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Trees and wires were down along 123rd Avenue at 208th Street in Maple Ridge after a wind storm early Thursday.
Storm leaves thousands in dark Winds of 90 km/h knock out power By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
A powerful wind storm left 122,000 B.C. Hydro customers in southwestern B.C. without power Thursday morning, including many in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge. Most of Pitt Meadows south of the Lougheed Highway was in the dark, some 6,000 customers, and there were about a dozen outages in Maple Ridge, the largest affecting 3,100 customers north of Dewdney Trunk Road to Silver Valley, between 232nd and 216th Streets. There were also significant outages in eastern Maple Ridge, but power was on in the downtown core. The power was also out at 17 schools, which remained open, although parents were asked to make other arrangements. City crews and firefighters removed downed trees from roadways or blocked streets where power lines were down, waiting for Hydro crews to arrive. See Power, 5
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Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read reassured the remaining residents of the temporary shelter that they will have a place to go.
Homeless shelter extended Province to buy Quality Inn for new housing B y P h i l M e l nychuk pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com
The B.C. government is providing $270,000 to allow the 40bed temporary shelter in Maple Ridge to remain open until the end of June. The province has also made an offer to purchase the Quality Inn, on Lougheed Highway, for approximately $5.5 million. The building is to provide 61 units
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of long-term supportive housing for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, including people currently at the temporary shelter. The purchase will be finalized in early May and it is to open in June, following renovations, the province announced Thursday. B.C. Housing will hold a public meeting later this month, prior to the close of the sale, for local residents who have questions about the project. “We have put in place a longterm housing solution in Maple Ridge that will address the im-
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pin the operations of the supportive housing complex in order to adequately meet the needs of its future residents. The province provided more than $5 million last year for subsidized housing and rent supplements to help more than 1,100 households in Maple Ridge. In 2015, close to 170 homeless people in Maple Ridge were housed through rent supplements and shelter services.
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Silver Valley hamlet plans on hold Sites mapped for schools could find other uses B y Phi l M elnyc h u k pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com
Maple Ridge will be watching and waiting and working on its parks and recreation plans before deciding what to do with three unneeded school sites in Silver Valley. City staff said in a report that the former locations identified for schools in the Blaney, Forest and Horse hamlets are no longer needed after being told that only the River Village hamlet fits into the school district’s long-term plans. Hamlets are the names given to the four neighbourhoods in the Silver Valley subdivision at the north end of 232nd Street. While the sites could find other uses, staff have cautioned council to wait until Maple Ridge’s multi-million parks and rec upgrade plan, involving new swimming pools, parks, ice rinks and museum, is finalized. Included in that rec plan are more sports fields, dog parks and community gardens, while some kind of community gathering place in Silver Valley is specifically mentioned. “… for that reason, it is recommended that the Silver Valley process not commence until council has finalized their prioritization list,” city planning director Christine Carter advises. Once that plan is clarified, council can then have a workshop discussing the future uses of Blaney and Horse hamlets, Carter explains. Both of those sites are privately owned, but have been designated for civic or school use in city plans. Council could change that designation, allowing those
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City staff said in a report that the former locations identified for schools in the Blaney, Forest and Horse hamlets are no longer needed. properties to be developed. For the Blaney hamlet site on 137th Avenue and 232nd Street, staff are proposing the landowner be allowed to develop a portion of the site, until plans are finalized. The city also owns two properties directly to the north of that site. In the Horse hamlet site, consisting of
about six hectares located near the entrance to Golden Ears Provincial Park, most of the property is also private, even though the land has been labelled for civic use. The authors of the original Silver Valley area plan, written in 2001, say that daycares, stores or community spaces could
replace schools as the “civic heart” to each neighbourhood. The remaining Forest hamlet site near the entrance to Golden Ears park is owned by the city. That lies within an expanse of cityowned land totaling 170 hectares and won’t face development until the city decides to sell that property and allow development.
Maple Ridge ‘high on list’ for new ambulance Petition reaches 10,000 names By Neil Corbett ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
A third ambulance for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows may not be far off, says Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge MLA Doug Bing. The call to add another stationed in Maple Ridge continues, with both local MLAs, city councillors and citizens lobbying. Bing said he met with Health Minister Terry Lake about the matter.
“He’s very interested in getting more information, and he was interested in what I had to tell him,” said Bing. “I’m hopeful.” But B.C. Emergency Health Services just added eight new ambulances in the Lower Mainland last month, after completing a demand and development review. Two new ambulances were added in Langley, bringing the number in Langley and Fort Langley to seven, to serve a population of 130,000. Maple Ridge, with a population of 95,000, has two
ambulances. Bing said these are the facts he is showing the health minister, and he has met with Health Ministry officials. Three ambulances will go to Surrey, two to Abbotsford, and one to the North Shore. The MLA was told that Langley will have two new ambulances stationed close to the entrance of the Golden Ears Bridge, where they can quickly cross into Abbotsford. “I pointed out that it would be just as easy if they were on our side of the bridge, to go in the other direction,”
said Bing. He asked Pitt Meadows council to pass a resolution supporting another ambulance in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, and that will be on the agenda at a council meeting later this month. There is also a citizen’s petition that is now up to 10,000 names, calling for a third ambulance. Petition organizer Matt Kelso was before Pitt Meadows council on Tuesday, asking for support, and announcing that he will be collecting signatures outside of the Pitt Meadows Save-on Foods store this Saturday.
Coun. Janis Elkerton, who chaired the meeting, said this is an important issue, and that emergency response must be provided by Victoria, and not downloaded onto municipalities. She said ambulance service is going to be increasingly important because the province is promoting that seniors “age in place,” and live independently in their homes with needed supports. Elkerton said that will result in a better life for seniors, but they must know they will be taken to the hospital when they have a
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medical emergency. “The provincial government needs to pay attention,” said Elkerton It is, said the MLA. “I know we’re high on the list for another ambulance,” he said. Bing said a letter of support from Pitt council will bolster his case with the Ministry of Health, as will the petition of 10,000 signatures. “I certainly appreciate the hours and hours he [Kelso] has put into it,” said Bing. He hopes to hear a decision about a new ambulance for Maple Ridge in the next month.
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Residents at the temporary shelter were feeling better this week after being told they will have a place to go. “It’s not that I don’t want to live somewhere. I used to have a house … but the landlord sold it on me,” said one of the residents, named Rick, who’s stayed at the shelter since it opened in October after he left the Cliff Avenue homeless camp. The temporary shelter opened in the former mattress shop for six months to allow the city to clear the camp that sprung up last spring, next to the Salvation Army Ridge Meadows Ministries. Rick said he’s been told he will have a place to go. “’We’ll find housing for everybody’,” he was told. That makes him feel better, he added. He said staying in the shelter has helped him. “It helped me from killing myself.” He’s also made some friends there who “have their own way of life.”
Read made a short visit to the shelter Tuesday to offer reassurance to people living there. Read said that it’s “unacceptable” for vulnerable people to feel uncertain about not knowing where they’re going to live. “I’m here to provide assurance that this is being worked on and that we are expecting to provide some information imminently.” The temporary shelter, operated by Rain City Housing and funded by B.C. Housing, was only to be open from Oct. 1 to March 31. Read said the city has collected lots of information about people’s needs gained from helping people in the shelter. She added that said most people in the community support the opening of the temporary shelter. “I think a lot of people realize that we’ve had people on our streets for a long period of time who were in deep need.” People value that those people are being helped, she said. Another resident, Eli-
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“They don’t want to have anything to do with us. “They do their best. The workers here are pretty good.” Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows MLA Doug Bing said the government has increased spending on social housing this year by $10 million. “It’s a significant increase.” While Read says housing and mental health is a provincial issue, Bing said it became a city one when council tried to fulfill a 2014 election promise to end homelessness. “They said that they would attempt to deal with the homelessness issue. That’s where it all originated, really. It became a city issue,” Bing said. However, he gave some acknowledgement to the city for ending the Cliff Avenue homeless camp peacefully last fall. He hasn’t visited the temporary shelter in the downtown. “They haven’t really encouraged people to come and visit them, from my understanding.” Bing hasn’t been invited and missed the open house when it opened in October. Read said that every time she talks to residents in the shelter, she learns something. “I think we need to really work that we’re not making them more vulnerable,” and that they feel supported. Otherwise, she added, people will disappear and won’t get the help. “These are people who are dealing with different challenges and we need to wrap the supports around them.”
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City going gender neutral Push, Pull or Drag appropriate. “This is something that’s really important to me,� Duncan told her colleagues. It’s already in use at the federal and provincial levels, she added. The resolution, however, only applies to forthcoming documents or bylaws that will be written in the future and doesn’t mean that staff have to go back and change every city record or
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Once it’s in place, Maple Ridge will have caught up to the federal and provincial governments in requiring gender-neutral language in its bills and documents. City council approved a resolution by Coun. Kiersten Duncan on Tuesday, calling for the city to use such language, where
bylaw prior to the adoption of gender-neutral language. Coun. Craig Speirs said he appreciated the motion being brought to council, comparing it to Coun. Corisa Bell’s recent effort that got Maple Ridge designated as a Blue Dot community, an initiative by the David Suzuki Foundation, that says residents of those cities demand to live in a clean environment.
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More support The province has granted funding to extend the opening of the city’s temporary homeless shelter another three months and has also made on offer to buy the Quality Inn, for use as long-term supportive housing. The B.C. government is providing $270,000 to allow the 40-bed temporary shelter on Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge to remain open until the end of June. The province has also made an offer to purchase the Quality Inn for $5.5 million. The building is to provide 61 units of long-term supportive housing for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, including people currently at the temporary shelter. The purchase will be finalized in early May. The province has now provided more than $5 million in the last year to provide subsidized housing and rent supplements for more than 1,100 households in Maple Ridge. In 2015, close to 170 homeless people in Maple Ridge were housed through rent supplements and shelter services. That’s not insignificant. The funding extension comes as the six-month clock was running out on the temporary shelter, in the former Sleep Country building on Lougheed Highway. Since it opened in October, as many as 141 people went through it. The shelter stopped taking in new clients a month ago. About 40 clients, some of the most difficult to house, because of addiction and mental health issues, remain. While there have been a few complaints about the temporary shelter, the downtown has been a much cleaner and quieter place since the tent city on Cliff Avenue was removed. There have been 40 or so drug overdoses at the temporary shelter, but that speaks to the struggles of those staying there, despite widespread warnings of fentanyl use. But staff at the shelter and emergency services were there to respond. And the new location will offer another level of support, currently not available in Maple Ridge. For all the work the city has done trying to resolve the issue of homelessness in Maple Ridge over the past year, it deserves our continued support. – The News
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his month’s community forum discussed immigration, an issue much in world news of late, as well as historically central to our national identity. Regarding the latter, the United States identifies as a melting pot assimilating newcom- Open mic Mike Shields ers, whereas Canada’s proclamation has been of creating a cultural Mosaic. Such phraseology presents differing interpretations of what we can expect of arrivals and vice versa. Participant suggestions that acquisition of English (or French) language capability and acceptance of cultural norms were bare minimums yielded minor tempests about Richmond area commercial signs and Muslim Hijab doctrine. In turn, consensus arose that greater effort (and investment) should be made to educate especially immigrants with little experience in democracy. In my opinion, however, such efforts will always trend toward political manipulation – learning (or not learning) about politics by osmosis is more Canadian than the indoctrination many refugees are fleeing. Similarly, the financial cost of incorporating foreigners was raised as a budgetary concern. It is purported that settlers make a net contribution to GDP, in no small part due to
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possessing superior drive than the coddled values of native born first-world residents. As someone who can tailor most numerical outcomes to the politically correct presuppositions of whomever commissioned the study, I’m not as willing to accept this politically correct premise as most, but as an economist I see a deeper issue. The Canadian population is aging on average and thus our social security programs require an influx of younger workers to maintain solvency. Which is among the reasons the previous Conservative federal government shifted the emphasis in favour of economic immigrants. The Stephen Harper government aimed for 260,000 to 285,000 new permanent residents in 2015, with approximately 60 per cent via skilled or in-need worker programs. (The family stream has averaged 26 per cent of new arrivals lately and the refugee class 9.5 per cent). Liberal campaign promises included not only the pledge to bring in 25,000 displaced Syrians, but also to double the number of applications for the parent and grandparent sponsorship program. And most Canadians agree, either by dint of coming from immigrant stock themselves or because it is simply the right thing to do, that such figures – less than 0.8 per cent of our population – are not problematic. Unstated in such a rationalization, though, is the implications on living standards being faced in much of Europe presently. Sweden,
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for example, has had an open door policy for refugees for most of the past 40 years. As a result, that country of 10 million took in 163,000 asylum seekers in 2015 alone – with the same or more expected to arrive in 2016. Were Canada to incorporate equivalent percentages, more than half a million relatively unskilled arrivals per year would unmistakably impact national finances. To this end, a Swedish member of parliament complained, “Our own population, our own elderly people who’ve been working 40, 50 years, who grew up here, they have to pay a lot more. So now we’re discriminating against Swedes for the benefit of immigrants who have no respect for our country.” Analogous concerns arising from policies mandating freedom of movement across borders imperil the European Union. U.S. presidential candidates have also made illegal immigration a campaign issue, though arguably more as a strategy to attract underemployed voters than to actually ‘get Mexico to pay for a big wall.’ Regardless, geography, circumstance and not unimportantly the industriousness of previous generations have allowed Canada to be perhaps a bit naïve in regard to striving for a fair immigration policy. But as the international community, and economy, changes, so must our thinking evolve. Mike Shields grew up locally and hosts SFU’s Philosopher’s Café Sessions at the ACT, 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of every month.
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fallacious behavior, a mistaken belief, a charade, whatever you want to call it, something devious is being carried out on our citizens. Today, local control of public education is a façade, providing an outward appearance maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality. The strength of our democracy can be determined by the degree to which local communities control their public institutions. I believe, no public institution is more central to democracy than public education. Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows trustees listen to members of your community express their achievements, often heartwrenching and life enhancing. We listen to appeals for resources to enable your children to grow and excel and we unanimously approve. Yet, we are impotent in our ability to accommodate.
At one time, school boards had the ability to decide what was best for public education in their community and make decisions accordingly; this is no longer true. Today, school boards exist to determine what services to cut. This provincial government misuses school boards to do the dirty work, which deflects the underfunding of public education to boards of education. The education minister has said oversized classes are the result of local board decisions and are out the ministry’s control. If you don’t control the money, what do you control? School boards do not control the money. Boards are like the fake, hollow cardboard cake at a wedding, substituting a cheap replica for the real thing. Marie Antoinette, on the eve of the French Revolution, when told the French peasants had no bread to eat said, “Let them eat cake.” School boards have no cake.
After the cuts we made two years ago – cutting bussing, severe cuts in secretarial staff, another increase in class size – we held a budget impact review meeting with our partner groups: CUPE, the administrators, teachers, parents and the students. We felt our prudent management of the budget would enable us to provide some measure of redemption. Then we were faced with government’s newest decree: come up with administrative savings, which was 60 million province-wide. This savings was pretty much exactly the cost of the new teacher’s settlement, despite the fact the government had said it was funding the settlement. We’ve been faced with downloaded costs from this government for years. In my time on the board, since closing two schools, we have made more than $10 million in cuts. Due to increased enrollment, because we’ve all been told for years declining enrollment was
the major reason for lack of funding, we expected to be able to do something to alleviate the impacts of cuts. At this point we do not know if the increased enrollment will be funded. Stable and predictable funding would enable school boards to budget for today and plan for the future. Every year school boards are faced with guessing what our funding will be. School boards have become irrelevant, they serve to deflect criticism from the provincial government under the pretense that funding is a local issue. It is nothing of the sort. At this January 2016 budget impact review meeting, it came like an epiphany to me; as a school board, we are deluding our citizens into believing we have the authority to do anything about the funding of public education. We are playing out a lie to our public, we deceive you into believing we can do something besides just listening to your heart felt appeals.
The worst part is, as a school board trustee, I feel deceitful. We receive letters of the personal impact of our decisions. People believe we have the power listening should bring. We can do nothing. There is a deceit, a delusion being played on trustees and school boards and worse, on you the citizens of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows and this province. If school boards no longer existed, you’d know who was responsible for the decisions. But we’d give up local control. We don’t have control, anyway. Maybe then education would become a provincial election issue. Public education was not an issue in the last provincial election. If you value our children and your future, please make the underfunding of public education an issue in the next provincial election. The strength of our democracy depends on it. – Ken Clarkson is a Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows school board trustee.
Fair for all Editor, The News: I note with some humour that there is now a serious consideration being given to tolling all of the bridges in Metro Vancouver in order to raise sufficient funds to build a new bridge to replace the George Massey Tunnel, a new Patullo Bridge and to maintain the other bridges of the area. I propose a toll, not to exceed $.75 per crossing for a passenger vehicle on every one of the 32 bridges in Metro Vancouver. Furthermore, every motorist and trucking company that travels in Metro Vancouver will pay a small and equal share for the use of up-todate infrastructure. Considering the massive amount of new participants paying into the system, there shall be no further need to dig into the pockets of the homeowner or unfairly target other industries dependent on consistent, safe flow of traffic throughout the region. Mike Boileau Maple Ridge
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POTENTIAL DISPOSAL OF SCHOOLS AND PROPERTY Effective immediately, the Mission Public School District (“MPSD”) will accept expressions of interest for all four (4) surplus school properties at the following sites, and this information will be used in the event of a future marketing commencement. Stave Falls Elementary 30204 Brackley Avenue Mission, BC
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The sale of any or all properties is made subject to all encumbrances, rights of way, easements, terms and conditions filed in the Lands Title office and also subject to the receipt of final approval to dispose of the sites from the Minister of Education. MPSD reserves the right to reject any and all bids, at its discretion. A tour of the site and buildings can be arranged through the Secretary Treasurer’s office by contacting the School Board offices at 604-814-3700. Attention: Wayne Jefferson If there is a formal offer to sell the properties, the Board will contact all parties who have expressed interest in purchasing one or all of the above sites, as well as, embark on a broad marketing effort.
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After a two-year salary freeze, Pitt Meadows council members may be getting a raise. Pitt Meadows council has asked staff to change its bylaw, to allow for cost of living increases for councillors and the mayor, for 2016 and onward. The adjustments will be based on the Vancouver Consumer Price Index. Council members had no increases in their remuneration in 2014 or 2015. City hall will also research remuneration bylaws and policies for other Metro Vancouver municipalities, to determine if there are any benefits that would be appropriate for Pitt Meadows council members. Staff will prepare a report outlining potential amendments to the city’s indemnity bylaw. Chief Adminstrative Officer Mark Roberts noted that the increase for 2016 has not been budgeted, so any approved increase would be paid for by accumulated surplus.
Coun. Bruce Bell asked Roberts for a “ballpark amount� that would cost the municipality. Roberts said he could not do that until he knows what benefit choices the councillors would make. He said figures will be included in the next report. Council salaries rose rapidly from 2007 to 2013 and became a contentious issue at city hall. They have remained frozen at the 2013 rate of $71,000 for the mayor and $28,000 for councillors.
Wine sales Council gave first and second reading to a bylaw that will restrict liquor or wine sales in grocery stores, unless they are a kilometre from an existing liquor or wine store. Mayor John Becker continued to voice his opposition to the bylaw. “This is a provincial jurisdiction. We should leave it to the province and the private market to determine the viability of these
operations. We have no business treading in that area,� said Becker. Coun. David Murray said he has had conversations with affected businesses and they have expressed concerns that wine sales in groceries would hurt their long-established businesses. Coun. Janis Elkerton said council is protecting local businesses that have been good employers. She also has concerns about adequate liquor control. “Put the wine store in there, the next step is going to be the hard liquor, and what sort of control is that going to be,� she asked. “I think this is getting a bit out of hand. We really need to step up for our community and step up for our businesses, and say what we believe is right.� Coun. Bruce Bell also supported protecting local business owners. He said “a big person with deep pockets� can “wipe out the little guy.� A public hearing on the bylaw will be held on April 5.
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The Pitt Meadows Fire and Rescue Service held its annual awards banquet on Saturday. The banquet was sponsored by Pitt Meadows council to recognize past and present fire service members for their service and accomplishments in 2015. “The department was especially honored to have Chief Susan Miller and Coun. Peter James from the Katzie First Nation in attendance for the evening’s festivities. The 2015 annual department awards: • Special Recognition Award – firefighters Juan Ferreyro and Brent Hannah; • Firefighter of the Year – Brent Hannah; • Officer of the Year – Assistant Fire Chief Brad Perrie. • Heart in My City Award: to Al McGee by the Pitt Meadows Fire Rescue Members Association for his continuous hard work and dedication to the community. Firefighters receiving city long service recognition pins: • Corey Kelso, five years; • Mark Davies, five years; • Dave Biggin, 10 years; • Scott Kyle, 15 years. In addition, firefighter Bruce Edwards was pre-
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Speed was a factor in the death of a man involved in a crash along Lougheed Highway in east Maple Ridge on Monday. The collision occurred in the 26600-block of Lougheed Hwy. around 3 p.m., claiming the life of a 42-year-old Mission man. According to Ridge Meadows RCMP, an eastbound BMW collided with a westbound Jeep SUV, resulting in
both vehicles landing in ditches, one upside down. An air ambulance landed on the highway. The driver of the SUV was badly injured and, despite all life-saving efforts by the B.C. Ambulance Service and Maple Ridge fire department, passed away at hospital. Traffic in the area was tied up for several hours as the investigation took place. “Investigators have established speed as being a contributing factor in this collision,� said RCMP Cpl. Brenda Winpenny. Traffic safety is a pri-
ority for the RCMP, she added. At the time of the accident, police were conducting speed enforcement just west of the crash scene. In 2015, Ridge Meadows RCMP charged an all-time high number of drivers with excessive speeding. For example, 322 drivers were charged for driving more than 40 kilometers over the speed limit last year, and so far in 2016, 84 drivers have been charged. In addition, a mandatory seven-day vehicle impound is included in this legislation, and is
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CONGRATULATIONS MNP proudly congratulates Aaron Collins on receiving the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) Service to the Profession Award. The award recognizes members who have distinguished themselves through their dedication, commitment and outstanding volunteer contributions to the CPA profession. Aaron is an energetic leader driven to making the Surrey / Langley / North Delta CPA chapter a vibrant resource for its members and community, quickly rising from volunteer to Vice Chair in less than ďŹ ve years. He is an avid advocate of the profession, promoting accounting at the University of Fraser Valley and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Aaron also coaches children’s hockey, soccer and football. Contact Aaron Collins, CPA, CGA, at 604.463.8831 or aaron.collins@mnp.ca
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countries for the project: Syria, Ukraine and Vietnam. After researching the topic, students built a series of scenes in a
Randy Blair, President of Black Press Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island Divisions is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa Prophet as Publisher of the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News. Lisa brings a wealth of local community knowledge and newspaper experience to her new position. She has extensive experience in marketing and advertising communications, earning multiple marketing and community newspaper awards both provincially and nationally throughout her career. Lisa has been on many team initiatives within Black Press as well as volunteering and involvement in community projects, locally and across the Lower Mainland. Over the years Lisa has helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for groups including Hospice, Hospital Foundations, Minor Hockey Assocations, Rotary organizations amongst others.
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consequences of that movement. “A refugee crisis doesn’t have to mean people leaving their country. It can also be internal movement [within the country],” explained Mark Beale, social studies teacher at MRSS and who teaches the comparative civilizations course. It doesn’t even have to be a current crisis, he said. The students also examined the refugee crisis as a result of the Vietnam War between 1955-1975. The concept for the project was developed before Christmas and took four weeks to build. It was open to the community Monday and Tuesday night and 150 people went through, including parents and members of the community who know it takes place the week before spring break. All 1,500 students at the school also tour through the temporary museum. The project was to be taken down on Thursday, although there was a power outage.
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CONGRATULATIONS! The winner of the Trip to China contest was announced - Rahman Shafi won an all inclusive trip to China with the Mission and Maple Ridge Pitt-Meadows Chambers of Commerce.
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ety of activities. MRSS was able to place silver in one of the pre-built competition. The goal was to pick up rice in a one-centimetre-deep container using only a mousetrap as the energy source. The local team’s rice harvester was able to pick up 325 grams of rice, which was 100 grams more than the third place finisher. In addition, MRSS was able to place third in the mystery lab. The mystery lab was to achieve a certain voltage drop across a particular load by using complex math. “We were able to work together and get in the lead of other teams.” “We worked hard and we were determined to win. But most importantly, we wanted to give our best,” Stuparyk said. “Not just our knowledge but we enjoyed being there and we worked extremely well as a team. That differentiated us from other teams which lead to unexpected results.”
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Cano at the soul of music Singer performs in multiple languages By Colleen Flanagan cflanagan@mapleridgenews.com
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f you have ever dreamed of traveling to the Andes or to Machu Picchu, you may not have to venture much farther than your own front yard. Drawing on her Peruvian heritage and her experiences in Canada, France, Brazil and beyond, the rich soulful voice of Patricia Cano will take you on a tour of the world. Cano’s music is based in traditional rhythms – Peruvian, Brazilian, afro-Peruvian, afro-Brazilian – that are mixed with fusion and jazz. “It’s like soul meets jazz meets blues and it just so happens to be in different languages,� said the singer-song-writer, whose languages include English, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Cano was born in Sudbury, Ont. and grew up in the Francophone community there. From an early age, it was clear that she was particularly good at languages. She studied Italian in high school and learned Portuguese in university. Cano started on stage as a dancer and landed in theatre after studying theatre and Spanish literature at the University of Toronto. It was through acting that her singing career was launched. “I always sang. I just never thought of it as a career choice,� explained Cano. “At times, they would ask me to sing something or score something vocally because I was musical. And then one fed the other,� she said. Cano has worked extensively with Canadian playwright Tomson Highway, a Cree writer and composer. “Tomson Highway kept asking me to sing his music. I thought, ‘Oh well, yeah sure.’ And then by saying ‘yes,’ I travelled a lot, sang a lot. And as the years went by, I began to believe it and get better, and improve and to write,� said Cano. She worked for four
Patricia Cano performs at the ACT. years with Le ThÊâtre du Soleil in Paris, France on the music stage, then as a comedienne and finally as a singer. It was there that theatre director Ariane Mnouchkine sent her to Seoul, South Korea to study traditional Korean singing with a voice master. “She just opened something up in me. She literally gave me a breath into my voice,â€? said Cano. Cano returned to the Americas, spending six
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that comes to my mind first or whether I’ve written, the text or a poem or a thought or an idea or a nice phrase that sounds good. In whatever language for whatever reason on that day, then the song just becomes itself,â€? said the artist, who is currently working on a new album. But she doesn’t want people to fear seeing her show because they think they will not understand. Cano speaks to her audience and says it will be an evening with exceptional musicians and conversation. “You might hear languages that you don’t understand, but you will understand the soul of this music.â€? • Cano will be performing on Sunday at the ACT in Maple Ridge, at 11944 Haney Place. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $32 for adults, $28 for seniors and $15 for those 24 and under. Fore more information call 604-476-2787 or go to theactmapleridge.org.
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Farm regulator raising fees, adding deadlines By Tom Fletcher Black Press
The Agricultural Land Commission is imposing a steep increase in
Leonard
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Norm Letnick and ALC chair Frank Leonard announced the new policy at the B.C. legislature, to take effect April 1.
For Zone 1, the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan, the application fee goes from $600 to $1,500.
In Zone 2, the remainder of the province, the fee goes from $600 to $900. Letnick said the majority of farm income
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is generated in Zone 1, so farmers can afford to pay more. The increase still doesn’t cover the estimated $3,000 cost of processing an application, most of which are for non-farm use or an exclusion or subdivision of agricultural land. Letnick said the province is adding an additional $1.1 million to the ALC budget to make up the difference. Leonard, appointed last year after Letnick terminated the contract of long-time chair Richard Bullock, said he found almost no decisions were being made within the 60 working days that is his new benchmark. Most were taking a year or more. “I met people in their 80s who had been waiting two years for a decision,” he said. NDP agriculture critic Lana Popham said she’s concerned that the short deadline for commission decisions means the ALC is becoming an “application machine,” drifting away from its mandate to protect farmland. Leonard said subdivision and land exclusion applications mean considerable financial gain for applicants, so the increased fee isn’t a deterrent for them. Letnick said approved non-farm uses can mean extra income for farmers and are a priority for the government. The ALC has doubled its compliance and enforcement staff to four, and Leonard said the additional budget will allow him to add two more this year. “Our intention is not only to give the ALC more credibility in terms of enforcing legislation and regulations, but with the budget we have we’ll be able to get them around the province,” Leonard said. “So we won’t have six people in Burnaby waiting for the phone to ring.” The commission is also adding new fees, $150 for reviewing documents, $350 per site inspection and monitoring fees of $500 to $2,000 annually for sites that require ongoing monitoring such as soil fill and removal or gravel extraction.
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You can’t keep a good nut down By Mike Lascelle
T
he year 1942 was a bad one to be a Canadian of Japanese descent, as my family witnessed firsthand. My grandfather, his wife and their daughter (my mother) had just relocated to Prince Rupert, where he was working on a naval base and their provided housing, rented to them, was a home being vacated by a Japanese lawyer and his extended family, who were being forcibly interned to a camp or work farm in the Interior. Despite the awkward situation, which had nothing to do with my grandparents, the evicted family had the grace to give them parting gifts, which included a doll in a glass case for my mother, as well as a stone pagoda and a small figurine. Only the elderly grandmother complained when leaving and when my Gran asked what she was saying, her son roughly translated it as ‘what did we ever do to deserve this?’, to which I can confidently reply some 70 years later, was nothing. The backyard was still filled with mementos of their once happy home, which included currant and gooseberry bushes, decorations of glass fishing floats, which were gathered from the beach and buried earthen jars of rice wine or Saki. This same injustice was carried on throughout the province, including Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, where many interned Japanese Canadians lost their homes, farms and businesses to what I can confidently describe as a toxic cocktail of war mongering, fear and racism. But they, too, left traces of their former selves in the plants left behind, which included Japanese butterbur (Petasites japonicus) a common vegetable, the beautiful purple-flowered princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa) and the irrepressible butternut (Juglans cinerea), which is also known as heartnut due to the shape of the inner shell. The latter is a naturalized fixture of many rural gardens from Thornhill to the Pitt Polder, much in part to industrious pillaging of grey squirrels, who love to bury the
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The butternut is also known as heartnut; the sweet chestnut was established by Italian and Portuguese gardeners in the Fraser Valley.
nuts for future use and often leave them to germinate. The fruits are more elongated than your traditional walnut and not quite as easy to get at when cracked, but the oily seeds are sweet and flavourful with a buttery aftertaste. It will take six to seven years before a seedling begins to produce nuts, after which it will steadily become more productive as it ages. The tree itself is actually quite beautiful, with smooth grey bark that becomes lightly fissured over time and elegant downward sweeping branches, which are ideal for
hanging swings, at least on older specimens. The foliage is compound with many leaflets, which gives it a palm-like appearance at a distance. It’s 40-50’ tall and 50-60’ wide, with the only downside being its allelopathy – meaning that it releases a chemical (juglone) from its roots and decomposing leaves to deter the growth of other plants around it – so keep these out of the compost. A similar but less sad story of immigrant persistence involving nut trees would be establishment of the European sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) in and around the Fraser Valley by determined gardeners
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yclists in Vancouver are celebrating the cycling and pedestrian improvements along the Stanley Park Causeway. It took the death of a cyclist in 2013 to make it happen. Thanks to a $7 million investment by the province, people can now safely walk and bike on a widened and fenced path along the causeway and across the Lion’s Gate Bridge without fear of ending up under the
wheels of a bus. That’s one important gap fixed in the cycling network in Metro Vancouver. There are many other items on the list. HUB has mapped the gaps that make it difficult for people to use their bikes for longer distance trips along more direct routes, which will often be along main arterials, where cyclists can have the same advantage as drivers and enjoy fewer stops. If you Google “UnGap-
theMap,” you can find the map on HUB’s website. In Maple Ridge, the main gaps are along east-west routes: Lougheed Highway, the Haney Bypass, Dewdney Trunk Road and Abernethy/128th Avenue. Dewdney is unlikely to be improved with protected bike lanes. A separated multi-use path is under construction on 128th Ave. between 210th and 216th streets. Hopefully next
year the section between 216th and 224th streets will be constructed, so that pedestrians and people on bikes will be able to use this off-road path all the way from 232nd to 210th streets. An off-road multi-use path is planned along Lougheed Hwy., from Meadowtown mall to 222nd Street. I’m not sure if I’ll see it completed in my lifetime, but eventually it will be. Arguably the most dangerous cyclist crossing in
Metro Vancouver happens to be at Meadowtown mall on Lougheed Hwy., where strong and fearless cyclists going eastbound have to cross two exit lanes of fast and often busy car and truck traffic heading to the Golden Ears Bridge or to the mall. To drivers, the bike lane crossing the two car lanes is not even recognizable as such. Perhaps our repeated requests to the Ministry of Transportation and
18th Annual Rotary WineFest Saturday, April 16, 2016
7:00 - 10:00 pm ValleyFair Mall, Maple Ridge 22709 Lougheed Hwy, Maple Ridge
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The Meadow Ridge and Haney Rotary Clubs of Maple Ridge are delighted to present this annual Wine Festival on Saturday, April 16, 2016 in ValleyFair Mall. At our last event over 300 patrons attended. The organizing committee is concentrated on delivering a splendid evening for all attending guests. The Wine Festival not only focuses on wine and beer enthusiasts, but also intends to raise much needed funds for local Rotary causes. To achieve this goal Rotary is reaching out to our community partners and supporters. Proceeds will support Youth, Culture and other Rotary Charities in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. For any additional information regarding this event: Wineries, Wine Distributors, Craft Beer Breweries, Restaurants, Pubs, Caterers, Sponsors, Auction Contributors, Ticket Sales, please contact: Dave Rempel:
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Infrastructure, to put a quick and cheap Band-Aid on this problem by repainting the most critical bike symbol and diamonds on the bike crossing, after the section was Cycling repaved about Jackie Chow two years ago, haven’t been considered urgent enough because not too many cyclists, dare to cross here. One of HUB’s purposes as a cycling advocacy group is to offer solutions to challenging sections of routes such as this one. We feel that a simple, cheap, effective solution would make this particular crossing a bit safer would be to paint the bike crossing green. Even more effective, but more expensive, would be LED lighting along the crossing with motion detection, which would cause the lights to start flashing whenever a cyclist approaches the crossing. A fix would be much appreciated by cyclists and their families. At our January meeting, we enjoyed a presentation about Bikemaps. org, a global on-line mapping tool that allows cyclists to map accidents, hazards and near-misses,
and also bike thefts. Municipalities usually get their accident statistics from ICBC. Accident data involving cyclists is not as detailed and accurate as those for motorized vehicles. This new tool provides municipalities and researchers with added, valuable information. Our local HUB committee is getting ready for Earth Day 2016, which will be on April 23. This year’s theme is ‘energy’. It looks like we may be able to get some e-bikes (electric bikes) to the event again for people to try out, and of course our annual Cycle Recycle will be back with another draw for free used, cleaned and tuned-up bikes of all sizes. We’ve already collected enough kids’ bikes, but we’re still looking for some adult ones. If you have a used bike (or two) to donate, please e-mail HUB at mapleridge-pittmeadows@ bikehub.ca. Jackie Chow is a member of the Maple RidgePitt Meadows chapter of HUB: Your Cycling.
Springing ahead Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday at 2 a.m., turning the clocks forward an hour. Without a proper plan in place to prepare for this time change, depending on how sensitive your child is, it can definitely end up throwing off their established sleep routine. Five tips to help get you through this transition and get ready for spring: • Nap time: Instead of immediately making the switch to new nap times, split the difference. Adjust the morning and afternoon naps by 30 minutes to begin with and add another 30 minutes by the third day. • Internal clock: Help your little one reset her body clock by exposing her to light upon waking and keeping her room dark when it’s time to
sleep. Sleep is regulated by our circadian rhythm (our body’s internal clock) and that clock is regulated by light and darkness. • Change bedtime: If bedtime is usually 7 p.m., put your child to bed at 7:30 p.m. for the first three days following the time change, then revert back. • Teach time: Consider taking this opportunity to teach pre-school children to read a clock. If you have children over the age of two, this is an ideal time to boost independence by adding a digital clock to their sleep environment. • Keep consistent: Children thrive in a structured environment and dealing with the time change is no different. Keep your everyday routines consistent.
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A 400m relay team passes the baton during the Rams Icebreaker track and field meet at Maple Ridge secondary on Tuesday.
Icebreaker opens track season Large team from MRSS hosts warmup meet to start busy season
Mateya Haintz, who is also a Ramblers wrestler, is throwing some hammer distances that will put her among the best in the province, and is just in Grade 9. “We’ll probably do well again this year,” said Elphick, looking at the long list of talented athletes his team has. The Icebreaker was an introductory meet, where some of the senior athletes did not compete, but rather helped the beginners with proper techniques in the sprint blocks, or how not to fault when throwing the shot put. They are now training five days a week to get ready for the coming season, which will culminate in the B.C. High School Track Championships on June 2-4 in Nanaimo.
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The starter’s pistol sounded the start of the high school track and field season on Tuesday at Maple Ridge secondary, as the Ramblers hosted the Ram Icebreaker Meet for high school track teams in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Most schools sent teams of about a dozen athletes, but the host Ramblers were everywhere. Head coach Ken Elphick explained he has a large team of 80 athletes this year, and a busy calendar of meets. A lot of their competition will be south of the border. The Ramblers will be at the Bedlington Twilight Meet in Lynden, Washington on March 25, the Oregon Relays on April 15 in Eugene for the team’s first-ever trip there, and the Chehalis Activators Meet in Washington on April 22. The latter is unique in that it combines high school and college athletes in one event. They will also compete at meets in Kamloops and Coquitlam, and host their own annual Nick Wilkes meet on April 13. “It’s the busiest track schedule I’ve ever had,” said Elphick. “It’ll be a great year.” The Rambler girls won the Fraser Valleys last year, and the team returns many of its top athletes, including distance runner Mikayla Tinkham, who has signed to run for UBC next year. She took sil-
Highlights from the Icebreaker
Gio Maranan of Maple Ridge secondary competes in the senior boys shot put. vers in both the 1,500 and 3,000m races last year at the Fraser Valleys. Jamie Hennessey took bronze in both of those events as a junior last year, and enters her Grade 11 year with a lot of promise. Sprinter Abisayo Ajibike enters her Grade 12 year looking for a podium finish at the provincials, after finishing fifth in the 100m sprint last year.
In the girls 100m race Alina Olson of MRSS was the top Grade 8, Meaghan Christiansen of MRSS was the top Grade 9, and Julie Ydenberg of Pitt Meadows was the top senior. In the boys 100m, MRSS won at all three age levels, with Aiden Smith at Grade 8-9, Cam Grout for junior and Nick Cowley for senior. Marquesis Haintz, a grade 8, won the girls open 800m race, and Matt Liosis, a Grade 9, won the boys 800m. In girls discus, Garibaldi’s Jesse Speiss won for Grade 8, and Alyssa Levy of MRSS won at the junior level. Grade 8 Simon Miyashita and senior Daniel Jo, both of MRSS, also won at discus. Aaliya Howard of MRSS won the Grade 8 girls shot put.
The Pitt Meadows Marauders hosted the Grade 8 invitational basketball championships last week, and the boys came away with two wins and two losses. The annual tournament hosted at Pitt Meadows has become an unofficial provincial championship for the Grade 8 level, and is organized by invitation of the top teams. On Thursday, Pitt Meadows opened the event against Tamanawis of Surrey, the No. 2 seed in the Fraser Valley, and lost 55-47. On Friday, the Marauders played Brocklehurst of Kamloops, and won 62-47. That brought a matchup with Vernon on Friday, and a close 49-44 loss. They closed the tournament with a 47-45 win over Lake Trail of Courtenay, and finished 11th out of 16 teams. In the tournament championship, Burnaby South beat Holy Cross 60-54. Vancouver South placed third with a 63-62 win over McMath. Marauder Iman Ostovari was named to the second all-star team. The Pitt girls placed eighth, beginning with a 37-35 win over Lord Byng of Vancouver. That was followed with a 63-31 loss to the semi-finalist MEI Eagles of Abbotsford, a 48-23 loss to South Kamloops, and a 51-46 loss to Argyle of North Van. Lord Tweedsmuir won the tournament final 55-33 over Southridge. Marauder Vanessa Lagrange was given an honourable mention in the all-star selections.
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Airborne Puck carrier Ryan Van Boven of the Ridge Meadows Midget A2 team is tripped by a Semiahmoo player during president’s series playoff action on Sunday. The Rustlers won the game 2-0 to move into a tie for first with Semi.
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The Ridge Meadows Moose go into the last week of the regular season schedule back at the top of the South Coast Female Amateur Hockey League standings. The Moose won two road games last weekend, defeating the Rich-
mond Devils 2-1 Saturday, then topping the Fraser Valley Jets 3-2 Sunday afternoon. They moved two points up on the Kamloops Vibe. After two scoreless periods Saturday in Richmond, the Moose tallied twice early in the third period with goals from Hayley Rod-
ger on the powerplay and Caitlyn Beauvais two minutes later. On Sunday, the Moose trailed 2-0 after one period, then scored three unanswered goals from Jade Werger, Emily Jude and Kirsten Langston. That guaranteed the Moose no worse than a second-place finish.
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Jeremy’s Roubaix has become a popular event on the province’s road cycling circuit, and is set for April 10 in Pitt Meadows. Contributed
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Jeremy’s Roubaix has become a staple on the B.C. road cycling scene. Based in the City of Pitt Meadows, it started out 13 years ago as the Harris Roubaix, and is now named Jeremy’s Roubaix after B.C. cycling legend Jeremy Storie. The race is based on the spring classic bike race Paris Roubaix, substituting cobble stone roads for gravel dike paths. Registration is now open for Jeremy’s Roubaix, Hell North of the Fraser road race, which will
take place on April 10. Jeremy Storie was a fixture in B.C. and Canadian road and track cycling. He mentored and coached many of Canada’s top cyclists, including Steph Roorda, Jasmine Glasser and Laura Brown of Canada’s national women’s track endurance team. His work in cycling also included a strong dedication to developing youth cycling and to challenge the system for gender equity. Jeremy died suddenly in February 2013. Proceeds from this race will go
to help one of his former athletes, 17-year-old Maggie Coles-Lyster of Maple Ridge, to continue to pursue her cycling dreams and to attend World Championship races in 2016. Jeremy’s Roubaix is the first race in the Cycling B.C. Premier Road series. • For full series information, go to www.cyclingbc.net. For more information, contact Barry Luyster by email at localrideracing@gmail.com. Early registration pricing ends on March 15. To register and for info see www.localride.ca.
The Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation is hosting a fun event - get your teams together and join us for a SPIN-A-THON! That’s right, we’ll be bringing in the bikes, cranking the music, and spinning through the day! We’ve got hourly themes planned (Giddy’Up Cowboy, Pirate Party, Superhero Spin, Tacky Tourist, Glam Squad anything goes!), prizes and great food too!
WHEN: Saturday, April 9th 9am to 5pm WHERE: Centre Court @ Haney Place Mall REGISTRATION: $120 per team, one form (6-12 people) PLEDGES: Each team member must collect min. $50 in pledges
For more information contact: Laura Butler, RMH Foundation at 604-466-6958 or email Laura.butler@fraserhealth.ca
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Ileen Dorothy (Dot)
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Audrey Florence
Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Leaves to mourn husband of 69 years, Edward (Ed), daughter Susan Portsmith, granddaughter Tracey Portsmith and sister Peggy (Irv) Radatzke, and numerous in-laws. No service by request. A Celebration of her life will be held at a later date.
Witte-Caulfield, Jacqueline M.
May 24, 1928 - Feb 20, 2016 At 87 years, passed away on Feb 20, 2016 at Port Moody, BC. A resident of Maple Ridge, BC for her last 8 years. Born in London England, she lived through WW2 London “Blitz” bombings. As a young woman she proudly joined the British W.R.N.S. She loved the Netherlands where she later took a job as a nanny for royalty and lived in a castle. She married in Amsterdam and immigrated to BC, Canada in 1951. She was a proud member of the Royal Canadian Legion of Port Coquitlam. She became an artist/teacher in the Port Coquitlam and Port Moody areas, then known as Jacqueline Starrak. She is predeceased by her late husband Job (Josef) Witte (1997) as well as her grand daughter Rebecca Dyer (2010). She is survived by her 3 daughters: Ellaline Clarke (Laird), Jacqueline Goolevitch (John), Janina Rossner-Hayes (Tom Rossner), and 1 son: Peter. She is also survived by 7 grandchildren: Chris Stewart-Candy (Dave), Kina Russ (Del), Sasha Granneman, Melanie Ling (Jeff), Ryan Goolevitch (Vanessa), Adam Gooolevitch, Melissa Wolfe (Matt). She is also survived by 13 great grandchildren: Justin, Marissa, Isabella, Ethan, Tiana, Eleanor, James, Evelyn, Taylor, Nyla, Maxen, Katelynn and Jaxen. She is also survived by 7 step children throughout Canada, England and the Netherlands. Cremation was at Maple Ridge Funeral Chapel and Crematorium. No service was at her request. In her memory, donations may be made to the Crossroads Inlet Hospice Centre in Port Moody, BC, who we thank greatly for the comfort and care to her and the family.
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On February 29, 2016, Mom passed away peacefully in her 91st year at Baillie House, Maple Ridge. She was predeceased by her son Bruce, and leaves behind her daughters Nancy (Rob) Kelley, and Lynn (Lloyd) Fraser, grandchildren Tracy, Travis (Becci), Taryn, Ian, Graham and great grandchildren Sadie and Clara. Her family extends its deepest appreciation to the caring and supporting staff of Ruskin Hill at Baillie House and to her doctor, Dr. Catherine Pattinson.
AUBERT William (Bill) Arnold Was unexpectedly taken from his loving family on March 3rd in Maple Ridge, BC at the age of 62. Bill is survived by his sons Devon (Anastasia) and Jeremy, and his sisters Delores Hamm (Peter), Dorothy Aubert (Ian), Denise Gray (Rodney), and Darlene Simper. He leaves behind many nieces, nephews and extended family.
Bill was born on March 27, 1953 in Nanaimo BC to Doris and Del Aubert. He graduated from Nanaimo District Secondary School (NDSS) as an active school band member, where his love for music was born. He attended university in Bellingham and Berkely College in Boston, preparing himself for a career in education. Bill became a music teacher and taught in the Merritt School District, and later in Maple Ridge at Garibaldi Secondary School and Maple Ridge Elementary. His sons remember him as a selfless, caring father and friend to all who knew him. Bill’s love of music became his career, and he ran the entire music program at Garibaldi for 18 years. He played in numerous bands over his lifetime including Bayside, Virgil, The Sergeant Pepper’s Tribute Band and most recently the resident band “HouseRules” at the Billy Miner pub. A Celebration of Bill’s life is scheduled for Sunday, March 13th at 2:00pm at the Garibaldi Secondary School Theatre with a reception to follow at Town Hall Public House on Lougheed Hwy & 207th St in Maple Ridge. All are welcome to attend and join in celebrating Bill’s life. The family would like to thank Dr. Shiraz Mawani for his support, kindness and respect to Bill and his family over the years. Thank you to everyone who has reached out with their condolences.
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AUJLAS’ FARMS LTD FARM LABOURERS required 5 or 6 Days/Week 40 or 50 Hours/Week $10.59/Hour Horticultural work such as: Planting, pruning, spacing and harvesting the crop. Employment starts early June /16 Submit your application to: Phone: 604-465-8153 or by Fax:604-465-9340 or by mail:12554 Woolridge Rd., Pitt Meadows, B.C. V3Y 1Z1
FRUIT FARM WORKER Purewal Blueberry Farms Ltd. 13753 Hale Rd, Pitt Meadows, BC, V3Y 1Z1 requires 38 Fruit Farm Workers. Start immediately. Full Time, permanent positions. $10.59/hour for 40 hours/week. Must be available for all shifts and able to work in all outdoor weather conditions. No experience necessary, will train. Job duties include: Plant, cultivate, irrigate, prune & harvest crops. Load, pick, pack & sort blueberries. Operate & maintain farm machinery & equipment. Examine produce for quality and prepare for market. Must be able to handle heavy loads, be in good physical condition, able to stand for extended periods. Walking, bending, crouching, kneeling and repetitive tasks are required. Able to meet tight deadlines.
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Traffic Control Personnel Pacific Coast Traffic Planning is seeking certified TCP’s for seasonal & F/T employment. Day, swing & Night shifts Available. Students Welcomed! Must have reliable vehicle and provide clean drivers abstract. Starting Wage $15.00/hr. Guaranteed hours! Please email resume: grasdald@telus.net
.Flagpersons & Lane Closure Techs required. Must have reliable vehicle. Must be certified & experienced. Union wages & benefits. Fax resume 604-513-3661 email: darlene.hibbs@shawbiz.ca
Shuttle Driver Wash Bay Attendant This is Full time position Monday – Friday. Remuneration based will be based on experience. Willing to train the right candidate. Contact: Rick Bultitude – Service Manager Email: service@westcoasttoyota.com
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FITTER / FABRICATOR Maple Ridge shop req. full time Fitter/Fabricator with specific pressure vessel/heat exchanger experience. Can interpret shop dwgs is well versed in layout, fitting and tacking of pressure vessel tube and shell heat exchangers & tanks w/minimum supervision. Please e-mail resume
WALDUN FOREST PRODUCTS Needs experienced Shingle Sawyers & Packers. Also needing labourers for physically demanding positions. These are F/T positions with excellent wage and benefit packages. Qualified applicants can apply in person at:
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Advertising Sales Consultant
This is a career opportunity for a results-driven individual looking to contribute to one of the fastest growing communities. The ideal candidate should be a strong communicator, well organized, self motivated and enjoy working in a fast-pace environment. The ability to multi-task and meet deadlines is a must. Previous media sales experience is preferred. A car and a valid driver’s license are required. The Now Newspaper offers a competitive salary plus commissions, car allowance and a FRPSHWLWLYH EHQH¿ WV SDFNDJH
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General Farm Workers
required in Pitt Meadows. Duties will include general farm labour, planting, pruning, fertilizing, weeding, picking, and all other farm duties. Work will be physically demanding; handling some heavy loads and standing for long periods of time.
Required for Cullen Diesel Power Ltd. and Western Star and Sterling Trucks of Vancouver Inc. Positions available in Surrey. Late model highway tractor exp. considered an asset. Factory training provided.
Pitt Meadows, BC Due to business growth we require a
Golden Eagle Farms is looking for seasonal general farm workers available between May December 2016. Duties include weeding, preparing land for planting, fertilizing, cultivating, spraying, irrigating and harvesting crops, pipe and drainage repair, operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment, and other related duties. Work is outdoors, in all weather conditions and is physically demanding. No education or previous work experience required. Pay is $10.59/hour at 40+ hours per week.
Golden Eagle Group is a blueberry and cranberry farm located in Pitt Meadows, B.C., Canada
Commercial Transport & Diesel Engine Mechanics
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quality product through appropriate use of growing conditions, monitor for pests, and prevent plant disease; step-in to meet all production requirements and have the know-how to streamline work processes; perform, demonstrate and communicate all aspects of growing to the greenhouse workers; and maintain and complete reports electronically. Work locations: 5271 256 Street Aldergrove & 4479 Bradner Road, Abbotsford, BC. Full-time, permanent. Wage: $20/hour. Pls. forward resume & cover letter to: Lynne@cvgrowers.ca
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IN-HOME caregiver req for June 27, 2016 (twin girls - 6 yrs old, one with autism). FT. perm. $10.75/hr. Pitt Meadows (Bonson Landing). email: gspottie@telus.net
Assistant Growers Canadian Valley Growers in business since 1991 provides a complete line of annuals, bedding plants, and food -safe vegetables/herbs is interested in hiring two individuals who are high energy, detail-oriented, proactive, and skilled in all aspects of plant production. Completion of a horticulture program is preferable and with at least two years work experience or a combination of training & work experience. You will be expected to report to the Owners and work collaboratively with the Grower in a fastpaced, multilingual and multicul-
The Sprott Shaw College Plumbing Foundations Program
We are an industry leader of building products, located in Surrey. We require “Top Notch” driver’s with a positive attitude and willingness to learn. Must have ability to lift heavy product. Mon.-Fri. Start Immediately! The team is hard working, the work environment is fast-paced with good people, & the BENEFITS are excellent. If you have class 5 DL, are dedicated, have leadership ability and are looking for good solid employment send your resume & abstract: Fax: 604-513-1194 Email: jobs@westcoastmoulding.com
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The Now Newspaper is part of Black Press, Canada’s largest private independent newspaper company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Washington, Ohio, California and Hawaii. If you are up to the challenge, please email your resume with a brief note on why you are a great candidate to: Dal Hothi – Sales Manager dal.hothi@thenownewspaper.com Deadline for Submissions: March 31, 5pm
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Millwright with welding ticket. Full-time in Albion, Maple Ridge, BC. Offering competitive wages. Send resumes to: hr@fraserplastics.com
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Our environment is fast-paced and you can adapt quickly to change and work in a deadline driven environment. You may have a marketing degree or experience but your personality and enthusiasm will sell your application. Knowledge and familiarity with Mac based office programs is required. We offer a competitive salary plus commission and the opportunity to grow your career with Black Press, Canada’s largest private independent newspaper company with more than 180 community, daily and urban newspapers in B.C., Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii.
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The Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News has an opportunity for an Inside Sales Consultant.
Special features will be an important part of your job description along with developing and prospecting new business. Your career is built on relationships with customers and you understand the importance on consulting with clients about their objectives and developing marketing solutions that help them achieve their goals.
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Local natural stone distributors. Custom made Granite Countertops. Slate, Granite, Marble, Tile, Tumbled Stone. Large selection of Porcelain & Ceramic. Sales & Service
SALES
You will be innovative and have an entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy working independently.
RETIRED carpenter wants to keep busy. Small carpentry jobs. Will repair or build new Ken 604-460-7803
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.
329 PAINTING & DECORATING 778-322-2378 Lower Mainland 604-996-8128 Fraser Valley Running this ad for over 12yrs
HOME REPAIRS
JAGUAR LANDSCAPING Lawn & Garden Service. Design, Pruning, Lawns, Cleanups, Comm/ Res. (604)466-1369
Interior & Exterior. Additions, Repairs & Strata Improvements. Also fences, decks, sheds, garages & wood planters. 604-690-3327
604 - 720 - 2009 ~We accept Visa & Mastercard~
604.465.2944
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✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Gravel ✶ Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel
Details : mariescustomized cleaning@gmail.com
Licensed - Bonded - Fully Equip. Residential Commercial, 1-3 Men Local & Long Distance Moves Start $45/hr ~ All size trucks Free estimate/Senior Discount www.miraclemoving.ca
www.paintspecial.com
7 Days / Week
House Cleaning Team
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**Don’t be Stumped**
288 .Laminate, Hardwood, Tiling & Baseboard Installations Package Deals available Call Nico for Pricing 778-878-2369
604-537-4140
Let us SPRING into action Tree Topping, Tree Removal, Pruning Fruit trees, Hedges, Lawn Clean-ups, Garden Maint. Stump Grinding
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HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Bookkeeping & Accounting Payroll, Year-end, Financial Statements, Income Taxes E-FILE Service Ph: 604-465-2123 Cellular: 604-788-0161
LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
Den’s GarDENing Services & Trees
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From 1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 Men Free Estimate/Senior Discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos
LANDSCAPING DESIGN / INSTALLATION and MAINTENANCE
.Window & Roof Cleaning Gutters Cleaned & repaired. 604-961-1280
FINANCIAL SERVICES
GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com
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Leo: 604-657-2375 / 604-462-8620
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AFFORDABLE MOVING
NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 25 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed Aggregate *Stamped Concrete. *Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement EXCELLENT REF’S -WCB Insured
MILLWRIGHT Seeking an experienced
MOVING & STORAGE
KNOW A YOUNG LEADER in Maple Ridge or Pitt Meadows? Make your dreams happen! Now accepting applications for the Ridge Meadows YOUTH IMPACT Summit: a weekend where 65-70 students in grades 9-12 from our community will engage in leadership activities, inspire each other, make new friends, and have fun.
CUSTODIAN
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: FEBRUARY 16, 2016
[CASUAL] The Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows School District (SD42) is looking for qualified candidates interested in working as a casual custodian. QUALIFICATIONS: • Completion of Grade 10 • %XLOGLQJ 6HUYLFH :RUNHU &HUWL¿FDWH
The Summit is open to any applicants, from those with the basic fundamentals of leadership but also those who decide that they want to make a positive difference ff in their community/world. Participants will engage in a variety of leadership activities, hear from professional speakers, and be given the chance to network with other participants and leaders in their communities. Selected applicants will enjoy a weekend stay at the majestic Loon Lake in Maple Ridge, BC from March 4-6, 2016. Food, accommodation and registration expenses for the Summit are generously funded by the Founder’s Cup Foundation and run by volunteers from the Rotary Club of Haney. y
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RUBBISH REMOVAL
PETS 454
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
EQUESTRIAN
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FURNITURE
REAL ESTATE 640
RENTALS
RECREATIONAL
706
TRANSPORTATION
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SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
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SUNDECKS
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CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
FLUID SOLUTIONS. Gas, heating plumbing, renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, repairs. 20 yrs exp www.fluidsolutionsinc.ca Licâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Bonded. Jack 778-835-4416
NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 356
RUBBISH REMOVAL 509 Atlas Vinyl Sundecks - Your Complete Sundeck Specialist. Free estimates (778)285-2107
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AUCTIONS
Massive Restaurant Equipment Auction March 12th @ 10am www.KwikAuctions.com 7305 Meadow Avenue, Burnaby, BC - Shipping/Storage Available New Equipment Liquidation â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Structural Concepts, True, Delfield Refrigeration, Imperial, Royal, Prime, US Ranges, S.S. sinks, tables, shelvings, carts, janitorial, bakery, packaging, matching plates, refurbished equipment, bottling line, soft serves, Hobart mixers & dishwashers, back bars, rotary glass washers, cutlery.
SAVE THE DATE Saturday a April 23, 2016 10am-2pm JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT! 604.587.5865 www.recycleitcanada.ca
Single Items to Entire Households
MISC. WANTED
Have Unwanted Firearms? Have unwanted or inherited firearms in your possession? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how to dispose of them safely and legally? Contact Wanstalls and we will come and pick them up and pay you fair value for them. Wanstalls has been proudly serving the Lower Mainland firearms community since 1973. We are a government licensed firearms business with fully certified verifiers, armorers and appraisers.
Call today to set up an appointment 604-467-9232
Wanstalls Tactical & Sporting Arms
WE BUY RECORDS & BOOKS Hemingwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 33765 Essendene Ave. Abbotsford ~ 604-855-1894
hemibooks@yahoo.com
We make housecalls!
REAL ESTATE 625
FOR SALE BY OWNER
ARCHITECTURAL VIEW HOME in Victoria, 180 deg. view, 3600 sqft 4 Bdrm, 3 bath on 1/2 acre. $797,000. Call: 250-474-1984
633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS
741
OFFICE/RETAIL
741
OFFICE/RETAIL
741
OFFICE/RETAIL
OFFICE TWO INDIVIDUAL SPACE OFFICES FOR â&#x20AC;˘ 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; X 8.5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; available RENT â&#x20AC;˘ Includes heat, A/C & window 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
RENTALS 706
INVITE THE WHOLE NEIGHBOURHOOD __________________ DO YOU OFFER HOME SERVICES? Home Improvements, Landscaping, Rubbish Removal, etc....call today to place an ad. 604-575-5555 ___________________ When you place a print classiďŹ ed ad here, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also posted online. blackpressused.ca ___________________
EXTRA INCOME ClassiďŹ ed ads are a direct line to extra income. Somewhere there is a buyer for the things you no longer want or need. ___________________ Looking for a new apartment? Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re likely to ďŹ nd one and much more in the ClassiďŹ eds. ___________________
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#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle REMOVAL ~~ ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT ~~ $$$ PAID FOR SOME. 604.683.2200
709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
APARTMENT/CONDO
Glenwood Manor Apartments Clean & Spacious 1 Bdrm avail. No pets. 21387 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Maple Ridge
604-466-5799 MAPLE RIDGE
1 & 2 Bdrms available $880/mo & $980/mo
Great Location
Queen Anne Apts. * Renovated Suites * *Large *Clean *Very Quiet Includes: Heat, Hot Water
and Hydro Near Shopping & Amenities. SENIORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DISCOUNT
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.
746
ROOMS FOR RENT
12186-224 St, Maple Ridge CertiďŹ ed Crime Free Buildings
â&#x20AC;˘ Autos â&#x20AC;˘ Trucks â&#x20AC;˘ Equipment Removal FREE TOWING 7 days/wk. We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022
$75 OFF 1ST MONTH
Rooms from $470/mo. Fully Furn, weekly maid service, cable TV, private bath, on bus route, 5/min walk to commuter rail.
Haney Motor Hotel 22222 Lougheed Hwy., Maple Ridge Inquire in person between 9am - 3pm or
Call 604-467-3944
The following vehicle will be sold, as per the Warehouse Lien Act: 2005 Toyota Echo VIN# JTDKT123750076576, registered owner, Thea Christine Giddens, debt amount as of March 4, 2016 is $5051.53
IN FIND ITTHE CLASSIFIEDS
2004 Audi A4 VIN# WAUJC68EX4A209614, registered owner, Seyed-Ahmad HosseiniNezhad, debt amount as of March 4, 2016 is $6542.16
748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION M.Ridge 1-2 rms avail in house.Pref prof/student, street prk, w/d. N/S. March 1 or 15 $565. 604-506-5416
604-463-2236 604-463-7450
749
STORAGE
If you have a claim to any of these vehicles please respond in writing by March 25, 2016 to Maple Ridge Towing (1981) Ltd, 23283 McKay Ave, Maple Ridge, B.C. V2W 1B9.
MAPLE RIDGE CENTRAL
2 BDRM APT. $850/mo Incl heat, h/w. N/P. Avail now.
Pitt Meadows Marina 14179 Reichenback Rd
604-476-6683 Polo Club Apartments 19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows
Hosting a Garage Sale? Call the classiďŹ eds to book an ad. 604-575-5555
EED2016 = ENERGY!
604-464-3550
604-463-4449 604-209-6583
563
PORT COQUITLAM
1 bdrm suite - $775 2 bdrm corner suite - $925 S Includes heat/hot water S 1.5 blocks to various bus stops S 2 blocks to Safeway/medical S City park across street S Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required * SORRY NO DOGS * CALL FOR APPOINTMENT
ANYTHING OF VALUE
New SRI Manufactured homes Singles $74,900. Doubles $99,900. PARK SPACES AVAILABLE REPOSSESSIONS 1974-2010 www.glenbrookhomes.net Chuck 604-830-1960 Trades. Financing. Permits.
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Fully furnished 3 cabin on Westside Rd, native leased land. l_trant@yahoo.com for additional information.
Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg. 3 Blocks to W.C. Express W 1 & 2 Bdrm Suites W 3 Appliances W Secured Garage Parking W Adult Oriented W Refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d & Absolutely No Pets
Moorage Rental Year or Semi-annual Outdoor Storage Available Starting At $30/month for Boats, RVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Cars, Trucks & Trailers
Launch Ramp with 3 lines and ample parking for tracks and trailers
Onsite Manager
604.465.7713
604.465.7221
T H E F I F T E E N T H A N N UA L H A N E Y ROTARY
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C H A R I T Y G O L F TO U R N A M E N T In support of youth locally and internationally Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 at Swan-e-set Bay Resort and Country Club
proudly presented by
The Haney Rotary Club Serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows since 1952
supported by Dr. Patrick Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien CIM
West Coast Auto Group
Group
1 P M S H O T G U N S TA R T !
Tournament fees are $170 per golfer*
*includes a box lunch, range access, golf cart, 18 holes of golf, tee gifts, on course side competitions and barbeques, dinner and access to an outstanding silent and live auction all in aid of youth charities. For more information about player registration and sponsorship opportunities 1MFBTF DPOUBDU -BVSB &HBO BU MBVSB!HSQDPOTUSVDUJPO DB t
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