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Couple raises $500K for new Lions Gate mental health centre After losing their teenage son to suicide, the Dennehy’s have been fighting to change the stigma of depression MICHAELA GARSTIN S tA f f R E p o Rt E R
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inny Dennehy and her husband Kerry know the effects of depression first hand. They lost their 17-year-old son, Kelty, to suicide 12 years ago and have been fighting to raise money and awareness since. A foundation set up by the couple is donating $500,000 for a new mental health facility at Lions Gate Hospital in an effort to provide support for young people with depression and change common perceptions of the disease. Through the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation, they have raised $4 million for suicide prevention programs, a mental health facility at BC Children’s Hospital and other services. The facility at Lions Gate Hospital is their latest project. Construction has begun on the new $62-million mental health facility, which will replace the hospital’s aging inpatient psychiatric until that was built in the 1920s. “Our lofty, big goal is to have a resource centre in every province and territory of Canada,” said Dennehy, who
hElpING To cREATE hopE - Premier Christy Clark hands Ginny Dennehy a Golden Jubilee Medal for her contribution to health care. Submitted photo was awarded a Golden Jubilee Medal this month for her contribution to health care. The new four-storey mental health facility, named the HOpe Centre after another donor, will have 26 private
rooms and is expected to decrease wait times. Slated to open early next year, the building will also be used as a training space for UBC medial students. Their son’s friends, family and doctors
were never able to understand or manage Kelty’s depression. His depression and anxiety got worse while away at high school in Saskatchewan but it continued when he came back home. In 2009, the Dennehy family experienced another loss when their 23-yearold daughter Riley, who struggled with the loss of her brother for years, passed away suddenly from pain medication in Thailand. “We started with [BC Children’s Hospital] because Kelty was a child,” Dennehy told The Outlook. They tackled Lions Gate Hospital next because the family is from Whistler, which is in the catchment area. “Depression is a disease like any other disease,” said Dennehy, who is cycling across Canada with her husband on their first national campaign “Enough is Enough,” an initiative to remove stigma associated with mental illness. They plan to begin in Newfoundland on May 12 and end in Whistler mid-August.
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The final Frontier
North Shore movie buffs say goodbye to West Vancouver’s last video store North Shore. Once Frontier closes, there will only be a couple left in North Van. But she is proud her small store on Marine Drive aybe we could all pay $500 to keep it and 18th Street outlasted the bigger chains. Rogers open, to make it like a club to belong Video in Park Royal North was the last chain store to?” asks one woman who has been a standing in West Van, but shut down when its cuscustomer for years. A few of her favourite titles in tomers turned to the Internet instead. hand, this visit will be one of her last. “The sad part is you can’t get everything online. The DVDs are for sale now in an effort to clear Older movies, foreigns, classics — we have them all stock before the doors close permanently at the end of here,” says Walker, pointing towards a wall that was this month. once full of hard-to-get movies. Due to competition from pay-per-view movies, online “You usually can’t get special features online either, subscription services and illegal downloading, video and people really like those.” stores on the North Shore and elsewhere have been The steady decline in movie rentals coupled with suffering. In North and West Van, the vast majority the high rent in West Van has made owning a video have closed. store in the municipality financially impossible. Just 10 years ago, Frontier Video’s manager Suzy It’s a reality many find difficult to stomach. As cusWalker remembers there were around 30 on the tomers file in to buy discounted movies and TV series, some are visibly upset the store is closing. “Where are we going to rent movies now?” says one movie buff carrying six of his favourites. “At least I own these now. I don’t know where else I would get these.” ...while minimizing risk. Frontier Video’s owner David Han bought the shop nearly 20 years ago, but it has been under different names for a quarter century. Make the most of your RRSP or TFSA First called 24hrs Video then contributions this year. Wilderness Video, Han changed the Call to ask me how. name when he took over. He now stands behind the cash register selling his last movies. But he isn’t *RRSP deadline for 2012 contributions is March 1, 2013 able to ring through movies for long. A longtime customer wants a proper goodbye, so Han steps to the side while Teresa Black Hughes, CFP R.F.P. CLU FMA CIM an employee takes over. www.rogersgroup.com/teresablackhughes Han has seen rentals change from 604.732.6551 tbh@rogersgroup.com clunky videos to DVDs and more recently Blu-rays. He remembers the Rogers Group Financial Advisors | Rogers Group Investment Advisors, Member CIPF ©2013
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brief popularity of laser discs, which were as big as records and took several changes to complete a movie. “We’re the last place to rent a movie on the way to Whistler, so a lot of people stop in before they go,” says his manager. “All the stores have closed down there and in Pemberton too.” Having grown up making trips to the video store, Walker says the closures are making society less social. “You can do anything at home now, on the Internet. The days are going where you could walk down with friends to rent a movie and talk to people about which ones to get. It’s sad.” Walker knows where every movie is in the entire store, but hasn’t had the chance to watch the majority of the collection. “We have thousands here. Way more than you’ll find online.” It’s not so much “paid for” rivals like Netflix that are making small stores suffer, she explains, it’s illegal downloading. “Yes, it’s free but you can’t find everything, and it takes a lot of the fun out of renting a movie — the social aspect is a big part of it.” Frontier Video is located at 1760 Marine Drive, next to Dairy Queen. Drop in to buy videos and TV series until Feb. 28.
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Creativity is key to compete with 40 other sushi restaurants on the North Shore
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he North Shore has a seemingly endless demand for sushi.
That’s why Joe Lin wasn’t afraid to open shop, even with more than 40 sushi restaurants nearby, including three within just a block. But competition is still tough, so breaking away from the ordinary is the only option. “Yes sushi is popular, but it’s been the same for about 15 years,” Lin explains, taking a break from making rolls at Capilano Sushi in North Vancouver. “I knew all the restaurants, did my research, and when we opened I knew what I had to offer.” Besides the typical California roll combos, he makes specialty rolls that are more like artistic creations to this UBC fine arts graduate. The names say it all. There’s the El Mexicano: Spicy tuna and radish sprout inside, topped with fresh guacamole and drizzled with honey citrus sauce and tobiko (fish roe), $10. And the Empire State: A jumbo hotdog and cream cheese inside, topped with pastrami and grated dill pickle, drizzled with creamy honey dijon, $10. If it weren’t for his restaurant, Lin says he would probably be working in the creative side of advertising. But his career plans changed within months
STARRING ROLLS - Joe Lin, the creative owner of Capilano Sushi, presents the Empire State and the El Mexicano. Rob Newell photo when he realized the sushi spot he worked for was going up for sale. In early 2010, he bought the restaurant near Save-On-Foods on Marine Drive with a partner, quickly renovated it and revamped the menu. The competition didn’t daunt him. With two sushi restaurants directly across the street and a few more within a quick walk, he still spotted some-
Public Information Session: Higher Energy Standards Wednesday, February 27 from 4pm - 7pm North Vancouver City Hall, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver The City may be moving to higher energy standards for new buildings. Higher energy standards will help contribute to the City’s commitment to sustainability and to meeting our community-wide greenhouse gas reduction targets. Opportunities for public input are available until March 1.
thing missing in the market. “We don’t want to copy them. We provide something different,” he says as customers shuffle in and out. Capilano Sushi stays unique with weekly menu
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But not to panic; the job’s been hired out by District of North Vancouver staff as part of a plan to prevent wildfires in the area. Approximately 20 acres of district-owned forest lands known as Hyannis Park will be selectively cut, chipped and much of it hauled away before the migratory-bird nesting season begins next month. The lands butt up against approximately three dozen homes along Hyannis Drive, Hyannis Point and Hill Drive, and also contain a water supply reservoir and a busy trail system the district is eager to protect. Their plan is to remove and destroy those smaller coniferous trees that don’t reach the higher canopy; trees that tend to act as “ladder fuel,” connecting flames on the ground with the upper boughs in wildfire situations, according to district forester Mark Brown.
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“The vegetation we target is the small-diameter understory trees,” Brown told The Outlook in a phone interview. Those trees are often dry and dying because the larger trees have soaked up all the sun and moisture before it can reach the forest floor. In addition, whichever contractor the district hires to clear the understory will also be tasked with pruning back some branches in the canopy, further breaking the ladder effect, and fully removing some of the larger dead trees which could pose a fall risk to joggers, hikers and bikers in the area. Once cleared, much of the ladder wood will be mulched for use on local trails, while the understory is replaced with less combustible varieties of deciduous — or, leafy — saplings, as opposed to the prominent dry-needled varieties of hemlock and dwarf mistletoe there today. And where the soil has been disturbed, workers will plant native shrubs and ferns. “The target replacement species aren’t really as flammable because they’re green during the continued, PAGE 17
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As with drunk driving, we can do that by changing laws, attitudes and public perception. Tougher laws and costly penalties made it unacceptable to drink and drive. Groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving got behind the campaigns and programs such as Operation Red Nose made it easier for people to make the right choice during the holidays. Corporations launched campaigns to make it cool to be the designated driver and drivers — thus educated and forewarned — changed their behaviour. It may take similar efforts to reduce the number of pedestrian fatalities, which last year totalled 63, according to the BC Coroner’s Service. That’s almost the same number of people who were killed by drunk drivers last year, yet where’s the outcry? The sad fact is it’s walking seniors, 70 years and older, who die the most often in a collision with a car. Where do most of these fatalities occur? At intersections and marked crosswalks. When? In December and January, when it’s dark and rainy. In fact, people of all ages are at greatest risk during this province’s gloomiest months. Pedestrians need to understand that there are no safe intersections or crosswalks. Adults must apply the same safety rules they teach their kids: be aware of your surroundings, look both ways, make eye contact with drivers. And sorry, seniors, old age is not an exemption from the crucial lessons we direct at our youth. But it doesn’t stop there: Driver education must be enhanced, laws must be toughened and outerwear must be reflective, or at the very least lighter in colour. Pedestrian fatalities aren’t any less serious than drunk driving deaths. So why are they treated that way?
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Vancouver’s real housewives are back — for Season 2! And once again, there are more than a few North Shore faces scheduled to appear on your television screen. Last week, the glam girls gathered at the Loden Hotel to watch the premiere episode of Real Housewives of Vancouver - Season 2 at a private party with friends, family and invite-only guests. The champagne was flowing and the ladies all sparkled in fabulous bejewelled gowns and Follow entertainment / events columninst Catherine Barr on these social media outlets designer name accessories. New wives Linkedin @CatherineBarr CatBarr Ioulia Reynolds, Amanda Hansen 1 North Van’s Amanda Hansen, left, and and Robin Reichman joined returning stars Texas-born Vancouverite Robin Reichman are Jody Claman, Mary Zilba and Ronnie Negus two of the newest wives. They’re bringing their for a night of celebrity celebration. beauty and brains to the battles of the new Real Fashion wise, it was basic black mixed Housewives of Vancouver – Season 2 episodes. with sparkles everywhere you looked. Mary, 2 West Van’s stunning Ronnie Negus and Ronnie and Ioulia rocked the red carpet in her niece Paige are both returning this season anything-but-basic black which made them to party and play with the ladies for a whole all look equally gorgeous, elegant and fetchnew series of adventures. 3 Among the VIPs in ing. attendance at the premiere night party are fashion West Van’s flamboyant mother-daughter designer Marina Shishkina and West Van’s team of Jody and Mia Claman were big time Heidi Coglon. 4 Singer Mary Zilba also returns Hollywood glam in floor-length bejewelled for more Season 2 fun. Here, she toasts the hard gowns which sparkled even more than the working ladies from Lark Productions who make Moet. And newcomers Robin and Amanda it all happen behind the scenes. From left: Krista were extra glittery in gold and see-through Kelloway, Erin Haskett, Mary Zilba and hues encrusted with enough sequins and Louise Clark. 5 Caterer to the stars and West beads to make Cher jealous. Vancouver fashionista Jody Claman poses for After the reception, it was time to see pics on premiere night with Ioulia Reynolds, the action — and reactions. Everyone one of this season’s new wives who promises turned to the televisions as nervous to add a little Russian rebellion to the plot. 6 giggles filled the air. In the end, it was a Looking dapper and handsome, West Van brothers spectacular evening that sets the stage Houston, left, and Jhordan attend the premiere for an even more exciting season of party in support of their mom Ronnie Negus. entertainment and fun.
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Experience Better Vision...for health with village, such as discounted rental rates and retailers like Home Depot, Future Shop tax breaks on retail space. and Winners. Yet to be decided is whether the new The most recent plan calls for a village will include residential units or 430,000-square-foot “destination” shopping not. There are many factors that will affect centre comprised of a mix of large-format that decision, Chief Campbell said, such retailers with smaller shops, services and as whether the housing market continues restaurants spread throughout. to soften and whether BC Hydro’s Walters The mall would also feature a Squamish Substation on the reserve lands can be Nation cultural centre and craft store relocated. showcasing the band’s heritage and art, For its part, the District of North Vancouand could be home to a new Nation headver has encouraged the Squamish Nation quarters, if the old administrative building isn’t incorporated into the new village plan. to embrace residential development as part of the overall village plan, according to The Nation is also considering moving Brian Bydwell, the district’s general manits offices to the 100 Park Royal tower on ager of planning, properties and permits. the Capilano Reserve in West Vancouver. “We’ve always encouraged them to look For the time being, the Seymour Creek at a mixed-use residential and commerplans remain just that — plans — but the cial,” Bydwell told The Outlook, comparing Nation’s development partner, Emerson the project to the district’s adjacent Lower Real Estate Group, is eager to move on Lynn Town Centre development. them — perhaps even before next year. “We’ve always understood that their com“We are hopeful that this is the year we’ll get a shovel in the ground,” Emerson presi- mercial was going to be more regional oriented [given] its connection to the highway, dent Ron Emerson told The Outlook last month. Of course, he conceded, nothing will whereas our commercial in Lower Lynn would be more neighbourhood-specific to go ahead until the band leadership say so. that community,” he said. Together with fellow developer ProgresDistrict sive Properties, EmerMayor Richard son’s company would who retain one-quarter of “We’re looking at the highest Walton, also chairs the the project lands on a 99-year sub lease, and best use of the land.” TransLink mayors’ council, told Progressive would retain Ian Campbell The Outlook one-quarter and the band would control the Squamish Chief he thinks the Seymour village other half. A provision in development the partners’ agreement would do well allows the Squamish to to position itself buy out the developers as a regional transit hub, perhaps taking a in the future if it so chooses, while restrictrelocated Phibbs Exchange as the village’s ing its partners from buying more than centrepiece. their combined 50-per-cent ownership. “The exact geographical centre of North The Nation first sought proposals for Vancouver district is Seymour Creek — is the village project back in 1999, though its that site,” Walton said. “But the challenge, plans for the economic rejuvenation of the reserve date back more than a half-century of course, is that when TransLink goes ahead and does its regional plans — as it’s to a 1962 band council decision to exploit doing right now and is virtually finished the Seymour lands to the utmost benefit to the North Shore plan — they can only plan the Nation. based on what they know.” Further discussion among subsequent So, without finalized plans for the village, band councils has recommended the Nation a transit hub remains one of the many move beyond the role of simply collecting question marks still lingering around rent from reserve tenants, towards becomSeymour Creek, questions Chief Campbell ing owners of their own economic enterhopes will be answered this year. prises. “We have a million files on the go and The Squamish Nation estimates the Seyonly have so much manpower, so much mour Village project will bring a hundredresources,” he said. “So we now have to look fold increase in revenue from the Seymour at our priorities and what’s going to yield lands. In real terms, where the band today the highest and best use before we bring receives roughly $100 a day from its curthat forward now to the membership.” rent tenants, the Nation estimates it will pull in $10,000 per day with the Seymour tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com Creek Village development. twitter.com/toddcoyne There will be benefits too for those band members wishing to run a business in the
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items like Japanese style fish and chips: Your choice of tuna, salmon or oyster with yam fries, dill pickle and house tartar sauce, $10. Lin even tried to make the restaurant’s atmosphere stand out from other sushi spots. Shortly after moving in, he covered up the evergreen murals with dark wood and abstract paintings. More upscale than some other sushi res-
taurants, he says it’s a good place to take a date. And, don’t worry, it will be an affordable one. To be competitive in a North Van market that’s saturated with sushi restaurants, Lin says he has to keep the prices low. Besides his specialty rolls, he also has a popular $7-sushi combo with a choice of three items and miso soup, which goes well with weekly deals like $2.99 pints of Granville Island Honey Lager. “The trick is to be as efficient as possible.
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reinventing the roll - Along with his one-of-a-kind rolls, owner Joe Lin has also made the atmosphere of his sushi restaurant unqique with dark walls and abstract art. Rob Newell photos It’s easier to do with a smaller place like this,” says Lin, who learned to make rolls to pay his way through university. It was those five years of experience that let him experiment with different ingredients. “I noticed a lot of people like only vegetable rolls, but they only had simple rolls to choose from,” he says about his idea for the vegetarian-friendly Golden Coast: Asparagus and cream cheese inside, topped with fresh avocado and mayo slices, drizzled with honey citrus sauce. “I wanted to make something with the same high quality as
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The course, which will run on Wednesday evenings at West Van secondary school, is worth four fine arts credits a year, allowing students to earn additional credits towards graduation before they hit their senior years of high school. “These students will be motivated to perform at a very high level,” says Fulton. “We’re starting in Grade 7 to show students in elementary school what’s possible in high school. A parent/student information meeting is being held on Feb, 20 at West Van secondary. For more information, visit sd45.bc.ca/news/ honour-choir.html.
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Kinder Morgan Canada announced in mid-January it has enough committed shippers to justify a larger pipeline expansion to a capacity of 890,000 barrels per day. That’s expected to bring up to 34 oil tankers per month, up from about 25 previously forecast and around five per month right now. Port Metro Vancouver harbour master Yoss Leclerc said the project would, if it advances, undergo a comprehensive review of harbour transit needs. But he said it doesn’t appear the new size of the proposed pipeline – bringing up to 400 tankers a year – would tie up too many anchorages and cause a shortage of space for other cargo ships. “Usually the tankers don’t stay a long time at anchor – one to two days,” Leclerc said. “Looking at what we saw from Kinder Morgan, I don’t see any forseeable issue in terms of anchorages or where to put them.” Nor did he expect harbour traffic restrictions – no other vessels are permitted to move in the Second Narrows when a tanker is transiting – to be too onerous for other users of the waterway. He was responding after Burnaby NDP MP Kennedy Stewart suggested an “oil export only port” could be the end result if Kinder Morgan continues to upsize the pipeline project. “There will be a choke point in Burrard Inlet where you have so many tankers you can’t have any more traffic,” Stewart said. Stewart argues the Kinder Morgan may expand the planned line further – to a million barrels per day and beyond – and at that point there will be enormous pressure to dredge the Second Narrows to allow much larger oil tankers. The current Aframax size tankers carry up to 650,000 barrels per day, but due to draft restrictions in the harbour they are only loaded 75 to 80 per cent full so they sit no deeper than 13 metres in the water. “They are going to bring the same size of vessels that are coming today,” Leclerc said. “From our perspective, the project will not require any dredging, not even with the new information, with the expansion.”
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North Shore 100-mile runner breaks Hawaii record Gary Robbins of North Vancouver has broken his previous record for 161-kilometre foot race TODD COYNE S Ta f f R e p O RT e R
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The 36-year-old was then recovering from a broken foot — his second break in a year — which he incurred while training on the rugged mountain trails of Hawaii. The injury earned him a rescue helicopter ride and nearly half a year on crutches. What’s more, it cast doubt on whether the founder of the Squamish 50 Trail Race would ever compete again. But compete he did and last month Robbins affirmed his comeback by returning to the same Oahu trail that nearly ended his career less than two years ago. This time he was competing in the aptly named Hawaiian Ultra Running Team (HURT) 100-mile race. Not only did Robbins compete and finish the 161-kilometre foot race, he won. And not only did he win, but his finishing time of 19 hours and 35 minutes set a new record for the 13-year-old race, smashing Robbins’ own 2010 record by 37 minutes. And while his post-injury return to Oahu met with every success, it was still an emotional rollercoaster. “The foot was fine — there were no issues — but there was actually a bit of an emotional scar that presided,” Robbins told The Outlook last week. “I actually had minor flashbacks to that moment of crawling over those rocks 17 months prior.” But the flashbacks faded and were soon eclipsed by the realization that Robbins was not only on track to win the race but to do so well under the elusive 20-hour mark. Of the 150 entrants to the Jan. 22 race, only 45 even finished. The course is structured around five laps of a 20-mile loop, with each loop containing 5,000 feet of rise and descent, making for a total race differential of 25,000 vertical feet. “It’s similar to our North Shore terrain with very big tree roots, so we’re almost at an unfair advantage training here,” Robbins said. “In December I actually ran 730 kilometres of training in a month, typically around Grouse Mountain and Seymour.”
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And how does an ultra-marathoner sustain himself over 20 hours of non-stop running? With a diet that Robbins called a feat “in and of itself.” To wit, 40 packages of carbohydrate gel, three energy bars, two litres of Coca-Cola and half a watermelon. For his efforts, Robbins was awarded $500 — not much, he admits, given how physically and emotionally taxing such competitions are. But, he insists, running has for him always been more about the journey than the glory of competition. He’s not alone with those motives. In fact, what awaits every 100-miler who finishes a race in under 30 hours is the same across North America: a belt buckle, in keeping with a tradition that began in California in the 1970s. Not that North America is the only place where people are crazy enough to take a stab at ultra running. In April, Robbins flies to Japan to compete in the Ultra-Trail Mt. Fuji, then in August he’s off to France for the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne
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growing season,” Brown said. “And the fern fronds are so biodegradable they disappear into the forest floor really rapidly — they rot right down and hold the moisture.” The district’s fire management program stems from a 2008 pilot targeting 20 acres of Grousewoods Park. Since then, two other fuel mitigation projects measuring 15 and 20 acres apiece have met with success, with the province providing 90 per cent of the program’s funding and the district chipping in the rest. But the work slated for next season may yet prove the largest test of the program’s efficacy. That’s when the District is proposing to clear a 99-hectare fire break along its urban-woodland border, tying in where possible with the previously cleared BC Hydro transmission corridors.
Later this year, forestry technicians will map and temporarily mark off those areas being considered for the district-wide buffer zone. “If a particular homeowner is concerned about privacy screening or some other issue we haven’t anticipated in the development of the prescription, they can bring that forward and usually there’s enough flexibility in the program to accommodate those kinds of issues,” Brown said. “The residents have been super, super supportive. They see the benefit to them in protecting their realestate and the homes in the community — and also protecting the forest.” tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne
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Top Tips for BUYERS
Top Tips for SELLERS 1
Group items together - people are much more likely to come to your house to pick up 5 shirts for $10 than they are to come pick up one shirt for $2.
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Remove batteries from your electronics once they are no longer being used to avoid any damaging corrosion before they are sold.
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Take and post your own pictures (not ones off the manufacturer’s website) - your ad will get noticed more.
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Try to know and make available as much information as possible make, model and manufacturer so that the purchaser may look up that product to ensure it’s safety.
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Do not sell items that have recalls or safety issues. Always work with the manufacturer to get a refund or rebate instead of passing the problem along to someone else, as you could potientially find yourself liable in the future.
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ALWAYS deal directly with people in person - do not mail any products or money.
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Always wash items before letting children wear or use.
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Ask questions and do your homework when purchasing things like furniture or strollers. Find out the make, model and manufacturer and research possible recalls or safety concerns.
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Do not buy toys made before 1978 (the year that lead paint in toys was banned).
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ALWAYS deal directly with people in person - do not mail any products or money.
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When you find a person you trust who sells good quality items at fair prices, ask if you can touch base with them periodically to see what they are currently selling or might be selling in the future (espcially if their baby is a bit older than yours - match made in heaven).
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We advise you not to buy used car seats.
When buying electronics always bring your own batteries and test to make sure they work.