Maple Ridge has high hopes for the three acres it owns in the downtown, but it will have to wait awhile for the proper suitor to come along and take the property off its hands. Aſter seeking some expressions of interest for the land on Selkirk Ave- nue, between 226th and 227th streets, the district decided earlier this year to take a wait-and-see approach. e district bought the land in 2011 for $3.7 million, so it could resell it and ensure it gets the type of develop- ment it wants. It wants to see a mixed use commer- cial-residential development – one that is environmentally sustainable with park space, public art, and af- fordable housing as part of the mix. Roads and pathways connecting Haney Place Mall and Valley Fair Mall is another goal. Part of the plan was to get higher- than-usual population density, which could mean concrete high-rise con- struction. Thunder spoils Burrards’ WLA opener. p19 B.C. Views Polarized politics a costly system. p6 A man was badly burned Sunday evening in Maple Ridge aſter he tried to start a fire with gasoline. e Maple Ridge Fire De- partment was called around 6 p.m. aſter neighbours in the 23800 block of 128th Crescent heard a loud explosion. When firefighters and para- medics arrived on scene, they found the man had jumped into the South Alouette River, which flows behind his prop- erty. Fire chief Dane Spence said the explosion was caused by gasoline. e man used it to ignite a pile of yard waste. More than half of his body was burned in the explosion. “Gasoline should never, ever be used to start a fire,” said Spence. In order to “explode,” gaso- line must vaporize to some de- gree and mix with air. Spence said vapours from the gasoline can surround a per- son without their knowledge and ignite. e man was rushed by am- bulance to Royal Columbian Hospital. “He has very severe injuries,” Spence added. “Gasoline is one of the most misused consumer products. If you’ve got to start a fire, you can build it up with paper, smaller pieces of wood or ig- nite it with a torch. THE NEWS Man burned in gas explosion Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS Laid to rest Maple Ridge fire chief Dane Spence hands Linda Sigurdson the helmet of her late husband, long-time volunteer firefighter Jim Sigurdson, during a service Sunday at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel. See story, p8. Downtown property sitting idle See Land, p12 See Fire, p4 Wednesday, May 22, 2013 · Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows · est. 1978 · 604-467-1122 · 50¢ www.mapleridgenews.com Arts&life Thomas Haney stages Well’s 1984. p16 Opinion 6 Letters 7 Looking Back 13 Renonation B1 Arts&life 16 Sports 19 Classifieds 23 Index Proposals received not what Maple Ridge is looking for Colleen Flanagan/THE NEWS Emergency staff take a man to hospital after an explosion on Sunday in Maple Ridge. See video @ mapleridgenews.com. by Monisha Martins staff reporter by Phil Melnychuk staff reporter Maple Ridge 20110 Lougheed Hwy 604.465.2930 Special Financing available oac. See store for details. endoftheroll.com Look for our ad in RenoNation! HARDWOOD | CORK | VINYL LAMINATE | AREA RUGS | CARPET COMMERCIAL FLOORING westcoastautogroup.com LOCATED AT THE NORTH END OF THE GOLDEN EARS BRIDGE WEST COAST WEST COAST WEST COAST WEST COAST Toll Free 1-866-910-1579 Toll Free 1-866-208-8820 Toll Free 1-866-772-1929 Toll Free 1-866-334-8581 WEST COAST 19950 Lougheed Hwy., Pitt Meadows 19625 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge 20370 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge 19950 Lougheed Hwy., Pitt Meadows TOYOTA NISSAN KIA Toll Free 1-866-334-2119 20000 Lougheed, Pitt Meadows FORD LINCOLN now open
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Maple Ridge has high hopes for the three acres it owns in the downtown, but it will have to wait awhile for the proper suitor to come along and take the property off its hands.
After seeking some expressions of interest for the land on Selkirk Ave-nue, between 226th and 227th streets, the district decided earlier this year to take a wait-and-see approach.
The district bought the land in 2011 for $3.7 million, so it could resell it and ensure it gets the type of develop-ment it wants.
It wants to see a mixed use commer-cial-residential development – one that is environmentally sustainable with park space, public art, and af-fordable housing as part of the mix. Roads and pathways connecting Haney Place Mall and Valley Fair Mall is another goal.
Part of the plan was to get higher-than-usual population density, which could mean concrete high-rise con-struction.
A man was badly burned Sunday evening in Maple Ridge after he tried to start a fire with gasoline.
The Maple Ridge Fire De-partment was called around 6 p.m. after neighbours in the 23800 block of 128th Crescent
heard a loud explosion.When firefighters and para-
medics arrived on scene, they found the man had jumped into the South Alouette River, which flows behind his prop-erty.
Fire chief Dane Spence said the explosion was caused by gasoline.
The man used it to ignite a pile of yard waste.
More than half of his body was burned in the explosion.
“Gasoline should never, ever be used to start a fire,” said Spence.
In order to “explode,” gaso-line must vaporize to some de-gree and mix with air.
Spence said vapours from the gasoline can surround a per-son without their knowledge and ignite.
The man was rushed by am-bulance to Royal Columbian Hospital.
“He has very severe injuries,” Spence added.
“Gasoline is one of the most misused consumer products. If you’ve got to start a fire, you can build it up with paper, smaller pieces of wood or ig-nite it with a torch.
THE NEws
Man burned in gas explosion
Colleen Flanagan/The neWs
Laid to restMaple Ridge fire chief Dane Spence hands Linda Sigurdson the helmet of her late husband, long-time volunteer firefighter Jim Sigurdson, during a service Sunday at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel. see story, p8.
Downtown propertysitting idle
see Land, p12
see Fire, p4
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 · serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows · est. 1978 · 604-467-1122 · 50¢www.mapleridgenews.com
Arts&lifeThomas haney stages Well’s1984.p16
Opinion 6Letters 7Looking Back 13Renonation B1Arts&life 16sports 19Classifieds 23
Index
Proposals received not what Maple Ridge is looking for
Colleen Flanagan/The neWs
Emergency staff take a man to hospital after an explosion on Sunday in Maple Ridge. see video @ mapleridgenews.com.
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At a one-year reunion to mark his life-changing kidney transplant, Paul Rosario announced he and his wife
Keesha will begin work for people who suf-fer from the same disease.
At the top of their list will be lobbying for a national organ donor registry, because pres-ently matching of donors with those need-ing transplants is done only on a provincial basis. Last year, doctors told Paul he could be in for a nine-year wait to get a new kid-ney.
Keesha said a suitable donor could be available in another province, and health of-ficials here wouldn’t know it.
“For anyone who needs an organ, that’s ri-diculous.”
Paul’s transplant got a lot of media atten-tion last year because a complete stranger – a Washington State mayor – came forward as a donor, after a chance meeting.
Big hearted Scott Dudley, the mayor of Oak Harbour, had vacation plans interrupt-ed last spring. With time on his hands, the dedicated Rotarian decided to drop in on the meetings of some neighbouring clubs. That took him to Meadow Gardens Golf Course for the meeting of the Rotary Club
of Haney.While there, he heard club president elect
Keesha talk about her husband’s health tri-als. He had polycystic kidney disease. Down to 16 per cent kidney function, he needed dialysis to remove toxins from his blood, until an organ donor could be found. He was always exhausted, never far from the couch.
“He [Dudley] came up to me afterward, and said, ‘How can we make this happen,’” she remembers.
The mayor had family members who suf-fered from PKD, knew how serious the ge-netic disorder is, and simply wanted to help.
Not only was there a will, there was a way. The two men were a perfect match for tis-
sue type and blood type – as if they were brothers.
Phil’s 39th birthday was last Wednesday, and the anniversary of his transplant was Thursday. On Friday, he had a reunion with Dudley, with a lot to celebrate.
Dudley’s kidney has restored Paul’s zest for life, and the mayor remains in good health with one kidney.
“I feel blessed and awesome,” said Paul on Friday. “I still have my sluggish days – I sneak in a nap when I can.”
Generally, such a gift comes from a fam-ily member or close friend – not a complete stranger from another country.
“Scott’s a one of a kind. I’ve never met any-one like him,” said Paul. “He’s a true Rotar-ian at heart.”
They also used Friday’s event for the offi-cial launch of the Vancouver chapter of the PKD Foundation, which will be based in Maple Ridge.
“It was my way of giving back,” said Phil.Keesha sees huge demand for the chapter.
Kidney patients need a lot of information and support.
“If it weren’t for a way-strict diet, he could have died,” she pointed out.
The transplant has given her a husband back.
“He’s got way more energy,” she said. “He
was on the couch for a couple of years.”Torontonian Jeff Robertson, the executive
director of the fledgeling PKD Foundation of Canada, attended the launch of his orga-nization’s chapter.
“This is the first West Coast representation we have,” he said of the foundation, which has been registered nationally for five years. There are chapters in Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa in Ontario, one in Cornerbook, Nfld., and two more in Calgary and Mon-treal are coming.
The organization offers education about PKD, and will work toward a cure – Rob-ertson clarifies that transplants and dialysis are not cures, and both treatments have “as-tronomical” costs to the health care system.
They plan to host seminars about PKD ev-ery two months.
And they will promote public awareness and improved government policy to facili-tate transplants.
“Canada is lagging behind a lot of coun-tries in organ donation,” he said.
He was elated to have the Rosarios join his cause.
“We rely on the local chapters to have a positive impact in their local community,” he said. “This is a big step – having a West Coast chapter.”
Paul is not a Rotarian, but given the way the spirit of the philanthropic organization has so directly affected his life, that may change.
“It’s something I would like to be a part of,” he said.
Transplant patient and donor reunitedContributed
Paul Rosario (left) and Scott Dudley, mayor of Oak Harbour in Washington State, at Stanley Park on Friday.
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Paul Rosario has helped start a local chapter of the polycystic kidney disease foundation.
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All Joe Yanko is asking for is a fair deal. He wants to fix a small retaining wall beneath his fence on the edge of his lot in Hammond, and in turn keep a neighbourhood pathway in good shape.
In return, he’d just like the District of Maple Ridge to do its part, and pay for half the cost of re-moving a chainlink fence that’s getting in the way of the work.
But instead, the pen-sioner is facing a bill of $690.
“He was here for an hour,” says the 82-year-old, referring to the district worker who peeled away the chain link fence.
“But that’s the point. I feel that they owe me something.”
Yanko is replacing the rotten, wooden retain-ing wall at the edge of his property with new treated landscape ties in order to keep the ground from sagging and causing his sidewalk to slump. When it rains, the soil washes down on to the public path-way that leads from his
Waresley Street home to Hammond Park.
While the district has told him he can replace the retaining wall, it wants to charge him for removing then replacing the chainlink fence.
If he doesn’t replace
the wood, the soil will keep washing on to the concrete pathway.
“It’s going to look bad. You should keep your property neat and clean.”
Yanko turns 83 next month and is doing all the work himself,
hauling in the ties and pounding in the metal stakes. Each couple me-tre section takes him about a day.
“I’d like some help,” he said regarding the charge to move the chainlink fence.
Hammond man wants help with fence
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Joe Yanko has to replace a retaining wall beneath his fence.
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A man from Maple Ridge was killed after he lost control of his pickup truck in the Sunshine Valley east of Hope on Sunday.
An on-duty Fraser Valley traffic services of-
ficer was flagged down around 6 p.m. by a pass-ing motorist who report-ed an accident on High-way 3, 32 kilometres east of Hope.
According to police, the 2002 Ford F150 pickup had just crossed the Skagit Bridge when it veered onto the gravel shoulder.
“It would appear the driver attempted to take corrective action and steered the pickup back onto the roadway, how-ever control of the pick-
up was lost,” said Sgt. Peter Thiessen.
The truck travelled across the highway and hit two trees as it went down an embankment and plunged into the Skagit River. The truck was partially submerged when police and para-medics arrived.
The driver of the pick-up – a 26-year-old man from Maple Ridge - suc-cumbed to his injuries at the scene, while his pas-senger – a 21-year-old woman, who is also from
Maple Ridge - was trans-ported to a local hospital with minor injuries.
Police said a prelimi-nary investigation re-vealed weather and road conditions were not fac-tors in the crash. Speed, alcohol, mechanical trouble and driver inat-tention have not been ruled out thus far.
• Anyone who wit-nessed the crash is asked to call Const. Richard Clark of Fraser Valley Traffic Services at 604-702-4039.
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A man was arrested Friday after Mounties executed a warrant at a house in Maple Ridge.
Ridge Meadows RCMP raided the property on 117th Av-enue near Holly Street around noon after ob-taining a warrant to in-vestigate allegations of drug trafficking.
Heroin, crack cocaine, and marijuana were found when the RC-MP’s street enforcement unit searched the home.
Sgt. Daryl Creighton said police also seized a large quantity of money and other paraphernalia allegedly associated to the distribution and sale of drugs.
The man was released from custody.
Creighton said the case is still under inves-tigation.
Lost hiker found A senior who took a
wrong turn while hik-ing in Maple Ridge on Sunday was found safe after a four-hour search.
The 83-year-old man was hiking with a group of people in Malcolm
Knapp Research For-est, but decided to keep walking down a trail when the group stopped for lunch.
Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue man-ager Rick Laing said the man got lost after taking the wrong route when the trail forked.
Search and rescue volunteers were called around 2:30 p.m. and found the man around
6:30 p.m.“There was something
else he had to do, so he was heading back to his vehicle,” said Laing.
“We ended up bush-whacking for quite a ways and one of our team member’s found him as he was walking out of the bush.”
Laing advises lost hik-ers to stay put so they can be easily found.
After locating the
hiker, Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue was called to assist their counterparts in Co-quitlam who were look-ing for three hikers lost near Bunzten Lake.
Laing said the hik-ers were on the Dilly Dally Trail when they encountered snow and veered off the trail.
The hikers were found around 2:30 a.m. Mon-day.
Maple Ridge man killed in crashFemale passenger escapes with minor injuries
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RCMP found marijuana, heroin and crack cocaine at a house on 117th Avenue on Friday.
One man arrested in Maple Ridge drug bust
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VICTORIA – One benefit of the sur-prising fourth term for the B.C. Liberal Party is that the pro-vincial government won’t be subjected to another big, ex-pensive ideological remake.
Taxpayers are spared a bill of mil-lions in severance pay for deputy minis-ters and other senior staff who would be purged in large numbers in the left-right lurch that has defined B.C. politics for a generation.
B.C. Ferries will continue as an arms-length operation, with ferry com-missioner Gord Macatee in charge of service levels, as well as fare caps. The service rationalization that the gov-ernment set out in the past year will continue.
The NDP platform vowed to “posi-tion B.C. Ferries as an integral part of B.C.’s transportation infrastructure.” Freely translated, that means “suck B.C. Ferries back into government,” as one of their strident supporters likes to say.
That would conceal the growth of the subsidy and facilitate the kind of politi-cal and union interference that resulted in the current structure.
There will be no $10 million rehash of the B.C. Rail sale and subsequent seven-year trial, to enrich elite lawyers once again.
The NDP promised an inquiry for strictly political reasons, to drag their opponents through the scandal one
more time. It was not a prelude to “na-tionalizing” the province’s train service, dream scenarios of the NDP provincial council notwithstanding.
Costly legal confrontations over de-velopment projects have been avoided. The Jumbo Glacier Resort proponents finally won a 20-year fight for permits, and the NDP promised to take them away.
A larger ideological battle over private power contracts has also been avoided. The B.C. Liberals have been caught by a sudden shift in power markets caused by cheap, abundant natural gas, but the billions in commitments to indepen-dent power producers isn’t the fiasco that critics have described.
If all those privately developed run-of-river hydro projects were owned and operated by B.C. Hydro, the Crown corporation would have to staff them and maintain them all for the next 40 years. There are differing views about the future demand for electricity in B.C., but it can only rise with industry and population growth.
A decade of federal and provincial work to end duplication of environmen-tal assessment won’t be undone. NDP leader Adrian Dix’s promise for “made in B.C.” reviews was a strategy to choke resource projects to death under endless procedure, which may yet be the fate of the Jumbo resort.
We will have a Seniors’ Advocate of-fice, but it won’t be staffed up to dupli-cate the Ombudsperson’s role of taking complaints.
That’s good, since the Ombudsperson has become ineffective, labouring for years over a massive seniors’ report with so many recommendations it sank
like a stone.We have 85 seniors’ advocates now.
They’re called MLAs, and they definite-ly take complaints.
They have staffed offices in their home communities and in Victoria. When they’re not doing political work that everyone denies is going on in con-stituency offices, those office staffers try to help people through the labyrinth of seniors’ at-home and institutional care.
A new seniors’ advocate can offer advice at the management level to help the health care system evolve, but only elected politicians are positioned to tell individuals they can’t have what they are demanding. The government should be adding more direct services, not more bureaucrats.
There will be many arguments about the failure of the NDP to win against an unpopular B.C. Liberal government that is still weighed down by the harmo-nized sales tax and other heavy baggage.
This election could be the beginning of the end for the old left-right model for B.C. politics.
Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press
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This week’s question: Were you surprised by the provincial election results?
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Another election has come and gone, and once again half of those eligible to vote in this province didn’t bother.
And who can blame them?In a political system where candidates like the
NDP’s Gary Holman can win a seat with just a third of the popular vote, is it any wonder the majority feel like their votes don’t count?
When the B.C. Liberals can win a clear majority in the legislature with fewer than half the votes, and thus dictate legislation for the next four years unim-peded, is it any wonder why the other half feel com-pletely disenfranchised?
When the Conservatives can garner close to 80,000 votes and still have no representation in the legisla-ture, is it any wonder why so many British Columbi-ans feel like they don’t have a voice?
Of course, representation means nothing in the provincial legislature if you are a member of a mi-nority party. Because every vote in the legislature is whipped, there is no opportunity for meaningful debate, and no chance for good ideas to be heard, should they become a member of the opposition.
When a majority government consistently votes in the legislature along party lines, as every ruling party in B.C. has done for more than 60 years, then what we have is little more than a dictatorship, dressed up to look like democracy.
So if every vote in the legislature is predetermined by the party in power, why have MLAs vote at all?
If no meaningful debate takes place in the legisla-ture, which is the reason it exists in the � rst place, and instead happens only behind closed doors by party insiders, why is the legislature even necessary?
� e provincial government could save millions in MLA salaries and pensions by doing away with this farce of an institution. Keep the building, of course. It could be turned into a museum, a monument to what democracy once was.
Something is wrong with our political system, and low voter turnout is symptomatic of this. � e fact is, if you’re not with the winners, you’re a loser, and your voice doesn’t matter.
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However, there are a couple of issues surrounding residential waste disposal that really needs to be improved.
1. Although I appreciate the fact that Maple Ridge has a recycling program, it is out of date with comparison to other municipalities within Metro Vancouver and Canada, which allow for residents to put all recyclable material into one large collection bin.
It is time consuming and frustrating to have to sort through multiple op-tions.
I am sure that much recyclable mate-rial is entering the landfill simply be-cause Maple Ridgers are fed up with the onerous system.
Also, if recycling day is windy, there are often waste cans, plastic bags or even collection bags blowing down the street. That problem would be eliminat-ed with a bin and automated collection system.
2. Metro Vancouver will ban all food scraps from its landfills by 2015. Why has council not made its plan of ac-tion with respect to this issue, clear to its residents? Why are we not working to get a system in place sooner, rather than later?
Personally, in our household, we al-ready operate one large composter throughout the year, but because we use the compost for our vegetable garden and flower beds, we simply cannot add all of our scraps to the bin. It is really sad to think about the amount of waste that is entering the landfill, which could be put to better use, such as fertilizer.
Vancouver and other municipalities have implemented great systems that work well for everyone and I am disap-pointed that my own city has not fol-lowed suit.
I am not going to go in to grand de-tail on why collecting organic waste is beneficial as you can visit Vancouver’s web page to read about it (vancouver.ca/green-vancouver/food-scraps-program.aspx).
3. Requiring Maple Ridgers to be responsible for their own disposal of waste is worse for the environment than having a city-run program be-cause it means that several different waste management companies are trav-
elling up and down each block in Maple Ridge (while emitting greenhouse gases and unnecessarily adding to clogged up streets).
A city run system would be more con-venient for residents and better for the environment. This would also allow for recycling, waste and food scrap collec-tion to be scheduled and operated on the same day.
I am fully aware that the initiatives I have mentioned will cost our city and its residents in initial capital as well as ongoing fees. However, the food scrap ban is coming in two years, so we are going to bear those costs either way. What is the harm in starting early?
While we are at it, we might as well improve the other waste collection methods. Most residents are paying to have waste collection services (or land-fill / transfer station drop off fees) on an individual basis, so I cannot imag-ine that the overall cost to each resident would be substantial.
Lastly, I know our city and its people and I know that we are passionate about protecting the gorgeous setting that we call home. The environment is impor-tant to us and will be important to our children and future generations. We need to lead by example and step up to be as good, if not better, than our neigh-bouring municipalities
Cheryl ZandbergenMaple Ridge
Spending like goofsEditor, The News:Re: Pitt Meadows to collect garbage
every second week (The News, May 15).Pitt Meadows will collect trash bi-
weekly to wither costs of waste manage-ment while encouraging us to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Considering the new rules, after July 4, are not a bad idea. But with ser-vices reduced to every two weeks, will we see 50 per cent less costs per home with waste removal fees in our property taxes?
Or does city hall expect to slag us with the full fee under this campaign?
Check 2014 property taxes, city slick-ers – savings should go both ways.
We should reduce waste in our home as with city hall, such as the money spent on more than 900 letters to those who signed the tax petition.
Hypocrisy, at best.
Why not reduce waste like municipal staff shopping for a sponsored family at Christmas while being paid. Do it on your own time, not while your time card is punched.
It’s like having paid firefighters solic-iting donations for the burn unit – an-other good cause – while volunteers could do it to free.
The same with policing. Why do we need four police officers at traffic radar stops?
As one letter to the editor recently said: why nine Mounties at an oral pre-sentation to council?
Would you see three cashiers at a till or many employees at a single bank teller booth? No.
So why are we paying for mismanage-ment and poor judgment so some can dawdle instead of work for their big bucks. Does that not constitute a form of waste that needs to be reduced, just like trash?
Reduction in waste is not only gar-bage collection. Where do we get su-pervisors from?
Instead of a costly groundskee-per house off Bonson Road Park at $270,000, plus annual operating costs, why not put brighter lights and surveil-lance cameras, just like in other crime areas?
What the hell, they don’t care, we pay for it.
Yet we have missing city property decorative trees – previously vandalized and broken – along south Bonson road that have not been replaced in a year. Stumps are an ugly eyesore. Is there no funds for a few lousy trees?
But we have cash for useless ideas or lethargism in paid government workers.
We should protect our environment. And there is too much trash.
But why not use foresight to limit waste like ineffective police resources, to provide a better bang for our bucks.
Sending 900 letters to residents was a waste. Their rebuttal comments could have been published on the city’s web-site or local newspapers for much cheaper.
How much did it cost for the 900 let-ters? We tighten our belts while politics and professional services at all levels act like hypocrites and spend like goofs.
Demand a reduction in your 2014 trash collection taxes. It’s fair.
Armand TavishPitt Meadows
Editor, The News:Re: Absurd to sue people who are doing good (Letters,
May 15).What is absurd to me is the suggestion that a property
owner should not be accountable for following the rules and regulations that apply to everyone in their commu-nity.
Would it be OK if the Robsons ignored zoning and by-law regulations on their residential/ALR property in order to operate a scrap yard, gravel pit or a garbage dump if they declared that the ‘proceeds’ were going to charity?
In the past, I believe, Mr. Robson has stated that Maple Ridge needs to diversify it’s tax base by attracting busi-ness and creating more jobs. If he means by building and operating a businesses on residential land, then I think I might consider getting 40 or 50 chickens for my quarter-acre lot. To make my neighbours feel good about the fact that I am ignoring the rules that are only meant for others, I will donate some of the eggs to the food bank and some of the manure to my local community garden.
My donations would make a good story for the news-paper, then uninformed people will write and submit letters of support. This support would likely increase the demand for my charity-destined eggs and manure, and I could then, to the pleasure of my neighours, expand my business further, all for the benefit of others.
And don’t forget because I am doing all of this activity on residential land, I would not have to pay any business tax.
If you are interested in making an informed decision on this or any other matter in our community, please call or email one of our council members.
Please don’t base your opinions on some cheap photo op positioned with the thoughts of someone who is only telling part of a story.
Angie RowellMaple Ridge
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Recycling program out of date
Pitt Meadows is switching to garbage pickup every two weeks because there is less curbside garbage now because of the city’s green waste program.
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Out of pocket• Sherri Robson · Pitt Meadows, British Columbia:Re: Pitt Meadows to collect garbage every second week (mapleridgenews.com).We use the recycling and compost and still need garbage pickup once a week. PoCo also offers its residents larger garbage bins than Pitt Meadows allows. This will mean my family has to spend more money out of pocket for dump runs.
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The Maple Ridge Fire Department honoured a long-serving volun-teer firefighter at a me-morial service Sunday.
Jim Sigurdson signed up as a volunteer in 1983 and served until 2003.
He passed away May 5 at the age of 54 after a two-year battle with cancer.
Sigurdson was well known in the insur-ance industry and be-gan his career working for his family business, Sigurdson Boyce In-surance. He went on to head the Credit Union Insurance Services As-sociation as its presi-dent.
His ability to leave work to attend day-time emergencies served the department well and resulted in him often being one of its top responders to calls, said fire chief Dane Spence.
“Jim was extremely active in our commu-nity and will be re-
membered for his dedi-cation, professionalism and his gentle disposi-tion.”
Sigurdson joined the fire department as a volunteer after a fire at his insurance office in downtown Maple Ridge.
He kept a melted warped telephone sal-vaged from that fire on the reception desk at his office as a reminder that fires can strike at anytime and affect any-one.
“When you live and
work in the commu-nity like Jim did, he would go to every major emergency. He was on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week when he was in town,” said Spence.
Flags at all three fire halls in Maple Ridge were at half-mast for the past week to hon-our Sigurdson.
He died from a esoph-ageal cancer, an illness that is recognized as a “presumptive” occupa-tional disease related to firefighting.
He is survived by his wife Linda, children Michelle, Georgina and Frank, his son-in-law Davyd, brother Wil and his sister-in-law Marilyn.
A celebration of his life was held at the Garden Hill Funeral
Chapel on Sunday.Sigurdson’s wife
Linda said her hus-band was a volunteer firefighter for 20 years because he believed in doing good for oth-ers and wanted to give back to the community.
He only stopped vol-unteering because he left Maple Ridge to work elsewhere. The family has lived in Courtney on Vancou-ver Island for the past four years.
“I was honoured and warmed by the ser-vice,” said Linda.
“I can’t express my gratitude to the fire department for creat-ing such wonderful memory for my kids to know that their dad was a hero and that Jim meant something in so many people’s lives.”
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Families facing the burden of high home costs could have a cheaper option if they don’t mind buying an older, smaller home, then making it an ener-gy-smart building.
“If you make a small house into a beautiful, energy-efficient house, that’s a long-term in-vestment. You can keep that house going for another 60 years,” said James Rowley, with The Now House Project.
And if groups of homeowners get to-gether and coordinate those renovations and create economies of scale, poor homeowners could save even more.
How exactly to do that was the focus of last Wednesday’s meeting of The Now House Project in Maple Ridge.
While incentives and grants try to spark homeowners to do make energy-smart ren-ovations, confusion and lack of knowledge keeps people from spending
money on green renos and they end up replac-ing their kitchen coun-ters instead. Only seven per cent of renovations in Canada involved en-ergy-efficient repairs.
Retro-fitting tech-niques can range from insulating the concrete foundations of a house using rigid foam in-sulation, re-insulating a roof, installing solar electric and solar-ther-mal panels, adding an extra layer of insulation to the outside walls, upgrading lighting and heating, even insulating the basement floor can all bring energy costs to near zero.
For Rowley, it’s just a matter of not knowing what to do.
So they do nothing because they don’t want to make the wrong deci-sion.
“People are not doing it,” he said.
“So something is miss-ing there and we want to
be that step.”The Now House Proj-
ect originated out of Windsor, Ont., where 95 war-time homes were renovated at a cost of $15,000 each, down from $80,000 that it would cost to do one house.
“So there are substan-tial discounts to be had there.”
But The House Project has some housework of its own to do. First, in a few weeks, a registered society composed of fi-nance, energy and con-struction experts will form and create a tem-plate for home renova-tions.
Once a plan is in place, homeowners can attend seminars to help them decide how they want to renovate. Or, homeowners could just sign up for various proj-ects, such as a group of homeowners who want to renovate their base-ments, for example.
B.C. Hydro could help with the costs of financ-ing such a group.
One has to be “com-munity driven. It’s got to be homeowner driven.”
Another goal is to en-sure the program works across the province. “Why do something if it’s not repeatable?”
The challenge, though, is getting people to make a mind-shift that smaller and older homes, once eco reno-vated, are more afford-able and easier on the lifestyle than buying new and bigger homes.
Builders can say it’s easier to mow down a house and start over, which may often be the case, but not always.
“It’s easier for them, it’s not cheaper for you. You’re wasting a whole lot of resources.”
Lorraine Gauthier co-ordinated the program involving the post-war houses in Ontario. The renovations brought the homes to near net-zero energy. A net-zero house produces as much energy as it uses.
“We want to inspire people all over the country,” she said.
“Forty-six percent of Canada’s housing stock is more than 50 years old. A house built be-fore 1970 has, at best, an efficiency of 50 per cent. Replacing all of those houses would be tre-mendously inefficient. Now House proved ret-rofits can work, but it’s up to communities to make it happen.”
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district only considered the usual types of proj-ects, such as are already underway throughout the downtown.
Coun. Al Hogarth, a realtor, said Maple Ridge didn’t put the land up for sale, only expressions of interest were sought.
“There didn’t seem to be any that came to the table based on the per-ceptions we had, which were higher density.
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Creating such a project could draw more people to Maple Ridge who are attracted by the growing mix of housing in the downtown, he added.
“The hope was for high-rise, more density, high-rise type of sce-nario.”
Council didn’t set any time frame and the word is out that the dis-trict wants to sell, so the district could still enter-tain an offer, he added. Any proposal would have to meet the dis-trict’s goals.
“I think we all consid-er it to be a pretty cen-tral piece of land.”
Hogarth said other developers are build-ing concrete high-rises, such as that proposed for Edge Street and Brown Avenue, and said he was surprised there were no suitable pro-posals.
“I think we’re starting
to come into our own in terms of a more urban type centre. I think it’s just a matter of time.”
Taxpayers shouldn’t worry, though, about any losses from the dis-trict’s venture into de-velopment.
Based on prices now being attained per square foot in the downtown, “I think it’s a pretty decent purchase that they made.”
“I think at the end of the day, the district is going to do just fine.”
Meanwhile, the big-box mall planned for Kwantlen band land on the south side of Lougheed Highway and 250th Street is still mov-ing ahead.
Property Develop-ment Group, in part-nership with Kwantlen First Nation, still wants to start construction of up to 275,000-sq.-foot of retail space.
“We’re still working on it and we’re mak-ing progress,” said PDG
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Rank said retail ten-ants today do more re-search and take longer to make decisions on where to locate.
The company hopes to begin construction by next spring and is nego-tiating with key tenants that would allow it to start.
He said the project won’t be affected by any development that could happen in Albion flats at 105th Avenue on Lougheed High-way. Smart Centres mall company wants to make a land swap with the district to allow it to develop on the east side of 105th.
Rank said, “That really doesn’t have any posi-tive or negative impact. The market’s big enough for both sites to be de-veloped as shopping centres. It’s just a matter of getting an adequate amount of pre-leasing in place to go forward.”
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Most people collect and display some-
thing in their lives. Photographs, souve-
nirs bought on holiday, and ticket stubs are common examples of what we showcase in our homes.
Often there is no real thought given to the overall scope of these items, just that they are to remember the event or important people in our lives. What we choose to display tells our story.
A collection is typically formed for a specific purpose.
Museums seek col-lections over individ-ual objects, as a more cohesive story can be told, although it’s not always the most in-teresting one. There is the rare occasion that single objects cross our path, then while work-ing backwards we find answers.
This was the case with three mysterious birch bark scrolls that where donated to the museum in 2010 from the George Sayers estate.
“George Sayers came from England with his family in 1912 and attended school in Haney before heading off to UBC. He lasted one year and could not afford to continue, but he never let that get in the way of his quest for knowledge. He became a most accomplished machinist, inventor, and botanist and was much admired by all who knew him,” said Val Patenaude, direc-tor of the Maple Ridge Museum.
After Sayers died in 1987, friends gathered some of the belongings that had been impor-tant to him, then do-nated that collection to the museum in 2010. The objects consisted
of equipment used with Abernethy and Lougheed, the logging company with which Sayers spent most of his life working.
The tightly rolled scrolls were thought to have information or names of company employees on them. It was not until they were recently unrolled that we discovered they had nothing at all to do with the logging company.
“They were covered with signatures of very familiar names – Mus-sallem, Adair, Poole, Aho, Morrison, Charl-ton, Jackson, Leggatt, Sayers, McFarlane, and Brown. The signers were male and female, some were siblings and clearly, they were from all over the district. There was no date or any reason for their gathering,” Patenaude said.
She discovered that the group were mem-bers of the MacLean High School Literary and Athletic Club, while looking through a 1924 school annual. All the rest of the sig-natures belong to those in the first and second years of high school, roughly equivalent to grades 10 and 11.
MacLean was the first high school in the district, and it had opened in 1922. Its catchment was all of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.
Now that we were able to put a story and faces to the signatures came the larger ques-tion: why did these scrolls survive close to 90 years inside a desk drawer?
I like to think that they were kept for a combination of historic, scientific and emotional reasons.
Historic, as MacLean was the first high school in the district.
Scientific, as they were written on birch bark. Perhaps the club
was conducting an experiment.
Yet emotional is most likely the winner of the three.
Think back to when you were younger, carving your name or signing a group document was laying your claim that you were there, a part of something.
Think of our high
school annuals, empty pages put in there for one thing: signatures.
Everyone wants to be remembered in some fashion, even if it is as small as on a piece of birch bark along with your classmates.
As a keeper of our community’s artifacts, it’s important to rec-ognize that even those small pieces that might
be discarded by others, if they can be linked to a larger story, they are worth saving.
Allison White is the curator of the Maple
Ridge Museum.
Small pieces of history are part of larger story
Birch scrolls contain the names of students from
MacLean high school.
Maple Ridge Museum
L o o k i n g B a c k b yAllison White
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Nolan Braun is Winston Smith and Erica Ford is Julia in the Thomas Haney Second-ary School production of George Orwell’s 1984.
The News/arts&lifesection coordinator:Monisha Martins 604-467-1122 ext. [email protected]
Thomas Haney secondary’s drama department journeys into a world of double-think and doublespeak
on the heels of 40th provincial election with an adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984.
For drama teacher Shelley Evans, 1984 couldn’t be more prescient.
“There is nothing like an election to draw the public’s attention to the value of de-mocracy and the terribly des-potic forms of government that have, and still do exist in the world,” she says.
“It is a cathartic play that renews one’s appreciation for the rights and freedoms we have in Canada.”
1984 is a play adapted by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall Jr. and William A. MilesJr. from Orwell’s novel about misplaced gov-ernment authority.
It follows the life of one seemingly insig-
nificant man, Winston Smith, a civil ser-vant assigned the task of falsifying records and crafting political literature.
Smith grows disillusioned with his mea-gre existence and begins a rebellion against the system.
The Thomas Haney production is dou-ble-cast with a minimal set that magni-fies a world where opinion cannot be ex-pressed freely, where leaders are not held accountable for their deceptions, where censorship is mandated by government; where Ignorance is Strength, Freedom is Slavery and War is Peace.
It is ironic that when the novel came out, surveillance cam-eras and Google Earth were unfathomable, says Evans.
The world of Oceania in Orwell’s 1984 seemed, at best, an exaggerated portrait of the former USSR.
“How prophetic Orwell proved to be,” Evans added.
This stage adaptation de-picts the horrors of man’s fate
in a society where Big Brother is always watching — where everything that is not prohibited is compulsory.
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it is critical to learn from the mistakes of the past so we don’t unwittingly follow those same paths.
As Orwell himself said. “I do not believe that the kind of society I describe necessar-ily will arrive, but I believe that something resembling it could arrive. The moral to be drawn from the dangerous nightmare situation is a simple one: Don’t let it hap-pen. It depends on you.”
• 1984 plays at Thomas Haney’s Sight-lines Theatre, 23000 116th Avenue in Ma-ple Ridge at 1 p.m. on May 22 and May 30 and 7 p.m. on May 23, 24, 29 and 31. Tick-
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Pitt singer at arts fest
Lydia Querengesser, 13, has a been a song-bird since she was a child.
But, three years ago, her Coquitlam vocal coach — soprano Ma-ria Cristina Fantini — suggested she switch genres from contempo-rary to classical.
It was a move that forever changed Que-rengesser. “It was the perfect music for my voice type,” the Pitt Meadows resident said. “I remember thinking, ‘This is it!’”
Last year, Queren-gesser also took Fan-tini’s advice and signed up to compete in the Coquitlam District Mu-sic Festival (CDMF), which is held annually in Port Coquitlam in February and March.
It was the first time she had taken part in the competition that sees hundreds of young musicians and actors from around Metro Vancouver vie for a chance to win a spot at the provincials.
Querengesser per-formed three songs — including Mozart’s Ri-dente la calma — and came out tops in all her categories: classical ju-nior solo, sacred solo and junior art song.
At next week’s Per-forming Arts of BC fest, Querengesser will be the regional repre-sentative in classical junior solo. “I’m really excited to go,” the ar-ticulate girl said. “It’s a step in the right direc-tion because it gives me time to perform and it lets me show off my gift.”
She added, “I’m really excited to meet every-body in my category. There are not a lot of 13-year-olds singing the style that I am.”
• The opening gala for the Performing Arts BC festival is on Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Chilli-wack Cultural Centre (9201 Corbould St.). Tickets are $15 or $50 for a family. Visit www.bcprovincials.com.
Lydia Querengesser performs at galab y J a n i s W a r r e nBlack Press
Thomas Haney secondary stages George Orwell’s 1984
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Ron McCabe, Aaron Ford, Travis Collins and Nyc Alderman in a scene from Thomas Haney secondary’s production of 1984.
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Sharmaine Ventura plays Parsons and Marlee MacDon-ald plays Syme in the THSS production of 1984.
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(From left) Nolan Braun, Sharmaine Ventura and Marlee MacDonald in 1984
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Emily Warwick as the landlady, Nolan Braun as Winston Smith and Erica Ford as Julia in 1984.
b y M o n i s h a M a r t i n sstaff repor ter
“How prophetic Orwell proved to be.” Shelley Evans,teacher, Thomas Haney
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NEWmatica is a rivet-ing, site-specific, and in-terdisciplinary concert of new music and mod-ern tap dance, where the venue itself is played as a musical instrument.
Held in the towering 26-storey Mill at the Bri-tannia Mine Museum (a National Historic Site), NEWmatica celebrates the power of percussion.
Va n c o u v e r - b a s e d musicians Fringe Per-cussion (Jonathan Ber-nard, Martin Fisk, Brian Nesselroad and Daniel Tones of Maple Ridge), soprano Heather Pawsey, and contempo-rary tap dancers Danny Nielsen and Dayna Szyndrowski showcase their individual musical expressions – and where they intersect– through rhythm, melody, har-mony, text, and audi-ence participation.
The Britannia Mine Museum’s Mill (one of the last remaining gravity-fed concentrator mills in North America) was chosen as a venue because of its cathedral-like height, soaring into the air with 14,416 win-dow-panes. Its long and reverberant acoustic, punctuated by splashes of water trickling down its rock-face walls, al-lows for spatial place-ment that enables un-amplified voice and tap to seamlessly integrate with the larger forces of a percussion quartet. Steel beams and gird-ers, round wooden plat-forms, concrete floors, and found objects pro-vide ample and varied opportunities for the public workshop partic-ipants to play the Mill as
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Maple Ridge percussionist Daniel Tones (second from left) performs in NEWmatica at the Britannia Mine.
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Dancers from the Peg-gy Peat School of Dance in Maple Ridge dazzled at the Surrey Dance Fes-tival and walked away with several accolades two weeks ago.
Emma Stewart was chosen as the senior stage provincial repre-sentative for PacWest, while Darby Steeves will represent the same cat-egory from Surrey.
Stewart was also picked as the senior jazz provincial runner-up.
Olyvia Olson-Brooks was chosen as the inter-
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Junior 1 and Junior 2 “Sparkle, Jolly, Jingle” were the No Borders Group Challenge junior stage winners.
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Two teams who both expect to be fighting for the top spot at the end of the WLA sea-son met at the beginning on Sunday, as the retooled Maple Ridge Burrards hosted the two-time league champion Langley Thunder.
Early on, the Burrards showed off the high-octane offence that team manage-ment has been raving about, and they took a 7-4 lead after the first period.
But that was most of their scoring for the night, and they went on to lose their home opener 13-10.
“That’s not the start we wanted – not getting the win,” said team captain Jarrett Da-vis. “We had a great first pe-riod, and then we ran into a hot goalie.”
That was the net-filling presence of Langley’s Brodie MacDonald, who stands six-foot-seven and looks just as wide across the shoulders. He is the backup goaltender for the National Lacrosse League’s Edmonton Rush.The Burrards made him look or-dinary in the first period. Af-ter that, only their best moves beat him.
Davis had two first-period goals, both on snipes to the top corners, and added two assists.
But the Burrards offence sputtered, and that was no more apparent than on the power play. The Burrards had an edge in power plays. The Thunder took nine minors to their eight – not counting some message-sending penal-ty minutes that were accrued in the final minute.
“Our power play was ter-rible today – we were stand-ing around shooting from the outside,” analyzed Davis.
Ridge scored just one goal with the man advantage, compared to five by Langley.
“We were quite predictable in what we were trying to ac-
complish,” echoed coach Dar-en Fridge, but added he’s con-fident his team will find some chemistry on special teams.
Fridge said his team looked great in the first period, and it gave them “maybe too much confidence.”
Both coach and captain said they were impressed with the play of Curtis Dickson, an NLL all-star with the Calgary Roughnecks, who led the Bur-rards offence with three goals and an assist, and showed he had no quit in scoring two of his team’s last three goals. He was selected the game’s third star.
And they both gave a nod to new goaltender Chris Levis, who gave his team a chance
win, but was victimized by the Thunder power play.
A bright spot Fridge pointed out was the play of Mike Mal-lory, the Pitt Meadows prod-uct, did not stand out as a kid in his first game in the WLA.
“He looked really good for a rookie – like he had been around for a while,” said Fridge.
Mallory scored two goals, and often looked dangerous on the attack.
Patrick O’Meara scored an impressive goal on a coast-to-coast rush while shorthand-ed, and drew the Burrards to a one-goal deficit of 10-9. Aaron Pascas and Andrew Murphy also scored for Maple Ridge.
Reinforcements are on the way.
The team’s first-round pick in this year’s entry draft, Ben MacIntosh, has yet to arrive in Ridge with his brother Ben. Riley Loewen is finishing up field lacrosse at university
Langley’s Joel McCready was the game’s first star with four goals and three assists, and Alex Turner was the sec-ond star with three goals and three assists.
Turner had the goal of the game for Langley. He took a hard hit in front of the Bur-rard’s net, but as he was fall-ing flicked a backhand that surprised Levis, to knot the game 7-7.
In a second period that saw
Ridge outscored 5-0, Turner had three goals, including the 9-7 marker, which he banked off Levis’ back.
On Saturday, the Burrards will be at Coquitlam Rink to take on the Adanacs in a 7 p.m. game, and then Sunday they are back at Planet Ice to host the New Westminster Salmonbellies at 6:45 p.m. The Salmonbellies are com-ing off a 15-12 win over Na-naimo.
• Burrards president Lance Andre had little to offer about the home opener – he was on the road, and arrived back just at the end of the game.
“My wife was reading it out to me on Twitter. It sounded like a helluva game.”
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David Joyce (6) and the Burrards had a 7-4 lead after the first period, but the Langley Thunder came from behind to spoil their opener.
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Paddlers shine in regattas
Members of the Pitt Meadows Paddling Club made a splash in two different regattas recently.
On May 11, Corey Stewart, Brian Hammer and Theodore Graham competed in the Fort Langley Canoe Club’s Paddlers Classic. Ham-mer, one of the coaches at the club, came third in the men’s K-1 20km race in a time of 1:54:21.
Stewart won the para-canoe 2km race, with Graham coming sec-ond. Both para-athletes also competed in the 6 km event, with Stewart again finishing first and Graham second.
On May 12, two more members, Matthew Ab-bott and Wesley Ham-mer competed in the Deep Cove Tour de Indian Arm against paddlers from all over the Pacific Northwest. Hammer finished the 17km long course Surf-ski race in 1:20:26, good for fifth fastest single overall and third fastest Canadian.
Abbott finished sec-ond in the 11.5 km 14’ Stand Up Paddleboard race in a time of 1:13.53, only 6.9 seconds behind the leader Norm Hann of Squamish.
The following Tues-day, Wesley Hammer solidified his position as points leader with a win in the men’s surfski division for the Tues-day Night Race series in Deep Cove, North Van-couver.
Abbott completed his third consecutive Stand Up Paddleboard win in the weekly races.
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The Pitt Meadows Marauders brought back more medals from the Fraser Valley Track and Field championships, which were held in Abbotsford May 13-16.
Leaper Vladislav Moldavanov won the senior boys’ high jump at 1.85m, long jump at 6.28m, and triple jump at 14.11m.
Thrower Olivia Moriconi won the senior girls’ discus at 40.52m, the shot put at 11.49m, and then took third in the hammer throw at 41.52m.
Shania Payne took second in the senior girls’ 100m dash in 13.15.
Jacob Gowler won the senior boys’ javelin at 47.89m
Nick Stetsiak took third in the senior boys’ shot put with a heave of 12.72 m.
Cole White finished third in the senior boys’ discus at 38.55m.
Reid Muller won the junior boys’ 800m in 1:57.05, and the 1,500m run in 4:10.18.
Sophie Dhami was second in the Grade 8 girls’ triple jump at 8.76m.
Natasha Crawford was third in the junior hammer at 27.63m.
Nick Volkov was third in the ju-nior boys 200m dash in 24.40.
Zachary Hetherington was sec-ond in the junior boys’ 400m in 53.05.
Liam Foster was third in the Grade 8 boys’ 1,500m race in 4:43.91, and second in the 3,000m at 10:25.68.
Karl Lagerstrom was third in the junior boys’ 300m hurdles in 47.12.
MRSS resultsIn the senior hammer throw,
Mark Kalmykov won with a throw of 55.07m.
Monik Lisek was second in the senior girls’ 200m dash in 26.21, and in the 400m in 58.44.
Natalie Rycroft was second in the junior girl’s high jump at 1.45m.
Jordan Ellingson was second in the senior boys’ javelin at 47.89m.
Daniel Floyd was third in the ju-nior boys’ hammer at 33.39.
Elise Carelse was third in the Grade 8 girls’ triple jump at 8.76m.
E. Jansen Van Rensburg was third in the senior boys’ 800m in 2:01.82.
Jamie Hennessey was third in the Grade 8 girls’ 3,000m run in 11:11.53
Claire Liversidge was third in the junior girls’ 80m hurdles.
• Thomas Haney’s Eric Villan-ueva won the Grade 8 boys’ long jump at 5.32m, the triple jump at 10.95 and took second in the 100m dash in 13 seconds.
• Garibaldi’s Natasha Akbariza-deh was second in the senior girls’ shot put with a throw of 10.56m, and Sara Hoffman second in Grade 8 girls’ long jump.
•Westview’s Jason Combs was second in the Grade 8 boys’ 400m with a lap of 58.06.
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Westview’s Jason Combs ran to second place in the Grade 8 boys 400m race at the Fraser Valley track and field finals.
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A lot of people in Maple Ridge are probably passingly familiar with Kimberly Connolly.
She’s been the kid they have seen out on the pitch at Westview with a soccer ball, her dad playing goal for her as she hammers shots from 20 or more metres out, the ball curling and dropping into the top corners of the net.
Now she’s the young woman who will be playing centre mid-field for a NCAA first division team.
Connolly has parlayed her soc-cer talents and straight-A grades into a full-ride scholarship with Alcorn State University in Mis-sissippi.
She was pursued by numerous schools across the U.S., and more on Canada’s East Coast – more than 20 offers in total.
After carefully considering all the options, she chose to play the top level possible.
“Div one will be a step up, but I can handle it,” she said. “It’s some-thing I’ve always dreamed of.”
She also fell for the facilities and the atmosphere at Alcorn.
“It reminds me of the Okanagan – rolling hills, and really pretty.”
Connolly, a Thomas Haney Grade 12 student with about a 95 per cent average, plans to study kinesiology.
She has enjoyed a lot of success on the pitch. Connolly started soccer locally, but had to trans-fer to neighbouring mi-nor soccer associations to play at the highest level. She played Metro with Surrey United, and won a provincial championship at the under-15 level.
At U17, she went to the premier league, where she played with the Vancouver Fusion. They won their league and went on to the nationals in Sydney, N.S.
Unfortunately, most of her teammates were away at univer-sity while nationals were being
held, so a B.C. team that she says should have won the event finished seventh.
She also played in the Super Y League at the U16 level for Mountain FC of Burnaby, and took third at the Super Y nation-als in Florida.
Connolly played high-level softball with the Ridge Meadows
Pride, and was the cen-trefielder for a team that went to the nationals in pee wee.
But she found it im-possible to pursue both sports at an elite level.
“It came to a point where I had to choose. Soccer’s my passion.”
It’s her goalkeeper and father’s passion too – although he was a stand-out ball player back in
the day. As she talks, Scott works a PC keyboard, bringing up some of the many video highlights he has of her impressive scoring strikes. He has a stack of letters from university recruiters.
The video evidence confirms the many good things her coach with the Vancouver U18 Fusion says about Kimberly.
“She’s a hard-working kid. She gets her nose in there – she’s not afraid to get into a tackle,” said Marc Rizzardo.
Mostly she takes an attacking role on the Fusion, showing good vision and ball distribution, he said.
He also likes her ball striking on set pieces.
“She can put it around the wall, and she’s done that a couple of times this year.”
He said the biggest change for her will be playing against bigger, stronger women who are four years older than her in the NCAA. It is a physical game at that level, and he said most of the first division teams will red shirt a rookie for their first year.
The upside is that the U.S. col-leges typically do an excellent job getting the most strength and fitness out of their athletes.
“She’s going to have to work on all aspects of her game,” said Rizzardo.
“She’s a nice kid, and she de-serves it. She’s worked hard for it.”
For Connolly, it’s nothing less than a dream come true.
“It’s an amazing opportunity –one I’m really looking forward to.”
Full ride with NCAA team
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Kimberly Connolly (left) has a scholarship with Alcorn State of the NCAA.
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Fears that foreign buyers and other temporary resi-dents are snapping up an abnormal share of Metro Vancouver condos aren’t borne out by statistics, ac-cording to a new analysis.
Urban Futures researchers examined 2011 Census data and found just 0.8 per cent of all homes in the Metro region and 1.4 per cent of apartments are occupied by foreign or temporary resi-dents.
Vancouver and West Van-couver were above average at just under two per cent, while other larger cities in the region had fewer for-eign or temporary apart-ment dwellers, including Richmond at 1.3 per cent, Burnaby at 1.1 per cent and Surrey at 0.4 per cent.
There had been media re-ports earlier this year that up to a quarter of condos in certain parts of down-town Vancouver are either unoccupied or occupied by non-residents, prompt-ing renewed concern that
wealthy foreign investors are parking money here.
Some observers warned of the rise of ghost neighbour-hoods that look dense, but don’t have enough active residents to create a vibrant community.
Urban Futures found 6.2 per cent of Metro apart-ments were unoccupied – below the national aver-age – and said there’s no basis to conclude that’s ex-cessive.
The areas with the highest levels of unoccupied apart-ments were UBC at 10.1 per cent, Surrey at 9.2 per cent,
Pitt Meadows at 8.7 per cent, West Vancouver at 6.9 per cent and Vancouver at 6.7 per cent.
“Much ado is being made about nothing when it comes to the prevalence of foreign and/or temporary residents and unoccupied dwellings in this region,” the report said.
It noted temporary resi-dents include large num-bers of students – there are 250,000 post-secondary students enrolled across the region who would represent the third largest city if they were clumped together.
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• Instant Approvals • 60 Day Loans • Privacy Assured
CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’t let it block employment, travel, educa-tion, professional, certifi cation, adoption property rental opportu-nities. For peace of mind & a free consultation call 1-800-347-2540.
2 Ladies Cleaning Co. Fast and Reliable. $25/hr.
778-318-4716.
NEED HELP ??Housecleaning & Maintenance (no chemicals) Move Out
(Pack & Go ~ We Clean)Thinking of Selling? (we clean, organize & stage for a quick sale)
CEDAR HOGFUEL Special Spring pricesSawdust also available
Augustine Soil & Mulch Ltd.Pitt Meadows, BC
604-465-5193
477 PETS
BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, bred at Diesel Kennel, one male puppy left, $1000. (604)869-5073
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are
spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at
fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977
GOLDEN DOODLE puppies. Mom is a Golden Retriever (68lbs) & Dad is a Poodle (50lbs). Various shades of gold and blond. Males & females. Ready to go mid June, raised in home with children. Our dogs are part of our family and life, we hope for the same for our pups. Will have 1st shots and deworming. $950 Mission 604-820-4827.
GOLDEN RETRIEVER pups P/B. 1st shots, vet checked, dewormed, 8 weeks old, $800. (604)850-3329
MAREMMA PUPS, working stock guard pups, protectors of livestock, family or property, will guard what-ever it bonds to. Being raised as livestock. No Sunday calls. 1 (604)796-8557
NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com
POMERANIAN - 10 weeks old. 2 black males. 1st shot, vet checked, paper trained. $500 (604)941-2959
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
548 FURNITURE
*NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET*Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell! $200 ~ 604-484-0379
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
548 FURNITURE
BRAND NEW Luxury Hotel Queen Mattresses by SERTA
800 coil. 3” Pillow Top. In OriginalPlastic. Leftover from Hotel Order10 yr. wrnty. $390 604.791.2621
560 MISC. FOR SALE
SAWMILLS from only $3997 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.
Approved pets only.Criminal Record check may be reqd
Resident Manager OnsiteNow with
SENIORS DISCOUNT604.466.8404 (Erik)
M.RIDGE Cntrl 11735-225 St. Quiet 2 bdrm $900, incl heat & h/w. No dogs. 604-728-0940, 604-468-9420
PORT COQUITLAM
RENOVATED SUITES 1 Bdrm suite $775
2 Bdrm corner suite $925
S Incl heat/ht water, wndw cvrngsS Close to bus stop S Walk to shoping/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn viewsS Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required
If you are 60 years of age or over, independent, fully retired and meet our income and other requirements, you may be eligible for membership in our Co-op. Come in for a tour of our single and double units, have your questions answered, and get an application form. Coffee will be served
736 HOMES FOR RENT3 bdrm house for rent in Pitt Mead-ows. Near transit and Meadowtown Mall. One year lease min. $1600 per month. Available July 1st. Call 604-319-6638
MAPLE RIDGE 2 bdrm hse com-pletely redone. Newer appl & fl oor-ing. Garage & shed on property. Lg yard. Nr Golden Ears bridge. Jun1. $1250. 604-941-2243 / 942-7876
741 OFFICE/RETAIL
MAPLE RIDGEOFFICE &
RETAIL SPACEVarious downtown locations. Avail. Now! Updated and well maintained. Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf. Starting at $495/month.
Rick MedhurstRoyal LePage Realty
604-463-3000
746 ROOMS FOR RENT
$75 OFF 1ST MONTHRooms from $445/mo. Fully Furn,
weekly maid service, cable TV,private bath, on bus route, 5/min
walk to commuter rail.
Haney Motor Hotel22222 Lougheed Hwy.,
Maple RidgeInquire in person between
9am - 3pm or Call 604-467-3944
749 STORAGE
Pitt Meadows MarinaPublic Access Launch RampOutdoor Storage for Boats,
MAPLE RIDGE, LARGE 1 bdrm suite, near schools, WCE, & shop centre. $725 incl. util’s. Own W/D. Brand new carpet/laminate. N/S NP. Avail. now. Ph: (778)242-1313.
MAPLE RIDGE - Thornhill area. lrg. 1 bdrm. Full bath, on acreage. Walk in closet. Full Tile throughout. Pri. entry & prkg. $875/mo. incls. WIFI, laundry & hydro N/S. Small pet okay. Avail. immed. 604-816-0849
PoCo Mary Hill 2bdr, full bth, sh ldry, Suit sm fam or 1 or 2. NS/NP. $775m inc. util. 604-306-1701 eves
Port Coquitlam, 1/bdrm grnd level. N/P. $625/mo incl util. Avail June 1. (604)433-3585 or 778-321-5490
751 SUITES, UPPER
CENTRAL Maple Ridge 223/119. 4bdrm home, avail June, 1 $1200/mo Nr shopping. Cat ok. Appt to view, 604-476-0332
551 GARAGE SALES
SUPER DOWNSIZING SALE
Sat & Sun, May 25 & 26 10am - 4pm.
#16 19171 Mitchell Rd.PITT MEADOWS
A26 -- Wednesday, May 22, 2013 -- THE NEWS - www.mapleridgenews.com
PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938
TRANSPORTATION
810 AUTO FINANCING
DreamTeam Auto Financing“0” Down, Bankruptcy OK -
Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals1-800-961-7022
www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557
TRANSPORTATION
838 RECREATIONAL/SALE
2007 29’ FOREST RIVER Cl C. 29,000 miles, dual slides, like new, loaded, 1 year warranty. $46,900 obo. 604-856-9444
845 SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
• Autos • Trucks• Equipment Removal
FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.We pay Up To $500 CA$H
Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022
AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES! 2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026
The Scrapper
#1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL
ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME
604.683.2200
851 TRUCKS & VANS
2010 Ford F-150 Platinum, 4X4, 34520 km, black, automatic, leath-er, navigation, rear view camera, tow package, excellent condition, warranty, $17400, [email protected]
NOTICE is hereby given that on May 25th 2013 at 2:0pm at 11985 203rd St, Maple Ridge, B.C., the undersigned; ADVANCED Storage Centres will sell at Public Auction, by competitive bidding, the personal property heretoforestored with the undersigned.
Erik Bratholt....................E205Gregory McMillan...........B111Sherrie Lyn Williams......C070Eric Coelen......................F047Anthony Niles.................D010
Brent Miscisco Mike Jankowiak Robbie Beaton Adam Cunliffe Brett KinneyDave Wyant Peter Bender Bob Murdoch
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www.mapleridgenews.com - THE NEWS -- Wednesday, May 22, 2013 -- A27
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CIVIC SALE PRICESACROSSTHEENTIRERANGE
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CIVIC SALE PRICESACROSSTHEENTIRERANGE
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THISWEEKENDATMARV JONESHONDA
Canada’s#1sellingcar justgotevenmoreaffordable
CIVIC SALE PRICESACROSSTHEENTIRERANGE
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Canada’s#1sellingcar justgotevenmoreaffordable
CIVIC SALE PRICESACROSSTHEENTIRERANGE
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Canada’s#1sellingcar justgotevenmoreaffordable
CIVIC SALE PRICESACROSSTHEENTIRERANGE
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Canada’s#1sellingcar justgotevenmoreaffordable
CIVIC SALE PRICESACROSSTHEENTIRERANGE
ΩLimited time lease offer based on a new 2013 Civic DX 5MT model FB2E2DEX. 3.49% lease APR for 60 months O.A.C. Bi-weekly payment, including freight and PDI, is $92.97. Downpayment of $0.00, first bi-weekly payment, environmental fees and $0 security deposit due at leaseinception. Total lease obligation is $12,086.10. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. 120,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometre. Same lease interest rate, term and conditions apply to other Civic models featured. Visit www.bchonda.com or seeyour Marv Jones Honda for full details. Offers valid from May 1st through May 31st, 2013. Dealer may sell for less or a dealer trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Offers subject to change or cancellation without notice. Terms and conditions apply. D
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WWW.MARVJONESHONDA.CA
THISWEEKENDATMARV JONESHONDA
Canada’s#1sellingcar justgotevenmoreaffordable
CIVIC SALE PRICESACROSSTHEENTIRERANGE
ΩLimited time lease offer based on a new 2013 Civic DX 5MT model FB2E2DEX. 3.49% lease APR for 60 months O.A.C. Bi-weekly payment, including freight and PDI, is $92.97. Downpayment of $0.00, first bi-weekly payment, environmental fees and $0 security deposit due at leaseinception. Total lease obligation is $12,086.10. Taxes, license, insurance and registration are extra. 120,000 kilometre allowance; charge of $0.12/km for excess kilometre. Same lease interest rate, term and conditions apply to other Civic models featured. Visit www.bchonda.com or seeyour Marv Jones Honda for full details. Offers valid from May 1st through May 31st, 2013. Dealer may sell for less or a dealer trade may be necessary on certain vehicles. Offers subject to change or cancellation without notice. Terms and conditions apply. D
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