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50 Shades filming in Ladner BY
JESSICA KERR
jkerr@delta-optimist.com
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JESSICA KERR
Ladner Village Hardware has been sporting a new name this week as the Delta Street store has been used to film scenes for Fifty Shades of Grey, Columbia Pictures’ adaptation of the best-selling novel.
A portion of Delta Street was abuzz with activity this week as movie crews moved in to film scenes for the screen adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. Ladner Village Hardware became Claytons Hardware for the movie based on the best-selling trilogy by British author E.L. James. Some of the trees were given leaves and across the street the Delta Hospital Auxiliary Thrift Shop also received temporary signs. The book is set in Washington and Oregon, so several spots around the Lower Mainland have served as locations for filming. Released in 2011, Fifty Shades of Grey became an international best seller and received major attention in the media for its sometimes-explicit content. The first book was quickly followed by two more in 2012. The Columbia Pictures movie, which is being directed by Sam Taylor-Wood, stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele and Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey.
Owl on box, but it’s not for OWL
Local bird rehab facility upset that Burnaby-based group is collecting money in Delta BY
SANDOR GYARMATI
sgyarmati@delta-optimist.com
A wildlife rescue group’s coin collection boxes around town are ruffling the feathers of a Deltabased counterpart. At first glance, one can see why there’s concern the Wildlife Rescue Association’s fundraising boxes could lead locals to think they’re donating to the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society. The two are completely separate organizations, but what they do have in common is an increasing need for money to keep their important services going.
The issue was brought to the Optimist’s attention by a local resident that was concerned the Wildlife Rescue Association boxes could easily be confused as ones belonging to OWL, particularly because they include a photo of an owl. She said several boxes can be found in stores and restaurants, however one retailer pulled his box when informed it wasn’t to benefit OWL. Although missing the full name — it says “Wildlife Rescue” without the word “Association” — the logo on the collection boxes, it should be noted, is in the same
font and colour that WRA uses to promote itself elsewhere. OWL executive director Beverly Day said a few people have told her the boxes can easily lead to confusion, especially with the photo of an owl. She said the box that was removed at the local business had quickly filled up after a recent Optimist article about OWL’s work and its challenges. Day said she talked with a senior staffer at WRA, who insisted the boxes have their name and logo. “Especially when they use a picture of an owl over here, come
on. I said to him, ‘We don’t try to step on your territory but you coming in and putting boxes out here with an owl, that’s our territory.’ If they at least used a different picture of a duck or squirrel, that wouldn’t be so bad.” Day said she has written a letter to WRA to see what can be done. Noting it’s not their intent to confuse anyone, WRA spokesperson Yolanda Brooks said they have the same collection boxes throughout the Lower Mainland. “It’s the first time I’ve heard any feedback we’re trying to conSee BOXES page 3
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SANDOR GYARMATI
Collection boxes belonging to the Wildlife Rescue Association have raised concerns they could be confused with OWL, the Delta-based wildlife rehabilitation society.