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There’s no doubt the Ladner and Tsawwassen business districts need to undergo transformations if they are to compete with the mega malls under construction at the Tsawwassen First Nation, says Mayor Lois Jackson.

The mayor was asked for her take on what might be needed as a strategy is being devised to help local businesses adjust to life alongside Tsawwassen Mills and Tsawwassen Commons, both of which are scheduled to open in May of next year.

Delta council has hired a consultant to formulate the South Delta Business Sustainability Strategy, which will include input from Delta, the Delta Chamber of Commerce, the Ladner Business Association, the Tsawwassen Business Improvement Association and Tourism Delta.

The mayor said a number of ideas are expected, likely involving noticeable transformations of the business districts.

“We all know it’s coming. Our businesses want to know what can they do about it and how can we help them,” she said.

Jackson said she believes Ladner needs an even more “historic village” feel that can make it become a destination, one that includes a revitalized harbour.

As far as Tsawwassen, she sees Centennial Beach as becoming more of a major theme for the area, a change that includes beautification projects.

The mayor has seen the business scene in South Delta gradually evolve since she was first elected to council in the early 1970s, a time when there were still bowling alleys, movie theatres, car dealerships and other types of retail that are now long gone.

She said the TFN shopping PHOTO BY SANDOR GYARMATI centres could Construction continues on a huge TFN shopping centre that will rival the size impact the busiof Metrotown. ness scene in a big way, hurting and it will take you 15 rather than seeing them some retailers while others minutes just to find where drive into Surrey or elsewon’t be impacted. you’re supposed to go. where.

Jackson said people don’t “I think there’s a lot of The South Delta Business necessarily prefer big-box people saying they want Sustainability Strategy will outlets if they can get good something more personal be ready for council discuscustomer service, a mesand people to help them sion in the next couple of sage, she said, that has to decide. It comes down to months. get out. customer service and time, The consultant held a “You want to go into a and your time is valuable.” meeting for Ladner busistore and be able to spend Jackson added a strategy ness owners on Tuesday and 15 minutes there and come also needs to be devised to for Tsawwassen business out with what you want. bring North Delta residents people the following night.

You go into big-box store to South Delta to shop, Prior to Wednesday’s

meeting, Tsawwassen Business Improvement Association president Randy Scott told the Optimist he’s skeptical a consultant can help solve things, noting it’s up to council to follow up on ideas and be willing to make investments in the business communities. He said that’s something that’s not happened in Delta, unlike other cities that have seen change.

“Money should have been put in these towns 20 years ago but nothing has happened. Are they willing to spend some money now for any projects?” asked Scott.

Ivanhoe Cambridge and Property Development Group are behind the mall projects, located on 180 acres just off Highway 17 at 52nd Street.

Ivanhoe Cambridge’s project will comprise 1.2 million square feet of destination retail and entertainment space. Called Tsawwassen Mills, it will follow the model of the huge CrossIron Mills shopping mall north of Calgary and Vaughan Mills north of Toronto.

Property Development Group is developing an outdoor retail mall comprising 550,000 square feet called Tsawwassen Commons.

So far, the only tenants that have been announced are Walmart and Rona at Tsawwassen Commons and Bass Pro Shops at Tsawwassen Mills.

Vandalism at civic facilities continues to decline BY

SANDOR GYARMATI

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Costly acts of vandalism continue to decline at Delta’s parks.

A report to Delta council this week summarizing 2014 vandalism activities notes the number of incidents once again went down with approximately 20 fewer over the previous year, while the total cost

to repair the damage was $34,550, approximately $30,000 less than 2013.

The single most significant and costly act of vandalism last year was a fire at the North Delta Community Park washrooms, which cost taxpayers over $6,000.

At 116 incidents, graffiti led the way as far as the type of vandalism, followed by broken glass (53) and

illegal dumping (30). There was only one case of wire theft.

Although the total number of vandalism acts is on the decline at 254, graffiti continues to rise with approximately 16 more incidents in 2014 compared to 2013.

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washroom security locking systems, park attendants and the parks patrol proving strong deterrents.

Every summer, the municipality also partners with Delta police to hire students to patrol approximately 30 parks in South Delta and 20 in North Delta.

In 2013, the municipality saw about 100 fewer incidents in than in 2012,

and the total cost to repair acts of vandalism was in $64,891, almost $20,000 less than the previous year.

Coun. Robert Campbell, chair of the parks, recreation and culture commission, said he’s pleased Delta’s efforts are resulting in a steady decrease.

He said it was just a few years ago that vandalism was costing approximately $100,000 annually.

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The following are some of the calls the Delta police responded to in the previous week: Tsawwassen • Jan. 28, 12:58 a.m., 4900-block of 12th Avenue: Police observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on 12th Avenue.

The officer pulled over the vehicle and found the driver in possession of a Class 7 licence, had slurred speech and an odour of alcohol on his breath and person. When asked for his driver’s licence, the driver gave police his credit cards instead. The driver provided a breath sample that indicated he had alcohol in his system, contrary to his

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the years Hamill’s company, Lifestyle Equipment, has supplied Eastwood with the majority of his fitness needs ranging from set design to physical training.

Hamill’s facility at Tsawwassen Springs will bring an altogether new concept to the region: frontline, high-level fitness training for men and women, with full spectrum health and medical resources to support the training programs. The idea is to provide the resources for better performance.

A major focus, of course, is golf. Hamill’s longtime business partner, Grant Roberts, is well known for his golf acumen.

He has made his name south of the border in high-end health clubs in Scottsdale and Beverly Hills. (He’s also the man

behind the Krank Club, the new gold standard for big drives.)

The golf swing program at the new facility will include a top-line swing simulator and a holistic swing program that guarantees a 20 per cent uptick in drive distance.

“Anything Grant and Mike set out to do in the fitness game, I don’t think they’d lose — these guys are the best,” says Eastwood.

The room itself will feature 360-degree views of the Tsawwassen Springs golf course and surrounding mountains, and a hightouch interior that befits the premium quality of the concept and the equipment.

Hamill has been offering high-end fitness to the area for 16 years through the Tsawwassen Athletic Club.

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It’s easy to think of a small community like Tsawwassen, tucked away in our sunny corner of the coast, as having little sway in the wider world.

But one local fitness consultant, Mike Hamill, has hosted some Hollywood heavy hitters at the site of his new training facility at Tsawwassen Springs.

When Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper were in Vancouver last fall to put the finishing touches on American Sniper, which is up for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, they met up with Hamill for a little fishing on the Fraser River, along with Tsawwassen Springs owner Ron Toigo.

Hamill took the opportunity to tell the two stars about his new facility and show them around Tsawwassen Springs.

Eastwood, who owns multiple golf courses and fitness facilities, including the famed Pebble Beach, is interested in the concept.

“Mike is the guy in Canada,” says Eastwood.

“He’s one of the top gurus in the fitness industry.”

Hamill is a well-known fitness expert, who is quite adept at creating elite fitness training facilities.

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Lurking in the shadows

Child exploitation in cyberspace hits home with case of former Delta school psychologist BY

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he case of a former Delta school psychologist who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography is another example of the insidious world of child exploitation and the Internet.

William Brook, a Point Roberts resident, is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 27 in Federal District Court in Seattle. Brook was arrested last May as he attempted to cross the border from Tsawwassen into the American peninsula.

Prosecutors contend he downloaded and traded hundreds of images and videos, including those of very young children being raped.

Child porn is readily available in cyberspace for those who seek it, including those who are curious but aren’t experienced in the techniques of collecting the material or connected with any pedophile groups.

Richard Frank, an expert on cybercrime at SFU’s Department of Criminology, says it only takes a bit of time, and a little persistence, for those starting out to be able to track down child porn, however they run the risk of discovery with their IP addresses exposed.

He says there are a variety of resourceful methods used by offenders seeking to download or trade child porn, providing them with a sense of anonymity, although it’s certainly not impossible for skilled and determined law enforcement agencies to track them down.

“There are a lot of smart people within law enforcement. Sometimes it does take a lot of effort but they are really good,” Frank says. “Sometimes the bad guys are anonymous. Sometimes they think they are.”

He says one method those looking to access kiddie porn will try is to go at different times of the day to areas with web access, including Internet cafes, in order to avoid using their own IP addresses.

For a low cost, or even free, many will resort to using proxies, which can hide IP addresses. The risk of this method is those wanting to hide their address can’t be sure who’s on the other end, including law enforcement.

Another method is using a virtual private network, a subscription service that can make someone’s address appear it’s from another country. The risk, once again, is that material is being funneled through a service provider where police can start tracing logs.

Another popular option is using a Tor anonymity network, previously known as an Onion Router, a heavily modified browser that can be downloaded. Utilizing thousands of connected computers around the world, someone can connect to the hidden network, encrypting their data multiple times along the chain.

Tor is essentially a subset of the Internet, sometimes called the “Dark Web,” that has many sites, including a huge trove of child exploitation. But it’s not a perfect hiding place, evidenced by what happened to a massive service called Freedom Hosting, which contained scores of child porn sites. It was taken down by the FBI, which compromised it through a malware attack designed to identify visitors.

In this country, according to the Ministry of Justice, the number of cases and charges of child pornography processed by youth and adult criminal courts has been increas-

Cybercrime expert Richard Frank says people downloading or trading child pornography use a variety of methods to try to remain anonymous. ing. In 2003/2004, there were 177 cases of child pornography with 543 charges.

In 2008/2009, there were 395 cases with 1,277 charges.

For over a decade, Cybertip.ca has been collecting and analyzing tips received by the public regarding the online sexual exploitation of children. Cybertip.ca notes the number of online child sexual exploitation reports received has increased substantially from 179 in 2002/2003 to 7,913 in 2009/2010. Child pornography accounted for 90.2 per cent of the almost 40,000 reports between 2002 and 2010.

In 2009, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection released a report titled Child Sexual Abuse Images: An Analysis of Websites

by Cybertip.ca. That report reinforced concerns regarding the scope and severity of child sexual abuse imagery.

Some of the report’s key findings include: more than 82 per cent of the images assessed

by Cybertip.ca depicted very young, prepubescent children under 12 years of age; 57 per cent of images were of children under eight years of age; more than 35 per cent of all images showed serious sexual assaults; and 83 per cent of the images were of girl children.

It should be noted Brook pleaded guilty to possessing child porn, but hasn’t been charged with producing it, nor attempting to lure or engage in physical sexual abuse.

The likelihood of someone who collects pornographic images of children also taking the next step and attempting to lure, groom and personally abuse a child is not all that clear, but what is known is that

most involved in hands-on abuse are also collecting Internet child porn, says Bryce Westlake with the International Cybercrime Research Centre at the Surrey campus of SFU. Westlake, who is a Ph.D. candidate conducting research focusing on sexual crimes committed online with an emphasis on child exploitation, noted a 2005 U.S. study for the National Center for Missing

and Exploited Children looked at so-called “dual offenders” who collect images as well as engage in physical abuse, finding some overlaps.

“It’s kind of difficult to say how likely it is. The viewing of child pornography online is huge. It can be people who are not even necessarily interested in children but it’s curiosity, but for someone who is actually attracted to children, it might actually be a way for them to try to meet those needs they have within themselves without personally victimizing a child,” says Westlake.

“It might be a situation where they supplement or it might be a situation where they are trying to get comfortable doing

something to a child of their own or a child in their care, so it can be a branching off point. You have a wide variety. Those who victimize children offline tend to also do online stuff, but it’s not necessarily that everyone who is online is going the other way too, simply because that number is bigger.”

Westlake says it’s become easier with new technology such as digital cameras and camera phones to engage in child abuse and then post those images or videos online, increasing content on the Internet.

“You can have the one who’s abusing offline who then goes online to find more and to trade. What you might also have is someone who doesn’t have access to kids or is scared or nervous about doing anything like that, so a way for them to supplement this is by viewing the child online and saying, ‘Well, I’m not actually hurting the child myself, at least directly.’ So they justify it to themselves,” Westlake says.

“Over time, there’s a high possibility of desensitization, so what worked initially doesn’t work anymore. Maybe they will try to be in the vicinity of a child who might be able to be abused and they slowly go towards that.

“So you can look at it both ways: it’s either people who are exchanging stuff online are doing so because they are also abusing offline, or you can look at it as a starting point and branch-off point where it can spring to offline as well. Then you also have abuse online too, like chatrooms, and that can be a midway point too.”

According to the U.S. Attorney General, many sex offenders don’t have a criminal record or any police record at all.

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A redevelopment proposal that would see two homes built on the current site of the Bayside Squash Club will be subject of a public hearing later this month.

Rezoning proposal puts squash club in jeopardy Application would demolish Boundary Bay facility BY

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A development application that would see the home of the Delta’s only squash club demolished will go to a public hearing later this month.

Delta council considered the application Monday to subdivide a lot at 6788 Corbould Rd. in Boundary Bay into two lots to build a single-family house on each. Civic politicians agreed to send the proposal to a hearing despite opposition from squash club users and a petition with 410 signatures, names that were not all Delta residents.

The Bayside Squash Club had been operating in a building at the waterfront location for over 30 years, although the Official Community Plan designation for the site is singlefamily residential. A subdivision is not consistent with the current designation, so a rezoning application was submitted.

Several club members were in attendance Monday to hear the discussion around the council table.

A staff report to council stated those objecting noted the long history of the property for commercial uses, the fact the club is the only squash facility in Delta and the wish that it continue as a fitness club.

A delegation from the squash club appeared last week at a council workshop, where members said the club offers more than the three squash courts, including a fitness room

and other features.

Saying club membership has declined by 50 per cent to 122 paid members due to the uncertainty about the new property owner’s rezoning plan, the members asked council to give the site a recreational-commercial designation to bring it to its fullest potential.

Bayside Squash Society member Louise Latremouille told council during Monday’s meeting that Delta would lose a viable recreational facility if the rezoning went ahead.

“What will council do to replace the squash court in South Delta that council would have aided in destroying in the rezoning?” she asked.

Parks and recreation director Ken Kuntz said the question of how to fulfill the various recreational needs is something his department faces all the time and a review is done on an annual basis.

Council approved sending the application to the Feb. 24 public hearing with Coun. Robert Campbell saying the applicant has the right to be heard.

The facility, purchased by a numbered company and represented by Yan Ling Wu, is in poor condition and would require significant funds to have it upgraded to municipal standards, according to community planning director Jeff Day. The facility is also not designed for public assembly, nor is it designed to accommodate current B.C. Building Code requirements, he told council in a

memo last month.

The club says its has an active group of members working hard at keeping it running, even though they are not able to use the facility to its fullest.

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MURPHY’S LAW “The cost of acting now is less than 35 cents a day, cheaper than the postage on your ballot!”

No, it’s not a pitch from a humanitarian organization looking to send relief to some Third World country, but rather the rationale offered by those who want you to back an increase to the provincial sales tax.

The yes side launched its campaign in Downtown Vancouver earlier this week in a bid to garner support for a congestion improvement tax that will be put in front of Metro Vancouver voters through a mail-in referendum this spring. The proposed 0.5 per cent hike to the sales tax is expected to generate $250 million annually, money that would be earmarked for transit improvements identified in a 10-year, $7.5-billion plan put together by the region’s mayors.

That 35 cents a day works out to an additional $125 per year for the average household, so it’s not quite as insignificant as those backing the tax would lead you to believe. However, if it’s going to improve commute times and help the region accommodate the additional one million people expected here over the next 25 years, then it’s money well spent, right?

Well, the answer to that one likely depends on what part of the region you call home. It’s not surprising the mayors of those jurisdictions that have the most to gain have taken a leading role in endorsing the tax, nor is it a bombshell that Vancouver, Surrey and New Westminster are expected to help finance the campaign.

Those in the yes camp say the mayors’ plan will provide 70 per cent of Metro Vancouver residents with more frequent transit service, which is great if you happen to be part of that 70 per cent. Alas, Delta is not, so we are left with what our MLA has accurately described as the “crumbs.”

We’re told, in an ominous kind of way, the cost of doing nothing is far greater than the 35 cents we’re being asked to shell out daily to fund the improvement plan. That’s true, but if we’re asking everyone in Greater Vancouver to pay for it, shouldn’t we all derive some benefit from yet another hand in our pockets?

The big ticket items are in the areas with the greatest concentration of voters, so I suspect the referendum has a good chance of passing, which means soon every purchase we make will help fund transit improvements somewhere else in the region.

I guess there’s something to be said for assisting those in need. And this way you can do so without having to send your money overseas.

Opposition tilling ground that government already working MIKE SCHNEIDER

COMMUNITY COMMENT There were some interesting announcements from Victoria this past week. The NDP stated it would be forming an “opposition select standing committee on agriculture.” The committee will be headed by Saanich South MLA Lana Popham.

A couple of days after this interesting proclamation, it was further decreed that Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington would join the committee as vice-chair.

So what is the committee going to do? Likely replicate strategies and goals already identified by government and industry stakeholders is my guess. And why?

This committee will not be able to make any policy decisions.

Popham, in the Times Colonist, said, “In 15 years they (Liberals) haven’t developed a long-term agriculture plan and they have put our provincial food security at risk.”

This is simply not the case.

She went on to say, “British

Columbians can’t afford to wait for action on agriculture in the face of climate change and missed economic opportunities. We must have a long-term, sustainable agriculture and food plan in order to be resilient.”

An extensive agriculture plan, created in 2005, contained 23 strategies to address this important contributor to the economy of B.C. The plan was always a living document and has been followed, tweaked and, in 2012, morphed in to five-year plan called the Agrifood Strategy that currently has 46 action points on the agenda with the ministry’s agricultural advisory committee.

Minister of Agriculture Norm Letnick chairs the committee that has more than 20 stakeholders from all across the agrifood sector within its ranks.

Letnick said the last thing he wanted to do was “turn food in to a political issue,” adding that Popham and Huntington “are doing what politicians do, which is to try to attract attention to their cause.”

He went on to say the advisory committee will meet in the coming weeks to go over the ministry’s draft plan. “That’s really the benefit of having that committee structure with industry players on it as opposed to politicians,” he said.

If there is anything that comes

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through as common in municipal, provincial and federal agriculture planning, it is the agreement that there needs to be better engagement amongst our youth to stimulate interest in farming and the agrifood sector of the economy.

Education is the key pillar here.

As it happens, the Ministry of Education announced last week it will be undertaking an Innovation Strategy to promote individualized learning. This may be the moment in time when government could be well positioned to assess common ministry goals.

Introducing a more robust individualized curriculum that includes lessons in agriculture and the larger agrifood economy will afford our youth with opportunity to consider careers in farming and the broader food system. This has been missing in the traditional curriculum.

We are lucky in Delta in that this convergence is already underway.

Hundreds of youngsters work and learn on school neighbourhood farms throughout the school year.

Whether it be composting, planting, harvesting, marketing or nutritional eating, the district’s Project Pickle initiative has been able to follow through on the simple notion that kids should have the opportunity to dive in to a fun and healthy learning environment. And why not?

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February 6, 2015 The Delta Optimist A9 Letters to the Editor

No news does not sound like good news for malls

Editor It’s a year since Tsawwassen First Nation’s grand announcement. Mega Malls! Opening in 2016!

Anchors include Walmart, Rona and Bass Pro Shops!

So how’re they doing?

Tsawwassen Mills is becoming an impressive structure. Highways are being widened. Tsawwassen Commons seemed late in starting, but what I assume is foundation work is now evident.

Progress in securing retail tenants seems much less clear. A Tsawwassen Mills website, http://www. tsawwassenmills.ca/faq, answers frequently asked questions. A question regarding how many tenants have been secured yields this response: “Discussions around leasing are progressing quickly for Tsawwassen

Mills and we are pleased to announce that the first Bass Pro Shops in British Columbia is coming to Tsawwassen Mills as one of our marquee anchor tenants.

We will continue to provide updates as new agreements are finalized.”

Tsawwassen Commons may be doing no better.

A May, 2014 Optimist article reported: “Property Development Group ... told the LBA meeting that a third large tenant [beyond Walmart and Rona] would be announced in two months.” It’s nine months and I’ve seen no announcement.

Tsawwassen Commons launched its website: http:// tsawwassencommons.ca/ It’s a timer counting down to a January website unveiling. It stopped in January — as it did in December,

November, October and, if I recall correctly, September and possibly August.

There’s still no unveiling.

Meanwhile, TFN took out a $40 million loan to pay for a sewer plant and roads for malls and other developments. Delta council approved $36,500 for a consultant to help come up with ways to ensure South Delta businesses can survive the Tsawwassen First Nation’s mega malls.

I know little about the retail business and nothing of TFN’s deal with the malls, but wonder if an apparent failure to report a single new tenant beyond three announced more than a year ago forebodes trouble?

Surely not for South Delta businesses, but for TFN? I hope not.

Ed Ries

Squash club encouraging its supporters to make voices heard at public hearing

Editor: Thank you very much for publishing my letter on Dec. 24. Between the efforts of club members, friends and community members, we have managed to get Delta council’s attention.

The proposed rezoning of the Bayside Squash Club will now be subject to a public hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at Delta Municipal Hall.

If you want Delta to help us preserve this recreational facility, we need you to take the time to come out and show your support. We need people to say something to let council know that they support this important part

of our community.

If you did not read my prior letter, the Bayside Squash Club is a truly unique community facility on the southeast corner of the Tsawwassen peninsula, bordered by Boundary Bay on one side and Point Roberts on the other. It houses Delta’s only squash courts, as well as a fitness centre, water sports base and facilities for many community programs.

The current owner is proposing that it be bulldozed and rezoned into two residential lots. With all of the letters and over 400 signatures on petitions supporting Bayside that we have collected, it is obvious

that many members of the community agree this is the wrong choice for Delta.

With a growing population we need more recreational facilities and public access points to the water, not less.

Please take the time to support this facility at the public hearing. It will only take an hour or so of your time, and will help support recreational facilities in our community at no cost to the taxpayer.

Thank you also to councilors Sylvia Bishop, Robert Campbell, Bruce McDonald and Ian Paton for putting this proposal to a public hearing.

Ben Lazarus

Making transit a higher priority not that difficult Editor: Re: Transit tax is a tough sell, Jan. 28 Vicki Huntington is right in saying there’s not much for Delta in the proposed transit tax.

Not much has changed in that regard. Delta commuters have always been pawns in others grand plans. For years Delta buses were mired in traffic heading into town in the mornings, and home through the tunnel in the afternoon.

Extended HOV lanes would have solved the problem, but weren’t built until they enhanced the case

for the Canada Line that Richmond and Vancouver wanted so dearly.

Now the lanes are in place and work well ... except when they’re needed most. When traffic is at its heaviest, like when a fatal truck accident closed Highway 99 last week, the lanes become blocked and are rendered all but useless.

Perhaps that’s what Delta should ask for, simply a protocol that ensures existing transit is always viable.

That would have worked during the truck accident.

Although the George Massy Tunnel wasn’t

blocked, police diverted all traffic over the Alex Fraser Bridge. Having contingencies in place where buses were let through in that and other like situations would not only save those already on board a nightmare commute, but many others would leave their cars home and take the bus in emergency situations, lessening the backlogs and headaches for commuters and emergency personnel alike.

Come to think of it, you wouldn’t even need a tax to achieve that.

David Magowan 601 driver

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Everyone Welcome friendsofdeltahospital.ca Notice of Land Use Contract Discharge DELTA LAND USE CONTRACT DISCHARGE BYLAW NO. 7396 (File No. LU007282) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the Council Meeting to be held on Monday, February 16, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. at the Municipal Hall, 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, B.C., the Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta will consider third reading of Delta Land Use Contract Discharge Bylaw No. 7396, which relates to the properties listed below.

The purpose of this bylaw is to authorize Council to discharge the land use contracts from the subject properties in the list below to reveal the underlying RS1 Single Family Residential Zone.

Address

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003-989-771

11834 91 Avenue

M45439

004-983-483

Pursuant to Section 890(4) of the Local Government Act and Council’s resolution on January 26, 2015, there will not be a Public Hearing for this bylaw.

Web Page Location: January 26, 2015 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.01.

AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the bylaw, detailed maps and other relevant information and regulations may be inspected at the office of the Community Planning and Development Department, 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, B.C., (604-946-3380) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m., and Thursday between 8:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. from February 6, 2015 to February 16, 2015 exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays.

Interested residents have the opportunity to provide written comments regarding the application at this time. Comments are to be received before 12:00 noon, Monday, February 16, 2015.

Comments should be referred 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 The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent Delta BC V4K 3E2 (604) 946-4141 www.delta.ca Facebook.com/CorpofDelta

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A10 The Delta Optimist February 6, 2015

Blame can’t all fall on police officers

Mental illness is complex issue that can sometimes, tragically, result in fatal interactions with law enforcement JIM CESSFORD

CHIEF’S CHATS This editorial is written in honour of the victims, families and police officers affected by violent confrontations between persons in crisis and the police.

I have written before on mental health — its debilitating effects on families, the emotional trauma for police officers responding to tragic events, as well as my personal thoughts on the lack of effective strategies for chronic offenders suffering from mental illness and addiction. Mental illness is top of mind for the public, the media and the police because of its consistent presence.

Many have taken aim at the closure of Riverview as the catalyst for the substantial increases in mental health-related calls for service. I caution this narrow explanation because police across Canada, along with many other industrialized

nations, are dealing with the same phenomenon. This is not a Metro Vancouver problem, it is not a British Columbia problem. It is a social problem that transcends socio-economics, national borders and political philosophies.

It is far more complicated than a single factor: we consider the use of marijuana and the anecdotal and physical evidence of its links to schizophrenia; we consider lifestyle and social pressures; we consider that people today are more likely to reach out for help when acute crisis hits.

When we provision for all of these factors, we realize the magnitude of the problem and the need to think outside the box in creating solutions.

According to Statistics Canada, in 2013 there were nearly 70,000 police officers working across Canada who dealt with over 2.1 million criminal code incidents. This does not include calls for service where no crime has occurred, easily doubling this statistic.

Within this vast number of police contacts, there are

times where the police must use force — either for personal or public safety.

Violent confrontations between police and mentally ill persons, particularly those that end up fatal, are a rare exception in the millions of calls for service in a year. Regardless, it is unusual that more than a day or two goes by without media coverage of a violent confrontation between the police and a person suffering from a mental health crisis.

Often the media will cover a single incident over a period of time, analyzing every decision, reconstructing a scene and criticizing the actions of police. These reports are often based on unverified anecdotal accounts and bystander opinion. This focus on rare and sensational interactions does not reflect the daily realities of the police work being done in this country.

I believe media scrutiny is necessary. Police accountability in Canada has justifiably high standards. The police carry powers that average citizens do not, and with that

flicts do occur, the police comes greater responsibilare trained to deal with ity. However, there needs these threats with varying to exist a level of critical thinking regarding why and levels of force.

According to a report how a situation escalates to commisthe point sioned by where In a perfect world, the Canadian police are nobody would die Mental Health required.

Association, The fact at the hands of British is police police. The reality Columbia, are called is our world is far the Justice when a Institute has situation from perfect and of the becomes the expectation that some best training too danpolice can bring for municipal gerous for police officers the public, every conflict to a in Canada. when cirOfficers are cumstances peaceful conclusion trained in become so is, unfortunately, not conflict resovolatile that possible. lution, crisis people fear intervention for their and de-escalation, verbal safety, yet the vast majority judo, non-lethal use of force of calls end peacefully. and to identify various The rarity of fatal behaviours that may indipolice contacts in no way cate acute mental illness. undermines the tragedy of They are also trained in those outcomes. As police lethal use of force and they officers, we put on our uniforms every day in an effort carry guns. They are trained to do everything in their to keep our communities power to defuse dangerous safe. A police officer does situations, but they must not commence his or her shift thinking they will seri- also protect themselves ously injure or kill a person. and the lives of innocent bystanders when faced with However, when these con-

violent and unpredictable circumstances.

Even with all the training, and continued demands for more, those extremely rare, fatal conflicts do occur. The police are not doctors, nurses or social workers. No policy, procedure or training standard will change the fundamental requirement of the police — the role of last resort when a citizen has reached his or her breaking point and has become violent.

In a perfect world, nobody would die at the hands of police. The reality is our world is far from perfect and the expectation that police can bring every conflict to a peaceful conclusion is, unfortunately, not possible.

Mental illness is not a crime and those that suffer from mental illness are not criminals. More accurately, people with mental illness at times become victims of a flawed public system.

Fatal police interactions are completely tragic, but we cannot, by default, place the blame squarely on the shoulders of our Canadian police officers.

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Delta Hospice’s Relaxation Circle is a welcomed appointment each week BY

JESSICA KERR

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Unlike most of the appointments associated with dealing with a cancer diagnosis, the weekly Relaxation Circle sessions are welcomed.

“It’s an appointment on my calendar that I look forward to,” says Jane Dixon, who started attending the sessions at the Delta Hospice Centre for Supportive Care about a year ago.

“I think the fact that it’s not a trip to the doctor’s office or for treatment... It’s part of the healing process instead of part of the cure.”

Dixon says the sessions, guided by Gilly Heaps, a clinical counselor at the

hospice, have helped her “When we come here, we become more aware of do nurture ourselves.” being in the moment. She Kate Quenville heard says she’s also about the made great concept “It’s the most connections from with other the B.C. wonderful thing. participants.

Cancer The weekly When we come Agency here, we do nurture about a Relaxation Circle sessions ourselves.” year ago. are designed She was Jane Wheeler to help people going living with a through life-threatening illness, such chemotherapy treatments at as cancer, relax in the face the time and was game to of what can be an extremely try anything and everything stressful situation. to feel better.

Heaps uses music, with “I honestly don’t think help from a music therapist, I really knew what it was guided imagery and option- going to be about,” she al therapeutic touch to help says, adding the sessions participants relax. have helped her in many “It’s the most wonderful ways. thing,” says Jane Wheeler.

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“It’s been very much a support group,” Quenville says. “I’ve loved meeting all the people.”

“It’s just about taking care of yourself,” Dixon adds.

The sessions are designed for people facing treatments, a recent diagnosis or end of life, and can help patients with strategies for handling difficult situations as well as calming the nervous system.

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The teams feature 22 young skaters from Ladner and Tsawwassen who all train at South Delta ice rinks.

Synchronized skating sees teams of eight to 20 skaters move as one flowing unit at high speeds with the emphasis on maintaining precise formation and choreographed timing.

Last year, the Delta Skating Club’s first team, Solar Ice, took home gold at the West Coast Synchro Challenge Cup and a bronze medal at the BC/YT Synchronized Championships in the beginner category.

Building on the success of the first two years of the club’s synchronized skating program, this season it has fielded two teams — Solar Ice and Solar Flare — in competitions that feature teams from across Western

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“This has been a great growing experience, not only for our young skaters, but the club as a whole,” says board president Shannon Granger.

Granger says the club has had incredible support from local businesses to put tomorrow’s fundraiser together. Raffle prizes at the Rose & Crown event include a Vancouver Island hotel get-away, Canucks tickets, spa and salon gift certificates as well as Sidekick Players theatre

Anthem singers needed for Hockey Day A call is being put out for singers interested in performing the national anthem at hockey games during Hockey Day in Canada next Saturday in South Delta.

Singers are being encouraged to enter a draw, which is open to all ages. Winners

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The day will kick off with a free pancake breakfast, live music, all kinds of activities and the grand re-opening of the newly renovated centre.

Free tax clinics in the works

Low-income residents of South Delta now have a choice of locations to get assistance preparing their tax returns.

The Community Volunteer Income Tax Program is a collaboration between the Canada Revenue Agency and community organizations. The organizations host tax preparation clinics and arrange for volunteers to prepare tax returns.

This year in South Delta there will be four organizations hosting clinics: Tsawwassen Alliance Church, Kin Village Community Centre, McKee Seniors’ Recreation Centre and Deltassist.

In order to qualify, you must meet the following criteria: • $30,000 or less income for a single individual • $40,000 or less for a couple • $35,000 or less for an adult with a child • A simple tax return (no income from rental property, self-employment, capital gains) • Interest income should not exceed $1,000 Information on times and locations of the clinics will be made available in the Optimist when finalized. Those interested can also call the following numbers for more information: • Deltassist — 604946-9526 • Tsawwassen Alliance Church — 604-943-6148 • McKee Seniors’ Recreation Centre — 604-946-1411 • Kin Village Community Centre — 604-943-0225

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Canoe journey?

Lent is a 40-day period that many Christians observe as a journey. It begins with Ash Wednesday (Feb. 18) and ends with Easter, The Feast Day of the Resurrection of Jesus (April 5).

Preparation for any journey makes sense, and that is where the canoe comes in. I grew up close to canoe country, and usually once during the summer my family would see an upside down canoe “walk” by as we sat on our screened-in porch.

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S UNDAY 8 am Traditional Holy Communion 10 am Contemporary Holy Communion, with children’s and youth programmes W EDNESDAY 11 am Mid-week Communion, followed by lunch Study and fellowship groups meet throughout the week. Please visit our website or call the church office for details. New members always welcome.

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A14 The Delta Optimist February 6, 2015 In the Community

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The South Delta Secondary Interact Club and the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen recently engaged in a little healthy competition for a good cause.

It was a club challenge to see which one could collect more blankets and warm clothing for those in need on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

The Rotary Club admitted defeat to the Interact Club, having collected 395 pounds of clothing to SDSS’s 458 pounds.

This marks the fourth year in a row Interact has made a donation to Freshwave Ministries, which in turn distributes

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Interact president Will Shelling and vice president Hailea Caldwell led the charge at South Delta Secondary to collect blankets and clothing for the Freshwave Ministries Services of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. the items to people who need them the most in

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NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO DISCHARGE A LAND USE CONTRACT

LAND USE CONTRACT DISCHARGE BYLAW NO. 7397 for 11165 80 Avenue, Delta, B.C. (File No. LU007352) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the Regular Meeting to be held on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. at the Municipal Hall, 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, B.C., the Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta will consider third reading and final adoption of “Delta (Gosal LU007352) Land Use Contract Discharge Bylaw No. 7397, 2015” which relates to the property at 11165 80 Avenue as shown outlined in bold and marked “Subject Property” on the map below.

The purpose of this bylaw is to authorize Council to discharge Land Use Contract S.A. No. 3056 from the subject property to reveal the underlying RS1 Single Family Residential Zone, in order to permit construction of a new single family dwelling with an in-ground basement and secondary suite on the subject property.

Pursuant to Section 890(4) of the Local Government Act and Council’s resolution on January 26, 2015, there will not be a Public Hearing for this bylaw.

Website: www.delta.ca January 26, 2015 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item No. E.02.

AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the bylaw, detailed maps and other relevant information and regulations may be inspected at the office of the Community Planning and Development Department, 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, B.C., (604-946-3380) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday between 8:30 am and 4:45 pm and Thursday between 8:30 am and 8:00 pm February 6, 2015 to February 16, 2015, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays.

Interested residents have the opportunity to provide written comments regarding the application at this time. Comments are to be received on or before 12:00 noon, Monday, February 16, 2015. Comments should be referred 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

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....in South Delta

Tiny Tales takes care

Women’s expo and bridal fair to benefit local pony rescue BY

DAVE WILLIS

dwillis@delta-optimist.com

A

n upcoming women’s expo and bridal fair will benefit a local pony rescue.

Tiny Tales Pony Rescue Society is teaming up with La Gioia Events to put on Fairy Tales Women’s Expo and Bridal Fair next month at Harris Barn in Ladner.

Tiny Tales incurs large bills through rehabilitating ponies, thus the need to do fundraising, notes director Tara Pay. “Our ultimate goal is to rehabilitate them, adopt them out and re-home them,” she says.

She points out one recent surgery cost over $1,600.

Ponies come in to the Ladner-based Tiny Tales through word of mouth, people contacting the group through Facebook and, in the case of a current rescue, through the SPCA, notes Pay. The rescue started out in 2012 and became a registered charity last April, says Pay. Her mom Marilyn and three other board members are involved as well, she notes.

In the last couple years they’ve been able to adopt out about five ponies.

The rescue has started to take in full-grown horses too, says Pay. The upcoming women’s

PHOTO BY GORD GOBLE

Director Tara Pay says the goal at Tiny Tales Pony Rescue is to rehabilitate, adopt out and re-home ponies.

expo and bridal fair will include a horse and carriage that will be available for rides, a main stage and runway fashion shows.

An event planner has vol-

unteered her time to work on the fundraiser, she adds.

“It’s not typically something we know a lot about but having an event planner help, we were able to take

that on.”

Fairy Tales Women’s Expo and Bridal Fair is set for Sunday, March 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Harris Barn, 4140 Arthur

Dr., Ladner. Admission costs $5.

For more information on the pony rescue or the expo and bridal fair, visit the society’s website at www.

ponyrescue.org.

There is also a Facebook page for the upcoming fundraising event at www. facebook.com/fairytalesexpo.

Tsawwassen artist gets solo show in Vancouver BY

DAVE WILLIS

dwillis@delta-optimist.com

Tsawwassen artist Michael Soltis has his first solo exhibition in Vancouver set to open tonight.

The show, titled Refinement, runs until Feb. 28 at Kimoto Gallery.

His abstract impressionism work uses typography and is bright, vibrant, has a lot of energy and continues to evolve, says Soltis, 43.

“I’m using a lot more layers now and colours,” he says.

His 15 paintings at the show have an acrylic resin on them, giving the pieces a glossy look.

Soltis, who built a studio in his backyard, only started seriously painting a few years ago. His work has appeared in galleries around North America.

“Every day I treat it as just a gift. Something I wanted to do as a hobby has

snowballed into something that’s more than that.”

Soltis, who also works part time at Cedar Park Church, is an actor in TV and film. He was born in North Dakota, was raised near Seattle and now lives in Tsawwassen, his wife’s hometown.

There is an opening reception at Kimoto Gallery, 1525 W 6th Ave., today from 6 to 9 p.m.

Soltis will be in attendance.

Visit www.soltisart.com.

PHOTO BY GORD GOBLE

Tsawwassen artist Michael Soltis with some of his work.

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Love of Beauty at Gallery 1710 Artists’ guild has kicked off 2015 with more than spring in its brushes

BY

NOREEN M. FAIRWEATHER Optimist contributor

South Delta Artists’ Guild has kicked off 2015 with more than spring in its paintbrushes.

In January the guild and Southpointe Academy presented Anticipation, a challenging and highly successful creative writing and art show that drew many visitors to Gallery 1710.

Also in January, Mayor Lois Jackson announced the grand prize winner of Delta’s street banner contest is Victoria (Vicky) Heryet, a leading Ladner artist and long-time member of the guild, whose evocative and beautiful banners representing the four seasons are already hanging in Tsawwassen and Ladner.

Love of Beauty is the theme of paintings now on display at Gallery 1710 through Feb. 22. They include work in oil, acrylic, watercolour, mixed media

and collage, all expressing beauty as seen by the individual artist.

There’s an old saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so how can beauty be defined? One thought is that it’s a combination of qualities giving pleasure to mind or senses, through harmony of form, colour, proportion, authenticity and originality.

The exhibit is on view Thursday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Guild workshops open to the public and for both beginning and experienced artists are the responsibility of workshop chair Coral Gurney, herself an internationally respected artist who understands the needs of artists at all levels.

A full-house three-day workshop on Advanced Mixed Media Techniques was taught by Deb Chaney in January. Upcoming workshops include ChirigiE and Collage with

Roxsane Tiernan March 14 and 15; a three-day workshop mid-April on Design and Collage with Sandra Taylor and Linda Bell; and a six-day course by Marlene Strain on Watercolour: Beginner and Beyond, starting April 25 and running weekly through May. Chirigi-E is an ancient and beautiful Japanese art form in which the primary technique uses coloured handmade paper torn to create art resembling watercolour painting. Tiernan is an internationally admired and world-travelled artist who studied Chirigi-E in Japan. Her work was hung (and sold) in the South Delta Artists’ Guild’s 2014 international Oil and Water competition at Gallery 1710. Cost of the course is $90 ($80 for guild members) plus $20 for specialty papers.

Visit www.southdeltaartistsguild.com or call 604943-3313.

PHOTO BY NOREEN M. FAIRWEATHER

A mixed media painting of five colourful parrots by Gloria Malaka is admired by fellow SDAG artists Marlene Strain (left) and Doris Wright.

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Arthritis — and how to treat it

Anti-inflammatory diet can help p.j. wren

Well on Your Way My husband loves soccer.

When he’s out there on the field, he has all the right moves and his teammates tell me he can run just as fast, and for just as long, as someone half his age.

“Someone half his age,” I think to myself when I see him hobble down the stairs the morning after. Yes, I agree that my husband does have all the right moves and I’ll also be the first to admit that he is fast, but there is no way his body will allow him to get away with thinking that he is half his age.

The next day his body, in particular his joints, remind him of his true age.

So, what happens to the sports-loving fanatic as they get older? Why does the sport that once gave them such joy, now give them so much pain? For some, my loving husband included, the culprit is osteoarthritis, or OA. OA is the most common form of arthritis affecting three million (one in 10) Canadians. It does not discriminate, affecting men and women in equal numbers.

Osteoarthritis is a disease that affects the joints in the body, but usually in the hands and the weightbearing joints such as the hips, knees, feet and spine.

However, it can strike any joint.

In OA, the tough elastic material that covers the ends of the bones designed to cushion and protect the joint (called cartilage) wears away, leading to joint pain and stiffness.

In a healthy joint the cartilage acts as a shock absorber when we put weight on our joints. The cartilage is slippery on each end of the bone, allowing the bone ends to move smoothly. When a joint develops OA, the cartilage has become rough and thin, and the bone underneath thickens.

OA is the most common form of arthritis affecting three million (one in 10) Canadians.

The exact cause of osteoarthritis is unknown. What we do know is that chances of getting osteoarthritis seem to increase with age and that some people with osteoarthritis have other family members with it as well.

Being overweight can definitely increase your risk (especially in the hips and knees due to the added stress from the extra weight), and a previous injury to a joint, or repeated overuse of it, can also damage the cartilage and lead to osteoarthritis.

Dr. Heli McPhie, naturopathic physician

at The Village Clinic in Tsawwassen, says that she also likes to test her patients for underlying factors such as poor digestive function, hormone imbalances, nutritional deficiencies, lifestyle, past injuries and stress when addressing patients with OA. For treatment, in general, Dr. McPhie has found most of her patients benefit from an anti-inflammatory diet for pain and OA management.

This includes reducing their sugar intake, adding colour to their diet (in the form of fruits and vegetables), increasing good oils such as fish oil, coconut and extra virgin olive oil in their diet and getting them to hydrate throughout the day with spring or filtered water (not distilled). She has also seen her patients get amazing relief from pain after a series of infrared sauna treatments.

She recommends the first few steps with someone with OA would be to lose any extra weight, improve their general fitness and strengthen the muscles around the affected joints.

From there adapt a whole foods approach to your diet, and avoid processed foods and ones high in sugar — because we truly are what we eat.

PJ Wren is a personal trainer and fitness writer in the Delta area. Catch her 30-minutes fitness show on Delta TV (Channel 10) or contact her at www.fitnesswithpj.com.

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Go undercover at spy museum Washington, DC attraction explores history, practice of espionage BY

CHRIS MCBEATH

Optimist contributor

We were given two minutes to accept our mission before the room darkened and shielded us from the evidence. Just two minutes to assume our legend — our cover — which was to be our only protection over the next three hours as we lied, side-stepped and tried to stay alive in the cold, unforgiving world of espionage.

It’s a world few of us ever realize up close, but at Washington DC’s International Spy Museum, it’s one that is as captivating as it is imaginative, from the moment you step out of the briefing room.

Assuming, of course, that you’ve accepted your mission.

Put together by a crack team of spy experts, the museum not only explores the history, practice and craftsmanship of espionage,

it is an open invitation to become a legend in your own lifetime.

If only for an afternoon, it lets you join the ranks of celebrated spies such as John Ford, Sterling Hayden, Marlene Dietrich, Josephine Baker and, yes, even culinary queen, Julia Child.

An orientation video whets your appetite, and outlines the motivations, tools and techniques of real-life spies. Thus primed, you enter a room called Covers and Legends where you choose a cover identity and two minutes to memorize specific details, including your occupation, the reason for your travel and your birthday.

From here, you move through a check-point into a room filled with interactive games that test your ability to maintain your new self.

But a spy without gadgets would surely be no match for 007. As you move

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The museum has a collection of spy gadgets, like this secret writing kit.

through a series of rooms, you’ll discover the world’s largest permanent collection of international spy-related artifacts as well as those of the wannabe variety.

Check out James Bond’s silver Aston Martin DB5 with all the bells and whistles as well as real-life tools-of-the-trade such as

the ultimate kiss of death: a lipstick pistol from the 1960s developed by the KGB as a 4.5mm single shot weapon; hollow coins and shaving cans used to conceal items; a shoe with heel transmitter that could monitor secret conversations; a typewriter that would emit signals of docu-

ments as they were typed; and the proverbial trench coat with a camera built into one of the buttons.

The museum quickly seduces you into its world of shadows. Before long you find yourself learning about espionage tactics used by ancient cultures and bygone eras. After all, snooping around other people’s business is a timehonoured tradition.

There is a replica of the ancient Rosetta Stone that Egyptians used as a cipher device against invaders; a history of the Japanese spy-assassins, the Ninjas; and a revealing account of Sun Tsu, the ancient Chinese military strategist and author of The Art of War, the world’s first do-ityourself war manual written some 2,000 years ago.

Most visitors associate the hey-day of spying with the Cold War, an era which the museum has highlighted

with propaganda, training films and a convincing replica of the Berlin Wall Tunnel.

At the time, Berlin swarmed with the most spies in the world — over 8,000 of them — so unsurprisingly the East Germans knew of the tunnel from its inception, yet allowed it to continue so as to maintain the cover of some highplaced agents.

Today, Washington DC has the highest concentration of spies of any city in the world, and since the spy credo is to trust no one, nothing is as it seems, you have to wonder whether your cabbie is, in fact, living a legend.

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IN SUPPOR T OF INTERNATI ONA L WOME N’S DAY March 6, 2015 at the Harris Barn, Ladner, BC 9am.to 2pm Project Bloom continues to draw a compelling audience of government leaders, business owners, mothers, daughters, and future students. Proceeds from this event will be dedicated to creating an endowment for women, which will focus on single mothers, female immigrants, Aboriginal women, and women with disabilities, who wish to pursue their post-secondary aspirations at KPU.

Purchase tickets today or donate towards the KPU endowment, kpu.ca/foundation/project-bloom 604.599.2979

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Cruise Cuba before it’s too late. We circumnavigated the country—and discovered uncharted waters—aboard the Canadian-owned Louis Cristal.

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A spray painter works his artistry on an interior wall at the old book store on 48th Ave in Ladner earlier this week in preparation for filming of TV show Supernatural.

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Valentine’s Day We asked readers to send us romantic photos in our

Cutest Couple Valentine’s Day Contest

The winner, who will be announced on Friday, February 13th, will receive dinner for two at The Primerose and a beautiful bouquet of flowers from Our Little Flower Company.

We didn’t have the space to run all the entries we received in our Valentine’s Day contest, so please check them all out at www.delta-optimist.com.

Also, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/TheDeltaOptimist to help us choose South Delta’s cutest couple.

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Natasha Strukoff and James Milne celebrated their six-year anniversary by backpacking around Europe for six weeks. This is a photo of the couple in front of the Colosseum.

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February 6, 2015 The Delta Optimist A23 Valentine’s Day

Allissa Best & Aron Combs PHOTO BY

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Allissa Best says this photo was taken very shortly after her then boyfriend surprised her with a proposal in their favourite book store. He had arranged for her best friend, a wedding photographer, to take photos of the entire process (while hiding in a closet!).

Susan & Hamish Gardner Susan and Hamish Gardner, shown here in Cabo San Lucas last year, have been together for 25 years. Susan says they have been faced with some serious challenges throughout their marriage, all of which they’ve survived. She says they continue to be in love — and still love each other’s company.

Gaye Hartt & Russ Fulton Gaye Hartt and Russ Fulton are shown in a photo taken last summer while on a cruise up the Inside Passage to Alaska.

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Trevor and Angela Smith have been a couple since 1987. They were teenagers when they met and now have teenagers of their own.

After almost 28 years, they still love to spend as much time together as they can.

They have recently taken up running and are shown at a recent 10k race around the Vancouver waterfront.

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Playoffs can’t come soon enough Ice Hawks will face similar challenge in opening round regardless of how the standings end up BY

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The Delta Ice Hawks can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel in what has seemed like a two month dress rehearsal leading up to the Pacific Junior Hockey League playoffs.

Thanks to being in a conference that features the league worst Port Moody Panthers (6-13-0-3), the Ice Hawks (19-19-0-2) knew long ago they were playoff bound. Also taking its toll on the regular season drama was the North Vancouver Wolf Pack and Richmond Sockeyes securing the top two positions well before Christmas.

It left Delta battling it out with the Grandview Steelers for third place.

The higher playoff seed amounts to little.

One team is going to be up against the Wolf Pack and the other taking on the Sockeyes in best-of-seven quarter-final series.

The Ice Hawks tuned up for a potential first round match-up with a 6-3 win over Richmond on Tuesday night.

The result pulled them within two points of Grandview with each having four games remaining, including the regular season finale on Feb. 15 at the Burnaby Winter Club.

Meanwhile, the Sockeyes remain six points back of the Wolf Pack.

Delta split the six-game regular season series with Richmond and can do the same against the Wolf Pack with a win on Saturday in North Vancouver.

Now you can see why head coach Derek Chichak is spending little time these days worrying about the

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“I don’t mind playing either of them,” he said.

“We have young guys who are fast that will give both teams some problems with their speed.

“Our penalty killing has been outstanding because we get a lot of practice and we just need to get our power play going.”

The man advantage unit showed signs of life against the Sockeyes, striking for three goals on just four opportunities. Power play goals by Stephen Hawco and Blake Hayward just 22 seconds apart in the

third period put the hosts in full control and chased Richmond goalie Kurt Russell.

Hawco would go on to complete a hat trick, finishing off a nice feed from impressive 17-year-old rookie Andreas Siagris.

Playing on a line with veteran Brent Chrepytk, the trio combined for 10 points.

Meanwhile, Hayward has now scored eight goals in his last seven games, giving the 16-year-old 13 on the season. Siagris, 17, has 44 points in 39 games.

It’s the emergence of their

young guns that gives the Hawks hope heading into the playoffs.

“Blake has been ridiculously good of late,” said Chichak. “It was tough at the beginning of the year for him but he is on fire now. Andy has been steady for us all year. He is a kid who has been overlooked a lot in his career. We have given these guys the opportunity and they have just grasped it.

“I’m so happy for them and they will be getting their opportunities (with higher tier junior teams).”

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“It was basically a stinker from everybody,” he added. “Guys aren’t stupid.

They know where they are at and right now it’s all about polishing up for the playoffs.”

Delta hosts Port Moody Tuesday (7:35 p.m.) in its final regular season home game.”

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The Delta Pacers will be doing something they haven’t done in at least 30 years thanks to a huge win on Wednesday night.

The Pacers came through with a 79-71 victory over the Tamanawis Wildcats to clinch first place in the Fraser Valley AAAA South Senior Boys Basketball League. Delta will now host next week’s six-team league playoff tournament that will determine seeding for the upcoming Fraser Valley AAAA Championships.

The Valley South League has been dominated for the last three decades by mainly North Delta, White Rock Christian and Tamanawis. Some solid DSS teams have finished as high as second in the regular season but there always seemed to be a provincial powerhouse in the way of bringing playoff basketball to Ladner.

The Pacers had battled hard to take a 5-0 record into Surrey where the honourable mention ranked Wildcats were also perfect in league play.

Delta got off to a terrific start and even overcame foul trouble for 6-foot-8 Grade 10 standout Jake Cowley to produce its biggest win of the season.

“The boys really stepped it up and, more importantly, they are believing in themselves,” said Pacers head coach Andrew Blanco. “Too often we have played down to the level of our opponent but this is an athletic group that can run the floor well and give our opponents match-up problems.”

As a DSS grad himself, Blanco is well

aware what Pacer teams have been up against in the past. He served as an assistant coach last season on a team that entered the campaign with high expectations but came up short in an awfully competitive and deep Valley zone.

Delta was expected to take a step back this season but did have three Grade 12s — Mackenzie Falk, Colton Bakken and Eric Lister — who have seen plenty of action. The unexpected intangible proved to be Grade 10s Jas Singh and Cowley being more than ready to play at the senior level, often leading the team in scoring most nights. Blanco is also getting valuable minutes out of Grade 12s Patrick Villa and Charles Thompson, along with Grade 11s Colin Easton and Gurpreet Teja.

Throw in the fact the number of Valley teams going to provincials has increased from five to six this year, and DSS has a realistic chance at taking its season to sport’s biggest stage for just the second time in 22 years. Currently, seven Valley schools are in the rankings but only three are in the top 10.

“We definitely have a shot if we can put it all together,” confirmed Blanco. “But there are a lot of good schools out there and nothing is going to come easy.”

Earning the highest seed possible at the league playoff tournament will enhance the Pacers’ chances. They will get bye to the semi-finals which are tentatively scheduled for next Thursday.

They had their hands full against Semiahmoo (78-73), Panorama Ridge (8377 OT) and Seaquam (83-70), rallying in the second half for all of those wins.

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• Custom designed • 4 bedroom/4 bathroom home • West back yard with pond, privacy and patio • Tranquil garden view • Wolf range, warming oven, double dishwasher and spacious walk in pantry • Great room style with high vaulted ceiling • Elegant fireplace and easy care heated tile floors 5835 Fair Wynd, Ladner

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5475 Candlewyck Wynd, Tsawwassen

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THINKING OF SELLING YOUR HOME? Ask us about our extensive, value-added Vancouver/Richmond marketing campaign.

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#204-4733 River Road W. $364,900

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4686 53rd Street $759,000

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February 6, 2015 The Delta Optimist A37

Top 10% In Sales of All Greater Vancouver Realtors* *According to Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver Statistics

RESULTS.....GUARANTEED!!!

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5130 Wallace

251 55th St.

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• Beautiful rancher has over $140,000 in updates!

• Over sized master bedroom with doors to private backyard and hot tub • Three bedrooms with fourth bedroom potential • 9,000 Sqft south exposed private lot!

• Seller will finance qualified buyers.

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#103-1153 54A St. 4996 River Rd.

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5627 Timbervalley Road | NEW LISTING | $849,000 West Coast Contemporary home in THE TERRACE! Beautifully renovated home that offers main floor living with 4 bedrooms and games room up.

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44 Woodland Drive | THE TERRACE | $962,000

Down sizing doesn’t mean you have to part w/your family belongings! This very spacious 1,345 sq.ft. condo has an oversized dining and living area.

One owner home built by Howard Smid in Victory South (West Ladner’s 1st premier subdivision). This 3,124 sq.ft. home in on a 80x101 private lot.

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21 Centennial Parkway | BOUNDARY BAY | $929,000

169 66th Street | BOUNDARY BAY | $689,000

5303 Spetifore Cres | 7 YRS YOUNG | $1,049,000

BOUNDARY BAY! Beautifully renovated property situated in a cul-desac on a west exposed private lot just steps from Centennial Beach!

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WESTHAM If you looking to live in one ofunit Ladner's finest onto condoa buildings, You’ve foundLANE! it as you willarelove this bright, corner that looks park and which has a is just steps away from shops, restaurants, banks, transit & more.....look no This 2 huge outdoor patio.The master bedroom has 2 large closets and an ensuitefurther! with a soaker bedroom condo is perfect for 1st time buyers or buyers who are looking to downsize. It's tub as well as a separate shower.This condo also has 2 cozy fireplaces to keep you warm also on the quiet side of the building and it overlooks the manicured gardens/courtyard. and the natural is included your monthly feeupdated along with the radiant floor heating.

Highlights of thisgas condo are: largeinmaster bedroom, bathroom , insuite laundry, gas The kitchen has plenty of counter space and there is a window over the sink so you can fireplace, spacious covered balcony and cool during the summer.This unit also has 1 locker view garden/park.

Centrally located quiet streetCall andtoday is justfor steps away from banking, and 1the parking space.Additional parking on cana be rented. more info or to book library, shopping and Thrifty foods. Call today to view as this well priced condo won’t last! a showing!

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SUTTON GROUP - SEAFAIR REALTY 1625 56th Street, Tsawwassen (T) 604.943.3110 (F) 604.943.6155

$749,000

$239,000

208 - 1300 HUNTER RD, TSAWWASSEN $329,900 LISTED BY REMAX PROGROUP REALTY

Sutton Group - Seafair Realty - 1625 56th Street, Tsawwassen, BC

$339,000 $329,000

$349,000

NEW LISTING

$455,000

SOLD 5154 BENTLEY CRESCENT

#126 8880 JONES ROAD

Welcome to victory South, one of the most desirable locations in ladner. This Lovely home has 4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms with master on the main floor. Southern exposed private and fenced yard. Call Jane Meadows 604-946-8000 or 604-943-8080

Large one bedroom with large fenced yard.

New hardwood floors throughout and new fireplace. Pets and rentals allowed.

Jane Meadows 604-943-8080

#208-1300 HUNTER ROAD #110 4885 53rd GREEN GABLES

OPEN SUNDAY 2-4 #306-4689 52A STREET “THE CANU”

• This western exposed unit is in the Heart of Tsawwassen Village.

• Possession available immediately!!

• A lovely 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath that shows like new.

• Lots of updates and freshly painted.

3 bedroom, 1500 square foot condo, one of the only ones available in Ladner. Ground floor unit with 45’ foot length yard sunny southern exposed yard. Excellent building!

Located in the village, walking distance to everything. Pets allowed!

Stunning view in this western exposed 2 bedroom 2 bath condo, private setting on canal, walking distance to all amenities.

Shows terrific! Pets allowed!

Jane Meadows 604-943-8080

Jane Meadows 604-943-8080

Jane Meadows 604-946-8000

• BUYING OR SELLING REAL ESTATE, CALL JANE 604-946-8000 Progroup 5360 12th Ave. www.janemeadows.com

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