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◗IN THE NEWS How to love Christmas like a kid again ◗P6 Fun things for families to do over the holidays ◗P9

KAREN MALONEY HAS SPENT 37 YEARS CARING FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE

A big heart for the tiniest among us

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efore the break of dawn this Christmas, Karen Maloney left her bed, crept out of her darkened house and drove to Royal Columbian Hospital.

By the time families around the Lower Mainland started tearing into presents around their livingroom trees, the veteran nurse had CORNELIA NAYLOR stepped onto the floor of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for what could be her last Christmas shift.

She retires next month after 37 years, and she’s lost count of how many Christmases she’s spent caring for some of the hospital’s most vulnerable patients – tiny babies born as many as 16 weeks premature and poised for a time between life and death.

“They need a lot of help at the beginning,” she says.

Despite that – or maybe because of it – Christmas in the NICU has always been a magical time for Maloney.

It’s not an easy thing for her to explain, even to young nurses nervous about working their first holiday shift.

“I’ve more or less said, ‘It’s just a very special time and you’ll understand when you get here.’”

Not that all neonatal nurses will get a chance to escort a baby through a snowstorm on Christmas Eve like Maloney did early in her career at Prince George Regional.

As part of the hospital’s transport team, she had been assigned to help return a baby via ambulance to its parents in Smithers almost 400 kilometers away.

“We were sailing along, and I felt like we were on a sleigh,” Maloney says. “It was a magic night. We got to Smithers Hospital, the parents were there and I said ‘This is your gift from the Prince George Regional Hospital.’ I handed them this baby, and I just sat down and started crying. It was beautiful.”

On the other end of the spectrum, Maloney remembers a particularly tough Christmas Day at RCH about 10 years ago.

The unit was filled to capacity but the babies kept coming.

“They were all quite ill, and we were just running around like crazy just trying to make sure that everyone had the best care possible,” Maloney says.

A Christmas potluck remained untouched and Maloney ended her shift completely spent.

“When I got home, I was totally exhausted, so I had nothing left for my

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Left, veteran Royal Columbian NICU nurse Karen Maloney prepares Michael Caldwell, born Sept. 30 at 26 weeks, for a festive photo. Below, Adrienne Clewlow, born along with twin Mackenzie on Dec. 17 at 33 weeks, sleeps between Maloney’s practiced hands.

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husband and daughter,” she says. “I learned a lot from that.”

Now she tells the younger nurses to plan their own holiday celebrations another day if they’re scheduled to work the Christmas shift. hether the day is magic or mayhem, Christmas at the NICU is all about family, according to Maloney, and that has taken the sting out of absenting herself from her own family all those years.

“You’re leaving your home, but you’re going to your other home,” she says.

Christmas or not, the NICU is basically an emergency room for babies, and Maloney’s team has to be ready for anything that comes through the doors, but the unit’s tiny patients often stay between six and nine months, so there are a lot of familiar faces when the holidays roll around.

Those bonds are especially close for nurses, like Maloney, who sign up to care for individual infants for the duration of their stay.

“Every time we come to work, we’re assigned to that baby and family,” she says. “They really get to know us and we get to know their baby and what their baby’s needs are.”

It can be intimidating at first for new parents at Maloney’s unit to interact with their tiny, incubator-bound babies who sometimes seem like “more machine than

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So Maloney and her fellow NICU nurses show parents how to lay firm, comforting hands on their newborns through the incubator portholes.

They encourage them to change diapers and spend time holding their babies skin-to-skin whenever possible.

Along with new technologies in the NICU, such family-centred care has evolved dramatically during

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When she started, she remembers older nurses talking about a time only a few years before when even parents with uncomplicated births could only look at their newborns through nursery windows.

“It’s been a total change from the beginning till now,” she says.

This more-human approach is

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Glacier Media purchases newspapers in New Westminster and Burnaby There will be no closures of papers, says Glacier boss Staff at newspapers purchased by Glacier Media last week have no reason to worry about closures, according to the company’s president of Lower Mainland publishing and community digital media.

On Dec. 17, Glacier Media, which owns the The

Record, announced it had purchased four newspapers from competitor Black Press, including the Tri-City News, Burnaby News Leader, New Westminster News Leader and the Richmond Review, along with their related publications and digital properties.

Glacier Media will take control of these newspapers starting on March 2, and until then it’s business as usual, according to Alvin Brouwer, Glacier’s presi-

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Press. Those papers are: Cowichan Valley Citizen, Comox Valley Echo, The Oceanside Star, the Alberni Valley Times, the Nanaimo Daily News and Nanaimo Press and the Campbell River Courier.

The Victoria Times Colonist was not part of the transaction.

The proceeds from the sale will go to paying down debt at Glacier Media.

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Babies: Nursery is all decked out for Christmas ◗ continued from page 3

especially evident at Christmas.

Staff breaks out special Christmas linen for the incubators, and the babies are outfitted with festive toques and get tiny stuffies as gifts.

Parents are greeted with a Christmas photo of their newborn – taken by Maloney.

She began the tradition about 10 years ago, taking pictures of each baby in the unit and presenting them to parents in a special card.

Sometimes those parents are miles

away in Vernon or Fort Nelson and can’t make it to New West for the holiday.

“They’re relying on us to make a nice Christmas for their little one,” Maloney says, “and they feel good about it because they’ve gotten to know us.”

Sometimes her reward comes years later in the form of a Christmas card with a photo of one of the unit’s “graduates” – a man or woman Maloney might once have held in her hands when he or she weighed

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“They’ve been dancing or have graduated from university,” Maloney says, describing photos that have arrived over the years.

It’s rewarding work, she says, and not something she’s ready to leave behind completely.

Come February, she’ll be back at the unit part time.

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Remembering Karim

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It was pouring rain and dark and Julie Meskine was lost. She was trying to make her way onto the Queensborough Bridge but the Surrey resident got turned around in New West. Suddenly her car stalled.

She tried to restart it once, twice, three times and finally the engine sprang to life.

Meskine paused for a moment and when she looked up, out her rain-streaked win-

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“I imagine he was missing me,” Meskine said.

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’m learning about Christmas this year from an expert. She’s tiny and blonde and has big blue eyes that are always wide open, taking in the magic of the world around her – and a cute little mouth that can’t stop flapping with the excitement of sharing that world in words.

She’s not quite two-and-a-half years old, but she’s got this Christmas thing nailed.

When it comes to Christmas spirit, my daughter has a whole bunch of lessons for JULIE MACLELLAN those of us who are older and supposedly wiser than her.

She’s not racing frantically around trying to make Christmas magical. Because, you see, she’s already figured out the simple truth: Christmas just is magical, and all we have to do is let it happen.

She couldn’t care less whether the house is clean, whether the baking is done, whether there are just-right presents wrapped just-so under the justdelightful tree. (Which is good, because if you know anything about me you’ll know that she sure as heck didn’t get Martha Stewart for a mother.) She’s not worrying about buying the perfect outfit to wear to the umpteenth holiday party or throwing the perfect shindig to impress co-workers and friends. She’s not bothered what anyone else thinks of her state of readiness for the holidays – or lack thereof.

She’s just taking in the world with wide-eyed wonder.

“Look, Mommy, Christmas!”

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that refrain over the past few weeks. Sometimes it’s in response to something big, like the giant Christmas tree at Herbert Spencer School.

More often, though, it’s in response to something relatively small. The snowmen decorations sitting on the shelf at the coffee shop. The dancing Santa by the door at daycare. The string of coloured lights on the neighbours’ eaves that she can see from her bedroom window. The “Jolly J’s” (that’s candy canes, for those uninitiated in Charlottespeak) that adorn a house up the street. The fir trees standing in a row at Home Depot. Even, on one occasion, a small piece of discarded wrapping paper on the sidewalk.

And don’t forget the music. She’s picked up on a couple of Christmas carols – ask her to sing Jingle Bells or Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and she’ll give it a good shot. She’s not much concerned whether she’s in tune, whether she has the words right or whether you’re enjoy-

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Through the eyes of a child: Charlotte Makuch, 2, daughter of assistant editor Julie MacLellan, is teaching her parents life lessons about the true meaning of Christmas. ing what she’s singing. She’s just belting it out because, well, it’s the thing to do, and she likes it, and singing is how you express joy. That, and dancing – put on a tune, and she’ll spin her little heart out in response.

Each tiny moment in her world is greeted with the kind of enthusiasm most of us reserve for the so-called “big” things in life. She has no idea what she’s “supposed” to do for the holidays – she’s just experiencing everything around her with the same zest she brings to life yearround.

She expects nothing. And, as a consequence, she enjoys everything.

Sure, we’ve given her some Christmas experiences. We’ve gone for a little night lights display tour (which is to say, we walked a few of our favourite blocks in our neighbourhood, where many of the homeowners decorate for the holidays).

We went to New West’s Santa Claus Parade and checked out the fun at River

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Market and the Anvil Centre. And, most memorably of all for my wide-eyed child, we rode the Christmas train at Stanley Park and took in the Bright Nights experience.

Every single one of those things has been worth it for the wonder in her eyes and the joy in her babble afterwards as she recounts her experiences to Mommy and Daddy.

But you know what she talks about most? Not seeing the parade so much as the fact that she went downtown with her little BFF. And the Christmas train?

Yeah, that was great. But what was more fun was going to see her “auntie” and “uncle” afterwards and play with her biggirl friend.

It hasn’t occurred to her to think about “stuff.”

She’s received a couple of Christmas presents so far, and she’s happily latched on to one of them – a little stuffed reindeer. She loves it with the same dogged

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devotion she gives to a rather eclectic assortment of treasured possessions, including a little pink plastic ring that once adorned a birthday cupcake, and the Little People family known in our house as “Plastic Mommy,” “Plastic Daddy” and “Plastic Charlotte.”

But she doesn’t have any clue that Christmas is meant to involve filling your house with fancy presents wrapped in fancy paper.

She’s not going to get a lot from her parents for Christmas (although, undoubtedly, her rather doting grandparents will make up for it). But she won’t feel the lack of anything.

She has no inkling of the desire for bigger. Better. Brighter. Shinier. More.

She just loves her toys and her home and her room and her family and her friends – and her life – with a fierceness that all of us should strive to emulate.

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Christmas: Take the time to just be ◗ continued from page 6

So if the holidays are stressing you out, here’s my advice: enjoy Christmas like a two-yearold: with wide eyes and a sense of wonder.

Spend time with people you care about. Walk around your neighbourhood and look at the lights. Curl up with a book in your living room and admire your own

Just sing. And dance.

And enjoy. And be.

Just for a little while, let yourself experience the world like a two-year-old.

Trust me, it’s a lot more fun than trying to be this season’s answer to Martha Stewart.

Julie MacLellan is the mother of a toddler and the assistant editor of The Record and Burnaby NOW newspapers.

Christmas tree – especially if it’s not quite standing straight and if it’s decorated with an eclectic assortment of not-prettybut-special-to-your-family decorations.

Above all, take time out of whatever it is you’re doing to just enjoy it.

Forget the house. Forget the shopping. Forget the presents. Forget the hullabaloo.

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THE RECORD STORY: Improved pedestrian access needed along Brunette – Dec. 17

Facebook I Dave Lundy: My heart goes out to the family, friends and co workers of the woman killed last night trying to cross Brunette Avenue. …

But here’s a simple fact about that particular stretch of road and that area. From E. Columbia to Braid Street.. there are exactly 2 pedestrian crossings on Brunette. The 2 pedestrian crossings are at each end of the stretch of Brunette that runs from East Columbia to Braid St. Approximately 1 kilometer apart. For those who don’t know the area, on the south side of Brunette from Braid St to E. Columbia is all industrial park and businesses. Warehouses, manufacturing, trucking companies etc. On the south side of Brunette there is no pedestrian amenities from E. Columbia to just before the Burlington Northern Rail offices.

And its a heavily used road connecting Hwy 1 to New West, Burnaby, East Richmond etc.

There’s been numerous pedestrians struck along this road, people either going to or coming from work on the southside of Brunette, trying to gauge heavy traffic. The only pedestrian crossing to the southside of Brunette between E. Columbia and Braid is the SkyTrain pedestrian overpass. That only accesses the station. One of 2 things needs to happen to prevent this from happening again.

1. Improve pedestrians ability to access the business park and safely cross Brunette by building a pedestrian sidewalk at East Columbia down Brunette that accesses the business park, on the southside. Currently after you come onto Brunette from Columbia Street, there’s a vehicle pullout then bushes and thorns before the drop down for cars to access Braid Street Industrial Park. As well, consult with TransLink about jointly improving the footbridge at the SkyTrain station to allow pedestrians to access it when wanting to cross Brunette. Why this wasn’t ever done when the station was initially built is completely mind boggling.

2. Build a pedestrian barrier similiar to the one along King George Blvd in the stretch from King George Station to 102 I believe. Sometimes you do have to protect people from themselves.

In the past, whenever there has been a fatality involving a truck, people use that to really whip it up about how bad trucks are, bladdy blah. I’m hoping that rather than blame the driver (who may have not known what happened, and will have to live with this for the rest of their lives), that people take the time to realize that this is an inherently dangerous situation for pedestrians and needs to be fixed. Being NIMBY about it and doing nothing isn’t an option. And neither is impeding the traffic (cars, trucks and otherwise) that travel this portion of the road. Pedestrian amenities can be built and added to that don’t result in additional congestion and traffic snarls.

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BY CAYLEY DOBIE REPORTER cdobie@royalcityrecord.com

A New Westminster woman suffered minor injuries after she was hit by a car Thursday evening.

The 48-year-old woman was crossing the street in the 500 block of Eighth Avenue around 4:40 p.m. when an oncoming vehicle struck her, Sgt. Chad Johnston, spokesperson for the New Westminster police, told The Record.

At the time of the crash, the woman wasn’t in a marked crosswalk.

The woman, who is in a wheelchair, was taken to hospital and treated for a few scrapes to her face and soreness throughout her body. Otherwise she was relatively unscathed in the crash, Johnston added.

Witnesses allege the driver of the vehicle involved – possibly in a grey Toyota-style vehicle – fled the scene before emergency personnel arrived, Johnston said.

“(Const. Brittany Ribeiro) is still interviewing a few witnesses at this point so it’s still an ongoing investigation. Obviously, with the hit and run, we’re going to be trying to seek more witnesses and track down more detail with regards to a potential plate and that sort of thing,” Johnston said.

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chose to take the just turned 20-yearold off life support. Three days earlier he was beaten by a 16-year-old New West teen (whose name will not be released) near the 22nd SkyTrain Station.“ The teen was arrested and charged with second-degree murder shortly after the incident. Since then, Karim’s mother, friends and family have been following the case through the courts to see that justice is served, Meskine said.

“It’s for our family, first of all, to remember,” she said of the large, waterproof photo that was posted to the telephone pole during the vigil Saturday night. “I like, in a way, to leave it there so that neighbours that didn’t actually step out to do something, can remember he could have been saved if someone actually did.

That could be your loved one, that

could be yourself.”

Meskine said she hopes the trial will draw attention to her son and what happened to him, rather than the teen charged with his murder. It’s about a need for public safety, she added.

“If we don’t help each other then where is the world going?” She said.

“That’s my main thing.”

The teen accused of killing Karim was in court on Dec. 4 to set a date for his trial but the scheduling was postponed. He will be back in court on Jan. 15 to fix the date.

Because the accused is a young offender, Meskine is worried he won’t receive the maximum sentence, which she believes he deserves.

“I hope the public opinion will put pressure and help with that matter. If you’re somebody responsible for that kind of crime you should have the maximum, and that’s what I hope the

public will step up and put pressure,” she said.

Friends and family gathered at the vigil echoed Meskine’s concerns and pledged that they too will see the trial through to the end.

Karim was attacked on his way to the 22nd Street SkyTrain Station on Dec. 17, 2013. He was found badly injured by a passerby who called 911. A suspect was arrested almost right away, and charged with second-degree murder when Karim was taken off of life-support. At the time, investigators with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team did not release any information on motive.

The accused remains in custody at this time.

In the meantime, Meskine is keeping her son’s memory alive. Events like Saturday’s vigil are part of the journey, she said, before kissing Karim’s photo.

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Fortunately for local families, there’s plenty to do over the holiday season even once the preChristmas rush has passed.

Here are a few ideas: ! Go for a swim: The Canada Games Pool is open on a holiday schedule from Boxing Day through to Sunday, Jan. 4, with regular schedule resuming on Monday, Jan. 5. There are public swims each of those days as well as some other family-friendly events, including Parent and Tot Playtime starting at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 28, 29 and Jan. 4. Check out the city’s Christmas Active Living Guide – you can pick it up at city facilities or see www.newwestpcr.ca – for all the details or call 604-526-4281.

Dec. 29 and 30, with games, cooking and art.

Call 604-525-7388 or see www.newwestpcr.ca. ! Enjoy Christmas Vacation at Club Royale: Six- to 13-year-olds can take part in these fun days at Centennial Community Centre, with various crafts, games, skating, swimming and trips. It’s on Monday to Wednesday, Dec. 29 to 31, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and it costs $38 per day. Call 604777-5100. ! Drop by the New Westminster Museum in the new Anvil Centre at 777 Columbia St., open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through the holidays (closed for Christmas Day and Jan. 1). On Thursdays, it’s open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

You can check out the special Baskets for Barter exhibition until Jan. 25, looking at the history of Coast Salish basket weaving and exchange along the Fraser River. ! Try your hand at pickleball: Families (kids aged five and up) can check out this hybrid of badminton, tennis and table tennis, played with wooden paddles and a perforated plastic ball.

There’s a family pickleball drop-in at Queensborough Community Centre on

! Go for a skate: Moody Park Arena also has a special drop-in schedule for the holidays, with Loonie Skates from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 26, 29, 30 and 31, Jan. 1 and 2. There are also various public skating and family skating sessions, as well as a Parent and Tot Hockey session on Monday, Dec. 29 from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. and a Parent and Tot Skate on Thursday, Jan. 1 from 10 to 11:15 a.m. Check out the city’s Christmas Active Living Guide – you can pick it up at city facilities or see www.newwestpcr.ca – for all the details or call the arena at 604-525-5301. ! Head to New Westminster Public Library: The kids’ room at the library is always a friendly place to pass the time – kids can play with toys and look for new books to read. Plus, the library has some special programs for the holidays, including a free drop-in craft session for all ages on Monday, Dec. 29 from 10 a.m. to noon. Call 604-5274660. ! Enjoy Queensborough Adventures: Five- to 11year-olds can partake of the fun at these half-day camps from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday and Tuesday,

Tuesday, Dec. 30 from 1 to 3 p.m. Call 604-525-7388. ! Drop by the New Westminster New Media Gallery at the Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St. The ongoing exhibition is Biometric, running through January 2015, which brings together artists from around the world who use new media to create portraits. See www.anvil centre.com for more. !Drop by River Market, the destination for foodies, families and fun on the waterfront. You can partake of a variety of

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Admission to the galleries is by donation, and the centre is open Wednesdays to Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. See www.fraserriver discovery.org for more or call 604-521-8401. ! Take a hike: Get outside!

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JJ Lee

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Eat: Oh, gee, that’s Anny’s (Dairy Bar). I’m from Montreal; it’s the most authentic poutine I can find in Vancouver. She (owner Anny Faucher) makes me feel at home.

NIKI HOPE She talks to me in French. If there is hockey, the TV is on. She makes a good steamy (hotdog). We despair when she closes down in the winter (usually the month of January).

Drink: I’m not a drinker. But if I were to speak to coffee, then the gelato place (Tre Galli Gelato Caffe) at River Market is the most satisfying.

Be Merry: Merry, for me during Christmas, means family and community. The season can’t begin unless I do three things. There’s decorating the tree at home.

Then I have to help the wonderful people of Queens Avenue Daycare Centre – where I spent seven years on its board of directors – decorate the stage for the annual Christmas concert. The set is the cutest. Fireplaces, sleighs, and snow people made out of stuffed paper bags and used cardboard. It’s all gossamer and tinsel that’s simply magic when the room lights go down and the spots go up.

It’s performed by wee toddlers and preschoolers and is a hoot.

Finally, I have to write a Christmas ghost story, like The Last Train, which I then turn into a chapbook. I sell those at the first December Winter Market at the River Market. I just love doing it.

Then I really know, it’s time for a Merry Christmas. All of it puts me in the best mood, way more than shopping or wrapping presents. And I certainly don’t need anything under the tree, but I do need to do those three things.

ON MY BEAT

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Favourite spot: JJ Lee and his twin sons Emmet, left, and Jack dig into a dish of poutine at Anny’s Dairy Bar, one of their favourite stops to grab some grub in New West.

Susan Cartwright-Coates

The owner of Cartwright Jewelers in uptown New Westminster, who has raised more than $120,000 over 15 years for the CKNW Orphans’ Fund through an annual Christmas fundraiser, shares what makes her holidays bright.

Eat: We (with husband Brian) enjoy each Susan other’s company at Cartwright-Coates home with a homecooked meal, and when we eat it’s very important to us that we sit at the dinner table, the two of us,

that’s our time together.

Drink: If we were going to have a cocktail, we would go to the River’s Reach. It’s a bit of our community watering hole. It’s the Cheers of New West – you always know somebody when you walk in.

Be merry: That’s absolutely with my grandchildren. I have two and another one on the way. So every 18 months, she (daughter Chelsea) is having a baby (Cartwright-Coates laughs). Josh will be three in January, Jessa will be 18 months in January, and the new baby is due Feb. 1. I love grandmotherhood – until you are a grandma you don’t get it. People say it all of the time, but once you are, it’s all of the rewards for everything, because you’ve got the time (to enjoy them) …

The anticipation of Christmas morning

(since we had grandchildren) is very high.

Kendra Johnston

The executive director of the Downtown Business Improvement Area tells readers her favourites.

Eat: My favourite place is North Noodle House at the Shops at New West. I’m completely addicted to it.

My favourite thing there is the Dan Dan Noodles. They make their own noodles – fresh. You can watch the guy make the nooKendra Johnston dles, and it’s just

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Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Locals share their top picks in New West all of the trimmings and Christmas tree and family.

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Drink: I’m not much a drinker – I drink wine at home. I go to Waves just down from my place: I live at the Quay.

Be Merry: It’s home. I’m really looking forward to Christmas with the (seven) grandkids. … I cook a big traditional Christmas dinner with all of the things I had as a kid myself. I think people do this – it runs through generations. We have Christmas crackers, we read those silly little jokes inside the Christmas crackers, we all put the hats on, and turkey dinner with

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*Lease payments of $55/$64 on the 2015 Altima/2015 Rogue must be made on a semi-monthly basis and cannot be made weekly. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. †Receive a $1,000 Holiday Discount on the purchase finance or lease of any new 2014 Sentra/2014 Juke® or 2015 Versa Note/Rogue models. Receive a $2,000 Holiday Discount on the purchse finance or lease of any new 2014 Maxima/2014 Pathfinder or 2015 Altima/2015 Pathfinder. This discount includes $250 dealer participation. The discount is based on stackable trading dollars when registered and delivered between Dec. 2, 2014 – Jan. 2, 2015 only through Nissan Canada finance. The discount will be deducted from the negotiated selling price before taxes and can be combined with special and standard lease or finance rates. Conditions apply. ≠Representative monthly lease offer based on any new 2015 Altima 2.5 (T4LG15 AA00) CVT transmission/2015 Rogue S FWD (Y6RG15 AA00), CVT transmission. 1.49%/2.99% lease APR for a 60/60 month term equals 120/120 semi-monthly payments of $119/$139 with $0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First semi-monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Prices and payments include freight and fees. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $14,224/$16,703. $2,000/$1,000 NCF Bonus cash discount included in advertised lease offer, applicable only on 2015 Altima 2.5 (T4LG15 AA00) CVT transmission/2015 Rogue S FWD (Y6RG15 AA00), CVT transmission through subvented lease, finance through NCF. This offer is only valid from Dec. 2, 2014 – Jan. 2, 2015. Conditions apply. ±Representative finance offer based on 2015 Nissan Micra® 1.6 SR (S5SG55 AA00) manual transmission. Selling Price is $17,148 financed at 0% APR equals 130 bi-weekly payments of $132 for an 60 month term. $0 down payment required. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $17,148. This offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Conditions apply. **MSRP starting from $9,998 for a 2015 Nissan Micra® 1.6 S, MT (S5LG55 AA00) excluding Freight and PDE charges and specific duties of new tires. ◆ $11,398 Selling Price for a new 2015 Micra® 1.6 S, MT (S5LG55 AA00). Conditions apply. ▲Models shown $16,197/$34,573/$35,193 Selling Price for a new 2015 Micra® KROM MT (S5RG55 DA00)/2015 Altima 3.5 SL CVT (T4SG15 NV00)/2015 Rogue SL AWD Premium (Y6DG15 BK00). *◆±≠▲Freight and PDE charges ($1,400/$1,695/$1,750), air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Lease and finance offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Retailers are free to set individual prices. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. Offers, prices and features subject to change without notice. Offers valid between Dec. 2, 2014 – Jan. 2, 2015. °Nissan is the fastest growing brand in the non-luxury segment based on comparison of 12-month retail sales from November 2013 to October 2014 of all Canadian automotive brands and 12-month averages sales growth. ∞Based on GAC (AIAMC) Intermediate segmentation. All information compiled from NR Can Fuel Economy data and third-party sources, including manufacturer websites.

November 26, 2014. Offers subject to change, continuation or cancellation without notice. Offers have no cash alternative value. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. ©1998-2014 Nissan Canada Inc. and Nissan Financial Services Inc. a division of Nissan Canada Inc.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 40 (NEW WESTMINSTER) 1001 Columbia Street, New Westminster BC V3M 1C4 Phone: (604) 517-6240 Fax: (604) 517-6390 http://www.sd40.bc.ca

REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR THE 2015/16 SCHOOL YEAR ALTERNATE PROGRAMS

GENERAL INFORMATION RETURNING STUDENTS If your child was in an SD No. 40 (New Westminster) school or program last year, s/he is automatically registered at the same school or program s/he attended last year in the next grade, as noted on her/his report card.

NEW STUDENTS: KINDERGARTEN Children who were born in 2010 are eligible to begin school in September 2015. Kindergarten registration for the 2015/16 school year begins on Monday, January 12th at elementary schools.

All elementary schools have exclusively FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN programs.

All Kindergarten students register at their neighbourhood school, even if they have applied for Programs of Choice. At the time of registration, please bring the following original documents: the child’s birth certificate, immunization record, health care card and two current proofs of residence. You may also need proof of legal status in Canada (see http:// www.sd40.bc.ca for info). Contact the School Board Office to find out your neighbourhood school (see contact information above).

NEW STUDENTS: ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE

successfully completed courses can earn university credit. NWSS offers NWSS pre-IB Honours courses to students in grades 9 and 10 and IB courses to students in grades 11 and 12.

For more information on the International Baccalaureate Program, call (604) 517-5932 or visit the NWSS IB website at: http://www.sd40.bc.ca/nwss-ib/.

FRENCH IMMERSION/MONTESSORI

PLEASE NOTE:

Location: 1001 Columbia Street*. * Until June 30, 2015. New location to be announced.

Registrations for Programs of Choice are accepted at the Columbia Square Office reception, 1001 Columbia Street, 1st Floor. Please bring your child’s original birth certificate (with translation, if necessary). Please bring two current proofs of residence. For information, call (604) 517-6333.

EARLY FRENCH IMMERSION (EFI) Locations: École Herbert Spencer (Grades K-5), École Qayqayt (Grades K-5) and École Lord Tweedsmuir (Grades K-5).

1. In-Catchment

LATE FRENCH IMMERSION (LFI)

Out-of-catchment and in-district students register first at their neighbourhood school. They then fill out a Cross Boundary Form at their neighbourhood school during office hours between 9:30 a.m., Monday, January 26th and Friday, March 13th, at 3:00 p.m. Admission decisions at the desired school or program may not be made before 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 5th.

3. Out-of-District Out-of-district students apply for admission during office hours between 9:30 a.m., Monday, January 26th and Friday, March 13th, at 3:00 p.m. Admission decisions may not be made before 3:00 p.m., Friday, June 5th.

NEW WESTMINSTER SECONDARY SCHOOL (NWSS) Students not enrolled in NWSS feeder schools may apply to register at NWSS beginning Wednesday, April 1st, 9:00 a.m.—12:00 noon only and daily thereafter from 9:00 a.m.—12:00 noon. Applications for OUT-OFDISTRICT students are subject to available spaces and resources.

Information Meeting: A session for new students in grades 8 and 9 and their parents will be held on Monday, March 2nd at New Westminster Secondary School, 835 Eighth Street.

For more information contact (604) 517-6220.

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) PROGRAM Location: NWSS. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is a rigorous pre-university course of studies that meets the needs of highly motivated secondary students. The IB graduation diploma is recognized world-wide and

This is an academic program to complete Grades 8, 9, and 10 with social and life-skills support for students 13 to 15 years of age. The program provides a transition to regular or alternate secondary school programs.

For more information call (604) 517-6194.

EFI Information Meeting: École Qayqayt School from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Library on November 5, 2015.

This meeting is for parents to learn about the program and decide if it is appropriate for their child. See also http://www.cpf.ca.

2. Out-of-Catchment AND In-District

Location: Location: 1001 Columbia Street*. * Until June 30, 2015. New location to be announced.

For information about the District’s continuous registration process for Programs of Choice, visit our website at http:// www.sd40.bc.ca. The link to French Immersion and Montessori is under Programs.

All new students register FIRST at their neighbourhood school. At the time of registration, please bring the following original documents: the child’s birth certificate, immunization record, health care card and two current proofs of residence. You may also need proof of legal status in Canada (see http://www.sd40.bc.ca for info).

Applications from new students are date and time stamped to be accommodated in order of:

Applications are now accepted to enroll for the next school year. Apply at your neighbourhood school between 9:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday to Friday (excluding days schools are closed). Students are guaranteed a place in their catchment (neighbourhood) school provided they have registered by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2015.

ROYAL CITY ALTERNATE PROGRAM (RCAP)

Location: École Glenbrook Middle School (Grades 6-8).

Information Meeting: École Glenbrook Middle School (701 Park Crescent) from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room on February 11, 2015.

This meeting is for parents and students to learn about Late French Immersion and the application process.

POWER (Planning, Ownership, Work, Education, Respect)

This secondary school completion program for youth 16 to 18 years of age offers self-paced and classroom courses, one-on-one tutoring, grade 12 graduation (Dogwood), work experience and jobsearch skills, field trips and outdoor activities and personal counselling.

Second term intakes will occur the week of January 5, 2015.

For more information call (604) 517-6159 or visit the POWER website at http://district.sd40.bc.ca/power/about.

SIGMA Location: 835 Eighth Street.

The Sigma Program (located inside New Westminster Secondary School) is for youth aged 16 - 18. A variety of grade 10, 11, and 12 courses are offered leading to a BC Dogwood Graduation.

Sigma is a semestered school with structured classes, one-on-one instruction, individualized programming, and personal student support.

Please call 604-517-6 292 sigma@sd40.bc.ca to register.

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MONTESSORI Locations: Connaught Heights (Grades K-5) and Richard McBride (Grades K-5).

Montessori Information Meeting: Richard McBride School from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Library on November 4, 2015. This meeting is for parents to learn about the program and decide if it is appropriate for their child. See also http://www.newwestmontessori.ca.

PUNJABI AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (PSL) Locations: Queensborough Middle School (Grades 5-8) and NWSS (Grades 11 & 12).

For more information on registering for Punjabi courses, contact the schools: Queensborough Middle School

(604) 517-6040

NWSS

(604) 517-6220

HOME LEARNERS’ PROGRAM (HLP) Locations: 521 Fader Street and Bowen Island.

Enrolment applications are now being accepted for the 2015/16 school year. Are you looking to play an active, hands-on role in your child’s education? Have you ever thought of Home Learning but not sure how? Why not investigate your options with the School District No. 40 Home Learners’ Program? Campuses are located in: New Westminster Bowen Island

(604) 517-5917 http://www.sd40.bc.ca/nwhl (604) 947-0700 http://www.islanddiscovery.ca

COMMUNITY EDUCATION Adult Academic Programs and English Language Learning

 Free programming for BC residents who have not already graduated

 Complete high school graduation  Prepare yourself for post-secondary training  Upgrade your English skills Columbia Square Adult Learning Centre

Pearson Adult Learning Centre

1001 Columbia Street* New Westminster (604) 517-6191 http://www.ce40.ca * Until June 30, 2015; New location to be announced.

835 8th Street @ New West Secondary (604) 517-6286 http://www.palc.net

Virtual School Do you need a school that’s open when you’re ready to study? Take high school credit courses online and achieve your educational goals.

Upgrade your English, Math, Social Studies and Science knowledge, and grades. The Virtual School Program is open to both high school students and adults. To find out more, call (604) 517-6191 or visit us online: http://www.nwvss.ca for students under 19 http://www.virtualschoolbc.com for adults

The Record • Wednesday, December 24, 2014 • 17

Westcoast Seniors

New report shows seniors’ coverage lacking

S

eniors are poorly served by incomebased pharmaceutical coverage, which leads to prescription-skipping and higher costs for hospitalization, according to a new report released Dec. 3 by the Institute for Research on Public Policy.

“British Columbians report greater financial barriers to filling prescriptions than people do in other provinces,” said lead author Steve Morgan, director of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at the University of B.C. As the proportion of people over the age of 65 began to accelerate a decade ago, several provinces including B.C. ended age-based drug coverage that paid virtually all pharmaceutical costs for seniors.

“Pharmaceutical policy

is particularly prone to age-related financial pressures – not so much on a system as a whole, but on governments,” Morgan said.

As people retire from working life, responsibility for paying drug costs had historically passed from private insurers to the public purse. By adopting an income-based approach to pharmaceutical coverage for people of all ages in 2003, B.C. managed to halt fast-rising public drug costs at about $200 per person. That burden was transferred to employers and private insurers, which now pay upward of $400 per person, up from $200 before the policy switch, the authors say.

In B.C., families that don’t have private insurance with a net income of at least $30,000 a year

pay their own drug costs up to three per cent of their income before the provincial Fair PharmaCare system begins to subsidize those costs. The deductible for families including one member born before 1939 is two per cent of income: at least $1,000 if they earn more than $50,000.

“What that means is that, unlike people in other provinces, many more British Columbians are paying drug costs out of their pocket,” Morgan said.

Faced with paying the full price of prescriptions until the minimum threshold of $1,000, seniors are less likely to fill prescriptions for common psychiatric, cardiac and asthma medications, according to research conducted in B.C., Morgan noted.

Several Canadian studies have found British

Incomebased pharmaceutical coverage is failing some seniors, who may not be taking their medications, according to a new report by the Institute for Research on Public Policy.

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Columbians were twice as likely to report skipping medications for financial reasons (7.1 per cent, according to one study) compared to seniors in Ontario, where their drug costs are minimal.

The IRPP study calls on provinces to provide “full

and universal” coverage of prescription drug costs and says income-based plans fail to provide people with adequate access to medications and ensure that the financial burden associated with drug costs is fairly distributed.

But a second study

2014

released recently by the C.D. Howe Institute notes that Quebecers report the lowest levels of prescription-skipping in the country, even though their public drug plan is income-based.

–Randy Shore, The Vancouver Sun

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Top guitarists set for Massey performance Fans of guitar music have a treat in store in January.

International Guitar Night is returning to the Massey Theatre with its 2015 North American tour.

The show takes to the stage on Jan. 22 at the Massey Theatre.

The tour is led by International Guitar Night founder Brian Gore, a San Francisco resident who is hailed as one of the top performers of his generation in finger-style guitar.

He’s joined by Diego Figueiredo, who is considered one of the most talented guitarists in the world today and has won several important competitions – including the Montreux

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Also joining them on stage will be Andrew York, one of the top classical guitar composers of today’s scene. He also has an impressive resumé as both a classical and jazz performers.

The fourth performer for the tour is Maneli Jamal, an acoustic guitarist and composer who brings to the stage influences from the five countries in which he’s lived – Iran, Belarus, Germany, U.S.A. and Canada.

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◗ IN THE GAME

Bob Gair Classic results ◗P21 Herb House midget hockey tournament schedule ◗P21

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The making of high school history

A big story in 2014 was NWSS in provincial track

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

One of the largest schools in the Lower Mainland won its firstever provincial track and field title.

New Westminster Secondary’s aggregate and girls’ team banners at the 47th annual high school meet in Langley were a highlight of the year in the Royal City in 2014.

The 10-athlete Hyack team unseated defending and 10-time champion Oak Bay by a single point to claim the school’s first B.C. high school banner in track and field since the competition went to a provincial model in 1967.

New West was led by 15-year-old phenom Nina Schultz, who was named the provincial meet’s most outstanding female performer, and Grade 11 sprinter Raquel Tjernagel at the end-of-the-year track meet. The talented pair shared in six individual and relay team gold medals for New West.

Schultz won the allevents heptathlon a week before the meet, as well as setting personal bests in

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Wilson Wong file photo/THE RECORD

A banner day: Raquel Tjernagel, left, and Nina Schultz proudly show off the banners to high school coach Bryan MacMaster following the B.C. high school track and field meet in Langley in June. the high jump and triple jump.

Tjernagel won both the 100 and 200 metres also in personal-best times.

The two shared another first-place medal in the 4x400m for the Hyacks.

They also helped out New West’s numbers with a fourth-place finish in the 4x100m sprint relay.

The Hyacks also got sound support from the boys’ team.

Ethan Strome won gold

in the boys’ 400m hurdles, while Bogdan Pavel earned a second-place medal in the 100m hurdles.

The boys also won bronze in the 400m relay.

“We were blessed with some great athletes this

year,” said Hyacks’ track coach Bryan MacMaster.

“It was a real opportunity to represent something – representing their school, New West, and I think they’re really proud of that.”

Some more 2014 highlights in sports

BY TOM BERRIDGE SPORTS EDITOR tberridge@royalcityrecord.com

Douglas College upset PacWest regular season champion Columbia Bible College to earn a berth into the Canadian Colleges’ national men’s volleyball championships.

The 2012 national collegiate runner-up defeated theAbbotsford school in four sets in its opening match and went on to claim the provincial gold medal at Capilano University in February.

Douglas also knocked off Vancouver Island University in the quarter-finals before defeating league runner-up Camosun in the semifinals in straight sets.

“The question (at the provincials) was where did that come from? But I’d argue … It was a matter of when we could accomplish it, not if,” said Douglas head coach Brad Hudson.

Douglas wound up in sixth place at the nationals in March.

Top point-getter

Midget Giants reel in the OK Rockets

The Record’s high school athlete of the year set a new New

Westminster Secondary record in the school’s graded points system that determines its annual top athletes on a total per-sport basis.

Multi-sport athlete Amanda Zacharuk was the first New West student to garner more than 250 points under the system.

“I just like to have a full and busy life,” said Zacharuk. “I just wanted to be part of a team and to work for other people.”

On the all-hit list

Professional baseball player Justin Morneau moved into second place all-time in hitting among Canadian-born major league baseball players.

The Colorado Rockies first baseman moved past pioneer ball player George Wood with his 1,468th hit in August.

The 33-year-old Morneau is still more than 650 hits behind the all-time leader and former Rockies great Larry Walker.

“Any time you’re second to him (Walker) in anything, it’s special,” said Morneau. “It’s pretty cool, but I’ve got a long way to go.”

Nuts about fishing

Aaron Laing of New Westminster captained Team Mustang to B.C.’s second-ever medal and first in nearly a decade at the Canadian national fly fishing championships in October.

“We’re all absolutely nuts about fishing,” said Laing.

Program first for JVs

The New Westminster junior varsity football team earned a program first, winning a first-ever conference title in the B.C. secondary school league Valley division in November.

The JV Hyacks also laid claim to their first unbeaten regular season.

“It is nice. … I think we’re in that upper echelon of teams.

We’re definitely a contender,” said JV coach Chad Oatway.

A disappointing end

The New Westminster Salmonbellies had a standout B.C. junior A lacrosse season stopped in Game 7 by the Coquitlam Adanacs in August.

The 20-1-0 regular season champions were bettered 12-8 in the final game of a best-of-seven B.C. final at Queen’s Park Arena.

Consensus junior A player of the year Wesley Berg scored five times and set up the game winner for the Coquitlam Adanacs in the Minto Cup qualifying series.

“He put the team on his back and great players can do that,” said New Westminster’s head coach Dan Perreault. “I’m not surprised he did that.”

Fulfilling a dream

New Westminster high school senior Harper Sherman made his football dream come true, verbally committing to the University of Arizona in the Pac-12 in August.

The 6-4, 270-pound offensive lineman went on to earn recognition in the B.C. Secondary School league with all-star standing on both the conference and provincial teams.

“I had this dream of being a Div. 1 football player,” said Sherman. “But I have to keep pushing forward and putting in the hard work.”

The Northwest Giants wrapped up their 2014 B.C. Major Midget hockey league schedule on a positive note.

After last week’s backto-back losses over eighthplace Fraser Valley, the Giants bounced back, taking three out of a possible four points from the current second-place overall Okanagan Rockets at home.

The Giants won the opening game 3-2 over the Rockets at the Burnaby Winter Club on Saturday.

The two teams then played to a 2-2 draw in the Sunday morning rematch.

Keegan Jones supplied the eventual game-winning goal in the opener, knocking home the Giants’ second goal of the middle period in the final seconds of the frame.

Desi Burgart had given the home team a 2-0 lead, including an unassisted marker to lead off the second period.

On Sunday, affiliate player Jason Village started things off for the Giants, tallying his first of the year midway through the opening period.

Nash Dabb got the gametying goal for the Giants from Jones and Austin McQuay after Okanagan had struck back with two of its own in the second and third periods.

The three points put the Giants in third place in a tightly packed race for the top-five positions in the standings.

The Cariboo Cougars lead the pack with a record of 22-3-1 and 45 points, but the other five teams are all tightly bunched, with six points separating second from fifth place.

The Giants improved their record to 16-71, just three points back of the Rockets, who fell nine points behind the firstplace Cougars in the race for top spot in the major midget league.

The Giants will be taking part in the Mac’s midget tournament in Calgary over the holidays.

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Junior B Steelers holding on Seniors second, juniors win home to third place in Pac league girls’ basketball tournaments ◗ BOB GAIR CLASSIC

The New Westminster Hyacks placed second at the Bob Gair Classic senior girls’ hoop tournament last week.

Lauren Denusik earned an all-star honour following a 17-point performance in New West’s 72-71 win over Killarney in overtime on Friday.

Justice Steer scored a bucket with two seconds left in regulation time to send the game into OT. Madisen Obrovac also had 17 points in the Hyacks’ 4240 loss to tournament winner Edmonton Christian on Thursday.

The Hyack juniors won their division at the Gair Classic, winning all three games behind an MVP weekend by Sarah Forgie, who had 25 points in a 49-47 win over Tamanawis.

Mia Obrovac, with 24 points in New West’s 49-20 win over Steveston-London, was also named a tournament all-star.

Aly Fieber was player of the game in New West’s win over St. Thomas More.

The Hyack boys finished fourth at the Gair, following an 80-59 loss to West Vancouver on Dec. 19.

The Grandview Steelers giveth and they taketh away.

The junior B Steelers were in the spirit of giving last week, handing the leagueleading Richmond Sockeyes a 5-2 victory at Richmond Arena on Dec. 18.

At home, the Giants decided to act a bit more like Scrooge, earning the Pacific Junior Hockey League club its 14th win of the year following a 3-1 win over the Langley Knights.

First star Peter Matthews played the role of Ebenezer, setting up newcomer Maximillian Fritz for his second goal as a Steeler before tallying the eventual gamewinner in the final minute of the opening period with his first shorthanded goal of the year.

Timothy Chow put the game out of reach with his ninth goal of the season late in the final frame.

For more photos, scan with Layar

Cole McInnes stopped 22 of 23 shots in the Grandview net for his eighth win of the year.

In Richmond, Troy Kaczynski scored a hat trick for the Sockeyes, including an empty-net goal late in the game.

Chow earned the game’s third star, assisting on Jackson Waniak’s third-period marker that closed the deficit to 3-2 midway through the stanza.

McInnes made 33 stops in the loss to Richmond.

Grandview picks up again in the new year, with a home stand against the Aldergrove Kodiaks at the Burnaby Winter Club on Sunday, Jan. 4 at 4 p.m.

The split kept the Steelers in third place in the Tom Shaw conference with a record of 14-13-0-3.

– Tom Berridge

Herb House back again at Queen’s Pk.

Larry Wright/THE RECORD

Stopped short: Celia Palmer, in white, had a strong Gair tournament for New Westminster.

New Westminster minor hockey association’s popular Herb House midget tournament starts this Saturday.

The midget A1 Royals will host six teams in the top tier portion of the tournament.

New Westminster ’s three house league teams will all vie for gold in the C division.

Games run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Saturday to Monday at Queen’s Park and Moody Park arenas.

New West C3 kicks off the annual post-Christmas tourney against Port Moody.

The A1 Royals host Langley at Queen’s Park at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

The playoff rounds, including semifinals and

championship medal games, begin at noon with the C division bronze medal game.

The C final is slated to start at 4 p.m.

The A division consolation final is scheduled for 2 p.m., with the A final set for 6 p.m.

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