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! The parents and students of Blair elementary have been busy organizing events for the last two years to raise funds for a new school playground. In less than two weeks, they will also roll up their sleeves and build the amenity themselves. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News

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After two years of fundraising, parents ready to build playground Staff Reporter acampbell@richmond-news.com

ash donations, hot lunches, ﬂower sales, silent auctions…the list went on and on when it came to the Herculean fundraising efforts of a small community of school parents. In fact, it’s strongly believed there is not one fundraiser that Blair elementary’s valiant PAC hasn’t organized in the last two years in its bid to raise $75,000 for a new school playground. Come Sept. 13, the dream of the Blair PAC, the parents and, of course, the students, will be realized when the playground is installed. And to make sure that every cent possible is squeezed towards the actual equipment, the community has rallied to volunteer their day to installing the playground themselves. “A lot of planning went into this and a lot of work,” said Hana Caulﬁeld, the Blair elementary PAC secretary and playground fundraiser. “But we’ve had a lot of fun as a team and it has really brought the community together. It feels like we’ve organized every fundraiser imaginable over the last two years. I think we’ve exhausted the list.

“This is going to be a big celebration when it’s ﬁnally built. My husband lost me for a couple of years. He’s hopefully going to get me back now.” The school, behind Thompson Community Centre on No. 2 Road and Granville Avenue, had two playgrounds, both of which were more than 20 years old and starting to My husband lost me show signs for a couple of years. of ageing, according He’s hopefully going to Catherine to get me back now. Ludwig, Blair elementary – H C principal. B PAC  The original fundraising target was $65,000, but had risen to almost $72,000 over the course of the near two years it took to get the cash together. “Earlier this year, we took three different renderings to the students and asked them to vote on their favourite components and tell us

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why,” explained Ludwig. “It’s been a fantastic way to get the students involved. They chose a zip-line, a climbing rope-wall and a clamber (wobbly) bridge. “We got a final rendering made with all the components and had to have one last fundraiser in the spring to meet the target.” Ludwig said, after explaining to the contractor, Habitat Systems, that they wanted to use as much of the money as possible to go towards the playground components, it was suggested the parents implement a “community install” program, whereby members of the community build the playground, under the contractor’s supervision. The move produced more than $12,000 in savings, said Ludwig. “It didn’t take too long for all the spots to be filled by the parents for the install,” she said. “And those not involved in the install will be helping with a barbecue lunch on the installation day. It will be a real community effort.” The PAC, however, needed to find its own tools for the install and the school district’s maintenance department has offered to help them out and also do the site preparation, all of which saved even more money.

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he Richmond Eats: A Local Food Eating Challenge wrapped up on Sunday after a week of some moaning and groaning but also one of discovery that Lulu Island — particularly in summer — has a bounty of food available for its residents. Richmond Food Security Society (RFSS) director Stephanie Dunn said her group raised $9,200 for its core activities thanks to the challenge, which saw 15 ofﬁcial participants try to eat food grown or raised exclusively in Richmond. The challenge intended to show the public the food gaps in Richmond and shed light on the issue of food security. Dunn said the best part of the challenge was getting a chance to connect with other people who were passionate about local food and learning about the different approaches that were taken. She said among the challenges was food preparation and sourcing food ahead of time. For intsance, many participants had to wait ﬁve days for an order of local chickens from the Fowl Farmer. After getting those chickens, many other cooking opportunities arose, said Dunn, such as using broth to make soup. The challenge was just that, given participants had only three, non-local items to choose from. Dunn, who chose coffee as one of her “cheat” items, said a little more food preparation before the week started would have helped her, especially with three young children.

! Stephanie Dunn, Richmond Food Security director, was among those who took part in the Richmond Eats challenge. Photo submitted

Dunn said there are several programs the RFSS will put the money towards. The RFSS operates a budding seed library, whereby Richmond residents can give and take seeds for their private gardens. The seed library is a method of artiﬁcial selection to promote the best plants that most ﬁt Richmond’s microclimate. The society also runs youth kitchen seminars, food studies, a fruit recovery program and, most notably, it manages the 300 community garden plots in the city. The RFSS plans to present a local food charter to Richmond city council in December. The charter will address how to strengthen community involvement in food and agricultural policy. — Graeme Wood

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Richmond dodges worst of windstorm chaos Alan Campbell, Graeme Wood

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ichmond appeared to have dodged the worst of Saturday’s windstorm, which ripped through the Lower Mainland, causing massive disruption to the power supply across the region. Nevertheless, City of Richmond work crews still had lots to deal with in the days that have followed. Although approximately 24,000 BC Hydro customers in Richmond were affected by the power outage caused by winds gusting up to 90 kilometres per hour, the vast majority of them had their power back by the early hours of Sunday. Some of the outages affected the city’s

water pumps, meaning back-up generators were used to stave off localized ﬂooding. One localized outage was along Gilbert Road near Steveston Highway, caused by a downed power line, which closed Gilbert in both directions from Saturday morning into Monday. Outages affected Watermania, the Richmond Ice Centre and the Thompson, West Richmond and Hamilton community centres. Meanwhile, Steveston avoided any outages. As of 11 a.m. on Monday, while around 50,000 customers were still without hydro in the Lower Mainland, only 286 of them were in Richmond. Those local customers are being told

they may have to wait until the early hours of Tuesday before having power again. At the height of the outage on Saturday, around 400,000 BC Hydro customers were powerless, mostly due to downed trees from the unseasonably wild winds. According to the City of Richmond, work crews had responded to 70 calls related to felled trees or broken branches. “We’ve got crews out this morning doing inspections and cleanup, so those numbers may climb. Also, we are assessing playgrounds etc. to make sure all the equipment is safe,” said city spokesperson Ted Townsend on Monday. The Chinese Bunkhouse at Britannia Shipyards escaped major damage when parts of a tree fell on it; only minimal damage was reported, according to

Townsend. City crews claimed most of the trees that went down were weakened due to the drought-induced stress on their roots. Adding to the problem was the fact the deciduous trees had all their leaves attached, as they acted like giant sails. Townsend said species such as green ash, cottonwood and poplar trees are most prone to wind damage. First responders were also busy, according to Townsend; there was a 70 per cent increase in calls to Richmond Fire Rescue, from the previous two weekends. Many of the calls involved trafﬁc accidents. About 85 trafﬁc signals lost their power at some point during the storm but they were all operational come Sunday, said Townsend.

Probe continues into jet-ski deaths on Fraser River Alan Campbell, Graeme Wood

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nvestigators are still trying to piece together why two Richmond men died in a jet-skiing accident in the south arm of the Fraser River. Businessman Salinder Burmy, 56, and, Ramanjit Bachra 56, lost their lives on the river last Thursday evening. Richmond Mounties responded to a report of a jet ski adrift with two unconscious bodies ﬂoating in

w the river. wearing life jackets. A commercial vessel Lighting conditions a speed, according to had spotted them and and p contacted police, while police, are being conside a Canadian Coast Guard ered as contributing fa hovercraft was also factors to what appears deployed. to be a tragic accident. F Both of the bodies were Foul play is not susp recovered and brought pected. to shore near No. 4 Road A local resident, who o wanted to be identiand the dyke. Despite only fie as Glen, said he was the efforts of paramedics ! Salinder Burmy fied and firefighters, both men kayaking in the area at were declared dead at the scene. the same time as the accident and Police say both men sustained recalled seeing two jet-skis out on severe head injuries and both were the river.

He said they were on the water near to No. 5 Road and the dyke, where dredging pipes are currently elevated from the surface of the river. Police, however, conﬁrmed that only one jet-ski was pulled out of the river, along with the bodies of the two men. On Friday afternoon, family and friends came to the site to pay respects to their loved ones. They told television news crews that the men were respected members of the community. Burmy was president and CEO of Presidio Land Development Corp.,

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! More warnings, pictured in this artist’s rendering, are set to catch the eye of cyclists using the Railway Greenway at Blundell. Photo submitted

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full slate of candidates from Canada’s represented political parties in Ottawa is complete in Richmond after the Green Party of Canada announced realtor Laura-Leah Shaw would run in Steveston-Richmond East. Shaw moved to Richmond in April. She ran for the Greens in 2011 in Vancouver Quadra. Shaw, who cites volunteerism (animal welfare and charity) as one of her main hobbies, said inequality in Canadian society is her primary reason for challenging for a seat in Parliament. “There’s always going to be people who do well and always going to be people who need a hand up, and lately it’s been feeling like the less you have, the less you matter, and that’s not right,” said Shaw. When asked for her top priorities this election, Shaw cited better housing affordability, energy sector diversification, safeguarding food security and providing more funding for post-secondary education. As a realtor, Shaw said “more controls” need to be placed on the real estate market vis-a-vis foreign investment. “Now that the dollar is so low Canada is really on sale, so you want to stop people from making huge profits off people who want to make this their community,” she said, adding large short-term real estate profits need to be “heavily taxed.” She added Canada needs a federal hous-

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Server: amazed at customers’ generosity Continued from page 6 “’Well, do I have a thing for you,’” said Rainier, recounting the discussion with the shopper, who wanted to remain anonymous. She told Rainier, “I have a Tim Hortons anniversary bike, and I’m going to give it to you.” The bike was a prize in a Tim Hortons 40th anniversary Rrroll Up the Rim To Win promotion, and despite being a decade old, was in good condition. On Monday evening, Rainier and her group made a surprise presentation of the shiny red, two-wheeler just before Maryan started her nighttime shift. “I want to thank them so much for dedicating to help me out,” Maryan said, as she checked out her new ride. “They’re here all the time, and they’re always so nice to me. “They made it happen, so I’m very thankful.”

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Annual seniors lunch fed the 500 very well Dear Editor, The Richmond Chinese Community Society 13th Annual Seniors’ Lunch Celebration was held at the Continental Seafood Restaurant in Richmond on Saturday, Aug. 15. This luncheon was attended by approximately 500 seniors. RCCS was so gracious and generous in providing free tickets to the seniors from different ethnic backgrounds to participate in this memorable event. The food consisted of a 10-course dim sum, which was absolutely delicious and plentiful. In addition to this mouth-watering treat, there was continuous entertainment with performers dressed in very

Dear Editor, Re: “Cultures united by signal allergy,” Column, Aug. 23. While signaling is deﬁnitively a lost art in Richmond, what even fewer people seem to know about is the “right of way.” The law states that at all intersections where there is no stop-sign, the person coming from the right has the right of way. What seems to be the norm is that the person speeding in a straight line feels they have the right of way. And they will defend their error with a loud blast of their horn — as they feel no need to watch for trafﬁc at intersections, speeding down side streets to beat a light or two becomes the norm, contributing to parents not wanting their kids to play outside. If the RCMP ever feels up to enforcing this most basic (and international) rule of the road, I would be happy to point out any number of intersections where they can set up. Rainer Mehl Richmond

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colourful and attractive Chinese costumes. There was also very pleasing music and the danceﬂoor was fully occupied throughout. This 13th annual seniors’ lunch event, like all the previous lunch parties, was excellent and very successful. It was a wonderful, heart-warming experience. This event was attended by dignitaries from three levels of government. It is most commendable that RCCS has continued to provide this event so successfully for so many years, and I wish them all the luck and good fortune for many more years to come. Harry Ghandan Richmond

ould the public be heeded at the next public hearing? Yes, miracles can happen if we earn them. On Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m., council will hear the public on a new-house massing bylaw. The venue is the council chambers at Richmond City Hall. At this point, the bylaw (which was supported by all councillors except Carol Day and Harold Steves) best serves the interests of developers and will lead to more mega homes. The public hearing is a speed bump before the ﬁnal rubber stamp. If you value neighbourhoods more than mega trophy houses, you will want the bylaw changed ﬁrst. For quick impact, go to the

online form for public hearings and write “Please use the 3.7 metre ceiling height and the nine metre building height for all new houses.” Those ample heights (over 12 feet and almost 30 feet) were set, but then fudged. Applied ﬁrmly, they’d help put a collar on rampant problems. If you value trophy houses most, you could write “Please pass the bylaw as is.” I’d still respect you for taking part. The rest of this column is a brief how-to manual for the public hearing. To check details, I discussed them with Richmond’s manager of legislative services. Thank you, Michelle Jansson! For a start, get to know the Richmond.ca website. Click your way from the “City Hall” tab to “City Council” to “Watch Meetings Online” or “Public Hearings.” On the “Send a Submission

Online” form, use 9280 as the bylaw number. Or email MayorandCouncillors@Richmond.ca with “9280 Public Hearing” as the subject. Submissions are accepted up to the meeting time, 7 p.m. next Tuesday, but send your message much sooner if you can. You can speak at the public hearing for up to 10 minutes. That applies even if you’ve sent input, but do more than repeat it. After everyone has spoken, you can speak for three more minutes — with new information. Speaking well will inﬂuence people, even if you’re brief. It’s ﬁne to simply state what’s best in half a minute. When you practise, visualize yourself at the speakers’ desk. View some of the online video of the July 27 council meeting. You’ll see citizens speak

about the new-house massing bylaw in the “Committee of the Whole” part. Then bring your speaking notes. That will help you recall your points, conserve time and have fun. Come early. If need be, wait for seats to open up. The new-house bylaw is last on the agenda, and people who’ve come for earlier items will leave when they’re ﬁnished. There will be a handout to pick up as you enter. There may also be a speakers’ list to sign. Decorum is normal. It’s tacky to shout out, clap or chat during a hearing. You’ll ﬁnd more help on my blog. Just google “natural legacies versus waste” to get there. After earning a miracle, sit back and see what happens. Jim Wright is president of the Garden City Conservation Society.

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And therein lies traffic problems in our city. Many drivers use our roads as if they are private, leisurely promenades. They occupy the left lane as if it belongs to them. “I am following the speed limit and I am entitled to stay in this lane,” is often the idiotic mindset. Never mind the $167 fine for holding up traffic in the passing lane on highways. Pedestrians live with a strong belief that a lit crosswalk and a finger pointed forward are enough to proceed safely across. It is a consequence of the “right of way” mentality that has been inculcated in our culture for decades, maybe centuries. Can severe penalties for defying speed limits and traffic rules eliminate traffic risks and road rage? I doubt it. Law enforcement in our city (RCMP) is already encumbered to the point that Coun. Bill McNulty is pressing council to consider replacing it with a city police force. To reduce risks and fatalities, however, I strongly urge the city to levy heavy penalties for speeding through amber lights and turning left on a red light. How? By installing traffic cameras, especially at busy intersections. Perhaps a Dangerous Driver Registry should be established to keep a public record of repeat offenders. City enforcement agents should be diverted from issuing parking tickets to monitoring left turn and amber (and red) light violations. El Mendoza Richmond

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Education: Teachers question resources From page 10 “The new curriculum will give teachers the ability to tap into these passions,” said Bernier. Teachers, who helped create the new curriculum, like its focus on big ideas and competencies, but they are concerned about resources, funding and training. The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is calling for implementation funding, and says in an email to members that the “funding committed to date falls far short of what we know is required to make implementation successful.”

Support for students with special needs is another concern for the union, as is the push to train students for trades. Bernier says teachers will be trained in how to use the new curriculum. “We’re developing just how we’re going to help teachers train to make the most of the new curriculum — and I expect we’ll have details on exactly how we are going to do that in the near future,” Bernier said. Jan Unwin, superintendent of graduation and student transitions for the ministry of education,

has been heading up the changes. She wants kids to follow their passions, but to make sure they still learn the facts that are necessary to get by in life. “Having talked to hundreds of graduates, even the ones who get all the scholarships, when you talk to them, they sound more compliant than jazzed about their learning,” Unwin said. “If we keep doing it this way — which was built for a different time and a different kind of learner and a different world — what will happen if we do nothing? Will we become irrelevant.”

The Board of Variance is appointed by Richmond City Council and is responsible to provide an avenue of appeal for those property owners seeking a variance from certain provisions of the Zoning Bylaw where compliance with the bylaw would create undue hardship. These appeals are usually in connection with the siting of buildings or additions, the re-construction or alternation of buildings as a non-conforming use, and instances of hardship The City of Richmond intends to grant a Statutory Right of Way of approximately 323.1 square resulting from the potential early termination of land use contracts.

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TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Richmond will hold a Public Hearing as noted above, on the following items: 1.

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RICHMOND OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN BYLAW 9000, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9260, OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN BYLAW 7100, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9273, AND RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAWS 9261 AND 9262 (RZ 14-660662 AND RZ 14-660663) Location/s:

Applicant/s:

23200, 23241, 23281, 23301, 23321, 23361 and 23381 Gilley Road; 23000, 23060, 23066, part of 23080 and part of 23100 Westminster Highway; and part of 4651, 4671, and 4691 Smith Crescent Oris Developments (Hamilton) Corp.

Purpose of Richmond Official Community Plan Bylaw 9000, Amendment Bylaw 9260: To amend Schedule 2.14 - Hamilton Area Plan to: % -3#1. =># =#5= !#?$#/=<1@ =># “Neighbourhood Village Centre (Retail and Office with Residential Above 4 Storey 1.50 FAR)” land use designation to require that non-residential uses be located on the ground floor of buildings for minimum depth of 10.0 m (33.0 ft.) of the north side of Gilley Road and within 15.0 m (50.0 ft.) of the south side of Gilley Road instead of the entire ground floor, and to add a range of assisted living residential uses to be permitted where residential apartments are permitted; and % :#).#?<@14=# '0(,, 41. $4!=? &" '0(+( and 23100 Westminster Highway from “Neighbourhood Village Centre

Location/s:

Hamilton Area Plan Community Amenity Capital Reserve Fund Establishment Bylaw No. 9276 is proposed to create a capital reserve fund for receipt of amenity contributions that are received from applicants for rezoning applications consistent with the Hamilton Area Plan. City Contact:

Parts of 23241 and 23281 Gilley Road; Part of 23060, 23066 and 23080 Westminster Highway; and Part of 23100 Westminster Highway

Mark McMullen, 604-276-4173, Planning and Development Division

Bylaw 9260, and Bylaws 9261 & 9262

Oris Developments (Hamilton) Corp.

Purpose of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, Amendment Bylaw 9261 (RZ 14-660662): To create the “Low Rise Apartment (ZLR27) – Neighbourhood Village Centre (Hamilton)” zone and rezone a 0.58 ha. (1.43 acres) site on parts of 23241 and 23281 Gilley Road and part of 23060, 23066, 23080, and part of 23100 Westminster Highway from “Single Detached (RS1/F)” to “Low Rise Apartment (ZLR27) – Neighbourhood Village Centre (Hamilton)” to permit development of a 130-unit congregate housing / apartment building, with 82 congregate housing units, 18 memory ward care units and 30 strata apartment units, on Oris Parcel 3. Location/s:

23241, 23281 and part of 23301 Gilley Road; Part of 23060, and 23000 Westminster Highway

Applicant/s:

Oris Developments (Hamilton) Corp.

Purpose of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, Amendment Bylaw 9262 (RZ 14-660663): To create the “Residential / Limited Commercial (ZMU29) – Neighbourhood Village Centre (Hamilton)” zone and rezone a 0.44 ha. (1.10 acres) site at 23241, 23281, and part of 23301 Gilley Road and part of 23060 and 23000 Westminster Highway from “Single Detached (RS1/F)” to a proposed new, mixeduse “Residential / Limited Commercial (ZMU29) – Neighbourhood Village Centre (Hamilton)” to permit development of a 73-unit mixed-use building with ground-floor commercial on Oris Parcel 2. The proposed mixed-use building on Parcel 2 and congregate housing / apartment building on Parcel 3 are the first rezoning applications to be considered under the recently updated Hamilton Area Plan and are the first steps to establish the

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Related Information – No Action Required at Public Hearing:

Purpose of Official Community Plan Bylaw 7100, Amendment Bylaw 9273: To amend Official Community Plan Bylaw 7100 to delete the exiting Schedule 2.14 – Hamilton Area Plan in its entirety which has been previously replaced by new Schedule 2.14 – Hamilton Area Plan included within Official Community Plan Bylaw 9000.

Applicant/s:

new Hamilton Village Centre envisioned under the Area Plan. These two (2) developments are connected in that they share a common driveway and a common amenity space located on Parcel 3 and have connected parkades.

RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9264 Location/s: City-wide Applicant/s: City of Richmond Purpose: To clarify that notification signs for City-initiated rezoning or text amendments are not required. City Contact: John Hopkins, 604-276-4279, Planning and Development Division

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THEPULSEEXTRA! WE’VE GOT OUR FINGER ON IT

KUDOS ! Three Rich-

mond students are taking the next step towards careers in healthcare after receiving bursaries totalling $6,000 from the Richmond Hospital Healthcare Auxiliary. The recipients were (left to right) Riessa Bolito, Jasdeep Kandola and Manpreet Kaur Gill. Photo submitted

! CTG Brands donated $30,000 to Richmond Hospital Foundation to help purchase a new portable ultrasound unit. The unit will be used in the emergency department and throughout the entire hospital by many different medical teams.

! The Richmond Youth Concert Band recently received a $10,000 gaming grant. Accepting the cheque was David Numerow of the Richmond Youth Concert Band (left) along with RichmondSteveston MLA John Yap. Photo submitted

Notice of Public Hearing

City of Richmond

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 – 7 p.m. Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Richmond City Hall 6911 No. 3 Rd. Richmond BC V6Y 2C1 | Tel: 604-276-4000 Fax: 604-278-5139

Notice of Public Hearing continued 4.

Location/s:

RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9270 (RZ 15-697230) Location/s:

11811 Dunford Road

Applicant/s:

1006738 BC Ltd.

Purpose: To rezone the subject property from “Single Detached (RS1/E)” to “Single Detached (RS2/A)”, to permit the property to be subdivided to create two (2) lots with vehicle access to Dunford Road. City Contact:

Trites Area

Purpose of Official Community Plan Bylaw 7100, Amendment Bylaw 9274: To revise the Trites Area Land Use Map in the Steveston Area Plan to include a revised proposed road network associated with the single-family area; and To show the existing townhouse development located at 5580 Moncton Street by retaining the existing “Two-Level Townhouses” land use designation and deleting the additional “SingleFamily Housing” land use designation over the front portion of the existing townhouse development.

Cynthia Lussier, 604-276-4108, Planning and Development Division

City Contact:

Sara Badyal, 604-276-4282, Planning and Development Division

Bylaws 9274 and 9275 OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN BYLAW 7100, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9274, AND RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAW 9275 (RZ 14-674749) Location/s:

5460, 5480, 5500, 5520, 5540 and 5560 Moncton Street

Applicant/s:

AM-PRI Developments (2013) Ltd.

Purpose of Richmond Zoning Bylaw 8500, Amendment Bylaw 9275: To create the “Single Detached (ZS23) – Steveston” zone, and to rezone 5460, 5480, 5500, 5520, 5540 and 5560 Moncton Street from the “Single Detached (RS1/C & RS1/E)” zones to the “Single Detached (ZS23) – Steveston” zone, to permit subdivision into thirty (30) smaller residential lots, including the creation of two new roads and a new rear lane system.

RICHMOND ZONING BYLAW 8500, AMENDMENT BYLAWS 9280 and 9281 Location/s:

City-wide

Applicant/s:

City of Richmond

Purpose: To better regulate the height and massing of single detached and two-unit dwellings, and regulate the size and siting of accessory buildings in the single family and two-unit dwelling zones. City Contact:

James Cooper, 604-247-4606, Building Approvals Department

How to obtain further information: % By Phone: If you have questions or concerns, please call the CITY CONTACT shown above. % On the City Website: Public Hearing Agendas, including staff reports and the proposed bylaws, are available on the City Website at http://www.richmond.ca/ cityhall/council/agendas/hearings/2015.htm

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% By Fax or Mail: Staff reports and the proposed bylaws may also be obtained by FAX or by standard mail, by calling 604-276-4007 between the hours of 8:15 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, commencing August 28, 2015 and ending September 8, 2015. Participating in the Public Hearing process: % 7># *;26</ 8#4!<1@ <? &$#1 =& 466 3#32#!? &" =># public. If you believe that you are affected by the proposed bylaw, you may make a presentation or submit written comments at the Public Hearing. If you are unable to attend, you may send your written comments to the City Clerk’s Office by 4 pm on the date of the Public Hearing as follows:

Bylaw 9270

% At City Hall: Copies of the proposed bylaw, supporting staff and Committee reports and other background material, are also available for inspection at the Planning and Development Division at City Hall, between the hours of 8:15 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, except statutory holidays, commencing August 28, 2015 and ending September 8, 2015, or upon the conclusion of the hearing.

% By E-mail: using the on-line form at http://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/hearings/about. htm % By Standard Mail: 6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, V6Y 2C1, Attention: Director, City Clerk’s Office % By Fax: 604-278-5139, Attention: Director, City Clerk’s Office % Public Hearing Rules: For information on public hearing rules and procedures, please consult the City website at http://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/ hearings/about.htm or call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-276-4007. % -66 ?;23<??<&1? 9<66 "&!3 $4!= &" =># !#/&!. &" =># hearing. Once the Public Hearing has concluded, no further information or submissions can be considered by Council. It should be noted that the rezoned property may be used for any or all of the uses permitted in the “new” zone. David Weber Director, City Clerk’s Office

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FOCUSon Life

Learn to embrace a postive life full of constant change DAVIDICUSWONG Healthwise

t every age and in every day, we have challenges, gifts, and a call to action. In each day, I see all of life in the patients I serve – from newborns to the long retired. Even when we cease to be paid, there is work to do:

this is the work of a lifetime that we carry out consciously or unconsciously. It is the active creation of our own lives, the writing and rewriting of our own life stories, and the cultivation of relationships. For many of us at any age,

life can seem a struggle. We ﬁght, ﬂee or resist what we don’t want and we crave and pursue what we want, thinking that when we are free of that which we don’t want and have all that we desire, we will be happy and at peace. But that’s not reality. Life is never perfect or if it ever is, it won’t stay that way. Change is the reality of life, but we can still be happy.

In youth, what we want may be on the horizon and in the future just beyond our reach. As time passes, what we want is in the past — loved ones missed and opportunities lost. In the latter half of our journey, we may be looking back more than forward. The present reminds us of what we don’t have: people no longer with us; our youth, vigour and time.

We forget the possibilities of the present. At every point in life – indeed, in every day – you have a positive potential to be realized. Given your abilities and your experiences, what can you do to help another person today? There is always someone in need of just the thing that we can do for them. Looking at the people in

your life today, what can you do to make each relationship even better? Is it time to call and catch up with an old friend? Is it time for a crucial conversation? What thoughtful action would express your appreciation for another? Accept your body as it is. How can you become as healthy as you can be? What can you do to help yourself? What would be the ﬁrst step to improving your wellbeing? On Thursday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m., I’ll present a free public presentation in the Visitor Centre at the VanDusen Botanical Garden (5251 Oak Street, Vancouver). As part of the Tapestry Foundations for Health Care’s Dialogue on Aging public presentation series, I’ll be talking about “Achieving Your Positive Potential at Any Age.” For information and registration, call (604) 806-9486 or check online at www.tapestryfoundation. ca/education/public-presentation-series. 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.

WHAT’SOn ! Saturday

Bring the end of summer school holidays to a close in style and fun with the inaugural Richmond World Festival Sept. 5 from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. at Minoru Park. The free, one-day festival will feature music, food, sport and culture from around the world. Headlining the entertainment is Brooklyn duo Matt and Kim. The event will also include a food truck festival, culinary stage and activities for all ages. For details, visit richmondworldfestival.com.

! Sunday

Curious about the beneﬁts of cuddling? Richmond Cuddle Party will host an event for anyone 18+ Sept. 6 from 2 - 5 p.m. Meet others, practice clear communication, socializing, and welcome touch at your pace. To RSVP: meetup.com/cuddlepartykarins or register: karincuddleparty.eventbrite. ca

! Tuesday

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The Steveston Village Knitters meets at Waves Coffee House on Bayview St. each Tuesday from 10 a.m. - noon, year-round and welcomes anyone to the group.

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VOICESon Wine

A cure for the summertime thirsts ERICHANSON Sips Happen

ssuming that summer will soon return after the recent wind and rain we’ve endured, here’s a trio of New Zealand wines to quench your September thirst. Kiwi wines are much like B.C. wines. Both regions are temperate and the wines exhibit vibrant fruit with a good degree of acidity. The result? Balanced wines that are food-friendly. Take Oyster Bay 2014 Chardonnay ($17.99) for example. Produced in the South Island’s famous Marlborough region, it exudes aromas and ﬂavours of vanilla from the oak, as

sausage. Another Marlborough thirst -quencher which can also partner well with seafood and light meats is Stoneleigh 2014 Latitude Sauvignon Blanc ($19.49). Zesty and elegant is my overall impression. I enjoy the regular line of Stoneleigh wines, but this is from a premium area, the Golden Mile. The land is covered with ancient river stones which produce wines that are aromatically lifted, as well as riper in spectrum. The Latitude has the classic Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc signature smells of gooseberry and guava along with grass, green beans, and asparagus flavours and a long lemony finish. Kiwi wines are much like Like the Oyster Bay Chard, this Latitude B.C. wines. Both regions are SB is multipurpose. temperate and the wines Enjoy it as a patio sipper as you savour exhibit vibrant fruit with a the final weeks of good degree of acidity. summer and you wait for your barbecued pork with rosemary and sage to grill to perfection. Of course, shellfish and Sauvignon well as a tangy lemon-lime Blanc is classic match, as is flavour with juicy peach, chicken with tarragon and nectarine and apricot. It has asparagus with béarnaise a sweet fruit taste on the sauce. mid-palate, but ends on a My final choice is a welllong dry finish. respected name among Kiwi And if that weren’t enough, wine lovers, Kim Crawford. the Oyster Bay Chard has Kim Crawford makes a creamy mouth feel and delicious Sauvignon Blanc a bracing acidity, which is and Chardonnay, but today just right for shellfish, such I’m focusing on their 2014 as oysters, mussels, and South Island Pinot Noir prawns. ($21.99). Oyster Bay was a perfect And what a winner it is! aperitif last weekend when Pinot Noir is often charI donned my chef’s hat acterized as having a silky and prepared a homemade texture. pesto pizza with salami and Some do, some don’t. The

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Kim Crawford certainly does. If you are a white wine lover, this would be an excellent introduction to trying a smooth and silky red without the bitter tannins you detest. Unlike many New Zealand wines, the Pinot Noir is a blend from two regions on the South Island: Marlborough and the interior Central Otago. Expect complexity with

toasty vanilla, forest ﬂoor, ripe strawberries, rhubarb, beetroot, and black cherry. Stylish and juicy. Whether it’s a sipper or a partner with rack of lamb or barbecued salmon, this Pinot Noir is delicious and a bargain for the quality it delivers. Eric Hanson is a retired teacher and wine educator.

! A trio of ﬁne

New Zealand wines from Oyster Bay, Stoneleigh and Kim Crawford are perfect for some late summertime meals. Photo submitted

living legend comes to the Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival This month, Gateway Theatre welcomes Richmond residents to the Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival. This is truly a festival for everyone, featuring the best and brightest from Hong Kong’s stages, with English surtitles opening up the festival to the entire community. One of the festival’s highlights is the performance of living legend Chung King Fai in an internationally acclaimed production of Tuesdays with Morrie. Considered the “Laurence Olivier” of Hong Kong theatre, Chung King Fai has starred in countless theatrical productions and has won over 10 Hong Kong Drama Awards. He is a true pioneer of the industry, introducing Western conventions such as Broadway musicals and Theatre of the Absurd to Hong Kong audiences. As well as being an iconic stage actor, he has starred in multiple television series since the 1970’s, making him one of the longest-standing celebrities in China. His influence extends far beyond his own stage and screen career. He is the founding Dean of the School of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Considered a right of passage for actors serious about their craft, the school has produced some of the most successful performers in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Chung King Fai’s influence on his students is akin to that of revered American acting teacher Lee Strasberg of the Actors Studio. This is his Western Canada debut and a rare opportunity for residents to see a living legend at work. Join us for Tuesdays with Morrie, as well as all of the festival’s exciting programming, at this year’s Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival!

September 3 - 26, 2015 The Will to Build September 3 and 4 • Gateway Outdoor Plaza Cook Your Life / MeChat September 17-19 Tuesdays with Morrie September 24-26 Gateway MainStage

Tickets and more show info:

www.gatewaytheatre.com

Box Office: 604.270.1812

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Songs about ferrets help colour a creative mind PHILIPRAPHAEL Staﬀ Reporter

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here’s something reassuringly honest when Andrew Wade tells you a song about putting a ferret up your nose provided creative inspiration for him when he was a youngster. No, he didn’t actually jam a Mustela putorius furo — the Latin name for ferret — into his nasal passage, but it makes about as much sense as dressing up Shakespearian characters in floppy ears and bushy tails and making them do the bunny hop in one of the bard’s most gruesome plays — Titus Andronicus. But that’s the world the 28-year-old UVIC and McRoberts grad lives in during a few months of the year as he focuses his energies and wit on the fringe festival circuit, which this year had him perform a self-revealing, one-man show across the country, and a bard parody he penned which debuts next week in Vancouver. Raised by British-born parents, Wade was fed a steady diet of off the wall humour — the likes of Spike Milligan and plenty of Monty Python — and used that perspective to colour his creative side. “I think if you asked me when I was six what I wanted to be it would have been either a singer or a comic book writer,” Wade says between sips of his mocha latté at Diplomat Bakery in Steveston. ! Andrew Wade Instead, he embarked on a path towards writing and the performing arts. “Over the course of three years in high school, I wrote a show called High School Noire which was a detective-type story set in a high school featuring detective who just rambles on about how life is like metaphors,” Wade says. “Since I’d never seen a noir film, it was based strictly off cartoons that mocked noir films.” The production never made it to the stage while Wade was at McRoberts, but it was revived a few years later when the piece won at The Vancouver Playwright’s Competition.

! Kazz Leskard (right), playing William Shakespeare,

gives Nathan Cottell’s Titus Andronicus a wardrobe tweak in Titus: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus. Photo submitted

“It got an honourable mention and was performed there. And in the same week a friend of mine from high school returned to McRoberts to direct a show and performed it there, as well. “That sparked in me the need to write more.” After high school, Wade says he literally flipped a coin to choose between writing or studying theatre at UVIC. Writing was the choice, although after two years Wade added the theatre side. “Now I have both degrees,” he says, adding in a wistfully mocking manner the career he’s chosen doesn’t require a certified stamp of academic qualifications. Between fringe festival tours that’s left him with about half a dozen part-time, flexible schedule jobs, ranging from leading tours at Science World and the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, to tending the bar at Gateway Theatre, and serving as a mock patient who gets poked and prodded by herds of medical students. “It’s an uncomfortable day when you’ve got 24

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St. Alban

an Anglican parish in the heart of Richmond Services at 8:30 and 10:00 am Sunday School 10:00 am The Reverend Margaret Cornish 7260 St. Albans Road, Richmond 604-278-2770 • www.stalbansrichmond.org

St. Anne’s - Steveston Anglican Church 4071 Francis Road, Richmond, BC

The Rev. Brian Vickers, Rector • 604-277-9626

Sunday 8:30 a.m. - Contemplative Eucharist 10:00 a.m. Family Eucharist with Church School Wednesday 10:00am. Eucharist, 11:00am Bible Study, 7pm Eucharist • www.stannessteveston.ca

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people all reaching under your ribs, trying to determine if your liver has grown or shrunk,” he says with a laugh. But, when he’s on stage, it provides an opportunity to share certain aspects of his life in a cathartic manner. That comes across in his one-man show called The Most Honest Man in the World, where Wade discusses his enduring quest for candour while constructing a working lie detector on stage. It’s a process — an unscripted, 70-minute show with cue cards to keep him on track — which often leaves him feeling vulnerable, although not in an unpleasant way. “I’m a bit of an odd duck in that being on stage is a safe place,” he says. “For some reason, being alone and talking to a bunch of people I’ve never met before is a place where I feel more safe emotionally. “That sorta tells me I had that storyteller gene in me, because I’d much rather be feeling those things on stage, rather than home alone in my room.” As for where ferrets up your nose — a song from a 1960’s British radio program called I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again, which launched John Cleese, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor — and bunny hopping Shakespearian figures fit in, Wade says it comes from his Monty Python side of his brain, which produced Titus: The Light and Delightful Musical Comedy of Titus Andronicus, which is part of the Vancouver Fringe Festival lineup Sept. 10 to 20. The idea came to him during a production of Titus Andronicus for the Victoria Shakespeare Society. “As I was performing in the show, it struck me how absurd a lot of the story is,” Wade says. “It’s very compelling, dramatic and tense. You feel for these characters. But at the same time, it has plot lines where someone decided the best way to convince people not to go to war, is to dress up in silly costume and pretend they are the demon of revenge.” In the version Wade wrote, Shakespeare struggles to fix the show and make it more audiencefriendly by transforming it into a musical comedy. The festival’s website describes it as “a dark struggle for power and revenge — but why slit a throat when you can sing and dance, right?”

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GILMORE PARK UNITED CHURCH 8060 No. 1 Road (corner of No. 1 & Blundell) 604.277.5377 www.gilmoreparkunited.ca Rev. Maggie Watts-Hammond, Min. of Word, Sacrament & Pastoral Care Rev. Yoko Kihara – Min. of Christian Development & Outreach Worship and Children’s Program Sundays 10:30 am

Richmond United Church 8711 Cambie Rd. (near Garden City Rd.) 604-278-5622 Come for 10am Sunday Worship and Children s Sunday School and after-service coffee and fellowship.

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3720 Broadway Street (at 2nd Ave.) Please join10am us atWorship 10am Sunday, 2015School Please join us for ServiceJuly and19, Sunday for Worship and Sunday with Service Rev. Brenda Miller School 604-277-0508 • www.stevestonunitedchurch.ca A caring and friendly village church

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Prepared by the Richmond Arts Coalition

Ongoing until Sept. 30

One War, Two Victories: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site (5180 Westwater Drive) 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. For more information visit richmond.ca/culture/sites/ britannia/events

Ongoing until Oct. 7

Focus on Creativity: Works by members of the Richmond Photo Club: Exhibition at City Hall Galleria, Monday Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more information visit richmondartgallery.org.

Ongoing until Oct. 18

Interwoven World – Identity and Fashion: From 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Richmond Museum 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. For more information, call 604-247-8300.

Sept. 1 – 30

Traveling exhibition of Westcoast Calligraphy Society’s work: 1 - 4 p.m. Thompson Community Centre (5151 Granville Ave.). Making calligraphy more visible in our community, a see Arts Listings › page 19

REFORMED CHURCH (RCA)

Fujian Evangelical Church

welcomes you to Sunday Worship Services • English Services: 9:00 & 10:45 a.m. • Mandarin Service: 9:00 a.m. • Minnanese Service: 10:45 a.m. 12200 Blundell Road, Richmond, B.C., V6W 1B3 Phone 604-273-2757 • www.fujianevangelical.org BAPTIST

Broadmoor Baptist Church A safe place to connect with God and fellow travellers on your spiritual journey

8140 Saunders Road, Richmond, BC 604-277-8012 www.bbchurch.ca Dr. Tim Colborne - Lead Pastor.

Worship Service - 10:30 a.m. Sonshine Adventures for Kids

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CHRIST-CENTERED CHRISTIAN CHURCH www.cccc-richmondbc.com

COME AND JOIN US IN OUR CELEBRATION OF REDEMPTION! Worship Service.....12:20 p.m. Sunday School.....2:00 p.m. 8151 Bennett Road, Richmond tel: 604-271-6491

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ARTS in the City

Rhinos’ plight is artist’s World Fest focus Art, food and music from around the globe featured at Fest ALANCAMPBELL Staﬀ Reporter

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local artist is hoping to use this weekend’s inaugural Richmond World Festival as a platform to raise awareness of one of the planet’s dying species. Ming Yeung has created a series of Chinese paintings inspired by the plight of the various types of rhino that are being poached into extinction around the Earth. Called Love our Rhinos, Yeung’s handcrafted paintings will be exhibited for the ﬁrst time at Saturday’s new Richmond World Festival, being held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Minoru Park. “The northern white rhinoceros is the closest to extinction, but Indonesia’s Javan and Sumatran rhinos are not far behind,” said Yeung, who teaches Chinese painting in Coquitlam. “Africa’s black rhinos are also critically endangered, while the southern white rhinoceros are “near threatened,” due to being illegally poached.” To honour the species, Yeung has devoted the entire, rice paper project to inspiring the public and future generations to get involved spreading the word of how close the rhino is to being no more. “I view every opportunity to display artwork and educate our community as a wonderful way to engage the public in the arts experience,” added Hong Kong-born Yeung, who will soon be running workshops at the new City Centre Community Centre on No. 3 Road and Firbridge Way. “Most Canadians have no concept of the poaching and I really wanted to bring some attention to the issue.

“In China, there is a heavy demand for rhino horn, which can be sold for up to $60,000 per kilo. And I really don’t want to see beautiful creatures disappearing from our world.” After the Richmond World Festival, Yeung is taking her project to Vancouver, the Tri-Cities and then hopefully Port Moody. *Meanwhile, Saturday’s free festival is being billed as a “smorgasbord of music, food, sports and culture” at Minoru Park. Featuring headline performances by duo and festival circuit favourites Matt and Kim and Grammy-winning Alex Cuba, the festival boasts an array of performances on multiple stages. Music, dance, visual arts, poets, chefs, and a multi-media “Digital Carnival” will entertain festivalgoers from ! Artist Ming Yeung displays her work, which helps shed light on the challenges 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. rhinos face from poachers. Photo submitted And more than 35 of the region’s most popular food parking is available at Richmond Centre, Richtrucks will feature ethnic specialties from nations mond City Hall and the surrounding neighbouraround the globe. A number of acclaimed, local hood. For the full list of entertainment, go to www. chefs will be sharing their secrets throughout the richmondworldfestival.com and for updates, day on the Richmond Centre Culinary stage. contests, go to facebook.com/richmondworldfest, Drivers are encouraged to carpool as limited or @FunRichmond on Twitter.

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ong, warm summer evenings and great music. That was the recipe for success of this year’s Music at the Cannery series which concluded Aug. 28 with a show by Richmond’s own Charlotte Diamond. Series organizer, Frankie Neilson, said Diamond’s show was great way to end the event that sold out close to all of the Friday night dates in July

and August at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery. “It got to the point during the summer that we told people to be there by 6:15 p.m., otherwise they were unlikely to get a seat for the 6:30 show,” said Neilson, owner of the Beatmerchant Record Store in Steveston Village who started the series in 2013. Back then, there was no guarantee

of big crowds, but as the series’ reputation for quality entertainment has spread, Neilson said the 160 seats outdoors on the cannery’s tank deck have ﬁlled up on a regular basis. And when the music had to be shifted inside due to poor weather, there was room for the crowd to expand to around 300 — as with Diamond’s show which drew to capacity with several generations of fans of

the children’s entertainer, who’s celebrating 30 years of performing. With such interest in the admission by donation series, and no way to get above the indoor and outdoor capacities without some major, and likely costly renovations to the sites, Neilson said the events have become somewhat of a “victim of its own success.” — Philip Raphael

Flicks and reads for your weekend down time SHELLEY CIVKIN The Book Club

or those weekends when you have no plans and just want to laze around the house in your jammies watching movies, consider this: Subtitles Won’t Kill You. I was never a foreign film fan until I started watching Israeli movies with subtitles. One of the most hysterical ones I’ve come across is in a long time is Hunting Elephants, a movie about three old men and a young boy who cook up a cockamamie plot to rob a bank. Starring Patrick Stewart, known for his role as Capt. Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, this funny, heartwarming film rates a solid 10. This film is part of Richmond Public Library’s Ben and Esther Dayson Judaica Collection. In Hunting Elephants, the father of 12-year-old

Yonatan dies suddenly, leaving his family almost destitute. So, Yonatan finds a way to save his family from losing everything. It just so happens the deceased was the head of security at a bank, so you can see where this is going. But don’t go getting all complacent. The antics that ensue at the senior citizens home where the three old men live leave hilarious in the rear view mirror. For something equally funny but a bit more mature in a naughty, dark sort of way, check out another Israeli film, Zero Motivation. This film won several film festival awards. It features three young female soldiers who are so disinterested and disdainful of the Israeli army, that life is just one big joke to them. Serving in a remote, forgotten army base and bored out of their minds working in an administration office, all they do is play computer games and snipe at each other. Clearly, their all-business-no-fun superiors are

no match for these three and their outrageous pranks. Whether this is a realistic portrayal of the attitudes of young Israeli soldiers or simply a ﬁctional construct, it makes no difference. It’s just plain funny. But be warned, it’s a bit racy. And when you’re done lazing around watching movies, why not get a head start on your Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) cooking? For some great recipes check out Jewish Soul Food: From Minsk to Marrakech, More Than 100 Unforgettable Dishes Updated for Today’s Kitchen; Chic Made Simple: Fresh, Fast, Fabulous Kosher Cuisine; Cook in Israel: Home Cooking Inspiration; and Kosher Carnivore: the Ultimate Meat and Poultry Cookbook. For other popular reading suggestions check out Richmond Public Library’s Web site at www.yourlibrary.ca/ goodbooks/. Shelley Civkin is a communications ofﬁcer with the Richmond Public Library

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ARTS Listings From page 18 traveling exhibition of Westcoast Calligraphy Society’s work will be on display at Thompson Community Centre for the month of September. On Sept. 26 learn how to create your own decorated letter. From 1 to 4 p.m., calligraphers will be demonstrating different styles of calligraphy. For more information, call 604-238-8422.

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Gateway Theatre Paciﬁc Festival: The Will to Build by Theatre du Pif at Gateway Theatre (6500 Gilbert Rd. From 7 - 10 p.m. Gateway Theatre Paciﬁc Festival is a showcase of world-class contemporary theatre from Hong Kong and Canada. Throughout the month of September, Gateway Theatre will present new and exciting theatre from Hong Kong with English surtitles. For more information, call 604-2701812.

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Steveston Museum Guided Walking Tours Take a stroll with us through history and experience Steveston’s stories every Friday and Saturday to Sept. 26. Two tours each day. Each tour lasts one hour. Cost: $7 per person and can booked in person at the Tourism Richmond Visitor Centre counter or by phone by calling 604-271-8280. For more information, call Tourism Richmond Visitor Centre at 604-271-8280.

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Richmond World Festival 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. at Minoru Park. The Richmond World Festival is a one-day festival will feature music, food, sport and culture from around the world. A major headline artist (Indy dance duo Matt and Kim) will close the main stage with numerous multicultural acts performing throughout the day. The event will include a food truck festival, a culinary stage and activities for all ages. For more information

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Catcher headed to Toronto for top prospects tourney A

■ Richmond City Baseball product Noah Or is among 25 players from B.C. selected to play in the upcoming Tournament 12 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Photo by Kevin Bogetti-Smith

busy summer of baseball will conclude for Noah Or at the prestigious Tournament 12 in Toronto. The 15-year-old Richmond catcher is one of 160 players from across the country selected to the five-day tournament that is designed to showcase the best eligible Canadian born players to both professional scouts and college recruiters. The tournament is hosted by the Blue Jays Baseball Academy and Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar. It will take place at Rogers Centre — Sept. 14-18. Alomar will act as the Tournament Commissioner and will receive assistance from his father Sandy Alomar, along with Blue Jays alumni George Bell, Duane Ward, Lloyd Moseby, and Devon White. Eight teams of 20 players will represent their regions of Canada and will play a minimum of four games with a tournament champion being crowned on Friday, September 18. All players were selected by the Blue Jays Baseball Academy with assistance from the Blue Jays Scouting Department, Baseball Canada, and the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau.

Or is fresh off helping Team B.C. win gold at the Western Canada Games at Wood Buffalo, Alberta. B.C. reach the top of the podium with a 7-3 win over Saskatchewan in the gold medal game. B.C. won five of six games and avenged its only defeat with a 7-4 triumph over Alberta in the semi-finals. Or was a solid defensively and also a force at the plate throughout the tournament. The Grade 11 student at McRoberts secondary played this past season with the North Delta Blue Jays of the B.C. Premier Baseball League. Or came through Richmond City Baseball, up until the U15 Bantam AAA level where he skipped his second-year of eligibility and aged up to help the North Delta Blue Jays Junior team capture the provincial championship in 2014. He then moved on to the Premier team where he batted .286 and helped the Jays reach the post-season for the first time since 2010. Teammates Tyler Hoefer and Alex Davis were among 25 B.C. players selected for Tournament 12. Or will be suiting up for the Futures team.

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pair of former Richmond Lacrosse standouts have been recognized for their play this past season in the B.C. Junior “A” Lacrosse League. Jordan Gilles is the 2015 recipient of Keith McEachren Trophy as the league’s Most Sportsmanlike Player. The defensive standout had a leading role in helping the Delta Islanders reach the league championship series for just the second time in franchise history. Gilles was traded to Delta after two seasons with the Coquitlam Adanacs where he won back-toback BCJALL titles. The deal re-united him with Greg Rennie who was also his head coach with the Richmond

Intermediate “A” Islanders. Gilles managed 20 points in 18 games and is projected to be among the top picks in the 2016 Western Lacrosse Association draft. Meanwhile, Ryland Hood was named to the league’s Second All-Star Team after an outstanding season in net. The second-year goalie was superb in the post-season, helping the Islanders complete a threegame sweep of Victoria before facing a barrage of shots against the high-flying Adanacs. Hood will be one of Delta’s key returning players in 2016 where he will be joined by another Richmond Lacrosse product — Brad Hofmann — who served as the Islanders captain.

Meanwhile, Ryan Jensen helped Team B.C. earn silver at the U15 Canadian Field Lacrosse Championships which wrapped up on Sunday in Halifax. Ontario broke a 6-6 tie late in the third quarter and went on to defeat B.C. 11-7 in the gold medal game. Jensen comes from a family with a rich lacrosse background, including his father Rod — a former WLA standout who is now head coach of the Langley Thunder. Earlier this summer at the National Box Lacrosse Championships, Ian Ryder helped the B.C. U15 team win silver, while Sekwanee Baker was a member of the bronze medalist B.C. Midget team.

■ Ryland Hood enjoyed an all-star season in net in helping the Delta Isllanders advance to the B.C. Junior “A” Lacrosse League finals.

Dunfee concludes Worlds with personal best in 50 km race

van Dunfee capped a memorable summer with a strong showing in the 50 km race walk at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Beijing. Six days after his 13th place finish in the 20 km race, the 24-year-old from Richmond was 12th in just the fourth time competing at that distance. Despite crushing his personal best time by over eight minutes, with a clocking of 3:49.56, Dunfee was hoping for more to add to Canada’s point total

at the meet. “I came here hoping for a top 15, I got that in the 20km, so I thought for the 50km, what the heck, I wanted a top eight. I wanted to contribute to our team, earn at least one point. I put myself in a good position. I was on the Canadian record pace until about 42-43km when wheels came off a little bit,” he said. “This is my fourth 50km, I’ve blown up in all of them, but

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this is the one I’ve blown up the least in. Next time, I’ll try and blow up a little bit less, but a eight and a half minute personal best so I can’t complain.” Having already locked up a spot in the 20km event at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games he is well on his way to adding a second race to his schedule. Dunfee began a busy summer by capturing gold in the 20 km race at the Pan Am Games in Toronto. Please reserve NOW for Belly Dancing September 5th

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Clarke makes most of rare West Coast game for LSU

ummer Clarke’s junior season at Louisiana Tech University is off to an impressive start and this time she got to play close to home. The LSU Tigers made a rare appearance in the Pacific Northwest — making the 3,200 kilometre journey to Eugene to produce a 2-1 victory over the University of Oregon Ducks. The 19-year-old Richmond soccer standout opened the scoring in the 24th minute when she chipped a shot past Oregon goalkeeper Lauren Holden from just inside the top of the penalty. “It’s just so important to get the first goal in a tight game, especially when your away from home,” Clarke said. “It’s the season opener and they had the crowd behind them, so you knew they were going to really pumped up for this game. Scoring the first goal meant so much for us in how we were able to play and push on and come away with the win. “Jorian (Baucom) laid off the perfect ball for me. I got the right contact on it, and I think it was still going in the top corner, but I think it got a little touch off one of their defenders. It was a great feeling to see it hit the net.” The Ducks equalized six minutes later and the Tigers came right back after the ensuing kickoff when Baucom notched what proved to be the game winner. The three goal outburst was followed by nearly an hour of scoreless soccer. The Tigers were efficient on the night, converting two of their three shots on target, while their defense limited the Ducks

to five shots. It was LSU’s first trip to Oregon in 10 years. “It’s great because we’ve put in nine months of hard work. You can ask any returners on the team. It wasn’t the prettiest game of soccer, but we came here and got the job done,” added Clarke. “Our focus for this game really was to start fast, and we did that coming out with the win. The feeling after the game was just so great among the team knowing we got what we came here for.” Clarke is the program’s active career scoring leader as she entered this season with 17 goals to her name in two previous campaigns at Baton Rouge, including her team-leading 10 goals as a freshman in 2013 en route to earning Second-Team All-SEC honors. The Canadian international followed with seven goals as a sophomore in 2014 to rank second on the squad. Corner kicks... Closer to home, Clarke’s former teammate Amrit Berar set up the game’s opening goal as the UBC Thunderbirds posted a 2-1 win over Western Washington on Saturday in Bellingham. Berar jumped on a poor pass and found Jasmin Dhanada with a long ball for a breakaway goal as UBC went on to defeated its NCAA Division II opponent. She also scored the previous week in a 7-0 romp over the Northwest Eagles. UBC opens up Canada West conference play this weekend against the University of Victoria in the provincial capital.

■ Richmond’s Summer Clarke got a chance to play a rare game in the Pacific time zone when the LSU Tigers opened their 2015 season at the University of Oregon. Photo by LSU Athletics

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