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o call Richmond multicultural is a bit of a misnomer. It’s better described as one city with two dominant cultures.

That reality becomes abundantly clear when certain stories hit the news cycle: those would be Chinese-only signs and unoccupied mega homes. (Actually, in recent months, if feels like they’ve never left the news cycle.)

But, if you think you’ve had enough — sorry. City council’s decision to not introduce a sign bylaw that would ensure English on all commercial signs (see News page 8) is sure to set off another wave of letters, petitions and online comments.

The mega home issue (see Letters page 4) in fact has more to do with money than culture but tends to get caught up in this us-versus-them ethnic divide.

What’s clear is that Chinese-only signs and mega homes provoke, for many, a sense of angst and alienation. And those feelings can lead to a sense of divide that invades all areas of community life.

When speaking to someone recently about Richmond’s arts scene, or lack there of, again, she mentioned the notion of “two solitudes” — the idea that Richmond’s arts scene is somewhat crippled by the fact Asian and non-Asian cultural groups fail to support each other.

But while all this is true, it’s also true there are bridge builders among us. While I wouldn’t call Gateway Theatre cutting edge — it knows its audience (mainly older and Caucasian) and it knows not to alienate them — the theatre has also pushed the cultural conversation.

Ten years ago, the company’s then artistic director, Simon Johnston, wrote and staged Rice Rockets and Yacht People, a play that tapped into the hot button cultural issues of the day.

On Monday, Gateway’s current artistic director, Jovanni Sy, announced the company’s second annual Pacific Festival (see page 27) which will feature plays from Hong Kong performed in Cantonese with Mandarin and English surtitles.

The goal of this festival, as I read it, is to not just get Chinese bums in Gateway seats, although that’s certainly part of it, but to facilitate a swapping of stories. The festival’s first production, Will to Build, is about development pressure in Hong Kong and what that means for everyone involved, including those displaced. In other words, our worlds may not be so different.

Granted, it’s Pollyanna to think a few plays are going resolve the very real anger many are feeling. But the power of stories should never be underestimated. Getting to know the “other” may be easier if everyone can read the same signs, but, it’s stories — more than language — that builds bridges.

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Councillors, walk among us Thanks to cyclist Dear Editor, I need your help to track the good Samaritan who helped me out on May 12.

On that day, my dog crossed the street and got killed by a car at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Cooney Road, near the Granville Avenue intersection.

I was in shock to see my dog dying and this person left his bike on the side of the road to help me

deal with the accident that had just occurred.

It happened so fast, I did not have time to thank him; I am also wondering if his bike was still there after he helped me out.

It would be appreciated to see this present letter in the Richmond News, so he knows how thankful I am.

Jenny Phan Richmond

Kudos to hospital Dear Editor, Kudos to the Staff at Richmond Hospital.

As I have multiple sclerosis, even a minor illness can trigger a nasty MS response. That happened last week, when I had to go into Richmond Hospital by ambulance with almost full-body paralysis. Only my head and my right hand functioned, and even that hand was weak. Scary indeed!

I was in Richmond Hospital for five days. I often hear complaints about the quality of service in our medical system and the quality of the food in the hospitals.

Well, I am writing to say that the service provided by all of the nurses, doctors and support staff at Richmond Hospital was outstanding (even in the face of my

ongoing attempts at humour!) All were efficient, friendly, patient and attentive, sometimes in the face of challenging and demanding patients (hopefully not me).

Thank you to all of them, especially the team on the 6th floor of the North Tower.

Also, the hospital food was more than adequate (even if it was mostly food that I would not ordinarily eat at home or in a restaurant). They even provided limited menu options. I think that I ate more in the hospital than I would have at home.

So, again, I am thankful for our publicly funded medical system and for the outstanding and caring care provided by our health care professionals.

Ian C. MacLeod Richmond

Open letter to our elected officials: I realize that citizens have access, although limited, to you through council meetings or requests for face time. But that involves protocols, rules and regulations, agendas and time restrictions. In other words, the process is far too formal and rigid.

All of you were elected by the people of Richmond, but outside of photo ops and attending openings and special events, we don’t see you in the community. Why haven’t all of you set aside regular times to actually go out into the community and walk around? And

do so without staff. Just you. On your own.

Talk to small business owners and the general public to find out more about their concerns — what’s good, what’s bad, what they need from City Hall to make their lives better.

In other words, try some grass roots research without having it washed and vetted through city staff.

There are problems out there of which I’m sure all of you are aware. My personal concerns are in the Steveston area where many small businesses are struggling and business owners are frus-

trated. Between work and family life, most of these people don’t have the time to petition City Hall for anything. So, I say, be proactive and get out amongst the people.

I believe you’ll be surprised how warmly you’d be welcomed and how appreciative people would be of having even just a few minutes of your personal time in order to express their viewpoints and receive your feedback.

All politicians need to spend more time on the streets and less time in the chambers. It would benefit everyone.

Donald Grant Steveston

Multiculturalism a failed experiment Dear Editor, I see once again Richmond’s multicultural apologist-superheroes out in force trying to put out a fire storm of intricately interrelated issues with the squirt gun of “harmony”.

Our gutless and impotent city hall (council and staff ) wish to defer (again) the issue to unelected and unaccountable “community representatives” to attempt to resolve the multicultural harmony issue for the umpteenth time.

Let’s cut to the chase: multiculturalism is a failure. The end.

If one actually does the research, it has not been successful anywhere regarding a given

community’s long-term interests. I am not aware of any nation whose citizens have lobbied for, or have had a referendum on, the matter.

What the evidence does show is we have a generation of powerhungry politicians who follow what Marx referred to as the capitalist “divide-and-conquer” ideology and increasingly marginalize their existing citizens, yet with crocodile tears wonder why voter turnout is so low.

The local signage issue is simply one symptom of this major global issue.

Multi-ethnicity does work….I know, I grew up in Richmond immersed in it.

In the 1960s, I went to school with parties of third generation Chinese descents, fifth generation Japanese descents, fourth generation Sikh descent…etc. etc.

We all got along just fine…much of this due to the fact we all grew up in the same basic culture — the now sought-after harmony already existed.

You cannot have harmony when no one is on the same page, or can’t even read it.

Over to you city hall. It’s time to quit hiding and face the music?

Until then, harmony will be as elusive as accountability.

R.A.Hoegler Richmond

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Monster gardening kills Sunday peace Dear Editor, There has been much talk about on-going construction problems, specifically disruptive noise. I would like to bring up an issue regarding noise that we face every single Sunday at the monster home that is right next door to us with mostly absentee owners, although it’s hard to tell as cars come and go every so often, and they host the odd karaoke party. Regardless, a family is certainly not residing in this home on a regular basis.

Every single Sunday, commercial landscapers come to attend the property with their extremely loud commercial equipment. We also do garden maintenance on Sundays, as do many of our other neighbours, but this is something very different.

Every Sunday, a team of four or five men arrive in their very large truck (with no English writing on it so we can’t contact the company) and for the next two hours proceed to trim hedges, cut lawns and blow debris onto our property, using commercial equipment which is ten times louder than residential equipment.

I am sure that if the owners of this house lived here, they would not be having this company come in on Sundays but rather on another workday, when they are out of the house. The saying “do unto others ,,,,” comes to mind.

I am writing this while sitting outside in quiet as we have a break before the next crew arrives to look after the second monster home on our street that may or may not have people living in it. In two years, I have never seen a soul on the property.

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I’m old, but I’m right re: phone addiction Dear Editor, Every time I see a young person clutching their handheld electronic soother and checking it every few minutes to get confirmation that other people still know that they do exist, I am reminded of the time I challenged one of my college classes to disprove my claim that they were heavily addicted to the use of their miniature computers and to social media by letting me lock their devices up in my desk for a week. They reacted as if I had suggested they stop breathing or eating, or drinking Starbuck’s coffee for seven days. Amid cries of “How would I stay connected?”, “My friends would think I don’t like them any more!”, “Everything would be so boring!” and several very emphatic “I won’t do it!” (remember it was only a hypothetical), I realized that I had exposed a dependency-connected nerve-ending that was so sensitive that the students seemed to suddenly become incapable of

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differentiating between a philosophical question and exercise and a real threat to their lifestyles.

I was never able to determine how many of them got the real point of the exercise, but I certainly learned a couple of important lessons myself: don’t dare to question the teachings of the Church of Technology or belittle the Holy Catechisms of Social Media and be prepared to suffer grave consequences if you do so. By offering such a challenge, I probably had, in the eyes of my students, revealed myself to be a neoluddite, a heretic, and an unwelcome blip within the cyber universe they spent so much of their time in.

Maybe so, but at the very least I have both hands free most of the time and won’t be dealing with severe carpel-tunnel syndrome in my thumbs a few years down the road.

And I believe that I really did prove my point.

Ray Arnold Richmond

Bus shelters neglected Dear Editor, The current state of bus shelters in Richmond is totally inadequate for the ever growing population, especially at a time when people are being encouraged to use bus services.

Many bus stops have no shelters or benches whatsoever, while others are fully fitted with concrete pads, benches and shelter. On simple humanitarian grounds, all bus stops should be equally fitted. The question is, who is responsible for seeing that this is done?

At present, it appears that the City of Richmond has the lead role, working with TransLink and the Pattison Group.

This is an impressive trinity with deep pockets, so fully equipped shelters should be the order of the day. What is holding up progress on this matter?

I am a daily bus rider and know what it is like to stand in the west coast rain and wind waiting, along with seniors with their walkers, and mothers with their strollers, for a bus to come.

Frustration is compounded when a fully loaded bus goes past, adding 20 more minutes of misery to the wait.

The City of Richmond must give higher priority to this matter. One suggestion would be that all developers, such as Onni, be required to pay into a bus shelter budget, based on residential units constructed. The shelters could be used to promote city events with tasteful signage for a captive audience to digest until the bus comes along.

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fter going from strip club to chicken strips nearly three decades ago, the restaurant and bar attached to the Steveston Hotel — presently called the Buck & Ear Bar and Grill — is likely to undergo yet another major facelift after being bought by a franchise restaurant group.

Joseph Richard Group took the keys of the hotel and pub this month and is to take the once independently owned property and transform it to meet the company’s own food and drink culture.

“It’s our corporate mandate that every guest has an amazing experience everytime they come in,” explained Jessica Wiser, marketing director for Joseph Richard Group.

Wiser could not provide specific details as to how the Buck will change but said “generally speaking” when an old restaurant is bought, the group shuts it down for renovations and then relaunched under the JRG brand.

“We have to work on service standards and menu standards. We have to ask, how do we change without making too many waves in the community,” she said.

“At this time no finalized details have been confirmed,” she added.

The company did state, however, it will also renovate the hotel rooms and cafe, while maintaining heritage elements of the building.

Across the Lower Mainland, the group operates 10 “public house” bar and restaurants, a handful

of liquor store, three commercial properties and a Downtown Vancouver nightclub.

Wiser said the public houses have similar menus but also take on the vibe of their respective neighbourhoods. Many are also known to provide live music and DJs. In Fleetwood, the group operates the rustic-style Edith and Arthur Public House; its name an homage to the neighbourhood’s founders Edith and Arthur Fleetwood.

The Hemingway Public House in White Rock was rebranded from a property similar to the Steveston Hotel — the Ocean Beach Lounge at the Ocean Beach Hotel.

On the menu is a yellow fin tuna and quinoa salad, as well as stuffed chicken wings.

For now, new manager Eugene Mow said the group is holding down the fort and trying to learn its “mandate” in the village “to get a sense of what the people of Steveston want from us.”

He called the neighbourhood and the current customer base a “close-knit group.”

The Buck is known for its character and has been described as a “longtime favourite hangout for fishermen straight off the boat.”

It’s also Steveston’s beverage epicentre on Canada Day, which the company has stated will continue.

Wiser said the group will also operate the liquor store and that too will be changed.

“There’s going to be someone there to educate you (on selections),” she said.

Wiser added that the group will need to factor in the site’s unionized employees when making changes to the pub and liquor store.

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On Monday Richmond city councillors unanimously agreed that a bylaw requiring English on citysanctioned business signs, is not required.

Councillors followed the recommendation of Cecilia Achiam, director of administration and compliance, that the city need not use a stick approach to businesses with non-English signs.

Rather, a carrot — in the form of advancing “community harmony” through consultation — has been chosen as the best approach to solving the divisive issue.

The decision disappointed community activist Kerry Starchuk, who noted the city has attempted public forums on “inter-cultural harmony” as far back as 1996.

“Twenty years later and it hasn’t changed,” said Starchuk, noting a new bylaw amendment (approved concurrently by council) that will “de-clutter” all signage (regardless of language) in the city will continue to be complaint driven.

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Achiam relied on the opinion of socio-economic geographer Dr. Dan Hiebert, who presented at a community workshop on signs at the University of B.C. He argued that in a city-sanctioned study, “linguistic landscapes cannot accurately be used as a platform for measuring degrees of social harmony.”

Online public input to the city during the process found the vast majority of residents (84 per cent) felt non-English signs were negative for the community in some form.

A language specific bylaw that could stand a challenge under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms would need to prove “social welfare objectives are at stake…in the absence of regulation,” according to legal advice given to council last October by Valkyrie Law Group.

Once a supporter of a language bylaw, Coun. Carol Day said she was pleased with the progress being made through consultation, which should continue before implementing a mandatory bylaw.

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of court appearances. On March 12, 2014, he was found guilty of breach of probation.

In January, he was found guilty of identity theft and put on probation again, for a year. ichmond RCMP announced Monday A Facebook profile by the name of Rob that it may have made a “serious” dent Nordhagen indicates the person works as a in the city’s mail theft problem with the “captain at save-a-ho enterprises” and is a arrest of two suspected thieves, who are “mailroom supervisor at Canada Post Corknown to police. poration.” The person is listed in a relationCharged with four and three counts of ship (since March 18, 2015) with a person mail theft, respectively, are Robert Anthony with the profile name Janessa Rachelle.

Nordhagen, 28, and Janessa Rachelle Richmond RCMP could not confirm any Wallace, 21, both Richmond residents, aclinks between the profiles and the accused. cording to police.

At ScamWarners.com, users flagged Early Friday morning, at 4 a.m., police emails from a Robert Nordhagen as an responded to suspicious activity around the attempt to commit fraud in 2013. It was be8000 block of General Currie Road, stated lieved the person was using fake companies Cpl. Dennis Hwang in a news release. to scam people out of initial rent payments.

A witness told police that a person was Hwang said mail theft is a “high priority seen damaging a community mailbox and crime” for Richmond RCMP. stealing the mail within it. Then, a beige This year, numerous Richmond residents late-90s model Mercedes Benz was seen have had to go to Canada Post’s sorting leaving the area. facility at No. 3 Road and Cambie Street Nordhagen and Wallace were subseto collect mail because their community or quently arrested for theft and are being held condo mailboxes had been broken into. in custody before making their first court Richmond RCMP confirmed, in April, the appearance, possibly on June 2. detachment has seen a spike in mail thefts.

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Most of the money will account for new garbage carts, similar to the green carts used for organics.

Starting in 2016 residents will only need to roll out their 240-litre cart once every two weeks. They will be able to choose a smaller cart for a discount or a larger one for an additional fee.

The changes come after a year-long pilot program in two neighbourhoods of the city.

“What I like about this program is it puts the decision in the hands of the people,” said Coun. Carol Day. According to a city report the benefits will be a projected five to eight per cent increase in recycling, particularly organics disposal.

“If you have a smelly garbage container after two weeks we’ll know you’re dumping your organics into the garbage,” quipped Coun.

Harold Steves, calling the change “long overdue” granted all Metro Vancouver municipalities save for Burnaby and North Vancouver are on bi-weekly collection.

Coun. Chak Au noted residents can make special pickup requests.

Collection costs for the city will likely not go down because of added time to pick up the new carts, but savings in garbage disposal in the future are expected.

" Waste pick-up arrangements are changing again in Richmond.

“It depends on residents’ behaviour and how they dispose of their garbage,” stated fleet and environmental programs manager Suzanne Bycraft.

The city’s goal is 80 per cent waste diversion by 2020. Right now it stands at 71 per cent.

“To get to 80 per cent is an incredible leap.

It’s very difficult because all the low hanging fruit is gone; the efficiencies are taken up,” stated Malcolm Brodie The move is not without some opposition.

Councillors Alexa Loo and Bill McNulty voted against the program.

Loo noted the majority of surveyed residents from the pilot programs preferred weekly collection, according to the report.

“It sounds like the people of Richmond want their garbage picked up weekly and it doesn’t sound like they want the city spending $2.6 million changing that,” said Loo. Meanwhile, McNulty said he was concerned the pilot program was too short and not encompassing enough (particularly since only a minority of residents filled out the survey).

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ACAMPBELLRICHMONDNEWS.COM A fire raged through the school in 1975, nearly destroying the building. It was rebuilt and opened he year was 1968 and when Roy Sakata back up the following year. peered out of his Manoah Steves elementary One of the many former students at last Friday’s classroom window, he had an uninterrupted celebration, Jody Natsuhara (alumni ‘80-‘88), atview of Steveston Highway to the south; cabbage tended the same school as her daughter, Samanpatches to the east, the dyke to the west and more tha Langan, 8, Grade 2, does today. fields to the north.

“My parents still live in the neighbourhood, I still As the school celebrated its 50th birthday last live here; I’ve lived in the same neighbourhood my Friday, Sakata recalled fondly the memories of the entire life,” smiled Natsuhara. school on Springford and Fourth avenues, just “I remember having an army tent as a playsouthwest of No. 1 and Williams roads. ground at the school; it also had a kitchen in it.

“I was here for two years in ’68 and then moved “The school looks exactly the same today, to Ferris (elementary) in ’70,” said though, as it did then, very little has Sakata, moments after entertaining changed. the crowd of several hundred stu...I remember we had “Although I remember we only dents, teachers and alumni inside had 10 Apple 2E computers, that 10 Apple 2E computManoah Steves’ gym hall with his we all had to share.” ers we had to share. tales of the past.

Present day students, for the last “I came back as principal here – Jody Natsuhara few weeks, have been looking at in ‘87 and managed to last until changes over the last 50 years. ’94, until they sent me to Homma And the librarian has been (elementary). working hard pulling together an exhibition of “Back in the beginning here, this was an annex old photos and displays for each decade of the of Dixon (elementary), with five classrooms of school’s life. about 150 kids, I think.”

As well as the special assembly, welcoming back Named after Manoah Steves — the grandfaformer teachers and alumni with songs from the ther of veteran city councillor Harold Steves and ‘60s sung by current students, present day staff founder of Steveston, who moved to the southwest dressed in a ‘60s theme. corner of Richmond in 1877 after buying 400 Coun. Steves and his wife, Kathy, also marked acres of land — the school officially opened on the occasion during the day by touring the school’s Nov. 18, 1965. classrooms to inspect the students’ displays.

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he resurrection of near 39-year-old cold case has prompted Richmond RCMP to issue an appeal to the public.

Mounties are asking for help in identifying a man whose body was found during dredging of the south arm of the Fraser River in 1976.

On June 23 that year, crew members from dredging vessel Samson V found a man’s body floating near the No. 4 Road dyke.

Richmond RCMP responded at the time and initiated an investigation to identify the man and to determine the cause of his death.

He was described by police as a lightskinned male of Aboriginal descent, with blue eyes and gray hair. He was in his late 40s to early 50s and was 5’ 9” tall, weighing between 170 and 200 pounds.

He was wearing size 36 jeans, two pairs of socks (green nylon and grey wool), and a single, size 9 leather slip-on boot.

Medical evidence suggested that he underwent spinal fusion surgery somewhere in North America, perhaps during the 1960s.

An autopsy revealed that the male’s rear molars were missing. The pathologist determined that cause of death was due to drowning. There was no indication of foul play.

Files relating to missing males around the time were cross-referenced but no matches were found. Fingerprint and dental record matching have been unsuccessful.

This file remains open with the Richmond RCMP Serious Crime Unit and investigators are seeking the public’s help for any information that may assist in the man’s identification. If you have any information, contact Cpl. Bob Basanti at the Richmond RCMP Serious Crime Unit at 604-278-1212. " A man’s body was dragged from the south arm of the Fraser River about 39 years ago.

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ew Westminster resident Gavin Palmer and Richmond resident Byron Stevens had never met. They are both active members of their neighbourhoods, Queensborough and Hamilton, respectively.

But, for the first time in a long time, their local, community interests, which have long thought to be more closely allied with one another than with their overlord municipalities, may finally come together again — politically, at least.

For the first time in 132 years,

Queensborough could be politically separated from New Westminster, as a provincial electoral line may be drawn down the middle of the Fraser River.

The British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission’s proposal to shift the boundary for Richmond East so that it would absorb Queensborough come the 2017 election, would also represent the first time in 70 years that Queensborough and Hamilton residents were represented by the same politician.

The last time that happened was in 1947 when New West-

Could this further lead to Queensborough reunifying Lulu Island under one municipal entity?

The last time this was the case, was in 1885.

Only a true Richmond history buff would know that Queensborough, as we know it now, was a part of Richmond for six years, from the establishment of the municipality in 1879 to 1885, when a Letters Patent document redrew the boundaries.

That Letters Patent, drafted on March 2, 1885, and later published in the British Columbia Gazette, obtained from the Richmond Archives, reads that the boundaries of Richmond would be shifted: “Following the meanderings of the north bank of the North Arm of the Fraser River to the southeast corner of the Municipality of New Westminster; thence across the North Arm of the Fraser River to the northeast corner of Section 25, Block 5 North, Range 4 West; thence true south to the south shore-line of Lulu Island.”

This redrawing meant the three islands, which have since been infilled to form Mitchell Island, became part of Richmond, and the line which was drawn “true south” at Section 25 formed what is now Boundary Road.

According to The History of Lulu Island, written by pioneer Thomas Kidd in 1927, Queensborough was a strategic acquisition for the capital of New

Westminster as it sought flat land to become a terminal of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

“Richmond, not considering it (Queensborough) of much value to her in the near future, consented to the change,” wrote Kidd.

So, when a public hearing for the creation of RichmondQueensborough Electoral District was held just last month, it was a case of history revisited.

Balancing the numbers

The logic behind the current proposed boundary shift, which was unanimously supported at the hearing, is that New Westminster is too small for two MLAs but too big for just one. Meanwhile, Richmond is too big for three representatives, but too small for four. So, annex Queensborough and Richmond and New Westminster have just the right balance (about 50,000 people per riding).

The shift raises the question: Does Queensborough belong in Richmond, entirely? And what would that entail? Or, maybe Hamilton and Queensborough should join to create their own municipality? The latter would be a greater long shot than the former, although both are unlikely.

But as hearing presenter and longtime Queensborough resident Martin Eady framed the proposal: “Queensborough has been overlooked, certainly in the past,” said Eady, noting it was only when more of the land became developable that New Westminster City Hall took notice of it. He added that traffic from Richmond

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f only the line was drawn 30 yards to the south.

As much as Milltown Bar and Grill boss Scotty McVicker loves Richmond, he wishes his premises was in Vancouver.

Well, it is; no, actually it’s not.

You decide: If you head north on the Arthur Laing Bridge and, once on the Vancouver side, you hang a sharp left over the railway track and then, via a 300-metre long causeway, drive onto Richmond Island — are you in Vancouver or Richmond?

The answer, officially, is that you’ve crossed 30 yards into Richmond; much to the chagrin of McVicker.

“We are very much in no-man’s land and if we could find a way to move the island closer to Vancouver, that would be great,” laughed McVicker, who opened the popular pub just over a year ago.

“It would be good to be in Vancouver for no other reason than the confusion; but we kind of have fun with it.

“But I would be naive if I thought it hasn’t cost us customers.”

The Milltown Bar and Grill and its accompanying marina, sits on tiny Richmond Island, in the shadow of the Arthur Lang, although some of the moorage docks are actually positioned in Vancouver.

Richmond Island became the city’s namesake island only after 1885 when a Letters Patent redrew the municipality’s boundaries along the north arm of the Fraser River.

The island is Musqueam territory, administered by Port Metro Vancouver’s North Fraser Terminals Inc. and leased to the Milltown marina.

The island, said McVicker, wasn’t always

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is a major driver of the neighbourhood’s economy.

Eady said that some folks were worried Queensborough would be “lost” from New Westminster with the boundary shift, but he noted the shift would mean New Westminster would be represented by two MLAs, nott one, which would actually benefit the city.

Richmond welcomes Queensborough

Meanwhile, Richmond Chamber of Commerce spokesperson, Matt Pitcairn, lobbed a gentle “welcome to Lulu Island” toward Queensborough residents.

“We believe that Queensborough is a welcome addition to Lulu Island,” said Pitcairn, noting both growing communities deserve the same MLA. Palmer, the president of the Queensborough Residents’ Association, from 2002 to 2012, also spoke to the commission.

“Both Hamilton and Queensborough are very similar. We are both almost forgotten by our respective cities. We seem sort of alienated by our cities. The only time they remember us is when tax time comes,” he said with a chuckle.

However, Stevens, a member of the Hamilton Community Association, said the communities have their differences and over the past decade Richmond has been mindful of including Hamilton in its plans.

“I think at this point in history, I don’t see (unification of Queensborough and Hamilton on the municipal front) happening,” said Stevens.

Both Stevens and Palmer said both neighbourhoods have grown and will continue to grow to the point where they are sufficiently recognized by the city halls.

Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie agrees.

“I think Richmond, over the last decade or so, has done a great job of including

Hamilton.

There’s a new fire hall, a new community centre and they even have some library services,” said Brodie.

When asked, about amalgamation, Brodie said it would likely make more sense for Queensborough to join Richmond because of the Fraser River (even though Hamilton is closer to New Westminster City Hall, as the crow flies).

“I think the geography of the area is more natural that way,” said Brodie, who noted it’s still unlikely to occur given the large tax base in Queensborough (Starlight Casino to name one major contributor).

Who dares to secede?

However, if any daring minds should choose to either unify Lulu Island or have Hamilton secede to join New Westmin-

st the process ster, w would likely be a lengthy and c complicated o one.

“About a dec cade ago there w a lot of talk was th we would that wa away. We walk did feel we were didn’t gettin the support getting from oour city; we felt alienated said Palmer. alienated,” “It (seced (seceding) has been discussed bu but it would be a difficult thing to accomplish.

But, anything is poss possible,” said Palmer again with a chuckle chuck Palmer, Under the Local Government Act, secession (ie. Queensborough joining Richmond) would require consent, usually via a petition, from 60 per cent of the electors in the seceding area.

Following that, unless waived by the provincial government, both city councils must obtain consent from 50 per cent, plus one, of all electors in the respective municipalities via a referendum (or, the council of the expanding city can gauge public opinion and approve the changes, so long as 10 per cent of the electors don’t object to the proposal by signing a response form within 30 days).

Thereafter, the British Columbia Cabinet would have to approve the changes.

Furthermore, a full accounting of munici-

Vancouver? You decide accessible from the land and was a sawmill in the early 1900s, before belonging to lumber giant Canfor in the ‘50s.

Multiple levels of government

“We’re on federal land and we pay our property taxes through our rent (to the port), so I’m not sure what city they go to?” said McVicker.

“We just lease the building and we have to deal with all levels of government.

It would be a lot easier if it was in Vancouver.

“When we opened a year ago, everybody we dealt with were great, but we had to go back and forth between Richmond and Vancouver because nobody was quite sure, at first, who was responsible for what.”

After crossing the Fraser River many times prior to opening the Milltown’s

doors, McVicker eventually got his occupancy permit from the Richmond Fire Department; his business license from the City of Richmond and his liquor license from the provincial board.

With all the relevant documentation sorted, all that’s left these days is to explain the geography to some confused customers.

“We’ve changed it on Google maps a couple of times because, if you typed in Richmond, it wouldn’t come up, but if you typed in Vancouver, it would come up,” said McVicker.

“When you’re opening up a new place, it’s the last thing you want to have to deal with; as we are in the people business.

“When you have to explain to people that you drive over the Arthur Laing, they start asking, “but that’s into Vancouver?”

McVicker said the island, with no sewer-

al pal sasets, sets, libilities, abilities, ases, taxes, leases, cal and utililocal ties must be conducted, and any disputes resolved, according to the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, which noted there are no recent instances of a significant shift in a shared municipal boundary in B.C. Terri Evans, an Urban Studies professor at Simon Fraser University, said when municipal boundaries change, it’s usually where there is little infrastructure.

As well, there are more and more instances where inter-municipal cooperation occurs, such as in the Tri-Cities region.

Nevertheless, as Evans suggests, with or without a municipal boundary shift, with the proposed electoral boundary changes and the further densification of both neighbourhoods (including talks from both school districts about a joint high school) Hamilton and Queensborough are likely to become more of a whole than parts of two distinct cities. “It will be interesting to see what sort of attention (the new MLA) gives to that part of New Westminster,” said Evans.

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age, uses a septic system, with water supply coming from Vancouver.

“We haven’t, thankfully, had to test what fire department will come, but when we called 911 — someone fell off their bike — Vancouver Police arrived,” added McVicker.

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It’s unclear if the City of Richmond receives a monetary advantage for having the island.

According to the city, it received about $12,000 in property taxes in 2014 from the establishment, and after the marina was built, it received about $33,000.

When the marina was proposed in 2012, developers had to sign an indemnity agreement whereby the city would absolve itself of responsibility for maintaining the dyke.

“It protects the City from being liable for flood or erosion damage should it occur,” said Richmond’s communications manager Ted Townsend, who said the city could not provide a cost-benefit analysis of the island.

Townsend said operating costs, such as firefighting and policing, for the island are likely to be “minimal” each year. In fact, fire services are reduced for the island, under the agreement, and the city has an agreement with Vancouver Police to be first-responders to an incident; once Richmond RCMP show up from the airport, they would take over any investigation.

Even if the island were to cost the city more than it gains, Townsend said holding the island in Richmond’s jurisdiction gives the city strategic control of the area, such as how to effectively manage the river’s environment.

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“Unfortunately Riesling is underappreciated and under consumed,” says Switzer.

“You’d expect to pay a premium for a quality wine from the prestigious Mosel valley.” The Landlust’s price? $14.99.

The Mosel goes well with Thai and other Asian cuisine like sushi as well as shellfish and west coast dishes. Switzer explains the reason this Riesling goes so well with food and it tastes quite dry: “It’s because it has really high levels of acidity, a quintessential factor in making good wine. The acidity will balance out the sugar levels and give you the overall harmony, which you need in any wine.

“I really enjoy the lime and pear on the nose, with the flavour of apples and peach and the tangy refreshing acidity.”

From a white, we switch colours and enjoy a red. “I can guarantee this will be the hit of this summer!” boasts Switzer. He’s talking about the Lolea No.1 Sangria from Spain. Its distinctive red painted bottle with a swing top cap is cool packaging, which will create a buzz at a

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Switzer explains the reason Lolea flew off the shelves last summer: “The wine in the bottle is even better than the labeling. It’s totally authentic, cool, and refreshing. It comes from the south of Spain where they know summer. I’ve never poured this for a single person who didn’t like it,” he said.

Unlike most bottled sangrias, Lolea is made of premium ingredients including Cabernet, Merlot, and Tempranillo, organic fruit juice, vanilla and cinnamon. Its slight carbonation keeps everything light and makes the aromatics explode out of the glass!

Last but not least, Switzer recommends Are you Game Shiraz ($21.99). Last year, Wine Spectator Magazine judged it 66th in the Top Wines of the Year Awards.

It’s from Victoria State, where the climate is more moderate, which means this red is not your typical Australian Shiraz. “It has a lot more finese, restrained black and blue fruit balance, subtelty, finer aromatics like violet floral notes and more savoury spice like black pepper.” explains Switzer.

The soil is very poor and the rainfall is low.

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Escorted at the front and rear by Richmond Mounties, Mike, who has Down syndrome, saluted the crowd rock star-style as he strode to front and centre, resplendent in his customfitted RCMP uniform.

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Richmond RCMP’s crime prevention officer, Cpl. Kevin Krygier, then invited “Officer Mike” and his very excited classmates to follow him out of the assembly hall fire exit to inspect the detachment’s mobile police incident trailer and a police car, complete with flashing lights.

It was all, quite literally, a dream come true for Mike who, with help from his educational assistant Marcie Hammer, had expressed through a video a burning desire to become a Mountie

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“Marcie contacted me about a month ago and showed me the video,” said Krygier, who runs several crime prevention programs throughout Richmond schools and who already knew Mike after the schoolboy previously took him on a tour of his school.

“I said to her, “what if we made this a reality? And it all went from there.”

Hammer said she’s been working with Mike for around four years at the north Richmond school and told the News how the 10-year-old loves making videos and is fascinated by the RCMP and wants to become a Mountie when he grows up.

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Surviving the strap: Class clown to champion speaker has led a colourful life, from being belted at school for trivial misdemeanours to running successful businesses and from engineering a mid-life acting career to battling back from a heart attack. Photo by Alan Campbell/ Richmond News

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A heart attack in the early hours of the morning five years ago has afforded life a certain clarity for Reg Boaler.

Nothing now fazes Richmond-raised self-employed businessman, actor and public speaker Boaler, with everything that life throws at him — including being towed recently — neatly folded into perspective.

Nursing a small, white cup of coffee at his favourite café-bar in the City Centre, the outgoing, talkative and dapper Boaler was reflecting on life growing up in Richmond and how he’s grateful to see the sun rise every day.

“After my heart attack, I make sure nothing pisses me off. If I wake up in the morning, I’m a happy man,” said Boaler, who lives near Williams and Shell roads and has, for the past 17 years, run Boaler Glasswasher out of an office on Westminster Highway and No. 3 Road.

“You really have to poke me hard now to make me angry; you’d really have to spit in my face.”

As the caffeine from cup No. 1 started to kick in, Boaler began digging deep into the memory banks of a childhood in Richmond and days of the strap, a punishment for seemingly trivial “offences.”

“I grew up in the Seafair neighbourhood from age nine, after moving from Winnipeg;

we thought we’d died and gone to heaven; it was so green,” said Boaler, whose family used to cut the grass on Christmas Day and mail it to relatives in Winnipeg, which was under ten feet of snow.

“I got six of the strap at Alfred B Dickson elementary. It was my first day there and I thought, to make a joke, I’d say during roll call that I was Elvis Presley. The teacher didn’t like that and neither did my dad, who also gave me the strap when I went home.

“I also got the strap at Hugh Boyd, because I yelled ‘field trip’ out of the school bus window.”

Cup No. 2: When he wasn’t playing the role of class clown, Boaler was in the Sea Cadets in the mid ‘60s and after each meeting, he and his

buddies would go to the nearby Skyline Hotel (now the Westin near No. 3 Road and Capstan Way) where there was the Chipper Diner.

“We used to go there and get the best burger and fries in town, and I remember when Westminster and 3 Road got the first traffic lights in Richmond.”

Eventually a Richmond High grad, Boaler studied electronics at Vancouver City College before becoming a technician at Xerox of Canada for 12 years.

After a time spent in sales for the same company, Boaler and several colleagues quit and started their own photocopying and printing division in Vancouver.

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However, acting has also paid dividends for Boaler, who only took lessons when he divorced as a 47-year-old.

Cup No. 3: In case you think you recognize Boaler, it’s likely from commercials; but he did have a prominent role as a pawnbroker in 2008 the made-for-TV movie My Babysitter is an Alien.

“I always wanted to get into acting, but I was discouraged as a teen by my peers,” said Boaler, who has three adult children, two of whom were adopted.

And, for the last 15 years, Boaler has been mastering the craft of public speaking through the Competitive Speaking Vancouver club.

“They’ve taught me everything; I joined to become more comfortable speaking in public and now I’m learning Mandarin as well.”

It’s served as more than a confidence booster, though. Earlier this month, Boaler won the regional heat of the International Speech Contest in Prince George and is heading to Las Vegas in August for the semi-finals and, hopefully, the finals.

“So I’m in the top 100 in the world right now. I now make friends easier and I feel like I can talk anybody.”

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“The show is judged independently and the competition comes from across the Fraser Valley and the U.S.,” said society member and show chair David Phillips.

“It’s the biggest show of its kind in Western Canada and people can come see the exhibits and the entries and have a go at carving themselves.”

Another feature of the show is the appearance of featured artist Rupert Scow, a renowned Aboriginal carver.

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Located at the corner of Minoru Boulevard and Granville Avenue, across the plaza from the Brighouse Library and Richmond Cultural Centre, MPAC offers an inviting, active and friendly environment for those 55 years and older. This one level, fully accessible facility is set in beautiful Minoru Park and is near many other City facilities in the

area. Minoru Place has a number of multipurpose rooms, a large hall with a stage, a billiards room, cafeteria, computer room and an excellent woodworking shop.

Activities include registered programs, out trips, special events and support groups. Plus, with an annual Facility Pass you can choose to join any of the 40 Clubs and

For more information • Pick up a copy of the Minoru Place Newsletter from the Minoru Place front desk to find out about special events, upcoming trips and the latest news • Drop by or call 604-238-8450 • Visit www.richmond.ca/seniors

Minoru Place Activity Centre Facility Passes

The annual fees cover participation in fabulous activities including dancing, singing, Bike Club, Spanish Club, cribbage, other card games and more. Passes are valid one year from date of purchase.

Membership Pass (for 55+ years) Annual Pass...............................$22 Additional Passes (Annual Pass must be purchased in addition)

Woodworking Pass...................$22 Table Tennis Pass ......................$31 Woodcarving Pass ....................$22 Billiards Pass..............................$28 Computer Pass ......................... Free

Registration

The Summer 2015 Parks, Recreation and Culture Guide is available online (www.richmond.ca/guide) with a paper version available for pick up in all City facilities.

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2015 Parking Passes are now available to Minoru Place Activity Centre members for $11 each.

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Join this group that entertains local seniors’ groups and community members at various Richmond events including teas, civic events and other celebrations. If you have a sense of fun and a little imagination, drop in to this fun group that meets at the Minoru Place Activity Centre every Tuesday from 2:00 to 4:00 pm. For more information, call Elaine at 604-276-9993.

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MINORU WELLNESS CLINICS FREE Wellness Clinics Have your blood pressure checked by a retired volunteer nurse and pick up information on programs, services and support available to seniors in the community. Holistic health appointments and manicures and pedicures are available for a fee. The clinic is offered the third Wednesday of each month. Call 604-238-8450 to book an appointment.

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Tone with light weights and a cardiovascular workout of fun and easy-to-follow routines set to zesty Latin and international music.

Mon, 6:30 – 7:30 pm..................... $6.15 (Drop-in)

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OUT TRIPS Tea and Trumpets

Enjoy light refreshments followed by a performance by the Vancouver Symphony Friday Night Dinner Club Orchestra at the Orpheum Theatre. Price includes Mix, mingle and dine at this social evening at Minoru Place Activity Centre. Hot entrees are $9 for transportation, admission and refreshments. No refund 30 days prior to out trip. non-members and $7 for members. Call 604-238Thu, June 11, 12:30–4:30 pm .....$50.90 (863759) 8450 for more information or to reserve a seat.

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COMMUNITY LEISURE TRANSPORTATION This service ensures seniors, youth, persons with disabilities and all other Richmond residents have a transportation option to community programs, services and special events. This affordable transportation option for community organizations offers a fleet of buses that can accommodate 16 to 22 passengers. For community group bookings only.

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What a good old noise Rise Up Singing — A Youth Choir Extravaganza sees Good Noise choir joined by three awardwinning youth choirs: Burnaby Central ‘A’ Chamber Choir; North Surrey Polaris Chamber Choir and Vancouver Youth Choir in a concert extravaganza celebrating youth and singing.

This concert, including Good Noise member and Richmond resident and Palmer alumni Mai Bui, will be held on May 30

" Richmond’s Mai Bui will be part of the Good Noise choir event at the Fraserview MB Church this weekend.

at 7p.m. at the Fraserview MB Church.

It will feature the official launch of the brand new “Good Noise V.I.P. Young Artist Program” (Voices In Performance) with the announcement of the inaugural youth scholarships and bursaries.

Join them for a concert that celebrates the best of young people, singing and gospel music.

For additional information, go to www.goodnoisevgc.com.

ARTS Listings Prepared by the Richmond Arts Coalition:

June (every day)

Art Exhibition – Youth Talent/Art Exhibition at Thompson Community Centre, 5151 Granville Ave. Student Art Exhibit at the Richmond Cultural Centre Upper Rotunda, 7700 Minoru Gate. 2-D and 3-D exhibits from students taking Richmond Arts Centre courses.

For more information, go to www. richmond.ca/culture/centre.

Until June 16

Harbouring the Time – photographs by Sand Wan. Outreach exhibition at City Hall Galleria: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Richmond City Hall, 6911 No. 3 Rd. This event is free. This event is for all ages. Disability access is available. For more information, call 604-247-8312, email: gallery@richmond.ca or got to www.richmondartgallery.org.

Until June 18

Brushstroke Ink & Easel Studio Gallery at 12431 No. 2 Rd. is available for viewing Saturdays between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. or by appointment 604-2410141 (Ext 243, visual arts).

A colorful collection of landscapes, flowers, and beautiful scenes of West Coast nature, featuring the works of six local and professional artists: Michael Shirley, Loraine Wellman, Marilyn Mylrea, Ken Nash, Ali Margulius, Dawn Waugh. For more information, go to www.theartsconnection.org.

Until June 28

Greg Girard: Richmond/Kowloon at the Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate. Richmond/Kowloon features Vancouver-based artist Greg Girard’s photographs recording the social and physical transformations in two cities: Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City, and Richmond. Organized

by Richmond Art Gallery Curator Nan Capogna, the exhibition includes previously created work documenting Kowloon Walled City as well as a new body of photographic images of Richmond and its residents.

This event is for all ages, is disability accessible and is free. For more information, call 604-247-8312, email: gallery@richmond.ca or go to www. richmondartgallery.org.

Until June 29

Gardens and Botanicals at Rocanini Café, 115 - 3900 Moncton St. (at No. 1 Road), Steveston Village.

Rocanini Café Artist Series presents a colourful group show of “Gardens and Botanicals”, featuring local Richmond painters.

Until July 5

Interwoven World – Identity and Fashion from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Richmond Museum, 180-7700 Minoru Gate. This event is free.

What we wear reveals a lot about us.

Our fashion choices have evolved over many centuries, often inspired by ideas about our cultural and individual identities. Join us as we learn more about our global culture, our clothes — and ourselves.

For more information, call 604-2478300.

Until spring 2016

Trading Routes: Rivers, Fish and Oil, open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, 12138 Fourth Ave. This multi-media exhibit focuses on the ecology and cultural changes caused by industry and development along northern B.C.’s river ways and eulachon “grease trails.”

The exhibit will enhance understanding of the impact of industrial development on B.C.’s salmon bearing rivers; the Fraser, Skeena, Nass, and Stikine, through a collection of artwork, images, video, audio, and text. For more information, call 604-664-9009, email gog. info@pc.gc.ca or go to www.gulfofgeorgiacannery.org.

June 4

Drop in drawing from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate. This is a free drop-in; donations gratefully accepted.

This program is a social time for adults to draw in the gallery, using the exhibition artworks as their subject matter. All artistic skill levels are welcome, and some technical demonstrations will be provided throughout the sessions. Drawing materials are provided, but feel free to bring your own sketchbooks or tablets. (dry media only – no water-based materials permitted in the Gallery spaces) Drop-in for a quick sketch, or stay for the whole three hours. For ages 16 and over. For more information, call 604-247-8312, email: gallery@richmond.ca or go to www.richmondartgallery.org.

June 5

Unlock Doors Open Richmond 2015 at the free opening celebrations at Steveston Museum in the heart of Steveston Village on Friday June 5, 4:30 - 8:30 p.m. Immerse yourself in local Japanese Canadian history with the opening of the Japanese Fishermen’s Benevolent Society Building on site.

Enjoy refreshments, live performances, and Japanese themed activities. For more information, go to www.richmond.ca/doorsopen.

June 6

Operatic Gems with the Richmond Orchestra & Chorus at 7:30 p.m. at the Fraserview Mennonite Brethren Church, 11295 Mellis Dr. Tickets are: Adult: $18; students: $15; child (under 13): $6.

Following on the success of the June 2014 concert, A Night at the Movies, this season ends with an even grander finale of blockbuster favourites — this time from the operatic stage.

The ROCA orchestra and chorus will combine to present the unforgettable melodies of Bizet, Verdi and Puccini with special guest performers. For more information, go to roca@roca.ca or call 604-276-2747.

June 5 & 6

Snow White, presented by Richmond Academy of Dance, starts June 5 at 6:30 p.m. and also June 6 at 1 p.m. at the Gateway Theatre, 6500 Gilbert Rd. The Richmond Academy of Dance will be performing “Snow White” for its year-end recital. This will be a delightful presentation including all the academy’s dancers, ages three to adult, performing pieces across several dance disciplines: ballet, jazz, tap, musical theatre, hip hop, and lyrical.

Come and support Richmond children and youth. For more information, call 604-278-7816.

June 6 & 7

Doors Open - Free Art Programs: Preschoolers (3-5 years): June 6: 10 - 11 a.m.; June 7: 10 - 11 a.m.; Children (6-10 years): June 6: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; June 7: 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. all at the Thompson Community Centre, 5151 Granville Ave. This event is free. Draw, paint and try other mixed media projects in this introduction to visual arts. More information, call 604-238-8422, email thompson@richmond.ca or go to www. richmond.ca/thompson.

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he Pacific Festival will be as much about building and embracing a vibrant Chinese theatre program at Gateway Theatre as it will be about good theatre.

For theatre director Jovanni Sy, the festival’s second year at Gateway will be bigger and better, and thus more capable of bringing together different cultures from within the city — a major goal of his.

“It’s the cornerstone of a broad artistic vision whereby we, the Gateway Theatre, try to connect more with the community of Richmond. We already have a loyal and dedicated group of patrons who love the work we do in English and our signature series, but this is a means to build bridges with those who may not be as familiar with us. We want the Chinese community to come to the theatre.

We want them to be in our future audience,” said Sy. The Pacific Festival will be a 13-day, fourweekend theatre event this September featuring four plays in Cantonese with Mandarin and English surtitles.

With Richmond’s tremendous Chinese immigrant population, Sy wants to bring the theatre cultures together, beneath one roof.

He said the festival aims to attract new Chinese immigrants who may not know about the theatre. In turn, bringing them in will make them more familiar with the theatre’s mainstream productions. As well, the festival offers non-Chinese theatregoers the chance

" Will to Build is a verbatum theatre piece

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to cross the Pacific without flying to Hong Kong.

The festival, he says, is the laying of a foundation whereby Gateway, once it reaches a broader audience, can begin to consider producing Chinese plays or translating local, English (or Canadian) ones into Chinese.

So far, Sy has only been able to import such plays. The main play is Tuesdays with Morrie, which is actually an American autobiographical story of a sports journalist and his former college professor who is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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The audience will be able to witness how the play is portrayed in Hong Kong, with renowned Hong Kong pioneer actor and TV producer Dr. Chung King Fai. Former Gateway director Simon Johnston, now a semi-retired theatre consultant, called the festival a “wonderful idea.”

“There’s a need to attract audiences from all parts of a community. Jovanni is trying to figure out where the new community is,” he said. Johnston likens the festival to going to see a foreign film in a theatre.

Festival producer Esther Ho said Tuesdays with Morrie, which is the closing play, will be a special treat given Chung’s high profile in the Hong Kong community.

“He is the master of drama theatre in Hong Kong and on the boards of lots of theatre groups. He’s also on lots of TV shows. Even close to 80 years old he is passionate and still doing teaching,” said Ho. There will be four plays, all with different

“experiences,” said Ho. Cook Your Life is a comedic solo show and Dry MeChat is a provocative look at modern-day cyber living in the new age of the Internet.

Finally, the opening play will be staged outside and should draw some familiar parallels between Richmond and Hong Kong.

Will to Build is a verbatum theatre piece (the script is transcripts from real people) about development and Hong Kong’s urban heritage.

“Development is a hot topic button in both Hong Kong and in Richmond and their take on it is very unique because they talk to everybody; they’re not presenting a point of view, they’re presenting multiple points of view; the people doing the building, the people doing the buying and the people who may be displaced by it,” said Sy. Tickets are $40 for adults with group and multiple-ticket discounts.

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Puzzling over the clues from the crashes Aviation forensic investigations can be a messy old business

" Alec Moffat,

senior investigator and director of operations at Waldron, with wreckage of the Northern Thunderbird Air flight that crashed short of the runway at YVR in Oct. 2011.

Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News

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lec Moffat has become pretty good at jigsaw puzzles.

But it’s not the coffee table variety he’s used to piecing back together.

His come with twisted pieces of aluminum, shards of glass, and a variety of other materials often turned almost unrecognizable by the forces of a catastrophic air crash.

Moffat is a senior investigator and director of operations at RJ Waldron, a Richmond-based, aviation forensics investigation service that has, since the mid 1970s, been delving into wreckage of all types of aircraft to find out why they failed.

“Basically, the first thing we do with any aircraft, be it a helicopter or large plane, is start with the four corners of the aircraft,” Moffat said. “So, when you have collected all of the wreckage, we ask ourselves do you have the nose, the wingtips and the tail? And if you have all of that, then you collect everything else in between.”

The company got its start when founder, Bob Waldron, a metallurgist from UBC, had a friend who had been killed in an aircraft accident. But the official aircraft accident investigation could not determine the cause of the accident.

“So, he (Waldron) went and looked at the fractured parts and discovered there was a (metal) fatigue problem in one of the propellors and that’s what caused the accident,” Moffat said.

And once he did that more business started coming his came his way.

“He never intended to get into aviation, but it started with a small shop and one thing led to another,” Moffat added.

Today, the company is the largest of its kind in the country, operates globally, and is one of the best known in the relatively small, yet tight-knit industry of forensic aviation investigation.

While the jigsaw approach to the start of an investigation is akin to first finding the flat edges of the puzzle, Moffat said the process his three-person firm employs stops short of actually re-connecting the parts.

“You want to lay the pieces close to each other, but not touching because if there are any features within the fractures of the materials, they may explain the cause of the accident,” he said.

But once the overall reconstruction has been completed, then it’s time to look for anomalies within the mass of parts — components that may have broken due to metal fatigue or an overload of some kind.

Sometimes, clues or other information from an accident — reports from surviving passengers or crew, for example — can narrow down the search for answers.

Other times, the team at Waldron employ high-tech equipment, such as an electron microscope that can magnify items thousands of times, to look closely at the structure of materials to provide answers.

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Other tell-tale clues to what may have happened in a crash focus on key elements of an aircraft.

Case in point is a medical helicopter from Chicago whose remains are neatly arranged in a section of Waldron’s warehouse section.

The chopper had been out for a test flight after dark following a round of maintenance when it crashed, killing

" The charred aftermarth of the Northern Thunderbird crash on Russ Baker Way. File photo

its pilot.

“The NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) out of the U.S. was unable to determine the cause, but suspected pilot suicide,” Moffat said, adding Waldron was hired by a law firm representing the deceased pilot to offer its interpretation of the crash.

“We noticed some strange things,” Moffat said, pointing to the helicopter’s tail rotor blade that was substantially intact, but bent in some places.

“It doesn’t have any rotational damage,” Moffat said.

“These blades spin at a very high RPM, so if they contact anything, you’d expect them to be almost shredded.”

That indicates the blades were likely not rotating at all, or at a much slower rate than normal, pointing to a potential loss of control not linked to pilot error.

In another, separate warehouse, the remains of another helicopter that crashed killing one passenger was likely not a mechanical failure, but one concerning operation of the aircraft.

The chopper was used at a fishing resort that picked up two clients who were wet from their angling activities, and the windows of the helicopter’s cabin fogged over due to the excess moisture shortly after the flight took off.

Even with the de-fogging blowers activated — like those in a car — the pilot’s view was obscured and the aircraft went down.

“Once you’ve lost (visual) reference to the outside world, it’s very hard to control an aircraft,” Moffat said, adding recommendation on the still active case could focus on increased pilot training.

“Was the pilot also under a lot of pressure to get his passengers to another destination? Or since things usually run on a charge by the hour basis, was it a case of not wanting to wait another five minutes for the windows to clear properly?” Moffat said, adding “There’s usually never just one cause for a crash. There’s almost always multiple issues.”

Making sense of them all to provide answers can result in a high degree of satisfaction, Moffat said.

“There’s definitely the satisfaction in helping out the client, and in some cases it can help prevent a similar accident from happening again,” he said. “Really, that’s the ultimate goal of an investigation — to learn from it.

It doesn’t always happen. But that’s what we strive for, whether it’s the TSB (Transportation Safety Board) or independent investigators.”

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heir names don’t appear often on the scoresheet but are two critical pieces in the Delta Islanders’ transformation into an elite team in the B.C. Junior “A” Lacrosse League.

The Islanders are off to their best start in franchise history with a 7-1-0 record and are currently ranked fourth in the nation.

It’s no secret the early success is a reflection of what head coach Greg Rennie accomplished in three seasons running the Richmond Intermediate “A” program.

He has at least seven former Roadrunners on his roster including defensive standouts Jordan Gilles and Brad Hofmann.

When Rennie acquired Gilles from the six-time defending league champion Coquitlam Adanacs for his final season of junior eligibility, he was promptly named assistant captain. Hofmann, in his second year with Delta, is the team’s new captain.

Both McMath secondary graduates know exactly what their coach is looking for.

“I think about half our team played under Greg in Richmond,” said Gilles. “Just bringing us back together, he knows how we play and how we all get along. It’s the same fun we were having (in intermediate).

“I was a little surprised (to be named assistant captain) my first year coming in but Greg knows I have the experience of playing in a Minto Cup. That’s what I’m bringing here and trying to show the guys.”

The Islanders were very fortunate the league midget draft went into a hiatus long enough for Richmond’s top players to essentially be free agents when they graduated from intermediate. It allowed them to be reunited with Rennie.

“We all wanted to keep playing together and keep winning,” said Hofmann. “This is a way better team when you look at the overall talent (from elsewhere). We know we have a shot (to win the league) and we don’t want to waste that.

“These guys are a very easy group to lead and I am kind of comfortable with this role. We all have the same goals and we want to win. We are here for business.”

Not all the Richmond talent fell into the Islanders’ lap.

Gilles was highly sought after and ended

" After helping the Coquitlam Adanacs win a pair of B.C. Junior “A” Lacrosse League championships, Jordan Gilles is playing closer home this season as a key member of the Delta Islanders where he is among several Richmond players on the roster. Photo by Gord Goble

up signing with the Adanacs where he helped the team win a pair of league championships. He became Delta property for the 2015 season as part of the Eli McLaughlin trade last July.

“I live in Richmond so this drive is way better,” laughed Gilles who is battling an ankle injury he picked up last fall playing for the Langara men’s soccer team. We are (7-1-0) so I am not complaining. and I will play my heart out wherever I go.

“It is a good experience being here right now. We are playing great as a team. I think it’s going to come down to playoffs and it will be good.”

Gilles’ family has been heavily involved in Richmond Lacrosse over the years.

Hofmann was coached by Jordan’s father Mike Gilles for a good portion of his minor lacrosse year.

Mike played for the WLA Richmond Outlaws when they were based out of Minoru Arenas back in the 1980s.

“Jordan is a year older than me so his dad coached me every other year,” he said. “They are a great family and Jordan is a phenomenal player. (Coquitlam) knew they had to give up something big to get Eli and Jordan is a huge pick up for us.”

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lacrosse offers down south to attend McGill University where he is working on his degree in pharmacology. He and Islanders teammate Spencer Bromley have helped the Montreal school go undefeated for two straight years, only to lose the national final to Guelph.

“It’s just a better fit for me. I can focus more on academics and just enjoy playing lacrosse,” added Hofmann.

He has two more cracks at a CIS championship but for now is focused on helping the Islanders reach new heights.

“You can only be the best when you beat the best. That’s what we are here to do.”

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1 lb

火龍果

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Hami Melon

哈蜜瓜

藍烏甜橙

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99 lb

99 lb

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99 lb

OPEN DAILY 8:30AM - 7:30PM 8108 PARK ROAD • TEL. 604.278.8309 WHILE QUANTITIES LAST

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A40 THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015

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WE YOUR TRADE NEED

NEW 2015 CHEVROLET CRUZE LS

WE STAND BEHIND WHAT WE SELL

89 YEARS SELECTION VALUE & TRUST SINCE 1926

ASK ABOU$ T 00 L 15 ADDITIONA RADE T BONUS FOR U P !

IN, TRADE

NEW 2015 CHEVROLET TRAX

Power Windows, 10 Airbags, Traction Control, Remote Keyless Entry, Oil Life Monitoring System, USB Port, Bluetooth, OnStar 4G LTE with WiFi, Driver Information Centre with Compass

10 Airbags, Remote Keyless Entry, Power Windows and Doors, ABS, Stabilitrak, XM Radio, OnStar MSRP: Discontinued Brand Loyalty: Dueck/GM Disc:

$17,595 $1,000 $600

MSRP: Dueck/GM Disc: Discontinued Brand Loyalty:

DUECK PRICE

15,995

$

17,495

#5CR4270M

NEW 2015 CHEVROLET EQUINOX 1LS

NEW 2015 GMC TERRAIN 1SLE

MSRP: Dueck/GM Disc: Discontinued Brand Loyalty:

DUECK PRICE

24,495

#5EQ8828M

NEW 2015 GMC SIERRA CANYON MSRP: Dueck/GM Disc:

$33,005 $7,015 $1,500

DUECK PRICE

24,990

$

24,990

#5SI8883

4.3L V6, Power Windows, Power Doors, Cruise, Tailgate Lock, A/C, 4.2” Colour Screen with Bluetooth

$34,365 $4,500 $1,500 $370

MSRP: Dueck/GM Disc: Discontinued Brand Loyalty:

DUECK CASH PRICE

27,995

$

#5CN3984

NEW 2015 SILVERADO CREW CAB

3.6L V6 Flex Fuel, Auto, Sport Bucket Seat, 18” wheels

MSRP: Cash Purchase Disc.: Discontinued Brand Loyalty: Dueck/GM Disc.:

$25,295 $305

DUECK PRICE

$

NEW 2015 CHEVROLET CAMARO

BUICK

#5TE3120M

2.5L, Aluminum 16” wheels, Enhanced Audio Speaker, Chrome bumper, 4.2” Color Display with USB Port

4.3L V6, A/C, Rear Locking Differential, Power Door Locks, Cruise, 4.2” Colour Screen, Power Windows

MSRP: Dueck/GM Disc: Discontinued Brand Loyalty:

$30,295 $4,300 $1,500

DUECK PRICE

$

NEW 2015 CHEVY SILVERADO DOUBLE CAB

CHEVROLET

#5TX6866R

6 Speed Auto, A/C, Rearview Camera, Fog Lights, Remote Keyless Entry, Cruise Control, Bluetooth, OnStar 4G with WiFi

$28,825 $4,330 $1,500

22,995

$

8 AT THIS PRICE!

$20,780 $2,285 $1,000

DUECK PRICE

$

6 Speed Auto, A/C, Remote Keyless Entry, Power Windows, 17” Aluminum Wheels, USB Port, XM Radio, OnStar MSRP: Dueck/GM Disc: Discontinued Brand Loyalty:

U.S. wholesale buyers are using the strength of their dollar to purchase Canadian used vehicles, which means we are running low on inventory!

This is the best time to trade up...WE WILL PAY TOP DOLLAR.

$35,360 $5,365 $1,500

DUECK PRICE

28,498

$

#5CA8167D

#5SI7290

OVERSTOCKED SELL DOWN EVENT ON NOW!!

2009 CHEV AVEO5

2011 BUICK REGAL

7,888

$

138,190 KMS

#73826A

GREY

2014 CHEV SONIC LT

13,721

$

15,888

Hwy 99 & Steveston

84,808 KMS

#73725A

WHITE $48,888

21,721

$

RED $31,721

ACCIDENT FREE AND OFFERS YOU…4WD, POWER WINDOWS – LOCKS, REMOTE START, SEATING FOR 8, ASSIST STEPS, A/C, VORTEC 5.3L V8, 17” ALUMINUM WHEELS, XM RADIO, BLUETOOTH, ROOF IDE RAILS

38,832 KMS

#73793A

SILVER $35,721

2014 GMC ACADIA AWD

7,773 KMS

#73906A

2013 CHEV TAHOE

ACCIDENT FREE OFFERING...AWD, A/C, CRUISE CONTROL, 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC, REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY, 17” ALUMINUM WHEELS, CD/MP3.

AWD, POWER SEATS, REMOTE ENTRY, CRUISE CONTROL, HEATED SEATS, MOONROOF, 7 PASSENGER SEATING PLUS MUCH MORE.

23,225 KMS

#73902A

BEIGE

2015 BUICK ENCLAVE AWD

POWER LOCKS/ WINDOWS, SUNROOF, CRUISE CONTROL, HEATED FRONT SEATS, 6 SPD AUTO, XM RADIO, REAR CAMERA, A/C…PLUS MUCH MORE

$

2014 CHEV EQUINOX AWD

POWER SEATS, A/C, LEATHER, HEATED SEATS, CRUISE CONTROL, 18” ALUMINUM WHEELS, 6-SPD AUTOMATIC PLUS MUCH MORE…

ACCIDENT FREE, ONE OWNER AND LOCAL OFFERING...5SPD MANUAL, A/C, REAR SPOILER...

A GREAT LITTLE COMMUTER CAR.

32,449 KMS

WHITE

2015 GMC YUKON XL

ACCIDENT FREE, BC VEHICLE… EXTRAS INCLUDE…AWD, POWER LIFTGATE, SKYSCAPE SUNROOF, 7 PASSENGER SEATING, 3.6L V6, REAR CAMERA, POWER SEATS, TILT STEERING, CRUISE CONTROL, REMOTE ENTRY/START…PLUS MANY MORE.

#73700A

57,808 KMS

#73599A

BLACK $49,888

BC VEHICLE, ACCIDENT FREE OFFERING...4WD, ASSIST STEPS, KEYLESS ENTRY/START, 5.3L V8, POWER LIFTGATE, ONSTAR 2G EQUIPPED, SIRIUS RADIO, 18” BRIGHT ALUMINUM WHEELS, TRAILERING PACKAGE, REAR CAMERA PLUS MUCH MORE.

16,890 KMS

#73868A

GRAY

Taxes and $549 documentation fee excluded. $1500 Trade in/Trade up Bonus available to those who trade in their 2008 and older vehicle for a new pick-up truck.

Sale ends May 31st, 2015.