

So decide that the trip will be fun. Look forward to it. This not only gives you extra energy to make it work, it lets the children know what you expect.

Planning Now it would be great to think that a positive attitude is all that is needed. Most trips are a disaster because there is no planning. There

lecture the whole way!!!).

However, you can make it interesting and exciting.

Kathy Lynn

Parenting Today is plenty of agonizing, worrying and fretting, but no planning. Travelling with children involves certain strategies, accommodations and structures. The trick is to plan the trip with the specific needs of your children in mind.

Developmental Needs Babies and toddlers cooperate beautifully when there is no disruption in eating and sleeping patterns. So, you will have a much better holiday if you plan your trips to accommodate their mealtimes, naptimes and bedtimes.

If you have older children who can read without getting carsick you are a winner. Magnetic games are a hit with school-aged children. CDs are wonderful and you can sing along. And your kids will want to bring their electronic games and their own music. This is great but it’s a good idea to determine how much time they can spend plugged in.

You don’t want them to miss the actual trip.

Print or digital maps are a great idea for schoolaged kids. They let the children know where they are, where they are going and they love to trace the trip. For those who are using tour books (again either print or digital), children can be recruited to research motels, campgrounds, restaurants, and tourist attractions along the way.

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Food and Exercise Getting the whole family up, dressed and out in the morning is as big a problem on the road as it is at home. We had a sure-fire method for handling this. We would serve the children juice in the motel room as we all quickly dressed and hit the road. We stopped for breakfast an hour or so later. By this time the kids were ready to eat a good breakfast. Children don’t have the patience to sit quietly while their parents enjoy a cup of coffee.

Our strategy was for one adult to take the kids out for a run immediately after the meal. The other stayed for a quiet cup of coffee. We alternated this arrangement. In this way each adult had an occasional quiet moment alone, and the children got exercise before getting back in the car.

Lunch was picnic-style so the children could run. The menu invariably included meat, cheese, rolls and fruit that could be nibbled on the fly. If they didn’t eat, we didn’t worry; they’d had a good

breakfast.

Mid-afternoon was cold drinks and exercise time and we always stopped early in the evening.

Because schoolyards are easier to find than parks, we took the children to the local school for a good run

before dinner. *** The trick is simple.

Plan your family vacations realistically. Children need regular exercise, have short attention spans and need frequent food, drink, and bathroom breaks.

Kathy Lynn is a professional speaker and author ofVive la Différence, Who’s In Charge Anyway? and But Nobody Told Me I’d Ever Have to Leave Home. If you want to read more, sign up for her informational newsletter at parentingtoday.ca.

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When I was little I was perplexed by my mother’s preference for the fussy, meat-impoverished pieces of chicken at mealtime.

Why on earth would she opt for the bird’s austere undercarriage, with its complex network of bones and cartilage, when a succulent breast or thigh was available?

I surmised back then that she must simply be a selfless guardian and provider, ensuring her growing boy got the best bits while she stoically made due with sub-par scraps.Well, I’m all grown up now and guess what? I’m on to you, Ma! Those finicky chicken parts are where all the flavour is.

Who knew? I guess you did.

It was the so-called dark meat of the fowl, mysterious and foreboding as a kid, that eventually inspired in me the realization that in many cases, the choice cuts of any given beast are far from the tastiest. Of course, I offer this sage wisdom with the caveat that those odds and ends need to be well prepared; there is nothing quite as gag-worthy as a poorly cooked kidney. It’s best to just take my word on that one.

Many cultures exhibit nothing short of culinary wizardry when it comes to less common cuts of meat.

Vietnamese cuisine, for example, wastes no morsel

and manages to transform the dubious into the sublime. At Pho Garden, the new Vietnamese restaurant located at the steadily transforming Norgate Plaza on Marine Drive, they certainly know how to handle beef, in all its forms.

I visited Pho Garden recently for a bowl of the eponymous soup, one of Vietnam’s numerous glorious culinary contributions and a dish so arrestingly fragrant and delicious that it would be a strong contender for my last meal of choice, in the event such an occasion ever arose, perhaps in response to some unforgivable injustice I had committed, like willingly consuming processed cheese.

From a list of more than a dozen principally beef-based pho options, I opted for a large Pho Garden, which included beef meatballs, cooked, thin slices of flank steak, raw, paper-thin slices of flank steak, beef tripe and soft beef tendon.

Honeycomb tripe, featured in this dish, is sourced from the reticulum chamber of a cow’s stomach and is a wonderfully ornamental ingredient, pearl white with a coral-like pattern. It has a surprisingly delicate flavour and a pleasantly springy texture, expressing itself best, in my opinion, in supporting roles, as it did here.

Beef tendon, with its distinctly chewy and gelatinous texture, may not intuitively appeal to the conservative Western palate, but the ingredient reveals a tremendous depth of flavour that catches me off guard every time I eat it and makes me glad for its inclusion in the dish.

To my earlier point about the need for expert preparation of these types

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In my experience, some pho broths betray notes of over-roasted spices, including star anise and cinnamon, which can impart a cloying bitterness.

Not so with Pho Garden’s elixir, which packs a bold but balanced wallop of flavour.

The raw beef cooks through almost instantly once dropped into the broth and helps to round out the complex flavours of the dish alongside the usual pho garnishes, which include

bean sprouts, chilies, lime wedges, potently aromatic Asian basil, hoisin sauce and, in this case, a lovely homemade chili oil delicately scented with pureed lemongrass.

I added an order of Cha Gio, or deep-fried pork and vegetable spring rolls, to accompany my soup.The rolls were densely packed and liberally infused with garlic. A traditional dip of fish sauce, subtly sweetened citrus juice, rice vinegar, and chilies accompanied the rolls and added a welcome salty tanginess.

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My one criticism of this otherwise tasty dish was

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the inclusion of imitation crab meat. In a city that is celebrated for its Dungeness crab, this pollock-based, mock crustacean meat encounters a tough audience.

Finally, I thoroughly enjoyed a young coconut smoothie selected from Pho Garden’s tropical beverage list.The icy, indulgent drink nicely showcased the silky, perfumed character of good quality coconut milk.

My meal of spring rolls, pho, seafood rice and coconut smoothie was $28.72 before gratuity.

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Fried is not the only option for doughnuts like a poor substitute at best. Not so.While baked doughnuts definitely do not taste exactly like their fried cousins, they have a charm of their own.They’re light and cake-y, and if you eat two (or three) you won’t feel obligated to log 10 miles on the treadmill.

Doughnut pans can be found at most houseware stores for a modest price.

The pans have only six little indentations for making the doughnuts and most recipes make 12, so you can either buy two pans (they’re small so they don’t take up much storage space) or bake the batter in two batches. I do the latter and haven’t found that the second batch suffers by waiting to go into the oven. Happy baking, and don’t forget the sprinkles.

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Fill each doughnut cup about two-thirds full.You can use a piping bag to fill the cups but I just use a couple of teaspoons and smooth out the batter with the tip of my finger.

Bake seven to 10 minutes, just until the tops of the doughnuts spring back when touched. Let cool in the pan a couple of minutes before removing. Note: the tops of the doughnuts don’t get very brown. Makes 12 doughnuts.

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Dip both sides of the warm doughnuts into a small bowl of melted butter (preferably unsalted), then roll them in a combination of one cup granulated sugar and two teaspoons cinnamon until completely coated. Place on wire rack until butter dries.

Glazed Cranberry Orange Baked Doughnuts This recipe makes 18 doughnuts, so you have to bake three batches or cut the recipe in half to make nine.

2 cups cake flour (see note above) 1 Tbsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ½ tsp baking soda 2 large eggs, room temperature 1 cup sour cream (full fat produces the best results; low-fat is acceptable, but definitely not fat-free) ½ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup vegetable oil 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp freshly grated orange zest ½ cup dried cranberries, snipped into small pieces Glaze: 1 cup icing sugar, sifted ½ tsp vanilla 2-3 Tbsp freshly squeezed orange juice (or as much as needed to achieve drizzling consistency) Preheat oven to 350º F; spray doughnut pan with non-stick spray. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In a

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Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined, then stir in the orange zest and cranberries until they’re evenly distributed throughout the batter. Fill each doughnut cup twothirds full.

Bake for about 12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into a doughnut comes out clean. Remove doughnuts from pan and place on a wire rack while preparing the glaze.

In a small bowl stir

together the icing sugar, vanilla and enough orange juice to make a glaze thin enough to drizzle off a spoon.

Either dip the bottom, browned side of the doughnuts into the glaze or drizzle it on. Makes 18 doughnuts.

Visit the Taste section on the website nsnews.com for this column with a recipe for Sour Cream Chocolate Baked Doughnuts.

Angela Shellard is a selfdescribed foodie. She has done informal catering for various functions. Contact: ashellard@ hotmail.ca.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - North Shore News - A27

A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE NORTH SHORE NEWS

Course now matches its majestic setting Mark Hood, contributing writer

Greens were flawless and bunkers wellsanded and carefully tended. Gleneagles was in prime shape for the 2014 season.

Macan’s grasp of the local landscape and climate conditions made him the ideal choice for the new Gleneagles golf course.

Wait, what? Gleneagles?

In West Vancouver?

Over the decades, Gleneagles had its ups and downs, and was acquired by the District of West Vancouver by municipal plebiscite in 1958. In the late 1990s, the course’s historic connection to the community began to be recognized and the District of West Vancouver committed funds to improve the facilities, both on course and off.

Indeed, and as golfers we can rejoice, brothers and sisters, rejoice.

Forget almost everything you thought you knew about the North Shore’s little gem, gather around and hear my testimony.

Having served local golfers since 1927, Greater Vancouver’s fifth oldest continuously operated public golf course has a storied past and was well known for its charming eccentricities.

B.C.’s premier golf architect of the day, A.V. Macan, was brought in to produce the ninehole layout. Having already established a firm reputation by designing a number of prominent B.C. courses, including Marine Drive (1922) and the original Shaughnessy (1926-27),

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The fairways were cut razor tight, yielding impressive roll on landing; the rough was lush and beautifully manicured.

Then slowly, all at once everything changed.

The Panabode Great Hall was completely rejuvenated, a lovely restaurant added with a lounge and patio, and a new pro shop incorporated into the main structure. Today the hall has regained its position as the western North Shore’s festive focal point for weddings and group occasions. see more page 28

With improved turf care and pace of play management in place, the playing conditions of Gleneagles Golf Course in West Vancouver match the majesty of the setting.

The first hole (at right) at 455 yards from the back tees, is bisected at the landing area by Larson Creek, named after the Swedish family that settled the area in the early 1900s.

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Removal of the old pro shop has allowed the first tee box to move back all the way to Orchill Road and turned number 1 into an earnest par-5.

Daily management of the course is handled by Monaghan Golf Inc., a Vancouver-based public golf course management specialist. Their local courses include Vancouver’s Langara and Fraserview and they understand the demands placed on public courses by recreational golfers.

Some of their most important improvements have been the creation of an actual tee time advance booking system and the addition of a starter and course marshall to assist with pace of play.

Turf conditions were taken firmly in hand when Dan Henegar, West Vancouver’s Manager of Parks Arboriculture and Horticulture, came on board after eight years at the Capilano Golf and Country Club.

A new mission — to become the best nine-hole course in Canada — was articulated.

Greens are top-dressed weekly and regularly aerated.

Standard golf course turf-management practices have been implemented and resulted in a more consistently playable course. It has taken time, but it has paid off enormously.

I hadn’t played Gleneagles in a while and I was joined on a recent Saturday by friends Dan Rothenbush, Dan Foster and David Hanley.

I fully expected to find what I knew from previous form: it was a sunny day but had been a damp week, so tee shots

were bound to plug. Casual water would be an issue on holes 3, 4, 7 and 9 and greens would be sluggish.

Well . . .

The starter was cheerful and expecting us. We teed off and wandered out to the fairway, and you could tell the fairway from the rough.

The short grass was cut tight to the ground and as healthy as at the best courses in town. The rough was lush, uniform height and you could tell where it began.

This was Gleneagles as I had never seen it before.

There was no casual water. Shots didn’t plug.You got roll on your ball after it landed. The greens were in exceptional shape. It was everything you could pray for and then some.

It was the same all over the course. Tee boxes were well-grassed and healthy. Fairways were close cropped and fast with the rough clearly visible.

On the second hole, for example, the short fairway grass gave us the choice of putting from 10 yards or so in front of the green if we felt it was a better option.

On the third hole, Cardiac Hill, the gradual slope was see more page 30

The number 2 at Gleneagles (top photo) is a challenging hole, but if you land short of the green, improvements in turf management give you the option of putting from the fairway. The third green (at right) is best approached after laying up with an iron.

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On June 15, members and staff of West Vancouver’s Capilano Golf and Country Club opened their doors to benefit their fellow North Shore residents at the 18th annual Lions Gate Hospital Foundation Golf Classic.

Held each year to help raise funds to purchase needed equipment, the objective of the 2014 gathering was to generate the final funds required to replace the North Shore hospital’s aging CT scanner.

Information from the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation website notes that the new scanner will reduce scan times, allow physicians to see better detail and reduce radiation by 80 per cent.

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clearly fairway and the upslope clearly rough.

It let us know that we could attempt the summit if we chose, but it was a high-risk low-reward strategy for most recreational golfers.

Hit your second shot first and you’ll arrive at a better result.

Casual water was a historic problem at the bottom of the fourth hole hill and a blind landing area meant that many tee shots were lost to the gods. No longer.

Even after a damp week and just over 24 hours of dry weather, the base of the hill on the fourth hole was dry and firm.

that Gleneagles was named in the top 4 Best 9 Hole Courses in Canada

by Canadian Business in 2013, and among the best in Canada in 2014 by Canadian Golf Magazine.

It was so wonderful, we had to play the back nine. The District of West Vancouver and the team at Monaghan Golf deserve a standing ovation from golfers everywhere, of all abilities, for elevating the course conditions and playability of Gleneagles to what is surely the finest in its long history, and it’s still only $25 for nine holes on Fridays and weekends.

The ever-affable Brian, manning the till in the pro shop, said he had lived in West Vancouver for more than 30 years and never seen the course in better shape. I must agree.

Gone was the perennial swamp at the left side of the seventh fairway. Gone too were the turf problems on the fifth tee that had existed since Charlemagne was a wee lad.

We are truly lucky to have this gem in our midst. Finally, the conditions of the course match the majesty of the setting.

The landscape was the same as before, but the playing surfaces were stunning, as good as some private courses. It’s now no surprise to learn

If you haven’t made the trek to “The Glen” in a while, don’t take my word for it, play it yourself.You will be amazed.

Viewed from the patio of Larson Station Restaurant, the apple trees on the sixth fairway (above) are survivors from the original orchard that once stood on the site. Today Gleneagles Great Hall (at right) has regained its position as the western North Shore’s festive focal point for weddings and group occasions.

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Fifty years ago, it was just a few enthusiasts in Deep Cove and some water skis.

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On July 6, the club is celebrating its half-century

anniversary of becoming officially recognized as a society.

But the fun and games began much earlier in 1953, when Ken Matheson and his friends met on his mother’s porch in Deep

Cove to start a water ski club.

“We all liked to water ski, but we didn’t have a float or anything like that to ski from,” he said. “We had the prospective idea and had a spot in Bedwell

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Club has evolved from humble beginnings From page 31 funds together and build a float.

“When we started, water skiing hadn’t been happening for very long,” he noted. “It was all experimenting in those days.”

In 1958, Deep Cove had a water skiing school where Matheson gained much of his experience working.

But in those days, they taught the kids whatever they knew or had seen on film. “Today it’s all now very sophisticated,” he said.

“We started many of the programs in its early stages,” he added, including bringing out the Big Brothers and Big Sisters for day trips. “We also had a social side to the club and a competitive side, and one supported the other and so it did work.”

The club is open to all ages and abilities, Matheson said, because they have made it “for everybody” since the beginning.

“In those days, we really were growing as a sport,” he added. “The sport was accelerating in the ’60s and ’70s — more so than now.

But we didn’t have quite so many diversities, there was no wakeboarding, in those days it was just water skiing.”

Since the club’s humble beginning, there are currently more than 250 members, with about 55

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The club not only puts on tournaments and clinics that are open to the public, but also hosts special events to support sport development for youth and people with disabilities.

The anticipated 50year anniversary event this Sunday for members and supporters includes door prizes, a silent auction and a ski down memory lane, according to Bill Adams, who’s been with the club

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“It’s going to be spectacular,” he noted.

Adams joined the club when he was 13 and lived in Deep Cove.

He said the club’s programs have sent serious water skiers to compete on national and provincial platforms.

“I still ski, as well,” he said. “I slalom and kick and jump. But I’m getting too old for jumping now.” vwsc.org

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SPORT

Duo heading to San Marino

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Brothers and North Vancouver natives Jake and Kaden Oseen will head overseas in early July to play in the San Marino Cup. They are two of 15 players from the North Vancouver-based Excel Soccer Academy that will make the trip, according to a press release.

Kaden said in the statement he loves soccer and going to Italy will be an awesome experience.

When playing in other countries against teams from all over, it will be cool to see the difference and how they play compared to us, he added.

The Excel Soccer Academy, founded by former professional player Tony Pensato, has participated in the San Marino tournament since 2006, finishing second in the B pool last year.

The Oseens and their teammates will travel

Field Notes to the Republic of San Marino, a tiny micro-state located within the larger country of Italy.

Occupying 61 square kilometres on the Italian Peninsula, it’s home to more than 30,000 people.

Jake said in the statement the trip means a lot to him because he loves to play soccer and he’s always wanted to travel out of North America. He’s really excited about this trip, he added.

The 14th edition of the San Marino Cup is billed as the largest Italian youth soccer tournament for boys and girls, featuring 75 teams and 2,000 participants from 18 countries. The tourney will run July 6 to 12, coinciding with FIFA World Cup Brazil. sanmarinocup.com excelsoccer.net

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