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Along the Fraser Crossing Grand Canyon off my list. p6

Progression of roof garden science. p35

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Science A glimpse at B.C.’s rich biodiversity. p11

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Habemus Papam: we have a pope Maple Ridge Catholics celebrate a new pontiff

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Marko Jakus, Francis Limpin, Madeleine Hessels, Ethan Brown and Jorecho Lulu pray for the new pope Wednesday at St. Patrick’s Church.

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t 7:07 p.m., local time, a puff of white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City to signal Catholics around the world had a new Pope to lead their church.

In Maple Ridge, Marko Jakus, 11 and Jorecho Lulu, 12, charged out of their classrooms to St. Patrick’s Church to ring the bells for five minutes.

Echoes boomed through the empty building as the classmates tugged on the long rope to toll the cluster of bells.

At the entrance of the church, Lulu pointed to two posters, with tiny pictures of each of the popes who’ve led the Catholic church since St. Peter. see Pope, p16

Trustees call for more funding Province passes budget without education increase

by Ne i l Co r b e t t staff reporter

The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District sees a widespread crisis in education, and will try to rally school boards across B.C. to protest the provincial government’s demands for budget cuts.

“It is a very challenging budget year for us,” chairman Mike Murray said at the Wednesday night board

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He noted the province has told boards to find the funds for increased employee remuneration within existing budgets, warning that the province will not increase its grants for operational funding.

Other cost pressures are added by declining student enrollment, the switch from the HST back to the PST/GST tax regime.

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He noted that boards across the province, the local school district among the first, have voiced concerns to Victoria. However, the provincial budget has Murray been passed by the legislature, without increases for education.

“Nothing has changed, despite our protestations, and that is a con-

cern,” said Murray.

He added that the board has been “looking under every rock” for potential cuts that won’t affect students.

Ken Clarkson, the board’s representative on the B.C. School Trustees Association (BCSTA) and a former board chairman, was at a meeting of Fraser Valley districts, and said six of the seven are in a similar position to Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, facing shortfalls ranging from $3 million to $10 million.

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Julian Jones reads through his script about human organ trafficking around the world before students file through the annual Comparative Civilizations class project on the topic of slavery at Maple Ridge secondary.

An epic look at modern slavery S tor y by Neil Corbett

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here are more slaves in the world today than when Romans trained gladiators to fight in their arenas, when industrialists in the American south fought a war to keep their African American slaves, or at any other time in the history of the planet.

That is the topic explored by this year’s epic project in the Comparative Civilizations class Mark Beale teaches at Maple Ridge secondary.

The annual epic takes over an entire classroom, creating a labyrinth that winds through 22 scenes from slavery in the world today.

There are displays depicting forced labour, begging syndicates, prostitution, organ removal and other examples, and at each one a student guide offers an explanation of what the viewer is seeing.

It’s typical of the Comparative Civilizations epics – build by students to explore a topic in an in-depth way.

“It’s a different way for kids to show what they know, as opposed to reading a book and writing an essay,” said teacher Mark Beale.

“It builds on the idea of developing social responsibility in students,” he said. “It’s a huge learning outcome in the curriculum.”

The students began their research in September, and found 50 different examples of modern slavery. They pared that down to 22 examples that could be built into their epic. Then they built the displays using paper mache, props, paint and a lot of creativity.

Given the subject matter, the displays are graphic and “blood” splatter abounds.

“It’s very serious, it’s very graphic, it’s no joke,” Beale warns classes before they enter.

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Marica Petkovic tidies up a scene depicting a sweatshop, while Nick Jenkins and Amy Balaban rehearse their lines for a scene depicting a prostitute giving birth while handcuffed to bed rails.

MRSS student Amy Balaban explains her scene – a nanny ironing clothes while holding a baby. It comes from a real account by an African girl who was promised and education and a better life in Paris, but became an unpaid servant to the family that brought her there, subject to severe beatings and not allowed to leave the home.

And the students are conversant with the entire epic, so she is the guide at a display depicting a sex trade worker who is having a baby in a back room. The baby will be taken by human traffickers.

Balaban has enjoyed being involved with the epic.

“It’s amazing – it gives you a wider view of what’s happening in the world, and then we share it with the younger grades,” she said.

Balaban said many senior students try to get into one of the four Comparative Civilizations classes, but it is so in-demand that generally only grads manage to secure a spot.

The entire school will tour the epic, and parents were invited to two evening showings.

The epic will be dismantled today.

Notes Beale: “It takes a month to put up, and an hour and a half to tear it down.”

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NDP answering to financial watchdog Accused of misuse of public money

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After charging the Liberals with mixing party issues with public money, the NDP was defending its own practices this week, following leaked parts of a B.C. auditor-general’s report.

John Doyle accused the NDP of using public money from MLA’s constituency offices for

partisan purposes.

Documents from a draft internal audit of B.C. legislature finances describe a practice of NDP constituency offices paying $202 per month each into a “centralized fund” that was used to hire three-time NDP candidate Gabriel Yiu on contracts to work for the NDP caucus.

B.C. Liberal cabinet minister Bill Bennett said Premier Christy Clark has apologized for a plan that suggested using government resources to help the par-

ty, and the NDP should do the same for this.

“This is a kickback scheme,” Bennett said.

“This is a scheme that uses money that’s intended for constituency offices around this province ... your NDP MLA thought that it was OK to send back $200 a month to the caucus for politically partisan reasons, rather than using that money to look after your constituents.”

Doyle, in a draft audit of the 2010 fiscal year, said a review of documentation shows money in the members’

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Doyle said that by March 2009, about $260,000 had Sather piled up in the centralized fund since it was created in 2005, with most of that spent, leaving only $40,000 in the account.

Local NDP MLA Michael Sather, though, says the NDP previously ran Dalton the idea past the legislative comptroller.

“Pooling of resources, constituency associations and caucus, is something we brought before the legislative comptroller, who normally oversees financial affairs,” he said Tuesday.

Sather also said the comptroller approved the practice, only to have the auditor general condemn it in a March 2009 audit because it could lead to the money being used for non-constituency purposes.

The comptroller general was fired last year after a broader audit by Doyle revealed MLAs’ personal expenses were being paid without receipts.

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Doyle also criticized the NDP for transferring caucus expenses from 2008, to 2009 so that the fund stayed on budget.

As a result, the NDP stopped the practice and refunded constituencies what they paid.

Sather says his constituency office got about $2,000 back, but he’s not sure of the exact amount or for what time period.

“As far as I know, all constituencies contributed some.”

Liberal MLA Marc Dalton, though, said the practice continued to 2011. “It continued, it didn’t stop.”

Dalton said by December 2011, the amount had reached $605,563, attained by requiring constituency offices to chip in $202 a month.

Just more than $459,000 was spent.

“You’re not supposed to take money from your constituency offices and divert it,” Dalton said.

“Their cries of shock and their desire to see an investigation is coming across a bit hollow.

It’s a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.”

If the Liberals had done that, “we’d be buried.”

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‘There is no more’ Budget from front

The BCSTA has pegged the shortfall at $134 million across the province.

Clarkson acknowledges that several budgets ago, governments saw room for cuts in school board budgets, and forced districts to take up the slack.

“They’ve got themselves into this pattern, where now every year they come back and want more and more, and there isn’t any more,” he said.

“We’ve been to lots of sessions that have demonstrated we have one of the best education systems in the world.

That’s being threatened.”

That’s the message he wants to send Victoria, with what he terms “a call to action from other boards.”

The trustees passed Clarkson’s motion to write partners in education, asking that they express concern about the lack of provincial funding.

“It’s powerful when you’ve got all the partners [in education] saying the same thing,” he said. “Last election, education was not an issue. This year – good on the BCSTA – they’re determined to make it an issue.”

Asked whether the board is playing politics with school budgets, as the Liberal government faces a tough May general election, Clarkson responded that trustees’ political persuasions run across the spectrum, but are united in seeing a potential crisis.

“Why is a government going into an election doing this to boards – doing this to kids?” he asked.

The board has been asking for public feedback on where to cut through an online survey that has received more than 1,000 responses. The survey is now closed, and the results will be released after spring break (March 18-28).

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Dalton added that every political party reaches out to constituency groups. “That’s part of your job to reach out, to support them. You do things out of good will, for the good of the province.” At the same time, he added, you hope you’re supported in return.

“You want to do things appropriately.”

Sather pointed out that NDP agreed that the transfer of money wasn’t a good practice, but disagreed it was for partisan purposes.

“It wasn’t money that went to the New Democratic Party. It was a transfer between the constituency association and the caucus.”

There is a distinction between the NDP caucus (MLAs) and the party and said the latter is not supposed to have access to government money.

Doug Bing, Liberal candidate seeking to replace Sather in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, said the incident makes the NDP look hypocritical.

“It sounds like they got their hand caught in the cookie jar. It sounds like they have done an ill-considered action which came back to haunt them.”

Sather said he expected the audit to be released soon and wasn’t sure if it would be the same as the draft version.

“Less money in NDP constituency offices means less help for those in the community who need it,” Bennett added in a B.C. Liberal news release.

“This was money meant to help constituents and it was taken away. This wasn’t a simple mistake – it was a well organized plot and they only stopped when they got caught.”

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Second rate The District of Maple Ridge, with help from a federal grant, will spend more than half a million dollars to spiffy up the western baseball field in Hammond.

The money will be used to level the playing surface, add new grass, improve drainage, as well as install a new backstop, dugouts and permanent outfield fence.

No doubt the improvements and dedication as a full-time diamond will benefit players, but they are no where near what the local minor ball organization originally envisioned: a $9 million facility capable of attracting a B.C. Premier Baseball League team and hosting events worthy of the historic name the field currently bears – Hammond Stadium.

There is no stadium to speak of, nor will there be anytime soon. That is unfortunate, but consistent with the second-rate facilities user groups in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are accustomed to.

Our two communities share a few fine playing surfaces, but nothing with the capacity to host major events, as the mayor of Maple Ridge so wishes.

Our facilities lack seating or parking or lighting, or changing space. And some of the fields aren’t even suitable for grazing. The outfield at Ruskin Park is where ACLs go to die.

Almost every ball field in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows is made of sand, which is great for drainage, but not so for sliding, hitting or pitching. It’s too soft and gives way, affecting footing and balance vital to performing many athletic tasks.

If you build second-rate facilities, or let what you have fall into disrepair, you get second-rate organizations. Your best players and coaches go elsewhere, which Ridge Meadows Minor Baseball knows all too well.

Surrounding communities invest more in minor sports, especially their facilities, and the results speak for themselves. Look around.

If the district wants to get one thing right, it will at least invest in some red clay for the Hammond infield, create a surface the players want to play on, one that allows them to develop their skills properly, on par with their counterparts.

Make it a real ball field.

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“Relax more, Jack, worry less.”

I’m with two friends to lounge around the pool with a book of short stories, and see the Grand Canyon. It’s Along the Fraser on my bucket list.

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Billboards are shorthand for a culture.

Another reads “Virginia Piper Cancer Clinic.” The Visitor’s Guide to Arizona names Walmart the top employer, but 12 of the 50 job producers are private health care firms.

Near the hotel another sign: “Forensic Centre.” We’ll bump into Jason Cole in a pub watching the Coyotes beat the Canucks. He teaches blood splatter and finger print analysis for a police department.

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Old Scottsdale has tourist-friendly shops, and Harold who chants, “Sheriff Joe’s gotta go.”

“What’s wrong with Joe?” I ask.

“Hard on immigrant workers.”

“How?” He shrugs. “I get paid for signatures on a petition. Personally, I think Joe’s doing his job.”

We meet Jeff, a disabled truck driver, on a bus. He’s got a Facebook girlfriend on Vancouver Island he’s never met.

“Should there be better gun control, Jeff ?”

“You’re danged if you do and danged if you don’t,” he says. “We need to red flag people who are mentally ill.”

The drive to the Canyon is north towards Sedona, along the I-17, the Veterans Highway (“we love you guys”). It rises slowly through dry, grassy plains covered with sagebrush and rolling hills. I’m reminded of Cache Creek.

Wild horses drank at the Verde River in Sedona when it was open range. You can trail ride, gorge on barbecue, or helicopter above mesas, and red, pock-marked boulders that suggested sacred spirits to the Apache Nation.

En route, signs tell of a wild west made famous by Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.

General Crook Trail recalls the U.S. Calvary’s pursuit and capture of Geronimo.

Stories are imagined by Deadman’s Wash, Horsethief Basin, and the Station Café, “tastiest cowboy grub in the west.”

See Emberly, p7

This week’s question: Should the provincial government apologize for the Chinese head tax?

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The News/letters ‘It is your democratic duty to be heard’ Editor, The News: Re: Share your thoughts on north Albion (Letters, March 13).

I sense a wee bit of frustration from J. Craig Ruthven in trying to get citizen’s involved in an important community event.

But, what do you expect from a district where 75 per cent of the eligible voters did not even bother to vote in the last municipal election?

Apathy is clearly alive and well in our population, and that is why the developers have a distinct advantage over the people’s interests.

When citizens fail to show up at elections, the developers have won. They make sure their voters do get out and vote.

It is the same apathy for municipal meetings, which form policy to shape our community’s future.

“When citizens fail to show up at elections, the developers have won. They make sure their voters do get out and vote.”

If people are a no-show, then the developers have won.

Don’t let them dictate our community’s future. Be part of the process and have your voices heard.

You, as citizens of Maple Ridge, can and should change this. It is your duty to do so, in our so-called democracy.

John E. McKenzie Maple Ridge

Worrying a little less Emberly from p6

The first Canyon lookout leaves one in awe of nature’s splendor. It’s 18 miles across a gorge that drops a mile to the raging Colorado River. You can hike down trails here, or ride mules to the floor. I can’t take this place off my list yet.

On our last day, we watch the Giants beat the Mariners as stadium staff yell “peanuts, cotton candy, cold beer” between organ rounds of “take me out to the ball game.”

The other night, on Channel 3, John Kerry, secretary of state, said in Berlin: “In America, you have a right to be stupid ... if you want to be. That’s something worth fighting for.”

A final billboard reads: Buy a gun for someone who can’t. A mentally ill person or a 12 year old?

America’s a land of ambiguity. Throw in sunshine, and it’s place to relax and worry less – at least for six days.

Jack Emberly is a retired teacher, local author and environmentalist.

online comments Not the mall • Ray Sanborg: Re: City mulls hunting compromise (mapleridgenews.com).

Hunting and fishing are not a bad things. You’re safer on those dikes than on any street in Maple Ridge. Hunting, fishing and trapping have been happening here from before there were dikes. Please, don’t try and change or gentrify to suit the latest breed of dike users. This is not the mall. It is the outdoors, after all.

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’We can forgive and forget’ Editor, The News: Re: ‘Apologize for head tax’ (The News, March 8).

In responding to Doug Bing’s view on the need for B.C. government to apologize for the head tax, here are my personal views.

• Except for those families directly affected by the head tax, that policy is not an issue with most Chinese Canadians, especially in the eyes of the new generations of immigrants (post 1960s).

With due respect to those who suffered from the tax, to most of us, it is but a sad historical footnote.

• The head tax policy was indeed one based on racial discrimination, because the same was not applied to other groups of minorities, such as the European whites.

However, I also accept that most policies and laws were written based on the social norm of the time. Many were treated as second-class citizens.

We do not need to apologize for every single mistake that the older generations made, especially for those for which rectifications have already been made.

Canada has moved on, and we need not be holding on to some ancient grievance.

• The head tax definitely was an unfair treatment to the Chinese, and might have costed huge hardship to many.

Yet, people still decided to come, because the future of a new life in Canada was

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Pitt Meadows Coun. Doug Bing, also a Liberal candidate, thinks the provincial government should apologize for the head tax charged to Chinese immigrants a century ago. perceived as worthy of all the possible costs, such as all the material and intangible sacrifices of leaving the home country and, yes, including the dreaded head tax. Unlike the policy of residential

schools, the head tax had little long-term effect on the lives of Chinese Canadians.

We can forgive and forget.

By the way, those who assume visible minorities always vote as a block, or can

be switched by a symbolic gesture, are wrong. We are as capable as any citizen to judge the government by its action in totality.

Larry Chan Pitt Meadows

Trying to topple tower of babble I

t’s starting to get silly again.

With the American presidential election over last fall, I expected that political speech writers would give us a break from the banal.

But the hurricane of the hum- Commentary Boaz Joseph drum is back.

Politicians should speak less, and say more.

There’s a flurry of rhetoric rolling in, many from B.C. politicians eyeing seats in Victoria for the May 14 provincial election.

The problem is the endless repetition of “moving forward,” “the people of British Columbia,” and “at the end of the day.”

These phrases have taken over, leaving any actual point of the speech in the ditch.

The words, ultimately, mean nothing, yet they’re at the core of every stump speech, public apology, resignation, accusation, interview, public

posture, policy declaration, and related mindlessness at the microphone.

Isn’t it just easier to have dead air?

Five seconds of silence here or there could make the speaker and the audience focus. The audience might suddenly remember that they stopped listening a few move-forwards ago.

I’m stunned that speakers aren’t booed every time they say “move forward” or “moving forward.”

Forward to what? Are we talking distance or time? Is there a mathematical formula for it?

It makes the listener (at least the one paying attention to the semantics) want to – how is it usually said?

– spend more time with their family.

Sorry, but if you’re standing at the mic, you’re not moving forward.

You’re just standing there, so stop that silliness and say something useful without the ‘F’ word.

Facts are better. Try those instead.

And another thing, if you’re eyeing a seat in the B.C. legislature, you know you’re dealing with the people of British Columbia. You don’t have to say it to your audience. Over. And over.

We know who we are, and so do “B.C. families,” an apparent sub-

species of “the people of British Columbia.”

Last comes the silliest one of all.

There’s a kind of climax to “at the end of the day,” as if the words yield some sort of fantastic conclusion to an argument.

There’s a kind of climax to “at the end of the day,” as if the words yield some sort of fantastic conclusion to an argument.

Here’s my argument: The best way to use this phrase is thusly: “At the end of the day, I used an irritating verbal crutch, indicating closure or synopsis, because I am a moron who can’t finish a comment without resorting to this tired old cliché.”

Here’s a fact, speech writers – at the end of the day, the sun goes down.

Tomorrow, try again.

Boaz Joseph is a journalist with the Surrey Leader, a Black Press affiliate.

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Maple Ridge This Month MARCH 2013: MID-MONTH UPDATE

SPOTLIGHT ON: Hammond Baseball Field INFORMED 2013 Re-build it and they will come! A home run for Hammond March Council Meeting Schedule In 1951 the original Hammond Stadium was built and became the focus of the neighbourhood, a place steeped in baseball history. The 1924 Hammond Mill baseball team became BC Champions, and were it not for a snow storm in Calgary that cancelled the next tournament, they might have been national champions! The old bleacher burned in a fire decades ago, but on Wednesday, March 13 the old Hammond Stadium site was the subject of a special announcement.

Mayor and Council encourage everyone to attend these important public meetings. It’s your chance to see how public policy is debated and enacted.

Maple Ridge MP Randy Kamp, flanked in this photo by (from left to right) Gord Easton, President of the Ridge Meadows Minor Baseball Association, Mayor Ernie Daykin and Greg Bodnarchuk, General Manager of the RMMBA, announced a Federal Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund Grant of $187,500 that will be added to $325,000 of District funding to rebuild the Hammond Baseball Diamond.

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The project, scheduled to begin in May, will see the field reoriented to the northwest, with a new infield, fences, backstop and dugout. In addition, the field will have an irrigation and drainage system installed and undergo leveling and seeding to create a top quality playing surface. The final part of the project is the installation of a permanent outfield fence to make this one of the best diamonds in the region and a place local boys, girls, men and women can follow their baseball dreams. Mayor Daykin and MP Randy Kamp praised the RMMBA for their coaching and mentorship of area youth.

They are making great baseball players and great future citizens.

Council Meeting Videos If you are unable to attend a Council Meeting, Public Hearing or Committee of the Whole meeting you can now watch these meetings on your computer 24/7. The entire unedited meetings are posted two to three days after the meeting. The video is indexed to the agenda package so that you can watch them in their entirety or click through by agenda item. Go to mapleridge.ca and click on the video link at the bottom left of the home page.

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ENGAGED: Earth Hour March 23, 2013 at 8:30 pm What will you do to make a difference?

Earth Hour is the largest climate change movement for the planet in human history, spanning 7,000 cities, 152 countries with a digital reach of 200 million. Earth Hour is much, much more than a symbolic action of switching off lights for an hour; it’s a continuous movement driving actions, big and small, that are changing the world we live in.

As part of the District’s commitment to reducing energy consumption and achieving carbon neutrality, we are participating in World Wildlife Fund Earth Hour 2013. The 2012 results showed that in Maple Ridge alone, citizens and businesses reduced energy consumption by 1.8% during Earth Hour.

This event demonstrates that we can make a difference by doing something as simple as turning the lights off. We encourage all residents to join millions of Canadians and participate in this worldwide event. Turn off your lights for one hour, Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 8:30 pm and together let’s reduce energy consumption. There’s some great information on the overall campaign at www.earthhour.org along with links to some very inspiring videos.

For more information on how you can get involved, please visit www.mapleridge.ca/EN/sustainability/main/earth_ hour_2013.html

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Starting on Monday, March 18, CP Rail will begin the replacement of the rails and concrete pads across the rail intersection at 203 Street and Maple Meadows Way. There will be restricted vehicle traffic on Monday, March 18th. This intersection will be completely closed to vehicle traffic on March 19 and 20, and reopen some time on March 21.

There will be flagging crews on site to redirect traffic during the construction.

The annual Spring Chipping program will begin in April, with a Tuesday, April 2 set-out deadline for properties WEST of 224 Street and a Monday, April 15 set-out deadline for properties EAST of 224 Street. No pre-registration necessary, simply place branches at curbside by set-out deadlines for pickup and chipping. See their website www.rmrecycling.org for details regarding set-out.

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While signs have been posted along the route, we want to ask you to help spread the word. It would be best to avoid the intersection and use another route next week. Industrial Park access is available off Golden Ears Way/Airport Road and under the Golden Ears Bridge at Maple Meadows Way. When the project is completed, there will be stronger rails and smaller gaps between the rails and the concrete pads to allow for safer use by cyclists and smooth the ride for all vehicles. Thanks for spreading the word.

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Convicted rioters flout court orders Three men from Ridge sentenced

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At least a quarter of Stanley Cup rioters convicted so far are ignoring court orders or failing to comply with their release conditions, according to Vancouver Police.

Eleven sentenced rioters are under investigation for breach of their court orders, VPD Inspector Laurence Rankin said Wednesday.

More than 40 convicted and sentenced rioters, including three from Maple Ridge, are being periodically monitored by the Integrated Riot Investigation Team to ensure they’re complying with probation or other conditions.

“They talked about spotless records, they talked about being outstanding people in the community,” Rankin said, referring to defence requests for lenient sentences.

“But here they are not taking their conditions seriously, not taking the courts seriously.”

Vancouver Police suspect the number of released rioters not obeying their orders is higher – the 11 charged are only ones officers have caught.

Of the five men from Maple Ridge charged with rioting, three who entered guilty pleas have been sentenced.

Connor Blair Epp received a three-month conditional sentence and nine-month probation order last October.

In February, Jordan Houde got a five-month conditional sentence and 12 months probation.

Michael David Anderson pleaded guilty in January to damaging two unmarked police vehicles and kicking in the windows of a pair of Nelson Street restaurants. He was the only person to receive a three months in jail in addition to an 18-month probation order.

Andrew Glenn Cuthbert also entered a guilty plea, to one count of participating in a riot, but has yet to be sentenced.

Jeff Ray Post intends to plead guilty to the same charge and is scheduled for a pre-sentence report in May. Police, meanwhile, continue to monitor those under house arrest.

Only four or five of the 42 people being monitored live in the City of Vancouver, forcing VPD officers to make forays further out in the region or enlist aid from RCMP in checking on residents of the Interior or Vancouver Island.

“It’s a pretty onerous task to go all the way out to Aldergrove, Richmond, North Vancouver – all over the Lower Mainland – and knock on the doors of these people,” Det.-Const. Raj Mander said.

The courts have so far sentenced 56 of the 194 accused rioters charged

by Crown.

Only a few have been given jail time.

Nearly 70 per cent of those charged have pleaded guilty.

Surrey is the most common home city so far for sentenced rioters – 15 live there – followed by eight from Burnaby, seven from Vancouver, five from Richmond and three from North Vancouver.

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Maple Ridge council has been doling out the cash to developers who, in turn, are remaking the face of downtown.

The money is part of the downtown incentive program, in which the District of Maple Ridge speeds applications, offers permit and property tax discounts, as well as outright cash grants.

Last year, those grants added up to $272,790 for seven construction projects.

The builder of an apartment project at the bottom of 224th Street received a $31,094 incentive grant, while the condo building at the corner of Lougheed Highway and 223rd Street got $40,484, and the apartment building on Edge Street and 120th Street got $47,076.

The grants come from refunds of 10 per cent of development cost charges builders have to pay for residential projects.

Another $50,000 each has been or will be dished out to the developers of projects at 11882 – 226th St., 12040 – 222nd St., and at 11887 Burnett St. Two more grants got council approval at its

Tuesday meeting.

Target’s renovations to the old Zellers store in Haney Place Mall will get an incentive grant of $11,409, while the builder of a condo project at 11580 – 224th St. will get $46,191.

The enticements are having an effect.

More than $77 million of building projects have been issued since the program began in 2011 and started changing the face of the downtown.

Despite a slower housing market, people are still buying.

Fred Formosa, who’s building Falcon Centre across from Thrifty Foods, says there is a market for good quality housing in good locations.

The first of two buildings on the site, only about half built, has already 16 of 59 units sold, with four more in the process. The second building will bring the total complement of suites to 96.

“I think the housing market in Maple Ridge has been getting better, so people are feeling better.”

The renovations to Haney Place Mall, the arrival of Thrifty’s and Target, are drawing people to the area.

“So I think that’s going to make it better.”

Formosa agrees the incentive plan may be sparking builders to start their projects sooner, but

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he disagrees there’s an over supply.

Since a slow fall and Christmas, interest has grown, as people see the building go up. “It’s picked up enormously.

We’re really busy.”

He said Maple Ridge’s downtown plan, which tries to create a walkable, eco-friendly community, also brings in buyers.

People appreciate green space and people-friendly urban design and will buy to be part of that.

The same goes for the condos themselves.

“You just do a little bit more and then they’ll notice it and they’ll actually pay for it and then they’ll move.

“If you have a good location and good quality things that people want, then you’re going to sell because people want your product.”

Realtor Debbie Shepherd says the prices in the last year may have dropped more on condos and townhouses than single family homes because there are so many.

“It’s supply and demand.”

But in the last weeks there’s definitely been more activity, she added.

According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, prices for Maple Ridge condos and townhouses have dropped over the last five years. Condo or apartment prices have

dropped 14.9 per cent and townhouses have dropped eight per cent.

However, the last year has seen only marginal price changes.

Residential sales in Greater Vancouver also dropped 29 per cent when February 2011 and 2012 are compared.

However, the sales-toactive-listings ratio currently sits at 12 per cent in Greater Vancouver, a two-per-cent increase from last month. It’s the first time this ratio has been above 11 per cent since June 2012, says the real estate board.

Realtor Jason Exner has noticed a slowing in the townhouse market, which could be a result of more supply in the condo market.

“It’s an excellent buyer’s market right now.” With prices and interest rates low, and lots of supply, buyers have the “pick of the litter.”

But there does seem to be a lot of building in the downtown and it will take time to see how that pans out. He predicts a stable market for the next few years and pointed out sellers are not dropping their prices but are just taking their properties off the market if they can’t get the price they want.

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Maple Ridge resident Rolf Mathewes, his SFU colleague Bruce Archibald and Brandon University biologist David Greenwood painted a more complete picture of what Canada may have looked like some 15 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs.

At that time it was a much different planet.

India was an island, North and South America were not joined, and the warm, consistent climate of the eocene period is colloquially referred to as the Greenhouse World.

For a more detailed picture of the time, they went to the fossil record of B.C. and northern Washington State.

Their project started in 2007, and researchers worked in fossil beds at Driftwood Canyon in the north, Horsefly near Williams Lake, McAbee near Cache Creek, Quilchena near Merritt and in Republic, Wash. They covered 1,000 km of ancient mountains.

Mathewes’ expertise is in botany, and Archibald’s is paleoentomology.

Mathewes said the study required often painstaking work.

“You spend a lot of time splitting the rocks, and seeing if you have impressions of leaves and insects,” he explained.

Archibald enjoys the payoff – even though he is sometimes looking at the wing fragments of insects which were only millimeters in size.

“Field work is actually kind of fun – it’s scratch and win.”

They found the plant communities were extremely diverse, like mountain ranges in a modern tropical rain forest, and a huge variety of insects. Archibald continues to write up the bugs.

“I’ll die not having described all of them,” he said.

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same plant and animal species across various regions. However, their work showed that 50 million years ago, there was tremendous biodiversity.

“The implication is there was greater global biodiversity,” explained Archibald.

The key to this richness in species is a low seasonality – consistent temperatures year-round, without frost to kill insects and seedlings. The temperature was not as high as the modern tropics, but it was even, creating

biodiversity on a par with tropical mountain ranges today.

“This implies that ... it’s the seasonality now found in the modern tropics, not where the climate is situated globally, that affects this biodiversity pattern,” said Archibald in a press release.

“Sometimes it helps to look to the ancient past to better understand how things work today.”

Mathewes said their research will fit into discussions about the effects of climate change and

global warming.

“It’s an opportunity to look at how a rapid warming affect does affect plant and animal species.”

Their work is still relatively new, and may be questioned and challenged by other biologists.

“So far I haven’t heard any complaints,” he said.

“It’s an interesting set of data. It will still take years to work through it all.”

Mathewes was a charter student when SFU opened in 1965, and is an expert in pollen analysis. He spent 11 years as the university’s associate dean of science, but has stepped down from that position.

Because of his occasional work helping police departments to identify where plant parts may have come from, he is sometimes known on campus as the forensic botanist. He has been called upon to testify during murder trials.

At 66 years of age, the professor is not considering retirement.

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Notice of Intention to Provide Assistance This notice is issued in accordance with Sections 24, 21 and 94 of the Community Charter.

The District of Maple Ridge hereby provides notice of its intention to provide assistance in accordance with the Town Centre Investment Incentives Program for: •A four-storey apartment development project located at 11580 223 Street, Maple Ridge, BC, to Greenside Properties under building permit number 12-118671 in the amount of $46,191.

•An expansion project located at 11850 224 Street (Haney Place Mall), Maple Ridge, BC, to Target Canada Co. under building per number 12-112056 in the amount of $11,049.

The financial incentives are intended to reduce development costs for qualifying projects within the Town Centre which will help achieve goals and objectives identified by the community through the Smart Growth on the Ground Initiative and the Town Centre Area Plan.

Municipal Council will receive a staff report at a Council meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. For complete details on the Town Centre Investment Incentives Program, visit www.mapleridge.ca For further information, contact Laura Benson, Manager of Sustainability and Corporate Planning, lbenson@mapleridge.ca 11995 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 6A9 Tel: 604-463-5221 • Fax: 604-467-7329

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Cleaning Water Mains The District of Maple Ridge Operations Department will be commencing the annual flushing/cleaning program starting at 228th Street working east to 248th Street between River Road and 141st Avenue, for approximately sixteen (16) weeks beginning February 4, 2013.

This maintenance work will improve the water quality; however, during this cleaning process some residents could experience water pressure drops and milky or dirty water.

You may take the following steps to correct the problem:

1. MILKY WATER: Open tap slightly to bleed air from the water lines.

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This temporary interruption in service will be as brief as possible.

Your understanding and cooperation is appreciated.

If you have any questions or concerns please call the Operations Centre at 604-463-9581.

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Residents and developers continued the year-long discussion at an open house at Samuel Robertson Technical school Wednesday as council considers the concept for north Albion, near 240th Street and 108th Avenue.

Under a pilot project, developers of new subdivisions could be allowed higher population density zoning than originally set out in the official community plan.

While developers would reap the rewards of putting in more homes per hectare, they’d also have to pay half or three-quarters of the increase in the price of the property to the District of Maple Ridge.

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Slight jumps in density could produce dollars for parks. nities,” such as parks or trails or libraries or even a community centre.

Harold Murphy, though, has a simpler explanation of the concept.

“It’s blackmail. They’re going to take 50 to 75 per cent of the profit, then you’re going to get 25 per cent.

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Murphy’s been living in Maple Ridge for 37 years and has two acres on 110th Avenue. He’s been thinking about subdividing for a few years, but may no longer do that. Other cities may use density bonusing, but they’re in more desirable areas, where developers want to locate, he said.

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Most municipalities in the Lower Mainland charge for such density bonusing, with the norm being that cities take 50 to 75 per cent of the increased value through the amenity charges. That still leaves room for developer’s profit, Elliott added.

One home builder, though, worried that the concept of charging for increased density would apply any time a property was rezoned,

even if the higher density had been previously outlined as a future use in the official community plan.

Wayne Jackson said he doesn’t mind paying a charge if the higher density wasn’t originally in the community plan, but not if a future property was always intended to have a certain population density.

“As a developer, I’m saying that’s not fair – because that’s the direction they’re moving.”

The open house is the second held by the district, after a previous event last May. Staff will write a report to council outlining the options.

A staff report from last year suggested adding two new densities to the area, one that would see 48 lots measuring about 4,200 sq. feet, instead of 30 lots that are about 6,000 sq. feet, on a seven-acre parcel.

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From singles to seniors, a recent survey conducted to assess the city’s housing stock found a large percentage of city residents spend between 30 and 50 per cent of their income on housing costs.

Based on the median household income in Pitt Meadows, the average affordable rental accommodation is $922 per month, while an average affordable mortgage is $1,840 per month.

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Houses for families, however, are not hard to find, with single detached houses accounting for 46 per cent of the housing mix in the city.

Over 32 per cent (or 2,285 residents) are single, either living alone or sharing with others.

Besides choice, the city also has little room to grow.

Walters noted the only large undeveloped piece of land in its urban area is the city-owned parcel on Airport Way that was just sold to Onni.

The survey also urged the city to protect its low-incoming housing.

By 2015, 64 low-income family co-operative housing units will expire in Pitt Meadows.

By 2020, there will be an additional 250 lowincome family cooperative housing units expiring.

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The largest age group in Pitt Meadows is between the ages of 40 and 64, and is growing.

The number of seniors between the ages of 65 to 84 is also expected to grow significantly.

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“For future developers, I think it’s a useful tool, as well. What does the community need? What is the market pushing for?” said Mayor Deb Walters.

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Although he could live in the plush setting of a cardinal’s residence, Bergoglio chose to live in a simple apartment in Buenos Aries and took the bus to work. “By honouring St. Francis of Assisi, possibly the best known saint in the world, our new pope seems to be expressing his intention to emphasize personal simplicity and love of the poor,� Archbishop Miller said in a statement. “The new pope brings extensive pastoral experience, remarkable intellectual skills, and a love for the simplicity of the Gospel that our world urgently needs reminding of.�

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Admission is $7.

One of the favourite features of the Heritage Tea set up is a large display created each year by the Maple Ridge Museum. This year photos being featured show the varied buildings, activities and lives of the individual neighbourhoods within Maple Ridge.

Many long-term inhabitants can remember telling visitors that they lived in Hammond, Haney, Albion, Webster’s Corners, Whonnock, Ruskin or Yennadon. It was not until the arrival of door-to-door mail delivery and a centralized post office that residents were forced to identify themselves unwillingly as living in Maple Ridge.

These photo displays always prompt memories, and motivate people to bring in their own family photos to be copied for the museum collection.

Booklets about the neighbourhoods within Maple Ridge will be on sale, along with other historical items.

Without fail, the tea helps us learn even more about our own history and make new connections.

This year there are several high school reunions planned for the weekend of the Heritage Tea, which always seems to add to our attendance.

The Maple Ridge High School graduation class of 1958 is planning a reunion dinner on the evening of April 5, in the Maple Ridge secondary cafeteria.

Also invited are members of the classes of 1957, 1959 and 1960.

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Rebecca has Down Syndrome, and that scares some of their parents.

So to help overcome some of those fears and raise awareness about Down Syndrome, Howie is embarking on his second Sky Walk, from his home in Maple Ridge to the Down Syndrome Research Foundation in North Burnaby, on March 23.

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“I realized what a special child I have,” says English, who owns Kaplan’s Deli in Vancouver.

“They’re your life, you do anything for them.”

One of those things was connecting with DSRF, who were able to map out a plan for Rebecca, hook her up with medical and community resources.

“You’re not alone,” says English. “My eyes welled up with the understanding of what we needed to do for our daughter, the great things we can

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Now a vivacious little girl, Rebecca attends elementary school with her two siblings. But getting to that point hasn’t been easy, says English.

Support hasn’t always been available, resources are sometimes limited by budget constraints.

“You find out about all the inadequacies in our system,” says English.

“People want to help, but there’s not enough money.”

That’s how he got the idea for his Sky Walk.

Last year he trekked 167 kilometres from Pitt Meadows to Whistler.

It took him 31 hours, but he was able to raise thousands of dollars for the DSRF and the Lower Mainland Down Syndrome Society.

“It was the most painful thing I’ve ever done,” English says of that effort.

This year’s walk is a little more modest, but no less arduous.

To prepare, English has been bookending his 14-hour days at his restaurant with hour-long walks around a track in Coquitlam in all kinds of weather.

English says his goal is to raise $10,000 for the DSRF. But more importantly, he wants to send a message of solidarity with other families facing the challenges of bringing up a child with Down Syndrome as well raise awareness in the community.

“Awareness is everything,” says English.

The second annual Sky Walk will conclude at the Down Syndrome Research Foundation, 1409 Sperling Ave., with a finish line celebration at 12:30 p.m. March 23, followed by a community barbecue.

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More freebies for unsigned drivers

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Erin Cebula, Spokesperson

Drivers who cross the new Port Mann Bridge and still haven’t signed on to the TReO electronic tolling system are being offered another round of incentives to register.

More than 750,000 drivers already signed on to TReO by the end of February, when an offer of half price tolls for the rest of the year expired.

Those who didn’t register by then must pay their $3 full price tolls quickly or else they get hit with an extra fee.

A $2.30 licence plate processing fee waived for the first three months is now being added to what unregistered drivers must pay if they fail to pay a toll within a week of crossing. But holdouts who sign up by the end of June will get a rebate of any processing fees they rang up in the previous 30 days turned into a future credit on their account. New registrants also get a credit for two free trips.

The processing fee is to recoup the costs of contacting ICBC to confirm the driver’s postal address and then mail the invoice.

“Our hope is that no one is charged that fee either because they’re registered or they’re taking advantage of the payment methods we have,” Transportation Investment Corp. spokesman Max Logan said.

TReO registrants now make up more than 80 per cent of bridge users – much better than the typical 70 per cent for new electronic toll bridges.

“We’re very pleased with that result,” he said, but added they wanted to offer another carrot to people who may be new arrivals in the region or just got a driver’s licence.

Bridge operators want as many users as possible to be detected via windshield decals – a more reliable system than the licence plate cameras – and to have automatic payment set up.

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Police continue to issue tickets to thousands of B.C. drivers for using hand-held devices. Texting at red lights is also prohibited.

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Talking and texting behind the wheel continues to be a major road safety problem, but Attorney General Shirley Bond has rejected raising fines or taking away mobile phones to deal with the problem.

The tough new measures were suggested last week by Victoria Police Chief Jamie Graham, after an enforcement blitz by B.C. police forces resulted in about 6,000 tickets being issued in February.

Graham, chair of the B.C. Association of Police Chiefs’ traffic safety committee, suggested police should also have the authority to seize a phone for 24 hours for a first offence, and for several days for repeat offences.

Graham also referred to $350 fines available for other traffic safety violations. The current fine for mobile phone use while driving is $167.

“I’m certainly not considering the seizure of cell phones,” Bond said Monday. “I am concerned, though, that we continue to see distracted driving in the province.”

Bond said taking away cell phones would create privacy problems, and she is also not convinced that increasing fines would have the desired effect.

“It’s not unlike seat belts,” Bond said. “It took a long time for people in our province to make that a normal habit.”

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The hazards of a neighbourhood walk

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s spring begins to warm the air and everyone is anxious to get out and get a bit more exercise, the roads are going to have a few more hazardous conditions other than snow, rain or cell-distracted drivers.

With the warmer weather comes pedestrians, young and old, and each presents it challenges to unwary drivers.

Young pedestrians tend to be impulsive, suddenly showing up out of nowhere and dashing from between cars, or zipping around a corner on a skateboard or bike. They may have music plugged in and be completely zoned out to the traffic around them. Give them a friendly beep to warn them of your presence and you’re likely to get the royal bird flipped at you.

It’s sometimes an exercise in road rage management to drive down a street with youthful pedestrians.

Just as challenging, although much less likely to flip you the bird, is the elderly population. Impulsive is hardly the word you would use to describe the decision-making process and ambulatory speed of seniors but unpredictability remains a factor. You can’t always be sure if they’re going to take the plunge into an intersection, on

foot, with a walker, or hood walk may be more on a scooter, or if they of a hazard than a benefit. are going to hold up the If a neighbourhood intersection long after walk can be restricted to the light has changed and one side of the street so traffic begins to charge that a roadway does not forward in an expected have to be crossed, that’s a pattern. strategy to help.

It is becoming more Using local parks or common to hear of walking pathways also elderly pedestrians being minimize road time. struck by vehicles. Such If roads must be accidents often occur in As we age crossed, then seniors wide open areas and the Graham Hookey should be certain to drivers are not breaking always cross at intersecany rules or travelling at tions and be sure there excessive speeds. is plenty of time to make it before It is often the elderly who don’t heading into the intersection. judge the speed of the traffic prop Still, a lot of senior pedestrian erly or step off the curb without ful- safety falls on the shoulders of ly appreciating the traffic situation drivers, in much the same way as around them. Occasionally, they children’s safety does. are simply caught in the middle It is incumbent upon us as of an intersection when a driver is drivers to have our wits about proceeding through a green light. us, to maintain a slow speed in Doctors are constantly remindresidential areas. and never to ing us all of the importance of exer- assume that a pedestrian is going cise. For the elderly, this message is to make a decision we think they as important as anyone and a good should make. It is always wise to walk every day can add years to keep your head on a swivel when their lives. the walkers and scooters hit the But as traffic volumes rise on city roads once again. streets, as drivers become more

distracted and less patient, as aging Graham Hookey writes on pedestrians become less reactive education, parenting and less mobile, the neighbourand eldercare.

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ycling with your kids is a great way to teach them about the rules of the road.

Many kids these days don’t know any better than that the only way to get around is by being driven around in the family car.

There are some invaluable lessons to be learned and wonderful experiences to be gained for kids by cycling to go somewhere, whether it’s to school, a ride through the neighbourhood or to the store, or a fun ride on the dike trails.

There are also some things to consider when taking your kids on a bike ride through town.

Due to their age and lack of experience, kids will need constant supervision when riding in traffic.

They have no understanding of the complexity of traffic and the potential dangers, which will have to develop over time. The goal is to instill respect, without instilling fear.

They haven’t yet developed the ability to judge speed and distance, and will need some coaching when deciding whether or not a gap in traffic will give them sufficient time to cross a road.

Kids have more limited peripheral vision than adults, and tend to need more time to focus on an object. Being closer to the ground than you are, they may not see everything that you see, not being able to look over shrubs, parked cars or other objects. They also may not be seen as easily by other road users. Wearing bright clothing and reflectors on the bike will help.

You can also use the time you spend driving your kids around in the car by teaching them about traffic to make them more aware of what’s happening on the road. Remember that they learn from the way you drive yourself. Are you an aggressive driver?

Do you stop for stop Cycling signs? Do you obey the Jackie Chow speed limits? You may not have to worry that your child will exceed the speed limit of 50 km/h on his bike, but some day he will probably drive a car, and your “lessons” will likely influence his driving style.

Maple Ridge allows cycling on the sidewalk (not Pitt Meadows).

This is sometimes unavoidable if you need to be on roads with busy traffic and higher speeds, such as Lougheed Highway and Dewdney Trunk Road.

It’s important to be aware of the potential dangers of riding on the sidewalk. My 19-year-old daughter learned that lesson the other day, when she was dropped off with her bike at home by an apologetic driver, fortunately unharmed. But her front wheel ended up underneath the truck and was quite crumpled. The driver was at fault.

He hadn’t looked her way, and incorrectly assumed that another car had stopped to let him through, while that car had actually stopped to let her cross.

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or pedestrians when turning into or out of driveways or side streets, especially when cyclists are riding against traffic on the sidewalk. When I asked my daughter “Did you make eye contact with the driver?”, she replied: “no, but I had stopped at the curb for about 30 seconds, and I thought he saw me ...”

Before crossing a driveway or side street, teach your kids to always make eye contact with the driver of a car that’s just about to turn to make sure that he sees you.

And if you need to ride on the sidewalk, it’s best to be on the right side of the road as opposed to riding against traffic.

Kids also need to learn to understand that they need to share the sidewalk with others, including elderly people, who are not quick to react and more easily startled. This means they need to slow down and give others plenty of space, and if they’re approaching someone from behind, use a bell.

Before they turn into smart teenagers and start declining bits of advice from their dumb parents, make sure to teach them the importance of being able to hear when cycling, which means: no headsets.

Jackie Chow is a member of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Chapter of HUB.

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It is documented that centuries before Jesus was born, the cross had been used as an instrument of torture and death. In 519 BC, for example, King Darius I of Persia crucified 3,000 political enemies in Babylon.

This method of execution was later adopted by the Romans for non-citizens and slaves.

Two rough timbers were strapped together with which to hang a criminal who would ultimately die of asphyxiation.

Jesus, the sinless son of God, hung between two of those criminals.

Where other’s lives would ebb away, the last words of Jesus were bold and loud: “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”

It is noteworthy to understand the value God’s Word places on the cross. Why would some religion be so focused on an instrument of execution? There were other instruments of torture and death in the first century. But God chose one of the worst with which to offer the sacrifice of his son and to demonstrate his love for mankind.

Most people in our culture would likely abhor any sustained thoughts on the gas chamber, the electric chair or the hanging noose. What good could come of that?

The cross has also been offensive to some.

The apostle Paul explicitly mentioned that “the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing.”

Someone has once asked, “How could we be saved eternally by the unjust execution

of a Jew centuries ago? What an offense to human pride, goodness, and self-sufficiency.”

But that’s the point, isn’t it? All of our human goodness is worthless before God. Isaiah wrote, “all our righteousness is as filthy rags.”

Aside from Christ, there is not one person who has ever lived or ever will live who can stand righteous and sinless before God. We all need a Saviour.

That’s why the apostle Paul gratefully exclaimed, “God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

The cross of Jesus Christ is the supreme demonstration of the love of God. But there were many ways by which Christ suffered: when Jesus began His ministry the religious leaders were offended and infuriated at His teaching and they sought to kill Him – but He escaped from their midst.

At other times they tried to take Him, but were afraid of the crowd.

He was hated, scorned, ridiculed. And finally they did arrest Him, crucify Him and murder Him. The prophet Isaiah wrote, “Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.”

Jesus had to die to satisfy the righteous demands of God in order to provide salvation for all who would believe in him. His death a burial appeared to end his existence, but three days later he rose triumphant and victorious over death and the grave. How great is our God.

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in focus Generosity continues toward Hospital Foundation

Many thanks to those who turned out Monday March 4 at Ridge Meadows Seniors Society to see the show, “Something for Everyone.” The band, The Casuals, played music to suit everyone. The Arthur Murray dancers were fabulous and the Pattern Dancers took us back in time with their dance routines. Performer Edmund Chonge delighted the crowd with three numbers, including an Elvis song that brought back memories for the ladies. Thanks to local businesses for donations and door prizes. A special thank you to Sue Bolton for arranging a busload from Maple Ridge Seniors Village.

Thanks also to Carole from Hawthorne Lodge in Port Coquitlam. A sold out crowd made it something for everyone!

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Rob Jeeves, Chair of Drive for the Cure Foundation and local realtor, Dr. Marni Heed, surgeon, Kelly Ferguson and husband Oliver Mullen, owners of Albion Landscape Supply, enjoyed a fabulous day at this year’s Drive for the Cure Foundation golf tournament. Kelly Ferguson, a patient at Ridge Meadows Hospital had this to say of Drive for the Cure “My husband and I, and all the special people in my life, would like to extend our greatest heartfelt thank you to Drive for the Cure Foundation. In May 2010, I was 24 weeks pregnant with my first child when I heard the words “You have breast cancer!”. My cancer was aggressive and was that much more complicated due to my pregnancy. The equipment you fund saves lives, and I am living proof of that, so again I thank you!”

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Happy 104th Birthday to Kay Holstein.

Last month, Kay celebrated her birthday at Maple Ridge Seniors Village with a tea for friends, family and residents. Kay’s family expressed their thanks to Sue Bolton at Maple Ridge Seniors Village for the arrangements including the cake, balloons and entertainment. Kay’s niece, Lynda McGowan expressed her appreciation for “the staff in care facilities that take the time to make sure that the residents are truly thought of.”

The Knights of Columbus #5566 present the Foundation with $15,000. This generous gift will help purchase a new Exercise Tolerance Test with treadmill for the Cardiology Department.

Wedded Bliss in Mexico Congratulations to Nichole Wismer and John Olsen, newly married at the Royal Decameron in Bucerias, Mexico. Friends, family and an issue of the News were present for the festivities.They tell us a great time was held by all.

On a rainy Friday morning, members of the Pitt Meadows Community Garden joined with Councillor Doug Bing and representatives from the Parks and Recreation Department to receive a grant cheque from Mike Welte, the area representative for Farm Credit Canada.

The grant will assist the garden in constructing a greenhouse at their site on Bonson Road in Pitt Meadows.

Guillermo Quijano, Bruce McLeod (City of Maple Ridge),Teresa Musgrave, Linda Musgrave, Mike Welte, (Customer Service Representative for Farm Credit Canada), Geoff Mallory, (City of Maple Ridge), Councillor Doug Bing, Sharon Rittich and Dave Bissett.

Thanks to a generous donation of $6,422 the Hospital now has a 2nd Optiflow Kit for use in the Intensive Care Department. This donation, made by the Kiwanis Club of Golden Ears, was made in Memory of Tom Farnsworth, a long time member of the club. “The Optiflow Kit is essential to patient care. It is used to deliver oxygen to patients who cannot breathe on their own. We are very grateful to Kiwanis for their generosity,” says Rick Lascelle, Respiratory Therapy Professional Practice Lead.

The Loyal Orange Lodge recently donated $1,000 to RMHF to purchase equipment for the ICU departmen.. Dwayne Anderson, manager of ICU, accepted the donation in memory of Bill Wilson, a long time member of the Lodge and community volunteer.

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B.C. Premier endorses Kitimat refinery Project would be subject to five conditions

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VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark surprised the opposition last week with a statement in the B.C. legislature endorsing a proposed heavy oil refinery near Kitimat.

Clark emphasized that the project would be subject to the five conditions about environmental safety and aboriginal consultation that she has demanded for heavy oil pipelines.

But she praised the job creation potential and added that a refinery would help supply the “fair share” of benefits for B.C. that is her most controversial condition.

David Black, owner of the Black Press newspaper group in B.C., Alberta and the U.S., set up a separate company called Kitimat Clean Ltd. last year to develop the refinery plan and seek permits from the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office.

Black has announced that he is finalizing details for $25 billion in financing and purchase

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David Black shows a sample of bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands while announcing his plan to build a refinery last summer. agreements for the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel that the plant would produce.

“Our government takes the view that we should work together to address legitimate environmental and safety concerns and find a way to get to yes on projects that will grow our economy,” Clark said, adding that the B.C. government has been working with Black’s team to secure a suitable site.

Energy Minister Rich Coleman said there is Crown land in the Kitimat area held in an industrial reserve that could be leased or sold to the company for use of the land.

Black’s proposal specifies a 3,000-hectare site 25 km north of Kitimat

that is on the proposed route of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. With capacity to process all the pipeline carries, it would be one of the largest refineries in the world.

Black said he is pessimistic about the prospects for Enbridge, but the refinery could bring in Alberta oil sands crude by rail, or another pipeline acceptable to aboriginal groups along the route.

Rail transport would require six trains a day, but he said no permits are required and CN Rail is willing to do it.

The $16 billion refinery would require another $9 billion in construction, including six product pipelines to Douglas Channel to load ships with refined

fuel, and a natural gas pipeline to produce power, fire refining equipment and supply hydrogen for a new process to refine heavy oil.

NDP energy critic John Horgan said he plans to meet with Black, but he was dismissive of Clark’s endorsement.

“I think it’s important that the public understands that this is a long, long way into the future,” Horgan said.

“And for a government that’s down to 68 days left in its mandate before people vote again, it seems odd to me that we would have taken time in the legislature today to read a press release about a proposal that may not happen until after the next election.”

Black estimates that environmental assessment will take up to two years, and the refinery could be up and running by 2020.

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Federal funding cuts have forced the closure of an office that coordinates environmental protection in the Fraser River estuary and Burrard Inlet.

Critics say it’s a fresh blow to habitat protection in Metro Vancouver that could concentrate more power to approve development in the hands of port officials.

The Fraser River Estuary Management Program (FREMP) and Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program (BIEAP) have stopped vetting shoreline development applications and will close their Burnaby office doors at the end of the month.

Port Metro Vancouver has stepped in to handle incoming project applications on a temporary basis until a new partnership model can be developed.

The move came after

Ottawa chopped about half of the $350,000 annual budget for FREMP and BIEAP, and follows earlier cuts to Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) staff here and across B.C. Former DFO habitat assessment manager Otto Langer said the decision continues a pattern of federal cutbacks and policy shifts that leave fewer safeguards in place for sensitive ecosystems.

“It’s a callous disregard for environmental protection,” Langer said.

“When is all this going to stop?”

Langer said the loss of the FREMP/BIEAP coordinating role will reduce scrutiny and free Port Metro Vancouver to further industrialize sensitive areas.

“They’re given more and more authority to do whatever they want in the estuary,” he said.

“Their legislated mandate is to develop and meet the needs of industry. It’s the wolf being put in charge of the sheep.”

But Langer agreed the twin programs have become less relevant over the years – they date back to when three separate

harbour authorities existed that have since been merged into Port Metro.

Port Metro Vancouver officials say their intervention to handle incoming referrals will be only a temporary one and final approvals will be up to federal or provincial environmental agencies.

The port isn’t taking on any new powers or responsibilities that it did not already have, said Darrell Desjardins, director of environmental programs at Port Metro Vancouver.

“It’s really disturbing to lose this coordinating body.”

Heather Deal, Metro Vancouver

“This is very short term,” he said. “We are just acting in the interim as the lead agency while DFO establishes their own front counter or portal to get information into their system and also the province as well.”

Although there will

be no standalone office, Desjardins said the multi-agency partnership will continue.

Metro Vancouver environment committee chair Heather Deal expressed “grave concern” with the closure and added Metro officials are working to be part of whatever solution emerges.

“It’s really disturbing to lose this coordinating body,” she said. “We know there’s increasing pressure, not decreasing pressure, on our sensitive eco-resources along our shorelines.”

The office has worked on behalf of the provincial environment ministry, Metro Vancouver and the federal fisheries, environment and transportation departments to jointly coordinate environmental management in the area.

Its demise comes as the port is under fire for plans to expand coal exports and crude oil tanker shipments.

Other controversial projects under consideration include a jet fuel pipeline to the airport that would bring tankers into the lower Fraser River and a huge expansion of Deltaport.

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Panther Constructors hopes Vancouver will follow Abbotsford’s lead

Finding affordable living in the Lower Mainland Affordable housing has been in the news a lot lately, and developers are looking to appeal to buyers who may not be able to afford as much in an expensive real estate market.

Brian Roche, president of Panther Constructors, is hoping that Vancouver will take a page out of Abbotsford’s book and implement a rezoning plan that will allow developers in Chinatown to offer more affordable homes to buyers in an area that is rapidly becoming popular.

“Abbotsford took a piece of property and rezoned it to make it more affordable,” Roche says. “They offered it to developers to buy, and built

affordable housing.”

This prevented buyers from leaving the area and moving to less-expensive communities, such as Mission.

Roche says this is something that he is hoping to see in Vancouver as well.

Panther is looking for the city to find ways to either reduce prices on the land in the area or cap the current price.

Since Panther purchased the land for The Flats on Georgia, their condo development in Chinatown, other developers have taken notice and begun working on their own projects.

“Chinatown has become a hotbed,” says Roche. “Prices have gone up quite substantially.”

Modern Georgian style

Coquitlam welcomes Emerson to the neighbourhood

By Kerry Vital

Georgian architecture with modern interiors is arriving in West Coquitlam with MOSAIC’s EMERSON, already under construction on Como Lake Avenue near North Road.

“EMERSON will be a block from the coming Evergreen Line,” says MOSAIC’s Geoff Duyker. “In the near future, this whole area will look totally different. The halo of the Evergreen Line combined with some exciting mixed-used projects will bring new high-street retail and breathe vibrant life into everything.”

While the convenient transit orientation of Evergreen Heights has huge appeal to shoppers, the neighbourhood has other amenities to offer.

“EMERSON is close to Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby Mountain campus,” says Duyker. “This has brought both first-time buyers and parents investing for their children.”

Shops and restaurants are minutes away in either direction at Lougheed Town Centre, Newport Village or Little Korea on North Road. Plus, you’ll also find the big box convenience of United Boulevard a few minutes away.

Recreation and leisure activities are available at the parks in the area, as well as fishing at Como Lake, golfing at the Vancouver Golf Club or a workout at Steve Nash Fitness World – all nearby.

EMERSON will hold 63 apartment

residences in a variety of one- and twobedroom floorplans ranging from 589 to over 700 square feet.

“Already 70 per cent sold, homebuyers are recognizing EMERSON’s phenomenal value relative to other options on the market,” says Duyker.

Inspired by Georgian architecture, EMERSON will have plenty of red brick and black metal work, mullioned windows and layers of landscaping.

Buyers with a green thumb will find plots for herbs and vegetables, but you don’t need to be a nature lover to enjoy the garden greenscape with trellises and benches perfect for a picnic.

Inside, the nine-foot ceilings (10 feet on the penthouse level) heighten the sense of space to the home, complemented by large windows that let the light pour in, whatever the weather. The main living areas feature laminate wood flooring throughout, with an elegant tile threshold with granite inset in the entry – a MOSAIC

signature.

The beauty continues in the kitchen, with its polished composite quartz countertop and two-tone flat-panel cabinetry. The stainless-steel appliances and glass tile backsplash are lit by under-cabinet task lighting, while the open shelving and under-cabinet spice ledge, all designed

by MOSAIC, are masterstrokes of convenience and contemporary style.

Moving into the bathrooms, you will find porcelain tile flooring and polished composite quartz countertops, complemented by the polished chrome

and white glass pendant light fixtures.

The deep soaker tub is perfect for a soak, while the wood-framed niche with inset glass shelves beside the vanity in the ensuite is a special touch that demonstrates the design-driven details in a MOSAIC home.

“MOSAIC is passionate about great design,” says Duyker. “We build better homes.”

Homes at EMERSON start in the low $200,000s. For more information, visit mosaichomes.com/emerson, call 604936-9300 or check out the Home Store and model home at 608 Como Lake Avenue, West Coquitlam.

“

MOSAIC is passionate about great design,” says Geoff Duyker.

“We build better homes.”

Submitted photos

The homes at EMERSON are built in a Georgian style, with red brick and black metal work accents, above. The apartments are spacious, with elegant kitchens, top, and plenty of space for entertaining or working, left.

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Progression of roof garden science I

recently attended a green roof certification seminar at NATS Nursery in Langley and was impressed by how far this plant science has progressed over the past 20 years.

It brought back memories of my first rooftop garden installation back in 1986, which I thought was quite cutting edge at Gardening Mike Lascelle the time.

After installing a waterproof pigment and irrigation, we brought in bags of Styrofoam chips to serve as a lightweight drainage medium (in lieu of gravel or drain rock). By the time we had finished raking it out, we looked like snowmen because the static electricity caused it to cling all over.

Today, we have much more practical pregrown modular trays with built-in drainage, engineered soil and select plant species that have been tested for durability.

The LiveRoof system also incorporates temporary soil lifts (which are later removed) and moisture portals, so that the trays lock in from side to side and the soil from each module connects with the one next to it. This allows the plants from different trays to grow into each other, so that you have a continual garden instead of just isolated modules.

During the nursery tour afterwards, we went out to the fields, where the green roof trays (which are produced on a custom basis) and plant plugs are grown. It was here that the multicoloured blocks of various groundcover sedums really impressed with their divergent

blends that thrive in the shade or filtered light, calling it the Wild West Shade Mix. It includes such native plants as aquilegia formosa (western columbine), maianthemum dilatatum (false lily-of-the-valley), blechnum spicant (deer fern), dicentra formosa (Pacific bleeding heart), polystichum munitum (sword fern) and fritillaria lanceolata (chocolate lily).

There is also a sun version of this native roof garden blend that can include achillea millefolium (yarrow), eriophyllum lanatum (woolly sunflower), castilleja miniata (indian paintbrush), fragaria vesca (wild strawberry), allium cernuum (nodding onion), camassia quamash (camas lily) – as well as various species of sisyrinchium, solidago (goldenrod), fescue grass and penstemon.

The reason these native plants seem to work so well in green roofs is that they have adapted to our local weather patterns over thousands of years and are acclimated to our wet springs, often dry summers (when many of the bulbous perennials go dormant) and unpredictable winters.

Mike Lascelle is a local nursery manager and gardening author (hebe_acer@hotmail.com).

Mike Lascelle photos

A LiveRoof mixed sedum planting and allium cernuum/nodding onion. . hues. Whether it was the powder blue foliage and I have to admit that after seeing these, of sedum reflexum ‘Blue Magic’, the brilliant I was rather envious of the future owner’s crimson rosettes of sedum spathulifolium roofline view. I left with an understanding ‘carnea’, the fine gold carpet of sedum acre that the tough, somewhat invasive nature ‘aureum’ or the eye-catching olive green of of these sedum species and cultivars is what sedum album ‘green ice’ – it was a virtual makes them such good candidates for green treasure trove of foliage colour. roof gardens – where they can choke out Then there were the custom-mixed green weeds, tolerate drought, endure harsh wind roof trays, many of which were an unpredictexposures and thrive on rather lean soils. able mélange (different cultivars will domiOf course, not every roofline sits in full sun, nate one part of the tray) of the above species, and so NATS Nursery has developed tray

Nature Day For those of you that would like to further explore B.C. native plants or sedum species (including our native s. oregonum, s. spathulifolium and s. divergens), you can visit my website at www.mikesgardentop5plants.wordpress.com or talk to me in person at Amsterdam Garden Center’s annual Nature Day on Saturday, March 16.

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Formal dining rm, huge living rm, gas fireplace. Vinyl patio, slider to large private south facing deck to have barbecues! 12,545 sq.ft., private green space backyard for large family or drive into backyard for mechanic shop. This lot is gorgeous, the home speaks volume!

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#80 - 19646 Pinyon Lane, Pitt Meadows

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830 sq.ft. Penthouse • Best location in bldg • Spacious 1 bdrm • Quiet side of • Secure parking bldg overlooking • Pets allowed greenbelt • Close to amenites

#411, 12025 - 207A St., M.R.

109,800

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• Over 650 sq ft • Amenities within • 1 bedroom suite walking distance • Underground • Outdoor pool parking

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559,900

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24115 - 110th Ave., M.R.

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Bright large open 2 bedroom, 2 full baths, 9ft ceilings main floor, large private patio & sliding doors. Large master w/loads of storage & 4 pce ensuite with tub. Lovely tiled floors, laminate in living room, bedroom, bright new light fixtures & fresh paint. This unit is lovely & shows very, very nice! 2 parking stalls & storage locker, walking distance to town, bus & school. Cats okay, no dogs!

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Looking for your own waterfront to moor your boat or just watch the river roll by. This 100’ lot has great potential to subdivide into 2 - 50’ lots. Sewer and water on the street.

Small renovated home ideally situated on lot to build your dream home if you don’t wish to subdivide. For more details, information or to view call Al Hogarth $498,800

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Home has 3 bedrooms, enclosed porch, basement area has workshop, storage den, lots of upgrading done, paint flooring, roof and more. 6 stall barn, riding ring, only 2 min walk to elementary school. New septic system.

Priced at only $588,500

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204,000

This fantastic 1 bedroom suite features huge windows, a full ensuite, and in suite storage room & laundry. A gas F/P keeps it warm and cozy in the winter months while a large sunroom lets you take full advantage of beautiful summer days. Take the elevator down to the attached senior centre offering meals & activities or enjoy a short walk to any of the nearby shops & restaurants. Call today to learn more!

Fantastic 5th Avenue estate location on the west side of Maple Ridge, great spacious floor plan, 2800 sq. ft., 3 bedrooms, large rec room, 3 bathrooms, large chef’s kitchen, beautiful backyard, Butchart Gardens landscaping, first class neighbourhood.

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$499,000 MLS V993413

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10683 240 St

• 3 bdrm, 2 bath & den renovated town- • 5 bdrm, 2 family home, built w/ large house with large yard at Gabriola! legal 2 bdrm walk out suite, w/ large • New roof, railings & fences. New batheat in kitchen and separate laundry. room, updated kitchen with SS appliances, • 3 large bedrooms, master bedroom with new carpet, laminate flooring, and tile. ensuite, granite and walk in closets.

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13891 232A Street • • • •

$534,900

Fully finished 3 level cul de sac, greenbelt.

Custom charcoal windows, solid wood front door.

3 car dream garage. Custom balcony railings.

Refreshing upscale interior design. 9ft ceilings,13ft great room. 10ft long kitchen island.

• 4 bed up, 3 ensuites, and a huge library or homework loft.

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#7 - 11757 236 St

10422 Tamarack Cres

11450 234A Street

• NEW ROOF! 2 bdrm upper unit w/ view of Golden Ears in “Colonial” complex.

• Laundry, large kitchen & bright open concept • Wheelchair accessible, chair lift for upper access. Low strata fees!

• White picket fence & tiled foyer.

• Designer paint, laminate flooring, large bay window. Gas fp, 2 ample sized bdrms, laundry on upper floor • 2 parking spots, family friendly, complex

• Kanaka Ridge. Incredible rancher w/ fully fin basement & bonus loft.

• Large open concept kitchen & great room, 4 bdrms, 4 bths, loads of parking, private & fully landscaped backyard.

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• Master w/ 5 pc ensuite & walk in closet.

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#413 - 12085 228 St

#3 - 11757 207 St

13646 228B Street

• 2 storey w/ bsmt home at “Prestigious Joyner Place” Pitt Meadows.

• Huge entertainers kitchen • Large eating room area & family room opening onto fenced and usable kid friendly yard.

• EXTRA DEEP TRIPLE CAR GARAGE

• This unit has NEVER BEEN LIVED IN. Better then new. “NO HST”.

• 2 bedroom top floor inside corner unit has only 1 neighbor. Only 7 units total on this floor.

• Granite counters, Kohler fixtures, ss appl., laminate floor, thermo windows, remaining balance of 2-5-10 warranty. Low strata fees.

• Well maintained unit in family complex located in West Maple Ridge.

• Lots of natural light, fenced south facing rear yard. Lots of storage.

• 2 parking areas, large kitchen and dining room & huge living room.

• Very spacious bedrooms. Great location.

• Incredible Silver Ridge - This Cypress plan in desired phase 4 of award winning Silver Valley has something for everyone, views of the Mountains and Valley.

• Local builder, custom designed 3251 sqft 2 storey with fully finished basement. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms. Loaded with upgrades!

13888 232A Street • 4900sqft of Frank Lloyd Wright inspired custom home in Silver Valley.

• Greenbelt, cul de sac, custom charcoal windows, solid wood door.

• 3 car dream garage.

• 10ft long quartz waterfall island, designer cabinets, flooring & lighting.

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• 2670 sq. ft. basement entry home. 3 bedrooms on the main floor plus a family room off the kitchen.

• 2 bedrooms in the finished basement.

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• Great area, walk to Laity View French Immersion Elementary and Westview High School.

• Near bus & park.

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Walk to the bus stop, elementary & high school.

Near shopping, Albion Sports Complex & Planet Ice.

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22308 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge #2-19126 Ford Road, Pitt Meadows

$539,900 20361 Wanstead Street, Maple Ridge • • • •

West Maple Ridge new basement home.

Open floor plan with 1827 sq. ft. on the main floor.

Gourmet kitchen with pantry & island.

Gas fireplace in the Great room. 5 piece ensuite with separate tub & shower.

• 1629 sq. ft. fully finished bsmt with 2 bdrms + den.

• 9.99 acre property at the end of the cul-de-sac of Park Lane next to Maple Ridge Equestrian riding field and backing Alouette River Dike.

• 2 bedroom mobile home with detached double garage.

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$

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1006 1180 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam #

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$314,900 # 112-22950 116 Ave, M.R. • Pride of ownership.

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499,900

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$

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$724,900

22417 129 Avenue, Maple Ridge • 3 bdrm, 3 bath on 2 flat acres • 5 mins from downtown • New roof, furance, & HWT

• Detached double garage with mechanics stand • Plus 1 bedroom suite

22308 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge #2-19126 Ford Road, Pitt Meadows

242,900

$

• 1,138 s.f. on 1 level • 2 BDRM / 2 BATHS • Bright END UNIT • Gas fireplace • PET & Family Friendly • CENTRAL location • Walk to schools

$

• Central location • Stainless steele appliances

SHOP O T U A M! DREA

339,000

• TOP QUALITY finishes • Penthouse suite • S.E. corner unit • 3 BDRMS / 2 BATHS • 1,205 square feet • PETS ALLOWED • WALK to city centre

$

1,080,000

• Golden Ears VIEWS • 6 BDRMS / 4.5 BATHS • 4,136 s.f. / 3 levels • 2 bdrm IN-LAW suite • 10,981 s.f. fenced lot • Private CUL- DE- SAC location! picturesque privacy

698,000

$

• 12782 228A Street • 4 BDRMS / 3 BATHS • 3,184 s.f. - 2 storey • 9’ CEILINGS thru-out • IN-LAW suite / DEN • 8,250 s.f. level lot • Close to amenities

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$314,900

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20127 Lorne Ave, M.R.

• Spacious Fenced Yard • Great Westside Location • Over 2500 sq. ft.

• 10 year old roof

This home shows great and it`s in an excellent location, just a few blocks to school, shopping centre, West Coast Express, and just a 2 minute drive to the Golden Ears Bridge.

193,000

GUILDFORD • 2 BDRMS/ 2 BATHS • Walk to shops/schools

185,000

$

URBANO CHIC • 1 BDRM & DEN plus F/P • 755 s.f. courtyard view

194,900

$

Cottonwood Village • 2 BDRMS / 2 BATHS • 954 s.f. / Gas Fireplace

529,900

$

• Popular “G” Plan • 2,950 s.f. / 3 levels • 3 BDRMS / 2.5 BATHS • FLEX ROOM on main • Walk out basement • GREENBELT location • Quiet location

384,900

$

• 7-11282 Cottonwood • 3 BDRM / 3.5 BATHS • 2,062 s.f. / 2 storey + walk out basement • Rec Room / Storage • AMENITIES BUILDING • Walk to schools

Call Gary or Lorraine for details 604.466.2838 www.rltylink.com

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* Subject to change without notice. Limited time offer, see sales staff for details. The developer reserves the right to make modifications to the information contained herein. Prices are subject to change without notice. Renderings are artist renditions only. E.&O.E.

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$

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Community Calendar organizations a day of learning on the “what and how” of social enterprise.

Attending the workshop qualifies your non-profit to apply for an enp technical assistance grant. Call Michelle at 604-871-8268 or michelle@ enterprisingnonprofits.ca.

Friday, March 22 • The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows NDP is hosting a celebratory event for retiring MLA Michael Sather. The event is at The ACT (11944 Haney Pl.) from 7-9:30 p.m. Tickets are $100 and will be tax receipted. For tickets please see either the ACT or NDP websites at www.theactmapleridge.org or www. bcndp.ca/events.

Wednesday, April 3 • Meadow Ridge Female Minor Hockey and Pitt Meadows rink is hosting “Try Hockey Just for Girls, which will be a fun session to try the game of ice hockey. No skill needed, just your interest. Girls aged five to 17 can bring skates, helmets and sticks (extra sticks are available if needed). Any questions please check barracudashockey.ca. For more information call Jade Tomlinson at 604-818-3149 or email registrar@ barracudashockey.ca.

Saturday, March 23 • The Maple Ridge Lawn Bowling Association is having a spring garage sale at 11445 - 232nd St. Maple Ridge. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is free parking and bowlers are under cover.

Sunday, April 7 • Minor Hockey: Ridge Meadows female minor hockey will hold its annual general meeting from 2-4 p.m. at Planet Ice (23588 –105th Ave.), in the upstairs meeting room.

The club encourages all members in good standing to attend. Annual reports for the 2012/2013 hockey season will be presented by current members on the board. Elections for the 2013/2014 board of directors will also take place. Call Laurie Suchodolski at 604-462-1180.

Monday, March 25 • Non-Profit business: Introduction to Social Enterprise workshop will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Ridge Meadows Seniors Centre crafts room, 12150 224th St. Designed to help non-profit organizations enhance delivery on mission and programs, respond to increased local community needs, diversify revenue sources, or improve self-sustainibility options. The workshop provides staff, board and volunteers of non-profit

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Thursday, March 21 • Cinema Politica offers Last Call at the Oasis, a film that looks at the global water crisis which will be the central issue facing our world this century. From the production company that brought you An Inconvenient Truth, and Food Inc., this film spans the globe to highlight how various water shortage issues drastically affect people. From 6:30-9 p.m. at Maple Ridge Municipal Hall, council chambers. This is a free event. See ridgemeadows@cinemapolitica.org.

• Are you afraid of speaking in public? Then ToastMasters is for you! ToastMasters helps people communicate more effectively and achieve the confidence they need.

Blue Heron ToastMasters meets every Thursday from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Pitt Meadows City Hall, 12007 Harris Rd. Contact Andrew Thompson for more info at 604-460-0339.

• RMRTA invites retired teachers and friends to a spring time pub lunch at the Fox’s Reach Pub at noon.

The pub is in the Westgate Shopping Centre at 300 - 20398 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Come join in the lunchtime chatter on the first day of Spring.

Please contact Phyllis at pgbook@ telus.net to reserve at seat.

• Being a Caregiver to an Aging Parent will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Fraser Valley Library, Maple Ridge Branch. This seminar is

part of the Aging Gracefully Speaker Series presented by the Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Katzie, Seniors Network. This is a free event.

Refreshments provided. Please register at (604) 786-7404 or e-mail: htreleaven@shaw.ca.

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Sunday, March 17 • The Golden Ears Métis Society is offering an event titled How to Research Your Genealogy from 2-4 p.m. at the South Bonson Community Centre, 10932 Barnston View Rd., Pitt Meadows. This event is free and open to any people living in Maple Ridge or Pitt Meadows who believe they may have Métis ancestry – nonmembers welcome. Laurel Katernick, director of Central Registry of Métis Nation B.C. will discuss the process of proving ancestry and obtaining Métis citizenship.

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Saturday, March 16 • The Sham-rock Shake happens at Meadowvale Shopping Centre from 1-4 p.m. This is the second year for the event, and organizers are expecting a great turnout. Last year more than 500 people attended.

There will be a live band, Irish dancers, games, prizes and children’s activities.

Monday, March 18 • ARMS will be holding its spring break Lifestyles Eco-Camp from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Rivers Heritage Centre, 24959 Alouette Rd. Kids learn how to grow sugar and borax crystals, make their own soaps and candles with materials found outdoors; do nature photography, participants take pictures and story graph them in a smashbook; create healthy, organic snacks; blast off bottle rockets, fort-making, fun and games! The cost is $55 per day or $180 for the week. Call Nicole Driedger at 604-467-6401 or email education@alouetteriver.org. More information at www.recreg4u.ca.

• Pitt Meadows Garden Club is inviting members and anyone interested to its monthly meeting. Guest speaker: Ron and Lidy Kok from Amsterdam Greenhouses will talk about 2013 new plant introductions at the Pitt Meadows Community Hall (corner Harris and Ford Road). Coffee and homemade treats; drop in fee $2 for non-members.

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Haney Pl.) lobby, at 7 p.m. Are our social institutions (law, education, health care, and marriage) lagging behind cultural change? If so, how should they change? Moderator: Larry Green Friday, April 19 • Soirée Familiale and Barn Dance. Doors open at 6 p.m., music from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Albion Fairgrounds commercial building.

A fun, family-friendly evening of dancing to the music of “Alouest,” a dynamic home-grown Maillardvillebased music group with a French Canadian West Coast style. Tickets are $10 per family with $5 off for Canadian Parents for French members. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For tickets email: cpf. ridgemeadows@gmail.com or contact your CPF school representative.

Saturday, April 20 • The Make it Happen Fashion Show Fundraiser will be held from 5:30-11:30 p.m. a the Meadow Gardens Golf Course (19675 Meadow Gardens Way). The $45 admission includes buffet dinner. Funds raised are for the Make A Wish Foundation, to grant wishes to children with lifethreatening illness. The event will feature a swim suit fashion show, spring fashions, a silent auction, door prizes, 50/50 draw and DJ. Tickets at Mico’s Swimwear in Valleyfair Mall and Crazy about Clothes at 11952228th st. Call 604-477-0224 or email nancy.mc@telus.net.

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• Choral Society: The Maple Ridge Choral Society Choir meets every Tuesday evening at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (12145 Laity St.). Rehearsals start at 7 p.m.

New Members are welcome. For information, please call Gerry Vickers 604-463-0760

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With an openinggame loss at the B.C. Boys AAA High School Basketball Championships, the Pitt Meadows Marauders were knocked onto the consolation side of the draw.

They faced the Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs on Tuesday, and lost a close match 67-64.

Big post Jordan Rich was Mr. Everything for Pitt, scoring 32 points, grabbing 13 rebounds and blocking five shots.

Sebastien Marshall had 13 points and seven assists.

Churchill, a team that Pitt Meadows had beaten in the final game of their Air Show tournament, has improved dramatically. Ranked seventh in in the province, they out-rebounded the Marauders 63-40 to open the provincials – a big difference in the close game.

Pitt had the lead, but the most they could pull away was 45-41.

On Wednesday, the Marauders met the Burnaby Mountain Lions, at the provincials

for the first time in school history. Pitt welcomed them with a 6747 defeat, by virtue of an outstanding fourth quarter which the locals won by a 21-5 margin.

The duo of Marshall and Rich again led the way. Marshall was the playmaker, with 21 points, eight assists and three steals. Rich owned the paint, with 29 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots.

In Thursday’s 8:30 a.m. morning game against the Mount Baker Wild the scoring was shared throughout the lineup.

Graham Smith had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Alejandro Canjura had 12 points, Enzo Tadeo scored 10 and Rich 11.

Coach Rich Goulet could work his entire roster in a 75-19 laugher.

Pitt’s last game of the tournament will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre.

The top teams in the province, including Walnut Grove, White Rock Christian, Yale and Kitsilano, all advanced to the quarterfinals on Thursday evening.

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Alejandro Canjura plays tight defence against Burnaby Mountain’s Karan Sanghara at the B.C. tournament.

Green advances to western championships Ridge Meadows Racer Janie Green is off to the Canada West Short Track Championships in Canmore Alberta later this month, after making it to the top of the podium at the B.C. Short Track provincial Championships held in Mission last weekend.

Green took gold in T2T 11 competition and posted a personal best in the 200 metre final to earn the top honours in a rare tie with Annabel Johnson of Matsqui.

She was handed her medal

by Olympic medalist and BC Hall of Famer Eden Donatelli-Green – who happens to also be the Ridge Racers coach – and her mom.

That wasn’t the only medal Donatelli-Green handed out to her own skaters, as Emily Westland earned a bronze place finish in her T2T 12 competition with personal bests in her 400m and 200m pursuit.

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Marshall Shupe out in front of another Ridge Racer during relays, in which Shupe’s team took second. an impressive number of personal bests in his 1500m, 400m, 200m pursuit, and 2000m races to take gold in the male division L2T 11 action.

Teammate Tim Song took

bronze with personal bests finishes in 1500m and 200m pursuit action. Pascal Chassay also put in a strong effort taking seventh overall in the province and notching a personal best in the 1500m.

The three also took second in some exciting relay action.

In the open male competition, Robert McLennan put in two personal best performances including slicing 36 seconds off his best-ever

3000m time to finish 8th in BC. Shivani Bahadur was a solid sixth place overall with a personal best in her 400m and she and Westland are still in the running to join Green at the Canada West competition to face racers from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the north.

In other skating action: Ridge Racer Michelle MacKay, who now trains full-time in Montreal, has cracked the top ten in Canadian female speedskating with an impressive showing at national trial last week. She came ninth overall with several personal bests and top ten showings.

She is now in the running to take a spot at the upcoming Olympic trials. William McLennan is off to the Canadian Age Class championships in Montreal this month with training mate Connor Meeks of Ridge Racers sister club the Langley Blades.

For information about the club, check out www.ridgemeadowsracers.org

Wake up and smell coffee That morning cup of coffee had by some is a normal start to the day and is used to help wake us up and become alert for the work day ahead.

But some that Kinected have used Kerry Senchyna the effects of caffeine to improve their daily fitness routine, sporting event or running races are asking questions about their effectiveness and safety.

The recent series of youth deaths adds to the concern about caffeine contained in energy drinks.

Caffeine has a number of effects on the body, some of which are potentially helpful and some harmful. It is the most widely used stimulant in the world found in a variety of plant sources as well as non-prescription medications.

It stimulates the central nervous system, heart rate, blood flow, improves alertness and reduces fatigue. It may also have a role in reducing the effects of chronic pain.

Despite being sometimes referred to as a nutritional ergogenic aid it has no nutritional value at all though it does help to release glucose and fat from storage into the blood.

However it does have problematic side-effects if taken in larger quantities. These include gastrointestinal distress, increased blood pressure, loss of appetite, anxiety, inability to focus on tasks, sleep difficulties, loss of judgment and, in some, irregular heartbeat, heart attack, stroke and possibly death.

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Caffeine is absorbed fairly quickly and peaks in the body in about one to two hours. Its metabolic half-life is about three hours which means it takes about three hours for half of the ingested caffeine to be broken down and excreted in the urine.

One of the effects that recreational runners and fitness enthusiasts are concerned with is dehydration. Caffeine is a diuretic and if it causes dehydration during exercise there may be reason to avoid it.

However in a number of recent studies using caffeinated beverages instead of pure caffeine found that caffeine that is ingested within the normal daily levels does not adversely alter sweat rates, urine loss or negative overall fluid loss. In fact one study found that even

moderately larger doses of caffeine (three cups of coffee or eight cups of tea) resulted in a small fluid loss in those who had been deprived from their regular caffeine consumption for a period of time.

Normal healthy adults will have no adverse effects in physical performance by drinking up to about 400 mg of caffeine. A normal 8 oz.

Cup of coffee contains about 100 mg of caffeine (and up to 160 mg for specialty coffees), tea has about 20 mg, pop has about 40 mg for a 12 oz. can, and energy drinks have about 160 mg for every 16 oz. drink.

Athletes, and especially the younger population, must be aware of the deleterious effects of caffeine and other stimulants despite some mild benefits to physical performance measured

in some adults studies recently.

In the United States, the FDA has posted, and is investigating, a number of healthrelated incidents in youth from the consumption of caffeinecontaining energy drinks including 92 illnesses and 13 deaths due to heart attack or suicide, two lasting disabilities, miscarriage, deafness, hemorrhage and a variety of other problems.

Parents and coaches should talk to their kids and discuss these issues. They may be unaware that caffeine is so widespread in many drinks but also in other sources such as herbal and nutritional supplements.

Combining caffeine with other more deadly stimulants such as ephedrine and other drugs is also very im-

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Gardner wins curling final Bill Gardner’s rink ran their record to 6-0 to capture first-place as the Haney Master’s Curling season ended at Golden Ears Winter Club.

Along with Hilly Boonstra (third), Walter Vesa (second) and Brent Diewold (lead), Gardner defeated alall other rinks to place first in the “A” draw.

After just making the A Division play offs, Gardner’s rink defeated Jack Stadel, Angelo Masaro, Lorne Fletcher, Peter England, Earl King and Gary Sawatsky to wrap up a successful season.

Peter Koehler’s rink took the “B” division with a final victory over Bill Hanula. Koehler with Darrell Winterlik (third), Roger Fast (second) and Bruce Baxter (lead) finished with a 3-1 record to take first spot.

Master’s curling will resume play in October.

Anyone interested in joining and who is over 55 years can phone Bob Asher at 604-466-4286.

Western play day at equi-centre The Maple Ridge Equi-Sports Centre is hosting the first annual Babe Dolan Memorial Western Play Day this Sunday beginning at 9 a.m., at the facility at 22378-132nd Ave. The play day will include pole bending, barrel racing and other events, in the style that Dolan would have organized.

For information call 604-477-6959.

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The News/scoreboard Hockey Planet Ice Recreational Leagues Regular season standings Division 1 Teams Jokers Ram Rods Rednecks Prestige Worldwide Broncos

GP 25 24 25 24 26

W 20 12 10 9 9

L 3 10 14 13 14

T OTL GF GA Pts W% 1 1 176 87 42 .840 1 1 100 99 26 .541 0 1 86 133 21 .420 1 1 106 119 20 .416 1 2 95 125 21 .403

Division 2 Teams Ravens Crunch Big Doggs Rhinos Penetrators Bedrock Hammerheads Blue Bulls

GP 24 24 25 25 24 24 24

W 17 15 13 12 11 8 7

L 7 9 10 9 12 14 16

T OTL GF GA Pts W% 0 0 164 103 34 .708 0 0 130 123 30 .625 0 2 143 129 28 .560 1 3 124 106 28 .560 1 0 111 120 23 .479 1 1 108 143 18 .375 1 0 94 150 15 .312

Division 3 Teams Albion Ferries Train Wreck Knight Riders Blackhawks Dewdney Devils Grillers Titans

GP 26 26 28 26 27 27 25

W 18 17 16 12 11 9 7

L 5 8 11 11 11 16 17

T OTL GF GA Pts W% 1 2 136 94 39 .750 0 1 140 94 35 .673 0 1 136 122 33 .589 1 2 126 125 27 .519 3 2 127 138 27 .500 1 1 102 144 20 .370 0 1 119 159 15 .300

Division 4 Teams All Blacks Strange Brew Ice Hawks Sabres Mayhem Mako Misfits Battalion Mission Brutes

GP 25 25 25 25 25 24 25 24

W 17 16 16 13 9 9 9 3

L 7 7 8 11 12 12 15 18

T OTL GF GA Pts W% 1 0 142 92 35 .700 2 0 121 77 34 .680 1 0 148 112 33 .660 1 0 128 111 27 .540 4 0 91 110 22 .440 1 2 106 135 21 .437 1 0 102 135 19 .380 3 0 82 148 9 .187

Female Division Teams Mustang Sallys Inferno Straight Shooters Blue Ice Twisted Sisters R.B.

GP 25 25 25 25 25 25

W 22 17 13 9 8 4

L 2 7 11 16 16 19

T OTL GF GA Pts W% 1 0 131 43 45 .900 1 0 120 48 35 .700 1 0 64 72 27 .540 0 0 50 90 18 .360 0 1 72 109 17 .340 1 1 47 122 10 .200

Planet Ice Recreational Leagues Regular season scoring

Division 1 Player 1. Justin Enockson, Jokers 2. Cory Bishop, Jokers

GP 20 21

G A Pts PIM 31 27 58 4 22 31 53 6

3. Randy Strange, Jokers 4. Ryan Douglas, Broncos 5. Brendan Vogt, Ramrods 6. Aaron Nikaniuk, Jokers 7. Steve Reeves, Jokers 8. Shane Pilford, Jokers 9. Justin Fuller, Rednecks 10. Kevin Gauley, Jokers

22 21 21 22 20 20 18 23

18 18 17 15 15 15 17 12

22 20 21 23 22 21 17 20

40 38 38 38 37 36 34 32

Division 2 Player 1. Chase Shymkiw, Big Doggs 2. Steve Reeves, Big Doggs 3. Seb Baski, Ravens 4. Dallas Bishop, Crunch 5. Mike Preston, Ravens 6. Darcy Pinch, Ravens 7. Tony Elliot, Crunch 8. Jason Ando, Ravens 9. Marcello Gonzales, Ravens 10. Randy Strange, Bigg Doggs

GP 25 17 18 17 20 15 20 14 18 17

G 36 22 22 33 23 17 27 20 21 16

A 30 33 23 10 20 26 15 22 19 20

Pts PIM 66 6 55 8 45 2 43 0 43 8 43 6 42 26 42 6 40 4 36 2

Division 3 Player 1. Jim Atwell, Knight Riders 3. Ben Balcke, Albion Ferries 2. Dave Fuller, Knight Riders 4. Coel Wilson, Train Wreck 5. Jiro Cruickshank, Train Wreck 6. Mark Keates, Titans 7. Kim Stubbert, Dewdney Devils 8. Jason Brown, Albion Ferries 9. Jamie Metz, Dewdney Devils 10. Ryan McDermott, Train Wreck

GP 24 16 27 20 24 20 25 26 23 20

G 23 26 22 24 20 20 18 12 13 18

A 23 18 22 14 17 17 18 23 21 14

Pts PIM 46 12 44 22 44 2 38 14 37 8 37 22 36 59 35 12 34 16 32 2

Division 4 Player 1. Coel Wilson, Strange Brew 2. Evan Seminerio, Ice Hawks 3. Andy Wallace, Mayhem 4. Kevin Badke, All Blacks 5. Kevin Gibson, All Blacks 6. Damon Chase, All Blacks 7. Jon Peters, Battalion 8. Matt Bell, All Blacks 9. Joe Pasqualotto, All Blacks 10. Kia Easton, Sabres

GP 22 18 21 19 22 24 20 23 23 22

G 23 32 23 20 23 14 21 20 16 15

A 20 10 18 21 15 22 14 14 18 19

Pts PIM 43 9 42 18 41 16 41 10 38 22 36 12 35 77 34 8 34 10 34 14

Female Division Player 1. Marna Iwanson, Mustang Sallys 2. Lesley McPherson, Mustang Sallys 3. Dana Pretty, Twisted Sisters 4. Glenda Dyck, Inferno 5. Traci Wautier, Inferno 6. Leiane Garant, Mustang Sallys 7. Cora Bell, Straight Shooters 8. Michelle Rein, Mustang Sally’s 9. Michele Fernie, Inferno 10. Stephanie Bikic, Mustang Sally’s

GP 18 23 15 21 19 24 19 24 22 8

G 29 23 31 23 20 24 29 16 11 10

A 20 25 15 22 24 18 7 16 16 13

Pts PIM 49 4 48 6 46 12 45 12 44 8 42 0 36 10 32 0 27 2 23 0

SWAN-E-SET BAY RESORT & COUNTRY CLUB

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Winning skater Ryan Lepore of Tsawwassen, 18, was the advanced winner in the One Love Kickoff Skate Competition at the Harris Road skate park Saturday afternoon. He won in the advanced category attributing the Herbert Dog Master as the trick that clinched the competition for him.

One Love Skate Shop Kickoff Skate Contest March 9 at Pitt Meadows Youth Action Park Advanced 1. Ryan Lepore 2. Jordan Repin 3. Jesse Holland

Beginner 1. J.R. Barron 2. Ethan Chung 3. Weston Hutchinson

Juniors 1. Django Caseley 2. Austin Macbeth 3. Theo Caseley

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Seniors (30-plus) 1. Hippie Mike 2. Jonathan 3. Carrie

Race 1. Weston Hutchinson 2. Justin Karbowiak

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CHERNIAK Sandra (Sivewright) March 7th, 1957 ~ Nov 18th, 2010 In Loving Memory of a Dear Daughter, Sister, Mother & Grandmother

Denis & Glenda Serena of Pitt Meadows are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter

You left us so suddenly, No time to say goodbye.

You are missed so much.

Will always be remembered & loved by your family.

Till we meet again.

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Cameron James Gerick son of Bruce & Linda Gerick of Nanaimo.

Mum ~ Milly, Sister Heather, Sean & Family, Daughters Tracy, Alison & Families

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Greta passed away peacefully in her sleep and is now with her husband Bob. She has left behind daughter Diane (Jack), grandchildren Malcolm (Michela); Charlana (Cameron) & great grandson Kingston. No service as per her request.

Please join us for a celebration of her life March 17th, 2-4pm at the Community Centre of Brandy Wynd Estate, 22308-124th Ave Maple Ridge.

GARD, Mary (Davidow) September 11, 1918 March 6, 2013

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Sept 26, 1981 ~ Mar. 16, 2001

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Leaves behind nieces and nephews, Harold Davidson, Ron Davidson, Karen Thomas, Rob Davidson, Dianne Davidson, Lawrence Davidson and sister-in-law Aldea Davidson. Mary was born on the farm in Fisher Branch Manitoba.

HART-JOESPH, Jackson Born Sept 17th, 1948 passed away comfortably with the warmth of his family’s presence at his side on Wednesday February 20th, 2013. May you finally be at peace. With fond memories your are loved, and will be forever missed by your children Jody, Jeremy (Kathryn), Jeannie (Raj), grandchildren Alexis and Jorja, and your sister Jo-Anne.

DONALDSON, Wendy Leigh (nee Brown) October 29, 1951 March 1, 2013 After many years of a steady decline in her health, beloved mother & grandmother, Wendy, passed away peacefully in the early morning of March 1st, with her husband Martin, by her side at Maple Ridge Hospice.

She is survived by her son Jonathan (Sandy), son Jeffrey, grandchildren Brian and Emily, mother Evelyn, sisters Lynda (Mike), Janis (Ross), Kim (Amin), brother Mike (Annie) nieces and nephews.

Throughout her short life, Wendy lovingly always put her family first. She will always be fondly remembered for her warmth, generosity, caring soul and spontaneous sense of humor. She will be missed by all those that surrounded her during her life.

Many thanks go out to the wonderful staff at McKenney Creek Hospice for their caring and continued support during her two stays with them.

We would also like to thank the dedicated staff at the St Paul’s Cochlear Implant Program who provided Wendy access to hearing for the last 1 ½ years of her young life after she lost her hearing due to a side effect of a medication in the late summer of 2009.

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, March 23rd at 11am at St. George’s Anglican Church 23500 Dewdney Trunk Rd in Maple Ridge B.C. In Lieu of flowers, donations to the Ridge Meadows Hospice Society would be greatly appreciated.

It is with great sadness to announce that on Tuesday, March 12th at 2:55 in the afternoon, Donna Alice Jean Shimek passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer. At the time of her passing, Donna was surrounded by family with her husband Casey holding her hand. Donna passed away with bravery, dignity, humor and grace.

Donna was born at Indian Head Hospital in Saskatchewan on September 11, 1944.

The youngest of 7 siblings, Donna was the “baby girl” and had six older brothers, Larry (deceased), Gordon, Ron, Bill (deceased), Raymond and Wayne. In 1950 the family moved to Maple Ridge from Glenavon Saskatchewan.

Donna graduated from Maple Ridge Secondary and was looking forward to the upcoming 50th reunion. After graduation Donna worked at Fuller Watson for many years, eventually going to bartending school and becoming co-owner of Billy Miner Pub. After retirement Donna went back to work part time at Home Hardware and volunteered at the Ridge Meadows Hospital.

Donna is survived by her husband Casey, her daughters Tracy, Leah (Bob) and Christie (Daryl), her sons Tony and Clint (Kelly) and her grandchildren Devon, Jacob, Brooke, Christian, Ethan, Evan and Mya whom she loved very much.

The family would like to publicly thank the staff at Ridge Meadows Hospital, particularly the Emerg, ICU and Oncology departments, along with Dr. Winston Tsui and Dr. Simon Yu for their support, expertise and loving care.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1pm on Saturday, March 23rd at Pitt Meadows Heritage Hall, 12460 Harris Road.

Make no mistake about it, this will be a CELEBRATION so please join us and tell your friends.

We miss you so much already. Your guidance and examples have made us all better people. We love you.

In lieu of flowers please make a donation to a Cancer Society of your choice.

‘Ciao Bella’

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LAKESIDE PRE-SCHOOL Located on beautiful Whonnock Lake is accepting

REGISTRATION for September 2013

AM & PM Classes avail Bright, well-equipped facility

Mrs. Kilsby 604-462-0026

Meadow Montessori PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION OPEN Mornings, Afternoons or Extended Days

DRIVERS WANTED:

Terrific career Opportunity with outstanding growth potential to learn how to locate rail defects.

No Rail Experience Needed!!

Skills Needed - Ability to travel 3 months at a time, Valid License w/ air brake endorsement.

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Compensation based on prior driving experience.

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108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES CLASS 5/7 Instructors, own car, fluent in English, ICBC Certified or willing to become certified, opportunities open in many areas, must be 19+ and have had class 5 for 3 years. Call 604-307-1186

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Van Kam’s group of companies req. Owner Ops. to be based out of our Surrey Terminal for runs throughout BC & Alberta.

Applicants must have winter and mountain driving experience / training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent employee beneďŹ ts package.

Email a detailed resume and current driver’s abstract, and details of your truck to: careers@vankam.com or Call Bev at 604-968-5488 Van Kam is committed to Employment Equity and Environmental Responsibility.

Thank you for your interest however only those of interest to us will be contacted.

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Willow Senior Living Residence 12275 224th St Maple Ridge Please email lcampbell@chartwellreit.ca or drop off resume at reception

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SUMAS TRANSPORT INC. is a locally owned & operated transport company with a Competitive Compensation Package.

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JANITOR/MAINTENANCE Gregg Distributors located in Langley requires an individual to look after daily janitorial and maintenance duties. Experience with office and warehouse janitorial equipment is an asset.

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LANDSCAPER REQUIRED Looking for a person physically fit able to handle heavy lifting & work in all weather conditions.

Work includes installation of plants, turf, top soil & pavers.

Must have a valid Drivers Licence. Able to operate an excavator & bobcat. 3 years experience required.

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FARM LABOURERS required 5 or 6 Days/Week 40 or 50 Hours/Week $10.25/Hour Horticultural work such as: Planting, pruning, spacing and harvesting the crop.

Employment starts early July’13 Submit your application to: Phone: 604-465-8153 or by Fax:604-465-9340 or by mail:12554 Woolridge Rd., Pitt Meadows, B.C. V3Y 1Z1

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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.

You'll find something for the kid in you in the Classifieds!

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HELP WANTED

EXPERIENCED HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC

Jakes Construction Ltd has openings for experienced .Flagpersons & Lane Closure Techs required. Must have reliable vehicle. Must be certified & experienced. Union wages & benefits. Fax resume 604-513-3661 email: darlene.hibbs@shawbiz.ca

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Of Spices & Herbs - repetitive filling and sealing of spices and herbs, light lifting may be req’d.

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Ad Control / Sales Support The Langley Times has a full time position for an Ad Controller/Sales Support. The position requires an organized individual with an ability to multi-task in a fast-paced team environment. Strong written and verbal communication skills, knowledge of Microsoft and Excel applications and attention to detail are also requirements.

Responsibilities of the position include booking and trafficking advertising and yer distribution, plus some general ofďŹ ce and reception duties. You will be at the centre of the action contributing to a team of dynamic sales, marketing and creative professionals.

It is best suited to those who can offer our internal and external customers unparalleled service.

Licenced Heavy Duty Mechanic The successful candidate must be certified with a minimum of 5years experience in field. Skills included ability to repair, troubleshoot, adjust, overhaul and maintain mobile heavy-duty equipment used in construction, transportation, and mining.

Offering competitive wages and career advancement for the right individuals.

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PRODUCTION WORKERS Required F/T For Manufacturing Company

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

(not a nursery) in Port Kells.

Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Duties include; using Heavy Duty Power Tools. MUST be able to lift 100 lbs., have valid driver’s license and speak fluent English.

Dental and extended medical benefit plan after 3 months.

Apply in person w/resume & ref’s. A5, 19327 94th Ave, Sry.

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Staff required for supporting adults with developmental disabilities in a staffed residential setting in Maple Ridge & Coquitlam. First Aid / CPR required. Union rates and benefits. Must be available weekends and overnights.

Younghusband Resources Ltd. Fax - 604-466-1207 Email - info@younghusband.ca www.younghusband resources.com

HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVICES

KITCHEN HELP Part Time (Cook/Prep) Approx 12 hrs a week.

Plenty of cleaning req’d.

Must have valid food safe.

Drop resume off at:

The One Way Club, 22270 North Ave, Maple Ridge

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Email resume to:

MECHANIC SHOP MANAGER

SHAKE & SHINGLE LIQUOR STORE

F/T Liquor Store Clerks Some lifting involved. Must be available for all shifts.

Apply in person with resume to:

9610~ 287 St. Maple Ridge or Fax: 604. 462. 0392

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HIRING TUTORS! Are you good at math and science? Looking for flexible hours and fulfilling work?

Call to apply! 778-388-7287

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TRADES, TECHNICAL

COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT & DIESEL ENGINE MECHANICS Required for Cullen Diesel Power Ltd. and Western Star & Sterling Trucks of Vancouver Inc. Positions avail. in Surrey. Cummins, Detroit Diesel and MTU engine experience considered an asset.

Union Shop ~ Full Benefits.

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

203

MECHANIC

All Maple Ridge Locations

subway_careers@shaw.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Golden Eagle Group is looking for full-time MECHANIC SHOP MANAGER. Repair and maintain fleet of agriculture and construction equipment. Ag-equipment experience, heavy-duty equipment license, hydraulics knowledge are an asset.

Mega Cranes Ltd. an industry leader, is seeking an energetic, aggressive, self starter for a full time truck and trailer mechanic for full time position. If you are interested in this exciting and unique opportunity!

Bookkeeping & Accounting Payroll, Year-end, Financial Statements, Income Taxes E-FILE Service Ph: 604-465-2123 Cellular: 604-788-0161 ACCOUNTING Done Accurately Small Business, P/U & Delivery Bookkeeping, Payroll, Tax Returns, HST.604-814-0967 / 604-862-1596

HELP WANTED

171

HELP WANTED

OPERATIONS ASSISTANT

236

CLEANING SERVICES

40220262 - 124 Ave, 216 St, Exeter Ave, Spring Cres, Thornton Ave 40220264 - Evans St, Manor Ave, 216 St, 123 Ave, 124 Ave 40220266 - 122 Ave, 221 St, Davison St, Moody St. 40310301 - 117 Ave., 215 St., 216 St., Berry Ave., Darby St., Holly St., River Rd. 40310316 - 115 Ave., 207 St., 207A St., 209 St., Golf Lane, River Rd., Steeves St. 40320350 - 124 Ave., 214 St., Carlton St., Cherry Pl., Laity St.

40320383 - 121 Ave., 122 ave., 214 St., Campbell Ave., Dewdney Trunk Rd., Laity St., McIntyre Crt. 40330334 - Lorne Ave., Ospring St., Princess St., Wanstead St. 40330339 - 116B Ave., 202A St., 202B St., 203 St., Hammond Rd. 40400432 - Docksteader Loop, Docksteader Cir., Forman Dr. 40400437 - Blake Loop (13625–13693), 228 St, 228A St, 228B St

Available routes in Pitt Meadows 41011030 - Cobblestone Lane, Parkside Walk, Fieldstone Walk, Harris Rd (11620 - 11778 Even Side) Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1978

I=: C:LH Circulation

604.476.2740

brian@mapleridgenews.com

CARPENTRY & TILE WORK

Reno’s/Additions/Kitchens

•Lawn Cuts/Trim •Aerating •Leaf Cleanup •Power Rake •Hedge & Shrub Trimming •Pruning Trees •23 yrs. exp.

•Insured •Free Estimates

Email: hoot&owl@telus.net

Gary 604-339-5430

M.T. GUTTERS Professional Installation 5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffit *CLEANING *REPAIRS 28 YEARS EXPERIENCE

~ FULLY INSURED ~

Call Tim 604-612-5388

HANDYPERSONS

287

HOUSECLEANING

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

* Move- ins / Out * Staging *Inside Windows / Blinds * Organizing Gift Cards for any occasion

# 101-1125 Nicola Avenue Port Coq. (behind COSTCO)

604-468-8889 candymassage.blogspot.com/

172 ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS

SPIRITUAL PHYSIC HEALER Specializing in Palm, Tarot Cards, Crystal Ball Readings. Reunites loved ones Solve all problems of life.

One visit will amaze you!

Call today for a better tomorrow. *NEW YEAR’S SPECIAL* 3 Readings for $45.

604-653-5928 173

MIND BODY SPIRIT

DECADENT RELAXING FULL BODY SWEDISH MASSAGE *PRIVATE *EUROPEAN From $65 & up. 604.230.4444 MERCHANDISE: CLASS 500’S From antiques & collectibles, to sporting goods and electronics, to parakeets and pet supplies, if it’s considered merchandise for sale, you can find it here.

mariescustomizedcleaning @gmail.com

242

CONCRETE & PLACING

HERFORT CONCRETE

F All types of concrete work F F Re & Re F Forming F Site prep FDriveways FExposed FStamped F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured

778-231-9675, 778-231-9147 FREE ESTIMATES

257

DRYWALL

FRANKS Drywall *Boarding*Taping *Spraying no job too sm. Seniors rts Free ests. 604-939-7029, 809-1945 Taping, Spraying & Patching No job too big or small. Del & Kelly 604-505-3826 or 778-318-0173

260

ELECTRICAL

Call Don @ RIDGE MEADOWS ELECTRIC Lic/Bonded. Small Jobs.

604-462-0480 / 604-861-7418 DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded.

We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! *24 HOUR SERVICE* 30Yrs exp. Free est. 604-460-8867.

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

C & C Electrical Mechanical

182

FINANCIAL SERVICES

40320351 - 122 Ave., 123 Ave., 216 St., Stonehouse Ave. 40320353 - Thornton Ave, Douglas Ave, Laity St, Hardy St, 126 Ave

Roof & Drywall Repairs

Window Cleaning, Pressure Washing, Gutter Cleaning. Free Est. (604)465-1302 / 604-786-3466

ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows NEWS

Available routes in Maple Ridge

HOOT & OWL

Advertise where clients look when they want to travel...

ARRANGE HANDYMAN Design, Renovations & Repairs Call Glenn @ 778-873-8300

UNIQUE CONCRETE DESIGN

Earn Extra Cash!

FULLY INSURED

*Mobility Aids Installs *Bathroom Safety & Modifications FREE ESTIMATES Guaranteed Workmanship

283A

OPERATIONS ASSISTANT

Email: hr@jakesconstruction.ca | Fax: 604-702-5609

Will 604-764-1036

(604)465-1311

Brad 778-552-3900

Leo: 604-657-2375 / 604-462-8620

03/13T_JC12

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

IF I HAD A HAMMER

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

Jakes Construction Ltd has openings for an

Send resume to:

287

Residential Repairs & Renovations

meadowslandscapesupply.com

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT A+ Rating with BB Bureau

NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 25 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement EXCELLENT REF’S -WCB Insured

The successful candidate must be computer literate with experience working in a shop environment, mechanically inclined, and organized with the ability to multi-task in a high paced environment. Duties will include parts sourcing, small tools management, inventory control, record keeping and equipment maintenance administration. Offering competitive wages and career advancement for the right individuals.

GARDENING

✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Gravel ✶ Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

BENEFIT PACKAGE!

PERSONAL SERVICES

281

Prompt Delivery Available

Please contact Mike e-mail: mike@megacranes.com or fax 604.599.5250

Forward Resume to Fax: 604-888-4749 E-mail:ars@cullendiesel.com

130

GARDENING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Snow / Salting Rubbish Removal NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL

Call Marie 604-467-1118

130

281

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd.

Fax resume to: 604-460-0944.

Golden Eagle Group is a blueberry and cranberry farm located in Pitt Meadows BC, Canada.

TRUCK & TRAILER MECHANIC

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

7 Days / Week

Required immediately Brake mechanic, CFV, Position is full time, Wage & benefit pkg Call Larry/Jason 604 826-9119 or email sympaper@telus.net

HOME CARE/SUPPORT

Community Support Worker

134

NOW HIRING Evening Shifts

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

• ELECTRICAL • FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • HVAC GAS FITTING *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

604-475-7077

Borrow Against Your Vehicle!

• MONEY TODAY! • Instant Approvals • No Credit Checks • Privacy Assured

www.topdogloans.com 604.503.BARK (2275) GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com

Need CA$H Today?

(#102055) Bonded

Specializing in Renos New Const, (Comm./Res.) Free Estimates 778.885.7074 Trent Reisinger

275

FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

604-618-6401 Marcel.

Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood Laminate Guaranteed work, Free Estimate.

Own A Vehicle?

Borrow Up To $25,000

No Credit Checks!

Find the

HOME of Your Dreams!

Cash same day, local office.

bcclassified.com

www.PitStopLoans.com 604-777-5046

Real Estate Section - Class 600’s

GREENSKEEPERS Landscape Maintenance & Construction

Lawn Mowing Service Grounds Maintenance Pruning/Hedging Yard Clean-Ups Residential / Commercial INSURED - FREE ESTIMATES

604-476-0075

Home Renovations and New Construction

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing, reroofing. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

VECTOR RENO’S Complete Home Renovations / Improvements. Interior & Exterior.

Call 604-690-3327

Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more * 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE* INSURED ~ WCB

Dean 604-834-3076

SHOP from HOME! Check out bcclassified.com

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 287

HOME IMPROVEMENTS EAGLE TILE

101 - 19070 Lougheed Hwy, Pitt Meadows A - 20779 Lougheed Hwy Maple Ridge Your local natural stone distributors. Custom made Granite Countertops.

Slate Granite Marble Tile Tumbled stone.

Large selection of Porcelain & Ceramic Sales & Service 604.463.0718 ~ 604.460.6656

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 300

LANDSCAPING

S. H. LANDSCAPING TREE SERVICES Trimming W Pruning W Topping Clean-upW Garbage Removal

Gardening Flower Beds W Allan Blocks Bark Mulch W River Lava Rock

317

MISC SERVICES

604.230.1634 or 604.467.3724

KITCHEN, BATHROOM, DECK, WHEELCHAIR ACCESS Fully Insured. References Avail.

Woodland Decks

Den’s GarDENing Services Winter & Spring cleanups, Hedges, Rubbish removal, Topping, Pruning, Wind or Snow damage & removals, Chipping & Stump grinding.

W Design & Renovations W Decks W Fences W Stairs

604.465.2944

W Retaining walls W Railings Home Renovations Call Patrick for a free est.

JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service.

Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/ Res. (604)466-1369

356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

$59.00 Per Ton

320

Your LOCAL Tree Service, For Honest Prices & Quality Work Call Scott at 604-618-0333 Certified Arborist

T & K Haulaway

MOVING & STORAGE

L AL ...

M S DS A 338

BIG DEALS

Free Estimates * Fully Insured

PLUMBING

PETS

Local & Long Distance

$45/Hr

From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

604-537-4140 1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Real Professionals, Reasonable.

Rates. Different From the Rest.

604-721-4555.

604-351-6245

Ring up profits!

100% Heating & Plumbing 24/7

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

Certified, Insured & Bonded

360 PLUMBING & HEATING. Gas, plumbing, heating, reno’s, repairs.

20 years exp., reliable & courteous.

Lic’d. Bonded. Jack 778-835-4416

• • •

477

TOPSOIL

SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003

www.jonesbroscartageltd.com

Advertise across the lower mainland in the 17 best-read community newspapers!

456

FEED & HAY

LOCAL HAY FOR SALE. First cut $6/bale. Good Quality!

60lb bale average. Pitt Meadows.

Call 604-505-4087.

RELIABLE & AFFORDABLE

Journeyman Call 604-345-0899

TREE SERVICES

372

PETS

BERNESE Mountain Dog Puppies.

Vet checked with first shots and ready for loving homes. $975.

Langley area. 778-241-5504.

CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866

604-618-6401 Marcel Repairs, Maintenance, Renovation Guaranteed work, Free Estimate

LANDSCAPING

Fully Insured ~ Free Quotes

DUTCH TOUCH Green Services Ltd

Landscape Construction Renovations W Maintenance

604-463-3644 604-861-1490

Yorkshire TimberWise WFencing WDecking WArbours WGates WARRANTY ON ALL WORK

506

604-377-7017

Washers & Dryers Inglis matching sets $275.

Inglis mixed match sets $250.

ALSO Electric ranges $125. & up

These machines look & run like new No delivery, Must pick up REMPELS SERVICE 604-467-2794

509

www.yorkshiretimberwise.ca

Some architectural pieces in stain glass, doors, crystal lighting fixtures, lge Victorian combination wardrobe, Victorian & Georgian chairs, lge skeleton clock, model train collection, etc.

View: Sunday 1pm-5pm CENTRAL AUCTION #313 - 20560 - Langley By Pass (#10 Hwy) 604-534-8322

DREAMING of a new career?

Look in bcclassified.com’s

Class 109 Career Opportunities!

Why not make your dream a reality?

(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

FERTILIZERS

374 FULL PLUMBING SERVICES • Hvac Gas Fitting • Electrical *Free Est. *Licensed *Insured 24hr. Emergency Service

C & C Electrical Mechanical

341

TREE SERVICES

GARAGE SALES

MOVING / ESTATE SALE

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing and vinyl. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

www.paintspecial.com

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour

AUCTIONS ANTIQUE AUCTION Monday, March 18, 7pm

551

604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley

PAINT SPECIAL

APPLIANCES

WEED FREE Mushroom Manure 13 yards - $160 or Well Rotted 10 yards - $180. 604-856-8877

HUNGRY PAINTERS ceiling, walls, trim, power washing Int/Ext Spray, Brush & Roll 604-467-2532

Running this ad for 8yrs

PETS

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

HOME REPAIRS

300

477

533

SUNDECKS

SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

288

PETS

Shih Tzu/poodle x pup, 8 wks, 1st shots, family raised, M/F, mixed colours. $495. (604)858-9770

604-572-3733

GET the best for your moving 24/7 From $45/hr. Licensed & Insured.

Seniors Discount. 778-773-3737

AFFORDABLE MOVING

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 374

*Appliances *BBQs *Exercise Equip *Cars/Trucks/Trailers *Hotwater Tanks *Furnaces * Restaurant Equipment All FREE pickup!

604-465-1311

Specialist in Home Improvement for Seniors

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

FREE! Scrap Metal Removal...FREE!!!

Meadows Landscape Supply

Free Estimate 18 years experience in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

SBroken Concrete RocksS $23.00 Per Metric Ton SMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS $23.00 Per Metric Ton GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

Lawn Care Fencing & Allan Block

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

âœśDump Site Now Openâœś

Weeding W New Turf Fertilizing W Moss Control Power Raking W Aeration

HOUSE RENO’S

Call 604-781-7031

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

ITALIAN MASTIFF(Cane Corso) P/B blues, ready to go, 1st shots, tails/dew claws done.

Ultimate family guardian $1000 (604)308-5665 NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

604-475-7077

PRESA CANARIO P/B UKC, fawn Both parents approx 150 lbs. $950.

Call 604-302-2357

PRESSURE WASHING

REG. GERMAN shepherd pups.

Xrays shots, ready now. $1100.

604-512-3310

22972 123 Ave. Maple Ridge Sat Mar 16th, 10am - 4pm.

Furniture, household items Everything Must Go

548

FURNITURE

KITCHEN HUTCH, wall units, love seats, arm chairs, bdrm stes & other household items. (604)463-4084

MATTRESSES starting at $99 • Twins • Fulls • Queens • Kings 100’s in stock! www.Direct Liquidation.ca (604)294-2331

POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

Call Ian 604-724-6373

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Eastcan RooďŹ ng & Siding •New Roofs •Re-Roofs •Repairs Liability Insurance/BBB/10% off with ad

The 2013 Annual Juried

Show Sale

604.562.0957 or 604.961.0324

SKY VIEW ROOFING LTD. 604-317-4729

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GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters. $80. 604-240-5362

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• Estate Services • Electronics • Appliances • Old Furniture • Construction • Yard Waste • Concrete • Drywall • Junk • Rubbish • Mattresses • More

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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

356

RUBBISH REMOVAL

RECYCLE-IT! JUNK REMOVAL

Recycled Earth Friendly HOT TUBS ARE NO PROBLEM! On Time, As Promised, Service Guaranteed!

604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca

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Partners with the Arts Celebrate Earth Day with Poetry!

Have a passion for poetry? Put your talents to work and enter the Celebrate Earth Day Poetry Contest!

There are 3 categories: Elementary, Secondary and 19+. First, Second and Third place winners will be awarded in each category. Not sure what to write about? Sustainability, local farming, recycling, energy and water conservation, or check out any of our Environmental associations for a few ideas.

Poetry needs to be submitted by April 10 at midnight. Late entries will not be accepted.

Entries are to be submitted to: joe.robinsmith@live.ca /CelebrateEarthDayinMapleRidge

$PNF $FMFCSBUF UIF "SUT 8JUI 6T Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1978

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 548

FURNITURE

REAL ESTATE 639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES

RENTALS 706

APARTMENT/CONDO

MAPLE RIDGE

#1 Cash Buyer

1 & 2 Bdrms $790/$880

$$CASH $$ for your furniture, tools, electronics, antiques, appliances, computers & collectibles.

GREAT LOCATION

Queen Anne Apts. * Renovated Suites * Clean, very quiet, large,

Single Items to Entire Households RENTALS

604-463-4449 604-209-6583 *NEW QUEEN MATTRESS SET* Pillow Top in Plastic. Mfr. Warranty Must Sell $200 ~ 604-484-0379 QUALITY BUFFET & HUTCH white with pine counter top & trim. 54 x 72. Has drawers, shelves & glass door display section. A functional & attractive piece of furniture for kitchen or dining area. $400: Please call (604)476-6694 evenings.

558

JEWELS, FURS

Beautiful diamond ring .80 carat.

Brilliant cut, centre stone 80+ pave diamonds multi band white gold. $2300 obo. Mandy 604-786-6677

560

MISC. FOR SALE

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?

REAL ESTATE 627

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSES! Older House • Damaged House Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments Quick Cash! • Flexible Terms!

CALL US FIRST! 604-657-9422

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

700

RENT TO OWN

STOP RENTING! RENT TO OWN! No Qualification Required!

FLEXIBLE TERMS! Cloverdale 60th &176th Spacious 708sf. 1 bdrm. Condo. Only $880/mo.

Option Fee Req. 604-657-9422

706

APARTMENT/CONDO Professional Property Management Services

P.Meadows - Solaris Towers BRAND NEW UNITS AVAIL *1Bd+den. *2Bd+den. *3Bdrm.

Call 604-464-7548 Visit our website for other rentals: www.profile-properties.com

Large 2 br located in a Central Coq Co-op. $810/mo. No subsidy.

Close to transit, schools, and shopping.

Sandy 604 945 5864 sandy@terramanagement.ca

CLEAN SPACIOUS SUITES

2 bdrm-$950 Centrally Located, 1/2 blk-Ridge Meadows Hospital

Full time caretaker.

MOVE IN INCENTIVES Seniors Discount CALL ANYTIME TO VIEW 778-839-4691

Certified Crime Free Multiple Housing

Building has been TOTALLY RENOVATED 1 Bedroom suites Avail $595/mo incl ht/wtr & cable. NP

604.418.1932 MAPLE INN 11695 -224th St

New SRI *1152 sq/ft Double wide $77,900. *14x70 Full gyproc single wide - loaded $69,900.

Repossessed mobile, manufactured & modulars. Chuck 604-830-1960.

Glenbrookhomes.net

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

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

604-463-7450 604-463-2236 12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings

MAPLE RIDGE

AVAILABLE NOW Heat, hot water & parking.

Close to stores & schools.

MAPLE COURT I st

22437 121 Ave 604-467-0715 &

MAPLE COURT II 22423 121st Ave 604-467-4894

Bright 2 bdrm apt.

Fraser View 2 Apartments

New home w/riverview in Ruskin.

Pet/fam ok. $89,800 with $505 pad rent. Chuck 604-830-1960.

INCLUDES: HEAT, HOT WATER & HYDRO Near Shopping & Amenities.

1 & 2 BDRM SUITES #1 IN RENTALS (Since 1990)

Maple Ridge 1 Bdrm $450/mo Incl’s hot water Certified Crime Free Building Mature adult oriented.

Close to uptown 604-463-4131 for appointment (9am-5pm) MAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL 1 bdrm apt, $750/mo incl heat, h/w, N/P. Avail immed. Call 604-476-6683.

MAPLE RIDGE Central, avail now.

1 Bdrm and 2 bdrm & den, 5 appls, gas f/p, u/g prkg. $800 & $1050.

604-355-1356 or 604-467-4450 MAPLE RIDGE Central Spacious 1 bdrm apt. Deck, lndry facil, prkg.

NS/NP $650 Avl now 604-937-3534

706

APARTMENT/CONDO

MAPLE RIDGE

~ Since 1987 ~

ANYTHING OF VALUE

RENTALS

Maple Ridge Central

Certified Crime Free Clean, Quiet Building for Mature Adults Only.

1 Bdrm. gas F/P. No Pets, Non Smoker

$525 + util’s

(604) 467- 5271 MAPLE RIDGE Central. Lrg 1 bdrm totally updated; new floor, paint,++ nr amens, insuite w/d, d/w, lrg patio, vaulted ceilings, sec u/g prk. Immed Ns/Np. $780+utils. 604-307-2241.

MAPLE RIDGE ELDERLY CITIZENS HOUSING SOCIETY *Bachelor suite $354+ heat. Cable incl. *1Bdrm suite $455+ heat. Cable incl.

SENIORS 55+ NON-SMOKING ENVIRONMENT Certified BED BUG FREE Please call 604-467-1366 All phone messages will be returned.

Maple Ridge

Glenwood Manor Apartments 1 & 2 Bdrms from $655 & $840 & renovated suite with dishwasher $45. extra.

Clean, Spacious Includes heat, hot water & parking Seniors discount 21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd

(604)466-5799 TWO bedrooms, 2 baths, 8th floors, nice views, corner unit, city center, 1030 sq.ft. living area, insuite laundry, $1050/month, vacant. #80311980 222nd St., Gordon Towers.

Call Hanson at 604-250-2196 or email to hanson_wan@hotmail.com for appt.

NEWER APARTMENTS ◆ 1 & 2 Bdrm starting at $750 ◆ Six Appliances ◆ Secured Underground Prkg. ◆ Cls. to West Coast Express ◆ Adult Oriented

22334 - 117th Ave Phone 604-463-5660 Searching for your dream home or selling it? This is the location. Listings include everything from acreage, farms/ranches to condos and waterfront homes.

bcclassified.com Maple Ridge Swan Court Apartments Large 1 & 2 Bedrooms.

Hardwood floors, adult oriented, heat, h/w & cable incl’d, f/p, Approved pets only.

Criminal Record check may be reqd Resident Manager Onsite Now with SENIORS DISCOUNT

604.466.8404 (Erik)

Polo Club Apartments 19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows

RENTALS

2003 BUICK REGAL LS. Heated leather seats, sunroof,127K Spotless. $4950/obo. 778-565-4334

MAPLE RIDGE - Thornhill area. lrg.

1 bdrm. Full bath, on acreage. Walk in closet. Full Tile throughout. Pri. entry & prkg. $875/mo. incls. WIFI, laundry & hydro N/S. Small pet okay. Avail. immed. 604-816-0849

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

715

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

MAPLE RIDGE Central: 2 bdrm, full bth, inste w/d, carport + ext. storage $950, immed, NP/NS 604-808-6874 MAPLE RIDGE Ctrl. 2 Bdrm 1/2 duplex, new carpets & paint, walking dist to bus/schls, etc. $800 + utils.

NS/NP. Avail Apr 1. 604-612-3401, 604-467-3253 or 1-604-302-9688 PORT MOODY 1 bdrm nr Newport Village,walking trails, beach & WCE w/d, 2 car pkng. Avail now, ns/np. $1200/mo. Call 604-889-9047.

736

HOMES FOR RENT

M. RIDGE Clean 5 bdrm home. 3 baths. F/P, fncd bkyrd. $1895. N/P, N/S. Apr 1. 1-250-616-7217.

604-464-3550 PORT COQUITLAM

OPEN HOUSE

Thursday & Friday, MARCH 7 & 8 BETWEEN 11 am - 3 pm Saturday, MARCH 9TH BETWEEN 12 noon - 4 pm & Sunday, March 17th BETWEEN 12 noon - 4 pm **2 BDRM APARTMENT** $880.00/mo includes everything **2 BDRM TOWNHOUSES** $975.00/mo plus utilities

3156 Coast Meridian Road A Safe, all ages community in POCO, close to schools and parks with shopping near by.

Great for families with Day Care and After School Care facilities right on the site! Pet friendly (some exceptions apply). No subsidies available. Your gross household income (before deductions) must be between $31,680 and $58,500. You also must be a family of one or more children to qualify.

Please call 604-451-6551 to confirm viewing.

M. RIDGE cntrl. New bright 2-bdrm bsmt ste. $1000/mo. Avail May 1.

N/s, sm dog poss. 604-477-2163.

TOYOTA CAMRY. BC Driven, V6, no rust, power windows, locks, seats, sunroof, new tires, radiator, timing belt. AirCared. $3000.

Call 604-380-0034.

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PORT COQUITLAM 2 bdrm grnd lvl d/w, w/d, lam flrs, pri entry, $900 + 1/2 utils. Avl now. (604)464-4794

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PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1030/mo - $1134/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available.

19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

2007 HARLEY SPORTSTER 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

ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 OFF 1ST MONTH

MOTORCYCLES

TOWNHOUSES

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AUTO FINANCING

Rooms from $445/mo. Fully Furn, weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min walk to commuter rail.

845

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

The Scrapper

Haney Motor Hotel

MAPLE RIDGE: Room for rent. Hydro/cbl/lndry inc. sml pet OK. $400.

604-467-0836 or 778-926-0836

S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngs S Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn views S Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

SUITES, LOWER

CARS - DOMESTIC

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MAPLE RIDGE lrg 2 bdrm grnd lvl suite, incl f/s, d/w, share lndry. $950 utils incl. Quiet mature, N/S, N/P. Apr 1st. Call: 778-865-4017

W 1 & 2 Bdrm Suites W 3 Appliances W Secured Garage Parking W Adult Oriented W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets

1 Bdrm suite $775 2 Bdrm suite $895

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709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg.

3 Blocks to W.C. Express

PORT COQUITLAM

TRANSPORTATION

PORT COQUITLAM, 1500 - 3000 sq ft. Ground floor commercial area.

Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy intersection. Call 604-464-3550.

22222 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge Inquire in person between 9am - 3pm or

604.465.7221

RENTALS

Call 604-467-3944 #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

M. RIDGE. Nr WC Express. Furnished bdrm. Good for student.

Clean. Shrd home. $500. 604-4772163.

748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION MAPLE RIDGE 2400s/f furn’d home to share, male/female with 1 other.

Own bedsitting & bathrm, incl all amens. Ns/np. $625. 604-476-1335

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• Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal

STORAGE

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

Pitt Meadows Marina Public Access Launch Ramp Outdoor Storage for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks & Trailers Year Rental Moorage Fuel Dock W Onsite Manager

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673 TOP CA$H PAID TODAY For SCRAP VEHICLES!

2 hr. Service www.a1casper.com (604)209-2026

604.465.7713 750

SUITES, LOWER

COQUITLAM, Oxford St 2 bdrm g/l ste, shrd w/d, priv entry, avail now ns/np.$1000 incl utils.604-945-4151

847 SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES

MAPLE RIDGE 1 Bdrm plus. Priv. entry/laundry, NS/NP $750/mo incl utils. Call: 604-463-1043 MAPLE RIDGE 1 new bdrm Albion nr SRT, walk-out bsmt, Avail now, ns/np, $690 incl utils. 604-928-5012 MAPLE RIDGE, 2 bdrm ste, lrg kit, W/D. $750/mo. Avail now. N/P, N/S, Ref’s req’d. (604)530-5455 lve msg.

MAPLE RIDGE, Central. Large 1 bdrm legal bsmt suite, separate laundry & entrance. Walking distance to shopping & WC Express. $850/mo incl util. (604)765-3748.

MAPLE RIDGE West. 1 Bdrm lower own w/d, prkg, nr transit. $725.

Quiet N/S, N/P, ref’s, 604-477-1000

Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

1-800-961-7022

www.iDreamAuto.com DL# 7557

1993 Ford Explorer, owned about 8yrs, well maint, pwr everything, runs well. $950. 604-561-0053.

2011 JEEP WRANGLER SPORT 18,000kms, mint cond. Blue, 2 door, 6 speed manual. Call Mandy 604-786-6677

YOU WORK? YOU DRIVE!

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If you have bad credit or no credit history, we can get you behind the wheel of a Marv Jones pre-owned vehicle.

Imports, domestic, all makes available – We finance everyone!

UTILITY TRAILER 4’ x 6’ $700 obo.

Great shape. 604-465-8638

UTILITY TRAILERS

Call Marv Jones Honda NOW! 604-465-5464 Ask for Rob Godin 604-356-2303 Rob.godin@marvjoneshonda.com

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that the Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Donald Scott Botterill, also known as Scott Donald Botterill, deceased, late of 1202 - 11980, 222 Street, Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 0L8, who died on January 25, 2013, are hereby required to send them c/o Mont & Walker Law Corporation, 201 Selby Street, Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2, Attention: Michael P. Walker, before April 30, 2013, after which date the Administrator will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto having regard to the claims of which has notice.

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Hyundai is proud to announce the Santa Fe and Elantra GT, best in class winners as voted by over 80 journalists at Canada’s biggest automotive awards ceremony, the AJAC Awards. Thank you.

Hyundai is proud to announce the Santa Fe and Elantra GT, best in class winners as voted by over 80 journalists at Canada’s biggest automotive awards ceremony, the AJAC Awards. Thank you.

2013 ELANTRA GT AJAC Best New Small Car (over $21K)

2013 ELANTRA GT AJAC Best New Small Car (over $21K)

2013 SANTA FE AJAC Best New SUV (over $35K)

2013 SANTA FE AJAC Best New SUV (over $35K)

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