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Huntington says initiative might be good for region, but Delta will only get the ‘crumbs’ BY

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The Delta Police Pipe Band paid tribute to Robbie Burns last weekend with a pair of sold-out dinners in Ladner. The gatherings, which attracted 870 guests, are believed to be the biggest of their kind in the world. See more on Page 4 and at www.delta-optimist.com.

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The upcoming transportation referendum might be good for the region, but it’s a hard sell in Delta, says MLA Vicki Huntington.

The much talked about Metro Vancouver congestion improvement tax will be put to voters in a mail-in referendum this spring.

A simple majority is all that’s needed for a 0.5 per cent hike to the provincial sales tax, money that will go to TransLink to fund an expensive wish list of regional transit improvement projects, including big ticket items for Vancouver and Surrey, but little for South Delta.

Huntington, the two-term independent MLA for Delta South, said it might be tough to convince voters here to say yes when service cuts are far outweighing any of the promised improvements.

“Yes, we know transit is a vital service. We know Canada Line and SkyTrain are efficient people movers. We know LRT through Surrey is needed. And we know more bus service in the region is essential and that a line down Broadway is important. But it’s the other side of the TransLink coin that troubles us,” she said.

“It isn’t accountable. It sucks up money. It’s poorly managed.

And the 10-year plan isn’t fair to Delta.”

Noting TransLink deliberately cut service in Delta to increase ridership on the Canada Line

Vicki Huntington Plan not fair to Delta in Richmond, while cuts to HandyDart services have isolated Delta’s elderly, Huntington said the recent loss of the direct 404 service to Richmond will be front of mind for South Deltans who take the bus.

“The promise that our facilities will be upgraded is an afterthought,” she said. “(It’s) a few crumbs to help sell the vision.

“While good leadership suggests I urge support for the referendum, I find myself struggling with the reality that all TransLink wants from Delta is our money. It isn’t much of an incentive to ask you to vote ‘yes’ in the referendum.”

The Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation voted late last year in favour of the referendum, which got the go-ahead from the province.

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The former dog walker charged after six Ladner dogs died in her care is scheduled for sentencing in Surrey provincial court today.

Emma Paulsen pleaded guilty to charges of public mischief for making a false police report and causing an animal to continue to be in distress under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after leaving six dogs to die in the back of her truck last spring.

At a sentencing hearing last week, Crown counsel Jim MacAulay argued that Paulsen should spend six to 12 months behind bars for the offenses. He also asked Surrey provincial court Judge James Jardine to impose a fine of $5,000 to $10,000, a 10year ban on owning any animals and a lifetime ban on caring for anyone else’s animals, whether for pay or not.

Paulsen’s lawyer, Eric Warren,

asked the judge to impose a conditional sentence that would be served in the community or an intermittent sentence, which would allow her to serve her time on weekends or days off.

On May 13 of last year, Paulsen claimed she had driven the dogs from Delta to Langley to let them play at a dog park.

She would later tell police, reporters and privately hired pet investigators that she had gone to the washroom for 10 to 15 minutes, and when she returned, the back canopy of her pickup was open and the dogs were missing.

She admitted less than a week later the entire tale was a fabrication and the dogs had died after she left in the back of her truck while she went shopping.

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Six Ladner dogs died last spring after being left in the back of a truck.

Developer asks Delta to put proposal on hold BY

JESSICA KERR

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MK Delta Lands Group is asking the Corporation of Delta to put its controversial housing application on hold while the company looks at developing other parcels of land.

In a letter dated Jan. 12, president Joanne Barnett requests the municipality hold the application for a major North Delta housing development in abeyance and agree to consider receiving an application to

allow industrial development on another nearby parcel.

“Because of our significant involvement with Mayor (Lois) Jackson’s Save Our Industrial Lands (SOIL) initiative, along with our review of other recent reports, we have become very much aware of the importance of industrial development to both Delta and the province,” Barnett stated.

She goes on to state that the company is working on an application, which

TRANSIT from page 1 The proposed tax increase would generate an estimated $250 million in annual revenue.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner are spearheading the yes campaign, both having recently

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wrested control of the regional mayors’ council, with Robertson becoming chair and Hepner vice chair.

Robertson said a yes vote is important to the entire region.

Delta Mayor Lois Jackson, who ran for the

is expected within the next month, for Official Community Plan and zoning amendments to allow industrial development on a parcel located south of Highway 17 and the Highway 91 connector, adjacent to the Sunbury Landing Industrial Area.

MK Delta Lands is also looking at turning over an adjacent lot to Delta, which would act as an environmental buffer between the Burns Bog Ecological Conservancy Area and the subject property.

The company has been working on its major housing and commercial plan near Burns Bog in North Delta for several years.

Located on the east side of Highway 91 between 64th and 72nd avenues, the most recent proposal features 450 townhomes and up to 650 condos.

The commercial area would have a maximum of 130,000 square feet of retail, including a grocery store.

However, the proposal has faced opposition in

the community and has been revised twice since an original version was made public.

The Burns Bog Conservation Society continues to lobby against development at the site, having gathered almost 1,800 signatures through an online petition.

The society says there are many concerns, including the loss of habitat for rare and endangered animals and that the development will negatively impact the conservation area.

vice-chair position, said it’s difficult to say whether having the two mayors who stand to gain the most driving the yes campaign bus will anger voters.

Previously having mayors from the smaller communities at the helm did show an effort for equity, she said.

“Obviously, you put Vancouver’s votes together

and Surrey’s votes together, and they outnumber the entire rest of the board,” said Jackson. “I really hope these two mayors have time to devote to this and not just work until the referendum and that’s the end of it. I really hope they will be listening to communities like Maple Ridge and Delta and Langley City to ensure

they get the things they need.”

The Corporation of Delta hasn’t yet taken a formal position on the referendum, choosing to first inform residents and gather feedback.

The vote will be conducted by Elections B.C. Ballots will be sent out March 16 and must be returned by May 29.

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Band puts on a show to honour Burns

870 people attend pair of sold out dinners in Ladner, believed to be largest such gatherings in the world

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There was plenty of entertainment, and even some haggis, at the Delta Police Pipe Band’s Robbie Burns dinners.

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Holland will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Holland by Canadian Forces during the Second World War and it is quite an honour to be chosen as the only pipe band to represent Canada at the prestigious event.

The band would like to thank the following for their great support, not only for the weekend’s festivities, but throughout the year: Chief Jim Cessford and the Delta Police Department, Mayor Lois Jackson and the Corporation of Delta, the Royal Canadian Legion branches in Ladner and Tsawwassen, Ladner and Tsawwassen Save-On Foods, Barry Marshall, Sacred Heart Church and the Delta Optimist.

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Delta-Richmond East MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay is the recipient of this year’s Golden Scissors Award presented by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

Findlay, who received the award at the business group’s meeting in Vancouver last Friday, was recognized as someone in government who has shown leadership in freeing entrepreneurs from the burden of red tape.

Nominations were received from across the country and across all levels of government.

Findlay, the minister of national revenue, was presented with the award for a change to tax administration that eliminated more than 800,000 payroll remittances for over 50,000 small businesses.

A press release notes the government has taken

a number of actions to cut red tape and to introduce, simplify and enhance services to meet the needs of Canadian businesses.

Findlay acknowledged the need to continue to take action on the issue to help small businesses focus more of their time on what they do best: creating jobs for Canadians and economic growth in their communities.

The first-term Conservative MP said over 50,000 small and mediumsized employers will see the maximum number of required payments on account of source deductions cut in half.

“This eliminates the requirement for more than 800,000 payments,” she said. “That’s 50,000 businesses who now have less frequent reporting to government, and therefore less red tape. That’s 50,000 entrepreneurs who now have more time to focus on growing their business,

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Delta Christian celebrating 60 years Ladner independent school to mark anniversary with gala this Saturday night at South Delta Baptist Church BY

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Delta Christian School is celebrating its 60th anniversary this Saturday.

“Really we’re here in Delta because our families believe that all of life is there to glorify God, in whatever we do. Also for us, that means our education,” said principal Tony Bylenga.

“We strive to bring up children so that they know the Lord, love him, and live lives that glorify him in all that they do. That’s what we’re about,” Bylenga added.

The school has been at the same location in Ladner since 1954. It started off with a single classroom with one teacher and less than 20 students.

“It was begun by a group of Christian families who wanted to have a Christian education for their children,” said Bylenga.

The school’s mission statement reads: “Equipping children for life through a Christ-centered curriculum that promotes intellec-

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Principal Tony Bylenga says Delta Christian School will continue to provide a great Christian education for local students. tual, social, physical and spiritual excellence for the purpose of training our children to serve God and to become faithful stewards of God’s world.”

The current school was

built in 1994. It added a gymnasium and a great library, noted Bylenga.

This year there are 103 students in kindergarten through seventh grade.

There is a comprehensive

music program from K to 7, physical education every day for every child and French instruction has been brought all the way down to kindergarten.

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Helping every child reach their own personal potential is something that’s very important at Delta Christian, said Bylenga.

“We’re really taking a look at individualizing instruction. That’s really been a focus for the last six or seven years,” he said.

Delta Christian has a tight-knit community of parents who support the school and volunteer there regularly, he added.

Looking towards the future, Bylenga said the school is about equipping kids for life and that its mission is to continue to provide a great Christian education for local families.

The school will mark its 60th anniversary with a dinner gala and silent auction on Saturday, Jan. 31 at South Delta Baptist Church.

Many local businesses have donated goods and services for the silent auction, which runs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The dinner starts at 6:45 p.m. Tickets cost $60.

For more on the school, visit www.deltachristianschool.org.

Sherri Calder is named Instructor of the Year Local gets recognition from Justice Institute of B.C. JESSICA KERR

South Delta’s Sherri Calder started out as a student at the Justice Institute of B.C., she returned later as an instructor and was recently honoured with the institute’s Instructor of the Year award.

“Total shock,” she says of her reaction to the award. “I was completely surprised.”

Calder, who was born and raised in Tsawwassen, teaches conflict resolution courses at the Justice Institute’s Centre for Conflict Resolution and in the Law Enforcement Studies Diploma Program.

Calder attended the Justice Institute of B.C. as a student in the 1990s.

She was interested in going into mediation and was initially only going to take one class.

“I ended up loving it,” she says.

She graduated with a certificate in conflict resolution in 1995.

Working in victim/

offender mediation and restorative justice, Calder returned to the institute as a coach to help students during roleplaying activities in conflict resolution classes.

She started teaching about eight years ago, and has been teaching in the diploma program for the last five years where she works with future law enforceSherri Calder teaches conflict resolument professionals. tion at the Justice Institute of B.C. Calder says her Calder says she is able award likely came to draw on her husband’s about as a result of feedexperiences as a police offiback from her students. cer to help prepare her stu“We have a lot of fun dents for what’s to come. learning about conflict, “I feel like I have an which can be difficult,” she inside view,” she says, addsays. ing that with the actions of In addition to her teachpolice officers making the ing duties, Calder, who is news more often, she takes married to a Delta police the opportunity to discuss officer and has three chilthe scenarios with her studren, returned to school seven years ago to complete dents.

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MURPHY’S LAW I’m betting the person that came up with the idea must be a legend in the world of civic engineering.

While walking the dog on a glorious mid-winter day in Ladner last weekend, I came across a sign affixed to a pole on 45th Avenue just east of Delta Secondary.

It advised all those in the area that water main work is being undertaken on Evergreen Lane and that said work would take six weeks to complete.

The genius of the sign, and why I think its creator is a hero to public engineering departments the world over, is that it doesn’t specify when the six-week period will begin or end, or even if the work would be undertaken over six consecutive weeks.

There can be no deadline missed when there is, well, no deadline established.

Someone deserves a bonus for thinking up this one.

Now I guess if you live on the street and were to make note when the project began, you’d be able to tell if the work was completed within the six-week timeframe, but how many people are actually going to do that? And for the rest of us that might pass by the site occasionally, the timeline would be an even bigger mystery.

Gee, has it been only six weeks since they started? It seems like they’ve had that road torn up for a lot longer than that, but if the sign says six weeks...

And therein lies the beauty of it all: If you go by a site where the dates on the sign indicate the job was supposed to be completed a month ago, you tend to scoff at the pace of work. Go by the same site 10 weeks into a six-week job, and without the dates spelled out, you’ve got to be paying close attention to realize the project is way behind schedule.

This little trick isn’t going to fool everyone, and six weeks can only stretch so far, even in the mind of a preoccupied public, but I’ve got to think that if the sign is sufficiently vague it will at least buy some extra time before the nasty calls and emails start arriving at municipal hall.

There was a similar sign at the northwest corner of Memorial Park last year that I remember chuckling at every time I walked by. I can’t recall the timeline attached to that project, but I do remember the sign being up for quite a bit longer than the intended duration.

As much as I think this approach is ingenious, if you really don’t want to be tied down to a particular date, why not just omit any mention of timeframe from the sign? After all, I’m sure the public will let you know if the work is taking too long.

Falling Canadian dollar helping to get rid of line-ups at border TOM SIBA

COMMUNITY COMMENT When I wrote earlier this month, I stated the following with regard to personal debt levels in Canada: “There is regular bemoaning of the fact that personal debt as a percentage of personal income is at an alltime high and an increase in rates is inevitable. The costs of carrying the high debt levels will then put many people in financial difficulty.

“The ‘inevitable’ increase has been prophesied for several years now with absolutely no change in the bank rate. Perhaps the current rates are the new normal. Back in Economics 101, one of the few things that stuck was the old supply and demand curve. If prices dropped, demand increased. This applies to debt as well as material products.

“But it is obvious that the debt to income ratio can be a lot higher

without causing a problem. Also the government doesn’t want you spending less, as we need consumer spending to boost the economy — especially with the price of oil dropping so precipitously. With rates so low, it wouldn’t make sense to pass up a good investment (however you personally define that) just because we have historically high debt to income ratios.”

If only I had gone that extra step and predicted the cut in the bank rate! Apparently none of the economic wizards who prognosticate on such matters prognosticated correctly.

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz surprised everyone by dropping the bank rate a quarter point from one per cent to 0.75 per cent, basically saying what I said above: “We need consumer spending to boost the economy — especially with the price of oil dropping so precipitously.”

However, as of the time of this writing, none of the chartered banks has dropped their prime rate, although they had dropped the rate they paid on savings. Now I don’t begrudge the banks a momentary increase in their margins given that my retirement funds are overloaded

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with bank stocks. As my gambling days passed by, banks seemed a sound investment with increasing dividends.

Back in my early accounting days in Winnipeg, I worked with a client who was an aged medical practitioner whose specialty I no longer recall. Whatever it was, he made a lot of money at it, all of which — other than living expenses — he invested in Toronto Dominion Bank stock.

By the time I crossed his path he had a very sizable position in the bank through constant purchases and reinvesting his dividends. He convinced me of the merits of investing in banks. So their massive earnings don’t grieve me. Just keep them coming.

But if the banks don’t pass through the decline in the bank rate eventually, there will be no boost in consumer spending, only a drop in the value of the Canadian dollar against the American dollar as capital flows out on Canada for higher returns elsewhere.

And the only advantage I see to that is the elimination of line-ups at the Point Roberts border crossing, which I guess isn’t such a bad, if unintended, outcome.

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Backing referendum just In 2002 Delta Hospital lost 25 surgical beds. Today, encourages more waste we have none.

Editor: Re: Transit solution is right in front of MLA, letter to the editor, Jan. 21 It is interesting to note that Lori Mayhew correctly states that we are seeing bus service cuts. She sees the solution as a “yes” vote for the upcoming transit referendum, which would see sales tax increase by 0.5 per cent and TransLink revenue increase by an estimated $250 million. I would suggest that Mayhew is wrong in this assertion.

What she fails to show is that this $250 million is unlikely to increase or improve bus service to this area, especially once the proposed bridge is built.

In a 2012 audit by the Ministry of Finance, it clearly states that routes that do not pass certain financial criteria are to be discontinued.

This goes against the mandate of a metropolitan transit service. The transit system is meant to subsidize more expensive routes

to outlying areas such as Delta with the more profitable central routes.

There are a number of parts to the argument. One is the outlay of capital costs for new routes, etc. These have historically been born by government in order to improve quality of life and access to labour markets.

This cost appears to be lost in the general costing of TransLink and is being passed down from the provincial government.

Another issue is the fact that costing in general has been handed down from the provincial government.

TransLink revenues from the province have been decreased 12 per cent, which in 2012 amounted to a loss of $150 million.

In the meantime, legislation already enables TransLink to increase property tax revenues by three per cent annually.

This is not to mention a 17-cents-per-litre gas tax that represents 24 per cent of TransLink revenues or

approximately $311 million.

As well there is the parking rights tax and a transit levy tax on your hydro bill.

It is little wonder that people are a fed up with the tax increases.

TransLink will be spending about $4 million of these tax dollars to try and persuade people to agree to this latest tax increase.

Mayhew fails to discuss that fares only account for 33 per cent of the total of revenue. As long as the transit system fails to garner more ridership by being more effective and less wasteful, an increase in taxes will only encourage more waste and less service.

Let’s not forget that pay raises of the management have been double the norm and the CEO of TransLink, Ian Jarvis, is paid more than his counterparts in Toronto and Seattle. Both cities are not only larger, they have far more effective transit services.

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Author Laura Thomas encourages others to unplug to mark Family Literacy Day

Editor: Re: Unplug on Family Literacy Day, Jan. 16 I want to commend the Delta Community Literacy Committee for encouraging us to mark Family Literacy Day by unplugging for an hour to play and read together.

I think this is especially important for computerdependent writers who sabotage our productivity by regularly getting lost online, which is why I have challenged junior

Laura Michelle Thomas authors around the world to practice the spirit of #ScreensOffDelta this

week.

I have asked my followers to unplug for 30 minutes per day for seven consecutive days and to use those bonus “offline” hours to write. I don’t know whether the kids will take up the call, but I do know I will certainly lead by example.

Thank you, Delta Community Literacy Committee leaders, for launching and hosting this important initiative.

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My wife (who is of Jewish heritage), keeper of the passports, would not release mine for travel until my will and power of attorney were updated. As you can appreciate, these unfavourable cautions led me to attend to some considerable due diligence prior to my departure.

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Editor: Re: Blue Dot request gets rather cool reception, Jan. 16 I was shocked and disappointed to read the comments attributed to Coun.

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Mayor Lois Jackson gave logical reasons why she felt that it was not necessary for Delta council to support the Blue Dot campaign.

due to the unpredictable security situation.”

I also happened upon pictures of barbaric beheadings recently carried out by soldiers in neighbouring Syria. They had their intended effect on my relatively mild mannered Canadian psyche.

This led to me to seek out assurances I would be safe, which I found on numerous travel blogs, and by calling prominent retired aboriginal law lawyer Andrew Schuck, who I was to visit in Beirut with his son David.

Schuck, who alternates residences between Beirut and Vancouver with his Lebanese-born wife, assured me that barring an unforeseen conflict, all would be safe, and certainly more so than visiting a number of major cities in North America and Europe.

I took a leap of faith, and resisted the temptation to cancel the ticket I had pur-

That was all that needed to be said, and I thought she made a good case for her decision.

However, Campbell then used the occasion to launch a vitriolic and personal attack on Suzuki and to label the Blue Dot campaign as “nothing more than a feel-good motherhood issue.”

The purpose of the Blue Dot campaign appears to be simply to promote the idea

chased. Once in Lebanon, what I discovered was a warm, generous and complex nation of people inhabiting a very scenic land steeped in nuanced culture and religion.

I discovered cosmopolitan cities and remote villages where Christians and Muslims lived side-by-side in relative harmony, much as they do in Canada.

On one trip to the mountain village of Harissa, as it happens, I witnessed many Muslim women paying homage to the Virgin Mary at the Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine.

It is not uncommon in Lebanon, I discovered, to see Christian churches and mosques built beside each other, or near (and in some cases upon) Roman and Phoenician ruins.

I walked the inner and outer city core of Beirut in near absolute safety, and travelled by car first to Mount Lebanon, and then

that we have a right to a healthy environment.

That one of my elected representatives should feel justified in attacking an individual in such a public manner, especially someone whose primary goal is to promote respect for the environment, is both unacceptable and embarrassing.

I expect my representatives to deal with issues and not to attack citizens who have ideas and projects they

the Bekaa Valley without incident or fear of same. To my amazement, the Bekaa, as it is commonly referred to, bore many resemblances to British Columbia’s orchard-laden Okanagan Valley.

Throughout my vacation, I was asked by locals why I had come to Lebanon, given all the substantive negative media coverage of the country. I provided the same answer I provided the puzzled customs officer who interrogated me as I entered the country: “To learn about your culture, to see the sights and to eat all the good food.”

On the last day of my vacation, to my surprise, two young men in their early 20 asked me: “Do you believe all Muslims are terrorists?” I answered: “Of course not. I’m Canadian.

We don’t look at the world in black and white absolutes.” They nodded.

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It’s always HOT for younger generation

Teenagers have a habit of dressing like it’s summertime regardless of the weather we’re experiencing BARBARA GUNN

LIVING MATTERS Young people today. I envy them so.

And no, that’s not because they have youth on their side, or because they know computers inside out or because they’re able to sleep 14 hours at a stretch.

It’s because they never get cold.

I don’t enjoy what they enjoy, which is some kind of internal physiological thermostat that has been fine-tuned by nature over the years — and readily apparent when you see them walk to and from high school, which I do regu-

larly.

Were I walking to school at this time of year, I would be wearing what the young people of today might call old geezer clothes: a hooded parka, felt-lined boots, toque, scarf and mittens.

Not so with those lucky young ‘uns! I can only assume they must have some kind of internal warming system — call it a Heat-Operating Transmitter, or HOT, for short — because they don’t have to bother with a nuisance like a coat. Nope. Mittens?

Scarf? Forget it! If they have a hoodie, they’re doing well.

As I say, lucky kids.

I gather that when they go outside and come in contact with a chilly morning, the HOT thing kicks in. A little sensor in their

brains will be activated, and presto: they’ll be perfectly warm and toasty.

Sadly, I was born too early to experience HOT, since nature hadn’t invented it yet. Sadly, this means I have had to go through my entire life — and more than a few winters — turning on the heat in the car and wearing extra socks.

Sadly, I will never be anything like the young man who strolled down our street last week wearing a T-shirt, shorts and sandals.

Sandals, I tell you! It was six degrees! He must have been genetically blessed with a triple dose of HOT! A couple of weeks before that, I spied three young gals — perhaps 14 or 15 — who were walking to school when a snowfall warning was in effect.

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Man, their Heat-Operating Transmitters would have been cranked into overtime, because there they were, decked out in capris, loafers and jean shirts. This, with a snowfall warning! Heck, I was wearing a sweatshirt over a sweater over a turtleneck over a T-shirt, and I was inside, where the heat happened to be cranked up

near 70.

As I say, I envy them so, these warm-blooded youngsters.

Not so much the manufacturers of winter coats designed for teens. Given the world’s new HOT reality, those coats must be rarely selling, even when their prices are slashed.

Someday, however, those

teens will grow up, and those transmitters may lose their strength somewhat.

HOT, in other words, may fade to warm, then lose its power completely.

At that point, I’d have a little advice, which is really rather simple: You don’t have to shiver at this time of year. You just have to wear more clothes.

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Lawlor helps Delta Hospice to offer one-of-a-kind Valentine

If jewelry is on your list for Valentine’s Day, Lawlor Goldsmith Shoppe has a one-of-a-kind gift that will benefit a local charity.

Lawlor Goldsmith Shoppe owner Janet Holmes last week presented Delta Hospice’s Tama Recker with $6,000 generated from a silent auction the Ladner Village store undertook throughout the holidays for jewelry inherited by the society.

Delta Hospice received three valuable pieces of jewelry before Christmas and was unsure how to sell them safely and securely in order to honour the true value of the items and their donors.

With the knowledge that

proceeds go towards services offered to the community through the Centre for Supportive Care, Holmes came up with a solution that included a silent auction.

One sold right away at a “buy it now” price, one piece went to the highest bidder in the silent auction and one still remains for a lucky Valentine.

The remaining item is a stunning 18k white gold diamond necklace that comes with an appraisal certificate for its full value.

“I encourage you to visit Lawlor Goldsmith Shoppe and see this up close, whether you choose to bid on it or not,” says Recker “This necklace is a stun-

ning garland of diamonds mounted as butterflies and would be a beautiful gift for Valentine’s Day or any other special occasion.”

Holmes says bidding sheet names will be kept private so you can feel free to surprise your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day. Bidders may visit Lawlor Goldsmith Shoppe, 4817F Delta St., during business hours to place their bid.

Each night the current bid will be updated at http:// lawlorgoldsmithshoppe. com/deltahospice-silentauction. Bidding will remain open until noon on Feb. 12.

One hundred per cent of proceeds from the auction go to Delta Hospice.

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Windset funding trio of Kwantlen scholarships Greenhouse supporting industry members of future Horticulture and business students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University now have access to a heavier crop of financial awards thanks to significant new scholarships from a Delta greenhouse.

Windset Farms will provide three new annual scholarships totaling $4,000 to promising horticulture and business students that owners John and Steven Newell hope will become the future of the diverse industry.

“We believe students enrolled in Kwantlen’s programs can help us define the horticultural reality our children will inherit,” said John Newell.

The process of delivering fresh produce to the table is a complex and technology-driven operation, said Newell. That’s why Windset is constantly encouraging its team to obtain new knowledge and stay on top of — and often lead — change.

With these financial awards, Windset is adding to its focus those who are not yet but could eventually become their employees, and those who will almost certainly contribute to the industry overall.

“In today’s information- and technology-based economy, post-secondary education not only benefits students but also our indus-

try and society as a whole,” said Newell.

“There are always new ways of growing produce and new technologies to manage farms better. By supporting these students, we hope they can help us achieve higher goals.”

At last year’s School of Horticulture Annual Scholarships and Awards Celebration, students were presented with over $55,000 in industry donor awards.

“To hear that one of the world leaders in the greenhouse fresh produce industry is putting up these new awards is fantastic news for Kwantlen students and opens even further their future career opportunities,” said Gary Jones, co-chair of the School of Horticulture and instructor in the greenhouse vegetable production course.

The $2,000 Windset Farms Greenhouse Horticulture Award will be presented to a graduate with the highest academic grades in the horticulture technology diploma program specializing in sustainable crop production.

The $1,000 Windset Farms Aspiring Greenhouse Graduate Award will go to a first-year student enrolled in the horticulture technology diploma program specializing in sustainable crop production, while the $1,000 Windset Farms

Chamber social is at ONE20 Public House

After 5 event allows business types to network in informal environment The Delta Chamber of Commerce’s next After 5 Business Social takes place next week in North Delta.

After 5 events provide a relaxed and informal opportunity to get to know chamber members and their guests.

The upcoming event is set for ONE20 Public House, 120-8037 Scott Rd., on Tuesday, Feb. 3 from 5 to 7 p.m.

It costs $10 for one person, $15 for two, $20 for three and $25 for four people. Members and nonmembers are welcome.

Register online at delta-

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• The chamber also has a Lunch and Learn event with MentorshipBC next month.

MentorshipBC is an online resource for small business owners in B.C. to find and access mentor programs available to them, the chamber’s website states.

The lunchtime seminar takes place on Thursday, Feb. 26 at noon at the chamber office, 6201-60th Ave. It is complimentary for members and costs $15 for non-members.

Visit deltachamber.ca to register.

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A14 The Delta Optimist January 28, 2015 In the Community

You’re invited to 4th Annual

Rotarians helping Scouts get to jamboree

Delta Rotary Business Ethics Awards & Dinner Finalists walk the talk of Rotary’s Four-Way Test about the things we think, say or do:

Is it the truth?

Is it fair to all concerned?

Will it build goodwill and better friendships?

Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

This year’s finalists: 100 Acre Wood Family Day Care Augustine House Society Complete Cleaning Services Corp.

Studio 64 Personal Training Inc. Gala dinner, awards ceremony and guest speaker Friday, January 30, 2015, 6:30 pm Delta Town and Country Inn 6005 River Road (Highway 17A at Highway 99) Delta, BC Tickets $50 per person

To buy tickets call (604) 946-0672 or by email abramson@telus.net Cheques payable to: “Delta Rotary Ethics Award,” through any Rotarian in the Ladner, North Delta or Tsawwassen Rotary Clubs.

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The Rotary Club of Ladner recently donated $2,000 to the 1st Kirkland Ladner Scouts. The troop is attempting to raise $16,000 to attend the Pacific Jamboree in July in Sooke. The Pacific Jamboree is held every four years and is this group’s only opportunity to attend as the boys will be too old to attend the next one. “These jamborees are very special occasions that the boys will remember all their lives,” said Rotary Club of Ladner past-president John Thomas.

ElderCollege offers variety of courses in spring semester

ElderCollege Delta will be holding a pair of registration sessions next month for its upcoming spring semester ElderCollege Delta is open to everyone 50 years and over and provides an opportunity to learn in a relaxed, risk-free and social environment.

The spring semester, which will run from March to early May, will offer the following courses: Art, Bridge (intermedi-

ate), Technology (computers, digital photograpy, iPads and Android tablets), Geneology, History, Languages (French and Spanish conversation), Literature, Meditation, Music Appreciation (the blues and opera) and Preserving Your Personal History.

Two field trips and a free community presentation are also scheduled.

General registration will take place on Saturday, Feb.

14 at the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at Save-on-Foods in Ladner from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Spring program brochures are now available at Delta public libraries and senior centres. Full program information is also available online at http://kinsmen. vcn.bc.ca/elder_college.

For further information regarding registration, call 604-943-0262.

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January 28, 2015 The Delta Optimist A15 In the Community

Local CHAMP is featured in new War Amps’ brochure As the War Amps’ 2015 key tags go out across B.C., local residents may spot a familiar face in the accompanying brochure.

Jack Kearney, 8, of Delta, is featured on the brochure that will be mailed to B.C. households starting this week.

Jack, born a right leg amputee, is a member of the War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program and, as such, is eligible to receive financial assistance with artificial limbs, counselling and attend regional CHAMP seminars.

Each key tag has a confidentially coded number so if the keys get lost, the finder can call the toll-free number on the back of the tag or deposit them in any mailbox, and the keys will be returned to the owner by bonded courier. It’s a free service.

If you have not received key tags, Eight-year-old Jack Kearney of Delta they can be ordered at is shown riding his bike in the War waramps.ca or by call- Amps brochure. ing 1-800-250-3030. possible solely through pubThe War Amps lic support of the key tag receives no government and address label service. grants. Its programs are

Beach Grove students support African school SUBMITTED PHOTO

Students at Beach Grove Elementary presented a donation of $566 to the Tekera Primary School in Uganda earlier this month. The students raised the money through a Halloween costume contest, hot chocolate sale and Garden Club Christmas wreath workshops. ICEF board member Brenda Casey accepted the cheque on behalf of the Tekera School. To see where this donation goes, check out www.icefcanada.org.

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The South Delta Artists Guild Presents

LOVE OF BEAUTY of beauty “ Aincelebration all its many forms ” Exhibit runs:

January 29 - February 22 @ Gallery1710 “Pretty in Pink” by Carla Weaver

GALLERY1710 is located at 1710 - 56th Street Gallery 11-4pm Galleryopen openThurs-Sun Tu-Sun 11-4 604.943.3313 southdeltaartistsguild.com southdeltaartistsguild.com

Saturday, March 7 – 7 pm Beach Grove Golf Club Tickets: $75 Wine Tasting Gourmet Hors D’oeuvres Silent & Live Auction including a Wall of Wine Raffles Info & tickets at www.rotarywinegala.com A Rotary Club of Tsawwassen Charitable Society Event

A16 The Delta Optimist January 28, 2015 Feedback

It seems there’s a Tim Hortons location just about everywhere, except in Ladner, although that could soon change if a recent proposal is approved. Municipal hall is going over an application to build a Tim

Hortons in East Ladner, between the Co-op gas station and Harris Nursery on Ladner Trunk Road.

The Optimist asked:

What do you think of Tim’s coming to town?

John Stockton There’s plenty of little independent coffee shops around; I’d rather have those in here.

Heather Beaumont I think it’s good. Tim Hortons is popular. I know my kids will enjoy it.

Toby West It’s always a great idea. It’s a popular chain.

You can have your say on this issue by taking part in our web poll at www. delta-optimist.com

Beryl Oborne I love Tim Hortons, wherever you put it. It’s good value for the money and good competition for Starbucks, which is too expensive.

Julian Smith I think it would be a great idea. Ladner really needs something to counteract the two Starbucks.

Last time we asked you:

Will you support the proposed transit tax?

• 33 per cent said yes, I will.

• 62 per cent said no, I won’t.

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January 28, 2015 The Delta Optimist A17 Coming Events Clubs & Groups !Delta Photo Club members are invited to a photo outing in lieu of the regular Wednesday, Jan. 28 night meeting. See the club newsletter for details - www.deltaphotoclub.com. Regular meetings will recommence Wednesday, Feb. 4. !Storytime and Craft (Theme: Snowmen) Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2 - 3 pm. Bring your child to a storytime and craft program, presented in partnership by FVRL and Delta Parks & Recreation. There is a small drop-in fee for the craft portion of the program. Please note that this program takes place at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre located at 1172 - 56th Street in Delta. !Wednesday, Jan. 28, the Ladner Single Parents Support Group wishes to invite single parents with dependant children to a free dinner at the Ladner Christian Reformed Church, 4594-54A St., Delta. Doors open at 5:10pm. Dinner at 5:30pm. For further information contact Dianne at 604-946-7033. !The Delta Museum & Archives Society has a new exhibit - Curating the Museum. Learn about what goes on behind the scenes, how we take care of objects, and which skills are needed to become a real-life curator! On Jan. 28 & 30, from 1:15-3pm there is a Stamps & Seals selfguided activity! For more weekly specials visit www. deltamuseum.ca or call 604946-9322. !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 is on Jan. 28 at Delta Hospital, 5800 Mountain View Blvd., Ladner (education room).

Please Call CMHA Delta at 604-943-1878 to be registered for your first meeting. !“Rotary Day” Saturday, Jan. 31, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Trenant park Mall @ the Port Metro Vancouver office. Learn more about Rotary in Ladner and around the world, Contribute to the wishlist for community projects, great door prize, plus coffee, cookies and fellowship.

For more information www.

RotaryLadner.org. !Celebrate Valentines Day with Blind Date with a Book- Feb. 1 - 28 - Ladner Pioneer & Tsawwassen Libraries. This February take a chance and go on a blind date... with a book!

Stop by Ladner Pioneer Library or Tsawwassen Library and select one of our eligible titles and settle down for a quiet evening together. !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 from 7 to 9 p.m., 1171572nd Ave., North Delta (house). Next meeting is on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Please Call CMHA Delta 604-9431878 to be registered for your first meeting. !Free UVic Chronic Pain Self-Management workshop starts Thursday, Feb. 5 at McKee Rec Centre from 9:30 am to 12 pm. Learn strategies to manage pain, deal with difficult emotions, exercise comfortably, and work with health care providers. To register call UVic at 604-940-1273 or go to www.selfmanage-

mentbc.ca. !Ask An Investment Advisor - Five Mistakes Retirees make With Their Finances (And How to Avoid Them) Thursday, Feb. 5, 2:30 - 4 pm Ladner Pioneer Library, 4683 - 51st St., Delta.

Has the market volatility scared you away? Learn five steps from Sheila Whitehead, Investment and Wealth Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities that you can implement immediately to help increase your confidence in investing and get you on the right track. Please RSVP jennifer.bishop@rbc.com or 604-535-3837. Registration required. !Ladner Baptist Church (5624 Ladner Trunk Road) is hosting Family Fun Craft Day for families who have individuals of all ages or children with varied physical, medical, mental or behavioral needs or abilities on Feb. 7 from 1-4 pm. The event is wheel chair accessible and admission is free.

RSVP by Jan. 31. Call 604946-0141. !Tim Hortons is hosting its third annual Family day free skate at the Tsawwassen Rec Center on Feb. 9 from 12-4 pm. !French language preschool Lutins du Bois is having an open house on Wednesday, Feb. 11 from 6-7:30 pm. Non-French speaking families are welcome. Ecole Bois Joli, 78549th St., Tsawwassen; 604948-1222; lutins_du_bois@ csf.bc.ca. !ElderCollege Delta is running its Spring Semester in March, April and early May. Courses offered include Art, Bridge (Intermediate), Technology (computers, digital photograpy, iPads and Android tablets) and more. ElderCollege Delta

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is open to all 50 years and over. Learn in a relaxed, risk-free and social environment. Spring Program Brochures are now available at Delta public libraries and senior centres.

Full program information is also available online on our webpage (Google “ElderCollege Delta”).

For further information regarding registration or to register for the free public presentation, phone: 604943-0262. General registration will take place at two sites for your convenience: on Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall from 10 to 11:30 am and on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at Save on Foods in Ladner from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. !Low Vision Support Group will next meet on Monday, Feb. 16 at 1:302:30 at the Ladner Pioneer Library. Guest speaker: Leslie Madelung, nutritionist. !Delta Hospice Society will offer a Volunteer Training Program running Feb. 19 through March 21, 2015, Thursday evenings from 6:30-9 p.m. plus three Saturdays from 9:30-3 pm. For more information please call our Centre for Supportive Care at 604948-0660 and ask to set up an interview. Class size is limited, so we advise early registration. !Fun and friendly volunteers are needed for a children’s thrift store in downtown Ladner. Reach Child and Youth Development Society is a non-profit organization that helps children with special needs. We are looking for more people to work in our thrift store FINDS. The store is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 2pm. Interested volunteers please contact volunteer@reachchild.org or 604-946-6622.

The Next Chapter Book Club runs Tuesdays, 1:45 - 2:45 pm, at the Ladner Pioneer Library. The Next Chapter Book Club (NCBC) offers a weekly opportunity for people with developmental disabilities to read and learn together, talk about books, and make friends in a relaxed community setting. Individual NCBCs usually consists of five to eight people with disabilities and two volunteer facilitators, some of whom also have disabilities. Members guide the structure of their club and choose books they read. !If you enjoy your work, and people like to hang out with you, but speaking in public rattles your confidence, visit the Deltones Toastmasters Club! We normally meet on the first and third Thursday of every month. For full details, special events and any schedule changes, check out our web site: www.deltonestoastmasters.ca.

Seniors !McKee Seniors Recreation Centre presents: Hawaii In January on Friday, Jan. 30, 12 to 2 pm.

Wear your best Hawaiian Outfit. Menu: Hawaiian theme. Entertainment Gail Hawkesworth. Members: $9; Guests: $11. Call 604946-1411 for more information.

Fund Raisers !Lawlor Goldsmith Shoppe charity silent auction - visit store at 4817F Delta Street in Ladner to place bid on diamond necklace for Hospice. 100 per cent of proceeds to Delta Hospice.

Special Events !10th Anniversary Giant Sale of books, board games, DVDs, and CDs. KinVillage Community Centre, 543010th Ave., Tsawwassen.

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Sale runs Thursday, Jan. 29 from 10 am to 6 pm, Jan. 30 from 9 am to 6 pm and Jan. 31 from 9 am to 3 pm.

The Unique Boutique will be open 9 am to 3 pm on Saturday, Jan. 31. !Jewelry Sale - Jan. 31 - new inventory of jewelry and watches for sale for Valentine’s Day! 9:30am4pm at Hospice Cottage Charity Shoppe, 1521-56th St., Tsawwassen. !Feb. 12 Toy Sale. Visit the store starting Feb. 12 for new and gently used toys at Hospice Cottage Charity Shoppe, 1521-56th St., Tsawwassen.

Arts !The Sidekick Players presents Jenny’s House of Joy by Norm Foster and directed by Carroll Lefebvre. The story of four women - Jenny, Francis, Anita and Natalie - who work in a brothel in Baxter Springs, Kansas in the late 1800s. This is a serious play with the Foster comic bent! Funny, touching and ripe with comic surprises to keep you engaged to the very end. Until Feb. 7 (Thurs, Fri & Sat) at 8pm and Feb. 1 (Sunday) at 2pm.

All performances are at The Tsawwassen Arts Centre, 1172-56th St. (between Petrocan and Home Building). Adults: $18, Seniors (60+) $15. Seating is limited (Bistro Style) To reserve a seat please call 604-288-2415.

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).

Delta Sports A18 The Delta Optimist January 28, 2015

Sports Editor: Mark Booth

Phone: 604-946-4451

Email: mbooth@delta-optimist.com

Pacer grad tourney tips off on Friday

Junior hoop rivals

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Delta Pacers rolled to a 61-28 win over cross-town rival South Delta Sun Devils in Delta Junior Boys Basketball League action.

The longest running alumni basketball event in the province tips off on Friday night at Delta Secondary School.

The 26th edition of the Pacer Alumni Tournament will feature many of the top players to suit up for the Ladner high school’s senior boys and girls team — dating all the way back to 1969.

The action gets underway on Friday night at 6 p.m. with men’s games in the east and west gyms.

The women’s division will feature its first game at 7 p.m., followed by a men’s doubleheader at 8 pm Saturday’s schedule is highlighted by the women’s (2:30 p.m.) and men’s (3:30 p.m.) old timers games. The men’s championship game will conclude the tournament at 4:45 p.m.

The participants will include Olympian and Delta Sports Hall of Fame

inductee Alan Kristmanson who starred on the 1979 team — the last time the Pacers held down the No. 1 ranking in the province.

Scoring sensation Navi Sekhon, who led Delta to a provincial tournament berth in 1993, will be going to head-to-head with great recent grads including Lucas Goosen. Also slated to play are 2014 World Masters Games gold medalist Graham Burns, Delta Councillor Ian Paton and Delta School Trustee Rhiannon Bennett.

The tournament, which was founded by longtime DSS athletic director Jim Lawrence, is a major fundraiser for the Antesto Charles Foundation which annually provides scholarships to graduating DSS players and for elementary age students to attend sports camps.

Charles was a member of the No. 1 ranked 1979 team.

Islanders use draft to stock up feeder team Delta’s Intermediate “A” squad gets plenty of help for coming season including proven goaltender via trade with PoCo MARK BOOTH

The Delta Islanders fulfilled their shopping list and then some at Sunday’s B.C. Junior “A” Lacrosse League Entry Draft.

As expected, the Islanders opened the proceedings by selecting Semiahmoo Minor Lacrosse standout Tre Leclaire with the No. 1 overall pick.

The 6-foot-1 and 205-pound sharp-shooting right-hander led B.C. in scoring at last summer’s Midget Nationals and also Semiahmoo to the Midget A2 provincial title. He will be continuing his field lacrosse career at the University of Delaware in the fall of 2016 and is expected to make the immediate jump to the junior

“A” level.

Delta then used the fourth overall pick to take North Shore lefty Liam McDonald, before adding Ridge Meadows right-hander Mackenzie Rope with the No. 5 pick and Richmond goalie Cam Overby at No. 7.

Rope and Mackenzie will play for their hometown teams at the intermediate “A” level this coming season, while MacDonald will be a key addition to the Islanders intermediate program.

“Liam brings unbelievable speed and athleticism, said Islanders’ assistant general manager and head coach Greg Rennie. “I really believe he is one of the steals of the draft. “He wasn’t healthy and missed quite a bit of time which meant a bit of a rough go by his

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Delta Islanders head coach Greg Rennie with his four first round draft picks. standards with Team B.C. last summer. He will be a major impact player for us.”

Through draft picks and trades, Rennie says he has acquired nine players who will not only make the intermediate “A” squad but put the club in position to qualify for the

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provincial championships for the first time in recent memory.

At the top of coaches Kyle Goundrey and Ross Frehlick’s wish list was a proven No. 1 goalie.

Rennie addressed the need Sunday by acquiring second-year stopper Will Kinnaird from the 2014 pro-

vincial champion Port Coquitlam Saints. Last season, Kinnaird made nine appearances in the PoCo net, ranking fifth in the league in goals against average (5.98), with a 82.19 save percentage.

There will also be help coming on the back end with the Islanders trading up to select Surrey’s Ben Davies with the 25th overall pick and Vancouver’s Jasper Sheidel with their own fifth round selection.

“Davies is a defensive monster who we are thrilled to get in that spot and Sheidel is another guy who is going to really help us,” added Rennie, who also has 13th overall pick Harrison Smith from the North Shore coming to join the Delta Intermediates this coming season.

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January 28, 2015 The Delta Optimist A19

U18 League Cup playdowns

PHOTOS

BY

MARK BOOTH

(Right) Makena Currie and the Ladner Vipers battled back with a pair of second half goals to defeat the Coquitlam Metro Ford Black Ice 2-1 Sunday in B.C. Coastal Girls Soccer U18 Group One League Cup play at Holly Park. (Above) The Tsawwassen Tornadoes weren’t as fortunate, falling 2-1 on the road to Richmond United in BCCGSL U18 Group Six action. The playdowns continue for the next three weeks for divisions U13-toU18, leading up to the cup finals for the top two teams for each groups.

Churchill captures Kushnir Memorial

The defending provincial AAAA champion overcame an impressive field to take top honours at the annual Bill Kushnir Memorial Senior Boys Basketball Tournament.

The Churchill Bulldogs rolled off three straight wins including a 95-90 win over the Yale Lions in Saturday’s championship game. The fifth ranked Bulldogs opened the 12-team tournament with a 110-59 thumping of No. 10 Holy Cross, before rolling past honourable mention Pitt Meadows 90-74 in the semi-finals. Yale’s road to the final included a 74-66 win over defending champion Tamanawis, after opening with a 102-92 victory against Kitsilano.

As for the host Pacers, after falling 65-50 to St. Thomas More, Delta dropped a 77-65 decision to the Richmond Colts and closed out the tournament Saturday morning with an easy 107-67 victory over the North Delta Huskies to place 11th.

Since taking on the tournament three years ago, Matt McKay not only renamed the old Pacer Classic after the popular longtime principal, he pledged to bring many of the top teams in the province to Ladner. Last year’s event featured the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams battling it out in the final and the latest edition including many of B.C.’s perennial powerhouses.

McKay continues to teach at DSS but not longer is in charge of the senior boys program after accepting an offer to work as an assistant coach with the Simon Fraser University men’s team. NCAA recruiting rules made it impossible for him to continue.

Whether the Kushnir Memorial will continue to feature elite teams in 2016 remains to be seen with the Pacers expected to compete at the AAA level next season due to lower enrollment numbers.

At the buzzer…

The Pacers turned their attention back to league play Monday night with an 83-77 overtime win over Panaroma Ridge. The result, coupled with another key victory against Semiahmoo last week (78-73), gives Delta a 4-0 record heading into tonight’s home floor match-up with the 3-1 Seaquam Seahawks at 7:30 p.m.

The Pacers will then close out Fraser Valley AAAA South League play next week with a pair of road games, including a showdown with unbeaten Tamanawis. The league playoff tournament will follow to determine seeding for the Fraser Valley Championships.

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