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Jessica Reginio got the red carpet treatment from Fernando Fuentes (right), while James Pollock (above) was all smiles during the annual Grad Walk at Delta Secondary last Friday afternoon. See Page 15 and www.delta-optimist.com for more photos.

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Two- and four-legged walkers gather at Ladner’s North 40 dog park BY

JESSICA KERR

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Family, friends and fellow dog owners gathered in Ladner over the weekend to pay tribute to the six dogs that died last month from heat exhaustion after being left in the back of a dog walker’s truck.

The owners of the six canines were joined by many two- and four-legged supporters at the North 40 dog park in Ladner Sunday morning to honour and remember the dogs — Buddy, Molly, Salty, Teemo, Oscar and

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The report prompted a massive search, however, a week later the truth came out when the dog walker admitted the animals had died after she left them in the truck. The dogs’ bodies were later recovered from an Abbotsford ditch.

Jennifer Meyers, who lost her dog Buddy, a Boston terrier,

said Sunday’s event was to thank everyone for their support during their sad ordeal. She added the six dogs frequented the park often and it was Buddy’s favourite spot to come for a walk.

Last week the SPCA announced it would be recommending animal See DOGS page 7

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Rotating teachers’ strike keeps Delta students out of class for another day this week BY

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Delta parents have had to be resourceful when it comes to childcare arrangements as the bitter contract battle between government and teachers drags on.

Delta schools were behind the picket lines again Monday in a second week of province-wide rotating strikes, forcing parents to come up with alternatives or miss work.

“Teachers in our community, like teachers across B.C., don’t take this job action lightly,” said Paul Steer, president of the Delta Teachers’ Association. “As teachers, we care deeply about our students and we empathize with parents who have to re-work their schedules. Many of us are parents too, and that is one of the reasons we are taking this action.”

At Heath Elementary in North Delta Monday, grandparents could be seen watching a cluster of kids playing at the playground.

At the Ladner Leisure Centre, a mom was taking her daughter, as well as the daughter of a friend, swimming. She said she was lucky she didn’t have to work Monday, but she knew other parents who had to scramble and weren’t too pleased.

At the Delta Sport Development Centre across the parking lot, Rachel Hasebe, accompanied by her dad Don O’Byrne, watched one of her pre-

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school age children take part in a gymnastics class.

Also watching was preschool daughter Brielle as well as son Colton, a Grade 3 student who said it was “pretty good” having a day off school.

Hasebe said she was fortunate it was her day off and that having a grandparent came in handy when teachers first hit the picket lines a week ago. A lot of other parents have to resort to grandparents or friends watching their kids, otherwise they’d be forced to miss work, she said.

O’Byrne added the contract impasse and strike affects everyone.

At the water park at Memorial Park, Amy Lambert, a realtor with a flexible work schedule, took the day off to watch her two kids, one of whom is in elementary school. She was accompanied by her mother-in-law, Arlene Lambert, who was there to keep an eye on her daughter’s two kids, who were also missing school.

“The kids are having a wonderful time, but it’s definitely causing

some upheaval amongst the adults for sure. We’re lucky to be able to make arrangements,” said Arlene Lambert.

Amy Lambert said most parents seem to be in support of the teachers.

Also at the water park, Ryan Baggott said he was lucky to have the day off.

He was watching not only his sons who were missing school, but several of his friends’ kids.

“Tomorrow would have been a big problem. It’s up to me to watch this whole tribe because the other par-

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ents are working,” Baggott said.

He said parents he’s talked to about the dispute are supportive of the teachers’ position, feeling the wage demands aren’t unreasonable.

Having a child who requires extra support for reading, he said he understands teachers’ position for more in-class support.

At the picket line outside Delta Secondary Monday, several kids could be seen sitting with their parents, who also happened to be teachers.

Another overpass rally planned for tomorrow BY

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Ryan Baggott was overseeing a group of kids at Memorial Park Monday as the rotating teachers’ strike hit Delta again.

Parents, teachers and supporters took to the Highway 17A overpass in Ladner last Thursday to get their message out to passing motorists.

Several teachers accompanied by their kids took part. One of them, Susan Hayne, told the Optimist her child had to accompany her for a while on the picket line when the provincewide rotating strike hit Delta for the first time last Wednesday.

She said other teachers have been forced to leave their kids unattended at home or find friends or grandparents who were available if the kids were simply too young. She added daycare space in the

it will impact families financially.

We’re still early and don’t know what’s going to happen beyond this week,” he said.

Punshon said his oldest child is in high school PHOTO BY SANDOR GYARMATI so was able to Teachers found support at an overpass rally on Highway 17A. look after his two elemenhis children’s school, Devon district was jammed full. tary school kids for a while, Gardens Elementary in The public is invited to North Delta, but he expects and then he was able to get another rally planned for off work early because he’s that will change if the job the overpass tomorrow at self-employed. action continues much lon3:30 p.m.

He said there’s a great ger.

Delta Parent Advisory deal of uncertainty among “I know a lot of parents Council chair Keith parents regarding how that took the day off and Punshon told the Optimist school events such as carnihad a day with the kids. If he’s received only a few vals and sports days will be it becomes a regular thing, complaints from parents at

impacted.

At last weekend’s B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils annual general meeting in Richmond, suggestions were raised about a “parent strike” in response to the bitter contract dispute.

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s Glen Hansman, who spoke at the AGM, said the two sides are not that far apart, adding it’s possible to get a deal done by the end of June, possibly as early as next week.

However, Education Minister Peter Fassbender would later tell the media the two sides aren’t close.

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Killers shouldn’t profit from dead spouses North Delta woman lobbying Ottawa upon finding out father collected survivor benefits after killing her mom BY

SANDOR GYARMATI

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A North Delta woman is hoping the federal government finally plugs an injustice that allows those who murder their spouse to financially benefit from their crime.

Susan Fetterkind says she’s frustrated Ottawa continues to provide spousal Canada Pension Plan (CPP) or Old Age Security (OAS) benefits to people convicted in the death of their spouses.

A surviving husband or wife normally receives payments based on the dead spouse’s CPP or OAS payments, a situation that also applies to those who have killed their spouse, some-

thing Fetterkind says is an outrage.

What’s worse, the loophole continues despite the issue being raised by victims’ families for years.

In 1985, Fetterkind’s father, John Raymond Cotter, stabbed her mother, Vivienne Patten, to death.

They had been separated at the time of her murder and he was convicted of manslaughter through a plea bargain.

About a decade ago, Fetterkind was shocked to find out her father had been collecting survivor benefits.

He had collected the benefits for almost 30 years until his death a couple of years ago.

“The federal government effectively gave him money,

which was not his own CPP benefits, and he wouldn’t have otherwise gotten that, but it was a survivor benefit from my mother. He basically was profiting from killing somebody, which should be against the law,” said Fetterkind.

Despite discussion surrounding the issue SUBMITTED PHOTO for years, the govern- Vivienne Patten was stabbed to death ment hasn’t plugged in 1985. the loophole. time, nothing has been “In 2003 I was done. I’ve e-mailed every interviewed about this and single MP and I only got the head of CPP admitted two responses back,” said they have no mechanism to Fetterkind. check how someone died She said she’s been hopand whether it was because ing a private member’s of the spouse or common bill, originally tabled three law partner. After all this

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A private member’s bill rarely gains approval, but that might change this time with the recent introduction of a similar reform from a Conservative MP. Last month, essentially the same bill was put forward Dave Van Kesteren, MP for Chatham Kent-Essex.

“I hope that this bill is passed through Parliament quickly and receives support from all parties,” said Van Kesteren, “It is in line with the government’s agenda of being tough on crime and supporting victims.”

The bill received first reading, which is usually the case, and is scheduled for its first hour of second reading in early June.

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Veteran trustee’s motion to leave BCSTA defeated

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Dale Saip doesn’t see value in provincial association BY

SANDOR GYARMATI

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The Delta school district is wasting its time and dollars being a member of the B.C. School Trustees Association, says trustee Dale Saip.

The longtime Delta school board member recently put forward a motion that the district withdraws its membership from the association, a suggestion that was later debated and defeated.

Saying he was surprised and disappointed by the decision of his fellow trustees, Saip told the Optimist it’s clear that little in the way of tangible benefits have come Delta’s way by being a member of the BCSTA. “I think it’s really important to get back to understanding what we are and who we are. We’re locally elected trustees of the public trust. We’re not advocates for education in B.C. or anything else.

We’re elected, without

used for such taxing authority, purposes if to carry out the needed. operation and serAccording vice provision in to the BCSTA, our schools,” he it’s a non-profit said. “I think we association that need to be focused acts as school on Delta. I’m not boards’ strong, really concerned Dale Saip unified voice in about what hapadvocating to pens in Surrey or government, other educaVancouver or anywhere tion partners and the public else. That’s not what I’ve on matters affecting public been elected to do.”

Saip believes the BCSTA education.

All 60 school districts in raises many general issues the province are members, and passes countless but that will change now motions, but they’re almost that Vancouver has given its never taken seriously.

“I’m almost in my fourth one-year notice to withdraw. decade doing this. I’ve seen The Vancouver board voted to cancel its membership as it under the Social Credit part of a series of budget and the NDP and Liberals. cuts, saving $80,000 in the I hear the same motions process. every year at the convenDelta school board chair tions and the same things Laura Dixon, however, over and over again,” he said other trustees agreed said. it’s important to be workSaip said the approxiing provincially to advance mately $60,000 annual larger issues that ultimately membership is money betaffect Delta. ter directed elsewhere. He “What we get from said the association does BCSTA in terms of value provide legal services, but for our cost is significant.” the money saved could be

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Cyclist has powerful connection to cause Gary Mason preparing for the Ride to Conquer Cancer BY

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Gary Mason will be cycling to Seattle next weekend in the annual Ride to Conquer Cancer.

Tsawwassen’s Gary Mason will have a lot to think about as he tackles the more than 200-kilometre Ride to Conquer Cancer next weekend.

“There’s just so many people to ride for and think about while you’re riding.”

Mason, a Globe and Mail columnist, author and sports commentator, has had more than his fair share of experiences with cancer.

He lost both his parents to the disease, his sister is a breast cancer survivor and his brother is waging a grim battle with prostate cancer, the same type of cancer that claimed his father.

The family was dealt another blow just last month when his motherin-law, Doris Gunn, died after a battle with stomach cancer.

“I was really close to my mother-in-law,” Mason said.

“Even though she was 93, she was a young person. I

thought she was going to live forever...

“It’s a real powerful connection to the cause.”

Mason will join thousands of other cyclists June 14 and 15 for the epic trek from Vancouver to Seattle.

Last year, more than 2,600 riders raised $10.4 million.

Mason regularly meets with sources at the restaurant at the Wedgewood Hotel, which is near his office downtown. He said Philip Meyer, the general manager at the hotel, also heads the successful Wedgewood Cycling Team, which annually participates in the Ride to Conquer Cancer as well as other charity events.

“For years, he’s been urging me to get into cycling,” Mason said.

Finally, last fall, he relented, bought a road bike, signed up for the Ride to Conquer Cancer and started riding.

“I absolutely love it,” he said.

The once avid golfer

hasn’t touched his clubs in months and now spends many spare hours pedaling around Tsawwassen, Ladner and beyond. A favourite local route takes him out to the Reifel Bird Sanctuary on Westham Island .

In order to be able to take part in the Ride to Conquer Cancer, each potential participant must raise $2,500.

Mason has surpassed that goal and has his sights set on a new one.

As of last week, he was just a few hundred dollars shy of raising $10,000 and with just over a week to go until the big ride, he’s pushing to hit that target.

“It just seems like the right thing to do,” he said.

“It’s a lot easier to just write a cheque but it’s a lot harder to get off your duff and do the fundraising.”

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Dog owners came out to the North 40 dog park Sunday morning in support of the owners of the six Ladner dogs that died last month.

DOGS from page 1 cruelty charges against the dog walker.

While the SPCA is still completing its report, Marcie Moriarty, chief prevention and enforcement officer, said enough evidence has been obtained in the investigation so far to warrant a recommendation of separate animal cruelty charges for each dog.

This week, spokesperson Lorie Chortyk said the report and recommendations would be forwarded to Crown counsel within the next week or so.

She said SPCA investi-

gators are still waiting for one more forensic report to come back and have called in an expert in the matter from the U.S. Chortyk said there is enough evidence to support the recommendation of animal cruelty charges but investigators want to make sure the evidence forwarded to the Crown is as solid as possible.

Langley RCMP is also conducting a separate investigation into possible public mischief charges.

In the meantime, an online petition has been

started to make animal cruelty an indictable offence under the Criminal Code.

The petition has garnered more than 113,000 signatures so far.

There is also an online fundraising drive, initially started to help cover the costs of the search for the dogs, that will now help fund memorials as well as legal fees.

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MURPHY’S LAW Delta is a great place to live year round, but there’s something about this time of year that makes this place extra special.

Yes, it’s a heck of a lot warmer, and drier, than it is in January, but it’s more than just the weather that we’ve got to be thankful for as spring gives way to summer. This is the best time of year because we’ve just begun festival season.

It unofficially kicked off two weekends ago when Ladner Pioneer May Days, a tradition in these parts since 1896, returned to Memorial Park for three days packed with family fun. Last Sunday it was the Tsawwassen Shrine Club’s turn to take centre stage as it hosted the 45th edition of its annual salmon barbecue at Ladner Harbour Park.

This weekend features the much-anticipated opening day of the Ladner Village Market’s 2014 season as well as the 10th edition of Ladner Bandfest and the return of the Hustle & Heart Block Party to Delta Hospital.

The following weekend welcomes the first car boot sale of the season to Centennial Beach, a Father’s Day pancake breakfast in Boundary Bay Regional Park and a new addition to the area’s ever-growing social calendar: a vintage truck and tractor show on the grounds of Ladner’s Kirkland House.

I don’t have enough room to give you a detailed schedule for the entire summer, but you get the point: rarely does a weekend go by when there isn’t something of note going on. Whether it’s a cycling race, an airshow, a movie screened under the stars or blocks filled with classic cars and quilts, you’re never lacking for something to do in Delta.

For a relatively small community, this abundance of special events is a testament to the efforts put in by a countless number of volunteers. These are the people who give up their own time to ensure others in their neighbourhoods can have a good time.

It’s easy to look at May Days, the Tsawwassen Sun Festival and the many other events that take place on an annual basis and not really think twice about them because, well, they’re always there.

On some level we recognize this free entertainment doesn’t just magically appear every year, but at the same time we do take it for granted to some extent.

So, when you’re out enjoying yourself this festival season, whether that’s at a Canada Day picnic courtesy of the Lions or a guided walk through Burns Bog, it would be downright neighbourly to thank those who make it happen.

Without them, there wouldn’t be a festival season.

Lines on a senior’s face are a roadmap of life well lived CORRY ANDERSONFENNELL

COMMUNITY COMMENT My mom often speaks of getting older like it’s a cruel joke that God or some other creator plays on the elderly.

She has a point.

The last three years have been tumultuous and tragic for her.

First, she lost the home she lived in and loved for more than 40 years because she and my dad could no longer care for it. They moved, cramming more than 3,000 square feet of memories and material possessions into a 1,300-square-foot condo that would never feel like home.

Then she lost her husband and the condo that was never a home began to feel like a prison instead.

It didn’t help that she also lost her driver’s licence.

And a year later, when the condo was also too much to manage, she moved again — this time to an independent living facility, that, while starting to feel like home,

can never replace what she lost.

Somehow, during all this drastic change, her body changed, too. Her hips, legs, knees and fingers don’t work like they used to, and it’s a good day if she can walk around her building without needing a bench at the half-way point.

Thirty years ago, it was a different story, of course. Well before they were afflicted with tremors and unable to come together, her fingers deftly wrapped themselves around the stem of an HB pencil and illustrated the gentle words she used to teach me simple addition.

I kept forgetting to carry the one, and my Hilroy exercise book was filled with angry red marks from my teacher reinforcing my failures.

She kept our house running all through my childhood and decades into my adulthood. With great endurance, she hoed, planted, weeded and harvested our garden, and stocked the freezer with homemade bread and the pantry with the pickled and preserved results of her garden forays.

While not a bookkeeper by any stretch, she made sure bills were paid and also added to the household bottom line with full-time employment as soon as her youngest — me — entered school.

In her retirement, she traveled, she volunteered for the union that

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represented her during her working career and she continued to garden, cook and bake until these things became physically, mentally and psychologically impossible.

As with most elderly people, her body has begun to betray her.

But where others see lines on her face, I see the roadmap of a million smiles. Where others see hands squeezed by arthritis, I see them shaped to be held, perfectly fit for an embrace.

I hate that others don’t see what I see; nor do they see their own future selves in our senior population, or ageism wouldn’t be the most tolerated form of social discrimination in Canada, as a 2012 study suggests.

While age has its challenges, we should all be lucky enough to arrive there.

June 1 to 7 is Seniors Week in B.C., and a perfect time to reflect on the wisdom of French writer, philosopher and activist Simone de Beauvoir, who said: “If we do not know who we are going to be, we cannot know who we are: Let us recognize ourselves in this old man or in that old woman. It must be done if we are to take upon ourselves the entirety of our human state.”

When we honour our seniors, we honour ourselves.

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June 4, 2014 The Delta Optimist A9 Letters to the Editor

Yvonne McKenna Family Counselling

Southlands opponents deserve thanks for concessions made by developer

Editor: I think the latest plan for the Southlands is the best ever proposed. And I think a lot of people, including Delta council and the Metro Vancouver board, think so too.

I think the view might be that Century Group has won and the opposition has lost, but this is not so. We would not have got so many concessions wrung out of Century if it really hadn’t been afraid that, again, the opposition would have won

and this plan would have been tossed in the trash.

So, really, we should be very thankful to Dana Maslovat of Southlands the Facts and all the other people who so vociferously supported the opposition for this new and improved plan that leaves so much of the land for agricultural use.

If the Southlands plan had not gone through, there would be a vacuum because that is what a large chunk of land so close to the city and surrounded by the town

would be. It would be a source of contention for as long as it stayed empty and possibly would be put to undesirable and unplanned (by the community) uses.

So, in my view, the opposition has really won.

The latest plan is good, but it is quite different from the original plan and it would never have materialized without the efforts of Maslovat and all the people who supported his view and worked so hard to threaten the developers into such

Once radio towers go up it will be too late

Editor: Now that the Southlands issue is out of the headlines, let’s focus on the next major issue that will affect all of us in Tsawwassen, and possibly Ladner too: the specter of those monster radio towers coming to our neighbourhood.

Concerns have already been addressed by experts in the field, including the letter last week from retired lineman Bill Hamilton.

In addition, the full-page

spread from the “Stop the Border Blaster” has put things in perspective.

In contrast, our local MP shows little concern.

However, there is another group of Tsawwassenites who should be concerned: the local business and service providers. There are banks, stores, offices and home-based operations that should be just as concerned as individuals. What about the Delta Chamber of Commerce? Is it not wor-

ried about potential problems?

I tried to contact Telus, but got nowhere, apart from an indirect message indicating that if interference occurred among its electronic devices, it would try to fix it. That’s not reassuring.

This is an issue that affects everyone who lives and works here, and it should be resolved before the towers are installed.

Jim Hudson

deep concessions.

In my view, our communities, Tsawwassen and Boundary Bay — no, I do not wish us to be joined — owe the opposition a great debt. The developers will reward themselves, so they don’t need our thanks.

If this development does indeed turn out to be the bucolic heaven that is promised, we should remember and give thanks every time we walk its pretty paths and admire its gardens.

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Letters to the Editor

Fair settlement will require both to make concessions

Editor: Re: Picket lines set to return on Monday, May 30 If it is true that some thoughts are best left unsaid, then we are being dishonest with each other.

There are valid criticisms to be made of both sides in the current school row. Despite both parties using children as pawns, this dispute is ultimately about money.

I support the teachers. I hate Christy Clark as much as they do. Their profession is vital and stressful and they deserve a pay raise. However, that does not mean I endorse the lunatic policies of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation that habitually supports the NDP, which is also guilty of imposing contracts by legislation.

If the union is committed to crafting a “fair settlement,” then it should state

what concessions it will make to obtain that raise.

Over $5 billion is spent on public education in this province. What initiatives has the BCTF ever undertaken to save the public money? None that I know.

If teachers do get a raise, how will the school districts pay for it out of their finite budgets? The province could defray the cost by eliminating subsidies to private schools (people are free to bankrupt themselves paying the tuition) and closing special accounts.

Of course, the law has to be changed and Clark is keen to continue the status quo. The Liberals deceive the public by segregat-

ing money from general revenue into the Learning Improvement Fund and Children’s Education Fund and falsely claim them as “new investments.”

School districts need that money immediately but the Liberals, who advocate regulatory reduction, refuse to give our elected trustees any fiscal latitude and increase central control of education financing. That is tyranny. Why are the school districts not resisting it?

This is an election year for school trustees.

Hopefully the acrimony will motivate citizens to vote in record levels unlike in the past and choose wisely.

Steven Austin

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June 4, 2014 The Delta Optimist A11 Letters to the Editor

Student calls on Victoria to put value on teachers

Editor: I am writing on behalf of a majority of students in the public school system, Canada’s future generation of voters. Premier Christy Clark has already lost my vote, but it would probably be wise for her to hear and take into consideration what the rest of our future voters have to say.

I am a student who is involved and passionate about volunteering and helping make a difference in society and the community. I am a student, who like many others, cares about my education.

But, above all else, I am a student who believes and sees value in our public school educators. And I am a student who is outraged the Liberal government is failing to see the same value in my teachers and education as I do.

There’s no arguing that investing in our children will be good for our future.

So why isn’t that a reality?

Keeping government’s promise to put children first in B.C. seemed believ-

able at first, but now I am doubtful, to say the least. I am losing hope: losing hope in our politicians, and losing hope in humanity.

As a student who has experienced both a public school and private school education, I can honestly say I unquestionably and undoubtedly enjoy the public school system more than the private. I understand every student has different experiences, but for me, public school has been the biggest blessing in my life and high school career.

Every day I wake up and enjoy going to school.

I am excited to step in a classroom where a teacher is engaging and I’m not just a mark on a report card.

I enjoy it so much I have devoted over 500 volunteer hours to my school in the past two years.

I don’t think I need to explain just how hard teachers work because the government has already taken these points into consideration, right? But just in case it hasn’t realized, teachers don’t just work 8 a.m. to 3

p.m.; they come early and stay late.

They don’t get two months off in the summer to do nothing; that’s when they plan curriculum and collaborate with other educators. And that one hour and 19 minutes of prep they get in between seven blocks of teaching? They mark their 210 students’ quizzes, assignments, homework and tests, which we all know can’t possibly be done in that amount of time, so it is done on their own time.

Finally, with all of that on their to do list, they still find time to volunteer and help out with clubs, committees, events, sports teams and so much more.

So, I’m asking the premier to take her politician hat off for one day and put on her mom hat. Once that is on, think about who has been with your child from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., five days a week (give or take a few), 279 days a year (roughly) for 13 years. It’s a teacher.

Justine Taylor Grade 12 student Delta Secondary

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A12 The Delta Optimist June 4, 2014 Business

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Min, along with Larry Leung, recently received the 2014 Ben Gant Innovative Practice Award.

The award, which is handed out by the B.C. Pharmacy Association, recognizes association members who have demonstrated significant innovation in

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his or her practice and the profession.

In 2010, Min, a Ladner resident, and Leung established Clinicare Pharmacists, a non-dispensing pharmacy organization that provides innovative patient care services.

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Tsawwassen rebrands as a beach community

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BIA trades on area’s strengths to promote business We’ve all seen or heard of businesses that have rebranded themselves in order to reconnect with their current audience and to better connect with new ones. Can this also work for a community? Well, recently, Tsawwassen did just that: it rebranded itself.

The initiative was led by the Tsawwassen Business Improvement Association (TBIA) board — 12 volunteer business owners, managers and leaders — determined to help the 240 businesses of its core.

With cross-border shopping, e-commerce and the inevitable development of nearby mega malls, the businesses within Tsawwassen were feeling a bit challenged. Instead of worrying and complaining, they decided to take a proactive approach, realizing they needed to identify how to make their business community more appealing to locals and visitors alike.

The association hired Brandspank, a marketing agency that specializes in the retail sector and whose president, Andrew Sharpe, is also a resident of Tsawwassen and familiar with many of the challenges local businesses are facing.

With guidance from Brandspank, the association’s board became clear on the meaning of a brand.

“A brand is a person’s

expectation upon hearing your name or seeing your logo. It’s the emotional connection someone has with your business and what they come to know of you,” says Sharpe.

“This is an image that we felt our community can lay claim to.”

Randy Scott

From research conducted, it was evident the public had many misperceptions about the Tsawwassen brand. Specifically, many respondents identified it only as being the town that hosts a ferry terminal. It was one perception, amongst many, the TBIA was determined to break.

“If we are going to be able to enhance our business association, we need to identify who we are so we can build for the future,” says Randy Scott, TBIA president and owner of Randy’s Tire and Auto Service.

“Although the TBIA’s goal is to assist, guide, and promote the businesses in our commercial boundary, the businesses are not necessarily what inspire our customers to spend there shopping dollar in Tsawwassen.”

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Using these strengths, a unique, relevant and ownable position was developed for Tsawwassen: the “family-friendly beach community.”

“This is an image that we felt our community can lay claim to,” says Scott.

Brandspank also developed a new logo for Tsawwassen.

“A logo itself is not intended to change perceptions, but it does signal a change in direction,” says Sharpe.

The logo features a sand dollar — an iconic seaside element — designed to also look like a setting sun. The word “Tsawwassen” was created using a style that makes it appear as if it were written in wet sand with a stick.

More marketing efforts are being developed, including a new website. For now, the logo will be incorporated into all support materials the TBIA puts out, such as print ads, signage and brochures.

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Finally, I’ve found the perfect way to garden.

Finally, some brilliant gardening manufacturer has arrived at the oh-so-obvious conclusion that not all people have green thumbs.

It has recognized — yes, at long last — there are people in the world like me, people who are pretty much unable to grow anything, even when that anything is watered regularly and kept more or less free of weeds.

I’ve tried, honestly. But plants tend, well, not to particularly like me. In fact, I am quite sure that when they see me coming at the nursery, they’d give anything to be able to run away.

Sadly, they don’t have feet.

Now, however, everything’s changed. I happened upon some MiracleGro. Normally, I must say, I am

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June 4, 2014 The Delta Optimist A15

DSS grads walk the red carpet Ladner high school students get the star treatment during popular annual event PHOTOS BY

GORD GOBLE

The graduating class of Delta Secondary strutted its stuff last Friday afternoon under sunny skies.

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More photos online at www.delta-optimist.com

Centre for Supportive Care Cancer Support Group The cancer support group welcomes anyone who is newly diagnosed with cancer, is in active treatment or has had a recurrence.

Drop in the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month starting June 9th from 1pm-3pm.

Facilitated by Counsellor Gilly Heaps MA, CCC

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A18 The Delta Optimist June 4, 2014 Environment Week

Reduce your carbon footprint by 70%

National recognition for Delta’s SOIL initiative

Each km of open-cut sewer trench produces more than 1,000 truckloads of material.

PW Trenchless Your No-Dig Specialists Trenchless construction–a revolutionary concept in laying underground wire and piping–is not only helping to reduce the monetary costs associated with underground construction, it is also making a huge impact on the ability to reduce costly damage to the environment.

“Trenchless procedures are more environmentally friendly because they can reduce dust, pollution, and noise, and make installations through wetlands and other environmentally-sensitive areas far less disruptive,” says David O’Sullivan, Owner, P.W. Trenchless Construction Ltd. By minimizing the amount of excavation required to bury pipe and cable, trenchless construction reduces damage to land and road surfaces, including the costs to restore them, causes less disruption of traffic and other activities on and around job sites, and allows for installations in areas where excavation is impractical or impossible.

“The various methods of construction using trenchless procedures mean that the material from the ground surface down to the pipe zone is not disturbed. This causes a major reduction in the use of energy and still we are able to install or renew the utility with the same degree of effectiveness.”

O’Sullivan says the biggest impact trenchless construction is having on the environment is

Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators has applauded efforts to transform derelict landfill sites

the massive reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

“Compared to cut-and-cover construction, trenchless procedures actually reduce CO2 emissions by 78 to 90 per cent,” he said.

A University of Waterloo study concluded that reduction associated with trenchless construction is achieved primarily due to limiting disruption of traffic flow and shorter duration of projects using trenchless methods.

O’Sullivan recommends cities and companies managing installations of underground wiring and piping check out the easy-to-use Carbon Calculator at www.NAST-BC.org. The calculator estimates the amount of carbon that would occur during an opencut construction project compared to one using trenchless procedures.

“It is quite amazing to see the difference.

The trenchless technology is really making a big difference—both in lowering disruption to the environment and lowering the bottom line costs of construction.”

Specializing in pipe bursting and slip lining, P.W. Trenchless Construction Inc. is one of the most experienced trenchless contractors in British Columbia. For more information, visit www. pwtrenchless.com.

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That’s why we have spent $14.5 million in the past year on an industry-leading dust suppression system with 94 new rain guns and 12 new high tower sprays.

That’s why the project included a new water recycling plant which allows wider reuse of screened water by our ground level sprays.

That’s why we have set up MAMU’s (Mobile, Air Quality Units) to monitor air quality in our local community. That’s why we have set up a remote surveillance station to keep an eye on incoming and outgoing coal trains. And that’s why we are setting up a new latex spray system for empty railcars.

Come and see for yourselves in our Summer Tours on weekends from July 12-13 through August 23-24.

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For us at Westshore, every week is Environment Week.

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The Corporation of Delta has received national recognition for its Saving Our Industrial Lands (SOIL) initiative from the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA).

Delta was presented last week with the 2014 CAMA Environment Award, in the 20,001 to 100,000 population category, during the association’s national conference in Niagara Falls, Ont. “It is a worthy effort that others can learn from,” said CAMA president Jean Savard.

For over a decade, the Corporation of Delta has had a vision to transform a wasteland of derelict landfill sites, known as the River Road East corridor, into an economically vibrant industrial area.

The SOIL initiative brought together landowners, businesses and govern-

ment agencies to develop strategies to achieve that goal.

The Delta Shake & Shingle landfill redevelopment is an example of the vision. After a major fire in 1999, the landowner declared bankruptcy. This left the provincial government with a $4 million bill and Delta with an “orphan” brownfield site.

In 2009, the construction of a major provincial highway provided an opportunity to achieve landfill closure. The $7 million project used innovative engineering to transform 70 per cent of the landfill to productive industrial use.

In 2013, Ocean Trailer completed a multi-million dollar eco-industrial facility on the site.

“This brownfield site went from being a contaminated landfill that we could not sell for the life of us to

a new, eco-friendly facility with prime industrial land, bringing with it 150 jobs to the area,” said Mayor Lois Jackson.

She said since Ocean Trailer opened its doors, demand for brownfield sites as part of the SOIL initiative is rising.

“We want to encourage more of these win-win brownfield developments, which make use of existing industrial lands, literally transferring trash into treasure,” said Jackson.

CAMA’s Environment Award recognizes the commitment of a municipality to environmentally sustainable governance, to protecting the environment and to combating climate change.

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June 4, 2014 The Delta Optimist A19 Environment Week

Earthwise Farm

Hedgerows are beneficial to wildlife conservation As the summer season is fast approaching, one can easily spot farmers out in the field, preparing their soil for planting a diverse selection of produce.

Many Deltans look forward to reaping the benefits of this preparation, through the purchase of farm goods at the popular Ladner Village Market, or perhaps by making visits to local farms to pick their own fresh fruit.

However, there is one less-visible benefit farmers provide all year long. Many farmers in Delta supply valuable wildlife habitat by planting hedgerows on their farms.

What exactly is a hedgerow? Generally, it is described as a grouping of trees and shrubs, usually arranged in (but not limited to) a linear fashion. The Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust, a local non-profit charitable organization, offers farmers an opportunity to establish nativeplant hedgerows through its Hedgerow Stewardship

Program.

Planting hedgerows can be extremely beneficial to achieve long-term wildlife conservation.

Flowering plants in the late-spring and summer seasons PHOTO BY BRYANNA THIEL create songbird The Delta Farmland & Wildlife Trust has feeding and nesting helped to establish over six kilometres habitat; tall trees of hedgerows in the Fraser River delta. offer cover and metres of hedgerows in the hunting perches for Fraser River delta. Funding raptors; and an abundance of flowering vegetation pro- support for the Hedgerow Stewardship Program is vides pollinator habitat for generously provided by the a suite of bees.

Vancouver Foundation and Farmers also have the private funders. The trust potential to gain from the establishment of hedgerows. also wishes to acknowledge the significant support of Native trees and shrubs the following organizations can act as a buffer zone for other stewardship probetween farm fields, or on grams: Delta Agricultural fields bordering a roadway.

Society, Ducks Unlimited Hedgerows can also assist farmers in maintaining their Canada, B.C. Waterfowl Society, Corporation of soil by acting as a physical Delta, City of Richmond, barrier against soil erosion Environment Canada, and during heavy winter rains.

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Wildlife Trust, in partnerFor more information, ship with local farmers, has visit www.deltafarmland.ca. established over six kilo-

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Sprinkling restrictions now in effect in Delta Evenings are off limits due to high household demand Lawn sprinkling regulations took effect in Delta and throughout Greater Vancouver last Sunday.

The annual restrictions limit lawn sprinkling to the following days and times: • Even numbered residential addresses on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday between 4 and 9 a.m.

• Odd numbered residential addresses on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday between 4 and 9 a.m.

The restrictions will be in place until Sept. 30.

Lawn sprinkling is not permitted during evenings when the demand for water for dishwashers, clothes washing, showers and other domestic uses is at its daily peak.

One lawn sprinkler uses as much water in one hour as 25 toilet flushes, five loads of laundry and five

Region-wide sprinkling restrictions will remain in place until Sept. 30. dishwasher loads.

“One hour of lawn sprinkling each week is all that’s needed for lawns to remain healthy,” said Metro Vancouver board chair Greg Moore. “Don’t waste a drop. Why waste highquality drinking water on lawns?”

The demand for water doubles during the hottest days of summer, to as much as two billion litres of water a day in the region.

The restrictions apply to lawn sprinkling only.

Residents can use tap water to water flowers, vegetables, shrubs and trees.

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Shriners draw a crowd for annual salmon BBQ PHOTOS BY

GORD GOBLE

The Tsawwassen Shrine Club held its 45th annual salmon barbecue Sunday afternoon at Ladner Harbour Park. The service

club’s major fundraiser of the year had one ton of salmon to put over the coals as a large crowd descended on the waterfront park. More photos at www.delta-optimist.com.

June 4, 2014 The Delta Optimist A21

Pets on Parade On Friday, June 27th, the

Annual “Pet Hall of Fame”

will be published in our Pets on Parade special feature To enter bring in or mail your photos to: #207 - 4840 Delta Street, Ladner, BC V4K 2T6 or email your pet’s name, your name and daytime telephone number, and the category(ies) with the corresponding photo with Pet Show in the subject line to: contests@delta-optimist.com Readers will vote for winners in the following categories:

• Best Overall • Most Unique • Most PlayDul Dog & Cat Food prizes will be provided

by Jamieson's Pet Food.

You are allowed to enter one or all categories but a separate picture must be entered for each.

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PETS ON PARADE ENTRY Pet’s Name: _____________________________ Owner: _______________Phone: __________ Category(ies): ___________________________

DELTASSIST FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES Deltassist Family & Community Services Volunteer Drivers 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. For more information contact Lyn at 604-9469526 or email lynw@deltassist.com Deltassist Family & Community Services Tsawwassen 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. For more information contact Lyn at 604-946-9526 or email lynw@deltassist.com KinVillage Community Centre Boutique Helper KinVillage Recreation Centre is looking for people with past retail experience to volunteer in the Boutique store on Friday mornings from 10 am to 12 noon. It helps to have a passion for fashion and cash register experience! Training is provided. For more detailed information contact Susan Martin, 604-943-7625, ext. 3 or e-mail smartin@kinvillage.org.

For more volunteer opportunities visit Deltassist’s website at www.deltassist.com and click on Volunteering then Volweb.

A22 The Delta Optimist June 4, 2014 In the Community

Young at Heart keeping busy at West Shore

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The Young at Heart group from Tsawwassen Alliance Church brightens the lives of the residents at West Shore Laylum Care Centre in Ladner by dedicating their time, energy and skill. Their special project is the creation of a dedicated area in the West Shore garden for birds to rest, bathe, eat and sing. Last year, the group started transforming the garden by installing a painted birdhouse made by volunteer Shirley Fortune’s father, which she donated in his memory. This year, additional birdhouses, a bird feeder and a birdbath were added.

Aboriginal artists to take up residence at libraries

Needed!

The Fraser Valley Regional Library is celebrating National Aboriginal History Month by welcoming a pair of aboriginal artists in residence.

Darlene Allison and Jay Havens will visit various FVRL branches, including all three in Delta, throughout June to showcase their craft, chat with the public and present programs to registered groups of all ages.

A member of the Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation, Allison is a self-taught artist who has been creating art in many forms for over 35 years.

She is a skilled artist,

Pick 1, 2 or all 3 days!

painter and sculptor, however, she has focused much of her passion the past 14 years on carving. Using alabasters and soapstones, some of which she gathered herself from mountains in B.C., Allison will demonstrate the craft of carving.

A descendant of the Haudenosaunee Mohawk Nation, Havens is an interdisciplinary artist working in the fields of visual arts, mural making and scenography.

Much of his work examines stories and the ways in which stories can be told visually to act as communicators between cultures.

Using local materi-

als, culture, narrative and Bunraku (traditional Japanese-style puppets) as inspiration, Havens will share the art of visual storytelling as he crafts a fivefoot puppet that will take two people to articulate.

Allison will visit the Ladner Pioneer Library on Saturday, June 7, the George Mackie Library on Wednesday, June 11 and the Tsawwassen Library on Friday, June 13.

Havens will be in Ladner on Tuesday, June 17 and Tsawwassen on Saturday, June 21.

All appearances are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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June 4, 2014 The Delta Optimist A23 In the Community

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A24 The Delta Optimist June 4, 2014

Cadets on parade in annual review

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GORD GOBLE

The 828 Hurricane Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron held its 41st annual ceremonial review Sunday at the South Delta Recreation Centre. The cadets paraded before reviewing officer Neil Dubord as well as displayed skills they have learned in the past year.

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June 4, 2014 The Delta Optimist A25 ADVERTISEMENT

Coming Events Clubs & Groups !Canadian Mental Health Association Delta offers an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) group for individuals with OCD and/ or friends and family. The group meets on the first Wednesday of every month 7 to 9 p.m., 11715-72nd Ave., North Delta(house).

Next meeting takes place on Wednesday, June 4. Call CMHA Delta for info at 604-943-1878. !A cancer support group welcomes anyone who is newly diagnosed with cancer, is in active treatment or has had a recurrence.

The group will take place at the Centre for Supportive Care and be facilitated by counsellor Gilly Heaps, MA CCC. Drop-in the second and fourth Monday of each month beginning June 9 from 1 - 2:30 p.m. at 4631 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Ladner. For more information please call Gilly at 604-948-0660 local 311. !Delta Nature Presents: Members’ turn to shine!

What and where in the world - an evening of members’ photo presentations and talks highlighting their unique experiences with nature. Time: Monday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. Place: Cammidge House in Boundary Bay Regional Park. No charge for event - Everyone welcome.

Info: Call Tom at 604 940 9296 or e-mail tom. bearss@dccnet.com” !Job Options BC has an opportunity for unemployed non-EI receiving British Columbians, 18 or older.

There will be four weeks of facilitated group work, followed by six weeks of work experience options to a maximum of 10 weeks.

New program begins June 9. For additional information, please phone 604-5919262 ext. 109. Supported by the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast BC & PICS. !Summer Reading Clubs, Friday, June 13 - Sunday, Aug. 31. Funny Business!

Children, teens and adults can sign up for their 2014 Summer Reading Club at their local Delta library beginning Friday, June 13 and receive a fabulous free reading record. As your record fills up throughout the summer, there are great prizes to win. !The low vision group meets on the third Monday of each month at the Ladner Pioneer Library from 1:30 2:30 p.m. June 16: speaker will be Kristen Crouch.

Topic: creating a herb garden.

7046 or e-mail hberks@ dccnet.com.

!The South Delta Newcomers and Alumni meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7:15 p.m. at the Art Gallery, Kiwanis Longhouse, located at 1710- 56th St., Tsawwassen. The club is for women who have moved to Tsawwassen, Ladner or Point Roberts, to introduce you to the community and help you make new friends.

Join us Thursday June 19.

Contact Holly at holly.hastie@uregina.ca.

!Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast, hosted by Tsawassen Boundary Bay Lions and Cammidge House Volunteers, takes place Sunday, June 15, 9 a.m. - noon at Centennial Beach Park. Adults $6, children $3. Entertainment, playground, free parking.

Pamper Dad at this 14th annual event - rain or shine.

Info: Geof 604-943-1303.

Seniors !KinVillage Travel presents a Whistler day trip on Monday, June 16. Bus trip and hot lunch at the Wildwood Pacific Bistro. $70 for members, $75 for non-members. Open 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday at KinVillage Community Centre and at McKee. Fund Raisers !IODE Boundary Bay Chapter is pleased to announce our annual Garage Sale will be held on Saturday, June 7 at 589 English Bluff, Tsawwassen.

Great finds await you from 9 am - 1 pm. All proceeds go towards local charities.

Join us for coffee, cookies, great bargains and lots of fun. !Royal Canadian Legion Branch #289 Tsawwassen, 22-1835-56th St., holds its second annual Lobsterfest and Legion Fundraiser.

Tickets are $30 includes lobster dinner, dessert, a pint and Maritime music by Keelhaul. Open to members and bonafide guests. Call 604-943-0232 for more information.

Special Events !Car boot sale. Where: Centennial Beach Park.

When: Each second and fourth Saturday, commencing June 14. Time: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Vendors should set up at 8 a.m.

Bring tarpaulin to display goods. Cost $10 per allocated space. Refreshments available. Buyers enjoy barter on the beach. Weather permitting. Info: Tom 604940-9296 or www.boundarybayparkassociation.wordpress.com. !On Saturday, June 14, help celebrate five years of representation by our MLA, Vicki Huntington. Locale is the Sundance Inn in Ladner, 6 p.m. Sumptuous buffet, silent auction, and entertainment. $60 per person.

Call Julie Berks at 604-943-

Arts !Sidekick Players present “On Golden Pond” by Ernest Thompson, directed

by Jacqollyne Keath. The Tsawwassen Arts Centre, 1172 56th St. June 5 - 21 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) 8 p.m., June 15 (Sunday) 2 p.m. Adults $18, seniors (60+)/students (12-18) $15.

Bistro seating with refreshments available for purchase to enjoy during the show. Seating is limited. To reserve call 604-288-2415. !Transformation - the creative garden, an open submission gallery and speaker series, runs from June 6 to 8 at Tsawwassen United Church, 695-53rd St. Call 604-943-2911 for more. !Once again, music will fill the air at the 10th annual Ladner Bandfest taking place at Memorial Park in Ladner on Saturday/Sunday, June 7 & 8. This year, there will be 22 amateur adult Concert Bands from the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island and the U.S. presenting 40-minute concerts on two stages throughout the weekend between 10 and 6 p.m. It is free and open to the public. http://ladnerbandfest.org/ !Aboriginal Artist in Residence: Darlene Allison at Ladner Pioneer Library, Saturday, June 7, 10 a.m.

- 5 p.m. Celebrate National Aboriginal History Month this June at FVRL. Darlene will be demonstrating her soapstone carving. !Ross Douglas is the feature performer at a Songwriter Café on June 7 at 7:30 p.m. at St. David’s in Tsawwassen, 1115-51A St. Admission is $10.

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

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Within the Next 5-Years; Experts predict “weight loss clinics will be shuttered… diet doctors will be obsolete… and virtually no one in this country will ever be fat again!” Here’s why...

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Sports Editor: Mark Booth

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Silver lining to a great season for Devils Senior girls soccer team takes unbeaten record into provincial championship game before falling to Fleetwood Park MARK BOOTH

It took the provincial championship game for the South Delta Sun Devils to finally face enough adversity that they couldn’t overcome.

The senior girls soccer team came within 70 minutes of completing an unbeaten season in style, falling 3-0 to the Fleetwood Park Dragons in Saturday’s provincial AAA title game played on a sun-drenched turf field at Van Tech secondary in Vancouver.

The Sun Devils’ journey to the final featured several close battles, including three one goal victories in the Fraser Valley playoffs and a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Kelowna in their final round-robin game to advance to the provincial final four. Yet, the girls couldn’t dig deep enough one more time to overcome their own misfortune and a very good opponent.

The Dragons took advantage of a rare South Delta defensive lapse to get on the end of a 45yard free kick to open the scoring 15 minutes in. Soon after, they no longer had to worry about Grade 10 standout Olivia Sheppard who went down in a heap with severe leg cramps that had plagued her throughout the tournament.

Any chance of second half comeback was all but lost when goalkeeper Damara Begin was issued a red card for unintention-

ally handling the ball outside of her box. The Dragons would go on to add two more and finished the tournament not surrendering a goal in five games.

“This is a team that has worked so hard all year and that’s how we got to the final,” said head coach Stephen Burns. “Yesterday, we managed to grind our way through two games. Today, we made mistakes that we haven’t made all season.

“Giving up that goal in the first half was very disappointing.

Fleetwood just don’t give up many scoring chances so we knew we were really up against it. Without Olivia, it can be a struggle for us to move forward. But the best team won today. Give Fleetwood a lot of credit.”

Burns’ frustration of the way the afternoon was unfolding boiled over when a hard tackle on Nadia Langenberg inside the penalty area went undetected. He was ejected from the game and the Dragons added a third goal moments later.

“We thought sending Damara off was a very harsh call and that was an obvious foul on a scoring opportunity for Nadia,” said assistant coach Brent Sweeney. “We still thought we had a chance at that point.”

The Sun Devils’ road to the final included earlier round-robin wins over Williams Lake (4-0) and Kitsilano (1-0). They also defeated

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Fleetwood proved to be a sleeping giant of the tournament, losing their quarter-final game of the Valley playoffs to Centennial, then reeling off four straight wins to finish third.

Ironically the Dragons’ also ended the title hopes of Burns’ other team — the No. 1 ranked McMath Wildcats. The Richmond school carried much of the play in the round-robin encounter but failed to convert a number of chances and the teams played to a scoreless draw. Fleetwood then prevailed in penalty kicks which served as the first place tiebreaker.

McMath went on to finish fifth despite not losing a game all sea-

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South Delta Sun Devils Olivia Sheppard battles with Fleetwood Park’s Ashley Burgess during early first half action of the provincial AAA final played on Saturday in Vancouver. Sheppard would soon after leave the game with an injury while Burgess would lead the Dragons to a 3-0 win, earning the Grade 9 standout tournament MVP honours.

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“The key against (Fleetwood) is to get that first goal because they defend so well,” added Burns. “It would force them to open up a bit.”

With solid core of returning players, the Sun Devils should be in position to be a major force in 2015 as well.

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Besides Sheppard going down with an injury, the Devils also lost forward Cailean Meredith in the second half. The Grade 12 field hockey standout had a flight to catch to the Netherlands as a member of a Rob Short Academy U18 team that is participating in a FIH World Youth Tournament.

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Nominations being accepted for Delta Memorial Sports Award The Delta Sport Council is pleased to announce that thanks to the financial support of the Delta Kiwanis Club, an up-and-coming national level local athlete will be eligible for the $1,000 Kiwanis Delta Memorial Sports Award.

Past winners of this annual honour include: Mark Pearson (field hockey), Kate Murie (women’s ice hockey), Tanya McLean (softball), Spencer Simon (fencing), Eric Van Niekerk (water polo), Cecylia Witkowski (skating), Karyn Jewell (swimming), Joe Dart (rowing), Sara McManus (field hockey), Sam Clare (lacrosse), Danielle Kisser (para swimming) Jonathon Kraft (swimming), Alex Farquharson (gymnast) and last year’s recipients Nicole and Megan McNamara (beach volleyball).

Each of these athletes has been pursuing his/her sport for many years with the hope of competing internationally.

“Canadian athletes most often have to pay

for their own travel costs even when representing Canada,” explained Delta Sports council executive member Carlene Lewall.

“Do you know how hard it is for sports groups to get financial support? Unlike many organizations, local and provincial sports cannot apply for charitable status and so are unable to give tax receipts.

“With limited funding for sports, our talented athletes may be unable to afford not only their training but also the international travel that is required.”

Lewall adds athletes also need good coaching and training facilities to excel, as well as the support of their family and the community.

Applications for the Delta Memorial Sports Award can be obtained through joyfera@telus.net or carlenelewall47@gmail. com. Completed forms can be dropped off at the Delta Sport Development Center (Delta Gymnastics) in Ladner.

Pioneers host Indians in key battle

The later the Ladner Pioneers see the Tri-City Bandits in the playoffs the better, making Thursday’s home floor date with the North Shore Indians a crucial one.

The Pioneers (4-3-1) currently sit third in the West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association, one point ahead of the Indians (4-3-0).

Ladner will be looking for payback for a 19-12 season-opening loss and, more importantly, creating some breathing room in the league standings.

The Pioneers may only need to reach the league championship series to secure a

President’s Cup berth with Tri-Cities hosting this year’s tournament. The task could become much easier if they don’t see the unbeaten (7-0-0) Bandits sooner than the finals — something that likely would happen should Ladner finish fourth.

After a tough 9-8 loss to second place Nanaimo on May 25, Ladner bounced back last Thursday with a 15-7 win over Royal City. Quinn Waddington and Mike Berekoff led the way with three goals each.

Game time Thursday is 8 p.m. at Sungod Arena.

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