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Community offers support, but Delta Safe Haven says more help needed

a member of Delta Safe Haven. The group has already received many monetary donaThe newly formed Delta Safe tions as well as offers of assisHaven has seen a groundswell of tance and accommodations. It support for its efforts is hoping to raise around to welcome two Syrian $40,000 to help the two refugee families to families begin their lives Ladner, but more help in Canada. is needed. Last week’s meeting The group hosted a featured a number of town hall meeting at speakers, including Chris Ladner United Church Friesen, director of serlast Wednesday that vices at the Immigrants Rev. Jim Short attracted around 200 Services Society of B.C., people, said co-chair Rev. Jim as well as two women from the Short. Syrian Council of Canada and a “There was a real spirit of young Syrian man who came to wanting to do something,” said Canada a year ago as a refugee. Coun. Sylvia Bishop, who is also SAFE HAVEN: see Page 3 JESSICA KERR

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Pets-n-Us in Tsawwassen had more than 160 pets and their owners come out Sunday for the annual Pictures with Santa event. In addition to dogs and cats, bunnies, ferrets and a tortoise all took part, raising more than $2,000 for the Delta Community Animal Shelter’s Tollie Fund.

Delta police are investigating after an elderly woman was hit and killed in Tsawwassen over the weekend. The 85-year-old was struck around 4:25 p.m. Saturday while using a marked crosswalk in the 1200-block of 56th Street. The driver, who remained at the scene and is cooperating with police, was making a left turn onto 56th Street. The victim was taken to hospital where she later died from her injuries.

It is Delta’s second pedestrian fatality of the year. A/Sgt. Sarah Swallow said it’s unclear yet if any charges would be laid. Investigators are still speaking to witnesses and analyzing information gathered at the scene. Police believe weather conditions and lack of visibility were factors in the collision. “Delta police would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that weather and lighting at this time of year make conditions less than ideal for pedestrians or drivers,” said Swallow.

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Tolling must be fair: mayor

After failed plebiscite, regional politicians once again discussing road pricing SANDOR GYARMATI

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If it’s coming, then let it be fair. Mayor Lois Jackson had that to say about the much talked about prospect of tolls coming into effect for the Lower Mainland’s tunnel and bridges as regional mayors are once again discussing “road pricing” following a failed plebiscite to fund transit improvements earlier this year. Jackson is concerned a simple toll only for the George Massey Tunnel and all the bridges would be unfair for residents south of the Fraser River who are already underserviced by transit. Commuters in these parts could get even more upset if tolls went toward only funding such projects as a subway along Vancouver’s Broadway corridor and light rail in Surrey, she said. “They’re back at square one, trying to look at everything they can to make it palatable for the most people. There is no doubt we’ve got to do something and it’s just a matter of what’s going to be the most fair and equitable,” said Jackson. “It’s got to be fair to everybody and I’m very concerned that people like us out here in the suburbs, we’re already paying through the hydro, through our gas tax, through our property tax and so on, are they going to be putting another tax on us if we are not going to be getting any additional service? I find that unfair and really hope they look at this road pricing, congestion tax, tolling,

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Mayor Lois Jackson is concerned a simple toll only for the George Massey Tunnel and all the bridges would be unfair for residents south of the Fraser River. whatever that is, to make sure it’s not just another tax grab.” The Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation this fall voted to get a staff report on how to advance “mobility pricing.” Provincial Transportation Minister Peter Fassbender’s response was that while it should be considered,

it would not be allowed unless the mayors get permission from voters in another plebiscite. More recently, a report by Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission suggested more spans in Metro Vancouver be tolled to ease driving congestion and encourage more drivers to use public transit. Jackson said it’s all fine

if Deltans got adequate bus service. “I think we have to analyze what system will be fair a lot more. We have to be very careful what we’re creating here because I don’t think we should simply throw all these numbers around and say we can collect $200 million by simply throwing a tax on roads or bridges. The ones

that are going to pay that are going to be us because most people in Vancouver don’t even need a car,” she said. Following a series of citizen and stakeholder dialogues, a report was released last year by Moving in Metro, a program of the SFU Centre for Dialogue looking at the potential for road pricing. Participants discussed a variety of mobility pricing schemes, looking at their benefits and perceived drawbacks. The report stated, “Road pricing has the potential to reduce congestion and to develop transportation infrastructure, acting both as a revenue generator and a demand management system. While mobility pricing systems, as they relate to roads, have been successfully implemented in other jurisdictions, they have also been met with serious criticism due to privacy, cost, and equity concerns.” The report also noted there’s concern road pricing will hit those households the hardest that rely on a car but have little money to spare. As far as bridge and tunnel tolls, the report noted that type mobility pricing scheme was the easiest to understand by participants, but those tolls “were perceived as punitive and as placing an unfair burden on those who have to traverse corridors multiple times. A number of people noted that tolls do not take into account the distance travelled.” Jackson agreed, saying whatever scheme is chosen, it shouldn’t hit some more than others.

Delta Safe Haven told to expect refugees by the end of the month

CONTINUED from Page 1 He shared what led him to flee his country, what coming to Canada meant to him and how thankful he was to come here. Delta Safe Haven came together after Short began talking to people in the community about the possibility of bringing refugees to South Delta. The committee still doesn’t know exactly when the families will arrive, but Short said they have been

told to expect them by the end of the month. The two families have not yet been identified. Once they are, the families will spend two weeks at Welcome House in Vancouver before moving to the homes in Ladner. As government-assisted refugees, the families will receive a basic monthly living allowance, based on the size of the family, and a one-time start up allowance.

Short said the monthly living allowance adds up to about $1,200 a month to cover all costs, including housing, food and other daily expenses, so Delta Safe Haven is fundraising to supplement the basic amount to create an income necessary to live in the community and put their efforts toward learning English, finding employment, enrolling in school and adapting to their new home.

Items like basic furniture and clothing will be covered, but the group is hoping for donations of cash or gift cards. All funds will be held in a trust account for the families. Delta Safe Haven is also looking for donated services such as family physicians, dentists, optometrists, lawyers, accountants and financial counselling. To respect Syrian cultural traditions, the group is seeking both male and

female service providers. The group is also hoping to find people who are fluent in Arabic and willing to donate their services. Anyone interested in volunteering can email Jim Short at minister@ladnerunited.org. Monetary donations can be dropped off at Ladner United Church weekdays between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Cheques should be made out to Delta Safe Haven — Ladner United Church.

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Delta’s cemeteries are going to get a new look. For over a year, civic staff members have been working on a plan for the Boundary Bay Cemetery and North Delta Cemetery to increase the in-ground casket burial and cremation interment capacity. At a recent Delta council workshop, parks, recreation and culture director Ken Kuntz explained the Boundary Bay Cemetery on 56th Street in Tsawwassen is running out of room with two years of in-ground casket lots and three years of in-ground cremation lots remaining. North Delta has six years of casket and 10 years of cremation space remaining. Over the next 25 years,

Delta is projected to experience 18,500 deaths. Of those deaths, 580 inground casket burials and 3,200 cremation interments are expected to take place in Delta. To meet future demand, Delta will need to increase its inventory by 490 traditional in-ground casket burials lots and 2,680 cremation interments. A number of burial types and design options have been considered to increase space, as well as beautify the sites, including cremation gardens, garden urns and family vessels, scattering gardens, ossuaries, mausoleums, green burials and different types of memorialization. Changes to Boundary Bay will focus on a memorialization garden and woodland burial. Changes to North Delta

will include improvements to the entrance plaza and creation of a perimeter memorialization to create additional spaces. In the future, a new burial area will be created on the west side of that cemetery with memorialization and green burial opportunities. The end result for Boundary Bay would be 900 new interment spaces, costing $600,000, while North Delta would have 550 new spaces at a cost of $400,000. The plan will go to council to consider proceeding to the next step of getting detailed designs. Funding for the construction would be sought in 2017. Delta sells burial and cremation lots directly to individuals, not through commercial entities.

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of the water park project, said the aim is to replace the infrastructure and play stations to provide a safe, environmentally friendly water park for all children. The new park will be wheelchair accessible and have separate play areas designed for different age groups. The surface will be upgraded from concrete to a safer one made out of recycled tires and the amount of water used will be reduced. Forcier said the club is planning on working in historical components that will honour Ladner’s farm-

ing community and will also acknowledge the work of the Kinsmen in building the original water park. The park has been in the planning stages since 2013 and the club is now hoping to raise the funds needed to make it a reality. The project total is $600,000. For more information, or to make a donation, contact Irene Forcier at 604-943-5356 or forcier@ eastlink.ca. Donations can also be made online at https:// chimp.net/groups/rotaryclub-of-ladner-memorialpark-waterpark-project.

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Port troubled by lack of industrial land

Port Metro Vancouver CEO Robin Silvester says region is at risk of hitting an economic brick wall

While speculators hoping to convert farmland remains a concern here, the port doesn’t own farmland within South Delta, but it does own farmland in other areas, including Richmond, a contentious topic in that city. Huntington raised concerns about what’s intended for those lands as well, levelling criticism against Premier Christy Clark. In response, Tom Corsie, the port’s vicepresident of real estate, stated the port is very concerned about the availability of industrial land in the region, saying a regional approach to land use management is urgently needed. Huntington, however, told the Optimist, “There are a lot of things the port could do to encourage a more efficient use of existing industrial land. The port and the province could require the distribution network to operate 24 hours a day: the pressure on land and even the perceived pressure to build T2, would diminish considerably.”

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Port Metro Vancouver is once again sounding the alarm about a shortage of industrial land in the Lower Mainland. The port recently released a study it had commissioned that found there are only roughly 1,000 acres of vacant trade-enabling industrial land available in the region suitable for logistics and goods movement. Based on average annual absorption rates and anticipated demand, that supply could be depleted within a decade, warned the port. “Trade and logistics services that support goods movement are critical to the local and national economy, and contribute to our high standard of living,” said Port Metro Vancouver CEO Robin Silvester. “Without sufficient trade-enabling industrial land to meet growing demand, we risk hitting an economic brick wall, with serious consequences for our quality

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Port Metro Vancouver CEO Robin Silvester says trade-enabling industrial land is critical to the local and national economy, and contributes to our high standard of living. of life here in the Lower Mainland.” It was the same warning he issued a week earlier in a speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade, calling on provincial and regional leaders “to embrace a shared responsibility” and “a collective approach to managing growth.” The latest industrial land report by Avison Young seems to add sup-

port for the argument the region is running low on industrial land. It found “a nearly unprecedented level of positive absorption” in the past six to 12 months has depleted much of the new supply of industrial space delivered in Metro Vancouver since 2014. The real estate firm noted that despite Metro Vancouver’s industrial

inventory growing by more than 3.2 million square feet during the past 12 months, overall vacancy has tightened further, dropping to three per cent by fall 2015. The report also notes that in Delta, the industrial vacancy rate dropped to 4.6 per cent from seven per cent a year ago. The latest warning will likely once again spark

concern about what might be in store for farmland in South Delta and elsewhere and whether some of it will be converted to industrial uses to serve port expansion at Roberts Bank. Three years ago, Delta South MLA Vicki Huntington made public the fact that large parcels in South Delta were being optioned for speculative future conversion.

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t’s nice work if you can get it. Tsawwassen First Nation members are voting today on whether they’d like to walk to their mailboxes every quarter to collect $15,000 a year for the next four decades. OK, so they’re actually voting on whether to allow their political leaders to continue discussions on a proposed LNG export facility, but it’s hard to get past the absolutely staggering sums this proposal could bring. The negotiations are in early days so it hasn’t been determined, should the project proceed, whether the TFN would receive lease and royalty revenues or if it would actually own a share of the facility, but either way, there’s huge money at stake, upwards of half a billion dollars over a 40-year agreement, according to an analysis undertaken by Deloitte. That’s why it’s not surprising the first of the frequently asked questions answered by the TFN government deals with the direct financial benefits that would flow members’ way should the project become operational. That has to be on the minds of many as they cast ballots today. Not only would they divvy up $7 million every year, but an additional $7 million would be available annually to fund programs, services and infrastructure. That would go a long way in a First Nation of approximately 400, and even further considering half of those members don’t actually live on Tsawwassen lands. It’s obviously not all about the money as there are environmental and safety issues to consider with a project of this magnitude, but the bottom line might well be the bottom line. So is this a case of buying votes? There’s an extraordinary amount of money to be generated so it stands to reason this potential windfall should be shared by all members. I think it would be far more troubling if the TFN were to receive such hefty sums on an annual basis and little of that money found its way to individual members. We’ve all read and heard of instances where money coming into a First Nation doesn’t go beyond a select few, so it’s a credit to TFN government that the financial benefits of this project would reach everyone. That’s not to say members should vote in favour, but there’s no getting away from the fact they have thousands of reasons to do so.

Anticipation always the best part of Christmas season

ne of my favourite holiday movies is A Christmas Story. If you haven’t seen it, it’s the story of a boy getting ready for Christmas, and his desire for a specific present. The movie is a journey leading up to Christmas morning, as told by his older self. I always watch it while I’m assembling the tree (yes, I have an environmentally friendly tree, some assembly required). For me, it’s the lead-up to Christmas that’s the most fun. The anticipation means more to me than the actual day, perhaps because the present part seems to be concluded so quickly. My kids used to wake up at 5 a.m., unable to wait a moment longer to see what was under the tree. By 7 a.m., the presents were open, the boxes and wrapping in recycling and I was already fixing a toy, before most people had even opened their eyes. The week before Christmas is the best part. Everything is decorated, the lights are up everywhere and, except for the frantic last-minute shoppers (of which I am a charter member), there is a calm that comes over the community. Add a little snow if we are lucky, and it’s perfect. I guess the reason why it seems so perfect is because people,

Community Comment BRAD SHERWIN

especially in our community, take the time to do things for each other. Many donate toys to the Deltassist Toy Depot, which makes a child’s Christmas something to remember, instead of something to feel bad about. Others give their time and spend a long night with Operation Red Nose. There is no better feeling than knowing you helped someone get home, with their car, safe and sound. (They still need volunteers for this year’s program. Not only is it a great thing to do for the community, it’s a lot of fun.) But those are the bigger commitments that people make for each other at this time of year. It’s the smaller things that people do that fill in the holiday spirit. It’s amazing how you can brighten someone’s day with a simple

smile and a hello, or a wave of thanks when someone has let you merge into their lane of traffic, even if it was your turn. The effort required is minimal, but the impact is great. We, as Canadians, always get ribbed for being too polite and apologizing for everything. It reminds me of a joke: How do you get 100 Canadians out of a pool? Ask them. But who cares. If the worst thing the world can say about us is we are too polite, then so be it. That’s one thing we don’t have to apologize for. I’m really looking forward to the next few days leading up to Christmas. Before we know it, though, it will be over, like so much wrapping and empty boxes. But it won’t take much to carry that feeling throughout the year. Smile more. Say hello to a stranger. Hold a door open for someone. When someone lets you merge, even if it’s your turn, wave. And be sure to use all five fingers. Carry the feeling of the most wonderful time of the year throughout the year. Merry Christmas, and all the best for a wonderful New Year! Brad Sherwin, MBA has over 25 years’ experience in marketing, public relations and business strategy. He is the president of the Deltassist board and has worn the Rudy suit for Operation Red Nose.

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Editor: Re: Mom fighting to return, Dec. 9 I pen this letter as a resident of Ladner and a citizen born the fifth generation in Canada. My father served in the Second World War in the North Atlantic. My uncles served both in the air force and the infantry. My great grandfathers served in India and Africa. My service to my country was the ambulance service working for St. Catherine’s Ambulance in Ontario. I write this because I am a witness to a great injustice to a resident of our town and a great injustice to her three young children. A mother, an American citizen who has resided in our town many years, married a Metis husband, lived here peacefully rais-

ing her three children. She has now been deported back to the U.S., taken away from her family. The oldest is 13, a young girl who needs the support and guidance of a mother. All three children keep asking, “When are they going to let mother come home?” Who is it that is not allowing her to return to her family? It’s not her husband, it’s not her children. She wants to be with her children. We have seen the way Citizenship and Immigration Canada works. Do you remember the Mexican woman who died in its custody at Vancouver International Airport? Do we have to have another one reach the end of their rope on some bridge in Bellingham,

completely out of hope? This is what happens in fascist countries. This is what men fought against and now lie in the fields of Flanders. Citizenship and Immigration may have the written law on their side but they most certainly do not have the moral law. I am old enough to remember boys my age whose fathers never returned. They lie in the depths of the ocean and in the soil in Europe and North Africa. Is this what they died for? So the weak and the harmless can be marched out of the country and oppressed by a fascist mentality? Whatever it is, it is not doing a service to this country; it is only bringing shame upon it. Barry Timmins

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Editor: Re: Big money riding on TFN vote, Dec. 11 I’m sure I can’t be the only one with massive concerns over the TFN’s proposed LNG plant. According to the fact sheet reported, the TFN members (almost half of whom don’t reside here so any negative consequences wouldn’t affect them at all) would be paid $227,550,000 by Fortis over the next 40 years. It appears to me that is a blatant attempt to buy their votes. Besides the moral implications of the money, there is also the vote itself. TFN CEO Tom McCarthy has certainly learned political double speak. Although the members are voting on the

proposed development, they are only, according to McCarthy, voting on whether they should consider the concept of the LNG plant and it is not a done deal. There has been no environmental assessment done and although, again according to McCarthy, the members will be consulted, the actual vote, after the environmental assessment, on whether to proceed will be left to the executive council which consists of five people. The TFN members will be left completely out of any decision making, not to mention ignoring any concerns of the 25,000 residents of Tsawwassen itself. While we’re at it, it should be mentioned that

fracking is the method used to extract the LNG, which pollutes groundwater and makes the area where it is used much more vulnerable to earthquakes. I guess payment of over $200 million overrides any respect for their native culture, their neighbours and any negative environmental considerations, not to mention the residents of the area where the fracking will be undertaken. I understand the economic needs of the TFN members must be a consideration but there are two humongous malls and housing being built on some of the best farmland we have. Is that not enough to keep members economically viable? Peter White

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A pair of local businesses, ReMax Progroup Realty and South Delta Financial Group-Raymond James, joined forces for a fundraiser to benefit Reach. initiated the shredding for charity event. Talk about community support.” Every agent at ReMax Progroup Realty contributes a portion of their commissions to a fund that is reinvested into local charities and events. ReMax Progroup Realty, South Delta Financial Group-Raymond James

and Reach Society volunteers were on site helping with the shredding efforts. 1-800-Shredding owner Tino Fluckiger also volunteered his time for the day and Ladner McDonald’s sent along complimentary coffee. Additional shredding events to benefit Reach will take place next year:

April 16 in Tsawwassen and Sept. 24 in Ladner. Proceeds go to Reach’s Building for Children Together Campaign to build a resource centre in the heart of Ladner for children with special needs. To date, $4 million of the $5 million goal has been raised from individual and community donors.

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In 2015, 500 volunteers donated 100,000 hours. Calculate that at minimum wage. Add to this the funds generated by the four businesses run by our volunteers and we were able to fund and support programs, equipment and bursaries over the past year of $750,000. This includes the new Pre Admission Clinic, co-funded with the Foundation and slated to begin construction next spring as well as the fabulous state of the art bus for Mountain View Manor we have just approved, delivery hopefully in March. At the same time we have to this point saved $1.9 million of the $2.4 we committed to raise toward the new Diagnostic wing at Delta Hospital. Pretty amazing accomplishments!

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MALLS

that never materialized Decades before TFN projects, there were plans for major shopping centres in South Delta By Sandor Gyarmati

hings will change in a big way for South Delta when a pair of mega malls open at the Tsawwassen First Nation next fall, but it’s not the ﬁrst time there’s been talk of regional shopping centres here. One has to go way back to a different time in Delta, in 1974, when many of the same issues and concerns that are being heard today were raised. That was the year Royal Oak Holdings of Vancouver, which was responsible for developing Lougheed Mall in Burnaby, sought support from Delta council to build an $18-million, 440,000-square-foot regional shopping complex accompanied by a $3-million, 150-room hotel. It would have been built on a 40-acre site bounded by Highway 17, 60th Avenue and 64th Street. The same company was rejected by council the previous fall in a bid to construct a $15-million regional shopping centre at the former Paterson Park racetrack site in Ladner.

In 1973, Leon Dirassar, vicepresident of Royal Oak Holdings, said the Paterson Park mall would have had two major department stores, a junior department store, a supermarket and other smaller stores. He insisted a regional shopping centre was needed by Delta residents and that such a mall “would in no way be harmful to the town of Ladner.” He added prospective tenants “have been pressing us and there are many who want to do business in Delta.” A report by the ﬁrm Gordon Soules Marketing and Research, commissioned by council, had recommended against the Paterson Park plan on the basis that it would have “a permanent detrimental impact on the economic viability of shops in Ladner and Tsawwassen,” adding, “No new retail outlets would locate in either Ladner or Tsawwassen and many of the existing stores would likely close.” The Soules report, though, rec-

A former harness racetrack, Paterson Park was eyed for a major shopping centre back in the 1970s, but still remains undeveloped today.

Then-mayor Tom Goode (right), pictured with Conservative MP John Reynolds in 1974, thought a regional mall in Delta was a good idea. ommended that if the Paterson Park proposal was defeated “that the municipality encourage the development of new retail shopping facilities and the modernization and expansion of existing businesses in Downtown Ladner.”

After that 1973 proposal was shot down, talk of South Delta getting a mall heated up again when Delta elected a new mayor in Tom Goode along with his slate of alderman, all having reportedly a friendlier view of shopping centres.

Construction continues on Tsawwassen Mills, a 1.2-million-square-foot mall on the Tsawwassen First Nation.

December 16, 2015 The Delta Optimist A13 decades before the band would In early 1974, council approved begin preliminary treaty negotiaa motion by Ald. Lorne Hope tions. instructing the planning departFast forward to April 3, 2009, the ment to carry out a study with the date Tsawwassen First Nation’s view to select “one or two sites in the South Delta-Ladner area” for a historic urban treaty went into effect. Determined to get out from major shopping complex. under the thumb of the Indian Around the same time, Dawson Act, the TFN became the first Land Company had been pitching urban First Nation in B.C. to sign its $3-million Harbour Market dea treaty. velopment for downtown Ladner. Elected as the TFN chief three That plan was called off in protest years ago, Bryce Williams told the by the company over council conOptimist this is an exciting time for sidering the Royal Oak proposal. his First Nation. New Democrat MLA Carl Liden “I think now being a treaty First would threw cold water on the Nation with our laws and regulamall pitch, however, saying “it tions set in place, it provides was the wildest kind of dream” certainty to our developers and it would receive government appartners that we work with. I think proval. He cited several reasons, pre-treaty there was certainly including the complex being losome red tape in place in terms cated on farmland within the new of working with different levels Agricultural Land Reserve. of government,” he said. “These The idea of a big shopping centre days things are a lot easier and if in South Delta remained alive in 1976 with Royal Oak Holdings still there are barriers we work them out with our potential partners and in the picture, as well as council government. We have a lot of projgiving “serious consideration” to ects on the go and, post-treaty, purchasing Paterson Park from this is a good thing to see.” the Delta Agricultural Society. It Speculation in South Delta had would have been a complex land swap that would have paved the begun even before the treaty was way for a shopping centre at the signed on just what the TFN had park, which was not in the Agriplanned for its settlement lands. cultural Land Reserve. The society What was made clear from the would get land elsewhere to build outset was that the First Nation a new harness track. Paterson was determined to take advantage Park was home to a of its newfound ecoharness track for denomic opportunities “Back then there cades before ceasing and wasn’t interested was a lot of operations just a few in being confined to concern about a big years earlier. farming. shopping centre in However, at the time, So it came as no South Delta, mainly the Optimist reported surprise when the about the traffic it that several Delta AgriTFN came up with a would draw.” cultural Society memnew land use plan, bers expressed doubts –Mayor Lois Jackson approved by the Paterson Park was a members, which suitable site for a major regional had a large section set aside for shopping centre, although Goode commercial uses. The roughly 400 members would go on to vote was not so pessimistic. As far as concerns from local mer- in favour of the mall development deal, one that will radically change chants, Goode noted businesses the face of not only South Delta in other communities “had been but also the Lower Mainland retail assisted by the introduction of a landscape. major regional shopping centre.” At a combined 1.8 million square The civic politicians eventually feet, Tsawwassen Mills and shot down that mall plan, with Tsawwassen Commons dwarf the Ald. Ernie Burnett saying Delta regional shopping centre proposwasn’t prepared to see highrise or als of the 1970s. commercial development at the “TFN’s commercial lands are well park. It remains vacant to this day located due to excellent exposure with its future still unclear. along Highway 17, close proximMeanwhile, the only real news ity to B.C. Ferries Tsawwassen that had come next door from the Terminal and access to major Tsawwassen Indian Band during highway networks,” states the the mid-1970s was talk of a plan TFN’s Economic Development to build 700 modular homes, a Corporation. “Reinforced by its proposal that went nowhere. strategic geographic location that Delta council had expressed conprovides good transportation links cern that if the development was and a substantial population base, built, no municipal taxes would growing and established busihave been paid by its residents. nesses alike will find a stable and It would be a couple of more

Proponents behind a regional shopping centre proposed for the entrance to Ladner in the 1970s said any traffic problems could have been solved. friendly economic environment which to operate.” It’s unlikely those Delta alderman of the 1970s could have imagined that it would be the TFN that would be the one building a huge shopping complex. Next fall, the two malls will radically change the landscape, but it’s Tsawwassen Commons with its target market primarily being South Delta that has drawn the biggest concern from local merchants and Delta council. Having such retailers as Walmart, that shopping centre prompted Delta to work with business groups to come up with a sustainability strategy. Determined to see the many different elements of the strategy implemented, Mayor Lois Jackson was an alderman back in the 1970s when the earlier mall proposals were being floated. Looking back at those days, she said it was highly unlikely the agricultural society would have ever approved such a deal for Paterson Park. “Back then there was a lot of concern about a big shopping centre in South Delta, mainly about the traffic it would draw,” Jackson said. The mayor said as far as the TFN development goes, she’s still hearing concerns about traffic and from the business community, but others say they’re looking forward to having a regional shopping centre in their back yard. She added big shopping centres would not likely have been viable in South Delta in the 1970s

anyway because the population of the entire municipality, including North Delta, was only roughly 50,000 - half of what it is today. “I think in retrospect it was a good thing we never had a regional shopping centre in South Delta... then they all went to the Scottsdale (North Delta) area and they did build a mall there, but looking back, I wish that’s where they built a regional shopping centre. The problem with that was Scott Road was not developed on the Surrey side.” Jackson said Ladner needs to transform to emphasize a more

historic feel to attract visitors, while Tsawwassen can focus on Centennial Beach and its great outdoor experience. “There’s a lot we can do and we just have to set our minds to ensure that the business people and the residents are on board and they do shop locally ﬁrst,” Jackson added. Tsawwassen Mills and Tsawwassen Commons will be open for business next fall but a huge Bass Pro Shops at the Mills and a Walmart supercentre at the Commons will open in the spring.

A former alderman and mayor, Ernie Burnett said back in the 1970s that Delta wasn’t prepared to see highrise or commercial development at Paterson Park.

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My commuting pal and I were on the bus, heading home from work. The rain hit the windows in great sheets. A wind had come up, and with every gust, was turning the downpour sideways. The driver had the windshield wipers on full tilt. They slammed back and forth steadily, barely able to deflect the deluge. “Nasty out there,” said the pal. “It is,” I said. “Feels like winter already, even though it’s not quite here.” We sat in silence for a moment. The bus merged onto the highway. “I hate winter,” the pal said. I took it that she was waiting for me to agree. I didn’t at all. “Do you have a fireplace?” I asked. I had only come to know the commuting pal through our travels, and had never been to her home. “No,” she said. “Why?” “It gets us through,” I said. “Winter, I mean.” Except that wasn’t

“We wait for it all year,” I said. “I mean, in some ways, it’s really sad when the weather warms up to the point that we no longer use it.” The pal looked the slightest bit baffled. Had I just said that I was disappointed when winter ends, and the temperature rises? Indeed, I had. Oh, I said, we stockpile the wood on the porch, and bring it in, six logs at a time. Come the thick of the nasty weather, we’ll toss it on most every night, and just sit there, relishing the crackle and the woodsy aroma. The bus rumbled off the highway, and turned in the direction of our destination. I gathered my belongings — my gloves and umbrella and computer bag — and pulled the bell. “Nice to see you,” the commuting pal said. “You stay warm, OK?” I nodded good night, and set a foot in the aisle. “Yes,” I said. “I will.”

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exactly true. The fireplace does not just get us through the stormy days of winter. It makes us long for the stormy days of winter. There’s nothing like it, I told the pal. How can you not adore winter when you’re safely inside, curled up on the couch in front of a roaring, crackling fire? The bigger the storm, the better, I say. “Hmm,” said the pal. There’ll be days, I told her, when my husband would call me at work, delighted to inform me that Environment Canada was predicting gale-force winds and record rain.

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A20 The Delta Optimist December 16, 2015

Christmas Gift Guide

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December 16, 2015 The Delta Optimist A21

Community

Local dancers bring home bronze medal from World Tap Dance Championships

It was a busy six months of rehearsals leading up to the world competition in Germany, but for a group of Delta tap dancers, it was well worth it. Two Ladner tap dancers, Amy Bell and Claire Creighton, along with Andie Assaly from

Tsawwassen, brought home a bronze medal from the World Tap Dance Championships earlier this month. The dancers range in age from 11 to 14 and earned the medal for their performance Swing Set in the Junior division for

Team Canada Tap Team West. The dancers, along with 21 teammates from across B.C. and as far away as Edmonton, tapped their hearts out in Riesa, Germany from Dec. 1 to 5 as they competed in an elimination-style event.

Team Canada East earned the silver medal and England took gold in the same category. Bell and Creighton, members of Studio West Dance, and Assaly, from Deas Island Dance, call the win a moment they’ll remember for a lifetime.

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Local tap dancers (from left) Amy Bell, Claire Creighton and Andie Assaly competed in the world championships in Germany earlier this month.

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DELTASSIST FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES Deltassist Family & Community Services Tsawwassen Save-On-Foods Shopping Volunteers The Deltassist-Save-On-Foods Phone Shop Program is looking for volunteers to shop for seniors. The program takes place on Wednesday mornings at the Tsawwassen Save-On-Foods Store. You will have lots of fun with an amazing group of volunteers. For more information contact Lyn at 604-946-9526 or email lynw@deltaassist.com Deltassist Family & Community Services Volunteer Drivers Help seniors maintain their independence by driving them to and from medical appointments. This is an on-going flexible position. Must enjoy working with seniors and have a clean driver’s abstract. There is reimbursement for mileage. For more information contact Lyn at 604-946-9526 or email lynw@deltaassist.com FINDS Children’s Thrift Store Fun and friendly volunteers are needed for a children’s thrift store in downtown Ladner. Reach Child and Youth Development Society is a non-profit organization that helps children with special needs. We are looking for more people to work in our thrift store FINDS. The store is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 2pm. Interested volunteers please contact Robyn at: volunteer@reachchild.org or 604-946-6622 ext 328 For more volunteer opportunities visit Deltassist’s website at www.deltaassist.com and click on Volunteer.

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A22 The Delta Optimist December 16, 2015

Community

Most recent donation to Delta Hospital pushes TOOBs’ total to over $25,000

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Veronica Carroll (left) and Lisa Hoglund of the Delta Hospital Foundation accept a $2,500 cheque from David Fredrickson of the TOOBs.

The TOOBs recently provided $2,500 towards funding priority needs at Delta Hospital, bringing the service club’s total donations to the hospital since 1995 to more than $25,000. Well known in Tsawwassen and Ladner for their charitable work, the TOOBs have supported local events and organiza-

tions since their founding in 1984. Often seen providing food services at events, the TOOBs have helped raise essential funds for Delta Hospital and other health-related services. “Delta is so lucky to have the support of groups such as the TOOBs, who dedicate their time and resources to making a difference for those in our

community,” said Lisa Hoglund, individual giving manager for the Delta Hospital Foundation. “Through their gifts, they have helped enable access to the best in health care right here in Delta and we are so grateful for their support.” Over the years, the TOOBs have helped fund crucial pieces of hospital

equipment such as a rapid infuser pump for the ER and the CT scan. “Delta Hospital is an important part of our community, providing essential care to many,” said David Fredrickson of the TOOBs. “We are only too happy to help fund equipment that will help make a difference for those living in Delta.”

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Christmas Worship

December 16, 2015 The Delta Optimist A23

COme Worship Together as a Family & Celebrate the Birth of our Saviour

Christmas Eve Services 4:30 pm Carols & Candlelight 7:30 pm Carols, Candlelight & Communion

Christmas Day Services 11:00 am Holy Communion

5575 6th Avenue, Tsawwassen 604-943-3432 EVERYONE WELCOME

LADNER CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

Welcomes You

Candlelight Service Thursday, December 24, 6:30 pm Come Celebrate the Light of Jesus with Us.

Christmas atat Christmas St. David’s Anglican Church St. David’s Anglican Church 1115 - 51A Street, Tsawwassen 604 943 4737

1115 - 51A Street, Tsawwassen 943 4737 8 am604 - Holy Communion

Sunday, 20th December - Fourth of Advent

Christmas Morning Service 10:30 am “The Meaning of Christmas” John 1:1-14 4594–54A Street, Ladner B.C.

604-946-7033

office@ladnercrc.com • www.ladnercrc.com

Sacred Heart Parish celebrates with you, your families and our neighbouring faith communities the Good News of the birth of Jesus Christ.

Christmas Eve Mass Schedule 5:00 pm 7:00 pm 9:00 pm 11:00 pm

10 am - Christmas Pageant & Holy Communion

(No 5:00 pm Mass today)

8 7am Holy Communion pm -- Candlelit Communion 11 pm - Candlelit Communion 10 am - Christmas Pageant & Holy Communion

A Blessed and Merry Christmas to the Community from Sacred Heart Parish 3900 Arthur Drive, Ladner 604-946-4522

25th December Christmas Day Friday, Thursday, 24th -December 10 am - Holy Communion

Christmas Eve

427th pm -December Christmas Pageant December - First AfterofChristmas Sunday, Sunday, 20th - Fourth Advent 11 pm - Candlelit Communion

Everyone is invited join us to- celebrate Thursday, 24thtoDecember ChristmasChristmas Eve

Friday,- Christmas 25th December Pageant “Let4 pm us keep the Feast” Day 7 pmChristmas - Candlelit Communion pm --Candlelit Communion 1011am Holy Communion www.stdavidsdelta.com www.facebook.com/anglicanchurch

Friday, 25th December - Christmas Day Sunday, 27th December 10 am - Holy Communion

First After Christmas

8 amDecember - Holy Communion - First After Christmas Sunday, 27th

8 am- -Holy Holy Communion 10 am Communion 10 am - Holy Communion Everyone is invited to join us to celebrate Everyone is invited to joinChristmas us to celebrate Christmas

Christmas Day

9:00 am Organ Music 11:00 am Organ Music

Sunday, 20th December Fourth of Advent 4 pm - Christmas Pageant

Thursday, 24th December - Christmas Eve

- Holy Communion 7 pm 8- am Candlelit Communion 10 am - Pageant Holy Communion 10 am - Christmas & Holy Communion

Children’s Choir Folk Choir Young Adult Choir Mixed Voice Choir

Ladner Christian Fellowship “Discovering Life”

Christmas Eve Carol & Candlelight Services 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm

“Letus uskeep keep the “Let theFeast” Feast” www.stdavidsdelta.com www.stdavidsdelta.com www.facebook.com/anglicanchurch www.facebook.com/anglicanchurch

Ladner United Church

A Heart for God... In the Heart of the Village

CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT 4960-48th Avenue, Delta BC Phone: 604-946-6254

Saviour

Lutheran Church

Come as you are to join in the Celebration of Christ’s Birth

Sunday December 20th

9:00 AM 11:00 AM

Pageant Worship Service Thursday December 24 Christmas Eve – Jesus Was a Refugee Carol Singing 15 minutes before each service

5:00 PM 7:00 PM 9:00 PM

Our Traditional Christmas Creche and Carols (suited to wee ones) Carols, Lessons and Meditation Carols and Communion Sunday December 27th - 10:00 AM – A Christmas Carol/12 days of Christmas Service Sunday Jan 3rd – 10:00 AM - Epiphany / Coming of the Magi / Communion

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 7:00 pm

St. Stephen’s United Church

9696 Ladner Trunk Road (at Highway 99) Phone: 604-943-1717 Sunday December 20th - 10:00 AM - Christmas Sunday Worship Thursday December 24th

Christmas Eve at St. Stephen’s

5:30 PM

Christmas Eve Worship with Pageant Sunday December 27th - 10:00 AM - Worship with Christmas Music

www.ladnerunited.org

Pastor Vic Esperanza 4737 57th Street, Ladner 604-946-2112

5545 Ladner Trunk Rd. Delta, BC V4K 1X1 604-946-4430

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All Saints Anglican Church 4755 Arthur Drive, Ladner 604-946-8413 • www.allsaintsladner.org Christmas Eve Services Christmas Pageant 4:30 pm Carols 6:30 pm • Family Eucharist 7:00 pm Carols 10:30 pm • Midnight Eucharist 11:00 pm Christmas Day Service Eucharist 10:00 am Sunday 3rd January 2016 Feast of Carols for Epiphany 7:00 pm

A24 The Delta Optimist December 16, 2015

Feedback BACKGROUNDER:

It’s just over a week away. With Christmas Day just nine sleeps away, it’s getting down to crunch time to do holiday shopping, wrap those gifts, bake the treats or put up last minute decorations. The Optimist asked:

HowareyourChristmas preparationscomingalong?

Glenn Kirkwood

Slowly but surely.

Dwight Kuznetsov

My wonderful wife has done Christmas shopping for the last two weeks and it’s all done.

Trish Wells

Sally Holland

Richard Glasner

Almost finished, thankfully I have a small family. I did a little online shopping and just a few more things to get.

Very nicely. [I’m] trying to stay within my budget.

They’re going very well considering the amount of worked hours. I have my tree up and my house lit.

HAVE YOUR SAY on this issue by taking part in our web poll at www.delta-optimist.com LAST TIME WE ASKED YOU:

WhatdoyouthinkaboutDeltabecoming apotentialLNGcapital?

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The Delta Farmers Institute would like to thank all of our generous sponsors for supporting the 2015 Farmers’ Ball. We could not do it without them!

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Christmas The Ladner Business Association wouldBreakfast like to thank the following sponsors for their generous support of the Christmas Tree Festival on November 26.

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Gingerbread Sponsors

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Artists in the Village Carol R. LeVasseur, D.D. Coast Tsawwassen Inn Delta Carpet and Floor Design Delta Community Music School Indalma Creative London Drugs Superior Fish Market & Specialty Foods TD Canada Trust, Ladner Branch The Quilted Bear Westland Insurance 30 Minute Hit, South Delta

Stocking Sponsors RE/MAX Progroup Realty Sutton Group Seafair Realty

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Beth Stuart & Associates CPA Century Group Delta Funeral Home Double R Rentals Harlow & Mary Ann Burrows Foundation Ladner Village Market Lawlor Goldsmith Shoppe McDonald’s Restaurants Royal Canadian Legion #61 South Coast Casuals Stir Coffee House

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December 16, 2015 The Delta Optimist A25

Community CLUBS & GROUPS 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. Delta Photo Club reconvenes on Jan. 6. DPC meets at KinVillage Community Centre at 7:15 p.m. Guests welcome. For more information, please visit www.deltaphotoclub.com. 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 McKee Welcomes You To 2016, Friday, Jan. 1, 2 to 4 p.m. A get together to celebrate the start of 2016. $3 members; $5 guests. Coffee, tea & cookies will be served. Entertainment: Liz & Steve Alexander. McKee Seniors Recreation Centre, 5155-47th Ave., Delta. 604-946-1411.

SPECIAL EVENTS Healthy-licious Eating author, Jini Aroon, of Ethnic

Share your

Milestones with us

We want to hear about your big moments and share those with the community with our new Names and Faces feature. 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. Submissions can be emailed to faces@delta-optimist.com om THIS IS A FREE SERVICE

Gourmet fame, will be in our store to delight your taste-buds with her latest winter recipe. Come in, on Thursday, Dec. 17, from 2 until 4, for a delicious, FREE, soup tasting & check out her latest cookbook. Parsley, Sage & Thyme Health Store, 4916 Elliott St., Ladner. 604946-1022. A Christmas program is set for Sunday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m. at Ladner Gospel Assembly, 4979-44A Ave., refreshments following.

Congratulations to

HAYLEE HOLMES Haylee won a gift card courtesy of

ARTS The Delta Music Makers Community Concert Band has a holiday concert 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.

McDonald’s • 1835 56th Street TSAWWASSEN • 5776 Ladner Trunk Road LADNER

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

Name: Brooke Age: 4 Occupation: Preschooler What is the activity? Playing ‘princess’ at Delta Parks & Recreation Preschool Where and when does this take place? Firehall Centre for the Arts How often do you participate? 3 times per week. How long have you been involved? I have been attending preschool programs for 2 years. Why did you get involved in this activity? I met a ‘real princess’ at the Luminary Festival and at North Delta Family Day. What do you like best about this activity? Singing songs like ‘Let It Go’. How does it benefit your life? I can play while I learn. I feel sorry for my brother who doesn’t get to play at school anymore. What other things do you do to keep active? I stay busy with swimming lessons, activities with my family and playing in the park. Did you know that an atmosphere in which pretend games are encouraged has also been shown to lead to even greater amounts of imaginativeness, enhanced curiosity and learning skills in preschoolers or early school-agers? Children learn through play, especially while using their imaginations! They engage in pretend play when they make-believe to be someone else, or use one object to represent another. Pretend play can help children acquire all kinds of skills and knowledge while engaging emotion, cognition, language, and sensory motor skills. In addition to the preschool program, Delta Parks, Recreation & Culture offers many other options for babies and toddlers. Foster imagination, creativity and social learning with courses such as Music Together or Baby & Me Art. Drop-in for a Parent & Tot Swim or Roaming Rascals gymnasium session. Over the holidays register your toddler for Kids Camp; 3 mornings of activities, games, music, art & FUN! For more information, visit Delta.ca, stop by your local recreation facility to pick up a copy of the Fall 2015 / Winter 2016 Leisure Guide, or call 604-952-3000.

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Sports Shorts SCOREBOARD SPORT VANCOUVER METRO SOCCER Division One GP W T L Pts Binger’s Army 14 9 1 4 28 Guildford FC 13 8 4 1 27 ICSF Columbus 13 8 3 2 27 ND Olympics 13 8 2 3 26 Westside FC 13 7 1 5 22 S. Delta Royals 14 6 3 5 21 Rino’s Van 14 4 4 6 16 Akal FC 13 4 3 6 15 Metropolitan 14 3 5 6 14 FC Romania 13 3 2 8 11 Shaheen FC 14 3 1 10 10 Sarajevo FC 14 1 5 8 8 South Delta 2

ICSF 1

PACIFIC JUNIOR HOCKEY Tom Shaw Conference GP W L T North Van 28 20 7 1 Grandview 27 18 7 2 Richmond 28 15 10 3 Delta 27 13 10 4 Port Moody 29 5 22 2

Pts 41 38 33 30 12

Harold Brittian Conference Mission 29 20 8 1 Abbotsford 29 19 9 1 Aldergrove 27 13 12 2 R. Meadows 27 11 12 4 Langley 28 4 22 2

41 39 28 26 10

UPCOMING

CSSHL ACADEMY HOCKEY Sat Dec.19: Prep Division: Burnaby Winter Club at Delta Wild, 1:15 pm Planet Ice.

LOCAL TIDES

Pacific Standard Time. Height in feet THURSDAY, DEC 17 2:48 am 10:14 am 4:57 pm 9:30 pm

4.6 14.8 8.5 10.5

FRIDAY, DEC 18 3:40 am 10:55 am 5:57 pm 11:12 pm

5.9 14.8 7.5 10.2

SATURDAY, DEC 19 4:39 am 11:37 am 6:51 pm

7.2 14.8 6.2

SUNDAY, DEC 20 12:59 am 5:47 am 12:20 pm 6:40 pm

10.8 8.5 14.4 4.9

MONDAY, DEC 21 2:29 am 7:03 am 1:04 pm 8:27 pm

11.8 9.5 14.4 3.6

These predictions are supplements to and not replacements for the Canadian Tide and Current Tables, which include the only authorized tidal predictions for Canada and are provided by Canadian Hydrographic Service.

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Wild teams soaring into break All five Delta Hockey Academy entries enjoying winning seasons in CSSHL MARK BOOTH

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Delta Hockey Academy (DHA) teams are soaring into the upcoming holiday break, setting the standard for the rapidly growing development route for elite Bantam and Midget age talent. DHA’s five entries in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) are a combined 64-13-5 in regular season play, with two teams holding down first place in their division. The Wild are also enjoying plenty of success in tournament action too, including last weekend’s World Sport School Classic in Calgary where the Prep (U18) and Elite 15s capture their respective divisions for the very first time. Unlike minor hockey, there are no player boundaries in the academy league. It’s essentially an educational based hockey business where parents can decide which program is the best fit and opportunity for their son or daughter. The Burnaby Winter Club and Yale (Abbotsford) are currently the two other Lower Mainland options. There are also B.C. based academies in the Okanagan and Vancouver Island (Shawnigan Lake). Now in its third year in the CSSHL, DHA’s momentum started last season with two teams capturing league titles. One of them included Alberta native Ty Smith who would go on to be the No. 1 overall pick in the

Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. Yet, DHA director of hockey operations Scott May says the core of every Wild team features talent within reasonable proximity to South Delta Secondary School where the academy is based. “The success we had last year and having a player like Ty no doubt helped out a lot,” said May. “But when you look at our rosters you will see a lot of kids from Surrey, Richmond, Langley, White Rock and Delta. Keeping all them close to home tells us they believe in the program’s development and its structure.” It has also created heavy competition for spots on the Wild’s top tier teams. Although rosters are typically finalized with tryouts each spring, May says it more like and “ongoing evaluation” process throughout the previous season. There was so much interest at the Bantam age for the current school year the Wild decided to ice three teams — one at the top tier (Bantam Prep) and two at the Bantam Varsity level. DHA’s first entry in Bantam Varsity is soaring along with a 14-0-0 record to date. The second team is more than holding its own with a 6-4-2 mark. With the Wild also icing a team in the Elite 15 Division, that’s a lot of players that could be headed to the U18 Prep/ Varsity levels. “There are other options for those players like major midget

PHOTO BY MARK BOOTH

Tyus Gent had a goal and two assists as the Delta Hockey Academy’s #2 team in the Bantam Varsity Division of Canadian School Sport Hockey League improved to 6-4-2 with a 5-3 win Sunday over the Pursuit of Excellence at Planet Ice. but we do realize their is a potential bottleneck being created,” continued May. “Our main emphasis right now is adding a female team next season but a seventh team in the

U18 Delta Wild celebrate their tournament win in Calgary over the weekend.

Varsity Division is something we are looking at as well.” Should the rest of the season unfold in similar fashion, the Wild should be well-represented at the season-end CSSHL Championships slated for March in Penticton. May is also head coach of the DHA Prep team which capped an unbeaten weekend in Calgary with a 4-2 win over rival Burnaby Winter Club in 2015 World Sport School Challenge final. Ladner native and 17-year-old Vancouver Giants prospect Isaac Embree led the way with a pair of goals as Delta opened up a 4-1 lead after 40 minutes. Blueliner Sean Comrie scored what proved to be the game

winner. The 15-year-old Edmonton native was selected in the second round of the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft by the Brandon Wheat Kings. The Wild had earlier defeated OHA Edmonton 5-1 in the semi-finals after going 3-0 in preliminary play. Delta and BWC’s rivalry will continue on Saturday as the two teams meet to close out the 2015 portion of league play. Game time is 1:15 p.m. at Planet Ice. The Wild Elite 15s slipped past the Edge Mountaineers 2-1 to win their division. Langley native Maguire Houlind was outstanding in goal, making 37 saves. The Elite 15s are guided by former Delta Ice Hawks head coach Shane Kuss.

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Sports Tsawwassen Tennis teams capture three league titles

Members of Tsawwassen Tennis Club’s three winning teams from Lower Mainland Miele Spring League attended the recent Miele Celebration of Champions event in Burnaby. The players included: back row (left to right) - Aileen Stone, Ken Barlow, David MacCulloch, Liesa MacMulloch, Harvey Delaney, Ric Slaco, Iain Lanchaster and Wayne Ryan. Front row (left to right) Jennifer Brennan, Bobbie Putnam, Lynn Cameron, Maria Posehn, Bob Semple, Sally Norcott, Heather Boyd, Anne Bentley, Margaret Paterson, Sandi Piggot, Jane Hindmarch and Fran Donis.

Three teams from the Tsawwassen Tennis Club were recognized last month when the Lower Mainland Miele Division Spring League paid tribute to its winners at the 2015 Miele Celebration of Champions in Burnaby. Teams from the English Bluff Road club captured top honours in Ladies Division 3 Day, Ladies Division 3 Night and Men’s B2. The women’s side of the Lower Mainland League featured nearly 1600 players competing

on 86 teams in 11 divisions. The men’s side included 856 players on 46 teams in seven divisions. The three winning Tsawwassen teams look forward to moving up the ladder and competing in 2016 at a higher level of competition. The Tsawwassen Tennis Club is great option for competitive, recreational and junior age players. For more information visit the club website at www.tsawwassentennisclub.com.

Sun Devil standouts named to provincial all-star team Ryan von Ende and Grant McDonald were recognized for their outstanding seasons with the South Delta Sun Devils by being named to the 2015 Provincial AAA All-Star Team. The pair were honoured during B.C High School Football’s Subway All-Star Awards Banquet, held earlier this month at

the Italian Culture Centre. Von Ende earned the nod for his play at offensive tackle were he has established himself as one of the premier lineman in the province over the past two seasons. Listed at 6-foot-4 and 260-pounds, von Ende is weighing offers from several CIS schools. Although the focus of his university

Ryan von Ende (left) and Grant McDonald were named to the Subway Provincial AAA All-Star Team.

career will be full-time on the offensive side of the ball, he also was an impact defensive lineman for South Delta, finishing second in tackles with 65, while recording a team leading four quarterback sacks. McDonald earned his all-star selection based on his play at linebacker where he recorded 103

tackles and a pair of QB sacks. The 6-foot-3 and 215-pound Grade 11 standout is expected to be one of the top recruits in B.C. in next season. He also put up huge numbers at running back, compiling 1,217 yards along the ground, over 11 games, for an impressive 9.22 yards per carry while scoring 16 touchdowns.

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