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Archivist Janet Turner and reference historian Daien Ide look at some maps at the North Vancouver archives. Ide visits the secure storage area in the photo at right. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN

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Preserving the past ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

You cannot drag the whole of the past with you.

So says archivist Janet Turner.

Standing in the main room at the North Vancouver archives, with its large windows letting in the morning light, she explains that part of her training is to determine the long-term value of items that end up in the converted school-house space.

Material with ephemeral interest doesn’t persist, she notes. Diaries, for example, may have an eye to posterity, but not all diaries earn a spot in the archives’ holdings.

Context, date, condition, and the identity of the author may determine if a diary stays or goes. Another aspect of archival value is rarity, such as photos from the 1800s.

Also under consideration: Was the item valuable to its creator? Would it hold value to the community at large?

It’s difficult to anticipate what may or may not be of archival interest to the public decades from now, and that’s

why Turner and her colleague, reference historian Daien Ide, don’t try to guess.

“You never know what someone will be interested in 10 years from now, 100 years from now,” says Ide. The decision-making process involves set rules and criteria that both Turner and Ide have trained many years for in order to preserve pieces of history.

“Archives become the longtime memories that outlive our fragile memories,” explains Turner.

One diary that did make the cut displays an interesting historical mark. It’s a B.C. Mountaineering Club journal from many years ago that was kept in a cabin on Grouse Mountain. One entry recounts how a bear broke into the cabin and made quite a mess.

The best part of the journal is not the entry itself, however, but a large claw mark on the outside of the book left by the furry rascal that knocked it off the table, perhaps in a final flourish of bad behaviour as it ambled back outside. It is one of Ide’s favourite archived items, and just one of many

that hold the history of North Vancouver’s past.

The North Vancouver Museum and Archives organization has been in its current location beside Lynn Valley elementary since 2006. The archives occupies the second floor of the space collectively called the Community History Centre, which also houses offices on the first floor. The location has experienced many incarnations over the years. It started with a oneroom school house that grew into a bigger wooden school by 1912, then added a third and fourth structure over the years. Not all the original structures are still standing, but remnants remain (one now houses a nearby parent participation preschool).

Eventually, the main building was redeveloped specifically to house the archives and related offices.

Recently, the archives hosted an open house for community members to explore the space and learn more about what it offers.

A few days before the event, an early morning visit finds a building that still

resembles an old school in its exterior structure but the interior has clearly been redesigned for a new purpose.

Instead of lockers jammed with papers and old PB&J sandwiches, the building is bright and airy with high ceilings and fresh paint. Archival photos and posters line the walls and a large desk welcomes visitors at the entrance.

Take an elevator to the second floor and look to your left as you step off. The hallway is used as an exhibit space that displays aspects of the archives’ holdings. On this day, there are enlarged copies of black-and-white photos from the 1940s.

Straight ahead is the large reading room, so called because it’s meant for visitors to peruse archival material in place. Because it is irreplaceable, archival material cannot be borrowed like library items, explains Turner. This large room is set up for visitors to access archival material without taking it out of the building.

The centrepiece is a long, wooden table stretching down the middle of the room.

Known as the Burrard Dry Dock Table, it was built by shipyard workers around 1925 and was used in a boardroom there. The table was salvaged from the closed shipyard in 1992 and has been with the archives ever since, restored by a local cabinet maker.

There are three surfaces, including the dry dock table, big enough for visitors to roll out maps (some of which are very large). Maps are a very popular item for visitors, notes Turner.

Maps most looked at include old flume routes, locations of former zinc mines and water pipes, lost streams and trails, and locations of longgone mountain cabins.

The archives has more than 300 maps in its holdings.

However, one “holding” can include multiple pieces. For example, records acquired from a local forester who lived on the North Shore include hundreds of annotated maps that are counted as one aggregate holding. Photos are also popular, and visitors can order digital copies of ones they want to keep.

The large outdoor mural

that is part of the public art display at The Shipyards site in Lower Lonsdale is from a photo the archives provided.

Metal recreations of employee cards also used in the display are designed from archival personnel records.

“I think they appeal to us underneath a logical level,” says Turner of the popularity of archival photos. Photos don’t need to be analyzed like a building plan or property map, they can just be enjoyed, she adds. In some ways, looking at a photo allows a person to be part of that one moment captured in time.

“To me (the photo) was there on a given day and participated with that person,” says Turner.

Other records at the archives include ship plans, technical drawings and directories. Stacked neatly in low bookcases lining one whole wall of the reading room are multiple directories (originals) containing details of past North Shore residents: names, addresses and jobs, as well as names of spouses

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Archivist Janet Turner displays a handwritten diary by Lynn Valley resident Walter Draycott in the photo at left, and a medieval-looking adoption contract from 1910 in the photo at right.

These property records from 1910 are written on cloth and attached to a wooden stick with a brass tip. They are part of the interesting holdings in the secure storage area.

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Coroner seeks clues to cold case JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

The B.C. Coroners Service is asking for the public’s help in piecing together the identity of a man whose body was found in West Vancouver 20 years ago.

The white male – who likely had a broken nose and scars on the right side of his head – was found in the wooded area near the 15th Street exit off Highway 1 into West Vancouver.

“It’s sad that no one is looking for this guy,” said Laura Yazedjian, an identification specialist with the B.C. Coroners Service.

The man was believed to be between 50 and 65 years old.

He had recovered – or was in the process of recovering from – a head injury as well as fractures to his elbow, right leg and ribs at the time of his death. The injuries could have stemmed from one incident like a car crash or

a very bad fall, according to Yazedjian. His height is estimated to be between five-foot-five and five-footeight, and he was wearing a dark blue jacket, lightcoloured striped shirt, jeans and black running shoes.

He likely died in 1995, probably in the late summer or early fall, according to Yazedjian.

She said she hopes the description will “jog someone’s memory.”

The B.C. Coroners Service often compares old case files and even eyewitness accounts to the unidentified remains.

“Particularly for these historical cases … we’re waiting for the right missing person to be reported missing or the right missing person’s file to be dug out of some back storage at a detachment,” she said.

Anyone with information on the cold case is asked to contact the B.C. Coroners Service by phone at 1-877660-5077 or by email at bccs. siu@gov.bc.ca.

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Searchers were out scouring the North Shore backcountry for the second day on Friday, looking for a 65-year-old Vancouver woman who went missing from a hike in Cypress Provincial Park Thursday.

Debbie Blair had been hiking the Baden Powell Trail with a group from Vancouver’s Carnegie Hall heading to the Eagle Bluffs area when she began falling behind and got separated from the group.

When the rest of the hikers reached Eagle Bluffs, they discovered she was missing, said Mike Danks, team leader for North Shore Rescue.

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An extensive ground and air search was launched Thursday afternoon and continued Friday.

Danks said the searchers found two possible clues on Friday: tracks that appeared to be skidding down an area near Donut Rock, the last

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With the recent federal approval of a massive LNG project along B.C.’s northwest coast, our provincial government made one more stride towards its puzzling goal of securing an increasing share of a shrinking market.

We’re always happy to hear about new jobs, and a $36 billion investment sounds encouraging – until we look at the environment. No, not that environment. The business environment.

Our province can produce tonnes of liquefied natural gas, but it’s all for naught if there’s no one willing to buy it.

Recent projects in Kitimat and the Douglas Channel were either waylaid or delayed because – while there is a huge worldwide supply of LNG – the demand seems undemanding.

Part of the issue may be that markets in

Asia – once thought to be insatiable – have invested in something cleaner.

China is producing one-third of the world’s wind turbines; a technology we might consider if the LNG dream bursts.

And on that note, it behooves us to look at the environment: the real one.

If the Petronas plant operates at full capacity, it would quickly become one of Canada’s largest greenhouse gas emitters – belching out between four and five million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. That’s like putting another 37 million SUVs on the road every year.

Despite those emissions, the Liberal government approved the project anyway – albeit with 190 conditions attached.

With Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline currently also under consideration, our coastline could soon be faced with what Sherlock Holmes might have called “a two-pipe problem.”

Two-wheel commute brings out the competition A change of scenery seems to have moved me right into the middle of a vicious biker war.

I used to be a biker. Back when I lived on the mean streets of East Kitsilano, I would put on my biker gear and set out over Lions Gate Bridge on my way to work at the North Shore News. I can still recall the wild wonder in the eyes of passersby as I sped along in my neon green rain jacket, neoprene tights and moisture-wicking booties. And if there was ever trouble, I wasn’t shy about ringing that handlebar bell.

I was b-b-b-bad to the bone.

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I gave up the biker lifestyle after moving to North Van and settling into a place within walking distance of my work. But then last month, work decided it wanted to leave the tony

Laugh All You Want Andy Prest heights of Central Lonsdale and get back to the gritty world closer to the ports.

The move meant that while our office was much closer to North Vancouver’s most extensive collection of broken shopping carts, it was farther away from my house. As a result, I’ve oiled up the chains, pumped up the tires and practised my

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smug “Oh, I zipped right by that traffic jam!” face for my return to the biking world.

It’s been great getting back on two wheels, although I’ve noticed that things have changed a bit in the half-dozen years that I’ve been away. There are more dedicated bike lanes, and it seems that there are more cyclists out there using them.

And then there’s this: I was zipping along a flat stretch of road this week when another cyclist quickly caught up to me and then zoomed right past, leaving me in the dust. As the bike passed, however, I couldn’t help but notice the rider. It was a tiny woman, maybe 65 years old. And she was barely pedalling!

I know cycling is supposed to be the healthy transportation choice, but

those benefits must be muted just a little bit if you die of shame.

As the woman sped away from me, I did what any sane, reasonable, sensible young fellow would do – I pedalled my butt off to try to catch up to her and pass her back. As I got a little closer, however, I heard a distinct whirring sound. And there it was – a little motor attached to her bike’s frame.

I couldn’t believe it. Who has ever heard of a cyclist cheating to try to gain an advantage? That sort of thing would never fly in the Tour de France.

Then I found out that some competitive cyclists actually have been caught with little motors hidden inside their bicycles. One received a six-year ban after being caught going electric at a world championship

cyclo-cross race earlier this year. What is going on in the cycling world? Lance Armstrong didn’t die for this.

I suppose my 20-minute daily commute is a little bit different than the world championships, but it still was a shock to be passed so brazenly by someone who wasn’t working as hard as I was. But it appears that electric bikes are definitely here to stay now, and apparently some cyclists get enraged by the site of them on dedicated bike lanes, cursing them to get back onto the road and face down the trucks and buses like any self-respecting 70-year-old should.

Thinking about it a little more, I’ve come to realize we should all just share our little lanes as best we can.

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North Shore hills under their own steam, so if a neat little motor does the trick to get someone out of an SUV and onto a bike, that’s a win. More people out there on two wheels means more pressure on governments to increase cycling infrastructure and more butts in the air for drivers to focus on – crowded bike lanes are safe bike lanes.

And I’ll just have to learn to nod and smile as little old ladies blow by me. Keep on zooming, old gals. I know us bikers can look tough, but under that spandex you’ll find that we’re nothing but insufferably smug.

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Preserve Lynn Valley trees Dear Editor: North Vancouver District council’s approval to cut down 80 beautiful mature trees along Lynn Valley Road is unconscionable beyond belief. When proposed changes to this route were first put forth to the community there was no mention of the need to remove so many trees.

The canopy that lines this road should be considered heritage. As well as protecting pedestrians – the group most often seen walking along Lynn Valley Road – from the torrential rains and providing much appreciated shade in the heat of the summer, they are an irreplaceable sound barrier from

the ever-increasing traffic congestion idling along this main artery. More appreciation and thought should be given to what we now have and would take many decades to duplicate.

That all cycling lanes should have to be a part of the main arterial routes should be revisited. So often there are side streets that run parallel, have no traffic and can be quickly accessed by a cyclist. All that would be required is some directional signage.

The Lynn Valley Road gridlock norm has very quickly changed from just under the overpass to now Kirkstone Road. With the increased density at Lynn

Valley Centre it is just going to get worse. The lifestyle of many residents of the North Shore simply does not lend itself easily to a bicycle commute.

Changes need to be made to this project; otherwise, we may suffer the same acute loss that we felt when the winds blew through Stanley Park. Simply narrowing or sharing some parts of this cycling lane could be a solution. Better a route along a pathway beside the overpass onto 21st and then Kirkstone. Even cyclists and pedestrians should be capable of yielding to one or another.

Paulette Morton North Vancouver

Press our elected officials for traffic solutions now

Dear Editor: I am emailing to express my concern with the District of North Vancouver’s apparent lack of transportation planning for the increased density from the pace and scale of residential development in the hope you can include something about this, or this email, in your newspaper. Two examples: Firstly, the latest residential towers at the Lions Gate development (corner of Capilano Road and Marine Drive) will add 150 cars/hour (for these two towers only and they want to build seven) to the busiest intersection in North

Vancouver: the bottleneck at Lions Gate Bridge. The district’s solution is to make minor changes to the roads and encourage residents to walk or bike.

Secondly, traffic is growing exponentially in Edgemont Village, where multiple multiunit residential buildings are replacing single family homes — the roads were built for single families. Traffic extends blocks in every direction during busy periods; it’s very difficult for families to get their kids to school and creates unsafe situations for pedestrians. There are no plans in place to ease the increased

congestion. The district needs a plan for increased traffic before approving new developments.

While there are plans for a new SeaBus and bus lines, there isn’t enough emphasis on fixing these problems in tandem with building.

They can’t simply rezone for development and try to fix the problem after. The next council meeting is Monday, Oct. 3 – go and be heard. This is a great place to live, but only if we don’t have to spend the majority of it idling on our roads.

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Debbie Blair, 65, went missing Thursday afternoon. Peter Haigh and Mike Danks, of North Shore Rescue, continue the search Friday morning. PHOTOS SUPPLIED/ MIKE WAKEFIELD

Infrared cameras used in air search for missing hiker From page 7 infrared camera.

Danks said the fact Blair has been missing for 24 hours is very worrying.

Although Blair is described as an experienced hiker in good physical shape, Danks said she had no cellphone, is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease and was unprepared for a night in the backcountry, where temperatures dipped to about 2 °C Thursday night. Blair left her jacket and lunch behind and

was dressed only in light clothing.

Danks said Blair has also been described as very hard of hearing, which adds to the logistical challenge of finding her. “She’s unlikely to hear rescuers calling out,” he said.

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“Our feeling is she mistakenly got on the Donut Rock Trail. It’s a really tough trail to follow. It’s really steep. She didn’t have a light with her,” he said.

Danks said the team is especially concerned about the possibility Blair may have become injured and be unable to move.

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and children, and whether a person owned or rented their property. The directories show who has lived in a house over generations, so visitors can trace a person or an address over many years. The directories start in 1901, showing information for the entire province, then narrow down over the years to the Lower Mainland and eventually North and West Vancouver.

The largest single holding on site are files from Versatile Pacific Shipyards, rescued when the shipyard folded. The collection includes building plans, administration records, contracts, personnel records, staff newsletters, and 5,000 photos.

“It was the principal industry on the North Shore for many decades,” says Turner of the significance of the Versatile holding, noting the company was an economic linchpin of the area for a long time. “Its closure represented a turning point in Lower Lonsdale’s development.”

There are still some restrictions on some of the material, meaning not all of it is up for public consumption just yet, such as some personnel records, mainly for privacy concerns. That applies to

Directories dating back to 1901 contain specific information about past residents, their jobs, and more. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN other items on file as well.

However, restrictions on material have to be “reasonable,” such as only limited until the person named in the record has passed away. If there are too many restrictions placed on an item, the archives won’t take it since the material is meant to be shared.

Computers and other references in the room, such as microfilm readers, allow access to self-serve databases for visitors to search archive holdings. Turner and Ide are also on hand to help visitors navigate the system to find a specific item or a starting point into a subject area.

Part of the open house event, and the private tour on this day, is a visit to the secure

storage area, which is usually closed to the public. Material from this area is retrieved by request.

Stepping inside the large room, it is immediately noticeable that the temperature is a bit chillier. Climate is moderated in this room to preserve the archival material, and measures are taken to control the temperature, humidity, light level, ventilation, and even pests (silverfish sometimes make an appearance).

Around 15 tall, metal shelves stretch along the length of the room, closely packed together. A handle on the outside of each section is spun to slide the shelves apart revealing more shelves within the shelves, each packed with

archival material.

The room contains various media, including photos, negatives and paper records, as well as audio recordings and video on tape and old-school movie reels.

“Records can occur in any sort of medium,” says Turner as she tours the area, pointing out items of note.

Among the more interesting pieces are a collection of handwritten diaries by North Vancouver resident Walter Draycott. The entries are written in pencil because Draycott wrote many of the diaries when he was a military topographer in the First World War. As a soldier serving at the front, he was often knee-deep in water and so he wrote in pencil as pen would run when it got wet. The books are pocket-sized so they could fit in the front pocket of his uniform. When he returned to his home in Lynn Valley, Draycott continued to write and his journals and correspondence provide prolific detailed notes of the community throughout his lifetime. Turner has read all but one of the numerous pieces.

There is too much archived material to outline in one short story, but another interesting item Turner highlights is an adoption contract that is

one of her favourite items for both its content and esthetic.

The contract is from 1910, but the writing, wax seals and ribbons that adorn the paper make it appear medieval. The notice lays out specific terms of adoption for a little girl named Elley from England to a relative on the North Shore.

At its core, archival material is a record of a community and its people; personal, professional and civic happenings. It can tell a story, paint a picture, and provide details.

But some details are lost, and some mysteries still remain.

When asked about her favourite item, Ide pulls out an old photo album that started its archival journey at the West Vancouver archives, which didn’t have any information about the album’s owner.

However, many of the photos appeared to be taken in North Vancouver so the album was passed on to Ide, who spent many months investigating and researching until she discovered that the album belonged to “Miss J. Conroy.”

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New park at École Pauline Johnson nears completion ROSALIND DUANE rduane@nsnews.com

At first glance they may just look like two small, shallow ponds of water.

But this area of the École Pauline Johnson schoolyard has a bigger story behind it.

After problems with flooding, bank erosion, and water quality, this part of the playground was rescued and re-designed to perform an important task.

“It became a resurrected ecosystem so that the kids could learn we can change things for the better if we just let Mother Nature do her work,” explains Kyra Smiljanic, who co-chaired the revitalization of the grounds.

A series of native plants, gravel and earth was added to an existing pond. The combined materials act like a kidney, cleaning the water as it passes through. A second pond was then created for students to play in.

Last weekend, a group of community volunteers and parents participated in a three-day work party to put the finishing touches on a project that has been four

years in the making.

The PJ Outdoor Learning and Community Park contains nine distinct components that were designed to benefit both the school community and its surrounding neighbourhood.

The ponds are part of a biodiversity wetland created for learning purposes, and as part of the overall goal of “greening” the school space.

The other components of the project include a bird sanctuary, community gardens, a Grand Allee walkway, and an outdoor classroom. An outdoor performance amphitheatre was also added after an eroding bank was repaired and re-purposed.

All the hard construction was done by August, and last weekend’s work party represented an end to most of the planned designs. Working in four-hour shifts, more than 100 volunteers built a bird watching deck, a runway to utilize water from the wetlands for kid-play, enhanced the beginnings of the Grand Allay of trees by planting six new trees along the walkway, finished a pollinator garden for a veggie garden, and put in a retaining cedar wall along

Volunteers Heather Paterson and Madison Morrison paint a fence with eco-friendly stain as part of a three-day work party last weekend to finish the new school and community-use park at École Pauline Johnson. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN with other details. They also added lots of plants, many of which were donated by the District of West Vancouver parks department.

Initially a parent-led initiative, Smiljanic says all the support the group has received through donations, fundraising, and volunteer

labour by individuals, businesses, and community groups, to complete the project has been “absolutely overwhelming.”

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Sam Patchell is far from home. But that’s his job.

Born at Lions Gate Hospital, he grew up in West Vancouver and attended Sentinel secondary, graduating with the class of 1995.

By the time he was 12 years old, Patchell was already thinking about the navy, but not as a career.

In a recent email interview, Patchell recalls: “I had fond memories of my grandfather taking me down to the ships when they came into Vancouver, and he talked about his time serving in the army in the (Second World War).”

Years later, when he was completing a bachelor’s degree in science at the University of Victoria and working in an office at a co-op position Patchell decided a desk job wasn’t for him.

He wanted to do something different.

“I went to the recruiting centre, went through the process and joined on the sixth of September 2001. Five days later the world changed on 9/11 and I haven’t looked

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Now a Lieutenantcommander, Patchell has been serving with the Royal Canadian Navy for 15 years.

He is currently on the HMCS Charlottetown, which was deployed in the Black Sea at the time of this interview.

Despite the distance, Patchell agreed to an email chat from across the miles to connect with his hometown.

North Shore News: What appealed to you about a career in the military?

LCdr/CapC Sam Patchell: I’ve always felt a desire to serve.

I know I’m fortunate to have grown up in a safe and secure

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from page 13 small concrete courtyard.

That aspect of the project is being handed off to the next generation of parents, who will inherit some legacy funds from the current team to get the new design started.

Another interesting element of the new playground is a healing circle in the forest inspired by First Nations traditions. Smiljanic says the healing circle fits well with the school’s curriculum, which includes more awareness and instruction around issues such as bullying.

The healing circle also fits with the overall theme of the park, which is connection and coming together, explains Smiljanic. The theme became more relevant to this school in particular when it experienced two recent tragedies.

During the process of redesigning their schoolyard area into a school-use and community park, the École Pauline Johnson community lost two students in separate accidents.

Seven-year-old Erin Kate Moore died in a hiking accident in Lions Bay in 2014, and Maddie Liebenberg died in a

drowning accident in 2015.

A natural climbing apparatus is being added to the playground in October as a memorial to Erin, and a butterfly and pollinator garden was started with Maddie’s mother and grandmother in her memory.

“It’s just a beautiful way to remember a neat little girl that we all loved,” says Smiljanic of Maddie, who was a friend of her son’s.

The original plans for the playground space were designed by well-known landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, and Smiljanic says they were able to incorporate at least 85 per cent of those ideas.

Up next for the project is following through with implementing the programming part of the space, which Smiljanic says they hope includes the Kiwanis assisted living centre, a preschool, and a daycare that are all next door to the school.

Nearing the end of the project is an exciting prospect for Smiljanic who describes her impression of the group’s overall achievement as “beyond my expectations.”

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NSN: Tell us a bit about the job you do now.

SP: The executive officer is the second in command on board.

In short, I’m responsible for everything and everyone inside the guard rails of the ship so that the captain can “fight and defend” the ship, responding to anything outside the guard rails. My primary role is to understand my captain’s intent and translate that into co-ordinated employment of the 250 people on board, ensuring they all work together as a fighting and effective unit.

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NSN: What do you like most about your job?

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NSN: What’s the hardest part of your job?

SP: When I’m having a bad day or feeling down because we’ve been away from home for a long time, it’s hard to stay positive and energetic, but I must. It’s incredible to see how a positive attitude, particularly in the face of adversity, inspires the crew to rise up and overcome obstacles.

NSN: What would you like people to know about your job that they may not know?

SP: Since I became the Executive Officer I found out that I’ve been given quite possibly the best job in the navy, and no one told me. As surface warfare officers we train to become captains of ships and for some, the XO position is a step toward that end.

HMCS Charlottetown (centre) joins formation with Japanese and Italian ships in the Mediterranean Sea. PHOTO SUPPLIED I’m having fun every day in this job working with a great crew.

Even a bad day at sea is better than any day behind a desk. As XO, you’re tasked to inspire the crew to work as one cohesive unit and it’s very rewarding when you see happy faces as we achieve great things together. !!!

As of this weekend, LCdr/CapC Sam Patchell is now on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea, still onboard the HMCS Charlottetown, participating in exercise Joint Warrior 2016, which he describes as a “large multinational exercise to enhance interoperability with NATO allies.”

Patchell is married to his wife Tara (he will be celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary at sea), and he says he has already mailed home an anniversary present, “and she sent me one that I’m waiting to open soon.”

Patchell’s parents, siblings and family are spread out across both North and West Vancouver, and Patchell says he tries to get home as often as he can but work keeps him pretty busy.

When asked if he had anything else he wanted to add to the interview, he says: “I am honoured and humbled to be the Executive Officer of HMCS Charlottetown deployed . . . in the Mediterranean with 250 men and women of our Canadian Armed Forces. I do my best to make my country, navy and family proud of what we do.”

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A program supporting community members with disabilities in their quests to find jobs is looking for new participants.

The ConnecTra Society, one of the six organizations that compose the Sam Sullivan Disability Foundation, launched the Employment Mentorship Support Project in September 2015. The initiative was founded following a successful pilot program undertaken by the society, similarly focused on supporting adults with disabilities in their journey to enter the workforce.

The new Employment Mentorship Support Project matches community members with physical disabilities who are unemployed or under-employed with volunteers willing to support them in their job hunts, and is a partnership between ConnecTra and the University of British Columbia’s Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy.

Researchers are monitoring the project and gathering information with a goal of making positive change in the lives of those with disabilities.

“They periodically do interviews with our participants throughout the process to see how beneficial it is to have a one-on-one volunteer assist them in the job search process compared to if they did it by themselves,”

ConnecTra Society community connector Louisa Bridgman is looking for participants for a new employment program seeing community members volunteer to support people with physical disabilities in their job searches. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN says Louisa Bridgman, a ConnecTra Society community connector serving North and West Vancouver.

“All the information that they gather in the next three years, they’re hoping to use to lobby provincial governments and federal governments to help change policies for people with disabilities. ... Or can we convince other companies to open their doors and realize in society that there’s an untapped potential that they’re not even looking at because of their physical disability. Just because we’re

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You may be experiencing social isolation.

According to the Canadian National Seniors Council Report on social isolation published in 2014, “Social isolation is commonly defined as a low quantity and quality of contact with others. A situation of social isolation involves few social contacts and few social roles, as well as the absence of mutually rewarding relationships.”

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service providers.

One of the project partners, the Burnaby Community Services Society, will address the transportation needs of socially isolated seniors.

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“Transportation is individual, complex, and resource-intensive. But it’s incredibly important because it connects seniors to all the programs, people, and

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If you think you are experiencing social isolation try these strategies. Get out in the world: make appointments, go to a seniors centre, check out free events or go to the park. Volunteer your time. People will appreciate your efforts and you’ll feel good about yourself. Take on the care of a pet or visit a shelter to walk dogs. Learn a new skill. Move your body by going to seniors exercise

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TREND TRIAL Linda Fawcus, founder of Gluu Technology Society, a local non-profit that helps older adults use today’s technology, teaches a group of 55+, including North Shore News publisher Peter Kvarnstrom, the nuances of the interactive game Pokémon GO, recently at the Silk Purse Arts Centre. After downloading the app and learning some of its details, the group set out to play the game at John Lawson Park. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

Make an effort to get out in the world to prevent isolation From page 18 programs. Eat healthily and get plenty of sleep.

When the community and seniors themselves tackle social isolation we all benefit.

Margaret Coates is the co-ordinator of Lionsview Seniors’ Planning Society. She has lived on the North Shore for 47 years and has worked with and for seniors for 20 of those. Ideas for future columns are welcome. Email: lions_view@telus. net. Info: lionsviewseniorsplanning.com.

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From page 16 and even my volunteers, it changes their lives. To watch them reach their goals or to watch them get even a step closer, it’s amazing to see how much they think they’re capable of and when they actually do reach their goals how proud they are that they’ve actually done it. If it wasn’t for programs like ConnecTra and the (Sam Sullivan) Disability Foundation then who knows where any of us would be,” she says.

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Bridgman wishes more employers could see the benefits of hiring people with disabilities. “If (they’re) afraid to give a person with a disability a chance, they’re missing out because there’s so much that we can offer. …

Just remember back to when they were getting employed, it was hard for them too, but somebody gave them a chance. For a person with a disability, as long as they’re capable of doing the job that they’re applying for, there’s no harm in giving someone a chance,” she says.

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HEALTH NOTES SPIRIT OF THE SHORE Halfmarathon and 10-kilometre routes through North and West Vancouver that start and finish at The Village at Park Royal Sunday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 a.m. The event will include a celebratory atmosphere with a DJ and post-run food for all participants.

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CAREGIVER WALK AND TALK Unpaid caregivers who support a family member or friend are invited for a walk Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 1:30 p.m. Meet at John Lawson Park, West Vancouver. Rain or shine.

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TRE CLASSES Tension and trauma release exercises to help restore an inner sense of peace and relaxation Tuesdays, starting Oct. 4, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the North Shore Women’s Centre, 131 East Second St., North Vancouver. Drop-in by donation. northshorewomen.ca VIRTUAL GASTRIC BAND Hypnotherapist Caroline Sutherland will give a free introductory lecture on hypnotherapy for weight loss Wednesday, Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m. at Churchill House, 150 West 29th St., North Vancouver.

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Cruising the south of France by canal barge You can almost reach out and touch the Languedoc scenery as the boat meanders through MIKE GRENBY Contributing writer

MIDI CANAL, France – Perhaps it is the jazz trio playing for the seven of us on the deck of the hotel barge Anjodi, accompanied by tantalizing whiffs of the roast dinner to come.

Perhaps it is the gourmet meal that follows, accompanied by as many glasses as you want of 2011 Grands Vins Fleurie Villa Ponciago and 2013 Chateau Puech-Haut SaintDrezery Tete de Belier.

Or perhaps it is a little earlier, soaking in the bubbling body temperature Jacuzzi, accompanied by cocktails, as the barge cruises at four kilometres/hour along the 17th century Midi Canal before tying up just through the world’s oldest canal tunnel of Malpas.

No matter. All those moments combine to create one of life’s more laid-back travel experiences: an ideal mix of relaxation, scenery, history, exercise and fine food-and-wine dining in this Languedoc region of France’s southwest.

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Half-day excursions via Mercedes minibus allow you to walk where perhaps the Gauls and Romans walked – at Carcassonne, for example, perhaps the most complete medieval fortified city in existence today.

Back on board, you can reach out to almost touch the passing scenery – the giant plane trees lining both sides of the canal, the vineyards, the fields dotted with red poppies, the stone farmhouses, the other barges and boats.

Although it’s a small group to travel with in relatively close quarters, we have a fair bit in common. There’s enough space if you want some privacy, and enough to do on your own if you choose.

Families and groups often rent a whole barge.

So please join me on a typical morning here on the Anjodi, European Waterway’s first barge.

Because I’m an early riser, first mate/sommelier/driver/ guide Steve has prepared one of the mountain bikes for me and locked it to the gangplank.

(We tie up every night – sometimes to a pier in a town or village, sometimes to a tree in the country.)

Off I pedal along the towpath, luxuriating in a smooth ride if the path has been paved, otherwise trying to avoid the occasional roots and ruts.

I have some stretches of the canal to myself, shaded from the rising sun by the leafy plane trees. In the busier

areas, work and pleasure craft – barges, owned or rented boats – cruise by or are tied up to the shore. I exchange “bonjours” with early risers on these boats, with other bikers, with walkers.

I particularly enjoy my visit to Portiragnes, not far from our final port of Marseillan (where a pirate flag is incongruously waving from the top of a large building), 140 kilometres east of the French-Spanish border.

It’s a 10-minute ride down to the sandy beach on the Mediterranean, all but deserted except for early morning dog walkers. I follow a track leading into the wetlands – and find several dozen flamingoes feeding in the shallow waters.

Now my stomach is also saying “breakfast” so I return to the barge in time to meet Steve climbing aboard with a bag full of goodies from the local bakery: crusty white and multi-grain baguettes, croissants, chocolate and almond Danish.

Aneta (foodservice, housekeeping) has set up the breakfast buffet with coffee and tea, fresh fruit, cereals, slices of ham and cheese, freshly squeezed orange juice, grapefruit juice, yogurt, jams and butter. Some mornings I order an omelette or a poached egg on toast (a toasted slice of baguette).

No visit to France would be complete without a winery tour and tasting. We visit the 14th century Château de Perdiguier, famed for its frescoes and cabernet sauvignon, pinot noir and chardonnay wines and local guide who sticks his head into an ovenlike opening in a wall and sings into a deeply resonant chamber.

Another day we visit Minerve, the ancient capital of Minervois, which boasts a 12th century Cathar fort surrounded by deep limestone gorges.

Here our group finds a Real Chocolat shop, where the proprietor breaks up some of his stock to heat up in a saucepan of milk for some very real hot chocolate drinks.

So much of this barge cruise is about the gourmet wine and food – thanks to

chef Tom who creates a variety of salads and lighter cooked dishes for our various lunches, with a cheese course or dessert, and always with unlimited white and red wine (as well as other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages).

Dinner is a four-course affair; Tom, Aneta and Steve take turns introducing the dishes and wines. And in between meals, any of the crew will bring you tea, coffee or any other libation in the lounge, up on deck or in the Jacuzzi.

The four crew members do everything they can to enhance the trip for the seven of us.

“We’ll go slowly and can stop again to pick you up whenever you like,” says skipper Laurent when three of the passengers say they’d like to go for a walk along the towpath for an hour or so.

Then there are the special touches, like the L’Occitaine products in the bathrooms and Villeroy & Boch china at mealtime. Like having Philippe (sax), Roger (keyboard) and Mel (bass) unexpectedly serenade us during pre-dinner drinks and nibbles that evening. And like, for a change, dinner ashore at l’Ambassade, TripAdvisor’s No. 1 restaurant in Beziers, with its impressive cheese trolley.

All too soon it’s time for the Captain’s Farewell Dinner.

The next morning Steve drives us from Marseillan back to Narbonne where he picked us up almost a week ago.

Six days and 75 km? No specific time and distance can ever encompass all our experiences and memories from a hotel barge cruise like this along the Midi Canal.

If you go: Prices for a six-night cruise aboard hotel barge Anjodi are from US$4,690 per person in a twin/double cabin, including all meals, wines, an open bar, excursions and local transfers.

European Waterways: Phone toll-free 1-877-574-3404 or 1-877- 879-8808.

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Indigo bringing books to Norgate and Seymour Heights elementaries JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

There’s just one week left in Indigo’s campaign to put a pile of books in two North Vancouver schools.

Norgate Community and Seymour Heights elementaries are each hoping to get a pile of pulp from this year’s Indigo’s Adopt a School Program, which closes Oct. 9.

“Anything like this that’s getting really great books into our libraries is really appreciated,” said North Vancouver school district spokeswoman Deneka Michaud.

Norgate elementary is the recipient of 260 books, more than 200 of which were donated by the Indigo store at Park Royal. Individual donors have chipped in with 57 books.

The majority of Norgate’s 160 students come from lowincome families, according to principal Barbara Leigh.

“This means that many of the families don’t have the disposable income to buy their children new books to continuously inspire a love for reading,” Leigh wrote in a statement on Indigo’s website.

While the school’s parent advisory committee does what it can, a lot of the money raised for the school goes to other areas, according to Leigh.

“Many of our books are

old and outdated, and with that comes a loss of interest in reading,” she stated.

The school’s library serves as a communal area – it’s where some of the students eat breakfast and others attend after-school programs.

“It would mean a great deal to us at Norgate to be able to continue to build our outdated library with new books and spark a new love for reading among our students,” Leigh wrote.

Seymour Heights elementary has received 219 books so far, including 191 donated from the Indigo store on Marine Drive. With one of the highest percentage of special needs students in the school district, much of the school’s budget goes toward meeting: “the diverse needs of students in the school, which means that very little money ends up being allocated to our library,” wrote principal Chanin Smyth.

“Our library is in rough shape. One of our school initiatives for next year is to beautify the library so that it is a more engaging place for students to come, hang out, learn and read,” she wrote.

The school is in need of more current and relevant books to reinvigorate the students’ love of reading, Smyth stated. Donations can be received in person at any Indigo store or online at adoptaschool.indigo.ca.

Seymour Heights Grade 2 student Sean Nittolo reads to the class as teacher Ivana Gonekova listens. Seymour and Norgate elementaries are both participating in Indigo’s Adopt a School program, a fundraising drive that adds books to school libraries and classrooms across Canada. Nearly 500 books have been donated thus far. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., invite four-legged and winged friends to church Sunday Oct. 2, 4 p.m. to be blessed.

Refreshments follow the service. standrewsunited.ca CULTURE DAYS A celebration of the arts with exhibits, arts and crafts, concerts, dance and more for all ages Oct. 2 at various North Shore locations.

Schedule of events: nvrc.ca/ arts-culture/culture-days.

POLAND THE SERIES Learn about Polish cinema and its famous directors Sunday, Oct. 2, 2:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca PUMPKINFEST 2016 Kick off harvest season at the West Vancouver Community Centre, 2121 Marine Dr., Sunday Oct. 2, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. celebrating the annual PumpkinFest.

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the honour. Likely the best known of his efforts was 1984’s Tramp at the Door.

The Depression-era drama chronicled a Manitoba

family confronted by a hobo purporting to be a long-lost relative.

The movie had a budget of $400,000, according to Athabasca University movie database. While it might not be Avatar money, the budget represented a pretty penny in an era when other TV stations either didn’t have money to spend or the will to spend it.

“They weren’t all Oscarwinning movies … but they were pretty darn good for Canadian productions,” Brinton said of the TV movies. “I’m proud of all of them.”

In an era when Canadian content was a rarity on the airwaves, Brinton frequently recruited Canadian writers, directors and actors for his TV movies.

Brinton is the rare broadcaster who began his career – quite literally – from the

CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY: A BALANCING ACT Chris Harley, professor of zoology at UBC, will give a presentation on the effects of ocean warming, ocean acidification and the consequences of biodiversity in conjunction

with the current exhibition Reversing the Tide Thursday, Oct. 6, 7-9 p.m. at the Ferry Building Gallery, 1414 Argyle Ave., West Vancouver.

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Radio broadcaster, Canadian television pioneer and West Vancouver resident Don Brinton received the Order of Canada at a recent ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

The award is “the big one,” according to Brinton, who has also earned the title of the Western Association of Broadcasters’ broadcaster of the year as well as snagging a spot in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters hall of fame.

Speaking with the North Shore News prior to making

West Vancouver broadcaster and television producer Don Brinton accepts the Order of Canada from Governor General David Johnston at an investiture ceremony Sept. 23.

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the trip to Ottawa, Brinton said he suspected it was the TV movies he championed as a producer in the 1970s and ’80s that earned him

ground up.

As an agriculture student at the University of Alberta, Brinton was inspecting the permafrost of the Northwest Territories when he ran into a family friend who helped him get a little experience in the day’s dominant broadcast media: radio.

“I was fascinated by radio,” Brinton recalled.

After three years spent broadcasting for the Alberta Federation of Agriculture, Brinton caught the eye

of station owner George Richard Agar Rice, who’d been manning the airwaves since 1922.

“He saw some kind of spark in me that I didn’t know I had,” Brinton recalled.

The next thing he knew, he was a news reporter – publicizing what he called: the new medium of television. “We had a lot of fun getting ready for that, because no one knew what the heck they were doing,” Brinton said.

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EXPERTS IN OUR COMMUNITY A presentation on 13th century Persian mystic and poet Mowlana Jalalad-Din Muhammad Balkhi (known in the West as Rumi) Monday, Oct. 3, 2-3:30 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. 604-925-7400 westvanlibrary.ca SFU WRITERS CONSULT Author E.R. Brown will be

available for 45-minute consultations to give his opinion on participants writing Tuesday, Oct. 4, 3-7 p.m. at West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Dr. Registration required. 604925-7403 westvanlibrary.ca CANADIAN UNIVERSITY EVENT All high school students preparing for university and their parents are invited to a university fair Wednesday, Oct. 5, 7-8:30 p.m. at Mulgrave school, 2330 Cypress Bowl Lane, West Vancouver. The school will be hosting more than 50 Canadian universities and colleges.

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Your North Shore Guide to the games people play SPORTS NEWS? Contact sports editor Andy Prest at 604-998-3538 or email aprest@nsnews.com

Members of the Mountain United U16 team celebrate their win at the Provincial Premier Cup in June. The victory earned the North Shore/Burnaby-based club a spot in the national championships starting Wednesday in Lethbridge, Alta. In the photo below, striker Alexander Wallace climbs for a header. PHOTOS SUPPLIED

Mountain United going for gold North Shore players pace U16 squad to national soccer championships ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Most of the best U16 soccer players on the North Shore will be united this week in an effort to win a national championship.

Nine North Shore players will suit up for Mountain United’s U16 squad at the Canada Soccer Sport Chek National Championships running Oct. 5-10 in Lethbridge, Alta.

“There is a lot of talent in this team,” said head coach Daniel Fairhurst. “It’s a good passing team. I like the style of the boys, a lot of explosive power in the attacking players as well. A lot of creative attacking happens, so hopefully we can continue that in the nationals.”

Longtime North Shore soccer nut Wayne Shaw won’t be making the trip over the mountains to Lethbridge but he will be watching the results very closely. Shaw coached the boys for two years in the EA Sports BC Soccer Premier League, ending his run with the team when they won the

Provincial Premier Cup in late June.

The U16s, part of the North Shore/Burnaby-based elite soccer club Mountain United, finished second in regular season play last season, their only two losses coming against Surrey-based Coastal FC. Not surprisingly, the two teams met in the Provincial Premier Cup final June 25 in Kelowna. “(Coastal) had a very strong team in athleticism and speed – power, size,” said Shaw, who was the head coach for the provincial tournament.

“I always thought our strength was our technical skills, and so when we got to the finals to play them we were looking forward to it because we always felt that given the style of play that we had and the big field, we always felt we could beat them. We had some close games with them, we lost due to breakdowns.”

The final turned midway through the first half when a Coastal player brought down a Mountain striker in the box, earning a straight red card and giving MUFC a penalty shot.

Mountain knocked in the goal, and then with a numerical

advantage never looked back.

The lead was 3-0 by halftime, 4-0 at the final whistle.

“I think our technical skills and abilities outplayed their athleticism in the final,” said Shaw, adding that Mountain United won despite missing four key players due to injury.

“We had a lot of depth. This team was stacked. … Four players came out, and the four players who came in were as good or stronger.”

That win, however, was the end of the road for Shaw, who is also a teacher at Argyle secondary. Shaw had told the Mountain United technical director that he’d be retiring after the provincial championships and he kept his word, even though the win earned the team a ticket to the national championships. Fairhurst, who moved to Canada from England in May, had already signed on to coach the team this fall following Shaw’s retirement.

“It was the right time for me to step down,” Shaw said, adding with a laugh that it was nice to go out on a high note.

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Retired coach keeps an eye on Lethbridge From page 26 “That was the idea. I guess I could have stayed around another few more months and gone to the nationals, but I just thought it would have been a bit of an awkward situation having two coaches coach the team.”

The team looks a little different than it did in June, and not only because there’s a new coach. Jack Ruby, Gurman Sangha and Nikolas Papakyriakopoulous – three key players of the championship squad – signed on with the Whitecaps FC residency program over the summer, eliminating them from the Mountain United player pool for nationals. The team did get one player coming back the other way as North Van’s Devin O’Hea left the Whitecaps to rejoin Mountain as the team’s captain, but he can’t go to nationals either because he wasn’t on the roster in time.

There’s still, however, plenty of talent left, according to both the old and new coaches.

“There’s still a good group of lads, they’ve still got some leaders among them,” said Fairhurst.

Leading the way is goalkeeper Sam Boppart out of the West Vancouver Soccer Club system.

“He was sensational last year,” said Shaw. “He probably let in six goals throughout the season, and he had a clean sheet in the last three games, including the semis and final.”

Miles Gailunas, a North Van FC product, who is the only underage player on the squad, will join with Langley’s Alasdair Coyle to form the engine in central midfield.

“He’s probably one of the best playmakers, as is Alasdair, on that team,” said Shaw. “They’re very fortunate to have those two players in the midfield.”

Alex Wallace, another North Van FC player, will be leading the charge up front.

“He’s a big target player with a lot of skill, very mobile,”

said Shaw. “He was a huge difference in the attack for Mountain last year.”

Joining Wallace up front will be Stuart Loop, a Squamish native who played in the West Van system. “Not a big player, but a big heart,” Shaw said.

Other North Shore players include NVFC’s Patrick Ainge and Dumars Graham and West Van’s River Dennehy and Jamie Marshall.

The players all contribute to an attractive style of play, said Fairhurst.

“We like to play passing football, try to break other teams down with quick combination play,” he said. “We like to play up from the back when we can, keep possession of the ball, control the game and attack quickly when it’s on.”

At nationals the Mountain boys will be in a pool with Alberta, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland.

Only the top team will get to go for gold, advancing directly into the championship final.

If tradition holds, Alberta and British Columbia would likely be the two teams vying for that top spot.

“I believe we stand a good chance of making the final,” said Fairhurst. “If we can get a good result against (Alberta), I’d like to make it into the finals.”

Shaw, meanwhile, will be following at home, although his attention will be divided – his 15-year-old daughter Caitlin is an underage player playing up with Team Canada as they compete in the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan. Canada opened play with a 3-2 come-from-behind win over Cameroon on Friday.

Shaw no doubt will have his heart in the Middle East, but he’ll be keeping an eye on the Prairie West as well.

“They have an incredible opportunity to win nationals and it’s pretty exciting,” he said of the Mountain United squad. “I’m obviously 100 per cent behind them and want to see them have success. … I’m keeping my fingers crossed that they win it all.”

A BEAUTIFUL GRIND Racers tackle Mother Nature’s Stairmaster during the 26th annual Grouse Grind Mountain Run held Sept. 24. Massages, yoga, barbecue and a beer garden were offered at the top following a climb with 2,830 stairs and 2,800 feet of elevation gain. First place in the men’s category was claimed by Nick Elson of Squamish, who crossed the finish line with a time of 28:00. Eric Carter also of Squamish, was second with a time of 28:45 while North Vancouver’s Sean Collings finished third. In the women’s category first place honours went to Brooke Spence of North Vancouver with a time of 33:24.

Robyn Mildren of Vancouver was second with a time of 34:20 while Regina Vosahlo of Richmond was third. Visit nsnews.com to see more photos. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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Capilano students claim scholar awards Fifteen athletes from Capilano University were included on the list of 2015-16 National Scholar Award winners announced last week by the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association.

CAP CONTROL Shaelie Bramely of the Capilano Blues tracks the ball in a PacWest matchup against the Langara Falcons Sept. 24. The first-place Falcons won 2-0, handing the Blues their first loss of the season. The Blues will host Douglas College today at noon at the Capilano Sportsplex field. Visit nsnews.com to see more photos. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

To be recognized, a student-athlete must achieve an honors standing with a 3.5 GPA or higher at their institution in the current academic year. From last year’s 94 CCAA member institutions, 856 studentathletes were awarded the prestigious honour.

“The student-athletes who have achieved excellence in both athletics and academics are destined to excel in their future careers and are role models for the youth of today,” Capilano athletic director Milt Williams stated in a release.

These are the 15 Blues who claimed the award: Basketball: Cyrille Butac, Michelle Errico, Jennafer Palma, Lianna Rushworth,

Susan Zdziechowski and Michael Hale.

Soccer: Shaelie Bramley, Taylor Einhorn, Natalie Leclerc, Thomas Arnott and Devan Woolley.

Volleyball: Mika Chow, John De La Cruz, Gian Steenkamp and Steven Trinh.

ROWER WINS GOLD AT HENLEY REGATTA Kiersten Mort, a graduate of Windsor secondary, was a member of the winning crew of the women’s U23 fours event at the 2016 Canadian Henley Rowing Regatta held recently in St. Catherines, Ont. Her crew from the Calgary Rowing Club won with a time of seven minutes and four seconds for the 2,000-metre course, four seconds ahead of the crew from the Kingston Rowing club.

The final also included teams from New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. – compiled by Andy Prest

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CELEBRATIONS VERDICCHIO, Francesco (Franco) September 29, 1930 (Naples, Italy) September 10, 2016 (North Vancouver, BC) It is with deep sadness that our family announces the passing of our beloved Husband, Father, and Grandpa. Survived by Sharon, his daughters, Linda and Cathy and extended families.

He will be remembered for his love, compassion, and generosity. The family would like to thank all the staff at Kiwanis Care Centre in North Vancouver for their care and support. In his memory, you may donate to the Alzheimer Society of BC or charity of your choice.

HAAN, Lynne Elizabeth (Mowat) July 11, 1941 - September 21, 2016 It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of my beloved wife and our loving mom. She is survived by the love of her life Peter, happily married for 55 years; daughters Vicki (Mike), Wes (Marcella), Sam, Lisa (Art), Shane (Sammy), Taylor and Jade; sister Gail and family; sisters in law Bea and June and their families and dear friend Carole. We will love you always.

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HERMANSSON, Mikael (Mike) Aug 07, 1959 − Oct 29, 2014 Gone too soon. In our hearts forever.

A gathering to remember Mike will be held on Sat Oct 8th at Cardinal Hall, 3590 Mountain Hwy in Lynn Valley at 2pm.

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CROWE, Brian D. July 16, 1943 - Sept. 21, 2016 It is with overwhelming sorrow that we announce the passing of Brian. He is survived by his loving Spouse Patrice, Sons: Andy (Kerrie) and Donald (Natalie), and Grandson Leroy. Brian suffered from C.O.P.D. for many years and it finally claimed his life.

He will be sadly missed, but his memory will always be alive in our hearts. As requested there will be no service. A private family gathering will be held at a later date. Donations can be made in his memory to the BC Lung Association.

In Loving Memory of Robert James Menzel September 8, 1928 - September 30, 2011 A Life well lived.

Missing you, Always Loving you, Your wife Joan.

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MATEWISH, Mary August 28, 1922 - September 25, 2016

Thanksgiving is all about family; and so are we.

Born in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Survived by her sons: Alan, Brian (Cheryl) and daughter Sachaa Wraye; grandchildren Chris Walker, Dean, Sean and Michelle Matewish, Erica O’Genski and great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, kindly make donations to cancer funds or heart research funds.

No service by request.

No one knows the importance of family more than us. We wish you the joy of being together during the time when we count our blessings and spend time with those we are the closest to.

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taking care of each other MICHNIEWICZ, Anna December 1, 1924 - September 24, 2016 Surrounded by her loving family, Anna passed away on September 24 at Lions Gate Hospital.

She is survived by her husband of 31 years, John; her children Zofia, Roman (Valerie), and Helen (David); grandchildren Tia, Chris, and Dylan; and step-daughter Helen.

Born in Poland, Anna immigrated to Canada (Williams Lake) in 1965 and eventually settled in North Vancouver in 1973. She worked in the Maternity Ward of Lions Gate Hospital until 1987.

BRUHEIM, Eric March 2, 1960 − September 18, 2016

Eric left us after a struggle with a brief and painful illness. Eric grew up in West Vancouver, graduating from Hillside Secondary, in the large and loving Bruheim family: parents Hans (deceased) and Kay, siblings Kirsten, Solveig, Freya, Ingrid, Sonja, Arne (deceased), Marie and Sylvia, and in−laws that are truly brothers. Eric’s fantastic musical and artistic talents, his zeal for life, his infectious energy and his can−do attitude will be greatly missed by his devoted life partner and soul mate, Lynda, son Lars, extended family, long−time Slegg Lumber coworkers, and many life−long friends including those from hockey and music. Eric will always be in our hearts singing us a song; his music full of emotion, range and talent, drawing us all together.

A gathering of family and friends will be held at Centennial United Church, 612 David St, Victoria, Saturday, October 1 at 1:00 PM.

Anna will be fondly remembered for her kindness to all she met. She lived her life in a thoughtful and generous manner, always finding ways to make people feel special. She cherished her family and treasured times laughing (and eating!) together with them. Anna was devoted to the Catholic faith and a member of St. Edmund’s Parish where she leaves behind many friends.

A Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 11:00AM at St Edmund’s Catholic Church at 545 Mahon Ave, North Vancouver.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the LGH Foundation or St. Edmund’s Parish.

To sign the book of condolences, please go to www.mckenziefuneralservices.com

is what community is all about.

Hollyburn Funeral Home 1807 Marine Drive, West Vancouver Thank you for continuing to place your trust in us now and always.

Proudly serving the north Shore for over 80 years

604-922-1221 HollyburnFunerals.com Dignity Memorial is a division of Service Corporation International (Canada) ULC.

MEMORIAL DONATIONS

Your gift in memory of a loved one will support palliative care programs and patients on the North Shore.

To donate on-line go to www.northshorehospice.ca Or mail cheques to: PO Box 54019 1562 Lonsdale Avenue North Vancouver, V7M 3L5

BC Cancer Foundation 150 – 686 W. Broadway Vancouver, BC V5Z 1G1 604.877.6040 bccancerfoundation.com Supporting the BC Cancer Agency Supporting the BC Cancer Agency

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COMMUNITY

EMPLOYMENT

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restaurant/ hotel C-LOVERS is hiring servers for North Van and Horseshoe Bay. Please drop of resume to 1660 Pemberton Ave in N.Van or 6640 Royal Ave in W.Van

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REAL ESTATE

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RENTALS

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Capilano Volkswagen Inc. Now Hiring: Lot Attendants & Shuttle Driver

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Capilano Volkswagen is currently looking for dependable individuals to fill-up the following job positions: - 2 full time and/or part time Lot Attendants - 1 full Time and/or part time Shuttle Driver With shift hours from Monday through Friday, start time of 7:30AM everyday and some Saturdays. The successful candidate must have a valid Class 5 BC driver’s license and a clean driver’s abstract. Familiarity and/or resident of the North Shore will be an asset. Candidate must have experience in operating both automatic and manual transmission vehicles; able to communicate clearly with customers and staff; must have a positive and outgoing personality; able to work independently; and must be punctual and hard working.

Please include your driver’s abstract as an attachment to your resume.

We thank all applicants, however, only qualified candidates will be contacted.

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Development Information Open House Greg Cormier (One Raven Developments Ltd.) is holding an information session where interested members of the public are invited to learn about our application to conserve an existing heritage building and construct one new building (consisting of two units and two accessory units) located at 736 East 3rd Street.

Date: Time: Place:

Meeting Location: October 6th, 2016 6:00 - 8:00pm 736 East 3rd Street

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at Heritage House

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A.

3

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604.892.5888 EaglewindSquamish.com PRESENTATION CENTRE 38220 Eaglewind Blvd, Squamish Open weekends from 1 - 4pm Available during the week by appointment.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2016

GREEN CAR OF 2016 THE

CARTER GM NORTH SHORE

IS AT

2016 CHEVY VOLT 16

TO CHOOSE

FROM

WITH MORE ON THE WAY

Stk #7V62520

Electric Drive (86 km Range), 1.5 L Range Extender, Navigation, Bose Premium Audio, Rear Vision Camera, Bluetooth MSRP

$40,090

SALE PRICE

$

34,090

OR

LEASE FROM

249

BI-WEEKLY

604-987-5231

chevrolet • Buick • GMc • cadillac DL# 10743

$

Northshore

Northshore Auto Mall, 800 Automall Dr. North Van www.carternorthshore.com

Sale price of $34,090 is MSRP of $40,090, less $5,000 Government rebate and $1,000 Carter discount, Plus taxes and fees.