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Summer’s heat cools sales stats Sales numbers are down from earlier this year GARY MCKENNA

The Tri-CiTy News

The Tri-City housing market was red hot in the spring and late winter but is showing signs it has cooled down over the summer, according to the most recent data from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV).

The total number of transactions for detached homes, attached homes and apartments for Coquitlam, Port

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Coquitlam and Port Moody dropped 29% over the summer, falling from 501 in July to 351 in August.

The Tri-City numbers follow what is being seen in the rest of the region, where demand has fallen from its record-breaking pace seen last spring.

The number of residential property sales in August 2016 fell 26% from the 3,362 in August of 2015 and a 22.8% decline from the previous month’s sales.

But the summer stats are consistent with what the region has recorded in past years. see PRICES DOWN, page 4

Centennial grads getting ready to celebrate school’s 40th: page 3

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A Metro-Ford Predators player controls the ball during a game at Town Centre Park against the Prince George Timberwolves in girls’ U16 soccer action at Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club’s 30th annual Labour Day weekend tournament. For more sports, see page 28.

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Some things old, something very new as Centennial class of ’76 celebrates 40th reunion will be last with old school standing

BY GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

Forty years have passed since Gale Pipe, Mike Rasmussen and Larry DeGusseme walked out the doors of Centennial secondary for the last time as students.

But it does not take long for the memories to come flooding back as the three stroll around the old hangouts and share memories of their time at the school.

And with the original building slated for demolition in the next few months, this year’s class of 1976 reunion, which will take place on Sept. 24, has taken on a special significance.

“It is a bit sad for me,” said Pipe, the organizer of the event. “I am sentimental about stuff like that.”

DeGusseme, the class of ’76 valedictorian, has a more pragmatic view, noting the educational needs of the school have changed along with building seismic standards.

Still, he said it will take a while to get use to not seeing the old school standing anymore.

“We have been driving by for 40 years,” he said. “When it is gone, the visual memories will be wiped away. That will be the most obvious impact. We will have to rely on memories and photographs.”

DeGusseme attended the former Hillcrest elementary and Dr. Charles Best junior secondary before making his way to Centennial for Grades 11 and 12. He was a diligent student, noting that at the time he was in school, it had some of the best teachers and science facilities in the province. The knowledge he garnered in his two years at Centennial, he said, helped him on his way to Simon Fraser University and BCIT and in his career as an occupational health and safety advisor.

“Academically, it was a great school,” he said. “It had lots of resources. We had the shops.

We had the technical academia side. It had a wonderful staff.”

While DeGusseme was focused on academics, Rasmussen said his fondest memories revolve around friendships he made during his

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Mike Rasmussen, Gale Pipe and Larry DeGusseme are members of Centennial secondary school’s first graduating class in 1976, and they and their classmates will be holding their 40th reunion on Sept. 24 as progress on a replacement school (above) progresses. Below: The front page of The Tri-City News on the occasion of their 30th reunion.

“We have been driving by for 40 years. When it is gone, the visual memories will be wiped away. That will be the most obvious impact. We will have to rely on memories and photographs.”

Larry DeGusseme, Centennial class of 1976 time at Centennial.

The school’s class of ’76 had 800 students and was the largest in British Columbia until that point, meaning there were lots of opportunities to make new friends. The scragglyhaired teen was popular enough to be voted minister of finance in his student government, a role he enjoyed in his final year at the school.

“The social side, for me, was more enjoyable than the academic side,” Rasmussen said,

shooting the same grin displayed in his yearbook photo.

After graduating, he got into the real estate business and has had a front-row seat to the changes taking place in Coquitlam and the Tri-Cities over the last four decades.

“When I got into real estate, Safeway [on Barnet Highway] was a campground,” said Rasmussen, who attended Vanier elementary and Montgomery junior before coming to Centennial. “People

use to go down there to get away from the traffic… This area and Ranch Park — that was all the new area.”

He added that the building does not hold much sentimental value to him, noting the memories and friendships are what he takes away from his high school experience.

While two years is not a long time over the course of a person’s life, Pipe, DeGusseme and Rasmussen all said that Grades 11 and 12 at Centennial helped shape the lives they would go on to lead.

“It was a big two years,” said Pipe.

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“The record-breaking sales we saw earlier this year were replaced by more historically normal activity throughout July and August,” said REBGV president Dan Morrison. “Sales have been trending downward in Metro Vancouver for a few months.”

Price declines have also showed up in the data, with the median selling price in Coquitlam for a detached home dropping from $1,250,000 in July to $1,108,750 in August (down 11.3%), while attached properties saw an 8.5% ($685,019 to $627,500) decrease in median price while apartments saw a 5.6% drop (from $411,250 to $388,000).

Similar declines were seen in PoCo, where the median selling price for a single-family detached home fell from $884,000 to $848,000 (down 4.1%) and the median apartment selling price fell from $316,644 to $309,900 (down 2.1%). Median selling prices for attached homes were not included in the data because the area had fewer than 20 transactions.

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Morrison said that while the numbers have been trending downward for a few months, the provincial government’s recent 15% tax on new foreign home buyers is adding to the market pressure.

“The new foreign buyer tax appears to have added to this trend by reducing foreign buyer activity and causing some uncertainty amongst local home buyers and sellers,” Morrison

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A group campaigning to stop a road from being built through Port Moody’s Bert Flinn Park is hoping a survey of Ioco Road residents will convince city council of their point of view when the issue is addressed next week at a council meeting.

According to Hunter Madsen of the Save Bert Flinn Park group, it conducted an online survey of residents in the Ioco Road corridor from Aug. 21 to Sept. 5 after leaflets were dropped off at 890 homes.

There were 177 qualified responses.

Madsen told The Tri-City News results show that 76% of respondents are “highly upset” or “somewhat concerned” about traffic along Ioco Road.

But when it comes to solutions, Madsen said, 53% people ranked keeping the largely undeveloped Ioco lands to the current lowest density (allowing only the addition of single-family homes on ample lot sizes) as their first or second choices while 44.4% said their first or second choices would be a road through Anmore between Strong and Sunnyside roads.

Extending David Avenue through Bert Flinn Park was the least popular, with a total of 36.3% of respondents ranking it as their first or second choice while 30% ranked it as their last

From Save Bert Flinn Park’s survey of Ioco corridor residents.

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choice.

“People are telling the city that the city should be aggressively pursuing other solutions than putting a road through Bert Flinn Park. Bert Flinn Park is at best an option of last resort,” Madsen said.

Madsen whose group has been agitating for the removal of the road from city plans with a website, Facebook page and other activities believes extending David Avenue would ruin the park popular with dogwalkers, hikers and cyclists.

Next Tuesday, PoMo council is expected to debate a motion

by Coun. Rob Vagramov to remove the David Avenue con-

nector right-of-way from the books and incorporate those 22 acres into the park.

“Are they going to ignore the preference of local residents and barrel ahead with the destruction of Bert Flinn Park in the service of a developer that is doing things that the residents don’t want? That is not how I would be governing if I were them,” Madsen said.

He said the group plans to be on hand to present the survey’s findings during the public comment part of the meeting and will post results this week at www.savebertflinnpark.ca. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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The group gets girls aged eight to 12 together for weekly physical activity sessions, culminating in a 5 km run, as a way of empowering youth, building confidence and creating friendships in a non-competitive environment.

“We want to empower girls to love themselves and connect them with awesome mentors, and give them all the tools we

Coquitlam leaders is a cancer survivor and life coach. “It’s seeing people being able to overcome their obstacles and being inspired to overcome their obstacles too.”

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Coq. pilot, 54, is killed in crash A plane that took off from Pitt Meadows Regional Airport Monday morning crashed later in Powell River, killing the pilot, a Coquitlam resident.

Powell River RCMP said the plane crashed into a small wooded area behind an apartment block. “Initial investigation, as well as eyewitness accounts, suggest the small twin-engine plane… was shak-

ing from side to side as it flew over the apartment building.

The aircraft spiralled once before hitting the ground. There was no fire or smoke reported,” said the RCMP. The pilot, who was found dead inside the Twin Comanche, was David Thomas Tetarenko, 54, of Coquitlam.

Const. Kerri Chard of Powell River RCMP said the pilot may

have directed the plane to the area to spare any other loss of life. Transportation Safety Board officials arrived within two to three hours, she added.

According to captain Dave Bowes of the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, the pilot was flying the private plane into Powell River to pick up some passengers when the plane crashed.

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A well-known veterans’ advocate who has climbed mountains and dug trenches to raise awareness about the contributions of Canadian soldiers is taking on a new challenge.

Port Moody’s Guy Black will attempt to climb the Coquitlam Crunch as many times as possible in a 24-hour period.

The overnight marathon takes place this Friday, Sept.

9, the day before the annual Coquitlam Crunch Diversity Challenge.

“Guy approached us with the idea in support of this year’s event and we thought it very brave of him,” said Brian Kenny, co-chair of the Coquitlam Crunch Challenge‘s organizing committee. “The Challenge is hard enough at four hours but to do

24 almost seems crazy.”

Black has trained hard to get himself ready for this unique challenge by running, walking and weightlifting, and through his martial arts practice (he is a member of Coquitlam’s Kang-Ho Hapkido Martial Arts Academy, whose owner, Diane Lee,will be acting as his support team).

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Variety of events part of Coq. Crunch challenge continued from page 10

“I like to challenge myself physically,” said Black who walked from Port Moody to Victoria — a distance of 100 km — in 2014 to commemorate the centennial of the First World War. And while he says there is no guarantee he’ll finish the 24-hour challenge he’s given himself, he believes he has it in him to try. “I know already it will be the hardest thing I have ever done.”

The Coquitlam Crunch trail will remain open as usual

GUY BLACK while Black is on the route as well as during the Saturday of-

ficial event. Registration for the Coquitlam Crunch Diversity Challenge starts at 7 a.m. and medal presentations should wrap up by 1:30 p.m. The stairs will only close from 8 to 8:30 a.m. for the Stair Master challenge, but the side path will still be accessible during that time.

The seventh annual Coquitlam Crunch Diversity Challenge raises funds, administered by the Coquitlam Foundation, for programs aimed at improving integration and participation of individuals and groups considered social or financially marginal-

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community health survey for Port Moody reveals what we all suspected: Living in the suburbs means living with a car.

According to the list of neighbourhood health indicators, Port Moody is better than the rest of Metro Vancouver in a number of important areas. High levels of education and employment, low levels of smoking, good access to primary doctors and good food security are all signs that PoMo is a healthy and wealthy community.

But the survey also points out that when it comes to commuting, the car is king, with 75% of the Moody population needing a motor vehicle to get to work, which is on the higher end of Metro Vancouver cities, where, on average 55% of the population needs to use a vehicle (although for some suburbs, car use is as high 92%) to get to work.

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This is understandable in cities where transit is limited. The question is, will this measure of community health change when the Evergreen Line opens next year?

We certainly hope so.

But the only way SkyTrain will work is if people can get to it easily.

Human nature being what it is, transit must be as convenient or almost as convenient as a car.

This is not likely to be the case in Port Moody’s north shore, where people would need a ride to one of the Evergreen stations, adding time to a commute.

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Still, there is a lot to be hopeful about when it comes to lowering car use in the city. Maybe next time this survey is completed, Port Moody, as well as Coquitlam, will be among those least dependent on the automobile.

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BERT FLINN PARK

GARBAGE

Road alternatives inadequate Schedule for trash The Editor, Re. “Road through park old way of thinking” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Aug. 17).

I support the “expressway” through Bert Flinn Park and, as an loco Road resident, I’ll admit I’m biased in this matter. But the letter writer, Rob Collins, mentions there are five alternatives listed at savebertflinnpark.ca so I was intrigued as to what they could be. After reading them, I was disappointed.

There is essentially only one alternative offered, for Anmore to force the developer Brilliant Circle Group (BCG) to build a new connector to Strong Road. The other four options are contingent on another connector being built. So it’s really just a decision between a Strong Road or Bert Flinn connector being built. The rest of the rhetoric on the website is either contradictory or irreverent to their agenda of “saving” Bert Flinn Park.

The website says let’s save BCG millions by not building a connector but then suggests a nearly as expensive connector to Strong Road. You realize the most expensive part of the

ENOUGH PM GROWTH

The Editor, Having signed the petition to preserve Bert Flinn Park in its present form without building a road through it, I would like to reinforce my opposition to this high-traffic or any other road for motor vehicle traffic through the park.

Port Moody and the rest of the Tri-Cities are already suffering from overdevelopment and a deterioration of quality of life. Having been a resident of my current address in Port Moody since 1992, I can testify to that: High-traffic noise even during the night on residential streets, the pollution of Sasamat Lake and the overcrowding of its beaches, the numerous highrise condo towers and attendant traffic congestion threaten to turn this community into a suburban Manhattan. Not even the Evergreen Line, with its lack of parking spaces, will change that and is at best a catch-up provision rather than a solution.

There has to be a slowing or even a stop to this, as in some U.S. communities that have adopted a no-further-growth policy in order to preserve the quality of life for their population.

The greed for more tax revenue should not be what motivates our city council.

Helmut Wober, Port Moody

connector is building a bridge over Mossom creek and such a connection would also require a bridge over Mossom?

Not to mention the extensive destruction to the north shore wetlands to build such a road (something else the website

contradicts itself about when talking about saving the wetlands)? And then there’s Aspenwood Drive, a two-lane road that cannot handle a huge increase in traffic to connect to David and Heritage Mountain.

Many houses would have to

be demolished to widen this to four lanes.

Step 5 is to traffic-calm loco Road, which I support, but is irrelevant to “saving” Bert Flinn. If loco is traffic-calmed, the bulk of the traffic must be diverted to an alternative route. I would rather see the road through Bert Flinn than to destroy more wetlands around Strong Road. And it makes far more sense since Heritage Mountain is already four lanes and building a four-lane extension to David would be able to handle all the new traffic and divert existing traffic from loco and East road. With only a two-lane connector through Aspenwood, Ioco would still have to bear the brunt of the traffic.

It is always sad to see trees cut down and wild lands destroyed but this is the inevitable reality of the suburban sprawl in any growing city.

Even if Bert Flinn is “saved,” wild lands will just be destroyed somewhere else to make way for new roads and new housing for our city’s evergrowing population.

Brendan MacDonald, Port Moody

pickup in Coq. is problem for many The Editor, Re. “Locked garbage bins will not keep the bears away” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Aug. 26).

Congratulations to letter writer Dave Carruthers for the excellent points raised about the fallacies around garbage rules these days.

Our home is located off the top of Coast Meridian Road in northeast Coquitlam and bears are frequently sighted on our property, and about once per week, they attempt to get into our empty grey can. We live within a block of the Hyde Creek riparian area and also close to the forest/urban interface, so this is to be expected. (I notified Coquitlam’s engineering department months ago that the gravity locks on their experimental garbage cans are not bear-proof.)

My assessment of the problem is that it clearly rests with Smithrite’s collection

schedules and indifference on the part of Coquitlam city staff to the problems we were having. In previous winters, our recycling was picked up between 9 and 9:30 a.m.

Now, the pick-up schedule is a couple of minutes past 7 a.m., meaning I have to lug out recycling in the dark during winter months, and this presents a danger that I might encounter a bear when doing so.

Repeated efforts to get representatives of Coquitlam’s engineering department or Smithrite to at least explain why we have to undertake the risk — not just the inconvenience — of lugging out recycling and garbage in the dark have gone without justification on their parts and, of course, we are now heading into a period of the year when 7 a.m. is a time of darkness.

Maggie Fankboner, Coquitlam

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Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that the City of Coquitlam will be holding a Public Hearing to receive representations from all persons who deem it in their interest to address Council regarding the following proposed bylaws. This meeting will be held on: Date: Time: Location:

Monday, September 12, 2016 7:00 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2

Immediately following the adjournment of the Public Hearing, Council will convene a Regular Council Meeting during which it will give consideration to the items on the Public Hearing agenda.

Item 1

Addresses: 3539, 3543 and 3547 Victoria Drive

The intent of Bylaw 4696, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4696, 2016 from RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential and RS-1 One-Family Residential to RT-2 Townhouse Residential and P-5 Special Park.

If approved, the RT-2 zone would facilitate the development of a townhouse development comprising 31 units, and the P-5 zone would facilitate a trail corridor on the adjacent BC Hydro right-of-way.

Item

2 Addresses: 3553, 3557, 3563, 3567, 3575 Victoria Drive and 3570 Baycrest Avenue

The intent of Bylaw 4677, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 (CWOCP) to revise the land use designation of the subject lands outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw 4677, 2016.

The proposed change, if approved, would amend a portion of the lands designated Baycrest Low Density Residential to Townhousing Residential and further amend a second portion of the lands from Townhousing Residential to Baycrest Low Density Residential. The CWOCP Bylaw adjustments would shift the land use designation boundaries to accommodate a site layout that would address the subject site’s steep topography.

The intent of Bylaw 4678, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties located at 3567 and 3575 Victoria Drive and 3570 Baycrest Avenue outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4678, 2016 from RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential to RS-8 Large Village Single Family Residential and RT-2 Townhouse Residential.

If approved, the application would facilitate the first of a two phase development.

The first phase would facilitate the development of nine (9) RS-8 singlefamily lots and one (1) RT-2 townhouse development comprising approximately thirty-six (36) units. The second phase would include the potential for a future development consisting of approximately seven (7) RS-8 single-family lots and one (1) RT-2 townhouse development consisting of approximately twenty-six (26) units. The second phase of this development will require a future Public Hearing and is not being considered at this time.

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The intent of Bylaw 4695, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone a portion of the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4695, 2016 from RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential to RT-2 Townhouse Residential and P-5 Special Park. The zoning of the remaining remnant portions of the properties will not be changed at this time.

If approved, the RT-2 zone would facilitate the creation of one (1) townhouse site for future development.

The P-5 zone would facilitate the creation of a park site, protect and dedicate an environmentally sensitive area. In addition, two (2) remnant sites will be maintained with a blanket statutory right-of-way to protect future road connections.

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Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be inspected from August 31 to September 12, 2016 in person at the Planning and Development Department, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.

Verbal submissions may only be made in person at the Public Hearing. The City Clerk’s Office will compile a Speakers List, for each item. To have your name added to the Speakers List please call 604-927-3010. Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given first opportunity.

Please also be advised that video recordings of Public Hearings are streamed live and archived on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts.

Prior to the Public Hearing, written comments may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: Email: Regular mail: In person: Fax:

clerks@coquitlam.ca; 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015

To afford Council an opportunity to review your submission, please ensure that you forward it to the City Clerk’s Office prior to noon on the day of the hearing.

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas. If you require more information regarding this process, please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010.

Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested parties concerning any of the bylaws described above after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

Jay Gilbert City Clerk

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SCHOOL KEEP KIDS SAFE WHEN YOU ARE BEHIND THE WHEEL Make sure you know and follow these school bus safety rules for motorists. It’s not only smart; it’s the law!

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Teens in grades 9–12 help kids in grades 1–4 become better readers.

Registration forms for readers and for teen tutors are available in the library or online: www.coqlibrary.ca Poirier Branch • Wednesdays, Oct. 19–Nov. 30 City Centre Branch • Thursdays, Oct. 20–Dec. 1 • 3:45–4:45 p.m.

No need to register for these free programs—just drop in. Parents, stay with your children and join in the fun! For more information, please phone 604-554-7334.

BCIT instructors Colleen and Rana teach girls coding basics using the program Scratch. For girls aged 9–12. Registration is required. This program is a partnership between Coquitlam Public Library and Soroptimist International of the Tri-Cities.

To register, contact librarian Chris Miller at: 604-554-7339 or cmiller@coqlibrary.ca City Centre Branch • Saturdays, Sept. 24–Oct. 22 • 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Persian Family Story Time: Stories, songs, rhymes and more in Farsi and English for the whole family.

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Baby Time: Songs, rhymes, bounces and stories for babies under two years old.

Tuesdays, Sept. 13–Oct. 18 • 11:00–11:30 a.m. or Thursdays, Sept. 15–Oct. 20 • 11:00–11:30 a.m. or Fridays, Sept. 16–Oct. 21 • 11:00–11:30 a.m.

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Tuesdays, Sept. 13–Oct. 18 • 10:30–11:00 a.m. or Fridays, Sept. 16–Oct. 21 • 10:30–11:00 a.m.

Toddler Story Times: For 2 & 3 year-olds. Stories, songs, finger plays and rhymes help children gain pre-reading skills and develop a love of reading.

Mondays, Sept. 12–Oct. 17 • 10:30–11:00 a.m. (no program on Oct. 10, due to Thanksgiving holiday)

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The annual Riverview Treefest will run between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sept. 11 on the Riverview grounds. Hourly tree tours will run throughout the day and there will be plenty of walking, art and kids activities to check out.

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Crafts, tours & games at R’view Treefest Organizers hoping for big crowds this year

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Riverview Treefest is a free family event taking place Sunday, Sept. 11 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Riverview grounds. Follow the signs to parking. Among the activities are hourly tree tours (beginning at 11 a.m.), demonstrations by SPARC Radio Museum, self-guided tours of Finnie’s Garden, master gardeners answering questions, kids’ crafts, history bus tours, a heritage building walk, a blackberry tea, art and art making. The Canadian Sound Therapy Arts Society is hosting a Creative Cafe and music will be available in the Serenity Garden. A concession will also be available, providing hot food.

DIANE STRANDBERG Tri-CiTy News

Use it or lose it — that’s the concern of the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society that is advocating for the protection of the former Riverview hospital site in Coquitlam.

Long-time advocates are hoping a good crowd turns out to the 23rd annual Treefest Sunday, Sept. 11 on the Riverview grounds where peo-

ple can learn about the worldclass arboretum, get gardening tips, enjoy performances, take part in children’s activities,

enjoy some art and taste some hot tea and other treats.

“We’re going to lose it [the 244 acre Riverview site] if the

government doesn’t feel that people care,” said Norma Gillespie, president of the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society. “Everybody says the same thing when they come out [to the site]: ‘It has to be saved.’”

Since a master plan for the site was revealed last December, Gillespie said she hasn’t heard much from BC Housing, which operates the site but has witnessed a number of changes, such as road work. There’s also the upcoming demolition of Valleyview to make way for a 105-bed complex to replace the Centre for Mental Health and Addiction

in Burnaby, and another building with 38 beds to replace the Maples Adolescent Treatment Centre and Provincial Assessment Centre.

Gillespie said her group would have preferred the Valleyview building, a 57-yearold structure that at its peak had 328 beds for geriatric patients, be reused for other health purposes.

“The demolition there is moving along very quickly,” she acknowledged, noting that while the new services are needed she worries about the decision-making that led to the destruction because it occurred outside of the scope

of public consultation for the Renewing Riverview vision.

Meanwhile BC Housing is surveying trees on the site for a tree management plan and members of the public might notice ribbons and paint on some trees.

According to BC Housing, paint was originally used to indicate trees had been surveyed but the practice has since stopped after concerns were raised by grounds personnel and ribbons are now being used.

• More information is available at www.rhcs.org/treefest. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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and adaptation with a sense of humour and brilliant insight.

Her case is both medically stunning and deeply moving.

• How to Relax by Thich Nhat Hanh: Sitting down with this book is deeply relaxing. Zen master and prodigious author Hanh writes simply and eloquently. He says, “We already have calmness in us; we just need to know how to make it manifest.” This pocket-sized book includes instructions on how to become aware of your breath, slow down and be present, and get energy back into your body. Reading Hanh’s words and looking at drawings

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• Struck by Genius by Jason Pagett and Maureen Seaberg: Padgett lived a regular but aimless life. He liked going to bars, working out and spending time with his friends. A violent mugging changed everything.

It didn’t seem like he was very badly beaten. He went to the hospital and was told he had a bruised kidney and a concussion. He was discharged that

night. But something critical in his mind had shifted. Pagett could suddenly see circles and geometric shapes in everything around him. He became obsessed with drawing these shapes and. through his drawings, he understood complex math. For four years, he stayed inside, alone, studying and drawing. One day, he suddenly he craved a Subway sandwich.

Incredibly, sitting next to him at lunch was a physicist who asked Pagett about his drawings. This brief human contact catapulted him out of his hermit life and into a college math program.

Pagett thrived in the world of academia; he deepened his understanding of math, made friends and met his wife. Pagett’s story emphasizes the fragility and beauty of life, and he reminds us that the capacity for tremendous suffering as well as discovering great truths lies within us all.

• To slow down your own thoughts, join us at the Terry Fox Library on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. for Mindfulness for Stress Relief offered by Peace Tree Innovations.

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EVERGREEN CULTURAL CENTRE

ECC sets the stage for next 20 years At left: Board members Doug Matthews, Ron and Christine McKinnon, and Claire Vermette.

Staff Jon-Paul Walden (executive director), David Mann (performing arts manager), Gregory Elgstand (visual arts manager), Andrea Jabour (marketing manager), Gail Flasch (office manager), Jessica Fowlis (marketing assistant), Wendy Anderson (education coordinator, visual arts), Michael Charrois (education co-ordinator, performing arts), Filio Kondylis (volunteer co-ordinator), Krista Pavane (tech operations manager), Sandra Andrew (front of house co-ordinator), Amanda Tipper (development associate/box office assistant) and Mathew McCarthy (tech operations assistant).

JANIS WARREN The Tri-CiTy News

When it opened under then mayor Lou Sekora, there was a reserved celebration for the Evergreen Cultural Centre.

The much-awaited arts hub in the rapidly developing City Centre was “born in hope, nurtured in controversy,” according to The Tri-City News article from Oct. 30, 1996.

Critics called the black box theatre too small and the $8-million building itself aesthetically unpleasant.

But others saw it as the city’s future focal point with the “potential to unleash a burst of artistic activity and creativity,” we wrote in our editorial, adding, “The centre may not be all that it could be; the challenge now — for all of us — is to help make it what it should be.”

And that, we did.

Over the last 20 years, the Evergreen has become a leading arts institution in the Lower Mainland, recruiting top performers and visual artists from around Canada and beyond.

Today, ECC is run by executive director Jon-Paul Walden, who joined the city-run facility in June 2010 and oversees more than 260 days of activity a year at the Lafarge Lake venue.

There are high-quality exhibits in the art gallery — a 1,500-sq. ft. space run by visual arts manager Gregory Elgstrand, a Centennial secondary graduate — and around 85 shows a year in the 257-seat theatre programmed by performing arts manager David Mann, who this spring was named Presenter of the Year by the BC Touring Council.

Staffing has gone up to meet demand, too. Currently, there are 15 full- or part-time

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Left top, Brickhouse and, below, the SweetPea Swing Band perform at Evergreen’s 20th anniversary party on Sept.

16. For tickets at $20, call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre. ca. Above, the 2008 rendering

by Proscenium Architecture + Interiors Inc. members plus more than 140 volunteers, co-ordinated by Filio Kondylis, to welcome the 80,000-plus visitors annually.

With an operating and capital budget at around $1.5 million, the non-profit group that’s governed by a board of directors relies on the city as

well as ticket sales, corporate donations and rentals to pay the bills.

One of the user groups is Place des Arts, the first arts centre in Coquitlam that, because of space limitations at its Maillardville venue, has had to include Evergreen’s rehearsal hall (for some dance classes) and theatre (for its APEx Theatre and musical theatre companies), said Michael Fera, Place des Arts’ program and events co-ordinator.

Now, as the Evergreen marks its second decade with a dance fundraiser next week featuring the sounds of the SweetPea Swing Band and Brickhouse, its leaders are looking at the next 20 years.

The Evergreen Line, due to open just before next spring’s provincial election, will play a major part in its development.

Walden hopes the new $1.4-billion rapid transit will bring in guests from across Metro Vancouver. “Overall, we

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see the Evergreen Line having a positive effect,” he said. “It will clearly establish the ECC as a hub for arts and culture in downtown Coquitlam.”

Doug Matthews, president of Evergreen’s board of directors, said high on his wish list is to see the construction of a new regional theatre with up to 1,000 seats, which was part of the vision in 1996.

Eight years ago, with the city’s approval, Evergreen studied growth concepts and produced renderings; however, the economic picture wasn’t so rosy and the ideas were put-on the back burner by city council.

Matthews said the Evergreen continues to burst at the seams and “we have made known to the city our desire to begin the planning process for an expanded facility.”

But that will come with a hefty price tag. Still, as city council wades into budget talks this fall, Walden believes the city needs to ante up to serve the rising population that’s set to double by 2041.

Matthews said the community has supported Evergreen over the years and it continues to welcome new patrons.

“To those who have never experienced our performing arts presentations in the theatre or visited our first-rate art gallery, please take the time to do so,” Matthews said. “You will not be disappointed.” jwarren@tricitynews.com @jwarrenTC

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25 years of Theatrix Coquitlam’s Theatrix Youtheatre is going into its silver anniversary season with an open call for young thespians.

The non-profit group is holding auditions on Sept. 17 at Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam) for its musical production Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

Written by Barbara Robinson with music by children’s entertainer Yurgen Ileander, the show is scheduled to run Dec. 15 to 17 at the Inlet Theatre in Port Moody.

Those auditioning may be asked to sing a song of their choice, read from a script and show a skill such as acro or martial arts. Rehearsals

are Saturday mornings and Wednesday afternoons from 4 to 5 p.m. after Thanksgiving, at Dogwood. Kids aged six to 14 are welcome to try out.

Meanwhile, drama classes for kids aged four to 13 start Oct. 22. To sign up, visit theatrixyoutheatre.com.

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The Coquitlam Ukulele Tiny Instrument Enthusiasts (CUTIE) will have its first circle of the season in the rehearsal hall at the Evergreen Cultural Centre. Visitors are invited to bring their instrument at 2 p.m. for a couple hours of fun.

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The final moments before the theatre curtain rises — and falls — are captured in a new exhibit at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre that opens Saturday.

Theatre Theatre, an installation that runs until Oct. 30, collects four video works that describe the space for a stage performer just as he or she starts and ends a show.

Deborah Edmeades presents her 2014 piece titled This (and this and this…), which detail a pair of hands manipulating a series of imaginary objects in a theatrical training exercise — with the background and object changing colour.

In Adad Hannah’s The Sculptor from this year, a sculptor is at work with the figure paused and poised in real time. Like with Edmeades’ series, the subjects change colour.

Oliver Husain’s Purfled Promises (2009) opens on a closed curtain while Proscenium by Carol Sawyer was filmed on the boards of the now-demolished Pantages Theatre in Vancouver.

“Theatre Theatre takes the theatrical curtain as its starting point,” said curator Gregory Elgstrand, the visual arts manager at Evergreen, a facility that next week marks its 20th season. “In the theatre, prior to a performance, the curtain hides from the view of the spectator the material facts of a performance: actors, props, sets, etc., or, in other words, it obscures the scene of the action.

Large-scale acrylic paintings and collages by retired graphic artist and book designer Ken Hughes will be on show at Coquitlam’s Place des Arts starting Friday.

The London, England, native will display 18 pieces — the biggest, titled Spem in Alium, at 10 feet wide — in a solo exhibit called In Other Words….

Hughes told The Tri-City News last week he likes to create giant artwork as he spent much of his life was in front of a small screen. “I was always longing to get away from that,” he said of his digital career.

Hughes is particularly fascinated with Roman and Greek inscriptions carved into public places or buildings as well as the alphabet. “When they get bigger, the letters have a kind of

Anticipated moments Text and art combine

COURTESY OF EVERGREEN CULTURAL CENTRE

Works by Carol Sawyer (above), Deborah Edmeades (middle) and Oliver Husain will be on display at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam until Oct. 30.

“The spaces behind or in front of a closed curtain are spaces of anticipation about what is to come once the curtain is raised,” he said.

• The opening reception for Theatre Theatre is Sept.

10 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Art Gallery at Evergreen (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam).

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COURTESY OF PLACE DES ARTS

Ken Hughes’ Spem in Alium will be exhibited at Place des Arts in Coquitlam from Sept. 9 to Oct. 1. grandeur,” the Vancouver resident said. “I like how they look in different languages: In Latin and German and so forth.”

It will be Hughes’ first time exhibiting at Place des Arts.

Meanwhile, also opening Sept. 9 are shows by Helena Wadsley (Maple Maple, charcoal on paper) and Place des

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The Coquitlam Metro-Ford Predators (blue) took on the Prince George Timberwolves at Percy Perry Stadium during an under-16 girls soccer game on Sunday. The match was part of the 30th annual Labour Day weekend tournament, which was run with the help of the 2016 SX International Cup, making it the largest tourney of its kind in British Columbia.

The Tri-Cities will be well represented when the 2016 Paralympic Games get underway in Brazil this week.

Swimmer Nathan Stein and shooter Doug Blessin, both from Port Coquitlam, will be attending the Rio events along with Coquitlam goalball player Ahmad Zeividavi, three of the 162 athletes that will represent Team Canada.

Stein, 24, is seen as having a good chance at making the podium.

He won three silvers and two bronze medals during last year’s Toronto Parapan Ams and took silver in the 50 m men’s freestyle during the London Paralympics four years ago. He also just missed the podium in the 100 m freestyle, where he took fifth during the 2012 Games.

Stein suffers from a condition called osteochondritis dissecans, a bone deficiency in one knee since he first broke it playing football when he was 11.

Blessin is hoping to improve on his showing at the London Games in 2012 and is expected to compete in the 10 m air rifled standings and air rifle prone events.

The 43-year-old athlete also had a storied wheelchair rugby career, a sport he retired from after becoming busy with his two children, who he coaches

CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM

Nathan Stein of Port Coquitlam is one of three athletes from the Tri-Cities attending this week’s Paralympic Games in Rio. in lacrosse.

However, he has returned to sports six years ago when he took up para-shooting and has been competing at notable international events ever since, including the Paralympics in 2012 and the world championships in 2014.

Meanwhile, Zeividavi will be part of Team Canada’s goalball team, a sport for the visually impaired that the 31-year-old has played at the elite level since 2009.

This is Zeividavi’s second Paralympics, after his team finished 10th during the London Games in 2012 and he was part of the national club that took bronze during the 2015 Parapan Ams in Toronto.

More than 4,000 athletes from 160 countries will compete in 526 medal events in 22 different sports during the 2016 Paralympic Games, which run between Sept. 7 and 18. Fortyfour athletes are from B.C. and Team Canada took 31 medals (seven gold, 15 silver and nine bronze) during the 2012 Games. sports@tricitynews.com @TriCityNews

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Port Coquitlam water polo athlete Mark Spooner has been chosen to participate in the Fuelling Athletes and Coaching Excellence programs, which help up-and-coming competitors reach their Olympic or Paralympic goals.

Mark Spooner is about to take his water polo abilities to the next level.

The 18-year-old Port Coquitlam athlete was one of 52 people named to the prestigious Fuelling Athletes and Coaching Excellent programs, which help competitors reach the Olympics and Paralympic Games.

Past participants include figure skating silver medallist Patrick Chan, hockey gold medallist Hayley Wickenheiser, curling gold medallist Kaitlyn Lawes and para alpine skier gold medalist Mac Marcoux.

As a member of Fuelling Athletes and Coaching Excellent, Spooner will receive financial support to assist with

coaching and training. PetroCanada launched the program in 1988 and have helped 2,700 athletes in a variety of sports over the last 28 years.

“They help make Canadian athletes’ dreams come true,” said Wickenheiser in a media release. sports@tricitynews.com @TriCityNews

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It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Drew Simpson due to a heart attack on August 23, 2016 at the age of 66.

Predeceased by his partner Lynda Vallee. Remembering him with love and special memories are his son Darren (Krista), daughter Carly (Ron Sayers), 5 grandchildren, Kennedy, Adison, Norah, Makeila and Gavin, sister Elizabeth (Liz) (Leo) Querin.

Drew worked for over 50 years in the food business.

He loved his hockey, playing for the Port Moody Fog Duckers and as a fan. He will be missed.

Celebration of Life to be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donating to the SPCA would be appreciated.

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