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Dock plan sparks protest Save Garry Point Park petition takes issue with `eyesore`pilings Graeme Wood

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n online petition to “save Garry Point Park” has been launched, with more than 900 signatures having been collected since last December, in addition to several hundred Facebook shares of the GoPetition. com page.

The petition opposes a tentative proposal from the City of Richmond’s parks department to install a permanent pier, or dock, at the popular park. It also takes issue with what it calls an “eyesore,” that being a series of steel pilings that have rested along the shoreline since 2010.

“We, the people of Richmond, have endured the visually offensive and disruptive steel pilings, located at the southwest

edge of Garry Point Park, for over five years.

Said pilings were installed without any public consultation and we want the pilings removed immediately!” states the petition, which is signed mostly by anonymous signatures (hidden from public view).

Most of the signatures are purported to have come from Richmond residents.

“We enjoy Garry Point and want to see it maintained in its natural state,” stated Oskar Kweiton on Sunday on GoPetition.com.

The petitioner states the park should not be turned into a “pocket cruise ship terminal,” citing city reports to the parks committee. Although none of those documents cite a specific proposal for such a concept, the idea has been floated in the past.

The empty pilings will be used for tall ship festivals in 2017 when the city floats docks from Imperial Landing to the pilings to ac-

commodate the deep-hull boats.

That plan is in lieu of the initial proposals for a permanent pier or dock. Initially, at a parks committee meeting in November, Coun. Bill McNulty, along with councillors Linda McPhail and Chak Au, had supported a proposal to buy a second, new 600-foot floating dock, at a cost of $1.5 million, to be placed along the steel pilings. After seasonal maritime events, the second dock could then been moved back to Steveston Channel with the existing one and used for additional moorage at Imperial Landing. Councillors Carol Day, Ken Johnston and Harold Steves voted against the proposal.

Steves since said he wants a permanent dock but one without the “ugly” pilings.

A much larger $5 million “legacy pier” was also proposed to accommodate large ships for special events in 2017 and thereafter.

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n Police work to bring out the contents from a home on 5680 Colville Rd., in Richmond

on March 24. Several of the contents appeared to be related to medical equipment.

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retired acupuncturist is under investigation for allegedly running a practice out of his Richmond home.

Investigators were on site Thursday morning in the 5600-block of Colville Road, loading equipment and folding acupuncture tables into a white truck.

A number of white boxes were also loaded and taken away.

Wai Cheong Chik is listed as a co-owner of the home. When reached by phone, he explained to a reporter that the search and seizure of his equipment was just a misunderstanding.

“They want to take it, I let them take it. They need information? I will tell them,” Chik said in Cantonese.

Chik said he previously worked as an acupuncturist but has been retired for some time.

He acknowledged that former patients frequently visit him at his home, but maintained they were there only to ask questions and not to receive treatment. He maintained there was never an exchange of money.

An online search yielded a Better Business Bureau listing for a “Mr. Chik” at 5680 Colville road in Richmond.

However, the listing notes, “this business is

not BBB accredited,” and directs inquiries to the appropriate agency and lists the contact information for the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of B.C. There are no complaints or reviews under the listing on BBB’s website.

There are also no acupuncturists registered by the name “Chik” in B.C., according to the college. It remains unclear if Chik was or had ever been registered or licensed in B.C. When asked why he still had medical equipment despite having retired for “a few years,” Chik said: “No one will buy this equipment — it’s all for acupuncture.”

He said he believes Thursday’s search and seizure was the result of a false report.

“All I have to say is that they were only friends,” Chik said of the many visitors to his home.

While the seizure was taking place Thursday, several high-end luxury cars could be seen pulling into Chik’s driveway, then leaving.

Richmond RCMP were on site to assist, but Cpl. Dennis Hwang said RCMP is not leading the investigation.

Messages left with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of B.C., as well as the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C., have not yet been returned.

Mega homes cause loss of mature tree canopy GRAEMEWOOD Staff Reporter

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he extent to which mega homes and new townhouse developments along arterial roads have impacted Richmond’s tree canopy is not known exactly, but Richmond resident John Terborg is willing to take a guess.

After comparing Google satellite images of Richmond from 2002 to 2013 and using an online program that calculates tree canopies, Terborg estimated that the Quilchena neighbourhood lost about 25 per cent of its mature trees as a result of new development.

He is hoping the City of Richmond factors in tree loss in an upcoming round of public consultation that will focus on bylaws surrounding how large and where a home’s footprint may be, including re-assessing side yard setbacks.

“The ‘Richmond special’ kind of

Engineer estimates Quilchena lost 25 per cent of mature trees in last 12 years development does not leave much room for green space. It’s very cookie cutter, wasteful and inefficient.

There are definitely things that can be done,” said Terborg, an engineer by profession.

Terborg sought help from former Richmond resident Lusha Zhou, a member of the Garden City Conservation Society, who is a master’s candidate in geography at the University of Toronto.

Zhou, who grew up in Richmond, said considering Richmond’s stated goals of being environmentally friendly, it makes sense to consider green space in new developments.

“Policies, regulations and practices should respect trees and green space,” said Zhou, noting trees are not protected from new mega home footprints in the city’s tree protection bylaws.

Furthermore, new homes tend to have large driveways and extra car garages.

“It is somewhat contradictory to the many goals of the city,” said Zhou, who specializes in satellite data analysis and green infrastructure.

Zhou and Terborg noted the preliminary analysis of Quilchena is not precise. Zhou is hoping to use better software and images, dating back decades.

Terborg hopes the city conducts a more sophisticated analysis of its tree canopy, much like Vancouver, which found its canopy had declined by about 20 per cent from 1995 to 2013.

“I know Richmond is facing similar pressures as Vancouver,” said Terborg.

Other cities, Terborg noted, that See Less grass page 4

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Zhou said with fewer trees, which cool the ground, Richmond experiences more have been proactive with tree canopy urban heat island effect, resulting in more studies have seen their canopies increase, air conditioning use. most notably Toronto and Portland.

And, “studies show green space is “In Richmond, we’re removing trees we important for our mental probably don’t have to,” health and child developsaid Terborg. ment, not to mention all Zhou, who now resides in the ecological benefits,” Studies show green space Surrey, said her concern said Zhou. is that as the status quo is important for our menThe City of Vancouver, remains the city will noting 23,490 healthy, tal health and child develcontinue to lose trees and mature trees were regreen space on private opment, not to mention all moved over the last two property. decades on private propthe ecological benefits.

According to Vancouerty, has stated its goal is ver’s tree canopy study, – Lusha Zhou to return its tree canopy the majority of trees and to 1995 levels by 2055. green space are found on Its new policy of “plant private property. the right tree in the right Richmond has a tree place” will attempt to balprotection bylaw and tree ance the benefits of trees replacement policies but with competing interests. hundreds of trees are being replanted in public spaces, outside of residential n Tree benefits neighbourhoods, each year.

-Dust, smog and soot reduction The city also has many specific land-Rainwater management scape design rules, such as what kinds -Bird habitat of fences can be built and what shrubs -Mental health benefits can be planted for a new home. However, -Shade and shelter homeowners can still build driveways that

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Zhou and Terborg believe such policies need to be set with holistic thinking.

For example, Zhou said with more impermeable surfaces and less grass, there is more stress on the city’s drainage system.

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Bridge funding absent in budget Philip Raphael Staff Reporter

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ichmond’s business community remains buoyed by the federal government’s continued interest in helping fund a bridge to replace the George Massey Tunnel, despite no specific mention of it in the recent budget.

Amarjeet Sohi, the federal minister of infrastructure and communities, addressed a gathering of Richmond Chamber of Commerce members last Thursday (March 24) in a question and answer session on the new Liberal government`s spending plans and told the audience Ottawa will consider pitching in for the project, which is projected to cost $3.5 billion.

While no federal funding has been committed to the bridge project, Matt Pitcairn, president and CEO of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, said he is encouraged by the government’s commitment to infrastructure investment and looks forward to phase two of the infrastructure budget earmarked for B.C. Phase one includes $370

million targeted was pleased,” for the Lower Steves said. “I Mainland to think they are renovate Skywise not to put Train’s stations anything in the and aging cars. budget at this Phase two is time simply expected to inbecause there clude additional (are) so many funds for major questions about n Amarjeet Sohi projects including the project.” the Surrey LRT and BroadSteves said calls for a way underground connection federal environmental review linking UBC. is at the top of that list.

Also bringing optimism is But Steves added that he Ottawa’s pledge to increase was not happy to hear from its share of funding projects the minister that, while no to 50 per cent of the total money was immediately costs, up from one third. committed, there was a fund The City of Richmond has that could be tapped to proquestioned the project and its vide the federal government`s lack of planning to address share at a later date. a potential bottleneck when “So, he kinda sat on the traffic flowing northward from fence with that one,” Steves the bridge encounters intersaid, adding he remains opsections along Oak Street that timistic that, if environmental are already congested during studies are done, the project rush hour periods. could still be stopped in its Coun. Harold Steves, who tracks. attended the chamber event, “It’s entirely possible that a told the News he still believes federal environmental panel a bridge is not the right solucould say it’s not a go,” he tion for easing traffic flow to said, “simply because there and from communities south is so much harm that can of the Fraser River through be done to the river with Richmond and found it telling the deep dredging that is the federal budget excluded planned, which is one of the the project, for now. consequences of removing “I wasn’t surprised, but I the tunnel.”

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Painting smiles on culture clash Dear Editor, As a citizen of Richmond, I’m blessed to deal with multiple ethnicities in my daily life; in shopping situations, health care, home area, and I’ve always taken the attitude a smile works best and a pleasant demeanor, even when some people don’t reciprocate.

Once in a long line, behind a woman who was letting her kids run wild, the cashier commented to me: “You’re so poised,” after being jostled by said family: clearly rich, new Canadians.

I joked to the cashier: “It’s all an act, to keep the top of my head from blowing off.”

Basically, if you can’t change the way people behave, you can change your reaction to it.

That said, I personally would like to know exactly why companies advertising in town, and not using English signage, do so.

Is it partaking in blatant disinclusion of non-Asians, purposely not wanting non-Asians in your establishments or some other reason? Tell me, I want to know.

Do these businesses not understand that by perpetuating this practice, they themselves are guilty of a form of racism?

It’s difficult to keep a good demeanor about that or a smile, when I walk into an Asian-run business and I’m not waited on, ignored or told “there’s nothing here you’d like.”

(Community activist) Kerry Starchuk is slyly vilified for standing up for the laws of the land: signage should include English/French, while council talks about enforcing that or setting down clear bylaws to stop the controversy.

I try to treat every culture I encounter with dignity and respect, but how many voices have to stand up and say: “This is Canada, we’re supposed to be a melting pot. People who come here are expected to integrate, not just keep to their own and scorn everyone else.”

If I opened a store and put up a sign, “you can only come in here, or be welcomed, if you speak Gaelic or German” (my ethnicity) oh boy, wouldn’t the fur fly? I’d be called racist, right?

So, how is a bus stop sign in an unofficial Canadian language or all-Mandarin business signage any different?

Thank you to all the immigrants past and present who came to Richmond, participated in our multicultural way of life, but also hired at least one Englishspeaking employee until they learned the language themselves. I salute you!

All immigrants came from somewhere, maybe escaped some oppressive force, but I sure never expected to feel oppressed in my own community.

I sort of do lately.

Sheila Rathburn Richmond

Choose your words carefully Dear Editor, Re: “Be very careful about using the “R” word,” Letters, March 23.

Ray Arnold’s criticism of the misuse of the term “racism” is well taken.

There is an unfortunate tendency among some in anti-racist circles to use that term, rather than deal with the substantive arguments articulated by those who oppose immigration, affirmative action, multiculturalism policies and the like.

Indeed, I could be accused of reducing complex issues to a simple, but effective word, having once publicly accused the letter-writer of looking like a “bigot.”

However, within our local context, it is often difficult to parse different strands of thought.

The “culturism” to which Mr. Arnold refers has a fraught history. “Culturism” is a reactionary movement which aims to counter the rise of the multiculturalism movement of the past 50 years.

The argument of “culturists” is that multiculturalism policies undermine or devalue the “founding” or “majority” cultures in which these policies have taken root.

Unfortunately, this perfectly valid ideological position has been hijacked by those on the far right.

In its most extreme form, “culturism” is a proxy for a type of insidious racism.

There is a whole host of new, often social media-based organizations (Council of European Canadians, Immigration Watch Canada) that blur the fine line between criticizing multiculturalism and immigration, and outright bigotry.

The same phenomenon has unwittingly occurred on the Richmond News website.

Prior to its merciful closing of the article comments sections, there were a number of choice remarks that caught my attention: “I reiterate, ASIANS are the worst drivers in BC and something best be done before more innocents are killed!”; “As the demographics have changed the last few years so the lack of pride has followed, Goodbye Canada.”

Racist? Perhaps not. But when you put these comments together with the story about a Chinese person being asked if he would like to eat a dog (“Dog-eating slur needs to be addressed”), the “Fight Gridlock: Cut Immigration”

‘Lowest price’ translates well Dear Editor Re: “Ikea, a place of harmony,” Letters, March 25.

Sabine Eiche’s cultural observations during a recent visit to Ikea in Richmond is a further reminder

that phrases such as “Sale,” “Lowest Price!” and “No Tax!!” are universally understood and accepted uses of the English language that stretch across all cultural and racial barriers.

protest by Immigration Watch Canada, the “Dirty, stolen money” graffiti in Terra Nova, or — to add a personal anecdote — the swastika I saw in Steveston, the impression one gets is of a simmering undercurrent of racism.

Our inability or unwillingness to use nuanced language, or engage seriously with the arguments raised by community activists like Ray Arnold, Kerry Starchuk and others does a disservice to public debate.

It can be difficult to separate legitimate editorial commentary and activism from the excrement that emerges from the comments sections of the various news outlets in the Lower Mainland, especially when all you have to do is scroll down the page.

In this particular climate, with the ongoing debate about Chinese language signs, “monster” houses, shadowflipping and so on, it is logical that nuance is lost on some of us.

Mr. Arnold’s letter is a timely reminder that words matter. “Racism” should not be used as a bludgeon to silence opponents when more subtle language can advance debate.

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City planning experts ignored Dear Editor, It is a depressing fact in relation to politics and governance that the people who would be the most qualified to make vitally important and fully informed decisions regarding residential, commercial, and parks and recreation development in our community are those who are not the least bit interested in running for public office. One can only imagine how different our residential and commercial neighbourhoods might look if our city council included people with formal educations and extensive backgrounds in professions such as urban planning, architecture, engineering, ecology, or even sociology and anthropology.

It is quite likely that such people would have a distinctly different perspective than our current council about how our community’s growth and development should have been managed up to now, and how it should be guided in the future.

But these are professional planners, architects, etc., not ‘professional’ politicians like so many that are elected to public office are or become, and we only have to assess the evolution of the design of our community to understand the penalty that we pay because these eminently knowledgeable and experienced people are not inclined to be interested in politics and public service.

Given how critically important informed urban planning is to both the long-term welfare and survival of a community and determining the character and quality of life experienced by its citizens, It would be somewhat

comforting to know that the members of the current council had at least made some effort to research theories and practices related to urban/community planning and gained some perspective about how vitally important it is to learn from and avoid the mistakes made by other communities.

I can’t help but wonder, for example, how many have read any of the essential primers on urban planning, such as Jane Jacob’s landmark book The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Gary Hack’s Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice, or Kevin Lynch’s Good City Form or, The Image of the City. But, as I evaluate the changes occurring in my neighbourhood (more than 60 per cent unoccupied mega houses) and look at the binge building of more and more condo towers (equal rates of non-occupancy) that are beginning to spread further and further out from the city core, I can only surmise that such publications, and the lessons they provide, have never been on our council members’ reading lists — and probably never will be.

So, all we can do is lament the fact that the people who should be making the most important decisions related to the design of our community are not sitting on our city council. And just take a drive around Richmond and objectively assess what you see before you think about dismissing this claim out of hand.

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As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Richmond Hospital this year, we have a surgical equipment campaign underway to raise funds for surgical excellence here at home. I’d like to introduce you to Dr. Ken Poon, Head of Surgery at Richmond Hospital, who is also an extremely talented— and sought after—world-class urologist.

Dr. Poon grew up in Richmond, studied medicine at UBC graduating in 1998, specialized in urology at UBC in 2003 and subsequently completed his fellowship training in Chicago at North Western University for male infertility.

In his role as Head of Surgery, Dr. Poon speaks on behalf of all of his fellow surgeons about the work they do, the many advances in technology he’s seeing and how donors are making a huge difference to improve surgical care: “We have a tremendously talented team here, and that was the attractive thing about coming to Richmond Hospital: the best colleagues, the best levels of care, great nursing staff and other professionals. That really was a draw for many of us.

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“The community of Richmond has grown by leaps and bounds. And even in the nearly 40 years that I’ve been in Richmond, the population has quadrupled in size. As you can imagine, a rapidly growing and aging population here has taken its toll on equipment that is wearing out, breaking down or becoming obsolete and can no longer be repaired.

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Author’s use of common words explains a lot STEVENMcCREEDY Book Club

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ometimes, we find things in the world that are hard to understand, especially things that are very hard to build or that are made of lots of little parts.

This book by Randall Munroe called Thing Explainer helps make these hard things easier to get.

What makes this book (and this group of words that you are reading now) special is that it only uses the 1,000 most used words. Sometimes, this make for a strange

reading time: when the thing he is explaining is computers, human bodies, or things that people use to fly in the sky, the writer has to find new ways to explain exactly what he is trying to say.

It can be very hard to do.

Why does Munroe do this? It forces him to come up with the most simple way to explain things in the easiest words he can find that almost everybody would know.

To show what I mean, I have to break his simple-writing law for a minute. There is a part about human organs. He must talk about the liver and kidneys, so he calls them “blood cleaners.”

The heart’s job is made easier to understand by calling it the blood pusher.

Everybody knows what a stomach is, but how can it be explained?

Using the normal words you would say “digestion” and “bacteria.” Here he has to call the stomach parts “food hallway” and what helps break down your food “the living things inside you.”

This book is made up mostly of his simple explainers and the drawings that go with them. Randall Munroe’s main job is drawing funny pictures about the world on computers.

Is it any good?

The truth is that it does get a bit tiring.

Sometimes, the simple words are too simple. I had trouble understanding some of his ideas.

Still, the concept is interesting enough.

You don’t have to read it from front to back. Just look at what interest you and you’ll have a good time.

One note: It looks like a kids’ book, but it’s not. It’s really meant for anybody people interested in the how world works.

Steven McCreedy is a library technician at the Cambie branch. Next on his reading list is Vernor Vinge’s Rainbows End

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ichmond’s newest piece of public art will pay homage to Steveston’s fishing history as a nine-metre-high structure called Spirit of Steveston will be featured next to a new childcare facility at the former Steveston High site, now the home of 133 townhouse units, known as Kingsley Estates.

If approved by city council, the $195,000 project (paid for by development firm Polygon as a standard voluntary contribution) will feature a seine fishing boat high above the air, followed by a flock of seagulls, as it returns to port.

Spirit of Seveston will be located along No. 2 Road.

“The proposed artwork by Cheryl Hamilton and Michael Vandermeer and donated by Polygon Development represents a significant gift to the City of Richmond,” notes public art planner Eric Fiss, in a report to council.

“The artwork will interpret the rich heritage of Steveston and Steveston Secondary and activate this new addition to the London/Steveston Park for the enjoyment of visitors and residents,” concludes Fiss.

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Pending approval from city council, the City of Richmond will soon own a public art sculpture that rests at the

edge of the Cambie Road drainage station at River Road, near Aberdeen Station.

The piece known as Water #10 by artist Ren Jun is a tall (6.5 metre), stainless steel sculpture intended to reflect “confidence, freedom and fluidity,” according to an official description.

It was valued at $448,000 and installed in 2010 by the Vancouver Biennale.

Oris Development, via its Parc Riviera development, paid for the sculpture and has subsequently donated it to the city as part of its voluntary public artwork contribution (development fee).

Oris’ donation was valued at $400,000 and the company will also contribute $175,000 for other public art, including at the new Tait Waterfront Park, adjacent to the Parc Riviera condos, near the north end of No. 4 Road.

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he Richmond Chamber of Commerce is asking, “Have you ever been to China?” The city’s largest business organization is putting together a tour of China for this October.

Leaving Oct. 12 and returning Oct. 22, the tour will allow travellers to experience the cities Beijing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Shanghai with an English-speaking tour guide.

“Richmond is proud to be the most ethnically diverse municipality in Canada, with over half of residents reporting a Chinese origin.

Chinese culture, food and customs have a profound effect on our city.

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residents, travel to China can be expensive and a somewhat daunting undertaking, especially when travelling with a family or a small group,” said Rob Akimow, chair of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce.

“We’re excited to organize a comprehensive tour of China at an unbelievable price.”

For the business-focused traveller, optional business conferences and meetings will be arranged. And for the cultural explorer, visits to iconic locations such as Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall and Yu Garden will be sure to satisfy wanderlust.

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Visit Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven. Tour the Forbidden City, home of 24 emperors, and the Summer Palace. Tour bus excursion to the Great Wall. Visit the Ming Tombs. One of the 13 Ming Emperors’ Tombs is fully excavated.

Richmond Chamber of Commerce is offering an 11-day trip to China in October at $2,499 for members and $2,799 for non-members. Image submitted

modations, three meals per day, attraction entrance fees, bus tours and air fare are all included in the package, which is being offered at $2,499 for members of the Chamber and $2,799 for non-members.

A free orientation meeting and info session is taking place Monday, May 9 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. at Trinity Western University. More details can be found at RichmondChamber.ca.

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GOLFTeeItUp Pipeline of golfing talent flows through Quilchena MARKBOOTH Sports Editor

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ucked away in the most western stretch of land in Richmond is a pipeline that continues to feed the national golf program in remarkable numbers.

The Quilchena Golf and Country Club is the unofficial hub for the junior girls game in B.C. At last fall’s World Championships, the six-

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member Canadian team included homegrown players Katherine Chan and Alisha Lau. Chan went on to be top Canadian at the event and was later named to the Golf Canada’s national development team — following the same path Lau took a year earlier. The pair represent only part of Quilchena’s success in n Quilchena Golf and Country Club’s trio of talented youngsters (from left to right) Alisha Lau, Christine Wong and Katherine the past decade.

Chan. Photos submitted Christine Wong established herself as one importantly, enjoy the game. ties) as well. If a beginner can’t make their of the top amateur players in the country, “We try to do a lot for juniors in terms from session, then they can come at the advanced despite not taking the game seriously until early April until the end of August,” explained time instead. We cater the instruction to she was 14.

Quilchena head professional Victor Vianzon. them.”

Along the way she earned a full-ride schol“Becoming a junior member here is As an incentive to be active on the course arship to San Diego State University where reasonable ($792.49 including GST). It’s not and beyond, there is a Participation Points her decorated run included making the cut at cheap, it’s not expensive, it’s reasonable.

Program, where juniors are recognized for the 2010 U.S. Open at Oakmont in her fresh- With that membership fee, it’s unlimited everything from partaking in junior tournaman season. Her younger sister, Stephanie, (year-round) golf and free clinics. Any inments to volunteering around the club. enjoyed an outstanding stint with the UBC house tournament, they don’t have to pay an Bonus points are also rewarded for outside Thunderbirds, where she concluded her entry fee either.” competitions at the district, provincial and career as a NAIA First Team All-American.

The key component to the program is the national levels. At the end of the season, The latest name to watch at Quilchena is free instruction clinics offered every Thursscholarships are presented to the order of Karen Zhang, who captured the B.C. Bantam day throughout the season. There are three merit winners.

Girls Championship last summer and is foltiers to the one hour sessions — advanced, There is also a clinic on Tuesday nights lowing her sister, Janet, who was also a top intermediate and beginners — running from where volunteer club members take players junior girls player.

4-6 p.m. and overseen by CPGA teaching out on the course to familiarize themselves What has the private club on Granville professionals. with the game’s proper etiquette.

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The Grade 12 student at Steveston-London secondary will join Hawaii’s Kyosuke Hara and Shawn Lu as part of the Beavers’ 2016 recruiting class.

San Pedro is ranked number one among junior players in B.C., according to Junior Golf Scoreboard. He has represented B.C. at the past two Junior Americas Cup, including the 2014 tournament at the Shaugnessy Golf Club, his home course. n Steveston-London grad Diego San Pedro will be joining Oregon “One question I’m often Sate University’s golf team this fall. Photo submitted asked is, ‘What do I look for in recruits?’” Oregon State help us compete at a high level immediately head coach Jon Reehoorn and I wouldn’t be surprised to find all three said. “A key factor, or maybe predictor of of them in our starting lineup in the same success at the college level, is how they event at some point next year.” finish in junior events on what I know to be San Pedro captured the B.C. Juvenile a difficult course. “Shaugnessy is a tremenChampionship in 2014 and was seventh at dously difficult course, which has played the B.C. Junior Boys Championships and host to the PGA TOUR’s Canadian Open. the CN Pacific Future Links a year later.

At the beginning of next year, 10 of the top “Diego is the kind of person you meet and 20 players in that event will be on a Pac-12 want to spend more time with. When talking roster.

“As freshmen, these three young men will with people about Diego during the recruiting process, it was easy to recognize just add great depth to a team next fall returnhow much people truly like him. As a golfer, ing almost everyone. But I know they aren’t Diego has a very strong overall game,” looking to add just depth. They expect to added Reehoorn.

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Available at the Richmond location of Golf Town on Bridgeport Road, the clubs carry a price tag of $33,600. While that may make many a golfer take a pass — most average sets of clubs range from $2,000 to $4,000 — not so with the sticks from Honma.

According to the staff at Golf Town, the gold-plated clubs have been available to customers for about the past six years and they have proven to be much more than a mere curiosity or a product designed to cast a halo effect on less pricey clubs of the same brand.

No, golfers, especially Asian golfers, like to buy the shimmering sets that feature special graphite shafts with gold plating.

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Jack Nicklaus has the most Masters wins, with six between 1963 and 1986. He’s followed by Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods with four each.

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The jacket is still his personal property, but it is stored with other champions’ jackets in a special cloakroom.

The Champions Dinner, inaugurated by Ben Hogan in 1952, is held on the Tuesday before the

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hen one of the greatest sporting events of the year takes over my home town this summer, I’m not going to be a happy camper.

Much to my chagrin, THE Open Championship — golf’s oldest and original “Major” — is being hosted at Royal Troon in Scotland this July 14-17, and I won’t be back there to see it.

Forces have combined — editor pulling rank on vacation seniority — to keep me away from Scotland this year and I will be consigned to getting up at 5 a.m. each of the four days to soak it all up through the 50 inches in my living room.

It’s difficult to describe the monster that is the Royal and Ancient Golf Club’s (R & A) flagship tournament and how it engulfs the generally small, coastal UK towns it rolls into for the best part of a week once a year.

The Open doesn’t come to Troon as often as it did when I was a kid, after the R & A added Carnoustie to its rotation and doubled St. Andrews’ allocation.

But I have distinct memories of the last time I experienced the full impact of the juggernaut event in 1997, when upwards of 50,000 people poured into the town, no bigger than White Rock, each day.

Hotels within a 20-mile radius were fully-booked months in advance, thousands of locals cashed in by renting out their homes to golf fans from around the globe and you had as much chance as a hole-in-one getting a table in any local café or restaurant.

Traffic chaos, of course, ensued and, over the years, they’ve learned to turn the entire town into a giant one-way system in order to cope with the influx.

On the flip side, and this is the part I’ll miss the most, is the carnival atmosphere in and outside of the town’s many pubs and bars, with street parties becoming the norm.

I recall one night, in 1989 I think, when the Great White Shark, AKA Greg Norman, breezed past me in the local nightclub, Pebbles, much to the amazement of the punters.

And there have been many other instances of the game’s great names casually frequenting the town’s restaurants and pubs during the week-long circus.

There’s nothing quite like the experience of being in close proximity to the great names in a sport you cherish.

And being near enough to hear them chatting with their caddies as they prepare to tee off and hearing the fizz of their ball as it flies down the fairway, is something that can’t be replaced remotely, no matter how HD or big your TV is.

My son, Ben, 13, is getting into golf this year, and I would have loved to take him “home” to see the game’s greatest

was in Las Vegas on my 40th birthday, when I teed up at Royal Links, Sin City’s replica tribute to the Open Championship’s greatest holes, including St. Andrews’ Road Hole 17th and, of course, Troon’s Postage Stamp.

Take away the desert landscape in the backdrop and, remarkably, I could have been in Troon, minus the gale-force gusts and rain parallel to the ground.

I deliberately, ahem, pulled a pitching wedge into one of the Postage Stamp’s famous pothole bunkers, just to get a feel for trying to sand-save from a hazard that’s deeper than my six feet height.

I got it out at the first time of asking — and that’s the story I’m sticking with. After all, what happens in Vegas.

Alan Campbell is a staff reporter with the Richmond News. He can be reached at acampbell@richmond-news.

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in action in his town of birth.

As for the course itself, Royal Troon is home to both the longest and shortest holes in Open Championship golf.

The par-3, 8th hole — called the Postage Stamp — measures a short, 123 yards and is regarded as one of the top holes in the world, while the longest, the par-5, 6th — called Turnberry — extends to 601 yards.

Sadly, given financial constraints, I’ve never had the pleasure of gracing the greens on the Championship Course.

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MUST HAVES n Pitch-mark repairer and ball marker:

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shops have nice magnetic ones that include a convenient hat clip and a ball marker. n A nice-fitting glove: They’re cheap enough that you don’t have to try and save money on this accessory which will make your round much more comfortable. A good glove will improve your grip and therefore your accuracy, as well. Ultimately, your choice

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in glove comes down to personal comfort, but pick the best one and make sure it breathes. n Folding pushcart: A folding pushcart will save you from having to pay fees at the golf course. With more people living in condos and townhouses, these carts fold nicely into a cube, making them easy to store. But the best reason to get a pushcart is that it encourages you to get exercise by walking the course, when you have the option to take a power cart.

Also, if it doesn’t come with a beverage holder, you can always buy an attachable one.

n Novelty head covers:

These are rare outlets of personality on the traditionally dapper golf course.

They’re great conversation starters, so be bold and go for the Tazmanian Devil head cover! n GolfLogix mobile app: This is advertised as the best free golf app for your mobile phone and its features are too long to list.

This is a great way to analyze courses in a convenient way, before playing a round. The app provides local deals for green fees, tracks scores, and serves as a GPS device for nearly every golf course in North America. The only

downside is that it will drain your phone’s battery and it could be cumbersome to use on the course.

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n GPS device:

Santa just got me a GPS golf device last Christmas, for the 2016 golf season and I’m excited to use it. I don’t know if it’s worth the few hundreds of dollars when a mobile phone app can do much of the same. However, they are more convenient than a phone and handy as they fit in your pocket. You can also go with a GPS watch.

Either way, it seems like more people are using GPS technology to make the best shot possible, so don’t get left behind, if you can afford it. n Indoor putting green: This may not fly with your spouse in the living room, but any chance you can get to practise your short game is a good chance. However, I’m not sure these practice devices can really translate to better putting all that much.

They do, however, give you a good feel for your putter, especially if you’re transitioning to a new one. n Practice net and mat: These are great to take to a local park or your backyard.

A good net will cost you under $200 so you need to balance the pros and cons of a net compared to going to the driving range. On the one hand, they’re convenient; on the other hand, they won’t show your distance and accuracy. You need to make sure you play off a mat if you’re in a public space.

MUST-NOT HAVES n Ball retrievers: There is nothing more ridiculous than ball retrievers. If you lose a ball in the water, so be it, and maybe it’s time to start buying used balls when you reach water hazards. Furthermore, ball retrievers slow the pace of play. If you must retrieve balls, do so when there’s no one playing behind you.

Better yet, roll up the pants and get your feet wet to get that ball back. Now that’s real golf! n Fitness watches: Leave the fitness watch at home. You basically know how far you’ve walked on a golf course, so why bother? n Bad attitude: Did you hear? The 2016 golf season is not accepting bad attitudes. More than any other trinket you can buy, a positive attitude and good mental health on the golf course is your best weapon!

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“Looking at a wall of ereplaces you’ve got the 45-, 55- and 65-inch ereplaces all side by side, you really get a feel for the difference in size,” Egerton said. “It’s just a much better way to showcase our ereplaces.”

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As for how efecient today’s gas ereplaces can be, Egerton said technological changes have steadily increased how much heat they provide.

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n Easter at the Cannery was a fun-filled weekend with games, crafts, activities and the annual Easter Salmon scavenger hunt at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery. Kids were able to learn about salmon while hunting for clues.

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Trouble talking about your health problems? The Richmond Hospice Association presents How to Talk to Your Doctor on March 30 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at Richmond Caring Place (7000 Minoru Blvd.) The free event is part of the ongoing Richmond Hospice Association Education Series. For more information, call 604-279-7140.

n Thursday

PechaKucha Night Richmond, Vol. 14 on March 31 at the Melville Centre for Dialogue (8771 Lansdowne Rd.) is sponsored by the City of Richmond’s Public Art Department. The free event, from 7 – 9 p.m., is hosted

by Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Wilson School of Design. The event has been produced by second year students in the Graphic Design for Marketing Program as an assignment for a marketing communications course. PechaKucha Night is a casual and energetic celebration of the art of live storytelling. Speakers share their unique stories told through twenty slides that are shown for twenty seconds at a time. Come and experience these 10 remarkable narratives. To learn more about PechaKucha Night Richmond, go online to PechaKucha.org/ Cities/Richmond-BC.

concentration in Art Education.

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n Saturday

The Richmond Artists’ Guild holds an exhibition of works in Gateway Theatre’s lobby from April 2-30.

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Fresh air, exercise and a dose of local history. That’s what you will get on April 2 from 10 – 11 a.m. with Walk Richmond’s stroll around London Heritage Farm. Begin at the historic London Farm House, which includes a fully restored heritage house, barn and old farm equipment that illustrates Richmond’s rural history, and continue on towards and through the Britannia Shipyards. Meeting spot: Parking lot across from the London

n Sunday

The Cannery Farmers’ Market makes a return to a new season Sunday April 3 at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery at the foot of Fourth Avenue in Steveston. The market adheres to the “Make it, Bake it, Grow it, Catch it” philosophy. Only approved products that are made, baked, grown, raised,

Are you interested in volunteering in hospice/palliative care? The Richmond Hospice Association is offering hospice volunteer training. Sessions are scheduled for April 5 – 19 and are open to individuals 19 years of age and over. The core components of training include: clinical aspects of dying, psychological aspects of dying, spirituality and communication. Volunteers are required to complete all of the sessions of the training

course. For more information, call 604-279-7140 or visit RichmondHospiceAssociation.com/.

Opera Di Concertisti presents highlights from Aïda as Minoru Chapel Opera returns for another season on April 6. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi and premiered in Cairo in 1851, Aïda is a story of jealousy, treachery, death, love and transformation. Seating is limited.

Purchase tickets — adults $20, students and seniors $18 — at door (cash only, space permitting) or, as recommended, in advance

at 604-276-4300 Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Credit card only.

Interested in disability issues? If you are, a specialized, free training course, Ambassador Training Level 1, is being offered by Richmond Centre for Disability April 7-28. It is designed to inform RCD volunteers and community members who are interested in disability issues, non-profit organizations or to learn more about the Richmond Centre for Disability (RCD). Registration required. Sessions run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at RCD.

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The Richmond Cultural features an exhibition by Tony Bowden from April 1-30. Bowden is an instructor at the Richmond Arts Centre who received his Masters in Art at Case Western University with a

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

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

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Sunday 8:30 a.m. - Contemplative Eucharist 10:00 a.m. Family Eucharist with Church School Wednesday 10:00am. Eucharist, 11:00am Bible Study www.stannessteveston.ca • 604-277-9626

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

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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

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.

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■ Richmond Ringette received high praise for its job hositng last weekend’s Western Canadian Championships. (Left) Kelowna delivered B.C. gold in the U18+ Division. (Right) Richmond battled Alberta in U19 action. Photos by Gord Goble

Hosts settle for bronze medal at Westerns Mark Booth

Sports Editor mbooth@richmond-news.com

The latest chapter in a season-long rivalry cost the hosts a berth in the championship game at last weekend’s Western Canadian Ringette Championships.

Richmond entered the Over 18 Division as Team BC thanks to its recent win over Fraser Valley at the provincial championships. The teams would meet two more times at Westerns and it would be the Valley prevailing in the game that mattered the most.

After a 6-3 win by Richmond to conclude round-robin play on Friday night, the rivals faced off the following morning at Minoru

Arenas to determine who would meet Manitoba later that day at the Richmond Olympic Oval. Fraser Valley rode the terrific goaltending of Chris Flaman to a 3-0 victory, leaving Richmond in the bronze medal position.

Fraser Valley would settle for silver after Manitoba avenged its only loss of the championships with a 6-4 victory.

It was more hard-luck for Richmond in the U19 division.

After completing round-robin play with a 2-2 record, the hosts squared off against Manitoba in a “mini-game” to determine the other semi-final berth.

Manitoba skated to a 2-0 victory, relegating Richmond to the consolation final.

The locals did manage a 4-3 preliminary

win against eventual gold medal winner from Kelowna, representing B.C. Goal scorers included Erin Mulligan with a pair, while Natalie Manson and Hailey Takasaki added singles.

Enrique Lee was terrific in net with 32 saves as B.C. enjoyed a 35-15 advantage in the shots department.

Richmond also came through with a 2-1 win over Alberta. Takasaki notched both goals.

Alberta dominated the U16 Division from start-to-finish, completing a perfect run with a 6-4 victory over Manitoba, thanks to five second period goals.

The highlight for the hosts was hanging tough with B.C. in a 5-4 overtime loss that featured Hannah Skwarcynski making 59

saves for the winners.

Alberta teams also took two of the three medals in the U14AA Division, while Saskatchewan #1 earned silver.

According to Tournament Chair Laura Takasaki, the event was a huge success with out-of-town teams raving about the rinks.

“Everyone absolutely loved the venues,” said Takasaki. “Getting an opportunity to play in the Oval was a thrill for the players, as well for the parents. Minoru also offered the traditional stadium seating experience and there are not a lot of rinks like that anymore.”

While Takasaki was busy running the championships, her husband Troy saw double duty coaching Richmond’s 18+ and U19 teams.

UBC’s Kaplen earns player of the week award S hayla Kaplen’s hot early season bat has earned her the Cascade Collegiate Conference Red Lion Softball Player of the Week award as a member of the UBC Thunderbirds.

The Richmond Islanders product and Steveston-London graduate went eight-for-14 at the plate, while driving in eight runs as UBC went 4-2 in their first-ever Cascade Conference games, including a sweep of No. 17 Corban.

The junior outfielder also drew seven walks and was perfect on three stolen base attempts.

In a 9-3 game one win over Corban, Kaplen rocked the Oregon school for five hits, highlighted by a two-run blast in the sixth inning. She also drove in two runs in the second and finished with five RBI. She added another hit and an RBI in a 4-3 game two win.

■ Richmond Islanders’ product Shayla Kaplen is on an early season hitting tear with the UBC Thunderbirds.

Photo by Wilson Wong

Kaplen leads the Thunderbirds (4-13 overall) in several offensive categories including average (.469), hits (23) and runs (17).

Another Lulu Island product off to a solid start is Hillary Strelau. The third-year shortstop/outfielder is batting .357 to rank third on the team.

The Hugh Boyd graduate also leads the way with 10 stolen bases in as many attempts.

The Thunderbirds roster also includes JN Burnett grad Margarita Sison who is seeing playing time at catcher and in the outfield.

UBC returns to action by hosting a pair of Montana schools — Carroll and Great Falls — in a doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday respectively at Softball City in Surrey.

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■ Dynamo Fencing teammates and good friends Natasha Kis-Toth and Elizabeth Douglas will be representing Canada at the 2016 Junior and Cadet World Championships. Photo by Mark Booth

Six Dynamo fencers named to Canadian team for Worlds Mark Booth

Sports Editor mbooth@richmond-news.com

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ynamo Fencing being one of the hubs for Canadian fencing was confirmed when the national teams were announced for the 2016 Junior and Cadet World Championships, slated to start Friday in Bourges, France.

The Richmond-based club will be well-presented with six athletes named for individual competitions. They include homegrown talent Dylan French, Natasha Kis-Toth and Elizabeth Douglas.

French was a bronze medalist at the Cadet Worlds in 2014 and later that summer was Canada’s flag bearer at the Youth Olympic Games in China. This time, French will be competing in Junior Men’s Epee. He recently

wrapped up his freshman season at Notre Dame for the top 10 ranked Fighting Irish.

Kis-Toth and Douglas will be be competing in Cadet Women’s Epee and ironically both live in the same Richmond neighbourhood.

At the Cadet/Junior Pan Am Championships earlier this month in Cancun, Mexico, KisToth captured bronze and Douglas was fifth.

“We’re all like family here at Dynamo,” said Kis-Toth. “There’s lots of competitions where we face each other and that’s the hard part.

You have to get over the fact it’s your best friend and teammate. “You have to set your mind and just fence.”

Three other Dynamo fencers will also be competing in France. They include: Fynn Fafard (Cadet Men’s Epee), Emma Von Dadelszen (Junior Women’s Epee) and Matson Lalor (Junior Men’s Epee).

The championships run from April 1-10.

Stecher helps North Dakota reach Frozen Four Richmond blueliner Troy Stecher has helped North Dakota reached the NCAA Frozen Four men’s hockey championships for the third consecutive year.

The Richmond Minor Hockey alumni

chipped in with an assist as the No. 3 Fighting Hawks defeated No. 5 Michigan 5-2 on Saturday.

The junior standout is fourth in team scoring with 28 points in 41 games.

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here will be one final curtain call for the vincial AAA title game before falling to threehigh school basketball careers of three time defending champion Brookswood. They standouts from the McMath Wildcats. were the first Richmond team to reach the Jessica Jones, Jessica Zatitle game in 19 years. Earlier, wada and Bobbi-Jo Colburn McMath dominated the Lower have been selected to play in Mainland AAA Crehan Cup and the annual B.C. High School the Richmond Championships.

Girls Basketball All-Star Game Jones was a first team allon Saturday, April 16 at the star at provincials who will be Langley Events Centre. The continuing her career at Simon selection process includes Fraser University next fall. She Grade 12 players only who also earned MVP honours and were recognized as all-stars the Lower Mainland and Richat either of the three recent mond Championships. provincial championships at Colburn was a second team the AAA, AA and A levels. all-star who is headed to the Bobbi-Jo Colburn Other recognition throughout the University of Calgary while Zaseason is also factored in finalizing the 20 wada was a third team all-star who is taking players. her game to the University of the Fraser ValThe Wildcats concluded their best-season ley. Both were also first team all-stars at the ever earlier this month by reaching the proLower Mainland and Richmond playoffs.

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WALK & TALK Get active and explore walking togeth− er! Step into spring and join us for the Canadian Diabetes Association’s FREE eight− week Walk & Talk activity− based program focused on diabetes prevention and self− management.

Each session includes: * A short educational talk by a health−care professional or knowledgeable community member. Topics discussed include walking safely, healthy eating, active living and staying motivated.

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Debbie Jane Dahms. She was born on June 1, 1955 and passed away at the Richmond Hospice House on March 22, 2016. Debbie was predeceased by her parents Don McLean and Mauvis McLean. She will be lovingly remembered by her sister Heather Morrison, brother Scott McLean (Loni), nephew Matthew McLean, and niece Samantha McLean, all of Peachland, as well as her step−son Greg Dahms (Renee) of Kelowna.

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99¢

2 for

ea.

GREEN ONION

99¢

99¢

PORK COLLAR

$8.12/kg........................................

$5.92/kg........................................

FRESH DACE PASTE

3 for

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