Queen’s Park Stadium could “go the way of the buffalo” without more fans in the stands. That’s the fear of David Brett, president of the Queen’s Park Residents’ Association, who joined representatives from the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce and Royal City Youth Soccer at a press confer- ence Wednesday in support of a proposal that would see the stadium refurbished and used by a pro soccer team affiliated with the Vancouver Whitecaps. “Personally, I believe that continuing the stadium in its current use is one way to ensure that it may be demolished in the future,” he said. “The playing surface is for the players, but the stadium is for the fans. Without fans coming out to occupy the sta- dium, I think the stadium might go the way of the buffalo eventually.” Brett said the majority of residents he’s spoken to about the proposal are excited about the prospect of the Whitecaps bring- ing an USL team to Queen’s Park. “It is seen as a real valued neighbour- hood amenity to be able to walk to high- profile, high-calibre sporting events like the New Westminster Salmonbellies, and now, possibly, soccer,” he said. “Many resi- dents have withheld their support because they still have valid questions, such as the precise economic details of the proposal. However, I would put in the minority camp the people who are adamantly opposed.” Brett said all residents are unified on their desire to see issues of traffic, parking and access for youth sports addressed. He said there is “a little bit of confusion” among some residents” – due in part to the pres- ence of Save Queen’s Park Stadium signs displayed in the community – who think the proposal means the stadium would be bulldozed, rather than refurbished. Brett said the residents’ association has tried to get the word out about the proposal to its members and encourage them to attend consultation sessions. “We put to a vote the question, ‘Do you support the Whitecaps USL pro soccer proposal?’ Fifty-eight per cent of respon- dents to the poll said yes,” he said. “On a personal note, when I see a couple of well- known entrepreneurs and a well-respected sports franchise wanting to locate in New Westminster, I think that is a sign that the Royal City is on the rise and it’s very encouraging.” In addition to the current Whitecaps FC ownership group, the franchise will be co-owned and operated by Ian Gillespie of Westbank Projects Corp. and New Westminster native Gary Pooni of Brook Pooni Associates. More than 20 residents attended the Aug. 25 council meeting to express concern about the timeline for making a decision, as well as the community and economic impacts of the proposal. On July 8, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the City of New Westminster held a press conference to announce they had signed a memorandum of understanding to work toward launching a United Soccer Leagues PRO franchise in New Westminster. The Whitecaps are working to a Sept. 15 dead- line from the USL to put in their applica- tion, a timeline that would allow the club to launch its first season in March 2015 at Queen’s Park Stadium. The chamber, the residents’ association and the soccer club held a press conference at Queen’s Park on Sept. 3 to declare their support for the plan. Jamie Woods, a director with the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce, said businesses are excited about the prospect of having a revenue source to fund repairs to Queen’s Park Stadium, that have been needed for some time, and having a fun family outing on game days. Businesses also indicated they expect the City of New Westminster to accommodate New West baseball elsewhere in the city with a field of similar design. The New Westminster Chamber of Commerce’s board has also considered the proposal and support it, conditional on the FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2014 N E W W E S T M I N S T E R INSIDE TODAY: Theatre not for the squeamish P11 NEWS , SPORTS , OPINION & ENTERTAINMENT WWW .ROYALCI TYRE CORD.COM FOLLOW US ON TWITTER twitter .com/TheRecord JOIN US ON FACEBOOK facebook.com/RoyalCityRecord For more photos, scan with Layar Soccer plan would save the stadium BY THERESA MCMANUS REPORTER [email protected]Getting support: Whitecaps CEO and president Bob Lenarduzzi fields media questions following a Wednesday press conference by three groups who have come out in support of a pro soccer plan for Queen’s Park Stadium. A press conference came a week after more than 20 residents voiced concern about the proposal at a city council meeting last week. 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Queen’s Park Stadium could “go theway of the buffalo” without more fans inthe stands.
That’s the fear of David Brett, presidentof the Queen’s Park Residents’ Association,who joined representatives from the NewWestminster Chamber of Commerce andRoyal City Youth Soccer at a press confer-ence Wednesday in support of a proposalthat would see the stadium refurbished andused by a pro soccer team affiliated with theVancouver Whitecaps.
“Personally, I believe that continuingthe stadium in its current use is one wayto ensure that it may be demolished in thefuture,” he said. “The playing surface is forthe players, but the stadium is for the fans.Without fans coming out to occupy the sta-dium, I think the stadium might go the wayof the buffalo eventually.”
Brett said the majority of residents he’sspoken to about the proposal are excitedabout the prospect of the Whitecaps bring-ing an USL team to Queen’s Park.
“It is seen as a real valued neighbour-hood amenity to be able to walk to high-profile, high-calibre sporting events likethe New Westminster Salmonbellies, andnow, possibly, soccer,” he said. “Many resi-dents have withheld their support becausethey still have valid questions, such as theprecise economic details of the proposal.However, I would put in the minority campthe people who are adamantly opposed.”
Brett said all residents are unified ontheir desire to see issues of traffic, parkingand access for youth sports addressed. Hesaid there is “a little bit of confusion” amongsome residents” – due in part to the pres-ence of Save Queen’s Park Stadium signsdisplayed in the community – who thinkthe proposal means the stadium would bebulldozed, rather than refurbished.
Brett said the residents’ association hastried to get the word out about the proposalto its members and encourage them toattend consultation sessions.
“We put to a vote the question, ‘Do
you support the Whitecaps USL pro soccerproposal?’ Fifty-eight per cent of respon-dents to the poll said yes,” he said. “On apersonal note, when I see a couple of well-known entrepreneurs and a well-respectedsports franchise wanting to locate in NewWestminster, I think that is a sign thatthe Royal City is on the rise and it’s veryencouraging.”
In addition to the current WhitecapsFC ownership group, the franchise will beco-owned and operated by Ian Gillespieof Westbank Projects Corp. and NewWestminster native Gary Pooni of BrookPooni Associates.
More than 20 residents attended theAug. 25 council meeting to express concern
about the timeline for making a decision,as well as the community and economicimpacts of the proposal.
On July 8, Vancouver Whitecaps FC andthe City of New Westminster held a pressconference to announce they had signed amemorandum of understanding to worktoward launching a United Soccer LeaguesPRO franchise in New Westminster. TheWhitecaps are working to a Sept. 15 dead-line from the USL to put in their applica-tion, a timeline that would allow the clubto launch its first season in March 2015 atQueen’s Park Stadium.
The chamber, the residents’ associationand the soccer club held a press conferenceat Queen’s Park on Sept. 3 to declare their
support for the plan.Jamie Woods, a director with the New
Westminster Chamber of Commerce, saidbusinesses are excited about the prospectof having a revenue source to fund repairsto Queen’s Park Stadium, that have beenneeded for some time, and having a funfamily outing on game days. Businessesalso indicated they expect the City of NewWestminster to accommodate New Westbaseball elsewhere in the city with a field ofsimilar design.
The New Westminster Chamber ofCommerce’s board has also considered theproposal and support it, conditional on the
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Getting support: Whitecaps CEO and president Bob Lenarduzzi fields media questions following a Wednesday press conferenceby three groups who have come out in support of a pro soccer plan for Queen’s Park Stadium. A press conference came a weekafter more than 20 residents voiced concern about the proposal at a city council meeting last week.
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The B.C. Nurses Union (BCNU) is blam-ing bed closures at New Westminster’s RoyalColumbian Hospital (RCH) on the provin-cial government’s lack of a long-term humanresources plan for nurses.
Two critical care beds at RCH have beenclosed for several weeks and will stay closeduntil Sept. 30 because there aren’t enough spe-cialty trained ICU nurses to backfill shifts.
BCNU vice-president Christine Sorensensaid nurses are concerned the loss of beds willcompromise patient care and exacerbate over-capacity issues in the emergency department.
Such closures could be avoided with a long-term human resources plan for nurses, she said,but as far as nurses can tell, the governmentand the health authorities don’t have one.
She points to extensive use of overtime andnurses regularly being called on their days off
to pick up extra shifts.“It seems to be that a lot of the coverage
for these departments is at the last minute,”Sorensen told The Record.
She said RCH administrators would haveknown since last November when nurses weretaking vacations and other leaves.
“They would have had ample time to planfor this and recruit new staff, orient new staffand ensure that they had adequate staffing, sothat closures would not be required,” Sorensensaid.
She said her union has long called for morespecialty trained nurses, but government andthe health authorities have been slow to act.
“There’s a cost factor to specialty training,so I surmise that that’s probably one of the fac-tors,” Sorensen said.
Fraser Health executive director for criticalcare, Lakh Bagri, however, said Fraser Healthhas put “lots of effort” into making sure it hasenough ICU nurses.
He said the health authority has just securedsix extra speciality education seats for nursesat BCIT and eight more in a pilot program atKwantlen Polytechnic University.
“Unfortunately over the next weeks we dohave a shortage at RCH,” he said.
Bagri said administrators can’t predict sickleaves or maternity leaves.
“We’ve just come across a situation whereyou’ve got more mat leaves than usual throughthis part of the year,” he said, “and we’ve gota few people who are off on disability or long-term.”
As for the bed closures, Bagri said FraserHealth has actually seen a net increase of ICUbeds this summer with the opening of 13 inSurrey Memorial Hospital’s new critical caretower.
Any expansion in the network of beds helpsRCH, Bagri said, because patients can be movedto other hospitals where there is more space.
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Dispute: Some good news, bad news
B.C.’s Education Minister PeterFassbender has some good newsand bad news about the ongoingteachers’ strike. The good newsis teachers could be back in theirclassrooms within 24 hours of a
deal being reached; the bad newsis there’s no sign of a deal beingdone.
The Record spoke withFassbender Wednesday afternoon,as part of a series of phone inter-views with local newsrooms.
“It’s going to vary a little bit dis-trict to district, but on the whole theadministration of all the districts– I met with all the school super-intendents – are doing everythingthey can to be ready at virtually24 hours’ notice,” he said. “Theremay be some that are a little more
complicated. They are all lookingat that and getting as ready as theypossibly can.”
Fassbender said the provincewants to see students back inschools and teachers back teachingbut the B.C. Teachers’ Federation“needs to get realistic” when itcomes to their wage and benefitwants.
“They need to come into thezone with other public sectorunions,” he said. “We are preparedto negotiate class size and compo-sition, and have put a firm offer on
the table of $375 million over thelife of the contract.”
The strike is a constant sourceof discussion among parents, withmany struggling to find alterna-tive programs or care for their chil-dren when they would normallybe in school.
Some students are even itch-ing to get back into school afteran extended summer vaca-tion, and others are wonderingwhat the strike means to their
Nurses concerned about bed closuresBY CORNELIA NAYLOR [email protected]
Fassbender: Schoolscould open in 24hours – if deal is cutBY THERESA MCMANUS [email protected]
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city entering into an acceptable financialarrangement to make this happen.
Woods said the organization is excitedthat the Whitecaps and the City of NewWestminster have entered into discussionsto locate a USL team in Queen’s ParkStadium. He said the chambersent out a survey to its 375members last week and askedfor their thoughts on the pro-posal.
“Within 24 hours we had102 responses. That’s a 27 percent response rate, which wewere quite impressed by,” hesaid. “Eighty per cent of thosemembers indicated their sup-port of the proposal. They gavea number of reasons for sup-porting the proposal. They citedthe Whitecaps’ strong commu-nity work throughout their his-tory. They are excited about theboost to the city’s profile – theWhitecaps would be a goodcommunity partner and wouldbe in the community often.”
Guy Ciprian, president of the Royal CityYouth Soccer Club, said the organizationsees the proposal as an opportunity for bothsoccer and the community at large. He saidit’s an opportunity to revitalize the “agingand decaying” historic stadium, which isimportant to the club and to develop eco-nomic opportunities for businesses.
For Royal City Youth Soccer, Cipriansaid it’s a “priceless” opportunity for kidsto have access to professional athletes andcoaches who are willing to give back to thecommunity.
“Although we expect short-term pain oflosing the stadium this season, we see the
long-term gain for us. This is anopportunity that will provideus with a dedicated grass soccerpitch that will be used by theprofessional team from Marchto September. Since we haveoffsetting seasons, this meansit is available for our club touse in their off-season. Accessto additional field time for ourgrowing club is desperatelyneeded.”
The Royal City Soccer Club’sexecutive voted unanimouslyto support the proposal.
“I encourage our city coun-cil to find a way to make thisproposal work and enter intoa financially responsible agree-ment,” Ciprian said. “This is a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the city.”Nicholas and Benjamin MacKinnon,
members of Royal City Youth Soccer,attended the press conference with theirparents. The family has season tickets to theWhitecaps.
“It’s awesome,” nine-year-old Nicholassaid of the proposal. “It’s walking distance– not a half-hour drive.”
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Stadium: Youth soccer clubbacks plans for new pro team
“Although weexpect short-term pain of los-ing the stadiumthis season, wesee the long-term gain for us.”
GUY CIPRIANpresident, Royal CityYouth Soccer Club
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The man accused of killing two NewWestminster women last summer mightnot stand trial – according to his lawyer.
Sarbjit Bains, the 32-year-old accusedof murdering Karen Nabors and Jill Lyonsmore than one year ago, appeared in pro-vincial court on Wednesday. Appearingvia videoconference from the North FraserPretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam, wherehe’s been held since his arrest in January,the Surrey resident looked tired as hisattorney, criminal defence lawyer JodiMichaels, explained to the judge the casecould be “resolved prior to the hearing.”
Michaels said that the case would likelybe wrapped up within the next coupleof weeks to a month and that a hearing
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Bains will be back in court on Sept.10, one week from Wednesday’s appear-ance, to set a date for the six-day hearing.If the case does proceed to a hearing,both Crown and the defence will presentevidence to the judge who will decidewhether or not there is enough evidence toproceed to trial.
Bains is accused of killing Lyons, 45,and Nabors, 48. Both women were founddead in their respective apartments in the200 block of 11th Street in August 2013.
Motive and cause of death remainunknown.
The man who struck and killed GemmaSnowball in March 2013 was absolved ofa failure to appear charge – a charge hereceived recently when he missed his sen-tencing hearing.
As The Record previously reported,Kelowna resident Ryan Follack receivedthe charge when he failed to appear for hisscheduled Aug. 8 sentencing hearing inNew Westminster.
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It’s a common scenario. You open upyour monthly bill, grimace at the char-ges, and then insult is met with injury– the company is charging you a fee forsending your bill by mail.
The “pay-to-pay” schememay soon be coming to an endas Industry Minister JamesMoore has announced thegovernment will introducea bill this fall to ban the practice. Thebill is targeted at the country’s major
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The consumer-focused think-tankPublic Interest Advocacy Centre
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That’s $500 million that’s not beingspent on groceries, housing, entertain-
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More good thanbad in stadium planI’m sure you’ve heard a lot
of public outcry regardingthe whole Queen’s Park
Stadium renovation proposal.I wish to lend my voice to theside in favour of this expeditingof the city’s plans for VancouverWhitecaps FC.
Queen’s Park is the centreof much interest oflate. The city has beenformulating plans toupgrade the aginginfrastructure andamenities for some time now.One particular item on the listis Queen’s Park Stadium, thesubject of a great debate thesepast few weeks. The old concretestructure, originally intended forhigh-level sport, is beloved bylocals but in need of structuralupgrades. The baseball diamondit encompasses is used regu-larly, but the grandstand itself,“was underused” and wouldrequire “a good deal of work toupgrade” (from Queen’s ParkMaster Plan). One possible out-come that the master plan sug-gests is demolishing the struc-ture entirely. That was unless“higher-level play can be foundto use the facility.”
Through businessman andNew Westminster resident GaryPooni, Vancouver Whitecaps FCwere introduced to the city coun-cil. It just so happens that theWhitecaps wish to field a lower-division, professional men’ssoccer team – it also just sohappens that New Westminsterowns a largely under-utilizedstadium in a prime location. If
the Whitecaps were to sign along-term lease agreement withthe city, on the condition thatthe renovations get underwaysooner than previously planned,they’d sign on the dotted lineand the city would have a wel-come source of revenue to payfor the costly park upgrades.
Plus, on top of that,residents wouldn’tlose the historicQueen’s Park Stadiumto a wrecking ball.
One consequence of this planis the displacement of youthbaseball that is currently playedat Queen’s Park Stadium. This istruly unfortunate but does notspell the end-times for the sportof baseball in New Westminster,as some people foretell. A sta-dium that seats nearly 2,000people has proven to be unneces-sary for youth baseball. The citypromises a new diamond, withbleachers and lights, would bebuilt to accommodate the needsof Little League baseball.
Queen’s Park Stadium is,and always was, a stadium builtwith the intent of hosting high-level sport. As no professionalbaseball team is likely to turn upany time soon, it would be up tothe taxpayers of the city to fundongoing and costly structuralrepairs for a building that is onlyfilled once per year for May Day.Either that, or pay for the demo-lition and replacement of thestructure, which although pru-dent, is not favourable as there isa strong community attachment
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Preserve Queen’s Park for allDear Editor:
Re: Stay the course, Letters to the editor, TheRecord, Aug. 29.
I love Queen’s Park. It is a welcoming, digni-fied, friendly, relaxing and invigorating commons.The park now has something for everyone, includ-ing families, runners, people with dogs, couples,singles, non-profit groups and out-of-town tourists.The parking is free and ample, and natural wildlife,including resident ravens, still has room to thrive. Itis a large, beautiful civic gem in the city’s crown.
We already are an inclusive, cohesive city. Wedon’t need a pro-sports corporation to help us buildcommunity. We don’t need the noise, crowds, gar-bage, traffic or loss of public enjoyment of space,and Queen’s Park doesn’t need to tread into pos-sible neighbourhood or financial troubled waters.
I hope and trust council will stay the course it hasbeen on for at least the past six years, if not more:bringing us together through sensitive develop-ment.
Judith Berlin, New Westminster
Letter from a ‘whiny’ teacherDear Editor:
Full disclosure: I am a lazy, greedy, obedientteacher with more to whine about. Last year Iarrived at my high school and I reached into mymailbox surprised to find my classroom suppliesfor the year: three pencils, four pens, tied with onebrown elastic.
History: My school district is trying to settle a $5-million debt, partially accumulated because of therestricted funding to all B.C. school districts. Our
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staff and administration have been tryingto deliver the same educational serviceswith less funding since 2002 because ofEducation Minister Christy Clark’s visionfor a strong two-tier education system.
Yet, optimistically, I strolled to my class-room and giggled at the inadequacy of thesupplies in my fist. With greed in my heartI gleefully fondled my stash of hoardedsupplies accumulated from years before:not quite enough.
Lazy, I just went out to Walmart andbought the supplies my students need tolearn. As expected, I used up all my hoard-ed supplies before opening my personalsupply; I didn’t once ask for more. But I didwhine about it.
Today, I stand in Walmart trying to fillmy children’s teachers’ abundant wish listof supplies. Driven by greed, in June, I con-trived a scheme to save all my children’sgently used supplies so I could keep mymoney. Lazy self-interest fuels my quick20-minute shop for my children’s supplies.I purchase the minimum, under $80 for allthree kids. Good job!
Guilty in the till lineup with a full basketof supplies for my classroom and I start toquietly burn. My greedy self said, “WellI just won’t buy it. We can all suffer.” Mywhiny self said, “I don’t have the moneyto donate money to a system that is onthe brink of failure.” And my obedientself said, “Oh, come on, I have an obliga-tion to my students to have white boards,pens and ink to access their hard work andpaper for those who are without.”
The government is using my wages topay the families $40 per day per child tospend as each family wishes: take a longerholiday, redirect those funds to the private
education system, or donate it to the B.C.Liberal government. So why should I fundthe flighty idealism of a universal publiceducation system? Because I am driven to.
M.J. Hunt, by email
Stadium plan too rushedDear Editor:
I am addressing my comments to alltaxpayers, sports fans and park users in theCity of New Westminster.
In the last few weeks there have beena few comments circulating regarding theposition of New Westminster Baseball’sobjection to the Queen’s Park Stadium andthe Whitecaps proposal.
Our position has been made perfectlyclear. We base our objection to this proposalon having no, or at least minimal, informa-tion about this proposal, the public consul-tation process and the transparency issues,all of which need to be addressed.
We have no animosity towards thelocal soccer community or the VancouverWhitecaps. We wish them success in theirfuture plans, and this should not be a soccervs. baseball debate. This is about account-ability in the process and the condensedtimeline for a decision to be reached andthe project to be completed.
I would like to remind the readers thatthe timeline has been set by the Whitecapsto be ready for play by March 15, 2015.
We suggest the amount of time to refitQueen’s Park Stadium, build a new base-ball facility and refit a second baseballdiamond for the displaced groups is notsufficient. This would also displace soccergroups currently using both of these facili-ties this winter.
The cost of this project has not been pub-lished to date, we have not seen any type of
Teacher ‘laziness’ revealed◗ continued from page 6
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to the building.Vancouver Whitecaps
FC would not be the onlybeneficiaries of these pro-posed upgrades to thestadium, though. In fact, itwould be outright illegalfor the city to do this.Existing community eventsthat have previously takenplace at the stadium canand would continue,with the added bonus ofincreased seating capacityand better facilities. Also,Royal City Youth Soccerwill gain an additionalfield, next-door to the sta-dium, on which to practiseand play.
The good soundlyoutweighs the bad in thisequation. The residents ofNew Westminster would
have a local, competi-tive sports team to rallybehind; the baseball com-munity would have abrand new diamond that’smore appropriate for theirneeds, and the city wouldfind a much-needed sourceof revenue to help pay forthe costly renovations thatthe park needs.
On top of all that, vis-iting soccer teams fromaround North America,and their fans back home,will see our city shine on acontinental stage.
There are hurdles,such as parking require-ments, transportation, andterms of the Whitecaps’lease which still need tobe revealed, but surelythe end result of theseupgrades would provide
the community with muchgreater benefits than thecurrent status quo, whichcould see the historic sta-dium being demolished,or face regular patchworkupgrades which wouldserve only to placate asmall group of residentson everyone else’s dime.
Vancouver WhitecapsFC could make a greatneighbour in our commun-ity. High-level, profession-al soccer has the potentialto unite and highlight NewWestminster’s diversepopulation.
To the City of NewWestminster: this is anopportunity that you can’tpass by, as it may nevercome again.
Steven Kavanagh is a NewWestminster resident.
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I would also suggestthat anybody who is will-ing to spend their tax dol-lars without these ques-tions being answered ismisguided at best.
There is also a debatethat needs to be entered intowith regards to the amountof community space to bemade available and theimpact on our local youth
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Not buying the port ‘spin’Dear Editor:
Re: Ports do not decide trade, Letters tothe editor, The Record, Aug. 28.
No amount of spin by Mr. Xotta willalleviate the contempt the majority of thepublic has for the rigged process PortMetro Vancouver and Fraser Surrey Docksfoisted on our region. lgnoring the con-sequences of burning thermal coal forelectricity on global warming and insteadchoosing short-term profit with very fewjobs attached demonstrates how morallybankrupt these two organizations havebecome.
Andrew Murray, New Westminster
Stadium plan won’t workDear Editor:
As a resident of New Westminster I amnot against a soccer stadium, but I cannotsupport a proposal to put the Whitecaps
stadium in the middle of Queen’s Park, anon-commercial parkland and residentialarea with little public transportation.
Professional sports stadiums requirepaid parking lots, transportation for thou-sands of fans, restaurants and other busi-nesses.
They are better suited for commercial-ly zoned areas with multiple transporta-tion options, such as Hume Park or othervenues with the proper infrastructure.
To be financially viable, the stadiumwould have to be leased for a multitude ofother events compounding transportation,policing and noise factors in the area. Hasanyone considered the legal issues thatcould arise trying to get 3,000 fans intoa sports stadium in the middle of a non-commercial, residential area and publicpark?
Destruction of our green space andparkland is a high price to pay when otheroptions are available.
P. Rogers, New Westminster
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school year if the dispute drags on.“I don’t know the answer to that,”
Fassbender said. “Our staff are work-ing with school districts to look atwhat options we have to make upwhatever time is lost. The key therewill be to make sure that students,especially Grade 12 students, are ableto get their marks, and to get ready forentrance into post-secondary.”
Extending the school year, shorten-ing holidays and extending hours ofa school day are among the optionsbeing evaluated and discussed, saidFassbender.
Talks between the B.C. Teachers’Federation and the Public SchoolEmployers’ Association broke downon the Labour Day long weekend,
when veteran mediator Vince Readywalked away from the talks saying thetwo sides were at an impasse.
“He is continuing to monitor it,”Fassbender said. “I think an importantpoint for everybody to understand– not one of the two parties in thisdispute can force mediation. It is themediator who decides if it is appropri-ate, based on how close the two par-ties are. If Vince Ready was to say toboth parties, ‘Mediation is now war-ranted,’ we’d be in mediation. Thatis not a problem. He clearly said wearen’t close enough for mediation tobe warranted.”
Fassbender has been adamant thathe wants a negotiated settlement to bereached between the two sides, ratherthan a government-imposed contract.
He couldn’t say whether that positionwould change if the dispute carries onuntil October as some fear.
“I am not going to speculate,” hesaid. “I hope that the public, the teach-ers of this province will speak to theBCTF to get realistic when it comes towages and benefits, that they get real-istic in terms of the other items that weneed to negotiate, and that they wouldeven be willing to suspend their strikewhile we do that, and even take a votelike their vice-president said that theymight be willing to consider.”
No new talks are scheduledbetween the BCTF and the prov-ince. A spokesperson for the NewWestminster Teachers’ Union couldn’tbe reached for comment before TheRecord’s deadline.
Strike: Extended school year is a possibility◗ continued from page 3
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This definitely isn’t your grandmother’sBroadway musical.
The youth theatre company AwkwardStage Productions is staging Trey Parker’sCannibal: The Musical for the VancouverFringe Festival this month.
It stars New Westminster’s Henry Beasley,a recent Capilano University musical theatregraduate.
He’s part of the all-youth cast of perform-ers and crew, aged 15 to 25.
Parker – the creative mind behind SouthPark and Book of Mormon – has created yetanother twisted piece of entertainment withCannibal, based on the true story of the onlyperson convicted of cannibalism in America,
Alfred G. “Alferd” Packer.Packer was a prospector and the sole sur-
vivor of an ill-fated trip through the Rockiesin 1873.
In this theatrical version, he tells his sideof the harrowing tale to news reporter PollyPry as he awaits his execution.
In a nutshell, as a press release explains:“While searching for gold and love, he andhis companions lost their way and resortedto unthinkable horrors – with music!”
The musical is unique every time, sincethe licence to perform it includes no script,but only a guide.
“Care is taken to preserve those funda-mental elements to please the cult following,but the rest is up for grabs,” a press releaseexplains.
Among the promised treats in this year’sshow: a human campfire, a tribe of Amazonwar princesses, a lesbian biker gang of fur
trappers, puppets, a saloon fight, offensivelanguage, cross-dressing, and a “healthyhelping of gore and cheese.”
If that intrigues you, then you have sev-eral chances to see the show.
Cannibal: The Musical is on at the FirehallArts Centre, 280 East Cordova St., from Sept.6 to 14.
It runs Saturday, Sept. 6 at 7:15 p.m. andSunday, Sept. 7 at 1:30 p.m. It continuesthrough the week with shows on Sept. 8 at8:30 p.m., Sept. 9 at 6:15 p.m., Sept. 10 at 6:45p.m., Sept. 11 at 5 p.m., Sept. 13 at 1:30 p.m.and Sept. 14 at 3:15 p.m.
Tickets are $10 weekdays and $12 week-ends, plus fringe memberships.
Check out the festival box office at www.vancouverfringe.com for tickets, or see www.awkwardstageproductions.com for all thedetails.
– Julie MacLellan
They’re fresh off a summer tour ofNorth America, and now they’re set torelease their first full-length album.
The New Westminster-based rock-punk-blues band Marry Me is hold-ing a special album release show thisSaturday, Sept. 6 at the Red Room inVancouver.
It’s their first show at home sincea two-month tour that saw themplay in 25 cities across the U.S.A. andCanada.
The band – which draws influencesfrom the likes of Jimi Hendrix, JackWhite and classic blues and punk
– consists of Danny Lovelock on guitarand vocals, Natalee Fera on bass andvocals, Kenny Dietrich on drums, andAdam Jeal on keyboard and vocals.
Producer Travis Saunders hasdescribed them as “one of 2014’sbands to watch out for.”
Their new self-titled full-lengthalbum follows their 2013 debut EP.It features the single Ignite, whichhas been receiving wide attention andradio play in Canada.
Check out www.marrymemusic.cafor all the details.
– Julie MacLellan
Please tell me it isn’t reallySeptember already. Well,the bright side of it being
(almost) fall is that I’m back onthe arts and entertainment beatafter a sojourn in the editor’soffice followed by my own vaca-tion.
Now I’m looking forward tocatching up with everyone outthere who has interesting artythings happening this season.
Be sure to stay in touch – ifyou’re an artist of any kind,or if you’re with a group thathas interesting events in thecity, then drop me a line. Youcan always find me by email,[email protected],or on Twitter, @juliemaclellan.
And in the meantime, hereare a few items from the file thataccumulated while I was awayover August.
Happy September!
Art and perceptionWhat do we really see when
we see art? In what ways arewe influenced by our memory,subconscious, personal bias andsocial-cultural conditioning?
Those are some of the ques-tions being explored in a newexhibition at the Arts Councilof New Westminster gallery inQueen’s Park.
Lam Wong’s 21 Elements:Relation, Perception andMeaning is on at the galleryuntil Sept. 27. An opening recep-tion is set for this Sunday, Sept.7 from 2 to 4 p.m.
21 Elements is an exhibitionof oil paintings done over thepast eight years that serve “asa self-referential exploration ofwhat constitutes a person’s real-ity, with an aim to delve deeperinto the meaning and processof creating art,” according to apress release.
Wong was born in Xiamen,China in 1968 and grew up inHong Kong in the 1980s. Hemoved to Canada at the age of19 and studied design, art hist-ory and painting in both Albertaand B.C., and he has been livingand working in Vancouver since1998.
“There is so much in thisworld that I don’t understandand have little or no controlover: time, space, memory, per-ception, reality, phenomenon,
THE LIVELY CITYJULIE MACLELLAN
Back atthe arts
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Fringe lovers, eat your hearts out: From left, Chris Lam, New Westminster’s Henry Beasley and Drew Ogle in Awkward Stage Produc-tions’ Cannibal: The Musical. The musical is onstage for the Vancouver Fringe Festival from Sept. 6 to 14.
Skye S. Son, contributed/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
Song, dance and cannibalismNew West actor stars inFringe production of cultfavourite musical
Up and coming: New West-based Marry Me is releasinga new album with a show at the Red Room in Vancou-ver this weekend.
Photo by Devin K. Photo/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
A band on the rise
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Intrigued? Drop by the gallery inCentennial Lodge, or see www.artscouncilnewwest.org. You can also see more aboutWong at www.lamwong.com.
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house?The Royal City Youth Ballet Company
is holding auditions this weekend formale and female dancers of all levels,aged seven and up. Open companyauditions are set for Saturday, Sept. 6,with juniors at 10 a.m., intermediatesat 11 a.m., and senior dancers at noon.Successful dancers will qualify for com-pany Nutcracker auditions at 1:30 p.m.
Open auditions for the Nutcracker pro-duction are then being held on Sunday,
with registration at 10:30 a.m. and audi-tions at 11 a.m.
All auditions are taking place at 511Columbia St. For all the details, call 604-521-7290 or email [email protected].
Monday movies returnHey, movie fans, don’t miss out on
your chance to enjoy Last Mondays at theMovies for an extremely special price.
Early-bird passes to the 2014/15 seasonare available until Sept. 15 for only $60.
Reservations can be made by callingthe Arts Council of New West at 604-525-3244 or by emailing [email protected]. You can pick up the passat the first movie screening of the season– Our Man in Tehran, set for Sept. 29.
The Last Mondays at the Movies seriesbrings award-winning Canadian, foreignand independent films to the screen atMassey Theatre on the last Monday ofeach month. Other titles announced so farare The Grand Seduction on Oct. 27 and TheRailway Man on Nov. 24.
Check out www.artscouncilnewwest.org for all the details.
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Labour Day has come and gone, butthat doesn’t mean summer’s over.There’s still time to enjoy outdoor
activities around town – and there’sindoor action worth checking out as well.Here is The Record’s list of Top Five (orMore) Things to Do This Weekend forSept. 5 to 7.
1Take in a performance byRevolver at the ColumbiaTheatre on Friday, Sept.
5. As part of the Beatles’ 50thanniversary, the tribute bandis taking to the stage at theColumbia this weekend. Doorsopen at 7 p.m. and the showstarts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35plus service fees and availableat www.thecolumbia.ca.
2Browse the wares of jewel-ers, knitters and crafters
who are taking part in theArtisans At River MarketArtisans Fair. It’s happen-ing on Saturday, Sept. 6 from11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at River Market, 810Quayside Dr.
3Celebrate community at the WelcomeBarbecue and Street Dance, hosted by
Olivet Baptist Church on Sunday, Sept.7 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The eventincludes kids’ activities, line dancing andzumba led by Janice Stevens of Dance
With Me New West, and food – $2 hot-dogs and burgers, free corn, apples anddrinks. It’s all happening on QueensAvenue, where the street will be closed totraffic between Sixth and Seventh streets.
4Head outdoors for a walk and enjoythe sights around town. With sunny
skies forecast this weekend and fall soonto arrive, it’s the perfect timeto enjoy a stroll through oneof the city’s many beautifulparks.
5Join artist Lam Wong as heinvestigates the mysteries
of memory and perception asthey relate to art objects andtheir viewers in his new exhib-it, 21 Elements. The exhibitionis taking place at the ArtsCouncil Gallery in Queen’sPark until Sept. 27. The gallery,located in Centennial Lodge,is open Tuesday to Sundayfrom 1 to 5 p.m. and is closedMondays.
Email your Top 5 ideas to [email protected] or send them to [email protected]. You can also check outour full arts and events calendar listings onour website’s homepage at www.royalcityrecord.com.
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DEAR CITIZENS OF NEW WESTMINSTER,
On July 8, 2014, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the City of New Westminster announced ourintent to launch a United Soccer Leagues (USL) PRO franchise in this community. It’s an excitinginitiative for our club, for the future of Canadian soccer, and most importantly for the communityof New Westminster.
Under this proposal, a refurbished Queen’s Park Stadium would become the home pitch forWhitecaps FC’s USL PRO team while remaining accessible for various community sports andevents. Our club has always prided itself on being a significant asset to the local community,and it’s a responsibility that we take very seriously. As long-term committed tenants, WhitecapsFC will be exclusively responsible for all operating expenses associated with the team, includingstadium rent.
More than ever, a beautiful refurbished Queen’s Park Stadium would become a multi-usefacility to be enjoyed and used by the community year-round, as managed by the City of NewWestminster. The venue has a long history, which would be celebrated by preserving andupgrading the main structure of the existing stadium. Upon refurbishment, the stadium wouldnot only house professional soccer, but also a variety of festivals, community events like May Dayand Movie Night in the Park, and local arts, all of which our club would be keen to participate inas members of the community.
We are committed to working with the city and its residents to make sure this is a crown jewelfor the Royal City. With that in mind, we want to take this opportunity to provide some factsabout our proposal.
OUR VISION:
• Build a successful franchise the community can be proud of for years to come• Grow the sport of soccer in NewWestminster, the Lower Mainland, B.C., and ultimately Canada• Create a professional team that provides a bridge to the club’s Major League Soccer team• Develop a long-term platform to develop young players for the Canadian national team
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
• Socio-economic: jobs, services, and more business for local establishments• Refurbished stadium at Queen’s Park that’s accessible to community events and other sports• Affordable, family-friendly entertainment for the community, Whitecaps FC camps, soccerclinics, and other community initiatives for New Westminster youth
• North America-wide recognition for the city• Great opportunity to see local talent
WHAT IS USL PRO?
• USL PRO is the strongest North American men’s professional soccer league below MajorLeague Soccer
• The league has 20 teams in North America and is growing rapidly• USL PRO teams play 28 matches from March through September - 14 of those matchesare at home
• It is anticipated that most games will be held on weekend afternoons and early evenings• If approved by the September 15 USL PRO franchise deadline, this team would start playin March 2015
We know there’s a long tradition of baseball in New Westminster. That’s why they were one ofthe first groups our club and the City of New Westminster reached out to as part of this process.Through our conversations with the city, we are confident in their commitment to accommodatebaseball’s needs. There is room in New Westminster for all sports to thrive.
We believe bringing a USL PRO team to the city would benefit all residents. Not only would theteam bring top young players to your doorstep and play a massive part in our efforts to growthe sport, it would also create jobs, attract significant business, and offer affordable, family-friendly entertainment for the entire community to enjoy.
Whether you support this venture or have some questions, we want you to get in touch.
We want your voice to be heard. Let’s work together to make sure this is a team and acommunity venue in a vibrant park that we can all be proud of for years to come.
Sincerely,
Bob LenarduzziPresident, VancouverWhitecaps FC
AN OPEN LETTER FROM WHITECAPS FC
Rachel LewisChief Operating OfficerVancouver Whitecaps FC
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Words, words, words.Poetic Justice is up and
running for the fall season,and it’s continuing with itsSunday afternoon readingsessions in the backroomat the Heritage Grill, 447Columbia St.
Each session runs from3 to 5 p.m., with readingsby two featured poets plusan open mike session.
This Sunday, Sept. 7, ishosted by Franci Louannand features Tanguy
‘Titang’ Exumé and KaganGoh.
The Sunday, Sept.14 session is hosted byLilija Valis and featuresFranci Louann and CarolShillibeer, while theSunday, Sept. 21 session
is hosted by Deborah L.Kelly and features JaneEaton Hamilton andCandice James.
Check out www.poeticjustice.ca for all the detailsabout the reading sessionsand the poets.
Poetry inaction:
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◗ IN THE GAMEClan top soccer coaches’ poll ◗P20Fraser Delta BB girls win four games on Japan tour ◗P20
Taking his rightful place on the matThe Burnaby high
school athlete of the yearwill be flying solo fromnow on.
Darthe Capellan, theB.C. high school and PanAmerican lightweightwrestling champion isembarking on a post-sec-ondary career at SimonFraser University this fallwith an objective of beingone of the best small menon the mat in the world.
All Capellan’s successcomes after helping lead St.Thomas More Collegiateto a program-first sweep atthe B.C. high school wres-tling championships lastseason, where the Knightsswept both boys’ and girls’aggregate titles en routeto their first-ever overallprovincial banner.
But accepting a schol-arship at SFU also meantgiving up his love of foot-ball.
“I like the aggressive-ness of football. I guessI like the hitting and justbeing active is a goodthing,” he said. “I alwayswanted to be part of theplay and not just watch-ing.”
In his senior yearwith the varsity Knights,Capellan had 23 tacklesand two quarter-back sacks from hiscornerback positionand averaged morethan five yards perrush when subbedin on the offensiveside of the ball.
“I’m gonna miss foot-ball. It was a good team.We bonded for fouryears,” he said. “But I washappy being noticed formy achievements in (wres-tling), it advertises thesport of wrestling that notmany people watch com-pared to football and bas-ketball.”
Capellan recentlyreturned from Zagreb,Croatia where he placed13th overall at the junior
world wrestlingchampionships.
The St. ThomasMore Collegiatesenior wasknocked out inthe quarter-finals
of the men’s 55-kilogramdivision, following a nar-row 15-14 decision toeventual fifth-place-fin-isher Puntsag Erdenebilegof Mongolia.
“I wasn’t sure if I wasat that level yet. But Iknow now I can keep up– maybe I need a coupleof years – maybe next yearI’ll be top six and the next
year after that a medal,”Capellan said.
For years, Capellanwondered if hewas even cutout for great-ness in thegrappling arts.
He wrestledin the shadowof anotherexcellent southBurnaby prod-uct, MelvinArciaga, whois the reigningCanada Westmen’s wres-tling champi-on at 54kg and currentlyattending the University ofAlberta on scholarship.
“I wanted to get better
and at the same time I wasthinking of quitting,” saidCapellan, thinking back
to his Grade 9year. “I wasn’tdoing that wellat the time. ...Training washard, I wasn’tused to it. But Iwasdeterminedto try and getbetter, and mycoaches maybethey saw some-thing (in me).”
With theire n c o u r a g e -ment, Capellan
made the final of the B.C.high school championshipsthe following year, beatinga past national champion
along the way after noteven placing at the zonelevel the year before.
At their insistence,he joined the BurnabyMountain Wrestling Cluband became a trainingpartner with Arciaga.
The following year,Capellan won a secondstraight silver medal at theB.C.’s, while also avengingthat loss in the final with agold medal at the ensuingnationals.
“I was very happy. Itshowed me that hard workgets rewarded,” Capellansaid. “It also helped myconfidence and it showedme what I wanted to do.”
Athlete of the year: B.C. and Pan American champion Darthe Capellan will be honing his wrestling talents atSimon Fraser University this fall.
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DARTHE CAPELLANBurnaby athlete of year
High school football on front line of public school impasse
It’s game-on for the New WestminsterHyacks – at least for this week anyhow.
The AAA varsity Hyacks football teamis preparing for its B.C. high school exhib-ition opener against Centennial at PerryPercy Stadium as though this were anyother season.
But this year promises to be anythingbut, said New Westminster volunteer headcoach Farhan Lalji.
“This is going to be a challenging year.Our plan is to play, but it’s a fluid situa-
tion,” Lalji said.With school cancelled this week and
likely into the following weeks by theongoing labour dispute between publicschool teachers and government, footballis poised to become a testing ground forwhat may lay ahead for other high schoolsports this year.
At present, what is at stake for all levelsof high school football – from Grade 8 tovarsity – is the regular league season.
Currently, 15 of the 16 AAA programs,including New Westminster and St.Thomas More Collegiate, have been givena letter of endorsement by their adminis-
trations to hold practices and games.Approximately two-thirds of the 32 AA
programs have also indicated their inten-tion to play.
The catch is all participating schoolprograms must be on board to stave off afallback exhibition season if unanimity isnot reached.
Bernie Crump, president of the B.C.high school football association and ateacher himself, said the goal is to startleague games by mid-October in order toget in a minimum four games before thechampionships start.
“We’re hoping for sooner rather than
later, but every day everything changes,”Crump said. “(The season) could be injeopardy. I won’t say it’s going to be anexhibition season. We’ve got a couple ofother things in the fire about differentways we can go if we have to.”
Crump added most fields are not onschool property and therefore should notbe impacted by any picketing. He also saidcoaches have been instructed to honour allpicket lines.
“I’m hoping we can provide somethingpositive for the kids,” Lalji added.
– with files from Tri-Cities NOW reporterJohn Kurucz
Church was named the2014 Western LacrosseAssociation’s MVP.
Church, who was alsoselected to the WLA’s firstall-star team, scored 25goals in 14 regular seasongames for the second-placeLakers.
Joining Church on thefirst team were high-scor-ing Victoria forward CoreySmall and Maple RidgeBurrards’ lefthander RileyLoewen of Burnaby.
Small and Loewenwere both closing in onmilestone scoring in thesummer league. Small isapproaching the 200 goalsand 500 points benchmark,while Loewen is a goal shyof his first century.
Rhys Duch, who sharedthe WLA scoring titlewith Small with 76 points,including a league-high 40goals and three game-win-ners, was left off the all-first team. Duch was alsothis season’s three-starstandings winner.
New WestminsterSalmonbellies JeffCornwall, this year’s WLAdefender of the year, andLangley’s Brett Mydskeof New Westminster wereboth named all-star defend-ers on the all-first team.
WLA goalie of the yearFrankie Scigliano was alsonamed to the first team.
When Capellan entered his senior high school year,the die was cast.
He started his wrestling season, defeating his southBurnaby nemesis to win the Golden Bear Open inEdmonton.
“It was a test for me. …It showed me I had passed(Arciaga) and I was on his level. I just wanted tobelieve in myself that I could win,” Capellan said.
With his new-found confidence, Capellan marchedthrough the B.C. championships and added a secondnational junior men’s title belt to his mantle, outpoint-ing the Canadian Interuniversity Sports national cham-pion Sam Jagas in the 55kg final.
His only blemish on an otherwise exemplary sea-son was a bronze-medal finish at the juvenile men’snationals.
Choosing to step up a weight class to 58kg ratherthan cut weight, Capellan was stopped in the cham-pionship round on a fall by a wrestler from PrinceEdward Island, but recovered to win a bronze medalin convincing fashion.
On his road back to a medal, Capellan beat a B.C.wrestler 10-0 who had earlier teched the PEI grapplerwho had pinned him by the same identical score.
“So I should have beaten him,” Capellan added.
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Athlete: ‘I was on his level’
◗UNIVERSITY
Kicking it off: South Burnaby Gunners Ragu Honda,in white, challenges for a ball against a WesburnCentennials player during under-18 soccer action atthe 33rd annual Wesburn youth soccer tournamentlast weekend.
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Clan top poll fora fourth season
The Simon FraserUniversity men’s soccerteam is at the top of pre-season polls for a fourthconsecutive season.
The No. 3-nationallyranked Clan received sevenof the eight first-place votesin a Great Northwest con-ference coaches’ poll.
Conference rival SeattlePacific was the only otherteam to receive a first-placevote in the polling.
SFU is coming off itssecond consecutive semi-final finish at the NCAADivision championships.
The SFU program alsosports an impressive recordin conference play, losingjust four matches in 48played since its inauguralGreat Northwest confer-ence season in 2010.
Four-time coach of theyear Alan Koch will haveeight returning starters inthe lineup, including lastseason’s conference new-comer of the year Magnus
Kirstensen and defenderof the year Alex Rowley.Senior Jovan Blagojevic,who was second in theGreat Northwest in goalsscored, is also returning.
Last year, the Clanled the nation with 211total points and confern-ece record 77 goals. SFUwas also second overall inscoring offence and totalassists.
The Clan opened its sea-son schedule on Thursdayat home against SonomaState (after NOW dead-lines).
SFU will also hostHawaii Hilo on Tuesday,Sept. 9 at Terry Fox Field at7:30 p.m.
The Clan women opentheir soccer season withthe first of a two-game setagainst Hawaii Hilo onSunday at Terry Fox. Game2 is scheduled for Tuesday,Sept. 9.
Kick off for both gamesis scheduled for 5 p.m.
FD girls win in JapanThe Fraser Delta girls basketball club recorded a
record of 4-3 from their recent tour to Japan.Fraser Delta opened with back-to-back wins over
Kanto International and Kitazano high schools inTokyo.
The team had similar success in their first twogames in Akita City, defeating Minami High 71-51 andFuzoku High 74-64, before dropping their last twomatches to Akita Kita and Ikawa high schools.
New Westminster’s Lauren Denusik and KristenBelsher, and St. Thomas More’s Stephanie VonRiedemann are members of the Fraser Delta team.
B.C. Centre of Excellence skaters Danielle Wu and Spencer Soo are lookingto bring home a third consecutive ice dance medal for Canada from an inter-national junior Grand Prix competition. Wu and Soo will skate in the CzechRepublic this weekend. Zhaokai Pang and Madeline Edwards and BriannaDelmaestro and Timothy Lum both won silver medals at previous GP events.
Ice dancers toCzech Republic
RALLY & MARCH TOSAVE QUEENS PARK STADIUMMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 5:30 PMThe Vancouver Whitecaps FC want to install a USL soccer team in Queens Park Stadium.This plan will effectively displace many community based sports teams which currently use the stadium(including baseball, lacrosse and soccer).At issue:• There has been no disclosure of the costs to the City to make the changes required to the Stadium and to build a replacement baseball diamond of appropriate size.• Should taxpayers be paying for irreversible changes to a New West landmark whenthe Whitecaps can only offer verbal assurances that the franchise will be stayinglong term?
• The Stadium is currently a multipurpose venue, in use most days of the year - thisplan will see the venue stand mostly idle, hosting only 14 games per season.
• Parking would become problematic in the Queen’s Park neighbourhood on game days.• Professional soccer in Queens Park will undoubtedly bring with it alcohol sales andits associated ills: public drunkenness and increased policing costs.
• Why Queens Park? A venue outside a residential neighbourhood would be moresuitable-- a venue closer to transit, shops, restaurants and pubs.
THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE TO LET COUNCIL KNOWTHAT THEY CANNOT PLACE CORPORATE INTERESTSAHEAD OF THE INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY!
JOIN US AT THE STADIUM ANDMARCH WITH US TO CITY HALL.
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