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tookroot in the jungles of Costa Rica
Page A11
Emma Doucette,12, is partof Alouette
Elementarysgirls basketball
team. Emma wasin the middle ofthe group photo,holding the
ball.
Troy Landreville/TIMES
A 12-year-old girl with arare disorder is just part ofthe team,
and school, atAlouette Elementary.
by Troy [email protected]
Emma Doucette belongs.At Alouette Elementary, 12-
year-old Emma is a part of theschool community, helping outwith
morning announcementson the Maple Ridge schoolsPA system two days a
week.She also belongs to the
schools girls basketball team,getting just as much floor timeas
her teammates and this
past Friday taking part ina practice in the gymnasiumjust after
7 a.m., as the outsideworld stirred awake.I like my new school
and
my team, Emma said. I amvery happy to play basketball.Its this
sense of belonging
for her daughter that pullsemotion from Debbie Doucette.This
school is a model for
what inclusion in our schoolsshould look like, said Debbie,mom
to Emma and 11-year-oldSamantha.Emma has a rare genetic
disorder called Prader-WilliSyndrome (PWS) and with it,comes
many challenges in life.According to the Foundation
for Prader-Willi ResearchCanada, PWS occurs in about
one out of every 15,000 births.It affects males and females
with equal frequency andaffects all races and ethnicities.PWS is
recognized as a com-mon genetic cause of childhoodobesity.PWS was
first identified by
Swiss doctors Andrea Prader,Alexis Labhart, and HeinrichWilli in
1956.The common characteristics
defined in their initial reportincluded small hands and
feet,abnormal growth and bodycomposition (small stature,very low
lean body mass andearly onset childhood obesity),hypotonia at
birth, insatiablehunger, extreme obesity, andintellectual
disability.The syndrome in itself is
mind blowing, for lack ofa better statement,
Debbieexplained.These kids will eat them-
selves to death because theyhave no satiety or genetic
pro-gramming to tell them they arefull, she elaborated.Shes
starving 24 hours a
day. My fridge is locked, ourcupboards are locked thesyndrome is
very poorly mis-understood but it runs on theautistic spectrum, Mom
added.This is only one of the major
challenges for people withPWS. The autism spectrumcan also
include, among otherthings, morbid obesity, cogni-tive impairment,
and emotionalbehaviour.
continued on page A17
Rare genetic disorder
Emmas journey all about inclusion
Teacher Deanne Iacobucci, one of two coaches withAlouette
Elementarys girls basketball team, workedwith Emma Doucette on her
shooting technique.
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Devices discoveredTwo homemade incendiary devises
found in a baseball diamond at TeloskyStadium in Maple Ridge
last week haveprompted the local school district and firedepartment
to issue alerts.
One of the improvised bombs hadalready blown, the other had
burned out,when firefighters were called Feb. 2.
While officials advise against makingsuch devices and warn
people not topick them up, if found, deputy fire chiefHoward Exner
said its not somethingthat going to blow up a building or
any-thing. But that said, he noted they canhave devastating
effects.
RCMP are investigating. More at www.mrtimes.com
Willows owner locatedThe TIMES Facebook
has been inundatedwith comments sincethe owner of an emaci-ated
Siberian Husky,Willow, was trackeddown by authorities.Willow was
found in Maple Ridge Jan. 31.
More at www.mrtimes.com
Officer not chargedA former Ridge Meadows RCMP officer
will not be charged in connection with acrash east of Deroche on
May 31, 2014.
The accident occurred when she waspulling over a few in a group
of 30 to40 motorcyclists travelling west. Whenshe activated her
emergency equipment,another oncoming motorcyclist apparent-ly lost
control of his bike. Both he and hispassenger were dislodged, the
driversuffering a broken leg and shoulder.
Local Mounties would not commenton the outcome of the review,
but notedthe officer has since been transferred toanother
detachment a move unrelatedto this investigation.
The full results of the CJB review areavailable online at
www.mrtimes.com
Dishing out comedyTheatre in the Country has officially
become the primary leaseholder of theNorth Fraser Event Centre,
meaning thethespians need more revenue to paythe rent. That
translates to more shows,the newest debuting today called The39
Steps, a slapstick tale from AlfredHitchcock.
More at www.mrtimes.com
by Cole [email protected]
After a string of fatal crashes along theprovincial highway, the
Maple Ridge mayoris calling for the province to step up to pro-vide
funding for safety improvements alongthe Lougheed Highway
corridor.It wont come as a shock to Maple Ridge
residents, but through data provided byICBCs interactive crash
map, Lougheed
Highway stands out as far and away MapleRidges most dangerous
stretch of road.Seven Lougheed Highway intersections
in Maple Ridge account for almost 2,000 of7,000 separate
accidents recorded between2009 to 2013.Of those seven
intersections, four are
actually west of 216 Street.Already having seen two fatal
crashes this
year, the highway lived up to its reputationMonday after two
cars collided along the
road right in front of Maple Ridge MayorNicole Read.Read was
standing at the intersection of
Lougheed and the Haney Bypass (ICBCsdata identifies this
intersection as the mostcrash-heavy in all of Maple Ridge),
fieldingquestions from Vancouver media about theneed for increased
safety along Lougheedafter two people died recently in
separateaccidents within a week of each other.
continued on page A7
Lougheed Highway
Fatal crashes prompt calls for safety
Willow
Maple Ridge and PittMeadows marked B.C.Family Day with a variety
ofevents on Feb. 9.For many in Maple Ridge
and Pitt Meadows, Family DayMonday was a time of rest
andrelaxation.For others, including organ-
izers of a trio of communityevents on Feb. 9, it was equalparts
hectic and fulfilling.South Bonson Community
Centre in Pitt Meadows hostedFamily Day activities with
KatzieFirst Nations onMonday afternoon,featuring bannockmaking,
arts andcrafts, and drumcircles.
Just before that,the centre was thesite of a pop-upmarket with
jewelry,soaps and tea among the rangeof items available for
purchase.And, at The ACT, families
crafted creative lanterns that willbe used for the Feb. 27
LanternFestival at Haney Place Mall.Also at The ACT,
childrensentertainers Bobs and Lolo wereon The ACT stage in the
after-noon.
Community event
Scads of family fununfolded onMonday
No, youre not seeing double. Theres only one of six-year-old
Keira Camins, who enjoyedFamily Day fun at The ACT on holiday
Monday, Feb. 9.
Above right Harmony Hill, three, wasa little drummer girl during
Katzie First
Nations Family Day festivities. Below right The arts and crafts
table was busy at TheACT on Monday, when the theatre hosted a
Family Day lantern making bonanza.
Vendors AndreaTurner of NewWestminsterand on SummerShouchuk
ofDelta travelledto Pitt Meadowsfor a Family Dayweekend
Pop-UpMarket at theSouth BonsonCommunity Centre.
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campaignpromises on Tuesday.by Cole [email protected]
The homeless need a hand.And after Tuesday nights coun-
cil meeting, Maple Ridges MayorNicole Read moved one stepcloser
to having the team (and aplan) in place to help the Citysmost
vulnerable residents.The first-time mayor delivered
on one of her campaign promises, as sheunveiled preliminary
plans for her MayorsHomelessness Solutions Task Force.Currently
comprised of Read, as well
as Councillors Bob Masse and GordyRobson, the task force is
still in the earlystages Tuesdays announcement duringthe council
meeting was decidedly low-key. Yet the update submitted to
councilprovides a bit of insight into how the taskforce will move
forward in addressing one
of Maple Ridges most persistent issues,Robson said.The document
outlines three main prior-
ities for the task force: to increase accessto treatment for the
drug addict-ed, to increase support for peoplewith mental illness,
and to createa sense of health and safety in thecommunity.Robson
said the next step for
the task force was to start joiningits efforts with different
commun-ity groups, such as the CaringPlace.One of the goals for the
task
force, according to the report, isto identify an immediate
interim
shelter solution while longer-term solu-tions are being
pursued.The task force will also favour pro-active
approaches to preventing homelessnessand drug abuse by
developing a drug-edu-cation program aimed at youth.The clock has
already started ticking
on the task force, which has been givenan estimated
six-month-term to completeits research make its recommendations
tocouncil.
Homelessness
Immediate solutions sought
Nicole ReadMaple Ridge mayor
Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read aimsto make City hall more
accountable bybringing council into the 21st century.She outlined
the work of her new
Mayors Open Government Task Forceduring Tuesday nights council
meeting.The task force is makes two major
immediate recommendations.The first is to increase the
number
of meetings available on the web vialivestream. And second,
theyre directingstaff to go public with all current munici-pal
contracts.Further, the mayor unveiled her per-
sonal blog last week on the municipalwebsite, which she promises
will offerinsight into the day-to-day operations. More at
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Three ladies are celebratingthe joys of aging in HotFlashes,
presented by theEmerald Pig TheatricalSociety.by Troy
[email protected]
Co-stars who admittedly knowa little bit about the subject
willbe playing out their experienceson stage, when Hot Flashescomes
to Maple Ridge and PittMeadows, starting this weekend.Hot Flashes
is a fast-paced,
highly original comedy inspiredby women about the adven-tures,
anxieties and occasionalabsurdities of menopause andaging.Presented
by the Emerald
Pig Theatrical Society, the playfeatures the women of FineWhine:
Kathleen Hatley, RinaVarley, and Sharon Malone.If you are just
about to enter
the post-ovarian epoch andready to set aside your repro-ductive
tools, then it is time toparty, the Hot Flashes way withthe trio of
Maple Ridge thes-pians.Hot Flashes kicks off this
Friday, Feb. 13, with a des-sert theatre at the Open DoorChurch,
11391 Dartford Street.Doors open at 7 p.m. with the
show starting at 8 p.m.Reserved tickets are $20 each
and are available at www.event-brite.ca.Then, on Valentines
Day,
Feb. 14, an encore performanceis scheduled and this features
adinner theatre at the Open Door
Church, with doors opening at6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., andthe
show to follow at 8 p.m.Tickets for that presentation
are $20, and available at www.eventbrite.ca.The play is about
the joys,
anxieties, tribulations, andabsurdities of menopause andaging
from different perspec-tives, but basically from the per-spective
of three aging women,explained Malone, the co-found-er and
past-president of EmeraldPig, which is an anagram forMaple
Ridge.Written several years ago by
Dori Appel and Carolyn Myers,Hot Flashes was presented by
the Emerald Pig in mid-October,2008 as a one-act festival
piecefor Theatre BCs Actoberfest inPrince George.Malone, Hatley,
and Varley
performed and also took homebest director(s), collectively,from
the shorter version of theplay at Actoberfest.The three friends and
co-actors
are thrilled to revisit their rolesstarting this weekend.Were
very excited about
bringing back this new, revisedproduction, Malone said.
Itsdifferent after six years beingaway from it.Malone said that she
and
Hatley were in the danger age
when they first did the play in2009 and that Varley was thebaby
of the group.Now that we
have all experi-enced the differ-ent stages, wehave more
insightand hindsight tobring to each ofthe characters andthe
production asa whole, Malonesaid.Malone, who
is also an experi-enced director,said putting on her actingpants
once in a while and see-
ing if they still fit is a goodexperience.We learn something
new
every time we get together,Malone said. We have a greattime.
Really, its a labour of lovefor all three of us.Its not so much
nervousness
as it is excitement and energythat drives the show for its
threeco-stars, Malone said.The first performance can be
a little bit nerve-wracking butwere also doing it in a
wholebunch of different locationsso well have to adapt
eachperformance like its openingnight, Malone noted.
Everyperformance is exciting. Theresan energy, an intangible
qualityto every performance.Hot Flashes continues at two
different locations next weekend(Feb. 20-21).On Friday, Feb. 20
a din-
ner theatre is scheduled at theWesbrooke, 12000 190A
Street.Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with
dinner served at 6 p.m. followedby the show at 7 p.m.Reserved
tickets are $25 and
available at www.eventbrite.caand at the Wesbrooke.
On Saturday,Feb. 21, a mati-nee performancewith dessert is ontap
at the RidgeMeadows SeniorsCentre, 12150224th Street.Doors open
at
1:30 p.m. withthe show startingat 2 p.m.More about Hot
Flashes is avail-able online at www.emeraldpig.ca.
Community theatre
Emerald Pig gal pals revisit theirHot Flashes
On stage cooling off with their fans are Hot Flashes co-stars
Kathleen Hatley, Rina Varley, and Sharon Malone.
Hot FlashesThis weekendFriday, Feb. 13 at Open DoorChurch, doors
open at 7 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 14 at Open DoorChurch, doors open at 6
p.m.,dinner served at 6:30 p.m.Link to tickets, at $20 each,
atwww.emeraldpig.ca.
Harris Road history
ReflectingPitt Meadows Museum is
celebrating the history ofthe Citys main drag with afew events
during HeritageWeek. Its almost more ofa heritage month for us,said
curator Leslie Norman.On Feb. 15, children are
invited to help create aguided video tour of HarrisRoad. Then,
on Feb 28,Norman speaks at the PittMeadows Library about thehistory
and heritage behindHarris Road.
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A7
continued from page A1Its definitely a frustration point
for drivers in the City, Read saidto the Global BC news
reporter,describing the stretch of Highway 7that runs east to
Mission.Mid-sentence, she turned to see a
fender bender between two vehiclesturning right onto the
highway.We need the province to show
up with funding to improve safetyalong the Maple Ridge stretch
ofLougheed, she said after the crash.Because the highway is a
provin-
cial route, any safety improvementsfall under the jurisdiction
of theprovincial government.Weve initiated several conver-
sations with the province aboutLougheed but we need an
ongoingdialogue, she said.The mayor will meet with Doug
Bing, MLA for Maple Ridge and PittMeadows, next Friday, Feb. 20
todiscuss a variety of issues. Potential
safety upgrades to LougheedHighway will definitely be one ofthe
topics, according to Read.Bing said that he would act as
soon as possible to forward anyof the mayors concerns aboutthe
highway to the Ministry ofTransportation.Whenever there is a
fatal crash, the Ministry ofTransportation looks overthe RCMP
incident reportto consider any possiblesafety recommendations,Bing
told The TIMES.However, the crashes
on Lougheed happenedso recently, the ministryhas yet to receive
RCMPreports, he said.[Lougheed] has been an area of
concern for around 10 years now,added Bing.ICBC data tells a
similar tale about
Pitt Meadows, where the four most
crash-heavy intersections haveone thing in common:
LougheedHighway.Harris Road and Lougheed topped
the Pitt Meadows list with 539 acci-dents, 189 more than the
next clos-est intersection.
Pitt Meadows is currentlyin the midst of a Ministryof
Transportation study ofthe Lougheed Highway cor-ridor, according to
MayorJohn Becker.He hopes the study will
present a couple of low-cost, but highly effectivesafety
improvements toLougheed, such as safetydividers along the southside
of the road.
The reality is, you could neverspend enough money to prevent
allof the tragedies, but you can reducethem with cost-effective
solutions,said Becker.
Lougheed Highway study includes look into safety
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Alberta is in trouble.Sure, having all the oil in the
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cartoonanvil straight down onto thehead of your economy.Now
realtors in Calgary have
plenty of work trying to unloadmansions of rich people
desper-ate to get their cash in hand andget out of Dodge. The
provincialgovernment there is having con-niption fits about the
prospect ofa recession. A lot of transplantedNewfies, British
Columbians, and others whohave flocked to the oil patch are
considering areturn ticket.Maybe Albertas oil economy will bounce
back.
Maybe the price of oil will shoot up again nextmonth and well
all be whining about paying$1.50 a litre again, and guys in Fort
MacMurraycan return to fretting about which skidoo goesbest with
their new truck.Or maybe not. Weve been here before, after
all. Remember the 1980s, when the first partyended, and Alberta
led the nation in foreclosuresand bankruptcies.For years, weve
looked east over the Rockies
with envy. Since the 1990s, Alberta has beenon a tear, and it
looked like oil was the way togo, hence our current governments
continuedenthusiasm for that related hydrocarbon, liqui-fied
natural gas.Here in B.C., a lot of our identity also relies
on the big extractive resources that make for funDiscovery
Channel reality shows fishing, log-ging, and mining.Logging
employed 18,700 people in 2013,
down from 27,000 just 10 years before. Andbelieve it or not,
that industry has bounced backa bit since the recession.Mining,
oil, and gas employs 29,500 people,
and it is increasing, but its still a tiny fraction ofthe B.C.
workforce.
By comparison, 15,200 peoplework in publishing in this
prov-ince. We hear a lot about howwe need to support mining,
abouthow its a priority for the gov-ernment. Yet when was the
lasttime you heard anything fromVictoria about book publishing?Or
about performing arts (19,300people employed) or furniturestores
(10,900) or sporting goods,hobby, and book stores (13,600)or food
manufacturing (23,700)?A full 258,000 people work in
retail in B.C., one way or another, selling every-thing from
cans of pop to heavy equipment.To be fair, there are some reasons
to support
those charismatic extractive industries theytend to have a lot
of subsidiary industries thatfeed off them. Extractive industries
are like thepointy end of an inverted pyramid, with bigchunks of
the rest of the economy balanced ontheir shoulders.The thing about
an inverted pyramid? Its
unstable. And if that narrow little base goes,everything above
it takes a tumble, too.To be fair, the B.C. government loves to
talk
up small business and diversified business gener-ally. But the
minute someone talks about oil orforestry, you can watch the heads
swivel in thelegislature, even though health care and
manu-facturing outweigh those extractive industries bya wide
margin.I think we need to focus on the exact opposite
of those high-profile industries. Lets aim square-ly for
building a pyramid the right way up. Letsbuild an economy based
around pointless, evensilly jobs.The fluffy, goofy industries, like
making video
games and movies, tourism, and health and well-ness, are less
vulnerable to sudden shifts in theprice of oil or minerals, to free
trade deals andforeign wars. Theyll never be as sexy as loggingand
mining, but theyre a better long-term bet.
Opinion
A8 Thursday, February 12, 2015
Our View
Young driverson deadly road
Americans who feared that PresidentBarack Obama was going to
institute aCanadian-style health care system com-plete with
Canadian-style death pan-els had it partway right but a longway
wrong.
There is a death panel in B.C.But its actually a Death
Review
Panel. And its not about who will dieand who gets to live by
receiving over-generous hand-outs from a supposedlyovergenerous
government health careplan its about finding out why somany of our
young people die on ourhighways. And its about trying to fig-ure
out how to save them, apparentlyfrom themselves.
The B.C. Coroners Service this weekreleased the Death Review
Panelsreport studying 106 young motorvehicle drivers who died in
traffic acci-dents in B.C. from 2004 to 2013.
Most of those 106 were young men boys, really who were between
17and 18 years of age.
Not at all surprisingly, the panelsreview showed that speed,
impairment,lack of seatbelt use, and inexperiencewere common
contributing factors.
Panel chair Michael Egilson notedthat the Graduated Licensing
Program,since 1998, has led to a reduction in thenumbers of deaths
of young drivers onB.C.s roads, but traffic incidents remainthe
leading cause of death among youngpeople aged 15 to 18 years.
Egilson, whose panel was man-dated, in part, to see if the
GraduatedLicensing Program for new drivers canbe enhanced, stressed
the importanceof not only involving youth themselves,but also their
parents and guardians infinding solutions to help reduce the
dev-astating death toll.
Perhaps, from the American anti-healthcare crusaders point of
view,it should have been named an Anti-Death Panel. In any case, it
behoovesus all to support its worthy objective: tofind a way to
help young drivers pastthat deadly stretch of road.
B.G.
Stupid economy a better bet
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A raid on a Maple Ridge drug houseFriday is part of the local
Mountiescrackdown on drug dealing in Haney. Itnetted a bushel of
drugs and led to thearrest of nine people. Readers reacted:
Its still a crime first and foremost, andId be thrilled to see
these dirt bags shutdown, and if I lived there, off my street.
Rochelle Scrivener
Thats my street! I think theres only acouple crack dens left
now. Its good theyrefinally cleaning it up. Dana Pothecary
One closes, three open. Pat Skelley
When will we see drug use as a publichealth issue and not a
crime? The waron drugs is costing us all dearly whenwe pay the tax
man so that the RCMPcan spend thousands of dollars on thesesilly
raids that really do no effect on thecommunity other than not
having to seethe addicts ride their bikes up the streetto the local
dealer. Social aid, rehab andeducation are the key not badges,
court,and sentencing. Im sick of paying for thisnonsense thats
never gonna stop with thisapproach. Grant Schoenit
Thank you RCMP... Keep it up! Robert Tremblay
Time to move to Langley, for sure. Lol. Tori Kell
Geez, Maple Ridge isnt that bad... its notlike were in Surrey!!!
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Dear Editor,I believe that not only do we need better
lighting at certain intersections, mymain concern is the
pedestrian cross-walks from 222nd to 240th Streetson Dewdney Trunk
Road.On any given day, especially at
night when its raining, it is verydifficult to even see the
low-lightedcrosswalk signs, let alone the ped-estrians using them.
If the pedestrian is ofa short stature and/or disabled in a
wheel-chair makes, it even more difficult.
With the growing population, I wouldthink these crosswalks could
be upgraded to
flashing yellow caution lights. Iveseen many in small towns, and
evenrural areas for numerous years, witha lot less pedestrian
traffic.The wiring and structure to enable
such a safety measure is alreadyin place. The cost to facilitate
sucha safety measure would be moneywell spent, and outweigh the
cost of
an accident possibly resulting in a fatality.R.J. Resek, Maple
Ridge
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Editor
Dear Editor,If your editorial com-
ment [ContributionsAppreciated, Feb. 3 OurView, TIMES] was meant
asan attempt to offer a tributeto Randy Kamps services asour MP in
Ottawa, it was atbest a back-handed compli-ment, with only the last
twoparagraphs saying anythingpositive about him.But if it was not a
tribute,
it was blatantly biased.That some will be happy
to see him go is a given. In
our adversarial system ofgovernment, those peopleare the
opposition.As for you, the editor not
always seeing eye to eyewith Randy Kamp, so what?I often dont
see eye to eyewith your opinions, either.You mention the Iron
Horse issue, but I say$450,000 per year for fivebeds in a safe
house forat-risk youth, a number ofwhom are not even fromour
community, is very poorvalue for the dollars.
You give too much creditto Mr. Kamp, by insinuatingthat he could
single-handed-ly provide that money. Thefederal government
decidedthe money is better spent ona revised program.And the same
goes for the
pension issue, judged byyou to be healthy, which itis, but
earned under the sys-tem in place at this time.Why did you not
empha-
size that Randy Kampearned three re-elections,instead of a
one-line offhandcomment?We have only good things
to say about Randy Kamp.He has always been access-ible. He never
failed toanswer my questions withhonesty and understanding,and he
has always beenaccessible to meet us andothers when in town.Walter
Verwoerd, Maple Ridge
Editorial
Kamp tribute back-handed at best
Dog parks
Waste bag disposal mistakeDear Editor,News item from the other
day said theyre discontinuing
dog waste bags [Waste bags no longer part of dog parkspackage,
Jan. 29, TIMES]. Bad decision, I think. There are, Isuspect, too
many people who just wont bother.
Robert Stirling, Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge
Tree bylaw adds taxDear Editor,We cant stop someone from
cut-
ting down a tree, but we can make themget a permit, said Maple
Ridge CityEnvironmental Technician Gail Szostek[Tree bylaw rushed
through in specialmeeting, Feb. 5, TIMES]. So, all we are talk-ing
about here is adding a new tax.The City needs to review land
clearing,
but do I have to pay another tax to cutdown a tree for firewood
every year or two?I live on Thorn Hill, an urban reserve that
will some day house 10,000 people. Whenthat happens, my two
acres will definitelybe clear-cut, in the name of progress.
Darrell Devries, Maple Ridge
Transit referendum
Tax hurts businessDear Editor,A yes vote on the TransLink
referendum
will hurt Maple Ridge businesses. Consumerretail and gas leakage
to Mission to avoidthe tax is a small part of it.Businesses that
procure items will pur-
chase from out-of-region to save the tax.Building materials are
a prime example:
builders spend hundreds of thousands ofdollars on items
delivered to the job site.In low-margin, highly competitive
busi-
nesses, a 0.5 per cent penalty over competi-tors is deadly. We
have already heard theyes sides pleas to think of our
grandchil-dren, children, puppies, and the less fortun-ate. I will
counter with my plea for businessowners and employees in Maple
Ridge.
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A11
At the beginningof February, MapleRidge resident KaylaIsaaks
launchedher own business,Nomadic Yoga, aftertaking a
teachertraining courseand receiving hercertification in
CostaRica.
As she was taxieddown a dirt roadin the middle ofthe Costa
Ricanjungle last fall, MapleRidge resident KaylaIsaaks, ,she said
had noidea what to expect.Isaaks who started her
own yoga business here intown at thebeginningof February was
thereto begin herfour-week,yoga teachertraining.On the
trip, shemet amaz-ing people,and said theexperience was wild in
allsenses.In fact, living wildly
became the tagline for hernew business: NomadicYoga.For Isaaks,
the creation
of her business is the cul-mination of a journey thatreally
began during herthird year of university inKamloops.I had dabbled
in yoga
at that point, but I wasntgoing on a regular basis,she
explained.A dancer for 13 years of
her life, Isaaks had alwaysused dance as an outletfor her
energy, as well asa way to relax, but once inuniversity, no longer
hadthat outlet, she explained.
She discovered a newly-opened yoga studio inKamloops, and
beganregularly attending on adrop-in basis. I wouldfeel noticeably
calmer aftera class, she recalled.She began doing some
promotional work at theuniversity for the local
studio, andthats whenshe firstthought thatshe couldsee herselfin
this busi-ness.After she
graduated in2013, Isaaksworked a ser-ies of season-
al jobs, but felt like shecould be doing more.When a job
opportunity
fell through last fall, Isaaksdecided she had the choiceto
wallow, or make thebest of it.It was then she started
researching yoga teachertraining on the Internetand discovered
Frog LotusYoga International, whichwas offering courses inCosta
Rica.I debated for a bit, but
eventually went for it,she said. It was superfun.Upon her return
to
Canada, with her teach-ing certificate in hand,Isaaks said she
wantedto create an offering that
people could really getsomething from, and that Icould get
something fromas well.It was to the point where
she could either work ata studio, or start her ownbusiness,
Isaaks explained,and she went with the lat-ter option.Shes quick to
note
however, that her busi-ness isnt confined to onephysical space,
hence thename, Nomadic.It goes wherever I go,
she said.Isaaks is trained in
Vinyasa or Flow yoga.Its basically linking
every movement with abreath cue, she said. Iteach all levels,
from first-timers to advanced.She launched her busi-
ness via Facebook on Feb.1, after about three weeksof
preparation, and thispast Tuesday, she taughther first class.It was
great; lots of
fun, she said afterwards.It was a hotbox cardiodetox, and it
went reallygood.Reflecting back, Isaaks
said starting her own busi-ness and doing somethinglike this
wasnt ever reallyon the radar before.But hey, when youre
living wildly, anythingcan happen.Find Nomadic Yoga at
facebook.com/nomadi-cyogabykala.
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Iwas sitting havinglunch with relativesfrom Burnaby andCoquitlam
and the talkturned to the leftovers onour plates.They were
bragging
about their green wastebins and the fact they canthrow just
about anythingin them. And their jawsdropped when they heardMaple
Ridge doesnt yethave mandatory greenwaste usage. Theyve beenusing
them for a couple ofyears now and were a littlesmug.They didnt
understand
how we, the apparent runtof the Metro Vancouverlitter, still
dont know howwe are going to completelycomply with the latestsummer
deadline to rid ourgarbage of green waste.Media stories lately
sug-
gest the issue will take careof itself with private com-panies
offering us state-of-the-art choices in the nextfew months. But,
theresure seems to be plentyof confusion amongst thepeople I talk
to.Potato peels and chicken
bones are a big topic ofconversation these days,where any get
togetherdevolves into a debateabout what the heck wewere going to
do with ourleftovers.Maple Ridge has always
been ahead of the curvewhen it comes to recycling.Thanks to the
few dedi-cated and forward-thinkingamong us, we were wellahead of
other commun-ities when it came to sort-ing through our cans
andbottles before it becameall the rage.And I must be honest,
its not right but I haveonly been half listening thepast few
years as coun-cillors and others tut tutabout changes we need or
dont need to garbagepick-up in Maple Ridge.I sympathize with
the
long-held sentiment againstthe idea of municipalgarbage pick-up.
Beingresponsible for your owngarbage means you thinktwice about
what youthrow away and hopefullywhat you buy in the firstplace. But
I get that somepeople disagree.Believe me, out here in
the boondocks we knowgarbage. Stories about howwe collect,
store, and getrid of our garbage havebeen part of the
everydayconversation here forever.We compost. We put our
leftover meat and dairygarbage in the freezer untilthe weekend
when we lineup at the dump, recyclingdepot, and now green bins.We
stop buying things
that dont recycle or com-
post.But, this is where I agree
with our Metro relatives.If you are going to insistyour
residents start pay-ing even more attention totheir garbage, just
like theircountry cousins, you betterbe ready to deal with
theeffects.
I dont know who willbe driving those trucksdown the streets of
MapleRidge in the next year pick-ing up the green waste.But, the
municipality bettermake sure every house,whether they can afford
itor not, has a secure greenbin to roll out to the curb.And the
urban residents
Ive talked to want toknow a lot more aboutwhat is expected of
them.Private companies might
be doing the pick-up, butthe municipality needs tobe completely
involved inrolling out some kind ofmore cohesive plan. See a full
version of Lynn Eastons
column at www.mrtimes.com
Lynn Easton, a journalist and formereditor of The TIMES, offers
reflections oflife in east Maple Ridge and beyond. Sendyour
thoughts to [email protected].
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continued from page A1Emma has been to sever-
al schools in the past eightyears. And, Debbie said,none of them
would allowher to play basketball orvolleyball, nor participatein a
bookfest.That is until Emma
started her Grade 7 yearat Alouette Elementary,where she is an
activemember of the basketballteam.Emma has always
wanted to play basketball,volleyball anything theschools
offers.Just that piece of trying
to be a part of something,said Debbie, who has spentyears trying
to get herdaughter on sports teams.Theres always been
the road blocks, Debbiesaid. Its been, No, its asafety issue, or
No, shesnot capable of it. Iveeven been quoted as say-ing, Thats
why they haveSpecial Olympics.For years, Emma came
home crying, hurt by thefact she wasnt includedin sports and
activities,Debbie shared.In her last school, she
couldnt even do a book-fest because they said shecouldnt read
nine novels,but she read them to thebest of her ability,
Debbiesaid.In her first year at
Alouette, Emma wanted to
play basketball and Debbieadmitted that initially, shewas
reluctant about herdaughter playing the sport.I didnt want to
see
her upset, and peoplenot accepting her for hercapabilities,
Debbie said.But principal Melanie
Roth and girls basketballcoaches and teachersDeanne Iacobucci
andNelie Meedin were fullysupportive of Emma beingpart of the
team.Iacobucci said she enjoys
coaching Emma.You can set it up where
everybody can be success-ful, she said. Everybodyhas their own
goals. Somegirls have goals where theyare trying to drive to
thebasket and last game, wewere working on Emmarecognizing who her
checkwas, and which way shewas going, and that was
her only goal. We justwant her to be successfulwith that, and
she did afabulous job.In fact, in her last game,
Emma almost scored abasket.It was so exciting,
Iacobucci said.Inclusiveness is a lesson
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functionalityis impacted by beingsqueezed a bit by that
smalltouchscreen, the ergonomicswould be just ne.
Performance:Jaguar offers the XF inCanada with a 2.0L
turboengine making 240hp, a 3.0Lsupercharged V6 making 340hp,and a
5.0L supercharged V8 making510hp. This weeks tester had themiddle
option, and while I briey wishedfor the bonkers V8, the feeling
went awayevery time I drove past a gas station.
The supercharged six is a lovely littlemotor, mated to
aneight-speed automatic transmission thats alsowell up to thetask.
This being the Luxurymodel, both the ride and feel ofthe drive are
a little on the soft side, a little of that grace thatforms the old
Jaguar byline of Grace, Pace, and Space.
Punt the car into sport mode and start asking for a littlemore
from the engine and transmission, and the XFresponds with
surprising alacrity. While not as fresh asthe aluminum-intensive
construction thats coming ourway with the new XE sedan and F-Pace
crossover, the XFschassis is actually very nely tuned.
The all-wheel-drive system has no issues puttingthe power down
from a launch, where the XF feelsconsiderably faster than its
quoted 0-100km time of6.4 seconds. Once on the move, the system
reverts toa rear-drive bias that hustles quite nicely, even if
thisis the softer, luxury model. The steering isnt
super-communicative, feeling like its tuned primarily forcomfort,
but theres plenty of grippy condence here tobe had.
And while were on the subject of condence, lets talkabout the
Anglo-Indian Elephant in the room: reliability.Traditionally, Jags
have been just the thing to buy if youwanted a car that
self-changed both oil and coolant byleaking both all over your
driveway.
The XF feels like somethingunique and special
JaguarXF
Like all modern complicated luxurysedans, I wouldnt want to be
onthe receiving end of a service billin fteen years time.
However,under parent-company Tatascontrol, both Jaguar andLand
Rover have improvedby pardon the pun leapsand bounds, to the
pointwhere theyre not far off theGerman competition. Andif youre
going to lease oneduring the warranty coverageperiod anyway, its up
to yourservice adviser to keep a stiff
upper lip.
Compared to the eets of 5-seriesand E-class Mercedes-Benzes I
passed,
the XF did indeed feel like somethingunique and special. Just
the job a Jaguars
supposed to do.
Features:As mentioned, the XF is a little behind the times in
termsof infotainment. The touchscreen navigation works justne, but
hooking up an iPod took a little longer thanexpected, and there was
no Bluetooth streaming audio.
However, for 67,500, this Luxury-level XF came witha 10-speaker
audio system, a stop-start system, anda backup camera. It also had
an optional heatedwindscreen, which might not be an absolute
necessity inthe lower mainland.
Fuel economy for all-wheel-drive and a supercharged V6isnt bad,
rated at 13.9L/100kms city and 8.8L/100kmshighway. And observed
economy hit right between thoseparameters, thanks to some mild
weather.
Green Light:Good feature load-out; smooth, comfortable ride;
easy-to-use infotainment; excellent space
Stop Sign:Sedate interior styling; cramped infotainment;
retainedvalue and reliability not as good as competition
The Checkered Flag:A nicely-equipped and styled alternative to
the ubiquitousGerman offerings. Pip-pip, eh what?
todaysdriveYour journey starts here.
The F-Type, the F-Type, the F-Type. Everwonder how EmmaWatsons
sisters feel? Well,the Jaguar XF does.
However, while the pretty two-door sportscargets all the
paparazzis attention, the four-doorsedan continues to best it in
sales. Theresa practicality here, one thats doubled by
traction provided by all-wheel-drive.
The XF, then, is the Jaguar bought by thosewhowant alittle
everyday liveability with their style. However, withoutthe
glittering halo cast by the spotlight, how does thismore-sensible
Jaguar hold up in the ordinaryworld?
Design:First off, no, its not quite as gorgeous as the
F-Type,but the XF is no shrinking violet. Its not a fussy shape,a
silhouette made with classic English understatement,but theres just
enough standing out here to be unique.
The side vents are better-executed than some of theGerman
competition, the grille isnt so large as to beoverbearing but adds
a nice bright spot of chrome, andthe snarling, red-ringed Jaguars
head in front takesthe place of beat-you-over-the-head-with-it
aggressionyou nd in other marquees. Its an older design, but
onethats aged well.
This being the Luxury model, the wheel choice is a 19multi-spoke
alloy thats again not all that fussy. If youdlike your cats-paws to
have a little more claw, the Sportversions have really
great-looking 20 grey wheels.
Environment:Powering up the XF is done by pressing a beating
redstarter button for a second or so, causing the engine tore and
the air-vents to slowly rotate open. Its a neat bitof theatre,
similar to that found inside the F-Type.
However, the XF is a bit more like the now-defunct XKcoupe on
the inside. Theres nothing about the interior thatjumps out at you
as awow factor, and the navigation andinfotainment screen is a
little on the small side.
Theres Old World, and then theres getting a little bitold. The
XF was launched in 2008 as a 2009 model,and on the inside at least,
its now outstyled by thecompetition.
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Feb 12: Meeting Ex-servicewomen meetthe second Thursday of
eachmonth from Sept. to June,downstairs at the RoyalCanadian Legion
in MapleRidge. A light lunch is servedat noon, and the
meetingstarts at 1 p.m. New mem-bers are always welcome.
Feb 12: HUB cycling Join the HUB Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
committee attheir monthly meeting at theMaple Ridge Library in
theAlouette Room, from 6:45 to8:45 p.m., to discuss cyclingissues
in the community.
Feb 12: Wellness London Drugs hostsa Nutrition and
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Feb 13, 14: Hot Flashes Open Door Church inMaple Ridge hosts
HotFlashes: A Valentines dinnertheatre show. Feb. 13 showat 8 p.m.,
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show isat 8. Tickets: $20 Info: www.eventbrite.ca.
Feb 14: Wine tour Get a tour of local winer-ies and help support
the freeand affordable programsoffered by the CEED Centre.Tour
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tasting from four winer-ies, light lunch, and transpor-tation.
Feb 14: Sarah Slean Three-time JUNO awardnominee Sarah Slean
per-forms at The ACT duringher only B.C. performance.Tickets are
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