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DPD officer charged with murder Six-year constable is facing second-degree charge following on-duty shooting two years ago in New West BY

JESSICA KERR

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A Delta police officer is facing a second-degree murder charge following an investigation into an on-duty shooting in New Westminster almost two years ago.

Crown counsel announced the charge Monday against Const.

Jordan MacWilliams in the death

of Mehrdad Bayrami, 48.

Bayrami was shot Nov. 8, 2012 following a five-hour armed standoff outside New Westminster’s Starlight Casino.

MacWilliams, a member of the Municipal Integrated Emergency Response Team, was one of many officers responding to the call.

The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) looked into the shooting and last year chief civil-

ian director Richard Rosenthal forwarded a report to Crown counsel. The IIO does not recommend charges but can forward a report to the Crown following an investigation where it’s believed an officer may have committed an offence.

MacWilliams was released on bail following an initial appearance in B.C. Supreme Court Monday morning. He is sched-

uled to appear in court again in December.

Delta police spokesperson Sgt. Sarah Swallow said the officer, who has been with the department for almost six years, was initially reassigned to administrative duties following the shooting. He is currently on paid leave.

“I respect and understand the roles of Crown counsel and the Independent Investigations

Office,” said Delta police Chief Jim Cessford. “This incident occurred almost two years ago and, given the independent nature of the investigation, I have limited knowledge of the details regarding this matter. Also, considering the fact that this matter is now before the courts, I am not in a position to make any comment relative to the charges against Const.

MacWilliams.”

Surgical program lacking Doctors say hospital should be providing better urgent care BY

SANDOR GYARMATI

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Delta residents have the right to expect better urgent medical care at their local hospital.

That’s what doctors at Delta Hospital are saying as they continue their public campaign to restore the surgical program, warning of a “collapse of acute medical care for Delta residents” if the problem isn’t corrected.

Noting they have made their concerns known to Fraser Health and the province, the Delta Hospital Medical Staff Association last week made public a myriad of problems patients face

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Doctors at Delta Hospital have concerns over the level of care patients requiring surgical procedures are receiving. Those sounding the alarm include (from left) Dr. Robert Shaw, Dr. Kevin Shi, Dr. Mike Curry, Dr. Jean Segal, Dr. Dan Rubin, (medical student pictured), Dr. Ruth Turnbull and Dr. Randy McCuaig. if they come for urgent surgical procedures, ones they wouldn’t have if they went to any other hospital in the region.

“Delta is the only community hospital that does not have a functioning surgical program,” said

Dr. Robert Shaw, spokesperson for the group. “Patients have every right to expect that these basic surgeries can be taken care of locally.”

Shaw, who is head of internal medicine at the Ladner hospital,

said the surgical program was never fully restored, which now means unnecessary ambulance transfers as well as delays in patient care.

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Delta Hospital will continue to play a key role in the delivery of health care for the region, according to Fraser Health’s director of surgery, who says that role will only increase.

In an interview with the Optimist, Peter Blair, a surgeon himself, responded to concerns raised by doctors at Delta Hospital, noting surgical activity at the hospital has increased over the last several years to where well over 5,000 cases were handled last year.

Saying he’s been involved with the surgical leadership team managing Delta Hospital, Blair noted funding has increased to meet growing volumes.

“They do elective surgeries, for example, breast cancer operations, gallbladder

surgery, hernia surgery, and they do orthopedic surgery as well, but they don’t have an intensive care unit or the type of backup you would have, let’s say, at Surrey Memorial Hospital,” he explained. “So you would have some limitations in the complexity of cases they can do. But as I say, we have been progressively increasing their volume and their funding.”

As far as operating rooms closing at 3 p.m, he noted the regular elective slates finish around that time at all hospitals.

They’re then available for emergency surgery.

“It’s true that we don’t do emergency surgeries in the evenings or after midnight at Delta Hospital, so when emergency cases come in, they’re either done during the day or they’re added on, or they need to be done

SURGERY from page 1 In 2002, the community was galvanized when the FHA announced major cutbacks to the hospital, including a planned overnight closure of the ER. After intense community backlash, the ER was spared but other cutbacks proceeded, including a downgrading of the hospital from acute to sub-acute status.

Years later, many of the services were restored as the hospital underwent expansion, becoming a centre for day surgical procedures. Although acute status was eventually brought

back, that doesn’t mean the previous level of emergency medical care came with it, explained Shaw.

The doctors have been describing the situation as “a crisis” and that the surgical program is in “imminent danger of imploding” because operating rooms aren’t available for emergency surgeries 24 hours a day like other hospitals.

In Delta, operating rooms close at 3 p.m., which means those who require urgent procedures are out of luck if they show up after hours or close to closing time. They have to be redi-

in the regular hours,” Blair said.

“What Dr. (Robert) Shaw wants to see is a hospital restored to its pre-existing level of activity as a fullfledged community hospital and there certainly is no planning in the works for that at this time. That would have to have to come as a ministry (of health) directive.

“But contrary to his concern, we’re supporting the hospital, we’re expanding its activity. It has an important role to play regionally as well as locally.”

Blair noted Delta Hospital would soon have a pre-admission clinic where patients booked for surgery can be appropriately assessed by nurses to get them ready.

The health region has also been working with general practitioners in the

area to set up a cast clinic at the hopsital.

“All I can say is we’re not shutting down Delta.

We’re seeing Delta increase its activity. Delta is a critical component of our network of hospitals in Fraser Health as far as delivering surgeries are concerned,” Blair said.

“They provide local services and they also provide regional services, so they’re not in danger of imploding and I think they’re very healthy and robust, in fact.”

Originally opened in the late 1970s, Delta Hospital now offers a wide range of services. The Delta Hospital Foundation is currently fundraising for a major expansion for the diagnostic imaging and laboratory departments. The hospital’s new master site plan envisions potential new services in the coming years.

rected to another hospital that has the space.

The doctors’ association sent a letter to Health Minister Terry Lake this week outlining its concerns and citing many examples.

Doctors say every year over 300 surgical patients have to be transferred for care that could have easily been performed locally.

“We believe that when Delta patients come into the emergency department, which receives over 31,000 patients per year, they should expect to receive prompt acute surgical interventions for acute bowel obstruction, acute appendicitis and cholecystitis, just as they expect to receive

urgent medical treatments for acute stroke, acute myocardial infarction and acute infections,” the letter signed by over 30 members of the medical staff states.

Doctors warned that as a result of decreasing capabilities in the surgical program, Delta Hospital has not been able to recruit any anesthetists over the last five years and is in danger of losing the entire anesthesia department.

They also point out that Delta has 6.35 per cent of Fraser Health’s population, but the hospital’s annual surgical budget is $5 million, or only one per cent of the region’s surgical program budget.

Doctors at Delta Hospital have voiced concerns over the surgical program. They have provided the following cases as examples of problems patients have experienced due to the inadequacies of the surgical program: • “Yesterday a 65-yearold man underwent a routine screening colonoscopy. Unfortunately, he was found to have colon cancer by the surgeon.

His Delta general surgeon was more than qualified to resect the cancer on the same day, but was forced to refer the patient to another surgeon at St. Paul’s Hospital, adding to the delays in his treatment. The patient will likely need to wait for four weeks to have his colon cancer removed.”

• “Last week, a 57year-old patient who had undergone a hysterectomy seven days prior presented to Delta ER with severe abdominal pain due to an entero-vesicular fistula, which is not an uncommon surgical complication. However, because of the cutbacks to the Delta surgical program, the patient had to be transferred to Surrey Memorial Hospital.

Naturally the patient was very upset. She assumed the surgeons at Delta Hospital would be able to repair her.”

• “Earlier this year a 17-year-old girl came to Delta ER in the morning with acute abdominal pain. The ER physician and the general surgeon made the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

However, because operating rooms at Delta Hospital close at 3 p.m., the girl had to be transferred by ambulance to Surrey Memorial Hospital, where she had to wait again to be reevaluated by the emergency physician there, as well as the surgeon.

Eventually her appendix was removed, but only after a five-hour delay.

She could have been operated on five hours earlier at Delta Hospital if FHA had been willing to pay $150 for nursing overtime. Instead, taxpayers paid an additional $1,150 for ambulance transfer and additional costs incurred at the other hospital.”

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Premier Christy Clark joined others at Tilbury Island yesterday for the groundbreaking of a major liquefied natural gas expansion project at the FortisBC plant.

The $400 million expansion will add a tank that has a capacity of one billion cubic feet. The existing storage tank has a capacity of about 600 million cubic feet.

“The future is very, very bright.” Clark told the large number of media in attendance. “And for those naysayers who say that LNG is a pipe dream, that it will never happen, I invite you to look behind me. I invite

you to talk to the executives at Fortis and the people who work here, because you will discover that LNG is not just something that’s going to happen in the future, LNG is something that’s happening today.”

John Walker, FortisBC executive vice-president of Western Canadian operations, said the project brings tremendous opportunities for the province and Delta as well.

Delta North MLA Scott Hamilton described the expansion as a big deal, something that helps the province become a LNG powerhouse.

Noting the project will create more jobs in Delta, Mayor Lois Jackson commended FortisBC for its

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The expansion at the plant, which has been in operation since 1971, will be completed in 2016.

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TFN set to host forum for school board candidates

Council hopefuls at meeting in Ladner tomorrow night The Tsawwassen First Nation is hosting an allcandidates meeting for Delta school board hopefuls next week.

Set for Monday, Oct. 27, the meeting will be the first opportunity for trustee candidates to square off ahead of next month’s civic election.

Sixteen are running for the seven positions on the school board. All the incumbents, except Simon Truelove, are seeking re-

election, while 10 are hoping to get elected for the first time.

TFN members as well as the public are invited to attend the meeting, which will be held at the TFN Recreation Centre, 1929 Tsawwassen Drive North, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Other election forums on the calendar include: • The Delta Chamber of Commerce and Delta Optimist are co-hosting an all-candidates meeting

for Delta council hopefuls tomorrow night in Ladner.

The meeting, which is sponsored by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, will run from 7 to 9 p.m. at Cedar Park Church, 5300-44th Ave. • The Delta Residents Association, a non-profit, non-partisan group of local residents, will host an all-candidates forum on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the North Delta Evangelical Free Church.

Candidate withdrawal reduces council race to 13 The list of Delta council candidates in next month’s municipal election has dropped by one after Peter van der Velden suddenly pulled out of the race.

The clerk’s department at municipal hall confirmed the withdrawal last Friday but no reason was given.

Van der Velden, one of several newcomers seeking a seat on council, joined forces with a group calling itself Delta Connect, which includes fellow newcomers

a councillor in Nicholas Wong, Silverton in the Jennifer Thoss, Kootenays.

Lori Mayhew and His withdrawal Johann Ackerman. leaves 13 runWhen he ning for the six announced his cancouncil positions. didacy last month, The mayor will van der Velden said be acclaimed a change was needbecause nobody ed because DIVA (Delta Independent Peter van der stepped forward Velden to challenge fiveVoters’ Association) term incumbent has largely conLois Jackson. trolled the council agenda.

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Jim Cessford, who will retire early next year, is Canada’s longest-serving police chief. He came to Delta from Edmonton in 1995 and quickly put his stamp on his new department.

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Career cop calls it a career After 46 years in policing, including 20 as Delta=s chief, Jim Cessford to turn over reins BY

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When a young Jim Cessford started with the Edmonton Police Department, he never thought one day he would be running his own police force.

But that’s exactly what he’s done in Delta for the last two decades. However, after 46 years in policing, the 64-year-old is getting ready to retire early next year.

“It’s time now. It’s time. There’re still things I’d like to do so I’m going to move on from Delta and turn it over to somebody else,” he said in a recent interview. “We’ll have a breath of fresh air for the department.”

Cessford started his policing career early.

At just 17, he joined the Edmonton police as a cadet where he spent most of his time acting as gopher for the officers.

“I had a goal that I wanted to be a homicide investigator,” he said, a position he attained by the time he was 28, sevenand-a-half years after becoming a sworn member.

“Working on some of those files, on homicides or some of the armoured car robberies that we worked on, some of that work was almost like living in a book. It was like working in a crime novel.”

In those days, Cessford said, he did a lot of interrogations, interviews and hostage negotiations, developing expertise he would ultimately share with other officers across the country.

One day the chief at the time, Doug McNally, approached him and told him he needed to start moving toward management, setting out a plan that would see Cessford take another step in the organization every two years.

“He essentially laid out my succession plan for me and said, ‘This is how it will

be,’ and so that’s how it was.” partnerships, customer service, problem Cessford moved up the ranks from staff solving and community ownership — and sergeant to inspector to superintendent in used them to guide the new direction for charge of Edmonton’s downtown division, the department. which at the time was facing many of the “Rather than suppressing a problem, we same issues as Vancouver’s Downtown wanted to look at the root causes and just Eastside. completely solve the prob“I learned an awful lot from lem. I think we did great.” that ... That was developmen- “It was really exciting Late in his first year in tal for me in that position,” because it gave me Delta Cessford remembers he said. “And then a knock one of the dispatchers the opportunity to, if coming came on the door from the into his office with headhunters asking if I would you will, run my own the news the department consider applying for the police department. I had just passed 45,000 chief’s job.” calls for service in a year had a plan for what for Initially, Cessford was the first time in its hisI wanted public approached about positions tory. with three departments — Cessford said they startsafety to look like Delta, Regina and Winnipeg. ed looking into the situand I thought this In the end, however, he ation and saw that many was the right fit for Delta and is the perfect size were repeat calls to the Delta was the right fit for same addresses. One residepartment.”

Cessford’s vision of how he dence had logged 450 calls Chief Jim Cessford for service in two years. wanted to run his own department. He took over as chief in Officers started looking February of 1995. into root causes and have “It was really exciting because it gave had much success eliminating repeat calls, me the opportunity to, if you will, run my to the point where the department currently own police department. I had a plan for handles about 25,000 calls for service what I wanted public safety to look like annually. and I thought this is the perfect size departCessford, who was named Delta’s Citizen ment. It was a real honour for me to be able of the Year in 2009, swells with pride when to come here to be the police chief.” he talks about the many officers he has Cessford did a lot of work around worked with over the years. community policing during his time in “Most of these police officers, with the Edmonton and wanted to bring that model exception of very few, were hired after I to his new department. came here and it’s really been fun to watch “I really was committed to bringing them come in the door as very young junior the community and the police to working police officers and now some of them are together and that we would close that gap very experienced.” between them, the community, and the It’s rare in policing for an officer to have police department.” just one chief, but Sharlene Brooks only ever knew Cessford.

Cessford said he took the four tenants of Brooks retired earlier this year after 26 community-based policing — community

years with the Delta police, spending the first nine years as a 911 dispatcher before becoming a police officer.

“He outlived my career,” she said with a laugh.

Brooks worked directly with the chief for several years in her role as the department’s media relations officer, calling him the best, but toughest, boss to work for.

“He is fully aware of his authority... but he walks in humility. He is really strong in principles and values.”

She said Cessford is a hands-on chief.

South Delta Baptist Church pastor Paul Johnson can attest to the chief’s willingness to give of his time.

Johnson, who moved to Tsawwassen from Arizona with his family seven years ago, met Cessford when the church was looking into some things it could do to help the community.

However, the chief made an indelible impact on Johnson and his family after the death of Johnson’s son, Taylor, last year.

In February of 2013, Taylor was found dead in the Langley home where he had been working as a caretaker. The next day, Johnson said, Cessford visited the family’s home, bringing along some of the department’s victim services volunteers.

“He went way beyond the call,” he said.

“He really cared for our family.”

Johnson said Cessford regularly checked in on the family throughout the investigation and court process, making a point to call after significant events.

Lois Jackson has worked closely with the chief on several initiatives throughout her five terms as Delta’s mayor.

“He and I go way back,” Jackson said, adding the first real issue she approached him about after taking over as mayor in 1999 was the number of marijuana growops in North Delta.

Hearing examiner rejects radio towers proposal Next week’s Whatcom County hearing cancelled after project is deemed not to conform to height limits BY

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In a surprise move this week, the Whatcom County hearing examiner has rejected the controversial application to erect radio transmission towers in Point Roberts.

The examiner was set to convene a five-day county public hearing next week on the proposal by BBC Broadcasting Inc. to erect five 45-metre (150-foot) towers on an undeveloped lot on McKenzie Way, about 330 metres from the Tsawwassen border.

However, the examiner issued a decision yesterday morning rejecting the proposal on the basis it does not conform to height requirements.

It was a surprise move because county planning staff had recommended approval of the project, saying it met all requirements, including height.

As a result of the examiner’s decision, the hearing,

which was expected to draw a large crowd from both sides of the border, has been cancelled.

Among those scheduled to speak at the hearing were MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Delta CAO George Harvie and MLA Vicki Huntington. Findlay recently delivered a petition with FILE PHOTO over 3,000 names Residents on both sides of the border to the House of have been rallying against proposed Commons.

Point Roberts radio towers for more than Members of a year. the Cross Border devices.

Coalition Against The towers would have the Towers were quick to applaud the decision, saying transmitted South Asian radio station KRPI, AM their lawyers were correct in stating the height did not 1550, which currently broadcasts from studios meet zoning requirements. in Richmond to a Lower Opponents had been Mainland audience. lobbying hard against the The broadcaster uses proposal, claiming it was fraudulent and flawed. They antenna located in Ferndale, Wash., but wanted to move were concerned over blanketing interference from the them closer and have a stronger 50,000-watt, allradio towers causing havoc day signal. with household electronic

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MURPHY’S LAW When you see it in print, right there in black and white, it almost seems hard to comprehend.

Delta has been incorporated for 135 years, yet over that considerable length of time there has never been a person of colour sit on the council that governs this municipality.

When candidate Peter Mattoo raised the lack of ethnic diversity issue last week, it got me thinking. I couldn’t recall a visible minority on council over the last 30 years or so, and given it’s been just over four decades since women finally broke the all-male barrier, I figured it was a good bet that a person of colour had never represented the welcoming folks of Delta.

That seems really strange, particularly in the 21st century in a multicultural country built on immigration, but apparently it’s indeed the case.

As curious as the situation might be, there’s certainly nothing nefarious behind it or something that won’t be rectified by the passage of time. I realize that’s much easier to say for the Caucasian guy who sees a council table full of similar-looking faces, but I firmly believe there’s more to good governance than the colour of someone’s skin.

I fully admit there’s a benefit in ensuring all segments of the population have a voice in government, but at the end of the day, don’t you really want to get the best people regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation or any other way we’re able to categorize the population?

In an ideal world, the best people would also be representative of the various sectors, but when that’s not the case, I think it’s more important to have quality over token representation.

Delta, particularly in the more politically active south end, isn’t as culturally diverse as some other areas of the Lower Mainland, so perhaps that’s one of the reasons behind council composition.

A more likely rationale is that few people of colour run for local office, including just a handful over the last three elections.

There are a multitude of other factors, including the all-important name recognition and slate affiliation, which play a significant role in whether a municipal candidate gets elected.

It took almost 100 years before the first woman (Lois Jackson) broke the gender barrier and was elected to Delta council, but today we’ve got a female mayor, female MLA, female MP and female school board chair. I suspect in the not-too-distant future we will be represented by a council that’s far more colourful than it is today.

All levels of gov’t join public in fight against radio towers STEVE GRAHAM

COMMUNITY COMMENT The application for the KRPI radio towers is going to a hearing in Bellingham during the week of Oct. 27 to 31 (excepting Oct. 28). A few interesting things have occurred on this file since my last update.

Whatcom County’s planning department has recommended the project be approved. This was not helpful, but it is also not conclusive.

In a rather strict determination based solely upon local codes, the planning department found the project did not contravene the rather loose Point Roberts zoning criteria, except the height limitation.

The department argued the project is exempt from the height limitation as a radio station is an essential public utility. However, it can be argued that a facility beaming energy to the northeast and broadcasting in a language not spoken on the Point is not essential.

Further, the planning department took no Canadian issues into account in formulating its recommendation. Evidently its world ends at the U.S. border and thus Canadians are irrelevant, in concurrence with the Federal Communications Commission.

While Vicki Huntington has supported our efforts to stop this project from the get-go, I was pleased that Delta council determined, after independently investigating the issues, that it is also on board.

CAO George Harvie will make a presentation on behalf of mayor and council in Bellingham.

The response of the federal government, which allowed this problem to arise in the first place, is less focused. Industry Minister James Moore has remained unhelpful and appears to have political connections to the project proponents.

On the other hand, MP KerryLynne Findlay has had the courage to change her previous equivocal stance and has helped us out in two ways: she delivered the petition to Parliament, which essentially requests that Moore do his job, and has decided to appear at the Bellingham hearing to make a presentation on behalf of her constituents.

This must give the protocol guys

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anguish; but it is the right thing for her to do. Her problem will be dealing with her previous statements to the effect that the towers would not cause problems in Tsawwassen.

The Cross Border Coalition Against the Radio Towers is ready as the hearing starts and an excellent lawyer has been lined up to deal with Whatcom County code issues. Good luck to us.

The CRTC denied an application for a Canadian broadcasting licence to the owners of Sher-e-Punjab, which generates the programming for KRPI. The CRTC then scheduled a hearing to determine if Shere-Punjab was operating in violation of Canadian law. The issue was settled with a consent agreement before the hearing started.

However, KRPI has not stopped broadcasting since the ownership appears to have been reshuffled among members of the extended family. Thus the CRTC action has had no effect and the risk to Tsawwassen by the towers project remains unchanged.

This project could adversely affect the quality of your life and the value of your property.

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Letters to the Editor

Hospital needs advocates Editor: Re: Doctor sounding alarm over hospital cutbacks, Oct. 17 The article brings back memories and cries out for the need for a Delta Hospital advocacy group separate from the Fraser Health Authority.

An advocacy group would look after the interests of Delta and the Tsawwassen First Nation and could speak freely without threat of dismissal or cancellation of funding.

The Delta Hospital Auxiliary and the Delta Hospital Foundation, with the support of corporations and individuals, are the backbone of the hospital and can be relied upon to continue to raise money for equipment and specialized services.

Despite the cutbacks, the doctors and nurses have served the people of Delta well. Those like Dr. Robert Shaw who speak up are rare because there is always that threat of dismissal or being

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unable to work at Delta Hospital. They must be listened to and supported.

I understand both our MLAs, Vicki Huntington from Delta South and Scott Hamilton from Delta North, support Shaw’s concerns.

This attitude can only be changed if, with the support of our MLAs and Delta council, we create our own advocacy authority that will have a greater voice in the present and future needs of an even bigger hospital.

Douglas George Massey

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Level playing field with campaign controls Editor: Re: Hopefuls to wait until next time, Murphy’s Law, Oct. 17, and Ban donations from special interests: MLA, Oct. 17 Aren’t these two items related?

It is well known that Mayor Lois Jackson and the DIVA slate are not strapped

for cash and grassroots campaigners have a great deal of difficulty competing with that. It takes such resources to have visibility in all three parts of the municipality.

Lately, citizen dissatisfaction with the way growth has been managed by this council is at an all-time

high, which makes the characterization of Jackson as “a popular incumbent” somewhat questionable.

Clearly, campaign finance control could level the playing field and give ordinary citizens a chance to elect officials who will listen to their input.

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I personally don’t think elections should be about ethnic diversity or lack there of it, but about the

issues that are important to the community of Delta. I will vote for whomever best represents what I feel are the most important issues in the community no matter what their ethnicity.

I don’t think that anyone has ever been excluded from running for council to

my knowledge, so anyone of any culture was free to put their name forward.

Let’s not lose sight of what the upcoming election is all about: issues that are important to the Delta community as a whole and not ethnic diversity.

Chris Conroy

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A10 The Delta Optimist October 22, 2014 Business

Clients given opportunity to get even with trainers

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There are people in our lives who sometimes seem to delight in hurting us — the dentist who digs away at a root canal or the hospital nurse who comes back for far too many blood samples.

And what about the trainer at the gym who demands “just one more” when our biceps, triceps and quads are ready to burst?

While it’s tough to legitimately get back at dentists and nurses, a Tsawwassen gym is again planning to set its clients loose to get revenge on the trainers who consistently push them beyond what they believe are their bodily limits.

On Saturday, Nov. 1, starting at 9 a.m., trainers at New Day Training are inviting clients to come up with the meanest, nastiest ideas to get even.

Last year owner Terry Day had to pull his Dodge Ram for 100 feet along the blacktop of his parking lot.

Others were big-time bench pressing, skipping, lifting weights and pounding

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New Day owner Terry Day had to pull his pick-up in the gym’s parking lot during last year’s event. punching bags. Torture goes for $4 a minute in increments of five minutes.

The funds collected will all go to Delta Stroke Recovery, which has lost government funding and needs help to continue its powerful program.

To sweeten the day, there will be a 50/50 draw, a raffle for a professional grade Bosu and sessions at the New Day gym. There will also be a barbecue, drinks and music to add to the tortuous fun.

“Day-to-day we dish out

some mean and nasty stuff,” said New Day owner Terry Day. “To help Delta Stroke Recovery, it’s time again for the tables to be turned.”

The trainers involved are Day, Monica Skeete, Jane Marquis, Ian Fletcher, Anne Herringer, Kate McKnulty, Deb Knopp, Kristen Yakiwchuck and Angela Straker.

Families and friends are welcome to come as observers.

New Day is at 115-107756th St. (behind Save-On Foods).

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On Friday, Triple O’s restaurants across the province will once again donate $1 from the sale of every combo so all kids can play.

briefs For the fifth year in a row, Triple O’s is raising money for KidSport, a community-based funding program that takes financially disadvantaged children off the sidelines and puts them into sports like hockey, baseball and gymnastics.

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A12 The Delta Optimist October 22, 2014

Local Government Elections – November 15, 2014

NOTICE OF ELECTION BY ACCLAMATION

Public Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 76 of the Local Government Act that the following candidate is elected by acclamation:

Candidate for MAYOR (one elected by acclamation) Name

Elector Organization (If applicable)

Lois E. JACKSON

Address

Delta Independent Voters Association 9167 118 Street

NOTICE OF ELECTION BY VOTING The 2014 Local Government Elections for the Offices of Councillor (six to be elected) School Trustee (seven to be elected) will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014

Public Notice is hereby given that an election by voting is necessary to elect six Councillors, and seven School Trustees, and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom votes will be received are: Name Johann ACKERMANN Rod BINDER Sylvia BISHOP Ron CALLIOU Robert CAMPBELL Jeannie KANAKOS Heather KING Peter S. MATTOO Lori MAYHEW Bruce McDONALD Ian L. PATON Jennifer THOSS Nicholas WONG Name Corinne ATWOOD Rhiannon BENNETT Donna BURKE Laura DIXON Susan FETTERKIND Phil HURT Nick KANAKOS Fabian MILAT Carla QUALTROUGH Bruce REID Dale SAIP Brad SHERWIN Nic SLATER Scott STOILEN Laura Michelle THOMAS Val WINDSOR

Candidates for COUNCILLOR (six to be elected) Elector Organization (If applicable) Delta Connect Delta Independent Voters Association

Delta Independent Voters Association Independents Working For You

Delta Connect Independents Working For You Delta Independent Voters Association Delta Connect Delta Connect

Address 7831 110 Street 7502 Crawford Drive 5143 1 Avenue 11937 85A Avenue Delta, BC 11948 Sunwood Place 922 50 Street 11589 83 Avenue 9292 117A Street 6554 Lambert Crescent 3696 88 Street 312-1504 56 Street Delta, BC

Candidates for SCHOOL TRUSTEE (seven to be elected) Elector Organization (If applicable)

Kids Matter Independents Working For You

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Address 10567 River Road Tsawwassen, BC 11152 Scarborough Drive 1464 Beach Grove Road 7622 115 Street North Delta, BC 11948 Sunwood Place 4500 Kelly Drive 5203 Lynn Place 330 Rosehill Wynd 5278 4 Avenue 199 66 Street Delta, BC 5128 7B Avenue 31-5500 48B Avenue 7151 114A Street

Voting Dates and Locations

General Voting will be open to qualified electors on Saturday, November 15, 2014 between the hours of 8:00 am to 8:00 pm at the voting place within the Voting Division in which you reside or qualify as a non-resident property elector.

A list of voting place locations is provided below, and a “Where to Vote” card is mailed to all registered electors before voting day. If you have moved since your registration on the Delta List of Electors, you must vote at the voting place for where you are living on voting day. If you need assistance determining your Voting Division, please contact the Office of the Municipal Clerk at 604-946-3220.

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Advance Voting will be open to qualified electors at one of the following voting places on November 1, 5 and 6, 2014 from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm: Sungod Recreation Centre 7815 112 Street, North Delta

Delta Municipal Hall 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Ladner

South Delta Recreation Centre 1720 56 Street, Tsawwassen

Special Voting opportunities will be available to allow residents of special care facilities to vote where you are residing, as follows: Monday, November 10: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm: Mountain View Manor and Delta Hospital 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Westshore Laylum

Wednesday, November 12: 9:30 am to 10:30 am: Abbeyfield St. David’s 11:00 am to 2:00 pm: The Waterford at Windsor Woods 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm: KinVillage Care Home

Thursday, November 13: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon: Delta View Habilitation 12:00 noon to 2:30 pm: Delta View Life Enrichment

Friday, November 14: 10:30 am to 2:00 pm: Augustine House 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Northcrest Care Centre

Mail Ballot Voting is available to qualified electors who have a physical disability, illness or injury that prevents you from voting at any other voting opportunity, or if you expect to be absent from Delta on General Voting Day and at the times of all advance voting opportunities. Electors must request a mail ballot package by submitting an Application to Vote by Mail to the Chief Election Officer. Application forms are available from the Office of the Municipal Clerk or online at www.delta.ca/elections. Mail ballot packages will be sent on or about November 3, 2014.

Elector Registration If you have not previously registered to vote in this election, you may do so at the Voting Place on Voting Day. To register to vote on Voting Day, you will be asked to: & :'?%A$H$ @<8 JGK< @ !$KGJH!@HG'< "'!? & %!'DG8$ HB' %G$:$J '" G8$<HG+:@HG'< H' D$!G") )'F! G8$<HGH) @<8 !$JG8$<:) *@H A$@JH '<$ %G$:$ '" G8$<HG+:@HG'< ?FJH :'<H@G< )'F! JGK<@HF!$7 & 8$:A@!$ HI@H )'F @!$ $<HGHA$8 H' D'H$ @<8 I@D$ <'H D'H$8 =$"'!$ G< HIGJ $A$:HG'<.

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Please be advised that corporations are not eligible to vote.

Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) residents are not eligible to vote in the Municipality of Delta elections for the Offices of Mayor and Councillor as these lands are not within the boundaries of the Municipality of Delta. As Tsawwassen First Nation is within the boundaries of School District #37 (Delta), Tsawwassen First Nation residents are eligible to vote for the Office of School Trustee for the Delta Board of Education. TFN electors can only vote at an Advance Voting Opportunity at the South Delta Recreation Centre and on General Voting Day at Cliff Drive Elementary School.

Robyn Anderson Chief Election Officer For additional information please contact: The Office of the Municipal Clerk

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A14 The Delta Optimist October 22, 2014

Hard not to take never-ending computer issues personally BARBARA GUNN

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It’s hard not to take it personally.

No matter whether I’m at home or at work, I’m pestered by computers.

Sure, it happens to everyone. Everyone, from time to time, will experience a bit of glitch.

Not so with me. In any given week, I swear, my computer will play a little game with me. My email will freeze. My Internet will fail. My documents file will say, in so many words: Sorry, sweetheart, but we’ve decided to take a vacation.

As I say, it’s getting pretty personal.

“Anyone having computer issues today?” I will holler at work, every other day.

“Not me,” a colleague

will say.

“Me neither,” another will mutter.

And so I’ll call the Help Desk. And sooner or later, someone from the Help Desk will show up, fiddle with something or other, and I’ll be back in business.

For a day or two. Max. “What are you doing wrong?” the husband asked the other day. This, after my home computer opted to take a day-long nap when I needed it the most.

This was not the right question to ask.

“What am I doing wrong?” I hollered. “I’m not doing ANYTHING I don’t usually do! This stupid thing just won’t respond!”

The husband looked at me. And shrugged.

“Then why do you seem to have more issues than most people?”

Again, perhaps not the most appropriate question. But he certainly had a point.

Most people — whoever “most people” are — appear not to experience what I experience. What I experience are interactions with electronic devices that take tremendous glee in messing with my head.

Again, doesn’t matter where they are. They’re all in cahoots. They all take a perverse pleasure in seeing me sweat when I can’t access my photos, update my Facebook status or send a note to my sister.

It’s not like I’m not good to them. Heaven knows, I clean their screens and keyboards religiously. I plug them in when they’re not in use. I keep them out of the sun and the rain.

Heck, if I thought it would do any good, I would give them names and decorate them with happy-face stickers, and take them to a movie occasionally.

Wouldn’t matter.

They might go to a show with someone else. They’d never go with me.

NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO ISSUE A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT (LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT SECTION 921) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, at the Special Meeting of the Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta to commence on Monday, October 27, 2014 immediately following the Public Hearing scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm at the Municipal Hall, 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC, the Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta will consider a resolution to issue TEMPORARY USE PERMIT LU007223.

Details of the Temporary Use Permit are as follows:

DEATHPUT MATTERS SEMINAR YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER CALLERS SPACE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 100 Monday, October 27th from 7:00 - 9:00 pm

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OWNERS:

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LOCATION:

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PURPOSE:

To permit a temporary horse bed recycling operation within an existing building for a period of 3 years on the southwest portion of the subject property, which is zoned I1 Light Industrial and located within the Provincial Agricultural Land Reserve. On March 27, 2014, the Provincial Agricultural Land Commission approved a temporary horse bed recycling facility as a non-farm use on the subject property.

Interested parties have the opportunity to provide written comments regarding the proposal at this time. Comments are to be received on or before 12:00 noon, October 27, 2014. Comments should be referred to: Mayor and Council, The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC V4K 3E2 Fax: 604-946-3390 Email: mayor-council@delta.ca

ELDERCARE AND TRANSITION PLANNING: STEPHANIE CHAN, Owner, Home to Home Advisory Services Inc. WILLS AND ESTATES: MURRAY LOTT, Lawyer and Certified Senior Advisor, Delta Law Office Seminar is free of charge, but space is limited.

PLEASE CALL TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY! Call: Tabitha at 604.946.2199

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AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Temporary Use Permit, detailed maps and other relevant information and regulations may be inspected at the office of the Community Planning and Development Department, 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC, (604-946-3380) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4:45 p.m., and Thursday between 8:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. from OCTOBER 17, 2014 to OCTOBER 27, 2014, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays.

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Public is again called upon to fill Christmas stockings Mall’s Stockings For Kids program now in its 18th year The 18th annual Stockings For Kids program will soon be looking for community members to fill stockings to make Christmas brighter for less fortunate children.

Thanks to the cosponsorship of the Delta Optimist, the merchants of Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall, Century Group and the Tsawwassen community, 300 children supported

by Deltassist will benefit from this Christmas initiative once again.

The program was launched in 1996 and with overwhelming community

generosity, has steadily grown from 150 to the current 300 stockings.

Stockings For Kids makes an appeal to the community to sponsor a stocking with a designated gender and age, fill it with appropriate new gifts and return it to the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall, for delivery and distribution

by Deltassist Family and Community Services.

Stockings may be picked up during Adopt a Stocking Day on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. inside the mall, near Centre Stage Accessories.

Participants will be asked to choose an age and gender they would like to fill a stocking for, and then return the filled stocking to The Smoke & Pop Shop

by Friday, Nov. 28. This year the greatest need is for infants and children ages nine to 16.

Those unable to attend Adopt a Stocking Day are invited to call the mall promotions office, at 604-9431735, after Nov. 8 to make alternative arrangements.

Families wishing to register for Toy Depot assistance can call Deltassist at 604594-3455 or 604-946-9526.

PUBLIC HEARING - OCTOBER 27, 2014 The Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta will hold a Public Hearing, in accordance with the Local Government Act, to consider the following proposed project and related application: Date: Monday, October 27, 2014 Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: Council Chamber Delta Municipal Hall 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent Delta, BC V4K 3E2 A Council meeting is scheduled to immediately follow this Public Hearing in the event Council wishes to give further consideration to the project at that time.

Any persons who believe that their interest in property will be affected by the proposed project shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the Public Hearing on matters contained in the bylaw and/or proposed by the application.

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Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to communicate to Council in advance of the Public Hearing, you can write to: Mayor and Council The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC V4K 3E2 Fax: 604-946-3390 • Email: mayor-council@delta.ca Correspondence addressed to Mayor and Council will form part of the public record for this Public Hearing. To be considered, correspondence must be received by the Office of the Municipal Clerk no later than 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 27, 2014.

Project No. 1: Application for Rezoning (File No. LU007166) Location: 4221 64 Street as shown outlined in bold on MAP NO. 1 Applicant: Watson and Barnard Land Surveyors Telephone: 604-943-9433 Proposal: Application for Rezoning in order to permit subdivision and development of two single family residential lots within the Agricultural Land Reserve.

“Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” Amendment Bylaw No. 7365 To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” by rezoning MAP NO. 1 the subject property from A1 Agriculture to Comprehensive FILE NO. LU007166 Development Zone No. 446 to allow a two-lot single family residential subdivision, and to allow the two existing single family dwellings on the property to be retained by siting one dwelling on each proposed lot.

Staff Contact: Stephanie Johnson 604-946-3269 Web Location: September 29, 2014 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.05 Additional Information Additional information, copies of the bylaw, supporting staff reports, and any relevant documentation may be inspected until Monday, October 27, 2014.

Municipal Hall: Community Planning and Development Department Hours: 8:30 am to 4:45 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (except statutory holidays) 8:30 am to 8:00 pm Thursday Website: www.delta.ca Email: com-pln-dev@delta.ca Phone: 604-946-3380 Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested persons concerning any project after the Public Hearing has concluded.

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October 22, 2014 The Delta Optimist A21 In the Community

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Name: Evie Age: 6 Occupation? Student What is the activity? Swimming Where and when does this take place? Winskill Aquatic & Fitness Centre.

How often do you participate? A few times a month.

How long have you been involved? For a long time.

Why did you get involved in this activity? I went to a birthday party and thought it was fun.

What do you like best about this activity? I like diving under water.

How does it benefit your life? It keeps me active.

What other things do you do to keep active? Gymnastics, running, biking and dancing.

Did you know that by adding variety to your exercise routine, you can avoid boredom and may want to exercise more? You will also reduce the risk of injury by not overusing the same muscles, joints and bones.

Ideally, your exercise mix should include an aerobic workout (such as swimming), flexibility exercises (gymnastics), group activities (dancing) and strength training (all three). By adding some variety to your activities, you’ll see improved performance and have more fun!

Delta Parks, Recreation & Culture offers a full range of activities and events at local aquatic centres. While you’re at the pool, why not try a TGIF Family Fun Night, or sign up for some swimming lessons?

For a full public swim schedule and a complete listing of all registered and drop-in classes offered in Delta, please drop by your local recreation centre, visit www.delta.ca or call 604-952-3000.

A22 The Delta Optimist October 22, 2014 In the Community

Little House Society looking for new board members The South Delta Little House Society is seeking qualified individuals to fill vacancies on its board of directors for one- to threeyear appointments.

The board provides overall leadership and financial management for the society.

Board meetings are held monthly.

The Little House Society

is a provincially registered non-profit society dedicated to abstinence-based recovery from addiction, as well as promoting and advancing education related to substance use, abuse and addiction. The society was incorporated in 2004.

The main focus for the board is to work collaboratively with community part-

ners in Delta to achieve the goals of the society.

For close to 30 years a house located on 12th Avenue in Tsawwassen has been used as a meeting place for addictions and related recovery groups. In 2009, the house, which was owned by the Corporation of Delta, was destroyed by fire. In 2012 a state-of-

the-art education facility opened, which also acts as a meeting place for addiction abstinence support groups and other community organizations.

Board membership is a great opportunity for experienced professionals who would like to apply their expertise in a non-profit society through volunteer

work. More specifically, knowledge and skills in the fields of education, community engagement strategies, financial management, fundraising and community relations are desirable.

The overall role of the board member is to provide strategic and visionary leadership as part of a team.

In addition to attending

monthly meetings, members are expected to participate on a committee, assist the board in meeting its overall responsibilities and to act as a goodwill ambassador for the society.

For more information or an application, contact Little House Society president Rhea Arcand at rhea. arcand@yahoo.ca.

Toast to the winners!

Apple Day raises over $2,000 SUBMITTED PHOTO

Members of the 3rd Boundary Bay Cubs and Beavers raised over $2,000 during Apple Day earlier this month. The annual fundraiser, held at the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall, started with a torrential downpour but ended by raising an unprecedented amount.

The funds will be put towards camps, weekly programming and badges.

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Rick Holmes (left) won the Humourous Speech Contest and Sean Bideshi won the Table Topics contest at a Toastmasters Area 50 contest last week. Holmes is a member of the Deltones club (Ladner) while Bideshi is an Ambassador (Tsawwassen).

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October 22, 2014 The Delta Optimist A23 Coming Events Clubs & Groups !Canadian Mental Health Association Delta offers a Family Support Group for individuals supporting someone with a mental illness. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 7-9 p.m. The next meeting takes place on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at Delta Hospital(education room) 5800 Mountain View Blvd, Ladner. Please Call CMHA Delta at 604-943-1878 to be registered for your first meeting. !Is South Delta about to become a global LNG gas station? Come hear a compelling presentation on what are the risks to our community if LNG expansion is allowed on the Fraser River. Speakers include Eoin Finn PhD. Wednesday, Oct. 22 7-9 p.m. Kin House 5050-47th Ave., Ladner.

Sponsored by the Delta/ Richmond chapter of the Council of Canadians. All welcome. !Vancouver Lyme Awareness and South Delta Lyme Support Group are hosting a free movie night Thursday, Oct. 23 for “Emergence,” the much-anticipated sequel to “Under Our Skin.” We invite all those healing from lyme disease to attend at the Little House Society building, 5061-12th Ave., Tsawwassen. Doors open at 6:30, film showing from 7 to 8 p.m. !Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions Free workshop runs Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Church in North Delta starting Oct. 23.

Learn tools for living well with a chronic health condition. To register call UVic at 604-940-1273 or go to www.selfmanagementbc.ca. !Garden Design Workshop - Part 2, Thursday, Oct. 23, 7 - 8:30 p.m. at the Ladner Pioneer Library. Do you admire show gardens or gardens featured in magazines? Do you wish you had a nicer backyard for summer barbecues when friends and family gather?

Does your front yard displease you? In the second session you will reconstruct your garden to suit your wants and needs. !Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2 - 3:30 p.m. at the Tsawwassen Library. Join a Citizens Services Specialist from Service Canada to discover the many benefits

available under search program. !Local Volkssport club is hosting a non-competitive 5km/10km walk in Ladner on Saturday, Oct. 25. Free for new participants. For more info, contact Verni at 604-682-8390. !Job Seekers Workshop Social Media, Monday, Oct. 27, 1 - 3 p.m. at the Ladner Pioneer Library. Learn how to utilize social media for job search purposes. This workshop is part of a series of five workshops presented

by Boys & Girls Clubs of South Coast BC WorkBC Employment Services Centre covering many different aspects of job searching, including how to write a resume and prepare for an interview. !Canadian Mental Health Association Delta offers a Depression/Bi-Polar Support group for individuals with depression/bi-polar or experiencing symptoms.

Meetings are on the second and fourth Monday of each month from 7-9 p.m. The Next meeting takes place on Monday, Oct. 27 at the Ladner Pioneer Library.

Please Call CMHA Delta at 604-943-1878 to be registered for your first meeting. !Real Women Carry Slings - A Modern Day Tale of David and Goliath. Come join the CFUW - South Delta on Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Benediction Lutheran Church in Tsawwassen when we will present speakers Jennifer Urquhart and Gail Neff Bell of The Cross Border Coalition to Stop the Radio Towers. Everyone welcome! !Storytime & Craft Halloween, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2 - 3 p.m. at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre, 1172-56th St. Bring your child to a storytime and craft program, presented by FVRL and Delta Parks & Recreation. There is a small drop-in fee for the craft portion of the program. !Delta Museum & Archives Society presents “Preserve Your Family History” workshop at the Delta Archives on Nov. 6 from 1-3 p.m. Participants will learn how to properly store photos, papers & more! Pre-register by calling 604-946-9322. $10 Admission, with optional Archival Kit available for $20. !Family Grief Support.

The Centre for Supportive Care will be offering a family grief group start-

ing Tuesday, Nov. 18. The group will run from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and meet twice a month until the end of June. Please call the centre at 604-948-0660 for more information and to schedule a meeting prior to the start of the group. !The Delta Photo Club meets Wednesday 7:15 9:30 p.m. at the KinVillage Recreation Centre, Tsawwassen. Photographers of all skill levels are welcome. www.deltaphotoclub. com. !The Society for a Drug Free BC offers free drug education materials to the community. For more info call 604-288-7226 or email drugfreeworldvan@yahoo. ca.

Seniors !Lunch at the O.K. Corral, 12 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24 with entertainer Peter Paulus at KinVillage Community Centre, 543010th Ave., Tsawwassen.

Call 604-943-0255. $12 for members, $14 for nonmembers. !Shari’s Saturday Social, Saturday, Nov. 1, KinVillage Community Centre, 5430 10th Ave., Tsawwassen. Doors open at 7 p.m. Dance to a great variety of CD music. The theme is Red Wine & Roses. Mid-evening tea, coffee, and assorted goodies included. Tickets available at the door $10 for members $12 for non-members.

To reserve a table call Shari at 604-943-8755 by Oct. 30. !Eclectic Café on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 7 - 9 p.m.

Music In the 60’s Coffee House style.Come and be entertained. Coffee and tea will be served. Members: $3, guests $5. Feature artist: Howard Solverson. McKee Seniors Recreation Centre, 5155-47th Ave., Ladner.

Call 604-946-1411.

Tea/coffee and snacks will be served. Door prizes awarded. This semi-annual event is a fun social outing for players at all levels.

Arrange a table with your friends. Call Frances at 604-943-1119 for tickets.

Tickets will not be available at the door. IODE is a registered charity. All proceeds go towards local charities.

Special Events !Everyone is invited to the Point Roberts Fire Department’s second annual Spooook-tacular Haunted House and Social Saturday, Oct. 25, 2 to 5 p.m. 2030 Benson Rd. !Ladner Baptist Church (5624 Ladner Trunk Road) is hosting The Connect Carnival, a Halloween Night of Fun for individuals, and families with children with disabilities and special needs on Oct. 27 from 6:30 - 8 p.m. The event is wheel chair accessible and admission is free.

For more information call 604-946-0141.

Arts !Sidekick Players Club presents The Secret Mask

by Rick Chafe and directed

by Carroll Lefebvre. Runs to Oct. 25, Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8 p.m.

All performances at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre, 1172-56th St. Adults $18.

Seniors $15. Reservations 604-288-2415. This play is not suitable for those under 16.

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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October 22, 2014 The Delta Optimist A25

Email: mbooth@delta-optimist.com

Moon shining over Sun Devils again South Delta head coach returns from reality TV series just in time for first place showdown against Mt. Douglas MARK BOOTH

Ray Moon has put his tool belt away and his head coach’s hat back on in time for the South Delta Sun Devils’ biggest game of the season Friday in the provincial capital.

The longtime boss of the Tsawwassen high school school football program returned to the practice field Monday after a fiveweek absence to be part of a home renovation reality tv series.

Moon and his daughter Crystal were casted for W Network’s Game of Homes.

The 10-episode season features four teams of two “talented amateurs” given four weeks to renovate a home they were each assigned. It is scheduled to air in early March.

“It was a once in a lifetime opportunity with my oldest daughter, explained Moon who has been coaching the Sun Devils program for over a decade.

(Laughing) We had a lot of fun with it and got on each other’s nerves too.

“We were isolated on location for the entire filming and allowed only mini-

mal contact with our families. The (casting) process started back in June and I couldn’t believe it when we reached the second, then third stage.

“What made it easy is I have an excellent coaching staff with a lot of individuals who are capable of stepping in and doing what I do. They proved it over the last five weeks.”

During Saturday’s 4314 win over Belmont at Dennison Park, Moon stood a few feet away from his team and took in his first game since early September as a spectator.

However, with the visitors managing to routinely move the ball up field, Moon was asked to step in at halftime. The defensive specialist addressed his players and was back on the sidelines as South Delta pitched a second half shutout to improve to 5-0-0 in Western Conference AAA play.

The result sets up the Devils’ biggest test of the season this week against the Mt. Doug Rams — a match-up of the province’s No. 4 and No. 2 ranked teams respectively.

The Victoria powerhouse

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are the three-time defending provincial AAA champion and enjoying another impressive campaign under head coach Mark Townsend. The Sun Devils dropped a 56-20 decision to the Rams in exhibition play last year but at least no longer have to worry about graduated star running back Marcus Davis who was virtually unstoppable. South Delta is also better matched-up in the trenches.

“They are a wellcoached team with a junior varsity program that is also always contending for provincials champion-

Sun Devils head coach Ray Moon talks to his players at halftime on Saturday.

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South Delta Sun Devils runnng back Grant McDonald heads up field during Saturday’s 43-14 win over the Belmont Bulldogs in B.C. High School Football Western Conference AAA action at Dennison Park. The result improved South Delta’s league record to 5-0-0.

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ships,” said Moon. “It’s an interesting match-up in we have a good aerial attack that is supplemented by the run and with them it’s the other way around. We like the talent we have and this group as worked very hard for the success it has had so far.”

Senior quarterback Lucas Kirk continued his outstanding season against Belmont with three more touchdown passes.

None was bigger than a 50-yard strike to Bryce Connors in the late stages of the second quarter. The Bulldogs had just pulled within a touchdown and

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had the Sun Devils in a third-and-15 situation when Kirk found Connors behind coverage for his second major of the afternoon.

South Delta then struck again before halftime as twice Kirk connected with Michael Mann, including a five yard touchdown reception.

Blake Gau also had a pair of majors, including an 18-yard strike from backup quarterback Kyle Chace.

South Delta lost Jack McDonald to a first half leg injury, however, the senior two-way standout is expected to be in the lineup Friday.

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A26 The Delta Optimist October 22, 2014

DELTASSIST FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES To: Delta Optimist Attn: Linda Calendino From: Deltassist Family & Community Services Date: October 17, 2014 Would you please consider advertising these volunteer positions in the Delta Optimist Notepad? Thank you!

Reach Child and Youth Development Society Children’s Thrift Store Volunteer Fun and friendly volunteers are needed for our Children’s Thrift Store in downtown Ladner.

Volunteers are needed to work in the store, especially on Saturdays. The store is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm. For more information contact volunteer@reachdevelopment.org or call 604-946-6622.

KinVillage Adult Day Program Adult Day Program Volunteer KinVillage Adult Day Program is looking for a volunteer to work during the lunch break Monday to Friday (11:30 am – 1:30 pm). The volunteer would be assisting staff and visiting with seniors over the lunch period. Looking for 2 -3 volunteers to share this position. For more detailed information contact John Lusted at 604-943-7625, ext. 1 or e-mail jlusted@kinvillage.org Earthwise Society Harvest Volunteers Earthwise Society’s Farm is looking for volunteers to help Farm staff harvest winter vegetables for the Farm Store. Flexible hours. Join us at the Earthwise Garden and Farm in beautiful Boundary Bay. For more information and to apply please contact Corinne at 604-946-9828.

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

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Soccer players move onto to college level Seven local players are among nearly 90 2014 graduates of the B.C. Premier Soccer League who are continuing their careers with university and college programs from across North America.

Tsawwassen’s Erik Edwardson is in his freshman season at the University of Portland where he has already worked his way into the starting 11.

Former teammates Vikram Puri and Sam Dyck are still playing together, this time at Quest University in Squamish where the Kermodes rebuilding themselves into a contender in PacWest play. All three played for Fusion FC last season.

Meanwhile, four Coastal FC players are now in their first-year of Canada West play. Danae Derjsen, Rachel Sydor and Casandra Silveri are all attending Trinity Western University. Nadia Langenberg is a member of the UBC Thunderbirds. Besides her BCPSL duties with Coastal, Langenberg also helped the South Delta Sun Devils reached the provincial AAA final last spring.

This is the third year of the BCSPL and each season has been more successful than the past with 71 graduating players moving onto universities last year.

“We want to wish the 89 graduating players who are headed to play for colleges and universities the best of luck in both their soccer careers and their studies,” said Carlos Grosso, Chair of BC Soccer High Performance Committee. “It is wonderful to see so many players continue their soccer careers at universities across B.C., Canada and even into the United States.”

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Tsawwassen’s Olivia Sheppard helped Coastal FC win bronze at last weekend’s U18 National Club Championships. The tournament allowed the Grade 11 South Delta secondary student to play on her home field at South Surrey Athletic Park one final time. She is now a member of the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Program.

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Jaileen McCormick and the Delta Coastal Selects battled Richmond F.C. to a 1-1 draw in U13 Metro Selects Girls Soccer League play on Sunday at Dugald Morrison Park in Ladner.

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A30 The Delta Optimist October 22, 2014

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