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CONTENTSInside 6 Letters Published every Thursday by the Richmond News, a member of the Glacier Media Group.

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E-cig marketers blow smoke telling kids ‘vaping’ is safe

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General Currie students plant seeds of connection

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Coffee with... strangers

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ne of the features we’ve introduced since becoming a weekly is Coffee with…

Actually, it’s whatever the person drinks, Tea with… Smoothie with… One reporter is angling for Beer with…

It’s a feature idea we had kicked around before but never got off the ground.

The aim is simply to focus on people in the community who may not otherwise be in the paper, or, if they are, not in the up-close and personal way we are doing here.

Obviously, a complete memoir can’t be written in 550 words, but providing just a glimpse into the lives of people in our community can go a long way to getting to know each other — and ourselves.

At the start, we were confident that ordinary people with extraordinary stories live among us, but we wondered how to find them. Well, to paraphrase ‘build it and they will come,’ I would say, ‘write it and they will talk.’

Last week we introduced you to a curious character. He initially contacted us because of his role with Toastmasters, but that’s about the least interesting thing about him.

On page 13, you’ll meet a Miss World Canada contestant who entered the pageant as a form of exposure therapy to battle severe anxiety In the coming weeks, we’ll talk to a woman who developed Foreign Language Syndrome after falling down some stairs and hitting her head. (I can’t say I even knew there was such a syndrome, but it’s real and the leader of a Steveston run group has it.)

The list is as long as my white board.

Sometimes it’s been a challenge to not let the feature morph back into a regular news/ community story. We’ve needed to remind ourselves the intent is to tell people’s stories.

Recently, I met a mom I had known when our kids were young. I hadn’t seen her in awhile and she had developed an auto immune disorder which leaves her skin extremely sensitive. She was telling me about asking for carry-out at a grocery store and getting a dirty look from the woman (older than her) who came to carry the bags.

“But she doesn’t know,” said my friend.

“She doesn’t know my story.”

A day later, I was driving with my son. We saw a woman wearing a huge visor covering half her face, a surgical face mask, long sleeved sweater, zipped up to her chin, and gloves. It was a warm evening. “What are they so afraid of?” he asked.

Who knows if “they” are afraid of anything, but I do know there’s yet another fascinating story behind that visor, one that would probably engender empathy and understanding.

The point is, we all have stories and sharing them is what build friendships. Coffee with... won’t change the world, but it could make strangers a little less strange.

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LETTERSto the Editor Language tail Beach park access is wagging the dog restricted

Dear Editor, The ongoing saga over language, signage and culture in Richmond has gone on for far too long.

Canada and Richmond are home to many cultures but under two official languages only — English and French. Education makes this clear to all new arrivals. All immigrants to Canada, have a right to retain their culture and mother tongue, but they must also fulfil their obligations in becoming English speaking if they hope to become a Canadian citizen.

Unfortunately, the affluent immigrants making their home in Richmond do not see it this way.

They have taken over the business community and are imposing their priorities on city hall authorities. Canadians who have lived in Richmond for generations have become the victims of this transformation.

Canada was built by immigrants, most of whom arrived penniless.

They worked hard and learned to speak English with the pride that one day they would be Canadian, beyond a citizenship certificate and printed

passport. Today, Richmond has become a safe haven for the wealthy arrivals who buy what they want, no receipts required. Effectively, it is becoming a gated community.

It is clear that Richmond is host to a single dominant ethnic population that does not want to integrate since they have the power and financial resources to live independently.

Canadian status must only be granted to those who have a full working ability to communicate in English. Many shops are stocked with imported goods that bear no English labelling nor expiry dates.

Signage language is not the right of the business in question. It must first be in English and then multi-lingual.

Discrimination is rampant, even for children in a playground where English is not being used to communicate, even though many of these children, regardless of ethnicity, were born in Richmond or Canada.

We have reached the point where the tail is wagging the dog.

Alan Johnson Richmond

Include us, don’t exclude Dear Editor, Two words come to mind when discussing the local signage issue. Inclusion and exclusion. Inclusion: Canadians welcom-

ing people from every country in the world to live in Canada.Exclusion: How I and other people in Richmond feel when we see Chinese-only signs in

Richmond.

Last time I checked, the two official languages in Canada are English and French.

Dave Francis Richmond

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Jobs fall short

Open letter to TransLink: I was planning to go to Iona Beach park, but I sadly realized that once I get off the skytrain at Templeton station I must walk an hour and a half up Ferguson Road to get to Iona Beach Park.

I am with cerebral palsey and even though I use a medical scooter to get around, this is still too much of an unassisted journey.

I believe in the BC Disability Act that public parks are to be handicapped accessible.

The park itself, from what I understand, is accessible,but Ferguson Road to the park is not accessible.

Canada, including Richmond, is 30 per cent plus disabled persons.

Not having a handicapped accessible bus so disabled persons in wheelchairs and scooters — who cannot ride bikes due to mobility issues, nor have access to a car — is unjust, unacceptable and ostricizing.

I strongly recommend a handicapped accessible bus for Ferguson Road be made available for disabled persons who want to enjoy the park and its amenities.

Not just disabled persons, but parents and grandparents, who want to take their children to the park to enjoy its amenities.

Vancouver is growing and the demand will only increase. Please consider this request. Thank you.

Laurie Edberg Richmond

Dear Editor, Your Business Focus in the the May 21 edition says that there will be “Jobs aplenty at new YVR mall.”

How many of these jobs are going to be full time

jobs with living wages and benefits? These are the kind of jobs that the country needs and I don’t think shopping malls provide them.

David Shore Richmond

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Garbage takes effort Dear Editor, I applaud city council for taking the decision to reduce garbage collection to a bi-weekly schedule.

And I am especially delighted that there will be carts of different sizes, with fees based on cart size.

Of course, people who produce excessive quantities of garbage will dislike the change, but perhaps it will teach them that most of what they throw out needn’t have been brought home in the first place.

I see a display of it every week. The garbage strewn over the streets after the scavengers have pried open the cans is largely

composed of unrecyclable packaging and styrofoam take-out food containers.

Why can’t styrofoam containers be abolished?

Why not serve take-out food in reusable containers which the customer purchases the first time and brings back to use the next time?

Or make the containers out of something edible or out of something organic, which can end up in the green cart?

If we really put our minds to it, we needn’t roll out the garbage can more than once every month or two.

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B.C. doesn’t need Site C Facebook talks back HAROLDSTEVES City Scene

We are the first generation to feel the effects of climate change and the last generation with the opportunity to do something about it.

— Governor Innes, Washington State. ’ve known about climate change since 1960, when I was a senior student at UBC and a teaching assistant in a seminar on the future of food production. I’ve spent a lifetime warning about the loss of farmland, and our ability to feed ourselves in a changing world. Future generations will have to adapt to a continually changing climate.

In 1957, climatologist Dr. Sverre Pettersen, Director of the Weather Forecasting Research Centre, University of Chicago, warned us that in the next 50 years,“If the current warm trend continues there will be some remarkable changes in the weather. Already, the North Pole has decreased something like 40 per cent in volume. If this continues there will be very little summer ice in the Arctic.”

Despite frequent warnings, we watched helplessly as Pettersen’s words came true.

The Interngovernmental Panel on Climate Change says it has already begun to get much worse, with increased flooding, heat waves, lack of water, starvation, disease, violence, and death, aided by manmade climate change in the next 30 years.

Yet our Federal Government is still intent on building pipelines, extracting oil and natural gas, and shipping coal, oil, and LNG to Asia to be burned.

The Richmond News Facebook page has been abuzz with chatter about the selling of the Steveston Hotel and its famed pub, the Buck and Ear. Here is a sample of posts:

back if they want to survive. THIS IS STEVESTON!!!!!! ;-)

Chris Parry They'll keep the same employees.

Anyone in the business knows how hard it is to get staff to travel to Steveston. More than a few local restaurants have gone under waiting for a good roster to show up.

My hope is they don't turn the outstanding, well-priced, fast service, family friendly, quality food-serving cafe into a corporate vanilla Earls wannabe. somethingtosay I hope they choose to keep and train the current employees. That would be the utmost of importance in a small community like Steveston. If they come in and overhaul every aspect and try to implement American-style bully tactics, they will not bode well with the small town vibe at all!

Nana J Angel somethingtosay It seems this new owner has been in business for a while and has a half-decent reputation. The Buck has been around for a VERY long time and changes beyond a slight face-lift and perhaps new drink/ food/accommodation specials would be disastrous for them. They must know this already..... if not, they will find out very quickly and will have to change things

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While drought stricken Texas is suddenly deluged with unprecedented flooding, Vancouver has just witnessed the driest May on record. Food prices are rising. Another 500,000 acres of California farmland has dried up and won’t be planted this year.

However, our B.C. government is still intent on flooding 30,000 acres of prime Peace River farmland for the Site C Dam to create the electricity to produce LNG adding to CO2 emissions. Crops and trees can absorb CO2: 30,000 acres under water is 50,000 tons of CO2 per year that won’t be absorbed.

We import most of our food from California.

B.C. Ministry of Agriculture scientists say we need to add 227,000 acres of prime, irrigated farmland to feed ourselves in the future. Half the distance from California, 30,000 acres of prime alluvial soil can feed a million people.

UBC’s Dr. Stephen Shepherd recently told Metro Vancouver directors that developing community district energy could produce half our own energy needs. Richmond is developing district geothermal energy for 12,000 homes that can eventually encompass all of Richmond. The Canadian Geo-Thermal Energy Association has called for a moratorium on Site C and estimates geo-thermal could produce 45 per cent of present BC Hydro power needs.

We do not need the Site C Dam. A “reasonable” government would investigate the energy demand, analyze the cost and consider cleaner, more sustainable energy alternatives.

We need the Peace River farmland to reduce atmospheric CO2 and feed hungry people.

Harold Steves is a City of Richmond councillor.

Pat Byrne Good riddance to a real dump with terrible staff, chef and management! Any changes will be an improvement! Nobody goes there anymore, so they can only get busier! Locals will go if it's a good place with good management, new chef, improved staff and better entertainment!

KD Guy I see another faux pub in our future.

Marty Sills I get the feeling this is going to suck...

Jackie 42 if those walls could talk...

Nana J Angel Jackie 42 no no no... the walls need to just shhhh! ;-) King schultz Yes I hope your (sic) right, somethingtosay.

In fact, imperialistic tactics have been a problem in our small community the past 20 years or so. I just hope the credit union stays and isn't a casualty of bully tactics by the so-called big banks. Those silvertongued devils just better not change our community too much before the people revolt.

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Dog shooting prompts probe ALANCAMPBELL Staff Reporter

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ichmond RCMP has launched an investigation after a Mountie shot a family dog in the face during a property search.

The incident happened at 3340 Garden City Road in north Richmond as officers — reacting to reports of a break-in nearby and believing the suspect was still in the area — honed in on a duffle bag, matching the description of the suspect’s bag, police say was inside the ! Koda dog owner’s yard.

Noticing “beware of dog” signs all over the fencing, officers claim they shouted out to the owners and made plenty of noise so as not to startle any animals as they investigated the bag.

As they ventured into the yard last Friday around 9 a.m., police say one of the family’s two pitbull-cross rescue dogs, Koda, ran at the officers, one of whom fired his weapon as he fled, apparently in fear for his safety.

After being operated on for its wounds, the dog is now convalescing at home.

Family and friends of Koda’s owner, Hector Riquelme, have set up multiple GoFundMe pages online, one of which was up within a few hours of the incident, to help pay for the near $3,500 vet bills.

Riquelme, however, who was only a few yards away at the side of the house, is demanding the police pay for bills and claims there are major holes in the police version of events.

“The black bag they are talking about was outside the fence next to the driveway, not in my yard, they had no reason to be in there,” claimed Riquelme, adding that Koda needs more stitches, more medications and will be re-assessed for canine implants in its mouth.

“I didn’t hear any voices or shouts (prior to police entering the yard); I was at the side of the house and had no idea police were in the area. If I did, I would have kept the dogs inside…because I know how police are with dogs when they are in active situations.”

Riquelme said he’s certain the shot was fired at his dog from outside of the fence, not inside as the officers claim; although he admits he didn’t actually see this.

“The angle of the wound on Koda’s face tells you (the shot) came from above the fence,” he said.

“Plus, afterwards, the police spent lots of time looking for the shell casing outside of the fence. Why was that?”

Riquelme said police asked to see footage from his CCTV cameras.

However, he has refused them access thus far, and refused to comment to the News on whether he’s watched the re-

cording which could determine how much danger the officer was in, where the shot was fired from and if, indeed, the duffle bag in question was inside the yard or not.

“All the feeds go to Alarm Force; they can go there with a warrant if they want to see it,” added Riquelme, who said, as well as featuring on CTV news, he might be appearing on a “chat show” very soon to talk about the incident.

“I want them to pay for the vet bills.

They shot my dog in the face.”

Richmond RCMP’s media relations officer, Cpl. Dennis Hwang, said an investigation into the shooting is underway. But he was adamant the officer’s account was that the shot was fired “while in flight,” from the yard, as opposed to from outside the four-foot high gate.

Hwang also added that there would be no reason for the officers to be in the yard if the bag in question wasn’t there but in the driveway as claimed by Riquelme. ”(The officers) were sure the (break-in suspect) was still in the area, the investigation was still very much live.

“A member of the dog team spotted, inside the yard, a bag that matched the description of the suspect’s bag. We’ve gone in there, thinking the suspect could still be around. We had no other reason to enter the property.”

In terms of the dog owner’s demands for the bills to be paid, Hwang added that a “process has to be followed.”

The bag was found not to be part of the break-in, and the suspect is still at large.

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ichmond is tied with Langley for having the lowest proportion of binge drinkers — 15 per cent — among 29 communities, according to the largesthealth survey ever in B.C. Whistler has the biggest proportion — about half — of residents who are binge drinkers. Squamish was a close second with about a third of respondents saying they binge drink at least once a month.

Binge drinking is defined as having five or more drinks in a sitting for men, or at least four for women.

The proportion of Whistler residents who said they binge drink is three times that of Fraser Valley respondents and nearly double that of Metro Vancouver respondents, 26 per cent of whom indicated they binge drink at least once a month.

Binge drinking was just one of about 100 questions asked by the survey of 33,000 residents in the areas covered by the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser health authorities. That’s about two per cent of the population.

The $650,000 survey, conducted by the health authorities in partnership with University of B.C. experts in 2012 and 2013, is meant to help communities make decisions around services.

Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer of Coastal Health, said the survey helps fill a gap left by the federal government’s discontinuation of the long form census. She said binge drinking is a big problem because it’s associated with accidents and injuries, sexually transmitted infections and other risky behaviours.

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our teenagers gather in a school field in Richmond with a football. They circle one another for a huddle, only this time they aren’t talking about the next play. Rather, a thick plume of vapour rises above their heads.

Kids using e-cigarettes is an all too common sight these days and registered nurse Shannon Elliot, a public health instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, believes they’re on a path to nicotine addiction.

“Tobacco companies are marketing e-cigarettes to youth through the use of appealing flavours and candy-like appearance in an effort to get them addicted to nicotine and continue a pattern of buying their products,” said Elliot, who, with the help of Richmond Public Health, has spoken to more than 600 students in 26 classes from nine different schools this year, about the dangers of “vaping” tobacco.

The most recent class Elliot spoke to — alongside two, third-year nursing students, Rachel Smith and Lisa Tran, who made a presentation on e-cigarettes — was a group of Grade 5 students at Walter Lee elementary school.

“One of the problems about e-cigarettes is that they are unregulated (by Health Canada) but they still contain a number of chemicals, just like cigarettes,” said Smith.

Elliot noted most all of the “e-juice” being sold in Canada is manufactured in China, without labels showing any or all of the ingredients.

She said improper labelling makes it easier for youth to buy the e-juice.

In March, a House of Commons health committee did recommend creating laws surrounding advertising and use in public places. Meanwhile, in B.C., there was good news for health advocates, such as Elliot, as Health Minister Terry Lake announced in March that the province would treat ecigarette sales and advertising the same as tobacco products.

“This legislation will limit the exposure to children of the possible dangers of e-cigarette vapour and the potential that e-cigarettes have to normalize smoking behavior,” stated Lake.

Elliot is calling on Health Canada to conduct health studies.

“There are no real studies on the harmful effects of e-cigarettes. We do know they have things like formaldehyde and propylene glycol (found in antifreeze) in them and those cause cancer,” said Elliot.

Still, for every reasonable suggestion based on science, as well as concerns about lack of information, numerous websites can be found making unfounded claims that e-cigarettes are harmless.

Even without substantiated scientific evidence, Elliot noted that the nicotine in the e-juice is addictive and can hook teenagers, whose bodies are still developing.

E-cigarettes are battery-powered plastic or

! Nursing student Lisa Tran (below right) addresses a class of Grade 5 students on e-cigarettes and their potential effects on health. Photo

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metal sticks that resemble actual cigarettes.

Users put flavoured, nicotine-rich liquid in the stick and push a small button that heats it to produce vapour. Users can adjust their nicotine intake by choosing a higher voltage e-cigarette, or by choosing a liquid with more nicotine (if the quantity is indicated).

The fact the industry has marketed the liquid as “juice” says it all, for Elliot.

“The tobacco companies have bought up the largest e-cigarette brands and companies. They’re really smart at what they do,” she said, noting 90 per cent of people who smoke started in adolescence.

For adults, Elliot does concede the vapour can be a better alternative to inhaling smoke, but she notes the benefits of

“vaping” are only for those people who are already smoking tobacco cigarettes.

Furthermore, the e-cigarette chemicals may still cause cancer (the frustration of Elliot is evident when she must qualify the potential harms done by e-cigarettes, given the lack of federal studies).

Tran said students aren’t aware of the risks of e-cigarettes, like they are with tobacco cigarettes, but they’re quick to learn. She and Smith spend about an hour with each class, testing the students on the facts and myths surrounding e-cigarettes.

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ichmond’s planning committee has asked city staff to investigate the merits of licensing medical marijuana dispensaries in the same fashion as the City of Vancouver.

City spokesperson Ted Townsend said because such dispensaries are illegal under federal law, the city has no regulatory bylaw concerning marijuana, making its sale effectively illegal in the city.

“If (someone) operates without a business licence they would be contravening our bylaws and subject to enforcement. There’s no specific prohibition of medical marijuana dispensaries, but the absence of any regulatory mechanism under which they could operate effectively does the same thing,” said Townsend via email.

Coun. Bill McNulty said he does not want dispensaries in Richmond.

“We have (a research facility) already. I don’t believe council is prepared to move on changing that,” said McNulty.

In Vancouver, there are reported to be close to 80 dispensaries operating without a licence. That city has not enforced such operations and has, instead, chosen to create a new licence for the product, much to the chagrin of the federal government.

Richmond could follow suit should council decide to create its own bylaw.

Townsend said staff will lay out the pros

million of 2015 casino revenues, which account for close to five per cent of all municipal revenue.

Next year, a new spending algorithm approved by council this year will allocate about 70 per cent more money to social grants while maintaining the policy of mostly funding infrastructure from the revenue stream.

Coun. Chak Au has stated he wants more money for local, social programs.

The city receives 10 per cent of net gaming revenues from the River Rock Casino and Resort, minus certain costs such as BC Lottery Corporation overhead and support, and casino operating expenses.

Over the next 10 years, casino money will be used to pay off a $50 million loan for the new Minoru recreation complex.

and cons of licensing and make a recommendation to council.

! Garry Point pier idea floated After coming home from a $12,000 trip to Japan to consult on a planned tall ships festival for Richmond, Coun. Bill McNulty has eyes on a set of unused pilings at Garry Point Park.

He wants a pier built at the park so a large tall ship can moor itself near the village. The pier would also be beneficial for the community, McNulty said. Council’s planning committee has asked staff to research the proposal.

! Railway Greenway nearing full north-south span The Railway Greenway could connect the middle and south arms of the Fraser River as early as next year if the City of Richmond receives its requested $4.5 million from the $46 million Western Canada portion of the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Fund.

The city is asking for $75,000 to help build a path from the Greenway to River Road and a two-way protected, on-street cycling route on Railway Avenue.

The city claims the process would be expedited with the grant money. Railway would lose the centre turn lane in the process.

Canada 150 funding will go toward boosting several community infrastructure upgrades, including about $1 million combined for South Arm and Cambie community centres, as well as various restoration

! The Railway Greenway is nearing completion as the city is asking for funding to link it to River Road. File photo

projects in Steveston (Phoenix Net Loft, Seine Net Loft, Interurban Tram) Notably, the Canada 150 grants would only be minor contributions to existing project budgets.

A list of projects can be found at Richmond-News.com/City-Hall

! City preps for Garden City Lands transformation The City of Richmond is readying itself to put its rubber boot on the gas pedal at the Garden City Lands park and conservation area.

This year the city has budgeted $2.1 million to build a perimeter trail around the 136-acre site, as well as reconstruct a small mound in the northeast corner, starting this fall.

A walking path will cut diagonally across the Lands, splitting it into a bog and wetland conservation area, and an active recreation area with an urban farm, passive play fields and a community farm centre with a fruittree lined parking lot.

! City swimming in casino cash

Richmond is on pace for yet another record year of shares in casino revenue.

The city took home $5.25 million in the first quarter of 2015, compared to $4.48 million in the same period last year.

In 2014 the city received a record $21 million.

The growth is attributed to gains in slot revenue and a reduction in casino expenses, according to the city’s first quarter financial report.

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More than ever before, our society and our kids are being inundated with different opinions of what health is and what health looks like. In all our various classes and work that we do in our Richmond community, we see that everyone of every age, every economic background and every cultural structure is trying to find their version of happiness and contentment. We know that for each of us as community leaders, we have to support and empower every version of family and every version of physical ability and interest. Through supporting Family and

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work going, and have a vibrant and playful time while doing it. Touchstone Family Association offers many different programs to enrich and support family life. They know that enriched family lives encourage healthy neighborhoods and in turn creates stronger, more caring and responsive communities. The Front Porch Program is a barrier free program that aims to provide counselling and support services for families as they need them.

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ne of Richmond’s longest-running businesses could be about to make a U-turn.

The owner of Steveston Marine & Hardware, which has been on the go for 74 years, is kicking the tires on the idea of turning the store into a micro-brewery or small winery, both with tasting rooms.

Iqbal Ladha has applied to the City of Richmond for a rezoning for the Moncton Street property after being approached by several groups involved in the burgeoning microbrewery and boutique winery business.

The area around the property is currently zoned for general industrial use, which would permit a microbrewery. However, rezoning is required for bottle refilling.

Ladha said he won’t necessarily sell the property — he may lease it — and, if the deal goes through, he’s looking to relocate the current business elsewhere in Steveston or another area of Richmond. “(The application) is working its way through the city process right now, so I’m hoping to hear back soon,” said Ladha, adding that the people inquiring about opening a winery are from California.

“This is a fantastic location for this kind of business, so I’m not surprised there’s interest from these groups.

“The whole core of Steveston is

Spend a Fun-Filled Day at the Vancouver Landfill ! The owner of Steveston Marine Hardware on Moncton Street may sell or lease his property to a microbrewery firm or winery business if he gets the rezoning required.

about to change,” he added.

If, for some reason, the microbrewery or winery deal doesn’t happen, Ladha said he’s also thinking about re-developing the building, with apartments on top of retail.

In any case, it looks as if Steveston Marine & Hardware — much like its Buck and Ear neighbour — is on borrowed time in its current guise, with Ladha citing changing demographics in the city, fishermen spending less money on equipment and “ridiculous parking rules” in the village as reasons for calling time.

“Steveston has a major parking problem; my customers can’t get parked anywhere near me,” he said.

Ladha, who also has two other outlets in Vancouver and Langley, said he would hope to stay in Steveston, perhaps at a harbour authority prop-

erty, but most likely somewhere in Richmond.

“I’d consider the Onni building, but it’s way too expensive,” said Ladha, referring to the mixed maritime-zoned property in the contentious and vacant stores at Imperial Landing.

! Rod’s Building a grocery store?

Meanwhile, there are reports that Rod’s Building Supplies, also on Moncton Street, is in the process of being bought by a developer, on behalf of a supermarket chain, possibly Sobey’s.

Rod’s manager refused to comment on the reports, however, Sobey’s Western Canada office ruled itself out, saying it has nothing planned for the area.

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Staff Reporter Coun. Bill McNulty said the provincial GWOODRICHMONDNEWS.COM and federal governments need to collect data on the matter to determine what the scope of the issue is. s Richmond City Council lobs a He questioned how effective a tax referral at city staff to “investigate” would be, at any rate. the merits and possibilities of a vacant “I’m not sure it will work. The people homeowners tax, an online poll released who can afford these homes, they’ll this week by market research firm pay it. …And the house still remains Insights West found that roughly three in four British Columbians support such vacant,” he said.

Staff findings of council’s referral a tax on people who acquire properties, should determine the but don’t live in them. powers available to the The poll surveyed 825 municipality and may repeople and also found I’m not sure it will veal methods to prevent 70 per cent of them work. The people vacant homes. believed foreign buyers “If someone comes in who can afford these boost property values. with the intent of build“Still, many residents homes, they’ll pay it. ing (or buying) a home are voicing dissatisfac– C. B MN and leaving, then we tion with the fact that need to address that,” these empty homes said McNulty. are having a negative He said he was impact on their commuconcerned how governnity,” said pollster Mario ments could differentiate Canseco. between absentee owners and CanaThe poll found 21 per cent of those asked believe the debate on foreign real dian snowbirds.

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Day is the only elected councillor to suggest such a tax in the lead up to the 2014 election.

Day also wants city staff to investigate the possibilities of a foreign ownership tax and to determine if the city should be lobbying higher levels of government to implement it.

! City growth continues

According to Richmond’s policy planning division, the city’s population reached 208,000 in 2014. Based on year-to-year growth in the last decade, it is on pace to reach 211,000 this year.

Building permit records show the city’s 1,612 housing starts in 2014 were slightly below average over the last 10 years.

Of those, apartments accounted for 71 per cent. Construction value was pegged at $475 million, slightly below the 10-year average.

In the first quarter of 2015, residential building permits have risen 17 per cent over the same period last year.

Meanwhile, commercial permits were down 15 per cent in the first quarter of 2015.

Of note, in that time construction value was up 185 per cent, largely due to big projects in the Oval Village and West Cambie neighbourhoods.

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ow students are tackling mathematics is like an evolving animal.

Teachers across the Richmond School District, such as Ingrid Veilleux and Gillian Ewart, say they are taking the anxiety out of math by focusing on communication and problem-solving skills, as opposed to traditional rote learning during math class.

“Math research is showing it’s effective to use rich math problems — challenging problems,” said Veilleux, a Grade 7 French immersion teacher at McNeely elementary school.

While a math problem may take an entire class to solve the objective, said Veilleux, it allows students to interact with one another and solve complex problems.

Another important aspect of the new-age learning methods is having students work with different partners each week.

“The kids work in random pairs and aren’t sorted by abilities or friendships necessarily,” said Veilleux, adding that her kids are less likely to fall into traditional roles and thus begin to understand that people think differently.

Doing so gives everyone the opportunity to be placed in a different learning role. So, gone are the days of the teacher modelling one problem and having students repeat that model 20 or so times.

“We don’t do so much ‘drill and kill’ stuff

anymore, but they certainly still need to understand the basics, like memorizing the times table,” said Veilleux.

As district teacher consultant Janice Novakowski explains: “We are moving towards a redesigned curriculum in British Columbia, not just in mathematics but in all curricular areas, that is focused on more personalized inquiry-based approaches and is competency-based.”

With so much information at our fingertips these days the focus toward problem solving only makes sense, said Novakowski.

“Students need to be able to think, to reason, to problem solve. Students need strong estimation skills, fluency with numbers and to make sense of data, statistics and graphs.”

Novakowski is supporting 16 schools this year, which are pursuing mathematicsfocused professional learning with many teachers involved in collaborative, inquirybased projects.

In December, she facilitated a mathfocused professional development day with more than 200 teachers attending from across the district.

Part of this process means finding new ways for students to learn math.

Ewart’s Grade 5/6 class just down the hall from Veilleux’s, is using digital tablets to have students explain their math problems.

For example, using various apps, the students can create audio recordings and drawings of a problem.

“For them to go through the process of explaining it, it forces them to understand

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! Grade 7 McNeely elementary students Alan Peng (left), and Trevor Lau solve a complex math problem on the window of their classroom as part of the vertical, inquiry-based math learning process being developed in Richmond schools. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

the math problem,” said Ewart.

The process takes time, she added.

“It takes a fair amount of understanding, rather than the repetitive nature of older teaching methods.”

Novakowski said this kind of learning allows for students to actually understand the nature of the problem.

“Some may argue that knowing and understanding the math isn’t necessary, but I disagree,” she said.

Part of that understanding is giving students the opportunity to make a mistake.

One teaching method that helps with this aspect is learning on white boards, chalk boards, and even windows.

Veilleux is applying this “vertical learning” method in her classroom. Think of it as a sort-of old school twist on a new-age process, she said.

Students are paired up and encouraged to draw on boards or windows (with erasable felts, of course). The goal is to make students feel comfortable with making a mistake, as learning research has shown that making mistakes with pens and pencils on paper discourages students because the mistake seems more permanent. An easy-to-erase mistake means kids can move forward more easily, as opposed to dwelling.

“There are many ways to work with numbers and we want students to be fluent and flexible thinkers. When mathematics is seen as something that is flexible and open, students are drawn in and determined to figure things out in their own way,” explained Novakowski.

The end goal, for all teachers, is to make any subject, including the formerly dreaded math class, fun and joyful, she said.

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Last year, Mahadeo lost a former boyfriend, who was stabbed to death outside a club in Scarborough, Ontario.

But while recently sipping a ginger tea at the Second Cup at Richmond Centre to help ward off a spring time cold, Mahadeo said that thrusting herself into the spotlight in a national pageant was a form of therapy for those issues. It followed a suggestion from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto where she underwent a four-month treatment program in 2014.

“That involved a lot of talk therapy to help get things out in the open, to sort things out,” said the petite Mahadeo. “It helped me to better deal with things. And one of the things I was taught that the more exposure you have dealing with situations that make you anxious, the better and more comfortable you can become.”

Being on stage for the pageant as one of 50 contestants from across the country certainly met that criteria for getting outside her comfort zone, which up until recently, kept her from even stepping inside restaurants.

Previously when she did, her heart would race. Her body temperature would spike. And a feeling of nausea would envelope her.

“It got to the point that it developed into a phobia that kind of fed on itself, because I’d worry about how people were going to think of me when I was having a panic attack,” said Mahadeo, who earned an honours degree from the University of Toronto, runs her own fashion styling firm in Toronto and likes to maintain a fashion runway ready appearance.

“Essentially, I would feel like I just wanted to escape wherever I was.”

Mahadeo’s father immigrated from Guyana in 1964, her mother in 1969. The couple met in Toronto, married in 1972 and moved to Richmond 1982. They had their only child six years later.

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achi Mahadeo has a consistent direction in life, and it involves meeting challenges head on.

The 27-year-old, Hugh Boyd secondary grad was back in Richmond briefly a couple of weeks ago from her adopted home in Toronto, subscribing to that credo as a contestant in the Miss World Canada competition held May 16 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver.

She admits her participation in the event was quite a leap for someone who has endured severe bouts of depression, anxiety and personal loss growing up as an only child in an unsettled family environment.

Her father was an alcoholic and controlling,

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! Former Richmond resident Sachi Mahadeo (above and below left in a Miss World Canada photo) is keen to become a spokesperson for mental health. Photo by Philip Raphael/Richmond News

ry schools, where she was one of few “brown kids,” but that was not necessarily a problem for her.

“This was before the big wave of Chinese immigration that started in the early 1990s.”

However, a stressful home life, combined with being an only child, compelled Mahadeo to get involved in her school community. She joined the student council at Hugh Boyd and received two service awards for work with a variety of groups, including the Richmond Youth Service Agency, BC Cancer Foundation, and Richmond Christmas Fund.

But she was barely out of high school when she lost both parents and began a downward spiral that required professional support.

Now, she feels fine — most of the time.

Heading into a week-long series of rehearsals for the Miss World Canada event did raise some initial apprehensions and old behaviours, but once she was among her fellow competitors, the desire to reach out and lend a hand to quell the nerves of others proved personally beneficial.

“There were times when I asked myself,

‘what did I sign up for?’” she said. “But I feel more comfortable in my skin talking about what I’ve been through, sharing my story.”

It’s something she wants to do more publicly, and her subsequently unsuccessful Miss World Canada bid was the first step in that direction.

“I went through a lot of pain, and I’d like to uplift others who have gone through something similar. Essentially, I want to give hope to others and let them know it’s OK to seek help.”

After experiencing a good dose of “therapy” during the pageant, Mahadeo said one of the things she discovered was a feeling of resilience.

“I’ve learned that I’m a lot stronger than I thought I was,” she said.

“People would always tell me I was strong. I didn’t think so. I thought it was just a case of not having any other choice than to bear the situation. But I think everyone has that inner strength — you just have to believe it. Find it and it might surprise you.”

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Yanofsky to headline Pan Am torch event A

face, and voice, made familiar by the 2010 Olympic Winter Games is coming back to Richmond to celebrate another international sporting event.

Acclaimed Canadian jazz/pop singer Nikki Yanofsky will headline a fun-filled community event for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Torch Relay Celebration June 14 at the Richmond Oval.

Richmond is one of five national cities outside of Ontario that the torch relay will visit.

Earlier on June 14, the Pan Am flame will visit historic Steveston Village, including the Steveston Community Centre. The flame will then be carried to the Richmond Olympic Oval for a fun-filled evening of entertainment and a special ceremony, including the lighting of the community cauldron.

Yanofsky, a multi-platinum Canadian recording artist, was

the voice of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, performing the Canadian National Anthem and the 2010 Games anthem I Believe in front of 3.2

! PACHI the Porcupine, mascot of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games will also be on hand. Photo submitted

billion people.

The song had the highest first week sales of any Canadian artist in SoundScan history, and was certified five times platinum.

A sun-splashed line-up of per-

formers will join Yanofsky on the Oval stage, including the Phase III Steel Drummers, Tropicana, Mariachi del Sol and the Top Line Vocal Collective. A visit by Pan Am mascot PACHI the Porcupine, food trucks, interactive sports and games and the Oval’s new urban beach playground will add to the fun.

Festivities run from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Oval with the flame scheduled to arrive at 7 p.m.

The Steveston Community Centre will host activities from 4 to 7 p.m. with a performance by marimba percussion band Kutapira, free barbecue, face painting and more.

The torch relay began on May 30 in Toronto and concludes on July 10 at the Opening Ceremony of the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games. The games take place from July 10 to 26 and the Parapan Am Games from Aug. 7

! Recording artist Nikki Yanofsky will perform at the Richmond Oval June 14 to celebrate the arrival of the Pan Am Games torch. Photo submitted

to 15.

“The Pan Am and Parapan Games are among the largest sporting events in the world,” said Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie. “We look forward to sharing in the Pan Am spirit and providing

a warm west coast welcome for the torch relay as we look forward to cheering on Canada and many of the world’s best athletes this summer.”

For more information, visit TORONTO2015.org/torch-relay.

Doors open this weekend Quartet links with orchestra R

ichmond residents and visitors will have exclusive access to arts, culture and heritage sites in the city, free of cost, at the eighth annual Doors Open.

The event welcomes everyone on June 6 and June 7 at more than 44 sites in Richmond, with an opening celebration on June 5 at the Steveston Museum and Visitor Centre (3811 Moncton Street) from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.

First Avenue, between Chatham and Moncton streets, will be closed for a neighbourhood block party with live music, crafts and entertainment. At 6:30 p.m., the restored Japanese Fishermen’s Benevolent Society Building will be opened. Visitors will then be able to explore the new exhibits about the Steveston Japanese Canadian community.

New Doors Open Richmond sites this year include the Steveston Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Canada Berries Winery, Lulu Island Winery and antique

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! The Chinese bunkhouse at Britannia Heritage Shipyard is among the sites open to the public during this year’s Doors Open event.

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sewing machines at St. Genève. Also new is exclusive behind-the-scenes tours at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus and the City’s artefact storage warehouse.

wantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) is pulling some strings to deliver two outstanding musical acts at Doors Open this year.

The world-renowned, critically acclaimed Borealis String Quartet and the talented Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra will perform on stage at the Melville Centre for Dialogue at KPU Richmond June 6.

“This is an amazing and rare opportunity for Richmond residents to hear and see two of the most gifted musical ensembles in our community,” said Diane Purvey, dean of KPU’s Faculty of Arts.

The BSQ, which has been described as “compellingly emotive” and “rhapsodic,” is KPU’s String Quartet-in Residence. The musicians have performed to sold-out audiences from Los Angeles to New York, and from Rome to Beijing earning critical acclaim.

“This is our first time performing at Doors Open, and we’re thrilled,” says BSQ cellist Bo Peng. “For many people, live music is

something of a rarity, and we get great satisfaction from the joy that live music brings to an audience.”

KPU Richmond’s Melville Centre for Dialogue is located at 8771 Lansdowne Rd. Parking is free.

! The Borealis String Quartet will be performing at KPU on June 6 as part of the Doors Open event. Photo submitted

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tra & Chorus 7:30 p.m., Fraserview Mennonite Brethren Church, 11295 Mellis Drive. Adult: $18, Students: $15, Child(under 13): $6.

This season ends with a grand finale of blockbuster favourites — this time from the operatic stage as the ROCA orchestra and chorus combine to present the melodies of Bizet, Verdi and Puccini with special guest performers. For more info, visit roca@roca.ca, or call 604-276 2747

June 7

BCRMTA General recital

1:30 p.m. atSt. Alban’s Anglican Church (7260 St. Albans Rd.) The Richmond Branch of the BC Registered Music Teachers Association will hold recitals with a variety of audience pleasing selections will be heard. Tickets $2/person or $5/family at the door.

For more information, visit bcrmta. com or call 604.268.9559 15th Anniversary Performance presented by Ping Academy of Dance 7:30 p.m. at Gateway Theatre For more information call 604312-6800

June 7

Steveston Farmers & Artisans Market Welcome Bardia Khaledi,the new Market Manager at Steveston

Farmers & Artisans Market. He brings with him an interesting cross-section of farming/gardening knowledge and various community and non-profit organization involvement. He is passionate about Richmond, local food movement, and connecting farmers and artisans with the local community. For more information, visit gulfofgeorgiacannery.com/farmersmarket.

June 9

Ballet in Blooming presented by Island City Ballet 7:30 p.m., Gateway Theatre For more information, call 604961-1302

June 11

Celebration of Dance 7:30 p.m. Gateway Theatre

The Richmond Academy of Dance will present a Celebration of Dance, a spectacular showcase featuring award-winning numbers from its professional divisions and highlights from the children’s programs. The young dancers will perform several dance disciplines including ballet, jazz, tap, musical theatre, hip hop, lyrical, modern and voice. For more information, call 604-278-7816

June 14

Atlantis: Life After, presented by Richmond Arts Centre 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m., Gateway Theatre Ticket: $17 early bird price, $20 For more information call 604270-1812 Monday to Friday Noon to 6 pm, Saturday 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

June 17

Open mic, Richmond BC Writers

Club. 7 – 8:30 p.m., Richmond Public Library, Ironwood branch This is a free event, happening every third Wednesday of the month, where writers and poets share their creative writings and thoughts out loud. Everyone is welcome. For more info, email richmondbcwritersclub@gmail. com

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Richmond Photo Club Outreach Exhibition at City Hall Galleria: Photos by members of the Richmond Photo Club.

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Richmond City Hall. For more info, call 604-247-8312, email gallery@ richmond.ca.

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Food security seeds planted in youth ALANCAMPBELL Staff Reporter

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new youth program has taken root, hoping to grow the next generation of food security generals in the city.

Richmond Food Security has launched “Get Rooted,” a community-based leadership pilot project aimed at producing a crop of sustainability conscious and productive youth.

The project kicked off a couple of weeks ago with about 10 participants aged between 17 and 25 and will run until the end of the summer.

In that time, the program assistant, Lucinda Yeung, said the youth will get a taste of food security; “prompting them to think about the food system and how we can contribute to it.

“We wanted to get more youth involved in volunteering and food security issues in the city,” said Leung of the program, which is supported financially by the Vancouver Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Council.

“I did a bit of research and realized there

Getting ready to slug it out

! Get Rooted leader Lucinda Yeung, above, conducts one of the many workshops for the Richmond Food Security youth program, based at Terra Nova Sharing Farm, aimed at introducing young people, above and right, to sustainibility. Photos by Gord Goble/Special to the News

was growing interest, but there wasn’t really a space where youth could come together and learn about food and use it as a platform to find out about sustainability.”

The program is aimed at youth who believe food is an important part of everyday lives and culture and that everyone should have access to safe, nutritious, and culturally appropriate foods.

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Having a drive to put your ideas into action and affect change was also a pre-requisite for the program.

In return, the program pledges to give participants the knowledge needed to weigh in on current food-related social and environmental issues; leadership skills in project development and opportunities to put their ideas to work and to take action.

“Richmond has a very important role to play in global food sustainability and these partici-

4 p.m., come out for Slugfest, a free family event.

Competitions include the heaviest, smallest and slimiest mollusk, along with Cecil, the giant slug, judging this year’s Most

pants can be a part of that,” added Yeung.

“During a series of (weekly) workshops, led by leaders in the food security field, they get access to knowledge that’s not usually out there, as well as a number of excellent volunteering opportunities with our partners.

“It’s not quite hands-on yet, but it will be in a couple of weeks; once they’ve been out in the community volunteering.

“This is just a starting point; planting a seed.”

Beautiful Slug contest. The event culminates with the Great Richmond Slug Race, which always attracts a hysterical crowd. The day’s event also includes a passport for children to collect stamps

for every slime-based activity completed, crafts, a scavenger hunt, a photo opportunity with Cecil, carnival games and more.

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Students and community growing together

Currie Garden set to open after three years of graft ALANCAMPBELL Staff Reporter

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t’s been three years in the making, but now a crop of Richmond elementary students is about to realize a dream to fully connect with their community.

Next Wednesday, June 10, the General Currie Earth Guardians will officially open the Currie Community Garden, a project planned and implemented, for the most part, by the kids themselves.

And while many schools in the district have their own vegetable patches for growing and learning, General Currie students will be sharing 15 boxes with local community gardeners.

Needless to say, having helped raise more than $11,000 to get the project off the ground and played a major role in its design, the students are heavily invested and are excited, as are their teachers, about the garden being fully functioning.

“It has always been an idea that we wanted to put into practice and when it surfaced again a few years ago, we decided to make it happen with the students’ help,” said Grade 6/7 teacher Mari-Jane Medenwaldt, who got the program off the ground along with colleague James Thesiger.

“We kind of put it into the hands of the kids; but it’s been a very long process to get

! General Currie elementary Grade 6/7 teachers Mari-Jane Medenwaldt, front left, and James Thesiger, centre, have nurtured the school/community garden idea with the students for three years. Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News

to where we are now, and we really wanted it to be a grassroots thing from the students.

“Quite a few other schools have these, but the difference here is that we have involved the community that we are very much a part of.”

Most of the students were in Grade 4 when the project started in 2012, explained Medenwaldt, who originally hoped it would be done in one or two years.

“Trying to raise the money and dealing with several partners, it takes time,” she added.

In the early stages of planning, students asked questions such as, “Why do we need a garden?” “Who would use the garden?” “How does a garden effect the environment and “What might a garden look like?”

In the end, to share their designs and discoveries, the students held a “Garden Design Fair” that was open to the school and the local community.

They also entered a video in 2013 into the Science World Green games and won $1,000 towards the establishment of a school/com-

munity garden.

Staff also approached the PAC for support and, in the same year, secured $10,000 towards the garden’s development.

In 2014, teachers met with the City of Richmond, Richmond Food Security, the Richmond School District and the architectural plans for the garden were put into place.

By the spring of 2014, the first five boxes and toolsheds were in place and students planted for the first time. By the spring of 2015, Richmond Food Security allocated 10 more community beds and the garden has been seeded.

Surprisingly, very little, if anything, has been stolen from the open community garden, said Thesiger.

“If people are that hungry, they should take it and eat it, it’s food,” he said.

“But we actually had a ‘guerrilla planting’ of this random sunflower!

“We were about to relocate it when this woman ran up, claiming ownership and saying she thought it was OK to plant it there.”

Perhaps one of the reasons there has been little tampering of the garden, suggested, Thesiger, is the level of emotional and physical investment in the lots from the students and the community.

“It’s a huge factor. The students are not just connecting with each other while working on the garden, they’re connecting with the earth.

“Our big goal was to interact with the community; our school is immersed in the community. And, ironically, many of the students’ parents and grandparents come from farming families in the Philippines, China and Japan.”

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Making a great sandsave takes time GRAEMEWOOD Staff Reporter

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he sandbox. The beach. The uncompromising bunker.

This week, Richmond Country Club head pro Mark Strong and I lathered up with sunscreen, put our shades on and spent a sweltering hour in bunkers.

All I can think about now is chicken feet.

In your standard bunker shot around the green, Strong says there are three trajectories to consider, forming the shape of what appears to be the aforementioned chicken foot.

First, consider where you are aiming the ball (in all likelihood it will be at the pin). This is the base trajectory.

Second, open up the club face so that it points away from you and the aim point (pin).

Third, aim your feet and body, ever so slightly, so that they point off to the other side.

Now, keep the ball positioned under your chin and come out swinging, with the club coming down just behind the ball.

Make that sand splash like a frantic, four year-old child building a sand castle.

I think the hardest thing for us hacks to get used to, is becoming confident with

taking a harder swing than what would normally be expected of you, say, in the rough or the fairway.

After I somewhat mastered some decent control, we moved on to various positions from within the bunker.

So, if the ball is stuck on a hill, you’ll need to get level with the slope; an upslope shot will go higher and a downslope shot will come out more flat.

On a downslope shot you need to open up your club’s face to steal back some loft.

On a sidenote, all of this talk about opening up my club’s face makes me think about a quote from Homer Simpson: “Mmmmm open club face sandwich.”

Which can be found in most clubhouses!

Strong and I didn’t get to fairway bunkers, which are yet another beast to deal with.

I asked him if it’s wise to avoid bunkers at all costs. He said it isn’t; in other words, don’t change your swing; trust your aim and club selection.

While it’s just that easy, I think we understand what he’s saying — cross that bridge (bunker) when you get to it.

A lot of these tips can really only be understood by being out on the course.

Once you can figure out how your ball reacts out of the sand, you can probably apply all the same measures you take for

! There’s a plethora of things to remember when it comes to honing your bunker shot skills, but the main thing is to get out there and get a feel for the sand and what it does to the club and ball.

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chipping (loft of the ball, where you need to aim it, and how much you need to choke up on the club).

In addition, remember the basic tenants of your swing, such as keeping your shoulders straight and aligned with your feet, as well as setting up (aiming) properly.

There’s also the kind of sand that you’re dealing with. I imagine most of the bunkers in the Lower Mainland are coarser, whereas in a desert or tropical climate the local sand may be more fine. Either way, I find Richmond’s sand fairly coarse.

I recently picked up a few golf magazines on my iPad and while they were helpful, I found myself contorting into golf stances in my living room.

Again, it goes to show reading about golf, while helpful, really isn’t any sort of substitute for actually playing; you have to

go out and do it. So, it’s probably a good idea to keep a club behind the couch and remove all knick-knacks within the radius of your swing.

I was just about to write, don’t tell the wife! On that note, one of the things I noticed about those golf magazines is how incredibly biased they are toward men.

It’s not so much the advertising or the subjects of the story (and there are women’s golf magazines) but rather the language.

I’ve noticed in my writing as well, that I tend to be thinking in the back of my head that I’m only speaking to men. The great thing about golf is that it’s a co-ed sport and men aren’t any more capable of learning about it than women.

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You betta watch out, ‘em critters are about School trustee Debbie Tablotney ready to launch stealth ‘attacks’ to raise cancer research funds ALANCAMPBELL Staff Reporter

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t could be when you’re at work or in the dead of night when you’re fast asleep.

Whatever the time of day, you better watch out; because you might find yourself “crittered” by Debbie Tablotney.

In a bold bid to raise money for her Ride to Conquer Cancer cycle to Seattle in August, school trustee Tablotney is on the prowl around Richmond, setting up “critter campouts” on the lawns of unsuspecting “victims.”

On the behest of victims’ friends, Tablotney and her helpers are ready and very willing to plant flamingos, buzzards, pigs, skunks and elephants on the lawns in question.

To get rid of the critter invasion, all you simply need to do is make a donation to Tablotney’s Critter Campout for Cancer fundraising campaign.

Once you’ve done so, you can then nominate the next venue for the critter campout.

And if you’re paranoid you could be next, you can, for a minimum $10 donation, take out an “anti-critter invasion” insurance policy.

Tablotney’s first “target,” Richmond-East veteran MLA Linda Reid, was more than happy last Friday to cough up a $100 donation to rid her lawn of the pesky critters.

“When I’m asked to support cancer re-

search, there’s no question. I was happy to be the first!” said Reid, who was joined on the lawn of her South Arm home by her very surprised son, Will.

“Now I’m going to challenge my friends; at least five of them are going to get nominated.”

As Tablotney — who said she picked Reid as her first target because “she’s a good sport and has a sense of humour” — arranged the critters on the lawn, landscaper Wayne Spence, who was working next door, popped over with a random donation.

“I recently lost my sister to cancer, so I’m all for this kind of thing,” said Spence, as he handed Tablotney $20.

Tablotney needs to personally raise at least $2,500 as part of the Brainiacs team, which will take part in the 200-kilometre cycle ride.

“It’s for a good cause and almost everybody has been touched in some way by cancer,” added Tablotney, who lost her sister, Jackie Sinnerud, to colon cancer in 2010 and her father to a brain tumour in 1982.

“This is my third year at doing this. My sister originally talked about it and I suggested we do it together. We never managed it.

“Every year, we have to do something new, as we can’t just keep asking for money and this seemed like a really fun thing to do.”

If, in the unlikely event someone is genuinely angry to find the critters on their lawn, then, “so be it,” sighed Tablotney. “I’ll just come and remove them. But I’m hoping that most people will take it with the good humour

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! Debbie Tablotney chose her friend and veteran Richmond MLA Linda Reid, pictured with her son, Will, as her first ‘victim’ in her Ride to Conquer Cancer fundraising campaign. Tablotney, on receipt of a nomination, will send her critter campout team to someone’s lawn in hopes of a few laughs and a donation. Photo by Alan Campbell/Richmond News

it’s intended and it’s for a good cause.”

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Nash and Barry Grabowski, are also hosting a pub night at the Buck and Ear on Saturday, June 13 at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $20. One woman is going to have her head shaved and two men their legs shaved on the night for the cause.

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! Team Canada, from left, Chris Naples, Kevin Lambert and Rico Ruffy celebrate after winning the gold medal for paramedics at the famed Rejviz Rally global medical rescue competition held annually in the Czech Republic. The Richmondbased team was ably assisted by trainer Clark McGuire and manager John Richmond.

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CEO Craig Richmond sees a future where air traffic at YVR increases while the busy hub’s impact on the environment decrease. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

YVR targets passenger and ‘green’ goals us for top spot every year, but we are clearly Transporting products was a key talking punching way above our weight category,” point of Richmond’s at the event.

Staff Reporter Richmond told the local business crowd.

He spoke to how more direct flights afford GWOODRICHMONDNEWS.COM As such, Richmond’s environmental local companies to either import or export stewardship approach can be described as fresh seafood. pragmatic; its goals noteworthy, yet ultimately “I don’t know if you want to risk flying mong what Vancouver International a symptom of the push to grow and thus burn Dungeness crab through Dallas in the sumAirport CEO Craig Richmond calls one more fuel. mer, but you can certainly get it on a 12-hour of his most “audacious” goals is to increase According to the Intergovernmental Panel flight,” he said. passengers by 25 per cent over the next five on Climate Change, air travel accounts for As much as Richmond wants to make years while still reducing the airport’s (operatwo per cent of global transporting products easy, he’s also a major tional) carbon footprint by greenhouse gas emissions advocate of doing the same for people. He one third.

People are going to travel but will account for three wants to see China join the Open Skies Perhaps more audaper cent by 2050. That’s network and is an advocate for the Transit cious — in the eyes of local because they want to. If because studies show Without Visa process whereby international environmentalists — would the demand to travel is passengers can transfer at YVR without a we stop here it will only be his unfettered support outstripping gains made Canadian Visa. Such a process could, for exfor a planned jet fuel facility continue to grow in the with fuel-efficient airplanes, ample, allow the airport to tap into India-USA on the Fraser River that such as Boeing’s Dreamroutes, he said. will see tankers run up and developing world. liner.

The key for the airport’s business model is down the South Arm to – C R “People are going to to continue to grow as a hub between North unload the toxic product travel because they want America and Asia. As well, he mentioned at a marine terminal near to. If we stop here, it will several times the opportunity to tap into South Riverport. only continue to grow in the America.

“I looked at all the opdeveloping world. I think we need to factor “I am convinced in the next few years I can tions. It is the best option. I am convinced in the positives and benefits of travelling. It see an Air Canada 787 touching down from that with the 64 (environmental assessment) allows us to see different cultures, and that’s Santiago, dropping off some Vancouverites caveats that (the Vancouver Airport Fuel Favaluable,” Richmond told the Richmond and Chileans, filling up for jet fuel and going cilities Corporation, VAFFC) has to live up to, News. straight to Beijing,” said Richmond. it is a good, safe option. And, of course, we When asked how the air travel industry can All the while, Richmond noted safety is a need that jet fuel,” said Richmond, during a continuous priority for YVR. He highlighted brief question period at a Richmond Chamber expect to continue should fossil fuel supplies run dry within 50 years, Richmond said he the fact that, starting this year, the airport will of Commerce luncheon Friday outlining the would expect to see jets be the last consumbegin a three-year, construction program to airport’s five-year vision. ers of such energy, as there is currently no build runway safety areas at the end of the Critics have argued that VAFFC’s plans other means to transport people in such a south and crosswind runways. to use tankers on the salmon-filled river is manner. He noted biofuel requires too much “These areas are being built to international simply the cheapest (and most dangerous) safety standards to protect aircraft and pasmethod of delivery, but the decision to go that land to provide an adequate supply.

“There’s a quote from someone — I can’t sengers in the unlikely event of an overrun or route is part of the juggling act Richmond remember his name but it has stuck with me undershoot. There’s currently no Canadian must perform as he balances economic suc— stating that we will look back and wonder regulation — we’re doing it because it’s the cess with the long-term effects air travel has how we ever used fossil fuels for anything right thing to do and it will cost us $70 milon climate change. other than air travel, and I agree. Right now lion,” said Richmond.

Other goals for 2020 include reducing pothere are no other (fuel) options available to table water use at the airport by 30 per cent us (for jet engines),” and waste by 50 per cent. said Richmond.

If met, Richmond’s environmental goals He added that he would be a lofty achievement for his awardsees a future for rigid winning, world-renowned airport that is in air aircrafts, such steep competition for a growing Chinese as electric powered market. blimp-like aircrafts.

Richmond said he plans to bring one mil“There’s the potenlion more passengers through the gates each tial to transport cargo year until 2020, bringing total annual flyers like that, and maybe to about 25 million, while adding 5,000 more people. It obviously jobs at YVR (although he wasn’t specific won’t be as fast as a about part- or full-time status).

500 mph jet, maybe “Do you realize we had more than 75 just 70 mph, but it flights a week between China and YVR last ! Traffic between YVR and China is tops of any North American airport and could be done,” he year? That is the most of any airport in North this Boeing 787 Dreamliner can cut fuel use by 20 per cent.

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BUSINESS Briefs

Pedal or petrol?

What’s faster, two or four wheels?

A local firm selling electrically assisted bicycles tried to answer that question with an informal challenge during Bike to Work Week (May 25-31). It pitted Shocke Bikes’ two-wheeler Spark model against a car for a relatively short trip from the No. 3 Road McDonald’s to Oakridge Centre Mall at 41st Avenue and Cambie in Vancouver.

The bike travelled 9 km on the route, while the car went slightly further at 12 km.

The winner was the electric assisted bike which took 24 minutes and 22 seconds to arrive at the mall, compared to the car’s time of 33 minutes and 35 seconds.

The challenge took into account time spent parking the car and securing the bike.

The company said Shocke Bikes’ bicycle benefitted from its ability to climb the slope of Cambie Road using electric assist, setting it apart from a traditional, pedal-powered bike.

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Cleaning out the landfill

Customers of Richmond-headquartered London Drugs now have a new, in-store recycling service that will collect plastic packaging from home cleaning and air-freshening products deemed hard and costly to separate.

New drop boxes in 78 London Drugs stores across western Canada will gather items including spray bottle trigger heads, flip-top caps and wipes packaging — for the first time.

Once full, the boxes will be picked up by UPS and shipped to TerraCycle, an independent recycling agency specializing in diverting from landfill what municipalities deem “non-recyclable.”

“We have seen a number of great successes in our partnership with TerraCycle, and we are proud to be able to expand upon the types of items our customers can recycle,” said Maury McCausland, retail operations sustainability specialist at London Drugs. “This program is a natural extension to our Bring Back the Pack and What’s the Green Deal? programs, so we expect to see great engagement from those who are dedicated to diverting waste from our landfills.”

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old in the 21st century isn’t quite the rush it was in the 19th. Back then, word of a new discovery would send tens of thousands of people stampeding from one side of the globe to the other: California. Australia. British Columbia. New Zealand. South Africa.

Australia again. The Yukon. Yee-hah. This is the big one. This will change everything.

The new exhibition at Victoria’s Royal British Columbia Museum, Gold Rush! El Dorado in B.C. (to October 31, 2015) reminds us just how potent the soft yellow metal once was.

“Gold rushes caused the first voluntary largescale world migrations,” we learn. Until then,

! Billy Barker’s pocket watch is displayed

in front of an 1860s photo of Barkerville, the gold-rush town in B.C.’s Interior named for him.

people had moved en masse because of war or famine; now they travelled halfway around the world for a shot at riches, or a better life... or for adventure.

The California Gold Rush of 1849 was the biggie, but the Fraser River Gold Rush of 1858 drew more than 30,000 dreamseekers to British Columbia. A San Francisco Bulletin story picked up internationally was largely responsible: in one month, it said, the Hudson’s Bay Company fort in Victoria had received “110 pounds [50 kilograms] of gold dust from the Indians...[prospected] without aid of anything more than...pans and willow baskets.”

Until then, Fort Victoria had been a furtrading outpost. The first gold-rush ship to arrive in 1858 brought 800 new souls to town, doubling Victoria’s population. Land prices rose by 4,000 per cent in a month. By the end of the year “British Columbia” had been formally created as a British colony, largely to prevent the Americans from snatching it.

Gold Rush! regards the international tide of (mainly European) humanity that washed over the B.C. hinterland from several angles and examines the participation of women, minorities (especially Chinese) and First Nations.

If the exhibition could be faulted for anything, it’s for providing a little too much perspective. One gallery is given over to 130 examples of pre-Colombian gold-working from the Museo del Oro in Bogotà. The pieces are exquisite (and rare, since the Spanish melted down just about every gold

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! Stagecoaches, like this one, made the four-day journey from Barkerville to Yale over the harrowing Cariboo Road, bringing prospectors and their gold to civilization. At roadhouses set about 18 miles apart (100 Mile House, for example), fresh horses were brought in and passengers could get meals.

thing they laid hands on), and the gallery does aid the visitor in seeing how the metal was valued by non-Europeans, but it takes a chunk of the show’s limited space that might have been used to provide more depth on the effects of gold discoveries on, say, Victoria or Barkerville (the gold-rush town in B.C.’s Interior preserved as an historic site).

Nevertheless, there are some remarkable tales told and items displayed. The Queen Charlottes (Haida Gwaii) gold rush of 1851, for example, that never was. When American and British ships sailed to the B.C. islands to see if they held riches the native inhabitants, the Haida, saw it as trespassing and used hand-made golden bullets to drive them off.

The largest item on display is a restored

stagecoach that once ran from the goldfields to civilization; the oddest may be the beer jug assembled from scraps left after making a tin coffin to ship a Barkerville dance-hall operator back to her San Francisco home. Cin cin, Josephine.

ACCESS For more information on Gold Rush! El Dorado in B.C., visit the Royal British Columbia Museum at www.royalbcmuseum. bc.ca.

For information on Victoria visit the Tourism Victoria website at www.tourismvictoria. com.

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! Skaters and event sponsors raised $29,000 at the

Rotary Skate for the World fundraiser May 30 at the Richmond Oval. Put on by the Rotary Club of Richmond Sunset, the money will be divided among a number of charitable organizations and causes. The Feed-U-Cate program that provides in-school meals received $5,000, the Shelter Box disaster relief program benefitted from a $15,000 donation, while another $9,000 went to Rotary International projects and youth programs. Photos by Gord Goble/Special to the News

FUN WITH PHYSICS ! Grade 8 to 10 science students from

across the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island flexed their ‘physical’ muscles at the 2015 Junior Physics & Engineering Competition held May 23 at KPU’s Richmond campus. Among the challenges was to create a roller coaster track for a ball bearing using pipe insulation, a 2x4 piece of lumber and duct tape. The teams were given 20 minutes to complete their task and see whose ball bearing would travel the farthest.

Photos by Gord Goble/Special to the News

! Richmond secondary

students Susan Bai, Alice Liu and Alexandra Yu took the top spot for their video ‘Being Nobody,’ in the Grade 11 – 12 category for the 10th annual WorkSafeBC Student Safety Video Contest.

This year’s theme, No bullies at work – my right to a safe and respectful workplace, drew 55 video entries involving more than 138 students from 21 schools throughout the province.

To view the video, visit Richmond-News.com.

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! Riders raised around $2,000 for scholarships at a

group of local high schools — McNair, Palmer, Burnett and McRoberts — during the Lorne Bodin Bike Ride last weekend. Bodin was a teacher and vice-principal in the Richmond School District who passed away from stomach cancer in 2011. Photo submitted

! BC Lions’ Adam

Bighill (right) and Marco Iannuzzi joined Children’s Charity Classic Golf Tournament ambassador Stephanie Cruz May 21 at Quilchena Golf Course for the 4th annual fundraising tournament that supports Children’s Organ Transplant Society, Starlight Foundation Canada, and local families with children undergoing medical treatment.

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Islanders senior program a big hit Mark Booth

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ichmond Girls Softball may need to consider a name change if a recent surge in registration for one particular age group continues.

The long-running association still offers programs and teams from the sport’s grassroots level right through to midget. It’s beyond that where there has been considerable growth.

RGSA is fielding four senior women’s teams this season — providing roughly 70 players and opportunity to continue their careers beyond high school. The majority are alumni from the Islanders’ rep program and other Lower Mainland associations. Richmond is fielding three at the senior “A” or “B” levels and another at House ball.

“It definitely has become a focus for us,” said RGSA senior/junior co-ordinator Tracy Sherlock. “We have never had four teams before.

(What makes it work) is having very large rosters. The girls can still work and it’s not the end of the world if they miss a game. We try to be as flexible as possible.”

The association has found senior ball is an attractive off-season option for university players. RGSA hosted its first-ever senior tournament last weekend at London Park which featured 10 teams competing in two divisions.

Al Groff’s Senior “A” Islanders squad captured the top flight with a 3-1 win over the Fleetwood Force in Sunday’s championship game.

The victory was worth $500 in prize money which will help with future tournament fees.

“There is an influx of people who go play college ball and their coaches tell them to go find a

! Richmond Islanders Marina DeAngelis lashes out a hit during the inaugural RGSA Senior Women’s Tournament. The SFU second baseman helped the the hosts take first place in the top tier of the 10 team event. Photo by Mark Booth

team to play for,” explained Groff, a longtime coach who also serves as the RGSA rep chair. “We had (Richmond) kids going everywhere until we decided to have a team right here.

“We had one team Senior ‘B’ for

a while then (Softball Canada) got rid of a year in midget so we had our ’92 and ’93 teams going out at the same time. Suddenly these two longtime rivals formed a junior ‘B’ team.”

The Islanders enjoyed instant

success and promptly moved up to the senior ranks. Richmond hosted the 21-team senior “B’ provincials in 2013 and finished second which automatically pushed the locals to the “A” level for the past two seasons. That has opened the door for

some of the country’s top players to randomly helping out.

With a small roster due to work commitments, the Islanders welcomed national team player Jocelyn Cater who was fresh off her season at Syracuse University. She will soon be joining Team Canada in preparation for the upcoming Pan Am Games.

“One of the girls said they had a friend who could help us out and that’s who it was,” laughed Groff.

“We are lucky to have her and everyone is learning something from her.”

Groff’s roster also features local university standouts.

Shayla Kaplan and Katie Sherlock enjoyed impressive seasons for the UBC Thunderbirds.

Kaplan earned First team Conference and All-Tournament honours, while Sherlock was named Conference Freshman of the Year.

The Islanders also welcomed back Sydney Jeffers from her junior season at University of Jamestown in North Dakota.

All three are Islanders for life.

“We are all here because we love the game and being here to play for our hometown association,” smiled Kaplan.

“I think our parents would miss it too much if we didn’t (keep) playing,” laughed Jeffers.

“My coach really encourages this to keep our skills up and there are not a lot of programs like this in the States.”

Sherlock was planning to take a break after her university season but it didn’t take long to realize what she would be missing.

“I told my mom I really thought I needed some time off but sure enough on Monday night I was at the park,” she said. “This is the sport I love and it’s pretty much my life.”

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Watson will try to help Canada qualify for Rio Mark Booth

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ichmond field hockey standout Kaelan Watson will be trying to help Canada book its ticket to Rio De Janeiro next year at an upcoming Olympic qualifying event.

Watson was named to the Canadian women’s squad for World League Semi-Finals, starting June 10 in Valencia, Spain.

The the top three finishers of the 10 country event will earn spots at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games.

Canada is grouped with host Spain, as well as Argentina, China, and Great Britain in Pool A. Pool B consists of Germany, Ireland, South Africa, Uruguay, and the United States.

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and the second place finish at the earlier World League 2 playdowns, Canada assured itself two chances to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.

The other opportunity is winning the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto this summer.

The women’s team has not qualified for the Olympics since 1992.

Canada tuned up for its trip to Spain with a series of matches against Ireland last week at the new Pan Am Fields in Toronto. It was a homecoming of sort for Watson who enjoyed an outstanding collegiate career at the University of Toronto.

The Richmond Field Hockey Club product moved back home to join the national team program on a full-time basis two years ago. ! The unbeaten Richmond Eagles continued their impressive play in the U15 Tier One Division of the Greater Vancouver She has 37 international caps to Junior Field Hockey League with a 5-0 victory over the Tri-Cities Spitfires last Sunday at Minoru Park. The result improved her credit. the girls’ first place record to 5-0-1. Photo by Mark Booth

Hard luck keeps unbeaten McMath off podium again at soccer provincials I t was heartbreak for the second straight year at the provincial AAA girls soccer championships for the McMath Wildcats.

The team’s gold medal hopes were dashed via a penalty shootout tiebreaker Friday morning that determined top spot in its pool and a berth in the semi-finals.

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finished tied atop their group with 2-0-1 records. Since the teams had played to a scoreless draw in their head-to-head encounter, they returned to the field for penalty kicks.

Just as they did a year earlier, the Dragons prevailed, sending McMath to consolation play.

The Richmond champions closed out their season with wins over Island teams Oak Bay (1-0) and host Stelly’s (1-0) to duplicate their fifth place finish of 2014. In the past two seasons, under coach Stephen Burns, the Wildcats have yet to lose a game, compiling a 37-0-5 record.

Burns also coached South Delta to a ninth

place finish. The Richmond resident teaches at the Tsawwassen school.

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