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by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter The 54-year-old Richmond man who accidentally shot a six-year-old boy in the chest with a rifle in the summer of 2011, has pled guilty to criminal negligence causing bodily harm. Fang Chi had been facing four counts, including pointing a firearm and unlawfully discharging a firearm, but his lawyer, Vince Michaels told The Richmond Review Thursday that Chi has pled guilty to only one criminal count. The young boy suffered the relatively minor gunshot wound during an early afternoon incident on Aug. 2, 2011 at 10760 Whistler Crt., near Steveston Highway and Gilbert. The last RCMP update released the week of the incident, indicated the boy was recovering in hospital, and in stable condition. Chi is being prosecuted by Crown counsel Jennifer Carmichael, and the case will be heard by veteran Richmond provincial court Judge Ron Fratkin. Michaels wouldn’t indicate what sentence the defence will be arguing is appropriate, and Carmichael could not be reached for comment by press time

Donations now filling the warehouse, but volume down from last year by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter

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Results of classroom collections, office food drives and larger community campaigns poured into the Richmond Food Bank this week, making Christmas brighter for a record number of people who rely on donations. “We appreciate the support the community’s given for the people we serve,” said Alex Nixon, the food bank’s operations co-ordinator. “We hope that people will continue to give.” Volunteers at the food bank on Cedarbridge Way are now serving record numbers—over 1,500 people each week, up from 1,300 last year at this time. On Thursday, volunteers were busy unloading donations at the food bank warehouse, while other volunteers distributed food to those lined for food. See Page 3

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Donations pour in to Richmond Christmas Fund Contributions to local charity grow, as organizers remain hopeful target will be met for 2012 by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter

ore than 2,000 lowincome people of all ages saw Richmond’s community spirit first-hand this month with the help of the Richmond Christmas Fund.

“People have stepped forward from all walks of life and it’s been very gratifying,” said Wayne Duzita, community chair of the Richmond Christmas Fund. Cash donations to the fund have totalled $170,000 this season—shy of the fund’s $200,000 goal. Nonetheless, the total is 15 per cent greater than last year. “There is no doubt that the community this year stepped forward at a different level than they have in years past,” said Duzita. “Just the fact that we have a larger base of people who came forward really shows that the organization and the contribution of the community was there for us to support families in need.” Money raised goes toward food vouchers for those in need, allowing 2,000 local residents to enjoy the holidays with fresh groceries. The fund also distributed donations of new toys to hundreds of children ages 15 and under. “An incredible amount of toys came in. We were able to pretty well fulfill all the wishes of those

Wayne Duzita (right), community chair of the Richmond Christmas Fund, said people have stepped forward from all walks of life to help fundraising efforts this year. Duzita is in the Christmas Fund toyroom with Lawrie Portigal, Elizabeth Specht and Santa Claus.

who registered with enough good quality toys for all their children,” said Duzita. Some fortunate families have been matched with a generous sponsor for a custom food and gift hamper. Sponsors include individuals, families and companies who create a personalized food and gift package for their sponsored family based on its need.

As for those who registered for help this year, organizers noticed a change. This year brought a greater number of seniors, single men and smaller single-parent families.

A boost in the fund’s profile helped with donations, said Duzita, noting support came from all over. Realtors, Richmond’s three Rotary clubs, the Richmond Auto Mall and Dueck, business professionals, professional athletes and many individuals who’ve never contributed before all came forward. “The profile created this year

with the help of The Review, more people came forward. We had stronger support from the business and individuals in the community.” The Richmond Christmas Fund program is also made possible with over 120 volunteers who contribute their time each year to help with registration, distribution and fundraising events.

Food bank relies Salvation Army warms hearts all How to help on the community year with December donations From Page 1 And while the volume was impressive, donations are down from last year, Nixon said. “We typically see the number of people needing help increase after Christmas, so we expect to serve even more people in January.” The number of people who rely on the food bank jumped significantly following the 2008 recession and continues to rise steadily. Local seniors, working poor, people with mental illness, newly unemployed and families struggling to make ends meet all depend on contributions from the community. “We keep hearing that the economy has turned around, and it has, but we’re not seeing that on the ground quite yet,” said Nixon. Richmond is often considered a community that’s affluent, but Nixon said there are many areas of the city that aren’t. He said a recent report noted income levels for many areas of the city are either stagnant or have decreased. “We are a blessed community in a lot of ways, but at the same time there are a lot of people who are struggling.” As a grassroots organization that doesn’t receive government support, the Richmond Food Bank relies solely on the generosity of the community. Regardless of the amount, all donations help the food bank serve the community, particularly cash contributions, since the food bank’s buying power allows it to turn a $1 donation into $6 worth of food.

by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter They’re outside storefronts, malls and even the casino ringing bells for the less fortunate. A small army of workers have been dutifully drawing attention to the Christmas kettles located around the city, collecting money for the Salvation Army Richmond branch. Kettle donations, which are accepted until Christmas, go toward the branch’s weekly community luncheon, helps people buy groceries throughout the year and funds the operation of a local 10-bed shelter. Each year the branch also warms hearts during the Christmas season by hosting a Christmas dinner and offering low-income families their choice of winter coats and warm clothes—collected largely by local realtors—to take home. According to the Salvation Army B.C., donations to the kettles are down this year across the province. “The dollars raised through this effort are not only used at Christmas time, but throughout the year as the funds provide resources for our overall operation for the year ahead. We want to encourage support-

Gord Lockhart and Diana Dickey from Sutton Seafair and Deb Robson from Remax Westcoast, are among the team of local realtors who volunteered in this year’s Realtors Care Blanket Drive, benefiting the Salvation Army Richmond.

ers to please donate when they see a kettle and help,” said Major Ken Ritson. Last year, generous donors across B.C. contributed $3.8 million to the cause. This year’s province-wide goal is $4 million.

•Donations to the Richmond Food Bank, food or cash (tax receipts available), can be made at 100-5800 Cedarbridge Way. Food drop-boxes are also located at Safeway, Save-On-Foods and Marketplace IGA stores. Cash donations can also be made online at richmondfoodbank.org or by mail by cheque: 100 - 5800 Cedarbridge Way; Richmond, BC; V6X 2A7. •Richmond Christmas Fund welcomes cash donations, which are primarily used to buy grocery vouchers for needy families. Donate by cheque via mail: Richmond Christmas Fund; 190-7000 Minoru Blvd.; Richmond, BC; V6Y 3Z5. Donations can also be made online at volunteerrichmond.ca. Donations of new, unwrapped books and toys (no stuffed animals) can also be dropped off at the gift wrap booth at Richmond Centre mall until end of Boxing Day. •Salvation Army Richmond donations can be made at Christmas Kettles set up at retail centres around the city or by mail: 8280 Gilbert Rd.; Richmond, BC; V7C 3W7.

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London Heritage Farm is getting into the Christmas spirit this year with a light display it hopes will draw people to its tea room and gift shop. Thanks to fundraising work last year, money was raised to purchase Christmas lights that now adorn the heritage site that sits on the waterfront. “Although we may never rival Van Deusen Gardens for their light display, but we’d like to become the Van Deusen of Richmond,” said Egon Frank, director and vice president of the London Heritage Farm Society. While he’s hoping more people will check out the lights as part of a city tour of Christmas displays, Frank said people should also be drawn by the home-baked scones and sweets, which is served with London Lady tea. “And our gift shop features many unique and hand-crafted items and home-made jams for gift giving,” Frank said. London Heritage Farm, located at 6511 Dyke Rd., between No. 2 Road and Gilbert, is open Saturdays and Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This upcoming weekend will also feature Christmas carolers and piano players playing Christmas tunes. —Martin van den Hemel

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Vancouver mayor’s foster son pleads guilty Jinagh NavasRivas, 22, will spend minimum 3 years in federal prison by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter The former foster son of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson will be spending a minimum of three years in prison for his part in a diala-dope-and-gun ring. Jinagh Navas-Rivas, who lived with the Robertson family for two years until 2009, was one of five suspects arrested following a six-month undercover RCMP investigation that began in the summer of 2011.

Federal Crown Counsel Ernie Froess said Navas-Rivas appeared in Richmond provincial court on Wednesday, where he pled guilty to one count of drug trafficking, and one count of transferring a firearm. Navas-Rivas is scheduled to be sentenced on March 13, 2013, and is represented by defense counsel Emmet Duncan, who did not return a request for comment. He will be sentenced by Judge Patrick Chen. Although Froess wouldn’t comment on what length of sentence he will be seeking for Navas-Rivas, he noted that a conviction for transferring a firearm carries a mandatory minimum three-year federal sentence. Last December, The Richmond Review first revealed that Navas-Rivas

was caught up in the RCMP investigation, and his link to Robertson. After investigators were unable to locate Navas-Rivas, an arrest warrant was issued for him, but he did not turn himself in until several days later. He was kept in custody for a few months before being released earlier this year. Navas-Rivas was charged as part of an 18-count indictment, and has now pled guilty to one count of transferring a .22-calibre Ruger pistol with ammunition without the proper authorization while in a car travelling through New Westminster. Navas-Rivas was in the care of the Robertson family—including Robertson’s wife Amy and three other children—in 2008 and 2009, and was a track athlete while a student

at Prince of Wales Secondary in Vancouver. Amidst the undercover police investigation, and after commiting the criminal offence just a day earlier that will send him to jail for three years, Navas-Rivas joined Gregor Robertson on stage on Nov. 19, 2011 during Robertson’s victory speech following his successful municipal re-election bid. On Nov. 18, 2011, Navas-Rivas was with co-accused Leslie James Miller, 30, when he was accused of transferring a firearm and ammunition knowing that he wasn’t authorized to do so. While the RCMP investigation launched in June of 2011, the first charge involving Navas-Rivas occurred many months later, on Nov. 4, and involved the trafficking of

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Union won’t confirm reports of Port Mann ice falling last winter Province should have known and prevented risk: NDP critic by Sarah Payne and Jeff Nagel Black Press “Absolutely unacceptable.” B.C. Transportation Minister Mary Polak used that phrase repeatedly Thursday afternoon at a press conference to address the closure one day earlier of the brand new Port Mann Bridge when falling chunks of snow and ice damaged vehicles crossing the span. “Yesterday’s events on the Port Mann Bridge were absolutely unacceptable,” she told reporters. “Like everyone else, I was feeling horrified at the images people were sending in. It was absolutely shocking. “I can’t imagine what it must have felt like for those motorists going across the bridge and seeing huge pieces of ice coming down around them. It’s absolutely unacceptable.” Polak and Mike Proudfoot, CEO of the Transportation Investment Corp. (TI Corp.) said it’s up to the contractor, Kiewit Flatiron, to come up with a solution — at no cost to taxpayers. “This design for the bridge contemplates measures for the accumulation of snow and ice,” Proudfoot said. “Those haven’t been effective so the ball’s back in the contractor’s court to come up with a prop-

er solution.” Said Polak: “We will be looking to the contractor to provide us not only with a long-term, permanent solution that ensures this never, ever occurs again but, also, an immediate fix to the problem so that the bridge is open and indeed safe for the travelling public.” Still, they made no guarantees that weather conditions will not force another closure of the bridge. Both were grilled by reporters on what measures were in place to ensure there are no problems with accumulation of snow and ice. Proudfoot said centre pylons are designed to eliminate structural points where snow can accumulate and the cables are covered in plastic, and snow should have slid down the cables and dissipated. He also said the Port Mann “was designed by one of the most prominent experts in cablestayed bridges. It goes through an independent check by a separate firm, which is also an internationally recognized expert in cable-stayed bridges. And the TI Corp. has engineers who review it prior to the commencement of work.” Polak was also asked about reports that workers raised concerns previously about potential problems with snow and ice, and whether an option for heated cables was presented to the province or TI Corp. “”Nothing of that nature was ever brought to the attention of the ministry and I don’t believe it was brought to the attention

of TI Corp.,” she said. Earlier in the day, the main union representing workers on the Port Mann Bridge wouldn’t confirm whether its members had raised falling ice as a safety concern last winter. Asked if the issue was recorded as a concern at health and safety meetings, Ironworkers Local 97 president Cecil Damery would only say: “Snow was an issue last year also.” Damery said he had to be “careful what I say” because the union works closely with bridge builder KiewitFlatiron. The Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC), another union whose members worked mainly on the highway side of the $3.3-billion Port Mann Highway 1 Project and less frequently on the bridge, said its reps did not hear of falling ice concerns. “The issue about ice falling was never raised to them and it was never raised at any of our mass safety meetings,” CLAC spokesman Alex Pannu said. WorkSafe BC spokesperson Donna Freeman said the workplace safety authority has no reports of falling ice being a concern, but added the issue could still have been raised and resolved locally. NDP transportation critic Harry Bains said it would be “very troubling” if reports are true that workers had flagged the falling ice risk and the province did nothing to prevent it prior to Wednesday’s four-hour shutdown of

the bridge. But Bains argues the government should have known anyway that snow and ice falls from other cable-stayed bridges of similar design, where cables from the outer bridge rails cross over top of traffic to central support towers. Bridges with falling ice problems exist in Sweden, the U.K. and Boston. “If they knew, why did they not consider eliminating that risk?” Bains asked. TI Corp. officials said Tuesday the cables should have sluiced snow or ice off without dropping onto the bridge deck. They also confirmed the cables are not heated to prevent icing. Bains said either a retrofit to ensure deicing — or whatever other technology is suitable — must be performed even if it costs much more now than it would have during construction.

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It’s not acceptable to shut down the bridge for lengthy periods when similar snow and ice conditions develop, he said, or else motorists will be scared to driver over the Port Mann in winter. “There’s no other choice but to fix the problem,” Bains said. “Why didn’t they do this before? They ought to have known.” If the ministry did know about the issue but chose not to build in

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White Spot helps hospital on Xmas The spirit of giving this season is strong at White Spot, Richmond Centre, where they will be donating 100 per cent of it Christmas Day net proceeds and staff tips to Richmond Hospital Foundation. For the eleventh year, White Spot, Richmond Centre will be open for a special Christmas lunch on December 25th from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. with all staff time, tips and net proceeds being graciously donated to Richmond Hospital Foundation. Approximately 50 staff will be participating on the day, and over $70,000 has been raised from the event since its inception in 2001.

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EDITORIAL: No easy answers as tragedy unfolds There are events so vivid and horrifying they give us all pause to reflect and wonder what we could do to avert such tragedy in the future. One such occurred in Newtown, Conn. last week, where a shooting rampage left 27 people, including 20 elementary school students, dead. In the aftermath, an anguished chorus of voices erupted over social media, on radio and television, expressing everything from understandable anger and outrage to debates over whether gun control or more attention to mental health should be the priority. Politicians, predictably, have been quick to add platitudes to the tumult.

Practical leadership is likely to be more challenging. There are no easy answers to why this tragedy occurred, and, consequently, no quick fixes for the issues it raises. Simplistic solutions may work in the fantasy world of the movies, but they seldom stand the test in real life. We can only shake our heads at the more hysterical responses to the events at Sandy Hook Elementary – including the actions of an 11-yearold Utah boy who days later brought a gun to his school, apparently without the knowledge of his parents, because he feared for his safety. Perhaps the most important thing

is that the public – in the U.S., in Canada, and around the world – has been faced with incontrovertible evidence that there is a problem. The only positive we can take away from the horrific incident is that it is one of those events that generate enough emotion to provide a tipping point for public opinion. All the while we shrug at such violent incidents, all the while we turn away, resigned to the notion that this is the way of the modern world and there is nothing that can be done about it, we become a party to the bloodshed. Anyone with an ounce of feeling who looks at the class and family

pictures of the innocent victims of the latest tragedy must say – at some point – that this is wrong; enough is enough. The slaughter at Sandy Hook has made many prepared to reexamine their own beliefs; to put issues such as gun control and mental health on the table, instead of sweeping them aside with the conditioned reflex of entrenched attitudes. For the tragedy itself we can only have sorrow. But for the fact that there are still millions in this world with compassion, decency and humanity, who abhor violence and who want to work towards a better world, we must be thankful. ‑Peace Arch News

I tried everything to loose five pounds Editor: Every year about this time it’s the same old thing with me and my belt. Do I buy a new one or is there enough leather in the old one to drill another hole? Another hole into a piece of leather so long that by the time I have one end into the second belt loop of my pants, the buckle and twelve inches of premium cowhide are still snaking their way across the floor. Why even wear a belt? Why not just let my ever expanding belly run free? Let it bump into people! Let it rub up against total strangers on the bus! Make them feel as uncomfortable as I am. And besides, without a belt I could tie these shoes (if there’re the ones with the laces, I can’t see from here) without the fear of passing out. Without a belt maybe my face won’t turn that bright red waddling up them four stairs to the bakery. And, maybe I wouldn’t sweat like a boxer in training when the weather gets warmer than 12˚C. Or maybe I could loose weight? Been there done that, bought the XXXL teeshirt. My Mother-in-Law figures it should be easy for a loser like me to loose weight. God bless her for believing in me but I’ve tried more times than a Mars Bar has calories. And, I’ve tried every method known to late night television. All the gadgets, pills, powders, pulleys and plastic power pumping weight reducing marvels of modern science that this one person can afford on easy monthly payment plans. Its that darned good looking tanned guy with

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more ruts in his belly than a Saskatchewan dirt road after a rain storm, with his equally tanned good looking female counter part, that want to make me, a better me. All you have to do is loose weight and all your problems are solved, or so they would have you believe. After you loose the weight your lighting is even better. Your before picture with all the extra baggage has that glaring bright light, all so flattering. Then once the weight magically disappears the lighting is warm and soft and makes your skin look like rippled toffee, that glistens and oozes health. That couple suck me in every time! And they’re on every channel! Oh sure their face is different, but the well toned body is the same. They just change the head for each and every new gimmick that comes along. And gosh golly darn they all fit under the bed. Every bed in my house has some sort

of life changing equipment under it! Because, they gave me the idea to put it there! Every time I say my bedtime prayers I bang my knees! If they had of told me it fits easily in front of the car in the garage, it’d probably be there. Why? Because they use hypnosis to make us believe in their product. There can be no other reason. How else can you explain spending thirty dollars on forty-two cents of rubber tubing that you somehow magically think will be the answer to all of your problems. And then for some reason you want to stuff it under the bed. I’ve been scammed several times on my way to an easy healthier skinny me. Like the time I sent away $52 to South Africa for an appetite suppressing pill that’s made from crushed bushes that tribesmen have used for centuries to curb hunger. They didn’t mention that that was all they had to

eat. In mid-January I signed up for a two year gym membership. By the end of January I was only going there to use the showers. All the hot water I wanted and no Motherin-Law banging on the door to use the commode. Owners of the gym loved that I showered there, they said I was an inspiration for the others to work out harder, kind of an impersonal personal trainer. My next weight loss plan was a fail safe food system that would be delivered right to my door. Donny Osmond’s little sister with that great big toothy grin, all looking slim and trim praising the weight reducing qualities of prepackaged food had me hooked. All my meals for a whole month delivered right to my house. Problem was in two weeks I had eaten what they sent me for the whole month. “Try eating from a

smaller plate,” my wife suggested. “I heard this will reduce the size of the portion intake.” What’s with you skinny people? Is eat a bad word? So now I’m eating from a plate that Is used to put under a teacup when company came over for scones. The rule my wife imposes is that I can put as much food as I want on the plate, but I can only have one plate. So I pile it high with as much food as I can. I can’t keep my food on this tiny plate, and I’m so hungry I don’t want to loose a single morsel. I’m now chasing every calorie from my plate to my pants to the chair and on to the floor. I’m now giving the dog serious competition. It’s my food! I want it! I need it! OOOH did the wife just drop something? Darn, Rex beat me to it! Which brings me to the best dietary system I’ve found so far, and quite by accident. Eating food from off the floor. Yes folks if you want to loose five, or ten pounds in just two days simply send me thirty-five dollars plus shipping and handling and I’ll ship you a three day supply of my “Food Found on Floor.” I lost five pounds! That’s one-quarter of twenty pounds! I’m almost there! Just by eating food I found on the floor. So if you want to loose weight quickly, just do as I did, eat food off the floor and quickly lose your appetite to a healthier, slimmer you. Tomorrow I’m loosing 210 lbs., I’m taking her to the bus station. I’m so excited about my extra weight loss, thanks to the Greyhound system. Bob Niles Richmond

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Friday, December 21, 2012

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Walmart mess has the makings of a win-win Editor: Re: “Walmart mall to become ‘urban village centre’” (Dec. 19). Reminder: The location is east of Garden City Road and north of the Garden City Lands and Alderbridge Way. In the article, Michael Wolfe gave the damning detail: every tree on the Walmart mall site will be killed in the current plan. Nothing will be spared. The good news is that Richmond council hasn’t voted yet. They’ll discuss the plan further and vote when a big but less future-shaking glitch is gone. To fix the Walmart mall plan now, before the moonscape stage, we need a council majority of five members with commitment to conservation. Or with values like heeding citizens before developers. Or gratefulness for our viewscape legacies. Yes, new saplings might be planted later, but the plan itself implies they’re window dressing. They wouldn’t save even bits of the ecosystem, let alone the viewscapes from the Garden City Lands area. When looking north from where visitors have always contemplated the natural viewscape of wetlands, woods and mountains, who will ooh and aah at the lovely Walmart, the new gem of the setting? (Okay, maybe a few from city hall.) Sadly, the plan just needed to respect the city’s own map of “ESAs”, environmentally sensitive areas. There was an ESA on the Alderbridge Way edge of the site, and that remnant of mixed urban forest, teeming with diverse wildlife, could have been saved. It still should be. The ecosystem to conserve is rare for Richmond, and by nature it’s a wildlife corridor. It’s from Garden City Road to No. 4 Road and would be at least 20 metres wide. With some needed upkeep, it would also save the natural viewscapes, a truly unique

legacy. In a largely-ESA space just east of the Walmart mall site, there was a two-acre natural area, but the mall plan has devoured it. Thankfully, Coun. Harold Steves is objecting, and he’s also brought in the wildlife corridor at council meetings. Tellingly, by the way, the Walmart mall company sprang into action when Polygon, the giant developer, wanted changes to add value to its future condos nearby. The mall company is now planning a living green screen to give condo buyers better views, and it’s added a parkade-rooftop green space that will further enhance their wellness and Polygon sales. When council asks, the Walmart mall company should act as responsibly for the people of Richmond. After all, the company actually sought lower density. (City hall pushed for higher density. Mind-boggling.) If the company conserves the natural area and wildlife corridor, an effect will be lower density. They’ll need to rework their plans, but they’ll be seen as responsible. The mess has the makings of a win-win. The council members who would enable that need our support, and we need their votes. Jim Wright President, Garden City Conservation Society

When council asks, the Walmart mall company should act as responsibly for the people of Richmond. After all, the company actually sought lower density. (City hall pushed for higher density. Mind-boggling.)

Leave the snow geese alone Editor: I live on the top floor at Gilmore Gardens, with windows that face north and west. This gives me a spectacular view of the North Shore mountains and a very pleasant view of the snow geese as they fly out to their feeding grounds. At 8 o’clock one morning I watched as they flew up the middle arm of the river in their precise formations. It was a different story a couple of hours later when a huge mass of geese flew back in utter confusion. They appeared to be in panic, like a crowd running from a fire. I thought they had been rousted from their feeding ground. Then I realized to my horror that they were heading straight for the airport. By a miracle they did not run into one of the small float planes or a big jet. Not this time. Leave the geese alone—they have lost so much of their natural habitat they have little choice but to feed on the planted grass. Ella Johnson Richmond

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Young music students shine at festival Richmond Music Festival 2012 awards •Tom Lee Music Trophy to overall Best Performer in all divisions: Angeni Wang •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship ($500) & Trophy: Vera Lu •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship ($200): Kevin Ng •Tom Lee Music certificate ($200): Roger Wang •Tom Lee Music certificate ($200): Julie Wu •Most Promising Performer Strings Trophy: Kevin Ng •Most Promising Performer Voice Trophy: Sarah Orsmond •Most Promising Performer Guitar Trophy: Sean McGowan •Most Promising Pianist Trophy: William Lu •Natasha Foresi Trophy Junior Flute Player: Sorbin Kim •Natasha Foresi Trophy Intermediate Player: Cecilia Hua •Natasha Foresi Trophy Senior Flute Player: Karen Wen •Most Promising Pianist 9 & under: Julie Wu •Most Promising Pianist 12 & under: Claire Liu •Most Promising Pianist 15 & under: Vivian Lou •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (junior voice): Ysabelle Santa Ana •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (intermediate voice): Yuan-En Monica Tang •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (junior woodwind): Mila De •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (intermediate woodwind): Kelly Li •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (senior woodwind): Logan Lan •VCGS Scholarship (junior guitar): Justin Yan •VCGS Scholarship (intermediate guitar): Oliver Korman •VCGS Scholarship (senior guitar): Sean McGowan •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (junior strings): Amy Zhang •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (intermediate strings): Trisha Doo •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (senior strings): Kevin Ng •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (junior piano): Athena Deng •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (intermediate piano): Vera Lu/Arthur Wang •Richmond Music Festival Scholarship (senior piano): Roger Wang/Daphne Wang/Ariel Mo/ Amy Yu

Talents of rising stars showcased in annual Richmond competition by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter

“very very high level” of young talent impressed adjudicators in this year’s Richmond Music Festival, with standout pianists as young as 12 and 13 taking home top prizes.

“Both senior piano adjudicators…mentioned that the level of students is so high,” said Victor Shevtsov, president of the Richmond Music Festival Society. The three-week festival offers a competitive venue for young music students in piano, voice, strings, guitar and woodwinds. Professional adjudicators give students feedback on their performances before the best return for a gala concert, where a host of awards are presented. This year’s festival, which concluded Nov. 24, hosted 700 young musicians from Richmond and across Metro Vancouver. Vera Lu, 13, earned one of the top prizes: the $500 Richmond Music Festival scholarship and trophy for most outstanding gala performance. Lu, a student of Shevtsov, played Bach’s challenging “Goldberg Variations” at the gala concert.

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“She did so well,” said Shevtsov. “Bach is Bach. It’s not such an impressive and virtuosic piece for the audience, but still the audience was absolutely quiet listening to her.” The piece has proved a match for Lu’s smaller hands, and her performance amazed adjudicators and earned her the top gala prize. Lu is now preparing for a Bach competition held in New York, her teacher said. Angeni Wang, 13, received the prestigious Tom Lee Trophy, awarded to the best overall performer in all divisions at the festival. Wang, who has been a piano student of Shevtsov for nearly four years, scored high marks in all festival classes. “She plays music that requires a lot of maturity,” said Shevtsov. “She’s getting more and more secure and technically brilliant when she performs on the stage.” Wang will be on the stage again on Jan. 26, this time with her brother Arthur Wang, 12. The pair will perform as guests of Richmond Orchestra in a concert at Gilmore Park United Church. This year’s festival demonstrated the strong dedication to music many students are now showing at an early age—especially in Richmond, where children of Chinese ethnicity usually study at least one instrument, said Shevtsov. “I’ve stopped being surprised,” he said. “Half of my class are students of very high ambitions and dedication to music. They practice so hard and want to participate in international competitions and want to achieve high results.” Some of them, like Angeni Wang, are dreaming of becoming professional musicians. Others are already eyeing other professions while developing a lifelong love of music.

“I’ve stopped being surprised. Half of my class are students of very high ambitions and dedication to music.” – Victor Shevtsov

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