Delta Optimist November 17 2022

DeltaFarmlandandWildlifeTrustreceives $260,000infundingfromOttawa

turbed grassland habitat for species at risk and species of other concern

A program that helps protect biodiversity and habitat for species at risk on the Fraser River Delta has received a signifi cant contribution from Ottawa

Delta MP Carla Qualtrough was at Emma Lea Farms on Westham Island Nov 9 where, on behalf of Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault, announced Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust (DFWT) will receive $260,000 over four years for its Grassland Set Asides program The funding comes from Canada’s Enhanced Nature’s Legacy Priority Places Initiative

Only five percent of native grassland remains within the lower Fraser River Delta. DFWT works with farmers to tempo rarily take fields out of agricultural production, plant native grasses, and set them aside as undis

“This is a project that will go over four years so that they can carry out the work that protects grassland habitat on agri cultural land right here in Delta,” said Qualtrough “This initiative supports programs that will work with farmers to support regenerative agriculture, plant native grasses and set them aside as undisturbed grassland habitat for species at risk and other species of other concern The Delta Farmland and Wildlife Trust project targets four species the Great Blue Heron, Barn Owl, Barn Swallow and Short Eared Owl.

“I just want to thank them for everything they do and helping them to thrive now and genera tions to come This is just one example of how this program supports the protection and recovery of species at risk and their habitat through conservation action.”

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DFWT executive direc tor Christine Schmalz says the financial sup port will mean approxi mately 400 hectares of tall grass will be estab lished and maintained

“The funding announced today will make it financially feasible for partnering farmers to incorporate short term grasslands

into their crop rotation,” explained Schmalz “The loss of grassland habitats is listed as one of the main threats to both Barn Owl and Short Eared Owl populations Grassy farm fields have also been identified as important forging habitat for the Pacific Great Blue Heron and for the Barn Swallow as well.

“Grassland set asides established through the (DFWT) programs mimic the natural grasslands that were once abundant in this region.”

Delta Farmers Institute president Jack Bates added the federal sup port is crucial for the DFWT to carry out its programs and make a significant impact.

“The (DFWT) has been going on for just about 30 years now and the money goes directly to the farmers We run a pretty lean ship. It’s com munity based and we certainly appreciate any funding from the outside Environment Canada has been great over the years, helping us out when they can, ” said Bates.

MARK BOOTH mbooth@delta optimist com

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Delta MP Carla Qualtrough makes the funding announcement as Delta Farmers Institute president Jack Bates and DFWT executive director Christine Schmalz look on.

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Tsawwassenstudentoneofthree bestbakersinCanada

Final episode of The Great Canadian Baking show is Sunday

PHIL MELNYCHUK Contributing Writer

The Great Canadian Baking Show has come down to the final three and Tsawwassen’s Lauren Tjoe is part of the trio.

Tjoe was named Star Baker in the seventh episode of the show, deemed Fancy Dessert Week, which aired last Sunday (Nov 13) on CBC. The series was produced and taped over the summer in Toronto, so Tjoe has not been able to give a hint about how it ends and who walks away with

the title of Canada’s Best Amateur Baker

But on Sunday, she was named Star Baker because of her jelly art cake named Dino Island that automatically got her into the final.

“I don’t believe that a professional chef could have made it better,” said judge Bruno Feldeisen. “Keep baking that way ”

Tjoe said she was happy with getting this far, she said Tuesday by email

“I’d just like to say that I am so grateful and humbled to have made it to the finale.

Chi (Nguyen) and Zoya

(Thawer) are two of the most creative and tal ented individuals that I have ever had the plea sure of meeting,” Tjoe said

Nguyen and Thawer are the other two remaining bakers

“Being able to bake alongside them has been the greatest honour and I’ve had so much fun being in the tent with them over eight whole episodes,” Tjoe said. “I’m looking forward to watching the finale with my friends and family on Sunday and hope fully I’ve done Delta Tsawwassen proud!”

Tjoe, 21, is a finance student at UBC According to her profile on the show’s website, she is a “self described, 21 year old grandma”

In addition to bak ing, her hobbies include knitting, crocheting, sewing, and collecting vintage tea pots She also likes classic cars, espe cially from the 1950s and 1960s and heavy metal. And she’d really like to get a 1986 Toyota MR2.

Lauren’s mom Kim said that the 10 bakers who participated in the show have become like family and that their friendship and support

of each other is inspira tional

“Lauren’s entire fam ily is absolutely over the moon with her accomplishments on the show so far, and we are incredibly grateful that she has had this oppor tunity,” Kim said.

One of the challenges, the Show Stopper, in the finale, asks the three remaining bakers to bake a garden party des sert centrepiece.

The final episode of the show airs this Sunday, Nov 20, at 8 p m on CBC The shows are also on CBC’s Gem online service

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Tsawwassen’s Lauren Tjoe is in the finale of The Great Canadian Baking Show.

Truckerslappedwithninepointsafterrisky, doublesolidlinemoveonDeltaportoverpass

PHIL MELNYCHUK Contributing Writer

The dash cam video posted on TikTok shows a big semi heading east ward, steaming along on the Deltaport overpass Then another semi pulls out from behind the first, crossing the double

solid line and heading into the oncoming lane The driver then corrects and pulls back, nar rowly avoiding a head on crash.

The incident likely was upsetting for the driver in the oncoming vehicle who recorded the video and it was also upsetting

for Delta Police, who received a copy of the video on Oct 19 Police posted the video on Facebook and Twitter and checked vehicle movement records with Deltaport and located the driver He was fined $368 for driving without due care and attention and

another $109 for cross ing a double solid line, as well as handed nine demerit points on his driver’s licence

Acting Insp. James Sandberg said that track ing down the driver, who later admitted to the incident, involved some leg work but it wasn’t

Jack described his meeting with Jeannie as love at first sight. She quickly fell in love with him, and they were married January 12th, 1960. Jack doted on Jeannie until her final days, and we know that they are now reunited in Heaven. Together, they had 7 children, Len, Marco, Peter, Ronald, Helen, Rene and Conrad. Although they sadly lost Marco as an infant, Jack never lost sight of providing for his family, and teaching them the skills and values that made him a reliable, wise, and capable person.

Jack Van Vliet

Jacobus (Jack) Van Vliet entered eternal life on November 12th, 2022, at the age of 87, surrounded by his loving family Until his final days, Jack was able to live his life his way, and felt gratification in his work, and his family Despite the pain of losing his loving wife Jeannie, and his battle with cancer, Jack never lost his determination to get things done, and to improve the nursery he built with his family You could always find him at Sunnyside, where he would be busy building, fixing tractors, or helping others with expert advice learned over a lifetime of experience. He was grateful that he worked with family, and took great pride in all his children. Being a builder all his life, Jack taught many of us the values of hard work, being selfreliant, and of thinking things through.

Jack was born in the town of Voorshoten, Holland, on December 11th, 1934. He and his siblings worked together on the family farm every day and formed close relationships that would last his entire life. He quickly grew into a strong young man and learned the values of discipline, hard work and responsibility, which he carried with him in all avenues of life. Even in his youth, Jack was so dependable that his older brothers would go to him for help. The different skills he had learned working on the family farm and growing up in the turmoil of the Second World War would shape his life, and he would often credit these things with the lessons he passed on.The close bonds of family and friendship were cornerstones of Jack’s life, and he highly valued being self-reliant.

Jack and Jeannie moved their family to Canada in 1969 where they hoped to take advantage of new opportunities for themselves and their children. Even though he was still learning English, Jack was able to complete trade school, and got to work in the construction industry Soon, he joined his brothers’ construction company Working with his brothers Fred, Tony, Joe, Neil, George, Pete, Paul, Nick and John, Jack quickly became very successful.Together they built iconic pieces of the Lower Mainland like the Bloedel Conservatory, and the UBC Triumf Project. Working full-time in construction with his brothers, Jack was still able to start the Nursery with his son Len. Working seven days a week, growing a business with his sons, and with his brothers, Jack still managed to make time for his family at home. In later years, Jack continued to work at the Nursery with his family and took pride in the fact that his other sons worked in construction just as he did. Jack was always there for his family, employees, friends, or even strangers if they needed advice or help with a task. He is survived by his brothers Tony and Paul, his 6 children, 13 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren who will all miss him greatly

Jack’s passing leaves us with a void in our lives, but we are grateful for the moments we had with him. We only wish there could have been more even though Jack would be the first one to tell us that the show must go on, and that there’s still work to be done. We will see Jack in the skills he taught us, in the values he instilled, and in the Nursery he built with his family His legacy of close family bonds, strong values, and hard work will survive in his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

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“If we have a date and a time, we can nar row it down,” he said “Deltaport staff even come to recognize vehi cles after a while They’re focused on public safety so, for those reasons, they’ll work with us. ”

Sandberg wouldn’t say that there’s been an increase in careless com mercial driving but noted there are more dash cam videos of such incidents

“It might be being brought to our attention more, ” he said.

He added that many people complain about the low fines for such incidents, but it’s the leg islation that determines the penalties.

One check on driver behaviour is the National Safety Code number that’s issued to each trucking company.

Sandberg said if that number keeps appearing via incidents or fines, the company could lose its trucking licence

“So that’s a way of keeping the companies accountable and saying it’s not your drivers it’s company culture, it’s company attitude or what have you, ” Sandberg added.

Dave Earle, with the B.C. Trucking Association, said one way to improve trucking safety is by publicizing the names of drivers and companies who repeat edly operate recklessly, just as court records are public information

“Tell us who these players are so that we can make better decisions and hopefully have a bit of pressure to be felt on them,” he said

He said such incidents are not common

“If it happens once, that’s one time too many, ” he added

There is now improved training and enforcement in the trucking industry, said Earle

“But at the end of the day, we rely on the professional judgment of the driver And in this circumstance, there was none Let’s be clear”

He noted that with the nine demerit points, there’s also an $800 ICBC surcharge.

Following the truck bus crash in Humboldt, Sask , in April 2018, which killed 10 play ers and six staff of the Humboldt Broncos hock ey team, a national train ing system has become mandatory across Canada for new drivers

The mandatory entry level training system requires 140 hours of professional in class, on the road and parking lot instruction for new driv ers, followed by a road test for a Class 1 licence But that’s just the basic, first step, Earle said

It’s up to each com pany to ensure that driv ers are all trained on the equipment they’ll be operating, he said.

Delta Police regu larly team up with other police agencies, such as Vancouver police, Surrey RCMP or New Westminster, to conduct safety checks of com mercial vehicles The most recent took place in Deltaport on Nov 7 where 48 tickets were written and 34 notices issued or vehicles were taken out of service

Optimistwinsthree nationalawards

The Delta Optimist has been awarded three Canadian Community Newspaper Awards

Presented by News Media Canada, the 2020 and 2021 winners of the awards were announced Monday after both award years were postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

The Optimist won gold for best edito rial page for the 2020 year, Optimist edi tor Ian Jacques won gold for his story in March 2020 entitled ‘Bullying takes extreme toll”

The Optimist also won a bronze for best website for the 2021 year.

“It’s always rewarding to be rec ognized by your peers for a job well done; even more so when you ’ re judged to be the best in Canada,” said Pierre Pelletier, publisher of the Delta Optimist. “The Optimist editorial staff deserves all the praise for their tireless, thoughtful work I’m really not sur prised by the awards They earned this national recognition”

The Canadian Community Newspaper Awards celebrate the best in community publishing from across the country Newspapers of similar circula tion size compete against each other and are judged by a panel of industry

Optimist

experts With a diverse array of awards categories covering editorial, photog raphy and multimedia, the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards offer learning opportunities for publications of all sizes.

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editor Ian Jacques has been awarded top prize for Best News Story in Canada as the winners of the 2020 and 2021 Canadian Community Newspaper Awards were announced this week

City revising its Community Energy and Emissions Plan

SANDOR GYARMATI sgyarmati@delta optimist com

The City of Delta is updating its Community Energy and Emissions Plan

The plan, among other things, will help identify priorities for the most appropriate and effective climate action decisions for the city and community.

“Through this process we aim to understand Delta’s unique community assets, values, and needs and the steps needed to make the biggest impact.

“The final plan will be integrated and implemented to support Delta’s social, economic, and environmental resilience in the short and long term,” according to a report from the city.

Staff recently wrapped up another round of public consultation through a survey and will come back to coun cil with a draft report later this year or in early 2023.

The latest round of engagement asked residents’ input on such “big moves ” as reducing emissions, considering electrifying transportation, active transportation and transit, new buildings that are energy efficient and low carbon, as well as retrofitting existing buildings

The first round of public engagement earlier this year, which

included a survey and two stakeholder work shops, found that par ticipants feel a personal sense of responsibility to help reduce emissions that contribute to climate change and are looking to the city to lead by example

A summary report noted, among other things, residents hope to see a variety of transit options within and beyond Delta and would also like improved transit service to Delta’s industrial areas

Participants also imagined e-bikes replac ing personal vehicles and children getting safely to and from school by active modes of transportation, and hope that, in the future, a personal vehicle is not required to live in Delta, but those vehicles that remain are zero emis sions

They would like to see more fast charging infra structure and electric vehicles (EV) become more affordable.

The report goes on to note, “There is a belief that EV adoption is hampered by high cost of vehicles, limited charging options and long wait times at those fast chargers that do exist.

“It was noted that the City’s EV strategy, when implemented, will make charging easier especially for residents in multiunit buildings”

TYLER ORTON Business in Vancouver

Surging inflation showed signs of eas ing across Canada last month that is, for those not living on the West Coast.

The inflation rate in B.C. grew at an annual rate of 7 8 per cent in October, marking the third consecutive month of expansion, accord ing to data released Wednesday by Statistics Canada.

The national rate remained at 6.9 per cent in October

This is also the fourth month in a row in which inflation in B.C. exceed ed that of the national average:

July: 8 per cent (B C ) vs 7 6 per cent (Canada)

August: 7 3 per cent (B C ) vs 7 per cent (Canada)

September: 7 7 per cent (B.C.) vs. 6.9 per cent (Canada)

October: 7.8 per cent (B C ) vs 6 9 per cent (Canada)

The latest numbers show British Columbians

facing the highest rate of inflation among all the large province.

Beyond rising food (+10 1 per cent) and gasoline (+17 8 per cent) prices, Statistics Canada noted B C property taxes rose at the highest rate among all the prov inces at 8 9 per cent

Meanwhile, the national statistics agency attributed the return of university classes and rising immigration lev els to driving up rental prices last month.

For those hitting the grocery aisles, pasta (44 8 per cent), marga rine (40 4 per cent) and lettuce (30.2 per cent) experienced the biggest gains among individual products

“Make no mistake, current inflation pres sures are still too high and too broad for the Bank of Canada’s lik ing But early signs of easing price pressures will give the BoC some confidence that interest rates are near levels that are restrictive enough to ensure inflation returns back to target over time,”

RBC economist Claire Fan said in a note, refer ring to the national data.

She predicts the cen tral bank will hike its key rate by 25 basis points next month down from last month’s hike of 50 basis points

“We’ll call this one a tie, as it matched con sensus and held the annual inflation rate steady at just below seven per cent,” BMO chief economist Douglas Porter said in a note

He pointed out that October’s national rate of 6 9 per cent now puts Canadian inflation at the second lowest level in the G7, exceeding only Japan German, Italy and the U.K. are all fac ing rates in the double digits.

“We still expect much lower inflation by the latter half of 2023, but today’s (Nov. 9) data were generally a remind er that we need to first see downward pressure from softer job and income gains to make that happen,” CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfield said in a note

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Criminals arewinning

IAN JACQUES

For months now, the provin cial NDP government has been under fire for its catch and release justice system.

Repeat offenders continue to get a slap on the wrist and in many cases, are released hours or days after their time in custody where they once again wreak havoc on average, every day citizens.

Vancouver has seen a huge uptick in repeat offenders committing crime after crime with no consequences Delta is not immune to these career criminals

I recently reported on a serious incident in Tsawwassen where a man with 39 previous convictions, including multiple assaults and one conviction for manslaughter in 2018, was arrested by police and is facing several charges including threats to the public and law enforcement with a weapon.

My question to our provincial politi cal leaders is why was this man walking the streets? Why were police in danger? Why was the public in danger? Thirty nine convictions and this clown is not in jail? Our justice system is a joke.

Recently Attorney General Murray Rankin and Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth were in Ottawa meeting with federal, provincial and territorial ministers and have secured a commitment from the feds on addressing repeat offending nationwide.

And while this is a start we still have a long way to go. And what does securing a commitment really mean? It means more meetings and more talk.

Well talk is cheap We need some real action. We need funding now for police forces, mental health workers, addiction services and action from our justice system to get these criminals locked up for good Everyone should feel safe on our streets, but right now our streets are not safe

The criminals are the ones winning these days

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As if inflation wasn’t enough

The world post pan demic is certainly a different place I thought the biggest change would be not wearing a mask any longer With fall upon us, the colder weather and the traditional respiratory season ahead, the recommendation is to mask up again, although it’s not mandatory yet. I heard a study said 72 per cent of Canadians agreed with the return to mandatory masking Odd, I haven’t seen 72 per cent of people wearing them

But there are other things that have slipped in as well It seems if you go to a fast food outlet in the City of Vancouver, you ’ re charged for a bag or a cup Their council mandated it back in 2020 as part of a zero waste program The restau rants can be fined for not fol lowing the rules You have the option of carrying your own cup (I don’t think McDonalds wants me using my A&W mug), or declining the bag and carrying your meal by hand

A few nights ago, I stopped

for a quick bite I was given the option of how many bags I wanted (there’s a volume discount). The screen said it was the law to charge for the bag. The law! I opted for none, do my part, but when I picked it up, it was in a bag. Oh no. I didn’t pay for the bag! Did I break the law? Do I have to turn myself in?

It seems strange that there was such a big deal made about saving trees a few years ago, thus the move away from paper bags, but now that’s the only option I can’t keep up

The icing on the cake is

retailers being allowed to charge the transaction fee on credit card purchases I don’t know how many are doing this, there were a few that announced it right away when it was allowed Seems a little short sighted to me. I thought a cashless society was what we wanted, or do stores really want me to start using cash again, something they have to count, take to the bank, and have to worry about when the store is open Bad guys like stores full of cash, but can’t do much with credit card transactions

The one thing to remember, consumers have choices If they don’t like these things, they’ll do something differ ent. And then people wonder where the customers went Funny how that happens.

Brad Sherwin, MBA is a long time resident of South Delta, and has over 30 years ’ experience in marketing, public relations and business strat egy He teaches post secondary marketing, coaches hockey goalies and is past president of Deltassist

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Construction of the Alex Fraser Bridge, 1985

The bridge transformed North Delta and the region, in improving options for Fraser River crossings, improving access to the Annacis industrial park, and enabling the profitable development of the Sunstone neighbourhood.

Gladtoseecouncilis lookingatthisban

Editor:

I was very pleased to see that the City of Delta is researching a ban on gas powered lawn imple ments (City looking at banning gas powered leaf blowers, Optimist, Nov 3, 2022 )

Only this morning I was at a local business where someone was blowing leaves with a noisy, smoke spewing

leaf blower. An employee told me that gas powered tools agitate local dogs and are unbelievably irri tating to staff

Many of my neigh bours have landscaping companies to maintain their properties Without exception, these compa nies use powerful gas powered tools, creating an almost daily distur bance in the spring, sum

mer and fall. In particu lar, the most obnoxious items are gas powered leaf blowers and edge trimmers

There are electric (including battery oper ated) alternatives readily available Please encour age council in their efforts to make Delta a more peaceful place to live

Debra Probert

Farming community goes the extra mile

Editor:

I would like to con gratulate the Ellis family and staff at the Westham Island Herb Farm, for an outstanding display of their year ’ s work

We attended their sea son ’ s windup and were most impressed. In spite of challenges faced by an abnormally long dry summer, they managed

to produce a spectacular abundance of food, all on their home soil. The yard was ablaze with pumpkins galore, while bins of earthy coloured squash lined the walkway Assorted veggies, home made goodies as well as a variety of local meats, were available to com plete any gourmets taste. Helpful hands assisted

us to our car with our purchases, making a cold and windy day, one of warmth and apprecia tion

As we drove away, we felt a deep sense of grati tude for our Delta farm ers, their challenges and their ability to provide for us, an abundance of such amazing products.

Gladys Gibson

Thanks for your clean-up efforts

Editor:

I would like to publicly thank the gentleman who raked up the leaves from the stairs at Fred Gingell Park

On Saturday, Nov. 5, a Good Samaritan took time out of his day to

clean up the mess on the stairs left behind from the winds. Having lived downtown for the bet ter part of two decades, it is nice to now live in a community where its residents are invested in assisting in the preser

vation and usability of our public spaces when required.

Without this kind gentleman’s hard work, I wouldn’t have been able to complete my workout. Well done!

David Carr

Editor:

I just had to write about something that warmed my heart today (Nov 10) and one of the reasons I love our com munity

Today (Nov 10) I took my dad and sister to a local pub for lunch as my sister was travelling back from New York, where at 73 years old, she had just completed her 24th mara

thon run My dad at 98 met us there in his electric wheelchair on which he mounted his veteran plate he was proud of having removed it from his car a number of years ago We completed our meal and upon request ing our bill we were informed that someone anonymously paid for our meal and was their way of thanking him for

his service

This brought a tear to our eyes I just want to say thank you on behalf of ourselves and our father who served as a private in the Canadian army in an artillery bat talion in the Second World War

Thank you Delta and our anonymous remem brance person.

Bruce McConnachie

WhyshouldIpayfor thedamage?

Editor:

On Friday, Oct 28, I had parked my car in the park ing lot of the Coast Capital Bank in Tsawwassen Someone parked their bicycle beside my car, Coast Capital does not have a bicycle rack My husband was in the car waiting for me when the bicycle feel over.

The bicycle left a dent and scrapped the paint to the undercoat I did let the branch know and they kindly informed me that while they would forward my number cyclists do not carry insurance and they could not make the person call me back

Why should I have to

pay for the damage? I understand that cyclists do as they please, howev er, when they cause dam age to another person ’ s property they should own up to it and pay for it to be repaired.

Up until now there hasn’t been a dent or scratch on my 2017 Jeep

Sherry Bohnenkamp

Wholehearted thanks for Delta Hospital ER

Editor:

My wholehearted thanks for the emergency department of Delta Hospital

On a recent night, my husband took me from Tsawwassen to the hospi tal ER with extreme pain after a fall to sidewalk earlier in the day I was treated relatively quickly

getting an x ray and medical assessment of a broken hip I remained in ER for the next two days as staff tried to find a hos pital to do surgery. The staff was always encour aging and very supportive giving me a very comfort ing neighbourly sense of security which proved very valuable.

I then was transferred to Royal Columbian Hospital for surgery with a good send off and posi tive attitude My surgery was first class.

Our community is so fortunate to have a local friendly hospital to pro vide excellent help when needed

Carol Vignale

Dog park fencing is a waste of tax dollars

Editor:

Why is the city of Delta spending so much money on fencing dog parks?

They are currently fencing the beautiful park beside the elemen tary school in Beach Grove with an industrial prison like chain link fence making the area less accessible

I have spoken to both members of the PAC at the school and users of

the dog park and neither were in favour of this fence. Why are we wast ing so much money on materials and labour to put in a fence that was not needed or wanted? An area that was not previously considered off leash is now includ ed within the fence

There are walking trails that were enjoyed by both dog users and those without dogs that are now inaccessible

unless you are in the fenced dog area It is claimed to be a mixed use park, but as soon as it is fenced completely, it truly moves from mix use to only for off leash dogs

I’m really frustrated by this change It chang es how the park looks and how it can be used

I don’t want any more of my tax dollars wasted on fencing

Jan Barker

Restore the parking that we all enjoy

Re: parking on River Road West

The following letter was sent to Delta council and copied to Delta Optimist

The general public and we have enjoyed walking the dike with view of the river, super port, Salish Sea and mountains for

decades Parking has been permitted on spe cial wide shoulders to the road.

We welcome improved parking facilities recent ly provided further upstream. Recent sign changes now prohibit parking on the shoulder

near the best access to the public walk. People with limited mobility find it too difficult to get to the view

Please explain why his toric public parking privi leges have been revoked and restore them now

Dan Wilson

SPEND YOUR HOLIDAYS AT SOUTHLANDS TSAWWASSEN!

PRE ORDER YOUR HOLIDAY TURKEY!

We have partnered with Fowl Farmer to provide the community with fresh J D Farms turkeys There will be a variety of size ranges available, and J D Farms will do its best to accommodate specific size requests

Pick up: Southlands Red Barn on Wednesday, December 21 2022, 4:00 pm 7:00 pm

CHRISTMAS EVENTS PRESENTED BY SOUTHLANDS GRANGE

SOUTHLANDS CHRISTMAS LIGHT SWITCH ON

Friday, November 18 2022, 5:30 pm 7:30 pm

Ring in the festive season with an evening of Christmas carolling, hot chocolate, kid's arts and crafts, and most importantly, our annual tree lighting

COLLECTIVE NIGHT MARKET, WINTER EDITION

Friday, November 25 2022

Early access VIP 4:00 pm 5:00 pm, Open 5:00 pm 9:00 pm

Christmas market organized by Collective Markets with a Four Winds beer garden, hot chocolate station, yard games and Christmas cocktails!

WINTER FARMERS MARKET

Saturday, November 26 2022, 10:00 am 4:00 pm

The Southlands Tsawwassen Farmers market with a special craft market!

• Four Winds beer garden, hot chocolate station, Christmas cocktails

• Sugar Cookie Workshop by Beach Blue Kitchen (registration required)

Learn More at SouthlandsGrange.ca

CHRISTMAS MARKET Organized by Collective Markets

Sunday, November 27, 2022 10:00 am 3:00 pm

Christmas market organized by Collective Markets with a Four Winds beer garden, hot chocolate station, yard games and Christmas cocktails!

• Princess Pop up: 10:00 am 12:00 pm

• Pictures with Santa: 1:00 pm 3:00 pm

• Sugar Cookie Workshops by Beach Blue Kitchen (registration required)

WREATH MAKING WORKSHOP Organized by Nook

Friday, November 25 2022, 5:00 pm 6:30 pm

A mini pop up Wine and Wreath Night hosted at the Red Barn during the Night Market, Winter Edition

Saturday, December 3 2022, 7:00 pm 9:30 pm

Back by popular demand!! Join Nook at Southlands in the Red Barn for a night of wreath making and wine!

PANCAKES WITH SANTA

Sunday, December 18 2022, 9:00 am 12:00 pm

Bring the kids for a pancake breakfast with Santa in the Red Barn

Cost: Adult $25 | 2 12 $15 | Under 2 Free (registration required)

Letters

Stopmakingexcuses

Editor:

Without dragging this on too much, I feel compelled to reply to the usual silly non sense regarding excuses for kids to go wild on Halloween (or hell night, or Canada Day etc ) We hear the same garbage. Every Single Time Let’s take each excuse in turn.

“It’s not the kids, it’s the politicians!” cries D M Johnston (Optimist, letters, Nov 10), arguing that the poor kids have nothing else to do That argument gets blown away instantly when you consider 95 per cent of the other kids, who also have nothing to do apparently, manage to

occupy themselves with out hurting and annoy ing others

“It’s always been that way! I can remember 2,500,000 years ago when cavemen used to light fires along where the Trunk Road is now!”

Just because some thing has been a par ticular way since we can remember does not make it right. There would never be any progress on any issue if we all took this mindset

How about we just start taking some responsibility, and rec ognize that it’s a very small proportion (five percent) of folks who ruin things for everyone

else These five per cent will not listen to reason, do not care for others, and rest assured would still find ways to cause mayhem no matter what

Personally, I think circulating pictures of the parents to ‘ name and shame’ those directly responsible for raising such hooligans (and turning a blind eye to their destruction) would work best However, the parents were probably part of that five per cent when they were younger (and likely still are in some ways), and will not change unless they are absolutely forced to. Denise

Lockyear

We clearly still have work to do

Editor:

The magnitude and intensity of the Halloween fireworks fight in Tsawwassen was a body blow to civic deco rum It went far beyond teen age rambunctious ness and high spirits

How did teen behavior transition from throwing eggs in the past to mass destruction and mayhem of the present?

The teens involved in this are not hardened criminals Like many teenagers, they are sim ply adolescents who love attention and love to shock the staid adults around them

In the distant past if a teen uttered the words “hell” or “damn” it was enough to trigger a severe reprimand from an offended adult In

time we became more tolerant of such language, and of course, teens had to resort to more extreme words in order to elicit the same shock from adults By becoming more tolerant we sim ply upped the ante and embarked on a trend that culminated, as we saw in the last federal elec tion, with the spectacle of adult parents hurling vile and obscene invective at political rallies, all this in front of their young children

All this clearly shows that our tendency to lean towards individual assertion at the expense of social restraints has not always been fruitful I am willing to bet that the vast majority of the teens are both penitent and ashamed of their behav

ior, and we, as adults, bear some responsibility for this behavior

It is our duty to give our youth clear direc tives, to teach them to be considerate, to be respectful, and to dem onstrate to them that harmful transgressions will be punished, very simply because society has a duty to protect its members.

The very fact that some of these youths were quite willing to throw fireworks at other people and so cause grievous harm to other human beings should give us very, very serious pause for thought.

We live in a civil soci ety. It appears that we have some reflection and some work ahead of us.

Frank Buonanno

PHIL MELNYCHUK Contributing Writer

The elegant lines of the Persian Fisher are appar ent even from the photos, which explains why the Delta Fishing Heritage Society wants the beauti ful boat to be on perma nent display outside city hall

The 35 foot salmon gillnetter has been in the process of restoration for the past five years and is about half complete.

“Most of the exterior is done,” said society presi dent John Stevens

The Persian Fisher was believed to have been built in the 1930s by Kishi Boatworks in Steveston, according to the society It was a built by Japanese fishermen who had an eye for making nice look ing boats

“They had what we call ‘nice lines’ on them,” said

Stevens “Very estheti cally pleasing design”

The boat has been modified over the years, but it remains a classic example of a salmon fish ing vessel of its age.

It’s not a completely pure design because the smaller boathouse was replaced with a larger one that was salvaged from another boat, Stevens noted

The society said their research showed that the boat was confiscated by the Canadian govern ment during the Second Word War when Japanese Canadians were expelled from the West Coast and put into prison camps in southern Alberta and the B C Interior

After being bought and sold a few times, the last owner, Patrick Murphy, retired the boat in 1977, and put it into dry stor age. The Murphy family

then donated the boat in 2015 to the society for restoration.

What has made the project easier is the fact the boat had been stored in a barn for years, instead of the water, keeping the wood in good condition, said Stevens

“It was in good shape to start with,” he added “It was in surprisingly good condition We were quite surprised when we first looked at it.”

So far, at the halfway point, the project has cost about $10,000 The society is continuing to fundraise and hosts its annual online auc tion from Nov 21 to 27 People can bid for art work by local artists by giving their best price via the society’s website at: https://dfhs ca/

Some of the artists include John Horton, Jody Wilson and Michael

Duncan, the first curator of the museum, who died recently

In addition to local fundraising, the society is also hoping that some help from the City of

Delta will speed along the project so that it can be finished next summer.

That help will come by the city creating a con crete pad and building a roof for the boat. That

assistance was delayed by COVID 19, said Stevens.

Once that’s done, work can start on the boats’ interior and the project can be completed.

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Delta Fishing Heritage Society president John Stevens with the Persian Fisher.

Community

The Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (UCSS) branch in Vancouver has certainly not been idle, especially during the summer of 2022.

Under the direction of its presi dent, Tsawwassen resident Roman Sawycky, UCSS Vancouver forged an alliance with Rotary World Help, an affiliate of Rotary Clubs International to access surplus hos pital equipment throughout B C and load it onto shipping contain ers for transport to Ukraine.

Since 2016 and up to the ship ment in August 2022, UCSS Vancouver has loaded and sent 19 containers full of medical supplies to Ukraine including hospital beds (with mattresses and linens), x ray machines, operating tables, wheel chairs (both electric and manual), walkers and ultrasound machines Critically, Ukraine has received five of these containers since the Russian invasion in February

The invasion of Ukraine has

Ukraine relief efforts

resulted in thousands of military and civilian injuries and dramatically increased the urgency of supplying medical materials to Ukraine

As a result of the war, fundrais ing for humanitarian relief efforts stepped up across Canada and throughout the Lower Mainland Shipping a container overseas to Ukraine can cost in the vicinity of $15,000 The journey is long and involves coordinating a number of logistical steps: first the container goes by truck from the initial loading site to the Port of Vancouver where it’s loaded onto a train; from there it’s shipped by rail to Halifax, where it’s then loaded on a ship and sails across the Atlantic, first to a German port and then continues on to a Polish port where it is loaded onto a truck and is driven to Ukraine

Before permanently settling in Tsawwassen, Sawycky worked in Ukraine for many years and has built up a network of trusted people upon whom he can call for assis

tance.

UCSS Vancouver is continuing its cooperation with Rotary World Help and is working to gather need ed medical equipment, hoping to send at least another three contain ers to “Hospitals in Ukraine are des perate for beds for injured service people and civilians,” said Sawycky “Fraser Health has approximately 400 beds, which it can donate, but the problem is the cost of shipping We have to pay each of the various transportation companies for every step of the way, from the warehouse loading dock in Vancouver all the way through to Ukraine It’s not cheap and costs are increasing.”

UCSS Vancouver, as a branch of Ukrainian Canadian Social Services Inc of Canada, is able to issue tax receipts for any donations received UCSS Vancouver’s mailing address is: UCSS Vancouver, 246 7610

Evans Road, Chilliwack, B C , V2R 2Z5

submitted by Lev Romanyshyn

Around Town Christmas market

By donation, KinVillage (5430 10th Ave. Tsawwassen) hosts its Christmas Market this Saturday, Nov 19 from 9 a m to noon

Browse a variety of vendors while sampling scrumptious baked goods for sale. Non perishable food items for the food bank will also be accepted

Garage sale

Saviour Lutheran Church is hosting a garage sale this Saturday, Nov. 19 from 10 a m to 3 p m

Free entrance to browse multiple tables of crafts and household treasures

Fluterrific

Fluterrific is delighted to be back on the stage of the beautiful North Delta Centre for the Arts, as part of Delta’s Fall Concert Series.

The concert is this Saturday, Nov 19 at 7:30 p m

Tickets are $15 and available at delta ca Barnside Brewing Co will be onsite purveying beverages before the show starts.

See you there for their unique mix of musical genres, played only by flutes!

Piccolos, flutes, alto flutes and bass flutes, to be precise!

Movie screening

The Delta Naturalists are a partner in the screening of Soul of the Fraser this Sunday, Nov 20 at the North Delta Centre for the Arts.

Lindsey Wilson from Hwlitsum First Nation will give some opening thoughts.

There will also be artwork on display from Amy Claire Huestis and Jay Peachy

Doors open at 3:30 with the screening at 4 p m

Get your free tickets secured on Eventbrite.

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Event is this Sunday in support of DSS music program

PHIL MELNYCHUK Contributing Writer

Professional musi cians will be banging the drums for a good cause, Sunday (Nov. 20), to raise money for Delta Secondary’s music pro gram

South Delta Drum Festival 2022 returns to the Genesis Theatre this Sunday, from 1 to 5 p m

“It’s the first time in two years that we ’ ve been able to do this,” said music teacher Catherine Campbell

The COVID 19 pan demic meant the cancel lation of the festival event for the past two years

She added the event was good for the stu dents because they see the benefits and the proceeds from the festi

val coming back to the school’s music program

This is now the fourth year of the festival where musicians will be dis cussing and instructing about their music

Rick Klemm, a recently retired music teacher, and now a teacher on call, is organizing the event. He also makes Klemm Drums and will be raffling off one of his snare drums, as well as the Heartbeat cymbal, at the festival

The guest musicians and clinicians will be Richard Brown, Reuben Spyker and Marco Morales

Rather than a usual concert, the musicians will play, then pause and explain what they’re doing.

“It’s a clinic, as

opposed to performance. They will play but they’ll discuss what they’re doing,” said Klemm

Brown, is a local musi cian, but is originally from the U S and is “ a monster reggae player,” said Klemm

Morales is from Cuba.

“It’s just mind bog gling, how good he is,” Klemm said

Tickets are $20 and can be bought at the door and online at: sddff 22brownpaperbagtickets com Online sales are preferred so there’s some idea of audience num bers

Doors open at 12:30 p.m.

PHOTO SUBMITTED Reuben Spyker is one of the guest musicians at Sunday’s South Delta Drum Festival.

An evening of Christmas music at the Wander Inn Cafe

The Wander Inn Cafe is welcoming in the Christmas season on Saturday, Nov. 26, with an enjoyable evening of superb Christmas music that will fill the hall

Christine Magee will headline the show and will share the stage with other Delta residents Joshua Elliott, Ann Matterson with Julian Neufeld, Nicole Grazier and Daryle Sherman of the well known duo Kindred Spirits and Michael Hart, who now resides in New Westminster

Magee is a singer, songwriter and pianist who performs a variety of genres from soul, jazz and gospel to pop and rock.

Elliott plays piano and other instruments for school ceremonies, church services, recit als, musicals, carnivals, banquets and more. His passion is cinematic composition

Matterson is currently training in jazz and con temporary voice at VCC The musical theatre community finds her performing and cho reographing, as well as, teaching musical theatre at Studio West Dance and The Stage Musical Theatre Academy

Neufeld has been play ing guitar for 14 years. Creating music both alone and with local musicians is among his greatest passions. He has also performed in Delta Youth Theatre’s produc tions, as Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods and the Beast in Beauty and the Beast

Kindred Spirits have been a part of Delta’s music scene for more than 25 years, performing at special events such as Delta’s summer ‘Concert in the Park’ series and Canada Day They also entertain at senior cen tress, coffee houses and other local and private

events

Hart is a gifted song writer and troubadour who loves playing Christmas events

He has recorded nine albums and toured

Canada extensively from 1985 to 2020.

Come and enjoy this family friendly event, complete with Christmas décor at the Lighthouse Church Delta (5545

Ladner Trunk Road)

Doors open at 6:45 for the 7:30 p m show

Admission is $15 per per son Light refreshments will be served.

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The Wander Inn Café Christmas Show will feature pictured from left: Joshua Elliott, Christine Magee, Daryle Sherman and Nicole Grazier. Missing from photo: Michael Hart, Ann Matterson and Julian Neufeld.

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Community

Twenty days of giving at DSS

For more than 20 years, students at Delta Secondary School (DSS) have collected food and gifts, and assembled ham pers for families in need in the school community to help them through the festive season

Last year, DSS gathered thousands of food items, hundreds of gifts and more than $7,000 in gift cards

This year, knowing that many more families are in need of support, the school community is hop ing to match or exceed last year ’ s success with this year ’ s Twenty Days of Giving campaign The goal again is to collect enough food, supplies and gift card donations to help 25 local families as well as the local food bank

“This hands on experi ence has really empha sized the importance of community and been a powerful example of what we can do when we

all work together,” said teacher Colleen Blatz, organizer of this initiative since 1999.

This initiative has become a wonderful holi day tradition, and each year, students have man aged to be more and more successful in helping members of the Ladner community Even retired staff and former students contact the school to see how they can continue to get involved and contrib ute.

Other teachers involved include Graham Harkley, Paige Collings and Carla Day

“We have many stu dents who are ready and willing to help, including Student Government and the Interact Club. We also encourage the local com munity to join in our ini tiative and help us to help others in need,” added Blatz

The Twenty Days of Giving campaign began

on Monday and will run until Dec. 2.

Any community mem bers who would like to help are invited to drop off non perishable food items and new toiletry items in the drop box at the school’s main entrance, located at 4615 51st Street, between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p m Monday to Friday

For donations of cash or gift cards, please call ahead to the school office at 604 946 4194 to make arrangements. Monetary donations of $25 or more requiring a tax receipt should be provided in a cheque written to Delta Secondary School (memo: 20 Days of Giving)

The school’s Interact Club will also be running their third annual Food and Donation Drive Thru event on Nov. 29 for “Giving Tuesday,” from 3:30 to 6 p.m. in the school parking lot

Submitted by Delta School District

On Wednesday, Nov. 9, more than 80 students from three South Park Elementary grade 6/7 classes visited Boundary Bay Cemetery in Tsawwassen to take part in a moving ceremony to remember and hon our veterans laid to rest there

Teacher Madame Hélène Hamilton worked with the City of Delta and the Tsawwassen branch

of the Royal Canadian Legion to organize the inaugural No Stone Left Alone memorial event

“My grandfather was a Second World War veteran in the Canadian Air Force My uncles also served in the military, so I am passionate about encouraging respect and gratitude for the service and sacrifice of veter ans, ” said Hamilton. “I spent 10 years as a para medic in Calgary before returning to my teaching career and during that time I attended many No Stone Left Alone events

“When I started working at South Park Elementary earlier this year, I was keen to see if we could bring this wonderful initiative to

South Park students so that they could engage in a personal act of remembrance and hope fully gain a better under standing of the sacrifices made by veterans that give us the peace and freedoms we enjoy today ”

During the ceremony, Royal Canadian Legion Tsawwassen Branch president Ken Harvey delivered the Act of Remembrance. After the Last Post, students observed two minutes’ silence before a wreath was placed at the Cross of Sacrifice Each stu dent then made their way to an assigned gravestone where they said the veteran’s name aloud and then took a

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moment of silence to reflect on the veteran’s service and sacrifice. All students had previously painted a poppy on a stone, which they then placed at the Cross of Sacrifice in honour of their assigned veteran

“It is great to see so many youngsters here today honouring our veterans,” said Harvey “It is so important for young people to be aware of the sacrifices veterans made and to truly understand the meaning and impor tance of Remembrance Day so that we can continue to honour our veterans every year, for ever ”

by Delta School District

Address:11923 BeechwoodAvenue FileNo:LU009465 FirstReading:September 20,2022

Thepurposeofthisbylawis to authorize Council to dischargeLandUseContract SA No 3181forthesubject propertyinordertopermit constructionofanewsingle detached dwelling with a secondarysuite

Pursuant to Section 464(2) oftheLocalGovernmentAct and Council’s resolution on September 20, 2022, a Public Hearing will not be heldforBylawNo.8179.

Address:490513Avenue FileNo:LU009375 FirstReading:September 20,2022

Thepurposeofthisbylawis to authorize Council to dischargeLandUseContract SA No 3241forthesubject property in order to permit constructionofasecondary suite within one of the attached garages in the existingdwelling

Pursuant to Section 464(2) oftheLocalGovernmentAct and Council’s resolution on September 20, 2022, a Public Hearing will not be heldforBylawNo 8176

Address:460154AStreet FileNo:LU009382

FirstReading:September 20,2022

Thepurposeofthisbylawis to authorize Council to discharge Land Use Contract SA No 3034 for the subject property in order to permit constructionofanewsingle detacheddwelling

Pursuant to Section 464(2) oftheLocalGovernmentAct andCouncil’sresolutionon September 20, 2022, a Public Hearing will not be heldforBylawNo 8177

Materialsrelatedtothedischarges suchasthestaffreport,proposed bylaw,detailedmapsandother informationmaybeinspectedat DeltaCityHall,4500Clarence TaylorCrescent,Delta,BCMonday toFriday excludingstatutory holidaysfrom8:30am to4:45pm fromThursday November10 2022 toMonday,November21,2022

Materialsmayalsobeviewedat wwwdeltacaIfyouhaveageneral inquiryregardingtheproposed landusecontractdischarge application(s)orifyouwouldlike assistancetoinspectanyrelevant documentation,pleasecontactthe CommunityPlanningand DevelopmentDepartmentbyemail atcpd@deltacaorbyphoneat 6049463380

Interested persons have the opportunity to provide written comments regarding the bylaws Commentsmustbereceivedonor before12:00noon,November18, 2022andmustincludeyourname andaddress Youmaysubmityour commentstoMayorandCouncilin thefollowingways: WritetoMayorandCouncil 4500ClarenceTaylorCrescent Delta BCV4K3E2

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Submitted

Our Fifth Annual Royal Canadian Mint product sale started November 1 and continues until December 31, 2022.

All Mint product from 2019 and older has an addition 25% off our lowest marked price.

Mint product from 2020 is 15% off our lowest marked price, and 2021 Mint product has a 10% off our lowest price.

Doug Smith

CIM

Financial Advisor

Community

Representatives from businesses across the Lower Mainland came together at the Delta Golf Course recently to celebrate Disability Employment Awareness Month

Delta Community Living Society (DCLS) Solutions Employment partnered with Rotary at Work and the North Delta Rotary Club to host an event to recognize businesses who have committed to hiring peo ple with developmental disabilities

“We have a roster of people with diverse abili ties who are ready, will ing and able to work, and research has shown that businesses that hire peo ple with developmental disabilities experience lower rates of turnover among all employees, reducing the cost of turn over for the business,”

said DCLS employ ment strategy manager Annette Borrows

DCLS Solutions Employment works with job seekers and local businesses to make great employ ment matches DCLS is a non profit community

based organization that provides support to people with diverse abili ties and their families

To find out more about DCLS or DCLS Solutions Employment, please visit www dcls ca or call 604 946 9508

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Representatives from inclusive employers includ ing Chalo Fresh Co , City of Delta, Delta Police Department, Five Star Farms, Kinsmen Place Lodge, North Delta Rotary, Sharkey’s Seafood Bar & Grille, Tsawwassen White Spot, Peter Harasymchuk Inc , Salvation Army and Thrifty Foods Tsawwassen.

Ephesians 6:18-24

Pray For All The Saints

Pastor Jason Truell

Community

My wife and I had planned a trip to Daytona Beach last week.

With much excite ment, we drove down to the Sea Tac airport, but when we arrived, I saw a notification pop up on my phone alerting me of the anticipated hurricane. I used to live in Florida, so I knew hurricanes were a part of Floridian life, but I was concerned because Hurricane Ian had already devastated the state recently

Due to our excitement for this trip, if we saw any sign of it being safe enough to go, we were going to board this plane even if it became a storm watching trip rather than a beach resort trip. However, when my weath er app showed the severity of Hurricane Nicole as, “Significant threat to life or property,” I started to sec ond guess my resolve

Just 10 minutes before boarding, I called our

hotel and learned that Daytona Beach was evac uating

We rushed to the airline representative to change our flight to another warm destination since we only packed summer clothes I was losing control, and I like being in control Humanity has advanced so much, but we still can’t control things like the weather or a cancer diagnosis. We sometimes pretend to have every

thing under control and it makes us feel good, but things like this hurricane remind us that we ’ re not in control.

How do you feel when you lose control of situa tions in life? I lean on my faith in a God who ‘is’ in control.

When things go out of control Minister’s Minute

Matthew 6 contains stories that encourage its readers to trust God with our needs. I recognize that people are concerned about the economy and the impacts of the pandemic Please read Matthew 6 especially the part about not being anxious The author doesn’t tell us to stop wor rying because our troubles aren’t real; he points us to a God who knows our needs and sustains us through our troubles. I can’t always be in control of situations, but I can trust God who is in control and knows my needs, and is delighted to help me Will you trust him, too?

PHOTOS BY JIM KINNEAR

For the first time since pre-pandemic in 2019, it was back to the traditional Remembrance Day procession and ceremony, attracting a big crowd to Memorial Park in Ladner

Ladner cenotaph additions

Making a charitable donation of publicly traded securities to Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation is one of the most tax effective ways you can give.

Here are some of the benefits of donating securities:

• Eliminate Capital Gains Tax: Donating appreciated publicly traded securities (stocks, bonds, mutual funds) can eliminate capital gains tax.

• Charitable Tax Receipt: You will a receive a tax receipt for the shares’ fair market value, which will help you reduce taxes on other income.

• Big Impact: Your gift of shares will have an impact on the immediate critical needs at the Delta Hospital Campus of Care and help build a future of exceptional healthcare in our community

• Timing with Year-End: Some transfers can take a few weeks to complete. To take advantage in the 2022 calendar year, transferred shares need to be received by Dec. 31.

How to make a year-end gift of securities to Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation:

1 Talk to your financial advisor

2. Complete securities transfer form on the Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation website.

3. Send the form to your broker

4 Let DHCHF know the transfer is in progress by contacting Jodi Stokes at 604-940-9695.

5. Receive a tax receipt for the fair market value and eliminate your capital gains tax.

For more information, please visit www.dhchfoundation.ca.

MARK BOOTH PHOTO

Padre Jim Short led a private ceremony on Nov. 10 at Memorial Park to honour the three latest additions to the cenotaph Percy L Devereaux (1902), D Miles Selby (2004) and Stephen Stock (2008). It was the efforts of Short and local historian Peter Broznitsky that were instrumental in the city recognizing the three Delta residents who all died in the line of duty.

Fridaynight lightsupnext Sun Devils off to Chilliwack for provincial quarter finals

MARK BOOTH mbooth@delta optimist com

The South Delta Sun Devils have a Friday night encounter in Chilliwack with a trip to B C Place Stadium on the line.

The No 6 ranked Sun Devils will take on the No.

2 GW Graham Grizzlies in B.C. High School

Football’s provincial AAA quarter finals after a 14 13 wild card win over the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers on Nov 11 The Grizzlies earned the bye after winning the Eastern AAA Division with a 5 1 record.

“We’re up against last year ’ s regional champi ons, which would have been provincial champi ons if there wasn’t COVID (disrupting the usual playoff schedule),” said South Delta head coach Ray Moon. “They are a well coached team that

is big One thing going in our favour is they haven’t played in three weeks as they had a forfeit win (against Sardis) then the bye”

The Grizzlies’ lone loss this season was a 28 23 loss to No. 1 Vancouver College back on Oct 1 The Sun Devils fell 7 0 to the Fighting Irish a week later in Tsawwassen.

“It’s been unbelievable Other than Terry Fox (39 16 loss in September) it seems we have played to the level of our competi tion all season, ” continued Moon

That was evident again at Langley’s McLeod Stadium where the Sun Devils held off a Panthers team that entered the playoff tilt with a 2 4 league record

South Delta marched down the field in impres sive fashion on its open ing possession, capped

by a six yard touchdown run by quarterback Kenny Scott The momentum swung in the second quarter on a coverage breakdown that resulted in a huge Tweedsmuir passing play and a major

score a few plays later The Sun Devils regained the lead in the third quarter when Scott connected with Oskar Mcphie on a 70 yard pass and run play One snap later, Scott found Ben

Holmes in the end zone and Diego Alatorre added the extra point when his kick bounced in off the upright

That would prove to be the difference after the Panthers scored a major

early in the fourth quarter and opted to go for the two point conversion after the Sun Devils jumped offside, placing the ball on the one yard line. The running attempt was stuffed.

Dolphins swimmers thrive at meets in UBC and Langley

The short course swim season is underway and the Winskill Dolphins have wasted little time in making an impression at a pair of meets over the Nov 4 weekend Standouts Jeremy Slinn, Zach MacLeod and Kelly Qi were selected to represent Team B C at the Odlum Brown Colleges Cup at UBC Qi and McLeod were among the youngest swimmers to be in provincial team colours

All three raced against much older varsity athletes They achieved person

al best teams in the morning heats and advanced to the finals of their respec tive races, placing them in the top three in all of Western Canada.

Meanwhile, other Dolphin swim mers were competing at the LOSC Annual Heats and Finals Invitational in Langley

An impressive 48 finals were achieved with many placing in the top four and gaining provincial and divi sional time standards

Highlights included Abby MacLeod and Naomi Myott coming through with

dominating performances in the 100m and 200m back stroke, 200m individual medley, along with the 400m and 1,500m freestyle respectively, achieving first place finishes in their age group

Ludovica Pavia thrived in her 15 and over age group, sweeping the breast stroke events Caitlyn Fowler was first in the 100m free and third in the 100m fly

Kyla Marshall was eight in the 100m back and 800m free, swimming under 11 minutes in the latter race.

Aiden Lew was fifth in the 100m back

and 100m free He also managed to shave a full minute off his personal best in the 1,500m free

Evan Maloney was fifth in the 100m breaststroke, sixth in the 100m back and earned divisional qualification in the 50m back, placing him seventh overall

Bodey Iverson was impressive in the 100m backstroke while Nick MacPherson was sixth in the 50m free. Newcomer Max Li made his first final in the 50m breaststroke, placing eighth overall

MARK BOOTH PHOTO

South Delta’s Joshua Groenwald gets hold of Tweedsmuir’s Jaxon Allen by the ankles as teammate Colton Oloni closes in during last Friday’s B.C. High School Football AAA playoff game in Langley.

Provincialbannerraising onFridayforU18Storm

MARK BOOTH mbooth@delta optimist com

After making a deep run at the 28th annual Tim Jardine Showcase on home ice, the U18 A1 South Delta Storm will turn their attention to recognizing their memorable run last spring

The Storm will officially unveil their provincial championship banner in a special ceremony prior to their Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association regular season home opener against Mission at 9 p.m. on Friday at the Ladner Leisure Centre

The special week in Campbell River back in March was capped by a dra matic 3 2 double overtime win over Hollyburn in B C Amateur Hockey’s tier two provincial title game It was the first time a team from the South Delta Minor Hockey Association has won a B.C. championship in 15 years.

“We won a provincial (title) last year and it doesn’t happen here very often,” said Storm head coach and former NHLer Ken Priestlay. “It’s something we need to make sure South Delta knows about and you celebrate it by bringing back the graduated players as well I’m

not sure exactly what is planned but I know it’s going to be a special night.”

Priestlay has seven players back from last year ’ s championship team. The Storm secured their spot in the PCAHA’s top flight once again thanks to a 4 1 3 record in placement play over the past month.

A bid to reach the U18 gold medal game at the Jardine Showcase ended with a 4 2 semi final loss to the Victoria Admirals on Saturday night South Delta had earlier rolled off four straight wins over Edmonton (6 5), Campbell River (7 4), Burnaby Minor (7 3) and Langley (7 0) in the quarter finals

“It was one of those years where we wanted to make sure we brought in a lot of out of town teams that we nor mally don’t see all the time,” Priestlay continued. “There’s actually a couple we invited because we saw them at pro vincials Our parents did an incredible job putting this tournament together”

Okanagan went on to capture the U18 title with a 3 2 win over Victoria in the final The Vernon based North Zone Kings earned U15 honours with a 5 2 victory against the Okanagan Hockey Academy.

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South Delta U18A Storm goaltender Brady MacDonald and defenceman Charlie Derrheim in action against Edmonton at last weekend’s SDMHA’s 28th annual Tim Jardine Showcase.

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A pair of Delta Footmen teams reached the top of the podium at the 12th annual Richmond Romp Field Lacrosse Tournament held over the Remembrance Day Weekend

The U11 tier 1 Footmen capped an outstanding four day run with a 15 4 win against Langley in the gold medal game, avenging their only loss of the tournament

Delta produced wins over Nanaimo (11 8), Chilliwack (11 2) and a pair against Pac Rim (14 7, 14 3) to advance to the final

Earning game MVP awards were Shane Walters, Owen Delmaire, Blake Beaudry, Calum Taverner, Carter Stock and Hudson Clement.

Also coming up big for the Footmen were Isabella Posterski, Billy Miele, Brennen Carrol, Evan Siemens, Evan Chatha, Jace Powel, Maddison Reynolds, Jackson Parsons, Reid O’Toole, Shane Walters, Trevor Wilson and Ziggy Brown The team is

coached by Andy Walters and Sean Stock

Meanwhile, the U13 2 Footmen completed a perfect six game run with a 15 4 victory against Kamloops in the gold medal game to cap ture their division

Delta opened with a 9 2 win over New West

and just kept on rolling from there with victories against Kelowna (15 2), Chilliwack (12 8) and Pac Rim (15 2) to com plete round robin play A rematch with Chilliwack resulted in a 10 7 semi final triumph Coached by Mike Miele, Jacob Steele,

Arjan Sighn and Scott Posterski, U13 2 Footmen’s roster fea tures: Milo Brown, Jordan Dhanda, Cypress Fiessel, Wyatt Fiessel, Hayden Gardner, Eric Haydon, Sam Jackman, Jaxxon Lawrence, Carter Lawton, Lauren Leong, Linden McLeod, Doug

Miele, Kinsely Mullis, Liam Posterski, Doyle Raines, Gurmukh Singh, Macklin Smith, Hilton Stewart, Riley Tan, Conover Van Iperen

The teams now turn their attention back to regular season play in the Pacific Coast Field Lacrosse League

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was impressive gold medal runs for Delta Footmen U11 (left) and U13 teams at the 12th annual Richmond Romp Field Lacrosse Tournament held over the Remembrance Day Weekend.

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(Mary) Shirey Bel was born n Vancouver to parents Hubert Samuel Bel and Mary Oive Worden Her father ded when she was very young and she and her mother moved back to Yokohama to be with the rest of the Worden famly She attended a Catholc gir’s schoo and kept in touch wth many of her school mates her entire life When war broke out she and her mother were nterned n the British Embassy for 8 1/2 months before beng put on a ship to Afrca, where they were exchanged for Japanese ctizens Then they saled on to London where they knew no one, and endured bombing raids and trips to the sheters Snce they spoke Japanese, Shrley and her mother worked for the Inteligence Service, prior to Shirey joning the Canadian Army

After the war she returned to Vancouver, where she met her husband, Stuart Burnell, an engineer with BC Hydro They ived in Vanderhoof, Kamoops and Prince George, before moving to Tsawwassen, where Shrley was actve in the South Deta Artists Guid and the IODE She oved her garden and al kinds of arts and crafts

She was widowed at age 50 She is survived by her 5 chidren, Nancy Dean (Robert), Linda Nemethy (Zoi), Greg Burnel (Gwen), Judy Burnell (Mike Leslie) and Bonnie (Rick); 8 grandchidren and 10 great grandchidren She passed away just shy of her 99th birthday!

Thank you to al the kind people at The Waterford, Lady Bug’z and Nurse Next Door, as well as the many others who went the extra mle to hep Shrley maintan her ndependence over the past years you know who you are

A Celebration of Lfe wil be held on December 3, 2022 at 1 to 3 pm at the Beach Grove Golf Course Pease join us there

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the heart and stroke foundaton or a charty of your choce

Davd was a son, an uncle, a nephew, a friend, a cousin, a husband, and a father The most important thng to him in the world was his famiy, especaly his beoved daughter, Adrana

It was this ove for his famiy that kept David fighting, throughout the years as llness and dsease found him David fought through a rare spnal cord injury called Cauda Equna Syndrome n 2010, and kept fightng as divertcuitis, appendictis, hernias, and a shoulder njury came to him in the comng years Hs bggest fight was his 2019 cancer diagnoss, caused by HPV Davd would tel everyone go get vaccinated against HPV save yourself from ever having to go through ths fight

In 2020, David was decared free from cancer But this nsidious monster caled cancer came for David again n February, 2022 with a vengeance David fought so hard, sufferng through so many treatments, to be able to come home at the end of the day to hug his daughter, who was the light of hs ife

Davd was a true warrior wth so much strength, but with the kindest heart and gentle nature that made hm the man he was A man much loved and mssed so terrby by so many

Davd eaves behind hs daughter Adrana Trgovcc; hs wfe Heather Gibbs; hs in aws John and Ruth Gbbs; nephews, Colton, (Taylor), Connor and Riey Lavoe; brother in laws Andre Lavoie and John Gbbs (Jenn) Also survived by Aunt Barbara Sigurnak, Aunt Gode Groundwater (Donnie); cousins Sandra Bro, Lnda Sigurnjak; and the Yurkovich familes Predeceased by father Edward, and mother Annie Trgovcic and sister n law Annette Lavoie

A Tribute to Davd’s lfe wil be hed in the balroom at Pat Quinn’s for Davd’s famiy and friends, and for al those who knew and loved hm

The Tribute s on November 20, 2022, Sunday, beginning at 1:00 pm and ending at 4:00 pm Speeches and Trbute video wil be from 2:00 pm untl 3:00 pm

He is survived by his loving wife June, daughter Cherri Sagert (Terry) and son Steven (Caro Boudier) along with hs two grandsons, Alex and Stuart Sagert

Bob was born to Herb and Mary Pouffe in Thunder Bay Ontario on February 13, 1932 After completng high school, he enroled at the Universty of Minnesota and went on to study the arts After graduatng in 1959, one of hs first jobs was an art teacher at Westgate H S n Thunder Bay In 1967 he made the decson to move his young famly to Delta, B C Once set up, he started working at Evergreen Press, that alowed hm a ong career as a commercal artst As years passed he also joined the Vancouver Vocational Institute to pass along his vast knowedge and encouragement, to future artists In his retirement he consuted with many magazine and map publishers

Beng a natural athlete Bob grew up playng organzed hockey, footbal, and baseball In unversty he exceled in competitive rowng Golf came ater in lfe, n whch he became a scratch golfer, payed every Tuesday at Peace Portal for 30 years with the “boys” Yes, he was fiery and competitve, but he was fair and really enjoyed his tme with his teammates

Dad and Mum were married in 1958 and remained so for the rest of his life He oved our Mum to the end and it was very special to watch him, through the years, use his hands to make a ot of her dreams come aive in the house or yard Along with egendary camping and canoe trips, our Dad fet compeled to drive our Mum to every motor and travel odge n North America Our Dad enjoyed his retirement to the fulest and used his time to focus on his many hobbies and projects He painted, worked with clay and wood, and did penci sketches Dad was a tremendousy talented artst He aso found his voce, joning dfferent chors along the way

As a father, he was there every step of the way He was our friend, our teacher and our coach We can’t recal an event that was mssed unless he was working 1 of 3 jobs at the time We aways fet oved, supported and provided for, as wel as protected

As a lovng Grandfather, Bob was dedicated to his 2 grandsons ther adventures and time spent together earned hm grandfather of the year, every year He so loves hs grandsons

As per request, there wil be no celebraton of ife He lved his ife, had hs famiy and his friends, and for him, that was the celebration

In his memory, support ocal art, put you kds in sports and love your famly and friends ike he dd

PLOUFFE, Robert Lawrence

Robert Lawrence Plouffe dedicated husband, father, grandfather and frend passed away peacefuly, surrounded by hs famiy on Saturday, November 5, 2022 in Delta, B C

TRGOVCIC, David Edward “Trigger” August 6, 1966 November 8, 2022

BURNELL, Shirley

November 18, 1923 November 9, 2022

REMEMBRANCES

OBITUARIES

BENOIT, Peter A

Peter A Benot passed away peacefully on November 05, 2022 in Deta, BC at the Irene Thomas Hospce with his wfe Heather of 51 years, at hs sde He suffered for many years with severa ilnesses

He was born n Wndsor, Ontario September 25, 1946 He is survved by hs ssters; Allana, Margaret Anne, Jo Anne, Susan and Elizabeth, as wel as severa nieces and nephews and in aws He is pre deceased by hs parents Alan and Mary, his sister Nora Mae, and brother n aw Bil

Peter had a varied lfe He worked on a cruise shp was a Chld Care Worker where he enoyed such gratification was a radio announcer and some of his ater endeavors were Captan Cody Boat Tours, the Marine ndustry and a bus driver at the Airport

Peter had a great sense of humor with a hearty augh He was an avid sports fan with hockey and footbal at the top of the ist He was aways mindfu of others in need and heped wherever he coud He had a soft spot for animals includng the fera ones

He and his wfe ived on a boat most of ther lves and enoyed the freedom it gave them Peter loved the outdoors such as campng, boatng and ust wakng along the beach

You could say he ived hs life the way he wanted He was certainly a peope person He wil be greatly missed by hs oved ones and al who knew him A Ceebration of lfe wl be held at a later date

OTTER, Alan John

Aan John Otter passed away surrounded by his famly on 28 October, 2022 Born in Poole, England in 1933, he s survived by the love of his ife, Ameia (Mlie) Otter, hs teenage sweetheart who he married in 1955 Alan came from a large famly, with four brothers and a sister After completing an engneerng degree at the Universty of Bristo, he was conscripted into the British Forces, where he saied on a troop ship from Southampton Harbour half way around the world to Christmas Isand n the South Pacfic for his tour of service Folowing hs return from duty, Aan and Milie contnued their adventure in 1958 emgratng to northern Ontario Aan spent a decade workng for Atomc Energy Canada where they started their famiy They moved their famly to Vancouver n 1969 when Aan joined the desgn team at the TRIUMF research faciity at UBC Athough internatonaly recognized as an expert in the fied of electromagnet engneerng and partice acceerators, he was aways gentle and unassuming, with a quick sense of humour, devoted to his famiy and active n curling and coachng youth soccer In retirement he turned his passion for history into volunteering with the Ladner Museum and his passon for curling into a ove for awn bowlng

He wil be missed as the much oved father of Jacquie (Doug) Cragen, Lnda Otter, and Ken (Barbara) Otter; the beloved Grandpa of Tara, Arran, Kmberey, Caitln, Dane, Laura, Hannah, Devon and Korina, and ‘big brother’ of Michael and Bran, his surviving sbings

Ceebration of ife to folow at a later date In leu of flowers donations can be made to a charity of your choice

WOLZEN, Brenda Louise (nee Martin)

Brenda was born May 23, 1953 to Katherne and Kenneth in Brtanna Beach, Brtsh Columbia

On October 11th, 2022 Brenda suffered a stroke and passed away peacefuly November 3rd at the age of 69 with her beoved famly by her side She is survived by her loving husband Mchael, sster Mary Kay daughters Alexs Emily and Laura and grandchidren Devn, Eve and Stela

Brenda began her career as a etter carrier at Canada Post and quickly worked her way up the ranks She hed many fond memories of card games, golf outings and good times wth her coleagues Brenda retred from Canada Post to focus on running a busy househod and rasng her famiy Brenda often packed the ‘Suburban’ wth her grls and their friends for schoo fied trips and sporting events Brenda spent many hours in the kitchen; cooking large famly meas, baking apple pes and pcklng herring When not n the ktchen Brenda enjoyed gardening, carng for her peacocks and al creatures great and small

Our heartfelt gratitude to first responders medica team and staff at Royal Columban Hosptal and Delta Hosptal

Brenda had the biggest, kindest heart and her kitchen was always open

A ceebration of her lfe wll be held in the future In lieu of flowers, the family requests donatons to Delta Hosptal and Community Heath Foundaton

Condoences may be offered at www detafuneral ca

Delta Funeral Home 604 946 6040

MILLER, Rosemary

August 2, 1934 November 7, 2022

Rosemary Miller, aged 88, passed away peacefully at Irene Thomas Hospice in Ladner after a brief decline in health. She is predeceased by her dear husband, Gerry, and granddaughter, Nadine, and lovingly remembered by her children, Ken (Maryam), Kathy (Matt), and Frances, as well as many close friends and fantastic neighbours. She took great joy in spending time with her grandchildren, Kyle (Alysia), Carmen (Dylan), Adam (Kris), Evan (Amy), Isaac (Sarah), Eva, and Melody and great grandchildren, Blaise, Kinslea, Rowan, Lachlan, Wilder, Hadlea, Ezra, and Otis. Rosemary was raised in Dumfries, Scotland, and moved to Canada after WW2 at the age of 12. She met Gerry while working at Good Hope fishing camp in Northern BC and spent many summers in fishing communities up and down the coast. They raised their family in Richmond before moving to Ladner. Rosemary had a long career as a beloved preschool teacher and loved drawing and painting. Gerry and Rosemary enjoyed their favourite getaway, The Glen near Mt. Baker, for many years and, in retirement, explored the country in their motorhome. Rosemary was an intelligent, social, charismatic woman who was happiest spending time with her friends and family. She will be deeply missed.

A Celebration of Life will be held for Rosemary on Saturday, November 26th, at 2 pm in The Village Amenities Room at 4280 Moncton Street (across from Steveston Community Centre). In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to BC Children’s Hospital

WINDRIM, Lyle Edgar January 30, 1927 November 9, 2022

With great sadness we announce the passing of Lye Edgar Windrm Lye was born in Prelate, Saskatchewan to parents Miton and Velma Windrim He moved to Vancouver, BC with hs famly in 1945 and went to work for Canadan Forest Products where he contnued to work for 40 years He marred May (Sinda) the love of his lfe, in 1949 Lyle and May moved to Tsawwassen in 1963 where they raised their famly and they remaned there for the rest of ther lves

Lye wll be greaty missed by his chidren, Wayne (Caroline), Michael (Chrstne), and Laure (Mike); grandchldren Matthew (Petra), Marty, Daniel (Beth), Corey (Brandon), Sndia (Marcus), Mchael and Rachel; great grandchldren Henry, Camden, Malcolm, Abel, Nolan, Hazel, Ryan, Benjamin and Harvey; and hs brother, Glen (Eveine) Lyle was predeceased by May, his wife of 62 years, hs son Robert, and his sister, Myrna

Funera services wl be held on November 22nd at 12:00 at Tsawwassen United Church, 693 53rd St Tsawwassen In leu of flowers donations to cancer research at BC Chidren’s Hospital woud be apprecated

With heavy hearts and profound sadness, the family announces the sudden passing of Ron. Ron will be lovingly remembered by his wife Corrine (Wegner) of 35 years; daughter Jaclyn (Jameson); and two wonderful grandchildren, Kylaya and Emerson.

He is also survived by his brothers Eric (Debi) and David (Jacquie), numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Ron was predeceased by his parents, Alfons and Maria.

He was a loyal, hardworking employee that started his 41 year career with CP Air, Canadian, and recently retired from Air Canada.

Ron was an avid reader who loved history and enjoyed sharing his knowledge with others. He oved to debate politics and was an avid follower of the stock market.

Ron was proud of his Belgium heritage and enjoyed his frequent trips to Europe to spend time with his Belgium family.

Ron was a man with a big heart who loved his family dearly. He was extremely proud of his grandchildren, and they will sorely miss their Grandpa

Wish we had more time together, Ron, so you could complete your wish list. You will be deeply missed!

VAN DEN KERKHOF, Ronald John

January 16, 1960 October 6, 2022