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Several alumni and faculty from Capilano University’s Jazz Studies program are in the running for Juno Awards on April 2. PHOTO MIKE WAKEFIELD

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Music students (Danny Weber, Kayla Ferguson, Hilary Knapp, Lamar Alviar and Braden Shewchuk on saxophones, and pianist Jancis Bautista) rehearse in a C Band session with Jared Burrows, academic co-ordinator of Capilano University’s Jazz Studies program. PHOTOS MIKE WAKEFIELD

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Rejean Marois and his wife, Johanne Fradette, first set eyes on Vancouver while they were chaperoning a student vocal group from Quebec on an extended tour of B.C.

“As part of Expo 86 there was an educational festival with big bands and all kinds of different ensembles,” recalls Marois, who focuses on vocal music as an instructor in the Jazz Studies program at Capilano University.

“We were here for almost a month. We got stuck in a really bad hotel on Granville, you know the kind of place where a lot of business is happening. We had to change in the middle of the night and find another hotel. I could write a book ... but then for the rest of the tour the students were billeted with other students. It was incredible, we were really well-received.”

Back home at Cégep de Sainte-Foy in the suburbs of Quebec City, Marois was involved in teaching different aspects of the music program. “I was a big band and a symphonic band director. In fact, there I was more of an instrumentalist than a vocal music director.”

Marois developed his own musical chops on trombone, guitar and vocals, performing in bands every chance he got. While teaching at the cégep he also went on several tours overseas every year playing for Canadian troops with a band called The Tip Tops.

“I was lucky to be part of those years when the government of Canada was actually sending entertainment groups wherever there

were Canadian soldiers,” he says. “I’ve been to every place you wouldn’t want to go now: Egypt, Syria. We went to the Golan Heights in Israel. It was like a circus. There was a group of about 60 people, including comedians, magicians, a chorus line of dancers and a band. I was writing for the tour, and playing and singing. It was very demanding and a great experience for everybody.”

But after almost a decade on the road and teaching on a contract basis Marois and his wife were ready for a change. They had a new baby and wanted to settle down.

“Somebody from the Lower Mainland got in touch with us and we decided to come (out west),” Marois says. “It was 1988. I took a leave of absence. We said, ‘OK we’ll go for one year and then we’ll be back.’ And, of course, we never went back.” ! “Jazz is a very democratic musical form. It comes out of a communal experience. We take our respective instruments and collectively create a thing of beauty.”

– Drummer Max Roach The news that seven Capilano University jazz alumni and two faculty members are in the running for 2017 Juno Awards attests to the high standard of musicianship the North Vancouver school has developed into its program over the years.

The post-secondary institution, established as a college in 1968 and rebranded as a university in 2008, has offered a four-year bachelor of music and jazz studies degree since 1993 which evolved out of an earlier two-year

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Seven Capilano University jazz alumni and two faculty members have been nominated for 2017 Juno Awards: Bria Skonberg and Amanda Tosoff are nominated for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, with drummer Morgan Childs playing on Tosoff’s album, Words, and saxophonist Evan Arntzen, on Skonberg’s release, Bria. The album Everyone Knows Everyone by Pugs and Crows, which includes CapU alumni Cole Schmidt, Russell Sholberg and Catherine Toren, is nominated for Instrumental Album of the Year.

Jazz instructor Brad Turner is nominated as a member of Metalwood for Jazz Album of the Year: Group for Twenty. Warren Dean Flandez, arts and entertainment management instructor, is also nominated for Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year. program that was called the Commercial Music Diploma.

The University of New Brunswick, Banff School of Fine Arts and the University of Toronto were among the first post-secondary institutions in Canada to offer programs focusing on jazz studies in the late ’60s and early ’70s. Today most universities offer some sort of jazz program, but at the time the Cap degree was still unusual and offered by only a few other schools in Canada.

“It was kind of a magical period in the early ’90s as they were making the transition from the commercial music program into the jazz program,” says Jared Burrows, academic coordinator of Capilano University’s Jazz Studies department. “It attracted a lot of people who wanted to do musical degrees in something other than classical music. That was really a key period I think for the university, then a college, as they made the transition.”

Burrows was actually a student at Cap before the college switched to jazz as the main focus of the curriculum.

“I was a guitar player that came here to get

what I would think of now as basic literacy skills,” he says. “Most of the people who were here at that time were not that interested in jazz because it wasn’t a jazz program. There was a small group of really fine musicians who came here from Quebec that were all interested in jazz and I connected with them very early on. Cap was a springboard for my musical life and by coming here I got a lot of really important skills that helped me later on in my career.

“We were doing jazz but a lot of people were doing it because they were just told to.

The early ’90s was the time when people who really wanted to learn about this art form started to show up. Now here we all are contributing to music education from the other end of things.”

Burrows continued on to get a master of music in jazz performance from the University of Oregon and a PhD in arts education from Simon Fraser University before returning to teach at Cap.

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From page 4 ! “I started becoming interested in the sounds of jazz. And I went to a concert of Jazz at the Philharmonic when we lived in Omaha, Neb., and I saw Charlie Parker play and Billie Holiday sing and Lester Young play, and that did it. I said, ‘That’s what I want to do.’”

– Bassist Charlie Haden As part of their Jazz Studies program Capilano University has three big bands (A Band, B Band and C Band), three vocal ensembles, a percussion ensemble, a guitar-based ensemble as well as a unit known as the Rhythmic Music Ensemble. Each of the groups feature a dozen to 18 musicians.

“Students also play in small combos, but those large ensembles are kind of a different experience as there’s a lot more music reading,” says Burrows. “Students audition for places in those large ensembles every September.

Standard jazz big band is about 15 or 16 musicians, five saxophones, four trombones, four or five trumpets, guitar, bass, piano and drums is the standard instrumentation. Because people audition it’s really strictly merit-based. We place them according to where they are going to learn the most.”

Students thinking of entering the program must be fairly functioning musicians when they arrive at Cap. “We’re very lucky because of the reputation of the university,” says Burrows.

“We’re able to attract a very high level of student and so when they audition most of them already have a basic grasp of theory and most of them are already quite good in terms of performance skills and sort of general musicianship so they go through quite a rigorous audition process that includes a performance component, a theory exam and an interview.”

There are currently about 125 students enrolled in Jazz Studies across all four years of the program.

“They start about 8:30 in the morning and they’ll go pretty regularly to 8:30 or nine o’clock at night,” says Burrows. “They’ll do theory classes and ear-training classes and the large

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ensemble performance classes. They’ll play small combos, they’ll do a history class, private lessons on their instrument and they’re also doing one non-music class per semester. They’re pretty busy dawn to dusk.”

Most of the musicians up for awards at this year’s Junos were students at Cap before Burrows returned to teach. “They were just graduating as I was showing up here,” he says.

“Bria (Skonberg) and Amanda (Tosoff) were both 2005, 2006, something like that, and the folks in Pugs and Crows were maybe a year before I showed up but one of the people in the band, Russ Sholberg, was a student with me back in 1990. The neat thing about Cap is there is this kind of continuity between different graduating cohorts so people who have been part of this community tend to connect with each other outside the school and the relationships they form in the program often serve them well into their professional careers.”

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Fire burns Lynn Valley couple out of home Family cat perishes in one of three fires Thursday BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

It was a busy evening for North Vancouver’s two fire departments on Thursday with three blazes to douse in two hours.

A Lynn Valley couple have been burned out of their home on the 3000 block of Chaucer Avenue after a fire dealt heavy damage from the basement right up to the attic.

District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services members received the 911 dispatch just after 8 p.m.

“Upon arrival, the first crew reported heavy flames and smoke showing from the rear of the home,” said assistant fire chief Jason de Roy. “The crews did a great job getting on top of the fire and were able to extinguish the fire.”

The residents, a husband and wife in their 50s, made it outside without injury.

Their cat, however, died in the fire, de Roy said.

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They have been offered assistance from B.C. emergency social services.

The investigation into the cause is still in its infancy, although it appears to have started in the basement, de Roy said.

The home was undergoing renovations at the time.

North Vancouver City Fire Department crews, meanwhile, had been putting out a car fire in Upper Lonsdale.

Multiple 911 calls came in after smoke was spotted pouring out of the underground parkade at the strip mall on the 2900 block of Lonsdale Avenue.

The fire was contained in the engine compartment of the car.

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Witnesses reported three boys running from the scene. Police later tracked them down and identified the one who started the fire.

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His arrogance cost him four years in U.S. prisons, but he did his time and returned to Canada determined to continue his crusade along with his wife Jodie.

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Bill Good prime minister who publicly admitted sharing a joint. He won a majority government on the promise of legalizing marijuana.

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Prohibition hasn’t worked.

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Dyslexia reveals problems with education, not kids Dear Editor: Recently I attended a showing of Decoding Dyslexia made by the Redford family.

I am a huge fan of Robert Redford and admired the well made film. However, it reminded me of the Knowledge Network film Deciphering Dyslexia.

I remembered feeling sick to my stomach. It was beyond patronizing. We dyslexics were being patted on the head – don’t worry, it’ll be OK, we’ll find something you are good at.

This Redford film was not patronizing, it was well intentioned, meaning to uplift and encourage, but it sent out the same old message that perseverance will win the day. Just find something you are good at, early intervention and accommodations are needed. The words learning disabilities and disorders abounded.

I found it difficult to

watch because I know that one-third of the population who live with a myriad of socalled learning disabilities are learning able, they just don’t learn the way they are taught.

When they appear to be struggling, they are given the things they couldn’t do, over and over and a different result is expected.

This is the definition of insanity – and yet it happens every day in our current education system.

How do I know this? For the past 18 years I have been working with dyslexic children and adults. I am tired of seeing “crumpled” children arrive on my doorstep believing themselves to be stupid.

I am tired of hearing them say: “I have a short term memory problem.”

None of this is true. Dyslexia exists for three reasons, simplified into this analogy; dyslexics are the little

“Apple Macs” in a “PC” education system.

I also happen to know that if the K-3 classroom teachers use an easy-tolearn method that works for both the little “Apple Mac” and the “little PC” the challenges have no reason to occur. If you remove the cause of the problem, the problem ceases to exist, and the problem is our education system, not the children.

There is nothing wrong with their brains, there is everything wrong with a system that refuses to teach them in a way that allows them to fulfill their full potential.

We don’t need early intervention. We don’t need to be tested and set apart.

We don’t need more of what we couldn’t do in the beginning. We don’t need Band-Aids. We need change.

Sue Hall North Vancouver

More methods of teaching needed to help dyslexic children learn

Dear Editor: Thank you to the North Shore News for discussing the topic of dyslexia once again (Documentary Puts Spotlight on Dyslexia, Feb. 22 news story) and for alerting the public to an upcoming documentary.

Throughout the documentary, I was touched by the young narrator (Dylan Redford, grandson of famed actor Robert) and the other young students, talking about their struggle to be normal.

They are normal, they just learn differently. They are bright, intelligent, creative young people and they are Canada’s future entrepreneurs.

The schools need a system at kindergarten level that recognizes the different learning skills of these young people. Early detection is essential to helping them reach their full potential.

One in five children have dyslexia, which is a lot of children in one school. This

surely warrants the school system to pay attention to the fact that they need to develop more than one method of teaching.

One size does not fit all.

Thank you to the author of the article, reporter Jeremy Shepherd, and to Cathy McMillan (who organized a public screening of the documentary, at Windsor secondary), for all your efforts in trying to raise public awareness.

Maureen Bragg North Vancouver

QUOTES OF THE WEEK: I’m running out of ways to say, ‘Please don’t leave your wallets and valuables in your unlocked cars.”

— West Vancouver Police Department Const. Jeff Palmer laments a spike in vehicle break-ins – most of which are from unlocked cars (from a March 19 news story).

We have a government that’s so arrogant that it thinks it can do whatever it wants with taxpayers’ money.”

— North Vancouver lawyer David Fai explains his decision to spearhead a lawsuit targeting the B.C. Liberals for what he characterizes as pre-election advertising (from a March 22 news story).

They are creative and they’ll find a way to get around it.”

— West Vancouver real estate agent Brent Eilers suggests many foreign buyers may use proxies or devise other ways to circumvent the 15 per cent foreign buyers tax (from a March 22 news story).

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— Community Housing Action Committee chairman Don Peters blasts the federal government for budgeting $11 billion for housing but delaying spending (from a March 24 news story).

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North Shore trail runners jog towards new organization Group to advocate for those who run in forests BRENT RICHTER brichter@nsnews.com

Mountain bikers have the North Shore Mountain Bike Association.

Mountaineers have the B.C. Mountaineering Club. Even local dog walkers have an association.

But the hundreds of people who take to the North Shore’s trails simply to go for a run have never had a group to lobby for their interests and speak on their behalf, until now.

The nascent North Shore Trail Runners’ Alliance is now recruiting members.

When the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation caused controversy last fall by temporarily banning trail users of all kinds from its Blair Rifle Range lands off Mount Seymour Parkway, mountain bikers were front and centre in liaising with the District of North Vancouver and the federal government. Trail runners were more of an afterthought, said Matt White, one of the founders of the alliance.

“There really wasn’t a voice for the trail runners so a few of us got together,” he said. “The trailing running community is a growing

Matt White (left) and Glenn Pace take a jog along the lower Old Buck Trail on Mount Seymour.

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community and one, we thought, that needed a voice.”

White announced the formation of the group from the stage at this year’s Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival at Centennial Theatre and has since launched a Facebook group called the North Shore Trail Runners’ Alliance, which today has about 150 members.

Plans now are to invite trail runners to a general meeting, elect a board of governors, officially incorporate as a society and start building a consensus with members on the group’s future priorities.

“I think the needs of trail runners are complementary to the other trail users but there are some distinctions,” said White, noting trail surface and access requirements often differ. “We want to work in harmony with (other trail users) but when it comes to

decisions on bridging and trail clearing and trail use, we’ll participate in that and keep development that is also complementary for the trail runner.”

The group can be found on Facebook by searching North Shore Trail Runners’ Alliance.

NEWSBRIEFS POLES TO BE REPLACED If you lose power this spring, it won’t necessarily be because you didn’t pay your bill.

BC Hydro workers are scheduled to replace 285 power poles in North Vancouver before the end of the year.

Most of the poles were installed in the 1960s and 1970s, according to a release from BC Hydro.

“After about 40 – 50 years of work, on average, they are ready to retire,” noted the release.

There will be some pole replacements in West Vancouver as well, but likely fewer than 50, according to Mora Scott with BC Hydro media relations.

Weather, insects and wildlife “contribute to the deterioration of the poles,” according to the release.

The effort is part of a program designed to replace approximately 10,000 wooden distribution poles throughout B.C. this spring.

The replacement aims to “improve the safety and reliability” of the system, according to BC Hydro.

If workers plan to cut power, customers will be told in person, by mail, or phone, according to the release.

Customers can report power outages at 1-800224-9376. A map recording outages in real time is available at bchydro.com/ power-outages/app/outagemap.html.

BC Hydro maintains a network of approximately 900,000 wooden poles buttressing 58,000 kilometres of power lines.

– Jeremy Shepherd NSR LOOKING FOR RECRUITS North Shore Rescue is holding out for a hero.

The backcountry rescue squad is accepting applications from physically fit rescuers willing to spend about 600 hours at training sessions and rescues as part of a two-year program.

Rescuers should be able to run the Grouse Grind in less than an hour, carry more than 20 pounds of gear over uneven terrain, and feel comfortable in snowshoes.

Detailed knowledge of North Shore trails is also an asset.

Applicants will need to have an understanding employer and live near the North Shore. Anyone interested in volunteering can find more info at northshorerescue. com/about-us/membership/ – Jeremy Shepherd

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New book aims to take message to higher level BEN BENGTSON reporter@nsnews.com

Athlete Louise Green kept feeling like plus-size women weren’t welcome by the athletic industry or well represented in the exercise culture. So she decided to take it on herself.

Ten years ago Green started an athletic boot camp and exercise program from her home in Lynn Valley.

The purpose was to give plus-size women the opportunity to realize their athletic potential in a culture that more than often ignores them completely.

In a large, covered space outside her home, Green led almost daily boot camps using boxing equipment, free-weights and plenty of encouraging words.

“I think people would be surprised at what goes on there. It’s pretty intense,” Green says.

But the intensity of Green’s workouts and boot

camps have always been underscored with the notion that people, mainly women, can be plus-size while still leading fit and healthy lives, a counter-cultural position, she says, in a society that places extraordinary pressure on women to be thin.

These days, Green says she runs about two boot camp classes a week. But her advocacy for plus-size women and athletes in a culture that often rejects them remains just as fervent.

“I’m more committed to bringing the message to a higher level,” Green says.

On March 18, Green released Big Fit Girl in an attempt to reach that higher level.

The book, Green’s first, balances her personal story of struggle and intimidation when it came to being a plus-size person with the ambitions of an athlete, with concrete advice for plus-size athletes trying to reach their goals.

“For me, just navigating the fitness world as a runner and a triathlete, I often don’t see a representation of my body. Not so much now, but in the beginning it was really intimidating. It just made things that much scarier,” Green says.

As the book explains,

Louise Green alongside friend and client Tarryn Rudolph demonstrate an exercise at Green’s outdoor fitness boot camp at her home in Lynn Valley. Green recently published a book on being a plus-size athlete. PHOTO CINDY GOODMAN she overcame her feelings of intimidation and changed her attitudes about diet and exercise through sheer determination.

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Prior to becoming a certified fitness instructor and starting her boot camp business, Green recounts a story where she signed up for a “Learn to Run a 5K” group

offered by a running store.

“I was completely shocked to find out that my first run coach was plus-size,” Green says.

In her book, she recounts how this plus-size running coach, a woman named

Chris, didn’t talk about losing weight or body size. To Chris, they were all athletes regardless of shape or weight.

It was during this time that Green herself began to

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Spreading inclusive message From page 13 emerge as an athlete as well as an advocate for fit and healthy living that steered away from athletic industry pressure.

“I really, really wanted to follow this path in my career,” she says.

Besides the personal memoir aspects of Green’s book, she says it also provides concrete advice for readers when it comes to setting goals, buying athletic clothing and creating a

support team.

One thing Green advises for plus-size athletes is the importance of aligning themselves with people that share similar visions of health.

“If you’re a larger person that just wants to move and be active and healthy, aligning yourself with someone who has a hardcore weight loss mission is going to not feel great,” she says.

On May 1 she is flying to London, England, to do publicity and promote Big Fit Girl.

The book is also being

distributed throughout Canada, the U.K., U.S. and Australia.

Green is an experienced public speaker and writer on the topic of plus-size athleticism and body image, but she says the publication of her first book will allow her to share this message with a greater number of people.

All women, she says, can relate to her story.

“There’s something here that’s bigger than a neighbourhood boot camp,” Green says.

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Minister Blair Odney and church board chairwoman Judith Clark stand opposite sides of Dorothy Symons, who has attended the Lynn Valley United Church for 87 years. The church held an official opening for its new space on Feb. 25. PHOTO PAUL MCGRATH

Longtime church goer recounts years of change

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“I sort of have been here a few years,” jokes Dorothy Symons.

Symons has lived in Lynn Valley for 91 years -- her whole life -- and her knowledge of the Lynn Valley United Church and the history of the neighbourhood at large is impressive.

It should be.

As the longest attending member of her local church, Symons has seen the neighbourhood change dramatically over the years.

“Oh, completely changed,” she says. “There weren’t that many people and you knew everybody.”

Flanked by old photos and copies of photos that she has held onto and kept in pristine condition over the years, she shows scenes of Lynn Valley and the North Shore’s evolution over the decades.

Among those pictures are plenty of the Lynn Valley United Church that Symons has been attending since she was four years old.

“I started Sunday school when I was about four. I remember at Sunday school they had

low benches and we all sat on those low benches. And that’s all I remember from Sunday school. I didn’t get much out of it,” Symons says with a laugh.

The church, she notes, has had its longstanding spot at the intersection of Harold Road and Mountain Highway since 1959.

“It was a lovely building,” Symons recalls fondly.

Before the church was there, a gas station sat at the intersection. And before that, a mill.

But on Feb. 25 the church officially opened its new building on that site, one that’s bigger, more modern and better able to serve the needs of a growing community.

Symons doesn’t mind the change.

She has served the church for almost nine decades, often through an active role in one of the church’s women’s groups, and she plans to keep at it.

“They ask her all the time about the history,” adds church member Marion Kirk.

For Symons, even if the church building changes, the sense of community she gets there remains just as strong.

“All my friends are here,” she says.

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Activity helps with mental and physical health If you look around, you may notice that many successful people have one thing in common: they include regular exercise in their daily routine.

It is well known that staying active has benefits for all aspects of your life, beyond fitting into those skinny jeans from 10 years ago.

Did you know that exercise improves work productivity too? Here are several work benefits that you can gain from incorporating regular exercise into your life.

Alertness and energy One of the many benefits of exercise is that it increases alertness and energy in the workplace, allowing you to sharpen your awareness and tackle your next project with more accuracy and clarity. In fact, a study by Jim McKenna at the University of Bristol shows that exercise consistently resulted in improved work performance.

Personal Best Shaun Karp Staying physically active can also increase energy levels. More energy means that you are more awake at work and tasks can be completed correctly and to the best of your ability.

Do you ever feel the afternoon energy crash at work? Choosing to exercise can give you the energy boost you need. This is due to enhanced transfer of glucose and oxygen throughout the brain and body.

A study at the University of Georgia monitored three control groups over a period of six weeks: one group that did light regular exercise, one of moderate exercise, and a third with no exercise.

The results showed that both of the exercise groups reported having more energy compared to the

Optimum physical health Apart from improving alertness and energy, exercise improves physical health, which in turn improves overall work ability.

Benefits include reducing body weight and the risk of medical conditions. In addition, exercise improves cardiovascular health enabling you to have more stamina to meet physical demands on the job, and to meet expectations of work duties while reducing risk of injury. Try to get at least 30 minutes of exercise, five times a week.

Improve mental health If you’d like to be more productive at work, one way is to improve mental health. Regular exercise lowers the risk of developing anxiety and depression.

Physically active individuals

score higher on cognitive tests than people who don’t exercise, according to John Medina, author of Brain Rules. Furthermore, there is a clear connection between physical activity, brain function and reduced stress in the workplace.

During exercise, the brain releases serotonin, which is a neurotransmitter responsible for stimulating mood and emotion. As a result, working out can help improve your mood and state of mind so that you can handle work stress easier. Dealing with stress constructively will also allow you to maintain good working relationships with co-workers.

Illness prevention Getting sick from time to time is a normal part of life. Exercising regularly can help reduce the chances of getting sick. Power walking, running, weight lifting,

swimming and jogging are examples of exercise. Some information shows that physical activity lowers the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension and heart disease.

Exercising can also improve immunity. Avoiding getting influenza or the common cold means fewer missed work days.

Spark some creativity Stuck or stalled on an idea? Can’t think of a creative solution? Go for a walk around the office or outside. In the Journal of Experimental Psychology, a study showed that creative output increased by up to 60 per cent with walking. So next time you get stuck, get moving and let the creative juices flow.

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HEALTH NOTES DIVORCECARE A weekly support group for people who are separated or divorced meets Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. until April 20 at West Vancouver Baptist Church, 450 Mathers Ave. $30 for a book.

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The following is a selection of volunteer opportunities made available through Volunteer North Shore, a service of North Shore Community Resources Society.

ACTIVITY LEADER Volunteer with children and/or youth by assisting in different programs offered such as sports, cooking, homework clubs, arts, life skills, and social based programs.

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SENIOR PEER LEADER Volunteers will be trained and form the Seniors’ Advisory Committee of the Senior Sparks program. The objective is to support immigrant seniors’ social participation, inclusion and contribution to their communities. Volunteers will explore the needs of North Shore immigrant seniors within the Senior Sparks group setting and plan group meetings and activities on the North Shore.

WAREHOUSE VOLUNTEER Warehouse volunteers unpack, sort and stock food donations. Person should be able to lift items up to a maximum of 30 pounds.

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SENIORS COFFEE MATES Capilano Community Services Society Seniors’ Hub offers an informal gathering Wednesdays, 1:30-3 p.m. at Brazza Cafe, 1846 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver. The program is specifically for seniors in the area within walking distance or who are able to get to the location on their own. Transportation or escort provided for those attending for the first or second time. 604-9887115, capservices.ca CHURCHILL HOUSE COFFEE GROUP Capilano Community Services Society Seniors’ Hub offers an informal gathering Fridays, 1:30-3 p.m. at Churchill House, 150 West 29th St., North Vancouver.

The program is specifically for seniors in the area within walking distance or who are able to get to the location on their own.

Transportation or escort provided for those attending for the first or second time. 604-988-7115, capservices.ca WINE SEMINAR Sommelier Brian Waterhouse will introduce a selection of Okanagan wines Thursday, March 30, 3:30-5 p.m. at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre, 695 21st St. $40/$35.

LADIES GOLF GROUP Ladies 55 and older are invited to join a group that plays Wednesdays at 9 a.m. from April to September at Murdo Frazer Golf Course, 2699 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver.

The group is intended to offer fun, friendship, fresh air and a little fitness. $20 for the season and $7.50 per game. 604-986-5023, lindagoodall@shaw.ca SPRING SOCIAL AND AGM The Seniors Tennis Association of the North Shore will hold a social and annual general meeting Wednesday, April 12, 4-6 p.m. at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Centre, 695 21st St. All members welcome. Refreshments provided. seniorstennis.ca, ns.seniortennis@gmail.com ROUND ROBIN The Seniors Tennis Association of the North Shore will host a round robin event Friday, April 28 at the North Shore Tennis Club, 280 Lloyd Ave., North Vancouver. Registration will begin at 7 p.m. with games until 9:30 p.m. followed by a social. $10 or $4 for the party only. seniortennis.ca, ns.seniortennis@gmail.com EXERCISE FOR MOBILE SENIORS North Shore Keep Well Society offers free classes at seven venues across the North Shore. The programs include one hour of fitness to music followed by blood pressure checks, health coaching, massage, speakers and social times. 604-988-7115 ext. 27, keepwellsociety.ca MALL AND GROCERY SHOP Capilano Community Services Society Seniors’ Hub offers a weekly shopping program that combines door to door transportation with in store assistance if required Tuesdays, 1-2:30 p.m. Seniors will be taken to Capilano Mall and Save-On -Foods. A team of volunteers provide assistance ranging from reading labels to helping lift items off shelves. 604-9887115, capservices.ca SINGALONG MONDAYS Drop-in and singalong with Donna Crook at the piano Mondays, 10-11 a.m. at Parkgate Community Centre, 3625 Banff Court, North Vancouver. Song books provided. Free.

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The Right Tools for a Greener Lawn Curb appeal is important to a homeowner, and the foundation of a home that looks good from the street is a lush, green lawn providing some rich colour in an urban landscape.

But a healthy lawn doesn’t happen by accident. It takes effort and hard work to give your property the kind of look that makes a good first impression.

It also requires the right tools, tactics and strategies that will not only help your grass recover from its dormant winter state, but will also prepare it for the hot, dry summer season.

“Spring is quickly approaching, and with that thoughts are turning to our yards and the work that lays ahead to get them ready for the growing season,” says Canada’s best known gardener, Mark Cullen. “It is certainly the right time of year to begin planning your yard work so that when winter finally breaks and spring settles in, you are ready to go.”

To help you get prepared for the arrival of spring, Mark offers the following tips, tools and tactics to help you fight off the incursion of weeds and give you the greenest lawn on the block: ■ Fertilize in early spring. In many parts of Canada, it can be tough to judge when winter is finally, actually over. But at some point in April you should be safe to put down a mix of fertilizer, grass seed and compost. It will help your lawn recover and provide a good foundation for the summer.

“Every yard deserves a little extra TLC to start the season off right ... with proper care and the right tools, your lawn is sure to be the best on the block, and looking greener than ever before.”

■ Crowd out the weeds. Absent harsh chemicals, the best way to keep weeds off your lawn is to crowd them out with healthy grass plants. Spread healthy lawn soil and overseed your lawn with good quality grass seed to promote growth of new grass plants that will quite literally leave no room for weeds to take root.

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Five easy spring cleaning projects Although enjoying the great outdoors is probably high on many a to-do list come spring, by the end of winter, homes can probably do with a muchneeded overhaul. The earlier one begins spring cleaning, the more quickly he or she will be able to head outside and bask in the warm spring sun.

Spring cleaning tasks can be stretched out across several days to make the jobs more manageable.

Here are 5 relatively quick and easy projects you can tackle.

1. Look up Start by looking up at ceilings, molding and ceiling fans. Chances are that some cobwebs and dust have formed. Always begin cleaning by working from the top downward so you don’t have to clean any tables, countertops or floors twice. Staticcharged dusting cloths work well to catch and contain dust. Use an old pillowcase on ceiling fan blades to clear the dust and keep it from cascading to the floor.

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place them in a tub full of vinegar, dish soap and water. Allow them to soak and then rinse with the shower nozzle. Stationary blinds can be cleaned with using an old sock over your hand dipped in a vinegar-andwater solution.

3. Grout cleaner Combining baking soda and vinegar produces a reaction that causes the formation of gassy bubbles. These bubbles can help to break up dirt that clings to crevices, such as grout between tiles. Some light scrubbing and then subsequent rinsing can rid surfaces of hard-to-remove dirt.

4. Vacuum vent intakes Many houses are heated by forcedair systems. The air intake vents can become clogged with dust and other debris. Vacuum these vents so that air flow is not impeded. Let the heat run for a few minutes to catch any small particles that become dislodged, and then change the furnace filter.

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learn your part – you should already know that – you learn everybody else’s parts.

“We do a lot of team teaching,” says Marois. “For example, I teach the first year class with Bill Coon, the great guitar player. I’m doing the vocal approach and he’s doing the instrumental approach and every student has to sing and every singer has to actually play something. The integration is done right at the beginning. After one year they feel very comfortable about being part of the instrumental group.”

The North Shore will be well represented in all aspects of the Juno Awards when they are broadcast on CTV on April 2: Three Handsworth secondary grads, Brandi Disterheft (Jazz Album of the Year: Solo) Renee Rosnes (Jazz Album of the Year: Solo) and Darcy James Argue (Jazz Album of the Year: Group) – all former students of Bob Rebegliatti – are nominated for awards, as is Deep Cove’s Jordan Nobles for Classical Composition of the Year. West Vancouver’s Sarah McLachlan will also be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame during the ceremonies and former Tomahawk dishwasher Bryan Adams is slated to co-host the broadcast.

! “Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.”

– Ornette Coleman As an instructor at Capilano University for almost three decades, Rejean Marois is understandably proud of the music program’s accomplishments.

He was a member of the faculty when the school made the transition to Jazz Studies and says in the first few years they experienced some growing pains as the university attempted to find its footing in the academic music world.

“We had a great faculty but some of the faculty was not necessarily ready for that move. When the bachelor degree began we were actually supervised by other universities. We had to gain some credentials. Let’s put it this way: we couldn’t fake it.”

Currently CapU places students in one of two streams with the bachelor of music and jazz studies – performance/composition program focusing on a career as a professional musician, while the education program prepares them to pursue an educational role.

Bass player Sebastien Sirois keeps his eyes on instructor Jared Burrows during a C Band rehearsal at Capilano University.

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WASTE COUNT Capilano University students sort through bags and bags of recyclables during the school’s eighth annual waste audit on March 21. Two shifts of 80 participants sorted and counted recyclables, reusable goods and garbage to determine the volume of waste being generated on campus. PHOTOS CINDY GOODMAN TOASTMASTERS OPEN HOUSE Learn how to improve public speaking skills and what Toastmasters has to offer during an open house Wednesday, March 29, 6:30-8 p.m. at Silver Harbour Centre, 144 East 22nd St., North Vancouver.

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COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD From page 15 Team presents information for the public on the Kinder Morgan project Wednesday, March 29, 7 p.m. at Capilano Library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Further meetings will be held at North Vancouver City Library, 120 West 14th St., April 4, 6 p.m. and April 9, 3 p.m. RSVP due to limited space. cheryl@dogwoodbc.ca

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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

North Vancouver’s Hannah Haughn dances through defenders during a 3-1 win for Canada over Chile in an international field hockey matchup Wednesday at West Vancouver’s Rutledge Field.

Haughn will be one of five North Shore players suiting up for Canada during a World League event running April 1-9 at Rutledge. More photos: nsnews.com. PHOTOS KEVIN HILL

The world comes to West Van Hannah Haughn leads large North Shore contingent on national field hockey team ANDY PREST aprest@nsnews.com

Hannah Haughn can clearly remember the first time she watched the national field hockey team play.

She was 13 years old, six years into her own field hockey career, and she travelled to Vancouver Island to watch the Canadian team try to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games.

“I just remember it being incredibly fast-paced,” she says. “To be able to see skill that I hadn’t been introduced to yet was exciting for me. I didn’t even really realize that field hockey was an Olympic sport until I saw them play. It provided me with role models.”

The team didn’t earn an Olympic spot, but they did earn a new field hockey fanatic in young

Hannah Haughn.

“That’s kind of when I decided I wanted to try to play at an elite level,” she says.

Next week in West Vancouver the next generation of young field hockey fanatics will get a chance to see some of the world’s best players, including Haughn and four other players from the North Shore, up close during the 2017 Gryphon Hockey World League Round 2 being held at Rutledge Field April 1-9. Six teams will be competing for two spots in the next round of qualification for the 2018 Women’s Hockey World Cup in London, England. Next week’s World League event will bring elite, high-stakes hockey to the state-of-the-art field in Ambleside Park.

“It’s kind of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” says Geoff Matthews, the technical director of the West

Vancouver Field Hockey Club. The club is co-hosting the event along with Field Hockey Canada and the International Hockey Federation.

“Field hockey is not a televised sport in Canada – to get access to watch the national team you kind of have to stream it online. To see it live just brings the whole atmosphere and speed and intensity and excitement along with it. I think it’s a really motivating factor in terms of getting kids involved.”

Haughn will be one of the key players to watch, having put together one of the most impressive resumés in Canadian hockey history at the age of 22. Haughn made her national team debut at age 17, once famously rushing home from the Pan Am Games to score a hat trick for Handsworth secondary in the North Shore final 90 minutes after touching down at YVR.

North Vancouver’s Karli Johansen tracks an attacker while playing for Team Canada during Wednesday’s game against Chile.

That Royals team went on to win the provincial title, and Haughn hasn’t tasted much losing since then. She took her stick to UBC, and with Haughn at the helm the Thunderbirds won five straight national titles. Haughn picked up numerous awards along the way,

including the MVP trophy at the 2016 tournament that completed her run.

With the national team, Haughn became the youngest Canadian woman to reach 100 senior

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international games in February of 2016, earning her 100th cap at the age of 21.

“It’s mind blowing,” Matthews said of what Haughn has done in her young career. “She’s a role model, she’s something that we want all of our club players to aspire to. … In her international career she’s only just starting, so it’ll be interesting to see what she does. There are still so many opportunities for her.”

There will be a ton of

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North Shore talent joining Haughn on Rutledge Field next week. Alex Thicke, Karli Johansen, Rachel Donohoe, and Stephanie Norlander are all WVFHC alumni. All of them went to Handsworth secondary as well except for Donohoe, an Argyle grad.

“It’s nice and rewarding for the club,” said Matthews of seeing all the WVFHC alumni on the big stage. “It just shows that the things that the club has done and the programs that the club has put in place over the years have worked.

Obviously we’re a piece of a big puzzle.”

That shared background helps the North Shore players out in high-pressure situations, says Haughn.

“Competing at an elite level is tough, there’s always pressure, but to have that friendship and camaraderie from an early age makes it a lot easier to compete.”

The North Shore contingent – which includes team captain Kate Wright, who grew up in Ontario but now plays women’s league hockey with WVFHC – also benefits from playing this tournament on a very familiar pitch.

“A lot of us grew up playing on Rutledge, so to have our friends and family there is really exciting,” says Haughn. “It’s really nice to feel at home on a field, especially during such an important event for us.”

The tournament includes India, Uruguay, Chile, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago.

India is the top-ranked team at No. 12 in the world, while Canada comes next at 18. The other four squads are all in the top 35, so there will be no easy games.

“Essentially for everyone but the top two teams the World Cup dream is over,” says Matthews. “It’s pretty important in terms of the national cycle, there’s a lot of pressure on the girls.”

The Canadian women haven’t played at a World Cup since 1994, and haven’t played in the Olympics since 1992. The stakes are high, but the Canadian players are optimistic, says Haughn. “We like our chances, but with sport everything is … it’s whoever plays well on any given day,” she says. “I think the hard thing for people to understand is how difficult it is to make these big events. … To compete would be a dream that we all strive for.”

In the opening round Canada will take on Mexico April 1, Chile April 2, and Trinidad and Tobago April 4, all games starting at 4:30 p.m. at Rutledge. Some reserved seats are for sale through Hockey Canada, but all of the games are free and open to the public. There will be opportunities to see all of the teams up close even before the tournament starts as there will be open practices happening March 28-31.

Canada will hold a special open practice March 28 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. All youth players in attendance will be invited onto the field for a 30-minute training session with the national team starting at 4:30 p.m. The session matches the sport’s fan- and family-friendly outlook, says Matthews.

“We understand that we’re not as glamourous as some of the other sports so we try to keep it with a nice family connection,” he says. “It’s always open, and we try to encourage and inspire the next generation.”

Who knows – maybe the next Hannah Haughn will be there taking her first shots.

That would be a great outcome for the original Hannah Haughn.

“To have that opportunity to be a role model for the next generation is exciting,” she says. “Hopefully we can inspire more people to pick up a field hockey stick.”

More world records for super senior West Vancouver super senior Christa Bortignon has begun her assault on a whole new set of age-group track and field records after turning 80 in January.

Bortignon competed in the Canadian Masters Indoor Track Championships held March 11-12 in Toronto, winning six gold medals while setting two new world records and three Canadian records in the W80 age group.

A long jump of 3.02 meters and a 6.91 m triple jump both earned world record status, while Canadian records were set on the track in the 50-m, 60-m and 200-m sprints. The speedster doesn’t plan on slowing down anytime soon as she is currently in Daegu, North Korea, for the World Masters Indoor Championships running March 19-25.

Bortignon has set numerous age-group world records since taking up track and field at the age of 72.

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