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PuT mE IN, coAch - Vancouver-based architect and developer Michael Geller stands in front of a coach house at his new development Hollyburn Mews, which is off 21st Street and Esquimalt.
o coach houses fit the character of West Vancouver? While every panelist at a public forum earlier this month said yes, nearly all members of the audience who stood up to speak proclaimed a resounding “no.” With mainly large, single-family houses, West Van needs more affordable housing options, said Bob Sokol, director of planning, lands and permits. Apartments are already available, he added, so coach houses would appeal to those who want separate living quarters. But despite positive comments from the panel, which included a developer, working group members and a North Vancouver homeowner who has built his own coach house, audience members stood firmly opposed. “We have homes in Port Moody, in Yaletown and in West Van,” a man stood to tell the panel. “One of the reasons we chose to come and live in West Vancouver is that there’s no social housing. “My question to the panel is: Who has taken the decision that West Vancouver needs to start looking like North Vancouver?” To this, the crowd both clapped and booed. Other people who spoke called the panel “biased” in favour of coach houses by giving only positive examples.
Right now, the City of North Vancouver is the only municipality on the North Shore to allow coach houses. District of North Vancouver and West Vancouver residents currently aren’t allowed to build them. Gary Bridger, a North Van resident who recently built a coach house for his 85-yearold mother, touched the heartstrings of some audience members. Realizing his mom wasn’t able to live on her own anymore, he wanted her to reside with him but also retain her independence. “It turns out that not only would we be able to use our home, we could also turn the two-car garage into something that would be comfortable, customizable and a nice place for Mom to spend her remaining years.” Another North Van homeowner to build a backyard coach house, Melina Scholefield, also had a positive experience. She was a member of the North Van Coach House working group during the process. “I felt that we had a dire lack of housing that was suitable for families,” she told the crowd. “Most typical families wouldn’t be earning enough money to buy a $1.5 million lot, or maybe a $2- or $3-million home. “They may have grown up here, they may have family close by… so they want to find more options.” Hollyburn Mews
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necessarily have to encompass all of West Van; certain areas and types of lots could be designated for such use. A few coach houses, however, have already been allowed in Ambleside. Hollyburn Mews, a development across from West Vancouver United Church near 21st Street and Esquimalt Avenue, has three coach houses in the backyards of three duplexes. With heritage details such as Dutch doors, sloping gabled roofs and covered porches, the coach houses are listed for $1.25 million. “That’s obviously not cheap. But for that you’re getting a brand-new 1800-square-foot house, an attached garage and very good quality finishes,” said the developer Michael Geller, adding the units will appeal to young families or people wanting to downsize. “It is possible to add coach houses in a way that makes them invisible from the street and which offers another attractive housing choice.” Naysayers, he says, will likely change their minds if they stop by to see them. Densification?
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who want to provide more alternative housing options for young families, people with lower incomes and older residents wishing to downsize. Right now, the housing mix is 58 per cent singlefamily homes, 13 per cent duplexes and 29 per cent apartments. Coach houses would provide a detached alternative. A study done between 1996 and 2001, shows most people who left West Vancouver for North Van or downtown, moved into apartments or condos. And most seniors moving within West Van left their singlefamily homes. “This suggests that the availability of multi-unit houses such as duplexes, townhouses and apartments plays a significant role in determining whether young adults and seniors can be accommodated in the community, or must leave to find the right type of houses elsewhere,” reads a district staff report. But, the question is, does West Vancouver have the responsibility of providing cheaper housing? Or should the district leave current housing by-laws alone? In 2010, the municipality legalized basement suites and today 765 have been approved by the district. “When you really boil it down, a coach house is simply a detached secondary suite,” said Sokol, director of planning. “It’s not all that different of an animal.”
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On average a couple people call the district to inquire about coach houses each week, he added. Many public speakers at the forum on Wednesday, however, didn’t want more density in their neighbourhoods. But West Vancouver could still follow other municipalities that allow coach houses, including downtown Vancouver, Coquitlam, Delta, Langley and Maple Ridge. Vancouver plays a leading role in coach house development with it high profile “EcoDensity” initiatives. Around 700 lane-way houses have been approved, a process West Van district staff says it’s looking into. “During the Community Dialogue, residents indicated a strong desire for smaller-sized housing units in the 1,000-1,500 [square foot] range,” says a coach house discussion paper for West Vancouver. But before a decision is made on whether to allow the backyard houses, the district of West Van plans to further consult the public.
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just fine, serving it up in bite-sized pieces in a classic front-runner’s campaign that cynically put off the most difficult choices. He was going to expand government, and restrict industrial development to appease urban voters. Dix’s most dramatic policy shift contributed to his undoing. Mid-campaign, in a decision that surprised even his platform co-chairs, Dix turned against the proposal to twin the TransMountain oil pipeline that winds across B.C. from Alberta to Burnaby. Well, not the pipeline itself, but the prospect of more oil tankers in and out of Vancouver harbour. At least now, more people will understand that Vancouver has been an oil port for nearly a century, and that Canada’s future includes energy development. More people should also appreciate that environmental assessment is not a political game. Andrew Weaver made history as B.C.’s first Green Party MLA. He came out swinging against Clark’s economic holy grail, development of liquefied natural gas exports from the North Coast. Weaver calls LNG a “pipe dream” that will never materialize. It will be interesting to watch him as he is proved wrong on that, and then as he grapples with gas as a transition fuel that can be used to develop clean energy infrastructure. B.C. Conservative leader John Cummins ran a distant third in his Langley constituency, and his goal of a breakthrough didn’t materialize anywhere. His idea of scrapping the carbon tax on fossil fuels didn’t impress
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dip their flag at the opening ceremonies of the alter Gretzky remained optimistic as San Jose was driving the final nail in Olympics?” Gretzky uses trivia as a rehabilitation techthe Vancouver Canucks’ coffin during nique to help restore his long-term memory, Game 4 of their first-round matchup. which was obliterated by a brain aneurysm. The first father of hockey has witnessed Tonight, he doles out 50 questions, easily. miracles — on and off the ice. Take, for examIn 1991, Gretzky was lucky if he rememple, his son’s 51-game point streak in the bered his name after the blood vessel burst in 1983-84 NHL season. Oh, and the fact that his brain. Gretzky senior has cheated death twice. “I didn’t know shoes went on your feet,” “You know, the fact that they [the Canucks] he says. “I didn’t know how to open a door. I are down three games tonight … I truly believe that Vancouver will win,” said Gretzky, didn’t know who my family was. I was a zombie.” sitting poolside at his friend’s home in Upper He credits his daughter Kim’s friend with Lonsdale. saving his life. She hap“Because they will be trying pened to be at Gretzky’s really harder than they have Brantford, Ontario farmever, ever tried. Because it’s do house when he suffered or die.” his aneurysm. The dad of the “The Great “She carried me to the One” is dressed head to toe in car, took me to the hosblack and he’s wearing a windpital,” recounts Gretzky. breaker. His fashion choice is for“If she wouldn’t have givable for two reasons: An avernewsroom@northshoreoutlook.com been there, I might not age May evening temperature have lived. It’s just one of in Vancouver is eight degrees those things. I call her my Celsius — and Gretzky’s jacket, guardian angel.” that he graciously accepted, is a souvenir That was Gretzky’s second brush with from his tour of a Vancouver shipping comdeath. The story behind the first time his life pany. hung in the balance is the reason he was in In between bites of Chinese takeout, North Vancouver earlier this month. Gretzky peppers his host family with history Gretzky was the keynote speaker at a luncheon questions — punctuated with a wide grin. “Do you know how the White House got its continued, PAGE 35 name? What is the only country that doesn’t
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community,” Ozirny says, walking the stacks of the youth department. “If I were to go over to North Van, I could do a decent weed, but definitely not as good as a librarian who’s working there, knows what kids are asking for, what they like and what kinds of projects they do in school.” Heidi Schiller tackles the adult fiction collection over at the North Van city library. While good weeding requires daily vigilance, she says, springtime at the North Vancouver City Library is a bumper-crop season for bad weeds. Call it a spring cleaning, now is the time that city library staff are combing through their collections and really digging into the data to suss out those works with expiry dates well overdue. “Just like weeding plants, you have to make room for the new beautiful flowers,” Schiller explains, simply. Some of those flowers are bought with the foreknowledge that they will quickly go to seed. Take for example, your 50 Shades or the latest Lee Childs. They’re often ordered in bulk to meet the early demand from readers, but, as that demand falls away over time, maybe only one of the initial half-dozen or dozen will be kept.
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Craft beer for wine lovers T ime for refreshing ale! There’s plenty to do during Vancouver Craft Beer Week, running May 31 to June 8; but say you’re a wine fan and a little lost when it comes to an ale that suits you, then what? I did some very difficult research this week, saddling up at The Alibi Room in Gastown, Vancouver’s craft beer Mecca, to sleuth out the options. Guiding me was one of my best pals, Alibi Room bartender Alex Wilson. Alex not only has a little International Sommelier Guild certification under his belt, but his craft beer passion has been propelled by working at Main Street’s Brewery Creek Liquor Store and constant trips around the Pacific Northwest. This week, with Alex’s help, I offer the best beer styles for wine lovers. Find many of them in stores like Brewery Creek or West Vancouver’s 16th Street Liquor Store.
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If you like those funkier, earthy Burgundian versions of Pinot Noir, then you can really Riesling or Alsatian Varieties geek out here. That style typically offers a Alex didn’t hesitate in recommending the little truffle or mushroom-y character, somewheat beer, or “witbier,” route for those who thing you’ll find in beers that have been like that mineral-driven, citrusy characbrewed with a little “brettanomyces.” When ter that many Alsatian varieties provide. appearing in wine, the genus of yeast can Vancouver Island’s Driftwood Brewing White make Pinots a little too Bark Wheat Ale or Oregon’s funky for some, but it Logsdon Farmhouse Brewery offers a pretty cool dimen“Kili Wit” Organic Witbier are sion to fuller-flavoured indeed brewed with a little citrus brews that might offer peel and often times with coria little Pinot-esque ander or African spices which do plum or dark fruit, too. well at mimicking Riesling-esque Try Oregon’s Logsdon minerality. Farmhouse Brewery’s kurtis@kurtiskolt.com Seizon Bretta for a good dose of that style, or Chardonnay Belgium’s Orval Abbey for something a little Sure, there’s a breadth of styles with more subtle. Chardonnay style, from crisp, steely versions to oaky, tropical fruit-laden lushness. Brighter Cabernets, Merlots or Bordeaux Blends beers like Surrey’s Red Racer Pilsner err Wanting something a little more structured, towards the former style, where fruit-forward with a complexity that may include dark types like Powell River’s Townsite Brewing fruit, espresso, herbs and spice? Just like “Zunga” Golden Blonde Ale will speak to big, red wines — you’ll want to go darker those who like a bolder style. here; plus Cascadian hops help provide the structure that a good dose of tannins can Rosé lend. Parallel 49 Black Hops Cascadian Dark We got a little more literal here. Dry rosés Larger or Granville Island’s Cloak & Dagger rule the summer, and as we see many local Cascadian Dark Ale will have you heading in and global versions appear on shelves, they the right direction. share seasonal popularity with fresh and lively ales that are brewed with local berries. Cheers! Both Phillips Brewing Raspberry Wheat Ale and Granville Island Brewing’s False Creek As always, if you’re having trouble tracking Raspberry Ale are refreshing and dry, perfect something down, find me via KurtisKolt.com for seafood and patios. or tweet me @KurtisKolt
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Something is brewing in Deep Cove Over a few pints, two pals hatch a plan to open their own brewery. It probably happens somewhere in Canada every Saturday night. But this pair’s dream to start their own brewhouse is actually about to become reality. Meet Shae De Jaray and Shawn Bethune. The pair of young engineers met while attending Queens University in Kingston, Ont. The Deep Cove-raised De Jaray later attended Herriot-Watt University for Science in Brewing and Distilling in Edinburgh and went on to work as a brewer for Steamworks. Bethune, a Torontonian, moved to B.C. to work after graduation and now the pair has reconnected to hatch their brewery/distiller plan. They’re joined by brewer Kevin Emms who used to be at Coal Harbour Brewing Company and beer-savvy sales and marketing expert Trish Garratt, formerly of Central City Brewing. The group of under-30s plan to open their North Shore business inside a warehouse-style facility next month. The 8,000-hectolitre brewery and distillery will feature a 10-person tasting lounge and three main beers to start: Loud Mouth Pale Ale, Wise Crack West Coast Lager and Quick Wit (Belgian-style wheat beer). Along with beer, they will also be distilling unique micro batches of spirits using local ingredients. For more info, visit deepcovecraft.com. You will be able to find Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers during Vancouver Craft Beer Week at the following events: Opening Night Gala (May 31); Hoppapolozza IV, (June 2); Portside Pub Riverboat Throwdown “Cask-Off” (June 6); and Beer Festival River Rock Casino (June 7,8).
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What’s better than freshly baked bread? Freshly baked bread made locally in North Vancouver. For that, try The Artisan Bake Shoppe, where you’ll find scratch-made products “with no added oil or sugar [that] are 100% free of preservatives, artificial flavours and colours, and commercial dough improvers.” Using organic ingredients, the Artisan offers a full range of tasty breads, as well as wheat alternatives, vegan, no added yeast products, cookies, pretzels and more. You can find their products at their retail location at 127 Lonsdale Ave., Whole Foods, Choices Markets, Thrifty Foods, Fresh St. Market or by ordering through Spud.ca’s home delivery network. Do you have some tidbits from the North Shore food scene? Email newsroom@northshoreoutlook.com
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June 2. The day began with field sports, including races, jumping competitions for children of all ages, pole vaulting and discus throwing for older children. The afternoon was reserved for adult races which culminated in a “married couple’s pieeating contest” with a $2 prize. While the afternoon races were going on, there was also a full slate of concessions to take part in and a parade to watch, as well as the coronation ceremonies for the Lynn Valley Day Queen of the year. The evening began with a ladies softball game at 6 p.m., followed by a square dance at 7:30 and a dance at the community hall at 9.
More than 100 years later, this annual community event is still very much alive and entertains up to 10,000 people. In latter years, it has grown to the point that both the Lynn Valley Lions Club and the Lynn Valley Community Association are required to manage it. The past few years have seen the return of a gala dinner dance, which takes place under a huge tent on Friday night. It sells out every year, so we expect Lynn Valley Day to be a popular annual event for at least another hundred years! The residents of Lynn Valley still work hard, and deserve a chance to relax and enjoy time with their family and friends. Lynn Valley Days provides that opportunity. -Courtesy of LynnValleyLife.com
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This year, for example, thrill-seekers will be lining up for the new Euro-Bungee ride, in which harnessed participants travel 40 feet in the air off a trampoline. For those less vertically inclined, there will be a host of other carnival rides — and for those who want to forego motorized merry-making all together, free, old-fashioned races for all ages will be taking place on the grass field in the LynnValleyLife games area. There are new additions to the main stage as well. Lynn Valley United Church is sponsoring a puppet show at 2 p.m., and a Drum Circle from 3 to 3:15 p.m. For a full schedule of events, informa-
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Pancake Breakfast
Maypole Dance
Stage Presentations
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8:30 to 9:00
11:15 to 11:30
Magic Show
RNB Dance Demo
Amanda O’Leary in the Big Tent
in front of Main Stage 11:30 to 11:45
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Maypole Dance
Black Bear Band
in front of Main Stage
Main Stage
Ongoing Activities Chain Saw Demos
Lower Field
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Main Tent
TD Canada Trust is proud to sponsor Lynn Valley Days.
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District Councilor Mike Little Lynn Valley Day committee 12:30 to 1:00
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Just like Lynn Valley Day, the LV Community Association is now over a hundred years old, having celebrated its centennial in 2011. However, getting ‘old’ doesn’t mean slowing down. Quite the opposite – over the past number of years, the LVCA has just gotten stronger, moving from one success to another. From being integral to the planning of the Lynn Valley Village development to the exciting 17-day Valleyfest during the 2010 Olympics and last year’s Christmas in Lynn Valley, the community association has literally and figuratively changed our local landscape. Recognizing the truth behind the old adage that there is strength in numbers – especially when it comes to putting on big community events – the LVCA has, in recent years, become a co-organizer of Lynn Valley Day. Members keep plenty busy throughout the entire year, however. Just take a look at their website to see how this group is always working on behalf of the neighbourhood. There are plenty of ways to get involved; sub-committees on topics such as youth, parks and trails, planning, taxation, and community services offer an interest area for everyone. Lynn Valley residents wanting to support the cause by becoming members of their community association can find an application form on the LVCA website, lvca. ca. -Courtesy of LynnValleyLife.com
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“By them coming forward to help us it sustains our operations,” says rescue leader Tim Jones. Jones says that with huge financial investment in the rescue group’s new facility, which opened recently, they need money for day-to-day operations. “Every donation really counts at this time of the year.”
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he vast majority of development occurred in Lynn Valley between the 1950s and 1970s, and is largely comprised of single-family detached homes sitting on large lots. Many of these detached homes have undergone extension renovations or the properties have been redeveloped over the years. There are several multi-unit homes (townhomes and apartments) primarily located near Lynn Valley Centre. Nestled amongst the mountains in a stunningly beautiful natural setting, Lynn Valley continues to grow and thrive and is a terrific place to call “home.” Here are some fun and interesting facts you might not know about Lynn Valley. Population: 51,685* Ages: 65-74 7% 45-64 29% 20-44 30% 5-19 24% 0-4 6% *Source: BC Stats (for North VancouverSeymour area) Occupancy*: Fully owned Rented Band housing *Source: BC Stats
81.2% 18% 0.2%
Dwellings*: Detached (houses) Row House Apartment Duplex Apartment (5 stories or less) Apartment (5 or more stories) *Source: BC Stats
54% 11.7% 14.2% 14.8% 4.9%
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Lynn VaLLey icon - The bronze statue of Walter Draycott, who made his home in Lynn Valley after the First World War. At right: The new Lynn Valley Village. Rob Newell photos
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The NEB decision ruled Kinder Morgan’s rates are just and reasonable, rejecting complaints of oil firms that argued the pipeline company would reap excessive profits. A second decision is also expected soon from the NEB on an application by Chevron for priority access to oil from the pipeline to supply its Burnaby refinery. The $5.4-billion Trans Mountain twinning project would boost the flow of petroleum products from 300,000 barrels per day now to 890,000, bringing about 400 tankers a year to the Burnaby terminal. Burnaby NDP MP Kennedy Stewart, who opposes the pipeline project, said the NEB missed an opportunity with the tolling application to order a surcharge on each barrel of oil to help fund environmental protection and spill response initiatives in B.C. He said the federal Conservative government has drastically clamped down on the public hearing process, and predicted Kinder Morgan hearings will be far less inclusive than the Enbridge hearings. “There’s now a 10-page application form before anybody will be allowed to speak so the community is just about shut out of these processes,” Stewart said. “It’s almost an industry love-in now – corporate lawyers talking to corporate lawyers. I guess that’s what you do when you want to ram oil pipelines through to the west coast.”
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A West Van student prepares for a turn in the fire simulator. Justin Beddall photo
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But when Harry was 15 and pitching for Burdett & ’ll bet you weren’t aware that somebody named Harvey Morrison in the North Vancouver Babe Ruth League at Jeron or Gerome of North Vancouver once held the Mahon Park, his name appeared as Gerome on the sports world sprinting records in both the 100 yards and 100 page of The Vancouver Sun and The metres. Province on April 30, 1956, under the No, I don’t mean Harry Jerome, I mean line score of a five-inning 9-0 no-hitHarvey Jeron or Gerome. ter he pitched against Eagles in the You see, if you pieced together three of the shortened first game of the season’s most glaringly inaccurate spellings of Harry opening-day doubleheader the day Jerome’s name as it appeared in the newsbefore. papers when he was a young athlete, you Two months later, after a June could come up with Harvey Jeron or Harvey 27, 1956, game versus Firemen, The Gerome. lencorben@yahoo.ca Province listed Jerome in B&M’s batProbably just about everyone who has tery as Jeron, Travis (6) and Wickland. ever had his or her name in the paper, has (That would be Bob Travis, relieving in the sixth inning, had it spelled incorrectly at some point. And just because and catcher Ray Wickland.) someone becomes famous later, it doesn’t mean his name Although I rarely pitched, the opposing moundsman wouldn’t be spelled wrong early on. that day was me, then 14 years old. And my name was Today, of course, Harry’s name is spelled properly also spelled wrong as Corbin. on important buildings (North Van’s Harry Jerome Mainly a first baseman, I always kept detailed statistics Recreation Complex and Burnaby’s Harry Jerome of every game. And I still have them. B&M won the game Sports Centre) and for big events (the Harry Jerome 15-2 and Jerome struck me out twice, though I whiffed International Track Classic which has taken place every only seven times in 62 plate appearances that year and summer at Swangard Stadium since 1984 and Canada’s hit .359 in the regular season and .400 when including Black Business and Professional Association Awards held exhibition and playoff games. in Toronto each year beginning in 1983). Now let’s fast forward a couple of years to when Harry Then there are prestigious awards (Sport BC’s annual twirled a 7-0 no-hitter for North Van High over Burnaby Harry Jerome Comeback of the Year Award and various Harry Jerome scholarships) in addition to a documentary continued, NEXT PAGE (Mighty Jerome) and a statue in Stanley Park.
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South on April 25, 1958, and we find the headlines above the little writeups in both The Province and The Sun the next day had his name spelled Gerome again. Under “Gerome Hurls No-Hitter, The Sun elaborated, “North Van has one good reason for leading the eastern section of the Inter-High School Intermediate Boys’ Baseball League – Harry Gerome. “Gerome’s no-hit pitching sparked North Shore [sic] to their second straight win, 7-0 over Burnaby South Friday at Confederation Park. Gerome fanned three and gave up two walks in the seven-inning contest.” It was just days later that very spring that Harry – as a Grade 11 student – tried on a track singlet in competition for the first time, running for Bob Robinson’s North Van High thinclads in the 10th annual Vancouver Relays at UBC’s Varsity Stadium on May 2-3, 1958. Reporting on the spectacular first day of the meet in a story titled “Prep Kids Get Relays Off to Record Start,” The Sun’s Mike Fox wrote, “North Van High’s quarter-mile relay team of Paul Winn, Andy Blair, Dave McKay and Harvey Jerome broke the B.C. native and meet record with a 44.7 time.” So now he wasn’t even Harry, he was Harvey, too
A finish-line photo by Charlie Jennings in The Province, showing Harry anchoring that relay, identifies him as Harry Gerome. So he’d thrown a couple of no-hitters and been part of a record relay team and all we know is that his surname is either Gerome or Jeron and he goes by Harry or Harvey. By the time the big 47th annual Vancouver & District inter-high school track and field meet was held at Empire Stadium that May 23, 1958 – exactly 55 years ago – a paid attendance crowd of 15,743 was looking on as he won the 100 yards in 10.5 seconds and finished second in the 220 yards to claim a share of the senior boys’ individual aggregate. No one was spelling his name wrong any more. Two years later, Harry Jerome – no longer mistaken with those Harvey Jeron or Gerome “aliases” – sprinted to his first world record. This is episode 481 from Glen Korbin’s… oops… Len Corben’s treasure chest of stories – the great events and the quirky – that bring to life the North Shore’s rich sports history.
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NDP challenger defeated Clark by more than 700 votes in Vancouver-Point Grey Minister Stephen Harper when he called to congratulate her on winning the party’s fourth term. And she offered some advice on polling to reporters who gathered at the Vancouver cabinet offices. “You guys get this stuff for free,” Clark said. “You should take it for what it’s worth.” Results don’t become official until May 27, and there could still be changes in current legislature: 50 B.C. Liberals, 33 NDP MLAs, B.C. Green Andrew Weaver and Delta South independent Vicki Huntington. Clark said she regrets the loss of cabinet ministers Ida Chong and Margaret MacDiarmid, but she is pleased to have a balance of 25 returning MLAs and 25 newcomers in the B.C. Liberal caucus.
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at Pinnacle Hotel at the Pier, marking the Canadian launch of North American Occupational Safety and Health Week. He knows all too well the importance of workplace safety, and settles in to tell his cautionary tale. “Well, in 1964, we were pulling an underground cable and it was going off a big reel into a manhole on the street and under the ground to the next block,” explains Gretzky, who was working as a lineman for a telecommunications company at the time. The cable, under extreme tension, became caught in the reel and stopped moving. Pressure was quickly mounting. “And I could see the back of the truck going down, and I could see white smoke coming out of the truck,” continues Gretzky. He crouched over the manhole cover to try and troubleshoot the problem. “And then — all of a sudden — the next thing I remember I’m laying on my stomach and everything is spinning counterclockwise,” motions Gretzky with his hands. “Still remember that.” The frame had come flying off the manhole, hitting Gretzky in the back of the head with such force that it split his construction helmet in two and fractured his skull. “I’m totally deaf because of it, in my right ear,” says Gretzky. “I have a permanent hissing in my right ear. So, I’ve got a seashell to my ear 24 hours a day. He makes a whirring noise to illustrate his fivedecade-long affliction. Yet, with all his life’s adversities, Gretzky, who was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, sees only the silver lining. “I’m just thankful I’m alive,” he says. “I have my family. And I think of the poor people who never ever got a second chance like I did.” The topical subject of fighting in hockey is broached and Gretzky becomes stirred. “I think it’s senseless,” he asserts. “It’s so silly. If you want to fight, be a boxer. Hockey is supposed to be a game of skill and enjoyment. That’s not enjoyment, to see someone stand around on the ice holding someone’s … and pounding him in the face and knocking his teeth out.” Gretzky also believes body checking in minor hockey should be introduced after the peewee level. “Because a lot of kids at 11 [years old] are very small, and those same kids at 13 and 14 grow a lot,” he figures. “So they are back to normal [size] with the other kids.” Concussions, a hot-button issue in hockey at the moment, weren’t talked about as much when No. 99 was playing. “Oh, no, no, no — not like today,” says Gretzky. “Definitely not.” A few concussions in minor hockey can dash a player’s chances of going pro, he adds. On May 8 came the news that Hockey Alberta has banned body checking for peewee players, Gretzky’s sentiment still fresh in mind.
The Order of Canada recipient is an advocate for many causes. He uses his son’s celebrity status as a vehicle for his philanthropic work — radiating benevolence everywhere he goes. Gretzky’s relationship with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind began with a chance encounter in the Toronto airport. Wayne, a rising hockey star, was waiting for his ride to Brantford when a young man approached him. Walter picks up the story: “It was late at night. Wayne was talking to the boy, asked him where he was going, where he was coming from. And all of a sudden, the boy interrupted him. He was totally blind, totally blind. He said, I know who you are. You are Wayne Gretzky, aren’t you?” Fast forward to a couple hours later, Wayne and Walter are sitting around the kitchen table at home. Now it’s really late at night and Walter wants to go to sleep. Meanwhile, Wayne’s adrenaline is pumping like it’s Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. The kid in the airport had made quite the impression on the man that everyone wanted a piece of at the time. “And I remember Wayne saying, ‘You know what I should do, dad — phone a few of my friends and have a little tennis tournament and raise a few dollars for the CAIB.’” Over three decades, father and son have collected close to $3 million for the CAIB, through annual golf tournament and other fundraisers. Visits between the two are few and far between these days. Public obligations seem to get in the way, says the elder Gretzky. “[Wayne’s] so busy. He goes from one function to another. And if he goes in public, he just has a big lineup of people to get autographs.” Fans also hound Walter everywhere. “I’ve been in cities where a bus will stop, and a bus driver — cross my heart, I’m not lying — [will say] Mr. Gretzky, can I get your autograph for my kids, please?” He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a stack of pads pre-signed with the words: best wishes, always, W. Gretzky. All he has to do is enter the name of the lucky recipient. He’s been using the “W” initial ever since some crafty kids preemptively asked him to write “W. Gretzky” so they could pass it off as Wayne’s autograph. The hockey legend’s popularity has produced a subset of crazed fans, who, still, to this day, stalk Gretzky’s childhood home. People hoping to find a passable souvenir have rummaged through Walter’s garbage. Clumps of grass have also gone missing. Still, Walter opens his house to one and all that come knocking to see the trophies. “It’s incredible,” he says of the sus-
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tained interest of hockey’s “Great One.” He pays attention when fans rattle off some of the close to 60 records that Wayne collected during his career in the NHL. The 74-year-old’s memory is fleeting these days, but a phone call that he got on Dec. 30, 1981 will forever be etched in his brain. It was 12:30 a.m. in Brantford, and Walter, who had to work the next day, wasn’t going to sleep until he heard the Edmonton Oilers’ result from that evening. “We didn’t have TV coverage like we do today, when Wayne played,” he says. The phone rings at the Gretzky home. “Dad, it’s Wayne,” says the voice on the other end. Responds Walter, “How did you guys do?” As he recounts the story, Walter’s voice builds with excitement. “He said, ‘I did it, dad! I did it! I did it! I did it!’” “I said, Wayne, what?” “He’s so excited. I’ve never heard him that excited.” “I did it! I got five [goals] tonight: 50 in 39 [games].” Walter, without missing a beat, said to Wayne, “what took you so long?” While the conversation was brief, Walter would now have an invaluable token of appreciation. An implied “thanks” from his son, grateful for a dad that built a rink in the backyard, brought him to those early morning practices and offered unwavering enthusiasm. “…[Wayne] then said, dad, I gotta go, I told the press I had to make an important phone call before we had the press conference — so I gotta go, dad,” recalls Walter. “So, in other words, he thought of his family before anything or anybody else. So I’ll always remember that.” Tired from a day of interviews and appearances, Walter is now ready for bed. Tomorrow, he heads home. Brantford is missing its Lord Mayor.
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t’s Parade On. That’s the message Ernie Hubbard wants to get out to North Shore residents. “Not everyone knows,” he says. It seems that some people still think the Canada Day Parade in North Vancouver is cancelled. But last month it was revived thanks to Hubbard and his brethren at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 118. When Hubbard learned that the popular annual parade had been cancelled because the previous parade commit-
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tee had bowed out, he spoke with other legion members and they didn’t hesitate to step in to ensure the parade, a North Shore staple for decades, went on.
“The parade has been coming past my house on 17th Street for 30 years,” says Hubbard. “[Canada Day] is something to celebrate. I’m a proud Canadian. Everyone should be happy we have a parade.” Having worked on the parade committee the last two years, Hubbard knew exactly what he was getting himself into as the parade committee chair. “It’s a big job,” he admits. But so far thanks to a dedicated committee and cast of volunteers, he reports that the planning and organizing for the 2013 parade is going smoothly.
Hubbard has been working two to three hours a day on parade logistics and entries since taking over and expects things may get even busier. But the 72-year-old isn’t daunted. “Whatever it takes to get it done.” While preparation for the parade is moving full-steam ahead, Hubbard and the rest of the committee can always use a few more volunteers. For more info on the parade or to volunteer visit legion118.com. And there’s one more message he’d like to get out: the annual pancake breakfast put on by the Lions is also a go, so prepare for a pre-parade feast.
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Rusties: Appalachian Riddles & GeeHaw Whimmy-Diddles. How it landed in the West Van library is anyone’s guess. But before Ozirny rescued it from an unceremonious demise, it hadn’t been checked out in 13 years. “Is there a great interest in southern American culture here in West Vancouver?” Ozirny asks, rhetorically. “Not that I know of. But it’s a beautiful book, it’s one of a kind and it’s hilarious. So it will probably stay.” Another collections outcast Ozirny has secreted away is a simple picture book about Prairie dogs. In its day, it would have made the rounds of the community and been cited in countless school projects. But that day was at least 20 years ago. “This is essentially a Google image search for ‘Prairie dog,’” Ozirny points out, dismissively. Finally, the last of her salvaged titles is an illuminating choice. Lisl Weil’s Let’s Go to the Library! was only written in 1990, but its dated cover illustration — the interior of a library — and much of the information it enfolds, are startling indicators of just how quickly and completely the facts of our reality one day can become fossils and fictions the next. Far from diminishing the importance of the librarian’s job of curating of the community’s public literature, modern technology has actually accelerated the work. It’s like a greenhouse environment for weeds. But selecting for accuracy and timeliness isn’t all that weeding is about. Might it may one day come to pass that the local library has a special section somewhere devoted to these books of folksy Appalachian musings and tales of a future filled with debonair robots? “We toyed with the notion of actually having a library-books-of-days-gone-by shelf in our teen space,” Ozirny says. “Because it’s a total teachable moment.” Not just teachable, those books of kitsch — if you want to call it that — have always had a place in many readers’ hearts. And it seems to be a genre that’s enjoying something of a renaissance of late. “There are some things like this,” Ozirny says, pointing to the Rusties, “You could also buy this now at like Urban Outfitters for $40, probably.” Because weeding, too, is all about timing and knowing your environment. Or, as they say down around Kentucky: A rosebush in a cornfield is a weed. tcoyne@northshoreoutlook.com twitter.com/toddcoyne
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More than 600 cyclists are injured and four die each year in the Lower Mainland in the peak cycling period of May to October. Across B.C. close to 150 cyclists are injured in each of those months, on average. ICBC director of road safety John Dickinson said cyclists and drivers both need to try harder to be aware of each other on the road. “As a cyclist, I never assume drivers can see me and use multiple lights on the front and rear of my bike,” he said. “When I’m driving, I give cyclists plenty of room so they’re able to react to the unexpected – such as a car door suddenly opening into their path.” ICBC has an interactive map (see our story online) showing where the largest numbers of accidents involving cyclists happen in each neighbourhood of the Lower Mainland. According to ICBC stats for 2012, the top spot for crashes involving cyclists in Metro
Vancouver is the south end of the Burrard Street bridge, followed by other busy intersections in East Vancouver or downtown along Burrard Street. Outside of Vancouver, frequent cyclist crash locations include Garden City Road and Granville in Richmond, Central Boulevard and Imperial Street in Burnaby, East Esplanade and St. Georges in North Vancouver, 200 Street and 80 Avenue in Langley, 112 Street and 80 Avenue in Delta, and 130 Street at 72 Avenue in Surrey. The urge to bike gets a push each year with Bike To Work Week promotions May 27 to June 2 (see biketowork.ca for details.) ICBC urges cyclists to ensure their bike is well-maintained and gets a tune-up if needed. Bike helmet use is required by law and prevents up to 85 per cent of serious injuries. Riders are urged to position themselves where other drivers can easily see them – don’t weave in and out of traffic or ride in cars’ blind spots. Always shoulder check and hand signal well in advance of any turn. Drivers are reminded they must yield to cyclists the same as other vehicles, should keep back to maintain at least three seconds of following distance. Cars are not to drive, stop or park in bike lanes, and should signal before carefully crossing them.
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earing the end of her 13-week health challenge, North Van’s Kin’s Green Fighter has discovered many great outdoor places to exercise on the North Shore. Here is Julie Dunsterville’s Top 10 list: 1. Hiking at Lynn Canyon 2. Swimming at the West Vancouver pool 3. Capilano Suspension Bridge 4. Mountain biking on Mount Seymour 5. Walking in Lynn Valley Village 6. The Grouse Grind 7. Kayaking in Deep Cove 8. Walking in Ambleside dog park 9. Skating at North Van Rec Centres 10. Jogging through North Shore trails Dunsterville knows eating healthy is also
important to staying fit. Fruit, granola bars, nuts, veggies with hummus, shakes, fresh juice, bananas with nut butter, salad and soup are her favourite nutritious food. To help herself visualize her fitness goals, Dunsterville is cutting images from old magazines and pasting them onto a poster board. “I can get creative and visualize what goals I want to reach,” she said, adding the idea comes from Pinterest, an online site where users can create boards filled with different ideas. Go to northshoreoutlook.com and click on “Contests” in the upper right corner to follow Dunsterville and the 12 other Green Fighters from throughout B.C. Visit kinsfarmmarket.com for more information about the challenge. - The Outlook
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