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Teammates become opponents ata high-profile curling event comingto Maple Ridge next week.

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Capturingthe beautyBetween fog lying onthe water, and somestunning sunsets of late,TIMES photographerRick Moyer has capturedsome of the winter beautythat makes Maple Ridgeand Pitt Meadows suchan incredible place tolive and play. This shotwas taken from the PortHaney wharf.Please share yourfavourite winter picturesof Maple Ridge or PittMeadows. Just email themto [email protected], then let Rick pick hisfavourite and award theshooter a $20 gift cardto Tim Hortons. Deadlinefor submissions is Friday,Jan. 23.

New rules and regulationsconcerning organics disposalbegan this month.by Eric [email protected]

Far too much, is the descriptiveamount Malcolm Brodie used whendiscussing how much garbage endsup in the landfill from across MetroVancouver, including Maple Ridgeand Pitt Meadows.

And it was with this in mind thatnew waste disposal rules, specific-ally targeting Green Waste, cameinto effect at the beginning of thismonth, when the organics disposalban was introduced.Food waste comprises about 40

per cent of residential garbage, saidBrodie, chair of Metro VancouversZero Waste Committee.The ban means residents and busi-

nesses are now required to separateorganic materials like kitchen scrapsand yard trimmings from their regu-lar waste, with the aim of reducing

the amount of material that couldotherwise be composted from endingup in a landfill.Almost a third of the food we buy

ends up in the garbage, so by sim-ply reducing the amount of food wewaste, and recycling our scraps, wecan keep tonnes of food out of thelandfill, Brodie added.And though Maple Ridge and

Pitt Meadows residents wont seeany major disruptions to how theyalready dispose of their garbage,there are a few key things residentsin both cities should be aware of.

When residents bring their foodscraps to the Maple Ridge Transferstation, they should let the cashierat the scale house know, explainedLeanne Koehn, of the RidgeMeadows Recycling Society.The green waste tipping fee is

actually lower than the tipping feefor garbage, Koehn noted.Garbage is $113 at tonne, with

a $10 minimum, while green wasteis only $66 a tonne, with a $6 min-imum, she said, adding no plasticis allowed in the food waste totes.

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Homeowner injuredA craft project turned ugly Tuesday

morning, sending one Silver Valleywoman to hospital with burns to herhand. The woman had been heating waxon the stove when the wax caught fire.While it was being carried outside, theflaming pot was dropped and ignited asection of wall that was subsequentlyburned floor to ceiling. It was a prettyclose call, said Maple Ridge fire chiefDane Spence.

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Two hurt in crashThick fog over Maple Ridge Tuesday

night prohibited an air ambulance fromlanding, so two victims of a three-carcrash on the Haney Bypass had to betransported by ground. Mounties are stillinvestigating the cause of the accidentthat occurred in the 23000 block ofHaney Bypass just before 7 p.m.


Dog parks unveiledFollowing heated debate surround-

ing the closure of a dog park at MapleRidges Volker Park last summer, theparks commission began casting aboutto find new locations for off-leash dogparks. After months of trials and park-user consultation, three new dog parksare being rolled out in the City this year.


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Pitt criminal arrestedA criminal from Pitt Meadows well

known to police is in jail. WhileMounties are still investigating other mailthefts that spiked in Maple Ridge dur-ing the Christmas holidays, they madean arrest on Friday in connection withtheft from a community mailbox in theTamarack subdivision of Albion duringlate December, said Ridge MeadowsRCMP Cpl. Alanna Dunlop. ShawnBradley Gillam, 32, is charged with steal-ing mail. Hes been remanded in custodyuntil Jan. 21, when hell be back in PortCoquitlam provincial courthouse viavideo conferencing to fix a trial date.


A pastor atMaple RidgeBaptist Churchspent part of histeenaged years stoppingflying frozen rubber discs.

by Troy [email protected]

For Jon Morrison, thepressure of being ahockey teams last line ofdefence, and speaking infront of a congregation of morethan 600 people mirror oneanother.The hockey goaltender-

turned-pastor is also a pub-lished author, with his recent-ly written book Clear Minds& Dirty Feet available onAmazon and at the House ofJames, a Christian book andmusic store in Abbotsford.Morrison is one of the pas-

tors at Maple Ridge BaptistChurch, and this past spring,was hired by the churchto be the primary teacher/preacher.But his personal history

in Maple Ridge dates backmuch further.He played goal for the

junior B Ridge MeadowsFlames during the 1998/99season, before graduat-ing to the B.C. JuniorHockey League (junior A)ranks, tending the cagefor the Surrey Eaglesand Coquitlam Express,respectively.Im very thankful

for my experience inMaple Ridge with Mr.Stonehouse and theFlames organization manyyears ago, the now 33-year-old soon-to-be-dad said, speaking about formerFlames owner Ray Stonehouse. It isa history I have seldom have time toreflect on anymore.His journey is no different than any

other hockey playing kid in Canada.Ive always wanted to be in the

NHL, he said. I dreamt of being thefirst Canuck to hoist the Stanley Cup.Morrisons junior career ended at 20,

and thats when he hung up the goal-tender gear for good.My last game of junior was the

last time I played goalie, he said. Ihavent played goalie for 13 years. Its

way more fun to score goals thanget hit with pucks.Back then, Morrison was well

aware of his limitations, espe-cially in the BCHL.It was good hockey,

and I frankly wasntgood enough to makethe next step, Morrisonsaid. I really wanted toplay NCAA but God haddifferent plans for me.

Asked if he real-ized straight away

if he wasntgoing to

head tothe college ranks,

Morrisonanswered

bluntly,It wasclear.When

fans watchjunior hockey, they should realizethat the majority of players arentgoing to make it all the way to theNHL.We end up [working] in banks,

and in trades, or churches, Morrisonsaid. How many people think, Ohthat guy is going to end up as a pas-tor, one day. From goal pads to pas-tor is kind of an interesting route.Morrison had an opportunity to

play with and against someelite players, especiallywith the Eagles andExpress. He notedthat the last jun-ior player to scoreagainst him wasformer VancouverCanuck JeffTambellini, then withthe Chilliwack Chiefs.Morrison became

friends with formerExpress star DavidJones, who nowplays for the CalgaryFlames.It was in Grade 9 when

church went from beingboring to having a deepermeaning for Morrison.I started to ask the big

questions like, Why am Ihere? Whats my purposein life? Is there a God?

What do I do with the science thing?If there is a God, why is there so muchsuffering? Morrison said.Those questions led Morrison to the

University of Oxford in England, wherehe studied theologyand philosophy fora year while playingforward for Oxfordshockey team.Looking back,

Morrison said hisstrong faith during hishockey career had asomewhat polarizingeffect on his team-mates.

Publicly they [his teammates] wouldbe hostile or perhaps they wouldntunderstand why it was important tome, Morrison said. But privately, Iwould often get asked to come to theback of the bus to talk to guys if theyhad a crisis in their family, or even ifthey were wondering about scholar-ships or the pressures of hockey theywould come and talk to me. It waskind of like I could be the pastor of theteam.God was a real source of strength for

Morrison during those days he said,adding that he also grew up a lot then,too.I think hockey molded me to be a

pastor, Morrison said. When yourea goalie, like a pastor, you get a lot of

attention all of your mistakesget recorded, everyonehas an opinion about you and it prepared me for

pressure situations,too. It developscharacter. Not allhockey playersare going tomake the NHL,but theyrelearning lifeskills forwhereverthey endup as acareer.

Ive always wantedto be in the NHL,he said. I dreamt ofbeing the first Canuckto hoist the StanleyCup.Jon Morrison

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continued from page A1Once through the scale at the sta-

tion, people will be directed up tothe main tipping floor, where thereare large totes set up to receive thefood waste.Organic materials dropped off at

the Maple Ridge Transfer Station aresent to the Organics Transfer Stationin Pitt Meadows and/or the HarvestPower facility in Richmond for pro-cessing into soil, mulch, & naturalfertilizers, added Koehn.Though the organics disposal ban

started on Jan. 1, there will be nofinancial penalties levied againsthaulers for the first six months ofthe program.During this time, the ban and

the new rules surrounding it willbe enforced though education.Loads of waste that are brought

to a transfer station with more than25 per cent food will be identified,and the hauler of that load will bereminded of the ban, and providedwith further information.As of July 1, 2015, financial

enforcement of the ban will begin.Waste loads with more than 25 per

cent visible food will be surchargedand additional 50 per cent of thecost of disposal.For example, a $100 load with

more than 25 per cent visible foodwaste would be charged $150.In general, according to Metro

Vancouver, this type of load is gen-

erated by a grocer or large restaurantthat doesnt have an effective foodscraps recycling program.Then, as of Jan. 1, 2016, the

amount of food scraps allowed willbe lowered again,likely to 10, then 5per cent.In Pitt Meadows

which has curbsidepick-up, and alreadyhad green waste col-lection, The typicalresident wont noticeany change in termsof things like processor pick-up dates,said Kate Zanon,CEO of the PittMeadows EconomicDevelopmentCorporation.Any noticeable

changes in PittMeadows wouldtake place on thecommercial side ofthings, where propergreen waste disposalhasnt been man-dated until now, Zanon added.But all commercial is private, so

were not involved in their pickup,Zanon said. There may be somechanges that they may have to sortout, but the City is not involved inthat, and its always been that way.Green waste in Pitt Meadows takes

the same route as that from MapleRidge once collected, and for organicmaterial that might be found mixedwith garbage, or vice-versa, enforce-ment or follow-up depends on

where the contamina-tion was found, saidZanon.If there is green

waste found in thegarbage stream, thenits dealt with at themetro transfer station,and we get info backfrom them, she said.

If there is garbagein the green waste,then Harvest Powerwill communicate thatto us.The change in how

organic material isdealt with is anotherpositive step in wastereduction, said CarolBotting, presidentof Ridge MeadowsRecycling Society.We have made

great process byrethinking garbage into recyclables,she said.Now its time to rethink our food

waste.For more on the new green waste

regulations, visit wwww.mapleridge.ca, www.pittmeadows.bc.ca, ormetrovancouver.,org.

Enforcement will be multi-phased

Green WasteWhats acceptable:Vegetable/fruit peelingsEggshellsCheeseBonesCoffee grounds and filtersGrass clippingsRaw foodSoiled food waste paperWhats not acceptable:Disposable diapersBand-aidsChip bagsCandy wrappersCarpetingAnything made of more than onematerial, and not biodegradeable.

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Jim MacLeod, a supervisor at the Ridge Meadows Transfer Station, stood next to the new organic disposal and food waste bins at the station on Tuesday.New rules concerning how residents and businesses get rid of their organic materials and food scraps are now in effect.


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A neighbourhood went into lockdownafter a suspicious man with a gunwas spotted on their street.by Roxanne [email protected]

A Hammond neighbourhood went intolockdown mode late Wednesday morning,after a man with a gun was spotted onGraves Street.Paula Baust received a call from an

neighbour just after 11 a.m. Wednesday,asking her to look out the window for aman, dressed all in black, traversing theirneighbourhood with a gun holstered onhis hip.The woman had already called police,

believing this was likely just Mounties inthe area, and not a lone gunman posing

any threat to her neighbourhood. She wasinstructed to stay in her home and lockthe door. She was told local police werenot working in the area, but that theywould dispatch an officer immediately.Neighbours started calling each other,

and even notified the nearby school.In todays society, with all thats going

on in the world, when something like thishappens, everyone gets nervous, Baustsaid.About 40 minutes later, when a police

dog was spotted on the street withobvious markings, one neighbour wentout to confirm it was safe. He learned ithad all been a training exercise.It was then, Baust said, that the resi-

dents in the 117th Avenue and GravesStreet area once again did an unofficialneighbourhood call out and notified eachother it was a false alarm.Baust is furious with how the situation

was handled.Im so angry, she told The TIMES.

How dare they do this to us we wereafraid to come out of our houses.Baust has been a resident of the area for

25 years, and said theneighbourhood is madeup of a lot of older resi-dents who look out forone and other.She suggested the offi-

cer with the gun shouldhave been properly iden-tifiable, that the localdetachment should have had knowledgeof the exercise and been able to alleviatepublic concerns, and that someone fromthe RCMP should have called back con-cerned residents to inform them once itwas confirmed it was nothing more than atraining exercise.While she suggested neighbours should

have been notified if such an exercise wasbeing conducted in their area, the policespokesman said the police dog unit canoften cover miles of area when tracking whether its an exercise or not and that

notifying everyone in thepath would be a logisticalimpossibility.In the meantime, Ridge

Meadows RCMP con-firmed they did receivethree calls on the incidentWednesday morning.The detachments

media spokesman insisted that each of thecallers was told that there was a trainingexercise going on.Thats a lie, said Baust, who was

among the complainants. When I called,I was told there was a communicationerror and they were sorry but we shouldhave been told.

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Teacher rememberedMusical tributes are being arranged to honourmusician Judith Bergthorson.by Roxanne [email protected]

The most fitting final tribute forJudith Bergthorson is a musical cele-bration, and thats exactly what herfriends and family are in the midst oforganizing.Bergthorson, the 66-year-old founder

and namesake of the BergthorsonAcademy of Musical Arts, diedSaturday after a year-long battle with an aggressive andrare form of ovarian cancer.Now, an open mic musical memorial celebrating her

life is being arranged for Sunday, Feb. 8, from 4 to 8 p.m.at The ACT, said her husband Robert Hornsey.Born and raised on the Prairies, Bergthorson moved

from Stonewall, Man. to Maple Ridge a dozen years agoand quickly embarked on the creation of the academy.Describing her as a visionary leader, Hornsey said his

wife set out to use music as a vehicle to change peopleslives Judith was proud and confident that goal hadbeen largely achieved.Over the years, he estimates that she touched more

than 5,000 musical lives, and credited her with notonly creating the academy and connected performancesociety, but for helping bring the True North FraserBluegrass Festival to Maple Ridge.If you feel that Judith has somehow touched your life,

and you would like to share in this tribute as an attendeeor even performer, Hornsey asks that people to watchthe website or Facebook for details or email contact infor-mation to [email protected], a musical tribute to Bergthorson will likely be

held in Manitoba this summer. More at www.mrtimes.com, serach Bergthorson

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Lengthy discussion centred onfuture development, and talkingto the board of education.by Roxanne [email protected]

A call was issued for creative think-ing by some local politicians.Maple Ridge council cannot force

the local school district or morespecifically, the education ministry to purchase land designated forfuture institutional use.But Tuesday night, returning coun-

cil member Gordy Robson suggestedcouncil might be able to force ownersand developers of such lands iftheyre unable to sell to the schooldistrict to look at other educationaloptions.I think we should be looking at

alternatives, rather than giving uphope the designated sites could oneday house a school, Robson said.Robson, a founder of Meadowridge

School a few decades ago, suggestedalternative educational facilities.He proposed alternative schools

might prove enticing to local familiescurrently unhappy with having tobus or chauffeur their kids acrosstown to a public school, and he sug-gested taking such bold moveswould make the education ministersit up and pay attention to the cur-rent and very real need for newschools in developing areas withinthe municipalitys boundaries.And with a council that seems will-

ing to think outside the box onissues, he said, maybe some creativeideas could surface to help fill a needfor schools as development continuesin the eastern half of Maple Ridge especially Albion, Silver Valley,and Thornhill.Maple Ridge council had been

asked at Tuesdays meeting to push

a rezoning request through first andsecond reading, then on to publichearing, for a property at 24152112th Ave.The proposal was for an 11-acre

topographically challenged site currently designated for a jointschool and neighbourhood park andrural residential lots. Owners wish tobe rezoned to allow for higher dens-ity housing (25 units) and a two-acreneighbourhood park that would besold to the municipality.It is being argued that, since the

school district has no intention ofusing the land for a school, thedevelopers should be able to rezone.In a school district letter in 2009,

addressed to then parks managerMike Murray (now chair of theschool district), then-board chairKathie Ward said there was a com-mitment to continue looking forviable school sites in Albion, butsuch sites could not be purchasedwithout provincial support.According to a report to council,

that stance has not since altered.School District 42 owns two lots in

the 24100 block of 104th Avenue and

have noted that these properties areconsidered the priority school sitefor Albion.Consequently, the owners of the

112th Avenue want to build, andneed to rezone.The rezoning request, along with

Robsons suggestion, opened uplengthy discussion of the issue ofschools in the community, and inthe report, council was told that astrategic school facilities review,due more than a year ago, is furtherdelayed until at least October 2015.Several councillors expressed frus-

tration at the delays, and were upsetover the lack of clear planning for anew school in the region. They felt itleaves council and property owners,alike, in a state of limbo.Councillor Kiersten Duncan made a

deferral motion to obtain informationon the school districts timeline tostudy need for new school facilitiesin the neighbourhood.Council voted against the deferral,

and the motion to move the applica-tion to public hearing was defeated,effectively ending the developmentproposal for this site, with a lonevote to move it forward by CouncillorCraig Speirs.Even his vote wasnt a ringing

endorsement for the application. Henoted that this proposed school siteis lost to us and its best just tomove on.Moreover, he said, he cant support

Robsons suggestion that the City tryforcing the developer to create a pri-vate school.Councillor Corisa Bell and Mayor

Nicole Read, among others, broughtup a need by the new council to visithow they deal with development inMaple Ridge moving forward, andindicated intentions to review theissue in detail. At the same time,the new council wants to sit downwith the new school board to discussexisting and future school options.

Maple Ridge

Albion school site figures in debate

Councillor Gordy Robson proposed an unusualtactic that would force developers of institutionallands to come up with alternative school options.

A council-generated list ofdesires and goals for the Citywas unveiled on Tuesday night.by Eric [email protected]

Pitt Meadows Mayor John Beckerand his council colleagues put for-ward their Issues to Review listTuesday night.The Council Four-Year Action

Table consists of more than 80items, including topics from trafficcalming to youth engagement.All of the items and conversations

that we had during the election,were going to respect and put themon an action item list for the nextfour years, Becker said.

But the mayor pointed out that thelist is just that: a list.Its a list of issues items that we

collectively have heard from con-stituents about during and after theelection, Becker said.As a council, we felt that it is

important to be able to go back, totell our constituents that their voiceswere heard and that all of thoseissues will be reviewed by councilduring our term.The list is Beckers best efforts at

compiling everybodys initiatives,as well as Pitt Meadows CAO KimGrouts action items.Thats not to say that all of these

issues will receive majority councilapproval to move action, he added.The complete list will be put into

a City work plan over the next fouryears.

Council has also set aside two fulldays of strategic planning and prior-ity setting work for February andMarch, during which all City prior-ities will be generated.While Becker said the vast major-

ity of the issues did not come as asurprise to him, some of the morespecific or operational ones werenews to the mayor such as a desireto review animal welfare manage-ment.As for priorities in tackling the list?My top items remain the four Ts

from the election: taxes, transporta-tion, transparency, and teamwork,Becker said.The complete list is available on

the Citys website at www.pittmead-ows.bc.ca.

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The future is murky and hardto see until you fly right over itand literally see it marching past,covering the California desert.I dashed down to the States

recently to visit my grandmother,uncles and aunts, and variouscousins, all of whom live underthe charming belief that 18degrees Celsius is chilly.Driving around suburban

Orange County for a few days,you notice that a few things aredifferent. More palm trees, widerroads, better drivers, cheaper gas.And you notice the solar panels. Theyre not

on every house but theyre on every tenthor twentieth in some neighbourhoods. Its notstrange to see a couple in a row with the flatblack panels lined up facing south.I started watching for them. There was a clus-

ter on top of an office building. Passing a hospi-tal, the parking lot was shaded by a vast array ofthem.Then on the flight home, I looked down as

we veered inland, and saw what looked like thea photographic negative of a greenhouse com-plex. Acre upon acre of black glass covered flat,brown land.As far as I can tell, I was heading over Topaz,

a 550-megawatt complex that just finished con-struction and is now the largest solar complexin the world, covering 9.5 square miles in SanLuis Obispo County. It will supply about 160,000homes. (For comparison, thats exactly half the1,100 megawatts expected from the Site C Damon the Peace River, if/when that gets built.)Topaz wont be the biggest in the world for

long, though. Its about to be passed by the 579megawatt Solar Star project, also in California.California gets most of its power right now

from burning natural gas cleaner than burningcoal or oil, but still a net contributor to globalwarming. While there are some environmentaldownsides to creating solar panels theres

some toxic gunk that has to beprocessed after manufacturing theyre far better in the longterm.Solar is cheap in California for

a number of reasons. All thatsunshine certainly helps, thereare state incentives pushingutilities to invest in renewableenergy, and homeowners canget cash for installing systems.Meanwhile, theres a 30 per centfederal tax credit for solar sys-tems on top of that.

Some of that is about to change. The stateprogram for home installation has been so popu-lar its starting to wind down, and in 2016, thefederal tax credit will expire, if no one does any-thing to extend it.But that might not matter. Let the tax credits

and rebates expire, and solar would no doubtexperience a dip in its popularity.But even without them, its at or near cost-par-

ity with other common methods of power gen-eration.Thats not according to some hippy-dippy

green energy lobby, either, thats according toa report by Deutsche Bank. The bankers andinvestors are just trying to figure out where themoney is, and they think it might be in solar.Oil is cheap right now, and so is natural gas.

But eventually, theyll be expensive again. Solaris getting cheaper every year, and better. Weveseen that curve before.About 20 years ago, solar was like automobiles

around 1890 neat and weird, but neither reli-able nor cheap. Right now, solar is entering theearly days of the Model T phase: increasing ubi-quity, decreasing price, steady improvements inquality.Here in Canada, were behind the curve on

this. We have a lot of dams, of course, and wedont burn much coal. But in about 10 years,Im guessing that from the Okanagan to Ontario,therell be a lot of solar panels being installed.

Opinion

A8 Thursday, January 15, 2015

Our View

Madmayornot big threat

Newly elected Saanich MayorRichard Atwell has recently admitted tolying about an extramarital affair whichcame to light when Atwell called 911after a fracas with the womans fianc.

But thats largely a private matter.Of more concern to Saanich residents

is the fact that Atwell has already beencensured by his own council after hetried to force a senior civic staffer out ofoffice, costing the municipality $488,000in severance. Hes now claiming thatsomeone is bugging his computer andthat the local police are harassing him.

Not bad for someone whos been inoffice less than two months.

Atwell joins the list of eccentricand oddball mayors who have servedfrom tiny towns of a few hundred tothe biggest city in the land. Atwellseems to be angling for the title ofMost Controversial Mayor, now thatTorontos Rob Ford has moved back tobeing a councillor.

Fortunately, most Canadian munici-palities, including all of those in B.C.,run under whats known as a weakmayor system.

The mayor is definitely the keyspokesperson for their city or town, butwhen it comes to powers, they haveonly a handful that exceed those of therest of the councillors.

Were just now getting to know ahost of new councillors and mayors,with thousands of new officials takingtheir seats after last Novembers elec-tions and the Christmas break. Someof them will do great things for theirtowns, uniting fractious neighbour-hoods, building infrastructure, help-ing build communities that host goodhomes, jobs, and schools. Some of themwont work out quite so well.

The lesson seems to be that not put-ting too much power in any one offi-cials hands, whether mayor or council-lor, is a pretty good idea.

And that, just maybe, recall legisla-tion might not hurt.

M.C.

Solar power spreading north

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Maple Ridge is in for a population boom, andThe TIMES spoke with a realtor and City staffabout how thats expected to happen. Readersreacted to the story...

But when will the schools, shopping, sidewalks, cops andmore rec facility be done? Carolyn Peters

Lower house prices? Ive been seeing homes on postagestamp lots anywhere from 232nd to 240th listed higherthan $700,000. Completely ridiculous.

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Dear Editor,The recent massacre of

helpless children in Africa,a cruel consequence of mis-placed beliefs of those inpower with guns, taxes oursense of compassion andfeeling of frustration in notbeing able to ease the tor-ture of unending hostilities.

Far away from a contin-ent ravaged by ongoing war,our thoughts are with theinnocent and vulnerablevictims prey to the whim ofthe changing climate of pol-itical order.Food, medicine, and mag-

nanimous volunteers, someof them losing their lives in

the effort to help, are notenough to ease the sufferingof those fated to be born ina place of fear and unendingsense of hopelessness.Let us have a moment of

silence for the victims ofkilling in the name of mis-placed beliefs and principlesat the cost of human livesand faith in tolerance.Let us welcome the new

year with hope, and convic-tion that hope will prevail.

Nita Spittel, Maple Ridge

African children

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Iron Horse House

Pay needy before politiciansDear Editor,I trust that Maple Ridge MP Randy Kamp and the rest of

the Conservative Party will use their same thinking processas used in considering funding for Iron Horse House whenit comes time to vote themselves raises.One would think that if there is not enough money to

assist those who really need help, there is absolutely nomoney for those who have enough.

Cliff Olson, Maple Ridge

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Faces & Places

Winners canbe frustratingDear Editor,Letter-writer Bill Evans

complains about seeingDr. Doug Bing and MarcDaltons pictures in thepaper and not the oppos-ition [Bings pictures tiring,Dec. 31 Letters, TIMES].They won their seats, theopposition lost.His frustration was rem-

iniscent of mine whencouncilman Craig Speirsused any opportunity fora photo op even if hehad nothing to do with theevent. Even when he losthis council seat, we had tohear his latest wisdom.Hes Baaack.Cherryl Katnich Maple Ridge

Dear Editor,Three idiots with access to assault

rifles decided it would be a good ideato murder the vanguard of freedom ofexpression.Satirists carve their existence on the

front line of the war for freedom, ourfreedom.The idiots claimed to avenge the

prophet with their violence. Onewonders which prophet they thought theywere avenging.Having been raised as a Sunni Muslim in

a very religious home, I cannot imagine thatlives were taken in the name of the religion

Ive known all my life and stud-ied as an adult.A purely pragmatic historical

account shows the prophet wasnot only ridiculed, he was ver-bally and physically assaultedby the people of Mecca, hishome town. The night he leftMecca to go into exile therewas an arrangement by the

leaders of the city to murder him.When he returned at the head of a size-

able army, against which Meccas army andthose of its allies would not stand a chance,the people of Mecca asked him, What is tobecome of us?He replied, Go. You are free.It is ludicrous to think that the same per-

son would want to be avenged in such agruesome manner.He never sought revenge for himself.The three idiots offended the prophet and

his image much more so than any cartoon-ist ever has.In Islam the two main sources of theol-

ogy are the Quran (word of God) and theSunnah (the teachings and sayings of theprophet).In the texts of Sunnah there is an account

of a Muslim entreating the Prophet to prayfor the destruction of his enemies, to whichhe raised his hands, saying, O, Allah!Forgive my people, for they do not know.The three idiots must have missed Islamic

studies class that day! It truly makes mewonder who was being avenged.

Ahmed Yousef, Maple Ridge

Terrorism

Revenge never Prophets motive

Transportation

LeaveMetro for taxDear Editor,I agree with Matt Ellis [Time to consider

leaving Metro Vancouver, Jan. 8 Letters,TIMES] and those who plan to vote no onthe transit referendum.As a suburb in Metro Vancouver, we pay

some of the highest taxes and levies forsome of the worst transit services.This Vancouver transit tax is a serious

matter, and there is no guarantee of everstopping an increasing tax rate.If the referendum is passed, I would be

in full support to call on our mayor to putforward a plebiscite to leave the MetroVancouver district.Enough is enough.

Trenton Colley, Maple Ridge

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instructor Trevor Randle, who also wearsthe dry grad co-ordinator hat. We had agreat response from the community.Money raised goes towards prizes at the

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So whats up in the world of digitalmarketing and social media in2015?Collaboration, integration, andcontent, according to presenters andorganizers of two of 2015s do-not-missevents the Canadian Internet MarketingConference (CIMC) in March, and SocialMedia Camp in May.Darian Kovacs of Jelly Marketing (www.

jellymarketing.com) and CIMC organizer,points to the emergence of cross-pollina-tion between fields.He predicts more collaboration, integra-

tion, and involvement between traditional,print, and digital.More interactive ads versus passive ads

results in more engaging websites andexperiential public relations.Business growth

strategist BoscoAnthony (www.bos-coanthony.com) con-curs.Brands are going to

emphasize storytell-ing with meaningfulcontextual campaigns,Anthony said.We are rapidly see-

ing content engineeringevolve. Content distri-bution channels will bea major focus to driveengagement, reactions, and conversions.Monetization paths will be discoveredin the process. I am boldly predictingmarketing will evolve as an integratedplatform where both online and offlinechannels fuse; 2015 will be the year met-rics and data become sexy again.No argument from Maple Ridges Cadi

Jordan (www.cadijordan.com) who seesus getting more strategic in partnershipsand thinking outside the box to share stor-ies.She predicts people will see the value

of varied content across social media plat-forms and an increase in content, whetherblogging, using video, or cross-pollinatingcontent via guest blog posts.

Yes, said Ricky Shetty, TheDaddyBlogger (www.daddyblogger.com),who foresees more brands working withbloggers as a highly effective and cost-efficient way to get the message out about

products and services.That Social Media Guy (www.that-

socialmediaguy.com) Sean Smith predictssocial media will find a place in our edu-cation system.Schools will add social media educa-

tion as part of curriculum, teaching safeuse, etiquette, and professional develop-ment, Smith said. It may be more of adream, but I think we are getting there.Social Chick Karina Cebuliak shares

Smiths wish.Kids these days know more about

whats going on online than their parentsdo. A supportive knowledge base for par-ents would be awesome, Cebuliak said.She adds that well see more online traf-

fic than ever. All ages will look to socialmedia for reviews, online shopping, ideas,and connections.Websites will integrate more social

media and blogs to stay current with anever-changing market.Paul Holmes, co-founder of Social Media

Camp (socialmediacamp.ca), predictsTwitter usage/traffic will decline year-over-year, while social media mavenRebecca Coleman (www.rebeccacoleman.ca), forecasts continued growth in videoand social media that features beautifulimages.She notes the speedy growth of

Pinterest, Tumblr, andInstagram.Speaking of

Instagram, Sue B.Zimmerman (www.suebzimmerman.com),author of InstagramBasics for YourBusiness, declares2015 as the year ofthe collaborative com-munity.On and offline,

well build relation-ships and expand our sphere of influencefrom communities outside our own,Zimmerman said.Well be more relaxed about sharing

what we do and who we know. I call itlead with giving. In this evolution of howto do business, everyone wins.She also points to the hashtag as the

anchor of the social media revolution.A single hashtag connects conversa-tion across Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter,Facebook, Tumblr, and Google+.From these conversations, communities

are quickly formed; people with commoninterests unite, and this becomes the placewhere businesses conduct powerful mar-ket research. Integration, indeed.

Vicki McLeod is a Maple Ridge Social Chick (www.thesocialchicks.com) and is a business and personal coach

and consultant. She will be a speaker at the CanadianInternet Marketing Conference (www.digitalbuzz.ca) in

March, and is happy to answer your social media or businessquestions. Find her at www.mainstreetcommunications.ca.

Predictions

Collaboration, integration, andcontent lead social media 2015

Vicki McLeod is ownerof Main Street

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The Social ChicksThe Social Chicksby Vicki McLeod

HELP BUST CRIMERidge Meadows RCMP is looking for the following people. If you see any of them, do not attempt toapprehend them. Please contact the RCMP immediately by calling 604-463-6251 or CrimeStoppersat 1-800-222-8477. The warrants attached to these individuals were still outstanding as of 10 a.m.Wednesday. Remember: all of the listed people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

BIRGEN, Aleena MarieAge: 22Wanted in connection withFile #2013-10943Wanted for failing to comply with aprobation order.

DESJARDINS, PeterAge: 38Wanted in connection withFile #2014-8063Wanted for theft.

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I am boldy predictingmarketing will evolve as anintegrated platform whereboth online and offlinechannels fuse. 2015 will be theyear metrics and data becomesexy again.Bosco Anthony


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MapleMeadowsBrewingCompanyowner andmanagerCarloBaroccio isexcited forpeople to tryhis beer.Eric Zimmer/TIMES

Ilove a good craft beer.So it was with pleasantsurprise, while driving alongDewdney Trunk Road, thatI noticed theres a new craftbrewery coming to Maple Ridge,in the form of Maple MeadowsBrewing.I paid the still-under-construc-

tion business a visit and got the low-down on the libations that owner andmanager Carlo Baroccio plans to offer,and what his brewing background is.Ive been home-brewing for over 12

years, Baroccio explained. Ive alsoworked in restaurants.Baroccio, who lives in Coquitlam,

said he chose Maple Ridge after scout-ing different locations closer to home,but noted, Basically, bylaws in PortCoquitlam and Coquitlam dont allowmicrobrewery businesses like this.Hed like to move here after his busi-

ness gets off the ground, Baroccio said.When it came to setting up shop,

everyone was really open, and friendly.Baroccio said an opening timeline is

now within range.

The last stage of the con-struction is going on now, somaybe by next week we willhave final inspections, heexplained. After that andafter we have the final permits Ill need three weeks to makethe first batch of beer, so hope-fully in Mid-February.

Find the brewery at 22775 DewdneyTrunk Rd. and visit www.facebook.com/maplemeadowsbrewingcompany.

Optometrist brings awareness

As someone who spends the betterpart of my waking hours staring ata screen, I was intrigued to hearthat Maple Ridge Eyecare (MRE) is work-ing to increase awareness about computervision syndrome (CVS).Telling people to reduce their screen

time isnt going to work in todaysworld, said optometrist Dr. M. Hurlbert.There are varied options available

now, he explained. We test and re-test patients to create customized lensesdesigned to eliminate symptoms of CVS.


Business happenings

Craft brewery setting up

Down toBusinessDown toBusinessby Eric Zimmer


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