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One of the four winning tickets for last Friday’s $50 million Lotto Max draw was purchased in Delta.

The B.C. Lottery Corporation announced the only ticket purchased in B.C. that will share in the nationwide lottery prize was bought here, but wouldn’t say whether the ticket worth $12.5 million was purchased in North Delta or South Delta.

The Delta ticket has yet to be redeemed. Winners have one year to claim their prize.

One of the other winning tickets was sold in Ontario and two were bought in the Prairies.

The odds of winning the Lotto Max jackpot are one in 28.6 million with each $5 play.

Stand comes with a price Homeowner now paying fines after refusing to pay school taxes due to teachers’ strike BY

JESSICA KERR

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A Tsawwassen dad is now paying the price for taking a stand in last year’s dispute between B.C. teachers and the provincial government.

Last summer, Vytas Vaitkus refused to pay the school portion of his property tax bill because, he said, with schools not issu-

ing report cards in light of the teachers’ strike, he felt his family was not getting the full services expected.

It was in late June, Vaitkus said, a letter from the school district informed him that his younger son, who was in Grade 6 at the time, would not receive a report card and his older son, who was in Grade 10, would get a marksonly report card without any addi-

tional comments.

The same day he received the notice from the school district, Vaitkus said, he was scheduled to go to municipal hall to pay his property tax bill.

He decided to pay the bill, minus the school tax portion.

“Don’t get me wrong: We are not against paying taxes. Once report cards are received, we will pay the school portion of our

property taxes,” Vaitkus said in a letter that ran in early September.

A year later, Vaitkus is paying the price of taking a stand.

With penalties and interest, the family is facing an additional $800 charge on this year’s bill.

“It is what it is,” he said.

“We’re making a statement.”

Vaitkus said he decided to pay the fine, even though he was told the report cards he wanted would

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never be issued, because the charges would only keep growing.

“I would do it all over again,” he said.

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The federal New Democratic Party this week announced that Jeremy Leveque has been named as the candidate for Delta in this fall’s general election.

“Jeremy is an accomplished and dedicated

member of his community and will be an invaluable addition to our team,” said NDP Leader Tom Mulcair.

“I look forward to Jeremy joining us in standing up for British Columbians.”

A press release issued stated Leveque was raised in Delta and is a nationally recognized Canadian health

care expert and advocate for evidence-based policy. He is also committed to fighting economic and gender inequality and joins Mulcair in the belief that the economy can grow while still protecting the environment.

“Growing up here, I enjoyed a lot of opportunities that aren’t available in

other places less fortunate than Delta,” said Leveque in the press release. “I’m running to join Tom Mulcair as part of an NDP government because it is important to me that future generations get to grow up with the same opportunities that I had.”

Leveque is the third

declared candidate in Delta for the Oct. 19 election, joining Conservative incumbent Kerry-Lynne Findlay and Liberal Carla Qualtrough.

A reconfigured electoral map means North Delta and South Delta have been combined in the new federal riding simply called Delta.

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Delta-Richmond East MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay was joined by Mayor Lois Jackson and representatives from several community organizations last Friday for a federal funding announcement for local Canada Day celebrations.

Findlay was at Kirkland

House in Ladner to announce that Delta would receive $9,000 to help with July 1st events.

It’s part of $7 million that will go to groups across the country for Canada Day as well as National Aboriginal Day (June 21) , St.-Jean Baptiste Day (June 24) and Canadian Multiculturalism Day (June 27) events.

The majority of the

funding for Delta will go toward the Corporation of Delta’s fireworks display in North Delta with the rest going to events organized by the Delta Museum, the Kirkland House Foundation and Tsawwassen Boundary Bay Lions Club.

“With this funding, our government is honouring its commitment to strengthen our communities and to

increase public awareness about our history and heritage. I invite British Columbians from across the Lower Mainland to come out and take part in these events celebrating our pride, our values and our accomplishments,” said Findlay, the minister of national revenue.

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Delta benefits from strong community resiliency and good access to primary care, according to the largest community health survey ever conducted in B.C. Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health last week released the findings of the My Health My Community Survey, which gathered data from more than 33,000 Lower Mainland adults. It’s aimed at helping local governments, community groups and health agencies with planning decisions and policy development.

“The survey is like a blood-test for our communities,” said Dr. Victoria Lee, chief medical health officer for Fraser Health.

“The results provide us with valuable information that our medical health officers can use to ‘diagnose’ the health of our region. We can then focus our work with municipalities and local stakeholders to create a roadmap of good health for the future.”

Some of the highlights for Delta include over two-thirds of respondents reporting strong community belonging, while over 90 per cent have access to a family doctor, which is above the Metro Vancouver average of 83 per cent.

The survey also found

there’s room for improvement in Delta when it comes to eating habits and physical activity. As well, over 70 per cent of respondents commute by car compared to Metro Vancouver’s 55 per cent.

The report found the number of people in Delta saying both their general health and mental health were excellent was higher than the Metro Vancouver averages for those categories, however, reported cases of high blood pressure, heart disease and arthritis were higher in Delta.

The report found 69 per cent of Deltans feel a strong sense of community belonging, compared to 56 per cent across Metro Vancouver.

The report noted that across Metro Vancouver, recent immigrants were less likely to report a strong sense of community belonging or have the same number of people they could confide in.

In Delta, household incomes under $40,000 stood at 21.6 per cent compared to 31.7 per cent for Metro Vancouver as a whole, while 24 per cent of Delta households earned $120,000 and above. The report noted that households with annual incomes in the higher range were two times more likely to report excellent or very good general health.

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A Tsawwassen husband-and-wife team will take on Mt. Kilimanjaro this September to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer’s.

Lisa Heiberg and Doug Spencer are preparing to take part in Ascent for Alzheimer’s, a seven-day climb up and down Africa’s tallest mountain.

The cause is of special significance to the couple as Spencer’s father died last August after a multi-year battle with the disease.

Spencer and Heiberg, who are both police officers, also deal with Alzheimer’s sufferers “all of the time” through their jobs, he noted.

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In terms of preparing for the trek, the couple has taken part in group climbs (including an eight-anda-half-hour outing in the Lions Bay area) with other Ascent for Alzheimer’s team members as well as working out on their own.

Spencer said he talked to a friend who climbed Kilimanjaro a few years ago who said while training and preparation are certainly needed, it’s basically just a long hike. Altitude sickness can also be a factor.

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Alzheimer’s is something that impacts whole families, Spencer explained.

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Car shopping is as easy as getting on the road Just driving around doubles as conducting research BARBARA GUNN

LIVING MATTERS A good car, I maintain, should have four tires, a comfortable interior, a good-sized trunk and a decent pair of wipers. Oh, and a reliable engine.

These are the items on my must-have list.

My must-have list is front and centre in our household discussions these days, given that we will be trading in the current vehicle in the coming months and hunting for something new.

That something new is far from a slam-dunk.

When we cast about considering the possibilities, the husband and I tend to conduct the research the visible way.

That is to say, by eyeballing cars on the road.

“Oh look,” said my husband the other day when we were heading out to visit

friends. “There’s an Audi A4. I like the Audi A4.”

“There’s a Tiguan,” I said. “I like that car. Oh, and that Mazda’s nice too.”

Most people, I reckon, do their car-shopping a little more rigorously. Which is to say, they open hoods, read consumer reports and go for test drives. They do more than ogle what rolls by.

At some point, of course, we will do the rigorous thing, but for now, at least, it’s all about the ogling.

Our eyes are all over the road — and our wants are all over the map.

“Do you like SUVs?” asked the husband.

“Sure,” I said.

“Convertibles?”

“Sure.”

“Compact four-doors?”

“Sure.”

You get what I mean.

We have also decided that we like red cars, green cars, silver cars, black cars and white cars. We like cars that are comfortable to sit in, cars that handle well, cars that have fairly low mileage and cars that have

power windows.

Talk about narrowing it down.

“Don’t all cars have power windows now?” I asked the husband.

“No,” he said. “There are still some really, really old cars out there with manual windows.”

“But we don’t want a really, really old car, right?”

I asked.

“No,” he said. “We don’t.”

At least that much is clear. Nothing ancient.

Nothing dented. And nothing without a muffler.

“Hey!” I said to the husband as we continued on our way. “There’s a Ford Escape! I like those! And that Acura! Like that too!”

He did his own ogling.

“What about that Land Rover?” he said. “Love them! Oh, and that Subaru Outback! Pretty darn sweet!”

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TED MURPHY

MURPHY’S LAW Something tells me that excluding Vicki Huntington might actually turn out to be a good thing.

Now before those ardent supporters of our independent MLA, and I know there are many of them out there, begin sharpening their knives, please give me the opportunity to explain.

It was clearly a partisan move to exclude Huntington from last month’s meeting between provincial Health Minister Terry Lake and the contingent from Delta Hospital looking to restore the surgical program. Delta North Liberal MLA Scott Hamilton arranged the sitdown in Vancouver so I guess he and/or the minister was entitled to pick the guest list, but as Ian Robertson so ably put it last week, Huntington is the MLA for Delta South, which is where the hospital is located, and she’s also the one who presented the 11,000-name petition on behalf of Friends of Delta Hospital in the legislature.

In a non-partisan world, it would have made abundant sense for her to be there, but that’s obviously not the reality we live in. Her exclusion could, however, signal some hope for a resolution to the issue that doctors brought forward last fall.

The reason the Liberals don’t want the two-term independent involved in the discussions is because they’re loath to give her any credit. Parties of all stripes and at all levels go to great lengths to ensure they score all the political points they can from an issue and take equal pains to make sure their opponents are shut out.

The Liberals are only going to get credit in this case, however, if something actually happens, so does that mean an expansion of surgical services at Delta Hospital is in the offing? Only the minister and the top executives at Fraser Health know the answer to that one, but an optimist could certainly view the Huntington snub as a good sign.

The situation reminds me a bit of the battle to get funding to dredge the secondary channels of the Fraser River, a cause our independent MLA championed for several years before the Liberals, who control the provincial purse, got involved.

By the time the funding was secured from a variety of sources, we had politicians from all three levels of government falling over each other trying to take credit.

Despite all the political maneuvering, I suspect the vast majority of people that work in and are served by Delta Hospital could care less where the money comes from or who gets credit for providing it; they just want to see their health care services restored.

Tie vote shows democracy is alive and well at local level BRAD SHERWIN

COMMUNITY COMMENT The headline read: “Tie vote at council leaves townhouse plan in limbo.” I found that quite puzzling.

Usually, there are no tie votes, which is one reason it caught my attention. Unfortunately, a tie happened this time due to the absence of Coun. Robert Campbell due to illness. That’s not news anyone likes to hear.

The townhouse plan in question is in what could be considered the heart of Ladner, close to the village, parks and the dike. A previous incarnation of the proposal, a 47-unit condo development, was loudly opposed when it came before the public initially. The revised plan, down to 23 larger units, was now being considered.

The vote ended in a tie. We don’t even allow a tie in hockey anymore, there’s always overtime and a shootout. I was intrigued.

I went online and watched the Delta council meeting where the

proposal was brought forward.

There was the usual public hearing, much smaller than those that make the papers like the Southlands and Marina Gardens. Neighbours and others came out and supported or opposed the proposal for various reasons. In total, there was little more than a half-dozen that spoke this time.

Then I listened to council members give their reasons for approving or denying the proposal. It was a little tough to follow — the motion was to deny, so you either supported or denied the denial.

Sounds a little like a Quebec referendum question before the Clarity Act. What I found interesting was the way each councillor approached the proposal. They had good reasons for their vote, which I’m sure had been discussed behind closed doors prior to the public eye of a council meeting. In the end, it was three for denial, three opposed to the denial.

I think. However they got there, it was three yes, three no. And many seemed to be on the edge of going the other way.

So what’s so great about a tie vote? It was the diversity of who voted which way. People that ran with each other during the election voted differently. There was no horse-trading to secure a vote one

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way or the other, no following the lead, no toeing the party line. Each councillor made their own decision based on the information at hand.

The usual news we hear day in and day out, even in other municipalities, is X party voted for, Y party voted against. Granted, there may be good reasons they vote that way, but it’s refreshing on occasion to see someone break party ranks and vote for what they believe in.

Free votes are all too uncommon.

Except in Delta.

I like the fact this council disagrees. I like the fact there is debate and discussion, and ultimately a tie. While it’s not great for the developer, a variance shouldn’t be a slam-dunk, no matter how many times it comes forward.

What it does show is we have the closest thing to a perfect democracy around — people we elect making decisions freely, for the good of the community.

This time, a tie sounds good.

Council meetings are long enough, so overtime never works. And a shootout just doesn’t sound right.

Get well soon, Robert.

Brad Sherwin, MBA has over 25 years experience in marketing, public relations and business strategy. He is currently the director of marketing for a national non-profit organization.

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June 10, 2015 The Delta Optimist A9 Letters to the Editor

Mutual respect required so all dike users are able to enjoy area safely

Editor: Re: Cyclist’s injuries show what can happen when dog not on leash, letter to the editor, June 3 It was a terrible incident that happened when the dog ran in front of Debbie Maloway’s bike, causing her to be injured. I understand her frustration as there are signs saying to leash your dog, but there are two sides to every story.

I have stopped walking my leashed dog on the dike

due to the disrespect some cyclists show other users of the dike.

On numerous occasions I have been walking my leashed dog when a cyclist has come flying up behind us and swung out around us. No “yell out” announcing their arrival, no bell as a warning. Some are going at such a speed one would think they are doing a time trial for a race.

I don’t have eyes in the back of my head so please

announce yourself when approaching from behind and slow down. I hate to think what would happen if you spooked a horse while it was on the dike.

If you terrify my dog like that, and he jumps out in front of you, thereby dragging me in front of you too, we all get hurt badly.

It’s also inconsiderate to weave through walkers at any sort of speed. Would you drive a car like that?

The other problem is

cyclists that ride two or three abreast. I have seen numerous dogs, both leashed and unleashed, that are terrified of bikes and panic when they see the bikes coming. I believe it’s the law on the road that cyclists ride single file and it should be the case on the dikes as well.

All users of the dike need to be respectful of each other and then incidents like this wouldn’t happen.

C. Moeller

Residents should have ability to remove one tree a year

Editor: Re: Delta gets tougher on trees, June 3 I’m sorry Delta council has tightened the tree removal bylaw on the advice of the Delta Naturalists without asking the rest of us what we think.

In my view, the household-

er’s right to remove one tree a year was necessary to allow for gardening, views and neighbourly relations.

I predict that many householders will preserve their autonomy by chopping down perfectly nice trees before they get big enough to fall under the bylaw. Or

people won’t plant trees in the first place.

Are the environmental values worth the tradeoffs?

Maybe not.

It’s not necessarily the case that big old trees are the best carbon sinks.

There’s some modern thinking that young, vigorous

Water restrictions should extend beyond lawn sprinkling to include noisy power washers Editor: Re: Sprinkling restrictions in place, June 3 This article implored us to “do the right thing and conserve water whenever possible,” stating one hour

of sprinkling uses as much water as 25 toilet flushes, five loads of laundry and five dishwasher loads.

I can only imagine how much of our precious drinking water is wasted by

power-washing driveways and sidewalks. And the noise they create is another matter. Why are there no bylaws in place restricting the use of power washers?

Ellen Beck

LUSCIOUS LOBSTER

trees are best for that.

As for the argument that big old trees are best for eagles, eagles were rare a generation ago but local populations have rebuilt.

We should no longer be sacrificing other human values for their sake.

Gail Neff Bell

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South Delta Secondary had a glamourous feel last Friday afternoon as the Tsawwassen high school held its annual Grad Walk. The graduating students then headed off for their banquet.

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June 10, 2015 The Delta Optimist A11

Seniors in spotlight

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Delta celebrated Seniors Week last week with a host of activities. There was pickleball (above) at the South Delta Recreation Centre, a strawberry tea (left) at McKee Seniors’ Recreation Centre and an opening day parade through Ladner. More photos at www.delta-optimist.com.

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Car boot sales return to Centennial Beach for their 12th season

Eleven summers have passed since former Delta Citizen of the Year Harry Caine returned from New Zealand with a special project on his mind.

Through Caine’s initial efforts, South Delta’s popular car boot sales are poised to begin their 12th season this weekend.

The Boundary Bay Park Association, formerly known as the Cammidge House Volunteers Committee, and event coordinator Tom Bearss have finalized the schedule for the 2015 season. The first boot sale will be held this Saturday between 8:30 a.m. and noon, and then on the second and fourth Saturday of each month.

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June 10, 2015 The Delta Optimist A13 In the Community

Pillow Pals at it again!

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Gordon Mackay will be the guest speaker at next week’s South Delta Evergreen Garden Club meeting.

Garden club talking conifers next week

The South Delta Evergreen Garden Club welcomes Gordon Mackay to speak about dwarf conifers at its meeting next week in Ladner.

Dwarf conifers are hardy and versatile plants that provide year round colour and interest.

Available in pyramidal, mounding and upright shapes and in various shades, they can be easily incorporated into a garden and are the backbone of rock gardens.

Mackay’s passion for plants began with his exposure to the landscapes of Glasgow. His

formal training includes the renowned Threave School of Gardening and the Pershore College of Horticulture.

He is currently living in the Cowichan Valley where he established a specialty nursery, Alba Plants. He is part of the therapeutic horticulture team at Providence Farm and recently took up a position as a horticulture instructor at Camosun College.

Guests are welcome to attend the talk in Ladner at no charge. It is set for Tuesday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Kin House, 505047th Ave.

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Delta Hospital Auxiliary Pillow Pals volunteers Lesley Davis (left), Colleen Plain and Betty Davis hand over one of the 40 pillow sets to Sharon Secord (second from left), clinical nurse specialist for breast health with Fraser Health. The auxiliary is donating the pillow sets to the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre. The Pillow Pals sew and fill more than 100 of the pillow sets every year. The pillows are designed to help women recovering from breast surgery stay comfortable. A group of six to eight volunteers makes the pillows using fabric donated by the community, as well as materials donated by Nelson’s Upholstery in Ladner and International Textiles in Richmond.

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A16 The Delta Optimist June 10, 2015

Thank You from the

2015 DSS Dry Grad Committee The Delta Secondary School Dry Grad 2015 was jam packed with entertainment, music, prizes and tons of fun for all grads, parents and volunteers who attended. The evening would not have been such a success if it weren’t for the generosity of the community. The DSS Dry Grad Committee wishes to thank the following sponsors for their time, donations and support of the Dry Grad night.

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June 10, 2015 The Delta Optimist A17

Music fills Memorial

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Two dozen bands perform in annual Ladner Bandfest

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Music was in the air last weekend as the 11th edition of Ladner Bandfest took place at Memorial Park. The two-day event featured 24 bands, including Curt Jantzen (above) and the host Delta Music Makers as well as the Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy (top left). Check out more photos online at www.delta-optimist.com.

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A18 The Delta Optimist June 10, 2015 Coming Events Clubs & Groups !The BookEnds Book Club has an opening for an additional member. Join us for a stimulating and fun evening held the third Thursday of each month.

Please email hanna5827@ gmail.com for more information. !Ladner Parkinson’s support group next meeting is Saturday, June 13, 10 to 11:30 am at McKee Centre.

This group is for people living with Parkinson’s and/or the people who care for them. We meet the second Saturday of each month to share and learn information, ideas and experiences in an

atmosphere of confidential and mutual support. NOTE: This will be our last meeting until September - no meetings in July or August.

For more information call Dave or Gloria at 604-9480156. !Family Paws Parent Education workshop June 13 at 10 a.m. at Delta Community Animal Shelter, 7505 Hopcott Rd., Delta.

It covers two programs from Family Paws - Dogs and Storks (for expecting families with dogs as they prepare for life with baby) and Dogs and Toddlers. Call 604-940-7111 to register. !Low Vision Support

Group has a windup party at Kirkland House on June 15, when the ElderCollege Singers will be there to share some songs and a singalong with us. !South Delta Garden Club presents Gordon McKay speaking on Dwarf Conifers: the backbone of the rock garden. Tuesday, June 16, 7:30 pm, Kin House, 5050-47th Ave., Ladner. Visitors & new members always welcome. www.southdeltagardenclub. ca. !The Probus Club of South Delta, a non-profit, fellowship club for retired and semi-retired professional

and business people will hold its Monthly Meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 17, in The Coast Tsawwassen Inn. Our guest speakers are two directors from the BC Ministry of Transport who will update us on the Massey tunnel Replacement Bridge Project. All members are urged to attend. Please call Dick Williams at 604-9406542 for information. Our Discussion Group will meet the following morning, Thursday, June 18, at 10 am at CoPs. Seniors !Come join the final Philosophers’ Café discus-

sion of our spring series this Friday, June 12, 1:30-3 pm at the McKee Seniors Centre, 5155-47th Ave., Ladner, where we’ll be wrestling with an important question in today’s world, “What Does Being a Good Citizen Mean?” No preregistration necessary. Call 604-946-1411 for further information. !Shari’s Saturday Social, Saturday, June 13, KinVillage Community Centre, 5430 10th Ave., Tsawwassen. Doors open at 7 pm. Dance to a great variety of CD music. Dress optional but glitz and glamour is always in style. Midevening 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 604-9438755.

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June 10, 2015 The Delta Optimist A19

Delta Sports Sports Editor: Mark Booth

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Hood backstops Islanders to key win over Shamrocks BY

MARK BOOTH

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The Delta Islanders rode 46-save performance of Ryland Hood to a critical win in their quest for a top two finish in the B.C. Junior “A” Lacrosse League.

The second-year goaltender was outstanding as the Islanders toppled the Victoria Shamrocks 12-7 on Saturday in Ladner, capping a memorable day that began with the club’s first-ever alumni game. The result not only kept the Islanders (10-3-0) ahead of the Shamrocks (8-4-0) in the race for second place, it clinched the season series (2-0) with one meeting still remaining.

Coming off a disappointing 1514 loss to the sixth place Langley Thunder (3-8-1) two nights earlier, Delta needed to rebound in a big way to avoid its fourth loss in six games. Hood was up for challenge, having missed the Langley game due to exams at UBC. “Ryland really rose to the occa-

sion and proved why he is my guy,” said Islanders head coach Greg Rennie who has been coaching Hood for the past four seasons. “He has really been bogged down with non-lacrosse commitments for a lot of the season but finally those are easing off and I expect to be even better going forward.”

Hood was at his best in the second period when Delta was shorthanded for an extended period after Patrick Thornill was accessed a match penalty for his altercation with Steve Ackinclose. The Shamrocks managed just two goals on 23 shots and the hosts took a comfortable 9-5 lead into the third period.

“It was probably our most complete game of the season,” added Rennie Evan Messenger and Shawn Richardson paced the attack with five points each, including two goals. Tre LeClaire and Chase Fraser PHOTO BY MARK BOOTH each scored twice, while Jon Phillips Delta Islanders Patrick Thornhill closes in on Victoria’s McLean Chicquen during Satuday’s 12-7 win in Ladner. added a goal and three assists.

Canadian boat will have South Delta flavour

Brendan Hodge and Max Lattimer will be rowing together in lightweight fours at the Pan Am Games in Toronto

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try to train in London two years ago. The goal is to get to Rio in 2016 for his Olympic debut.

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Tsawwassen’s Brendan Hodge (left) and Ladner’s Max Lattimer will be rowing for Canada in lightweight fours at next month’s Pan American Games.

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Hodge first got started in competitive rowing at Vancouver College and later attended Brentwood College which features a powerhouse high school program based at Mill Bay on Vancouver Island.

Lattimer is one of the country’s top up-and-coming rowers who was identified by 2008 Olympic gold medalist Ben Rutledge during a Team B.C. identification camp in his Grade 11 year at Vancouver College.

He spent one year at the University of Western Ontario before returning home to row under Mike Pierce at UBC. Lattimer then earned a spot on the national team and put his biology studies at UBC on hold to train full-time as a carded athlete out of London. The long-term plan is to compete with his younger brother Aaron at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He has an excellent chance of getting to Rio first.

Hodge and Lattimer were also in Canada’s lightweight fours boat last summer — finishing eighth and 10th at World Cup events in Switzerland and France respectively.

They were also 13th at the World Championships.

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A pair of South Delta Delta rowers will be competing in the same shell for Canada at next month’s Pan American Games Tsawwassen’s Brendan Hodge and Ladner’s Max Lattimer were among 26 athletes nominated by Rowing Canada Aviron last week. The Pan American Games will take place from July 10-26, with the rowing competition being held on the Royal Henley course in St. Catherines.

Hodge and Lattimer were both named to the lightweight men’s four crew where they will be joined by Ontario’s Nicolas Pratt and and Eric Woelfl They are coached by Al Morrow and based out of Rowing Canada’s High Performance Centre in London, ON. Hodge, 30, resumed his international rowing career after being focused on his university studies for several years, attending Harvard, then law school at UBC. It was watching the 2012 Summer Olympics that inspired him to return to the water.

He received the blessing of his employer — Vancouver law firm Lawson Lundell — and moved across the coun-

A20 The Delta Optimist June 10, 2015

Tsawwassen’s Tanaka receives Curling B.C.’s top junior award An outstanding season for Tsawwassen junior curler Cody Tanaka has been recognized by the sport’s governing body.

The Tunnel Town Curling Club product was named Curl B.C.’s Junior Male Athlete of the Year. The South Delta Secondary School graduate was among a number of curlers honoured at the 2015 Curl B.C. Annual Awards Night.

Tanaka’s superb campaign included skipping his rink to a silver medal at the 2015 Tim Hortons BC Junior Championships and also qualifying for the AMJ Campbell BC Mixed Championships. As well as his success at the provincial level, Tanaka played in four leagues and volunteers with young curlers across the Lower Mainland.

“B.C. is full of amazing curlers and I am honoured to be awarded Junior Male Athlete of the Year. This award is also for my teammates, they deserve this as much as I do,” said Tanaka.

“The awards ceremony was

amazing as I’ve never been a part of something that big before so it was very exciting.”

Fifteen awards were handed out at the event which recognized the vital contribution that volunteers, coaches and athletes have made to the sport in curling in B.C. over the past year. The winners also included North Delta’s Ernie Daniels receiving the Anita Cochrane Award for Coach of the Year.

The Delta Thistle Club member not only guided his daughters’ team to silver at the B.C. Junior Championships but also coached the Canada Winter Games women’s team which finished fifth with a 6-2 record. The B.C. rink was skipped by his daughter Sarah.

He was described by his nominator as a knowledgeable, innovative compassionate and inspirational leader.

Ron Phillips, the Chair of Curl BC’s Recognition and Awards Committee paid tribute to the winners, say-

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Pioneers win pair to remain perfect after 9 games Ladner Pioneers continued their perfect season by running their West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association record to 9-0-0 with two more wins last week.

Ladner outscored the visiting Port Moody Thunder 6-1 in the second period en route to a 14-7 victory last Thursday. Sam Clare led the way with five

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