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Gypsy on the loose in Delta Six-foot ball python reported missing; last seen near Westham Island Bridge IAN JACQUES

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Delta police are on the hunt for a slippery fugitive.

Police announced last weekend that a ball python named Gypsy went missing in a farmer’s field in Ladner on June 30.

“Unfortunately, officers do not have an exact location where the snake was last seen (by its owner) — just that it was in a farmer’s field in Ladner,” said police department public affairs coordinator Cris Leykauf.

Leykauf said a ball python was spotted by a reliable source at the Westham Island Bridge on July 3, but there have been no further sightings reported.

Officers were initially in contact with the owner of the snake on June 20 when a man was reported sleeping outside of Walmart in Tsawwassen Commons with a large snake. Upon police request, the man and snake relocated to a nearby minivan. The man was noted to be cooperative and polite.

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Gypsy was last seen on July 3 near the Westham Island Bridge.

“The snake is six feet long, eight inches in diameter and a dark caramel colour,” said Leykauf. “Ball

pythons are not venomous, and apparently are a popular choice for those wanting a pet snake, as

they are known to have more of a docile temperament.”

This type of snake is known to curl up in a ball when stressed or frightened. In the wild their diet is primarily small mammals such as rats, mice and birds.

Police do not know the circumstances of how the snake came to be in a Ladner farmer’s field.

While Gypsy remains on the loose, Leykauf said in an odd coincidence, a ball python was captured in Maple Ridge last Saturday.

District spared, but Delta on hook for health tax SANDOR GYARMATI

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The Delta School District is getting relief from the new employer health tax, but the City of Delta is not so fortunate.

Finance Minister Carole James announced last week that the province would cover the cost for school districts, health authorities, universities and many public service providers but city halls must still pay the new tax.

The province announced earlier this year the elimination of Medical Services Plan premiums by 2020, to be replaced by the employer health tax. The change will be phased in next year with employers paying a reduced portion of MSP premiums but also the full employer health tax.

The new tax requires employers with payrolls over $500,000 a year to

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Finance Minister Carole James announced the province would cover the cost of the new employer health tax for school districts. pay a 0.98 per cent tax annually. The tax goes up in increments with large employers hit the hardest as they will pay a 1.95 per cent tax on payrolls over $1.5 million.

According to the Delta’s finance department, the

new tax combined with still having to pay half MSP premiums will result in an additional $1.4 million next year. When MSP premiums are gone the following year, it would still work out to an additional annual cost of about

$850,000. That equates to an increase of just under one per cent if the city tried to recoup that cost through property taxes.

The Delta School District could have been on the hook for an additional $685,000 next year

due to a combination of MSP premiums and the new tax.

“Although we do not have details of what this additional funding will look like as far as specific dollar amounts for Delta School District, we are pleased to see that the challenges of moving from MSP to EHT for public sector organizations, like school districts, has been recognized,” said Delta school board chair Laura Dixon.

The province says the elimination of MSP premiums and introduction of the employer health tax will result in a net tax decrease of approximately $800 million per year for British Columbians.

Families will save as much as $1,800, and individuals will save up to $900 each year, the government says.

Businesses, however, have complained bitterly about the new tax.

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Diverse group pulls together on journey First Nations canoe trek makes stops in Delta on nine-day paddle from Victoria to Vancouver

Tsawwassen on Sunday they were supported by the Canadian Coast Guard, Canadian Border Services, Search and Rescue, and the Canadian Navy.

“They all surrounded the fleet, which was pretty cool,” she said.

“So we now have all these groups, law enforcement and a lot of public service agencies that see the value in what we do.

Every year it’s a different experience for everyone.

We have this amazing group of communities that PHOTO BY KENT DANIELSON come together. By The Pulling Together Canoe Journey paid a visit to South Delta this week with stops at the Tsawwassen First Nation on the end of eight to 10 days there are Sunday and Wellington Point Park on Monday. relationships you would never have What we found as we a large canoe family,” said dlers representing 15 First paddlers and we are supin almost every other scemoved through the years, Blake. “It started out in Nations from around the ported by about another nario. There is something there were other public the beginning as a way to province.

100 ground crew.” service agencies and other about paddling together On Sunday, Delta police build better relationships Blake said RCMP, and coming together in government agencies that between First Nations and Transit Police and munici- Chief Neil Dubord welAboriginal canoe culture wanted to be involved.” policing because clearly comed the paddlers as pal police officers took that makes this experience Blake said when the there was a significant they arrived at the TFN. part this year to support so unique.” paddlers came into “We have grown to quite disconnect in that area. young and older pad-

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Fun, unity, respect and cultural diversity are what the Pulling Together Canoe Journey is all about.

Now in its 14th year, paddlers from across B.C. made their way to the Tsawwassen First Nation Sunday on day six of their nine-day paddle from Victoria to Vancouver.

Participants were set to paddle from the TFN to Wellington Point Park on Monday, but high winds meant the canoes had to be portaged. The group then left in the early afternoon for its next stop — Steveston. The journey wrapped up in Vancouver yesterday.

Linda Blake, president of the Pulling Together Canoe Society, said this year’s journey went very well.

“We have had up to 17 canoes on this journey.

There will be at least 13 in the water today here in South Delta,” Blake said Monday. “It all depends on the fatigue levels of our canoes. We have about 250

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Slates shaping up in race for school board seats SANDOR GYARMATI

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New-look slates are already lining up for seats on the Delta school board.

Last week, incumbent trustee Bruce Reid announced he’ll be running once again on the Kids Matter ticket, this time with newcomers Randy Anderson-Fennell and Victor Espinoza.

“As a trustee for the past four years, I’ve seen our district celebrate triumphs and overcome many challenges,” said Reid, a Tsawwassen resident. “But there is still so much to do in order to ensure the success of all learners — my work is not yet done.”

Reid lists the underfunding of education and not enough resources for special needs students as particular barriers that need addressing.

Both Reid and Espinoza are teachers by profession. Reid, a former pastor, is retiring from the Richmond School District this year. Espinoza, a 20-year public school teacher, currently works

making a formal in a high school announcement in Richmond. shortly.

AndersonBennett ran for Fennell is an the NDP nominaelectrician who tion in last year’s works in the provincial election, Surrey School which was won by District Reid.

In the 2014 Bruce Reid School board election, Reid chair Laura Dixon and Rhiannon Bennett announced last month were newcomers elected on the union- and teacher- she’ll once again be runbacked Kids Matter slate. A ning with fellow trustee member of the Musqueam Nick Kanakos on the Independents Working First Nation, Bennett was for You slate, which also the first aboriginal elected includes trustee candito Delta public office. date Joe Muego, the Delta This time around, she District Parent Advisory won’t be on the Kids Council chair.

Matter slate. Bennett conTrustee Val Windsor, firmed she’ll be running a former Delta Teachers’ on a new ticket called Association president, Delta Voices.

“I’ll be running with two confirmed she’ll be running on her own once other women whose comagain. munities’ voices are really Long-time trustee Dale missing on the school board. I’ll be running with Saip hasn’t announced someone from North Delta his intentions. He ran from the South Asian com- in the last election on a munity and someone from REAL Delta ticket that included fellow trustee Tsawwassen who’s an EA Fabian Milat, who recently (educational assistant) in Richmond and the mother announced he won’t be seeking re-lection. of an indigenous child,” The civic election takes explained Bennett. place Oct. 20.

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Aspiring actress is bound for Big Apple SDSS grad Sabrina Valana to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York DAVE WILLIS

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Tsawwassen’s Sabrina Valana is headed to the Big Apple to pursue her acting career.

The 2018 South Delta Secondary graduate is set to begin her studies at American Academy of Dramatic Arts’ New York campus in September.

The 17-year-old says she’s let others know since the start of Grade 8 that New York is where she’d like to end up.

“I told everyone that. All my teachers knew that’s where I wanted to be,” she says.

She’ll be taking a twoyear conservatory program.

The admissions process included an “intense” audition. Valana, who received a $5,000 meritbased scholarship to go towards her studies, says she performed a contemporary monologue and a Shakespearean monologue. It took about two months to prepare for the audition, she recalls.

“There’s a full process

Sabrina Valana says she’s had a desire to go to New York since she was in Grade 8. that goes into playing a scene, playing a character,” says Valana, who selected her Shakespearean monologue from Romeo and Juliet.

Valana says when she found out her late acting coach Elizabeth Kemp was an alumni of the academy, it “confirmed that’s where I wanted to go.”

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She says she was able to spend a week in New York training under Kemp a few years ago during a time she was going through bullying and worries over sick family members.

“It wasn’t just what I learned about acting. It was what I learned about myself. It healed a lot of old wounds. It just meant

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She hopes to explore the New York acting industry after the two-year program.

“I’d love to end up finding an apartment there, actually living there and pursuing my career.”

Valana says she enjoys taking lines on a page and building a character out of

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them.

“My main goal is to be able to influence other people, make them feel something. And, I just love the way it makes me feel.

The whole process that goes into creating a character … that’s my favourite part about it, being able to turn these simple lines into someone’s life. It just

seems incredible to me.”

Valana was a student of the Delta Film Acting Academy in Grade 8 and 9. She says the experience made her stronger and particularly helped with the skills she needed for auditions.

Delta Film Academy coordinator and South Delta drama teacher Jennifer Harbott says she wishes Valana the best of luck.

“I am very proud of Sabrina’s ambition and hard work and it has been my pleasure to watch her growth as an actress,” Harbott says.

The American Academy of Dramatic Arts is over 130 years old and became widely known as the Cradle to the Stars during the 20th century, according to its website. Its New York campus is located in Midtown Manhattan while the school opened a Los Angeles campus in the mid-1970s.

Academy alumni include Robert Redford, Danny DeVito, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and Paul Rudd.

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South Delta valedictorian is on a mission Morgan Wolsey to spend the next two years overseas performing community service IAN JACQUES

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Morgan Wolsey will soon be on a mission — a mission to serve his church and other people in a distant land.

The South Delta Secondary valedictorian, who graduated last week, is an outstanding athlete and student, winning numerous scholastic awards as well as Male Sportsperson of the Year as an integral part of the football, rugby and basketball teams.

With a resume as impressive as that, he could have had a pick of universities, but as his friends head off to postsecondary, Wolsey leaves in August, deferring university, scholarships and sports to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He will spend two years on the islands of Madagascar, La Reunion and Mauritius where he will immerse himself in the communities and dedicate his time to com-

munity service.

“I always knew I wanted to do this regardless of what was going to happen the rest of my life, and so when it came to the point when I was 16 when I had to commit to it, I’m totally loving the fact that I committed to this,” said Wolsey, whose dad Travis also served in a similar mission when he was younger. “The decision has already had a huge impact on my life in school and in sports.”

Wolsey leaves Aug. 9 for six weeks of training.

“The training will help me figure out what I will be doing, but a big part of the mission is to preach the gospel and teach people that don’t really know about Jesus Christ and Christianity,” he said. “I don’t really know how to prepare for this, but I’m just doing the best I can to get ready of these two years of giving my life up to God essentially.

“I think the experience will change a lot of my life, but I think as well I have the goal of appreciating a

culture and a love of the people, embrace the language and get everything I can out of it.”

He said his friends are fascinated that he’s taking this life-changing step.

“They all want to go.

They think it is really something special,” he said. “I have been talking about this for so many years, my friends are just really happy for me that I’m now actually going instead of talking about it.”

For his valedictory speech, Wolsey spoke about change and how high school prepared this year’s grads for the rest of their lives.

The speech spoke volumes of the change he will soon encounter.

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South Delta Secondary valedictorian Morgan Wolsey, a star athlete and outstanding student, is putting his postsecondary aspirations on hold for the moment.

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TED MURPHY

t shouldn’t really be necessary, but then again these are strange times we live in.

Mayoral candidate Sylvia Bishop unveiled a Code of Ethical Conduct during a press conference last week, pledging that all those affiliated with her Team Delta slate would conduct themselves with integrity during the lead up to this fall’s civic election.

The fact a politician has to make such a promise speaks to where we’re at as a society today, but perhaps the most interesting aspect of the nine-point code she unveiled is that it’s not just for those running for office but extends to anyone associated with the slate.

That’s because nastiness and name calling typically doesn’t go on between candidates, who are generally respectful of one another during elections contested here in Delta, but it can flourish in the dark underbelly of the campaign where trolls lurk, facts are often Trumpesque and language isn’t for the faint of heart.

For as long as there have been elections, there have been supporters who have done whatever they can to help their candidates of choice, even if it meant crossing a line. The 21st century equivalent of knocking over an opponent’s lawn sign is to spew venom about them digitally, a practice that’s been made exceedingly easy with social media.

It’s hard to determine who is railing on their own and who might be doing so at the behest of a candidate who doesn’t want to get their hands dirty, but mean-spirited behaviour has certainly become pervasive as public discourse reaches new lows.

During that press conference last week, Bishop said she didn’t foresee this year’s campaign getting nasty, but she’s heard from many voters who are fed up, and turned off, by the shenanigans that go on in politics these days.

I’m not sure a code of conduct is going to alter that perception to any great degree, but at least it’s a step in the right direction.

The level of civility seems to be declining with every passing day as it’s become far too acceptable to add unhealthy doses of scorn, sarcasm and outright contempt into what should otherwise be an exchange of opinions and ideas. Any effort to raise the dialogue above where it now depressingly finds itself should be embraced by all involved.

Attorney general doesn’t offer any help to stop Delta casino

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fter outlining my opposition to the casino proposal that received conditional approval from Delta council in May, I reported that I had written the attorney general of B.C. requesting his involvement to have a casino question put on the fall ballot so everyone in South Delta could express their opinion democratically.

Well, this week I received an e-mail response from the attorney general and rather than offering any assistance, it said the following: “A host local government must not approve a facility location unless it satisfies BCLC that adequate community input has been sought and considered.

B.C.’s gaming control regulations define adequate community input to include comments, information and representation received from persons who reside in the community. The host local government must also give public notice within the community about the proposal, including details of the proposal, and provide opportunity for residents’ feedback at one or more public hearings or a referendum of residents.”

Several people have spoken to me about the fact the mayor and three councillors, along with a small number of people at the public hearing, have moved the casino along, and many of those speaking in support were not South Delta residents or they had

Community Comment GREG HOOVER

a monetary interest in the casino being built.

I don’t believe that “adequate community input has been sought and considered,” but if the attorney general won’t assist us to have the question put on the fall ballot, then what can we do?

I should mention that other people contacted the attorney general regarding the casino and we all got the exact same e-mail response. Here I thought I was special.

Since I last wrote Peter German has submitted an extensive report to the attorney general that sheds even more light on the underside of casinos, including: 1. “The RCMP found there was a collective system failure that grew over time and outstripped the ability of existing legislation, processes and structures to manage it.”

2. “Money laundering in casinos was linked to the opioid crisis.”

3. The report indicates money laundering has been going on since 2002 at least.

4. Besides money laundering, there have been all sorts of issues related to organized crime.

In all I’ve read, I can’t see one good reason for this casino to be built, except for some people to make money. I believe the social costs to South Delta far outweigh any revenue Delta will collect.

If the casino is going to hire 700 people, every restaurant in South Delta will find it even more difficult to hire staff. Tsawwassen Mills already has to bus in workers from other districts.

Some folks have asked about a petition to see how many South Delta residents are against this project, so to see if that would be a worthwhile exercise we need some feedback from you and your neighbours.

If you would like to see a petition collected opposing the casino, please send me an e-mail with the subject line: “Yes to a petition opposing the casino.”

• No attachments please.

• I do not want to debate the issue.

• Depending on the response, there is a group that will organize it.

Let me know at ghoover@dccnet.com.

Greg Hoover is a project manager in industrial and commercial construction who has lived with Christina in Tsawwassen for 25 years.

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Letters

Minority already calling the shots and it will get worse

Editor: Re: Voters have an opportunity to modernize our democracy, Community Comment, July 5 ML Burke laments a Conservative government being elected in Ontario, but had they had proportional representation, there would be a LiberalNDP coalition government and Ontario would be well on its way to bankruptcy with absolutely no way of stopping it as it would be impossible for the Conservatives to win an election under a PR system.

Under a PR system, we would be making that situation permanent, which is just what the NPD and the

Greens want in B.C. She talks of cooperation. Let’s deal in a little reality for a change.

The left wing parties cooperate with other left wing parties and right wing parties cooperate with other right wing parties. There is no cooperation across left wing and right wing lines and there never will be.

Stating the first past the post system is bad because government is formed with less than 50 per cent of the vote is simply silly.

Divide 100 by three or more and what do you get? Simple math is going to tell you that is what will happen when you have more than two parties running in an election.

I’ve heard the first past the post system called a “tyranny of the majority” and it may well be, but why would we swap that for a “tyranny of the minority?”

We are already seeing that now under first past the post, never mind PR, as the Greens, who got about 16 per cent of the vote in the last election, are now dictating government policy on the Trans Mountain pipeline even though a majority of British Columbians want to see it go ahead.

What the majority wants is simply ignored by this government and it will be far worse under a PR system.

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Still in love with the printer’s ink

Editor: In 1974-1975 I was the editor of the Optimist’s north end alt-news known as the Surrey-Delta Messenger, W.W. Hastings, publisher.

Shortly after I took over reporting on Mayor Tom Goode et al, the paper was purchased by the Sterling Newspaper group owned

by Conrad Black, David Radler and Peter White.

Radler was the active partner in the enterprise.

I engaged Radler one day about the “bright future” of our worthy weekly effort that my journalist friends jokingly referred to as The

Mess. He said to me, “Don’t be too possessive about this paper, Baird.

By the year 2000 no one will be reading news in newspapers — we’ll all be reading off of computer screens instead.”

Keep in mind this was 1974. Not yet 30 and an ex-English/social studies/ drama high school teacher, I had but a vague notion what a computer was. The articles and editorials I wrote I composed on the 1925 cast iron Underwood Hastings had bequeathed me. (Computers? Fact is IBM Selectric typewriters would not make their appearance in Surrey

municipal offices for another two or three more years, let alone computers and word-processing that wouldn’t come on the scene until the late 1980s.)

So the fact that Edgar Dunning’s Optimist is still able to produce a paper product — even if but once-a-week — is cheering news. The expression “ink-stained wretch” applies to not only those of us who are journalists but to all who love the printer’s ink that weeps and bleeds onto our hands and into our hearts.

Keep calm and report on, Optimist!

Wm. Baird Blackstone

Gardener fondly recalls time at Earthwise

Editor: I had the unique opportunity to be part of the creation of Earthwise Community Garden and of the organic South Delta food growing program.

Things have changed but the doors are open to the larger community as always.

Most of the gardeners, workers and volunteers discovered what it was to be committed to sharing

an organic outdoor space in our West Coast climate.

I felt we were demonstrating how valuable fresh food is to us, while enjoying the involvement with others of the same interest.

Expert courses, guidance and knowledge was always available.

An unexpected reward was a sense of having a shadow of control over the food I eat.

The mixing and min-

gling of all age groups interested in the big picture of growing your own food strengthens the sense of community while everyone has the opportunity to work and learn in the outdoors.

Now, 11 years later, I remain friends of Earthwise but have moved to another community garden closer to where I live.

Abby Armstrong

Delta needs new motto to acknowledge smell

Editor: It is Monday, July 9 as I write and the smell along River Road West in Ladner must be equivalent to standing in the main sewer for Vancouver.

Given that we are now a city, perhaps we need a new motto, “Delta, the smelliest City in Canada,” or how about, “Come to Ladner and smell the Ordure.”

I gather this is a serious problem that has been allowed to pervade for some time without those in power doing anything and that certainly smells.

Gavin Wishart

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The purpose of the Crime Beat is to educate and inform the public about some of the property crime trends occurring in South Delta and other files of interest. If you see anything occurring that you believe to be suspicious, call 911 for inprogress crimes and emergencies or 604-946-4411 for other assistance.

The following are some of the calls the Delta police responded to in the previous week:

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• July 2, 1:38 p.m., 800-block of 57th Street: Complainant reported that a stranger attended their residence to see a suite that was posted for rent on Craigslist. The complainant stated they had made a similar add on Kijiji, not Craigslist, for a higher price. The false ad used different pictures from the Kijiji ad, but the same address as the complainant’s residence, resulting in the ad to be flagged on Craigslist.

• July 6, 800-block of Deerfield Drive: Complainant reported that sometime overnight,

between July 2 and July 3, an unknown suspect entered their unlocked vehicle parked on the street, stealing an international passport, perfume and pocket change.

• July 7, 800-block of Wallace Avenue: Complainant reported they left a vintage Bose stereo and turntable out front of their residence for pick up by the intended purchaser when it was stolen.

• July 7, 6th Avenue: Complainant contacted police about suspicious sounds coming from a home under construction.

Police attended and found the sound to be coming from a sump pump that was taking in more air than water. The pump was adjusted to no longer make any noise.

• July 7, 1:16 p.m., Centennial Parkway: Complainant contacted police to report a vehicle chronically speeding through the neighbourhood, and provided a plate number. Police attended and located the registered owner who had a clean driving record.

The registered owner was cautioned and advised of the 30 km/h speed limit in Boundary Bay. • July 8, 11:45 a.m., 5000-block of Walker

Avenue: Complainant reported that sometime overnight an unknown suspect gained entry to their residence through an unlocked side door, and exited by opening the garage door at the front of the residence. The suspects made off with a variety of golf clubs and tools with an approximate value of $2,100.

• July 8, 8:24 a.m., 1600block of Spyglass Crescent: Complainant reported that sometime overnight an unknown suspect gained entry to their garage via a garage door opener that was left in the vehicle parked in their driveway.

The suspect entered the residence through an unlocked door in the garage, resulting in the keys for the vehicle being obtained and the car being stolen.

• July 9, 2600-block of 41B Street: Complainant reported their boat motor and other items had been stolen from their storage unit by entering a secured yard. Total value of stolen goods is approximately $4,260.

LADNER

• July 1, 11:56 p.m., 5600-block of Ladner Trunk Road: Complainant reported they heard a noise coming from the

outside of their residence, and entered the carport to find a bike had been taken. The bike is a black 10-speed women’s mountain bike with custom labelling that is valued at approximately $400.

• July 6, 8:30 p.m., 5700block of River Road: While police were conducting a CounterAttack roadblock officers pulled over a driver who had previously been the subject to a three-day immediate roadside prohibition warning. The driver blew in an approved screening device, resulting in a “Warn.” As this was the second warn result, the driver was subject to a seven-day immediate roadside prohibition and his vehicle was towed for a seven-day impound.

• July 7, 12:29 p.m., 4900-block of 59A Street: Complainant reported that an unknown suspect had broken the back window of the complainant’s truck parked on the street. Entry was not gained to the vehicle and no items were reported stolen.

• July 8, 8 p.m., 4700block of Arthur Drive: Complainant reported that an unknown suspect had stolen their helmet and Thunder Road mountain bike, valued at approximately $200.

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Delta police are reminding residents in Tsawwassen to remove their valuables after a rash of vehicle break-ins last week.

Police say vehicles were

broken into late in the evening on July 2 through to the early morning hours of July 3 in the 100-block of English Bluff Road, 100-block of Tsawwassen Beach Road, 4900- to 5100-block of 1st Avenue, and in the 100- and 200block of 49th Street. There

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were also a few reports of thefts from unlocked garages and carports in these areas and in the 5000-block of Wallace Avenue.

Stolen items included wallets, passport, laptop, sunglasses and speakers.

A Trek Road bike, tool bag, tools and golf clubs were also stolen.

In the majority of cases, the vehicles were not locked as police did not see signs of forced entry.

“Our officers increased patrols in the area as reports started to come in July 3,” said DPD public affairs coordinator Cris Leykauf.

“Police are also taking further investigative steps as this is a priority issue for us. We fully understand

how property crime can impact residents.”

An electronic reader board was also moved into the area to warn residents of the recent thefts.

Late last week, volunteers from the Tsawwassen Community Police Station also went door-to-door in the area to provide information and safety tips to residents.

ICBC is also contributing steering locks to be distributed to Delta residents who own vehicles older than a 2007 model.

The locks will be available while quantities last and will be handed out once the vehicle owner has shown their registration paper at any of the three community police stations.

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Drug bust results in stiff sentences for two men

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Two men have received significant prison sentences in connection to a multi-jurisdictional fentanyl drug bust in 2016.

Delta’s Adam Summers received a sentence of five years, while his coaccused, Scott Pipping of Surrey, received 15 years.

Pipping was also ordered to pay $35,000 to Mani Ranjbar whose Burnaby apartment was used as a drug lab.

Delta police and Burnaby RCMP combined forces in March 2016 as officers discovered a major drug operation where fentanyl was being mixed with other substances to make it look like heroin.

Officers seized $1.5 million in cash, multiple firearms, computers and cell phones, as well as fentanyl, 12 kilograms of cocaine, 4.5 kilograms of heroin and $100,000 worth of pills, including OxyContin.

“These are significant

sentences and they reflect the scope and impact of this lab,” said Delta police Chief Neil Dubord. “This was a massive lab, and a key part of the drug trade at the time in Metro Vancouver. An entire kitchen in a Burnaby apartment had been converted to process the fentanyl. I’m very proud of the work of our officers in shutting this down, and have no doubt that many lives were saved as a result of this work.”

Pipping was understood to be Summers’ boss in the scheme, according to earlier court documents.

Ranjbar’s apartment was one of three homes searched in March 2016 in connection with the drug bust. The other two were in Richmond and Surrey.

According to a lawsuit launched by Ranjbar, the Burnaby landlord had rented the suite to Stephen Takeshi Tajiri. Ranjbar alleges Tajiri gave the drug dealers access to the suite.

Ranjbar said he found out about the clandestine

drug lab three days after police executed their search warrant.

Ranjbar is suing Tajiri, Pipping, Summers and an unnamed woman for the destruction of appliances and fixtures in the apartment and for the contamination of the suite with fentanyl and other toxic chemicals.

He said the contamination had made the apartment “a serious threat to life” and that he had to pay for multiple inspections to make sure the place was properly decontaminated of toxic drugs.

Pipping and Summers face another civil suit from the province’s director of civil forfeiture, who is going after a car owned by Summers and nearly $1.5 million in alleged drug money seized from the Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey residences.

None of the allegations made in the lawsuits have been proven in court.

— With files from Cornelia Naylor/Burnaby Now

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STAY SAFE

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Kids got a chance to check out the new Ladner Rotary Splash Park last week ahead of the official grand opening this Saturday.

Ladner Rotary Splash Park set to open this Saturday Facility pays tribute to Delta’s farming heritage

About every 3 hours, a person or vehicle is hit by a train.

Stay Safe. When you’re near railroad tracks, always obey all posted signs and signals, and follow a few simple rules: Stay off railroad bridges. Most bridges do not have safe walkways for people so if a train is approaching, the only options are to jump or be struck by the train.

Never try to walk through a railroad tunnel. There is only about 14 inches of clearance between a passing train and the walls.

Stay at least 10 feet away from tracks.

Trains are wider than their tracks so always keep a safe distance.

At BNSF Railway, we’re proud to have one of the lowest grade crossing collision rates in the industry. And we’re committed to working with the communities we serve to make grade crossing even safer.

The grand opening of the Ladner Rotary Splash Park is set for this Saturday at 11:30 a.m.

The new splash park, which replaces an older one in Ladner’s Memorial Park, honours Delta’s farming community. There are interpretative signs

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Gymnastics coach receives Special Olympics award

Delta’s Courtney Keith has been recognized by Special Olympics BC. The rhythmic gymnastics coach is the 2018 recipient of the Howard Carter Award, which goes to a coach who provides exceptional training to athletes and ensures they are prepared to beat their personal bests and deliver high-calibre performances.

Well known for her positive attitude and an ability to help her athletes reach their full potential, Keith was recognized for going above and beyond when it comes to individualized training. One of her strengths is her communication skills as she takes time and care to take athletes’ individual personalities into account.

She always considers their overall well-being, not just their progress in the sport.

As a coach with almost 10 years of experience with Special Olympics BC, Keith has helped elevate the Delta rhythmic gymnastics program.

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Delta’s Courtney Keith received the 2018 Howard Carter Award from Special Olympics BC. Prior to her arrival, the club had never sent athletes to provincial or national games, but Keith helped two of her athletes make it all the way to the 2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Vancouver. She currently has two Team BC athletes preparing for the 2018 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games in Antigonish, NS. “Courtney represents the values and goals of our organization at all times — respect for others and

their accomplishments, fair play, working hard to meet personal goals, and believing in the power of sport to enrich the lives of our athletes,” said Jodi Cobden, Special Olympics BC – Delta local coordinator. “Her consistently positive attitude translates directly into positive athletes.”

Carter was a long-time contributor and friend of Special Olympics BC who recognized the value of coaches. The award is presented in his memory.

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Ladner’s Bob McKinnon has a new outlook on life following a heart transplant four years ago.

That new outlook resulted in two gold medals at last week’s Canadian Transplant Games held at UBC in Vancouver where McKinnon was first in lawn bowling and 10-pin bowling in the 70-plus age category.

Since 2000, the Transplant Games have been a showcase for transplant recipients from across the country to enjoy the competition and camaraderie while celebrating a second chance at life. They are Canada’s largest organ and tissue donation awareness event.

“It was a great week – certainly very inspiring to be among all the other competitors,” said McKinnon.

This was the second time he’d been at a Transplant Games, but the first time competing as McKinnon and his wife travelled to Toronto in 2016 to watch the event.

“This one I decided to enter and I had a great time,” he said. “I joined Ladner Lawn Bowling and took lessons so I could be able to compete. It was

Hospital for the procedure. It all went really well.”

Besides the sporting competition, a big part of the Transplant Games is to encourage Canadians to register as organ donors.

Though more than 90 per cent of Canadians support organ donations, only around 20 per cent have registered their intentions to be organ donors.

McKinnon said he is happy to be an advocate.

“You are very grateful to the donors’ family.

I wrote a letter PHOTO BY GUNNER RASMUSSEN of thanks, but I didn’t get a reply, Ladner’s Bob McKinnon won gold medals in lawn bowling and which is not 10-pin bowling at last week’s Transplant Games in Vancouver. unusual because fantastic meeting people the pressure between the it is up to them again with all kinds of heart and the lung. They to contact you,” he said. transplants and sharing were very high and if I “We stayed at UBC and experiences.” didn’t get a transplant I had a donor walk as part McKinnon had heart would have had to get a of the week with donor transplant surgery in lung transplant as well,” families. I also watched November 2014. he recalled. “I was put on all the other events and “I had an enlarged the transplant list in the cheered on the competiheart and got a complicasummer of 2014 and a few tors. You get a lot of inspition called pulmonary months later I got the call ration from everyone you hypertension, which is and went into St. Paul’s meet.”

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Community

Longing for rumble of a summer storm

Living Matters

BARBARA GUNN

Of late, I’ve been pining for a storm.

No, not of the wind or the rain variety. Not of unseasonal hail.

Of late, I’ve been pining for a good old-fashioned barn burner of a summertime electrical storm.

The kind that sends dogs skittering under the chesterfield. The kind that rattles folks from the deepest of slumbers. The kind where bolts streak across the sky, and the night crashes and rumbles and booms.

The kind that draws you to the window, where you watch in utter awe.

The kind that seized our attention, oh, a couple of years back when we were visiting the Eastern relatives.

We were sitting on the cottage’s screened-in porch in the mid-afternoon when the clouds turned from white to black in a matter of minutes.

The wind gusted up, sending early autumn leaves dancing across the grass. The rain started slowly, then picked up

power and began to pound so hard we could scarcely hear each other speak.

The flashes were epic, and so was the noise.

“Do you think we’ll have one?” I asked the husband the other day. “A storm?

With thunder and lightning?”

I was hopeful.

“Maybe,” said the husband.

It was late afternoon and we were on the porch

— the non-screened porch — and we’d noticed the day had turned.

We noticed that the gusts were starting to shake the trees, and that the clouds were darkening and skidding across the sky.

We sat and we waited.

The rain arrived. The wind picked up. But that was it.

The Eastern relatives, meantime, were no doubt at the cottage, perhaps driven indoors on account

of the weather. The sky would be roaring and the lightning would flash, but they’d probably pay scant attention, and focus on Rummoli instead of the storm.

Familiarity will do that.

Me? I’m pining for a good old summer storm, the likes of which I rarely see.

Give me the sand and the sunshine and all. But I’d love all the noisy stuff too.

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WHY DOES THIS MATTER? IF WE CAN REDUCE S. MUTANS WE CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CAVITIES WE GET IN OUR LIVES. TIPS FOR REDUCING S.MUTANS: 1: EAT LESS SUGAR AND EAT LESS OFTEN -both of these habits increase the acid pooped out by S. Mutans and acid pooped = cavities made 2: TAKE VITAMIN D, A and K2 -studies show a 50% reduction in cavity rate in those with high vitamin D levels (use an oral drop to get in right in your mouth) and the body is able to repair small cavities in the presence of calcium from foods and vitamin D, A and K 3: CROWD IT OUT -find a chewable probiotic with Lactobacillus in it and Lactobacillus bacteria have been shown to block the growth of S. Mutans 4: HARDEN YOUR TEETH - extra fluoride in toothpaste or a mouth wash will give your teeth a harder shell to fight this bug 5: DON’T FORGET TO BRUSH AND FLOSS -this actually removes these critters before they get a chance to eat your teeth!

– Editorial provided by Dr. Crista Walker, Serenity Dental.

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Community Rotary calendar funds eco-education program

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Stream of Dreams, an eco-education program for schools and communities that focuses on local watersheds, rivers and streams, is coming to Hawthorne Elementary in Ladner with $1,500 support from the Rotary Club of Ladner. Louise Towell (second from left) accepts a cheque from club president Ulf Ottho (left) and Ladner Rotarians Elena Murgoci and Peter Podovinikoff. The money was raised last fall through sales of the service club’s 2018 lottery calendar.

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30 th ANNUAL

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Thank you to all of our attendees, sponsors and supporters for your participation in the Delta Chamber of Commerce 30th Annual Golf Tournament. And a special thank you to Neal McDonough for being an outstanding MC! See you all next year!

THANKS TO OUR MEDIA SPONSORS: THANKS TO OUR HOLE SPONSORS: TOURNAMENT SUPPORTERS Alongside You BCLC BC Lions Football Club Beach Grove Golf Club Black Bond Books Brendan Gallagher Campbell Froh May & Rice LLP Canadian Tire Tsawwassen Commons Chopped Leaf Ladner Coast Tsawwassen Inn Cropo Financial Group Delta Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Delta Hospital & Community Health Foundation Delta Optimist First Data Canada Fred Ewanuick GTO Global Logistics Inc. Home Hardware Building Centre - Tsawwassen IGL Financial Solutions Inc.

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Community

PHOTOS BY ADRIAN MACNAIR

Cyclists were in the spotlight last weekend as the Tour de Delta featured three races over three days in all three Delta communities. The annual cycling weekend also provided youngsters with a chance to take to the race courses. See more photos at www.delta-optimist.com.

Wheely great weekend of cycling

Professional riders battle it out on city streets in the 18th edition of the Tour de Delta

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Community

Reach out to your neighbour

A Warm and Joyful welcome to...

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

4960 – 48th Ave., Ladner Phone: 604-946-6254 www.ladnerunited.org

3900 Arthur Drive, Ladner 604-946-4522 3:30 pm

Daily Mass - Chapel Monday to Saturday at 9 am Weekend Masses - Church Saturday at 5 pm Sunday at 9 am, 11 am and 5 pm

SUNDAY - 10:30 AM 10:00 am

1710Coffee 56th Street, Tsawwassen, BC & Friendship

(South Delta Artists’ Guild Arts Gallery) am (next 10:30 to SD Rec Centre)

WORSHIP & GROWTH Rev. Danielle Martell 604-613-8432

Contemporary & Traditional danielle@standrewsdeltabc.org Music www.standrewsdeltabc.org

The Rev. Jim Short 10:00 am

We Welcome Closed forYou Worship service the Summer to Join Us!

We Welcome You to Join Us!

WEDNESDAY - 7:30 PM Prayer & Bible Study

www.ladnergospelassembly.com

Ladner Christian Reformed Church www.ladnergospelassembly.com

EVERYONE WELCOME English Sunday 9:00am Mandarin Sunday 9:00am

8440 Williams Road Richmond, BC www.lds.org Meditation on the Ladner ChristianAPostures Fellowship of Faith: Ascension

It was very good!

Home of the South Delta Food Bank & Creation Station Daycare SundayService Service at Sunday at10:00 10:00am am + Nursery & Children Services

Welcomes You Come worship with us Sunday, July 15, at 10:30 a.m.

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Jonah 4 Pastor: Mike Koot 4594 – 54A Street, Ladner, B.C. 604-946-7033 email: office@ladnercrc.com visit our website: www.ladnercrc.com

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+ Nursery & Children Services Sr. Pastor: Danny Stebeck

The summer is here and the barbecue is working overtime to provide feasts for all who gather. These special times can be made up of family and friends.

They can even include neighbours who stroll by and are invited to stay awhile.

It’s on these occasions that I often think of Jesus and the time he fed the 5,000.

What a gift it was that the disciples jumped into action and found what was offered by the people and brought it all to Jesus.

It was Jesus who blessed and broke the bread to be shared with the crowd … and all ate and were filled, with 12 baskets remaining of extra food.

This is what families do

Benediction St. David’s Anglican Church Lutheran Church www.stdavidsdelta.com

Sunday

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4926 Delta Street (as shown on the map below and marked “Subject Property”)

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AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the Temporary Use Permit, 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, BC, (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 July 5, 2018 to July 16, 2018, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays.

Interested parties have the opportunity to provide written comments regarding the proposal at this time.

Comments are to be received on or before 12:00 noon, Monday, July 16, 2018. Comments should be referred to: Mayor and Council City of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC V4K 3E2 Fax: 604-946-3390 Email: mayor-council@delta.ca

8:00 am - Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer) 10:00 am - Multigenerational Service with Communion

9am Sunday Worship Service

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(Book of Alternative Services) Pastor Thomas Keeley 1115 - 51a Street, Delta, BC (cul-de-sac at 51a Street and 10a Avenue) Tel: (604) 943 4737

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Seeking peace in all our relations with God, ourselves, others, and creation.

“All are warmly welcomed to worship with us as we Celebrate God’s Grace.”

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when we gather. We bring whatever gifts of nourishment we have and put it all at the feet of Christ who then blesses our abundance and gives it to all who are gathered.

The Rev. Amy Richter

Details of the Temporary Use Permit are as follows:

Sunday 10:30 service

All Saints Anglican Church

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, at a meeting of City Council of City of Delta to commence at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 16, 2018 at the City Hall, 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC, Delta City Council will consider a resolution to issue TEMPORARY USE PERMIT LU008715.

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Pasters: Danny Youth Stebeck, Nick Dustin Osborne & Devon Martinsen Pastor: Huguet

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Minister’s Minute

writes about this feast held on a simple hillside and compares it to the lavish feast of King Herod. She writes, “There’s no guarded palace, just a beautiful open field where all are welcome. There’s no head table; everyone is a guest of honour. There’s no boasting, just thanksgiving.

There’s no pompous vowmaking and self-aggrandizement, just simple food, blessed, broken, and shared, and enough for all.

No horrible silver platter of death, just twelve baskets full to the brimming with abundant life-giving bread and fish.”

As you barbecue this summer, celebrate God’s presence in your midst and reach out to your neighbour.

City of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent Delta, BC V4K 3E2

www.delta.ca

Around Town Coal terminal tours every Saturday

Discover the inner workings of North America’s largest coal terminal on a tour of Westshore Terminals this month. Tours are being held at four different times (10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.) every Saturday in July. Call 604-946-3481 or 604946-3483 to book a spot.

Tour gardens in American peninsula

The Point Roberts Garden Tour takes place this Sunday. The self-guided tour will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets ($20 Cdn or $15 US per person) provide access to eight unique gardens in the American peninsula and include a stop for afternoon tea and live music at the Point Roberts Community Center. Visit www.pointrobertsgardenclub.org for more information.

Airshow at Boundary Bay next Saturday

The annual Boundary Bay Airshow will feature aerobatic performances and static displays at Boundary Bay Airport in East Ladner on Saturday, July 21 beginning at noon. The free event also includes food vendors, community booths and the Port of Vancouver Family Zone.

Port Guichon heritage tour

The City of Delta is hosting The Forgotten Founders of Port Guichon and Ladner’s Landing, a guided heritage tour of Port Guichon, this Saturday from 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Explore the hidden history of Port Guichon and learn about the less talked about people and industries that shaped the Ladner of today.

Starting location is the Ladner wharf, 5000 Elliott St. For more details on these and other events, go to delta-optimist.com or visit our Facebook page at www.facebook. com/TheDeltaOptimist

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Event to report?

Contact Dave at dwillis@delta-optimist.com or 604-946-4451

Playgrounds get adventurous

Kids can use their imaginations and test boundaries at recreation centres DAVE WILLIS

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Delta’s adventure playgrounds are back for the summer.

The play spaces, which debuted last year, opened last week and are once again located at the South Delta Recreation Centre in Tsawwassen and the North Delta Recreation Centre.

There are tools like hammers and saws for children to build structures, work together and use their imagination, all while learning to assess risk.

“The coolest thing we’ve seen is everybody working together. We don’t have a piece of wood and a tool for every child that’s in there,” says recreation program coordinator Kelly Wilson.

Parents are encouraged to let their kids explore on their own in the unstructured environment. There is a trained play attendant on-site, notes Wilson.

“The role of the play attendant is to be an advocate for play, oversee the basic guidelines, educate children on the difference between a risk and a hazard, and to assist if first aid is required,” Delta’s website explains.

“Play attendants are happy to answer any questions about the play space. Their

FILE PHOTO

Adventure playgrounds have returned to recreation centres in Tsawwassen and North Delta this summer to give youngsters a different kind of play environment. role is not to lead play or supervise, but to provide support at the request of the child.”

The free, drop-in activity is open to kids of all ages.

“It’s a really good way for kids to assess their risk,” Wilson says.

The playgrounds proved popular last year, she adds.

A staff report to Delta

council describes them as a “tremendous success” with over 3,700 visits last year.

The adventure playgrounds are open from

10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily throughout the summer.

They run until Sept. 3.

Anyone who enters the playground needs to be wearing close-toed shoes.

Enjoy bog’s beauty during annual fundraising run DAVE WILLIS

d w i l l i s @ d e l t a - o p t i m i s t .c o m

Get back in touch with nature at this month’s Jog for the Bog. The annual chip-timed 5km and 10km walk or run travels along the edge of the Delta Nature Reserve.

“You have beautiful plants in bloom right now down there. It’s really gorgeous, you’ve got some beautiful flowers,” says the Burns Bog Conservation Society’s Marcello Oliverio.

Jog for the Bog isn’t a highly competitive event and everyone can participate, says Oliverio.

The society hosts the event Sunday, July 22 to celebrate International Bog Day. The annual event celebrates the “beauty of bogs” and helps spread

FILE PHOTO

The annual Jog for the Bog through the Delta Nature Reserve takes place on Sunday, July 22, which is International Bog Day. awareness of peatlands, their importance to all species and ecosystems, and the threats they face, the society’s website explains.

The Scottish Wildlife Trust started International Bog Day to raise awareness about disappearing peatlands worldwide.

When the society celebrat-

ed International Bog Day in 1996, Canada became the 11th country to join the movement.

Proceeds from the jog go towards the society’s

education programs.

They include summer day camps, public tours, inclass workshops and field trips.

Surrey pop/folk singer/ songwriter Richard Tichelman will be performing at the event and there will be a pancake breakfast hosted by DeDutch. Cobs Bakery will be serving up scones as well.

Register online at http:// www.burnsbog.org/jog.

The cost is $45 for the 5km route and $50 to take part in the 10km option.

Runners who raise more than $125 in pledges get their registration fee waived.

Delta Nature Reserve is accessible through the Planet Ice parking lot, at 10389 Nordel Court.

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Lifestyles

Transgender journey chronicled in Beauty Ladner’s Tru Wilson featured in new short film IAN JACQUES

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Vancouver filmmaker Christina Willings’ new short film Beauty features Ladner’s Tru Wilson and her journey of acceptance.

Beauty, which makes its local premiere next month, explores the lives of five gender-creative kids, each uniquely engaged in shaping their ideas of what it means to be fully human.

Whether it’s dealing with bullies, having discussions with their parents or navigating the new waters of relationships, Wilson and the others in the film talk about their experiences and their determination to live in authenticity.

For Wilson, the process of accepting her identity came in stages — from 30 per cent girl, to half and half, and finally, as she states: “OK, I am 100 per cent girl… but I identify as a transgender girl.”

Beauty leads off a selection of new and classic National Film Board of Canada productions at the 30th Vancouver Queer Film Festival, which runs Aug. 9 to 19.

Beauty screens at The Coast Is Genderqueer on Friday, Aug. 17 at 5 p.m. at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. The Coast Is Genderqueer is the festival’s first short film program that showcases local trans, genderfluid and non-binary stories. These are B.C.-made shorts with an emphasis on youth on screen and emerging filmmakers.

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Beauty explores the life of Tru Wilson and four other young people.

When Tru was refused the right to attend Ladner’s Sacred Heart School as a girl, her family filed a human rights complaint against the school and the Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese for not supporting her gender identity.

In response, the Catholic School Board became one of the first in North America to develop a policy to support gender expression in 2014.

Tru and her family went on to participate in a Vancouver park board transgender awareness campaign. In 2015, she was recognized by Vancouver Magazine as one of the city’s 50 most powerful and influential people.

When the Royals visited Canada in 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

personally acknowledged Tru for her advocacy during an Experience 150 and Me Youth reception and last year Tru was named Sexual Health Champion

by Vancouver’s Options for Sexual Health.

She was also named a parade marshal for the Vancouver Pride Parade last year.

“Having my family involved in my advocacy is really great because it’s good for other families to see that by supporting your child you are allowing them to really blossom and become just the best that they can be,” Tru told the Optimist last year.

The Wilsons’ advocacy work continues as they speak at various events about trans rights, the importance of being true to yourself and the need to support your child in their transition.

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Lifestyles Fest jazzes things up in Ladner PHOTOS BY ADRIAN MACNAIR

Last week’s South Delta Jazz Festival featured free noon hour concerts every day at the Delta Community Music School in Ladner. Last Wednesday’s concert saw a group perform that included Kevin Lee on trumpet and Brad Muirhead on trombone.

See more photos from the concert at www. delta-optimist.com.

Volunteers needed to help share harvest

Earthwise Society is actively recruiting volunteers for its Shared Harvest program that ensures thousands of pounds of fruit in Delta doesn’t go to waste annually.

Shared Harvest reaches out to homeowners who have excess fruit or other produce in their home gardens.

Earthwise coordinates volunteers to help pick the fruit, which would otherwise fall to the ground.

Some of the collected produce is shared with the homeowners and volunteers, and the rest is distributed to local families in need, ensuring that nothing goes to waste.

Volunteers spend an hour or two picking fruit with others in the community, knowing they are having a tangible impact on preventing food waste and increasing food security right here in Delta.

“The Shared Harvest program has the potential to have even more impact,” says Hadas Levy, program coordinator at Earthwise Society. “Volunteers are key and we are always looking to connect with more people who would like to make a real difference for our community.”

Homeowners taking part in the program appreciate that fruit from their trees will not go to waste, but rather have a direct impact on preventing hunger.

Those who have fruit in need of harvesting and would like to take part in the Shared Harvest program are asked to call Earthwise Society at 604946-9898.

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Community VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN DELTA

KinVillage Volunteer Gardener for West Court (Care Home) To work with residents, volunteers and staff to plan and maintain our beautiful Court Yard Garden. Training provided in working with residents that have dementia.

Call John at 604 943-0155 ext. 262 or jlusted@kinvillage.org

Deltassist Family & Community Services Save-on-Foods Shopping Volunteers The Deltassist-Save-On-Foods Phone Shop Program is looking for volunteers to shop for seniors. The program takes place on Wednesday mornings at the Tsawwassen Save-On-Foods Store. You will have lots of fun with an amazing group of volunteers. Criminal Record Check Required. For more information contact Lyn at 604-946-9526 or email lynw@deltaassist.com

Deltassist Family & Community Services Volunteer Drivers Deltassist is looking for volunteers to help seniors maintain their independence by driving them to and from medical appointments. This is an on-going flexible position. Must enjoy working with seniors and have a clean driver’s abstract. There is reimbursement for mileage. Criminal Record Check Required. For more information contact Lyn Walker at 604-946-9526 or email lynw@deltaassist.com

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Coming Events CLUBS AND GROUPS There is a Parkinson’s support group meeting on Monday, July 16 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at KinVillage in Tsawwassen. This group is for people living with Parkinson’s and/or the people who care for them. For more information call Gloria 604-948-0156.

Sign up for the Fraser Valley Regional Library’s 2018 Summer Reading Club.

There’s a club for everyone: Read to Me (0 to preschool), Kids (kindergarten to Grade 6), Teens (grades 7 to 12) and Adults. Read for your chance to win prizes. Visit either the Ladner Pioneer Library or the Tsawwassen Library to join.

The Knitting Sisters, who knit and crochet for charities, meet as a drop-in from 10 a.m. to noon on the first and third Saturdays of the month at McKee Seniors Recreation Centre in Ladner.

New members are needed and welcomed. Donations of yarn and/or finished articles are also welcomed. For more information call Brenda 604868-6915 or e-mail brenda. ruby@icloud.com.

Cyclists who would like to ride with others can meet at the Ladner Pioneer Library parking lot Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. The ride is especially suited for reasonably fit, mature cyclists but everyone is welcome. Contact Bob at 604-943-1603 for more information.

Delta Hospice Society offers a Drop-In Relaxation Circle, led by a music therapist, for those living with cancer or serious illness, as well as their family members and friends, every Tuesday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Centre for Supportive Care, 4631 Clarence Taylor Cres., Ladner. Program is complimentary.

The Canadian Lifeboat Institution is interviewing potential volunteers to serve

as crew or support personnel for its Delta Lifeboat.

Professional training is given in seamanship, navigation, medical, and search and rescue techniques.

Contact John at 604-7605218 for more information.

Love the game of golf and want to join a ladies group?

Kings Links Ladies play every Tuesday morning and are welcoming new members. The 2018 season goes until mid-October. Come out and enjoy fun competitions on a challenging course. For more information contact Jennifer at 604-946-4346 or j.ellen@telus.net.

Ambassadors Tsawwassen Mills Toastmasters meet every second and fourth Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. The club meets at the Tsawwassen Mills training room and always welcomes guests.

Come and see how Toastmasters can help you gain confidence and leadership skills through public speaking in a safe, encouraging environment. For more information contact Karentaipalus@gmail.com.

FUND RAISERS Pick up your summer reading at a fraction of the cost as the Hospice Cottage Charity Shoppe, 1521-56th St., Tsawwassen, is holding a book sale throughout the summer. All different types and titles of books available in time to stock up for summer holidays.

SPECIAL EVENTS Master puppeteer and storyteller Elspeth Bowers will perform an actionpacked program of stories, songs and a puppet show at local libraries on Friday, July 13. She will be at the Ladner Pioneer Library from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. and the Tsawwassen Library from 2 to 2:45 p.m.

coding around the world on July 20, a date commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing. This moonthemed project is for kids between the ages of eight and 12 who are learning to code or want to practice block coding using Scratch. Registration is required. No experience is required.

Experience the world through folk tales, wise words and song with storyteller Shayna Jones on Monday, July 23 from 11 to 11:45 a.m. at the Ladner Pioneer Library and from 2 to 2:45 p.m. at the Tsawwassen Library.

Delta MP Carla Qualtrough hosts an annual Community BBQ on Saturday, Sept. 8 at Annieville Lions Park, 9150-112th St., from noon to 3 p.m. All members of the community are invited for a free BBQ to celebrate the end of summer. Lunch will be served by the North Delta Lions Club. Back to school items will be collected for students in need.

Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Tsawwassen Library connect with other newshounds for News and Views to discuss current events in the news.

Bring an article to share or discuss what turns up in the day’s papers.

Love learning about local history? Want to try your hand at playing a character from the past? A historical re-enactment of life in Delta during the First World War to take place at Kirkland House in Ladner is seeking volunteer reenactors to play speaking and non-speaking roles. The event takes place on Sept. 28 and 29, but participants must be available for six to eight preparation workshops starting in midAugust. Contact project director Peg Keenleyside at peg.keenleyside@gmail.com for more information.

Do you want to talk about big ideas and learn from the greatest minds on the planet? Attend a TED Talks Discussion Group at the Tsawwassen Library on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m. TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is dedicated to spreading ideas and covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues. Listen to a pre-selected TED Talk and an open discussion will follow.

The Tsawwassen summer car boot sales take place at the Centennial Beach parking lot. The next sale takes place Saturday, July 14 from 8:30 a.m. to noon.

Cost for vendors is $10 on a first-come, first-served basis.

Hosted by Boundary Bay Park Association. Contact Tom at 604-940-9296 or visit boundarybayparkassociation.wordpress.com for more information. Sale schedule: July 28, Aug. 11 and 25, and Sept. 8.

Mark your calendar to schedule weekly musical playdates with Loades of Music Concert Band. Adults with woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments meet Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m. at Saviour Lutheran Church in Ladner. For more info email loadesofmusic@ gmail.com.

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Help break a world record for the most kids coding on a single day at a Moonhackathon on Friday, July 20 from 1 to 2:15 p.m. at the Ladner Pioneer Library and 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. at the Tsawwassen Library. The goal of Moonhack is to get as many kids as possible

The Coming Events column is published every Thursday as a community service. If you have a non-profit event, e-mail (events@delta-optimist.com), mail or drop off the details to the Optimist by 3 p.m. Monday. Submissions are subject to space limitations. No phone calls, please.

Play golf? Join the McKee Golden Irons on Friday mornings at Delta Golf Course (handicap system).

Call Ken at 604-940-7498.

The SDSS grad class of 1988 is holding a 30-year reunion on Sept. 15 at the Tsawwassen Tunnel Town Curling Club. Tickets at Eventbrite (search SDSS).

Calling all grads from the Delta Secondary class of 1968. A 50th reunion will be held Sept. 29 at the Coast Tsawwassen Inn. Contact Barb at bwayte@telus.net.

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It was a sweeping success at the 18th annual Tour de Delta for American Kendall Ryan including Saturday night’s criterium in Ladner.

Queen of the Delta streets Kendall Ryan becomes just second women’s competior to win all three races It didn’t matter where she was, Kendall Ryan was the queen of the Delta streets all weekend.

The 25-year-old California native put on a show in the 18th annual Tour de Delta. The three-time U.S. National champion became just the second women’s competitor in the event’s history to win all three races. After criterium victories in North Delta and Ladner, her work was done in Sunday’s White Spot Road Race in Tsawwassen — an event she also won a year ago.

This year, it was a great lead out by Ryan’s TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank teammates on the final lap that set up her specialty – the sprint.

“My teammates absolutely gutted themselves in that lead out. They were relentless today on every attack and just made sure I was able to sit in and save everything for the finish,” explained Ryan who netted nearly $3,400 for the win.

“I tried to do the same line I took last year, I think I went a little bit early, but I was still taking the fastest line. I saw Lily Williams coming up on my right and just had to hit it again, so I was happy to hold on to it and take the win a second time.”

Williams, who is riding for the Hagens Berman – Spearmint and was runner-up at the US collegiate cross nationals last year, finished second in the bunch sprint.

In Ladner less than 24 hours earlier, Ryan covered the 50-lap 45-kilometre course in one

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hour, nine minutes, and 23 seconds.

“That last lap was super sketch! My teammate (Alison Jackson), I just let her go and they were looking at me like, ‘Why did you just let your teammate go?’ and I said, ‘She isn’t done!’, laughed Ryan. “In the end, there were people coming down the right, I slipped in for third, just barely got by and took that last cor-

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Colorado’s Eric Young swept both men’s criterium events including on Saturday night in Ladner.

ner pretty hot.”

On the men’s side, Eric Young was looking to duplicate Ryan’s feat after also winning both criterium events. However, the Colorado native was denied an American sweep of the six races by a Rally Cycling teammate — Victoria native Adam de Vos. The 24-year-old covered the gruelling grueling 155.46 kilometre trek in three hours, 30 minutes, and 12 seconds. As he crossed the finish line he pointed at a tattoo on his wrist of a fox chasing a rabbit. The symbolism has a special meaning to him.

“It’s a new fox tattoo, it’s part of my heritage and it’s what my last name means in English,” de Vos explained. “I had a breakaway in Malaysia that I won a stage on and they called me ‘Sneaky Fox’, so that’s what it is.”

The last half of Sunday’s race saw several attacks and breaks, but it was de Vos and his Rally Cycling teammates near the front each time, despite the chase group being loaded with speedsters like Hermann Radteam Florenz Knauer.

“Florenz - I raced with him on H&R Block actually - he is incredibly quick. In a group of eight when you have the numbers, you can just go with one in four odds, you must make it better for yourself so that’s what we were trying to do,” added de Vos. The Tour de Delta is part of BC Superweek that also includes races in New West, Vancouver, Burnaby and White Rock.

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Boyd three-peats as BC Junior champion Owen Tambley wins bronze at own club There was plenty of local flavour standing on the podium at the end of the weekend after the Ladner Lawn Bowling Club proudly hosted the 2018 BC Junior Championships.

Tsawwassen Lawn Bowling Club’s Emma Boyd did the expected — winning her third straight BC title.

The 2018 South Delta Secondary graduate defeated Sierra Trueman in the gold medal game and now will represent her province at next month’s Canadian Junior Championships in Winnipeg. Boyd was third at the 2017 event in Nova Scotia.

Rounding out the girls podium

finishers was Luci Ewen defeating Tsawwassen’s Amanda Tremblay for the bronze medal.

On the boys side, Ladner Lawn Bowling Club’s Owen Tambley captured bronze with a win over 2017 BC champion Trevor Birrell in what was actually a rematch of last year’s final.

In the championship game, Auzzie Chambers defeated Jason Valchar. He will also be heading to Manitoba as the BC representative at Nationals.

A number of BC players are also expected to participate in the open field event.

PHOTO BY MARK BOOTH

Tsawwassen’s Emma Boyd won her third straight BC Junior title on the weekend in Ladner.

McManus plays 150th game for Canada

At 24, Sara McManus earned her 150th cap last week.

Still a month away from her 25th birthday, Sara McManus is rapidly climbing up the charts as one of the most experienced international players in the history of the Canadian women’s field hockey team.

The South Delta Secondary graduate and Delta Falcon product earned her 150th international cap in Canada’s 4-1 win over Belarus last week.

McManus made her senior national team debut when she was just 18 and has been a mainstay with the program since. The seven-year stint includes winning

bronze at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto, marking the first time Canada has reached the podium in 16 years.

McManus and the Canadian team is currently on an extensive tour of Europe that began back on June 15 with a 3-0 win over Ireland.

It will conclude with three matches against Spain this weekend.

McManus was among the goal scorers in a 4-0 win over France on July 1.

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DDRCjuniorsrepresentingCanada atCanAmMexeventinMexicoCity It’s a busy summer for Delta rowers on international waters.

Delta Deas Rowing Club members Stuart Velestuk and Danica Vangsgaard are in Mexico City this week as members of a national junior team competing in the CanAmMex Regatta. The week-long event wraps up on Saturday.

Velestuk and Vangsgaard were selected for the Canadian team based on their performances at last month’s 2018 Speed Orders — National Team Trials held in London, ON. The event determined spots for a variety of international

competitions.

“It’s a mix of returning champions and athletes new to international racing. Athletes went through a vigorous week of selection to earn their spots on this list and it’s our hope that future Olympians and World Champions will emerge,” said said Adam Parfitt, RCA Director, Coach and Athlete Pathways.

Meanwhile, Ladner native and 2016 Olympian Maxwell Lattimer is in Lucerne Switzerland this weekend for the FISA World Rowing Cup 3.

This event is the second international competition of the 2018

season for Canada’s senior athletes, which includes a combination of World Cup 1 medallists and crews making their debut at the World Rowing Cup series.

Lattimer, will be teaming with Patrick Keane for the men’s lightweight double sculls event. They were fourth in the same race at World Rowing Cup 1 in Belgium.

Lattimer will celebrate his 25th birthday on Saturday.

Jane Gumley, who did some training at DDRC before taking her career to UVic, has been named coxswain for Canada’s men’s eight crew.

Delta Deas Rowing Club juniors Danica Vangsgaard and Stuart Velestuk are representing Canada in Mexico City this week.

Pioneers host Coquitlam & Victoria to close out league play The playoffs will start a week early for the Ladner Pioneers as they look to grab second place in the final West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association with two big home games.

The Pioneers currently sit in fifth place but can jump up all the way to second by winning their final three games and with a little help too.

Ladner (9-5-0) travelled to Abbotsford Wednesday to take on the last place Valley Rebels (0-16-1) before returning home tonight (8 p.m.) to face the second place Coquitlam Adanacs (10-4-1-1).

The Pioneers will then close out their regular season schedule Sunday (5 p.m.) when the third place Victoria Wolves (9-5-1) are in town.

Ladner Pioneers are taking aim at second place with key home games against Coquitlam and Victoria.

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Ladner has won two previous meetings against Coquitlam while splitting a pair of games against the Wolves in the provincial capital.

The first place Nanaimo Timbermen (12-3-0) also will have a say in the Pioneers’ destiny by hosting Victoria last night and Coquitlam on Saturday.

Ladner produced a much-needed 12-9 road win over the Royal City Capitals on Saturday night.

The hosts actually took a 7-6 lead into the final period when Ladner rallied with six goals.

Michael Berekoff led the way with five goals and Spencer Bromley added a hat trick. Sam Clare had four points, including a pair of goals. Zach Wickett made 37 saves.

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Alumni out in full force for Graeme Carswell tourney It was another outstanding turnout for the third annual Graeme Carswell Memorial Tournament.

The event was created by longtime South Delta Secondary soccer coaches Stephen Burns and Brent Sweeney in honour of their former student and player who lost his life in a tragic fishing accident on the Chilliwack River in February, 2016. Carswell was just 21.

About 40 alumni players participated in seven-aside mini-games followed by a post-match social at the Rose and Crown Pub with all proceeds going to the Graeme Carswell Follow Your Dreams Bursary Award.

Burns and Sweeney received input from Carswell’s parents Kim and Kathleen on criteria for award. Previous winners Eric Swanson (2016) and Thorsten Schaub were standout soccer players that also had other deserving qualities.

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He was also a member of the school’s rugby and basketball teams.

A personalized etched glass trophy was donated and created by Alan Dagg to be presented to the winners.

“We are very thankful for the energy and commitment to putting this together

by Brent and Stephen and for letting us have the opportunity to present a legacy award in Graeme’s name each year at the high school,” said Kathleen Carswell.

“We had an excellent turnout of past and present SDSS soccer players, friends, parents and classmates of Graeme’s who came out in support, friendship and remembrance for the fun soccer event in Graeme’s name. This was followed by a wonderful evening supported by Shelley at the Rose and Crown and all the patrons.”

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$799,900 #1 TEAM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 2017* 2016*

• Lot is epprox. 5195 sq ft • Option for South or Eest fecing reer yerd • Loceted in desireble Boundery Bey

6704 1A AVENUE, TSAWWASSEN

$775,000 W G NE TIN S LI

• 1485 sq ft with rooftop deck • 3 bedrooms, 3 bethrooms • Beeutiful, modern kitchen • Mins to Grendview Corners

80-16336 23A AVENUE

$659,000 W G NE TIN LIS

• 732 sq ft condo with huge belcony • 2 bedrooms, 2 bethrooms

• Very specious end updeted throughout • Welk to shops end pets ere welcome

$554,900 W G NE TIN S I L

• 1035 sq ft unit on quite side of building • 2 bedrooms, 2 bethrooms • New kitchen, flooring, peint, end doors • Minutes to shops, resteurents, end more 217-8142 120A STREET

$338,800 W G NE TIN S I L

• Unit 7 - 1087 sq ft office with weshroom • Reception eree, 3 exem rooms • Unit 8 - 700 sq ft open spece • Plenty of perking for both units

DELTA RISE PENTHOUSE W G NE TIN S LI

• 657 sq ft condo with 550 sq ft belcony • 1 bedroom, 1 bethroom • High-end finishings throughout • Stunning views from living eree end bedroom 3801-11967 80 AVENUE, DELTA

$799,900

#1 2 RE/MAX® TEAM IN WESTERN CANADA 2016** 2017**

® *Based on sales total REBGV sales 2017. **Based oncommercial total residential commissions in 2017 all RE/MAX associatesininCanada Canada. *Based on total REBGV MLS 2016. **For total residential and transactions combined of all for RE/MAX sales associates for 2016.

July 12, 2018 The Delta Optimist A33

deSIraBLe POrt GuICHON LOCatION W G NE TIN S LI

• 1522 sq fa hom\ on 7131 sq fa loa • 5 b\ebooms, 2 bfahbooms • S_nny, f\nc\e So_ah ffcing yfbe • Clos\ ao Lfen\b Villfg\

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY W G NE TIN LIS

4520 SAVOY STREET, LADNER

1956 VerNON Street

$851,888

$878,000

raNCHer ON LarGe LOt W G NE TIN S I L

• 1107 sq fa hom\ on 7261 sq fa loa • 3 b\eboom, 1 bfahboom

• 8882 sq fa b\afil spfc\ • High pbofil\ locfaion • Long a\bm a\nfnas • Gb\fa cfp bfa\

LARGE FAMILY HOME W G NE TIN S LI

• upefa\e floobing, kiach\n, fne bfahboom

• 1877 sq fa hom\ on 6480 sq fa loa • 4 b\ebooms, 2 bfahbooms • S_ia\ poa\naifl • Clos\ ao shops, schools, fne mob\

• N\w\b boof fne wineows 4681 64 Street, LadNer

4552 47A STREET, LADNER

$899,900

$935,000

LARGE 2 BEDROOM AT “SAHALEE” W G NE TIN S LI

• 1741 sq fa cobn\b _nia wiah 2 pfbking saflls

LOVELY FAMILY HOME IN HOLLY W G NE TIN S LI

• Wflk ao shops, b\saf_bfnas, fne mob\

• 2707 sq fa hom\ on 5005 sq fa loa • 4 b\ebooms, 3 bfahbooms • Lfbg\ kiach\n, in floob h\faing, mfbbl\ ail\s • Gfm\s boom on _pp\b floob p\bf\ca fob ah\ kies

201-1330 HuNter rOad, tSaWWaSSeN

6325 45a aVeNue, LadNer

• 2 b\ebooms, 2 bfahbooms • Lfbg\, op\n living fb\f fne 2 e\cks

$998,000

$998,800

LOVeLY HOMe ON COrNer LOt W G NE TIN S I L

• 2980 sq fa hom\ on 6738 sq fa loa • 5 b\ebooms, 3 bfahbooms • Gobg\o_s in-lfw s_ia\ • Clos\ ao shops fne fm\niai\s

SPLIT LEVEL FAMILY HOME W G NE TIN S I L

4237 ARTHUR DRIVE, LADNER

4949 53 STREET, LADNER

$999,900

$1,027,000

LarGe COrNer LOt W G NE TIN S I L

• 2308 sq fa hom\ on 8493 sq fa loa • 4 b\ebooms, 2 bfahbooms • Low\b l\v\l is \fsily s_ia\e • Clos\ ao pfbks, schools, fne fll fm\niai\s

LOVELY HOME ON LARGE LOT W G NE TIN S I L

4855 58 STREET, LADNER

$1,038,800

BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED FAMILY HOME • 2063 sq fa hom\ on 4894 sq fa loa • 4 b\ebooms, 2 bfahbooms • upefa\e kiach\ns, floobing, fne b\ebooms • Op\n conc\pa on boah l\v\ls 5680 GrOVe aVeNue, LadNer

$1,038,800 #8 RE/MAX® TEAM IN CANADA 2017**

• 2200 sq fa hom\ on 10,121 sq fa loa • 3 b\ebooms, 2 bfahbooms • S_ia\ poa\naifl on low\b l\v\l • Q_i\a sab\\a y\a clos\ ao shops fne fm\niai\s 1473 54 Street, tSaWWaSSeN

$1,029,900 W G NE TIN LIS

• 1964 sq fa hom\ on 6622 sq fa loa • 3 b\ebooms, 2 bfahbooms • N\w\b wineows, f_bnfc\, fne hoa wfa\b afnk • W\sa ffcing bfckyfbe wiah cov\b\e e\ck

IN THE HEART OF THE VILLAGE W G NE TIN S I L

• 1877 sq fa hom\ b_ila in 2017 • 4 b\ebooms, 4 bfahbooms • Op\n conc\pa kiach\n & living fb\f • Sa\ps ao Lfen\b Villfg\ shops & b\saf_bfnas 4851 ELLIS LANE, LADNER

$1,048,000

#23 RE/MAX® TEAM WORLDWIDE 2017***

*** Based on total residential and commercial commissions combined in 2017 for all RE/MAX associates worldwide (over 100,000 agents). As recognized by the RE/MAX INTERNATIONAL achievement award given to Fraser and/or Fraser and his team for 2017.

A34 The Delta Optimist July 12, 2018 RE/MAX® Progroup Realty 5360 12th Ave, Delta, BC V4M 2B3

DESIRABLE IMPERIAL VILLAGE W G NE TIN S LI

• 1839 sq ft home ob 4953 sq ft lot • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Large, opeb kitcheb abd family room • Mibs to shoppibg abd all amebities

ROOM FOR THE wHOLE FAMILY W G NE TIN LIS

1678 GOLF CLUB DRIVE, TSAwwASSEn

12390 104 AVEnUE

$1,048,800

$1,049,000

TILBURY wAREHOUSE W G NE TIN S I L

• 2841 sq ft _arehouse area • 1400 sq ft mezzabibe area • Easy access to H_y 17 abd H_y 99

UPDATED FAMILY HOME On LARGE LOT W G NE TIN S I L

130-7858 HOSKInS STREET, DELTA

$1,098,000

CHESAPEAKE LAnDInG EnD UnIT • 2130 sq ft ebd ubit _ith huge yard • 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms

LOVELY FAMILY HOME W G NE TIN S I L

• Beautiful abd bright maib _ith master • Mibs to golf course, mariba,

• Family friebdly beighbourhood

86-5900 FERRY ROAD, LADnER

6368 DAwn DRIVE, LADnER

$1,099,900

$1,099,900

COnVEnIEnTLY LOCATED FAMILY HOME • 2460 sq ft home ob 6747 sq ft lot • 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Updated kitcheb, bathrooms, abd flooribg • Garage, large drive_ay, abd febced yard

CEnTRALLY LOCATED FAMILY HOME W G NE TIN S I L

5102 11A AVEnUE, TSAwwASSEn

$1,150,000

UPDATED FAMILY HOME • 2504 sq ft home ob 15,522 sq ft lot • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • ne_er kitcheb, bathrooms, abd flooribg • Huge park-like lot ib cebtral locatiob

SOUGHT AFTER VICTORY SOUTH W G NE TIN S LI

636 52 STREET, TSAwwASSEn

$1,198,800

UPDATED BOUnDARY BAY RAnCHER • 1479 sq ft home ob 7523 sq ft lot • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Updated kitcheb, flooribg, abd bathrooms • Subby backyard abd double _ide garage 286 66A STREET, TSAwwASSEn

$1,248,800 #1 TEAM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 2017* 2016*

• 2143 sq ft home ob 7816 sq ft lot • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Extebsively rebovated home & opeb livibg area • Located ob a cul-de-sac ib family friebdly area 5314 ASPEn wAY, LADnER

$1,168,800 W G NE TIN S I L

• 2117 sq ft home ob 9483 sq ft lot • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Large, rectabgular lot • Close to schools, shoppibg, abd more 928 51A STREET, TSAWWASSEN

$1,099,900 W G NE TIN S LI

• 2317 sq ft home ob 4952 sq ft lot • 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • ne_er roof, _ibdo_s, furbace, abd febcibg

abd shops

W G NE TIN S I L

• 2320 sq ft home ob 9687 sq ft lot • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • ne_er kitcheb _ith SS abd _hite cabibetry • Mibutes to Ladber Village & all amebities 4251 ARTHUR DRIVE, LADnER

$1,088,800 W G NE TIN S I L

• 3578 sq ft home ob 7317 sq ft lot • 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms • Large maib floor livibg plus 2 ib la_ suites • Close to all amebities & easy access to H_y 17

UPDATED SPLIT-LEVEL W G NE TIN S I L

• 2070 sq ft home ob 7476 sq ft lot • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Updated kitcheb, flooribg, roof, abd _ibdo_s • Quiet, family friebdly street close to parks abd schools 5097 ERIN WAY, TSAWWASSEN

$1,249,888

#1 2 RE/MAX® TEAM IN WESTERN CANADA 2016** 2017**

® *Based on sales total REBGV sales 2017. **Based oncommercial total residential commissions in 2017 all RE/MAX associatesininCanada Canada. *Based on total REBGV MLS 2016. **For total residential and transactions combined of all for RE/MAX sales associates for 2016.

July 12, 2018 The Delta Optimist A35

rETail SPaCE On ThE BEaCh W G NE TIN S LI

• 1906 sq ft stfeet ffoit fetnkj spnce • Cuffeitjm feited to 3 teinits • Pfkme wlkte rock jocntkoi • Fnitnstkc cnsl flod oppoftuiktm

rOOFTOP DECK wiTh viEwS W G NE TIN S LI

15523 MarinE DrivE

474 TralEE CrESCEnT, TSawwaSSEn

$1,250,000

$1,268,800

BEaUTiFUl nEw 2 BEDrOOM COnDO W G NE TIN LIS

• 1622 sq ft coido dktl jnfge bnjcoim • 2 bedfooms, 3 bntlfooms • Bfkglt, opei coicept jkekig nfen • Stuiikig gojf coufse nid mouitnki ekeds

UPDaTED EXECUTivE hOME On larGE lOT W G NE TIN LIS

508-5011 SPrinGS BOUlEvarD, TSawwaSSEn

$1,298,800

BEaUTiFUl viEw aCrEaGE

FanTaSTiC DEvElOPMEnT OPPOrTUniTy • 2102 sq ft lome oi 15,521 sq ft jot • 3 bedfooms, 3 bntlfooms • wejj kept lome dktl boiuus guest louse • Poteitknjjm sub-dkekdnbje jot

W G NE TIN S I L

11568 PEMBErTOn CrESCEnT, DElTa

$1,319,900

BEAUTIFULLY RENOVATED HOME • 2334 sq ft lome oi 5340 sq ft jot • Compjetejm feioented kiskde nid out • Eiteftnkief’s dfenm outdoof jkekig nfen • Cjose to slops, festnufnits, nid mofe

CEnTEnnial TiDES hOME W G NE TIN LIS

4949 LINDEN DRIVE, LADNER

$1,349,000

halF aCrE lOT • 1698 sq ft lome oi ienfjm 1/2 ni ncfe • 4 bedfooms, 1 bntlfoom • Bukjd mouf dfenm lome of lojd to deeejop • iidustfknj i1 zoikig

STUnninG FOrMEr ShOw hOME W G NE TIN S LI

5000 64 STrEET, laDnEr

$1,538,800

an arChiTECTUral GEM • 2979 sq ft lome oi 10,489 sq ft jot • 5 bedfooms, 3 bntlfooms • Oie jeeej jkekig dktl uppef foof top pntko • Detncled guest louse/cnbnin nid dofkslop 42 GEOrGia wynD, TSawwaSSEn

$1,558,800 #8 RE/MAX® TEAM IN CANADA 2017**

• 2507 sq ft lome oi 5161 sq ft jot • 4 bedfooms, 3 bntlfooms • Benutkfuj kktclei/gfent foom dktl entkig nfen • Expniskee eitfmdnm 5139 44B avEnUE, laDnEr

$1,358,800 W G NE TIN S I L

• 1975 sq ft lome oi 4973 sq ft jot • 4 bedfooms, 3 bntlfooms • immncujntejm mnkitnkied lome • Steps to tle bencl

527 SEaShEll DrivE, TSawwaSSEn

$1,338,800 W G NE TIN S LI

• Enskjm deeejoped 13.71 ncfes • Zoied fof mnki lome, cottnge, studko, nid outbukjdkigs • Sefekces nt pfopeftm jkie • vkeds of Oceni, Mt Bnkef, Gujf isjnids, nid mofe 110 SKywaTEr lanE

$1,299,900 W G NE TIN LIS

• 2657 sq ft lome oi 12,648 sq ft jot • 3 bedfooms (dei coujd be 4tl), 3 bntlfooms • nedef foof, dkidods, nid tnikjess lot dntef lentef • Outdoof spnce fof eiteftnkikig pjus detncled dofkslop 4716 STahaKEn PlaCE, TSawwaSSEn

$1,288,000 W G NE TIN S I L

• 2796 sq ft lome oi 7793 sq ft jot • 4 bedfooms, 3 bntlfooms • Benutkfuj mnstef dktl eisukte & dnjk-ki cjoset • Fnitnstkc outdoof nfens fof eiteftnkikig

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME W G NE TIN S I L

• 2576 sq ft lome oi 12,217 sq ft jot • 4 bedfooms, 2 bntlfooms • huge fectnigujnf jot • Cjose to scloojs, sloppkig, nid mofe 548 EnGliSh BlUFF rOaD, TSawwaSSEn

$1,588,800

#23 RE/MAX® TEAM WORLDWIDE 2017***

*** Based on total residential and commercial commissions combined in 2017 for all RE/MAX associates worldwide (over 100,000 agents). As recognized by the RE/MAX INTERNATIONAL achievement award given to Fraser and/or Fraser and his team for 2017.

A36 The Delta Optimist July 12, 2018 RE/MAX® Progroup Realty 5360 12th Ave, Delta, BC V4M 2B3

LOVELY BEACH GROVE HOME W G NE TIN S LI

• 2404 sq ft home on 6724 sq ft lot • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Large, open kitchen with eating area • Private yard and patio for summer

CUSTOM BUILT HOME WITH STUNNING VIEWS W G NE TIN S LI

entertaining 5859 16 AVENUE, TSAWWASSEN

36462 ESTEVAN COURT

$1,588,800

$1,598,800

BOUNDARY BAY FAMILY HOME W G NE TIN S LI

• 2700 sq ft home on 5512 sq ft lot • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Bright and open living area • Stunning views and steps to the beach

LOVELY RANCHER ON HUGE LOT W G NE TIN S LI

383 67A STREET, TSAWWASSEN

$1,649,000

STUNNING WATERFRONT VIEW PROPERTY • 3357 sq ft home on 1.8 acres • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Build your custom dream home • Views of Canoe Pass, Georgia Straight, and Gulf Islands

STUNNING FULLY RENOVATED HOME W G NE TIN S LI

• Close to shops, schools, and amenities 5138 CLIFF PLACE, TSAWWASSEN

$1,650,000

$1,688,800

STUNNING WESTHAM ISLAND HOME • 4194 sq ft home on 0.86 acres • 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Completely renovated throughout • Views of Gulf Islands, mountains, and farmland

NORTHSHORE MOUNTAIN VIEWS W G NE TIN S LI

4862 SAVAGE ROAD, LADNER

RETAIL SPACE ON LUXURY ROW W G NE TIN S I L

4407 W RIVER ROAD, LADNER

$2,088,800

STUNNING ACREAGE IN PRIME LOCATION

DELTA RISE COMMERCIAL SPACE • 3875 sq ft of office space • Brand new, entire third floor • Located in residential building with retail at grade

300-303-11957 80 AVENUE, DELTA

$2,200,000 #1 TEAM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA 2017* 2016*

• 1493 sq ft street level retail space • Rear door access with dedicated parking stall • Currently operated as bakery/cafe

1728 WEST 2ND AVENUE

$1,988,800 W G NE TIN S I L

• 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms • Stunning executive residence • Close to schools, shops, and amenities

$1,749,000

STUNNING WATERFRONT HOME • 3141 sq ft home with 5283 sq ft lot • 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms • Stunning 1 year old float home • Breathtaking views

• 4791 sq ft home on 12,058 sq ft lot

11337 159B STREET

$1,748,800 W G NE TIN S I L

• 3410 sq ft home on 12,425 sq ft lot • 5 bedrooms & den, 3 bathrooms • Huge kitchen and open living/dining areas

3330 W RIVER ROAD, LADNER

W G NE TIN S I L

• 2192 sq ft home on 10,342 sq ft lot • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Open concept living area • Backing onto Beach Grove Golf Course 948 EDEN CRESCENT, TSAWWASSEN

$1,599,900 W G NE TIN S LI

• 4018 sq ft home on 10,141 sq ft lot • 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms • Legal 2 bedroom suite plus plenty of parking • Stunning Mt Baker & Fraser Valley views

W G NE TIN S I L

• 3592 sq ft home on nearly 2 acres • 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms • Updated home with newer roof and flooring • Multiple outbuildings perfect for a hobby farm 3541 41B STREET, LADNER

$2,498,800

#1 2 RE/MAX® TEAM IN WESTERN CANADA 2016** 2017**

® *Based on sales total REBGV sales 2017. **Based oncommercial total residential commissions in 2017 all RE/MAX associatesininCanada Canada. *Based on total REBGV MLS 2016. **For total residential and transactions combined of all for RE/MAX sales associates for 2016.

July 12, 2018 The Delta Optimist A37

wATERFRONT HOME wITH STUNNING VIEwS W G NE TIN S LI

• 2506 sq ft home on 8182 sq ft lot • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Ultra high-end appointments • Open concept eith floor to ceiling

CUSTOM BUILT wATERFRONT HOME W G NE TIN S LI

eindoes

38 TSAwwASSEN BEACH ROAD, TSAwwASSEN

862 TSAwwASSEN BEACH RD, TSAwwASSEN

$2,758,800

$2,538,800

STUNNING wATERFRONT HOME W G NE TIN S LI

• 2437 sq ft home on 17,943 sq ft lot • 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Mid-century design, over 70’ of beach frontage • Seeeping vistas from nearly every room

STUNNING OCEAN VIEw ESTATE W G NE TIN S LI

20 TSAwwASSEN BEACH ROAD, TSAwwASSEN

$3,188,800

2009-BUILT LUXURY RESIDENCE wITH STUNNING OCEAN VIEwS! • 3219 sq ft home on 7393 sq ft lot • 4 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms • High quality craftsmanship throughout • Stunning ocean viees eith decis all levels

FREESTANDING wAREHOUSE W G NE TIN LIS

140 GRAHAM DRIVE, TSAwwASSEN

$3,288,000

9.5 ACRES ON PRESTIGIOUS ARTHUR DRIVE • 1922 sq ft home on 9.5 acres • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Separate guest home • Multiple barns and eorishop

POwELL RIVER ACREAGE W G NE TIN S LI

3749 ARTHUR DRIVE, LADNER

$5,500,000

PRIME LAND ASSEMBLY • Developer/Investor alert • Fantastic location • Adjacent to winsiill Pari • Close to all amenities

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING ESTATE W G NE TIN S I L

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO, TSAwwASSEN

$6,998,800

23 ACRE PARCEL NEAR INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR • 23 acres eith 3 livable homes • Adjacent to Delta Port Higheay • Close to nee industrial pari • Currently an equestrian centre

2990 57B STREET, LADNER

$11,500,000 #8 RE/MAX® TEAM IN CANADA 2017**

• 10,207 sq ft home on just over 1 acre • 6 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms • Indoor pool, outdoor iitchen, putting green • 8 car garage, sport court, and movie theatre 3053 ANMORE CREEk wAY

$6,993,000 W G NE TIN LIS

• 123 acre porperty • Stunning Poeell Laie frontage • A2 (large lot rural zoning) • Build your oen dream estate

LOT 6 ATLIN AVENUE

$3,388,800 W G NE TIN S I L

• 12,951 sq ft building on 28,225 sq ft lot • 8800 sq ft earehouse space, 4100 sq ft mezzanine • High profile Higheay 1 exposure • OCP designated “Urban Centre” 33723A kING ROAD

$3,200,000 W G NE TIN S LI

• 9852 sq ft home on 20,124 sq ft lot • 7 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms • Exquisite high-end finishings throughout • Open living areas & large deci for entertaining 14601 55A AVENUE

$2,788,800 W G NE TIN LIS

• 3342 sq ft home on 20,849 sq ft lot • 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms • Architecturally designed open design • Stunning ocean viees from nearly every room

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY W G NE TIN S LI

• 112 acre parcel of land • High profile exposure on Hey 17A • Close to Delta Port and ferry terminal • Only 20 mins to Vancouver 3894 ARTHUR DRIVE, LADNER

$19,718,800

#23 RE/MAX® TEAM WORLDWIDE 2017***

***Based on total residential and commercial commissions combined in 2017 for all RE/MAX associates worldwide (over 100,000 agents). As recognized by the RE/MAX INTERNATIONAL achievement award given to Fraser and/or Fraser and his team for 2017.

A38 The Delta Optimist July 12, 2018 RE/MAX® Progroup Realty 5360 12th Ave, Delta, BC V4M 2B3

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*For total residential and commercial commissions combined in 2017 for all RE/MAX® associates in Canada. **For total residential and commercial commissions combined in 2017 out of over 100,000 RE/MAX® sales associates worldwide. As recognized by the RE/MAX® INTERNATIONAL achievement award to Fraser and his team for 2017.

July 12, 2018 The Delta Optimist A39 RE/MAX® Progroup Realty 5360 12th Ave, Delta, BC V4M 2B3

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*For total residential and commercial commissions combined in 2017 for all RE/MAX® associates in Canada.**Based on total REBGV MLS sales to date June 14 2018. ***For total residential and commercial commissions combined in 2017 out of over 100,000 RE/MAX® sales associates worldwide. As recognized by the RE/MAX® INTERNATIONAL achievement award to Fraser and his team for 2017.

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Service update to our June 15th obituary notice; Funeral Service will be held for Olive Gordon on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 at 11:00 AM, at Sacred Heart Church, 3900 Arthur Drive, Delta, B.C.

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It is with great shock and sadness that we announce the passing of Wayne Vernon Knowles: loving husband, devoted father and grandfather, cherished son and sibling, and loyal friend to many.

Wayne passed away at his home and sanctuary in Point Roberts, with his wife and best friend, Linda, by his side. Wayne’s bright spirit is carried on through his wife Linda, three children Jarrett (Lia), Cassidy (Cam) and Marcus (Mariana), his stepchildren Steve (Tara) and Jon (Danielle), who will all continue to share stories of their dad to his grandchildren-Ella, Boaz, Leisel, Ben and Nicolas.

Wayne is also survived by his adoring mother Ruth, his siblings Brenda (Bob) and Jerry (Inge), his first wife and close friend, Patti-Lynn.

Wayne was born in Chicago on January 24th, 1954 to Ruth and Dr. Vernon Knowles. Shortly after, the family moved to Saskatoon, and spent summers at their beloved cabin home at Waskesiu Lake.

Wayne was a celebrated athlete throughout high school and at The University of Saskatchewan, where he received his MBA. In his twenties, he moved to British Columbia where he raised his three children before finding his permanent home in the quiet town of Point Roberts. Wayne had a vision for community-to build a space for families to enjoy-which he poured his passion and time into through his cultivation of The Cottages of Sea Bright Farms.

Wayne will be remembered for his kind and generous spirit; he loved to laugh and was always happiest when surrounded by those closest to him. He embraced all people with an open, accepting heart, treating everyone with a sense of equality and love, and the faith in his church and God only escalated this. Above all else, he valued the importance of family - a quality that he instilled in his children, which will be passed on forever.

There will be a service to celebrate Wayne’s life on July 19th, 2018 at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, held at Sea Bright Farms, in Point Roberts, Washington. If travelling from Vancouver, please anticipate possible border line-ups, where you will need your passport.

Jack died unexpectedly on July 2, 2018 following complications of heart surgery. He was born 66 years ago in Montreal, Quebec but moved to BC when he was 5 years old. Jack grew up in Richmond and in his youth was an avid soccer and baseball player. He moved to Ladner with his family in the mid ‘90s where he has lived ever since. Jack worked in construction his whole life and was proud to be part of the Progressive/Performance team for over 40 years. He loved boating, wakeboarding and surfing, golfing, tropical winter vacations, good food and a cold Corona now and then.

He was a devoted Dad to Stephen, Tyler and Crystal, loving partner to Cathy and only brother to Sandra. He is also remembered by family (nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, cousins) in Langley, Kelowna, Montreal and the USA as well as many friends and co-workers.

With sadness we announce the passing of Curtis Hocking on June 25, 2018 at Comox Valley Seniors Village. Curtis was born on July 15, 1941 in Russell, Manitoba. He and Jill, his wife of 54 years, raised their family in the communities of Nanaimo and Parksville. Curtis had a lifelong passion for boats of all kinds, cruising with Jill, crafting wooden boats as a hobby and living for 22 years in a float home community in Ladner, B.C. In retirement, he and Jill took up RVing, spending several winters in Arizona and in 2010 moved to Comox, B.C. He enjoyed woodworking, small engines, his stroke groups and the Comox Seniors center. Curtis was always eager to help out a friend or neighbour and never backed away from a challenge, even after his stroke in 2002. He enjoyed the company of dear friends and family and took great pride in his three children and their families. Curtis is survived by his wife Jill, son Craig (Shelley), daughters Karen (Marcus Bright) and Christel (Al Benjaminsen), brother Dennis and sisters Thora (Brian Gilchrist) and Lila Mclean and 4 grandchildren. Thank you to Dr. Trevor Shoesmith and the staff of Comox Valley Seniors Village for their compassionate care. By his request, no service will be held. A donation may be made to the Comox Valley Senior Support Society, 491 4th St, Courtenay, B.C., V9N 1G9 or the Comox Valley Healthcare Foundation, 101 Lerwick Road, Courtenay, B.C., V9N 9Z9.

Sandy spent his early years in Manitoba on the farm. He later joined the Air Force where he received his electronics training. He moved to the Vancouver area in 1966 where he met his wife and began his 45 year career as an elevator adjustor with Montgomery Elevators. Sandy enjoyed his time on the golf course, was an avid fan of both the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Winnipeg Jets and was a long time member of the Ladner Legion.

LARKINS, Garfield April 29, 1945 - June 17, 2018

Sandy was predeceased by his mother Audrey, father Chip and siblings Leon, Lance and Terry.

Sandy will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 49 years, Marliss; children Scott (Tanya), Jaime and Stacy; grandchildren Connor, Bradley and Kaitlyn; stepfather Les and siblings Darryl, Shelly (Dan), Denise (Rick), Charlene (Pat), and Aubrey (Linda).

“My darling you are now at peace”

Garf was a long time Ladner resident. He coached and was involved in girls’ soccer for many years.

He founded the Ladner Fishermen 50+ hockey team and played with them until being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

He is survived by his loving wife Carol (Brennan), his daughters NIkki (Donny), Dee Dee (Randy), Angy, his stepdaughters Charlene (Ron), Kristy (James), 7 grandsons and one granddaughter, sister Lois (Terry), nieces and nephews.

I would like to thank the amazing staff (Eagle Point) at Deltaview Enrichment Centre for the wonderful care that they gave Garf over the last 7 years.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC. Celebration of Life, upstairs at the Ladner Legion on Saturday, July 14th at 3 p.m.

Celebration of Life Sunday, July 22, 2018, 1:30 pm at Tsawwassen Springs Golf Course. Instead of flowers, please consider a donation in memory of Jack to BC Children’s Hospital, Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC, Delta Hospice Society (Bereavement Services) or a charity of your choice.

SANDERSON, Homer (Sandy) December 9, 1943 - July 5, 2018 It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our beloved husband, father and grandfather after a short battle with cancer.

The family would like to thank Dr. David Kason for his support, all the angel nurses and support staff at the Irene Thomas Hospice House and everyone who took the time to visit Sandy and Marliss in his final days.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Delta Hospice Foundation.

Condolences may be offered at www.deltafuneral.ca Delta Funeral Home (604) 946-6040

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TANNER, Rosalyn Gladys (nee Gitzel) February 25, 1953 - July 6, 2018 Ros was born in Edmonton, Alberta and passed away in Ladner, BC, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She leaves to mourn her partner, Drew Brown and related family members, her brothers and sisters as well as their respective families, her sisters-in-law and numerous nieces, nephews and friends and her “fur babies” Monte and Morgan.

Ros was a very tender, caring person and was very generous to others who were going through tough times. Rosalyn will be greatly missed by the many lives that she touched.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to a charity of your choice or the Irene Thomas Hospice, where she received excellent care.

Notice of a “Celebration of Life” will follow at a later date.

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