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The pyjama tsarEight-year-old Reese Shelly ishelping raise
awareness for apyjama drive, so much so thatin certain circles, hes
nowknown as the pyjamaambassador.
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Trudeau talks mental healthWEB ONLY: Federal Liberalleadership
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A tugboat chugs past Garry Point Park as the late afternoon sun
starts to set a rare sight given the persistent rainy days on the
WetCoast this fall.
City readies fleet for snow, ice season
A piece of the EarthOur travel writer gets up close andpersonal
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Fourteen snowplows, five backhoes,four snowblowers, three hydro
excavatorsand 960 tonnes of salt in two sheds.
Throw in 14,000 litres of brine mixand the City of Richmond is
ready formore than the 12 Days of Christmas whenit comes to
tackling this seasons winterstorms.
The citys public works departmentpresented a snow and ice
response reportto city councillors this week, detail-ing its fleet
and armoury as well as itsplan to fight whatever the winter
throwsRichmonds way.
Around 960 metric tonnes of road salt the city used 923 last
season duringseven snowfalls and 14 frost events are now in storage
at two sites, the publicworks yard on Lynas Lane and at SidawayRoad
in East Richmond.
The city has also installed five roadtemperature sensors across
the city, withplans being made for two more.
The sensors, according to the citysroads manager Ben Dias, are
monitored 24hours a day to provide early indications offrost
forming on the roads.
City staff also continuously monitorRichmond-specific weather
forecasts andhave received a long-term forecast fromNorthwest
Weathernet for the winter,which predicts there will be no
extremeweather on either end of the scale.
The record low Arctic sea ice will havesome minor impact in
making the easternportions of North America colder/snowier,which
means a bit less wet and cold forus, stated the forecast.
Dias said the city will ramp up its pub-lic outreach during the
winter via socialmedia to keep people as informed as pos-
sible about road conditions. Meanwhile, the city is asking
volunteerorganizations to register as Snow Angels.
Heavy winter snowfall can cause chal-lenges for some Richmond
residents suchas the elderly and persons with illnesses
ordisabilities. Richmonds Snow Angels canoffer voluntary assistance
with tasks suchas snow removal.
The Snow Angels program is activatedduring major snowfall
events.
This is defined as 48 hours of continu-ous snowfall and a
minimum of 15 centi-metres of snow.
Registering to be a Snow Angel orga-nization is easy; simply
contact the citysparks programs coordinator at 604-244-1250 or
email [email protected].
Residents needing assistance canaccess the Snow Angels registry
in severalways during a major snowfall: PhoningRichmond City Hall
at 604-276-4000, thecitys community services department
at604-244-1208, or their local communitycentre.
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www.richmond.ca/winter.
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Boys Christmas drive explodes across regionReese Shelly, 8,
created a pyjama drive for those in need
In most circles, Reese Shelly isyour average third grader
knownsimply by his name.
But in a growing number ofgroups, hes called a
pyjamaambassador.
Reese, and more and more ofhis friends including four-year-old
sister Kiera, spread the wordthrough school announcements
andassemblies, collecting donated newpyjamas to be dropped off at
loca-tions across the Lower Mainlandfor the third annual
ChristmasPyjama Drive.
A lot of my friends think itspretty cool and want to join,
saidthe curly-haired and freckled eight-year-old, who is the CEO
and presi-dent of the drive.
Reese is also the son ofRichmonds Browns Socialhouseco-owner
Todd Shelly, which cele-brates Pyjama Drive Day in supportof the
campaign on Sunday, Dec. 9.
Those who show up at anyLower Mainland Browns locationwith
pyjamas to donate will receive50 per cent off their meal.
The idea for a pyjama drivecame from a conversation betweenReese
and his mother Erin Shelly.
In an attempt to explain charityto her then six-year-old son,
Shellymentioned that some children dontreceive Christmas presents.
To
which Reese asked, not even pyja-mas?
I thought it was a really neatconnection for Reese to make,
saidShelly. Its a cozy Christmas morn-
ing tradition weve always done. Weopen the pyjamas Christmas
Eveso the kids snuggle into them forChristmas morning.
But its a luxury, which are
always the first to get cut.Reeses question prompted the
two of them to research if therewere any drives dedicated to
thedonation of pyjamas in the LowerMainland.
Discovering there werent, theydecided to start one,
partneringwith the Lower Mainland ChristmasBureau, which serves
Richmond,the Surrey Bureau and the DeltaAssist.
In the first year, Shelly sent outemails to friends and family,
andmanaged to collect 365 pairs anumber which rose to 1,422
lastyear.
Through Browns promotionsand press publicity, several
LowerMainland elementary schools havejumped on board, acting as a
dropoff point for donations and havingkids raise awareness through
post-ers. The contributions now includeother bedtime paraphernalia
such asteddy bears and robes.
Its really exploded, saidShelly. Its such a simple, com-forting
idea. And its really shownReese a lot about the generosity ofthe
community. People really camewhen called.
For more information, visit
face-book.com/The.Christmas.Pyjama.Drive, or email
[email protected].
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Hockey coach pleads guilty to assaulting player in tripping
case
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Reese Shelly, 8, and his sister Kiera, 4, are raising awareness
for hisChristmas Pyjama Drive. They receive pyjama donations and
deliverthem to Lower Mainland Christmas bureaus for those in
need.
quote of the week
People donthave to suffer....All it takes is
the power of one one personwho befriendssomeone.
Mark Pawson onbullying
The lawyer for a minor leaguehockey coach who infamouslytripped
a 13-year-old Richmondboy last summer during a postgamehandshake
will be arguing for anon-custodial sentence when hisclient appears
for sentencing inJanuary.
Martin Joseph George Tremblay,the coach of the University of
B.C.Hornets, pleaded guilty Tuesdayto one count of assault
stemmingfrom the June 23 incident at UBCs
Thunderbird Arena, which left theboy nursing an injured
wrist.
The incident, which occurredfollowing a minor hockey
champi-onship game, was put on YouTubeby a parent and has since
beenviewed globally.
In the footage, Tremblay, whoseteam won the game 5-4, is
seenmoving through the postgamehandshake line. Hes seen stickingout
his right foot, which causedone player and then a second to fallto
the ice.
Afterward, Tremblay, 48, is seenraising his middle finger to
the
crowd. The 13-year-old boy injuredhis wrist in the fall.
Tremblay was initially chargedwith two separate counts of
assaultfollowing his arrest. They wererolled into the single count
ofassault, to which he pleaded guiltyTuesday in Richmond
Provincialcourt.
He feels terrible about whathappened, his lawyer, RobertBellows
told media Tuesday.
Its had consequences for theboys, its had consequences forhim.
Its been a very difficult timefor him.
Bellows added that Tremblaywrote letters of apology to bothboys
expressing his remorse. Theletters were handed to the Crownon
Tuesday as part of the days pro-ceedings.
Bellows said he will be arguingfor a non-custodial sentence
whenTremblay appears for sentencingJan. 31. He said hes not sure
whatthe Crown will be seeking in termsof punishment.
It doesnt warrant jail sentence,in my opinion, he said.
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The provincial government is preparing tokick off the first
round of public consultationinto replacing the 53-year-old Massey
Tunnel.
The tunnel has about 10 to 15 years left in itbefore it will
start to need major repairs, withany replacement project taking
around 10 yearsto plan, construct and finish.
Open houses begin in Delta on Dec. 1 at theDelta Town &
Country Hotel, before the peopleof Richmond get their first bite at
the consulta-tion on Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 6 to 9 p.m.
(pre-sentation at 8 p.m.) at the Sandman VancouverAirport Hotel,
10251 Saint Edwards Dr.
The next open house in the city is onTuesday, Dec. 11, from 6 to
9 p.m. (presenta-tion at 8 p.m.) at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
Other open houses are planned throughoutthe month in Cloverdale
and South Surrey.
The existing four-lane tunnel opened in
1959 and now carries more than 80,000 vehi-cles each day under
the south arm of the FraserRiver.
Its the only major Fraser River crossing inMetro Vancouver with
a single lane of trafficin the off-peak direction during the daily
com-mute.
The launch of the public consultation is thefirst step to help
determine the most appropri-ate solution to meet the growing needs
of fami-lies, commuters, businesses and others whorely on the
crossing.
The consultation program will include avariety of methods for
the public and stake-holders to be involved and provide
input,including online engagement, stakeholdermeetings and five
public open houses.
The ministry will use this input to developa short-list of
potential replacement options foradditional public consultation in
the new year.
Premier Christy Clark announced at lastmonths Union of B.C.
Municipalities confer-
ence the governments intention to replace thetunnel.
Traffic congestion is one of the mainconcerns of our region,
said Mayor MalcolmBrodie.
Over time, the Massey Tunnel has been amajor negative factor
affecting the efficientmovement of both people and goods around
ourregion and in our city.
The Minister of Transportation andInfrastructure, Mary Polak,
said the status quois simply not an option.
Deltas mayor Lois Jackson said Delta is thecommunity probably
most affected by tunnelcongestion and it is a great relief to see
areplacement plan.
For several years, we have been lobbyingfor something to be done
and I would person-ally like to thank Premier Christy Clark
andTransportation Minister Mary Polak for listen-ing and taking
decisive action in moving for-ward with this vital link, said
Jackson.
Man, 23,found
burned todeath
The remains of a bodyfound in a burned-out car inVancouver on
the weekendhave been identified as a23-year-old Richmond man.
The Vancouver PoliceDepartment have launcheda murder
investigation afterMatthew Johnathan Hallwas found last
Saturdaynight as firefighters put outa car fire on Carolina
Streetjust off Terminal Avenue.
Hall was known topolice, say the VPD,which believes the kill-ing
was targeted. The caseis now being treated asVancouvers ninth
homicideof the year.
Stand-off sus-pect named
The man who diedin hospital after apolice standoff outsidethe
Starlight Casinoin Queensborough hasbeen named as MehrdadBayrami,
48, of Richmond.
The B.C. CoronersService issued a pressrelease Tuesday,
identifyingBayrami as the man shotNov. 8 after a five-hourlong
incident outside thecasino, which led to theman suffering a
gunshotwound to the body.
Police had respondedafter reports of shots beingfired in the
casinos park-ing lot.
Bayrami was taken toRoyal Columbian Hospital,but died 10 days
later.
The newly formedIndependent InvestigationsOffice has been tasked
toinvestigate the shooting.
Two Richmond brothers charged withbeating two gay men while
allegedly yellinghomophobic slurs at them should be con-victed of
assault causing bodily harm, courtheard Wednesday.
Ravinder Robbie Bassi and ParminderPeter Bassi are on trial on
the charges, aris-ing from an attack outside the Keefer Streetcondo
of David Holtzman and Peter Regierin June 2010.
Crown prosecutor Kirstin Murphy toldVancouver Provincial Court
that the broth-ers were identified by the victims and two
witnesses, and photos of them running fromthe area were captured
on surveillance video.The two brothers have pleaded not guilty.
The Crown, which has to prove beyond areasonable doubt that the
two attackers werethe Bassi brothers, told court the victims
hadgiven statements to police describing theirattackers before
police released a photo ofthe suspects. She said later descriptions
afterthe release were consistent with the earlierstatements and the
identification of the broth-ers werent influenced by the
photos.
The Bassi brothers lawyers on Tuesdaytried to have the police
photo thrown out ofevidence, arguing the photo was too dark
andgrainy for an ex-boss of Ravinders to be cer-
tain it was him.But Judge Raymond Low allowed the
photo to stand as evidence.Court also heard more details about
the
attack. Holtzman, who died earlier this yearof a heart attack,
and Regier had returnedhome from a concert to find a man, whomthey
allege was Ravinder Bassi, urinating ontheir condo. Holtzman said,
Do you reallyhave to do this here? This is my home.
Holtzman said Ravinder asked him if hewas a fag and if he was
serious.
Yes, Im a fag, and, yes, Im serious,court heard Holtzman
replied.
For the full story, visit www.theprovince.com.
Massey tunnel project open houses start next week
Alleged gay-bash brothers face assault conviction
NICK PROCAYLO/PNG.
Brothers Parminder (right) andRavinder Bassi arrive at BC
Provincial
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World famous ships wheel maker passes awayMEMORIAL
If there is one name that stands out inthe maritime history of
Richmond, its theLubzinski brothers.
Jack and Joseph founded the world-renowned Marine Products
Company, whichbuilt high quality ship steering wheels on No.3 Road
back in 1951.
Joseph sadly passed away at a Delta hos-pital Nov. 2, at the age
of 85. An intimatecelebration of life took place Wednesday,Nov.
21.
Before his death, the brothers had pouredtheir heart and soul
into the business, runningit for more than 50 years until it closed
downin 2005.
Since then, they continued to contributeto the ship industry
with exhibits of theirmachines and processes at the
MaritimeFestival in 2011 and 2012.
In the wake of Josephs death, Jack, now90, recalled his youngest
brother as a persis-tent person with an iron work ethic.
He was easy to work with. For Joe, itwasnt a case of quitting at
five; he wouldwork until nine or ten, or early in the morn-ing. He
made an effort to make things work.
Relentless dedication is something theLubzinski brothers had in
common as theywere able to turn one of Richmonds
oldestmanufacturers into a thriving business.
The mahogany steering wheel they manu-factured was used in more
than 40 magnetic
mine sweepers for the U.S. navy.A job in the ship industry had
always been
on the cards for Joseph, who quit school atthe age of 16 and
went on to work on fishingboats at Britannia Shipyard, an area
where hespent most of his life.
When Jack jumped in to produce a suit-able steering wheel for
his brothers boat,their skills proved complementary.
While Jack was devoted to designing anddeveloping innovative
products, Joseph ranthe shop and travelled the U.S. as a
salesman.
I spent my life going to school, and Joespent his life working,
making it possible forme to go to school, Jack grinned.
He also recalled their special bond startedat a young age. With
Joseph being the young-est of five boys, Jack spent most time
withhim as the two of them were often homealone.
Our other brothers got attached to otherfamilies, but Joe and I
never married, so westayed attached to each other through build-ing
things together, he said.
While Joseph had already spent severalmonths in hospital, his
death still came unex-pectedly. He was first admitted when he
hadtrouble breathing, said Jack.
After that, he had a hard time swallow-ing, so they put a tube
in his stomach. Hethought hed heal soon, but it dragged on
formonths. And then his nerve condition pro-gressed worse rather
than better.
Although Jack is a man of few words just like his brother
Josephs death hitshim hard.
I wish he was able to stay with me. I can-not think of anyone
else who will want to dowhat he did, he said.
Nevertheless, the Lubzinski Centre forInnovation based in Point
Roberts isdetermined to carry on where the brothersleft off, said
director Judson Meraw.
The non-profit organization wants to fur-ther develop their work
in both the marineproduct industry and quantum physics, withJoes
spirit with us.
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The Lubzinski brothers, Jack, left, and the late Joseph, were
founders of the MarineProducts Company and were world renowned for
their ship steering wheels. Their workhad been on display at the
Maritime Festival for the past couple of years.
BY ANNE-FLEUR KAMSTSpecial to the News
The Richmond News November 23. 2012 A5
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An increased rate forwater meter users is one ofthe highlights
of next yearsutility budget for the city.
Homeowners will payanything between $31 and$76 more next year
for theirwater, sewer, garbage andrecycling, depending onwhether
you live in an apart-ment, townhouse or single-family home.
But its likely the increaseto the water meter rates
which have been lowfor several years to encour-age residents to
sign up formetering that will catchmost peoples attention.
Those living in single-family homes on a meteredrate look set to
pay almosteight per cent more next yearfor utilities, up
$64.55.
People living in similarhouses whore on the flatrate will still
be paying more,but will be dealt a smallerincrease, up five per
cent foran additional $63.19.
The reason for the sharper
increase on metered ratesis because more people aresigning up
for the meters,causing revenue to fall.
A city council report, pre-sented Monday to city coun-cils
general purposes com-mittee, indicated that almost70 per cent of
single-familyhomes have now switchedover to the meters.
And, although the uptakeof meters in townhouse com-plexes is
still low, the cityanticipates that number torise dramatically next
year asit promotes metering moreaggressively.
Next year, the city willalso expand the current
foodscraps/organic and blue boxrecycling service.
Many of the utility costincreases come direct fromMetro
Vancouver and are outwith the citys control.
For proposed and esti-mated rates, yet to be rub-ber-stamped,
visit www.richmond-news.com.
Meter rates set to risePedestrian casualties are
preventable.This is the message
Richmond RCMP, the Cityof Richmond, RichmondFire-Rescue and
ICBCwanted to spread to thepublic when they kicked offtheir Fall
Pedestrian SafetyCampaign Wednesdaymorning at the LansdowneCanada
Line Station.
About a dozen volun-teers wearing bright yellowreflective vests
handed outreflective armbands andpamphlets with reminderslike:
remove your head-phones and dont use yourcell phone or other
electron-ics while walking; alwaysmake eye contact with driv-ers
before crossing the road;
and walk facing traffic ifthere are no sidewalks.
Richmond RCMP Cpl.Sherrdean Turley said asdaylight hours
decrease,pedestrian collisions areincreasing. A 59-year oldRichmond
resident wasstruck and killed on No. 3road after dusk earlier
thismonth, which is part of astring of incidents that haveoccurred
in recent years.
She said the campaignwasnt in direct responseto the fatality,
although itstrengthens the need formore public awareness.
Its really unfortunate even driving here fromour office this
morning Ihad people running acrossthe street both in front ofme and
behind me, saidTurley. Theres a lot ofpeople who dont take
the time to make it to thecorner of the street to usethe
crosswalks, and that, ofcourse, increases the likeli-hood they will
get hit. Itsalso harder for drivers tosee pedestrians because ofthe
glare on the roadwayand the increased rain. So,hopefully, well be
able tospeak to them here todayand save some lives.
Jill Blacklock, road safe-ty manager at ICBC, saidits in
pedestrians best inter-est to take precautions.
When youre involvedin a crash with a car, yourethe one thats
going to beinjured.
Blacklock said speak-ing to people who havebeen involved in
incidents,pedestrians often respond,Im sure they saw me,it looked
like the driverwas slowing down, whilemotorists say, I didnt
seethem.
She added that accidentsinvolving pedestrians andcyclists are
assessed ontheir own and its not alwaysthe driver that is at
fault.
There are lots of times,unfortunately, that thepedestrian is 100
per-centresponsible for the crash.
City reinforces pedestrian safety
BY BENJAMINYONGSpecial to the News
BENJAMINYONGSPECIAL TO THE NEWS
JillBlacklock,ICBC safetymanager,handed outpedestrian safe-ty
pamphletsWednesdaymorning.
BY ALAN [email protected]
CHUNG CHOW/RICHMOND NEWS
Garth Roberts (fish-erman of Pender Isles),Leslie Budden
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EDITORIAL OPINION
The first official B.C. Family Day statutory holiday is onFeb.
11, 2013. Chances are, many of us will be puttingour feet up
watching TV, going shopping or taking off tothe ski slopes for a
fun-filled break.
However, many of us wont we cant afford to.The Child Poverty
Report Card released on Tuesday reveals
that B.C.s child poverty rate is still the worst of any province
inCanada the exception being Manitoba.
The number of children estimated to be living in poverty inB.C.
in 2010 was 119,000 or about one in every seven B.C. chil-dren.
About two thirds, or 80,000, of those children lived in theLower
Mainland.
Dr. John Millar of the Public Health Association of B.C.
said,poverty robs children of their potential and increases ill
health.High rates of income inequality are known to produce
higherlevels of infant mortality, crime, mental illness,
addictions,obesity, and lower levels of education and social
mobility andtrust. This is a recipe for a very sick society, unless
we turn thisaround.
Imagine: One in seven children in our province lives in
pov-erty, in a province that boasts one of the highest living
standardsin the world.
And consider this: Forget the stereotype of a welfare momwith
six kids living in poverty. In 2010, 43 per cent of the
poorchildren in B.C. 41,300 children lived in families with atleast
one adult working full-time, for the full year.
Can the situation be changed? Experts say if you adjust thechild
tax benefits, enhance EI benefits, provide affordable acces-sible
daycare you can at least make a start.
Or, heres an idea: Take the dollar amount of lost productivityon
Family Day and put that towards helping poor kids in B.C.We suspect
that might make quite a difference.
Nod to historys 2nd place finishers
Family Days poverty focus
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What is it like to be thesecond smartest person inthe world?
Let us set the scene. It isEngland, in the mid-1600s.A decade of
strife betweenParliament and Crown hasleft one king headless andhis
son, Charles II, leadinga restored court. Londonhas suffered plague
and fire.
Science is being born.The Royal Society ofLondon for
ImprovingNatural Knowledge iscollecting every
cleverEnglish-speaking person,and exchanging letters withhalf the
savants of the restof Europe.
At the centre of this isone of historys odd also-rans, Robert
Hooke, thesocietys official experi-menter.
Never heard of him?Neither have about 99 percent of the people
aroundthe world.
This is despite the factthat he worked on the theo-ry of
gravity, discovered theprinciples of elasticity, drewthe rings of
Saturn and cra-ters of the moon, inventeda key piece of
clockwork,correctly theorized how fos-sils form, speculated
aboutextinction 150 years beforeit was confirmed, and iden-tified
and named biologicalcells.
Why is someone whoworked in so many fields -in addition to being
a majorarchitect and city plannerfor London - now a foot-note?
Because he happened tolive and work alongside Sir
Isaac Newton.Hooke speculated about
gravity and the nature oflight at the same time thatNewton was
formulatinghis own, more complete andaccurate works on the
samesubjects.
What must being RobertHooke have been like? Inhis own lifetime
he wasfamous and not exactly con-sidered a dunce. His
bookMicrographia was a best-selling collection of illustra-tions
and observations madethrough a microscope, afirst glimpse for
thousandsof people of a world unseento the human eye.
But today everyone hasa mental image of Newton,even if it is
just the urbanlegend involving an appletree. There isnt even a
sur-viving portrait of Hooke. Heis faceless and if not forgot-ten,
deep in shadow.
History is scattered withthese half-forgotten people.Alfred
Russell Wallacedeveloped the theory ofevolution independentlyof
Charles Darwin, andDarwin published his Originof Species largely
becauseWallace was about to gopublic himself.
Tenzing Norgay was thesecond person to reach thesummit of Mount
Everest.
Buzz Aldrin was the secondhuman on the surface of theMoon.
Robert Scott was thesecond person to reach theSouth Pole, and is
largelyremembered for not makingit back.
St. Jude is the otherJudas who palled aroundwith Jesus. It is
not fornothing that he is the patronsaint of lost causes and
isknown as the saint of lastresort.
Some of these forgottenalmost-got-there-first folkswill be
remembered bet-ter in the future. Wallacesprofile has been on
theupswing, and TenzingNorgays name shouldbecome more famous asmore
people realize thatgetting to the summit ofEverest was a team
effort,as Edmund Hilary alwayssaid.
Hooke himself wasa discoverer of the lost.Before him, it was
thoughtthat fossils were sports ofnature that formed spon-taneously
in rocks. But hesaw that they were hints toan unknown past.
There have been manyother Species of Creaturesin former Ages, of
whichwe can find none at pres-ent, he wrote, and that tisnot
unlikely also but thatthere may be divers newkinds now, which have
notbeen from the beginning.
Hooke was a new kind,indeed. Let that kind not beforgotten.
Matthew Claxton is areporter for the LangleyAdvance.
The Editor,Having just read an article in the Globe and Mail,
Mother
wanted schizophrenic son out of home before fatal fire,
inquesttold, I felt compelled to write a letter to inform my
fellowRichmond citizens about the challenges many families
face,while caring for loved ones with severe mental health
problemsright here in our city.
I have been seeking help for my family and 20-year-old sonfor
many years.
Unfortunately, he is too sick to understand he needs
treatmentand consequently will not seek treatment or apply for
disabilityas in his mind he doesnt need it. To complicate matters
further,if you suffer from severe paranoia, all government agencies
aresuspect.
This brings me back to the case in Coquitlam, which soundedvery
similar to my situation. The mother in question called thepolice
many times due to safety concerns ... ditto. In
short,recommendations such as starting a program in Coquitlam
inwhich a psychiatric nurse and police officer respond to
mentalhealth calls together were suggested. We need a similar
programin Richmond. I wonder how many people know that, when
youphone the emergency mental health line, you reach a
machineinforming you that you will get a call back within the next
hour.
Even the police cant get through! Ive watched them try.Another
issue is Richmond Hospital is short-staffed during theholidays. I
was repeatedly asked last year if it was really neces-sary for my
son to be hospitalized when they were short-staffed.
Several phone calls later, they conceded and he was
hospital-ized for two weeks, then released with no follow-up for
any ofus; apparently he falls into every grey area. With the
holidayseason fast approaching, my anxiety is heightening.
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LettersNo to ESL forCanadian bornThe Editor,
When are the taxpayers going to jump upand down and say enough
is enough?
Why are we funding the learning ofEnglish for children who are
born in Canadabut speak another language at home, in ourschool
system?
Who are the students going without whilethis is being
funded?
If families choose to raise their children incultural and
language cocoons, why is it up tothe taxpayers to finance their
learning of one(or in some cases, both) of Canadas
officiallanguages?
My understanding is that there are a num-ber of pre-school
programs that are avail-able to children that would be teaching
themEnglish.
Furthermore, there are TV shows, radioshows, play programs, etc.
available that chil-dren can access.
If the taxpayer were to stop funding thelearning of English and
it were to become thefinancial responsibility of families to
makesure that their children can speak English,would that make a
difference in the attitudes?
Joanne TeraguchiRichmond
The Editor,The Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities
Corporation (VAFFC) has submit-ted another late study to
rationalizethe truthiness of the low impact oftransporting large
Panamax tankers withhighly flammable and toxic jet fuel intothe
Fraser River, where they will thenunload it and store it in a large
tank farmon the south banks of the river upstreamof a shipping
bottleneck in the river theGeorge Massey Tunnel.
The VAFFC has again shown unmiti-gated gall and effrontery to
claim that theunmitigated absolute worst case spillof toxic and
flammable jet fuel into theFraser River estuary is only 40,000
barrelsor 6.36 million litres.
How can this be when the combinedcapacity of a 70 per cent laden
Panamaxtanker unloading at the proposed marineterminal and the
80-million-litre tank farmis over 817,000 barrels or 130
millionlitres? This is over 20 times more than thefigure they used
their latest submission.
The combined stored combustible andexplosive energy in the tank
farm and aPanamax tanker is equivalent to more thanone million tons
of TNT. The condos, 400metres away from an exploding and burn-ing
Panamax tanker and tank farm, would
be devastated by the searing radiant heat,flammable gas cloud,
blast overpressureand flying debris. These are
unacceptablerisks.
Jet fuel vapours and air mixturecan explode at a temperature as
low as35C. Before any decision can be made,a System Safety Analysis
must be pro-vided to identify the worst case hazardfootprints and
the risk areas surroundingtanker, marine terminal and tank farm
inorder to determine the worst case numberof deaths and casualties
that may occur.
VAFFC, BC EnvironmentalAssessment Office and Port MetroVancouver
are ignoring this sleeping,fire breathing dragon in the room.
Theyhave not provided a System Safety Reportsimilar to one done for
a tank farm in LosAngeles. It identifies the worst case haz-ard
footprints and risk areas. They indi-cate the number of deaths and
casualtiesthat could occur at various distances fromthe blast and
fire.
If such a conflagration did occur, con-sider how much jet fuel
would spill intothe fragile Fraser River estuary caused bythe
catastrophic explosions, fires and fly-ing debris from the tank
farm, tanker andmarine terminal.
Surely it must be an order of magni-
tude more than the unmitigated absoluteworst case spill they
have assumed.
This misleading information andwrong assumption is still
apparent intheir Spill Risk in the South Arm of theFraser River
document that was submit-ted to BCEAO on June 1, but not
posteduntil Nov. 19 on BCEAOs website, justafter the deadline for
any comments thatcould be submitted by members of theirAdvisory
Working Group that includesrepresentatives from the cities of
Deltaand Richmond.
This highly hazardous project withsevere consequences is in the
wrong placeat the wrong time. YVR jet fuel needscan be met by a
pipeline-only solution toexisting refineries in Cherry Point, WAand
Burnaby.
This would dramatically minimize theworst case consequences to
the residentsnearby and the fragile Fraser River estu-ary.
This non-harmonious environmentalreview process is a travesty.
It must befixed.
James RonbackP.Eng. (retired system safety
engineer)Director of VAPOR
Nothing harmonious about pipeline process
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Letters
Kick out the culpritsBULLYING
The Editor,Richmond should be paving the way for
a zero tolerance bully program and begin bymaking the parent(s)
accountable for theirchildrens actions.
At the beginning of the school year,every student and his/her
parent(s) shouldattend an assembly in the gymnasiumregarding the
zero tolerance rule of theschool.
Upon an infraction and based on theseverity, kick them out of
the school and letthe parents deal with finding another schoolto
register them in. This would includebystanders who watch, video and
encourageany act of bully behaviour.
After switching schools a couple or afew times, and if that
student continuestheir behaviour, home schooling wouldseem to be
the final and only option forsomeone of their type and
attitude.
We dont need our kids having to endurefear and these senseless
difficulties of
attending school only to be belittled by adistraught coward.
With a parent teetering on the edge ofhaving to home-school
their child, you willsee the parent take action on their bullychild
where we will see a definite improve-ment on their attitudes.
As for social media, we need to targetthe provider of that media
to become aBull-E-patrol where any cyber bullying canbe reported,
monitored and will be dealtwith by cancelling their account and
barringtheir IP address from any future accounts.
Again, it is holding the parent(s)accountable where the parents
accountswill be frozen from access due to the sameIP address. Sure,
there may be ways aroundit by having their IP address changed
orcovered up, but the hassle to do so wouldmake them more cautious
and deal withtheir bully child.
Andrew CarasRichmond
The Editor,I submit that there is a simple way to
distinguish between bullying (behaviour)from ordinary playground
altercations ask all the participants (separately)
whether they are engaging in the activityvoluntary.
If one party says no, its bullying.Tom Do
Richmond
Solution it takes two to tango
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Community
A popular gym closed its doors after giv-ing staff less than 12
hours notice.
More than 1,000 customers are under-stood to be locked out of
Golds gymat Riverports entertainment andleisure complex in
southeastRichmond.
Gym bosses called all 10staff members on Sundaynight, informing
them not tocome into work on Monday asthe facility would be
closed.
One staff member, who askednot to be named, said theyd
heardrumours that the gym was los-ing money and that other
businesses, suchas trampolining firm Extreme Air Park andPlanet
Lazer, were moving into the building.
Its not known if the gyms members areon the hook for their
already paid member-ships.
When the News called Golds, a securityguard who answered said
hed no idea whereto direct staff or customers.
A call to Golds Vancouver gym was thendirected to an accountant
who asked forquestions to be sent via email. No one hasanswered the
questions.
City asks for dyke inputThe City of Richmond is in the early
stag-
es of developing an overall dike master plan.The first phase of
the plan focuses on
identifying long-term flood protection
improvements for the Steveston and southernwest dike areas.
Preliminary concepts have been createdand the public is being
invited to learn aboutthem and provide feedback.
Richmonds 49 kilometres of dikes areintegral to the citys flood
protectioninfrastructure, which providesample protection against
currentflood threats, said MayorMalcolm Brodie in a
pressrelease.
The dike master plan willcomprehensively address thelong-term
future protection of
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freshets, ris-ing sea levels and seismic events, while
considering the natural environment and theattractive
accessibility of our waterfront.
Phase one preliminary work has identifiedtwo concepts for
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waysthe public can learn about the concepts andprovide input.
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City representatives will be on hand totalk about the dike
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Residents will also find detailed infor-mation and may provide
feedback on thecitys new public engagement website,
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It might be a challenge to silence aroom filled with energetic
elementaryschool students, but Mayor MalcolmBrodie succeeded,
needing nothing morethan a story.
Lending his support to the NationalReading Campaign, Brodie
treated thirdgraders of BC Muslim School and fourthand fifth
graders of Willian Cook ele-mentary to an old classic and a
contem-porary fable during a reading session at
Richmond Public Library Nov. 20.We invited the mayor because
we
wanted somebody in a leadership positionto set an example for
the children, saidMelanie Au, head of Kids Place. Theidea behind
the national campaign is toget whole families reading, and if
chil-dren see adults do it, they are encouragedto do so
themselves.
Brodie got the audience attentivelylistening to Robert Munschs
Mortimerand Nicholas Oldlands Big Bear Hug,selected to promote the
joy of readingand to convey the message that love con-
quers everything.And while students had their ears and
eyes wide open, he shared some inspiringwords on the importance
of literacy.
No matter what you will do later inlife, youll find pleasure and
informationin reading.
BC Muslim Schools Alina Malik andMalak Mustafa, both eight years
old, arealready setting a good example, spendingevery day with
their noses in the books.
I really like reading because the sto-ries are interesting,
especially those ongirls stuff, magic and fantasy, said Alina.
We make ourselves smarter by read-ing, added Malak. No matter
what youread, fiction or non-fiction, you learnnew things, new
words.
Literacy indeed is the key to successin life, according to Au.
Readers arebrought to places theyve never gonebefore, she said.
Books also contain different points ofviews, encouraging readers
to think out-side the box, which eventually results ininnovation
and inventions.
Its also about hope because storieslet you think of the
impossible, she said.
As a part of the recently launchedWhat did you read today?
campaign,the library is also keen to know whichbook currently
occupies residents bed-side table.
While attendees of the mayors read-ing were invited to create
buttons withthe title of their current reading material,adults are
encouraged to participate in an
online contest, running until Dec. 31.Entrants can tweet the
title, author or
type of reading material to @readingcam-paign with
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As an added bonus, Kobo will donate$1 to the National Reading
Campaign forevery contest entry tweet to help growreading across
Canada.
For more information on the cam-paigns, visit
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Mayor joins forces with kids to promote readingBY ANNE-FLEUR
KAMST
Special to the News
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Alina Malik (left) and Malak Mustafaboth make sure to read every
day.
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The twinkle in his eye and the excitement in his voicethat occur
when Richmond artist and composer RaymondChow speaks about art or
music makes it hard to believehes 71 years old.
I started piano when I was five, started painting at
six.Painting has always been my living. When I was 17, therewere
already three galleries representing my work.
He is hoping the same kind of success can be realizedby the
young members of the Steveston Artist Society(SAS) that Chow helped
establish in 2007, which is whyhe will be performing at an art
auction concert held by thesociety at Richmond Fraserview Church
tonight (Nov. 23).He will also be auctioning 28 pieces of his work
to raisemoney for the SAS.
The SAS was set up to support the venture of emerg-ing artists,
younger ones, like my friends children whoare 12, 13 and 14 years
old. Another one is 22. Its to helpthem market their art to the
cities around the world, saidChow.
One of the groups more famous art shows was atLansdowne Centre a
few years ago where Chow had a girldress up as Mona Lisa and
another artist paint her. Withabout a dozen members now, the SAS is
made up of pri-
marily painters with some graphic animators and musiciansmixed
in.
Eventually, the ultimate aim three to five years fromnow is to
form an artist party of artists within Vancouver,other parts of
Canada, China, India, South America, Brazil,and Australia, he said,
adding there are scattered groups inplace now like the Federation
of Canadian Artists and thePort Moody Art Association that lack
unification.
On Friday, Chow will perform five or six of his 300original
pieces, all inspired by his seven-foot Beijing jadedgrand piano.
Also performing new material will be gui-tarist Tony Beaulieu. The
Richmond Fraserview Churchis located at 11295 Mellis Dr. and the
auction concertruns from 7 to 11 p.m. (live auction starts at 7:15
p.m.)Suggested donation is $15. For more information visit
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Lying some 50 kilometres off NewZealands north-eastern coast,
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Coming here is to feel the rumbling ori-gins of Earth beneath
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Currently one of New Zealands mostadventurous geothermal
experiences, only ahandful of tour companies are permitted toset
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Excursions operate out of the seasidetown of Whakatane, and
while they areoffered year-round, departures are depen-dent on
weather, and the islands tempera-ment.
She is, after all, an 180,000-year-old,untamed part of the world
that ranks analert level rating of 1, meaning she isalways active
and constantly steaming.
Level 5 is a national disaster. Other thana Level 2 rating in
2000, when the volcanocoughed up ash for a month or two,
whichtotally altered its landscape, and a lessereruption in 2011,
White Island usuallyremains quiet enough to welcome visitors.
The trip is accessible to almost everyonewho is up for two hours
of walking, andsometimes clambering across rough terrain.
Note, however, that if youre arriving
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steelladders, a careful walk down a crumbling
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maneuvering over andaround large, round boulders just to get to
Feel rumbling origins of Earth beneath feetNEW ZEALAND
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The tour guide holds up a piece of sulphur crystal from the
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treks to the core of the volcano.
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The Moaris traditionalname for the place is TePuia o Whakaari,
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As in Gullivers Land ofBrobdingnag, the gi-nor-mous scale of
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space where the outerwalls have been blastedout to sea.
Across the crater floorof red iron oxide andlush beds of yellow
andwhite sulphur crystals, arestrewn leftovers from pre-vious
eruptions: bedrocksthe size of houses.
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sizzling
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earths core.Youre also equipped
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Drinking bottled waterand sucking on hard-boiled candies go a
longway to easing any throatirritations.
In its heyday, though,before the island becamea scenic preserve,
thevolcano was better knownfor its short-lived
miningoperations.
The Moari had longharvested the islandssulphur as a fertilizer
fortheir gardens back onthe mainland, but it tookEuropean
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Purchased for two bar-rels of rum in the 1830s,White Island was
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However, the acidicand harsh environmentalconditions were as
unfor-giving on machinery asthey were on people, andin spite of
several attemptsof various entrepreneurialdie-hards, every one
ofthem failed.
So in 1914, when thesouthwest corner of thecrater wall caved in,
oper-ations ceased for good.The volcanic landslidedestroyed the
buildings,buried 11 miners andwiped out the workforce,confirming
that this wastruly, and still is, a no-
mans land.The decaying ruins of
the mining colony are stillevident, however, as incollapsing
stonewalls, andrusted machinery, whichmake for somber testi-mony
and atmosphericphotos of mans effortsagainst the force of
nature.
While there are manyplaces on New ZealandsNorth Island to
experi-ence the countrys famousgeothermal activities Rotorua being
themost celebrated noth-ing compares to the rawsplendor of White
Island.Coming here is certainlyno majestic moonwalk.
Rather, it is to feel thestill-roaring origins ofEarth with
every step andwith every sense.
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No-mans land:All past attempts to settle, colonize
failedContinued from page 19
If you go Vulcan Helicopter: www.vulcanheli.co.nzWhite Island
Tours: www.whiteisland.co.nz Tourism New Zealand:
www.newzealand.com
PHOTO BY CHRIS MCBEATH
Human ants slowly crawl up the crater of the volcanoon White
Island.
A20 November 23, 2012 The Richmond News
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