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Teachers will seek another appeal ‘Confident’ of victory in Supreme Court By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
Teachers weren’t anticipating a loss in the B.C. Court of Appeal, but they considered it the most conservative one they would face, said Maple Ridge Teachers’ Association president George Serra. “We knew if we were going to lose somewhere, this is the court where we would have lost,� said Serra, explaining why last week’s ruling was not a shock. “It is disappointing.� The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the B.C. government in the long-running dispute with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation over the removal of class size and special needs support formulas for classrooms. See Teachers, 8
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At home Caitlyn McKenzie of Circus Lab performs a trapeze demonstration outdoors at the Albion Fairgrounds during the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Home Show on Friday. The three-day event featured more than 375 exhibitors. See more, page 9.
City wants say on medical grows ‘Location of properties should be made public’ By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com
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Council hears medical grow concerns Residents worried about Grant Hill aquifer By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com
Maple Ridge council needs to admit it bungled the handling of a medical marijuana plant in Whonnock, start over and move the operation to a location where there’s Metro Vancouver water, says a group opposed to it. The previous council was irresponsible in granting a building permit for the operation on 272nd Street based on the water required, Betty von Hardenberg, with Thornhill Aquifer Protection Study, told council Tuesday. She said the plant will pump two million litres a day of water from the underground table known as the Grant Hill aquifer, which supplies residential wells in east Maple Ridge. “We are your community. Make sure you protect us. We aren’t going away.” A crowded council chambers heard her ask the new council to accept responsibility, create a contingency plan to supply water to residents if the aquifer dries up and ensure that it is recognized in the official community plan. As well, medical marijuana operations should use only Metro Vancouver water and be located in industrial areas rather than farmland, she said, suggesting the industrial area at north end of 256th Street. Dan Sutton, CEO with Vancouverbased Tantalus Labs, which is building the 97,000-square-foot greenhouse in Whonnock,challenged Von
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Construction of the Tantalus Labs greenhouse in Whonnock could be complete in the next month. Hardenberg’s figure of water consumption. “Absolutely ridiculous. It’s pure speculation.” Sutton said an independent water report ordered by his company and filed with the city shows the aquifer is adequate. The well is rated for 109,000 litres of water a day and the draw from proposed cannabis greenhouse would be within that range. “The range is well sufficient for our use.”
The report, by Active Earth Engineering, finds no anticipated impact on the aquifer or neighbouring wells. Sutton didn’t want to say how much water the operation would use, but said the groundwater “is well sufficient for our use.” The company also plans to collect rainwater runoff and store it in a onemillion litre tank to reduce the demand on the aquifer. “What this report states, categorically, is that the use of this facility will have no impact on the aquifer.
“For me, that’s the end of story.” But von Hardenberg criticized the report, saying it was too vague and said it’s difficult to predict effects of a heavy withdrawal of water. She said a bedrock aquifer can run great distances. Sutton said when the company was looking for a location a few years ago, it contacted the city planning department and was told about several possible locations in the Agricultural Land Reserve – “9860 – 272nd St. was one of those addresses,” he said.
The old farm site on 272nd Street made the most sense. “The city first knew about our intent to construct a cannabis facility at that location well before we purchased it.” Tantalus received notice from the city that it would comply with bylaws in October 2013 and bought the 22 acres the next month. The city changed a zoning bylaw in 2013 to locate medical grow ops in land that’s within the Agricultural Land Reserve in order to avoid the issues of smell and security of setting up in an industrial area. However, federal standards require intense security and odour elimination in order to attain a Health Canada licence. Sutton said he twice asked for a meeting with former mayor Ernie Daykin and council, but never heard back. “I can’t speculate why the municipality didn’t want to sit down and talk to my company or myself.” The company then followed an 11-month process to get a building permit. “We’ve met the requirements of the … [city] with a snap in our step,” Sutton said. “We feel they’re looking back and saying maybe we should have done more.” The company hasn’t received a Health Canada licence to operate because the plant has to be complete, something which should happen in the next month, before a licence is issued. According to Sutton, Health Canada has said if the building is built the way it was explained to Health Canada, Tantalus would get a licence.
NDP has a candidate for October federal election Bob D’Eith edges Jack Emberly By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com
The local New Democrat Party wants to hit the campaign trail in preparation for the Oct. 19 federal election now that it has a candidate. Bob D’Eith was named the New Democratic candidate Sunday after winning the contest against retired educator Jack Emberly. “People are ready for change,” said D’Eith, executive-director of Music B.C.
The Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge riding has always been a see-saw battle between the Conservatives and NDP federally. “This has always been a swing riding,” D’Eith said. Now, it’s time to swing back, he added. The nomination took place at the Hammond Community Centre and drew about 100 people, although the riding association membership totals about 240. The NDP wouldn’t release the results of the vote, for historical reasons to preserve unity in the campaign. “It’s about respect for the
other guy,” D’Eith said. Conservative MP Randy Kamp won’t be seeking reelection. Current MLA Marc Dalton and Mike Murray, Kamp’s executive assistant, are seeking the Conservative nomination. Whoever wins it, D’Eith said, will “represent Ottawa – and [Prime Minister Stephen] Harper’s Ottawa. It’s been Harper’s Ottawa that’s been represented.” Instead, he said MPs should represent their constituencies. However, party discipline and the parliamentary system make it difficult for any
MP to speak out against policies of their party. D’Eith said if the NDP wins the federal election, “I can’t see Tom Mulcair being as much of a dictator as Harper, to be honest.” D’Eith said one of the major issues he’ll raise is the anti-terrorism bill, C-51. Some of the aims of the bill are to prevent terrorism suspects from traveling and to allow CSIS agents to disrupt an attack instead of just observing one. But according to an open letter signed by the dozens of law professors, the bill is a “dangerous piece of legis-
lation.” The bill lists nine “activities that undermine the security of Canada,” while only “lawful advocacy, protest, dissent and artistic expression” are excluded in the bill. Both Conservative candidates, Dalton and Murray, have said they support the bill. The environment is another issue for D’Eith. The spill this year of bunker oil in Vancouver harbour is a concern. The NDP wants the government to reopen the Kitsilano Coast Guard Base and the marine communications centre in
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Like the midway game Whack-a-mole, the mail thieves in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows keep popping up all over the place. No sooner than one is smacked down by police or Canada Post and another pops up somewhere else. The latest area to be hit was last Thursday in the Highland Park area of Pitt Meadows, near 124th Avenue and 188A Street. Someone pried open the bottom of the oldstyle community mail box, which included
Anne Ostling’s address. She’s not sure what she lost but credits the thieves with having a good work ethic by getting up in the morning. She checked the mailbox at 7:30 a.m. and it was secure, then came from walking her dog just before 8 a.m. to find it broken into. Canada Post since wrapped the box in cellophane to keep people from using the mailboxes. She’s worried about bank and credit cards that are sent out ready for use without being activated.
“With the new touch technology, the thief could be shopping, or creating an identity of me from my unknown mail contents,” she added in an e-mail. She wants the new style of community mailboxes installed as soon as possible. “It’s such an easy fix, get a new mailbox done.” Ostling talked to Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge MP Randy Kamp, but was told to call Canada Post. “Randy Kamp has to do something. This is ridiculous. He’s got to lean on Canada Post. It’s his
responsibility.” Mitchell Funhouser reported the same thing in the same part of Pitt Meadows on Facebook and notes most of the community mailboxes in the area have been replaced with the more secure models. Ridge Meadows RCMP say that so far this year, up to April 19, there have been 70 reports of damage to mail boxes, mostly from the rural, eastern part of Maple Ridge. That’s 27 more than for the same period last year, said civilian media spokesperson Dan Herbranson.
RCMP investigate attempted arson An incendiary device was thrown through the window of a Maple Ridge home early Monday, but no one was injured. Ridge Meadows RCMP are investigating the attempted arson, which happened at approximately 5:45 a.m. at a home in the 20900-block of Dewdney Trunk Road. There were people in the house
at the time, but the device didn’t function as intended and no fire resulted. “There certainly was a likelihood of damage and injury in this incident,” said RCMP Insp. Dan Splinter. “Fortunately, neither resulted, as there were no injuries or property damage.” Police are in the initial phases of
their investigation and few details are known. “Investigators want to acknowledge and thank the citizen who called police and fire in the first instance.” • Anyone with any information is asked to call Ridge Meadows RCMP at 604-463-6251. To remain anonymous, call CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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Grant helps home start society Ministry helps with $27,000 By Phil M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com
Some grants from here, some outright gifts from there and the Alouette Home Start Society keeps limping along and keeping the doors open to its Iron Horse Youth Safe House. Not at night, however, as the five emergency beds for kids between 13 and 18 closed in January after federal funding was no longer available. But the safe house is open during the days and evening hours to offer help for kids who are in trouble. Last week, the society received $27,000 from the B.C. Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA Doug Bing made the announcement. The Iron Horse Youth Services offers support, safety and advocacy for youth in need of support. Kids can get food, counselling about education or employment needs, substance use management, mental health wellness, or finding a home or just be referred to a safe place to stay for the night. In addition to government help, the Colleen Findlay Foundation also chipped in money, volunteers and gifts in kind. “We have a strong interest in helping young people make good choices in order to succeed and I feel that Iron Horse offers an excellent program that we easily decided to support,� say local dentist Dr. Jim
Findlay. Bean Around Books and Tea in Maple Ridge also gave $2,600 for the youth safe house after Dan Ruimy, Matt Baillie and Leah Burnell set a Guinness World Record by playing a board game for 72 hours. The society didn’t apply for funding last year because it didn’t expect to be funded under the federal government’s new Housing First program that directs dollars to housing people rather than providing emergency services. Realtors have
also chipped as well as the owners of local Tim Hortons’ franchises. Alouette Home Start Society board president Marika Sandrelli said donations from the private sector have kept the youth services program going. “We try to be as responsive as possible to the needs that we see,� says Tara Pozsonyi, coordinator of youth services. “We will continue to expand our services as we are able, given the resources that are available to us.�
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Protect privacy The provincial government and the courts are doing their best to keep participation in elections under strict control. The two big political parties, the B.C. Liberals and NDP, are behind proposed legislation that would give political parties a complete list of everyone who voted in a provincial election. The information would not be made available to independent candidates or incumbents. This is nothing more than an assault on privacy. In some ways, it is an attempt to use sophisticated technological means to go back to the era when people had to cast their votes in public. In those days, voters could lose their jobs, their homes and face assault and other criminal acts — simply because of the way they voted. Thankfully, Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver, Huntington and the privacy commissioner are standing against this. The effort to coerce Elections B.C. to hand over this private information to political parties must fail. Meanwhile, the B.C. Court of Appeal has backed provincial legislation that states groups or individuals must register with Elections B.C. if they plan to say or distribute anything that might be considered election advertising during an election period. The court’s decision, by a 2-1 margin, goes against the recommendations of the chief electoral officer, who said in both 2010 and 2014 that there was no problem in not registering those who spend a small amount in placing advertising during an election, say $500. The federal government does not require registration if individuals or groups spend less than that. In Alberta, that limit is $1,000. Elections are the one time when citizens have the power to bring politicians and political parties to heel. They should be freewheeling affairs — not a stage-managed series of photo-ops designed for the 6 p.m. television news, as increasingly happens on both the federal and provincial stages. While there is a need for some spending limits during campaigns, particularly by parties and candidates, it is highly unlikely that spending of $1,000 by either an individual or group will sway the outcome of an election in a given riding. And if it does, it means that message resonated with a large number of voters. – Black Press
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Teachers need to question union VICTORIA – After the first few glum lines of his speech, it was difficult to tell anything had changed for B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker as he took his familiar place before the TV cameras last week. B.C. Views Iker droned on Tom Fletcher about how B.C. schools are underfunded by hundreds of millions of dollars, echoing demands from the disastrous strike he led the union membership into last year. The B.C. Court of Appeal had just overturned a bizarre trial court decision that tried to give the union everything it wanted: a trip back in time to the NDP wonderland of 2001, a constitutional spanking for the B.C. Liberal government and a $2 million bonus of taxpayers’ money. The BCTF must now pay back that $2 million and scrape up whatever is left of its members’ compulsory dues to plead for an appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada, continuing the executive’s selfrighteous fantasy of controlling education spending in B.C. The appeal court didn’t just overturn the judgment of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin. It shredded her legal reasoning and bluntly corrected her, over and over, on evidence she ignored or misinterpreted.
The appeal court confirmed at great length what I said when Griffin’s second decision came down in early 2014: it was far worse for B.C. schools than when judges decided in 2005 that teachers can bring union propaganda into classrooms. Did the government bargain in bad faith? No. Did they conspire to provoke a strike? No. Did they illegally strip working conditions from the teacher contract? No. Turns out, our kids are not just “working conditions” for teachers, and public policy still matters. And it turns out that making special needs assistants dash between classes to deal with two kids here and three over there was a lousy idea. Now there’s even a credit course offered in high school for students with learning difficulties, which probably has some BCTF minion crafting a pile of grievances about segregation. In the negotiated settlement reached last fall, teachers shared $105 million to make thousands of baseless grievances go away, after the union filed one for student numbers in every class in the province. This bloated perpetual protest machine drains the public purse in more ways than taxpayers realize. Parents understand the strikes, though. They remember a union that scrapped report cards, disrupted administration and forced schools to shut down at graduation time. The strike then dragged into the fall, as the government held the line on public service spending. And what was the key issue that kept schools closed? It wasn’t
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special needs support, where student performance has continued to improve. No, it was the BCTF demanding a raise twice as big as other public sector unions had already accepted. In the end, their paltry strike fund long gone, the union grudgingly accepted the going rate. They figured they had the elected government on the run in court. Wrong again.
In the end, their paltry strike fund long gone, the union grudgingly accepted the going rate. Next up for the ministry is taking control of professional development. A bill before the legislature will enforce standards, once the NDP is done denouncing it. Singing Solidarity Forever around a campfire and calling it paid professional development (a real example, by the way) will soon go the way of the unioncontrolled College of Teachers – onto the scrap heap of history. There are BCTF members who understand how ill-served they are by their union. They are looking critically at the performance of their leaders, who are too often distracted by grandiose “social justice” campaigns as far away as the Middle East. Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.
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THE NEWS/letters Don’t feign it ‘Something stinks’ Editor, The News: Mike Shields should be advised that his “nuanced” writing was understood completely, even though it was couched in the obvious. He previously noted the misdeeds of Conservative Senator Mike Duffy, a “Party apparatchik,” and Conservative Pamela Wallin a, “grandee,” as well as B.C. Liberal aides “corruption charges.” But the letter he refers to fills in the misdeeds of the other party that he omitted, and there were many. Even though he says he is not a member of any political party, my comprehension of nuance and the obvious lets the reader know which way he leans. The “issue here” is to state your opinion plainly and not feign being non-partisan. Cherryl Katnich Maple Ridge
Many thanks for help Editor, The News: On Mar. 5th, I was the grateful recipient of the kindness of strangers. I fell off my bike on 124th Avenue, where I lay in a heap of broken bones until the good people of Maple Ridge came to my aid. I’ve been in hospital since, but haven’t forgotten you all. To the nurse that stopped first and made the wise decision not to move me and to all the others who stopped their cars and came running, many thanks for the assistance and comfort you offered. Bonnie Taylor Maple Ridge
Editor, The News: Something in Maple Ridge stinks. It could be the garbage I see tossed in the ditches on our lonely rural roads, but actually it’s even more rank and deviant, and it’s the recent motivation for much of it. J. Allner wrote: “ ... the cost of waste dumping has gone up in recent weeks by 50 per cent.” Thank goodness I put most of my stuff in the recycling. Who approves price hikes of 50 per cent, by the way? That’s a great point J. Allner. But the fact is, it’s way more than a 50 per cent price hike because most of us, most of the time are already paying a gross amount over the rate of $130 per tonne. I noticed a few short years ago we were suddenly slapped with a $10 minimum charge on weekends. That was claimed to counter the numbers of citizens who only have time to go to the dump on weekends. You know the ones – the taxpaying, working citizens. Then, at some point in time, with no reason given (how do you justify gouging anyway) it became all week long that we were paying this arbitrary and usurious sum of $10 (nobody seemed to complain). But that’s when I started seeing bags of garbage and mattresses being tossed in the ditches and woods. There is another arbitrary sum of an additional $5 being foisted upon us because, well,
who is going to stop it? If I come to the dump to empty a small can of garbage every few weeks because that’s all I have, and it must go, for obvious reasons, I am gouged just for showing up to inconvenience the company that has a monopoly on this trash. Not long ago, but for as long as I can remember, we all paid an equal rate for the trash we threw out. Now, if we are conscientious and recycle, we pay through the nose to turf our trash. If the new rate is $130 per tonne, then I’m paying about 13 cents per kilogram if I’m dropping off more than 116 kg. That’s 255 pounds of garbage, old-timers. However, I don’t normally go to the dump with a tonne of garbage. I usually go with between 10 to 25 kg, or 22 to 55 pounds. I’m paying about 60 cents per pound, or $1.33 per kg. That’s 10 times the price per tonne. I bet the pensioners are the ones who are being gouged the most as they typically throw out less garbage than a young working family. The greed and cruelty of this garbage monopoly has run amok. Do we have no one in government who is paying attention to this abuse? Who is looking out for the citizenry? Grant Baker Maple Ridge
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Waste of money Editor, The News: Is anyone else as angry over the mayors’ council’s scare tactics using more than $6,000,000 of our tax dollars in advertising, by trying to tell us that there is no plan B? Yes, it is our tax dollars, despite them saying it is not new money because it was already in transit’s budget. The question is, what was it earmarked for and if it was a slush fund, why was it in the budget to begin with? Don’t be scared into voting yes (while “holding your nose,” as Jackie Chow suggested some time ago), there will be a plan B, you can count on that. In the meantime, TransLink has forfeited its reason for existence with all the bungling that has gone through and its outrageous wage and benefit packages, voted on by its members. They must be rescinded and it appears that the only way to accomplish this is to vote them down, convincingly. So, if you have not yet voted, do so now with a resounding No vote. Walter Verwoerd Maple Ridge
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Maple Ridge’s Housing Action Plan passed last September, but the action has yet to happen. Council heard Monday that an implementation plan for the housing plan will be another few months. The update came at Monday’s meeting as the city tackles the issue via the mayor’s homelessness solutions task force. “Housing is top of mind,” said Mayor Nicole Read. She wants to ensure that Maple Ridge applies for any federal funding available under the Housing First program,
which focuses on putting money into providing homes first for people instead of trying to treat mental health or drug addiction issues. “We need to be ready to bring forward projects that fit within the Housing First envelope. I would like us to move fairly quickly to target this.” The federal government’s shift in policy towards Housing First programs resulted Maple Ridge losing the five overnight beds for teens in trouble when the Iron Horse Youth Safe House closed its nighttime shelter program on Jan. 31. As well, the Alouette Home Start Society had to reduce its complement of street outreach workers from two full-time positions to half a posi-
tion. The city, last week, approved hiring four street outreach workers. Maple Ridge has been working on its Housing Action Plan since 2011 and approved the plan last year. But the specifics that actually will be done awaits the implementation plan, which will take a few more months. Council heard that if the cost of housing exceeds 30 per cent of income, it becomes unaffordable. Another factor that could put more people into the streets is the expiry of subsidies for Coop housing projects. As long-term Canadian Mortgage Housing Corp. mortgages expire on coop housing, subsidies for maintenance and upkeep of those buildings are
‘NDP could get stuck with mess’ Teachers from front
In a judgment released Thursday, four of five appeal court judges found that the province did not infringe on the constitutional rights of teachers to bargain working conditions. The appeal court pointed out numerous errors in the 2011 judg-
ment of B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin, and overturned her order that the government pay $2 million in damages, which has been paid to the union. BCTF president Jim Iker said the union will seek to appeal the issue to the Supreme Court of
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beyond our particular teacher situation. This is about a government being able to tear up contracts that were bargained,” said Serra. “That’s got to be worrisome for all unions, and anyone with a collective agreement.” The B.C. education ministry has argued that caps on class size and number of students in each class with personalized learning plans were unduly restrictive. The NDP government of the late 1990s negotiated a settlement where the BCTF gave up salary increases in exchange for class size caps, specialist teacher levels and limits on the number of designated special needs students in each class. Serra said teachers are disappointed with the ruling, and that the government has used contract revisions to underfund education. “The situation this year and next year and getting worse and worse and worse,” said Serra. It will likely be years before the matter can be heard and settled by the highest court. Serra said the irony is that an NDP government, if the party can win the next provincial election, could inherit an expensive problem created by the present government. “The NDP could get stuck with the Liberals’ mess.”
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One of the worst cruelty cases in B.C. SPCA history continues to on its path to happiness as Willow, a severely emaciated Siberian husky, was honoured at the Animal Courage Awards on May 2. The dog was found wandering alone in Maple Ridge in late January, and brought to the Maple Ridge branch of the SPCA by a good samaritan. Because of her initial condition, the dog was treated at the Dewdney Animal Hospital. She only weighed 15
kilograms, nine kg under what a healthy dog of her age and breed should be. The husky was assessed with a score of one out of nine on the canine body conditioning scale, making it one of the worst cases of starvation witnessed by SPCA officers. “Willow was too weak to stand without support, but was unable to lie down due to extreme pain in her abdominal area,” says Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the SPCA. “Upon further examination, it was discovered that she had been eating gravel and soil in order to stay alive. Thankfully, with around-the-clock veterinary treatment and ongoing care
in a loving SPCA foster home, Willow made a miraculous recovery and gradually gained more than nine kilograms.” Willow was adopted in March by Dawn and Mark Whittacker of Langley, and has adjusted to her new home, enjoying car rides, long walks and swimming. The dog’s original owner has been identified as a Coquitlam resident and university student. The B.C. SPCA has said there is enough evidence to go forward with animal cruelty charges under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and the Criminal Code. There has been no word from Crown counsel on whether charges will be laid.
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Sprouting from their successful pilot project last spring at Hammond and Glenwood elementary schools, organizers of the “More Peas, Please” are looking to bring the program to other schools in the district. “Last year we planted about 12 gardens for Hammond and Glenwood elementary school families,” said Richard Farrance, one of the project coordinators. “This year we’d love to bring the program to other schools, and are looking for parents to be a champion for their kids’ school.” The program sees volunteers visit local homes to help create free starter gardens for families with young children. Bringing dirt, shovels, watering cans, seeds and plants, volunteers work with both parents and kids to prepare the garden bed and teach the kids how to plant the seeds and care for the garden. Families can join the More
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the plants, watching and learning how things grow, spending time outside, and eating fresh veggies directly from the garden.” The program champions will act as the coordinator for it at the school and be given training, tools, supplies, and an orientation. The starter gardens contain vegetables such as peas, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce and kale, and have been helped this year by seed donations from Candace Gordon of Golden Ears Food
Farmers market expanding reach Taste a little wine, sip a little beer, and all of a sudden a Saturday morning trip to the Haney Farmers Market is more than about picking out the choicest broccoli or homemade jam. Now shoppers can sample some local wine, even vodka and soon some locally brewed beer. Maan estate winery, Damali Lavender and Winery, Township 7 Vineyard and Dragon Mist Vodka are all showing their products at the downtown market, as well as providing tasty samples. For something sweeter, Campbell’s Gold Honey and Meadery is offering samples of honey wine. Farmers Market executive-director Eileen Dwillies said a local brewery is also interested, but
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has to work out staffing issues before offering some Maple Ridge brewed beer. New liquour rules introduced in June 2014, allows beverages to be sold at the market, providing the companies are licensed to sell at farmers’ markets. The regulations also allow shoppers to sample 10 millilitres of hard liquor, 20 ml of wine or 30 ml of beer. It’s up to the vendors and shoppers to ensure those limits are followed. The market has been around for a decade when it opened in downtown Maple Ridge with 12 vendors. Now, there are 65 vendors with 21 farmers hawking their products at Memorial Peace Park every Saturday morning from May to October. Attendance has also climbed. “We’re up to close to 2,000 a week now.”
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THE NEWS/arts&life Another door opens as couple returns Campbell and Green promoting thier lastest CD B y T i m Fi t z g e r a l d tim.fitzgerald@mapleridgenews.com
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obert Campbell and Cailin Green could have taken the easy road. In their 50s, they lived a comfortable life in Maple Ridge, rich with friends and family. But the couple decided their journey needed a new path, so they left everything behind to follow their passion late in life. As long-time residents in the community, the couple had spent countless hours devoting their spare time helping enhance to local art scene and community as a whole. Campbell had helped organize the Maple Ridge Jazz and Blues Festival, as well as working with Meadow Ridge Rotary. But the couple’s desire to spend more time on the craft of song writing and performing still beckoned. It was a calling that ended up taking them across the country, landing comfortably in the music rich East Coast community of Dartmouth, N.S. three years ago. Now, three albums later, Campbell and Green make their way back to Maple Ridge May 15 for a one-night performance at Westacres in promotion of their latest CD, When One Door Closes. Campbell says the journey has been rewarding, as they are making inroads in the music industry with their excellent musicianship and song writing. He said he and Green are digging deep into their life experience to share strong stories, offering a zest for life, and using their marital humour in both their song writing and
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Robert Campbell and Cailin Green are returning to Maple Ridge for a one-night performance. performances. Campbell said their new album is a result of their significant life changes, as they attempt to find their musical and artistic voices. “It wasn’t easy” remarks Green. “We literally started over, choosing to follow our passion for music. We gave up a lot to do this.” But the risk was worth it, he says. The culture
of music is rich in the East Coast, where many a kitchen turns into a stage most Saturday nights, laughs Campbell. He said it’s also strengthened their song writing skills. “Change opens doors. It opens your eyes to where you are in life and where you want to go. So as songwriters, we’ve been growing, becom-
ing more cohesive and developing our own style, which I think really comes through on our last CD,” said Campbell. He said age also plays a role in the evolution of their music. “Time turns precious when one turns 50. You begin to rethink why you’re doing what you’re doing and if that’s really what you want from life.” He said the move east wasn’t some grand plan, but more of an opportunity of chance. They had been looking for a house to buy in Maple Ridge, but couldn’t find what they were looking for. A pair of invites from friends out east planted the seed and one visit helped the move grow. “We though to ourselves, ‘why not now?’” said Campbell. “Everything just kind of lined up.” With the help of funding through a successful Kickstarter campaign, Campbell and Green said they have pulled out all the stops with the help of producer, Jamie Robinson, and have created, without a doubt, their best work to date. Campbell describes it as a contemporary folk/pop style from ballad to upbeat with a touch of blues, country and light rock. He said their songs range from happy to powerful to poignant. Campbell said they are excited to be coming home to Maple Ridge for their show at Westacres. “We may have moved out east, but we didn’t close the door on Maple Ridge. We still have plenty of friends and family here and nowadays, with social media, you’re never that far away. It will be nice to play here. We’re really looking forward to it.” •Tickets: mapleridgemusicsociety.ca.
Donated books help ease difficult decisions More than 2,000 new children’s books will be handed out to children of low-income families in Maple Ridge thanks to a donation by First Books Canada. The charitable organization made the donation to six different local groups to give away to encourage children to read at home. Elaine Yamamoto, literacy facilitator with the Community Literacy Committee, said the program is of vital importance to help foster the love of reading in the youth, especially for those families who can’t always afford new books. “When you’re down to your last dollars and the choice is between food and books,” said Yamamoto, “it has to
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in need across Canada. In Maple Ridge, the books were handed out to the community literacy committee, the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation, Fraser Health, community services, School District No. 42, and the Family Education and Support Centre. The Friends in Need Food Bank and the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows-Katzie Community Literacy Committee donated their time and truck to pick up the books in Richmond. Yamamoto said she’s encouraged that organizations like the food bank get involved, handing out books in hampers, at Christmas and for birthday packages for clients. “They take it upon themselves to do the little extras for their clients, making read-
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Maple Ridge Christian School is presenting the classic story Anne of Green Gables May 8 and 9. Students from grades 8 to 12 are participating in the production, which includes a multi-tiered set, a horse and carriage, a raft and row boat. The Canadian classic is further enhanced by video projections, with photographs from Prince Edward Island, where the story takes place in the early 1900s. With such a popular story comes a lot of pressure to perform, said drama teacher and director Reg Parks, and the students have done a tremendous job taking up the task. “Telling this story comes with a lot of expectation”, said Parks. “Almost everyone has an idea of how
it should be done as they have lived with Anne for most of their lives. She is the most famous Canadian in history.” Jenna Morrison, a Grade 11 student, tackles the energetic role of Anne. She said Park’s direction has helped her understand the role of Anne. “Mr. Parks told me that I should be exhausted by the end of the first act because Anne feels everything, and is either going up or coming down from her experiences. Parks said the character Gilbert Blythe is played with gusto by of Brodie Alexander, whose cry of “carrots, carrots” in reaction to Anne’s unique hair colour puts him in her bad books for almost the entire play. Parks is also leaning on Laura Cramer as the assistant director to help with the show. Cramer is an
alumni of MRCS and the Theatre Arts program. “It’s so fun to be back helping out on such a great piece of Canadian culture,” said Cramer, whose goal is to eventually be a drama teacher. The play has special meaning for Parks. Anne of Green Gables takes the drama teacher back his first year of teaching at MRCS in 1999, when the school mounted a different version of the story. “That’s the enduring joy of this story,” he said. “The kids in this production weren’t even born yet when we last put it on”. • Showtimes are May 8 at 7:30 p.m. and May 9 at 2 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, and $10 for children 13 and under. Tickets are available at the school or by calling 604-465-4442.
Sightlines turns THSS into Plaza Suite Thomas Haney secondary’s Sightlines Theatre is presenting Neil Simon’s Tony-award-winning Broadway comedy Plaza Suite. The three-act play, set in Suite 719 of New York city’s Plaza Hotel, invites the audience into the lives of three separate couples, displaying how the walls would talk if they could. The first act, Visitor From Mamaroneck, introduces the audience to the couple of Sam and Karen. She has noticed that Sam has not been as attentive to their
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est Hills, revolves around married couple Roy and Norma Hubley on their daughter Mimsey’s wedding day. In a rush of nervousness, Mimsey has locked herself in the suite’s bathroom and refuses to leave. Her parents’ frantic attempts to coax Mimsey into attending her wedding while the guests wait downstairs is nothing short of hilarious. • Sightlines Theatre’s rendition of Plaza Suite goes May 13-15, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 for students and seniors and $8 adults and can be reserved at 604-463-2001.
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From cannon to sniper Rookie striker wins Golden Boot with 28 By Neil Corbett sports@mapleridgenews.com
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he West Coast FC got five Golden Boots in men’s soccer this year, and the most impressive of the lot was Adrian Jackson – a teenager playing against men for the first time this year. Jackson was the striker for the Under-21 team, new to West Coast this year, and coached by veteran Paul Segovia. The coach knew he had an exceptional talent in Jackson, and they focussed on his finish this season. Jackson credits Segovia with changing his approach to shooting. He always possessed a good shot, and he loved to let it rip with all the force he could muster. But the coach actually worked with him on dialing down the power, to instead focus on deadly accuracy. “It doesn’t matter how hard the ball goes into the net, as long as it goes in,” said Jackson. “You find yourself picking the corners. “Be more of a sniper than a cannon,” is how Segovia describes his philosophy. And snipe Jackson did. He scored 28 goals on the season, in 18 games, which not only led the under-21 league, but the entire Fraser Valley soccer league, from premier through the “beer leagues,” earning him the Golden Boot. Jackson’s gaudy goal totals surprised even himself, especially considering that it was his first year in the league, and he was playing against young men instead of teenagers for the first time. “The big jump up is in the physicality,” he said, noting the defenders were both stronger in physical matchups and faster than in minor soccer. But Jackson is cat quick. His typical goal came by putting balls through the defence and darting past them for short breakaways, and a short window of opportunity. Segovia has him thinking of shooting whenever he’s around the box. “I taught him, when he gets in around the goal, to be greedy,” said
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Adrian Jackson earned the Golden Boot award the coach. Segovia said he can’t remember such prolific scoring from a striker throughout his coaching career. “At a game in Chilliwack, his goal could have been put forward as the FIFA goal of the year,” said Segovia. He described a play where Jackson took the ball across the top of the 18-yard box, then placed a high shot over the keeper into the far top corner. Segovia remembers the opposing coach’s wowed reaction. “Unbelievable,” he said to him. Jackson plans to be back with the same team next year, and hopes they can build on their successful campaign. He’s living at home and working with his father Greg in the television industry, on the set of the Flash series, which is “super cool” for now.
Personally, it’s been a great year to build on. “Being a striker, you have to have confidence to put yourself in those positions to score. Confidence is huge.” He’s going to take his talent as far as it will carry him. “I hope to work my way to the premier, and maybe even the college soccer level,” he said. Segovia says it will happen. Scoring ability is the rarest commodity in soccer. All teams covet it, and many will pay for it. “He’s got good grades, and I know he can get a scholarship.” And Jackson can still improve. He’s slight, and that lends to the quickness that startles defenders and leaves them behind. But added strength will let him keep the ball
when he’s being pushed off. He also needs to work at scoring on balls in the air – he can remember only one of his goals on the year coming off a header. “You have to learn your trade,” said Segovia. “He’s a good talent.”
Five win golden boots There were four other Golden Boot league scoring leaders from West Coast FC: • Jon Craig of the Westcoast FC Selects led the Premier league with 20 goals. • Lee Higgins of Westcoast FC Inter was the top scorer in the first division with 17. • Joe Evans of the Westcoast FC Rowdies led the Fourth Division with 27. • Nicholas Jackson (no relation to Adrian) of the Westcoast FC Saints led the Masters division with 12.
The Jerks of Hammond, a men’s hardball team, prevailed 5-3 over their longtime rival, the Richmond As on Sunday at Larry Walker Field, improving to 4-0. The Athletics staked themselves an early lead in the top of the first, but the Jerks turned the momentum around quickly in the bottom half of the inning, when a single by Juan Carlos Santana plated leadoff man Derrick Hansvall. Ernie Williams knocked in Santana with a bloop single, and a groundout by Matt Maclean scored Jeff Schmidt for the third run of the first inning. The Jerks added another two runs in the fifth, led by Kiel Aarstad’s first hit and RBI of the season. Offensively the Jerks were led by the heart of their order, with Santana, Schmidt and Williams each collecting two hits. Starting pitcher Blair Cumming (2-0, 1.69 ERA) allowed a first-inning run for the first time this season, but overall was his usual dominant self. He threw five innings, allowing four hits, two earned runs with five strikeouts. Jeff Schmidt, who has yet to allow a run on the season, came on in relief, and tossed two innings of scoreless ball. He induced a double play and kept his scoreless streak to begin the season at nine innings. Closer Rob Gauthier (0.81 ERA) shut the door and picked up his third save. The win moved the Jerks to 4-0. They play Saturday against a newcomer to the Lower Mainland Baseball Association, the New Westminster Twins, at Queens Park.
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The Blue Ribbon ‘Dutch’ Apple Pie - Fred Armstrong Foolproof Pie Dough: 2 1/2 cups (12 1/2 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour •1 teaspoon table salt • 2 tablespoons sugar • 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch slices • 1/2 cup cold vegetable shortening, cut into 4 pieces • 1/4 cup cold vodka • 1/4 cup cold water The Process: 1 1/2 cups flour, salt, and sugar in food processor until combined, about 2 one-second pulses. Add butter and shortening and process until homogeneous dough starts to collect in uneven clumps. In about 15 seconds the dough will resemble cottage cheese curds and there should be no uncoated flour. Scrape bowl with rubber spatula and redistribute dough evenly around processor blade. Add remaining cup flour and pulse until mixture is evenly distributed around bowl and mass of dough has been broken up, 4 to 6 quick pulses. Empty mixture into medium bowl. Sprinkle vodka and water over mixture. With rubber spatula, use folding motion to mix, pressing down on dough until dough is slightly tacky and sticks together. Divide dough into two even balls and flatten each into 4-inch disks. Wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 45 minutes or up to 2 days. Remove 1 disk of dough from the refrigerator and roll on a generously floured work surface to a 12-inch circle, about 1/8 inch thick. Roll dough loosely and unroll into pie plate, leaving at least 1-inch overhang on each side. Working around circumference, ease dough into plate by gently lifting edge of dough with one hand while pressing into plate bottom with other hand. Leave dough that overhangs plate in place; refrigerate while preparing filling until dough is firm for about 30 minutes. The Filling: 6 Granny smith apples • Cinnamon powder • Nutmeg • Ginger powder • Brown sugar (the darker the better) • Robin Hood flour • One large navel orange washed and dried • Butter The Assembly: I use either a deep dish 9 inch glass or ceramic pie tin at home, and deep dish 9 inch aluminum disposable pans. Roll out the pie dough. If you are a rookie I’d suggest you watch a number of YouTube videos and find a technique that you are comfortable with. Once you roll the pie dough out, put it in the pie plate, trim the edges and place it back in the fridge until you are ready to assemble. Get yourself about 6 granny smith apples, the greener the better. Granny Smith apples work very nicely against the spices and sweetness of this recipe. If you use another apple, with more sugar content, or more water content, the recipe will not work as well. These apples are tart, which is a key part of the overall taste. Peel the apples and then use a corer to get the apple into even segments. Once you’ve cored the apples, slice each segment into three pieces so you have nice thin pieces for the final pie. If you have big apple chunks the center of each wedge doesn’t cook through. Additionally, I can pack a lot more apples into the pie, so there are not huge gaps. Place the sliced apples into a large bowl and add; 3/4 cup of brown sugar (dark) • ½ cup of flour • 3 teaspoons of cinnamon • 1 teaspoon of ginger • ½ teaspoon of nutmeg. Mix the ingredients together with your fingers until your slices are coated with the ingredients. Begin the assembly. Take the crust out of the fridge and start placing the slices neatly in the bottom of the crust. Once I have about two or three layers of slices in the crust use a microplane grater to zest the orange rind onto the layer. Zest about 1/4 of the orange skin surface at this layer. Place thin slices of butter on this layer, dotted around the pie, the equivalent about a 1 and ½ tablespoons. Now resume building about three more layers and zest another 1/4 of the orange skin and add more butter equivalent to the last time. Now just keep building up the layers until you have a nice huge mound of apples. Crimp the edges of the pie crust. Put the pie in the fridge and preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. The Streusel Topping: ¾ cup of flour • ½ cup of brown sugar • ½ cup of salted butter • A couple of tablespoons of water • Two teaspoons of cinnamon The Final Assembly: Get out your food processor again. Use your butter from the fridge, do not soften. Slice the butter into small pieces or cubes and place it in the food processor. The slices can be about ¼ inch thick or you can do it in cubes of about half an inch. You don’t want a giant lump of butter or it won’t mix well. Now add the flour, sugar and cinnamon and pulse the processor until the ingredients mix well. Then when they are well mixed, drizzle a bit of cold water into the mix until it starts to look like oatmeal. Then stop. Don’t over mix this, I find that I can get the first mix with 5 or 6 pulses and two or three pulses with the water and it’s good to go. Remove the blade and mixing bowl from the food processor and clear a spot on the counter for the final assembly. Place one hand, cupped, at the edge of the pie and then start adding a layer of the streusel topping, turning the pie plate until the edges have a nice layer of topping. Move upwards until the whole pie has a half inch (one centimeter) layer of the streusel. Now it goes in the centre of the oven for about 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, turn the pie 180 degrees and set the timer for another 20 minutes. Do another turn after the 20 minutes are over and then set the timer for 15 minutes. At this point start looking to see if the pie is starting to bubble up on the edges. Also, start testing with a bamboo skewer to see if the apples allow the skewer to slide in easily. The total baking time often depends on the ambient temperature and how fresh the apples are, but I’ve never had one take more than 65 minutes. Once the pie is bubbling at the edges, and the skewer doesn’t meet much resistance (don’t wait until the apples turn to mush) then take it out and let it cool. You can serve it within a half hour, but I would wait for at least an hour. Serve with some nice vanilla ice cream or whipped cream and enjoy!
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MORRISON, Hilda Celebration of life was held for Hilda Morrison at Maple Ridge Park on May 9, 2015 where the family gathered. Hilda will always be remembered and is greatly missed. Hilda was a hard worker, great cook, and always ready to lend a hand. Hilda and her late husband George loved to travel and saw many parts of the world. Hilda loved to play cards especially poker and made many trips to the casino. Mom took great pride in her family and balloons were let off to celebrate her life. Rest in peace MOM, WE LOVE YOU.
DELESOY, George passed away peacefully on May 1, 2015 at Ridge Meadows Hospital at the age of 93. George was born in Calder Sask. He enlisted in the army and was a proud member of the Canadian Armed Forces. Later George moved his family to Maple Ridge where he worked at Hammond Cedar and on to Whonnock Lumber always an IWA member. He is predeceased by his granddaughter Cheryl-Ann Unrau in 1988 and great granddaughter Lucabella Delesoy in 2005. He is survived by his wife of 71 years Vicky; sister Betty Wice; daughters Alice(Jack) Allard, Rose(Len) Yalowica; sons Andy Delesoy and Gerald (Roseanne) Delesoy; 6 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren. George’s passion was fishing, music, and fixing things. He was “Mr Fix It”. He had a sense of humor and quick wit. He had a love for life and loved by all. “He was a true inspiration”. The family would like to thank the nursing staff at the Path unit, 3 North, and 2 West for treating Dad so well. He always said “Good Service.” Memorial Service will be held at 1pm on Wednesday, May 6th at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel 11765-224th St, Maple Ridge. Expressions of sympathy can be made at: www.gardenhill.ca
SAKVE, (Johns) Irmgard Passed away on April 25, 2015 at 81 years of age, with her devoted husband Arthur at her side. She is survived by her children; sons Thomas (Marjorie) Michael, and Samuel (Heather), daughters Karin (Daniel), Linda, Monika (Calvin), and Edna (Duncan); step children Tommy, Dennis, and Debby; 11 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. Resting in God’s loving hands, reunited with her daughter Patty, and other relatives gone before her.
A viewing will be held from 12 to 1PM on Tuesday May 5th at Garden Hill Funeral Chapel 11765-224th St. Maple Ridge. Prayers & Remembrances will be at 1 PM. Interment will follow at Maple Ridge Cemetery at 2 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Kidney Foundation would be appreciated.
SCHULTZ, Cecile Elizabeth Oct. 23, 1925 - April 25, 2015 It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our dear mother, grandmother and sister. A kind, honest and gentle soul has gone to rest. Cecile was born in Hanna, Alberta to Stephen and Katherine Brunner, the eldest of 6 children. The family moved to British Columbia in 1936. It was in Maple Ridge that Cecile met and married the love of her life, Bill, and together they raised two boys. Cecile worked for numerous businesses in town including the family bakery and her brother Don’s butcher shop. Taking time off to raise her family she returned to school and studied bookkeeping and worked at Haney Iron Works until her retirement. She was a volunteer at the Ridge Meadows Hospital Gift Shop for many years. Cecile’s family was most important to her. She and Bill traveled in their motor home enjoying the places it took them and their time together. She was patient and loving with her grandchildren and spent many days just being Grandma.In her later years she enjoyed reading, walking daily and the company of family. Predeceased by her parents, her husband Bill and her brothers Bill and Don. Survived by her two sons Robert (Katherine) and Dale (Sharon), her sisters Ann, Clare and Addalin. She also leaves 6 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. We will all miss the loving and beautiful person she was. Celebration of Life to be held on May 23rd between 1-4 pm At the home of Dale & Sharon Schultz, 23717 115th Ave Maple Ridge, BC Please RSVP to 604-466-1602
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Plant & Garage Sale Sat & Sun May 9 & 10 9am ~ 3pm 20251 Hammond Rd Perennials, some herbs & veggies, indoor plants, pressure washer, stick welder, bikes & other misc items
www.mapleridgenews.com - THE NEWS -- Wednesday, May 6, 2015 -- A29
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 287
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 300
LANDSCAPING
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 329 PAINTING & DECORATING
ANNIE’S LANDSCAPING Fast friendly service with a smile. Offering commercial and residential landscaping and power washing. Call: 778-554-2996
CONCRETE FORMING, FRAMING & SIDING. 604.218.3064
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 374
TREE SERVICES
Pay-Less Pro Painting
312 MAINTENANCE SERVICES
RENTALS 706
RENTALS
APARTMENT/CONDO
Spring EXT/INT SPECIAL
2 Bedroom Apartments BRIGHT & LARGE
LOOK for our YARD SIGNS
Central Coquitlam Co-op
D Free estimates D Insured Licensed D References Residential D Pressure Washing
No subsidy Cls to transit, schools & shops
Serving Tri City 35 Yrs. Call 24 Hrs/7 Days
Dasl ~ 604 945 5864 dasl@terramanagement.ca
paylesspropainting.com Scott 604-891-9967
709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
752
PORT COQUITLAM 775-3000sqft. Ground floor commercial space. Office / retail / service type business. Facing onto city park. 2 blks from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy intersection. Call 604-464-3550.
PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1108/mo - $1211/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
736
TREE BROTHERS SPECIALIST Tree Removal/Topping/Spiral Thinning/Hedge Trimming/Stump Grinding. Free Estimates. WCB/Fully Insured
www.bcclassified.com
$75 Off with this Ad
Derek Manor 2048 Manning Ave. Port Coquitlam 604-941-5452; 604-944-7889
Impeccably Clean!
TRANSPORTATION
MAPLE RIDGE
818
Jerry, 604-500-2163
CARS - DOMESTIC
CLOSE TO TOWN CENTER 3 Bdrm home on private 5 acre large rec down, double enclosed garage, lge carport, city water, some pasture, very clean.
Maple Ridge Towing has the following vehicles for sale:
- 2006 Silver Infinity G35 - 2010 Grey Kia Forte - 2008 White Chevrolet Colorado
$2000/mo. Quick Possession.
Call Ralph 9am-5pm 604-467-9300
PLUMBING
TOWNHOUSES
HOMES FOR RENT
ABC TREE MEN Pruning, Shaping, Tree Removal & Stump Grinding. 604-521-7594 604-817-8899
Advertise across B.C. 338
RENTALS
741
Bids are being accepted until 4pm on Sunday, May 10, 2015. For more information call Rob at 604-463-5146 or visit:
OFFICE/RETAIL
www.mapleridgetowing.ca
Interlawn Landscape Services
BRO MARV PLUMBING Plumbing, heating, clogged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com
HANDYMAN CONNECTION HANDYMAN CONNECTION Handyman Connection - Bonded -Renovations - Installations Repairs - 604.878.5232
A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, fencing, reroofing. Dhillon 604-782-1936.
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SBroken Concrete RocksS $25.00 Per Metric Ton SMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS $25.00 Per Metric Ton GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds $59.00 Per Ton
Top Line Projects Ltd.
Meadows Landscape Supply
Established 1994
FIXIT PLUMBING & HEATING H/W Tanks, Reno’s, Boilers, Furn’s. Drain Cleaning. Ins. 604-380-2932
341
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Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.
LANDSCAPING
MIRACLE MOVING
Trimming W Pruning W Topping Clean-upW Garbage Removal
Gardening
POWER WASHING since 1982. WCB/Liability insurance. Call Simon for prompt service. 604-230-0627
356
Includes: Heat, Hot Water
and Hydro Near Shopping & Amenities. SENIOR’S DISCOUNT
ROOMS FOR RENT
$75 OFF 1ST MONTH
1999 GMC Sierra short box8cyl auto, 254,000 km, all service records, new battery, comes 2002 Adventure camper, 3-way fridge, propane stove, enclosed toilet, no shower, electric Kayak lift, 3-piece custom dolly for storage, fibre-glass canopy. $12,500 obo. (604)943-1934.
Rooms from $445/mo. Fully Furn, weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min walk to commuter rail.
845
Haney Motor Hotel 22222 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge Inquire in person between 9am - 3pm or
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200
The Scrapper
Call 604-467-3944
604-463-2236 604-463-7450 12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings
749
STORAGE
in need of caring homes! All cats are spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at:
$45/Hr
From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos
LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
604-537-4140
PETS
* Renovated Suites * *Large *Clean *Very Quiet
746
RECREATIONAL/SALE
838
CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION
www.affordablemoversbc.com
604.230.1634 or 604.467.3724
PETS
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
AFFORDABLE MOVING
Free Estimate 19 years experience in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows
.give and take tree service 778.872.8406
BOXER PUPS, family raised, dewclaws, tails, vaccinated, health cert exc quality. $1800. 604-341-1445
Lawn Care Fencing & Allan Block
Great Location
Queen Anne Apts.
477
~We accept Visa & Mastercard~
Weeding W New Turf Fertilizing W Moss Control Power Raking W Aeration
Rick Medhurst Royal LePage Realty
$840/mo & $940/mo
RUBBISH REMOVAL
604 - 720 - 2009
Flower Beds W Allan Blocks Bark Mulch W River Lava Rock
Ref’s & Credit check req’d
1 & 2 Bdrms available
Call Ian 604-724-6373
Licensed - Bonded - Fully Equip. Residential Commercial, 1-3 Men BIG OR SMALL MOVES Start $45/hr ~ All size trucks Free estimate/Senior Discount www.miraclemoving.ca
S. H. LANDSCAPING TREE SERVICES
Unbelievable Rates, Starting at $495/month. Various sizes 320sf. - 2000sf. Various downtown locations. Updated and well maintained.
604-463-3000
SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE
MOVING & STORAGE
1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING
Good Apartment Sizes Heat SH/W S Parking 1 Bedroom Available $810/mo. No Pets
PRESSURE WASHING POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING
All bids should be in writing 23283 McKay Ave, Maple Ridge, BC V2W 1B9
Maple Ridge Office & Retail Space
MAPLE RIDGE
604-465-1311
Call Mike 604 - 306 - 4468
300
10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Call Aman: 778-895-2005
✶Dump Site Now Open✶
Full Service Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928
D Home Repairs D All types of carpentry D Renovations
MISC SERVICES
JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca
GARBAGE REMOVAL Same Day Service Lowest Price in Town Discount for MULTIPLE LOADS
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
Please Call
778-323-2334
fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977
Pitt Meadows Marina
German Shepherd pups, vet check, 1st shots, own both parents, gd tempered, farm & family raised in country, good guard dog/family pet. born feb 11. $750; 604-796-3799 or 604-845-6027, no sunday calls
Moorage Rental Year or Semi-annual Outdoor Storage Available Starting At $30/month for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks & Trailers
MULTI POO miniature black brown & tan 4-6 lbs hypo allerg, exc family pet, vet cert $1600. 604-341-1445. PITTBULL pups, born Feb 24th. Blue/blue brindle. Gotti/razors edge. $850-$1250. 604-376-0920
REAL ESTATE
14179 Reichenback Rd
Launch Ramp with 3 lines and ample parking for tracks and trailers
Onsite Manager
604.465.7713
J. Christie/D.Prysiaznuik of 100-12188 224th Street, Maple Ridge B.C. have abandoned furniture, household items, etc. Notice is hereby given if these items are not removed by July 1, 2015 the management will dispose of said property. CHECK CLASSIFIEDS
359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL
604-575-5555
633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS
AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.
www.paintspecial.com
.Highland Turf
604.339.1989 Lower Mainland 604.996.8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for 10yrs
D Garden Blend Soil D Lawn Blend Soil D Custom Blends avail. D Composted Mushroom Manure NO Wood byproducts used
When QUALITY Matters all soils are tested for Optimum growing requirements.
17607 Ford Road Pitt Meadows
PICK-UP ...... or .... DELIVERY
604-465-3189 JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service. Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/ Res. (604)466-1369
PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $299 2 coats any colour
• • •
TOPSOIL
NOTICE OF INTENT
SCREENED TOPSOIL MUSHROOM MANURE BARK MULCH 604-467-3003
RE: LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING ACT
www.jonesbroscartageltd.com
587
TOOLS
1989 14x70 in Ruskin MHP. Fam./Pet ok. $39,900 w/$575pad Partial view. Chuck 604-830-1960
(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.
Ask about our
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NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring.
$
ROOM SPECIAL
NORTHSTARS PAINTING www.northstars-painting.com Master Painters at Students Rates. Best Value In Town, Book Now For Super Savings. 778.245.9069
741
OFFICE/RETAIL
OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT
CALL TODAY! 604-803-5041 www.benchmarkpainting.ca
741
OFFICE/RETAIL
741
OFFICE/RETAIL
FOUR INDIVIDUAL OFFICES • 10’ X 8.5’ available • Includes heat, A/C & window
ONE OFFICE
• Inside with no windows 12’ x 8’ • Includes heat & A/C and hydro
ONE CORNER OFFICE
• With windows on 2 sides • Plumbed with sink and shower 10’x9.5’ • Includes heat & A/C and hydro
All offices on second floor, downtown Maple Ridge location, new and clean with one shared washroom on the floor. One year minimum lease subject to credit and criminal check.
Contact Jim at 604-476-2720
APPLICATION FOR A LIQUOR PRIMARY LICENCE An application for a new Liquor Primary licence has been received by the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch from The City of Pitt Meadows. The proposed location for the licence is 11435 Bonson Road in Pitt Meadows. Proposed licensed hours are for sporting and/or concert events only between 9 AM to 12:00 Midnight Sunday through Saturday. Person capacity will be limited to 1571 persons inside. Residents and owners of businesses located within a 0.5 mile (0.8 km) radius of the proposed site may comment on this proposal by 1) writing to: THE GENERAL MANAGER C/O Senior Licensing Analyst LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING BRANCH PO BOX 9292 Victoria, BC V8W 9J8 2) by email: lclb.lclb@gov.bc.ca PETITIONS AND FORM LETTERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED To ensure the consideration of your views, your comments, name and address must be received on or before (Expiry date June 5, 2015). Please note that your comments may be made available to the applicant or local government officials where disclosure is necessary to administer the licensing process.
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REMEMBER MOM ON SUNDAY, MAY 10
ALL* WOMEN’S CARDIGANS & TOPPERS Pointelle Drape Cardigan Our Reg. $49.99
Sale $34.99
SAVE 30%
B.
ALL* DRESSES
A. Braided Waist Tie-dyed Maxi B. Colourblock Tulip Skirt Maxi Our Reg. $29.99-$69.99
Sale $20.99 - $48.99
ALL* MAXI SKIRTS
SAVE 30%
A. Striped Knit Maxi B. Knit Maxi with Foldover Waistband Our Reg. $39.99
A.
SAVE 30%
25%
All Women's and Clothing and Footwear
Sale $27.99
OFF
till Sunday May 10 only!
HURRY IN FOR BEST SELECTION! ONLY AT
MAPLE RIDGE
Shop Local! Everybody Wins. Local Shops Support Local Events & Teams
22722 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge
604-463-7277
Custom Embroidery Centre on Premises • Locally Owned and Operated
Monday - Friday 9 am - 9 pm • Saturday 9 am - 6 pm • Sunday 10 am - 6 pm