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Delta Ice Hawks goalie Alex Anhert makes one of his 50 saves as his team opened the junior “B” hockey season Tuesday night with a 4-4 tie against the Richmond Sockeyes at the Ladner Leisure Centre.

South Deltans will help keep the memory alive by taking part in the annual Terry Fox Run this Sunday. The local run includes five and 10-kilometre routes, both of which begin and end in the parking lot of the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall. The event, once again organized by the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen, is open to walkers, runners and rollers. Dogs are welcome, as long as they are leashed. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and the walk/run/roll begins at 10 a.m. • See story on Page 23.

Life’s good, but traffic is a pain Delta’s citizen satisfaction survey reveals some familiar results BY

JESSICA KERR

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Transportation remains a top issue for Deltans, and their concerns are growing, according to the results of a citizen satisfaction survey conducted for the municipality earlier this year. A staff report to Delta council this week highlighted some of the findings of the poll conducted by

Ipsos Reid between May 16 and June 9. A random sample of 300 residents, aged 18 and over, was asked by telephone their thoughts on municipal services. They were also asked what they feel are the most important issues facing Delta. As with the previous three surveys, transportation was the top issue for 44 per cent of respon-

dents, which is up from 31 per cent in 2010 and higher than the municipal norm of 27 per cent. A report from Sean McGill, Delta’s director of human resources and corporate planning, notes that most of the concerns are related to traffic congestion. The second most important issue is growth and development, See SURVEY page 3

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Farmers look to weather future Delta is one of three areas in B.C. devising strategies to help agricultural producers adapt to changing climate BY

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Farmers are accustomed to dealing with challenging weather, but the scale and scope of changes in the climate are projected to exceed anything they’ve experienced in the past. A new pilot project from the B.C. Agriculture and Food Climate Action Initiative, with participation from local partners, has developed a series of strategies to increase the resilience of Delta’s agriculture sector in a changing climate. “As an industry, we need to boost our resilience,” said Rhonda Driediger, chair of the B.C. Agriculture Council. “But because B.C. agriculture is so diverse, we need support from all levels of government, including local and regional, to enhance our sector.” With most of its farmland less than two metres above sea level, risk of coastal flooding was identified as a significant vulnerability in Delta. “We recognize that we need to further analyze the impacts of a sea level rise so that we can make more informed decisions,” said dairy producer Jerry Keulen, a member of Delta’s Agricultural Advisory Committee. “One

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of our strategies includes partnering with neighbouring local governments to study the economic and social impacts [of storm surge flooding].” Flooding is not the only issue, said Delta Farmers’ Institute president Dave Ryall. Another is making sure

SURVEY from page 1 which was mentioned by 35 per cent of respondents. That number is higher than previous years — it came in at 29 per cent in 2010 — and well above the municipal norm of 12 per cent. The survey found that most are happy with life in Delta as 99 per cent of respondents rated the quality of life as “good” or “very good.” “When asked what has improved in the last three years, respondents pointed to road improvements, growth/development, low crime rate and good recreation amenities,” McGill said in his report. Those who reported a

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Delta Farmers’ Institute president Dave Ryall says a reduced snow pack could impact the fresh water available for irrigation.

worsened quality of life cited traffic congestion, demographic changes, growth/development, environmental issues, poor infrastructure and lack of public transit. The Corporation of Delta also scored high with 82 per cent reporting being “very” or “somewhat” satisfied with municipal government (council and administration) and 93 per cent reporting being “very” or “somewhat” satisfied with municipal services. Fire and police services both came in at 93 per cent, and public works ranked slightly lower this year at 81 per cent, compared to 88

work with Delta’s producers to ensure that Delta’s agriculture sector continues to thrive in the future,” said Mayor Lois Jackson. The project was made possible due to funding from the federal and provincial governments, the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions and in-kind support from the Corporation of Delta. The Cowichan Valley Regional District and Peace River Regional District also participated in the pilot project. The three regional strategies are available online through the B.C. Agriculture & Food Climate Action Initiative at: www. bcagclimateaction.ca/adapt/ regional-strategies/. “The high priority topics, strategies and actions identified in these adaptation strategies will be very important for the long term sustainability of our sector in these regions,” said Driediger. “BCAC would like to see implementation of the identified actions and similar studies completed for all agricultural areas in B.C.” The B.C. Agriculture and Food Climate Action Initiative was established by the B.C. Agriculture Council in 2008. It is led by an advisory committee of producers, processors and government agencies.

farmers have enough fresh water for irrigation. He said farmers get water out of the Fraser River to help irrigate during the summer. Depending on the flow of the river, salt water could prevent access to the fresh water. “I guess they think there might be less snow pack. If

there’s less snow pack that means less fresh water coming down the Fraser River and that means when we get high tides, the ocean, the salt water is going to go further up the river,” he said. Another issue is potential change in seasonal rainfall patterns and if that could

per cent in 2010. When asked about value for tax dollars, 83 per cent said they consider the services provided by Delta to be “very good” or “fairly good” value, a slight reduction from 87 per cent in previous surveys but higher than the municipal norm of 80 per cent. According to the report, 43 per cent said they would rather see an increase in taxes than cuts to services, while 17 per cent would pay more to expand services. On the other hand, 40 per cent would prefer to cut services to maintain the current tax levels, while 10 per cent would like to see reduced taxes and services. The survey cost the municipality $10,700.

Development came in second when residents were asked to name the most important issue facing Delta. Thirty-five per cent of respondents had it as their top issue, almost triple the municipal norm of 12 per cent.

require modifying any crops. “It’s not going to be overnight, any of this, it’s all going to be over decades,” said Ryall. “Adapting to climate change will require innovative and cooperative approaches and we look forward to continuing to

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It’s the worst service she’s ever seen, Mayor Lois Jackson said about TransLink’s Compass card scheme. The longtime civic politician didn’t like what she heard during Delta council’s recent discussion about the unelected transit authority’s pre-paid card program, which doesn’t allow people who pay in cash to get on a bus to use a transfer to board the rail network. “I’m simply saying there are circumstances when one person wants to take a bus on occasion to a SkyTrain into Vancouver, and how does he do that without costing him much more? Prepaying may be good for some people but not for everybody,” Jackson said. The mayor was responding to a letter submitted by a North Delta resident who noted transit users who pay a cash fare on a bus will have to pay a second fare to get onto the SkyTrain at

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Vancouver-bound transit users will soon have to pay two separate cash fares if they don’t have a pre-loaded Compass card. Scott Road or Bridgeport stations. Saying it offers both convenience and efficiency, TransLink’s soon-to-be implemented Compass card program requires transit users to pay in advance if they want to transfer from a bus to SkyTrain. Riders paying by cash will be forced to pay another fare for SkyTrain. Jackson made it clear that she isn’t keen on South Deltans, who already lost their direct bus service to Vancouver when TransLink began funneling them to the Canada Line, having to pay twice if they don’t buy a card and load it.

The cost of upgrading bus fare boxes to issue Compass cards or tickets would cost about $25 million, according to TransLink. The transit authority also notes the new system will only impact about 6,000 customers per day out of 1.2 million daily rides. Jackson, however, remained unconvinced. “Even in China they can do this. I went to the Beijing airport and I put my transfer in a slot and it pops back up again. You hang onto it if you want to get onto the next stop, you put it in again,” Jackson said. “But here in Canada

we have to have something that I find quite outrageous, loading up a card and prepaying. Once again, we are being represented by people that are not elected.” Noting that riders can purchase single-ride amounts to transfer from bus to train, Coun. Bruce McDonald said he was outraged at first as well, but now has a different point of view after reading an editorial explaining the benefits of the program. He noted similar card systems that don’t allow cash fare transfers from bus to trains have been used effectively around the world, including London and Paris. TransLink is promising a small discount for regular use of Compass cards over cash fares. TransLink also says FareSaver tickets will be transitioned out as early as Jan. 1, 2014. TransLink is currently testing the Compass card system before officially launching it, likely early next year.

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Brunswick subdivision baffles council

Civic politicians defer decision on provincial application as questions persist over tiny waterfront parcel cerned. The province intends to dispose of this lot and the For the second time in a Tsawwassen First Nation month, Delta council has has first right of refusal to deferred an application by buy the property. the provincial government Both council and staff to subdivide a parcel of appeared to have questions agriculturally designated and concerns around what land in Brunswick Point. that could mean for the Civic politicians first municipality and the future deferred the motion back of the parcel. in August, wanting to hear While the lot would have directly from the province. a covenant registered on it Two representatives from blocking any development the Ministry of Forests, until the proper water and Lands and Natural Resource sewer servicing is installed, Management and it appeared would before council “This thing just stinks remain Monday night. to high heaven. I’m designated However, at as agriculsorry.” the end of the Coun. Ian Paton tural in the presentation, Official civic politiCommunity cians decided to defer the Plan, nothing could stop application for a second a future land owner from time, asking civic staff to coming in and applying to look further into the applichange the designation and cation and its potential launching a development ramifications. application. Once occupied by the However, if the TFN Brunswick Cannery, the purchases the land, it would 1.67-hectare (four-acre) be outside of Delta’s jurissite is known as the “wedge diction, but would remain parcel” and is surrounded in the Agricultural Land by Canoe Pass to the north Reserve until an application and agricultural uses to the is made to remove it. west, south and east. The George Harvie, Delta’s province wants to subdivide chief administrative officer, the parcel, where no farmsaid staff still has a numing is taking place, into two ber of questions about the lots, but no building or site application. improvements are planned. “If we put the covenant One of the lots, which is on, then years down the partially under water and road do we have an obligaincludes a portion of the tion to provide services?” dike, would be retained by he said. the province, ensuring sen“As we go through this, sitive environmental habitat it just gets more and more along the shoreline would confusing as to why is our be protected, Melinda local government involved Nagy-Surdu, project officer with the province’s desire to for Crown lands opportunidispose of this land.” ties with the ministry, told Mayor Lois Jackson also council. voiced concerns that Delta However, it’s the future might be required to service of the upland parcel, known the land if it was purchased as Lot 1, that has council by the TFN. and municipal staff con“It would be tantamount BY

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to servicing a parcel of land in Surrey,” she said. “It’s the very same thing. We’re not in the business of servicing other government land and if this were to be purchased by First Nations that would be an other government land and that’s not the business that we’re in, so I’m very confused about this as well.” Coun. Ian Paton suggested the province retain ownership of the small par-

cel and create a park. “I find this whole thing a bit ridiculous. If you look on the map, this piece coming inside the dike, why would the province even need to dispose of a little tiny two-acre piece like this? It would be a perfect setting for people walking on the dike to make it a small park,” he said. “This thing just stinks to high heaven. I’m sorry.” Other councillors also

questioned the province’s motives for selling the land. “I puzzle why, with all of the things in the province of British Columbia that could be attended to, that this little two-acre parcel could attract so much attention and time and effort by the ministry to initiate this process,” said Coun. Sylvia Bishop. “I smell a rat... I suspect that there’s something not right. It feels uncomfortable.”

Jeff Sheldrake, manager for Crown lands opportunities with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Management, said dealing with the wedge parcel is just the end of a larger project. “We have been working around Brunswick Point to ensure the area around the dike is protected,” he said. “This is our last little piece that we’re trying to finalize.”

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Recycling ambassador tours province Local student spends summer spreading word about ElectroRecycle BY

JESSICA KERR

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One local student spent his summer travelling the province to help spread the word about a recycling program. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Tsawwassen’s Eric Liu (left) and fellow ElectroRecycle ambassador James Shaw at one of the many stops the pair made this summer.

Tsawwassen’s Eric Liu, 22, who just started his fourth year in Langara College’s marketing program, trekked around the province as an ElectroRecycle ambassador instead of taking on a typical summer job. “It was a really interesting experience,” Liu said, adding he got the chance to see many smaller communities — Fort Nelson, Dawson Creek, Williams

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of new electrical products. As an ambassador, Liu’s job was to travel the province raising awareness and educating communities about ElectroRecycle. Liu said he and his fellow ambassadors set up booths at events in the communities they visited to help spread the word. As well, the ambassadors visited the collection sites to speak with stakeholders to get feedback on how the program is working. Liu, who was born in Taiwan and immigrated to Canada with his family at a young age, will graduate next spring with an eye to continue promoting green products as he begins his career. “I’ve always found that an interesting field to work in,” he said.

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MURPHY’S LAW It’s at this time of year you begin to hear from two distinct camps. With just over a week to go until summer officially turns into fall, there are those folks who are lamenting the end to the most glorious of all seasons and those who are, for some curious reason, looking forward to colder temperatures, shorter days and a lot more rain. Everyone has their own taste in weather, just as they do in food, music, literature and the like, so I fully admit it’s not a case of being right or wrong, but let’s just say those who prefer liquid sunshine are less right than the rest of us. I live with one of those less right people, the kind that can’t wait to roll out the welcome mat for the crisp, cool air that only autumn can bring. The changing colours, the falling leaves, the crackle of the fireplace ... it’s a magical time of the year, or so I’m told. Now, I’m not totally immune to the charms of fall, but come on, you have to admit that dark nights and incessant rain have a way of getting old in a hurry. Any way you slice it, doesn’t summer trump fall (and don’t even get me started on winter!)? Isn’t light better than dark? Hot better than cold? Dry better than wet? I know, it’s a personal choice and, as my wife likes to point out, it’s a little odd that a guy who can burn on a cloudy day in March would be such a cheerleader for summer. I think I’d have more time for the other seasons if summer in these parts wasn’t so fleeting. If it was one sunny day after the next for months on end, maybe all that sunshine would get old and the cooler weather would come as a welcome respite. But once summer gives way to fall — and as well as it’s hanging on at the moment, you know its days are numbered — we’re going to be in for half a year or more of what you could charitably call the umbrella season. Or maybe it should be called window scraper season or exorbitant heating bill season. I realize we’ve got it just about as good as anywhere in Canada, so I shouldn’t complain, but I view next weekend not merely as the arrival of autumn, but the beginning of an interminable wait for summer to re-appear. It’s a bit like Boxing Day when you were a kid: there were 364 more sleeps before Christmas came around again. Well, we’ve got nine more sleeps until the fall equinox, so hopefully Mother Nature is in a charitable mood and the good weather holds on until at least that time. It won’t return for another nine months, so savour what’s left of summer.

‘Garden’ homeowners should have seen this vote coming STEVE GRAHAM

COMMUNITY COMMENT This is the last of three columns on the process used to approve the Marina Garden Estates modification application. In the last column I reviewed how the public hearing process had been managed so that local residents did not effectively express their opposition to the proposed development. The Delta council vote on the application saw Mayor Lois Jackson and councillors Robert Campbell, Bruce McDonald and Jeannie Kanakos vote in favour and councillors Ian Paton and Sylvia Bishop vote against. (Coun. Scott Hamilton, who should resign, abstained.) All the votes in support were from North Delta councillors (Campbell lives in South Delta but his political support is in North Delta) and the two votes in opposition were from South Delta councillors. (I suggest we get more South Deltans on the next council.)

This vote was foreseeable, with the exception of Paton, who ran with Jackson’s team. The North Delta group has a social agenda to maximize the population of Delta by approving very dense housing developments with few or no compensatory infrastructure or recreational amenities. This agenda appears to have substantial public support in North Delta and minimal public support in Tsawwassen. Ladner is equivocal or doesn’t care. The residents of Marina Garden Estates vote at Neilson Grove Elementary. Only 38 per cent of eligible voters at this poll voted in the 2011 municipal election. Of these, 42 per cent voted for prodevelopment Jackson for mayor (and 74 per cent for all major pro-development candidates), while only 26 per cent voted for anti-development candidate Krista Engelland. (The labels are simplistic for brevity.) Similarly, Neilson Grove voters supported the six candidates for council that were elected. Paton received the most votes, being the only candidate from Ladner. However, McDonald and Hamilton, who were likely to support the development application, received more votes than Bishop, who was not likely to support it. Further, I don’t recall Marina Garden Estates

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being raised as an election issue, in contrast to Tsawwassen where the Southlands development always is. From the foregoing I argue that residents who opposed the application for a modified development should not have been surprised that a pro-development council approved it. The surprising thing is these residents voted preferentially for this council. If the matter were important to them, then why didn’t they raise it as a campaign issue and why did they vote for candidates who would likely vote to approve it? I admit that I don’t follow the political scene north of Highway 17 too closely, but I do know you usually get what you vote for. I conclude from the Marina Garden Estates process that: (1) Council should not approve development applications for a period more than five years out; (2) the public hearing process used by this council marginalizes real residents unless they are very proactive; (3) residents should vote and should know the agendas of council candidates on local issues of importance to them; and (4) the residents of Ladner need to develop a consensus on what they want. It’s equivocal to oppose largescale developments but vote for candidates who support them.

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Letters to the Editor

Cyclists pay like the others

Editor: Ah, why do the hateful among us see cyclists as freeloaders living free of fees, free of sales and income taxes, free of house, car and health insurance premiums, free of municipal utility bills, free of property taxes, free of ad infinitum? Cyclists pay the taxes everybody else does. What’s more, 99.9 per cent of cyclists drive vehicles and so they pay the costs of the road that cyclist-haters, in their paranoia, believe that they pay all by themselves. And as motorists, cyclists know the rules of the road,

which, by the way, most cell-phone drivers and cyclist-haters ignore with great abandon, just ask ICBC and other car insurance companies. Cyclists on sidewalks? Well, I can understand why cyclists take to sidewalks along some routes: there are no provisions made for their safety, and too many drivers don’t consider cyclists’ vulnerability; rather, they insist on speeding right on by, forcing cyclists into lanes of parked cars, or into curbs, or off into ditches. Does Delta have bike lanes? Sort of, yes, if stylized pictures of bicycles

painted in white along road edges count, yes, Delta has plenty, but what protection do they give? None. As for the so-called bike lanes provided for along the edges of wider roads, well, lines of white paint and more white pictures of bikes don’t offer much protection from distracted drivers. And, more often than not, those so-called bike lanes are used for parking and walking dogs, leaving the sidewalks unused. Hey, if you’re among those who need to hate, go after harder targets than cyclists. Greg J. Edwards

Trade unions still have a vital role to play Editor: Re: Unions becoming increasingly irrelevant, letter to the editor, Sept. 6 Steven Austin’s jaundiced view of unions appears to be focused on their leaders rather than the essential role they play in our economy and society. After all, it was the power of unions that helped to bring in the changes to employees rights (workplace safety, benefits, etc.) and remuneration that boosted the middle class

and thereby fostered the growth of North American economies in the post Second World War period. In my view, there needs to be a fairer distribution of a nation’s wealth than is currently enjoyed in the current weakened state of our economies, and trade unions have a vital role to play in negotiating the redistribution of the products of our economic system. Detroit’s bankruptcy was largely due to the actions of the auto industry rather than the power of unions.

The so-called Big Three car makers reacted poorly to the weakened dollar and high oil prices in the 1970s by continuing to produce unreliable gas-guzzlers and failing to compete effectively with more reliable and fuel-efficient European and Asian imports. This led to pressure on wages and the movement of production out of Detroit, which then damaged the city’s economy because spending by the workers fell. Stephen Calvert

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Letters to the Editor

Time to delve into the grey

Editor: Farms or ports? That is the question. Or is it? Unfortunately, the two sides are routinely presented as mutual exclusives. One evokes considerable local sentiment, as it involves preservation; the other evokes fear and uncertainty, as it involves change. But is the reality so binary? From a historical perspective, the farms are fairly new here; the port is even newer. Both leverage the unique location and attributes of Delta, and both struggle for viability in a global marketplace. Many places would love to boast one of them. In this duel, the voices championing farmland preservation are essential. Too often the citizenry become resigned to the organized forces that shape our regional identities. For every Clayoquot Sound success, there is a tale of paternalistic intervention that has “administered” havoc on a society. Local activists appear to

be fighting for the responsible stewardship of farmland, primarily through limiting port expansion. The implication is that by curtailing one, they will encourage the other. However, anyone who has read the Delta Agricultural Plan knows that “industrial expansion” is but one obstacle (irrigation, processing and entrybarriers all play a part). Meanwhile, Port Metro Vancouver isn’t really fighting. Not yet. Perhaps it’s because it has federal paramountcy on its side, or provincial allies similarly buoyed by the prospects of subsidized trade infrastructure. As a Canadian taxpayer, I would like the opportunity to stress-test the business case for expansion. As a Delta resident, I would also like to make sure that, if there is growth, it falls beneath the umbrella of sustainable economic development. But what does that mean? Good question. I think it means: if there are impacts, they are balanced through

specific measures that strengthen — rather than threaten — the ongoing health of the local environment, economy and population. Specifically, in addition to habitat enhancements, this could involve higher truck emission standards, local job density or intensified industrial developments that rely on less land. Some communities have even negotiated “linkage payments” or similar impact fees, which involve creating a fund to support strategic community priorities (like agriculture). My concern is that with so much energy devoted to galvanizing a stance (“Spetiforing” in local vernacular), little attention is being paid to the innovations or mitigations that could be happening. And the port is unlikely to kickstart such conversations. Delving into the grey area might entail less valour, and more homework, but no one said evolution was easy. Patrick Thompson

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Letters to the Editor

Seductive rhetoric can’t avoid the cold, hard ‘facts’

Editor: Re: No need to spread fear about latest Southlands proposal, letter to the editor, Sept. 4 I love to read Douglas Bolen’s letters. They’re always full of things he’s heard, or conjectured. Of course, it’s his right to think happy thoughts regarding the development of the Southlands, but really, have you been seduced by the rhetoric? Tsawwassen residents recognize that when you put lipstick on the developer’s pig, it’s still the same old pig. Notwithstanding Bolen’s “lipstick,” I have to admit I’m concerned every time

I read the facts on Delta’s website. Delta ignoring its taxpayer-funded engineering report on elevation levels for safe construction on a flood plan, in favour of the developer’s less stringent approach, makes me concerned. Who will be liable if a natural calamity occurs and it’s learned that Delta did not insist on the recommended elevation levels? When governments make such egregious decisions, it means taxpayers pay the bill. The developer will be off the hook. Another factual worry I have is learning that Delta is ignoring expert

advice from the Ministry of Agriculture. A recent letter of concern sent to Delta Council indicating the proposed farming components of the plan are not feasible, which means taxpayers will end up paying costs far greater than current estimates to maintain the developer’s “gift.” As Delta has already confirmed, the irrigation and drainage expenses during Phase 1 of the development will likely cost taxpayers well over $10 million. Not only that, but the cost to taxpayers for agricultural improvements during phases 2 and 3 aren’t even calculated, meaning

millions more will likely be sucked out of your pockets. Look on Delta’s website, the facts are right there. Another big concern hasn’t changed: traffic, traffic, traffic. A report by Delta’s own director of engineering indicates some major intersections on 56th Street will fail by 2015 due to overwhelming volume. Dump trucks delivering fill by the tens of thousands — still coming. Another 3,000plus residents and their vehicles — still coming. Improved transit services — not coming. Major road upgrades — not coming. One of the most fascinating facts for me is the

barrage of ads, events and promotional materials by the developer. It’s hard not to believe the hype. Yes, I’ve thought, bike trails, a farmers market. Why am I still opposing this massive development? The developer is making it sound so attractive, I was ready to jump on my bicycle and check it out last weekend but then my wife reminded me about a few more of those pesky “facts,” such as the wisdom of a massive development next door to the Ramsar recognized site of Boundary Bay. And finally we have the developer’s remarks to council on July 29. In the

developer’s presentation, he stated his only firm intention is to build 450 condos in Phase 1. The rest of the housing mix is subject to “market forces,” which means the only cottage you are likely to enjoy is the one at the Town Centre Mall. I, for one, have decided not to buy into the developer’s jiggery-pokery. I have every confidence the thousands of Tsawwassen residents who oppose this development haven’t been seduced and will continue to fight in favour of doing what’s right and best for our community. See you at the public hearing. Richard Kunz

Southlands will become most pedestrian-friendly neighbourhood in town Editor: I recently had the opportunity to participate in a transportation discussion group focusing on the Southlands development hosted at the little cottage at the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall. I was invited there by a friend to hear if Southlands really is going to be as walkable a commu-

nity as its promotion material suggests, or just another car-centric development. I am particularly interested in this topic as I am one of the founding members of Safe Route Tsawwassen, a community group that formed to make 56th Street a safer place for bikers, pedestrians, transit users and those with mobility and

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other impairments. After hearing the Century Group’s presentation, I was pleasantly surprised at its commitment to not only make the Southlands a walkable and bikeable community, but that it had gone the extra mile to connect the new Southlands trails to the surrounding neighbourhoods.

While at the meeting, I was shown how separate biking and walking paths would extend from 56th Street to Boundary Bay Regional Park and the community of Boundary Bay. After looking at all the information and asking many questions, I concluded the Southlands will not only be a pedestrian-

oriented community with a market square, it will be the safest and most pedestrian and bike-oriented neighbourhood in all of Tsawwassen. I hope Delta can learn from what is being proposed on the Southlands and will extend that walking and bike network across Tsawwassen.

I would like to thank Century Group for listening to my ideas, answering my questions and including me in its focus group. I would also encourage anyone else interested in making Tsawwassen an even better community to live to stop by the cottage and share your ideas with the staff. Roland K. Katagi, Ph.D.

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Container demand continues to grow, so Port Metro Vancouver proposing second terminal at Roberts Bank BY

Predictions from several different economists show that container traffic on Canada’s West Coast is going to continue to increase. Opportunity is upon us, and standing still is not an option. We must be ready to meet the coming demand and to support the local and national economy or we risk losing the advantages we have worked so hard for. That’s why we are proposing the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project. In 2012, a record 2.71 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) of containers moved through Port Metro Vancouver, an eight per cent increase over 2011. Mid-year statistics show continued growth in 2013. These containers bring in goods like electronics, food and clothing, and leave the country carrying Canadian products such as lumber, pulp and local agricultural products. They provide access to international markets that support local jobs and businesses, such as a blueberry

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Robin Silvester President & CEO The process began in 2011 with pre-consultation and continued in 2012. We are now embarking on predesign consultation, scheduled from Oct. 7 to Nov. 12. A separate and dedicated First Nations consultation process is running parallel to the ongoing public and stakeholder consultation. We encourage you to get involved by attending a consultation event, and by visiting www.porttalk.ca. For more project information, visit www.portmetrovancouver.com/RBT2. Robin Silvester is the president and CEO of Port Metro Vancouver.

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Public Hearing - September 24, 2013 The Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta will hold a Public Hearing, in accordance with the Local Government Act, to consider the following proposed projects and related applications: Date: Time: Place:

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 7:00 p.m. Council Chamber Delta Municipal Hall 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent Delta, BC V4K 3E2

A Council meeting is scheduled to immediately follow this Public Hearing in the event Council wishes to give further consideration to any projects at that time. Any persons who believe that their interest in property will be affected by the proposed projects shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing on matters contained in the bylaws and/or proposed by the applications. Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to communicate to Council in advance of the Public Hearing, you can write to: Mayor and Council The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC V4K 3E2 Fax: 604-946-3390 Email: mayor-council@delta.ca Correspondence addressed to Mayor and Council will form part of the public record for this Public Hearing. To be considered, correspondence must be received by the Oﬁce of the Municipal Clerk no later than 4:30 p.m. on September 24, 2013. # Project No. 1 Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU006915) Location: 4910 Linden Drive, as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 1 Applicant: 0722562 BC Ltd. (Kam Bassi)

MK Delta Lands back as Moonlight Gala sponsor Annual hospital fundraiser at Harris Barn next month

Telephone: 604-710-6344 Proposal: Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit in order to permit subdivision and development of two single family residential lots. “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 7261 To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from RS2 Single Family (0.40 ha) Residential to RS8 Single Family (390 m2) Residential. Development Variance Permit LU006915 To vary Section 305 of “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by varying the front setback averaging requirement on proposed Lot 1 from 7.77 m to 6.57 m.

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MK Delta Lands Group president Joanne Barnett and 2013 Moonlight Gala committee chair Margot Millen.

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Staff Contact: Jimmy Ho – 604-946-3331 Web Location: September 9, 2013 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.05 # Project No. 2 Application for Official Community Plan Amendment and Rezoning (File No. LU006927) Location: 4638 53 Street, as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 2 Applicant: John and Aaltje Haklander Telephone: 604-230-8610 Proposal: Application for Official Community Plan Amendment and Rezoning in order to permit subdivision into three single family residential lots. “The Corporation of Delta Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3950, 1985” Amendment Bylaw No. 7265 To exempt proposed Lots A and B from Policy D.5 of the Ladner Area Plan (Schedule B.3) which specifies a minimum lot size of 370 m2 and a minimum lot frontage of 12 m in order to allow a lot size of 366 m2 and a lot frontage of 11.7 m for both proposed lots. “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 7266 To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezonMAP NO. 2 ing proposed Lots A and B from RS5 Single Family (550 FILE NO. LU006927 m2) Residential to RS7 Single Family (335 m2) Residential and by rezoning Remainder Lot 1 from RS5 Single Family (550 m2) to RS4 Single Family (610 m2) Residential. Staff Contact: John Hopkins – 604-952-3155 Web Location: September 9, 2013 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.04 Additional Information Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant documentation may be inspected until September 24, 2013. Municipal Hall: Community Planning and Development Department Hours: 8:30 am to 4:45 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (except statutory holidays) 8:30 am to 8:00 pm Thursday Website: www.delta.ca Email: com-pln-dev@delta.ca Phone: 604-946-3380 Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested persons concerning any project after the Public Hearing has concluded.

The Delta Hospital Foundation announced this week that MK Delta Lands Group has returned to fulfill its two-year commitment as presenting sponsor of the foundation’s annual Moonlight Gala. This year, the elegant event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 19 in the newly reconstructed Harris Barn at Kirkland House in Ladner. All proceeds will be dedicated to the foundation’s Hospital’s Greatest Needs Fund. Since 2006, MK Delta Lands Group has dedicated $250,000 in funding to help Delta Hospital deliver the best in patient care. “Delta Hospital is the heart and soul of this community and we are committed to doing all we can to support the efforts of Delta Hospital Foundation,” said MK Delta president Joanne

Health, the foundation recently completed the High Level Master Plan for Delta Hospital. The plan identifies growth at the hospital in three phases, with phase one aimed at expanding the hospital’s diagnostic capacity to meet the community’s immediate and future needs. The 2013 Moonlight Gala will raise funds to support the foundation in realizing this transformation. Since 1998, the Moonlight Gala, the foundation’s signature event, has raised $2.8 million for the hospital. MK Delta Lands Group is a land development partnership comprised of two family-run businesses, the Matthews Southwest Group and the Kerbel Group. Both businesses have been in operation for over three decades.

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Over 500 take part in Westshore coal port tours during summer Student guides lead visitors around massive operation at Roberts Bank Free tours of Westshore Terminals attracted more than 500 people over seven weekends throughout the summer. The tours were advertised in the local newspapers and the 512 people who took part were mostly residents of the area, said Westshore vice president and general manager Denis Horgan. “We are a busy terminal and have been running flat out all summer, right when we were showing our community guests around the site,” said Horgan. “Even at that hectic pace the overwhelming response of our tour visitors was positive, both to coal and the way we ship it.” Student tour guides showed a corporate video on Westshore operations before each tour and then drove the visitors around the 54-hectare (133-acre) site in a van with up to 10 passengers at a time, providing them with running commentary. “From the feedback our tour guides were given, people were particularly impressed with our new $8.5 million dust suppression system and the $5.5 million water processing plant we installed this past summer,” said Horgan. Visitors also learned about MAMU, Westshore’s Mobile Air Monitoring

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Visitors saw all aspects of the coal port at Roberts Bank as Westshore Terminals once again offered free summer tours. Units, which are available to check air quality for dusting in surrounding neighbourhoods. “I doubt there’s ever been a time when Westshore has been more proactive toward our environmental responsibilities ... and we felt we were doing a good job before,” said David Crook, Westshore’s manager of engineering and environmental services. Crook introduced one of the two MAMUs to the public at the Tsawwassen Sun Festival in August and said the response has been encouraging. “Locals are interested in our air quality studies

and have suggested various locations where we should set up,” he said. “The first location chosen was The Village off English Bluff Road where MAMU is still recording data. “We are doing this because coal gets blamed for most airborne particulate issues,” said Crook. “Past studies have shown that coal is either not in the dust samples at all, or only makes up a very small part.” Meanwhile, Westshore will launch a $230 million equipment replacement program in 2014, which will see three aging stackerreclaimers and a shiploader

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Notice of Intention to Adopt Council Procedure Bylaw Amendments Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 124(3) of the Community Charter that at the Regular Meeting to be held on Monday, September 23, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Kennedy Seniors' Recreation Centre, Main Hall, 11760 – 88th Avenue, Delta, BC, the Municipal Council of the Corporation of Delta intends to consider adopting Council Procedure Amendment Bylaw No. 7110, 2013. This bylaw proposes to update Council Procedure Bylaw 5000, 2000. The key proposed amendments include, but are not limited to, the following: • Clarifying start time of Regular Meetings and the ability for Council to change the time, date and location of any Council meetings and Public Hearings by Council resolution; • Adding or amending deﬁnitions for various types of meetings and bodies; • Amending the Protocols presently incorporated as Schedules; removing some of them from the Bylaw and providing that they can be adopted by Council resolution; • Updating the section on Electronic Meetings; • Adding a section on Consent Agenda; • Clarifying certain aspects of bylaw readings; • Updating the section regarding meetings that may and those that must be closed to the public by referencing the pertinent sections of the Community Charter; The bylaw and other relevant information may be inspected at the Ofﬁce of the Municipal Clerk, Municipal Hall, 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, B.C., (604-946-3220) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, between 8:30 am and 4:45 pm and Thursday between 8:30 am and 8:00 pm from September 10, 2013 to September 23, 2013 exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays, or at www.delta.ca. Sandra MacFarlane A/Municipal Clerk September 10, 2013 The Corporation of Delta 4500 ClarenceTaylor Crescent Delta BC V4K 3E2 delta.ca www.corp.delta.bc.ca

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....in South Delta

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Creative arts studio offers programs for preschoolers to preteens BY

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ids take the lead at The Lyrical Note Creative Arts Studio in Ladner. “I think that children learn when they take ownership of something,” says Lorrie Holmes, program director at the studio, which has been running for a year. She offers programs for preschoolers to preteens. When kids invite her into their play, Holmes says, “I find that I can hold their attention longer, it’s exciting, it’s fun and they want to come back.” Kids can create their own musical stories, analyze their own material, make their own props and put together performances. “Basically the whole idea is that the children play their way into structure. Everything is project based but they do their research through play,” says Holmes, a children’s author and songwriter. Preschool age kids can act out traditional stories, nursery rhymes and fairytales and also get a chance to make their own sounds with percussion instruments. Holmes says she’s excited to start drop-in sessions for preschool age children

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Kids were busy singing this week at The Lyrical Note Creative Arts Studio in Ladner. Program director Lorrie Holmes, who made a career change from lifestyle writing and advertising to early childhood education and early learning music after spending a few years at home with her seven-year-old daughter, has been running the studio for a year now.

beginning next week. They combine elements from all of her preschool programs, including musical storytelling and puppet making, she notes.

They will run from Monday to Thursday with two 45-minute morning classes each day. Other examples of programs include a Friday

night drop-in jazzercise karaoke party and an after school songwriting group where kids can write their own songs and perform out in the community. Holmes

notes she’s not taking on any more after school songwriting students right now, but will be later on in the year. The Lyrical Note

Creative Arts Studio is located at 3900 Arthur Dr., Ladner. For more information or to register visit www.lyricalnote.com.

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The Mighty Fraser Big Band rolls into South Delta next Friday for a dinner and dance show at KinVillage. The Surrey-based group plays big band jazz with numbers from the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s all the way up to tunes from modern day writers. “We have lively, toe-tapping music. Anything from sultry ballads to things that will just make your fingers snap and toes tap,” says band manager Casey

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The Mighty Fraser Big Band will pay a visit to KinVillage next Friday.

Blackwell. Blackwell and Doug Knight reorganized the

band, which has been active for about 15 years, in 2010. “The band has grown and

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group. The group has nearly 20 members and performs

at venues throughout the Lower Mainland, he notes. Christian Findlay is the band’s music director. The Mighty Fraser Big Band performs Friday, Sept. 20 at KinVillage Community Centre, 543010th Ave., Tsawwassen. Doors open at 6 p.m. A salad bar will open at 6:30 p.m. while a buffet dinner starts at 6:45 p.m. Dancing goes from 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $30 for members and $35 for non-members. Dance-only tickets are $18 with admittance after 8 p.m.

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A total of 13 artists will have work on display at the upcoming Lea & Friends exhibit at the Tsawwassen Longhouse Gallery. “The show’s got lots of colour. Everybody is going their own direction,” says artist and teacher Lea Price. Each of the artists in the show has been a student of hers, she notes. “What I try to do is listen to the artists themselves and then try to get them to the path they want to go to.” The show will feature paintings in mostly acrylics and mixed media as well as sculptures from artist Yorke Graham. “He’s really clever,” says Price. “He takes all sorts of found materials ... puts them together and makes some quite funky caricatures or some larger garden features.” The artists, most of whom will have at least five pieces in the show, are all

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Tsawwassen Longhouse Gallery, 1710-56th St. (adjacent to the South Delta Recreation Centre). There will be an opening reception, with most of the artists in attendance, on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 1 to 4 p.m.

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leisure&lifestyles travel

Trip of a lifetime: Trailing tigers in India BY

MARGARET DEEFHOLTS Optimist contributor

“Roko! Roko!” (Stop! Stop!) Our guide hisses urgently to the driver of our Jeep. Moving shadow like through a bamboo thicket by the forest road is the animal I’ve travelled halfway around the globe to see: a magnificent tigress. She is trailed by four half-grown cubs. We are in Bandhavgarh, a 437-square-kilometre tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh at the very heart of India. According to the Lonely Planet guidebook, this is the one Indian wildlife reserve where visitors are almost guaranteed to see a tiger. “Almost,” but not necessarily “always.” For two successive mornings, our group of three has boarded a waiting jeep at the Nature Heritage Resort in the dawn-blushed morning and set off on safari. Bandhavgarh at that hour is alive with activity. The rising sun shafts through the Sal forests and

bamboo clumps and as we bump over rough jungle pathways, families of spotted deer graze unperturbed, a group of hairy wild boars trot off snorting contemptuously and tribes of blackfaced langur monkeys survey us with great curiosity. The forest is filled with bird song, even the hoot of a white owl as he looks thoughtfully down at us. Camera shutters click as we come upon a peacock, his tail feathers spread in magnificent display, dancing to woo a nearby female who pecks around in the dust unimpressed by his ardour. But there’s been no sign of our main quarry — the elusive Indian tiger. Two days and four safaris have gone by and my hopes have begun to dim. Today is our last chance. The driver steers the jeep in reverse, keeping the tigress and her cubs in sight. Then, at the edge of an open field, a dramatic scene unfolds. The tigress, muscles rippling, bursts out of the forest cover, and shoots like a raging tawny

SCAN WITH TO REVEAL PHOTOS

PHOTO BY MARGARET DEEFHOLTS

A tigress and her curious cubs.

streak towards a cluster of vultures. The birds take wing, and the tigress halts over the remains of her (earlier) kill. She pauses, sniffs the carcass and then looks around the field, taking stock of her surroundings. I almost stop breathing as she stares intently at us... and then, as though shrugging us off as inconsequen-

tial, she walks back to her cubs standing half hidden on the fringe of the forest. “Wow,” I whisper. Awestruck, my companions nod dumbly. For the next hour we continue driving through the jungle. We pass by strangler vines, which like enormous pythons twine themselves around sal tree trunks, when suddenly from the leafy

canopy above comes the urgent whoop of a langur. “That’s a warning call,” our guide says. We stiffen. Sure enough, at a fork in the trail ahead, we spot a second tigress strolling with her two small cubs, cute little balls of yellow-andblack striped wool, at her heels. We are no more than 20 metres away, and she bares her teeth in a growl as she glares at us. We halt. She halts too while her cubs, unfazed, frolic around her. She hesitates and then crosses the pathway and with the cubs in tow, strides into a copse of spindly bamboo shoots. We trail them for about 100 metres before they disappear into a thicket of tangled jungle. Two sightings! We exchange excited highfives, but the morning isn’t over yet. Half an hour later, we round a bend and there, blending into the striped sunlight filtering across the pathway, is a tigress sitting nonchalantly in the middle of the road.

Her two small cubs play among the trees fringing the road, barely a stone’s throw away from us. Our driver daringly edges closer. There’s a heart-thumping moment as she tenses and stands up, tail twitching, ears flicking and begins to stride towards us, a menacing low growl in her throat. We are uncomfortably aware that our jeep is an open vehicle and vulnerable to the big cat’s pounce. We reverse and the tigress halts. She snarls once more for effect, and then goes in search of her cubs. They emerge from the trees. The three of them cross the road and disappear into the jungle, but not before one of the cubs peeks curiously at us through the fork of a tree trunk, and I capture it on camera. In the space of two hours we’d seen three adult tigers and eight little cubs, 11 animals in all. Such unbelievable luck! Travel Writers’ Tales is an independent travel article syndicate.

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September 13, 2013 The Delta Optimist A23

TSAWWASSEN

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Terry Fox run set for Sunday South Deltans will keep the memory, and the fundraising, alive as they take part in the annual Terry Fox Run this Sunday. More than 30 years ago, Terry Fox began his now iconic Marathon of Hope across the nation to raise money for cancer research. One year after his journey ended abruptly just outside Thunder Bay, Ontario, the first Terry Fox Run was held in more than 750 communities across Canada. Today, the annual event is held in countless Canadian towns and cities, as well as in more than 20 countries around the world, and raises millions of dollars for cancer research. The South Delta Terry Fox Run includes five and 10-kilometre routes, both of which begin and end in the parking lot of the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall.

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Both routes are open for walkers, runners and rollers. Dogs are welcome, as long as they are leashed. In addition to the run, there will be entertainment and refreshments, said Leslie Abramson, one of the organizers of the event, which is put on annually by the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen. As well, there will be a memory board, which allows participants to remember loved ones lost to, or fighting, the disease. “That’s a special place for us,” Abramson said. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and the walk/run/roll begins at 10 a.m. There is no registration fee and no minimum donation. Participants are invited to stick around after the run for a barbecue, raffle draw and other festivities. For more information visit www.terryfoxrun.org.

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A24 The Delta Optimist September 13, 2013

leisure&lifestyles

Learning to curl! SCAN WITH

PHOTO BY GORD GOBLE

Instructor Sandra MacKinnon shows participants how it’s done Wednesday at the Tunnel Town Curling Club’s Learn to Curl session for seniors at the South Delta Recreation Centre. The club has run several Learn to Curl sessions for all ages in recent weeks. The final session, which is designed for seniors, is on Sept. 18 from 10 a.m. until noon.

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Earthwise celebrating all things tomato this weekend They come in many different shapes, sizes and varieties, and they are ready to be put on display at the Earthwise Farm this weekend. They are Earthwise Society’s fabulous assortment of organic heirloom tomatoes, ready for sampling at this year’s Tomato Festival. The Tomato Festival, set for the Earthwise Farm and Garden in Boundary Bay tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., offers something for the whole family, with live music, food and cooking demonstrations, and a children’s activity area. The Tomato Festival celebrates the 35 varieties of heirloom tomatoes expertly tended by Earthwise master gardeners Graham and Maja Willoughby. It is an opportunity to taste test and choose favourites, try them out on freshly baked cob oven pizza and talk to the experts to learn how it’s all done. There will be cooking

demonstrations by Wes Levesque, who will share his secrets for bringing out the best in local tomatoes. Then wander over to the patio garden and enjoy some music. Heirloom tomatoes are older varieties that have been grown historically in different regions of the world. Most are no longer widely available commercially. Today, plant collectors save and grow seeds from these antique varieties partly to help preserve the world’s genetic diversity but also to celebrate the variations of taste and colour of this diverse fruit. For many people, biting into a ripe, fresh-off- thevine heirloom tomato is a revelation: this is what tomatoes used to taste like. The Earthwise Farm and Garden are located at 64003rd Ave in Tsawwassen. For more information on the festival, visit www. earthwisesociety.bc.ca or call 604-946-9828.

Garden Club kicks off new season The South Delta Evergreen Garden Club begins a new season of gardener education programs next week in Ladner. The club will hold its first meeting of the fall season on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at Kin House at 7:30 p.m. Each month, the club offers a garden education talk that is open to the public. This month’s speaker will be Emily Budinski, who will speak about herbs, focusing especially on unusual ones that can be grown in the garden. The talk will also cover some uses for herbs — culinary and decorative — and how to propagate them. For more information, contact Terry Findlay at tafindlay@dccnet.com.

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$31,000

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$15,000

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491/mo.

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$35,000

229/mo.

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508/mo.

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557/mo.

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$23,000

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A26 The Delta Optimist September 13, 2013

McKee programs in spotlight

Ladner seniors3 centre hosts open house to showcase all the activities it has to offer PHOTOS BY

GORD GOBLE

The McKee Seniors’ Recreation Centre held its annual open house last Saturday to give members and prospective members an opportunity to try out many of the activities. Grant Christofferson (below) is part of an active artist community at the centre, while Monica Wong and Shirin Monteiro (top right) teach a fitness class. Jack Dyck plays a game of snooker.

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your gift makes great things happen DELTA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY 2012-2013

Helping Cardiac Patients Go Home Healthy “Can you hear me? Stay with me and focus on my face. You are in the Emergency Room at Delta Hospital. We are here to help you”. These are the words you might hear if you are having a heart attack. Heart problems are serious and you’ll never know how terrifying it can be until it happens to you. Likewise, until you need cardiac services, it’s hard to understand how important it is to have local, state-ofthe-art care right here in Delta. Last year 3,809 people came to Delta Hospital for cardiac treatment and diagnosis. It is vital to have the best technology and equipment available to our physicians so we can ensure that you go home to your family. uv zj j x yx hv | }| v y x our Emergency Department in car-

diac distress and six visit our Cardiac Clinic for diagnosis. We at Delta Hospital recognize the enormous impact this has on our community. “Time is essential when treating someone with heart distress”, says Dr. Robert Shaw, Chief Internist at Delta Hospital. “The amazing support of this community has allowed us to continually provide the best care possible to these critical patients”. It is people like you, our donors, who have made this level of care possible and helped our patients go home healthy. Like Daphne, a young, healthy mother and resident of Delta. She was enjoying one of her regular runs through Tsawwassen, when suddenly, she stopped running and collapsed. Daphne’s running part-

ners quickly administered CPR and called 911. Within minutes Daphne arrived at Delta Hospital and it was determined that she had experienced a sudden cardiac arrest. She was immediately stabilized and when it was safe, she was transferred to another facility for further observation. It was the quick work of our staff as well as the sophisticated equipment that ensured Daphne’s positive outcome. Five months after suffering the sudden cardiac arrest, Daphne is back at home with her family, back to her regular routines, and back to running. “I know that Delta Hospital saved me”, says Daphne. “I would not be here today without their quick response and life-saving skills and

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REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY 2012-2013

$444,731

3,809

CARDIAC CARE at Delta Hospital

raised to support Cardiac programs and equipment in 2012.

people came to Delta Hospital for treatment, screening or diagnosis of heart conditions.

2,730

These patients spent days at Delta Hospital.

Heart conditions are serious and require prompt diagnosis and treatment. They can affect anyone: male or female, young or old.

500 patients were admitted to Delta

Hospital for Cardiac Health in 2012. The top 4 issues were:

Increase in patients cared for at Delta Hospital’s Cardiac Clinic

EVENT MONITOR

31%

1,703

STRESS TEST

Angina

Heart Attack

2,230

MYVIEW STRESS TEST

ECG

inition images of the heart, right at the patient’s bedside. This allows for faster, more-precise diagnosis with less stress on the patient.

Cardiac Care Clinic

expertise. I just can’t say enough about how grateful I am to have this hospital so close to home”. With the help of donors and the community, we are building the best possible Cardiac Care at Delta Hospital so more patients, like Daphne, make it back to their families. In 2012, the Delta Hospital Foundation created the Cardiac Care Fund. This fund supports patients at Delta Hospital who undergo cardiac-

Arrhythmia

2012

2010

Diagnostic tests available at Delta Hospital’s Cardiac Clinic HOLTER MONITOR

Heart Failure

related testing, monitoring, and treatment by purchasing state-ofthe-art, life-saving equipment. With generous support from you, we were able to grow this fund to over $444,000. Among this year’s hzyxy x t}w~ x }~ |wz y Cardiac Care package which included a $120,000 highly specialized portable ultrasound. This new ultrasound provides our medical staff with detailed, high-def-

Heart disease is serious and requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. As Kathy Haslet, a Delta Hospital Cardiology Technician, explains, “most of the time, it’s a life or death situation”. The good news is that heart disease is both preventable and manageable, if you take the right steps. Things like what you eat, how much you exercise, and quitting smoking are all factors that can help you keep your heart healthy. That is where Delta Hospital’s heart related programs get involved. The Cardiac Clinic, where Kathy works, saw over 2200 patients last year and that number is expected to grow to 2,700 by 2015. It is the job of those who work in the clinic to investigate what might be the cause of shortness of breath, palpitations or chest pains in a patient. Most people who enter the Car-

1 in 20 people who visited Delta Hospital’s ER in 2012 had cardiac symptoms.

diac Clinic fear the worst. The clinic often sees patients with noticeable symptoms of cardiovascular disease or abnormal heart rhythms. But sometimes they see patients who may not feel any obvious symptoms and are actually on the brink of a heart attack. “We have a great program here. Heart disease can affect anyone and what we do is lifesaving work”, Kathy reminds us. “If we can help someone before they suffer a heart attack or stroke, we’ve made a difference”. It is because of you that we have been able to purchase new and innovative equipment for your heart which helps more patients go home healthy. When you have an issue with your heart, it’s important to have an outstanding medical team to respond. Whether it’s Dr. Shaw in the emergency room, the internist in our Rapid Access Clinic, or Kathy and the team of cardiology technicians at Delta Hospital, you have access x} y} } x h~ yx |z} ysionals that are supported by the most up-to-date equipment.

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REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY 2012-2013

Message from the Chair

This past fall I was pleased to begin my term as Chair of Delta Hospital Foundation. I offer my sincere gratitude to my predecessor, Lois Wilkinson, who will remain on the Board as Past Chair, and to my fellow Board members for their continued efforts on behalf of the Foundation and the community. I am honoured to be taking on my new role at a very exciting time for both Delta Hospital and the Foundation. In the fall of 2012 Fraser Health began working on a business case for the implementation of the recently completed Delta Hospital High Level Master Plan. We now have a vision for three phases of development and renewal for our community hospital over the next 20 years. It has been a great year for the continuing partnership between the community of Delta and Delta Hospital. The most rewarding aspect of my time on the Delta Hospital Foundax }~ } z y ~ hzyx ~ l xness to the direct impact our community’s efforts have in our hospital.

Your donations can help in more dramatic fashion at times such as helping to purchase a $138,000 cardiac care package that includes h~ x }~ w xz y}w~ ~ several heart monitors. The addition of this equipment allows over 2,200 patients to stay in our community for diagnosis and monitoring and avoid the stress of delayed and distant care. On the other hand, something as seemingly simple as a specialized mattress can make so much difference to some of our residents in Mountain View Manor who are forced to spend extended periods in bed. We saw another important development in the future of Delta Hospital Foundation this past year when Veronica Carroll joined the team as its new Executive Director in July 2012. Veronica joined us at a very busy time and the Board and I offer our congratulations to Veronica for her great work in meeting and engaging her new community as we work together to lead the hospital and Foundation towards a bigger and healthier future.

This year marked the Foundation’s 25th anniversary of supporting Delta Hospital in its delivery of outstanding health care. Our past has been marked by the generous support of our donors and partners. Our future depends on that continuing relationship. The generosity you have shown, from our modest beginnings in 1988, to a year where both our Gala and Golf Tournament raised record amounts, is key to providing leading surgical, residential, and cardiac care. x j}wz yw||}zx q }~h ~x Delta Hospital Foundation will continue to provide the best care possible for those we love; our families, our neighbors, and our community. Thank you all. Keith McGee Chair, Delta Hospital Foundation (Partner, Jarvis McGee Rice LLP)

Putting Your Gifts to Work How We Raised Funds in 2012-2013

How Your Donations Made A Difference

Revenue from Fundraising and Investment Income in 2012-2013 totaled $1.375 million

In fiscal 2012-2013 here is where your gifts made a difference by area of care.

Individual Giving

Special Events

Investments & Dividends

Hospital’s Greatest Needs

36%

Illness & Disease Management

33%

$879 K

$445 K $51 K

Hospital Departments Education, Research & Capital Projects

21% 10%

With your help, we are able to bridge the gap between the basic health care government provides and the most sophisticated care possible - making Delta Hospital a well-respected community hospital in Fraser Health.

We Are Accountable to You Your generosity supports our mission of providing Delta Hospital with the tools to deliver outstanding health care. In return we uphold your interests: We are governed by a Board of Directors. |z x hy j ~ x j responsible fundraising. We protect your privacy as a donor.

Your Donations Stay in Delta We have an agreement with Fraser Health that any equipment purchased by the Foundation cannot be removed from Delta Hospital without your involvement.

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How Your Support Transformed Patient Care With your support, we purchased 163 pieces of priority equipment valuing over $616,000. This equipment brings the latest and most reliable technology to our physicians, nurses, and medical staff ensuring care and safety for our patients. Your donations work in six departments throughout the hospital and in nine areas of care. Here are just a few examples of the impact your donations make in the lives of patients.

LEAVE A LEGACY TO DELTA HOSPITAL Making a charitable gift as part of your estate plan is a wonderful opportunity to support a cause that is near and dear to your heart.

Surgical Daycare

Remembering Delta Hospital Foundation as part of your estate plan helps build a strong and vibrant future for our hospital and community.

Providing exceptional surgical services close to home allows us to alleviate stress on our patients and their families. Surgical procedures have in z y j m ~ x yx j zy ~ }wz |z} z now performs over 8,200 procedures annually. i } r ~ i n e ~ sz x p y z n

Phaco Hand Piece $11,416 The phaco hand piece plays a critical role in a valuable outpatient procedure to help remove cataracts. With this equipment we are able to give the gift of sight back to the more than 600 patients who undergo this procedure at Delta Hospital.

To learn more contact Stacey Boyda at 604 940 9695 or stacey.boyda@dhfoundation.ca.

Emergency Room Our ER has seen an increase of 43% in patient visits over the past 5 years. Your support helps bring about tangible results: faster service, earlier diagnosis and treatment, better outcomes, more easily yy xz x ~xy }z h ~x x z k| ~ y zv y ~ }z } }zx environment for our patients. i}zx i }~ x}z n ~ xy n

Cardiac Care The Cardiac Care Fund supports patients at Delta Hospital that undergo cardiac-related testing, monitoring, and treatments by purchasing state-of-the-art equipment. r h~ x }~ xz y}w~ n uv ~x p}~ x}zy n r} x z p}~ x}zy n

Holter Monitors - $19,694 A ‘Holter monitor’ is a continuous tape recording of a patient’s ECG for 24 hours. It helps our cardiologist compare symptoms of dizziness, palpitations or black outs with data gathered on the heart to detect abnormal heart rhythm.

Residential Care

Laboratory

Many of our residents are lifelong members of Delta who have had a hand in shaping our vibrant community. Because of the generosity of our community, we are able to enhance the quality of care we deliver to our residents. qy}f k xxz yy y n g} } z wy }~y n

Delta Hospital’s laboratory is vital to your x z }wx } y | x} m } y }~y made by your physician for diagnosis and treatment are based on test results determined in our laboratory. e yx ~ z n g z z x ~xz w n

One Gift Enriches The Lives Of So Many Throughout their almost 70 years of marriage, Charles Simser and his wife Myrtle worked hard and had a lot of fun, but always with those they loved most. The joys of spending time with friends and family was a gratifying reward for a life well lived. The couple married sixty-eight years ago in Saskatchewan and was together until Myrtle’s death in 2010. While Charles, known as Chuck by those that knew him, spent his free time on the golf course, Myrtle dedicated her time to gardening. Family and friends were very important to the couple, especially when they made the move from Saskatchewan to Tsawwassen in the y d j l z l jy x z to host holiday get-togethers and lend a hand when needed. When Myrtle began to have heart troubles and required additional medical care, she moved into Mountain View Manor. Even though the couple no longer lived in the same home, Chuck visited Myrtle every day while she was at Delta Hospital. He didn’t let weather, or appointments, keep him from a visit with the love of his life. The couple was grateful for the extraordinary care, help, and

compassion Myrtle received from the dedicated medical staff at Delta Hospital. Today, in return, the Simser’s are helping out so many others in their community who also call Mountain View Manor their home thanks to their Legacy Gift to Delta Hospital Foundation in 2012. The Simser’s gift to the hospital ~ x |wz y } qy}f k mattresses for the residents. Without thinking, everyone makes hundreds of little changes in our posture while sitting in a chair, talking on the phone, or even sleeping. These minor shifts in our weight help us to alleviate pressure points while we go about our daily activities. However, someone who suffers from diseases like Alzheimer’s or dementia, like our residents in Mountain View Manor, may be less aware of when these harmful pressure points are becoming uncomfortable. An qy}f k xxz yy |z}v y |z yywz relief by evenly distributing weight throughout the surface. The incredible kindness of the Simser’s allows us to provide the best care and comfort for our residents in their twilight years.

“One of the reasons the couple had been so generous with Delta Hospital is the care they received throughout their life in this community”, said Pieter H., Charles’ cousin and close friend. “Over the years, the medical staff cared for both Chuck and Myrtle – at one time simultaneously”. The care they received was extraordinary, and they wanted to recognize that by including a gift to Delta Hospital Foundation in their Will. This gift to the hospital represents a long history of community involvement and participation for the couple. They were both longtime members of their Rotary Club, Church, and active volunteers with the Salvation Army. As well, Chuck golfed, with his Beach Grove Golf Club membership, and ice-skated up into his 90s. Through it all, they always recognized that their active life and community’s stability was enriched by having quality health care close to home. As Pieter H. put it, “They were so fortunate to have a hzyx yy xj l x } z~ {w |ment and quality doctors in the community when they needed it most”. The Simser’s were good neigh-

bours, good friends, and great members of our community. Their decision to include Delta Hospital Foundation in their Will is a lasting legacy to the community that they loved so much.

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A Year in Review After your first year with the Foundation, what are your observations? Coming to the Delta Hospital Foundation, I had heard about the community’s unwavering commitment to our hospital. Not only did this prove to be true, but I was touched with how warm and welcoming everyone in Delta has been. We have a great hospital. It’s been my privilege over the last year to ready our Foundation and our community as we move forward and address the growing health care needs in Delta.

Q & A with Veronica Carroll MBA CFRE, Executive Director, Delta Hospital Foundation

What were the Foundation’s major activities this past year? Over the past year, the Foundation reached some amazing milestones and we should all be excited

about what that will mean for health care in Delta. First, in partnership with Fraser Health, the High Level Master Plan was approved and a business case for phase one of the plan was presented to the Ministry of Health. This is a very exciting time for Delta Hospital as we look to the future of what this facility can give back to our community. Second, as 2012-2013 came to a close, we completed our 25th year as an organization. It was exhilarating for me, as I as learned about all of the amazing accomplishments this community has rallied around and helped achieve at Delta Hospital. Delta has enabled the best in patient care at this facility and I’m excited to see what the next 25 years has in store. Finally, on the eve of our 25th anniversary, we felt it was time to refresh our brand to better encompass our history, the role the Foundation and the hospital play in the com-

munity, and the amazing support we see from our donors. So we launched a new brand in March that is more than just a logo; it’s the story of who we are, where we have been, and where we are going.

What does the future of Delta Hospital look like? The future for Delta Hospital looks healthier than ever. I am proud and excited to say that the Foundation and the hospital are about to embark on the largest investment in infrastructure since it was built in 1980. Once again, our community will help transform Delta Hospital where the level and availability of care exceeds all expectations. ex}| j j } h }z x veronica.carroll@dhfoundation.ca to h~ }wx }l j}w ~ | | zx } our exciting future at Delta Hospital.

High Level Master Plan

Our Brand Story

25 Years of Patient Care

We live in a community that is aging – the oldest in Fraser Health. The truth is that an aging population will require more extensive healthcare services as we all begin to face a variety of medical issues. It is you and the needs of our community that sit at the heart of Delta Hospital’s High Level Master Plan. The plan was created out of a two-year partnership between Delta Hospital Foundation and Fraser Health, and through countless consultations with our hospital team, our community, and healthcare experts.

Our new brand conveys the caring nature of our neighbours who come together from three very distinct areas but who are, without a doubt, a community with a deep passion and commitment to our hospital. The heart is the centre of our health, and our lives. And like the heart, the hospital is the centre of our community. Young and old, male or female, all incomes and ethnic groups, at some point or another, we will all need it.

Since our beginning in 1988, the community of Delta has embraced and supported the Foundation and enabled us to grow. Over the last 25 years, and with the support of this community, the Foundation has had tremendous success. Working with our community, we have enabled the best in patient care at our hospital by asking: “will it make a difference?” And this is the philosophy we will take forward into the next 25 years.

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More than a Plan

Won’t You Join Us? October 19th, 2013

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Lois Wilkinson Past Chair, Board of Directors PRESENTED BY

to participate in this exercise, as this further reinforced the permanence of our hospital. The Plan is designed to take us through the next j zy ~ x y} h y }wz v y }~ of what is needed to support Delta Hospital in both the short and long term. The Foundation was involved in the High Level Master Planning |z} yy z} yx zx x} h~ y ~ x ~x z } z } z x}zy y }~h ~x that it is truly a plan for the future needs of our patients, medical staff and community.

PLATINUM SPONSORS

Delta Hospital has a unique history. It’s a hospital that was built by the community, for the community through a grass roots movement that has stayed the essence of its commitment from day one. Since opening the acute care hospital in 1980, we have added a new emergency department, equipped a third operating room, created a separate endoscopy suite, and purchased a state of the art CT scanner. Other patient comforts have been added such as the “healing garden” and the “forest for the future”. All of this has been completed with community funds, donated by individuals, companies, service groups and other foundations. Delta Hospital is truly a “community” hospital. In 2010 Delta Hospital Foundation met with Fraser Health to discuss the development of a long range plan for the hospital – the High Level Master Plan. The Foundation was more than pleased

Tickets are now available for this year’s Moonlight Gala at The Harris Barn at Kirkland House. For details or to purchase tickets, please phone 604-940-9695, email info@dhfoundation.ca, or visit www.dhfoundation.ca.

Save the Date ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - September 23, 2013 COURTYARD CAFE, DELTA HOSPITAL

R.S.V.P. to info@dhfoundation.ca or 604 940 9695.

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2012-2013 Board of Directors Keith McGee | Chair Partner Jarvis McGee Rice LLP

Lois Wilkinson | Past Chair Principal (retired) Surrey School District

Kevin Brennan Vice President, Construction Townline

Tim Sandhu Business Applications Manager First West Credit Union

Allan Baydala | Vice Chair Chief Financial Officer Port Metro Vancouver

Andrew Clark | Treasurer Associate Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Laura Cassidy Executive Councillor Tsawwassen First Nation

Don Sangster Chief Executive Officer Biomaxx Waste Water Solutions

Bruce Fougner President Lloyds Travel & Cruises

Veronica Carroll | Ex Officio Executive Director Delta Hospital Foundation

Randy Kaardal Senior Counsel Hunter Litigation Chambers

Delta Hospital Auxiliary Representative Marilyn Jones President Delta Hospital Auxiliary

Stephen Millen Managing Director Worthington Partners

Delta Hospital Representatives

Annette Garm Doug Miller Chartered Accountant Site Director, Delta Hospital Lynes & Miller, Chartered Accountants Fraser Health Margo Peerless Past-Chair, 2011-2012 Moonlight Gala Committee

Dr. Nav Grewal MD Physician, Emergency Room Delta Hospital

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YOUR GIFT MAKES GREAT THINGS HAPPEN THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT AND INTEREST. Delta Hospital Foundation would like to extend its heartfelt thanks to everyone who generously supported Delta Hospital with a gift in 2012-2013. Your generosity makes great things happen and it represents an important commitment to supporting outstanding and compassionate patient care at Delta Hospital.

To donate to the Delta Hospital Foundation please visit www.dhfoundation.ca.

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Little House is hosting Heart of a Mother workshop

Two-day session later this month will provide strategies to deal with family member’s substance abuse The Little House Society is once again hosting a workshop aimed at helping mothers and grandmothers who have a child struggling with substance abuse. The society is offering its two-day Heart of a Mother workshop later this month. The session is open to mothers and grandmothers worried about a child or grandchild’s substance abuse. It aims to answer a number of questions: What is abuse? What is addiction? Does my child have an addiction disorder? Why is my child doing this? What should I do? What shouldn’t I do? The Heart of a Mother workshop is facilitated by Janine Nowacka, an addictions counsellor at the Cedars at Cobblehill Treatment Centre on Vancouver Island. Through the two days of the workshop, Nowacka helps participants understand what addiction is, how it affects relationships and how

women enable, as well as some practical strategies for coping and healing. Heart of a Mother runs

over two Saturdays, Sept. 21 and 28, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Little House, 5061-12th Ave.,

Tsawwassen. The session costs $150, which includes lunch, snacks and all materials.

This is the fourth time the society has offered the workshop and it is expected to fill up quickly.

For more information, or to register, contact Nancy Lee at nancy@littlehousesociety.ca or 778-278-5755.

Choose to recycle your milk containers.

Probus club welcomes TFN councillor The South Delta Probus Club is hosting its first meeting back after the summer break next week. This month’s meeting features Andrea Jacobs, a new Tsawwassen First Nation councillor and community outreach representative. She will speak about economic development on TFN lands, covering the timing and types of developments planned as well as the need to develop as part of the treaty agreement. The presentation should provide Probus members and residents with an update on what is happening with developments, current and future, on TFN lands. The meeting, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn, is free and open to all Delta residents. Probus is a worldwide association of active retirees. South Delta Probus offers its members the opportunity to learn from speakers on key issues. The association is non-political and non-fundraising, and allows members to enjoy fellowship and activities that stimulate the mind and body.

And choose a better future for all of us.

More people than ever are doing what’s right for the environment. That’s why over 666,000 kg of milk containers were recycled at Return-It™ Depots in 2012. And it’s easy to make the right choice a part of your routine; just bring them in along with your bottles and cans.

For more information and to ﬁnd a Return-It™ Depot near you, call 1-800-330-9767 or visit return-it.ca/milk Zero deposit paid = zero deposit refunded.

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4410 50A St., Ladner NEW PRICE $759,000

3600 VIRTUAL TOUR ONLINE Call Bob, Linda or Blake at 604-946-8899. For floor plans, photos and 360 tours go to: For floor plans, photos and 360 tours go to: www.TheChanceyTeam.com www.TheChanceyTeam.com Call Bob, Linda or Blake at 604-946-8899.

#A307 4811 53rd Street, Ladner • $419,000

4648 Kensington Pl., Ladner • $570,000

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OUTSTANDING MARKETING...OUTSTANDING RESULTS OUTSTANDING MARKETING...FOR OUR CLIENTS! GORGEOUS CARRIAGE HOME Wow! Brilliant Open Concept - Builders Own Home! Built With Luxurious Living in Mind this Home Features 30K in Extras. Wainscoting, Coffered Ceilings, Hardwood Floors, Maple Cabinets that run to the Ceiling, a large 36"- 5 Burner Gas Cooktop, Wall Oven, Dual Door Fridge (All Stainless Steel - KitchenAid). Quartz Countertops with Rounded Edges, Double Sink with High-End Faucet. Gorgeous Chandeliers Throughout Home. 3 Bedrooms and Finished Attic, 2.5 Bathrooms with Custom Built Mirrors + Frames. High-Efficiency Viessmann H/W System. South West Exposed Backyard Leads to Double Detached Garage + Suite Above. Suite Rents for $850/month - Talk About A Mortgage Helper!!!

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Phenomenal! 2800 square feet of solid structured, well maintained home. Total of 4 Bedrooms, 3 baths, Call New Bob, Linda or Blake at 778-434-8899. family room and a huge games room. Stainless Steel Whirlpool appliances in the kitchen. New torch For floor plans, photos and 360 tours go to on roof in 2010. Storage shed in backyard.www.TheChanceyTeam.com Large Workshop beside double carport. RV parking and room for the family and friends rides too! 5 skylights and tons of windows help give this home lots of natural light. Large deck features breathtaking view of48B boundary bay and mountain. The location? Itʼs on one of #7-5511 Ave., Ladner Tsawwassenʼs best streets; quiet, children friendly and also close to schools. $788,000

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RIVER VIEW & 24' BOAT SLIP. This is a fabulous 2 storey, 2 bedroom & loft/den located in Ladner Village. Gorgeous renovated kitchen with newer appliances and nice big eating bar. Dining area and living room with built in's, wood fireplace and new carpets. Updated 2 piece bath. Upstairs Master bedroom is dreamy - featuring a renovated cheater bath & its own deck - imagine lying in bed watching the boats go by. Nice second bedroom and loft/den area overlooking lush green space. Absolutely the most sought after waterfront development in the area boasting not only it's marina but loads of green space a good size recreation room. Stroll though ladner village, along the river to to the library, community center or park. No Pets.

NDAY U S *These Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver statistics are based on combined listing and sales. #1 Agent REBGV 1986. #2 Agent REBGV1987. #3 Agent REBGV 1985 & 1988 2-4 #1 Agent in S. Delta for 11 years 1984-1992, 1996 and 2007 (Team) MLS President Club for 10 years 1984-1992 and 2007* **Based on The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver career statistics for Bob &/or Linda Chancey

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MUST SEE! Truly fabulous corner Penthouse/ Townhouse is located in the heart of Ladner. Over 1800 square feet. Living room with vaulted ceiling, formal dining room, kitchen eating area and two Street bedrooms and4905 2 baths56th on main level. Upstairs loft boasts 16' ceilings and loads of windows which makes it a great space for an office, studio or TOURstorage. 360 ˚ VIRTUAL ONLINESteps games/media room. Lots of in-suite to shops, café’s, restaurants. Totally rain-screened building with 6 years warranty

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Stop right here! Itʼs time to enjoy your next home! Youʼll have plenty of time to see what all of West Ladner has to offer in this newly renovated townhouse. Prime location facing Memorial Park. Minutes away from Ladner village. Close to shopping, restaurants, transit, schools and dyke. Nearly 1400 sq ft., 3 bed, 2.5 bath, 2 story townhouse feature rare 2-car garage. Recent updates include: Paint, Flooring, Quartz Countertops, 0 Stainless Steel Appliances and MORE! Sit back and relax your cozy gas fireplace. Low Kitchen Cabinets, maintenance fees in a small 10 unit complex that has great neighbors. Also, many green features including rain barrel, compost bin and “silent” gardeners. Just turn key!!!

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A307-4811 53rd Street, Ladner • $419,900

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#9 5053 47th Avenue, Ladner • $469,000

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Terrific TOP FLOOR 1,200 square foot corner suite, in quiet location. sleek granite - 4770kitchen 52Awith Street #220 Gourmet countertops, gas stove, custom wood cabinetry & eating bar. Sleek slate tile and warm laminate flooring. Double sided gas fireplace compliments both this spacious family room/eating area and the living room. Lovely covered patio overlooks beautiful, secluded treed area. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, laundry & storage closet. Guest suite and amenities room, 2 underground parking stalls, and more. Less than 10 minute WALK TO BEACH! Don’t miss out — this is a great place to call home!

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#205-1704 56th Street, Tsawwassen • $434,900 360 VIRTUAL TOUR ONLINE 0

MUST SEE! Truly fabulous corner Penthouse/Townhouse is located in the heart of Ladner. Over 1800 square feet. Living room with vaulted ceiling, formal dining room, kitchen eating area and two bedrooms and 2 baths on main level. Upstairs loft boasts 16ʼ ceilings and loads of windows which makes it a great space for an office, studio or games/ media room. Lots of in-suite storage. Steps to shops, caféʼs, restaurants. Totally rain-screened building with 6 years warranty.

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#A307 4811 53rd Street, Ladner • $419,000

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SPACIOUS TOWNHOUSE Spacious & comfortable rancher with a loft area; located in a great culIT OUT... over 1,800 square foot, 3 level de-sac and backs ontoCHECK Kensington Park. South East exposed back yard townhome in great complex – perfect for the with beautiful new sundeck overlooking the park and greenspace. Living family. Living room on the main floor, eating area room, dining room, family room, kitchen and a Upstairs huge master bedroom. and kitchen. 2 balconies. features 3 good Updates include all new new window new and paint, size flooring, bedrooms. Family roomcoverings, on lower level a bathroom tiles and more. Total of 3 gas Loftupdates area includes large sundeck out fireplaces!!! back. Recent include bedroom with 3 piecenew ensuite and asome lovelypaint sitting and balcony. windows, andarea laminate flooring. Concretethis block construction and loads storage. Perfect for the empty nester... could be your dream comeoftrue. Call today to view.

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4648 Kensington Pl., Ladner • $570,000

Call Bob, Linda or Blake at 778-434-8899. For floor plans, photos and 360 tours go to www.TheChanceyTeam.com *These Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver statistics are based on combined listing and sales. #1 Agent REBGV 1986. #2 Agent REBGV1987. #3 Agent REBGV 1985 & 1988

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#6-4909 57A Street, Ladner • $359,000

#1 Agent in S. Delta for 11 years 1984-1992, 1996 and 2007 (Team) MLS President Club for 10 years 1984-1992 and 2007* **Based on The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver career statistics for Bob &/or Linda Chancey

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4974 Dogwood Dr., Tsaw. $749,000

4899 57th St., Ladner $829,000

4856 48th Ave, Ladner $799,900

5247 Regatta Way, Ladner $399,000

23080 Billy Brown Langley $519,900

SOLD E N IN JU 308-4803 48th Ave., Ladner $479,900

SOLD E N IN JU 235 66A St., Tsaw. $699,000

SOLD E N IN JU

43% of our Listings SOLD in August The Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board Average is 15.7% for August 2013

Our Sales to Listings Ratio is Way Above The Average Now is a Great time to List your Home with Us!

6327 45th Ave., Ladner $689,900

SOLD Y L IN JU 4880 Linden Dr., Ladner $779,900

SOLD 5385 Chamberlayne Ave. Ladner $729,000

IN D L O S ST U G U A 4943 63A Street, Ladner $879,000

IN D L O S ST U G U A 4690 Holly Park Wynd, Ladner $585,000

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#9-5053 47th Ave.,, Ladner $469,000

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220-4770 52A St., Ladner $259,900

5852 Cove Link Rd., Ladner $889,900

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IN SOLD ST AUGU 4648 Kensington Pl., Ladner $570,000

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96% of our Career Sales Have Been Here In South Delta!!

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4951 River Reach Dr., Ladner $329,000

202, 4747 54A St.., Ladner $256,500

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#105, 4955 River Rd., Ladner $457,000

204-4770 52A St., Ladner $314,500

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6178 Crescent Pl. Ladner $729,000

4905 56th St., Ladner $571,900

SOLD E N IN JU 104-1118 55th St., Tsaw. $335,000

SOLD E N IN JU 5511 48B Ave., Ladner $599,000

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$475,000

211 1300 Hunter Rd, Tsawwassen 2 bed | 2 bath | Den | 1345 sqft mls# V1017169

$389,000

206 1140 55th St, Tsawwassen 2 bed | 2 bath | 1349 sqft mls# V1017920

$870,000

932 Underhill Dr, Tsawwassen 3 bed | 3 bath | 2587 sqft mls# V996937

$350,000

111 1702 56th St, Tsawwassen 2 bed | 2 bath | 1221 sqft mls# V1017909

$699,000

$599,000

$699,000

$729,995

1735 57th St, Tsawwassen 4 bed | 3 bath | 1980 sqft mls# V1010096 $750,000

5562 4th Ave, Tsawwassen 4 bed | 3 bath | 2063 sqft mls# V999897 $868,000

1299 52nd St, Tsawwassen 5 bed | 3 bath | 2869 sqft mls# V1005891 $775,000

858 52A St, Tsawwassen 5 bed | 3 bath | 2 kitchen | 2816 sqft mls# V1014598 $769,000

Incredible Reno! 404 1300 Hunter Rd, Tsawwassen 2 bed | 2 bath | 1962 sqft mls# V1005081 $99,900

404 Milsom Wynd, Tsawwassen 4 bed | 3 bath | 2335 sqft mls# V1016174

NEW PRICE! 5255 4th Ave, Tsawwassen 3 bed | 3 bath | 2528 sqft mls# V1016164

$409,000

$219,000

217 Morningside Dr, Tsawwassen 3 bed | 3 bath | 2550 sqft mls# V986143 $385,000

NEW PRICE! 387C 8635 120th St, North Delta 1 bed | 1 bath | 763 sqft mls# F1314323

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304 5518 14th Ave, Tsawwassen 2 bed | 2 bath | 1211 sqft mls# V1024196

101 6660 Buswell Rd, Richmond 1 bed | 1 bath | 805 sqft mls# V1010118

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105 1642 56th St, Tsawwassen 2 bed | 2 bath | 1105 sqft mls# V991691 sutton group seafair realty 1625 56th street, tsawwassen 604 943 3110

September 13, 2013 The Delta Optimist A43 In the Community

Animal shelter benefits from Dylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday gift!

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Dylan Fletcher only wanted one present for his sixth birthday last month, so he asked all his friends to bring money and old towels and blankets to his party to donate to the Delta Community Animal Shelter. Here, the Tsawwassen youngster hands over a donation of $150 to animal care attendant Donna Bennett.

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Donate today and help support women’s health in your community. Every September, Shoppers Drug Mart® stores across Canada set up a Tree of Life in support of women’s health, with 100% of all proceeds going directly to women’s health initiatives in your community. Over the years, you’ve contributed over $20 million and we’re hoping you’ll help us make a difference again this year. Visit your local Shoppers Drug Mart between September 14 and October 11 and buy a leaf ($1), a butterfly ($5), an acorn ($10) or a cardinal ($50) to help women’s health grow in your community. To donate online or find out which women’s charity your local Shoppers Drug Mart store supports, visit shoppersdrugmart.ca/treeoflife.

Dr. Jeff Braun

New Chiropractor/Owner of Tsawwassen Chiropractic Clinic 1511-56th Street

My friend and colleague Dr. Don Burkett passed away suddenly and unexpectedly recently in Tsawwassen after providing outstanding care to his patients for 32 years. Having assumed the practice I want to introduce myself to the South Delta Community. I grew up in South Vancouver and have 27 years of full time practice experience in B.C. My practice is focused on maintaining the human frame in a state of optimal function. Working and living in a gravity environment brings with it traumatic, mental, emotional and postural stressors that can negatively affect the body biomechanically. Stiffness, pain, headaches, neuralgias are just some examples of symptoms that may be the result of these stressors. With wise health choices and continued Chiropractic care to keep my body working freely and pain free I hope to be a positive and productive part of this community for many, many years myself. In addition to the existing Chiropractic, Radiographic and Orthotic assessment and fitting services in the Tsawwassen office, I've added the following: • Hydromassage tables • Intersegmental Traction Tables • Wellness and Yoga seminars Our office has retained the files of all former patients of Dr. Burkett. For more information on these and other available services please go to my website drjeffbraun.ca

I welcome you to come by the ofﬁce for a complimentary tour and personal meeting.

Dr. Jeff Braun 604.943.6626 drbraunchiropractor@gmail.com

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Tom Robson’s reward for his clutch playoff performance Monday night is a six week allexpenses paid trip to Florida. The Toronto Blue Jays top prospect is getting a chance to be a typical 20-year-old before heading south for what actually will be more work to conclude his season. The Ladner native is enjoying a few days with family and friends then will leave for Florida for instructional league ball. Robson knew of his destination prior to Monday’s six and a third inning masterpiece against the Boise Hawks that paved the way for a a 5-0 Vancouver Canadians’ victory and their third consecutive Northwest League playoff championship. His instructional league stint will include three to four games per week, throwing in batting practice and plenty of time for training sessions with coaches. On the top of the priority list is improving his delivery. Although Robson is looking forward to the additional work, he wouldn’t have minded if Monday night’s celebration at a sold out Nat Bailey Stadium concluded his season. “I knew two weeks ago where I would be going but because we went as far as we did in the playoffs and I got a couple of more starts, they gave me a week off,” said Robson. “It’s kind of bittersweet. That would have been a great way to

Tom Robson end my season.” Prior to the best-of-three series, Robson learned he would get the start if a third and deciding game was needed. Vancouver lost the opener in Boise then returned home Sunday to win game two, setting the stage for the biggest night of his young career. “To be honest, I was just hoping we would win the first two games and that would be it,” he laughed. “After we lost the first game I really started to think about the possibility of a third game and then we came home and won.

“I had a hard time time falling asleep Sunday night and Monday might have been the longest day of my life, just waiting for the game. I just couldn’t stop thinking about it. “There was just so much going through my head. Here was my hometown team trying to win three (championships) in a row. I also knew it was likely the very last time a lot of my family and friends would see my pitch. That’s a lot on your shoulders.” Robson said being nervous before his start is actually part of his routine and the sudden death playoff game was no exception. He settled down to have the best outing of the season, retiring the Hawks in order in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth innings. For the very first time this season, he took to the mound in the seventh and recorded an out before giving way to reliever Alonzo Gonzalez. Robson surrendered just three hits and walked none. Vancouver opened the scoring with two runs in the third and added three more insurance runs in the eighth. “Just going out there for the seventh given what was on the line was pretty cool,” Robson added. “Every time that got a baserunner (against me) they were bringing the tying run to the plate. That was always on mind so I had to stay sharp and focused. “It was a real special night that I got to celebrate with so many people that are close to me. It’s something I will never forget.”

Anhert’s 50 saves earns tie for Hawks The best rivalry in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League picked up where it left off in years past as the Richmond Sockeyes and Delta Ice Hawks battled to a 4-4 overtime tie to open up the 2013-14 regular season on Tuesday. The difference on the night was Alex Anhert. The veteran Ice Hawks goaltender was outstanding as Richmond outshot the hosts 54-26. The Sockeyes still seemed poised to come away with a win after opening up a 3-0 lead after 20 minutes. However, Delta answered with unassisted second period goals from Brent Chreptyk and captain Marc Letourneau, before pulling even when Michael Olson-Eyre at the 8:40 mark of the third period. Anhert’s brilliant night looked to be spoiled when Carson Rose wired a shot past him with just 2:24 remaining. However, Delta sent the game into overtime when Benjamin Blake beat Richmond goalie Kootenay Alder 1:09 later.

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Delta Ice Hawks Michael Olson-Eyre and Connor Fortems battle in front of the Richmond net.

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5588 1st Avenue, Tsawwassen 5 bedroom, 3,650 sqft Cape Cod family home directly across the street from Diefenbaker Park. Spacious main floor family room with direct to sun-drenched Southern exposed patio in the backyard. The carpeted living room boasts a fireplace, bay window. Spacious kitchen. The upper floor has 4 bedrooms including an enormous master bedroom with a 5 piece ensuite, walk-in closet. In addition there is a 1 bedroom mortgage helper. Sunny, fully fenced Southern exposed backyard. Double garage with extra parking.

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IMMACULATE! Welcome to Heron Place - nestled in the heart of Tsawwassen. Move in ready! Professionally painted recently with brand new carpet throughout and brand new stainless kitchen appliances. This wonderful 2 bedroom, 2 full bathroom and den suite is lovely and bright with 9 foot ceilings. Great layout with over 1300 sq ft of living space! Large North facing balcony is on the quiet side of the building, is completely private and is accessible from the LR and the Master BR. Kitchen has lots of cabinet space, a pantry and a nice eating area. Ensuite has separate tub and shower and there is a huge walk in closet in the master. Large insuite laundry. 2 secured parking stalls and 1 storage unit. 2 blocks to all amenities.

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Well maintained, 2 storey, 4 bdrm familyhomes home on A lovely community of 18 detached fora large, those level 55 8,900 ft. lotorwith great appeal. Carpeted living room years sq. of age older. Thisstreet rancher is ideal for a couple or includes stoneready facedtofireplace, windows, dining you room single person down size.bay There is everything has wonderful view of outdoor pool and gardens; functional need for independent living with extremely low maintekitchen with newer flooring; room Wheelchair with electric nance (bare land strata feecarpeted $55 perfamily month)! fireplace, door roof to inground and for jacuzzi accessible.built-in 3 yearbar, oldpatio asphalt and newpool boiler in with Upper floor includes 4 carpeted bedrooms with 5 floorGazebo. radiant heating, built-in vacuum, large double garage, pc bathroom. include new & furnace; onopen kitchen Updates with adjacent family eating high area efficiency with sliding demand hot water; & vinyl siding. Southfacing facing doors having easynewer accesswindows to a beautiful east/south fenced rear yard is perfect for entertaining. Quiet family at friendly fully fenced back yard. This unit is ideally located the location, close to parksinand schools. back of the complex a cul-de-sac.

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South Delta Pee Wee Rams have used the talented arm of quarterback Ben McDonald to open the Vancouver Mainland Football season with two straight wins including a victory over the Royal City Hyacks last Sunday at Dennison Park as part of the club’s annual Green and Gold Day.

Rams dominate Green & Gold Day South Delta Rams flourished on home field for their annual Green and Gold Day. The local football organization showcased all of its teams last Sunday as part of week two of regular season play in the Vancouver Mainland Football League. All five Rams teams were in action with four coming away with victories. The exception was a hard-fought loss for the

Bantam squad. The Pee Wee Rams improved to 2-0 on the season with a dominating win over the Royal City Hyacks. The Flag and Atom Rams leveled their records at 1-1 with victories against Richmond and Royal City respectively. After a bye week, the Junior Bantam Rams kicked off their schedule with a win over North Delta.

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Open house Sunday 2 to 4

GORD GOBLE

Ladner Celtic’s Josh Murphy tangles with a Central City Breakers opponent during Saturday’s District 5 Division One League opener at Holly Park. Celtic began what it hopes to be a long and successful season with an 8-1 victory. This weekend will see all levels of youth soccer in action.

Unit 304B 1248 Hunter Road Golf course view 2 bed/2 bath plus den suite centrally located on Hunter Road which is within walking distance to Tsawwassen town centre. Perfect for snowbirds, or for those wishing to downsize, this is a clean, bright and spacious 1,361 sq.ft. of open living space overlooking the 17th Fairway of the Beach Grove Golf Club, with breathtaking view of Boundary Bay, White Rock and Mount Baker. Included are 2 secure covered parking stalls and a storage locker. Monthly maintenance fee of $342.16 also includes hot water, radiant in ﬂoor heat and gas. Priced below assessed value.

The Rotary Club of Tsawwassen presents

Pat Tate

WESTCOAST

A class act and a thoroughly qualiﬁed professional 604.943.8047 patriciaatate@dccnet.com www.pattate.com

Hunter Green

#109-1300 Hunter Road, Tsawwassen

Join us in a celebration of all things German

EN-4 P O .2 N SU

Friday, September 27 7:00 pm

To view or come to the Open call Pat Tate 604-943-8047

Live music starts at 8:00pm

• Great Beer • Great Food • Great Music Featuring S-BAHN

Overlooking Beach Grove Golf Club a bright corner unit available for immediate occupancy. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and 3 patios with a lovely layout. Upgrades include crown moldings, whisper screens, and new stainless appliances. Centrally located with a short walk to shopping, transportation, medical clinics and library. $459,000

The Lexington

#312-1150 54A Street, Tsawwassen

Tickets only $30

South Delta Secondary Gym 750 53A St., Tsawwassen

For more info or for tickets go to www.deltaoktoberfest.com MEDIA SPONSOR:

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Spacious penthouse corner unit in the adult oriented Lexington. Spacious 1765 square feet with 2 bedrooms, family room, den, 2 bathrooms. Freshly painted and new carpets it is in “move-in condition. Centrally located with a short walk to shopping, transportation, medical clinics and library. $489,000

To view or come to the Open call Pat Tate 604-943-8047

patriciaatate@dccnet.com or call 604-943-8047

A48 The Delta Optimist September 13, 2013

Progroup | 100–5000 Bridge Street, Ladner www.realestatedelta.com Each Office Independently Owned and Operated

Richard Lowe, Personal Real Estate Corporation, Realtor, RIBC

Jennifer McGregor, Personal Real Estate Corporation, Realtor jennifer@realestatedelta.com | 604 908 1593

604 946 8000 | 604 943 8080 | richard@realestatedelta.com

NEW LISTING

3600 VIRTUAL TOUR

NEW PRICE

6225 48A Ave., | $739,900

2,128 sqft – 4 bedrooms – 3 bathrooms 4,256 sqft lot – double car garage – Ladner

NEW PRICE!

5678 Clipper Rd. | $689,000

1,560 sqft - 3 bdrms - 2 bath - 4,844 sqft lot Ladner - MLS# v1008483

4752 55B Street | $710,000

1,033 sqft - 2 bdrms - 1 bath - 10,303 sqft lot detached garage - Ladner - MLS #v1020133

D218 4845 53 Street | $316,900

A306-4811 53rd Street | $398,900 1,861 sqft - 3 bdrms - 2 bath - 2 parking spaces - Ladner - MLS# v951619

#15-4788 57th Street | $449,900

2,084 sqft - 3 bdrms - 3.5 bath - townhome Ladner Estatesr - MLS #v1020136

1,647 sqft - 3 bdrms - 2.5 bath - townhouse Ladner - MLS #v1015446

5489 Pennant Bay | $519,900

#202-4745 54A Street | $352,000

1,300 sqft - 2 bedrooms - den - 2 bath double garage - South Pointe - MLS# v1025524

932 sqft - 2 bdrms - 2 bath - top ﬂoor Sunningdale phase IV - Ladner - v1017347

3600 VIRTUAL TOUR

NEW LISTING

3600 VIRTUAL TOUR SOLD

#406-4768 53rd St. | $295,000

#7-4965 47th Ave. | $419,900

1,029 sqft - 2 bdrms - 2 bath Ladner Pointe - MLS #v1020128

NEW LISTING

SPACIOUS

OPEN SUNDAY 2-4

ACROSS MEMORIAL PARK

1,101 sqft - 2 bdrms - 2 bath - den Adlington Court - Ladner - MLS# v1021364

5015 Fenton Drive | $999,000

NEW PRICE - 3,226 sqft - 5 bdrms, games room, 4 bath, 7,564 sqft lot - Ladner - v991054

QUIET STREET

SOLD 5336 Westminster Ave | $959,000

2,191 sqft - 3 bdrms - 2.5 bath - 11,668 sqft lot - dble garage - overheight carport - workshop - v1016835

SOLD 5385 Wellburn Drive, Ladner Listed by Remax Progroup

SOLD by richard lowe & associates

SOLD

SOLD 4551 Aurora Court | $739,900

3,112 sqft - 4 bdrms - game room - den - 3 bath quiet street - 6,144 sqft lot - Ladner - MLS #v1018774

6204 48A Ave, Ladner Listed by Remax Progroup

SOLD by richard lowe & associates

ALL OUR HOMES ARE MIRACLE HOMES! ~ PARTNERS IN REAL ESTATE ~ RUSS NUGENT

Direct Line 946-2766 • email: rnugent@ladnerhomes.com

JOANNE EVANS

Direct Lines 946-8000 • 943 8080 • joanneevans@remax.net

RE/MAX PROGROUP REALTY 604-946-8000

New Listing $419,000 204 1704 56th Street, Tsawwassen 1200 square feet of luxury living in this Upper Corner 2 Bedroom 2 Bathroom Condo with a 2 sided Gas Fireplace facing into the Family Room & Living Room! It comes with 2 parking spots & a storage locker handy to the unit. The Gourmet Kitchen looks fabulous with its Dark Cabinetry, Granite Counters & Stainless Appliances! The Kitchen overlooks the Family Room & out to a private treed yard. The South Exposed Balcony comes with a Gas Outlet for your BBQ! No one lives above you! Lock the door & safely go away on your trips!

New Listing $309,000 307 1363 56th Street, Tsawwassen Nice clean 2 Bedroom 2 Bathroom South Exposed unit overlooking the Rec Center, Treed Courtyard & The Waterford Complex. Close to the Shopping, Starbucks and Tsawwassen Town Center. The Bright open Kitchen faces into Dining & Living Room with a view out to the Patio and beyond! 1 Parking stall & Storage Locker. It is a well run complex with a very astute & progressive council! Your investment is safe here!

New Listing $574,500 6055 Brodie Road, Ladner

Fabulous Street Appeal, with new exterior paint, trim & a Natural Wood Front Door, is warm & inviting. The Parklike landscaped private yard surrounded by a big cedar hedge gives you privacy either on your sundeck or in the garden. Inside is 2 new bathrooms, a 6 year old Custom Kitchen & New Vinyl Windows. The Family Room downstairs is a good size with access to the back yard. The garage is insulated, a painted _oor & is nice & bright. Great family orientated neighborhood. It is a pleasure to present this nice family home to you!

NEW PRICE

$619,000 4934 Central Avenue, Ladner

$529,000 4736 45A Avenue, Ladner

Nice 2200 square foot 2 level main _oor living 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, family home close to town center, Lions Park, and Hawthorne School. 2 car garage, separate RV Parking with sani dump, and so much more.

A lot of work has been done on this nice family home to get it ready for the market! New carpets, fresh paint, new windows, new roof and the home sits on a nicely treed south exposed lot with a private back yard. The home presents itself well, and it waiting for its new family to live there.

$379,000 #C 4845 Linden Drive, Ladner Some nice updating has been done in this 3 level, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom Townhome. The Kitchen has been remodeled and opened up into the Dining/Eating area making a great room. Some new painting, carpets, new windows and general updating makes this a move in condition family home. The home comes with a west exposed yard, 2 parking spots and lots of storage! This is a great starter home, with a great price, ef`cient to own and in a quiet neighborhood!

1 SOLD 1 Building Lot Left Paton Drive, Ladner

2 46.50 X 100 foot south exposed build lots for sale! Building plans for one lot are already approved & ready to go!

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* South Delta’s #1 Real Estate Agent.

BEST PRICE IN TOWN

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• Just steps away from the beach • 18 hole golf course • Shopping and all amenities • Spacious and clean • New paint throughout • 2 parking stalls in secure underground parking lot. • Bring your ideas – sellers are very motivated!

GREAT 1 BEDROOM CONDO

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#305-1175 Ferguson, Tsaw.

#109-4728 53rd St., Ladner

$204,900 FANTASTIC LOCATION, BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED UNIT!

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• 2 bdrms, 2 balconies • 733 sqft, new kitchen • Updated bathrooms • Walk to White Rock amenities • Walk to White Rock Beach

$223,000 PERFECT 1 BEDROOM CONDO

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#206-4745 54A St., Ladner

$234,900

$249,900

• Excellent location, Walk to anything! • Top ﬂoor penthouse! Spacious! • 2 bdrm & 2 bthrm • Insuite laundry

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 923 SQFT 2 BDRM CONDO

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#241 5421 10th Ave, Tsaw.

PERFECT 2 BDRM IN HEART OF VILLAGE!

$269,900 PEACE AND TRANQUILITY! RENOVATED

• 2 bedroom unit • 885 sqft

(2010, 2011, 2012, & to-date 2013)

• Large balcony! • Steps to Ladner’s Historic Village Market

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Top 5% of all REALTORS in Greater Vancouver in 2006,2007,2008

9 yrs of Prestige RE/MAX Western Canada Awards dipl. in Marketing Commercial and Residential Real Estate British Columbia Ins. of Tech.

$299,900

$268,800 BEAUTIFUL 2-LEVEL 3 BEDROOM TOWNHOME

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• 1,532 sq.ft 3 bedroom townhome! • New blinds, paint, H/W tank, Windows! • Excellent spacious layout, Private yard! • Beautiful mature maple trees! • Walk to all amenities!

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BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED TOWNHOME

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• 3 bdrms & 3 bathrms • 1,650 sqft • Updated kitchen & bathrms • Fenced yard & patio • Walk to Village in minutes

4841 55B Street, Ladner

B 4845 Linden Dr., Ladner

$369,900

$389,900

BEAUTIFUL CONDO OVERLOOKING GOLF COURSE!

Re/Max Progroup Realty 100 - 5000 Bridge Street

• Updated Unit! 3 bedroom, 1,350 sq.ft • Beautiful private patio! • Nothing but move in! • Sought-after location, walking distance to everything! • Updated kitchen, new bathroom, ﬂooring, etc! • Don’t miss this one! 4906 47A Avenue, Ladner

108-4926 48th Ave., Ladner

Top 1% of ALL REALTORS® IN GREATER VANCOUVER in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

• 923 sqft 2 bedroom condo • In sought after Sunningdale • Many updates • Nothing to do but move in • Spacious private balcony • Priced to sell! #105-4758 53rd St., Ladner

$265,900

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• Perfect 1 bedroom condo • 740 sq.ft • West-facing Exposure! • Nothing to do but move in! • Walk all of Ladner’s amenities in minutes!

#206-1351 Martin St., White Rock

EXCELLENT PENTHOUSE CONDO

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• Spacious 770 sqft • 1 bedroom condo • In popular Sunningdale complex • Bright & spacious • Great layout • Priced for immediate sale

• Spacious 1,324 sq.ft. 2 bedrooms • Walk to Town Centre in minutes! • VIEW! VIEW! VIEW! • Quiet, concrete building • 2 spacious bedrooms • Extra large storage

STUNNINGLY UPDATED TOWNHOME

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• Fully renovated Townhome • Beautiful new $20,000+ Kitchen reno • New bathrooms • Built-in entertainment center • Walk to absolutely all amenities! • Perfect townhome, ready to move in!

#201 1400 View Cr, Tsaw.

#159-5421 10th Ave., Tsaw.

$399,900

$407,700

#1 Agent in Ladner / Tsawwassen* 2010, 2011, 2012, & to-date 2013! *Based on number of sales in 2010, 2011, 2012, & to-date 2013! *This representation is based in whole or in part on Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board Statistics

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• 1,734 sq.ft 3 bedroom unit • Spacious 3-level townhome • Double Garage • Private Yard • Updated appliances, lighting & much more

EXCELLENT TOWNHOME IN ROSEWOOD COURT!

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#8-4965 47th Ave., Ladner

#17-4748 54A Street, Ladner

$414,990 OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ON BAYVIEW DRIVE!

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• Priced @ LAND VALUE! • 8,923 sq.ft regular shaped lot! • Rancher 1,500 sq.ft, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Hardwood ﬂoors are in great shape, newer roof • Great location! Great opportunites!

$419,900

WALK TO THE BEACH IN MINUTES

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1295 Morris Cr, Tsaw.

$589,900

$619,900

• Prestigious Arthur Drive • 950 sq.ft 2 bdrm rancher • 2,000 sq.ft shop • LOT (14,811 sq.ft) • HUGE amount of parking • This property has endless opportunity

HOT! HOT! HOT!

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5065 59A Street, Ladner

$635,000

$649,900

• Like new renovation! • 2,590 sq.ft. home • 5 bedrooms • Open plan concept liv/kitch/din • Larges games room downstairs • Easily suited • Close to bus, schools and park!

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$669,900

$669,900 RESORT LIVING ON GOLF COURSE • Stunning executive condo • Unobstructed views! • Absolute top quality ﬁnishings • 1,534 sq.ft. 2 bdrm & den • Stainless steel appliances

EXCELLENT FAMILY HOME IN VICTORY SOUTH!

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$699,900

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• Beautiful 2,277 sq.ft. • 5 Bedrooms • 3 Bathrooms • In Ladner’s premier Marina Garden Estates • Lovingly maintained • Formal dining/living rms

• 2,186 sq.ft 3 bdrm home • CUL-DE-SAC LOCATION • Walk to parks • Excellent layout, great condition • Walk to Historic Ladner Village!

5209 Bentley Cres., Ladner

#206-5099 Springs Blvd., Tsaw.

EXCELLENT FAMILY HOME

• 2,713 sq.ft. living space • 4 bedrooms • 3 bathrooms • Lot size 5,797 sq.ft. • Port Guichon location 4713 46A Street, Ladner

580 Milson Wynd, Tsawwassen

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• TOTALLY RENOVATED 2,725 sq.ft 2-Level home • 3 bdrms+ofﬁce up and 2 bdrm FULLY SELF CONTAINED suite down • Completely renovated! • HUGE DETACHED DOUBLE SHOP AT REAR OF HOME

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• Excellent well-maintained rancher • Large 8,051 sq.ft. corner lot • Desirable Beach Grove • Updated kitch & bath • huge lot • Don’t miss this one!

1179 Bayview Drive, Tsaw.

RURAL LIVING!!! 14,811 SQ.FT. LOT

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• 1,503 sq ft spacious 3 bedroom 2 level townhome • End unit, new paint, radiant heat on main ﬂoor, laminate ﬂooring • 2 parking spots • Walk to absolutely everything from your unit

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• Unobstructed farmland views • 2,800 sq.ft. • 4 bedroom + den • Quiet cul-de-sac location! • Updated! Excellent layout!

5348 Commodore Dr., Ladner

6754 London Drive, Ladner

$699,999

$699,900

Nobody sells more real estate than Fraser in South Delta*

*based on number of sales in 2010, 2011, 2012, & to-date 2013!

604.728.2845

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WOW! EXCELLENT 3 BEDROOM SPACIOUS TOWNHOME

fraser elliott

September 13, 2013 The Delta Optimist A51

*FRASER AND HIS TEAM RANKED #5 IN THE GREATER VANCOUVER REAL ESTATE BOARD IN 2012. *as of August 31st, 2013 (Approx 10,000 agents total in Real Estate Board in 2012)

Call Fraser today for UNBEATABLE Real Estate Marketing Expertise. Ask about my Vancouver Sun marketing campaign. Re/Max Progroup Realty 100 - 5000 Bridge Street

A52 The Delta Optimist September 13, 2013

Currently ranked #4 TEAM in the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board for 2013!*

The Fraser Elliott team has sold more real estate than 99.99% of ALL REALTORS® in the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board so far in 2013!* Call us today, we want to work for you!! HERE IS A PREVIEW OF OUR UNBEATABLE MARKETING SOLUTIONS: • Bi-Weekly Vancouver Sun Westcoast Homes Edition Weekend Sun advertising to 470,000 readers!!!!

• MASSIVE DATABASE Of Buyers To Market Your Home To

• Free Staging Advice Prior To Listing

• MASSIVE ONLINE CAMPAIGN Facebook marketing, Youtube Marketing, Craigslist, Kijiji, www.rew.ca Enhanced, www.fraserelliott.com, large email campaigns, large online buyer database

• Weekly Full Colour Advertising In Delta Optimist

• Fully Licensed Member Of Our Team Attends Every Showing (No Lockbox)

• Weekly Full Colour Advertising In Real Estate Weekly

• All Team Members are LICENSED REALTORS® who call South Delta their home!

• 360 Virtual Tours By Vancouver's Premier Real Estate Photographers

Nobody sells more real estate than Fraser in Ladner / Tsawwassen* *Based on number of sales in 2010, 2011, 2012 & to-date 2013!

604.728.2845

* Based on # of sales in 2010, 2011, and 2012! * This representation based on Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board statistics * Stats as of Sept 8, 2013

September 13, 2013 The Delta Optimist A53

#1 in South Delta!* We are proud to announce Garrett Chu as an exclusive member of our team! We look forward to many years of serving the community of South Delta together! - Fraser Elliott & The Fraser Elliott Sales Team

Rachel

REALTOR®

Garrett

REALTOR®

Fraser

REALTOR®

Amber

REALTOR®

Shannon

REALTOR®

#1 in South Delta 2010, 2011, 2012 , & to-date 2013.* *Based on number of sales in 2010, 2011, 2012 & to-date 2013!

www.fraserelliott.com Fraser Elliott Personal Real Estate Corporation / RE/MAX Progroup Realty 100-5000 Bridge Street, Delta, BC. V4K 2K4

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A54 The Delta Optimist September 13, 2013

* South Delta’s #1 Real Estate Agent.

• 2,600 sq.ft 4 bdrm home with master bedroom on main • Custom built, no expense spared • Lots of upgrades • Cul-de-sac location, QUIET!

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5286 Augusta Place, Tsawwassen

$733,900

SOUGHT-AFTER EXECUTIVE HOME!

BEAUTIFUL 3 OR 4 BEDROOM EXECUTIVE HOME

• 2,779 sq.ft 4 BDRM+GAMES room • Beautifully maintained and updated! • Main ﬂoor living down, bedrooms up! • Endless list of renovations • Walk to all of Historic Ladner Village

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5140 Westminster Ave., Ladner

$739,900

$739,900 EXCELLENT EXECUTIVE HOME! LADNER

• Beautiful and unique • 3,583 sq.ft • 3-Level home • Main ﬂoor living • Stone ﬁreplace • Ready for your family and to entertain!

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916 Gale Dr., Tsaw.

$789,900 LADNER’S PRIME WATERFRONT PROPERTY!

EXCELLENT, RENOVATED LARGE FAMILY HOME! • 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms • 3221 sqft • Updated 2 level home • 1,865 sqft main ﬂoor area • 1 bedroom suite

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5096 Dennison Dr., Tsawwassen

Top 1% of ALL REALTORS IN GREATER VANCOUVER in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Top 5% of all REALTORS® in Greater Vancouver in 2006,2007,2008

9 yrs of Prestige RE/MAX Western Canada Awards

$873,900

MODERN, WESTCOAST CONTEMPORARY HOME

POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY

• Desirable Pebble Hill • Renovated by an acclaimed European builder • OPEN CONCEPT home • Post & beam architecture, metal roof & large south facing backyard • Endless upgrades

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4912 6th Ave., Tsaw.

• 12,700 sq.ft Lot • Prime development ppty! • Ofﬁcial Community Plan designation is MDR • 10+ for location • 1 minute walk to nature trails on the river! 4829 48th Avenue, Ladner

$879,900

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• 2,524 sqft, Totally updated! • UNOBSTRUCTED VIEWS! • New Roof, hardwood, kitchen & bathrooms • 5791 sqft lot backing farmland! • 4 bdrms, 3 bathrms Executive home! 6377 Crescent Court, Ladner

$799,900 ®

• 2,354 sqft, 5371 sqft lot • 4 bdrms, 3 bathrms • Central location • Walk to historic downtown Ladner Village! • 8 years old, double garage 5060 Westminster Ave., Ladner

$759,900

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• 2,100 sqft, 3 or 4 bedrooms • Open plan, high-quality ﬁnishings • Custom landscaping • Double garage • Private yard • Walk to all of Ladner Village amenities in minutes

4698 53rd Street, Ladner

EXCELLENT FAMILY HOME ON LARGE LOT

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• Master on the main • 2,040 sqft • 3 bedrooms • 3 bathrooms • 13 years old

#11-5900 Ferry Road, Ladner

$729,900

(2010, 2011, 2012, & to-date 2013)

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$880,000

just sold

5808-5806 17th Ave.

451 Milson Wynd

#111-1100 56th St.

#407-2770 Sophia St.

4602 London Mews BB

5043 44B St.

5156 Westminster Ave.

#1-4911 57A St.

4838 57th St.

#112-6263 River Rd.

#B205-4821 53rd St.

5302 3A Ave.,

5395 Paton Dr.

just sold

36 Parkgrove Cres.

4570 51st St.

1122 53A St.

4504 W River Rd.

4801 44th Ave.

4804 Cannery Cres.

1112 Wilmington Dr.

854 Underhill Dr.

5285 44th Ave. 5413 River Rd.

6204 48A Ave. 6342 Brodie Rd.

#7-4748 54A St.

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FANTASTIC CUSTOM-BUILT HOME

• 5 bedroom + Ofﬁce home • Large open plan kitchen • Whirlpool appliances • Engineered hardwood • Largest lot in new subdivision • Including net GST

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4936 63A Street, Ladner

4560 51st St., Lader

$899,000

$899,900

STUNNING CUSTOM 4300 SQ.FT. HOME

STUNNING EXECUTIVE HOME! MASTER ON MAIN

• Bel-Air style exec. home • Stahaken Subdivision • 4,300 sq.ft of top-notch construction • 4 bedrooms and an ofﬁce • 4 bathrooms • 22 foot vaulted entrance

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• 5 year young • 2,918 sq.ft, 4 or 5 bedroom in West Ladner • 10,215 sq.ft lot with double garage and double garage/shop in back • 2 master suites • Walk to schools

• 5 year young • 2,580 sq.ft • 4 bedrooms, • Crown moulding • Beautiful outdoor jacuzzi hot tub with covered patio!

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1617 Duncan Dr., Tsaw.

1212 Paciﬁc Drive, Tsaw.

$988,000

$938,800

DREAM ESTATE HOME! 6,600 SF

STUNNING EXECUTIVE HOME • 3,170 sq.ft custom built executive home • Top-of-the-line ﬁnishings • 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms • Triple car garage • 10,200 sq.ft private yard

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• Luxury executive estate • 6,160 sq.ft home, 1 yr old • 20,000 sq.ft lot • High 25 foot ceilings • Prof. landscaped yard • Move in ready

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674 52nd Street, Tsaw.

5382 Crescent Dr., Ladner

$1,059,900

$1,695,000

WATERFRONT! EXECUTIVE HOME!

LADNER’S FINEST COUNTRY ESTATE • 7.59 Acre Estate • Prime West Ladner location • Unobstructed views of of North Shore Mountains! • Tennis courts, ofﬁce accomodation, putting green

• AS-NEW 3 YRS AGO! • Executive WATERFRONT HOME! • Gourmet Kitchen, open plan!

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• 5 BDRMS+BONUS ROOM! • Architecturally designed GEM!

4905 36th Ave., Ladner

1516 Beach Grove Road, Tsaw.

$2,688,800

$2,098,000

personal real estate corporation

BEAUTIFUL BRAND NEW HOME

fraser elliott

September 13, 2013 The Delta Optimist A55

*FRASER AND HIS TEAM RANKED #5 IN THE GREATER VANCOUVER REAL ESTATE BOARD IN 2012. *as of August 31st, 2013

just sold #41-4955 57th St., Ladner

by fraser

just sold

by fraser

just sold

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6260 Brodie Place, Ladner

83 Deerﬁeld Drive, Tsaw.

by fraser

4993 Linden Drive, Ladner

5155 45th Ave., Ladner

just sold

by fraser

just sold

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5301 Pinehurst Pl, Tsaw.

just sold

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just sold

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5261 Lynn Place, Ladner

just sold 5196 Central Ave., Ladner

just sold

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5516 Cove Inlet Road, Ladner

just sold

#203-4808 Linden Dr.

6327 45th Ave.,

5720 Ferguson Ct.

4550 Edmonds Dr.

#328-1441 Garden Pl.

#204-1369 56th St.

#C208 4831 53rd St.

5314 Belair Cr.

1648 Enderby Ave.

4695 Holly Park Pl.

just sold

4987 59A St.

5641 Sherwood Bv

5805 Fair Wd

4905 Cliff Dr.

4522 62nd St.

5318 Laurel Dr.

206 52nd St.

just sold

#24-5661 #7-5671 Ladner Trunk Rd. Ladner Trunk Rd.

5169 Heron Bay, Ladner

just sold

1522 Beach Grove Rd.

just sold

5404 Chamberlayne Ave.

just sold 5629 Clipper Ladner

just sold

#203-4738 53rd St.

941 50th St.

$599,900 5097 Calvert Dr.

FRASER HAS BEEN BUSY! 1 Sale Every 2.97 days so far in 2013!!!*

Fraser and his Team are CURRENTLY RANKED #4 in THE GREATER VANCOUVER REAL ESTATE BOARD (over 12,000 agents total) *Based on number of sales in 2013! Stats as of September 1st 2013. *Based on Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Statistics!

(Approx 10,000 agents total in Real Estate Board in 2012)

Call Fraser today for UNBEATABLE Real Estate Marketing Expertise. Ask about my Vancouver Sun marketing campaign. Re/Max Progroup Realty 100 - 5000 Bridge Street

A56 The Delta Optimist September 13, 2013

A60 The Delta Optimist September 13, 2013

OVEN READY

FRESH, LOCAL Gala Apples

Boneless

Stuffed Pork Chops

Packed full with your choice of stuffing: O VQQ[M \ TPNYTJX V[ZRYS O LVPSMY JMPU

each

Pork Schnitzel

Boneless Skinless

Chicken Breasts

Fraser Valley raised without added growth hormones.* No salt or additives.

Tender pork cutlet coated in Italian bread crumbs and Romano cheese. Bake or panfry until golden brown.

SAVE

98 $4 3 lb box

Roasting Chickens

each

Tsawwassen Shopping Centre Tim Hortons

12 Ave

Ph: 604-943-7374 Open 7 days 8am -8pm

Order yours now for Thanksgiving... Pick it up FRESH the day before dinner! Order in-store, by phone or online.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL Order by Sept. 29 & receive a

$5 Store Voucher

Limit one voucher per turkey order. Voucher will be given at time of purchase, and valid starting October 15, 2013.

Prices in effect Sept. 12 –18, 2013

1202A - 56th Street, Delta

7 #1

56 St

*Govt. laws prohibit the use of growth hormones in all poultry sold in Canada.

each

BC FRESH McIntosh Apples

each

FREE RANGE Farm Fresh 48 Turkeys ! Local, Fraser Valley farm raised. ! Free to roam outdoors, never confined to cages. ! No antibiotics or medications. ! Never fed animal byproducts. ! No added growth hormones.*

Okanagan Grown

Local

BC FRESH Nectarines

Tender, thick-cut, 6 oz baseball-style. Plain, Teriyaki or Southwest BBQ.

Fraser Valley raised without added growth hormones.*

California grown.

Top Sirloin Steaks

Farm Fresh

FRESH Cauliflower

FRESH White Nugget Potatoes

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