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Friends rally to help injured ballerina Family of critically hurt dancer grateful for support MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

A talented young Argentinian ballerina seriously injured in a roller-skating accident in North Vancouver last week was on the doorstep of becoming a professional dancer.

Pacific Dance Arts artistic director Yaming Li saw great potential in Lucila Munaretto three years ago when he recruited her from a theatre school in Brazil and offered her a full scholarship to dance in Vancouver.

“She was quite a beautiful dancer,” said Li, adding Munaretto’s equally beautiful personality made it easy for him to work with her.

The classically trained ballerina, 20, was coming off an acclaimed turn as a stepsister in Pacific Dance Arts’ production of Cinderella at the Centennial Theatre in May. Munaretto was also recently shortlisted to join the renowned Ballet Jörgen Canada in Toronto, in what could have been the launch of her professional ballet career.

Then on Aug. 13 tragedy struck while Munaretto was rollerskating in Upper Lonsdale near her homestay residence. She didn’t break for the stop sign at Lonsdale Avenue and East Osborne Road and went into the busy road, where she hit a van travelling southbound.

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Munaretto’s sister, Florencia, and her mother, Alicia Pekala, are keeping vigil at her bedside and See Family page 5

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Trade through Port Metro Vancouver and its North Shore terminals continues to roar.

The port released its mid-year report Tuesday, showing 1.5 per cent growth in cargo over the same period last year.

“Even in what

we’re hearing may be a recession for Canada, we’re seeing some strong growth through the port, particularly in those commodities on the North Shore like grain and potash,” said Robin Silvester, the port’s president and CEO. Grain exports, which go through Richardson International and Cargill

Canada’s Low Level Road terminals was up 8.9 per cent overall.

Fertilizer, including potash loaded at Neptune Terminals and sulpher from Kinder Morgan Canada, were up an average of 18 per cent.

Beyond steady demand, Silvester said the low Canadian dollar, which has been dragged down

by plummeting oil prices, is making Canadian commodities more attractive.

Metallurgical coal exports, which go through Neptune Terminals, were down slightly at 0.3 per cent. Silvester said he expects that trend to continue as global demand See Low page 3

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N. Van newlywed to regain hearing After 3 months’ sudden deafness, Realtor celebrates cochlear implant ‘switch on’ MARIA SPITALE-LEISK mspitale-leisk@nsnews.com

While most brides-to-be try to mitigate weddingrelated stress, Monique Rook didn’t foresee going deaf one month before the big day.

Sept. 19, 2014 will forever be a memorable day for Rook, an Edgemont Village resident and realtor. That is when she started losing her hearing at 41 years old. “I woke up in the middle of the night and had extreme vertigo,” recalled Rook.

“The room was spinning in circles.”

A frightened Rook, who had no history of hearing issues, went to the emergency room where she was told it was likely a crystal in her ear that was causing the dizziness.

Three days later Rook’s hearing started to deteriorate and within one week there was total silence in her left ear.

Labyrinthitis, an inner ear inflammation, was the diagnosis from Rook’s ear, nose and throat specialist.

Rook was advised to take anti-inflammatory steroid treatment to give her hearing the best chance at coming back.

But because of a bad experience with the drug, prednisone, in the past,

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Fast forward to May 6 — one month before Rook was due to marry Jesse Williamson, a fellow Realtor she had met at an industry golf tournament two years ago. “Once again I woke with severe vertigo and three days later, my hearing began to fade away in my right ear,” said Rook, who at this point

was fearful she would never hear her 10-year-old daughter’s voice again.

Rook was admitted to Lions Gate Hospital and underwent a battery of tests. She was eventually diagnosed with sudden sensorineural hearing loss, defined as a sudden drop in hearing by 30 decibels in at least three frequencies in less than a week.

The condition affects

one in 5,000 people every year, with 90 per cent of them never knowing what caused it. Head trauma, autoimmune disorders and viral illnesses are thought to be common causes of sudden sensorineural hearing loss. About half of people with the condition recover some or all of their hearing, especially if they receive steroid treatment at the onset.

One week before the wedding, Rook endured steroid injections in her eardrum and daily sessions in a hypobaric chamber to restore oxygen to her ear. Also, Rook learned to communicate by reading lips, which she reports works well one-on-one, but is near impossible and exhausting in a group setting.

Still, she walked down

the aisle June 6 knowing a song she had picked out a year ago was playing and she couldn’t hear it. But while exchanging vows with Williamson, Rook was able to read his lips and body language. “The most challenging part of the evening for me was missing the words of the speeches and dancing with my loved ones without hearing the music,” recalled Rook.

When the newlyweds returned home, Rook was sent to a head and neck surgeon, otolaryngologist Dr. Jane Lea, at St. Paul’s Hospital, where she received a cochlear implant in her right ear.

Rook is one of 250,000 worldwide to be outfitted with the $40,000 hearing device which consists of two parts: an implant inside the inner ear and a processor worn on the outer ear that picks up sound and transmits it to the implant.

Today is Rook’s “switch on” day at St. Paul’s after three months of silence.

Rook’s husband and daughter will be by her side. While excited, Rook doesn’t know what to expect. “I may only hear beeps and buzzes for the first week, or even months, or I could hear voices normally right away,” said Rook, who is scheduled to receive a second implant in a couple months that is being covered by the St. Paul’s cochlear implant program.

Rook and her husband plan to take in the sights and sounds of Europe next year for their honeymoon.

Low Level Rd. paved way for expansion From page 1 for steel dampens. Mining giant Teck has announced it will have some rolling closures of its B.C. and Alberta mines, thanks to slumping demand.

Neptune is in the final steps of a process to nearly double its coal handling and export capacity but that investment might take place over a longer period of time, Silvester said.

“The long-term demand still looks good,” he said Richardson’s new grain elevators, however, are expected to be online in 2016, Silvester said.

Both projects were made possible through the Low Level Road project.

Western Stevedoring has also since partnered with a Manitoba company called

G3 Global Holdings to explore building a new 180,000-tonne grain elevator at the Lynnterm West Gate facility at the foot of Brooksbank Avenue.

“They certainly seem to be moving forward in the pre-application process fairly robustly,” Silvester said. “Fundamentally, that looks like a really exciting project. It’s very much the sort of thing we’ve been creating capacity for. It’s a really important product for Canada. It’s a really important product for people around the world.

It’s food.”

Should the project go ahead, Western Stevedoring may need more land in order to continue its break bulk business.

“We’re always interested

in purchasing industrial land,” he said.

Silvester warned that Metro Vancouver’s industrial land supply is under threat of redevelopment, which could pose a long-term threat to the region’s economy, especially as port jobs pay about 50 per cent more than the national average.

“We keep hearing the population is continuing to grow but if the economy hits a brick wall because there’s no longer land available for industrial growth that generates well-paid jobs, we’ve got a structural problem in the Lower Mainland,” he said.

The port still has two major pieces of land that sit largely unused — a vacant waterfront lot at

the foot of St. Patricks Avenue, which will most likely end up being used to complement rail capacity, Silvester said, as well as an undeveloped piece of land on Old Dollarton Highway surrounding a boarding school.

“We’ve been having some discussions on whether that can be a part of a combination of things that might lead to us getting some more industrial land in an area that works better in terms of port use,” Silvester said.

While the Low Level Road project has freed up more capacity for increased rail service and terminal expansions, Silvester said it has proven a success for the community as well.

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staggeringly effective. We understand the concerns the community had. We put a lot of time into consulting with the community and I think the outcome is a project that I think everybody feels has met or exceeded expectation.”

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Family hopeful injured ballerina will dance again From page 1

praying for positive news.

“It’s very sad because we know what an active, strong girl she is, pursuing her dreams. It’s hard to see her still,” said Alicia through a family friend, Laura Lopez, who is translating for her.

Florencia came from Brazil six months ago to stay with her older sister, Lucila, in North Van, and

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they had been exploring the area together.

Last Thursday morning Lucila borrowed Florencia’s roller skates, something she had done before without incident.

What Lucila may have not been prepared for was the steep road, says her sister.

Florencia is hoping laughter is the best medicine, in the aftermath of the accident, as she has been telling jokes to Lucila to try and communicate with her.

“She gave me a wink,” said Florencia, of an encouraging sign she received from her sister on Monday.

Lucila is also responding to the sound of her mother’s voice. There has been other good news in Lucila’s recovery: she is breathing on her own with the help of oxygen and has stretched her legs straight out during physiotherapy treatment.

However, Lucila’s doctors remain cautiously optimistic and say she still faces a long road to recovery.

The close-knit Pacific Dance Arts school community — a surrogate family of sorts for the international students that train there, many of them in their early 20s — has rallied around Lucila as she recovers.

The school has helped set up an online fundraising campaign, which so far has raised $28,000, to help cover the costs of Lucila’s long-term treatment.

Lucila is here in Canada on a student visa with a work permit and only has basic MSP coverage that will not take care of her rehabilitation costs.

Bringing the rest of Lucila’s family here from Brazil is another financial burden for the family that has never travelled internationally before and therefore doesn’t have passports. The family is originally from Oberá, Argentina, but relocated to Brazil when Lucila was nine years old so she could further develop her ballet skills.

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here’s no doubt about it now, the dog days of summer are here.

Everything slows down a bit.

Even, apparently, traffic on the Cut. People tend to — with white knuckles— cling to their hammocks as their holidays expire.

Restless kids mourn what remains of their days off and grumble at their parents’ back-to-school shopping-induced schadenfreude.

In other languages, it’s colloquially known as “cucumber time.”Yours are probably ready to harvest, by the way.

That is if they didn’t wither on the vine thanks to a lack of water this year.

The dog days in the middle of August also mark the time of the year when the news cycle slows down, and more frivolous stories tend to dominate the headlines. No surprise, they’re often

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about dogs. Bears too, judging by the story making the rounds this week about a bruin lounging in a local couple’s pool.

But here to save our newsrooms from the dog days is another alliterative time: silly season.

Though the term’s origins also lay in the dullest days of summer, in North American tradition, it has come to mean the run-up to an election when politicians do their silliest posturing in order to woo the media’s and public’s attention.

And a silly one it has been so far, especially with Mike Duffy’s ongoing bribery trial in Ottawa dominating the headlines.

Each day of testimony provides reporters with a new round of questions to ask the prime minister about who knew what and when. The responses are sounding, well, sillier and sillier.

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Retire political elephant TransLink Dear Editor: Re: editorial Fare Pay (Aug. 2 Viewpoint).

You have correctly identified the elephant in TransLink’s glass (opaque?) shop when you wrote there are “a host of municipal and provincial politicians with divergent interests.”

Also TransLink’s board has become a repository of political appointments.

No wonder the province continues to keep control of it. As for the mayors, they are also political animals and most want to be seen as team players waiting for an invite to run provincially/

federally or are waiting for a plum public appointment rather than call a spade a spade.

Another huge problem with TransLink is a financial one. It lacks a secure source of funding free from political meddling.We are in this sorry mess because of this.

Public transportation is a big economic driver for Metro and the province. In order to reap the benefits, we must retire this political elephant. Choosing a new TransLink CEO before fixing the political interference problem is foolhardy and will only

perpetuate what we have been getting since the formation of TransLink.

A new CEO, like a genie, will only be able to grant us one wish, that being to run TransLink economically and efficiently for us.The CEO See Transportation page 8

Deep Cove parking issue settled the civilized way Dear Editor: I could not believe my eyes when I read your editorial Coneheaded Move (Aug. 7 Viewpoint).

Your comments re: “Deep Cove turf war ... a facilitated session of the type usually reserved for the Greek financial crisis...” has me asking

— do you read your own paper and if so can you remember from one year to the next? Deep Cove had terrible parking and traffic issues due to the increased popularity of our area with visitors.

Rather than dealing with this issue through pundits and experts, the

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Over one day we met in groups with someone from each constituency in each group. Our ideas

and suggestions, that we developed together, in an atmosphere of friendliness and respect, were forwarded to council.

No intense turf war — just a community of people trying to improve things for everyone.

Council adopted many of our recommendations

and voilà a hugely improved traffic and parking system.You should remember; you covered our meeting. No fight, no nasty comments just a community of responsible citizens young and old working together.

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Autism parents take funding fight to ridings

The Supreme Court of Canada decision struck down a July 2000 B.C. Supreme Court declaration by Madam Justice Allen that Applied Behaviour Analysis was a “medically necessary” intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder that must be funded by government.

This was a devastating development for the parents of autistic children and youth in Canada.

Even worse for West Vancouver’s Jean and Michael Lewis, parents of an adult autistic son, was that Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin made it clear she was reviewing the B.C. case in the larger context of other non-core health services provided by provincial governments

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across the country.

By itself that’s interesting since I know of at least one case where the court refused to hear an appeal of a lower court decision on the basis it would not consider a claim based on evidence that lay outside the strict parameters of the case at trial.

Regardless, public opinion did not support the 2004 decision not to direct the B.C. government to fund ABA therapy. People were angry and, despite the ruling, an Ipsos Reid poll taken shortly after the announcement showed 84 per cent of Canadians supported inclusion of ABA under medicare coverage.

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But this is also where parents run up against financial reality — and bureaucracy.

In B.C., the cost of ABA

condition to the broader term autism spectrum disorder is that, while some children are “highfunctioning” and talented, others are more fiercely affected to the point of showing violent behaviour when frustrated or faced with situations they cannot handle.

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Closer to home, Jean Lewis and West Vancouver autism advocate David Marley did not take the decision lying down. They wanted the legislation changed and, believing health care for individuals with autism should be viewed no differently than care for any other health condition, they founded Medicare for Autism Now to achieve that.

At this point, a few facts about autism might help.

Autism is a neuropsychiatric disorder of varying degree which, at least in part, carries some inherited influences.

Current data shows that of the roughly 43,500 babies who are born every year in B.C., about one in 68 will eventually be diagnosed as having some degree of autism; more boys than girls are affected.

While autistic children appear to thrive at birth, the condition manifests itself in early childhood, often at around age two.

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Autism funding for children under age six is “up to $22,000/year.”

Autism funding for ages six to 18 is “up to $6,000/ year.”

These amounts are in addition to whatever educational programs and special education services can be provided by school boards.

Mention of school boards gives rise to this question: When the province pays a school board extra dollars to fund a special needs child in the classroom, what happens to those dollars if, as some North Shore parents have said, a classroom has no appropriately trained staffer available?

As things stand, funding rules and conditions are laid down, not by the Ministry of Health but by MCFD — the body that decides what constitutes “best practices,” “eligible

therapies,” and who appears on the Registry of Autism Service Providers and, finally, precisely how parents may spend the funds.

So, if autism isn’t squarely administered by the B.C. Ministry of Health, if parents have no control over MCFD and if, as autism parent and advocate Dr. Sherri Brown told me, “autism is not a learning disability,” what recourse do we have?

Well, we can support groups like Medicare for Autism Now in its vigorous campaign to elect a government that will ensure autism therapies are covered under the Health Act, or the advocacy group Autism Speaks Canada (supportautismspeaks.ca) which is holding an event at Swangard Stadium on Sept. 27.

This column barely scratches the surface of autism issues. Marley and Lewis look forward to telling you “the rest of the story” via medicareforautismnow.org. rimco@shaw.ca

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The NEB released the list of 145 draft conditions that Kinder Morgan must agree to before the company’s application can proceed any further in the process, last week.

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Summer is the season of the perennial plant and August is usually one of the most beautiful months for flowering perennials.

This year however, flowering cycles in the garden are a little out of the ordinary. There’s still plenty of bloom in the garden but my montbretia (Crocosmia species) is already done and the fennel (Foeniculum) that normally blooms now is also mostly finished.

September’s floral show may be a little lean if things hold true to this year’s form.

Right now, however, many perennials need a little tidying up to keep them looking good for the rest of summer.

For perennial plant enthusiasts, summer culture dictates regular, ongoing husbandry to keep plants looking good. Aside from watering, perennials

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I would use compost, simply because organic amendments like manure and compost build longterm soil structure, a benefit that no chemical fertilizer can claim.

Another way to keep perennials looking fresh in summer is to regularly deadhead, clip or shear as needed.

It’s not easy to give “one direction fits all” kind of advice on how to deadhead perennials.

Much depends on whether or not the plant is a self-seeder. Not all gifts from the garden are welcome, especially self-seeded gifts. For example, fennel, foxgloves (Digitalis species), some daisies, yarrow (Achillea) and montbretia should be deadheaded soon after flowering to prevent selfseeding all over the garden.

Other plants are best left to produce seeds for the birds of fall.

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(Rudbeckia), blanket flower (Gaillardia) and several other perennials produce seed that is edible and favoured by birds.

But the naturalized look — leaving seed heads on for birds and visual interest — is not enjoyed by everyone who grows perennials. In my garden, I leave as many seed heads as possible as long as the plant is not prolifically selfseeding and the seed-head looks reasonably attractive.

Clipping and shearing of perennials refers to the use of hand-shears or power-shears to cut off dead flowers. Aside from preventing the plant from putting energy into seed production, deadheading also cleans up presentation, a key part of growing perennials.

Some perennials like hardy perennial geraniums can be sheared to remove all old flowering stems which results in a clean appearance and possible re-flush of flowers a few weeks later. By contrast, phlox is not generally

sheared; instead the entire flower is cut off below the flowering head but above a good set of leaves on the stem. Never deadhead multi-flowered heads, meaning if the flower blooms one or two at a time gradually until all flowers on the same stalk are borne, then leave the entire flower stalk to bloom before deadheading.

Another useful summer trick for controlling the size of perennials without digging them out of the ground is called “thinning in place.” This method involves pulling, digging or cutting off individual portions of the plant’s crown to reduce the size of the plant. This is helpful for the mid-summer rebalance of size, proportion and scale in the perennial garden.

For montbretia you can simply pull individual corms out of the ground by pulling hard on the stem just above the ground. For phlox, hostas, bee balm (Monarda), yarrow and many other

perennials, you simply reach down into their crowns with a hand pruner and cut off entire portions of the plant’s crown to reduce size. It is highly effective and a real laboursaving technique if you have a lot of perennials or little time to dig and divide perennials in fall or winter.

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because you can kill a perennial if you are too aggressive.

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Includes soccer, football, ultimate Frisbee, Bocce and more. Free; all skill levels welcome. Info: reza. ghannadan@alumni.ubc.ca.

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The end of summer heralds the start of a new school year.

For some it’s an exciting time and for others it’s a time of anxiety. For Irwin Park elementary teacher Duncan Knight, the lead-up to the start of a new school year is a mixture of both.

“It’s such an exciting time of the year, September, you’re getting going again, but it comes with the anxiety of, OK, now I’ve got a whole bunch more things to juggle again,” he notes.

Knight usually teaches summer school, as he did this summer, which leaves him with just a couple of weeks of downtime between when school ends and when it starts up again. “I like (teaching) summer school for that reason,” he says.

“Ten weeks is a long time to be out of the flow.”

Knight, who has been teaching for 15 years and currently teaches Grade 5, says it takes about a month for him to really get to know his new students each new year. After the summer break, he uses diagnostics to assess where students are at with core academics, and also incorporates cooperative and introductory games and activities to get to know the new class better.

“The big thing for me is rapport with the students,” he explains when asked to describe his teaching style.

“That’s the starting point and the end point really because if they don’t have

that with you they’re not really going to make the kind of development that you want them to make.”

Knight says he especially likes teaching the Grade 5 age group because students are old enough to start discussing and exploring more complex ideas. “I think 4/5 are refreshing grades, really they’re lovely,” he says.

While two months of summer vacation can be a long break from school for teachers, it’s also a long break for students.

“The biggest weakness I see coming back as a teacher is the writing, followed by math, they get rusty, but they tend to be able to pick that up a bit quicker,” says Knight. “But writing takes the longest to develop again because they really don’t do that over the summer.”

He recommends parents encourage their kids to write for fun over the summer holidays so they can continue practising.

“Even loose journal activities where writing is done for fun, not worrying about grammar and composition, just doing it for the practice of writing or just doing it for the fact that writing is fun and can be fun,” notes Knight.

He also suggests one-off activities such as writing a menu, or chronicling their best day of the summer.

Knight says in recent years he has noticed parents either do too much school preparation over the summer or not enough.

“There’s got to be a balance,” he says.

*"NN]) U' =ON.'$ .c]) =M7 $W] O]=7?"- $. '9W..O aUOO '$=)$ '..M> /IG0 CJD(D CINDY GOODMAN Trying to cram intense study into the two weeks before school starts isn’t going to be too helpful, but incorporating fun, simple activities that use school skills throughout the summer can be. Getting kids ready for school can be as simple as getting them organized.

Knight says organization is a big key to school success throughout the year. As students return to school in September, “they feel like they’ve got potential, it’s a new start,” he notes. “They try hard. So if they’ve got the organizational skill set with that they can carry that attitude on as long as possible.”

Using some sort of agenda or planner is helpful, and Knight recommends starting in the summer to get

kids into the habit of keeping track and knowing what they need to do. For example, get kids to write a bit down every day during the summer about what they need to do the next day, even if it’s just “go to the playground.”

Another skill that kids need to be taught is how to keep their binders organized.

“We assume that’s natural but it’s not for a lot of students,” says Knight. He suggests that students need to be shown how to keep their books organized and they need to keep practising, even something as simple as putting loose leaf paper in the binder so they don’t lose their work.

However, his biggest tip for kids to keep their school minds active during the summer is simple: Reading, reading, reading.

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Armpits, belly buttons, hands, and even behind the ears.

One by one, an instructor holds up Petri dishes revealing results of bacteria swabs taken from a variety of body parts belonging to students at the Genome B.C. Geneskool Summer Camp held at Capilano University this week.

For five days, participants from grades 8 to 12 learn about genetics and more through hands-on activities and instruction.

On this day, the students take their bacteria cultures and examine them closer

under microscopes, learning the differences between certain types of bacteria, and the differences between the cells of bacteria and human cells.

“It’s been really fun,” says Isabel Iglesias of the camp.

The 16-year-old has an interest in biology and decided to attend the camp because she wanted to learn more about genetics.

Noah Melhado also has an interest in sciences, especially physics and biology.That may not be too surprising since his dad is a microbiologist.This is the first time Noah has attended the Geneskool camp, and says he wants to learn more about genetics so he can

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With only a few weeks left before school starts, Isabel and Noah both say attending this type of summer camp helps them ease back into a school frame of mind.

Although he has had a good summer, Noah says he is looking forward to starting back at Sentinel secondary, where he attends the school’s fencing academy and will be going into Grade10.

He says he enjoys learning new things, and has signed up for some “cool” courses this year. He’s also looking forward to seeing his school friends again.

He says the best part of school is learning new and unexpected things.When asked what helps students stay motivated and focused throughout the school year, he notes that “having a good peer group” helps because friends can help each other study and keep each other on track.

Isabel also had a good summer but isn’t as keen

as Noah to return to school. She will be heading into Grade 12 at Sentinel secondary, but says she is ready to move on and explore what’s outside the confines of her high school.

When she graduates, she is planning to take a year off from school to do volunteer work in India.

This is the first time she has attended the Geneskool camp, and biology is one of her two favourite subjects, along with English. She has a part-time job and sings in a choir, and admits that she does get a little anxious as a new school year approaches.

Grade 11 was “the hardest so far,” she says, and hopes the upcoming year will be less stressful.

Organization and time management are two key skills for success at school, she notes, and when asked what she thinks she will remember most about her final year in high school, she answers quickly: “friends.”

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Mornings can be stressful as parents and kids slowly get back into the routine.You need to make lunches, get kids ready for school, take out the garbage, get the kids to finish their homework and

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What I have come up with below are some easy lunch ideas to relieve the stress. I focused on lunches that are simple to pull together, wholesome and nutritious. I find most kids are looking for simple flavours and foods. What parents want is something that is easy to prepare and will keep them well fed.

Components of a well balanced lunch

The list below is a great tool to see if you are hitting all of the boxes 1. Protein: such as eggs, chicken, dairy, beans and tofu.

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Lunch idea #1 This idea came from travelling in Turkey when I was much younger. Below is a traditional Turkish breakfast, it is also great for lunch: Hard boiled eggs, sliced veggies and cheese, pita and tzatziki, sliced apples.

Ingredients: Hard boiled egg(s), peeled and cut into quarters (sprinkled with salt and pepper if you wish) Feta cheese (or your child’s favourite cheese) three small cubes or slices Sliced cucumbers four slices Grape tomatoes four pieces 1 piece of whole wheat pita bread, cut into quarters Tzatziki sauce for dipping Sliced apples Tip: Boil a half dozen eggs ahead of time and leave in your fridge. Add a happy face with a marker to the outside shell so you can remember which ones are raw and which ones are hard boiled.

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the fridge for the kids to snack on outside of lunch time as well. They are a great source of lean protein.

Lunch idea #2 Chicken caesar wrap Carrot and celery sticks Vanilla yogurt parfait topped with blueberries, dried cranberries and

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know the answer or saying no school teacher once to peer pressure. asked North Shore Taekwondo’s Master “We try and teach them Tony Kook how how to speak up,” says Kook. martial arts schools teach “Confidence teaches you there’s important life skills differently never a wrong time to do the than other sports. She wanted right thing.” to know what kids would learn in Monthly themes “Confidence taekwondo that are the focus of teaches you might be different the character there’s never a than what they’d development wrong time to do learn in soccer, portion of the the right thing.” baseball or hockey. curriculum.

The difference, he said, is in the approach, “There are only so many ways to kick and punch, but a great martial arts school is going to use those as tools, use those as means to develop life skills,” he says. “In other sports they’re going to learn respect in indirect ways. We do it in a very, very direct way.”

Kook says that teaching life skills is at the core of his school’s martial arts curriculum.

Rather than using mat chats to talk about confidence in the abstract, the school discusses concrete examples of how students can integrate the theme into their daily lives, such as putting their hand up in school when they

“The classes are tremendously fun, they’re very safe and they’re age appropriate,” says Kook.

The school has an average ratio of 10 students per one instructor, allowing for one-onone interaction and support.

“We’re truly here to really, really help people to achieve goals and improve quality of life,” says Kook. “We’re just using taekwondo as the tool to get there.”

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PARENTING

Name a legal guardian for your kids

Kathy Lynn

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us to face our deepest fear, which is our own mortality. We know we should leave a will, but sometimes find it hard to actually get down to it.

When you are a parent you have an even greater challenge. In your will, you need to name a

legal guardian for your children.You need to look tragedy right in the face and determine who will raise your kids if you and your spouse both die. It’s difficult but important.

In my own situation, both of my parents died when I was a child. There were some struggles, but our father had named a guardian in his will, and the will prevailed.

When I was planning this column, I spoke to lawyer Maria Holman at Webster Hudson & Coombe for her advice and tips.

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Often the first place we look is to our parents.

While they may have been the world’s greatest parents and are now wonderful grandparents, do they have the energy, the health and the ability to actually begin parenting all over again?

When you are considering whom to ask, consider whether the legal guardian will also be the executor of your estate. (This is exactly why I needed to talk to a lawyer; that probably wouldn’t have occurred to me.) If you choose two people, one for each job, make sure they each know about the other, each have

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It happens all too often.

A person dies and the fight over the estate begins.

When there are children, this is particularly disturbing.

Recently there was a story in the newspaper about a mom stating that her child was the love child of a recently deceased, extremely wealthy man.

She was planning on getting a paternity test to prove her claim. To add to the situation, there were other children and no will.

Now, this is not the usual predicament, but it did lead me to think about the importance of having a will, particularly when there are young children involved.

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a copy of the will, and know how to contact your lawyer.

Once you’ve determined whom you’d like to ask, it’s important to insist they take some time to consider your request. Bottomline, anyone you care enough about to ask will automatically say yes.

After all, they love you; they love your kids, and of course will step up to the plate if needed.

But insist that they take the time to consider. Ask them to visualize raising your children starting tomorrow. Ask them to realistically reflect for a few days on how their world would change if they were suddenly parenting your children for the rest

of their lives. And be clear that if they say no, you will be fine with that.You’d rather they decline than say yes when they know they really couldn’t take on the extra responsibility of your children.

Identify who will be the first people to deal with the kids. Who is physically closest? That may be a neighbour or your parents, but whoever it is should also know whom to contact.

If your children are old enough they can handle this. Let them know where you keep your will and whom they should call in case of a tragedy. Kids should know who their legal guardians are so that See Consider page 24

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The really frightening thing for children is not knowing who will look after them.

There are all sorts of other issues you need to discuss. Where will they live? Will the guardian need to buy a larger house to include your children, and if so, how will that be financed?

If you choose a guardian who is not a relative, make sure that you have told your family members. The last thing the guardian and your children need is a legal

fight for custody on top of the tragedy which has caused this situation.

Holman reminded me that there are other considerations that often get forgotten. Take a look at family heirlooms including photographs, artwork, jewelry and the like, and leave specific instructions on how to handle them so they can be saved until the child is old enough to want them and be able to care for them.

Another consideration is that of adoption. Do you want the guardians to be able to adopt your children? Is it OK if they have their name changed to that of the guardians?

Remember, if you don’t

put your wishes down on paper, you have no idea what the courts might decide for your children.

Speak to a lawyer to make certain all the bases are covered. Ensure that you have done everything you can to protect your kids in case of your death. It’s difficult but necessary.

There are no right answers here, just important questions that need to be addressed.

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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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to EXCEPTIONAL CUISINE

New eatery proves exceptional

Chris Dagenais

The Dish

ROMANCING THE STOVE Angela Shellard presents recipes for peppers page 26

Pho Bon Mua opened up on East Second Street in North Vancouver earlier in the year following the closure and exodus of Hanoi Bistro from the same spot.

Hanoi Bistro, a diminutive space that was run by invariably hospitable chef-owners Ken and Thuy Nguyen, was one of my favourite North Shore eateries.The Nguyens put a lot of heart into their food and it showed in every dish I ever had there, including an exceptional pho that was based on a generations-old family recipe.

When I got wind of a new Vietnamese joint in the old Hanoi Bistro spot, I was initially skeptical.The same outdoor banner promoting a 10 per cent discount on take-out orders hung from the awning in Bon Mua’s earliest days and the menu seemed, at first glance, quite similar, with a number of variations on pho and Banh Mi. Closer investigation revealed, however, that Pho Bon Mua was up to something different, offering more than 50 dishes, including an ambitious assortment of grilled meats served with rice or vermicelli, a more robust appetizer list and the inclusion of some intriguing ingredients like quail eggs and sugar cane.

My recent lunch with my son,The Boy, at Bon Mua (which means four seasons, incidentally) confirmed that this new addition to Lower Lonsdale’s dining scene is standing on its own two feet and bears little resemblance to its predecessor.

Much of what we recognize of Vietnamese cuisine in the West is based on dishes originating from Ho Chi Minh City in the south of Vietnam, or Hanoi in the far north, where Pho, Banh Mi, Bun Cha (grilled pork), Banh Cuon (rice flour rolls), and dark, strong coffee served with condensed milk find favour.

Pho Bon Mua, however, has included on its menu Bun Bo, the signature beef soup of Hue, a riverside city in central Vietnam with its own food specialties. Bun Bo Hue is a very different beast than Pho and seems to be slowly finding favour with audiences here in Vancouver; I have spotted it now on a handful of local Vietnamese menus.

The Boy and I visited the restaurant for an early lunch and just managed to beat the rush, which comprised a sudden midday onslaught of a dozen or so guests seeking take-out and dine-in fare and stressing the very tiny kitchen, which is now partially hidden behind a wall in the miniscule dining room, in which no more than 10 seats are available.

Upon taking our seats, we were immediately served hot tea and water and were presented with the lengthy menu.

We opted for a round of appetizers, which included minced, seasoned shrimp molded into dainty quenelles around stalks of juicy sugar cane.The skewers were then grilled and served atop a bed

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Next up was a shockingly good plate of Garlic Butter Chicken Wings, the first truly novel take on wings I have had in ages.The half dozen deep fried wings, which had evidently been tossed in melted butter, were covered in a mixture of caramelized, roasted garlic, chillies and scallions.The resulting flavours were lush and fragrant and prompted us to make short work of the dish.

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Vermicelli.The pork, a fine puree of meat fashioned into thin, ham-like slices and deep fried, revealed flavours of garlic and ginger.

The spring rolls, golden brown and densely packed, contained pork, julienned cabbage and carrot, and were served with the traditional salty-sweet fish sauce-scented dip called Nuoc Cham.

For my main, not surprisingly, I tucked into a huge bowl of the aforementioned Bun Bo Hue, which proved to be a bold, intense flavour experience.The soup’s broth, vibrant orangey-pink in colour, was packed with the dominant, perfumed note of lemongrass, the key ingredient in Bun Bo.Thick, round noodles (versus the flat, narrow noodles of Pho), a generous portion of sliced beef brisket, and Vietnamese style ham, cilantro, and purple cabbage studded the

broth, while a side plate of basil, bean sprouts and lime provided fragrant garnish.

Although each table was set with bottles of hoisin sauce, Sriracha, fish sauce and homemade garlic-chilli oil, I did not feel compelled to alter the wonderful seasoning of the dish.While I remain a steadfast Pho lover, I thoroughly enjoyed the Hue specialty, though I would suggest to those averse to oily foods that this dish may not be their bag; a thin (but decidedly persistent) film of potent chilli oil floated atop the soup right until I polished it off.

Our meal was $32 before gratuity. Pho Bon Mua is located at 109 East Second St. phobonmuacafe.com 604984-2664 Chris Dagenais served as a manager for several restaurants downtown and on the North Shore. hungryontheshore@ gmail.com.

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Curried Zucchini & Peppers This makes a beautifully colourful side dish for grilled fish or chicken.

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Romancing the Stove

1Tbsp olive oil 2 tsp Indian curry paste (use more or less according to your taste) 1 clove garlic, minced 1 small green zucchini, ends trimmed, cut into half-inch thick slices 1 small, yellow zucchini

With their traffic light hues of green, red and amber, bell peppers are a stand out in the produce section.

During late summer they’re at their very best, so now’s the time to try out

(summer squash), ends trimmed, cut into half-inch thick slices 1 red or orange bell pepper, stem, seeds and ribs removed, cut into halfinch-wide strips Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste Heat olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the curry paste and garlic and stir-fry until curry is fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the zucchini and pepper strips and saute, stirring often, until vegetables are tender, about five minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

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and pepper and cook for 30 seconds. Add the chicken and toss until warmed through and well coated with the oil-spice mixture.

Remove from heat and stir in the salsa.

Flatten the pepper halves slightly with the palm of your hand so they lie as flat as possible. Place the peppers close together (so they don’t roll around) on a baking sheet. Spoon the chicken mixture evenly over the pepper halves; sprinkle with the olives and the cheese. Bake for 10 minutes

or until the cheese has melted. Remove from the oven and top with the green parts of the onions, diced tomato, cilantro and small dollops of sour cream. Serve immediately; makes four appetizer servings.

See this column online in theTaste section at nsnews.com for a recipe for Roasted Pepper Crostini.

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YOUR NORTH SHORE GUIDE to THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

NorWesters nab Canadian titles Artley and Schulz score gold at youth nationals

ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Two members of the NorWesters Track and Field Club can now call themselves Canadian champions after scoring gold medals at the Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships held Aug. 7-9 in Ste-Therese/ Blainville, Que. Brendan Artley claimed the title in the boys youth (17/18) javelin competition while Kristen Schulz took top spot in the girls midget (14/15) triple jump.

The win capped off an amazing year of development for Artley who is set to enter Grade 12 at Collingwood School this fall. One year ago Artley started working with new NorWesters javelin coach Andy White — a UBC grad who represented Canada at the World University Games earlier this summer — and the improvements were massive. Artley attended nationals last year, finishing fifth in what was his first ever meet representing NorWesters.

“He didn’t even own a pair of javelin spikes, he threw in just a regular pair of track spikes, so no heel to actually stop or block in the ground,” said White. “(Fifth place) was actually quite an accomplishment for a guy who was just getting started in the sport.”

Artley worked with White all year, however, and added more than 14 metres to his personal best, recording a 65.61 m throw earlier this season. At nationals Artley’s

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There is no doubt that the North Shore has more than its share of outstanding masters athletes.

That was just emphasized again when five local men and women qualified to compete in the World Crossfit Games. Known as the sport of fitness, Crossfit is an approach to exercise like no other. It combines Olympic style weightlifting, gymnastic skills with traditional fitness components and does it with intensity.

Every year since 2007 there has been a competition to determine the fittest man and woman.

There are now divisions for individuals, teams, masters and this year for the first time a teen division was added.

It all begins with an open competition which this year saw more than 250,000 people from around the world participate. Five weekly workouts are completed and scored with those results determining what individuals and teams

compete in regional events held worldwide.

For the masters divisions the Open competition results see the top 200 invited to compete in a second level of five more workouts done over five days that are called the masters qualifier.That 200 is then pared down to the top 20 who are then invited to compete in Los Angeles at the World Crossfit Games. From the best worldwide, 200 masters in a range of age categories made it to the games, and five of them live on the North Shore.

The athletes competed over three days with three workouts the first day, two on the second and the last event on the third day.The top 10 then competed in the final workout held that afternoon.The Crossfit Games are held in the StubHub Center in Los Angeles with most of the events taking place in the soccer stadium where the L.A. Galaxy play and in the adjacent tennis stadium.

This was the first time the masters have competed in both stadiums. Running, weight lifting, rowing, pull-ups and carrying

sandbags were just some of the challenges the athletes faced.

For Troy Straith, age 55, this was his fourth trip to the Games.This year Straith tried not to put too much pressure on himself and the plan worked. “I had some of my best finishes ever and placed 12th overall, but coming in second in a workout with my daughter and friends cheering was fantastic.”

The trip to compete in L.A. has eluded 45-year-old Scott Tasaka for the past three years but this year he qualified in the 45-49 division and made it all the way to the final event, ending up in 10th place.

“Making it to the final top ten and walking out on the stadium floor was surreal,” he said. One of the most memorable moments for Tasaka was on the first day, “stepping onto the soccer field for the first time, taking your lane assignment and hearing your name being announced. I’ll never forget that.”

It’s a long struggle to get to the elite level necessary to compete with the best See Masters page 30

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and for Susan Clarke, age 56, this year brought extra pressure because she was returning as last year’s champion. “Training for the Games leaves little room for anything else in your life.

I trained six days a week and had a lot of people work with me to achieve some skills I felt I needed to improve.”

Despite last year’s win Clarke’s focus was simply to do her best.

“I really wanted to bring my A game. It was different this year because I had a much better understanding of how heavy the workload would be. My goal was to give it 100 per cent and if that translated into a win I would consider myself extremely fortunate.”

It did turn into a win with Clarke placing first in five of the seven workouts and once again standing on top of the podium.

Debby Brouwer, age 56, was another returning competitor having qualified in 2014 as well. After the last event of the this year’s competition Brouwer said she was determined to be in better condition and have more skills for her next run at the Games.

“What I loved most about this Games experience was the sense of connection with these women. I realized that I like this level of training and I will try again next year.”

Competing against younger athletes is normal for masters as they rarely

have peer competition and Crossfit is no different.They measure their performance against much younger athletes in their gyms on a daily basis.

I’m the fifth member of this group and, at age 61, was returning for the third time. I had such a great experience in 2014 so I trained hard all year to try to make it back.

Facing the best in the world can be daunting but the camaraderie among the competitors is something all these athletes mentioned.

I love competing beside such a great bunch of guys — at this age there is no ego being pushed around, we are all happy to be there and competing at such a high level.

The Games finished with a bang for me. On the last day I was in the top 10 and going into the final that was being held in the tennis stadium. For the first time my age division was going to be challenged with doing muscle-ups on the rings and I was thrilled at this.

When the clock stopped I was standing on the finish line alone, being the only one to finish the workout in the time cap.That was my first ever first place finish at the Games and it was an incredible way to end the competition.

Longtime North Shore News managing editor Terry Peters retired from the paper earlier this year to focus on his many other talents, including freelance writing and Crossfit.

His workout nickname is Bull.

Setting it straight Swimmer Emily Overholt grew up training with the West Vancouver Otters Swim Club. Incorrect information about her training background was published in an Aug. 16 story, Overholt Earns Bronze at Worlds.

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