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NV City council sends draft OCP to public hearing Council votes to move forward with CityShaping 30-year plan BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

City of NorthVancouver council has lumbered over the first legislative hurdle on its way to approving a 30-year plan encompassing land use, development, health and the economy.

Council voted 5-2 Monday night to give the CityShaping official community plan bylaw first reading and send it to a public hearing due at the end of September.

Council, staff and community volunteers have been working on the plan for the last three years, bringing in more than 4,500 pieces of public input.

The plan, which has yet to be passed, foresees densification along

the Lonsdale Avenue corridor and in Lower Lonsdale and a population of 68,000 by 2041.

While the draft OCP spans dozens of topics over more than 100 pages and eight chapters, much of the discussion in recent weeks has been about how much growth should be allowed in Moodyville, which has undergone massive changes since council’s approval of the Low Level Road project and Port Metro Vancouver’s approval of Richardson International’s new bank of grain silos.

Neighbours impacted by the projects had been lobbying council to adopt city staff’s recommendation to allow mid-rises below East Third Street to allow the area to be redrawn.

Opponents, largely from the north side of Third, lined up to thank council for scaling back density in a July 7 vote to cap development at townhouses and triplexes.

Coun. Craig Keating introduced a last-ditch motion to put staff’s recommended density back in the plan, but only found supporters in Coun. Linda Buchanan and Mayor See Go-low page 5

West Vancouver beaches reopen for swimming JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

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Vancouver Coastal Health lifted an almost week-long warning against swimming at Ambleside, Dundarave and Sandy Cove beaches Wednesday after water quality test results returned to safe levels.

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used to calculate safe levels of E. coli bacteria back into acceptable range, despite one high test sample at Dundarave beach, said health authority spokeswoman Anna Marie D’Angelo.

Officials still don’t know what caused the sudden spike in E. coli levels at three West Vancouver beaches last week.

The beaches had previously See Ship’s page 3

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recorded low bacterial counts of under 30 units of E. coli. Last week they suddenly measured huge spikes — to more than 4,600 units of bacteria per 100 millilitres in one sample taken at Ambleside on July 18 and over 2,000 units in two Dundarave samples.

Canadian Recreational Water Quality Guidelines recommend that the public be warned water is unsafe for swimming when bacteria counts reach over 200 units of E. coli in 100 ml of water.

The numbers were particularly unusual in that water quality at West Vancouver beaches is rarely a source of concern.

So far the best guess about what happened is “there was some sort of discharge of effluent into the water,” said D’Angelo.

Following the spike in numbers, authorities tested samples from the Lions Gate Sewage Treatment plant and checked for discharge from manholes and found nothing

amiss, said D’Angelo.

So far, health authorities haven’t been made aware of any large discharges from ships, said D’Angelo.

While it’s now safe to go back in the water,West Vancouver resident Bill Small said he was less than impressed with the actions of municipal employees at Ambleside while the advisory was in effect.

Small said he walked along the beach while the warning was in place and noticed several groups of people — including those with young children — in the water.When he asked, they told him they hadn’t seen the warning signs — which Small said were placed so far apart they would have been easy to miss.

Small said the lifeguards on duty also didn’t seem concerned that people were in the water.When he asked why people weren’t being informed of the advisory, they told him it wasn’t their job, he said.

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WV police investigate disturbing incident involving girl on bus JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

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what their role could be” in keeping the public informed.

The most recent test results of the three beaches conducted on Monday came back with most samples showing under 100 units of E. coli per 100 ml of water.

One sample at Dundarave remained high at 1,600 units of E. coli.When results are examined over the course of the month, however, numbers are still within acceptable limits, said D’Angelo.

West Vancouver Police are looking for a bus passenger who can help them investigate whether an 11-year-old girl was inappropriately touched by an elderly man on a West Vancouver transit bus Monday afternoon.

The girl got on the westbound 255 bus at Park Royal Shopping Centre around 2 p.m. with a family member in her 20s.The girl was sitting sideways in a seat directly behind the driver when an older man struck up a conversation with her and sat down beside her, said Const. Jeff Palmer, spokesman for the See Police page 5

District mulls amalgamation Council votes to establish tri-municipal citizens committee

JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

Honey, let’s get back together.

That’s the call of the District of North Vancouver as they continue to make overtures toward amalgamation with the resisting City of North Vancouver.

District council unanimously supported forming a tri-municipal North Shore committee to study the possible benefits of amalgamation at a council meeting Monday.

The question of merging the two North Vancouvers may also be on the district’s ballot as a referendum question in November’s municipal election — pending the result of further council discussion slated for September.

Both the City of North Vancouver and the District of West Vancouver have

declined to help choose the citizen committee.

“It is time for us to take it away from the politicians and the bureaucrats and put it in the hands of the people,” said Coun. Doug MacKay-Dunn.

Funding for the volunteer committee is estimated to cost $20,000, which will be drawn from the council reserve.

That sum is a pittance compared to the millions that could be saved with an integrated planning model, according to MacKay-Dunn, who has frequently blasted the “silo mentality” that characterizes North Shore municipal planning.

In a period of unprecedented growth and densification on the North Shore, it is essential to take an overview of construction projects and transit, according to MacKay-Dunn.

“It makes no sense to have radical zoning differences on the border of two different municipalities,” MacKayDunn said while speaking to the City of North Vancouver in June.

Amalgamation could reduce the size and cost of local governments while maximizing efficiencies, according to Coun.

Roger Bassam.

As the District of North Vancouver discussed amalgamation Monday, the City of North Vancouver mulled first reading of their official community plan two kilometres away.

The District and City OCPs are not coordinated, according to Bassam.

“They’re completely independent documents,” he said, adding that the municipalities were on different pages on some very important issues.

The City of North Vancouver initially rejected amalgamation over cost concerns connected to the 70 kilometres of asbestos concrete pipe running under the district. More recently, the city scuttled amalgamation talks over concerns the district isn’t paying their share of the North Vancouver policing bill.

While one West Vancouver councillor suggested the three municipalities should focus on combining services, such as the North Shore Emergency Management Office, other councillors were less receptive.

“There’ll be no amalgamation as long as I’m on council,” promised Coun. Bill Soprovich.

Citing irreconcilable differences between West and North Vancouver, West Vancouver Mayor Michael Smith said West Vancouverites had no interest in amalgamation.

District of North Vancouver Coun. Mike Little praised MacKayDunn for continuing to push for amalgamation despite reluctance from neighbouring municipalities.

“The frustration has always been that you need a dance partner,” he said. “I think what Coun.

MacKay-Dunn has shown us is that sometimes you’ve got to get out on the dance floor and see who else will come and join you.”

Opposition to amalgamation — or as he termed it: reunification — seems to be based on emotion, according to Coun. and acting mayor Alan Nixon.

“I can just imagine what a tremendously great municipality the combined municipality would look like, given our respective talents,” he said.

The tri-municipal committee is scheduled to report back to council by Oct. 6.

Mayor Richard Walton and Coun. Lisa Muri did not attend the meeting.

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North Van RCMP arrest and charge teen tagger BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

A North Vancouver teen police allege is the most prolific graffiti tagger on the North Shore is now facing charges for leaving his mark.

“Stock,” as he has allegedly spraypainted on commercial and government buildings more than 90 times since the start of the year, was first arrested earlier this spring.

Crown council has now approved five charges of mischief against the 16year-old.

“We had done some surveillance on him. Our youth officers submitted inquiries.We keep intelligence and profiling,”

said North Van RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong. “Once you have 50, 60 or 70 tags, you obviously have someone who is a repeat offender. In this case, it was the diligence of our officers and the assistance of the community policing volunteers who helped document them all with pictures. … He was a person of interest and we just had to put him to the scene of the tags.”

While many taggers regard their work as art, the public commonly holds markings as an eyesore, De Jong said, and it is up to the buildings’ owners to pay to have them cleaned up.

The youth is due before a judge to answer for the tags in December.

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‘Go-low, go-slow’ is best -Clark From page 1 Darrell Mussatto and the vote went down to defeat.

Coun. Rod Clark said he applied the same principles to Moodyville he has to the rest of the city.

“I believe we should continue that go-low, goslow approach. I have heard a lot of divergent opinions, specifically on the Third Street down to First Street area,” he said, noting he too lives there. “Quite honestly, I’ve taken a fair bit of heat in the last couple of weeks from some residents who don’t understand my viewpoint. In fact, they don’t even want to discuss my viewpoint.They have dollar signs in their eyes and it’s as simple as that.”

Coun. Guy Heywood also took issue with the amount of growth staff had initially recommended in the plan.

“It seems to come from a planner point of view or academic view that growth is necessary and should be embraced, whether or not there are benefits for the people who live in the community that are enduring this growth,” he said, adding that he was disappointed so much of discussion had been hijacked

by Moodyville’s issues

after being “completely blindsided by the great wall of Richardson.”

Coun. Craig Keating reminded council that the OCP is a 30-year plan and that it would be antithetical to create a plan that only takes into account the infrastructure, needs and wants of today. He went on to counter popular claims that the city is growing too fast.

“I certainly don’t think members of council should be giving rein to notions that we are now suffering from out-of-control development.

The census will tell you that over the last 10 years, from 2001 to 2011, we the city grew by nine per cent, which is less than one per cent per year. It is one of the lowest rates in the Lower Mainland,” he said.

Mayor Darrell Mussatto, too, stressed that council needs to look at the bigger picture and come up with a plan that won’t burden future generations with the problems of today.

“We have to reduce the amount of coal, oil and gas that we use so that we can have a quality of life for those who come after us. It means changing, a little bit, doesn’t it? I wish we could all have single-family homes.

That’s just not achievable anymore, so people are going to live differently.We can find a good way to live, or even better way of living, in a very sustainable way for future generations,” he said.

“Change will come. For some, it will be more difficult than others but I can tell you we have to change, either by design or by default.”

Keating and Mussatto voted against the OCP bylaw’s first reading in

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Council is tentatively expecting to hold the public hearing on the draft OCP on Monday, Sept. 29, allowing members of the public to question staff and offer up five minutes of comment for council members to consider before casting their final votes in October.

Police grateful for woman’s intervention From page 3 department.The man then allegedly began to touch the girl in an inappropriate manner, said Palmer.

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“We are quite grateful that she intervened in the way she did,” said Palmer.

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t’s been a rough week for those of us who take transit.

First we learned TransLink’s Compass Card system is so far behind schedule it should be renamed the Sundial.

Then we had two malfunctions that crippled the SkyTrain system.You can’t blame the people left waiting for a bus for hours for pondering a switch to a car.

The trouble is, the roads to work are already largely clogged, and vacant parking spots are always in short supply.

A cursory look over the numbers in TransLink’s 2013 bus service performance review released last week shows ridership is down on most of the North Shore’s bus routes over the last three years.There could be any number of reasons for this.

Higher home prices mean more affluent buyers who are more likely to drive.

Higher fares may also be putting

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The takeaway from this is taking transit is becoming less desirable precisely when it needs to become more desirable.

Nearly every discussion that happens in the North Shore’s three council chambers is coloured by the fact that people are getting fed up with North Shore traffic.

We’ve run out of room and money for more roads, so that leaves us looking to other modes of transport.

Yet, the most we can get from our transportation minister is a promise that any investment in our transit system can be scuttled if voters don’t approve it by way of a referendum.

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Value of assimilation overlooked

Third SeaBus but a promise

Dear Editor: Regarding Josh Labove’s opinion piece in Sunday’s North Shore News (Holding Tight to Fiction of a European Canada), Canada was built on the backs of immigrants who made this country what it is today.

Certainly one cannot deny Canada’s early immigrants were of mainly European descent. It follows that English and French became our national languages.

The importance placed upon assimilation helped a disparate group form a common bond and shaped our national identity. We are globally recognized as a tolerant nation and continue to attract immigrants who are persecuted in their own

Dear Editor: Third SeaBus again?

Our politicians are stale.

One mayor even chairs the Mayors’ Council on Transportation and what do we get? A promise for the third SeaBus that was promised for the Olympics.

Our other North Shore mayor has explained why our small North Shore population doesn’t warrant a SkyTrain connection.

Meanwhile both are hellbent for density increases to rely on a third offering of inefficient, outdated technology. We deserved the short SkyTrain extension when the Olympic equipment was here. It will never happen with this stale group. The tax hike will.

Robert Thompson North Vancouver

countries for religious or political beliefs.

Canadians as a whole are inherently respectful of others and embrace the many different cultures that make up our country.

We take pride in our diverse nation yet expect all our citizens to uphold certain standards. Having an adequate knowledge of either English or French is one of the requirements for becoming a Canadian citizen and helps bind us together.

Our tolerance for other cultures, languages and beliefs is one of our nation’s defining characteristics.

Unfortunately, this quality is too often exploited (heaven forbid you wish anyone a “Merry Christmas” anymore).

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The emphasis on multiculturalism has displaced the value of assimilation and any opinion to the contrary is vilified as racism.

Describing Mr. Saltzberg as a xenophobe

and Putting Canada First as a hate group is an extreme reaction to a point of view not in line with Mr. Labove’s.

Fortunately, freedom of speech (another of our nation’s defining qualities)

allows both these points of view to be aired. Truly frightening are those who try to quash a disparate opinion under a trumpedup guise of hate or racism.

Melinda Slater West Vancouver

Amalgamate the two NorthVans Dear Editor: Re: City Spurns Amalgamation, June 18.

The two North Shore entities are geographically one place.

It is high time for the two to amalgamate.

I see the reluctance to do this, mostly on the city side, as a job preserving tactic.

We do not need two

councils, two libraries, two fire departments, etc., for this population and geographical area.

The policing concerns are really not a concern at all . . . stop sharing, make it one: just do it (amalgamate) and let the rest fall into place.

We need to develop and control densification in a co-ordinated manner

for this geographical area with the accompanying infrastructure. Traffic gridlock is a serious concern and greatly affects the livability of this area.

This needs to be addressed by one governing body.

All for one and. . . (you know the rest).

Janice Morton North Vancouver

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Neighbours divided over density plan “High density development inflates land values; this in turn increases redevelopment pressure on the more affordable older building stock. Only about 10 per cent of the city’s cost of infrastructure and services is covered by development fees.”

— Elizabeth Murphy, July 2014 When Denna Homes, the Onni Group, Grosvenor and other large developers complete their projects and move on, what percentage of project-related infrastructure costs will they have bequeathed to North Shore taxpayers?

Have you asked yourself that question as you

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Just Asking

wasted time in traffic, obeying the Find Alternate Route signs to avoid the rubble and barricades that have plagued our municipalities for the past five-plus years?

Elizabeth Murphy’s article, Vision and NPA More of the Same, in

this month’s Common Ground magazine offers no comfort because, as a professional knowledgeable about development issues, she describes similar complaints to those we hear every day.

Murphy, a former property development officer with BC Housing and the City of Vancouver, might well have been writing about the North Shore when she saw little difference between rightand left-leaning politicians who support developers that build towers and marginalize communities in the name of EcoDensity.

To be sure, the unrelenting pace of construction we continue to endure puts some

revenue from development cost charges into municipal coffers and provides on-site, albeit short-term training for unskilled workers who, otherwise, might not have those entry-level opportunities.

Will such modest upsides offset community concerns about the pace of change and the pressures on hospital and transportation services that follow increased density?

Doubtful — as is any hope the developments will provide truly affordable housing.

Many people believe City of North Vancouver council decisions have favoured developers’ interests over the

Others, including many renters, believe an official community plan increase from the current single family 0.5 FSR (floor space ratio) to condos at 1.6 FSR, would orphan their affordable homes and force them out of the neighbourhood.

Council’s 4-2 decision July 7 to support 0.75 FSR stoked the fire of those differing interests.

Unfortunately, that’s what happens when renters’ affordability interests collide with the goals of property-owners and developers who agree on a mutually beneficial land assembly.

Throw in histrionics

objections of current residents and that the city has become a blueprint for the societal stresses that accompany rampant changes to the places people call home.

In the Moodyville area, once-friendly neighbours who were united in their concerns about Port Metro’s expansion plans — are now at loggerheads over differing density aspirations.

Property owners like Michelle and Michael Binkley, who rightly say Port Metro deceived residents about the extent of the Low Level Road and Richardson silo projects, favour higher density so they can relocate without losing equity.

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Satisfying Metro Vancouver’s density dreams From page 7 from the mayor’s chair and someone was bound to go away unhappy.

After viewing that portion of the meeting several times (CNV video archive at 05:16), I decided to run some of the rumours to ground.

Why had the Binkleys expected a different result?

Had someone given them FSR assurances as rumours suggested?

“No one was promised anything,” Michael Binkley wrote in answer to my question.

Nevertheless, he wrote that during the lengthy

CityShaping process “90 per cent of participants were in favour of land use changes in the East Third Street area.”

Binkley also says the four councillors who later voted to support the 0.75 FSR “threw all they had demanded (of CityShaping) out the window” and “voted their own personal opinion.”

I put Binkley’s comment to Couns. Don Bell, Pam Bookham, Rod Clark and Guy Heywood.

Yet to hear from Bell, the other three strongly reject that assertion.

“We did not throw out everything done in

CityShaping,” Clark wrote.

“Specifically, with respect to East First to Third in the 400-, 500and 600-blocks we have instructed staff to bring in the OCP bylaw with a 50 per cent increase in density to 0.75 FSR.” Clark believes such a significant increase in allowable density “will generate interest in the development community to pursue housing renewal in the area.”

Bookham says that in her case, “when council asked staff why they proposed 1.0 rather than 1.6 FSR, I just wanted an explanation as to why

staff felt 1.0 was a better solution.”

Addressing the wording of survey questions, Heywood — who is not seeking re-election in November — said surveys can be used to “manufacture consent from the quantity of participation” rather than to “learn from the content and quality of the many different views expressed on behalf of the wider city population.”

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North Van lawyer fined by law society ANNE WATSON awatson@nsnews.com

The Law Society of British Columbia has fined a North Vancouver lawyer $25,000 for professional misconduct, which included backdating corporate transactions to ensure a multi-million-dollar real-estate deal went through.

Ronald Wayne Perrick was handed the fine by a hearing panel of the law society June 12 for what the panel described as “multiple serious instances of professional misconduct.”

Perrick’s actions included improperly using expired power of attorney for clients who had since died and

backdating of corporate share transactions. Perrick also withdrew funds from a trust account when he knew there was a dispute about the fees and before presenting a bill, according to the law society.

The allegations against Perrick first arose back in 2006, but Perrick never admitted or acknowledged any misconduct, according to the hearing panel.

The victims had to hire a new lawyer and fight their own lengthy battle in court in order to obtain an accounting of the trust funds and the proper legal bill for services rendered from Perrick.

While the law society had urged a fine of $15,000, the hearing panel instead imposed a higher fine of $25,000

saying it was important to send a strong message that his action “was not only irresponsible but also unethical.”

Perrick “engaged in multiple serious instances of professional misconduct in order to fulfill his client’s goal of completing a commercial real-estate transaction and then his own goal of receiving a substantial legal fee for his services,” the hearing panel wrote.

Perrick was also ordered to pay the law society’s costs of $24,000.

Perrick must pay both the fine and costs on or before Oct. 31, 2014.

Perrick has been a lawyer since 1971 and has been practising law in North Vancouver for 30 years.

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The exhibition explores the conjunction of landscape and perspective, and showcases the works of artists living or working in B.C. over the last century. The show will remain on display until Aug. 30. westvancouvermuseum.ca

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to HOME & GARDEN

Garden watering: Get it right

Of all the skills I have taught students over the years, watering is one of the most difficult to learn.

Most people either overwater or underwater their potted plants and gardens. It’s not that people don’t understand the need to water, they don’t do the required follow-through to understand how much water is moving into the soil.

Here’s some advice to help with your garden watering this summer.

First, a few facts about water and soil that everyone should know: The deeper the water moves into the soil, the deeper plant roots will grow, assuming the soil is aerated enough for roots to grow down into the soil. Shallow watering produces shallow rooted plants, which are predisposed to drought stress.

Very dry soil will at first resist water infiltration until the soil absorbs some water to allow percolation, a condition known as hydrophobic. Water runs down into the soil in a loose pyramidal shape, which is why soaker hoses must be set close together to avoid dry spots in between the hoses.

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Mulch allows water to percolate into the soil more efficiently than a soil that is not mulched. Mulch retains soil moisture and slows evaporation.

Potted plants should have enough water volume applied to assure that water drains from the bottom of the pot to adequately water most of the pot’s soil and to prevent fertilizer salt build up.

Watering restrictions in the Metro Vancouver region were only implemented to control watering of grass. Those restrictions only apply to lawns, not planting beds, veggies or potted plants, at least not yet.

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The hotline is part of Eyes Across B.C., an outreach and awareness initiative.

To find out more about invasive plants you can also visit invasiveplantcouncilbc. ca.The Invasive Species Council of British Columbia is a grassroots, non-profit society that provides workshops, activities, and events to educate the public and professionals.

Membership is free and open to anyone willing to work collaboratively.

NORTH SHORE FRUIT TREE PROJECT Do you have fruit trees in your yard that need picking?

The North Shore Fruit Tree Project will pick unwanted fruit and donate it to local charities.To donate, call 604-983-6444 x640 or email nsftp@shaw.ca (if possible, before the fruit is ripe).The society is also seeking volunteers to help throughout the summer and fall. northshorefruittreeproject.ca LAWN SPRINKLING SCHEDULE Mornings only (4-9 a.m.) watering regulations are in effect until Sept. 30. One hour a week is all that is needed for a healthy lawn. Evennumbered addresses: Monday,Wednesday or Saturday mornings. Oddnumbered addresses: Tuesday,Thursday or Sunday. metrovancouver.org RETURN OF THE OSPREY EVENT will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Wild Bird Trust’s site office, 2645 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver. Activities include how to identify butterflies; meet local artists and photographers, learn about purple martins and ospreys plus more. wildbirdtrust.org CITY PARKS STEWARDS INVASIVE PULL Bring your family and friends Saturday, July

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TOURS VanDusen Botanical Garden at 5251 Oak St.,Vancouver, offers tours daily at 1 p.m. and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.

Meet at the information desk. Free for members or with garden admission. vandusengarden.org

THE UPPER LONSDALE GARDEN CLUB meets every second Thursday of the month, 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the basement of St. Martin’s Anglican Church, 195 East Windsor Rd., North Vancouver. New members are welcome. Dianne, 604-980-3025 dkkennedy@shaw.ca

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When it comes to actually watering, automated irrigation systems are the most poorly understood and incorrectly used watering devices. Partially due to the fact that owners don’t do proper followthrough to assure that the system’s water sufficiently penetrates deep enough into the soil.

Many owners assume the irrigation system is functioning properly as long as the system comes on when programmed.

I can remember taking students from the University of British Columbia horticulture program to look at various landscape features in the condos and apartments around the campus.

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No matter the equation or technique used to water, follow through after watering to determine how deep the water has penetrated into the soil.

If you’re a longtime gardener, you will have learned your plant’s needs.

However, I suggest digging a few holes around the garden after watering to see how much water actually absorbed into the soil.

To further help with garden watering here are a few guidelines to follow: Always mulch the soil to reduce water need and help retain soil moisture.

Water deeply to promote deep rooting to withstand drought. Morning or evening watering is fine.

Evening watering also helps cool the house down. If water is running off the soil too quickly, stop watering, allow absorption, then restart and repeat as needed until the water infiltrates the soil. Established gardens, usually three to four years or older, will need watering

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A larger volume applied less frequently will produce deeper rooted plants versus watering frequently with less volume. Growing plants close together so they touch is called covercropping, not fornication, and cover-cropping reduces evaporative water loss from the soil. Happy watering!

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Child boredom is not your problem At some point during the summer holidays boredom will set in for most of our kids.

Parents dread this day because somehow it will become their problem.The child whines, “I’m bored” and then looks up at Mom or Dad with big puppy dog eyes waiting for the solution to the problem.

And so we come up with all kinds of ideas.They could call their friends and arrange to go off to the park and play with them, they could read a book, or they could build a town out of Lego.

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moment (or 10) during the summer when boredom rears its ugly head.You want to avoid solving the problem by having them plug in.They will certainly include digital games and activities as part of their summer plans but you want to schedule that so that it doesn’t take over their lives.

So when they announce they are bored, hear them and answer, “Hmm.What are you going to do about that?” It’s their problem, not yours.

The more scheduled your child has been during the school year, the more likely they will have trouble entertaining themselves.

And yet, down time has real value.

It gives her a chance to simply rest with no expectations of activity.

She can sit under a tree and let her mind flow.

She will daydream. She might imagine all sorts of wonderful ideas and even start planning her future.

Her daydreams can lead to thinking about what she wants to be when she grows up. Or she may simply

in the middle of activity.

She may come up with a wonderful idea for her play.

Your role is to be supportive once she makes a decision.What if she and her brother decide to take out all their Lego, small cars and figures and create a town?

You can provide some space and let them continue the play over a number of days.

They may decide to set up a camp in the backyard. Make it a project that doesn’t need picking up every night.

It’s a good idea to have a mix of down time and active time. Sit down each weekend and do some planning.What would she like to do next week? Are there any places she’s been keen to visit?

If possible, try to spend some special time with

dream about what she wants to have happen in the next school year. So many of our kids are on a continual merry-go-round that they never have time to consider, to dream or to plan.

Don’t be surprised if a daydreaming session leads her to want to talk to you about changing her extracurricular activities.This time may cause her to realize she has always wanted to try something new or that she doesn’t want to continue on in soccer.

Downtime also teaches her to learn how to spend her time when there is no plan in place. She will learn what she likes to do rather than what class or activity is next on the agenda.

Creativity comes more often from free time than

each of your kids.That can include having them learn how to do some cooking with you or fold laundry. It can also include a one-onone outing to a concert, for a shopping trip or out to lunch.

Make books available for reading, have art supplies at the ready, be prepared to turn lunch into a picnic in the backyard.

Boredom can be a gift and it’s her problem. So relax, and let her learn whatever her boredom will teach her.

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PARENTING Kids Stuff YOUTH SINGING COMPETITION Grades 7-12 are invited to showcase their talent at the upcoming Salute to Veteran’s BC Lions game. Entry deadline: Monday, Sept. 15. Judging: Tuesday, Sept. 30. 604575-8840 legionbcyukon.ca/ content/youth-singing-contest BABYSITTING IN A DAY An interactive and fun course that teaches youth ages 11-15 the business of babysitting July 25, Aug. 9, 25 and 29, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver.

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everyone and the librarians will be tuning up their ukulele’s for some singalongs and fun singing games for everyone. Registration required. 604-929-3727 x8166

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SUMMER READING CLUB:TALES WITH A TWIST Ages seven-10 are invited to participate in parodies, fractured fairy tales, surprises endings and plot-your-own stories Wednesday, July 30, 3-4 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7407 westvanlibrary.ca

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Comedian pens 71 lists about parenthood This is Ridiculous This is Amazing by Jason Good (Chronicle Books, 176 pages) $17.95 TERRY PETERS tpeters@nsnews.com

Parenting is a challenge but also the best job in the world.

That paradox is what can drive you crazy but also to tears of laughter.

For comedian Jason Good, it has driven him to writing lists — 71 of them.

Good looks at a wide range of topics that every

parent can relate to and then makes up a list to address them. Every one

involves a short intro, that serves like a setup to a good punch line, to get your attention.

When summer arrives and your thoughts turn to a family camping trip, Good’s list includes these reality checks. “1. Starting a fire on purpose is really hard. Starting one on accident is very easy. It’s kind of like making a baby.

2. All the kids’ socks are wet within the first five minutes. 3.Your kids will each find a special rock, and one will promptly lose it. The entire weekend will

be spent searching for the special rock.”

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Donation buoys skatepark campaign

Collectible decks expected to bring in up to $10,000 CHRISTINE LYON clyon@nsnews.com

A fundraising drive to upgrade the aging Ambleside Skatepark is rolling along thanks to a recent in-kind donation.

Vancouver blogger Bob Kronbauer, who used to work in the skateboard industry in California, heard about the campaign to rebuild the 20-year-old seaside skatepark in West Vancouver and handed over 100 brand new skateboard decks from his personal collection to the Ambleside Skatepark Project.

The decks are currently being auctioned off on eBay. Peter Sullivan, founder of skateboard and apparel wholesaler Supra Distribution in North Vancouver, and one of the driving members behind the Ambleside Skatepark Project, estimates the online auction could bring in between $5,000 and $10,000.

“It’s great for us that people can donate in

different ways,” he says.

So far, the campaign has raised about $60,000 of its $150,000 goal. The bulk of that — $50,000 — was pledged by Supra.

“My goal for that is just to try and give back.

Skateboarding’s been very good to me and I’ve been able to create a business,” Sullivan says, adding that he’s trying to get other skateboard distributors and shops to chip in.

A Go Skate Day fundraiser was held June 21 at Ambleside Park and Sullivan says another handful of events are being planned this summer in hopes of reaching the $150,000 mark by Sept. 1 “That’s when the cutoff is if we want to have it completed by springtime of next year,” he says.

His vision for the renovated park is inspired

by Stoner Skate Plaza near Santa Monica, Calif.

“It’s by far the most popular park. It just mimics real street-style obstacles that you’d see in downtown Vancouver,” he explains.

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HOP INTO HOOPLA TRAINING SESSIONS Learn how to stream or download movies, television shows, music albums and audiobooks from Hoopla, a Netflixlike service for North Vancouver libraries, Wednesday, July 23, 2-3 p.m. at Parkgate library, 3675 Banff Court, North Vancouver. Registration required. 604-929-3727 x8166 nvdpl.ca AUTHOR EVENT North Shore hiking expert Norman Watt will give a talk and show slides about his recently updated edition of Off the Beaten Path which features 39 routes through the North Shore’s wilderness Thursday, July 24, 78:30 p.m. at Capilano Library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver.

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MOVIE NIGHTS IN THE PLAZA North Vancouver City Library will host free screenings of popular family movies on Fridays starting at sunset in front of the library at 120 West 14th St. Schedule: July 25, 9:01 p.m., Despicable Me 2; Aug. 8, 8:40 p.m., Nut Job; and Aug. 22, 8:24, Frozen.

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What’s On Wednesdays LET’S TALK Develop English skills while discussing current events Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. No registration required. 604-925-7403 MEALS ON WHEELS needs volunteers on Monday,Wednesday or Friday mornings.

604-922-3414 northshoremealsonwheels.org NORTH SHORE CHORUS meets Wednesdays, 7:15-9:45 p.m., at Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. 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, 10 a.m. to noon at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, 885 22nd St.,West Vancouver. Song books provided. Drop-in fee: $5 at the door.

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Thursdays CHANCEL CHOIR New members are invited to join the choir, which practises on 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 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS PROGRAM North Shore Multicultural Society (207123 East 15th St., North Vancouver) is looking for volunteers to participate in a variety of community events with newcomers.

Recruitment is ongoing.

604-988-2931 or sochellr@nsms.ca COMMUNITY LUNCH Experience lunch with other people in the neighbourhood Thursdays, noon to 1 p.m. Hosted by the Sharing Abundance Association at St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044

St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. Free, but donations are accepted.

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SING WITH MOUNT SEYMOUR UNITED CHURCH COMMUNITY GOSPEL CHOIR Marcus Mosely and Dominique Hogan lead this group one Thursday per month at 7:30 p.m.The

choir sings at the service on the following Sunday at 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. Check the website for dates. All voices are welcome and music reading is not required. mtseymourunited.com ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH CHOIR Choristers of all ages and abilities are invited to sing with St. Martin’s Church

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE

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Hot dogs rely on trimmings

Angela Shellard

Romancing the Stove

THE DISH Chris Dagenais reviews Spicy House in NorthVancouver page 24

I have a guilty secret: my absolute favourite thing to eat is a hot dog.

Hot dogs may just be North America’s most popular street meat, and gourmet dog restaurants and vendors are a common sight.

Your choice of frankfurter or sausage is up to you, whether it be pork, beef or turkey, European, Bavarian smokie or bratwurst. As for the bun, my favourite is a classic soft white bakery bun, untoasted, but it’s all a matter of personal preference. As far as cooking goes, I like to use the Coney Island method: simmer the dog in well-seasoned water until it’s tender, then give it a few minutes on the grill to crisp the skin. Perfection.

But everyone knows a great hot dog is all about the trimmings, and there are plenty to consider. I offer here a few ideas to spark your imagination.You can teach an old dog new tricks.

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6 Tbsp mayonnaise 2 Tbsp spicy brown mustard (there are dozens of great mustards available, use whichever one appeals to you) 4 Tbsp hickory flavour barbeque sauce ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar 6 slices crisp-cooked bacon, crumbled Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat; add onion and cook until deep golden and very tender, stirring often, about twenty minutes. Grill hot dogs on medium hot grill, turning occasionally, until slightly charred all over. Place split buns on the grill until warm and lightly toasted. Spread buns with mayonnaise and drizzle with mustard and barbeque sauce. Place hot dogs in buns and top with cheese, followed by onions and bacon. Makes four servings.

Coney Island Chili Dogs ½ lb lean ground beef 1 medium onion, finely chopped (divided use) 1 clove garlic, minced 1 Tbsp chili powder 1½ tsp cumin ½ cup water ¼ cup plus 1 Tbsp tomato paste 2 tsp yellow hot dog mustard, plus more for topping 1½ tspWorcestershire sauce 1 tsp brown sugar Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 4 hot dogs 4 hot dog buns Shredded cheddar cheese for topping Preheat oven to 350º; wrap buns in foil. In a large skillet over medium-high

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How is it possible that after a decade of living on the North Shore I had never been to Spicy House, the long-standing Korean restaurant on Lonsdale Avenue and 20th Street?

Perhaps it’s because the restaurant’s modest, nondescript façade and interior betray no evidence of the gloriously bold cuisine that awaits the diner within.

Whatever the reason for my omission of Spicy House in my ever-growing list of regular haunts, I am now prepared to make up for lost time.This is a restaurant that unapologetically embraces big, brash flavours, creatively blending some of my favourite ingredients, including sesame, ginger, garlic and chili, this latter achieving new heights in the form of the ubiquitous gochujang, a staple of Korean cuisine made of glutinous rice, soybeans, chilies and salt.

The mixture is traditionally put into earthen pots and permitted to ferment until it achieves a fiery pungency and complex flavour profile that can elevate simple and familiar ingredients to conversationworthy heights.

One example of this elevation, ordered in what turned out to be another prolific menu sampling on my part, was Jeyuk Dupbab, marinated, shredded pork with carrots, onions, garlic,

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spices too numerous to identify in a single sitting, and a healthy slathering of gochujang.

Despite its heat, this is a fragrant, thoughtful dish, its slightly caramelized grilled meat, intense, fermented chili paste and heady garlic notes adding up to something much greater than the sum of its parts.

Now, I recognize that super spicy food is not everyone’s thing. Fair enough. Personally, I have a good threshold for heat, but I am not impervious to it and I am certainly not a fan of the sophomoric “I dare you” mentality when it comes to spiciness; if the central ingredient in a dish is completely overwhelmed by fiery hot spices, I consider it to be a failed creation.

Spicy House expertly handles the reigns of the beast, tempering the fire just enough to showcase the ingredients beneath the chilies.

Also, it bears mentioning that there are numerous menu items at Spicy House that don’t rely on red hot chili pastes and purees for their richness of flavour.

One such dish is a seafood pancake (known as a Jeon), a hugely portioned item featuring prawns, squid, crab, green and yellow peppers, onions and long, caramelized strips of scallion, all baked into a dense and golden, crepe-like batter and served with a sesame-infused soy sauce.

The pancake, which contained more seafood per square inch than a piranha tank at feeding time, reminded me a lot of a frittata in texture and shape, but with a greater delicateness to the batter that bound the ingredients together and a boldness of flavour that certainly took the dish out of the brunch camp. Next, I enjoyed a steaming hot bowl of

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My next dish, called Ojinguh Dupbab, was another fiery hot number, this time featuring squid with coarsely chopped onion, scallion, kimchi, and zucchini in a bright red gochujang sauce.

The squid was cut into sizeable cylinders, which seemed to prevent it from being overwhelmed by the powerful sauce, the heat of which was augmented by the potent and tangy kimchi.

I was pleased to discover that Spicy House supplies a complimentary dish of traditional Korean pickles with every meal. My plate included spicy kimchi, a briny, sea-soaked seaweed salad, giant radish, and beansprouts with finely chopped scallion and slivers of carrot.With the exception of the kimchi, the pickles helped to temper the heat of the other dishes and

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provided additional variety to an already diverse meal.

A final dish of Kimchi Udon was a pleasingly filling and mildly flavoured noodle creation that included grilled pork and onions.The kimchi offered a perfect crunchy counterbalance to the udon noodles, which I sometimes find overwhelmingly monotone in texture.

I glanced at a long, low, communal table that had been occupied by a large group of diners earlier in the evening and reflected on how an outing to Spicy House could be a great team-building or bonding experience. Groups of friends and colleagues always seem to be looking for unique things to do and, to my mind, a sampling of the restaurant’s menu would be a source of lively conversation, for some, a bold adventure, and for most, I suspect, an enjoyable meal. My meal of five dishes, pickles and rice, was $62 before gratuity. Spicy House is located at 2039 Lonsdale Ave. 604-987-0102 Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. Contact: hungryontheshore@gmail.com.

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5 heaping cups shredded green cabbage (or a mixture of red and green cabbage) ½ cup shredded carrots 1 Tbsp chopped green onion Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 4 hot dogs 4 hot dog buns ¼ cup salted sunflower seed kernels To make the slaw, in a small bowl whisk together the mayonnaise, yellow mustard, Dijon mustard and honey; set aside.

In a large bowl mix together the cabbage, carrots and green onion; add the

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Grill or boil the hot dogs.

Slice the hot dog buns in half lengthwise but don’t sever the tops from the bottoms. Lay some of the slaw in the bottom of each bun; add the hot dogs and top with additional yellow mustard.Top with the remaining slaw and sprinkle with the sunflower kernels.

Makes four servings.

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HAFI Funds Home Modifications for Disabled Man When Lorie and Walter bought their home in Port Alberni 13years ago they slowly began renovating the unfinished basement to accommodate Walter’s changing needs as his muscular dystrophy advanced.

“The basement was a black hole when we moved in,” recalled Walter. “After 12 years of skimping and saving, we made the downstairs completely wheelchair accessible, except for the bathroom. It was way too small.

I could only stand for about a minute and a half without collapsing in the shower stall and I could no longer pull myself out of the tub in the upstairs’ bathroom, even with Lorie’s help.”

Through funding from BC Housing’s Home Adaptations for Independence (HAFI) program, Walter and Lorie were able to work with a contractor to transform the space. A wall was removed to make room for a wheelin shower with benches, grab bars were installed, and the vanity and fixtures were relocated.

“ I just slide into the shower now,” said Walter. “I feel safer and no longer dread trying to wash myself. What was previously a dangerous chore for me is now a welcome treat.”

Walter and Lorie hope to spend the rest of their lives in their home.

The HAFI program provides financial assistance to help eligible low-income seniors and people with disabilities adapt their homes so they can continue to live independently.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - North Shore News - A27

TWINS BEGIN PLAYOFF PUSH

The North Shore Twins are battling for first place in the B.C. Premier Baseball League as they wrap up regular season play this week. Regardless of how the final standings shake down the Twins will host an opening round playoff series this weekend at Parkgate Park against an opponent TBD. Games 1 and 2 will be played in a Saturday doubleheader starting at noon with the deciding Game 3, if necessary, scheduled for noon on Sunday.

For updated schedules and results visit bcpbl.com.

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West Vancouver’s Carlota Lee has a very specific set of skills and assets that help her do her job co-ordinating housing for the players in the Odlum Brown VanOpen tennis tournament held annually at Hollyburn Country Club.

She’s persistent, organized, good at matchmaking, possesses a huge batch of FWHs (that’s Friends With Houses) and, probably most importantly, is willing to badger those friends until they agree to provide players a place to stay during the tournament each year.

When June and July roll around each year, Lee’s friends, many of whom are fellow members at Hollyburn, know that when they see her she’s going to be hitting them up for housing.

“They say, ‘Oh, there’s Carlota. Let’s turn around and go the other way!’” she said with a laugh when the North Shore News caught up with her a week before this year’s tournament.

Her persistence has paid off though — in the eight years she has held the job she has increased the pool of potential billets from around 20 to more than 50. “I asked anybody that I knew had spare rooms. . . . Almost everyone that requests housing gets it. I try my hardest to find them a family.”

The VanOpen offers players the chance to stay with a local family rather than rack up a hotel bill that would essentially wipe out most of their winnings. It’s the same at many tournaments at the Challenger level — one step below the big leagues where Federer, Raonic and Sharapova ply their trade — but not many tournaments can

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“The word is out with the players,” she said, laughing again. There is a bit of a hierarchy to it all with top players, such

as this year’s headliners Marcos Baghdatis and Vera Zvonareva, getting placed in some of the North Shore’s finest properties.

“Those ones I try to showcase the best homes in West Van,” said Lee. “Marcos is staying at a gorgeous home with a spectacular view. . . . His

house is spectacular. I put him with a friend of mine. I want to be housed there!”

Lee is quick to point out, however, that not every player gets housed in a mansion. All that a host family needs is a love of tennis and a spare room.

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Lee said she hosts players in her house each year and they aren’t living a life of luxury.

“No pool, no anything,” she said with a laugh. “I always house three players and I always tell them, every year, you’re getting the short end of the stick. I say you’re staying with me, it’s the most modest house of all of them! But it’s the most fun.”

Speaking of fun, Lee is also in charge of organizing the players’ party every year. At most tournaments these parties can be awkward affairs held in hotels or rec centres, but for the VanOpen Lee has a rotation of three or four friends who take turns hosting a big house party.

“At first nobody used to come — they’d say ‘Ah it’s just going to be a hamburger and salad and that’s it.’ But we always make a full course meal.

Last year we made this tenderloin and salads and all kinds of things.

Sometimes they have DJs. They have games. It’s a lot of fun.”

So with a big party, fancy houses and passionate young athletes mingling with wealthy socialites each year, there must be some intriguing stories floating around, right Ms. Lee? Does it ever get a little wild up there in the West Van hills?

“I see nothing, I hear nothing,” she said with a

laugh. “I know you want to get some dirt, but I’m not giving you any. . . . There isn’t any. We’re always perfect!”

Joking aside, Lee said she marvels at the dedication to their sport that the players show.

“Players have fun but they are all professionals,” she said. “All these players are athletes. They know their plan. . . . These players’ lives are incredible.

Just tournament to tournament to tournament every week.”

The schedule can actually be quite a grind for the players, which is all the more reason Lee and the rest of the VanOpen crew do all they can to make their tournament stand out. It seems to be working, as more and more players are coming back again and again, finding a way to fit the tournament into their calendars.

“They love this tournament because of the hospitality of the host families,” said Lee, adding that the gorgeous setting up at Hollyburn makes a big impression as well.

There are some challenges that come with the job too though. Players and host families both make special requests and Lee does her best to form pairings that work well for everyone.

“It’s a matchmaking procedure,” said Lee. “I know my friends, what kind of people they are, what kind of players they

would like to house. I’ve got all these pieces of paper on my desk and it’s kind of like a puzzle. . . . I just try to make sure everyone has fun, the families and the players.”

There’s a lot of last minute work to do as well.

“My cutoff for housing requests is on the 18th but the kids, I don’t know — they don’t read the fact sheet very well,” she said with a laugh. “They’re still requesting today. I just turned on my computer and there are quite a few requests. They’ve been popping up all weekend.”

Over the years Lee has found that she only has to do a little bit of badgering to get host families on board. If they do it once, they’re usually keen to keep coming back for more.

“Some people have signed up every year because they enjoy it so much,” said Lee. “Through the grapevine, friends of friends, they found out how fun it was. Watching a tennis match when you have someone to cheer for — it’s just always different. . . . It’s like watching your child at a competition. It becomes more fun.”

And there’s always a chance that to host the next Milos Raonic or Eugenie Bouchard. In fact, one of Lee’s best friends hosted a young player a few years ago who is now on her way to superstardom.

Who was it? Eugenie Bouchard, of course.

“Oh my goodness,

who would have known,” said Lee, recalling the astonishment her friend had when she realized the player she hosted was now playing in the Wimbledon final. “Yep, this is what happens.”

••• The tournament starts this weekend with qualifying rounds Saturday and Sunday that are free for

spectators. The main draws begin Monday.

Zvonareva, a former world No. 2-ranked player, headlines the women’s field that includes other notables such as Canadian Sharon Fichman, currently ranked No. 85, and former top-30 player Urszula Radwanska of Poland.

The men’s side is anchored by Baghdatis, a

former world No. 8 who won the VanOpen in his only other appearance back in 2009. Other notables include India’s Somdev Devvarman and Russia’s Alex Bogomolov Jr., both of whom have been ranked inside the top 100 in 2014.

For updated schedules, player lists and ticket information visit vanopen. com.

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Thrilling finish at B.C. Amateur It took five playoff holes for Vancouver’s Jordan Lu to finally win the 112th British Columbia Amateur Championship played last week at Seymour Golf and Country Club.

Lu, a 17-year-old bound for the University

of Washington this fall, knocked off Michael Belle after the two tied even par 284 through four rounds of play.

Lu birdied the final regulation hole to force a playoff and then tapped in for par on No. 10 after Belle made a bogey on the

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North Vancouver’s Roy Kang, a 15-yearold Seymour member, teamed up with 16-yearold Alex Francois to win the tournament’s best-ball competition.

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