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Operation Red Nose coordinator Chris Wilson is seeking 40 more volunteers to drive people on New Year’s Eve.

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jdeutsch@thenownews.com You could go out and celebrate on New Year’s Eve. But if you want a different experience to mark the start of a new year that also does some good in the community, you could be a reindeer for a night.

Once again, Operation Red Nose is looking for volunteers on what tends to be the busiest night of the year for the charitable organization.

Tri-Cities coordinator Chris Wilson said the chapter is looking for about 100 volunteers for the big night.

So far it has 60.

While New Year’s Eve may be the busiest night of the season, the demand for Red Nose rides continues to grow.

This year, the local service is expected to increase the number of rides provided and money raised through donations. So far, the local chapter is on target to do 930 rides, compared to 854 last year. The service is also expected

to top the $28,000 mark in donations, compared to $27,300 in 2012.

“It’s a pretty unique program,” Wilson told the Tri-Cities NOW. “When people volunteer for it, they get double the satisfaction — they are getting people home safely [and] at the same time raising money for charity.”

To volunteer, call 604-341-0241, e-mail orn@shaw.ca or fill out an application at www.operation rednose.com. For a ride through the service, call 778-866-NOSE (6673).

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Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com There are myriad ways to ring in the new year in the Tri-Cities.

While some will opt to stay close to home for a private affair, those looking to venture out have several options to make it a party.

If it’s rock music you’re into, Juno Award winners Our Lady Peace will be at The Theatre in the refurbished Hard Rock Casino Vancouver, located on United Boulevard. Tickets are $99 for general admission, or $139 for an exclusive pre-show reception featuring items from the casino’s new menu, while the band is set to take the stage at 11:30 p.m.

For more information go to hardrockcasinovancouver.com.

If breaking a sweat to the rhythm is more your thing, then look no further than the Evergreen Cultural Centre, which is hosting the New Year’s Eve Latin Party 2014.

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The New Year’s Eve Latin Party 2014 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre will feature salsa, merengue and more. cing with salsa, merengue, bachata, cha-cha-cha, cumbia and more including local artists Tahitian

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a.m., and there is also a dance class for beginners from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. to get the fun started.

Tickets are $35 in advance before Dec. 30 or $40 at the door. Call 604-725-4654 or 604 808-2311 for details.

Looking for something a little more chill? The Evergreen Cultural Centre delivers with chamber music for the new year.

Quiring Chamber Players return to the centre for their sixth-annual New Year’s Eve celebration, with special guest musicians Leah Roseman (violin), Andrew Luchkow (cello) and Angela Malmberg (violin). This year’s program includes works by Mozart, Haydn and Schumann, and will be set on a candlelit stage. A sparkling reception will follow the concert.

The event begins at 8 p.m., while tickets are $38 for adults, $34 for seniors and $15 for students.

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If the pub scene interests you, the John B Pub, located at 1000 Austin Ave. in Coquitlam, is hosting a New Year’s Eve party with live music featuring J Burgess and a three-course dinner.

Tickets are $40. To reserve a spot call Owen or Barb at 604-931-5115.

Port Coquitlam’s Cat & Fiddle Sports Bar will host a New Year’s Eve party set to run until 4 a.m., at 1979 Brown St. Tickets are $20, and the evening will include a live DJ, door prizes and dinner specials.

And if you want to shake off the hangover from the previous night, there’s no better way than taking a dip into extremely cold water.

On Jan. 1, Port Moody will host its popular Penguin Plunge at Rocky Point Park.

Registration starts at noon, while the dip into the Burrard Inlet starts at 1 p.m.

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jdeutsch@thenownews.com Fire officials have deemed a blaze that destroyed a home still under construction in Coquitlam as suspicious.

However, investigators may never know the exact cause of the fire.

Crews were called to the home in the 1300 block of Glenbrook Street around 10:45 p.m. last Friday after neighbours spotted a fire.

When Coquitlam Fire & Rescue crews got to the scene, the site was fully engulfed by flames.

Fire chief Wade Pierlot noted crews went into a defensive position to try and stop the flames from spreading to any nearby homes.

A burned out pile of rubble is all that’s left.

No one was reported injured in the blaze.

There was some minor damage to a nearby home also in the construction phase.

Given the accessibility of the building — the home didn’t have a completed roof— and the power wasn’t hooked up, the chief suggested the fire is suspicious, but added it will be difficult to determine the cause.

“These are tremendously tough to find a cause unless we can detect accelerants or anything else that would point that it was deliberately set,” Pierlot told the Tri-Cities NOW. He also noted neighbours reported seeing people running from the area, but those accounts have not been confirmed.

While the home wasn’t complete, the fire chief suggested the blaze is a substantial loss financially for the owners.

It had everything you would expect for an opening of a Hard Rock Casino — guitars, fireworks and musicians.

Last Friday, the newest addition to the venerable name celebrated its launch in Canada with a grand re-opening in Coquitlam, as thousands turned out to see the new Hard Rock Casino Vancouver.

For months, the former Boulevard Casino has been quietly transformed and re-branded into a Hard Rock.

While the nuts and bolts of the operation remains the casino, executive director Raj Mutti said the focus in the new facility will be on live music and entertainment.

“It’s a lot more than just being a casino. It’s more all encompassing entertainment and a great experience and great time for all our guests,” he told the Tri-Cities NOW, adding the new facility intends to offer something for everyone.

In the first quarter, the casino has managed to book wellestablished musical acts like the Goo Goo Dolls and Blues Traveller, while arena rockers Our Lady Peace will play The Theatre on New Year’s Eve. The casino’s re-branding was first announced early last summer in an attempt to broaden the facility’s appeal across all age groups.

In typical Hard Rock fashion, on display are decades of musical memorabilia — stage-worn clothing, gig posters and autographed photos — from the likes of Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and Pearl Jam. Mutti estimated the cost of the first phase of the project to be close to $15 million.

There are plans to build a hotel, something that has already been approved by Coquitlam city council, but officials are waiting to see how the first phase goes before starting on the second.

Throughout the opening night remarks, it was noted the difficulty the casino has endured in recent years — first from the recession in 2008 — and then from Port Mann Highway construction that followed.

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winding down and the economy on the rebound, it’s the perfect opportunity to launch the re-brand.

Michael Graydon, president and CEO of the BC Lottery Corp., credited casino officials with coming up with and following through on the new concept.

He said the new casino is starting to encapsulate what BCLC has been trying to create in the province over the last few years.

“It’s a unique place. I think it’s going to set a new standard in gaming in the province of British Columbia,” Graydon said.

Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart called the new facility “amazing,” adding the city, along with a host of community groups, has benefited enormously from revenue the casino provides.

Officials also touched on the controversial decision to change the name of the Red Robinson Show Theatre to The Theatre.

Officials said the casino is working with the legendary DJ on an interactive component for the facility that will be completed next year.

As for last Friday’s events, they featured a little of the old, and a lot of the new. Canadian pop rock band Hedley was the headlining attraction, followed by Canuck mainstays 54-40, who offered up a free show, while Bif Naked smashed a guitar to mark the opening ceremony.

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A look back at the big stories of 2013

Join us for Part 2 of our Tri-Cities Year in Review, which chronicles the biggest local stories, from the serious to the weird. If you missed Part 1, which ran in the Dec. 24 edition, you can find it online at www.thenownews.com.

JULY • The Friends of the Terry Fox Collection partners with the Canadian Museum of History to display about 200,000 items — many never before seen by the public — at the national museum. From there, a nationwide tour of the exhibit will take the Terry Fox show to museums and galleries across Canada in 2015.

• Coquitlam councillors are incensed over the province’s move to trim landscaping efforts on the Riverview Hospital site. The minister in charge, Andrew Wilkinson, issues a statement to the TriCities NOW indicating “fiscal discipline” is at the root of the cuts.

AUGUST • Coquitlam council approves a $3.9-million, 25,000-square-foot, multi-sport dryfloor facility next to Centennial Pavilion. It’s the city’s first new dry floor sports facility in close to four decades, and will feature a 21,000-square-foot field with change rooms and washrooms. The facility is expected to open in the fall of 2014.

• A truck driver barely emerges with his life after a bizarre incident at Coquitlam Centre that saw a support beam fall on top of a Smithrite garbage truck, pinning the driver inside the cab for 45 minutes. He suffers three cracked vertebrae, burns to his hands and smoke inhalation from an ensuing fire after the beam fell on the cab.

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• The opening of the area’s first dedicated homeless shelter is pushed back by close to a year. Initially targeted for spring 2014, the Gordon Avenue facility in Coquitlam will now likely be completed at some point in early 2015. Coquitlam-Burke Mountain MLA Doug Horne says the delay is caused by a backlog in geotechnical work on the site.

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• A van explodes in the parking lot of the McDonald’s restaurant on St. Johns Street, and it’s later revealed the explosion was triggered by improperly stored fuel. One woman is taken to hospital with serious injuries and burns.

• It looks like pay parking is coming to Rocky Point Park, at least if your home address isn’t in the City of the Arts. City council directs staff to come up with a plan for pay parking at the park on a trial basis. Details still need to be finalized.

• The province’s gun amnesty nets 107 firearms in the Tri-Cities. Ninety-one weapons are turned in to the Coquitlam RCMP, while another 16 are handed over to the Port Moody Police Department. The list of weapons includes guns and ammunition, imitation and pellet weapons, pepper spray and knives.

• Coquitlam Mounties release a sketch of the man investigators believe is the suspect in the sexual assault of a realtor in Port Coquitlam. The incident took place on the afternoon of May 4, when the suspect showed up to an open house on Rowland Street. Police have still not made an arrest.

• One of B.C.’s most notorious killers ends up staying put in PoCo. The Ministry of Justice and the Criminal Justice Branch announce that Allan Schoenborn’s request to transfer to a forensic psychiatric hospital in Manitoba to be closer to his mother has been denied.

Schoenborn was convicted of killing his three children but was found not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder.

• The BC Coroners Service confirms the identity of a body found in the Fraser River off Coquitlam in 1989 — nearly 800 kilometres

• Health officials warn anyone who has received dental treatment from Tung Sheng Wu (also known as David Wu) they may have been exposed to serious viruses. Wu performed illegal dental procedures in Coquitlam, Burnaby and Port Moody, and went on the lam after news of his case broke. He’s eventually apprehended in Toronto.

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• A triceratops is on the loose in Coquitlam, albeit briefly. Coquitlam RCMP receive a report that a life-sized triceratops movie prop has been stolen from a house on Marmont Street. It’s found within days a few blocks away at an abandoned home.

• A wayward softball at a rec game in 2012 lands the City of Coquitlam and several softball associations out of the diamond and into civil court. Kristen Evanski sues the city, the New Westminster Minor Softball Association, the Coquitlam Minor Softball Association and the B.C. Amateur Softball Association for general damages, pain and suffering, and loss of income related to being hit by a ball during a game at Mundy Park. A court date has not been set.

• A 34-year-old man with reported gang affiliations is murdered in Maillardville.

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He is described as Korean, standing five-feet six-inches tall, of average build, and clean shaven with short black hair greying on the sides. He remains missing.

• Premier Christy Clark rejects a call from civic leaders at the Union of B.C. Municipalities conference to turn the old Riverview Hospital into a centre of excellence for mental health care. Clark instead suggests the government plans to continue helping homeless people by building social housing.

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includes dancing to music ranging from old classics to opera tunes, while her wardrobe changes see her decked out as Charlie Chaplin, Michael Jackson or a lifesized cat.

•Byday,WayneHaydamack works for the City of Coquitlam. But in his spare time, the long-time resident is busy working on a labour of love: a 43foot replica of a cable bridge that bears a striking resemblance to the Port Mann and Golden Ears bridges. His bridge has it all: two decks, traffic lights, guard rails and signs. Unfortunately, to cruise this blacktop, you’d have to fit in a Hot Wheels car.

• Long before the advent of doggie daycares and yoga for pets, Joyce Johnstone was two stepping with Twinkle Toes. The 66-year-old Port Moody resident dances alongside her 10-year-old border collie as the pair compete in New Westminster’s Seniors Have Talent showcase at the Sapperton Pensioners Hall. Johnstone’s repertoire

however, are another issue.

Coquitlam’s St. Clare of Assisi church holds a “blessing of the animals” event, and Rev. Craig Scott explains that “It’s about recognizing that animals are a part of our world, and a very important part of our world.”

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musicals. He received a lifetime achievement award from the Coquitlam-Maple Ridge branch of the B.C. Registered Music Teachers Association and an Excellence in the Arts award from the ArtsConnect Tri-Cities Arts Council.

• Coquitlam resident Tony Matahlija completes a summer-long project that helps thousands of salmon return to spawning channels in the northern part of the Coquitlam River Watershed.

A member of the North Fraser Salmon Assistance Society, Matahlija builds channels

• Henry Waack, a man who made his mark in education and the performing arts, dies at the age of 85. Having moved to B.C. in 1970, the Coquitlam resident was a founding member of Douglas College, who served as musical director for more than 75

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Whether it’s breaking a sweat at a Latin dance party, rocking out to Juno-award winners Our Lady Peace at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam, indulging your appreciation for classical music with the Quiring Chamber Players or catching a live band at a local pub, there are plenty of options (see story on Page 4 for details).

If you’re a fireworks fan, licensed pyrotechnicians and Pinetree Secondary grads Natasha Calder and Dustin Stratford will be staging their fifth-annual display around midnight at Maple Creek Middle School in PoCo (3700 Hastings St.). Arrive early to get a good spot — last year’s show attracted about 1,000 people.

If saving your energy for the big event the next day — the Penguin Plunge at Rocky Point Park in Port Moody — is more your style, you might consider volunteering for Operation Red Nose.

The Tri-Cities chapter is looking for 40 more people to transport partiers home after New Year’s Eve festivities.

Coordinator Chris Wilson expects the chapter, which also serves Burnaby and New Westminster, to top $28,000 in donations this year, all of which go to help KidSport make organized athletics accessible to children from lowincome families.

Besides helping support KidSport, you’ll also be taking potential drinking drivers off the road — and there’s no better way to start the new year than that.

If you’re interested, call Wilson at 604-341-0241, e-mail orn@shaw.ca or fill out an application form online at www.operationrednose.com.

If you’ll be one of the partiers who needs a safe ride home on New Year’s Eve, call Operation Red Nose at 778866-NOSE (6673).

Whatever you do on Dec. 31st, from a quiet dinner at home to a late-night bash, we wish you a happy and healthy 2014 filled with good things. Happy New Year!

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s you go about your day, I’d like you to consider what humanity means to you. Humanity is defined as the benevolence we have towards other beings. Are we “humane?” Are our neighbours “humane?” Let me test that definition.

Liberia is a country torn apart by two very recent civil wars. Here’s a brief history. During the mid-1800s, Liberia became an American colony for the freed African slaves. As the country began to populate and modernize, social tensions began to emerge between the American colonists and local Liberians.

This led to two successive civil wars in the late 20th to early 21st century. The first civil war lasted from 1989 to 1995, and the second from 1999 to 2003.

The first civil war saw unimaginable horrors, including child soldiers, rape and cannibalism. Warlords would eat human flesh because it was thought that by doing so, they would be granted supernatural powers on the battlefield.

Even more horrific was the idea that cannibalism was accepted in the war.

Keep in mind, the men who popularized these beliefs were not insane and sick people. These warlords were doctors, pastors and teachers before the war.

They were educated men with radical beliefs.

Joshua Blahyi, like many other villainous warlords, should have been brought to light during the Kony 2012 campaign.

He was a general who led his men into battle without clothes. Naked.

This gave him the infamous name General Butt-Naked. He believed that by not wearing any clothes, his soldiers would become, essentially, bullet proof.

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Ironically, the soldiers he commanded were some of his most successful assets during the war. As Butt-Naked, he claimed to have killed more than 20,000 people.

To prepare himself for battle, he would routinely sacrifice babies. He believed that more power would come from eating children who were kidnapped. The “Butt Naked Army,” as it was known, employed children as young as 10 years old. He trained his soldiers to eat the organs of his enemy. His soldiers would bet on the gender of a pregnant woman’s child before cutting open the womb. Reminder — this general was a teacher before the war.

Today, Blahyi is a Christian priest. He has never been punished for his crimes because he could not be properly tried.

When called upon to explain his crimes,

Blahyi was honest: “For my faith. I was told that I should tell the truth, and the truth will set me free … I believe that God wishes to use me as a sign. No matter how far a person goes, he has the potential to change.”

He insists that it was the devil that possessed him to commit his crimes.

Because of God, he is now a changed man. Has he actually changed? Or is he simply using God as an excuse to hide his crimes? Villain? Anti-hero?

You decide. To be fair, he has reached out and talked to his victims, asking for forgiveness. Blahyi has also started an orphanage for young boys.

What really bothers me about the Liberian civil war (or any war, for that matter) is that educated men allow horrific acts to occur. It says that anyone, with the mind set and a given situation, will literally do anything for survival and power. This is our species. This is what part of the new definition of being humane means. Clearly, we are all capable of doing horrible things.

The real challenge is to push ourselves to do good.

Chris Lee is a Grade 12 student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary in Coquitlam.

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LETTERS POSTAL CUTS TOO DRASTIC

What a shock it was to hear Canada Post’s stance on ending door-to-door delivery in urban centres while at the same time increasing the price of postage.

Canada Post has been slowly losing ground financially over time due to technological change in how people communicate.

At our residence we still get lots of mail delivered and I fail to see a reason to completely discontinue this vital public service. I have concerns about the workers that will be laid off and their families that will be affected.

When 6,000 to 8,000 workers lose their jobs and five million households will lose home delivery over the next five years, this will create a multiplier effect in the communities. If workers are no longer making a fair wage, they cannot sustain the lifestyle they once had by putting money back into the community. I found the timing of the announcement to be particularly disturbing, in that it was done during the Christmas season. This must have really upset workers that will be directly impacted by this news.

Letter carriers provide more than just mail to individual resi-

dences; they are a welcome presence to many when they arrive at our doorsteps. I have concerns for the seniors and disabled citizens. These people are the most vulnerable in our community.

Who is going to pick up the mail for them at these drop boxes? In some cases Canada Post workers are the only human interaction some people might have on a dayto-day basis. Letter carriers are also watchful eyes and play an integral role in our community.

On one occasion a letter carrier in our neighbourhood found a lost child wandering. He was a guardian angel.

Couldn’t there have been a strategy for change initiated that wasn’t so drastic? Couldn’t the deliveries be done in an alternating fashion of some kind? Such as subdivision (A) has delivery Monday, Wednesday and Friday while in the same week subdivision (B) has delivery Tuesday and Thursdays. This way Canada Post saves money, letter carriers are employed and we all get doorto-door service.

Why wasn’t the public consulted for input first by letters delivered by Canada Post to each and every household?

Nancy McCurrach Port Coquitlam

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• Name recognition doesn’t count for much in the Coquitlam byelection, as two former councillors with more than a decade’s worth of combined experience are trumped by a pair of political rookies: Chris Wilson and Bonita Zarrillo. Wilson takes 26 per cent of the vote (3,826 votes), while Zarrillo’s second-place finish sees her garner 18 per cent (2,648). Former incumbents Doug Macdonell and Barrie Lynch finish third and fourth, with 14.33 and 11.96 per cent of the vote, respectively.

• Bonita Zarrillo does more than just ask for votes leading up to her byelection win — the Coquitlam councillor may have established a first in B.C.’s political landscape. Zarrillo uses the crowdfunding website Indiegogo to help finance her successful campaign, reaching her target of $3,000 within two weeks. In all, she nets more than $4,500. SFU professor Lindsay Meredith suggests she’s tapped into a political gold mine, and foresees scores of other politicians turning to crowdsourcing in future elections.

NOVEMBER • The City of Coquitlam saves more than

• Port Moody resident David Spence organizes a memorial ceremony at the cemetery plot on the Riverview lands to highlight the religious and spiritual contributions the hospital has made over the last century.

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• Coquitlam resident Ola Volo caps off an impressive year of work in the arts world. At just 24, the illustrator/designer completes works for the likes of Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, Hootsuite, the City of Vancouver, the Dragon Boat Festival, Mobify and for Pink Shirt Day anti-bullying initiatives.

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• Two seniors are killed in a hit-and-run near Austin Avenue and Gatensbury Street, and media reports suggest the driver is a Second World War veteran in his 90s. Juan Jose Rosales, 76 and Marta Rosales, 66, are identified as the victims.

• More than 40 long-standing residents, including Don Cunnings, Judith Forst, Jim Allard and Anna Tremere, participate in the Oral History Project, a documenting process that involves a team of volunteers — many of whom are still in high school — interviewing seniors. Their stories will be preserved at both Mackin House Museum and in the city archives.

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• A provincial first plays out on the ice in Port Coquitlam. The city partners with the Canucks Autism Network (CAN) to offer simultaneous skating lessons for autistic kids and their families. The I CAN Skate adapted skating program is offered to kids between the ages of seven and 15.

DECEMBER • A group of Grade 6/7 students from PoCo’s Pitt River Middle raises more than $10,500 in donations for Red Cross relief efforts after Typhoon Haiyan devastates the Philippines. The class solicits donations in person, through businesses and online during their Toonies for Typhoon campaign.

• A new life-saving initiative is introduced in local schools. School District 43 partners with the Advanced Coronary Treatment Foundation (ACT) to launch the ACT High School Defibrillator Training Program. Under the program, 2,500 Grade 10 students will be trained to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). In all, nine schools using 66 physical education teachers in the TriCities will implement the program.

• Coquitlam council passes its lowest property tax rate increase in close to 20 years, with rates set to go up by an average of 2.42 per cent in 2014. That means a 2.8-per-cent increase for home owners and a 1.8-per-cent rise for businesses. The move translates to a roughly $15 increase over 2013. Two weeks later, however, preliminary estimates point to an even smaller increase in Port Moody: Mayor Mike Clay suggests his city will only see a 1.5-per-cent increase in 2014.

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• Mossom Creek Hatchery burns to the ground in an overnight fire. About 200,000 salmon eggs from three different species are lost in the blaze, along with a burgeoning pink salmon program.

Volunteers vow to rebuild the two-storey facility, which was built in the 1970s.

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SHARE posts videos The SHARE Family & Community Services Society has launched a series of short digital stories to provide an inside glimpse into its work.

The videos, produced by SHARE community development worker Thor Larson, tell the stories of some of the organization’s services from the viewpoint of clients, volunteers and staff.

In a press release, Larson said he appreciates the willingness of clients and volunteers to share their stories.

“It takes courage and selfconfidence to have your story told in this way,” he said.

“I’m grateful that people were willing to help us put a ‘face’ on the services that we deliver.”

SHARE CEO Martin Wyant said he’s hopeful residents throughout the Tri-Cities will take a moment to learn a little more about the people who are part of SHARE’s work.

You can find the Faces of SHARE stories on SHARE’s YouTube page by visiting http://bit.ly/FacesofSHARE.

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Phone: 604-444-3094 Fax: 640-444-3460 Email: sports@thenownews.com

2013 a year of highlights, shakeups

OUR TOP-10 LIST FOR THE TRI-CITIES Dan OLSON sports@thenownews.com Wins and losses may have measured a season’s success, but athletes and teams of the Tri-Cities had a whole lot more to contribute in 2013.

From a boom of talented teen track and field stars emerging on the national stage to player dissention leading to an amazing surge, it all captivated local sports fans.

As tough as it was, the Tri-Cities NOW sports desk has whittled this year’s amazing achievements to a Top-10 list, chock full of names and heroics. These stories reverberated in 2013, and we expect most will build on that success for the coming year. So with no more ado — and 100 per cent Rob Ford-free — here is the crème of our communities’ best: 1) Tri-Cities track girls had a field day in 2013, thanks to some outstanding performances. It was certainly a year to remember for Chanell Botsis, Teagan Rasche and Brittni Wolczyk. Rasche successfully defended her senior girls javelin title at the B.C. High School Track and Field championships, edging out fellow PoCo thrower Wolczyk with a personal best throw of 43.51 metres. The two would later represent Canada at the World Youth

Track and Field championships in Ukraine.

Wolczyk and Botsis, of Coquitlam, scored gold at the Royal Canadian Legion Youth Track and Field championships during the summer.

Wolczyk launched a javelin PB of 48.71m for her medal, while Botsis posted a new meet record of 55.21m in the under-16 girls hammer throw. The Coquitlam teen would add a silver in the discus.

4) TIE: Fresh off a Skate Canada Challenge win, Coquitlam’s Larkyn Austman launched 2013 by capturing the Canadian Tire National Figure Skating junior ladies title in Ontario.

The 14-year-old recorded personal best scores in both the short and free programs and unveiled a new jump — a double axel-triple — which she nailed to post an impressive 25plus point lead over her nearest rival.

2) If you like drama, the Coquitlam Adanacs were eager suppliers. Upheaval was the buzzword for the senior A club. Lagging behind in its pursuit of a playoff spot, the club was waylaid when all-stars Nick Rose and Dane Dobbie, along with defender Damon Edwards, demanded a late trade to Langley. A deal was struck, earning the A’s young prospects in return. In the aftermath, general manager Randy Delmonico resigned. Head coach Bob Salt pulled the pieces together and posted five straight wins to snatch the final playoff berth.

Alas, the saga ended with a 4-0 sweep at the hands of Langley.

4) TIE: A dramatic come-from-behind win put Port Moody’s Madeline Edwards and Burnaby’s Zhao Kai Pang in a familiar spot.

The pair won the Canadian national junior title with a huge performance in the four-minute free skate. It was the duo’s fourth national gold, after previous wins in the juvenile, prenovice and novice divisions.

3) For Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer’s Sparta, it almost seemed too easy. The team trumped Nova Scotia 2-0 to claim the Canadian u-18 boys gold title. Goals by Luke Griffin and Edi Nyigwo-Bogere were all the team needed in a tournament where they outscored the competition 18-1 over five games.

It was the team’s third national appearance and first gold medal.

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6) That first big banner is now up. The Archbishop Carney Stars will always remember the 2013 senior AA girls soccer final, as it saw them secure the school’s first senior provincial title. The Stars clipped Burnsview 2-1 in the final in Courtenay, as Megan Lui converted a corner kick to break a 1-1 stalemate with 13 minutes left in regulation time.

7) The Terry Fox Ravens spent the whole season training for a championship shot in AAA football — and that’s what they got. After posting an impressive 6-1 regular season record, the No. 2-ranked Ravens upped that hunger in the playoffs. When the smoke cleared,

they came close but fell to Mount Douglas 3227 in the B.C. final. They advanced by knocking off W.J. Mouat 17-6 in the semifinal.

8) It had been at times a rocky four years.

But that made it all the more sweet for Coquitlam’s Kaitlin Imai, as her University of B.C. Thunderbirds women’s hockey team advanced to the national championship tournament in Toronto. The dynamic forward and co-captain of the squad helped propel the Tbirds to a surprising successful season, turning the page after a rough 1-23 record in 2011-12, to post a school-best mark of 20-8-4.

9) As the host team, expectations may have been tempered, but the Coquitlam Curling Club’s Team Habkirk didn’t let that dissuade them from being in the mix when the ice chips settled. The young crew came one win shy of advancing to the finals. The team included skip Kyle Habkirk, third Nicholas Umbach, second Ryan Harbrink and lead Kento Sato.

The quartet would later win the B.C. juvenile championship.

10) A Jan. 10 shakeup that saw them trade their top two scorers couldn’t alter the Coquitlam Express’ fate during the 2012-13 season. They finished 24-31-1 and out of the playoffs, resulting in the firing of head coach Jon Calvano after three seasons. The club hired junior A coaching veteran Barry Wolff to replace him.

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Caring for Tri-Cities Kids Since 1990, the Tri-Cities NOW has partnered with the SHARE Family & Community Services Society to raise money for local kids. SHARE uses the funds to buy Christmas gifts for children from low-income families whose parents cannot afford to do so.

This year, we have some exciting changes to announce.While pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, loonies, toonies, bills and cheques are still welcome, we’ve partnered with Coquitlam Centre to offer Tri-Cities residents another way to give — by purchasing a gift card to donate to the cause.

We’ve also updated the name of this year’s campaign to Caring for Tri-Cities Kids, in recognition that the old name, Pennies for Presents, focuses on a coin no longer in circulation.

The goal is the same, however.We want to help SHARE buy gifts for kids who would otherwise go without, to offer them the joy of the holiday season other families take for granted.

There are several ways to help. Cash donations are accepted at the locations below, including the Tri-Cities NOW’s office in Port Moody and all Scotiabank locations in the Tri-Cities.We are pleased to have Scotiabank partner with us again this year. All money collected at their locations will be matched by Scotiabank to maximum of $5000.

And if you’re in Coquitlam Centre buying a gift card, you will have the opportunity to donate another one to Caring for Tri-Cities Kids. It’s that easy.

2 Easy Ways to Donate Coins for Kids

Accepted at these locations

Gifts Cards for Kids

The Tri-Cities NOW’s office, at 216-3190 St Johns St., Port Moody (from 9am-5pm weekdays)

RCMP and Community Police Stations • •

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RCMP detachment, 2986 Guildford Way Burquitlam Community Police Station 560 Clarke Rd, Coquitlam Ridgeway Community Police Station, 1059 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam Port Coquitlam Community Police Station,, 2581Mary Hill Rd. Port Moody Police Station, 3051 St. Johns St.

Scotiabank locations • • • • •

953 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam 465 North Rd., Coquitlam Coquitlam Centre 4100-2850 Shaughnessy St., Port Coquitlam 2501 St. Johns St., Port Moody

Please remember the youth who won’t have as much this Christmas.The next time you buy gift cards, you can purchase an additional one for the campaign and donate it at the Coquitlam Centre customer service desk, lower level by The Bay. Just look for the Cards for Kids sign!

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100 per cent of proceeds go to the Caring for Tri-Cities Kids campaign, which has raised more than $150,000 for local children since its inception in 1990. All proceeds stay in the community.

Cheques should be made payable to SHARE Family & Community Services Society. Donations will be accepted through Dec. 31, 2013.

For more information, call The Tri-Cities Now at 604-492-4492

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