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Mom fighting to return American who had three children while living here since 2002 forced to leave JESSICA KERR

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A local woman is fighting to be able to return home to Ladner.

Paula Terry, an American citizen, has been living in Ladner since 2002. She married a Canadian and has had three children while living here.

She has, however, run into some trouble with Citizenship and Immigration Canada and had to leave Canada and her family in September.

“I’m going to be OK, he’s going to be OK. I’m worried about the kids,” a tearful Terry said just hours before voluntarily leaving the country.

Terry and husband Ken LaBossiere have three children ages 13, 9 and 8.

Initially she was staying in Point Roberts but she was moved to Bellingham a few weeks ago following a medical emergency.

When Terry first moved to Canada, she brought with her two sons, who are also U.S. citizens, from a previous marriage.

She said she initially had a visitor visa to stay in Canada but that expired in 2004. By then she and LaBossiere had married and she had given birth to a daughter, and she assumed she had the legal right to live in Canada.

In 2010, Citizenship and Immigration Canada discovered Terry had been living in the country without status since 2004.

She was issued an exclusion order, which means that an individual must leave Canada for one year.

That order was deferred,

Paula Terry with husband Ken LaBossiere and sons Arden, 9, and Adrian, 8. however, and she received approval in principle for an application for permanent residence.

Terry said she and her two American sons went through FBI background checks, police checks and medical examinations as part of the application process. However, before the process was complete, her two sons, then aged 12 and 16, decided they wanted to move back to the U.S. to live with their adult siblings.

Terry has a total of six children from a previous relationship living in the U.S. “I was unable to complete the permanent

residence file because my teenage boys did not want to live in Canada or immigrate,” she said.

“The immigration process ground to a halt and dragged on.”

Terry said she consulted a lawyer who was trying to have the two boys removed from the application. In the meantime, the elder of the two boys turned 19 and was removed from the application because he was no longer a minor.

In late 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada contacted Terry to advise her that she and her other son, who was 14 at the time, needed to redo the

medical examinations because the previous ones had expired. The boy, now 17, refused and the application could not proceed.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada said it attempted to contact her earlier this year, once by registered mail, but never received a response. In April it decided to refuse Terry’s application.

Terry said the family had moved twice and she never received the notices.

The department issued an order that she had to leave Canada by Sept. 16.

In an effort to stay in Canada, in August Terry and LaBossiere renewed their wedding vows in a

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traditional First Nations ceremony — LaBossiere is Metis and Terry is part First Nation as well — after they were told doing so would empower her with Canadian citizenship.

That was not the case, however, and on Sept. 16 Terry surrendered at the Point Roberts crossing.

LaBossiere, Terry and their supporters continue to fight to bring her home and work on the application process, which is complex and expensive.

Terry said she has had difficulty filling out the many required forms and the couple does not have a computer, which has also hindered the process.

Police issue warning after two overdose on fentanyl JESSICA KERR

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Delta police sent out a warning over the weekend after two people overdosed on fentanyl after using cocaine.

“It is likely the cocaine the individuals used was cut with fentanyl, and although it is unknown where the drugs were obtained from, police believe it is likely cir-

culating in the South Delta area,” A/Sgt. Sarah Swallow said.

Police were alerted to the overdoses Saturday morning after the two people were treated in hospital overnight.

“Delta police remind users that in using any illegal drug there is no control over the product and users may not be ingesting the drug they intend to take, with potentially fatal con-

that, when cut sequences,” she with other drugs, said. cannot be seen, While police smelled or tasted. recommend Early sympabstaining from toms of a fentanyl drug use, the overdose include: department sugsevere sleepiness; gests anyone that slow heartbeat; chooses to use Sarah Swallow trouble breathing; illicit drugs to slow, shallow breathing never use alone. or snoring; cold, clammy Fentanyl, a synthetic skin; and trouble walking opioid that is more toxic or talking. than morphine, is a Call 911 immediately respiratory depressant

if you see someone who has taken drugs exhibiting overdose symptoms.

Fentanyl has been the subject of police warnings in other communities in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley in recent months. The drug has been linked to the deaths this summer of a North Vancouver couple.

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Artist’s work on another coin DAVE WILLIS

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Tsawwassen marine artist John Horton’s work has been used for another coin in the Royal Canadian Mint’s Lost Ships in Canadian Waters series.

This recently released coin, which Horton said wraps up the series, depicts the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, an American freighter that sank during a terrible storm on Nov. 10, 1975 in Lake Superior.

All 29 crew members were lost.

The coin shows the ship just prior to her sinking and a map of the nearby Canadian coastline, Horton said.

The words “S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald” and the outline of the ship’s anchor are engraved along the edge of

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Superintendent Dianne Turner signs a memorandum of understanding with the Kunike International School.

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Tsawwassen marine artist John Horton’s painting of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald has been used in the Royal Canadian Mint’s Lost Ships in Canadian Waters series. the one-ounce silver coin, the mint’s website notes.

Horton’s artwork was also used for previous

coins in the series, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland

as well as the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus, which were lost in the Arctic Ocean in the 19th century.

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The Delta school district recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kunike International School, a well-established school in Nigeria.

“We are very excited about this partnership,” said Deirdre Annett, director of international programs for the district.

“Kunike International School came highly recommended by the Canadian trade commissioner in Nigeria who visited their campus and they have excellent academic standards. Kunike students have travelled extensively and will bring an added diversity to Delta school communities.”

As part of the agreement, Kunike students in lower grades will come to study in Delta for shortterm sessions and older students will come on a full-time basis to graduate from Delta schools.

Delta will also provide summer camps for the Nigerian students.

To celebrate the agreement, a delegation from Kunike recently visited Delta. As part of the visit, they toured schools and homestay residences, and met with staff and students.

Students from Kunike will begin arriving next July.

Nigeria will become the 28th country to send students to Delta schools.

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Kitchen opening for Xmas dinner

7th annual event set for Monday at Ladner Christian Fellowship

The Ladner Community Kitchen is getting ready to host its seventh annual Christmas Dinner next week.

What started in 2009 as a small celebration with 20 to 30 people, mainly South Delta Food Bank recipients, has grown to about 100 guests attending an annual event that features

a turkey dinner, carol singing and a gift table.

The year’s dinner will be held on Monday, Dec. 14 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Ladner Christian Fellowship.

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Jini Aroon (left) and her Ladner Community Kitchen volunteers will once again host Christmas dinner for about 100 members of the community. anyone who would like to join us and share some Christmas cheer with us,” says Aroon.

Those who wish to attend are asked to call 604-946-1967 well in advance to reserve a spot as seating is limited to 100 people.

The Ladner Community Kitchen operates as an arm of the food bank and a team of dedicated volunteers serves soup and sandwiches to those who visit every Wednesday. Its regular team of volunteers includes: Peggy Young,

Jeanette Neutche, Kate Sauberli, Lise Andres and the Raymond James team in Ladner.

Aroon says the community kitchen owes a special thank you to Al and Phyllis Warwick at the Sundance Inn for their generosity and to Augustine House for providing soup every week. ABC restaurant in Ladner has also offered to help this year.

The role of the community kitchen is to provide extra services and fresh food items that cannot be handled by the food bank.

It depends on donations and the support of the community.

Those who wish to help can provide grocery store gift cards to purchase perishable items, contribute Save-On More points to the food bank or donate any unused and unopened gifts (scarves, caps, gloves, toiletries, kitchen gadgets, etc.).

Donations to the Ladner Community Kitchen can be dropped off at the Ladner Christian Fellowship office weekdays.

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Saks outlet coming to Tsawwassen Mills It’s only the second tenant announced for 200-store mall that’s scheduled to open next October SANDOR GYARMATI

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Shoppers finally got another nugget of news last week on retailers setting up shop at Tsawwassen Mills.

In a joint announcement Thursday, mall developer Ivanhoe Cambridge and Saks Fifth Avenue said a 32,687-square-foot Saks OFF 5TH outlet store would be located at the mall now under construction at the Tsawwassen First Nation.

It would be one of 16 anchor tenants in the 1.2-million-square-foot, 200-store mall.

Carrying 800 brands, from emerging designers to more recognized names in fashion, the new Saks OFF 5TH is part of a major expansion into Canada by the retailer.

Part of the Hudson’s Bay Company portfolio, Saks Fifth Avenue had earlier announced other new outlet locations, including Vaughn Mills near Toronto and CrossIron Mills just north of Calgary, two

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Ivanhoe Cambridge mega malls that Tsawwassen Mills will resemble.

Until last week, there hadn’t been any news on tenants at the mall for more than four years. The only other confirmed tenant at this point is Bass Pro Shops, which was announced back in 2011.

“We’re going to be making more announcements as we get closer to the October (2016) opening date of Tsawwassen Mills,” Jeff Brown, director of development for the mall, told the Optimist when

asked about a timeline for further announcements.

“You’ll start to see announcements in the new year, but not like January 1st, and as we get closer to October 5th,” Brown said. “It probably won’t be all at once.”

Although Ivanhoe Cambridge hasn’t released an extensive list of stores yet, Brown said the same theme and types of retailers at their CrossIron Mills and Vaughn Mills can be expected in Tsawwassen.

In addition to having Bass Pro Shops, the other

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let leader, Tsawwassen Mills will offer shoppers a unique mix of traditional retail, outlet venues (manufacturer outlets, specialty retail outlets and department store outlets) and category dominant stores that are not typically found in other malls in Vancouver,” according to Ivanhoe Cambridge.

Tsawwassen Mills will also have an 1,100-seat food court.

As far as construction, Brown said the majority of the exterior envelope is now fully installed and

exterior finishing touches will begin for the anchor stores. The interior concrete for the floors has recently been completed and installation has begun on hardwood.

The 145,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops will open next May while the rest of Tsawwassen Mills is set to open next October, the same time as the adjacent Tsawwassen Commons.

Not having the same outlet theme, the 550,000-square-foot Tsawwassen Commons, a Property Development Group project, is an outdoor mall that will feature about 100 stores, including anchors such as Rona, Canadian Tire and a 150,000-square-foot Walmart. Complete with a large grocery section, the Walmart will open next June ahead of the rest of the mall.

PDG says the two malls will have a combined footprint similar to Burnaby’s Metrotown and will draw shoppers from not only the surrounding area, but from all over the Lower Mainland.

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ome on guys, it’s getting more and more difficult to argue the case.

When the Tsawwassen First Nation partnered with shopping centre giant Ivanhoe Cambridge five years ago to propose Tsawwassen Mills, there were doubters that a mall of such magnitude was viable in these parts.

Having visited my fair share of outlettype malls in similarly remote locations, I was among the constituency that believed this could work. Build it — and by “it” I mean a mall that’s home to bargain-filled stores that can’t be found anywhere else in the region — and they will come.

It’s approaching five years since the initial announcement was made and as far as the public is aware, Tsawwassen Mills has all of two confirmed tenants: Bass Pro Shops was part of the original news release back in the spring of 2011 and Saks Fifth Avenue made its intentions known last week. That leaves approximately 198 more tenants to be made public prior to the opening, which is now less than 10 months off.

That silence coupled with some empty storefronts at the significantly smaller McArthurGlen outlet mall that opened this summer in Richmond have given fuel to the doubters that believe bricks and mortar retailing is on the decline. I admit the optics don’t look good (the adjacent Tsawwassen Commons has already announced all its big names), but there’s way too much going in its favour to suggest this thing is headed south.

Ivanhoe Cambridge is a huge player in the industry with over $40 billion in assets, including two strikingly similar malls in the suburbs of Toronto and Calgary. CrossIron Mills north of Calgary is so successful, in fact, it’s already expanding.

Through its expansive holdings the company has relationships with pretty much every potential tenant and obviously did its due diligence before ever embarking on the project. In an absolute worst case scenario, the mall must be at least 10 per cent full, which means it would have a minimum of 20 names to share with the public. Yet it’s choosing not to divulge any.

Looking through my half-full glass, I can only surmise deals are being brokered and there’s a strategy in place to announce them. I guess it’s better to have the buzz closer to opening.

Improvement projects are in the works throughout Delta

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set out one recent dark and stormy night to the Harris Barn to take in the open house organized by the municipality to highlight planned infrastructure projects for the next couple of years. The open house covered a wide array of infrastructure works, from sidewalks to the redevelopment of Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall.

Some of the projects, though close to home, I had not heard of before, including improvements to 10A Avenue in Tsawwassen, which will see sidewalks from Bayview Drive to 53A Street. This is a stretch of road where when you’re driving westbound you can be blinded by the setting sun during certain times of the year.

10A Avenue gets a fair amount of pedestrian and vehicular traffic as it is an access route to the town centre from the western side of T-Town. Getting pedestrians off the side of the road is a good safety enhancement.

Improvements are also planned for Delta Street in Ladner between 48th Avenue and Chisholm Street. All the trees along this section of the street will have to be removed and, after the sidewalks are redone, the trees will be replaced with ones that have more controlled growth.

If you have any thoughts on the Delta Street project, feedback is

Community Comment TOM SIBA

being taken by the municipality until Dec. 11.

One of the touchier projects this coming year might be the rehabilitation of the iconic old municipal hall, which is currently occupied by the Delta Museum.

The building has been faltering for years and needs more than a coat of paint to stay functional.

On a longer term, new proposals are being considered for the Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall. With Tsawwassen Mills and Tsawwassen Commons opening for business over the next year, there might be less call for commercial space in what has been Tsawwassen’s core. No doubt we can expect to see more condos where we now see asphalt.

The new Tsawwassen First Nation malls, as all Tsawwassen residents know, are causing major

road disruptions at the entrances to Tsawwassen. For most spots where there are intersections with Highway 17, the number of lanes has been increased by at least two. There will be greatly increased numbers of people trying to cross from the south side of Highway 17 to the north side where the malls are located.

The municipality is trying to convince the provincial government that a pedestrian bridge should be constructed at Highway 17 and 52nd Street. Since this is also a major crossing for cyclists heading to Ladner and the rural roads of Delta, an overpass certainly seems warranted. There has not been any commitment from the province as yet.

There were several other projects presented, including the George Massey Tunnel replacement, upgrading Arthur Drive, a new Boundary Bay fire hall, a new pump house on the 12th Avenue dike and redevelopment of the Ladner waterfront. If you are interested in the full list or detail on a specific project, you can find them at delta.ca/openhouse.

Overall, it was an interesting way to spend some time on a rainy weekday evening — they even provided coffee and cookies.

Tom Siba, a 37-year resident of South Delta, is a former publisher of the Delta Optimist.

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More need to get into the Christmas spirit in Ladner

Editor: I believe Ladner Village has much potential to be a destination spot in and of itself and as such can go head to head with the soon-to-be-opened Tsawwassen malls.

However, in order for that to occur, a few relatively minor but important things need to be done both by the municipality and the local businesses and then supported by loyal Ladner shoppers.

During my travels throughout Canada and

No need for new port with slowdown in global trade

Editor: Hardly a day goes by without the media reporting on the decline in world trade. Recently we have seen articles about layoffs at major shipping lines, orders for new container vessels being cancelled and global slowdowns in trade growth, to name just a few.

Many of the articles say this is not a blip and point to a long-term slowdown.

They talk about trade falling off a cliff. Of course much of this is as a result of significant slowdowns in the Chinese economy, which nobody is forecasting will pick up any time soon.

And then along comes Port Metro Vancouver announcing that its container trade to the end of June increased by eight per cent compared to the same period in 2014.

So what is going on?

Is Canada not seeing the same trade effects as everywhere else? Perhaps we need to delve into the stats a little deeper.

Is the eight per cent increase accounted for by Canadian containers or is this increase accounted for by the fact the port is moving more and more U.S. containers, which, by the way, add little or nothing to the Canadian economy?

It is certainly strange that for a media release at the end of November the port chooses to use the end of June as a measure when it has container statistics all the way to the end of October. In fact at the end of October, for the year 2015, the statistics show the number of full containers handled by Port Metro Vancouver only increased by 2.1 per cent over the same period in 2014.

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with gaily designed and exhibited lights are an example of what can be accomplished with a fine Christmas spirit combined with a desire to make Ladner a desirable place to visit and shop.

It is a start and ought to set the pace for other Ladner businesses to join in and both celebrate Christmas as well as spruce up the village.

As well, in Trenant Park Square, the intriguingly named Bitz store has led the way in that area with

Europe, I have gathered ideas from the communities visited that probably can be applied locally.

For instance, street and shop lighting during the Christmas season that draw attention to both, and provide shoppers with a strong desire to stay home and purchase items of need or desire.

Recently, the tree lighting during the Ladner Christmas Tree Festival coupled with the shops along 48th Avenue that adorned their businesses

a rather attractive storefront. If one business can see merit in joining in the Christmas spirit, perhaps others can and will to the benefit of both their businesses and the general area of Ladner.

Of course, the Corporation of Delta must see the benefit of such a plan and support it fully.

I am not optimistic that will happen soon but live in hope that before I pass, wisdom will suddenly burst forth at municipal hall and Ladner Village,

along with all of Delta, will be the beneficiaries.

The merchants have shown a willingness to do their part but nothing much will happen if the Corporation of Delta does not embrace the idea and join their fellow Delta citizens.

For a good look at how beneficial such a lighting plan can have on a village, one need look no farther than Ladysmith on Vancouver Island where the entire town goes all out — with council’s support

— to showcase Ladysmith and this draws a large group from near and far.

For a peek at what Ladysmith looks like all lit up at Christmas time, have a look at Ladysmith’s website. It is an eye-opener and one that can be copied by Ladner.

All that is needed is understanding and cooperation by the Corporation of Delta, the local merchants and the populace of Ladner. Volunteers are always welcome.

S.M. Cruickshank

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also show that the number of empty containers shipped — for which nobody makes any money except the shipping lines — is up a full 26 per cent for the 2015 year to date.

So is Canada seeing similar trade impacts as the rest of the world? Of course.

Existing West Coast container ports not only have spare capacity today, but in the next five years are expanding to increase their capacity by as much as 70 per cent.

With global trade in freefall, indications of a long-term trend and plenty of spare West Coast port capacity, there certainly is no need whatsoever for Port Metro Vancouver to consider building a second container terminal at Roberts Bank.

Roger Emsley

Editor: Refugees destined for Ladner, Dec. 4 I applaud everyone making an effort to help Syrian refugees settle in Canada. The initiatives of the people should define the generous character of Canada, not the policies of the government.

Generally speaking, any discussion of immigration becomes highly irritating with lame invocations of “Canadian values.”

The term “Canadian values” is subjective and abstract and any mention of it reminds me of the old saying about prayer being the last refuge of a scoundrel. My values are completely different from most people I pass on the street.

I am confident Canadian officials are working diligently to

winnow out dangerous persons, though they can never be certain. Seeing pictures of the miserable columns of migrants meandering through Europe — and desecrating the environment — I am suspicious at the predominance of young, sinister looking men.

The massacre in Paris should raise alarm among all politicians in North America and Europe about supinely accepting droves of refugees simply because they are overwhelming the border.

Yet the flood continues.

Compassion should not become spinelessness. No democratic nation should be condemned for protecting its sovereignty.

Meanwhile, why are Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf monarchies with their immense

wealth not helping their fellow Muslims in dire straits? Is it sectarian discrimination? Canada, America and Europe should be pressuring them to accept the bulk of the refugees.

Immigration advocates smugly think Western nations are unlimited in their capacity to accommodate the huddled masses of the world with their ecumenical bunkum about “multiculturalism” and the human race being one family. National security and economic fragility are insignificant to them.

Who would they deport from Canada? If the gates are ever closed they would lose their jobs.

I sincerely hope the refugees entering Canada will adjust well, find useful vocations and eventually return the favour.

There are two categories of immigrants: Those who actually contribute to the improvement and prosperity of Canada and those who become burdens upon us all. The sullen and hostile Middle Eastern enclaves in European cities like Paris illustrate the latter group.

We must acknowledge this is 2015, not 1815 when the western half of North America was empty except for the natives.

Back then we were not importing a potential time bomb from an extremely dangerous region.

Civilization has long since been established in Canada and there are no more frontiers to conquer like when my Polish greatgrandparents arrived in 1913. The limit has been reached.

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Public Hearing - December 14, 2015 The Municipal Council of The Corporation of Delta will hold a Public Hearing, in , to consider the following proposed project accordance with the and related application: Date: Monday, December 14, 2015 Time: 4:00 p.m.

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

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

Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to communicate to Council in advance of the Public Hearing, you can write to: Mayor and Council The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta, BC V4K 3E2 Fax: 604-946-3390 • Email: mayor-council@delta.ca Correspondence addressed to Mayor and Council will form part of the public record for this Public Hearing.

To be considered, correspondence must be received by the Office of the Municipal Clerk no later than 1:00 p.m. on Monday, December 14, 2015.

Project No. 1

Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit (File No. LU007539) 7581 115 Street, as shown outlined in Location: bold on MAP NO. 1 Applicant: Simar Custom Homes Ltd. Telephone: 604.897.1933 Proposal: Application for Rezoning and Development Variance Permit in order to permit subdivision and development of two single family residential lots.

MAP NO. 1 “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977” FILE NO. LU007539 Amendment Bylaw No. 7480 To amend “Delta Zoning Bylaw 2750, 1977” by rezoning the subject property from RM1 Multiple Family (Duplex) Residential to RS8 Single Family (390 m2) Residential in order to permit a two-lot subdivision and construction of a new single family dwelling with an in-ground basement and secondary suite on each lot.

Development Variance Permit LU007539 To vary the following provisions in the “Delta Zoning Bylaw No. 2750, 1977”: • Section 915 by reducing the special setback requirements from the centre line of 115 Street for proposed Lots 1 and 2 from 17.5 m to 16.6 m; and • Section 636E by reducing the minimum average lot depth requirement for proposed Lots 1 and 2 from 30 m to 29.7 m.

Staff Contact: Stephanie Johnson 604.946.3269 Web Location: November 23, 2015 Regular Council Meeting Agenda Item E.03 Additional Information Additional information, copies of the bylaw, supporting staff report, and any relevant documentation may be inspected until Monday, December 14, 2015.

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

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Letters Dubious environmental benefits from LNG expansion at Tilbury Editor: Re: LNG projects bringing economic, environmental benefits for Delta, Dec. 2 I was surprised and disappointed by the opinion piece. The byline listed Michael Mulcahy as an “Optimist contributor” and at the end of the article Mulcahy is listed as the president and CEO of FortisBC. Mulcahy states a lot of facts regarding the employment and economic benefits generated by the expansion of the FortisBC LNG facility on Tilbury Island. From the president it would be information that could be relied on and believed to be accurate. Clearly the economic benefits are good and good for Delta.

Then Mulcahy strays from the facts by stating the Tilbury expansion is “helping the province and industry meet environ-

mental commitments,” hence the headline. He supports this claim by referring to the conversion of vehicles/fleets to LNG in order to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions.

Undoubtedly Mulcahy knows his facts about GHG emissions; he is the CEO of a major player in the gas industry after all. However, let’s be really clear: The expansion of Tilbury has little if anything to do with any corporate or government decision to change a fleet of vehicles over to gas. These decisions are made from a cost perspective or an individual corporation’s decision to be environmentally responsible.

To suggest the Tilbury expansion is in any way responsible for this shift, or “bringing environmental benefits to Delta,” is irresponsible at best. It is highly unlikely the Tilbury expansion will bring any

environmental benefits and will only detract from the environment of the Fraser River and the Delta surroundings. No matter what the other benefits of LNG gas may be.

In most other newspapers an article such as this would have been listed as an “advertisement.” As an “opinion” piece the fact Mulcahy is the CEO for FortisBC should at least have been made clear before anyone read the article.

Yes, there are and will be economic benefits from this industrial development. How this project could possibly benefit the environment of Delta could hardly be defined by a person in Mulcahy’s position.

The fact this article was presented the way it was by the Optimist without any disclaimer is really disappointing.

Peter van der Velden

Author looking for retired military members Editor: Please permit me to use your letters page to contact former members of the army, navy and air force who served between mid1960 and mid-1970 during the period of integration/ unification in Canada’s military.

I am an author of Canadian Sailors in Korea; RCN Reefs; Canada’s Three Korean Wars, and They Fought Valiantly For Their Country and I wish to collect anecdotal information backed with historical

data and present all in an easily-read account of the times and tribulations that swept through the Canadian armed forces during the noted period.

In many respects, the tenor of Canada’s military changed rather dramatically during and after and this information is not well known to the Canadian public and those who endured the unsettling period are becoming fewer and fewer monthly. Their personal accounts ought not to be lost to future

generations, thus the catalyst for this project.

Officers and enlisted personnel are encouraged to respond to CYS Enterprises, via email [attachments accepted] to cys@eastlink.ca with name, which service and years of service complete with rank/rate during the aforementioned period.

If special or exceptional circumstances prevailed at the time, please indicate same with background data.

Bob Orrick

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Don’t overlook potential hazards LNG industry brings

Editor: Re: LNG can’t contaminate water or soil, letter to the editor, Dec. 4 Doug Stout conveniently ignores the safety and security aspects of the transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) via super tankers and the storage and refrigeration facilities and the huge amount of energy from the Site C dam required to convert methane (natural gas) to a liquid after it is delivered via a pipeline.

Living close to this proposed LNG facility will be more hazardous than living next to a nuclear power station.

One only needs to Google the following string of key words (without quotes) “safety security hazard transport LNG” to find ominous reports on the multiple hazards of processing and transporting LNG. The amount of energy stored in these facilities and tankers is enormous. It’s equivalent to several Hiroshima atomic bombs.

The most serious hazard is a fuel vapour air explosion that can be devastating. Although this may be a rare high consequence and possibly a terrorist

event, Tsawwassen First Nation community could be wiped off the map and its mall and thousands of homes would be destroyed by the powerful blast wave and intense heat radiation.

Most tankers have only a single engine, which is a single point of failure that can result in loss of propulsion and steering, leaving the ship floundering as a dangerous hazard to navigation. The worldwide tanker fleet of 10,000+ is experiencing at least two full losses of power or steering per day, and probably more than 10. If this fleet were twin screw, properly implemented, this number would be cut by a factor of 1,000.

Between 1944 and 2006, there were 52 major incidents in which 177 people died. I invite your readers to view the YouTube presentation by Eoin Finn on the “Impacts on Howe Sound from the LNG Industry.” If the Algerian gas plant that was attacked by militants in 2013 had exploded, “it would have killed and destroyed anything within five kilometres or further.”

The provincial and federal governments do not have any guidelines

or regulations for locating hazardous industries away from residential areas. Without this type of guidance, the Fraser River delta is becoming another clogged Amsterdam-like industrial harbour impacting all the nearby residents and its fragile environment.

LNG terminals can pose significant risks and impacts to coastal regions and communities. It is critical that provincial governments, local agencies

and public stakeholders participate and inform themselves in every step of the LNG port licensing process. The Tsawwassen First Nation’s LNG project will be subject mainly to federal environmental review process which may be delegated to Port Metro Vancouver and harmonized with the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office. This is like the fox (PMV) guarding the hen house.

LNG projects must

be approved by many federal and provincial agencies, thus there are many opportunities for public input. An informed public will foster equally informed decision making.

How will our dedicated politicians ensure this will happen?

Our safety and security are much too important to be left to corporations and politicians alone. We have a right to be properly informed and adequately consulted with respect

to all the hazards and cumulative risks of this proposed project before an informed decision can be made.

The Tsawwassen First Nation must protect their ancestral lands for their grandchildren instead of embarking on such hazardous projects near their homes. Some risks to public safety cannot be mitigated to an acceptable level.

Jim Ronback, B.A.Sc. System Safety Engineer

Reconsider decision

Editor: Re: La Belle proposal approved, Nov. 27 I cannot understand why a majority of Delta council members voted to approve the application to develop the La Belle Auberge site.

Delta’s planning department identified several features of the proposal that were not in compliance with the heritage conservation guidelines, among them front and side yard setbacks smaller than permitted, heights of the four proposed new houses were higher than permitted and, to quote from a planning department report, “The footprints of the proposed new homes are large relative to the lot sizes proposed and leave little room for outdoor amenity space.”

The Delta Heritage Advisory Commission examined the planning department’s recommendations and rejected the proposal. Then Delta council gave the proposal its approval.

As it is in most locations around the Lower Mainland, densification is

and will continue to be a part of Ladner’s future, but it shouldn’t be achieved or encouraged at the cost of losing those qualities that make Ladner the attractive place to live that it is.

Unfortunately, it appears the majority of council, against the advice of both civic staff and the heritage advisory commission, have decided otherwise.

This proposal is wrong for the La Belle Auberge site. It diminishes the value of the heritage conservation area of which La Belle Auberge should be the cornerstone. Its approval shows a disregard for the concerns of neighbours, the informed opinions of Delta staff, heritage guidelines and the position of the Delta Heritage Advisory Commission.

Councillors who voted in favour of this proposal should reconsider their decision before this illconceived plan goes any further.

Daniel Nykon Member Delta Heritage Advisory Commission

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Far more fun to let machine wash the dishes Not even a glass of wine and some music can overcome being elbow deep in dirty dish water

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Owner Gayle Budnick opened the store in the Coast Tsawwassen Inn 25 years ago with just $20,000 and 300 square feet.

“Because that’s what I had at the time,” she says.

The store now has 12 staff, with each bringing their own talents to the operation, she said.

Budnick had no staff in the beginning – she worked long hours seven days a week and had her father doing the accounting.

He continued to do the books for the next 24 years before finally retiring two years ago at age 94.

Boutique Blanche found success in the hotel, attracting both local shoppers, as well as customers

from around the Lower Mainland, and travelers just passing through, many who have become regulars. Budnick said she has many customers who continue to return to Boutique Blanche every time they’re in the area.

Over the years, the store grew to 1,000 square feet and found success while giving back to the community with regular fundraising fashion shows.

Budnick said the store has raised money for a number of charities including the Delta Hospital Foundation, Delta Hospital Auxiliary, mental health and the Make a Wish Foundation.

Always up for a new challenge, Budnick opened Boutique Blanche Intimates, which carries more casual clothing and lingerie, in Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall 14 years ago. Five years ago she added the envy me division to Boutique Blanche, which brings a

younger, edgier vibe to the store.

And last year, Boutique Blanche/ envy me moved out of the hotel and into a new location as Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall.

Budnick continues to expand the Boutique Blanche brand with an eye on online sales. A new website is currently under construction and should be ready to go live in the new year.

To celebrate 25 years of fashion in South Delta, tomorrow Boutique Blanche is offering a Winter Sale.

Budnick says she is especially thankful to her family, staff and customers.

“I’m very blessed to have something I love be successful and to still love it after 25 years.”

Boutique Blanche/envy me is open seven days a week and is located in the courtyard at Tsawwassen Town Centre Mall.

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The Delta Secondary Interact Club will be wrapping gifts for the next two Saturdays as a fundraiser for the Delta Life Skills Society. Shoppers are invited to come by the Port Metro Vancouver community office in Ladner’s Trenant Park Square between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12 and Saturday, Dec. 19 to get gift wrapping done by donation. Parcels can be wrapped while shoppers wait and enjoy coffee, tea and treats or they can be dropped off. All proceeds will be donated to the Delta Life Skills Society, which has been helping children with a wide range of disabilities for over 25 years.

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I eyeballed the sink full of dishes, and made a unilateral decision.

We’d take the money we were spending on wine, and buy an appliance instead.

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It was, well, just the tiniest bit enjoyable. A blast, it was not.

By day 11, however, it felt nothing like a party, and not even the slightest bit fun.

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In the end, the dishwasher died, not with a bang, but a whimper.

Its demise began long ago, albeit with the most innocuous of symptoms.

A doohickey fell off the upper basket, causing the thing to tilt to one side.

Certainly not a fatal issue, but a problem nonetheless.

Another doohickey came off the silverware holder, meaning it wouldn’t stay shut.

Then something happened with the drain. It wouldn’t.

The dishwasher would try to tell us it was done, but when we moved in to empty the glasses and the plates and the pots and pans, it clearly was not.

The bottom would be full of water.

We developed what we called a “stop-gap” solution. By this, I mean we took to bailing with a measuring cup.

Let me tell you, no fun there.

And then: the end. I loaded up the dishwasher one day, threw in the detergent and turned it on.

By 3 p.m. the next day, the sink was again full.

“Wine and music?” I inquired.

“Of course!” the husband replied. “It will be a blast!”

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do them later. You know, together. With a glass of wine and the music cranked.”

So after dinner, we tried that. And yes, it was moderately enjoyable.

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It made a little noise, a noise that did not resemble its usual soft and steady purr. And then it stopped.

I tried again. Same thing.

We called in the pros, and were told the motor was busted.

“I guess we get a new one,” said the husband.

“I don’t know when we’ll look,” I pointed out.

“We’re away the next two weekends.”

The husband groaned.

He was, I am guessing, imagining himself elbow deep in dirty dish water.

I put out the word to the sons, and taped a notice on the dead appliance.

I NO LONGER WORK, it read. DO NOT PUT DISHES IN ME. WASH THEM BY HAND. It had been, oh, 30-odd years since I had been without a dishwasher.

Major first-world problem, of course, but still.

The family felt inconvenienced.

“Wait a minute!” I hollered to the son one day when he was about to head to a friend’s. “You haven’t washed your dishes!”

Ditto with the husband.

He’d have yogurt for breakfast, toast as a midmorning snack and a tuna sandwich for lunch.

By 3 p.m., I’d confront him.

“Your dishes are still in the sink,” I’d point out.

“Are you waiting for me to wash them?”

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ru Wilson looks and acts like a typical 12-year-old girl – her eyes light up as she talks animatedly about her friends, shopping and her excitement over moving on to high school next year.

There is one thing, however, that sets her apart from other girls her age. She was born a boy.

Wilson’s story has been in the spotlight over the past month after she was named to Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50 list – a list of the 50 most powerful people in Vancouver – and featured on the magazine’s cover.

Mom Michelle Wilson says being on the list gives the family a platform to share their story and a chance to raise the profile of transgendered people.

“At first I

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thought, we need to be doing more to warrant being on the list because you look at the other people on the list and it’s like David Suzuki and Rick Hansen, and we’re just a little family in Ladner,” Michelle says. “It was really nice to think that having Tru on the list, I think, reflects where we are as a society and this issue of trans and how it’s being talked about more and more. People are really thinking about the impact it has. I think it’s like the human rights movement of our era right now.”

The family’s goal is to keep talking about it until there isn’t a reason to talk about it anymore.

“I want to start public speaking,” Tru says. “It’s really fun. It’s really fun because the more you talk about it, the less of an issue it becomes.”

“We want it to become so part of the norm that it’s not an issue to talk about anymore,” adds her mom. “The only way that can happen is if we talk about it and talk about it and talk about it and talk about it and share stories that are really personal.”

Born Trey Wilson, Michelle says they suspected something was different about from something was different about TruTru from anan early age. early age.

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really noticing the preferences that were geared towards your stereotypical girl preferences,” she says.

Tru preferred playing with dolls rather than trucks and cars. There was a lot of role playing in female characters, dressing up as a fairy and pretending to have long hair.

Michelle and husband Garfield spoke to the preschool teacher about Tru’s behavior and were told at such a young age it’s not a flag for anything; kids are just curious and try things out.

“And then it progressed and kept getting stronger and stronger, and every chance she had to dress up she was wearing a dress and fairy wings,” says Michelle.

“As soon as I got home, I would put on my favourite fairy wings, my favourite sparkly dress, my favourite wig,” Tru says.

Michelle says it was at this point she started doing some research

December 9, 2015 The Delta Optimist A17 and found a U.S. study on gender and kids.

The study, she says, found that up until age seven kids are gender fluid and play with whatever they want. It’s at age seven they become more aware of the gender divide and start leaning to one side or the other.

It went on to say that for girls to persist in male-style – typically called tomboy – behavior isn’t as much of a trigger.

“It’s acceptable for girls to be tomboys,” says Michelle. “Who wouldn’t want to be masculine and tough? But for boys to persist in [feminine] behavior, it usually is an indicator of something more.”

The study found boys that persist in more feminine behavior between the ages of seven and nine have a higher chance of being gay and within that a really small percentage have a likelihood of being transgendered.

“We just thought that, ‘Oh, Trey’s probably gay,” Michelle says.

At that point the couple wasn’t on the same page on how to support their child, she says, and started seeing a psychologist. The first one they saw as a couple wasn’t convinced anything was going on.

Then they started seeing a family counsellor.

“We talked to her ourselves and Tru started talking to her on her own,” Michelle says.

“Just talking about feelings and emotions and what was going on inside, and having a safe place for Tru because she was always really worried about us and worried about how we were reacting. It was like she was slowly feeding us little bits of information to see how we would react.”

She says Tru would say things like, “I’m half boy/half girl. I’m a boy on the outside but I’m more girl on the inside.”

However, it was in a session with the counsellor that Tru started to reveal more of what she was really feeling. Something that she’s always felt.

“I just considered myself a girly-boy or something like that, and I thought that was just me, but it was always kind of off,” she says.

“There was always something that was kind of off and I was always so shy.”

“It was when we were talking with Tanya that Tru said, ‘Well, I actually want to spend more time as a girl and can I spend the summer as a girl.’”

At this point, the Wilsons knew something more was going on.

“We went to see a psychologist who specializes in gender issues with kids and got an assessment done and we had the Summer of Trey,” Michelle says. “She was just able to be herself, we didn’t correct anyone. We got girl clothes. She got to pick what she wanted to wear, it was longer hair, we didn’t correct people if they called her ‘her.’”

At the same time, they watched some shows about gender and sexuality.

“We watched a show about kids with gender diversity and there were a couple of kids in there that were trans… and after the show Tru just broke down and she started crying and said, ‘Oh my God, that’s me. I’m not a boy, I’m a girl.”

There was no denying it anymore, Michelle says, adding the psychologist had also diagnosed Tru with gender dysphoria – when someone feels their emotional and psychological identity is the opposite of their biological sex.

Once the family recognized what was going on, Tru’s official transitioning began just before her 10th birthday. One of the first orders of business was a shopping trip.

“That was amazing,” Tru says with a wide smile. “I got my first girl shirt. I got my first skirt. I got my first tights, a headband, hair elastics. It was really amazing.”

Michelle says there were also concerns and many questions as the couple started telling friends and family what was going on. They didn’t know how people would react.

“The most surprising comment was from the children, who said, ‘Oh, well that makes sense,” says Garfield, adding there were a lot

!Garfield and Michelle Wilson say the family is lucky to live in a community that has accepted their daughter. of nerves around telling people, especially his “For six hours [five days a week] I had to family. pretend I was someone else,” she says. “It His family is Jamaican and the culture is was frustrating.” known as being extremely, and sometimes The family fought, but the school wouldn’t violently, homophobic. budge.

“I was more than a little nervous talking to Michelle says she remembers crying in her my family, my parents, brother and sister… car in the grocery store parking lot following a It was a very nerve-wracking and a very meeting at the school. emotional conversation but I was blown “We weren’t naïve thinking it was going to be away by the love and support I received bells and roses but we had to try,” she says. from immediate family,” he says. “Michelle “We expected compassion. We had to try.” and I were prepared The Wilsons made the to close chapters on decision to withdraw relationships if we had Tru from Sacred Heart “We went to see a to just to support Tru and move her to Ladpsychologist who to make sure that she ner Elementary. was emotionally safe Michelle says at the specializes in gender and felt good about she met with the issues with kids and got an time everything that was principal to explain the assessment done and we situation prepared for going forward. That was really important had the Summer of Trey.” a fight but found nothto us to be strong as a ing but support. family.”

“The school has been – MICHELLE WILSON (MOM) The family received absolutely amazing.” nothing but love, supIn 2013, the family port and understanding from most friends launched a human rights complaint against and family.

Sacred Heart and Catholic Independent “The best thing that I heard from Garfield’s Schools Vancouver. As a result Catholic dad was he said, ‘You know, we don’t unIndependent Schools Vancouver last year derstand but she’s our grandchild and we’re crafted a policy around gender expression going to learn.’” and gender dysphoria that states where a The Wilsons did, however, run into resistance family makes a request for accommodaat school. tion of gender dysphoria, the administration Tru and her younger brother Jude were atshould respond “in a prompt and supportive tending Ladner’s Sacred Heart School. When manner.” the family approached the school about Tru’s Three years after transitioning, and with a transition and her wish to be seen as a girl at new name, Tru is happy that her outside, school, they were told no. and how people see her, matches how she While at school she had to wear the boys’ feels on the inside. The changes aren’t just uniform, use the boys’ bathroom and when physical. classes were divided up by sex, she was “We used to think that the world would just made to be part of the male group. She had eat her up because she wore her heart on her changed her name to Tracey, but the school sleeve and she would cry at the smallest little still referred to her as Trey. infractions from people who would be mean She was living as a girl in all other aspects of to her and since she’s transitioned she’s the her life – at home, at dance and basketball. strongest person I know,” Michelle says. “She

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blossomed.”

“I’ve become so courageous and I just love how much I’ve come out of my shell and it feels so good to stand up for myself,” says Tru. “I don’t have to be afraid all the time anymore. I wear my heart with an iron guard but I can open the gates for someone that I trust.”

Garfield and Michelle say the family is lucky to live in a community that has accepted their daughter.

“There are people that we know who are having to fight with their schools just to have their kids go to the bathroom… some kids aren’t going to the bathroom all day and getting bladder infection after bladder infection or wetting themselves because they don’t feel safe going to the bathroom,” Michelle says.

“Even to send a kid to the nurses’ bathroom or the handicapped bathroom is targeting them. You’re other. You’re something different. You don’t belong with us. That’s horrible.

“I can’t reiterate enough how fortunate we feel to live here. It’s huge. We hear time and time again of stories of families who feel rejected and alienated and kids are suicidal because they’re not getting the support they need and we are so lucky to be here.”

“We absolutely love the Ladner community,” Garfield says.

With the diagnosis of gender dysphoria, Tru’s birth certificate and all her identification now say female.

“The only people that need to know physically what is up are her doctors,” Michelle says.

Tru is currently on hormone blockers to prevent the surge of testosterone that typically comes around this age.

“All that does is just hit the pause button and stops testosterone from entering her body,” Michelle says, adding there are no side effects or long-term impacts and she will start taking female hormones between 14 and 16, and will then go through female puberty.

“I’m going to stay a kid for a while,” Tru says.

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“Rudy” is the centre of by taking people home, attention wherever he goes they are actually and and that was certainly the directly keeping the roads case last weekend. The safe and saving people’s Operation Red Nose maslives. That’s how powercot was spotted at various ful this program is,” said community events, pubs, Lewall. restaurants and several Clients can call 604-943Christmas parties raising 0460 to arrange a ride. A awareness about the safe designated driver, accomdriving service, which is panied by a navigator, will celebrating its 14th year in drive the client(s) in the Delta/Richmond. client’s vehicle while an Eighty-eight Delta/ Operation Red Nose escort Richmond volunteers vehicle follows behind. drove over 300 people Navigators and escort drivhome safely from their ers must be 19 years old or Christmas older, and festivities designatlast weeked drivFor the past end. They ers must few years, we travelled be 21 or over 3,500 have seen a older. kilometres steady growth in Clients to pick up are and deliv- the number of advised er respon- people using the to call sible party service.

30 to 45 goers minthroughout CARLENE LEWALL utes in Delta and advance Richmond. of their “For the past few years, desired pick-up time. we have seen a steady People must have a vehigrowth in the number of cle to use Operation Red people using the service,” Nose. Donations from said Carlene Lewall, coorclients are greatly appredinator of Operation Red ciated, but not required.

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All proceeds are directed “We are pleased that to amateur sport to benpeople are acting more efit children and youth in responsibly by choosing Delta and Richmond.

Operation Red Nose.”

While Operation Red Lewall said that also Nose arranges rides in means the service needs Delta/Richmond, transfers more volunteers, parcan be arranged with other ticularly on the next two regions allowing people to Saturdays and on New get home to all areas of the Year’s Eve. Lower Mainland except Operation Red Nose is Vancouver. Those partying a convenient and unique in Vancouver are encourservice where party goers aged to take the Canada are driven home in their Line and meet up with an own car. It is available Operation Red Nose team between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. at their car. on Dec. 11, 12, 18, 19 and New this year is an app New Year’s Eve. that will allow people to “One of our volunjust push “call” to connect teers told us about their to the Operation Red Nose experience,” recalled in the area they are calling Lewall. “She took home from. a young girl and as they Local organizers are were approaching her putting a call out to those home, she told the driver who have volunteered in that her mom had told her the past or people interestto call Red Nose to take ed in becoming involved. her back home. As they “It is a fantastic way to arrived to the house, the give back to your commugirl told the driver to wait nity and a very rewarding as she wanted to give her experience,” Lewall said. a tip.

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PHOTOS BY GORD GOBLE

ABBA tribute band Abra Cadabra (left) performs at Diefenbaker Park during A Gift of Light, a Christmas celebration hosted by the Rotary Club of Tsawwassen last Saturday afternoon. See more photos at www. delta-optimist.com.

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Community

Pebble Hill wins ElectroRecycle challenge Tsawwassen school diverts 475 kilograms from landfill

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Pebble Hill Elementary receives a $1,000 cheque from B.C.’s ElectroRecycle program last week after winning a district-wide recycling challenge.

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Tsawwassen’s Pebble Hill Elementary was presented with $1,000 from B.C.’s ElectroRecycle program last week after winning a district-wide recycling challenge and helping to divert 475 kilograms of products away from landfills.

The challenge consisted of a week-long collection event, where students and parents were encouraged to learn about recycling beyond the blue bin by bringing their old, unwanted or broken small electrical appliances and power tools to be recycled at bins set up across the school district.

With a total of eight schools participating, nearly two tonnes worth of product was recycled.

“This was a fantastic initiative for the kids, the school and the community,” said Pebble Hill principal Claire Clancy. “The

students, staff and parents all learned so much about the program, and were surprised to learn that there were, in fact, many products they had lying around at home that could be recycled, rather than ending up in the landfill.”

ElectroRecycle is the first small appliance and power tool recycling program of its kind in Canada and the only governmentapproved electrical products recycling program in B.C. ElectroRecycle, a not-for-profit program, accepts more than 300 electrical products ranging from electric toothbrushes and countertop microwave ovens to hand-held drills to treadmills.

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Annual artisan fair set for Saturday at arts centre

Creations from some 30 South Delta fine artists, artisans and crafters will be on display at the second annual Tsawwassen Arts Centre Artisan Fair this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Returning artists and artisans include the wildly popular digital print artist Gary Nay, local nature photographer Ursula Easterbrook, Ladner Artisan Chocolates and The Cottage Pantry Gourmet Edibles.

New artists this year include potter Tom Teague from Ladner, woodworking artist Peter Blair and Tsawwassen painter Carolyn Drew.

Holiday shoppers can also peruse crafts from soaps, jewelry, candles and knitting to up-cycled license plate art and chil-

SUBMITTED PHOTOS

Tom Teague’s pottery tumblers (top) and Peter Blair’s wood bowls have been added for this year’s fair.

dren’s clothing.

The event is co-organized by independent South Delta artists and the Corporation of Delta. The arts centre is located at 1170-56th St.

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Santa enjoys breakfast in Tsawwassen

PHOTOS BY GORD GOBLE

The TOOBs (top left) cooked up breakfast enjoyed by Austin Gillespie (right) and others at the Corporation of Delta’s annual Breakfast with Santa last Saturday in Tsawwassen. Many came out to meet St. Nick, including the Maitland family (left).

See more photos at www.delta-optimist.com.

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Development of a Pest Management Plan Nuisance Mosquito Control The purpose of this Pest Management Plan (PMP) No. 700-0004-2016/2021 is to reduce overall mosquito annoyance within the Corporation of Delta by controlling larval development using an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach to control. The PMP focuses on larval mosquito control initiatives and uses public education, physical site modification and biological controls to reduce larval mosquito populations and conserve, or enhance, natural mosquito predators wherever possible and includes the use of non-persistent, bacterial larvicides.

The proposed duration of the PMP is from 15 April 2016 to 14 April 2021. Larvicide products proposed for use include Vectobac 200G, which contains the natural-occurring soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis, (PCP #18158) and VectoLex CG (PCP # 28008) and VectoLex WSP (PCP # 28009) made with the related bacterium Bacillus sphaericus. These products provide species-specific control of mosquito larvae and are non-toxic to other organisms including insects, fish, birds, wildlife, man and domestic animals.

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Development habitats include salt marshes and freshwater marshes, ponds, ditches and catch basins and other open water habitats which may produce larval mosquitos. When physical alterations (draining, filling) are neither practical or desirable, developing larvae will be treated using VectoBac 200G or VectoLex larvicides. Total area for larvicide treatment is not to exceed 50 hectares of public lands in each year of the PMP. Applications of Vectobac and VectoLex will be made using ground-based, hand-broadcast or motorized backpack spreader methods. All applications will be conducted within the Corporation of Delta.

This Pest Management Plan is being prepared for the Corporation of Delta by D.G. Regan and Associates Ltd., an environmental services firm with extensive experience in pest management plan development and local mosquito control operations. Information on proposed treatment areas, annual mosquito control program operations and this PMP are available for viewing by the public on Delta’s website at www.delta.ca or by email cae@delta.ca or telephone at 604-946-3253 or by request to the Office of Climate Action and Environment. The Corporation of Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Delta BC V4K 3E2. For VectoBac or Vectolex product information please see the manufacturer’s website www.valentbiosciences.com A person wishing to contribute information regarding a proposed treatment site, relevant to the development of this Pest Management Plan, may send copies of the information to Delta’s Office of Climate Action and Environment at the contact addresses above, within 30 days of the publication of this notice. The identity of any respondents and the contents of anything submitted in response to this notice and application will become part of the public record.

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We’re hoping this ongoing page will be a collection of photos from you, our readers. Submissions can range from special occasions and events like anniversaries, birthdays, weddings, engagements and births.

So if you’d like to share your recent notable milestone please send us a photo and a bit of information.

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A model train display has been set up just outside the entrance to KinVillage Community Centre.

Train pulls into KinVillage DAVE WILLIS

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KinVillage Community Centre is now home to a model train display.

The outdoor setup, located just outside the centre’s entrance, is made up of donated model train material from Tsawwassen Rotary Club members Gerry Van Gaalen and Benno Bucher and was put together by KinVillage vol-

unteer Jack Robertson.

Robertson, who does gardening and landscaping work at the centre, hadn’t done a train display before but said he’s pleased with the compliments he’s received from Van Gaalen, who went out and got a locomotive off Craigslist as well, and Bucher.

“I just came up with the ideas as I went,” Robertson said.

He got miniature plants from Thrifty Foods and found stuff at a dollar store and thrift shops too.

The idea is to have the display going all year, weather permitting, with different themes for various occasions, like Easter, for example.

KinVillage director of recreation John Lusted is a fan of the display.

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Easy money, hard lessons: New CFSEU-BC report puts the realities of gang life in stark focus Special to Glacier Media

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usan (not her real name) remembers the cramped, smelly bus ride from Vancouver to Calgary.

She is carrying a bag of cash, intended to buy drugs from gang members in Calgary.

When she gets there, she meets two men in a parking lot. The exchange goes wrong. One of the men hits her. She falls to the ground.

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When they stop, the money is gone. The drugs are gone. Susan is lying bloodied on the pavement.

But she is worried – in fact, frightened to death – about one thing above all: how she is going to explain what happened to her gang bosses back home.

Raw, gritty and told by Susan herself, her story is the centrepiece of the latest Community Report from B.C.’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEUBC), the province’s integrated antigang police agency.

Formed in 2009, CFSEU-BC is tasked with combating gang activity throughout the province, and since 2013 it has published annual community reports as part of its

public education and advocacy efforts.

The theme of the 2015 report is “Youth, Girls and, Gangs,” with stories and commentary that focus on the increasing involvement of younger people and women in gangs.

“The gang landscape in BC is continually changing,” says Constable Jordan McLellan, community engagement officer for CFSEU-BC. “The typical gangster used to be a male in his late 20s, but now very young men and women are getting involved in the gang lifestyle. Some are as young as 15 – children who can’t really appreciate the consequences of their actions.”

According to the CFSEU-BC report, the average age of a victim of gang violence 10 years ago was 30.

Today, the average is 25, and the youngest victim this year was only 15 years old.

Why the increase? Recruiters for gangs actively prey on youth’s naïveté. Culture plays a part, too, with easy access by ever-younger kids to glamorized gang images in TV shows, music and movies.

For too many, it works.

“There’s an allure to the gang lifestyle – an easy life, lots of money, girls will like you, people will

respect you,” says McLellan. “The reality is that the life is not easy, the money goes just as fast as it comes, and you end up destroying your relationships with friends and family.”

Sadly, it’s a similar pattern for the increasing number of girls recruited into BC gangs.

Typically, young women get involved because they are seduced by the seemingly lavish lifestyle gangsters enjoy. Many begin the journey as girlfriends, but after a time they take on more active roles, like holding drugs or hiding weapons.

Some, like Susan, get more deeply involved.

But there is hope. Although violence spiked in the first half of the year, with 30 gang-related homicides and attempted homicides, the longer-term trend is toward a steady decline in gang activity since 2008, when there were 51 gangrelated homicides and attempted homicides in BC. Last year, there were 18 such incidents, according to CFSEU-BC. One of the reasons for that trend is CFSEU-BC’s enforcement and investigative activities, resulting in several arrests of high-level gang criminals this year.

As well, the unit has launched a high-profile “prevention through education” program called End Gang Life (endganglife.ca), whose goal is to keep people out of gangs by telling the other side of the story.

A multi-media campaign that features a website, posters, radio ads, and thought-provoking videos, End Gang Life reveals the hard realities of gang activity, and the damage it does to individuals, families and communities.

The program also provides parent resources in eight different languages, to help adults have frank and effective conversations with their kids about gangs.

“These resources are a good start to having a discussion,” says McLellan. “Parents need to understand that it may be a hard talk to have with your kids, but it will be easier than talking about their funeral.”

For Susan – who is, at last, out

of gangs – the impact of the End Gang Life campaign is very real.

Earlier this year, after she saw the posters and visited the website, she approached CFSEU-BC with an offer to tell her story and help educate other young women on the realities of life as a gang member.

“I was young, I was stupid, and I would caution any kid against this,” she writes in the report. “What I lived through, I didn’t come out unscathed. I came out damaged, with wounds that’ll never heal and emotional scars that will linger forever.”

The full CFSEU-BC 2015 Community Report, “Youth, Girls, and Gangs,” is available online at bc-anti-gang.com

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Community CLUBS & GROUPS Delta Nature’s casual birding walk, a Birds on the Bay event, is set for Wednesday, Dec. 9, 9 a.m. – noon at Boundary Bay Regional Park. Join Tom Bearss and his informal birdwatchers for a 2.5-hour amble. Enjoy the abundance of resident and wintering inhabitants, including shorebirds, waterfowl, raptors, and smaller birds. Bring binoculars if you have them.

The outing will end with a beverage and snack at historic Cammidge House in Boundary Bay Regional Park.

Meet: Cammidge House, Boundary Bay Regional Park, Delta (Tsawwassen).

Info: 604-940-9296 or tom. bearss@dccnet.com. Host: Delta Nature. Cost: Free for events; voluntary donation for snacks.

Delta Photo Club meets this Wednesday evening for Print Night. Prints will be displayed and discussed.

This will be our last meeting of 2015. The club will reconvene on Jan. 6. DPC meets at KinVillage Community Centre at 7:15 p.m. Guests welcome. For more information, please visit www.deltaphotoclub.com.

Canadian Mental Health Association VancouverFraser offers a Mental Health Resiliency Support Group in South Delta for individuals living with a mental health concern or experiencing symptoms. The group meets Thursday Evenings from 7 - 9 p.m. Next meeting is on Thursday, Dec. 10. Please call the Delta office at 604-9431878 or email info.delta@ cmha.bc.ca to register for your first meeting.

Meet the Curator, Saturday, Dec. 12, 12 - 1 pm at the Ladner Pioneer Library.

Check out some artifacts from the Delta Museum & Archives Society at your local library! Curator Darryl MacKenzie has carefully selected objects from their collection to showcase. He will be happy to answer any of your questions about these artifacts, the rest of the Museum’s collection and Delta’s history. Also takes place Saturday, Dec. 12, 10:15 – 11:15 am at Tsawwassen Library.

Teen Pizza and Games, Thursday, Dec. 17, 5:30 – 8:30 pm at the Ladner Pioneer Library. Do you love to play board games? Are you between 12 and 19 years old?

Then come to the library for a fun night of gaming and free pizza. Games and

snacks provided by Imperial Hobbies.

Tsawwassen Parkinsons Support Group – The December meeting of the PSG will be held on Monday, Dec. 14. Usual time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at KinVillage Community Centre.

The Dogwood gift shop in the lobby of Delta Hospital is now full of Christmas decorations, clothing, jewelry, and gifts for the holiday season.

Store hours are 9-6 MonFri and 10-4 weekends and holidays. The shop is run by volunteers and all profits go to the hospital.

Celebrate a Life - Visit the Centre for Supportive Care Monday-Friday, 9am4pm (4631 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Ladner), throughout the month of Dec. and place a tribute on the Celebrate a Life tree in honour of someone special who has died.

Train to become a volunteer tutor and help a child who is struggling with reading or math! The Learning Disabilities Assoc. Fraser South is a registered charity offering afterschool one to one tutoring for children aged 7 to 13. Attend an information session Jan. 7 at 7 pm at the Delta Manor Education Centre, 4750–57th St., Ladner. Register at 604591-5156 Info: www.ldafs.org.

Ambassadors Tsawwassen Toastmasters meet second and fourth Tuesdays, 7-9 pm at St. David’s Anglican Church, 1115-51A St., Tsawwassen. Start the new year doing what you’ve always wanted to - learn to speak comfortably with confidence in front of others. Next meetings Tuesday, Jan. 12, Jan. 26. As well, you will gain leadership skills in a safe, encouraging environment. Guests are always welcome. Further information, call Susan 604-786-5404.

Living with Cancer Support Group - five sessions beginning Thursday, Jan. 14 - March 10, 1:30–3:30 pm (every second Thursday).

Group is for anyone living with cancer at any stage of diagnosis. Takes place at the Centre for Supportive Care, 4631 Clarence Taylor Crescent, Ladner. Preregistration required before the start of the group. Call 604-948-0660 ext. 305 or email: gilly@deltahospice. org for more information or to register.

The New Tsawwassen Springs Tuesday Ladies Golf

Club is accepting members for the 2016 season. The season begins on April 5 at 9 am. Any woman interested in joining please contact Mary Fraser at 604-9407730 or the Pro Shop at 604948-4653.

Delta Talespinners meet at 6:30 p.m. every other Thursday at members’ homes in South Delta to discuss and critique each other’s prose. More information - Paul: 604-948-0682 or Jan: 604-946-8479.

Male and female volunteers needed for all shifts at Tsawwassen’s Hospice Cottage Charity Shoppe.

Particularly in need of cashiers for all shifts and volunteers for Thursday afternoon and evenings and Saturdays. Call 604-9480660 ext. 333 for more information.

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 Christmas Lunch, Friday, Dec. 11 at 12:15. Sax player Peter and vocalist/keyboarder Vonda will play a vast array of great Christmas tunes. KinVillage Community Centre, 5430-10th Ave., Tsawwassen, 604-943-0225. $12 for members, $14 for non-members.

McKee Seniors Recreation Centre Presents a Christmas Concert featuring: Christmas Sing-A-Long, Free Flight School of Dance, The McKee Tappers Free! Friday, Dec. 11, 7 to 9 pm. Donations to the food bank greatly appreciated.

A Family Christmas Musical Afternoon with Delta Music Makers, directed by Curt Jantzen, Sunday, Dec. 13, from 2 - 4 pm at McKee Seniors Recreation Centre.

Members $5, guests $7. Wine and cheese reception.

FUNDRAISERS The second annual DSS Interact Club fundraiser for Delta Life Skills Society - come by the Port Metro Community office between

11am-3pm on the next two Saturdays Dec. 12 & 19 and get your gift wrapping done by donation. These parcels can be wrapped while you wait and enjoy coffee, tea, and treats or you can drop them off while you shop and come back to a box full of wrapped gifts. All proceeds to be donated to Delta Life Skills.

SPECIAL EVENTS Nowadays Santa’s sleigh is pulled by reindeer, but a long time ago, it was pulled by horses! How did the reindeer get the job? Find out at Santa’s Reindeer Puppet Show at 10:30 am on Wednesday, Dec. 9 at the Ladner Pioneer Library, and Friday, Dec. 11 at the Tsawwassen Library. The whole family is welcome.

Cedar Park’s ‘A Music Potpourri’ – Dec. 12 at 7pm.

Celebrate the Christmas season by attending Cedar Park’s annual music and dessert evening on Saturday, December 12th at 7 pm.

Guest performer will be Malcolm Guite (UK poet) and Friends, reciting unique poetry and music. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling Cedar Park Church at 604-946-7410.

The Saint David’s Community Choir, directed

by Lesley Sutherland, will be presenting “The Star of Bethlehem - A Service of Lessons and Carols,” a beautiful evening of choral music, readings and sing-along carols on Sunday, Dec. 13, 7:30pm. Admission is by donation. 1115-51A St., Delta.

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Community Centre in Ladner at 2 p.m., tickets at the door. And Saturday, Dec. 19, a concert at YVR Airport at noon adjacent to the Bill Reid sculpture in the international terminal. For further information, please call Curt Jantzen at 604-946-2309 or check the website: www. deltamusicmakers.org.

Delta Youth Orchestra - Saturday, Dec. 19, 12:15 – 1:15 pm at the Tsawwassen Library. Enjoy two performances by the Richmond

and Delta Youth Orchestra.

The Junior Winds will play from 12:15 – 12:45 pm and the Senior Winds will follow from 12:45 – 1:15 pm.

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ARTS Over 30 local artists and crafters from South Delta are featured at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre Artisan Fair this coming Saturday, Dec. 12 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Digital paintings, fibre arts, food crafts, wood and metal arts among others are featured.

The Tsawwassen Arts Centre is located at 1172 56th St. next to the Home Hardware.

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Jackson Goodman takes flight at the net as his teammates look on during the Delta Pacers’ match with McMath at last week’s B.C. AAA Boys Volleyball Championships, held at the Langley Events Centre. Goodman was an honourable mention all-star as the Pacers finished 11th in the 20-team event.

Devils season ends with promise Young South Delta team finishes eighth at AAAA provincials in Nanaimo

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The 2015 B.C. AAA Boys Volleyball Championships went too much to form as far as the Delta Pacers were concerned.

Making their 14th provincial tournament in the last 16 years, the Pacers were cautiously optimistic in what was considered a more “wide-open” year at the AAA level.

Ladner also got a desirable round of 16 match-up last Thursday against No. 4 seed Mt Boucherie, a team it had defeated earlier this season at a tournament in Kamloops.

However, the Kelowna school ended hopes of a top eight finish with a hard fought three set win (25-20, 25-19, 27-25). Mt Boucherie would go on to finish second to Oak Bay. The Pacers closed out the tournament with a pair of consolation matches, defeating Prince George and falling to David Thompson of Vancouver.

They had the inevitable task of following the most successful athletes to ever come through South Delta Secondary School. In the end, they realized their pre-season expectations with a promise for more in 2016.

It was a near impossible challenge for a young group of players stepping up to the senior level with the SDSS volleyball program. The Sun Devils had just completed a three year dynasty as provincial champions, led by the sensational play of UCLA bound Megan and Nicole McNamara. The list of other standouts includes three more players who would go on to play at the university level.

With the twins’ shadow still looming over them, the Devils proceeded to remain one of the top teams in the province, concluding their season with an eighth place finish at last week’s B.C. AAAA championships in Nanaimo.

Along the way was a steep learning curve and plenty of bumps.

The Sun Devils produced a rather underwhelming fifth place finish at the Fraser Valley playoffs

Danielle Madore was a provincial all-star honourable mention. to slip into the provincial tournament. They headed to the Island and dropped all three round-robin matches last Thursday, despite taking a set from eventual champion Handsworth.

However, it was in crunch time when the girls showed their ability and potential.

Facing sixth seed Kelowna in the round of 16, South Delta pulled out a five set thriller, including a 17-15 game five decision.

The momentum continued in the quarter-finals where the Devils

battled hard against eventual bronze medalist Riverside before falling 3-1. They closed out the tournament Saturday with a pair of meaningless losses but came away with far more than their 1-6 overall record would indicate.

“I’m really happy to end up in the top eight,” said head coach Dan Burgess. “When you look at some those five set wins we have had this season, it had been more about the other team basically collapsing at the end. That definitely wasn’t the case against Kelowna. They were

coming at us hard until the very end and the girls won it on their own accord.”

The Devils were one of the few to actually take a set from a dominant Handsworth squad that Burgess had pegged back in September as the team to beat. The Royals won the third and deciding set 15-11.

Again it showed what South Delta is capable of.

Team captain Danielle Mandore ended her high school career as an all-star honourable mention.

For the almost every other player, there is next year for the Sun Devils to take another run at a provincial championship.

Burgess sees his 2016 squad as a “optimistically a top five team.”

What happens over the next nine months will determine just how serious of a contender they will be.

Last week in Nanaimo certainly helped.

“I wanted to get to provincials and have the girls experience those pressure packed games that you can’t replicate anywhere else,” he added. “We got that and they responded well. Now it comes down to how much they further develop (through club ball) over the off season.”

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National team standouts bring field hockey indoors Pro Indoor Challenge enhances skill development

It was another productive campaign for the DSS junior boys volleyball team.

Junior Pacers wrap up season by finishing 6th at provincials (Lake Country) to earn a quarter-final berth. The championship run ended with a close three set loss to Abbotsford Christian. The boys capped their campaign with a win over Okanagan Mission.

The gold medal match saw Fraser Valley champion and top seed Langley Christian complete an unbeaten season by defeating Richmond Christian.

Coach Sutherland congratulates her players on dedicated successful season.

The roster included: Aneel Nijjar, Gavin Payne, Sam McFarlane, Ashvin Bilga, Tyler Semler, William Khu, Evan Hixt, Ryan Mackenzie, Sean Sasaki, Mike Kaardal, Marcus Niebuhr and Jaggar Sherman.

Canadian colours for several years. Both helped Canada win bronze at this summer’s Pan American Games in Toronto.

A native of Ontario, Gillis grew up playing the indoor game and it was a big part of her development into a world class player.

“Indoor field hockey really gives the kids the fundamental skill development they need at a young age. It played a huge part of my own development growing up” commented Gillis.

“We’ve really enjoyed introducing indoor field hockey here in Tsawwassen, and coaching a fantastic group of local kids.”

Gillis can already see how the Falcons have a reputation of developing national team calibre players over the years.

“There are some exceptionally talented youngsters coming out of the club,” she added. “Sara and I hope to see the next crop of Falcons filling our national teams soon enough.”

The Indoor Pro Challenge will be launching another six week program in the new year. Registration details will soon be available on the Falcons website www.falcons.ca For any inquiries on the program email info@ipcfieldhockey.com

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The Delta Pacers junior boys volleyball team wrapped up an impressive season with a sixth place finish at the recent B.C. Invitational Junior Boys Volleyball Championships in Kelowna.

Under longtime coach Joan Sutherland, the junior program, for players in Grades 9-10, has been a key component in the overall success of volleyball at the Ladner school.

The Pacers earned their trip to the Okanagan by capturing the Delta District title, then finishing fifth at the Fraser Valley Championships in Coquitlam.

The Pacers won their pool play by defeating teams from Penticton, DP Todd (Prince George), and George Elliot

This fall saw the launch of new junior indoor field hockey program at the South Delta Recreation Centre — headed by two of the country’s top players.

In partnership with the Falcons Field Hockey Club, the Indoor Pro Challenge is a province-wide program for junior age players that accelerates skill development through a smaller and faster version of regular outdoor field hockey.

Often referred to as the ‘Futsal of Field Hockey,’ the five-on-five indoor game is hugely popular in Europe where a cold climate in many regions makes it impossible to remain outdoors during the winter.

Played on a basketball-sized court, with a slightly lighter ball and modified sticks, indoor field hockey is aerobically challenging, and much more technically demanding version of the regular outdoor game.

There is even an Indoor World Cup held every four years — an event at which Canada has finished as high as sixth place.

The South Delta program was held over six weeks and was led by current women’s national team captain Kate Gillis and Tsawwassen’s own Sara McManus who has been a fixture in

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OBITUARIES GRANGER, Mary September 26, 1920 November 21, 2015 RUDDER, Jack Jack Rudder 74, passed away in his sleep, December 2, 2015 after years of braving illness. He is survived by his wife Rene, son Craig (Kerith) and 2 grandchildren, a daughter Lindsay (Todd), and an extended family, Velvet (George), Tom (Jen), Tracy (Scott), dear friend Debbie and buddy Dave. He had a unique sense of humor and wanted it said “He didn’t miss much”. He was loved and will be greatly missed. A celebration of Life will be held mid-January at the family home. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Kidney or Heart Foundations.

STANLEY, Robert (Gordon)

Those who knew her appreciated her exceptional generosity, witty and dry sense of humor, and most of all her bravery. Mary was strong although she struggled at the end, but passed away peacefully. Special appreciation to her caregivers.

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December 7, 1930 December 2, 2015 Gordon Stanley of Ladner, BC passed away peacefully after a courageous battle against cancer.

From your daughter, may she fly with the angels.

Per request, there will be no Funeral or Reception.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the BC SPCA at www.spca.bc.ca/help/donate_now.asp Delta Funeral Home (604) 946-6040

He is survived by his wife Margaret “The Warden”, children Bobby, Toni (Hugh), Lance, Bill (JoDee), four grandchildren and 2 greatgrandchildren, brothers Norm and Peter and sister Mina.

Gordon was a lifelong fisherman who was known and respected by many, up and down the coast.

Gordon skippered many vessels during his career, including the Miss Toni #1, which was the first boat he owned.

HEYWOOD, Eric Mayoh March 9, 1941 - November 21, 2015 .

Eric passed away peacefully on November 21, 2015 at the Irene Thomas Hospice Delta B.C., with his wife Barbara at his side. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years Barbara (nee Lever ), his two children Amanda and Mark, and his two cherished granddaughters Aimee and Kali. He is also survived by two brothers in England, Roger and Neil.

A celebration of Eric’s life will take place Tuesday, December 15th, 2015 from 2-4 pm at Coast Hotel Tsawwassen. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to B.C. Cancer Foundation, 150 - 686 West Broadway, Vancouver V5Z 1G1

MANAHAN, Minnie (nee Scott) .

November 30,1917 - November 30, 2015 Mom passed away peacefully on her birthday at the age of 98, in Tsawwassen, BC. Minnie was predeceased by her loving husband, William (Bill) C. Manahan Sr. in July of 1985. She is survived by her 5 children; Peter Manahan, Sherry Miles, Paddy Morgan, Bill Manahan Jr. and Michael Manahan, 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grand children. She is also survived by her brother, Edward (Ted) Scott.

Our family would like to thank the staff of the Kinsmen Retirement Home for the care given to Mom over the last 14 years.

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We are deeply saddened by our mother’s passing.

Mary was born and raised in Vancouver until she relocated to Calgary for 10 years and eventually back to Tsawwassen for 25 years. During World War II, she volunteered for the Red Cross and then at Children’s Hospital for 17 years. Those who she left behind are loving daughter Jane, son Bruce (Joanne), her cherished grandchildren Kara and Blake, nephew Terri and niece Joanne and beloved dog, Daisy as well as many friends.

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Gordon was a member of Ancient Light Lodge for 52 years, and was an active member of Gizeh Shrine. He was also a long time paid member of RCL Branch #61.

Gordon was very proud of his Native Heritage and he was mentioned in many books about West Coast Aboriginal History.

There will be no service by his request.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Gizeh Shriners Patient Transportation Fund, or a charity of your choice.

Delta Funeral Home (604) 946.6040

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