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Heat wave hits, wind knocks power North Shore swelters as temperature records broken

MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

The North Shore experienced some wacky weather on the weekend as a heat wave was followed by a sudden wind storm.

West Vancouver sweltered under temperatures that soared to 31.3 C Saturday and smashed the weather record for the area.

“What’s noteworthy about this heat event is that it’s early in the season,” says Environment Canada meteorologist Matt MacDonald, adding the end of July and early August is normally when the heat waves hit B.C. Across the province, 64 temperature records were broken on the weekend, and there’s no sign that relief from the heat is in store any time soon. For Canada Day, temperatures in the Lower Mainland are expected to hit close to 28 C, in a hot, dry pattern that will hold steady right through to the weekend and who knows how much longer.

“As June draws to a close, it’s looking like we are going to have the warmest June on record — a whole month where the temperature was on average two degrees warmer than normal,” said MacDonald. “And that’s on the heels of May where we only received four millimetres of rain — and

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Cat shot by pellet gun at point blank range

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BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

A North Vancouver kitty is lucky to be alive after being shot in the back at point blank range.

West 16th Street resident Jennifer Hill

received word around 5:30 p.m. June 24 that her 14-month-old cat Ozzie had been hurt.

“My son ran out and found Ozzie dragging himself by his front paws up the walkway between our two houses and trying

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Hill raced Ozzie to Delbrook Animal Hospital thinking he’d maybe been attacked by one of the eagles that lives in nearby Mahon Park.

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Cat’s owner calls for ban on air guns From page 1

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Good Samaritans pull people from burning building in NV BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

NorthVancouver City Fire Department is praising the actions of three young people who alerted a group of Queensbury residents to a house on fire and helped to evacuate victims from the burning building.

The fire broke out in the home on the 400-block of Ridgeway Avenue around 2:44 a.m. Sunday. Crews arrived on scene to find heavy smoke and flames but the 12 residents and two guests who were in the three-unit home were safe outside thanks to the actions of three passersby, according to Assistant Fire Chief Dan Pistilli.

Two men and a woman in their early 20s were

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“They actually helped evacuate some of the tenants from the lower suite, right in around the area where the fire was at,” Pistilli said.

“They got right in there.

They knocked a section of the fence over and pulled (a woman) to safety out of her suite door.”

The selfless act won’t go unrecognized, Pistilli said.

“I will be talking to them

and we’re going to introduce a fire department award of bravery,” he said.

But while the families may have escape physical harm, they have a tough road ahead. None of the households had fire insurance and B.C. Emergency Social Services only provides shelter for burned out families for 72 hours. “They’ve been taken care of for three days but they’re on their own after that,” Pistilli said.

Donations can be made through the North Shore Emergency Management Office.

The occupants ranged from an infant to two grandmothers visiting from Ireland and the Philippines.

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now or it’s game over,’” Hill said.

Ozzie made it through the surgery but was paralyzed from the point of injury. Hill was left to wait over the weekend to see if Ozzie would regain any sensation or ability to move his hind legs and tail. Without any improvement, he would have to be put down.

By Monday, Ozzie was showing some signs of weak movement and feeling, Hill said.

“He’s getting more sensation so we’re pretty excited actually. It’s hard to know if it’s a good sign or not but he is starting to be able to move his legs a little. We’re crossing our fingers,” she said.

Now Hill and her family are left to wonder who would do such a thing. Her neighbourhood has plenty of cats who have spent years roaming between yards. Ozzie and his brother and littermate Atticus tend to keep close to their own home, she said.

“The vet is certain that he was lying down and someone shot him at point-blank range,” she said. “It’s infuriating. It’s utterly cruel . . . . It’s so beyond upsetting that someone would do this to a little kitty.”

Police and the SPCA both told Hill that it’s almost always teenage boys who aren’t thinking about what they’re doing in cases like this.

Hill said she is considering going to her MLA to discuss a potential ban on pellet guns.

“You honestly have to wonder how it is that we are allowing people to buy pellet guns, which are guns — guns capable of

killing small animals or causing serious injury,” she said.

At the very least, Hill said she hopes “moron parents” will reconsider buying pellet guns for their kids.

North Vancouver RCMP sent an officer to canvass the neighbourhood for witnesses or surveillance camera footage but had no luck, according to Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.

“There were no suspects or witnesses found by us,” he said. “It is disturbing and the file remains open if anyone wants to come forward or if we can find something, but . . . there’s not much we can do at this point from an investigative point of view.”

While pellet guns are perfectly legal to purchase in Canada, there are bylaws prohibiting their use.

“It’s still considered a firearm and you can’t discharge them in city limits,” De Jong said.

De Jong said the case seems to be a one-off as no other incidents have been reported.

In 2012, an Edgemont area cat was paralyzed after being wounded by a pellet gun.

Cases like this do happen from time to time said Eileen Drever, senior animal protection officer with the SPCA, and so the organization doesn’t recommend allowing pets to roam.

“Not everybody loves cats or likes cats for that matter and I just wouldn’t want to put a cat in that position,” she said. “I would say it’s best to keep them indoors if at all possible. That way you are protecting them.”

West Van man presumed drowned in mishap

BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

A West Vancouver man is presumed drowned in Osoyoos Lake after he fell from a Sea-Doo and did not surface on Sunday evening.

RCMP received a call

for help just before 6 p.m. after a woman in distress who was floating in the middle of the lake flagged down a passing sail boat.

The woman, also from West Vancouver, told investigators the 34-yearold man was driving the personal watercraft when

they both fell off. The Sea-Doo drifted between 50 and 100 feet but the woman had not seen the male driver since they fell off.

Police say the man was not wearing a life jacket.

“These two were the only ones out on the water

at the time,” said Sgt. Randy Bosch, Osoyoos RCMP spokesman.

Alcohol isn’t considered a factor in the in the incident, Bosch said.

The search was hampered by high winds and poor weather on Sunday and Monday. The

search was still underway at press time on Tuesday.

“We’ve got one RCMP boat out there right now with sonar,” Bosch said.

“We’ve got a couple of divers here as a standby.”

Bosch could not say how long the search would go on for.

“At this point, the area is extremely large that we’re looking at simply because it’s very difficult to tell where the accident actually happened.”

The victim’s next of kin have been notified and the RCMP are not releasing his name.

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Firefighters worry over dry conditions From page 1

on Monday afternoon, whereas the normal range is between 10 and 20 per cent.

Another weather anomaly was the high wind that blew largely across the North Shore Sunday evening.

“We are kind of baffled by it, to be honest,” said MacDonald.

Environment Canada does have a theory about Sunday’s wind activity: heavy downpours in the upper atmosphere lofted over the Lower Mainland, but because it was so dry in a lower layer of air, none of that rain hit the ground.

It was like being on the verge of a thunderstorm but without the lightning, said MacDonald.

The highest wind speed on the North Shore Sunday evening was clocked at 87 kilometres an hour at Pam Rocks — a weather observation station in the middle of Howe Sound.

The gusts felled many trees and large branches that came down across

power lines, causing close to 5,000 B.C. Hydro customers on the North Shore to lose electricity overnight Sunday.

“So, it could have been as simple as a tree branch making contact with a power line and kicking out the circuit, or more complicated like an entire small tree coming down on power lines and bringing the lines down,” said B.C. Hydro spokeswoman Simi Heer.

The calls to Hydro started coming in around 10 p.m. and the number of reported outages peaked around midnight, said Heer.

The hardest hit area in North Vancouver was within a couple-block radius of Capilano Mall, where 1,500 homes and businesses were without power.

In West Vancouver, about 300 British Properties residences close to the Capilano Golf and Country Club were in the dark. Most of the power was restored to North Shore homes and businesses before sunrise

Monday.

The sustained heatwave, meanwhile, is having an impact on electricity demand as residents crank up the air conditioning. On Saturday evening, Hydro recorded a 15 per cent increase in the peak hourly load across the province over the same period last week, and a 10 per cent increase on Sunday.

Dry conditions continue to beleaguer West Vancouver firefighters who put out four brush fires in four hours on Friday morning alone.

“Granted they were all small, but we suspect they were started by smokers’ material,” said Jeff Bush, assistant fire chief for West Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services.

It appears that people are not getting the message about the current charcoal barbecue ban and the permanent no-smoking bylaw in West Vancouver parks.

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little self-reflection is a good ritual on a birthday.

So too with Canada, which turns 148 today.

As a nation, we’ve been accused of being a few things over the years: too nice, too careful, too polite and a little boring.

But after a quick consideration of the alternatives, we conclude that most countries would be grateful to have such problems.

Sure, we have our share of Bob and Doug McKenzies, but we’ve also had Wayne Gretzky,Terry Fox, Chris Hadfield and David Suzuki.

In financial matters, Canada’s yawnworthy prudence has protected us from some of the worst global crises.

In its unassuming way, Canada’s been ahead of the game on many social issues.

Take same sex marriage, which became legal across the U.S. last week. Been there,

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done that.

Or the hand-wringing with which Americans have grappled with ObamaCare.

In contrast, Canada’s Medicare system is about 50 years old. And let’s not even get started on gun control.

Of course, not everything in Canada has been beaver ponds and the Maple Leaf Forever.

There’s a dark blot in the way we have treated First Nations, whose land we now occupy.We’ve had our share of political scandals and environmental blights.

This year, political parties will be asking Canadians to consider just what it is they value as they head into a federal election.

The answer to that question won’t be known until after Oct. 19.

But politics aside, these are questions worth pondering and yes, celebrating, at least once a year.

Happy Canada Day.

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Federal cash needed in housing solution

Dear Editor: Many people on the North Shore, including, no doubt, some councillors and some developers, will heartily approve of the editorial All Things Old about the loss of below-market rental housing on the North Shore (in the June 21 edition).

For years now community groups like the Community Housing Action Committee and Housers. ca have been reading academic research which traces the lack of affordable rental housing back to the precipitous decline in federal funding which began in the ’80s and accelerated in the early ’90s.

Before Andrew Saxton was elected as our MP he

promised, in a public meeting in Lynn Valley, that he would work for change on this issue. If he’s been doing that in the back rooms of Ottawa, the results are virtually invisible. Federal funding remains inadequate.

It’s hard for those of us who are comfortably and affordably housed to believe how many fully employed people are only one pay cheque away from homelessness, yet the 2014 report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation acknowledged about 20 per cent of Canadians cannot afford market housing. That’s roughly six million Canadians, but in the previous eight years, the report says the federal government had helped 915,000 of them.

At that rate it will be over 60 years before the problem is solved, and by that time there will be millions more homeless or at risk of homelessness. As a result the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association has begun a petition called Housing For All. Housers.ca has its own petition. But housing, which is a determinant of health, has not emerged as an election issue yet.

Municipalities do not have sufficient resources to solve this urgent problem by themselves. Federal funding is essential. Thank you for shining a light into the darkness of our housing crisis.

D.J. Stewart North Vancouver

Cyclists, it’s time to grow up and learn the rules of the road Dear Editor: I am fed up. Why? Because I am tired of seeing bicyclists breaking so many rules as if they are above the law in their road habits.

I have lived and been a large part of West Vancouver for more than 40 years. My kids grew up in West Van and learned at a very young age the rules and courtesies of bicycling on our roadways.

Today it was almost the end of my happy days in West

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Vancouver. I was in a marked crosswalk at 18th and Bellevue, waiting to cross, and a vehicle stopped to let me cross, which is the law. As I was crossing, a cyclist came down the hill from 19th at a very high speed whilst I was in the crosswalk, screaming through the crosswalk on the outside of the car. The hit would have very seriously injured me if not killed me. I watched with dismay as he rode on down to 17th Street, through the stop sign, and then through the stop sign at 16th and on to 15th,

through the stop sign without stopping. This was not a teenager. I am concerned enough to make this statement.

Enough is enough.

Cyclists: grow up and learn the rules of the road. And to the West Vancouver police, I have never in the 40 years ever seen you ticket any of these cyclists involved. Are you afraid of them?

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North Van couple to celebrate as citizens Pair in their 80s will become Canadians at Grouse ceremony

CHRIS SLATER reporter@nsnews.com

Although there are still some cultural glitches to work out, soonto-be citizens Ellie Sewell and her husband Michael Sewell of North Vancouver say they are honoured to become official Canadians at a citizenship ceremony on Grouse Mountain today, Canada Day. The couple, both in their 80s, are originally from England and have lived on the North Shore in Edgemont Village since 2009, after both their children decided to relocate to Canada previously.While Ellie, originally from Cheshire in the north of England and her husband, originally from Surrey in the south, occasionally find themselves longing for the English countryside, both have settled comfortably into their new environment and are looking forward to officially becoming Canucks at today’s appropriately scheduled ceremony.

“We’re very fond of Canadians, we think they’re very friendly and very courteous.We’ve got some lovely Canadian friends and they’ve made us very welcome . . . we’re greatly honoured and proud to become Canadian citizens,”

said Ellie.

“We’ve had to learn to speak Canadian,” she added, noting she often finds herself having to repeat herself when speaking to Canadians who seem to find her somewhat thick Northern England accent difficult to understand.

“You Canadians pronounce the letter ‘T’ as a ‘D.’ You say ‘Oddawa’ and ‘wader’ and ‘baddery.’ I couldn’t get batteries in a store once because I wasn’t pronouncing it properly. I had to say it three times . . . then I suddenly realized, ‘Oh I have to pronounce the ‘D.’ So I said, ‘Do you sell badderies?’ and he said, ‘Yes madam, second aisle.’”

Aside from the scenery, another difference between the two nations that stands out for the Sewells is the politeness of Canadians on the road.

“The drivers here are amazing.

They’re so courteous and they always stop for you. And the bus drivers . . . we were blown away by the way everybody gets off the bus and says ‘Thank you,’” she said.

Although citizenship won’t offer the couple much in the way of practical benefits, Ellie said it will allow the couple to vote, which she said she intends to do in the upcoming election although she’s tight lipped about her choice.

“You can’t ask me who I’m going to vote for because I’m not going to tell you,” she laughed.

The citizenship ceremony, which is open to the public, takes place at 3 p.m. today on Grouse Mountain.

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Electrical cause being investigated From page 3 house can be salvaged or how the fire started, though investigators are looking at the possibility it was electrical in nature.

“It looks like it started on the exterior of the house and worked its way up the south wall of the residence and up into the attic space where it burnt itself across the attic.

It’s substantial damage to the structure,” Pistilli said.

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Fire crews were roused again in the early morning hours on Monday to knock down a Grand Boulevard area shed fire that had spread to the nearby fence and trees.The cause appears to have been the remnants of a fire used for a marshmallow roast earlier in the evening, Pistilli said.

“The careless discarding of the ashes got this going,” he said. “A neighbour woke up and noticed the shed and the trees and fence involved.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - North Shore News - A9

Would-be thief in WV nabbed by bait car JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

A would-be thief in West Vancouver got more than he bargained for when the target of his attempted pilfering turned out to be a police bait car.

A silent alarm showing someone was breaking into the car in the Cedardale area was triggered around 5 a.m.

June 23.

West Vancouver police officers quickly moved in to surround the suspect.

Realizing the jig was up, the suspect tried to escape on a bicycle, then on foot, but was nabbed by officers and arrested a short distance away.

Property believed to be stolen was later recovered

from the vehicle.

Subsequent investigation led police to additional property that officers believe may be linked to other thefts from vehicles in West Vancouver.

Const. Jeff Palmer, spokesman for the West Vancouver Police Department, said police frequently make use of bait cars.

Bait cars look like ordinary vehicles, but are equipped with special sensors, cameras and shut-off devices. A silent alarm is sounded if someone tries to break in or steal the vehicle. Bait cars can also be remotely controlled by police.

Palmer said bait cars are set up to look as ordinary as possible. “We don’t set up a new iPhone on the dash.”

Thefts from vehicles in West Vancouver are down this year so far, compared to last year, with just over 80 incidents between January and June this year compared to 145 in 2014.

Figures for June are up over the same month last year, however.

“A very clear majority of them have involved valuables left overnight in unlocked vehicles,” said Palmer.

“It is a very safe community.That’s still not a good reason to feel it’s OK to leave your wallet in your unlocked car overnight.”

Police are recommending several charges, including theft under $5,000, possession of stolen property, and several counts of breach of probation against a 44year-old Vancouver man.

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O Canada, It’s Time for a Change I was fortunate to grow up in a Canada that was a truly remarkable place to live.

Together, we had built a society that was admired throughout the world.

Our government has become increasingly less welcoming to new immigrants and increasingly poor at integrating those who do come to Canada, and,

We became one of the world`s wealthiest nations while still recognizing the importance of managing income disparities and ensuring equal opportunity for all.

Canada has become an outlier internationally - a country that takes such extreme positions on critical issues such as climate change that it has made itself irrelevant to international discussions.

We were a tolerant and inclusive country that welcomed immigrants and refugees and worked hard to integrate newcomers into the Canadian fabric.

We valued science and data as critical to informing good public policy.

We recognized and celebrated our democracy – where the debate of ideas and the use of Parliament itself to highlight such debates were valued by Canadians and by all political parties.

We believed Canada had something constructive to offer the world – a country that worked to be an “enabler” - engaging discussion and dialogue between opposing parties on very difficult issues.

Harper’s Folly Sadly, all that has changed. In a mere 10 years, Stephen Harper has changed many of these things that have defined us as a country and as a people in the PostWorld War II era. Under Mr. Harper: Economic disparities have grown. And the federal government appears no longer interested in ensuring quality health care for all Canadian citizens.

Data and science are no longer valued in the context of developing public policy.

In their place, ideology rules.

Our democracy has been undermined via the use of omnibus bills and the importation of US style personal attack advertising.

The Canada Day Question Canada`s 150th birthday should be a celebration of everything that is great about our country. Instead, it is past time to ask: What kind of a country do we want to live in? This, for me, is a defining issue of the 2015 election campaign. I want a Canada that: • follows a creative and forward-looking economic strategy; • is generous and thoughtful with regard to social policy and the means by which we manage income inequality; • actively seeks to balance economic progress with environmental sustainability; • develops public policy grounded in science and data; • values and restores legitimate discussion and debate of ideas; • engages with the rest of the world in a constructive manner.

If this is the Canada you want to live in, I invite you to join me in making change on October 19.

Jonathan Wilkinson is North Vancouver’s Liberal candidate in the upcoming federal election. He is a Rhodes Scholar, former clean-tech CEO and North Shore soccer coach.

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Micro home showcase gets green light Shipyards project to highlight smallest living space options

CHRIS SLATER reporter@nsnews.com

The growing popularity of coach houses on the North Shore could be getting some competition in the future, following a decision by the City of North Vancouver council to put cash into setting up a public showcase featuring ‘micro homes.’

Council approved a motion June 22 to grant $35,000 from the city’s affordable housing reserve fund towards the

‘Innovations in Small Housing’ showcase, which will be set up on a vacant lot in the city’s Shipyards district in Lower Lonsdale.

As housing costs continue to spike on both the North Shore and in much of Metro Vancouver, municipalities throughout the region have been tasked with creating housing action plans, which aim to explore innovative solutions for those seeking affordable housing. Included among those solutions are ‘micro homes’ — units

under 180 square feet — which could be potentially placed on residential properties in much the same way as coach houses.

To select the specific homes to be showcased, the city will be issuing a request for expressions of interest and will review applications fitting specific criteria.

“While the city has various types of innovative housing and a successful coach house program, a small housing showcase would provide an opportunity to stimulate discussion and improvements to existing coach house designs and raise possibilities for new

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forms of housing . . .” stated a report prepared by city staff.

While only going on display at this point, the topic earned some enthusiastic response from those on council who spoke on the motion.

“I’m very interested in this being used here,” said Coun. Craig Keating. “So many people I talk to are taking a look at various websites for new small kinds of housing.”

Keating said that many view small housing options as accommodations for loved ones or for potential ways to help with their own housing costs. He said he would look forward to the future possibility of staff preparing a proposal for a couple of these homes to be set up on residential properties on an experimental basis.

“I would certainly look forward to staff coming back in the near future with a proposal to have the opportunity for a couple of property owners in the city who . . . would be able to have one of these installed on a test basis.”

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Cyclist hit by car in N. Van BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

North Vancouver RCMP are crediting a cyclist’s helmet with saving him from a serious head injury after being struck by a vehicle Thursday.

The 36-year-old man was commuting to work west along Main Street Thursday morning when a driver turning left onto Lynn Avenue collided with him.

“He hit his head on impact (with) the road and he was flying through the air,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.

The man was rushed to Lions Gate Hospital where the attending doctor told police the victim would have suffered a serious head injury had he not been wearing a helmet.

Instead, he got away with road rash and bruising to his elbows and knees, De Jong said.

The driver, a 75-yearold North Vancouver man, remained at the scene and co-operated with investigators. He has since been fined $167 under the Motor Vehicle Act for failure to yield on a left turn.

Police say it was simply a case of the driver not seeing the cyclist. “He made a comment about the sun being in his eyes because it was 8 a.m.That could have been a part of it,” De Jong said.

North Vancouver RCMP’s traffic section tickets both cyclists and skateboarders caught riding without a helmet, De Jong said.That applies even to skateboarders riding within a skate park.

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Coun. Linda Buchanan, also supportive of the showcase, said the location is well situated to showcase the micro homes to a broader public.

“Given the fact that we have thousands of people that come down on any given Friday night to participate in the Friday Night Market, it’s a great opportunity to showcase the small homes,” she said.

“I think this is a means to show people what’s possible and I think there is a lot of talk out there around housing affordability and what exactly are small homes . . . this will give it much exposure and can certainly help to facilitate the dialogue.”

Although Mayor Darrell

Mussatto looked at the showcase with enthusiasm, he also pointed out that the city is only exploring the option of such homes at this point.

“I think it will be exciting to have this at the Friday Night Market. People can go down and see what micro homes are about. It doesn’t mean we’re approving them, it means we’re looking at them,” said Mussatto.

Mussatto said he is hoping the city can find a way to receive feedback from the public on the homes going on display.

The exhibit, which will allow for up to three housing showcases and feature inside tours during the Friday Night Markets, is expected be set up later this summer although an official date has yet to be determined.

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Whatever the reason, there’s no question that candles provide a soothing light in a distant corner.

We are drawn to their wonderful scents and aromas and they have a tendency to remind us of times past.

We are fortunate enough to have two North Shore residents who have taken it upon themselves to develop and produce some of the best candles on the market. Nick Rabuchin and Farouk Babul were tired of purchasing poorly burning, expensive candles from interior design stores. After doing some

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Friends of the Garden celebrated Twenty years ago in a unique and beautiful garden on the North Shore a seed was planted with the hope of securing the future.

No one really knows if small ideas may grow in the future, but the fear of the unknown has never held me back from trying.

The metaphorical seed I planted 20 years ago was to start a group of Friends of the Garden, or FOGs for short. I recently attended the 20-year anniversary of the Park and Tilford Friends of the Garden and it seems the seed I planted has grown and flourished.

More than 50 new and past FOG members travelled from far and wide to attend the anniversary celebrations held in the rose garden. Also in attendance were City of

North Vancouver Mayor Darrell Mussatto, former garden foreman Egan Davis and company officials from Bentall Kennedy Real Estate Investment. Bentall Kennedy is the current property manager of Park and Tilford Shopping Centre and gardens. Bentall Kennedy is privately owned by senior management and two of North America’s largest institutional investors, the California Public Employee Retirement System and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation.

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It should be noted that FOGs who volunteer in any garden are not intended to be the workforce, which is ultimately the role of paid staff. Using unpaid volunteers to do operational work in public gardens is generally viewed as unethical, cheap, disingenuous and unfair to the volunteers, not to mention denying jobs to people who need the work and pay. FOGs are paid, so to speak, by being educated while they volunteer therein gaining an intellectual payment that they use in their own gardens.

FOGs also gain a sense of personal satisfaction by contributing to something local, community-oriented and bigger than themselves.

Owners of public gardens must have an understanding of local history and an appreciation of community

to fully optimize the value of any public garden or its volunteers.

The role of any FOG group is to enhance the garden through public education, plant labelling, school tours, promotion, fundraising and helping with non-essential duties that improve the garden experience for visitors.The Park and Tilford FOGs have volunteered 21,000 man hours over the last 20 years, which is equivalent to one full-time gardener working for 7.5 years. Park and Tilford FOGs have also generated $140,000 in plant sales over the last 20 years. In recognition of the Park and Tilford FOG contributions, the current garden manager, Mag Kozlowska, presented a bronze plaque commemorating 20 years of FOG service in the gardens.The plaque will be permanently mounted in the gardens once a suitable SeeVolunteer page 16

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Gardens of any type are a hard sell in most cities at any given time. Even community gardens can be controversial for local residents and politicians.

But times are changing and gardens of all description are sprouting up in cities around the world.The grassroots desire to grow healthy food has stimulated society to make a place for gardens within our cities.

And we all need a place to seek sanctuary from the busy world. Public gardens provide the cool shade of green trees, flowering plants to delight the senses and running water that washes away our troubles, even if

only for a moment. Park and Tilford Gardens is unique in Canada and perhaps the world.There is no other comparable garden located in a shopping centre that is zoned for public use, privately owned, non-profit and offering free admission, or as beautifully designed as Park and Tilford.

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The ongoing contribution of the Park and Tilford FOGs continues to help keep those gardens growing and beautiful for all visitors to enjoy.

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A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE NORTH SHORE NEWS

Finding the fun New measures seek to attract new players

Golfers try out an optional larger hole at McCleery Golf Course on June 13.

PHOTO MARK HOOD

round after that discovery has been a welcome opportunity to let go of my precious worries and enjoy the serenity of being with friends in a beautiful setting, regardless of scorecard result.

The more relaxed I become, the better I play.The more I practise relaxing on the course, the better I am at relaxing off the course. Close friends, colleagues and even my cat appreciated the transformation.

Yet the question remains: how do we get people who do not golf to participate in the sport we treasure?

Some have suggested shorter courses.

Jack Nicklaus has advocated 12-hole courses for the last several years and

golfing is much more difficult than not golfing, so they choose the latter.

While I don’t share the sentiment, I understand it. Daily life has many torments that beset us before we even get out of bed, so there’s little point looking for more of them in your scarce leisure time.

Yet that misses the point. Unlike almost any other pursuit, golf is about process more than result. It is about patience, learning from mistakes, forgetting the bad and carrying on. It can reveal life lessons to comfort you long after the last double bogie or three-putt has faded in the rear-view mirror.

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The crowds at the event were enormous: more than 11 million people watched the final round on American TV and millions more watched around the globe.

To understand the dilemma, however, we must separate golf as participated in as a sport from that which is played at the highest level. From a public participation standpoint, the number of people taking up the game has slowed, and many who do try it decide not to carry on.

One theory is that in our fullyconnected, 24-7 world, few people (particularly the younger ones) have time for a game that takes a lifetime to learn, more than four hours to play, and can often be humbling and maddeningly frustrating.

Another explanation is that the sport itself remains too hard for the novice recreational player to become competent enough at to want to play on a regular basis, and regular play is one of the most important keys to getting better.

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There may be a simpler answer: people like having fun, and for many people golf as it exists today is not the kind of fun they like to have.

There is now a move afoot to add more fun for more people to this ancient pastime.To this end, the idea of enlarging the hole itself is gaining traction. For purists, this is out and out heresy, the sporting equivalent of questioning the divinity of Justin Trudeau’s hair.

I must admit that when I first learned of the concept, I too was taken aback.

That would mean people actually enjoying themselves. On a golf course?

Unheard of.

Redwoods Golf Course in Langley was the first local facility to break the taboo this spring with their“eight-inch Tuesdays.”

On June 13, the Vancouver Parks Board took the plunge with a day of eight-inch play at their McCleery Golf Course in Vancouver’s Southlands neighbourhood.

There would also be regular 4½ inchsized cups on every green, as well as prize draws, a photo contest, and food and beverage specials.

It was time to give it a try.

The spectacular weather we have been enjoying was in its full glory that morning and I was joined by friends David Hanley, Dan Rothenbush and Les Gaspar. We assembled, laughing nervously at the prospect of experiencing something so familiar, yet so foreign.

To make it a bit more interesting, we decided to split into two teams (Hanley and Rothenbush versus me and Gaspar), and alternate between playing the regular cups and playing the eight-inch cups.

The ninth green was up by the clubhouse so we got a glimpse at the set-up in advance.There were two flags on the putting surface: white for the regulation 4½-inch cups and red for the eight-inch cups. Hanley and Rothenbush were given the honour of going for the large cups on the opening hole.

There was a festive atmosphere about the course and on the first hole there were complimentary snacks

PHOTO MARK HOOD

The Vancouver Parks Board recently gave golfers the option of putting to regulation-sized cups or expanded eight-inch cups at McCleery Golf Course.

and beverages. Joan Probert from the Vancouver Parks Board was on hand to greet us, give us maps with the locations of each pin on each hole, and encourage us to just have fun.

The first hole, at 493 yards from the back tees, was a relatively straightforward par 5. As we worked our way toward the green, the flags came into sight.The white pin was on the left front, about seven yards in and the red was about 25 yards in on the right side.

Hanley was on in three. A decent putter, he was close enough with his first attempt to make the second easily.

That was the first thing we noticed about the larger cups: they probably removed on average about half a stroke per hole. Putting was still a test of skill, but the eight-foot knee-knockers tended to go in more often than not, though not always.

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Another effect of the larger cups was improved pace of play.There was less time fussing over putts and, in our case because we alternated between the two teams, two people could putt at the same time so we spent half the usual time on the green.

What the dual cup choice also did was introduce a new element to the game and it was up to us what we did with it. We chose to alternate, others probably made other choices. Some may have played the enlarged cups all the way around, some may have chosen to ignore them. It was an open invitation to play however you wanted and really play, as in amusing ourselves.

Having fun.

Working our way around the course that day, we could hear groups cheering and laughing. We cheered and laughed as well. We also completed our round, on a busy Saturday on a public course

in exactly four hours. We seldom waited to tee off and were never rushed by the group behind. Perhaps because of how we chose to play, our scores were lower than usual, but not by an enormous amount.

It didn’t matter. What did matter was that it was enjoyable. Golf has great traditions and the rules of play are there for a reason. Some golfers take it all far too seriously, and I think that can also be one of the things that puts off people looking at taking up the game.

I must admit that playing the larger cups actually opened my mind to the possibility. Perhaps having the option of playing the larger cups would help new or infrequent players become more interested in getting out for the occasional round with friends.

It is, after all, only a game. It should be fun.

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Outdoor play is essential for healthy development Do you remember when you were a kid and you climbed a tree, or went on a hike in the woods, or jumped on your bike with your buddies and went to the park for a picnic?

These are pretty typical memories for today’s adults. Oh, and when you participated in these activities you weren’t supervised by any adults.

It was just you and your friends.

These memories are important.We learned how to challenge our bodies in ways that were safe and effective, how to find our way from home to the park or the woods and how to organize a picnic in the park.These activities were integral to our growth and development. Risk-taking and independent play are important for kids to learn how to try new things, how to problem-solve and how to recover when things don’t go well.

What are our children’s memories going to look like?

Based on the 2015 ParticipACTION Report Card, our kids will not have these memories.

The report card (formerly the Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card) was released recently in concert with an evidenceinformed Position Statement

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Research shows that kids are more likely to be physically active when playing outdoors and less likely to engage in higher levels of physical activity if a parent or supervising adult is present. Despite this, safety concerns lead to excessive supervision and keeping kids indoors.

But, is outdoor play really something to fear?

I would guess that we would all agree that kids need to be more active.The problem is that we are also obsessed with keeping them totally safe.We want them to avoid risk because we see that as dangerous. But there is a difference between danger and risk. Risky play is thrilling and exciting. And yes, there is the possibility of an injury, which can usually be cured with a Band-Aid and a kiss.

When we keep kids indoors we are not doing them any favours. According to a recent report from the RCMP, the risk that a stranger will abduct your child off the street is one in 14 million, and this risk is cut dramatically when kids are in a group.

Meanwhile, that same child who is safely in her home is more likely to be exposed to cyberpredators and to snack on unhealthy food. Air quality is worse indoors, with increased exposure to common allergens. And in the long term, sedentary behaviours increase the odds of developing chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and mental health problems.

When our children are constantly supervised they may be active, but they are not learning how to become independent, how to problem-solve and how to explore their environment.

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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It starts with our toddlers.Yes, they need supervision, but they also need to be permitted to direct their own play and work out solutions to problems such as getting stuck behind the couch, or putting too much sand in the pail so that it’s too heavy to carry.

Letting our kids go and letting them become independent and play at the park with their friends is a process.

Once they are in elementary school it’s time to teach them how to walk to school on their own with the other kids in the neighbourhood so they all walk together.

It’s not a big step to let them take themselves to the local park as a group.

“In order to help ensure Canadian children get enough heart-pumping activity, we need to recognize that they are competent and capable to go out and explore on their own or with friends,” states Elio Antunes, president and CEO, ParticipACTION. “This will also allow them to have more fun and learn how to manage and assess risks independently.

Children move more, sit less and play longer in selfdirected outdoor play, so the biggest risk is keeping our kids supervised indoors.”

To download the 2015 ParticipACTION Report Card highlight report, including the position statement, or the 58-page full report, visit participactionreportcard.com.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to EXCEPTIONAL CUISINE

Round-up looks at local eateries

Chris Dagenais

The Dish

ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents recipes fit for a picnic page 24

Hospitality is a dynamic industry and I know it can be hard to keep up with all the developments on the local scene.

That’s why this week’s column takes a look at recent North Shore restaurant news and will hopefully inspire you to try out a new location or two.

Chef Chris Hodge has launched a new flight of treats at his stylish Temper Pastry in West Vancouver.

I had the privilege of previewing most of these new menu items, which are now generally available, at a recent tasting event.

My biggest challenge in sampling these dishes was not the sheer breadth of offerings or even the impossible richness of the creations themselves (I noticed a number of fellow guests closing their eyes and sighing deeply with each bite), but rather my intuitive hesitation to wantonly destroy such elegant, meticulously crafted little morsels of edible artwork by eating them. Nevertheless, in the name of responsible reporting, I prevailed and demolished every last one.

My favourite, if such a determination is even possible, was Hodge’s riff on a rum baba in which the signature Jamaican rum syrup was infused with licorice root, and the whole confection was topped with vanilla Bavarian mousse and

licorice-scented streusel.

Summer-appropriate parfaits also populate the new menu, including a fantastic cherry-centric variation on Eton Mess and a remarkably satisfying, but lighter in caloric content, lemon yogurt parfait with seasonal fruit jelly.

Butter Lane Bakehouse, the mother and daughteroperated space that offered a delightfully unpretentious afternoon tea and demitea service, is currently in search of new digs on the North Shore, having vacated its former location on Mountain Highway. On the bakery’s Facebook page, owner and chief baker Amy Symonds has expressed her preference to set up shop again in Lynn Valley, should the right space present itself.

Bridge Brewing, which once boasted the handle of first nano-brewery in the city, but quickly outgrew that category as demand for their product precipitated a dramatic increase in production, has moved to a bigger and brighter location down on Charlotte Road, a few blocks north of Main Street off Mountain Highway.

The new space has some outdoor seating, which has been fully occupied every time I’ve visited, and the growler refilling process has been streamlined. In addition to its popular staple brews like Hopilano IPA and North Shore Pale Ale, Bridge continues to offer interesting, limitedrelease session beers. On a recent visit, I enjoyed an understated and refreshing Raspberry ISA, which was put into a “Canpedo,” a sleek, one-litre tall can that is made on the spot and can be filled with any of Bridge’s beers. Bridge Brewing has been travelling the festival circuit recently and has

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Anatoli Souvlaki, one of a small handful of Greek institutions on the North Shore, has branched out with a new outlet in trendyYaletown.

The new Mainland Street venue, called The Greek by Anatoli, focuses on mezze, or smaller, shareable plates, featuring herbs grown in an in-house cultivator.

An expanded cocktail and on-tap craft beer list help further differentiate Anatoli’sYaletown outlet from the parent restaurant at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue.

Another of the aforementioned Greek institutions, Kypriaki Taverna, has moved to a new, more contemporary space right next door to their original location in the 1300-block of Marine Drive.The new space is See Changes page 24

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Picnic food fits perfectly with warm weather

Angela Shellard

Romancing the Stove

If the weather gods continue to smile on us, pack up your picnic cooler this weekend and head to your favourite picnic spot, be it the beach, by the lake, or just in your own backyard.

Picnic food doesn’t have to be elaborate. The recipes below are easy to prepare and can all be made well ahead of time.

Be sure to add lots of ice to your cooler to keep the food in tip-top shape and to chill the limeade.

Reusable plastic dishes and real cutlery will minimize garbage, and they’re a lot more userfriendly than those floppy paper plates and plastic forks. And don’t forget the sunscreen and bug spray.

Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake

then the top of the bun.

Wrap each sandwich tightly in plastic wrap and keep cool until ready to serve. Makes six sandwiches.

3 eggs ¼ cup Greek-style yogurt (plain, vanilla or lemon flavour) 1 tsp vanilla 1¾ cups all-purpose flour ¾ cup granulated sugar 1 Tbsp finely grated lemon zest 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt ¾ cup butter, softened 2 cups fresh blueberries Preheat oven to 350° F. Butter and flour an eightby-eight-inch baking pan.

In a medium bowl, combine the eggs, yogurt and vanilla, whisking lightly to combine. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, sugar, lemon zest, baking powder and salt. Mix for 30 seconds at low speed to combine.

Add the butter and half of the egg mixture to the dry ingredients and mix at high speed for one minute.

Add the remaining egg mixture in two additions, beating for 30 seconds after each addition.

Batter should be light and fluffy. Gently fold in the blueberries. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Cherry Limeade 2-litre bottle of lemonlime soda (regular or diet), well chilled One 295-ml can of frozen limeade concentrate, thawed Syrup from one 375ml jar of maraschino cherries, plus 18 cherries

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room temperature Room temperature butter Thinly sliced green pepper rings 1½ lbs assorted thinly sliced Italian deli meats, such as salami, soppressata, capicollo Thin dill pickle slices 12 slices of provolone cheese Fresh basil leaves In a small bowl, combine approximately

one cup of the coldpack cheese and enough softened butter to make a spreadable consistency.

Slice the rolls in half horizontally and spread each cut surface with the cheese spread.

Layer the remaining ingredients on the bottom halves of the rolls as follows: green pepper rings, several slices of assorted meats, pickle slices, two cheese slices, several fresh basil leaves,

In a thermos with a tight-fitting lid, combine the thawed limeade concentrate and the maraschino cherry syrup.

Place the cherries in a small plastic container.

When ready to serve, place about one-quarter cup of the limeade-cherry syrup mixture (use more or less according to taste) and three cherries into the bottom of a glass containing several ice cubes and fill the glass with chilled lemon-lime soda. Makes about six servings.

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

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The highly anticipated opening of the North Vancouver outpost of Tap & Barrel, with its staggering 350-person outdoor seating capacity off the historic Coppersmith Building at the Lonsdale Shipyards, grows ever closer.The restaurant is in hiring mode right now, recruiting for all positions via job fairs. Hopefully they will be staffed and ready to open with plenty of this glorious summer left.

Maurya Indian Cuisine, purveyors of fine curries (including a truly world class Saag Paneer) is no longer.

Their West Vancouver space at Marine Drive and 17th Street is papered over with promotional material announcing the imminent arrival of Swad Indian Kitchen.

I spoke to Swad owner Kamal Mroke and he reported that the Northern Indian style restaurant is still in the early days of construction. Stay tuned for more on this opening.

Finally, I recently spoke with Darren Hollett, operations manager of Hearthstone Brewing, the new operation that moved into the former Red Truck Beer space on Marine Drive and Mackay Road next to Indigo. Hollett tells me that while Hearthstone has been brewing beer there since November of 2014, they are still awaiting permits to begin construction on their new taproom and pizzeria, which will be housed in the old Avalon liquor store space.Two giant Italian forno ovens are apparently already on premise, waiting and ready.

Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. He is a North Shore resident and a self-described wine fanatic. He earned his sommelier diploma in 2001. Contact: hungryontheshore@gmail.com.

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To register or for more information, contact Joy at jhayden@hollyburn.ca or 604-987-8211 x223. hollyburn.ca SHIPYARD SALSA Shake it up with an evening of Latin dance and live music on the waterfront Tuesdays, July 7-Aug. 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Shipbuilders’ Square, Wallace Mews Rd., North Vancouver. Open to all levels and ages, lesson

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Members $25, nonmembers $45. nvchamber.ca VILLAGE ARTY PARTY Participate in a variety of visual art offerings including painting, printmaking and creative upcycling Wednesday, July 8, 6-8 p.m. at Lynn Valley Village, 1277 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver.

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Big leagues come calling North Shore Twins pitcher drafted by Cincinnati Reds

MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

While some 18-yearolds might mull over a cell phone contract this summer, NorthVancouver baseball starWill McAffer has to decide in a couple of weeks whether or not to sign a Major League Baseball deal with the Cincinnati Reds.

South Dakota State has also come calling for McAffer. Still, he might choose a junior college or a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school such as the University of British Columbia.

“Yeah, it’s definitely a lot of tough choices, even with school . . . a pro contract — it’s some big choices and I’m pretty young to have to make them,” says a candid McAffer, who just last week graduated from Sentinel secondary.

Three weeks ago the right-handed hurler for the North Shore Twins and

national junior team was hanging at his buddy’s place on a Wednesday — draft day — trying to play it cool.

“I was excited, I was really hoping I would get drafted,” recalls McAffer. “I wasn’t sure it was going to happen because I saw the rounds ticking by — you know, the 20th, 24th, 30th — and I was like, ‘Oh, maybe not this year,’ but lo and behold then a couple minutes later I got a call — and it was pretty crazy.”

Soon after, McAffer, who was taken in the 32nd round and 955th overall, fielded exuberant calls of congratulations from everyone — his mom, uncle, stepdad — everyone.

“They were all watching, they knew before I did,” says McAffer, who celebrated the big news over a nice dinner with his parents.

His stepdad even went out and bought him a Reds hat, which McAffer says he really appreciated.

McAffer credits his supportive parents who

drove him to countless baseball practices and games and paid all the fees, “which, honestly, I wouldn’t be where I am without any of that,” he says.

Growing up in Upper Lonsdale, McAffer caught the baseball bug when he was six or seven years old playing in Delbrook Park with his buddies. He soon signed up for Highlands Little League, “and just loved it from then on.”

“Generally I played pitcher or I played shortstop, and it wasn’t until about Grade 8 or 9 when I really started focusing a little more on pitching,” explains McAffer of how he made his way to the mound.

That’s when McAffer seriously started chasing his and most other little leaguers’ dream of playing in the big leagues.

“So I knew if I was going to make it to the next level I was probably going to have to take that step,” says McAffer of deciding to specialize in pitching.

After Grade 9 McAffer, who was enrolled at Carson Graham secondary, shifted over to Sentinel to join the school’s baseball academy in

its inaugural year. He praises the program’s balanced approach towards sports and studies for competitive athletes, and the school district’s efforts to attract the highest calibre of coaches.

“They definitely have some top-notch coaches — Brooks McNiven, Ken Mackenzie, Shawn Bowman — they are all just top-notch guys that really helped bring (the program) up and make it what it is now. It’s a really, really good program,” says McAffer.

Around the same time he signed up at Sentinel, McAffer joined the North Shore Twins and started training with pitching coach McNiven, who lends his professional baseball experience both to the school and the British Columbia Premier Baseball League.

McNiven talked about McAffer’s trajectory as a Twins player and his potential to take that talent all the way to the big leagues.

“Will’s a bit of a late bloomer,” says McNiven, who at first would watch him pitch the way one would expect of a young player: “kind of up and down and a

little bit inconsistent.”

Then this past winter McAffer made significant strides off the field, putting in 24 hours a week in the gym building up the arm and back muscles on his six-foottwo frame and achieving the desired results.

“He added a lot of velocity to his fastball,” says McNiven. “Last year he was probably topping out at like 89 miles an hour. And this year he’s been clocked up as high as 93.”

The stars also aligned for McAffer over the winter when one of the Toronto Blue Jays strength coaches started working with McAffer and the Sentinel baseball academy players to help elevate their game.

A stronger McAffer soon caught the attention of junior national team scouts and was invited to spring training in Florida.

“The first trip I was actually pretty nervous going out there and playing against professional guys,” recalls McAffer. “I kind of felt like I was going to throw up before I went in. But I went in and I threw pretty well . . .

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Twins vying to come out on top this season From page 26

and now it’s just kind of like pitching in any other game — just really exciting but not too nervous.”

McAffer’s still vying for a spot on the 20player Canadian team that will compete at the elite U18 baseball world cup in Nishinomiya, Japan, this September, where competition runs high.

“It’s an unreal experience from what I’ve heard,” says McAffer. “Playing in front of huge crowds and just the competitiveness is something that you can’t really learn.

You just have to experience it and I think that it would be really great.”

Whether or not McAffer makes the trip to Japan hinges on that big decision in Cincinnati that’s looming.

Deep down, McAffer knows what it will take for him to sign.

“It would have to be pretty life-changing, a lot of money, because I think college is really a great opportunity,” says McAffer, who is looking at studying statistics with a minor in computer science.

McNiven, who was once in McAffer’s shoes, or cleats in this case, can offer some important perspective.

“I think it’s really tough . . . these are big life decisions for some of these boys. And at (18) years old, to make those (decisions) — it’s kind of a little unfair at times,” says McNiven.

When he was 18 years old McNiven was drafted in the 46th round by the Blue Jays — but he turned down that offer, opting instead to

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Having that time to mature hugely paid off for McNiven in 2003 when he was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the

fourth round.

While McNiven says it was pretty cool to have that recognition and to achieve a childhood dream — to be drafted by the pros — major league baseball is a giant leap forward and young players can prematurely get caught up in the excitement, he adds.

“Everyone thinks that playing professional baseball is the glitz and glamour and all associated with it, but it’s not,” explains McNiven. “As a high school kid, are you really ready to go out and live on your own and play

against 22- to 23-year-old men who have been playing for three or four years already? And you’re playing in a business and I think that’s what people don’t understand — they can let you go whenever they want.”

For now McAffer is trying to focus on the Twins’ red-hot season and their quest to finish at the top of BCPBL standings — it would be a first-ever feat for the North Shore boys.

“Our team has a lot of talent.The guys all work hard,” says McAffer.

With one month left in the season, the Twins will head to Nanaimo on the weekend to take on the Pirates in a doubleheader.

“They are going to be really tough games; Nanaimo is a good team,” says McNiven. “It’s going to be a battle for sure.”

The team will then travel to Parksville on Sunday to play the Royals who may be at the bottom of the standings, but they always find a way to beat the Twins.

“So, it’s one of those teams that you can’t take lightly,” says McNiven.

Despite having a good

record this season, the Twins have been plagued with an “injury bug” that has currently taken out their power RBI guys in the middle of the order.

“But, you know, we have been good on the mound, and we’ve pitched well — and pitching and defence usually wins the games so we are going to have to rely on that for the time being until those other guys are able to make their way back,” says McNiven.

Sunday will also be a big game for McAffer for a different reason: a crosschecker from Cincinnati is coming out to Parksville to watch McAffer ahead of their contract talks.

McNiven said he wouldn’t be surprised if the other Twins players don’t clue in that a rep from the pro team is paying them a visit because McAffer hasn’t really mentioned it.

“The thing with Will is that he is just an outstanding young man; he’s just such a great kid, and he’s very humble,” says McNiven.

“You could talk to him and you would never know that he was drafted.”

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