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hether the Liberal Party of Canada chooses a local candidate for StevestonRichmond East remains to be seen after party leader Justin Trudeau addressed the question in front of Richmond’s business community at a luncheon Friday afternoon.

Among the three major federal parties, only the Liberals have yet to announce all of their candidates in Richmond’s two ridings.

“I promise you we will have a candidate by Oct. 19 (election day),” quipped Trudeau to a chorus of laughter.

On a more serious note, he explained the party’s position that it prefers “grassroots” candidates, “however at the

same time, there needs to be a the Fraser River. balance; not everyone can be a On the latter issue, Trudeau Liberal Party candidate.” indicated he supports increased Trudeau, addressing the Rich- commercial and industrial activmond Chamber of Commerce ity on the Fraser River but told audience at a local hotel confer- the crowd better environmental ence room, spoke to putting protection is needed. He said more money there should in the pockets not be a choice of the middlebetween the We need to continue class, increasing economy and the to draw in a broad job education environment. range of people and training, Sitting with Port boosting federal Metro Vancoufrom around the infrastructure ver CEO Robin world with different investment and Silvester at the strengths and attrifurthering interfront table, Mayor national trade Malcolm Brodie butes. and investment chose not to ask – J T with Asian counTrudeau about tries. how the federal He also took questions government could change port specific to Richmond, namely governance to make it more immigration, housing affordtransparent, a complaint comability and the economic and monly expressed by the mayor environmental issues related to and other city councillors in

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Instead, Brodie asked Trudeau about the Senate and its recent problems. Trudeau stated he does not support abolishing the Senate, as the New Democrats have suggested doing. Instead, he prefers reform mechanisms such as independent, non-partisan appointments.

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T ! A judge has forced The Zone bowling alley and Big River brewpub on Entertainment Boulevard to close its doors. Photo by Graeme Wood/Richmond News

Bowling alley, brew pub shut down Graeme Wood

Staff Reporter gwood@richmond-news.com

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ichmond’s only bowling alley has closed down after a legal dispute between the tenant — The Zone Bowling Centre — and its landlord.

On Friday, a B.C. Supreme Court order forced the owner of The Zone, as well as its joint business Big River Brew Pub, to hand over the keys to the properties at 14200 Entertainment Blvd.

The closure left some apparent pub employees expressing worry on Facebook because their pay cheques were in arrears.

The judge, Mr. Justice Bowden, found that during the term of the 10year lease, The Zone was frequently late in paying rent and, on occasion, some monthly cheques were returned to the bank.

Furthermore, The Zone was required

to put in writing its commitment to renew its lease by July 31, 2013, nine months before it expired. It did not and negotiations dragged on for roughly another year.

On Dec.19, 2013 the property was sold by 14100 Entertainment Blvd.

Investments Ltd. to Qiji Investments Ltd. for $11.5 million.

Subsequently, Bowden found that negotiations “broke down” in the summer of 2014.

In October, 2014, the landlord gave written notice to The Zone to terminate the lease on Nov. 30.

The Zone appealed to the court, arguing, in part, that because the landlord had accepted late rent payments, the lease was, in some effect, broken and thus written notice to renew it wasn’t necessary.

In April, Bowden ruled in favour of the landlord and ordered The Zone to declare it was in wrongful possession

of the property. A request from The Zone for ancillary relief was thrown out by the judge, as well. The Zone was also ordered to pay court costs.

On Friday, a notice from the Sheriff of Vancouver, ordered by Bowden, was posted on the doors of the pub and bowling alley, although a sign stating ‘Under Renovations’ was posted next to the court document at the pub.

The Zone has held a monopoly on indoor bowling in Richmond for the last 11 years, but its service record has been questionable.

On June 26, 2014 the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch found The Zone selling alcohol to a minor. The business served a 10-day suspension in November.

Big River Brew Pub has below average ratings on food review websites, with ratings — based on five stars — of 2.3 on Zomato, 3.0 on TripAdvisor, 1.4 on Google and 2.5 on Yelp.

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ell, here we are again.

The Richmond News is back to publishing twice a week on Wednesdays and Fridays.

It is with genuine regret, we saw the closing of the Richmond Review last week. Although we have been in competition for more than 30 years, none of us in the community newspaper business want to see a paper fold.

I know the decision was not made lightly by our parent company, Glacier Media, as after 83 years, the Review

held an esteemed place in the community, and in the hearts of many readers.

For us at the News, the closing has meant going back to our old publication schedule — but with a difference.

When we reinvented ourselves as a weekly last April, we put a lot of thought into our new identity.

We moved letters to the front and tried to give the paper a more personal feel. All that will remain. The only difference is that our Thursday paper will come out on Fridays.

The Wednesday paper, on the other hand, will be more news-focused, at least in the front of the paper.

In the back pages, we will feature business and our Pulse Page (Photos from the weekend).

Also, we will introduce a new arts section. We have always covered the arts but have never given it a designated space. On pages 23 and 24, you’ll see Arts Listings, a preview of a play at the Sharing Farm and kids’ book reviews. This is something we aim to build over time.

So, here we go, and we hope you’ll come with us.

Because despite the flux, what remains constant is our commitment to readers and our desire to be a forum for your voices.

he concept for a new riverfront park in north Richmond was approved by city council on Monday.

The three-acre site for Tait Riverfront Park is enveloped by a condo development by Oris Development Co. The park will cost $1.2 million and feature a play court, open lawn area and a playground. It will not have a washroom and park planners may still choose to install a water feature.

! Model aircraft flyers and powerkiters get Manoah Steves nod Manoah Steves Park is now designated as a model aircraft park, while Garry Point Park is now designated for recreational power kite enthusiasts holding a permit.

Council approved the designations on Monday following a round of public consultation with model aircraft users.

In March the parks department initiated a citywide ban of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or personal ! Drone operators will soon have part of Manoah Steves Park to play with their miniaircrafts.

drones, in city parks.

UAV users must now comply with the Richmond RC Flyers Club Code of Conduct.

The city stated there were safety concerns associated with such aircraft use. The city noted Transport Canada guidelines state that UAVs should not be flown within nine kilometres of an airport.

! Illegal rental units probed in Richmond

Richmond city councillor Chak Au has asked city staff to investigate the scope of illegal rental units in the city.

Also, city staff is to comment on enforcement regulations and any additional powers needed to limit the apparent problem. Au told the Richmond News his primary concern was for the safety of those using the illegal suites as appliances can vary from country to country.

! Moncton Street homes set to be razed

Moncton Street is set for a major redevelopment as six older homes are set to become 30 micro homes in a deal put forth by AM-PRI Development Ltd. City council unanimously approved the development near Trites Road, which will feature a back lane for car access to the homes. The developer has touted the retention of Japanese landscape features to honour the original Japanese-Canadian residents of the area.

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Not all smiles for ‘halfassed’ megahome bylaw Graeme Wood

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ichmond City Council has tentatively approved a new set of bylaws aimed at reducing the size of homes. However, the decision at city hall on Monday was met with opposition from some residents as well as two councillors, one of whom called the process “half-assed.”

The amendment to the city’s existing residential zoning bylaws will now go to a public hearing on Sept. 8. If approved, it will mean Richmond will still have the tallest homes in the Metro Vancouver region, as well as the most generous ceiling heights when it comes to calculating the size of homes and how they push up against existing properties.

Prior to discussion on the matter, council approved the subdivision of a residential lot at 11811 Dunford Road in Steveston, in which Coun. Derek Dang had to briefly remove himself from the chambers because he owns the property.

Upon returning Dang joined Mayor Malcolm Brodie and fellow councillors Bill McNulty, Linda McPhail, Chak Au, Ken Johnston and Alexa Loo in voting for amendments that went against the advice of city planners.

Initially, at a planning committee meeting last week, councillors Harold Steves and Carol Day had tentatively voted in favour of relaxing the staff-proposed restrictions on side setbacks for medium sized lots. However, at the council level they decided otherwise and voted for the greater setbacks, as recommended by staff. They also voted against allowing higher ceiling heights (five metres as opposed to 3.7 metres) before the city counts the open space twice against the allowable size of a home.

Realtor Brianna Chu, of Royal Pacific Realty, explained in a statement to council that homes with higher ceilings sell better.

Furthermore, “Richmond is considered a higher end, prestige (sic) area for new immigrants. They like to invest here because of what we have — the restaurants, the convenience to the airport, the shopping malls.”

Builder Samuel Yau, as well as builder and realtor Raman Kooner, expressed similar concerns that restricting home sizes will result in lower home prices.

Longtime resident John Roberts stated the issue at heart was how new homes are destroying green space and overshadowing older homes, not what is or is not allowable floor space.

Realtor Lyn Terborg, of the Westwind Ratepayers’ Association, told council that she thought the changes would provide “no relief” to the “massing” of homes. She stated that the changes would only result in more threestorey homes, which would still be allowed to reach 10.5 metres in height.

Meanwhile, fellow longtime resident Calvin Lee opined that he should be able to build his “dream house” and that if homes were restricted too much he would consider moving.

Au said he supported the higher ceilings because the option recommended by staff meant lower ceilings but with a 15 squaremetre bonus ceiling.

However, there was another option on the table from staff — low ceilings (3.7 metres) and no bonus — that Au did not mention.

Meanwhile Day preferred staff’s option with the bonus ceiling. She called on council to favour what city planners had recommended: “It does not fix a broken leg, it puts a BandAid on it. And rather than make a half-ass effort to deal with (building) massing I would suggest we go with staff recommendations.”

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! Grade 9 London secondary French students are excited to get their hands on the new e-books.

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French e-books have finally arrived at public library

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ichmond’s French immersion students, as well as its small Francophone community, should be pleased to learn the Richmond Public Library recently received its first significant collection of French e-books.

In June, the library purchased its first 350 French e-books to add to its overall digital collection.

“Our goal was to focus on Canadian and French authors as much as possible, rather than translations of English titles.

We also wanted a core classic collection and titles for children that will help them practise their French reading skills,” said deputy chief librarian Susan Walters, who added the library plans to promote the

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London-Steveston secondary school French teacher Marina Carter was quick to recognize the e-books before the school year ended.

“My kids love them. We’re real happy the library got them,” said Carter, after she voiced concern over the lack of French e-books earlier in the year.

Richmond’s library now has 9,379 ebooks, including 1,108 in Chinese.

Of the 350 French e-books, 100 are for children or early French learners.

Walters said residents can make French e-book suggestions via the library’s Ask Us service online.

— Graeme Wood/Richmond News

ichmond City Council unanimously approved an amendment to its noise regulation bylaw that will prohibit construction noise on Sundays and holidays, save for any work done by the homeowner or tenant.

Community activist Kerry Starchuk raised the issue in April after telling city council’s planning committee her neighbourhood was a “non-stop construction zone.”

Starchuk said she was pleased with the decision by council on Monday, which will allow Richmond to fall in line with several other municipalities in the Metro Vancouver region that apply similar standards.

“The construction noise was beyond normal and needed to be addressed. The Good Neighbour Policy needed to be reviewed. It was just a piece of paper with empty words,” said Starchuk.

Another one of Starchuk’s requests was met when council approved the mandatory posting of signage on properties under construction. As of Monday, homebuilders must now post the permitted hours for construction noise, the company name, a 24-hour contact number and a City of Richmond phone number for complaints.

City planners reviewed 13 policies in Metro Vancouver, finding that seven do not allow any construction on Sundays and five prohibit such noise on statutory holidays. Only two municipalities allowed construction noise

on Sundays. Meanwhile five municipalities enforce some kind of pertinent signage on construction sites.

Ed Warzel, the city’s manager of community bylaws, told city council the Sunday and holiday noise allowances are only for the actual owners and tenants and not for contractors.

“This option would align the City with the municipalities that prohibit construction noise caused by major projects while allowing residents to complete home repairs and small scale construction on weekends,” stated Warzel in his report.

As it now stands construction activity is limited to Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and — for homeowners and tenants exclusively — Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The bylaw only enforces noise that is over 85 decibels when measured from 15 metres from the source of the sound. Warzel has noted typical construction activities and equipment creates noises of about 50 decibels.

According to the city, residents complained about construction noise 116 times in 2014 and 36 times as of May 19.

However, despite the changes Starchuk points out that the noise issue is but one of many things the city must look at to fall in line with its goal of creating a “livable city.”

“The part that they did not address was unsightly premises, recycling useful material from houses being demolished, single family homes being rebuilt into multi-family residences and illegal hotels,” said Starchuk.

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n Aug. 1 when Ron Mahy rides his Harley Davidson past the intersection of Russ Baker Way and Gilbert Road where the northern side of the Dinsmore Bridge empties onto Sea Island, he’s not entirely sure what emotions he will be feeling.

It could be sadness. It could be anger.

Possibly, it will be a mixture of the two since the location is where his daughter — 36-year-old Christy Mahy — was struck and killed by a vehicle while she waited on her bicycle for the intersection lights to change on July 30 last year.

The case, still under investigation by the RCMP, has yet to result in any charges as Mahy and a group of his motorcycle enthusiast friends prepare to mark the one year anniversary of the tragic incident with a memorial ride.

“I guess I will be trying to keep myself together as I go past,” said Mahy, a former long-time Richmond resident who is expecting as many as 50 riders to join him as they wind their way from the parking lot adjacent to the Flying Beaver restaurant on Sea Island, past the crash site, and then on to Langley where friends and family will gather to remember Christy.

“I think I will be joined by a lot of people who want to know why there haven’t been any charges laid,” Mahy said. “They will all be wondering who killed Christy.”

Mahy said he still has not been given any new information from the RCMP on the case, short of one jarring piece a few months ago indicating the prime suspect in the matter — the driver of the Pontiac Aztek that drove into Christy — has left the country.

Mahy said he just wants justice for the eldest of his two daughters and wonders what has taken the police so long to proceed with the investigation.

“With so many eyewitnesses and just one vehicle involved with the accident, how can there still not be any charges laid?” Mahy said.

When contacted, the Richmond RCMP stated they do not have any additional information on the case, but if and when charges are laid, they will notify the media.

Mahy said he was contacted last week by the investigating officer in the matter who confirmed for him the person of interest in the crash — a landed immigrant — had returned to the U.K. The Christy Mahy memorial ride is set for

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he Richmond RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a man suspected of being involved in an alleged sexual assault on the night of Monday, July 20.

According to police, the woman was walking in the area of No. 3 and Bennett roads just before 11:30 p.m. when a man grabbed her from behind.

The victim fought off the attacker, but she was thrown to the ground and managed to run away. Her screams ! Richmond RCMP were heard by some has released this artist’s passersby in the sketch of a sexual assault area who came to suspect. her help.

Police search dogs were called in to try and find the suspect, but he remains at large. Mounties have released a sketch of the suspect who is described as Caucasian, six-foot two-inches tall, and around 40-years-old with a stocky build.

He has short, greyish hair with a receding hairline, is clean shaven with a round long face, and possibly has blue eyes.

The suspect walked with a “penguin-like” gait, and wore a black t-shirt and pants.

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is asked to contact the Richmond RCMP at 604-278-1212, quoting file number 201523006.

— The Province

! RCMP chopper used to track burglary

Hot on the trail of a burglary suspect last Wednesday afternoon, the Richmond RCMP got a little help from up on high.

One of the RCMP’s helicopters just happened to be in the area and not immediately tasked with another case when it was deployed to track the suspect, who had reportedly broken into a residence in the 10,000-block of Rosecroft Cresc. and then went on the run.

Richmond RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dennis Hwang said getting the assistance of a helicopter is rare for a burglary case and did not mean there was any heightened danger to the public, although they were advising the public to stay clear of the area.

On the ground in the neighbourhood where the helicopter was circling, area resident Marcia Sanford said she was curious to see and hear the helicopter using its loudspeaker system to tell the public to stay away.

Later, Sanford said the police told residents in her housing complex — Glenacres — to remain inside their homes and lock the doors because the suspect was thought to have taken refuge in the area. The suspect was arrested later the same day.

— Philip Raphael/Richmond News

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man who shot another in the face has been acquitted of attempted murder, but convicted of attempting to unlawfully commit bodily harm.

After getting in a fight with Harpreet Sandhu following a petty dispute, Russell Bidesi shot Sandhu in a Richmond McDonald’s restaurant parking lot on Nov. 20, 2011.

Bidesi, who admitted he lived a criminal lifestyle and was involved in selling drugs, claimed he had only pointed the gun at Sandhu because he wanted to intimidate him and that the firearm discharged accidentally. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Fisher concluded Bidesi, 26, intended to shoot Sandhu but did not intend to kill him.

But the judge found Bidesi, who in May was convicted of manslaughter in another shooting and in August faces trial in a murder case involving a third shooting, was guilty of the lesser offence of attempting to unlawfully cause bodily harm.

! Shooting took place outside McDonald’s on Alderbridge Way.

The shooting happened after a night of drinking at the Holiday Inn on Cambie Road. Bidesi was with a group of friends and Sandhu was with a group of his own friends. Bidesi is to be sentenced July 31.

—The Province

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The former Mountie who was the officer in charge the night Robert Dziekanski was jolted with a Taser and died has been given two years less a day in jail for lying to an inquiry into the death.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge found former Richmond RCMP corporal Benjamin “Monty” Robinson guilty of perjury last month,

ruling he colluded with four fellow officers to make up testimony that they gave at an inquiry into Dziekanski’s death.

As he sentenced Robinson, Justice Nathan Smith said perjury strikes at the heart of the justice system, which can’t function if there is a suggestion the evidence police give is false. Smith said denunciation and deterrence must be applied in the case.

Robinson, who was led away in handcuffs, also must serve one year probation and perform 240 hours of community work.

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Readers challenge art projects Dear Editor, A few years ago Eric Fiss, Public Art Planner, attempted to spend $250,000 on public art.

The outlay was put to an online vote and was soundly defeated. I would suggest this $350,000 taxpayer’s expenditure at Minoru Park would suffer the same fate.

When council is advising the Richmond Public Library to cut costs and increase fees perhaps, they should be reviewing the public art department’s budget because, in my view, the library provides more useful public service than a 60-foot pole and a rain cloud will.

Incidentally, Mr. Fiss, my property tax installment payment plan increased by more than $100/month this year. And while I was shocked, I can now see that this increase is required not only to cover the grossly overpaid bureaucrats’ salaries in city hall but also to allow questionable projects such as yours to proceed.

Disgustingly yours, L.B. Black Richmond

Dear Editor, Recently, Richmond City Hall announced the purchase of two pieces of art to add to the Minoru Development Project currently underway.

The cost of $350,000 has been openly challenged in the media along with providing negative views of the art itself.

Who was behind the selection of this art as it was obviously commissioned to two very different local artists?

City hall would be well advised to appoint an art expert to advise it on such matters. The space needle does not provide theme to the Minoru complex. It is a space needle and nothing more.

How original!

It would be more appropriately located at the entrance to a mega/monster home. This could start a new art trend.

The art creation that will go into the

Au explains his vote Editor, When the issue of house massing was brought up, I agreed it was a problem we should address sooner rather than later. To date, I have not changed my position.

In the last few weeks, I have tried to listen to all parties. I spoke to individuals and groups, made site visits, and attended the two public consultations at city hall. I did this because I wanted to listen to the people directly in order to make an informed, independent decision.

There are many voices in the community. In a perfect world, I will support neighbourhood zoning because I do not believe one size fits all. Richmond is a diverse community and different types of buildings will fit different neighbourhoods. I was told by staff that in North Delta a neighbourhood can choose to down-zone. However, staff also told me that there were practical challenges to going that route.

After careful consideration, I support the recommendation made by the planning committee for the following reasons. First, there are real and substantial changes with this recommendation. With a height cap of nine metres high for two storey buildings, a five metre restriction on interior ceiling height, elimination of drop ceilings, clarity in regards to measuring the height, reduction in garage height and other setback requirements, the buildings under the new bylaws will shrink in overall size, but not in livable floor area.

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Secondly, this is better than the staff’s recommendation. Staff recommended a 3.7 metre interior ceiling height with a 15 sq/m exemption/bonus anywhere in the house, subject to certain setback requirements. In my opinion, allowing this kind of exemption will definitely cause problems in bylaw interpretation in the future. The current bylaws had worked well until a few years ago when some builders found a loophole in the definition and began to manipulate the interpretation. I support a clear definition of a five metre ceiling height with no exemption whatsoever. Period.

Thirdly, I am mindful of the unintended consequences of a stricter bylaw. For example, if we choose to restrict future houses to be much shorter and smaller, some existing houses in neighbourhoods that are almost built up will be “stuck” as they will be prevented from matching up with the bigger houses next door.

I don’t believe it is beneficial to have these odd houses in a neighbourhood.

In conclusion, my decision may not be the best in some people’s opinion. However, I believe that it is a reasonable, defensible middle ground which represents an improvement of the current situation. Furthermore, with the proposed strengthening of bylaw enforcement, it is a step in the right direction. As well, we can make further amendments to the bylaws in a year’s time.

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new swimming pool is harder to comprehend.

Who will see it ?

Having it suspended over the pool surface is a total waste of whatever art value it may have, as well as the purchase price of $100,000.

This reflects the total incompetence of city hall in this matter. The artist should step forward to oppose the location of their art.

In the meantime, the public must put pressure on city hall to rethink its decision. Art works must be put on display for all to see, swimmers, visitors and general public alike.

Locate the art work outside at the entrance to the pool, not inside where it will be rapidly degraded by the chlorine vapours that come from the pool water.

Alan Johnson Richmond

Save water year round Dear Editor, This just in! How to cut back inside water use by 50 per cent? Re-use all water in the home, at least once.

Four and a half steps: 1. BATH/SHOWER: Plug the bathtub to save first-shower water. Don’t drain the first-bath water.

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But here’s the tough part. Have the “drought talk” with neighbours whose automatic sprinkler systems are running day and night, with impunity.

Report ‘em if necessary.

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At last, a housing champion Dear Editor, Re: “More rental housing needed: McNulty” Letters, July 9 At last, a Richmond councillor who is prepared to be a champion for adequate and affordable rental housing! Thank you Bill McNulty.

Coun. McNulty is absolutely right to say Richmond’s Affordable Housing Strategy is not keeping up with the demand for rental housing. With developers only having to provide five per cent of their total units (eg. four units in a development of 80 units) as affordable rental, we will never catch up.

I heartily agree with McNulty’s proposal that the percentage be increased to 15 per cent. But we also need the provincial and federal governments to pitch in.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) defines affordable housing as “adequate shelter that should not exceed 30 per cent of household income. Housing which costs less than this is considered affordable.” The example Coun. McNulty gives, a two bedroom unit for $1175-$1300/month, means a person making less than $3500-$4000/month cannot access affordable housing in Richmond.

Adequate and affordable housing is not only important to individual households, but is also a major driver of economic growth. It affects people’s disposable income, their ability to access employment, their health and wellbeing, and their inclusion in society. The more we have to pay for housing, the less we have left to pay local businesses for other necessities like food, clothing, transportation and childcare.

Housing should be seen as a basic

need for everyone. But instead, federal governments (both Liberals and Conservatives) from the 1980s and the 1990s created a housing crisis in Canada by reducing federal housing funding from two per cent to one per cent of their budget.

From 1984-1993, $1.8 billion was cut from housing spending. In 1993, all federal funding for new affordable housing stopped. We can see the impact of those cuts in Richmond through increased numbers needing the food bank, more people seeking shelters and drop-in centres, more emergency visits by vulnerable residents and higher court and policing costs. Re-instating that lost one per cent of funding would allow cities to construct more affordable rental housing and will ultimately save taxpayers money.

To respond to Coun. McNulty’s query about ideas for rental housing, there is a “One Per Cent Solution” petition going around at housers.ca. Housers is a grassroots movement of Canadians standing up to demand that the government re-allocate one per cent of its budget to create affordable housing for all Canadians.

I know Richmond is trying to create more affordable rental housing through its Affordable Housing Strategy, but without the federal government and the One Per Cent Solution, we will never achieve adequate housing in Richmond.

Please review and sign the petition. I would also encourage you to ask every one of our federal candidates about their stand on reinstating the one per cent funding for affordable housing.

Deirdre Whalen Richmond

Setting a poor example Dear Editor, I work at a daycare centre with 37 wonderful young children. Our daycare is located beside a forest and nature trail in Richmond, and the children spend hours on the trail every day.

Now, there is a large yellow barrier and a clear “Trail Closed” sign. It was heartbreaking to us all when, several weeks ago, the city closed the trail and we had to alter our daily program.

The children have learned a lot about drought and fire safety. Unfortunately, the children have also been learning, by observing the dozens of adults who daily ignore the “Trail closed” sign — even going as far as to throw the sign off of the trail — believing that it is socially acceptable to trespass and ignore safety decisions that affect the community asw a whole.

Every day, dozens of adults decide to ignore the city’s decision — a safety decision, made to help prevent tragic and devastating fires from occurring.

We remind many of these adults that the trail is closed. The responses have been “it doesn’t mean closed to me,” “it really isn’t that dry

out,” “this is where I run every day and I don’t like running on the dyke,” “my dog likes this trail” and “everybody else is doing it.”

Perhaps these people don’t understand that, every day, we also watch people walking on the trail who are smoking, and discarding their cigarette butts in the forest. Perhaps people aren’t aware that the fire department is constantly putting out small fires that are being started because of sheer stupidity like this.

When you say “Everybody else is doing it,” realize that the people who are unwittingly starting small fires are also saying “Everybody else is doing it.” And that by “everybody,” they are referring to you — the person just out for a walk, or a bike ride. They believe, just as you do, that they are not causing harm, and that they are above consequences.

I am disappointed and ashamed in what so many adults and seniors feel is an appropriate and responsible message to portray to a community of 37 young children.

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vancements in diabetes, some things became a little easier.

“When I started, I had to carry around, and use, this glass syringe with a great, big honking needle,” Walsh said.

Freelance Reporter “Now, it’s so small, you can barely feel it.” I’ve broken a lot of syringes and (glass) insulin bottles from dropping them in the past.” kinny and tired described Joyce Walsh when she was However, 25 years after being diagnosed, Walsh started 15.

There were whispered assumptions that she was anorexic. feeling pain in her hands and sometimes in her feet.

An electrophysiology test, which tests the electrical system One day, when the teenager was wearing a miniskirt, her in the body, concluded that Walsh now had neuropathy, mother noticed just how alarmingly thin her daughter’s legs nerve damage. were and decided it was time to visit a doctor.

“My hands would feel like they are on fire,” Walsh exWalsh was immediately referred to Vancouver’s Children’s plained.

Hospital and ended up staying there for six weeks.

“It’s like pins and needles, but so bad it would wake me After a battery of tests, she was diagnosed with Type One up at night. Sometimes I would feel it in my feet, but mostly diabetes, a disease with which she was already somewhat in my hands.” familiar.

There is no cure or reversing of nerve damage and the “A science partner at the time, we were in Grade 9 or 10, died a few months earlier,” Walsh said. “She had diabetes.” pain is managed with medication.

It used to be that diabetes was the Walsh later found out that her friend biggest cause of blindness, but that has died due to a combination of diabetes been replaced with neuropathy. This is and drinking alcohol. why always checking for sores and cuts Alcohol dehydrates the body, which They say diabetes should on the feet and hands is important for is dangerous to those with high blood not affect your lifestyle, diabetics. glucose.

“A nurse said to me, it’s like having but my whole life revolves “At 15, I was still playing with dolls,” ketchup running down your veins,” Walsh said with a laugh. “She was living around diabetes.

Walsh said. a more ‘active’ life than I was. But then, I – J W “There is so much sugar in the blood was also always tired.” which makes it a perfect host for bacteWalsh asked how long she had and was rial infections.” told if she lived into her 30s, then she’s Walsh’s nerve damage is relatively doing well. Walsh is currently 63. minor, so when some boiling water “They say diabetes should not affect splashed on her a while ago, she felt it. your lifestyle, but my whole life revolves But those with more severe neuropathy around diabetes,” Walsh explained. won’t even feel the discomfort of walking on broken glass.

“The staff at Children’s were pretty good, full of informa“If I hadn’t taken care of myself, I might have lost a limb,” tion. They told me to do this and that — it was a long list of Walsh said, adding that severe neuropathy can lead to things to do — and you’ll be fine.” amputation.

Walsh had to inject herself with insulin eight times a day, Walsh admits she’s not perfect at managing her diabetes, always carry food with her and be aware of her energy level but says she does her best. and behaviour as there was no way to figure out her blood She runs a diabetes support group in Richmond and sugar level, other than going to the hospital. looks physically healthy.

She was able to get one of the earliest glucose home Her biggest piece of advice for people with diabetes is to monitoring meters in the late 1970s, but because it was follow their doctor’s orders. considered “experimental,” the strips used to take her “It’s a lot of work and juggling,” Walsh said. blood were not covered by any medical plan.

“It’s a rollercoaster with ups and downs and ups and At the time, one strip cost $2.50. Minimum wage in the downs, but you can live with it.” late 1970s was $3 an hour in British Columbia.

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n incredible 70 per cent of all amputations across Canada are performed on people with diabetes.

That alarming statistic equates to more than 7,000 such operations on diabetics —whose number in the country has doubled in the last 15 years to 3.3 million — mainly for foot-related complications.

Many of them, however, can be prevented or the risks at least reduced if the person in question takes more precautions with their footwear and footcare.

And that’s why the Canadian Diabetes Association’s chief science officer, Dr. Jan Hux, has issued an appeal to diabetics to consider more seriously the risk of having ! Dr. Jan Lux, of the Canadian Diabetes Astoes or feet amputated. sociation, has called on diabetics to pay more “There are basically two complications attention to their feet, as well as lobbying governwith regard to this; firstly, in people with ment to offer less expensive medical treatment long-standing diabetes, the nerves that for sufferers. carry the pain messages from their feet get damaged and they simply get to a Dr. Lux also called on healthcare providstage when they can’t feel the pain,” said ers to have a more “integrated approach” the Toronto-based Dr. Hux. when it comes to this issue, asking for “The ability doctors and footcare specialists to to feel pain work closer together. is a defense “Another factor is services from The ability to feel pain is a mechanism. podiatrists and chiropractors are defense mechanism. Imag- not included in any public health Imagine ine there was a pebble there was a care plan in Canada. pebble in your “The irony being that diabetes is in your shoe; you would shoe; you concentrated among people with stop to take it out...many would stop low incomes and they often can’t diabetics don’t feel that walking and afford the services they need. take it out.

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With many program, because 57 per cent of – D. J L diabetics, diabetics in Canada don’t take the they don’t feel medications prescribed to them, or that pebble; it becomes a sore and gets stretch out the medications, because they infected.” can’t afford them.”

When non-sufferers wear flip-flops, for example, without really knowing, said Dr. Hux, you shift the weight around your feet to avoid too much rubbing between your big toe and second toe. “Many diabetes sufferers don’t feel that rubbing and it gets infected,” she added.

“Diabetics also have horrendous hardening of the arteries and they find it very difficult to fight infection and that sometimes leads to amputations.

“That’s why we’re calling on such people to wear appropriate footwear; socks and closed toe shoes that fit properly and don’t shift around.”

Asked why so many diabetics seem ignorant to the risk of amputation, Dr. Lux explained how being diagnosed is a 24/7 change to that person’s lifestyle.

“People get tired of it and just want normalcy. The risk of amputations is just one more thing and they don’t appreciate the risk,” she said. ! Nerve damage, caused by diabetic periph“When they’re diagnosed, all they really eral neuropathy, can lead to sufferers losing all want to know is when and how to take sensation in their feet and, in the worst cases, their insulin.”

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e do many things out of habit (because that’s the way we’ve always done it) or convention (because that’s what everyone else does): how we relate to family and friends, our routines at school or work, where we shop, what we eat, what we do for exercise, and how we travel from place to place.

We get into a groove and it becomes our norm.

Without question, we perform these activities in our habitual manner . . . even if there are better ways of doing them.

Our habits resist change. It takes conscious practice to create a new groove, but with effort over time, we can settle into new and positive routines.

But it all starts with a moment of reflection and a fresh perspective.

Is this the best way to act? Does it reflect

my values and bring me closer to my goals? Or is it wasteful or harmful to my self or others?

When we see our routines in a new light and recognize a better way to live our lives, we can be energized to practise new habits.

How do you approach your own health?

How do you use the healthcare system?

Who is responsible for most of your care?

Although most of us would endorse the concepts of preventive and proactive care, both patients and providers tend to act reactively.

Reactive care includes going to a clinic or the emergency department for an acute problem, such as an infection, heart attack or stroke. It includes seeking care when chronic conditions have deteriorated to the point that you can no longer manage at home.

We certainly need urgent and emergency care for acute and unexpected crises, but this shouldn’t be all of your healthcare.

Just as health is not defined as the absence of illness, healthcare is not simply the treatment of disease. If your personal approach to health is episodic and reactive, you won’t be able to maintain wellness. You’re more likely to suffer from the complications of chronic health conditions and require hospital care sooner rather than later.

While acute care is episodic and reactive, the alternative is planned and proactive care. You are in the driver’s seat and you are responsible for the daily activities that maintain good health. These include the four foundations of self-care: healthy eating, physical activity, emotional wellbeing and healthy relationships.

You need to know your risks for health conditions based on your age, gender and family history; what you can do to prevent them, and what tests you need for early detection.

If you are diagnosed with a chronic condition, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic lung or heart disease,

you need to know how to self-monitor your condition, take medication appropriately and how to work with your healthcare providers.

One essential key to proactive healthcare is a family doctor who works with you over time, knows your family and health history, understands where you are and what’s important to you, and partners with you in treating disease in the context of your whole life.

If you don’t already know the answers, the next time you see your family doctor ask, “Considering my age and family history, what should I be doing to maintain the best health? Am I due for any screening tests? What activities will prevent illness and promote health?”

Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. His Healthwise column appears regularly in this paper. You can read more about achieving your positive potential in health at davidicuswong.wordpress.com.

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t’s the season of Mental Health summer blockbusters.

That means more of Marvel’s superheroes and the latest retelling of a familiar story. There have also been truly marvellous movies such as Avatar and Harry Potter that have helped make summer sizzle.

Summer blockbusters are one of the litmus tests of popular culture and tell us much about society in general.

The characters in the movies, many of them fantastical, are often metaphors for real people and the struggles they face.

Take the X-Men series, for example. These characters are outsiders with powers that stigmatize them; they are considered abnormal and thus dangerous. They’re always fighting the governments, which want to legislate their existence, because society doesn’t understand they mean no harm.

The reason for this phobia is that, yes, there are people such as Magneto, who strikes back at society for past injustices.

(His character has been compared to civil rights leader Malcolm X.) These superheroes are not unlike those heroes in the mental health community, who are also stigmatized and feared. And their powers are not that different from the super powers required to cope with mental illness. Indeed, those in the mental health community with chronic disabilities must learn to be awake even though their medicines make them sleepy; they must cook and clean even though they are depressed; they must find security, despite living in economic insecurity; and try to enjoy life and find some degree of happiness, despite them being stigmatized in society.

Those with mental illness are well aware of the “Muggles”of the world. As in Harry Potter, muggles defines those who are intolerant of difference. The word screams “muzzle” and “struggle” run together. It is a muffled sound that rages against the magical, and therefore evil, young wizards who are sent to “special” schools. If there was a place for these wizards, it is not in society.

The magic of those in mental health is that they know there are alternate places for them to protect themselves, places such as social agencies and government-funded supports.

If people knew these super powers and magical practices of mental health survivors are not evil and shouldn’t be feared, then society could embrace the mental health community. In fact, mental health survivors could use their powers to aid society. As mental health survivors, we live under the radar. But we are powerful people. We can contribute much to society.

Our stories are the stories of our time, the stories of social outsiders and inner demons, courage and fear, individualism and social cohesion — the stuff blockbusters are made of.

Jenny Cam is a member of Richmond’s mental health community and advocate therein.

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t’s round two for a fundraising wrestling event to benefit local shelter animals in need of expensive, specialized medical care.

On Aug. 8 a group of pro wrestlers will return to the ring at the Ukrainian Community Centre for RAPS Unleashed.

For Richmond’s Scotty Mac, who owns and runs ECCW (Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling), a repeat performance with some fellow wrestlers was an easy decision following last year’s Drop Kicks for Kona event.

“I guess I’ve always been an animal lover,” said Mac who had a black lab growing up and now has a pair of cats at home. “So, coming back to support this event was always going to happen.”

Drop Kicks for Kona was held to help fund surgery for Kona, a then one-yearold Rottweiler in care at the no-kill, Richmond Animal Protection Society’s (RAPS) shelter on No. 5 Road.

For her to live a pain-free life required $6,000 worth of work to deal with a disorder known as luxating patella that meant she had little or nothing keeping her knee joints in place.

! Richmond secondary grad and pro wrestler Scotty Mac shows his softer, animalloving side with a kitten at the Richmond Animal Protection Society shelter as he prepares for a charity fundraising event on Aug. 8 to help local, shelter animals get the specialized medical treatment they need. Photo by Philip Raphael/ Richmond News

The $2,000 or so raised back then helped Kona get adopted following her surgery, and now she is living a normal life.

That’s thanks to the shelter’s Tovi Fund that sets aside funds for animals who need the extra care.

“That’s for animals who would never be able to make it through,” said Wendy Riley, community development coordinator with RAPS. “In those situations, like Kona’s, animals needing that degree of veterinary care don’t get the opportunity to live.

“But we’re a no-kill shelter, so we give them every opportunity to live and have a happy life.”

And that means plenty of bake sales and other fundraising activities, such as the wrestling event next month that came about after Shane Burnham, Richmond’s animal control officer, got his high school friend, Mac, to hold the wrestling card.

“We’re all about taking part in good causes like this one,” said Mac. Tickets to RAPS Unleashed are $25 for front row seats, and $20 for general admission. They are available at the door, or in advance from RAPS which is located at 12071 No. 5 Road.

For more information about RAPS Unleashed, visit eccw.com or call 604351-1051.

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Clerical error led to 25-year community career future, with a desire to hear new ideas.

Over the years, Sutherland has served on a variety of board committees; she was involved in building the community centre, the water park and the gathering place.

She always aimed to be thoughtful of the community and said ERCA provided “fancy programs” for those “less fortunate.”

The association is not a money-making group, said Sutherland, but is community minded. Each year, the association gives a scholarship to a Cambie secondary graduate who is community minded.

ERCA partners with the City of Richmond; the city funds the Cambie Community Centre, paying for its staff and building expenses, whereas ERCA organizes fundraisers and volunteer programs.

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as it a fluke or destiny that got Sherry Sutherland on the board of the East Richmond Community Association 25 years ago?

At the time, she was presenting a report to the board but, for some reason, her name was recorded as an actual board member in the minutes — it just stuck. Rules and regulations were a little looser in those early days, she recalled.

Twenty five years later, Sutherland is calling it a day. But while she said it’s time to retire, she feels she’s leaving a board with a bright

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“To say that Sherry is our star volunteer does not adequately capture the depth of what she has meant to our community. As a matter of fact, she is a jewel in Cambie’s crown,” said the president of ERCA, Balwant Sanghera, in an email.

“I want to thank the ERCA for allowing me the opportunity to be part of their group…I feel more connected to my community and my city,” Sutherland said.

Sutherland plans to still help out in special events such as the Free Movie Night on Aug. 4 at King George Park.

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Aristotle added a fifth element — ether — which was celestial, breathed by the gods as we mortals breathe air. Ether became known as the quintessence — from the Latin “quinta essentia,” fifth essence.

In English, we still use the word quintessence, not referring to ether but rather to the most perfect manifestation of some quality, a meaning it had acquired by the 16th century.

Hydrologists, pyrologists and aerologists (and philosophers) may disagree with me, but I think earth is the most complex, most diverse of the four elements.

One way I measure its complexity or diversity is by the impressive list of words associated with earth.

We call our planet Earth, which derives from the Old English “eorde,” meaning ground, soil (related is the German “Erde”).

In Latin the earth is “terra,” from which we derive words such as terrain, terrestrial, terrace.

Imagine our planet sliced in half to reveal its internal composition. The outermost layer – the crust – is what we walk on and where vegetation grows. We call it the ground, a word from the Old English “grund,” signifying bottom, foundation, or the earth’s surface (it’s so fundamental a concept that ground is the word for reason, motive as well, the same as the related German “Grund”).

Soil is another term for the earth’s surface. It derives from the Latin “solum,” the word for soil, country, land. “Solum” refers also to the bottom part of anything, the sense embodied by our word sole – of the foot or shoe.

Soil is composed of distinct substances, giving it its specific character or quality. These can include sand (from the Old English “sand”), tiny fragments of rock containing silica, an important mineral substance; silt (from a Scandinavian word for sediment deposited by seawater), referring to fine sand; and clay (from the Old English “clæg,” sticky earth). When it is made of clay, sand and decomposed vegetation the soil is called loam (from the Old English “lam,” meaning clay, mud, mire).

To enrich our garden soil we add compost (ultimately from the Latin “componere,” to put together), which in the 16th century referred to prepared manure. Before there were gardeners, nature made the soil fertile with humus, which is plant and animal material left to decay in the ground. “Humus” is a Latin word for soil, earth, related to “humilis,” meaning low, which is the source for the English humble, humility.

Soil is never the same in any two places. Its characteristics depend on not only what is below (subsoil, parent material, bedrock) but also what enters from above (humus). Once you begin gardening and working the soil with your hands, you realize it is something magnificent and essential.

And once you observe an earthworm suddenly emerge from the soil you realize that the pejorative sense of the adjectives soiled and dirty is undeserved — because the earthworm looks as clean as a newly peeled egg.

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! Alice Xu will join 111 students across Canada to see Arctic wildlife and explore the Northwest Passage. Photo by Adrian MacNair/Special to the News

Student blows hot and cold for polar expedition ADRIANMacNAIR Freelance Reporter

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Grade 11 student from Richmond will beat the heat this summer by taking part in an international expedition to Greenland and the Canadian Arctic with a group of polar experts.

Alice Xu will join 111 students from across Canada to see Arctic wildlife, take part in workshops about Arctic history and climate change, traverse icebergs and ice floes by ship, explore the Northwest Passage and many more activities over two weeks.

“One of my major interests involved in going up north is I will be able to explore sustainability up there because I know that the Arctic is changing, and I’m also really excited to interact with Inuit culture,” says Xu, who left for Ottawa last Friday (July 24).

Perhaps the best part of going will be the fact she won’t have to pay the $11,500 fee after winning a scholarship from the Leacross Foundation for writing a 500-word essay on her reasons for want-

ing to go on the trip.

Xu says her essay focused on her volunteer work with a Vancouver-based non-profit for youth called Freedom For Our Daughters, which helps provides safe housing for children and women fleeing domestic abuse. She also wrote about her passion for the environment and curiosity about the great white north.

“Sustainability is actually part of my life and I think that I would be able to see photos of the Arctic, but I won’t be connected to the Arctic unless I go up there and witness first-hand what’s going on.”

Xu says she has never been further north of Prince George, B.C. At first her family didn’t think much of her application because the chances of getting accepted on the expedition was relatively slim.

“But once I told them about how I’m really passionate about going up and seeing first-hand what exactly happens to the environment, they were really on board and they’re really supportive.”

This is the 15th anniversary of the Students on Ice expedition. To learn more and follow their journey, visit studentsonice.com.

Join Harvest Full Moon Project Throughout July, August and September, Richmond residents and visitors of all ages are invited to participate in the Harvest Full Moon Project, an arts- and environment-based community engagement project, lead by local artist Marina Szijarto.

The project is a series of small community events, classes and hands-on art making experiences with the artist to collectively prepare for the Harvest Full Moon celebration, which takes place on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the new City Centre

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he Richmond Chamber of Commerce was pleased to host Justin Trudeau, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada for a non-partisan Chamber luncheon in advance of the fall Federal election.

More than 300 business people and members of the community attended the sold-out event July 24 at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel.

The subject of Trudeau’s speech was “Real Change: Restoring Fairness and Growth to the Middle Class” and he focused on a strong, growing economy; equal access to employment opportunities for Canadians of every age; responsible environmental stewardship and resource development; and increased enrollment in post-secondary education for our youth.

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mond audience, he said, “The Liberal Party encourages investment in clean technology, and I know in Richmond there are two great examples of companies thriving in the green technology industry.

“Corvus Energy and Harvest Power are changing the economy through innovation and these are the kind of companies we should be championing.”

Rob Akimow, Chair of the Richmond Chamber said, “We certainly thank Mr. Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada for taking the time to directly address Richmond voters. We hope that the other party leaders will take the time to visit our Chamber as well in the lead-up to the election.

“Richmond has more than 13,000 businesses, employing over 100,000 people,”Akimow said, adding, “with YVR in our

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Software firm lands $4m in funding A Richmond-based software firm announced July 21 it secured $4 million in seed funding from a group of investors.

Shellbridge Way situated Procurify, which develops a cloud-based purchasing platform designed to offer customers control and visibility of where company funds are going in real-time, stated it will ! Steve Johnson use the funding for sales, marketing and product development.

Currently, the company’s user base spans more than 58 countries worldwide, and the workforce has grown to more than 30 members to support growth.

The new funding comes from Point Nine Capital, Nexus Venture Partners and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC).

Included in the announcement was the addition of Ryan Holmes and Steve Johnson, CEO and chief revenue officer of Hootsuite, a leading social media management platform and a Procurify client, as advisors of the Procurify team.

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oast Capital Savings celebrated its 75th birthday on Friday and part of that successful longevity can be traced to a Richmond credit union which once allowed cows as collateral for a home loan.

“That’s probably why credit unions started,” said CEO Don Coulter, when asked to explain why a financial institution would give out loans to people who owned farm animals, a fridge or just a stove. “The more conventional institutions wouldn’t lend to them (those with low paying jobs). A lot of the decision making in banking and loans used to be based on a person’s character and I think owning a cow was an indication of a person’s success overall.”

Richmond Savings was started in 1948 by Lewis van der Gracht, along with his wife and 11 other local residents.

The credit union operated out of the van der Gracht’s kitchen for the first eight years, with a membership made up of mostly lowpaid, Fraser River sawmill workers. Customers, referred to as members, had to walk pass a gaggle of geese to reach the home based credit union which was located on a farm.

The credit union grew and by the 1980s, Richmond Savings became a leader in emshareholders rich by charging you all sorts bracing technological changes. It is the first of fees. We’re here to help the community credit union to introduce automated teller become better and stronger.” machines, the first financial institution in the Leading up to the birthday celebration, world to run its entire business on personal Coast Capital employees committed themcomputers, and the first financial institution selves to providing 75 acts of help within the in Western Canada to offer community such as voluntelephone banking. teering to drive seniors to Van der Gracht retired as appointments and providing We have lots of members CEO in 1982 and passed hot breakfasts for children who’ve been dealing with away in May 2015. in need.

In 2000, Richmond SavCoast Capital members the credit union for 40 ings merged with Pacific also received acts of help. years or longer, so we’ve Coast Savings, which was For example, a financially created in 1940 by B.C. struggling couple wanting developed tight bonds and Government employees. to get married for the last awareness.

The merger created Coast six years was given $5,000 Capital Savings and in towards their nuptial, and – D C 2002, Surrey Metro Savings a Richmond man whose joined, creating the largest wife passed away before credit union in Canada he could take her on a trip, in terms of membership was provided with a free with more than 500,000 cruise to Alaska. members.

“We know our members well, especially the Coast Capital Savings has more than $15 ones who come into the branches,” Coulter billion in assets, a staff of 1,600 and 50 said. “We have lots of members who’ve been branches throughout Metro Vancouver and dealing with the credit union for 40 years or Vancouver Island. longer, so we’ve developed tight bonds and “Our customer service is excellent, we really awareness.” do care about you and you can trust us,” Coast Capital has always been community Coulter said, explaining the large client base oriented, donating $5.7 million back into the and difference between the credit union and community last year, and almost $60 million the regular banks. “We are not here to make in the last decade.

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! Staff from Coast Capital Savings (top) celebrated the credit union’s 75th birthday by handing out cake and cookies last Friday. The event even had CEO Don Coulter (above) get into the party spirit of an institution that got started by helping farmers with loans despite little collateral. Photos

by Christopher Sun/Special to the News

Cake and cookies were served at all Coast Capital Saving branches on July 24 and there was also a singing of Happy Brthday.

“It was a really exciting and huge day for us,” Coulter said. “Richmond is a huge part of Coast Capital’s history and I want to thank our members in Richmond for their support.”

A group of golf courses across B.C., including four in Richmond, helped raise funds last month during the 10th Annual PGA of B.C. Golfathon for ALS. Taking part locally were: Richmond Country Club, Quilchena Golf & Country Club, Mayfair Lakes Golf & Country Club, and Green Acres Golf Course.

Collectively, golf professionals from those courses golfed a total of 1,233 holes from sunrise to sunset. The effort raised more than $8,000 from the four Richmond courses.

Province-wide, the 34 courses and 97 golf pros taking part raised more than $150,000.

In the past 10 years, the event has raised more than $1,023,000 and assisted the more than 3,200 individuals in British Columbia fighting this deadly disease.

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Trudeau: Corporate tax hikes not part of Liberal plan From page 1 “The Liberal Party is committed to improving our immigration system in all its aspects,” said Trudeau.

Former city councillor Evelina HalseyBrandt asked Trudeau if he would consider creating federally funded co-op and lowincome housing.

Trudeau said “absolutely,” stating the Conservative government had neglected its duties as co-op agreements continue to expire nationwide.

Addressing media for 10 minutes after his speech the Richmond News asked whether a Liberal government would enact

restrictions on foreign home ownership.

Trudeau replied: “Every region is facing challenges in terms of home ownership or finding rental stock, whether it’s vulnerable individuals in co-ops or seniors. Senior government needs to work with provinces and municipalities to ensure, regardless of the circumstances across the country, we’re ensuring Canadians have a safe and secure place to live.”

When asked again, Trudeau said, if elected, he would sit down and talk to all levels of government, calling it a “complex discussion that needs to happen in a

responsible way.”

Trudeau started his speech addressing what he would do for the middle-class.

Trudeau said he would bring in a child benefit program that is non-taxable and would benefit low-income families more.

He would then cut the middle class tax bracket by seven per cent and introduce a new bracket of 33 per cent for income over $200,000 (the highest bracket is 29 per cent for incomes above $138,000).

“Those Canadians doing very well, in the one per cent of Canadians, can afford to do just a little more.”

But Trudeau said he would not increase

corporate taxes as that would decrease foreign investment.

Raising corporate taxes is one of many issues Trudeau said he disagreed on with NDP leader Thomas Mulcair.

Trudeau also said he disagreed with Mulcair on international trade and the Clarity Act for Quebec secession.

As Trudeau stated more foreign investment is needed he also cited the need for clean energy investment.

He drew on local businesses Corvus Home Energy and Harvest Power as companies with the “kind of innovation we should be championing.”

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! Getting rid of the stuff you don’t need or will never use again is a systematic, but crucial, process for seniors, according to the founder of a local company that specializes in de-cluttering.

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oes cleaning the house drain your energy?

Do your belongings play hide and seek with you?

Homes with too much stuff make cleaning tough. Items need to be constantly shoved into the storeroom. Misplaced cutlery takes forever to find.

The issue is exacerbated for seniors, who may not have the physical strength to cope with the mess. Moreover, seniors are often faced with the need to downsize.

Susan Borax, co-founder of Good Riddance, a Lower Mainland-based company specializing in helping people get organized, said downsizing is a “daunting process for anyone at any age.”

She said even though the process is challenging and messy, the results are worth it.

Many people are emotionally attached to their belongings, and this makes it hard for them to be objective about decluttering said Borax. People gather things thinking they will use them, but don’t, she added.

She said, seniors tend to slow-down with age and are not physically able to maintain their homes. According to goodriddance.ca, many residential houses are not designed for the elderly who generally have reduced mobility or limited range of reach.

It is important to give yourself enough time and maintain a strong focus when downsizing said Borax. People should start clearing their houses six months to one year before they intend to move, she said. Moving systemati-

cally from one room to another will make the process much lighter.

The first step in downsizing is to distinguish between how much you will “need” and what will go, according to the size of the home, Borax said. Sell, donate or recycle unwanted items rather than dumping them at the landfill she added.

In her article, House Resolution #1: Easy De-Cluttering for 2013, Borax states types of CRUD (completely ridiculous useless debris) that can be decluttered: 1) We all collect durable goods that could be used later on, instead they just keep piling up. This includes plastics bags and tub-wares which must be recycled.

2) Items sitting in storerooms, even on shelves that are beyond repair, including broken old furniture, electronics that are not supported anymore by manufacturers. These must go for good.

3) Many parents hold on to children’s items thinking the kids will use them one day, even though they haven’t been touched in years.

4) There are those belongings that sit on top of shelves and keep peeking down, or sit in a corner of your store room just taking up space. Create more space, get rid of them.

Seniors must set realistic expectations if they are “disappointed with the value of their used goods,” she added.

Borax said it is always a smart choice to move items in large quantities using trucks; 40 boxes per truck is a good number.

Borax’s solution to avoid cluttering is to stop piling up unwanted items: avoid shopping for items you don’t need. Always follow this rule of thumb: when something comes in, then something must go out.

f you are a caregiver to an elderly person, you will almost inevitably get to a point of having to balance between safety of your loved one and their dignity.

This is a difficult balance and there are no clear guidelines on how to proceed.

I will share some of my thoughts on the subject and hope you find it useful when you try to wrap your head around ethical dilemmas you may encounter.

What makes the balancing act so difficult? I think it is the fact that there is a variety of factors influencing decisions that are made.

There is the “personal cluster” – which involves family relationships, different levels of understanding of disease process, and different levels of knowledge.

An example of this would be two brothers arguing whether they should interfere in their father’s right to drive.

Older brother has experience with dementia and he thinks he is seeing subtle signs of cognitive decline in his father.

Younger brother, who often feels resentful about his brother’s tendency to control everything, thinks it would be inappropriate to treat their father “like a child.”

Younger brother also spends a lot of time with the father and has a very close relationship with him.

Who is right here? What to do? This is

what I refer to as a balancing act. There is no black-and – white answer, and even if there is one today, it may not be appropriate tomorrow.

One thing that may help the situation is awareness and an open mind. If both brothers are aware of how “personal cluster” is influencing their thought process – they may be able to carry out this balancing act and turn their argument into a productive discussion.

Bottom line is: while there are no blackand-white answers, there are some things that may help you balance between safety and dignity.

Be safety-savvy: know and pay attention to signs of cognitive and physical decline, and remember that your elders are not likely to ask for help as they are the “tough” generation.

Be self-aware: know your emotional “blind spots” and be honest about your limitations.

Be honest and open-minded: you may not like other people involved in care for your loved one, but you need to remember that they may offer some valuable insight.

And lastly, remember that the phenomenon of “role reversal” happens slowly, gradually and it is in no way a linear change.

Therefore, there will be no clear answers and no “right” opinions. It is, after all, a balancing act.

Karyna Matsyuk, MC,RCC,LPN, is a family counsellor specializing in working with elderly and their families.

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Travel: Former German mill now artists’ haven

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century ago the Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei was the largest cotton mill in continental Europe.

Up to 4,000 people worked in the 20 buildings that cover 90,000-square-metres. A city within a city, this place used to bustle.

Today, its streets are echoingly quiet. Trains no longer rumble over rails set into the paving stones; no hum of machines drawing thread from 240,000 spindles comes from its redbrick factories.

A quieter industry persists, though: making art. Behind the tall windows of what could easily be a vast and moldering ruin are, instead, more than 100 artists and their studios.

The first of them arrived in the 1990s, soon after German reunification. Leipzig’s cotton mill, run by the East German government, found it couldn’t compete in an open market.

Production wound down and machinery was sold, leaving huge swathes of empty factory.

The Spinnerei, as the mill is now called, was fortunate in a number of ways. First, it found brave buyers willing to gamble on revital-

izing a largely derelict site. As they point out on their website, “Every bank we asked to finance the enterprise...turned us down as soon as we mentioned the words ‘huge old factory,’ ‘artists’ and ‘East Germany’.”

It also managed to attract a number of artists with rising international profiles, notably Neo Rauch, whose work has been described as a cross between socialist realism and pop art, and which can sell for upwards of $1 million.

Commercial art galleries began to move in: there are now 11, plus a huge exhibition space, Halle 14, covering 2,400-square-metres, with a 36,000-volume reference library.

“When people come from France and they hear the price of studios here they laugh,” says Laura Bierau, a Spinnerei guide. Rents run from $300 to $480 a month for 60 to 80square-metres, versus 1,000 in Paris for less than half the space.

Foreign artists can take advantage of residences at the Spinnerei, usually for three to six months. Anna-Louise Rolland, who runs

! This former cotton mill used to be the biggest of its kind in Europe. Now it’s home to more than 100 artists.

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one of the programs, says they’ve had people from 40 countries. “Artists feel they have the time and space to work here,” she says. Australian artists especially love the place.

Visitors can walk freely through the site, stopping in galleries and some studios.

From Tuesday to Friday there are two-hour tours; Saturday’s is a speedier one-hour look through the place. There’s a café and a 60-seat cinema that shows, as you’d expect, art-house films. You can even stay overnight in one of four partially furnished studios (“creatively incomplete charm” as the website

puts it) for $65 to $75 a night.

Art is the Spinnerei’s main draw, but not its only one. More than 200 other businesses operate from the old cotton mill: architects, couturiers, jewellers, architects and printers, as well as a company developing satellite technology.

For more information, visit www.spinnerei. de. For accommodation, visit www.meisterzimmer.de. For information on travel in Germany, go to the German National Tourist Office website at www.germany.travel. More stories at www.culturelocker.com.

Explore Provence region, discover three very classy rosés ERICHANSON Sips Happen

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recently spent time in Provence and was enraptured with the azure skies above and the Mediterranean Sea’s azure blues below.

And there was the gorgeous, hot sunny weather to enjoy, as well as the bouillabaisse washed down with a glass or two of rosé.

Now that I’m back to reality, I can relive my time in Provence thanks to a new infusion of rosés, the global standard for pink wines.

Classy rosés from Provence are made from several red grapes such as Syrah, Grenache, and Mouvedre to make them more complex.

The grapes are fermented on their skins for a short time and sometimes blended with a

small amount of white. The result is a wine that can be refreshing when chilled, with enough colour and flavour to have more character than a white without being too heavy.

I first opened the 2014 Château La Tour de l’Évêque Pétale de Rose ($20.99) and was impressed with its crystal clear peach hue.

Unlike many rosés from other regions, those from Provence aren’t just fruit bombs that crash your senses like a tsunami.

Au contraire! These French “pinks” are more subtle and elegant.

I find as I get older, big wines, like loud music, are a matter of overkill. I prefer wines which are toned down and enigmatic.

Wines you can ponder over, where you can reflect on their layers of complexity which reveal themselves over a few sips.

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The Pétale de Rose’s nose has a fresh mixture of floral and citrus scents.

In the mouth I enjoyed elegant flavours of strawberry, peach, and orange zest. And there is the wonderful refreshing balance between the flavours, the crisp acidity, and the lingering dry finish after you’ve swallowed.

This was my favourite of the three rosés I uncorked.

My second Provencal rosé was the 2014 Chateau Beaulieu Coteaux D’Aix-enProvence ($17.99) in the traditional curvy Provence bottle.

Its colour was a deeper peach-orange-pink colour suggesting a bolder character than the Pétale de Rosé.

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My final rosé was the Coteaux Varois en Provence 2014 l’Opaline ($19.99). It had the same light peach hue as the Pétales de Rosé. And the nose and taste have subtle fragrances and flavours of peach and grapefruit. Great complexity along with crisp acidity to make it refreshing to savour. At the end, expect a finish that yells out this is a fine wine, not just a French white zinfandel.

Rosés are great aperitifs that are made for our “summer of the century.” To get the most from their refreshing personality, chill them in the fridge for two hours and take them out for 15 minutes before serving.

Provence in a glass. What a convenient way to experience the Mediterranean!

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ARTSin the City

Drift away with the faeries on the farm Talking raptor, dandelion and potato will interact with audience at Terra Nova play CHRISTOPHERSUN Freelance Reporter

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nside a circle of giant sunflowers, the mystery of a lost girl at the hands of a mischievous fairy will be solved, with audience participation, during The Faerie Play, running from Aug. 5 to 15 at the Sharing Farm.

This family oriented play takes attendees on a tour of the 3.5 acre organic farm, which is the setting for this theatrical, puppet production. The show is meant to entertain and educate as the audience is taken on a journey through the farm by some interesting characters, such as a talking raptor, dandelion and potato, to see what lives and grows on the farm. There will also be music and stilts.

“We want children to develop an appreciation and respect for farming,” said director Peter Hall.

“An awareness that food doesn’t magically appear in supermarkets, even though it seems that way.”

Hall explained there is a disconnect between the production and consumption of food and the play will help children make

that connection. Children will also learn about the diverse species that live or rely on the farm, such as rodents and owls, and how they contribute to a farm’s well being.

The farm, which primarily grows food for charities such as the food bank and community kitchens, will operate simultaneously with the play.

“The primary thing we want people to come away with is having been entertained,” Hall said. “But they will also become aware that everybody is part of the ecology.”

The Faerie Play was originally produced at Curly Willow Farm in Enderby 12 years ago and was written by Lois Anderson and Cathy Stubbington of Runaway Moon Puppet Theatre. This new version has been re-conceived by Hall to give it a local flavour. The scarecrow in the original play has been replaced with a Cooper owl and there are three singing voles in this version, representing the local rodents which nibble on vegetables grown on the farm.

The idea to host this play locally stemmed from Sharing Farm executive director James Gates’ desire to raise awareness of the farm.

After seeing the success of the Salmon Row, which was performed at the Britannia Shipyard National Historic Site in 2011 and2013,

! Actors from Mortal Coil Productions will combine with young Gateway Theatre prodigies to take the audience on a tour during The Faerie Play at the Sharing Farm, starting next week. Photo by Christopher Sun/Special to the News

Gates contacted Hall at Mortal Coil Production, which produced it.

“I was looking for a way to provide exposure of what we do here,” Gates said. “We are a farm, but we are unique farm. We are a farm located in a city park and we provide food to low income families.”

Hall added that within seconds of visiting the farm, he knew it was the perfect venue to recreate The Faerie Play.

Comfortable walking shoes is a must to attend and bringing mosquito repellant is recommended.

Showtime is 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Aug.

8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15. The preview show is on Aug. 5 and opening night is Aug. 7, both at 6:30 p.m. Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com. $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and students and children under six are free. Light snacks will be available from the cob oven.

The Sharing Farm is located at 2771 Westminster Highway at Terra Nova Rural Park.

The farm produces 230,000 pounds of food and relies heavily on the more than 1,000 volunteers.

More information about the Sharing Farm can be found at www.sharingfarm.com.

ARTS listings Prepared by the Richmond Arts Coalition:

Ongoing until Aug. 3: Exhibition by Canada Youth Arts Development Foundation; Richmond Cultural Centre Upper Rotunda, 7700 Minoru Dr.

Ongoing until Aug. 15: ArtRich 2015; Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gate; gallery open: Monday to Friday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m; open late Thursdays to 9 p.m.; weekends: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Closed statutory holidays. A juried exhibition of the work of 49 local artists, organized by the Richmond Arts Coalition. Works include painting, drawing, photography, woodwork, glasswork, sculpture, fabric and more. For more information, call 604-2478313, email: gallery@richmond.ca or go to www.richmondartgallery. org.

Ongoing until Aug. 19: Concerts in the Park; 6:30 - 8 p.m. every week on Wednesdays at Garden City Community Park,

6620 Garden City Rd. Come join for a night of live entertainment, face painting, arts, crafts and more. This event is for all ages. For more information, call 604-233-8910, email: citycentre@richmond.ca or go to www. richmond.ca/citycentre.

The photographic exhibit explores the experiences of Chinese Canadians who served in the Canadian Military and Volunteer Services and in Allied war efforts during the Second World War. This temporary exhibit will be on display in the Chinese Bunkhouse.

Ongoing until Aug. 28:

Ongoing until Oct. 7:

Music at the Cannery every Friday starting: 6:30 p.m. at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, 12138 Fourth Ave. An annual summertime evening concert series occurring every Friday night at 6:30 p.m. in July and August. Every week will feature a different musical act, catering to a wide range of musical tastes, from blues, jazz, folk and much more.

For more information, call 604664-9009.

Exhibition at City Hall Galleria: Members of the Richmond Photo Club; Monday - Friday from 9 a.m.

- 5 p.m. at Richmond City Hall.

For more information, go to www. richmondartgallery.org.

Ongoing until Sept. 30: One War, Two Victories: 10 a.m.

– 5 p.m. at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site, 5180 Westwater Dr. “One War, Two Victories” is a travelling museum exhibition which was produced by the Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society in partnership with the Canadian War Museum.

Ongoing until Oct. 18: Interwoven World – Identity and Fashion: From 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Richmond Museum, 180-7700 Minoru Gt. 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 604-247-8300.

Ongoing until

spring 2016: Trading Routes: Rivers, Fish and Oil: Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, 12138 Fourth Ave. A multi-media exhibit, “Trading Routes: Rivers, Fish and Oil,” 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.

Aug. 4-31: Exhibition by Ilsoo Kyung LacLaurin: Richmond Cultural Centre, Upper Rotunda, 7700 Minoru Dr. For more information, go to www. ilsookyung.com.

Aug. 4: Outdoor Movie Night at King George Park, No. 5 & Cambie roads. Join the community at the East Richmond Community Association’s 5th annual Out-

door Movie Night, sponsored by Church’s Chicken. The fun starts at 5:30 p.m. with games, face painting, an inflatable, photo corner, youth jumbo soccer, community booths and more. At dusk, there will be a screening of the family friendly movie, The Book of Life. Fair weather only. For more information, call Cambie Community Centre at 604-233-8399.

Aug. 4 & 11: Build It! Arcade Prep Club: 3 – 5 p.m. at the Richmond Public Library – Brighouse branch, 100 – 7700 Minoru Gt. Get creative and make your very own arcade game.

All creations will be displayed at our SRC Wrap Up Event on Saturday, Aug. 22. For ages 7 – 12.

Children must attend all sessions.

Sign up required. For more information, call 604-231-6412.

Aug. 5: PechaKucha Night Richmond Vol. 11: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. at the Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gt. This event is free. City of Richmond’s Public Art Program in partnership with Gateway Theatre presents “Gateways: Culture in Translations”. PechaKucha Nights are See Arts Listings page 24

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Books: Friends, smiles and airbenders come to life

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ichmond Public Library’s Summer Reading Club (SRC) is a great way to motivate kids to read, or be read to regularly, so it helps maintain or improve reading skills while school’s out for the summer.

In addition to SRC, there are also lots of great programs and events happening for kids and teens at the library this summer.

For more information, visit the library’s website at www.yourlibrary.ca, or call us at 604-231-6412. Here are this week’s kids’ book reviews:

Lotus Lane: Mika

by Kyla May. Reviewed

by Emily T. Age 9.

This book is ! Emily T. about Mika joining the Lotus Lane Club. Mika is very excited. She doesn’t know if

she still wants to be friends with Katy Krupski, though, because she’s now friends with the Lotus Lane girls.

I like this book because it inspires me. Sometimes the author gives definitions for some of the words and that’s how we learn new words. The Lotus Lane girls’ friendship gives me confidence to make more and kind friends.

Avatar the Last Airbender Reviewed

by A’la H. Age 10.

This ! A’la H book is about Airbenders. There are four elements. Earth, water, air and fire.

They all lived happily, but then the fire nation decided to attack, the Avatar vanished and a new Avatar came.

I love this book! I read all

the comic books, and also watch the movies and the TV show, too.

Smile

by Raina Telgemeier Reviewed

by Abigail ! Abigail C. C. Age 12.

This book is about a young girl named Raina, who loses a tooth in an accident.

She gets made fun of for the fake tooth and braces she gets.

It is also about her sister bugging her and her annoying brother.

I like this book because it’s so realistic.

I have a sister. There are five years difference between us and it helps me to relate.

I will also be getting braces, so seeing what Raina went through gives me an idea of what I might be doing.

ARTS listings From page 23 informal and fun gatherings open to the public. Speakers present 20 images for 20 seconds each, while sharing thought provoking ideas and stories. For more information, call 604-2764000, email: communityservices@richmond.ca or go to www.richmond.ca/ culture/overview.

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Drop-in Drawing for Adults: 6- 9 p.m. at the Richmond Art Gallery, 7700 Minoru Gt. This event is free. Draw from original works of art.

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.

For more information, call 604-247-8312, email: gallery@richmond.ca or go to www.richmondartgallery. org.

Aug. 7: Tela Philippines Fashion Show and Exhibition: 5 p.m. dinner, show starts at 7 p.m. at the Riverside Grand Ballroom, 1231 Burdette

St., Richmond. Admission: $100. Welcoming fashion enthusiasts the world over with a red carpet gala reception, buffet dinner, fashion exhibit and runway show, and pop-up shop, Tela 2015 Fashion Show & Exhibits celebrates the creativity of Filipino fashion designers. Apart from promoting the Filipino talent in the international stage, Tela 2015 also raises money for Ancop International Canada (stands for Answering the Cry of the Poor), a charitable organization present in over 100 countries, for the purpose of alleviating the destitution of the poor through child sponsorship, community development, and humanitarian relief. For more information, call 778928-7539.

Aug. 8 & 9: Richmond Maritime Festival: Saturday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Britannia Shipyards, 5180 Westwater Dr. This event is FREE. The Richmond Maritime Festival celebrates all things waterfront at Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site. From wooden boats to model boats, water safety to sea creatures, local lore to fishing history.

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The Job Options BC Program is an employment and skills training program that helps unemployed Richmond/South Delta residents gain the skills, confidence, and experience they need to find employment!

What does the program offer?

• Up to 10 weeks of group and individual programming, short-term training and work experience that prepares participants for new employment • Four weeks of group activities including self and vocational assessments, job search skills training, life skills training, employment counseling, basic skills upgrading, computer training, short-term certificate training, sector specific career corners and more • Customized job search coaching and ongoing follow up support Who is eligible?

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The Music at the Cannery series continues sending out great musical notes at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery on July 31 when the members of Cannery Row — Gary Comeau, Tim Hearsey, and Chris Nordquist — bring their fine roots music to the great outdoors of the cannery’s Tank Deck.

Showtime is 6:30 p.m. and admission is by donation. A cash bar is available.

! Saturday

In keeping with its summer-long celebration of local bounty, London Heritage farm is hosting a Berry Tea at the historical destination (6511 Dyke Road) Aug. 1 and 2. From 12 - 5 p.m. visitors can enjoy fresh blueberries and raspberries in addition to the scones served for tea. Cost: $12.50 per person. For more information, call 604-271-5220.

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On the Fraser River waterfront since 1962

Round 2 Public Consultation Application to Amend Permit No. 2012 – 072 Direct Transfer Coal Facility July 17 – August 21, 2015

Fraser Surrey Docks LP (FSD) has applied to amend its existing permit from Port Metro Vancouver that gives it approval to build and operate a Direct Transfer Coal Facility within its existing lease area.

If the amendment is granted it would have no impact on the volume of coal permitted to be shipped through FSD. The proposed amendment would allow FSD to load coal directly from the facility to ocean-going vessels, eliminating or reducing the number of barges required.

For details on how to provide feedback on the proposed changes to the design and on the results of the studies associated with the proposed amendment, please visit www.fsd.bc.ca/amendment, and: • Read the Discussion Guide and submit your Feedback Form: • Online • By email • By mail • Provide a written submission • Register by phone or email to attend a small group meeting (see details at www.fsd.bc.ca/amendment) Fraser Surrey Docks LP (FSD) is the largest employer on the Fraser River waterfront, with more than 300 full-time employees. FSD has been a major employer and contributor to local communities for over 50 years, handling over 3 billion dollars’ worth of goods annually.

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The City of Richmond intends to grant a Statutory Right of Way of approximately 323.1 square meters over a portion of Dyke Road legally know as Lot 1 Section 1 Block 4 North Range 4 West New Westminster District Plan 46040 to Greater Vancouver Water District for $10 for the purposes of a water main line.

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U13 Chuckers win provincial AAA title Mark Booth

Sports Editor mbooth@richmond-news.com

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ast weekend’s welcomed rain showers were about the only thing that slowed down the Richmond Chuckers.

They proved to be the class of B.C. Minor Baseball’s U13 Provincial AAA Championships — capturing the 10-team event with authority.

The Chuckers crushed Vancouver Minor 9-1 in Sunday’s semifinal, then blanked Cloverdale 5-0 in a championship game that featured a two hour rain delay in the sixth inning. It marked the second time in the tournament Richmond had to wait for Mother Nature’s cooperation to complete a game.

The locals shouldn’t have to worry about precipitation again after earning the right to represent B.C. at an upcoming tournament in San Diego.

“All along we felt we had a we had a really good team,” said head coach Scott Lunny. We lost a tough one in the semi-finals last year so this felt pretty good for the boys.

“To allow only one run in two (playoff) games on Sunday is impressive. Pitching and defence were definitely our strong suits which is ironic because we are probably known more for our offence.”

The Chuckers qualified for provincials by compiling a 7-3 record in AAA summer league playdowns.

The boys brought plenty of momentum to the Island by also capturing a pair of tournaments earlier this month — first in Kamloops,

then at the Valley of Champions two weeks ago in Kelowna.

Still, there were the usual Lower Mainland heavyweights to deal with as Abbotsford, Vancouver Minor and Coquitlam-Moody were considered Richmond’s greatest threats.

The Chuckers actually opened the championships with a 4-1 loss to Abbotsford in round-robin play.

Needing to run the table to secure one of the two semi-final berths up for grabs, the locals did just that, producing wins over Burnaby (9-2), Victoria Black (4-3) and Kamloops (17-7).

That left three teams atop the group with 3-1 records. The Chuckers were given the nod for first place thanks to surrendering the least amount of runs.

It set the stage for a dominating two-way performance in the semi-final by Justin Thorsteinson.

The southpaw allowed just two runs, struck out 11 and surrendered no walks before reaching the maximum pitch count of 85 in the seventh. He also helped his own cause by belting a pair of home runs and recording five RBIs. The Chuckers struck for a pair of runs in the first and broke the game wide open in the fifth by scoring five times.

The championship game featured more superb pitching against an upstart Cloverdale team that squeaked into provincials with a 2-8-1 record and promptly rolled to five straight wins.

This time it was Jake Finklestein’s time to shine on the mound as he ended Cloverdale’s Cinderella story with five shutout innings of

! Richmond Chuckers outscored their opponents 14-1 in two playoff games on championship Sunday to capture B.C. Minor Baseball’s U13 AAA title in Victoria.

two-hit ball.

The pitch count maximum coincided with the rain delay, leaving it for Joey Houston to close out for the second straight game. He fanned five of the six batters he faced over the final two innings.

The Chuckers roster also features Bradley Araki-Young, Cyrus Chen, Kyle Hepburn, Nathan Hikida, Shintaro Kawai, Kyle Matsunuma, Jonathan McGill and Jordan Si. Lunny’s coaching staff includes Rob Houston, Jordan Thorsteinson and Steve Hepburn.

Since the Chuckers will be enter-

ing the San Diego tournament as Team B.C., they are required to add players to their roster.

Lunny said the pick-ups will come from Abbotsford (2), Vancouver, Burnaby and Ladner.

The provincial championship is a reflection of the hard work Richmond City Baseball has poured into the critical Pee Wee age group that provides a talent pipeline for the older Bantam and Midget programs.

Thanks to fall and winter training to enhance player development, the association had 22 players

playing on rep AA/AAA teams this past season. Lunny has been overseeing the Pee Wee level for three years even though his sons have already come through the age group. His efforts were recognized by being named B.C. Baseball’s U13 Coach-of-theYear.

“The idea is to at least keep the boys interested in ball year round,” explained Lunny. “We definitely don’t want it to be a huge commitment and we encourage our kids to do other (sports) as well.”

Last weekend’s result speaks volumes of the program’s success.

Silver for fencer adds to final medal haul at Pan Am Games R

ichmond fencer Shaul Gordon capped an impressive showing for Richmond athletes at the Pan American Games in Toronto by winning silver in the men’s sabre team event.

The University of Pennsylvania student’s performance gave local athletes six medals — including gold for Evan Dunfee (race walk) and Nathan Hirayama (Rugby Sevens),

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Gordon and Joseph Polossifakis were trying to help 39-yearold teammate Mark Peros close out his career on top of the podium. Instead, the Canadians lost a hard-fought 45-37 battle to the United States.

“They are very good fencers,” said Gordon of the Americans,

“We started off strong. It was Mark’s last competition and we battled. Personally, I made some technical mistakes near the end of the match, and even though they were little things, it’s what makes the difference.

“While we’re disappointed, (winning a Pan Am Medal) is still incredible, especially that I did it with these two guys. It’s been a nice journey.”

The men’s team, led by national coach Benjamin Manano, started their day off with

a dominant performance against Colombia, whom they beat by a wide margin, 45-25.

The Canadian men then faced off against the Venezuelan team, who gave the Canadians all they could handle in 45-40 semifinal match.

Canada finished with over 200 medals for the first time in the history of the Pan Am Games and finished second to the US (265-217) in the final medal standings. It was Canada’s highest overall finish in five decades.

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Regina next stop for BC champion Mariners Mark Booth

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he Richmond Mariners head to Saskatchewan this weekend looking to cap another outstanding season in style.

The U16 boys fastball team is representing B.C. at the Western Canadian Championships in Regina. The Mariners are fresh off winning the provincial title and have had two weeks to prepare for their big trip.

The last time the locals went to the prairies to compete in the showcase event was two years ago and they ended up fifth. With the bulk of the roster intact, head coach Dawn Stadel is hoping the experience gained will pay off this time.

“That was a real eye-opener for us,” she said. “We have basically medalled in everything but the Westerns. That’s a huge incentive for the boys.”

The Mariners know for certain they will be adding another chapter in their long-time rivalry with Sooke. The Island squad is also heading east.

The two teams met in the provincial final as the Mariners completed an impressive run with a 9-3 victory over the hosts. The teams also play exhibition doubleheaders during the season, with Sooke usually making the trip to the Lower Mainland, looking for competition.

“Sooke and us keep going back and forth and it’s typically one run games most of the time,” continued Stadel. “They got us two years ago (at the provincials) on our field so now it was our turn. It’s been a fun rivalry.”

The provincials actually got off to a shaky start as the Mariners opened round-robin play with a pair of losses. With their backs against the wall and a top two finish required to go to Westerns, the boys responded to the adversity by reeling off five straight victories.

! Richmond Mariners are off to Saskatchewan this weekend to represent B.C. at the Western Canadian U16 Boys Fastball Championships. The Mariners are coming off a victory at the provicials where they overcame a 0-2 start and rolled off five straight victories.

“We usually win 90 percent of our games so that (slow start) was definitely something the boys were not used to,” said Stadel.

“They just weren’t batting the way they are capable of and knew that had to pick things up. The bats got real hot and we rolled from that point on.”

The Mariners are coming off an impressive

2014 season that was highlighted by a gold medal triumph at the B.C. Summer Games.

That accomplishment led to be nominated as Richmond Male Youth Team of the Year.

“Basically it’s been the same core for about 10 years,” added Stadel. “We are family.”

The Mariners roster features Josh Mann, Adam Moog, Dreyden Brar, Brett Shubrook,

Mitchell Armstrong, Birk Zukowsky, Nathaniel Simicic, Devin Daerden-Craig, Joshua (JP) Purewal, Sanford Lee and Anthony Armstrong.

The coaching staff also includes: Doug Zukowsky and Todd Shubrook.

The Mariners have also added three players from 100 Mile House for Westerns.

2001 Islanders capture silver at U14B provincials R

ichmond 2001 Islanders reached the podium for the second time in post-season play, this time capturing silver at the U14B Provincial Championships in Ridge Meadows.

Coming off a bronze medal finish at the Lower Mainland Cup, coach Greg Dee led his girls fastpitch team to the provincial final and a 6-3 overall record. The Islanders were firing in all key aspects of the game with great fielding, excellent pitching and timely hitting.

Richmond earned the fourth seed for the playoff bracket by going 3-1 in round-robin play, losing its only game in extra innings.

It was capped by a 4-3 win over the Coquitlam Classics. Hannah Collings led the way with two hits and a pair of RBIs — driving in the winning run in the bottom of the sixth.

Outfielders Tjammie Ko and Alex Borbely both made outstanding catches.

The Islanders opened the playoffs with a 6-4 win over the View Royal Vipers. Megan Saez Co turned in a strong pitching performance, while third baseman Asha Pannu and Borbely both made great catches on line drives. Kate Dee and Borbely combined to go 5-for-5 at the plate with a pair of RBIs. The result set-up a date with top seed and provincial favourite Langley Extreme.

The Islanders thrived in the underdog role as Dee scored on a first inning ground-out

by Autaum Hilyer and drove in a pair herself with a single in the second. A pass ball made it 4-0.

! Richmond 2001 Islanders capped a great season with a silver medal at the U14B provincials.

Izy Wick snared a line drive at first base and more excellent defence followed as the next Extreme batter was thrown out trying to stretch a hit to third, thanks to a terrific relay from Dee to Jessica Ryan to Pannu.

Richmond added to its lead as Leah LaRoque drove in Ryan. She and Pannu then scored on a throwing error.

The Islanders went on to post a big 8-4 win, guaranteeing themselves at least a bronze medal. The only negative was an injury to Dee that sidelined her for the rest of the weekend.

In the semi-final on Sunday morning, the Islanders could not mount any sustained of-

fence and lost 3-0 to the host Rage.

That result set-up a rematch with the Extreme. The winner would meet Ridge Meadows in the final.

The Islanders took a 3-0 lead as their first three batters got on base and scored, highlighted by a single by Hilyer and a double from Wick.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Islanders made a well-executed defensive play that got the batter out at first on a bunt and another at third — with a throw by Jessica Gee to Jamie Muller to end the threat.

In the bottom of the sixth, with the Extreme

looking to tie the score, the Islanders again played lights out defense to get an over-aggressive baserunner out at home as Hilyer threw to Saez Co for the tag.

The Islanders added a much-needed insurance run in the top of the seventh with singles

by Hilyer, Wick and Saez Co. Saez Co then closed the game by striking out the side.

In the gold medal game, the Islanders took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning as Pannu hit an RBI single to score Ryan.

However, the Rage rallied in the bottom half of the inning to pull even. The score remained that way until the fifth, when one of the Islanders’ few mistakes during the weekend led to a three-run lead for Ridge Meadows.

With two regulars injured, the Islanders gave a valiant effort but eventually ran out of gas in a 7-1 loss.

Despite the outcome, coach Dee and assistants Jeff Collins and Betson Saez Co, are extremely proud of the players and their accomplishments this season.

The team medaled in all of the five tournaments they entered.

The players include: Brianna Baignee, Alex Borbely, Hannah Collins, Kate Dee, Autaum Hilyer, Tjammie Ko, Jamie Muller, Asha Pannu, Jessica Ryan, Megan Saez Co, and Izy Wick. Special thanks to Jessica Gee, Leah LaRocque, and coach Eric Gee for helping the team during the provincials.

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