Don’t miss important information from the City of Pitt Meadows on pages A6 and A7 • YOUR SOURCE FOR LOCAL SPORTS, NEWS, WEATHER AND ENTERTAINMENT! • mrtimes.com • 604-463-2281 • 36 PAGES Thursday, May 19, 2011 Maple Ridge’s Kyle Joel pitched a perfect game and earned himself a chance to play college ball. Page A29 Online, all the time... www.mrtimes.com Michael Joinson, president of The Always Growing Green non- profit society that dispenses medical marijuana, is pleased with how the society is helping people who are ill or in chronic pain. Maria Rantanen/TIMES Always Growing Green Society has strict rules about how the marijuana they sell is used. by Maria Rantanen [email protected]Helping people with chronic pain, cutting back on driving time for people getting medical mari- juana from Vancouver – these were a couple of the goals of Michael Joinson had when he helped open the medical mari- juana dispensary in South Haney a year ago. But what the president of The Always Growing Green Society didn’t expect was that he’d be dealing with people who were ser- iously ill or dying. Joinson said it hadn’t dawned on him that he’d be dealing with death in his role until a member who had cancer died recently. “I think it hit me hard because she was the first member to pass away,” Joinson said. Joinson wants to dispel myths about medical marijuana and allow people to see cannabis can help with legitimate health issues. Joinson went through several back surgeries a few years ago and ended up taking large doses of morphine prescribed by his doctor to ease the pain. But using medicinal marijuana has allowed him to cut down on his morphine by more than half. He was making the two-hour trip to a Vancouver medical marijuana dispensary, which inspired him to open up the local dispensary. “I think there’s a real need to be farther out,” he said. Joinson has come to know the 309 members who get medicinal marijuana from the dispensary, and he feels his society is part of the local community. “The members we have are all happy about [the dispensary],” Joinson said. “I really feel that we’re helping people – it’s like a doctor’s office.” The society works hard to keep the house they’re located in neat and well lit, and Joinson is proud of the clean-up efforts underway in South Haney. There are also strict rules around the dispensing and use of medicinal marijuana, Joinson said. When people Joinson suspects don’t really need marijuana for medi- cinal purposes, he won’t even give them the Health Canada forms to fill out. The society has a code of con- duct, and that includes no smok- ing marijuana outdoors in the Port Haney neighbourhood, and no sharing marijuana that’s dispensed by the society. Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin said aside from the initial furor about the opening of the dispens- ary, he’s received no complaints about the facility during the year it’s been open. But what the dispensary is doing, Daykin said, is, in his opin- ion, “outside the federal intent.” “We could take it to court and do the battle but I’m not sure what our chances of success would be,” Daykin said. The issue of dispensing med- ical marijuana is broader than what the municipal- ity can deal with, Daykin added, and he’d like to see the federal government take the lead on the issue. “It needs to start up the ladder,” he said. A spokesperson for Ridge Meadows RCMP said there’s no evidence the dispensary is a prob- lem in Maple Ridge. South Haney One year clean for pot dispensary Parks Red tape limits lake access Katzie are waiting for papers to be finalized to take over management of recreational area. by Maria Rantanen [email protected]Red tape is hold- ing back services for a popular Pitt Meadows tourist destination. Services will be min- imal this long week- end at Pitt-Addington Wildlife Management Area (at Pitt Lake) as the Katzie First Nation is still waiting for final- ization of its contract to run the recreation area. The park reverted to provincial hands on Jan. 1. The Katzie Cultural Education Society submitted a proposal to run the rec- reational facilities in the wildlife area. However, as the Victoria Day long week- end approaches, the Katzie say their “hands are tied” as the contract details have not been finalized and the area is in provincial hands. “We were fully pre- pared to take over on January 1 but had to work through the gov- ernment RFP [request for proposal] process,” said Katzie Chief Jay Bailey. “We had hoped to be fully operational by now and ready to welcome visitors for Victoria Day weekend but our hands are tied.” The provincial gov- ernment did not return calls for the TIMES’ presstime. • More online: www.mrtimes. com, click on “News” “The members we have are all happy about [the dispensary]. 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Don’t miss important information from the City of Pitt Meadows on pages A6 and A7
• YOUR SOURCE FOR LOCAL SPORTS, NEWS, WEATHER AND ENTERTAINMENT! • mrtimes.com • 604-463-2281 • 36 PAGES
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Maple Ridge’s Kyle Joel pitched aperfect game and earned himselfa chance to play college ball.
Page A29
Online, all the time...
www.mrtimes.com
Michael Joinson,president of TheAlways GrowingGreen non-profit societythat dispensesmedicalmarijuana, ispleased withhow the societyis helping peoplewho are ill or inchronic pain.
Maria Rantanen/TIMES
Always Growing Green Societyhas strict rules about how themarijuana they sell is used.
Helping people with chronicpain, cutting back on driving timefor people getting medical mari-juana from Vancouver – thesewere a couple of the goals ofMichael Joinson had when hehelped open the medical mari-juana dispensary in South Haney ayear ago.
But what the president of TheAlways Growing Green Societydidn’t expect was that he’d bedealing with people who were ser-iously ill or dying.
Joinson said it hadn’t dawnedon him that he’d be dealing withdeath in his role until a memberwho had cancer died recently.
“I think it hit me hard becauseshe was the first member to pass
away,” Joinson said.Joinson wants to dispel myths
about medical marijuana andallow people to see cannabis canhelp with legitimate health issues.
Joinson went through severalback surgeries a few years ago andended up taking large doses ofmorphine prescribed by his doctorto ease the pain.
But using medicinal marijuanahas allowed him to cut down onhis morphine by more than half.
He was making the two-hour tripto a Vancouver medical marijuanadispensary, which inspired him toopen up the local dispensary.
“I think there’s a real need to befarther out,” he said.
Joinson has come to know the309 members who get medicinalmarijuana from the dispensary,and he feels his society is part ofthe local community.
“The members we have are allhappy about [the dispensary],”Joinson said. “I really feel thatwe’re helping people – it’s like adoctor’s office.”
The society works hard to keepthe house they’re located in neatand well lit, and Joinson is proudof the clean-up efforts underway inSouth Haney.
There are alsostrict rules aroundthe dispensing anduse of medicinalmarijuana, Joinsonsaid.
When peopleJoinson suspectsdon’t really needmarijuana for medi-cinal purposes, hewon’t even givethem the HealthCanada forms to fillout.
The society has a code of con-duct, and that includes no smok-ing marijuana outdoors in the PortHaney neighbourhood, and nosharing marijuana that’s dispensedby the society.
Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykinsaid aside from the initial furorabout the opening of the dispens-
ary, he’s received no complaintsabout the facility during the yearit’s been open.
But what the dispensary isdoing, Daykin said, is, in his opin-
ion, “outside thefederal intent.”
“We could takeit to court and dothe battle but I’mnot sure what ourchances of successwould be,” Daykinsaid.
The issue ofdispensing med-ical marijuana isbroader than whatthe municipal-ity can deal with,
Daykin added, and he’d like to seethe federal government take thelead on the issue.
“It needs to start up the ladder,”he said.
A spokesperson for RidgeMeadows RCMP said there’s noevidence the dispensary is a prob-lem in Maple Ridge.
South Haney
One year clean for pot dispensary
Parks
Red tapelimits lakeaccessKatzie are waitingfor papers to befinalized to takeover management ofrecreational area.
Red tape is hold-ing back services for apopular Pitt Meadowstourist destination.
Services will be min-imal this long week-end at Pitt-AddingtonWildlife ManagementArea (at Pitt Lake) asthe Katzie First Nationis still waiting for final-ization of its contract torun the recreation area.
The park revertedto provincial handson Jan. 1. The KatzieCultural EducationSociety submitted aproposal to run the rec-reational facilities in thewildlife area.
However, as theVictoria Day long week-end approaches, theKatzie say their “handsare tied” as the contractdetails have not beenfinalized and the area isin provincial hands.
“We were fully pre-pared to take over onJanuary 1 but had towork through the gov-ernment RFP [requestfor proposal] process,”said Katzie Chief JayBailey.
“We had hoped tobe fully operationalby now and ready towelcome visitors forVictoria Day weekendbut our hands are tied.”
The provincial gov-ernment did not returncalls for the TIMES’
presstime.• More online: www.mrtimes.
com, click on “News”
“The memberswe have are allhappy about [thedispensary]. I reallyfeel that we’rehelping people– it’s like a doctor’soffice.”Michael Joinson
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has sent thenames on therecall petitionand his financialstatements toElections BCand is waiting tohear back thateverything is inorder.
McIntyre wasthe proponenton the petitionto recall MapleRidge-Mission MLA Marc Dalton.
Dalton said his office ended up usingbetween $3,500 and $4,000 to combatthe campaign launched to recall him asan MLA.
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Grow-op targetedRidge Meadows RCMP are investigating
an early-morning home invasion.Five people, all believed to be men,
and some armed with weapons, forcedopen the front door to a home on 228thStreet in Maple Ridge at about 5:45 a.m.on Wednesday.
Once they realized police had beencalled, they fled before taking anything.
“This appears to be a targeted attackon a medicinal marijuana growing oper-ation,” said RCMP Insp. Derren Lench.
• More online: www.mrtimes.com,click on “News”
Woman suffers burnsEveryone was able to get out safely
after a house fire started in the earlyhours of Wednesday morning. Residentsof a home in the 21100 block ofDewdney trunk Road woke up to discoverthe fire at about 4 a.m. on May 18.
Maple Ridge fire department and RidgeMeadows RCMP were called to the home,and helped everyone get out on time.
A 26-year-old woman had to betaken to hospital by members of theB.C. Ambulance Service for treatment ofburns, but it is believed her injuries arenon-life threatening.
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Single dad Chris Pilkey with hissons Evan, eight, Daniel, six,and Michael, four, are touchedby the outpouring of supportthey’ve received after a “thankyou” story appeared in theTIMES.
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A single dad is thankful for theoutpouring of support he has receivedfrom people in town.
What was originally a public gesture ofthanks, through an article in the TIMES, hasevolved into much more for Chris Pilkey.
Pilkey is a single dad raising three boys:Evan, eight, Daniel, six, and Michael, four.
He has been off work since Feb. 16 dueto poor health and was waiting for his firstEmployment Insurance cheque to arrive.Over the past few months, Pilkey droppedseveral pounds, and has no energy.
Results from a biopsy performed April 24came back negative, and doctors are trying todetermine what ails him.
All the while, battling through relentlessfatigue, Pilkey continues to do laundry, cook,and clean the basement suite he shares withhis boys.
While Pilkey has been struggling througha rough patch, staff at the Maple RidgeSafeway gave him a lift – literally.
A couple of months ago, Pilkey used a $100certificate from the Ministry of Children andFamily Development for groceries, and waspleasantly surprised when staff delivered theitems to his home at no charge.
“We don’t have a vehicle so we take pub-lic transit to and from school and daycare,”Pilkey told the TIMES [Struggling single dadgets a little help, March 22, The TIMES].“The lady at Safeway offered to drive the gro-ceries back to us, so I didn’t have to pay the
$12 fee.”Pilkey called the good deed “awesome.”Since the story ran in the paper, the TIMES
has fielded several phone calls and emailsfrom readers, all looking for ways to givePilkey and his boys a hand.
The biggest contributor over the past fewweeks has been the Rotary Club of Haney,led by past district governor Dick Drew.
Drew brought a copy of the article to clubmembers and asked them to donate whatthey could to the family.
As a result, at each weekly meeting overthe course of roughly a month-and-a-half, theclub collected cash from its members. Themoney went to gift cards from Safeway andZellers stores.
“We didn’t give him cash, nor did he wantany cash. This was a spontaneous voluntarydonation from club members,” Drew said.“It kind of snowballed. How could they notbe generous? The story touched the heartsof everyone in the community. Everybody
would like to see these three little guys andtheir father helped out.”
Drew said it is feels good knowing you arehelping someone who is not in the best phys-ical and financial condition: “That’s the basisof life, is to help people.”
Pilkey said the most enriching part of theexperience is the friendships he has formedwith members of the community.
“This community has been the strongestI’ve ever seen, what with [the] people I’vemet and what they are continuing to do,”Pilkey said. “It’s a good reassurance thatyou’re not alone. It’s building a new foun-dation for myself and the kids, and I don’tthink I would have ever received that if thishadn’t happened.”
Pilkey said his boys are seeing everydaypressures eased, thanks to the outpouring ofsupport from Good Samaritans who were atone time complete strangers.
“They see it from my reaction and my dailyduties throughout the day with them,” Pilkeysaid. “They’ve met Dick, they’ve met [RotaryClub of Haney president] Brenda [Exner],they’ve met the majority of the people whohave been helping.”
A recent example of the support: RotaryClub member and hunter Rick Isherwooddonated moose steaks and sausages to thefamily.
Exner said Pilkey and his sons are in afrustrating situation, and she is quite gratefulthe club has “adopted” the family.
“It is quite rewarding as a club,” she said.As well, Pastor Ed Chiu from the Maple
Ridge Salvation Army is looking for poten-tial sponsors to send the three boys to aSalvation Army summer camp for needy kidson the Sunshine Coast.
Community cares
Story sparks flood of giving
“This community has been the strongestI’ve ever seen, what with [the] peopleI’ve met and what they are continu-ing to do. It’s a good reassurance thatyou’re not alone.”Chris Pilkey
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Rotary Club of Haney past district governor Dick Drew andpresident Brenda Exner visited with Chris Pilkey at a MapleRidge Tim Hortons.
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Maple Ridge resident Dominic Lombardi held up his CARP card, which gives its users discounts on services offeredby the organization’s partners.
A Maple Ridge resident is promoting aNorth Fraser chapter of a nation-wideadvocacy group for seniors.
“Zoom-zoom” is not only a catchyphrase for Mazda ads, it can bedeciphered as a mantra for a local advo-cacy group focused on improving the livesof the Baby Boom generation.
Canadian Association for RetiredPersons, or CARP, has adopted the newterm “zoomers” to describe active seniors.Defined, it means “boomers with zip.”
And CARP, which is made up primarilyof “zoomers,” has announced the launchof a North Fraser chapter for members liv-ing in Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and theTri-Cities area.
CARP is a non-profit, non-partisanorganization for people ages 45 and up.
With 41 chapters (including five in B.C.)and 300,000 members nation wide, CARPworks to enhance the lives of Canadiansas they age through information, advo-cacy, and service.
Long-time Maple Ridge resident DominicLombardi is helping to promote the newchapter, which is holding its first annualgeneral meeting on Thursday, May 26from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Royal CanadianLegion, 1025 Ridgeway Ave. in Coquitlam.
The new board, chaired by BruceBird – who served as chair of the FraserValley/White Rock chapter for more thanfive years – has been planning on how tobest serve local CARP members.
Monika Deol, a Canadian televisionpersonality and national CARP advisoryboard director, will be the special speakerfor the meeting.
Also at the meeting, CARP memberswill be asked to adopt local bylaws andelect directors. Admission to the May 26meeting is free, and anyone interested injoining the North Fraser chapter is urgedto attend.
The 62-year-old Lombardi, a retiredfinancial planner, has also been a memberof the organization for the past five yearsand served on the board of the Surrey/White Rock chapter.
“These guys get involved with anythingthat comes up with seniors. They poundon the MPs and MLAs, so there is lots ofadvocacy work done at the head office inToronto,” Lombardi explained.
He said CARP’s plan is to have one mil-lion members.
“There are lots of members coast tocoast,” he said. “We’re involved in advo-cacy, benefits, community, and we have amagazine for boomers with zip. It’s like aclub for seniors.”
CARP offers members discounts andspecial services through a range of part-ners, according to Lombardi, who said anominal annual membership fee pays divi-dends down the road. The CARP mem-bership card gives its users discounts onservices offered by partners.
“You save hundreds, if not thousands,of dollars benefiting from insurance,travel, hotels, health, lifestyles, and theyare adding new partners all the time,”Lombardi said.
For more information, visit www.carp.caor contact Bird at [email protected].
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Some want a building on an emptyRidge lot, others like it the way it is.by Maria [email protected]
The District of Maple Ridge is stilllooking for public input on an empty lotbeside Memorial Peace Park.
An open house was held on Mondayevening to collect suggestionsfrom the community about whatcould be done with the property.
Public suggestions for the sitehave included relocating themuseum there and building acommercial venture on it – orjust leaving it as it is.
Ian Brooks, chair of theFarmers’ Market Society, saidthe piece of land beside the parkis “such an asset to the com-munity,” and is used by a widevariety of groups including theweekly farmers’ market.
He pointed out there’s plenty ofDistrict-owned and privately owned prop-erty in downtown Maple Ridge for otheruses.
“Why would you destroy this... whenyou have all those other sites?” he said.
The plot beside the park would fit sowell as part of the park with perhaps asmall service building with washrooms,and a covered area for electrical andwater hook-ups and perhaps picnictables, Brooks said.
“Otherwise it’s fine the way it is,” hesaid.
Maple Ridge Mayor Ernie Daykin saidnow that the leisure centre and theatrehave been built, he’s worried a buildingwith a few storeys would dwarf the park.
“It’s not a big piece of dirt,” Daykinsaid, adding that “as the downtown den-sifies, we’re not going to get any moregreen space or open space,” Daykin said.
The property, which measures aboutthree-quarters of an acre, wasoriginally slated for a hotel.
It was transferred to theownership of the District ofMaple Ridge, and proposalsfor a hotel were unsuccessfullysought in September 2007.
The site is currently usedas part of the park for severalevents throughout the year.
The District has about$400,000 in grant money thatcould be used to improve thelot.
The Maple Ridge HistoricalSociety board has proposed relocating tothe Maple Ridge Museum to the site.
Forty-six people signed in at the openhouse, 32 comment cards were filled out,and as of Tuesday, 48 online responseshad come in. To fill out the online sur-vey, go to www.mapleridge.ca and clickon “What’s New: Open house – Districtowned land adjacent to Memorial PeacePark.” A summary of the commentsshould come to Maple Ridge council onMay 30.
Downtown redevelopment
Peace Park interest grows
Ernie DaykinMaple Ridge mayor
Grassroots movement looks tocapture disillusioned electorate.Maria [email protected]
With only 17 members so far, theB.C. Conservative riding association forMaple Ridge-Pitt Meadows is still at agrassroots level. Currently the politicalparty is being revived, and local riding
president Wendy Cook said she’s look-ing forward to helping formulate poli-cies for the party, expand their member-ship and choose a leader on May 28.
With much discussion about familiesand seniors in politics, Cook said a lotof middle-aged people are disillusionedwith the political process.
“You need to be talking to the middle-aged groups,” Cook said.
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A young Maple Ridge man was givena suspended sentence for dangerousdriving on Tuesday.
by Jennifer SaltmanPostmedia Network Inc.
A Maple Ridge man who drove danger-ously and clipped a flagperson with histruck was in the throes of mental illnesswhen the incidents occurred last year.
Kyle Nelson Robert Moberg, 23, pleadedguilty to dangerous driving and assaultwith a weapon in B.C. Provincial Court inPort Coquitlam Tuesday.
Judge Marion Buller Bennett gaveMoberg a suspended sentence after hear-ing the circumstances of the offences.
On May 10 and 11, 2010, workers inthe 10400 block of 280th Street in MapleRidge saw an older white pickup swervearound traffic and people in the construc-tion zone.
On May 13, a flagger stopped the samewhite truck, which suddenly acceleratedand veered toward the 68-year-old and hithim with the passenger-side mirror.
The flagger was knocked down and suf-fered injuries to his head.
Moberg was arrested at home.Prosecutor Gail Barnes said that in such
a serious case the Crown would normallyseek a jail term. However, she said at thetime of the offences Moberg was “fairlyseriously mentally ill.”
Moberg has since been properly diag-nosed and treated, Barnes said: “He doesnot pose the same threat to the commun-ity as he did.”
Defence lawyer Troy Anderson saidthat Moberg was misdiagnosed as havingbipolar disorder and was medicated forthat illness. It was not until June 2010 thathe was properly diagnosed with a border-line personality disorder.
“He has made remarkable progresssince then,” Anderson said, arguing thatbecause of his mental state at the time,Moberg was not as morally blameworthyas a person with no mental illness.
Buller Bennett agreed with Anderson,but said Moberg is still legally responsible.
“This is absolutely outrageous behav-iour,” Buller Bennett said. “Flag peoplehave a difficult job at the best of times.”
As part of his suspended sentence,which consists of two years of probation,Moberg will have to write an apology let-ter to the man he hit, take counselling,and be subject to a three-year driving ban.
Buller Bennett said she included a longban to remind others that driving is a priv-ilege, not a right.• This story first appeared online at www.mrtimes.com
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Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times Thursday, May 19, 2011 A7
Had a chat with SandyMacdougall a few weeks agooutside the leisure centre: twoold farts sitting in the sun, one ofthem saying that he may just runfor council this fall.
A former councillor – backwhen Thomas Haney was stillalive – Big Mac is a knowledgableguy who has been both columnistand reporter, realtor, thespian,and a panel moderator discussinglocal issues.
Last week, he had a letter inthe alternative press questioningthe municipality’s devotion to the maintenanceof parks outside the downtown area, making par-ticular reference to Selvey and Ruskin Parks.
I don’t know much about Selvey Park – beenthere once – but if Sandy is trying to win votesin the east, he better watch what he says aboutRuskin Park – although I suspect his commentsare directed at the current council in a pre-emptive effort to cast him in a good light, comeelection time.
Now I don’t know whether Big Mac got out ofthe camper to inspect Ruskin Park or not, butfrom my experience – and I’m up there four orfive times a week with the dog – it’s in prettydamn good shape.
It’s slo-pitch season, and the fields look good,having been aerated and sanded in the outfieldand groomed to a flat, level surface in the infield.
Besides softball, the fields play host to soccerover the winter and provide dog owners with anice place to let Rover sniff and pee and poop hisbrains out while rooting out lost softballs in theweedier bits. I have of late seen workers up thereplanting more trees and the Mole Man giving thesmall rodents and their small mounds of soil theheave-ho.
Ruskin Park serves not only the local commun-ity, but overflow from town as well – a place forthe aforementioned beer league boys and girls tohave their fun (if you know what I mean) andleave my son with lots of cans to pick up during
his volunteer stint there.It provides a place for the road
weary to stop and relieve them-selves in the port-a-potty, or foryoung people to do whatever it isthey do at night, as long as theyaren’t carving “doughnuts” on thefield with dad’s car.
It certainly isn’t in the District’sbest interests to let this parkdeteriorate; which means thatMac, the old Sidewinder, is blow-ing a bit of smoke – something weshould get used to, come electiontime, when he’ll join Craig Speirs
and Mandeep Bhuller and a cast of 100s in themunicipal horse race this fall.
In the meantime, if Sandy wants to court therural vote, he might promise to keep the vinylmonster (urban sprawl) from our door andconcentrate housing efforts in the downtown– which, I notice, is starting to happen with theconstruction of apartments and condos: we haveto go up, not out, as they say.
We like our little idyll out here, we like to havea beer in the backyard beside the bonfire, and welike to hear the clucking of chickens, the chorusof coyotes, the sound of the big saw down at thehardwood mill, the train whistles, the bear knock-ing over the compost.
We’re happy with our ball park, our cheapergasoline, the smell of cedar, the view of the riverand Mount Baker. Please spare us your auto-mobile-dependent subdivisions.
We’re already being threatened from the otherend by Mission and the massive Genstar develop-ment and Abbotsford hungrily (thirstily) oglingStave Lake as a source of drinking water.
We welcome our urban friends out here toplay ball or soccer, rent our quaint little hall foryour daughter’s wedding, play in our rivers andlakes; but after that, you can get in your SUVs, gohome, and take your refuse and your beer cansfull of cigarette butts with you.
That goes for you, too, Macdougall: there’s noovernight camping in Ruskin Park.
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Beware ofparty time
As schools arrive at their annualcompletion date and youngsters getitchy for things to do when classroomsare closed, this is a good time to remindfolks of an incident that occurred inChilliwack – too close to home to beignored – a short time ago.
An adult was arrested after hosting aparty with underage children, and pro-viding them with alcohol.
A 15-year-old girl went to policewith allegations that she was sexuallyassaulted by a 32-year-old male whowas the host of such a party.
“We really want to encourage par-ents to know where their kids are andwho they are with,” said Const. TracyWolbeck. “It’s equally important thatteens recognize the dangers out there,and make good decisions.”
It probably comes as no surprisethat police have reason to believe therehave been other parties where underageyouth were invited or were allowed toattend, hosted by older men who pro-vided them with alcohol.
The fact that no formal charge wasinitially laid in the alleged incidentpoints out the dangers to everyoneinvolved in such parties.
Advantage can be taken of impres-sionable youngsters – while would-behosts of such illicit parties put them-selves at risk of accusations that couldcompound their already significant lia-bility for illegally influencing minors.
But it’s those impressionable teens– many of them looking for opportun-ities to party at this time of year – aboutwhom we are most concerned. And par-ental awareness is key to their safety.
Many party invitations or call-outscome across electronic media and socialnetworking sites and applications thesedays. Monitoring your kids’ telephoneand computer activity isn’t about beingnosy or intrusive, it’s about apply-ing adult discretion where youthfulinexperience can leave your young onesvulnerable.
You could also try an old-fashionedmethod of keeping your kids safe: talkto them. In the old days, some parentseven enjoyed the exercise.
– B.G.
• For some pointers on how to manage online activitiesso your family can feel safer and more secure, we have
more online at www.mrtimes.com, click on ‘Opinion’
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Dear Editor,I have to address some of the misstate-
ments, either deliberate or negligent, onthe part of the school board about the
numbers in the elementary band program.The board paints a picture [Special
needs squeezed next, May 17, TIMES]of a teacher driving constantly to a dozenschools to teach five children.
This is nonsense.I organized the car pool from Eric
Langton for two years of elementaryband.
We fill my Grand Caravan with our stu-dents, and drive to our host elementary,along with other schools in our area sothe band teacher travels to one schoolto teach 20 or so of one grade, and thechildren are exchanged by carpool as thesame school supplies the second gradelevel to receive instruction.
It is done at multiple schools, and notat MRSS, because there are 190 students,hardly a workable class size.
We are told that the band teachers havehuge blocks of time they are teachingother subjects. This is also false, and theboard could not possibly have reviewedthe program even casually and not knownthis.
Instruction begins at 7 a.m., and runspast 4 p.m. There are hours of break inlieu of overtime in the middle of the dayto keep the music and choir instructionlimited to a full-day of teaching for eachof the two instructors.
Adding 190 new students will requiremultiple classes, requiring multiple hoursper week of costly overtime.
Hardly a cost saving measure.We are told the current method is dis-
ruptive, but the current model uses fixedblocks the elementary teachers can planaround to minimize disruption.
Moving the students into the rotatingblock system of the high schools willcause students to miss instruction time inmultiple subjects, as they will be pulledfrom class on a rotating schedule thatdoes not mesh with any of the multipleelementary school schedules.
As hard as it is to set up a car pool ona fixed mid-day schedule, it would beimpossible to set up one to mesh with therotating high school block system, requir-ing parents to be available on differentdays and times each week.
The board’s fix will kill the band pro-gram, burn out the band teachers, hurtthe students grades, disrupt the elemen-tary classrooms, and result in higher costsdue to overtime than they would havesaved with a single salary for the samehours of instruction.
John T. Mainer, Maple Ridge
School district
Band numbers deceiving
Provincial politics
HST hurtsmanyDear Editor,
The Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) isthe current hype for the business com-munity.
I have just heard on the radio howgood it is for business.
It must be nice for the business com-munity that gets an advantage fromthe HST. Less forms and less tax. Allbecause we are paying HST for them.
But what about the ordinary person,the senior on a fixed income, the min-imum pay person, the families – andthere are a lot of them seniors, fam-ilies, and minimum-wage earners feel-ing the bite of HST.
British Columbia is Canada’s’Retirement Alley.
Ms. Christy Clark says she will fixthe HST. How? Dropping the rate?
How long will that last? Other prov-inces like Nova Scotia pay 15 per centalready. Britain has VAT (same asHST) at 20 per cent.
Who is to say that ours will stay atthe original rate for a long time?
And the sad part is, this is all forbusinesses that are making a profit atour expense.
We are asked to subsidise these inthe hope that they will drop prices andhire help. I have a friend who likes theHST. He has less forms to fill and paysless tax, but doesn’t plan to hire.
So folks, do realize the perils.This government will tell you that
they are the ones who will set the rate.But, we have heard before about
what this government will do and thenoddly enough, it doesn’t happen thatway. Surprise, surprise!
Blame the Liberals for the expense ofgetting rid of the HST. They caused theemotional turmoil by disrespecting thepeople of British Columbia.
Anyway, I know I will be voting“YES” to extinguish the HST.
Stan Hutchison, Maple Ridge[More HST letters online at www.
mrtimes.com, click on “Opinion”]
Dear Editor,Food shortages expected in the next
few decades are directly linked to a sadlyoverpopulated world.
We cannot continue to be reckless infamily planning, as in some countries.
Several crooked nations are alreadypirating our fish stocks. They rape theiroceans and then travel across the waterto do the same to ours, while our bone-heads in Ottawa look the other way.
The global community needs to addressthis major crisis for the betterment of the
health of the world and the survival ofhuman race.
Ironically, man is his own worst enemy,and many will suffer because of climatechange and unruly sex practices withlarge families that cannot sustain all thosewithin their family units.
This is not about racism. It is strainingour food basket. Many will unnecessarilysuffer because of blatant stupidity.Paul Harvey Galbraith, Pitt Meadows[A full version of this letter is online at
www.mrtimes.com, click on “Opinion”]
Resources
Global food shortages imminent
Dear Editor,Not to add to the abuse of the term
irony, but what other term can one usewhen viewing page 12 of May 5th’sTIMES, which has a discussion about
bylaw officers going after RV owners,while directly below this article is an adfrom BCAA with the title ‘Free up thefun with your RV.’.
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Maple Ridge Garden Club photo
The Country Garden Tour gives the public a sneak peak into some of the best gardens in Maple Ridge.
Proceeds from this summer’s CountryGarden Tour aid Sunshine Foundation.
Garden enthusiasts will have the chanceto tour seven local gardens this June inthe Country Garden Tour.
It’s the fifth time that the Maple RidgeGarden Club is holding the tour connect-ing plant lovers with the best gardens inMaple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.
Based on the public’s response in previ-ous years, garden club member MargaretSpratt said she expects a good turnout.
“People love to come to these,” Sprattsaid. “We’re fortunate in Maple Ridge,because we’ve got large gardens, whereas
people in [other areas] don’t have asmuch space.”
Spratt said a committee of garden clubmembers decided which gardens to fea-ture on the tour.
Garden owners will be on hand toanswer questions about the types of plantsthey’re growing throughout the day.
Proceeds from the $15 tickets will bedonated to the Sunshine FoundationDreams for Kids program, which grantswishes for children in the Fraser Valleydealing with serious illnesses or dis-abilities.
To date, the club has raised more than$39,000 for the Sunshine Foundation.
Tickets are on sale now for the June 26event, which runs, rain or shine, from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. The price includes a mapof the seven gardens, a beverage, and asnack at a designated “picnic garden.”
NBD re-enacted a scene from their version of Taylor Swift’s Speak Now. From left, Melanie Manson, BeckyJenkins, Jessica Greene, Katelyn Murray, as well as Amanda and Brandon Severinski.
A creative group of PMSS students,and one former student, have foundtheir Internet niche.
The next YouTube sensations are livingin Pitt Meadows.
A group of teens, who call themselvesNBD Worldwide (stands for “no bigdeal”), are burning up the Internet andgenerating interest all over the world withtheir take on popular music videos.
Having only been around for about ayear, NBD, consisting of Amanda andBrandon Severinski, Jessica Greene, BeckyJenkins, Melanie Manson, and KatelynMurray, have reached almost 200,000views on their mostpopular parody, TaylorSwift’s Speak Now.
In the video Jenkinsplays Swift, and theothers make up the sup-porting roles to produceboth creative and hilari-ous results.
“We pick random songsthat are kind of popu-lar and make parodies,make fun of them,” saidJenkins.
“It’s usually popular songs that areplayed on the radio,” added Greene.
With seven videos in total so far, NBDhas only begun what they call their worlddomination, and recently filmed theirfirst Britney Spears parody of her hit songWomanizer.
They already have versions of MileyCyrus’ Can’t Be Tamed, and Party in theUSA, along with Swift’s song Haunted,among others.
“If the videos are good we can do some-thing with them,” said Brandon.
Cyrus’ Can’t Be Tamed video forexample, starts in a bird cage exhibit ina museum; NBD’s version begins in the
chicken coop on the Severinski farm.All their videos are shot at the farm, and
Amanda and Brandon’s parents watch thefinished version before it is uploaded tothe Internet.
“If the video is funny, we keep thosepretty much the same,” said Murray oftheir creative take on the artist’s work.
The group has amassed quite a follow-ing online, with many comments askingfor more videos to be made, and praisingthe group’s creativity.
For Speak Now, they received 3,000views in just one night. Most seem tocome from the U.S. and Australia, andsome fans think they are making fun ofthe singer. But, that is not necessarily thecase.
They do not shy away from real-lifecontroversies, however, and will includethose in the video – Miley Cyrus’ Vanity
Fair photo shoot is oneexample. Cyrus was criti-cized for posing with onlya blanket as a top whenshe was 15 years old.
But those kinds ofsituations just help NBDexplore their own creativ-ity.
“We never thoughtwe’d have 1,000 views,”said Brandon. “Wenever thought we’d have10,000,” added his sister
Amanda.With Brandon as their trusted editor, the
group is planning a whole summer of filmshoots for the YouTube channel. Theyare starting to sell DVDs of the first sevenvideos, with bloopers included, to makesome money to buy costumes. They mayalso expand into the T-shirt market.
One goal is to be on Ellen, and they’vesent her a video but have yet to hear.
“The stuff we do in filming is just sofunny,” said Amanda.
“It’s so much fun,” said Jenkins. “I’m sohappy we started doing this.”
To check out NBD’s work, go to www.youtube.com/user/NBDWorldwide.
Music video parodies
Teens spoof superstars
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NBD Worldwide film their videos at theSeverinski farm in Pitt Meadows.
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Jason Kelly and Harry Wagner, both of Maple Ridge,recently escaped to Brazil for six weeks. In addition tothe sunscreen, they packed a copy of The TIMES for theirexcursion to the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
Jaqueline Colonna, a Grade 4 student from Webster’s Corners Elementary,
recently visited Varedero, Cuba with her parents, grandparents, aunts,
and uncles.
Hola from the sunny beaches ofCancun, Mexico, Maple Ridge’sTaylor Altenried (left), JessicaWingert, Carly Schmidt, RebeccaRobson, Courtney McKewan, andNatasha Nelson showed off asouvenir from back home, a copyof The TIMES newspaper.
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A group of St Patrick’s Students posed for the camera during their afternoon KM Club run. The sticks in theirhands are earned after each circle around the field. This is how the kilometres each child runs are tallied. Fromleft to right, Quest Hansen, Jenna Tokaryk, Sean Francis, Josh Tokaryk, Liam Toner, Jenna Francis.
The local Catholic schoolhas been running a clubthat raises money tohelp kids with cancer.
St. Patrick’s studentshave logged 1,140 kilo-metres of running thisyear and in doing so haveraised $500 for familieswhose children are under-going cancer treatment.
Last year, St. Patrick’sSchool decided to form arunning club called theKilometre Club (KM Club),which is part of a charit-able society called Athletesin Kind.
Each week students meetfor an organized run ofone to three kilometreson a marked route withintheir schoolyard.
Under the dedi-cated guidance of AprilMigneault, a St. Patrick’sparent, the St. Patrick’sKM Club has grown fromits initial 15 students in2010, to its current 120that come out and runevery Wednesday afterschool.
“The students love to bepart of a healthy, givingprogram and take pridein their milestones andachievements,” Migneaultsaid.
“At each milestone, 10kilometres, half marathon,marathon and ultra mara-
thon, students receiveribbons,” Migneaultexplained. “As well, theirpeers award them with alarge and supportive roundof applause.”
Participants are encour-aged to give a small dona-tion – a loonie or twoeach week – of their ownearned money to helpthem understand charityand help raise money forfamilies struggling finan-cially because of childhoodcancer.
Athletes in Kind fundsthe B.C. Childhood CancerParents Association atVancouver Children’sHospital.
BCCCPA serves as theeyes and legs for AIK bydistributing 100 per cent
of the donations that comethrough AIK for the sup-port of families in need.
AIK is a local charityformed by Lorie Mullerof Pitt Meadows in April2005.
As part of AIK, the KMClub was established towork alongside elementaryschools and provide a run-ning program for kids inKindergarten to Grade 7.
In addition to fundrais-ing, the KM Club encour-ages mentoring within thekids, the importance ofvolunteering, and recogni-tion for achievements.
For more information, orif a school would like tostart a KM Club, they cancontact www.athletesin-kind.com.
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Ava Stephen-Dewhurst collected sticks so she can later tally how far she ran.
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First-time car show generatedabout $3,000 for MRSS’s2011 graduating class.by Roxanne [email protected]
Bake sales and craft fundrais-ers are just not Kim Grassick’sbailiwick.
So, when the Maple Ridgemother arrived home from thefirst meeting of her son’s drygrad committee, she was stillgrasping for a more fitting wayto help raise money than baking– which she claims to never do– and crafts – which she said shedetests.
“Do I look likea bake sale, craftsale kinda gal,” shejoked. “I’m a hot rodchick.”
So, it wasn’t a hugeleap for the Grassickfamily to propose,instead, to host a carshow.
With experienceorganizing a showand shine in aid ofbreast cancer a few years back,and being what they describe ascar buffs, the Grasskicks suggest-ed the Maple Ridge Secondary(MRSS) and the dry grad com-mittee steer away the traditionalfundraisers in favour of oneinvolving a whole lot of metal,
chrome, and horsepower.That was the moment of con-
ception, one might say, for theMRSS Dry Grad Car Show heldthis past weekend at the school.
A car show was a relativelynew fundraising concept for thiscommunity, but fellow parents,grads, and school staff all seemed
keen, Kim told the TIMES.Chase Grassick, 17, predicted
immediately that they could pullit off, and said there was nofundraiser more natural for hisfamily to spearhead.
The only child of Dennis andKim Grassick grew up aroundautomobiles, catching what he
calls the car bug from his parentsat an early age while travellingfrequently to car events all acrossthe U.S. and Western Canada.
To help organize an event likethis for his fellow Grade 12 stu-dents, to enable them to have adry grad, was a “no brainer.”
Now, weather definitely damp-
en participation of car collectorsand spectators alike at the week-end event, but it didn’t quashpeople’s high spirits.
“Weather has put a damper onit. I know at least 30 or 40 othercars owners who said they weregoing to be here,” Dennis added.
Admittedly, only 50 of ananticipated 150 car collectorsshowed up. And the crowd wassparse throughout the day, butwith the combined proceeds froma silent auction, hot dog sale,and entry fees, the event gener-ated “some significant coin” forthe alcohol-free graduation party.
Between intermittent showers,the first-time car show still man-aged to raise about $3,000 for thecause, boasted Dennis.
The tally is about $2,000 lessthan the Grassicks would havehoped, but everyone who didcome out had a blast, was gladto raise what they could, andwant to do it again, he added.
In fact, despite all the planningand work needed to pull off theevent, Kim, Dennis, and evenChase say they had so much funthat they’ll be back at it againnext year, to help future grads.
Dry grad
Car buffs use passion to help raisemoney
Roxanne Hooper/TIMES
Car collectors Chase, Kim, and Dennis Grassick (above) were the key organizers for a dry gradfundraising car show organized at Maple Ridge Secondary this past weekend. In addition to cars,the event featured entertainment, hot dog sales, and a silent auction. The Grassicks brought their1960 Bonneville and trailer, which they call the Hot Rod Hotel, to display.
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A24 Thursday, May 19, 2011 Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times
May 19• The Maple Ridge Libraryhosts a Canadian War Brideslecture at 2 p.m. HistorianAnnette Fulford’s grand-mother, Grace Clark, wasone of those women, sail-ing to Canada from Englandon the RMS Melita in 1919.Fulford will speak aboutthe history of Canada’s WarBrides. Info: Maple RidgeLibrary at 604-467-7417.
May 19• The Remaining Light freefilm screening and discussionon seniors’ health care takesplace from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
at the seniors centre, 12150224th St. The documentaryjourneys through an ofteninvisible part of Canada’shealth care system – thecommunity-based servicesthat provide care to seniorsas they age and die. Registerby calling Heather at 604-786-7404 or emailing [email protected].
May 21• Hammond United Churchis holding a plant sale from9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 11345Melville St. in Maple Ridge.Info: Hammond UnitedChurch at 604-465-6922.
May 21• St. George’s AnglicanChurch is holding its annualgarage and plant sale at23500 Dewdney Trunk Roadfrom 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
May 21• The Haney Farmers’
Market has new vegetable
vendors coming from 9 a.m.to 2 p.m. to the Saturdaymorning market with freshproduce. Prepared foodvendors are on hand withThai curry sauces, Dutchpancakes, packaged granolaand cereal, homemade soup,tarts, pies, cookies, and jams.Paul Surridge and friendsentertain. Info: www.haney-farmersmarket.com.
May 22• The Alouette FieldNaturalists look for birdsalong Airport Way in PittMeadows. Meet at 9:30 a.m.on Bonson Road opposite thePitt Meadows Athletic Field.Info: Joan at 604-460-4615.
May 22• Between 2 and 4 p.m. thePitt Meadows Museum willhave a Radio Show Down.Visitors to the museum canlisten to some old-time radioshows and make their ownunique recordings. Museum
Sundays is open to children,adults and families of allages and admission is bydonation. Info: Pitt MeadowsMuseum at 604-465-4322.
May 25• 1st Yennadon Scout Groupwill be having their earlyregistration for 2011/2012for Beavers 5-7, Cubs 8-10,Scouts 11-13, Venturers 14-17 and Rovers 18 and up,from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at theEagles’ Hall at 23461 FernCres. adjacent to the MapleRidge Campgrounds.
May 25• Hammond ElementarySchool at 11520 203 St. ishosting a Medieval Carnivalfrom 4 to 8 p.m. The funincludes carnival games, acake walk, jousting match,pie-eating contest, and a cos-tume contest. Info: PAC [email protected].
• The Little Mermaid is pre-sented by Hill Academy atthe ACT. Shows on May 25are at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.and on May 26 at 12:30 p.m.Tickets are $16 for adultsand $13 for seniors and chil-dren. The 11 a.m. and 12:30p.m. shows are only $7.
May 26• The first annual generalmeeting of the North Fraserchapter of CARP, a seniorsadvocacy association, willbe held from 7 to 9 p.m.at the Coquitlam branch ofthe Canadian Legion, 1025Ridgeway Ave. Coquitlam.Info: Bruce Bird at [email protected]. or 778-284-1189.
May 26• To help family caregiversand health care providers in
Maple Ridge, the non-profitAlzheimer Society of B.C. ispresenting a free tele-work-shop at 7 p.m. called Under-standing Communication.Pre-registration is required byMay 23. Visit www.alzhe-imerbc.org or phone toll-free1-866-396-2433.
May 27• Hominum Fraser ValleyChapter is holding its month-ly meeting. Hominum is aninformal discussion and sup-port group to help gay, bi-sexual and questioning menwith the challenges of beingmarried, separated, or single.For information and meetinglocation, call Art at 604-462-9813 or Don at 604-329-9860.
May 28• “I-love-to-dance” dancetakes place in the ballroom ofthe Ridge Meadows SeniorsCentre, 12150 224 St. Ticketsare $20 and include food andrefreshments. A salsa lessontakes place from 7 to 8 p.m.Info: Ray at 604-836-7295.
May 28• The Maple Ridge Museumand Community Archives
join together with the HaneyFarmers’ Market from 9 a.m.to 2 p.m. to bring heritage ineducation to the commun-ity at Memorial Peace Park.Displays will cover local edu-cation history and the roleof our community history intoday’s schools.
May 28• The Maple Ridge AntiquesRoad Show will be visitingthe Maple Ridge Library from11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bring yourtrinkets and treasures to theMaple Ridge Library to havethem evaluated by certifiedappraisers. Info: Maple RidgeLibrary at 604-467-7417.
May 28• Volunteers are organiz-ing a free children’s cloth-ing exchange at the HIVENeighbourhood Centre atEric Langton Elementarybetween 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
May 28• Rhododendron Day atWhonnock Lake Garden willrun from 1 to 4 p.m. Therewill also be a hands-on mini-workshop about rhododen-
drons. Info: Scot Henney at604-464-7979.
May 28• St. Patrick’s School willhold a clothing and toy swapmeet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.For information or to renta table, contact Tisha [email protected] at 604-880-1744.
May 29• The Bank of Montreal inHaney is having a garagesale/hot dog sale from 9 a.m.to 2 p.m. in their parking lotat 22410 Lougheed Hwy. Allproceeds will go to the RidgeMeadows Hospital.
May 29• The Alouette FieldNaturalists travel to theOthello Tunnels east of Hopefor spring flowers. Meet at 9a.m. on 228th Street betweenLougheed and Dewdney tocarpool. Info: Duanne at 463-8743.
May 29• A Greatstrides Walk willbe held in Pitt Meadows tohonour children who havecystic fibrosis at 10 a.m. at
the south end of Harris Road.This is part of a cross-Canadaevent. Info: www.cysticfibro-sis.ca.
May 29• Come to the Pitt MeadowsMuseum between 2 and4 p.m. for Double BubbleTrouble to make wands andbubble solution and fill thestreets with giant bubbles.Admission is by donation.Info: 604-465-4322.
Groups• Take Off Pounds Sensibly(TOPS) meets every Mondayexcept holidays from 5:30 to7:45 p.m. in the library atthe Ridge Meadows SeniorsCentre at 12150 224 St. Info:Elma at 604-463-4831 [email protected].
Groups• Singles walking group45-plus, Happy Wanderers,meet Saturdays at 9:15 a.m.at Old Rec Hall, Harris andLougheed, Pitt Meadows.Leave at 9:30 a.m. and walkin various areas and trailsboth sides of the river. Info:604-463-8874.
Groups• The Blue HeronToastmasters meets everyThursday at Pitt MeadowsCity Hall from 7:30 to 9:30p.m. to learn about publicspeaking, effective communi-cation, leadership skills, andhow to run a meeting. Info:Bob at [email protected] or604-460-0035, or Andrew [email protected] at 604-460-0339.
Volunteers• Katie’s Place animal shelterneeds volunteers, particu-larly cleaners for Fridays andSundays, but can accom-modate any schedule. Info:604-463-7917 or [email protected].
Volunteers• Ridge Meadows HospiceThrift Store requires volun-teers to sort, price, and stockshelves. The thrift store hasextended its hours and isnow open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Monday to Saturday. Info:604-463-7711.
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Mural with a twistThe Leaf Spirits of Maple Ridge, near the ACT, was dedicated on July 1, 2009. The piece of art, created by LisaLake, was a gift to Maple Ridge from the Ridge Meadows Educational Foundation with support from the Districtof Maple Ridge and School District 42.
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A series of tours, including one inhistoric Maple Ridge, took placeacross the Lower Mainland.by Maria [email protected]
Port Haney resident Ian McLeodled a tour around his neighbourhoodearlier this month, to highlight thehistory of the area.
McLeod rented out his Port Haneyhome a few years ago and moved toVancouver for a few years to avoidcommuting. During this time, hehooked up with the group Think Citythat looks at both the history andfuture of that city.
The group organizes histor-ical tours of Vancouver, and whenMcLeod moved back to Haney, hedecided to do one for Maple Ridge,specifically in his stomping groundsof Port Haney.
Since many parts of historic Haneyhave been bulldozed or burneddown, history buffs have to use theirimagination as they tour the area.
But, he pointed out, there are stillremnants of history left in the neigh-bourhood.
“You run into things when you justpay attention,” said McLeod, whobelongs to the Maple Ridge HistoricalSociety.
McLeod held his first tour onSaturday (May 8), as part of a week-end of neighbourhood tours beingoffered across the Lower Mainlandby volunteers as part of the ThinkCity initiative.
There were 10 people on the 90-minute tour, nine of them from out-side Maple Ridge.
The tour started and ended at thewar memorial in the Memorial PeacePark and took in Haney House, thePort Haney Wharf, and the vari-ous highs and lows along 224th andFraser Streets.
From the 1880s into the 1920s, PortHaney was the commercial centre ofMaple Ridge because of its proximity
to the river wharf and the CanadianPacific train station.
When the Lougheed Highwayopened in 1931, as the first directhighway route to Vancouver, com-mercial businesses shifted out of PortHaney, and most of the historic vil-lage died away.
It would be nice to organize tourson a consistent basis in Maple Ridge,McLeod said, and perhaps link themto the Saturday farmers’ markets.
Tour guide Ian McLeod led a group of history buffs on the Port Haney historic tour recently.
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It’s only been done twotimes in the history of theLangley Blaze baseballteam – and both thoseathletes are now playingpro ball. So 18-year-oldpitcher Kyle Joel is in goodcompany.
The Grade 12 MapleRidge resident threw a per-fect game for the LangleyBlaze on April 30, some-thing he never thought hewould accomplish at sucha young age.
“I had a good game, andhad some good defencebehind me,” he said sim-ply.
However, he realizes themajor milestone he hasalready achieved.
“It’s something I’llremember my whole life,”he said.
Major League Baseballdefines a perfect game“when a pitcher (or pitch-ers) retires each batter onthe opposing team dur-ing the entire course of agame, which consists ofat least nine innings. Ina perfect game, no batterreaches any base duringthe course of the game.”
This is a dream of everypitcher but Joel said hedoesn’t let the stress getto him.
“It’s in the back of yourmind the whole time,” headmitted, “even thoughyou’re not supposed tothink about it.”
Blaze coach DougMathieson said both thecoaching staff and theplayers were very proudof Joel.
“It was a gutsy perform-
ance,” he said. “Kyle hascome a long way and isnow in command of threepitches which allowedhim to throw this kind ofgame.”
Joel has been playingbaseball since he wasfive years old, and startedin the Ridge Meadowsleague. However, thereis no premiere league
locally, so Joel now playsfor Langley. Next year,he will be moving upto the NJCAA (NationalJunior College AthleticAssociation) confer-ence, when he attendsMuscatine College in Iowaon a full scholarship.
“It’s going to be mymain life besides going toschool and doing school
work,” he said about hisnew adventure. Althoughhe does not know exactlywhat he wants to study,he is considering becominga sports agent, so he willhave to keep up his gradesno matter what.
“If you don’t you getcanned and then you haveto come home,” he said.
This is the first time
he will be on his own,and although he is nerv-ous, he’s excited to playbaseball at an even higherlevel. He was recruited byMuscatine College overjust a few weeks, after theBlaze played a couple ofgames south of the border.
“[The college] took alook at me and they likedme,” said Joel.
“Kyle is a bulldog on themound and his competelevel is very high,” saidMathieson.
Joel can thank his dadfor this praise and oppor-tunity, as he also playedbaseball, and that is wherehis son developed his loveof the game.
“He started teaching mewhen I was young and Ijust loved it,” said Joel.
He would not havegotten this far howeverwithout the experienceand support of playing inthe Ridge Meadows MinorBaseball Association.
“I always enjoyed play-ing in Maple Ridge,” hesaid. “We always had agood team, good coaches.”
Joel’s baseball career canpretty much take him any-where at this point, andhe is as ready as he’ll everbe for whatever the futurebrings.
“I just love the game,”he said. “I get really intoit, I just love the atmos-phere on the baseballfield.”
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Becoming a black beltAbout 350 competitors were at Westview Secondary last Saturday for a Sun Hang Do tournament, with students from all over the Lower Mainland.The main event consisted of students doing a demonstration as part of their black belt test. There were also breaking boards and weapons displays.The tournament has not been held in Maple Ridge since 1993.
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A former Maple Ridge lacrosse player spent sometime with the Toronto Rock.
by Dan OlsonPostmedia Network Inc.
It began with a tryout and ended with a championship.Port Coquitlam’s Aaron Pascas has lived the life of
Reilly this winter lacrosse season as a rookie on theToronto Rock.
The pro box lacrosse squad capped a successful seasonon Sunday by edging the Washington Stealth 8-7 for theNational Lacrosse League playoff crown.
The six-foot lefthander came into Toronto’s train-ing camp as a prospect and walked off as a champion— how sweet is that?
“My biggest challenge has probably been just adjust-ing to the speed and skill of the game,” Pascas toldPostmedia prior to the championship final. “Every aspectof the game is just at another level, but playing in theWLA the past few years has really helped me out a lot.”
The 24-year-old has toiled for Langley in the summercircuit and posted a point-per game pace. In the NLL,once he earned his spot, the role changed.
In Sunday’s championship game, the game turnedfrom a runaway lead for the Rock to a squeaker in thefourth quarter. Up 7-2 at the half, Toronto witnesseda Washington rally that turned it into a one-goal gamewith 15 minutes left.
The home team countered and held on for the one-goal win.
Pascas’ first season in the NLL was more than just aneye-opener for the junior Saints alumni. He came to itcompletely without any promises and just the prospectof working hard and perhaps a break would come.
It did, and then some.“I really didn’t have any expectations coming into free
agent camp and main camp,” he recalled. “I just wantedto go in there and just work as hard as I could and playmy best and hope that what I brought to the table iswhat the coaches were looking for.
“If you start thinking too much about that kind of stuffthen that’s when you start making mistakes and holdingyour stick a little tighter.”
Last year with Maple Ridge, he racked up 18 goals andseven assists in 17 games. The possible ‘big jump’ to thepro level seemed pretty comparable when the forwardcontributed 15 goals and eight helpers in 14 games.
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Tupper, Kenneth Lester (Ken)Nov 20, 1922 – May 11, 2011It is with profound sadness thatwe announce the passing of KenTupper, much loved husband, father,grandfather and great-grandfather.Dad passed away at Ridge MeadowsHospital with his family by his side.Ken is survived by his loving wifeJoyce, his six children Marilyn (Jim),Susan (Keith), Maureen (Greg), Mark(Heidi), Scott (Kathy), Brent (Joanne)and his sister Mabel. He also leaves to mourn his grandchildrenFiona (Kenny), Erin (David), Kerri, Adam (Maria), Ashley (Justin),Miranda, Stephanie, Christopher (Ashley), Taylor, Cameron,Lindsay, Sarah and Hayden and his great-grandchildren Charlie,Talia and Joshua. Dad was pre-deceased by his daughter-in-lawPatti and two grandchildren, Shawn and Danielle.Ken was born in Star City, Saskatchewan joining the RCAF in1941. During the war he was a flight engineer responsiblefor providing escort to the merchant supply ships departingCanada’s east coast for ports in England.While still in the service and living in Cold Lake Alberta with hiswife Joyce and six kids, Dad worked part-time doing vehiclemaintenance and repairs. Somehow he found the time tovolunteer more than 1,000 hours at the local theatre to gain theminimum on the job experience required to earn his projectionistlicense, eventually becoming the theatre manager.The Tupper’s were the first family in Cold Lake to receive a TVsignal. After moving north Dad wasn’t about to miss “HockeyNight in Canada” so after stacking one antenna on top ofanother he was able to pick up a faint signal but enough towarrant bringing a TV to the remote region.Dad retired from the Air Force in 1966 with the rank of Sergeant,heading a crew providing maintenance to military aircraft. In thefall of 1966 the Tupper’s moved to Maple Ridge where Ken hadthe dual responsibility of managing both Pitt Meadows Golf Clubas well as the Maple Ridge club. It was during these years thathe could be seen at the local arena coaching minor hockey.Later Dad worked in the penal system at Alouette River Unit,retiring at the age of 60. He spent the next 5 years helping twoof his son’s, Mark and Brent establish their Maple Ridge basedbusiness, T&T Auto Parts.Since retiring at the age of 65, Dad could regularly be seenon one of his many walks around town or at the dikes. Hefrequented as many of his grandchildren’s events as waspossible, including birthdays, dance recitals, graduation, footballand baseball. Dad would often be heard to say; “hit it just oversecond”, words of encouragement to one of his grandchildrenor their team mates as they were up to bat. It was at one of hisgrandson’s games earlier this year when Dad had a fall and wediscovered his heart was not well.Those who were lucky enough to know Ken will themselvesknow the pride and love Dad had for all his family and theirextended families. For Dad a good day was one that he spentwith his family and friends.We are all going to miss him!All who knew Ken are welcome to attend a celebration of Dad’slife, to be held at Mark and Heidi Tupper’s home on Monday- May 23, 2011 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Heart and StrokeFoundation, The Canadian Cancer Society or BC Children’sHospital.
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ARBUCKLE - Clara VeronaVerona of Maple Ridge, BCpassed away on Saturday May14th, 2011 at the RoyalColumbian Hospi ta l , NewWestminster. Born in Oshawa,Ontario, she was the daughter ofthe late George McCrackenThompson and Wilhemina Lily(Reynolds) Thompson. She waspredeceased by her husbandJohn Merritt Arbuckle, brothersDavid, George and ErnieThompson. She is survived bydaughters Jodie Corke (Gary),Tracy Clarke (Bob), Denise Crook(Cameron), Shelly Arbuckle andsons Darren Arbuckle and JasonA r b u c k l e . G r a n d c h i l d r e n ,Candice, Terry (Christine), Bobby(Bekkie), Megan (Dave), Brittany,Trevor, Alicia, Caitlan, Cody,Felicity, Jordan and Samanthaand four great grandchildren. AMemorial Service will be held atThe Royal Canadian Legion,Branch 88, 12101 - 224th Street,Maple Ridge, BC at 1pm onThursday, May 19th, 2011.
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Aries March 21 - April 19: Although many thingsremain to be handled in money areas, life starts to lightenup. A restless feeling enters for the next four weeks, asdo short trips, errands, lots of conversations and casualmeetings. These weeks bring your first opportunity insome months to make peace with someone who hasbeen quietly but strongly opposing you. You shouldmake peace, or come to some understanding (especiallyMonday, Friday/Saturday) because this person has theupper hand, and will for some time. It might even be yourmate! Happiness early, weariness midweek, then energyFriday/Saturday.Taurus April 20-May 20: The weeks ahead emphasizemoney, earning and spending, possessions and memorywork/learning. (Dante said there’s no learning if youunderstand but don’t remember.) Be ambitious Sunday/Monday. Despite a wee frustration Sunday morning, mostfactors line up for success, especially Monday. Happiness,social joys and optimism enter midweek! But retreat Fridayevening to Saturday – rest,plan,contemplate. Employmentor health matters could face an obstacle Friday. Patienceand thinking will show the way past it. Your charismakeeps shining, right into June: continue with projects.Gemini May 21-June 20: Your energy, charisma andeffectiveness climb over the four weeks ahead. Startimportant projects, tackle chores that intimidated you, askfavours, chase someone. Through June 3, life (and yourefforts) can bring social breakthroughs, light love, freedom,or bring you a true mate, a lucky relocation or a beneficialcontract! But by subtle stages, now to June 2012, you’returning toward quiet solitude, charity, governmental links,institutional connections, and administrative tasks. Thesewill be lucky. The hustle-bustle world won’t be. Joy hasbarriers Friday, none Saturday!
Cancer June 21-July 22: This week and the nextthree are a “cross-over.” Part of your life will be tired,restricted, seeking rest, solitude and contemplation.You want to sum up and plan. Another part will besocial, optimistic, seeking fun and looking forward tofuture events. This second part is emerging, and will,by late June, win out for a year, bringing great luck,social delights, wish fulfillment, light romance, and alove of life! But every spring needs a cold March, sowe can prepare. Use these weeks ahead to plan, fulfillobligations, and clear your desk. A career might cometrue. Wisdom, midweek.Leo July 23-Aug. 22: Two themes occupy you over thenext four weeks: career, ambition and prestige relations(e.g., with VIPs) are one. The other is wish fulfillment,light romance, social joys, optimism and “future gazing.”In the long run, now to June 2012, the ambition areawill prove more powerful and more beneficial. But for themonth ahead, social delights, flirting and optimism winout. (In this, though, be willing to deepen flirtation intoreal romance, and don’t believe all the “social promise”you see.) Be gracious: a VIP, boss or parent will beimpatient into mid-late June. Opportunity, Monday!Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22: Although the ambitious sideof your life is emphasized for the next four weeks, don’tthrow everything into this area – and DON’T do anythingunethical to get ahead, don’t change jobs, don’t push ordare a boss or parent, and don’t launch a business. Thatadvice holds right into August 2012. Do, though, acceptanything that comes to you.This year and a half demandsstrict “morality” from you: on the good side, in two weeksyou start a year-long period of wisdom, understandingand gentle love. But avoid legal hassles for four weeks.Attraction, midweek! Financial caution Friday.
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22: Legal, cultural, love,international, higher education, far travel and publishingthemes enter until late June. In addition, the next twoweeks might bring (or further) a life-mate attraction ora major opportunity. But don’t lean too heavily on thisentire (legal to publishing) zone, for it might promisemore than it delivers. Simultaneously, through theweeks ahead, an accent grows on secrets and secretaction, sexual desires, lifestyle changes, investments,commitments: these will benefit you greatly from Juneto June 2012! Romance frustrates Sunday day, butnight’s magic!Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21: The bulge of work that piledon you over the last half year (and last summer) is quicklyending. Now through June 2012 your efforts will berewarded with opportunities. But you might briefly losedirection during the few weeks ahead. Some advice: fortwo weeks, continue to accept responsibility, extra work.For four weeks, be wary of committing yourself deeply,whether it’s a financial, sexual or lifestyle commitment.(E.g., moving to Alaska is a lifestyle commitment.)Wariness is warranted in these zones right into August2012. For four weeks, don’t fight. Midweek, romance.Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21: Both opportunities andopposition face you for a few weeks. A romance mightturn to life-mate decisions. Relocation, agreements,contract negotiations, litigation, these arise. But be waryof all these: now through August 2011, they might containpitfalls. If you feel you’re chasing an always-elusive orever-receding goal, opportunity or relationship, turn yourback on it, completely. If it just falls into your lap, accept.Soon work duties will expand, maybe hugely, to fill the12 months ahead. Huge success could follow! Steadyyour nerves; learn to work without stress.
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19: The four weeks aheademphasize work, health and machinery concerns. Don’tgive everything to this area – especially, don’t bury yourselfin work to avoid other, scarier things such as romance.Romance, creative and speculative urges, pleasure, beauty,sports and games – these mildly intensify now, and willgrow to huge proportions during the 12 months ahead.During the same year ahead,you’re going to meet good luckin administrative, governmental or institutional situations.Careful with money Sunday – chase it Monday. Nice friendsmidweek. Home irks Friday, soothes Saturday.Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18: A month of romance,creativity, pleasure and beauty starts now. Kids will charmyou, you’ll excel at sports and games. You’ll ride a winningstreak! But many matters at home, or affecting yoursecurity, intensify now. This can bring friction as well asaffection, talk and action. Use these weeks to prepare, ifpossible, for an extended (year-long) period of good luck inthis zone, which will arrive June 4. Study real estate ads,for example, or retirement plans, or get repair/reno quotes.Your energy and charisma soar Sunday/Monday. You mightattract love! Money, midweek.Pisces Feb. 19-March 20: The weeks ahead featuresecurity, your domestic situation, real estate, rest andrecuperation, Mother Nature, nutrition, gardening. Do whatyou must, but don’t plunge wholly into these areas, anddon’t begin big important projects here. You might wantto end some associations and projects, and to beginothers – but this would probably cause a lot of talk, andlead nowhere. Some very interesting trips and lively newfriends are on the horizon, but they aren’t here yet. Rest,meditate and plan Sunday/Monday. Your energy risesnicely midweek. Money irks Friday, succeeds Saturday.
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