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Tomas Collier-Pandya, 14, of the Richmond-Delta 4-H Holstein Club celebrates withhis award-winning animal at the Fair at the Pacic National Exhibition in Vancouver.

High-riseseyed forStevestonWaterfront could becomehome to villages first concrete towers

y Matthew Hoekstraaff Reporter A pair of high-rise towersnd a new city park could soon built on the Steveston wa-rfront if the latest rezoningplication for a contentiousoperty is approved.

The Onni Group of Com-anies is proposing to buildwo residential towersone0 storeys, the other 12 sto-yson its Bayview Streetoperty, east of No. 1 Road.s part of the plan, whichould bring 200 new homesthe village, Onni would do-te over half its 1.41-hectaree to the city.

Through the last rezoning,hat we have continued toear is that the communitynd council would love morereage on the waterfront for

ublic use, said Onnis Chrisvans. They want publicace on the water, and this

bviously achieves that.Evans said the city wouldet two acres of waterfrontnd under the proposal, giv-g Richmond the chance toeate a lasting legacy on theaterfront in Steveston.

The rezoning plan for thenarrow strip of land has yet tobe considered by city councilsplanning committee.

For years Onni has attempt-ed to rezone the last of its Im-perial Landing parcels to allowfor more residential space andto open up the restrictive in-

dustrial zoning to allow for arange of commercial tenantson the ground oor. But Onnihas faced a backlash fromscores of residents and politi-cians over its past plans.

Current zoning allows six buildings to a maximumheight of four storeys, withground-oor space reservedfor commercial tenants thatsupport the maritime indus-try.

Under the latest high-riseproposal, the entire devel-opment would be residentialand contained in two build-ings near Phoenix Pond. Onnihas also pledged to donate$500,000 to the StevestonCommunity Centre.

Coun. Harold Steves saidland at Britannia HeritageShipyard went through asimilar process.

See Page 5

City agreesto signalsfor visuallyimpaired

by Rebekah HammondContributor

The City of Richmond wontbe going to a B.C. HumanRights Tribunal hearing regard-ing crosswalks said to discrimi-nate against visually impairedpedestrians.

A settlement was reachedlate last week between thecity and Rob Sleath, chair of Access for Sight-Impaired Con-sumers.

We agreed...that the hear-ing scheduled to commence(Monday) would not proceed,said Sleath. Theres no needto go to hearing as a result of that settlement.

Sleath, who lost his visionin 1992, led a complaint ear-lier this month against the citystating that Richmonds cross-walks discriminated againstvisually impaired pedestrians.

Lack of audio technology atintersections was making itdangerous for Richmonds 600blind and visually impaired citi-zens, according to Sleath.

Both parties involved, how-ever, are satised with thesettlement that agrees to makeRichmond crosswalks more ac-cessible to visually impairedpedestrians.

The city is very please withthe agreement, said cityspokesperson Cynthia Lockrey.Its given an opportunity forRichmond to become a leaderin providing accessibility for allour residents.

See Page 7

Holsteins a family affairMatt Langelaan is no stranger

to the Fair at the PNE as he hasbeen part of 4-H for nearly threedecades. The Richmond father of three young children eagerlyawaits the opportunity to contin-ue the family legacy and intro-duce his daughters to dairy cows.

Born into a family of farmers,

Langelaan got started in the 4-Hclub at age seven. He met hiswife, Janet, through 4-H.

Tomas Collier, a 14-year-oldmember of the Richmond-Delta4-H Holstein Club, led by Lange-laan, took home the ReservedGrand Champion Award on Sun-day. See Page 7.

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Albert Normandin photohe rapid-transit link between Vancouver, Richmond and the airport now transports 107,000 riders on a typical weekday.

y Jeff Nagel

lack PressOne year after its openingnd 36 million passengerster, the $2-billion Canadane has proven to be a popu-r transportation option, car-ing far more people than

xpected by this point.The rapid-transit link be-

ween Vancouver, Richmondnd the airport now trans-orts 107,000 riders on apical weekday, and aver-

ges 100,000 daily trips evenounting weekends.Weve hit that 100,000des per day about twoears ahead of schedule,id TransLink spokesmanen Hardie.He said the Canada Linealso spurring increasede of the rest of the Metroancouver transit system,ecause more people nowke SkyTrain, the SeaBus oransit buses to connect toe Canada Line.The ripple effect has beenot bad.The new 19-kilometre lineas key to TransLinks goldedal people-moving perfor-ance during the Olympics.The Olympics created a sit-ation where people neededother way to get into down-wn Vancouver and voila,ere was the Canada Line,ong with the supportingansit lines from South Sur-y, White Rock and Delta,ardie said.

The record for moving peo-ple came during the 2010 Win-ter Games on Feb. 19, when287,379 passengers werecounted.

Ridership stats since thenshow transit use has beenhigher post-Olympics relativeto the months before, sug-gesting thousands of transit-averse residents have beenconverted, partly thanks tothe shiny new train line.

TransLink passenger sur-veys show 51 per cent of Canada Line users are usingthe new SkyTrain line to makethe same journey they usedto take by bus.

Hardie said that suggeststhe resta huge number of passengerseither hadntbeen taking the trip at allbefore or had been taking itby car.

Weve indeed picked upnew riders, he said.

Every YVR-bound train car-ries luggage-toting passen-gers delighting in no longerhaving to drive and park atthe airport or take a taxi.

But prior to the August, 2009launch, there was trepidationabout the new line.

Regular bus commuters toVancouver from areas likeSouth Surrey and WhiteRock feared the loss of theirrelaxed one-seat no-transferride downtown.

Richmondites fretted thecrime train would bring atide of theft and social ills.

Vancouver neighbourhoods

braced for a wave of newdevelopment and densica-tion.

The long-term changes toland-use patterns are justbeginning, but a huge newdevelopment with towers upto 35 storeys is already pro-posed near the Marine Drivestation in Vancouver, alongwith upscale new housingprojects in Richmond.

Transit Police ushered in thenew line with a policing blitzto ease local concerns.

And the express busesthat used to go all the waydowntown now terminate atthe Canada Lines BridgeportStation.

Thats less convenient forsome riders, but Hardie ar-gues it freed up large num-bers of buses to boost serviceelsewhere.

Not only did the Vancouver-bound buses bog down inheavy trafc the closer theygot to downtown, they alsodeadheaded back empty inthe reverse-peak direction.

The resulting reallocation of buses has allowed TransLinkto boost service levels fromthe Semiahmoo Peninsulaand South Delta by 38 percent while using the samenumber of buses, Hardiesaid, adding service was alsoboosted on east-west routesthrough Vancouver.

More frequent buses con-necting from the south hasin turn made the CanadaLine even more attractive

to new riders, who often ypast jammed single-occupantcars on congested Highway99 thanks to the extensionof bus-only lanes on the cor-ridor.

The Canada Line trip todowntown is much faster,so now were moving morepeople more quickly andreliably, TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis said.

The line was not withoutdetractors.

Businesses disrupted by thecut-and-cover constructionalong Cambie Street are stillin court for compensation.

Metro Vancouver politicianscontend the line should nothave been built ahead of thelong-time top priority of con-structing the Evergreen Lineto the northeast sector.

And other critics say itshouldnt have been builtperiodthat the huge in-vestment could have insteadconnected many more neigh-bourhoods had it been spenton cheaper tram or light rail

lines.Higher ridership does mean

the line is on track to nan-cially break even at least afew years sooner than theprojected date of 2025.

There are, however, still bigquestion marks over the Can-ada Lines opaque operatingagreement and whether ser-vice can increase fast enoughto keep pace with demand.

TransLink says it will payoperator InTransitBC to -nance the running of an ex-tra two peak period trainsan increase from 14 now to16starting next August,bringing a 12 per cent capac-ity boost.

It also says more trains anda third car can be added toeach existing train pair in thefuture if necessary, providingcapacity to carry 300,000 aday relatively easily.

Debate rages on over whichtransit technologies to use onfuture lines.

But the Canada Line has si-lenced much opposition.

If anything, it has gal-vanized demand for morerapid-transit linksnot justthe Evergreen Line, but alsopromised new lines throughSurrey and across Vancouverto UBC.

Negotiations underwaybetween Metro Vancouvermayors and transportationminister Shirley Bond are ex-pected to conclude this fallwith a new formula governingthe nancing of future lines.

Canada Line marks one yearCanada Line celebrating ridership that tops 100,000 people a day

by Matthew HoekstraStaff Reporter

The Musqueam Indian Bandhas red back against the Cityof Richmond in an effort torule the citys $59.2-millionpurchase of the Garden Citylands invalid.

The latest B.C. SupremeCourt ling in the battle forcontrol of the contentiousparcel of farmland suggeststhe city failed to act honour-ably by not upholding an ex-isting three-way developmentdeal for the lands.

In particular, the defendantfailed to uphold its promisesas well as its contractual andduciary obligations as re-ected in the original deal,wrote Musqueam lawyer Ma-ria Morellato in the bands re-ply to Richmonds statementof defence.

The city claims that once theAgricultural Land Commis-sion denied removal of the55-hectare parcel from theprotected land reserve, thedeal was null and void, thestatement says. If the com-mission did grant removal,approximately half the landwould have been developedby the band and CanadaLands Company.

If there were anything leftover (following the commis-sions ruling), the sale of theproperty would have takencare of all that, said JohnHunter, a lawyer acting forthe city, in an interview withthe Review earlier this sum-mer. They got more than itwas worth.

Days after the city nalizeda deal to buy the land, theMusqueam led a lawsuit, inApril, claiming damages for

breach of contract. The band,which earned $29.6 millionin the sale, is also asking thecourt to declare its originalthree-way deal still valid.

The Canada Lands Companyoriginally purchased the landfrom the federal governmentfor $9.54 million.

CorrectionRon Fentiman, an air cadet

in high school and member of the Richmond High class of 1950, won an air cadet yingscholarship. He later joinedthe Royal Canadian Air Force

and served for 35 years, thelast three years in the rank of Brigadier General. Incorrectinformation appeared in theAug. 21 story, Saviours of Lulu Island reunite.

Latest shot fired in lawsuit

over GardenCity lands

Musqueamsays city didnt acthonourably

The Canada Linetrip to downtown ismuch faster, so nowwere moving morepeople more quick-ly and reliably.

- Ian Jarvis

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City of Richmond 6911 No. 3 Rd. Richmond BC V6Y 2C1 Tel: 604-276-4000

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letsTALKrichmond.caCheck out Richmonds newonline community

Have a seat, relax, thereslots happening in yourcommunity. Visit

www.letsTALKrichmond.ca and joinconversations about important topicsshaping Richmonds future.

The City has launched this robustand easy-to-use online portal lastweek. It gives visitors access to topic-specific discussion forums whereyou can respond to City questionsand converse with like-mindedcommunity members. There are linksto related photos, videos, frequentlyasked questions, project teammembers and more.

letsTALKrichmond.ca will initially runas a three month pilot program.

Visit www.letsTALKrichmond.ca today

and help shape Richmonds future.

2011 City GrantProgram OpenApplications accepted untilOctober 15, 2010

The City of Richmondsupports the enhancementof a positive quality of

life for all its residents, and CityCouncil recognizes that one meansof helping to achieve this goal isthrough an annual Grant Programto support the work of communityservice groups.

The City Grant Program andApplication Form are availableonline through the Citys websiteat www.richmond.ca, or from theInformation Counter at City Hall,6911 No. 3 Road, 604-276-4000.

Applications will be consideredfrom non-profit organizationsmeeting the program criteria.

Completed applications must bereceived at the Richmond City HallInformation Counter by 5:00 p.m.on Friday, October 15, 2010.

If you have any questions regardingthe program or your application,please contact Lesley Sherlock,Social Planner, at 604-276-4220.

EnvironmentalSustainabilityWorkshopsRegister for free classes

This series of workshops willshow you ways to reducepesticide use and create a

more sustainable community. Theworkshops are part of the CitysPesticide Risk Reduction Policyand sustainability, waste reductionand water conservation initiatives.The workshops are free, however,registration is required.

There are two ways to register:

Online at www.richmond.ca/register

Through the registration call centrefrom Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. at 604-276-4300(press 2 at the prompt)

If you register but cannot attend,please contact the registration callcentre to make your space availablefor someone else.

Pesticide free gardeningSaturday, August 29:1:00 3:00 p.m.Reg #38401, Free, 16+yearsThompson Community Centre,5151 Granville Ave

Beautiful gardens withoutpesticidesSaturday, September 25:9:00 11:00 a.m.Reg #62802, Free, 16+ yearsRichmond Nature Park,11851 Westminster Hwy

Grow the most food in thesmallest spaceSaturday, September 25:3:00 5:00 p.m.Reg #62801, Free, 16+ yearsRichmond Nature Park,11851 Westminster Hwy

Organic fall vegetable gardeningWednesday, September 15:7:00 9:00 p.m.Reg #46151, Free, 16+ yearsWest Richmond Community Centre,9180 No. 1 Rd

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For more information on theworkshops, email [email protected] or call 604-233-3318.

Grow Up!Activities for the

whole family Saturday, August 28

In conjunction with theexhibition Strange Nature,Richmond Art Gallery, in

partnership with Richmond FoodSecurity Society, presents GrowUp!, with activities for the wholefamily.

Visit Minoru Plaza (7700 MinoruGate) at the Richmond CulturalCentre on Saturday, August 28between 1:00 4:00 p.m.

Plant Exchange: bring a plant toget a plant; Food Bank: bring anon-perishable food item to get anextra ticket for the door prize draw.

There will be an artist talk withRobin Ripley, a seed bombworkshop for teens, a bee hivedemo, childrens art activities,and a Bannock making demo.There will also be a City of Richmond Natural Yard Careand GREENCAN program infosession, music, door prizes,

sale items (500 winter vegetableseedlings) and more.

For more information, please callthe Richmond Art Gallery at604-247-8300.

Please Dont Cycleon SidewalksRiding on sidewalks is illegalunless specifically directedby a sign

Bicycles belong on the

roads. Sidewalks arereserved for pedestriansonly and are intended to providea safe walking environment thatis separate from moving vehicles,both cars and bicycles.

As a cyclist, you might feel safer onsidewalks than on busy roads butresearch has proven that cyclists arefar more likely to be involved in acollision with a vehicle when usinga sidewalk, especially in the wrongdirection of travel, than on theroadway. Riding on the sidewalkmakes a cyclist less noticeable andless predictable to drivers, therebyincreasing the risk of crashes atdriveways and intersections.

Riding on sidewalks is also a hazardto pedestrians. Cyclists travel fasterthan walking speeds and can startlepedestrians when approachingwithout warning from behind, whichcan lead to a collision. Pedestrianscan change their direction andspeed instantaneously, which leavesa cyclist with insufficient time toreact to avoid a collision.

Cyclists are much safer in thestreet, following the rules of theroad for drivers of vehicles. Whenriding on off-street trails, always usea bell to let pedestrians know youare approaching.

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Bylaws 8619 and 8598 are scheduled for adoption onSeptember 13, 2010.

Business Licence Bylaw 7360 Amendment Bylaw 8619The proposed amendment will establish definitions, regulations and permit fee

for professional dog walkers.

Animal Control Regulation Bylaw 7932 Amendment Bylaw 8598The proposed amendment will amend the regulations for dog designated off-leash areas.

Written submissions may be made to Council on the proposed bylawamendments by writing to the City Clerk c/o 6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond, B.C.,

V6Y 2C1 or by sending a fax to 604-278-5139.

Arrangements may also be made for oral submissions to Council by calling604-276-4163. All submissions received prior to the adoption of the bylawswill be forwarded to Council for consideration. Complete copies of thereports are available on the City Website at www.richmond.ca (Home>CityHall>City Council>Agendas & Minutes>Council Meetings>2010 Agenda &Minutes>(Tuesday, July 27, 2010) or by calling the Parks Division at

604-244-1275.

Proposal mirrors Britannia planom Page 1A developer had zon-g to build three-storeyartments on the site,

ut the city allowed high-es instead, in exchanger land. Incidently, theveloper only built the

ructures to six storeysue to market conditionsthe time.

Britannia is a majorrk and heritage site,

e said. It wouldntve been possible if we

adnt proposed thosewo high-rise buildingsn that sitethat neverot built.The tallest building ineveston today is theght-storey Lions Man-behind the Steveston

ommunity Centre, ac-rding to Steves.

Steves said river viewsapartment dwellers

hind Onnis proposed

gh-rises would beocked even with themaller structures al-wed under the currentning.

Its an interesting con-pt and well see whate public has to sayout it, but if its any-ing like the Britanniaing theyll go for it.Onni is also developingrio of high-rises acrossom the Richmond Olym-c Oval.

mperial Landing proposalTwo buildings, 12 and 10 storeys, 210,000 square feet of density, 200 residential units, two acres of

and donated to city, 1.5 acres of land to be developed

Mark Patrick le photoOnni has nalized a new plan for its last land parcel on the Steveston water-front, one that will see a pair of high-rises and potentially a city park.

Onnis proposed development site is limited to the eastern side of its land.

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1. Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8373(RZ 09-506728)Location/s: 4111 Williams Road

Applicant/s: Sarah A. Mercer Purpose: To rezone the subject property

from Single Detached (RS1/E) to Single Detached(RS2/C), to permit development of two (2) residentiallots with vehicle access from Williams Road.

City Contact: Edwin Lee604-276-4121Planning and DevelopmentDepartment

BYLAW 8373

2. Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8597(RZ 07-379075)Location/s: 10071 Williams RoadApplicant/s: Guravtar Singh SandhuPurpose: To rezone the subject propertyfrom Single Detached (RS1/E) to Compact SingleDetached (RC2), to permit development of two (2)residential lots with vehicle access from an existingrear lane.City Contact: Edwin Lee

604-276-4121Planning and DevelopmentDepartment

BYLAW 8597

3. Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8638(RZ 10-508885)

Location/s: 4800 Garry Street Applicant/s: Raman Kooner Purpose: To rezone the subject property

from Single Detached (RS1/E) to Single Detached(RS2/A), to permit development of two (2)residential lots with vehicle access from Garry Street.

City Contact: Edwin Lee604-276-4121Planning and DevelopmentDepartment

BYLAW 8638

4. Zoning Amendment Bylaw 8639(RZ 10-525049)Location/s: 9751 No. 3 RoadApplicant/s : Parmjit RandhawaPurpose: To rezone the subject property fromSingle Detached (RS1/E) to Coach Houses (RCH),to permit the property to be subdivided into two (2)lots, each with new single-family dwelling and a coachhouse above a garage, with vehicle access to theexisting rear lane.

City Contact: Cynthia Lussier604-276-4108Planning and DevelopmentDepartment

BYLAW 8639

How to obtain further information:

By Phone: If you have questions or concerns, please call

the CITY CONTACT shown above. On the City Website: Public Hearing Agendas, includingstaff reports and the proposed bylaws, are available on the

City Website at http://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/

agendas/hearings/2010.htm At City Hall: Copies of the proposed bylaw, supporting

staff and Committee reports and other background

material, are also available for inspection at the Planning &Development Department at City Hall, between the hours

of 8:15 am and 5 pm, Monday through Friday, exceptstatutory holidays, commencing August 27, 2010 and ending

September 7, 2010, or upon the conclusion of the hearing. By FAX or Mail: Staff reports and the proposed bylaws mayalso be obtained by FAX or by standard mail, by calling 604-

276-4007 between the hours of 8:15 am and 5 pm, Monday

through Friday, except statutory holidays, commencing August27, 2010 and ending September 7, 2010.

Participating in the Public Hearing process:

The Public Hearing is open to all members of the public.

If you believe that you are affected by the proposed bylaw,you may make a presentation or submit written comments

at the Public Hearing. If you are unable to attend, you maysend your written comments to the City Clerks Office by 4pm on the date of the Public Hearing as follows: By E-mail: using the on-line form at http://www.richmond.

ca/cityhall/council/hearings/about.htm By Standard Mail: 6911 No. 3 Road, Richmond, BC, V6Y

2C1, Attention: Director, City Clerks Office By FAX: 604-278-5139, Attention: Director, City ClerksOffice

Public Hearing Rules: For information on public hearingrules and procedures, please consult the City website at

http://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/council/hearings/about.htm

or call the City Clerks Office at 604-276-4007.

All submissions will form part of the record of the hearing.Once the Public Hearing has concluded, no further

information or submissions can be considered by Council. It should be noted that the rezoned property may be used

for any or all of the uses permitted in the new zone.

David Weber

Director, City Clerks Office

www.richmond.ca

Notice of Public HearingTuesday, September 7, 2010 - 7 p.m.Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Richmond City HallCity of Richmond 6911 No. 3 Rd., Richmond BC V6Y 2C1 Tel: 604-276-4000 Fax: 604-278-5139 www.richmond.ca

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the City of Richmond will hold a Public Hearing as noted above, on the following items:

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From Page 1Six new special cross-

walks are scheduled forinstallation, according toLockrey. For now, terms of the agreement prevent thecity from revealing whenthe new signals will beput in.

The accessible pedes-trian signals will be im-plemented both at highpedestrian-traffic streetintersections and specialcrosswalks with amberashing lights.

Once installed, the sig-nals will be combinedwith tactile surfaces andBraille to make crossingthe streets safer and moreconvenient.

Most importantly, it willprovide blind and visuallyimpaired pedestrians withthe street identificationverbal message we werelooking for, Sleath said.

Changes to the signalswill also allow audio leveladjustment.

These new installationswill utilize devices thatare a lot quieter wherethe individual pedestriancan raise the volume fora single street crossing if necessary, Sleath said.

Between September andNovember the city will alsobe holding several publicevaluations to discussimplementation strategiesfor test sites.

The special crosswalkswill cost an estimated

$3,000 per location whileregular trafc signs are anestimated $12,000.

There are 60 specialcrosswalks in Richmond.The challenge is theresno national standard foraudible signals, Lockreysaid. So this is an oppor-tunity for Richmond to pilotand pioneer in this audiomessaging.

High trafc spotseyed for signals

It will provideblind and visu-ally impairedpedestrians with

the verbal mes-sage we werelooking for.

- Rob Sleath

Third decade of 4-H for local dad

y Jessica Tieszenontributor

Matt Langelaan is no stranger to the Fair at the PNEhe has been part of 4-H for nearly three decades.

he Richmond father of three young children eagerlywaits to continue the family legacy and introduce

s daughters to dairy cows.Born into a family of farmers, Langelaan got startedto the 4-H club at seven years old.My father was in 4-H in the mid-60s and he got mevolved. Now my six-year-old daughter Kylie will joinJanuary, said Langelaan, 34.

Langelaan is leader of the Richmond-Delta 4-H club,hose 14-year-old member Tomas Collier-Pandyaas named reserve grand champion at Sundayslf picking.Ive been taking care of this cow for four monthsw, and this is my rst time showing in the PNE, saidollier-Pandya. I was very excited that I won.Langelaans club consists of seven girls and twooys all between the ages of six to 20. The club givesem a chance to show their beef, dairy, and poultryojects in competitions.4-H originally began as the Boys and Girls Club in914 until the name changed to represent the fours head, heart, hands and health. The club wassigned for farm kids to learn the importance inising, caring, and training farm animals.Every April, members of the club choose a calf asoung as seven months old, working to train them,plains Langelaan. They have to keep logs of whateir calf eats, how much he or she measures ineight, and record any sickness or change in disposi-on. Before each show or competition, the calves getashed, clipped and practice their walk.During the fair at the PNE, members are judgedgainst other 4-H districts on showmanship and calf acing, awards are also distributed to best recordepers.

Collier and other members from 4-H have beenving in dorms provided by the PNE from Aug. 21 to4. The 4-H festival brings in 450 members from allross the province, competing in various projectshopes of bringing home a portion of prize money

om the PNE.

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Fans of Bill VanderZalms harmo-nized sales tax extinguishmentpetition were quick togloat when the B.C.Supreme Court ruledFriday that the petitioncan proceed to thenext step.

I hear theres a specialtoday on crow pie, aVernon reader said in oneof the more polite e-mails Ireceived.

The same reader scoffedat my argument of lastweek that scrapping theHST would result in anightmare of servicecuts in B.C. If revers-ing the HST would be amess, lay the blame whereit belongs at GordonCampbells feet.

I guess if blame is allthats important to you,this is sufficient. But itsour grandchildren who

might be eating crow pieand dandelion greens if mygeneration of baby boomvoters continues to gobbleup more and more expen-sive services while payingless and less income tax ina world thats quite happyto take away our industrialbase.

And make no mistake,scrapping the HST wouldbe a mess, and a costlyone. Vander Zalms peti-tion calls on the govern-ment to reimburse allBritish Columbians on aper capita basis for anyHST paid beyond whatwould have been chargedby the provincial sales tax.

I asked Finance MinisterColin Hansen what thatmight cost. He declined tospeculate, except to saythat it would be admin-istratively very difficult.Ill say. And the huge costwould of course be on topof repaying the $1.6 billionfederal transition fund.

Then there are therebates. If you are in thelower income range andwere receiving quarterlyGST rebate cheques fromthe federal government,you will now start receiv-ing larger HST rebates.Vander Zalms petitionneglects to consider those,just as it forgets about thehotel room tax that madeway for the HST.

If the HST is scrapped,the government couldtry to claw back all thoselow-income rebates. Butsince that would also beadministratively difficult,not to mention politicallysuicidal, the governmentof the day would probablyjust let the provincial defi-cit grow some more. Ourgrandchildren can pay itback, if they can find jobsin B.C.s uncompetitive tax structure. But hey, we surewould teach the federaland provincial govern-ments a lesson.

Contrary to the wishesof some HST haters, Chief Justice Robert Bauman of the B.C. Supreme Courtdid not endorse VanderZalms petition, or deter-mine whether any work-able outcome can resultfrom it.

Bauman narrowed hisruling to get this politicalhot potato off his desk,and that of the much-maligned Chief ElectoralOfficer. He declined toconsider whether VanderZalms proposed legisla-tion is constitutional,

noting that it may neverbe enacted in that initialform, given that it couldbe amended or defeated inthe legislature.

Even if it passes more orless as is, the proposedlegislation only calls forB.C. to withdraw from itsfive-year HST agreementwith Ottawa. The federallegislation to collect thetax would remain.

Whether that will leadto the extinguishmentof the HST in BritishColumbia remains to beseen, Bauman wrote.

The petition was formallysent to the legislature onMonday and the stand-ing committee must con-vene its first meeting inSeptember. It will haveuntil December to debatethe draft legislation thatwas included in the peti-tion.

Look for the B.C. Liberalmajority on the committeeto push through amend-ments, such as raisingtaxes to repay the $1.6billion federal fund. Thenwe might find out wherethe NDP actually stands onthis thing.

Tom Fletcher is legisla-tive reporter and colum-nist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com. He may be reached at [email protected].

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Canada Line provesvalue of transit

One year ago, the Canada Line opened tomuch fanfare. People pushed their way

through crowds in Richmond to becomethe rst passengers on the rapid transit train thatinks to downtown Vancouver and the airport.Some skeptics doubted the passenger volumes, but

rerouted buses made it a near certainty that this train wouldbe busy. One year later, no one can question the demand forrapid transit.

The Canada Line has carried 36 million passengers sincets opening, transporting over 100,000 riders each day. Withhat number, TransLink has hit its ridership target two yearsahead of schedule.

As most passengers know, the train is regularly jammedas it was Feb. 19, when a record number of people, 287,379,boarded the train during the middle of the 2010 WinterOlympics.

TransLink surveys show half the trains users are used topublic transit, having boarded a bus before the new shinyrains began shuttling down the elevated guideway. The resthave either abandoned their car or simply never made therip before. That in itself proves that rapid transit is worth the

enormous price tag its construction comes with.Let the debate over elevated or at-grade persist, the popu-

arity of the Canada Line goes beyond that. It shows thatpeople are willing to get out of their cars or make a trip theynever had before, if the transportation method is convenient.

Riding the line isnt always comfortablehello Olympicsand can be expensive$25 for a family of four travellingmidday without transit passesbut the appetite for rapidransit is enormous in our growing city and region.Providing useful rapid transit links to existing lines is the

ask TransLink now has before it.But be it the oft-discussed Evergreen Line, an extension of

he Expo Line, a Broadway corridor line, a South Fraser linko the valley or even an extension of the Canada Line, build-ng new rapid transit lines is hardly rapid.Without a cash train serving as a silver bullet, taxpayers

must be willing to bolster their weak embrace of public-

private partnerships and loosen their pursestrings to grow aform of proven public transit.

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Make no mistake,scrapping the HSTwould be a mess,and a costly one.

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Move Artisans Galleriao cyberspaceditor:It is very sad to learn that the Artisans Gal-ria is closing due to nancial difculties. It isfavourite shop for not only many Richmondsidents, but also for many people in the restMetro Vancouver. The bad economic times are

ard on everyone, especially the non-prole or-anizations.To survive in this difcult economic climate,e need to adapt to the changing econom-times. Instead of occupying a 1,500-square-ot space, the shop might stay open by movinga smaller space.

If downsizing is not an option, moving the storeto cyberspace denitely can be an option, atast for now. Many brick and block shops haveoved to the Internet successfully in order tove on costly expenses.If having an online shop website is too costly oro technically challenging, moving the shop to

Bay is another possibility.If artists dont want to sell their artworks side-y-side with other peoples stuff, moving theop to an online shopping mall is a cost-effec-

ve option. There are few such services available.

recently launched eMarket99.com is a sample.In short, if we keep our options open and usee web to our benet, we can keep the Artisansalleria open even during these tough economicmes. There will be some challenges relating

making any change, but if we use the resourc-available out there the transition will hopefully

e smooth and painless as well as economicallyuccessful.

Jeynithin KumarRichmond

City isnt following itswn community plan

ditor:In years past, Richmond residents made it abun-antly clear that they wanted the older subdivi-ons protected from re-development. The citys999 ofcial community plan states, outside Cityentre, residents want to move beyond subdivi-ons towards mature neighbourhoods with arong sense of community.But since 1999, weve seen incredible devasta-on in neighbourhoods where mega buildings areplacing older dwellings and their beautifully-ndscaped lots. What happened to the plan tootect mature neighbourhoods?It appears that the problem is the current bylaw,hich controls the size of dwellings according toe area of the lot. It encourages the destructionfamily homes in favour of mega houses, each

ne more inated and higher than the previous.As a community, we did not agree to the currentestruction going on in our older neighbour-oods, turning them into land banks for thoseho use the term tear-down to describe anyder dwelling. This is language used by bullies,tended to convince people that their homes

ave no value. Richmond residents do not wantbe pushed out of their beloved neighbour-

oods so that foreign interests can invest inxpensive properties.Lets recognize older houses for what they are:erfectly good family homes with yard spacenough for trees, lawns, gardens and play areas.hese are the essentials of the quickly disappear-g Garden City.There are three things that we can do. The rstto keep writing letters to the editor and send-g copies to our local mayor and councillors. Thecond is to provide input into the new ofcial

ommunity plan, which will be the guiding docu-ent up to 2041 (see letstalkrichmond.ca).The third thing we can do is make change hap-en by voting to save our dwellings, neighbour-oods, trees and backyards in the next election.

Marion SmithRichmond

Tighten up name-changerulesEditor:

Re: New ngerprinting rules for volunteers,Aug. 21. There is something eerie about becominga volunteer and having to be ngerprinted, I admit.

Although I would accept it as a parent, knowingmy child is in safe hands, I believe the holes in the

system could be tightened in the name-changingarea and not the ngerprinting of innocent people.A simple promise to destroy these prints is not

enough. Tighten up the name-change applicationand records. Keep a record of all name changes.Flags of past serious offences should be trans-ferred to the new name. If it is a bank robber, theymay volunteer in certain areas, but maybe not at abank or in a nancial role. A sexual predator wouldbe agged for any coaching, teaching, or any otherrisky positions.

Andrew CarasRichmond

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Taking a break from lling sandbags in this 1948 photograph are (from right) John Baumeister, John Hay-duk, Paul Drescher, Jim Tremier, Ron Fentiman and an unidentied boy.

Others helped in the sandbagging operationEditor:

Re: Saviours of Lulu Island reunite, Aug. 21. Un-fortunately there were some of us that participatedin the sandbagging operation but werent invited tothe grad party because we didnt graduate.

I recently donated a picture to the RichmondArchives showing ve of us handsome gentlemenon top of a sandbag hill. We lled bags at the southend of the old wooden Fraser Street Bridge and thenorth end of the No. 5 Roadright on the dyke.

If Bob Moller or Art Cooke, whom I remembervery well, would contact me I would like to have a

look at the large poster they are holding. My phonenumber is 604-272-2474.

John BaumeisterRichmond

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ditor:This is the first yeare have gone fromard bags to greenans. And this is therst week this year

at Im able to fit ally grass cuttings intoy two green cans.hank you hot, dryeather.I have, in weeks past,een able to get theack and front green-y to fit in both cans,

ut not legally. I tookpage from the K-Telatty Stacker of the0s and fashioned amilar compressingevice for the rear endeposits of my lawn-ower. What I wound

p with was grass thatad the density of

ad in two neat cans.h sure I had to haveree friends helpe drag each can toe curb, but I wasnt

oing to buy any morearbage cans.My father-in-law hasnough garbage andeen cans to meet his

eeds but his carportoks like an Eastastings back alley.Well as it turnedut the joke was one, they didnt wanty two cans of yardaste. Something

bout being too heavy,e bright orangeicker read. So nowhat do you do with

wo cans of wet grass,nowing that thiseek youll have theme amount, or more

gain. You get cre-ive!I became like theisoners from theovie The Greatscape. Id fill up myockets with grass ando for long walks, eachep secretly droppingts of grass arounde neighbourhood.

Wed sometimes goa family, each with

pocket or two of ass, leaving behind a green slug trail of

nwanted yard trim-ings. On occasioned get lucky and find

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our burden we callass.But all this stillasnt enough, I

ouldnt keep up. Ias like a drug kingpinith too much money,nly with grass, Ieeded new methods

deal with a growingoblem. I rented aorage locker underfalse name and ad-ess. I had the grand-ds do a craft project

and glue the yardclippings into illegallooking plants (unbe-knownst to them) andhad the police raid myresidence.

I then tried just leav-ing the cuttings on thelawn, only to have thedog and the grandkidstrack it all into the

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love, water and fertil-ize, I now despise. Illnever give it anotherdrink or feed it again.My three boxes of plastic yard bags fromCostco sit unused andalone.

Cool wet weatherscoming, where can Ihide grass this fall?

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S tudents andtheir parentsare preparingor the beginningf a new schoolear. With the higholume of salesade during thisme of year and an

ncreasing numberf youth makingheir own pur-hases, Consumerrotection BC andetter Businessureau remindudents that itays to be a smartonsumer.Consider these tipshile doing your shop-ng: Ask about returnsnd refunds. Shoppingr new clothes, ac-ssories and gadgets

is one of the high-lights of going backto school. When youbuy your new gear,ask the store abouttheir return policyand always keep yourreceipts. Most peopledont know that inB.C., stores are notlegally required toexchange an item orgive you a refund.

Read the fine printwhen getting a creditcard. Credit cards canbe very useful andwe get offers for newcards all the time.Dont get yourself in a financial jam bysigning up right awayfor a new card. Findout what the new cardgives you and defi-nitely make sure youknow what the interestrates is, how long anyintroductory interest

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From Page 13 Know what to expect

with gift cards. Its truethat most gift cardscant have fees or expirydates anymore. How-ever if you are buying amall card for that teenin your life so they canshop on their own, youshould know that thesecards are allowed tohave fees. Make sureyou nd out the detailsso that you can makean informed decision.(Note that the lawdoesnt apply to pre-loaded credit cards.)

Ask yourself if youreally need that freegift. Carefully consider

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Know the truecost of what you arepurchasing. You mightbe moving out for therst time and buyingnew furniture. If youare buying an item oncredit, make sure youare aware of not onlythe interest rate beingcharged, but any addi-tional fees and costs as-sociated with purchas-ing on credit. Also readthe ne print on yourobligations regardinginterest payments andany penalties for latepayments.

Consumers haverights and responsibili-ties under B.C. law, ndout what yours are byvisiting the ConsumerProtection BC websiteat consumerprotection-bc.ca or by contactingyour local BBB (www.mbc.bbb.org). The key

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The key to being a smart con-sumer is to knowwhat questionsto ask and read-ing the ne printbefore entering into any kind of transaction.

Consider insurance forthose pricey electronics

During the coming weeks,thousands of B.C. studentswill be heading off to univer-sity and college, loaded down withbooks, clothes, and electronics.

BCAA Insurance reminds parentsat this time of year to review theirhome insurance policies to ensuretheir childrens belongings are ad-equately covered for loss or damagewhile theyre away from home.

A recent poll from the National Re-tail Federation indicates that backto school purchases have increased10.5 per cent over the past year.

Students have more to insurethan ever before, says BrookeMoss, BCAA home insurance prod-uct manager. They have a lot of expensive and portable consumergoods that are vulnerable to loss,theft or damage.

The list of pricey electronic equip-ment includes desktop computers,laptops, iPads, MP3 players, porta-ble TVs, cell phones, smart phones,stereos, video game equipmentand digital cameras. Other items toconsider are bicycles, boarding andski equipment, and jewelry.

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of students choosing to leave thefamily home to live on campus orsomewhere nearby has increasedcompared to last year.

Moving away from home alsomeans students will need their ownhousehold items such as a micro-wave, bedding and furniture, whichare also vulnerable to damage,adds Moss.

Electronic or not, the loss of belongings could put a big dentin the nances of a student with alimited budget or of a parent payingfor a childs tuition, books and livingexpenses.

While most home insurancepolicies extend some coverage tostudents living away from home,Moss cautions parents and studentsto be aware of any limits on studentproperty as well as limits on indi-vidual items.

Take stock of all your childsitems, urges Moss. Then talk toyour insurance advisor to nd outwhats coveredand whats notunder your existing policy. If thevalue of the belongings exceeds thelimits, you should consider buyingadditional coverage.

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Students also can beinjured if a heavy packfalls on them. Childrentucking backpacks intolockers or classroomcubbies may nd thatthey slide out and hitanother classmate.

Backpacks changethe way individualswalk. Because theperson is carryingaround extra weight,he or she may losebalance or trip and fall,especially when goingdown steps.

To avoid these sec-ondary hazards frombackpacks, considerthese tips.

Dont overload abackpack. Carry only

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too many books arethe issue, parentsshould talk to theschool administratorsand teachers to reach ahappy medium regard-ing textbook usage.

When on the bus,safely store thebackpack on a lap orunder the seat. Be surestraps or the pack itself is not extending intothe aisle.

Avoid rolling back-packs, which can bedifcult to roll. Someschools ban thesestyles because of trip-

ping hazards.

Recognize howmuch space the back-pack takes up whenworn. Be conscious of others when turningaround or entering aconned space.

Hold onto stair railsand do not run with aheavy backpack to helpavoid slips and falls.

Choose a light-weight backpack.Canvas backpacks aregenerally lighter inweight than leatherbackpacks. Do not addextra weight unneces-sarily.

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arts & entertainment

Family farmlives on inmidst of city

After Helen Jang at Tai OnFarms postedotice that she hadold the farm andould no longer be

elling fresh pro-uce, customersomplained, Youant do that; I just

ound you. Alas,hey found her toote.

There are fewmily-run farms leftRichmond. As one

eneration ages, theounger folk are takingdvantage of all the op-ortunities their grand-arents and parentsdnt have. So who isinding the farm?On a Saturday morn-g, I drove along

Beckwith Road, behindCostco, and kept goinguntil I reached the end,where Cherry Lane Farmbegins. I parked on theroad and walked alongthe dirt road to thestorefront.

I passed the orchards,tall tomato vines, rowsof zucchini blossomsand lettuce; a picnictable, tractor, a ladderleaning against anapple tree, a wheelbar-row full of apple pulp.Grape vines hug thestorefront and I duck toenter.

Can I help you? asksMiles Smart. Hes wear-ing a Van Halen T-shirtand his hair falls to hisshoulders. This is MiloSavkovics grandson.Milo is now 93, orthereabouts (theyvelost count). Miles is 21years old.

Its a bit of a mess,he says. Theres somuch to do.

With the help of Sewak, a farm ownerfrom India whose beenworking at Cherry Lanefor more than a decade,Miles has been carry-ing on his grandfatherslegacy for the past

three years.In his younger years,

Miles grandfather al-lowed him to mow thelawn or pick berries, butnever involved him inthe day to day toil. Hethought Miles wouldntlike it. For a few years,Miles worked with hisfather in advertising,but didnt nd theindustry satisfying. Oneday, his grandmotherasked him what theypaid him, and offeredhim a job on the farm.He accepted and dis-covered he liked it.

Every day on the farmis the same, he says.But each day has its

own theme. One dayits weeds, another itsblight, and anothermight be a lack of

customers. Businesshas been slower thanexpected these pastfew years. While peoplehave been pinchingpennies, they think theyare saving by shoppingat grocery stores andbuying fast food, but,says Miles, they wouldsave money if they

came here.Theres a stigma thatour farm is too far outof town, he says, Butwe are only 15 minutesfrom Kitsilano.

And people still havethat expectation thatthey can get anythinganytime. And you cantif you eat local, hesays. Someone calledthe other day and askedif they could pick cher-ries. I told them thatcherries are two months

out of season.As he chats, Sewak

brings in containers of sweet purple grapesand tiny champagnegrapes from thegreenhouse and placesthem besides bins of grape tomatoes, garlic,zucchini, eggplant, androws of fresh-pressed

apple juice. Sewakdisappears and comesback with fresh-pickedgreen leaf lettuce,romaine, and bunchesof basil.

This is what we do,says Miles as he ringsthe amounts into an oldcash register and bagsthem for a customer.

Milo doesnt remem-ber a lot of what heused to know, so Milesrefers instead to books,trial and error, and ask-

ing advice from farmerslike Bill and Sandraat W&A Farms. Forexample, he is, he says,insanely jealous of their15-pound cabbage andasked them about spac-ing cabbage.

Hes learned whatfarmers have alwaysknown: with farming,

there is a lack of timeand money.And hes learning

about the symbioticrelationship with plantsand soil and insects.Im learning thingafter thing after thing,and Im trying to be asorganic as I can, butthere are things I cantcontrol, like air pollu-tion (as we stop ourconversation while aplane passes overhead)and city water.

Hes nding his way.We supply the majorityof produce for Trafal-gars Bistro in Vancou-ver, he tells me as wewalk past the blueberrybushes, picking someripe fat berries.

My approach is tobring in native plants toreduce the amount of

insects. I planted milkthistle to attract soldierbeetles because theyeat aphids. The resultwas the most amazingcabbage.

He shows me his 13bee hives and pointsout the hazelnut or-chard.

Miles, his fatherappears and points totwo hoes lying on theground. Pick those upbefore someone getshurt.

Arlene Kroeker photoMiles Smart at Cherry Lane Farm, a green pocket in the midst of Richmonds busy city centre.

ood for ThoughtArlene Kroeker

Forgotten by some, Cherry LaneFarm is a gem to those who know it

Theres a stig-ma that our farmis too far out of town, but we areonly 15 minutesfrom Kitsilano.

- Miles Smart

Canada gave musician new life

The Music at the Cannery seriescontinues Friday, Aug. 27, with PaulOBrien in concert.OBrien is a singer, songwriter and in-

strumentalist with a gift for going straightto the emotional heart of the story, andtaking his listeners with him. Born andraised Irish Catholic in an English innercity, he spent the rst 20-odd years of hisprofessional life playing traditional Celticmusic for pub gigs, folk festivals, folk

clubs and private concerts throughoutthe UK, Europe, the United States and theMiddle East.

At age 38, nding himself burned out,creatively stied and desperately un-happy, he turned off and checked out. In2004 he left the UK and his music careerbehind, moving with his family to Victoriafor a fresh start as a classroom teacher.

The immigration experience created atectonic shift in OBrien, unleashing acreative energy he had long suppressed.Suddenly, the gifted songwriter thrash-ing around inside him wanted out. Whileteaching full time, OBrien wrote andrecorded two CDs of original songs.

The gigs started coming in. OBriensfull-time teaching job became a part-timeteaching job, and then he left teachingentirely to focus on this second iteration

of his music career. Along with regular ap-pearances in and around his home baseof Vancouver Island came a burgeoninginternational career.

After touring England, Scotland andIreland in early 2009, OBrien was signedby a German label.

OBrien has developed an eclectic folkstyle that is broadly appealing and noteasily categorized. His experiences asan immigrant, musician and teacher, hisnatural instinct for humour and storytell-ing, and his empathy for the underdoghave combined to produce an insightfuland entertaining artist. OBriens concertsare dynamic affairs, and his connectionwith the audience is palpable.

The Music at the Cannery series ispresented in collaboration with the BeatMerchant and the Steveston Folk Guild.

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Whats thedefinitionof tongue-in-cheek humour?Its How to Raisea Jewish Dog bythe rabbis of BocaRaton TheologicalSeminary as toldto Ellis Weiner andBarbara Davilman.

This spoof on dogtraining by this ctitiousgroup of religious leadersis side-splitting. Hitting allthe high points of Jewishcultural belief, practices,neuroses and generalmishagas, How to Raisea Jewish Dog is lled withriffs on how to use guilt,shame, passive aggres-siveness and sarcasm toget your dog to do whatyou want.

Even though thepretext is dog rearing Jewish-style, the realfocus is on the Jewishowner. Because heaven

forbid we should get anyattention. Jewsand

Im using a broad brushstroke herecan tend tobe inwardly focused, tothe exclusion of every-thing else around them.Like children, the worldrevolves around us. So

bring a dog into thisequation, and you have arecipe for, wellhilarity.

The rabbis systemfocuses on raising dogsthe way we ourselveswere raised as Jewishchildren. The goal isto instill in the dog theassumptions and valuesour parents instilled in us.They include:

The knowledge thatwe have to be perfect orwell be very disappoint-ing to those who love us.

The knowledge thatwe must be very carefulwhenever we leave homebecause the world is fullof lunatics. Etc., etc. You get the picture.

The basis for Jewish dogtraining here is emotion,not discipline. Their tenetof Conditional Uncondi-tional Love pretty says itall. And of course theresalso Situational Martyr-dom, where the ownerviews him/herself as awell-meaning, unjustlyabused victim of thedogs bad behavior.

If youre a Jewish dogowner, you might wantto try another techniqueposited here: Use subtextto convey your messageto your dog. After all, Us-

ing subtext is importantbecause thats how weconvey the Four EssentialMessages (Youre great/ Youre terrible / Youneed me / Ill die if youdie). For example, when

your dog does somethingbad, you can say No, noin a gently chiding voice,but what you really meanis: Look, I dont reallycare that you did this.Life is short and Im crazyabout you. So ignore me. Just dont do it again.

On using guilt to trainyour dog: When he isbad, a Jewish dog is notonly informed that hisbehavior may be badin and of itself, or evenpossibly dangerous to hissafety, but that his bad-ness harms the owner.For example: You wentthrough the garbageagain? Why do you dothis to me?

The Jewish tendencyto guilt, over-reactionand self-absorption areall mocked here, withtongue rmly planted incheek. You cant help butnd this book funny. Un-less of course you haveno sense of humour. Andthen it would be the dogsfault anyway.

Shelley Civkin iscommunications ofcer with Richmond Public Library. Her column ap- pears every Thursday inThe Richmond Review.

Book Club

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