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Don’t dump your trash on God’s turf

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

St. Barnabas Church is “warning” that there could be shocking consequences for those who dump trash at the site.

Roxee Forrest, associate warden at the church in the Brow of the Hill neighbourhood, said people have been dumping assorted items at the church – and it’s got to stop.

“It comes in the middle of the night.

We’ve had two or three mattresses, a huge old china cabinet with broken doors,” she said. “It’s really a costly thing.”

The City of New Westminster can arrange to pick up the items such as mattresses and furniture for a small fee.

“It’s not just us, it’s happening to everybody,” Forrest said. “People do it because they don’t know what to do with it or they don’t have the money to pay for it.”

On one occasion, someone dropped off a car seat at the church – not a car seat for a child, but an actual seat from the back of a motor vehicle.

Rev. Emilie Smith has created a tonguein-cheek sign from God that she hopes will deter people from dumping unwanted items at the church – as it could have electrifying consequences. “Do not drop your crap here … Management of St. Barnabas Church not responsible for lightening bolts,” states the sign. ◗Church Page 8

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Warning: Rev. Emilie Smith has created this sign to warn people against dumping their garbage on church property. The church has been facing problems with people who dump large items on the property overnight.

Programs carry on – but school fees go up

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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School fees at New Westminster Secondary School will increase – including a one-time $100 textbook deposit and a $50 athletic uniform retainer – starting this fall.

The board of education unanimously passed a policy on school fees at its Tuesday night meeting. Immediately afterwards, superintendent John Gaiptman handed out a form outlining the various fees and deposits the high school will start

charging next year.

“Fees have become a reality (here), as they are in other districts,” Gaiptman said.

But he said students who are unable to afford the fees or the deposit would not be excluded from educational activities.

“Our counsellors know what students of ours have hardships,” said Gaiptman.

Gaiptman said he and secretary-treasurer Al Balanuik spoke with high school principal Phil Cookson about the fees, which will help boost the district’s bottom line.

The district has been struggling financially for the last few years. It was facing a $2.69-million deficit for next year that it has managed to reduce, but the district still has to pay off the almost $5 million it owes the Ministry of Education for shortfalls from previous years.

As for the one-time book and uniform deposit, it will be returned once the items are given back to the school when the student leaves.

New Westminster Secondary School parent advisory council chair Stephen Bruyneel said he understands the fee

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“It’s always unfortunate when fees have to be charged, but at the same time we’re really pleased that no programs were cut at the school, and we think that’s more important,” he said.

Some of the fees, such as those for International Baccalaureate, an international education program, are related to recovering the cost of offering the specialized program.

“We thought that was fair,” Bruyneel said.

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WATERFRONT PIER PARK GEARS UP FOR SUMMER FUN

Burgers, bikes and the beach

BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER tmcmanus@royalcityrecord.com

The City of New Westminster thinks it’s found the right ingredient for food services at Westminster Pier Park.

The city has given notice that it intends to lease a portion of the concession amenity building in Westminster Pier Park to Wally’s Burgers Inc. from June 1 to Oct. 15, with an option to renew the seasonal operation for four terms. Wally’s Burgers has operations in River Market, as well as Vancouver and North Vancouver.

“We wanted to have a destination type operation at the park itself, and one that certainly is focused on helping to support the brand that Westminster Pier Park is developing in terms of being contemporary, modern and leading edge,” said Dean Gibson, the city’s director of parks, culture and recreation. “Having a tenant in that space that is recognizable, both in the community and around the region, we thought has brought some value to that.”

Because Wally’s Burgers operates the concession at Cates Park in North Vancouver, Gibson said it’s familiar with working in an outdoor park setting.

“One of the things it gives us the opportunity to do is, we can’t sell ice cream in River Market which is a big part of our business. In our other stores, ice cream is a big percentage of our business,” said Gord Bemister, owner of Wally’s Burgers. “When the opportunity presents itself, you have to jump on them. They don’t come

Summer flavour: Gord Bemister, above, of Wally’s Burgers, is looking forward to serving up food at the Westminster Pier Park concession stand.

At left, Christa MacArthur and two-and-a-halfyear-old Eri take a ride in the park.

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Strike to close city schools June 6

BY NIKI HOPE REPORTER

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New Westminster schools will be hit again by rotating strikes next Friday, June 6, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation announced Wednesday afternoon.

Teachers continue to escalate job action by holding a series of strikes throughout the province in response to fruitless contract negotiations between the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association – the bargaining agent for the province’s 60 school boards – and the union.

One of the key issues for teachers that government has been unwilling to move on, according to BCTF president Jim Iker, is classsize and composition. The Liberal government stripped class-size ratios from the teachers’ contract more than a decade ago. The union

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successfully sued over it, but the government is appealing the ruling. Also at issue, the government is offering a 7.3 per cent wage increase over six years, while teachers want 13.7 per cent over four years.

The ongoing strife between the union and the government ramped up last week, when the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association ordered a lockout and pay cut for teachers who participate in the weeklong job action. The partial lockout restricts teachers from working during recess or lunch hours, or from arriving at school any earlier than 45 minutes before school starts, or staying later than 45 minutes after school ends.

The union is expected to go to the Labour Relations Board to challenge the lockout. Iker wants the government to withdraw the partial lockout letter, which he said has created a “lot

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of chaos and confusion” for teachers, parents and students.

Iker joined the striking New West teachers at the high school Monday before heading out to attend contract negotiations scheduled to resume that afternoon.

Earlier, the Ministry of Education issued a statement in response to The Record’s request for comment.

“It is unfortunate that the BCTF leadership is shutting down schools with their rotating strikes – it is always students and parents who bear the greatest brunt when the BCTF orders teachers to walk out,” Education Minister Peter Fassbender said.

Fassbender blames the union and says the employers’ association presented incentives, including a $1,200 signing bonus, and asked the union to put strike action on hold.

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School tour: From left, New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy, NDP education critic Rob Fleming and NWSS principal Phil Cookson. Darcy and Fleming recently toured New Westminster Secondary School to see the shape of the aging school.

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Education critic tours ‘worn-down’ school

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Local MLA Judy Darcy brought the NDP’s education critic to see first-hand last week why New Westminster’s aging high school is long overdue for a replacement.

Before they even entered the 60-plusyear-old building, Rob Fleming, MLA for Victoria-Swan Lake, was struck by the school’s peeling paint, rotten window frames and dated pale-yellow stucco.

“Rob said he’d never seen such a worndown looking school,” Darcy said.

“That includes schools in Northern B.C., where you have hard-weather wear,” Fleming added.

New Westminster Secondary School principal Phil Cookson led the tour for Darcy and Fleming.

They were joined by the district’s director of operations Doug Templeton, board of education chair,Jonina Campbell, and trustee MaryAnn Mortensen, along with members of the local media.

Responding to a recent Record article where the Minister of Education noted that the school district would have to demonstrate a “business case” for a replacement high school in the city, Cookson said he didn’t view public education along those lines.

“It’s not a business, so a business case is a little difficult for us to demonstrate,” he said.

The principal noted that there is just one high school in New Westminster, making it different than some other districts in that it offers a variety of programs under one roof. It also means that students from all types of socioeconomic backgrounds fun-

nel through the single school.

“Every kid in the district winds up in this school,” Cookson said. “It knits a whole community together.”

Cookson started the tour saying it would be easy for him to point out the “awful” parts of the school building, but instead he chose to spend the hour-long showing talking about the many positive aspects of the high school.

“We are in the business of making things work,” Cookson said, summing up staff’s attitude toward the old school.

Fleming added that “school culture is always more important.”

But Campbell, who recently met with Minister of Education Peter For pix Fassbender in Victoria to talk about and video, the high-school replacement project, noted that the district still needs a scan with new school.

Layar “Just because we are doing really good, doesn’t mean we don’t deserve a new school,” she said.

One of the major issues for the district is the fact that the old school doesn’t have WiFi for students to use their wireless devices – less than ideal conditions for 21st-century learning expectations.

Templeton told the tourgoers that renovating the old school would cost more than actually replacing it. There is support for the project, in principle, from the province, Templeton said. Now it’s just a matter of money.

“We are at the point now where we are trying to put that to the ministry’s capital people … to hopefully get it approved,” Templeton said.

Fassbender has yet to take Campbell up on her offer to tour the school.

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dumped item. Which makes some sense It seems to fly in the face of logic. as there are few places to take mattresses Every week we hear of a new recycling to be recycled. Next seems to be building centre, promotion or fundraiser which cries out for hand-me-downs and discard- materials from small renovations, and lastly the ubiquitous black trash bags full ed items. And yet we seem to see more of old clothes. and more piles of junk thrown Roxee Forrest of St. by the roadsides, ‘hidden’ Barnabas Church is pleading in bushes, scattered in lanes THE RECORD with folks not to dump trash – all because of what? Are the on their property. We hope her people dumping this stuff too pleas don’t fall on deaf ears – but pleas or busy to take it to the dump or recycling prayers probably won’t stop the thoughtcentre? Or do they simply want to avoid less dumpers. One thing we’d like to see any possible costs for disposing it? is stricter enforcement. While there are Mattresses seem to be the main

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city bylaws that call for fines, one rarely hears about enforcement – or should we say successful enforcement. Dumpers obviously choose to do their dirty deeds at night, and few witnesses are around.

But with more security video cameras about, one would hope there would be more dumpers fined.

Another thing we’d like to see is a big item collection system once a year.

Neighbouring cities schedule one day when folks can leave big items – mattresses, TVs, furniture, rugs, kids items, etc. – on the curb to be picked up for free

and taken to the dump by the city. New Westminster will come and pick up items by appointment – but it costs.

We don’t like to think that good citizens dump their big items in alleys to avoid paying for pickup – but it might make a difference for some people. And, the big item curb days in other cities have become treasure hunts for neighbours. Your tawdry old table and chair set may become someone else’s shabby chic cottage dining set. Sure, there’s a cost to the city – but there’s a big cost to picking up all that illegally dumped stuff as well.

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to begin to counter them. And his is my anniversary. This when teachers do try to counter year marks 20 years that I them, we are accused of whining have been a teacher, someor being self-serving. It’s a difthing that I have wanted to do ficult position to traverse in any as a profession and have had a meaningful way. So, instead, I calling to do for my entire life.

Teaching runs in my family from will talk about my lived experience and ask some pointed quesmy dad and mom to relatives, tions in the hope that it resonates and I married into a family that with readers in some way. has two tables full of teachers ! A teacher’s time: My average at our extended family dinners. day, helping students, I even have an essay prepping, marking, that I wrote in Grade sponsoring clubs, 5 where I talk about becoming a teacher, ELIZABETH BYRNE-LO attending meetings, engaging in profesand yes, I still have it sional conversations, writing and because it meant so much to me. returning emails, developing So, when I talk about the disunits, writing reference letters, mantling of public education in planning and attending events British Columbia, please underand the like, makes my average stand that I am discussing it work day about 10 to 12 hours. from a place of lived experience I try to limit myself to a half as I have given my heart, my day’s work on the weekend, but time, my energy and my passion I know many teachers who do to teaching for the last 20 years. not. This does not include the Teachers in British Columbia “extras” that teachers do that today are demoralized and feeling profoundly disrespected. The might include weekend professional development, field experisystem over the last 10 years has ences or enrichment opportunibeen cut to the bone, and it canties such as spring break trips not be sustained for much lonwith children. This is not an ger. Teachers, support staff and unusual work schedule, nor is administrators have been carryit a complaint. I love the enriching the system for a decade now, ment opportunities I create and we are tired. If you say othfor my students and I love my erwise, I can only assume that summers off with my children. you either do not have a child in In essence, I work a condensed the public education system or you are choosing not to see what work year, 10 to 12 hours a day, and have extra holidays as comis in front of you because it conpensation. Children need their flicts with your political belief summers. Teachers do, too. system. ! A teacher’s classroom: It is no There are so many untruths exaggeration to say out there about our profession that it is hard to know where ◗Teachers Page 7

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Dear Editor:

Re: Dog owners want off-leash area (The Record, May 23).

As a non-pet-owner who lives across from Moody Park, I say “yes” to the fenced off-leash area for dogs. I’d enjoy watching them there.

The owners are of course better to make recommendations regarding the exact location and dog size limitation, if any. At present they meet closer to our place, but it would be good to have to walk further to see them in the southwest corner. Benches outside the fence would be welcome for observers.

It’s odd that some communities think that offleash areas can be unfenced. In Robert Burnaby Park, for instance, my partner and I have been “attacked” by dogs more than once. One time it was a large muddy dog jumping up on Joe as he sat on a

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bench. Another time, a pack of four large dogs came charging at us, barking loudly in a menacing way.

We’ve seen many other dogs off-leash there, outside of the designated area.

We have friends who have a small dog which has a “criminal record” for biting at least one person.

Her caregiver (who walks her) has to go to court over this. Such dogs should be “protected” with muzzles when they go out in public. That would protect all of us, owners and strangers.

Personally, I would love to have a “puppy-intraining.” These are being prepared for learning to be service dogs. They are allowed to go everywhere, for the experience. I see the value of pets, especially for people who live alone. In some buildings, pets are not allowed. Those which are never outside their owners’ apartments, and that can be carried over common areas, should not be an issue.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Teachers show disrespect Dear Editor:

I used to be supportive of our teachers in their plight to be treated fairly and with respect. Now, I have had a change of heart.

As educators of youth who are in the front lines of a truly noble profession, it is difficult for teachers to take a stand.

However, the stand that they have taken, in regard to their position, is selfish, selfserving and totally disrespectful toward our students and the people of B.C. Just what are teachers teaching our children by their actions? As a pivotal part of our society who are entrusted with the welfare and development of our future generations, their actions, not their words, upset me.

Numerous unions have a mantra that they use and union members need to look in the mirror and determine if their brothers and sisters truly show and demonstrate respect. Unions demand it of their employers, yet this round of negotiations shows total disrespect of the employer, the citizens of B.C., and most of all, students.

And students are the sole reason teachers have jobs in the first place.

Initially, teachers claimed they were doing this for the students’ benefit and that they would not interrupt their education. Now they have broken their own promise, by interrupting students’ development and education in a very disrespectful manner.

There is a process for collective bargaining and the teachers’ union, not the teachers themselves, have made a mockery of our democratic system, by exerting and using bullying tactics towards the people of B.C. in an attempt to force them into accepting unreasonable compensation levels.

These levels are unsustainable and will eventually create a lopsided society. This discrepancy will pit private sector taxpayers against public sector employees and, if we don’t fix it, we will end up with civil disruptions. Let us all grow up and be the professionals we should be.

We need to show our children that we can resolve our differences without interrupting their critical education development. Let’s move forward in a positive and conciliatory manner and be realistic about what is important and reasonable for the benefit of all.

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that this generation’s classroom is not the one that you knew as a child.

Anyone with children in public education knows this. Teaching today is a complex venture with many acronyms that require time and attention: IEPs, I reports, SLPS, DPA, LSS, ELL, the list goes on of adaptations and modifications teachers make to help ensure student success.

Compounding this in British Columbia is a staggering amount of hidden (and not-so-hidden) child poverty and all the socioeconomic complexities that come with it. With counsellor time cut in the schools (some schools have gotten rid of counsellors altogether), teachers spend much more time trying to help students socially and emotionally than they did even a decade ago.

Massive cutbacks in non-enrolling teachers (counsellors, librarians, resource) take supports away from the students who need them most.

Teachers have twice won court rulings in the B.C. Supreme Court about our working conditions.

This is also our children’s learning conditions. ! A teacher’s school: Drastic cutbacks to support staff over the last decade have affected both administrators and teachers. The off-loading of cler-

ical work has meant more administrative work for everyone in the schools.

Custodial cutbacks have also meant that schools are much dirtier than in years past.

School PACs have become the place to find funding for the technology, field experiences and odds and sods that used to be covered by a well-funded public education system.

Fundraisers abound at schools now as parents and their PACs try to compensate for the ever-growing holes in the system.

Most disturbing, though, is the time and energy put into “marketing” public schools now.

Neighbourhood schools cannot merely be good, solid places to educate children. They must have niches now, be dual track, fine arts, international student havens (and the big money that comes with them), outdoor ed, sportsoriented or immersion specialty schools meant to attract out of catchment students at someone else’s expense. It pits one school against another in competition for the funding dollars that come with the student, one district against another to the detriment of all.

Lastly, costs keep being off-loaded onto individual school districts. A zero increase budget in education means de facto cuts to our schools. Increasing

hydro bills, supply costs, off-loaded seismic upgrade costs, etc. come from existing pools of money. ! The bigger picture: The time has come, folks, to take a stand about what is happening to our public education system. It is time to get past the rhetoric, get to the realities and stop letting people who have their own children in private school destroy our public education system.

If you value a healthy public education (and I think most Canadians do), it is time to start speaking up and having those potentially difficult but necessary conversations.

As with most important things, we start with taking a breath and then 20 seconds of courage to forge ahead. So, please, take that breath, then take that one minute of time and sign a petition. Five minutes of time and phone a politician. Ten minutes of time and write a letter to Minister Fassbender. Take an afternoon over the next couple of weeks, pick up a placard and protest with your child’s teacher.

This is it, folks. It’s now or it’s gone. Public education in British Columbia is being dismantled quite deliberately by this government, and it is time to stop it.

Elizabeth Byrne-Lo is a B.C. teacher. For an extended version of this column, visit www.royalcityrecord.com.

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Wally’s: Ice cream will be on the NWSS: IB programs, graduation, menu at concession in the park recreation fees are all going up Westminster’s waterfront in June 2012. This around that often.” year will be the first time full concession Bemister said the new operation won’t services will be available to park visitors. affect Wally’s Burgers’ location in River “As a commercial entity, the park is still Market. While he had explored the pos- an unproven element in the city. So this sibility of serving fish and chips at the year is going to very much be a learning Westminster Pier Park location, Bemister year for both the operator as well as the city, said it’s not possible because of the capacity just in terms of what it takes to make that of fryers in the facility. type of operation viable and “It will be hamburgers, hotprovide a level of service that dogs, coffee, tea, milkshakes, the public are going to expect,” ice cream, slushies for the kids, “We think it’s Gibson said. “We think we have those kinds of things,” he said. the right ingredients to give this Bemister anticipates his staff going to be a a really good go.” will be scooping out a lot of really good spot Gibson said the public has ice cream at the new location, expressed an interest in having for us. … It’s which is opening in June. food and beverage sales at the “At Cates Park, we are scoop- going to be a waterfront park. ing ice cream from the minute “We think, in terms of prothat we open until the second we perfect walk.” viding that full experience of a close, all day long. It’s crazy,” he destination place to go, a gathsaid. “We serve hard ice cream. GORD BEMISTER ering place for people to come We will make the waffle cones Wally’s Burgers together – having food is interight there at the park. That’s at gral for that,” he said. “That’s least our plan. We will sell milkwhy sidewalk cafés in urban shakes, floats and that sort of thing.” cores are so popular. I think this will help Wally’s Burgers was one of two appli- augment people’s experiences down along cants that submitted proposals to the city the park.” for food concession services at Westminster Wally’s Burgers is looking forward Pier Park. The other applicant expressed to getting staff trained and opening at interest in the project but later withdrew Westminster Pier Park. their proposal from the process.

“We think it’s going to be a really good “Wally’s Burgers is who we are going spot for us,” Bemister said. “We have friends with,” Gibson said. “We expect that they that live right there at the Quay, at the very will be operational in the middle of June far end where the overpass is. It’s going to and will run through to sometime in late be a perfect walk, honestly. In the evening September – basically until the summer in the summer, you can take a nice walk all weather leaves.” the way into the park, grab an ice cream or Westminster Pier Park opened on New grab a milkshake and then walk back.” ◗ continued from page 3

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Church: Dump at your own risk – God may smite garbage offenders It’s not the first time priests at St. Barnabas have taken action regarding the dumping of garbage at the church. A former priest at the church opened a garbage bag, found an address, went to that location and asked the person to come and kindly collect their garbage.

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City concerned about pipeline

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New Westminster firefighters returned to a familiar scene to douse a small fire Tuesday morning.

Crews were called to the 600 block of Front Street, where a rubbish fire was reported at the site of last October’s devastating fire to the E.L. Lewis and the Hamley blocks.

“It was a rubbish fire down at the old Lewis site where Copp’s Shoes was. There was some rubbish that was burning in there,” said deputy fire Chief John Hatch. “It was nothing major.”

Columbia Street had to be closed to traffic temporarily because of smoke generated by the fire.

After extinguishing the rubble fire, firefighters remained on scene to ensure no further flare-ups occurred.

“They are keeping an eye on it now,” Hatch said. “There is still a lot of rubble in the building.”

While some of the debris resulting from the Oct. 10 fire has been removed from the site, some still remains. Two buildings were destroyed and numerous businesses displaced in the fire at two of the downtown’s most prominent heritage buildings.

“It is a closed site. I don’t really have any information about how it got started,” Hatch said.

“We do have a fire investigator down there right now working with the police team.”

Firefighters at the scene told The Record they had to break the windows of the adjacent build-

The City of New Westminster is worried that a catastrophic pipeline rupture could pose tremendous environmental impacts on the Brunette and Fraser River.

That’s one of the reasons the city applied for intervener status for the Kinder Morgan application to the National Energy Board. Kinder Morgan is proposing to twin the Trans Mountain pipeline, which would run between Burnaby and Edmonton and would triple the company’s capacity to carry diluted bitumen from the Alberta tar sands.

According to a staff report, the current selected alignment crosses the Fraser River near the Port Mann Bridge and continues north before crossing west into Burnaby near Clarke Road and then northwest to the marine terminal. The “alternative” corridor being studied would run on the north side of the Brunette River from near the Coquitlam and New Westminster boundary to the New WestminsterBurnaby boundary.

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have significant impacts on New Westminster, both during construction and in the event of a pipeline failure.

Mark Allison, the city’s manager of strategic initiatives and sustainability, noted that Kinder Morgan’s submission to the national Energy Board was more than 15,000 pages.

“The city does not have the resources to review this material in detail or to prepare formal legal briefs,” stated the report.

“Fortunately, a number of local interveners, including Metro VancouverandthecitiesofBurnaby, Vancouver and Coquitlam, have many of the same concerns as New Westminster and have expressed a willingness to work with us and share information.”

New Westminster will be focusing on issues that most directly relates to the city – the Brunette River watershed, the Braid industrial area and the Fraser River.

City staff plan to meet with organizations such as Douglas College, New Westminster Environmental Partners, and the Sapperton Fish and Game Club.

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Just what is Pecha Kucha, anyway?

“All I wanted was a car, and a girl and to get out of Queensborough,” New Westminster-born urban planning expert Gary Pooni told a sold-out crowd at the Pecha Kucha Night held last February at the River Market.

When Pooni talked about growing up in the sometimes forgotten neighbourhood on the other side of the Fraser, I fell for the Pecha Kucha concept.

And the concept is this: 10 to 12 presenters who live, work or play in the city show 20 slides for 20 seconds each (six minutes and 40 seconds in total). The format provides a way of learning something about NIKI HOPE the presenters and their passion, usually with a few laughs, or maybe even tears, without being bogged down by details.

Pecha Kucha started in Tokyo in 2003 and has mushroomed to cities across the world, including New Westminster.

Married couple Melinda and Neal Michael, both 34, started the Pecha Kucha Night here a year-and-a-half ago with support from eager locals and businesses, including the River Market, which has championed the event from the gate.

From the beginning, it was a hit.

They plan to host the biggest local Pecha Kucha Night yet at the riverfront Westminster Pier Park on July 19. The Michaels reached out to Vancouver Urban Spaces initiative (VUSI), an organization that has held electronic music picnics at various parks in Vancouver. The Pier Park Pecha Kucha will include food, DJs and a beer garden, Neal said. Last summer’s event at the park drew 300 people, and they expect the same or more this year.

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Niki: Why did you start Pecha Kucha?

Melinda: It started because we would go to the ones in Vancouver. They’re huge, and they’re really successful.

They’re at the Vogue, and it sells out every time, and you’d attend and you’d just feel so inspired and then at the same time, you’d kind of look at yourself and say, “Well, what are we doing?”

We’ve always liked organizing and hosting events amongst our friends, and we thought “Well, might as well just try it, and see what happens.” It wasn’t happening in New West, and we kind of thought there was an audience for it. We thought it might take off in New West, and it did.

Niki: How was the first one?

Neal: The first one was great. … We had 100 people, now we do 150.

Niki: Has it sold out every time since the

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Time to talk: Pecha Kucha organizers Melinda and Neal Michael with their daughter Mila at Westminster Pier Park, where they plan to hold the next event on July 19. The day will include music, food and beer. start?

In unison: Yes. Neal: It’s just a great night. It attracts a type of person who wants an entertaining event, but something also cultural, and something that offers them a chance to meet other people as well. So it’s not just passive – like watching a show or something like that.

Niki: How do you know if (the speakers) are going to be good?

Melinda: Oftentimes we go off recommendations off of other people, off of other speakers. Quite honestly, we’ll just open up the newspaper and see what people are doing in New West, and you kind of go from there, you get a feel for that.

For each Pecha Kucha we try to have a diverse group of people. We kind of have different categories of like small business, or environmental or …

Neal: … architecture and design or food.

We try to hit different key areas, but we don’t necessarily know if they are going to be a good speaker. We just try to choose people who are going to be passionate about whatever it is that they’re doing, and, generally speaking, that

comes through.

that you pick?

Niki: What do you guys like about the Pecha Kucha concept?

Melinda: Well, I like that it’s exact.

It’s six minutes and 40 seconds (for) each person. So, because it is a very curated presentation, the presenters really need to think hard about what they want to say in that limited amount of time, and I find because of that, often times they are quite well prepared. So, they have to think very hard about what is it that they are passionate about. What story do they want to convey in their time? The result is a really great presentation most of the time.

Neal: The format really challenges them to distill their idea down to its real core, in a sense.

It’s like when you have to write an essay in university. Sometimes the higher the number of pages, the more B.S. you put in it, versus trying to only write a two-page paper (where) everything you said had to be good.

I think that’s the same thing with Pecha Kucha – that you have 20 slides, and that it goes real quick, or it goes really long, if you’re not prepared.

Melinda: We do 10. Pecha Kucha format is 10 to 12 speakers.

Niki: Is there a set number of presenters

Niki: Has a community grown around it?

Melinda: I think so. The last one, it was great because it was such a New West love fest. We could totally feel the love.

Niki: It was interesting looking at the list (of presenters), certain people I was intrigued by and other people I thought ‘Well, I don’t really know if I’ll connect with what they have to say,’ and those people turned out to be the ones that I was blown away by. Is that something you guys find happens?

In unison: Yes. Melinda: Sometimes people surprise you. It’s interesting because we kind of pick people based on what we know of them, which isn’t always the full story, and sometimes they present on something completely (different) – whatever it is they’re passionate about, and we don’t necessarily know what that passion is, and sometimes it’s just great to hear whatever it is that they wanted to talk about. ◗Pecha Kucha Page 12

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While another commitment prevented me from attending the parade, I’ve

heard plenty of positive reports from folks who went to the annual event.

Some even suggested the parade attracted even more people than last year.

If, like me, you missed the parade, you can visit www.royalcityrecord.com, where you’ll find a photo gallery of the day’s fun.

Next stop: Sapperton Day

New Westminster can’t be accused of being a nofun city.

With Hyack Festival behind us, residents don’t have to wait long to hit the streets and party once again. The Sapperton Business Association is holding the 2014 Sapperton Day street festival on Sunday, June 8 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on East Columbia Street, between Braid and Sherbrooke streets.

Street performers, musical groups, bouncy castles, clowns, games, a pancake breakfast, a rockclimbing wall, marketplace

vendors and more are all part of the day’s fun.

Organizers are anticipating more than 12,000 people could attend the one-day event.

All proceeds raised at Sapperton Day will be donated to the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation. Last year’s festival raised $13,000 for the foundation.

Leaving city hall

Rick Page has retired after nearly a decade in one of the top spots at city

hall.

Page, the city’s director of legislative services, official retired on May 30.

He had worked as the city clerk since April 2005.

Prior to joining the City of New Westminster, Page worked for Statistics Canada and the Greater Vancouver Regional District and did municipal consulting in communities including Belcarra, Pemberton, Whistler and West Vancouver.

Along with being New Westminster’s director

of legislative services, Page served as acting city administrator between the time Paul Daminato retired and Lisa Spitale was named chief administrative officer.

During his tenure with the city, Page’s roles included coordinating the city’s 150th anniversary celebrations and sister and friendship city relationships, including trips to Asia.

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Pecha Kucha: ‘You don’t have to be limited by what you think you can do’ ◗ continued from page 11

Niki: Have you ever presented?

Melinda: No. Niki: Has Neal done it?

Neal: I don’t actually know what I would say.

Niki: You don’t know what you would say? What are you passionate about?

Neal: I’m not trying to be coy. I know what interests me, and I know what we like to do, but I really don’t know … what it is that I would want to impart to people that would be sort of be my …

Melinda: … your story.

Neal: Yes, my story or great inspiration or what.

Niki: Interesting. What do you think he could do as his topic if he were to do it?

Melinda: He would either talk about maybe what makes a good city or something like that or potentially his love affair with the French language or something.

Neal: The other, that every now and then crosses my mind, is like being a French teacher and living on the West Coast and what not. It’s not at all (where I thought I’d see myself) … it’s just that serendipity – going with whatever seems right. (It was) crazy to move out here, but then thinking maybe I should.

We lived in France for a year, so that was another sort of thing that was a big event. Maybe that would be like that

chance sort of aspect, and not knowing where you are going to go but following that.

Niki: What about Melinda? What would Melinda’s topic be? Do you know, Melinda?

Melinda: I think I would do something along the lines of ordinary people can do extraordinary things, because I mean, like really, we’re a teacher and we’re an accountant. On paper, we’re pretty boring, right? We went to an art event once at the Vancouver Art Gallery, and it was like a networking thing, and people would talk to us, and it was “Oh, so what do you do?’ I’m an accountant and we build run-of-the-river hydro projects, and he, at the time, was an elementary school

teacher … the glazed look goes over, and it’s like OK, well that’s it. But anyone can do anything that they want, right. You don’t have to be limited by what you think you can do. Just aim high and do it.

Niki: Has there been any duds? Has there been any Pecha Kucha talks where you’ve thought, “let this six minutes go fast”?

Neal: There have been some where it totally surprised us what the person talked about in a way where they were actually doing some really interesting things but then when they spoke that didn’t come through, so yes, that was definitely a surprise. On the whole, most of the talks have been excellent, if not very, very good.

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Carving out a choral niche

New group aims to make its mark in the world of choral music

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If you happened to be out shopping at the big kids’ swap meet at River Market at the end of April, you’ll already have heard them sing.

You might not have known who they were – but they’ll happily introduce themselves.

Meet VanDeca, a 12-voice vocal ensemble that’s carving out its own niche in the world of choral music.

The group began back in 2011 as a group of friends who were students and grads from the music and performing arts programs at Capilano University.

“We didn’t really know what we were getting into,” laughs Marco Del Rio, who sings tenor with the group.

It quickly evolved from a few gatherings of casual singing into a more formal choir – but always with a desire to keep the same group spirit.

Rather than being led by a conductor and run by a board, the choir remains cooperative. Although they do have a board to organize things, all members have a voice in decisions right from music selection onwards.

“We’re really big on co-ownership and collaboration with each other,” explains alto Alyssa Espiritu, who serves as the choir’s librarian.

The name, by the way, comes from “Vancouver” and from the fact that the group originally had 10 members.

(It’s since grown to 12, to balance the choir with three singers on each part.)

The group now operates primarily out of New Westminster, although rehearsals are held at various locations around the Lower Mainland to offer convenient access for members from different communities.

The singers are working to establish themselves as a community force in New West – they performed at the Santa Claus Parade and hosted a Christmas concert at Sapperton Pensioners’ Hall, and they’ve been working with River Market to host a series of small performances on weekends. Their big spring concert is June 7 at Olivet Baptist Church.

Alto Stephanie Lam, the group’s co-chair and secretary, notes that an important part of the choir’s mission is to build on the strengths of its individual members.

The choir will sing arrangements by members, for instance, or perform choreography by others – like alto Linzi Voth, who trained in musical theatre.

Voth originally had her sights set on a performance career, but notes, “That’s not a reality for very many people.”

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The evolution of music: VanDeca is a new 12-voice choral ensemble that’s holding its spring concert June 7 at Olivet Baptist Church.

So she’s since shifted her focus to stage management. For her, that means VanDeca is a chance to keep her music skills sharp.

Likewise for Lam, who by day works as the council and committee clerk at New Westminster City Hall.

She studied music at the University of Regina but switched to working administrative jobs full-time, with some teaching on the side.

When she found out about VanDeca through one of her music friends, it was the perfect choice for her.

“It was kind of love at first sight,” she says with a smile.

Del Rio, too, says VanDeca has given him an outlet to pursue his passions – in his case, for conducting.

He just finished his bachelor’s degree in music at UBC and has taken “a whole ton” of conducting courses, and he’s now stepping into the role as the choir’s lead artistic director.

Although the choir’s performances are largely self-conducted, Del Rio takes the lead at rehearsal to help get the most out of the group’s sound.

“We have really grown as a group.

Our sound is really flexible,” he says, noting the choir can make the transition from Renaissance music to contemporary pop.

In fact, that’s what local audiences will see at the June 7 concert – which, fittingly, is titled The Evolution of Music.

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from an arrangement of the first musical work ever known to be notated, through to popular songs like a jazz arrangement of the Beach Boys’ God Only Knows and current chart hits like A Great Big World’s Say Something.

The concert will showcase not just the group sound but individual members’ talents – from opera arias to piano performances.

“We want to build on the individuality of our members,” notes Voth.

Whatever they’re singing, the choir members strive to maintain a high standard. They’re a young group – current members range in age from 18 to their early 30s – but all the singers have some kind of formal training, be it private lessons or degrees in music.

The young singers are approaching VanDeca with an eye on future growth – a long-term goal, for instance, is to be able to turn professional and pay the singers.

“We’re really hoping to become something big,” Lam says. “There is no limit, really, to us.”

VanDeca also includes sopranos Maggie Ma, Tess Meckling and Elyse Kantonen, basses Troy Martell, Grant Kowalewski and Anuar ChainHaddad, and tenors Eric Biskupski and James Whitlock.

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Top picks for weekend fun in the city

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ntertainment options abound this weekend in New Westminster, so there’s no reason to stay at home. We are continuing with our popular feature, The Record’s Top Five (or More) Things to Do This Weekend and offer the following suggestions for May 30 to June 1.

Test drive a new car and help John Robson Elementary School raise funds for field trips, supplies and the playground at the new Qayqayt Elementary. You’ll also get a chance to meet former Canuck goalie Kirk McLean (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and enjoy some family friendly activities at the fundraiser that takes place on Saturday, May 31 from 10 a.m.

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to 3 pm. at École John Robson School, 120 Eighth St. You can test drive a new Ford for free – and Ford will donate $20 to the school’s parent advisory council, or you can pay $5 for a ride in a vintage Bugatti.

Check out the final day of Nature’s Enchantment exhibition at the Arts Council of New Westminster Gallery, which features works by artist Robert Jess Marshall. He has an impressionistic style that features shimmering, vibrant colours and rich textures. The final day of the exhibit is Saturday, May 31, when the gallery (located in Centennial Lodge in Queen’s Park) is open from 1 to 5 p.m.

Remember special moments when the Maple Leaf Singers

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take to the Massey Theatre stage ArtStarts’ presentation of Stories for Rock, Roll and Remember and Strings with Anne Glover. this weekend. Be Her two performanctaken back in time es will feature figures that she weaves out as the Maple Leaf of a loop of string.

Singers perform chart Intrigued? Drop toppers from the

by River Market at 1940s to 1980s and a 810 Quayside Dr. tribute to Dick Clark’s on Sunday, June 1, American Bandstand. where she’ll perform Performances take at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. place on Saturday, The shows are free, May 31 at 7:30 p.m. and there’s no need and Sunday, June 1 to pre-register for this at 2 p.m. Tickets are (or more) show that’s suitable $20 or 10 for children Things to do for kids aged four 12 and under, and are this weekend and up. available at 604-5215050 or ticketing@ Stop by the masseytheatre.com.

Queen’s Park petting farm and say hello to Take the kids to River Market, where they can enjoy the critters in its care this sum-

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mer. Goats, rabbits and other creatures are a hit among young and old alike. The petting farm is located next to the playground in Queen’s Park.

Get a jump on summer and join UFCW at its Family Picnic in the Park at Queen’s Park on Sunday, June 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. UFCW will be serving up hot dogs (meat and veggie), drinks, popcorn and freezies.

The event includes old-fashioned sack races, beanbag toss, hula hooping, face painting, music and more.

Email your Top 5 ideas to calen dar@royalcityrecord.com. Check out our full arts and events calendar listings at www.royalcityrecord.com.

– compiled by Theresa McManus

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Around Town: Fun Day returning this summer Make some ◗ continued from page 12

service, Page also enjoyed a musical career with his band Flashback – Solid Gold Rock ‘n’ Roll, which performed at assorted venues including cruise ships and the Harrah’s Casinos’ circuit that included gigs in Las Vegas, Reno and Atlantic City.

Page, who also worked as a studio musician, has shared the stage with Anne Murray and Gordon Lightfoot and opened for the likes of Neil Diamond and Dionne Warwick.

Happy retirement, Rick.

Landmark Cinemas is continuing its Movie Tots showings on Tuesday, June 3 with a 1:15 p.m. showing of Disney’s new Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie.

If you haven’t been, the Movie Tots showings give parents a chance to see a “grown-up” movie in a baby-friendly setting – check out www.landmark cinemas.com for all the details about the movie showings.

Getting arty

Feeling arty?

River Market has been hosting a series of free arts workshops and performances for families, courtesy of ArtStarts.

The next one is set for Sunday, June 1, with sessions at 11 a.m. and at 1 p.m. This month’s featured performer is Anne Glover, a storyteller who creates figures out of a loop of

string.

It’s ideal for kids aged four and up, but everyone is welcome. No pre-registration is needed – just drop in to River Market.

Check out www.river market.ca for details, or see more information at artstarts.com/weekend.

Do you have an item for Around Town? Send ideas of community interest to Theresa, tmcmanus@royalcity record.com.

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The summer fun keeps on coming

A local lad is hard at work planning a followup to last year’s successful Fun Day. Nur Elmasri received a grant through the Vancouver Foundation and organized last summer’s successful kids Fun Day. Having secured another grant this year, he’s planning this year’s event.

Local families will want to mark Wednesday, Aug. 27 on the calendar, as that’s the day Fun Day will be held on the Moody Park playground from noon to 3 p.m. Music, henna, hair braiding, a stilt walker, a visit from the Tumblebus are among this year’s festivities. Stay tuned for more details later this summer.

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Digging their little fingers into fun and dirt is where the fairies prance over, it is where the trucks cross over, it is a street, it is a castle – it is These days, four-year-old whatever they can make it with Henry Stevenson comes home their fabulous imaginations.” from his New Westminster preBender said the water wall school wetter and dirtier than he and the footbridge have been the used to – and he and his mom most popular additions for the couldn’t be happier about it. kids in her classes.

The not-for-profit Queen’s “Lots of interacting with each Park parent participation preother, and I would say having school, where Henry attends, oodles and oodles of fun,” she recently received a $3,000 New said.

Westminster city child-care grant, Fellow teacher Jenny Lee is which school staff used to upgrade excited about all the greenery the outdoor space of the nearly that has been added.

50-year-old preschool, located in “The shrubs will bloom at varithe centre of Queen’s Park. ous times throughout the year, The school, which turns 50 next and besides the added esthetic year, hadn’t done any upgrades to value, some of them bring smell the 1800-square-foot playground and tasting opportunities, too,” for many years. Before the recent she said. improvements there was merely While the city grant covered For a cement pad, a few planters and most of the improvements, parmore small playground, according to photos, ents, grandparents and members scan preschool teacher Barb Bender. of the community also pitched in with Now there are 12 planters, a by, among other things, donating Layar fairy garden – boxes with plants bulk mulch and sand and helpand toys – plenty of outdoor furing install the different play eleniture, a water-wall area, tons ments, such as the water wall. of greenery and a wooden foot “I think one of my favourite Larry Wright/THE RECORD bridge.

Hands-on fun: Teacher Jenny Lee and three-year-old Henry Thomson check out the new and improved parts has been seeing a comThe school’s 76 students, in munity come together to create four separate classes, all between play area at Queen’s Park preschool. The school is holding a celebration June 3 to mark the new play- something so inspiring and fun the ages of three and five, have ground, which came about thanks to a $3,000 child-care grant from the city. for the children,” said Bender. been quick to take advantage of all the new things he can do and is always school fun. “It doesn’t have bells and The playground improvethe added play opportunities. smiling and happy when he comes home. whistles and things the way an iPad does. ments aren’t completely done yet. By June “Henry is like a lot of the kids there, he “It has been amazing seeing them com- It really makes the kids use their imagina- 3, when a thank-you celebration is planned is completely into water and dirt and bugs pletely soaked and dirty from head to toe. tion,” said Jodie Shebib, whose son Eli for all those involved in the creation of the and plants,” said Henry’s mom, Shelley I think that is a great thing.”

Dubick, 3, also attends the preschool. outdoor area, a rain barrel, worm comStevenson.

“The little bridge, for example, it gets poster and music area will have been Other parents are also grateful for the She said Henry has been thrilled with new playground’s opportunities for old- turned into all sorts of amazing things. It added to the playground.

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HUMANE SOCIETY Est. 1994

As soon as you enter an animal shelter, the tempta`on to adopt will be very great.

That s why it s so important to consider before any adorable faces ind their way into your heart whether bringing an animal into your life is right for you!

Royal City Humane Society is a registered charity established in 1994

THE JOYS OF ADOPTING A SENIOR CAT How many `mes have we heard the expression: Age is just a number. With the average life span of a cat now 16 -- with many living past 20 -- there is ample `me (nine lives notwithstanding) for the savvy adopter of a senior cat to savour their kihenish cuteness without the kihenish chaos. And if wisdom comes with age, so do beneits. For anyone adop`ng a senior cat-izen, those beneits are boun`ful.

`ng you see, within moments, whether or not yours is a match made in kihy heaven.

They are seasoned liher box users, knowing the ins as opposed to the outs of proper pohy e`quehe, and will keep their boxes `dier too. Ready for inspecAon, sir!

quently they will sehle in seamlessly.

More like the old couple than the odd couple.

Sadly, however, they are the ones too ogen overlooked in favour of younger They are more experienced self-groom- cats and even younger kihens at shelters and sanctuaries, humane socie`es ers and devote much of their waking hours to the business of beau`ica`on: and animal rescues. When, for them, age is far more than just a number. Parprimping, plumping and preening.

They are less demanding, require less `cularly when that same number can Mirror please! supervision, and, if leg alone during mean the difference between life and the day can stay happily occupied with- They are beher companions for young- death.

With a senior cat, you CAN judge a book er children, who, despite their preferout growing bored or destruc`ve. The by its cover. What you see is what you ence for cuddly kihens, forget that kit- Senior cats seem to sense when they home you leave in the morning will be get: a mature animal whose physique are given a second chance at the rest of tens grow up to be cats. the home you return to in the evening

and personality are fully formed, lettheir lives. And anyone wise enough to curtains and breakables intact.

T They are superb as furry lap warmers or adopt one will be the lucky recipient of p purring couch potatoes for their senior loyalty, gra`tude and a love as uncondiSpunky* was here in 2013 ager Mee Mee* came to RCHS ager ( (human) counterparts. Two or three her mats were shaved off she she was abandoned by her `onal as it is enduring. went back to her Mom & Bro people. There was an infected t together is always company, never a at an autowreckers in Surrey. growth on her back paw toe so c crowd.

Ager her protector friend quit the toe was amputated. Mee working there and moved she disappeared for about 8 months. She ended up at the Surrey Animal Centre as a stray, totally mahed but otherwise okay so they shaved her and she is back at the shelter safe and sound. Our lihle diamond in the ruff, very sweet but totally `mid.

Senior cats are calmer, more easygoing and relaxed, and prefer a more sedentary lifestyle than younger cats. Which isn t to say they ve given play`me up en`rely.

Mee is a sweet, gentle old cat who just loves to sit on a warm lap and spend `me with you. Mee Mee has Hyperthyroid Disease so will need medica`on for the rest of her days.

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Momo is a very friendly with humans and a great companion.

He would rarely go on your lap, but he would sit next to you for hours. He s very noble and has compassionate sweet eyes. He could be very playful and gets along well with other cats. Momo is curious, loves ahen`on, and is a very sweet guy! He s a very gentle giant who needs a peaceful home, he - just not babies or toddlers.

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Brinx (le@) has been through a lot in the past few months, and would love a quiet place to call home. He needs an owner who is comfortable with large breeds and who displays leadership in a irm yet posi`ve manner. If you have a warm spot in your home for a big dog who doesn t need a lot of exercise, please come and meet Brinx! A foster home is an op`on because he needs to be medicated twice a day for a thyroid condi`on. Daisy (right) is 1-1/2 years old and s`ll full of puppy silliness and energy! She needs a stable environment where she will receive good leadership and posi`ve-based training. She might be happiest as the only dog in her new home. Older children or no children would be best as she is a big dog which might knock a small child over. NOT suitable for off-leash dog parks, etc. Sorry, no cats or kids for me.

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Maritime life plays key role in city past OUR PAST

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vital part of the early history of New Westminster’s connection to the Fraser River links are the vessels that sailed with and against the river’s current. The many stories of boats on these waters fill volumes and supply great colour and character to our maritime heritage. There are many of these descriptive “images” to consider.

A favourite image is of First Nations canoes and local rowboats by the hundreds on the river at night with flaming torches in a massive twisting “snake parade” of light. What an amazing scene it must have been.

Another favourite image is of a sailboat that was trying to reach Agassiz to pick up agricultural cargo. The vessel’s captain did not want to pay for any towing help, so he endeavoured to travel up the river using his sails. Frequently he drifted

back downriver farther than he had managed to struggle upriver that day.

Finally after many weeks, he returned to the city defeated to plot his next course.

And there were boats fighting against the winter freeze-up, becoming stuck in the ice, unable to move, waiting and watching for the slightest sign of a break to push free and continue their journey.

Great celebrations awaited their arrival at a destination with people and supplies against very dangerous odds of numbing cold and turbulent water.

There were many different types of vessels, large and small, sleek and cumbersome, crude and well-appointed, fast and ponderous, highly regarded and denigrated.

The class of vessel that met all of the previous comparisons and dominated the river for decades was the paddlewheeler, mostly of the sternwheel variety.

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Street and other riverfront roads knew them all. The slap of the paddle, the call of the steam whistle, the shouts of captain and crew, were all part of this particular heritage.

Today we use many paddlewheelers in stories of the local waterfront from Sapperton to Queensborough. The RP Rithet and its first arrival here; the Onward or Reliance carrying Captain Irving and family; Captain Moore and the Henrietta; the Senator Janzen pulling log booms; and the Samson V lifting massive deadheads from the river.

All great stories in a long, long list of maritime stories.

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For 25 years Doug and Helga Leaney have operated river tours out of a New Westminster location.

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New Westminster has an incredible array of camps and programs for all ages – music and video production, dance, cooking, Ninjago Lego, Girls on the Go, farm animals, Fun en français, drama, Outdoor Explorers, Mad Science, heritage-themed camps and a whole bunch more. Pick up the city’s most recent Active Living Guide at any city facility, or check online at newwestpcr.ca. ! Vancouver Circus School: The school is offering its popular summer camps once again, with day camps geared for kids aged six to 16 – of all fitness levels and abilities. Kids will

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SECTION COORDINATOR Tom Berridge, 604-444-3022 • tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

STM spreading its gridiron wings

Cariboo wins first on tiebreak

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

St. Thomas More football is going to stretch its influence over nearly half of North America next season.

Six graduating Knight players earned athletic scholarships to Canadian universities and institutions south of the border this year, including B.C. high school provincial allstar running back Malcolm Lee, who committed to the University of Nevada at Reno for the coming season.

“It’s been a dream of mine to play Division I football as high as I can,” said Lee, a 6-2 wide receiver who was forced into the role of pivot when starting quarterback Chase Malcolm was slowed with injuries.

Malcolm is headed to Laurier University in Ontario under a new, young coaching staff.

Also headed east are B.C. team linebacker Noah Usherwood and all-Eastern conference defensive lineman Kevin Marshall to Western Ontario, and defensive back Drew Belgrave to the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

Jalen Jana, who had to sit out the entire school year with injuries associated with a torn ACL last season, will redshirt his first season at Cheyney University, a Div. II college in Pennsylvania.

“It says we are pretty fortunate to have athletes who are so committed.

I’m happy to see them get scholarships and get their education paid for,” said STM head coach Bernie

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Canadian college football.

“I hope … I’ll learn a lot from him. Laurier was looking for an option quarterback with speed,” said Malcolm.

Jana also has high hopes at Cheyney, the first university for African Americans in the country with a rich tradition of excellence.

“I can see myself starting after my freshman year, so that’s pretty exciting for me,” said Jana.

But all six of the Knights will likely never forget where their beginnings

Scoring first had its reward for the Cariboo Hill Chargers high school rugby team.

The Burnaby AA school tied AAA Moscrop 19-19 but won the Burnaby/New Westminster district senior rugby title on a first-score tiebreak following a scoreless 15 minutes of overtime at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-East last week.

Cariboo captain Manraj Sidhu scored the game’s first two tries, which ultimately stood up as the tiebreaking game-winners.

“It means a lot,” said Sidhu after the game.

“We’re a first-year team.

We never failed to believe in each other and that we could do it as a team.”

Leading 12-0, Moscrop got back into it just before half time with a converted try from Robert Partaker.

Andrew Jones added another five-pointer later to draw Moscrop even, but Kurtis Dunbar countered for Cariboo with a score between uprights for what looked at the time like the game-deciding points.

But Abdi Abdinasir had other thoughts, picking up a turnover and outrunning the Charger defence 40 metres to send the game into extra time.

In OT, Cariboo missed a penalty kick at goal, but then had to knuckle down

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Head of the class: From left: St. Thomas More Knight seniors Jalen Jana, Drew Belgrave, Chase Malcolm, Noah Usherwood, Malcolm Lee and Kevin Marshall all earned football scholarships this season.

Kully. “They’ll have to earn their spots, coming up the ladder and learning those priorties, but it’s good to see.”

While Usherwood and Lee were both provincial team picks, Belgrave and Marshall were all-conference all-stars on defence.

Jana was named a provincial defensive team allstar in 2012. In the same season, Malcolm put up the third-best passing numbers in the AAA varsity league, including a second-best 74.8 per cent completion percentage.

“I had a great time at

the school,” said Malcolm.

“A lot of great players have come from STM. It’s a great way to get your name out there.”

The others would agree, but decisions were made on more than just football. “(Western Ontario) was the right school for me. It has a great business program, and I’ll be pursuing a business program,” said Marshall.

Usherwood followed his teammate to London, Ont. for the good balance of academics and sport at Western.

“The coaches liked my

aggressiveness and attitude, too,” he said.

Belgrave is also planning a future in business and found Edmonton the place to play and study.

But what sold him was the coaching staff. “It’s a new program. I’ll be coming in with a big group of guys,” he said, while adding, “academically, it’s a good school.”

Malcolm was also influenced by Laurier’s incoming head coach Michael Faulds, a former Ontario university player of the year and holder of the all-time passing record in

Jr. ’Bellies take over first with unplayoff-like win

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

The New Westminster Salmonbellies made their case for being best in the West following an 11-5 win over Coquitlam.

The junior A Salmonbellies rocketed out to a 6-1 first-period lead, and save for a mini-letdown early in the middle frame, cruised to a relatively easy, and unplayoff-like victory over the nationally No. 2-ranked junior Adanacs at Queen’s Park Arena on Tuesday.

Johnny Pearson led the home team with a hat trick, while Luke Gillespie, Connor Robinson and Chris Nasato all recorded fivepoint games.

Gillespie and Robinson, the Jr. A scoring leader, both notched a pair of markers. Nasato moved into fifth place in overall scoring with a goal and four helpers.

Quinn Mackay opened the scoring in the first two minutes on an unassisted tally.

Robinson, Nasato and Pearson, with his first shorthanded counter of the season, had New West ahead 4-1 at the midway mark of the opening period.

“We came out and wanted to prove something to Coquitlam and we took it to them,” said New West defender Justin Goodwin.

“The way we started the first, I definitely liked that, and the way we finished.”

The A’s got back into it briefly,

potting four goals in a five-minute span to close the deficit to two goals to start the second period.

But Gillespie helped regain the momentum for the ’Bellies, notching backto-back goals later in the frame.

Surprisingly, the third period showed more of the Salmonbellies’ dominance in play and less apparant desperation from the Coquitlam club, which toppled out of first place in the junior A table with the loss.

The Delta Islanders hold on to third place with a 6-4 record.

New West outshot the A’s 5433 in the contest, including 16-8 in the third stanza.

Ross Bowman recorded the win in goal with 28 saves. Riley Camazzola made 43 saves in the Adanacs’ cage.

“We played our game, To watch but we did what we a video, wanted to do, we didn’t worry too much about scan with them,” said New West Layar head coach Dan Perreault.

“We were disciplined and played smart lacrosse and limited our mistakes.”

That discipline and near-mistake free effort has been the mantra of the New Westminster coaching staff over the past years.

To have such a youthful lineup already picking up on the lessons of trying to make the right decision on the floor bodes well

for the Salmonbellies later in the season, added Perreault.

“It’s huge when you get down into the playoffs,” Perreault said.

Goodwin said the incoming players are getting the message from their time spent in intermediate ranks.

“We’re just learning to be smarter as a team,” Goodwin said. “Be smart, be tough.”

New Westminster, now 7-10, is home again this Sunday to the 4-3-1 Victoria Shamrocks at Queen’s Park Arena.

Note the earlier game time is scheduled for a 5 p.m. afternoon start.

To view a video of The Big Game go to www.royalcityrecord.com/ sports and click on story.

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New West sports briefs

STM places second in high school golf

New Westminster ’s Tamara Harris placed fourth in the women’s 800 metres at the NAIA national outdoor track and field championships.

Harris, a sophomore, also helped the University of British Columbia women’s 4x800m team win gold in the relay.

At the net: Queensborough, in blue, matched up against Burnaby Mountain on Day 2 of the BurWest district bantam boys’ volleyball championships at Burnaby South last week.

Players wanted

The Fraser Delta Basketball Club is looking for at least two more players for its upcoming tour to Japan in August.

The team will play as many as nine games in Tokyo and Akita City from Aug. 14 to 31.

Girls must be in grades 9 to 11.

Interested players can contact Fraser Delta head coach Doug Woodward at woody11@shaw.ca.

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St. Thomas More placed second at the B.C. high school AA golf championships on Wednesday.

The former four-time provincial AA champs were nipped for top spot by 16 strokes by defending champion Kwalikum Secondary.

Brendan Lancaster led the Knights, tying for third place overall in the individual standings, finishing with a one-over-par 145 at the Pheasant Glen Golf Resort in Qualicum Beach.

Lancaster opened the two-day event with a oneunder-71.

Mary Parsons was a pleasant surprise, finishing in 10th place with a fiveover 152, firing rounds of

75 and 77.

Rene Cheng had rounds of 82 and 80. Nathan Punzo had difficulties on the second day, shooting a 97 after an opening-round 87.

Shawnigan Lake’s Tristan Mandur led the field from Day 1, shooting a pair of three-under 69s to place first with a 138 – sixunder-par.

Kwalicum student Santiago Bouyra finished runner-up with a twounder 142.

Kwalikum shot a combined 25-over-par 601 on its home course to win the AA banner.

Smithers finished third, just two shots behind the Knights. Shawnigan placed fourth.

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Rugby: Chargers lost earlier LM final to Seycove ◗ continued from page 27

on defence to prevent a concerted push by Moscrop inside the Chargers’ 20-metre line that came close to scoring late in the second OT.

“Just seeing (Cariboo) able to dig deep and keep coming back was really satisfying,” said Cariboo Hill practicum student coach Moreno Stefanon.

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the Chargers, which earlier lost the Lower Mainland AA Tier 2 championship final to Seycove by a narrow 31-29 score.

“That was a heartbreaker,” said Sidhu.

took root.

“It’s a special place to play,” said Jana of STM. Lee agreed, adding to be able to contribute to the great Knight tradition was “cool.” Marshall described his time at STM as the best experience in his life. “It was like playing with brothers,” he said.

But Usherwood, for all his outward bravado, was perhaps the most humble in his praise.

“Coming (to STM) as a nobody and then being able to earn a scholarship, football has really helped me in that way,” he said.

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Fair Trade Organic Grape Cherry Tomatoes from Del Cabo Mexico

Organic Long English Cucumbers from Origin O, Delta

Organic Peaches from California

3.98lb/ 8.77kg

2/5.00

product of Canada

product of USA

value pack

value pack

5.99lb/ 13.21kg

4.99lb/ 11.00kg

3.98lb/ 8.77kg

2.98 1 pint

Aspen Ridge Ground Beef

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast

Ocean Wise Pre Frozen Sockeye Salmon Fillets Pin Bone Removed

Leg of Lamb Boneless Roasts

9.99lb/ 22.02kg

value pack

11.99lb/ 26.43kg

GROCERY

HEALTHCARE

Mighty Leaf Artisan Tea

Kind Fruit & Nut Bars

Blue Monkey Pure Coconut Water

Macro Greens

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

with or without pulp

Complete, best-tasting, science based herbal & plant based formula fortified with 18 billion probiotics.

SAVE

35%

6.99-7.99

15 sachets

product of USA

Danone Activia Yogurt assorted varieties

from

SAVE 2/7.00

14%

275-400g

product of Canada

Hardbite Gluten-Free Potato Chips assorted varieties

2/7.00

SAVE

FROM

650g product of Canada

Silver Hills Sprouted Grains Bread

30%

SAVE 2.29-

SAVE

29%

33% 3/6.00

150g

product of Canada

2/7.00

600-615g

product of Canada

19.99

2.99

33%

705ml product of Canada

Dairyland Organic Milk

Amy's Kitchen Frozen Pizza

assorted varieties

assorted varieties

4.99

4.49-10.49

176-425g • product of USA

assorted flavours

Brown Rice Bread

regular or mini

regular or sandwich size

5.49

250-530g

Summer Fresh Dips

Zorbas Spanakopitas

assorted varieties

2/4.98

3.49 200-227g

Organic Sourdough Bread

2.49-3.99

2.99/100g

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20% off regular retail price

GLUTEN FREE

xxx • product of xxx

Choices’ Own All Natural Angus Roast Beef

BULK Organic Wild Rice

xxx BAKERY

DELI

200ml or 60 soft gels

assorted varieties

SAVE 3/9.99

375-454g product of Canada

2L • product of Canada

Beneficial for cardiovascular health, brain, eye & nervous system health, skin & joint health, supports healthy immune system function.

Prairie Harvest Organic Pasta Sauce

assorted varieties

each

NutraSea Omega-3 Supplement

select varieties

SAVE

Prairie Harvest Organic Pasta

FROM

14.99

product of Thailand

40g • product of USA

assorted varieties

Natural plant-based ingredients nourish and protect your hair while providing vibrant, long lasting color.

520ml +deposit +eco fee

35% 2/2.98

287g

Naturtint Hair Colour

3/3.99

SAVE

Nature’s Path Organic Boxed Cereals

23%

29.99

51%

SAVE

425-475g

Loaf Cakes Chocolate or Lemon Citrus

Cookies assorted varieties

5.99

4.99

package of 12

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Kitsilano

Cambie

Kerrisdale

Yaletown

Gluten Free Bakery

South Surrey

Burnaby Crest

Kelowna

Floral Shop

2627 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver

3493 Cambie St. Vancouver

1888 W. 57th Ave. Vancouver

1202 Richards St. Vancouver

2595 W. 16th Ave. Vancouver

3248 King George Blvd.

South Surrey

8683 10th Ave. Burnaby

1937 Harvey Ave. Kelowna

2615 W. 16th Vancouver

Best Organic Produce

250g