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Capilano builder nearly worked himself to death ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Being an athletic director at a college or university is a demanding job, and likely few can say they did it better than Joe Iacobellis.

Iacobellis officially retired from Capilano University in June, making this the first time in 40 years that the Blues have begun a season without having that man and his trademarked moustache on the job in some capacity. Iacobellis claimed three Canadian championships and 11 provincial titles – in two different sports – as a head coach, and dozens of other provincial and national medals were won under his watch as athletic director. Entire programs were built from scratch, teams crafted from nothing by an energetic man with a shoestring budget. Scholarships were created, rising from basically zero when Iacobellis arrived to a robust system that now supports more than half of the student athletes on campus.

All of this was accomplished by Iacobellis with a hard-working, bare-bones staff around him. It was a herculean effort, and one that few could ever replicate. In fact, Iacobellis contends that it would be unwise for others to follow a similar path, to spend a life barrelling towards goal after goal at breakneck speed without ever stopping for a timeout. On this, like most things, he speaks from experience: he very nearly worked himself to death. Literally.

The story of how one man surrounded himself by athletic greatness and then nearly ran himself into the grave is quite the tale. The story of what he did when he got back on his feet is pretty sweet too. ooo Joseph Iacobellis was born in Italy but didn’t take up

The over-sized career of retired Capilano University athletic director Joe Iacobellis was celebrated with over-sized sentiments during a reception held recently on the North Vancouver campus. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN organized sports until his family moved to Canada when he was five. Growing up in East Vancouver he played everything: soccer and baseball as a child, with volleyball and basketball added to the mix at Templeton secondary.

After high school it was off to the University of British Columbia.

“My parents instilled an emphasis on education,” he says. “A lot of the immigrant parents did in those days because they never had a chance back in the old country to go to school past sometimes elementary. …

My mom and dad said there’s no other way you’re going to go – you’re going to go to university and you’re going to study hard.”

Iacobellis was good at school, and school was good to him. In the summer of 1974 he was travelling Europe with friends before starting a master’s program when he got a phone call. An instructor in a volleyball coaching course had noticed his talents, leading to an interesting proposition for the young student.

“I was in Belgium and I got a call from UBC, asking me if I wanted to coach the

women’s varsity volleyball team,” he says. That’s how, as a master’s student, he ended up in charge of the UBC Thunderbirds, one of the country’s top university teams.

It was just a one-year gig, though, so the next year he found himself in the athletic department at Langara College, and in 1977 landed a job at Capilano College. The job he was hired to do was massive: create men’s and women’s volleyball programs from scratch, while also coaching men’s soccer and teaching in the recreation department. No problem.

“It was a lot of work, but in those days I was single so I worked 60 hours a week,” he says. “Every night coaching, weekend coaching, teaching during the day. … I didn’t have a life, I just worked.”

Success came quickly.

In his first five years on the job, his men’s soccer team won three provincial titles.

Iacobellis had an eye for talent, as well as a private reserve of soccer stars thanks to his connections to the Italian community in East Van. The coach, who speaks fluent Italian, had no problem attracting the best young

Italian-Canadian players in the Lower Mainland to join his immediately competitive Capilano program.

“Joe always said that those are the kind of guys that are tough in the trenches,” says Milt Williams, Capilano’s current athletic director. “They’ll go to war for you. A lot of those East Van guys were pretty tough – that was his brand of soccer.”

Former players recall a coach who was always cool on the sidelines. In the 1990 national championships held in Granby, Que., the Blues were somehow booked for a 9 a.m. game on the first day of the tournament after arriving at 11 p.m. the night before.

Not surprisingly, the Blues fell behind in the must-win game, which began at what felt like 6 a.m. for a team still on B.C. time. They were down 3-0 at halftime.

“All the heads are down,” recalls Iacobellis. “The guys aren’t happy, I’m not happy.

But we grouped together at halftime and I said to the guys ‘You know, if they can score three goals in one half, we can score four goals in one half.’ … The guys started to wake up. Like, literally wake up. We started scoring goal after goal

after goal. We won the game 5-3.”

The Blues went on to claim their second national title.

Paul Dailly, who now coaches Capilano’s men’s soccer team, was a star player on the 1990 team as well as the 1991 team that also claimed a national title in Nova Scotia.

In the 1991 championship final the Blues went up 4-0 against Sheridan College and Iacobellis decided to let his bench players get on the pitch to experience the thrill of playing in a final.

“I was so confident, I turned to the bench and said ‘Who wants to play?’ And of course all the hands went up,” says Iacobellis. Dailly was in the thick of the action on the field as Sheridan quickly blasted in two goals to cut the deficit in half.

“It was like, ‘What is going on?’ ” says Dailly. But the coach kept his chill. “Calm down, guys. Everything is cool,” was his reply. “I just made a couple of changes again, stabilized the back four and we were good to go.”

Those wins helped the Blues claim the national Soccer Supremacy award as the best team in the first 25 years of CCAA play. Capilano

actually took home the honour in men’s and women’s soccer, with coaches Frank Pup and Doug Abercrombie guiding the women’s program, created by Iacobellis, to great success. ooo The success on the field was unmatched, but those who worked with Iacobellis say that he was equally dedicated to getting his athletes to succeed off the pitch.

Retired academic adviser Jeri Krogseth started at Capilano in 1985 and recalls many visits with Iacobellis to the homes of prospective student athletes.

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“He worked himself into the ground,” says Williams.

“He tried to do everything and it just caught up with him.” ooo It was 2012, and Iacobellis excused himself from yet another administrative meeting because he was feeling awful. A colleague drove him to the hospital. Iacobellis, his head spinning, was told he’d had a stroke. He didn’t leave the hospital for a week, and barely set foot back on campus for a year. The physical and mental recovery took two years. It was a lot of time for Iacobellis to think about his life. Many factors can go into a stroke, but Iacobellis believes the workload he took

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He rarely took vacations, instead spending his summers upgrading his coaching skills during his early years at Capilano, and in the later years just taking care of all of the administrative duties that he and others piled on his plate. Those around him could see what a strain the work was taking.

“He was a workaholic,” says Williams. “Everything was for sport and for athletics and for the university – constantly having to do more with less.”

“I think it’s true of a lot of people at the university,” says Krogseth. “They all really care about what they’re doing and they just keep doing it. I think Joe had difficulty saying no to other people as well. … He’s very obliging, and if he took

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emphasis on trying to get the kids to maintain their marks and come out of the university or college system with a piece of paper, with something tangible that they could use to get a job.”

In 1990, Iacobellis succeeded Neil Chester as athletic director and the successes piled up as fast as the new responsibilities.

“Unless you’re passionate about athletics, you would never do this job,” he says.

“It’s just so time-consuming, and a lot of hard work. You’ve got to love it because you won’t do it unless you love it.”

Krogseth was enlisted to coach the school’s golf team for a couple of years, against her better judgment. “Joe was a difficult man to say no to,” she says with a laugh, and recalls that no matter how busy Iacobellis got as athletic director, he always had time to help others.

“If you needed to talk to him, you wanted to ask about something – he found time.

And you never felt like he was ruffled by it,” she says. “Some people – because they’re ‘so important’ – yes, they can find time but you know that it’s really an effort that they’re doing it. That wasn’t Joe.” Iacobellis kept going – 22 years as the athletic director.

Days, nights and weekends were spent on campus, often with his wife Laura and daughters Laurren and Chantelle missing him at home.

“Oh my God. If I added it up, it would be a lifetime,” he says of the time he spent away from his family. “Pretty well every weekend I was at a game

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A man suspected of robbing a bank in West Vancouver Sept. 19 has been arrested and may face charges of robbing several Lower Mainland banks, thanks in part to a fluke report from an observant West Vancouver citizen.

West Vancouver Police were called out after a man entered a bank in the 1500 block of Marine Drive Sept.

19, told the teller he had a gun and demanded money.

After the teller handed over cash, the man fled on foot.

Fortunately for police, however, an alert citizen – who hadn’t even heard about the robbery – called in shortly after to complain about a car being driven erratically and at high speed in the same area. That person was able to provide a description of a black Buick Verano.

A review of surveillance video from the bank later

revealed a car matching the same description driving past the bank shortly before the robbery occurred.

Detectives spoke to police in other areas of the Lower Mainland, including Burnaby and New Westminster, where similar robberies had recently taken place and discovered the same car also showed up on video surveillance there.

They then put out an alert.

When two bank robberies occurred Oct. 4 in Vancouver, officers spotted the same car nearby and pulled it over. Further evidence at the scene led to an arrest.

Charged with several offences, including three counts of robbery and three counts of using an imitation gun while committing an offence, is 49-yearold Patrice Rino Blais of Vancouver. He remains in custody pending a bail hearing in Vancouver provincial court.

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Young women take a seat in politics Girls need to see more women in leadership roles JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com

Thi Uyen Thi Tran knows that if she lived in a different decade she wouldn’t be allowed to vote, let alone get to sit in the B.C. Legislature.

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Yet Tran, a 20-year-old North Vancouver university student, took a seat in B.C.’s top political chamber on Monday, as part of a program designed to get more young women involved in politics.

Tran was among about 20 young women aged 18 to 23 who sat in the legislature Oct. 3 as part of a special event, then took part in a discussion with female politicians about why so few women are involved in political life and what can be done to change that.

The event Monday in Victoria was held in recognition of October as women’s history month. It’s part of a larger campaign called Daughters of the Vote being organized by the group Equal Voice, which is gearing up to celebrate 100 years of women’s right to vote in 2017 while promoting a greater involvement of women in politics.

Although they make up roughly half the population,

women hold only 37 per cent of seats in the B.C. legislature. At the federal level, that drops to 26 per cent.

Tran said she hopes to be among those advocating for change.

“We’re more than competent,” she said. “There’s no reason why we shouldn’t have our place and a say in what goes on in the country.”

Tran grew up in a household where political discussions were encouraged. Her parents fled Vietnam to France as refugees during the Vietnam War in 1975.

Tran was born in France and lived there until her family moved to the Lower Mainland when she was 10.

She went to high school in West Vancouver and now lives in North Vancouver with her family while she attends Simon Fraser University, studying political science and French.

As a family who had been forced to leave their home country for political reasons, politics was always “a topic of discussion” while growing up, said Tran.

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his week we learned properties listed for more than $5 million in West Vancouver aren’t selling like the hotcakes they were six months

ago.

Bring out the smelling salts.

That’s an extreme example, but the chill in the once overheated real estate market is a real one. Most agree it’s long overdue.

It’s difficult to say how much cooling was in the offing anyway and what was due to tighter regulations. But the change clearly coincided with public anger on the issue reaching a boiling point.

If statistics on foreign buyers are figured in, it’s hard to imagine the dramatic shift this summer – especially on the North Shore – wasn’t a response to regulatory change.

Not surprisingly, leaving the fox to guard the henhouse made for some wellfed foxes, but not a lot of happy hens.

That government didn’t move sooner speaks loudly about the role of real estate in propping up B.C.’s economy.

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Up to now, Ottawa largely relied on the honour system to police that law.

Not so shockingly when large amounts of money are involved, that hasn’t worked out so well.

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Young and old, male and female, French and English, rich and poor, Canadians turn to our pages, whether in print, on computers, mobile or tablet. Whether you love us or hate us, most of you are certainly reading us.

So far so good. They seem focused, interested and caring. Now is the time for recommendations.

What can government do to ensure the survival of local journalism and the publishers that employ them?

Firstly, we are not looking for a bailout. What we are looking for is government support as we transition from an industrial business to a knowledge-based one.

Federal government advertising has declined by 96

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Construction begins the week of October 17 MEET THE PRESS Cub reporters from North Vancouver’s Alcuin College and teachers Ms. Sinclair and Mr. Ledesma came by the North Shore News Wednesday to learn about newspaper production. The grades 5 and 6 students toured the newsroom, met with reporters, wrote a story, and had their picture taken in the photo studio. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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‘Fair dealing’ in copyright act a detriment to journalism From page 8 per cent in newspapers over the past decade. Provincial government advertising has followed suit. Local governments continue to rely on community papers, because they work. They connect their constituents like nothing else.

MPs and MLAs spend their advertising dollars with community papers because they know they are read thoroughly by engaged constituents. They are all nodding their heads in agreement. So far so good.

The federal government has an opportunity to communicate with Canadians in every corner of our great country by using our community papers and their websites, yet they choose to spend our tax dollars with U.S.-based behemoths Google and Facebook.

We ask the government to help us review our advertising model recognizing that it is paid advertising that pays for the journalism and distribution of it. Instead we are watching that advertising flow south of the border to corporations like Google that do not pay significant taxes in Canada, do not

employ significant numbers of tax-paying Canadians, and rely on content that they are taking directly from Canadian creators. They have found a way to monetize our content to an incredible level.

Next up: copyright laws.

“Fair dealing” within our copyright act is a significant detriment to journalism in Canada. Our creators and publishers pay to create content that many other news aggregators, including CBC, republish, copy, broadcast and sell advertising around without compensating the creator or copyright holder.

Not a good plan. They seem to nod in agreement.

Time for some criticism of tax laws written before digital was even imagined. We would suggest a number of taxation strategies that could make a significant difference to community newspaper publishers.

Firstly, consider making all subscription and newsstand sales of newspapers a taxdeductible expense for every Canadian, encouraging them in a small way to subscribe to or buy their community newspaper. Secondly, revise the tax laws that allow advertising

bought from foreign owned and operated media companies, to be disallowed as a tax-deductible expense. Why should money spent with Google be tax deductible for advertisers?

As publishers of community newspapers, we feel the obligation to serve. In many cases it is no longer about the money we once earned, but rather the obligation to serve the communities where we live. We do not want to abandon small towns, or any communities for that matter.

However, we need government to accept some of the responsibility and obligation to ensure we can continue to serve Canadians with critically important local journalism for many, many years to come.

Peter Kvarnstrom is publisher of the North Shore News and president of Glacier Media’s community newspaper group, which includes dailies and weeklies across Western Canada. He is a 50-year North Shore resident, West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce director and past chairman of the Canadian Newspaper Association.

QUOTES OF THE WEEK: Archives become the longtime memories that outlive our fragile memories.”

— North Vancouver archivist Janet Turner discusses the challenges of preserving history (from an Oct. 2 Sunday Focus story).

We wanted to see if their positivity is contagious. ... It is.”

— Carson Graham teacher Rob Olson describes a social experiment that tested the reaction of strangers to friendly greetings from his students (from an Oct. 5 news story).

People who were pre-qualified before may not be qualified now.”

— North Vancouver mortgage broker John Ribalkin suggests new restrictions on lending rules may hurt Canadian homebuyers (from an Oct. 7 news story).

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Land survey equipment stolen Survey says … thief!

Police are canvassing the public after a crook with an interest in terrestrial distances grabbed a $35,000 land survey instrument from a truck parked on a residential street near Fell Avenue Sept.

28.

The thief likely struck overnight, smashing a company truck’s window and grabbing a red plastic box that held

electronic distance measurement equipment.

While his boss likely wasn’t pleased with the theft, the surveyor won’t have to pay for the gear out of his own pocket, according to North Vancouver RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard De Jong.

The stolen gear likely has no application except for surveying, according to De Jong, who said the thief may not know

just what they snagged. “They either know exactly what it is, or they’re looking at it going, ‘What the heck am I going to do with it?’”

A similar model was recently listed as sold on eBay for $5,000.

North Vancouver RCMP is asking anyone with information about the case to call them at 604-985-1311.

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Daughters to sit in the Commons Council approves final funds for Green Necklace From page 7

Cycling path slated for W. 21st between Jones and Lonsdale JEREMY SHEPHERD jshepherd@nsnews.com

The City of North Vancouver’s most expensive piece of jewelry picked up an unlikely ally Monday.

A $5-million extension of the Green Necklace cycling path along West 21st Street and Lonsdale Avenue won unanimous approval from council Monday, after Coun.

Rod Clark made the personally unprecedented move of supporting the trail.

“I guess I’m throwing in the towel,” Clark said.

Clark, who had previously dubbed the cycling path “the black necklace” and branded its implementation on Grand Boulevard “butchering,” opted to vote in favour of the project’s completion.

The West 21st Street segment of the necklace will run from Jones to Lonsdale avenues, while the second leg

climbs up to 23rd Street before sloping down 19th Street and then to Grand Boulevard.

The two segments will cost a combined $5 million between 2017 and 2026.

The design and consultation phase was initially scheduled for 2017, but council’s funding approval Monday means construction should be underway in the summer of 2017.

The concept of a trail around Central Lonsdale was first pitched in 1907, although its first segment along Keith Road wasn’t completed until 2005.

Council also approved $50,000 in funding for greenways along St. Davids and Queensbury avenues Monday.

The paths are designed to act as connectors between the Green Necklace and the waterfront Spirit Trail.

The project’s objective is to move feet from gas pedals to the ground, according to a city staff report.

However, the stretch of Queensbury Avenue was a concern to Coun. Don Bell, who reminded staff that the street’s status as a special study area in the city’s official community plan could mean

big changes to its streetscape.

The Queensbury greenway is designed to accommodate cyclists and pedestrians between Moodyville Park and East Keith Road at the foot of Grand Boulevard.

The St. David’s Avenue stretch runs from Alder Street to East Keith Road.

Council passed both projects 5-0. Mayor Darrell Mussatto and Coun. Pam Bookham did not attend the meeting.

political family. My mom always said it was important to stay involved and not blindly follow politics. It had to be active.”

Tran said she’s taken part in youth model parliaments before and worked as a parliamentary tour guide in Ottawa as a summer job.

“It was just a great job being in the centre of everything.”

On Monday, the group talked about some of the obstacles women face in taking on bigger political roles.

When it comes to

winning nominations and elections, “Women don’t necessarily have the network built already,” she said. “It involves the support of men as well.”

As well, many women don’t feel confident in their abilities or feel they are going to be taken seriously, said Tran. Having more programs that would encourage girls in leadership roles would help, she said.

“It does start very early. It’s little girls thinking it’s not a girl’s job to be involved in politics or a leadership position.”

Seeing women in those roles – whether it’s the premier’s office or the boardroom – is important, she said. “It’s encouraging to see women in high positions.”

On International Women’s Day 2017, the Daughters of the Vote participants will sit in Canada’s House of Commons, representing 338 federal ridings.

Women first got the right to vote federally in 1917.

People of Asian decent couldn’t vote until 1948.

First Nations were excludedfrom voting until 1960.

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BRIGHTLIGHTS! by Lisa King Inspiration of Hope Gala The Inspiration of Hope Gala was presented Sept. 24 at the Chief Joe Mathias Centre. The event was presented by members of the local Nahanee family in partnership with the Kidney Foundation of Canada, B.C. and Yukon branch. The fund- and awareness-raising evening featured a number of live performances by indigenous artists, including a fusion of traditional dances and live bands, First Nations-inspired cuisine, and live and silent auctions.

Kidney Foundation’s Pam Bilusack and Naomi Low

Event hosts Marissa and Delhia Nahanee. Delhia donated a kidney to her daughter Marissa and the gala was their family’s way of giving back.

FortisBC’s Samantha Singbeil, Vladimir Kostka and Jo Hunton

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Kidney Foundation executive director Pia Schindler and Novo Solar Systems’ Mark Tizya

Spirit Work’s Shain Jackson and Latash Nahanee

Members of the Kauhane School of Polynesian Dance perform.

Please direct requests for event coverage to: emcphee@nsnews.com. For more Bright Lights photos, go to: nsnews.com/community/bright-lights

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Volunteers focus on providing emotional support

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For the last year, the Paul Sugar Palliative Support Foundation Palliative Support Centre has been operating out of Delbrook Plaza and it’s important to note that both the coffee and tea are always on.

While a host of free programming is offered to serve those facing death and dealing with the stress, pain and discomfort of illness, their families, friends and caregivers, as well as those dealing with mortality in the wake of having lost someone they love, the centre’s main aim is to address the human needs of those who walk through its doors, whatever they may be.

The space has been designed to offer visitors a welcoming, calming and home-like setting, encouraging them to feel the freedom and safety required to be able to open up about their experiences, and share what would best serve them at that particular juncture.

Those behind the Palliative Support Centre, celebrating its oneyear anniversary this month, hope more community members will join them in their efforts.

“Sooner or later, everyone is involved in this kind of thing,” says Dr. Paul Sugar, foundation co-founder and long-serving North Shore palliative care physician, reflecting on the realities of the human condition.

“The community is a huge source of strength to people when they’re having a difficult time,” he adds.

Interested in offering additional support to patients, and their friends and family, outside of the regular health-care system, Sugar, who treats patients at Lions Gate Hospital, the North Shore Hospice as well as in the wider community, partnered with clinical pharmacist Dr. Marylene Kyriazis to launch the foundation that bears his name in November 2013.

Their mission is to address the “heart and soul” of those dealing with terminal illness, rather than just the “nuts and bolts,” says Sugar.

The foundation, which recently received charitable status, works to offer support to individuals and families in financial need, pertaining to both their physical and emotional well-being.

Interested in going one step further in their efforts, Sugar and Kyriazis co-founded the Palliative Support Centre, which opened in

Paul Sugar Palliative Support Foundation and Palliative Support Centre co-founders Dr. Paul Sugar and Dr. Marylene Kyriazis maintain an open-door policy at their new centre in Delbrook Plaza. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN October 2015.

“We’re not replacing the system in any way, or shape or form, we’re working as a complement to the health-care system, so to provide the non-medical supports that complement what’s already available in the health-care system,” says Kyriazis.

“We see it as a new model of care for community support that we hope one day will be duplicated in other communities,” she adds.

There is no formal intake process for newcomers who walk through

their doors. “We look at each individual and make sure that the support we give them is very individualized according to their specific needs,” says Kyriazis.

“We don’t tell people what they need because everybody’s telling people what they need. We don’t do that at all. We try to extract from them what their needs are and then we put in a support system to support those needs,” she adds.

That’s an approach Sugar has long taken in his medical practice,

something he’s pleased to be able to similarly apply in the centre environment.

“You have to be so incredibly sensitive to the differences in people and how they approach their serious illness or their death or how their families approach it. You have to be very clear in your objectives in order to be able to deliver what we consider to be important. That kind of clarity, you have to be able to look at

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October is Community Living Month ...

eleb ConneXions Celebrates 60 Years!

North Shore ConneXions Society (ConneXions) is a non-profit organization that supports families and serves children and adults living with an intellectual disability.

Our vision is a community where all people with disabilities have equal opportunities to lead active, fulfilling lives and are recognized as contributing members of the community.

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North Shore ConneXions Society was formed in 1956 by a group of parents advocating for better social and educational services for their children with special needs.

We have been dedicated to doing just this for the past 60 years.

We’ve come a long way! Today, we are grateful for the support of many organizations and community members. Without them, we wouldn’t be where we are today. The Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation has helped us reach new heights and continues to do so…

Thank You

Name Changes Let’s take a look back at our Society names. Evolving with the times and gaining input from the individuals that we serve led us to a name three times: 1956: North and West Vancouver Association for Retarded Children 1970: North Shore Association for the Mentally Retarded 1978: North Shore Association for the Mentally Handicapped 2008 - Present: North Shore ConneXions Society

Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation We’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation for their ongoing financial support and for recognizing the value of our work and positive impact on the community. You’ve helped us provide countless opportunities for the individuals that we support in various areas including…

Education and Community Awareness:

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Disability awareness presentations were delivered to 570 students on the North Shore and a much needed reach was expanded to elementary schools

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These presentations allowed five individuals to open up about their personal battles with various disabilities and encouraged educators to continue discussions around this topic

The Summit/Friendship Circles/ Seniors Program ■ 178.5 hours of literacy support were provided in addition to the purchase of an iPad and other reading materials

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Education event set for Oct. 14 at Centennial Theatre From page 13 people and see their face, look in their eyes, and be honest, clear and be ready to receive them the way they are, not try and imprint what you have to give on them,” he says.

Programs are offered both in group as well as one-on-one sessions. Examples include meditation, yoga, relaxation, art and music therapy, lymphatic drainage massage, acupuncture, educational workshops and discussion

groups. “These programs are a way to connect with people coming through our doors, but ultimately the programs are a way to our final goal, which is providing emotional support,” says Kyriazis.

All the centre’s offerings are free and made possible through the efforts of volunteers.

“We have a volunteer that makes us cookies every week. It’s a great help,” says Kyriazis, explaining they’re always grateful for the

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North Vancouver’s Ellie Mahboubi, 72, started using the centre in the spring in light of her diagnosis and treatment related to breast cancer.

She took advantage of some of its regular programming, was assisted in obtaining transportation to the B.C. Cancer Agency for treatment, and continues to enjoy the opportunity to chat with fellow centre users over coffee and tea. “It’s very nice.

They open up,” she says.

Mahboubi is grateful for the support of the centre volunteers. “They are so personal, I just don’t think of them as volunteers but friends,” she says.

The foundation is presenting an upcoming free public education and awareness event, Community Care at End of Life: PS … Let’s Talk … About Your Needs and Our Supports, Friday, Oct. 14, at 6:30 p.m. at North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre. Tickets are free, but required (phone 778-729-1555 or visit centennialtheatre.com).

Kyriazis and Sugar are the

North Vancouver’s Ellie Mahboubi relaxes in the Palliative Support Centre. featured presenters at the talk and they invite all community members as well as healthcare professionals to attend.

“We want to appeal to not only families, not only the patients but because this is a community effort we want to appeal to the community as well. We want them to be aware of what’s available for them and also ways in which they can contribute,” says Sugar.

Sugar is pleased that more and more people are expressing a curiosity regarding mortality.

“I think it’s in the last decade that people are becoming a lot more interested in the whole process rather than fearing it. I think people are now addressing the idea that yes, death is real and it’s not something to be avoided because you can’t avoid it,” he says.

PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

The Palliative Support Centre is located at 3743 Delbrook Ave., in North Vancouver. Operating hours are Monday to Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Phones are answered outside of regular hours. For more information, phone 778-729-1555 or visit palliativesupport.ca.

For more information on the Paul Sugar Palliative Support Foundation, visit paulsugarfoundation.com.

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Strachan Hartley run celebrates 10 years

Representatives of the Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation are celebrating a decade of supporting youth through sports with their 10th annual run on Sunday, Oct. 16.

Participants of all types are encouraged to take part in either the hilly and challenging 10-kilometre race, the stroller-friendly five-km race, or the kids fun race – all of which start and finish at North Vancouver’s Handsworth secondary, according to a press release.

New this year, the foundation has forged a permanent partnership with the Vancouver School Board’s Streetfront program, an alternative education program based at Britannia secondary that reaches vulnerable youth by combining education with physical activities and outdoor experiences to help students

find their footing in life, complete their high school education and achieve their goals.

Starting this year, 100 per cent of the funds raised from the run will go toward supporting their students.

Strachan Hartley was an athlete, student and community member who passed away in July 2007 at the age of 30 after a battle with non-hodgkin’s lymphoma. His friends and family created the foundation to continue his life’s mission to make a difference and raises funds and grants money to local organizations that provide opportunities for youth to achieve their full potential through sports and education.

Registration for this year’s event starts at 8 a.m., followed by the race start at 9:15 a.m.

For more information, visit shlf.ca/run.

HEALTH NOTES CELTIC VESPERS Everyone is welcome for an hour of lively Celtic music interspersed with readings, reflection and prayer Sunday, Oct. 9, 4 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church, 1044 St. Georges Ave., North Vancouver. 604-985-0408 office@st-andrews-united.ca st-andrews-united.ca MONDAY NIGHT SPIRITUAL PRACTICES A different contemplative practice to quiet the soul and nurture the spirit Mondays, Oct. 10, 17 and 24, 7:30 p.m. at Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver. Free. mtseymourunited.com DEATH CAFÉ A get together

and non-religious conversation about life and death Oct. 11 and Nov. 22, 7-8:30 p.m.at Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver.

It is not a lecture or grief support group. deathcafe.ca NORTH SHORE GRIEF RECOVERY Learn about the grief process and begin healing in a supportive, confidential group environment. The next six-week program will start Wednesday, Oct. 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Edgemont Village area. $120 (subsidies available if necessary). Registration required.

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CROSS THE BRIDGE Curves will host a fundraising walk across Lions Gate Bridge Saturday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. (registration starts at 9:30 a.m.).

Meet in the Winners parking lot at Park Royal South. $15. All proceeds go to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

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Event organizer Brandy Hughes and daughter Scotia encourage community members to participate in next weekend’s Strachan Hartley Legacy Foundation’s 10th annual run supporting youth at risk. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN

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Music and faith illuminates life path From page 20 wedding in 1941 at St. Cuthbert’s United Church in Toronto, the organist was absent. Dorothy remembers, “What to do. ... The bride playing the organ at her own wedding? There didn’t seem to be much choice and so, after walking down the aisle, I went up to the organ and played the ‘Wedding March.’”

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Music and her faith illuminated Dorothy’s path throughout her long life. She taught piano, and played for church choirs, while raising her family, created a housing project for single mothers, and worked with the visually impaired, including a tour of British Columbia with a choir of blind singers called Eight for Sound.

Relocating to North Vancouver in 1990 to be closer to her family, Dorothy sang in church and community choirs, and accompanied them on piano at West Vancouver and Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centres, and Highlands United Church.

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CAN YOU DIG IT Handsworth’s Will Stastny and Argyle’s Matteo Momino get into a joust during a North Shore senior boys AAA soccer game held Sept. 29 at Ray Perrault Park. Argyle won 3-1 and have since pushed their record to 3-0 to sit atop the league standings. The Pipers will be back in action Tuesday with a game against Carson Graham starting at 4 p.m. at Ray Perrault (Boulevard) Park. The 1-3 Royals will battle West Van secondary Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Cleveland South field. Visit nsnews.com to see more photos of Argyle vs. Handsworth. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

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suites for rent 2 BR , garden/wifi $1500+1/2 utils, Lons/29th, 7 appls, ns/np, 604-986-0513 GARDEN LEVEL Suite, 3 br, 3 bath, fully reno’d. Near Chartwell, Sentinal & Ridgeview schools. 2900 + utils.

604-710-9820 The Pier - 199 Victory Ship Way. New 2 Br 2 Bath, 9 foot ceiling, air-con, incl. hotel gym/pool $3100.

Matthew 778.388.8370

furnished rentals LONSDALE 500 - Furn Accom, Bach, 1, 2, 3 BR. Start at $1300. 604-723-7820 or visit www.homawayinns.com

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0BR/0BA North Shore Hosts needed for Japanese school group two nights, October 21− 23. Two students per family, remuneration of $200. Contact: Vancouver Family Homestays Ltd. 604−733−3807 coordinators@ easystaysdirect.com vancouverhomestays.ca

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Happy to caretake. Mature female, quiet lifestyle. $1380 778-686-9210

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Answer to Last

ANSWER KEY Friday’s Puzzle

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Your Health...

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2016

Solutions can be found in next Sunday's issue.

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48. Pearl Jam frontman

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52. Clothes

43. Smartphones, tablets, etc.

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53. Flinches

49. Former Tigers third baseman Brandon

54. Giving the axe

50. Oh, God!

56. Where planes are kept

38. More (Spanish)

57. Intervals

39. Sixteen ounces

58. Plant’s unit of reproduction

41. Adventure story

59. Equips

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