Richmond News November 23 2012

The pyjama tsarEight-year-old Reese Shelly ishelping raise awareness for apyjama drive, so much so thatin certain circles, hes nowknown as the pyjamaambassador.

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Trudeau talks mental healthWEB ONLY: Federal Liberalleadership candidate JustinTrudeau made a specialappearance Thursday afternoonat the Pathways Clubhouse inRichmond to talk about mentalhealth issues.

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Fourteen snowplows, five backhoes,four snowblowers, three hydro excavatorsand 960 tonnes of salt in two sheds.

Throw in 14,000 litres of brine mixand the City of Richmond is ready formore than the 12 Days of Christmas whenit comes to tackling this seasons winterstorms.

The citys public works departmentpresented a snow and ice response reportto city councillors this week, detail-ing its fleet and armoury as well as itsplan to fight whatever the winter throwsRichmonds way.

Around 960 metric tonnes of road salt the city used 923 last season duringseven snowfalls and 14 frost events are now in storage at two sites, the publicworks yard on Lynas Lane and at SidawayRoad in East Richmond.

The city has also installed five roadtemperature sensors across the city, withplans being made for two more.

The sensors, according to the citysroads manager Ben Dias, are monitored 24hours a day to provide early indications offrost forming on the roads.

City staff also continuously monitorRichmond-specific weather forecasts andhave received a long-term forecast fromNorthwest Weathernet for the winter,which predicts there will be no extremeweather on either end of the scale.

The record low Arctic sea ice will havesome minor impact in making the easternportions of North America colder/snowier,which means a bit less wet and cold forus, stated the forecast.

Dias said the city will ramp up its pub-lic outreach during the winter via socialmedia to keep people as informed as pos-

sible about road conditions. Meanwhile, the city is asking volunteerorganizations to register as Snow Angels.

Heavy winter snowfall can cause chal-lenges for some Richmond residents suchas the elderly and persons with illnesses ordisabilities. Richmonds Snow Angels canoffer voluntary assistance with tasks suchas snow removal.

The Snow Angels program is activatedduring major snowfall events.

This is defined as 48 hours of continu-ous snowfall and a minimum of 15 centi-metres of snow.

Registering to be a Snow Angel orga-nization is easy; simply contact the citysparks programs coordinator at 604-244-1250 or email [email protected].

Residents needing assistance canaccess the Snow Angels registry in severalways during a major snowfall: PhoningRichmond City Hall at 604-276-4000, thecitys community services department at604-244-1208, or their local communitycentre.

The registry can also be accessed onlineat www.richmond.ca/winter.

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Boys Christmas drive explodes across regionReese Shelly, 8, created a pyjama drive for those in need

In most circles, Reese Shelly isyour average third grader knownsimply by his name.

But in a growing number ofgroups, hes called a pyjamaambassador.

Reese, and more and more ofhis friends including four-year-old sister Kiera, spread the wordthrough school announcements andassemblies, collecting donated newpyjamas to be dropped off at loca-tions across the Lower Mainlandfor the third annual ChristmasPyjama Drive.

A lot of my friends think itspretty cool and want to join, saidthe curly-haired and freckled eight-year-old, who is the CEO and presi-dent of the drive.

Reese is also the son ofRichmonds Browns Socialhouseco-owner Todd Shelly, which cele-brates Pyjama Drive Day in supportof the campaign on Sunday, Dec. 9.

Those who show up at anyLower Mainland Browns locationwith pyjamas to donate will receive50 per cent off their meal.

The idea for a pyjama drivecame from a conversation betweenReese and his mother Erin Shelly.

In an attempt to explain charityto her then six-year-old son, Shellymentioned that some children dontreceive Christmas presents. To

which Reese asked, not even pyja-mas?

I thought it was a really neatconnection for Reese to make, saidShelly. Its a cozy Christmas morn-

ing tradition weve always done. Weopen the pyjamas Christmas Eveso the kids snuggle into them forChristmas morning.

But its a luxury, which are

always the first to get cut.Reeses question prompted the

two of them to research if therewere any drives dedicated to thedonation of pyjamas in the LowerMainland.

Discovering there werent, theydecided to start one, partneringwith the Lower Mainland ChristmasBureau, which serves Richmond,the Surrey Bureau and the DeltaAssist.

In the first year, Shelly sent outemails to friends and family, andmanaged to collect 365 pairs anumber which rose to 1,422 lastyear.

Through Browns promotionsand press publicity, several LowerMainland elementary schools havejumped on board, acting as a dropoff point for donations and havingkids raise awareness through post-ers. The contributions now includeother bedtime paraphernalia such asteddy bears and robes.

Its really exploded, saidShelly. Its such a simple, com-forting idea. And its really shownReese a lot about the generosity ofthe community. People really camewhen called.

For more information, visit face-book.com/The.Christmas.Pyjama.Drive, or email [email protected].

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Hockey coach pleads guilty to assaulting player in tripping case


Reese Shelly, 8, and his sister Kiera, 4, are raising awareness for hisChristmas Pyjama Drive. They receive pyjama donations and deliverthem to Lower Mainland Christmas bureaus for those in need.

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Mark Pawson onbullying

The lawyer for a minor leaguehockey coach who infamouslytripped a 13-year-old Richmondboy last summer during a postgamehandshake will be arguing for anon-custodial sentence when hisclient appears for sentencing inJanuary.

Martin Joseph George Tremblay,the coach of the University of B.C.Hornets, pleaded guilty Tuesdayto one count of assault stemmingfrom the June 23 incident at UBCs

Thunderbird Arena, which left theboy nursing an injured wrist.

The incident, which occurredfollowing a minor hockey champi-onship game, was put on YouTubeby a parent and has since beenviewed globally.

In the footage, Tremblay, whoseteam won the game 5-4, is seenmoving through the postgamehandshake line. Hes seen stickingout his right foot, which causedone player and then a second to fallto the ice.

Afterward, Tremblay, 48, is seenraising his middle finger to the

crowd. The 13-year-old boy injuredhis wrist in the fall.

Tremblay was initially chargedwith two separate counts of assaultfollowing his arrest. They wererolled into the single count ofassault, to which he pleaded guiltyTuesday in Richmond Provincialcourt.

He feels terrible about whathappened, his lawyer, RobertBellows told media Tuesday.

Its had consequences for theboys, its had consequences forhim. Its been a very difficult timefor him.

Bellows added that Tremblaywrote letters of apology to bothboys expressing his remorse. Theletters were handed to the Crownon Tuesday as part of the days pro-ceedings.

Bellows said he will be arguingfor a non-custodial sentence whenTremblay appears for sentencingJan. 31. He said hes not sure whatthe Crown will be seeking in termsof punishment.

It doesnt warrant jail sentence,in my opinion, he said.

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The provincial government is preparing tokick off the first round of public consultationinto replacing the 53-year-old Massey Tunnel.

The tunnel has about 10 to 15 years left in itbefore it will start to need major repairs, withany replacement project taking around 10 yearsto plan, construct and finish.

Open houses begin in Delta on Dec. 1 at theDelta Town & Country Hotel, before the peopleof Richmond get their first bite at the consulta-tion on Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 6 to 9 p.m. (pre-sentation at 8 p.m.) at the Sandman VancouverAirport Hotel, 10251 Saint Edwards Dr.

The next open house in the city is onTuesday, Dec. 11, from 6 to 9 p.m. (presenta-tion at 8 p.m.) at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

Other open houses are planned throughoutthe month in Cloverdale and South Surrey.

The existing four-lane tunnel opened in

1959 and now carries more than 80,000 vehi-cles each day under the south arm of the FraserRiver.

Its the only major Fraser River crossing inMetro Vancouver with a single lane of trafficin the off-peak direction during the daily com-mute.

The launch of the public consultation is thefirst step to help determine the most appropri-ate solution to meet the growing needs of fami-lies, commuters, businesses and others whorely on the crossing.

The consultation program will include avariety of methods for the public and stake-holders to be involved and provide input,including online engagement, stakeholdermeetings and five public open houses.

The ministry will use this input to developa short-list of potential replacement options foradditional public consultation in the new year.

Premier Christy Clark announced at lastmonths Union of B.C. Municipalities confer-

ence the governments intention to replace thetunnel.

Traffic congestion is one of the mainconcerns of our region, said Mayor MalcolmBrodie.

Over time, the Massey Tunnel has been amajor negative factor affecting the efficientmovement of both people and goods around ourregion and in our city.

The Minister of Transportation andInfrastructure, Mary Polak, said the status quois simply not an option.

Deltas mayor Lois Jackson said Delta is thecommunity probably most affected by tunnelcongestion and it is a great relief to see areplacement plan.

For several years, we have been lobbyingfor something to be done and I would person-ally like to thank Premier Christy Clark andTransportation Minister Mary Polak for listen-ing and taking decisive action in moving for-ward with this vital link, said Jackson.

Man, 23,found

burned todeath

The remains of a bodyfound in a burned-out car inVancouver on the weekendhave been identified as a23-year-old Richmond man.

The Vancouver PoliceDepartment have launcheda murder investigation afterMatthew Johnathan Hallwas found last Saturdaynight as firefighters put outa car fire on Carolina Streetjust off Terminal Avenue.

Hall was known topolice, say the VPD,which believes the kill-ing was targeted. The caseis now being treated asVancouvers ninth homicideof the year.

Stand-off sus-pect named

The man who diedin hospital after apolice standoff outsidethe Starlight Casinoin Queensborough hasbeen named as MehrdadBayrami, 48, of Richmond.

The B.C. CoronersService issued a pressrelease Tuesday, identifyingBayrami as the man shotNov. 8 after a five-hourlong incident outside thecasino, which led to theman suffering a gunshotwound to the body.

Police had respondedafter reports of shots beingfired in the casinos park-ing lot.

Bayrami was taken toRoyal Columbian Hospital,but died 10 days later.

The newly formedIndependent InvestigationsOffice has been tasked toinvestigate the shooting.

Two Richmond brothers charged withbeating two gay men while allegedly yellinghomophobic slurs at them should be con-victed of assault causing bodily harm, courtheard Wednesday.

Ravinder Robbie Bassi and ParminderPeter Bassi are on trial on the charges, aris-ing from an attack outside the Keefer Streetcondo of David Holtzman and Peter Regierin June 2010.

Crown prosecutor Kirstin Murphy toldVancouver Provincial Court that the broth-ers were identified by the victims and two

witnesses, and photos of them running fromthe area were captured on surveillance video.The two brothers have pleaded not guilty.

The Crown, which has to prove beyond areasonable doubt that the two attackers werethe Bassi brothers, told court the victims hadgiven statements to police describing theirattackers before police released a photo ofthe suspects. She said later descriptions afterthe release were consistent with the earlierstatements and the identification of the broth-ers werent influenced by the photos.

The Bassi brothers lawyers on Tuesdaytried to have the police photo thrown out ofevidence, arguing the photo was too dark andgrainy for an ex-boss of Ravinders to be cer-

tain it was him.But Judge Raymond Low allowed the

photo to stand as evidence.Court also heard more details about the

attack. Holtzman, who died earlier this yearof a heart attack, and Regier had returnedhome from a concert to find a man, whomthey allege was Ravinder Bassi, urinating ontheir condo. Holtzman said, Do you reallyhave to do this here? This is my home.

Holtzman said Ravinder asked him if hewas a fag and if he was serious.

Yes, Im a fag, and, yes, Im serious,court heard Holtzman replied.

For the full story, visit www.theprovince.com.

Massey tunnel project open houses start next week

Alleged gay-bash brothers face assault conviction

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World famous ships wheel maker passes awayMEMORIAL

If there is one name that stands out inthe maritime history of Richmond, its theLubzinski brothers.

Jack and Joseph founded the world-renowned Marine Products Company, whichbuilt high quality ship steering wheels on No.3 Road back in 1951.

Joseph sadly passed away at a Delta hos-pital Nov. 2, at the age of 85. An intimatecelebration of life took place Wednesday,Nov. 21.

Before his death, the brothers had pouredtheir heart and soul into the business, runningit for more than 50 years until it closed downin 2005.

Since then, they continued to contributeto the ship industry with exhibits of theirmachines and processes at the MaritimeFestival in 2011 and 2012.

In the wake of Josephs death, Jack, now90, recalled his youngest brother as a persis-tent person with an iron work ethic.

He was easy to work with. For Joe, itwasnt a case of quitting at five; he wouldwork until nine or ten, or early in the morn-ing. He made an effort to make things work.

Relentless dedication is something theLubzinski brothers had in common as theywere able to turn one of Richmonds oldestmanufacturers into a thriving business.

The mahogany steering wheel they manu-factured was used in more than 40 magnetic

mine sweepers for the U.S. navy.A job in the ship industry had always been

on the cards for Joseph, who quit school atthe age of 16 and went on to work on fishingboats at Britannia Shipyard, an area where hespent most of his life.

When Jack jumped in to produce a suit-able steering wheel for his brothers boat,their skills proved complementary.

While Jack was devoted to designing anddeveloping innovative products, Joseph ranthe shop and travelled the U.S. as a salesman.

I spent my life going to school, and Joespent his life working, making it possible forme to go to school, Jack grinned.

He also recalled their special bond startedat a young age. With Joseph being the young-est of five boys, Jack spent most time withhim as the two of them were often homealone.

Our other brothers got attached to otherfamilies, but Joe and I never married, so westayed attached to each other through build-ing things together, he said.

While Joseph had already spent severalmonths in hospital, his death still came unex-pectedly. He was first admitted when he hadtrouble breathing, said Jack.

After that, he had a hard time swallow-ing, so they put a tube in his stomach. Hethought hed heal soon, but it dragged on formonths. And then his nerve condition pro-gressed worse rather than better.

Although Jack is a man of few words just like his brother Josephs death hitshim hard.

I wish he was able to stay with me. I can-not think of anyone else who will want to dowhat he did, he said.

Nevertheless, the Lubzinski Centre forInnovation based in Point Roberts isdetermined to carry on where the brothersleft off, said director Judson Meraw.

The non-profit organization wants to fur-ther develop their work in both the marineproduct industry and quantum physics, withJoes spirit with us.

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The Lubzinski brothers, Jack, left, and the late Joseph, were founders of the MarineProducts Company and were world renowned for their ship steering wheels. Their workhad been on display at the Maritime Festival for the past couple of years.

BY ANNE-FLEUR KAMSTSpecial to the News


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An increased rate forwater meter users is one ofthe highlights of next yearsutility budget for the city.

Homeowners will payanything between $31 and$76 more next year for theirwater, sewer, garbage andrecycling, depending onwhether you live in an apart-ment, townhouse or single-family home.

But its likely the increaseto the water meter rates

which have been lowfor several years to encour-age residents to sign up formetering that will catchmost peoples attention.

Those living in single-family homes on a meteredrate look set to pay almosteight per cent more next yearfor utilities, up $64.55.

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Next year, the city willalso expand the current foodscraps/organic and blue boxrecycling service.

Many of the utility costincreases come direct fromMetro Vancouver and are outwith the citys control.

For proposed and esti-mated rates, yet to be rub-ber-stamped, visit www.richmond-news.com.

Meter rates set to risePedestrian casualties are

preventable.This is the message

Richmond RCMP, the Cityof Richmond, RichmondFire-Rescue and ICBCwanted to spread to thepublic when they kicked offtheir Fall Pedestrian SafetyCampaign Wednesdaymorning at the LansdowneCanada Line Station.

About a dozen volun-teers wearing bright yellowreflective vests handed outreflective armbands andpamphlets with reminderslike: remove your head-phones and dont use yourcell phone or other electron-ics while walking; alwaysmake eye contact with driv-ers before crossing the road;

and walk facing traffic ifthere are no sidewalks.

Richmond RCMP Cpl.Sherrdean Turley said asdaylight hours decrease,pedestrian collisions areincreasing. A 59-year oldRichmond resident wasstruck and killed on No. 3road after dusk earlier thismonth, which is part of astring of incidents that haveoccurred in recent years.

She said the campaignwasnt in direct responseto the fatality, although itstrengthens the need formore public awareness.

Its really unfortunate even driving here fromour office this morning Ihad people running acrossthe street both in front ofme and behind me, saidTurley. Theres a lot ofpeople who dont take

the time to make it to thecorner of the street to usethe crosswalks, and that, ofcourse, increases the likeli-hood they will get hit. Itsalso harder for drivers tosee pedestrians because ofthe glare on the roadwayand the increased rain. So,hopefully, well be able tospeak to them here todayand save some lives.

Jill Blacklock, road safe-ty manager at ICBC, saidits in pedestrians best inter-est to take precautions.

When youre involvedin a crash with a car, yourethe one thats going to beinjured.

Blacklock said speak-ing to people who havebeen involved in incidents,pedestrians often respond,Im sure they saw me,it looked like the driverwas slowing down, whilemotorists say, I didnt seethem.

She added that accidentsinvolving pedestrians andcyclists are assessed ontheir own and its not alwaysthe driver that is at fault.

There are lots of times,unfortunately, that thepedestrian is 100 per-centresponsible for the crash.

City reinforces pedestrian safety

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BENJAMINYONGSPECIAL TO THE NEWS

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The first official B.C. Family Day statutory holiday is onFeb. 11, 2013. Chances are, many of us will be puttingour feet up watching TV, going shopping or taking off tothe ski slopes for a fun-filled break.

However, many of us wont we cant afford to.The Child Poverty Report Card released on Tuesday reveals

that B.C.s child poverty rate is still the worst of any province inCanada the exception being Manitoba.

The number of children estimated to be living in poverty inB.C. in 2010 was 119,000 or about one in every seven B.C. chil-dren. About two thirds, or 80,000, of those children lived in theLower Mainland.

Dr. John Millar of the Public Health Association of B.C. said,poverty robs children of their potential and increases ill health.High rates of income inequality are known to produce higherlevels of infant mortality, crime, mental illness, addictions,obesity, and lower levels of education and social mobility andtrust. This is a recipe for a very sick society, unless we turn thisaround.

Imagine: One in seven children in our province lives in pov-erty, in a province that boasts one of the highest living standardsin the world.

And consider this: Forget the stereotype of a welfare momwith six kids living in poverty. In 2010, 43 per cent of the poorchildren in B.C. 41,300 children lived in families with atleast one adult working full-time, for the full year.

Can the situation be changed? Experts say if you adjust thechild tax benefits, enhance EI benefits, provide affordable acces-sible daycare you can at least make a start.

Or, heres an idea: Take the dollar amount of lost productivityon Family Day and put that towards helping poor kids in B.C.We suspect that might make quite a difference.

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What is it like to be thesecond smartest person inthe world?

Let us set the scene. It isEngland, in the mid-1600s.A decade of strife betweenParliament and Crown hasleft one king headless andhis son, Charles II, leadinga restored court. Londonhas suffered plague and fire.

Science is being born.The Royal Society ofLondon for ImprovingNatural Knowledge iscollecting every cleverEnglish-speaking person,and exchanging letters withhalf the savants of the restof Europe.

At the centre of this isone of historys odd also-rans, Robert Hooke, thesocietys official experi-menter.

Never heard of him?Neither have about 99 percent of the people aroundthe world.

This is despite the factthat he worked on the theo-ry of gravity, discovered theprinciples of elasticity, drewthe rings of Saturn and cra-ters of the moon, inventeda key piece of clockwork,correctly theorized how fos-sils form, speculated aboutextinction 150 years beforeit was confirmed, and iden-tified and named biologicalcells.

Why is someone whoworked in so many fields -in addition to being a majorarchitect and city plannerfor London - now a foot-note?

Because he happened tolive and work alongside Sir

Isaac Newton.Hooke speculated about

gravity and the nature oflight at the same time thatNewton was formulatinghis own, more complete andaccurate works on the samesubjects.

What must being RobertHooke have been like? Inhis own lifetime he wasfamous and not exactly con-sidered a dunce. His bookMicrographia was a best-selling collection of illustra-tions and observations madethrough a microscope, afirst glimpse for thousandsof people of a world unseento the human eye.

But today everyone hasa mental image of Newton,even if it is just the urbanlegend involving an appletree. There isnt even a sur-viving portrait of Hooke. Heis faceless and if not forgot-ten, deep in shadow.

History is scattered withthese half-forgotten people.Alfred Russell Wallacedeveloped the theory ofevolution independentlyof Charles Darwin, andDarwin published his Originof Species largely becauseWallace was about to gopublic himself.

Tenzing Norgay was thesecond person to reach thesummit of Mount Everest.

Buzz Aldrin was the secondhuman on the surface of theMoon. Robert Scott was thesecond person to reach theSouth Pole, and is largelyremembered for not makingit back.

St. Jude is the otherJudas who palled aroundwith Jesus. It is not fornothing that he is the patronsaint of lost causes and isknown as the saint of lastresort.

Some of these forgottenalmost-got-there-first folkswill be remembered bet-ter in the future. Wallacesprofile has been on theupswing, and TenzingNorgays name shouldbecome more famous asmore people realize thatgetting to the summit ofEverest was a team effort,as Edmund Hilary alwayssaid.

Hooke himself wasa discoverer of the lost.Before him, it was thoughtthat fossils were sports ofnature that formed spon-taneously in rocks. But hesaw that they were hints toan unknown past.

There have been manyother Species of Creaturesin former Ages, of whichwe can find none at pres-ent, he wrote, and that tisnot unlikely also but thatthere may be divers newkinds now, which have notbeen from the beginning.

Hooke was a new kind,indeed. Let that kind not beforgotten.

Matthew Claxton is areporter for the LangleyAdvance.

The Editor,Having just read an article in the Globe and Mail, Mother

wanted schizophrenic son out of home before fatal fire, inquesttold, I felt compelled to write a letter to inform my fellowRichmond citizens about the challenges many families face,while caring for loved ones with severe mental health problemsright here in our city.

I have been seeking help for my family and 20-year-old sonfor many years.

Unfortunately, he is too sick to understand he needs treatmentand consequently will not seek treatment or apply for disabilityas in his mind he doesnt need it. To complicate matters further,if you suffer from severe paranoia, all government agencies aresuspect.

This brings me back to the case in Coquitlam, which soundedvery similar to my situation. The mother in question called thepolice many times due to safety concerns ... ditto. In short,recommendations such as starting a program in Coquitlam inwhich a psychiatric nurse and police officer respond to mentalhealth calls together were suggested. We need a similar programin Richmond. I wonder how many people know that, when youphone the emergency mental health line, you reach a machineinforming you that you will get a call back within the next hour.

Even the police cant get through! Ive watched them try.Another issue is Richmond Hospital is short-staffed during theholidays. I was repeatedly asked last year if it was really neces-sary for my son to be hospitalized when they were short-staffed.

Several phone calls later, they conceded and he was hospital-ized for two weeks, then released with no follow-up for any ofus; apparently he falls into every grey area. With the holidayseason fast approaching, my anxiety is heightening.

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LettersNo to ESL forCanadian bornThe Editor,

When are the taxpayers going to jump upand down and say enough is enough?

Why are we funding the learning ofEnglish for children who are born in Canadabut speak another language at home, in ourschool system?

Who are the students going without whilethis is being funded?

If families choose to raise their children incultural and language cocoons, why is it up tothe taxpayers to finance their learning of one(or in some cases, both) of Canadas officiallanguages?

My understanding is that there are a num-ber of pre-school programs that are avail-able to children that would be teaching themEnglish.

Furthermore, there are TV shows, radioshows, play programs, etc. available that chil-dren can access.

If the taxpayer were to stop funding thelearning of English and it were to become thefinancial responsibility of families to makesure that their children can speak English,would that make a difference in the attitudes?

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Corporation (VAFFC) has submit-ted another late study to rationalizethe truthiness of the low impact oftransporting large Panamax tankers withhighly flammable and toxic jet fuel intothe Fraser River, where they will thenunload it and store it in a large tank farmon the south banks of the river upstreamof a shipping bottleneck in the river theGeorge Massey Tunnel.

The VAFFC has again shown unmiti-gated gall and effrontery to claim that theunmitigated absolute worst case spillof toxic and flammable jet fuel into theFraser River estuary is only 40,000 barrelsor 6.36 million litres.

How can this be when the combinedcapacity of a 70 per cent laden Panamaxtanker unloading at the proposed marineterminal and the 80-million-litre tank farmis over 817,000 barrels or 130 millionlitres? This is over 20 times more than thefigure they used their latest submission.

The combined stored combustible andexplosive energy in the tank farm and aPanamax tanker is equivalent to more thanone million tons of TNT. The condos, 400metres away from an exploding and burn-ing Panamax tanker and tank farm, would

be devastated by the searing radiant heat,flammable gas cloud, blast overpressureand flying debris. These are unacceptablerisks.

Jet fuel vapours and air mixturecan explode at a temperature as low as35C. Before any decision can be made,a System Safety Analysis must be pro-vided to identify the worst case hazardfootprints and the risk areas surroundingtanker, marine terminal and tank farm inorder to determine the worst case numberof deaths and casualties that may occur.

VAFFC, BC EnvironmentalAssessment Office and Port MetroVancouver are ignoring this sleeping,fire breathing dragon in the room. Theyhave not provided a System Safety Reportsimilar to one done for a tank farm in LosAngeles. It identifies the worst case haz-ard footprints and risk areas. They indi-cate the number of deaths and casualtiesthat could occur at various distances fromthe blast and fire.

If such a conflagration did occur, con-sider how much jet fuel would spill intothe fragile Fraser River estuary caused bythe catastrophic explosions, fires and fly-ing debris from the tank farm, tanker andmarine terminal.

Surely it must be an order of magni-

tude more than the unmitigated absoluteworst case spill they have assumed.

This misleading information andwrong assumption is still apparent intheir Spill Risk in the South Arm of theFraser River document that was submit-ted to BCEAO on June 1, but not posteduntil Nov. 19 on BCEAOs website, justafter the deadline for any comments thatcould be submitted by members of theirAdvisory Working Group that includesrepresentatives from the cities of Deltaand Richmond.

This highly hazardous project withsevere consequences is in the wrong placeat the wrong time. YVR jet fuel needscan be met by a pipeline-only solution toexisting refineries in Cherry Point, WAand Burnaby.

This would dramatically minimize theworst case consequences to the residentsnearby and the fragile Fraser River estu-ary.

This non-harmonious environmentalreview process is a travesty. It must befixed.

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Kick out the culpritsBULLYING

The Editor,Richmond should be paving the way for

a zero tolerance bully program and begin bymaking the parent(s) accountable for theirchildrens actions.

At the beginning of the school year,every student and his/her parent(s) shouldattend an assembly in the gymnasiumregarding the zero tolerance rule of theschool.

Upon an infraction and based on theseverity, kick them out of the school and letthe parents deal with finding another schoolto register them in. This would includebystanders who watch, video and encourageany act of bully behaviour.

After switching schools a couple or afew times, and if that student continuestheir behaviour, home schooling wouldseem to be the final and only option forsomeone of their type and attitude.

We dont need our kids having to endurefear and these senseless difficulties of

attending school only to be belittled by adistraught coward.

With a parent teetering on the edge ofhaving to home-school their child, you willsee the parent take action on their bullychild where we will see a definite improve-ment on their attitudes.

As for social media, we need to targetthe provider of that media to become aBull-E-patrol where any cyber bullying canbe reported, monitored and will be dealtwith by cancelling their account and barringtheir IP address from any future accounts.

Again, it is holding the parent(s)accountable where the parents accountswill be frozen from access due to the sameIP address. Sure, there may be ways aroundit by having their IP address changed orcovered up, but the hassle to do so wouldmake them more cautious and deal withtheir bully child.

Andrew CarasRichmond

The Editor,I submit that there is a simple way to

distinguish between bullying (behaviour)from ordinary playground altercations ask all the participants (separately)

whether they are engaging in the activityvoluntary.

If one party says no, its bullying.Tom Do

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A popular gym closed its doors after giv-ing staff less than 12 hours notice.

More than 1,000 customers are under-stood to be locked out of Golds gymat Riverports entertainment andleisure complex in southeastRichmond.

Gym bosses called all 10staff members on Sundaynight, informing them not tocome into work on Monday asthe facility would be closed.

One staff member, who askednot to be named, said theyd heardrumours that the gym was los-ing money and that other businesses, suchas trampolining firm Extreme Air Park andPlanet Lazer, were moving into the building.

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It might be a challenge to silence aroom filled with energetic elementaryschool students, but Mayor MalcolmBrodie succeeded, needing nothing morethan a story.

Lending his support to the NationalReading Campaign, Brodie treated thirdgraders of BC Muslim School and fourthand fifth graders of Willian Cook ele-mentary to an old classic and a contem-porary fable during a reading session at

Richmond Public Library Nov. 20.We invited the mayor because we

wanted somebody in a leadership positionto set an example for the children, saidMelanie Au, head of Kids Place. Theidea behind the national campaign is toget whole families reading, and if chil-dren see adults do it, they are encouragedto do so themselves.

Brodie got the audience attentivelylistening to Robert Munschs Mortimerand Nicholas Oldlands Big Bear Hug,selected to promote the joy of readingand to convey the message that love con-

quers everything.And while students had their ears and

eyes wide open, he shared some inspiringwords on the importance of literacy.

No matter what you will do later inlife, youll find pleasure and informationin reading.

BC Muslim Schools Alina Malik andMalak Mustafa, both eight years old, arealready setting a good example, spendingevery day with their noses in the books.

I really like reading because the sto-ries are interesting, especially those ongirls stuff, magic and fantasy, said Alina.

We make ourselves smarter by read-ing, added Malak. No matter what youread, fiction or non-fiction, you learnnew things, new words.

Literacy indeed is the key to successin life, according to Au. Readers arebrought to places theyve never gonebefore, she said.

Books also contain different points ofviews, encouraging readers to think out-side the box, which eventually results ininnovation and inventions.

Its also about hope because storieslet you think of the impossible, she said.

As a part of the recently launchedWhat did you read today? campaign,the library is also keen to know whichbook currently occupies residents bed-side table.

While attendees of the mayors read-ing were invited to create buttons withthe title of their current reading material,adults are encouraged to participate in an

online contest, running until Dec. 31.Entrants can tweet the title, author or

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As an added bonus, Kobo will donate$1 to the National Reading Campaign forevery contest entry tweet to help growreading across Canada.

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The twinkle in his eye and the excitement in his voicethat occur when Richmond artist and composer RaymondChow speaks about art or music makes it hard to believehes 71 years old.

I started piano when I was five, started painting at six.Painting has always been my living. When I was 17, therewere already three galleries representing my work.

He is hoping the same kind of success can be realizedby the young members of the Steveston Artist Society(SAS) that Chow helped establish in 2007, which is whyhe will be performing at an art auction concert held by thesociety at Richmond Fraserview Church tonight (Nov. 23).He will also be auctioning 28 pieces of his work to raisemoney for the SAS.

The SAS was set up to support the venture of emerg-ing artists, younger ones, like my friends children whoare 12, 13 and 14 years old. Another one is 22. Its to helpthem market their art to the cities around the world, saidChow.

One of the groups more famous art shows was atLansdowne Centre a few years ago where Chow had a girldress up as Mona Lisa and another artist paint her. Withabout a dozen members now, the SAS is made up of pri-

marily painters with some graphic animators and musiciansmixed in.

Eventually, the ultimate aim three to five years fromnow is to form an artist party of artists within Vancouver,other parts of Canada, China, India, South America, Brazil,and Australia, he said, adding there are scattered groups inplace now like the Federation of Canadian Artists and thePort Moody Art Association that lack unification.

On Friday, Chow will perform five or six of his 300original pieces, all inspired by his seven-foot Beijing jadedgrand piano. Also performing new material will be gui-tarist Tony Beaulieu. The Richmond Fraserview Churchis located at 11295 Mellis Dr. and the auction concertruns from 7 to 11 p.m. (live auction starts at 7:15 p.m.)Suggested donation is $15. For more information visit ray-mondchow.com.

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Raymond Chow, 71, will be performing at an art auctionat Richmond Fraserview Church tonight.


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Lying some 50 kilometres off NewZealands north-eastern coast, White Islandis an intimate volcanic experience.

Not the X-rated genre, but the kindwhere you get up close and personal with

steaming schisms, vents, and gaseousfumaroles that make up one of the mostaccessible, active marine volcanoes in theworld.

Coming here is to feel the rumbling ori-gins of Earth beneath your feet.

Currently one of New Zealands mostadventurous geothermal experiences, only ahandful of tour companies are permitted toset foot on the island.

Excursions operate out of the seasidetown of Whakatane, and while they areoffered year-round, departures are depen-dent on weather, and the islands tempera-ment.

She is, after all, an 180,000-year-old,untamed part of the world that ranks analert level rating of 1, meaning she isalways active and constantly steaming.

Level 5 is a national disaster. Other thana Level 2 rating in 2000, when the volcanocoughed up ash for a month or two, whichtotally altered its landscape, and a lessereruption in 2011, White Island usuallyremains quiet enough to welcome visitors.

The trip is accessible to almost everyonewho is up for two hours of walking, andsometimes clambering across rough terrain.

Note, however, that if youre arriving

by boat (helicopter being the only otheroption), getting onto the island itselfinvolves a Zodiac transfer, a climb up steelladders, a careful walk down a crumbling

concrete wharf that is bolted together withmetal sheets, and maneuvering over andaround large, round boulders just to get to

Feel rumbling origins of Earth beneath feetNEW ZEALAND

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The tour guide holds up a piece of sulphur crystal from the active marine volcano onWhite Island in New Zealand. Left, the tour treks to the core of the volcano.

see No-mans land page 20

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your tour assembly point.But once youve made

it that far, the real adven-ture begins.

The Moaris traditionalname for the place is TePuia o Whakaari, meaningThe Dramatic Volcano named with good reason.

As in Gullivers Land ofBrobdingnag, the gi-nor-mous scale of everythinghere diminishes you toinsignificance: Volcanicwalls rise to over 300metres, broken only bymassive areas of cliff-side

space where the outerwalls have been blastedout to sea.

Across the crater floorof red iron oxide andlush beds of yellow andwhite sulphur crystals, arestrewn leftovers from pre-vious eruptions: bedrocksthe size of houses.

And at the islandspowerful, unpredictableheart is a turquoise lake ofsulphuric acid-rich waterthat only drifts into sightwhen the wind clears theclouds of steam from thewaters surface (a sizzling

400 degrees celsius), andpushes them up into thesky like some peace pipeoffering.

Then there are the hiss-ing sulphur holes, bub-bling hot mud pools, andcalcified mounds that looksolid enough to climb inorder to get a better Kodakmoment.

But it pays to listen toyour guides safety adviceand stay on the path.Those same outcrops areliable to collapse at thetouch, sending you andyour camera to the

earths core.Youre also equipped

with a must-wear hard hat,and a gas mask for whenan unexpected earth-burpenvelops you with its nox-ious, sulphurous stench.

Drinking bottled waterand sucking on hard-boiled candies go a longway to easing any throatirritations.

In its heyday, though,before the island becamea scenic preserve, thevolcano was better knownfor its short-lived miningoperations.

The Moari had longharvested the islandssulphur as a fertilizer fortheir gardens back onthe mainland, but it tookEuropean prospectors totry and transform thoseresources into a commer-cial venture.

Purchased for two bar-rels of rum in the 1830s,White Island was turnedinto a sulphur processingoperation.

However, the acidicand harsh environmentalconditions were as unfor-giving on machinery asthey were on people, andin spite of several attemptsof various entrepreneurialdie-hards, every one ofthem failed.

So in 1914, when thesouthwest corner of thecrater wall caved in, oper-ations ceased for good.The volcanic landslidedestroyed the buildings,buried 11 miners andwiped out the workforce,confirming that this wastruly, and still is, a no-

mans land.The decaying ruins of

the mining colony are stillevident, however, as incollapsing stonewalls, andrusted machinery, whichmake for somber testi-mony and atmosphericphotos of mans effortsagainst the force of nature.

While there are manyplaces on New ZealandsNorth Island to experi-ence the countrys famousgeothermal activities Rotorua being themost celebrated noth-ing compares to the rawsplendor of White Island.Coming here is certainlyno majestic moonwalk.

Rather, it is to feel thestill-roaring origins ofEarth with every step andwith every sense.

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No-mans land:All past attempts to settle, colonize failedContinued from page 19

If you go Vulcan Helicopter: www.vulcanheli.co.nzWhite Island Tours: www.whiteisland.co.nz Tourism New Zealand: www.newzealand.com

PHOTO BY CHRIS MCBEATH

Human ants slowly crawl up the crater of the volcanoon White Island.


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