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People to know ON THE NORTH SHORE Business tips and advice Since opening St Alcuin College’s doors last September, Stella Ablett and the school’s other co-founder Eddie de Beer have learned some new lessons themselves – in how to run a business. “In terms of starting your own school, it was a huge learning curve,” explains Ablett. “I had never dealt with zoning, leases and inspections.”
Her advice? “This is not for the fainthearted. As with all large endeavours, make sure you have a solid support team.”
Stella Ablett co-founder, St Alcuin College. What do Greek philosopher Plato and Michael Eisner, former chief executive officer, The Walt Disney Company, have in common? Both of these visionaries studied liberal arts – which is the primary educational focus of a new North Vancouver kindergarten-to-grade-12 private school, St Alcuin College. The secular school’s philosophy is modeled after well-respected educationalist Sir Ken Robinson’s notions of creativity, curiosity and innovation. “What we really wanted to do is have the students be able to think creatively, come up with solutions for themselves and further develop their skills,” says Stella Ablett, co-founder of St Alcuin College and veteran charter school administrator. From robotics to social media, students are learning 21st century skills from teachers at the top of their field, in a personalized learning environment. The student-teacher ratio alone, approximately 4:1, helps to rationalize the $10,000-a-year tuition fees. Housed in a surplus church building, St Alcuin College is not your cookie-cutter educational facility with confined classrooms; rather, students are absorbing information in bright, open spaces with ergonomically correct furniture. As well, community programs serve as an extension to the curriculum. For example, the St Alcuin student body has access to the amenities at Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre. The school has also partnered with an eclectic range of local professionals – from writers to health care workers – who offer students a hands-on approach to learning.
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“We value our relationship with our community partners who enhance the development of students’ skills and knowledge,” says Ablett. “The situational learning that they provide adds context and enrichment to our academic programs.” In keeping with the school’s avant-garde atmosphere, staff at St Alcuin have adopted an “emergent” curriculum: students decide on a topic they are interested in, brainstorm questions and then categorize them into the different subject areas. “This lets the students guide what the outcomes are,” explains Ablett. The school also employs an ongoing model of assessment in which students are evaluated, for example, on the grammar in their blog posts, not through a litany of written tests. And teachers are in regular contact with parents in the close-knit St Alcuin College community. Ablett recalls a special get-together back at the beginning of the school year. “It was really nice, we had our first barbecue in September,” says Ablett. “All the families came. We had about 55 people here, sharing a potluck. It was such a nice feeling.” Ablett believes in paying it forward by encouraging the school’s faculty and students to volunteer in the community. Last fall, they spent time helping out at the North Shore Salvation Army and collected 130 pounds of food for Harvest Project. St Alcuin College is hosting an open house today (Feb. 28) at its Lonsdale-located campus at 1044 St Georges Ave. More information is available at stalcuincollege.com.
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Three words that describe yourself? Resourceful, innovative, focused. Three words that describe what you think makes ‘quality’ education? Personalized, relevant, experiential. What do you do to unwind on a Sunday afternoon? I like to garden or to walk the West Vancouver Seawall. If you could have dinner with one person (alive or not) who would it be and why? Leonardo da Vinci. He was an inventor, an artist, a writer, an engineer, a musician, and, of course, a mathematician. If you could take another class at university, which one would it be? That is a difficult question – there are so many! Just recently, I was investigating the course offerings on Coursera. Game Theory, How Things Work 1 and A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behaviour sound interesting. What is your favourite literary work? My all-time favourite continues to be A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. What is something most people do not know about you? I was a torchbearer in the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
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Up with cars in North Van City council approves controversial space-saving car lifts to stack parked cars at new LoLo development TODD COYNE S TA F F R E P O RT E R
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The owner of the industrial building at 246 East 1st St. won a rezoning bid Monday that will allow him to renovate the existing auto garage to make way for a coffee shop, offices and a restaurant-catering business on a new third storey of the two-storey building. But it’s the unique solution to the neighbourhood’s parking problem proposed by project architect Kent Halex that’s raising more than just eyebrows. City bylaws dictate that to expand a business space in some neighbourhoods, the owner must first provide additional parking. So Halex’s solution is to densify the building’s existing parking lot by installing double-stacking car lifts. At $30,000 apiece, Halex won preliminary approval to install
five of the car lifts as part of the pending building reno, adding five additional parking spaces about five feet above the existing ones. But these particular lifts, made by Australian company Car Stackers International, have apparently never been used in North America, and some on council showed trepidation at the idea of North Vancouver being their first customer. “The proposed solution, while creative, I don’t think could be replicated,” Coun. Pam Bookham said. “And should we have other applicants who want to develop their properties in a similar fashion, I’m not sure that they’d be able to exercise the same kind of solution.” And though the lifts are only suitable for small- to medium-size cars, council voted 5-2 in favour of allowing them, with Couns. Bookham and Don Bell opposed. “Why wouldn’t we want to be innovative?” Coun. Linda Buchanan asked. “Why wouldn’t we want to take something that hasn’t necessarily been used in the Greater Vancouver — the Metro region — and see if it works?”
Civic Youth Awards Program DEADLINE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 Do you know an outstanding youth who deserves to be recognized? The Civic Youth Awards program recognizes youth between the ages of 10 and 24 years who have overcome adversity or made noteworthy achievements and contributions to the community. Award recipients are celebrated at an event at City Hall on May 6th. The Youth Centennial Scholarship is available to Grade 12 students who are pursuing post-secondary education. Nomination forms at www.cnv.org/youthawards.
Child and Youth Project Grants DEADLINE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 The City offers annual grants that provide financial support for programs and services for children and youth in the City of North Vancouver. More information, including grant guidelines and application procedures are available at www.cnv.org/youthgrants.
2013 Design Awards The City’s Design Awards recognize quality in the built environment through architectural and urban design excellence. Congratulations to the 2013 winners! Awards will be presented by Council on Monday, March 4 at 6pm. Award of Merit: Sutherland Secondary School - 1858 Sutherland Avenue Award of Excellence: Harbourside West Pedestrian Overpass Award of Excellence: MEC - 212 Brooksbank Avenue Award of Excellence: seven35 - West 15th Street
Community Workshop: Invasive Plant Management Tuesday, March 5 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm North Vancouver City Hall 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver RSVP to eng@cnv.org by Friday, March 1 Invasive plants pose a serious threat to the City’s natural areas. Invasive plants reduce biodiversity, increase maintenance costs, and can pose risks to human health and infrastructure. Development of the City’s Invasive Plant Management Strategy is underway and the City invites the community to provide input and be part of the discussion. For more information, visit www.cnv.org/ InvasivePlants.
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One lucky ‘gentle giant’ After being hit by a car, Henrik is staying with a North Shore rescue organization
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enrik is very lucky to have a temporary home in North Vancouver. The two-year-old Leonberger-retriever cross was hit by a car in November, shattering his femur and putting him on bedrest. Faced with a swarm of high vet bills, Henrik’s owner was forced to surrender him to the North Shore’s Dogwood Rescue. Thanks to these caring volunteers, Henrik is extremely lucky to have another chance at life. Without them, he most likely would have been put down. “He’s such a gentle, loving and kind soul,” says volunteer Allison Gibault of the large but gentle dog. His right leg still shaved from surgery, Henrik walks slowly but is eager for attention and a couple treats. Unfortunately, the volunteers soon learned a lot more was wrong with the “gentle giant.” A dOg’s Life - Dogwood Rescue volunteers Sandra When Henrik’s recovery didn’t go as well as anticipated, Stavely (left) and Brenda Kay give Henrik a few treats. a veterinarian discovered he had pre-existing ligament Michaela Garstin photo tears and arthritis in both knees. To make matters worse, Henrik had also broken his hip in the car accident. But all this pain hasn’t dampened Henrik’s spirit. Vancouver she hopes will adopt him permanently. “He is our Velcro dog,” says volunteer Brenda Kay, as Dogwood Rescue has found homes for 800 dogs since the Henrik leans against her leg. “He looks deep into your organization started 40 years ago. Dealing primarily with eyes and captures your heart in an instant.” “sporting” or “gun” breeds, the group adopted 100 dogs Rifling though a bag for treats, Henrik finally finds his last year and 200 the year before. prize. After gobbling them down, he quickly makes his Around 30 dogs staying in 14 foster homes on the way back to Kay’s side. His favourite stuffed animal, a North Shore are still looking for permanent blue action figure, is nearby. homes. Henrik still has a long road to recovDogwood’s dedicated volunteers make all ery. He will eventually need a total this happen, but they need your support. Go hip replacement that will likely take to dogwoodrescue.org if you would like to place in the summer when his knee and donate or see descriptions of the dogs. femur are healed. Dogwood Rescue would like to thank Dr. “At least he is more comfortable now Sandy Lepitre and staff from Highlands and hopefully will feel a great deal of Animal Hospital in North Vancouver and relief,” says Gibault, adding Henrik Dr. Geoffrey Hutchinson from Boundary Bay mgarstin@northshoreoutlook.com is living with a foster family in North Specialty Hospital.
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ince 1979, the West Vancouver Foundation has helped shape our community. Through a $3.5 million endowment fund, the foundation has supported many worthy causes and has helped bring donors together with other heritage, non-profit organizations and community projects. Scholarships and grants are also part of the giving process and many groups and individuals alike have them to thank for this generosity. Last week, at West Vancouver’s Capilano Golf and Country Club, the foundation held a special appreciation reception. Mayor Michael Smith started the evening off with the surprise announcement that he would be donating his recent council pay raise to the foundation (that amounts to about $9,000 a year). But the surprises didn’t stop there as foundation chair Gerry Humphries announced the installment of the new McLaren Family Trust – a $501,000 fund given by the family in memoriam of their parents. Congrats to all involved.
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From the Western Front to a police exhibits room: the remarkable journey of a prized 1910 Luger Scheduled to be destroyed in 90 days, a WWI heirloom passed down from father to son may find a permanent home behind glass
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n the sepia-toned photo, the soldier stands stiffly with a neutral expression on his cleanly shaven face. He’s decked out in a khaki Canadian military uniform but he’s also got on a spiked Prussian helmet, an Iron Cross pinned to his chest and German pistol holster on his hip. They are his war trophies seized from the enemy. “Here he is carrying said Luger,” says Bill Riley, holding the picture taken of his father Harvey during the First World War. “That Prussian helmet,” he says, tapping the photo with his finger, “was of the type the soldiers wore in the Battle of Ypres.” Riley’s not sure exactly where the photo was taken but guesses it’s somewhere in France judging by his father’s age, maybe 22 at the time. Harvey Riley, a member of the 6th Field Engineer Squadron, had seen action all along the Western Front, including the battles of Somme, Flanders and Ypres. How he acquired his military booty isn’t clear. “He either took it off a live prisoner or a dead one, we’re not sure how he obtained it,” Riley says. He notes his father, a pugnacious type, wasn’t “over there to play cricket, he was a soldier.” Like many returning veterans, Riley’s dad seldom spoke to his family about the war. He once told his son a horrifying tale about how he and a fellow engineer suddenly heard the swishing sound of incoming artillery and dove into a mortar crater for cover. When the dirt and debris settled, his father discovered his friend had been killed by a shrapnel wound to the head. When his father died in 1965, Riley, the only boy in the family, inherited the keepsake Luger, a small handgun commonly carried by German officers called a Walther, and the Iron Cross, a German military award. Now 84, Riley has a dry wit and sharp memory for dates and details. “The Luger was built in 1910, four years before the world war began, so it wasn’t a mass produced thing. It was a beautifully machined piece of equipment,” says the retired petroleum engineer and geologist who has lived in the same North Vancouver house since 1967. “I could take it apart and put it back together again blindfolded.” Since the Luger has been in his possession, it has only been fired once. On that particular day he took his 15-year-old son James to the backyard of their home which backs onto a greenbelt. He loaded one round into the pistol and took aim at a massive hemlock tree. “It made one hell of a noise,” he recalls, noting that the cartridge casing ejected sky high. It wasn’t the first time Riley had fired a weapon. As a youth he was a member of the 78th Battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery so he’d had experience on the firing range, even winning a few awards. But this wasn’t about target practice. It was “a learning experience for James Riley” on just how “dangerous, and how powerful and how lethal” the gun was, he explains. After the gunshot cracked the silence of the quiet neighbourhood, father and son took a brand-new pencil and poked it in that hole to see how far in the bullet was lodged, but it didn’t reach. The rest of the gun’s life was “spent sleeping in a dresser drawer,” says Riley. That was until early last month when the doorbell rang and two RCMP officers stood in the doorway. **** When Bill Riley inherited his father’s guns back in
the mid-1960s he was living in Alberta and registered them with the Calgary police and safely stowed them away. Then in 1995, the introduction of the Firearms Act required that all owners become licenced. At his wife’s insistence, Riley paid $85 and got a licence for his pair of German handguns. That licence expired in 2006 and he was sent a renewal notice. But when he learned that he was required to pay another fee and take two classes, he stubbornly thought: Why do I need to take a course? I’m never going to shoot it again. Plus, he had lots of experience with guns, both in the army cadets and growing up in small-town Alberta where as a kid his dad would give him five shotgun shells and he’d routinely return home with five pheasants. When the licence renewal forms arrived in the mail, he says they contained inaccuracies: two serial numbers for one of the guns and a wrong home address. So he called the Canadian Firearm Program (CFP) and asked for corrected forms to be sent. He kept his registration information tucked inside a folder on the corner
of the kitchen table and waited. But it never came, he says. Finally after about two years he put the paperwork away and forgot about it. Then, this past December, he made a call to a war memorabilia collector. A decade earlier while sitting in the waiting room of his dentist’s office he was thumbing through a magazine when he came across an ad seeking war collectibles. He scribbled the number down and tucked it away in his office. When it recently resurfaced, he called, interested to see the value of the guns. The man on the other end of the line said he was now retired and no longer purchasing military souvenirs but they chatted for a while and the man said he thought the Luger might be worth upwards of $600. Then, three weeks to the day after that conversation, two Mounties arrived at this door. He says they knew exactly what they’d come for: a Luger and a Walther. “How did they know that?” he asks rhetorically. He’s convinced the man he spoke to was either an informant, a police officer or retired cop. Bristling, he called the man back after the visit from police but he vehemently denied tipping off the police. As the officers left with his guns Riley felt upset and irritated. He felt as though his confidence had been violated. “I know it was not just a coincidence,” he says of the police confiscating the guns shortly after speaking with the mystery man from Eastern Canada. However, Cpl. Richard De Jong, a spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP, says there’s no connection between the phone call and the seizure. “I think it is a coincidence at best,” he says. Family hiStory (Left to Right) Bill Riley holds up a photo of his father Harvey and his three brothers in their military uniforms. Rob Newell photo
The empty holsters for the Luger and Walther handguns seized by police. Rob Newell photo
Harvey Riley displays the spoils of war collected from the Germans. Bill Riley collection
“We were contacted by the Registrar of Firearms [of the] Canadian Firearms Registry to attend a North Vancouver residence to seize two pistols due to a revoked registration certificate.” **** On this rainy February day, Bill Riley has a sea of photographs of his father together with his three brothers (including Jim, the subject of the Instant Replay story on page 12) in their military uniforms spread across the living room coffee table. A pair of empty holsters rest on an ottoman near the window. “I hated to see them go,” he says of the guns. He still remembers as an early teen when his father and a friend from the RCMP took target practice at an old steel tire rim, his father firing the Luger, the Mountie using a .45. “[It] put a pretty good dent in the [tire rim].” Riley says the officers who seized his guns told him he had to register the firearms immediately or they’d be destroyed in 90 days. But when he called the CFP to re-register he discovered that it was no longer possible to do so because he’d let his licence lapse in 2006. There were options for disposal. Rather than deactivating the guns, selling them — or, even worse — turning them over to be destroyed, Riley decided to donate them to the J.P Fell Armoury in North Vancouver, which he knew had a wartime museum. “[The guns have] a whole lot of history,” he says. The 6th Field Engineer Squadron Museum Association has expressed interest in the two firearms because they were brought home by a veteran of the squadron. Currently, the museum has a glass case dedicated to the “Spoils of War” — souvenirs brought home by its troops that includes things such as a German flashlight, an ornate-handled knife and miniature orange flag with a skull-and-bones insignia that was used by German soldiers to mark the location of land mines. After recently meeting at the small museum, Riley was on his way out the door when he glanced at another glass case at the entrance that had other wartime artifacts on display. Immediately, he recognized one of the pictures. “I nearly fainted. I said ‘That is my dad!’” At the time, Riley had no idea his dad had joined the war from the North Vancouver armoury. When he looked on the back of the photo he saw that it was incorrectly identified as Spr. Stewart Craig Duncan. Sure it was his dad, he took the picture home to compare with a photo he had. It was quickly obvious: the photos were stamped with the same numerical sequence, just one number apart. “This must be the coincidence of the century I thought,” he says, pausing to dig up the photo of his dad. Riley is still reconciling the loss of his prized war mementos but the next best thing would be having the guns on permanent display for others to see at the armoury where his father’s squadron called home. Currently, the guns are in the police exhibits locker and the North Van Mounties have indicated a willingness to hand them over to the museum as long as they’re deactivated before being put on display. As the 90-day destruction date inches closer, Riley remains optimistic the guns can be saved. “They were certainly a very valuable souvenir and it seems like a shame to have them go into a melt pot.” twitter.com/justinbeddall
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hat is Ambleside known for? Its panoramic view of Vancouver. Yes. The winding seawall. Yes. A pleasant place to watch the waves. Yes. A fun place for a night out. Not so much. But this will change if a growing group of North Shore residents has its way. They want to liven-up the beachfront community with hip restaurants, small independent shops, cafés and, perhaps, even a wine bar. “I’d love a store — any store – to be open past 8 p.m.,” says Fardad Moayeri from his home in Dundarave. “I’d like sidewalk cafés and restaurants with outdoor patios that would fill the streets with the smell of exotic foods.” But these changes may never happen, he adds, unless people show their support at West Van council meetings. “Awareness is really low on what [West Van] council is trying to do to enliven the city,” Moayeri says. To revitalize Ambleside Village and the waterfront, West Van council is considering a new concession stand, food carts, a larger farmers market, sidewalk dining and bike lanes, among other community-centred initiatives. “Ever since we said we were looking for people to support change in Ambleside, we’ve been bombarded with dozens of emails,” says Moayeri’s friend Joanna Baxter. “My husband and I go downtown a lot but we want to be able stay here. This community needs to be more self sufficient.” She expects around 50 people to show up to a West Vancouver council meeting on March 4 to show their support for revitalization. A group of “no-fun zone advocates” are resisting change that will make West Van better, says Moayeri. “These grumpy nay-sayers don’t want Vancouver to change. They are loudly voicing their opinions at the council meetings where major proposals and crucial decisions about Ambleside waterfront are being made.” A silent majority isn’t showing up to council meetings so their opinions aren’t being heard, added Baxter. “[This is] the young, fun-seeking demographic that cares about having an ounce of hip, fun, beauty, art and food — things that are currently scarce or shut down soon after 8 p.m. on any Friday.” Among other projects, the district is looking into adding more outdoor patios on the sidewalks or possibly to adjacent parking areas. Similar to downtown Vancouver, council would also like a wider variety of food choices, possibly small food carts close to the beach due to their success at community events, particularly the annual Harmony Arts Festival. And this list goes on. A visual arts centre in John Lawson Park’s parking lot is an option, adding to West Van’s other cultural facilities like the Ferry Building Gallery, Lawson Creek Studio and the Silk Purse. Two district-owned houses on Argyle Avenue are also up for discussion, with the possibility of a restaurant being built on the prime waterfront spot. In fact, the district is drafting a revitalization plan for the entire Ambleside area. Under the proposal, two festival areas along 14th and 17th street would be pedestrian focused and would provide spaces for street vendors, performers, markets and festivals. Public art, new benches and drought-resistant trees are highlighted for the community, which hasn’t seen new streets or sidewalks for more than 20 years. “I like to go out after 8 p.m.; there are some places but the choices are very minimal. I don’t want to have to drive over the bridge anymore,” Coun. Craig Cameron told The Outlook over the phone, adding he wants decisions on these proposed projects to move faster than they currently are. “Ambleside is the perfect place. It has a lot of parking and no neighbours are nearby so noise wouldn’t be an issue. I want to see music and live performances.” Opposition to the revitalization projects includes concerns about lack of parking, increased noise and the effect of more buildings on the character of Ambleside. At a council meeting in November, for instance, concern was raised about how taking away parking spaces would affect those who drive, particularly the elderly. “One of the big things is how do people get to Ambleside in outlying areas. Not all are going to walk,” said Coun. Bill Soprovich at the time. A proposed development on the 1300-block of Marine Drive, which would include one seven- and one eight-storey building, has also drawn criticism and praise from West Van residents. Opponents are worried the residential-commercial buildings, which are taller than previously allowed, would block views and ruin neighbourhood character, while supporters welcome the apartments as new housing options. The district is hosting public workshops about the proposed projects. Next on the agenda is the Spirit Trail on March 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Gleneagles Community Centre. Visit westvancouver.com for details.
Yohana Immanual & Mishela Chandra, owners of La Galleria Fine Foods The secret is out: La Galleria Fine Foods is home to Vancouver’s best sandwich – a consensus from online reviews of the Edgemont Village mainstay. The deli’s popularity just can’t be disguised. There are lineups out the door of La Galleria every weekday between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. By mid-afternoon, you can sometimes spot dejection washing over the face of a customer reading a sign on the door: “Sold out of sandwiches for today.” So what makes these hoagies so special? It’s the delectable combination of a freshly-baked baguette and roasted chicken – or another gourmet deli meat – that elicits a Galleria sandwich craving, say the deli’s owners, Yohana Immanuel and Mishela Chandra. The sisters, who hail from Jakarta, Indonesia, took over the reins at La Galleria three years ago. Immanuel says her family was initially looking to own a franchised coffee or sandwich shop. Their business broker told them about La Galleria – which was for sale at the time – and the family decided to take the deli for a test drive. “I think we really liked the store right away and we put in an offer right away,” says Immanuel. “Edgemont Village was the reason we put in the offer. Everyone was really nice.” A condition of the La Galleria sale was that the new owners maintain the same sandwich recipes and deli offerings. Chandra is partial to the pastrami sandwich, while Immanuel’s top choice is the roasted chicken with bocconcini and balsamic vinegar. La Galleria also has a selection of gourmet salads – chicken with rice, tiger prawn and corn, potato, and Greek – as well as homemade soups, pasta sauces, lasagna and cannelloni. Immanuel and Chandra have a new hobby that helps them work off those carbs: “Every day after work in the summer we do the Grouse Grind,” says Immanuel. “It’s hard, but has a nice reward.” Living and working in Edgemont Village has been a positive experience for the sisters. “I really like owning this store because I get to see all my customers, and they are friendly and supportive,” says Chandra.
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If so, it was most appropriate that it was a firearm which brought to light his unequalled achievement in the history of sports and his North Shore connection to boot. You see, it was the North Van RCMP’s confiscation just last month of a 1910 Luger used in WWI (see story page 10) that led to the unexpected revelation of a significant local link to a great sports trivia question. Who, I ask, is the only one ever to play both major league baseball and NHL hockey? And a Stanley Cup winner as well. Grab a coffee (or pour a glass of whiskey – you’ll see why shortly), pull up a chair and learn the fascinating story of James Norman Riley whose feats on the ice and diamond took place way back in the early part of last century. Jim was born the sixth of nine children to Nova Scotiaborn parents John Henry and Margaret Ann (Byers) Riley on May 25, 1895, in Bayfield, lencorben@yahoo.ca New Brunswick, where the mainland’s eight-mile-long Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island now starts. The family moved to Calgary about 1906. By 1914, 19-year-old Jim was playing for the Victorias, winners of the Calgary division of the Alberta Senior Hockey League. In 1915 Jim and elder brother William played first base and outfield respectively for the semi-pro Calgary Empires. Jim’s first truly pro gig was with Victoria Aristocrats of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in 1915-16 which also featured
Seattle Metropolitans, Portland and defending Stanley Cup champions Vancouver Millionaires. The next season, Riley joined Seattle and helped the Mets beat Ottawa in the 1917 Stanley Cup finals played in Seattle, the first time a U.S.-based team hoisted the Cup since competition began in 1893. He played seven of the next eight seasons for Seattle, becoming one of the league’s most prolific goal scorers. “Big Jim” (5’10 ½” and 185 pounds, big for that era) produced 23 goals in 24 games in 1920-21, second best in the league; and followed up with another second-best 16 in 1921-22 and a third-best 23 in 1922-23. He was a PCHA first all-star in 1922-23 and a second all-star each of the three previous seasons. Yet the one season he did not play – 191819 – was a huge year in his life. Jim’s three younger brothers had all enlisted in the Canadian Army voluntarily – both Harvey (who went by “Pete” after returning from the war) and Austin in 1915; then Vern at age 14 in 1916. The 1916 Prairie census shows Harvey and Austin already overseas. However Jim was conscripted under the Military Service Act of 1917, a controversial order that helped fuel the Easter Riots in late March 1918 in Quebec. And it was on March 11 – the same day the Metropolitans faced the Millionaires in Vancouver in the first of a two-game, total-points playoff for the 1918 PCHA title – that Jim was required to take his military medical examination. The next day The Vancouver Daily Sun
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www.northshoreoutlook.com www.northshoreoutlook.com penter, moved to North Van at 1523 Grand Boulevard in 1940 and soon after to 248 East 19th St. near other family members. The Riley patriarch died here on Nov. 10, 1949, reported, “In what was undoubtedly one of the most at 92. fiercely-fought ice hockey games the Northwest has ever Despite being in the prime of his hockey career, Jim witnessed, Vancouver and Seattle battled to a 2 to 2 tie also signed to play pro ball with Bob Brown’s Vancouver at the [Denman] Arena last night before eight thousand Beavers in 1921. wide-eyed fans.” He was an immediate sensation at second base. After Riley, a right winger in those days of seven-a-side hocktearing up the class-B Pacific Coast International League ey, scored Seattle’s first goal at 14:37 of the second period with a .303 average and nine homers in 56 games, he for a 1-0 lead. was sold to the St. Louis Browns on June 25 for $5,000, a Back in Seattle on March 13, Vancouver upset the reghandsome sum for the times. Upon suitular-season champs 1-0 to take the series. A up for the American League club month later on April 12, Jim married Myrtle Riley trained here ing on July 3, he completed the amazing Harrington in Seattle. with the 6th Field accomplishment of going all the way to While Myrtle remained in Seattle’s Rainier in his first pro season. Beach area near the waterfront on Lake Engineers in 1918 theHemajors struck out in his first at bat Washington at 9520 Rainier Ave. (noted on against future hall-of-famer Red Faber Jim’s attestation papers), Jim had to return to and after four hitless games was sent to Vancouver. On April 15 he was duly enlisted Terre Haute, a class-B team in Indiana, and sent to North Vancouver to train with where he batted .296. the 6th Field Engineers at Mahon Park and the nearby He eventually played 11 years in the minors with a stelForbes Ave. armoury, the 1914-built, red-brick structure now named for Lieutenant-Colonel J.P. Fell, the company’s lar career average of .301 and also played two more games in the majors in 1923 with Washington Senators. first commanding officer. Just what happened to Jim’s first wife is unknown, but Riley’s assignment to the Engineers was likely due to he married Martha Baker the widowed mother of the batlisting himself as a tinsmith. His occupation noted earlier boy for the Shreveport, Louisiana, team for whom Jim on that 1916 census was “metal worker.” played in 1923 and ’24. In his time here, he rose quickly from sapper to corpoAfter playing both baseball and hockey through 1924 ral and left for Eastern Canada on May 16, 1918, along and now married again, he gave up hockey until he with 48 others, as part of the 76 Draft of the Canadian had the opportunity to lace up his skates with the NHL Expeditionary Force. Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Cougars for a total of Eventually he arrived in England. He played third base nine games in the 1926-27 season, thus completing his for a military team there but because of Spanish flu quarvery special major league and NHL double. antines, he never got to the front lines in Europe. He also The tail end of his baseball career was with teams in missed out on the 1919 Stanley Cup final between Seattle and Montreal Canadiens which was never finished thanks Texas so when he retired from the diamond in 1932, and with U.S. prohibition repealed in 1933, he got a pubto the influenza epidemic. Players on both teams were afflicted and Montreal defenceman Joe Hall died four days lic relations job in San Antonio with National Distillers Products Co., distributors of fine whiskey. after the series was cancelled. I don’t drink but if I did I’d lift a glass of Old Overholt Jim, discharged from the army in the fall of 1919, whiskey in celebration of the answer to a great trivia was back in time to start the ’19-20 hockey season with question which has a footnote right here on the North Seattle. Shore. About then, Jim’s parents and some of his siblings This is episode 475 from Len Corben’s treasure chest of arrived in Vancouver from Calgary, taking up residence at stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring to life 1064 Pendrell St. in the West End. This became the Riley the North Shore’s rich sports history. “headquarters” until the widowed father, retired as a carcontinued from, PAGE 12
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Tuesday. “But really in terms of judging criteria, there’s a technical side… and then there’s composition.” Digital “photo illustrations” and the use of image-manipulating software aren’t discouraged in this competition, he said, but neither is a good old-fashioned nature shot. “As long as it has visual impact, that’s the key thing. The judges are looking at each photo for three seconds, maybe five seconds, and then they have to score it. So it has to be upfront, bang — a powerful image.” Each of the 28 photo clubs participating this year is selecting 10 photos from 10 different photographers to be screened on the projector at the Kay Meek theatre Saturday starting at 7 p.m. Photography-related prizes for the top three individual photographers, as well as for the overall top-scoring club, are provided by event sponsors, including a District of North Vancouver prize allowing a photographer to be embedded for a day with a North Van district firefighting crew. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com
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undeveloped Upper Lands or in the Upper Lands highway corridor. According to the report, the cell towers shouldn’t “significantly impact the foreground of residents uphill,” meaning they could be visible from some homes, but not directly obscure the view. And, lastly, another option is to place receivers on rooftops throughout West Van. They would be located on top of apartment buildings or commercial shops, not private family homes. But this also poses a problem due to the limited number of large buildings in the municipality. Although West Van staff have worked with cellphone companies on aesthetics, some audience members said this is not nearly enough. The health effects of having receivers nearby needs to be examined, said Liz Walker from Citizens for Safe Technology. “[There is] silencing of concerns most relevant to the average citizen, such as property value, personal health and the health of their surrounding environment,” she told council. The District of West Vancouver has little power to say where cell towers and antennae go but can establish guidelines, said Geri Boyle, manager of community planning. Industry Canada, not the district, looks into any health issues associated with cellphones. West Van staff will report back to council in April with an updated Wireless Communication Facility Policy. mgarstin@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/MichaelaGarstin
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Stars in the making Former Boston Red Sox hitting coach Al Mauthe teaches baseball fundamentals to the U-12 Stars fastpitch team
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pKU sufferers ask premier for food and drug strategy Patients and families affected by brain-damaging disorder ask Premier Clark for $2.8-million ‘brain protection strategy’ TODD COYNE
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ritish Columbians touched by a rare, potentially brain-damaging disorder are once again calling on Premier Christy Clark’s government to fund food and drug treatments for phenylketonuria (PKU). The genetic disease affects an estimated 170 British Columbians, causing a dangerous build-up of the amino acid phenylalanine in the brain. Without an expensive drug called Kuvan (sapropterin) and protein-restricted foods not covered by the province, the phenylalanine build-up can cause damage ranging from mild cognitive impairment to severe retardation in some patients. Following up on a similar albeit unsuccessful campaign for Kuvan funding last fall, the Canadian PKU and Allied Disorders group (CanPKU) wrote to the Premier this week asking for $2.8 million for what it calls its Comprehensive Brain Protection Strategy. The three-year plan, rolled out at last weekend’s PKU Day conference at B.C. Children’s Hospital, includes funding not only for Kuvan and low-protein medical foods, but for things like travel expenses and for the hiring of four new PKU specialists at B.C. Children’s. Dubbing the strategy “From Worst to First,” CanPKU says B.C. lags behind other provinces in funding for the potentially debilitating disease, especially as it pertains to Kuvan, a drug approved by Health Canada in 2010 and fully covered under Ontario’s health plan as of today, Feb. 28. “It is our view that your government is the worst government in Canada in providing treatment for patients who suffer from PKU,” CanPKU told Premier Clark in the letter. “We believe the B.C. Ministry of
Health has not only turned its back on PKU patients, but it has engaged in a deliberate and systematic campaign to avoid providing improved treatment for PKU patients in B.C.” In a statement to The Outlook Monday, the B.C. health ministry denied those allegations, saying its decisions on drug coverage are based on rigorous scientific review. “Both the national Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health and the B.C. Drug Benefit Council reviewed Kuvan to treat PKU and recommended against provinces covering this drug because of unclear benefits and high drug costs,” said health ministry spokesman Ryan Jabs. He went on to say the ministry is “open to reassess this decision if additional evidence is introduced showing that this drug provides a clear benefit for PKU patients.” One patient for whom Kuvan does offer a clear benefit is Svenga Forstrom, 18, of North Vancouver. He began a trial of the drug in September 2011 and
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very quickly his tolerance for protein more than doubled and his dietary options broadened. Now for the first time ever, Forstrom says he can go into a Subway restaurant and have a six-inch vegetarian sandwich; a lunch that could have put his brain in medical distress before Kuvan. But at a cost of $18,000 a month for 16 little pills per day, the Forstroms, like many other B.C. families, couldn’t afford the drug if their private third party insurer wasn’t covering a good chunk of the cost. And, as Forstrom prepares to go off to college this year, his coverage under his parents’ health plan ends when he leaves school or when he turns 25, whichever comes first. So, upon graduation or at the end of his 24th year, a $216,000-a-year Kuvan bill will be his to afford. Because of this fact, and because there are already PKU sufferers in B.C. without access to private insurance, the Forstroms and other PKU families want the province to step up its funding. CanPKU spokesman John Adams, whose 21-yearold son suffers from the disease, told The Outlook his group has met with the province more than three dozen times since 2009. The most recent visit was on Feb. 4, when Adams and CanPKU vice-president Nicole Pallone traveled to Victoria to meet with an assistant deputy minister for the health ministry’s pharmaceutical services division, only to be told “in no uncertain terms that the file was closed,” Adams said, calling the decision unacceptable. “Premier Clark came to power on the theme of ‘families first’ and we say it’s time to include PKU families,” he said. “We don’t want to be orphaned by the political or health bureaucracy in B.C.” tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne
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JAMES Garden Ltd. requires 3 Farm Workers for Seasonal work starting around May 15-Oct.15. Approx. 50+ hrs/wk. Wage rate $10.25 hr. Duties are: planting, cultivating, harvesting, weeding, moving irrigation pipes, lifting etc. Fax resumes to 604-574-5921.
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Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work? PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite. Training, support and remuneration are provided. Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.
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IBG Mechanical Ltd. in the Lower Mainland requires 2 F/T, perm. Plumber’s helpers to start ASAP. Experience an asset; will train; Wages $18/hr. Assist plumbers by performing rough ins, repairing & replacing fixtures along with other duties. Email resume: ibg.mechanical.ltd@gmail.com
FULL TIME Positions. Wanted skilled fiberglass shop workers, enumeration to follow skill level, benefit package will be included after 3 months. Must have own transportation can start immediately (full time positions) please send resume to precisionfibre@gmail.com (Port Kells location) NIGHT TIME CLEANERS needed 7 nights/week, lower mainland area On contract basis. (604)572-0070
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PORTWAYS STORES LTD dba Poppadoms, #118 – 948 McCurdy Road, Kelowna, BC, V1X 8B5 is expanding and requires 3 FT qualified East Indian Chefs. Specialty in Southbcclassified.com Indian is desirable. Salary of $17 per hour for 40-hour week. 4% vacation pay. Medical and room offered as an incentive. Candidates must have at least 2 years Indian restaurant experience. Trade diploma desirable, and reading/writing in English is required. Knowledge of food allergies is desirable. Working knowledge of Indian spices is essential. Only qualified candidates will be contacted. Please email resumes to: jobs@poppadoms.ca
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WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $180 or Well Rotted 10 yds - $200. 604-856-8877
283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
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Classified Sales Representative Full Time Position Classified Business Centre Black Press is one of Canada’s largest independent media companies. We publish over 100 award– winning newspapers, host over 75 websites and create value for communities across British Columbia. We have a passion for growth and are courageous innovators. Black Press Classified Business Centre has a full time Classified Sales Representative position available immediately. Are you interested in: t EBZ XPSL XFFL .PO 'SJ t /P XFFLFOET PS IPMJEBZT t (SFBU FBSOJOH QPUFOUJBM t 0QQPSUVOJUZ GPS BEWBODFNFOU You will work as an integral part of the dynamic classified sales team to achieve both departmental & personal goals. Your main focus will be to develop new classified business as well as building on an existing client base. You will have a professional manner, a passion for serving people and the desire to i808w customers. You will understand the basic elements of classified advertising and have a proven track record in telephone sales. #MBDL 1SFTT PGGFST B DPNQFUJUJWF SFOVNFSBUJPO QBDLBHF BOE GVMM CFOFüUT BGUFS NPOUIT To apply, please send a covering letter with your resume to Lisa Farquharson, MJTB!CMBDLQSFTT DB or mail your resume with covering letter to Black Press Classified Business Centre, #309, 5460 152nd Street, Surrey, B.C. V3S 5J9. Closing date is March 8, 2013. No phone calls please.
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 320
MOVING & STORAGE
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 372
SUNDECKS
PETS 477
PETS
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 563
MISC. WANTED
TRANSPORTATION 810
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO FINANCING
830
MOTORCYCLES
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable. Rates. Different From the Rest. 604-721-4555.
329 PAINTING & DECORATING www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for 8yrs
PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour
GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362
2007 HARLEY SPORTSTER ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blues, ready to go, 1st shots, tails/dew claws done. Ultimate family guardian $800 (604)308-5665
(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.
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Factory custom, 74 cube (1200) big bore by Denco Cycle, Bassani pipe, windshield, sissy bar, leather bags. 27,000km, one old guy owner, $7450 obo (604)817-1945
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RUBBISH REMOVAL
ACKER’S RUBBISH REMOVAL. Quick. 7 days. Fast/reliable. Call Spencer 604-924-1511.
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1996 22’ SLUMBER QUEEN 5th wheel. Interior like new, has to be seen to appreciate. New stereo, back up camera, new HD antenna, m/w, a/c. Includes hitch. $5,500. 604-625-7761 Aldergrove.
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PETS 477
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BEAGLES, 12’’ size, born Dec 25, tri colour 3 F, 3 M, $650. (604)3160376, tobyscardetail@hotmail.com BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies. Vet checked with first shots and ready for loving homes. $975. Langley area. 778-241-5504.
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 548
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MATTRESSES starting at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331 *NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379
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HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?
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PUG avail for stud service. He is a rare silver male, purebred but not registered, $700 or puppy back. Also Golden retriever (not reg.) avail for stud $600 (OFA hips and cert eyes) Mission 604-820-4827
353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS •New Roofs •Re-Roofs •Repairs
604-787-5915/604-291-7778
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Eastcan Roofing & Siding
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MISC. FOR SALE
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STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
REAL ESTATE 603
ACREAGE
DEVELOPMENT LAND WANTED
If you would consider selling your property of 3 Acres or more and want maximum value, send the details to: randyd@portraithomes.ca
There will be no pressure and no obligation, but let’s discuss possibilities.
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WE BUY HOUSES Damaged House? Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale? We Will Buy Your House, Quick Cash & Private! Mortgage Too High & House Won’t Sell? Can’t Make Payments? We Lease Your House, Make Your Payments & Buy It Later!
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639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES • DIFFICULTY SELLING ? • Difficulty Making Payments? No Equity? Expired Listing? Penalty? We Take Over Payments! No Fees! www.GVCPS.ca / 604-786-4663
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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 ff 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.